TDi I A R 1 i . r u u u Muy 18, 19 Hi Sports Briefs H Hugh I V' Full.rton, Jr. ,4gJ NEW YOUIC, Wuy 10 M'i Problem in nddltluii: . . . Lust Kuturduy this invsiuigo (ruin Cii)l. Vol (Dutch) Luiit., former West Point basketball coach now RVm duty In North Africa, nppenr d In tho Bnltlmmu Evening Sun: "If n litird innn'ii game and one mast be ublc to take It. Advise loin of leg experience for those coiiiIiik over walking uiulj running distances." , , , Tho mum:; iifternoon Michigan won tlie Biu Ten crack chiiniplou.ihlp without taking 11 single first pluco 11ml NYU took the 1. C. 4 A title with only two firsts .... Which ap parently proves that you don't luivo to huvo a team of world beaters to win truck meets but iiiuyuc irucK Hiui ueio n;un.fj will help give our side 11 teuin of: world-beaters , , . . Notice wo Mild "help." MncPHAIL MEMENTO Olio reason why tho boys around Kbbets field won't forficl Lieut. Col, Larry MncPhnil for a Ions time can bo seen Inscribed Q on tho Press club bar if you find the spot where Lnrry bore down extra-hard with his pencil while dashing off a note to Leo Dur ochcr ... It reads: "Leo: Med wlck is a nice Kuy. but why let him manoRO the club? Lnrry." SHORTS AND SHELLS Although Philadelphia Is noted for Its good 135-poumiers, nob Montgomery (really a native of Sumter, S. C.) Is tho first Philadelphia flithtcr to get a crack at the lightweight title since the second Lew Tcndler Penny Leonard scriip in 1023. Now light: When a couple of tho Cubs' players wc.ro dis cussing Lou Novikoff's fielding tho other day, one remarked: "It might be good percentage for us if he were traded. Then he'd Qjonly have a chanco of beating us Tin 22 games a season Instead of 154." ... C. A. Folzcr, Newark (N. J.) Call: "Reducing to the player limit of 25 by Friday Is no prob lem for tho Giants. Tho tusk that concerns Manager Mel Ott la building tip to the limit In lifting his team from the po whlto trash of tho second divi sion," LETTING GEORGE DO IT When Sam Blitz, tho Jackson ville, Flo., Times-Union sports scribe scrambled a couple of fingers by catching them In a bus door tho other night, ho raided tho naval air station athletic per sonnel for substitutes who could pound out columns for him. . . . f&Boxcr Ocorgio Abrams and foot Vballer George McAfee already have served as guests'. SERVICE DEPT. Marino Gunner Syd Flshel. former trainer of Bob Olin and discoverer of Gcorglo Abrams, Is Instructing combat marines In hand to hand fighting "some- Service Men's Baseball Session ' r: T7'i"A:f- i7'T-v' 1 1 h'91 & ' ttrl -v n 3 .MSf 1 Q Cpl. Mabon Whlto, (standing, Bars 01 his squadron basobau toam, look on at Cpl. Donald Shar man, of Saginaw, Mich,, reveals a fow trade secrota in pitching luring a practice session at a tevonlh air force bate In the Ha waiian islands. In the photo aro (standing, loft to right), Sgt, An irew Kusmlnskl,. Plains, Pa.i Cpl, Whlto, Cpl. Merle Llvermore, Horcer, Po.) (kneeling, left); Cpl, Sharman and (kneollng, right), Pvt. James Norrls. Inkerman, Pa, l'AGIS SISVI5N Angels Risk Win Record Stars Southmon Nood Only Three Victories fo Tlo Anclont Mark; Portlandori Slido By Th Anofclnted Prats The Los Angeles Angels, run uway leudcrs in tho Pacific Const Hascfonll league who now need only three more consecutive vic tories to break tho 40-ycurold circuit record for non-stop vic tories, put their rhnnees on the block against the Hollywood Stars toduy as tho Icaguo season goes Into lis fifth week. At the other end of tho lad der, the one-time proud Seattle Kulnlcr will try to struggle out of tho cellar in a seven gumo stand at Portland. It will be tlie first time the two teams, neither of which has fared so well so far, have met this season. The Painters, who started out none to auspiciously havo sunk dismally to the cellur, while Portliincl, which started out like a pennunt contender has looked anything but In recent weeks In sliding to a shaky sixth place, only an eyelash ahead of Sacra mento and Seattle. Pcto Jonas will take the mound for Seattle with cither Wuyno Osborne or Joe Orretl pitching for Portland. Sun Francisco will ontertaln the ambitious Oakland Acorns at homo and Sun Diego gets back to the home pnrk for a twilight scries with tho groggy Sacra mento Solons. So closely ore the clubs bunched after tho An gels that only 24 games separate tho second place Seals from the fifth place Hollywood club. Davis Drops Decision to AlJribuani PHILADELPHIA, May 18 (P) Al Davis deducted $2000 today from the losor's purse ho' re ceived following his fight with Al Tribuunl at tho arena last night. Tho onc-tlmo Brooklyn bad boy bet thot amount with Pro moter Herman Taylor and lost It on Heferco Irving Kutchor's vote after the two Judges failed to ugrco on a verdict In the 10' round go. A chorus of boos greeted the decision. Davis, seeking a chance nt Henry Armstrong, had stag' gcred tho Wilmington youth In tho fifth and knocked him down with a left hook for a count of nine In tho ninth. Davis weighed 148, Trlbuanl 151. A crowd of 7150 paid $14,' 800.50. whoro In tho southwest Pacific.' . . , Aux. First Class Gcraldine Mollott of Cleveland has been glvon the task of organizing an athletic program for the WAAC contingent which recontly ar rived at Fort Monmouth, N. J. She promises to accept the clinl lenges proffered by various com' pany teams to play softball games. 7J mmmr mv 1 - cantor), along with other mam- - ISwVaff.. I n 1 4 Dodgers Top Cardinals by Tiny Margin Only Microscopic Variance In Strength of Leaders in Notional Leaguo Flag Race By JUDSON BAILEY Attociated Prtti Sportt Writer A microscope still is standurd equipment for National league funs trying to find any difference In strength between the Brook lyn Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals. Those two rivals for tlie pen nant In the senior circuit collid ed at Ebbcts field yestorday for tho first time this season and the Dodgers won by tho most Infini tesimal margin possible, 1 to 0, This was good enough to chase the Curdlnuls into third pluco and mnkc it impo.ssiblo for them to gain the league lead during their stay In Brooklyn, but it fulled to indicate any clear cut superiority for the long grind ahead. The twilight tussle, opening a four-game scries, was decided on a run In the second inning. Dlx io Walker led off with a double, the only extra base blow of the game. He advanced to third on an Infield out and Alex Knm pouris wolked. Then Pitcher Rube Melton rapped a perfect double play grounder to Third Baseman Jimmy Brown, but Kumpouris banged Into Lou Klein at second hard enough to break up tho throw to first and Wolkcr scored. It was tho first victory for Melton and the first defeat for Pollct, who allowed seven hits and four walks. Another southpaw, Ernie White, was scheduled to face the Dodgers today with Whitlow Wy att on tho mound for Brooklyn. Only two other games, both In the National league, were ployed yesterday. The Cincin nati Reds squeezed back Into the first division by beating the New York Giants 3-1. Ray Starr gave an effective eight-hit pitching performance for the Reds and also singled with the bases load ed for two of their counters in a three-run second Inning that de cided the game. At Philadelphia the surprising Phillies conquered the last place Chicago Cubs 8-4 to extend the Bruins' losing streak to six games, John Podgajny, long a Cub nemesis, hold them well in check after a wobbly first in ning. Danny Litwhiler collect ed his fourth homer of the spring In the second. Red Grange Runs Again For OI' Zup CHAMPAIGN, III., May 18 W) Resplendent in a gleaming or ange helmet and a bright blue Jersey, Red Grange Is running again In a portrait painted by Bob Zuppkc, the man who coached him to football immor tality two decades ago. After spending 29 seasons at the University of Illinois, Zup pko retired a year and a half ago. Ho now spends most of his time raising prize pigs, writing V-mail to scores of football men In the service, or puttering around with his paintings. Old Zup's brush has Grange running out at you from the can vas with his knees pumping wild ly In the air in characteristic style. "I had a small snapshot that I worked from," winked Zuppkc, "but It was easy to supply most of the detail from memory. "Guess I'm the only coach who ever had a back as good as Grange, and I must be the only coach who ever painted his star." The picture will bo glvon Grango, who now Is working for an insurance company In Chi cago. FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz., Moy 18 (fP) Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis, now a cav alry sergeant, will defend his title after the war If the con flict does not last too long, he said yesterday as ho arrived for a short visit with a negro infan try division in training. Louis flew from Burbank, Calif., whero ho Is appearing in tho filming of the picture, "This Is Tho Army." NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet Brooklyn 17 7 .708 Boston 11 8 .570 St. Louis U 0 .550 Cincinnati .....11 12 .478 Philadelphia 10 11 .476 Pittsburgh 9 . 10 .474 New York 10 13 .435 Chicago 7 18 .304 American Ltagua Unchanged, "'OTlgV"''''' " " """" ' ' "" " "p'rry"-r'r i w -- '.mil- jm-i , "T7o : k .til.: &. - m r-..' With woman wtaring ovarallt and taking men's Jobs, theta fair ones didn't contldtr it unutual to don silks and rid in Pirn lico race, won with Ungtht to spare by Flying Tiger, Mrs. 8. Riles up. Left to right: Mrt. Peter Hagen. Mrt. Sidney Hirtt, Judy Johnson, Mrs. Louis Merryman Jr., Peggy Squires, Mrt. Rllet. Mary Rae Groffo and Mrt. C. F. Forbes. Mrt. Rllet is wife of Jockey. 1 1 Tho lust meeting of the season for tho women bowlers of the City association and Ladybug league was held Friday night at the Pelican grille.' The meeting was called to or der by Beth Griggs, president of the Ludybug league, who turned the meeting over to tho vice president of the City association, Isabel Milne, who awarded (he cash prizes to winners in the City tournament. She also awarded the King Pin trophy with "Champion 1943" and their name inscribed on each pin to the following: ' Class A Singles Vivian Perni gotti. Class B Singles Gcraldine Dalton. Class C Singles Mary Bellotl. Doubles Peggy Constans and Mary Trulove. A beautiful trophy for all events winner of the city tourna ment was presented to Beth Griggs. After the presentation the girls elected the following officers of tho City association for the com ing year: president, Doris Chey nc; vice president, Opal'Kilgore; secretary - treasurer, Geraldino Dalton; scrgcant-at-arms, Claire Ellis. Beth Griggs awarded the cash prizes tor the final standings of the year in league to the follow ing: Team Awards First Modernistic Beauty col lege. Second Cummings Fur Shop. Third Fluhrer's Bakery. Fourth Town Club. High Series Modern Beauty College, 2495. Daggett Insurance, 2490. Cummings Fur Shop, 2484. High Game Hazel Beauty Shop, 895. Fluhrer's Bakery, 888. Lorenz Company, 884. Individual Awards High Average Flo Ann Eaton 166, Pearl Poppy 159, Doris Cheyne 156. High Game Flo Ann Eaton 231, Pearl Yorkland 225, Beth Griggs and Dena Backes, tie 224 High Scries Flo Ann Eaton and Pearl Poppy, tie 572, Doris Cheyne 550, Dena Backes 530. Greatest increase in average for the last half of season Viv ian Owens 9 pins, Mary Bellottl 8 pins. Ruth Bathiany was chosen president; Geneva Mltcham, vice president; Ellen Upp, secretary treasurer; sergeant-at-arms, Van nona Ingold. Al Ulbrickson Alibis Huskie's Loss to California SEATTLE, May 18 (P) A slow start plus the fact that stroke Elmer Loken caught crabs nt two Important points in the race contributed to the disap pointing showing of the Inexper ienced Washington crew against California Saturday, Coach Al Ulbrickson said yesterday. He said he had not anticipated victory, but did expect his oars men to do better than the seven or eight lengths by which they trailed the Bear crew. FIGHTS By The Attociated Press BALTIMORE Chalky Wright, 130, Los Angeles, stop ped Frankle Carlo, 130i, Phila delphia (8). PHILADELPHIA Al Trlbu anl, 1504, Wilmington, Del., out pointed Al (Bummy) Davis, 146, New York (10). WASHINGTON Jackie Wil son, 120, Pittsburgh, stopped Danny Petro, 123a, Washington (10). INTERNATIONAL GAME LONDON Baseball Is going to bo more of an international game following the war. Eight leagues are being formed in England and ono in Northern Ireland. 1000 TAUGHT TO SWIM ANN ARBOR Since last June more than 1000 Michigan students have been taught to swim ns part ot tho compul sory physical hardening program, Pony . 'IS 4t Shaughnessy Predicts Big Boom in Post-War Football By ARDEN SKIDMORE PITTSBURGH, May 18 (JP Clark Shaughnessy, soft-spoken "T" formation stylist who hopes to put the roar back Into Pitt's Panthers, predicted today that college football would enjoy the greatest boom in the history of the game after the war. "Those boys are going to have a lot of steam to get rid of when they return, and football is the first they'll turn to for rough-and-tumble competition," said the former Chicago, Stanford and Maryland coach as he laid the groundwork Jor Pitt's spring By VIRGIL GROSS Two of last year's Pelican baseball players are now starring in the northwest conference base ball playoffs held in Walla Wal la. Ken Benham pitched Whit man college to a 4 to 1 win in the second game of the series, while Bud Larson, our sensation al shortstop, handled seven hard chances without an error for Willamette university in the same game. Orchids for both boys. Benham is a junior and Larson is a freshman at. their re spective schools.. The boys are now playing against one another. Quite a change from last year. "Red" Milhorn, ex-city police man and now assistant police chief at Newell, is organizing a baseball team there. "Reds team has" been working out at the camp for nearly three weeks, and are proposing a game with the local Pelican outfit this com ing Sunday at Tulelake. Local baseball Is getting un derway with the Pelican team having many aspirants trying out for this year's war edition club. Many young boys, as well as old timers, are expected to fill in the gaps left by those who entered the armed services. Practices are being scheduled for Wednes day and Friday nights at 5:30; and games are to be played on weekends. Jim Bocchl and Baldy Foster, two of the most sensational and versatile athletes ever to attend KUHS. are receiving their diplo mas this weekend. They both participated in their last high school track meet Friday at Bend. Still no. Junior American Le gion baseball! It's very unusual for a town this size not to have Legion ball, and why they do not have It, remains an unsolved question. It doesn't seem possible the Legion organization in this city would not get behind a team. There will be thousands upon thousands of teams throughout the nation this year more than ever before yet there is not even the sign of it here. There are hundreds of kids right here who long for the same training that boys in other cities have. Surely the Legion organization wouldn't let tlie boys down Whatever the reason is for not Phys Ed Man From Bend Takes Job At Olympia YMCA OLYMPIA, May 18 () Mau rice L. Pease will become phys ical education director at the Olympia YMCA effective June 1, Willard Rouse, general sec retary, said yesterday. Pease will come here from Bend, Ore., where he held a similar position with the Bend Junior high school. He formerly had been assistant physical education director of the Portland YMCA and swim ming instructor at northeast Y. in Portland. When in Medford Stay at HOTEL HOLLAND Thoroughly Modern Jo and Ann EarUy Proprietors KLAMATH SPORT NOTES Ballet I1 o (beg pardon, summer) drills be ginning June 28. He added: "The state of physical fitness of our modern armies is so high and in such enormous quanti ties it's difficult to picture Just how big this boom will be. But it'll dwarf anything we exper ienced after the last war." Turning to the more immedi ate outlook, Shaughnessy said, "the game, of course, will be strictly second fiddle to the war, but he added, "Pitt, I know is going to play. After all, the public can't fret and worry about the war 24 hours a day. There's got to be some diversion.'.' having a baseball program here, the values of such a program must not be overlooked. The ad vantages of such training for youth the soldiers of tomorrow should be weighed carefully before making a sweeping con demnation of the entire program. Always read the classified ads. I He came In one day and noticed the tires lined up for recapping. "Looks like my waiting room," he said, "only those , are tires." We couldn't help but come back and say, "Well, after all, doc, we're tire doctors, too. We've spent our whole business life keeping tires well and replacing those that pass on. Incidentally, that's something you can't do, doc!" "Okeh," he said, "since you're tire doctors, why don't you follow my system and make appointments for recaps?" So that's why we have that appoint 301 3. 6th m mist OSC Track Coach Joins American Red Cross Service CORVALLIS, Ore., May 18 (VP) Grant Swan, Oregon State col lege track coach since 1934, will leave here today to Join the American Red Cross field serv ice. He said he expected to be as signed to foreign service as an assistant field director, follow ing training in Washington, D. C. Athletic Director Percy Locey will take charge of the track squad in its northern division coast conference meet with Washington in Seattle Saturday. Camp Adair Wolves Break Portland's Winning Streak PORTLAND, May 18 (VP) The University of Portland base ball team collapsed completely yesterday in an attempt to ex tend a winning streak to 11 games. As a result the Camp Adair Timber Wolves gained a 9-1 de cision, aided by nine Portland 1 errors and the wildness of Andy Pienovi, ace Portland pitcher un defeated in five games, who was batted out of the box in the first inning. A Doctor tipped us off ment coupon at the bottom of this ad. When your tires need recapping you won't have to waste valuable time waiting to be served or use extra gas making trips to our store if you will send in this coupon. We'll be able to schedule the work and give you overnight recap service. (No recapping certificate is necessary now.) All our recapping Is done right in our own shop, on our own modern equipment, by skilled mechanics. Yes sir,' when we recap your tires - you are assured of dependable extra mileage. I - - Mail vt ihlt coupon fotoy I RECAPPING APPOINTMENT SERVICI TEED and NITS0HBLM Monarch Sarvloa Station 101 . Ith. Klamath Palla, Ora. I axpad to r obout ., .(ptiMngar) (truck) tlrai, ilzaa-(dola). I undarstand that by making thli appointment I can oat ovarnlght racap aervlc. Plaait confirm abova data by ttlephona. Nam Tafaphoi TEEDanTN Monarch Service Station GENERAL TIRES Vebfeet Run Beavers to Photo Finish Oregon, Oregon State HeM Joint Claim to Baseball Crown After Ducks Win 9-1 By Th Attociated Prta ' j DIVISION STANDINGS W. L. Pet. Oregon State 12 Oregon 12 Washington 7 Wash. State 5 Idaho , 0 4 4 7 8 13 .750 .780 .800 .389 .000 Oregon and Oregon State hold Joint claim to the 1943 northern : division coast conference base- -ball title as a result of Oregon'!, r 9-1 victory yesterday over the Beavers. j The Webfoots victory behind 1 the three-hit pitching of . John : Bubalo left the two clubs dead- t locked for league leadership and officials said there would be 1 no play-off game because of th ', nearness of term examinations. The game closed the schedule for -both teams. :, Washington lost to Washing- ' ton State 2-1 yesterday, but needs ., only to win over the Cougars to day to clinch third place Infield errors gave the Cougars the edge in a mound duel which saw , Kramer of the winners and Hazel of Washington each give up six hits. THIRD NO-HITTER PORTLAND, May 18 (VP) The Portland high school baseball . league saw its third no-hit, no- ' run game of the season yester day as Clyde Painter of Com- ; merce set Sabin down, 9-0, whif- ' fing 15 batters. TRUCKS FOR RENT You Drive Move Yourself Sav Vi Long and Short Trips STILES' BEACON SERVICE Phon 8304 1201 East Mala Friend to this one . .racappad ' Phon 7071 1 yf A Mj i ''.--a I ; ,- i rn Ki . .J I f '