t
Snorts
Briefs fev
' NEW YORK, May 22 UP) It
: has been said that there s noth
ing like a good depression to
helD baseball, so maybe the
prosperity of these times is re
flected in the experiments this
, season with starting times for
ball games . . . The "depression'
theory is that when men are out
of work they have plenty of time
to visit the ball park but when
they're working hard they can't
get away afternoons ... So far
this season major league clubs
have played afternoon, night,
twilight and morning games
the last two presumably for the
benefit of war workers . . . Now,
with double headers piling up,
the Dodgers and Reds have
scheduled a daylight-and-dusk
doubleheader for June 30 and the
, Phillies and Braves are booked
for morning and afternoon bill
June 15 . . . How about a contin
uous performance next?
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HON-ATTENDANCE RECORD
A lot of ball clubs have been
polling the fans about starting
times, but the most novel poll
was conducted in Oakland,
Calif., recently (result hasn't
reached here yet) . . . The idea
was to start a doubleheader at 1
p.-,m. and count how many peo
ple left after the first game . . .
If many departed, that was sup
posed to prove that swing shift
ers, who had to get to work
about 4, liked the idea of having
a game early enough for them to
see..'
, i
'e TODAY'S GUEST STAR
Ben Epstein, Little Rock,
(Ark.) Gazette: "The Chiang
Kai-shek of Pine Bluff is Robert
King. . The 15-year-old Chinese
who cut capers in the backfield
fdr the colts last year has been
elected president of the Pine
Bluff Junior high school student
council. Well, the Zebras al
ways did boast an all-state Hing
back."
SERVICE DEPT.
!Harris Horder. former six-day
btke racer who joined the Ameri-
ctn army in Australia, was the
tail gunner in a Liberator bomb
er that shot down six of 12 at
tacking Jap Zeros over New
Guinea recently . ... . Must have
thought they were trying to
steal a lap at 6 a. m. . . . The
Bakers and Cooks Softball team
was the first Fort Sheridan out
fit to challenge the new organ
ized WAAC squad. If they lose,
the soldiers probably will dare
the gals to try a cooking contest.
CLEANING THE CUFF
AVhen the Great Lakes Sailors
play the University of Illinois to
day, there'll be a reunion of two
rival coaches. Lieut., Mickey
Cochrane caught for the Tigers
and Wallie Roettger played in
the outfield for the Cardinals in
the 1931 world series. . . . Al
Barlick, the National league um
pire, took his army screen test
yesterday. He's married and has
a 'seven-weeks-old daughter . . . .
N6 wonder Jimmy Johnston is
having a little trouble with
names these days. On June 7 his
heavyweight, Freddie Fiducia,
fights Nate Bolden and the next
night he'll send Ham Wiloby
against Larry Bolvin.
Lefty Gomez May
Stage Comeback in
Big League Ball
"LEXINGTON, Mass., May 22
(IP) Vernon (Lefty) Gomez,
former New York Yankee south
paw hurling star, who was given
his unconditional release by the
Boston Braves early this week,
may have a new job in big
league baseball tomorrow.
.Gomez said last night that he
was dickering with a big league
club in commenting on a Phila
delphia report that William D.
Cox, president of the Phillies,
had offered him a job on condi
tion that he could show some in
dication of effectiveness.
Meek Vandals Take
Bite From Cougar
Baseball Cake
MOSCOW, Ida., May 22 (IP)
The meek University of Idaho
Vandals inherited a morsel of
northern division baseball glory
yesterday bv ricfentlno Wnchino.
ton State college 7 to 3 for their
41 L r . .
conierence victory of the
1 fllH'.i DOnonn
three Washington State pitch
M failed to stop the aroused
Vandals, and Second Baseman
fete eaerson, crowned Idaho's
defensive efforts with An iinna.
sisted double play in the ninth
inping-r-wun the bases loaded.
Iflmm
.oruu.uuyino SIMIANS
LAWTON, Okla. (IP) An In
dian rarmer complained to
P.amo . Rnncrni- T. 17 rn....J
thit "little black boys with long
wvo wcie tugging nis potatoes
ef night.
- Crawford investigated and
fonnd the little black boys were
mdikeys which had escaped
from nearby Medicine park.
, Hugh -Ty I
Fullerton. Jr. . f
Angels Hit
Trail Again;
Eight Ahead
Beit Contest In Cellar;
Portland Climbs Stairs
Leaving Seattle All Alone
. ', By The Associated Press
With Los Angeles back on the
victory march and roosting a full
eight games ahead of second
place San Francisco, the only
dace to look for a real contest
in the Pacific coast league yes
terday was in the cellar where
two old rivals, Seattle and Port
land, slugged it out to see which
could climb back up a step.
Portland finally made the
grade, 6 to 5, in a late inning up
risinc. leaving Seattle all alone
again on the bottom rung and
evening the current series at two
and two.
Trailing by 4-2 In the eighth,
the Beavers chased Glenn Elliott
from the mound with a three
run attack in which the impor
tant blow was John O'Neil's sin
gle scoring two runs after two
were out. The Ralniers tied it up
in their half of the ninth, but
Portland came right back, with
Second Baseman Packy Rogers
driving in the winning run with
a double.
Los Angeles beat Hollywood 8
to 4, but couldn't stop Johnny
Dickshot who hit in his 33rd
consecutive game and two
home runs at that, driving in all
the Stars' runs.
San Francisco staggered to a
6 to 5 victory over Oakland on
two runs in the ninth. It was the
third straight for Skipper
O'Doul's men.
Sacramento supported Bud
Byerly's seven-hit pitching with
14 hits to rout San Diego 8 to iz
in a twilight game. It was the
third win in a row for the resur
gent Solons.
Records May
Fall in West
Coast Relays
FRESNO, Calif., May 22 UP)
A field of 590 track and field
stars, representing the cream of
talent from colleges, the armed
forces, junior colleges and high
schools, compete today in the
17th running of the west coast
relays.
A number of records are ex
pected to topple, as the track
men go through their all-day
show. All eyes will be upon En
sign Cornelius Warmerdam of
the Del Monte Navy Pre-Flight
school, who will be shooting at
the unbelievable 16-foot mark
in the pole vault.
Another potential record
smasher is the University of
California's Harold Davis, who
has hit the 9.6 seconds mark in
the 100-yard dash.
California and Southern Cali
fornia are the two ranking fa
vorites to take the team cham
pionships. ALBANY HIGH WINS
ALBANY. May 22 UP) Al
bany high school spotted Oregon
City two runs m the first inning
yesterday, then came from be
hind to win the No Name league
baseball championship, 6-4.
The win preserved Albany's
undefeated record.
FIGHTS
By Tht AnoditMf Prtw
WASHINGTON-Uw Hnburj. 12S. Wh.
Injrton. outpointed Jickte Callura, 127!4,
Hamilton, Ontario (10), (Non-Title)
Excitement for All as Carrier-Based Fighter Plane Goes on a Spree
This remarkable series of pictures taken by an alert Navy photographer during a practice cruise of the U. 8. escort piano carrier Altamaha shows '
what happens when a fighter plane goes on a spree during an attempted landing. 1.) The Grumman F4P plane attempts to land on Its flat top
but veers toward a Bofors 40-mm. anti-aircraft gun as gun crews duck. (2),) Plane, wing damaged after striking guns, leaves deck and heads '
for the sea. (3.) Plane heads for a dunking. . (4.) Aircraft hits the surf and bobs to the surface as pilot bc.'ns to climb from scat. All official
. H-NPtos,.. - "
Angels
Cheering members of the Los
who pitched the Angtls to a 4 to 1 victory over Hollywood, setting a new Pacific Coast Baseball
league record of 20 consecutive wins. Beside Lynn at loft Is Manager Bill Sweeney, and between
them Is Pitcher Paul Gebrman who won the first game of a doubleheader, 10 to 4.
Connie's Team Stands Sixth, But
Only Two Wins From Second
By HUGH FULLERTON. Jr.
Associated Press Sports Writer
In the hullabaloo over . Bill
Cox' revival of the Phillies, it
may have been overlooked that
Connie Mack's Athletics aren't
doing so badly either. '
A quick glance at the Ameri
can league standing shows the
A's in sixth 'place today,- but a
second look reveals also that the
standings are so tight that Phila
delphia and the Chicago White
Sox as well are only two games
out of second place a month aft
er the belated start of the 1943
ason.
The Athletics haven't a .300
hitter on the club Bobby Esta
lella and Jo-Jo White dropped
below that mark last night but
they've come up with a couple of
prize-package pitchers who mean
a. lot to a club in these days of
low-hit games. .
There's Jesse Flores, the fri
jole flipper from Guadalajara,
Mexico, who's won five games
and lost only one so far. And
last night Orrie Arntzen, a new
comer from Williamsport of the
eastern league added his name
to the list by outlasting the vet
eran Johnny Niggerling of the
St Louis Browns in a floodlight
pitching duel; Still another may
be Donald Black, up from Pet
ersburg, Va., who has turned in
a couple of good efforts although
he hasn't won a game.
The Athletics' 2-1 triumph
over the Browns was a highlight
of a three-game major league
program which produced a total
of only 36 hits and seven runs.
The A's made just two hits off
Niggeling and Arntzen was in
hot water frequently because of
wildness he gave eight walks.
But there was no scoring until
the Browns' Mike Chartak belt
ed his third homer of the season
in the eighth inning and the A's
came back to push over two runs
in the ninth, scoring the winning
tally when Catcher Rick Ferrell
muffed a third strike.
Chicago's White Sox kept pace
with the Athletics and dropped
Washington a few points out of
second place by winning another
floodlight contest, 1 to 0, behind
Win 20th Straight,
vj "N
Angeles baseball club surround
PAGE EIGHT
Br The Associated Press
COAST LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
Los Angeles 27 4 .871
San Francisco 19 12 .613
Oakland 17 16 .515
San Diego 16 17 .485
Hollywood 15 17 .469
Sacramento 12 20 .375
Portland 11 20 .355
Seattle 10 21 .323
Results Yesterday
' Portland 6, Seattle 5
Los Angeles 8, Hollywood 4.
San Francisco 6, Oakland 5.
Sacramento 8, San Diego 2.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
i - . W . L. Pet,
New York 14 8 .636
Cleveland 13 11 .542
Washington 14 12 .538
Detroit ...... 11 11 .500
St. Louis 8 10 .474
Philadelphia '. 12 14 .462
Chicago 9 11 .450
Boston 10 15 .400
Results Yesterday
Detroit 2, Boston 1 (13 in
nings). Chicago 1, Washington 0.
. Philadelphia 2, St. Louis 1.
New York at Cleveland, post
poned. National
postponed.
unchanged. Games
the three-hurling of Johnny
Humphries, while Detroit's
Tigers grabbed fourth place from
St. Louis as the result of their
2-1, 13-inning conquest of the
Boston Red Sox in the afternoon.
Cleveland's idle Indians moved
into second.
The entire National league
card, was postponed.
Set Record
Rev Lynn, (kissing baseball)
May 22, 1943
Oregon Team
Down to Nine
For Track Go
SEATTLE, May 22 (P) Ore
gon's entry list in the Pacific
Coast conference northern dlvl
sion track and field meet here
today dwindled to nine and
Washington, defending chanv
pion, took over the role of fa
vorite. Oregon has been unde
feated in dual competition this
season.
Washington State, with a
flock of possible first place win
ners, was regarded as the chief
threat to the Huskies.
Washington and Idaho topped
the entry list, with the limit of
its men apiece.
Victory In the sprints may be
the deciding factor. In tho 100
and 220 Bob Smith of Wash
ington, defending champion,
will have a stiff battle to re
tain his honors against Al Akins
of Washington State, who de
feated him in dual competition.
Preliminaries are scheduled
for this morning in the 100 and
220.
GOLF CROWN FIGHT
' SEATTLE, May 22 UP) Pos
session of the northern division
Coast conference golf crown will
be settled here today with Wash
ington, Idaho, Washington State
and Oregon State each having
four man teams entered. Wash
Ington State is favored to take
the division championship, with
Ernie Jacobs of Washington
tabbed for individual honors.
Bob Bounces
Beau Jack
Over Garden
Montgomery Goti Doclilon
Last Night; Figures on
Countrywide Fight Tour
By BID FEDER
NEW YORK, May 22 (IP)K
pair of tonsils or, rather, the
absence of sumo huvo nutdo a
lightweight champion out of lit-and-outcr
Bob Montgomery, and
now that ho's traded in thoso
throat tremblers for the title, he's
figuring on showing who's tho
boss of the 135-poumlers from
coast to cottst.
Having won Now York and
Now Jersey titlo recognition by
bouncing ttie bouncing . Beau
Jack all over the premises for
tho bettor part of 15 rounds in
Madison Squnro Garden last
night, and being virtually as
sured of Pennsylvania's "bless
ing" Wednesday, Bobcat Bob is
thinking of taking his crown for
a quick swing around (ho circuit
from Washington to Portland,
Ore. and way stations tu seo
if there's anyone who might
knock It off his close-cropped
haircut.
After that, he'll go through
with his contract to give tho
Jumping Jack a return shot at
the bauble, probably In the polo
grounds here in July. But, off
last night's shindig, which enter
tained 18,343 tho citizens, tho
Beau should take his timo about
getting back within range of the
shots with which Bobcat Bob all
but punched both his eyes shut
last night.
Nova Begins New
Comeback With
Crowell Decision
PORTLAND, Ore., May 22 (IP)
Lou Nova started another in his
long string of comeback attempts
by winning a 10-round decision
hero last night over Chuck
Crowell of Van Nuys, Calif.
Nova, 205, fought the 6 foot 5
inch, 238-pound Crowell careful
ly, throwing few hard punches.
Other results:
Low Pitts, 172, Pittsburgh, de
clsloned Zcb Smith, 170, Port
land; Young Otto, 174, Portland,
drew with Joe Bctlina, 180, Fort
Lewis; Leo - Romanlcllo, 130,
Portland, knocked out Mel Rob
erta, 140, Portlond; Wayne Park
er, 149, Tacoma, knocked out
Louis O'Lave, 151, Portland.
Big Bomber Makes
Forced Landing at
Lake view Airport
LAKEVIEW A big Hudson
bomber, several hundred miles
off its course, came to a safe
landing on Lakcvicw's new air
port Tuesday evening with the
aid of a bright moon and lights
from cars which came to light up
the field.
The plane circled low over the
town between 9:30 and 10
o'clock that evening blinking Its
lights to notify townspeople that
something was wrong and that
the crew had 'spotted the field
and wanted assistance In landing
The Jim Clerks, who live close
to the airfield, got In their car
and drove out to light up the
runways, and soon Walt Sand
qulst, Don Peters and A. B. Wil
son were on hand to help .pro
vide light. With the runways
picked out for the pilot, he
brought the bomber down to a
perfect landing,
Bend Housing
Project Approved
WASHINGTON, May 22 (IP)
The national housing agency ap
proval yesterday of housing proj
ects for war workers Included:
Bend, Ore., 20 privately-financed
new family units; 10 fam
ily accommodations through privately-financed
conversion, and
50 family units through publicly
financed conversion.
PERILS OF HOME .
WATERBURY, Conn. (IP)
Charles Pcsartls, an American
Brass company employe, knows
now that houscclcanlng has its
perils.
With his wife about to enter
the hospital, Pcsartls undertook
to mop tho floor.
Ho slipped, and his foot struck
a tabic, Ten stitches were neces
sary to close the wound.
' DELAYED JUSTICE
ST. MATTHEWS, S. C, (IP)
A term of circuit court here was
postponed until December, duo
to the farm labor shortage,
Solicitor Julian S. Wolfo said
the farmers were too rushed
with work for jury duty, and
added:
"Many of my prisoners : are
out on bond, too, working on
farms where they are really
needed."
When in Medford
Stay at
HOTEL HOLLAND
Thoroughly Modern
Joe and Ann Earlay
Proprietors
Big Snow Traps
Officer on
Trapping Trip
SILVER LAKE The bl
snowstorm that took northern
Luke county by ninpi'lso
May 14, trapped Hugo Lovyu,
gamo warden of the county, us
neatly as over that officer
trapped an offciulvr agiiliiHt
tho gamo laws.
It was tho day before fish
ing season opened and Levyn
hlud himself to tho head of
Sllvor crock. Whether his
quarry wus fish or unwary
fishermen without licenses Is
not clear. Ho pitched his
camp In tho canyon about six
miles from Silver Lake, In
tho afternoon It begun to snuw
but tho hnrdy officer wus not
to bo bluffed by a spring
squtill.
In tho cold dawn ho woke
to find six inches, of wet
clinging snow blocking his re
turn up the hill. His efforts
to movo tho cur having proved
in vain, Lcvyu sent an "SOS"
to Carry Pitcher at Silver
Luko. Pitcher with State
PollccmcMi Sullivan of Klam
ath Falls went to tho rescue.
According to W. E. Butcher,
herding a bunch of ewc.i and
lambs In tho neighborhood,
tho commotion mnde by tho
rescuers drove his sheep clear
out of the canyon.
Huskies Lead
North Coast
Tennis Race
CORVALLIS, May 22 (IP)
The University of Washington
dominated tho northern division
Coast conference tennis tourna
ment hero today as contestants
entered the finals.
The Huskies grabbed both tho
doubles bcrtlis and placed three
of tho four men in tho singles
semi-finals.
The lone outsider was Hoc
Brasch, Washington Slate, who
defeated Hugo Oswald of Wash
Ington 3-6, 6-1, 6-3, to gain the
right to meet Don Peck, Wash
ington.. Bob Odmnn and Herb Steincr
of Washington were in the other
semi-final match.
In tho doubles It was Oclninn
and Peck against Steincr and Os
wald. State Prisoners
Ask to Address
Ration Books
SALEM, May 22 UP) Prison
ers at the state penitentiary here
have volunteered to address 400,
000 questionnaires and ration
books for tho state, Warden
Gcorgo Alexander has an
nounced. Under special guard, the ration
books arrived at the prison this
week from Los Angeles. OPA
authorities will supervise the
new wartime task at the peniten
tiary. Nothin Nate
-.- r-"w I,
: .. I ' , . ; i I 'ft J
Obtaining another major
league chance with Boston
Braves, Nat Andrews Is living
up to shutout reputation ac
quired with Syracuse. Th big
right-hander blanked Cincinnati
Reds, 1-0, with thr hits, John
ny'' Vender Meer yielding only
two.
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DANCE
EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT
SKATELAND
SIS Klamath Ave.
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Auspices Veterans of Foreign Wars
Tigers Send
Pinch-Hitter
In for York
Dotrolt Not Ready to
Bonch First Baioman, But
Wish Ho'd Start Batting
DETROIT, Muy 22 UP) Th
Detroit Tigers huvo reached th
point where they uro sending up
pinch-hitlers for their ono-tlnie
eminent slugger, Rudy York, but
they aren't ready to bonch the
big first busotnim permanently -not
yet,
For the first time In his seven
year big lvugtie career hero, th
Tigers derailed tho Goorglu cot
ton planter on Ills way to th
plate hi a clutch yesterday uud
Instead sent In the veteran Rip
lludcllff, who finished at first
base.
York, whoso two-run homer
off Morton Cooper of the St.
Louis Cardinals gave tho Amer
ican leaguers a highly prized all
star giiiuo victory over the Na
tional league lust year, is in Im
minent (humor of losing tho Tlgur
first baso Job ho Inherited from
Hunk Grconberg. Manager Stevo
O'Neill is silent on just when.
"We'll naturally string along
with Rudy," declared O'Neill tu
day. "Wo need his power If he'll
start hitting. I took him out yes
terday becauso Tex liughson
had funned him three times in a
row uud I thought a lufl-hund
batter might do better.
"What's wrong with York?
Golly, I wish I know." .d
NEWS
from
II o i E
(Editor' Nolo: Wrlto to th
scrvlco men you know, and, If
Uh Inrhicln tills brief
summary of local now of the
week.)
Well, fellas, this Is th time
of year you used to llko when
you wero hero in school . . .
Classes wero dismissed for th
summer in both high and grad
schools this week, with tho tra
ditional commencement exer
cises . . . Mitchell TUloUon,
local banker, was the speaker
at KUHS . . . Ralph Fostor won
tho trophy from the Klwanls
club which goes each year to
tho able athlete also demon
strating merit in sportsmanship,
leadership and scholarship . . .
Juno O'Brien and John Fletcher
wero valedictorian and saluta
torlnn , . . There wero 210 sen
iors. Vacation, however, doesn't
mean what it used to mean,
even for tho youngsters here at
home . . . Thero won't bo much
Idleness . . . Most of them al
ready havo landed Jobs for th
summer . , , First string track
men who graduuto this year,
Richard Valllancour, Ralph Fos
ter, Jim Bocchl, David Mocabee,
Dick Cada, David Pcrslng, Rex
Young, Richard Hunter, Al Bol
lottl and Lewis Voglcr.
A memorial shaft to Klamath
men lost in this war has been
erected on the courthouso lawn
and will bo dedicated on Mem
orial .Day ... It is a whlto
obelisk, in the . form of tho
Washington monument ... A
perpetual light will burn on
standard In front of it.
Peoplo at homo are still strug
gling with rationing regulations
. , . Stato police, it was an
nounced this week, will chock
up on everybody who spoeds
moro than 38 miles an hour
. . . Fred Peterson and Jim'
Kerns wero named new mem
bers on tho rationing board.
W. B. Gnllowoy, 18, ond Clint
Humblin, 20, wero arrested for
pulling feathers from tho tall
of a Mooro park peacock , . .
80 Mexicans uro to bo brought
to Tulcluko to work on farms
In that area this summer . . .
Labor shortage is beginning to
bother tho farmers, who have
also complained this week about
tho unusually cold wonthcr.
Klamath celebrated African
Victory day with a parade ...
The Lions club continues to
press the Moy bond drive and
expects to hit tho $380,000 that
will mcon the purchase of a
Flying Fortress to bo colled the
Klamath Pelican.
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