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Hugh
FulUrton, Jr.; '(
NEW YORK, June 1 WO
Jimmy Fleweger, the Lawrence
college kid who was picked as
the outstanding performer in
the central collegiate track
meet, set out to become a track
star after watching Jesse Owens
set two world records and tie
another in the 1936 CCC meet
. . . Now he averages about 12
points a meet against strong
competition in the sprints, hur
dles, jumps and discus and jave
lin and he's thinking about en
tering the national decathlon
championship if the navy does
not get him first.
ONE WEAKNESS
Jack Sell of the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette relates this conver
sation between two horsemen
at Wheeling Downs who were
discussing a friend: "He's a
smart operator," said No. 1.
"He has an uncanny knack of
picking the right spots for his
horses and he cleans up more
than his s h a r e of the prize
money."
"He knows how to bet, too,"
No. 2 added: "He gets fifty or
a hundred down just when the
price is juicy."
"Of course, there is one lit
tle trouble with him," No. 1 ad
mitted. "He's always broke."
i . .
ONE-MINUTE SPORTS PAGE
Did you know that Christy
Mathewson once was belted for
24 hits in one ball game? That
was when he was pitching for
Taunton, Mass., in 1899 at $80
a month . . . When Feather
weight Willie Pep testified in a
recent court case concerning a
street fight, he admired the de
fendant's "fine right hand." The
jury then decided that the "fme
right" to the plaintiff's cheek
was worth $13,500 . . . Which
is more than Willie ever got for
giving or taking one punch.
. TODAY'S GUEST STAR
W. D. McMillan, Savannah
(Ga.) Morning News: "Maybe
Robert Garnett, Birmingham's
new pitcher, isn't the best hur
ler in the world, but he's got a
ceiling , like a Flying Fortress.
He's six feet seven inches tall.
SERVICE DEPT.
Ensign Frank Hoerst, former
Phillies Ditcher, is gunnery of
ficer on a merchant ship that
has just completed a round trip
to Murmansk . . . And he prob
ably didn't find the bombing
any worse in the Arctic than
he used to in Shibe park ...
Ev Morris, former New York
Herald-Tribune basketball ex
pert, has been given a "spot
promotion" from lieutenant to
lieutenant -commander at his
navy post somewhere in Eng
land. He'll go back to his old
rank any time he's transferred
to another job.
With restaurants on the ra
tioned list, folks will nave to
swallow their pride and what
ever else they can get.
There are more than 100 dif
ferent types of iron and steel
nails on the market.
There are 29 islands in the
Bahamas, but only 20 of them
are inhabited.
Big League Lingo
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Yanks,
League
Topsy
By JUDSON BAILEY
Associated Press Sports Writer
Baseball has three big week
ends this season Memorial
Day, Independence Day and La
bor Day and the first of
these has given the Major lea
gues something to shout about,
if they have any breath left
In three topsy-turvy days com
prising the extended observance
of Memorial Day in the big lea
gues 39 games were played for
the entertainment of 371,713 pay
ing customers.
When the whole bewildering
business was over the standings
of both leagues had been scram
bled but the New York Yank
ees were on top in the American
and the Brooklyn Dodgers still in
front in the National.
The Dodgers preserved their
slender margin at the head of the
senior circuit by dividing a dou
bleheader at St. Louis before
25,664 fans, the largest crowd in
the National league yesterday.
They were shut out 7-0 in the
first game as Mort Cooper pitch
ed a spectacular one-hitter. Billy
Tough Schedule Outlined
For 1943 Pelican Gridders
By VIRGIL GROSS
Plans for one of the. finest
football schedules in the history
of Klamath Union high school
are nearly complete. Eight games
have already been contracted
and a ninth game will be sched
uled. KUHS will abide by every
war emergency regulation and
will do all required to fit into
the war effort and still play a
full schedule. Almost all of the
larger schools in the state, are
planning schedules as near nor
mal as possible. .-!
Coach Frank Ramsey of the
State Champion Pelicans of last
year isn't going to crawl into his
hole and rest on the past. Grad
uation hit his squad a terrific
blow. Gone are 16 men from
the group of 38 letterraen, in
cluding eight regulars, five sec
ond string men, and three third
string men. He also stands to
lose at least two more through
draft calls.
With this to go by In gauging
team strength in 1943 the fol
lowing schedule should prove in
teresting: September 17 open date.
KUHS usually has a Portland
school on this date but due to -a
ruling by their board of educa
tion the schools are not allowed
to travel for the duration and
unless the ruling is relaxed there
will be no game. Several other
schools have been contacted to
fill that date, and KUHS. is. as
sured of a good opening game.
September 24 Marshfield.
There is some debate as to
whether it will be here or there.
October 1 Salem, here,
Should prove a tough game.
October 8 Ashland,; here.
This should be Ashland's' year,
according to all reports.
October 15 Medford, here.
The game of the year as usual.
October 22 Eugene, there.
VeTfeCAM MAQ lAS
6EEN HIS BeST DAYS'-
Dodgers Still Lead
;Big Crowds Watch
-Turvy Holiday Play
Herman spoiled a no-hit chance
for Cooper by smashing a double
in the fifth inning.
The .Cardinals themselves
were blanked 1-0 In the second
game although Harry Brecheen,
rookie southpaw, held Brooklyn
to four hits while the Redbirds
made five. Fred Fitzsimmons,
who pitched seven innings be
fore being removed for a pinch
hitter, was credited with the vic
tory." Dixie Walker doubled,
went to third on a wild pitch and
scored on a squeeze but by Dee
Moore for the game's only run
in the eighth.
The Yankees split two games
with the Chicago White Sox,
who. had knocked the Washing
ton Senators out of first place in
the American league on Sunday.
The Sox scored five runs in
the tenth inning to give a ridicu
lous finish to the first game,
which they won 10-5. Two of
the runs counted on a squeeze
bunt by relief pitcher Orval
Grove. But . the American lea
October 29 Grants Pass,
there.
November 5 , The. Dalles,
here.
November 11 Bend, there.
This should be a tough game as
Bend has several - outstanding
lettermen returning.
The quality of the opposition
in this schedule speaks for it
self. - The finest teams from
every section of Oregon will be
represented. Klamath Falls, foot
ball fans are guaranteed the best
brand of football possible.
KUHS's squad losses will be
hard to replace; look at the fol
lowing and analyze the job fac
ing Coach Frank Ramsey.
Phil Blohm, a fine football
player, is now at OSC and doing
fine. Phil was steady, depend
able, and a fine moral influence
on the 1942 squad He called
the defensive signals and always
did a fine job.
Guards .'Marvin Watson,. Al
Barker, Al Cline and Rollin Tu
tor were all fine players and
their losses will be felt; however
replacements are ' strong here,
with one regular and several sub
stitutes' returning.
Tackle lost was Floyd Hun-
saker, a reserve. All the regu
lars and several good subs re
turning.
Ends -are- hardest hit The
team lost Neil Mayfleld, Keith
Coddington,, .Rex Young and
Dick Cada, the first four ends
Mayfield was as fine an end
seen here in the last 10 years.
He was an exceptional . blocker
and . a great end defensively.
Keith Coddington was the most
underrated man on the squad.
though a fine end in every re
spect. s
The backfield was very hard
hit. KUHS lost four regular
backs of last year. For a well
balanced group the backfield of
Selby, Foster, Vaillancour, and
Mast, were as fine a high- school
backfield a coach could ask for.
Selby and Vaillancour were
steady, excellent blockers. They
were fast and, at all times, a
constant threat to opponents. ' -It
will be a long time before
Modoc field sees another back
of the Ralph Foster type. Ralph
was truly a great back with a
marvelous sense of balance and
an excellent change of pace.
Ralph will be very hard to re
place. Probably the finest football
player on the squad was Don
Mast Don is a college team
prospect in football and boxing.
He called signals and was a fine
leader. His loss .will be very
keenly felt and, if he can be re
placed by a player of equal cali
ber, the KUHS prospects' for
next year will be greatly im
proved. Don was selected by
his teammates as "honorary cap
tain" and ."most valuable play
er." Gordon McKay, reserve full
back, was also lost. McKay play
ed some fine ball and will be
greatly missed.. .
Taking everything into consid
eration KUHS. fans may expect
a fair team in 1943, and a full
schedule.
Game Commission
To Meet in June
The annual hearing of the Ore
gon state game commission in
regard to hunting regulations
will be held at 10 o'clock Satur
day, June 12, at its offices in the
Oregon building, Portland.
- Seasons, bag limits and other
regulations governing the taking
of game animals, game birds and
furbearing animals will be con
sidered at that time by the com-,
mission. .. . .. ., .... .
gue champions let loose a bar
rage of 18 hits in the nightcap.
Joe Gordon hit his fifth homer
with the bases loaded and Char
ley Keller hit his sixth with two
aboard to account for seven runs
as the Yanks won 10-4.
At Washington the Indians
and Senators battled to a draw.
Alex Carrasquel, pitching the
last two innings of the first
game, received credit for his
sixth victory without defeat as
the Senators gained an 8-7 deci
sion. Then he returned to the
scene in the tenth inning of the
nightcap and lost a 7-6 verdict
in the 13th frame. Earl Center,
losing pitcher in the first game,
was the winner in the second.
: The Boston Red Sox swept the
second straight doublcheadcr,
stopping the St. Louis Browns 2-1
in 13 innings and 7-6 in ten. The
Browns, who had replaced Bos
ton in the cellar Sunday, bid
farewell to Vernon (Junior)
Stephens, the Major leagues'
leading hitter, who left for a
L. A. Seven
Games Up in
Coast Chase
Southmen, Portland Split
Monday's Battles; Seals
Drop Two to Rainiers
By The Associated Prats
; The Pacific Coast league
swings into the seventh, week of
the baseball season today, with
pace-setting Los Angeles nursing
a 71 game lead over second place
San Francisco although the An
gels faltered last week to drop
their first series out of six to a
second division club.
Portland, ranked sixth, had
the satisfaction of stopping the
Angels in five games out of nine.
The Beavers had been blanked
in a seven game meeting with
Manager Bill Sweeney's men in
early May. But the Angels had
a lucky break in drawing Sacra
mento for their new series. The
Solons have been able to win
only 15 games while dropping 27
thus far a record which has left
them tied with Seattle for cellar
honors.
In yesterday's twin bill, the
Beavers manfully clipped three
Los Angeles pitchers for 13 hits
to win the first game, 7 to 6. Los
Angeles came back with three
runs in the first frame of the
seven inning nightcap to eke out
a 3 to 2 win.
San Francisco dropped the
first game to Seattle yesterday
7 to 5 and were working hard to
retrieve the second when the
game was called in the tenth by
time limit agreement with the
score knotted at two runs. The
second game was another disap
pointment to Sam Gibson of the
Seals who pitched seven innings
of flawless ball only to have it
nullified. Sad Sam pitched 17
innings against Portland recent
ly only to have credit go to re
lief pitcher Win Ballou who took
over in the 18th.
Oakland took two games from
Sacramento, 7-4 and 10-0 to win
the rubber game of a series of
seven. The short nightcap saw
Henry "Cotton". Plppen at his
best in a no-hit, no-run perform
ance. Not a solon hit first base.
The Oaks open a home series to
day with Portland.
Hollywood was another double
loser yesterday, dropping the
first game to San Diego 4 to 2,
and the second 6 to 2. It gave
the Padres six of the nine game
series. '
Timber Wolves
To Meet CIW
Baseball Team
PORTLAND, June 1 (VP) The
Camp Adair Timber Wolves, en
dowed with several former pro
fessional baseball stars, will
meet the Commercial Iron
Works of the Portland War In
dustries league here Friday
night
It will be the Timber Wolves'
first appearance here but their
second against Commercial Iron.'
The soldiers won, 8-7, in a con
test at Salem.
Staff Sgt. Jack Knott, former
pitcher for the Philadelphia Ath
letics, probably will start on the
mound for Camp Adair.
NO A CARD
SCHELL CITY, Mo. (P)
Isaac Luther has no transporta
tion worries.
Ho went to visit his sister at
Tabersville, 16 miles away.
Made the round trip in one
day, too - on his 35-year-old
mule. ... .. , -..
draft Induction examination- in
California.
Hal Newhouscr pitched two-
hit ball as Detroit shut out the
Philadelphia Athletics 7-0 but
Roger Wolff pitched the A'a to a
4-3 victory in the second game.
The Boston Braves held onto
third place in the National lea
gue by splitting with tho Pitts
burgh Pirates. Jim Tobln pitch
ed five-hit ball to beat his former
teammates 6-1 and then Bob
Klingcr blanked the Braves 4-0
on eight safeties.
The Pirates, who had "vaulted
from seventh to fourth place on
Sunday, lost their first division
berth to Cincinnati, however, as
the Reds beat the New York
Giants 6-4. Weather halted the
second game of this doublchead
cr in the sixth inning with the
score 0-0.
Philadelphia s travel weary
Phillies won the first game of
their western expedition by beat'
ing Chicago 10-4 after losing six
straight, but the Cubs set them
down 8-2 in the second game.
After riding high for weeks, the
Phillies now are in sixth place.
Big League
Batmen Near
Induction
NEW YORK, Juno 1 (P) -
A couple of prospective sluggers
for Uncle Sam Vernon Steph
ens of the St. Louis Browns
and Ellsworth (Babe) Dahlgren
of the Phillies are giving the
Major leagues something to re
member them by.
Stephens left the Browns yes
terday in the middle of the sec
ond game of a doublchcader at
Boston to go to Long Beach,
Calif., for his induction exam
If he passes he will have played
his last game of the season, but
his .376 batting average is not
likely to be forgotten soon. Oris
Hockett of Cleveland is In sec
ond place with .330.
Dahlgren is a newcomer to the
top spot in the National lengue
with a .368 average. He was no
tified a few days ago that he
had passed his preliminary phy
sical test and would be eligible
for induction in the next quota
of his Philadelphia draft board,
probably in July.
Dahlgren boosted his batting
average 27 points in a week and
jumped from fourth place to
first. Billy Herman of Brooklyn,
the leader a week ago, slipped to
third with .338 back of Stan
Musial of the Cardinals, who has
a .345 mark.
Newell Ball Tilt
Called Off Sunday;
Pelicans Practice
The scheduled Sunday double
header between the Pelicans and
Camp Newell army team was
called off on account of weather
and field conditions.
Regular Pelican baseball prac
tice sessions will be held on
Wednesday and Friday nights,
instead of the usual Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday nights.
The Pelicans have contacted
the Central Oregon League's
president and they may enter the
Central Oregon League this sum-
Ceiling Zero
, Tom Tumor zooms vertically
in helicopter-like pursuit of ball
thrown homeward by Outfielder
Wally Moies at Johnny Sullivan
hits dirt to pile up Washington
total at Senators slam White
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PS - v i
Sox 11-0, at Comiskey pwkv
Bing's Don
Bingo Wins
At Belmont
Crosby Nags Not So Slow;
. "Galloping Gaucho" From
Argentina Win $27,600
By SID FEDER
NEW YORK, Juno 1 (I1) It
looks like Bing Crosby will liuvo
to concentrate his gngs on his
all-boy chorus of four sons at
home from now on, because ho
can't kid around any more about
his running horses who can't
run. '
Thoso bewhiskercd wise-cracks
concerning Crosby goo-gees with
the "slows" wore wiped off tho
books yesterday by the "gallop
ing Gaucho" from the Argentine,
Don Bingo. The Gaucho Is a
horse the crooner and his Cali
fornia partner, Lin Howard,
didn't even know they wore
buying when they spent $2500
for his mammy four years ago.
But he paid off yesterday by
bouncing in with the 57th run-
ning of the Suburban Handicap
and picking up an easy $27,600
at Belmont in tho biggest betting
day inxacing history.
It was so big, In fact, that tho
mythical three million - dollar
day, which up to now has been
considered in the samo "lenguo"
as a "T" card for a motorbike,
figures to be just around the
corner like the four-mtnuto mile.
The 47,083 cash contributors
who turned out for Belmont's
war relief day set world betting
records of $206,094 on a steeple
chase raco and $122,736 on a
dally double on the way to post
ing a new all-tlmo high of $2,
690,153 for mutucl wagering in
one day at one track.
And except for three races
with "short" fields one with
four horses one with five and
one with six which- naturally
kept down the belting, the long
predicted $3,000,000 day might
have been reached.
Another mark posted was the
one for feeding the iron men in
a single race in New York state.
Tho folks did that with a total of
$472,261 in tho Surburbnn, and
not too much of it was on Don
Bingo, who returned tho fancy
figure of $26.40 for each of the
customers who Invested his deuce
the right way and saw tho four
year old South American stepper
hit the pay-line three lengths In
front of Lou Tufnno's Market
wise, who was disqualified, in
cidentally, and placed lost.
By The Asioclated Prois
COAST LEAGUE
W .L Pet.
Los Angeles 33 10 .767
San Francisco 25 17 .505
San Diego 25 20 .568
Oakland 23 20 .535
Hollywood 19 25 .432
Portland 17 26 .395
Sacramento 15 27 .357
Seattle 15 27 .357
Results Yesterday
Oakland 7-10, Sacramento 4-0.
Portland 7-2, Los Angeles 6-3.
Seattle 7-2, Son Francisco 5-2.
San Diego 4-6, Hollywood 2-2.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L Pet.
New York 19 13 .504
Washington 19 16 .543
Philadelphia 19 17 .528
Cleveland 18 17 .514
Detroit ....16 16 .500
Boston ....17 19 .472
Chicago 13 16 .448
St. Louis 11 18 .379
Results Yesterday
Chicago 10-4, New York 8-10.
- Washington 8-6, Cleveland 7-7.
Boston .2-7, St Louis -6.
' Detroit 7-3, Philadelphia 0-4.
' NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L Pet.
Brooklyn 25 13 .658
St. Louis 22 13 .629
Boston 16 15 .516
Cincinnati 17 18 .486
Pittsburgh ..16 17 .485
Philadelphia 18 10 .457
New York 15 21 .417
Chicago 12 23 .343
Results Yesterday
St. Louis 7-0, Brooklyn 0-1.
Cincinnati 6-0, New York 4-0
(Second game called end of fifth
inning).
Boston 6-0, Pittsburgh 1-4.
Philadelphia 10-2, Chicago 4-8.
DANGEROUS BUSINESS
M'KEESPORT, Pa. (F)
Jacob Wander has learned you
can't sell' your potatoes and have
them,' too.
Wander, a wholesaler, was
driving a truck loaded with two
tons of potatoes for retailers
and stopped to buy gasoline. A
clamoring crowd gathered and
In self defense Wander started
to sell his potatoes and didn't
stop until he was cleaned out.
So he had to go home with
out filling the orders from his
grocer customers and found
his own potato bin empty.
The fellow who always wants
to run evorythlng probably will
balk at tho lawnmower this
spring. .
Finland has a national debt
of lens than $29 per head of the
copulation.
MUlUuul
I'AUK Kit! I IT
J3 a
Physically Fit
.2-
Famous athlotes Lt, Cdr. Jack Dempioy. U8CG. and HeUn
Jacobs, former tonnls champion and WAVES' officer, walch
Brooklyn's Physical Fitness Day program on Brooklyn college
campus.
Western Sports Streamline;:
By RUSS NEWLAND
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1 (IP)
This is the month of Juno brides
. . Congratulations to the new
crop ... Wo wouldn't venture
any tips on housekeeping . . .
Too dangeroust But hero's a
miro thing for today, and any
day . . . U. S. war bonds . . .
You can't lose . . , Get going,
Memos: Deserving plugs go
to Eorl Wight, Flint Maimer, Art
Safstrom and tho rest of tho
committee who put on tho recent
west coast relays at Fresno . . .
In 17 years the meet has been
built from nothing to one com
parable to any in the country . . .
This year was the toughest but
tho armed forces donated their
stars to help muko It as big as
any ... A mnn named Fred W.
O'Bannon In Los Angeles rates
a hand . .- . He's the founder,
president and prlnclpiil worker
of the American Golf association
which stages its fourth annual
California medal play golf cham
pionship, July 3-4-5 ... At tho
southern California club, Mont
erey park . . . For three yeors
O'Bannon has bucked the Cali
fornia Golf association as well as
a general apathy toward his
tournament . . . It s open to all
amateurs, regardless of affilia
tion . . . Gallery donations will
go to a war charity , , .
It is axiomatic that a silk
purso cannot bo made out of a
son's car . . . Joo Waterman did
it, figuratively ... By putting
boxing back on the mop at Port
land ... A city where for a long
time fights wouldn't draw files
, . Wolcrmon, who has been
around the gome so long he prob
ably knew John L. Sullivan well,
hit tho Jackpot . . . Greatly in
creased population and fresh
money . . . Nico work, Joe . . .
Another fellow wo tip our hat
to . . Football Coach Jim Aiken
of the University of Nevada . . ,
While other mentors sitting In
moro favorable spots pretend to
be unknowing, undecided and
unwilling to take a stand on
football next fall, Aiken bounds
to tho front with an emphatic
Why worry about milking both
ends meet? Chances aro they
won't recognize each other any
more.
WluUyimBuifWiiU
111 I Ml,'!
When one of the huge ships of
the lino goes into action, tho deadly
powor and devastating effect of a
broadside , . . tho -sheer dcitruc-i
tlon which results is fearful to con
template. The blast figuratively
staggers tho imagination, and actu
ally rocks tho battlowagon.
A broadside of nine slxtoon-lnoh
guns on ono of our big battleships
costs approximately $18,000 and
looses tons of cxploslva projectiles
against our bnomy. War costs mon
ey. Wo must provldo tho money
with our incroosod purchnao of War
Bonds every payday. "Vou've Done
Your Bit, Now Do Your Best."
V. S. Trtai'ury Utpartmint
limph't
Juno i, mi:)
1
"yes!" ... Mo lini a four gnmo
tentative schedule to data . . .
And If it doesn't pan out (the
collego end of it) he will take on
every sorvlco team available , , .
Couches should base future plans
on the theory that football will
go on. especially In the absonco
of Indications of an offlclulj
"stop" signal ... "
When the Seals ran up their
25 to 3 basketball score agalnit
Seattle last week they revived
memories of the days when Salt
Lake City was In coast league
baseball . , . Where what would
pans for a bunt at sea level would
bo a single past third In the
rarlficd atmosphere of tho
mountain country . . . Vernon
scored 35 runs to defeat Salt
Luke in 1923 and the Seals made
30 tallies In whipping tho Bees
up there a year later . . . Tho
Seals scored 11 runs In tho
fourth Inning against Scattla but
that number has been topped
four times with Suit Lako estab
lishing tho high of 10 runs In tho
sixth against Vernon in 1023.
Angiers askcu
To Mail Record
Cards of Catch
Anglers are urged again to co
opcrato with tho Oregon state
gnmo commission by mailing in
catch record cards for nil finn
ing trips made. A report Is want
ed for each trip even If no fish
aro caught
Tho orange-colored cards,
which nro slmplo to fill In, need
not be signed and need no pos
tage. They can bo secured from
stato police officers, gamo li
cense agentx, fishing resorts and
boat concessions as well as from
tho offlco of the gnmo commis
sion. Tho commission desires to so
cure as much Information as
possible as to tho angling sue
cess in mo various streams ana
lakes of the stntc.
Tony Galonto to '
Fire Rights, Lefts
In Ten-Rounder
TAMPA, Fin., Juno 1 (IT)
Tony Giilenlb, revived and ro
armored (at least 10 poundH
worth) rumbles bnck onto tho
heavyweight firing lino In a
scheduled 10-rotind hnut with
Herbio Kntz of Brooklyn hero
tonight.
Galonto has not fought sinco
ho lost to Buddy Bner at Wash
ington in 1041. Kntz, a ranking
lightweight, probably will weigh
in at 184 pounds. Galcnto Is ex
pected to pack soma 245 pounds.
' Proportionately, your body
contains almost as much water
as a fresh cucumber.
Wisconsin planted 38,100,300
new forest trees during 1040.
)WE BUY
(ME)
H. E. Hauger
1330 Main