Joe Gordon's Batting On
Recovery Swing; Pennant
Chasers Work For Naught
Br SID FEDER
Associated Press Sports Writer
Don't look now, folks, but the
latest hospital reports Indicate
Joe Gordon's long-ailing bat may
be about to sit up and take a lit
tle nourishment again.
In the last few days it's been
showing that there are still signs
of life. Topping off the "recov
ery" with four hits in the twin
bill the Yankees cut up with the
Red Sox yesterday including a
two-run homer that won the
opener for the Bombers the
flash has chipped in with eight
safe wallops in four games and
pulled his average up 45 points.
Now, this may not mean that
the slump which has been taking
all the shine off Joe since early
last September has finally re
sponded to medical treatment.
It's been one of the worst
slumps in modern times, largely
because there didn't seem to be
any reason for it.
But he seemed on the way
again and yesterday, with a
Ladies' Golf
Match Real
Hair-puller
Tough Contest Seen From
Start of Women's Western
Open as Champions Vie
Br CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN
CHICAGO. June 28 W The
quality of the field teeing off
today in the women's western
golf open seldom has been
equalled in the meet's 14-year
history, and although three pro
fessionals rank high among the
favorites, a scramble for the
championship was in prospect.
Nearly half of the 100 entrants
from 22 states hold handicaps
low enough . to be regarded
championship bracket possibil
ities, but only 32 will qualify
for the match-play title flight in
the opening 18-hole round. Thus,
the tournament promises to be
strongly-contested from the very
start.
The three favored pros are
Fatty Berg, the Minneapolis red
head who is making her first
competitive appearance since in
juring her knee in an auto acci
dent 18 months ago; Mrs. Opal
S. Hill, the Kansas City, Mo.,
veteran; and Elizabeth Hicks of
Long Beach, Calif.
Since Texan Betty Jameson,
now living in Mexico City, will
not be back to defend her title,
only Miss Berg and Mrs. Hill are
former open champions in the
field, the former having won it
in 1941 and the latter in 1935
and 1936.
Split Baseball
Season Proposal
Decision Expected
PORTLAND, June 28 (Pi
The Portland Beavers today
awaited a decision of Coast
league baseball officials on a pro
posal to split the season.
Business manager W. H. Klep
per, who announced late Satur
day that a telegraphic vote
would be held, said he would
favor the split schedule if the
leading Los Angeles and San
Francisco clubs want it.
ALBINA WINS "
PORTLAND, June 28 (ff) Al
blna Engine and Machine Works
increased their margin at the
top of the War Industries Base
ball leaeue vpstprHav with 9.1
victory over Commercial Iron
worm, marine tiectric trounced
the George H. Buckler nine,
13-1.
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single, two doubles, a homer and
three runs batted in.
As for the pennant chases,
both leagues might Just as well
have stood in bed, because the
Yanks held onto their two-game
bulge in the American league
and the Cards stayed half-a-game
in front In the National.
Gordon's homer gave the
Yanks 3-2 opener win over the
Red Sox, but In the afterpiece.
Bobby Doerr belted a four-bagger
to tie the score and then
knocked in the deciding run with
a hit in the 12th for a 4-3 deci
sion. Meantime, Washington's
second-place Senators, after tak
ing the first game from the Ath
letics 9-0, blew the nightcap 5-4
when the A's shoved three runs
across In the ninth inning, two
of them on JoJo White's single.
The Cards clouted the Chicago
Cubs 3-2, on Danny Litwhiler's
two homers, and 4-3 on a two-run
rally in the eighth, with Krist
taking both verdicts in relief
roles. They had to do it to stay
In the driver's seat, because the
Sports Jj
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NEW YORK, June 28 W
End of the great experiment:
Al Lang, the voice of St Pete,
is tourning the Major league
cities dropping hints that Flor
ila would be glad to have the
baseball clubs train there again
next spring especially since the
army is giving up its leases on
a lot of hotels . . . Bob Foote
of the Pasadena. Calif., Star-
News adds that the White Sox al
ready are pledged to drill in
Pasadena next spring, if possible.
and suggests that the Dodgers
might join them . . . There's a
good field right next door to
California Tech, says Bob, and
such close association of the
erudite and the screwy might do
both some good. .
.
NO LOSS THERE
Laurie Apitz, University of
Louisville athletic director, re
ports that- out of 25 men who
made up his 1938 football squad,
20 are army and navy officers.
one is a preacher, one a private.
one a sergeant and two are chem
ists in a war plant. The varsity
backfield, if reassembled, would
consist of one chemist, two air
force captains and one air force
major . . . This, says Apitz, justi
fies football in every school in
the land as far as he is concerned.
MILITARY COURTESY
Ever hear about the soldier
who reported to a new C. O.,
failed to salute or say "Sir" and
wasni even reprimanded . . .
Well, back In 1929 Ray Navin
played right end for the Uni
versity of Detroit and Art An
derson was. right tackle, and
they did a good job of teaming
up on opposing linemen . . . Re
cently Pvt. Ray Navin was trans
ferred from Fort Custer, Mich.,
to indiantown Gap, Pa., and
tha't's where it happened. The
new commanding officer was, of
course, Lieut. Art Anderson.
TODAY'S GUEST STAR
Dick Cullum, Minneapolis
Tunes: "The football of 1943 will
be the players' game. That is
the coach either gives it to the
players or they won't play It.
They'll want to play a more
reckless, happy-go-lucky game,
taking the big chance, laughing
off mistakes, throwing the ball
around, letting off the tension
of getting ready for war."
SERVICE DEPT.
Ken Kavanaugh, ex-Chicago
Bears' end, is flying a bomber
for Gen. Jimmy Doolittle and
making frequent visits to Sicily
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cooled -off Brooklyn Dodgers got
hot and flailed the Phillies 9-4
and 6-0, with Rube Meltong serv
ing up a three-hitter for the
nightcap.
Elmer Riddle tossed a seven
hitter and ancient Ray Starr and
Joe Beggs got together on a six
hitter as the Reds swept the
Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3 and 5-1 to
move into the National league's
first division. The Boston
Braves bombed the New York
Giants 10-1 with a seven-run
sixth inning spree in the opener.
Then Mel Ott's Otters came back
6-0 in the second act behind
Johnny Wittig's five-hit elbow
ing. The Cleveland Indians whip
ped the Chicago White Sox 2-1
in their opener, but Edgar Smith
tossed a four-hitter to give tht
Sox a 2-0 edge in the five-inning
afterpiece. The St. Louis Browns
knocked over the Detroit Tigers,
6-3, and the Tigers came back
9-5 in the nightcap, with Rudy
York rifling two homers and
Dick Wakefield walloping one.
Schools Put
In Bids for
NCCA Title
Seventy-Eight Players of
Twenty-Two Colleges Tee
Off In First Golf Rounds
CHICAGO, June 28 m
Eleven schools, including Louis
iana State which last year was
co-champion with Stanford, will
bid for the team title of the na
tional collegiate golf tournament
today at Olympia Field country
club.
Although Captain Dale Morey,
who paced LSU into a tie with
the Indians in 1942, again heads
the foursome from Baton Rouge,
the race for the team crown was
considered a wide-open affair,
Stanford will not field a full
team and thus will be out of
the competition. Also, a new in
dividual champion will be deter
mined during the three-day meet,
for the 1942 winner, Stanford's
Sandy Tatum, has graduated.
The Middle West will make a
partciularly strong bid for both
titles, with seven teams Mich
igan, Northwestern, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Ohio State, Michigan
State and Notre Dame involved
in the action along with LSU,
Yale, Texas and Princeton.
Seventy-eight players from 22
colleges will tee off in 18 holes
this morning -to qualify for 32
berths in the first round of match
play for the individual cham
pionship in the afternoon. No
putts will be conceded in the
afternoon matches, the scores
being tabulated with those of the
qualifying round to determine
the team title. The school's
foursome having the lowest ag
gregate score will be the winner.
. . . Winner of a recent service
tennis tournament A. and M.,
was Don Goldbeck, army pre
flight student who is considered
one of Texas' better racquet
wielders. Other entries included
Bob Deacon of Arkansas, John
Tarrant of Illinois, Harry Mack,
California State collegiate cham
pion in 1939 and 1941 and Abra
ham Levltan, a good Junior play
er in New York . . . Lieut. (Jg)
Gen Goodreault, who used to
catch Charley O'Rourke's passes
at Boston college, has Just report
ed at the Jacksonville, Fla., naval
air station . . . O Rourke slip
ped quietly into the navy about
a month ago as an ensign.
Weekend Sports
By The Associated Press
ELIZABETH, N. J. Bill Wat
son, former U. of Michigan ath
lete and now a Detroit police
man, regained national AAU de
cathlon title by compiling 9994
points in nine events. Informed
he had title won, Watson didn't
compete In 1500 meter run.
HANOVER, N. H. John Dell
Isola and Milt Piepul named
coaching aids of newly selected
head Football Coach Earl Brown
at Dartmouth.
EVANSTON, 111. Francisco
Seeura. ITnivritv nt Miami
sophomore, won national inter
collegiate tennis title by defeat
ing Tom Brown Jr., University
of Califnrnln B.2 A.1 ? e.
gura didn't lose set in entire
tourney.
CHICAGO Whirlaway finish
ed fifth in Equipoise Mile at
Washintflnn nnrlr urhtr-V, want In
best seller for second straight
year. Winner was clocked in
1:37 and paid $38.20.
SPANGLER NO-HITTER
PORTLAND, June 28 )
Pitcher Spangler of the Vancou
ver Red Hawks Joined the ranks
of the no-hit-no-runners yester
day, turnine back Hudson
House, 14-0, in a Portland City
.league baseball game yesterday,
Ducks Grab
Third Spot
From Padres
Other Coast League Squads
Split Weekend Pairs; Fast
leaven endanger Seals
By The Associated Press
Portland moved into third
place in the Coast league over
the weekend, climaxing a long
and determined drive by taking
a 3-3 struggle in 12 innings yes
terday from the San Diego
Padres, former occupants of
third spot.
Catcher Eddie Adams broke
up the overtime tilt with a
double, bringing in Infleldcr
Larry Barton from second. A
second game was called in the
eighth innings with the clubs
knotted at 0-0 to enable the
Beavers to catch a train for San
Francisco and the Padres to
move to Oakland. The Beavers
won Saturday, B to 3.
At Seattle the Rainiers split a
pair with Sacramento to capture
five out of seven games for the
week. They won the short sec
ond game 3 to 2 after dropping
the first 1 to 0 when confronted
with the five hit pitching of
Ralph Braxle. The lone score
came in the eighth when Earl
Petersen tripled and scored on
pinchhitter Joe Molina's hit.
Hollywood and Oakland split
a pair, with the stars winning
the nightcap 8 to 3 on the relief
pitching of Bill Thomas. Thomas
had been knocked out of the box
in the first game when the Oaks
staged a four-run outburst and
went on to win 12 to 2.
San Francisco split with Los
Angeles, the victory half of the
bill giving the Seals but one
game out of seven in the series
with the league leaders and put
ting them not far out of reach of
the fast-traveling Portland Beav
ers whom they meet in the next
series. The scores were 8 to 1
for the Angels In the regulation
opener, and 9 to 3, San Francisco
in the seven-inning nightcap.
By The Associated Press
COAST LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
Los Angeles 53 18 .748
San Francisco 40 30 .371
Portland 34 33 .507
San Diego 35 37 .488
Oakland 33 38 .485
Hollywood . 32 40 .444
Seattle .. 30 40 .429
Sacramento 23 44 .343
Results Yesterday
Los Angeles 8-3, San Francisco
1-5.
Hollywood 2-8. Oakland 12-3.
' San Diego 2-0, Portland 3-0
(first game 12 innings; second
game called end 8th to catch
train.)
Sacramento 1-2, Seattle 0-3.
Results Saturday
Los Angeles 5, San Francisco
4 (11 innings).
Hollywood 6-8, Oakland 3-3.
Portland 9. San Diego 5.
Seattle 8, Sacramento 6 (twi
light). NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
St. Louis 37 22 .627
Brooklyn 40 26 .606
Pittsburgh 31 28 .525
Cincinnati ... 30 28 .517
Philadelphia . 30 31 .492
Boston ..... 28 30 .483
Chicago 23 38 .377
New York 23 39 .371
Results Yesterday
St. Louis 3-4, Chicago 2-3.
Brooklyn 9-6, Philadelphia
4-0.
Cincinnati 6-3, Pittsburgh 3-1.
Boston 10-0, New York 1-6.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
.33 24 .579
.34 28 .348
..32 31 .908
..30 31 .492
.27 30 .474
.27 30 .474
..30 34 .489
.28 31 .456
Cleveland
Results Yesterday
New York 3-6, Boston 2-4 (sec
ond game 12 innings).
Washington 9-4, Philadelphia
0-5.
St. Louis 8-9, Detroit 3-9.
Cleveland 2-0, Chicago 1-2.
Sabin Beats Chapin
In Pro Exhibition
Tennis Match
SPOKANE, June 28 (Ft
Wayne Sabin, professional tennis
star, defeated Alfred Chapin,
Jr., an eastern club professional,
6-2, 8-2 here yesterday in an ex
hibition match.
Both pros are stationed at the
naval training station at Far
ragut, Idaho.
In a single-set match, however,
they were outlasted by Henry
Neer, former Portland, Ore., city
champion, and Bob Moran, 1941
Spokane titlist. The contest
went 28 games before Sabin and
Chapin bowed out 19-13.
PORTLAND, June 28 (P)
Byerly Sporting Goods won the
first-half pennant of the greater
Portland Baseball league yester
day, edging Portland air base,
4-3, in ll innings.
In other games the Coast
Guard defeated Barnes General
hospital, 8-1, and the Army Engi
neers swamped the Camp Hathe
way colored nine, 13-0.
3
Midtmnd
T7
J'AGK TWO
Ninth Inning Outburst
Gives Bend Pelican Yin
Hanouska Works "Whiff" Ball to Drop
Twelve Elks by Strike-Out Method
A two-run outburst by the Bend Elks In the first of the
9th, without the aid of a hit, ruined the opener for Pitcher Bill
Hanauska and the Pelicans, whilo tho visitors from the north
tucked away their second straight win over the locals by a 4 to 3
score. It was a pitchers battle all the way, and a little better
support in the pinches would have enabled Hniuiuska to record
a win despite light hitting by his mates. He had his "whiff" ball
working and retired 12 Bend Elks via the strike-out route. Bob
Houtchena was equally hot tor Bend and struck out 10 Pelicans,
allowing only four hits.
The locals scored an unearned run in the first, and Rend tied
it up in the third on one of the two earned runs allowed by
Hanauika. They added the
other in the 5th on two hits,
making the score 2 to 1 for
Bend. In the 8th, after two
were out, Ernie Bishop, who
had run for Shipman in the
previous inning, laced out a
double down the third base line
and promptly scored on Hat
field's single to center, tying
the score at. two-all.
The previously mentioned
two unearned runs by Bend in
the first of the 9th, however,
upset the high hopes for a Peli
can win, and the best the locals
could do was counter with one
more run in their last turn at
bat.
It was a mighty good ball
game and really deserved a bet
ter attendance, considering that
it was the much-heralded open
er. Only 215 faithful fans turn
ed out, which was actually less
than half the paid attendance at
Bend when the Pelicans played
there some weeks ago. In view
of expenses involved it is
doubtful if many home games
can be scheduled. '
Box score:
Bend Elks: AB R H E
Ackley. If 4 0 0 0
Douglass, 3b 4 0 0 0
Nehl, cf 4 0 t 0
Gordon, ss 4 0 10
Roberts, lb 4 0 10
Bailey. 2b 4 0 0 2
Farmer, rf 4 0 0-1
Musser, e 3 2 2 2
Houtchens, p 4 2 10
33 4 7
AB R H
Pelicans:
Crespi, ss
Smith. 2b
Hatfield, cf .
Goldbar, c ....
Gross. 3b
Shipman, If .
Oakes. rf
Bocchi, lb ....
Hanauska, p
Bishop. 2b .
Horn, If
, 31 3 4 3
Ran for Shipman in 6th.
Bend 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 24
K. Falls 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13
Runs batted in, Nehl 2. Hat
field. Two-base hits. Musser,
Bishop. Three-base hits, Musser.
Double plays. Gross to Smith to
Bocchi. Bases on balls, Hana
ik 9 Hntitehens 2. Strikeouts.
by Hanauska 12, Houtchens 10.
Left on bases. Bend 7, Klamath
Falls 6. Umpires, Goddard and
Howard. Time 1:33. Attendance
219.
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recapped: Take your car to a
tire inspection station and, if
recaps are necessary, the inspec
tor will certify you to the re
capper. That's all.
Lone Star Is Right
Empl
June 28, 1943
-
Eddie Adams
Returns to
Beaver Squad
PORTLAND. June 28 (T)
Catcher Eddie Adams of Port
land's Pacific Coast league club
was back in good standing today.
His eligibility was announced
in time for him to return to the
lineup yesterday and "bat home
the winning run In a 12-inning
ball game with San Diego; The
Beavers won, 3 to 2.
The Beavor catcher's statm
was questioned Friday when it
was learned the Salem Senators
of the now disbanded Western
International league had placed
him on the Ineligible list for
leaving the team before the 1943
season ended to take a defense
Job.
W. H. Klepper, business man
ager of the Beavers, said yester
day the Ineligible listing was an
error and that Mrs. George
Waters, owner of the former
Salem club, had Joined in asking
Minor League Commissioner W.
G. Bramham to reinstate Adams.
Fal ken burg Goes
Limit Winning .
Tennis Title
SEATTLE, June 28 (P) Bob
by Falkenburg of Hollywood,
Calif- the nation's No. 3 rank
ing Junior, stood off a deter
mined and fighting challenge by
Seattle's Jib Brink here yester
day to win the Seattle senior
tennis championship.
The scores in the contest,
which saw the favored Falken
burg extended to the limit, were
6-3, 2-8, 6-4, 7-3.
In the fifth and deciding set
Falkenburg was down four
games to five, and Brink, No. 6
ranking Junior, had his opponent
at match point on three occas
ions, but never could muster the
final needed punch. Falkenburg
won the tieing game and quickly
ran out the set and match.
ARMSTRONG SIGNED
SPOKANE. June 28 (P
News that Henry Armstrong,
one-time holder of three boxing
titles, had signed for an August
9 bout in Portland came as a
surprise to him, Spokane Match
maker Bud Oliver said last
night.
Oliver said Armstrong had
signed for a bout here August
7.
Glrl Meets Boy
Soldiers art convinced It Is no longer a man's world as Lor
raine Worth wins second base position en Tort Sheridan. III., post
Softball team. Miss Worth formerly played with KalamaiooW
Travelers.
Oregon Sport Notes
By mED HAMPSON
Associated Press Staff Writer
There are going to be com
plications from the new foot
ball program which will fatten
some schools with marine corps
and navy trainees and leave
others to shift for themselves
from among the 4Fs and un-dcr-17s.
So far few complaints have
come to the surface because the
schools are happy at the simple
prospect of preserving the
sport. But they're beginning to
crop out. Schools without navy
or marine personnel to draw
from are beginning to see
where they'll be pretty badly
overmatched.
In the east last week Lehigh
university announced that It
does not intend to play any
schools using service players.
Probably most of the non-service
schools will wait and seo
how the new balance of power
works out, but observers pre
dict a chorus of yips before the
season ends.
Here on the coast, Washing
ton and Southern California are
the two who have drawn the
blessings of grid province. USC
gets the marine trainees. Wash
ington the navy. Already every
other school In the two ends of
the divided league has lost out
standing players to the Trojans
and Huskies simply because the
athletes entered the service,
were stationed at USC or Wash
Ington and will become avail
able to teams that already are
top-heavy with stars.
The situation would Improve
a ut o m a 1 1 c a 1 1 y if the army
would sanction participation by
its campus trainees. So far it
has taken the position that they
will be too busy learning to be
soldiers to monkey around with
football.
Thus several schools with a
lot of high powered talent on
their campuses will have to
play their civilians against
other schools whose military
line-ups will resemble very
slightly diluted ail-American. If
it turns out to be that bad the
football they salvaged for war
time 1943 may prove unpalata
ble to both thev customers and
the unlucky schools.
With the Pacific coast confer
ence divided, the two ends of
the circuit took different paths
regarding traditional big games.
Oregon and Oregon State fell
Into the new vogue and agreed
to play twice. Stanford and Cal
ifornia regused to go for a dou
bleheader. They've always had
one big game down there and
they'll stick to one.
Traditional games are deli
cate growths, Jealousy cultivat
ed for their big yield In gate re
ceipt and advertising value to
Semi-Pro Ball
Tourney Opens In
Portland Tonight
PORTLAND, June 28 MV
The annual state semi-pro base
ball tournament will open here
tonight with the Portland Fire
men of the city league meeting
Byerly's of the greater Portland
circuit,
Vancouver'i Red Hawks and
the Camp Adair Timber Wolves
filed last-minute entries to mako
it an eight-team contest. Other
clubs are Reliable Shoe, 20th
Army Engineers, Air Base and
Coast Guard, all of Portland.
BOXING PROGRAM
FORT GEORGE WRIGHT,
Wash., June 28 (P) The public
relations office here has an
nounced a wide program of box
ing to supplement the physical
fitness program at the base.
PFC. Roy Petragallo, who won
two Pacific coast conference box
ing titles and a national inter
collegiate title flehtlns at 1n
pounds, has been selected to take
enarge oi tne new program.
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the schools. Some claim they
are too rich fare for second
helpings that the customers
can be worked up for them Juit
once a year. Others contend
lliry can stand double rxpomra
because of the fans' Inherent
luve of a rematch.
The two legs of the league
ought to afford a trst of thru
two views next fall.
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