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Midland PAGE SIX Army Can Save College Football, Says Weiss Congressman Argues for Playing of 130,000 Trainees at Various Schools WASHINGTON. July 6 HV Only the army can save college football from folding up, Sam my Weiss, congressman from Pennsylvania, professional grid referee and former Duquesne star, declared today. "At this late date, there is only one thing that can save the sport and that is for the army to give its trainees the go-ahead sign," said Rep. Weiss in an interview. The army has 130,000 young men in colleges undergoing special training as engineers, medical officers, and in other technical pursuits. However, army oficials said, only last week that the schedule set for these soldiers simply doesn't allow enough time for football, much as they'd like to arrange it. Seals Gain Two Games On Angels Coast Leaders Collect Lorsa Hits, Runs But Only One Holiday Game By The Associated Press Los Angeles closed out the In dependence holidays and a nine game series yesterday by col lecting sixteen hits and 17 runs yet captured only one game of the concluding Pacific Coast league baseball double header with Seattle. The Rainiers lashed back in the seven inning nightcap, with Pitchers Glenn Elliott and Carl Fischer limiting the Angels to two hits. One of these was John Ostowski's 14th home run of the year he now leads the league in this depart ment and the final score was 2 to 1. Angel Pitcher James (Red) Lynn limited the Suds to six hits in the opener and won 16 to 2. Runnerup San Francisco gained two games on the Angels during the week shellacking the Portland Beavers twice Monday for a seven to two edge in the series and now trail by only nine and. a half games. Both closing encounters were pitching duels. Tom Seats pitched eight hit ball for the Seals in the opener against seven safe blows allowed by Forrest Orrell and the home team came ahead 3 to 2. Al Lien allowed only three hits in pitch ing a 2 to 1 nightcap victory over Bid (six hit) Cohen. Frankie Dasso, league strike put king, boosted his string to 121 when he whiffed five Oak land boys in the opener and went on to win for San Diego 10 to 1. The Padres also took the second game 4 to 2. The last place Sacramento Solons turned on Hollywood and swept the doubleheader 3 to 0 and 3 to 2. Johnny Pintar limited the Stars to four hits in the opener. r Heads Schoolboy Umpire July 6, 1943 Their reaction came when the University of Maryland carded an eight-game schedule, express ing hope some of its soldiers would be allowed to join the squad. Weiss, chairman of an in formal committee that has been urging the war department to allow army college trainees to participate in intercollegiate games, was gloomy about the outlook. "1 hear that when the de cision is made, it may not be favorable to football," Weiss said "I have discussed that time factor with numerous army of ficers and they say the boys could devote an hour or two a day to football without inter fering with class room work. In fact, the boys are the most con cerned of all about giving up the game. West Point officials have de clared their enthusiasm for con tinuing the sport, and the cadets will play a schedule this autumn. "What I can t understand is how West Point and Annapolis and Navy Pre-Flight and navy trainees can play, yet the army trainees can't, as yet," Weiss said. By The Associated Press COAST LEAGUE W. L. Los Angeles 57 23 San Francisco 47 32 Pet. .713 .595 San Diego 41 40 .506 Portland 36 40 .474 Hollywood 37 44 .457 Oakland 36 44 .450 Seattle ... 35 44 .443 Sacramento -...27 49 .355 Results Yesterday Los Angeles 16-1, Seattle 2-2. San Francisco 3-2, Portland 2-1 (second game eight innings.) San Diego 10-4, Oakland 1-2. Sacramento 3-3, Hollywood 0-2. . AMERICAN LEAGUE . W. L. Pet. New York 37 29 .561 Washington 37 33 .529 Detroit 33 32 .508 Chicago 33 32 .508 Boston :.34 34 .500 Cleveland 32 35 .478 St. Louis 31 34 .477 Philadelphia 32 40 .444 Results Yesterday New York 3-8, St. Louis 2-5. Detroit 10-4, Washington 3-8. Philadelphia 2-7, Cleveland 1-0. Chicago 4-1, Boston 2-6. NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. St Louis 43 24 .642 Brooklyn 44 31 .587 Pittsburgh 36 32 .529 Cincinnati . 33 34 .493 Philadelphia 33 36 .478 Boston 30 35 .462 Chicago 29 41 .414 New York 28 43 .394 Results Yesterday Philadelphia 15-3, St. Louis 2-4. Brooklyn 6-8, Chicago 3-2. Pittsburgh 8-0, New York 4-9. , Cincinnati at Boston, post poned. Class Off Deep End 't . . . (USMC lphotofrom NEA) Mixing business with plea sure. United States marines make 45-foot leap from cliff overlooking Guantanamo bay. Cuba. They obtain practice in "abandon ship" tactics while n joying cooling dip. Races Lure Independence Day Crowds NEW YORK, July 6 W) The jingle, jangle jingle b the mut- uel machines substituted for the fireworks of yesteryear in the 1943 celebration of July Fourth. Saturday and Monday's rac ing programs at New York, Chi cago, Boston and Detroit lured 218.851 spectators through the turnstiles and once inside, the throng wagered a two-day total of $10,228,499. Almost hair of that dollar de luge was registered in New York where a national seven race record of $2,232,285 was established Saturday as Mrs. Barclay Douglas' Chop Chop ran off with the $25,000 Empire City handicap. That mark lasted only -until Monday when $2,564,124 splashed through the machines while William Woodward's Threat o" Gold annexed the Demoiselle at odds of $18.60, and Mrs. Edward Mulrennan's First Fiddle rewarded his back ers with $18.90 in the ques tionnaire. Chicago's Stars and Stripes handicap betting total oi $1,300,000 was the highest total behind the two staggering New York amounts. Profits of both the New York and Chicago programs went to war charities. The New York donation was estimated at be tween $100,000 and $125,000. Ortiz, Robleto Work Out in New Rainier Gymnasium kpattLE. Julv 6 (IP) Ban- itmaweight Champion Manuel Or tiz and Challenger Joe Kometo of Pasadena, Calif., both will work out today in the new gym nasium of the Rainier Athletic club in preparation for their 15 round title bout here July 12. Ortiz arrived yesterday. Robelto has been here since Sunday. Their battle will headline the first card of the new club, re cently organized with Bill Mul ligan, business manager of the Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific Coast Baseball league, as presi dent. WSC Grid Prospects Looking Better For Hpllingbery PULLMAN, July 6 (IP) A few 4-F's "healthy enough to play and the prospective enroll ment of some promising 17-year-olds brought an admission yes terday from Coach Babe Holling bery that Washington State col lege football prospects were looking up although not very far up. Hollingbery, after settlement of a salary controversy, will be starting his 18th season with the Cougar gridders. His record stands at 93 victories, 53 losses and 14 ties. Jap-Hunting Now Game Like Football PHILADELPHIA, July 6 (IP) United States troops in the Solo mon islands turned Jap-hunting into a game like baseball, reports Pvt. Anthony Coan Jr., just back from the South Pacific. "We play it when we go out on patrol," he said. "Each man is given a team name such as the Phillies or the Dodgers. Each Jap killed counts as a run. "We had lots of high-scoring games, too!" Holiday Play of Major Leaguers Forecasts Hot Battle in All-Star Game By JUDSON BAILEY Associated Press Sports Writer Now that baseball's booming Fourth of July bombardment is over, the major leagues can turn their attention toward next Tues day's annual AU-Stnr game and some of the stars already liavo. In tho holiday eclcbrntion yes terday no fewer than 10 of the sluggers selected for the dream game at Philadelphia fired home run rockets. The most spectacular fire works was set off by Augic Gnl an of the Brooklyn Dodgers. He pulled the Dodgers out of a five game losing streak by hitting a triple with the bases loaded in the first game and a grand slam homer in the second for a double victory over the Chicago Cubs, 6-3 and 8-2. Bill Nichol.son of the Cubs, Stan Musial of St. Louis, Mel Ott of New York and Vincc Di Mug gio of Pittsburgh were other Na tional league all-star nominees who punched round-trippers. NEW YORK, July 6 (iP) Ford Frick, National league prexy, wisely refuses to make any com ment on Bill Cox's latest blast . . . The Phillies' attendance fig ures show that Bill knows what he's doing and Frick also knows what Cox is doing . . . And if the Phillies really refuse to have anything to do with protests, for or against, it's one less headache for the guy who has to rule on them . . . Although the Army Navy football game may be an other small-time affair at West Point next fall. New York will have a big-time version of the same thing when Army plays Notre Dame, as usual . . . The Irish figure to have a good team as a gift from the Navy and Marines. '. f TILLIE THE TOILER' Last December, the Rev. Garis Long of Ashland, Ky., went for a quail hunt near Spar tanburg, S. C. . . . While he was hunting, his favorite bird dog, Tillie, was lost and when all efforts to locate her failed, the Rev. Mr. Long had to go home dogless . . . Last Saturday the minister took his family for a picnic near Ashland and who should turn up but Tillie, a bit lean and leg-weary after six months of wandering through the Carolinas, Virginia, Ten nessee and Kentucky to get home. SCRAP COLLECTION As proof that Mickey Owen doesn't have "rabbit ears," when the Cards staged a huddle on strategy after Joe Mcdwick reached third in Sunday's game, Mickey became fidgety and wandered from the batter's box down to join the crowd. And apparently he didn't hear much, for the Cards diagnosed the squeeze play attempt and caught Medwick between third and home . . . Local track writers are calling Arne Anderson, the record-breaking m i 1 e r, the "Svenska Vcnzke" because he used to chase Gundcr Haegg just like Gene Venzke always trailed Glenn Cunningham . . . Incident ally, Anderson will be welcomed Sports Briefs fr'f? Hugh ' Fulltrton, Jr. . Jj jfi I i Back With Birdies SP2 -' & Patty Berg, right, tells Elizabeth Hicks how pleased she Is to bt golfing again for the first time since her knee was smashed in automobile accident 18 months ago. Minneapolis miss equallod par at Chicago's Glen Oak with 76 to win medal in women's westera open. i-u. ..... ' Musitil's blow In tho seventh Inning decided the second game of a doubleheader at Philadel phia in the Cardinals' favor 4-3 and gave Howard Krist his sev enth victory against ono defeat after the world champions hud been shellacked 15-2 in tho open ing contest. In the day's other National league shows Pittsburgh bunch ed six runs in the third inning to bent tho New York Giants 8-4 and then was shutout 00 by Lefty Ken Chase on six hits in the nightcap. Cincinnati at Boston was post poned because of the weather. In the American league the New York Yankees reinforced their grasp on first place by sweeping two games ut St. Louis 3-2 and 8-5, but tho first affair was not won until Joe Gordon smacked his ninth homer in the 11th inning. Gordon also made three hits in the second game, and Nick Et- hero for tho Indoor track season If he can get transportation SERVICE DEPT. Seeing the other side: War rant Officer Bob Oiin, former light-heavyweight champ, is matchmaker for tho weekly box ing shows at the Shecpshcnd Bay, N. Y., maritime service station. His assistant is Sonny Home, who also was on the re ceiving end of the matchmakers' services until recently . . . And Petty Officer Raymond Pierce of the Seabees, former Cor nell tackle and couch at Batavia, N. Y., high school, now directs weekly smokers, featuring box ing, for the marines at a South Pacific outpost . . . Sgt. Charley Whitehead, New Jersey stale golf champion, earned his stripes I before he learned to drill be cause he's a radar expert . . . Now if he'd only adapt that device to locate lost golf balls. Bivins Best Heavyweight Says Louis PITTSBURGH. July 6 OP) Jimmy Bivins of Cleveland, In the eyes of Sergeant Joe Louis, is the best of the heavyweight fighters active today. But the negro champion still considers Billy Conn, the hand some Pittsburghcr who almost licked him in 1941, as his No. 1 challenger and declares, "He's the first fellow I want to meet when the war's over." He rates 23-year-old Tami Mauricllo, of New York, No. 3 among the men who would like to lift his crown. Joe looked In perfect fight ing trim, despite his 220 pounds, as he climbed into the ring here to referee three rounds of ama teur boxing, with more than 10,000 persons lured to the bouts by his magic name. Informed that Conn now weighed 210 pounds, about 35 pounds more than he did for their memorable scrap, the champion snapped: "That ain't gonna help him. Conn's not the kind of fighter to carry that much weight. His style is based on speed and he'll lose that speed with extra weight and it won't improve his punch any. WINS FIRST ROUND . PORTLAND, July 6 (IP) Hugh Findlay of Portland de feated Jim Oran, formerly of Springfield, 6-0, 6-0, in a first round match in the junior singles of the state tennis tournament yesterday. . ten batted In four runs, ono o homer. Besides Gordon, Cliet Laahs and Vernon Stephens of St. Lou is, Rudy York of Detroit and Bob Johnson of Washington, a 1 1 American league all-stars hit homers. York's blow with two on fig ured in Detroit's 10-3 triumph over the second place Senators in a morning game played before 10,514 fans at Detroit. John son's, with one on, provided tho margin of Washington's 6 4 vic tory in a twilight gamo played for 20,019. The Chicago White Sox split two with the Boston Red Sox, beating Tex Hughson 4 2 in the opener, then losing the second 6-1 on six-hit hurling by Yank Terry, A pair of four-hit pitching per formances by Don Black and Luimin Harris gave the Philadel phia Athletics twin triumphs over tho Cleveland Indians 2-1 and 7-0. Utah's Open Golf Tourney Looks Good SALT LAKE CITY, Julv 6 (IP) Sid Illinium of Walla Walla. Wash., was on hand today for Utah's $1000 open golf tourna ment beginning Friday and indi cations were tho number of en tries would compare favorably with pre-war meets. Tourney officials said they had received assurances that Al Zim merman of Portland, Ore., also would play. Harman and Zimmerman have been gallery favorites at tourna ments in past years and many golfers expressed satisfaction that they would be on hand this year. Qualifying rounds are sched uled for Friday with tho tourney slated to conclude Sunday. By RUSS NEWLAND SAN FRANCISCO, July 6 (A3) Wancr the Wonder: Manager Pitcher Charley Root of the Hollywood club, who twirled 16 years for the Chicago Cubs and thinks ho could go back and do a good day's chores in the maj ors, names Paul Wantcr as the greatest "Eagle Eye" batsman he ever faced . , . With tongue in check, Rout says Waner must havo had an extra eye in his bat . . . It wasn't quite that but the silent little guy from Oklahoma is a tough one at the plato . . . Some oldsters bracket him with Ty Cobb and some patriarchs liken Nation Has Low Death To on Holiday Weekend By The Associated Press Accidents over the three-day Fourth of July weekend were taking one of the smallest death tolls in history on the nation's home front, restricted by and busy with the war. As the holiday weekend on tercd its last day today, violent deaths from all causes in the United States, according to an Associated Press survey. mounted to only 100. The total included 74 fatalities from traf fic accidents; 55 from drown ings, and 61 from miscellaneous causes. The low death rate was cred ited to war preparations and re strictions, such as .work as usual schedules in many war plants and gasoline rationing. Not a single fatality was report ed from fireworks, the sale of which has been banned in many states and the manufacture of which has been virtually halted by the war. Flyer's Body Found In Clear Lake Crash SAN RAFAEL, Calif., July 6 (IP) Hamilton field authorities announced today that the body of Second Lieut. Donald M, Spegcr, 23, of Frcdonia, N. Y., had been recovered from Clear lake, into which his pursuit piano crashed yesterday.- Spcger was alone In the plane, which had been based at Santa. Rose airdrome. Coos Bay Company to Give Retroactive Pay WASHINGTON, July '6 (IP) The Coos Bay Logging company. North Bend, Ore., must grant its approximately 400 employes re troactive pay from September 1, 1942, to January 1, 1943. The war labor board Saturday sustained a ruling by the West Coast Lumber commission nam ing the company as a party to tho commission's decision In the "Big Fir" cases and ordering the back pay. jWetem Hits the Spot bibmmS . . Waft' it- M Navy ollicers In tick bay lnUt that Holen Trabolo. their dieti cian, hits spot with chow. She li Jutt at adopt in hitting bullseye with bow and arrow. Heavy Suggers Jam Top In Major Batting Averages NEW YOnK, July 0 (A') The congestion on the trains and buses over the weekend could hardly hove been worse than the Jam in the butting uvcriie.es at tho top of the two major leagues today. Out of the crowd emerged two new hitting le aders. Frank McCormick of the Cincinnati Reds In the Nntlonnl leuguo anil Rookie Guy C'urtright of the Chicago White Sox in the Amer ican, but their margins over the paremnkers of previous weeks. Babe Dahlgren and Ver non Stephens, was as close as two persons going through u train door at the same time. McCormick moved Into first place with a .329 average after him to the Immortal Willie Kecler . . . In Root's book, Wancr this year has become a modern Moses to the old men of the game , . . Paul hus slid over the 40-year mark but Is blithely Ignoring the law of averuges . . . Whereas. he should by all established pre- , cedents be dreaming of slippers i and tho comforts of on easy ' chair, he is currently aiding the , Brooklyn Dodgers make 11 siz- zling battle of it for the National league pennant ... j Root Joined the Cubs In 19211 . . . In those days ho was blessed with blinding speed . . . Gusslo ' Suhr. the ex-Pirate, describes Churley's smoker as "a wicked fast ball with a baffling hup." ; . With this in his favor, Root looked every batter In the eye and pitched to him without fear . . , During those sixteen years all sorts and sizes of hitters faced big chested Root , . , The ono who gave him the most trouble was willowy little Paul Waner , . "I never could fool Paul, not once. I never found a batting weakness in him and I don't think anybody else did. He was the toughest batter I ever pitched against from either big league." This appraisal Is from a fel low who led the national circuit in 1927, won 201 games and lost 165 with tho Cubs and now at the ripe age of 44, Is hurling impressive winning Coust league baseball . , . And who threw to such bull busters as Bubo Ruth, Joe DI Magglo, Gcorgo Dickey, Lou Gehrig, Ernie Lombard!, Lefty O'Doul, Bill Terry, Dolph Ca mllll and Mcl Ott, to name a few , , . DRUMMOND WINS PORTLAND, July 6 (Pj Bill Drummond, Portland, upset Ned Jungok, Seattle, formor Wash ington State junior chumpion, 8-6 and 6-2, as Oregon's annual state tennis championships got underway hero yesterday. 1 . PAPER SUSPENDED LONDON. Julv 6 fI'i Fleht. ing French headquarters said today the ministry of Informa tion hud suspended the French weekly nowspuper Miirseillume printed in London, The reuson was not stated. Classified Ads Brins Results. 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The, White Sox outfielder skyrock eted Into the lend lute lust week on the crest of a 2t) gume hlU ling strenk that lifted hll bat ting uveruite to ,:ttl2 lust Thur. day. Hut since then he, too, col lapsed and today had a com paratively mndest murk of .337, Oris llnckett of Cleveland, who a week ago was tied with Stephens at .3-12, dropped to .327 and third place. Ail-Around Cowboy Honors to Nelson In St. Paul Rodeo o ST. PAUL. July 6 (,T) All- around cowboy honors III the eighth annual St.- Paul rodeo which ended lust night went to George Nelson, WAMIC, with a first place in Ihu wild horso race and second places In wild eow milking, brouc riding and bullilnggiiig. Other first place winners: Red Allen, Miles City, Mont., calf roping; Harney Willis. Whit Salmon, W a s !., buildogglng; Stub nartleniuy, Arlington, bronc riding: Oregon Mounted Posse of Sulcm, western drill loam. Private to Captain In Ten Months New Speed Record SAN FRANCISCO. July 6 (T From private to cnptaln In lf3 months that's the wartlms story of Clifford P. "Biff" Hoff man, who blazed a brilliant ath letic record at Stanford univer sity nearly two cleendes ago. Promotion .of tho 40-ycar-otd Hoffman was announced today by the U. S. marine corps. Ho I stationed here as assistant offi cer in charge for offlco procure ment nnd murine corps women' reserve, western procurement Coliseum Readied t For Haegg Trip LOS ANGELES, July 6 (IP) They reddled the coliseum cinders for Guilder Hnegg's first sirhtseeing trip In southern Call-, forniu tnduy, Tho Swedish flcetfoot meg-' snged ahead that, upon his arriv ul he wanted to sec the collscuifj before going to Lake Arrowhead, In tho neurhy Sun Bernardino mountains, to trnin for his two. miln nice Saturday afternoon" with Gil Dodds. Dice have been found In tha'i tombs of ancient Egypt by arch coIoglst. II 0. Hoeuger 1330 Main
