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LP ossein) (q AuRtiat 18, 1043 Yankee Chariot Swings High; Chisox Victims Pitiful Athletics Lot Eleventh in Row; Cardinals Subdue Dodgers 7-3 Br JUD80N BAILEY Associated Press Sports Writer Q The polish may not be o bright o in some former years, btit the .New Yorkeri' chariot keepi rolling mora smoothly than It did in the days when it wi baseball's ahlnlett atreamllned model. They have won 10 consecutive aeries In the American league, which la considered a record although historians have kept no tab on such thing previously, and since July S they have won 32 out of 43 gomes. Yesterday they victimized the Chicago White Box again 4-3 - Golfers Tee Off in Best Ball Tourney 91 Teams Ready in Prelude J To Annual Chicago Victory National Championship CHICAGO, Aug. 18 (IP) K field of at least 31 teams will tea off tomorrow at the Beverly Country club In a 38 hole pro amateur best ball tournament, prolude to the first annual Chi cago Victory National golf championship. The Victory meet, which will run Friday through Sunday, will be a 72-hole medal play test Proceeds of the four-day show will go into a fund for wounded World war II vets of the Chi cago area. For a selected field of 32 pros and 10 amateurs who will com pete In the Victory National, to morrow's team contest will bo a warm u p. t The field for the Victory Na tional championship, which of ficials said may reach 45 by Fri day, was selected en the basis of championship performance. Elghten holes will be played Friday, another IS Saturday and 38 Sunday. Among the favored combina tion's In the pro-amateur are three teams that include service men players. Pvt. Chick Herbert, young pro from Battle Creek, Mich., now at Camp Grant. Is paired with Dale Morey of Mar tinsville, Ind winner in the re cent Tarn O'Shantcr all Ameri can amateur. Lt. (jg) Lawson tittle of Hut chinson, Kas., is teamed, with Steve Kovach. Pittsburgh ama teur, while Frank Stranahan, of the Nashville army air center, will play Byron Nelson of To ledo. Mother to Receive Air Medal for Son, Oregon Swimmer - MILWAUKIS, Aug. 18 (IP) Mrs. David Levy, Milwaukle, will leave soon for Washington D. C, to receive an Air Medal awarded posthumously to her son, Capt. Jack N. Levy, former university of Oregon swimmer, killed while flying In the South Pacific December 31. FRISCO CHAMPS BILLINGS, Mont., Aug. 18 (IP) San Francisco's American Le gion Junior baseball team is champion of the western region, by vlrtuo of a hard-earned 20-13 victory last night over a weary jjiroat Falls, Mont., team. ALBINA WINS AGAIN PORTLAND, Aug. 18 (IP) Alblna tightened Us grip on first place in the Portland War Indus tries league yesterday by defeat ing Commercial, 5-0, before 700 baseball fans. DANCE SAT. N1TE (J ARMORY BALDY'S BAND PAGE NINE with chunky Charley Wensioff, I tho rookie righthander ace. pitching his fifth five-hitter of the season and 14th complete game in 10 starts. At the other end of the Amer ican league ladder the pitiful Philadelphia Athletics lost their 1 1th straight game, dropping a 4-3 decision to Detroit as the Tigers moved into a tie with the idle Cleveland Indians for third place. In the other American league game John Nlggellng pitched live-hit boll as tho Browns belt ed the Boston Red Sox 4-1. A pinch single by Manager Joe Cronin saved the Sox from shutout. In the National league tht St. Louis Cardinals subdued the Brooklyn Dodgers 7-3 with Al pha Brozle, a rookie up from Sacramento, giving only eight hits and driving In three runs himself en a triple and single. The Cincinnati Reds length ened their winning streak to six games with a 10-4 decision over the New York Giants, and Pittsburgh swept a doublehead er from the Boston Braves 8-0 and 4-3 in an affair that was remarkable because Hank Gor nicki of the Pirates was the winning pitcher In both games and Nate Andrews lost both, Gornlcki went the distance In the opener, allowing six hit, and returned in relief In the nightcap to get the credit. The Chicago Cubs scored four runs in the eighth inning to take a see-saw struggle from the Phillies 7-8. Production Of Athletic Equipment Up WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 W) A 25 per cent Increase in the production of sports equipment, due mainly to demands of the armed forces, pointed up sharp ly today the fact that more Amer. leans are participating In ath letics than ever before. . The war production board WPB) disclosed that 70 per cent of the equipment output, already one-fourth greater than the peaca time level of 1041, was going to the army, navy and marines. Sports goods factories are op erating at capacity, and by next year a synthetic material will be available for use In articles now requiring rubber. WPB's sports equipment di vision estimated that participa tion in softball, basketball and volleyball has doubled, or more, since 1841, About 60 per cent more men ara playing baseball, and boxing has shown 10 per cent increase, Glenn Dobbs of Tulsa Shows as Star Passer .' EVANSTON, 111., Aug. 18 VP) The All-Star football squad which will oppose the Washing ton Redskins here the night of August 25 thought it" had some mighty fine passers In Paul Gov- ernali of Columbia, Angelo Ber- telll of Notre Dame, Otto Gra ham of Northwestern and Bob Steuber of Missouri but they'll have to make room for Glenn Dobbs of Tulsa, Dobbs took over the role of Sammy Baugh, Washington's ace passer, as the All-Stars turned to defensive drills yesterday and completed better than .500 per cent of his throws. Then he demonstrated he could handle the punting assign ment, too, by getting off a num ber of 70-yard boots. Whan la Medtord . ;., Star at , HOTEL HOLLAND Thoroughly Modern Joe and Anna Etrlsy Proprietors Irlefs Zt&zM By BID FEDER (Pinch-Hitting for Hugh Ful lerton) NEW YORK, Aug. 18 m Sid Luckman has quit that as sistant coaching Job at Pitt . , , And the tip is out he'll be back with the Chicago Bears when the pigskin starts to fly , . , Ben Smith, the wall-streeter who backed the New Mexico City race track, plans to build an other hoss-park right across the Hudson river In New Jersey , , Lee Savold will get a $25,000 guarantee to take on either Tami Maurlello or Jimmy Blvlni in Chicago , , . Wind City wizards think that one'll draw 100 G s. Miss Kathleen Hassett all 7 lbs., 14 ounces of her arrived at the Duke university hospital last week ... Papa is Buddy, the Yankees crooning flrit-tacker, now in the navy . , , Henry Arm strong has picked up 8130,000 in his comeback so far . . , And the chances are he'll retire again for keeps this time In 44 , , Tommy Thomas, the Baltimore Orioles' manager, was around town the other day tell ing about one of his pitchers whs sleeps in the dugout at Orioles park to cut down the overhead , . . And a fan who parks un der the scoreboard overnight , . Corp. John Harleton, the ex Harvard coach, has one of the top service boxing teams at the marines Parris Island CS.C.) base, , TODAY'S GUEST STAR Dick Davis. Appleton (Wis.) Post-Crescent: Dizzy, Dean pick ed up about 8150 Sunday after noon, got about $200 as Oshkosh In the evening and drew a crowd of more than 300 at Madison Monday night which should have been good for another J300 . , , Not bad for getting out on a diamond and smiling at the fans, IVORY MARKET, PFB Columbus Redblrds are turn ing down all big league bids for Joe Garagiola, their 17-year-old catcher . , . Want to wait a white, figuring the price'lt go up . , , And two of the reasons KnoxvUle was willing to sell Bob Finley to the Phillies were (A) 815,000 and (B The dis covery that third-stringer Andy Semlnick was just as good a catcher or better. DIS-A AND DAT-A Dorothy Germain, new wom en's western champ from Phllly, was started in golf ten years ago because she likes horses , , , Seems sho was always rid ing and Jumping and her par ents thought it was too danger ous ... So they handed her a set of Irons and woods. AMERICAN LEAGUE full.rton, Jtl;Viff I New York .....67 40 ,826 Washington. 59 52 .832 Cleveland ,,, ... 53 50 324 Detroit 55 50 324 Chicago - 85 58 308 Boston . ,.53 58 ,488 St, Louis 48 80 .434 Philadelphia 40 80 387 Results Yesterday Philadelphia 3, Detroit 4, Boston 1, St. Louis 4. New York 4, Chicago 2, NATIONAL St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Brooklyn Chicago Boston . ......... Philadelphia New York LEAGUE -.70 38 ,880 ...80 40 350 ...60 80 . 345 ...88 54 300 ...60 58 .463 ...48 57 .487 ,..51 81 ,455 ...38 80 381 Results Yesterday Chicago 7, Philadelphia 5, Cincinnati 10, New York 4. St. Louis 7, Brooklyn 8, Pittsburgh 3-4, Boston 0-3, PACIFIC COAST Los Angeles .... 92 31 ,748 San Francisco 78 44 ,838 Seattle 83 58 -321 Portland 81 61 300 Hollywood . 58 68 ,452 San Diego 52 72 .418 Oakland 51 72 ,415 Sacramento 37 84 308 Results Yesterday San Diego 6, Portland 4, San Francisco 3, Oakland 2, Los Angeles 10, Hollywood 8. FOR SCHOOL Rough Rider CORDS Boys' slses from 12 and men'a sisas $4.45 to $5.50 DREW'S MANSTORE 733 Mala Sandlotter Celebrates Vith Padres Red McCorry Clours Two Doubles on First Day to Giva San Dle9o 6-4 Win , By The Associated Press It took a rookie who has just shaken the dust of tlie sandlots to help San Diego present George Detora with his second win as manager of the Padres. The home town recruit. Red McCarty, celebrated his first day as a San Diego left fielder yes terday by clouting two doubles, driving In one run and scoring two himself to pic the Padres' victory over Portland, 6 to 4. Catcher Detore, who took over as manager eight games back, revamped his lineup tor the open er of the new series In an effort to correct the Padre's losing dis position. Hollywood's Stars outhlt Los Angeles but the Angels profited from a four-run homer by Johnny Ostrowskl and won, 10 to 8, It was Pitcher Paul Gehrmsn's 15th win, and Bill Thomas 14th loss. Neither went tha distance. Base hits were plentiful on both sides as San Francisco best ed Oakland, 3 to 2, in the in augural of their 14-ga me home- a nd-home series. The Oaks, in fact, topped the Seals, 12 hit to 10, but San Francisco's big right hander. Bob Joyce, managed to pitch himself clear, Sacramento and Seattle, idle yesterday, get back Into play in Sacramento today. Sir Waiter ignores (Boif Challenge PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 18 (IP) A grudge match between Joe Kirkwood, whose shrieking plaid cap was jammed angrily over his ears, and SO-year-oId Walter Hagen, the Australian-born trick shot artist's boon companion on golfing junkets to the far corn ers of the earth, lacked only Hagen's acceptance today and the Haig was vacationing in the Michigan north woods. In Huntingdon Valley Country club pro's offer to meet Hagen "anywhere, anytime" for a (2000 wager drew an expression of In terest from J, Russel Gntu, head of the Ryder Cup challenge tour nament sponsoring committee, who suggested at Detroit that the match be staged for Chinese war relief. Meanwhile the Philadelphia section of the Professional Golf ers association scheduled a snec- ial meeting tonight to consider the "incident' 'at last week's Ryder cup m Me he a which prompted Kirkwood to offer a still unaccepted resignation from the PGA. Arne Andersson Revises Track Record Books GOTHENBURG, Sweden. An. 18 (P) Arne Anderson, whn said ha competed in track last season although handicapped by severs "Gunder Haegg com plex," is revising tha world rec ord book while tha Gsevls fire man la In the United States. Appearing in the national meet yesterday, Andersson hur ried through 1500 meters In three minutes, 45 seconds and wiped eight-tenths of a second off the mark Haegg established only a year ago. On July 1 Andersson romped through mile in 4:02.6, two sec onds faster than Haegg a best time. ' It's CM, TONITE cm,-one MIA H WAV .StfTH His Own F" ' '"" I H Entitled to "C" card, Willis running to and from work. H, M. ! fw p-"c waves ursyer orvesea to wor k. Romeo Sanchez, Ex-Pugilist, Wins Glory on Corporal Romeo G. Sanchez, formerly active in Klamath Falls athletic circles, won a lot of glory when the Americans turned the steam on and start ed running the Japs out of Guadalcanal, according to word received by his friends here. Sanchez was well known up and down Main street for sev eral years during his residence in this area. For some time he worked to the sheep industry. His homo was in San Fernando, Calif. He was particularly well known In boxing circles. He made some appearances here and also did some training worr " " When the Yanks started the FIGHTS . By The Associated Press NEW YORK Pvt. Marvin Bryant, 158, Dallas, Tex., and Sonny Home, 181, Niles, Ohio, drew (8). NEW YORK Tippy Lark in. 141, Garfield, N, J outpointed Ruby Garcia, Ml, Puerto Rico (8). JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Jim Bowden, 190, Jacksonville, knocked out Sgt. Eddie Mader, 192, Greensboro, N. C. (5. WASHINGTON Al Hart, frett (Big Boy Brown, 244, De troit (10). NEW BEDFORD, Mass. Pete Loulhis, 192, Cumberland, R. L, knocked out Tom Jones, 1911, New York (8). how to be at home in Hawaii There are two way to greet a friend in Hiwsih Akht No, says tht ostive, and Hat- "Coif", syj the sailor. Both expressions carry the ' sime cote of welcome and sifted otu From Honolulu t Hartford Cocs-Colm hs become the symbol of pMSi tht njmbuthc grv ciouj introduction between kincUy-minded straogeri, ; . , " r - S 1 " lOTIHD UNOII AUTHOIITV Or THf COCA-COU COSMMt IT COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OP KLAMATH FALLS m Spring Si. Faona Mil "C Card Drtysr uvh ess and rubhw k Xsn of Richmond, Calif, hlp- sb as auuttie ou sottaery hand Guadalcanal island attack, he waa up front throwing left hooks and labs as member of the 431st bomb ardment group. Sanchez fought for several years up and down the coast and elsewhere, and helped to tram soma outstanding fight ers, including Max Baer. A copy of the San Fernando "valley Reporter, telling of Sanchez exploits on Guadalcan al, was brought to The Herald office by Mrs. Ida Duke, whose son, Stanley, was a good friend ol Sanchez, , Great .Woman. -Spied Skater Has Gun on Hip These Days MILWAUKEE, Wis, Aug. 18 HP) Maddy Horn, one of the greatest woman speed ace skat ers of toe present generation, has revolver at her hip and a shot gun under her arm these days. Maddy, who has participated In two Olympic championships and set seven American ice skating records, has put away her skates for the duration of the war to work as a guard at the plant of the AlUs-Chalmers Man ufacturing company in suburban West Allis. Maddy la keeping in physical trim pitching tor tha plant's girls softball team, playing golf and tennis. She gets her big gest thrill, however, en the pistol and rifle range where ate rapidly is acquiring skill. Have a"Coke"Aloha 1 1 l (fit Twelve Lettermen on KUHS Football Roster Schortgen, Clement, Yank, Prairie, Parzke, Silva iackf Many Wildcats Twelve browned and work-hardened lettermen from tha 194 championship outfit will be back Frank Ramsey's 1843 Pelican football aggregation. In addition to the dozen veterans, the big coach can count cm a plentiful supply of promising Wildcat material, number of good freshman prospects, and several transfers. Frank's lettermen have kept to shape this summer with hard labor in Klamath's lumber plants, forests, warehouses and firm fields. . . Here, by position, are thumb - CENTERS Ralph Mnndlln, second string last year, Ralph is a good pros pect. He worked in a sawmill her aU summer and is in fine condition. Sate Casabiar, third stringer last year. Dale is good regular material if he stays in school. He is in the air corps reserve Worked on government con struction part of the summer and is now helping on his fath er's tens. GUARDS Sick Prairie worked as choicer setter and hooker in a local logging camp. Ha appears to be in great ,- shape and should be the team sperk plug this year. Prai rie now bits the scales at 195 pounds, and tills should be a great football year for him. Doug Cla- mnt. a regular mainstay last year. When in shape, Doug is college foot ball prospect. Basse He has been working in a local produce warehouse, and his 195 pounds are going to count in that Pelican line this fail. TACKLES Pat Palaka, . 198 pounds, should be the team's outstand ing linesman. A regular last year, Pat has been working on the green chain in a sawmill this summer. He will handle MM of the punting and -place- kicking. His condition is A-l. Jim Conroy, another 193 farming all summer. He Is a good squad man and a fine stu dent. He is in excellent condi- tioD in fact, Frank says Jim is tho kind -who is always in shape. Jack Brows, reserve tackle, is in the same boat as Casebier. He may be called by the air corps reserve at any tune. Vars Yank, 192 pounds, has handled a tough Job in a local steel yard and warehouse, which speaks well enough for his physical condition. Vera is one of the fastest men on the squad, and he might be shifted to fullback. ENDS ' Richard Pop. 155, will nave a good season. Dick bas been wnrkir.ff for the forest service I this summer. He is a good squad 9h PS 1 I LJ s (WELCOME, FRIEND) Wl Jit to form the nucleus of Coach nail sketches of the veterans: man and student, and performs expertly on the receiving end of a pass play. Angelo GieTi.s&ini come team a long line of Pelican ath letes. He weighs 172 pounds, and has been working at a hard . job for a local lumber company. If Angelo comes through m ha promises to do, he will be a big help to the IMS team, QUARTERBACKS Don Hobio worked for a local lumber company nart oi tha time this summer and to now farming, Don isn't big, but hm is an excellent blocker and tackier, and pqmmms plenty of speed. He is smart and is a good squad man. He will do soma signal calling. - Louis Bitimss worked for a sawmill all rummer, He U in fine shape. Bickers la big and a good blocker. Bickers and Robin look even- Stephen right now for the quar terback post. LEFT HALTS AC" Ewrn Sllra, 172 pounds. worked on heavy ranstrnctioa all summer. This lad provided a lot of last fall's Modoc field thriils. He will handle null of the ball-carrying and passing. It should bo a great aeaadtt for him. Damn Fitisrld worked tor the forest service this summer. He will be a big kelp to that squad. Deaa fa small out plenty fast. Hank Scbortgtn may trail prove to be the team's outstand ing player. Hank worked, on a survey crew- most of the sum mer. He will handle much of the ball-carrying, passing and panting. Bo is iast, but be is tha team's workhorse, last year's seniors put the finger oa him as the man moat likely to do the most for the 1943 team. Dependable. Wilbar welts warned ror a lvl liimVr rnmrjj-Y. A flood man, he win press Schortgen plenty for the regular fullback spot. He to a geoa passe? ana punter, and he fa ihsL If Wank should be moved to fullback. Welch can work in nicely as am end. TRUCKS FOR RENT Tea DriTS Mots YcrorAl Sara H Lonf and Short Trips STILES BEACON SERViCt Phone 3M 1201 Cast Mala No it's natural for popuUr Bines to scquirt friendly ibtrevUtJeiris. That's hy you bstr Cocs-CcU csM "Cot. the clobaJ high-sign L
