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Majors Hold "Home Run Day" Sunday, Clout 23; Tigers Wallop Yankees Sports fN I Briefs Hugh . T I 1 fullerton. Jr. t-yJj By bid feder (PlnchHlttlng for Hugh ' Fullerton) NEW YORK, Aug. 23 (IP) Taml Maurlcllo can huvo 110,000 fight Lloyd Muishull in Clove nd but he's turnod It dowh : . . . Tho Journal-American's wnr bond baseball game at the Polo groundi Thursday looks Ilka tlie biggest ihow of the year . . . ' It'll be good for $800,000,000 in bond before U'i over . . . Frlt . zle Zlvlo muat think he's a blockbuster all of a sudden . . . . He's picking himself to flatten "Bob Montgornory In six or seven heats In Phllly tonight . . . Cono (Chicago Times) Kcsslor reports that Larry Gilbert, tho Nashvlllo J manager, already has been con ' tacted about taking Jimmy Wil :i son's job bossing the Cubs next : season . KHAKIANDBLUE STUFF The biggest man on the Samp son (N. Y.) naval base grid squud ' Is Frank Hrobetln. a little six-4f)?ot-flvo 229-poundcr from Loy At of Los Angeles and tho Phllu '; delphla pro Eagles . . . Word from v the battlefronta reports Lt. Wult Zittel, Cornell's 1IM0 track cap. tain, la with tho marines "some ; where In the South Pacific" . , i Harry Dannlng. tho Giants catch ; er, tried his hand at a bit of ' pitching for tho Long Bench 4 (Calif.) air ferry command this s season and wasn't bad , , . Capt, ' Nate Eubank, Georgia's all-south-i ern guard back in the '20s, will I coach the Lubbock (Texas) air field winged commandos this fall .... Tom Drown, ex-grid f and basketball captain at Wil liam and Mary, is a cadet at the Balnbrldge (Ga.) army air field . , . So is Bob Shea, once ono of Washington's crew huskies , . . A TRAVEL NOTE - Harry .Morkson, Mike Jacobs' tub-thumper, bumped Into Long Sing Quo, tho old Chinese fight er, at Stlllman's gym tho other day. "What," he asked, "are you doing here, Sing Que? Are you planning a comeback?" "Comeback what for? 1 never went no place." 4 MOTES TO YOU J The Polo grounds baseball writers, photographers and tele- f graphers chipped In for a war i bond for Dick Bartell yesterday i when he played his 2,000th game i . . . The guys who know tip you i that Lee Q. Murray Is the most ; Improved heavyweight of tho I year ... In addition to tossing I more than $120,000 Into the Lex ington yearling sales, Louisiana , Bill Hells also laid another (Ondle on the line for most of 'no year's production of Henry t Knight' large Almahurst farm . . . Which sends this plnch-hit- tor back to the bench . . , Take ; It from there, comrade Fuller- J ton. ? , V Across IV'Saki iW, ia'i sj ew" -tpii Sams- Falkenburg, Brink Davis Cup Players NEW YORK, Aug. '23 (IP) James Brink of Seattle, Wash., Bobby Fnlkonburg of Hollywood, Calif., and Jack Tuero of New Orleans have been named to the National Junior Davis cup squad for the second straight yenr. The junior squad will assemble at tho West Side Tennis club ut Forost Hills, August 28 Jo pre pare for the national meet Sep tember 1 to 0, Falkenburg and Brink were needed ono-two In the Notional Junior tournament In which the Hollywood lad defeated Brink in the finals. Mixed Double Net Battle Won By Falkenburg Team SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y., Aug. 23 (PjBob Falkenburg of Hol lywood i.nd Loulso Brough of Beverly Hills, Calif., defoalcd Jim Brink. Seattle, and Margor ct Osborno, San Francisco, 10, 0-3, 8-4, In tho finals of the mix ed doubles yesterday In the Meadow club's annual Invitation tennis tournament. , Francisco Scgura of Ecuador won the men's singles title by defeating Sidney B. Wood Jr., New York, 8 3, 7-8. 0-7. Segura now has won every tournament which he has enter ed this season. SPORTS IN BRIEF Bv The Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y. Francisco Segura of Ecuador, de fected Sidney B. Wood of New York, 8-3. 7-5, 9-7, In final of Meadow club annual Invitation tennis tourney. CHICAGO Sam Byrd of Philadelphia, fired one-undcr-par 70 on final round to take Chicago Victory open golf tour ney with 277 total, five under Crnlg Wood. BICHMAND, Va. Southern conference voted to suspend all eligibility rules for duration of war so member schools moy use any available athletes, Including service men, In Intercollegiote competition. TRIPLE DEAD HEAT AGUA CALIENTE, Mcx., Aug. 23 (IP) There was no place or show returns in the fourth raco at tho Callente race track yes. terday. Three horses finished In a dead heat. The judges studied the photos a full five minutes betore on. pouncing that Pan Full, Maestro Sanctis and BIU Mole had crossed the wire at the same time. Win tickets were redeemed for $2.20. FIREMEN WIN WICHITA. Kos., Aug. 23 (IP) The Portland Firemen gained the third round of thotNatlonnl Semi pro baseball tournament yester day by defeating the Curtis. Wright team of Clifton, N. J 4-1. The win gave Portland a tour- nament record of three victories and one defeat the Board ArJ'&Jpfi AS8LA'? 0MG-H0S HAv IN- SslXHilCe -, A VNlNNg imp y mmm -te TfttiszF By TED MEIER Associated Press Sports Writer Sunduy was home run day It tho major leagues. A totul of 23 rourid-trlppcra, Including two with the bases loaded, were clouted Into the bleachers to boost the home run production for tho year to 678340 In the American and 338 In tho Nation al league Twelve of tho 23 circuit blows were mode in the American loop and six of the 12 were hammered at Detroit where baseball's Urg ent crowd of the year 88,404, in cluding 84,822 paid chortled in glee as tho Tigers walloped the first-place New York Yankees twice, 12 to 0 and 8 to 3. The Yanks committed the hard to believe total of 10 errors In the two gomes, seven In the opener. But these mlsploys had nothing to do with the final out come since the Tigers backed up effective pitching by Dizzy Trout and Tommy Bridges with a 27 hit attack that included s I x doubles and four homers. One of Detroit's homers was Hudy York's 20th of the year and his 13th of the month. A grand slam homer by Catch er Wulkcr Cooper sporked the St. Louis Cardinals to a double win over the Boston Braves, 8 to 1 and S to 1. Cooper's feut come In the ninth Inning of the opener and helped Rooklo Al Brazle to his fourth straight victory. Harry Gum bert mode his first start since July 23 In tlte nightcap and gain ed credit for the win, although replaced by Harry Brcchecn In tho sixth. ' Vlnce Dl Mugglo of Pittsburgh, also socked a grand slam homer at Brooklyn, but It availed noth , Ing since the Dodders took both I ends of a twin bill from the Pi rates, 8 to 1 and 8 to 6. Tony Cucclncllo socked a ninth Inning homei that sent the Phlla drlnhla Athletics down to their 17th straight defeat, .only three short of the American league rec ord. , The four-base poke gave the Chicago White Sox a 3 to 2 victory In the nftcrp'cce of a twin bill after Ed"or Smith won the opener, 8 to 2. Cincinnati tightened IU hold on second place In the National league by heatln" the Phillies twice. 4 to 3 ond 20 to 6. With their manager, Mel Ott. i home In bed from an attack of j the flu. the New York Giants took It on the chin twice from the Chicago Cub, 6 to 2 and 4 to 3. Cleveland beat the Boton Red Sox twice, 6 to 0 and 7 to 6 in 13 lnnlns. Tho St. Louis Browns won tholr sixth In a row by beating Washington, 8 to 5. In the first game of a dnublchcader. The Senators ended the streak by winning the nightcap, 4 to 2, In 10 Innings. Five Safe After Parachuting From Navy Airplane SEATTLE, Aug. 23 (fp) Five men who parachuted from a navy plane In the Mount Rainier area last Thursday all have been found safe, the 13th naval dis trict announced yesterday. The plane has not been local ed and headquarters gave no rea son why the five balled out. The plane was en route from Ala. meda, Calif., to the naval air sta tion here. The announcement said the pilot and radioman made their way to a ranger station Thurs day. The co-pilot was located Friday and the two passengers Saturday "thirty miles cast of Seattle." SO THEREI SALMON. Ida., (IP) Mrs. Joe Bohney, a great-grandmother appealed to police and to her husband when a porcupine In vaded her garden. ' One policeman had appendlcl tls. The other said he didn't have his gun. Hubby was In his be-klnd-to-anlmols mood. S6 greot-grandmother Bohney whacked the animal with a shov. el and threw it Into the river her self. LOSER BY ONE FOOT SAN FRANCISCO, (IP) Hen- ry Bresler, worried about losing his $1170, sat down on a street corner and took off a shoe, in tending to put the money In It. A woman snatched the cash and ran, he told police. Bresler, with one shoe off and one shoe on, couldn't catch her. HELPFUL SANTA FE, N. M., (IP) Will Shuster. rationing board mem ber, has been too busy helping others ' with their rationing troubles. Today he ran out of gasoline, and realized he had forgot to sign up for new coupons. . When In Medford Stay at HOTEL HOLLAND Thoroughly Modern Joe and Anne Eailey Proprietors Sammy Byrd Takes High Golf Crown v Ex-Outfielde for Yonks Win First Major TIHo, Victory Championship By CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN CHICAGO, Aug. 23 W) Sam Byrd now is a two-letter man In major sports baseball and golf. , The 38-year-old Phlladelph Ian, who got the golf "bug" in 1D38 when he won the annual baseball tournament In Florida, walked off with the top links' crown of 1943 yesterday the Chicago victory national cham pionship. It was the first major title won by the ex-outfleldcr for the New York Yankees and Cincin nati. Reds and established him us one of the top golfers In, the country. It took Byrd seven years to really convince himself that he had the talent required to keep pace with the game's top tournament followers. . . , Pros began recognizing his abll-' Ity last year when he won the Greensboro, N. C, open and finished fourth In the Augusta masters. . Byrd, using a new putter ob tained from Jimmy Demaret of Detroit as a potent weapon and displaying remarkable accuracy on the bottle-neck fairways, vhlpped up a 72-hole total of 277, soven strokes under par for the tree-studded Beverly course. Craig Wood, the "dura tion" U. S. open champion, fin ished second with 282, while two army men, Staff Sergeant Jim Turnesa of Statcn Island, N. Y.. and Pvt. Chick Harbert of Camp Grant, 111., placed at 283. Odds Swing Toward Zivic as Montgomery Fight Day Nears PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 23 (IP) Frltzle Zivic found an increasing number of fight followers who agreed with him today that he'll .flatten Bob Montgomery In 10 rounds or less at Bhlbe par. Connie Mack's rest home for aged ball players, tonight. The odds, once 4-1 in favor of the New York and Pennsylvania lightweight champion, slipped to 0-8 and, with Zivlc's cohorts wending their way through the Allcghcnlos from Pittsburgh, were likely to drop farther by ring time. DAFFY DODGERS BROOKLYN, Aug. 23 (IP) Players may come and players may go, but the Brooklyn Dod ger trait for daffiness apparent ly will go on forever. Rookie Gene Hermanski was tagged out in the sixth Inning of yesterday's opener when he and Billy Her man tried to occupy second base simultaneously. OUT FOR DURATION PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 23 VP) Football is out this fall at all Southern California confer ence colleges except the Univer sity of Redlands. Occidental, Whlttler and Call' fornia Institute of Technology have decided to discontinue the pigskin sport, and Whlttier says lt will drop basketball and spring sports. BUCKLER BLANKED PORTLAND, Aug. 23 (IP) Al bino maintained its lead in the Portland War Industries Base ball league yesterday by blank' ing Buckler, 12-0. Marine Elec trie remained a step behind, de feating Commercial . Iron, 3-2. . Grease your car every 2000 miles more often If you drive on wet, sandy or dusty roads. Punchin' Pal Keeping fit for his duties as i me new Haven police force, Pal, the Doberman pln scher police dog, slugs away at his own "private punching bag. I f?A? fir.$Y' Usual last-minute rush to get down before windows close is replaced by march across strip of famous Aqueduct race track as 372nd infantry regiment marches to temporary quarters under grandstand. Soldiers show real form, are odds-on favorites to help made axis an also ran. August 23, 1943 All Star Game Gets $20,000 for Service Men's Equipment LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23 (IP) More than $20,000 has been raised to buy sports equipment for fighting men in the South Pa cific by a baseball game in which a team of former major league stars now In the armed services defeated the combined Los Anee les and Hollywood clubs of the Pacific Coast league, 8-2. Approximately 22,000 fans overflowed Wrigley field stands to watch the spectacle Saturday. Joltin' Joe Di Maggio made four hits in the same number of at tempts, two of them home runs. His former teammate with the New York Yankees, Red Ruf fing, pitched the first four in nings and permitted the coast player 8 single run. Marlene Dietrich's Daughter Marries. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23. (IP) Married in Hollywood Congrega tional church,' Maria Elizabeth Sieber, 18-year-old daughter of Screen Actress Marlene Dietrich, and Dean Goodman, drama stu dent, are honeymooning today. Goodman, 23, a native of Sa lem, Ore., works as a receiving clerk in a Los Angeles haber dashery. Upon obtaining a li cense Miss Sieber said of her previous engagement to British Actor Richard Hayden: "We broke that off some time ago." Dr. James Hamilton Lash, pas tor, performed the ceremony late Saturday. Goodman and Miss Dietrich met two months ago, in a Hollywood play. Ten Injured as Bus Tire Blows Out WOODLAND, Calif., Aug. 23 (P) Ten persons were injured when a tire on a northbound Pa cific Greyhound bus blew out four miles south of Arbuckle yes terday. Mrs. Lorlta Anderson, 24, Se attle, was seriously injured. Mrs. Myrtle Walden, 48, of 1314 Ocean Beach, Longview, ' Wuh . nH Mrs. Goldea De Car lo, 32, of Vancouver, Wash., were brought to hospital here. Phy - slclans said their condition was satisfactory. Jack Mayfield, 25, of - Oakland was given first aid treatment here, then resumed travel on another bus. The other Injured were treated at Ar buckle. QUACK OUTFIT ; RAMAPO, N. Y., VP) Chief of Police Abe Stern was sum moned by a group of women who nervously reported seeing a se cret army clad in ghostly white assemble in a nearby valley, execute a series of marches, then disappear. The . chief trained his field glasses on the valley. White ob jects began to move and the chief relaxed. " The army turned out to be 200 geese and ducks walking on a convalescent home lawn picking up crumbs left by patients. MULTNOMAH RACES GRESHAM, Aug. 23 (P) The 37th annual Multnomah county fair opened here today, coinci dent with a 12-day horse racing program. . CARVELL WINS NET GO PORTLAND, Aug. 23 (IP) Pvt. Allan Carvell, stationed at Portland air base, defeated fa vored Clint Knox for the Port land city tennis singles title yes terday, 6-1, 6-3, 8-7, 2-6, 6-4. , Tires are not wholly preserv ed by permanent storage; they need flexing of sidewalls. TRUCKS FOR RENT You Drive Move Yourself Save H -Lona and Short Trips STILES' BEACON SERVICE Phono 8304 1201 East Main Best Bet K n i s ggpimeig iMBMi na aii ii i -a -as. m r r ri PAGE SEVEN By The Associated Press COAST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Los Angeles 98 34 .738 San Francisco ... 79 49 .817 Seattle 70 69 .843 Portland 84 68 .498 Hollywood 89 71 .484 Oakland 38 73 .434 San Diego ... 36 74 .431 Sacramento 38 91 .298 Results Yesterday Oakland 3-7, San Francisco 0- 2. Hollywood 3-3, Los. Angeles 1- 6. Portland 8-6. San Diego 0-2. Seattle 4-4. Sacramento 3-0. Result Saturday San Dieed 8. Portland 0. Seattle 4-8, Sacramento 1-3. Pan Francisco 7. Opkland 5. Only games scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. .688 ,882 .834 .813 .478 .458 .454 St. Louis .. Cincinnati Pittsburgh Brooklyn Chicago .. Boston ...74 39 :...64 82 .. 63 88 60 87 S3 60 81 81 84 68 Philarfelohia New York 42 74 . .362 Results Yesterday Brooklyn 6-8. Pitt'bureh 1-6. Chicago 6-4. New York 2-S. St. Louis 6-5. Boston 1-1. Cincinnati 4-20, Philadelphia 3-8. AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. .614 .536 .534 .827 .513 .474 .488 .348 New York 70 Detroit 60 Washington 63 Cleveland 59 Chicago 89 44 82 88 S3 86 61 61 78 Boston ..: 88 St. Louis .... : 51 Philadelohia 40 Results Yesterday Detroit 12-8, New York 0-3. Cleveland 6-7, Boston 0-6. . Washington 5-4, St. Louis 8-2. Chicago 8-3, Philadelphia 2-2. ORDER BLANK j I 1 1 Tear out this blank to mall in your "want-ad." Send the cash (staftps are OK) and sava 20. In figuring the amount, count each word that appears. Include Your Name, Name Address RATES: One day run per word 3a 2 day run . ...per word So 3 day run . ....per word So 4 day run .....per word lOo 6 day run ...per word lie Week run wr word 12a Month run . ...per word 32c Month run . Home Run aJ If - .'. . ' ; .' I I Cunder Haegg. holder of phe nomenal records for distance, takes cut at Softball In final American workout in New York prior ' to returning' to Sweden. Application Blanks To Be Mailed to Fuel Oil Users Starting Monday, August 23, the wor price and rationing board will mail to users of fuel oil, applications for renewal of fuel oil rations for heat and hot water. Applicants must com pletely fill out the right hand side of the application. These applica tions should be returned by mail to the war price and rationing board, Balsiger building, Klam ath Falls. "Classified Ad- Initials count as one word and each group of figures counts as one word. Write your name, address or phone, at you want it to appear, with the ad copy. Phone or Address Here As You (This Not to Appear in Ad) Run Ad.......Days Enclosed Find....... -SEND CASH and SAVE 20 : DISCOUNT: , Figure the amount from these rata then deduct 20 as your V. count for sending cash with the ad. This discount is given when we are able to do away with bookkeeping and billing expenses , . . on actual paid-in-advance ads only. BUY WAR STAMPS AND BONDS . . I Suds Move Up Coast Ball Trail Ralniers Toke Double Go From Sacs; Seal Drop1 Two Tilti to Oakland By Tho Associated Press Seattle, plugging along up the Pacific coast league trail, took a big step forward yester day, sweeping doubleheader from Sacramento while the sec ond place San Francisco Seali above them dropped two against Oakland. , Yesterday's 4-3 and 4-0 vic tories gave the Ralniers four games over the weekend. They won Saturday, 4-1 and 5-3. Pitcher Frank Tincup, serving as a plnchhitter, was the hero of Sunday's first game . Ho cracked out a ninth-inning sin gle to score Leonard Gabriel son with the winning run after two were out. Byron Speeea whitewashed the Solons with four hits in the second game. The Portland Beavers hung tightly to fourth place in taking both ends of a doubleheader from San Diego, 8-0 and 6-2. The Padres dropped into seventh place as a result of tho trimmings. The Beavers pushed across four runs in the final inning to break a 2-2 deadlock in the nightcap. The Padres outhit the Beavers 9 to 7 in tho first game but couldn't connect with men on bases. Oakland hung it on San Francisco, 3-0 and 7-2. Pitchers Chet Jones and Italo Chelini allowed but six hits in the two games. Los Angeles and Hollywood split a doubleheader, the Start whining the first, 3-1, and tho Angels grabbing the nightcap, 6-3. Champ Grid Game For High Schools May Be Scheduled PORTLAND, Aug. 23 0P)-1-Now that Portland is back in the fold of the State High School Activities association, plans are underway for a state champion ship football game here. Managers of the Multnomah stadium said they hoped to schedule the title game here De cember 4, if a Portland team ranks as one of the finalists. Thirteen other high school games are billed for the stadium, but only four college games are on tap. They are: . 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