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Football Reigns King in
Oregon Sports This Week
Absence of College Grid, Entronce
Of Portland Teams Boosts Interest
By MATT KRAMER
Associated Press Stall Writer
High Reliant football opens In every section of the state this
weekend with Intercut In the state championship scramble at a
record peak.
Two development center more attention than over .on the
raro. One li the virtual absonce of collego football, the other the
re-entrance of Portland teams Into state competition
Strong Klumuth Falls, one of the claimants to the state title
last year, takes top billing In a bond benefit game against Grant
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Briefs
Br J'- r
Hugh
FulUrton, Jr. 'JJm
NEW YORK. Sept. 23 W
When It was announced in the
press box that Rookie Joe Sos
kovlc and old man Johnny
Cooney wouldn't accompany the
Dodgers on their current west
ern tour, the announcer explain
ed: "Soskovlc Is going back to
.school and Coonoy Is playing
Jiookcy."
NO EXPLANATION NEEDED
A communication from 8gt.
I,ou de Flchy. manager of the
tilgh-powered Mitchell Field bas
kotuull team, reads: "The Mit
chel Field post basketball team
men are anxious to see college
and service teams In and around
New York City. The service
men aro anxiou to see college
teams play at this base. Letters
have been sent to most colleges
and the replies have expressed
no interest."
YOU PICK EM
(Reviewing what's left of the
world scries outfields the right
fioldcrs)
Arthur Mctheny. Yankees
Bud learned to play baseball on
The streets of St. Louis and
played on an amateur team that
won the city championship . .
He's the kind of player who
might be a series star or a bust,
depending on how he's hitting
against southpaws, who usually
trouble him. Once hit .872 at
William and Mary but it's safe
to say he won't do that at Yan
kee stadium. Was a .205 hitter
at Newark last seaspn and cur
rently Is clouting .269 for the
Yanks.
Stan Muslal, Cardinals Stan
started out three years ago as a
left-handed pitcher at Daytona
beach but "soon saw the error In
his ways. Never stayed In a
minor league long enough to win
an official batting title but Is a
cinch for the National league
crown with a ,398 average. Also
leads the league in doubles and
triples and has socked 13 horn
Vri. Not so hot afield, but who
cares? ;
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SHORTS AND SHELLS
Dick Slpek, Cincinnati farm
hand who hit .339 for Birming
ham this season, shouldn't hsvo
much trouble with umpires. He
can neither speak nor hear . . ,
And Paul Florence, head-man of
the Bnrons, sees him as the log
ical successor to two old-time
stars who were similarly handi
capped, the Reds' Billy Hoy and
Luther "Dummy" Taylor of the
Giants . . . Frllsle Zlvlo, who
was suspended last summer for
falling to go through with a
bout in Chicago, is pleading for
reinstatement by the NBA so he
can pick up some easy dough
while he's still an attraction in
the ring.
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SAME OLD STUFF
J Lieut. Benny Leonard of the
maritime service, is a trifle an
noyed that his old-time enemy,
Lew Tendlcr, actually has been
caught training for their war
bond exhibition In New York's
Victory Square tonight . . . "But
It's okay," soys Benny with a
wink, "if Lew starts to got tough,
I'll ust whisper In his ear."
SERVICE DEPT. ,
Tho Rome, N. Y., army air
field will be unofficially repre
sented on the gridiron by a team
of civilian employes called the
"Kannlbals" because they'll be
coached by tennis pro Mel Kann,
athletic director at the base , . ,
When the navy ordered officers
at pre flight schools to partici
pate dolly In contact sports, the
Del Monte, Calif., "Navyator"
Yoported that the gold braid boys
Compiled by sitting slde-by-slde
during their checker matches.
WELL, YES
SEATTLE, (P) Technical en
gineer for an aircraft company
asked the court to make his name
Philip Max Kaye.
It was embarrassing in his
type of work, Philip Max said, to
be named Mr. Botch.
high, one of the perennial Port
land titans, at Klamath Falls
Friday night. Klamath already
Is off to a flying start, having
knocked over Ashland last
week, 81-13.
Blue Mountain conference
competition will open In a brace
of games, Pendleton at Milton
Freewater and La Grande at
Baker. Mllton-Freewater upnet
Walla Walla. 2-0, and La
Grande downed Enterprise, 6-0,
last week, The other teams are
untested.
In the Willamette valley, no
name loop plays open with
Salem attempting to recoup
from the 1942 season, its most
dismal on record. Salem plays
at Mllwaukle. Eugene, one of
the stronger teams last year,
also takes part, playing Oregon
City at Eugene.
The Portland teams will be
active, Commerce playing at
Camas, Wash., Franklin at Long
view, Benson at Kelso, Lincoln
at Beaverton and Jefferson at
Vancouver.
In other games Hlllsboro will
travel to Central Catholic In
Portland, and Prlnevllle to
Bend.
Suds Favored
Over Seals in
Shaughnessy
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23
OP) Seattle was favored over
the San Francisco Seals today In
the first game of tho Coast Base
ball league's four-out-of-seven
game series for 19000 and the
President's cup.
. The losers will receive $2900.
Seattle spent tho early part of
the regular 1043 season in the
cellar, but it found the necessary
zip In time to finish third in the
standings behind Los Angeles
and 8an Francisco. Then it wal
loped Los Angeles In four
straight games of the playoff
semi-finals.
San Francisco qualified for the
final round by winning four in
row from Portland after drop
ping the first two.
Manager Bill Skiff nominated
Southpaw Carl Fischer, seldom
beaten by the Seals, as Seattle's
starting pitcher today. Frank
"Lefty" O'Doul, San Francisco's
skipper, expected- to make his
choice between Tom Scats, a
lefthander, and Cowboy Ray
Harrell.
The schedule calls for single
games the first three days, two
games Sunday and another
double bill Monday If necessary,
All games will be played in Seals
stadium.
Seattle won the playoffs In
1041 and 1042.
Com in
Oaks' Plans
For Season
OAKLAND, Calif., Sept 23
MP) The name of Dolph Camllll,
veteran first baseman of the Na
tional league, figured prominent
ly today in plana to make the
Oakland Oaks hot contenders in
next year's Coast league baseball
competition.
. Joe Blumenfeld and Clarence
Laws, northern California thea
trical men who have acquired
controlling interest in the Oak
land club, were reported to be
negotiating with the New York
Giants for Camllll's contract.
On one side was the hope for
Camllll's contract and other
players in return for Les Scarsel
la, regular Oakland first base
man this year, who has been
sought by several major league
clubs. Scarsella, who batted
over .300, is eligible for the base
ball draft.
Camllli played for Brooklyn
early this season after reluctantly
leaving his ranch at Laytonville,
In Mendocino county. Later,
Brooklyn traded him to the Gi
ants. It was believed that he
could be persuaded to play on
the coast next season.
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Don Robin, toting the ball In
the picture above, may carry
It a few times against Grant
Friday night on Modoc field
when the Pelicans play the
Portlanders in a bond sale
game. He is scheduled to play
quarterback.
Stan Musial
Keystone of
Card Attack
Yanks Could Hang Crepe
On St. Louis in Series If
They Can Stop Outfielder
By SID FEDER
NEW YORK. Sept. 23 (Pi
Like taking the Scotch out of a
Scotch and soda, It is conceded
the Yankees could just about
hang a crepe on the St. Louis
attack if they can stop Stan Mus
lal in the world series.
The Pennsylvania pulverizer
stands out among this year s scr
ies outfielders like a straw hat
on Santa Claus. Batting a mere
.396 for the season, If he Isn't
just about the No. 1 appleknock-
or active In the business today,
then Umpire George Mager
kruth never had an argument
But while you shudder about
all the awful things Slammln
Stan Is going to do to those poor
Yankee pitchers, you remember
a couple of other details that
tend to make a comparison of
the series outfields of a cake
walk for tho Cards. Reading
from left to right, these are (1)
the absence of Terrible Terry
Moore and Ambling Enos Slaugh
ter, the fence climbers, from the
St Louis picket line and (2) the
fact that tho Yankees have
block-buster of their own who
doesn't exactly play pat-a-cake
up there at the plate King
Kong Charley Kcllen
Now HustUn' Harry Walker
and Danny Lltwhller, who make
up, with Muslal, the Cards' var
sity outfield, are nice young fel
lows and good to their folks, and
are thumping at a respectable
.207 and not-too-bad .264, re
spectively,' at this writing. But
not even their sinccrest boosters
are going to accuse them of be
ing the fly-chasers Terry and
Enos were.
Keller will be In loft for the
Yanks and Bud Methcny, a late-
season "bloom who also hits a
long ball, will be over in right.
Marse Joe McCarthy haa been
leading with Roy Weatherly, the
mue round-man, In center, aim
ply because there's no one bet
ter around. But the round man
has pulled up lame lately, and it
may be Tuck Stainback, the fast
moving veteran with the weak
war-club, or Johnny Llndell, the
converted twlrler. The only
thing wrong with the whole pic
ture is that the squad of five is
made up entirely of left-handed
hitters to lace the predominant
ly southpaw slinging staff the
cards are bringing in.
The St. Louis spares are an
cient Frank Demaree and Debs
Garms, the handy man who can
play the infield or the outfield
and might even be prevailed up
on 10 neip nawx not-dogs.
Stiner Expects
Forty Men Out
For OSC Grid
CORVALL1S. Sent. S3 MP
i-oacn Jon stiner said today he
expected the size of the Oregon
State football sauad to reach An
by the end of the week.
The Beavers lost Bnh Knnlt
promising right halfback, who
was ordered vesterdav tn Snl.
tie for preliminary navy air
corps training. Another pro
pect. Ed Vannet. Hood Rlvnr
Ore., showed UD. however, tn
Keep tne squad total at 33.
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Soptember 23, 1943
Yankees One Day Out of
Pennant Clinching Time
York Men Can Take Seventh American
League Flag With Three More Victories
By JUDBON BAILEY
Associated Press Sports Writer
The New York Yankees, whose pennant possibilities have
never been in any serious predicament, have reached the point
whore they can clinch their seventh American league champion
ship in eight years tomorrow.
Apparently realizing that they were running behind the time
table, the Bombers bowled over the Detroit Tigers 4-2 yesterday
and now need only three more victories to eliminate the Wash
ington Senators and two to dispose of Cleveland.
Defeats for the Senators and Indians would hasten the process
so that the Yanks might get
the job done In two days instead
of three
They showed adequate au
thority in taming the Tigers
with Charley Keller hitting a
three-run homer, his 20th of
the year, In the first Inning
and Hank Borowy pitching seven-hit
ball for his sixth consec
utive victory and tenth in 11
games.
The Senators sailed to their
tenth straight triumph in the
first part of a twilight-night
doubleheader as Johnny Nig
geltng shut out the St. Louis
Browns 4-0 on two hits. But
they were shelled to a 0-1 de
feat in the second game as Den
ny Gatehouse pitched a six
hitter and was supported with
a 14-hit attack.
Cleveland's game at Boston
was postponed, making a dou
bleheader today.
,In the National league Mort
Cooper chalked up his 21st
success against eight . defeats,
but did not look overly impres
sive as the St. Louis Cardinals
beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 4-3.
The Dodgers' defeat tightened
the National league scramble
for second place as Cincinnati
split a double bill with the New
York Giants. Elmer Riddle came
up with his 20th triumph in the
opener, which the Reds took
4-2. In the second game the
Giants routed Bucky- Walters
with a five-run seventh Inning
and won 10-4.
Boston beat Pittsburgh 5-3
with a three-run eighth-inning
rally built around a pinch dou
ble by a newcomer, Butch
Etchlnson, and the Phillies
halved a pair of games with the
Chicago Cubs. Claude Passeau
took the first affair 5-1 on sev
en-hit pitching and Al Ger
heauser hurled a six-hit 3-0
shutout in the second game.
In the other American league
action the Chicago White Sox
whipped the Philadelphia Ath
letics twice 6-0 and 2-1.
Flat Feet No
Handicap to
Jimmy Caine
PULLMAN, Sept. 23 UP) A
pair of flat feet not good enough
for the army but still capable
of carrying their owner, Jimmy
Calne, 100 yards in about 10 sec
onds flat Is the latest cheering
note in the football picture at
Washington State.
Calne, 189-pound halfback
from Vancouver, Wash., yester
day outran. Dick Renfro, assis
tant coach and last season's
speedy Cougar quarterback, in
a special race, and caused Coach
Babe Hollingbery to comment.
"He'd be a good prospect any
year. And boy, can we use him
now!' ;
Bill Sweeney to
Manage Angel
Ballmen Again
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 23 UP)
Bill Sweeney has signed to man
age his pennant-winning Los An
geles Angels again during the
1944 season.
The club's president, Clarence
Rowland, has announced the An'
gel pilot was contracted for an
other season at a "very satisfac
tory" salary increase.
Both officials declared they
knew nothing of rumors that
Sweeney may be selected to man
age the Chicago Cubs next year,
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Young Ball
Pilot Has
First Revolt
Indian Ball Bearer In Row
With Young Major League
Manager, Lou Boudreau
By LARRY SMITH
BOSTON, Sept. 23 (P) The
major leagues youngest mana
ger faced his first player rebel
lion today after Pitcher Jim
Bagby announced he is "tired of
being made the goat" and is will
ing to be traded and take a pay
cut to get away from Bou
dreau." . .
The Cleveland Indians' slim
right hander told a Cleveland
baseball writer last night he had
asked to be traded after Mana
ger Lou Boudreau had fined him
$100 for being out of condition.,
"How can Lou say I was out of
condition?" he said. "Look at
the records and you'll find I've
pitched more innings than any
other man in the league. Is that
the record of a guy that's out of
shape? He says I don't do enough
running. .1 say I run as much as
any of our pitchers, more than
some. - Why does he pick me out
as an example?"
The Indians' 16-game winner
said he is satisfied with financial
terms.
The Tribe's 26-year-old pilot
admitted "Jim and I haven't
seen eye-to-eye on some things,"
but added "I'd be silly to trade
him unless I could get something
of equal value for him. I'd like
to have him satisfied and happy,
but I'd rather have a disgruntled
winner than a happy loser."
Boudreau's benching of Jeff
Heath a few weeks ago provided
the first indication that all was
not peaceful in the wigwam. The
slugging outfielder was removed
from the lineup for criticizing an
order to "take" the first pitch
when he went to the plate with
the bases loaded but Lou consid
ers the incident closed.
"Jeff is in the hospital with
bronchial pneumonia," he said,
"but if he were well and able to
play he'd certainly be with us
now. I disciplined him in De
troit a couple of weeks ago, but
that's all water over the dam. I
wish I had him here now, ready
to play."
Back in 1040 the Cleveland
front office quelled an Indiatvup
rlslng by firing Manager Oscar
Vitt, then under a one-year con
tract, but President Alva Brad
ley, has. signed Boudreau to the
longest contract he ever . has
given any pilot a three-year
document that doesn't expire un
til 1943.
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Deer Season
First Lt. Jack D. Llndh of
the United States army air
corps, pilot of a Billy Mitch
ell bomber, will . probably
miss the deer and duck season
in Klamath county even
though he has SO missions
over enemy territory to his
credit and eagerly expected
orders home,
Lt. Llndh, son of Gus
Lindh of 1841 Main street
and employe of The Herald
and News, completed his mis
sions on August IB. He has
been based in North Africa
and was mentioned in a re
cent news broadcast as having
taken part In raids over Italy.
A number of men in his out
fit were ordered home fol
lowing completion of their
missions, but Lindh was kept
in North Africa to' instruct
incoming pilots In the work
which they will taVe over.
Lindh went overseas more
than a year ago, first going
to England.
Whitman Out
Three With
Low Grades
WALLA WALLA, Sept, 23 VP)
Three backfield men, all pros
pective regulars, have been lost
to the Whitman college football
team preparing for Saturday's
opening contest against the Uni
versity of Washington at Seattle,
Coach Nig Borleske announced
yesterday.
The three who played togeth
er at Central Washington Col
lege of Education at Ellensburg,
have been temporarily dropped
for scholastic deficiency. They
are Russ Victor, Seattle, full
back, and Al Boettcher and C.
W. Smith, both Aberdeen, naif
backs. Max Nicholls, Renton end who
played freshmen football at
WSC will captain the Missionar
ies Saturday. Ben Holcomb,
The Dalles back, who played for
the University of Oregon Fresh
men, and Ray O'Dell, Camas
back. Whitman baseball and bas
ketball letterman, will carry the
Drum ol the offense.
At Seattle Coach Ralph (Pest)
Welch drilled his squad in
smoother offensive execution of
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Ramsey Moves Conroy to Middle of - '
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Frank Ramsey put more weight in the center of his line, told
his kids to look out for plenty of trouble, and awaited today for
the arrival of a revenge-seeking Grant General team for Friday
night's war-bond game on Modoc field.
Big Jim Conroy was shifted from tackle to center. Jim la
8 feet 3 inches tall, and weighs 202 pounds. He showed fir
and toughness in the center spot in Wednesday night's practice.
Ralph Mundlln, not so big as Conroy, but a good center, will be
there ready to take over the .
pivot Job at any time.
The Conroy shift solved Ram
sey's problem as to where to
keep Vern Yank, who now goes
In regularly at tackle. Yank and
Conroy have been even-Stephen
for the tackle post so even, in
fact, that Ramsey has been un
willing to mention the position
without listing both of them for
it.
Now, Ramsey has them both
in the line at once.
Ramsey's Pelicans are in good
shape, physically and mentally,
for the Friday night test
Silva's back bruise is now well
healed. George Long, second
string tackle, has an injured leg,
but he was in there In scrim
mage action Wednesday night.
Ramsey said community Inter
est in the Friday night game,
with a lot of war bonds being
sold for reserved seats, had
"really put pep and spirit in
our boys."
The Pelicans have shown im
provement In practice this week
with emphasis on the weak spots
which showed up in their 31-13
victory over Ashland last week
end. .
Ramsey figure the Generals
will be big and tough, and will
play about the same type of foot
ball they-employed here last
year. They have lost twice in
that many trips to Klamath
Falls, and this year they are
talking about revenge.
a roster of plays numbering only
about a quarter of those ready
for use at the start of last sea
son. The shorter wartime training
periods, a conglomeration of
players from other schools and
special demands on key -players
under the navy training program
which keep them from attending
practices regularly have contrib
uted to slowing up the p re-season
training schedule, Welch said.
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SPOKANE, Sept. 23 lPf Tha
renewal of the Spokane Stam
pede, discontinued at the start
of the war, will be held her
Saturday and Sunday. .
Topping the list of puncher
already here for the roundup la
23-year-old Bill Llnderman of
Red Lodge, Mont., current lead
er In the national race for all
around cowboy title. Other in
clude Earl Zumwalt, Wolf Creek,
Mont., holder of the world' rec
ord in bulldogglng at 3 2-5 sec
onds; champion calf roper Floyd
Peters df Browning, Mont,' and
Alice Greenough of Red Lodge,
champion woman rider.
Most of the entrants are plan
ning to go from the Spokane
show direct to New York for the
Madison Square Garden show
opening October 8, Johnny
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