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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PACE TWO 'if i Briefs feV rullerton. Jr-'- I NEW YORK. June 17 Of) About 85 per cent of the ath letes entered In the AAU track meets this weekend are service men which explains why the fields look something like they used to in peace time . . . Texas Charley Parker, the meet's No. 1 newcomer, claims running the 100-yard dash is a waste of time because he's a "slow starter" and is only hitting full speed when he hits the tape. (His best 100 yard time is 9.5 seconds) . . . TURNABOUT During the month of April this year, 37 new players re ported to National league clubs and 24 to American league teams ... In May the National unveiled 13 more newcomers and the American 12 ... By mid June most of them were back where they came from. SHORTS AND SHELLS Bob Kurland, the seven-foot Oklahoma Aggie basketballer, has gone home to Jennings, Mo., for the apple picking season and the Aggies hub-thumper, Otis Wile, reports Bob is the best natural-built apple picker in Nodaway county . . . "They have hired him 'special to top out the trees after the low-limb pickers have passed," Otis explained. "I understand that his jump and spin snatch of a high apple is something to see and marvel at" . . . Bob Keely, new Card inal catcher, is an expert in acoustical title installation. May be he should install some in his teammates ears before their next visit to Brooklyn. Track Star to Rest After Busy Season CHAMPAIGN, 111., June 17 (P) Buddy Young, Illinois' freshman track star, is going to take a rest from a busy campaign over the last five months on the boards and cinders. Since he entered Illinois in February Young has competed in 17 track meets and today was entered in the AAU champion ship games in New York. In the 18 meets he will have competed in 57 events, and in 27 dashes he failed to place first only three times. REACHES 10 PORTLAND, June 17 (P) Oregon's Fifth War Loan drive neared t'ie 10 percent mark to day as headquarters reported saies oi 5iu,3va,ouu. The goal is $125,000,000. Ice cream makes your warm er, not cooler. Its starch, sugar and cream produce body heat. Washington Halts Bosox Win Streak Spence Raites R.B.I. Total At Cose Steals Two Boiei; Browns Smother Detroit By JOE REICHLER Associated Press Sports Writer Boston's nine-game winning streak which had lifted the Red Sox from sixth place to within a half game of the American league lead, was halted abrupt ly by Milo Candini, Washing ton's in and out righthander, last night. Candini blanked the Sox 4-0 with five hits in pitching his first complete game of the sea son. Stan Spence drove in the first two Senator runs in the opening inning with a single to raise his league leadership to 36. George Case stole two bases to tie Don Guttcridge for the lead in that department with 13 each. Washington's victory vaulted them into the first di vision, one percentage point ahead of the New York Yan kees. The league leading St. Louis Browns scored a decisive 14-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Milt Byrnes and Mark Christ man each drove in three runs. Bob Muncrief won his sixth victory scattering nine Bengal hits. The Yankees started a long home stand with a victory over the tail-end Philadelphia Ath letics 6-1. A five-run sixth in ning enabled Hank Borowy to hang up his eighth win of the year. Fireman Gordon Maltzbergcr rescued Orval - Grove in the ninth when he fanned Manager Lou Boudreau with the bases full and two out, to give the Chicago White Sox a 3-1 win over the Cleveland Indians. Hal Trosky celebrated his return to the White Sox lineup with a double and scored one of the Pale Hose's runs. Brooklyn took a close game from the Philadelphia Phillies. 5-4, with the aid of a four-run outburst in the sixth inning. Dixie Walker paced the Dodger attack with two doubles and drove In two runs. Rube Melton won his fourth game, though he needed help from Les Web ber in the ninth. The- Cincinnati Reds clubbed four Chicago pitchers for 13 hits, including homers by Frank McCormick and Eric Tip ton, to defeat the Cubs. 10-5. Besides the homer, McCormick hit a single and double to make it easy for Clyde bhoun to notch his sixth victory against two defeats. The Giants-Braves. Cards-Pt rates were not scheduled. Classified Ads Bring Results. Johnson Blanks Leading Seals By The Associated Press Young Chester Johnson cele brated the birth of his second son and revenged a humiliation of three years standing last night when lie shut out the San Fran cisco Seals 6 to 0 on two hits. The San Diego Padre pitcher received word from Seattle of the birth of his second boy Just before taking the mound against the team that cast him adrift three years ago. The defeat dropped the Pa cific Coast baseball league lead ers to only a half a game ahead of idle Portland, Hollywood lengthened its hold on third place in league standings with a ninth inning rally in which three runs were scored to beat Sacramento 4 to 3. Los Angeles at Seattle and Oakland at Portland were rain ed out. AMERICAN LEAGUE V. t St. LMlU ,., 31 13 MOStOU . a, Detroit 37 Washington New York Chlcaao Cleveland M . 34 ..33 .HI at 3T S3 Philadelphia .- . . S3 (lamti l esterase New York a, Philadelphia 1 Washington 4. Boston 0. St. Louts 14. Detroit 1. Chicago 3. Cleveland 1. NATION At LEAGUE St. Louis . PttUburah Cincinnati . New York . Brooklyn Boston 34 37 . 37 3d 3S S3 30 -1 Philadelphia Chicago binn lesterdsy ClnclnnaU ID. Chicago 3. Brooklyn S. Philadelphia 4. Only games scheduled. L. 1.1 30 34 34 37 31 311 COAST LEAGUE- San Francisco Portland Hollywood SoatUe San Diego Lot Angeles Oakland Sacramento 3S ..37 , 33 ..38 .37 33 .31 . 33 L. 31 31 33 33 33 33 37 41 Games Yesterday Hollywood 4. Sacramento 3. San Diego 6. San Francisco 0. Loa Angeles at Seattle, postponed, Oakland at Portland, postponed, Pet. .314 .347 .300 .401 .4!M .4101 .473 .431 Pel. .at4 .S74 .3311 .330 .ni .4M .417 330 Pet. .191 .344 .543 .333 .314 .483 .43d .17S ratn. rain. FIGHTS By The Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Lou Nova, 204, Van Nuys, Calif., out pointed Bill Peterson, 198, Chi cago, 10. SAN FRANCISCO. June 16 defeated Billy McCoy. 160, San Francisco, on a technical knock out in the sixth round of a sched uled 10-round boxing bout last mgnt. Wagner Fells Protesting Belcastro Pete Kicks Most, George Out of Ring After Match; Parks, Achiu Drop Foes III ding-dong buttle with n lot of dirty punching mixed in when Wully Moss wasn't looking, Gorgeous George Wagner man aged to tnko two out of three falls from the rugged Weed As sassin, Pete Uolciislro. The body-beautiful boy won Uie first fall on a painful pound ing hammcrluck. Pete bounded back and battered Wagner in and out of the ropes unmercifully. The Weed Assassin then knock ed him into a semi-conscious stato with scries of good punches to the jaw -end won the fall while George was In this condition. Wagner returned fighting mad at the decision. He grabbed a water bottle from his second and started chusing both Belcastro and Referee Wally Moss around the ring. After giving up the idea of smashing their skulls Wagner felled Pete with a scries of body butts off the ropes to win tho match. But Belcastro didn't approve of the whole thing in general so he bodily kicked Gorgeous out of tho ring. When Wally Moss tried to bring Wagner back Into the ring to declare him the win ner, Pete dropklckcd Moss out too. Neither could get back Into the circle. Wagner picked up a nearby chair to try to batter his way through Belcastro, but about that time the police came down and broke up the boy's fun. In the first match of the eve ning Herb Parks put a swinging full Nelson on Silent Rattan to win the only fall of the three 'round go. The second match was a witd and wooly affair between the Chinaman Walter "Sneeze" Achiu and the Canadian mcanlc, Buck Davidson. Davidson took the first fall with several body butts. Then Achiu tried a pres sure hold on the neck. Immedi ately Buck claimed it was an Il legal chokchold. "Sneeze" applied the same hold again to win his first fall. Davidson protested loudly again but this time he took his wrath out on Wally Moss. Wally threw him flat on his buck. Achiu promptly Jumped on Buck nud won the lust full with tho same hold. From the Corral Fence Doings of KUmaJh Horseback Enthusiasts, Recounted by "Top Wrangler" By 'Top-wranglor' I got wind that tho Klamnth Saddle club wuz throwln' n winy dmg fcr JUt girls, so I set on ,ho old corral like a sick chicken 'til I heerud whuio and when it will to be. Well sir, Mouduy nlte they went outtu SuiTa and put on toed bugs in that parly room. 1 keep a slppiu' coffee so's they wouldn't iKilico mo and I count ed twenty-five head of the nic est little fillies. They wuz dress ed in their Sunday go-to-meutin' duds and havln' a awful nice time. I got their names, but no phone numbers . . . llcth Cliasr, Kr ncslyno Rend, Alice Diilu Peter son, Evelyn Drew, Clarice Moon, Blanche Harmon, Mablu Llskcy, Jo Mutt, Lavlna MutQon, Doro thy Dchllngcr, Monio Rcedcr, Lois Mills, Pearl Drew, Burbnru McKoen, Billy Adams, Helen Moss, Helen Perry, Mrs. Eurl Me Necley, Marge Burleigh, Gladys Hoguc, Murgiiret Wlrth, Hazel Baker, Mary Scott and Mrs. L. Townscnd. Sunday they'll all be nulla the Fair Grounds to the queen try out, if they didn't founder and git luld up with the colic. 'Due' Hunt signed a good many riders to put on some classes out there Sunday and the public Is Invited. I'll bet there'll be some spills and thrill fer I never seen so many leaky saddles as lolely. Tothrr day we had two more riders Join the caterpillar club by fallen off. Wally Moss took his second fall. Seems like he lives up to what he preaches dowa at the Armory on Friday nitrs. Mar garet Wlrth sorta Joined Ihe birds when she and her hoss parted ways. The Posse nollshln' off their drill team on the race track every Sunday and the saddle girls practisin' curryin' flags on their steeds. Tho grnndstand held n purty good crowd of on look ers. Jack Ray adriven that how of his'n to a cart, while Lou Scr mys a galled his two bosses un der those pancake saddles. Sher iff Low wu cow-boyln' on a bluck, don't know how conio lio wuzu't ridden I'rpper. Loo Aek crinim don'l get out to rldo much, but hits lounod his hoss lo Mar ino who Is homo vlsllln' his pp pv and mummy. Mr. and Mrs. C'lnv Howard. Hen Marsh workln' hts'liluck to enter In Ihe gulled class itt-xt Sunday. Elmer Hid st'lgcr lining his two sucldlcrs In 'til after the 4lh. The horse set Is a biizzln' and mukin' the West sllll live. Don't ferglt Saturday Is big hut day, lets mukn hey hey fer the horses. Bye now. Sports Carnival to Aid War Bond Salt NKW YORK, June 17 (!') A mamoth sports carnival, x peel ed to not $8,000,000 through the sale nf war bondi for admission, will ba held tonight at the Polo gnunds. Six major events are list ed, a seven-Inning baseball gnme, a mixed doublet tennis match, a buskotbull game, golfing exhi bition, a relay race and a mccor match. Claiulfled Ads Dnng Results lililliht'B l " - J w a meiMlasmiaM (stall "- rT f ' ' f Continuous Show Sal. Sun. Box Olllce Opens UiJO Last Times Today "Whisptring Footsttps" 2nd Hit - "Wolvts of tha Rongt" STARTS SUNDAY TIME ON HIS HANDS . . . 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