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    I . PACE TWO
Sports 'Jp
Brieff Hugh nS1
department will have no truck
with flouting the old baseball
tradition that the team that leads
the pennant race after July 4 is
the one that will win the pen
nant, but there's a strong sus
picion that the tradition must
have developed in days when
pennant races weren't very
close . . . Looking back through
the major league records for 15
seasons we find the tradition
held true eleven times and one
year tho eventual winners, the
Yanks, were tied with Cleveland
. . . In the National, however,
only five Independence Day lead
ers managed to hold on to the
finish while others succeeded in
games ... This morning, the
Cardinals were a games m iront
of the Pirates, but the Browns
lnr! nnli, a 1 1 aamo mnrffln nvpp
the Red Sox and eight games
over tne last-piace Aimeucs
HOLIDAY HASH '
It was just 25 years ago to
day mac jacK uempsey jtnocitea
uui de&s vrjuaiu hi tuicuu aim
fnn .nn.. nrln that. Xna T.iMlie
made his professional debut by
stinening a zeiiow namea ubck
Kracken in one round ... A few
other notable July 4 fights: 1907,
Tj-immir Hiil-nc IrnnnlroA mlf Sill
Squires; 1908, Battling Nelson
au u jue utins; xtiiu, jacK jonn
son KO'd Jim Jeffries; 1923,
Dempsey outpointed Tom Gib-
V. i Ol 1 W ,
Physical Ed.
Teachers Leave
PULLMAN, July 4 UP) A
physical education staff assem
bled to guarantee the fitness of
army trainees studying at Wash
ington State college has been
broken up coincidental with the
close of the training program,
with most of the instructors
stepping into new coaching
jobs.
The college athletic depart
ment reported today Gosta
Enckson, who came from the
University of Washington staff,
is returning there; John Eu
bank, here from San Diego
State college, will become phy
sical ..education director and
football; coach , at Richland,
Wash., high.
William g. Mullen, here from
Sedro-Wnnllpv. will v. .i j
i cal director in the Tacoma put-
in. auiuuis; wiiiiam Tone, here
from. Montesano, will be foot
ball coach at Clover Park high
Franpis TVTKo ...:n i .
T, . , -.y.aj win ICaCU 111
Port Angeles . high school and
wm , oe cuy swimming super
visor there. . y
Curtis Eyes New
American Record
, fAN FHANCISCO, July 4
OT Ann Curtis set her sights
?h"0ao??nw American record ir
the 200-meter freestyle at to-
tllS'Jln?le LJhe three-day
J" Western Athletic Union
ships ' SWlmming chamPion
The San Franciscan, who
holds national titles for the 400
ana 800-meter freestyle events
already during, the tournament
has racked up new far western
records in the 800- and 100
meter distances.
Another far western AAU
mark was shattered yesterday
oL thei San Francisco women's
300-meter medley relay team
Ot Marinn TTnniann T
f ?or lni Mlss Curtis. whose
' 1:SS'2 bettered the time of
4:07.2 held by a team repre
senting the Multnomah Athletic
clubs of Portland, Ore.
TRUCKS FOR RENT
You Drive Move Yourself
. . Save H -Long and
- Short Trlpi , .
STILES' BEACON SERVICE
Phone 8304 1201 East Main
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T,y. Grain ind Ctn
Froductt Ntulral Sptrllt
Th lamdoww Diitllltrf
Havra da Graea Md.
I Goodyear Service Store
Now
Open For Business
in
New Larger Store
EIGHTH and KLAMATH
Pelican Theatre Bldg.
Voiselle,
Kramer Pick
Of Rookies
Giant Hurler Takes Ten
Games by Mid-Season;
Frojh Tossers Win Spurs
By JACK HAND
. -'.-- Tl C U..a
Bill Voiselle, of the New York
Uiants, ana JacK jvramer, oi uiu
St. Louis Browns, shape up to-
pitcher crop as the major leagues
head into the 4th of July flurry
ot aouDieneaaers aner a any ui
inactivity.
Under the guidance of Man
ager Mel Ott, Voiselle has blos
somed out as a 10-game winner
in the first half of the season,
a 10-9 record. The 25-year-old
rigntnanaer irom limeiy-oix,
starting 19 times. He has conked
. nl ,. nnna urkan ha mac
beaten by St. Louis in a night
game, 10-0, on May 20.
For a youngster who was the
"losingest" hurler in the Inter
national league last year where
he won 10 and lost 21 with
Jersey City, Voiselle has been a
surprising success.
Kramer had trials in the big
show before he went into the
Seabees, but never really grad
uated from the rookie class.
After taking his first five starts,
faltered but boasts an 8-8 aver
age including eight complete
games.
Walt Dubiel of the New York
Yankees is giving Kramer a
close fight for freshman laurels
in tha TTarririffn Innn ae fka
husky Hartford, Conn., native
includes nine complete games
and a neat 2-hit shutout while
breaking even at 6-6.
Lefty Joe Page (5-5) of the
Yanks who was nampH tn IVim
all-star team ran into first-
inning miseries after a sensa
tional cfnrf hut Vine ctimi?vt ,,i-i.
sign of becoming a top flight ace
wnen ne controls nis Diazing last
ha71.
Siff .TalrilMri nf Ihn n-iM.m.
(5-3), Lefty Ed Lopat of the
White Sox, (3-5), Rufe Gentry of
the Tigers (4-7) and Clem Haus
mann nf the PpH Snv td-A i,a,ra
won. their starting spurs. Specs
VliaMnK I A A r
nuciiKui vy ux uie iiiaians re
cently broke into the starter
class after a half-season of re
lief ehnrps ann" "Tiftorv Ta'
Berry, a 37-year-oldster from
rluntsville, Ark., is living up to
Connie Mack's hopes with his
5-5 rMrfnrmannja; de a "firamnn '
iven KanensDerger (8-8) who
imu earner cnances Wltn the
Cards-and Cubs before coming
tn ' thfl PMle PonW
Voiselle in the National where
onaney scnanz (8-7) of the Phils
is another good-looking youngs
ter. Preacher Pn onA Minu
Strlncevich (5-4) of the Pirates,
and Al Jurisich (5-4) and Ted
vYiiKs v-i oi tne Cards are
makine th IMati
the latest "flash" is Cincinnati's
dim iwjnstanty who js unbeaten
1T fhrPa ctofte- einna
y v- uvLts. hj ijiiivv; luiuuig up
Training Camp
Injury Puts End
To Boer's Career
SAcnXnrF.wf n r,T t..i.. a
(Jt) A training camp injury re-
teiveu several years ago has put
an end to Max Baer' fiohfino
career.
The format. wm.i1' i,
weight champion, now a staff
sergeant with the U. S. army
said yesterday his left arm is
beginning to "dry up and lose
its effectiveness", and that he
has no idea of ever fighting
again.
The inilll-v nmiiimiJ ...U L
u-um.u wiien lie
was struck on the top of the
iieau oy an oo-pound punching
bag while training for his fight
against Max Schmeling and was
aggravated in a bout with Lou
uva in j.Bi, uaer said,
LEWISTON WINS
SPOKANE, July 4 (JP)
Lewiston bowlers won the
Northwest Moose association
pin tourney, held earlier this
week, with a 9003 4-4..1 t
fourth place with 2892, was
wnues fuel of Eugene, Ore
mm
Here Comes Charley
kwkOPP DlO IT (M72aOW IN
Segura Seeks
To Add to NCAA Crown
vinvi A.jst uuij i ri 1 1011-
cisco (Pancho) Segura, the Uni
versity ot Miami's pacxage ot
tannic rlvnamira urVin last urAolr.
end exploded his second straight
iv singles crown, is noi me
type to rest on his laurels
Acnaniallv with tVi a n-ifinnol
championship at Forest Hills
ucai iiiunin nis prime ODjecuve.
So the two-handed swatter
fronr Ecuador, who pulverized
Notre Dame's Charles Samson,
ts-u, b-4, e-u, lor the collegiate
Oaks Begin
Vital Series
With Seals
The hard-hitting, third place
Oakland Acorns will invade the
home, grounds of the first place
oan r rancisco seals in a aoume
header today, beginning a series
which will be a vital factor in
tne ooast league pennant chase,
Seattle and PnrtlnnH lnna.
time rivals, open in the rose
city with the Rainiers, current
ly in fourth place, trying to
cumu into me lop spot only two
games away. Portland is in a
three-way tie for fifth one
game DacK.
Second place San Diego also
faces tough competition as they
mppt thp Saramonfn Qnlnn.
bottom rung but rapidly improv
ing team, on the Solons' home
grounas.
Los Anplpa onii TTnllvurnu4
the nthpr tuv.thirrl0 r,
land's deadlock for fifth, play at
nunywooa.
All games are doubleheaders
Two Veterans Help
Uit Prospects
I.OS ANCT.r.IS Tl A 11m
Two veteran players, transfers
from CnlnraHn hava hr inUtaaA
1 '.,- 7, ry ""a""?"
looioau prospects at the Univer
Sitv nf .niithpm rallfnin
where Coach Jeff Cravath
suea suits to 43 pigskin pros
pects yesterday preparatory to
The new Trojans are Thomas
lvierriH, zuo-pound fullback from
tne university of Colorado, 1
marine trainpo ami .Tnhn ha-a
Ginn, all-Rocky Mountain cen-
iti iiom ioioraao college,
navy dental student.
"RanrioH anH IIKai-otnJ I. cii.
, , . " - a.x oiuu in run
oinns, (-01., a crow was found
id mnnrns aror in AihAt r
iiiuM away as me crow
lllt'S.
Tito's Right Hand
Responsible for planning ot
many of the Yugoslav guerrilla
battles against Germans la Maj.
Gen. Arsa Yovanovlch, above,
chief of staff forMarshal Tito,
famed Partisan chieftain.
loft
my v
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
1 .s c-reniMfl
l3
New Tiiles
tltlp ot Wnrthirociorn iinlirni-citv
Saturday and his third major
Cnnnilpst in cittia tVlrpp uroplrc'
time, is keeping his game on
eage wun a crammea auic oook,
He was at Neenah, Wis., yes
tprriav fnr tho S7th annual uracr.
Prn phamninnwhins ranlfini, tho
prime favorite in a field of 80
comenaers. inen, next weeK
Panehn swinffs his nntpnt rap
quet in the Chicago open meet
which will last at the River For
est Country club here through
July 16.
In adding the collegiate title
to his recently-won national clay
court championship and a tri
umph at Cincinnati's tri-state
meet, Segura polished off Notre
Dame's Samson in 54 minutes
for his fifth straight set victory
01 tne wuAA tourney. Durmg
the week-long meet, Segura won
72 names while losine 90
The collegiate doubles event
also proaucea a repeating cham
ninn. thp TTnivorcitv nf Tava,
combination of John Hickman
and Felix Kelley, who defeated
Nick Buzolich and Gary Ruby
oi ueorge repperaine collegi
nf T.ns Antrplnc fi.n R. Rt
Hickman had been a finalist in
1943 when he teamed with Walt
Driver to beat California's Tom
Brown and Harry Buttimer for
we tine.
Miami. Nntpo Tlamn anii Tov.
as, each with three points, shared
California's undefended team
championship.
Pros to Play for
State Championship .
TACOMA, July 4 (JP) The an
nual Washington state profession
al aTnlfprs PHamninnoU:n ...Hi i -
decided July 17 when Pacific
uuiuimcsi pros snoot lor places
in the National PGA tournament
m a qualifying tournament over
m. "vm!- -lL" euurse nere.
The National PGA will be played
wjunajic ill AUUSl,
Chuck Congdon, president of
trie nnrtnwpot coo e tu. t-. .
fessional Golfers Association of
saio. me qualifying
tournev will ho ntt - -i i
play for an as yet unannounced
number Of nlarps in U t
meet. , " "-"'
SEGURA TOPS SAMSON
EVANSTnitf Til T..1-. .
Francisco (Pancho) Segura, Ecua-
. a ?if American tenn s by
Wav nf thp TTn iop.il.. i
" Vj. ....j,. kjl iviinmi,
Won hlR spnnnrl hU. t .
. uuvu.,u a,iaigiii iHL.AA
ie"n,s 5ln'es championship Sat-
ii r'S"u"8 wianes aamson,
Notre Dame captain from Wich
ita, Kas., 6-0, 6-4, 6-0.
NEWARK. N ,Tja.. t,
rv. 1443. Wahinntn
ed Tony Riccio, 151i, Bayonne
8. Pvt. Lee Croft, 1754, Ta
coma. Wash Irnnplorl -.. T
. , ....wb(.u uui uue
Thomas, 190, Brooklyn, 2.
Continuous Shows Daily
TODAY
"WiM'ii it naiT n i
IMallliril
.fed
zX i
Hogan Fails
To Break
Jinx or Jug
McSpadan ShooH One
Under-Par to Take Fivt
Titles in Seven Months
By CHARLEB CHAMBERLAIN
iiueiii-iuiiBii hub i,ii.,iin,1-,
the Philadelphia putting wizard
who has monopolized five golf
4 ....... 1. t..m nrtc..ni.
lilies in ine last seven nioiuns
UIU V J ...IIIUIIUI 1,10 mn.i
was on his way with Lt. Ben Ho
gan today to Minneapolis to com-
. ... II. 1 .1 11 V. .
peie in me uuiucu vtiiivjr ueai
1 11 . . mnnuA.
UCUl iiraiii iiinvbiico.
pros already had departed for
Harry Cooper's Golden Valloy
l..u U..t MnCnofliin an1 TTnoan
stayed an extra day at Edge
water to settle the Chicago Vic
tory. National championship in an
. a tW 1 ... ir
iB-noie piayou.
MnC.nJnn fknniini, o n n A.
' i,iv.vjJaiii;ii, aiiuuiiHB ' j n
under-par 70 to Hogan's 73 cap
tured his third playoff victory in
me last year. 11 was tne loiirin
time Little Ben had failed to beat
a playoff jinx since 1941.
The championship gave Jug
$3000 in war bonds and kept him
way out in front in the bond-win-
: . l. ,.i-i t tin inn
milt, lu-e Willi ci luini ui ,io,iuu,
compared with $15,591 for Byron
m .. 1 1 ft. n , . 1 o
iiieisiuii uiiu 4jL,ifiA lui oauiiiiy
Byrd. Little Ben's second place
award was $1750 in bonds.
Thp Vintn Mntinnal titl.
Jug's fifth in 13 tournaments
aiuue uunuury. wiien ne siarieu
his sensational winning streak
ny iaKing tne ios Angeies open.
Walker, Tucker
Cling to First
MP.W VrtBIT T,,l l Ian
Fiivia Wallrp. n D..nl.Kn J
Thurman Tucker of the Chicago
White Sox clung to first place
in tne Major league batting
races today at the end of the
11th WPplr nf tntt niainn nlthiMiaU
Walker had to spurt to regain
the lead from Stan Musial of the
fit T.ntii r'avHinal
Musial held a .0006 margin
during the week but slumped
over me weeicena wnue walker
plimhpn1 naplp nn inn n.ltu ODn
as the Cardinal outfielder slip
ped to .368.
Tucker had a new challenger,
38 points behind his leading .375
in Boston's Pete Fox who took
OVpr sppnnH frnm TiaIoaU1..
Check Hostetler with .337. fig
ures mcmae games 01 July 3.
Campbell Leads
In Rodeo Honors
ST PATTT. .Tnlv A at mi.
rung two first places and one
second nriva riairA fnmnUH
I awmTsi wqi.lUCll,
Lias Vpffas. Npu wraniAt
ahead on points for top cowboy
.uiiuia m me ot. raui roaeo yes-
icraay.
Hp rnnArl n a1f In vVia ...u.t .
time nf Iflfi corAn4. nj u..n
. UVwiiuj, UUil-
dogged a steer in 14.2 seconds.
xie wauea tn second place in
thp COW millr ?na aiuni k.ut.j
Ray Green of St. Helens.
.none of the riders could ride
the rPnilirorl aJrrht i
me wuo. duii contest.
GOV. Fart Snail rf11 -I J- i
tv in hub in
uie paraae today.
Jenkins Predicts
400-Mile an Hour
Speed for New Cor
PORTT.AVn .Tl,. a i.
".""lile an hour speed is pre-
, -fj T. xenxins, former
World rnamnmn --
hlS nam MnmH iri' "..
-r. i.iyiiuuii ivieteor
which he said is equipped with
T ,"'y-.u's gearea to a four
wheel drive.
The npw-manhlna, ...111 1 .
J, T , 11 "uimeviue salt
liiimeaiaieiy alter the war,
id?npn?tprCr."?,rin?Ok
, -...w uiavcB me record
now held by John Cobb of Eng.
land, who set a 368 mile an hour
acuuiu ill -ItfOO,
COAST LEAGUE
L.
to
42
41
42
44
4.1
43
Pet.
.529
.S23
.1112
.006
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.41)4
.404
.446
San Diego 46
Oakland 43
Seattle ............ ' "43
Hollywood .'.'.'""43
Portland . 42
Tjm '" .r
Sacramento ..!"""!"!""'37
Yeit.rday'i Seore.
,u K.inra scneauiea.
ill Jhl ail '3d din
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
SCORCHING ROMANCE
in the mysterious Sudan!
presents
,rouR
FEATHERS
h RALPH RICHARDSON
C. AUBREY SMITH
JUNE DUPREZ
t't MivlilHH1
Eisenhower Surprises Yank Doughboy
ii
ht n. FL.nhnw.r
commandor, chat with a vaitly
John Burns of Nilei. O.. ai ht
beachhead to check on Invaiion
Fire Razes Ball
Park of Oriolei
BALTIMORE, July 4 W)
Fire of undetermined origin
razed the stands of famed
Oriole park, home of the Balti
more International club today,
causing a loss estimated by club
officials at around $150,000.
The wooden stands burned so
rapidly that within little more
than an hour only charred and
smoking timbers remained
around the field where Jack
SPECIAL NOTICE
All of Klamath
Theatres Will Run
Continuous Shows
July 4th
Box Office Opens 12:30
NEW SHOW TODAY
United Stares Government
PRESENTS
"Memphis Belle"
In Gorgeous Technicolor-
LLl i
MA RUYARD KIPLING
.SfeUl , , ' LONDON FILM
Jleletsed thru United Artiste
vv
9
V v aT 1: s- . Its 1
(lift), suoreme allied Invasion
lurpriwd Yank doughboy, Pvt.
paid quick visit to Normandy
progress.
Dunn once led his Orioles to
seven straight league pennants
and where he developed such
inmou.t stars as Babe Ruth,
Lofty Grove, Joe Boloy, Tommy
Thomas, Max Bishop and others.
All the uniforms mid nlnying
equipment of the luiiKuc-lcndlng
Baltimore club and of the Syra
cuse chiefs, scheduled to piny
an Independence Day doublo
hcadcr here, wcro destroyed.
This is Independence Dtyl
Keep independent buy another
War Bond. Hans Norland, In
surance. 118 N, 7th.
Box Office Opens 12:30
July 4, 1944
LI KAS tlG THRIAT
SPOKANE, July 4 (
alnglva division of the Ore,
gut tennis tournament n
ceived ita dominant threet W.
duy with announcement k.'
Gonum university offlcUi,
that Hurry Llkua. nnvy studtM
at liio SiKiknna scliool and semi
f 1 rut 1 int In tho nntltinnl Intersoli
Iculiito tonniR meet last week'
will return in time to enter the
luiirnuy.
Box Office Oponi 12:30
AND
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Box Olflco Oponi 12:30
MUST
END
WEDNESDai
BURLESQUE TO BIG TIME!
EDDIE CANTOR
GEORGE MURPHY
JOAN DAVIS
NANCY KEUV
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DON DOUGLAS
EDWIN L MARK
EDDIE CANTOR
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Box Office Openi 13:30
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