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Newspaper Page TextPACE TEN HERALD AND NEWS,. KLAMATH FALLS, .QREGpN Sports Briefs Huah' : Nyl FalUrton, Jr. J i Bv HUGH FULLERTON Jr. NEW YORK, July 20 () If you hang around with major lea guers, you'll hear plenty of tall tales anout tne -gooa oia aays in baseball and how kids used to be happy to play with a home made ball on a field grubbed out of a briar patch .... and likely as not you'll hear that kids nowadays nave 10 ue panv pered and won't play under con ditlons that the old-timers re- carded as normal. ... In contro' version of such statements, we present the following letter from Wendell kalime, vne Newport, Vt., sports scnoe. . . !M HEAD IT AND WEEP "I' thought you might like to hear' about the game the Baron town baseball team played at East Hardwick the other day.' writes Wendell. "Barton lost the game, 18 to 13, but the score does hot necessarily indicate poor playing on either side. A hit ball which would look like an easy out would hit a bump and bounce over the player's head, far out of quick retriev ing. Even the catchers had to run over a Knoii alter ioui Dans. ' SPECIAL TALENTS "The fence which surrounded the pasture was another bad feature, Lalime luruier ex plains; -"Balls hit through the fence would not have gone for a double. . . . Some of our Ver mont ball players know how to hurdle the barbed wire enclos ures, and in most cases of this nature a nit over tne lence doesn't go for a homer unless you can make it. ... mere were five ' pitchers, who had their troubles, too. . They couldn't see the plate. The cows hadn t got around to do any grazing in that particular spot. a. DISPUTED DECISION What was it those old-timers were saying about modern kids? Manager Signed For Grid Team PORTLAND, Ore., July 20 (JP) Appointment of Lou Cummins, Vancouver,' Wash., as trainer and equipment manager for Port land's new prof essional football club was announced here today. Coach Matty Mathews and General Manager Bobby Rowe emerged from a flnrrv nf Views with, prospects to, promise a. list of about 20" signed play ers by Saturday. Mathews slated hie -fltcf nfnminl Jm'II c dav aftprnnnn . Rowe said players would" be paid a flat guarantee per' game the amount differing with experi- On the Left Side .vftJEY CALL 'e CAT Nelson, McSpaden Burn Up Course n Utah Open SAT.T T.AWR riTV T..i,. on (Jug) McSpaden, the golfing twins, blazed across that 6575 yard Fort Douglas course in sub par practice rounds that left little argument to their favored posi tions in thf-S5Snn ITtah Cknan starting tomorrow. Meanwhile, George Schneiter, nVfpnriincr phamninn n.nn U Rocky Mountain qualifying test for the PGA tourney at Spokane, vrasu., wun a o-oi Leonard Ott of Denver came in one stroke behind. He shot a 71-75 145 while John Geert sen of Salt Lake City carded 74-76 150. The Onen onrfo Riini?av j golfers will move on to Ogden, uuui,' ui anumer pro-amateur tourney Monday, with $500 at stake. BOWLERS ADVANCE VANCOUVER, B. C, July 20 (CP) Ivan Dickinson of Bell mgham reached the semi-finals of "B" section at' the annual British Columbia Lawn Bowling association tournament here last night. Dickinson's rink downed Johnny Brown's quartet from Vancouver, B. C, 18-17 in a hard-fought game. . ocal Fishing Rated Just Fair Fishing: results-over the'past weekend-were only fair, but the always optimistic fishermen saw good prospects for the coming days. ; For some strange reason most of the skillful, or otherwise, anglers couldn't seem to tempt the noble trout from his lair, al- uiougn conditions seemed good. Diamond lake is listed as only fair with a fpw fun Kajn, (.l.. but only a few. The Rogue river aim norm umpqua were just inn, ana reports irom mere indi cated that nobody was exceed ing the limit and some were fall ing quite short of even approach ing the ten fish the law allows. Classified Ads Bring Results. NATIONAL LEAGUE W T. St. Louis , 53 23 Cincinnati M 37 Pittsburgh 41 33 New York; 41 Philadelphia Brooklyn . Chicago Boston ..3S. ..33 YesterdkV'a Rcaulta Boston 6, Chicago 1. Brooklyn 10, Cincinnati 5. Philadelphia 4. Pittsburgh 3. Only games scheduled. ' ' AMEBICAN LEAGUE St. Louis New York Boston Detroit Cleveland Washington Chicago . -42 41 37 37 37 41 42 4T Pet. .70S .343 .339 .484 .449 .432 .427 .413 Pet .363 .343 .318 .488 .488 .488 Yesterday's Results - Cleveland 7. Philadelphia 1. Detroit 2. Washington 1 (10 innings). -Chicago 5, Boston 4. . . . . . New York 6, St. Louis 5. - COAST -LEAGUE W. ..Si- San Francisco . Seattle PorUand ; San Diego Hollywood , ,, bacramento 50 -49 -48' Yesterday's Scores San Trancisco 2-0. Seattie . 0-1 game called in seventh, rain). l.os Angeles 2-4. san Diego 1-3. Sacramento 2-0. Oakland 1-2 (1st nine innings, seven- scheduled). -PorUand 3, Hollywood-1-- Pet. .339 .934 i. BIS .303 ..505 .476 .478 .431 (2nd Reserve - Slsadad Whtil.r sroof s7VS 6rtn and Can '.rod gels Nsutrsl SptrHs Tna Undowna Diitillerf Hm a, Crsos ; Hi. Bats Soon to Be Made of Magnesium SPOKANE, July... 20. (P) Baseball bats of magnesium may soon take their place- along with airplane metal spurs and other sportsmen s items developed by modern science. ' Such bats already are being turned out at the light meals lab oratory at Washington State col lege, Retiring Dean. A. E. Druck- er oi tne school of mines, told an engineering group yesterday. The new bats will be on the market in tne tail. We seek the ' closest strategic and material union between Britain, Australia and "America. No life can be. lived anywhere m the - Pacific ocean -. without friendship . -. between the three of us. Sir "TCpifVi ' Mnrlnnt- Australian-editor. ' Yanks Hand Browns 6-5 Trouncing LindeU's 3-Run Homer Wins For Champs; Chicago Cracks Boston s Hex 5-4 Bs JACK HAND (Associated Press Sports Writer) L.OUIS nan an answer to lis attendance problem todav in the 81,361 paid customers for the iirsi two games of the Yankee Browns series for the American league lead. Although 31. SRI ronrosnnfc fair Sunday crowd in somu big league towns, it is roughly 20 per cent of the Browns total nome draw and is calculated to ease tne pain of last nights 6-1 setback bv the New Ynrlcprs Only last week the St. T.nnic Americans were sending out questionnaires to the fans asking "Why don't VOll sunnnrt dir. Browns" Joe McCarthy 's champs came to town trailing by two games and the fans started to flock through the turnstiles. Last night's fray could have oeen tne Key to tne race although the season does not end until October 1. If the Browning hurl won, their lead would have meas ured four eames in the enriv ngco ui a iuiik nome stand. Johnny Lindell's 3-run homer was the- big blow in a Yankee four-run rally dooming Sig Jac ucki and civinc Krni Rnnh,,.. his lourin straignt. Detroit continued In rntriA nn strong since the return of Dick. ii oivciieiu, tuning six ot eight starts and going into a fourth place tie by yesterday's 2-1 nod over Washineton as Stnhhv ciuor. mire out-elbowed Dutch Leonard in iu neats. Chicago finally cracked-Bos- Inn r "tlnv" nflAH l : . straight to the Red Sox and cap tured a 5-4 game on five runs in the fifth. Orval Grove got ncuii mr. ni5 -eigntn victory, snapping - Jje Bowman's five- game win s.reak. Ken Keltner paced Cleveland to a 7-1 slaughter of Philadel phia with f . .u: hits for a perfect day, while Specs Klieman chucked his seventh victory at Rahn Muinnm'. Bucky Walters failed to go the route in a night game for the first time this season but kept intact his seven-game win streak as Reliefer Arnie Arter took the ioss in a iu-a shellacking by Brooklyn. Les Webber, the sec ond of three Brook hurlers, came up with the win that moved the ijoagers back into sixth place. .Ken Raffensberser missed shutout by ..ne inning but held on for Philadelphia's 4-2 edge over Pittsburgh's Nick Strince vich in a Shibe park night out ing. Nate Andrews graduated in to the 10-win class by hurling Boston to a 6-1 nod over Chicago wiin duo iinpman suiienng the ' When la Medford " --Stay at ...... -,j HOTEL HOLLAND ; Thoroughly Modem Joe and Ann Earley Proprietors' ' " FIGHTS LAST NIGHT By The Associated Press ELIZABETH, N. J. Tami Mauriello, 2041, New York, tech nical ' knockout over Buddy ajiox, 2uig, Dayton, u., 7. NEW LONDON, Conn. Joe Popeski, 168, New London, tech nical- xnocKout over uilly Brown, 170, Hartford. OAKLAND, Calif. Jack Chase,.. 160,- Walsenburg, Colo., won decision, over Paul Lewis, 155, Oakland (10). BEERS WITH WRONG WOMAN OREGON CITY, July 20 (ff) Arthur William Bench, 44, Seat tle, told sheriff's officers here he had a few drinks with .a strange woman and two men in Portland, and then urnlra ,.n bruised and battered 'in a gravel pit near here minus hie hill. fold and $60. ' He was celebrat ing his impending marriage, -he added. : Basin Riders Take Honors At Medford Klamath basin cowboys, par ticipating in the third annual rodeo at Medford this weekend. rodo off with honors in several events, with Friedman Kirk of Limoquln coming out top man, when he emerged as the only double winner of -the two-day snow. ,.: Kir took first purse In calf roping both Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.. ' Other winners at the roundup who are' from this area 'were L-arron Jtlruiiton of Bonanza' who took second priio - in calf roping on Saturday; Bud Clapper of .Bonanza who came In third In calf ronins Saturday: Konnv Miller, Klamath Falls, second in Brahma bull riding on Saturday unu iHDiain jvinn ni unnnmiln fourth in bull riding.' ' . Lawrence Hill of Cmloquin roped second in Sunday's calf roping event. Captain Kldd came in third in bronc riding' on the second day, and he also-took second in Brahma bull : riding Sunday. Friedman Kirk was a -, con testant in the Fourth -of ' July Klamath . Buckaroo Days .' cele bration where he also nut un a good show, finishing fnnrth in the finals in calf roping here.' Pieretti Pulls Ducks To Fourth The Young Master Moran Upsets Ace Netman SEATTLE. Jnlv 2 ifiiJlnnh Moran. Snnkahe rltv nnri Tinnj Empire tcmJs champion, provid ed the major upset of the .Wash ington State tennis tournament yesterday in defeating Eugene "Owen ui oan uiego, rated Wo 4 junior in the nation,by .6-2, 6-2. scores. - . - ... In another upset, the doubles team of Glenn Ornth mj'n.nn, Loquvam defeated Ford Coolev and Ash Rice, veterans,-6-3; 1-6, o-i. ah are irom Seattle.- Paul Guerin. Seattle ' guardsman became the third player to advance to the quarter finals of the men's singles when he defeated Joe Livengood .3-6. 6-2, 6-4. - s , . - Schaake Applies t . or uenver Job LAWRENCE, Kas., July.20 VP), Elmer Schaake,. assistant to Coach Henry Shenk at . Knn university, today. confirmeH r. ports that he was an applicant "re 1" OI neao lootball coach at Denver university. But I m not getting ready to move tn Denver " Sh..!..' ..u .. . - - i ukiinaaa auiu Ace Pitcher Wins Victory no. 10 re Lift Beavers ro Fourth Spot Tie With Suds . By The Associated Press The Portland Beavers' moved Into a fourth place tie with the Seattle Ralnicrs in the Taclfic Coast Baseball league race last nlBht'as Marino Pieretti, Bea- vor pitching ace, turned in his 16th victory of the season, de feating Hollywood's Stars 3 to 1. The Rainlers split a pair with the San Francisco Seals, drop ping the second straight, 2-0, In the opener and then coming back to take the nightcap 1-0, In an abbreviated session halt ed by rain at the end of the first half of the seventh. In the Portland game, Ted Gulllc gave Pieretti his victory when he drove in two runs in the fourth and ' one in the eighth, the only two Innings in which the Beavers were able to connect with the. offering of Earl Escalante. At Seattle. Seal Pitcher Tom Scats shut out the Rainlers with three hits In the seven-inning opener, while in the second a wild pitch let Rainier Fielder Lloyd ; Christopher score in the imn. .. At the top of the league the Los Angeles Angels moved within half a game of the lead ing Oakland Acorns by taking a aouDieneader from tne ban Diego Padres, 2. to 1 and 4 to 3 The Acorns split a pair, drop ping tne opener, to tne tan-ena Sacramento Solons. 2 to 1, and thqn roared back on . the no-hlt pitching of Manuel 'Salvo to take the nightcap 2' to 0. Clark. Wins Oregon Horseshoe Title STYLISH I 'T- JU i - FINAL ftv3 I haven't heard snvlhinK ...w about it and I may be right here in Lawrence when the .... start . " "" Photo Finish Seen i n Feature Race ' SEATTLE. Julv 20 'iPirnm. ing from behinri in o ,i;.ii. drive Clarence Burnett's Over land Trail yesterday won. the feature mile and 116- at Long acres track in a nhntn with three other horses in '1-44 Hand Torch was cernnH i.j, c. 1 1 . I . wCC iwiik tnira. ; " Overland Trail paid $10, $4 60 f"n?3- "and Torch $3.40; and na oeeKOnK $3.80.; Classified Ads Bring Results. PORTLAND, Ore., July 20 (A1) G. G. Clark, 74-yearold Battle Ground, Wash., man, held the Oregon horseshoe pitching title today. ! Flinging a ringer percentage running up to 74 per cent, Clark defeated a talented field which Included two ex-state champions and one northwest champion. - - Whidby Island ; j Beats Fort Lewis FORT LEWIS,'. July -20 The Whidby Island naval air sta tion' baseball team defeated the Fort 'Lewis Warriors 10 to 1 In a Puget Sound - service league game here last night. Bill Sayles, former'New York Giant' and Brooklyn Dodgor pitcher, gave the Warriors their only run with, a homer In the! second. . ... ; I Lumber, Production Increased In May WASHINGTON, July 20 (P) Lumber production In May to taled approximately 2.018.033. 000 board feet, an Incrrnso of a.B per cent over April output, the war production board re ported today.- . For the first five months of this year, .however, production was 1.2 per cent less than for the same period in 1043, totaling 13,308,828,000 board fat. 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