Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, June 15, 1945, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextCTGHT HERALD AND NEWS Sports Briefs NEW YORK, June 15 IV) Bill Hulse, who .was rated as America's fastest outdoor miler before lie went into the navy (Gil Dodds was better indoors) hopes to get into shape for the national AAU track champion ships if he can find a track for workouts near his Norfalk, Va., station . . . When he was sta tioned at Jacksonville, Fla., Bill trained ot. the beach and Dan Ferris suggested that he might adopt the Gunder Haegg routine and run through the woods . . . Morton Klein, who fights in one of the four-round preliminaries at the Garden tonight, is a med ical student at NYU and also a KU mucirinn F.ven his manager can't understand why M-tflH iitontc in he a ftehter . . . Ty Cobb is so enthusiastic about developing Kia oaseoau piujius that ne voiumeerea 10 tunic Vanln Pnrlr. Calif., to New York all for free to coach the west team in tne esquire Ail American boys game in August. WHAT'S IN A NAME Tha .Tnelrcnnvillp. Flfl.. JOUln- al's "midget baseball editor" is Charles n. omau . . . oui u writes big-time stories about the kid games. , , . ' ONE-MINUTE SPORTS PAGE rDprnll WiririnpQ Ohin State arid coach, fired his best-yet gou score ox u over uiu uf versity Gray course the other day. He probably would settle for the same figures any Satur day next fall . . . The Yankees who haven't had good weather for their Sunday at homes this spring, may have to sit back and see old Satch Paige and his Kansas City Monarches bust their attendance marks this week , . . "Senator" Jim Devlin, man ager of the pro shop for Ed Dud ley at the Atlantic City Country club, is introducing players at the current Philadelphia Open golf tourney . . . The senator isn't Ukely to find any pros run ning against him or otherwise . . . The Yankees, badly in need of outfielders, may have to call up Steve Kuk, who recently re ported to Newark, if they can't make a trade before tonight's deadline . , . Seems to be a choice between a Kuk and a Kluck. , Great Fight Card On Tap For Tonight Tonight at the armory, sports lovers of Klamath Falls will be given a four-course treat by Promoter Mack Lillard with three rassling bouts on tap and, as an added attraction, a boxing .tiff for the servicemen's cham pionship of Klamath Falls. The fistic battle will be a four-round bout between Ma rine Johnny Gates of the Ma rine Barracks and Sailor Al Burkhardt of the naval air sta tion. Both boys are in the light heavyweight class and both have enjoyed considerable success in fistic circles. Burkhardt, clever negro box er, fought professionally under the name of "Kid Silk," while Gates recently declsioned John L. Sullivan in the Portland arena and was later TKO'd by .powaer" froctor. This bout will go on imme diately after the semi-windup on the crunch card which sends burly, blustering Antone Leone against Kenny Ackles, the "Hol lywood wonder Boy." The5 top tussle on the mat bill pits Gorgeous George Wagner, the self-styled "Toast of the l-oast against Otis Babv-Face! Klingman and plenty of fire- worits may De expected when these two opponents of the groan game comae: In the ODening scuffle nnnn. lar Paavo Katonen will try his hand at a comeback here when he mixes it up with Georges Dusette, the French-Canadian strong man. The first bout is scneauiea to get underway at q.ov p. m. SPRINTER DIMANCHEFF LAFAYETTE, Ind.. June 14 Halfback Babe Dlmancheff spruits tor Purdue. Eypnv SATURDAY J 9:00 until 1:00 DRLQV5 OW ' Coming July 25 ' Aasrlus's FsTorlla Colore! Bind JIMMY LUNCEFORD mlUrton. Jr. f '' jf i rrldiy, June IS, 1943 Bevos Even Count With Suds, 9-3 Portland Holds 1 V'a-Game Lead Over Nearest Rival; 5 Clubs Bunched For Third Bv PAUL WELLS (Associated Press Sports Writer) Seattle s Kamiers, wno tnrce times in less than three weeks have been within half a khiiio of first place in the Pacific Coast league, have failed again to get over the hump against Portland. The top-spot Beavers beat off the challenge of their northwest rivals 9-3 lust night and evened their crucial series at one-all. The Beavers now hold a game and a half lead. But an even hotter race has developed for third place. San Francisco went into a tie with Oakland for that position by beating the Acorns 8-2, while only half a notch behind are San Diego, Sacramento and Los Angeles. Padres Whip Solons The Padres took their third in a row from the Solons 5-3, and the Angels banged out ' an 8-1 decision over Hollywood, giving San Diego a .487 percentage rat ing, and Sacramento and Los Angeles .486 for a virtual fifth place tie. Two home runs sparked Port land's assault against three Seat tle pitchers. Catcher Eddie Ad ams' circuit clout in the fourth with the bases loaded drove Carl Fischer from the mound. The Beavers got another run in the fifth off Johnny Orphal and tot lowed with two each in the 7th and 8th against Byron Speece. The winners' two tallies in the seventh came on First Baseman Larry Barton s round tripper with one man aboard. Southpaw Syd Cohen scattered nine Seattle hits, good for one run in the third and two in the seventh. Twin BUI Tonight The two teams will meet in a twin bill starting at 7:30 p. m. tonight, making up Tuesday's unDlayed game. The Seals made it two out of three over the Acorns behind the eight . hit pitching of Bob Barthelson, clubbing three Oak hurlers for. 15 base blows. The O'Doulmen scored six of their eight runs off Johnny Babich before he was jerked in the sixth canto. The victory gave San Francisco a 2-1 edge in the ser ies. Carl Dumler outpitched Sac ramento's leading- moundsman, uuy r letcher, to give San Diego its third straight over the Capi tal city club. Dumler was spot ted to a two-run lead bv his mates in the first stanza and scattered nine hits in limiting the Solons to three tallies. The Padres followed their first-frame scoring with single counters in the third, seventh and eighth innings. JJon Osborn went the distance for the Angel-s in their 8-1 vic tory over the Stars, the first out of three games with their cross town rivals. The two clubs bat tled for six innings knotted at one-all before Los Angeles gain ed two runs in the seventh and five more in the ninth. "Babe" Brown Offered Grid Job At Idaho MflSfiOW. Ma .Tr,o 15 CD. President Harrison C. Dale of tne university ot Idaho said to- dav that .T A maha T3.A. acting director of athletics! wouja oe ouerea tne position of football coach at the univer sity. 'The athletic committee of the faculty," Dale said, "has let me know informally of the de sire of its membership to see Brown appointed football coach." Dale added that he shared this desire and that Brown would coach the 1845 team. " Air Conditioned DANCING 9 P. M. to 1 A. M. SATURDAY NITE Auspices V.F.W. DANCELAND 815 Klamath Ave. . Music By Pappy Gordon's Oregon Hillbillies Wagner Puts Dusette Over Ropes Referee Welly Moss vainly hold on Georges Dussetta In their tussle at the Klamath armory last week. Tonight Wagner will tangle with Otis "Baby-Face" Klingman In the main event, while Dussette meets Paevo Ka tonen In the opener. Antone Leone clashes with Kenny Ackles In the seml-windup which will be followed by a four-canto boxing tiff between Marina Johnny Gates and Sellor Al Burkhardt for the servicemen's championship of Klamath Falls. Racing Faithful Overcome By Annual Preakness Fever ta.. tnuu p rw a Hm.rn BALTIMORE, June 15 lP) The annual Preakness fever, helped along by the hottest weather of the year, hit the rac ing faithful in earnest today. Old Baltimore offered the karl nf it, urDP.tima hntinitnlitv and Pimlico race track officials prepared to welcome an estimat ed 50.000 persons tomorrow for I nf thn Prpnk. ness, one of the nation's oldest and richest stakes tms ume tne richest in history 01 tne out nui inn rrt I rco Cicet nn iUtt line rtt thnitKflTlHs was the name oi Hoop jr., inc rieniucjsy aeroy cnmipt jiu i- .tnnftii Mma tha rfnhnto whthpr he can repeat his performance OI lasx oaiuruay ui wiuiwhhi Downs and take over the second tho famed trinle crown of three-year-old racing. Hoop Jr., owned oy r. w. Hooper of Jacksonville, Fla., held the favorite role in the NOW THEY STAND Bjr Tbo AssocistsS Frtss NATIONAL LEGUE w: l. Pel. Ml .383 J71 .342 .311 .911 .478 Mi Slttburh -a M rooklyn IS 30 New York 28 21 Louis 2U 33 Chicago 23 22 Boston . .. 24 . 23 Cincinnati 23 Philadelphia 12 lesiemaj ttamaa Brooklyn 5. New York 4. Philadelphia 13, Boston B. Pittsburgh 56. Chicago 2-5. Only game scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGCB Pet .600 .587 .511 .500 .500 .477 .444 .378 Detroit New York Boston St. Louis Chicago .. 23 24 ..21 veland 20 Philadelphia IT lfterday s names Boston 1, Philadelphia 0. St. Louis 3. Detroit 2. Chicago 4. Cleveland 3. Only games scheduled. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W. L. Portland , ..43 29 Seattle ,..... 41 Oakland ,..3T M 37 3D 38 San Francisco . San Diego Sacramento M 37 36 M Los Angeles 38 43 Hollywood ..23 tteiuiis List flight Portland 9. Seattle 3. San Francisco 8, Oakland 2. San Diego 5, Sacramento 3. Los Angeles. 8. Hollywood 1. Tnnlght's Games Seattle at Portland, rioublehaader. San Francisco at Oakland. Los Angeles at Hollywood. od uicko ai ascramento. tries to break George Wagner's biggest of five stake events. He was quoted at 8 to 5, compared to the 5 to 2 rating for Walter M. Jeffords' Pavot. The number of starters was expected to narrow to nine when the entry box closes today, since E. R. Bradley's Burning Dream probably won't go because of bud cuts on his leg received in the derby. Owens Wanis Negroes In Major Loops DALLAS, Juno 15 (rp) Dusky Jesse Owens, who a decade ago turned In the greatest individual performance in the history of the Olympic games, has a new goal. Jesse is promoting baseball with the idea of getting members of his race into the major leagues. Owens, still holder of two world's records in track and field and co-holder of another, was here last night to give a runnlnu exhibition at the end of a baseball game between Toledo and Chicago of the newly- formed negro United States league. The great negro runner is half-owner of the Toledo fran chise. "We tried to get Into the other negro leagues the National and American but they wouldn't let us in. so we just organized a league of our own," said the lithe brown bullet of cinder oath glory. "We are losing money getting started but we can all afford it. What we aim to do is to develop young ball players who in a few years will Be cap able of playing in the white major leagues. OKLAHOMA WRESTLERS STILLWATER, Okla., June 14 College wrestlina coaches turn to the state of Oklahoma when assembling wrestling ma terial. FATHER'S DAY Belts - Wallets Br Rlckek OREGON WOOLEN SOS Main BUY MORE BONDS NEW ROOSEVELT TAVERN Chicken - Steak - Turkey Dinners Gene Ortet and his Orchestra Featuring Ardeen and Her Violin With Buddy Kane Alturas-Klamath Falls Highway Phone 41 81 M Closed Mondays Saturday Night K. C. HALL Sponsored by Townsend Club Modern end Old Time Dancing 9:00 'til 1:00 Men SOe ' Ladies 50a Bucs Yin 2 From Cubs; Take Lead Jittery Pitching Drops New York To Third Place; Bums Win In 9th, 5-4 1 Rv JACK HAND (AssocUt.d Press Sports Writer) Pittsburgh hitting and Jittery New York pitching have pro duced the inovltablo result the Giants have suet from nrsi id third in the Nutlonni teuguu nun the Pirates are roosllns on top. Bill Volsollo's ninth Inning phobia, developed since Mana ger Mel Ott plastered a $100 tine for not wasting a 2-0 pitch In St. Louis, continues to haunt the young man from Ninety Six, S. C. Bums Win In 8th It troubled him ngnln yestor dav when the talented right hander fulled to hold a one-run loud as Brooklyn clubbed ucross two scores In the last frame to hand him his fifth successive de feat, 5-4. , , Sinco Volselle fine the Giants have copped only two giimes and lost 10. From a cushion of 17 games over tho .800 mark on May 27, the club has slipped to a 28-21 record ill less than three weeks. Injuries to kev men llko Phil Weiiitraub and Nap Reyes have crippled Oil's once-powerful at tack bv the decline of pitchers Harry Veldinim and Aiulv Han sen on top of Voiscllo's failures have been the ti'lllim blows. Bucs Playing Htads-Up Ball Franklc Frlsch has the Pirates' nlnvinif rin.tMni' hl'nrlri.llr) bnll and since the Fordham flash gavo the butting order a thor ough shiikuup June 1, sending Third Baseman Bob Elliot to right field and Jeep Hundley at the hot corner as a regular, tne Buccos have won 10 of H con tests. Little Al Glonfrlddo, over looked In early spring, has turned Into a .320 hitter since Inking over an outfield Job. Hundley Is on the comeback road with a .388 mark and El liott Is pucing the leiigue In his runs batted in. Take Two From Chicago Pittsburgh took two from Chicago yesterday to take the league lead. Max Butcher out elbowed tht Cubs In the first game, 5-2, but Rip Scwell had to have help from Xuvlor Res clgno before the Pirates swept the sccond,6- 5. French Bordagaray's pinch double followed by Ed Slank.v's fourth hit saved the day for the Dodgers. Tho triumph, the sixth straight, moved the Brooks Into second spot, only a half step be hind Frlsh's gantt. Philllss Whin Boston The Phillies who snnnoed a 16-game losing streak Wednes day shellnckcd Boston, 13-8. Vincc Di Mugglo with two homers and six lilts and Jimmy Wasdcll with five runs driven In were the big guns. Dizzy Trout mado the mistake of throwlnit two homo run balls to Vcrn Stenhcns, one with a man on, and It cost Detroit n 3- 2 loss to St. Louis, clipping the Tigers' American league lead to a half game. Clem Hausmann handcuffed the Athletics with three singles but It took Leon Culberson's ninth-Inning IriDle to give Bos ton a 1-0 shade. Orvul Grove doubled home the winning run for his seventh success nnd a 4- 3 edge for Chicago over Cleve land. The New York Yankees and Washington In the American and St, Louis and Cincinnati of the National had open dates. Tho walrus lived In what Is now Florida during the Ice Age, and moose thrived as far south as Kentucky. TRUCKS AND PICKUPS FOR RENT You Drive Long, Short Trips Move Yourself Save M STILES' BEACON SERVICE Phone 8304 1201 East Main BUY MORE BONDS Coach Feller 6y5 : . .. l,tiYMillfrtTil-il Chief SpfClolllt Hob teller snouts mtiruvwwis to deal Lakrs Nnvol TtsminB Center baseball club. Coaili r oller, tho major lemurs' strikeout kins whtm h unlisted lmintiaily followln TreTl Hsrbor. it tak ing his resulsr turn In box. Two Marine Teams Clash This Weekend Two mnrlno teams Klitmath's own and a nine from the El Ccntro, Culif., mariiio nlr base- will meet this weekend In a two-game baseball series on Recreation park diamond. Both Saturday's and Sunday's games are scheduled to sturt n( 2 p. in. and tho public Is cordi ally Invited to be present. These tilts are not part of the Southern Oregon league schedule Tho El Centro team Is flying up from tho California base and Is expected to arrive In town tonight,' bringing with them a season's record of 10 wins against 3 losses. The local boys, since their un happy affairs with Fairfield Sulsln ind Fleet City last week end, have had several days of serious practico, nnd Coach Jartua Is still undecided as to a starling lineup. Robinson Clashes With McDaniels In Garden Tonight NEW YORK, June 15 UP) Ray Robinson of New York end Jimmy McDaniels of Los An geles clash in a feature jo-round bout at Madison Square Garden tonight with a likelihood ot the winner getting a title mutch with Freddie (Red) Cochrane, tha welterweight champion. Turned Into scrap. 833 bureau druwer keys would make enough metal for nn army .HS-callbcr au tomatic pistol. Classified Ads Bring Results. Whan to Msdiord Stay at HOTEL HOLLAND Thoroughly Modern Joe and Anne Earlty Proprietors fClamaik Gaunty (jfoh This Is Your Golden Opportunity V T J V y t T' f f. t t f f f. 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Marlon (Rocky) Chlltlers, 172, of Grass Volley, Calif., rales most likely to fill t ho bill n the nlvol mini In L Brucherlu's x formation, but Oil Rowl, letter man southtuiw halfback who has been playing baseball, muv be moved over to the vital spot. Rounding out the biickfleld probably will be Jack Boyd and Ken Solid, both 170, halves, and Bert Wont, 180, fullback. All are lettormen. Boyd, a discharged veteran, Is the squad's best all around back. PCL Players Get Preference Over Streetcars PORTLAND. June 15 (V) Tho city council has decided Mint Pacific Coast Leaguo base ball players and not streetcars may use the Vaughn street ball park. H renewed permit to con tinue closure of a street which would cut through center field. The permit, however, Is only good for three years. RADIO REPAIR By Expsrt Technicians GOOD STOCK OF AVAILAtll TUBES-PARTS-AERIALS ror All Makes ol Rsdlos ZEMAN'S Quick, Guaranteed Service 116 N. 9th . 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