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? Klamath Falls are progressing slowly, to be sure, but the pro-
i iram will definitely get under way Uie first of July.
F To those who may feel that the program has been handled
. . - I.. . I- - . . t- i -
, loo slowly, we can oniy repij- uiv mem 10
inbclievable amount of groundwork to be laid
5 tefore the project can actually commence, y.
if Members of the committee have felt that it ;
3 ....... 1.1 ka mieinifA trt rail ihe nlavers together
i Igain until they can be told something definite.
E This much has been done. Three potential
! ball fields have been scraped twice to get them
' In playable condition and backstops are being
constructed for each diamond. Diamonds have
5 been laid out at each of the three fields and
i ifter one more scraping and a wetting down we
should- be ready to commence actual play.
I Here is an angle for you boys who want to
2 "play in this program to consider. In Salem a
I league was suuit-u ....... -- ,. .
but the whole program is going to pot through the negligence of
I the players who fail to turn out v , ' ,
' Now we do not want that situation to arise here. It is not
State to the sponsors who have spent their money to help finance
this program and it is not fair to the American Legion or the
StnSSi outside of the Legion who have cooperated in this cause.
I, We suggest that only boys who plan to carry this program through
i tut up at the next meeting before actual play begins.
:lrhe entire affair will be a dismal flop if 100 sign and only
'BO-lurn out. This situation would be most unfortunate if it 00
' exited as it would disrupt the organization of teams and throw
( iherwhole project Into chaos. . , . .
!We are not anticipating that this situation will arise, but are
t mtfely endeavoring to look ahead in the eventuality that it does
I occur and nip it in the bud, so to speak.
f' .'iThere is no doubt that this baseball program will be a fine
- thing for Klamath Falls. Our enthusiasm has never dimmed, but
' wttfreely admit that we did not realize the Immense amount of
i torabaratory work necessary to get the ball rolling. So you boys
5 watch the sports page of The Herald and News for the announce
f mept of the final meeting and after that the umpire will cry,
'-fPlBy Ball." We promise you that.
Soldier Wins Pro-Amateur
Golf Crown Wearing Brace
':! By JIMMY JORDAN
''ftHICAGO, June 30 W) He's
hoi very big and he wears a
; steel brace on his back, but for
isulellow on convalescent fur
i' lough from an army hospital,
: ihlp Sgt. Walter Burkemo, of
. Evsuiston, 111., really can hit a
off ball.
; rHe hit it well enough Thurs-
day - to finish at the top with
Graziano
tayoes
i :S BwTETi MEIER
'tlEW YORK, June 30 m
i Welterweight Champion Freddie
: "KM" coenrane was KnocKea
' out by Rocky Graziano in the
; 10th and last round of their non
title ' bout at Madison Square
i Garden last night, but he made
Soed his pre-fight statement that
erwas "no bum."
. 'JJeitber did the champ offer
any alibi afterwards. "I just
got nailed, that s all, he saia.
A crowd of 14.972 saw Gra
llano, a 1 to 2 favorite, flatten
: Cochrane in 16 seconds of the
10th with a hard right flush on
thf chin. The champ tried to
J let up at nine, but couldn't make
The bell had saved Cochrane
from a ninth round knockout.
, HsJ had been nailed by a right,
Graziano's best Dunch. lust be-
" f 6e the gong rang at the count
Miuve.
Givan Meets
Black For
ii
PNG A Crown
7 - VANCOUVER, B. C, June 30
(Jty Harry Givan of Seattle, and
;Kiny Black of Vancouver,
B.EC, will meet today in a 36
hoje final for the 44th annual
Pacific Northwest Golf associa
tion championship over the
Point Grey Golf and Country
,ciud ouu yara tree-lined course.
Givan tromried Harrv Um.
blaetti of Seattle, one up, and
Blck defeated Ralph Whaley,
oesuue, a ana . ,.
? Givan All Souara
All square with Umblnettl at
me ena oi me urst 18, uivan
wit one up with a par four on
the 23rd while Umbinetti had a
bocie five.. They halved the
24th and. Givan sent two up on
the 25th. Umbinetti won the
27lh but Givan took the 28th
ana 29th with birdies, after win-.
nine the first, eighteen 70 to
.Umblnetti'g 72.
Black had a bit of trouble top
ping Whaley and went four over
onj me first 18. He held the
iea throughout the afternoon.
t .
Big
Bill Tilden .
Advances To Scmi-
rmals Of Tourney
' KEW YORK. June 29 (JP
I BjE Bill Tilden, 82, advanced to
U thf semi-finals of the National
Poifesslonal Tennis champion-shjp-
today ' b y beating Karl
Kozeluh, 55, in five sets, 6-3,
6-J. 3-6, 6-4. '
Richard Skeen of Los An
gejles also reached the round of
four by beating Vincent Rich
rBg, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3.
I GOES WITH LEASE
K&er has. been at TCU as stu-
jipt ana mentor, since tne fall
ftflon7 with 4ima
...... utuc wuv no 1 1 c u -
nnt In World War I and a
'ear as coach at . Polytechnic
ii3 here.
Saturday. J una SO, IMS
Bl B
nans rragrsss
T nnUn 4,,t.irt hacnrtnll Bffaln In
HAINES
Harold (Jug) McSpaden, of San
ford, Me., in the pro-amateur
championships of the Chicago
Victory National golf tourna
ment at the Calumet Country
club.
Sgt. Burkemo was blown up
in' the air by a bomb concus
sion at Metz, France, and then
was hit three times by shell
fragments during the "battle of
the bulge," near St. Vith in
Belgium. The fourth and fifth
lumbar vertebrae of his spine
were practically smashed by
the shell fragments. He was
paralyzed for a time.
Plays With Steel Brae
The sergeant had been a
pretty good amateur golfer be
fore he enlisted in the army
January 13, 1942. He still want
ed to play the game. American
medical and surgical ingenuity
made it possible for him to walk
again with- the steel brace.
Two weeks ago he was run-
neruo, in the Illinois state Ama
teur tournament, and last week
won the Red Run Invitational
at Detroit.
"It was Jug McSpaden who
won the pro-amateur title yes
terday; not me," the modest
youth said. He was paired with
the Sanford, Me., professional
in the meet.
"He had a 67 . on the first
round and a 70 on the second.
I had a 73 and 74, both rounds
over par. I was just lucky."
"I had trouble on my ap
proach shots. It may have been
the ; brace-, on my back' that
caused me . some trouble," ne
said.' '
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Tigers, 8-3
Detroit's American League
Lead Cut To Vi Game Over
Threatening New York Club
By JOE REICHLER
Associated Press Sports Writer
When Ben Chapman . assumes
the managership of the Philadel
phia Phillies today he will find
himself in charge of a club that
is on the road to establish a new
National league record for most
losses in a season.
Fat Freddie Fitzsimmons' res
ignation yesterday followed on
the heels of the Phillies' Slst
loss in 68 games, a 9-1 defeat by
the St. Louis Cardinals. At this
fiace, the cellar-dwellers will
ose 116 games, one more than
tne record of lis lost by Bos
ton's 1935 Braves.
Four-run attacks in the third
and ninth innings won for the
Cards. Del Rice, with a triple
and two doubles, drove in three
runs and scored two himself.
Charley (Red) Barrett spaced
seven Philly hits for his eighth
victory.
Frank Hayes set a new major
league record of 21 consecutive
performances behind the bat as
Cleveland handed the Philadel
phia Athletics their 10th straight
defeat, 4-2. Hayes helped beat
his former mates with two
singles as Allie Reynolds racked
up his seventh triumph. Rookie
Steve Gerkin of the A's suffered
his seventh loss without a vic
tory. Detroit s Lead cut
Detroit's American league
lead was cut to a half-game over
the New York Yankees, when
Marino Pieretti pitched Wash
ington to an 8-3 triumph over
the Tigers. The Nats hammered
Frank (Stubby) Overmire from
the mound in the first inning
with a five-run assault.. Pieretti
made three hits and drove in
two runs. .
The National league-leading
Brooklyn Dodgers also lost
ground when they split a double
header with the Chicago Cubs,
the Dodgers winning the opener
5-4 and losing the nightcap 3-1.
The division reduced their lead
over the second-place Cards to
two and a half games. A three
run rally in the ninth, climaxed
by Luis Olmo's single won for
the Dodgers. Hi Vandenberg
gained the Cubs an even break
with a net four-hitter, a homer
by Augie. Galan spoiling his
shutout. '
Ftrriss Wins No. 11
Dave Ferriss. Boston Red Sox
rookie sensation, pitched and
batted his way to his 11th tri
umph of the campaign, his
nine-hit hurling and three base
hits, including a two-run homer
in the ninth, gave the Bosox a
4-2 triumph over the Chicago
White box.
- The New York Giants defeat
ed Pittsburgh 3-2, duplicating
Wednesday's nerformance of tal
lying all their runs in the ninth
inning. Clyde Kluttz' double
scored the tying runs and after
Max Butcher purposely loaded
the bases with two out, he hit
rmcnmtter ai uaraeua witn a
pitch to force over the winning
run.
- Returning to the mound after
a two-week absence due to a
spike injury, Bucky Walters
pitched Cincinnati . to a 4-1 tri
umph over . Boston's Braves,
being robbed of a shutout by
Chuck Workman's 10th homer.
Tommy Holmes of the Braves
got his 100th hit in the opening
inning to give him a string of
Z3 consecutive hitting games.
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Coming Up
Newest challenger for Ameri
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George Caie, fleet Washington
outfielder, who it drawing clos
er to Tony Cucclnollo of the
Chicago White Box lor top spot.
100-Meter
Dash Top
AAU Race
NEW YORK. June 30 (PI
A race the residents of San
Antonio, Tex., could have seen
for nothing any spring after
noon a year ago Is the feature
of today's National AAU track
and field championships.
It is the 100-meter dash and
pits Pvt. Charles Parker, last
year's champion at 200 meters,
against Perry Samuels, who yes.
terday won the 1945 junior
meter crown, another bauble
Parker picked up in 1944 dur
ing his string of 57 consecu
tive sprint victories,
A year ago-tne two wve
teammates on tho Thomas Jef
ferson high school track squad
at San Antonio, with Parker
the town's idol. Samuels was
the school's football captain
until he graduated last month
and Parker's constant shadow
on the track.
Shortly after his national
track triumphs of a year ago,
Parker was Inducted into tho
service and Is a belated entry
in today's meet. Samuels, who
took uo track only because of
his friendship for Parker, has
this year's fastest clocking for
the 100-yard dash at :09.5.
Ferris Field
Sale Upset
By New Bid
SPOKANE, June 30 IIP) Sale
of Ferris field to William Ulrlch,
for $50,000, tentatively agreed
to by the city council yesterday.
was upset today wnen Attorney
Richard S. Munter and Oscar
Levitch, representing the In
land Empire Racine and Fair as
sociation, made an oral bid of
seu.UUU lor tne plot adjoining
Playfair race track which the as
sociation owns.
Commissioners, admitting that
the situation complicated plans
to sell the field to the older of
Spokane's franchise in the West
ern International league, post
poned action pending a meeting
of the committee of the whole.
The commissioners previously
had agreed to formally acceDt
Ulrich's offer this morning.
BevosVax
Sacs, 4-1;
Seals Win
Two Clubs Highball Down
Stretch With Throttles
Wide Open; Rainiert Lot
By PAUL WELLS
(Associated Press Sports Writer)
Portland's Beavers and San
Francisco's Seals highballed
down the Pacific Coast lcaguo
track today with throttles wide
open tho Beavers with a 9V
gamo first placa lead and tho
Seals within two games of tho
second-spot Scattla Raintcrs.
Manager Mnrv Owen's wreck
ing crew added a full game to
its margin over Seattle by down
ing Sacramento 4-1 for tho third
consccutivo night, while tho
O'Doulmen racked up tholr
fourth one-run victory in a row
over Los Angeles. 4-3.
Oakland, unable for tho first
time this week to mulch tho
hot pace set by the seals, was
tripped up by Hollywood's Stars
7-2. San Diego's Padres squar
ed their series with the Ralnlcrs
t 2-all with a 6 3 win.
Bevos Break Deadlock
Portland broko a 1-1 deadlock
with Sacramento in the first of
the sixth with a three-run at
tack thnt put Its game on ice.
The outburst at the expense of
Pitcher Gene Babbitt enmo on
a combination of three hits and
two costly Solon errors. Beaver
Lcftficlder Spencer Harris rap
ped out the longest hit of the
game, a triple that accounted
for his club s first run in the
fourth frame.
. Tho Seals, following thc,Ir
pattern in each of thrco prev
ious victories over tho Angels,
came from behind to score three
times in the seventh canto and
then hold their 4-3 edge in the
remaining innings. The Seraphs
got all their runs In the fourth
off Southpaw Elmer Orclla, who
survived the assault and went
the route to receive credit for
the win.
Stars Top Acorns
Hollywood took its first of
the series from Onklnnd with a
"lucky seventh" explosion good
for five tallies and tho game,
7-2. The sudden uprising broke
a tight pitching duel between
the Oaks. Garth Mann and the
Stars' Joe Mishasek. Before the
inning was over the Twinks had
registered . five hits, a walk,
sacrifice and two stolen bases
in batting around the lineup.
San Diego also came from
behind in shading Seattle 6-5.
Farmer Hal Turpin was work
ing on a narrow 4-3 lead when
the Padres got to him for three
runs In the last of the eighth,
all of them being scored on
Third Baseman Billy Lyman's
wild throw to first after field
ing Bill Prout's slow Infield
dribbler. The Ralnlcrs enma
back to count once In the nlrvth
on George McDonald's triple and
a fluke double by Ted Norbert,
but had their rally checked
when relief Hurler Vallle Eaves
struck out Joe Dobbins. Al
though Eaves took tho mount
in the last stanza his fcllow
hurler, Carl Dumler, got credit
for the triumph.
VANCOUVER. B. C. June 30
(P) Portland's Towncrt Flor
ists took a 3 to 0 shellacking at
the hands of the Vancouver
Lions last night in a Pacific
Northwest Women's Softball
league game. Dore Marianno
pitched a three-hit game for
Vancouver. I
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By 'TOP-WRANGLER'
Howdy folks:
The 4th of July Is Jl.it two
whoops uud a holler 'way. , , ,
with plt'iity of rodeo flavor.
Many rlclln troops from nclgh
boi'ln' towns wilt bo on hand to
pit out oiitcrtiilnmaiit 'foro I lie
grandstand and luko part in tho
big pm-mic. Lynn Kuycroft will
huiullo tho Hiinounciii' chore
with slam-up perfection In his
up to snuff way, Tho cemtrst
ers are oiled and ready to dish
out thrills to tho spectators that
will raise goose pimples with
feathers on em. Keep ycr eves
open trr a glimpse of Fred nfuc.
Murray, the movie actor, In the
crowd. Ono of Ihcm picture
companys is goln' to shoot
somo scenes of bronc buslln' for
a horse opera they'ro a mtikin'
down in Hollywood. Well sir.
our local girls nro a niakln' good
too. The Sudcllo club cut a rec
ord of the club song and It
sounded right pretty llko. Tholr
hot bunds huven't Increased a
fraction of n Inch either. I win
awful sorry to hecr Mildred Bur.
ton bcin' In the hmpltul. Thai
thnr horsewoman is goln' to be
missed and 1 mean a big miss
out of tho parade rldln' that fine
sorrel of hor'n. Bill Billiard of
tho Suburban Lumber company
jlst up and donated the Saddle
club an annex to their club
house. Mable Lisknv Is shure
busy Rottln' the cornerstona laid
and tho door a-swlngln' so to
have moro room to entertain the
Modford ladles over the Fourth.
Frank Gusky unloaded two
fancy trick rldln' pan Irs. Mr.
Gusky is a veteran at trick
ropln' whllo Joyoo and Rnv
Gusky do plenty of unique
stunts on them two gnllopln'
hossc.i. Tho Guskv's have a
ranch In Cuthry valley down In
Collfornln and mndo many a
show with Tom Mix under the
'big too 'of Rlnslln' brothers cir
cus. I gottn ho ulttln'. I klncln
want to try a trick or two with
my Whlto Horse.
Bye now.
Ben Chapman
New Manager
Of Phillies
PHILADELPHIA, Juno .10 Ml
Pitcher Ben Chapman pickrd
up today where Fred Fitzslpi
mons left off, trying to pilot the
Philadelphia Phillies out of tho
National lcaguo cellar.
Fitzsimmons quit yesterday,
after two years of managing the
club.
General Manager Herb Pen
nock, emphasizing the Fitzsim
mons' action was "voluntary,"
named Chapman as his succes
sor. The 36-ycar-old Chapman
called his wifo at a Montgom
ery, Ala., hospital, whore she
has been a patient for seven
veeks with rheumatic fever.
"I hope the news makes her
know tho surprise certainly
wnoopca me up.
"When T nw mv Ua lnnt.ni.
days were ended, I went down
to tho minors hoping to learn
me managerial game, lint I
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Leone Tops Wagner
In Wild Mat Melee
By PAUL HAINEB
Georgo Wagner pluyod the
pnrt of Uoso ol Sun Aiilono lust
night at tho Klamath arena In
his grudge butlla with Antona
Lvoiio but was dofuuttid by
Lcono In a display of (hour
brulullty thnt Is tinpurullvlod
in Klumiith ring annuls.
Lcono trod tho boards llko
a vengeful tiger and, although
Goorgu Is fur from being noted
for clean rnitsllng, Loouo made
him look llko piker with
somo of the stunts he pulled.
George entered the ring re
plete with a permanent wuvo,
n ribbon In his hiilr, and an
American beauty eolured robe
with a sea-green lining. All this
surtorlnl splendor was to little
avnll us things turned out for,
although Wagner took the first
full with a body press, Lcono
enmo buck with some antics
that ' defy description to take
the second fall und the match
with a roverso surfboard, Need
less to suy, Georgo was unable
to comu buck aftor ono applica
tion, Ltont Rough
Lcono gouged, pulled hair,
used a smother hold, and gen
erally mnda himself obnoxious.
He run Wngner Into the corner
post at least twlco and kicked
Thumbs Up
Given Edge
In SA 'Cap
ARCADIA, Calif., June 30
(!') lf Louis B. Mayers
Thumbs Up against the field In
today's eighth running of the
$100,000 Santa Anita handicap.
If most of the experts are to
be taken seriously Thumbs Up
with Jockey Johnny Longdcn
on his back.
Thirteen of the turf's top per
formers wcro expected to face
the starting gates for the gruel
ling mile and a quarter race.
Tho winning horse will return
an estimated $03,100 to its own
er; second place $20,000, third
$10,000 und fourth $3000, based
on the estimated gross value of
the race at $110,200.
The attendance Is expected lo
range upward over 68.000. Post
timo for the start Is 4:42 p, m..
Pacific war. time.
in addition to the big handi
cap, which Is tho sixth on a
card of eight races, two other
features are carded. Tho fifth,
the Scublscult handicap for six
furlongs, curries $10,000 added,
while tho seventh of a mile and
u sixteenth, with a purso of
$7300, is tho Stagehand handi
cap. These events were named
for previous top performers In
tho big handicap. Senbiscult
won the $100,000 race In 1040;
Stngehnnd took it In 1030.
never dreamed of getting a big
league post."
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him when h was defenseless
In past bouts hero Wagner lim
used somo drastic measures him.
self, but never anything tliut
qullo rivaled Laono's perform'
auce lust night. ,
George wus Intent on dolus,
his share of dirty work, too,
und lit ono timo grubbed a vliull
from the ringside with tho olc
vious Intention of playfully bunt
lug his rlvul over the head, but
Loona set the puco by 10Q
lengths when it came to ths
rough stuff,
In tho soml-wlndup, Mill
Olson wus awarded tho decis
ion over Jack "Duck" Lipscomb
in another demonstration ol
good, clean fun and Ihut uoyi
will bo boys.
After Olsen had taken ths
Initial full, Buck followed up
with a few full body slums thul
rocked tho armory und knotted
the count Willi a body press.
Milt was apparently In a hud
way so Lipscomb offered lo
assist him. After mussnglng
Olnen'a nock and getting him
on his fool, Buck then hung one
on his button that could be
hoard to Chicago's- Loop. Al
this exhibition of sportsmanship
Referee Wally Moss raised Ol
son's arm In victory.
In the opening tussle, Paavo
Katonen bested Kenny Acklei
with a hangman's hold that
forced Ackles to throw In the
towel.
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