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TWO HERALD AMD HEWS Friday. July . 1S4S Nats Blast 7hiteSox; Take 2nd Lonq Shot Comes In At Santa Anita Oaks Blank Bevos, 10-0; Seals Lose fnro he was sent to the showers. The win put Hollywood within tlireo and a half games of UtC sovonlh-plaeo Angels. r- Opens 4 Week Days I J . 1 1.- 'V. , .' Tigers Sat Pace; Cubs Threaten With the return of Hammerin' Hank Greenbcrg the Detroit Tigers have become not only a threat to cop the American rakue bunting they are now an odds-on favorite. As this is being written they rule the roost with a .606 aver age won 40, lost 26. Anotner cheering xeature tor Detroit fans is the return of Al Benton, one Of the Tigers' outstanding hurlers. Benton made bis first start on July 4th since he broke his teg earlier in the season and turned in a super lptive job in setting down the Boston Red Sox, J-8. a Paul "Dizry" Trout and Hal Newhouser are jtlll burning 'em across the plate for the Ben gals, although Trout has been having a bit of trouble with his control. J We picked the Detroit club to annex top Honors In the junior circuit at the beginning of the current season and so far they are living &to expectations. The surprising thing in the erican loop flag race is the terrific surge of Wuchlnrtnn Senators. The Nats are k..u in htri r.',i nnlv S 4 New York Is still resting in the second slot, but the Yanks are due to blow sky-high at ny moment. I Our pick in the National league, the Chicago Cubs, are com ing up with a rush and find themselves at the tune of this writ ing 8tt lengths In back of the Brooklyn Bums, current league ?C"Jolly'cholly Grimm's boys have had more ups and downs than a small-stake guy in Reno but it looks like the Bruins have begun to play the ball the smart money boys said they could at the start of the season. Bill Nicholson's booming bat is providing Jhe spark for the Cubs' climb toward the top and with a few breaks they may make the grade, although the Bruins are defi nitely not the ball club that they looked to be on paper, i It's foregone conclusion that the Bums wilt wilt under the torrid heat of a stretch drive and that leaves Chicago, Cincy, Pitt.hnroh. and the alwavs-danserous St. Louis Cards, who might run In a stacked deck on the boys at any time. Right now the Cubs are riding in the second lane just above fee Cards, who lowered the boom twice on the hapless New York Plants in a twin bill played on the Fourth. a All in all, the races in both leagues are running close to the wire, with the most surprising "From Rags to Riches" story the aforementioned rise of the Washington Senators of the American league, sparked by diminutive Marino Pleretti the pride and joy of Portland! Bobcat Dob Rarin'To Go In Fight With Nick Moran i PHILADELPHIA, July 6 (Pi Cpl. Bob Montgomery Is rarin to bo" against Nick Moran Mon day, convinced that he will knock out the baby-faced Mexi can who smashed us way to one Leone Faces J : 'Annihilation In Mat Fray 5 Tonight at the- Klamath armory Promoter Mack LUlard Sill present a "battle royal" as e feature attraction of the tassling bill of fare. Six mus- eiers will compete including, Antone Leone. Paavo Katonen, Jack "Buck" Lipscomb, Kenny Ackles, Milt Olsen, and "Blood arid Guts" Davidson, i Leone should come in for his .share of punishment because of the debatable tactics be has Used In the Klamath arena. Chances are six, two, and even that the other live boys will gang him, although Lipscomb may be taken over the hurdles instead. jj In fact, these two meanies may possibly pair up in an effort to ijvoid destruction from the hands af their opponents. This slug fest will commence at 8:30 p. m. with Wally Moss assigned to the task of keeping a semblance of order. Calhoun Named New Line Coach At UCLA . 3 LOS ANGELES, July 6 (ff) $helby Calhoun, former line coach at the University of South ern California, has been engaged to coach the linemen at the near by University of California at Los Angeles. i Calhoun will take over his new duties the first day of spring djactice. next Monday. He also will assist Cecil Hollingsworth as a scout for the Bruins. fflHRTB 1 sip l I -. ..eriCK IV 3 iff.5'' HAINES now firmly en- eames behind the leading Tigers. of boxing's biggest upsets by out pointing the Bobcat last May 8. Looking sharp and fit in army khaki, Montgomery checked in for his physical at 1381 pounds. "I've never felt better," said the Philadelphia negro, recognized in New York, Pennsylvania and affiliated states as lightweight champion of the world. Promoter Herman Taylor is looking for a sellout crowd at Shibe Park for Montgomery's homecoming. It will be the Bobcat's first fistic encounter here since be entered the army in January, 1944. .. "I may have to knock out this fellow to win," Montgomery chirped as he recalled the light ning blows the Mexican shower ed on him in the Los Angeles doui. , "And I'm going to knock him out," he added. "I want to win like a champion. And I've got to square up wim Moran. Style Prince Breaks Track Record At SA ARCADIA, Calif., July 6 (IP) Style Prince, speediest of the two-year-olds at Santa Anita this season, set a new track record yesterday as he stepped five and one-nail furlongs to beat l. a, Mayer's Moneybags and Anxi ous Lad in the $10,000 juvenile championship, his tune was i:u 45. Style Prince, under the euid- ance of Willie Bailey, followed Moneybags' pace until the stretch, then stepped out to win convincingly, althoueh he had something In reserve as he crossed the finish line. The old mark for the distance was set only recently by Mayer's Honeymoon, champion filly among the two-year-olds. It was 1:05. Style Prince packed 122 pounds. THREE A?i - IARAINE DAYSUSAN PETERS AGNES MOOREHEAD BOX JOHNSON iNATAUE SCHAFEX Iff PATRICK JESS BARKER An uproarious lowdown on 3 battling beauties, who cast their . eyes on the same prize! Washington Hottest Team In Either Loop; Marino Piercrtl Provides Spark By JACK HAND Associated Press Sports Writer Washington is the latest shin ing example of the anything-can-happen-in-wartime school of baseball thought. Picked to wind up in the cel lar, the same fate decreed for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Ossie Bluege's amazing Senators are the hottest team in either league today. Winning 14 of their last 18 starts, 11 of 14 on a sizzling western tour, the Nats are in second place, ahead of the New York Yankees and only 41 games back of front-running De- iron. Pitching Comes Through The pitching that was sup posed to make them a pennant contender a year ago but flopped into an eighth place fin ish, nas come through for Bluege. With some strong sup port trom rookie Marino Pieret ti, the holdover quartet of Dutch Leonard, Roger Wolff, Mickey naemer ana Johnny Niggeling has turned In 12 complete sames during the current streak. Sixty per cent of Washington s starters have gone the route in the first 66 contests. ; . Ossie has Second Ruaemnn George foyait piaying the out field ana is usuig Outlieioer Ueorge Dinks on iirst Dase with Gil Torres, a converted pitcher- third sackeri filling the bill at shortstop and rookie Fred Vaughn making the grade at sec ond. Harlond Cliffs comeback effort has produced only a .220 batting average but accounts for eight of the club's 12 homers, a total second low in the majors. George Case, making a strong bid to regain his base stealing honors has 18 thefts and is hit- Hna fitt anil ...I1U n o ddii, ..iJi "...v .ik vww niiu uuuu wilii .in Hri" - """" "".Branham continued to hit a .500 Leonard did the job on Chi cago yesterday, 5-2, a nine-hitter as the Nats swept the four-game set before a disinterested gather ing of only 1548 White Sox fans. Jeff Heath, coveted unsuccess fully by the Yankees after the loss of Johnny Lindell, beat New York in a Cleveland uniform with an 11th Inning homer, his third, off Ernie Bonham to aive Ed Klleman his third decision, 2-1. Klleman set a new record for pitchers with six put-outs. uetroit anaces Boston Hank Greenberg's pinch single with two gone in the last of the ninth saved the day for Detroit, scoring two runs for a 9-8 shade of Boston. It was Reliefer Zeb Eaton's third straight success. Dolph Camilll walloped a round tripper for the losing cause. Bobo Newsom went 11 innings to lose his 12th straight and 13th of the season when he walked Frank Mancuso with the bases loaded to hand the St. Louis Philadelphia although the A's outhit the champs 13 hits to seven. Chicago and St. Louis closed In on the Brooklyn Dodgers. 21 games ahead, by racking up vic tories while Cincinnati took the Brooks, 6-4. Joe Bowman, a Boston Red Sox castoff, cap tured his sixth decision for wncy, outpitchlng Curt Davis. Cubs Move Closer The Cubs bunched three of their nine hits after two were out in the sixth for Hank Wyse's ninth triumph and Jim Tobin's eighth setback in a 3-2 nod over Boston. But the Braves' Tommy nounes ran nis consecutive game hitting streak to 32. one snort of the National record. Ken O'Dea, a former New York Giant, doubled to can a five-run seventh inning spurt that enabled the Cardinals to dumo Mel Ott's crew, 7-5. Whitey Lockman. a 19-vear-old Jersey City grad. making his ma jor league debut, socked a home run on his first trio to the nlate. doubled later and added a sen sational catch of a 400-foot drive to start a double play. The Pittsburgh - Philadelphia tilt was rained out. CONTINUOUS SHOWS DAILY OPENS 12:30 immv and Saturday tANATURNER JUNE IOCKHART ' . n : ""'ill ill Mill I m imnniwjiii m In the fifth race at Santa Anita on June 28. Air Glory won to pay his backers $149.10. Here Air Glory (right foreground) Is running neck-end-neck with Pride of Hygro (5) as they start to make the turn leaving the back stretch at the Arcadia, Calif., track. Sutton Hurls Two'Hitter; Marines Win Lefty Sutton, port-side hurler for the Leatherneck nine from the Marine Barracks, pitchea 2rhlt ball game yesterday against camp ruleiake, Dealing the soldiers. 9-0. Sutton whiffed 19 men out of the 30 batsmen to face him and gave up a scratch single in the second frame ai.d another in the ninth. The marines made one error .behind Sutton and he walked three men. - Sutton's baffling slants com pletely puzzled the soldier outfit while the LeamernecKS reacnea Gordon, rival hurler, for nine hits, one of which was a home run by Branham in the seventh with none aboard. This was the fifth straight victory for the Leathernecks who now loom as a pennant contender in. the Southern Oregon loop. West. Slimak. Czyzewskl. and .. .. . . uraat ail socxea aouDies douoies ana clip with a homer and single in four trips to the plate. Besides giving up nine hits, Gordon had trouble with his con trol, walking seven and hitting one. He struck out six. Short score: Tulelake O u 0 O O O 0 O OO Marino 41300011 x 9 Batteries: Marinei: Sutton and Pitts. Tulelake; Gordon and Zebly. PennGrid Coach Calls 1st yorkqui PHILADELPHIA July 6 (fl) Coacn ueorge iViunger took a deep breath, shrugged his shoul ders and put on his football wor rying hat, 1945 style. uiuiiui;i aiiu .11111 ,111 ii, lened fromabove, and as, Indc - hopefuls for the University of Pennsylvania football team jog through their first 1945 work out. . There was a tinge of post-war in the air as nine veterans of this war, led by Penn's dynamic freshman star, of a few years back, Bob Evans, went through their initial drills. The biggest, man on the field was Jaime Anneux, 17-ycar-old Puerto Rican scaling 220 pounds. Navy Veteran Phil Heron of Philadelphia weighed 135. The squad looked a lot differ ent. Only Guard Joe Dicker son was back from last year's starting eleven. . Penn's Ail American tackle candidate, George; Savitsky, was expected to join the team later. 'ipgP TODAY NOW THEY STAND AMKBICAN LSAOUS Detroit Washington New York -Botton Chtesito St. Loull H Cleveland PhlladelDhla taiitraajr niauiie Detroit 8, Boston B. Cleveland 1, New York 1 tit Innlnnl- Washlnston 3, Chicago 3. St. Louta 4, Phltadalphla 3 (11 InnlnsM. NATIONAL, LRAOUS Pet. .000 .Me ,su .sw .931 .47 B .477 Brooklyn Chtraio St. Loula PttUburgh , H. New York ..... Boalon .. M .aa Cincinnati SShllBHMtnhla SO M St. Louts 1. New York ft. ClnclnnaU e. Brooklyn 4. ChlcalO 3. Boston 3. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, rain. PACiriO COAST I tAOlC Pet .600 ,SM J31 joe .eo .tee .u .411 San rranclsco Sacramento Oakland Los Anre'ea ttouywooo Last Nlehl's Bssalta Oakland 10. Portland 0. Seattle I. Los Anceles 0. Sacramento 8. San rranetaeo X Hollywood S. San Dleffo 0. Returned Vet Scores Upset In Net Match CHICAGO. July 8 (JPU, Hal Surface Jr., of Berry field, wash vine, ienn., recently re turned from overseas where he captured a tennis title in India, yesterday gave warning that he is but to gain a top ranking spot among American net stars. Surface gained the semi-final .round of the National clay courts tennis tournament at the rllver ., . , , a .1. - ,"t"t, " T "i" in straight seta 6-3, 6-0, 8-6. Today Surface plays the victor of a quarter-final match between top-seeded Billy Talbert of Wilmington, Del., and Ber nard Bartzen of San Angelo, Tex., ranked sixth in the clay courts tourney. In another semi-final bracket, Francisco (Pancho) Scgura of Ecuador, milking his bid for a second straight national clay court championship, meets El wood Cooke of Los Angeles. - Segura, . University of Miami star, yesterday breezed through a quarter-final straight set tri umph over seventh seeded Nick Buzolich, the Pepperdlne college swinger from San Pedro, Calif., by scores of 8-1, 6-0, 6-1. In four tournament matches Segura has dropped only 13 games out of 73. i 7r ' Iff Tommy Bell Set To Make GardenDebut By TED MEIER NEW YORK, July 8 (P) Tommy bell of Voungiitown, makes his Madison Square Gar den debut against Juke Lnmotta tonight In a scheduled 10-round bout that may determine his chances of gaining a welter weight title mutch wtth lied Cochrane. A crowd of 10,000 Is axpectcd to sit in Judgment of the 22-year-old Ohloan who won 20 bouts in a row (18 by knockout.'O-berore Ray "Sugar" Robinson outpoint ed him early this year. While Chick VVcrgclcs. who guided Beau Jack to the light weight title, Is certain ho hns an other champion in Bell, the Broadway betting fraternity tins established Lamotta a top-heavy favorite. Favorites Move Up In r.'et Meet PORTLAND, Ore., July 6 (Pi Henry' Neer of Spokane, Mel Dranga of Seattle, and Clint Knox and Bill Davis of Portland became men's singles scml-final-lsts in the state tennis tourna ment here yestorday. Neer eliminated Ned Junck, 6-4. 7-5 and Dranga dc-fentrd Lt. (g) John Eiscndroth of Chicago, 6-4, 6-4. Gladys Ross of Seattle went Into the Junior womtxi's singles semi finals dcfentlng Willi Tan ner, Portland, 6-3, 0-2. OPEN 8i45 WX. DAYS ENDS! Tonite THE MOSI BEAUIIFUl GMIS IN THi WORUM fl' C'ARROLL VANTflV.8 VI ARDIN One : Um . KMC 01 . MOWIUY PLUS! NEWS Pill li& O'KEEH . - CONtMNCI ,K MOORE ?TiEARL SJL - -0 ' 1 iiwtmd.r I SATURDAY ONLY Elyse Knox , "ARMY WIVES" PLUS RETURN of THE DURANGO KID! Charles STARRET Seattle Gains Pull Gome On Portland With Shutout Victory Over Lot Angalei By PAUL WELLS Associated Prets Sports Writer Sun Krnnclsco's erstwhile hlgh-flylhg Seals, tripped up three times in tho last (our Nturl.i, nro beginning to wonder today if they shouldn't hnva "stood in bed" inntead of trek king to Sitcrumviito. Uouten by the Solons 8-3 last night, the O'Doulmtm are now three full games behind tho sec ond placo Scattlo Ralnlers, who again are separated by only 4i tilts from tho Pacific Coast Ica gua's front-running Portland Beavers. Seattle Oalns Game Seattle gained a full tilt on tho pacesetters with a tight 1-0 victory over tho Los Angoles Angels as Portland was being blanked 10-0 by the Oakland Acorns. Hollywood's once-more luminous Stars took their third straight from San Diego 6-0 to complete tho night's schedule. Sucramcnto's Bud Bensley, the Keno schoolmaster, register ed his fifth victory against one loss In benl lug the Seals. He gave up only five hits, one of which was a home run by Ray Perry over tho left field fence. Bob Bitrthclson, who started for San Francisco, win credited with tho defeat although ho was re lieved in the sixth by Doug Oli ver. Both teams wero shaky in tho field, tho Seals contributing five mimics and tho Sulons four. Norbert Hits Homer Seattle's left fielder, big Ted Norbert, broke up a tight pitch ing duel with a sevonth-limlng homo run, his 12th o( tho year. Norbert's round-trlpper was the only scoro of the game as the Ralnlers won 1-0, and was one of tlireo hits issued by the An gels' Don Osborn. Los Angeles rapped out six swats off Hurler Civet Johnson, but was unable to bunch them for any tallies. Oakland's 10-0 triumph came at the expenso of two Portland moundsmcn. Syd Cohen and Bill Carr. Leftflelder Lea Scarsella, tho league's top hitter in 1044, paced tite Acorn assault with a nomar, a double and two sin gles in five times at bat. Garth (Red) Mann, Oakland tosser. spaced eight Beaver hits behind excellent support, and whiffed eight in going tho distance, Stars Blank Padres Hollywood's 6-0 win, third In a row over San Diego, was a personal victory for Pitcher Newt Kimball, who held the Padres to five raps and batted In two of the Stars' rung with a 444-foot double lit the fourth Inning. The tall-eudcrs landed on righthander Vic Trahd for two counters In the first frame and got to him for their other four In the fourth and fifth be- Mat Daily Opens Ii30-i48 EDM TODAY and SATURDAY 2 Qad ACTION HITS FROM THE IAST AND WIST V"t J"""i"P J&P4F A'" ' V5V':B3 OLD ADVCnTUtl . . ; UU1.U ieuy uuiuu o i ,a3T""' fS6v''Li' tit 'CeemBjW1 ALSO! ALSO ... A BARRAGE OF SIX-GUN FURY. ..AND ACTIONI N ' - the " ttitters ' ma n" - Bt)y Corrlteii I -jf y John Kin L-fJt" Max Terhuno I and ''iisLij '
