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.
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, .' 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
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'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.
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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
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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-
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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
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tANATURNER
JUNE IOCKHART
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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
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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.
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Seattle I. Los Anceles 0.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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-
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