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-TWO HERALD AND NEWS Monday. July . IMS Cubs Take Over First Place In Senior Loop; Cards Win; Holmes Hits In 37th Contest Br JACK HAND Associated Pr Sports Writer rirst In hitting, first In field ing and iirsl in tne National league is tne sure-tire success panay that Cnariey urimm has worked with nu Chicago Cuds since leaving Wrlgley neld. ( The Brums took over the ' batting leaa shortly alter they ' hit the road east,- took soie possession ot tne tielding hon ors ana then pushed . mio the front row in tne standings yes terday by a douole victory over the rnillies while Brooklyn was falling twice.- . Ever since the. Cubs hit the 24-run Jackpot in Boston auout a weeic ago they have been hard to get along with. They took four straight from the groggy Braves and kicked the - futile Phils, around for five. more. Added to an earlier " victqry against the Giants, it gave them 10 straight decisions. They have copped 13 of 16 on the Atlantic seaboard. " ;? - Cubs Cat Pitching -Pitching is supposed to win pennants and the Bruins are. Leathernecks Rap Medford, Central Point The Leathernecks' ' front" the Marine Barracks made it seven in a row over the weekend, downing Medford Saturday 12-2, and defeating Central . Point Sunday, 12-3. - Hy Chapin struck out 21 men against Medford while allowing four hits and walking three. Branham, marine first-sacker, made some sensational catches and collected two hits in four trips to the plate. In the fourth frame he slammed out a triple with three aboard. In the third inning, West, marine outfielder, was walked and then stole sec ond, third, and home. West, port-side el bower, hurled for the Leathernecks against Central Point and whiffed eight batsmen; He gave up six hits and walked six. Branham slapped- out two bingles in three times at bat to keep his batting average well over the 300 mark. Czyzewskl got three for four, two of which were doubles. Both of these tilts were South-, era Oregon league games and establishes' the Leathernecks as the team to beat along with the sailor nine -from the naval air station. ' - .V. getting more of it lately from the rejuvenated Claude passeau, Hooks Wyse, Paul Derringer, Hy Vandenberg and Paul Erlck son but it's the base hits that paved the way to the front of the class. About 14 hits and eight runs a day are enough to' pull any hurler. through and that's what ih. rklroim c 1 1 1 it on t- hnvf heen giving their staff on the victory, streak. . Grimm had to use three of his elbowers yesterday to trim V.A DhlU in thn firt ffami- 12. 6, as Ben Chapman's lowly bretnem maae neaaiines in re verse bv amassing 17 safe blows and still losing by a lop-sided Jr. Ball Players Meet. -All Interested Boy Will Meet Tuesday at 6:30 P. M. At Converted Boll . Field. By PAUL HAINES -All bovs between the ages ot 12 to 17 who want to play Amer ican Legion Junior-baseoali are asked to report at Mills field on Tuesday, July 10, at 6:30 p. ra. I mis Hem is nuk -w vtfii- I fused with Recreation park "but j is a large lot that, has been con verter! into a iiem ana is oouna ed by Reclamation, Applegate, Martin and Division. Due to the limited amount of time left in the season, few, if tw -nnxfiM tvnrlrmih will tu :held Instead the teams- will swing immediately into league play. Ail adults who are Inter ested in lending active cooperation-to this program are ..also asked to be on deck at this meet ing. A program of this nature requires the full cooperation of all who would see it succeed and coaches and officials are ur gently needed along with., the players themselves. At this session the boys will be divided into teams, sponsors will be assigned, and ' coaches win be selected for each club. In all probability, actual play will commence at this meeting so it behooves all interested youngsters to be on hand in order that tne nail may be start ed rolling, both literally and figuratively. 'YOUR SERVICE FOR MOVING HCKlHGrauuiHGi SWAGE ;l0i CARTAGE PHONE 4151 MS Broad St.: Klamath reA LillardSeeks Tough Rival For Leone Promoter Mack Llllard said this morning that he was trying to .sign some outstanding op-, ponent to meet An tone Leone in the main event, on the bleep bill Friday night at the armory. - Llllard has approached both Jack "Buck" Lipscomb and Pete Belcastro, two rugged maulers In their' own right, but so far the two gladiators are shying off from a tussle with the Oyster Bay terror. ' Leone is willing - to., tackle either one of boys and Llllard may succeed in signing one or the.' other sometime today. Leone's drastic methods have proved to be very successful in the Klamath area,- but he will have all he can handle if either Belcastro or Lipscomb agree to go the mat - with ' him Friday night. v - TRUCKS AND PICKUPS FOR RENT - f Too Drive Long, Short Trips Kova Yourself Save H . STILES' BEACON SERVICE Phsna S304 1201 East Main - lean Pipes are bringing coo? fort arid relaxation to men la the armed forces. Their Deeds come fine. Remember this when yoU dealer is told out be patient trA trv again. KLAMATH ROAD IS NOW OPEN TO FISH LAKE 45 Miles From Klamath Falls - BOATS MOTORS CABIN STORE FISHING TACKLE FISH. LAKE RESORT . . SID BLOOD, Proprietor count. Ray Prim was the vic tor on relief but Hank Wyse went all the way on a six-hitter to win the second contest B-2 and assure - the Cubs ot . the lead. - Cards Drop Bums St. Louis was rough on a Brooklyn turnout of 32,001 who boosted the Ebbets field paid r tendance to 713,465, almost as suring season total of a mil lion. Charley Barrett and Ken Burkhardt took turns plaguing the Dodgers by identical 6-4 scores with costly errors by Pitchers Vic Lombardl and Clyde King sending the home club to its downfall. Even a base-loaded homer by Dixie Walker in the first inning of the nightcap was ajl lp vain. As the Dodgers and all other major league clubs go into three-day "vacation" usually re served for the All-Star game but instead devoted to charity tilts, this season, the Brooks are second but only a half game ahead of the onrushing Red Birds. BUI Volselle pitched his first complete - winning game since May .20 in notching his 10th decision by the? shutout route, 9-0, over Cincinnati after Bucky Walters pulled up to the .500 mark with a 7-7 win record by handcuffing New York with five safeties, 5-2. Holmes Hits In 37th ' Tommy Holmes ran his con secutlve game hitting streak to 37 by hitting safely both as his Boston Braves bowed to Pitts burgh, 10-8 and as they plaster ed the Buccos, 13-1. . . Largest crowd of the day and banner turnout of the De troit season, 53,868 paid, saw the Tigers divide a pair with the New York Yankees. After Hank Borowy had bested Dizzy Trout in the opener. 8-6, despite Hank Greenberg's third homer, Al Benton turned .back te Yanks, 3-2, in his first com plete game since he broke . a leg May 24. Dave Ferrlsa upped his vic tory total to 14 by blanking Cleveland, 6-0 with seven hits. The Tribe evened the count in the second with Allie Reynolds' fine relief chucking saving a 4-2 margin for Cleveland's Pete Center. - Chicago's White Sox squeez ed past Philadelphia twice by one run margins, 5-4 and 3-2, closing the A s disastrous., road trip with a record, of two wins and 20 defeats. St Louis Vcooled off Wash-' ington for the second straight day, 5-1.. as Nelson Potter snao ned a seven-fame loslne;-stretk. Their schedu&d; second tilt was rained eufcsx. );?-.. -Vr---' NEW YORK A" seven-game football schedule has been ar ranged for New York university uus lau. . - OPENS 8:45 WK. CAYS w LAST Night js I INjtAe sj Starts TUESDAY A FREE-FOR-ALL and All-FORFUN! (9 V 4 a t-rr.-'-Ma EDWARD P.OLAN V . HI LA EDWARD ARNOLD ROLAND YOUNG HILARY BROOKE II' Bitter. MUM Bevos Take Pair From Oakland Suds Sweep Drublehead.r From Angels; Buvos 3Vi ' Games Ahead; Start Win 2, By The Associated Press It looks as if the Pacific Coast Baseball league race will have to be decided in future games between the two leading teams no other club seems able to chew anything off the fattening percentages of the Portland Bea vers and Seattle Ralniers. Both ' teams pounded out doubleheader wins yesterday the circuit leading Beavars blanked Oakland 6-0 and 7-0 for a 5 and 3 series edge while the Ralniers trimmed Los Angeles 4-1, and 4-0 for a seven out ot elgnt games margin. Seattle's heavy edge over the Angels pared Portland's league lead to three and one-half games, about the Irreducible minimum in this year's race bo twen the two northwest clubs. Stars Get Hot Tall-end Hollywood also won botn of its Sunday games, beat ing San Diego 6-3 and 10-5 while San Francisco's slimline SpbIa split with Sacramento, 7-0 and 1-8. Both Hollywood and Sac ramento finished the week with e-2 series margins. Portland put its first game in the cooler with a four run out burst in the first inning with a triple, two doubles, a single and a hit-by-pttchor. Single tallies were added in the sixth and ninth frames while submariner Ad Llska was holding the Oaks to six scattered safeties. Roy Helser turned back the Oaks with two hits in the second game while his mates were pounding three hurlers for 10 hits and seven runs. This game also was on the ice after the first inning, the Beavers gaining two scores in their initial turn at bat. Pitcher s Duel Seattle's 4-1 win in the opener was marked by a pitcher's duel between two 18-year-olds, Alex Pallca and Ken Hicks. Palica held the Angels to six hits, three of them in the ninth when he was faced by a short lived rally which netted Loa Angeles only one run after they filled the bases with one out. Veteran Hal Turpin handcuffed the An gels with five hits and no runs in Ute second gamo while Seattle was converting IA hits into four tallies. Hollywood pulled up within a half game of seventh place Los Angeles with . its double win over San Dlcgo, threatening for the first time since the second week ot the season to leave, the cellar spot. ' Three runs In the seventh sewed up the opener for the Stars after they hud scored twice in the first and once in the third inning. San Diego threatened with three tallies in Its half ot the seventh but was held score less the rest of the way. Four San Diego hurlers failed to stop Hollywood in the nightcap, al though tho Padres tied up the game at five-all in tho seventh only to see the Stars bounce back with five runs In the over time eighth frame. Joyce Wins No. 19 Bob Joyce, No. 2 hurler In the league, chalked up his 10th win of the season as San Francisco won 7-0 In the opener at Sacra mento. Joyce's win was his sec ond shutout of the week. The Solons came back In the rtlght cao to sew up the tilt In the first Inning with three runs, adriinv four in the second and a final one In the fourth while J" Wood was llmlUnv t-e Seals to one tally in the sixth. - Betty Glee Wins Bremerton 'Cap Byron E. July 0 (if) The Bremerton Handicap at Long acres race'rack was won yester day by Hi .ty uiee, wno galloped the five and a half furlongs In 1:05.5 to capture the $5020 and come within a fifth of a second of the track record for the dla. tance. I L. A. Pierce rode the winner' which paid $7.80, $4.60 and $4.90. Pass By paid $6 and $4.60 for second spot, and Hard Twist took third for $4.00. The mutuel handle was $272,-789. SWIMMING CLEMENTON. N. J. Betty Lochok, Akron, O., set new rec ord of 1:06.41 In winning Na tional Junior AAU Women's 21 miles swimming championship. Previous mark was Evelyn Rayls' 1:10.21 45 set in 1939. Goes After PGA Crown Hlnet Shorten Far With 65; Defending Chomp Bob Hamilton Unlikely To Win. By FRITZ HOWELL DAYTON, O., July 8 (VP) Tho 27th PGA championship gets minor way toaay over Moraine Country club's rolling terrain, with Defending King Bob Ham ilton ot Evansvllle, Ind.. who jumped from unknown to cham pion to ui wiinin a year, con vinced ho has only an outside chance to repeat, The big buck private from Fort Lewis, who last year erased the season's hottest golfer, Byron Nelson of Toledo, on the 36th hole, said today lack of prac tice spelled his doom as the big gest field In the fixture's history teed off In the first half ot the 36-holo qualifying round. "I have played only three rounds in five weeks, Hamilton said. "And my scores were 77, 79 and 72. You don't win any tournaments these days with scores like that." Hlnet Shatters Par The 72 came yesterday as Jimmy nines, Chicago blond, ripped seven strokes off par with a 31-3465 to take first place In a special 18-holo, $1000 final tuneup for the big event. Sam Byrd of Detroit, the former Yankee baseball outfielder; Denny Shute of Akron, former British open and two-time PGA ruler, and Chick Rutan of Birm ingham, Mich., finished In a aecood-placo deadlock with 67's. Nelson, winner ot his last eight tournaments a record- failed to turn In a score after carding n 38 on the front nine. Yesterday's $1000 event was the last free ride the field ot ap proximately wo naa around tne Moraine layout, for today the chips are down and the boys had to find the right answers to a lot of questions the exacting course had to ask, If they were to land among the 32 low scorers. Another 18-holo round Is scheduled tomorrow, and then the qualifiers will battla It out PHONE 4SB7 MATINEE DAILY OPENS 1:30-8:43 BOX OFFICE OPENS 'I lilt WK. DAYS Bta liit, Patlti Gtiu ; . . . . In o Gay, GliHorlng Lovo Story You Will See WltJTYour Heart! un THOTttr 1 Jim GARS0N r ' , V -n 4m! . PE5K ' "-FaaaaaaaaaaaagTiiT" i i "I" """'"y . UmMOSSf i "STAGE DOOR Ty CARTOON" and Ntws X. vt avMNf ; through Sunday at match play, All the top-flight stars, with the exception of "Slumming Sam my" Snead who hat a broken arm, and Lt. Ben Hogan, who Is busy with army air corps busi ness, were on hand for tho "Quid and Olory" title hunt. Btllingham Bells Top Norvans, 6-0 BKLLINGHAM, July 9 (ID Tho Uelllngham Bells defoutud the Vancouver, B, C. Norvans 6 to 0 yntdcrday in a senior lnugue baseball gamo after tho Nurvunt tromped the Balls 7-2 In Van couver tho previous night, Joe Farla, former San Dlogo Padres hurler, grubbed h 1 a seventh triumph for tho Bells, holding the Nomina to four hits In last night's encountor. In the Saturday gamo the Norvans col lected five runs and a triple steal In tho fifth Inning. Tua Prn Teams Merge; 8 To Compete LOS ANGELES. July 9 (VP) Two professional football leagues of tho Pacific coast have merged and eight teams will compote this full, J. Kiifus Kluwans of San Fran cisco, president ot the new loop, mild It will bo known as the Pa cific Coast Professional Football Imiguo with teams at follows: Sun Diego Bombers, Holly, wood Boars, Lost Angeles Bull, dogs, Sun Jota Mustutuis, Oak. lund Giants, San Francisco U.nl.H.PIIniu.. 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