Unknowns PacelGood Tennis
National Open
Bobbv Locke One Stroke Back; Bud Ward
Tied For Fifth Over St. Louis Links
Bv JERRY LI SKA'
ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 13 () Three players shared the leadership
with four-undcr-par 8T In yesterday's opening 18-hole thrust of the
72-hole National Open goll championship at uie ou wrais uuumrjr nuu.
Today'! 18-hole test will trim an original field of more than 160
w.fMinni and amateurs to 80 odd battlers for tomorrow's conclud
ing 38-holc scramble.
t... t.v.i nrorivmLs. Harrv Todd of Dallas and Henry Ransom,
Houston's gift to Chicago's Northmoor club, and long-driving Chick
Harbert of Norlhvllle, Mich, were the pace-setUng trio.
a droit behind the nace-setUug uireesome was Bobby Locke,
whone SqmUi African national flag
was run up ou mc cjuu-iiuuc iaw
Pirates'
Hurlers
Failing
By the Associated Press
Billy Herman couldn't be blamed
if he made the entire Plttsburvh
Pirate pitching staff walk the plank
Into the Monoiurahcla mud. In the
last 18 games since Memorial Day,
not one Hucco starier nas gone me
route. As a result the team is try
ing to knock a hole In the National
league cellar noor.
However, a crowd of 32.132 turned
Leading U. S. money-winner Jim- ""!. Tiro iliusiration of the form
my pemaret naa a Jmi- Ulev wvei hack East, bowing 7-3
to Chicago.
Chicago advanced into a sec
ond place tie with the idle Brook
lyn Dodgers as a result of the
win and the Pirates were rescued
from a lonely berth In the base
ment by Cincinnati's win over
St. Louis. As a result the luckless
Cardinal)) remained in a seventh
place tie with Pittsburgh.
Rookie Kent Peterson, a highly
publicized rookie who had pitched
only one inning of major league
baseball before this spring, turned
back the Birds with five has. to the
delight of 25.075 customers. The
victory boosted the Reds into fifth
place, a half game ahead of Philadelphia.--
The two night games were the
only contests in the majors with
most of the clubs traveling.
New York's Yankees shut out
their city rivals, the Giants. 7-0,
with Mel Queen and Charley Wens
loff muffling the National leaguers'
power. It was their second shutout
of the season buW as Giant fans
commented, it was "only an exhi
bition." the first of a best-of-three
charity series for the Mayor O'Dwy
er trophy.
yesterday as he tacked together 33
35. This 8532-yard course, with its
narrow fairways and unresponsive
greens, was regarded Just up Uie
alley for Locke, who has won four
of seven U. S. starts within two
months.
A stroke behind Locke were four
challengers, topped by the front
running amateur Marvin tBud
Ward of 8pokane. '
Other 69 shooters were tLeland
Gibson of Kansas City, Dick Meu,
pro from Arkansas City, Kan., and
unknown Otto Grelner of Baltimore,
who topped the National Open qual
ifiers and turned pro Just recently.
Three strokes from Uie top were
a contingent of five 70 shooters, in
cluding Ben Hogan, who learned
that putting will be a big problem
In this classic which he had never
won
defending champion Lloyd Man
grum shot a 77. 10 strokes off the
pace, with bleak nope oi repeating
hls play-off win over Byron ei
so.i and Vic Ghezzi at Cleveland
last year.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
W L Pet.
San Francisco
- V Oakland
Los Angeles
Portland
Sacramento
Hollywood ...
San Diego -.
seatue
. 40
. 38
. 40
. 32
. 35
. 34
. 33
30
32
32
34
31
37
39
38
39
.556
.543
.541
.508
.466
.465
.435
Yesterday's Results
Oakland 8. SeatUe 2.
Hollywood 3. Los Angeles 2.
PorUand 5, Sacramento 3.
San Diego 10. San Francisco 3.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L
New York
Brooklyn .
Chicago ...
Boston . ..
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
. 27
. 27
. 27
. 27
. 24
23
Pet
.587
.563
363
.551
.462
.451
.417
.417
Pittsburgh 20
St Louis 20
Yeslerdav s Results
Cincinnati 1. St. Louis 0.
Chicago 7, Pittsburgh 3.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
No games yesterday.
Actors Ruled
Pro At Tennis
HOLLYWOOD. June 13 UP)
Screen Actors Mickey Rooney and
Walter Pidgeon and radio's Ed
Duffy Is Tavern) Gardner were
somewhat surprised Thursday to find
that they are professional tennis
players.
The Southern California Tennis
Hands Being
Brought Out
City Net Tournament
Doubles Next Event
Some pretty fair players are being
turned up In the city open tennis
tourney now going on, and all the
games for which Uie scores have
been turned in to Qeorge Mills,
tourney director, so far have gone
In straight sets.
Due to inclement weather last
week-end and early this week. Uie
first round singles may be played
through this coming week-end.
Winners are asked to notify Mills,
phone 6370, or Jim Finnlgan, phone
3412, and report the scores.
Matches reported so far went like
this: ,
Jerry Olson beat Hank .Murphy,
8-6. 6-4.
Bud Case defeated J, E. Oldham.
8-1. 6-3.
Pat Moses beat Willis Orttflth,
6-0. 6-0.
Eddie Dent beat Earl McQoughey,
6-4. 6-2.
George Mills defeated Don Fer
guson, 6-0, 6-1.
ah tnese scores were in tne men s
bracket of singles. Other mens
singles and hoi's' singles are alsq
DCliiK piaTO.
With fair weatner in prospect,
first round men's doubles and
mixed doubles can be played this
week-end, and the scorea should
be reported by the fore part of
next week.
First bracket pairing for those
events are as follows:
Men a Doubles
Bill Crawford and Willis Griffith
vs. Earl McGoughey and John
Deets.
Bud Case and partner vs. Jim
Flnnigan and George Mills.
Pat Moses and Martin Stride vs.
William Pen-In and partner.
Bill Loomis and partner vs. Jerry
Olson and Eddie Dent.
George Seymour and Al Hacken
worth, bye.
Mixed Double
Rem- MrNutt and Bud Case vs.
Hank Murphy and Doris Ryser.
Jerry Olson and partner vs. Wil
liam Perrin and partner.
Earl McGoughey and partner vs.
George Sevmour and partner.
Al Hackenworth and partner vs.
Don Ferguson and partner.
' This tennis tourney is an mior
mal affair, first of its kind tried in
Klamath Fulls, and Uie net en
thusiasts are planning to make it
an annual summer affair. Matt
Finnigan Is donating awards for
Uie winners of each event.
Publinx OK's
Entry Terms
PORTLAND, June 13 P Public
links golfers agreed today to parti
cipate in Uie Oregon Golf association
tournament on the OGA's term.
Earlier they had threatened to
NEW YORK. June 13 iWPros- i boycott the tourney unless their en-
nects for an average or better than i "J ." "fs''""' - "
f Cy ; SoatAtovfk Sports Editor
Twinics Looking Up,
Whip Angels 3 To 0
Bird Outlook
Some Better
average production or ducks this
summer on the Western Canadian
wildlife ranges has increased since
the winter surveys. Chief Naturalist
Bert W. Cartwright of Ducks Un
limited said today.
Earlier this spring prospects for
a duck harvest during Uie coming
fall and winter hunting season
looked so meager that Uie National
Audubon society advocated a year's
no-shooting rule and Albert N. Day,
chief of the U. S. department of
fishing and wildlife. Intimated that
both the daily bag and possession
limits would be curtailed.
Recent heavy rains have removed
drought dangers for the present on
tne western Canadian prairies. Cart-
association based Its ruling on the r,'S".f2 r .nS,,S
fact they played mixed doubles with
professionals Pauline Bete and Sarah
Palfrey in an exhibition at the
Beverly-Wilshlre hotel last Sunday.
U. S. OPEN IS AIRED
ON KFLW TOMORROW
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provinces. Alberta,
and Manitoba.
Saskatchewan
Enjoy the climax of the U. S. Open
Golf Tournament via radio tomor
row afternoon on Gillette's Caval
cade of Sports. Hear Harry Wismer
and Harry Nash report the excite
ment stroke by stroke, direct from
the St Louis Country Club, over
the ABC network and Station
KFLW (Dial 1450) at 2 o'clock.
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Woman Driver
In Win Circle
SAN MATEO. Calif., June 13 tP auf"n Sf1 f"!?'
This demand, they explained, was
made under the impression the
tourney was to determine Uie "Ore
gon amateur champion.''
The OGA disclaimed any part of
this term, saying It was one that had
come into use by sportswrlters. The
tourney is to determine the OGA
champion, officials said. ' -
The publinxters then voted unani
mously to accept the 20 positions
awarded them.
Busher Readied
For Track Again
INGLEWOOD, Calif., June 13 UP)
Busher, champion filly of two years
ago. Is about ready for another
whirl at the races, her new owner,
Neil McCarthy, declares.
Busher, now five years old, swished
through a mile workout yesterday
in 1:37 45, giving promise that she
may yet win back part, II not all,
of the $135,000 McCarthy paid for
her In the Louis B. Mayer stable
By The Associated Press
I couple of puis from Vermont
have the Hollywood Slam looking up
uiese days.
Big George (Pinky! Woods. Rut'
land, Vt. righthander, and First
Seeker Tony Luplen of nearby
Springfield, made it Vermont night
lor Inlr as the stars defeated the
Los Angeles Angels, 3-0, last night.
Woods held the Aiisels to four
hits, while Luplen rapped a single
and double, scoring two runs and
driving In another. It was Just an
other chnpter In Uie Pacific Coast
loops latest Damon - and - Pythias
routine.
In all. Luulen has batted .714 In
the five games Woods has worked.
the Stars' demon statistician, Joe
Brown, points out.
me crowd of 10.603 was a new
week-night record at Ollmore field.
Slx-hlt nltch hut bv Snn Dtcaros Al
Trelchel stopped the leading San
Francisco Seals. 10-3. Vinre hupe
drove In four runs with a triple) and
three singles. Trelchel Walked nine
but was tough In Uie clutch.
Oakland edged two percentage
points ahead of Los Angeles and to
within one game of Snn Francisco
by downing Seattle. 8-2, with Vluce
DiMnatioa two Homers accouiitina
for three runs. Lou Novlkoff lilt his
11th homer for Uie Raliilers.
Portland beat Sacramento, 8-3, as
Catcher Charley Silver hammered
across three runs with a triple and
two slnglea. Vic Raschl was the win
ner over auy Fletcher.
At conclusion of last night's
all series stood 2-1 with the long
ends belonging to Hollywood, San
Diego, Oakland and 8acramento.
Short score:
R H FJ
Portland ... 040 000 0108 13 0
Sacramento 000 000 1303 10 3
Raschl and Sllvera: Fletcher;
Beasley (8). Dasso (8 and Fer-
usuries.
play
Parks Wins On Default
Over LaBelle At Armory
Joe Louis
To Travel
Next Year
SPOKANE. June 13 (( Heavy,
weight Champion Joe Wmls intends
to swap punches In exhibition boxing
matches in Australia and Europo
next year,
This was disclosed today by Fred
Summers, representative for the
Brown Bomber's current exhibition
tour through the West, as Louis rest
ed for his four-round bout tonight
with Tiger Jack Fox of Spokane.
Louis plans to retire next year,
Sommers said, and wants to wind up
hla long reign as world's champion
wlUi a world exhibition tour. No I
details have been settled, Bummers
said, but Louis would visit Australia
and Uion Europe.
Several Western engagements are
on Uie Louis schedule before he re
turns to Chicago to meet his wife
and greet for the first time hi son,
Joe Louis Jr born May 28 In Mexico
City.
lie will go to New York Julv 16 to
discuss possibilities of a champion
ship fight In September.
Louis, scheduled to go four rounds
tonight siiuin.it Tiger Jack Fox, said
his weight was 315 pounds. Fox tlis
IDS. The Victory Box I nu club pre
dicted 11.000 fans: largest crowd In
ine cnys ooxing records, would see
the exhibition.
isai.d Kki, m.-.ta r.m. "' rain, ' " "" "'
8-Game Slate
OIIKNKY, Jime 1 (Vi-Knslcrn
Washington collW "u "J
tluht-liuiiie fonltinll schedule next
fall against Western Waaliliwloii
college al Uellllighalu Nov. 18, Coach
Abe I'utrcimilh until yesterday. Oil is ,
game Include meeting with Paclff" '
Lutheran al Cheney, October 11, gl.
Minim's at Olvinula October 18 arid'
Central Wasiungioii at viicnejr vr
lobar 25.
Classified Ads Bring Results,
Herbie Parks won a default de
cree over Pierre LaBelle In the
main event wrestling bout at the
armory last night when the young
French-Canadian decided against
taking any more risks with his
bones and flesh after three rounds
LaBelle had been booted out of
the squared circle three times In
the third canto, and Parks took the
fall with a stamping toehold that
lamed Pierre's left leg. Although
the match was standing at one fall
each. LaBelle didn't come out for
the fourth round and the fight went
to Parks.
Pierre, the Deonle's favorite, took
his fall In the second heat by lung
ing three Sonnenbergs into Parks
and pinning his shoulders with a
press.
Red-headed Lou Savoldl, who
Three Games
On Schedule
For Tonight
Three Softball games are on the
docket for tonight two of them
under the lights oi Modoc Held ana
one twilight contest on the high
school practice grounds.
rne twiugni encounter, ai o
o'clock, will be a replay of a protest
ed game between the Elks and Eag
les, ine game was originally piayea
May 28, and the Elks won, 21 to 7.
However, the Eagles protested on
the grounds that their team had
only eight players that night.
The protest was allowed by the
City Softball association, hence the
replay tonight.
Under the floodlights at 7:30
sharp the Moose lodge team, with
a standing record of two wins and a
loss, takes on the Knights of Colum
bus outfit which has yet to win a
game. Then at 8:30 Uie schedule
calls for a game between VFW and
the Bureau of Reclamation.
The Vets so far have won three
and lost none and stand at the head
of the class with the Four Star Mer
chants and Rlckys. The Reclama
tion team has lost all three of Its
starts.
The best way to perpetuate good
fishing Is to put 'em back alive.
Don't maul 'em and they recover
quickly. Sports Afield.
The Myron Shelters of Ferndale.
Wash., had things their own way at
Uie Bay Meadows harness horse
meet yesterday. Mrs. Shelter win
ning Uie second race and giving the
crowd of 1507 the rare show of a
first place woman driver and Shel
ter completing the afternoon by
grabbing the fourth event.
Mother of five and in her late
30s, Mrs. Shelter assists her husband
In training their harness horse stable.
They have eight horses In the Bay
Meadows barns.
It was Uie first time in two years
here that a woman had entered the j
winner's circle.
Eighty - five - year - old George
in the nation, raced twice and won
both times,
McCarthy indicated Busher may
make her first start at the current
Hollywood Park meeting In about a
week or 10 days.
Man Will Sell Eye
To Raise Funds
PORTLAND? June 13 UP) A Can
by man expressed a desire today to
sell one of his eyes to "somebody
that could afford to pay me enough
to give my wife the best of care
for her remaining time with me."
He was Herman E. Howard, 55.
who said his wife did not have long
to live, and that he had used up
Loomis, oldest harness horse driver of .his saving! .caring lor her
in h n-tinn rnH h He wrote a newspaper here (The
Frosh Crewmen
Enter Regatta
SEATTLE, June 13 JP At least
one of the 12 crews due to race in
the second annual Lake Washington
regatta June 28 will be made up
entirely of freshmen.
Coach Ned Ten Eyck said yester
day his frosh boat would represent
Syracuse because of its superiority
over the varsity and jayvee eights.
There is no ban against frosh par
ticipation in college athletics, hence
they are eligible for the regatta here.
Oregonlan) that he would sell the
eye "If I can get enough to take
care of my wife, that is all I want."
He. said he had not worked In
some time, having quit his Job as
salesman to care for his wife.
The bufflehead duck nests in
holes In trees rarely In holes In
cut banks. Sports Afield.
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In going after his 49th straight win
tonight, Charley Fusari, unbeaten
Irvington, N. J. welterweight, faces
i a dimcuit assignment. He tangles
with tough Tony Pellone (above) of
: New York in a ten-rounder at Madi
! son Square Garden.
Fclione is determined to mar Ku
sari's clean slate. Tony is a puncher
with a blasting left hook. He's cun
ning, strong, fa.it knows how to
: sustain an attack. Pellone handed
. Billy Graham his first defeat after
Graham had gone through 6$ bouts
without a loss.
, Fusari is the current hot attrac
tion in the 147-lb. division. For a
welter, Charley is tall and rangy. He
possesses smashing power in cither
hand, prefers bing-bang tactics and
rarely resorts to fistic science. His
string includes 34 knockouts.
Enjoy the excitement, blow-by-blow
, on G illc tie's Cavalcade of Sports
over American Broadcasting Co. ami
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p. m. i , '
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Q..,rl.M. IMI. I" Clll'.-lt. .r.lr IU,.,
fought In the opener, Is probably
pointed for the main event bracket,
aitnougn tne speeoy Tulsa, own.,
grapplrr was held to a draw by
Buck Weaver.
Savoldl flashed Into action In the
first round and flipped Weaver Into
a full crab In just two minutes.
There was no fall In the second heat
and Weaver tied It up In the third
by catching Savoldl In the old "tie
your shoe" trick. He won Uie fall
on his wrenching headlock.
8tockv Kneilson and Al Swiss put
on an Interesting bout in the semi
windup. with Kneilson and his
beard winning, two falls to one.
Ssass grabbed the first tumble of
the slugging match with a swivel
and straight arm bar. Both of
Kneilson's falls came by way of
stamulng and hammerlocks after
the St. Louis Hungarian was winged
by many trips into the ropes.
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