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Newspaper Page TextMONDAY, JULY 21, 19-17 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON ACE EIGHT Red birds Slcrte Diamond Camp Recreation Field Is Site Of Two-Day Tryouts, Second in Klamath This Year Recreation park. Klamath's baseball diamond, will be the scene of another baseball school and tryout camp this summer, this one spon ored by the World Champion 8t. Louia Cardinals on Monday and Tuesday July 28 and 29. Several major league clubs are now turning eyes on this part of the country In the quest for diamond talent Hid this Is the second tryout camp for this locality. The first was held a month ago by the New York Yankees and ended with two young hurlcrs, Jay Qulgley and Talmadge Barron. hi etven Yankee system contracts. The Cardinal farm system, which blared the trail In Ulent-huntlng and has sent more young players to the majors than any other or ilnizaUoii sending three of 1U ace scouts her. for the camp. Ken Penner, west coast director of Rainiers Surging Br The Associated Press Los Angeles and Oakland, as ex pected, still were running one-two In the Coast leasrue chase today but all eyes were focused on Seattle's Rainiers. The surging Suds they're named for more than that snowcapped peak, you know made it eight wins In 10 starts with a doublcheader win over Portland Sunday In their marathon scries which ends with another twin bill tonight. The surprising spree has shot Seattle from tbe cellar to the eminence of fourth place, M games back. With a team of veterans Johnny Rncker, Bob Johnson. Lou Novtkoff, Manager Jo-Jo White, ft al apparently just beginning to loosen up with the advent of bot weather. Seattle may be a factor from here on in. Rex Cecil turned In a four-hit whitewash job to win yesterdays first game for the Rainiers, 5-0, and Johnson and Rucker hit home runs to give Dick Barrett a 6-2 margin in the finale. Los Angeles Angels had thelr league lead trimmed to four games, splitting with San Francisco. 4-3 and 0-2. while the Oaks two-timed Hollywood. 6-5 and 11-7. Sacramento took a pair from San Diego, 8-8 and 5-1, to maintain its fourth place tie with Seattle. The PCLs top lefty. Cliff Cham bers, registered his 16th win against live defeats for the Angels in the opener. He fanned 10- Homers by Ed Sauer and Clarence Maddern supplied the winning edge. South paw Bill Werle turned the tables on the Angels with a three-hit shut-out in the closer. Maurice Van Robay's 390-foot single, driving in Darlo Lodiglani from third in the sixth, sewed up the nightcap, giving the Oaks the series, six games to one. The Oaks and Stars smashed out 55 bits dur ing the two games. Sacramento squeezed out a 4-3 series edge over the Padres, combing San Diego hurlers for 24 hits in the double bill. Guy Fletcher stopped the Padres with six hits in the nightcap, which saw Tommy Seats' win streak snapped at seven straight Weed Wildman Faces Davidson Pete BeJcastro and Bucko David son, two of the more violent fight ers of the local mat circuit, will headline the wrestling card next Friday night. Promoter Mack Lil lard announced today. Their main event will be slated for five 10-mlnute rounds. Belcas tro, the -Weed assassin, and David son, local musclcr, were on oppos ing teams for last week's tag match with Belcastro and his partner, Tex Hager, taking the affair from Da vidson and Stocky Knellson. Four Softball Games On Slate Second round competition in the city softball league continues to night at Modoc field with four games slated to be played under the arcs. At 7:30, the Moose will face The Gun Store at the south end of the field and the VFW will tackle the Knights of Columbus on the north diamond. At 8:40, the Eagles and the Elks will tangle on the south playing field and the Bureau of Reclamation will meet Rickys on the north diamond. 40 LACROSSE TEAMS ' Forty college teams in 13 of the states play lacrosse. m. r Ay jrJ - 'l St " J 1 NATIONAL niSTILLEBS FBODVCTS COKPOBATIOH, KEVt OkK, K. T. IS riOOF SSfi'OKAIN NEUT1AL PIlr Cardinal clubs and former big lea- gue and Pacific Coast league pitch er, will be in charge 01 me camp. Hughle East, one-time pitching are for the New York Giants, and Ray Blake, recently appointed roach of San Bernardino Valley, Calif., college, will be on hand to assist Penner In handling the try outs. Every young ball player In this vicinity of Southern Oregon and Northern California between the ages of 16 to 23, are Invited to come out to Recreation field for a look over by the scouts. All players should bring their own gloves and baseball shoes, but the Cardinals will furnish the rest of the equipment. Any player sign ed at the close of the tryouts will be reimbursed for any expense in cident to attending the camp. That proviso will make the camp more attractive to out-of-town youths. The workouts will begin at 10 a. m. and continue until late afternoon each day. Duck Yaulter Misses Mark VANCOUVER, B. C, July 31 ) George Rasmussen of the University of Oregon barely missed a new Ca nadian pole vault record Saturday when he touched the bar with his elbow at a height of 13 feet 6 inches. The official mark Is 13 feet IS inches. Rasmussen negotiated 12 feet ll1 inches to win the vault event at the Canadian senior men's track and field championships. Mike Scanlan, University of Washington, was second and Bill Pickens, Oregon third. Wayne Mann of the College of Puget Sound won the high jump at S feet ayd tried unsuccessfully to break the dominion record of 6 feet 4H. G. L. Farrar of Bremerton was third in the event . Jack Burke of Washington, took the high hurdles in 15.4 with Ras mussen second and Harry Widener of Bremerton third. C. Fennema. Washington, won the javelin at 143 feet and Scanlan took the hop, skip and leap with a distance of 44 feet llVi inch. Jennings A P TO PORTLAND, July 21 UP) Lou Jennings, Oregon Golf association champ, was declared ineligible for qualifying play for the U. S. amateur Saturday because he is employed by a concern manufacturing golf equip ment, it was announced by A. C. McMicken, USGA - district repre sentative. Alturas Nine Edges Past Juniors In Sunday Tilt Alturas gained Its second win of the season over the Klamath Junior Sons baseballers with a 6-5 victory at Recreation field yesterday after noon. The Klamath boys had difficulty in connecting with Arn Hironimous's sharp hooks as well as showing some rather shoddy fielding. The Juniors grabbed one run in the first inning, but the Tigers came back and scored on a walk in the third and got two more tallies on as many hits in the fourth. The visitors tallied three more in the sixth on three errors and two' hits, ending their scoring for the game. The Juniors collected one run in each the sixth and seventh and then died in the eighth with the tieing run on second, after cop ping two scores. In the ninth, Bill Daughrity was thrown out at home in a desperate attempt to tie the game up and with Dale Perry on second, and two away, Irv Whitt fanned. Jay Qulgley pitched all nine In nings for the Juniors, allowing five hits and tour walks while whiffing eight batters. Hlronimous gave up .1 J'V $J Enjoy the CAuAfrl Head for tho nearest Sunny Brook 1 set-ups. That's where you find richly satitfying highballs, full of Kentucky goodness, every time. OLD Sunny Brook Kentucky TNII WATCHMAN m vriat Mm , Opening Bout Trouble May Cut Docket Five bouts are called for on to morrow night's boxing card at the armory, but Matchmaker Larry Mc Lane Is having a difficult time lo eating a pair of scrappers for the opening match. He was Intending to use Georgle Price of Merrill, but Oeorge turned up with a sore hand and couldn't be matched. He dldnt have a defi nite opponent, anyway. The opener would be a tour-round bout. If nothing turns up before ring time tomorrow, the scheduled tour rounder between Dlcke Wolfe of Alturas and Billy Sunday probably will be boosted to five heats, mak ing a trio of flve-stauxa matches coming on before the 10-round main event. Emery Jackson ot San Francisco, who Is slated to scrap with Jack lOingeri Snapp in the main go. is expected in town today and prob ably will loosen up at the Salvation Army gym tonight. A sellout crowd at the armory is anticipated for the bout and all available extra seats are being brought Into the arena to bolster the seating capacity. NATIONAL LEAGUE . Pet. J! ' ! 23 ! 488 1 .471 Sunday's Results Brooklyn 3. St Louis 2. Pittsburgh . Boston 1. Chicago 4-2, Philadelphia 2-1, Cincinnati 4-6. New York l-. AMERICAN LEAGUE W L New York 69 29 : Pft. .670 .566; .529 : '.488! Detroit Boston . 47 45 . 42 . 38. 39 36 31 36 40 44 41 48 47 52 Philadelphia Cleveland .481 .448 .434 -373 Chicago Washington .... St Louis ... Sunday's Results Detroit 4-l. New York 1-11. St. Louis 4-7, Boston 3-6. Chicago 6-4, Philadelphia 5-7. Washington 1-1, Cleveland 0-6. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W L Pet. Los Angeles .. Oakland . 66 . 60 . 59 . 55 . 55 . 52 . 49 48 50 53 57 57 61 ' 59 62 .579 .545 .527 .491 .491 .460 .454 .451 San Francisco Seattle .. Sacramento ..... San Diego -. Portland Hollywood 51. Sunday's Results Los Angeles 4-0, San Francisco 3-2. Seattle 6-5, Portland 0-2. Oakland 6-11. Hollywood 5-7. Sacramento 9-5, San Diego 8-1. BOWLERS SPEND $200 MILLION American bowlers spend an esti mated 1200 million tor equipment and supplies each year. 1M.90 RECORDS ON FILE Records . of more than 100.000 baseball players are in the files of the commissioner of baseball. seven hits and four walks and fan ned nine Klamath batsmen. Irr Whitt, who recently was dis charged from the Lenoir, North Carolina, baseball club of the Cardinal farm chain with a finger injury, was on second base for the Junior Sons yesterday. Whitt Is hoping to get another whack at the pro field when the Cardinals come here' with the baseball school this month. COMPLETE FISHING and Outing Supplies POOLE'S Bicycles t Sporting Goods 222 So. 7th - whiskey thots OA ltd iVaW RAND Whiskey-A Blend W L Brooklyn 51 36 New York 45 36 Boston 46 38 St. Louis 43 41 Cincinnati 42 44 Chicago 40 45 Philadelphia .. 36 50 Pittsburgh - 35 50 Sons Blast Loggers For 14-4 Margin Weed, Yreka Indians Keep Second Place Deadlock With Wins After going a pair of runs behind in the first Inning and being held scoreless for three frames, the Klamath Sons found the rang for a six-run barraite In the fourth and slammed the McCloud Loggers 14 to 4 at McCloud yesterday. It was the Sons' seventh win In nine Northern California league baseball games. Elsewhere In (he circuit Weed clipped Duiismulr 7-3, Yreka clubbed Redding 1B-6, and Medtord romped over Mt. Shasta, 14-3. Weed and Yreka, with six wins and three losses, occupy second place behind Klamath. Clyde Carlstrom hurled five In nings for the Sons against McCloud and was the winner. He was re lieved by Bert Krolm. Kay Smith was the loser for the Loggers. McCloud scored two runs off Carlstrom In the first frame on a walk, a sacrifice bunt and two single, and then were pinned to the wall until the ninth frame when Krohn was nicked for a pair of runs on two bits and a couple of errors. Ten batsmen marched to the plate In thm Klamath half nf the fuurtll frame. Bart Oolbar started It off by walking and ended the Inning after six runs had come across by forcing Tug Tognoll at second base. m the Interim Ernie BlshoD had gotten on by an error and Fran Miller lashed a double to chase home .412 ! two runs. I Dale Graham and Oordy Lo Scalso were safe on errors as the McCloud Infield fell apart, and Miller scored. Carlstrom filed out to bat in another run and Earl I Brooks singled to score LoScalso with what was the fifth score of the frame and the eventual winner. Fran Miller was the heavy hitter 0f trie day with a trio of doubles, and Bishop had two two-baggers. . Trout Flying Is Successful PORTLAND. July 21 iP An ex- perlmental planting ot 70.000 ofiRa Committee fingerling trout in Minam river by! ' flying the fish Into the Wallowa ; To PrODO Bill fountains by airplane has proven i successful, uie siaic game commis sion reported today. Charles A. Lockwood, assistant game supervisor, said the project resulted In loss of less than 100 trout by death, required two days Instead of 14 and cost half the usual method. He predicted expanded use of planes to speed fingerling flah to Isolated sectors of the state. Committee Halts Oil Shipments WASHINGTON, July 21 (Pi The house merchant marine committee today approved a bill to block pe troleum shipments to any foreign country unless the secretary of com merce certitles that the exports will not Interfere with national defense or national security. Th bill tentatively is scheduled Tor house consideration late this week. It grew out ot a committee inquiry into shipments of petroleum products to Russia. Church Rivalry Inter-church rivalry will continue tonight with two games slated by the YMCA league. The First Bap tist A squad will meet the Nazarenea at the high school practice field and the First Baptist B's will tackle the First Christians at Mills school. Games will begin at 6 o'clock. BOX MAIN EVENT Ursol Ginger" SNAPP vs. EMERY JACKSON 10 Rounds Middleweight 5-Round Lightweight Monte Montgomery Hoi Fries 5-Round Welterweight Phil Sampson Dean Abbey 4-Round Middleweight Dick Wolfe Billy Sunday Curtain Raiser Bout Tuesday Night -8:30 ARMORY ARENA SEAT RESERVATIONS MATT FINNIGAN'S 817 Main Phone 3412 Ward Wearing 3rd Western Amateur B u, DKS MOINES, July 31 tA-Mar-vln iBud) Ward, a game guy from Spokane, Wash., wore his third Western Amateur dolt crown today for the simple reason he would not give up. v The atocklly-bullt Pacific coast player wrote a new chapter on de termination In Hie tournaments history book with an almost unbe lievable rally that dissolved a 6- down handicap Into a 1-up victory over Frank Stranahnn, tlie defend ing champ from Toledo, O. In a 36-hole match over the rolling hills of the Wakunrin club course yes terday. Stranahau. who bent Ward one up In 38 hulrs for the title last year, had Bud on the rors for another killing 8 down at the turn of 18 holes. But Ward won four of tlie first flvo hules of the afternoon aii-ctch and then went on to pull even for the first time on the 31st and cllnche ' the match mi the 34th. Playing to a gallery of about 3000 that cheered his opponent all the way, out-going champion bowed to a spectaculur second round in which Ward chipped In no-foolers for birdie 3s on the 19th and Uud and one ot 30 feot on tlie 28th. Legion Squad Tops Redding Pat Wlllams and Jackie Lee shared mound honors for the Klam ath Junior Legion squud at Red ding yesterday, allowing three hits between them, to lead the local lads to a 7-1 win over the Californium. The locals amassed a total of 12 blngles, among them a triple by Ed Whitney, first sucker, and a double by Wilbur Elliott, shortstop. The Redding boys are reportedly Lefty Warren Spahn and walloped the winners ot three districts in the Boston Braves 9-1. their neck of the woods and have The Chicago Cubs made It 12 vie been Judged as a pretty fair squad ; torles in 13 itamra with Philadelphia as Junior Legion teams go. ; by defeating the Phils twice 4-3 and The Redding victory entitles the locals to travel over the hill to Med ford this Tuesday fur the district playoff and In the event of a vic tory there. The Dalles will likely be the next obstacle for the Stars, 1 although Coach Hal Sludler Is not certain just what will follow the 1 Medford tilt. WASHINGTON. July 2! i1-Scn-ator Ball i R.Minn.) today was elected chairman of a Joint, con gressional committee to study oper ations of tlie new Taft-Hartley la bor law and to recommend addi tional legislation. Rep. Hartley iR-NJ.l, co-author of the law, was named vice chair num. The committee staff will work out a program, Ball said, adding that the group may hold hearings late this year before congress meets again. . Philadelphia Man In Top Spot MILWAUKEE. July 21 OP The Northwestern Mutual Life Insur ance company announced today that A. J. Osthelmcr ot Philadel phia had led all agents In gross business during the past fiscal year with S3.471.07J worth of business. Largest net production of any agent was (2.199,500 by C. V. Hick man of Eugene, Ore, We Buy. Sell and Trad GUNS Free Appraisals GUN STORE 714 Main THE l'N G Oregon State Middleweight Champion Ursal Snapp , i - k Iw Dodger-Card Feud Flares At Brooklyn Ewell Blackwell Wins 15th in Row As Cincy Divides By The Associated PreM Sunday, July 20, may well turn out to be the day when the National league pennant was won or lost. It was on that eventful day al Kbbcta' field where the ll46 ting race was decided that the seven- year-old Dodger Cardinal feud flared anew. When the smoke had cleared Manager Eddie Uyer of St. Louis declared he was playing the game under official protest. Had the Cards won, Dyer undoubtedly would have recalled his protest, but since the Dodgers turned apparent certain defeat into a 3-2 victory with a brilliant three-run rally In the bot tom half of the ninth lulling, tho protest took on added Importance, The Dodgers gained a half game on the second place New York lllanls. Increasing their margin la three games, when Hie tilaiila pill a doublcheader with the Cin cinnati Reds at the Polo Grounds. Ewell Blackwell. stringy aide-arm sllr.ger ot the Reds posted Ills Iftth consecutive victory and his nth ot the campaign In winning the oencr for the Reds 4-1. A pair, of home runs by Bobby Thomson highlighted to big In nings fur the Utanla and enublrd them to win the second game 9-6 Detroit's tenacious Tigers kept their slim pennant holies alive by sweeping both ends of a double header from the American Irngue leading New York Yankees 4-1 and 13-11. Blasting 16 hits. Pittsburgh routed '2-1 Bobby I'rllrr dropped anulhrr l-l derision as (he Cleveland In dians spill with Washington al Municipal stadium. The Indians look the nightcap 6-L i The St. Louis Browns, with the aid of home run hitting, defeated the defending champion Boston ; Red 8ox twice. 4-3. and 7-6 and the I Philadelphia Athletics retained their j fourth place hold by earning a spilt with the White 8ox In Chicago, IS AMAZING SHOPPERS' BY THE ROCK-BOTTOM PRICES Men's All Wool Tweed Suits 19.50 Regularly 135.00. Reduced almost 50 to clear! Men's Swim Trunks Values to SS.OO NOW 245 ,. 3' 95 McOrrior, Centner, and B.V.I). Included In stock. 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McCliiwun, driving with his right foot In a plas ter cast, won hands down when ; Clieiiu was forced nut with engine trouble tho first round and Mooio crashed through tlio fence on the second, Monro was unhurt. McOowan's time of 1:01.31 fur a mile and srven-elghtha was the bent of the nlteruuoii, set with virtually a clear track. Gregg gul his ear. No. It. In tune for the first five-lap heal rare and won' II by a quarter of a round In t:03.4S. Max llumm, lit No. 3. a black and red rocller, look the second heal In 2:04.10. Al HubMin In No. 34 and Dirk Binibcl In No. 50 twapiwd the lead back and forth In the third heat be fore Uoubrl'a orange and blue speed-1 strr got the checker' flag by a : radiator cap. Ills lime was 2:05 7. Jerald Jacoby, in Miwdrr-blue No. 23. copped the fourth heat In 3 06 51. In a special two-car run between Don Moore and Andy Wilson, the biKKlra hit the wire all even at Our laps and Moore was given the checkered flag on the fourth round. Tlie drivers who did not quality for the feature run had a five. lap consolation race, won by Don Crock ett. Ray Oavldum of Klamath Palls had to go out on (he fourth lap of this run. Grrii's No. 14 was In the first position at the lakroff far lite main evenl and he hrld the Irad ; all Ihe way. The speeding truck gained an entire lap on the tall- winning the second game 7-4 after Chicago had won Ihe opener 6-6. THE EMPORIUM'S Men's All Wool Leisure Coats 5.00 Values to SI9.B5! Choice ! colors. A pre-war price) . One Lot AH Wool Sweaters Values lo $3.95 Now $69 Long ilrrve moil r In. A value not to mini. Kef. 3.95 Men's Plain Color Dress Shirts Now $95 In blue, irey or irrrrn. All slues. Come early. Keg. 24.50 Spoil Coats Maiv$ 10 00 All wool coutu for men. Hrmadonnl Viiluc. Men's ;ort Sfe!:-;3 Now$J00 An unhcard-ot-prlce for these quality shirts' end drivers In four laps, added another al 10 and was far In Ilia Irad al Ihe finish. 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