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PACI TEN HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. ORECON SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1948 Willows Nips Gems In Slugging Match Shortstop Muti Hurt By Liner In Sixth WILLOWS Calif May 28 (Special) The Willows Cards outclubbed the Klamath rails Oems In their flnrt meetlnn of the Far West Baseball league season here last night, winning 16 to II In I marathon Kama that saw the Oems use three hurlers and the Redblrda four. Joe Nicholas, starting pitcher for the Oems, didn't help his own cause any by Issuing nine bases on balls and was the loser. The Oems' Inner defense received a setback halfway through the game when a line drive off the oat of Jim Tyack struck Nick Mutl, shortstop, on the instep. MuU was earned off the field and moved to a Willows hospital. ,.,. ..... ...,, ! tvw . v.r from third The Injury lorcea some snuung m uie rtmumvu ri ." - has tn short and Joe Anselmo com tag In from right field to take third. Joe Carroll, a Klamath rails hometown boy now pitching for the Cards on option from Fresno, start ed for Willows but was relieved In the fourth by John Yocum. who got credit for the win. The Oems built up an early lead with a three-run burst In the fourth but couldnt hold it The Cards went ahead In the fifth and shelled Nicholas from the mound with a six run splurge in the sixth. Lou Vltous put out that fire but couldnt handle one of his own making In the seventh when he was relieved by Forrest Schoettgen. Lee Singleton homered for the Cards with one on In the fifth and Dick Morgan duplicated with one on In the seventh. The two teams play here again tonight and again Sunday. Ktsinsth Fall AH B H Wallace. 3b 5 J Small, lb 4 J J Tavlor. 3b, at 3 11 Anselmo. rf. 3b S 1 J Mankey, If J Beeson. cf 1 i WhIM, rf Gantenbeln. aa MuU. aa . Xfcsscalso, e Nicholas, p Vltoua. p Schoettfen, p Total Willawa Klnnard. ef . Lane. 2b Mtuel. 3b Apoaln. rf Tyack, U Singleton, lb . Morgan, e - Smith, aa . Carroll, p Yocum, p Mordldo. p ZoUtecoUtr. p Totals Klamath Falls 'WUlov-s AB 4 U o . 41 1 13 17 13 Oil 330 04011 010 338 301 1 SUMMARY: HR Singleton, Morgan. SB Taylor, Anselmo. Muu. uescmsw. Mltxel Tyack SB Tvack. Klnnard. RBI MV?T.ylor. D1 3. NlehoUs. Klnnard. Mitral. Singleton 3, Lane 3. MorgltTj. LOB-Kl.rn.th 10. WUlo 10. BB off Nlchotaa , Schoettgen 1. Yo cum 1. Mordldo 3. ZoUlecoffer 3. SO by Nicholas 3. Vltoua 1. CrroU 1. Win ning pitcher Yocum. Losing pitcher Nicholas. WP Nicholas, CrroU. Balk ItonUdo. Hom Base Steal Wins For Dodgers By The Associated Prese Mel White applied himself earn estly last night to the art of winning a ball game, and his efforts paid off tor Medford In a Far West league M setback for Marysville, White singled to drive In one run In the eighth Inning and then (cored the winner by stealing home. Redding squirted three runs across In the ninth inning but eouldnt catch up to Santa Rosa, 8-7 winners. Pirate Centerflelder Don Wagner hit a home run. double and single his first three times up for Santa Rosa, then struck out twice. Redding Manager Ray Perry locked his 12th home run In 23 games. Singles runs in the seventh and eighth Innings added up to a 6-4 win for Oroville over the Pittsburg Diamonds at Oroville. Red Soxer Danny Bolzendahl whacked a 350 foot borne run and a double. Colonials, Albany In Final Duel f PORTLAND, May 29 WP Wash ington high of Portland and Albany will clash here tonight for the class A high school baseball champion ship of Oregon. i They won their way to the final round of the annual state tourna ment yesterday with one-sided vic tories over opponents. In class B Westport and Aums Tllle will meet for the title. The games will be played under the lights of the Vaughn street park. Washington crushed Sherwood yesterday. 17-2, while Albany meas ured Newberg, 7-1. Aumsville tram pled Jacksonville, 10-0, and West port walloped Odell, 11-2. Junior Simons of Albany gave up only four hits and whiffed 12 men. Two Washington pitchers yielded only three hits. Don Ellertson of Westport also gave up but three hits, and two Aumsville hurlers allowed only two. ! In day games Jacksonville will play Odell for class B third place, and Newberg will meet Sherwood for class A third. Authority On The Subject Although Metrill (Doc) Williams qualified with an average of 124.151 miles an hour, the Detroit driver is trying lor more speeo in the 500-mile Indianapolis speedway grind May 31. so he golirlu the aid of Jocko, a noted authority on monkey wrenches. Olympic Shell Boys Wait Next Big Test SEATTLE. May 29 (Pi Wash ington, holdover Olympic crew champion, gets its second test of the season today against a potent Wisconsin eight which has lost only to unbeaten Cornell in three starts this year. Judging from the way Al Ul- brickson's University of Washington crews trimmed California a week Soft League Lead Locked Ashley Chevrolet, Telco and Knights of Columbus turned in their second straight wins in city soft ball league games last night to put the lead of the circuit in a four-way tie. The Four-Star Merchants have the other hold on the top spot. The Chevs slugged Weyerhaeuser 21-1, the first loss for the Timber men. Merrill VFW acquired its first win of the season against two pre vious defeats by topping Eagles 12-3. Knights of Columbus took Moose 12-9 and Telco beat out Calhoun's 14-12, the third straight set-back for the latter outfit. All games were played under the lights at Modoc field. Strcmahan New British Champ SANDWICH, England. May 29 IIP) Frank Stranahan, Ohio's golfing millionaire, defeated Charles Stowe of England. 5 and 4, today and took over the British amateur title sur rendered by Willie Turnesa of White Plains, N. Y. Stranahan won by taking five of the first six holes after lunch. The morning round, played In a drench ing rain and high wind, over the Royal St Georges course, ended all even. ..." ,1 Justice Coart Herbert John Rlggs, Improper license. Fine. 13.50. Virgil Clarence Perry, no emergency brake. Fine. S3.S0. James Edward Chancy, no license plates. Fine, 15. 30. Isaac Newton Hall, no operator's li cense. Fine, $5.50. Carl Robert Jacobson, running stop sign. Fine, S3.90. Orlan Burch, overload. Fine, 35.50. ago, we have something of a con tract on our hands," said Wiscon sin Coach Norm Sonju. He ll send his varsity and Jayvee boats against the Ulbrickson oars men this afternoon in a pan- of two-mile tests. Only once in the several dual meetings between the schools has Wisconsin taken a race. The Washington mentor has warned his gallery drivers to forget the rec ord and then- three-mile victories over California. Sonju s crew, he has pointed out, carries a decided weight advantage and has three races under its oar locks. Neither squad has been tried. however, at two miles. The two Wis consin victories were at three-quar ters of a mile and its one loss at 2,000 meters, the Olympic distance. The key men in both boats are In their first year of varsity com petitionFloyd S. Nixon of Orosse Point, Mich., stroking the Wiscon sin varsity and Charley McCarthy at stroke for Washington. Junior varsity competition will start at 2:30 p. m. (PST) and the varsities will pull from the stake boats at 3:15. There will be two pre liminary races. Altamont In Thinclad Win BONANZA. May 29 Ninth and tenth grade boys of Bonanza school met teams from Altamont and Fre mont junior highs In a track meet on Modoc field May 26. Altamont turned in 55 points, Bonanza had 48 and Fremont 14. Joe Nork won first for high Jump ing and Maynard Hriczlsce won second. Jack DeVaul won the 100 and the 330 race. Maynard Hriczlsce won first for the shot put and Joe Nork second. Bonanza relay team with the following boys won first: Vernon Haley. Jim Clarke, Joe Nork and Jack DeVaul. Graduating exercises for the Bonanza seniors were held in the new gymnasium on May 24. During the evening medal awards were presented by Principal Sharp to Lenora Eager as valedictorian and Mary Malone, salutatorlan. For citi zenship, the awards went to Mar gery Bramwell and Ted Pepple and for athletics to Frankle Chains and Harry Noble. Cutting Time Is May 30 For Far West Loop Gems Whack Off Two, Couple May Go This Sunday Gene Bonner, outfielder, and Dun Caillne, reserve catcher, have been released by the Klamath Falls Genu In Manager Joe Gantenbeln's first move toward getting down to the legal class D roster limit of 17 play ers and a couple more heads prob ably will roll this week-end. Deadline for the roster cut In the Far West league Is May 30, Sunday, Business Mummer Mel Carpenter said that he was expecting to get couple more boys m, an Inflelder and a left-handed pitcher, In time to beat the deadline. Right now the Oems are carrying 18 players seven pitchers, two catchers, four outfielders and five lnfirlders. When two more are added, three must go. Several of the boys are on the borderline, including pitcher Forrest Schoettgen. Catcher Dirk Descalso. Outfielder Irv Whltt. Inflelder Hal Taylor and Catcher Ralph Mohlrr. The latter was hurt Thursday night at Santa Rosa. AILING FLIPPER Joe Nicholas has been unable to carry his share of pitching duty be cause of an ailing arm and Is also on the anxious seat. The Oems are at Willows, guests of the Cards, but will be home Mon day for a three-game series with the Marysville Braves. A twl-nlght doubleheader Is on the schedule for Monday, Memorial Day holiday. First game will start at 5 p. m. and the second at 7:45. out at Oems stadium. Official batting average for the Oems. figured through Thursday night's game with Santa Rosa and including all 23 complete games played at that time plus the sea son's opener 6-8 tie with Oroville show that Joe Oantenbeln Is the club's leading and heaviest hitter among the club's regulars. Oanten beln has played In 12 games and batted .398. He has hit three home runs, all at Gems stadium. Tom Mankey has played In every game and swatted for J47. Mankey has nine doubles, two triples and one homer. Joe Anselmo. who hits clean-up position. Is batting 321 and has collected seven doubles, two triples and one home run. Little Bob Wallace, who has now been hitting up a storm since he took a regular berth at second base and now has an average of .342. THREE AND ONE On the pitching side Larry Ouelfo and Art Moyer each have three wins and a single loss. Bob Blenglno one win and no losses, Lou Vltous one and one, Joe Nicholas two and one. Forrest Schoettgen one and two and Bob Loepman. workhorse of the out fit, two wins and four losses. Lopeman has appeared In eight games. Moyer has 44 strikeouts in six games. Batting averages: Player AB Oantenbeln 39 Mankey 98 Wallace 73 Anselmo 84 Beeson 25 Whltt 22 Descalso 13 Mutl 78 Small io Taylor eg Leading Ml 88 ' c is DRAFT JUMP JAILS JEFFRA BALTIMORE, May 39 iPv Harry Jcflra, one-time holder of two world's boxing titles, and Hnltlmore fight promoter Nnthnn E. Phllll were srntriicrd to six montlis' Imprisonment each In federal court yesterday for viola ting the wartime draft act. Jcffra was convicted sprctllrntly of causing the promoter to make a false statement In a letter to Jaftra's draft board. Phillips was found guilty by the Jury on a charge of making the fal.se state ment. The Jury recommended leniency In both cases. Mohler . ...... 37 Ave. .398 347 J42 J21 J20 .318 J07 .295 .214 .285 .243 George Duke Bests Yolk HOLLYWOOD, May 29 OP) George Duke, San Francisco mid dleweight, won a unanimous de cision over Bobby Volk of Portland, Ore., last night In the 10-round fea ture bout at the Hollywood Legion stadium. Duke, who turned in a classy Job with repeated short lefts and right uppercuts, opened a gash over his opponents left eye In the second round. By the eighth, Volk's cut was bleeding freely but he never theless managed to finish the bruis ing scrap. Volk Inflicted a slight cut over Duke's left eye In the seventh and got In the best blow of the fight in the same round when he staggered his foe with a terrific right to the side of the head. Duke, the favorite, weighed 161 and Volk scaled 181 Vi. A crowd estimated at 4500 witnessed the card. HOTELS OSBORN HOLLAND EUGENE, ORE. MEDFORD Thoroughly Modern Mr an. Mrs. 4. I. larler Praprlsters ani Joe Sarlar Don't Look Now! 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May 211 ('VI It wns on to furtlior trials along tho trail toward the Olympic giimrs to day for the Tnijaiis of Mont hern California, vhiimiitous or the Pa cific Const conleieiit'u, niter a track and field meet that brought more disappointment thtm thrills. For the second wrck In a row. nils- haiw iiianetl a major cinder path ciiinlviil last night. They were In clutli'tl: Mpecily pci rm limners by Pel-Mel I'aiuui nf UHO 111 the dashes didn't color, nil brniiino Pattim emtio up Willi a cramiM'd leg inuaiie. Knox Tops In Armory Beltlu' llmlily Knox (tilled ivto Uelt'astro In an ntlemiit to nliik his locitl winning streak 111 last nluhl's armory m a I n event, ami disabled him to boot, virtually crippling Hie Weed Assassin with a prolonged series of back-bieakers, Pete had taken Uie Ili.it lull In tha liilliul round, bushing me Penn sylvania vllluln all over uie ring mid then slumming nun nuwn lor me count, and had trustingly luriuil his buck and retired to his curlier. When Knox lulled to gel sympuihy Iroui either the crowd or Hrleroe Mill Olson, he rushed over to the Auua sln's comer ami sent a rubbll-puncn cru&htiig down on the linsusirilinii llelraslro's neck Just aa Ihc warning whistle fur the second round was sounded. Urlcastro never did recover lituu the untimely blow, and was easy pickings lur Knox, who proceeded to mangle him with his Intuitions baek-breuker. When tho Peniuiyl vaulan finally decided to let the referee count out Uelcu.itro. that worthy wus helplr.ta and very, very sore, but was still breathing out threatcnliiga of things to come. Knox encountered little or his usual difficulty In returning to the dressing rooms, milking his grand recessional amidst police protection. In the seinl-wlnilup of the curd, Murtluo Angelo chose the Boston crab with which to make his return to tile local grunt and groan, taking two falls and the match from Al Ssasx. Angelo gained his first full In the first round, but Auiss came buck In the next go and took a fall with a leg-split. Huiss was stilt unuble to cope with the dnrk skinned ring Belcastro Main Tiff rogue, mid dropped the mutch In the third emiln when Angelo whipped liltu Inlo the crab. Hilly Hunter and Milt Olson, the hitter milking a return alter a lenglhy ubst'iico liom the local can vas, bullied to a draw in the Alien ing bout with oiiu fall apiece. Hunter drew first blood In the third round with a bear hug, but Olson snenked in a drop kick and pinned Hunter, still stunned. In the (our Hi uud flnnl canto. Teds Come Out In Ball Tourney Knosrvcll school came out on top In the seml'dnals of the city grade school class U sol dm II tourney yes terday by topimig Kulrvlew B-2 mid earned the right to play Mills next Tucailuy lor tho championship. If lioonevcll wins Tueaduy an other gitnie will have to be played because Kooscvcll Is ouce-bruten and Mills hus a clean state In the double ellmiuutlon tourney. Mills bent ItcKweveJt III their previous meet Inn, 4-3. flumes are played on the KU practice Held, NEW VOKK-KId Oavllun, 144 i. Hnvunu. knocked out Kocco Itos suno. 144 , Urooklyn, I. A similar mishap to Washington mule's OU'k Keulslon III Uie irlnla wlili li robbed tin Cougars ot pus. alblo victory luter In Uie null- relay. The Trojuna copprtl the count con. (crciico till" lor Hie eighth strulglil yeur. The night s to honors went to liurtllrr Cling Olxon, ol UCLA, who cracked two til Hie three meet rec ords broken III winning the low and high slicks. The Trojans ucclliiiululcd 4T puluta tu UCLA's 4H. Despite I'nK ton's nlwciue, tho wllliilinwul ol Ho In ml Mink (mm the iwu-milo race he won Uie mile mid the spill In th reluy. Trulllng behind were: Htuiidirtl 311' ; Cnllliiiula 3t: Witshliiglou Hiiito, and Wnnliliiulon, 21 each: Oit'uou. Ul; Montana Hi Oregon atiile ll'i mill lilulio one. Dixon run the limit hurdles In 14.1 seconils, eclipsing Hie meet murk ol 14 4 slimed by Mleve Anilt'inon ol Wunhluiiloii UUJHi and Hum Klup sliKk. Hiiinlonl ilium. Then he rume buck lo win the Iowa In 23 2, breiiking the 23 3 held by Kail Vlck. ery. UHO. iliom uud l.ee Orr. Ore. gon Hlnte illMUi. Illg surprise for Northwest luui came when Hob Mulr. Wnohliuiliiii, pnased Joe Nebolou of Wnahlnulon mule and held on lo win Hie 410 yard run III 4 4 seconds. Hob Chambers of UHO uluvrtl olf a (liml thrust by Clem KUi hrli nf Washington male In aimilier llitlil light In the una - the lime wns 1 M0, The llrsl three finishers In meet qualified to CfMll)ele 111 I'tie cuaal-blg nine meet June 33. Pattnn wus Included, and several others were Included as alternates, pending Ihelr performances In Hie . NCAA meet June 16. 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