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SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1052 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE NINE TIME OUT! Mi "liur li playing sale la having ready plenty of exruara In m Ik loaing race 10 swine in. F.AR.L TI'KNKIfK thrre-rmm,! Ireete Job on Indian Dick Wolle put the pianist-boxer back In big lime. Turner's knockout of Wolle had more Ihull a Utile to do W lh Italia. Ini( the Earl ol Richmond a pinch- hit Job avain.it uurwi ranter juijt 38 II hnnnened like tllla! Itnbert Vlllemalll was butchered by Hobo Obon. Ilia wounds hadn't healed auf flclenlly lo make It wlaa lo fultW data with Panler. Turner was aubatllutrd. The Vllleinaliia, Olnona and Pan tera aro top-drawer naniea among the nallou'a middleweight. My vole fur a aunimer Italic at traction would bo Turner against Uraal Hnapp In an outdoor ahow at Urma Stadium. Holler alill, why not an elimina tion tournament wllh Turner pul ling run tula on the line In the final boul? Phil Samapon and Wolle could mix lor the riKhl lo meet Buapp I the Merrill Mauler could take a tuneun boul he wania to iao on the rough educe caused by a long lay-off i. Then, the winner between Bnapp. who (till clalma ownership of the title, and the Sampson-Wolfe fight would earn the ahol at Turner. IRVIN FARM, our New Pine Creek correnpondent, regularly iiupplica reader of tho Herald and News wllh chuckle. In ft recent column he came up with a good one, caused no doubt by Inadvertently using the middle finger of the wrong hand on the typewriter. Jl read: "Nell Perry and Robert ParU have sinned up to play aoltball In lie Ufcevlrw City League. Perry wan nut on with a atartlng place on third baaa but Paris ha not yet been given a regular birtn. THIK f.'OllNEtt la being beaelged with querie regarding the odda on the uiKomlmc Maiuiewa-Marciano light, ihe moat imagination-stirring bout since Joe Louis put a Illy In Max Baer's hand In the fourth round of their Bent. 34. 1838. fight. At Ihla writing, no oiiicisi ouoa have been auoled. The wise boys along Cauliflower Alley have Marc I alio ine lavonte. but no odds have come out of the inner aanctuma wnera me netting fraternity hangs out. It's almost a cinch Marclano will be favored, mainly on hla unde feated record plus draping Louis on the ropes, a bout that con vinced the once-great Brown Bomber that he had lost a dec! alon is Old Man Time. It's alill our opinion the news paper boya will drag out new Huperlattves or shine up old ones about tne guy tnai neat ma guy Hint beat Joe Louis. Btyllsl Harry (Kid) Matthews, that Is. ALARMING TIIOl'flllTi Whit If Russian alhlotes walk off ihe Helsinki Olymplo track In a nun like soviet delegates ao ai united Nations meetings? RRIEF3 FROM the snorts file Who said sports activities were slow locally during the summer months? . . , five nights ft week. Monday through Friday, you can waicn live leagues in action ai Conger and Klwanls Fields, the Junior Baseball League and the Men's, Olrls', Midget and Pee Wee tfoiioau Leagues Compliments long overdue go to dim, fn nner lor his organization ol summer hnsebsll and Softball . , , he s the unsung hero who organltes and runs the Junior Bniicball Lengue nd Midget and Pee wee Boltbnll Leagues Incidentally, he's our most faith ful agent nubllelty-wlse Another question aimed at this corner with monotonous regularity is: "When will the bowling plant be finished?" . . . mid-September la the tentative date set by stock holders to throw the doors open lor ousiness Navy Boots Kukowski ANNAPOLIS. Md. Ml The Ns vn I Academy, nlresdy short on foot- bsll talent, has dropped its star linebacker. Ted Kukowski. for what he described as "unsatisfactory conduct." Vice Adm. Harry Hill, Academy superintendent, would not eiabor cite on making the announcement frmay. LOOK For lt'$ FOR FIRE INSURANCE DON'T FORGET Tn si Ballpark Fate Hinges On Monday Meet Bondholders mrrl Monday lo tin aide what to to with Oetm Htsrilum. Several suggestions have been studied about 1 lia deposition ol Hi" ballpark that homed the, Far West League Onus lor lour year InWiHlIng lurnlni It Into a dog; track and auto race track but no definite conclusion h been rcarhrd. But bondholders are expected to come up with a dellnlte decision Monday, 7:30 p.m.. In the Com mercial Arta Building, III! Walnut. Knuckles Fly; Suds Pop Oaks By The Associated Press A free swinging donnybrook erupted al dirks' Hladluin In Seattle Kr,day night as the hometown Maimers hammered out a double Pacific Count League win over Ihe Oakland Acorns. 0 5 In eight In nings and 3-2 In nine. 'Ilie fourth Inning flntlc battle of the second gamcsnw Bemtle Catch er Claude Christie tangle with Oakland Third Baseman Spider Jorgensrn alter hot words were exchanged near the plate. ' Three slltches were required to close a cut over Jqrgennen's leu eye. Christie win treated for a gashed hand. Both were banished li oin me game. Christie had faked a block as Jorgensen came steaming down Ihe line to acore after being picked off second base and then hit by the ball as the throw went Into third. Nearly every player on both teams got Into the hassle before the umpires broke H up. WIN OPK.N'KIl Seattle won the opener In the first overtime Inning after Pitcher Earl Johnson blew a 6-1 lead III the seventh. Christie's plnch-hll single lo right turned the trick. The Ralnlria came from behind In Ule nightcap to lie It up at 3-2 In the seventh and then push across the winning run In ihe ninth on Artie Wilson's perfect squcete bunt. At Portland, the Beuvers also used Ihe squeeie bunt lo down Los Angeles, 4-1, In 11 innings. Eddie Bsainskl, Portland second base man, laid down the little roller to send across the winning run. Lyman Llnde held the Angels to five hits. Los Angeles scored Its runs In the second Inning, high lighted by Leon Brlnkopf's homer end ft two-run double by Starting Pitcher Ca McLlsh. FIFTH HTRAIUHT Hollywood thumped Ssn Diego again, Ihe. fifth straight In the series, the eighth consecutive win for the Btsrs, and Johnny LlndeU's 15th pitching triumph against four losses. Memo Luna, Ban Diego lefty who had won the only three games the Padres salvaged from the Stars In 17 attempts this season, was re- 'leved In the sixth and charged with his first defeat at the hands of Fred Haney's League leaders. Big jack Phillips baited in all Hollywood runs with single and homer. Sacramento put on a spirited ninth-Inning rally to beat Ban Francisco 4-3. IV wss Sacra mento's first win in the series. Three singles and two long outfield files scored three runs In that final frame, Fluhrer's Wins Fifth STANMNag MMiaa Laaiaa rr 1 a 0 4 1 3 1 3 1 3 3 Frl. Parkmor Drlvs In Kaiulda " Eitctrlc"". Kalara ..... . . .... Exchang Club 1.000 ,HQO .7.10 .730 .600 nation uaiiary 1 .300 Railn Bulldlns .1 3 . 1 4 .230 i-onstr .200 SIMM . 0 S .000 Faa Was Laagia W L Frl, Fluhrar'a Baktry vm Mntor Invaitmant .... Wilson Inauranrs Farmtr'a Lumber Thomaa tnaurancs ... Condray'i Saialfra nivarald Junior C of C ,...M. Snragut Rlvar H Hllrhcork'a Basvara Mado Land ....... S 0 1.000 4- 1 .BOO . 3 a 3 a 3 a a a .2 .2 3 .I .1 ...1 3 . 1 a 4 Parkmor Drive In handed VFW Its first loss in the Midget Soft ball League last night to take a percentagewise lead with two wins against no losses. It was VFW's first loss by a 13-S count In five starts. Exchange Club blanked Conger, 13-0, In the other Midget game. Fluhrer's Bakery kept its unbeat en status In the Pee Wee League with Its. fifth victory, a. 30-3 clob bering of Hitchcock's Beavers. In other Pre Wee tilts, Riverside mauled Medo Land, 19-4; Sesslers shaded Sprague River, 3-1: and AI Condrey's team out-lasted Far mer's Lumber, 15-13. . - Merrymans Defend Title Reames Country Club holds an other husband-and-wlfe golf tourna ment tomorrow, 3 p.m. ' Dr, and Mrs. John Merryman are the defending champions. OUT! too latt. '( CHILCOTE Insurance Agency ' "Th Plonwr Agency Eit. 1909"' .' 111 N. 9th St. Phen 5529 July 25 Slugfest Shapes Up Next Friday night's flKht card Isn't on Ihe American Legion con vention program but It's an ap propriate opening Inasmuch as Le gion confabs usually inalor In ac tion. The flatlc agenda Is potentially Imidrd. with action and will have home-grown uroduucls In virtually every boul. 'Hie top bout will have Beatlv's Ralph Wiser aiming for recognl Hon as Oregon's best lightweight, the unnlllclal title now held by his opponent. . Odds will probsbly put this down JERRY RENAUD . . term m!n 90 as too big a chore for the Beatlv Bomber. Dartlcuularly after the fight mob a week ago saw Welscr'a loe. Jerrv Renaud. cut Rudy Carl' son into ribbons and iron him face-down once with a sizzling rlnht UDoercui But Weber hss shown over the vears here that he's always dan- gerous wllh either hand. It shapes up as real siugiesi. it s aown for 10 rounds but will probably be less. Ttie seml-wlndnn brings Pat Ma honey back. Mahonev Is Ihe Seattle boy who tnrasnen ruu ronsra on a recent card. He'll face Bruce Miller, who battled to a draw wiin Pollard two (lain cards ago. The aem -wlndiiD Is a slx-rounoer as are tno other bouts In which Matchmaker Mack Llllard is searching opponents for Carlson RUDY CARLSON . , . needt opponent and Darrell Harrington. Two four-rounders will add up to a 38-round menu. Llllard lost the services of Esrl Turner when the Oakland Negro was signed to substitute for Rob ert Vlllemaln against Garth Pan ter. Vlllemaln was still carrying bruises and cuts from the Bobo nWnn flfrht. . This msrks the return to big lime for Turner who is tentatively scheduled to defend his Northwest mlridlewelsht title against either Phil Sampson or Ursal Snapp In ihe near future at the Armorv. Reserved tickets are on sale at Dick Reeder's. 6th and Mam, Wools Lead At Halfway frt. 1.(100 .B73 .7.W .63.1 .1173 .:i73 .210 .139 Orrfnn Wool ....... Tlk-Tok - Malln BIS V rraV.T ,. 9 a ..a s Midland Merrill . 3 J Rnrkata 1 2 WMUrd Hotel I ' Srorat l.ait Klgal RIS Y 36 RnckeU 6 Tlk-Tok boat fray-Tax Iforfalt) The Olrls Softball League ended Its first half of play last night wllh undefeated Oregon Wool holding a squeaky one-game lead over second place Tlk-Tok. Neither played last night but Big Y clobbered Rockets J6-8 In tho onlv game on Conger Field. Tlk-Tok won by forfeit over Fray Tex when the latter team failed to show up wllh enough players. . Non-league action weekend action shows Tlk-Tok sgsinst Alluras to night at 8 o'clock on Conger Field and the Woolles against Dunsmulr in the afterpleoe. A 3 p.m. Sunday game puts the Wools against Lakeview. PARSONS WELDING rl, '. and REPAIR ' Morrill Hlihwey CLOSED IMDEFiNITELY in to th" B" Parioni, US, Russ Rivalry Watched By TKD SMITH HELSINKI m The gigantic 19th Olympic Osmes opened Satur day belore a sellout rsln-soaked crowd of 10,000 wllh Soviet Russia tsklng psrt for the first time. Seventy nations paraded 6.810 athletes and 3.000 officials In lantaatlc splash of color around the red brick running track and onto the emerald green turf of HelMnkrs modernistic stadium. The games were proclaimed open by Juho K. Paasikivl. .president of the Finnish Republic, and Hie Olympic torch atop the stadium's slender 340 foot tower burst Into flsmes kindled by fire relayed across Europe from sacred Mount Olympus ip ureece. Thus the stage was set for dramatic sports rivalry between Russia and the United Stales which up to now has dominated Ihe games alnce their founding at Athens in 1808. The two great powers have the biggest lesms 334 American athletes and nearly 400 Russian. Each is represented In the 17 Olympic sports, except for field hockey. CHKER8 : The parade of athletes around the running track to take up posi tions In solid masses of color be kind their flsgs was accompanied bv cheers from the crowd, some nf uhlrh nnld as hluh as 10.000 fnmerka i28) on the black mar- wct 0r seats. Dark blue predominated, but there was a splash of green for Australia and South Africa, red Blame The Women . . . HELSINKI W The Finns de- fled superstition In choosing Sat urday to open the Olympic Games and everybody got soaked. The Finnish almanac gives every dsy a name Saturday it's 8ara and every day lor ine next weeg the names are feminine. This Is called "women a week" and tradition says It will rain for the next seven days "because It's women who weep. ' An hour before the opening ceremony the skies opened up and rain lasned aown on the Olympic site. "Ah-hah,", said the old-timers, nodding their heads wisely. for Canada, and pale blue and white for the Finnish team. The Russians wore Immaculate white suits with red ties and the Ameri cans had blue jackets, white trou sers, and white caps.' The parade In a drizzle, followed the alphabetical order In Finnish, except that Greece, as always, csme first, and Finland last as the home team. This brought the Netherlands Antilles next after Greece followed by Argentina. Russia which is Neuvostollltto In Finnish was midway In the parade, and the United 8iotes Yhdysvallat at the very end, just aneaa 01 riniana. t CEREMONY The ceremony followed the rigid Olympic protocol, president Paas ikivl spoke the simple words. "J declared the fifteenth Olympic games at Helsinki open," and 3.600 Danish and Swedish homing pigeons circled up as artillery out side the stadium boomed a 31-gun salute. Next the torch was lit, following which massed choirs sang the Olymplo Hymn composed for the occasion by Jaakko Llnjama. Arch bishop Llmarl Salomles pronounced the benediction, and Helkki Sav- olalnen, veteran Finnish Horse man, took the oath on behalf of the world's athletes. RECORD Never before have so many athletes from so many nations vied together on the fields of sport. At London In 1948 the biggest gomes up to then there were 4,106 competitors, 1,164 less than here. Rimrisv starts the competition In track and field the central sport of the games and the whole vast show ends In solemn ceremonies In the same stadium on Sunday, Aug. 3. Bv The Associated Press Toriav a vear ago Citation, the only horse ever to win one million dollars, was mired. Five years ago Bobby Locke of South Africa captured tne Can adian Open Golf tournament with a 36B. - ENJOY A COOL CRUISE ON Klamath Lake ON THE 35 ft. "PELICAN" Moke up your own Potty ' Time arranged to tuit ' . your convtnienco CALL 2-1665 FOR DETAILS MONROE'S MOORAGE 928 FRONT ST. v I ' .:.'.....' .. . ; , . . -i.-Vir" n ilf--:-ri-V '' -A. HIT-HANDY RON OWINGS will be at hit familiar thortttop pott when the champion Cokes holt Medford tomorrow after noon at Gemt Stadium in non-league doubleheader. Medford; Cokes In Rematch The Klamath Cokes are through playing for keeps at least until the Southern Oregon District play offs that open July 25 In North Bend but they return to Gems Stadium tomorrow afternoon. 1:30. against the same Junior Legion team they stepped over to the League 4 crown. Medford got a split with the Cokes last Sunday to hand the Klamath nine its onlv league loss on an eight-game slate. Tomorrow neither game will count but Medford .nonetheless is out to even the series tn lour games they've won one from the champion Cokes. Coach John McOinnls will prob ahlv send his two aces to the mound to keep their arms lim ber when the Cokes shoot for the big Drlie a berth In the State playoffs In the elimination tour nament at north uena. T.act Rnnrtnv Jn Jo George had a bad day and was bombed in a 7-3 opener that sent. Medford Into the second game with a chance to push the quarrel into a playoff lilt. - But Chomp Hatcher had the Medfords eating out ot his hand in Ihe second game that the Cokes won 8-3 to cop tne uuc , Nearly BOO customers saw the Cokes wrap up the title last Sun day: mora are expected tomorrow in their last chance to watch the champions before their trex norm 0.9s . L.cxjuJ W- ACME BUliU WWW dam v ,v ... Nnii(,aal Suburban, Bills In Tie Again STANDINGS W L Pet. 11 1 .917 ll I -S17 1 4 .636 S 7 .417 l a joo Suburban Tavern Elka Matlera Herculoa . Satin Auto t 11 .o&i scarea Laal nifni Metlcri Beat Basin Auto ifortcit) Suburban 21 Herculea a Suburban Tavern and Bill's Place are in a first-place knot again in the Men's City Softball League. Bin s Place regained we leao Wednesday night with a 12-8 win over Metiers while Suburban was Idle. But last night Bill's Place was idle and Suburban took advantage of the circumstance with a resound ing 21-6 victory over Hercules. The Tavernmen piled up 17 runs In the second Inning. First-baseman Bill Sari poled a home run for the Tavern team. Basin Auto forfeited to Metiers, a make-up game from a July 7 washout. Short score: Suburban 2 17 2-21 11 4 Hercules - 1 3 2- 5 4 6 Hemelwrlght and Kl Carrier; Stewart, Palmer and Ken Carrier. TWO MINUTE MILE LOUISVILLE. Ky. lift The first two-minute mile of the 1952 har ness racing season was registered by Direct Rhythm. 4-year-old pacer owned by W. G. Reynolds of Louisville. Ky. S Q)lnlilf1 mm By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE W LPct. New York S3 33 .616 Boston 48 37 .565 Cleveland 48 39 .552 Washington 46 39 .541 unicago 47 42 Mb Philadelphia 37 .468 ,1 I? ! Detroit 28 57 .323 Friday a Remits New York 6 Chicago 3 Boston 9 Cleveland 3 (night) Detroit 2 Philadelphia 1 (night) Washington St. Louis 5 (night) NATIONAL LEAGUE W L PeL Brooklyn 57 22 .722 New York ' 52 30 .634 St. Louis ' 50 38 .568 Chicago ' 44 41 .518 Philadelphia - 41 44 .482 Boston 36 49 .424 Cincinnati ' 35 51 .407 Pittsburgh 25 65 .278 , Friday's Results St. Louis 7 Boston 2 (night) Brooklyn 6 Pittsburgh 2 might) -Philadelphia 7 Cincinnati 5 (night) New York at Chicago, postponed, rain. WESTERN INTERNATIONAL ' W L Pet. Victoria 57 30 .655 Spokane 49 40 .561 Vancouver 41 39 .513 Yakima ' 43 47 .478 Salem 41 45 .477 Lewiston ' ' 39 47 .453 Trl-Citv 39 48 .448 Wenatchee 38 W .433 Friday's Results Yakima 7 Victoria 0 , Lewiston 6 Tri-Clty 4 Salem at Spokane, postponed, rain Vancouver at wenatcnee. post poned, rain. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W L Pet. Hollywood , Oakland San Diego Seattle Los Angeles Portland San Francisco Sacramento 65. 44 .. 96 62 46 .647 61 48 .560 54 50 .519 55 55 .500 48 57 .457 43 65 .398 43 66 ..394 Friday Night's Results Seattle 6-3 Oakland 5-2 Portland 4 Los Angeles 3, innings-. Hollywood 3 San Diego 3 Sacramento. 4 San Francisco 3 Yakima Wins 20 of 26 By The Associated Press Yakima's bouncing Bears, whose 20 wins in the last 26 starts have rival managers mumbling about a saliva test, were back In the first division of the Western Interna tional League Saturday after humb ling the pace-setting Victoria Tyees Friday night, 7-0. , In the onlv other action on tne rain-shortened slate, the Lewiston Broncs made good use of 13 bases on balls to defeat the Tri-City Braves, 6-4. Salem at Spokane and Vancouv er at Wenatchee were postponed as showers spread across north eastern Washington. People DO TOO read small space ads - you are! .HELP ft - Sox Blast Indians1 Brissie By JACK HAND AP Sports Writer Casey Stengel got the horsa laugh with his spring training boast: "I've got the best outfield In the league." Cleveland rushed up to lodge an objection, pointing to its Dal Mitchell-Larry Dobey-Harry Simp son trio. Yankee fans wondered If Stengel had forgotten Joe DIMag glo had retired. Even Stengel weakened and traded two of his outfield crop Jackie Jensen and Archie Wilson with Pitcher 8pec Shea to Washington to get outfield help from Irv Noren. But the averages show old -Case was pretty close to the truth with his first claim about the class ol his New York Yankee outfield. uene woodllng, .335, is second in the American League. Mickey Mantle. .313. Is a sunrinir fifth Honk Bauer, .303 is No. 10 in the Ucni'a Inn 1A V. I , . , . i league's top 10 hitters. Jensen, the b'.g ?" 801 1 seventh SI .MM. Bauer's three-run homer and Woodllng's two-run blast gave the Yanks enough power tor a 6-3 win over Chicago Friday. BLASTED Boston blasted Cleveland's Lou Brissie, making his first start in 13 months, for a 9-2 decision that kept the Red Sox 4 games be hind the Yanks. Despite Marty Marion's desper ate use of 22 players, one short of the league record, his St. Louis Browns lost to Washington, 6-5, on a 15-hit- attack that Included three singles by Jensen. Art Houtteman snapped a nine game losing streak as Detroit edged Philadelphia, 2-1, with the help of Walt Dropo'a fourth inning home run. Before the game, they hn1 an official weigh-in lor little Bobby Shanlr, the A s ace. He weighed 139 !? and stood 5-oot-6 Inches. 11 STRAIGHT ...... Brooklyn continued to belt the National's weaklings, beating Pitts burgh, 6-2. for the 11th straight time.- The Pirates made three errors and cave the Dodgers an other run on a balk by Boh Friend, suffering his 14th loss. me win ooosteo tne Dodgers' lead over the New York Giants, who were rained out In Chicago after holding a 3-0 lead at the end of three Innings. The Brooks' mar gin now Is 6 'i' games. Billy Johnson's first 1952 homer was a base-loaded smash off Max Surkont In St. Louis' 7-3 romp over the Boston Braves.' Harry Bre eheen, winning bis fifth with a six hitter, did not allow a bit after the fourth. The Philadelphia Phillies blew a. four-run lead over Cincinnati and came back with three in the ninth to save a 7-6 win for Jim Kon stanty, third Phil pitcher. Franc Hiller was the loser.. Waterfield , Signs Pacfr LOS ANGELES UH Dispelled Saturday, for two years at least, are the annual fears of Bob Water field fans that the quarterback of the Los Angeles Rams, might re tire or transfer to the Canadian League. For 32-year-old Waterfield, who has led the Rams to two National Football League championships and four divisional titles, was signed to a two-year contract Friday by President Dan Reeves. Expert Gun Repairing and Rebluinq THE GUN STORE HOTELS OSBURN HOLLAND EUGENE, ORE - MEDFORD Thoroughly Modern Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Earley and Joe Earley Proprietors ,PPID CR1 luaBaaBaas.a,