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Show "r - T " ' rrrt ' 4 f i PAGE SIX PROVO (UTAH) SUNDAY HERALD,- SUNflAYr AUGUST - 31r 194f-": --Vl-i isty For Firit UsM Tfik Keeps;Red Birds Flying High " ft- Mek Magna Labor Day In No L Lo0'L&ad ; 11 amps Provo 1 - Here Final 1 Home Stand. Fame and glory, additional financial fin-ancial benefits, and the first half Industrial League title are at stake today for Provo Timps in their playoff game with -Brigham City at 2 p.m. in Tlmp park. ' With Provo fan hungry for a title, a victory today would bring the Timpa added prestige,, and a position in' the championship series ser-ies with the second half winner would mean added monetary returns re-turns for the club. . Torrid Game . Playing for such high stakes, the Timps and Peaches are expected ex-pected to stage one of the most torrid games of the season. Monday, Labor day, the Provo club finishes Its second half schedule against Magna-Garfield at 2:30 p. m. in Tlmp park. A victory for Provo and a defeat for Brigham in its final game of .the season would put the Peaches and Timps into a deadlock for the second half title just where they ended after first half play. In league play tbj year, Provo and Brigham have played six games, with the Peaches scoring victories in four contests. Provo players believe they are handicapped under the lights in Brigham, losing all three contests there this year. In Provo, the Timps have won two and lost one to the Peaches. Clegg To Pitch Southpaw Earl (Spot) Clegg will take the mound for the Timps against the heavy hitting Brigham crew. Deb Dudley will likely start Monday, with Lloyd Shepherd likely to see action in either contest if needed. Brigham has been playing excellent ex-cellent ball lately, having lost only one game in its last , eight starts. Sou thy Franz, Larry Steinbeck, Occie Evans, Bill Cowley;, Cow-ley;, Dee Hancey and others give the Peaches a hard-hitting outfit that is always dangerous. Better Defensive Club . Provo has a better defensive uuu atiu imny a a guuu an onen- sive team.: What's more, the Timps have . a knack of coming Championship BASEBALL TODAY . . 2 p. m. Provo Timps vs. Brigham Peaches Playoff Game for First Half Title Monday . . 2:30 PROVO TIMPS vs. MAGNA-GARFIELD MAGNA-GARFIELD Final Home Game Tir.ip PAnit H1IID! 1E.1 E 1 J m inning mesaay, hepi. zna We Will Be At Our UevL Address 250 I'JEST "CEHTEni ST. (USE TAYLOR BR6S. ENTRANCE) Where We Will Continue to Serve Our Customers With All Types ot NEW "and USED MERCHANDISE 250 West Center Use Taylor Bros. Entrance from behind that has won them many ball games this year. Provo's lineup in both games will find Don Overly behind the plate, Lan Page at first base, Lee Christiansen at second base, Glen Berge at shortstop, LaVar Kump at third base, and Shorty Shurtliff, Fran Dudley, and Lee Bird in the outfield. Hogan Leads Golf Field HERSHEY, Pa., Aug. 30 (UJJ Ben Hogan shot his third straight sub-par round a 69 in the Her-shey Her-shey open golf tournament today for a 54-hole total of 205. Lloyd Mangrum, Monterey Park, Calif., turned in a 70 which gave him a 54-hole total of 208 three behind Hogan. Denny Shute had a 70 for 211, and Jack Grout, Pitts ton, Pa., turned in a 69 for 212. Clayton Heafner, Linvllle, N. C., professional, had a 71 for a 54-hole 54-hole total of 214. Terl Johnson, Norristown, Pa., shot 76 for 217. Williams Holds Lead In Hitting NEW YORK, Aug. 30 U.R) Ted Williams, slugging Red Sox outfielder, continues to breeze along atop the American League batting list, but he is having a hard fight to keep his average above the golden T400 mark, which no major leaguer has achieved for a full season in 16 years. Williams is hitting .407. according accord-ing to figures released today. This is far above his nearest rival, Cecil Travis of Washington, Washing-ton, who has .364, but it is Seven Sev-en points below Williams' figure of last week. IiV'the National -league, Johnny Hopp, Cardinal outfielder, leads for the third straight week. He has a four-point margin over Nick Etten of the Phillies. Howard Krlst, rookie righthander right-hander of the Cardinals, continues con-tinues to pace National circuit pitchers with a perfect record of nine straight victories. Meanwhile, Mean-while, in , the American league, Lefty Gomez, Yankee veteran, took over the lead. His comeback come-back campaign has netted 12 straight victories against four defeats. Leads in other departments follow: Runs: (A) DiMaggia, Yankees, Yan-kees, 113; (N) Hack, Cubs. 93. Hits: (A) Travis, Senators, 179; (N) Hack, Cubs, 154. Doubles: (A) DiMagglo, Yankees, Yan-kees, and Judnich, Browns, 38; (N) Reuser, Dodgers, 36. Triples: (A) Travis, Senators, 16;. (N) Fletcher, Pirates, 10. Home runs: (A) Keller, Yankees, Yan-kees, 32; (N) Camilli, Dodgers, 27. Runs batted in: (A) DiMaggio, Yankees, 112; (N) Mize, Cardinals, Cardin-als, 92. Stolen bases: (A) Case, Senators, Sena-tors, 21; (N) Frey, Reds, 15. LONDON: British planes Taided Frankfurt and Mannheim in Germany's Ger-many's western industrial area heavily during the night, and a large force of bombing and fighting fight-ing planes made a sweep over the French invasion coast by daylight day-light today. A' m . A -- - St. - Phone 25 EfWI ! pifa, VI i ,. li" : JBAT77NG &AYS AAMW?E HAS BN KFS&W OP CARDS FOR-fTVF CXMPAGAJS....TH& OUTtr TUMBLES WHEAT OUT.. ...iVEAT ATV LOSING S7KEM PMA HEBOX HSHAAD THS YEW.., UTAH COUNTY HORSE SHOW DRAWS LARGE CROWD -2D DAY A highlight of the Utah county fair was the fourth annual horse show, which attracted more than 7000 inersons "during its three-night stand, according to H. Grant Ivins, president of the Timpanogos Sad dle club,' which sponsored the event. Although awards in Friday's competition were evenly divided, the R. H. Hayward stables of Provo and Guy Ivins of Pleasant View each captured honors in two events. Highland Beauty Ann. owned by Ralph Hayward, captured the model two-ye"ar-old division, and Black Gamin, ridden by Geniel Hayward, won second in the ladies three-gaited event. Young Ivins, who took a had spill Thursday in the opening events, won the ftve-galted division, divi-sion, riding The Bishop. Whirlwind, Whirl-wind, ridden by Ivins, won second in the Utah county children's class, with Sonny Boy, owned and ridden by Paul Turner of Provo, taking first. Model 2-year-olds Highland Beauty Ann, owned by R. H. Hayward Hay-ward of Provo, first; Sonja Highland, High-land, owned by E. I Hansen of Provo, second. Model yearlings Royal Peavlne. owned by Mrs. H. E. Baker of Salt Lake City, first. Open jumpers Nauvoo, owned and ridden by Blaine Glassman of Ogden, first; Blue Boy, owned by A. W. Morrison of Salt Lake City and ridden by Mr. Springer, second; sec-ond; Klipper Queen, owned by J. L. Morrison of Salt Lake City and ridden by Gene Livingstone, third. Junior flve-gaited 12 Romance, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Woolley of Ogden and ridden by Vic Adams, first; Sunshine, owned by C. L. Hayward of Bountiful and ridden by J. p. Stephens, -second; Midnight's Chance, owned and ridden, by -Phil Dix of Ogden, third. Ladies' three-gaited Earl of Edgemont, owned by Horace A. Sorenson of Salt Lake City and ridden by Beth Ann Sorenson, first; Black 'Gamin, owned byR. H. Hayward of Provo and ridden FLUORESCENT FIXTURES! 2 Light Kitchen Lighfsy Coinplefe :.: . PEC51 ELECTmC 46 NORTH UNIVERSITY by Geniel Hayward, second; Lady Angelo, owned by Charles P. Rudd of Salt Lake City and ridden by Veca Baker, third. Utah county children Sonny Boy, owned and ridden by Paul Turner of Provo, first; Whirlwind, owned and ridden by Guy Ivins of Provo, second; Pepper, owned and ridden by Bun Taylor of Provo, third. Five-gaited The Bishop, owned and ridden by Gus Ivins, first; Lady Eyre, owned and ridden by Walter L. Roche of Salt Lake City, second; Wasatch Clipper, owned and ridden by Don Hard-man Hard-man of Salt, Lake Ctiy, third. Novice fine harness Sunshine, driven by Mr. Stephens, first; owned by C. L. Hayward and Wasatch Clipper, owned and driven driv-en by Mr. Hardman, second. - Musical chains Tlpperary. owned own-ed and ridden by Sanford T. Eklns of Provo, first; Trigger, owned and ridden by Vern Ward of Provo, second. ' Devil Diver, Mates Score Grand Slam In Hopeful Stakes SARATOGA SPRINGS. N. Y., Aug. 30 UE The three-play entry en-try the Devil DTVer, Shut Otit and Amphitheatre-carrying the silks of Mrs. Payne Whitney and her daughter, Mrs. Charles Payson scored a grand slam in the thirty seventh running of the 140,000 Hopeful stakes today. A - crowd of 20,000 persons at Saratoga race track saw Devil Diver slip into the lead after the first furlong then retain command the rest of the way to score by a length and three quarters over bis stablemate, Shut Out. Am phitheatre, who runs for Mrs. Pay son, was another length and half behind for third. , A fourth . Whitney horse, Buster, Bus-ter, who is "owned by Mrs. Payne Whitney's son, John H. Whitney, was fourth in the field of eight , PHONE 418 6 CINCINNATI, Aug. ,80- (OB Lonnie Warneke, veteran pitcher of the St. Louis Cardinals, threw a no-hit game against the Cincinnati Cincin-nati Reds ' today, and earned ' a victory that sent the Cards ahead In ' the National league pennant fight. The score was 2 to 0. ' The long, lead hurler, who needs about a week's rest between' his starts these days, walked one man. Nobody reached second base against him. It was the first time in all his years ' of pitching that Warneke had been able to break through into baseball's magic circle of no-hit no-hit pitchers. " - The Card's victory, coupled with the New York Giants' twin vio tory over the Brooklyn Dodgers, gave the St Louis Cardinals a slim lead in the race. ' Mel Ott homered in the eighth inning of the first game to give the. Giants a 4-3 . triumph over the Brooks, and Fiddler Bill Mc-Gee Mc-Gee twirled the New York club to a 5-1 win in the nightcap to drop Brooklyn out of first place. In other National league games, the Chicago Cubs trounced Pittsburgh, Pitts-burgh, 4-1. New York stretched its league lead to 18V4 games in the American Ameri-can league by turning back Washington, 8-1, while St. Louis was upsetting Chicago, 10-1. Detroit, with Buck Newsom hurling effective ball, turned back Cleveland, 7-8. Boston beat Philadelphia Phila-delphia 12-3, with Bobby Doer and Ted Williams connecting for homers ho-mers and leading a 12-hit attack. AXIS CLAIMS (Continued from Page One) ports were premature. Kuwia Pledged 'Aid 2 A declaration by British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden that all aid would be given by Russia and Britain to Turkey should current threats of a German Ger-man blow to the southeast develop, de-velop, and that British and American war production must be speeded up to meet the victory demands of a conflict engulfing the whole world. 3 An authorized German 4 statement that the meeting of Adolf 'Hitler and Benito Mussolini Musso-lini at the -eastern front emphasized empha-sized that British and American influence must be eliminated from the European continent. Replying Reply-ing to the -Roosevelt - Churchill declaration, the Nazis said the Axis intended to frustrate the plans of London and Washington to exercise "police" power in Europe and "pump life" into Bolshevism by war shipments to the Red army. Virginio Gayda said in Rome that the Germans intended to go only as far as the Urals in Russia, 1500 miles beyond be-yond the present front. On the fighting front, the Red army reported that in the central sector its counter offensive was beating into the German secondary second-ary defenses, forcing the Nazis to dig in and bring up reserves. Moscow said the enemy had lost heavily in fighting on the central sector and in repeated - vain attacks at-tacks on the impenetrable" defenses de-fenses of Odessa, where the entire en-tire population' aided in turning the city into a bastion. German claims centered on furious fighting around the Gulf of Finland, where the Finns reported re-ported they ' had trapped - large Russian army units in the capture of . VlipurL The Nazis said that there had been a new "Dunkirk" as Russians sought to . evacuate Tallinn but ran head-on into a COME TO . PAYSON,'-,UTi&H for 4 '-fJ as 14th Annual-Golden Annual-Golden Onion Days and Homecoming: TODAY - TOMORROW - TUESDAY featuring--, . . - - juv "i?t3zr PAYSQN'S FAMOUS HOKLSE M&CES CEUEBAPjROGRAM: Aug. 31stHomecjDmlng pay; Sept 1st Horse Races, Labor DayParade, r , and Dances.' V;VK Sept. 2nd Horse Races, Junior Parade, Dances. 3 Baj- 4 Nights of Glorious : Commission List? Hunting Seasons ,.. . . - SALT tiAKE CITY, Aug. SO OLE) Thestate fish and game commission com-mission announced today the opening open-ing of the season for hunting elk and deer in Utah forests. The open season on elk was set from Nov. 7 to Nov. 16, Inclusive, with a catch limit of one animal for each hunter. The doe . deer season will be from Oct. 18 to Oct. 2l The Buck Deer season will remain the same as last year. Officials of the commission said 800 elk permits will be available to big game hunters in the state, and application for the permits must be received by October 13. Territories open to elk hunters and the number of permits available avail-able are: Cache, 75 male, 75 hornless; horn-less; Heaston, 15 male, 10 hornless Nebo, 225 male; Mantl, 150 male, 150 hornless; Fish Lake, 50 male, 50 hornless. Applications for deer' hunting llcneses were to be taken from the opening of the season to the close of the season in any of the county court houses in the following locals: lo-cals: Logan, Ogden, Castle Dale, Montlcello, Beaver, St. George Heber, Tooele, Mantl, Fillmore and Richfield. Jht ; Pioneer League w L 44 44 51 59 65 81 Pet. .629 .607 .553 AOS .435 .289 Boise 73 Ogden 68 Salt Lake 63 Pocatello . 48 Idaho Falls 49 Twin Falls 33 Friday's Results Boise 6, Salt Lake 5. Twin Falls 5, Idaho Falls 6 Pocatello 7-6, Ogden. 1-9. German mine field and were simultaneously attacked by heavy bombing squadrons. Flames were reported roaring in the heart of Tallinn on the Estonian Es-tonian side of the gulf, as well as at Viipuri, which for centuries has been a frequent battlefield in the north, and which Russia took from Finland in the 1939 war. Axis sources also reported that the fall of Hango, isolated Soviet naval base on the southwest Finnish Fin-nish coast, was expected soon. Although the luftwaffe continued con-tinued heavy assaults and the Russians reported heavy fighting all along the eastern front the German encirclement of Lenin grad seemed to be still virtually stalled Dy fierce Red army re sistance around the city which yielded ground only at a high ion. Nazi claims that the Lenin grad-Moscow railroad had been cut and that Germans were only au miles from the former Czarist capital still lacked official con firmation at Berlin. Elsewhere on the eastern front, the Red army was pressing its counterorrensive in the Gomel area of the central sector, -and reported steady progress, which Germany's lack of news regard- ing Nazi thrusts southeastward from Gomel seemed to confirm. The Russians reported ' three im portant victories in which they said that six German dlvisons of perhaps .90.000 men had been de feated with heavy losses, ,but railed to give details of positions In one battle, near a Uk ran lan town designated as "K," possibly Kiev, tne uermans were reported to nave lose lO.ouo men. HERALD- TTTY Riggs Is In'National By HARRY FERGUSON . NEW YORK, Aug. SO (UP) Scattered Scat-tered paragraphs containing scattered scat-tered thoughts: The firing started in the National Nation-al Tennis singles at Forest Hills Saturday and here is the way the experts - size up . the , situation: Bobby Rlggs, despite an Indifferent Indiffer-ent season so far, is the man to beat in the men's competition. Frank Kovaca and Don McNeill, defending champion, are the, ones likely to give him the . most trouble.. Kovacs and McNeill are In the top bracket and probably will collide in the semi-final. Riggs should sail through the bottom bracket if he sticks to business. Among the women, hard-hitting Pauline Betz is rated the best chance to win and her competition probably will come from Sarah Palfrey Cooke. An out-of-town sports writer made his first visit to Ebbets field during the recent Cardinals-Dodgers doings. He wanted to check up on all those stories about how screwy the Brooklyn fans behave whenever the beloved bums get within shouting distance bf a pennant. pen-nant. A wee bit skeptical when he started for the ball park, he rapidly became convinced when he saw the Brooklyn fans in action. "I am now going to sit down," he said, "and write a piece saying that if Brooklyn wins the jpennant the world series, for the first time in history, will be played outside of the United States of America. Never saw anything like this before be-fore in this country." Forty-three for 18 holes Is now the best score in the nation-wide Peter Dawson ringer golf tournament. tourna-ment. Two Pennsylvania clubs the Overlook Country club of Lancaster, and the Alcoma golf club of Wilklnsburg are tied for the lead. The score is computed . by taking the best ball of a team of club members on each hole. Tlla HfUotAAl. m1..K w&iwn tiuu iiau viic in its 43 and Alcoma had two. The postponement of the heavyweight heavy-weight championship fight until Sept. 29 Isn't going to improve Lou Nova's chances against Joe Louis. Nova was almost ready to fight when he came out of the Maine woods about a fortnight ago, and the big danger now is that he will go stale tofore he gets into the ring. Bobby LEARN TO FLY! IVs Easy! It's Safel It's Enjoyable! AMERICA'S SAFEST Flying is not for just a selected few. Anyone with .normal reactions can learn to pilot an airplane. Modern small family type airplanes now available along with government standardized standard-ized instructors and good airports bring flying for business and pleasure to the average man and woman. Yes, Why Not Learn to Pilot Your Own Airplane T SPECIAL 4 WEEKS COURSE AT PROVO AIRPORT I Between the summer and autumn C. A. A, flying programs, opportunity will be available for. 20 men and .women to com plete a student flying course at the Provo Airport using new airplanes and C. A. A. instructors, (with no other expense). This special course for 363.00 will consist of ground instruction, instruc-tion, 16 actual flying lessons, a physical examination, a log book, and Civil Air Regulations Manual all of which are required for a student license. Upon completion, the average person can then fly alone! 'w i.ik. -.- .. .. ,. h ' , fi;.;iVr. -";-.:J.- OaU at. Provo. Airport or Fbone Provo 058-Jl for JleservaUons OWN YOUR AIRPLANE AND PLY! New and Used ft hips available at Provo Airport $675.00 to (2500.00 -Guaranteed and Government Licensed "Free flying Course With Each New Airplane" CALL PROVO 058-Jl orCALL AT PROVO AIRPORT - l 17 s. I I W k 111 i I i Man To Beat Tennis Tourney WOMEN'S GOLF TOURNEY SET , Provo city women's golf championships cham-pionships will be held beginning Tuesday, September 9, according to Karl Schneiter, Provo pro. Qualifying rounds must be played this next week. Competition will be held in A, B, and C divisions, with awards to go to winners of each flight. Grand finals in the directors' cup competition for men will likely like-ly begin next week, and the Red and Blue team tourney is sched-' uled later in the season. Other events still unfinished are the August Au-gust leg of the directors' cup, the men's city tourney, and the husband hus-band and wife play, which is slated later in the season. 'American League : W L Pet. New York ,. 87 44 .664 Chicago 68 62 .523 Boston 67 62 .519 Cleveland 64 62 .50H Detroit 61 88 .473 Philadelphia 56 71 .441 St Louis 55 72 .433 Washington 54 71 .432 Saturday's Results New York .8, Washington 1. Detroit 7, Cleveland 3. St Louis 10, Chicago 1. Boston 12, Philadelphia ST T Friday's Results St.' Louis 5, Chicago 2. . i National League ! , m W L Pet St. Louis . . .'. . . 80 45 .640 Brooklyn 81 46 .638 Cincinnati 69 53 .566 Pittsbugrh 67 57 ' .540 New York 60 65 .480 Chicago 56 72 .438 Boston 51 73 .411 Philadelphia 35 88 .285 Saturday's Results New York 4-5, Brooklyn 3-l St. Louis 2, Cincinnati 0. Chicago 4, ; Pittsburgh 1. Friday's Results Brooklyn 5, New York 1. The beaver is a mammal. TRANSPORTATION! |