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Show Provo, Gemainnie Salt Lake Win ... " 1 -9 Indian Sign on WAACS U. S. Navy Grid Teams Must Play In Own Districts Shepherd Holds Millmen In Check As Timps Cop 6th Straight Win, 12 - 1 Ailiarv Grace Thorr rt91ifrtiAi. f Tim Ttiin M 5 J " Jf f W W. famous Indian athlete, throws out-of-season for- m ward pass at Third WAAC Training .Center! Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. 9" INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE VV. L. Pet. provo . 6 0 1.000 (iemmell 4 S .571 Magna S 4 .429 Salt Lake S 4 .429 A!r Base 3 5 .375 1 1 rig ham City 2 5 .286 SUNDAY'S RESULTS Provo 12, Magna 1. Salt Lake 14, Brigham 3. (iemmell 6, Air Base 5. (No games Wednesday) IJoyd Shepherd, hard-working Frovo pitcher, is onr of the biggest big-gest reasons why the Timps are ' riding along in first place in the .Industrial league second half, two and a half games ahead of the pack. Shepherd won his fifth straight triumph Sunday as theTimps won a surprisingly easy 12-1 decision over the first half champions, Magna-Garfield, before one of the largest crowds of the season. Four of nils fivf straight have been in second half play. He hasn't lost a game since Howard Stone, Brigham City ace, decisioned him on June 27 near conclusion of the first half. Since then h" has defeated Ogden. Cam-mo Cam-mo 1, Air Base, brigham and Magna Mag-na in that order. His best effort was a one-hitter against the Air Base nine. Sixth For Timps Shepherd's victory ovnr Mana-tlarfield Mana-tlarfield Sunday, together with a couple of decisions racked up by Karl (Spot) Clegg, twirling star of the first half, gives the Timps six consecutive victories in second half play and seven straight counting count-ing their exhibition win over Gem-mell. Gem-mell. Lanell Jarkman, Provo's 1S-year-oild rookie, started the game but was retired after two-thirds of an inning with one run in when he walked his second man of tne stanza. Shepherd allowed only four hits the rest of the game, never more than one in an inning He received errorless support from his mates, who came up with some brilliant plays. Ralph Crowton, starting Mill-man Mill-man pitcher, was pulled in favor of Lee Johnson after four and two-thirds innings after giving up four hits, five walks, and nine runs. Four Magna errors, including includ-ing a two-run miscue by himself, led to his downfall, but the blow which sent him to the showers was Georgp Hall's home run over the left field wall with one aboard. Magna's lone run, scored off .'ackman, rime when "'1o .valked, stole second, took third on a wild pitch, and raced home m Occie Evans' infield out, a high, slow bounder td Glen Bere. Provo clinched the game in the "econd inning with a fivo-run uprising up-rising on two hits, two errors bv n&, and a couple of bases on balls. Ernie Jensen led off with a single but was forced at second by Berge. Hall lived on nn infi' error. Don Overly's single scored Berge. and Shepherd waked to toad the tags. Crowton walked in a' run by issuing a pass to Bird. Lee Christiansen forced Overly at the plate, Crowton to Don Ras-mussen. Ras-mussen. and then SheDherd. Bird and Christiansen scored when Occie Oc-cie Evans and Johnny Evans collided col-lided as both tried to catch LaVar Kump's difficult fly to right center. cen-ter. Four more. ProVo runs scored in the fifth. vAfterwalking Christiansen Chris-tiansen aiyf Kump, who were sacrificed along: by Page, Crowton Crow-ton fell all-over Ernie Jensrti's grounder to the box; theft threw wildly to first 'and Chris and Kump tallied. Berge was hit by a pitched ball, but was out trvlnsr to steal second, and then If all poled his home run, with Jensen scoring ahead of him. The next two runs came in thr sixth off Johnson. She-H wo'.-ed. wo'.-ed. Bird singled, and Christiansen beat out a bunt to load the bags with none down. Kump forced Christiansen, Moesser to Call, but Shepherd scored on the play. Bird scored alter Pee'p f i Occie Evans, but Occie rifled the ball to Cowley in time to nao Kump at third base for the third out. Hall singed, moved to second when Overly walked, and scored on Shepherd's single for the final limp run in the seventh. Overly and Hall each collected two hits for top honors at bat. In other games Sunday, Gem- 1 Be more sparing but keep on sharing StiimyIieooe y 55 Kentucky Straight Bourbon H "CZ1EERFVL ZS , A&MTS.A 1 SowfBs WAt NOTIt-Oor come from resenrt :'' V Zr" j ,.90-4 Proof NsUonsl is r . mell edged Salt Lake Air Base. 6-5 as Pop Griffin scattered 12 Wings' hits and decisioned Dewey Melton, and Pinney moved into a tie for third place by blasting blast-ing Brigham, 14-3. Box score: MAGNA Ab. H. O. A. Moesser, ss 4 0 2 6 Call, 2b 3 1 2 4 Facer, lb 4 1 10 0 O. Evans, cf 4 0 3 2 Cowley, 3 b 3 1 1 0 J. Evans, rf 3 0 0 0 Mattson, If. . . . : 4 0 3 0 Rasmussen, c 3 0 3 1 Crowton, p . 2 1 0 3 Johnson, p 1 0 0 2 x Archibald 1 1 0 0 Totals . 32 5 24 18 :rovo Ab. H. O. A Bird, cf 4 1 5 0 Christiansen, 2b 3 1 2 2 Kump, 3b 4 0 1 Z Page, lb 4 0 12 1 E. Jensen, If 4 1 2 ' Brooks, If 0 0 0 0 Berge, ss 3 0 0 i Hal, rf 4 2 1 0 Overly, c 3 2 3 0 Jackman, p o 0 0 0 Shepherd, p 2 1 1 1 Totals 31 8 27 11 Score by innings: Magna 100 000 000 1 Provo 050 042 10xV. Summary. Runs Call, Bird 2. Christiansen 2, Kump. Jensen, Berge Hall 3. Shephed 2. Errors -Crowton, Cowley, O. Evans, Call. Stolen bases Call, Kump. Sacrifice Sacri-fice hit Page. Two base hit--Crowton. Three base hit Call. Home run Hall. Runs tatted in O. Evans, Overly, Kump 2, Hall 2, Page, Shepherd. Innings pitched pitch-ed by Jackman 2-3; Shepherd 8 1-3; Cowton 4 2-3; Johnson 31-3 Hits off- Jackman 1, Shepherd 4, Crowton 4, Johnson 4. Wild pitches Jackman, Crowton. Bases on balls off Jackman 2, Crowton 5, Johnson 2. Struck out by Shepherd 2. Crowton 1. Hit by pitched ball Berge by Crowton. Winning pitcher Shepherd. Losing Los-ing pitcher Crowton. Umpires Etahlin and Santistevan. "Satchel" Paige StillEffective CHICAGO. Aug. 2 '(U.R) Irw (Satchel) Paige turned in a characteristic performance on the mound yesterdav as the West defeated the East in the nth annual Negro all-star base- oaii classic. Paige, Negro baseball's great est pitcher, worked the first tnree innings for the West and was forced to pitch to only 10 hitters. He struck out four men, walked one, and did not allow a hit. A crowd of 51.273 the largest to witness a ball game in Chicago Chi-cago for two years crammed Qomiskey park, and about 10,000 omers were turned away. Salt Lakers Win Best Ball Title OGDEN, Utah, Aug. 22 (U.E The El Monte amateur best bal1 '"olf championship today went tr Choc Broome and Ed Perry of Salt Lake's Forest Dale club aft they shot a combined 69 to defeat Arnold Goff and Gn Burt. Bon neville club. Salt Lake, in a special playoff match. Goff and Burt haa trouble on the last two holes and ended with a 71, one over par. MURTAUGH INDTTOTRn PHILADELPHIA, Aug; 2 (U.P 3econd Baseman Dannv Mnr- taugh of the Philadelphia Phillies -eports to his Chester, Pa., draft joard tomorrow for induction into the army. ' TO JOIN GIANTS CAMILLL Allen ST. LOUIS, Aug. 2 (U.R) First Baseman Dclph Camllli and Veteran Vet-eran Pitcher Johnny Allen, new members of the Giants after swap with the Brooklyn Dodgers, expected to leave he're today to join their new team in New York. They, came to the Giants in a deal for Joe Orengo, Bill Lohrman and Bil Sayles. Whiskey BRAND diitlllerict are engsged la tho pro- Mocks, i DUUllcr Iducu Corp4 N. Y. 'A 4 - J Today's SPORT PARADE By OSCAR FRALEY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Aug. 2 (U.H) Hoofing around tSfe sports beat: They say anything can happen in Brooklyn and usually does. So the Flatbush sfaitjiful won't be too surprised when Uieir football dodgers came up with a touch of Texas in their play this fall. Attribute it to a drawling character named Pete Cawthon, former Texas Tech coach who has taken over and promises: '1 came from a section where they throw the ball around and I'm going to give you a show." The confident Cawthon is happy over his change to be a pro coach. 'When you lose three -games in college they start looking for a new coach," he explained. "In the pro league they look for new players." We hope Pete doesn't count, on this, because Brooklyn is a land apart ... One year ago today 'the base-hall base-hall Dodgers were nine games In front in the National league pennant pen-nant race . . . We'll pick the Yankees over the Cards in the 1943 world series . and speaking of the Cards, they could use Country Slaughter when the October shuttle service starts between St. Louis and New. York.' He's hitting .474 in 41 games for a Cadet Center team in a San Antonio service league. Al Foreman of Montreal, who retired nine years ago as undefeated unde-feated lightweight champion of the British Empire, is training at 39 to be an aerial gunner in the RAF. In 16 years in the ring, Foreman lost oTiljr-seven of 327 fights ... An increasing numbor of Major Ma-jor league hurlers are using the sweat ball first cousin to a spit ball despite the efforts of the men in blue. A quick brush across a sweating brow and the fingertips finger-tips are wet enough to make the ball act like a nervous jitterbug. Look for Francisco (Pancho) fegura, the Uttle-Eucadorian with the two-handed attack, to walk off with the' National Singles Tennis Ten-nis . championship at Forest Hills next -month. He has hit new eights in a busy campaign and there doesn't seem to be anyone ound who pan halt him. Even If defending champion Ted Sch-rooeier, Sch-rooeier, second seeded Franklie Hrker and taird ranking Gardner Mulloy, all in the service, can got leaves of absence they won't In fthaoe to tussle with the little lit-tle gay from the, Andes. . . Paul Derringer of the Cubs needs only four more triumphs to become the third active National Na-tional iearue ipitcher to win 200 games. King Carl .Hubbell and fat Freddie Fitzsimmons already are past that mark ... Charles Gehringer, former Tiger second baseman named he American leao-ue's most valuable player in 1937, has a higher honor now. He's a Naval lieutenant -assigned as an instructor tp .. the St. Mary's, Calif., "pre-flight school. . . And what" happened to' those Major league pennant "races?" Latin America has less than half million trucks in operation, but highways are being built there twice as fast as they were in the United States in 1920. Combined state highway, obligations obliga-tions for 39 atates i top $2,433,900-000, $2,433,900-000, of which NewYork's $477.-927,709 $477.-927,709 is the largest and Idaho's $289,834 the smallest. DiMaggio Pulls Big Crowd But Fans Boo As Yankee Clipper Draws Walks By MURRAY MOLER United Press Staff Correspondent If Joe DiMaggio ever is looking look-ing for a job, he can have his pick of sports opportunities in the Intermountain West. That was proven over the weekend when more than 13.000 fans turned turn-ed out to see the former Yankee clipper, now a corporal in the Air Force play two exhibition games in Utah. The scores and progress of the games, in Salt Lake City and Ogden, were virtually incidental. The fans turned out to see Di-Mag Di-Mag and that's all there was to it. At each break of the game, swamrs of kids and in saying kids, no particular age limit is set piled onto the field or toward to-ward the dugouts to get Joe's autograph. The fans still in the stands appreciated the kids interest in-terest and booed when Military Police had to chase the autograph auto-graph chasers off the field. As far as the two games went, the brand of baseball was only fair. Corporal DiMaggio and his colleagues from the Santa Ana, Cal., air base downed the Salt Lake airbase Wines. 13 to 7, Sat urday night, then went to vOgr den Sunday night to nose out an all-star service team, 6 to 5. At Salt Lake City, more than 8500 fans the largest baseball crowd in Utah history saw the game. DiMag got only one real hit. a smacking double, but was walked three times, twice deliberately, delib-erately, a fact that drew the displeasure dis-pleasure of the crowd, which didn't care who won but did want to see if DiMag could top the Community park fence. At Ogden, Dimaggio did better1 bet-ter1 he got three hits in five trips, to .the delight of the 4500 Circus Coming,, Cloivns 'n All If The circus is coming ! The Big Show, Cole Brothers, with literally hundreds of spang' leland features including a gorgeous gor-geous new pageant, and dozens upon dozens of circus stars, head as they- are by the famous Han- nef ord Family of bareback. riding marvels with "Poodles r'. Hanne if ord, the greatest of all riding comedians, is scheduled to ex hlbit here August 11 at the old auPort. & Nearly 1,000 people are Hated under, the big show's banners this year and among them 350men and women , arenic stars -and performers, per-formers, most of whom will be new to circus patrons. -- A? new. and enlarged: big ,top, restyled in 'indigo-blue ' canvas, said to be the most ' gorgeous big top ever built, and a big double menagerie filled .with wild jungle beasts from all parts' -at the world, ' together? with numerous other.-1943 circus thrills',. ,;anark fids season's visit of the big show. . . V ' - ' - -'f -The performances open '.with a gorgeous super-spectacle entitled, JThe Conquest of " Coronado" inf which hundreds - of people and fans. Another feature of the Ogden Og-den game was the work on the Santa Ana squad of Bob and Dick Adams, former members of the Ogden Reds of the war-defunct Pioneer league. All proceeds from both games went to Army relief fund. Cox Tells Why He Fired Bucky PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2 (U.R) Philadelphia Phillies fans today to-day examined the explanation of club president William D. Cox in the dismissal of Manager Stanley Stan-ley (Bucky) Harris. Cox read his statement in a hotel room last night. It contained con-tained 2,000 words and he admitted ad-mitted having toiled over it most of the day. In it the fiery club president said that Harris had told the club's board of directors that if they were not satisfied with his work to get another manager; that Harris had refused to iron out fielding difficulties with the Statement that he 'was not "running "run-ning a school for ball players, and that Harris called Phillies plavers "jerks'." Cox said Harris admitted not knowing why the Phillies started sliding down the cellar door after a " good start ,and that he did not know what to do about it. Finally," the president said, Harris Har-ris toid him he would not confer with him at the club office on the purchase of sale of players, or anything else, and if Cox wanted to see him, he could do so "on the bench before each i game. animals take part and' the en tire production is highlighted by the silvery voice of Florence Ten nyson, the noted opera star, and a huge assemblage of vocalists FA huge menagerie, one of the finest ' and "most complete in Ahierjca is another outstanding feature this year. Three " great neras or elephants, great lines or camels, zebras, tiny Shetland ponies, buffalo, yaks,, and many stranee beasts tosether with numerous bstby animals will, be round on view. ; i Great " stars from alt " big-top callings participate in the long and varied program. . -And, of special interest to the youngsters, there will be an even 60 ' internationally - known clowns on hand at each performance headed by Otto Greibling, prob ably the - best known funster in 'America, Arthur Borella and his troupe of laugh provokers in. new skits, and many others who are known v the .world over.. And, a real -clown band will be thrown in for, good measure,---and, what a band it is.'' ' . ' "'Perfdrmances will be given , at 3tand 8 p. m. -with . the main gates opening at 2 and 7 p. m. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 U.P A directive issued by Secretary Frank Knox today limited Navy service teams to playing games with aggregations inside their own national collegiate athletic association as-sociation areas. U. S. naval academy teams were specifically exempted from the ruling. . , Under the terms of the directive, a navy team from South CarolinJ would be forced to select as its opponnent some club within the third N. C. A. A. district. In addition, addi-tion, games between service teams would have to be played at the home grounds of one of them. Students . enrolled in the V-12 college training program who participate par-ticipate in intercollegiate athletics, Knox rulled, may do so only as representatives of the college they attend, and not the navy. The regulations were outlined by Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs, chief of navy personnel, in a New York address. Questions arising under the new ruling must be submitted sub-mitted to him. Commanding officers of naval units which have already schedul ed games that conflict with the terms of the directive were instructed in-structed to contact Jacobs for a decision. Hibley Linksters Beat Provo, 22-5 At Salt Lake City Provo and Nibley park golfers today scheduled a return match at the Garden city course August 29, following Sunday's invitational contest in which the Nibleys won a 22-5 decision in a best ball match tourney on their own links. Four pairs of 68's were carded during the match. The best scores were racked up by C. O. Jensen and Chick Shriner of Provo, Oeorge Cordery and Roy Peck, Len Simmons and Doc Mason, and Carl Weiler and Roy Rindfleish of Nibley. The scores: Provo John Memering and 4 Marion Halliday, 2; C. S. Bean and Shine Snow, 9; Bill Johnston and Cloyd Booth, 0; Ray Johnson and Bob Jordan, 0; Charles Shriner Shrin-er and C. O. Jensen, 3; Doc Wolf and Lee Snarr, 0; George Shaw and H. W. Bartlett, 0; Len Johnson John-son and Don Allen, 0; Lee Brad-way Brad-way and A. E. Choept, 0; A. L. Carter and Jay Bench, 0. Total 5. Nibley Chet Crowley and John Allen, 0;GLen Simmons apd Doc Mason, 3; Karl Weiler and Roy Rindfleish, 3; Ralph Backman and Joe Brown, 3; J. H. Peterson and Marve Bradford, 0; Ray Marsh and Joe Sloan, 2; Roy Marsh Jr. and Joe L. Christensen, 2; Roy Peck and George Cordery, 3; Darrell Scheller and Tom Kinghorn, 3; Walt Harris Sr. and Ab Johnson, 3. Total, 22. Hagg Runs Final U. S. Race Aug. 11 NEW YORK, Aug. 2 U.R NEW YORK, aug. 2 U.R) Guilder Guil-der Hagg, who makes the next appearance of his cross-country tour at Cincinnati this Saturday, will run his final race in the Unit ed States Aug. 11 at Triborough stadium, Daniel J. Ferris, secretary secre-tary of the A. A. U., announced today. Bill Hulse of the N. Y. A. C and Gil Dods of Boston will run against Hagg Saturday and in his final performance. The, Swede pians to leave for home Aug. 24 COAST LftAUUlfi . Sunday's Results Los Angeles 3-1, San Diego 2-8 San Francisco 5-14, Sacramento 2-10. Seattle 3-2, Oakland 1-3. Hollywood l-4 Portland 3-2. NATIONAL LEAGUE Won Lost Pet St Louis 62 31 .667 Pittsburgh 51 42 .548 Brooklyn 52 46 .531 Cincinnati .... 50 45 .526 Chicago 45 49 .479 Philadelphia 44 54 .449 Boston 39 51 .433 New York ........ 35 60 .368 . Sunday's Results Cincinnati 5-3, New York 3-2. Boston 6-1, Pittsburgh 8-7. Brooklyn 1-4, Sti, Louis 7-5. Philadelphia 4-5, Chicago 1-3. - .1 AMERICAN LEAGUE Won Lost Pet New York 5Ts-S5 .620 Chicago 49 44 : - .527 Washington ...... 50 47 .515 Detroit v46 46 .500 Cleveland ( . . 4 . . ; .Vv45 47 ' AS9 Boston 46k 48 ! ?.489 St Louis i . 42 48. .467 Philadelphia ...... 38 58 ".396 . Sunday's Results New York 5-2, Detroit 4-1.. Cleveland. 8-1, Boston.-64,i -i, , . ' Washington ' 5-20, St Louis' 3-6. Chicago 5-15, Philadelphia 1-9. i : DAILY HERALD Phonograph 1 I ), viii: ; tlIfkA Following workout. Phonograph speaks to Tom Berry and stable companion, Dick, bantam rooster, perched on veteran trainer and driver's shoulder. Phonograph is highly regarded candidate tor $40 000 Hambletonian Stake foi 3-year-old trotters at Empire City, Aug. 1J OWEN, COOPER IN FIST FIGHT ST. LOUIS, Aug. 2 (U.R) Catchers Catch-ers Walker Cooper of St. Louis and Mickey Owen of Brooklyn today to-day awaited possible repercussions of their brief brawl during Sunday's Sun-day's doubleheader between the two National league clubs. Cooper and Owen were rejected from the first game after exchanging ex-changing blows during the sixth inning over the Cardinal backstop's back-stop's alleged deliberate spiking of Augie Galan in a close play at first base. Brooklyn Pitcher Les Webber's attempt to "dust off" Stan Musial led to the incident. Webber threw four straight balls directly at Musial. Cooper, the next batter, grounded out and in the play at first spiked Galan. Owen rushed 1 " 1 YOU'LL BE TOLD FRANKLY J. Working tfficitney dtptndi almost 'Itnilrtlf upon fout visual efficiency I And your nation is depending upon YOU to do your important task Swiftly ... accurately . . . safslyl ) Bs wisel S the capable, registered optometrist here for compleis sy examlnaiion.NOWl J . " .. CT4flieh ftm m w mm m sV a a A YlliicfAe WHUI Mil ingfEpan No Interest No Extras , 27 Manufactyrjng and Dispensing .icjcins -;; " Modem Optical '.Of ficc$t Throughout th WcttV ' IN PROVOrier l'KOVO. I'TAH ItMWTY, I'TAH MONDAY. AUOl'ST 2, 1943 PAGE 5 Sounds Oft 71 VjrHv rfv xf -A r- i l Stone Whiffs 24 In Winning Twin Uictory In Idaho IDAHO FJALLS, Ida., Aug. 2 U.R The Idaho Falls Merchants, with Howard .to.nft..Vjpt Malady pitching loth gamos, defeated the Pocatello Navy, 8 to 2, and the? Pocatello Bombers,, 7 to 3, in a semi-pro baseball doubleheader here yesterday. Stone fanned 24 men in winning the two games. The win left the merchants tied with the bombers, with one defeat each, in thn current cur-rent tournament and a playoff was set for Wednesday night here between the leaders. down, tangle with Cooper and then players from both clubs tangled. After a 15-mhVote delay, police restored order. .. . IF GUSSEVRf'MfabEO CHOOSE) Poor Means r ai IW WW Only M a r II No Rod Tap WEST CENTER |
