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Show . ft Sports FKOVO," 0&mEefupae Leaders 0ti&dut Victims In Wesrday's UpseU f "NEW YORK, June 30 The bale of hay is biting the horse '.-tfiiSt. Louis where the sixth place 1 Philadelphia ;Thmis supposedly welcoffle fodder for the Cardinals' : lengthy National league lead-have lead-have tagged the pennant defenders ith three straight defeats on their hom$ grounds. The first of the losses was a carry-over from May 16, in the Completion of a suspended gam, hjit with that out of the way the Phillies proceeded with the oustr nesa at hand and administered two shutouts to the league champions. Lefty Ken Raffensberger applied the first coat of whitewash Wednesday Wed-nesday night and Big Bill -Lee, on whom the Chicago Cubs once placed a six-figure asking price, wielded the brush yesterday. Of the. six shutouts suflered by the Candinals this season: the Phillies have been responsible foithree,.antf Lee personally two. took' charge, ofl His first was a two-hitter in the nightcap of a doubleheader on May4 . and yesterday the big rls-tit-hander RDaced six hits to ' gain a 1-0 triumph. Lee, who has allowed ah average of lss man !lx hits per Jfirrie this season, was opposed by Cardinal ace, George Muneer. who also gave up six nits to be, Charged with his-second de-feafe de-feafe ' ! In the only ' other National league game scheduled, the Pittsburgh Pitts-burgh Pirates drew with the New York Giants, their game being z called at the end of the fifth; inning in-ning with the score, tied at 1-1. Rain forced the postponement and the game was scheduled as part of ' a doubleheader today. .In the American league the Nfw York Yankees whittled tSie ?leal of the St. Louis growris to two and 4 half games In one of the best games played his season. With brilliant fielding and pitching pitch-ing xtybitedby both clubs, the - Yanks won outl-0 with the winning win-ning rim comlngvin the ninth inning in-ning after two wfere out. Catcher 4RoUw:Homsley ended pitching duel between winner Walt Dublel and Slg Jakucklwith k single that scored Bud Metheney. The tally halted the consecutive scoreless Inning streak tot Jakucki at 28 :2-3 Innings, he. previously having pitched two five hrt shutouts Against Detroit. Dubiel allowed but two hits in recording tne triumph, Although he. walked six men. Allie Reynolds pitched and batted bat-ted theCleveland Indians "to a $-0 shutout over the Philadelphia Athletics, Ath-letics, as he got as many hits as he allowed with two doubles and a, single. A five run rally in the second inning clinched the game forthe Tribe. The "A's" suffered a serious plow wncn tneir nara- tting first baseman, Dick 5 el ert, received a severe spike ound in a pile-up with Cleveland manager, Lou Boudreau, and had to be carried from, the field. The Boston Reds scored their ninth straight victory against the Chicago White Sox when Manager Man-ager Joe Cronin homered to start a. four run rallv in the second umuig wnicn iea io a o- win. ie Hughson received credit for his 11th victory. ' Lefty Hal Newhpuser scored hia 11th triumph of the season with a two hit performance against the Washington Senators that gave Detroit a 4-0 shutout. Rudy York's eighth homer of the season broke im a. nitchinfi' bfttths. between Enrlv yWynn and the LanRy Newitouser in tne eignui inning. ' The gasolfse required in the - North African operations amounted to more than 4,000,000 gallons week. S AT ONCE! Local man wanted for perman- periencc unnecessary. This is a good job for a man who wants to assure himself of continual con-tinual work. . - Troy Laundry Co. 375 t'. Center St WANTED ALL KINDS OF HIDES! Highest Prices Paid for BONES WOOL HIDES FELTS FURS and dead and useless anlmala .Pelt prices for dead and useless' sheep. - Prompt Service UTAH HIDE & TALLOW CO. PHONE 38 8 IDles West of Spanish Fork Hi UTAH COtfNTT. UTAH PAGE 9 lTRtPAT, jyyB 10. ! 'tiandyTalkle' Makes Debut In The Sports Yorld CHICAGO, June v 30 (C) The cream of the nation's golfing talent tal-ent dotted the fairways of Edge-water Edge-water Country Club in the second sec-ond Victory National Open tournament today, as the colorful color-ful field became interspersed with. War's gift to. the sports world the "Handy Talkie." , The "handy talkie" is a pint-sized pint-sized imitation of the army's famous fa-mous "wajkie talkie'' and its pur- nru nn a. coif 'nniiriu i tn nnv. ur o ir .(Vde the "talkie" without so much 'wapie'." If ooks like a telephone with a goitre with a f ishpole ' sticking out. the top, but victory, tourna ment officials used it to phone in, the anticipated sub-par scores Uf- they. were being compiled by the 57 -pros and amateurs who teed off In hopes pf inheriting, the title won last year by Sammy Byrd, former New" York Yankee slugger, who preferred to be a regular on the golf links to .being a substitute for Babe Ruth in Yankee. Stadium. But just as Byrd preferred to shoot for war bond prizes instead of world series dough, there were. many gallery! tes (and sports writers) who preferred to 0110 the $10,000 tourney from the clubhouse bar via "handy talkie" rather than under the hot sun. -Hello, AJL How's Byron Nel-son Nel-son doing ?'"AAn elbow-bending golf fan asked the walkle-legs-talkie. - "Just took a birdie three on the-: 12 th," came the answer. And the fan turned back to his . tall one, while Al lurked) in Nelson's wake, periscope extended, like a prowling submarine. Defending titlist Byrd completed com-pleted 36 holes of foursome play yesterday with a 70-7Z--i42 -in a tie for eighth place ih Joe Kirkwopd for medal honors. Today To-day he found that his crown -in threatened not only by -the remainder re-mainder of the "Big Four" money winners, Nelson, Craig Wood and Jug McSpaden, but also by Lt. Ben Hogan, Johnny Revolts, Ky Laffoon, Jim Foulis and Jim-, my Hines, who bettered his score during the two days of compli cated team play which decided four; championships. Byrd got a small share in these ftitles, however, when he and Bob Cochran, St. Louis newspaperman, newspaper-man, put together a 142 and a 143" to take third place in the prp-amateur competition, . an eVent they won last year. Faffoon, Chicago, and Steve Kovach, Tarantum, Pa., steel worker, copped the pro-amateur crown vWith a 282. Johnny Revol-ta, Revol-ta, big-fisted Chicago Italian, grabbed the lion's share of the honors, however, when his consistent con-sistent foursome compiled 595 strolses to take the team crown; Revolta joined his low 134 with It. Patty Berg's 153 to take the pro-lady title withi 287, and coupled cou-pled his score with the 155 of George Hardy, Chicago, to sweep the pro-senior. A senior, the vic- more than 50 years old. Si- OWNYOURHOME FOR AS LOW AS ; $300 DOWN PAYMENT These New Homes can be purchased or rented j without a priority 3 BEbROOMS - HARDWOOD FLOORS BASEMENT OIL FURNACE - r See TlWse Beautiful New Homes Today ! UNIVERSITY GARDENS SUBDIVISION Entrance to Tract at North 7th East at D Street PROVO HOUSiNG CORPORATION, Owners Taylor and Wheeler Builders Call 1825-W or see James E. Eldredgc. Business Manager, at the Tract ' Playboy of Tennis Challenges All In Did For tlet Crovn FOREST HILLS, N. Y, June 30 ttE Frankle ICovacs. irrepres sible "clown prince of tennis," said today that he intends to prove mmseii -tne wo. l player wOf the woria, ana offered to "lick anybody any-body to prove it, a4 that includes Don Budge." Recently returned fro tn JL& months' duty in Australia as an army private, ' the "Peck batf boy" of the cpurta. reported that bii checkered career as a tournament tourna-ment playboy is over, teat he ta fired with- ambition and purpose and that' he already has proved Ipart of his" claim. "I- licked the entire Duviii eun champion, team in Australia, H he said. ."I beat Adrian Qt&t tn Sydney,.- 7-5, '6-4 and Jack; Craw ford many times anywhere from love-eets to 8-6, 4-6, 15-13. 0n Dec. 26, 1941, I won from Ebn Budge in Madison Square. Garden. in 1941, I played Jack Kramer seven times and won all matches. and Don McNeill four times and won every time.: ' 'rH take 'em all -on, and- they can name the place and the date. and the type of .court," Kovacs reiterated, "and T doht think I'M lose many matches." ' Asked if the challenge Included William Tatum Tilden j 2nd, the kld master, Kovacs culped thoughtfully before answering: 'Yes, that 4oes for him, too." The cwn's hesitancy could be attributed to the realtom of im minence, for he tangles here .with tennisdotn's venerable shot , artist Sunday, the feature match of the Red Cross exmbition program, . Kovacs, who turned professional in December; of 1941 said that he took a realistic view of his future, and that the inevitable athletic "boom" following war's end would find him firmly entrenched en-trenched as the shining str of the tennis firmament and thus assured of bountiful financial returns. re-turns. BY TI1JE SPORTS EDITOB Jn answer to so many who asked ask-ed the same question No definitely defin-itely not. Even' though the Geneva Ge-neva girls' beat the city-county officials team In their game tonight, to-night, they will not take over their offices for a day. At least f have" pot heard of any agreement being ' made to that effect. I am prone to think that this Ques tion has been asked in a spirit of ridicule to our-city and county fathers aftd I don't think it's fun- , ' Merrill Smith, deputy sheriff, in true spirit of sportsmanship, feels that opposing teams should Ybe friendly, especially since they are girls. He is trying to devise some plan of 'share the car to take the girts to their homes after the game. That's what I call sporting sport-ing (though I've heard it called wolfing.) , r Rumors have it that If the Geneva girls should win the game tonight, there will be a cty ordinance ordi-nance passed banning all girls from taking part in sports. This has been thoroughly investigated and bund to be untrue. Tlie officials are really gjpod sports and can take itelther way. ,. Fire chief Earl Flnlayson, has given definite orders to the missus; miss-us; that should his team lose, no sport page Is to come into the house for at least a month. Papa Flnlayson, explained that be dldnt want any of his five children chil-dren to grow up with the awful memory of their dad being beaten beat-en by mere girls. Judge Wm. Stanley Dunfdrd, is not sure whether a mask will be sufficient protection for an umpire. um-pire. If anyone-has a suit of armor arm-or to spare, would you kindlyget in touch with the judge. One must consider that the girls may not- take a wrong decision too gently: , T X T6-Yoar-OIdsTo Moot In Finals For Junior Titlo "fcTERIOV.1 "Pit.. Jtm'tk SO fCEl uemara t iutJ tsartzen, san A.n-tonld A.n-tonld Tex and 3d Rav. Sinston. Tex,: 16-year-old state rivals, were scheduled to -meet .today for the National InterscholaStlc boys' ten nis title after registering decisive wins, in tne semi-final round. Bartzen, Texas state interseho-lastlc interseho-lastlc champion; entered the finals by defeating Glenn Bassett, SaSnU Monica, Calif., 6-L 6-1. Ray turned, turn-ed, back MacOonatd Matheny, Princeton, N. J., 6-1, 6-. to BOSTON, June 30 OLE) Manuel Ortiz of El Centra. Cal.. world bantamweight champion, demonstrated demon-strated his claim as pouhd-for pound, one of the toughest men in tne ring last night when he slashed his Way to a 10-round de cision oyer game Larry Bolvin of FTovraence, n. 1. Ortiz making his eastern debut at Braves Field here before 6.000 fans, came out on top in as tough ngnt as has been seen tn these arts in some time; Exhibitine a brutal, punishing attack, the little I Mexican, who has defended his1 title 10 times in as many months, came , from benind . to drop jBol-viri jBol-viri three times n iihe fight and uireaienea in ine rinai tnree rounds to score a knockout. Ortiz demonstrated his ability as a dainajrinar puncher in the slow first round when he hooked a long lefjt hand that caught Bolvin over the ngnt eye and opened a cut that continued to bleed throughout the scrap. The Rhode Island bantamweight however, was far stronger than the champion in the early going. He Won the first round with margin mar-gin to spare and the second go ing away before Ortiz seemed to find himself: In the third the Californlan exhibited the first flashes of his advertised speed as he elaeshed away at Bolvin's body and had" his opponent reeling on tne ropes when the bell sounded. Early In the sixth Bolvin shook Ortiz with a right to the head that made the Mexican back away, apparently ap-parently unable to fathom Larry's ajttack. He recuperated late in the round,, however, ajid began the drive thatr carried him to victory. Bolvin barely managed to stage off a count In the eighth and was sitting on the tower rope as the bell 'ended. :!n the ninth Ortiz scored his first actual knockdown in the last 40 seconds of the stan za. He hammered Bolvin back and fourth across the ring until the closing moments when a rigftt put the Rhode Islander down for., a nine eount. The ben -prevented a knockout as. Bolvin managed to recover and walked to hia-own corner. The 10th wa all Ortiz as Bolvin hung on and attempted to stop the California's bull-like rushes with his left hand, but took a barrage of blows to the tiead and body. . Ortiz weighed 125, Bolvin 125 1 Willott to Moot Francisco Segura In Semi-Finals EVANSTON, til,;, June 30 Francisco (Pancho) Segura, Miami Mia-mi university tennis star, ahd. Joseph Jo-seph Willett, Georgia Tech, meet today in the semi-finals of the national collegiate athletic' association asso-ciation tournament with the winner win-ner fighting it out with Charlie Samson, of Notre Dame, tomorrow. tomor-row. Samson,, captain , of Irish's Way Larry Bolvin ? YIPPEE!! 3 niGIIT liODEOS JULY 1,3 and 4th BRAHMA BULLS - CALF ROPING BUILDOGGING - BRONC RIDING v TWO CLOWNS Hoitier Holcomb - Slim Picking BULL RIDER SPBALTY ACTS Carol Henry and Sweetheart, the Educated Horse. Trick and Fancy Riding and Roping, Dick and Pauline Pickard. Dick Griffith, International Champion Trick Rider and Lady Cliet. Jack Oakey, Renowned Rodeo Announcer at the "Mike!" ; MONTE YOUNG'S COMPLEX MAMMOTH CARNIVAL and RIDES TmWE EVENING PARADES SAT., 6:30 p. bl MON., 7:30 p. m. TUE., 6:30 p.m. lherMesfo . Opening For Rshino In Utah Saturday Opening of flshinr tn most of ine men laxea in tne utan mou tains will take place Saturday a. m. promising some of the bes fishing of the easpn. according yr usn ana game oinctau. t Strawberry reservoir analltlrror !Sa!iri?J5ljE2lW' ove7theewirdeciaoTH o m w uvi to vi wra 4ian.t aaa m- though the, snow is still deep and the first road was broken .by a snow plow to Mirror lake a, few days ago. There is. no. ice on the lake, however. i Other favorite sports will attract the anglers in Duchesne county, including in-cluding the Brpwn Duck lakes and stream. Provo river drainage above Soapstone, Weberiver drainage above Holiday park, and Currant creek from source to bridge on highway 40 will be : opened for the first time. Streams which opened on June 15 are getting better as the water towers ana niears. 10 aate, uie stream flshffig has no been good. AMERICAN LEAGUE W. U 29 29 81 1 29 84 85 35 38 Pet. .587 .532 .580 .508 .417 St. Louis 88 New York SS Boston ............ 85 Chicago . . 80 Washington ...... .. Si Detroit 81 .470 Philadelphia 80 Cleveland SO .162 .455 " New York 1, St. Louis 0. Boston 5, Chicago 4. Cleveland 6, Philadelphia 0. Detroit ll Washington 0. NATIONAL LEAGUE W. St. Louis . . , Pittsburgh . Cincinnati . New York . Brooklyn Philadelphia Boston 41 82 S3 32 S3 25 27 21 Chicago Thursday's Results - Pittsburgh 1, New York 1 (called (call-ed fifth inning). Philadelphia, 1, St, Louis 0. Only games scheduled. INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE - ' yi. L. Tot. Brlgham City 10 4 .714 Magna-Garfleld . . . . . 10 ft .986 Provo 9 8 .600 Pinitey 6 8 .429 Midvale 6 8 .429 Genunell Club , 2 12 .143 Wednesday's Results Provo 7, Magna-Garfleld L Midvale 11, Pinney 6. Final Games, First Half Mid vale at pinnej (Community Park, 8:50 p. m.) Frldar Brlgham City at Oemmell clob, 5:30 p. m. tennis squad, advanced to the finals yesterday with a 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 victory over Harry Likas, of Gonzaga. Samson came from behind be-hind to win all three -acts. In the first set he traUed Likas 4-2 and then won the nextx four games. He repeated the same routine rou-tine in' the second set then overcame ov-ercame a 5-4 lead to take the final. f 1 - . , The doubles combination of Gary Ruby andNick Buzollch, of Los Angeles, representing Pep perdine college, defeated Richard Warner and Robert Lewis, of tfte University; of Utah, 3-6, 7-5, 10-8, 5-7 and X-5. , Earlier they pulled a three-set encounter out of the fire by beaming Joe Willett and Howarr McCall of Georgia Tech, 4-6, 6-1, 8-6. Jofr Cravalh In Favor of Liberal PassRulo LOS ANGELES,' June 80 (CD Genial Jeff Crayath, who master minded the University of Southern California's upset win over 'Wash- Huskies in the Rose bowl eohteit last January, thinks there' 1 totyjnuch of m. rammk toe. to allow passing anywhere behind the scrimmage One. sure, it'll loosen up the defense and make the coaches more of fen-' sive minded. But the game won't be changed a great deal. Actually, statistics show that an average of only three passes per game are tnrown from less than five yards Caen,- jerr pointed out. "The main advantage Is that we've taken away the argument or . me pro crowd who say that college ball is dull and. backward compared to the play-for-pay sport. '. "And another thing that gets me down is giving the pros credit for inaugurating the liberal pass rule. In reality, the rule was first adopted by high schools in the south and east," the bespectacled former all-coast center; noted. As far as the ules effect on the coming coast collegiate cam paign is concerned, Jeff believes tne University of California at Los Angeles stands to benefit the niost that is, if Bob Waterfield decides to cavort once again for nis 01a aims mammy. . "The Bruins werein bad shape all last season because thev lack-! ed a half -decent passer. If Water- new, wno sparked the Westwood boys to a PCC championship in V , , .. . . SO ,624 . V m sm J .J$ I &biL . : Jmmi ' J f K 4 80 .516 .V.-W- ---r UJ'W'U. 82 .508 - ,j- v..- : " " ' ' ' 88 .415 ' . . J Ok ' v S&rz) in f vi u m l Officials , Geneva Girls B eoef it Game The much talked about Softball game between city-county .-affle- lals and Geneva girls will take place to-night in Harmon Park, at TiSO. The Officials who will be handi capped because of a few years of inactivity along these lines, still feel sure that they have nothing to fesfr at the hands of 6ie fair damselsi The belles, in turn, think that tt will be a walkaway in their favor. ' It -iiTails"" difficult to forecast the results since the girls team has a few years of experience and much soeed on their side. On the Other hand the officials -are boosUf ed with two good pitchers and! many former baseball players. Whatever be the outcome the' purpose of the game is to sell bonds and stamps so In realitv there can be no loser, at least in prestige. Umpires win be Judge' W. Dean Loose.- in' field, and Judge Wm. Stanley Punford, behind the plate. 1942. decides to forego the movies and the pros well, then, UCLA is me team to beat tms tail." , , . . , . TOMORROW T R OP TKe th'ennometer ... ,t "' ' . scorching level but will drop the xninute yoi put on pi thes Tropical Worsted suits on your back. The weave takes advantage of every bit of V circulation and lets it blow through to youv . Besides DOING d good jobf .these Suits are, : ;' ; 1 .:,v": ; . x m a good looking Job and stay crisp through t ' ' v ; 1 n - , the warmest days. If you're interested iaA cooling 6 better IYER Meet . ' . I . t'ii, IT ' 7- V STANDES a OF TEAMS . v' W. U Pet. -f'-A Maintenance 2 0 1 nrsh' Accounting 1 1 Production 1 1, RoUint Mills JVJ y 2 OPO .jib Gene Nelson, pitching for W leading Maintenance team iff the Geneva, softbaii league .iurhed' bis first no-hit. no-run .perform. I ance of the, season, ' turning back Vie Koumg, Aiius team, ? w U the second mound game. Gen 4 ws m rare lorra as he struck 14 mehAlShg only three. .in me mner encounter at mon field, the Production with Don Baum pitchlni the Acounting, Freestojie.pijching'j i Low-Wattage heaters keen aircraft guns in firing- condition - in temperatures as low as llOiel Knar r team1 tdefeaUU OUR I C A IS 1 4 - .as moyt stay at th sarns - '- 1 f ' .' y6ur own temperahirtf V - ' get into one. , t 1 ' ' A 1 - iiri iir ITTff f fr , sfit I itt -SZ ',i-Jj.'. y . . ., ' 'V: - .-1 - - ...... .-v .... j. V |