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Show THE HERALD. JOURNAL, LOGAN, UTAH, SATURDAY', JUNE 22, 1940. Mondays Tennis Pairings Listedj Huge Entry List ypferald Tfouvia, Presented Red Sox And Cold Storage Deadline For Girls Grants Play Lundbergs Cincy Slip Behind Here Monday; Cliffs At Morning Milk Wins Divisions Is Tuesday AMERICAN LEAGUE play Pairings for the first daysRecreannual Logan City ational tennis tournament were anthis afternoon by Bud nounced Edison, who, with Fred Leishman, diWPA recreation supervisors, is competition. the recting More than 125 people have entered the tournament, he stated, and deadline for womens divisions is Fridays Results not until Tuesday. Judging from Washington 1, St. Louis 0 (night the interest manifested, the greatest tournament in Logan city his- game). New York 12, Detroit 7. tory is in prospect Boston 4, Cleveland 7. Entries for a new division will close Tuesday. All men over 30 years of age are eligible to enter this division. Doubles play also. Will commence Tuesday, division there are Xn the men's EdiBud such aces as Rod jones. son Lynn Jenkins, Carlisle Barber, Golden Larsen, Norman Sonne, Dale Lewis and Jay Allen. Junior prospects include Jones, Norman Sonne, and Keith Larsen, among others. Pairings for Mondays games apwill pear below. Mondays results New York 4, Chicago 3. be announced in Tuesdays paper, for the next Brooklyn 10, Pittsburgh 8. along with the schedule Herald-JournPhiladelphia 6, Chicago 5. day. In Mondays St. Louis at Boston postponed, the Tuesday pairings will be pubrain. lished. Men s Singles BY GEORGE KIRKSEY Ray Wall vs. Rod Jones, high NEW YORK, June 22 (L'.fh Leadschool, 5 p. m. R. D. Gardner vs. Lynn Jenkins, ing the league has its drawbacks, considering what it did to the Reds high school, 3 p. m. and the Red Sox. Those two clubs Carlisle Barber vs. Larry Wan-lasput on their high hats to strut becollege, 6 p. m. fore the paying customers and now Ollie McCulloch vs. Golden Lartheyre trying to patch themselves sen, high school, 6 p. m. together to keep from winding up Hal Christensen vs. L. H. Parkinsin the breadline. on, high school, 7 p. m. Cincinnati, with its ace Paul Bud Edison, bye. T. L. Manning vs. Norman Sonne, Derringer on the mound, took a 3 licking at the Polo Grounds 7 p. m., high school. from the Spencer Hill vs. Dean Larsen, 5 yesterday Giants. It was the Reds third p. m., high school. straight defeat and plunked them Roy Theurer, bye. Dale Christensen vs. Shirley into third place as Bill Terrys club moved into the runner-u- p spot, one Clark, 3 p. m., high school. behind the game Dale Lewis, bye. Keith Larsen vs. Merlin Benson, Dodgers. After starting their western 7 a m.. high school. John Worley vs. Jay Allen, 6 p. m., junket with four straight over the White Sox, the Red Sox have wound high school. up in a hall of mirrors. . .They Junior Singles Rod Jones vs. Doyle Cazier, 6 don't know just where theyre going or what it's all about. Clevep. m., high school. Glen Marcusen vs. John Worley, land's team of mutiny slapped down the Red Sox, 4 and increased the 6 p. n, Adams. Indians American lead to two R. D. Gardner vs. Donald Johanswas the Red Sox fifth en, 4 p. m., high school.Lowell Jen- games. Itdefeat and the tribe's fifth straight Ollie McCulloch vs. straight triumph. Milnar scored his kins, 4 p. m., high school. Frank Condie vs. Norman Sonne, 10th victory. The Yanks came out of their 2 p. m., high school. e losing streak by blasting Larry Wanlass vs. L. H. Parkinsthe Tigers, 12-5 m., p. college. on, Buck Ross pitched a four-hittWesley Hill vs. Jay Allen, 2 p. m., to give the Athletics a 12-- 1 victory college. Sox, cooling off Spencer Hill vs. Bill Ryan, 6 p. over the White Jimmy Dykes club fresh from three m., college. Bob Murray vs. Hal Christensen, straight over the Yankees. rookie 7 p. m., high school. Sid Hudson, Reed Frischknecht vs. Ralph up from Class D came within one of fame as he hit of baseball's ball Lundstrom, 6 p. m., college. Donald Jones vs. Duane Adams, pitched the Washington Senators to 7 a m., high school. a 0 decision over the St. Louis Dale Christensen vs. Kay AnderBrowns last night. He had a noson. 9 a m., high school. hitter until the ninth when Rip Keith Larsen vs. Teddy Hill, 5 Radcliff, first man up doubled and reached third on a passed ball. The p. m., college. next three men went out in order. Boys Singles The Dodgers maintained their Paul Whitby vs. Bob Dunn, 2 g role in the National p. m., college. Bruce Clyde vs. Jack Bowen, 7 league with a 10-- 8 triumph over the Pirates. p. m., college. Lowell Jenkins vs. David JenniScoring four runs in the third off Bill Lee, the Phillies hung up their ngs, 3 p. m., high school. of the f GIRLS LEAGUE Mondays Schedule Trenton at Rees Feed Store 6 p. m. Wellsville at Royal Knight Coal, 7 p. ni. Hebs Pig Stand at E. A. Miller Meats. Tuesday ' ' Today By EKNRY J McLEMORE Sports Parade NEW YORK, June 22 (f.Ri The hands of the clock move fast in sport. In no other endeavour does so Father Time hustle along quickly, mowing down the champions almost before the cheers stop ringing In their ears. who saw the Godoy fight at Yankee Stadium here vividly reminded of how brief is the strut of an athletic hero in the spotlight of fame. To enliven the ten minute wait between the last preliminary and the main bout, the announcer asked all of the former heavyweight champions in the crowd to step into the ring for a bow. The request was intended as a gracious gesture to the titleholders of earlier years and a treat for the spectators. It proved an embarrassment to the old boys and a bore to the crowd. Those 7. er of us The first to step under the lights of the ring was Jack Sharkey, the Boston gob, who, to those of us who write the fights, seemed only to have stepped into the shadows of retirement a few days ago. But the crowd scarcely knew his as, unsure and paunchy, he clasped his hands above his salute of the head in the age-ol- d fighting man. He drew only a smatter of apthird straight victory by taking a and boos, and quickly 5 decision from the Cubs. plause stepped back to lean against the As time is measured In ropes. other luisiness Sharkey Is a HARVARD WINS NEW LONDON, Conn., June 22 young man, but as a sports chamHarvard won the 78th renewal pion whose day has passed, he l.l! of the American Thames Regatta seemed old. last night, defeating Yale by eight Jim Braddock followed into the lengths. He was given a greeting ring. so lukewarm it seemed to clothe him in the rainment of an old man, and put a halt in his step. Yet, actually, the champion who was soon to step into the ring and defend his title Louis won the right to defend It by beating pace-settin- 6-- Braddock. Still, so swiftly do the hours pass in sport, Braddock seemed an old timer. ' Then Dempsey came in. Usually Manassa Mauler's entrance New York ring is heralded announcement packed with words as immortal. Idol, hero, and champion. But because of Jack's feud with Mike Jacobs, the announcer, who is paid by Mike Jacobs introduced him simply as another former titlehold-e- r. the. ol into a by an such DRY CLEANING CASH and Carry CLEANERS MEMB E R. ji1ioniil Association of?Vjer$ anMlcancrs ewJW iwniMi mc JV & North Main He was just another ghost to The man whose the crowd. name was once enough to set any crowd electric with excitement, got only polite and sedate Looking at Jack as applause. he stood there under the hnrsh every lights, which brought outmiddle-age line In his face, every wolf-lean bulge in the once body, one almost wished be had the introduction acknowledged from the shadow's of his ringseat. side AT Logan, Utah V Q First-Ha-lf Crown Team Standings Sharkey - Dempsey - Braddock. They all stood uncomfortably In the ring shaking hands, talking to one another In loud, unnatural Then Max Baer came voices. through the ropes. The passing of time really struck you in the face with his appearance, There was a time and it couldnt have been more than a week or two Max, big, laughing, ago that strong, unmarked Max, came out of the wisit to took on all the world wllh laughing eyes. Yet, there ho stood. Tired. Awfully old for one so young. No bounce. His face a retreat No sMtrkle. for shiulw uml lines. Ami by Storage 18, Pattery Two Motor Sales 6, Al's Bike 5. Battery One 13, Utah Joultry Jack's Cafe 12, Wmgets 6. ("old 9 p. All team managers or representative of the league are urged to attend a stwcial meeting at 3 afternoon Sunday o'clock in the Herald-Journ- olfiee. The meeting. Just for the Commercial league, has been specially calk'd by President John England for consideration of problem recently arising. The schedule for the second haf will also he approved. Any manager not being able to attend are urged to appoint his representative so that all teams can he Included at the meeting. two leading teams, Lund- bergs and Grant's, have waged The Commercial League closed softball wari for the last two sea sons and botl teams have managed the first half of its season last to come thri ugh with about the night with Motor Sales coming same amount if wins. At the first from behind to biat Als Bike of the season Grants todk a win 6 to 5. Cold Storage trampled Batfrom Lundberg s, but later on in tery Two 18 to 7, Battery One the schedule Lundbergs handed came from behind to squelch Utah the Bikemen an upset, so up to Poultry 18 to If and in the final date the count reads one up be- game Jack's Cafe beat Wingets tween the two teams. 12 to 6. Three Games Many Errors With the exception of the Al's According to softball officials the play off between the three teams Bike, the games were more loosly (that is if Cliffs wins over Mornplayed than has been the rule ing Milk, and so far this season in the Commercial League ot late. the Servicemen have had the edge) As proof ot (his witness the fact will be run off during this week. that there were 31 errors which The two Logan teams will draw to men got on base end badby a recsee who will play Cliff's on the ord been kept of those by which Wellsville diamond. nummen advanced or scored In the opening-- game of the ber" would have been farthehigher. play-of- f, Sylvan Forsberg will probThirty-fiv- e rurt, were scored in ably be on the mount for Grants one game, 25 in another and 18 Bike and will be opposed by Harva third which totals up to 78 ard Nelson, Lundberg hurler. Sincu in In three giynes. the reported loss of their star runs Al's Bike was leading Motor Bus Schaub, the Lundberg hurler, part crew is left with only one chucker. Sales 5 to 3 until the latter Sales but the Motor of the Forsberg, who started with the continuedgametheir sensational winBike crew last season, has been in the steadily improving and has shown ning streak toby rallying one run. win by excellent form in the last few last inning few games that he has hurled. Details of who was responsible for this are lacking but it must Sylvan has developed an outstanding drop, similar to the one that have been far and away the best Fred Aste had the Bikemen break- game of the evening. Cold Storage Champs ing their backs to hit, when the Zinic crew played In Logan a few Cold Storage bounced back into weeks back. fonm after two straight losses to Powerful Club beat Battery Two 18 to 7. In the loss of and has second inning the Battery team players Injury weakened Lundberg's, however, pushed over 5 runs to make the there is still plenty of power in score 5 to 1 and tor a time it their lineup to make them hard to looked as if It might bs a .ball stop once they start poling them but Cold Storage came back out. With such sluggers as Don game to push over 6 runs in their half Chase, Tick Brown, and Stub Cumof the second und then . dd 11 mings, this aggregation is one that more in the third to sew up the is feared by every pitcher In the ball game. By virtue of this vicleague. tory the Freezer Locker men Ora Maughan will be on the cinched firs, half honors. Had they mound for Morning Milk when they lost and Al's Bike won a play meet Cliffs while Boyd Murray off would have been necessary. will hurl for Cliff's. A particularly out: tanding thing about this game and the one following was the play of three men. Sergeant June. Joe Whitesides and Hancey. These boys played two full games for the Battery teams. Jones pitched a part of the first game, pluyed third the rest and then took over backstopping duties in the fine! game. Joe Whitesides played short field for PIONEER LEAGUE a time In fhe first contest. During that time he made three of the best catches of the evening. Then in the third he took over hurling duties and held the Cold Storage team scoreless in the last two frames. Then when he tired in the sixth inning of the Becond Fridays Results Boise 9, Salt Lake 3. game he took over short stopping Idaho Falls 6, Twin Falls 2. duties while Eickmore went to Ogden 11, Pocatello 6 (10 inning ). the mound. Al1 In all Joe got 4 hits including a home run. He 11 handled without a chances BY UNITED PRESS bobble which is something of a For the third consecutive night record for one player In one evenManager Tom Robello connected ing. Hancey played first for all a with homer, but it wasn't enough the first game and part of the and the league-leadin- g Salt Lake Battery contest. In that Bees lost to the Boise Plolts, 9 to 3 second 15 chances Inlast night before 3,000 fans In Boise. time he 3 handled assists and 12 put outs It gave the Pilots two victories cluding in the three-gam- e series and was with only one error. He also the third series defeat for the got three hits cut of seven tries. Jacks Win Bees. It also cut the Bees league . One The Utah Poultry-Batter- y lead to one game over Boise. and Bowen were pounded game was almost in the believe It by the Pilots for 12 hits, while or not rank. Battery One hud things much their own way and Mentz yielded eight Ogden dumped Pocatello, 11 to 9, led 8 to 2 going into the sixth to move from fifth to fourth in inning. But the Chicken men were league standing. Kerr connected for not to be dented end scored 8 a homer in the seventh for the runs in the lirst half of the Cards with one on, but the Reds sixth to lead 10 to 8. Battery made rallied three in the ninth to tie no tallies in the last of the sixth the game. Ogden score two more and when the Poultry men added in the extra Inning to put the seven more in their first half ol game on Ice as Ford held the Cards the seventh to run up a 17 to 8 scoreless. lead it looked like taps for the The third-plac- e Idaho Falls Rus- Soldiers. But not so The Guards2 won sets 6 to over the men came back to tally 10 run in Twin Falls Cowboys. Hold-husthe last half o' the seventh and allowed the Russets nine hits, win 18 to 17. Every man on each while the cowboys found Bradley team bit and scored at least for five. once not to mention 14 errors that put men on bese. Jack's Cafe went after the Win-get- s team in a business like way. his efforts to be light and buoyant, revealing what the years They ran up a 5 to three lend In fistshad done to him. For the first inning and were never and just n innincnt this writer wj ut headed. They iidiieo A more In too old and tired to write, the fourth to put the game on The - Robello Hits Third Consecutive Homer SHAMROCK 7. 17 Com-nierel- al With the first half of the Valley league softball race tied up between Grants Bike and Lundberg Motor, Monday night will see the first round of this deadlock played off when the two teams take the diamond at 8 p. m. In an exhibition tilt Hyrum will play the up and coming Clark Auto crew at 9. Both these games will offer one of the finest softball dishes tint has been served up before the soft-ba- ll public this season. five-gam- On All t rv MONDAYS SCHEDULE to Determine Championship of first Half Lundberg Mi, tor vs. Grants Bike, 8 p. pi. Hyrum vs. Clark Auto Painting, 9 p. m. (Exhibition). Cliffs Service at Morning Milk, 8:30 (Postponed game). Play-Of- 7-- ARMSTRONG WINS PORTLAND, Me., June 22 (lP Welterweight champion Henry defended Armstrong successfully his title last night by scoring a technical knockout over Paul Junior of Lewiston, Me., in the third round of a scheduled bout. i Attractive Program Is On Top s, pace-maki- , y? For First-Hal- f Championship Commences Monday; al 126 4 Hells-Pomera- Play-of- f vet-era- . Can They Hold the Belles of i Night Page kith. Logan Fourth of July Celebration Presents Softball at Its Best When the best girls' softball team of Utah clashes with the best in the northwest, what will be the result? So far as the scoie is concerned. results are hard to predict. But when entertainment value is taken Into consideration, it is certain that the Hells of Pomeioy HOME RlN C LUB vs. Utah Shamrocks battle will American league: Foxx, Red Sox, be full of diamond thrills and 17; Trosky, Indians, 15; Johnson, color. The Portland Pomeroians will Athletics, 13. National league: Mize, Cardinals, meet the Shamrocks of Salt Lake City as one half of the 18; Danning, Giants, 9; Fletcher, double-headsoftball feature Pirates, 8; Nicholson, Cubs, 8. highlighting the Irfigan Fourth NEW YORK, June 22 (f.P) "Harof July celebration. The other ry the Horse" Danning, New York game will present Lundberg Giants' catcher, and "Rip the RipMotor against General Electric per Radcliff, St. Louis Browns' of Salt Lake City. Both tilts outfielder, forged to the front as are to he staged at the Caehe the major league batting leaders rounty fairgrounds, during the last week, according to the averafternoon. ages released today and including The Hells of Pomeroy recently of games Thursday. downed the Brown Bombers, neg-reNational the Danning regained softball teMi which has been league lead from his teammate, Joe hailed as champions of Seattle and Moore, by adding 22 points to his Washington. Barbara Brown, a average, increasing it to .364. Moore foi the Bombdropped to second place with .342. ers, opposed pitcher Johnson, main Peggy Radcliff slumped eight points to chucker for the Hells of Pomery. .359 but took over the American 6 The score ended for the Pomleague lead because the previous eroys. Manager F.rwin M. Lind leader, Lou Finney, Red Sox, dropstates that Martha Gerke, outped from .378 to .351 for third fielder for Portland, hits over .600, place. Barney McCosky, Tigers, and has made irom one to two moved Into second place with .358. Schoolboy Rowe, Tiger, held the homo runs in every game they have American league pitching lea. with piayed recently. So much for the power of Hells five victories and no defeats. Cliff Melton, Giants, moved into the of Pomeroy. who attended the national league pitching lead with People Frank'ln celebration recently six victories and one defeat. saw the Shamrocks. Utah State champions in the girls' realm, defeat a mens team. When Kay windmill sensational DeHart, feminine pitcher, lets go of the hall, it carries speed and cuts just where she wants It to. The Shamrocks lead the Salt Lake City league at present, and have become MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., June 22 popular with fans. tremendously (L'.Hi Big Al Blozis had his day Motor-GenerThe with one magnificent pitch of the Electric Lundberg game will present men's 16 pound shot and today the nationsoftball at its best The Motor-me- n al collegiate track and field meet present tied for the settled down once more into a first-ha- lf are atcrown in the tight team Battle between Southern League, while Freddy Aste Valley Is exCalifornia and Stanford. pected to pitch for General ElecStanford placed eight men in totric. day's final events, to seven for City Commissioner George B. Southern California and never have had a better opportunity to shatter Bowen is preparing the playing field at the fairgrounds. Diamonds dominance of their the five-yeand bleachers will he placed In bitter rivals on the west coast. and the public six foot, five good condition Blozis, address system will be in operainch sophomore from Georgetown tion. Howard Eames, Merle Ewing university, who set three world shot put records in a single night and Clarence Reading will be thq during the indoor season, opened umpires. The in ch rge of the meet with a new American and National collegiate shot rceord softball events are Eugene feates, of 68 feet, V4 inch. chairman; H. F. Laub. Ace Ualder, Ariel Berntson, C. I Pocock and Ray Nelson. Danning Leads Hamlin Walks Out Majors Batting On Dodgers er ss 14-- en - NEW June 22 L.Pi pitcher Luke Hamlin remained "unaccounted for today. He went A. W. O. L. a few hours before Wednesday night's game with the St. Louis Cardinals. President Dodger Larry MacPhail said he didn't know where Hamlin Shot Put Record al ar d, YORK, Brooklyn was. "He has threatened to go home several times during the past few seasons and when he renewed that threat recently, MacPhail said, I told him to go ahead. Thats all. The Dodgers purchased Lou Fette from the Boston Bees yesterday for the waiver price of $7,500. PARKER VS. MCNEILL RIVER FOREST, 111., June 22 Defending champion Frankie Parker of Pasadena, Calif., seeking his third national clay courts tennis title, feces Don McNeill, Oklahoma City, today for the right to meet Bobby Riggs in the finals. Riggs, the nation's top ranking player, entered the finals yesterday with a straight set victory over (ITT) Welby Van Horn, Los Angeles. He will meet the winner of the Parker-McNematch Sunday, ill FRANKLIN LIONS Al Blozis Sets ELECT OFFICERS New Pioneer lions club officers for 1940-4- 1 were elected Wednesday at the regular meeting of the club in the Franklin gymnasium. The new officers are: Bartlett Nash, president; William E. Smith, first vice president; Harold Bradford, second vice president; Samuel R. Handy, third vice president; Floyd Robinson, secretary; Wllford Stokes, tail twister; William E. Smith, lion tamer; two year directors, Samuel R. Handy and Ivan Geary. C. Burton Blamires, president, and his officers were released. Special feature of the meeting was the Fathers and Sons' observance night. Dr. Morris Godwas guest frey of Richmond speaker and John A. and Joseph H. 7owe entertained with music. Thirty-fou- r attended the dinner, including guests. Seattle Forges Ahead On Coast BY UNITED PRESS Seattle stretched its Pacific coast league leadership over Oakland to four and a half games and eight games ahead of the third-plac- e San DieRO Padres last night by twice blanking the Sacramento Solons. The scores were 11 to 0 and 2 to 0. San Diego evened up Its series with Portland with a 5 to 3 victory. Wally Hebert outpitched Bill Thomas and the Padres won on a four-ru- n flourish In the fifth. Oakland won its first game of the series from Los Angeles, 6 to 5. San Francisco n made it won 5 to 4. even-Steve- and Hollywood when the Seals Go in Comfort Wingets got only 5 hits off Dale Peterson wniie Bob Turley was nicked for 11 by the Cafe men. Ted Leishman played a large part in the vutory by hitting a home run in the first with the bases loaded to give his team a lead they never lost. He later hit a triple. Eliason and Bench, John England also did some timely hitting. So ends the first half. Cold Storage had things much its own way but most of the teams are playing much better ball than early In the season and the race In the second half will be a close one. Three teams seem to have the best chanee to cop honors. They are Als Bike, Cold Storage and Motor Sales but nny prediction that counts out Buttery One or Utah Pou'tty or Jack's Cafe is bound to be a bit of guess work. On the Train Enjoy every mile of the trip, with no highway hazards or nerve strain. 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