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Show Eleven Veterans of War Playing on Portland Club PORTLAND, Ore . May 27 Port-lmd Port-lmd dnims for its Pacifii : ue team the distinction of having the greatest number of world war veterans vet-erans as players of any professional ball club in the country. In celebration of this fact, special Amerlcan legion exercises were plan- " ned at tho Portland baseball park on Sunday, May 6, Including the initia-1 tlon of all the eleven ball playing ex-' service men into the legion. playing by an overseas veterans' bland, and a big flag raising. Portland's ex service ball players t are: 1 Horn Turner, conch and assistant marlager, major 11th inf;intr, 33rd division; Joe Sargent. 123rd machine Run battalion; I.eKoy Oressett, out-1 , fielder, field hospital No. 1; Harvey ' Freeninn. pitcher, 54th raillway engineer; engi-neer; Harod (Rowdy) Elliott, catcher, storeroom keeper on I". S. S. Rlne gold; Dick Cox. outfield. Slst Infantry; I Charles High, outfielder listh aviation avia-tion squadron; "Rip" King, catcher.' I balloon service; Sam Ross medical I corps; LeRoy Crumpler, pinner. 4itii ' (field artillery; Russell EJlllson, pitcher, i navy. oo- |