Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 10

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I 5 4 8 10 10 11 1 I ager Les Powers is elated over the fact that he has been able to come to terms with Camcron Mitchell The studio has given Mitchell per mission to pitch the remainder of the season for the Wranglers in asmuch as the Sunset League cam paign comes to a close on riday September 5th Manager Newt Kimball of the Las Vegas Wranglers has an nounced that Cameron Mitchell on Sunday August 31st but that on SSunday August 31st but that he will also take the hill against the Reno Silver Sox at Reno on riday night September 5th the final game of the 1947 Sunset Lea gue season Mitchell is eager to oppose the Silver Sox in Reno on September 5th (he will fly to Reno for this engagement returning im mediately after the contest) for the game has been designated "New York One of idols ever since he was a youngster was Carl Hub bell the famous Neft York pitcher (The Reno club incident ally has a working agreement with the New York the reason their New York Night) LOS ANGELES Cal Aug 30 Cameron Mitchell young MGM motion picture star has just been signed to pitch for the Las Vegas Wranglers of Sunset League Mitchell who recently played second role behind Van Johnson in High Barbary will pitch his first game for the Wrang lers on Sunday afternoon August 31st against the Ontario Orioles at Ontario The handsome MGM star stands 6 feet 1 inch in heighf and tips the beam at 190 pounds Mitchell has been pitching for the Culver City Palms semi pro fessional team oh Sundays for the past year taking his turn on the mound when it did not interfere with his studio assignments He has a fine pitching record In fact' so good that Dan Crowley Detroit scout has been watching his work with interest for the past few months that Mitchell has definite major league possibilities and has an nounced that a Detroit Tiger con tract awaits signature at any time that the husky motion picture star would care to ink it Cameron displayed his hurling ability in the Damon Runyon Can cer und game at Hollywood re cently when while pitching for the Hollywood Stars he blanked the Los Angeles Angels in the four innings which he worked The Las Vegas Club has been in need of pitching strength for the past few weeks and General Man Two Year Title Deal May Be Banned By NBA duties with the club Those duties call for him to bat out fungoes during the hitting and fielding practice and to aid Cub base run ners from the coaching box during play Jurges disclosed that the plight of the Cubs became so vivid to him last month that he began to figure that even he might help the team Accordingly her began to work out before game each legs feel surprising However my arm is still a stiff from pitching batting tice earlier in the Jurges said When a reporter was about to ask him about his hitting Billy volunteered ask me about my batting average My batting is as poor as Modest Billy neglected to add that his tenth inning home run against the Giants last Monday won a 9 7 ball game for Chicago How much longer will he re main active? He grinned and said "This def initely is my last i He glanced furtively about the dug out and whispered of fact this may be my last 20 foot lengths each length Speedy and easy to assemble Suitable for high or low pressure mine industrial irrigation and all farm lines IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Priced for Quick Sale Book Orders Now Tell quantity required when writing for price 35 Persons Manufacture One Pigskin By JACK CUDDY United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK Aug 30 The lack of talent in most post war the scraping of the bot tom of the has powerfully reflected this week in the line up of the Chicago Cubs? where Billy Jurges took over the shortstop job In boxing the experts describe heavyweight champion Joe Louis at 33 as an Similarly Gus Lesnevich light heavy weight titleholder at 32 But Billy jurges is 39 And baseball always has been con sidered a true that ten years ago Jurges was commonly regarded as the best shortstop in either league But who woulej expect him to re turn to the game with the same speed and accuracy that distin guished his play when he broke in with the Cubs 16 seasons ago? Listed as Coach Listed as coach on the Chicago roster dapper slender Billy of the sparse brown hair was scraped off the bottom of the keg last Sunday when a series of ailments and in juries decimated the Cub ranks Towelling himself in the dugout at Ebbets ield Jurges explained was placed on the active list' last Saturdayand the next day I found myself in the line Jurges confessed with a grin that the last time he played ball before Sunday was last spring During the spring he played a few exhibition games Not So Strenuous Since spring Jurges had been pursuing his normal coaching HR Pct 18 30 46 41 14 15 ALBANY Cal Aug 30 Nominations for three events on the Golden Gate quarter million dollar stakes program which gets under way Sept 9 will close Tuesday Sept 3 These include the $20000 added Pacific Handicap Sept 13 and the $75000 added Golden Gate Handi cap Oct 18 Player Team' Kimball Las Vegas 28 Tisneret Anaheim 21 Hodges Riverside 30 Robertson Reno 36 Moreland El Centro 36 Masters Riverside 19 CHICK GANDEL AND HIS GAD A BOUTS SUNDAY MATINEE DANCING OR YOUR ATER SWIM ENJOYMENT! BAR AND COCKTAIL LOUNGE OPEN DAILY from 1:00 to 3:00 A SNACK BAR LAWTON'S SPRINGS "ONE THE BEST SWIMMING POOLS IN AMERICA" ED HALE CO LES KOOED Mgr 540 Virginia Phone 25451 HOME MADE RAVIOLAS DAILYTO TAKE OUT Phone 8108 By JACK CUDDY United Press Sports Writer PATERSON Aug 30 When the National Boxing Asso ciation holds its annual conven tion next month at Montreal it will attempt to boost the profes sional fight game out of its cur rent doldrums with a modernistic ruling Abe Greene president of the NBA and prominent newspaper publisher at Paterson promised today that the convention would provide an all important ruling that would prevent such a two year title tie up as has been caused by the Rocky Graziano Tony middleweight hostilities No Return Deal This proposed new ruling apply to all divisions It will vide that when a champion signs to defend his title against the No 1 challenger there will be no con tract for an immediate returnbout regardless of who wins The contract will provide that the title fight winner must de fend against another "logical i before having a re turn bout with his opponent in the title bout And contracts 'will provide that if the takes the title he must defend first against the original champion Greene said "I am not criticiz ing Graziano and Zale They are merely doing what is customary in the fight game That they have tied up the title in the middle weight division for two years is not their fault the fault of boxing But the fact remains that they have practically killed top light competition in the only divi sion of boxing that boasts the greatest number of top flight com petitors The Zale Graziano first title bout was originally scheduled for July 25 1946 but was post poned until Sept 27 because of kidney trouble On Sept 27 Zale knocked out Graziano in the sixth round at Yankee Stadium They were slated for a return bout at Madison Square Garden March 21 but that was cancelled when license was revoked be cause of his failure to report three bribe offers They met finally at sta'dium where Graziano knocked out Zale in the sixth round Now they are matched again for next January or ebru ary in whatever city can offer the most money Greene said cannot have important titles tied up for long periods like this with return bouts and rubber matches There must be other title fights inserted be and they will be Stocks of grain in California warehouses and mills on April 1 1947 totaled 208567 tons 407391391380370360 Specializing in Colored Grain ed RIED CHICKEN 'Scraping Bottom of Barrel Cubs Dig Up Billy Jurges 39 To ill Gap at Shortstop Job Class League Will Be Started NEW ARMCO GALVANIZED CORRUGATED CULVERT 18 24 3 6" Half rounds 26 long side flanged and drilled for bolting together into circular pipe Bolts included 2 inch overlap for joints Makes continuous culvert in multiples of 2 feet Sensational Recording Trio THE EASTMEN TOP DOLLAR PAID OR CLEAN CARS By HERMAN NICHOLS United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO Aug 30 That pigskin the kids kick around has its headquarters in the hindquar ters of a steer But before a foot is applied to a high grade football at least 35 people have had a hand in making it 13 more folks than ittakes to choose up sides and play a game Herb Greear superintendent of the leather department of the Wil son Sporting Goods Company said today that as a matter of fact 52 operations go into making a football kickable The process runs a leathery gam ut from selection of the hide (the flank of the steer is the only us able part) to the final inspection and packing Greear run through some of the operations which are interesting if you know anything about the complicated job of making a foot ball "Pound ends and prepare for "Trim threads and soak "Inflate and "Hand sew Just One Top Tanner The Grade A football he said be tops if the first man on the job know his busi ness or money only one tanner in the business is sharp enough to tan the hides for foot ball making an old timer who learned his trade in England where hide tanning is said to be or have been at its best think a man could get a lot of football out of a boxcarful of hides but that so or one thing only about a six foot length of each hide can be used in the best balls The average hide runs about 20 feet and the cut off is made into cheaper footballs 320 rom Carload Well figuring about 80 of these choice hunks of leather to the car at the most get only 320 footballs from a whole car of hides If you want to know whether buying a really perfect foot ball the leather man can tell you what to look for Take a gander at the two ends If the seams form a precise cross then got it or the kind of a ball the pros and big colleges use on lhe grid iron these seams are sewed by hand by old harness makers They know their job and seldom make a mistake the Difference? 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