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BW'ffy until nmjmvymminnumn. Handshaking Between Frisco Edwards and Bill Skiff Taboo By Russ Newland San Francisco, May 31 fPi On the baseball front: It isn't particularly illuminating to note that Bill Skiff, Seattle Rainiers manager, and Frisco Edwards, the coast league umpire, are old- Beavers Ahead 4 Games to 3 (By the Associated TreM The Pacific Coast league worries through a holiday double-header schedule today bringing Capital Journal, Salem, Monday, May 31, 19I3 5 Pacific northwest The brewery subject brings to mind the fact that as late as last mid-week mounds of empty beer bottles dotted the upper reaches of Seals' stadium, monuments of an overpowering thirst that descended on a sundrenched crowd of 14,103 watching the Oakland-San Francisco game the Sunday before Grid Season Hard fo Figure By Hugh Fullcrton, Jr. New York, May 31 (P If you've been wondering what about the football season next fall, what do you suppose the colleges have been doing? Fordham already has had two games cancelled; at least two others are doubtful and Jack Coffey doesn't know what to answer when scheduled rivals ask him what to expect of the Rams because the army is just moving in. Bruce Gchrkc reports there were several days this spring when he not only took part in Columbia's spring practice but he was it. Top turnout for any one day was six or seven.

Cornell's Carl Suavely expects to get as much out of Navy V-12 trainees as he did out of civilian players because athletics arc a definite part of the navy program while the students usually had to sandwich drills in between late classes and dinner-hour jobs When Mike Conner, Southeastern conference commissioner, asked for reports on how many 17-ycar olds would be available next fall, Wilbur Hutscll of Auburn replied: "Mr. Commissioner, we have taken stock of our 17-year olds in the football squad and he says that he would like very much to play football next Quite a Muscle Jess Willard, former lieavyweiRhl boxing champion of the world, lets Charles F. Cosky of Philadelphia feel his muscle while giving the 21-ycar-old soldier a few pointers on keeping fit. Willard has two sons in the service Jess, as athletic director at an Amarillo, Texas, air field, and Akan, with the ski troops at Leadvillc. By Dillon Graham AP Features Sports Editor New York Everyone seems to believe Gundcr Hacgg, the swift Swede, will run over our homebred gallopers in his upcoming races here.

He may, but very few foreign track stars have been able to boast of their performances in America. The so-called "superhumans" Nurmi and Kohelmainon could, but most of The Browns arc blue again. Sensation of the American league last season, St. Louis' hopes fell when Vernon Stephens, the club's key man, was tabbed 1A this spring. But spirits soared when the shortstop arrived to play for several months before his army call.

Stephens was leading the loop at bat with .368 when he sprained his knee sliding into base in mid-May. Yankees Settle Dispute Over First Place, Flores Wins 7th By Judson Bailey (Associated Press Sports Writer) The New York Yankees have straightened out the dispute over leadership of the American league and the Brooklyn Dodgers will have a chance today to accomplish the same end in the National time catchers It is more in teresting to speculate on what would happen if these two should shake hands and then try to release the grip in a hurry Skiff's right thumb hooks one way and Edwards' the other from stopping fast pitches in their active days Edwards, incidentally, lost 12 pounds last winter, working, of all places, in a brewery in the Females Open Diamond Play South Bend. May 31 (U.R) Clad in something akin to ballet skirts, a group of girls invaded the male stronghold of professional baseball last night and proved that there's more to the "powderpuff" brand of the game than meets the eye but what meets the eye is nice, too. Fresh from the beauty parlor, South Bend took a doubleheadcr from Rockford, 111., 4 to 3 and 12 to 9, lo open the all-American Girls Softball league the nation's first league of feminine ball players. But it was more than ordinary baseball.

It was a new career for career girls and another milestone for the national pas-lime. It proved that figures arc not always accompanied by decimal points, and that baseball has an answer to the manpower problem. Three time-honored opening day ceremonies attended the event. The stars and stripes were raised, the national anthem was played and Mayor Jesse I. Pavey let go a traditional first wild pitch.

The girls (not a shiny nose on cither team) lined up in a for victory during the pie-game ceremonies. The first game went 13 innings. 1 labor shortage is serious. Like all clubs but Oakland and Sac ramento to the conclusion of a nine game series that has left standings surprisingly unchang ed. While the Oakland-Sacramento doubleheadcr was called yesterday because of weather, six other Sunday twin bills were split, distributing honors in remarkably just fashion.

Going into the last two games of the current series the Portland Beavers hold a 4 to 3 series edge over Los Angeles with the Angeles showing definite signs of faltering after five weeks of winning ball. Portland won the opener yesterday 5 to 2 but dropped the seven-inning second game 1 to 4 to give Jodie Phipps his sixth consecutive win of the season without a defeat. Los Angeles still holds a seven game lead over second place San Francsico, although the Seals have gained ground by winning five of this week's seven encounters with the Seattle Rainiers. The Seals dropped the first game yesterday, 3 to 0, on the five-hit pitching of veteran Farmer Hal Turpin. But the seven-hit night game was another story with Gussie Suhr touching off a three-run rally with a triple in the last of the sixth, giving San Francisco the game 4 to 1.

It was the fifth win without interruption for southpaw Tom Seals. At San Diego the Padres turned in their fourth series win by taking the opener against Hollywood 4 to 2 but the Stars coun-. tcred, 5 to 3, on the second game for the second win of the series. Most surprising performance of the Saturday games came from San Francisco with the Seals dropping Seattle back into the cellar again under an outpouring of runs which left the Rainiers flattened 25 to 3. The Seals climbed over Pitcher Pete Jonas for 10 runs in one inning and 11 in another.

In other Saturday games Los Angeles defeated Portland 5 to Sacramento nipped Oakland 4 to 3 in 12 innings and Hollywood drubbed the San Diego Padres 7 to 2. The short scores: mjn non on in 3 Los Angeles 000 100 010 2 0 Llska and Shea: Rairensberser. Baker (2) and Fernandes. Portland 000 000 11 5 1 Los Anpeles 002 020 4 10 1 Cook and Adams; Phipps and Holm. Seattle 200 000 1003 (I Sflii Fntnctsco 1)00 000 0000 5 0 Turpin and Sueme: Joyce.

Ballou (flj and Sprinz, Oftrodowskf fl Seattle 000 001 01 6 0 San Frnnrlseo 001 003 4 7 0 Spccce and Sueme; Seats and Otrodow-skl. Hollywood 100 010 0002 8 1 San Dieso 003 001 OOx 4 8 7 Joiner and Brcnzel; Johnson and Sal-keld. Hollywood 100 300 18 San DIpko 000 000 3 3 0 Erautt, Thomas (7 and Younkersi Chappie, Olson 4t and Balltnger. Davis, Williams Share High Points Berkeley, May 31 Harold Davis of the University of California, rated the nation's fastest college' sprinter, and Lieut, (j.g.) Hal Williams, USN, representing the Olympic Club of San Francisco shared high point honors with 10 each at the annual Pacific association track and field championships. The Olympic club won the team championship with 51 points, University of California was second with 45 and Stanford university third with 28 Vi at the meet held over the weekend.

Ensign Cornelius Warmer-dam, representing Del Monte navy pre-flight, reached 15 feet 2 inches to win the pole vault, but failed to better his own unofficial world record of 15 feet 7'U inches. It May Be True, But Sounds Fishy Santa Cruz, May 31 UP) Meet the new fish-alibi champions! John Chicini and Frank Bregante claim they fell asleep while fishing near New Year island, site of a sea lion rookery. They awoke in time to see a sea lion leave their boat and find their catch of 100 pounds of rock fish missing. Floodlights for All Star Clash Philadelphia. May 31 (U.R Baseball's all-star game, scheduled for Shibe park on July 13, will be played under floodlights for the first time in history, it was announced today.

The decision to play after dark was reached by Baseball Commissioner Kencsaw M. Lan-dis. Manager Connie Mack of the Athletics and Presidents Ford Frick and William Har-ridge of the National and American leagues. All other details will be as usual. HE dairymen's The fans consumed 27,000 1 bottles, nearly two per person, and the litter hadn't been clear-' ed away four days later because of help shortage After spending 17 years with the Detroit Tigers and being acclaimed as one of the finest fielding and greatest second basemen in the history of baseball, Lieut.

Charley Gehrinser, coach of the navy pre-flight school team at St. Mary's college, should know a lop deck in fielder when he sees one He described be-speclaclcd Bill Rigncy of his club as one of the three best fielding shortstops in the game today, one who would be an asset to any major league team Coast league fans when it when Rigncy was cutting off sure fire base hits and making impossible throws for Oakland last season He was headed for a big league uniform and was glad to settle for a sailor's pants and blouse Major League Leaders (By tlii1 Associated Press) Xalfnnal ur Batuns Dalilcmi. Philadelphia, Herman. Brooklyn, .347. R'li) batted tuHermnit, Brooklyn, 39; DiMhrbio.

Piltsbursh. 27. Home runs DiMacsto, Pittsburgh. Ott and May nurd. Now York.

L1twhtler Philadelphia, and Kehn. St. Louis, 4. PllchUm Newsom. Brooklyn, and Ewelt.

Pitlmhuritli. 5-1. American League Battins Stephens, St. Louis, Hl-gin Detroit. .330.

Runt hatted in Suencr. Washington, Bloodworih. Detroit, and Sicbert, Philadelphia. 3D. Pitchtnn Cnrrasmiel.

Washington. B-0J Flnren. Philadelphia. 7-1. Is Osc.r Hee, pr! n.nt of th Oregon Stats Dairy Anflociation.

With th of electric milking mnchtnefl.Hfljrtr Iflabletodo the work of 3 hand-milkers. many other dairy fanners, war wofLexs league. The Dodgers open a four- game scries at St. Louis and all they have to do to keep the Red-birds on their roost in second place is get a split. The senior circuit rivals divided thpir first four game scries at Brooklyn.

It took the Yankees a week to get the traffic tie-up at the top of the American league untangled. The champions were bumped out of the lead at Cleveland on May 23 and up until yesterday had been pushed into the background while the Indians and Washington Senators scrambled for first place honors. But yesterday, before the largest crowd of 'the season, 50,671 paid, the Yankees swept a doubleheadcr from Cleveland 4-3 and 3-2 to regain the lead as Washington lost twice lo the Chicago While Sox, 5-2 and 5-1. Thurman Tucker led Chicago's attack on both at Washington and aside from the Senators giving up the league lead the most notable development was Lefty Thornton Lee going the route and scattering six hits in the nightcap. It was the first complete game the sore armed star had pitched this year.

The Philadelphia Athletics swept two games from the St. Louis Browns 3-0 and 4-1 and moved into third place in the junior circuit. Jess Flores, the league's outstanding freshman hurler, pitched seven hit ball in the second game for his seventh straight triumph. He was beaten 1-0 in his first start of the season. Stephens made three of these hits, too, but fanned with the bases loaded on his last turn at bat.

Cleveland Kegler Shows in Portland Portland, May 31 (U.R) Walter Ward, wizard Cleveland bowler, will arrive in Portland Tuesday for a two-day exhibition of his amazing skill. He will be at Portland air base. One of the country's outstanding topflight bowlers for years, Ward currently is making a tour of army, navy, marine and coast guard bases, both to entertain officers and enlisted men and to leach the fundamentals of bowling. Ward had a grand average of 209.13 for the 1941-42 season. In 1933-34 he lead the Cleveland class A leagues with averages of 230.5 and 230.45.

the others would just as soon forget their, invasions. Haegg possibly is another superhuman. All evidence indicates he is. No one ever put ofi such a record-breaking spree as the Gvale fireman staged last summer seven new worlds records in two months. And he didn't bend the records, he shattered 'em by plenty.

Our runners can't approach his times. He looks like a shoo-in but flkstory shows that other for-Tnn standouts were also-rans on our tracks. They've been coming over for 30 years and the first invader Hans Kohelmainen was one of the best. The Finnish distance runner arrived here some months after ho had won top honors In the 1912 Olympic games with victories in the 5000 and 10,000 meter and cross-country races. Hans was too good for our boys.

He won almost every race he Kohelmainen remained in this country for several years, competing in our championships, and then crossed the ocean to win the marathon in the 1920 Olympics as Finland's representative. Perhaps even greater than Kp-: ielmainen was Paavo Nurmi, O'olher distance runner from Finland. The methodical, machine-like Nurmi, who planned his races down to the last split-second, set a flock of records and his performances stimulated great interest in track in this country. However, Nurmi is also remembered for the "veal pot pie" incident. Nurmi was scheduled tn run one night against Willie Ritnla at 5000 meters and then against our Joey Ray in the mile.

Faavo dropped out of the longer race, saying he had eaten too much pic and had contracted a tummy acre. There were some observers though we said Nur-lni feared the possibility of defeat if he tried to tackle Ray after racing Ritola. Paavo de finitely would have had his Ands full that night for Ray set Vncw world record of 4:12 for the mile. 1 Charley Hoff of Norway, was another who did better than all right. He cracked pole vault records almost every time he took off in 1926 before running into difficulties with the A.A.U.

Paul Martin of Switzerland, runner-up (in the 800 meters in the 1928 Olympics, turned in some nice races here as did Ed-vin Wicde of Sweden, who specialized in odd-distance events and still holds the world mile-and-a-half indoor standard. Ugo Frigerio, the Italian walker, did okay in 1925 and Sune Carlson, the Swede, won the mile indoor walk this year. Henry Nielson of who held the world 3000 meter dropped out of a race fff Princeton in 1935 when he sailed the sea to tackle our boys. Sweden's miler, Eric Nye, couldn't do better than take third place in his several competitions here in the middle 1930 s. Dr.

Otto Pclzer of Germany, the half-mile record-holder, ran some good races here but was beaten. Several years ago Finland and Nurmi were heralding Tais-to Maki as a runner better than Nurmi but Maki wasn't a sensation on our tracks. Greg Rice beat him in his major start in New York and Walter Mehl whipped him in another race. Then there was the Sidney Wooderson case that was a brief international incident. The Britisher, holder of the world Jjule' record, came over for a lyhooed mile-of-the-century at Princeton against our best.

But the race turned out to be a rout for Wooderson. He finished a poor last behind four Americans after being bumped on one of the turns. Sidney Wooderson Dan Ferris, secretary-treasurer of the A.A.U., "but Americans seem to do all right abroad while most foreigners are never at their best in this country. It's one of those things you can't Haegg's first appearance will be in the A.A.U. national out door championships here June 19-20.

He'll probably run the mile and 5000 meters. His itinerary is not completed but he probably will run later in Chicago, Boston and San Francisco. (By the Associated Press) Ciiasl I.rneuc W. PH Los Anncles 32 0 San Francisco 25 16 Sail Dicco 23 20 .53 Oakland 21 20 .51 Hollywood 23 .45 Port bud Iff 25 .31 Rcrpmento IS 25 .37 Seattle 14 27 .34 Result Yesterday Portland 5-1. Los Aiiceles 2-4.

Seattle 3-1. Shu FranrUco D-4, Hollywood 2-5. San Dlrso 4-3. (Second games, seven Innnitm. milts Saturday San Francisco 25.

Seattle 3. Sacramento 4. Oakland 3 '12 Innings). Los An tries 5. Portland 3.

Hollywood 7. San Dieso 2. American Leaeue w. New York 18 I- Washington IB Philadelphia 18 Cleveland 17 Detroit 15 Chicaco 12 Boston 15 St. Louis 11 .444 .441 .407 16 Results Yesterday New York 4-3.

Cleveland 3-2. Philadelphia 3-4. St. Louis 0-1. Cliicpco 5-5.

Washington 2-1. Boston 3-5, Detroit 0-1. National League XV. Brooklyn 24 St. Louis 21 Boston 15 Pittsourcli 15 Cincinnati 16 Philadelphia 15 New York.

15 Chicago 11 22 Result Yesterday Brooklyn 6-10. Cincinnati fl-ff. Pittsburgh 4-2. Philadelphia 31 (second name 10 inninnsl. New York 7-2.

St. Louis 6-3. Chicago 5. Boston 1. Claim New Record For High Jump London.

May 31 Wl The German-controlled Hilversum (Holland) radio reported today in a broadcast recorded by the Aneta (Dutch) news agency that Mrs. Fanny Blankers shattered the world high jump record for women by clearing the bar at 1.71 meters in the Amsterdam stadium Sunday. The old mark of 1.65 meters was set by Mildred (Babe) Didrikson and Jane Shitey of the United States at Los Angeles August 7, Dean Has Offers From Major Clubs Lafayette, May 31 Dizzy Dean, for whom the Chicago Cubs once shelled out S185.000 and three players, says he's had offers from the Browns, the Red Sox and the Athletics to return to major league baseball. Dean, now a St. Louis radio announcer, pitched for the Lafayette Red Sox of the Indiana-Ohio league in the first four innings of an exhibition game last night and helped them to a 4 to 1 victory over the Indian apolis Gold Medals, a semi-pro club.

Fort Riley, May 31 Col. William R. Irvin, post commandant, said today Sgt. Joe Louis is returning to Fort Riley from California where he ha? finished work in a motion pic ture. fighting dellverinq ff.fll Ml" the baffle I of food production 1 David Hagg Sons, who have been operating a dairy farm at Reedville for 47 years, are short-handed.

But electric milking machines and PGE power are helping them solve their labor problem. With the aid of electricity the family is able to care for 135 head of stock. Oscar and Henry Hagg, their wives, and Henry's son, Donald, keep 75 cows producing. Electricity is used to lighten the work in many other operations in addition to the milking to operate the steam boiler in the milk house, to grind the feed, and to operate the electric grain elevator. Even the hay hoist is operated by electricity.

PGE has served the Hagg farm for 21 years. The average PGE residential customer now pays only 2 cents per kilowatt-hour. Farmers making full use of electric service pay much less. PGE's average rate is 46 below the national average. A kilnwatt'hotir is enough electricity WARNING TO DRIVERS Don't lose your right to own or drive a car in Oregon after June 9 THE SUREST WAY: Obtain a standard auto insurance policy now, before the law goes into effect.

It cos Is so little. Hugging Office is the Automobile Agency Specialist of Salem to milk 480 quarts by machine. CHUCK CHET 2JjtaNSURANCE PYii OREGON'S LARGEST UPSTATE AGENCY SALEM ANT) MARSHFIELD 12 Comaierrlal St. Salem Dial 44M Ugh tin 3 power io 67000 "IVs a strange thing," says.