14 Che Tacoma Times | THIS IS ‘“'‘BlG’/ WEEK AT LONGACRES ON THE LAM | with ELLIOTT METCALF 3 In This Corner Army-Navy Northern Lights Handicap ngss is the watchword with the 41st Division. Notonly in arms but in athletics. Up Their Lead Starts Things Going Today Already they are planning their 1941 football season. Tilts George A. White, commander, has given the Husky Now Enjoy Full Grand Climax of Five-Day Program to “go”1-'(}l-.for football. SEATTLE, Wash.. The AFL Blessed with a world of former college and prep stars, Two-Game Lead Teamsters union today arranged Be the Annual SIO.OOO ‘Acres Mile is every reason to believe a high grade machine can for 3000 army and navy men to r. see each home foothall game of | NEW YORK -The Brooklyn The Northern Lights Handicap W. G. Irvine of Vancouver being desire is definite the of this what the Division grid bosses first while it University Washington the But . Dodgers, making hay the card at Longacres a doubtful starter. Irvine has fall tops today . clear-cut schedule that will be carried through games . a rained, had cast an entirely Drive and today which resumes its weekly racing great gray ghost Over © to with Tacoma can offer through the Col- Besides acting as host for the Well, begin opposition different light on the National effec- with a twilight program the less-publicized but quite of Puget Sound and the Pacific Lutherans. service men, the union also will Jege race. Palmera T. is not certain, | league pennant First post is at 4 o'clock. tive It with the soldiers would be attractions right. I buy football equipment for a 33- Games drawing this will not While the Cardinals were rained The Northern Lights is a graded however, that pair remember the famed team of the 91st Division, its talent, color a { man squad of Seattle's 146th Field out in Boston, the Dodgers sloshed for 3-year-olds and up start, Artillery. handicap gate magnetism. and Eb- = . through the mud rain at a 1 1-16 miles —————— i over racing astrip And now in this World War Second, if we may, there is every bets field yesterday to a double eopportunity to match the grid spiendor of that other era. ilnng. {triumph over the Pittsburgh Pi- The overnight's list nine starters Remember Mike Mikulak, the Oregon fullback and battering ram? Split 9-0 and and increased rates, 6-2, comprising the following field: once in a P D | Tigers They come along like Mike only great spell their lead to two games. The rain Beware, Stingy Lady. Mike older now, but he is still & man and no doubt anxious Buyer is young cost the some at Dodgers S2OOOO Miss Baker. Pescadero, Go-Getter, to take another fling at the grid now that his college days are | sport the but their gate gave pennant Bonicon, Train Signal, Beldad and Ch fs behind him. With a million-dollar shot in the (hopes | Mightycar arm by helping them to knock WESTERN INTERNATIOMAL Bantz on Hand, Too. | Train Signal to be ridden by Bill ‘down the tough Pirates twice Won Leost Pct Mike Fort Lewis licutenant in the | Floyd McCormick will pack And big is out way, a Drop to Seven-Tilt B fans turned out Bl .... ..« MilitaryPolice division. Only 9,372 ! high weight of 114 pounds. T .. B because of the forbidding Lead After Defeat Next high weight is Miss ... is Bill Bantz, the former Washington Stater. 64 53 .38 ’ Vancouver .... .. weather but the Dodgers | Baker, the good one from the "ah. Arndt, the Everett star, and Bobby O'Brien, formerly N Tiny elements and S ... ««.. B B laughed at the | barn of Needmore with yvoung of Santa Clara, a corking center. BY UNITED PRESS TS A Da- -« D 9 like Curt .... 0 i played champs. ' Dug Dodson in the irons. Those are mentioned just to give you an idea of what talent now ! vis handeuffed the Pirates in The Sacramento Solons, who Wenatchee .. ... 4 % .87 wears Sam's | Twilight will continue Uncle fighting uniforms. ’ racing TUESDAY'S ~ the opener, allowing only five have been running away from the RESULTS There are many others from all over the Coast , . the Middle | through Thursday. ~ hits and not allowing a Pirate rest of the Pacific Coast league all Yakima 4, Spokane 0. from all over the nation. Regular afternoon racing begins w «+ + the East and the South. Yea, . to reach third. year, today were down to a seven- | Salem 15, Vancouver 14 2 sis still August. The weather is collar-spoiling through heat. Friday (Ladies’ Day) with the first . In the nightcap Tom Drake, the game lead, the closest they have | Tacoma 7-4, Wenatchee 1-5. is not far and the knows it at 2 o'clock and winds up for| r away Army post - * big right-hander bought three been to the common people in - is why the Army is getting down to preparedness for the the week with the event of the| weeks ago from Nashville, came many weeks ! BY UNITED PRESS The future looks SIO,OOO Longacres Mile. gridiron sport. promising. to win his first | year—the Tacoma and Wenatchee split in ' through admirably Seattle tied for second old negihbor can visualize the team out on place, that the Mile Already your Army ‘start. He allowed only five hits It now appears Western International play last knocked a blue chip off the Sacs’ just before game time . the soldier bands . the large will have 12 starters, the of the the field . until taken out for a pinch-hitter entry night at Wenatchee, Tigers last with a 12-7 vic- in . the “Star Ban- pile night of the stands . number uniformed men , Spangled the in the ninth. Hugh Casey com- | winning seven-i #ling opener while all stand at attention. tory. 1| ner” being played ! pleted his job for him, 7-1 and Wenatchee coming back was written on the old Stadium in World Sacramento a 60 Drama? Well, it floor ran up | win the 5-4 with three FRISCH CHASED ltn nightcap War First. Those who saw it can never forget it, lead Hal in the against Turpin *Russ runs in the final frame. | - The second game was played in Elliott | And here is a grand chance for its repetition. tirst three innings, but Pitcher | A smooth two-hit the rain, and Frankie | pitching job should have small full Manager The Army trouble in lining up a and worth- George Munger blew up in the Al Lien, with the best Frisch was chased the by ranking while schedule, by umpires fourth and pelted Ruler the league this last night when he stood front of the |h¢~.l{ninier- year, - in - - » ;.m him for seven hits and seven Trap i Yakima a 4-0 shutout over Pirate bench with an umbrella |game i ; |the Hits 1 - - In- Comeback Trail .". over his while runs, | league-leading Spokane Apostoli . | head the umpires Missourian Winner were conferring about Seattle continued the rout with dians. Fred Apostoli has joined Gene Tunney’s navy boxers and calling the With the Pirates behind, four more in the fifth and another The Pippins obtained 10 is training for a comeback. ‘ game. | Of Target Classic in Bill safeties off Damon 10, in the early innings Frisch the sixth, belaboring Cap-| Hayes, Apostoli fought in the heyday of Freddie Steele's reign i- 1 was for and Al | | hurler, and evened yelling the game to be linger Hollingsworth. | | Spokane was still mittens when Al Hostak came along VANDALIA, o.—Russ Elliott of the for called. It was Caplinger's loss. Paul | | | score a whitewashing z “n'r:ttt lanky 42-year-old | Raytown, Mo, the at the hands The Yankees received a Gregory replaced Turpin and fin- | previous night Steele lost E title to Hostak, retired. held | park operator, today the of the Tribe. [ tough blow when they lost ished for the winners, each club , | Hostak dropped his crown to Tony Zale, retired and then made a | North American clay target cham- the services of Joe DiMaggio getting 18 hits. Jo-Jo White of | | | Their victory also secured the He off of on Zale comeback. a couple and took again, as the 42nd annual grand bopped yaps | pionship - ] for possibly two weeks in di- Seattle, who is on a hitting streak, | Pippins' second place ranking. £ comeback. Hostak's American trapshoot moved into its viding a twin bill with the got four for five " Vancouver lost ground in dropping em:uutoo, had a comeback urge after a couple or more years! . third day. a 15-14 slugfest to Salem. The Tigers. DiMaggio sprained his San Diego held its tie for sec- out of the He fought a named Casino or pits. punk Jimmy some-| Elliott defeated Ed Ross of clinched the ankle in pulling up at second. TheZStandings ond last-place Solons game with a place by beating like that. Makes no difference. he he was 47 in a fhing Whoever was, Mil'erspori, O, 48 to nine-run burst in the eighth. The Tigers slashed out 16 hits Portiand, 9-2. Yank Terry won Jjust a . after plug. to win the PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE shoot-off yesterday they Thirty-five hits were rapped out opener, 12-3, pounding his 21st game of the year and Steele was whacked out by this Jimmy kid who, when Fred was Won had tied at 199 targets in the Marvin Breuer to cover. Marius Lost Pct Won Lost Pct. {during the game and six pitchers his cooled the Beavers on two hits.