The I'acific Coast league baseball season .though just four
weeks old. has shown promise of being one of the most color
ful in recent history. Kvery team seems strengthened, compe
tition is closer than usual, four of the teams have new manag
ers and interest in general is way up (except for the discour
aging rain).
Already the new administration of rookie league presi
dent Claire V. Goodwin has proven him an advocate of all
out hustling baseball. Five managers were docked various
amounts last week for a variety of offenses involving um
pires. Apparently the head men have decided to show their
own peculiar brand of hustle in inspiring their teams on to
the cash prizes awarded monthly for various types of hustle
(according to Goodwin).
Probably tlu* most "colorful” incident with the umpires
involved the troublesome manager of the Hollywood Stars,
Hobby i’.argan. Perhaps irritated at his team's low standing
(eighth), and perhaps aggravated by what he termed poor
conduct of the game bv the league's umpire . Bragan paraded
eight pinch hitters to the plate on successive pitches. The um
pires were understandably annoyed, and the result was a $50
fine f‘>r the fiery Star skipper.
Other Skippers Draw Fines
( >ther assessments went to Toinniy Heath of Sati FYancisco.
w ho pushed an umpire $50 worth ; Tony Frietas of Sacramen
to, $25 for delay in gtlu* game with an argument; and $25 apiece
to (Oakland's Lefty O’Doul and Seattle's Freddie Hutchin
son ■for the use of profanity.
Apart from the usual run-ins with umpires, the league’s
teams are arranged at present in an unpredictable order.
Seattle is on top, but just a week or two ago Sacramento
held the top spot. And Hollywood, current residents of the
basement, will undoubtedly be in the thick of contention
when anticipated help from Pittsburgh arrives.
(>n the semi-local baseball scene, the Portland Heavers
seem to have benefited greatly from new hometown owner
ship. new player help and a new outlook on the pennant race.
Entrenched in third place, the Portland club is in a good spot
to gain on the leaders in thc-ir present series with second-divi
sion San Diego.
The addition of such performers as Hob Hall and Bill Werle
on the mound,'Sam Calderone behind the plate. Ed Mickel
son and Artie Wilson in the infield, and Dick Whitman and
KU'S Sullivan in the outfield has taken what was a last-place
team in 1954 and molded it into a threatening ball club.
Youngsters Help Ball Clubs
A difference which usually tends to keep Portland lower in
the final standings than the other teams might be in the age of
major-league purchases and optionees. Whereas the Leavers
get players usually at the end of their major league careers,
teams such as Hollywood aud Los Angeles are consistently
stocked with promising youngsters on option from the big
leagues.
When the Beavers have had the younger players, they
have usually shown in the final standings to more advant
age. Such stars as Vic Raschi, Charley Silvera, Luis Mar
quez and last year’s Bob Alexander helped the Beavers
mightily when they were in Portland. But this year’s ag
gregation of potential and former major leaguers is well
balanced.
Whitman .the ex-Oregon outfield star, is the oldest of the
group of new faces, while Calderone, Hall, Mickelson, Sulli
n an and Werle still might be welcome on major league rosters
of the future. At any rate, new general manager Joe Ziegler
has done his part to get potential stars. The Beavers, at worst,
should keep out of the cellar.
9 Eye Walker Cup
NEW YORK (AP)—The nine
members of the U.3. Walker Cup
golf team, along with a group
of officials from the U.S. Golf
association will leave by ship
for St. Andrews, Scotland, site
of the matches, Thursday.
The competition consists of
four foursomes on May 20 and
eight singles on May 21, all at 36
holes.
Athletics Nip Orioles
To Keep Hot Streak
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The Kansas City Athletics con
tinued on their hot streak Wed
nesday, beating the Baltimore
Orioles 6-5 for their seventh
victory in the last nine games.
In other daytime major
league baseball activity, the
Washington Henators shaded
Chicago's White Mo* 5-4 in a
game featured by three-run
homers on each side. And the
New York Giants shook up
their lineup to whip the Chi
cago Cubs 4-8 on Whltey Lock
man’s home run in the 11th.
Five games were scheduled
Wednesday night. In the Am
erican league. New York
played at Cleveland and Bos
ton at Detroit. In the Nation
al league, the Ht. I>ouis Cardi
nals played at Brooklyn, the
Cincinnati Kedlegs at Phila
delphia and the Milwaukee
Braves at Pittsburgh.
The Athletics received excel
lent relief pitching from Tom
Gorman to beat the Orioles. Gor
man protected Kansas City's
one-run lead through the last
three innings and received credit
for the victory.
Gus Zemial’s home run in the
fifth provided the winning mar
gin for Kansas City, which
pounded out nine hits against
IM Schedule
Thursday
Softball
3:50 Sederstrom hall vs Bar
rister Inn, north field.
Legal Eagles ~ vs. Dorm
Counselors, south field.
Phi Kappa Psi vs. Theta
Chi. upper field.
4:55 Delta Upsilon vs. Sigma
Phi Epsilon, north field.
Beta Theta Pi vs. Alpha
Tau Omega, south field.
Delta Tau Delta vs. Phi
Delta Theta, upper field.
Tennis
4:00 Alpha Tau Omega vs. Le
gal Eagles, courts 4, 5, 6.
Golf
Phi Kappa Sigma vs. Pi
Kappa Alpha, Oakway.
scarier Harry Kyra, Jim Me-1
Donald and Ray Moore.
Vic Raschi, the ex-Yankee,
starting his first game for the
A's, yielded a three-run homer
to Hoot Evers in the first but
didn't allow a hit for the next
three innings. He left for a pinch
hitter in the fourth. Alex Kell
ner replaced him but went out in
the sixth when the Orioles scored
twice to pull up to 6-5. Then
Gorman came in to give up only
two hit* in the final three in
nings.
Nestor, Phi Kap,
Teke, Kappa Sig
Nab IM Victories
Tau Kappa Epsilon whipped
Lambda Chi Alpha 11-3, Kappa
Sigma edged Sigma Alpha Mu
9-7, Nestor hall bumped French
hall 8-4, and Phi Kappa Sigma
blanked Chi Psi 9-0 in IM soft
ball action Wednesday.
Jim McKinney and Jack Marsh
clobbered home runs in the first
inning for Lambda Chi, but the
Teke’s came back with three
run homers by Larry Gubrud and
Clyde Hawley to win the error
filled game.
Jack Murray pitched the Kap
pa Sig's to their first victory of
the season, as the Sammie’s ab
sorbed their third loss.
It was Nestcr’s second win
and the second loss for French.
Both teams went into the game
with one-one records.
While his teammates were
building the lead. Phi Kap pitch
er Bob Hinman was holding the
Chi Psi's to three hits. Big clout
of the day was Phi Kap right
fielder John Winkleman’s long
home run with two mates aboard.
Third win for the Phi Kap's it
boosted them into the League IV
lead.
The Stroub Frosh got their
third straight win as Cherney
hail forfeited for the third time,
and Sigma Alpha Epsilon took
their third win over Phi Gamma
Delta in the same manner.
The Senators Bob Porter
field scored his third pitching
vlstory at Chicago although he
weakened in the ninth. Chuck
Stobbs came in and retired the
White Sox with two men on
base and one out.
Jack Harshman was Chicago's
losing pitcher, giving up a home
run to Jim Busby in the second
and a three-run homer to Mick
ey Vernon in the third. The Sen
ators picked up their fifth run
off reliefer Bob Keegan in the
eighth on Ernie Oravez’s pinch
hit single.
Bob Nieman hit a three-run
homer for the White Sox in the
third inning and singled home
the other Chicago run in the
eighth.
Manager Leo Durocher juggled
the lineup of the New York
Giants at the Polo Grounds, send
ing Foster Castleman to second
in place of Davey Williams who
has a bad back. Castleman hit
the first home run of his major
league career in the third inning
with no one on base.
•Slick base-running by Mon
te Irvin, who went back to
cleanup, gave the Giants runs
in the second and sixth in
nings! He stole second after a
walk and a single and scored
each time with the help of hits
by AI Dark.
The Cubs scored all three runs
on the Giants in the fourth on
three hits, a walk, a wild pitch
and a steal. Except for this one
inning, Ruben Gomez pitched
fine ball to record his first vic
tory of the season. Rookie Sam
Jones was the loser.
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