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I! i' . I LA. GKANUfl KVKNINCJ OBSEKVEU I'lione 600 Complete Local Reports Thursday, April ", HM-l Beavers Hang on To Coast League Lead By Unilod Press Pacific Coast League baseball teams swung inln the- second sc rips of games of t lie l!M5 season yesterday with (lie Portland Braver rising early in the ran; to the leadership. The Beavers trimmed the Sacramento Solons 3-4. The Los An geles Angels outsluggod the Seattle Hainicrs, 8-5, putting both teams in a second-place tie. The Oakland Oaks downed the Holly wood Stars 5-3 and the San Diego Padres defeat'--:! the San Fran cisco Seals 5-2. Tied Uirec-uH at the end of the Kevonth. the Reavers wont to work In the eighth, pounding the I Solon's Gene Babbitt for a single and a double and then sending across the wining run on Hnb bitt's balk. Sacramento also scored in its share of the eighth. Ad Liska, who pitched the en tire route, was credited with the win. Homor Tics Score At Los Angeles, the Maimers briefly look the offensive in the iifth inning vhcn Ted Norbert banged out a home run with the bases full. They picked up one other run' in the inning to take a 0-4 lead but the Angels erased the lead In the sixth. Three more tallies in the seventh put the game on ice. Hay Viers and Mel Hicks hoinorcd for the An gels in the first. Acorm Ne Out Stan The Oaks slammed in three runs in the first inning and held to their slim lead for the rest of their game with the Twinks. In the first frame, Chet Hnsen lund. and Torn Hnfey of Oakland walker) with rtno rlown. Frankie Hawkins trinlcd to left renter to' score two mutes and then came In himself when Vic Picetti grounded out, I' was Honnie Smith's second loss for. the Stars In two attempts to get a win this season. Errors Holp Padros Although Padre huilcr Jim nrillheart was hurt in the fifth inning when he was hit by a hard line drive by Seal Pitcher Ken Urondell, Willie Laves came una neia up inr me i-aures. in belong in the dark horse ente nte third, Willie Knos smacked ,,,,, In m yH.twc he went in cut a triple and came home on t, vv ,.. S1, wjnt,.,. r,,e Roy Nicely's single. The Seals I (., (lf six" tournament victories helped the Padres along by mak- which stood until Nelson broke it ing live eriors. rniiinoaii ami Kaves yielded five hits to tin Seals while Urondell gave up seven to the Padres. O Fight Results By United Press WOHCIIKSTF.lt, Mass. lin t Lylell, 152, Fresno, Cat, stopped Jimmy Hayden, Hill, New York CI). Cl.EVKLAND Jimmy Doyle, 154, Los Angeles, outpointed Chuck Hunter, 157, Cleveland (10). MEMPHIS, Tonn Ai tun. Godoy, l!IH, Santiago. Chile, knocked out Herb Jones, l!MI. In dhmapolis (21. OAKLAND, Calif. Paul Lew is, IStt'a, Oakland, outpointed Leo Turner, Mil, Portland, On. (10). Portland High Hoop Coaches Shifted POKTl.ANl). Gre., April a (UP) Basketball Coarh Ted Schopf, whose Washington high school team .'lom Portland won the state ehaiiiuion-.hip this veto' anil tied for 'he Portland lit!. last year has 'ieen transferred to Benson Tech'.i eo.u lung stall. Replacing Srhopl will l,r Hal llatton, former Wiishinglan I'.ise I a 1 1 and haskethiill eoarh, who has been givm a liiedical dis clmrge by the nay. .Sehopt suc ceeds Leonard Patterson who whs inducted '. isl w.'ek. "No. Hum!:. W; - :V---l0 PORTS I'lIRl' K Nelson, Snead Face Tough Rival In Jim Demaret ATLANTA, Ga April 5 (UP) It's get-away day today on the professional !! ilfing circuit and the rest of the field will have its last chance of the season to break up the Byron Nelson Sannny Snead monopoly in the $10,Mtii) Atlanta Iron Lung tour nament. A fi' Id of 80 odd pros and am u'u' a cn)-' ' 'hc cmiy hope of the bug -shot fans was Jim Demaret, the Texas sailor on navy leave who has been playing in practice rounds as if he had never heard of either Nelron or Snead. Nelson, Snead Favorad Nevertheless, Nelson, the Tol edo veteran" and Snead, the Wtst Virginian who served n hitch in the navy himiclf, are the one two favorites. Nelson is going after his eighth tournament vic tory of the winter season and Snead is seeking his seventh. To gether they have won 13 of the 17 meets that have taken the na tion's lop pros from Oregon to Clcoi gia. What put Di'inarel into the foreground was his first round over the lough Capital City course in which ho turned in a four-undor-par (i5. Nelson's best practice effort was an efficient (i7, better than his average in tournament play. Normally, Demaret wouldn't M,js year. However, hi' iias had little opport unity to practice regularly in the navy. Racing Dales Set At Seattle Track SKATTI.K, April ft IU') -The niiics will ii.li1 ;it Sriiltlr's LotiK ;h"ivs ti;u'k ;i;i-4in this sninnuT V-K diiy (HTinittinu, the V;ish inf;tn stalf 'lorsf rat'inn com mission iinnnutuvd toilay. Thi commission yesterday tolil t hi' W'ii.-luiii'toti Jockey club, m- cralnrs of Lounaci cs, ihry may opi'ii (hc track i'.ir ft;i racing ilays. when the fi t!' i.tl han on i-.u-int; 1 is hll, .1 '1'ic dales were set tentatively j at June 2i!, to Seplcniber 3. FORMER COACH KILLED I.DS ANGKI.KS, April 5 (UP) Kriue llolbro.ik. former Uni versity of Southern California basketball roach, was killed in' action in Luxembourg last Dec. lit. tne war .leparlnicy today nodded his .vife Mrs. Melva llalbreok. Ha earlier hail been reported missing. Ilolbrook pilotei! the Trojans to tlie soutlirin division cage crown in i;i4;i. MINCE PIE SYMBOLIC Oi initially mince pie was sym bolic of Christmas. The oie was t'.ikrd In ohlolln idiapc to npre sent the manger, while the pie crust represented the gold, and the spuy ingredients repiesent ! the fi ankineeiise and myrrh luoughl by the three wise men. rc jiib! look) ig.' " it,' ' ' T 1 i IfL .if, nmmlMilS XJtel4& IMPROVES WITH AGE After 50 years of competition Willie Hoppe, loft. Old Boy Wo'.ldor, and many-lime cue czar, contiiuei to break records as ho battles Welkcr Cochran, present litlo holder, in transcontinental three-cushion world-championship match. Youngsters Make Angels, Oaks Have Baseball SAN FRANCISCO. April 5 (UP) Happy days are here again! So sing the scouts, the managers, the fans and most of all the club owners. It has been so long since a bona-fide 'teen iirfo prospect has ap peared on the baseball horizon that the men in the ivory market had almost marked the pre-war times as "good o'd days." Biff Bears Take Three Points In Bowling Match T1-? Big Bear Market team took two games and series from the Farnam Supply five to add three points to their women's bowling Hague standing, while the Country Club and Glass Drug quintets split their standing points 2 and 2. M. Loveless and the Big Boars was out in front with 1MB pins for high game, while high series honors went to Mable Graham of j the Country Clubbers with count of 5110. Tile scores: Country Club Plovers 1st 2nd .'lid Ttl. I K. Donnelly... 107 127 1711 47.1 G. Blake . 102 113 1:12 H. Hall . 102 llf I II) 1 K. Trimble . !U 1110 1 110 -WW M. Graham . lllll llili Mii fiilll Handicap . 21 21 21 ti.i Totals 7:i(i 7a2 7711 22M1 Glass Druqs I M. Smith I2:i I tii I.ri7 AUi 1! Kniht ii2 I2ii 1H!I ;S7 i M. King IMii IS2 121 Hill I I'.. Jones is:; 17:: hi -iv2 I. U -nick llili 17a I Kl -la l I llandir.ijt rwi .r,ii .r)ii it;;: ' Totals . 7111 iiKI 727 227ii i Biq Bear Mkl. j S. Bernhardt 115 nil l.'W In:; G. Alvers . III! 7:i Ha 2iii j E. l.aiM'ii 112 Mii III) H7ii M. Loveless I lu Hill lug -l-lli I M llvde I III Kill n? .:u I l.illdu ,ip Ml Ml Ml 177 ! Farnnm Supply . 121 lilll MS Held ilfili , ;iii3 : 4111 j :i7 i Lee Winbui n Jonrs . Spaeth Handicap 1:14 122 12li 12li 1 10 142 lal 124 I -Hi 151 120 2( Totals 683 titi-l tins 2ii;:; I Pennant Outlook Of Cubs Dimmed CHICAGO, April 5 (I'I'i- The Chicago Cubs' pennant hope-: were dimmed l-y Hie announce ment that Claude Passeau. the Cubs' ace nghthanded pitcher, max1 have to mderco an opera tion on his tin aw ing al ni. Dr. John K. Davis said Pas seau must remain lu-re to receive X-lay Ihfrapv for removal of a growth at his ilhl elbow. If the thei.ipy does hat ruir the Condition. Da' is said he will have to operate on the big pitcher. The operation wuui.l keep him out of the g.illla for iao:e t!'..m a month. Passeau, wii i urn is and lo-t 11 games' lat m,.mim, had tm n i -'.inted up, "i to opr. the Na tional league sr.'Son for the I'uhs Now fliving it ST. LOUIS ' i O Brilliant Start Finds" I . But here we have the Pacific (.'oust League l!)4a season lvss t than a week old and already there are two youngsters just out I of high scluml holding the spot- ' light. j One is Ken Hicks, an 18-year-old southpaw pitcher with Los , Angolus. I The other r. Vic Picetti, 17-yeai'-old left-hi.nrled first base- j man with O.iUlaml. Admittedly, the competition in ! the Double-A League isn't quite j up to j)i e-war standard but i these b:ys hare been looking so I good in their iirsl series that al- i ready the btg leaf"-!-' routs are d rooling. Heavy Site Woik Counts In five gam.i against the Port land Beavers, nung Picetti, who was an All-Ainerican hij;h school s'ar last year -md played in the N e w Y it r k iNi;uii - .sponsored game, handled himself tlutsly: Came I four mm inn four runs and t 21 tin:.' nir.e hits Irs. li.v a l.-alling , seorrrl five a era'-ie mi i i . f .::!;:. Thai's !'.' li a-;iu' ; nd witlnn i i ) i that inpi,ii!v he wi.iil I for tin- isia.in Pitcher As a piiel llli I.. I:. . Ill k in an can eonr.' ri'tainiii.; lad of , I!:. srason's end a iancy price t ii; ci 15 I ininqs oiiiig 'Masti-r mi1 one apprar ,'li until i ssion. ."a- a Sunday ii nt acainst the r -ro Seals before . II was his first laiu'r and all he ininne.s to earn a Tin slai li: ilTr S.ni I-' i I of I2.i 2-1 ,I.T. Hicks i t i seasons of it minors - Class I'a . and Class It v plus a sl'.ot; only nine lilts a:i; stretch and all t!ie final four i k hi: eight bat- r.iiu'. n: line, gentle e : a-lht! pi. a 1! II ll.i:'..-. '....v J. o. .':,. n, ' O-ii-j. in !; Ken ali'A o'rl thi' la-' Hitched no-hit flames. He ! tc! s and w al':: Tl-.e put.il I men. lorois at I TOM CON'.VAY ftAflBAR A HA1E JEAN BROOKS V RI1A CORDAY SIMM'S KUIDAY 801 WILLS s;: TEXAS playdovs - r a, tt, 14 ta '-i-p KM)S TONK.'IIT V . ' 9 1 I'M !:( oni) ill t j - - " ,Wf. Buck t- i !- - ' : ,rrt . J t:M I M kijsai. m:ws Sinulz Ajrain Tops Local Riflemen Charles Smutz again topped the ,'ioiiiii! in the La Grande rifle club's mid-week competition, v. ith a :iS(i score, which inciud-.'d a perfect record from the silting u.-itimi. The scores: 1 Pr. Sit. Kni. Sid. Til. V. E. Seely !IB I!. J. tireen !)() Hud Knieht 88 O. y. Howell 'M W. Orards !)9 Chas. Elbe !l!) Shoemaker !I8 L. Larson U7 Chas.' Smith 100 !)7 80 81 85 !)0 7U 77 90 80 93 90 375 3-lti 315 342 34fi 344 340 341 3(i3 3B9 380 C. liothor 100 100 Chas. Smutz III) 100 IT'S NOT ALONE There are approximately 75, 000,000 star systOms similar to the Milky Way within the range of modern telescopes, according to an estimate of a prominent astronomer. For Young Misses! J VI NTY IH)V ( OATS 10.90 100' wool in ,i smooth weave. With a y, hetei :i collar and peall-bka buttons. In sizes from 7 to 14. 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