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Page Four PO R TLA N D CH ALLENG ER F riday. A pril 3, 1953 I E aster h it a single to rig h t. L a rry loafed to second, w ith o u t m aking any effo rt to continue to th ird , w hich he could have m ade easily. The reason for th a t is D oby and Rosen w ere b attlin g it out for runs b atted in title and Doby d id n ’t w an t Rosen to d riv e him in. M anager A1 Lopez took L arry out of the gam e for loafing. Staffed to Meet Portland Needs Harry Sim pson found the stance that gave him th e P acific Coast league's horde run and runs baited in crow n. In his first 25 tim es at bat Harry banged out 13 hits, in clu d in g three hom e runs. He has led the Indians in batting in spring training. Lopez is very pleased w ith Sim pson's perform ances. B ig L u ke Easter said that if Sim p son continu ed to hit he w ou ld g iv e him a job as salesm an in his sausage business. BY LONNIE HARRIS C hallenger S p o rts E d ito r The Portland Beavers opened the season at Wrigley field against the Los Angeles Angels. The Angels have been strengthened by the return of Gene Baker, who had a brief try-out with the Chicago Cubs. Manager Phil Cavarretta wanted Baker to have another season of minor league ball to improve his batting. G r a n n y G la d s to n e a n d F r a n k A u s tin , Beavers’ center field er and shortstop, are certain s ta rte rs for th e opener. If needed in relief, th e B eavers can call on r e liab le Roy W elm aker and Jeh o sie H eard who toiled for V ictoria in the W estern In te rn a tio n a l league la st season. Junior G illiam , the sm ooth- field in g second basem an the D odgers acquired from M ont real. has taken over that p o si tion from Jack ie R obinson. M anager Chuck D ressen has tried Jackie at third and first base. H e is lik e ly to open the cam paign at third base over B illy C ox. R obinson is rated on e of the best clu tch hitters in the m ajors. If G illiam can hit .275 during the season. It w ill help the d efen din g cham ps consid erably. W ith R obinson m oving o v er to JEH O SIE HEARD th ird base th a t b ro u g h t several M ay be B evo regular rum o rs ab o u t dissension on the team . T h at is noth in g b u t a ru m o r rep o rted Ja c k ie d u rin g a s ta te m en t to th e press. Robinson ad m itted th a t he has slow ed dow n a little an d if a ball w as h it dow n th e th ird base side and he d id n ’t field it, people w ould say th a t Cox w ould have go tten it. Cox w as rate d one of th e best glove m en in the m ajors la st season, alth o u g h his b attin g w as m ighty w eak. Jim P en d leto n has been m ak in g it ra th e r tough on B rooklyn since he w as sold to th e B raves. In tw o recen t g ra p e fru it gam es P e n d le ton h it th re e hom e ru n s and all against th e D odgers. In one gam e his hom er en ab led M ilw aukee to b eat the cham ps. A t th e first an n u al P acific Coast L eague B aseball W riters’ d in n e r held in L. A., S atch P aige, th e fabulous p itch er for th e St. Louis he a d m itted th a t he d id n ’t know exactly how old he is. D uring a gam e last season Doby and A1 Rosen, also of th e T ribe, had a beef w hich resu lted in Rosen tak in g a poke a t Doby in th e dressing room. It all started w hen Doby w as on first base an d L uke M rs. Reed, a m em b er of C olonial’s staff, personifies th e efficient, u n d erstan d in g service offered by th e m o r tu a ry to its patrons. This service has a ttra c te d th o u sands of P o rtla n d fam ilies . . . one of th e reasons Colo n ial can offer W hile w arm ing up P aige told C lint C ourtney, B row ns catcher, to p u t a piece of gum w ra p p e r dow n for hom e p late. In 40 pitches he sp lit th e w rap p er in h a lf an d the catch er d id n ’t h av e to m ove his glove (w h at control). S oftb all is gettin g into sw in g again and if you look around you w ill find such p layers as Art Shepherd, Bob H erndon, Frank Fair and yours tru ly g ettin g into shape. Fair, w ho recen tly r e turned from the arm ed service, is trying out for th e Produce M erchants along w ith Art and m yself. so m uch for A1 R ivers is on his vacation and is not certain w hich team he w ill so little in cost pitch for. A1 is ra te d one of th e top p itch ers in th e league. These are m y ow n p redictions for the com ing season: A m erican L eague— (1) C leveland, (2) New York, (3) D etroit, (4) Chicago, (5) W ashington, (6) St. Louis, (7) Boston, (8) P h ilad elp h ia. N ational L eague— (1) B rooklyn, (2) N ew York, (3) St. Louis, (4) Chicago, (5) P h ilad elp h ia, (6) M ilw aukee, (7) C incinnati, (8) P itts burgh. 1 (yy¡ottíu ity_. 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