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Thursday, June 16, 1949. BROOKINGS-IIARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS. OREGON v Brookings Pelicans Come To Life In 7th With 11 Runs To Beat Rogue River, Sun. 4 Brookings Pelicans, currently tied with Cave Junction for Rogue Valley league lead, kept the record clean Sunday by trouncing Rogue River 24 to 7, at Rogue River. For six innings it had been a pitchers battle, with Rogue River leading the chase. In the sev enth Brookings broke out with worse than “rash” and pushed over 11 runs when booming bats made a racket worse than thunder. League Standings Won Lost Pct. Tea in 1 .800 Brookings ........... .... 4 1 .800 Cave Junction ... .... 4 .600 2 Butte Falls ...... .... 3 2 .600 Glendale ............. .... 3 2 .600 Eagle Point ...... .... 3 4 .200 Meri n ................. .... 1 Rogue River .... .... 0 6 .000 Brookings will travel to Mer- lin, next Sunday. with four hits in seven trips; Spangler, Ackley and Putnam, each had three hits and Menden- hall, Hanscam and Brunk settled for two apiece. The Pelicans travel to Merlin next Sunday to wind up the first round of the schedule. The box score: Brookings ab r h po a e Matson, 3b ..... 7 3 4 4 0 Spangler, ss ..... 5 3 3 0 2 0 Mendenhall. 2b 7 3 2 6 5 0 Hanscam, cf ..... 4 3 2 1 1 0 Nelson, cf .. 0 0 o 0 0 Brunk, If ... .7 2 2 0 2 0 Ackley, lb .. 3 2 1 .7 6 0 1 5 2 Des jardin, c Putnam, rf .6 3 3 0 0 0 Salvage, p .. 2 1 0 2 0 0 Swearingen, p ...1 1 0 0 Cave Junction also walloped Butte Falls 18 to 10, thus keep- 1 ing the two teams tied in league standing with four wins and one ( loss each. Started Very Slow The Pelicans looked anything but winners after three innings with the Rogues leading 4 to 3. Totals ...... 56 24 21 27 19 2 Brookings had scored three un-: earned runs in the first when Rogue River e ab r h po the host team bobbled, but came Howard, cf ... 4 1 1 3 0 0 back with two runs in their half.1 Kile. 3b ...... 0 0 4 2 2 The Rogues scored another brace Hart. 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 in the third. It was in the fifth Thompson, 3b 2 0 4 2 before the Pels scored again, with Dimmick, p .... 4 1 0 2 three in the fifth and three in McGregory, c. 2 0 5 0 0 the sixth. 2 0 0 Prefontaine, c 3 o Barnham, If, p ...4 1 2 1 2 0 Fattened Batting Averages 5 0 2 11 2 0 Apparently intent on increas-1 Huntoon. lb 1 0 0 3 ing their batting averages, the Sowles, ss .. 2 0 0 0 0 2 Pelicans chased across 11 more Brecount, rf 2 1 1 0 0 0 runs in the first of the seventh Boyer, rf .... 0 0 0 0 0 V. Prefont., If ..1 for their biggest inning of the season. They added a final four 37 7 12 27 14 6 Totals in the ninth. Dick Salvage, after somewhat Scoring by innings— .300 033 1104—24 shaky start, was meanwhile get- Brookings 7 202 000 030 ting bettor as the game progress-. Rogue River cd. and had pitched four shutout Summary: 2-base hits, Matson innings when he retired in favor, Ackley, Putnam, Salvage, Thomp of Manager Babe Swearingen at son; 3-base hits, Dimmick, Barn- tho start of the eighth. ham; Home run. Hanscam, How Babe found the Rogues still in ard; Stolen Bases, Matson 2, Ack a belligerent mood when they ley 2, Desjardin, Mendenhall, scored three on a walk and four Brunk, Boyer; Double plays: hits, some poor base-running pre Matson to Ackley to Matson; venting further damage. base on balls: off Salvage 7, off White Matson was again the big Swearingen 1, off Dimmick 5; gun for the Pelicans, coming up strike-outs, Salvage 5; Swearin-i WE gen 1, Dimmick 7; Earned runs, Salvage 3; Swearingen 3, Dim mick 11, Barnham 4; 6 hits. 4 runs off Salvage in 7; 6 hits and three runs off Swearingen in 2; 17 hits and 19 runs off Dimmick in 6 1/3; 5 and 5 off Barnham in 2 2/. Win ning pitcher, Salvage; losing pit cher, Dimmick. Umpires: Dilla- hay and Kirkland. Time: 3:00. Batting Averages Player Matson Mendenhall ..... ....... 26 Brunk .............. ....... 25 Hanscam ......... ....... 21 Desjardin ......... ....... 8 Ackley .............. ....... 12 Putnam ............ ....... 17 Spangler .......... ....... 22 Salvage ... I faggerty Nelson ..... Swearingen Many residents of the area had diffiuculty i n preparing evening meals, and few who planned late dinners, were handicapped. Hardest hit, perhaps, was the Pine Cone theatre, which could not show, as the power did not come back on until about 9:00 p. m., too late for any customers. * 'Coast-T o-Coast" Saving Stamps Given In Brookings Pct. .640 12 .461 10 .400 8 .381 As further inducement for tho .375 3 buying at home, three businesses .333 4 this week advertised inaugura 5 .294 tion of “Coast-To-Coast” saving 6 on all purchases. While .187 stamps to other types of saving similar .166 stamps in many ways, “Coast-To .091 stamps may he redoemdU Coast ” .000 at any of the stores giving them instead of sending them away for merchandise. Also, it is pointed out by busi nesses employing these stamps, redemption may be made in cash, State convention of National or may be made in merchandise Association of Postmasters will at the store where redemption is held at Coos Bay, Ore., July 12 made. While only three are adver to 15, inclusive, says Mrs. Goldie Smith, local postmaster. Plans, tised in this issue more arc ex she added, were being made for pected to join this group, the a trip down the coast, July 15, Pilot was told. Monday. by way of Brookings to points of interest, especially the lily fields. Local growers have signified in tention of helping plan tours of I will not be responsible for any the fields, if the group does come. bills except those contracted by Concerning post offices of the myself. MERLE E. MORGAN, state in general, Mrs. Smith told Box 551, Brookings, Ore. ♦ the Pilot that 15 Oregon post offices had been advanced from third to second class. Brookings was one of this group. North Bend now boasts of a first class office, having jumped out of the second-class rating. Postmasters Bill Coos Bay Meeting Power Outages Experienced Here Coast-to-Coast TRADING STAMPS FOR PAGE THRE3 Local News Items Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hassett and family arrived the past week end from Albany. Charles, enroll ed at Oregon State College, is planning to attend summer school at Oregon State. They are visit ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Hassett, and his brother-in- law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Jud son, here on vacation from Alas ka at the Hassett home. Jimmy Lytle is spending this week at Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. Brown Woolsey of Warm Springs, Ore., were vis itors over the week of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Masset, of near the state line. Al Erikson, of Seattle, repre senting Callisons of Seattle and Coos Bay, was a caller in this vi cinity over the week-end seek ing fir pitch for pharmaceutical manufacturers. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Graham, formerly of the Chetco valley, but who have lived near Crescent City the past year, have moved back to the Chetco residence. He was engaged in logging. Dr. and Mrs. Rex Putnam of Salem were visitors here Friday afternoon, evening and Saturday morning. Dr. Putnam, who de livered t h e commencement ad- dress, took stock of the progress made by Dist. No. 17 toward its meeting standard requirements set forth by the state board of education, of which Dr. Putnam is superintendent. Classified Ads Get Results! ° MEDFORD For about an hour Saturday evening, and again Sunday after noon for almost six hours, this area of Curry county was without electricity, due to line trouble in the vicinity of Grants Pass it was reported. GIVE GOOD the World’s Best Climate BARGAIN FARES—ROUND TRIP, family plan, and joint fares discounts. Ask for de tail. Call Southwest Airways, 2771, Crescent City. CLOCK AND WATCH REPAIRING CLOCKS— All Makes: Mantel, Alarm, Electric! WATCHES— All Makes: Foreign, Domestic Prices Reasonable—all work guaranteed! Cash or Merchandise This Adv. Good for 50c on any job amounting to $2.00 or more IN ANY OF THESE STORES: Watchmaker & Jeweler Templar Hotel Bldg., Brookings, Ore CUR-DEL CLEANERS QUALITY DRY CLEANING (Only Plant In Brookings) BROOKINGS ELECTRIC & RADIO YOUR WESTINGHOUSE & MAYTAG DEALER (Everything Electrical) THE TOWN SHOP CLOTHING - DRY GOODS II IT«— I■IIII■■■W J—— UNOUUM~ Armstrong, Pabco, Congoleum and Narin Linoleums Asphalt Tile Rubber Tile Also printed floor coverings KARL OSTENBERG Templar Hotel Hldg. Brookings Free Estimates! Oregon
