THURSDAY, JULY 28. 1949
*
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON
Pelicans' 10-lnning Run Breaks Up Best
Game Played In Rogue Valley League
It cost the Brookings Pelicans considerable effort,
spread over ten innings of bitter baseball, Sunday,
to down Eagle Point, 3 to 2, in the bast game played
all year in Rogue Valley League. The win keeps the
Pelicans at the top of the league standings, with
their position pretty well intrenched.
For Hank Westbrook, who south-pawed the entire
game, it was a sweet victory over his opponent who
lowered the fat batting averages of most of the Pel
icans, and gave Pete Lesmeister anxious moments.
Real Pitchers’ Battle
Played on the Camp White
field, the game was a real piten
ers’ battle with the issue in doubt
all the way. Big Hank Westbrook
won his fifth in as many starts
and pitched by far his best game
since joining the club. Although
wild in the late innings and hav
ing difficulty with men on bases
he scattered the eight Eagle
Point hits and struck out 13.
three of which came in the 10th.
Cy Golden, Eagle pitcher, ru
mored to have been borrowed
from the Medford Craters, was
equally tough, holding the Peli
cans to three hits for the first
six innings, a total of nine for the
game, and also truck out 13 bat
ters. Brookings earned all they
got from him during the game.
Brookings scored first in the
top of the third when Hank West
brook stretched a hard-hit single
into a double and scored on the
first of Whitey Matson’s 3 hits,
also a double. Eagle Point even
ed the score in the fifth when
Golden, after his single, was ap
parently trapped off first. Ackley,
attempting to keep from hitting
the runner, threw over Matson’s
head and the ball also eluded
Nelson, Golden scoring on the
double error for an unearned run
The Eagles then forged ahead in
the last of the sixth when Perry
tripled for their only extra base
blow and one of the few off
Westbrook for the season, and
scored on Belleck’s single.
The Pelicans knotted the count
in the seventh when Nelson sin
gled, advanced to second on a
wild pitch, and scored on Mat-
son’s single.
Missed Their Best Chance
Eagle Point seemed headed for
victory in the last of the ninth,
when after two outs Gordon
Standley singled, stole second and
romped for home on Perry’s line
single to left field. Neil Nelson,
however, relayed the ball to Hann
Westbrook who in turn threw to
Desjardin for a very close out.
Desjardin was hit so hard he
also was “out” but cold. He was
revived sufficiently to take his
turn at bat in the top of the 10th
to lay down a neat sacrifice bun*
to advance Hanscam who had
singled as the first hitter in th?
inning. Hanscam went to third
on an infield out and then scored
the winning run on Putnam’s
clutch hit to right field.
The first two Eagle fanned in
the last of the 10th, Rippey then
walked, stole second and third,
but pinch hitter Chamberlain al-
so fanned to end the game.
The box score:
Brodkings
ah r h po a
Matson, ss .......... 5 0 3 2
0
Spangler, 2b ...... 4 0 2 2 1 0
R. West’k, 3b ... 5 0 0 1 1
Hanscam, cf ...... 3 1 1
0 0
Desjardin, c ..... 3 0 0 15 0 0
Ackley, lb .......... 4 0 0 7 1 I
Putnam, rf ........ 5 0 1
0 0
Nelson, If .......... 4 1 1 1
II. West’k, p ....4 1 1 0 3 0
Totals
37
♦
Eagle Point
ab
Simmons, 2b ...4
G. Standley, ss 5
Perry, rf ........... 5
Belleck, lb ........ 5
C. Standley, If ...4
R’PPey, cf
Harnish, 3b
4
Phillips,
4
Golden, P
1
*Champerlain ...1
3
9 30 10
r
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
h po a
0
4
2 1 3
0 0
1 14 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 2
1
0
1
0
Totals
38 2 8 30 15
(*) Struck out (for Harnish
the 10th).
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How they scored:
Brookings .......... 001 (XX) 100 1-3
Eagle Point ........ 000 011 000 0—2
Summary: Runs hatted in:
Matson 2, Putnam; Bellick. 2-base
hits: Matson, H. Westbrook; 3-
base hits: Perry; sacrifices: Des
jardin 2; stolen bases: Matson,
Simmons, G. Standley, C. Stand
ley 2; Rippey 3; Left on bases.
Brookings 11; Eagle Point 11;
bases on balls: off Westbrook 5;
off Golden 5; Strikeouts: West
brook 13; Golden 13. Earned runs
off Westbrook 1; off Golden 3;
Wild pitch: Golden 2. Passed ball
Phillips. Umpires: Fuze and Don
Craig. Time: 3:35.
Flew To Medford To Watch
Heinie Westbrook, the story is
told, flew to Medford from Cres
cent C ity, and watched his sons
play. He told people after he ar
rived home that the trip was
well worth while, for he saw a
game comparable to any in the
big leagues, and also saw’ his son
triumph in a real pitchers’ due!.
League Schedule Muddled
I’he league schedule would see
Merlin in Brookings for next Sun
day. However, it is understood
the Merlin club may have dis
banded in which event an effort
will be made to book a substitute
game for Brookings. Merlin, it
is reported, suffered from dissen
sion among players, and the man
ager has left the community.
one way or another, besides the
spoiling for themselves as well as
others, a beauty spot.
The fireplace could have been
broken by accident, by someone
backing into it from the parking
space across the road. It would
be nice if he came forward and
offered to make repairs, wouldn’t
it?
Pct.
.575
.436
.429
.409
.400
.355
.333
.315
.280
.257
.231
.167
.370
Isn’t it gratifying that Brook
ings is beginning to receive na
tional recognition by way of Na
tional Federation o f Garden
Clubs. We shall be looking for
ward eagerly to the next issue
of the National Gardener. The
letter which Mrs. Rice receivt'd
from the editor requesting pic
tures of the flower show’, was
printed in full in the Brookings-
Harbor Pilot last week.
Committtees are taking form,
and if you are asked to serve on
one, please do so, remembering
the many hands make the work
light, and besides, it gives us all
something to think about be
sides our troubles while wash-
ing the breakfast dishes, or pull
ing weeds.
Conservation, our president,
Olive Page’s “word of the year,”
was brought home with real force
last week, w^hen a picnic to the
Loeb State Forest Park, disclos
! ed _ the
fact -------
that one of the fire
—-----
places has been badly smashed,
and a bench is missing from a
table. And the park was dedi-
cated less than a month ago.
People who do such things never
seem to stop and think it is their
own property they are damaging.
Property they help pay for in
Quarter Inch Rain
Settled Little Dust
Since shortly after Memorial
day, this area has had hut a trace
of rain on two occasions, with
the soil becoming dry, as w’ell
as the forest facing the worst
fire danger in years. The situa
tion was only partially and tem
porarily relieved Saturday, at
which time .23-inch of rain fell,
in form of drizzle.
The thirsty soil drank in the
moisture so rapidly that there
was but slight appearance of any
wetness. The week's readings:
Weather Report
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PAGE THREE
It makes cents, or ratesr, dol
lars and sense to take care and
conserve all our natural recourc-
es of beauty of mountain, woods
and sea. Fred Harris, president
of the Southern California Hotel
association, says that the tourist
industry, last y e a r, produced
$490,473.000 or the second largest
source of area income for greater
For the past week, ending on
Los Angeles.
Sunday :
Max. Min. Rain
Brookings and Harbor could July 18 .....
46
use a lit th' of that! I must up and July 19 ...... ...... 67
47
. ...
out with the hoe, now, Weedy July 20 ..... ...... 74
48
....
Acres is calling! Yours for Brook July 21 ..... ...... 67
46
__
ings by the C’s (conservation - July 22 ...... ...... 64
48
co-operation — co-ordination). — July 23 ...... ...... 58
54
.23
July 24 ......
B. Miller.
67
.. ..
54
Total rain for week........ ... .23
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Brooks, of
Chico, Calif., former residents ol
Last week it was quoted in the
this area, who had been called Pilot that the amount raised in
to Portland by family illness, ar the benefit dance for Owen Car
rived in Brookings Monday eve ter as being $1250.0; the decimal
ning for a brief visit before con point should have been over one
tinuing to Chico.
digit, to read $125.00.
Batting Averages
Player
db
h
Matson ...........
.66 38
Hanscam ....
.55 24
Mendenhall ....
33 15
Ackley ...........
44 18
H. Westbrook
25 10
Desjardin .....
45 16
Swearingen ....
6
2
Spangler .......
54 17
Putnam .........
14
R. Westbrook
.35 9
Nelson ...........
39
9
Salvage ..........
18
3
0
ream Average (12 games)
0
0
League Standings
Won Lost
0 Team
Brookings
..............
7
1
0
Butte Falls ............ 6
2
3
0 Glendale .................. 6
Cave
Junction
........
5
0
Eagle Point ........... 5
4
Merlin
.......................
1
7
0
Rogue River .......... 0
8
0
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