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SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 1024 IbalQ ' atadl Athletics Ry "Thornton Fj ::tLsoir.:(ESD;:E Mr. !. KnOWltt If vou want anythinq. send him after it 'Winn Snappy Baseball Game Goes ., -r ri iQ visitors i earns nay -Again Today THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON Mews 4 Tie Salem baseball club lost the first game of the season to Kelso yesterday 5 to 1. but it was a snappy baseball game by both famj all-the ."way; through.,- .and Kiddy Bishop demonstrated beyond a doubt that "he" isf going to have a team this season that will fin ish far up the list. " The. tejLms play again today, .be ginning 'at 3 o'clock. Barham will pitcL for Salen todajr and Bishop predicts- that his' team will w"n. Word came , yesterday that nearly tike whole city of Kelso will arrive in Talern today, and see the game as well as participate in the Blos som day festivities. Eoth Ashby of Salem and Prit ciar J" of Kelso pitched good ball yesterday. Ashby suffered some in the ' seventh and eighth and Pritchard had a bad third inning. Te weather was raw and both r'.ayers worked against a handicap ia ta.t respect. The new men on the Salem club, ra!rl, Gibson and Wilkerson aowed up well, arid "Frisco" Ed v,aru3 was in old-fme form. To day 'liller and Proctor, who were r ot , in the lineup yesterday, will appear in the Infield for Salem. It game by innings : ' " First Inning. Kelso Trummer safe on DisL .p's error. Rentfrow , sacri fice 1 Trummer to second. O'Riley tit 1 y Ashby. Harper doubled,: fcor'-'s Trummer and O'Rlley. llvz 'a out on 6lrikes. , Echter- .cyr out. Fallin to Keene. Two rtir-, one hit, one error. taiem Baird out Trummer to r.ct: rmeyer. . Bishop doubled. Clbson and Kesne out, on strikes. I.'o r ns, one hit. no errors. F.econd Inning Ki 'ro rlloffard out Bishop to Ilee- a. Eubanks filed to Wilker f?n. Pritchard walked. " Trum r :r oat on strikes. No runs, no : ':?. to :: cut I runs. ro errors . - mhackm'an out Eubanks c'atermeyer. Wilkerson ein Fallin struck out. Edwards Iranda to Echtermeyer. No one hit. no errors. Third Inning. -O Rentfrow filed to Wilk- trscn. O'Riley hit by Ashby. Har r c r t 'ed to Bishop. Kranda filed t) Vilkerson who mads a good runr :ag catch. No runs, no hits, : errors. E m Ashby out Kranda to :icht rmeyer. Baird . singled, T "ii ;? doubledadvancing Baird !j t .;rd. Gibson singled, srcoring 1' ur l and Bishop was out at the . lloffard to Eubank3. Keene :d, but was thrown out a i-at later when Trummer 'ei Schackmann's ' grounder threw to Kranda. ..One run, hits, no errors'. t:.n Fourth Inning. KrTjo Echtermeyer out on ftri: .3. Hoffard filed to Keene. : J u i - ks out by Keene unassisted. :.3 runs, no hitst no errors. 1 ; Vilem Wilkerson out by Ech 1 rr- yer unassisted- Fallin out rcy to . Echtermeyer. Ed y, sr ;' i out Kranda to Echtermeyer. :: r ns, no hits, no errors. Fifth Inning. Kelso Pritchard safe on 3 s error. Trummer out y to Keene, sacrificing Trum- : er to second.- Rentfrow . out I iih"3 to Keene, Pritchard taking third oa the play. O'Rlley struck c ut. .o runs, no hits, one error. LOIJOHUE AND RIXEY, STAR TWIRLERS FOR CINCINNATI, AND vera made I 5 were i;ra- Salem Ashby ) fanned. Baird safe on Trammer's error. Bishop and Baird out on double play, Trummer to Rentfrow to Echter meyer. No runs, no hits, one error. - r ' Sixth Inning.. Kelso Harper; f lied to Bishop. Kranda singled and took-second on a wild pitch by Ashby. Echter meyer filed to Kesne. Hoffard safe on Keene's ! error ' which al lowed Kranda to go third. Eu banks filed ; to Schackm&nn. ' No runs, one hit, one error. v - Salem Gibson fanned." - Keene filed to Hoffard. Schackmann out Kranda to. Echtermeyer. No runs, no hits, no errors. V Seventh Inning." :" ': Kelso Pritchard out Bishop to Keene. Trummer passed by. Ash by and stole ssconcL Rentfrow singled, scoring Trummer, and takes second on fielder's ; choice, O'Riley safe and Rentfrow scores on Bishop's errtfr. O'Riley lakes second on f ialder'a choice. Harp-" er singled, advancing O'Rlley to third. Kranda filed to Schack mann. Echtermeyer filed to Ash by. Two runs, two hits, one error. Salem Wilkerson filed to Trummer. Fallin singled. Ed- SIStCTi,. BATTITfO ' -ACb", ItA. LAST EAIt, SAYS HE J : Willi STAGE "COME-BACK" ThU. photograph of- George 61s Ier, manager of the Browns.; waa made at the St, Louis team's south ern training camp.; He had been out of th game sine October, 1922. because of eye trouble hat threatened to end his spectacular career on the diamond. . Slsler played first base for seven innings in a recent exhibition game against the Mobile (Ala.) Southern As sociation team. He is confident his batting eye will be keen by the time the regular season opens. - . I- - i VA..-- -j" jur. AULiiALH, Icfc.Db PROMISING RECRUIT "MtaLa , r rr-,wt B i n j ji -I-,, - : ' . -V - x J - i - Is- 'N ' . - i ; ; . -1 . f - - s "j : : . .. -- - i . ti s'nonet left-hander. At the t i Tet Donohue, a H"vt- t 1 r 1 wards flisd to Rentfrow. Ashby filed to Harper. No runs, one hit, no errors. ; Eighth Inning. Kelso Hoffard out on strikes. Eubanks doubled. Pritchard out Fallin to Keene, Eubanks going to th"rd on the play. Trummer singled, scoring Eubanks. Rent frow walked. O'Riley out on strikes. One run, one hit, -no errors. ''" ' Salem Baird walked. Bishop and Baird out, on double play, Kranda to Rentfrow to Echter meyer. Gibson out Trummer to Echtermeyer. No runs, no hits, no errors. . Ninth Inning. Kelso Harper out on strikes. Kranda out Baird to Keene. Ech termeyer walked. Hoffard fl."ed to Shackmann. No runs, no hits, no errors. v y:- :; - Salem Keene put Prichard to Echtermeyer. Schackmann out Kranda to Echtermeyer. Wilksr son singled. ' Fallin out Harper to Echtermeyer. No runs, one hit. no errors. r Box Score. Kelso- , AB. R. H. 1 1 0 2 1, 0 0 1 0 PO. 1 3 0 1 1 4 1 6 0 E. Trummer, ss..3 2 1 0 Rentfrow 2b, 3 1 O'Riley cf... 3 1 Harper -rf. . . 5 . e. Kranda 3b. . 0 Echtermeyer 1 4 0 Hoffard If... 5 0; Eubanks c... 4 1 Pritchard p.." 3 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 ; 5; 6 27 17 1 Salem AB. R. II. PO. A. E. Baird 3b.... 3 110 10 Bishop 4 0 2 2 3 2 Gibson rf . .'. . 4 0 1 0 0 0 Keene lb. . 3 0 0 11 0 2 Schackmann 4 0 0 3 0 0 Wilkerson cf . 4 . 0 2 3 0 0 Fallin ssr.... 4 0 1 0 2 0 Edwards c. . . 3 0 0 7 0 0 Ashby pi . 3 0 0 120 32 1 7 27 8 4 Summary: 1, Kelso 1. Earned runs Salem Left on bases Kel so 10, Salem 5. Double plays Kelso 2, Trummer to Rentfrow to Echtermeyer, Kranda to Rentfrow to Echtermeyer. Two-base hits Harper, Eubanks (Kelso); Bishop 2, (Salem): Sacrifice hits Rent frow, Trummer (Kelso). Struck out By Pritchard 5, by Ashby 7. Bases on balls By Pritchard 2, by Ashby 4. Hit by pitcher By Ashby 2. Wild pitch By Ashby 1. '. j . .Umpires Harmon and Kennedy. Br the. time a man reaches sev enty he outgrows all foolish no tions except the one that his sten ographer is marrying him for love. ln the middle Joe Aulbach. This rrrc't h5 done fo w'l at Or! - i ... .i Lj : , rxrcc'?J to .', j 1 ; re r t i In f: i r ' CLUB PERCENTAGES I FACmO COAST LEAOTTS W : . 5 5 4 : , 3 2 I O 0 h o o 1 2 3 5 5 PCT, Ka TVaaeisco Vernon lxs Angrelc , Salt Lke Oakland Seattle .... , Portland . Sacramento 1.000 HKH) .800 .400 .200 .000 .000 OPUS WEEK Speculation as to Early Strength of Nines to Be Soon Settled ' - NEW, YORK. April 12 (By the Associated Press.)- The fin- ismng loucnes ta preparations for what promised to be among the keenest fought pennant races In baseball history will be applia-l over the week-end by major league pilots who have practically com pleted the annual spring task of ironing out veteran's kinks and gauging the worth of rookie tal ent. Fans who flock through' the turnstiles for the opening Ameri can ana xvauonai league games next day will view probably greater array of new faces than any recent season has witnessed. ; Reports received from ' the var ious outfits show that more than 50 newcomers have earned the! spurs for 1924, resulting in shake- ups that appear most notably In the ranks of the New York Giants. Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves in the National league, and the Philadelphia Athletics and the Boston Red Sox in the junior cir With the exception of the Cin cinnatl Reds and New York Yanks. major-changes have occurred In the lineups of every contender. And the Reds and Yankees, while remaining Intact outside the bat tery positions, have added new blood to their, pitching corps and strengthened their reserves. Taken as a whole the clubs ap pear better balanced than for sev eral seasons. This is particularly true of the American league where such second division outfits of 1923 as the Red Sox and Athletics have been strengthened to such a degree that they appear -among the outstanding obstacles in the path of the world champion Yan kees. -..' General pre-season opinion, how ever, has selected two clubs in each circuit as those most likely to up- Bet the drives of the Yankees and Giants to set baseball history by capturing pennants for the fourth. straight year. In th American these are the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians, while the bul wark of anti-Gotham hopes In th senior organization are the Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates. Six of the clubs start the season under n" leadership. Four of these are In the : American league, with Lrfe Fohl In charge of the Red Sox Frank Chance taking the helm if the White Sox. Stanley . Harris. youngest big league pilot.' guiding the Seators, and George Slsler dN recting the Browns. In the Na tional league Davo Bancroft hi? taken over the manaerershio cf the Braves, while Jack Hendricks ha succeeded the late Pat Moran as field marshal of the Reds. Portland Firm Buys y Silvcrton Business SILVERTON. Or.. April 12. (Special to The Statesman.) The George Cusiter general- merchan dise business has bern sold to the Henderson Bros, of Portland. The new firm opened for business to day. Both the dry goods and gro cery lines carried by Mr. Cusiter will be continued under the new management. ' The business will be conducted on a cash basis. . Miss. Nellie Cavender, who has been with the Cusiter store for a number of years, has been re tained by the new owners. . AVasMnston escaped s the lie '.: tut V: j U-JC3ro about 23 I. ' I BIG LEAGUE GAMES BALL PUS 1 FISTICUFF FIGHT an of San Francisco Kenworthy of Port land in Trouble SAN FRANCISCO, April 12. A first inning personal encounter between Mulligan of San Francis co and Kenworthy of Portlad, which stretched the latter out cold made; the rest of the base ball game here today rather tame. San Francisco, won 12 to 6. mak ing it five straight. The row be tween the two players started at second base. At the end both of them and D. Walsh of San Fran cisco who intervened were orderr ed out of the game. The game was won in the sixth inning when Hendryx knocked a home run with two out and the bases filled. Score- - ' .. - ' ' Portland ...... . . 6 12 1 San Francisco . , . 12 18 1 leveren and .Query; Williams, Geary and Yelle. Shop Here - for Those Easter Togs. Better Styles .'' !. " Better Values with Better Service better styles Mullig ; and SUITS Men's and Young Men's SUITS at exceptionally low prices will help you to look vour that's sock! 1 in 1 STYLE COLOR AND FABRIC is here. You'll bo mighty weH pES ELLIS E. COOLEY Salt Lake 10; Oakland 8 SALT LAKE CITY, April 12. The Bees took the lead in the series by winning from the paks today 10 to 8. The first part of the . game .was a neat battle be tween Ponder and Mails, but later both were hit hard and both re moved. : Brubaker and Cooper hit homers for Oakland and Frederick and Sheehan for Salt Lake. An error followed by a barrage of hits off Boehler gave the locals three runs and the game in the eighth. t : Score -. Oakland .... . . ...... 8 14 2 Salt Lake 10 18 0 Mails. M'urchio. Boehler and Baker; Ponder, Pulvey and Jen kins, Cook. ; Angrls 6; Seattle 3 . LOS ANGELES, April" 12. Los Angeles clinched the series with Seattle here today winning from the Ind'ans 6 to 3 in the fifth con test - of tho season. The series now stands:. Los Angeles 4 wins; Seattle 1. : Tho Indians rallied in the ninth inning, making three runs but were unable to overcome the. lead the Angels piled up in the preceding innings. Otis Cran- dall pitched shutout ball up until msm - Dress Up Time for Men v rr.n ut very picasca TO OTHERS Jl HE MAN'S. SHOE DUDS FOR the time of the last frame rally. Score '. . V Seattle .... . .... . . . . . 373 Los Angeles .... ... . .-. 6. 12 0 Bagby, Jones, Pigg and E. Bald win; O. Crandall and Billings. Vernon 4 ; Sacramento 2 -SACRAMENTO. Calif., April 12. Vernon made it" five straight from Sacramento' today by again defeating them by a score of 4' to 2. "Specs" Shea was the sol on slab - victim being - hammered In the second inning for a pair of doubles and a single, besides him self issuing two walks in the me lee. Out of the ' conglomeration, the Tigers put four, runs across. Score ... Vernon ....... .... .'. . ,4 6 0 Sacramento . ... .... v ... 2 8 3 r Shellenback : and Hannah; E. rchea, Vinci and Koehler. .. GILL AWARDED LETTER OREGON AGRICULTURAL College. Corvallis. April 13. A. T. 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