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THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON
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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.
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left-hander. At the
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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
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CLUB PERCENTAGES I
FACmO COAST LEAOTTS
W
: . 5
5
4 :
, 3
2
I
O
0
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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. '
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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
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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 -
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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. "Slats" Gill of Salem was
awarded a varsity "6" sweater for
his year as captain of the OAC
basketball team, at an open air
student rally Wednesday, Gill
has played varsity basketball three
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Play-Off for Gray-Dc.3
Trophy Begins r.!:nday
Owing to a slight misunder
standing as to the time within
which the members of the Illihee
Country club have to qualify for
the Gray Belle trophy, it has teen
decided to extend it over the
week-end, and the sixteen receiv
ing the" best scores -will go Into"
the "play-ofr' beginning tomor
row. Many of the members will be
engaged Sunday entertaining vis
itors with the Cherrians on blos
som day and preparations are be
ing made for a big crowd of both
hosts and visitors.
The greens and fairways are
in wonderful shape now and any
evening between 4 and 6, there
are never less; than two dozen
hitting. 'em out.
:'T. A. Livesley, former presid
ent, immediately upon his return
from the winter In, California,
showed up with his old "hook"
to the great delight of his "tilli
cums" and says he saw nothing
in California that compared with
Mt. Illihee.
Tentative arrangements- have
been , made for four Interclub
matches in the very near future,
and the imembers are working
hard to, "clean up."
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