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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1929)
The New OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, April 28, 1929 EVERYTHING ALL READY FOR GAME TODAY FIRST CIRCUIT Jt Half Dozen Meet Records Smashed at Annual Track Contest PAGE SIX BEARCATS IN 1 EOF. Linfield Club Handed Small End of 9-3 Score With m Ledbetter Pitching Taking fall advantage of a drizzling rain, an Inexperienced catcher and a pitcher who went into the box "cold." the Willam ette university baseball team trounced Linfield Colle?('s ball toasera Saturday to 3 in the opening game here of Northwest conference play. The Bearcats proTed better "webfeet" than the Wildcats, and fielded every chance perfectly; at bat they made considerable headway by damping bants that caused the Linfield players to flounder helplessly in the muck. A number of queer things hap pened. Deeti, Willamette's first man at bat. got a single on a bad bounce, then went on around to the plate on three passed balls. The Bearcats ran wild on the bases, stealing eight in all. Scales capped the climax by stealing home standing up while the Lin field catcher ralnly tried to set his feet and dive for him. Linfield Lad GMa Lucky Circuit Clont Hostetler of Linfield banged out a lucky home run into the millrace in the first inning, and in the fifth, when Todd took the mound for Linfield without warm ing up sufficiently, Cardinal and Adams pounded out legitimate homers over the center fielder's head in rapid succession. Cardinal scored GUI ahead of him. Adams and Gibson cut down the visitors' score by Judicious throw ing to third and home in the fifth after taking hard chances. Girod. who took Adams' place in the eighth, made a circus catch of a Texas leaguer. Ledbetter pitched consistently good ball, keeping Linfield's ten hits well scattered. Only five of Willamette's nine runs were earned. Score: Linfield Player AB R H PO A E Renne, sp ...5 0 1 0 3 0 Weaver, ef . . S 0 0 2 0 0 Hostetler. if .5 1 Z 2 0 0 Druse. 3b 3 1 1 1 4 1 Ownbey. rf . . 5 1 1 2. 0 0 Wakeman, 2b 4 0 0 2 0 0 Clark, lb 4 0 3 11 0 0 Lambert, c ..4 0 0 3 2 1 Hugg. p . 2 0 1 0 1 0 Todd, p ..-..2 0 1 1 1 0 Totals 37 3 10 24 11 2 Willamette Player AB R H PO A E Deetz. cf 4 2 2 1 0 0 Roundtree, cf 0 0 0 1 0 0 Scales, lb ...4 3 2 5 0 0 McGinn. If ..3 1 1 0 0 0 McMullin. If .2 0 0 0 0 0 Houk, 3b 5 0 0 2 1 0 Gill, rf 3.1 1 0 0 0 Steelhammer, 1 0 0 0 0 0 Gibson, S3 . . .4 0 2 0 1 0 Trachsel. ss ..0 0 0 0 0 0 Cardinal, c ..3 1 1 14 1 1 Adams, 2b ...3 1 1 2 2 0 Ledbetter, p .4 0 1 0 0 1 Totals 36 9 11 26z 5 2 z Todd out, hit by batted ball. Score by innings: Linfield llOOffOQl 0 3 W. U. 1 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 x 9 Two base hits, Clark 2..Led: better. Home runs, Hostetler, Car dinal, Adams. Passed balls. Lam bef 4. Wild pitches. Todd 3. Bas es on balls, off Hugg 1, off Todd 2. off Ledbetter 4. Struck out, by Hugg 2. by Todd 1, by Ledbetter 9. Stolen bases. Druse, Deetz. Roundtree, Scales 2, McGinn 2. Gibson 2. Earned runs, off Hugg 1, off Todd 4, off Ledbetter 2. IHWIli PLAY HERE HI Stronger teams In the Commer cial baseball league than for sev in sieht for this season, according to officials of the league. The series win Begin Monday at 6 o'clock when the State House and Legion teams met nn Olineer field. Many veterans are in the ros ters of the six clubs in the league and the recruits present good sub stitute material. Batteries are stronger both through experience nl TTipn. Tha BUDDOrt IS nJu renerally more seasoned Via in f Via nat Other games in the Commercial league this week will be Elks vs. Building Trades. Wednesday, and Knights of Columbus vs. Oregon vi an Pnner. Friday. The games will be Jive Inning affairs win regular grouuu iuim. The Pep company club o fthe iiiitnatrial leaeue has a eatery or batteries, they aren't disclosing which, that is to show the league nnv the hnrsehide should be tnsoiui Western Paner has a ear prise that is to figure prominent ly in deciding the cnampa. me only unknown quantity in the league is the Grocerymen nine, bat it's a case of how strong ana not how weak. WILLAMETTE TIES IVITHC. P.S.WDMEfJ The Willamette women' tennis team tied with the College of Pa get Sound co-ed racquet wielders Saturday at Tacoma, each team winning three matches, according to word received In Salem that night Pauline Findley, Willamette captain, won her match 4-f, 6-2, 6.3, and Edith Findley won 7-9, 6-0, 6-2. Doris Steele and Mar garet Morehouse lost their singles matches and were also defeated in their doubles match. The Findley istera won In the No. 1 doubles. 1 n E HALT CONTEST Nothing Uncertain But Score and Weather in Opening Tilt of Series PROBABLE LINKUPS Salesa Coleman, cf Lamb, 2b Ridings, ss Fleischman, lb Clonninger, If. GribUe. 2b PUlette. rf Edwards, c Cole, p Long-view Davis. 3b Harris. ss C. Brown, lb Leptich, cf Swift, rf Hotford. If Nyren, 2 b J. Brown, e Coovert, p There's no getting around It, this guy Jupe Pluvius fa smarter than Knute Rockne and Miller Hoggins rolled into one. Ordinar ily Jupe is ruled out when it comes to mention in these col umns, but this time it can't be helped. For two weeks he kept the teams in the Oregon-Washington league from playing. Then, when moUtare began to get scarce, he pulled the rear strategy. He or dered clear skies for five days through the week, and sared up his rain for Saturday when it could do some damage. Whether he had any left over for Sunday remains to be seen, but if not. the Oregon-Washington league opener between the Salem Senators and the Longview Forest Rangers will be played at 2:30 o' clock this afternoon on dinger field. The rain Saturday afternoon and night didn't wet down the diamond too much for play; in fact it was a boon if there isn't any more of it today. And If the sky is clear this morning, the fans can rest assured that there'll be a ball game. Solons Look Just As Good On Patter On paper, the Senators appear to be on a par with the Rangers for this opening game. Whether they will be up to the high Stan dard set in this league a few weeks hence, depends solely upon the support given the local team At Longview a week ago, there were 1200 fans on hand to see the Rangers in action against the Kel so team; and in addition to that patronage, Longview put rp a sizable fund before the season started. Kelso Is similarly well heeled financially, and the other clubs are not far behind except Salem. There is still time for thered hot fans to kick through, but it looks as though the club will have to depend largely on gate receipts". At any rate, Salem will have just as good representation on the dia mond as the fans will pay for. Today's game, if It Is played, will be the first inter-city ball game every played on Ollnger field. Fans are due to find it a much7 more satisfactory place to view a ball game than Oxford park and the club directors believe the patronage will Increase on that account. Another thing that is ex pected to swell the gate receipts is the stronger competition that this league, the fastest in which! Salem has ever held a franchise, i will afford. Sport fans who contend that there's nothing In common be tween baseball and basketball should take a look at "Spec" Keene's baseball team. In Satur day's game against Linfield, the entire infield and the battery was made up of varsity basketball men. Behind the bat was Ed Cardi nal. all-Northwest conference cen ter; the pitcher was "Bud" Led better. who has played guard on the Willamette team for three years. Holding down first base was George Scales, long shot phenom; at second appeared Dwlght Adams. Cardinal's rival for hlgrh point honors in the last basketball sea son. The shortstop was "Hoot Gibson, utility man on the hoop squad last season, and on the hot corner cavorted Harold Honk. who has palled down some all Xorthwest basketball recognition as a guard. Baseball and basketball aren't very much alike, but the same basic qualities appear to be neces sary. Judging from this coinci dence. To corroborate that Impres sion. It was noticed that Linfield's outstanding Inflelder was Druse, who was mentioned for all-Northwest honors last season. He played center on the Linfield team. IDAHO BEATS W. 8. C. PULLMAN. Wash., April 27 CAP) A free hitting bunch of Idaho baseballers took advantage of Washington State errors and won 11 to 6. In a conference game here today. Getting Up flight If Bladder Weakness, Getting Up Nights. Backache. Burning or Itching Sensation, leg or groin pains make 70a feel old. tired, pepless, and worn out why not make tho Cystez 4S Hour Test? Don't giro np. Get Cystex today at any drug store. Put it to 48 hour test. Money back if yon don't' soon feel like new. full of pep, sleep well, with pains alleviated. Try Cystex today. Only 60c Per ry's Drug Store, 115 S. Commer cial St. adr. i u CAN ID MOSTLY HO MEN Red Knocks 'Em Dead l vi It - " 'V r' s 9 j .-y I'i.-jT "Red" Millet, 143 pound ring comedian whoso strategy is based on making his opponent laugh himself helpless. On top of his antics which have had the Portland sports writer agog since his first ap pearance there, he is a clever fighter as welL He Is matched against "Spud" Murphy, potato shaped Hubbard boy, in tho main event at the armory Thursday night. DUNDEE BILLED Boys Who Fought Draw Will be Given Another Chance to Decide Issue It was Inevitable that Jack Kentworth and Pat Dundee sliould get another chance at each other in the armory ring, to determine which was really the better man, after they battled to a popular draw on the last card, so Match maker Harry Plant has decided not to combat fate and has signed the lads again for Thursday night. There was mighty little to choose between them In the pre vious bout: Dundee did a little more of the punishing, and Kent worth did practically all of the leading. Neither appeared to De In the best of shape, but next time they will be at their best and rqady to settle the matter of supremacy once for all. Since that affair Kentworin, who has been taken in tow by Buck Perry, has won from Ray Huffman of Seattle in a fight at Portland, where he showed the results of the pointers Perry has been giving him. The Kentworth-Dundee fight will be the semi-final on the card In which "Red" Millet" of Port land and "Spud" Murphy of Hub bard will battle in the main event. Reistads Sell Home To Youngs SILVERTON, April 27. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Reistad have sold their home on east Main street, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Toung of this city. who will take Immediate possession. Mrs. Young Intends ot make few changes in the renting of the rooms. The plans of the Reistad family are not definite. They will be In Silverton for a time at least. KLAMATH WANTS BIDS A call for bids for the construc tion of the Sprague River highway from the town of Sprague River to Whiskey creek on the Lakevlew highway has been issued by the Klamath county court. Waste Your JUNK We will be glad to go to your place and pay the fuH yalae. We want SACKS Bags, Paper, Metal, Etc Salem Junk Co. C30 IT. Commercial St. Plume 4! - Saffron A Klino T STANDING OF THE CLUBS COAST LEA QUE Hollywood 6; San Francises 1. Oakland 6; Sacramento 1. Misaion 0; Loa- Angeles S. Portland 4; Seattle 8. AMERICA! LEAOTB CMrafo 7; Clereland 1. Kew York 9; Philadelphia T. Detroit 10; St. Louia 1. Washington 10; Boitoa t. NATIONAL IXlOtni St. Louia 2-7; Cincinnati 7-8. Chicago 8; Pittsburgh T. Philadelphia 8; Brooklyn S. Boston 5; Sew York 4. Results COAST XiEAGTTB W li Pet. W Ii Pet. Mission 19 .679'Sae'tO IS 17 .435 Itti A. ..14 14 ,563!Portland 13 14 .481 San F. 17 15 .58ljUolly'd 13 13 .480 Oakl'd .17 15 .531jSeaUle 8 31 .222 AMERICAS LEAGUE W It Pet. W L Pet. St. U .7 4 .e36IDetrolt 0 6 .500 Phil. 5 8 .625 Bo;tn S 4 .429 N. Y. ....4 S .571IWaah. S S .875 Clevel. 5 5 .5001Chieafo S .838 NATIONAL LEAQUB W It Pet. VT L Pet. Boston . S .750PhH. 4 4 .500 St. L.. 7 S .700)Pitttb. 8 S .875 Chirac S .S67 Brook'm 8 S .838 K. Y. S 8 .SOO Cinei t 1 .228 - 5 tim nisin ISS2 Chas. K. 175 So. High BEAVERS TAKE SEATTLE 4-3 Tribesmen Nosed Out in 9th Inning Rally; Reds Beat Missions Ball Club PORTLAND. Ore., April 27 fAPl Portland beat SeatUo to day 1 to I In a ninth inning finish which scored two runs alter catcn- er Stelaecke of Seattle had made a three base wild throw on Hlltts sacrifice hunt. Cronm was on first with, none oat at the time. Ho scored and Hulls reached third whilo they wero retrieving the hall from right field. Kalllo walked Keesey and Jahn on pur pose, filling the bases. With the infield pulled in, Borelli's hot short to short handcuffed Ells worth until Just too late to nail Hlllis with the winning ran. R H E Portland 1 Seattle S 6 2 Kalllo, Steinecke; Powers, Bates and Mabaffey. Reds Drub Angels SAN FRANCISCO, April 17 (AP) In a battle of hits and runs, the mission "Reds' today amiauiBryu m uruviut n iuo. mjr- gels to the tune of 6 and 3. Plltt and Pillette fought it out on the mound. Plitt granting nine safe Mows to Plitt's eleven. Sandberg of the Angela rapped out a homer. R H JS Los Angeles . 3 9 1 Mission 11 1 Plltt and Sandberg; Pillette and Brenzel. Stars Defeat Seals Los Angeles, April 27 (AP) Cleo Carlyle, Hollywood center fielder, almost lone handed gave the Stars a six to one victory over the San Francisco Seals here to day. He drove in or scored all ot his team 8 runs and got a base ball straight a single, a double, triple and home run In his four times at bat. Carlyle's double in the first in. ning drove Maloney and Albert over the plate to put the Stars in front." In the fourth he tripled and scored on a sacrifice fly. He derrlcked a homer into the bleach ers in the sixth, and to make it a perfect day he singled in the eighth sending Lee home, stole second and tallied on Rehg's safe ty to left. R San Francisco 1 Hollywood 6 Thurston and Reed; back and Bassler. H 1 4 9 i Stolen Oaks Wallop Sacs OAKLAND, Cal., April 27 (AP) Oakland toyed with Sacra mento's baseball team today to defeat the visitors by a score of 6 to 1. The game was even with a tie score In the fourth inning, but the Oakland stlckmen found Craghead's curves In the sixth In ning for one run, another in the seventh and three in the eighth? Score. R H E Sacramento 1 4 2 Oakland 1 Crandall and Severeid; Crag head and Read. LODGE MEN AT STAYTOX -SILVERTON, April 27. A large number of Odd Fellows at tended the convention held in Stayton Saturday. In the evening, the Silverton lodge put on the in itiatory degree. Following the lodge session, a banquet was served. Read the Classified Ads. Zroslcyiuwarftb STYLE ,7?. to Radio's qreAttstsucusiA GEMBOXocGosIey DYNACOME. tkttltdrO'izxzdic Denison Phone 1161 Vancouver, Wash. Youth Leaps 22 Feet 3 Inches ToBreak25YearMark EUGENE, Ore., April 27 (AP) Six meet records were broken and one was tied in the. third annual high school relay carnival held here today under the auspices of the Uni versity of Oregon. Vancouver, Wash., high was responsible for the tie and the breaking of two records, Franklin, Grant. Commerce and Hill Military, all of Portland, for the breaking of one each. Vancouver nigh set new marks in the quarter mile and broad jump and tied the spring medley mark. Frank lin broke the hundred. Grant the two mile and Commerce the dis tance medley and Hill Military the snot pat. The most spectacular individual, performance was made by Frank Rosenqulst ot Vancou ver, who bettered a state record of more than 25 "years standing in the broad Jump with a leap of zz xeet and three inches. The old mark was 21 feet seven Inches set by Dan Kelly, Pendleton. "Vancouver High Takes 440 Yard Relay Event 440 yard relay Vancouver Clereland, Cadwell, Rosenqulst and Lapsley, first; Franklin, Fy- bch, Sandberg, Hicks, Tichenor, second; Jefferson, Kinzel, Mar tin. Paskowskt, Smith, third: Grant, Goebel, Bronson, Davis. Dowling, fourth, time 44.6. . Shot put Billings, H. M. A. first, 45 feet 9 3-4 inches, Ander son, Washington, second, 42 feet; Bowers, Grant, third, 41 feet 9ft inches. 80 yard relay Franklin, Hicks, Curtln, Barnett, Fyoch, first; Grant, Dowling, Goebel, Da-! vis, Bronson, second; Commerce,1 u uonneu, uarasiey, uertc, Bob bltt, third; Jefferson, Kinzel, Es ser, Martin, Smith, fourth, time 1:34.8. One Mile Relay Won By Corral lis Team One mile elay Corvallls, Sheythe, Livingston, Lock 3. Ad ams, first; Jefferson, Hall. Endl cott, Herbert. Paskowski, second; Benson, McKay, Mcintosh, Lan ske, Gerveny, third; Grant, Gaw- ley, Foster, Abellng, Bennett, fourth, time 3:40. 100 yard dash Fyoch. Frank lln, first, Hamilton, Benson, sec ond; Hicks, Franklin, third. Time :10.2. Broad jump Rosenqulst, Van couver, first; 22 feet 3 inches; O'Connell, Commerce, second, 21 feet 7 inches; Sheythe, Corvallis, third, 21 feet 5 inches. Two miles relay Grant. Pad dock, Twitchell, McGinn!, Hunter, first; Washington, Buffton. Hicks Gotthard, Bresheer, second; Ben son, Anderson, Weiss, Holmes, Brice. third; Jefferson, Hall, En dicott, Eggiman, Jette, fourth; time 8:33.8. Benson High Lad Winner of High Jump High jump Conklin, Benson, first; 5 feet 8 Inches; Mitchell, noo8eveu, second. 5 feet. 6 in ches; O'Connell, Commerce and Daniels, Grant, tied third, 5 feet. 4 inches. Sprint medley V a n c o u ve r. Lapsley, Cadwell, Rosenqulst, Cleveland, first; Franklin. Fy- ersonal -COUNSEL HOME FURNISHING PLANS IN THE truly-sjrell-f ur nished home not only the drawing-room but the bedroom too, must reveal the skilled eye and trained taste in furnish ing. For your convenience we have engaged the servic es of experts in home furnishing who will be glad to tell you just what is needed to provide your bedroom with the de lightful chic and charm that elicits so much ad miration from connois seurs of the tasteful. This counsel is offered you entirely free of charge. This 4 pc. Suite $QQ.OO noma See our Windows ock. Hicks. Curtln, Barnett, sec ond; Commerce, O'Connell, Gerts. Holmes, Bardsley. third; Corval lis, Woodcock, Sheythje. Adams. Livingston, fourth. Time 1:40.8M. Two mils relay Grant. 8:55:- 338; Washington, second, 8:55.- 8; Benson, third. 8:52.2: Jeffer son, fourth, 9.1. Winning Belay Team Makes Good Time One mile relay Corvallls. 3:40. Jefferson, second, 3:41.8; Ben son, third, 3:53.2; Grant, fourth, 3:55.. Broad jump, Rosenqulst. Van couver, 22 feet 3 inches (new rec ord.) O Connell, Commerce, sec ond, 21 feet 7 Inches; Shethe, Corvallls, third, 21 feet 54 in ches. Shotput Billings, Hill Military Academy, set new record of 45 feet 9 3-4- Inches; Anderson, Washington, second, 42 feet; Bow ers, Grant, third, 41 feet 9 In ches. Distance medley Commerce, O'Connell. Bobbltt, Bredow, La velle, first, Washington, Sidney, Cox, Carlson, Downey, second; Hill, West. Ragsdale, Browne and MaDIrao(l(gss,, gSBSMPMBMSJBMBWim Remember Your Mother on Mother's Day n May 12th We have many appropriate gifts for Mother. May we suggest a book, stationery motto, 'keis chief and folder In gift box, $end or enclose with your gift one of our Moth er's Day cards. Commercial Book Store A. A. GUEFFROY 16S N. COMMERCIAL ST. PHONE 64 in m WE PLAN Dainty T narmonies FOR YOUR BEDROOM! Only small payment down. llTTTTTlTrMhTPllnlll TFrniPimfntifflPft Cniil Harrisburg, third; Eugene. i$unv Hall. Arey, Neale. fourth; lim9 6:54 flat. Pole vault Bristol. Benson first, 11 feet; Brown, Bend, sec ond, 10 feet 9 inches; Buchannan Albany. Gentry. Corvallls tied third, 10 feet 6 inches. Shuttle hurdles relay Was'i ington, Prlngle. A. Panti r Pantle, Aeneson, first; Franklin' Curtin. Heater, Hildreth. Kiiiits second; Benson, Test, Bristol. Bi ancone, EndicotC third: Corvaiiu Adams, Mayles, Livingston, Dailv fourth, time 1:03.6. BOWLING SEASON IS The climax of league bowling In Salem for this season is ached, uled for Monday night on the Win. ter Garden alleys, when the final round of City league play will bt staged. The Man's Shop Is leading bv a two game margin, but Schefs hm plenty of opportunity to win r tie, and the Reo Flying Clon.li have a fighting chance for a tie. The standings are: W L Man's Shop 28 14 Schei's Men's Wear 2 6 10 Reo Flying Clouds 25 17 C. C. Bedding Co. 21 21 Elks 19 23 OXeary's 1 35 Prt. .067 .019 .595 .500 .HI Additional Sports on page eight Terms IBING ITS CUMAX s . p p I If w P I ii'Miinntiii.iiiiiini..vwyuW'Wi