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Th OREGON GTATESMAN, Ealesa. Ore-on, Tetany Honda?, AtrO 23, ISM PAGnGirr Fit That International 6urt Battle " -' ' - ' -'iw nff""'-lgBV. CROWING MARATHON KING -oi ' -Tight Game Assured if it's Anything Like 1 2-1 Aning Affair Last Week Senators,'; Legion . Juniors, Main Event Will be '.Clean' Salem High Start; big j -'. 1 Squads Turn out ' . - -' - ....... .- . - But Newton-O'Reilly: r Aren't Inhibited -,aaammw ii- ,v 11 odayi I - - -- T i . II I I I I II - I I I BOUTS PIHSE LIVELY flGTl 0 M occupy MOUND I 1 WXW.-. .m ' m .tt a .. ' a. w . . Till i t ) The Willamette university Bear eats will .. play "their" first home baseball came on Ollnrer field s gainst Oregon State college this afternoon at 3:30, with Andy Per terson occupying the monnd. - Peterson . pitched spectacular ball against ! the Orangemen at Corvallis last Friday, but lost, 3 to 2. " His teammates gave him rood suDDort, hot a few bobbles at critical times cost the fame. I On the home diamond and with the infield, working together bet ter now, the Bearcats have a good CIIBUCO Ul acinus . .utiu .jkiwi GUI's men down today.. - ' Coach "Spec" Keenes men out hit the Staters 10 to 7 in the opener of the three-game series. Lowell Oribble was the hitting tar of the game with three safe r tingles "which turned into two - runs when other players delivered ' with him on base. - More than a half dozen of the squad members were at Nelseott Monday on the Junior class flunk" party.' but the regular etartinr Infield was all out to practice. Keene gave the infleld ers a lengthy lesson in working Infield plays together and also gave the team members base. run ning practice which offered an opportunity for the Infield to tlrhten Its defense against base stealing. . " Only three of the regulars were on the flunk day with the juniors. Peterson. Moore and Erickson. Moore and Erickson are both In the outfield and will not miss the nractice much, while Peterson would not have taken a hard work out had he been here. Mound Duel likely la Contest Today . Today's- game Is likely to re solve Itself into a pitcher's duel and the side which can collect the .-most hits will stand a good chance to win. as both teams are playing tight defense ball. At Corrallis last Friday the Staters did not make a single er ror and the Bearcats .with three freshmen in the lineup made only " three credited errors. There were one or two other little slip-ups which will also be eliminated from the Bearcat's play .Weather permitting, Willamette and Oregon State will wind up the oft postponed . three-game series Wednesday at Corrallis. George Erickson of Clatskanle wHl pitch Wednesday's game. -This will -be ' his first chance to strut his wares against college players, and to meet the Bearers will be a big as 1 slgnment, but one for which he is . qualified it his practice showings .mean anything. 'George Is also a tall lad. Just ' about the size of Andy Peterson, though younger In. both years and baseball experience. George Is 18 .years old and is a thorough-going -athlete, being on last fall's football-squad and also one of the mainstays of the freshman basket ball team -the past seaspn. m II r.W-mm f PtAy 5 ISOHJVI) linnn OF WE U.S.TfeAM MosY FAMOUS OF ALL POUBLES PLAVfe2S AMD A VfElSAN OF DAVIS CUP PLAyf lOt King P rat arts Syndicate. lc Crl Britaia lighta nm. MM arHURSDAY will mark the I opening engagement of the international court battles for, the Daris Cup. The nomina tion of the four stars who will rep resent the United States against the Canadian team at the Chery Chase Club, Washington, D. C, has cleared somewhat the foggy atmosphere which lias more or less obscured American tennis in re cent weeks. The announcement by George Lott, Jr., -Peck's Bad Boy! of American tennis, that he would not be available for Daris Cop play because of business reasons. threatened to upset considerably the plans of American tennis of ficials, but the officials quickly an nounced their selections. EL "Ells worth Vines, Francis X. Shields, John Van Kyn and Wilmer -Allison, who originally was slated as alternate if Lott had been available. This Is not the first time that Lott, No. 2 ranking player, has npset the tennis applecart. Just two years ago this most colorful of the younger American racquet nan coined .the phrase "tennis bum" and stirred up quite a fuss. Bnt Georre evidently had a ehanre oz.neart, for last Summer he made the customary swinr around the tennis circuit. - His loss will be felt, of course, particularly this year when . France's crip on the cup seems to be slipping, but the lour men selected for uaris-vrcp play hare the confidence of tennis entnnsiasts. Vines, of course Is the hub about which this year's team is be insr built. While he has not shown to best advantage in early matches this year, there is no doubt bnt that he will be near last season's form when the Americans face the Canadian representatives.. Vines, with Shields, will bear the brant ef the tingles play, while Van Kyn. greatest of all doubles players, and Allison will take care ef the doubles play. ui course tne naming ox tne four players to square off against Canada doesnt necessarily mean that they will be the four to go abroad should Ameriea win the matches fen the American none. Other players wiQ be given con sideration in 'future play, and, in tne event tnat tne American team wins, may displace one ef the se lected -I our. However, tnere is hardly much chance of this hap pening as those namedon their records and experience -are easily the best Americans at this time. The Americans hare had their practice for the Canadian matches at Pinehurst and White Sulphur Springs and should be in splendid f enn for the opening matches en Thursday; CaarrUM. UU. tOmg B WALKED IN AFTER 12 III Rmtoa S Chi era S PfclUd. T PitUK XATXOVAX. XXAOtTB W. U Pet. W. U .T37I. T. .T3T Ciaeia. 5 S .588 31. U 5 7 .SOOiBrookl. -S 7 Kitty Still Mascot for Ball Teams s s e - e Pet. ! .435 .885 .417 .800 BOSTON, April 25 (AP) Ben Cantwell walked pinch hitter Taitt in the 12th inning, forcing .in the run that gare the Phillies a 4 to 2 decision orer tho Braves today. Red Worthington hit two "homers for the Braves. R H B Philadelphia 4 It 2 Boston . ; 2 14 0 ' Collins. Nicholas and Todd, V. Davis; Zachary, Cantwell and Hargrave.- .. CINCINNATI. April 26 (AP) Bill Hallahan kept the Reds ten hit well scattered as - the Cards, bunched their blows in the sixth; and eighth Innings to win their ' second ' consecutive game from Cincinnati. The score .was 4 to l.t f:- ', -' ' ' i ::?.'';-:-;'':'; ' R H B Sfi Louis ..............4 10 . Cincinnati .. .2 10 1 Hallahan and Mancuso; Lucas and Manion. The kitty remains the mascot of the twilight league playground ball players. Possibly fearing they'd be thought; too ferocious and a men ace to civilisation, the team rep resentatives hare rejected the name "Tiger" decided upon ter their league and returned to the gentle kitty ' nomen. Even I tnouga excitement may run high, with the catcher ras: ing the opposing batter and the Holders whooping it up, "kitty" It shall be, say they. - : "KltbaU" was first adopted as the name for the jassed up play ground, ball being played in the new league. , When the game was speeded up " by lengthening of baselines' and making the rnles less "stringent," "Tiger": was ten tatively-selected as' a more ap propriate name. w mm CURTIS, "Hassle Sanel the headline hare shrieked for three days straight. Bat those jurors orer in Honolaln are forbidden to read the papers, and chances are they'll find .him insane if that's the only way totnra him loose. Went up to see the Murderous Ducks perform Sunday, and blam ed If we could convict even of conspiracy with Intent to assault. Not a run did they manage in 18 innings. Pretty scrappy, club at that. In the fleld.vand they were trying up there at the plate. May be trying too hard to knock the cover oft an old, falling of Port land teams. That may explain why Bob Johnson fanned out three limes in the second game. Die hvrlers the Missions had in there were Just too good TWENTY-TO-ONE SHOT IN DERBY f New York at Brooklyn, rain. Pittsburgh at Chicago, cold. Chemawa Wins Season's Opener . CHEMAWA, April 25 In the first game of the season, Che mawa grange baseball team de feated Union Hill. grangers Snn- ' day afternoon on the latter's dla-l , mond, 20 to 4. t Next Sunday ! unemawa grangers wUl i meet Monitor grangers on the local grounds .at the Reiser school house, v , , WEST STAYTOX WINS WEST STATTON, Ore., April 25 West Stayton defeated the Salem Eagles at West Salem in wild-hitting game by the score of 22 to: 20. -The game was featured by many doublet and triples. . ANKENY DEFEATED .- FAIRVIEW The Ankeny Grange ball team was defeated by the. Sllverton ;H11U .Orange team Sunday by a score of 2 to S. The game was played at 811 rerton Hills Grange field - -Hmm,f VJ' j fc "'V.' V ' ' ' ' "w f - ; x ' - J J ! - . t . ' v '; ' , - j :":-' : . .-.-. v. Since Pat Finneean of Spring field, Ohio belleres he can win from Henry Jones, welterweight grappler of Provo, Utah in a clean match, and since Jones firmly be lleres himself to be the better in any sort of a wrestling match, to night's bout between the two on Matchmaker Plant's card at the armory should be speedy. Interest ing and full of action, v Also on this same card will ap pear Art O'Reilly of Eugene against Prof. Newton of . Oregon City in a finish' match, best two out of three falls.' Finnegan dropped his first bout in this section to Jones two weeks ago In the Salem arena, but since that time has been going strong. 16 has won matches since then In Bellingham and Victoria, B. C and last week defeated Bud Car ney, Portland middleweight grap pler here.- Rovejh Stuff Used In Previous Boot Jones -used slugging and kick ing persistently In the first bout to accomplish his ends and finally wore the game little Irishman down and won. Finnegan has a spectacular style and In a straight wrestling match without extra rough tactics thrown In. he stands a gooa c nance oi aeieaung jones. However the old Strawberry King may still prove that a c'rownship Is higher than dukedom. The opening bout between New ton and O'Reilly will not be re stricted as to form and the pair are likely to use most any holds in trying to gain falls. Newton employs sonnenbergs and the hammer throw holds ex tensively In his bouts, though he has never been able to get one of the hammer, throws to work on the agile O'Reilly. O'Reilly nses flying wristiocks and knee Jabs for the bulk of his heavy artillery work and is adroit In the manipulation of other holds. fill IS' r ' .: t w 1 .& f $ I . mmmf a - ' ;.- I p' ' - I . 'VV-,' lO: y I I - '."f I ; i ; ' I I -- I ! "y; i v I I V" I ! - I v r? I m ! . i I ix 'id til i ': 1 il Not the least of the rewards which fell to Paul De Bruyn, 24-year-old German immigrant of New York, for his victory in the 26-mfle Boston A. A. Marathon, was this laurel wreath with which he is shown being 8 resented by Captain George Demeter, president of the Greek Tradf ion Society. Bruyn's time was 2 hours, 23 minutes and 36 2-5 seconds, 28 seconds behind the record time of Johnny Miles in 1929. Jimmy Eenigan, last year's winner, was second. Inset shows Bruyn crossing K finish line. Homers Feature Indian Victory Over St. Louis Detroit Waa 8 K. T. S AXEUCAV LKAOtri W Pet. W. .750 ."7S7 .T .5881 St. Tj. . Phila. Chieaga Berton L. S. 9 S 9 Pet. .5 .400 .888 .182 ST. LOUIS, April 25 (AP) Ferrell and Vosmik knocked home runs In Cleveland's victory over St. Louis 10 to 5 today. R H E Cleveland 10 12 2 St L6uls 5 4 4 Brown and Sewell; Gray. Hu bert and Ferrell. "Dutch" JJeber who could doa ble for Clark Gable without bit of trouble, and Chagnon, who looks like busher but has been up in the his; time already. Dietrich and Zahniser hurled air-tight ball too but you can't win unless the boys give you t least one run. A couple more left side choke swingers that's what Abbott needs. It looks bad to send in a pinch hitter tor an outfielder. Bill Dietrich can smoke 'em in but be needs to learn some things about fielding and about covering first base in particular. He gummed np an easy double play. Boston at Philadelphia. Wash ington at New York, Chicago at Detroit, ail postponed. Rain or cold. WOODBURN, DALLAS TIE WOODBURN, April 25 Wood burn high school's golf team held its second place standing In In- terscholastlc golf play at Dallas Saturday when the local teams and the Dallas hlxh school groan played To a e-to-6 tie. The Wood- burn team plays West Linn here next Saturday. balls, hooks, sinkers and queer floater that Peterson throws, this Dallas backstop turned In a fine receiving game. Cascade, Mid-Willamette Teams Play Fast Ball and Several Exciting Battles , Reasonably "civil lied" weather ; permitted three local baseball teams to get their practice seasons r started Sunday and Monday; the r Senators. the Legion Juniors and f Salem high. - j . : Big squads and rather uncer-. tain prospects were the rule In ' each case. There were abdut It men. out for the Senators, about 25 , for the Legion Juniors and over 20 reported to Coach Hollis Huntington of Salem high Mon-, day. - . ' ? x Though . the weather overhead was salubrious, Olfhger field was -rather sloppy Sunday,' preventing the various coaches and managers from getting much of a "line" on the aspirants. However. Manager Oliver's. Huston and Ccwli Har old Hank of the Legion Juniors are hopeful, : after seeing the youngsters perform, of develop- . ing another - strong team ; herb though' they are somewhat at sea orer battery prospects. Another practice session will be held Wed nesday' afternoon. Senators Engage In Practise Game A number of well known ball players were'on hand for the Sen ator workout, but others 'who were expected to report were missing. A six inning game was played between "choose-upteams with Perrtne and M cCaffery of Sa lem high forming one battery, "Squeak" Wilson and Kendall the other. Kendall looked like a "find" for the mask and mitt job. The Salem high turnout looked much as was predicted last week; experienced men for three infield positions and two In the outfield, but the pitching and catching de partment rather unknown quanti ties. ' . Brooks, Jefferson and Wood- bum were among the Cascade league winners Sunday while Grand Ronde and Monmouth re ported rictoriea in the Mid-Wil lamette league. Not all the club secretaries are reporting their scores In to the league secretar ies promptly. In the Cascade league, Jeffer son defeated Turner 4 to 2. out- hitting' the Gray Diggers 10 to 8 and breaking even on bobbles, three each. Brooks .bombarded Newberg for an t to 1 victory, with 11 hits against one and one error against fire. Brassel Big Hero WOODBURN, April 25 Woodburn's Cascade league base ball team got off to a precarious start Sunday, in Its first game of the season, when . the locals defeated the Amity Cascade league team here In the city park by a score of 7 to 8. Pete Brassel, Woodburn's beefy outfielder, was the hero of the day. He pulled the game out of the fire in the ninth Inning when Wood burn was trailing, C to 7. With one man on, '.Pete laid out a nice drive, accounting for the two runs that won the game. Although there appeared to be a number of weak spots In each team, the game was well played and gave the fans their money's worth. A good crowd witnessed the affair. Airiie Drops Opener AIRLUS. Apr. 25 The Alrlle town baseball squad was defeat ed here Sunday by Grand Ronde, 11 to I. in a Mid-Willamette league game. Falls City Beaten FALLS CITY, Apr. 25 The home towners baseball nine met defeat at the hands of Monmouth town team on the local diamond Sunday with a score of 2 to 1, In a Mld-wniamette league game. The North Howell team de feated Monitor 11 to 2 in a Grange league game Posto&ce Team Tops Courthouse The Postotfice team defeated the Courthouse squad by a score of 8 to 2 In last evening's Kltball league game on Sweetland field. Batterfes were: Postotfice, Price and Thompson; Courthouse, Ca sey and Ford. At 4 o'clock this evening the Maytag Washers are slated to face the State Printers. MISSIONS' CASIOFF GETS HIS REVETJGE COAST XXAOTTZ W. U Pet. W. t. pet 8aa W. If ft .762Laa A. .11 10 .524 Holly. -IS S .619 Oakland IS U2t Portl'4 IS .ei9geattl .S 13 .881 Sa'tU 10 .514Miaioa 4 1J .ISO Buadaj Scores s- At Portland 6-0, Mission 2-1. ' At Seattle -0, Hollywood 4-2. At San Francisco 2-15, Oak land 4-2. At Los Angeles 4-5, Sacramen to 19-4. Series This Week Hollywood at Portland. Mission at Seattle. ' Sacramento at San Francisco. Oakland at Los Angeles. RAIX HALTS GAME HAYESVILLE, April 25 Rain halted a game here Friday be tween the local younger grade school boys 'and Middle Grove, with the score at the call 4 to 2 for Hayesville. A return game will be played at Middle Grove Friday at 2 p.m.. WHITMAN BLANKED PULLMAN, Wash., April 25 (AP) Washington State college won two baseball games from Whitman today, retaliating for a couple dropped at Walla Walla two weeks ago. The scores were 2 to 0 and 7 to 0. '-PORTLAND, Ore.. April (AP) Louis Koupal. late of the San Francisco Missions, in his first game for Portland today got the cast-offs usual revenge by Beating his old club, 4 to 2. He allowed only six hits. c Portland had almost as hard a time with Bert Cole until he cracked suddenly in the eighth and issued three successive walks which were stretched Into as many runs. Today's game had been post poned from last Friday. R H " B Mission 2 0 Portland .4 If 1 Cole, Briggs and Rlccl: Kounal and Fltzpatriek. "Lucky Tom," by "Master Charlie Phyllis Louise," owned by 3. J. Robinson, is regarded by many experts as having- a rood chance t wme homo "in the money? In the 1932 Kentucky Derby. The horse, shown, vita Jockey Pascuma op, is quoted in the Wint book ti --w-i. r twentr to one, . ".- . Gueas they teach, the ball players proper English these days. Moore sang ewt MI have It when there was a question of Jurisdiction orer a fly balL There's a pair of hard workers holding down the left side of Portland's Infield. Reeves . dived Into a mudhole trying to field one long high foul, and Higgins oame up with some hot ones that would - nave- been, dean hits against most third basemen. He goes -after all of '' them, even though some poorly Informed fans mark him up for an error when he knocks down some of those slzzlers. ' - o ' It was tough lack for Port land to have only one down in the eighth Inning of the second game. With two down. Reeves could have scored from second on Dondero'e single; bnt he had to wait and see if it was a safe hit. and then it was too late. That's an nnnsnal break. They call the Missions "Boy scouts", but they turned In their good deeds that-day. Ralnjr weather has held the ' Willamette Bearcats back in playing baseball games, but as far as the Oregon State series is concerned Coach "Spec Xeene'n men. are the beneficiaries of these delays aa it gives them more time to perfect the team work. Both squads are abont eqaal In the n amber of retain-' - ing veterans, bnt where Willam ette is breaking in three fresh-, men players, Oregon . State is breaking In sophomore men, and transfers, who hare' already" been well-schooled in many deT , tails of the game as played in college. t Maurice McCann caught a nice ! game at Corrallis for a freshman in his college game." He had nev er before held Peterson in - full wing. What with all the speed- OUR EARL SEEKS FOURTH KENTUCKY DERBY I I A -It, . ' I. k n ... vstsAPr gs ": n ) : .. - , '' ioaeeBaaaBWansBaaeme wsjsawaweaff amjaw -ansaf - BssBssSaaaS2i . r: bwmWvisxxt. - - -' " - - -v t : Oaks Rel Three OAKLAND, Cat, Apr. 21 (AP)". 'Release of Pete Bead, catcher," and Andy House and Roland Roberts, pitchers,; 'was announced today by. the Oakland baseball club. Read was with the uau zor several rear.- vbiU House, i formerly with Seattle. joined the club last season. Rob erts is a Rookie. A's Slipping, Declaration aT. A Wt. m Ul Big T ram vac tbo kio( ef Americaa jacktrt, arU Saade, wee has lm absamt freai the eaddla alace 1930. la Staghig amaatiaal. csaaaback, ritk th-waaiag or the 1932 Kaatacky Derby m kia goal.- Saade has -already three victorias in the Blue Grass cUasie te-Kls credit. . la 1923K he rede Zy to victory and later ' trlaaipbed a gala it Papyraa, the Engliah caallagrt.ea the acme awnf His secead Derby raa wea. ea " Fly lag Ebeay la 192S, and his third en Gallant Fox, his favente ateeat, hi 1930. It U latoresUag to aete that Saade wen kia third Derby after he emerged from rctirenaeat, juat as be la delay sew. Earl retired : hk 1929 to bacons a aa o-arner, bat the veatare waa net profitable and be u fmmA ka.l. i. ..jjt- " .L - . t . f It . vy . t . 1 ? . . . . ' " -mimmmw - 4 at the ead ef -setkiag short ef rlaaers peal the ' e-.l. i - mmmrrtmra tnrm. nunn mm RBmnrcr, wio,w ec V4areACe Mmaw,JUl rrMtttt ffriaad mA 1 Earle rede ia the Spriay meettay at Jamaica. Li L. he waa BUaaBtl t j .i , .T , T rr lk rrUek.,'WB BWr taaer, a aaase. familiar to tbevaaada el tarf feUewera, Saade w mmwmrmmim viai aw miaa tmr mm 4-VHUTLUe CiaasiC, ant e yet has e eeiy-eae deciaiea t NEW YORK, April 25. (AP) The PhUadelphU Athletics. will ' hare to pull themselves together shortly .or, they will see the next world series rom the grandstand.' Walter Johnson declared today. t . The manager of the Waablnr. ton Senators . is cautious about counting the Macks out of the American - league race. He " has learned by bitter experience they won't "stay put- but he has hopes, i "A team that's been in the hab it of winning like they hare, can't take a lot of beating., the Big Train explained. "Unlesa their pitchers get going right away and 1 Mr. Mack gets his infield straight ened out they'll nerer beat ns out this year.' They cant win without Earnshaw and Grore at their best and they can't win : with those youngsters, Williams and McNalr, on second and short, I .Frankly, they looked . mighty poor against ns yesterday.- Not at all like, they - did last year. It might ; be that the beating the Cards : gare them in the world ' series had. its effect. .They . don't seem to , hare the same spirit. Cochrane doesn't look so- good be hind the plate. His pitchers are allowing base runners to take long leads, Mickey . has to hurry - pegs and it seems to hare him rattled."