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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem Oregon. Saturday Morning, June 4. 1932 Legion Junior Baseball County Race Will Start Today PAGE SIX SILUERTON TO IE 5 1 1 Salem Goes to Stayton for Opener Today; Gatchel Picked for. Mound Gehrig Hits Four Circuit Blows in One Game, Sets Record; 9 Homers Swatted r AJftXBXCAX XJEAOTB W. L. Pet. W. Xi. Tei. H. T. 30 18 .98 Wash 28 17 .822 Detroit -24 18 .581 C1L .38 90 .565 American Legion Junior base ball which for two seasons was held the center of the summer sports limelight In Marion county, will get under way today for what promises to be another banner campaign- The Salem opening will be Sunday with Silverton, last year's runner-up, meeting the Capital Post team on dinger field at 1. o'clock. This game will be preceded by the customary season-opening" exerclsesi ' flf we. had a flag We'd hare a flag-raising if we- had a flagpole," Manager Oliver B. Huston of the Salem team said Friday.. There isn't -any flagpole a Ollnger field and no actual pennant was award ed though the Salem team won the county championship last sea son. However, the opening exercises will be impressive. They will in clude a "first pitch" by Mayor Gregory, with Commander Irl 8. McSherry of Capital Post in the backstop role and J. Douglas Mc Kay, president of the chamber of commerce, waving the bat. Legion Junior Band Also on Program The fact is that two different groups of Salem "Legion Juniors" will play on Ollnger field Sunday afternoon . The Salem Legion Junior band will offer several numbers. Commander McSherry ia also scheduled for a brief talk on the significance of the American Le gion Junior baseball movement, which will be presented over the public address Byste,m of the Cherry City Baking company. This same announcer car will be utilized in announcing the batters and the progress of the game, with Gardner Knapp at the micro phone. Today Coach Harold Hauk will send r'l newly organized team against the Stayton outfit, on the Stayton diamond at 3 p. m. The Salem squad will leave from Olln ger field at 1:30 and fans who are making the trip and have room in their cars for a player or two, are asked to report at the field here. Gatchel Will Hurl Against Stayton Hank announced Friday night that he planned to send Francis Gatchel, the Jefferson pitcher, to the mound today against Stayton noiaing Nick seraots in reserve for the Silverton game here Sun day. HIa batting order will prob ably be: Salstrom ss, Delaney lb, Elliott If, Nicholson cf, Burns rf. Miller 2b. Ilart c, Harris 3b. Gatchel p. Elliott may be moved in to third base sometime in this game or later, Coach rlaok indi cated. PWlai -95 90 .558 St. L. 91 94 .487 Chle( -15 9 .841 Boston 7 35 .167 PHILADELPHIA. June 3. (AP) Lou Gehrig performed a feat that is unequaled in "mod ern" major league history, that of hitting four home runs In one gamo, to carry the Yankees along into a series of record breaking slugging stunts today aa they pounded out a 20 to 13 victory over the Athletics. lehanty of the Phillies turned the trick, had a player hit four homers In a game and te- - one who ever hit four in a- row was Robert Lowe of the Nationals, who did it in 1894. Lou touched big George Earn shaw for his first three homers and Leroy Mahaffey for the fourth, all. but one of them com ing with bases empty. Three other Yankees, Babe Ruth, Earl Combs, and Tony Las serl hit homers while Mickey Cochrane and Jlmmie Foxx of the PORTLAND NINE WINS THRILLER A'a hit for the circuit to tu two Not since 1896, when Ed De- other standards. -They were the major league record of seven in a game by one team and the American league mark of nine by two clubs. R H B New York ,.20 23 S Philadelphia T1S 13 1 Allen, Rhode, Brown, Gomes oughly familiar with my methods and who had learned his baseball under me." MeGray made It plain, however. he will not retire from baseball. He will retain bis stock holdings In thtk fManta ftnit rmflln aa president, assisting President ?5 cey; juarnanaw, Mahaffey, Charles A. Stoneham in the execu- Walberg, Krause, Rommel and tlve affairs of the organisation. Cochrane. NET'S HOMER III 11TH BREAKS TIE HATIOKAl rSAGTJB L. Pt W. L. Pet. Chicaro 98 18 .809) Brookl. '.JM 94 .478 Boiton 96 18 .578 St. L. .20 94 .455 Cindn. -94 5 4 .500t Phll.d. 91 95 .444 Pitt&b. ..21 21 .500 N. Y. .17 23 .425 PITTSBURGH. June 3 (AP) Tony Piit smashed a home run In the eleventh inning with none out and none on to give the Pi rates a victory over tbe Chicago Cubs, todar 6 to 5. R H E Chicago S 14 0 Pittsburgh .. 6 13 3 Smith, May and Hemsley; Swe- tonic and Grace. Cleveland wins Two DETROIT. June 3 iAV Cleveland took both, games of a double header from Detroit to day, winning a free-hitting night cap 10 to 7 after a close t to 1 victory in the opener. R H E Cleveland 1 10 o Detroit 111 Ferrell and Sewell: Bridges and Ruei. R H E Cleveland 10 11 1 Detroit 7 15 l Harder, Connelly and Myatt: Wyatt, Herring, Goldstein. Hok- sett and Hayworth. Brares Win in Ninth BROOKLYN, June 3 ( AP) The Bostoi Braves scored & run In the ninth inning today on two Brooklyn errors and Wbrthing ton's double and defeated the Dodgers, 8 to 5. R H E Boston ft 14 i Brooklyn 5 15 2 Frankhouse, Cunningham, Cant- well and Spohrer; Clark, Moore and Lopez. Goslin Breaks Tie CHICAGO, June 3 (AP) " Goose Goslin broke ud a pitch ing duel between Blaeholder and Frasier with a home run In the tenth inning today to give the St Louis Browns a 2 to 1 victory over the White Sox. R H E St. Louis 2 5 1 Chicago 1 10 0 Blaeholder and Ferrell: Fra sier and Berry. Get two in Ninth to Move Ahead Higgins Comes Through in Pinch COAST ZJBAOUX W. I Pet. W. L. Pet. Holly. ..8S 94 .813 Portrad 88 98 .581 Lm A. -IS 98 .559 Oaklan 80 90 .500 SaVto 98 33 .444 8attla 36 .419 8aa P. S9 98 .533;Minio .22 40 .358 PORTLAND. Ore., June 3 (AP) A thrilling, story-book finish which scored two runs in the ninth Inning after the acorns had broken a 2 to 1 tie with one ran In their half, gave Portland a 4 to 3 victory over Oakland today. With two out and a runner on second, yo-ng Ed Walsh, Oak land pitcher, walked Costa, a pinch hitter. A. Jacobs, Portland pitcher, then was sent In to pinch hit for shortstop Chosen and re sponded with a single that drove In the tying run. " Walsh then purposely walked Monroe, filling the bases, in or der to get at Mike Higgins who had twice fanned. But Higgtna met the test and lined out c sin gle that won the game. R Oakland 2 Portland 4 E. Walsh and Read; and Fltspatrick. H E 10 v 8 1 Shores Washington at Boston, rain. SAN FRANCISCO. June 3 -(AP) Hollywood's Stars tight ened their hold on top place In the Coast league pennant race by defeating the Missions, 5-3 today. It was the fourth straight victory of the present series for the vis itors. The Stars bunched hits in the first and eighth innings to the embarrassment of three local hurlers. Fred Ortman, a recent Oakland castoff, left handed the Missions into submission with nine hits. They were well scat tered. R H E Hollywood 8 ,12 2 Missions 8 9 4 Ortman and Mayer, Bassler; H. Pillette, Bowler and Hofmann, Ricci. Parrish Ball Team Closes GoodSeason SEASON'S RECORD Parrish.... 1 Hubbard ... I Parrish.... 1 Gervais ....22 Parrish. ...14 Ore. City Jr.. 1 3 Parrish. .. .17 Sacred Heart 1 Parrish .... 33 Ore. City Jr. . 1 3 Parrish.... Leslie 2 Parrish. .. .10 Leslie 8 Total 72 2 Parrish junior high school en Joyed a highly successful baseball season with Coach Harold Hauk's crew winning all, games with oth er Junior high schools and giving one high school team a close rub. Ia six game with Junior high teama the Parrish nine was un defeated. Two games with high schools were played, one being lost . to Gervaia by a large score and one lost to. Hubbard by a 3-to-l count. A glimpse at the- batting av erage of some of the better bit ten tells much of the suecess story. Four of the players hit over .100 per cent and two went above the .400 mark. Leonard Faist, pitcher and first baseman, heads the list with 17 hits out of 39 times at bat for an average of .436 per cent. Verne DeJardin, catcher, was next in standing with .414 per cent, though Miller was second In the number of hits made. Beckman Is the only returning letterman. The averages of the leading hitters are as follows: AB H Pet Faist 39 17 .43$ DeJardin 29 12 .414 Miller 36 14 .389 Panther 36 12 .333 Steinke 34 10 .294 Beckman 26 7 .269 Weese 27 7 .259 Coffindaffer ..27 7 .259 MANY I STARS SENIORS Teams Harder hit Than In Past From That Cause; Outlook Uncertain 8EATTLE, June 3 (AP) R H E Sacramento 1 6 5 Seattle 13 17 2 McQuaid, Salvo and Wins; Hald and Bottarinl. Los Angeles-San Franelseo postponed, wet grounds. Willamette university will lose 12 lettermen In the various sports, by graduation this June. Football will be hit harder than any of the other sports with 10 lettermen passing on s,nd leaving vacancies which will be hard to fill. Basketball will lose two men, baseball three, track one and ten nis two. With the large number of foot ball men who have completed their college competition, next year'g gridiron machine will be composed largely of sophomores. Coach "8pecw Keene stated Fri day that it will be another full year before, he can hope to have a veteran team. Keith Jones, Walt Erkkson, Bob Houck, Wensel Kaiser and Fred Paul are the only men re turning who have been here two or three seasons and the other players are still in line for much seasoning before looming as championship fodder. The men who finish this year are Paul Ackerman, center; Wll lard Ruch, tackle. Gene Ferguson, quarterback; Charles Gill, guard; Jesse "Mutt" Deets, fullback; Donald Faber, halfback; Percy Carpenter, tackle; Johnny Vers teeg, tackle; Louie Johnson, full back and Lloyd Girod, guard. Two of Basketball Regulars Through Faber and Carpenter .are the Basketball men of last season's team who will not return. One of the other members of f:at bas ketball team is not in school and Coach Keene will again have few men of experience to rely on. Gibson and Gill are the two baseball players from this spring's team who will not return. Deetz is also a four year baseball man but did not play this last year. Baseball prospects look brighter lor next year than do football or basketball. Don Faber is the one track man from this season's squad who will finish, though Carpenter and Ack- ermaa have both done track work In previous years. Wesley Roeder and French Hagemann are tennis lettermen who will graduate. In most sports next season the Bearcats will run up against vet eran teams In the northwest con ference schools. College of Paget Sound will probably have as tough football team as any In the circuit and la basketball Whitman college will be as strong or stronger than last year. Whit man will also be strong In base ball, having three or four first class pitchers who will return next season. VANCOUVER TIS TEAM DUE SHY The Salem Tennis association team will meet the strong Van couver, Wash., aggregation on the state hospital courts Sunday starting at 10 a. m. This will be the revival of competition be tween these ertles ' which flour ished np to about three years ago. Vancouver will bring five or six men and possibly seve: xl women players. Local men who will oppose them will be selected from the top ranking members of the association, who are now rat ed as follows in the ladder tour n eaten t: Mel Goode. French Hagemann, Fred Hagemann, Deryl Myers, Norrls Kemp, Ed Ratfety and Herbert Hobson. If women's matches are played Edith Star rett. Mrs. Eggleston, Mrs. Egg staff and Leota Jones will see competition, ranked in that order. Washington High Takes Portland Title on Track PORTLAND, June 3. (AP) Washington high school today won the 10th annual Portland inter scholastic league track meet, scor ing 55 points. Grant was second with 44. and Jeffpfon third with 22 point3. Only-one new record was estab lished. Clyde Walker of Washing ton heaved the 12-pound shot 49 feet, 114 inches. The former record was 47 feet. 2 Inches, and was set by L. Johnson of Wash ington in 1912. CHIPPIE KING 111 1111161116 THIS When the Salem Senators face the Eugene Townies Sunday. It will b a team under new man agement which greets the Solons- Chappie King, former Oregon Normal athlete and now Univer sity of Oregon luminary and coach of University high. Is the new magnate for the Townies. King la thoroughly schooled In the game of baseball, being an inflelder and having a wide knowl edge of the game. Chappie In tends to carry on ander the same policy that has been followed there before and with largely the same lineup of players. Wednesday night the Senators had a practice on Ollnger field despite the wet weather. The In field was too mushy for av work out around the bases, but Bashor gave the outfielders a lengthy ses sion of fly-chasing. The Senators will have Walt Erlckson in left field. Scales fn center field and Moore and Rog ers In right field- Rogers Is a good utility Inflelder and will also be groomed for the outfield as his portsided hitUng will doubt less come In handy against south paw pitchers. Manager Bashor Is having the grass In the outfield of Ollnger field mowed and plans on having the complete outfield gra3ed be fore the next home game. Meat Choppers Win Ball Game In Ten Innings It took 10 innings for the Meat Choppers to climb a point ahead of the Courthouse team and win last night's kitball game. 9 to 8. Batteries were: Choppers. Mor iarity and Pierce: Courthouse, Robertson and Casey. At last night's league meeting, it was announced that the Post office team had withdrawn on ac count of players going on vaca tions. Supervisor Bill Ross stated that the league would be contin ued and entry of another team accepted. Groups Interested in Joining the league may communi cate with Ross or R. R. Board man at the T. M. C. A. MICKEY MOUSE 'Friendly Enemies" By WALT DISNEY Cincinnstl at St. Louis, rain. Philadelphia at New York, rain. NIB TO PUY SUM. GERVAIS WOODBURN, June 3 Wood burn people will havo plenty of chances to become baseha!l-mlnd-ed this weekend, weather permit ting. Three games will be played on the Legion diamond. The Jun ior American Legion team will play Its first league game Satur day afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Silverton. The Juniors also play the next day, Sunday, when the well-publicized team from Stayton xrill furnish the competition. Wood burn's lineup for the games will probably be Evans, third base; PInett, left field; Landse-n, rieht field; Schwab, shortstop; Oberst. -center field; Leffler. pitcher: Saalfeld, first base; Coleman, sec ond base, and Voget, catcher. Landsem may take the mound Sunday instead of Leffler. De Guire. the boys' coach, has indi cated that he has several gooi pitchers available. As the juniors are using the field Sunday afternoon, the local Cascade league team will play in the morning, the game to start probably at 11:30. The team will play Brooks, which Is at present leading the league, with Wood burn In second place. If Wood burn wins this game it will prob ably mean that it also wins the pennant. If Woodburn wins Sun day it will displace Brooks at the bead of the column; the only question then will be whether Woodburn can maintain the lead. The Salom Pirates will face the undefeated Gervais baseball team in a Mid-Willamette valley league game next Sunday at Gervais. Manager Henry Eder has a crew of hustling ball players who are going great guns this season. Ger vais will be strengthened Sunday oy me return of the star mounds- man, Oddie, who has now recover ed fully from a tonsil operatlou. Sunday will mark the second meeting of the two teams and the battle waged in the previous game would indicate another close struggle in the coming con test. Last Sunday Geryais was rained out In the second Inning in a game wun ah. Angel. Gervais was lead ing 1 to 0 when the game wa3 cauea. McGraw Out, Terry Named Giants' Boss NEW YOlJk. June 3 fAPV After 30 years as manager of the New York Giants, baseball'. dynamic leader. John Joseph Mc Graw, unexpectedly announced Ma resignation today and turned over management or tne club to his 33 year-old first baseman, William Harold (Bill) Terry. Illness, which he had foucht tnr the past few years with the same aggressive, unyielding spirit that characterised his 52 years in the game, forced McGraw to relin qulsh his pilot's lob. He has been affected by a sinus condition, fre quently unable, to accompany th team on road trips and almost constantly under a physician' He reached hl3 decision to re sign,, he said, after being advised ne could make no further trips with the Giants this season. 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Then that team will select the best play ers from all four teams and move on up Into, the district, perhaps me state competition. O And ne hope that if the county champion Isn't Salem. the fans here will set an exam ple for the other towns lnvolred and support the eonnt winner to thje end. Salem did that two years ago, and despite aU that may have been said, the major ity of Silverton fans reclprocat- v year. , -W? "?.ure tn outfit to look "Ul loS ina Tear is Woodburn; though Silverton as usual la strong and Stayton not to be ""Y; " wooaourn nas "Lefty" Leffler aa Its chief moundsman. u.css memory plays s tricks. Leffler was with the- Silverton team three years a iik makes him the only lad la this county to play four yearof Junior was mignty good last year and will be better thi He struck out 13 batsmen en the Birong uervais nigh school team "Illness In the Family' W N il" m fWNozEieowAe !ZrZ.2NNZ-' 1 :' V FlDO tOiSTl AWPUL-5ICK OWCE - 1 f F MR.GOeDOU-.MEL 1 S . zJe(S:l'' y i.i ' I Die-will A EVEevBooy . kwows all about T I SZlZSZtirSM- 7 WM. I 1 HE.AUWIE If THOUGHT HEDOiE j I DOGS -I'M Vrf V VPAt 5 fK" ?? ABUTHEOIONT J HE'LL KMOW WHAT Z SA-v 01U2.KiBtFraiurn.Viic " By DARRELL McCLURE HE'LL BE OKAY. TJTCRY--rT WOKlTDO MO GOOD 50R150W IS OUST LIKE A SPOMGE THE MOfSEL VOU WET IT THE BtCGCR. rr errc i TOOTS AND CASPER 'What WW Sophie's Decision Be?' By JIMMY MURPm I..JUU11II.UI, HE DUKE OP- SPlFFELSHII?tE5' IS VfSlBLV AflNIOYED AS HE READS A FEW C? THE COUNTLESS TELEGRAMS AND CABLEGRAMS OF CONGRATULATIONS THAT ARE POURVNU IN UPON HIM FROM ILLUSTRIOUS PEOPLE IN ALL PARTS OP THE WORLD! FRCMANCSOSY TONOCajTXBUT IT HA5NT SPOILED H1M HE'S THE SAME MOOESX UNASSUMING COLONEL HOOFER I f at Tiu1 n. tffj V l , 7a. u. i ABOUT MV TITLE Hffv 7A ,iviri MP A. PAIN lrfT -S 1 I IN TUP WPf U. (I CANT IrlAGlNeVgSI JUST THINK, CASPER! WE'VE BEEN ASSOCIATING WITH ROYAUTV AND didn't KNOW IT! NO WONDER HAVENT HEARD FROM COLONEL, HOOFER FOR TEN DAYS, TOOTS! MAYBE HE THINKS HES TOO GOOD TO 'PHONE ME NOW! HE MAY BE A DUKE, BUT THAT WONT STOP ME FROM CUTTING HIM COLO IF HE WirHHATS, ME! w waa)HawMw. a.V va. lUk Ulmt Fmarca ayMbcaMk lac, brmM Brtlala HaMt f fU-BET THERE5SOME awful scandal i CONNECTED with THAT TIME IN KDUUCKYl IT MAKES ME FURIOUS HOW SOPHIE FAINTED ON THE WITNESS STAND AS SHE STARTED TO TELL THE DIRT ABOUT COLONEL HOOFER! J I) B I HAD MY EARS WIDE. OPEN TOO! I WAS TERRIBLY DISAP POINTED LL HER LIFE SOPHE HOOFER HAS WISHED FOR A TITLE AND NOW SHE'S A DUCHESS! HE'S TOO STUBBORN TO . SWALLOW HER PRIDE AND SEEK A RECONCILIATION WITH HER HUSBAND, AND YET IF SHE DIVORCES HIM, SHE-FORFEITS HERNEWTTTLEl .tStfHATA QUfKBRY SHE IS IN! WHAT WILL SHE NOW? ma be appointed I who was thor- Memorial a ay.