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Yhe OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, Saturday Morning, April 6, 1935
League Openers dire ' Today; Fan Interest Greater
DUCKS PLAY IN
OAKLAND PARK
Split Week Series, Tighter
Race in Prospect Will
Lure, Customers
By RUSSELL J. NEWLAND
SAN FRANCISCO, April 5.-(P)
-Bolstered by new players, split
week series and added bleacher
accommodations, all calculated to
arouse interest in a baseball fan
dom dropsy for several years,
' the Pacific Coast league will cel
ebrate its 33d opening! tomorrow.
The class AA circuit, one of
the first if not the first in or
: ganized baseball to get under
way, will start the; turnstiles
clicking in four California cities,
as customary.
Opening series will find Hol
lywood at Los Angeles, Portland
at Oakland, Seattle at Sacramen
to and the Missions and Seals,
home town rivals, at San Fran
cisco: Shortened series, of three and
four games each week, will be
played for tbe first time since
the league was established in
1903. With two visiting teams
each week, directors of the loop
-confidently believe interest in the
national pastime will reach a new
high.
The mid-winter trading marts
provided, many new faces; tie-ups
with big league clubs contributed
others and the sand lots produced
enough youngsters to enable the
eight teams to present sharply
remodeled squads this season.
Five New Managers
Will Be Introduced
Five clubs will introduce five
- new managers, officially. Frank
"Lefty" O'Doul, former; big league
star, returns to the club he start
ed with in 1917 as pilot of the
seals. Ray Shellenback. veteran
spitball pitcher of Hollywood,
.steps up as manager of his club,
while his predecessor, Oscar Vitt,
who played with Detroit in the
days of Ty Cobb, takes charge at
Oakland. "Buddy" Ryan, out of
baseball several seasons but for
mer manager of Sacramento, re
turns as head of the Portland
team. Elwood "Kettle" Wirts,
Sacramento catcher, has been pro
moted to leadership status.
Jack Lelivelt of Los Angeles,
"Dutch" Ruether of Seattle and
Gabby Street of the San Fran
, cisco Missions are holdover man
agers who do not intend to be
6hunted into the background.
While Los Angeles is generally
favored to win its third straight
pennant, the race shapes up as
an airtight affair for the 24
weeks. Los Angeles lost several
stars while most of the- other
clubs have strengthened their
v rosters.
Probable First Day
Batteries Listed
The usual opening day cere
monies will be held with Gover
nor Frank Merriam slated to
pitch the first ball at Sacramento.
Probable opening day batter
ies: Hollywood at Los Angeles
Campbell and Desautels; Garland
and Veltman.
Seattle at Sacramento Pillette
and Splndel or Bottarinl; Her
ring and Beres.
Portland at Oakland Bryan
and Cronln; Tobin and McMul
lenT Missions at San Francisco
Beck and Outen; Cole and Wood-alL
t - - I
Picard Leads;
Bobby Shines
For One Nine
By ALAN GOULD
AUGUSTA, Ga., April 5.
For little more than an hour to
4 day the tun penetrated the low
hanging clouds and the great Bob
. Jones' projected a flash-back of
his one-time championship skin
V ; against the gray hack-drop of the;
; Augusta National Golf club's $$.
. 000 invitational tounrnament be
fore yielding the low scoring hon
. : . ors for the second straight day
to Henry G. Picard of Hershey,
Pa.
' i For the first time since he re
' tired as champion of the world
five years ago, the 33-year-old
Atlanta lawyer shot the kind of
golf that made him famous. Ne
, gotiatlng the outward nine In 33,
- three under par, Jones flung a be
lated challenge to the! all-star
Oeld. j
. Jones faltered on the home
stretch and was overtaken by an
other sudden attack of tha put
ling Jitters. He struggled in fin
ally with a par 72 but he had dis
sipated his hard-won advantage.
Ruefully he admitted he was "Just
a nine-holf golfer".
With total of 146 for 36
holes, the halfway stage of the
tournament, Jones was tied for
' 18th place in a field of 65. He
.was exactly 11 strokes behind Pi
. card, the tall, youthful pro who
added a 8, four under par, to his
previous day's record score of 67
and took a strangle-hold on first
place with the amazing total of
' ; 135. -
Picard finished today; with a
tour-stroke lead over the field,
His nearest rivals were RayMan
grum,, slim Texan who Dow lives
in Los Angeles, and stocky Gene
Sarazen, former open king..
. MRS. LIFUR CHAMP
SAN FRANCISCO, April 5.-
-In a surprising upset, Mrs. Greg
Lifur of Los Angeles won the
state women's' golf championship
today by defeating Mise! Dorothy
Traung, San Francisco,! 1 up in
the 36 hole finals. '
Too Late to Classify
Lady wishes housework or. hour
Woric. 54 Kearney Street.
Caustic
c
0. S. C. ; state tennis league is
aiTICS Oil promising idea.
By CAUSTIC
Well, all the students down
at Oregon State needed was a
little prodding to come through
with their five dollars-for stu
dent body tickets. Threat of
suspension of baseball, track,
tennis, golf and the campus
daily made the boys and girls
flock to the graduate manag
er's office to save the day nd
keep the reputation of O. Si C.
bright and shining.
O
Somebody up at University of
Portland (gosh darn, we can't get
over thinking of that place as
Columbia) got a bright idea when
they thought up the scheme of an
Oregon state collegiate tennis
league. Graduate "managers and
tennis coaches from eight Oregon
schools will meet there today. If
the plans go through, and they
Reed Ready;
Is Billed to
Oppose Hall
Robin Reed, reported to be
now fully recovered from ail
ments that caused him to miss a
series of mat engagements, will
meet Stacey Hall in the main
event of Tuesday night's American
Legion wrestling exhibition at
the armory.
Hall, who defeated Lightning
Rod Fenton last week, has been
building up his grappling repu
tation by leaps and bounds and
other football tactics. '
Both Reed and Hall are for
mer college amateur champions,
Reed at Oregon State and Hall
at Ohio State. Hall is also an
adept at the fisticuffing art, hav
ing once held an amateur boxing
championship.
There will be a 45 -minute
semL-windup and a 30 - minute
opener on the card.
Whitman Takes
Idaho Vandals
For Two Rides
WALLA WALLA, Wash., April
5.-0P)-The Whitman Missionaries
followed up their opening game
baseball victory over the Univer
sity of Idaho Vandals by taking a
doubleheader, 4-1, 5-4, from the
Idaho nine today.
Webb, stocky Indian twirler, in
the box for Whitman, held "the
Vandals to five hits and one run
in the first tilt and helped win his
own game by batting 1.000, in
cluding a three-bagger in his stick
performance. Whitman won yes
terday to 1.
Lazzari Drives'
Five Men Home
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., April 5.
VP) Tony Lazzeri drove in five
runs today as the New York Yan
kees came, from behind to tie the
score in the ninth and then count
five times in the tenth to defeat
the Birmingham Barons 12 to 7.
Lazzeri sent two runs across
the plate in the first with a sin
gle, another in the fifth with a
triple and two more in the ninth
with another one-bagger to knot
the count.
Mule Resigns as
Spalding Mentor
PEORIA, m., April MiR-John
A. Noppenberger, a lineman on
the famous "four horsemen" team
at Notre Dame, today resigned as
coach at Spalding Institute
where he has had extraordinary
success in football and basketball
during the past seven years.
He, said he plans to make other
coaching connections.
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BISHOP'S
Great Style
Revue
Spring
Also
gg iillllllilii
"Or else" methods, result in
salvation of activities at
probably will, It will give the rac
queteers something, to work for.
Tennis among the smaller colleges
has heretofore been somewhat
haphazard. The . Northwest con
ference had its annual meet but
there wasn't any organized com
petition among the Oregon colleg
es alone.
Willamette plays the peni
tentiary team today. As usual
the game will be played within
walls. Long-continued efforts
to get a home and home ar
rangement have failed. Tbe
prisoners' team has always
been in favor of Outfielders
chasing balls as far as they go
on the theory that over the
fence is out. News about the
prison ball club doesn't filter
ont very readily so we haven't
much advance information.
Ball Carrier
Being Sought
For Webf eet
EUGENE, Ore., April S-Jt)-Spring
football practice at Uni
versity of Oregon has brought
out a dozen candidates for ball
carrying berths, Coach Prink Cal
lison announced today.
In quest of someone to replace
Van Vliet who. was lost by gradu
ation, a number of transfers are
being groomed. Bob Braddock
from Southern Oregon Normal,
Fred Petterson from Eastern
Oregon Normal, Bobby King from
Glendale junior college and Bud
Simpson from Santa Monica Jun
ior college are newcomers.
Back. Reischman, Patrick and
Lopez are returning veterans
while Goodin, LaSalle, William
son and Browning are up from
the freshmen.
Transfers also have swelled the
ranks of tackle candidates to 11.
Portland U. Will
Open Its Season
Monday, Pacific
PORTLAND, Ore., April 5.-JP)
-With big Bill "Lefty" Hatch on
the mound, the University of Port
land opens a 20-game baseball
schedule, against Pacific univers
ity at Forest Grove Monday.
Last year Hatch won all his
starts. Coach Gene Murphy be
lieves this year's team will be
stronger than his team last year
which lost only to Willamette un
iversity and Oregon State college.
One of the most promising new
comers is "Fat" House, 260
pound first socker who bit .475
last season in the Tri-County
league of southwest Washington.
Crackers Mean
To Lefty Grove
ATLANTA, Ga., April 5.-(fP)-Bob
"Lefty" Grove, the Boston
Red Sox' major pitching problem,
received harsh treatment today
from the Atlanta Crackers, who
gained a 4-2 victory in a six-inning
game that was shortened by
rain and darkness.
Grove worked but two innings
and the Crackers belted him for
six hits.
Service Station
Softballers Win
The Pete's Place softball nine
made a merry-go-round of the
Woolen Mills diamond yesterday
to wallop the newly organized
Ladd & Bush team 20 to 7.
'Stub" Dracy frnd- Mlckenham
each gained a circuit clout for
Pete'a jeutHt, The batteries were:
Pete's -. Place, Mlckenham and
Kelley Ladd Bush, Cave and
McCune.
SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT
Featuring
s Smartest Styles for
"Kenny" Allen Salem's Wonder
ELSINORE THEATRE
MONDAY N1TE
8:30
MEDICA TIES
AQUATIC TITLE
Swims 200-Yard Free Style
in 2:10.8, Best Time
in Competition
NEW YORK, April 5-(fl")-Jack
Medica, 20 - year - old Seattle
streak, dethroned Walter Spence
of New York as national A. A. U.
200-yard free style champion to
night. Hailed as the country's fore
most free-style swimmer, Medica
was pushed all the way, first by
young Johnny Macionis of Yale
and then by Jimmy Gilhula of
the University of Southern Cali
fornia, and was clocked in the re
markably fast time of two min
utes 10.8 seconds, fastest 200
ever made in competition.
' Medica's time was 1.8 seconds
slower than Johnny Weismuller's
world record of 2:09 flat but
A. A. U. officials hailed it as an
even greater performance, since
Weismuller's record was hung up
from a flying start in a solo time
trial.
Gilhula, after a slow start, fin
ished in whirlwind style to take
second place with Macionis third,
Ralph Flanagan of Miami fourth
and Spence fifth.
While Walter Spence thus was
losing his second title in as many
nights, the Spence family other
wise dominated tonight's finals.
L e o n a r d Spence came within
three-tenths of a second of his
own world record in retaining
the 220-yard breast stroke cham
pionship in 2:43.8 with Jack Hig
gins of Providence second and
Jack Kasley of Michigan third.
TO Mill CITY ROAD
SUVER, April 6 The Car
nett Lumber company shipped a
car load of dressed lumber Tues
day to Mill City to be used there
in construction work on the rail
road. Mrs. Johnson who recently
purchased the Larson property
occupied by C. D. Richie and
family has opened a general store
In the old postoffice building.
The late Mr. Larson operated a
store for some time in the build
ing and was also postmaster.
Mrs. W. J. Kerr's mother, Mrs.
Anna Brown has been ill and
confined to her bed the last five
days.
Mrs. Laura Hurd returned
home late Tuesday afternoon from
Elkton where she had accom
panied her daughter, Mrs. Addle
Harden for a two weeks visit.
Mrs. Miles Davis is confined to
her bed again for a week on doc
tor's orders. She has been ill
the past three months with heart
trouble.
Miss Vivian Cartier, teacher, re
ports a new pupil in the 8th grade,
Howard Johnson, whose parents
recently moved Into this com
munity. Molalla Barely
Defeats Indians
MOLALLA, Ore., April 5.--The
Molalla Buckaroos won a
slugfest from the Chemawa Indian
school baseball team 14 to 12 here
yesterday.
In the ninth Erland tripled
with two on to end the game.
AT GRANGES MEET
FAIRFIELD, April 6. The fol
lowing grangers from Fairfield
attended the Grange Council at
Chemawa Wednesday. They are
Mrs. Ward Lunday, Mrs, C. E. Al
lenback, Mrs. M. J. Mahoney, Mrs.
B. C. Hall and Mrs. Allyn Nusom;
During the last' few years in
which government trappers have
operated In ? Pecos county, Tex.
8,759 coyotes and 1,220 bobcats
have been removed.
LUMBER IS SIPPED
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Men y
Tenor fjj
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College .Basketball is Kept
Safe for Tall Men; Keyhole
Limit Change Recommended
By PAUL MICKELSON
CHICAGO, April 5. - () - Col
lege basketball was kept safe
and open for the towering cen
ters today although action was
started to apply the brakes to
their scoring rampages under the
basket from the pivot post posi
tion. By the surprisingly narrow
margin of five votes, 32 to 27,
delegates to the National Associ
ation of Basketball Coaches' con
vention voted down the Califor
nia proposal to eliminate the cen
ter jump except at the start of
games, the second half and at
the beginning of overtime.
A few minutes later, the dele
gates capped a tormy debate by
T
SMflW
Auto racing, which thrilled
thousands of Oregon fans last
summer will again be offered to
speed enthusiasts with the open
ing of the 1935 season slated for
the Speed Bowl near Portland,
Sunday, April 7. Bobby Rowe,
under whose direction the races
are held, will offer a sparkling
list of racing kings for the initial
meet.
Many of the finest car pilots In
the northwest and California have
either arrived In Portland or
sent in signed entry blanks.
Drivers In trial spins at the
Speed Bowl track, located a short
distance north of Gresham and
just south of Base Line road, have
pronounced the track In perfect
condition.
Several of the favorites of the
1934 racing session will be driv
ing in the races Sunday including
such well known pilots as Armand
Mlllen, Bob Scoville. Jimmy Wil
burn, Bob Strong, Del Valentine,
Devon Smith and the spectacular
Steve Sahllnger.
The opening races of the sum
mer series are to start promptly
at 1:30 with the initial event, the
time, trials, heading the program
iiiiie
Shoe
Ready to
STIR
Featuring All New York Styles
voting to recommend to the na
tional rules committee that a
rule be enacted whereby no of
fensive player, with or without
the ball, may remain for more
than three successive seconds
within the free throw area of his
opponent, except to pursue a
loose ball. The recommendation,
aimed strictly at the big men who
hold the pivot post positions, was
expected to be made a hardwood
law by the rulesc ommittee, which
meets in New York Sunday and
Monday.
Except for a recommendation
that technical fouls be called
against players who step across
the Jump circle (an Imaginary
circle) on a jump ball, no other
changes were suggested.
LYON MID FAMILY
MOVE FROM LYONS
LYONS, April 5. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Lyon and family, who have
spent the past two years on the
small farm belonging to Mrs.
Charles Ransom of Aumsville,
are moving to Mill City next
week. Mr. Lyon has part time
work at the mill in Mill City and
the children attend high school
there.
The Lyons grange met at the
I. O. O. F. hall for its regular
meeting Wednesday night. A
good attendance of members and
several visitors were present.
A delegation from the Lyons M.
E. church attended a church bus
iness meeting at the Stayton
church Wednesday evening. Rev.
George Cole is pastor for both
churches, with residence in Stay
ton. A number of the women from
Lyons and vicinity drove to the
Albert Julian home and surprised
Mrs. Julian. A pleasant social
time was enjoyed.
Clarence Jungwirth went to
Jordan Monday to take a young
horse to Sam Jungwirth. Mr.
Jungwirth purchased the fine an
imal from Mr. May who lives on
the Carl McGhee farm east of Ly
ons.
F5V
lrnce
Go's
Wear Shoes and Hose
Monday
at the
ssinore Uliieafore
Kennie Allen and Band
IdberhT
BIFF JONES WILL
NORMAN, Okla., April S-OTV
Out of a snarl of war department
red tape, the University of Okla
homa plucked today a famous
football coach Capt. Lawrence
"Biff" Jones.
The long-awaited formal an
nouncement of the change came
from the war department in
Washington. In Oklahoma City,
the university board of regents
voted unanimously for the em
ployment of Jones, who comment
ed in Baton Rouge, "I am glad
of the opportunity offered by the
transfer."
Captain Jones will be trans
ferred at once from Louisiana
State, where he tired of the dic
tatorial tactics of Senator Huey
Long.
When the former Army mentor
takes over the football reins next
fall, he will find a wealth of soph
omore material, described by the
retiring coach, Lewis Hardage, as
the "best I ever saw."
HOLDS SEWING BEE
BROOKS, April 5. Mrs. Wayne
Gibson was honored with a
handkerchief shower Thursday
afternoon at the regular meeting
of the Ladies' Aid society, the oc
casion being her birthday. The
afternoon was spent sewing and in
social conversation. Refreshments
were served to Mrs. A. E. Harris
and Mrs. S. A. Harris.
Tbe next meeting will be held
in the church April 11.
Mrs. James Riggl. who suffer
ed a stroke of paralysis a week
ago Is Improving satisfactorily,
and will be able to be up in a few
days. Frank Ramp who fell and
Injured his hip about two weeks
ago is improving slowly.
Mrs. Kate Lincoln of Pipestone,
Minn., is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Robert Crawford and Mrs. A. B.
Harris. Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs.
Harris were neighbors In Minne
sota. The W. C. T. U. will meet In the
Brooks Methodist church Tuesday
afternoon. Everybody i3 Invited.
BROOKS
TS
. HAZEL GREEN, April 5. The
English class gate program m
the school Wednesday afternoon,
in charge of Ward Miles, chair
man; Edward Tada and Frank
Miles. The numbers were: Pi
ano solo, Marian Wampler; read
ing, Carolyne Kasper; play,
"Thrift Week"; duet, Ward and
Frank Miles; piano solo, Hilda
Slattum; reading, Donald Dunni
gan; an Indian play,"The Tribe
Shall Pass"; group singing by the
school.
The casts for the jlays were:
Thrift Week', Maxine Wolf, Helen
Zielinskl, Lillie Yoshikal, Shirley
Johnson, Rose and Mary Ziebart,
Celia Kasper, Dorthy and Harritt
Dunnlgan, Geneva Van Cleave,
Leona Earl; "The Tribes Shall
Pass," in costume. Chief. Black
Heron, Edward Yada; Silver Reed,
Yoshie Yoshikai; the Medicine
Man, LaRoy Duda; Gedona, a
young Indian brave, Waldo Gil
bert; warriors, Archie Rutherford,
Sandford Mio, Hubert Asplnwall,
Donald Zielinskl, Clinton Wamp
ler. Mrs. Ross Miles furnished
music tor the play.
REDS WIN MOUND DUEL
SAVANNAH, Ga., April 5.-JF)
-Pulling out of numerous holes
with the aid of snappy fielding
Si Johnson pitched the Cincinnati
Reds to a 1 to 0 victory over the
Detroit Tigers in an exhibition
game here today.
SOX6WAT PIRATES
FORafTWORTH, ex., April 5.-(P)-BonTbarding
the Pittsburgh
slabmen for 21 hits, the Chicago
White Sox today lambasted the
Pirates 14 to 5. Vern Washing
ton led the Chicago artillery with
four hits.
OPENER RAIXED OUT
EUGENE, Ore., April &.-JP)-The
baseball game scheduled for
today between University of Ore
gon and Linfield college was post
poned because of wet grounds. A
double header was set for here to
morrow. Enthusiasm for polo at Dun
can, Okla., has resultal in con
struction of a new field on which
a dozen players with 30 ponies
practice regularly.
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