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I , - - , I i j . . )' ', - . i - - j, -, . ' Semmtors ay If mi llil Baseball School Scbeduledv-"tb PI mugene . II wmy Start '.Mere . Jmne 15 , for 'Boyis Lesion Active In Leadership Statesman Co-Sponsor of Program; Howard Maple Heads Coach Staff ; Heads School . (Continued trom Pa2 1) here: Cliff Parkera iUr ot Sa lem high school days; Charles I McLin, who played In the coast league and Al Bechet. semi-professional ball player in California in his ycuth. . Fundamental To Be C, : Taught Thoroughly . Every lad who enters can he sure he will be grounded In the fundamentals ot baseball. The players will ; be divided j into groups, according to the position which the entrant wants: to fill, and thorough instruction will be giren In the proper way to play each post in the infield and out field. Special work will be giren for pitchers and catchers. -Maple's plans call for chalk talks on baseball strategy, for drawings to illustrate bow a man should field and how he should hit in short, a thoroughgoing school for ball playej-a. ,- It doesn't make any difference whether the boy who 1 enters has - had experience or not; he'll bare a chance to show his ability and to improve his playing by taking part in this school. Members of the American Legion junior ball team are eligible to participate in the school. -..; ; All you need to do to enter the school is to fill out the entry blank running in today's States man and to bring it, either to this office, or to . Cliff Parker's store on State street. There's ab solutely no charge for the school. Balls and bats will be furnished, but each player must bring his own glove or mit. . Here's the legion committee which Is handling the school: Bert Victor, chairman, Cliff Par ser, Oliver Huston, Carl Gabriel aon, Jack Elliott. Dr. Frank Voigt finat Opportunity $ays Chairman Victor "I consider this school an un usual opportunity for the kids of Salem," commented Bert victor yesterday. Every normal American boy wants to play basenau ana ) . - I y I i i O ' . :.: ' ;: " ! ' i II ' ; ; : - ; j ' MUNDIP 1431 em Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, May 24, 1936 PAGE SEVEN Lipscomb Will Face Two Foes Thunderbolt Pete, Referee - t - I j . . . t- r - Elliott Opponents of ; Number 1 IMeanie sibw sv sa ssss. v "0. . V ' 1 M sssta V l ""Wa. T ELV FAUL HAUSEK Coiiley Heads Friday's Card Howard Maple, who will be head coach of the Legwn-scacesman baseball school which opens Jane 15. Lefty Grove Hurt And Red Sox Lose Pitehing Hand Injured as Star Covers Base in Tight Ball Game AMERICAN LEAGUE 1 W. L. New York ........24 Boston ......... .23 Detroit ..........20 Cleveland ........IS Chicago ...16 Washington ......18 Philadelphia 10 St. Louis ........ 8 11 13 15 16 IS IS 22 27 Pet; .(8 .635 .52$ .516 .500 .315 .22? BOSTON. May 23.-VAto lTen-lnninz- i xame with the Washington Senators brought de teat to the high-priced Boston Red Jack 'Lipscomb,! Indiana ruf fian who gives rival wrestlers plenty of grief but usually suf fers the meanie fate of , losing regardless, will see Tuesday night it his luck is any better j when the odds are tougher. t Lipscomb, present number one villain of the local grappling busi ness, will take on two opponents as the feature ot Tuesday night's show at the armory. Given the choice of one . of : the : wrestlers Lipscomb named Thunderbolt Pete. New Mexico Indian, j while Proter Herb Owen chose Harry Elliott, popular; referee, as the other, i i ... j. , ' i Lipscomb boasts': that he can take a fall from each of the two wrestlers within the one! hour time limit. Lipscomb ! will lose the match if either of the two gains a fall over him. i Walter Tinkit Aehla. Chinese grappler, will act! as referee in the Lipscomb - Thunderbolt Pete Elliott atfair and in the 48 min ute event between George Ben nett and Ben Sherman. Both Ben nett and Sherman are former amateur wrestlers and know what they are about .when they; tie each other in knots, ; Elliott will referee the opener in which Achia meets Abdul Khan, the nasty man from Af ghanistan, . j i v; Sox and injury to the pitching f -jinnf G I lit I IfYWTI hand of their star hutler. Lefty l7ldill& Villi UIW11 The f Senators, nee Bearcats, skate Off to Eugene , today I for their opening State league base ball game, f Al though "Frisco Edwards should be managing fust as peppery a club as he ever had the Townles will be no c i n-c h. They are being managed this year by Howard Hobson, Oregon baseball coach, and have a very potent lineup. The Senators jaal Bmmx, Jr. play at home for the first time next Sunday against the Albany Alcoa, defenders of the circuit pennant. -n r Since New Year's day Curly Feldtman has staged nine fights la Salem. Most of tbena have draw pretty weU tboagh not at well as they should la a town of this size. Nearly; all of them have pleased the fans who have seen some good fights. At any rate the results have, been sufficiently gratify ing: to make Feldtman believe the fans are ready tor weekly fight; cards. Next Friday he will present his tenth card with Mickey Conley of San Fran cisco and Frank Galluccf of Portland matched In the main event. Feldtman hopes It will be the first of a regular week ly program of fight cards. I Popular Little Scrapper Oppose Gallncci . on VFW Program j to MoBt of those same Senators referred to above will be seen in action Wednesday when the RoarriBt hM rnndhva tft baseball in a j game with the undefeated Mickey Conley. game i little team: of 1930. That game Should scrapper wno u ai h ta hattl of th centnrv. Al- eeveral weeks ago after trying though the players of that great vainly to pierce Spina's superior team! have had the years ! creep reach, will meet Frankie Gallucci. up on them a little most of them roruano. leamerweigni, in wnea ' I a. - M VT m i tif are In top notch condition and n eTen' " -j-" - should give the young bucks, ot c" ; r"rj UV the present Bearcat team a good n,BY (maims State League Season Opens Townies Strong ; Gastineau Will Start on Hlound ' For Frisco's Nine battle. Salem fans were convinced that Conley, whose home ia in San Francisco, is a fighter with plenty of heart as well as lots of ring skilL .Many! believed he Would have had little trouble in whipping a spina parea aown u ms own size. Gallucci, said to be the equal of Spina in skill, matches Conley in size as well aa in weight. He has been popular in . Portland . as a main event, and seml-w 1 n d u p tighter. . i Norris on Bill Eddie Norris, coming young Sa lem lightweight, will mees a Fil ipino fighter in the six round semi- windup. Norris has not fought for a month due to a tonsil operation. It Friday's fight meets approval of the fans at the gate Promoter As for the Bearcats i they should be able to claim a co championship of the Northwest conference now that Paget Soand has so soundly troanced Whitman. Willamette and C -P. S. broke even in their series and; the games : they lost to each other were the only games thejf lost to conference teams. Paget Sound's winning of the , championship will, at any rate, give "Spec" Keene a good talking point when be demands a round robin schedule In base- -ball and basketball at the next conference meeting. Boys! Take a look at the VXL J'VTZ?? .pp,c' Curly Feldtman will probably he- k...k.ti .vi t,- A,t. Sin scheduling cards every wee x. a faawa a vrrvHU1 ot learning the fine points of the game from men that have played in the big show is a rare one. Howard Maple, "Frisco" Ed wards, Charles McLin and "Spec' Keene know more about base ball than will ever be put in any body's encyclopedia. Viking Swimmers Get Second Place Sometimes the. strict limita tion of this column to the sub ject of igolf cramps our style. For instance we'd like to wage war on public nuisances. Realiz ing we can't, still just for In stance, Well mention a couple to show what we mean: . 1. Hie candidates face that e still hanging In public places. .... j . , 2. The motorists, mostly youthful, who honk their horns at motorists ahead of them who e, quite properly, halting to led pedestrian traffic have the right-of-way. While the Salem Golf club's 20- man team goes to. Oregon City to day, the! inactive as well as the active golf fans will get their big inning at home. Bert Victor and Bob Taylor will tee off at 9:30 on the Salem Golf club course for their 36-hole struggle for the all city tournament championship. In dications are that it wiu taxe sun- par golf 4 to win, and those who torn the;, gallery are going to see a real show. 1 The boys who go down to Oregon City, we fear, won't know how to act today. As far back ait we can remember, the match "down there has been played Ion a ' Mastery, rainy, , windy day and the weather man says otherwise this time. Grove, before a crowd ot h.swj here today. Grove recelted his U jury in the seventh while cover ing first base. Washington 8 14 ? Boston 7 14 Newsom, Weaver and Mulies; Ostermueue. Cardinal; Margin Dallas Winner in Polk Track Meet fi r o t e . Wilson. h. Vtinn it will take rood coach, i Henry. Walbergr and R. Ferrell. im nr Yim tn imnrove his came Yankees Win Two ,. chtilned a dandv coaching PHILADELPHIA, May Z2.-VPI :t .anTa hi Brhnotl ETerv I -The New York l Sam Byrd Does Merriwell For Four Runs in 9th for Red's Victory ! Yankees cat a tail 10 nanaie uus kuwi. jhcj i . . l i c t boy between 12 and .17 year, of loose with a homen barrage St . are. inclusive, in saiem auu me --j . ... tx. ....,-.,, aarroundinr ; territory, haa the NATIONAL LEAGUES : n w. l. best chance ever afforded to: get scientific instruction, without cost, la baseball playing." Howard Maple, who will head the coaching staff, has had a splendid record as a baseball play er. After playing four years on !behigh school team at Peoria, Illinois, he xame to Oregon State college and played on the tresh- niin team and three years on tne rarsitv at Corvallls. "Mape" play ed a number of positions short, third, pitcher' and catcher, finally aettinr down to catch. ' in we spring of IS 29, on the strength of his showinr at college, he was or dered to report to the White Sox it Chicaro.' That summer he was farmed .out to Springfield in the 3-1 league and in 1930-1931, he was shipped to'Bloomington In the same league. In 1932 Maple got his charge to go back to the ma Jors and that year he played, for the Washington Senators m tne American league, catching 69 games in the season. The next year found Maple at Chattanooga In the Southern ' Association, the following year he stepped up to . the International league, playing -Class AA ball with Albany, and la 1935 he was with Rock Island, later with Keokuk, in the Western lea'rue "Mm" now has a wife and ! family and ean't be away from home as long as baseball demands so he's taken a position here in Salem and Is going to do this bit of coaching In teaching the younger generation the fine points ot. the national game. Keene, Edwards and Parker are on Staff Roy S. "Spec' Keene, known to all Salem boys as the highly suc cessful coach of athletics at Wil , lamette university, has an excel lent record' as a baseball player ' When he attended Salem high ; school he was a star pitcher. He went on to Oregon State college - and there Keene's pitching ability : put the state college to the top in ' college circles, Brooklyn . . Philadelphia dAinhla. Athletics in both games i Pittsburgn of a doubleheader. 12 to 6 and Chicago 15 to 1, to strengthen their hold Cincinnati on first nlace in the American I Boston leaa-ue. TfinT Lazzerl led the circuit ni ters with three, the first game and two in the second. New York ..... 12 1 Philadelphia -8 Malnnft and Dickey: LPr church. Fink. Bullock, Dietncn and Hayes, BeTry. New York ..... ....14 Philadelphia ........ 1 Broaca and Dickey; Upchurch and Hayes. e 20 20 11 12 15 15 17 17 21 22. Pet. .645 .25 .514 .SIS .415 .485 .382 .371 Seven New County Records Set as Good Marks Are Made, All Events1 Webfoots Win in Big Annual Meet ! i Record For Mile Is Set by Scharpf, Beating Mark j Set by Ralph Hill IS 0 7 3 Rhodes. ST. LOUIS, ! May 23.-(55)-TIle Cardinals opened a 24-game home stand today by losing a bitterly debated contest to the Chicago Cubs, 7 to 2. Manager Frankie Frisch was ordered from the St. Louis bench after a series of wrangles with Umpire VBabe" Plnelli. Defeat cut the Cardinal lead over the New York Giants, St. T.onis 3 7 1 Chicaeo 8 10 1 Mahaf fey, Caldwell, Tietje arw Hemnlev: Kennedy and Grube, St. Louis 5 12 ',1 Chicaro 1. 4 jl Knott' and Giuliani; Stratton, Evans and Sewell. who won, to a half game. Chicago 3. .1...... 7: IS 1 St. Louis t 8 1 Warneke. Leei and Hartnett; Walker, Wlnford,. Ryba and V. Davis. C 4 t 8 Detroit 13 15 Cleveland ......... 5 9 1 Brides and Cochrane; Allen, Lee. Galehouse, Winegarner and Sullivan. i . I Detroit .3 8 2 Cleve'l 4 "7 p J. Sullivan, Sorrell and Hay- worth, Cochrane; Blaeholdef, Hildehrand and Pytalk m rt- best-known men connected with baseball in Salem. For five yes he played for Salt Lake City in the Coast league. Recently he was an umpire in the 3-1 league. Fpr many years he caught for the Sa lens Senators and served during that period as manager. 1 ' Cliff Parker nlaved second base in the days when he attended Sa lem high school and was a star ojn his company team In Franci. When he was employed in the San Francisco lay territory he played on fast amateur, teams in that di trict - i -T-.- Charles I McLin played In the Coast league for a time and also in the old Northwest league softie After graduation lot whose teams later became men- f rom Oregon State, Keene assist- I bers of the Coast league organiza ed In coaching baseball at Corval- j tion. ' lis and since coming to Willamette l ai uecnet piayea in soutnern university has been in full charge California in semi - proiessionai of baseball at the campus here. 1 baseball after an extensive servlte "Frisco' Edwards is one of the 'on amateur teams. r Boston ......... Brooklyn ....... MacFayden and Lopez; Brandt, Baker and Phelps. Boston . . i .. J. .." 5 10 1 Brooklyn 4 8 2 ) Reis and Lewis, Lopez;! Butch er, Leonard.: Jeffcoat and Ber- res, Phelps. ) I ' ! Pittsburgh 3 7 0 Cincinnati .1;.,..!... 4 9 0 ' Swift, Blanton and Todd; -Der ringer, Brennan and LombardL Boys! Fill Out This Registration Slip and Enter the Free Baseball School Conducted by the Legion and The Statesman NAME (Place your lull name aqd nickname here) Philadelphia ......... 0 2 New York ..U...... 9i 14 1 Kelleher, Passeau, and f Wilson, Atwood; Hubbell, Jorgens and Mancuso. - -- .?!".".. j Leagu LEAGUE STANDINGS . I : iW. L. i Atwater-Kent 7 Paper Mill 6 ADDRESS ..-l---.-- (City street or your Rural or. town address) . '-i li "-'-"V rs: I . '- y :-:- l.; -'t : v - Age .... How many year9 have yon playefl ball? What position do you wish to play? ! First choice Second choice .. Wait's ..... ...5 Man's Shop .,..5 Artisans ..,..5 Pietela's ;3 Hogg Bros. m4 Master! Bread J...2 Eagles . 1 Valley Motor 1 Kay Mill ..l Y. M. C. A 0 ; Games This Week Monday ArtiBans vs. Master Bread;! Pietela's vs. Hogg Bros. , Tuesday Valley Motor vs. M. C. A.; Man's Shop vs. Walt's. Wednesday Kay. Mill vs. Paper Mill; Eagles vs. Atwater-Kent. 0 Pet, 1.000 .857 .714 .714 .S25 .600 .500 .400 .167 .143, .143 .000 j MONMOUTH, May 23. Dallas high school won the Polk county track and field meet here Friday, scoring 64 points. Independ ence scored 44; Monmouth 20; and Airlle 5. Seven new county records were established, Dallas makinr three. Monmouth . three and Independence one. Johnson, Monmouth, achieved the outstand the day. Dallas set a record in the half mile relay at 1 minute 38.2 sec onds. Burrelback pole vaulted 10 feet, 8 inche, the former record being 10 ft. 7 ins. Joslin threw the discus 112 feet, 5 Ins., former record 103 ft., T Ins. or MonmoutBiv Johnson high jumped 5 ft, 8 Ins., former re cord 5 ft., 5 ins. Johnson did 4k.MA Vt.L V 1 . n ... m w uigu uuruig iu 4s 11a l. former record 19.8. McGee step ped the mile in 4:55, former re cord 6 flat, i ) Steele, of Independence tossed the shot 40 ft., 10 Ins.. former record 40 ft., 2 ins. i Airlle high's lone entry. Law- ne,; stepped out and won the 100 yd. dash in 10.5. I 80 d.h Woodmm (DJ Lonnd vno j, jromeroy (ina., .s. , 1 Mil run McGm lit 1. Jnhnrtnm TiS 100 yd. d.h Lwri (A), Abel (D) Perry' (I). 10.5. : yw ih Abel (D), lToodmn u, tr. cox ti;, 2.i. : 120 yd. hieh hardlee JobnM (M) BUnchmrd (D), Yoang tD. 1 flt. 440 j4. in P. Cox (I), Voth-(D) Hley (I). 58. , : i 2J0 low hnrdlet Yonng- (I) tnd Perry t;, ilea ior iir. tr. vox ti,'B. Half mile Woodman ( D), McUee (It) CoUnt (I). J mm, 15.5. ' Half mile relay IHIIat Independ ente. . 1.38-2. Pole tanlt Bnrrejbaek (D), Hartman BJanchard (1), 10 ., S in. ; Shot pat Steel (I). Joelia (D) Starboek (D. 40 ft. 10H in. r Hitb jump Johnson (M).; Primoa (I) and Wation (D), eeeond, 5- ft. 8 o. ' Dicn Joelin (D). Steel (l). Perry (I). 11J ft, 5 in. i . 4 Jarelin Jonlin (O), Houtley (I) Piert (11), 188 ft, 10 in. , Broad jump Abel D). Woodi (D. Johnion (X). 19 ft., 4 la. The Active club's all-city tour ney is moving along. The cham pionshipi will be decided today; Walt Clme and Russ Burdette will play the first flight final some time In; the coming week; ur, Kuhn Won the second flight, de feating pave Eyre 3 and 1; Scales PORTLAND. Ore., May 2 University High, the defending champion, swam away with; 37 points and the championship at the annual Oregon interscholastic swimming and diving champion ships here today at Jantien beach I and McLaughlin will play for the pool. ; i. I third flight prixe today; Nash ae- c.i.m Titer i. w ..iiii with 1 I rested cnanaier a ana in tne Air.. toiiAwM h Hill Miiitsrv fourth flight,' Semi-finals are play- with ISrGrant 15. Lincoln 10, f jr played today in the ' Against a Eugene Townles nine boasting a former Coast league pitcher and a lineup of past and present - University of Oregon stars the Salem Senators will start their State leagae season rolling today 14 their opening r game at Eugene.! The. games will be played on Howe: field on the. University of Oregon campus at 2:30 o'clock. I .-j Jerry Gastineau, t Willamette's lean and lanky) freshman hurler, will pitch for the Senators and supporting him! will be a lineup pretty close to the team that he has been pitching for all spring. With the exception of second base, where Bill Moye will . be parked the Willamette infield will all don the new white uniforms of the Senators!. Kennth Mann ing, Bearcat slugger number one, will be at first. Vinnie Harri- man at short aid Bill Beard at third. That combination, one of the; sweetest infields ever de veloped at Willamette, should leave Manager '"Frisco" Edwards little to worry about in the in ner garden. i Ontfield, Is Speedy Dwight Aden,! hard-hitting Wil lamette outfield, will bo in cen ter field and pick Weisgerber and John Oravec will also pa trol the outer gardens. Oravec la the only one who has not been playing ball regularly thla season but has natural ability. Howard Maple, former catcher with the Washington Senators and with several minor league clubs, will be behind the bat. "Lefty" r Garretson, former Coast league southpaw, will pitch for the Townies. The Eugene in field will consist of 'Harry Mc Call, colorful left-handed first baseman; , Jack Coleman, former Hop Gold stan at second; Bob Johnson at" third, and Sperling, former Oregon Normal star, at short. . 'ji Woodburn. : Salem's neighbor club and infant club of the cir cuit, draws a jbye in the open ing day's games. Other games are Hop Gold at Bend and Albany at Toledo. CORVALLIS, Ore., May 2S.-) Captain George Scharpf of Uni versity of Oregon sparkled to a new record of four -minutes 20 seconds in the mile as his team defeated Oregon State college track and field team 85 to 4 S in dual meet here today. The only other record to tall wasi the shot put. Bill Foskett of Oregon tossing the heavy pellet 49 feet two and a half inches to break the record set by Dixon of Oregon State at 48 feet 5 inch es in 1127. Ralph Hill, who distinguished himself in the 500 meter run at the! last Olympics, held the mile record of 4:21.3 which Scharpf bettered today. Hill made h i mark in 1929. : It took a record-breaking race to Win the mile, as Clasher of Oregon State was only two steps behind at the finish and two oth er runners pressing; I Bud Shoemake of Oregon won the 100-yard dash and the 220 for) high scorlgn honors, Oregon swept all places in the hundred and the shot put, while the Beav ers! made a sweep ohf the Javelin. r The Beavers won only three first places. Ackerson surprised the field by winning! the high Jump at 6 feet 2 inches. Daneri sent the javelin 197 feet 4 inches fori Oregon State, and ran the high hurdles in 15.2 to win for the Beavers. Eugene S and West Linn 2. Summary, included: tenth. Judge Belt won the gon falon. defeating Reiha 6 and 5 50 meters, free style Second, and in the elevenh. Alley won the Coffman, Salem. 100 meters, breast stroke First, Mack, Salem; third. Bush- nell, Salem. Time 1:26.1, 200 meters, free style First, Wiper, University high; fourth, N. Burris, Salem. Time 2:38.5. TOO meters, back stroke Fourth, Glenn, Salem. Fancy diving Second, Mack, Salem. ISO-meters medley relay Sec ond, Salem. final, stopping Hagemann on the 19th. I-;". - i- Nobody knock, knock has tank a hole ia one ok the Salens coarse yet this season. Huskies events, ington Huskies to a 71 to 60 University of Take Meet SEATTLE, ilay 2S.-)-Grab- blng first pl-j- honors in nint the University of Wash- pounded their way decision over the California at Los Angeles track team here today. Schultz Joins Marines CORVALLIS, Ore.. May IZ.-OPi -Maynard Schulti, Oregon State college football player, was ap pointed to the United States ma rine corps base school at Phila delphia. An honor student In mili tary the last four : years, Schultz will report for duty July; 1. , I ! NOTICE. For Automobile $tdesmen Ordy! For the benefit of some competitive salesmen, we wish to jstate that we are not handling or selling Caravan neW cars. ' f Studebaker Cars are Rail Shipped to I Salem We Invite Your Inspection Inc. "Watch Studebaker" Watch BtBdebaker Cougars Win Twice MOSCOW, Idaho, May 23.-6P)- Scoring 13 runs in three big in nings, Washington State college i routed the University of Idaho in a baseball double header here to day, 10-1 and 17-3, and took a firmer grip on first place in the northern division coast conference standings. Bring thla slip at nee to Parker's Sporting Goods Store, 872 State Street, or to The Oregon Statesman. ' 215 Sooth Commercial Street - SH. run cote i Tel. tXlt Alleys OpeslO A M. Cntn Midnight i, Bowl-Mor Co. . ! JACK LIPSCOMB : VS. Thunderbolt Pete and Harry Elliott GEORGE BENNETT : -vs.- ; i , -f-- f BEN SHERMAN , 45 Minute - : WALTER TINKET ACHIU ,vs. ABDUL KHAN , . i SO Minntes Salem Armory TUESDAY MAY 26 8:30 i Lower Floor 50c, Balcony 4 Oc, Reserved Seats 75c (No Tax) ; Stndents 25c; Ladlea 25e - : rickets, Cliff Parker's and Lytle'i - Anspices American Legion f , - ... 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