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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1938)
By RON GEMMELL They'll tell yon It's going to be quite & soft ball season, will those fella who hare been atop the Spring league that concluded C?rl- d a y n I f),h t There laaJ a nlnvcr niana- " T i ger or sponsor of any of the lx teams which will tee off a , week from- to morrow nignt In the ntne weeks Summer league but what will walk up to you, wig- rlA m flnvA . s ROM GEVUEIX . and spit out: "Son. shea' going to be a tough circuit this year!" By "tough," they'll go on to tell you, they mean competition is going to be seTere, savage, some pumpkins and to say the mosta, ne plus ultra. Point to Pitchers. If you press em, they'll even go further ami tabulate a few potent reasons Just .why the league is going to be so much tougher thJ year than itr has - for everal Reasons back. In variably they'll begin whisper ing, in hoarse, throaty jvhis pers, about this or that young pitcher who lias been showing more "tuff in Spring league play than a good many of thp oldsters can adrguately handle. They'll lead off with a two stanza, yodel concerning Ken ay Lren, whose been whip- -ping em across for the Eagles, and will wind up by giving you an earful of Smither, O-30's youthful underhander. Larsen, who pitched In . the Junior league laot summer, needs but a little more experience, they say, and hell be rougher titan a politician's shell. "PinwheeTnot so Potent. While statistics compilers for Spring league play didn't figure the earned run averages, there is little question but what Henry Singer, who, won nine and lost one, finished the course with the best honors. "Pinwheel" Percy Crowfoot, whose windmill deliv ery last year had the boys badly baffled, hasn't been quite so po tent so far this. True, his 80 strikeouts in the Spring were 19 - more than his nearest competitor, but the boys figure he'll be much easier "had" thia season. Smither, whose forte is a raise ball that ' also sweeps to the outside of the plate to a rlghthand hitter, was second only to Crowfoot In the number of gents sent down swing ing. Smither tallied 1 "K's" for the season; Roth, Waits flinger who is also no slouch with the stick, got 36; Larsen, Eagles. 58; Singer, Square Deal, 41; and Ser- dots, Golden Pheasant, 31. No Soft Spots. But It Is not alone the sud den rise of some promising yoang twirlers that makes soft ball addicts advance- on you ' with a fanatical gleam in theh eyes. While pitching is, and al ways will be In softball the out standing element, they'll tell you that, disregarding pitch ers, all six clubs are-more even ly matched than they have been for three years. Xo, sir, one manager was heard to remark, there Isn't a soft spot 1st the circuit this year. More espe cially, there won't be when the season tees off next Monday night, for the weaker dabs al ready have Irons la the fire with which to brand some addi tional strength. Twenty-Thirty, the ambers" gang that flav ished last in Spring league play," has already signed Hauk and Gilmore, and has designs on some others. A few colle gian aoftballers wilt be romp ing borne this week in time to get into the thick of it, includ ing Jimmy Nicholson, who it is understood is ready to don a Paper-makers uni. Trek to Fight. VA group of Salem folks left this morning for the eastern seaboard and the Lottis-Schmeling fight June 22. They were Mr. and Mrs. George Orey, Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Magee and Mrs. Varley. Mrs. Orey has a sister In New York; Mrs. Magee has an old friend la Chi cago; Mrs. Varley has a nephew and sister-in-law in New York; and from the way they were talk ing when they left here, Orey and Magee are relatives of Louis. (Turn to Page 8, CoL i) League Standings COAST LEAGUE r Before Nlcht Game) W. L. Pet. Sacramento ......38 27 .S85 San Francisco . ...3( 28 .55 8 Portland ...2 31 .522 San Diero 34 31 .523 Seattle ....... ..'.33 33 .500 Hollvwood 32 33 . .4$2 Los Angeles ......30 33 .476 Oakland .........23 43 -348 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Cleveland ...27 13 .75 New York ....;.. 15 .605 Washington ......25 1 .568 Boston i..22 - 17 : .564 netroit i..lt 22 ..463 Philadelphia .....16 22 .421 Chicazo ......... 12 2 .352 st. Tenuis ........11 25 .206 NATIONAL LEAGUE - W. L. Pet. New York .......25 14 .641 rhlraro ...26 15 .61J Boston ...20 16 .571 Pittsburgh ...a... 20 18 .526 Cincinnati ..zi z St. Louis ........17, 21 .447 Brooklyn ,.16 21 .172 Philadelphia H WESTERN INTL LEAGUE Beillnghm 6, Wenatcheo 4. Tacoma 5, Spokane 2. Yakima 10, Vacouver I. Legion J .. - Woodburn Will Play Silverton Defending Champs Show Promise; Cascade Game Follows WOODBURN The Woodburn American' Legion junior baseball team will play its first game of the Marion county championship series at j Legion park here" this afternoon with the Silverton Le gion team as opponent. Woodburn, defending county' champion, looked like a cham pionship club in its opening game of the season last Monday against a team of -Salem and Woodburn all-stars, j Three excellent pitch ers, Hanauska. Miles and Jell, are on the Woodburn roster to give the ( local club a well bal anced mound staff. Reed Behind Plate Clyde illeed, who caught for last season's Junior team and also for the local high school team for the past two years, is back for another great season behind the plate. Wally Lee of Donald and Duane Hatcher, Hubbard star, turned la great games at second and third base, respectively, and with Fink at first and Pat De Jardin covering the short patch, the Woodburn team shows prom ise of another great infield. Ilalteri Donnelly and Pienett looked good in the outfield and will probably start there today. Garfield iVoget, coach of the local nine, has been working the team regularly during the last two weeks and it should be in top shape for the opening champion ship game. Firemen, Kc's to Play Immediately following the Le gion contest, the Woodburn Fire men and the Salem Kaysees will take the field in a Cascade league game that promises to be a give and take affair. Both teams hold championship aspirations and are well balanced clubs. The Firemen hold first place in the circuit and are undefeated with four con secutive! wins. The Kaysees have only one loss against three wins and, if they can dump the Fire men, will be back in a tie for the loop lead. Harold Bourbonnais, the hurler with the stellar right arm that has carried tHj Firemen to all their wins, will be bn tha hill for the local team. Reiling will again be behind the plate. Garfield Voget, who received a broken finger two. weeks ago In the game with Lone Elder, is still out of the lineup but the Injury is healing rapidly and the fiery little catcher hopes to be back In harness soon. Ray Elliott, who formerly pitched for the Woodburn Amer ican Legion club several years ago, will be on the mound for the Salem team. Elliott has run up an enviable record of strike outs and the local hitters will undoubtedly be looking at wide assortment of carve balls in their game today. Entire gate receipts will be turned over to the American Le gion baseball fund, the Firemen ro ting to donate their share for the aid of the local team. Indians Lambaste Senators, 11 to 4 Feller Goes Wild in 4th; Grove, Foxx Team to Win for Red Sox WASHINGTON, June l-UPy- The league-leading Cleveland In dians walloped tne Senator: 11 to 4 today. Let down without a hit during the first three Innings, the In dians hopped on Elon Horsett in the fourth and scored S runs. Bob i Feller who started for the tribe became wild a the game progressed and was lifted In the fourth with nobody out. R; H. E Cleveland ..11 11 1 Washington ....... 4 7 1 Feller. Galehou-e (4) and Pyt- lak: Horsett, Weaver (4). Kel ley (), Krakau-kas (7) and FerrelL ftrove. Vox Steal Show BOSTON. Jnna WjJVThoie old renames, ' tierty urove anu Jimmy Fort. weTe Just - about the whole "works" today as. the Red Sox trounced the Detroit Tigers, 5 to 3. Grove, although tarred for 10 hits, blanked the Timers fo eight innings ' and fanned nine in chalking-up his ninth wla of the Tear aralnst one defeat. . Foxx, driving In four oi the Sox' five runs, hit lili 17th and 13 th homers of the yer off Tommy Bridges, ana aaaea . a slnaie : before he wound up. !. R. H E. Detroit ' 3 10 Rnitnn .' 5 9 1 Bridges, Coffman (8) and York; Grove and Desautel. i TThlte Rax rownel PHILADELPHIA June 4-(P- Phliadeiphin downed tne tmcigo Nationals, to 4, today in a fce-w-hlttlne- contest. R. H E. Chicago 4 15 1 Philadelphia I 2 4 2 Lvons. Gabler ;f5). Ccx (7) and Sewell; Caster and Br acker. ! St. ' Louis at New York, post poned (rain). Indian Broom Wins SAN FRANCISCO, June 4.-;p) -Indian Broom won the $15,000 added Marchbank handicap to day, i defeating his stablemate. Wichcee, by a nose in photo finish in the closing program of the Tanforan spring meeting, SUr ! Shadow, the favorite, was third. Ducks Repeat Indians' Rout weeney Defies Doctor Again, Gets Single, Scoring Later PORTLAND, June 4.--The Portland Beavers bunched their hits on Eddie Serventl today while the best Seattle could do with 11 blows off Joe Hare was two runs, so : the Beavers won. 4 to 2. The game put the Poft- landers Jiack into a tie for third place. I' : ' Mgr. Bill Sweeney, playing in the Portland lineup against doc tors orders, regained his batting eye with a single in the sixth that became a run on Frederick's double, and in the eighth poled a home run into the left field bleachers. Joe Hare was often? in diffi culty, but his mates played error less ball behind him and in the pinches the Rainiers could sel dom produce the needed hit. Seattle . 2 11 0 Portland -.4 8 0 Servant! and Spindel; Hare and Dickey. Sacs Tighten Lead 1 SAN DIEGO, Calif., June 4.- (JP) Shortstop Joe Oengo's big bat and Henry "Cotton" Pippen's ef fective pitching combined to' give Sacramento a 5 to 2 victory over the San Diego Padres here today. The Solons tightened their grip on the-Coast league lead and took a three to two edge in the seven- game series. ; ' i ' ! Sacramento J..-L.. ; .5 7 1 San Diego . 2 6 2 Pippen and Grube; Humphreys, Salvo and Hogan. ! Seals. Angels Split .' SAN FRANCISCO, June 4.-i?P) -Los Angeles and San Francisco divided a Pacific Coast baseball league twin bill today, the Angels winning the first encounter, 5 to 2, and the Seals the second. 11 to 10. Los Angeles 5 7 1 San Francisco 2 8 ; 2 Salveson and Sueme; Shores and Sprinx. - Los Angeles ...10 ; 1 San Francisco .. 11 16 8 Thomas, Berry and Collins; Miller, Mann, Ballou and Wood- all. . ; ..- t ' Star- Batter Oaks i LOS ANGELES. June 4.-UP- Hollywood trimmed Oakland 1 2 to 7 today in a game that started with e scoring splurge resulting in 10 runs In the first inning. Babich managed to last the route for the Stars, tightening up as he went, while his mates ham mered four Oakland pitchers. Oakland . - 7 7 8 Hollywood 12 14 1 Van Fleet, Olds, Moore, Pyl and Ralmondi; Babich and Bren WSC Refuses Bid For 0SC Playoff PULLMAN, June -VG'adu ate Manager Earl Foster an nounced today Washington State college had : declined an Oregon State college invitation to play off their tie for the northern division pacific coast conference baseball title. j Leading by a half game, WSC was dropped into a tie with OSC by dropping the final game of the season to Idaho two days ago. "Our final examinations begin Monday," Foster explained, "and we feel it inadvisable to Interrupt the student work of our players. Immediately after examinations several players leave for summer work. We believe under the circum stances that the proper thing to do is to leave the situation as It is." Kaysees to Play Woodburn I Today CASCADE LEAGUE : ' W. L. Pet. Woodburn .........4 0 1.000 Salem KC ..........3 1, .750 Stayton .....2 1 .750 Lone Elder .1 3 .250 Sublimity .1 3 .250 Aumsvllle .........0 4 .000 As the first-half of the Cascade circuit draws to a close today, Sa lem's Kaysees will be battling the league-leaders in their own bail! wick. Though scheduled to be played here, the : Kaysee-Wood-bnrn and will follow the junior game between Silverton , and Woodburn that is also being play ed there. ; , Other games today: Lone Elder at Aumsvllle and Stayton at Su blimlty. . , , Pasteurized Wins 7 t J Belmont's Stakes NEW YORK, Jane 4.-y-The three-year-old championship pic ture was turned topsy-turvy to day when Dauber, winner of the Preakness and second in the Ken tacky derby, bowed to the flying hooves of Mrs. W. Plunket Stew art's Pasteurized In the 70th run ning of the classic Belmont stakes. Town send B. Martin's Cravat was third. Winning time tor the mile and a half was 2:21 25. mmior StaH Today ? Salem, Armstrong Out mi A crowd estimated at 40,000 saw weight Champion Barney Ross to son Square Garden bowl. Ross Armstrong, who rained punches up in the tenth round as Hammering Henry swings another punch. Reds Continue Giant Killing Cut NY's Lead to Half Game; Cubs Climb; Cards Defeated CINCINNATI, June 4-UPY- Even King Carl Hubbell, the old meal ticket, couldn't stop the Giants' losing slide today, and the New Yorkers had their Na lonal league lead cut to a slim half-game by dropping -an 11 to 2 decision to the Reds. R. H. .. E. New York 2 1 1 Cincinnati 11 18 1 Hubbell, Coffman f4). Georgy (8) and Danning; Weaver and Lombard!. Cubs Approach Leaders CHICAGO. June 4-AV-ChI- cago's Cubs elimbed within a half-game of first place In the National league today when Larry French turned in, a six hit, 5 to 1 victory over the Phil adelphia Phils as the l&ague leadlnr New York Giants towed before Cincinnati's Rsds. R. H. E. Philadelphia ....... 1' 2 Chicago . . .- 5 8 0 Passeau, Hallahan (8) and At wood; French and Hartnett, Odea (?). Bscs Get Breaks PITTSBURGH. June 4-fl)-A tough break for Freddy Fits- simmons proved a lucky one for the Pirates today, and the Bucs nosed out the Brooklyn Dcdgers, 4 to 8, in 11 innings. After holding the Pirates to six hits and two unearned runs for eight innings. Fits hurt his hand in fielding a ball in the eighth, and had to retire, with the Dodgers leading .3-2. R. xx. - i-A' Brooklyn ......... 8 7 3 Pittsburgh 4 11 0 Flt-simmons. TamulUt (8). Pressnell and Phelps; Tobin, Brown (4), Swift (9) and Todd. Turner Holds Cards ST. LOUIS. Jane 4-65V-Jim Turner." one of the finds oi the 1937 season, held the Carainais to 7 hits, today as the Boston Bees took the first or a xour game series by a score of 8 to 5. Fltchi and Di Marx'O hit homers for rthe Bees; Padgett and Medwick for the Cards. R. H. E- Boston ............ H 1 St. Louis 5 7 4 Turner and Mueller; McGee. Lanier (7), Shoun (8) and Owen. Five Stars Will Represent Oregon ; EUGENE. June l-VPr-Th Uni versity of Oregon will be repre sented by five track and field stars In the National Collegiate Athletic association champion ships at Minneapolis June 17 and 18, Coach Bill Hayward an nounced today. Webfoots making the trip will be "Mack Robinson and Jim Buck, sprinters; George Varoft, pole vault; Leonard Holland, discus, and KIrman Storli, half mller. Buck, Holland and Storli will travel east on "their own, while Robinson and Varoff have been officially entered by the univer sity. - : ... . CUTS 3) BUCK'S BARBER SHOP 175 S. Commercial Oregon, Sunday Morning:, Jane - Punches Ross to Annex New Title Featherweight Champion Henry Armstrong slug it out with Welter win the decision and welterweight, fought gamely but vainly against on the champ throughout the fight. "Just any day now," we are advised by Herberger Jk Son, the fellows who keep grt-ens and fairways under control at the Salem Golf clpb course, work : will be started on the long-projected reconstruction of the fourth green.' What is now the lower level of that tricky two-terraced green will become the apron, and a new green will extend back fron. it. involving removal of most of the present high bank at the rcr. The new green will slope at about the angle of the 12th green nearby. The fourth green has always been a tough one to keep In de cent playing condition, princi pally ' because it doesn't get enough sunshine. That difficulty wm be remedied when the new one is built. Tne change will make the hole longer, but the average golfer may find it easier. Here's how. The average golf er will wgo for the green , across the water hole if be gets SOO-yard drive; If he doem't he will "baby up." If he gets a bare 200-yarder, he'll use m spoon, and If he hits 11 any where nenr cleanly, will have no trouble getting ther?, but he may get a little too far. Moving, the green back a little will nuke that shot come out Just about right, and the pres ent of an apron will gtvj him leeway for a slight roll onto the green. The player who goes . for It -with an iron may have to use a little longer, one but he also will hare that margin of safety. For a little while after con struction starts, : the old green will bo used "as Is" without In terfering with the work; later the lower level will be used as a temporary green with - a rcreen at the back. O ' The Oregon City Country clnb brings ita team Iier to day, and in view of the wal loping the local boys ook at Oregon City m month or so ago, they are in rome d&nger of losing their , first home match In several years. Firing begins promptly at 9 a. m V E E . G 'COOT JIMMY HEFFNER vs. GENE BLAKELY Jj r - M Minute ' -.:- Salem Armory, TB 0:30 Lower Floor 60c, Balcony 40c, Reserved Seats 73 (Na Tax) Students 23c, Ladies 25 rtcketa. Cliff Parker and Lytle'a - Auspices American Legion Herb Owen, ftlalchmaker Matearoau 5, 1938 - 4 title in a 15-round bout at Madi the perpetual motion machine. Ross is pictured trying to cover Atlantic Star To Meet Beany Becker Making Debut at Armory Ex-Holder of Pro, Amateur Belts George Becker, for five years amateur middleweight champion of the Atlantic coast and present holder of the Atlantic coast pro fessional belt, will make his Salem debut at the armory Tuesday in the main event of Promoter Herb Owen's weekly card. Becker will meet Beany Dean, who lost a close one to George Wagner last week, and if the sen sational, newcomer disposes o Dean Salem fans may be in for one of the greatest mat "naturals in history. A victory for the newcomer would put him first In line for the Pacific coast best held by Wagner, and the resulting about, if It were arranged, would see the cham pions of the far-flung coastlines against each other the first time In mat history such a tussle has ever loomed. Dean No Setup Dean.bowever. will be no setup for the newcomer, and if Becker defeats the bush-faced bnllwhack er, he will have more than proved his mettle. In support of the main event go Owen has booked two supporting bouts, the semifinal pitting Bill Kenna, muscular ex-Oregon State "iron man and Pete Sherman, the flashy mid-westerner who completes Owen's coast-to-coast championship assembly. .The '80-mlnute opener brings together tough Jimmy Heffner and Gene Blakeley. Al Szass will referee. CANOES - BOATS MOTORS For Sale or Rent -Evinrnd and Elto Motors Small Down Payment . Boats Made to Order . Salem Boat House ; W. L. Haln, Prop. Foot of Chemeketa on River IT IL E N George Becker Beany Dean 1 Hoar BILL KENNA PETE SHERMAN 45 Minutea Woo msm - PAGE SEVEN Trojans Grab ICAAAA Grown 25-Year 3file Record Is 5 Cut hy Ed Borck ; Double Scored By ALAN COULD NEW YORK, June 4-UP)-Rain and records, a rare track and field combination, fell , in large quan tities today-as Southern Califor nia's invincible Trojans spread- eagled . the field, in the 62nd in tercollegiate AAAA championship meet at Randalls Island stadium.- Three meet marks were shat tered, among them the classic one-mile record that has stood for 25 years. Bears Run Third Southern California tallied 47 points. Michigan State 24 and the University of California 2 2 to make it 1-2-S for the Invading forces from the' west. Pittsburgh, 1937 victor, led the eastern bri gade by finishing fourth with 20 hi points. 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In both cities the fans capitulated completely, however, and cheered lustily as the spirited youngsters made one sensational play" after another. "The team of Portland high school stars that Brooks brought here yesterday lived up to all ad vance notices." wrote the Bend Bulletin after the Babes took tho defending champions into camp on their home field. "Tue Babes' outfield played flawless ball and the Jnfield work was the flashiest seen here in sev eral seasons. Rend Batsmen Baffled "It was the fast work of the Babes' infield and Pitcher Day's slow-c u r v e s that ruined the chances-of a Bend victory. Day fanned only one Bend batter, but (Turn to Page 8, Col. 4) in lijlSirO - 4' ,4 M it - 43 x 23 5.C3X19 5X3x23 THRIFT TIRE iM IL ZOSLX 92 WOW j V4 tkmgt with BHic