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By KON GELMMELL Tbera Is hardly any doubt but what power transformers have their plAce in the scheme of present-day things ... but when they tiansform cinch home runs Into mere doubles, . it's time to raise a belTer, thinks Roy lielser, the ex-Linfield southpaw who staged a three-hit relief pitching penormance against the Portland Babes at Silverton Tuesday night alter having already pitched two bait games in the semi-pro tour Bey ... one of which was a one-hitter ... Stepper-Downer, '"Ihry told me la college," you could almost hear Helser saying as be revta! atop the ke-) atone after pacing the hardest ball hit in the tourua- . ment this year, "transformers are used to step down power. But holy gee, 1 never thought one would atep down my bat tlnS power" . . . with one away in the sixth frame of the llllUboro-llabes game, lielser pickled a pitch that soared for the rlght-centerfield fence, 373 fet away ... like most of this writer's golf hots, is was misdirected and caromed off the power transformer some SO feet high on the center field light post and stayed in side the park for a double instead of the homer it would bare been ... No Roses for Umps. Umps hare their troubles in baseball, too. Softball Arbiters Welsgerber and Clark . . . as witness the shoring around Um pire Bill Garbarino took in the eighth inning of the Sllverton Edwsrds game when he missed a strike tossed in a "clutch" sit-, nation by Herb Lahtl. the old vet eran who was atop the mound for Edwards . . . . Lahtl wanted to pin a second strike on . Gar la ri no's nose, but his mates and manager kept him off . . . Gar barino shunted him off .the field for his demonstration . . , at the time two were away, Sox Right Fielder Baker had been issued xa political walk. Chic Hanser was ahead of him oq second base by virtue of a. two- base smash into left field and the count was two strikes and one ball on Ray Koch,, college day keystone mate of the Yan kee's Joe Gordon . . . the ball heaved by 'Lahtl would have re tired the side had Garbarino call ed It a strike as both Lahtl and Catcher Howard Maple indelibly believed it 'to be . . . Ill Luck for Thieves. Sllverton's s t e 1 1 a r b use thieves had little luck-against the accurate second - base pitching of 'liutterball" Maple second in his long bag of stolen bases, but Miple'i throws were ahead ... While - the "Butterball" failed to find basebit range at bat. thereby affording a galaxy of extremely anti-Maple Silverton fans much glee, he caught what should be called an ultra-brainy, smooth, smooth game ... twice he nonchalantly stuck the. ap ple on would-be Sox scorer for pii touts, when cither's scor ing would hare Just about been the ball game . . . Few Officially Up. Thoush sounding a bit ridicu lous, by gum it's true that but 11 men were officially at bat against Freddie Roberts In the first five innings ... which must be some sort of a record . . . inning No. 1: Dean walked; Sherrett sacri ficed him to second;. Biancone grounded out pitcher to first, with Dean taking third ou the play;' Parker was safe at first when his grounder went through Schwab, there, but was thrown out at second by. Baker ... two men officially to bat. . . inning No. 2: Leptich walked. Heller struck out and Stelxer hit into the first of three double plays consummated by the Pesky-Koch Schwsb combination . , . two men officially to bat ... . Inning No. 3: Maole filed to center, Lahtl grounded out and Dean f lied to left .... three officially np . out, Biancone 'grounded out. and Parker walked but was out at tempting to steal - . two of ficially at the dish . . . . inning number 6: Leptich walked. Hel ler .struck out and Steltser.hit into his second successive double play ... two officially np. mak ing a total of 11 in the five frames ... In the full nine In nings but 24 were officially to bat against Roberts, or. an aver age of little better than 2 per inning. Salem Lasses Play Portlan J Champs What may be a preview of the state championstbp women's soft ball rame will be clayed at Sweetland field tonight when Sa lem's Pade-Barrlck girls take on the East Side Dairy girls, newly- crowned Portland champs. It will be the second time the locals have competed against Portland teams this year. They lost to Und-Pomeroy 8-7 early in the season. Standouts on the East . Side team, which will play Salem next week In Portland as part of Fleet week activities are Dolores Dick, all-state curveball pitcher, with Lind-Pomeroy last year, and the three Edwards girls who cov er the bases and lead hitting. Washington Beats Detroit 2nd Time WASHINGTON, July 29 Washinrton took its e e o n a straight game from Detroit today. It won 7 to 2 behind Wesley rer rell's tlsht-in-the-pmches pitcn ing. Al Simmons hit a homer for the Senators. Detroit Washlnrton ..........7 9 Poffenberger, Lawson (1) and York; W. Ferrell and R- FerreL (Others. postponed, rain). Grimm Ousted : 1 : : - 'u Leo Hartnett rorrrrrrorU A. New Manager Great Gabby, Who Ncrer Played bat With Cubs, Greatly JIappy i : : CHICAGO. July 20.-(flV Chsrles Leo (Cabby) Hartnett, was named manager of the Chica go Cubs, replacing Charlie Grimm. owner Phil K.'Wrigley announ ced late today. Hartnett will take charge of the club tomorrow. Wrlgley. ; who , Indicated last week. that a change In the field leadership of the Cubs, might be made, but "not until I can find a better man than Grimm." made the announcement at a meeting with sportswriters. "Well, j we've changed man agers," be said simply. "Starting with tomorrow, Hartnett will be in charge. A change had been rumored on and off for two years, when the Cubs, on paper a championship club, staged late season blowups. Each time, however. Wrlgley had adhered to his determination to stick to Grimm. Hartnett. ranked with the greatest catchers of all time and cne of the National league's most popular players with athletes and fans alike, was gleefuL Grimm obviously was downcast and said little. i "I am as happy as a kid with a new toy." Hartnett boomed. "I only hope I'm as lucky as a man ager as I have been as a ball play er. If I am, we should do all right." Grimm spoke only when he posed, smiling, with Hartnett for photographers. "I'm glad you are taking it this way. Charlie," Hartnett said. "Wnat tne neil." Urimm ans wered. "There's no other way to take it. That's baseball." Hartnett, who never has played with any major league club but the Cubs, joined the club in 1922. He became the number one catch er in 1924. and since then the bit; Irishmsn, a horse for work, has made records. Last season he caught 103 games to tie Kay Schalk of the Chicago White Sox In catching 100 or more contests for 12 sea sons, a major league record. Ap parently getting better with age, he led National league catchers in fielding in 1934-3S-36-37. and previously "headed the circuit Id 1925. 1928 and 1930. Hartnett, a great handler of pitchers and possessed of an ex cellent throwing arm, had a life time major league batting average of .300 at the end of last season His best! season at bat was 1937 when he hammered the ball for a .354 percentage. Industrial Leasue Encounter Close Building Supply Noses out PW Office by 4 to 3; , Forresters Win GAMES TONIGHT PM Machine rs. US Bank, at Olinger. i Kay Mill vs. St. Joseph, at Les lie. ; . Building Supply's battery went Into action in the first , of the ninth in Its Industrial league game with the Paper Mill Office gang at Leslie last night. Pitcher Ritchie's triple and Catcher Tar lor's double to score him .provid ing a 4 to 3 win. Building Supply ... ...4 12 PM Office 3 8 Ritchie and Taylor; Savage and Madey. Paced by the three-for-three hitting of Rowan, the Forresters drubbed Hansen-Liljequist 11 to 3 at Olinger. Pitcher Keuscher drove In two of his team's three scores with a home run. Forresters .. ; 1 1 10 Hansen-LUJequlst S Valentine and Gula; Keuscher and Craig. Lefty Grove Goes to Hospital But r Forced to quit la the fifth inning KaM against the Detroit Tigers whea his arm went strangely dead, registering neither feeling nor pulse. Lefty Grove, fireball hnrler of the Boston Red Sox was hurried to a hospltaL Next day feeling retained and the old pulse began to pomp. Fiery Lefty said he throagh with heepitals and .Bmcca Beers o- Retain Slight Margin Cards Revert to Formef Habits and Take Pair From NY Giants PITTSBURGH, July 20 Cpset 11 to 0 by the lowly Phila delphia Phillies today, Pittsburgh came back in the second game of a doubleheader to win it . 4 to 1 and retain its narrow lead over the Giants for first placs, I The Phillies ran wild in the fourth inning of the first game after Bob Klinger walked the first batter and threw twice on at tempted sacrifices, to fill the s. , ; ;."! Before the frame was over Klinger, "Fireman" Mace Brown, ace Pirate relief man, and Sewell had been batted out of the box, the Phils had 10 runs and Gil Brack had equalled a major league record by rapping out two doubles in one inning. Bucky. Jordan, who got three hits la the first contest and two in the second, put the Phils ahead in the third inning of the second game by scoring a run which loomed large with Pete Sivess pitching shutout ball for five in nings, i Gus Suhr parked one into the right field stands in the sixth to tie the score. His mates clinched the victory In the next Inning by bunching three hits off Stress and Syl Johnson for two runs and add ing another marker in the eighth. Russ Bauers ! pitched steadily throughout, yielding but fire hits. Philadelphia .11 16 0 Pittsburgh , 0 6 0 Rolllngsworth. Sewell (5) and V. Davis. Clark (8) ; : Klinger, Brown (5), Bowman (5) and Todd. j 2nd game: - Philadelphia .1 5 1 Pittsburgh .4 11 0 Sivess. Johnson (7), Mulcahy (8) and V Berres. Davis; Bauers and Bees Whip Reds CINCINNATI, July 20.-i(flV Max West hit a home run into the right field bleachers to, give the Boston Bees a 4 to 3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds in a flood light game here tonight. It was the fifth defeat of the season for Johnny (not-t't) Van der Meer against 12 victories. He allowed the Bees five hits while his teammates collected six, Cincinnati came back In their half of the ninth to flll the bases but Dusty Cooke, batting for Bil ly Myers, hit into a double play to end the game. Boston -.4 S 2 Cincinnati 3 C 1 Fette, Erickson and Mueller; Vander Meer and Lombard!. Cards Wl Twice ST. LOUIS, July 20 The Cardinals became the Gas House gang again for a day, and knock ed the New York Giants a game and half out of the National league lead by sweeping both ends of a doubleheader from Bill j Ter ry's outfit today. Scores were 7-2 and 7-1. - I The combination of Southpaw pitching, as turned in by Clyde Shoun and Bod WellDand, plus the big bat of Johnny Mixe, I who clouted three homers In the night cap, proved too much for the Gi ants. It was the second time this year the Cards had trounced the Terrymen in a twin bill. I In the nightcap, Welland fanned 10 and was rarely In trouble. Mize hit his first homer in the opening frame with two mates on hoard. and followed at wallop with at four-bagger each in the fourth that ne'd De Dae pixcxung m in lew Salem, Break ( goes t ) wsf2 Me ts all ser fon ao Amaufr Allies AM HOUR AT toUHUC Woodburn Legion Nine Wins Right To Meet Estacada for Area Title' ; 'As Championship Race Grows Hot WOODBU R N Wood burns American Legion Jun ior baseball team advanced to the sectional play-off by de feating Hillsboro 14-2 ' at Hillsboro Tuesday. The Woodburn team will meet Esta cada, winner of a two-out-of-three game playoff with St. Helens, at Legion park here Sunday in the first game of the sectional series. Estacada advanced to sectional finals by taking the odd game of the series with the Saints 23 to 4 last Tuesday while Woodburn won four straight in its district. Woodburn amassed 20 hits in its victory over Hillsboro while Jell pitched hltless ball until a double in the eighth inning snap ped his record of 26 consecutive scoreless innings. Griesenauer, third Backer, led hitting with two doubles and two home runs in six trips. The victory for the locals gives them a total of 49 runs scored in their four district games against two opponents, Hillsboro . being the only team to tally against Woodburn after the locals had played 35 innings of shut-out ball, 26 being pitched by Jell. Woodbcrn . 14 20 .2 Hillsboro 2 3 1 Jell and Reed; Mclrvin, Big and Krieger. and eighth, with the sacks empty. Clyde Castleman was the losing pitcher. Mel Ott hit a homer for the Giants. New York ....2 4 2 St. Louis 7.11 0 Melton, W. Brown (9) and Man cuso; Shoun and Owen. 2nd game score:' New York ............1 9 2 SL Lools 7 11 0 Castleman, Lohrman (7) and Mancuso; Welland and Bremer. Brooklyn at Chicago postponed (rain). Not for Long nays. - 3 , 3resori Oregon, Thursday Morning:, July Capt. -Co KetfER SAUT BATS OTAA WOODBURN With the American Legion Junior state championship baseball series, which will be held at Legion park here August 6-7, draw ing near, the race has settled down to seven teams from three districts with 4he fourth unheard from. , t - ' ' Post Office Pharmacy, last year's state champs. El Rey and New Rivoli Theatre are fighting It out for supremacy in Portland wtth the Poet Office lads in con trol of the first half flag and El Rey and New Rivoli leading in the second half. Eugene Battling Medford Eugene and Medford will battle it out for the right to represent their district. Roseburg, tourna ment entry from last year, has fallen by the wayside. Woodburn and Estacada will open a three game series at Wood- burn next Sunday to decide the winner of this section. Estacada went to the finals last year. Bath teams have. a number of veterans from last year. Bob Rehberg, Es tacada pitcher, has already tossed two no-hit no-run games this year while Jell, . Woodburn hurler, holds a record of 26 scoreless in nings. No Information has come In from eastern Oregon where On tario won out last year. Sacramento Drops San Franciscd 6-5 Portland Defeats Angels 6-3 by Putting Blows Where Needed (By the Associated Press) . Coupling two misjudged fly balls on the part; of San Francisco outfielders with some timely hit ting of their own, the Sacramento Senators defeated the Seals, 6 to 5, today. v ; - " The Senators, went into the lead on a fourth - inning rally which saw three runs roll on three hits and a walk. Right Fielder Brooks Holder let a ball get over his head to help swell the count. ; Seattle made it two In a row over the hapless Oaks in a free bitting slugfest. The final score was 11-7. Portland and Los Angeles each made 11 hits, but the Ducks made 'em when they counted, taking a C-S decision from the league lead ers.' i . Oakland Seattle ' .7 .11 IS IS Joyce. .Lindell ( 3 ) , Olds ( 1 1 . Sheehan (S) and Raimondl; Tur pin, Serrentl (7), Barrett (S) and SpIndeL . " Sacramento San Francisco . Walker and 15 2 10 0 Gibson, -5 Grube; Herrman (4) and WoodalL Los Angeles Portland .2 .6 11 11 Prim,' Lelber (8) and Speme; Radonlts and Cronln. San Diego .11 11 14 Hollywood Craghead and Hogan; Babich. Prendersrast (S) and BreaxeL . s E itate5taau 21, 1933 ven With Avert Loss Narrowly Wait's ' and Papermakers Win Tight Games tTith big Crowd Present ' Tonight' Games 4 Pheasants vs. Eagles,: 8:15 Pade-Barrlck vs. East Side 9: 15 With Walt's staging belated rally to edge out 20-30. 6 to 5. and the Paper Mill barely staring off Square Deal's bid, ' 2 to 1, the Salem Softball association's current leaders narrowly averted disaster before the largest crowd of the season on Sweetlapd last night. '.'; . i t ' . Both tilts were what culd be termed rip-snorters. Glim ore los ing a five-hit performance, In the opener through his own . wilder ness and critical boots by his mates behind him, and Crowfoot and Heliry Singer staging a pitcher's battle in the nightcap. Crowfoot whiffed seven, fwalked five and allowed three hits, and Singer struck out a like number, walked six and allowed five hits. Nick Blasts IKmbi It was Jimmy Nicholson's two base blast to right, in the seventh frame, scoring Parrish who had walked, that put the game away for the 'Makers. They hid tied the count in th sixth' on! Caves' error, a wild pitch and jSchnuel le'a single. Square Deaf scored its only run in the opening frsme, Lou Singer walking, going; to sec ond on a passed ball and; across on Steelhammer's error 00 pick's throw of W. Gentxkow's chopper. Twenty-Thirty was away to a big lead over Waifs, their big guns pushing one across: in the first, three in the second and a pair in the fourth, but! Walt's pulled the, tilt out of the five in the final two frames, scoring twice in each. h y 20-30 () B Dry nan, m ...5 Siegmund, 1 5 (iil more, p 4 Comitock, r 4 Kellogj, e .4 Huk. 1 4 Skopit, . 4 Mrr, S ..4 Bennett, 2 .4 I Walt's f) H, B H Girod, r . Kitchen, J i, Beard. U 3 1 8 5 .4 II Scales. 2 1 Roth, p ....4 , Linde, 2 r... Causer, I i...i...4 McCaery. e ..2 foreman, I I Totala .38 Totala ; .SI Errors, Girod. Bennett 2. Lid. Kitch en, Drrnan, 8kopil. 9 hit t runs orf Roth in 9: 5 and 7 oft Gilaoro in 8, Winninf pitcher. Roth. Loainf pitcher, Gilmore. Huns responsible for, Gilmore 4. Roth S. Stmck out. by Oilmore 4. Bases on balls, off Gilmore . Some ran. Drrnsn. Two base hat. CauikT. rtacri flee. Kitchen, Foreman. Rons batted in, Comstock. Bennett, Beard. ' Irynan S, Scales. Roth. Girod. Wild pitch. Gilmore, Fsssed ball. McCafferr 2. Kell-.gr. Time of sama 1 bonr IS minutes. Ukmpira raper MUl (2) 1 B H Dann, S 0 Parrish, r 2 1 Steelhammer.l 0 Nieholson, m 8 1 8anare Deal (1) ;a B H D'Arcy. 13 8 0 L. Singer, 8 0 W. Genukow. 2 4 0 R. Gentikow, a 4 0 Dick. 2 8 01 B. Gentskow-, 8 4 1 Weisner, m 4 1 Caes. 1 i 4 I Keidati, T4 4 O H. Sinrsr, pI O Keller. 8 4 0 French. 1 3 0 Schnaelle, e 4 1 Crowfoot, p . 4 2 Totals 2 S Totals-! L.32 S Errors. Steelhammer 2. Dick j Cave. 3 hits 1 ma ott Crowfoot in Di J and 2 off Singer la 8. Winning pitcher Crow foot. Losing pitcher. Singer..; Rona re- aponaibla for. Singer 1. Stmck oot, by Crowfoot 7. Singer 7. Bases : on balls. off Crowfoot 5; off Singer JTwo base hit, Nicholson.' Sacrifice, Parrish. Rons batted in. Schnnelle, Nicholson. Wild pitch. Crowfoot 1. Singer 8. Passed ball, Schnnelle 8. Tim of game ( boar 20 minutes. Umpires, Woisgerber and Clark. Irrigation Hastening , Harvest of Bean Crop DAYTON Fifty two I pickers began the harvest of 7 acres of yellow wax beans grown on the Henry Freshour 'far mt In the Pleasantdale district where an overhead sprinkler Irrigation system has hastened ' maturity. They are being sold to Hillsboro cannery. " ! i - J7C13 i ... i I BiU" Darts, Distxlhntor Ph. S7l USE CHINESE HERBS WHEN - OTHERS FAIL CHARLIE CHAN Chinese Herbs REMEDIES neallng virtue has been tested bandreds year for chroaie ail meats," nose, throat, sinusitis. catarrhs ears. s. B. Tens laags, asthma, chronie coaghs, stomach, - call stones, colitis, constipation, diabetla, kidaeys. bladder, heart, blood, nerve, neuralgia, rhenmatism, h I ff h blood preasnre. gland,, s k 1 a sores, male, female and chil dren disorder. it 8. B. rang. S rear araetJes tai China. Hack Specialist. 122 ST. Commercial St. Salass. Ore. Office letW I to p. am. aaday and Wad. U'lS a. as. PAGE SEVEN PMIMeg League Standings COAST IEAGCE (Before Night Games) W L Pet. Los Angeles ......66 46 .589 Sacramento ......63 46 .563 San Diego ........59 52 .532 Seattle ..........58 53 .523 San Francisco .i.,56 56 .500 Portland ....53 58 .477 Hollywood .......52 60 .464 Oakland .........40 73 .354 ' AMERICAN LEAGUE ' " f. W L Pet. New York ... Cleveland . . . Boston' ..... Washington . Chicago ... . .....49 28 .636 .....48 28 .632 .....46 31- .597 44 40 .524 .....33 38 .465 Detroit 38 45 Philadelphia ..... 29 46 .458 .387 St. Louis ....23 54 .299 NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh .......49 28 .636 New York ........50 33 .602 Cincinnati 44 35 .557 Chicago ...,45 36 .556 Brooklyn ...38 42 .475 Boston ..........34 41 .453 St. Louis ........ .33 45 .423 Philadelphia .....22 54 .289 Western IntT League " Wenatchee 4, Yakima 5 Vancouver 5, Tacoma 3 No Hits Given but They Lose Anyway Some loose plajing in the first inning on the part of Paper Mill Office enabled Kay Mill to win a tight softball game Tuesday night despite the fact that Savage of the cuff-protectors pitched co-hit ball. A walk and two er rors in that first frame present- ' ; ' - i ; There's no time like the present . . . and no present quite as welcome as substantia! savings on America's finest shoes for men! Every size, and every style kV reduced ... but not for long . . . AND NOTHING IS CHANGED BUT THE PRICE! - V oneijot UE(S)ElE-3I3Iir.3 Values to - Dor Went Men Just a Short Time left rr s s r t a ar Silverton Sox In Semi-Final Bob White Pitches 4 . to 0 Shutout Over Kinzua . in Tournament SILVERTOX Sllverton's Red Sox came back from their defeat Tuesday night , by Edwards fur niture to blast Kinzua frost the state semi-pro tournament with a 4 to 0 shutout here last night. Bob White, Willamette univer sity speedballer, checked Kinzua to three hits while bis mates af ter getting the winner in the sec ond inning clinched It was a three run splurge in the sixth. The win puts Silverton in the semi-finals against Hill's Creek fThursday night. nay ivocn Drougni in Arue Schwab from third with a squeeze play for Sllverton's first score. Pesky's double started the fire works In the sixth. He scored on Bonney's single and then Bon ney scored as Chick Hauser gain ed three bases on an outfield error. Baker's single brought in Hauser. Hauser and Fiske, rival catch ers, both slammed out doubles. Hill's Creek went into the semi finals when it rallied fn the final inning to defeat the Portland Babes 3 to 2. Bishop's' single scored Bun Kel say for the tieing run, and D. Wright batted in Cox for the win ner.; ' Bud Brewer, Hills Creek hurl er, struck out 17 but suffered from erratic support in the early innings. Tonight's game between Sil verton and Hills Creek starts st 8:30. There will be but one game. Kinzua 0 Silverton . 4 Soden. Erickson and White and' Hauser. 3 1. 6 0 Flske; I i 1 ... Portland Babes 2 4 2 Hillsboro 3 9 6 Carstens, Fenter, J. Richards and Butchenschoen; Brewer and Cloninger. i i ed the wool weavers with the win ning tallies. Kay Mill. . . S 0 5 Paper Office 2 S 2 Allport and Taylor; Savage and Scott. rrvurs To Close Out, Note Only i i jw -.,: .m
