CAUGHT BY TIME - jj
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Dy RON GEMMELL
fit's all right to call them our
Senators " while they're home,
but please, please call them
someone' else's Senators when
they're ron the road" pleads a
Salem baseball fan in regard
to ' our Solons (excuse me,
someone else's Solons), who
have won six without a loss at
home but who had won but one
of 11 on the road up to Thursday
night, ". . "And why is it?" he con
tinues, "that our Senators should
. be so good at home and someone
else's Senators so poor on the
road?"
The entire answer probably
Includes several reasons, but the
main one probably lies with the
vast difference In the size of, for
Instance, the Wena tehee and.
Vancouver parks as compared
to the Geo. E. Waters plant here
... Long- lofts that Berfstrom.
Petersen and Lifhtner haul
down with ease here f o over or
aralnst the f enees In those parks
for homers or extra base hits.
This fact is a big handicap to
the Little Skipper's present crew,
for it is particularly devoid of
long ball hitters. .' . It doesn't have
Smead Jolley, a Pete Hughes, a
Morrie Abbott, a Gyp Bonetti, an
Ed Weigandt or a Roy Younker.
In fact, it doesn't have a single
hitter; as was Wild William Har
ris of the 1940 club, who is a threat
to plaster the baseball out of such
wee parks every time he comes to
bat
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Hurlers Face Problem I
Wednesday night's game at Van
couver, lost to the Caps by a 6-5
margin despite the fact that some
one else's Senators outhit the Caps
14-7 and played errorless ball, is
an example of what fewer but
longer hits will accomplish. s . . i.
Dell Oliver, who had given but six
hits and who was holding a 5-4
edge up to then, lost the decision
when Pete Jonas crashed one out
of the park on him with one man
on base in the eighth.
Then, too, the pitchers face a
different problem In those
smaller enclosures. . . They have
to. pitch an entirely different
ball game than In a wide-open
orchard such Is the one here or
Spokane's Ferris field. ..In
those short rlghtfield parks,
where pop flies loop over the
fence for homers, the pitchers
mast work to make the batters
hit on the ground Instead of up
In the air.
Since, however, someone else's
Senators have now started to hit
with something a little bit better
than the .225 team average as of
I Wednesday, it Is to be expected
; they'll start winning their share of
i the road games' and will then be-
come our Senators' whether play
ing here or up yonder. . . In Wed
n e s d a y's doubleheader, for in
stance, Lee Shinn helped himself
to seven hits in nine trips within
one hit of as many as he had reg
istered in his 47 previous times at
bat.- 3 -.i
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New Softball Program
' Softball in Salem returns to the
players this year for the firsf !
time in 10 seasons but the fact
remains that it is still up to the
fans to support it . . . Salem Soft
ball association. directors hope that
some day even this may be chan
ged that the city may adopt and
pay, for the softball program as a
community recreational need but
until that time folks are going to
have; to support softball directly
Instead of indirectly. '
The Salem association has de
emphasized the commercial angle
as much as is now possible by
. placing all leagues in the city on
even keel and adopting a program
designed to give opportunity , to
play to every man, woman and
child who so desires. . . To finance
this program, which calls for
maintenance of five leagues on a
six-nights-per-week schedule, the
association estimates it needs 11,-
500.
' Only one place can the associa
, tion obtain this money from the
people. . . Hence, the association
is selling tickets to the big June 2
opener at 50 cents the ticket . . .
From then1 on, folks can attend
softball free of charge every night
of the week, except Sunday,
throughout the summer. Inas
' much as there will be more than
300 games, it figures out as dirt
. cheap entertainment
Anet Is Awarded
1st Babb Trophy
S EUGENE, Ore, May 2Z-(;P)-
Bobby Anet was named Thursday
as the first winner of the annual
Babb athletic trophy presented
for excellence in athletics, scholar
ship and campus activities af the
University of Oregon. -
The captain of Oregon's 1939
national collegiate basketball
championship team, Anet is now
an employe of the Lockheed Air
craft corporation at Burbank,
Calif. He was chosen by a facul-ty-sportswriter
committee over
Len Clark, tennis; Len Isberg,
football; John, Dick, basketball;
Ehle Reber and Boyd Brown,
track.
Mcdford Runner
Enters Meet 4
MEDFORD. May 22TVnay
mond Johnson, Oregon high school
cuarter mile champion who has
run t'-rce miles to school daily for
svcril rears, will compete June
s in ths Crcr Dton. Califs Junior
inv'.ational meet Coach
pan?
r:il Ecvcr:.-.an said yesterday.
Saiom,
Parrish Thinclads Out-Sea
Leslie in Annual Cinder
Five Records
Made; Warren
Top Pointman
Five ! records were eclipsed as
Parrish defeated Leslie in all
three divisions of the annual city
junior high school track and field
session at dinger oval Thursday
afternoon. The north end speed
sters, who set four of the new
marks,! accumulated 151 910
points in three grade divisions to
60 710 for Leslie.
Points by grades:
Seventh, Parrish 2C. Leslie
15; eighth, Parrish 52 25, Les
lie 33 35; ninth, Parrish 73! i.
Leslie mi.
Records rewritten included the
eighth grade discus, in which Par
rish's Art Gottfried unfurled a
99-foot, 5-inch toss that bettered
the former mark by 10 feet 5
Inches; the eighth grade high
Jump, in which Parrish's David
Doughton jumped 5 feet, HVs
inches to erase the former mark
of 4 feet 10 inches; the eighth
grade - broad jump, in which
Owen Garland leaped 18 feet 1
inch; and in the eighth grade re
lay, which Leslie's team of Smith,
McLoughlin, Clark and DeHut
sped in :50 flat
The sole ninth grade mark
broken was In the pole vault
where Parrish's Darrel Grunden
vaulted 9 feet, 24 Inches to
better the former mark by li
inches.
Bob Warren, stocky Parrish
sprinter, topped the day's indi
vidual I point-getters with 16 Yt
pointsall he could earn in the
number of" events entered. War
ren won the ninth grade shotput,
100 and 50-yard dashes and an
chored the winning relay team.
SEVENTH GRADE RESULTS
50-yard dash Won by Hutchins. L,
in :.. raDidDrooic, l, second; sarnes.
P. third.
100-yard dash Won by Barnes. P. in
-.12.2. Lambert, P. second; Holdbrook,
I third.
High Jump Three way tie between
EspUn and Lambert of Parrish and
Jttzmaurice of Leslie with jump of
40".
Broad jump Won by Barnes. P. with
jump or is s . statu, L, second; Lam.
bert. P. third.
300-yard relay Won by Parrish's
team of Barnes, Lambert, EspUn and
Bonneii in :39.y.
EIGHTH GRADE RESULTS
120-yard low hurdles Won br Smith.
L, In :16a. Isaacson, P, second; Bran
die. P, third. '
60-yard dash Won by Garland, P,
in Lowe, L, second; Brown, P,
third.1
100-yard dash Tit between Garland,
F, and DeHut, L, In :ll.4. McLoughlin,
L. third. - -
220-yard dash Won by DeHut. L, in
:zi.a. mciouc nun, L, second; ixugti
ton. P. third.
Shot Won by farlow. P. with heave
of 40 S . Brandle, P, second; Lowe, L,
third.
Discus Won by Gottfried. P. with
neave of 99 a", rarlow, P, second: Wa
ters. P. third. (New record, old SS'O.!
Pol vault rive-way tie between
Liaacson. Lucas and Mason. P. and
MehlhoK and TulL L, with vault of
TO".
Hifh jump Won by Doughton, P,
witn leap oi a . tsrandie, P, sec
ond; Maude, P. third. (New record,
old 4'10'.
Broad Jump Won by Garland, P,
with Jump of 181". McLouKhUn, L,
second; White, P, third. (New record.
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Relay Won bv- Leslie's team of Mr
Loughlin, Clark. Smith and DeHut In
rso.o. (New record, old aijj.l
NINTH GRADE RESULTS
120-yard low hurdles Won by Wen
Cer. P. in :15.8. Fouta, P, second; Mont
lonwry. L. third.
80-yard dash Won by Warren, P, in
:6.0. WehrU. P. second: Taw. P. third.
100-yard dash Won by Warren, P,
in :11.4. Taw, P, tecond; Hinkle. L,
uiira. . . . . .
120-yard dash Won by Pouts. P. In
6.0. Kinkle, L, second; WehrU, P.
third. "
Shot Won by Warren. P. with heave
of 44 0". iWenger, P, second; Morris, L.
third. -
Discus Won by Pefnhart L, with
uirow ox wz'i iiuipot, v, second;
Kurt. L. third.
Pole vault Won by Grunden, P,
with vault of Vl". Carter and Pur-
ceU, P. tie for second (New record,
old rr.)
High jump Tie between Carter and
Hamilton, p, with jump oi B".'-Whit
man. P. and Dowd. L. tie for third.
Broad jump Won . by Wenser, . P,
with Jump of iro". Carter, P, second;
routs, p. third.
' Relay Won by Parrish's team of
Warren, Weturu, Taw aa wenger, in
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Oregon, txidaj Morning. May?
Peterson to Test
Powder Proctor's Jaw
It's Tuesday to Tuesday for
Buddy Peterson, the ex-state
middleweight boxing champion.
Buddy, who was badly bombed
by Champion Leo Turner last
Tuesday, is billed to test out
Powder Kid Proctor's - fractured
jaw next Tuesday night in the
top 10 rounds of a VFW fight
card. i
Proctor, . who suffered his
broken jaw in his March battle
with Tony! Kahut says his food
cruncher fis fully mended and
that he's 1 ready to ' resume " Hiss
climb on the fight ladder which
Parrish, Leslie
Decide 'Mural
Softball Title
Parrish and Leslie softball nines
meet at 4 p. m. this afternoon
on the Leslie diamond for the
Intramural league championship
and the city junior high crown.
In a previous contest the Pioneers
defeated the Leslies 7 to 2.
The game pits Parrish power
against Leslie hurling with Owen
Garland arid Bob Mentzer, the
latter the' youngster who hit a
four-run bomer in the last Par-rish-Leslie
tiff, topping the Pio
neer offensive, and Bud Carver,
Leslie windmiller, attempting to
check theif efforts.
Parrish's probable lineup:
Yoshikai, j catcher; Hamilton or
Farlow, pitchers; Wenger, first;
Mentzer, second; Brandle, third;
Stainbrook, short; Warren, Gar
land and Cross, outfield.
Leslie's team will be: Kurtz,
Dodgers Wax Technical Attempt to Make
Wins out of Beatings; Fans No likee
By WHITNEY MARTIN "
NEW YORK, May 22-(Special
to The Statesman)-The Brooklyn
club had ! its winning streak
checked quite' emphatically in
Chicago, ;and no lawyer looking
for a legal loophole to save the
neck of : his guilt-edged client
from sunrise stretching exercises
ever worked harder than are the
Dodgers In their search for a tech
nicality that might cancel two de
feats, i ij
The Dodgers a r e n't denying
they were fairly and thoroughly
thumped on the field . of battle.
Their claim is that a patient in a
Philadelphia hospital shouldn't
have been there, at least under
the auspices of r the Cubs. The
whole thing sounds a little like
trying to : hook up a fall in the
bathtub wtth a man in a rowboat
Briefly, the situation is this:
The Cubs got Charley Gilbert
In a deal for Billy Herman. Gil
bert was left with the Mon
treal club on option, and his
name was put on the Chicago
40-pUye limit list which In
cludes players on hand and on
option, but not Included in the
25-playef limit list
Gilbert injured his leg, and Jim
Gallagher,' Cub general manager,
instructed Montreal to send the
player to 'a Philadelphia hospital.
Gallagher; claims the recall was
not official. ' , V r
The Dodgers claim that the act
exercised -the option, that Gilbert
thus became an active member of
the Cub squad, and that his addl-
23, 1941
be hopes will lead him to another
chance at the title. j
While Peterson was pretty; se
verely pummeled by Turner he
can't be estimated as any soft
touch for a youngster just getting
over a broken jaw. Pete wields a
wicked left .hook the punch
Proctor has had the most trouble
in ducking in bouts heretofore.
Salem's . heavyweight sensation,
Keller Wagner, is to get the eight
round semi-final spot announces
Promoter Tex Salkeld. The best
available opponent will i be ! se
cured for the hard-hitting Wag
ner; Salkeld said.
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Carver, Norton, Zeller, M e r k,
Smith, McLoughlin, Lowe, Clark.
Both teams have won f ten
games and lost but two. Parrish's
losses were at the hands of sopho
more Reds and Band. 'Leslie's; de
feats were to the Reds and Par
rish. , t
Huskies Favored?
In Golf Test j
- PULLMAN, Wash., May 22-p)-
The University of Washington is
favored to retain its conference
championship in the northern di
vision golf tournament here Sat
urday but the University of Ore
gon, winner over the Huskies n a
dual meet, is considered a strong
bidder. f
Other schools are Oregon State
college, University of Idaho,
Washington State and possibly
Montana university. Four-man
teams will compete over 36 holes
with the aggregate strokes com
puting the scores.
CHARLEY GILBERT I
tion boosted the squad to 26 men,
cne above the limit The Montreal
club, a Dodger farm, claims it has
written evidence that ! the Cubs
put Gilbert on the payroll May 18.
The whole scrambled affair has
been dumped into League Presi
dent Ford Flick's lap, and he is
waiting until all evidence can be
assembled before making a deci
sion. As f ar as is known, it is
the first protest of its kind ever
registered, and there is no prece
dent to fOllOW. "! ;
llowever, if the Dodger claims
are upheld, it will come under
; the "So whatr category. If the
' Cubs did make an error in ad
dition, which their abrupt op- '
tlonlng of Al Todd to Toronto ,
indicates might have happened,
it obviously was' without Intent
to defraud, as the addition to
tnper
Meet
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Straight
Pips Cut Dom
Spokane Lead
WESTERN INTERNATIONAL
W L Pet . W L Pet
Spokane 13 t .723 Salem 7 10 .413
Yakima 10 25 Wentche 7 11 .389
Vancouv 10 11 .47,Tacoma 6 10 J75
YAKIMA, May 22HiP)-Yakima
went to work in the first inning
of their Western International
league game with Spokane to
night, ran in six runs to sew up
a. 7-3 victory and two to one
edge in the current series.
Spokane had scored in the first,
Dwight Aden, leadoff man .who
bad singled, advancing onan er
ror and scoring on an ; outfield
fly. Bill Reese walked to open
the Pippins half of the first and
Johnny Stamper was safe on an
error. Walt Bliss dropped a Texas
leaguer into left to fill the sacks.
Damon Hayes then walked Ed
Weigandt and Bill Johnson tripled
to clear the sacks and Roy Younk
er followed with a double. Hal
Sueme singled Younker to third
and Hayes to the - showers. Sal
Madrid flied , out ' but Younker
scored.
Frank Milani's double and an
outfield fly scored a Spokane run
in the eighth, and Milani's single
after Pete Hughes', double ac
counted for another in the ninth;
Spokane .... ... Z ; 9 " 2
Yakima ..7 r 7 3
Hayes, Lanning (1), Lebeck
(8) and Myers; McConnell andJ
Sueme.
Tigers Tame Qiiefs
TACOMA, May 22.-(P)-The
Tacoma Tigers unleashed another
batting attack Thursday night
against the Wenatchee Chieftains
and, ended up on the winning end
of .a 10 to 2 score in a Western
International league baseball
game here. Tonight's win gave
Taooma two out of three games
in the series.
Wenatchee opened with an un
earned run in the second on an
error, an infield out and a single
by Ernie Endress but Tacoma re
taliated in the same inning with
two runs when Bill Gray drew
a walk and Jack Hanson hit a
homer. The . Tigers never relin
quished the lead from that time
on, getting three runs in the third,
two in the fifth and three more
in the eighth.
Wenatchee 2 9 1
Tacoma ....10 12 2
, Williams and Farrell; Cadinha
and Botelho.
Stoop and Sneeze
Too Much for
Wood's Vertebra
NEW YORK, ; May tt-iJP)-Craig
Wood, one of the advance
favorites for the Goodall round
robin xolf tournament which
started today, was preparing to
shave this mornlnr when he
dropped his razor blade. At the
very second he stooped to pick
it up, he sneezed and the re
sultant shock dislocated his
fifth lumbar vertebra. '
For several minutes Wood
couldn't move. Finally he man
aged to crawl t the telephone
and summon a doctor. The phy
sician said it would be a Week
or ten days before Wood could
swing a golf club again, mean
ing 4ulte likely that Wood's
chances of winning the US open
tiUe at Fort Worth June 5-7
were dislocated along with the
vertebra.
, the suad of a fellow In a hos
pital 100d miles away Isn't go-"
ing to affect the outcome of a
. game. -V
It seems a rather ten-cent way
on the part of . the Dodgers to
win back a couple of games in
which they were, soundly spanked
and on which the technical de
tail in question had absolutely no
bearing.
Games are won-and lost on
the field, and when the time
cornea thaf front office errors are
included, in the box scores and
the fans can't be sure who won
until there is an audit of the
squad, the game will promptly
lose facev 'rJ .-'V ' . " i
The public has an antipathy to
ward technicalities. Golf fans still
periodically take pot shots from
cracker barrels at the USGA for
disqualifying Ed Oliver in the
last national open. Oliver's case
Was a technical violation, but it
might conceivably have had a di
rect bearing on his play, and on
the tournament,- as his starting
early might have enabled him to
beat a threatened rainstorm. The
Cub rule violation, if such, could
have no effect on anything except
volume of the squawk of a hair
splitting loser, " '. . "
As to the games being for
feited , to . the Dodgers, there
, seems no chance. The major
league rules, while listing vio
lation of the 25-player limit
'among the "shall nots," provide
no penalty except a fine of
$1009 that may be Imposed on
.the offending club by the com
missioner. - - ; ' v "
By Cap Clomters
Is 8th in Row for Hot
Vancouver Ball Club
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VANCOUVER, May 22-(CP)-Vancouver's Capilanos scored
their fourth straight victory over the. Salem Senators and their
eighth consecutive Western International Baseball league win by
defeating the Senators 9 to 6 here tonight. The win strengthens
the Caps! hold on third place in the league standings, half a game
ahead of Salem. i .;!. ; .
i The Salem team took an early lead with two runs in the first
inning and another in the third before the Capilanos managed to
get two men across the plate.
The Caps went to work in the
fourth scoring six - rjins on six
hits, a walk and two errors. .
A last inning comeback by the
Senators fell short They filled the
bases and scored three runs. Don
Osborne then took the mound in
place of Tex Goldman-with" two
men out and the game ended with
Al Wagner grounding out to Jim
Jewell at third.
Salem -i ..
Vancouver
6
-9
9
11
Fallin, Swope and Adams; Mer
rill, Goldman, Osborne and Bren
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PORTLAND, Ore, May 2Z-(JP)-The
University of Oregon's record-
Ibreaking high Jumper, Les Steers,
and Coach Bill Hayward left here
Thursday morning by plane for the
Coliseum relays at Los Angeles
Saturday.
Steers, who has jumped an un
official 7 feet indoors, recently
broke the world's record with' a 6
foot 10 25-32-inch leap : in com
petition. It has pot yet been ac
cepted as the record, however. ;
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AlDha Psi Delta defeated . the
Law School 10 to 3 on Sweetland
field Thursday to win the Wil
lamette University intramural
softball championship lor .the
fourth time in the last five years.
:A four-run rally hV the third
inning clinched the game for, the
victors, as xAtwood, Fravel .and ,
Sculati led the attack. . v
' The fratmen have also won the
crown In the night Commercial
league, where they - breezed
through both halves undefeated,
playing under the sponsorship of
Hazel Dell Dairy.
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league aa against 23 victories,
when the barristers downed the
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