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SpoztVjSparks
By HON G EMM ELL
l ! Audacious is the word for that baseball, play last week en
gineered by Bunny Griffiths' to retire the Spokanes with an In
dian on every base and two away A . The play: A pitchout by
Roy Helser to Eddie Adams; a quick throw by Adams to Short
atop Griffiths, who had the second .base runner trapped far off
the bag; a run by Griffiths at the third base runner, who had
begun jockeying to help the second base runner; and, finally,
death of the third base runner in the hotbox, retiring the side.
hv audacious? . . . Because
there were two down, the Spo
kane pitcher . was tip ' and the
count on him was two Strikes
and one ball . . . Had Adams'
throw been wild, for instance,
what would have happened?
. . . At least one run would have
scored and the Little Skip's
strategy then would have been
heatedly criticized.
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By BILL BONI
FORT WORTHS Texas June 7.
-Jty-Cp&g Wood was paid off in
full Saturday for long years of
golfing hard luck.
Under a broiling sun and before
galleries that totaled some 10,000,
the 39-year-old veteran from
Mamaroneck, NY, stole the US
open golf championship right out
from under the noses of those
Texan who had been sure this
was going to be the lone star
state's own golfing show.
Bracketed In a first-place tie
St 36: holes with Denny Shute,
1949 champion Lawson Little, -
and Clayton ' Heafner, . Wood
broke that deadlock by match
Ins 'par for the graellhir Co
lonial club coarse with a 70 on
his morning card.
This afternoon, playing last
a vsr a on Oriffithe Wfflild
v-.. - u,n,n among' the men with a chance to
not have thought of puUmg title, he looked to be
such a cute piece of inside base- , ,MU- .i,!), .
; ball, for the simple reason he time got back to par, closing out
didn't have faith in the catch- with a thrilling 30-foot
mg department . . . x ms year, putt j on the home gxen that
with t r u e-t h r o w i n g Eddie I brought a ringing cheer from "the
Adams behind the big mitt, the
Little Skip calls plays with con
fidence they will be completed
with some degree of proficiency
and dispatch. . , . .
i The all-around better calibre
of his infield stations- from
Adams around the horn to the slick-fielding Bates, at first, the
easy-does-it Lanifero at second and the young-but-heady Came
ron at third has also decreased Griffiths worries to the extent
that he. nersonallv. is fielding and batting ar over his 1940
stride i . . Viz: His .225 batting mark of a year ago as compared A 1 j&V" ?A1W8i4t
iris
urprise
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CURNEE FLESHER
Indians Win
Without Feller
to his .308 in the latest official averages this season.
New Softball Plan Commendable
i i With the light bill for six-nights-a-week sof tball alone des
1 tined to run up to about the $700 figure, it is quite a job Mana
ger . Gurnee , Flesher has cut out for himself in attempting to
operate the Salem Softball association from the advance sale of
tickets for Monday night's opener . . . Flesher estimated a sale
of 3000 50-cent tickets, netting $1500, would be . necessary to
operate the. sof tball setup on the new, "recreationalized", plan
... Latest report is that 1700 have been sold, meanijfg that some
1300 will have to be purchased by Monday night in order to bal
ance the budget estimate
": The plan itself to bring all city sof tball under one head and
conduct the program on a de-commercialized basis is a good
one
Cleveland 33 20 .615 DHroit 27 23 MO
Chicago . 28 20 .583 Phlladel. 24 24 .500
Boston! - 24 20 MS St. Louis 16 30 MS
New York 26 22 -542;Waxhgtn 1 34 320
CLEVELAND, June 7-Pi-im
Bagby, jr.; did the unusual Satur
day.! jHe held the Philadelphia
Athletics tolour hits for a 6 to 2
triumph to become the first Cleve
land pitcher other than Bob Feller
to win a game in exactly, two
weeks. . .
The: result kept i nt a c t the
Tribe's two-game margin over the
second-place Chicago White Sox.
Irving Hadley, the New York
castoix, was the victim 01 a 13
It should command public support, in that Jthe public hit Cleveland attack led by Hal
1 f:
banked ranks of spectators and
gave him another 70 for 384. ;
With that 72-hole scorjp, four
over what was a very tlUgh par
all the way, the big, easy-going
blonde beat Denny Shute, who
once nosed him out in i playoff
for the British open title, by three
strokes, and scored hii 5 second
major triumph in : two1: jpoonths
after never having taken cine be
fore. Two months ago at Augusta,
Ga -Craig captured the masters
title. - : I r v
Thos the man who antll this
year had been known i as the
."great nmner-op captured the
blgrest prixe of them allMwortli
$1901 or the US Golf associa
tion's prize money, bat Worth
far more than that In prestige.
The putt he dropped kn the
18th was typical of the cjap. With
Shute already in the clubhouse
with his 287, Wood could have
afforded to play safe anil 'merely
try to get his first one tiese. In
stead, he hit the ball bkiaiy for
the cup, on one of the most trying
greens on a trying courM. As it
Li
plunked into the hole, a broad
grin spread over his : face and
made him seem years younger.
' That putter, a valuable weapon
at Augusta, was the- club that
steadied him several times on his
final round. On . the third hole,
the sixth hole, and the treacher
ous 447-yard par four , 15th ' his
wood 'shots wavered off line. On
each of them he got down in one
putt for his parsfrom IS feet
at the third, 15 feet at the sixth,
and seven feet at the 17th. And
it was a 10-foot putt that started
him on that last 18 holes with a
birdie 4 on the 569-yard first
hole, where birdies were as
scarce as easy holes on this golf
course.
On that last time around the
7015: yards of the Colonial
coarse which ' proved so dis--;
astroas to the home-bred
Texans, Wood went over, par
on only three holes and had the
pattins touch for three birdies
to wipe oat those losses. . : . . '
Back of Shute, who was first
after i the opening round, came
large f Johnny Bulla of Chicago
and lb-pound Ben Hogan, who
didn't hit his stride until this final
day and then played 38 holes in
two-under-par with a 68 and a
70 "for 289?" Bulla got that total
out of, a 72 and 71. .
t Runyan, who was 71-75 for
291, tied with Herman Darron, a
surprise contender, on a closing
74-71. Jug McSpaden, Gene Sara
zen and E. J. "Dutch" Harrison,
who shot two 71s, were bunched
at 29; Dick Metz with Lloyd
Mangrum and Ed Dudley at 295,
and I Sam Snead, Horton Smith
and Henry Ransom, young Fort
Worth!! pro, finished in a bunch
at 296 with the low amateur,
Harry j Todd of Dallas.
. Tw of the strongest advance
favorites, 1941 champion Law
son tittle and PGA titleholder
Byron Nelson, posted 297s,
Iittlei losing all chance to re
peat by blowing to a 79 on his
third! round. Others to break'
30 were Vie Ghexml. 298. and
Gene! Kb n e a of Philadelphia,
299, jvbile Heafner, from a tie
for-the SS-hole lead, soared to
SM' at the finish.
Leiihzhds Way to Sixth Straightjyictory
in the long run is the sole beneficiary ... It is surprising what
inexpensive entertainment such as this will accomplish in keep
ing down delinquency and crime in any community.
I Returns on an investment of $1500 in such a recreational
plan as is contemplated- wherein every man, woman and child
in the city has opportunity to take part as player or spectator
at minimum cost cannot be measured in dollars and cents
The value, to the community lies in the provision of a safety
valve for natural human enthusiasm.
i While the ideal situation would be for the city to finance the JJosdX Repulsed
program, this apparently is not possible at this time . ... The nvinAnn T,,r, n.
Trosky's 'fifth home run of , the
season a fourth-inning .drive
over League park's center, field
wall, i
Philadelphia J .2 . 4 2
Cleveland " . .6 13 0
Hadley, Potter (6), Dean (7)
and Hayes; Bagby and Hemsley.
y
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Whirly 'Triple Crown?
Winner noiv-He Cops
Belniont Stakes Easily
NEW YORK, June 7-j?VHaving rvjnt around 'em in the del -
by and through ehv in the preakness, Whirlaway tried a new
way, in the Belmont stakes Saturday and won just as easily. 7.
To the astonishment of. everyone ; of the 30,801 fans who
crowded Belmont park, .the chestnut carinonball from the Blue
Grass, completed his . "triple crown", conquest by running from
the front end of the field for a full
alternative is to back the
which means taking up the
sales by Monday night,
adopted plan to its fullest extent,
gap between 1700 and 3000 tickets
CHICAGO, June 7-(fl,)-Chica-
go's iWhite Sox repulsed the Bos
ton Red Sox challenge for second
place jin the American league by
turning back Joe Cronin's slug
ging! crew Saturday, 5 to 4.
The victory evened the series at
one game apiece and snapped
Boston's winning string at six.
Boston --.- .4 9 0
Chicago :...5 12 0
Wilson, Fleming (6) and Pyt-
lak;
Smith and Tresh.
Solons Go Into Double Play Lead
j The Philadelphia Athletics, who have finished 8, 7, 8, 7, 8, 8,
in the last six years, have often been dubbed the McGillicuddy
Milquetoasts for those subterranean sorties . . . Now baseball
men 'are wondering if the recent surge of the A's, which carried
them to 11 wins in 13 games, was just one of those seasonal
flashes for which they are noted or if Connie Mack really has
the makings of that "last great team" of which he has been
talking
Should the Detroit Tigers, for whose Briggs stadium school Yankees Rally
he departed yesterday, be able to teach uordie Laeb control, ST. LOUIS, June '7-(ff) -.The
you're apt to hear of that youngster one of these days . . . The
tall, dark and handsome flinger had far more stuff and more
swift than any pitcher on the Salem roster, but he just couldn't
get it over the plate.
' As this department predicted, the Senators jumped into the
double-play leadership of the WI in this week's official aver
ageswith 33 double deaths to Tacoma's 31, Vancouver's 29,
Spokane's 28, Yakima's 17 and Wenatchee s 12 . . . Our Legisla
tors are also second only to Spokane in base thefts, at 30 to the
Melke
r Bags
ROY HELSER
6th foi Mow
mile of this mile and a half classic,
and still bounced home, three
engths' to the good without even
"mussing his hair." . : , . :
The time, bore out Eddie Ar
earo's reason ; for starting off ;
with Whirly so early. The little .
feUow with the big tan was
clocked for , the ten f arlongs In '
2:31, the. slowest for this stake
since Hurry Off took 2:32 3-5
to make one torn of Belmont's
spacious strip In 1933.
Thus the "bum of last winter
completed bis comeback to mark
his name in the books as the fifth
horse in all racing history to win
the triple crown. ; War Admiral
was the last to do it, in 1937. - I
The. victory was worth $39,770
to owner Wright, who had . a bet-
ter-than-fair pay day out of Bel
mont's . getaway- program. - His
Some Chance, a son of Chance
Play, came from behind to take
the natjonal stallion stakes, and
pick up $12,140, making it a $51,-
190 profit for the Kentucky horse
man, who was not on hand to see
his home-breds win either race.
Whirlaway boosted his earnings
for . the year to j $158,838 and for
his two-year career to $236,111.
Rigid Roy
Wenatchee
WENATCHEE, Jun
Yankees were forced to come from
behind with a . five-run rally in
the ninth Saturday to defeat the
scrapping Browns, 11 to 7. Catch
er Bill Dickey's single with the
bags loaded provided the Winning
runs land drove Johnny - Allen,
fourth St Louis pitcher, from the
mound.
fharlpv KplUr of th Variku hit
Indians' 43, and j with Lanny Lanifero tied with Martinez of his"" eighth home run of the year
spoitane ior maiyiauat piuer nonor ai eigm. Wui the bases loaded in the third
Maybe, as Umpire Nelson argued with me, the WI pitching framed - -r " -
isn't as aood this year as last, but the records don t bear him New UYork. Al 15 2
out , . . Not only have there not been the high scoring affairs of
last, season, but also the average team batting mark of a year
ago at this time was .272 while this season it is .258 . . . Also,
there were 33 batters hitting over .300 at this time last season,
while there are but 30 now.
St Lduis 7 8 1
, Gomez, Chandler (5),. Stanceu
(9),! and Dickey; Muncrief, Kra
mer . j3). Caster (6), Allen (9),
Trotter (9) and Ferrell.
Williams Walloping Ball
At Terrific .436 Rate
Tigers on Spree
DETROIT, June 7-AVThe De
troit Tigers victimized Steve Sun
dra'and Vera, Kennedy for nine
runs in two innings to erase an
CHICAGO. June 7-CSVThe reign of terror young . Ted .Wil- early deficit and take a 10 to 6
liams is creating among American league pitchers shows little j decision Saturday from Washing
Sign Of abating. :' . ton, their second victory in a rov
! t For a month now, the lanky, Z3-year-oia uoston itea S03M" wwi.
outfielder has been hitting sensationally and over that period
owns a. .5 19 average.
fe 7-(i?VSalem'a Roy Helser hurled his
sixth straight victory ojt ihe current Western International league
season here Saturday night, giving up but five hits in beating the
Wenatchee Chiefs 7 to2;in the first game of a doubleheader, but
the. Chiefs stormed back to drive Lee Fallin from "the hill and
capture the full-length! nightcap 13 to 2.
While the Senators played fault-1
lessly in the opener, foglaringlf TTk I HlimiAr
errors, coupiea wiui tnefio niisi s-"-' vwiwv
uic v-iucis . rcKicrcu oxf x uuu
and his successor, Chet) Simpson,
spelled a. one-sided defeat for
them in the second clash.
Catcher Eddie Adams! homed
for the Salem team in the open
er, while Mayer and jCbx each
collected . fourmasters for Wen
atchee. . :,' ...
The Chiefs and Senators play
another double bill Sunday, start
ing at 2 p. m.
First fame:
SALEM (7)
Lanifero, i
Cameron, 3
Petersen, m
Llghtner, r
Bates.. 1
Washington
Detroit
6
.10
11
13
lie foil below that figure last
week When he collected IS hits
; in 21 : tries. However, his en
deavors still were good enough
i to boost his season's mark seven
points. Averages; that included
i Friday's games gave him 438
for the year 103 points more
than he owned four weeks ago.
Sixty-seven pionts behind tame
Bill Dickey of New York. The
i Yankee catcher retained second
place with .369 despite a seven
; point decline when Roy Cullen
bine of St Louis and Joe Cronin
of Boston also slipped .by about
the same margin. Cullenbine still
was third with .387 and Cronin
next with .363..., . . ;
i Cleveland's Jeff Heath Tdis
placed Cecil Travis of Washing
ton when the latter slumped 16
points to .333. Heath had .353.
Then came . Travis followed - by
- Barney McCosky; Detroit, -352;
: Dom " Di' Maggio,' Boston, .349;
Dick Slebert, Philadelphia, j 448,
and Sam Chapman,' of Philadel-
' phia, and Bruce Campbell of De
troit each with MO. h
Lou Eoudreau of Cleveland and
Sam Chr;:r.an moved into; a tie
with Cronin for the most doubles.
Each boasted of 17. Likewise
Cleveland's Ken Keltner ao
vrr.ee 1 ca even terms with Travis
f i the matter of triples when the
shirston sluct'er failed to in
crc.-r his seven total. However,
ru:'y York of Detroit and George
C: 2 cl Washington retained their
" iors. York had-13 homers and
1 3 runs batted in. While Case was
"-vV
Suldra, Kennedy (7) and Ear
ly; Corsigan, McKain (2) and
Tebbetts. .. J
TED WILLIAMS
State Amateur
Tourney Set
" PORTLAND, June 7.-WVA
brilliant field of state and north
west I golfers tee off 'alternately
next Jweek on the Oswego and
Tualatin golf courses in the 1941
Oregon amateur championships. -
Louis Jennings; defending
champion," will be opposed by
several able up-state and Wash
ington players. Among them 'are
the young Olympia, Wash, star.
Bud Haskell, Chester Gordon of
Seattle and , Dave - Hamley of
still tops with seven stolen bases. I Pendleton.
Marian McDougall, women's
champion will . defend : her title
against Mrs. Mary Mozel Wagner,
Portland, the current Pacific
Northwest Golf association cham
Ipion. Mrs. Wagner carded an 80
in a sweepstakes tournament this
week.
" " Bob Feller stood far ahead In
the pitching division. Bo added
two -victories .. and fanned . 17
more batters over the week and
now has 12 victories against
two defeats and a total of 101
strikeouts. Whether he still will
be buraiag them across at the
season's finish, however, was a
matter of conjecture slnee his jCiu to Play
n TV v, yZZr"9. SPOKANE, Waslt. June 1-JPh
was mafled to him Friday. Bing qj brother . Ted said
There was no change among Saturday night the motion pic-
the , team leaders. Boston, with J ture star . and radio singer was
three members among the top 10 coming to Spokane this month for
individuals, had a .285 batting the Pacific Northwest Golf as
average. Cleveland led in the field sociation tournament June 23-23
with SS0 and New-York Increased and tourney officials reported
its double play total to 69. Crosby's entry had been received.
lets 7-2 Decision;
13-2
Cops Second
B St BOA B
4 1 10 1 0
4 SO 10
-4 S 12 9 0
' 4 1 J 0 S 0
-.4,1 -a vs.. 0,0
4 I il l 4 I
- 13 is ti i o
i. ' l! .,
Bercstrom, 1
' Griffiths, s
Adams, a
' Helser. p
Totals
WENATCHEK (2) B K H
Kncbles, 1 X 0 1
Endress, 3 . 3 0 0
Cox. S . : 3.0 1
Wilson, r ' 3 S O
Bonetti. m ' 3' 0 0
; Marionetti, 3 0 0
Mayer, e ,, 3 13
1Torgerton, 1 3 1" 1
Jacobs n, p : 3 0 0
Farrell. . 1 0 Of!0
ToUU 25 3 a il
Eor Jacobsen in 7th.
Salem
O A
1 0
Wenatchee
!l)0 003 4-4
000 000 33
Runs batted In. Petersen. Berzstrom.
Helser, Griffiths 3. Mayeri .Two-base
bits. Lanifero. Bates. Home runs. Ad
ams, Mayer. Sacrifices, Wilson. Dou
ble plays. Jacobsen to MarlonetU to
Torgerson. j i
Left on bases. Salem 0. Wenatchee 8.
Bases on balls, off Helser S. Jacobsen
U Struck out, by Helser a.) jacobsen u
Umpires, Weisrerber and Kallis
Time oi same io.
Second game:
SALEM (I .
Lanifero, 3
Cameron, 3
PeterseB, m -Llghtner,
r
Bates, I
Berirstrom. 1 .
Griffiths, o
Adams, e
Tallin, p
Simpson, p
Totals 2.:...:
B K BOA B
,3. 0 !3l! 3 8 0
i li a 3
I U? 3 0
o.:o is l
il l J
3 3 34 14
Injuns Tvice;
Tacoma Wins
WESTERN INTERNATIONAL
W L Pet
Spokane M 11 .667
Yakima 10 13 .581
Vancouv 30 17 Ml
W L Pet
Salem 14 IS .438
Tacoma 13 30 J94
Wenatcb 13 21 .382
VANCOUVER, EC, June"7-()-
Vancouver s Capilanos swept both
ends of a. Western International
league doubleheader with .the
league-leading Spokane Indians,
taking the second game 5-3 here
Saturday night behind the six-hit
pitching of Cy Greenlaw. They
won the afternoon game 4-2.
"The Caps big blow came in the
seventh , when Dick Warfield bit
a homer with two mates on. '
: All Spokane runs were homers
with Bill. Beard; Frank Milan! and
Levi McCormick getting them.
' First game: . '
Spokane . - t 0
Vancouver "211',.:.".. 4 ' 8 0
OTlynne - and Myers; Osborn
and Lingqua. " . "
Second game:
Spokane : 3 .6
Vancouver -J...'.-: 5 10 ,
Kinnaman and Beard; Green
law and Lingua. - ' ,
Zl7
WENATCHEE (U) B R H O A
Knobles, 1
iLnaren,
Co. 3 .
ujrti.MM . -
TV UOVHi I
Bonetti. m
Marionetti, s
Farrell. e
Torf erson. 1
Williams, p
Raimondi,
Totals
a ail. l .
' J' ' a 11 t --1 'A
. S:3 la' 3 i o
- , ; S 1 i 1,0 0
: 4 ' 3 1! 3 . o ; 0
S.l- 3 Oil
, a i tn l a
. 4 0 01.1 3
, - 1" M'-4
, , , 0 0 0 0 0 O
41 13 10 37 4
Ran for Knobles In first.
Salem ' - , " , 000 000 Oil 1 S 4
Wenatchee - 000 050 W 13 16 4
At bat off Falun 37. Simpson 14.
Earned runs oft fallin SJ Simpson a.
Runs batted in. Cox 3. Wilson. Mar
ionetti. Williams. Farrell. Bonetti. Tor-
r prion. xGrlfiiths, Petersen, t Two-base
hits. Cox. Wilson. FarrelO Griffiths.
Home . run. Cox. Stolen bases. Peter- Farrell.
New Hurler Start
.Tacoma, June 7-flrV-Behind the
stellar flinging of Southpaw Mel
Marlowe, recent acquisition from
San Francisco pitching his first
game here, the Tacoma Tigers
won . a ' . western- lniemauonai
league baseball game from Yak
ima Saturday night, o to l:
Marlowe fanned 11 men and. in
only one tnning allowed as many
as two hits. That was in the sixth
when ;.Yakima's shortstop, ; Sal
Madrid, hit a fluke triple to left
on which1 Outfielder' Morrie Ab
bot fell, against the fence," and
scored on., Roy . .Younker s one-
baser. ;
Yakima : : ' ; ' 1 7a
Tacoma '...m'.:...'"::..:,-. 14 0
Greer and Sueme; Marlowe and
Stoeber. : ... ; -.
sen, Lanuero,
Cameron. Double plays.
Griffiths to Bates; MarlonetU to Cox
to Torf erson. . - -
Left on bases, Salem 11, Wenatchee
13. Bases on balls, off Fallin 4, Simp
son 3. Williams S. Struck out. by Fal
lin ft. Simmon 1. Williams 11. Hits off
Fallin in S innings 12, Williams in 0
innings 3. Simpson tn a innmga . tut
Mi.KA hv Fnllin VnnhlM.
uj - . ,r
Wild pitches, wuuams. rassea paus.
wuuuni piumer, nuuimi.
Reese's Error
DroDs
Top
rs
From
Loop
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS
W L Pct W L Pet
St Lduil 34 14 .708 Chicaro 90 94 M
Brooklyn 33 14 .702 PittsbVh 17 93 .425
OTew York 22 33 .500 Boston 23 27 J57
Cincin'U 33 23 .479 PhiladeL 15 30 .333
BROOKLYN, June 7-65VPee-
Wee .Reese's error on Frank Mc
Cormick's roller in the eighth in
mng Saturday started a painful
chairi of events that resulted in
the Cincinnati Reds beatina the
Dodgers 8 to 3 and dumping the
locali off the top of the National
league standing. '
. v
The Dodgers were leading 3 to
in a tight duel between Luke
Hamlin and Bucky Walters when
the' Dodger shortstop made his
second misplay of the game. Two
were out at the time. Before the
third, out finally came the Reds
had Scored six unearned runs.
Knocjcea uanuin Xrom the lull
and sewed up the game.
Outstanding in the shambles
that followed Reese'a error was a
nomerun by Ernie Lombard! with
two aboard.
Cincinnati ' ''' ' io
Broklyn - ye 7
Walters and LombardI: Hamlin.
tF!lL
ivomoau is; ana Owen. '
Culis Timelv
BOSTON, June 7-iy-The Chi
cago (Cubs got only five hits Sat
urday but their, timing was Der-
M A i: m . . . . "
xeci as mey wok tne series opener
irom: tne Boston Braves, 5 to 1.
CWcigo -'' ,:' . 5
ooswn : 1 7,1
nsseau ana McCullough; Er
ricKson, Lamanna (7), Tobin
W and Masl. " ,
Phils Blank 'Em
PIIILADI3.PHIA, June
veteran at Bianton yielded
eight scattered hits and fanned
three batters ' as 'Philadelphia
took! a 2 to 0 game from the
Pittsburgh Pirates at Shibe park
saturaay. .
Pittsburgh 1 - ' " 8
Philadelphia. i 7
Tanning and Lopez; " Blanton
andWarren.: ". :
Cams Rampage
NEW . YORK, June
Jixohr Brown, Coaker Triplett
and S Terry Moore each blasted
four hits Saturday as the St.
Louis Cardinals waded into four
Giant pitchers for ls hits and an
11 to 3 victory that boosted them
into!r the leadership -of the, Na
tional league.:
St. Louis . 19 1
New; York:--, . ;.;,.: 3 S 3
Nahem; White , (i ) and ;. Man
cuso; Melton,' Adams (3), Brown
(4),' Wittig (S) and Danning..
Sacrifices. ! Loeinc pitcher. FaUin. Umpires,- KalliS
Lanifero to and Wetsaerbcr. Tune 10.
Scdem, Oregon. Sunday Morning. Jun t. 1941
Gunners Grab
Softball Win :
FORT STEVENS,'- June 7.
Artillerymen of the 249th opened
their sof tball season Monday
night with the 4 squad from the
second battalion emerging victor
over Eastern Outfitting, 8 to, 4.
Continuing on With tneir vic
tory march, the outfit, which is
composed mainly of former mem
bers of the crack Schoens bakery
team of Salem, the fang of gun
ners bombed the rival infantry
men of Camp Clatsop with a 2-0
victory. . -:
In the pre-season tourney con
ducted by batteries of the 249th,
headquarters battery won all five
of their tilts, with G battery on
the other end of the sked with
five losses. Headquarters battery,
second battalion took three and
lost two for second place.
Other games for the regiment
will be among : teams . from the
city league of Astoria, and teams
from the n a v a I air station at
Tongue Point base, the 18th coast
artillery, the first battalion of the
249th, and the station complement
of Tort Stevens.
Lipscomb Gets
Hald Match
While Prince Haiti and Jack
Lipscomb are slated to meet in
what Is expected to be an all-out
main event mat attraction at the
armory Tuesday night, it is prob
able that the Bulldog Jackson
Herb Parks rematch, billed as the
semifinal, will steal a lot of thun
der. ; ;' - z ;
- Jackson hollered "we wuz
robbed" following his defeat by
Parks last week; and will be seek
ing revenge.'! fvy-. 't--'i'-.'
: It's the Prince's first tangle with
the Hoosier Hotshot, who twice
succumbed to Sneeze Achlu's wily
tactics. '-UY . -.' " .v '
- In the opener, Achiu is sched
uled to meet Buly McCuin.
Briggs Denies
Newsom Fined
DETROIT, June 7-tVPH5wner
Walter O. Briggs of-the' Detroit
Tigers denied flatly today pub
lished reports that Louis Norman
"Buck Newsom had been fined
$5000 for what was described as
his failure to reach top physical
condition.1
The Tiger owner's statement
was coupled with an announce-
T-rt-
Coast Mentors
Improye Sticlc
For I linesmen
. By GAIL FOWLER :
SEATTLE, June 7-VP)Th
cash customers came In for con
sideration Saturday when Pacific
Coast conference coaches agreed
to accept ' a long, ' dumbbell -like
people! in row ZZ on either side:
.a aw. Uii j t 1 a j .
it is. .f. ., ,
r i I 1 IM.1..LH A ... '
of the University of California,
spokesman for the coaches' group,
explained the gadget ; -, '
Thetlck wlU be six or sev
en feet long, and on one end -will
he big box with the num
ber '1 in opposite sides. On the
remaining sides will be the
number! 2. On the other end of
the stick will be a similar box
with the nambers 3' and '4'
It." i I
1 i-
. Allison said no action was tak
en on jthe national coaches' sug
gestion for uniform -numbering of
players according to position.
Some coaches may experiment
with it this fall and report to the
December meeting.
A complicaion, 4 Allison 'said,
would be like the case of the Uni
versity of Washington's Bob
Friedman, who can play guard,
tackle j or end' on either side it
the line." - '
"He'd I have to have more num
bers than a telephone book,'' Alli
son admitted, "in making his jer
sey number square with his posi
tion. Injuries or any number cf
things j might enter in to put him
in a position different than that
listed (for him in the program.
And if be was in different posi
tion, the' cry might arise that the
coach j was trying to. pull a fast
one." I I
Thm coaches agreed to make
out a report on the officiating
after each game, and at the end
of the' season to make out a
composite report, the reports to
f e toj Conference Commissioner v
Edwin Atherton.
"This wfll not only be benefi
cial to; the coaches and Atherton,
but also to the officials," said
Allison.;
The 'cbaches opened the meetinf
by voting to accept the Interpre
tation I of the rules as written
first time In ten years' when n
special Interpretations were pro
vided.) j ,
They jjalso decided to speed ui
the game by requiring that each
coach j determine, on the Thurs
day preceding a' game, whethei
his players' equipment was Is
good condition no more brokea
shoe lates to delay play.
Other kictlon taken: .
Coaches agreed on the use cl
an orange colored ball for night
games. .". '
; For fay games, the type and
make of ball wttl be optional
with ;the home school, but the
visiting school most be notified
before the season opens. .
Color of Jerseys to bo used
also will be optional, and also
cans tir notification of the vis
iting j school before the season
startsL '
. Back Shaw of Santa Clara
and Jeff Cravath of the Unl
versltyj of San Francisco, non
confercBce . coachea, sat in, as -observers.
'
ment by Manager Del Baker that
the big Irighthander would be re
stored to starting pitching duty
next week. Newsom was knocked
out of the box in 11 of his first
12 starts. His salary is reputed to,
be 135.000.
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