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u Salem, Oregon Saturday -You can add another worry Charlie Petersen's maiden voyage ' appearances of being a big one signed his 1942 contract (up to unless the club sees things his way, but the club counters with "we've looked too far now." The loss of Cameron, if he doesnt come around, thought to already be a fixture on first base. Is quite a rap on the chin for what chances the Solons ap- pear to have now, as Clint proved In his first year out last season that he Is a baseball prospect. He can pull that fast ball into right field with the best, has sufficient power, likes the game, hut has yet to find his steady defensive spot In considering Cameron's sal ary demands, whatever they are, the $80 and $90 per week shipyard Jobs can be directly blamed. Cam eron and any other young ball player has to make quite a de cision between that kind of dough and class B baseball salaries these days. In Clint's case it's tougher yet, as he is definitely one of the few on the Solon roster who is apt to be picked up by higher tlass ball clubs. All ball clubs run into the same problems in these days of boom for some and bust for others.' As long as President Roosevelt said "Play Ball," It's a shame that something could' n't have been done to Iron out such existing situations. But coming at a time like this, especially when the Senators need proven stock, Cameron's loss would be a blow that's hard to take. Definitely No Dierickx The local baseball management heard from Frankie Dierickx the Other day he's in Omaha, Neb raska, attending dental college. The fireballer wrote that he was getting out on June 8, would be in shape to report to the Solons, but had to be back to re-enter school on July 7. His short tenure would be of little help to the Senators; so he was informed to "forget it." Amby's Coming Back The WI "boys in blue" (sometimes In white pants), or better known as blind Toms, robbers and bams, and occas ionally called umpires, have al so been hit by the war. Only two of Pres. Abel's pets will re turn to action in the loop this year- Amblin' Amby Moran, rotund Canadian who worked with Dick Weiss erber last year, . and Frank Valerio, who worked with Johnny Oravee. Moran, who can chase 'em with the best, gets newcomer Ed Harris, Los Angelino with experience in the Western As sociation, as a partner, and Val erio gets Con Healy, Butte, Montana, with only seml-prt state loop past. Boooo! (Wonder what's, hap pened to bouncing Lee ntallls, the one man show?) Cameron Signs! Clint Cameron came to terms with the Senator management at late hour last night. Just who gave in to who was not divulged. Silver-ton Slates Molalla in Final SILVERTON -The final Big t league game for Silverton this season will be played with Mo lalla at Silverton Tuesday aft ernoon, April 28. Silver-ton's first six straight wins have definitely put her in the league playoff here on May L 4 sxm Hb miJiBBS oma Sprint Medley Team SelsJN ew Mark By CHARLES , ' DES MOINES, Ia April reeled off by barrel-chested William Lyda, one ."of the nation'! , top.ranking runners, enabled the University of Oklahoma sprint medley team to, establish an American collegiate record in the rpening events oi -we 33rd annual two-day Drake relays Friday. ' Vhe Oklahoma quartet, with Lrtla tunning as anchor, ran the 441-221-tSw yards in 123 , to Op 'onerfifth of a second off the record' set by ; the'. Culver- . t.ty of Texas In the 1941 re lays.' The . Sooner runners con quered the heavily favored reo- rd-bolding " Texana : who fin ished third behind second-place . 'XHchlgan.' Oklahoma's smashing triumph was the outstanding performance ci; the day which also saw two ether Drake records broken and the surprising, upset defeat of de fending champion Ollie Hunter of Netre Dame ia the two-mile run. Morning April 25, 1942 to the shoulders of Skipper as a ball pilot, and it has all and how! Clint Cameron hasn't this writing), and says he won't Meet the Solons Meet Alfred "AIT Callteaux, Senator second sacker obtained ' from Vancouver in the Cliff Barker trade. Alf is 24 years old, 6-foot 1-inch tall, weighs 190 pounds, is married and has a family. Was born in San Francisco, Calif., but now makes his home in John Day, Ore. Graduated from Mission high in San Francisco and broke into 'professional baseball with New Orleans of the Southern Associa tion in 1937. From there he was placed in the Evangeline league and later the ML States league of West Virginia. Owner Bob Brown of the Capilanos pur chased the infielder in 1939, and he hit .270 for the Caps that sea son. He climbed to .321 In 1940 but slumped to an even .222 last year. Capable of having a good year with the willow, Alf could supply the Solons with needed punch and RBI ability. Elliott Hurls 2-Hit Beaver Win Over WSC CORVALLIS, Ore., April 24-(fl3) Southpaw Glenn Elliott set the Washington State Cougars down with two hits Friday as Oregon State won a Coast Conference northern division baseball game, 11 to 0. Elliott allowed a single by Brannigan in the second, but did not yield another hit until the ninth, when Daggett singled with two on base. Elliott bore down, then for his 11th strike out of the game to retire the Cougars. The Beavers walloped Roger Olson of WSC for 14 safeties. Don Durdan led the attack with three for four. The score: WSC 000 000 000- 0 2 OSC 300 410 12x-ll 14 Olson and Van Slyke; Elliott and Amacher. Dayton Beats Grizzlies DAYTON The Dayton Union high school baseball team won 13 to 6 practice game victory from the McMinnville Grizzlies A team there Monday. in Drake Rel lays W. DUNKLEY 24-WVA sensational half mile Lyda waa timed In 1:49.7 I his blistering half. i Bespectacled Virgil Alston? of Miami university, Oxford," O, was' the surprise winner over -Hunter in the two-mile. Alston. , trailin 100 yards back in sixth clace. suddenly uncorked a terrific burst of speed in the stretch turn, and quickly passed four runners as if tney were standing stm. Alston 'cellared the tiring Ranter .before the Notre Daaao runner realised be was to be cwuienrea ana rushed ; on U win Dy a yard. The time of tJ was far behind tho re ord of t-.lt hung up by Notre Dames Gregory Kiev ft 1931. Bombers Blast Boston With 7 Runs in 9th - - Browns Whitewashed ; A's Powder Newsom; Tigers Sweep Series ' BOSTON, April 24-CP)- The New York Yankees unfolded one of their familiar ninth inning ral lies today to score seven runs .on six hits and beat the Boston Red Sox 8 to 5. Up until the big explosion Heber "pick" Newsome had . held the world champions to one ran, although he was kept m hot water more or less constant ly by giving ten hits and was saved three times by Red Sox double plays. Then In the ninth Bill Dickey led off with a single. Tom Hen rich batted for Ed Levy and singled, Buddy Rosar batted for pitcher Ernie Bonham and dou bled for one run, and Gerry Prid dy singled for another. At this point Mike Ryba re lieved Newsome, but he could n't even slow down the Yanks. Frank CrosettI doubled for his fourth straight hit, scoring a run, and George Selkirk singled off Ulysses Lupien's glove to tie the score. Joe DiMaggio forced Selkirk and Charley Kel ler lifted a fly, but CrosettI scored after the catch to put New York in front and Joe Gordon climaxed the rally with a home ran, scoring behind DiMaggio. . New York . 000 100 007-8 15 1 Boston 200 010 020-5 9 3 Bonhom, Branch (9) and Dick ey; H. Newsome, Kyba (H) ana Peacock. nclians Win ST. LOUIS, April 24-)-The St. Louis Browns who made such blazing start took it on the chin again Friday their sixth straight defeat as they bowed to the Cleveland Indians, 2 to 0, on the four-hit pitching of Mel Harder. Cleveland 000 011000-2 7 1 St. Louis 000 000 000-0 4 1 Harder and Desautels; Gale- house, Muncrief (9) and Ferrell. A's 7, Bobo 2 WASHINGTON, April 13-JP) -The Philadelphia Athletics backed up Phil MarchOdon's fine hurling performance with a 12-hit attack to gain a 7-2 vic tory over the Washington Sen ators Friday. PMla. 163 100 110-7..12. 2 Wash. 029 000 0-2..4....t Marchildon and Hayes; New som, Cathey (8) and Early. Tigers 2, Sox 1 DETROIT, April 24-iVWith two out in the ninth inning rookie outfielder Bob Patrick belted a home run Friday to give the De troit Tigers a 2 to 1 victory over the Chicago White Sox and a sweep of the two games series. But Chicago lost more than the ball game. Earlier In the ninth first baseman Joe Kuhel was spiked by York and was re moved from the game. Manager Jimmy Dykes said he sustained a three stitch gash on his right foot and would be out of the lineup for at least 19 days. Chicago 000 000 010-1 8 2 Detroit 000 000 101-2 4 1 Smith and Turner; Benton, Gor sica (9) and Tebbetts. Mt, Angel to Open Valley Loop Play MT. ANGEL The baseball sea son opens in Mt. Angel next Sun day, with the locals meeting Mo lalla at the Ebner ball park at 2:30 p.m. in a Willamette Valley league game. A special program will precede the opener and will start at 2 pjn. The Mt Angel club will be managed by Harold Bourbon nals, who will also do much of the pitching. However, the bat tery for Sunday's game will be Frank Van Driesehe and Clyde Reed. They wttl be supported by some of the following: BUI Schwabbauer, Bob Grlesenauer, Paul Retting, Albln Bean, Leo Grosjacques, Tom Piennett, Ted Marx, Bob Trevison, Jerry Bar ta and Cyril Walker. The other two Willamette Val ley league games will be played at Canby and Sublimity. Canby plays Aurora and Sublimity meets Bea ver Creek. Immunizations Nearly Tripled ; Immunizations have a 1 m o s tripled for the first three months of 1942 as compared to 1941 ac cording to the report released by the Marion county department, of health. Vaccinations for smallpox have numbered 1253 as against 495 in 1941. Diptheria immuniza tions have doubled with 1176 for the three-months period, as com pared to 541 a year ago. ; A national drive is being staged all over the country for smallpox and dipthena immunizations. is primarily due to prevent illness in civilian population during war time as there win be a shortage of doctors. Every ; child over nine months of age should be vaccin ated and immunised, the depart ment atated. . - X-jtj .examinations for tuber culosis control have increased dur ing tho three month period with 151 this year, as against -115 in 1941. 1 1 But Kirby Couldn't Hold Ex-Mates ' " j ":ft ft Kirby Higbe, Brooklyn Dodger ace last season but couldn't hold his Friday, and suffered a 4-2 set-back. Higbe was purchased from the Phils In 1940 and whether the Bums of Brooklyn will repeat as pen nant winners this year rests largely Jack Blackburn, 'Brain" Trainer for Louis, Dies Suddenly CHICAGO, April 24-(;P)-Jack guiding genius behind Champion Joe Louis' sensational ring career, died Friday. One of the outstanding Neero Xavier U Leads 1st Day Action Penn Relays BY HAROLD CLAASEN PHILADELPHIA, April-. 21-JP) Xavier university, a school only half the 5000 shirt-sleeved spec tators at the 48th annual Univer sity of Pennsylvania relays could locate, won the major share of Friday's trophies in the opening half of the 1942 program. The New Orleans school for negroes, coached by Ralph Met calfe, who once starred at Mar quette, captured the 400-meter hurdle title, the quarter-mile relay crown and the spectacular first heat of the sprint medley relay. Spectacular as that was, how ever, the tune was slower of two heats and the Louisiana team fin ished fourth in the final stand ings, determined on a time basis. Penn State hit the tape In the sprint medley In 3:26.5, while the two schools that chased the Nlttany Lions to the very end, Syracuse and Seton Hall, also were clocked In faster times than that of Xavier's 3:27.8. The New Orleans team drew all the attention because Leslie Mac Mitchell of New York university and Campbell Kane of Indiana, were struggling in the ruck of Xavier's Ed Culp. For the second time of the day, Kane mastered the famed New York miler in the duel down the home stretch. The Xavier showing and the MacMitchell-Kane duels made the sweating spectators forget that not a single meet record tumbled during the day. In the distance relay, Mae Mitchell eat loose with a 4:14 mile that overshsadowed Kane's 4:15.6, but eouldnt garner the trophy, the Hoosiers triumphing in 16:65. How They TF ASJ ID) . . . COAST UAGCX i . - - W Li Pct l W I. Pet Seattle 11 S .688! Portland 10 11 '.4K Oakland 11 T .611 Hollywd 1011 .459 Los Aug. T .563 San Tnm. S 11 .333 S. Diego 11 10 .SMjSaerainenr 11 -313 AtPortland S. Hollywood 0. " At Seattle-Oakland. postDoned. At Lea Angeles S. Sacramento 4. (1st game.; j . ... . At San Francisco 3. San -Diego S. NATIONAL LSAOVK - - W L Pct.l Brooklyn a S .727! St. Louis W L Pet S JOS New York S 4 ' .sro Cincinnati 4 S -.-444 Pittsorgh 65 Mi Boston 4 7. 3 7 .364 J06 Chicago S 5 JOOlPhiladel Friday's Bantits Philadelphia 4. Brooklyn 1. taeipcua . nroouyn z. innati a Pittsburgh S. so 4. St Louis I . York 3, Boston L j Cincinnati Chicai New AHXtlCAN LtAGCl ? i w L Prt.i - ' ' ' W L Pet New York 8 1 Wst. Xeuia S I .411 Cleveland 7 3 .TWIWaah. 4 7 J64 Boston I I M0 Chicago' V 3 7 J06 Detroit 7 I JUiPblladel 3 t J73 rrMars -Stcntts - . - - Maw Tork a. Boston a Detroit S. Chicago 1. Cleveland 3, St. Louis 1 PhUadcJpMa 7, Washington 3. Lri&s sr i nr right hander who won 22 games ex-mates, Fhiladelphia Phillies, In Hlgbe's strong right arm. Champ Joe "Chappie" Blackburn, the trainers of the prize ring and himself one of ttie greatest defense lightweight fighters who ever lived. Blackburn was regarded on the road to recovery from a siege of pneumonia. Convalescing at home the last three weeks, he had gone for an automobile ride Wed nesday and had planned another Sunday. A few minutes before noon Friday, however, he was stricken and died, apparently from a heart ailment. He was 58 years Old. ; Blackburn became Louis' trainer soon after the Brown Bomber turned professional, guided him to an eight round knockout and championship vic tory over Jim Brad dock In 1937 and had been in Joe's corner In every fight since .until he became 111 shortly before the Abe Simon bout, March 27. On that occasion Louis made no secret that he had to win for Chappie,' as he affectionately referred to his trainer. Joe did in six rounds, then stepped to the radio and said: "I hope you're satisfied, Chap pie." A big grin and "I sure in," was Blackburn's response front bis hospital bed. Blackburn, also called Louis' "Mr. Brain," guided Joe through 20 successful title defenses. Pre viously he had trained such rank ing fighters as Sammy MandelL Bud Taylor and John Henry Lewis. MIDDLE DISTANCE STAR By Sords AiO DlStViCZV I ;iiss; JUL i4DtAus eeiLUAtfi Dodger Victory March St ivoiuy Reds Takfe Buc Series ; Giants, Bop Braves; Poliet's Debut Ruined TnnTADELPHIA. April 2-(ff) The five-game winning streak of the' Brooklyn Dodgers was brought to an abrupt. hal; Friday as the Phils carved themselves a 4 to 2 victory on the" five-hit hurl in.o Frank Hoerst andthe hit ting -of -Danny Litwhfler and Ben Warren. - J ! The Thfls peppered Kirby: L Higbe .whe.wat jt Jeanimate until he won promotion to the Dodgers last year,". for 11 'safe ties and blew the ball game wide open in the eighth inning when Warren singled to center with the bases loaded for the mar ginal runs. Litwhiler made four hits, one of them a homer with Al Glossop aboard in the sixth.'- " -' Brooklyn -L100 J00 000 2 5 1 Phila. -.000 002 02x 4 11 1 Higbe and Owen; Hoerst and Warren. Cincy 9,Bucs 5 . PITTSBURGH, April 24-() Frank McCormick and Ival Good man gave the Cincinnati Reds a one-two" punch which resulted in a 9-5 victory , Friday" over the Pittsburgh Pirates and a sweep of the two-game series. McCormick drove in five runs, hoisting a homer which ac counted for three of the Reds' four runs In the fourth and doubling home two more runs In Cincinnati's four-run sixth' faming rally. Goodman had a ' perfect day, " hitting four for four, including two doubles. Cincinnati ..000 4041009 11 0 Pittsburgh ..000 005 0005 9 2 Starr, Beggs (6) and Hemsley; Dietz, Bornicki (6), Wilkie (6, Strincevich (7), Klinger (9) and Lopez, Gustine (7), Baker (7). Giants 3, Braves 1 NEW YORK, April 24--The New York Giants were held to four hits by three Boston pitch ers Friday, but continued to get the greatest possible mileage on their blows and brought Lefty Cliff Melton his second straight triumph over the Braves 3 to 1. Boston 000 000 0101 8 2 New York. 000 200 10x 3 4 2 Tost, Errickson (7), Sain (7), and Kluttz; Melton and Danning. Cubs 4, Cards 3 CHICAGO, April 24-frP) Howard Pollet, making his first start of the season, waa knocked out in the first Inning "by the Chicago Cubs Friday who went on to defeat the St. Louis Car dinals, 4 to 3, despite a five hit attack against PoUett, Marry Dickson, BUI Lorhman and Clyde Shoun. St Louis 000 000 2103 6 3 Chicago 301000 00x 4 5 2 Pollet Dickson (1), Lohrman (7), Shoun (8), and W. Cooper; Schmitz, Pressnell (9) and Her nandez. Beaver, Duck Tennis Teams Both Victors CORVALLIS, Ore, April 24 (yP) Oregon State college tennis players won out In the final set Friday to defeat Washington State college, 4-3. EUGENE, Ore, April t-JP) The University of Oregon ten nis team won its first victory of the season Friday, defeat ing Idaho, 5-2. opped ' M. Ml ! Clipped : If ''II ... ' i- I Our; Senators Leave For Tacoma to Open Season Tonight; Clow to Hurl . .. , By AL LIGHTNER ' ' - Statesman Sports Editor .'. Our 1942 Salem Senators bead Tacoma, Wash., way today to open the Western International league season tonight with the Tacoma Tigers. Vancouver and Spokane, the other two members of the circuit, open their half in Spokane. The' Solons will open with Kenny Clow on the mound and he'll be countered with If tyr Al Lien of the TigersT After play Bevos Do It Again! This Time Shutout . PORTLAND, April Z4-JF) The Portland. Beavers made ft four in a row over the Holly wood Stars m a Coast league baseball game tonight, 5 to I. Syd Cohen, Portland pitcher, limited the Stars to six hits. Hollywood ....000 000 0000 6 0 Portland 300110 00x 5 8 0 Perez and Brenzel; Cohen and Castro. LA 9, Sacs 4 LOS - ANGELES, April , 24-W Coast (first game of doublehead- er). Sacramento.. 000 300 010-4 9 0 Los Angeles 042 100 ll-9 12 2 Wicker, Polly (3), Pintar (5), Schmidt (8) and Marshall; Prim, Davis (5) and Todd. Padres 8, Seals 3 SAN FRANCISCO, April (P)-Night game: San Diego .. 002 003 102-8 15 San Fran 003 000 000-3 5 Dilbeck and Salkeld; Jansen, Cadinha (7) and Ogrodowski. Viking Golf ers Win 6- Way Tilt At Corvallis Salem high's golfing gang won their second meet of the year at Corvallis Friday, a six-day match between the Viks, Corvallis, Eu gene, Albany, University high of Eugene and Bend. The Red and Blacks nosed Cor vallis 58 to 57. Eugene high was third with 44, Bend fourth with 32, University fifth with 16 and Albany sixth with 12 points. Bob Sederstrom, the Vlk's No. 1 man, was medalist with a 78 and finished second in point scoring to mate Dick Senter. Senter accounted for 14 tallies, Sederstrom 13. Other Salem high participants and their points were Charlie Beardsley with 12; Jim Sheld on with nine and Pee Wee Thomp son with 10. The matches were played over the Corvallis club course, scene of the state tournament on May 8. The tourney will be the next competition for the Sa lem team. Holweger's Hit Wins for OCE MONMOUTH The Oregon Col' lege of Education Wolves took advantage of two ninth inning Pa cific university errors and a hit by Gene Holweger to down the Badgers 3 to 2 here Friday. Carl Sieverson and Pete McNab were safe on the boots and advanced to second and third when the next man Walked. Then Holweger laced his drive into left to win the closely fought game. ucc ntcner lurx battled on even terms with Hayes of Pacific who had the game won going info the last half of the ninth. His mates defenses then flew apart setting up the tallies. R H E Pacific 2 4 OSE S 6 Hayes and Hadlock; Kirk and Phelps. WSC-Idaho Meet Today MOSCOW, Idaho, April 24-(ff) The University of Idaho and Washington State college will col lide in a track meet here Saturday, the first. Pacific Coast conference northern division appearance for either: team this year. Jacobs Says His hjuns Okeh; Caps There; Ready for Opener ; SPOKANE, April 24-(ff-The Spokane Indians of 1942 "won't hit 'em as far, but just as of ten? as did the Tribe's West ern International baseball league champions of 1941, Manager Ray Jacobs predicted Friday. , ' The club, manned mostly the crown Saturday night against the Vancouver Capilanos. The Caps arrived Friday and took a brief afternoon workout . Jacobs has named ene of hk pitch the opener, opposing eith er Xlgr. Den Osborn er Pet- ing Tacoma four games, the Sen ators move to Spokane for seven, returning to Salem to open the lo cal season against Tacoma oh May 5. . . . - f Saturday night's openers will mark the sixth birthday of the KTL. and willv undoubtedly, prove the most trying season fa. the league's history. Operating usually as a six team circuit, the WI lost two of her fran chises during the winter when Wenatchee and Yakima folded. The war and its Influence' has ripped respective rosters of the four teams left to only shreds of what they usually are. All clubs have found it extremely difficult to obtain proved players, espe cially pitchers. Spekasie, for the past two years the dominating WTL club, appears hardest hit with only four veterans returning, 'and none key p 1 a y e r s Outfield er Dwight Aden, First Baseman Vic Buccola, Catcher Kenny Myers and Pitcher Murray O'Flynn. . Vancouver,' stocked with ' op tionees from the Coast circuit, had three returning lettermen Manager-pitcher Don Osborn, Pitcher Pete Jonas and First Sacker Bill Wright Tacoma, because of a .better grade of pitching, reported power and better balance, appears the team to beat although having only four veterans return Pitcher Del Holmes, Outfielder Morry Ab bott, Outfields Roy Younkers and Pitcher Al Lien. Salem, with six vets back Manager Charlie Petersen, sec ond baseman Alf Cailteaux, catcher-outfielder Jack Warren, third baseman-outfielder Bill Johnson, Infielder Eddie George, and first baseman Clint Came ron could surprise if what pitchers the Solons have hold up under fire. The rest of the respective rost ers have been stocked with sand lot stars, , class C and Class D ickups, and a noticeably few 'oast league optionees. e But they're off Saturday night In the sixth annual flag chase. How or where they'll end up this time Is tougher to decide than ever before. We like Tacoma for the top spot as the Tigers have more experience, probably better pitchers and what they aU need t power. ' Vancouver's house full of optionees rates our sec ond enolee, and a battle for third win rage between Salem and Spokane. Viks Vie With Frost Today Salem high's Viking baseball ag gregation met with another defeat Friday afternoon defeat at the hands of " the weather warrior named Jupe, as their scheduled tilt at Mflwaukie was postponed. Coach Harold Hank's Salem nine win try It again this morn ing, however, at IS ajtu when they are slated for a seven In ning go with the University of Oregon Frosh at George E. Wa ters park. Serving up the sphere for the Viks this morning will probably be Carl Butte, lanky speed ball hurler, providing combined com plications of a sore arm and his competition in the state band tournament at Corvallis do not interfere. Don Toomb, veteran backstop. Is slated to do the oth er end chores. UO Hopes Depend On Versatility EUGENE, April 24--Coach Bill Hayward sized up his under manned Oregon track team Friday and concluded Webfoot versatility "is the lone hope for a dual meet victory over Oregon State Satur day. - He assigned double duty to Don Wilson. Stan Sklllleorn, Bin Koss and Bruce Maxer In the distance runs anil u usual much depends upon what Zenas But ler noes tn a full assortment of sprints at the Corvallis meet; The Oregon Frosh and . the Beaver Rooks also meet Sat urday. by rookies, opens its defense of r : Jonas of the Caps. .The two teams will be guests of the gag-minded Athletic Round Table Saturday at , a ' pre-gamV luncheon. The gam is to start at 730 pan, with Mayor Fraalt Sutherlin tossing in fh, first ball i 1 i X I i f f t V US'
