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Thm Sicrtwman. Salem. 1 Oregon. Tifday. April 1. 1947
The nationwide baseball "day"
lor Babe Rath, Sunday. April 17,
. win b observed locally sans; a
tan came. The Senate are Idle
that day, wont luck, after having
fieJ&bed a aeries la Victoria tbe
day before. Se that's a day upon
which well . Just have to wish
the Bambino lack while set
perched at the ball yard watching
a raaae he helped make what it Is
Way . . . Nat eely is Wally
FUrer absent from bath the Sen
ator aad Beaver clubs, bat be will
likely be right bete at heme hob
Wiag around far another month.
Wally had his injured knee tapped
far water, bat blood came Instead.
The hemorrhaging will keep him
aaelved far another fear or fife
weeks ; . . i We've seen the Med
faad ball arena many times, and
believe as. If this new Senatar
Outfielder Ben Gregory, ; af San
Bernardino, Cal- has power
rh to conqner - the -.fences
It as he has been data,
enough ta dwarf the bar
riers around . any yard to the
leatae. And that, friends.; la goad
atw . Especially if the bir six-
footer can -de It often . . . .
GUI to Plutk Atcard
The Seattle Cougar club, a rea-
aoaable facsimile to the famous
Spokane Athletic Round Table,
will bald Its annual basketball
party "April 111 Nat that such
aaeaaa aaach to aaUTea this far
swath. Bat what does ' demand
pedal notice Irlhe fact that Ore
m SUteslSIata Gill will be
srant that night to receive his
.aecelaee aa "coach af the year,
Raw.' Job with his Beavers aver
the winter is tops with the dab
fcalloloeri ... . And haw It es
caped acta press wired to these
parts we deal knew, bat . Ore-
- tan's Howard . Hebsen was last
week elected president af the aa
ttaawl amort itioa of basketball
roaches darts a; -. the - meetiax in
'ewJ York City. Bobby has for
nsaay years been active in asse-
eiaUoa affairs aad has served as
vice-president and head i af sev
era! committees ....
The Awful Truth ' J
The , Coast learne derby takes
aff today and. as folly expected.
. the parent Portlands are picked
aa finish nowhere near the top.
All that help promised : from the
Yankees and Detroit has so far
am mated to little more than mew
ttonable. Consequently, i "Milk-
wamn- Tamer wiU be "Miracle
aaaa" Tamer if he herds 'the
Bearers anywhere ; near the first
davisJen. Quite naturally' , any-
aat Interested is the welfare af
the town Senators Is most cer
tainly bopef h1 that the Fertlands
: da upper division - chores in tbe
AAA aap. Aad what dab Own
rr George Xorgaa mast be think-.
,of to spring the current Beav
ers an the improved Coast league
field is mast certainly baffling.
The man surely isn't brake and
they've yet to write ,a baseball
law "forbidding the purchase of
Class AAA talent i
Tbe Beaver pugnt wounds as
(aad many others in these parts)
amt nearly as mncb, as that which
laware to accompany the Senators
wh they commence HTL play
, IS days hence.-And If Nergan at
Co. doesn't begin Inoculating Jack
Wilson's present hand soon, 'twill
be a sorrowful plight Indeed. The
elab is now leas : than ; half as
sCroag as It was when it finished
accand a year ago,' and from tbe
looks ef things now. the seeded
help Just isn't going to come suf fl
efcently- enough even when the
Beavers make their final cut f
We're sure Mr.Nargan doesn't
need the likes of us to tell him
" that a poor ball elab here will lose
him money. He made a wad af
the- stuff last semester r with I a
-' w-hauer. But then maybe this year
v he -ts feeling sorry for the other
aeVesi members af the circuit : !
Solon Hare New Trainert
-To lighter things., the: Senators
' aVo have a new trainer. He's Jack
Boa, a full-fedged Canadian
fram Winnipeg. Manitoba who last
v year became associated with the
. meals throagh a friendship with
,Carl Gunaarson. Like Carl in
s that he plays ice hockey during
taew-mtcr months La Vancouver.
- Bang - learned his - conditioning
ABCi under Billy Hughes, repu
t table trainer for S the Winnipc r
Blag; Bombers football team,
atartin- in 1935. Since then he
i has been massaging- sore muscles
la 'football! hockey and baseball.
He's now vwith the Senators on a
- fall-time basis and gets - along
wonderfully with tbe players.
Cenlah, Rqcky'
A wai tirig Zale
KANSAS CI3?Y. March 31 -IS
-llarrel Cerdan, European mid
Cleweicht ChamDion. Mml n
shot at Champion sTony Zale by
ziatieoing Harold Green o
Brooklyn Friday, but Rocky Gra
IODO Still will ret first rlunr s
the crown, Art Winch, Zale s co-
inanaser, saia today. l
Winch is here with his 160
pound champion for a non-title
bexit with Al Timmons, Cleve-
jaaxi Ufht-heavy,
nigit.
tomorrow
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7-Man Mat
' Seven Junior-heavyweight sise mat gladla-
tors, with two objects in mind - - gain a erack at
Bill (Bull) Weidners title belt and grab a leg of
the large sliver trophy which i
goes ta he -who has his name ln
: scribed thereon . three times - -tonight
grapple off Matchmaker
Elton Owen's single-elimination
tournament at tbe Ferry. Street
Garden. The mat party, to In
clude at least six matches, will
start aff at S:2o o'clock when all
seven participants gather in the
ring ' ta draw : for first round
alrfnrs.
The callerrltes. ' always will
ing ta help' referee on Tuesday
nights, will kctually take part In
the Judging tonight Should any
JVs, Juniors Pocket
Golden
Two division titles ' and . an assortment of in
dividual player awards were hauled
lem teams as the Portland Golden Ball noop tour
ney wound up last night. Loren - Mart's Salem
high - Jay vees. ended .their unde
feated seasqn in smashing style
and , rang up their 28th straight
win as they took the senior gon
falon with a decisive 46-30 win
over the Levi Fives of Portland.
On top of this Bob Metzger's po
tent Juniors annexed the 14 and
under crown via a 28r25'nod over
the Portland Randolph Foods.
The Salem j crabbed a lion's
share of the individual honors.
The JV's Harry Culberson earn
ed the tourney good sportsman
ship award: the Juniors' Daryl Gi
rod grabbed the outstanding play
er toga in the 14 and under grpup,
as did JV Ted CoValt in the sen
ior division. And SEVEN local
hoopers made the all-stars teams
to wit: Intermediates Bud ,DuvaI
of the Intermediates; 14 and 'un
der Jim Rock and Daryl Girod;
Senior - Harry Culberson, , Ted
Covalt, and Tom Paulus.
The JVs won their title handily
last night after a close first half
which saw the Mortmen leading
by a bare 22-21 at the intermis
sion. Forward Bill Johnson paced
them with 12 points. The Metz-
gert; pulled through with a last
quarter ..rally 'to win after trailing
three-fourths of the game.-. . ,.
ADO JVs. Juniors . 1'4-JO-l - ii
Salem: JVs (W) ., (M) iti w
Spasle iS) w T eern.i
Johnson OS) i T (0) KehrU
Pauhit (I) Z- C. - tS -Trmxier
Cowan (1) 0.:,,,.-,j. Neteoa
Culberson- () G Li U)-Perry
Subs: JVs rasnacht (7). tummirit.
Shafer, Cirod (7). Levi stnies, rwte
ber. ,. . . - . . - . . - - ,
eiiiiig Night
Ducats Moviiisr
All box seats have been ' gob
bled up and opening night, cus
tomers have absorbed; a number
of the all-reserved - grandstand
perches for 'the Salem Senators'
opening game Friday night, April
18, the club - business office an
nounced yesterday. The tickets
are on sale at Maple's .sporting
goods - store . and.: if purchased
there,, must be picked up at the
time of purchase. The entire Wa
ters park grandstand i is being re
served for. the opening game with
Vancouver. Over 275 seats in it
have been sold. No bleacher duc
ats have been placed on sale yet.
Local Matmen
Pocket Titles
A pair of Salem YMCA matmen
brought titles home from the state
AAU -championships held in Port
land Sunday. Merle Kirchem
nabbed tbe 165-pound gonfalon
with a close decision over his fel
low Salemite and brother, Marion
Kirchem. The other i local : win
ner was Roy , Hutchinson,. ; who
pinned Carmen Grier, unattached,
to take the 128-pound oga.
Portland .wrestlers gained
major share of the crowns.
Youths Forge
To ABC Lead
IXS ANGELES, March Z1.-(JP)
A pair of youngsters, 15-year-old
Allen Spector and 22-year-old
Kenneth Hunt, shot a sizzling 1260
today to take over first place in
the American bowling congress
doubles. Hitting the 200 mark in
five of their six individual efforts.
the youngsters put together game
totals of 455, 401 and 404 to sur
pass the previous high by an even
50 pins, rolled by Edmund Bruis
eret and -Michael Debridget of
Long Beach, Calif, f .
. The leaders in the various di
visions' are: five-man El Charro
cafe, Lodi, Calif, 2885. Two-man
Allan Spector-Kenneth Hunt
Los Angeles, 1260. Singles Ernest
Dell Dotto, Merced. Calif , 6?0.
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'Old Salt' Ingram Tells 'Em
CHICAGO. March 31-AVThe
walls reverberated at the all
America f oho t b a 1 1 conference
meeting:
They wanted a man to run
this league who can get tough.
Well, you've got him. and I
mean .business.".
The orator, heard by newsmen
through. barred doors,: obviously
was new League Commissioner
Jonas - Ingram, .who today met
1 his all-America employers for
the first time at a special meet
ing to iron out 1947 schedule
difficulties. Ingram, former ad
miral and wartime commander
of tbe Atlantic fleet, boomed out
-la. quarterdeck tones: -
"Well stay here until we get
this ' schedule ' threshed out - -and
I don't ear If It takes three
day a."
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Tourney
TonigHt at Armory ;
matches ga the allotted IS minutes sans a fall,
the customers ; will decide winners .via applause.
'Which will make Referee Tony Ross' assignment
considerably easier.. One fall or a disqualifica
tion will decide any match, however, and he who
is spilled or fouled out Is eliminated for the night.
Only winners advance toward the final match.
. Lined np for tbe always rip-roarious tourney
and lta action-filled matches, are the following:
Buck Weaver, popular and tricky' as they come
locally; Georges Dusette, a rival for Weaver's
crown as most popular and easily the strongest
gent in the conclave; Gray Mask, the head-splitter
himself; Bearded Benny Trodell, the Ontario
backwoodsman; Canadian Herb Parks, as capable
an operator as there Is in the northwest; "Goril
la" Poggl, the Argentine nasty and Pedro Cortex,
. a brand new face in these parts, hailing from
South America. :
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Back Weaver
of the single fall
down by Sa
Stadium Officials'
Voic No Mud in Fall
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PORTLAND. Ore March Jl-
(P) -Multnomah stadium football
field a quagmire in the fall
rainr season will be rebuilt in
time for the September 27 Ore
gon-Texas game, stadium officials
said today. The field drew par
ticularly sharp criticism from vis
iting coaches last fall. Both Ore
gon and Oregon State play some
of their games in the stadium and
it is the regular home field for
the University of Portland.
With Dallas 9
Salem" high's all-veteran base
ball team opens its 1947 season
today, weather permitting with
a practice tilt at Dallas with bod
Daggett's Willamette '. Valley
league Dragons." , The game is set
for -the .diamond adjacent , to the
Dallas high school.
Coach . Harold Hauk will likely
inaugurate the season with the
following lineup: Dick Allison,
catch; Rod Province, or Bud Craig,
pitch; Del Kleen or Carlos Houck,
first; Dick Hendrie, second: Rog
er: Dasch, short; .Craig or Houck,
third; -Warren yaldex,j Frank Os:
born, i Dick
Fleming or Ralph
Hammack.
Junibr. League
it
. Prospective sponsors and
coaches af the annual Salem Jun
ior. Baseball . league teams are
urged to meet tonight with
league officers at: the chamber
of commerce. 8 e clock, accord
lug ; to Secretary Ralph Caley.
This will be the; annual spring
meeting for the league, and a
number of business Items are up
far discussion and action. Span
son who backed teams , In last
summer's derbies will be given
preference again this tear, but
should have representation at to-
' night's session. Anyone ? Interest
ed In coaching In the leagues is
also asked to attend. '
Semipro; Loops
Ready
PORTLAND. March' 31-UP)
Oregon's state . semi-pro league,
which once graduated such stars
as Johnny Pesky and Roy Helser,
will begin - play May 25 i after a
wartime lapse. A new ball park
at Bend, night, lighting I at; . Mc-
Mmnville, and a revamped park
at Silverton are in the blueprints
for the; loop which, held! a final
organization meeting at Albany
April 20. ' ' ;.
The . Willamette Valley loop
I opens, its season April 20, Oregon
viiy piaymg at nuiameiw, saini
Paul at Canby, Sublimity at Mo
lalla, and an eighth club at Mount
Angel. The eighth member both
Woodburn and Sandy have put in
bids for the spot will be chosen
Wednesday. - s
Duck Pins
Ladies ' league results last
night at B & B bowling! courts
Included: Oregon Flax 4, Sim
mons 0 (forfeit); Deaconess X,
Ladd Si Bush 1; Peacock Clean
ers 4, The nomestead 6. Lora
Nelson took high series and
game with 541 and 24C i
. The all-America loop which
started last year as a major lea
gue rival to the long-established
national football league today
ratified Ingram's appointment to
the S30,000-a-year job and also
amended the league constitution
to provide for a deputy commis
sioner. Ingram recently named
O. O. (Scrappy) Erasing as dep
uty commissioner at an unan
nounced salary.
The New York Tankees said
they still were interested In
signing Buddy Young, fleet for
mer Illinois halfback, but would
mark tizne until he became "av
ailable.' Young last winter, quit
school and announced his inten
tion of turning professional al
though be had two seasons of
collegiate competition remain
ing. : , . " .
Wilson
Vikin
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Tmiial
Sclied
WaUs
Hurlers
- Scarce in Salem Camp
-MEDFORD, March 3 WSpedal )-The Salem
Senators - today returned to their spring training
chores here following a two-day layoff because of
bad .weather, but Manager Jack Wilson taw only
woe for his 18-man squad for the
coming weekend 'when it plays
five games in three days. Of the
18 men in camp only six are pitch
ers, and one of the six is Mana
ger Wilson himselt The Senators
are scheduled to play Oregon
State college here Friday night
and twice Saturday afternoon, and
then have 'two more games Sun-
LOS ANGELES, March H-i.'P)
Mel Nunea, Portland Beayer
second saeker, has been assigned
ta the Salem farm club in the
Western International league.
Beaver Manager Jim Turner
announced today.
day with Portland university. Des
titute for hurlers, Wilson said to
day he probably will have to
pitch one of the weekend games
nimseift -
' A r temporary answer to Wil
sons cry ior piicners .was an
swered by the veteran Moose Cla
baugh today. Clabaugh visited the
camp and pitched the batting:
practice session. - ,
; Additional help Is expected
from Portland- soon, Wilson said,
and lta is hoped some seasoned
moundsmen are in the lot.
Those nlayers now in camn with
Wilson 'following last Saturday's
13-man cuti Pitcners Kenny Wr
att, Dallas; Ron Bowen, Portland;
Dan OToole, . Portland; Paul So
derburg, ; Log Angeles: Dick
O'Boyle,'; Seattle; Jerry . Nelson,
winioca, wasn. Catchers Don
Cook, . Santa Monica, and . Ted
Kerr. San Diego. Innelders Jim
West, Seattle; Lou Kubiak, Los
Angeles; Henry Bartoloraei, San
Francisco; Rich Gentzkow, Salem;
Bud Peterson, Portland land Clay
Clayton, Grants PassOutfielders
Ben Gregory, San Bernardino;
Paul Halter, Woodbuiin ; Tom
Jones," Seattle, and Firank Luc-
chesi, San Francisco,
wnat players are lnl camp are
instilled with plenty of drive and
hustle, at Wilson's request. "They
will hustle, or else 1'1 vfrarns the
manager. The club, Wilson and
Business Manager George Emigh
were feted tonight by the Med-
ford Craters during a banquet.
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Newcomer
Hits
Golf Jackp
CHARLOTTE, N. C, March 31
WVCary Middlecoff, the IMemph
is dentist who passed up' a berth
with the Wajkercvre am to give
mmseii a, two-year tesx aa a .pro
fessional golfer, won the Char
lotte open tournament playoff to
day with a smashing , 32-32 64,
eight under par, to trim George
Schoux, the San Franciscan who
plays -out of Mamaroneck, N. Y.
by nine strokes. ' i - -
In equalling the compeiitive
record .'for the 6,410-yard Myers
park course, set in last year's
tournament by . national i open
champion- Lloyd Mangrum. ! Midv
dlecoff pocketed $2,000 first; prize
money in his tmra surt as
professional. j
109 Orangemen
Begin Practice
CORVALLIS. Ore, March 31
Cfln-Thirty-one Oregon State foot
"ball lettermen from 1945 nd '46
squads checked in today for
equipment issue and Coach Lon
Stiner listed 109 candidates for
spring practice opening j tomor
row. Late arrivals will boost the
club to 125 men ' from; which
Stiner faces the job of forming
an almost new varsity first string
for the 1947 season.
Lettermen checkin in today In
clude Jerrv Lone. Garth Rouse. Tom
Desylvia. Bob Grove. Dave Anderson,
Lick Lorenz. Don Campbell. Joe Hell-
berg, Don Mast. Bill Gray. Ed Carmi
chael Rudy Ruppe, Ralph Harper, War
ren Stmaa, Ray Crane. Bill Austin, Bob
Krell, Hal Puddy. Duane Moore. Don
Ham.' Bert Allinger. Bob Reiman. Paul
Evenien. Bob Laidlaw. Ralph Davis,
Dick Miller. Don Samuel. Ron Mc-
Reary and Dick Twenge.
DiMag Gloomy
About Chances f
ST. PETERSBURG, Ha March
31-(!P)-While a glum Joe DiMag
gio hobbled about in sneakers to
protect his healing heel wound,
Yankee President Larry Mac
Phail prepared today to depart for
a look at his farm teams in Flor
ida and 'along the eastern sea
board. DiMaggio, who underwent an
operation to remove a bone spur
and later a skin grafting opera
tion to hasten the healing- of , the
wound, la downcast about his1 in
ability to' get into action and fears
he may miss a good chunk of the
coming season.
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CURTAIN RAISER: Big Jack1 Salveson (abave), Partland pitching
veteran will go to tbe post for the Beavers In Lot Angeles today as
the 45th Pacific Coast learne baseball season bp anchor. Salve
aaa waa ana af the mora effective Beaver filacers laat season.
Battlers End Training
Reeking eanfidence and Jbeasting tip-tap shape, both Harold
(Snooks) Lacey and Bobby Richards Monday buttoned p respec
tive traininr grinds for their Northwest featherweUht champion
ship 15-roander at, the armory Wednesday night. Today's work
for the pair who wafted a 10-ronnd draw here three weeks back
will include anly light bag pnnchinr. Both most enter the armory
ring Wednesday nlht at not more than 126 pounds,-or forfeit the
S100 weight and appearance money posted with Matchmaker Tex
Salkeld. ' ( '
Ducats for the 33-reund show, at na hike In prices, went on
sale yesterday at Maple's and. the first-day business Indicated
considerable Interest In the party.
. Another who insists he is in top fettle and ready to again
post a kayo win aver his foe is Dick Abney, the villaae middle
weight wha biffs with Ray Garcia, Denver Mexican, to the six
round semiwindup. Abney is especially sharp for this one. for he
Is meeting Garcia on a, winner take, all basis. : ! -
The -trio of four-rounders which open the shew at 1:3
'clack: Ralph Ayers, Salem, vs. Kelly (Deacon) Jackson. Part
land, welters; Glenn King, Portland, vs. Nkk Barley. Portland,
middles; Hal Fries.-Salem, va. Johnny Archuleta. Denver, feath
ers. Boxing commission Chairman Howard Jbfaple yesterday an
nounced he had appointed Frank Saunders and Harry Collins aa
Judges to assist Referee Packy McFarland In officiating the "ne
draw1 main event should It not end la a knockout. -.
IFuSDnuim
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la answer to the numerous
Inquiries, -regarding the 1947
angling regulations, the Game
, Commission advisee - that the
state-printing of rice has had ta
delay the printing of the angling
! synopsis until the present lefte
, latlve session , adjourns because
i the pressure of work brought
.about by the legislature. The
synopsis will be printed and
distributed as soon as possible
and should be available prior to
the openlna of the general
angling season.
Opening of the trout season
falls an April ZC throughout the
state with certain exceptions. In
cluding tidewater' areas, Lake
and Harney counties and various
lakes and. streams having spe
cial seasons or closure. The
trout season la tidewater sec
tions will ; open en Jane 15, in
Lake county an May 20, and In
Harney .county on May 31.
Cloth signs have, been sent out
to Commission flcidmen for use
' In posting waters that are closed
' to angling ar that have special
seasons. '.
Camp Notes
HOUSTON; Tex.. March 31 (AP)
The Boston Red Sox. witri Ted Hugh
son going the distance; scored a 4 to
I win over-the Houston Buffs of the
Texaa league here today. Hughson gave
up seven nita. one more than hl mates
collected off a trio of Houston chuck
ers. The Bed Sox hurler fanned 10
men. j
TUCSON. Aril.. March 31 (AP)
rat Pat seerey clubbed his eighth
homer of the grapefruit season today
but the Cleveland Indians dropped
an S-S decision to the Chicago Cuba
for their fourth fosa in five exhibi
tion starts against the National leag
uers. JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. March 31
(API Manager Billy Southworth and
hla Boston Braves spent moat of today
traveling here from Tampa. The
Tribesmen will open a three-game aer
ies With the Detroit Tigers tomorrow
with Johnny
Sain as
Boston's start-
tng pitcher.
,ST. PETERSBURG. Fla . March 31
(AP) A home run by Frank. Baura
holtx with a teammate on base gave
the Cincinnati Reds their -two lone
runs as the St. Louis Cardinals amass
ed 13 hits for a 7 to 2 victory oyer the
Reds today.
MIAMI BEACH. Fla.. March 31
(AP) A three-run homer fry Piricb
hitter Chet Laaba in the- tenth innint
today enabled the St. Louis Brown
to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates. 7-5. in
a Grapefruit league game. ! -
PHOENIX. Aril. March 31 (APU
The New York Giants put on a ninth
inning rally to defeat the Chicago
White Sox today, 9 to . Kennedy
rlouted a two-run homer for the White
Sox in the first -inning.
WASHINGTON. March, 31 (API-Fleet-footed
GU Coan. hailed as the
best ball player in the minor leagues
in 1B45. is going back to the minors.
- President' Clark Griffith of the
Washington Senators announced today
the release of Coan to the club's Chat
tanooga farm In the Southern associa
tion. DEAN TO SKIPPER
LITTLE ROCK, March
i-Paul Dean, former St. Louis
Cardinal pitcher, said tonight he
would formally sign a contract to
manage Ottawa in the newly-organized
Canadian league next
week. i
WEBB WINS
MONTREAL, Merch l-(!P)
Danny Webb tonight retained his
Canadian lightweight champion
ship - with a split decision' over
veteran Dave Castillpux . from
whom he toek the title last Sep
tember. Both weighed 136.
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Biggest Deal Turned
Down Reveals Rickey
HAVANA, March SHADe
c lining ta naise . the - learn ar
player concerned. Brooklyn
. lyn President Branch ' Rickey
disclosed today that ha had been '
Horned dawn an "the, biggest
deal . ever offered to a major
league elab for a player.'
Newsmen with the club fig
ured that such a "stupendous'
proposition eeuld only concern
i Stoa Mesial, the 8t . Louis'
' Cards first baseman and the
National league's' leading hitter;
Storm Caiicels
Hood Downhill
i TIMBERLTNE LODGE, March
31-'iPr-A blinding- snowfall forced
cancellation yesterday of the
downhill event in the annual far
i " Bill Bowes, Salem slat ex
pert, placed seventh ta the Kan
dahar slalom, receiving a token
award. .
west Jandahar
awards went to
ski meet' and
the Swiss win
ners of Saturday's slalom events.
These were, in order of finish:
Karl Molitor, Edy Rominger and
Paul Valear, all of Switzerland.
Don Amik, . Seattle .wis fourth.
Olivia Ausoni, Switzerland,
topped women s competition. Rno-
dai Wurtele, Montreal, ; Canada,
was second, and her twin sister,
Rhona, third. Ann Volkmann,
rorUand, was fourth.
Fiichock Plans
To Play Again
WASHINGTON, March 21-OP)
Frankie Fiichock. suspended New
York Giant gridder, is going into
the frozen custard business, but
he doesn't intend to quit pro foot
ball. Fiichock and Merle Hapes,
also of the Giants, were suspend
ed last fall after they had been
approached by a gambler who
wanted to fix a playoff game be
tween the Giants and the Chicago
Bears. Tney still are tinder a tern
pprary suspension, awaiting a fi
nal decision from Bert Bell.': Na
tional football league commission
er.
Last week Hapes announced he
was through with pro .'ball. He
plans to coach next fall' at a Mis
sissippi high school.
But Fiichock told a reporter to
day he hopes to be with the Gi
ants againnext year.
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Portland Opens
Favored to Retain Gonfalotl
By Bill Becker ; : . .
LOS ANGELES, March SL-tfVIt's -play baUfomorrow fos
the Pacific Coast league, first --as usual --to open the 1947 base
bail season. Two games Portland at Los Angeles and. Hollywood
at Sacramento- and a pair under, the lights --Oakland at San
Diego And Seattle at San Francisco are on the inaugural card. j .
President' Clarence Rowland-. said be will attend opening night
ceremonies, aa per custom, at thakhome of last year's pennant win--
'ners, the San Francisco Seals. The
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Oaklaaa (Henry Prppen or Balph
ButM at Saat Otef (Teas Seats). SOS
Hollywood (Prank Basse) at Saera
sscaw (Gay Pletener) 1M paa.
NW All-Star '
Teams Named
The annual Northwest confer
ence basketball all-star selections
were announced yesterday by the
coaches of the ; nine member
schools. On the first five are Gene
Peterson of Linfield, the league's
No. 1 scorer and a unanimous
choice; Bob Fincham of College
of Puget Sound, last year's scor
ing champ; Bob Bourland. of Col
lege of Idaho, another of the big
scorers over' the past season; Ron
Weber of U of British Columbia.
the spark plug of the Thunder
birds, and Bob Pollard, Lewis St
Clark's gigantic center. ,
Willamette's Duane Ragxdale
pulled down a -berth on the sec
ond five, along with Bill Dresser
and Art Verment of Linfield and
Harry Kermode of ' Linfield and
Reed Fay lor of College of Idaho.
Eyeing Vernon
ORLANDO. Fla, March Jl-tan
With two weeks ef spring training
remaining, the Washington Sen
ators' baseball team is. still being
shadowed by New York Yankee
officials who are hopeful of ac
quiring first basernan. Mickey Ver
non. - 'VT
. The Yanks-made their first bid
for Vernon to January. Within
the past ten days, . working in
shifts, two Yankee scouts - and
President Larry MacPhail have
been on hand to watch the Sena'
tors perform. t i '
A deal may be In the wind de
spite owner Clark Griffith's fre
quent denials. Washington Is In
desperate need of a shortstop and
catcher. The Yanks need a first
baseman and with Joe DiMaggio,
unable to open the season In cen
terfleld because of a heel opera
tion are more than likely to bar
gain for Stan Spence, outstanding
Senator outfielder. -
Monarclis Df op
Eagles Again
HOLLYWOOD, 'March ll-ff)
The Los Angeles Monarchs. meet
ing: only meager opposition,- made
it two straight over. Portland to
night by trouncing the 'Eagles
to 2 in the second game of their
best four-out-of-seven series for
the Pacific Coast hockey league
championships. j ; ' - ,
The teams now move to 'Port
land for the remainder of series,
with the next game scheduled for
Friday. ; ;p:
Chase Still Critical i
COLUSA, Calif, March Jl-CP)
Hal Chase, rated as the greatest
fielding first baseman of all time.
spent a -fairly comfortable day at
Colusa Memorial hospital, but he
still is critically 111.
Friends said the 64-year-old
Chase appeared slightly improved.
His nurse said he had a fair night.
He is suffering from a compli
cation oi liver and kidney ail
mefits ' ;
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at LA; Seals
Seals, headed by Veteran Man-
ager
Lefty O'Doul starunx rm
13th year at the: helm, are gen
erally favored to repeat Bit with
most clubs bouterea oy ex-major
leaguers, the race figures to be
closer than in 1948. - ,
First to open, the league also
will be probably the last to close, t
Between" now and Sept. 18, last K
day of the regular, season, eacst
club is slated to play 188 gamee
on 157 playing days. Except , jfop
one split week in August, the cus
tomary week-long series will pre
vail, with Mondays off for trav
eling. . All games the first tw
weeks will be played In Califor
nia. Secondary openers, act Ifoav
April 15, will find Portland, e
attle, Oakland and Hollywoodn
home for the first time. , p
While O'Doul is the managerial
patriarch, the league is welcom
ing four brand new skippers rRi
Collins at San Diego, Dick Barieil.
Sacramento, Bill I Kelly, Los An
geles, and Jim Turner, Portland. -4
Other leaders -4 Casey Stengel,
Oakland; Jimmy ; Dykes,: ; Holly
wood; and Jo-Jo White, SeatUeP
are starting their second seasons.
A brief rundown of the teams,
listed with 1946 standing, disclose
possibility of at least a five-team
battle for the pennant, with Loa
Angeles probably; the Seals chief
rival. ; -j y- -. '
. . San Francisco ( 1 15-68) 4oad
ed with pitching including - ire- t
turnee Bob Joyce, 31rgame win- k
ner in 1845. Only, two regulars) t
missing from last year's pennaaa f
winner Oakland r (lll-72)-y f:
Apparently powerful, but .sale e J;
four pitchers to majors may weak- f
en. ' Late acquiaitiona' may maka i
contender. Hollywood (95-88) f
Some power, with Den Ross; Al V
Libke. Jim Deaung added, butf
pitching casts doubt on chanceol
Los Angeles (94-89) Strong $
contender stocked with . Chicago i
Cube discards Lou Stringer, Johsuf
Ostrowski. ' Cece Garriott, Ray
Prim, et aL Sacramento (94-92 -Good
dark hone with probabljt
strong, pitching and infield rein
forced by Mike Schemer i at first W
and Leo Wells at short. San Diaga i-(78-168)
Much-ImpTovecti; -with
all-ex major outfield i' eg
Daln Qay; Max Wi I Johnny 1
Barrett Grapefruit circuit cham
pions. Portland (75-109.) Lone- - -doubtful
factor. Lefty: Roy Helser
may need mora pitching, batting i
help.' rielding- probably okay. j5e
attle (74-10) Most : overhauled
and perhaps most-improved. -John f
Sturm, John O'Neil, Hillis Layne.i
Bob Johnson may boost wsy ;up.
Shafer, Manning
'Stakes Victors ; i
Despite none 1 too favorable
weather Salem Golf clubbers belt
ed off a partnership sweepstake
tourney over tne weekerxi. First
place - laurels were divided be
tween Frank Shafer : and fciU
Manning:, each of whom had a 141
net score. Tied for second place t
nonors were Bill Goodwin and
Leo Eastey with a 140 net apiece.
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