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By Gayle Talbot
NEW YORK. April 15 -V The
1950 big league baseball campaign
opens on Tuesday in eight cities,
and everything points to two more
gripping pennant races that should
thrill the nation's fans down to
the finish of the 154-game sched
ule. ;.(.. ; ' i ' i
5tM fresh In memory are the
feverish closing hours of last year's
struggles, in which the Brooklyn
Dodgers of the National league and
the New York Yankees of the
American c!a-ed their way past
the St Louis Cardinals and Boston
Bed Sox Into a World Series that
was almost anti-climactic, i
So conditioned has the baseball
public become in recent years to
such hair-raising finishes that It
mors or less expects to sweat
thrauffh a ran ml a nvira' nxt au
tumn. Rare if the expert who picks
the winner in either league with
any degree of confi fence.
Spring training which began a
month and" a half ago has done
little toward clarifying the situs
tion. No contender has stood out
specially. The managers have de
voted themselves largely to trying
to uncover the elusive post-war
rookie stars who might upset the
remarkable balance among the
leading clubs.
Joe McCarthy's Red Sox, who
have missed by such thin margins
the past two years, have been
established 13-10 favorites in the
American league. The ; defending
champion Yankees are Quoted see
ona a i a-z, ueirou inira at
Cleveland fourth at 6-1, and the
rest nowhere.
: Brooklyn, which looks like the
nearest thing to a standout in
either , circuit. Is a short 6-5 to
repeat In the National, : reflecting
the respect for the Dodgers' lusty
hitting, strong-arm pitching and
deep replacements from their farm
system if It Is needed,
The St Louis Cards, growing
older and with no bright new
stars showing up, are quoted at
-i aauut, at uie
Phillies I at 8-1. I and the rebuilt
New York Giants at 12-1.
una National league manager,
who was too smart to permit his
name to be used, told this writer
he wouldn't be surprised to see
the Dodgers sew it up by the
miacue or August"
WIL Opens Up
Tuesday Night
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eola, Gordy Walden, Ken Wyatt,
uene Thompson, Joe Blank en
hip. Jay Ragni, Cy Greenlaw,
Lloyd Dickey. Bob Jensen, Ninl
Tornay. Nick Pesut Glen JStet
ter. Jim Olson. Vlnce Lazor, Bill
Werbowskl, John Conant Hunk
Anderson. Dewey Soriano. Bob
Costello and others whose names
ound a familiar note to WIL fans
the league over.
The strong clubs this year, at
the start at least, loom at Yakima,
Vancouver and Victoria. Others
could secure player help within
the next week or two to establish
themselves as potential flag win
ners also.
Pennant winners la the past
have been Tacoma in 1937, Yaki
ma in 1938 and '49, Wena tehee in
1939 and '40, Spokane to 1940-41-48
and Vancouver in 1942-47. Still
looking; for their first flags art
Salem and Victoria, and of course
the new Tri-City entry. The
league was defunct in; 1943-44-43
because of the war. ' r
Tuesday's opener will be the
eighth la history for the local ball
yard. The Salem elub originated
in 1940 when the BelUngham
franchise waa purchased and mov
ed here by the late George E. Wa
ters. The Senators finished fifth
In 1940, fourth in '41, third in '42.
second in '48, fourth in '47, sixth
in '4 and again sixth last sea
on. '
Ad Llska. for the past 14 years
star performer as a submarine
pitcher for the Portland Beavers,
win pa making his managerial de-
out wnen the Senators open
gainst Tacoma. Before Ad as Sa
lem skippers were Bunny Grif
fiths (1940-41), Charley Petersen
18), the late Leo (Frisco) Ed
wards and Tedd Gullie (1946)
Jade Wilson (1947-48) -and Bill
Beard (1949). Oldest manager in
point of service in the league is
Alan Strange, who bossed at Bre
merton since 1948.
The Senators are scheduled to
flay Tacoma here on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday nichts.
Iter which the Vancouver Caps
come In tor Friday, Saturday and
Sunday engagements. The Salems
then hit the road April 23, play
ing at Victoria and Vancouver.
Opening night seat sales so far
Indicate crowd of around 4000
Tuesday night, if the weather is
helpful The . opening night atten
dance record is 4750, established
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Smiles were plentiful around the WUlamette campus Saturday when It was aaneueed the Bearcats will
play host to the University of Hawaii Rainbows at local Charles E. MeCallech stadium October 14.
The good news is shared (above) by Athletic Director Chester Stackhense, Charlie Nee, Freshman
Quarterback ; Brace Jarman,
beta Bearcat grid vets, call
up from Grant hiih of Portland, and Bill Ewalfke. Nee and Ewalike,
Honolulu home and will be playing against former classmates at Me-
Kinley higb Meanwhile, stadium seat sales havepassed the 31500 mark.
Help! Is Pete's Cry for His Tri-Gty '9'
All that mumbling and grum
bling you've heard from far off
Lindsay, Cat, wasn't another
Golden State earthquake. It was
Just Try-City Braves Mgr. Char
ley Petersen bettering for help
for his Western International
league ball club. The flag reared
likeable who piloted Salem's ! '42
Senators and who rode herd on
last year's Wenatchees before
they moved to the Rkhland-Pas-co
Kennewick area wants
pitchers, a catcher and some in
flelders. He figures onlj his out
field may be set
Gone from this year's club are
such capable as Pitcher Merl
Frlck (W-S). Ioileldera Hal
Khyae (J60), Bob Goldstein
(.369), Clyde llasken (Mt) and
Richie Myers Ul). and Out
fielders Al Libke (.362) and
Dick raber (.305). Se UtUe won
der Pete Is screaming for aid.! He
may get some f those back be
fore long, as the Tri - City nine
is supposed to be still hooked up
with the sinking Sacramentos of
the Coast league.
As Charles Augustas now
stands he has only the nucleus
of a solid ball dob. For pitch-
latonen-Aua Grudge on Top I r
Tuesday Mat Card Now Set
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Matchmaker Elton Owes Sat
urday eempleted the booking for
hie feexj. snatch card en the arm-
Is
day night First
of the two tone
fall prelims will
start at 8:30 p.
m. Then will
follow a 2-of-3
falls semi wind-
Bp, after which N
cones t h e
grndge rematch
involving Paa
vo (King Kong
Katonea and
The Great At
las, i Egotistical
and chesty At
las Is expected to produce an
other of his amazing feats of
strength also.
The aemlwtBdup will bring on
the debet of a brand new tep
Botcher here, Eddie Williams,'
blend edeatlfle who Is graded
A-l. He halls from Mississippi
ml
Arnle Sklnd
and win tangle with Irish Jack
CMey, coast lightheavy champ.
Gorgeous Gordy HesselL; who
chased O'Riley from the premises
last week, will clash with Sod
Fenton, Vancouver, B. C,
tooghle In one of the prelims, and
Arnle Skaaland. young sensa
tion from the Washington Bri
tish Columbia sector will debut
against Johnny! Pavlch in the
other.
The Kaionenj- Atlas retake,
after their bloody ae - contest
brawl of last week, will; have
special rules. It b not to be stop
ped no matter how much blood
is spilled. Atlas bopped open a
bad gash on Katonen's brow last
time, and Referee Harry Elliott
stopped the mix after 18 minutes
and despite a rsglng Katonea
Southpaw Peeve demanded the
rematch, with a "bigger
tougher referee. Owea
signed Back Davidson U "ref
the rematch, which appears to
be a bleed 'a thunder dandy.
Topnotch Tilt for Starter
Cats, Pu
ots
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CHARLEY PETERSEN
ers he has holdovers Btl Cap
linger (13-8). Cy Greenlaw (11
14), Long Loa McCoUnm (14-
13) and Forest (BnUet) OrrelU
(15-10). Then there is Catcher
Nick Pesut (.319). Vie Buccola,
fancy j - fielding first sacker, was
plucked from the Yankee jchain,
so the Braves are well fixed in
that foot Third baseman Neil
Bryant (.294) Is back again. Vet
eran Al Spaeter (.264) has been
secured for second base. Anoth
er catcher and a shortstop are
needed.
Clint Cameron, the league's No.
1 hitter with his .380 mark last
year, is back for outfield duty.
Clint can also catch. Jim War
ner, who set a new Will home
run record in 1949 with. 43
smashes. Is also on hand along
with Dick Favor, hard - hitting
gardener ap from Stockton!' of the
Cal .) State loop. Bat lhafs about
all Petersen baa. until his cries
for help are answered.
A general all - around handy
man himself, Peta may find the
name Petersen holding down a
regmlar's berth when the bell
rings Tuesday night But ltll be
eat of necessity.
Catts Eooh Hawaii.
For Local Tyssfle
Renewing a rivalry the bombing of Pearl Harbor mterrupted.
the Willamette University Bearcats have scheduled the University
of Hawaii Rainbows for the dedicatory gam at sew Charles . Mc
culloch stadium in Salem October 14. Announced Saturday by Ath-
Ileuc Directors Chester Stack
house, Willamette, and Tommy
Kauhikukui, Hawaii, arrange
ments include a! Bearcat trip to
the islands in 1952. j
The last time the two clubs got
together was in Honolulu, Dec 6,
1941 the day before Pearl Har
bor.
AiciAiiiocn stadium, a new
$170,000 plant will be ready for
play September 23 when the Bear
cats open the 195D campaign. Five
home games spice the nine tilt
Willamette schedule.
An advance ucicet sales cam
paign aimed to provide light
ing for night games is expected
to get a shot in the arm with the
announcement of the Hawaiian
engagement Already $1500! worth
of ducats have been sold. '
For six members of thelWilla
mette club the date with Hawaii
will be full of personal rivalry.
Bill Ewaliko, leading 'Cat ground
gainer last year; Charlie Nee
most valuable player: Bill i Keka
hiko, veteran tackle; Newt Kuka-
hiko, Al Minn and Jimmy Noa al
call Hawaii home: and will be pit
tea against several zormer nreD
scnooi Team-mates.
Negotiations between Willam
ette and Hawaii have continued
for several months. The original
invitation came from Honolulu.
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New Group to Sponsor Racing.
Fights, Softball This Summer
The Hollywood outdoor snorts bowl on the northern frinom of thm
aty nas been leased to a local group of men who will operate tha
plant this summer under the "Valley Sports' banner, it was made
xnown saturaay. in xne group, whose offer was accepted by the
Pioneer Trust Co., In charge of tha
bowl, are Curtis Ferguson, N. J.
Arnold, Charles T. Heitz and Mi
chael Carty. I
Another offer, by a Portland
faction, was turned down in fa
vor of the local bid. ,
The new operators will sponsor
both midget and roadster racing;
boxing matches, exhibition soft
ball and other outdoor activities
in he bowl this summer, after
remodeling the premises some
what. Dates of these events wiH
be announced later. !
The group is tied in with the
officials of the midget roadster
and other major auto racing
groups in the northwest and will
have such major pilots as Bob
Gregg. Lou Sherman, Gordy i Liv
ingston, Max Humm, Howie Os
borne, etc. In action hero, along
with their wide assortment of top
notch midget and roadster racers.
ougarsBeat
Webf eet Again
EUGENE, April 15-WVA long
triple by Gordy Brunswick and a
single by Clayton Carr in the
tenth inning gave the Washington
State Cougars a 3-4 victory over
the University of Oregon baseball
team here today.
That gave the Cougars two
straight wins over Oregon as they
opened the Northern division
baseball season.
Wash. S. 000 040 000 15, 7 3
Oregon 120 000 001 04 10 4
Galloway, Foster (3) and carr;
Johnson, Mills (5), Rogers (10)
Split 2 TUtS
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The Pilots picked up a brace of
markers in the third with three
hits off Gatchell, Including a dou
ble by Pitcher Bob Knapp.
Gatchell went four frames to
notch, the hill win and Nordhill
took over starting the fifth.
Six tallies oyer the second and
third j innings handed the Pilots
the nightcap win, four of the runs
being j unearned as the Willam
ettes riooted the ball around. John
Delia Villa knocked in two of the
Portland runs. Howie Olson took
the brunt of the Portland explo
sion and was charged with the loss.
Larry Stocks replaced him In the
fifth, and whiffed four In his two
inning stint
Willamette scored once in the
first on a . double-steal by Cliff
Girod and George Matile and got
another in the third via Irv Roth's
single.
WUUiaetta
'Slicker Ends Today
Baxter Leads SGC Go
Floyd Baxter, an eight-handicap
man, currently leads the firing in
the Salem Golf club's Spring Han
dicap tourney on his 11-under-par
203 for 54 holes. The meet is a ,73
hole affair with wind-up set ! for
next Sunday night Heavy action
is due today
Close behind Baxter are Ned In
gram and Tred Rltner, each with
10-under-par marks. Ingram shows
a 73-78224, which with his six
handicap gives him a 208 net. Rlt
ner has hit 74-84158 and a 134
with his 12 handicap. Baxter's
record is 73-73-79. ., j-
Several swingers have already
completed their 72 holes. Of these
Ralph Ma pes stands In front with
a seven-under performance. Mapes
hit 79-75-75-72301 for a net 281
with his five handicap. Harv Quls
tad shows a 78-75-4-77 302 and
a net 281, six under par for the
distance. j
. Jim Sheldon boasts low gross to
tal to data with his 142 for 38
holes. He carries a three handicap
for a net eight-under 138.
Other top swingers: Win Need
ham 70-71-2141, 3 under; Corey
Eastman 80-80-80-10 210, 6 un
der: Don Woodry 81-80-10141, 3
under; Bert Victor 74-78-74-4
212, 4 under; Jack Russell 74-4
70. 2 under; Bud Marvin 71-75-
71-3 208, 8 under;, Clay Carson
Sen 73-78-73-74-3284, 4 under;
on Hendrie 73-87-79-10 209, 7
under; Millard Pekar 78-8 70, 1
under; Cliff Elba 78-80-77-77-7
284, 4 under; Jim Humphreys 82-
80-80-10212, 4 under; Doe Gad
wa 76-80-8140, 4 under; Bill
Schafer 74-75-73-4212. 4 under;
Pat Miklia 75-78-76-3114, 1 un
der.
In the Slicker playoffs but one
match is left and that ona will
have a lot of bearing on the second
place slot Currently tha Win Need
ham-Del Gwynn, Elmore Hill-Max
Allen and Ned Ingram-BUl Scha
fer teams own 9H points each. The
finale puts Jim Hunt and John
Graham against Needham and
Gwynn. If Hunt and Graham can
sweep for three points it will mean
a four-way tie for the nmnerup
slot One point or more for Need
ham and Gwynn gives them the
second -place position. Lawrence
Alley and Pat Miklia won the
Slicker title with 14H points.
Whits Defeat
Coyote Outfit
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A late rally fell short for College
of Idaho here today as the . Whit
man 'college missionary tah-M
team! won the Northwest confer
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Vranlzan, University of Oregon
won the Class C Men's title today
in the third annual running oi
the Trodse Giant Slalom race on
Mt Hood. Marisue Edmonds of
the Trodse Ski club won the Class
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