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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1950)
Bucs, Detroit In Major Wins More Home Openers On Schedule Today '(Continued from preceding page) parade through the Bronx be fore the game, and at night a banquet in their honor. Com missioner Chandler will present each member of last year's squad either with a watch or a ring, according to individual choice. Manager Casey Stengel will pull tip the 1949 championship flag. Six other clubs, meantime, also will celebrate their home openers with parades to the flagpole and other familiar trappings. Boston's Red Sox, Jolted two out of three by the Yanks on their home grounds, move down to Philadel phia for a set with Connie Mack's Athletics, while Detroit plays host to the Chicago White Sox. 'Only the three games are sche duled in the American League, as the St. Louis Browns have put off their home debut against Cleve ' land until Saturday, with a double header Sunday. ' ,'rhe Boston Braves, having slug- I;ed the New York Giants twice n a row at the Polo Grounds, can look forward to an enthusiastic' reception from the home folks when they square off against the Phillies in" their 1950 debut at Braves field. National League observers gain ed new repect for Billy South worth's sluggers in watching them roundly outpitch and outhit the remodelled Giants. The opinion now is that they will be very much In the race. The cooled -off Giants cross the East river to engage their favorite foemen, the Brooklyn Dodgers, who broke even in their opening pair with the Phillies. . The St. .Louis Cardinals move into Chicago for a look-see at jTrankie Frisch's lively young Cubs, while Cincinnati supplies the opposition In the Pittsburgh Inaugural. Little Murry Dickson set down his former Cardinal teammates today , on six hits for the Pirates. One of the blows was Stan Mu siaTs second home run of the season. . The Pirates hopped on Howie Pollet and four relief pitchers, for ten safeties, including home runs by Ted Beard and Jack Phillips. Ted Gray, young Tiger left hander, also came up with a six hitter in downing Cleveland. The Tigers Jumped on Early Wynn for - three runs in the first inning with Pat Mullia highlighting the rally with- a two run double. The Tig ers clinched the game in the fifth with two unearned runs on Wynn's error. . ,. Gray bit Manager Lou Bou dreau on the left elbow with a pitch la the ninth and Rookie Al Rosen followed with a homer be fore Gray got the side out. Bou- ereau left the game but the ex tent of bis Injury was not deter- ' mined..;.- ... x ; 190 400 0001 10 I Low U OOO 110 S X ullougb: Pollet, Dtcksoo : and lUrtln S1. Poholskr 4. Borer (). . Deal 0) and Garagfola. Losing pitch er Pollet. ftroit 300 300 000 S 0 Cleveland . 101 000 Ou t 1 Gray and Glnsberf; Wynn. PlcrreU (5). Benton (S) and. Murray.. Losing pttcher Wynn. I rKACTICE SET The Randle Oil City league soft ball team will practice at 6 pjn. at Leslie today, and the workout is open to all team aspirants. If rain stops the outdoor workout, a. drill will be held in the Sacred Heart academy gym. (BaDnnn9 .Mien 9emm . - r I' ' I (Continued from; Preceding page) Srobably snickering in his fins over the trouble he can cause. If lere is any shooting done it should be done by the fish. He's the one that is getting all of the punishment. Coastal Streams Should Be 'Good? for Weekend Tbm coastal- and valley streams en the open list should be In feed condition ever the week end. They were clearing and drop ping fast by last T.esday when we took a trip to the Nestacca. . The river was; still a eenple of feet high for "Just right" eondl tiens bat a few nice fish wee taken and Mrs. Goin' After Tm wiped year fishing editor's eye as usual. Have to keep her happy. She eaaght a pair of steelhead, one ef which was a bright fish evidently part ef the early April ran. The ether was a raeer and was returned unharmed, so It could make Its return to the sea and cease la again next winter a much larger specimen. Talked with F. H. Sumner, game commish man at Sand Lake, Ore., who was taking a creel census on the Nestucca. Sumner stated that although not many fish were taken from there over the week end, those that were caught were of good size. Some of them hit the 20 Inch mark. We took one 18 incher with the rest of the bag running from 10 to 12 inches. The Ysquina was good on Saturday but turned sour on Sunday when the water clouded up. Some very large cut throat were taken near Elk City on the trolL j Steelies Were Getting Into the Act Too Much Five rivers la the Alsea area produced some alee catches oa Saturday and some of the boys complained about losing too much gear oa steelhead. Barely do we hear of aa angler complaining because the fish are too big but such was the ease with some of the Five stivers anglers. They, wanted trout and the steelhead would act leave them alone. Kept Using their outfits before the trout had a chance. ' Coast fishing should remain good until about the middle of May when it can be buttoned up until the return of the cutthroat in late July. Take a boy or girl fishing, and good luck. "DUTCH BOY" rionih ol -a. - Wonaoror Brush . 4ft Inch Pur Bristle GaL Wonaovor , f.lcGILCHRIST & SONS ; ' . Do Witt. w Dutch key ! US N. ConmwcUl . . rhm 3447 They'll Do It' Every YWRE RIGHT, CAPTAIN' 1 GUESS X WAS GOING A LITTLE RASTJ I ADMIT ITl I'M NOT ONE TO TKV AND CRAWL OUT OP TWIN6S XU- KNOW BETTER NEXT TIME "IT'S ALL Y FAULT HEVl Y00'f?2 NOT 6IVINS ME A TICKET, ARE HJUf I WASN'T GOH6 THAT FAST" ITTfTTL J? Sink Linfield for 66th Bearcat Tiracknueiu Dili Action Today Willamette university's track and field team, easy conqueror of Pacific U last week. 91 to lltt, today tangles with the Linfield ovalists at McMinn villa in an afternoon meet The strong Bearcats will b favored over the Wildcats. Coach Chet Stackhouse of the WUs will be In quest of bis 86th straight dual meet victory. He had 64 in a row before he came to Willamette from Pennsylvania. Many of the Bearcat points in today's meet will be expected from Ted Mertz, the Cats do-everythlng star. Last week Ted copped both hurdles races and the century, placed second in the high Jump and third in the broad jump for 17 points. Also expected to bring back blue ribbons are Bob Hall, the Javelin star who established a new school record of 198' W last week and Babe Maudlin, who wrote in a new school broad Jump record of 21 TV The Bearcats next take on the OCT cindermen In an April 25 meet on the Bush pasture oval. County B League Baseball Action Scheduled action in the Marion County B league baseball race Friday, the fourth round of play on the slate, sends Gervals to Turner, Mill City to Chemawa, Sublimity to Aumsville and Jef ferson to St. PauL-AH are after noon games. Numerous league tilts have been rained out this season and will be made up as time pro gresses. BALL GAME SET Today's game in the Salem Junior High baseball league calls for the Leslie Rockets to play the West Salem Giants at West Sa lem. Next Tuesday it will be Les lie and Parrish at Leslie. Today's tilt is scheduled for a 4 p.m. start. WOtlSOVER Ail it takes to cover shabby walls Is one) coat of Wonsover, a real, oil-base) point that's easy to use. Available) in pleasing colors I 4 1 1 with a soft, beau-9QI- titvlsheen. qf jL23 April Only Belli for 297 Yea xava 2.13 Time il r i jtaj THE WIFE TURNS OH THE CM ARM. AND S HE ABWTS EVERyTHW6 BUT WATCH 'EM CHAN6E WHEN THEY STILL 6ET THE TICKET SOMETHING TBJJS ME WE?E ABOUT TO HEAR A LIST OF ALL ODD THE INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE THEY DDI KNOW" ID I 4-a Bearcat Nine Slates Jaunt Their pre-eonferenee shake down cruise now ever, Willam ette U's basebaU varsity next hits the road to open North west loop play Saturday and Monday. On Saturday the Cats Play Whitman at Walla Walla and oa Monday It will bo Col lege of Idaho at CsldwelL Coach Johnny Lewis' crew re tarns to Salem to play Pacific C on the Bush field April 28. For their p r e - c o n f erence games thus far the 'Bearcats have posted five wins, includ ing nods ever the Salem Sena tors and Oregon State college, trains three losses. The team departs for Whit man today. The WU traveling squad la eludes Pitchers Lea Settvens. Mike Glenn. Larry Stocks. Frank GateheU. Kay Pointer and Claude NordhlU. Catchers Key Harrington and Deck Walker. Inflelders Dick Breu wer, Dave Perlman. Gordy Lena and George Ma tile and Outfielders John Sklmas. Chuck Bowe. Irv ' Roth and John Markoskie. Birr. Gene Peyton also goes along. EODEO RIDER KILLED KIAMATH FALLS, April 20-(JP)-A rodeo performer was killed and a 15-year-old girl injured to day when their car collided with a log truck. Killed was Juan Slowe Jackson, 21. Sprague River. His niece, Edna Mae Ruff, was hurt. The truck driver, Henry Edward Baker, Klamath Falls, escaped injury. New York City began getting water from the Croton River. 40 miles north, in 1842. WARNER 430 No. Com1. PRESENTS an unusual opportunity to SAVE If you ore thinking of buying a new car. If you buy now you save because) the new 1950 "bettor than over" Mercury new starts at a new low nrke. I 9 4r lov down payments ic 24 months to pay Call mo today at 2-2487 Ask for Frod McKinncy or Ralph filoen By Jimmy Hatlo rrVWNTHELPTO ADMIT VOLft?E WCOJfi. - - - ' TO CUNCWE'LL PROBABiy GIVE tin TWO PUCATS", THIS IS LIKE SEEJNS A MOVIE AFTER READIN6 THE BOOVt5U KMOW fl WHATS COMING! J f ATCHIN6 THE DRIVER COP A PLEA TO NO AVAIL "THEY'LL PC IT EVERY TIME- ! TWkNX TO JW LAWLESS j HARRISON , N. J. Vikings Seek 2nd Straight Salem high's Vikings, winners over Albany in their first Big Six league baseball excursion earlier; this week, go after their second; straight win today in an afternoon game at Corvallis with the Spartan nine. Actually Coach Harold Hauks team will bo work ing on! a winning streak of two in a row, as they knocked off Lebanon high at Lebanon Tues day. Hauk will open with either Jim Rock or Gene Garver, both right handers, on the mound today. Both have posted a win in the Viks' first two games. Stayton Bicep Show Tonight STAYTON, Aprl. 20 -(Special) The professional wrestlers return to the Civic building hero Friday night for another three-match show, starting at 8:30 o'clock. The main event, a rematch, will fea ture Otto Nichovlch, Taeoma 200 pounder and Pete Porter, rugged Portlander. The Masked Marvel will tangle with Otto Schabel in the semiwindup and Aimo Kal lio, Portland, will go against Her man Vigeland, Silverton 200 pounder In the opener. The mat matches have been drawing good crowds here. The AngeV noted heavyweight ex champ appears here May 4. Coast Yacht Title Stake SEATTLE, April 20-(SVA yacht race for the mythical Pacific coast championship will be a regatta feature this year when Vancouver, B. C, plays host in July to the Pa cific International and Pacific Coast Yachting associations. Competing will be Southern California, Columbia river, San Francisco bay area. Bay Area In terclub and Pacific International Yachting associations. Each asso ciation1 will pick a crew to man one of the vessels and the winning crew will take home a trophy posted; by Ed Bailey and Don Burnham of California. MOTOR CO. If you act fast (within the next seven days) we will give you an extra bonus on top of our un usually liberal trade-in allowance. i Webfoot Nine Idaho Posts 17-12 Victory at Eugene f" EUGENE, Ore., April 20-W-Idaho won its first Coast confer ence northern division game here today, outslugging Oregon in a wild contest, 17-12. Idaho pounded five Oregon pitchers for 16 hits, and was further aided by numer out walks and five Oregon errors. First Baseman Bob-Prithtt li the Idaho hitting, collecting four singles ana oatung in three runs. Second Baseman Tobe Masingill had a triDle. a double snH a sin. gle. Outfielder Joe Zavetsky hit a nome run wiin none on base In the fourth. Catcher Joe Sugura pf Oregon also hit a home run. It came in the first inning with one man on base. Sueura's blow Start pH Avimn off to 4-0 lead before Idaho could get going in the fourth. Then came Zavetsky's round-tripper, and the Oregon pitchers couldn't get Idaho out after that The biggest inning was a nine-run burst by Idaho In the sixth. Cles Hinckley, Idaho's starting pitcher, kept Oregon fairly well controlled until the ninth, when the losers exploded for six runs. Idaho 000 319 10317 16 2 Oregon 310 000 20612 12 2 Hinckley, Kanikkeberg (9) and Linck; Hanns, Johnson (6), Rose (6), Mills (7), Krause (8) and Su gura. Leslie Outfit Track Winner Over W-Salem Harry Mohr's Leslie Junior high relay varsity (9th grade) scored a 6-1 victory over West Salem Thursday on the Leslie oval. In the 8th grade competition, how ever, the Giants tallied a 8-2 win, and in events for 7th graders the West Salems also came home first, 3-2. Results of theflth grade meet: 220-yd relay: Leslie (Rickey, Walker, Gilchrist, Rawlings) in 26.5. 440-yd. relay: Leslie (Rickey, Walker, Gilchrist, Rawlings) in 52.5. 880-yd. relay: Leslie (Bach eller, Russel, Morganstem, Krater) in 1:53.0. Medley relay: West Sa lem (Franklin, Mcintosh, Triplett, Johnson) In 4:34.9. Shot put re lay: Leslie (Meyers, Perry, Cum mins) at 113' 6Vtn. Broad jump re lay: Leslie (Gilchrist, Krater, Mor ganstem) at 46' 54". High Jump relay: Leslie (Walker, Limbocker, Bachellor) at 14 9". CLUBBERS DRILL The Salem Supper club Softball team will hold its regular drill tonight at 5:30 o'clock on the north end of Olinger field, Mana ger Jack Wilson has announced. All players are urged to turn out for the practice. fez MIRACLE FMTVALL FJS ) AfTSROH ttAUS TsfV3 Vandals Uout IIULTI-SEnVICE EIIAI1EL A Supecb rirdak for Either Wood or Metal Surfaces YOU Should CHcoii PABCO . . . Becauo PAIUTEI1S Chooso PABCO! They'd Go Good in Autumn Juniors Asked To Sign Roll All prospective Salem Junior Baseball leaguers who will not reach their eighteenth birthdays until next January 1 are reminded to register at Maple's Sporting Goods store for the coming sea sons. Special cards for registration are available at Maple's. All that is required of them as players name, address, age, etc. League Director Vera Gflmore will call another meeting of the circuit sponsors, managers and coaches soon, at which time fur ther plans concerning 1950 play in the Class A. B and C circuits will bo discussed. In the meantime all aspirants for playing berths should get reg istered. Valley Leaguerg In Friday Games WOODBURN, April 20 -(Special)- The Willamette Valley league baseball teams go into action Fri day, in three games, all in the afternoon. Estacada is scheduled at Silverton, Dallas at Woodburn and Canby at Mt. Angel. Both Sandy and Molalla are idle with byes. The teams are slowly but sure ly making up for all the rainouts and postponements forced earlier in the season. OSC COED VICTOR SACRAMENTO, April 20 Edean Anderson of Helena, Mont, Oregon State college co-ed, today completed her successful defense of the Sacramento valley wom en's open golf championship with a final round 76 for a 54 bole total of 227. Second was Mrs. R. P. Burns of Sacramento with 230. One - cocrt flnlsh oH paint easily applied to nearly all wall aur faces. gaL Gal. ! 1 ' -ny iatXC ttrs&aT Hfe." Af 2lV 1 ttfjg -zK V - f.JL . . f - . f .-. at ( n ( .. BOSTON, April 21 Matt Batts ef nlav la Wa . . 111. w Will. AamJia. k. ...ll 1 Batts tried to score on a double va s a a tsat . aaisw e iwrra naueo sum, xne ww nunea asnrsaay. , (as wirepnoto.) INDEPS EDGE SUA Independence mixed walks, 2 hits and errors in a big five-run sixth inning Thursday to edge Sa cred Heart Academy 5-4 in a Marion-Polk baseball game play ed at Salem. Sacred Heart held a four-run margin after two innings but were unable to hold against the Inde pendence uprising in the sixth. R H E Independence 000 005 05 5 2 Sacred Heart 130 000 04 2 3 Foster and Holzworth; Gibson, Pearl (6), Staudinger (7) and Brown. Table of Coastal Tides Tides tor Taft, Oregon April. ISM (complied by U.S. Coast at Geodene survey, Portland. Oregon). Apr. HIGH WATERS LOW WATERS Time Ht Time Ht. St 1:44 a m. 6S t:17 a.m. -0.3 4:04 pjn. 4.S p.m. SS SS S M a-m. S.0 lOfajn. -OS . 1:04 p.m. 4S 9:12 p.m. S.4 SS 1:04 ajn. SJ 11:01 a.m. 0.0 S:1T p.m. 4S 10:15 pjn. S.S 54 :5a.m. IS llOTpjn. 0.1 1JO pjn. 4.4 11 : pjn. S 2S i:10a.m. S.4 pjn. 0.1 SK9 pjn. 4.7 55 6 .33 a m. .I 1:15 a.m. S.l 1:46 p.m. 1.1 1 :S5 pjn. 0.1 n 1:54 am. IS S M ajn. SJ SSI pjn. SJ 1:44 pjn. OJ SS 94 ajn. SJ S JS ajn. I t S:SS pjn. S.1 in p.m. 0.4 ZS 10:0S a.m. SJ 4:1 ajn. 0.7 lOJSp.m. SJ 4:10 p.m. 0.7 SELECT BEAUTIFUL riATCfflUG COLORS IN ALL THESE PABCO PAIIITS! 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