Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1951)
Jee rage I Even the matchless Johnny Price blows one one in ewfcUa. Jump ing trora his jeep while the thing is still running, and letting It ram ble on by Itself Is supposed to be tin climax. to Johnny's great show. But the climax had a climax at Eu-1 gene Wednesday night. Johnny alighted from the jeep, fully in-! tendicf that It male its usually j driveriess bat obedient circle ; around . the outfield. Said jeep ;. crossed everyone up, including; Price,, by heading straight for the center field ience and crashing: right on through the barricade : before Johnny could catch up with ' it. Eugene tans figured it was part' of the act, natch. . . . How old a! man is Price? He says he's 38. Bat be be 28, 33 or 5S no one can deny j he has utterly amaring coordina-; tion and agility, not to mention stability. He's in his fifth year of j acrobatics following a so-so career i as a minor league shortstop which j included a stretch with the Oak land PCL club. He does around 200 shows per season on an every-j nigM-of-tte-week basis. Fallow-, Ing the current season ben be beading for Japan as a member of; Lefty ODeuTs barnstorming troupe. . In answer to a query from SUverten, we've been able to dig up Pat Carson's batting feats with, the Chicago Queens through games oi August . She was at that time hitting .27 for 79 games, and in cluded were. 12 doubles, 10 triples, 4 home runs and 23 RBFs. Her 10 three-baggers led the league. Same statistics revealed that "Bullet Betty Evans-Grayson had a 19-9 pitching record and was second hisb in the league in strikeouts, .w . : it The Queens were leading the league by Sft games through that date.... ' 7- I 1 S Two aaec "" the ball park. Menday isht erey Keene wrist watch award (already engraved with "KM"). Aa4 an Tuesday nlrM tha Buutaxtmest hopes U 4nd things la a blase f paid adnUssiens with the aatahe ef Player Appreeia 'ttea. Dick, Faeer Baby Sfeewcr aae.Bai Bear Nisht all la ene. Oh yea, the Senators play Trt-Clty both adghta. . i ;j Cauher'a Clove Incited Borrett-PaUer$on Rote When in town with the Yakima Bears recently, Kewpie Dick Bar rett delivered the blow-by-blow description of his tete-a-tete with Victoria Business Manager Reg Patterson, fistic excursion that cost Barrett a brief suspension and Patterson an assortment of welts and bruises. A genial sort of a guy liked by everyone in baseball. Barrett says be was tpimiint his own business when with other Yakima- players be was about to enter the visiting club dressing room in Victoria. The Vies and Patterson had earlier in the season released Barrett as man ager. ...-"": . "v ' ':'-7'!.! - ,--.J-' . . Fattenea came beendajr V9 abeat that time anoaaked of Barrett the whereabeata of a certain catcher's stove that bad been purchased for LO Manned, bat had turned op missing, Fatter sea was .accusing Barrett el either hiding, borrowing er swiping r the sam:''- - - - - . - - Havinrf bad differences with Patterson before this .particular in- cldent. Barrett Informed the Vic biz-boss, Tve had enough out of you." With this Kewpie Dick waded into Patterson. And according to the Yakima' players who stood watching the brawl, Barrett was a buzz-saw in landing numerous punches on the Patterson profile. Kewpie Dick was unmarked. . jl i ;- f ' X- . There is mora behind the melee than merely the disappearance ef the catcher's glove, Barrett insists that the Vleteria saanage raent ewes him almost two neaths salary, and the whole mesa baa bee submitted to Miner League Czar Traataaaa along with affidavits Barrett baa secured. i Id Noio 'Tacqma Tarxan" for Dick Greco 1 So emphatically has his home run bat spoken in the Class A Sally league that Dick Greco, now called the Tacoma Tarzan" down there, is en the verge of busting .all existing homer records for both the Savanah club and the league itself, Greco joined the club in May1, but has over 30 home runs.! Had Salem been able to land the big guy when H. Luby was interested in him, there's not much doubt as to what three clubs would be locked in the battle f or the WIL pennant. He alone could have been the difference herev i, . Teak a long time getting Into print, bat it new develops that none ether than Bill Sevens is la a large way responsible far the great relief pitching Lefty Jee Page used to do far the New Yark Yankees. New with the Saa Franeiaee' Seals. Page credits Bailey Bead BUI with the U that made Jee the Yanks' tamed ttresaaa of the late '40's. When both were with the Taakee la 1947 Beveas suggested to Page that he held the ball across the wide instead ef the narrow seams. It may have been largely mental, bat fraaa that day Jee had the eaafleeeee and central with his fast eae that aaade kfaa the greaieat raliefer ef the decade. Page attest-, ed to this only recently ta a Bay area Interriew. , - - -V '. - r . -"-'..v i -. Luby Top Skipper in Loop in Our Book 1 ; - What with the season about cone, time draws near for the lection of the WIL's all-star team. How's this one? Catcher -John Ritchey, Vancouver. First base Jim Marshall, Wenatchee. Second km. TTn-K In).. C,1m . C)uMiC Wi-WI C.t VhM base Ken Richardson, Spokane. Left field Dick Sinovic, ; Vancouver. Center field Eddie Murphy. Spokane. Right field Will Hafey, We- - naicnce, rucners xjoo snyaer, Vancouver; Jim uoiaer, poJune Xiiu uevens, Salem. Manager Hugh Luby, Salem. ?. j h, g . Some mighty good ones left eff, laeladiag K. Cberltoa ei Van eeaver. Dick Faber ef Salem. Bud Peterson ef Tri-CUy. Jim Wert ef Spokane and a few ethers. Bat these- things are always Toll ef leep-helea. ; : : ; .-i - :v- -i - ' . s; As for Luby well go with hint on his leadership ability. Not once during the entire season have we seen a single one of his players quit hustling. They've tried, and they've tried hard all the way, Also, how Luby has managed to keep the club in third, spot almost ill the way with the noticeable weaknesses existing within the ranks is a distinct credit to the guy. He's also hands-down the best keys toner in the ,ioop. ... - v ., - . j v .'! . g Th niw cufomeffe ! oloban il ESeafier Ucrlls cf h::l-C:z'Jty h fi: bzrgzinL Nowhere else can yuu jgti so :. much heat tor home comf ort at so little cost ! Thli Coleman - automatic oil heater produces Z2.SC3 BTUs of heat per hour 1 Dollar value lr comfort has cause it the fastest tilling on " heater of Its kind In America! ; Bettlnj an entirely new . high la beauty and styling thls handsome Golden Anni versary tzsizl Is in a class by GaiirnsJi'lIisl Eat General Hasn't Yet CoxnmlUea Sell ' By Jee Eckhler CLEVELAJ.T). Aug. I5-VElii Ryan, bead of the Cleveland In dians and a member of baseball's screening committee, said today ne wantea ine others to eject a rwnmiwoner "before the World are He added- that, in bis ODinlon. each of the five r4t cur rently under consideration qualified for the lob. i The -big five" are reported to consist of Gov. Frank Lauache of Ohio- Warren Giles, president of the Cincinnati Reds; Ford Prick, head of the National league; Gen. uougzas A. MaeArthur, and Milton risen no wer, president of Perm . - j- lTstrfr:aVnr Ctoi Oven Satur day eomnleted the bcoaing for his Wcdneaday nibt grappUnx bee at the armory, adding a Jack Carter vs. Freachj Box brawl to the al ready announced double main evens. The weekly show has been moved from Tuesday to Wednes day nlt la order to avcii ccefUct with the final borne game of the regular bawhau season for the Salem Senators.'' " ',' - j -f Carter Is the out-and-out villain from New Zealand t whoi hasn't er seen in this vicinity for many months. He's one of the rougher of the. rough mat hombres: Roy, Is a- popular farorite here. Their opener starting the party at S39 pjn will be a Z-of-3 taller limited to 39 minutes. - A new face; even though that State. Ryan said the magnates retard ed General MaeArthur as a can didate but they have been uasuc cessful In their efforts to get him to commit nimselt nirfcly nanored ! "Dan Topping of the New York Yankees, Intends to talk to the general once more," he said. "And we are Jwpeful of getting a defl nte answer from him. Up to nov an he said is that he feels highly honored. I know Mrs. MaeArthur has been after him to accept. She, like the general, is a great base- bau ran" In Nashville, Term- Larry Mac- Phail said A. B. (Happy) Chan dler never would have been elec ted hasrhan commissioner in AprO, 143, out lor warren Giles, presl dent of the Cincinnati Reds. . MacPhan told Fred r RusselL Nasnvuie Banner sports editor. Ford Frick, and not Chandler. would have been named commis- sioner in 1945 had not GQes taken the floor voicing his opposition to a baseball man for the Job. ' Indians Again (Continued from preceding page) The Braves won their sixth straight, beating- the Cincinnati Reds at Boston, 8-5, and moving into third place as the Pittsburgh Pirates downed the - Phillies at Philadelphia, 3-2, in 12 innings. Reliefer Jim Konstanty walked Gua.&ell with the bases , full in the 12th to give Pittsburgh the game, . Ralph Kiner of the Bucs got his 36th homer. 4 The White Sox handed the Bos ton: Red Sox another jolt at Chi cago, - vanning 6-3 for a, sweep of the two-game series. -Ken Hol combe set Boston down ! with six hits. Washington belted five Tiger pitchers for 14 hits and an 11-5 victory at Detroit, to take all three games , in their series. At SC. Louis, the Philadelphia Athletics pounded out a; 9-1 vie tory over the Browns. Gus Zemia drove In two runs for the winners, boosting his total for the4 season to 110 highest in the majors. BOSTON VS. CHICAGO Today's major league baseball broadcast will be the Boston Red Sox at Chicago White Sox Ameri can league doubleheader starting at 12:05 pm Salem time, over Station. KOCO and the Liberty Broadcasting System, i iven Cciplete Llat Card for Uea'nesd 1 I i Kirby Beats Doran, Takes AmateufTitle ST. PAUL. Minn. Auz. 2Z-VPI It was lucky 13th for Atlanta's Dot Kirby, who won her first National Women's Amateur golf crown in 13 years of trying today with a hard-earned 2 and 1 triumph over courageous Claire Doran in the rain-eoaked finals of the Slat Na tional meet. , . j :- i - Uia Kirby took the title on the 35 th hole with a seven-foot putt tor a par five, while aGss Doran. 27-year-old Rocky River, Ohio, teacher, who had evened the a ten on the 31st. needed six. It waa a long-awaited triumph for the 31 -year old Miss Kirby, who had advanced to the 1939 and 194? finals only to finish runner-p. - ' t Miss Kirov's real clincher, after Miss Doran had erased a three- hole deficit Dot held at the 27-hole turn, was a 20-foot putt for a birdie deuce on the 32nd to move back Into the lead. 5 Wide-Open' Hunts Slated v.- , , ;- i I - PORTLAND. Aug. 25-(Special) Five either-sex deer bunts are be ing held in agricultural areas: this year. Quotas for Area I, parts of Columbia, Washington, Clacka mas, and Marion counties i and Area V, the Keating district inearl Baker, were over-subscribed by the August 15 deadline, so a public drawing will be held September 4. Quotas for Josephine and Jack' son. Coos and Curry, and Hood River county either-sex deer hunts slated for. September 15 through 18 have not been filled and hunt ers may stIH apply for permits. Hunters may apply by letter.? Permits will be mailed for these hunts in the order applications are received until September 6 or until quotas are filled. 1 I KANTTB WINS TITLE PHILADELPHIA, Aug. VrtJPf Anita Kanter, lo-year-old sopho more at UCLA needed only 53 minutes to defeat Patsy' Zellmer. 17San Diego, Calif. ft-L S-, to take the 34th annual national girls tennis championship today, may be ttretrhfri thirds i lit In asmuch as the customers wont be ante to see his race at all will debut in the first portion of the double main. "The GaQcpi&g Ghost," a masked matador is to tangle with Danno McDonald In this mix. McDonald k)oked excep tionally good m his appearance here last week and with each local outing displays much improvement as a topnotcher. :-v-' Irish Jack CRiley and Gordy Xlesseil are to clash n the second portion of the twin main. The erst while -Boy Bandit of New Mex ico,1 and a ruffy at that. HesseH I , has now taken residence at Tehn, I Wash, and is doing his gn""t I on the clean side. As much cannot . I. 1 i; be said for OTUley, however, as he j is or, tne rough aitc ready caliber, J not msn JACX.OTULET TaagVs with Ceray neaaeB.. i unlike McDonald. HesseQ looked very sharp in his appear ance ox last week. j Both mainers will be 2-of-3 fill ers with 45-minute time limits. Ken Mayne. has been banded the ref ereeing assignmexit. - v THE OPENING OF OUR NEW PDIPE YAliP ' IN ...Pipe buyers in Portlond pnd neor-by territory ore Invited to take odvonfoge of our focUitiet for swpplytno their requirements of . USED PIPE and TUDIM& When in need of this moterlol give us a colt ' YouU get prompt action on oil orders and iv ; qwiries by callino; . - .v, JOHN LYNCH Phone UK1AH 251t VALLEY STEEL PRODUCTS CO. Planes! UK1AH 2511 and 19 2W4 K0. CCLUIA tlVD. PC2TUKD, C2L aMe bwa y m ; ; h Dispose of ..Foes rOIOST HUJLS N. Y. Aug. 23 The National tennis diaspionships opened today, and so did the skies. ij u i 1 1 1 ' H. champtoa, and KenNMcGrcsor of Australia among the seeded stars were able to score their initial victories 'before the rain roared down. j. Larsen . bashed JTocsav Lewyn, Scaxsdsle. N.T, a-i. S-2,. 8-1, in just 31 tninutea. - , UcCrersr foUaved wltha slashing S2. S-2. f-4 trimnpseeee -Alastair Martin of Qien . Head. ' , r ii - ., - MRaasavaBssaBBBBaBssassBaaiassBss - imGCT TTTTJE TAKTN WIIiJAMSPORT. Pa-, Angv2 -OfV-Stamford, Conn won tLo ' Little league, world series todiy as sturdy Andy Wasil bhmkad North Austin, Tex, -3-4) before -a crowd of 10,000. .: j ( Tt J M J . at7 , .MM i i moro wocr;, . shooro&t glamcur Six mora stitches to Inch mora snag rtslstant much finer textured mora strength, lastklty snugger fit, better feel I1' "1JI ILIL' ," U) m ""awae ieasssssVasHBillBl. i j i ij am isaiasj m npBBm&Mi fe-" " jr1 w ! ' .1... ..... . , .. ... II - ' - - :i n -., -. ":-,Z "yf ' " f" " ' ' f ' " - -tir-' ' - l eCsvrtlsegjagJa)ag gagf gafasaagjgag sygyseaaajrfO sgasjf fwff ? ltsellt CAST ' .1 ! . . Xavv1' r n I - nnn i . jm, ' " -.yggaj ' -T- ' . mdZik- iC.Ao do rncrd vcrfr for your tnonoy This veor ecoln. mere trvck srsers 't fmtttA mora nflae vanra ef aaevte mrm fMrytng Chevrolet trucks Chan , than :" comporabla trucks of ether mKm mtmim TUnt'm k.nt. " a ASVAffCavezSISli TSSSCS3 r ke. Thofs becowse ewJy ' I' mokes even fhose costing mony fhevralef Acfvanra-Daslain trurlrs nra- " AmXimrm umI . . 4 . ...' , ., - - - - ------- -w WlfltVI, WWII vide sach o greot combination of features at such low cost . . . features Join the hundreds ef fheusands ef truck asers who choose Chevrolet .STNoao-Aim TBANSAUSSION su-otst STHXIM9 that moke Chevrolet trucks trodlon- -' Advance-Oeilgn truckuoveTian efhers 7 - mama - j raAjcri - fi m atotafro CASS -. snats axu-to-kus coteacnotf j. ' - f 1 , I ."ill . . .. . P bi. r : i 5 p::irs ii-. ; - i i i only pair Yes, "rt pays in extra gtamoor and in wear, too i to oemDer vourielf witli beautiful 60 gauge nylons . . . and Sears Luxurious Royal "r,NT " Purole arm aoied at "everv-dav nylon" dTT.f V . prices! Sunlit,' Burnished Eeige, ! r-i v Lively; Moonstone, Taupemist. - yv ,1 ' 3C3 " ytT' r Ctn t wmA mm 4my 4 vvVt'i fv CrMS) $9 P1w' osretT ccxts 9 umt rrri Ctft Idea! i dainty gsrlers in gift hex ! pair. i:.; ' 'l$tiai! CO. , novjArj.j. s:iauev c:i co. , itZ3txsszjjyj. , ":XZZ'Z::S,,X r -Tss ZCLZi . l Wo.. . -.".. " 4MTM.19 W IB l Mi J . sT , ' ' 4- -