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By AL LIG11TNER -Statesnun
Sports Editor.
The -alley's prep football
teams bare at it again Friday
in another foil complement of
ball games, a number of which
are crucial to those sporting on
blemished records and hopes
for berths in late-season play
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Locally the Salem Vikings,
winners . of their first three
eatings, collide with the Bend
Lava Bears at Waters Field
Friday night Bend nsually
Sires the Salem toachdowners a
rousing scrap, which could eat
Tuning Up for the Opening
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As suspected all along, Bill Sweeney didn't resign at Seattle as
. mgr. He was fired, and now admits as much in as many words . . .
New basketball coach at Cascade
Union j High is Lyle King, for
three years mentor at Harrisburg
and in 1949 a trainer at Willam
ette U. King succeeds Johnny
Seim, who will' remain at the
school as teacher and assistant in
the athletic program . . . Football I
followers at Stayton will be watch
ing their prep Eagles pjay at
night before the season is over,.
tells Joe Bovle. Erection of lights
around the gridiron is to start
shortly . . . SGC pro Bunny Mason
vows that no one, including Ben
Hogan himself, could have licked
Lebanon Jack Brande in the re-
Afii YftfO finrnow TKa Ki ft oiiv
was that hot,' and the popular
South River Road layout is still
smoking from his scorching sub
par round.. Besides that, Brande
won the long-driving contest with
a measured 312-yarder. Most golf-
ers need two full woods and a stout 4-iron to get that far. An idea
of just how torrid the Lebanon Larruper was: Bob Burns shot 11-under-par
golf, yet couldn't win the meet . . .'Jess Hill is doing okeh
as a football coach at Southern CaL, but it's a tossup as to whether
he would have done better financially had he stayed in baseball with
the New York Yankees. Hill and Pitcher Jimmy Deshong were trad
ed to Washington in 1936 for Roy Johnson and Bump Hadley. The
Yankees won the World Series that year, and for the next three
after that "That little misfortune cost me $30,000 in Series money
alone," wails the Trojan chief . . , Smartest move made by the Coast
League in years was the taking over of Paul Fagan's San Francisco
franchise. Now when the majors want to move into the Golden Gate
Tillage they'll have to do business with the PCL itself, and not the
unpredictable Mr. Fagan ... High on H. Luby's get-rid-of list fof
next season are Les Witherspoon and Bob Collins. Luby was disap
pointed in both during '53, and intends dealing them elsewhere . . .'
Two Local Boxing Cards in Salem, Same Week
, The adage that it never rains but what it pours applies to
ths boxing situation here in town. There has been none of such
animal locally for many months. But lo, in the span of four days
we're to have both pro and amateur cards at the Armory. Ro
tund Tex Salkeld, working with the VFWs, is to install his first
professional card the Saturday night of October 10. On the fol
lowing Wednesday night, October 14, the untainted fistic lads
move in, their show to be sponsored by the State Employees of
Marion County, with State Boxing Commission Chairman Ray
Smith as ringleader. The State Employees have replaced the
Cherrians as sponsor of the amateur shows here this year, as .
p Smith claims the latter group didn't work hard enough at it
last season . ;;V: ;";f--:, ; ' :: '
i Good bet to take over as manager of the Lewlston Broncs since
Sill Brenner resigned and moved to Vancouver is Larry Barton, the
veteran first sacker. Larry has already been approached by the
Bronc chieftains on the topic ...
1 Were Eugene interests to take" over the available Yakima WIL
franchise, which is a right peachy idea, some of the ballplayers
which would be included in the deal are First-sacker Len Noren,
Outfielders Bob Wellman, Al White and Herman Lewis, Infielder
Jim McNamara and Phil Steinberg and Pitchers Ted Edmunds, Tom
Del Sarto, Jim Rial and Danny Rios. Material? A load of it So much
in fact that H. Luby remarked the' other day, "With that bunch
around I wouldn't mind managing that club myself!
Eugene Interest to Check Yakima Situation
. Eugene is interested to the extent that. Yak Owner Junior
; Mercy is to be contacted and questioned in the near future. No
1 need re?a"n whst a great boost it would be for Salem Sena
. ! tors t&scbrll were Eugene to come up with a league franchise.
.Will Kewpie Dick Barrett remain at Vancouver as coach under
Brenner as he did with Harv Storey as boss? No. The Kewp has al
ready been released. But it's a good bet hell bob up with some other
outfit in '54, and perhaps as a manager what with so many league
skipperships now open . . . Four former WIL'ers did better than
fomewhat as members of the Class AA Southern Association during
he semester just completed. Bill Taylor, formerly with Bremerton.
Ied the league in hitting with a -35Q average for Nashville. Ex-Sena-or
Dick Sinovic was next at .342 and led in RBI's with 128 for At
lanta. Bill Wilson, once with Wenatchee, tied for home run honors
With 34, and Jack Harshman, who played first base for Victoria but
Who has since turned to pitching, led the flingers with a 23-7 record,
; Which duplicates Joe Nicholas' 1953 mark with the Salems. Incident
ally, Harshman was once regarded as a top first-basing prospect by
, (he NY Giants, but couldn't back it ! Asa pitcher he's done well
tnough that the Chicago White Sox bought him the other day ...
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fly be the fare for the Friday
mix., -
In the Willamette Valley
League scramble -which got
under way only last week, top
Friday tilt looms as the S0-verton-Estacada
tussle on the
Sangers turf. Both Hurl An
derson's Foxes and Keith
Moore's Rangers are undefeated.
Other WYT. games Friday night
put J) alias High's Dragons at
ML Angel to play the all-vie
(orient Preps, Canby at Sandy
and Woodburn at Molalla. Harr
Hlebert'i Molalla crew seems to
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be everyone's choice to cop the
league pennant this year. '
The Tawama League has its
natural Friday also. Unbeaten
Sheridai and Amity get togeth
er at Amity Friday afternoon.
The Willamina Bulldogs, who
share the league lead with the
clubs mentioned, draw a bye
this week. Other Vawama
; clashes have North Marion at
Dayton for an afternoon meet
ing and Banks at Sherwood for
an arc-lighter. -,
Both local academy teams,
the Sacred Heart Cardinals and
of Hunting Season
Conrad (Comes the Dawn) Prange, the "Great White Hunter" of the
Statesman news staff, was this week up to his old trick of practic
ing on a Marion County mule deer in preparation for the opening
of the 1953 season Saturday. Conrad has been trying to bag the
above specimen for four consecutive years, but hadn't yet succeed
ed at a late hour Wednesday. Thousands of Oregon hunters, in
cluding our hero, will take to the woods Saturday for what game
commission officials predict will be "a very good season." Don't
forget to stay sober, make sure it has horns but doesnt moo, and
put the right end of the gun to
Loop Opener Set at Caldtcell . . .
'Cats MopeW of Upset
Win in Coyote Contest
Willamette's upset-hopeful Bearcats Wednesday wound up the
heavy portion -of their drills for Saturday night's Northwest confer
ence opener against the powerful
welL Sam Yokes Coyotes, who boast a marked advantage over the
SBC to Hear
Pacific Coach
Pacific University's highly re
spected football coaqh. Dr. Paul
Stagg, will hold down the No. 1
speaking role at Monday morn
ing's session of the Salem Break
fast Club, starting at 7:30 at the
Senator HoteL
Dr. Stagg's Badgers are con
sidered one of the top threats
in this season's Northwest Con
ference race. .
All interested men of the com
munity, SBC members or other
wise, are invited to the affair.
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Dutch Lfeonard
n Release
NEW YORK UP The Chicago
Cubs Wednesday released Emil
Dutch" Leonard, 43 year old
pitcher who had been with the Na
tional League club since 1949.
Leonard, who began his major
league career with, Brooklyn in
1933, appeared in 45 games this
season and had a 2-3 won and lost
record. . : ;
A native of Auburn, HI., Leonard
pitched nine seasons for the Wash
ington Senators, and in 1939 won
20 games while losing eight He
was sold to the Philadelphia Phil
lies and pitched two season before
being traded to the ! Cubs with
pitcher Walter Dubieirfor pifccher
Hank Borowy and first baseman
Ed Waitkus in December, 1948.
CAPITOL MAJOR LEAGUE '
KARR'S S OLD MISERS (4) CHn
799; Oslund 688; Karr 723; Poulin 7S1;
Hartwcll 803. BRZNNAN TREE SER
VICE (1) Ryan i 741; Gregory 693;
Clark 726; Valdex 717; Brennan
768. .-!".
SAJLSM ELKS LODGE (3) Mc
Neil i'i2; Kenyon 778; Friesen 6S3;
McMullen 794; Langhoff 744. GER
LLNGEii CARRIER CO. (! Hender
son 842: White 752: Braucht 722;
Farley 767; Glodt 691.
FRANK EVANS ALL-STARS f3
Logan 662; Vittone . 768; Nuber
738; Anderson 776; Evam 678.
CHRIS MARKET 2) Gardner- 743:
WlUett 664; Wilkalis 761; Hayes 710;
Ptklpps 769. j f
MARSHAL'S 4 CORNERS (J
Doerfier 654: Causey 718: Ross 667;
Nelson 659; Gums 691. MARION BO
TEL & CAR PARKS (2) Irons 598;
Page 693; Morris 77; Biler 725;
Cufhmaa 724. w
' High Individual Game Dick
Fhippa of Chris' Market 241.-
Higb Individual Series Dean Hen
derson of Gerlinger 842.;
High Team Game GerUnxer Car
rier Ca 1135.
High Team Series Karr's S Old
Misers 4150.
BOTWJKK SCORES "
Salem Crusaders hit the Capi
tol League road ' Friday. Leo
Grosjacques Cards play Central
Union at Monmouth Friday
night, while Bob Funk's Cm
saders- draw the Cascade Cou
gars at Cascade Friday after
noon. Stayton plays at Philo
math .Friday afternoon also.
The "week's favorites are Cas
cade, Central and Stayton.'
Marion County B League ac
tion, in its second round this
week, sends Gervais to Che
ma wa, Jefferson to Mill City
and Sublimity to Scio. Jhe
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College of Idaho Coyotes at Cald-
Bearcats in both weight and ex-
perience re considered the team
to beat in the conference race
They whipped Linfield last week
end in their opening loop mix.
Coach Ted Ogdahl has put
heavy emphasis on pass defense
this wee"k to cope with the throw
ing ability of Boyd Crawford, the
Idahoans all-conference quarter
back. Another WU worry is Ted
Martin, who has carried the leath
er for seven touchdowns already
this season.
The Bearcats' T-model attack
twill be built around the passing
of Quarter Johnny Kent and the
running of Windy Sequiera, the
freshman flash from Hawaii, and
Bobby Zoelch, the little Portland
soph. Lou Lofland, one of the top
'Cat ball carriers, still nurses a
bad knee and may see only limit
ed action Saturday night
George Bardsley, first-year man
from Portland, is again pegged for
fullback duties at CaldwelL
Light drills are scheduled today
at McCulloch' stadium. The Bear
cat party leaves Portland by train
early Friday morning for the Ida
ho city.
Weekend Pigskin
Casts Slated
1 Football broadcasts for the week
end: Salem High vs. Bend High,
8 p.m. Friday, Waters Field, KO
CO Salem. UCLA vs. Oregon, 1:30
p.m. Saturday, Eugene, KGW
Portland. Oregon State vs. Wash
ington, 1:45 p.m. Saturday, Seat
tle, KSLM Salem,. KWIL Albany.
Willamette University vs. College
of Idaho, 8 p.m. Saturday, Cald
welL KOCO Salem.
IWTVEnSITT STATE BOCSC
LEAGUE NO. 1
FORESTRY PROTECTION (0)
Storm 416. Morrison 453. Phlpps 437,
Walker 410. Beyers 440. KEEP ORE
GON GREEN (4 Ash by 466. Aase
rude 433. Brogen 409. Swing- 424,
SUcer 499.
STATE POLICE (0) Morrill 448.
Weems 451, Roake 504. Alford 435.
Ruecker 417. SECRETARY OF STATE
4 Miller 550. McQueen 443. Franks
441. Prange 422. Biegler S19.
HIGHWAY ACCOUNTING (6)
Heir 451. Y eager 406. Ketcham 368,
Crane 480. Maison 334. HIGHWAY
CONSTRUCTION (4k Kayser 581.
Nolmaa 442, Anderson 384. Wolfe 447.
Tendy 466.. - , . ..
DIVISION OF AUDITS 1 Strfck
lin 399, Fisher 429. Hartman 2E8. Cor
rigan 505. Gould 494. HIGHWAY
MATERIALS (31 Brown 461. ZUtze
witz 478. Demezaa 414. Davey 400,
Ebsen 378. ,
PUC UTILITIES (1) Putman 314.
Ringland 489. Woodburn 397. Mehl
407. Jefferson 512. TAX COMMIS
SION Johnson 433. Crouch 403. Kobb
917. Mahafiey 505, Welch 119.
Hirh team game Stat Prtnte:
S8Z. Series -SXt Printers 2804.
High individual game G. Miller
zzz. bene Geo. Kayser ML
Amity Tilts
Mill City game Is a night affair
while the other two are clocked
for afternoon runs. In -their
openers last week Gervais
downed Mill City, Jefferson
beat Scio and Sublimity edged
Chemawa. . ; . ---:.
A trio, of six-man games puts
Oregon School for the Deaf at
Valsetz, Detroit at St. Paul and
Perrydale at Falls City Friday.
Some' of the other important
clashes for the weekend: Un
defeated Klamath Falls vs. ditto
Eugene at Eugene Friday night,
Sweet Home at Albany, Lebanon
Pretty Good,'
Says Stengel
NEW YORK tf) Hank Bauer,
New, York Yankee right-fielder
whose triple in the first inning of
the World Series Wednesday start
ed things going for the Yankees
against the Dodgers, blamed him
self for letting George Shuba score
pinch hit homer 4n the sixth.
That homer was about a foot
over' me, said Bauer. 1 tninK u
I had got back, in time and turned
I might have got it"
In the end it didn't matter, and
the Yankees trooped from the field
sweating and happy with a run-
NEW YORK m The New
York Yankees announced Wed
nesday night that Allie Reynolds
hurt his back in the fourth in
ning of the World Series opener.
A Yankee spokesman added that
there was some doubt whether
Reynolds would see any more
Series action.
The back trouble. is said to be
a recurrence of an injury sus
tained in a bus accident last
June. ' !
ning start against the Dodgers. -
Actually, Bauer made a tremen
dous jump in an effort to cut down
Shuba's homer into the stands, but
he missed, and Shuba went into the
record books as only the third man
in 50 years of World Series play to
hit a pinch hit home run. The other
two are both Yankees on the pres
ent team Yogi Berra and John
ny Mize.
Best Two Teams
"I thought the boys played pretty
good," said manager Casey Sten
gel, with magnificent understate
ment "They played 'good ball and
we did, too. "That's the two best
teams, in both leagues, that's alt"
Stengel, who is aiming to win his
fifth ; straight world championship
a ; feat no manager has ever
accomplished had no criticism
of his pitching ace, Allie Reynolds.
who left the game in the sixth right
after Shuba's two run homer that
made the score 5-4 in New York's
favor. ' :
"He just ran out of gas, that's
all," said the gravel-voiced Casey.
Big John Sain took his place and
wound up as the hero of the game
with a two run double in the eighth
that put victory beyond reach of
the Dodgers.
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DUCK PINS
Commercial League results
last night at ' Z&B Bowling
courts: Mick's Sign Shop 3, Erics
son's Market 1; Z & R Wholesale
4, Ramages 0; Blue Lake 4, CMC
Trucks 0; ' Lana. Tavern 3, Oh
mart and Calaba 1; Portland
Road Richfield 4, Rosebraugh
Furnaces 0. Mick's Sign Shop had
high team series and game with
2092 and 754. Diz Dean of Lana
Tavern was the individual lead
er with a 523 series and 232
game.
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MarshOeld. .
The collegiates will be busy
Saturday also. ' Willamette U
opens : Northwest Conference
action at Caldwell Saturday
night ( with College of Idaho,
OCCs Wolves tangle with Lin
fleld at McMinnville, Lewis
Clark takes on Whitman at
Walla " Walla, Oregon State
moves to Seattle . to play the
Washington Huskies and Ore
gon Jplays host to potent UCLA
at Eugene 'in their biggie. ,
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Statesman, Salem, Orew Thurs
Webfoots Lead Rushing List . . .
Troj
miins,
Coast's
LOS ANGELES Special) Defense has taken over right
where it left off in 1952 with UCLA and Southern California still
leading the pack, it was disclosed today by the weekly statistics re
leased from the office of the Pacific Coast conference commissioner.
Bratton Gets
Close Decision
BALTIMORE VI Johnny Brat
ton, No. 2 ranking welterweight
from Chicago, could punch out no
better, than a split decision for the
second time Wednesday : night
against unrated Al (Sugar) Wilson
of Englewood, N. J. .
Bratton, who is gunning i for a
return shot at the welter title held
by Kid Gavilan, weighed 150i to
Wilson's 148; i
These same two fighters .came
up in a split decision last Anril
and the opinion Wednesday night
before- a crowd of 1,866 was just
as divided.
Referee Lee Halfpenny voted in
favor ;of Bratton 6-3-1, Judge Bill
Ellis also gave it to the Chicago
an. 7-2-L Judge Jimmy Jones liked
Wilson 5 rounds, Bratton 3, and
called 2 even.
SUM and TTOMS
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By JACK HAND
NEW YORK The proud
New York Yankees battered Brook
lyn'a ace 20-game winner and three
relief pitchers to beat the power
happy Dodgers at their 'own game
Wednesday. 9-5, in the opening
game of their bid for a record
fifth straight world baseball cham
pionship. V
Johnny Sain,. a National League
Oct I, 1953 (Sec. 2) 1
ans Boast
est Defenses
1 Southern California has the
tightest ground defense while UC
LA is tops in pass and total de
fense. The Trojans have allowed
but 92 yards a game rushing, fol
lowed by California, 126, and UC
LA, 132J.
UCLA has given up but 38.5
yards a game passing with Ore
gon, 73.0, and Stanford, 74.0, next
in line. The -Bruins have allowed
171 yards in total -defense to 201
for Southern Cal and 244.5 for
Oregon. UCLA also shares the
lead with Washington in another
defensive department intercep
tions.! Each has stolen four enemy
aerials, the Bruins having return
ed for 54 yards and one touch
down. .
Oregon boasts the best running
game; and has averaged 239 yards
for outing. Next come UCLA, 236.
5, and Southern Cal, 218.5. Wash
ington's Huskies continues as the
No. X aerial circus, with 173 yards
a game on 24 completions in 61
throws. Washington State has av
eraged 115.5 and California 111.5
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star with Boston in the '48 series.
choked off the Brooks after Allit
Reynolds crumpled under a blister
ing early pace.
The Yanks startled a stadium
crowd of 69,374 by blasting Carl
Erskine for four runs in the first
inning. After the Dodgers finally
fought back to tie in the seventh.
they again applied the pressure to
the , shaky Dodger pitching staff.
Joe Collins, benched for Johnny
Mize during: a hitless '52 series.
KMflu hue ue- wiui a -iuu
home run smash off a post in the
lower right field seats in the Yan
kee seventh.: .
Sain drove in two, with a double
to the auxiliary score board in right
and Collins knocked in another with
a single in the three-rub eighth in
ning that ruined Dodger hopes.
it was a day of frustration for
the Dodgers who never have won
a series. Reeline after the first in. .
ning blast they finally managed
to knock out a fast-tiring Reyn
olds in the sixth only to see the
game go out the window when their
own pitchers failed. Twelve Brooks
were stranded, only two short of
the series record.
Hughes Best f Lt
Jim Hughes, who allowed only
one run in four innings after taking
over from Erskine, was the only
effective Dodger pitcher after he
went out for pinch-bitter George
Shuba in the sixth and Manager.
Chuck Dressen couldn't find a stop- -
per.
Billy Martin hit a three-run tri
ple with the bases loaded off Ers
kine in the first and added a pair
of singles to lead the Yankee at
tack. Collins and -Yogi Berra pro
vided the home run punch.
Junior Gilliam, Gil Hodges and
Shuba ripped into Reynolds' pitch
es, for home runs before Manager
Casey Stengel brought in the to
bacco chawin Sain. Curve ball
Johnny, allowed only one run and
five hits over the last four and two
thirds innings to earn the victory.'
Reynolds threw like a man de-
termined to go as far as he could
and let Stengel worry about the late
innings. He was superb in the first
four, blanking the Dodgers with only
two hits., . : '
From the time-Gilliam, the rook
ie who chased Jackie Robinson off
second base, hit his homer into
the right field seats in the fifth, it
iSonunueu on nex. page;
FAVORITE LOSES
SPOKANE Mama Ida'
scooted through a small opening
to beat out the favored Black Mite
by a nose for the feature Harring
ton purse at Playfair Wednesday
and pay $19.50, 5.40 and 3.20 across
the board. .
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