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Newspaper Page Textlift aft Ben Defeated By One Stroke Third Tourney Nod For Slammin' Sam By HUGH FULLERTON JR. AUGUSTA. Ga. VT Sam Snead gambled with the "Graveyard of the Masters", the tortuous 13th hole, and beat Ben Hogan by a stroke in an 18 hole playoff for the Masters golf title Monday. Snead won by a score of 70 to Hogan's 71 in a duel that carried right up to the final green. They had finished the regulation 72 holes Sunday with scores of 289, highest ever to win a Masters tour nament. The victory made Snead the sec- end man ever to win the Masters j three times, putting him even with Jimmy Demaret. And it deprived i Hogan of the same honor and pre- ' served the tradition that no Mas-; ters champion ever repeats the next year. Hogan had won last year with a record 274 score and before that In 1951. Snead's previous victories had come in 1949 and 1952. De maret. completing his triple in 1950 was the only player to break (Cont'd on page 2) This, that, etc.: So impressive was Mel Krause in his Sunday tryout in the Sil yerton game, that the Senators up and signed him. The for mer U of Oregon basketballer is has a fine arm. is an all-out hustler and looks as if he knows what the bat is for. He s been a semi pro standout in the fast "Saw dust" League of Southwest Ore gon, and both Mgr. Storey and Generalissimo Luby feel that he's good enough to be a WIL regular. Storey has had an eye on Krause for some time now . . . Speaking of basketballing baseball play ers, Tony (The Hook) Vlastelica isjust as popular with Corvallis folks as a baseballer as he was when he was banging 'em in for Slate Gilll's cagers. The big guy played right field against the Sen ators Saturday at Corvallis, and each time he came to bat you'd have thought it was Babe Bath himself from the sound of the ap plause he got . . . Ralph Cole man's Staters have some fine tal ent again this season Center- fielder Jerry Exley, Pitcher Korb Wellman and First-baseman Jay Dean, to name three. But the lad who made the wise old baseball men's eyes bug Saturday (same in- cludine Dodgers Scout Sylvester Jack Wilson) was a big, raw-boned sophomore named Joe Kennedy, from Mt. Vernon, Wash. He started to heat up on the sidelines in the ninth when the Senators launched a rally. His free-wheeling, yet overpowering style, plus what looked like a smoking fast ball had the oldtimers forgetting all about the ball game. They wanted to know who, how old, and where from pronto. The kid is 19, stands at 6-2 and has 195 pounds very well slugger Dick Sinovic didn't make as hoped. Hes been optioned out to tne .Braves' loieao ciuo. nut said Braves still feel that the onetime Rousing Richard of Waters Field will one day be a regular ers are among the elite when it comes to passing off wise cracks, a known fact And the Senators' aspirant who passed this one off the other afternoon is a paid-up member. Noting that Mgr. Storey was forced to play a catcher in left field and an infielder in right, the boy dryly remarked, 'They can smuggle dope into this country, but we can t gat a ballplayer out oi cuDa. . . . These Are Painless Days for the Beavers It's not hard to imagine that the gents who ran the Portland Beavers are feeling no pain these early days of the PCL race. Not with the way their pets have been behaving. It's safe to say that nary a one of 'em including Manager Clay Hooper expected the club to do much (Continued on next page) Nasties Are in For It . . . Gomez, Henning After Mat Tag Win Tonight The tag team combo of Pepper Gomez' and Johnny Henning take on nasties Kurt von Poppenheim and Tommy Martindale tonight in Matchmaker Elton Owen's wrestling feature at the Armory. And if the former tandem has its way about things, they'll be mighty rought for the culprit side of the . session. I A diMla uritK KnrthwAct 1:1" I team champs George Dusette and Luther Lindsey has been prom ised the winner of the scrap, which is reason enough for both sides to cut loose to the limit. But the participants in this eve ning's sortie won't have that alone in mind. It was only last week that Go mez lost, via disqualification, to von Poppenheim when Henning jumped into the ring to help the Pepper Pot out during a hectic moment in that main event match. The week before, Gomez was given a referee's decision over Martindale. All of which has rr w both ' Poppy" and his partner. K should be a dilly of a tag scrap," Owen assures. The matchmaker has lined up one of the best looking, support ing cards he's had in month. In the opening mix, a sihgle-faller at 8:30 o'clock, Indiana Buck Weaver, the popular and balding Mr. Trickster himself, makes a return to local action against Con Bruno, a squat tuffy who also g-cs by th- name "Mr. Five-by-Five." He's a topnotcher fro-n Calg3rj ?nd produces plenty rf action. The special event, a 2-of-3 fa.ll- Idlges Playing These seven Salem High athletes, team last fall, are now point track suaqd which today meets 3:15 p.m. From left to right as strong as garlic breath, can run MEL KRAUSE Senators sign him. Johnson and former Senators Mgr, proportioned . . . r ormer Senators the Milwaukee varsity this spring outfielder with them . . . Ballplay GEORGE DUSETTE He's in special event er, brings on the ever-popular George Dusette against Mexican Juan Hernandez. Juan fouled him self out of match with Henning last week by insisting upon punching not only his foe but the referee as welL Owen will have either Hany Elliott or Tony Ross in tow -for refercc'ng duties tont?:it, as he expe-ts things to set rather rough during the course of the program. 5 v "H v" 1 .If Jf ,:V-v: - . V New Role This all members of the crack football getter for Coach Vera Gilmore's Lebanon High on Olinger Field at are Terry Salisbury, Ken Rawlings, Storey, Luby Talk ; - . . i-t lC Senators Play Rooks Today; Krause Signed By AL LIGHTNER Statesman Sports Editor TVi tmirn Qonitnrc woro haolr at their Waters Fiplr! nrartirp lahnrs Monday, following the 11-1 spring camp victory over the Silverton Red Sox Sunday. Both Manager Harv Storey and General Manager Hugh Lubv got an earlv start Monday by appearing before the week Central Cops Oval Victory MONMOUTH (Special) Central Hi scored 81 points here Monday to win a four-way track and field meet with Willamina, Dallas and Sheridan. Willamina had 46lfc points, Dallas and Sharidan ZVi. Don Owens with 22 points and Larry Johnson with lSY paced the victors. Baker scored 10 for Wil lamina and Harold Holdorf netted nine for Dallas. Event winners were as follows: High hurdles: Johnson (C) In 18.4. 100-yd. dash. Owens (C) In 11.1. Mile tun: Fowler (Wj in 5:00.2. 440 yd. dash: Owens (C) in 58.S- Low hurdles: Jolmson (Cl in 24 5. 220-yd. dash: Owens (C) in 28.0. 880-yd. run: Alsip (Cl in 2:14. Shot-put: Alsip tC) at 38' 3V. Discus: Fratzke (C) at 110" 3". Javelin: Stephens (D) at 150' 1". Pole viult: Baker (Si and Holdorf (Dl tie at 9' 8". High jump: Baker iW) and Holdorf (D) tie at 5' 5".-' Broad jump: Owens C) at 19" 3j". Relay won by Central (Owens, Snyder. Layton. Johnson j in 1:44 2. Broncs Clout Easy Victory LEWISTON. Idaho UP Van couver of the -Western Internation al League swamped the Pioneer League Pocatello Bannocks. 12-1 in exhibition baseball here Monday. Bill Brenner, the Vancouver man ager, gave up nine nits nut Kept them : spaced except for the first inning when Pocatello scored its only run. Al Torres pitched all nine innings for Pocatello and was hit hard from ! the fourth on. Nick Pesut got three hits in fivetimes al bat for the winners. Brenner, with a two-run double in the ninth, went two for five along with Ellis Dougherty. Vancouver 001 021 11612 11 0 Pocatello 100 000 000 1 9 6 Brenner and Pesut; Torres and Montgomery. La4ie Miser Leaf U-Bowt PA YLESS . DRUGS ( 1) D. Valdez 375. Hills 24. N. Valdei 300. W. Val dez 419. WESTERN PAPER (3) Kir by 465. Hall 308, Cogswell 330, Blind 336 JOHNSON'S (1) Reink 438. Shel don 384. Nicholls 354, Lance 355. KREBS (2) Morley 40C, McMusa 337. Moen 424. Smith 479. MOORE BUS. FORMS (3) Mulcahy 397. Strader 406. Wilcox 341. Case 348. MEADOWS REST. (1) Eckltrom 350 Furrer 368. Arnold 347, Arthur 420. f SALEM BUILDERS SUPPLY (1) Curtis 401. Keene 263. Fredrick 378. Coon 412. NEHI (3) V. Gannon 367. Fallen 4O0. J. Gannon 357. Hildreth 407. High team game. Nehi. 627: high team aeries. Krcbs. 1648; High ind. game. Jo Gannon of Nehi. 204: high ind. aeries. Carol Smith of Kreba. 479. Capital Allors--CmmcrciaI Na. 1 LAN A AVENUE SERVICE (3) R. Gurtn K. Nelson 545, J. Doerflcr 53. f. Barber 510. K. Hayes 553. ?'AEICK REAMERY 11 M. Allen 3 M. Pelu-r 543. L. Dawnnort 417. F. Kenyon 493. . Kins 495. RAWXINSONS LAUNDRY (3) D. Ringland 499. W. Spriggs 601. W. Spring for Salem Vikings I Neal Seheidel, Jim Anderson, Del Funk, Jim Person and Ray Taylor, All bat Person and Taylor are sprinters. Those two handle the weights. Most of the names were synonomous with grid points dur ing the '53 campaign. at B-Club ly meeting of the Breakfast L lub, and later announced that Mel Krause, the former University of Oregon basketball captain and baseball pitcher has been signed to a contract. Krause played with the Salerns Sunday against Silverton, got three hits and impressed with his defensive ability. He's 24, stands at 5-11 and weighs a solid ISO. He's the prep cage coach who re cently switched from Willamette High in Eugene to the Portland system, and has been a star in the fast Southwest Oregon "Sawdust" circuit the past couple of years as an infielder. "He can play anything and play it well," Storey told Mon day. "I think he's quite a pros pect and I've been keeping an eye on him for a couple of years." Krause will of course not be available for fullscale duties un til the school term is over in June. But he will be with the Senators for all home games. A lengthy workout got under way at 11 a.m. Monday and in cluded plenty of batting practice and some infield and outfield drills. The Salems today play the talH ented Oreogn State Rooks in a 2 p.m. clash at Waters Field, their third "Grapefruit League" exhi bition tussle. The Rooks have such 1953 prep luminaries as I Lowell Pearce and Phil Jantze of the Salem Viks, Pitcher Sylves ter Johnson Jr., and Pitcher Johnny Fredericks. All told, the OSC freshmen loom as one of the strongest yearling outfits in the school's history. And since the Senators aren't exactly blessed with veteran performers at this early going, the clash could be interesting. There will be no admission charge for the afternori game. Two young lefthanded pitch ers. Bill Castell and Bob McFar lane, (Continued on next page.) ALBANY WINS ALBANY (Special) Frank Bur ford fanned 19 Monday as Albany High won a 4-1 district baseball victory at Sweet Home. The Husk ies' flinger, Ted Owens, whiffed 17 in losing the mix. English 463. H. Gustafaon 509, R. Meffert S23. NICKS INN (l)-"-B. Wil- berg 513. O. MuB 479. L. Dierks 499. H. Hartman 500. W. Miller 547. ORVALS USED CARS (3) S. Kitchen 588. W. McClary 551. O. Lama 554. H. Wilkerson 554. W. CBrte Jr. 547. KNIGHTS OF COLUM BUS (1) L. Koutney 442. T. Biegler 464. B. McQueen 537. M. Artz 488. B. Biegler 514. WOODRYS FURNITURE (31 H. Olinger 524. V. Perry 314. D. Woodry 459. C. Foreman 606, R. Adolph 540. WICKLUNDS SPORTING GOODS (!) Blind 393. S. Surrat 451. D. Hen ri rie 502. B. Lawless 434. B. Hayne 542. STARR FOODS 3) G. Lengren 509. B. Duffus 506. H. Nichols 492, B. Langhorf 547. J. Sheldon 459. NICHOLSONS INSURANCE (IV F. Bolton SSL W. Gardner 506, B. Eber sole 483 M. Cady 511. D. C ashman 433. - JAYSONS CLOTHIERS f2) T. Brennan 589. H. Haugen 515, J, Le bold 432. T. Gannon 464. B. Ryan 43. GOLDIES OF SILVERTON (2 CJ Herr 511. F. Fran 499. C. Howell r. J. -'rr 54. G, Bentmn 37. Hf'h t-m game anf series. Lana Avenue. 0t4 and 3003. High md. came. John Docrf ler of Lana Avenue. 285. High ind. series. Clayt Foreman el Woodrys Furniture, 606. .1 -' liriilaiT)iif-i,r "'-- niiin ' f T J Kegler Fires Sizzling 299 In ABC Meet SEATTLE iflt A stubborn No. 7 pin that wavered momentarily but refused to go down Monday kept Dale Carter of Bremerton, Wash from becoming the 14th j man American Bowling Con- gress history to roll a 300 game Although Carter failed to make the perfect game ranks, his 299, first of this year's 51st tournament, was only the 15th of its kind rolled in the world series of bowling. Carter, a 27-year-old Bremerton roofer, would have been the sec ond man of the 1954 tourney to hit a perfecto. Tony Sparando of Rego Park, N.Y., turned the trick March 31. Despite his 299 first game score, Carter failed to crack the top 10 in singles as three afternoon sessions passed without any changes in doubles, singles or all-events. Carter slipped to 205 in his sec ond game and tumbled down to 171 in his third try. Leslie Relays Team Winner Leslie Junior High's varsity re lays team Monday downed West Salem 25-10 in a meet at Leslie, but the Giants copped both the 8th and 7th grade portions of the outing by 30-5 and 20-5 scores. One city relays record was top ped by Leslie's broad-jumping trio pi Foxley, Bacon and Blasco. They aggregated a 53' 5V mark, top ping the old mark by one-fourth of an inch. Monday's varsity winners: 220-yd. relay: Leslie (Rawlings. French. Gates. Bcont in 26.3. 440 yd. relay: Leslie (Rawlings. Thomp son. Robinson. Gessner) in 50.8. 880 yd. relay: West Sajem (Miller. Rivett. Moore, Scott in 1:46.2. Medley re la: Leslie (Thompson, Bacon, Gates. Blaco) in 4:09.7. Shot put relay: Leslie (Robinson, Thompson, Blaco) at 124' 6". Broad jump relay: Leslie (Foxley, Bacon. Blaco) at S3' 5" for new city relays record. High jump relay: West Salem (Scott, Sel lers. Moqre) at 14" 1". Trojan Football Ace in Sniashup LOS ANGEtES UFi Tom Nick oloff, 21,. an outstanding end on the University of Southern Cali fornia football squad last season. was seriously injured in an auto mobile accident near Palm Springs Saturday, night. Nkkoloff, a senior, has been drafted by the Los Angeles Rams pro football club. A spokesman for the lama said they were informed Nickoloff suffered a fractured leg and a concussion. A physician said Nickoloff a con dition was critical. Nickoloff, accompanied by Ed Fouch, another SC football player, hit a bridge abutment. Fouch suf fered only a few scratches. Cascade Blanks Philomath Nine CASCADE - UNION HIGH SCHOOL (Special) Cascade blanked Philomath 6-0 Monday in their Capitol League baseball opener here, scoring all six runs in the fifth inning. Jerry Pfhig and Harold Bitterman combined to hurl three-bit ban for the win ners. Larry Gower, Wayne Feller and Howard Speer each had two of the eight winners' hits. Cascade plays Central here Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in another league game. Philomath 000 000 00 3 1 Cascade . 000 060 8.2 Carter. Lorain sr and : Leach; Pflug, Bitterman (5) and Speer. Statesman, Salem. Ore?. Tues.. April 13. 1954 Sec 2) 1 George Hurls One-Hitter . . . bearcats Open League Play With 9-0 Victory The Willamette Bearcats got their Northwest Conference base ball schedule off with a spectacular bang Monday by blanking the Pacific University Badgers 9-0 on the flossy one-hit hurling of vet eran Andy George. The lone blow off the burly Bearcat righthander came in the second inning when opposing flinger Abbie Ross lash ed out a double. The clash, played at Forest Grove in the rain, saw George fan A. 1 A.1 U ' eight and walk four. His mates i got him off to a fine start by scor- J ing a run in the first inning and three more in the second. Two ' additional tallies in the fourth and three more in the seventh com-1 pleted the scoring for Coach John - Willamette pounded out 12 hits all told, and six Badger errors were tossed in also, making it easier for the Bearcats. Three of Lewis' freshmen Terry Ziebelman, Harvey Neffen dorf and Gary Shugarts were the batting stars for the game. getting seven of the 12 bingles Shugarts had three. Ziegelman's double, followed by some poor Pacific defense, netted the first run. George's single was the telling wallop in the three-run second, and Ziegelman, Pete Reed and Neffendorf delivered hits in the fourth for those two runs. Reed slammed out a two-run bingle in the seventh to wind up with three RBI's for the contest. The Bearcats gave George some fine support, making but one er ror in the sluggish going. Willamette (9) (0) Pacific BHOA Ramdel.l 4 0 0 0 Zelman.2 Nelson ji Shugart.1 Reed.l Patton.c Nefdorf J Scott. r Shield.m George. p BurdgJ 5 2 0 2 &ehrU.3 3 0 2 1 5 1 1 3 Brman.s 4 0 3 0 5 3 2 0 Olson.m 4 0 17 5 2 110 Kempr.2 4 0 1 7 5 16 1 Ross.p 3 10 2 4 2 1 3 0 0 3 0 1 4 10 10 0 0 AdamsJ 3 0 12 0 0 Croton.r 2 0 0 0 0 Wman.c 0 0 6 1 3 Muoto.p 10 0 1 0 Croker.r 10 0 0 Hudlson.l 10 1 Kangas.c 10 2 McClstr.r 0 0 0 Munz.m 10 2 0 Guski.c 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Total 43 12 27 9 Total 29 1 27 12 W U - 130 200 3O0 9 12 1 p U 000 000 000 0 1 6 Pitching Summary: IP AB H R ER SO BB George 9 29 1 0 0 8.4 Ross 7 36 11 9 4 4 Muromoto 2 7 1 0 0 2 1 Errors: George, Ramsdell, Gehrta, Olson. Kemper. Ross. Crowston. 2BH :, Ziegelman. Ross. RBI: Reed 3, George 1. SB: Shugarts 2. Scott. Ziegelman 2. Wilson. Umpires: Heinke, West over. Time: 2:05. 4 Silverton Takes Win Over Tribe SILVERTON (Special) The Silverton Foxes took a 6-1 Willam ette Valley League baseball win over Mollalla here Monday, with Larry Copple both barling the triumph and adding two telling hits. The Foxes scored four times in the fifth for the victory, on hits by John McGee, Jim Black, Dick Pasley and Clyde Kuensey. It was the first league game for each team. Mollalla 000 100 01 7 2 Silverton 010 041 x 7 1 Def rates and Durand; Copple and Umbenhower. Vandals Mentor Sees Progress SPOKANE tf . Coach Skip Stahley, in a jocular jnood, fore cast Monday a 100 per cent im provement next fall in University of Idaho football "We ought to win two games'. The Vandals won only one last year. Stahley was here for a Spokane sports writers' luncheon ' and he talked on problems, pessimism and practice to date. Then he hustled back to, Moscow for one of the two spring drills left. For problems, Stahley cited a great lack of speed and depth, and said the material on the whole. is pretty green. loday'sfi jjpfchcrs KXW YORK OP) Frobabla pitchers, atteadaaca and veather eatlcok for Tuesday's -major ' laacna openinc fames: (last year's woo and tost records, in parentheses: all time Easterotandard). . Nstleaal Lctrx Brooklyn at Mew York 1:3 m ErsUae I JO-fi ts Madia -!. 33.000. (air and cooL . Milwaukee at Ciacinnatl p.m. Buhl (13-) rs PodMelaa -l(l. 30.000. cloud t. r Philadelphia at PltUbwrsh 1:30 p a Roberta X3-1 a mead (a-u. tt, 00. lair and eoot. Cnica at at. Lxrla I P.m. Mknner OS-IS) ts Haddla -). lcooa taraat of occasional ahovarsL ' a, mi fai s a 'f eaaws Kew York at Washington S jb Por li-a ts PortertUid (33-lai or Stobba m-). X.OOa. soon and cool. Be.lt hnort at Detroit a p.m. PUittte a-13 1 or Lama tl-n vs Oromek T-. a.OOO. fair. Cleveland . at tfiieaao - S:M p.m. Wm llMil vs Pierce 41S-12). M.Ma, partly 'etoodj- r.- Boston at Philadelphia t:S p.m. Panic II (31-S) ts Shasta (S-f), 11,000, fair and tool. Bevo Francis Is Excelled At Rio Grande RIO GRANDE. Ohio UP Rio ; Grande CoUege Monday announced it has expelled basketball star Bevo Francis because of scholar ship reasons. The college's committee on in struction said Francis had been dropped from the rolls because of "an excessive number of unex cused absences, failure to make up more than one of his missed mid-term examination and fail ure to attend any classes in the last two weeks." The college issued a statement explaining the dismissal. The state ment said the tiny southern Ohio school, which Francis put on the sports map, wished to "clarify a mass of misinformation and mis understanding which has been cir- culating recently to the effect Francis was dropping out of school for financial reasons." The college denied Francis' scholarship had been lifted at the time Bevo indicated he was ready to quit the school. Francis holds the National Col legiate athletic Asn. single season scoring records for small colleges. Bevo, a sophomore, recently said he might have tajeave school at the end of this semester be cause "bills were piling up." His coach. Newt Oliver, said at the time that if Francis left the little hill country college he would go, too. He intimated the rest of the team would go with them. REMODELING SALE! MM UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED 2 o 2 o (Any Reasonable Offer Wilt B Accepted) HURRY IN TODAY 1 1 OPEN FRIDAY EVENING TILL 9 P. M, TIA 1 S Player Trade Causes Buzz Ike to Toss Opening Serve at Washington - i By JACK HAND NEW YORK un The Enos Slaughter story still had baseball fans buzzing as the major I-rue prepared to open the season Tues day with a full eight-game sched ule expected to draw about 215y 000 fans. Long ago the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees .were firm ly established as pennant favorites but the trade of Slaughter to the Yanks Sunday added new spice to the conversation. j The veteran St. Louis Cardinal outfielder, who will be 38 in two weeks, probably won't :be in the starting lineup when the Yanks open at Washington's Griffith Sta dium in their drive toward a sixth straight pennant. But; manager Casey Stengel indicated he might give the "country boy"i plenty of action in right field as; e -r or a two-platoon man with Hank Bauer. ! "I think we made a doggone good deal which will help us plen ty at a time when we need all the help we can get," said Sten gel. The Yanks' sorry spring train ing record (14-19 worst in the American League), indicates they do need help although the experts pick them to repeat and the bet tors make them an even money choice. j BrookIyn,"regarded a shoo-in by many and 7-10 in the pre-season odds, starts its drive for a third straight National League cham pionship at New York's Polo grounds where new manager Wal ter Alston will throw his "World Series" lineup against the Giants, revived by the return' of Willie Mays. i With President Eisenhower primed to throw out the first ball at Washington and the weather man forecasting generaly fair weather for the big day. every thing is ready for the start of an other 24-week grind. About 35 per cent of the opening I day lineups will be changed from i a year ago, due to trades of veter- I ans or the advance of rookies from I the minor leagues. Bobby Thorn- son, per naps the most important player traded in the Al season, won't be in the Milwaukee lineup because his broken ankle will keep him sidelined for many more weeks. ' Among the newcomej-s who will be watched carefuly iare Henry Aaron, Thomson's left field re placement at Milwaukee; Vic Pow er and Spook Jacobs of the Phil adelphia A's, Frank Boling, Al Kaline and Bil Tuttlejof Detroit; (Cont'd on page- l)v -.,;... V Name the Price CTATC CTDCCT 2 o o o 11 ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE ELKS CL03 '