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Ex -Senator
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Sunday sorties: ' ' i
No doubt but what both Spec Keene at Oregon State and Leo
Harris at Oregon are feeling rather happy these days happy that
their bids to basketballing Rio Grande College were turned down.
Rio Grande, starring Bevo Francis, was offered a $10,000 guarantee
for Oregon appearances next De
cember. The school wasn't inter
ested. Now that Francis has been
flunked out of school, the basket
ball team next December will have
about as much crowd appeal as
poison oak . . . Then on the other
hand, pity the poor schools which
have contracted Rio Grande, at fat
guarantees, for next season ... So
many requests by mat fans asking
why Eric Pederson doesn't appear
here that we submit the following
explanation: The guy is in Maestro
Elton Owen's doghouse because of
repeatedly failing to show up for
advertised bookings. Now en route
to Hawaii for a series of appear
ances there, Pederson will never
again wrestle for Owen until he (in
the words of the matchmaker him
self "puts up $500 as forfeit money
for every one of the bookings he
fails to make." I'm sick and tired of the guy's runouts and the dis
appointment he gives the fans, adds Mr. O. . . Outfielder Dwane
Helbig, balking at reporting to the Victoria club, has returned to
school at Oregon State and may not play any baseball at all this sea
son. Tis also being told that Pitcher Bill Bottler, the former U of
Oregon kid who also is ticketed for option to Victoria by. Portland,
doesn't want to go there and would much rather be sent to Salem.
His dad is all for the idea also. Seems that those who have played at
Victoria don't like that off-balance park with its poor lighting and
atrociously short center field fence ... He hasn't told whether he'll
be a pitching general manager or not, but "Kewpie Dick" Barrett,
new generalissimo of the front office at Yakima has been taking his
daily workouts with the club. So has H. Luby with the Senators, for
that matter, despite his announced retirement. Might not be a bad
bet that should things get tough for the Solons around second base,
same H. Luby will once more don No. 4 for action. It's a tough dis
ease to kill, that urge to play baseball . . .
Former Solon Shortstops Off to Fine Start
In looking back over the years, it seems that the town Sen
ators have always been blessed with a good shortstop. Right
from the beginning in 1940, when John (Bonny) Griffith both
managed and played the deep infield patch for the Salens,
there has been a succession of good ones. There was Griffith,
Eddie Wheeler, Wally Flager, Baddy Peterson, Richey Meyers
and Gene Tanselli, to name the more outstanding ones.
Whether Tanselli comes to terms for another season here, or
whether this impressive looking kid Carl Bellotti wins the job and
develops into another crack shortstop remains to be seen. But it is
nice to note that two of the more recent Senator grads who played
the spot have blossomed into front-liners in the neighboring Coast
League.
They are of course Meyers with Sacramento and Peterson with
San Diego. Both are off to a rousing start this season, afield as well
as at bat. And if they happen to keep it up, neither is too old to be
taken aboard next season by some major league club . . ,
Sylvester Johnson Move a Puzzler
Many strange things happen in the diamond sport, most
recent addition being the swapping of Enos Slaughter by the
Cards to the Yankees. There have been others and there will
be more. We peons will never be allotted the real reason why.
In this same category is the recent switch made by Sylvester
Johnson as a scout. He was for years with the New York Yankees
organization, and suddenly Ire's with the Brooklyn Dodgers, with no
explanation.
Those who observe such transformation with average interest
are always quick to come to their own conclusions. Most folks here
abouts feel that Sylvester Johnson Jr., son of the once famous major
league righthander, is involved in the change made by pappa from
the Yanks to the Brooks.
Anyone who has seen the Johnson kid pitch has been as
sured that he's a whopper of a major league mound prospect
Wise baseball men, hardened by years of experience in the
game. -render little other than oohs and ahhhs over his ability
and future.
When Sylvester Sr. was in the Yankee organization it was a
foregone conclusion that the boy would eventually become a mem
ber one day, after pocketing a sizeable bonus. But something has
gone amiss. Was it a squabble over bonus? Was it that the Yankees
wanted to start the boy out now rather than wait out the four years
he expects to attend Oregon State? Were the Yanks outbid by the
Dodgers?
Father Johnson doesn't say. But it will be very interesting to
see just where the strong-armed kid does land in pro ranks once
he's finished at Corvallis. . .
Tuesday at Armory . . .
Seven Gladiators Set
For Mat Battle Royal
Matchmaker Elton Owen Saturday named the seven gladiators
who will make with the battle royal mayhem on the Armory mat
Tuesday night, reminding that the winner of the melee will (1) get
get a $200 purse, (2) a trophy and (3) a match the following Tues
day night with Luther Lindsey
here.
In the every-man-for-hirnself
scrap, the first of its kind for the
Salem ring in many months, will
be the dashing Pepper Gomez and
Johnny Henning. who won this
week's tag team mix here. Tiger
Tommy Martindale and Kurt von
Poppenheim, the two culprits who
lost to Gomez and Henning. Bust
lin Buck Weaver, Con (Five-by-Five)
Bruno and Mexican Juan
Hernandez.
"It's quite a lineup as any wrest
ling fan will attest," Owen adds.
There will be four mat nasties
in the mixup, to only three of the
heroic blend. Gomez, Henning and
W eaver are of Jhe latter species.
The seven will go at it at 8:30
o'clock. First eliminated will be
finished for the rnght. The next
two will return for a single-fall
match, as will the next pair. The
final two remaining in the royal
will come back to wrestle off the
main event, for the purse, trophy
Lindsey date.
The battle royals are usually
high among the favorite types of
grappling for the fans, and Tues
day's appears to be a promising
one. Tickets for the card will be
on sale at Barb's Sporting Goods
Store.
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TOMMY MARTINDALE
Tiger Man' on mat card.
Whits, Coyotes
Split 2 Gaines
WALLA WALLA Whitman
and College of Idaho divided a
Northwest Conference double
header Saturday, Whitman winning
the first game 7-6 and losing the
second 6-0.
Stocky Sid Aronson got credit
for the win in the opener with a
superb relief job, but was hit heav
ily in losing the nightcap. Ken
Arnold of the Coyotes spaced three
Whitman safeties in tossing the
shutout win.
Church Softy
Play to Open
The 21 teams entered in
Church Softball League play will
begin action, this week, with four
games set Monday evening in
the Junior division. The Juniors
will play Monday and Wednesday
evenings during the season and
the Senior League's games are
set for Tuesday and Thursday
evenings at Olinger and Baker
Fields. The Senior loop is split
into "A" and "B divisions. f
Monday's opening Junior slat:
Calvary Baptist ,vs- St Marks
Lutheran, 1st Naxarene vs. 1st
Congregational, 1st Baptist vjk.
Highland Friends. Leslie Meth-
I, odist "vs. Englewood EUB.
NL's Longest Nine-Inning Contest;
Garver Blanks Orioles; Chisox Win
NEW YORK CP The Chicago
Cubs rolled up their highest score
in 32 years Saturday, winning a
23-13 marathon from the St Louis
Cardinals.
The game lasted three hours and
43 minutes, five minutes more than
the previous longest nine-inning
game ever played in the National
League.
A 10-run fifth inning proved the
difference as the Cubs pounded
Senators Win:
Yakima Faced
Again Today
(Cont'd from preceding page)
swingers for the afternoon was
four singles. The 319 spectators
liked that, immensely.
Young Dick Young went the
first five heats for the Bears, and
left with a 2-0 count against him.
The two were scored in the first
inning when Carl Bellotti sin
gled to center, Krause singled
to short, Charley Neal dropped
a solo into left, scoring Bellotti,
and Norm Harms singled infield,
tallying Krause.
There were no. further Salem
threats off Young, but his relief,
veteran sidearmer Ray Machado,
was nicked for the other two
Solon runs in the seventh.
Lou Scrivens started with an
infield hit to short, moved to
second on Bellotti's sacrifice
bunt and scored when Krause
boomed a line triple into right
center. Krause ambled in on a
wild pitch as Machado was fac
ing Perez.
Both the pesky Scrivens, who
is almost certain to land the
utility berth with the Solons, and
Krause had two of the nine Sa
lem hits. Perez failed to hit safe
ly, but in his first trip drove
Herm Lewis far back against the
right field lence with a 340 foot
try
Camp notes: Storey sat out Sat
urday's mix. as he wants to get
a look at Krause on third base.
Also, tHe boss has a sore arm . . .
Tanselli was in suit and rarin'
to go. He'll play today, either at
short or second base . . . Kellogg
won't go into action for some
time yet. as he's not in shape . . .
The Yaks' new shortstop, Pete
Gomez who, like Perez hails from
Cuba, saw his first action of the
spring. He's reputedly a terrific
fielder ...
Yakima
Sites.m
Catron J
Lewis.r
Noren.l
MeadJ
Walker 1
Sumrs.c 4
Gomcij 3
Young.p 2
Mchdo.p 0
Strngr.2 2
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(4) Salem
B H O A
2 0 0
1 2
2 2
0 3
1 11
1 2
1 1
1 6
0 0
0 0
Totals 31 4 24 16 Total 32 9 27 11
Yakima
Salem ....
Pitcher
Young
000 000 000 4 0 1
200 000 20 4 9 1
IP AB H R EH SO BB
Machado 3 11
Mcrarlane 7 23
Castell 2 8
Hit by pitcher:
pitches: Machado
2 2 0 2
3 2 2 2 1
2 0 0 3 2
2 0 0 2 1
Gomez. Wild
Left on riases
Yakima 8. Salem 8. Errors: Harms.
Catron Three-base hit: Krause.
Runs batted in: Neal. Harms. Krause.
Sacrifice: Bellotti. Stolen bases:
Scrivens. Double plays: McFarlane
to BellotH to Neal. Walker to Gomez
to Noren Time: 1 :SS Umpire: Wil
liams and Vandervort. Att.: 319.
Bearcats Beat
L-C in Pair
CContd. from Page 8)
Gary Jackson socked a bases
empty homer for the Pioneers
in the first frame, this one a
long belt over the right field
barrier.
The six runs in the second in
ning and three more in the third
sewed up the second game for
the Bearcats. Dave Gray went
the route for Willamette, giving
seven blows. Three walks and
six hits accounted for the big
second frame, chief blows being
a two-run double by Bill Nelson
and Jerry McCallister's two-run
single.
Lewis and Clark totalled three
homers in the nightcap, bat all
came with the bags empty. Out
fielder Connie Kilmer socked
two, in the second and sixth in
nings, and Jerry Shepard Jiit the
other in the fifth.
B H O A
Zlglmn.2 4 0 0 4
(5) L C
B H OA
0 2
Nelson .s
ShgrtaJ
Reed.l
Patton.c
NfndTf J
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Muntjn
George ,p 3
Malclmj- 1
Shieldjn 1
HudlanJ 0
0 0
2 1
1 11
1 11
0 2
Raman J 1 0
SchMt 6 2
Jaksajn
LewiM
MarteU
Kilmer J
Shprdj
Allen 4
Hyde.p 4
Ronnce 1
Myer 0
2 11
3 0
1 S
0
Totals 34 8 30 10 Totals 44 10 28 S
WU 200 3O0 0O0 1 6 3
LAC 100 013 000 0 I 10 2
Pitcher IP AB H X 13 SO BB
Hyde 10 34 S S 4 17 4
Georfe 10 44 U I 1 10 4
HP Must. Hyde. Winner: George.
Loser: Hyde. LOB: WU S. L & C 11.
Errors: Allen 2. Reed 2. Nelson 2.
George 1. HR: Jackson. Shucarts.
3BH: Lewis. 2BH: Schlaadt 1. Hyde.
Allen. Reed. RBI: Schlaadt. Jackson.
Lewis. Kilmer. Hyde. Ziepetman.
Shugarts 2. Reed. SB: Shu farts. DP:
Georfe to Patton to Reed. Umpires:
Hicks. RegeX Tim: 3 J7. Attendance:
7.
Second game:
L-CTark SIS Wl 1 7 1
Willamette ; . 163 0 1 2
Hamilton. Stetnple (2). Allen (S)
and Ronnie; Gray and Patton (I).
six St. Louis pitchers for 20 hits
and the Cards shelled three Chi
cago hurlers for IS safeties.
Five homers were hit in the
game, one triple and 10 doubles.
There.were alio 21 bases on balls
issued in the weird contest. Six
errors were committed, five by St.
Louis and three of them by third
baseman Ray Jablonski.
It was the most runs the Cubs
have scored since they outlasted
Aug. 25,1922. In that game the
Cube came up with 14 nns in the
fourth inning.
The previous longest regulation
game was 3:38 between Brooklyn
the Philadelphia Phillies 26-23 on
and New York. Sept. 6, 1952. The
major league record is 3:52 set by
the Boston Red Sox and New York
Yankees last May.
Five Clubs Tied
The victory, their second in three
games, moved the Cubs into a five
way tie for first place. It was the
third straight loss for the winless
Cards.
Detroit took over undisputed pos
session of first place in the Ameri
can League as Ned Garver hurled
a 1-0 victory over Joe Coleman and
the Baltimore Orioles.
The Tigers maJe only three hits
to Baltimore's five but two of them
came in fourth inning for their lone
run. Harvey Kuenn singled, ad
vanced to second ot a walk to
Ray Boone and scored on Walt
Dropo's single to center. ,
In the only other American
league game, the Chicago JYhit
Sox finally broke into the winning
column, defeating the Cleveland In
dains 8-1. Held to only six runs in
the first three games, the White
Sox unleashed a five-run attack in
the first inning to shell Art Houtte
man off the mound.
Bob Keegan yielded only four
hits as he went the route for the
Sox. He was helped by home runs
off the bats of Chico Carrasquel,
Jim Rivera and Ferris Fain.
Braves Top Reds
Milwaukee's Braves handed the
Cincinnati Reds their first defeat
of the season as Lew Burdette
hurled a seven-hitter for a 5-1 tri
umph. Johnny Logan smacked two
homers for the victors, both coming
off rookie Corky Valentine, the
starter and loser.
A crowd of 20.938 home fans
watched the Braves win their sec
ond straight after their opening
day defeat.
The scheduled games between
the Giants and Dodgers at Brook
lyn, Pirates and Phillies at Phila
delphia, Senators and Yankees at
New York and Athletics and Red
Sox at Boston all were postponed
because of rain.
Eastern Meeting
Calls OCE Coach
OREGON COLLEGE, Monmouth
Bob Livingston, Oregon College
basketball and baseball coach
leaves Portland by air Sunday,
April 18, to attend the American
Association for Health, Physical
Education, and Recreation at the
Hotel Statler in New York City.
He will return on the following
Sunday.
In his absence, Bob Frantz, as
sisted by Darrel Davis will be in
charge of the Wolves' baseball
practice sessions and will coach
the team in its April 23 meeting
in Monmouth with Portland State.
Big Ten Conference football
squads are limited by NCAA reg
ulations to 20 spring practice ses
sions in a 36-day period.
National League
St. Louis 0 5 1 0 4001 213 15 S
Chicago ... . . 3253 10 010 23 20 1
Staley. White (3). Lint (3). Wright
V5 1 . Barzle (S. Deal (5) and Yvars:
Klippstein. Jeffcoat (2). Brosnan (5)
and Garagiola.
Cincinnati 100 000 000 1 7
Milwaukee ... 120 002 00 5 10 0
Valentine. -Fowler (7) and Semi
nick. Bailey (7); Burdette and Cran-dall.
American League
Detroit 000 100 000 1 S 1
Baltimore 000 000 000 0
Garver and House: Coleman, Tox
(9) and Courtney. Murray (9).
Chicafo 501 100 010 8 1 1
Cleveland 001 000 000 1 4 J
Keegan and LoDar; Houtteman,
Tomanele (1). Santiago (3), Narleski
(5), Mossl (7) and Hegan. Narsgon
7).
The senior National AAU four
wall softball handball champion
ships will be held at the New
York Athletic Club, April 23
through May 1.
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