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Seals Flatten
Sinking Bevos
In 5-3 Clash
The sizzling San Francisco Scab
won their ninth game in 11 starts
last night by rallying late for a
5-3 victory over the fast-fading
Portland Beavers. San Francisco
is now only 14 games behind the
seventh place Portlands.
Hollywood regained the Coast
League lead with a S-l win at
Sacramento, replacing the Sacs,
as Mel Queen hurled his ninth
straight victory. The only Solan
run was a homer by Emil Patrick,
Sac pitcher.
Oakland led all the way in spil
ling the San Diego Padres 6-3.
taking a 3-1 lead in the series, and
Los Angeles continued its heavy
hitting by spanking Seattle 8-3 for
the third straight win. The Angels'
Fred Richards hit his 11th homer
of the season.
Portland's Red Adams had a
3-1 lead after six but then yielded
runs in the seventh and eighth.
He was taken out in the ninth.
The Seals had 12 hits, Portland
six. San Francisco now leads the
series 3-1.
Roenspie to Face Broncs Tonight
Br AL LIGHTNER
Statesman Sports Editor
The Salem Senators were on the road to Lewiston Thursday,
where they'll open a four-game Western International League series
with the veteran Broncs tonight After the four clashes with Lewis
ton, Salem moves to Tri-City for May 24-25-26-27 games, and then
returns to Waters Field to battle
the Braves May 28-29-30.
Gene Roenspie, optioned to the
Senators this week by Sacramento,
is slated for the Salem mound
chores in tonight's starter against
the club which swept a three-game
series with the Senators during a
recent Waters Field stand.
It should be interesting to watch
not only the outcome of the Salem
Lewison ball games, but also how
they draw. It was recently report
ed from Lewiston that the club was
in dire financial straights and that
it would be unable to make its
next road trip if $8,000 were not
raised during the home stand at
hand.
But then Lewiston isn't the only
WIL member having its financial
woes. Some of the others, includ
ing our town Senators, aren't
much better off, and it's safe to
say the league has never been in
the wobbly condition it is now in.
At the current rate of progress
a major foldup before the Fourth
of July wouldn't be surprising.
During the recent 11-game home
stand by the Salems. a total of
8,510 paying patrons watched the
games, a good many of which were
played on warm, balmy nights.
This is an average of about 774
per game,
(Continued on page V.
Gervais Loses
Playoff Came
VERBOORT (Special) Ger
vais was unable to hit in the
clutches and to cope with flossy
Verboort fielding Thursday, and
dropped the Class B district base
ball playoff game by a 2-1 score.
Verboort therefore won its way
into the State B Tournament.
Gary Espe held the winners to
four hits and fanned nine. But a
walk, an error, a single and a
passed ball scored twice for Ver
boort in the fifth for the win.
Gervais had seven hits and in
the third Espe's single and stolen
base, followed by Gib Thompson's
single, produced the only Cougars'
run.
Gervais 001 000 0 1 7 2
Verboort 000 020 X 2 4 1
Espe and Thompson, Funkhous
er (5); Green and Moore.
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Portland
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Singleton 25 3 5 3 4 6
Muncnef 7 0 10 13
Adams . 39 5 12 5 4 4
Alexander 1 0 0 0 0 1
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Ashford and Carlucci. T 2:34. A 653.
OCE Spear-man Eyes Win
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MONMOUTH Frank Grove, above, who recently broke the OCE
school record in the javelin event with a throw of 172' 4", will be
after the victory in the spear event here Saturday during the Ore
gon Collegiate Conference meet Conference baseball and tennis
tournaments are the Saturday menu also. Grove also played cen
ter on the OCE baskebaU team last season.
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Yankees Eye
OSC Needs but One Victory
By DON HARGER
Detroit reservoir is fast becoming a veritable mad-house over
the week ends. Anglers are pouring into that area by the hundreds
with most of them going home with a catch of fish. Along with the
crowds there is a great display of unsportsmansuke
J faction on the part of many boat owners ... At
Beavers, Pucks iattle
For League Sail Title
Oregon State needs but a single victory in its final pair of
games this weekend with rival Oregon to cinch the 1954 Northern
Division baseball title. The teams meet Friday at Corvallis and Sat
urday at Eugene and defending champion Oregon needs a sweep of
the two games to finish ahead of
Eugene Leads
Prep Golfers
State Tournament in
Sway at Salem Oub
Paced by their 1953 All-Stater
Leigh ton Tuttle, who fired a 76,
and by Keith Gubrud, who tied for
first-day medalist honors with a
75, the Eugene Axemen went out
in front of the State High School
golf tournament with a team score
of 311 Thursday at the Salem Golf
Club.
The four-man teams shot an 18
hole round Thursday and will re
peat today, climaxing the annual
meet.
In second place, and despite the
absence of their star Bob Prall
who was ruled ineligible by a re
cent Oregon School Activities
declaration, were the Salem Vik
ings, 15 strokes behind at 326.
Then in order came Corvallis
with 327, Pendleton
(Continued on next page)
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Statesman, Salem- Ore Friday, May 21, 1354 (S4c 4) 1
Leslie Wins Oval Title
Leslie Junior High's Rockets
Thursday won the annual City
Junior High School track and
field meet with a 573 point per
formance on Oiinger Field. Par
rish was second with 40 points
and West Salem third with 32.
No records were broken.
West Salem's Jack Scott was
the individual star of the day,
winning firsts in the 50 and 100
yard dashes and the broad jump,
and running on the third place
relay team.
In the eighth grade competi
tion the Parrish lads were first
with 59 56 points. West Salem
second with 33 56 and Leslie
third with
(Continued on page 2)
Pitcher Joe Preskj) of the St.
Louis Cardinals never played on
an organized baseball team until
his senior year in high schooL
League
Tough Tussles Ahead
For Brooklyn Outfit
NEW YORK l The major
league teams beaded back to their
own divisions Thursday after the
first full scale intersection al bat
tles of the season.
The pre - season favorites, the
New York Yankees and Brooklyn
Dodgers, both are running in sec
ond place, just one game off the
pace. But the Yankees are in a
far rcore favorable position to
make a move for the lead.
Coming home from a Western
trip that saw them win eight out
of ten from the more powerful
Western teams, the world cham
pions Friday head into games with
Washington, Philadelphia and Bos
ton. The three teams currently are
in the 6-8 positions in the league.
The Dodgers, on the other hand,
actually are tied with Philadelphia
for second' in the tight National
League race. And in the nine-game
(Continued on page 2)
Victoria
Spokane
Edmontn
WESTERN INTERNATIONAL,
W L. Pet. W L. Pet.
Vancovr 15 8 .652 Yakima 12 11 .522
Lewiston 12 1 0 . 545 Wenche 10 12 .455
12 10 .545 Salem 10 13 .435
12 10 .545 Calgary 7 11.389
10 8 .556 Tn-Citv 8 15 .248
Thursday results: At Spokane 1.
Lewiston O. At Victoria 9. Vancou
ver 10. At Edmonton 5. Wenatchee
4. At Calgary 9, Yakima 8. vOnly
games scheduled).
COAST LEAGUE
W L Pet W L Pet.
Holwood 25 19 .568 Seattle 22 23.489
Sacram. 25 GO .556 Los An 22 24 .478
Oakland 24 22 .522 Portlnd 20 24 .455
S Diego 23 22 .511 San Fr 19 26.422
Thursday results: At Portland 3.
San Francisco 5. At Oakland 6. San
Diego 3. At Sacrameato 1. Holly
wood 6. At Los Angeles 8. Seattle 3.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L Pet.
St. Louis 19 14 .576 N York
Phidale. 16 14 .533 Cincin.
Brooklyn 16 14 .533 Chicago
Milwau. 15 14 .517 Pittsah
Thursday results: At Pittsburgh 4,
St. Louis 17. (Only game played).
AMERICAN LEAGUE
(No games scheduled.) .
W L Pet.
16 15 .518
17 16 .5151
14 14 .500
11 23 .324
Don Harder
ithe Mongold boat launching site anglers back their
'cars and boat trailers up to the water, launch their
Ki-iafe anH then loavo the rar a nrf trailer ac i The
g-VLlaunching site is soon blocked to those followinf
V 7t Jwho wish to put a boat in the water ... It
Iwould seem that the early boat launchers would
wsg Jgive some thougnt to those that will tollow. ihey
. x V v would display a lot more in the way of lake fishing
'lU.. L . .
tuen move meir cars and trailers out of the launch
ing area . . . Other rumbles coming from that
area concern the liberation of trout. Seems that on
one day not long ago a garme commission libera
tion truck pulled up at the head end of the lake to
release some fish. A couple dozen anglers on
Wn th r: k u meray ushing at the outlet of the
f ?- e fish were being poured into the lake. This is strictly a
case of "put and take" fishing. If that is the way the Game Com
mission wishes to please the angler, well and good. However, they
would save a lot of time and wear and tear on equipment if they
would invite the fishermen over to the hatchery and give them dip
t v r-rm what we hear- the newlv released fish are far
from being fit for the table. I: puzzles this column as to whv an
glers would want the fish if they are not fit to eat. Is it fun to
catch trout out of the tail end of the liberation truck? .
Huge Waterfowl Violation in California
From the monthly publication of the California Fish and
Game Department we note (with distaste) the following: A pho
to showing. "Small part of the 5,000 waterfowl seized by state
and federal wardens." The article states that this mav prove to
be one of the biggest waterfowl violations clean-ups In the na
tion. Seventeen shooters were rounded up in the Sacramento valley
and charged with market hunting. Five restaurant owners in the
San Francisco area were arrested at the same time for buying the
ducks. Fines on those already tried and found guilty range from
$600 to 51.200. Estimates by state and federal wildlife conservation
asonts of the total season kill of the market hunters run as high as
50.000 ducks for the "duck-lesginp" rin wHich operated from the
Sacramento valley to the east San Francisco Bay.
A San Francisco Examiner editorial says in part, "The Exam
iner believes that the pleasures of fair hunters should be reserved
for the citizens who respect the laws of men and the code of the
sportsman."
This column endorses the thought of the S. F. Examiner
ind will carry that thought even further into the realm of ani
line as well. None of the regulations governing this nation's
fih and wildlife should be treated with such utter disrespect.
It is not a simole matter of the fish and wildlife alone. It is
all that they stand for in this world of ours. A God given heritage
that we should cherish and protect so that all of us mav continue
to derive some enjoyment from the out of doors. To ruthlesslv and
thoughtlessly destroy that which was placed on this earth for our
enjoyment is criminal and the violators of fish and wildlife regular
tions should be severely punished . . .
Santiam fly Fishing Reportedly Good
Fly fishing is reported to be good on the Santiam river in
the Stavton to-Jefferson stretch of water. Although the fish
are in the 10-inch class by the majority, they are lots of fun and
are hitting a dark brown dry fly with regularity along in the
evening hours.
The Deschutes river is good now in the Lower Bridge and Cline
Falls areas. The trick here is to hit the river during the week and
not over the week-end. The river has a monotonous habit of rising
and clouding up over every weekend. This of course, goes a long
way toward making the holiday angler talk to himself in a strange
language.
Good catches of cutthroat trout were resorted from the
coastal streams last weekend. Most of the fish were taken in
the lower tidal reaches by trollers. The fish were all fat and la
excellent condition. Doc Sheltons and Ford Fenders wits
worms proved the best of the trolled lures.
Musial Leads
Cardinal Win
PITTSBURGH UP League -leading
St. Louis went wild Thurs
day night against last place Pitts
burgh, bunching six runs in the
first frame and seven in the sev
enth four of them on a triple
and a homer by Stan Musial to
win 17-4.
The victory stretched the Cardi
nals' lead over second - place Phil
adelphia and Brooklyn both idle,
from one to one and a half games.
Musial's homer, 13th, moved him
ahead of Hank Sauer of the Chi
cago Cubs in the race for major
league home - run hitting honors.
Sauer has 12.
Capilano Win
Hikes Margin
Vancouver topped Victoria 10-9
in 10 innings, Spokane edged Le
wiston 1-0, Calgary rallied to beat
Yakima 9-8 and Edmonton scored
a 10-inning 5-4 win over Wenat
chee in Western International
League play last night. The Caps
victor added to their league lead,
which is now two games over sec
ond place teams.
Ralph Romero bested John Mar
shall in the 1-0 game, each yield
ing three hits. Bob Donkersly's
double and Red Dean's single
scored the run. Manager Bob
Sturgeon singled in the winning
run for Edmonton and Marv Wil
liams honTered for the Vancouver
win.
Vancouver .. 303 OOl 002 110 15 2
Victoria 004 000 131 0 9 14 1
Nicholas. McKay (10) and Duret
to; Prior and Martin.
the Beavers, who currently hold a
one-game lead.
Also nursing hopes are the Wash
ington Huskies. They could tie for
the crown with Oregon by sweep-
NORTHERN DIVISION
W L Pet. W L Pet.
Oreg. St. 10 4 .714 Wash. St. 7 7 .500
Oregon 9 S .643 Idaho 1 13 .071
Wshngtn 7 5 .583
Weekend games: Oregon at Oregon
' State Friday, Oregon State t Ore
gon Saturday. Washington at Wash
ington State Monday and Tuesday.
ing their four remaining games
and having Oregon dump the Beav
ers twice. Washington is at Idaho
Friday and Saturday and at Wash
ington State next Monday and
Tuesday. In the event that Wash
ington and Oregon should tie, a
one-game playoff would be neces
sary to determine the Northern
Division winner.
' The winners of both the North
ern and Southern Divisions in the
Conference have been assured
berths in the 4-team double elim
ination NCAA 8th District Playoff.
This tourney is scheduled for May
28, 29 and 31 at the site of ithe
Northern Division winner. The
Southern. Division team was de
termined Tuesday as Southern Cal
ifornia and UCLA met in their
final showdown game in Los Angeles.
Tourney Spot
To Seattle U
SEATTLE OP Seattle Univer
sity and Fresno State College will
be the "at large" teams in the
western regional NCAA baseball
playoffs. Athletic Director Bill Fen
ton of Seattle U. said he was ad
vised Thursday.
Southern California, as winner of
the Pacific Coast Conference South
ern Division pennant, will get one
berth. The fourth spot and honor
of being host at the regional tour
ney, will go to the Northern Divi
sion winner, not yet decided.
The tournament will be played
May 28, 29 and 31.
Lewiston
Spokane
Marshall and
Dean.
000 000 000 0 3 1
000 000 lOx 1 3 1
Garay; Romero and
Yakima 000 201 023 8 10 4
Calgary 202 010 013 9 12 1
Edmunds. Machado (91. Carter (9)
and Albini. Schulte and Lundberf.
Wenatchee 000 010 030 0 4 9 2
Edmonton . 000 020 110 1 S 9 2
Oubre. Shandor 18) and Jenney;
Coaant and Prentice.
PCL Line Scores:
300 000 000 3 3 3
400 000 02 9 0
Erutt and Aylward: Murhpy mna
La- 1.
San Diego
Oakland
Hol' wood 000 000 150 t 3
Sacramento 001 000 000 1 S 3
Queen and Malone. Bragan (7):
Patrick. Candini (8). Daley (9) and
Sheely.
Seattle 010 019 001 3 t 1
Los Angeles 304 019 00 S 12
Nagy. Fletcher (1). Hernandez (51.
Myers (7 1 and Orteig; Spicer and
Meek.
Fish Reportedly Make
Santiam Jaunt Okeh
PORTLAND OP P. W.
Schneider, Oregon Game Commis
sion director, told Secretary of
State Earl Newbry in a letter
Thursday fish are getting over a
dam on the North Santiam River
all right.
Tuesday Newbry demanded that
the commission take action to
force Mountain States Power Co.
to build a fish ladder at its dam
a mile north of Stay ton. He said
the dam was hurting fish migration.
But Schneider replied there are
fish ladders at the dam and that
14 checks since January have
shown the ladders are working
satisfactorily.
National League
St. Louis 600 100 73017 17 0
Pittsburgh 001 003 000 4 11 2
Poholsky and D. Rice. Sarni (7);
Purkey. O'Donnell (1). Yochim (5).
Page (7), Hetki (7). LaPalme ()
and Atwell.
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