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Rap Saxon Drousli l9 9- o End Vic OFy Senators NAPA, CaL (Special) The Salens Senators hustled thrragh their third day of spring training here Friday, beneath a warm. windless sky, and made ready to play : Eagene Saturday at Santa Cm In the first MGrapefrait Lea- gne exbibKioa game of the sea- or. There were no new arrivals la camp Friday, and Manager Hugh Luby doesn't expect any for awhile. He 'has been promised adeonaU olavW he In bv both the Sacramento and Saa Diego Coast League clubs later on. "I'm sure Ducks Mh WS Twice M, 13-3 Ducks' Maddox Hurls One-Hitter EUGENE (Special) The Webfoots from the University of Ore gon posted their sixth and seventh victories of the season Friday as they walloped Willamette 11-0 and 13-3 in a doubleheader. Both games were seven-inning contests. In the opener, Terry Maddox, Oregon pitcher, allowed but one hit to lead his team to the vic tory. Bob Wagnef was the big batter for Oregon with two hits in three trips to the plate, includ ing a double. He batted in three runs. George Shaw got his fourth home run of the season when he belted his four-bagger in the fourth frame with no one on. Willamette got its lone hit in the fifth inning as right fielder Wes Malcolm hit a freak bloop er. Williams Leads Team Pete Williams was the big noise in the second game as he hurled his Buck team to its victory and paced the hitters as well Wil liams got two hits, one of them a two-run homer in the fourth. Willamette opened the scoring In the game with two quick runs in the first inning on a walk, an error and singles by Alva Brown and Harv Heffendorf. In the sixth, Willamette scored their third and last run on a single by Lipscomb, followed by an error that brought home the final tally, Willamette () (11) Vnir. of Ore. ABRH AB R H ZiegelmnJb 3 0 0 KeUer.s 3. 2 0 Nelson s -3 0 0 Rossjf 412 Shuearts.ef 3 0 0 Shaw.cf 4 2 1 NeKendorfJ 3 0 0 Schlostn.lb 2 1 0 McCallistr.lI 2 O JWapier.rt 4 2 2 Brown, lb 2 0 0 Will'mOb 4 2 2 Patton.c 1 0 0 Johnson ,2b 2 0 1 Malcolmjf 2 0 1 Marlettx 3 0 0 Feller. p 10 0 Maddox.p 3 11 Lucus, p . 10 0 Bowen.c 0 0 0 Total 21 0 1 Total Willamette 000 000 29 11 0 16 Univ. of Oregon ..222 302 11 9 0 Pitching summary! in ah h r mr ma ton Dan Teler 4 22 9 9 1 3 Brad Lucus 3 7 0 2 1 1 Maddox 7 21 1 0 4 .1 WP Lucus. HP Maddox. Winner Maddox. Loser Feller. Errors Ziegelman. Nelson . (2), Neffendorf 2). Feller. HR Shaw. 2BH Wag ner. RBI Ross (2), Shaw (1). Wag ner (3). Johnson (2). Maddox (1). Umpires Schopf and Cornacchia.j Second came: " Willamette 200 001 0 1 S 6 Oregon 107 203 13 9 3 Butler. Lucas (6) and Backlund; Williams. Olsen (7) and Marlett Bowen (6). Knees Injured In Fly Chase WILMINGTON, Del. in Del Ennis and Richie Ashburn, Phila delphia Phillies outfielders, sus tained knee injuries when they col- from the bat of the New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle during an Mickey Mantle during exhibition baseball game here Fri day. Phils trainer Frank Wiechec said later that X-rays taken of Ennis chest and left knee were negative and that Del appeared badly shak en up at worst! 1 In Ashburn's case, X-rays were taken of his head and left knee but reports were not received on them Friday night Both players were reported resting comfortably at their Wilmington Hotel rooms. The two injured Phils were able to limp from the Held under their own power. Howard Definitely To Be the First WILMINGTON, Del. w - El ston Howard Friday was assured of- becoming the first Negro to wear a New York Yankees uni form during the regular season when Manager Casey Stengel said the .26-year-old St Louis native had won a job as No. 2 catcher. Howard was tried as both an outfielder and backstop in spring training. "He's not a major league out fielder." Stengel said. "But he is definitely my catcher behind Yogi .Berra." OSC Crew House Damaged by Fire CORVALLIS The Oregon State College crew house on the Willamette River here was dam aged by fire Friday. But Karl Drlica, crew coach, who estimated loss at several hun dred dollars, said it will not inter fere with the opening home race with the Stanford Frosh April 23. ? The fire is believed to have started with an explosion in a locker room heating stove. Flames swept up the walls but were halted before reaching shells and equip ment, valued at S24.000, at the other end of the building. Drlica said minor damage to shells will be repaired within a couple of days. , . Start ' well be kek whea we have to be,"' is the way the manager pats It - Laby plans to contact both Gene Petralli, a veteran first-bast man who played at Vancouver la the WI Leagne. and Bill Dials, a big righthandeJ Negro hnrler who was once with Yakima, aid hopes to sign both. There is no first base- man in camp at present. i-h trtin liaraa araint F.n- c.i'n - m n-j " " z nu aluraT wlu nBa Harv Koepf catching, Bud Fran- cis pitching, with Lefty Bob Tuck- Lead Snared ByMiddlecoff Sensational Putting Nabs1 Masters Lead , By UGH FULLERT0X, JR. AUGUSTA, Ga. ID Cary Mid dlecoff. the 1949 open golf cham pion who has tried vainly to take the measure of the Augusta Na tional Course, finally accomplished that feat with a 65 Friday to take the 36-hole lead in the Masters tournament The tall ex-dentist from Memphis and Kiamesha Lake, N. Y., shot one of the finest rounds in the his tory of this colorful tournament only one stroke over the Masters record to gain a four-stroke mar gin over Ben Hogan, usually the boss of the big course. Middlecoff, putting like a dem on, had nines of 31 and 34, seven strokes under Augusta National's par of 36-36-72, and would have tied the record if he hadn't fal tered on the 17th green. Mangrnm Holds Record The record for the Masters and for a competitive round on the 6,930-yard Augusta National Course is 64, made by Lloyd Mangrum in the first round in 1940. This great round late Friday, following a par 72 on the opening round gave Middlecoff a 36-hole total of 137. Hogan, making a strong bid after Sam Snead had set the early pace, was relegated to second place with 73-63-141. Snead and the first round lead er,. Jackie Burke, wound up in a tie for third with 143's. " Among the Northwest players. Bruce Cudd of Portland, had a 74 for a 149 total, and Stan Leonard, Vancouver, B. C. a 73 for 150. Putting Streak Great A sensational putting streak cli maxed by a 75-foot putt for an eagle three on the tricky 470-yard 13th hole carried Middlecoff to the first 65 ever scored in a Masters tournament. After Mangrum's 64, three 66s were the best previous scores made on this great course in the annual appearances of America's greatest golfers. Hogan shot one of those when Continued on Next Page.) . WyiHl tO let txGSt I i , While at Hospital CLEVELAND im The Cleve land Indians' ailing pitcher. Early Wynn, was sent to Lakeside Hos pital Friday for rest and "to get straightened out," as Dr. Don Kel ly put, it i Two weeks ago Wynn had what seemed to be influenza. After less than a week's layoff, he attempted to pitch, and had a relapse. Dr. Kelly, the club physician, disgnosed the difficulty as bron chitusa and said the hurler would be kept in the hospital two or three days. He fedded that Wynn might pitch in a week or so. Two umpires in the American League are former grid players for the New York Giants in the NFL. They are Hank Soar and Frank Umont More Names Added to Roster Of Senators' Ticket Buyers The Salem Senators business office, now open daily from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. for the purpose of supplying fans with (1) season tickets. . (2t box seat reservations and (3) opening night ducats for the Eugene game April 26, Fri day announced more names of those who have purchased the "Family Plan" season tickets, c The club's drive to sell 2,000 of the low-priced season tickets has reached over the 1.200 mark. The -drive will end on the 26th, opening night' The tickets are priced at $25 for family of hus band, wife and all kids up to 19 years of age, $15 for single adult and $10 for student between the ages of 19 and 21. These tickets entitle their owners to see all Northwest - League . games ' at Waters Field during- the season, with the lone: exception of the opener with Eugene on the 26th. Anyone wishing to purchase one or more of the ducats before deadline time is urged . to. send 3 efruiV er as his relief; Luby playing first base. Rookie George Connelly see- end base, Johnny Hanson short- stop, j Gene Tanselll third, Don Frailey la left field. Bill' Shields la renter and Joe Niro in right Lnby has been impressed with the way both Frailey, on option from the New York Giants, and Shields, a Negro boy with Idaho Fans last season. Have been hit- tiag the ball la practice. The manager is also highly nleased with the wav Rookie Bill Walsh, a C-5, 230-pounder has been pitching. i. mm U WW- mi Statesman, Salem, Ore, Saturday, April 9, 1955 (Sac. 2 1 Angels Sink Bevos; Sactos Hold Lead j By Tbo Anociateo Press Los Angeles freshman southpaw George Piktuzis hurled a two hitter Friday night as he blanked Portland, 5-0. The big guns of the Angel attack, Buzz Clarkson and Steve Bilko, slammed a homer each in the. Pacific Coast League game. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W L Pct.l W L Pet Sacram 4 0 1.000 Seattle 2 2 .500 Sn Fran 3 2 OO Los An 2 2 .500 P'rtlnd 2 2 .500, Sn Dee 2 3 .400 Oakland 2 2 .500 Holywd 0 4 .000 Friday night results: Sacramento 4, Hollywood 2. Oakland 7. Seattle 3. Los Angeles 3, Portland 0. San Fran cisco 13. San Diego 9. Oregon State Wallops PSC CORVALLIS UV-Portland State scored three runs in the first in ning but was held scoreless after that and lost Friday's baseball game 21-3 to Oregon State. Oregon State catcher Jack Stephenson j led at the plate with four hits in four times at bat, five runs batted in and five runs Portland State 300 000 000 3 8 2 Oregon State 030 554 40x 21 19 2 Menath, ! Garrett (4), Connelly (5), Gilliland (8) and Harding; Wuest, Epperly (3) and Stephen son. Thoroughbreds c Await Rich 'Cap BOWIE. Md. Ifl Four of the East Coast's best handicap thor oughbreds, ; Helioscope, Fisherman, Social Outcast and Joe Jones, come together Saturday with no outside interference in the John B. Camp bell Memorial .Race. Their ; imposing , reputations scared away all other opposition to leave each guaranteed a share of the gross pot of $82,600. The winner will get $55,600, the biggest handicap prize ever available in Maryland horse racing. The quartet of stars is easily the best assembled on the race track at Bowie. The track man agement has hopes they will at tract a crowd exceeding the rec ord of 23,640 on April 2, 1949. Fans will' be allowed to bet first and second only. Although Willia roG. Helis Jr.'s Helioscope has started only once this year and C. V. Whitney's Fisherman has been idle so far in 1955, their 1954 performances are expected to make them the favor ites. .- GRANT WINS RELAYS PORTLAND LB Grant High School won the Portland League track and field relays Friday, rolling 'up a total of 45 points. Then came Jefferson 37, Roose velt 25, Geveland and Lincoln 20, Franklin 15, Benson 12, and Wash ington 6. . name, address and check to the ball club, and the ticket will be mailed in return. - Today's list of names: Ralph Nohlgren, Oregon Gravel Co., D. S. Orion. V. J. Osko, Di vane W. Page, Harry E. Patteon, Oren Phillip, Clyde .Prall, Rex Putnam, Paul Rasmussen, Law rence Rich, Felix RiedeL Art Ritchie. Marv Ritchie, R. L. Robertson. Mrs. Louis Robinson, Phil Salstrom, Lyle Sanderson, P. E." Sanders. William Schafer, Thomas P. Sharp, Lowell E. Shinn, H. Sierp, Byron Simooson, Harold Smither, Ed Talbot, LaVern A. Thompson, Florence Tucker. Keith Tweedie, Lee Unruh, R. H. Up john. Leonard Van Vleck, John D. VestaL Vibbert Electric, G. Kenneth Vollmer, Leslie and Karen Nicholson Wadsworth, George Ei Waters Inc., W. E. Weinberg, i E. J. Winkenwerder, Ben Wipper, Charles Wood, "Wal ter Wood, Paul Yung, John Zeeb, E. J. Zwasckha. j 2 ji Clashes "He reminds me a lot ( Bill Beveas," Lnby told. "He's a big, broad-shouldered kid who throws plenty hard with an easy motion, I wish Beveas were here to work with the kid it would help him a great deaL He looks like he'll be- come a real pitcher." The Senators are to play at Modesto on Sunday and at Staa- for university on Tuesday. Eugene Is known to hare the makings of a strong ball club, with maav Portland Beaver optionees under the direction of Manager - Catcher Cliff Dapper. MM U Clarkson's was a line drive of some 400 feet off LeRoy Han and Bilko whaled the ball across the street from the left field wall Glenn Elliot was pitching. - Sacramento kept the PCL lead as Pete Milne hit a two-run hom er in the last of the ninth to de feat! Hollywood 4-2. It was the second time in the four-game se ries; that Milne has contributed the decisive homer for the unr beaten Solpns. Three Oakland homers gave southpaw Bob Cain a safe lead in bis first PCL start and the Oaks downed Seattle, 7-3. Al Get tel finished when Cain tried in the seventh. Four straight hits by Joe Kir rene, including a homer and tri ple, helped San Francisco beat San Diego 15-9 in their contest Kirrene batted in six of the runs. The Angel victory squared the series at two games each; Homer First Hit Clarkson's homer into the far reaches in the fourth was the first hit for the Angeles. Piktuzis, 23-year-old whiz who won 12 games and lost onty one for the 2nd Ar mored Division last year." socked in the second run in the fifth. Johnny Pramesa had singled, stolen second, gained third on a roller, and he came in on Piktuzis' smash. When Elliott took over in the eighth Frankie Austin erred on Clarkson's grounder, whereupon Bilko homered. Dino Restelli got Portland's first hit in the fourth when Don Robert son caught his long fly but crashed into the wall and suffered a head injury. He had to be removed and Restelli received credit for a dou ble. The boxscore: Portland () (S) Lot Anjelei jABRHOA' ABRHOA Wlnb 4 0 0 4 HTbt.cf 4 0 0 1 0 Rstli.lf 4 0 10 O'MhJb 4 0 0 3 2 Slvn.rf 4 0 0 2 O Ush.rf 3 0 0 2 0 Mckl.lb 3 0 17 l'ChUb 4 2 2 2 3 EgrOb 3 0 0 1 2 Bik.lb 4 117 0 Aust.ss 3 0 0 1 2'Cots.U 3 12 10 Wtin.cf 1 0 0 2 O Pres.c 3 12 0 1 Cldrn.c 3 0 0 6 HWinjs 4 0 14 1 Han.p 10 0 1 HPik.p 4 0 111 a-Bski 1 0 0 0 0!Rbt,lf 1 0 0 0 0 Eliot. p OOOOOi Totals 27 0 2 24 ITotal 34 S 9 27 I a-Struck out for Han. in Sth. Portland 000 000 0000 Los Angeles .-. 000 110 03x S E Wilson. Austin? RBI Clarkson, Piktuzis, Bilko 2. Wincenjak. 2B Restf Hi. Coats. HR ciancson. buko. SB Pramasa. S Han. Left Portland 4. Los Angeles 7. BB Han 1. Elliott 1. Piktuzis 3. SO Han 4. Piktuzis 6. HO Han 6 in 7: Elliott 3 in 1; Piktuzis 2 in 9. R-ER Han 2-2; El liott 3-0: Piktuzis 0-0. W Piktusis, L Han. U Mutart. Pelekoudas. An ske.iT 210. A 1908. Seattle 001 000 0113 9 1 Oakland 202 000 21x 7 1 1 Sineleton. Mvers 7). Kindsfather (8) and Orteic; Cain, Gettel (8) and Neal. Hollywood 000 000 2002 7 0 Sacramento ; 000 200 0024 7 0 Otkmnell. Necciai (5). Hogue (7) Beene (8) and Naton. Cereehino, Johnson (7) and Sheely. San Francisco 010 300 740 IS 1 5 San Diego 000 004 104 11 1 Hernandez, Evans (6) Zabala () mri Richer: Carmichael. Herrera til Lvons (7) Davidson (7) Worthham () and Aylward. Gladd (6). .J - North Salem's Netmen Win Second Straight Coach Chester Goodman's North Salem Netmen defeated Lake Os wego Friday to wm their second straight match out ot two. Lee Weaver and Keith Boyer lost the only Salem match to Chas. carter and Roger Moment (0) 6-4, 3-6, 4-6. Other results were: Singles Marv Rhine S) over John Schlenning (0) 6-0, 6-3. Dave Socplofsky (S) over Phil Otness (0) 6-2. 6-4. Larry Johnson (S) over Bill Paulson (0) 6-1, 6-1. Doubles Socolofsky and Rhine (S) f over Schlenning and Otness (0)6-2,6-1. South Salem Golfers Tie for Third Place CORVALLIS (Special) Eu gene won a medalist .golf meet with a 411 score to top the five other schools in the meet held here Friday. Other scores were Corvallis 435, Albany 475. South Salem 475, Cottage Grove 480 and Prinville 513. Scores for the South Salem en tries in the meet were Jim Allen 86, Vera Halliday 91, Ron McCor mick S3, Gordon Hanson 103, and Jim Roetblia 109. Viking Connects With Saxon Pitch First up for North Salem in the grounder thrangh the hands of South Salem's second baseman and got on safely with an error. He was put out seconds later when the Saxons executed a double play, one of the four in the game. The catcher is Dan Luby. The Vikings won the game, 8-2. (Statesman Sports Photo by John Erick-ten) ers Hurt In Collision By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Richie Ashburn of the Philadel phia Phillies suffered an injured left knee Friday when he collided with teammate Del Ennis chasing a fly ball off the bat of Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees and as a result the longest consecutive-game streak in the Na tional League is , in jeopardy. Ashburn has played in 730 straight games and it was expect ed that he'd challenge the loop mark of 822 games set by Gus Suhr. the former first baseman of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The rec ord ended in 1937. The Phillies rallied in the bot tom of the eighth inning, blasting Johnny Sain for three runs and winning the game 84, but it was small consolation. Both Ashburn and Ennis are regulars and are being counted on to supply a good part of the attack. Fly Canses Collision A 'long fly caused the collision and it became an inside-the-park home run. Ennis appeared merely j to be shaken up, but both fly chas- j ers were taken to Memorial Hos pital in Wilmington, Del., where the game was played. Officials said it was possible Ashburn would miss the opener Continued on Next Page.) Cascade Rally Defeats Serra CASCADE UNION HIGH SCHOOL, Turner (Special) The Cascade Cougars tallied three times in the seventh inning to take a 6-5 Capitol League base ball win over Serra Catholic of Salem here Friday The game was scheduled for Saturday at Salem, but was played Friday instead. Serra scored three times in the seventh also on two walks and hits by Jeff Elliott and Jim Luke. Then after Wayne Feller singled and Fred Brown doubled for Cas cade, there were three walks, fill ing the bases. Pitcher Jim Uhr- hammer won his own game with a single. Cascade now has a 2-0 record for loop play, Serra 0-2. Serra 001 100 35 5 3 Cascade L 101 001 36 6 2 Gloster and Hamilton; Pflug, Uhr hammer (5) and Lacey. Dodgers Pleased With .301 Batting Average BROOKLYN WI The Brooklyn Dodgers, who thought they hadn't done too much at the plate this spring, totaled up the figures Fri day and discovered their eight reg ulars hit for a .301 average in the exhibitions. Sandy Amoros led the Brooks with a .411 mark, followed by Jackie Robinson .342, Gil Hodges .333, Carl Furillo .324, Duke Snider .313, Peewee Reese .308, Roy Cam panella .235 and Junior Gilliam .185. ... Play Clark JC Ovalists Top OCE OREGON COLLEGE OF EDU-Hoafe (C). 3rd Dixon (O). Mark CATION, Monmouth ( Special ) The Clark Junior College track and field team Friday took a close 66 to 62 victory over the OCE Wolves here. Jack Hoage of Clark scored 21 points in the meet, . having firsts in the two dashes and tho low hurdles and seconds in the javelin and broad jump. Vic Dixon and John Carpenter tied for scoring honors for the Wolfpack, each with eight points. The Clarks had eight first places in the meet, to seven for the Wolves. OCE next goes against Willamette University at Salem Tuesday, v ... Big disappointment of Friday's meet was C-ptain Don McKenzie of the Wolves. He failed to win a single first. He had two seconds. Summary: ; H. H. 1st Frank Glenn (C),i 2nd Partenog (C). 3rd Carpenter (O). Mark 15.1 100 1st Jack Hoace (C). 2nd Mc Kenzie 0). 3rd Carpenter (O). Mark ' 10.L, i Mile 1st Cecil Miller (C), 2nd Del ameter (O). Mark 4:57.2. - , 440 1st Jack O'Donall (CI. 2nd Chunn (O). 3rd Lane Id. Mark 53.1, - ' L. H Jack Hoage C). 2nd Partn ers T tO. 3rd Carpenter (O). Mark 24 9. . . 220 1st Jack Hoace (C, 2nd Me Kenzie. 3rd Martin C. Mark 23.0. , 830 1st Geo. Krasch (Ot. 2nd Del- j meter (O), 3rd Hyatt (C). Mark 2:143. 1 B. J. 1st Jona Carpenter (O), 2nd 1 i ' fifth Inning, Bob Jantze connects Roberts, Garver Ready . . : Starting Hurlers Named For ilAajpr Loop Openers I By JACK HAND (Associated Press Sports Writer) Robin Roberts of the Philadelphia Phillies and Ned Garver of the Detroit Tigers, each' facing his sixth opening day assignment, add the old familiar touch to the 10-game program that launches the new baseball season Monday and Tuesday. i i The two pitchers will be tripping Johnson TKO Victim in 5th ST. LOUIS cm Ralph (Tiger) Jones stunned George Johnson with a left and right to the head and left him helpless against the ropes . with a flurry of blows for a technical knockout Friday night after two minutes and one second of the fifth round of their bout, scheduled for 10 rounds. jones weighed 158 Johnson 15?. I The New York Middleweight hammered Johnson, a part Semin ole Indian from Trenton, N. J. with perhaps 12 or 15 blows as John son lay back against the ropes, his arms outstretched. Although Johnson didn't go down, he was a wide open target and Referee Harry Kessleri stepped in to call a halt to the nationally tele vised bout. j Tiger Makes Attack j Johnson opened up an old cut alongside Jones right eye in the third round with a sharp left jab. The Tiger, apparently sensing the fight might be stopped if the cut opened wider, stepped! up his at tack. Jones, boring in with his usual flat-footed, aggressive style, quick ly took charge in the fourth round and shook Johnson several times rwith a series of left hooks to the body. j Lebanon Captures Corvallis Relays CORVALLIS (Special) Leb anon High scored 75 j points' Fri day to win the Corvallis Relays 6th annual event here.! Central Hi was second with 66, Sweet Home third with 57, Corvallis; fourth with 42, Newport fifth with 23 and Dallas sixth with 5. The Central 880-yard; relay team won that event, with Lovelace, Johnson, Davis and Brents tak ing part. Peterson Haveman, R. Peterson and Scranton teamed to win the distance medley for Cen tral also. Phil , Lovelace won i the pole vault event with a 10'6" effort. Lebanon's Malcolm McBride paced the Warriors to the team victory, running on three victori ous relay teams. Disc. 1st Vic Dixon (O). 2nd Glenn (C. 3rd R. Barcus (C. Mark 111" S". H.' J. Frank Glenn C. 2nd H. Glenn (C), 3rd Dixon (O). Mark 5 10". ! Viult-lst Edene Urban (0). 2nd (tie) Lund (O). Holdorf (O). Mel nichuk C). Mark 11' 1". Shot 1st Jim Atkins (O). 2nd H. Glenn (C). 3rd Dixon (O). Mark 41' IV : Jav. 1st Harold Stephens (O). 2nd Hoage. (C). 3rd Robertson (O). Mark 145' 4". ' : 2-Mile 1st Cecil Miller (C). 2nd Huntsman (O). Mark 11:13.2. Relay 1st OCE (Gernhort. Cower, Krch and Jones, 2nd ; Clark. Mark -3:44.8. -.'- ' . ! ; - New '.' ELECTRIC SHAVER Have you seen the new TOP Shaver? It's TOPS in Shaving and Only ... apiiol 447 Ferry Sri 7 rt solidly with the ball to send a hot over their ' beards, however, be fore they approach Walter John son's record of 14 openers or even Grover Alexander's mark of 12. Bobby Feller of Geveland tops the moderns with seven glamorous opening day jobs, including a no hitter. Unless the managers shift their plans over the weekend. Art Fowl er of Cincinnati, Lou Kretlow of Baltimore, Johnny Antonelli of the New York Giants and Brooks Lawrence of the St. Louis Cards will draw opening day honors for the first time. Sprinkling of Rookies A sprinkling of rookies will dot the box scores as the clubs start the 154-games chase with the 1954 pennant winners New York Gi ants and Cleveland Indians fav ored to repeat. The Giants are 6-5 bets with. Brooklyn rated 7-5 and Milwaukee 3 H-l in the National. Cleveland is even money and the New York Yankees 6-5 in the American. With a break from the weather roan, who . promises, to be nice, the two Monday games will draw 64,000 and the eight Tuesday open ers an extra 263,000. This two-day total of 327,000 will be boosted close to 450,000 when the remain ing teams have their home open ers Thursday. Fowler (12-10), a 31-year-old righthander who bloomed belated ly as a rookie last season, will do the honors, for Cincinnati before its customary sellout crowd of 34,000 in one of the Monday games. He will be opposed by Chicago's Bob Rush (13-15). Third baseman Ray Jablonski, the ex-Card, will be the only new face in the Cincy lineup, but the Cubs probably will show Gale Wade in center field and Harry Chiti as their catcher. Ike to Do Honors In the presidential opener at Washington Monday, where Presi dent Eisenhower will throw out the first ball. Bob-Porterf ield (13 15) is slated to work for Manager Chuck Dressen's Senators against Kretlow (6-11), the somewhat sur prising choice of Manager Paul Richards. When the full schedule starts Tuesday, the world champion New York Giants will be A Philadelphia with Antonelli (21-7), ace of the 54 staff, drawing the opening plum. Roberts (23-15), won his first two opening jobs but, lost the next three, two of them to New York. He was beaten by Pittsburgh last year. . - The Giants are standing pat. Mayo Smith, new Phil manager, isn't set on his lineup, but the only place where 'a rookie might start is first base. A crowd of 25, 000 is expected. Milwaukee, given a good chance of winning its first pennant, will open at home before 40,000 with Warren Spahn (21-12) against Cin cinnati's Gerry Staley (7-13). The Braves have no new faces in the starting lineup. Surkont to Start It will be Max Surkont (-18) for Pittsburgh against Carl Erskine (18-15) when Brooklyn opens at Ebbets Field, where they count on about 17,000 fans. The Pirates always have new faces although the latest reports say Manager Fred Haney is going back to Dick Continued on Next Page.) Cutlery Co. Ph. 47464 7-Ruii Third Nets Victory Loy limits Saxons To Only Four Hits North Salem High ended a seven month long victory drought in major sports with South Salem High when the Vikings won a convincing 8-2 baseball game from the Saxons on Olinger Field Fri day afternoon. Throughout the football and basketball seasons r the. Vikings had found the win column avoid ing them in their competitive clashes with the Saxons. They changed all this Friday as Lefty VIK MATMEN PROTEST Members of the. North Salem' High wrestling team, which defeat ed South Salem's grapplers daring the recent season, telephoned a loud protest to 'The Statesman sports department Friday, after reading that the Viking basebaUera would be trying for the first major sports victory over South Salem, after losing la 'both football and basketball. "We consider wrestling a major sport here at North . Salem, the -team spokesman protested. Ia most schools football, basket ball, baseball and track are listed as the "major sports." Jack Loy held the Saxons to four hits while his teammates ganged up on Saxon hurler John Frederick for a seven-run upsurge in the third inning that clinched the game. High Scoring Third That high-scoring third started when Loy walked. Ed ' Syring singled and Orin Gilbertson was safe on a sacrifice to load the bases. Harry Santee then walked to force in one run and Kurt Jan tze singled to score another. Don Pigsley then got on with an error and two more Vikings scored on the play. Bob Jantze singled home the next ; run. Another pair of singles, one by Loy and the other by Syring, brought home the final two runs. t . South Salem's two runs came in the opening frame when Bob Fore man tripled to center and Larry Newsom singled to left to bring Foreman home with an error on the Vikings bringing Newsom all the way around the bases to scored A series of miscues gave the Viks their final run in the sixth inning. Gilbertson was hit by a pitched ball to get on base, ad vanced on a dropped fly ball and scored on an error. Hanauska Happy - It was a big and proud grin that Coach Bill Hanauska wore on his face as. he walked to the mound following the game to con gratulate his winning pitcher. North Salem connected , eight hit off! Frederick and wereL guilty of three errors. South Salem 'got four hits and committed five errors. . The game might have been high er scoring but four double plays, two by each team, halted several threats. North Salem' () (2) South Salem AB R H AB R H Syring Jib 4 12 Foreman.ro 3 11 Gilbertson.rf 2 2 1 Jones.rf 2 0 1 Santee. m 2 10 Newsom.lb 3 11 C. Jantze.e 3 1 1 Luby.c 3 0 0 Pigsley.m 4 11 Wallingb 3 0 1 B. Jantze.lf 4 0 1 Bredahl.U 2 6 0 Stephens, lb 4 0 1 Baker .ss 2 0 0 Garners 3 1 OOlsonJb 2 0 0 Loy.p 2 11 Frederick,? 2 0 0 Davis.x 10 0 Totals ' 28 8 8 Totals 24 2 4 x Struck out for Bred a hi In 7th. North Salem s: 007 001 08 t 3 South Salem 200 000 02 4 S Winning pitcher Loy. Losing pitcher Frederick. ip ab h r er so bb Loy 7 24 4 2 1 4 0 Frederick 7 21 I S 5 4 4 Errors Baker (3. C. Jantze (2). Walling. Bredahl B. Jantze. Three base hit Foreman. Runs batted in Newsom, Syring. Santee, C. Jantze, B. Jantze. Double plays Garner to Syring to Stephens: Baker to New som: Loy to Stephens; Walling to Olson to Newsom. Silverton Baseball Team Downs Molalla SILVERTON (Special) The Silverton Foxes downed Molalla High, 5-2, in a Willamette Val ley League baseball game played here Thursday. Bob , Monson pitched five-hit ball for the victory- Silverton collected six hits off Durand of the Indians. 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