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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1955)
2-($o 2)-Srttsman, Saem Short of 1954 . . . Sueikert Gets $76,138 For Victory in OO' ItfiDIANAPOLIs" (JP Bob Sweikert received $76,138.63 Tues day night from a record prize fund of $270,050 for his victory in the 500-mile Memorial Day auto race. The. winner's share was considerably short of the $89,496.96 Spokane Faces Cash Shortage " Poor Attendance Keeps Purse Small SPOKA'Ei Worried direc tors of the community-owned Spo kane Baseball Club held an execu- tive meeting 1 lesday aimed at ' raising cash to keep the team oper ating in the new Gass B North west ' League. Frank Herrbn. the Spokane bus- $25 stock has fallen far short of j expectations and that the Indians are in dire, need of financial help. Her said after the closed-door meeting there was nothing new to announce. Little Stock Said It was reported- the club, dead last in the seven-team league and 16 games out of first, has sold only $36,000 worth of stock and that the their own money. " . Of the total. $25,000 was paid to former owner Roy Hotchkiss, who pulled out in midseason last. year because of poor attendance. The money was for a down payment on the. ball park, priced at $180,000. Another $14,000 is due him in July. The Athletic Round Table, which put up $10,000 and pledged another 125,000, was reportedly being sought Tuesday for more assistance. The Spokane club is rebuilding the park to provide a 6.000-seat covered grandstand but work is progres sing slowly. t Attendance Poor The Indians, once the hottest thing in minor league baseball, have been plagued by bad weather and a loosing team. Herron Jias said the club needs paid crowds of at least 1,100 here to break even. They have fallen far short of that, recording a pair of mere 200-plus nights last week. Spokane, -with, an open date in - the league, !ioped to pick up some change -Memorial Da? in an ex hibition doublebeader with .Wash ington State College. Both games, however, were rained out. ! Senators, 5-2 i (Continued from preceding page) jto bunt him to third, Moore I missed one of Wortham's pitches land Koepf had Watson caught flat-footed off the. middle bag. Jlis throw was a trifle low, how ever, and, Watson got back safe ly, preserving the Chiefs! chance to score the winning run. Blew jn Two . More ..... i. uaiciiis U1C.W for two more in the ninth, both unearned.. Wortham got. two men out before walking Lloyd Jenney. Roberts as next up was safe on Gene Tanselli's error, and then Watson as the next swinger was also safe on another boot by Tanselli. Moore prompt ly .grounded a single to center, worth the two runs. Salem got to Roberts for a run la the second on three hits. Rob inson singled to right and went to third when Tanselli singled to center, Tanselli tried to go to second on the throw to third, but was cut down. Then Don Frailey doubled into center, scoring Rob inson. Jack Dunn led off with a triple Krause's liLe-out to deep center for the other Solon tally. Then after the disturbed Roberts walk ed Tommy Agosta,' he visibly acknowledged . vocal "riding" from the Salem bench, drilled Robinson with a pitch and had no-trouble thereafter. -Dee-Pee Ends' It He . did walk Krause in the fifth, but Mel was left right where he was put : Robinson singled to start the Salem ninth, was lorcea at second and watched as Frailey . was hit iy a pitch which put two runners aboard. But Danny Holden lined to Moore, wh turned the try into a gamerenaing double play. - w enatcnee tied the score at z-z in tae lourth on a walk to Xhuck - Lundgren, subsequent singles by Herb Anderson and Phil MenSa J :f- I J . , ici auu to JU11C1U UUl by Ralph Buckingham. The Chiefs had eight hits all told. Wortham walked five, whiffed nobody. Roberts fanned only one and walked two in rack ing up his eighth win, against two losses. Wortham's record now reads 3-3. Sad Tale: WeuUfcM (5) (t) t.iem . B.H9 BHOA Watson J S 1.1 7 Dunn.m nil MnJ 4 1 .1 KrauM.T-3 1 3 Zuvcia.r S l AfoctaJ 3 3 S LadfrmJ 3 113 RobunJ 3 3 3 0 Dretto.e 4 111 Tnaelii3 4 15 3 Andrsn.1 I III I Frailey.r 3 I t 0 Marvr.m 4 13 1 Holden.l 4 0 13 BckhmJ 3 110 Koeof.e 3 0 0 3 RobrU.p 4 1. 0 I Wrthm.p 3 0 0 3 ynn7.z - Total 32 8 27 18 Total 29 5 27 17 x Walked for Buckingham in 9th. Wenatche 003 Cl J a Salem. 011 OOO OOO l j 3 IP AB ,H R Er SoBb Roberts I i 3 1 2 Wortham 32. 8 S 3 OS Winner Roberts (8-3). Loser Wortham 3-3. HP Robinson, r -fanselli . JBH Dunn. 2BR - Lundren. FraUy. " RBI FraUey. Krause. Marvier, Burking, ham Zuvela. Moore t. Krause rrTzuvel F. DP-Krau- U Ta. - kelli to HoWen. Moort to Andewnn. T106. U-Red tc Wdt. A (17. Frailey. lob-"""1"" aaiem a. Chiefs Topple On., Wednesday, Juno 1, 1955 pocketed in 1953 by Bill Vuko vich, who collected the larger sum by virtue of $29,250 in lap prizes. Vukovich was killed Monday. ' ' I Sweikert's lap prize money was $12,900. He received $46,000 from the In dianapolis Motor Speedway, $16, 275 in awards from accessory firms and $8,631.63 as an entry fee prize. The Indianapolis driver also was given the Chevrolet pace car, in addition to a number of other tro- Phies. , household accessories and. tools The previous record prize fund was $269,375 in 1954. Al Herman of Allentown, Pa., who finished seventh in the race. w pitcu as i m uie by a committee of sports writers and broadcasters. He received $VW and a year's supply of meat from an Indiana polis packing plant, in addition to his race prize money. Tony Bettenhausen of Tinley Park, CI., who placed second in the race, received $30,088.63, while Jimmy Davies, Pacoima, Calif., $16,988.63. for third place. Open Expects High Scores SAX FRANCISCO ! Tunnel like fairways, one hogbacked green and whistling winds off the Pacific Ocean will combine to keep scores high in the U. S. Open golf tourna ment over the Olympic Country Club's lake course next month. TJai was the word Tuesday from the men who toughened the 6,700- yard par 72 layout for the 55th an nual tournament June 16-18. "The winner won't break par on this course," said Nick Ayer, grounds , committee chairman. "The winning score will be be tween 282 and 284." Elmer Border, club greens' sup erintendent who supervised the ac tual course toughening work out lined by the U. S. Golf Assn., goes even further than Avers. The major toughening on the lake course, sitnated some 10 miles from downtown San Francisco be tween the Pacific Ocean .and Lake Merced, was the narrowing of the fairways. The thick rough limits some of .them to a maximum width of 120 feet and others to a mini mum of 85 feet. . " Woodburn Club Slates Gash WOODBURN (Special) Man ager Chuck Sauvain's Woodburn Tankers play their third home game in six days tonight when they meet Beaverton of the Tual atin Valley League in a nine-in ning game at Legion Park in Woodburn. Game time is. 8 o'clock. Sauvain, former Oregon State pitching star, will probably send righthanders Eddie ' Kahut ' and Bob Fisher to the mound to halt the Beavers. It will be Kabut's first mound action in over four years. Like brother Joe, young Eddie had devoted his athletic talents to the boxing game until he retired from the ring last year. The Tankers . have won one game and lost one thus far in the season. They opened with a 6-2 victory over1 Aurora, but bowed, 6-5, to the Falls City Lumber jacks last Friday. Newsom Leads Saxon Batters According to statistics v released by South Salem .High School. First baseman Larry Newsman, was the leading batter for the Saxons in their past baseball campaign. New some batted ,464, getting 13 hits in 28 trips. - Next in the averages was Dan Luby with a. 393 on 11 hits' in 28 trips. Also reaching the .300 mark were Dale Jones with .333 and Jerry Walling with an even .300. Newsome's hits. 13, . was high for the team. Bob Foreman had the most runs with seven. John Frederick was the team's leading pitcher although he won only 3 -and lost 4. His earned rufejjtar basketballers at Seattle Uni- average ; was a . good 270. AB R H Pet. Larry New ion Dan Luby Dale Jones Jerry WaUing . Bob Foreman Byron Bredahl Den nil Olson Ron Baker BiU McDonald John Frederick Dairy 1 Fine Bud ChappeUe Bruce Daris 28 13 .484 38 S 11 .393 30 30 S 10 J33 .300 .250 .238 .182 .138 .125 .093 .000 .000 .000 3 . 21 II . It 24 21 . $ 3 2 Total 250 36 5 fwl Chppellc lit Fredrick 3 4 1p r er h so bb era 5', 2 1173 1.69 56' 33 17 SI 87 23 2.70 4 4tt 41 IS 52 80 28 2.61 Skin Diver Slated Forlzaak Walton Tommy Amerman of. Portland, well-known "skn diver', will reveal the secrets of fishermen who go underwater in search of their prey at the Wednesday night meeting of the Salem chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America. The social meeting will open at I p. m. at the club house. Amerman will display his equip ment and present a motion picture on skin diving. Unknown Nips Bill Campbell Bruce Cudd Scores Second Round "Win (Continued from preceding page) er Cup player Jimmy McHale of Wynnewood. Pa. The other Ameri? cans to get that far were com parative unknowns, mostly serv icemen stationed in Europe. McHale Routs Thomas McHale, 39, who was semi-finalist in the 1930 and 19S2 British Amateur Championships, turned in one of the day's most impressive performances as he routed Dr. J. H. F. Thomsa of England 7 and 6. Young Bisplinghoff turned in the only other lopsided American vic tory in the second round. - He whipped Pat Campbell of Scotland, 6 and 5. Two favorites; Morey and Frank Strafaci of Mineola, N. Y.. scored 1-up victories in matches where neither was ahead until the last hole. Morey was two down after 14 hoks in his second round match against Frank Morrell. a 43-y ear- old, Lancashire electroplater. He squared the match at the 16th and won out on the 18th after giving his opponent "gift" half on 17. Cudd Meets Trauble Strafaci had to win the 17th and 18th holes of his first round match against M. J. Bradlow of South Africa., a superb putter. Cudd got a strong fight from Sir John Hartopp. easily the most elegant man in the field. One down at the turn! after Hartopp holed a 20 foot putt on the ninth green, Cudd won the 14th and 15th holes to go ahead, then closed out the match with a beautiful iron shot to win the 17th hole. I -. Ireland's Joe Carr, 1953 cham pion and Britain's favorite to -hold off the American threat, outlasted Alan Thirhvell, the English cham pion, 2 and 1, in a second round match. LettersGiven To Vik Teams In an assembly held Tuesday afternoon four North Salem coaches honored 62 students for the part they played in the school athletic program. . ; First to award his players their honors was golf coach Don Du Bois. His squad consisted of Dave Filler, George Andrews, Bob Carr, Jim Snell, Steve Jackson and Rex Sims. Second to make his jokes and give his players their awards was tennis coach Chet Goodman.- He honored Ian Brydon, Glen Dur ham, Lee Weaver, Larry Johnson, Jim Hardie, Keith Boyer, Marv Rhine and Dave Socolosfsy. Junior varsity baseball coach Clay Egelston followed with his list of awards. They were Paul Paries. Don Kronser, Mike Pattoq, Ed Kitchen, Bob Burnside, Ken Clark,' Gary Kans, Al Karn, Don Harris, Cliff Benson, Bob Russel, Ray.Krueger, and Grant Todd.' Managers were James Clifton and Jerry Collins. 1 I Varsity Letters Given j Varsity baseball letters were given out by coach Bill Hanauska. ' They went to Jerry Keppinger, Dick Cobb, Oren Gilbertson, Jim Michaelis, Bob Jantze, Barney White, John Garner, Ed Syring, Harry Santee, Fred Stevens, Mack , Harris, Don Pigsley, Jack Loy, ; Curt Jantze and managers Jim Mather, Vefn Whitehurst and! Bruce Clatterbuck. ! Track coach Ken Hunt finished ! the awards by honoring his track ! team. Rereivinff Ipttert av Warren Scriber, Jim Norval, Del Funk, Terry Salisbury, Jim Whit-mire,-Craig Gately, Dick Netz, Loren Magraw, Dave Baker, Dick Engdahl, Jim Backstrand, Jack Kinney. Bob Cotner, Walt Cray- iiun,. ,iuiiii ueius, Din tuiiman, Wayne Williamson, Colin Morse and he manager Al Currier. O'Brien Twins Slate Return PITTSBURGH UB The O'Brien twins, johnny and Lddie, are scheduled to rejoin the Pittsburgh Pirates next week after their dis charge from the Army. The two infieiders are slated for release from service at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., a week from Thursday. The Pirates paid each a $40,000 bonus to sign with the club in 1953. Johnny batted 27 while playing second base, and Eddie hit 438 and played shortstop. Both were inducted in Septem ber, 1953. They've been playing basketball while on duty at Aber deen. In 1953-54, -they sparked the Aberdeen team to the S e e o n d Army championship. Both were versity, With their wives, the twins wiH live in Pittsburgh, r ' Church Softball : First Christian . defeated Lib erty Christian Church, 7-8, Tues day night to win second place in the senior league of the Salem Church Softball League. First. Christian will now meet First, EUB for the championship in a best 2-of-3 series beginning Wed nesday night at 6: IS o'clock on Olinger Field. BOWLING Harry' Haugen . put together parries of 166, 209 and 208 for a 583 series to help his WHAT'S IN A NAME team defeat the GUTTER DUSTERS I. to 1 last night in the Capital Mixed, League No. 1. His team was also assisted by Gloria Littke with a 540 series, high for the women. Other scores: 3 HITS k MISS (i, Jerry Unrein 443. ODD BALLS (1), Roll and Mc Guire 450, and YOU GUESS (2), Roy Luke 430, COTTON PICKERS (2 Bill Kaiser 496. - . . " i ! - ' .ThcyH Do It Every f SORRY. 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"I've been observ ing our umpiring staff this season and it seemed time for a change.1 Asked whether the fact Flecky was chosen to be replaced had any relation to his disputes with O'Doui, Goodwin said "nothing particular ly." HeUleclined to elaborate. O'Doui was fined $100 for an out burst at Hollywood May 22. He ripped the drinking fountain out of the dugout after being ejected from the game by Flecky for pro testing a decision at second base. Later, he was quoted in a news THE SEE the tire that swept the auto . It's totally different 8 big ways! SEE the most advanced tire of all time! A whole new concept ofNylon Tubeless safety! the truck tire that's f; Now helping build the nation's throughways! ACROSS FROM CITY HAIL By Jimmy Hatlo PCL Arbiter paper interview as" Saying that he had been "condemned ; without (a trial" and that the three umpires working the game; had turned in a report "they spent hours cook ing up and making sure their stor ies all jibed." ij ! ! The league paid . no official at tention to the, verbal outburst. Passarella agreed to PCL terms in. a telephone conversation with Jerry Donovan, xecutiye secre tary and a longtime personal friend, from his home in St.' Au gustine, Fla. Now 45, Passarella worked in the American League from 1941 through 1953. including the World Series of 1945-49-52 and the major league- all-star games of 1947 and 1951. COAST - TO - THE GREATEST OF TODAY AND TOMORROW! Now Salem, can see and know all today'sLnewJ different : ! dramatic tire developments marvel af the future of tires have a real god time, loo! Everyone's invited come one c6me all . . . and bring the folks along! COME SEE WHAT YOU NEVER SAW BEFORE WHAT YOU NEVER IXPECTED TO SEE! SEE the amazing TIRES IN How they complete car styling taller than you! LaJo Softball Loop Slates - Jam' 6 Teams to Play In Friday Action ' City League softball action will get underway in Salem Friday night at 7:30 when a league jam boree will be held at Phillips Field. All six teams in the loop will play three innivgs each. Ap propriate ceremonies will precede the games with players, managers, sponsors and other dignitaries be ing introduced. This gear's . program is under the direction of Hoyt Cupp. Salem Softball Assn. president. He has appointed a committee for prizes and other parts of the opening night- ceremonies.' The committee is composed of Al Alley, Dick Roth, Bill Jones, Jim ' Stewart, Elwood Hall and Bede Annen. The teams who will be playing Friday night and their managers are: State Prison Officers, Gene Hilficker,- vs. IGA Stores Dick Roth; Kay Woolen Mills, Bill Red er, vs. Mt. Angel Coop, Bede An nen; Randle Oil; Waldo Unruh, vs Burkland Lumber, last years league champs, managed by Al Allen, veteran softball catcher. Pitchers-Selected Opening night hurlers will be Gene Hilficker for Prison Officers, Bob Knight for Kay Woolen. Norv Hilficker for Randle, Gal Bonney for Burkland, and two others not yet named. From present appearances, it appears that this years City League will be evenly divided in strength, according to Jim Dimit,- city softball director. ; Regular Jeague play will begin Monday night and league games will be played every Monday, Wed4 nesday arid Friday. Salem's other softball circuit, thel Industrial League, will start play- ing next Tuesday night and their 1 games will all be played on Tues day and Thursday nights. There are 40,595 leagues and 373,- 740 teams registered with the Am erican- Bowling Congress. COAST II1M3 TIRE ADVANCEMENTS COLOR! and beauty! industry! M A- ff 7 - CHEMEKETA AND HIGH SP0RT5MANS DIGESTS SNAKE-BITE KITS Pocket-sized kits have a " SUCTOM CUPS, RESTRICTION CORD, ANISEPTC, COM PLETE INSTRUCTIONS!, AND KNIFI BLADE , FOR IMMEDIATE FIRST AID. 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