1 Boom! Graig Homers Wreck 1 ' I '5 HUGH LUBT Adds more laurels. A combination of many things brought the Tillage Senators the first half pennant in the Northwest League. First off, there may have been none had the directors not decided to split the season after games of last Sunday. That was a move in the right direction so far as the Salems were con ; cerned. It was a bitter disappoint ' ment-for those at Eugene and Wenatcbee. . Even though, we have no im mediate details of the pow wow t Yakima, we'd bet that George - Paulus, the Salem representative, was the gent who motioned that the cleave be made after games of July 3. And well back that bet with another that George, who has done so much to keep the Senators financial ship afloat this season and last, was a right argumentive gent when the en suing wrangling began. ' Had all league hands been in solid financial shape, there would have been no split season. But it was felt that backing the race into two parts would give Spo kane, Lewiston and Yakima a chance to start all over again and possibly . revive interest in those respective cities. r Were one to point out the real reason for Salem's first half championship he'd have a tough task. So many things blended to gether to make it possible. Uncle Hugh Luby's managerial ability, proved here many times in his five campaigns as boss, is of course a major factor. We long ago came to the conclusion that Salem Senators baseball here would be strictly first division so long as Luby pulled the strings. -The club's ability to win on the road figures into-it also. The Salems won 20 of 31 games abroad that first half, which amounts to .645 percentage baseball. And other notable items would be these: Many, Many Factors Brought the Pennant ' Bill Walsh's fine, relief stints in the early going, when it appeared there wasn't a tingle capable starting flinger on the staff; Bill Dials' tremendous relief work in the late going, sav ing game after game; the home ran power within the Tanks, which amounts to the best any Senators club has ever had; the ft-fantastic center fielding of Jack Dunn, certainly one of the finest middle -gardeners ever to work in the shadow of the , Waters Field scoreboard; the hitting rampage Gene Tanselli V cut loose with at the start of the season; the surprisingly fine ' '-"' J' (Continued on next page) Frederick Hurls II 'Hitter . . . Salem Legion Juniors Capture 12th Straight Salem's torrid Capital Post No. 9-Downtown Merchants Ameri can Legion junior base bailers Tacked up their 12th straight victory Wednesday at Waters Field, blanking the Stayton Juniors 9-0 on the one-hit pitching of John Frederick The clash was played as a pre liminary' for the women's Softball ' game at the parkland was ended after five innings of action. In those five heats Coach Bill Bev ens' undefeated lads punched out nine hits, and had a seven-run inning in the second. Trahan Gets Hit The only batter to get a bingle off Frederick was Bob Trahan, second-baseman. He singled in the fourth inning. Frederick fanned seven and walked only one. He also banged out two hits and .drove in three runs. ;. His pitching opponent was Bon Frederick, no relation. Bon didn't fare nearly as well as his namesake, being knocked out in the big second inning' when Dale Jones singled, ' Bob Jantze was hit by a pitch, John Garner singled, Roger Car da walked, John Frederick singled, , Jim Hichaelis ;walked, Ed - Syring doubled and Jones biffed another ingle. v No Errors Made Salem scored - loners in the third and fourth innings also, and played errorless ball. Next game for the C-Fs B with Aumsville, at Aumsville Friday night, eight o'clock. Itaytoa (I) 1st Half Kings 'SteiAagel, Frailey Blast Four-Masters KENNEWICK, . Wash. (Spec ial) The Tri-City Braves turned about on the Salem Senators Wednesday night, used the Sen ators' favorite weapon the home run to advantage and racked up a 15-6 victory ,in ; Northwest League play here. Two games were scheduled, to make up for Tuesday's rainout But the field was so wet that it took considerable time to get if dried enough for play, and. only one contest was completed. Salems Take Series. The series thus ended with Salem on top 2-1, the Senators having clobbered Tri-City $1-11 and 8-2 Monday, banging 38 hits in the process. ' Salem had two homers Wed nesday also, but they didnt match the four hits by Tri-City, The Braves' four, by Rich Ber gen, Tom Perez, Milt Martin and Danny Holdren, drove in 11: of teh 15 runs. Jack Steinagel and Don Frailey blasted four-masters. for the Senators. Steinagel s with one on in the fourth and Frai ley's with nobody aboard, in the: ninth. i - : Steinagel's was his seventh of the season, Frailey's his eleventh. Francis Victim Bud Francis started for the Senators and was victimized by Bergen's three-run homer in the second. Sa em tied it on Stei nagel's blast in the fourth, but the Braves rocked Francis for an eight-run inning in the fifth with both Perez and Martin clout ing 3-run homers. Dwayne Hel; big inserted a two-run double also. Two were out when the uprising started. ? Ron King finished up for the senators, yielding - two-run inn ings m the sixth and eighth. T m . vera junasiatner, who was blasted by Salem Monday in the 21-11 game, suffering an eight- run inning himself, went the route Wednesday for the win. Salem now has Thursday off, and on Friday opens a four-game scries at Eugene with the Emer alds. Red Sox About Face: NORTHWEST LEAGUK . W L Pet W LPrt Lewiston 1 0 1.000 Yakima 1 J .150 Spokane 3 1 .750 Wenatch 111 MO Salem 11 j6ST Eugene O .000 Tri-City 1 S .333 , Wednesday results: At Tri-City: 15. Salem 6; at Spokane 2,'Yakias 1 (10 Innings); at Lewiston-Wenatctaee, raiu ,v.. t ,4' re f PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE WLPct. W LPct. S Diego S8 38 .604 Lot An 44 51 .463 Seattle 54 40 374 Oakland 43 51.447 HoUvwd 49 44 .527 Sn Fran 41 53 .436 Portland 46 42 .523 Sacram 40 54 .426 Wednesday results: At Oakland 2. Portland 1; at Sacramento S. San Francisco 1: at Seattle 3. Los Angeles 2; at Hollywood 2. San Diego 1. Frank Weddle.l " Spandel.l Trahana Bell.m RTrdrck.p HendrlckJ Carrickjv Vare.c Total Stayton Salem BAH 2 6 MichaeUjn 1 a Baker. 2 Syringe 2 0 1 Jones.l 2 0 0 Jantze J 2 0 0 GarnerJ 2 0 0 Cardaj 2 0 9 Bests.c - S 0 J Frdrck.p (I) Salem B It H 4 1 3 0 0 3 11 3 2 2 J 1 3 1 2 0 3 1 3 1-2 II 9 R. Frederick Hendrick J. Frederick 3B Michaelis. Total 25 9 000 00 0 1 071 10 IP H R SoBb li 6.12 3.h 3 3 2 5 1,0 T 1 2B Syring. Jantze. AMERICAN LEAGUE WLPct. WLPct. N York 52 28 .650 Detroit 3 S7 .513 Clevlnd 47 32 .595 K City 34 43 .447 Chicago 44 31 .587 Washgtn 2 50 .342 Boston 45 35.536 Baltimr 22 53.293 Wednesday's results: At Baltimore 4. New York 0: at Boston 7. Wash ington 3 (second game postponed): at Kansas City -4, Cleveland at Detroit Chicago 3. NATIONAL LFAGUE . WLPct. WLPct. Broklyn 56 24.700 Cincinn 36 38.486 Chicago 44 37.543 St Luis 3541.461 MUwak 4136.532 Philadel 34 44.436 N York 39 40.494 Pittsbgh 28 53.346 Wednseday's results: At Pittsburgh 5-4. Brooklyn 10-1; at Cincinnati 4. St. Louis 6; at Chicago 1. Milwaukee 5. at New York 4. Philadelphia 3 (game called in sixth, rain). Salesa o Trl-Ctty - B H O A B H OA n.rause.3 a I 4 HereraJ 4 1 Dunajn 4 1 3 0 ,Pries.l S 3 12 Shieldi.l 3 Xnglrjn 4 13 TnselliJ 4 3 2 1 IHelb: r a 4 1 Stnaeel.l 1 ill jPereiU 4 2 10 AgostaJ 4 1 2 Holden 4 12 4 irauyx 4 3 4 1 Berfea.1 4 S 2 Koeptc 4 0 11 Mart:n.c 1 1 Finds 1 t Kndftr.p 4 10 Kingj a 1 Total 3S 24 12 ToUl WIS 27 14 Salem 'V... 001 206 021 f Tri-City. 030 082 02 II IS "-T -VsMrjP AB H-R'VSoBk Francia 4i 24 14 11 11 1 King . 3a 14 S 4 3 Kindstatnr t 35 S 3 I Loser Francis. HP Steinacel. WP Francis. Left Salem 4, Tri-City s. E MaiM 2, tierrera. juincier, Holden 2. HR Steinacel. Frailey, Bergen. Perez. Martin. Holden. 2B Tanselli. Helbig. RBI Steinagel Dunn. Frailey. Perez 4. Bergen Martin 3. Helbig 3. Holden 2. DP Francis to Krause to Steinagel. Frailey to Krause to Acosta, Herrera to Bergen to Pries, Holden to Bergen to Pries. T 2:39. U Runyun and Kelley. A 444. Hassle Trips Frisco Boss SAN FRANCISCO UB Tommy Heath, San Francisco Seals manag er, was fined $50 Wednesday and suspended indefinitely for a hassle with umpire Al Mutart last Sun day. Claire Goodwin, Pacific Coast League president, -announced the penalty. . Mutart chased both Heath and Al Taormina. Seals outfielder, in a beef over Taormina being .called out at first in the opening inning of a game with San Diego. Heath s suspension . wiu con tinue until he appears before Good win. No date was set for the ap- pearance. Rookie Lowell Creighton went on to beat San Diego 1-0 with a three hitter in his first professional pitch ing start." Moody, Knox Gain Ground PORTLAND tf) Dick Moody. Santa Monica, Calif., Arizona open tennis champion, was pressed Wednesday to advance in the Oregon State Tennis tournament. defeating Norm Merrill, 19-year- old Portlander, 6-3, 9-7. Clyde Knox, Portland, was extended to beat Pat Vail, San Francisco, 8-6, 6-2. Knox is seeded No. 3. Tom Campbell, Salemv defeated George Martin, Seattle, 6-2, 6-4 in Tuesday's action. !" 4 -S1 4" Rushing Forward She S)reAon Stattsman, Salem, Or., Thursday, July 7, 1955 (Sec. 2 1 JIM-DANDY FOR YANKS . By Alan Mayer JM KONSTANTY, VW YORK V TUB 3Q : YAR-OLt? R0UBF : ArtP Fugitive FROM THE ".. tiATONAL mm IBA6UB, WW - 0BErt5UCH WMAMBLPWMeH " THE YA WEB - f TARTR$ W PALTBRSP. F VZ til I A V ' U W - PERFORMING I L. .TT. - - s.f..a I mi r r L THEWAyjM' reRFOKniNG THE HATQHAL LEAGUE MUST BE SORRV JTLETMM GO OM yAVER nii aim H f rmmrn im,m f s gARHEOA A.I.J ' MURE HB' HAMS Hi &E$T -4EASOM , WON lb FOR rMF PNi G AHDWA9 MAHEp MOST VALUABLE PLASR. Oaks Edge Bevos; Hollies Score Win OAKLAND (JP) George Metkovich, "ho tied the score with a ninth inning homer, singled home pitcher Skinny Brown in the 10th to give Oakland a 2-1 victory over Portland in a Pacific Coast League game Wednesday night. Indians Pare Yanks' Lead Sizzling Bostonians Take SixtJ Straight - f - By ED WTLKS ' Associated Press Sports Writer The onrushing Boston Red Sox gained a little more ground in the American League -race -and Cleve- and s Indians pared New York's first place lead to 4 games Wed nesday night Ted Williams again was the big guy as Boston won its sixth straight, pounding his 11th homer, a double and a single in a 7-5 victory over Washington. The sec ond game of the scheduled twi- nighter was rained out and will be played Thursday night, Cleveland moved in on the Yanks by beating Kansas City 8-4 with six runs in the eighth, while Balti more surprised the New Yorkers 4-0. Chicago lost to Detroit 5-3. leaving the third place White Sox just Vi games ahead of Boston. Pesky Pirates N In the National, Pittsburgh's pesky Pirates split a twi-night pair with first place Brooklyn, winning 4-1 after losing 10-5. Milwaukee moved to within a game of second place Chicago by beating the Cubs 5-1: St. Louis held off Cincinnati 6-4, and New York's Giants defeat ed Philadelphia 4-2 in a rain-short ened game. Williams' homer was good for two runs and put Boston out front to stay 5-4 in the fifth inning. The Boston strong boy was 3-for-4, plus a walk, to boost his batting av erage to .402. Mickey Vernon ho mered for two Nat runs in the top or me iuui otr Tom Brewer, who won his sixth with relief help. Second Time Baltimore beat the Yanks for the second time this year as Jim Wil son pitched four-hit ball and didn't allow a runner past first. Wilson also contributed a two-run single toward New York's fourth straight defeat. The Orioles scored all their runs in the fourth to hand Whitey rord his fourth defeat and first lifetime failure against Baltimore. '-- Cleveland overcame 'a 4-2 Kan sas City lead in the big eighth, with Bobby Avila putting the Tribe ahead with a two-run double and Ralph Kiner socking it away with his 12th homer. Tom Gorman, the A's relief specialist, was the loser while Herb Score won in relief for the Indians. - : (Continued on next r A ' : ' i : A r - I TED WILUAMS Smacks 11th Homer Card,Redleg Bosses Fined CINCINNATI (n Birdie Teb betts, manager of the Cincinnati Redtegs, and Harry (The Hat) Walker, manager of the St. Louis Cards, were fined $100 each Wednesday for participating in fight at Crosley Field ; Tuesday night. ( ; Warren C. Giles, president of the National League, who witnessed the brawl between the managers a; the home plate in the ninth inning, fined the men. In a statement, he said: "Scuffles between players under tension in a close ball game do not normally? require action: by the league office but when managers are involved it is a different situ ation. v "Managers have an obligation to preserve or restore order- and, not by their own actions, to incite dis order. Accordingly, manager Har ry Walker and manager Birdie Teb bets are each fined , $100 for their conduct in the game of July 5." Catcher Bill Sarni of the: Card inals, was fined $25 for repeated ly refusing to heed umpire Jocko Conlan s orders to return to his position and resume play. Tops Golfers Mrs. Joe Craig of the Columbia- Edgewater Golf. Club. Portland. won the championship flight com petition m the Oregon . Women's Golf Association sweepstake tour ney held Wednesday at Salem Golf Course. She shot a gross 79 for 18 holes. Other gross score winners and their classes were class A: Mrs. Larry Dixon. Corvallis Golf Club, 86; class B. Mrs. H. B. Eckles, Oswego Golf Club, 91; class C, Mrs. Russell Gould. Riverside Golf Club, Portland, and Mrs. Harry Schenk. Oswego Golf Club, tied with 96's. Low net scorers and their classes were championship flight: Mrs. H. A. Schmitt, Portland Golf Club, 74; class A, Mrs. Ed Young, Portland Golf -dub 71; class B, Mrs. Paul Henningsen, Columbia Edgewater, 74; class C, Mrs. Bruce Cox, Portland Golf Club, 75. Some 172 women golfers from clubs over the state competed in Wednesday's event, said to be the largest field ever to compete here in ihe regular monthly sweep stakes. . . Meanwhile, Mrs. Val Sloper of the Salem Golf Course Women's Association shot low net in the Southwest Oregon Golf Champion- snip meet played July 2, 3 and 4 at the Coos Country Club. She scored a' 130 net for the 36-hole play. American League First game: Washington 200 020 010 S 11 0 Boston 300 031 00 7 11 1 Abernaty, Stone (1), Ramos (5), Chakales (7) and Courtney. Fitz gerald (8); Brewer. , Kiely (8) and White. 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Matthews has not fought since a loss to Britain's Don Cockell in Seattle last August He announced he would make i comeback, however, after watch' ing pictures of the Rocky Marci-: ano-Cockell fight last month. The Matthews-Woodworth fight has been postponed previously fos. the same reason and was moved1 up from a June date to July 15 j In other coast league action" Wednesday: Red , Munger gave San Diego only four hits as he pitched Hol lywood to a 2-1 victory over San Diego at Hollywood. Only one Padre runner got past first base. Munger fanned nine and missed shuthout when he wild-pitched home Milt Smith, who had tripled. Marino Pieretti pitched a 6-hit- ter for . a 6-1 victory as Sacra mento won its 3rd straight game from San Francisco at Sacra mento. Bud Heslet contributed a 6th- inning home run for the so-Ions. Los Angeles defeated Seattle, 3-2, in a game which cost Seattle a chance to gain on the league leading San Diego Padres. HOW TO PICK FOOTBALL PLAYERS EAST LANSING, Mich. 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The 33-year-old first baseman, plagued for the past year by torn ligaments in his right knee, which gradually reduced him to the role of a pinch hitter, said he hoped to stay in the major leagues "if somebody will have me." 1 . line! florists Topple World Champs The Lind iFlorists, of Portland put logetber walk, two singles and a wow tf a throwing- error for two runs nT the seventh "in ning of their Pacific Coast Wom en's Softball League game at Wa ters Field last night, and made the tallies stand up for a 2-1 con quest of the twice world cham pion Fresno Hacienda Rockets of Fresno. Calif. "Bullet - Betty" Evans-Grayson hurled the victory and had a no hitter with one out in the ninth innings Kay Rich, six times an All-American shortstop in worn tn'i payf then crashed a sharp ingle to center and scored easily Center-fielder Robbio Mulkey let the ball bound through her legs. , ' .. ' . - - , Terry Urrutia collected another single with two out in the ninth, but that was as far as she got as the star Portland hurler retired the side via First-baseman Glor ia May's easy fly to right field. The Linds scored their two runs off Carole Nelson when Margaret Dobson walked and Robbie Mulkey pushed a single to second base, when all bands figured she would be bunting. Then Lois Williams ripped a single to left to score one run, and when Left-fielder Pat Richmond threw badly on the play, Mulkey r o scored. Williams tried it too, but was thrown out at the plate. . - Portland had five hits off the serves of Nelson, the Rocket's No. 1 pitcher. She fanned only three and walked two. Mrs. Grayson whiffed six, walked but one. The game was exceedingly well played for the most part and the 500 fans were given some out standing softball by the classy fe males. 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Tenons Unknowa' The commission said Johnson "had administered to him barbitur ate drugs by a person or persons unknown" prior to the fight John son was unable to answer the bell for the third round. - i At the same time, the commis sion declared Johnson's purse i of 4,113.33, previously withhe' by the commission, forfeited and Ordered stile it turned over to the ury. treas- There are 16 bonus players in the American League with five of them on Detroit's young team. Cleveland hal no bonus players. i