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Senators Take Final Game of Vancouver Series, 7 to 1 Griffmen Continue Heavy Work with Bat "If they could only win on the road like they can at home" was the burden of Salem fan sentiment last night as the Sa lem Senators packed their dunnage sacks preparatory to their departure ior xaKima, eany toaay. Not only did the Griffmen continue their barrage of hitting activities, which characterized the 15-14 slaughter Tuesday night, but they came close to making a clean sweep of the series against the Vancou ver Capilanos, The Solons won last night, 7 to 1, with Francis Dlerickx holding the opposition to six blows, Skits and Scratches By Fred Zimmerman Capital Journal Sports Editor Human nature is a queer but en tirely understandable element which probably accounts for the fact that 09 910 per cent or the aoo plus tans who were in the stands Tuesday night enjoyed the clouting and scor ing bee at Oco. E. Waters park. About 99 per cent of that number would have waxed sarcastic had the Senators been on the short end of the 15-14 score. A game of that sort Is quite enter taining but It Is to be hoped that the league doesn't propose to dish It up too often. It would most assur edly pal! after a bit. But as a sort of sideshow Tuesday night's per formance was tops, especially that 1 eighth Inning splurge when the Griffmen came up from behind to nullify a six-run deficit and then go out in front by three tallies. A bit of second guessing would Indicate that Manager Don Os born did his club a bit of dis service when he pulled Cy . Greenlaw, top Vancouver left bander, off the mound. The big, fast ball pitcher had been hit rather freely, still the Solons had been able to reach him for an average of but one blow an Inning for seven frames. And there's a big possibility that he would have ridden the storm had he been permitted to re main atop the mound. Skipper Griffiths made no effort to conceal his satisfaction over the outcome of the big show. He had been bombarded from the stand? with "take him out" as Duke Wind sor was hit freely Jn the early frames. It was the batting attack of , the Solons which salvaged the con test. Nevertheless, the director of any sort of endeavor gains quite a bit of satisfaction out of seeing his own Judgment bear fruit. Umpires Valerlo and Oravec ran Into a storm of protest Tuesday night and In fact they have been subject to more abuse from the fans than the other four Indicator thum bers combined. Both men miss one now and then, but far as this corner has observed, they have averaged up pretty well. Oravec has been un fortunate in that he has made ft couple of decisions too rapidly. Call ing Jimmy Jewell safe at third Tues day night was one of them. Eddie George, according to the way It ap peared from the press box, had completed the play Insofar as Jew ell was concerned and had pulled his throwing arm back in an effort to double Brenner at first when the ball slipped out of his grasp. The situation Is covered in the rules and Jewell by all rights should have been called out. Henry Singer and Tim Bacon were opposing softball pitchers In the Astoria championship early this week and Hank had the better of the argument as his Second Battalion club beat the 18th Regiment 2 to 0. Singer held the opposition to four hits, , while Bacon gave up bt three. The Second Battalion represents . Astoria In the district tourna ment. Preceding the title game, Second Battalion defeated Recreation 6 to 0 In a re-play of ft disputed ball game with Bob Llndstrom holding the opposing batters to one lone some hit. Bacon fanned eight out of nine men in the first three frames of the championship contest. SAYS WHICH ? Belllrerent Jimmy Dykes, whom friction with umpires enlivens Chicago White Sox (ames, ran true to form vocally in a Philadelphia folf match when Walter McGrath dared to Question him about hi aonra: it w.. 94, only one being of the extra base variety a double by Catcher Bren ner. In the meanwhile the Griffmen bombarded Tex Goldman for seven solid smashes before he abandon ed the hillock early in the fifth. Big Boy Thompson was heated in a similar manner, the Solous collect ing seven hits and three runs off his delivery. Including a triple by Eddie George and a double by Bob Berg strom, Goldman had the Salem contin gent pretty much on the hip as he limited them to four scattered blows during as many innings. But they made up for it In the fifth as they combined five hits, two walks and two errors for a total of six runs off Goldman and his successor. That was more than enough to win the ball game but Just for good mea sure they added another In the eighth on singles by Shoemaker, George and Lanifero, plus Dlerickx' second sacrifice of the evening. Charlie Shoemaker opened the fifth by drawing a walk and then advanced to second as Dlerickx laid down a bunt. The Salem chucker was safe at first when Goldman threw high to first after fielding the ball. Then Eddie George crack ed a twister to right field which went for three sacks as Smead Jolley chased the pellet along the fence. Lanifero came through with a single, as did Adams and Berg strom. Petersen walked and War ren singled to conclude the stick work. Shoemaker, up for the sec ond time, was thrown out at first while Dlerickx popped ' out to Or teig. The Senators took the series four games out of five. When they re turn to Geo. E. Waters park next Monday night they will go up against the league-leading Spokane Indians. Vancouver (1) AB R It O A E Warfield, m 5 0 0 4 0 0 Ortl. 3 4 0 0 3 0 0 Johns, 1 , ,,,,, 4 1 3 3 0 0 Jolley. r 4 0 1 3 0 0 Wright, 1 4 0 16 10 Jewell. 8 4 0 0 3 3 0 Callteaux, 3 3 0 1 3 3 1 Brenner, c 4 0 1 '3 3 0 Goldman, p 1 0 0 0 1 1 Thompson, P 10 0 10 0 Totals 34 1 6 24 8 2 Salem (.) AB R H O A E George. 3 5 1 3 3 1 0 Lanifero, 3 ft 1 3 3 Adams, c 4 0 3 3 Bergstrom, 1 8 13 3 Petersen, m 3 1 01 Warren, r 4 0 11 Griffiths, s 4 0 3 3 Shoemaker, 1 3 3 17 Dlerickx, p 3 10 1 Totals 35 7 14 27 Vancouver 0001 0000 01 0 3 B&iem o o o o o o o i x 7 h : Seven hits, 4 runs off Goldman In plus lnnlnss; 7 and 3 off Thompson In 4: runs responsible for. Goldman 4. Tliomrj. son 3; Dlerickx 1; struck out by Goldman a, uiencKX s; oases on bans, oil Gold' man 3, Dlerickx 3. Thompson 1. Wild pitches, Goldman; passed balls. Adams: left on bases. Vancouver 9. Sa lem 0; three-base hits, George; two-base hits, Bergstrom, Brenner; runs batted In, Jolley, Decree 3, Lanifero, Griffiths 3, Adams; sacrifice, Goldman, Dlerickx 3: stolen oases, Lanuero; time, 1:50; um pires, oravec ana vaieno. Scoreboard (By the Associated Press) National Plttsburth 9. Brooklyn 7. St. Louis 3-3. Boston 0-3. Chlcaso B. New York 4. Cincinnati 3-3, Philadelphia 0-0. American New York 0, Detroit 1 (10 lnninea). Washington 9. Cleveland 3. Philadelphia 0, Chicago 9. Boston 9-3. St. Louis lt-4. Pacific Coast Hollywood 0-1. Oakland 1-0 (and tame seven innings). Portland 7. Ban Dleio 8. Ban Francisco 0-8, Loi Angeles"1 6-3, Ksnti iun seven innings'. Seattle 3. Sacramento 0. Western International Vancouver 1, Balem T. Tacoma 11. Wen a tehee 1. Yakima 0-3, Spokane 134. Pioneer Twin Palls 0. Salt Lake 9. Otden 3, Idaho Falls 0. Pocatello 5, Boise 3, Auto Racer Killed Salt Lake City, Aug. 31 0J.R) Clyde Goss, Jr., 28-year-old Los-. Angeles midget auto race driver, was killed last night In a collision on a curve of the Utah fairgrounds track. In his first race, Goss set a new one mile record for the track when he made the five laps in 1 :24.4. i in in i i ijfr WHAT'S ALL THE SHOOTING FOR? 9 lis . - ' t(, A 4 . ST7 The Capital Journal, Salem, Cardinals Gain Half Game, While, Polled Hurl Two Wins Over Braves By Judson Bailey (By the Associated Press) The pennant problem in the Na tional league is getting to be "can the St. Louis Cardinals keep going with all their Injuries?" Instead of "can the Cardinals beat the Brook lyn Dodgers?" In spite of a procession of trouble the Cardinals have kept right on coming and yesterday they swept a doubieheader from the Braves 2-0 and 3-2. Ernie White, the Cards' great 5'oung lefthander, pitched a six-hit shutout in the first game for his 15th victory and Howard Pol lett, 20-year old southpaw, pitched a four-hitter for his major league debut In the nightcap. The double triumph enabled 'he Cards to climb to within a game and a half of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who were given a 7-6 handout by the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brooklyn's sixth straight win. The Cincinnati Reds reinforced their third place position by shut ting out the poor Phillies twice, 2-0 and 3-0. John Vander Meer allowed only three hits and Elmer (the Great) Riddle kept six blows scat tered for his 14th triumph In the nightcap. The Chicago Cubs cut loose with a 16-hit attack aa Vallle Eaves Vept eight hits spaced to beat the New York Giants 8 to 4. In the American league the New York Yankees were squeezed out 1-0 by the Detroit Tigers as Tommy Bridges pitched two-hit ball for ten innings in one of the finest per- lormances of his long career. The Chicago White Sox chopped another game off the Yankees' am ple lead as John Rlgney blanked' the Philadelphia Athletics 9-0 for the third shutout In two days by a Sox pitcher and Rlgney's second shutout in two starts. The collapsing Cleveland Indians dropped their 14th game in 15 dec!' clslons 6-3 to the Washington Sen ators in a pitching duel between Arne Anderson and Al Smith which was decided In the ninth Inning wnen the Senators scored four times to Cleveland's two. Valselz Millers Play Sunday, 1 P.M. Dallas Valseti and Perjsl-Cola. the only remaining teams in the Shaughnessy playoff In the Port land Valley league, will meet at Mack field on Sunday afternoon and before the teams walk off the diamond for good either the Mill ers or the Pepsi-Cola boys will be the winners of the series. Tills word came out of Valsetz Wednesday with Manager Bert Thomas an nouncing that the first game would start at 1 o'clock and would he a seven-Inning affair. The Millers tane the Held with the odds against them as they have lost one game In the series. Should the Portland crew win there will be no need for a sec ond game but if the Millers win. both teams will start the second game from scratch, all even. Thomas plans to send Ray Elliott to the mound In the opener with Dave Dixon as his battery male. Reisbeck and Hood will form the battery for Pepsi-Cola, j j lyi Mjiji Ore. Fred Zimmerman, Sports Editor Oliver to Succeed Barry, Rumor Claims By Gordon G. MacNab 1 (Associated Press Staff Writer) After being bombarded by the press from all directions except west of Los Angeles (the Honolulu papers aren't at hand yet) on what's really what at USC, we get more of it straight from the Trojan horse s mouth. Our Informant, who has never yet yielded in his ability to second-guess with the best of them, assures me that Tex Oliver Is "In" at the Trojan camp. Sam Barry is just a blind, he declares, because Tex wouldn't let the Oregon down at the last mo mcnt and insisted on holding over for another year. Other and differing estimates Sacs' Lead Cut To 6 Games (Br the Associated Press) Three victories on an aggregate output of four runs, four defeats without the solace of a single count er. That gives some idea of the dis play of pitching brilliance which broke unexpectedly and perhaps in explicably over a Coast league wrestling with Its busy late-summer schedule of postponed baseball games. Oakland nipped Hollywood, 1-0, last night, and Hollywood In turn caught the Oaks, 1-0; while Seattle beat Sacramento, 2-0, for the second time in a row to cut the Senators' lead to six games, and Los Angeles whitewashed San Francisco, 8-0, At Sacramento, Les Webber of Seattle was matched against the combined pitching prowesK of Bill Schmidt and Bill Caplinger, and both sides were held to four safe ties. The Rainlers, however, bracketed two of their singles by Les Scar sella and Bob Collins in the second inning, These, followed by Ned Stlckle's sacrifice and Bobby Blatt ner's Infield error, produced the only scores of the evening. Los Angeles' shutout came In the first of a doubieheader. the second of which went to San Francisco, 6 3. It was the work of Ray Prim, a five-hit Job. all single. San Diego kept pace with Seattle six games behind Sacramento by nicking Portland, 8-7, The Beavers, outhltttng the Padres 14-11, were ahead until Pinch Hitter George De- Tore cracked an eight-inning dou ble good for two runs. Johnny Jen sen noled a four-bagger for the winners. Yesterday's scores: vtmi oao w i 4 i flurrnmpntft WO tm tm ft 4 1 WfbT ftnti Collins: Schmidt, Ctpltnter 1) and Wiecsorelt. Portland WM anfl 010 7 14 0 ann nipsn 310 300 02x it 3 field. OonralM Mi and Hnwkinn: He. brrt, Thomas 4, PUIette 0 and Silk ed. Hollywood rm rm ooo o ft o Oakland 000 000 lOx 1 h 0 Bithorn and Dapper; Corbett and Con- roy. Hollvwood 000 010 ft I I Oafclend 000 000 ft 0 I 0 Dano and Bremen Plppen, Ananlr (?; and Ralmondl. San PraneUco 0O0 ftvt 000 ft A 9 LOI Ant'le. 301 030 OOx 6 10 1 llarrell and Partee: Prim and c mo- hell. Ban Pranrlseo 014 000 1 ft 0 Lo Aiiaele 030 010 ft S ft 3 KpvtTlj and Cmodowski: Thorn aa. Berry 3) and Holm. Unable to dispose of all of fto corn, Argentina may use It as fuel. of the situation will be available al regular intervals for the next six months or so. Although It may be too late to get a much heavier stand of grass on Multnomah field before the season opens, there's lots of time for other things. One of them is the state Eoftball tournament opening Sunday at Ore gon City. Teams start swinging at the over-size ball at noon and they'll be at it well into the night, all 16 taking the diamond on the opening day. As yet there are still a few dis tricts unreported and even if all the teams were lined up and ready to go an estimate on the probable winner would put even the best guessers on a long mid trembling limb. Our own experience with the game in a region of the country where it Is known by the unimpres sive name "klttenbair suggests that any team surviving the opening round might come through in the finals Thursday. Longest Match in History Net Play Chestnut Hills. Mms.. Aug. 21 flj.p.) Take It from Bryan (Bltsy) Orant, Jr., tennis doubles la a "mighty tough game." The 30-year-old southerner, a veteran of international competition and former Davis cupper, ought to know. He participated In the long est match in the history of the na tionals doubles championships. Probably the smallest player In top ranlcs, Bltsy was the big noise yesterday when he and Russell Bob bitt, a couple of Atlanta boys, out lasted Edwin Amark of San Fran cisco and Robin Hlpuenstlel of Los Angeles In a grim four-hop mara thon. No fewer than 102 games were needed by the Orant-Bobbltt com bine to gain the third round by scores of 14-12, 15-17. fl-4. 4-6. 13-11. Irving Wright, national dou bles committee chairman said it was a new tournament record though he could not recall the previous one. It was a great day for Grant, sup posedly at the end of the tennis trail. Frequently he raced 10 to 20 feet back of the baseline to return the sizzling smashea of his opponents unltl they became over-anxious and netted the ball. His service was more than adequate and held through the decisive fifth set. Eugene Places in j Softball Tourney I Eugene, Aug. 21 MV- Eugene's i Diamond A softball team won al place In the state tournament by defeatinc Cottage Orove 8 to 2 here last night. Vern Adams whiffed eight Cot-i tage Orove batters and was nicked for only five hits. Charles Toman led the Eugene attack with three blows Including a homer. Eugene 0 ft 4 Cottage Orove 2 B 6 1 Adams and Taylor; Buttcrworth and H&rtm&n, Vogler J Thursday, August 21, 1941 Flatbush Migratory Bird Hunting Rules Announced Washington. Aug. 21 (U.R) The In terior department today announced the 1941 rules for hunting migra tory birds, including 60-day duck seasons throughout the country and a daily bag limit of 10 ducks. Changes In the rules removed can- vasbacks and ruddy ducks from the species that are limited to three In the daily bag: legalized In IS states the posscssoln of one wood duck and prohibited the use of cat tle, horses or mules as blinds. Other new rules closed the season on Wilson's snipes fjacksnipes); In creased the blue-goose bag limit to six a day if no other geese are tak en and closed the season on snow geese in Idaho to prevent hunters from killing .the rare trumneter swans which is sometimes confused with the snow goose. Seasons: The 60-day waterfowl season be gins on: Oct. 1 In Montana. Oct. 16 in Idaho. 'Washington. Oregon and California. Band-tailed pigeons: Sept. 16 to Sept. 30 In Washington; Dec. 1 to 15 in California; Sept. 1 to 15 in Oregon. Bag limits: Ducks Ten a day. or 20 in pos session, the same aa last year. How ever, one wood duck may be In cluded this year. Three buffleheads or three redheads or three of these species together, may be In the dally bag, and six among the ducks pos sessed. Canvasbacks and ruddy ducks, formerly grouped with the redheads and buffleheads, were re stored to the list of species with the 10-bag and 20-possesslon limits. Major League Leaders (By the Associated Press i National League Batting Reiser, Brooklyn, ami Hopp. St. Louis. .320. Runs Reiser, Brooklyn, 87; Hack. Chicago, 8fl. Home runs Camlill. Brooklyn, 25; Ott, New York, and Nicholson, Chicago. 21. Pitching Riddle, Cincinnati, 14 2; White, St. Louis, 15.4. Amerlran League Batting Williams, Boston, .411: Travis, Washington, .369. Runs DiMaggio. New York. 113; Williams, Boston, 106. Home runs Keller. New York, 30; Williams, Boston, 28. Pitching Oomez, New York, 11- 4; Murphy, New York, 8-3. Petersen Popular With Ball Fans Charlie Petersen Is popular with the fans who make a practice of watching the Salem Senators play Western International league op ponents at Oeo. E. Waters field. His popularity bore fruit last night when he was awarded a traveling bag by Frank Shafer because he received the greatest number of votes bv the cash customers, "Pete" gained the good will of the fans largely be cause of his ability to cover center field better than any other player in the league. Howevpr, some of his mates gave him some pretty close 7 1. competition. 1 Rickey and McPhail In Furious Pen Scrap y iiarry New York, Aug. 21 (U.R) Cardinals and Larry MacPhail of the Brooklyn Dodgers have chosen their weapons: Fountain pins and the duel is on. It win last until September 28 when the National league season cuds. It is a "battle of ink" in which Rickey fills out little slips of paper transferring Cardinal farm hands to the parent club in an attempt to straighten the team for the pennant drive. MacPhail also fills out little slips of paper, but they are checks Softball Shots By Bob Keuscher Square Deal had two big innings Wednesday night and they were en ough to give the Dealers a 5 to 0 triumph over the Papermakers, evening their playoff series at a game apiece, As a result, the two teams will play the rubber game to decide Salem's entrant in the state meeting Friday night at 8 p.m. George Roth gave the Papermak ers one scratch hit last night and pitched the Dealers to their much- needed triumph. Roth allowed Just three men to reach first base and whiffed nine. The Dealers got but three blows off Knight, but four bases on balls and several costly wild pitches set up all of the Square Deal scores. Bill Lacey got a drive through the thirdsacker's legs in the first frame for the lone Papermaker hit. The Dealers scored in the fifth but Lou Singer drove in two markers with a Texas leaguer double, and added another trio of tallies In the sixth on one hit, two errors, a walk and a pair of wild pitches. Salem Box wound up their series with the Commercial league champs. Elfstrom's. with a 5 to 0 vic tory achieved mainly on Bob Free man's one hit hurling and good fielding by Enlch Maerz. The win ners put together a five-run rally In the second frame for their scor ing. Scores : Square Deal 5 3 Papermakers 0 1 Roth and Singer; Knight and Lenaburg. Elfstrom's 0 1 Salem Box 5 4 Beardsley and Curry; Freeman and Ohlsen. 3 Teams Gain Playoff Spot (By the United Prcssl Three teams are certainties for the Western International league's annual play-offs, but the fourth spot was still wide open today with less than three weeks of the regular schedule remaining. The Salem Senators, currently in fourth position, held their 3'. game margin over Tacoma last night, downing the third-place Vancouver nine 7 to 1. The Solons landed on Lou Goldman In the sixth, scoring six runs, and added another in the eighth. Tacoma kept pace with an 11-1 decision over the lowly Wenatchee Chiefs. The Tigers started off with four runs in the opening frame and were never headed, getting 13 hits. The league leading Spokane club stretched its margin over Yakima to 16 games with a double triumph over the Pippins, 12-0 and 4-3. The opener produced the third success ive shutout of the series. Spokane was forced to overcome Yakima's early three-run lead in the nightcap, Tacoma 421 010 30011 13 2 Wenatchee . . . .000 000 001 1 7 4 Marlowe and Stoeber; Richardson, flpesman and Mayer. Yakima 000 000 00 3 3 Spokane 602 103 x 12 11 0 Bryant and Sueme, Emery; O' Flvnn and Beard. Yakima 000 030 0003 B 1 Spokane 000 002 02x 4 7 2 BarkelriW, Lien and Bueme; Lann Ing and Meyers. YOU CAN'T I f5EAT IT ! f ok taste., irerr) Old Drum Brand BLBNDED WHISKEY: 90 Proof-75 Grain Nutrl Spirit. Copyright 1940. Calvert Diilillem Corpormion, New York City. tergusou Branch Rickev of the St. Louis - In payment for ball players to strengthen the Dodgers for the pen nant drive. Rickey was one up on MacPhail until 3 p. m. yesterday afternoon when the Dodgers" general manager macie a great rally by signing a check for $7,500 and buying Larry M-encn, leit-nanded pitcher, from the Chicago Cubs. The contest 1 getting so close now that MacPhail not only acquires a player every time Rickey does, but he gets the same kind of player. The purchase of French was in retaliation for Rickey bringing up from the Cardinals farm at Houston a young left-handed pitcher named Howard Pollet. If the Cards are going to have a new left-handed pitcher, says MacPhail, then the Dodgers are going to have one, too. Tills can go on Indefinitely and probably will. Rickey, being a fru gal, canny soul where a dollar Is concerned, will not write any check for players, but he has a vast res ervoir of farm hands in Houston, Rochester, Columbus and the other towns where St. Louis has chain teams. MacPhail, ordinarily a florid gent, has become absolutely purple-faced in the last two days over Rickey1! policy of importing new hired hands. "We want to win the pennant thla year but not at the expenses of wrecking our farm clubs," says Mac Phall in his normal conversational tone which carries from Ebbets field all the way to Grant's tomb on a clear day. "We have some men with our Montreal and Durham clubs who would definitely help us if we brought them in. But that's not the way we do business." Wrstern International W L Spokane 79 38 Pel. .676 .RSI .58 .466 .41 J t. ..ei' .94 .666 .SSI .500 .497 .404 .73 Pet. Yakima 63 S Vanr-oiiver flu as Snlrm ,14 S3 Tnroma M fll WcnntcliPG 44 78 , National w .! Brooklyn IS 40 ; St. Louis 74 41 Cincinnati m 40 Plltshurwh 00 S3 New York M S6. nil Ic Otto !tn 87 Boston 40 68 Phllfldflpla 31 S3 Amfrlran VP 1, New York1 fll 41 Chicago 6J .IS Boston 81 SB Clevrland flfl ,16 Detroit 5S 64 Philadelphia 51 68 St. Louis .10 66 Washington 4Q 65 Coasl W L Sacramento flfl 54 San Dleao 7ft 69 Seattle , 7P 59 Hollywood 89 89 Lou Anaeles 61 75 San Francisco 63 76 .430 Pet. .614 .ill Oakland 61 79 Portland 67 81 Angels Swap Kush For Augie Galan Los Angeles. Aug. 21 U.W Th Los Angeles of the Pacific Coast league announced today that Emil Kush, richt -handed pitcher, hu been traded to the Chicago Cubs for Augie Galan, outfielder. Kush has been under option to Tulsa and will remain at Tulsa for the season, reporting to the Cubs at the start of the new training season. Galan will report here Im mediately. Oalan Is a former San Francisco Seals player. Rush's home Is in Chicago. Attend Cresham Fair Grand Island George Dougla senior of Amity union high school and Russell Sargeant. sophomore, members of the Future Farmers of America stock Judging team, at tended the Multnomah county falf at Greshnm Monday. PINT $00 Standings
