Skits and
Scratches
- By Fred Zimmerman
Capital Journal Sport Editor
There seems to be consider
able wonderment in many quar
ters over the continued attend
ance at the ball games in view
of the failure of the Senators
to take more than one game of
the recent series with Yakima
uo to Sunday afternoon. Prob
ably Indicates that if Salem
manages to keep up at the top
or In the first division George
Emieh will get his much desired
attendance of 100,000 for the
season. The first two series
against Spokane and Yakima
drew between 25.000 and 26.000
and if that ratio Is continued the
final mark would be in the
neighborhood of 125.000 since
there are eight more home ses
sions. In order, thev are with
Vancouver. May 28-June 2;
Victoria. June 11-16: Tacoma
June 25-30; Wenatchee Julv 4-7:
Bremerton. Julv 16-21: wen
atchee. July 30-Aug. 4; Van
couver Aug. 6-11: Tacoma. Aug.
20-25. The Memorial day and
July 4 doubleheaders should
add materially to attendance at
the local park.
I The volume of criticism is
scarcely large enough to be
heard without an amplifying ap
paratus, but if something Isn't
done in the near future to plug
a few of the weak snots in the
Senator defense, the Solon man
agement won't need a hearing
aid to ascertain the extent nf
the discontent among the ranks
of the faithful. Seven errors in
one game and six In another
doesn't sound like Class R base
hall ... A note from' Tommv
Luke, chairman of the Portland
baseball boosters, urges our at
tendance at the pennant hoisting
ceremonies in Vaughn Street
park next Thursday evening.
Tommy should have seen to it
that last year's fla was nulled
up to the ton of the pole im
mediately after the pennant was
cinched.
Next year's state basketball
tourney will be under the di
rection of Anson B. Cornell.
University of Oregon athletic
manager, the Eugene Register
Guard reported last week. The
article also said that the uni
versity did not seek the tourney,
merely offered McArthur court
as a site should the State High
School Activities association see
fit to make a change. McArthur
court will make an excellent
site for the 16 team tournament,
but as we understand the situa
tion in Eugene, housing there is
"f lust as tight as it exists in Salem.
.
Harlond Clift. Yakima's third
sacker. Is an excellent example
of what major league experience
does for a baseball player. Clift
is one of the best third sackers
to show around here in a num
ber of years, largely because he
knows what to do under almost
any condition. And his ability to
predict just what the onoosition
is likely to do helps Clift from
the moment he goes uo to the
plate until the time he has com
pleted the circuit. Scoring from
third after Bartolomei had
caught a poo fly the other night.
Is a good idea of the manner
Clift sides up opportunities in a
split second ... A play off be
tween the University of Oregon
and the champion team of the
southern division. Pacific Coast
conference is better than a prob
ability should the Webfoots take
the northern crown. At this
writing it appears Southern Cal
would provide the opposition . . .
A shortage of lead means that
output of civilian ammunition
will be cut 50 percent. CPA's
original plan to reserve the lim
ited output for farmers, ranch
ers and police was killed off . . .
Assault, the horse that won the
1946 Kentucky derby was fre
quently referred to as a colt as
a "three legged colt." A nail,
picked up in a fore-foot as a
yearling left the frog malformed
.. and the hood requires a special
shoe that give Assault an eccen
tricity of gait.
Vernon Leading Both Loops
New York, May 21 UP)
Mickey Vernon, Washington's
slugging first baseman, led both
major leagues at bat with a .411
average on figures including
Sunday's games.
Vernon held a 22-point edge
over the National league's Dixie
Walker of Brooklyn who ad
vanced from ninth to first place
in one week. Walker had .389.
Jeff Heath, Washington,
rounded out the first 10 in the
American league with .317.
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Woodburn The roster of the
local American Legion junior
baseball club was increased by
an additional ten players as the
team held their second workout
of the season Sunday afternoon.
Eddie Kahut, brother of Joltin'
Joe, Pacific coast heavyweight
boxing champion, was among
those reporting for the first time
Sunday and turned in a great
performance on the mound in a
five inning practice game. He
allowed one unearned run,
struck out 13 batters and walked
two.
Kahut's opponent on the hill,
southpaw Gene Andrews, work
ed the first three frames and
pitched scoreless ball, striking
out 5, giving up only one hit
and did not issue a walk. Har
ley Piper took over for the final
two frames and gave up one un
earned run.
Practice will increase this
week as Coach Pete DeGuire has
divided his team into two sec
tions, the regulars working out
Tuesday night at 6 p.m. with the
Lanigans taking over Wednes-
Anxr of R n m
I The first game of the year
I will be next Sunday afternoon
at Legion park at 1:30 with tne
Newberg Legion club. Mike
Twenee. who performed for
Woodburn last year, will pitcn
for the visitors. The game will
1 A the first half of a double bill
which will feature the Wood-
burn Townies in their first home
appearance of the year in the
nightcap.
Baseball Tourney
Opens Thursday
Portland Mav 21 (Pi The
class "A" lists for the Oregon
State Prep oasnetDau tourna
ment wpm filled todav. except
for tlie roruana emry.
SaiontpH for th Thursday
Saturday event at the Univers
Hv nf Portland are Eugene. Al
bany, Grants Pass, Central Cath
olic of Portland, Sandy, On
tario, and Molaila.
Th Portland rtuhlin school en
trant will be selected after the
season's official close today,
whifh mav pasilv end in a tie.
Four schools are bunched at the
top of standings.
The schedule for Thursday:
9 a. m. Eugene vs. Amany,
11:30 a. m. Grants Pass vs,
Central Catholic.
2 p. m. Sandy vs. Ontario.
4:30 p. m. Molaila vs. Port
land entry.
Beavers Defeat
Webfoots, 10 to 6
(B. the Associated Pre!)
Northern Division Conference
W L Pet. W L Pet
Oreton 10 4 .714 IW. S O. S .357
O. 8. C. 9 5 .613 lldaho 3 10 .331
Wftihlnelon 8 7 .633
The Washington Huskies and
the Oregon State Beavers won
their northern division baseball
games yesterday, 11-6 and 10-6
respectivaly, at Moscow and
Corvallis. The losers Idaho and
Oregon.
Oregon's loss hasn't spoiled
their chances to cop the cham
pionship. The Webfoots need
only one more win to take the
pennant, and games with O.S.C.
are scheduled for Friday at Eu
gene and Saturday at Corvalli?.
Washington 001 017 00311 10 7
Idaho 100 103 003 6 13 4
Goldberg & Constantino; Klink. Dallfj
& Konopka.
Orcaon 000 020 010 6 9 3
Oregon State 036 020 OOg 10 S 3
Bropst. Leahl (3) is Rodfger; Cecil &
Wegner.
Ihestandings
Western International Lcacu
W L PC. t W L Pet.
Satem 15 S .640 Tacoma 12 12 .503
Spokane 18 10 .615 iBrem'rtotl 11 13 .458
Yakima 15 10 .600 Vancouver 9 17 .346
Wenatchee 14 11 .560 Victor la 7 IS .280
Monday1! Scores
Vancouver 8. Spokane 1.
National Ltarue
W I, Pet. W L Pet.
St. Louis 17 9 .654 Cincinnati 13 12 .btti
Brooklyn 17 10 .630 New York 12 16 ,423
Chicaao 15 11 .577 Pittsburith 10 15 ,400
Boston 15 13 .536 jphUadel'la 6 19 .24J
MonJay'i Scores
Brooklyn 4. Cincinnati 3.
Chicago 6, Boston 4.
American Leaaue
W L Pet. w L Pet.
Boston 25 7 .781 St. Louis 13 18 .419
New York 20 12 .625 Cleveland 12 18 .400
Detroit 18 13 .581 Chic go 9 19 .321
Washlnt'n 16 13 ,S.H2 IPhlladel'la 9 22 .290
Monday's Score
Washington 10, Chicago 3.
Cleveland 4, New York 3.
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Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, May 21, 1946 5
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Rubber Man Hal Ncwhouser,
a long stride toward the mound
a game with the Washington
Champ Bud Ward Makes First
Appearance in
By Gail
Spokane, Wash., May 21 OT
Marvin "Bud" Ward makes his first appearance before the home
folks here in one of the major Pacific Northwest golf meets todav
Jefferson Tied
For 2nd Place
Jefferson Jeff defeated Hub
bard in a Marion County "B"
league game last Friday, 7 to 2
Jeff has won four games and
lost two in league play to tie
for second place with Chemawa.
For Ihe season Jefferson has
won 8 and lost two with two
more games to be played, Tues
day at Shedd and Friday at In
dependence. Jefferson 7 7 5 Wlckerslism St Hampton.
Hubbard 1 2 3 Piper & Dahl.
Capil
ilanos Beat
Spok
ane, 8 to 1
The up-and-coming Spokane
Indians took a surprise defeat
last night at the hands of the
second-to-last-place Vancouver
Capilanos as the series opened at
Vancouver with the only West
ern International league game
played. The score 8 to 1.
The Indians' lone run. came
in the eighth when Bob Patter
son crossed the plate as the Caps
failed to complete a double play
on a ground ball by Bob James.
Spokane 000 000 0101 8 3
Vancouver 200 012 02x 7 13 3
Powers & Paulson. Clifford 8; Ander
son & Spurgeon.
Infielder Added
To Salem Squad
Portland, Ore., May 21 (fD
The Portland Beaver baseball
club yesterday signed Vern
Reynolds, a former Lincoln high
school athlete, and sent him to
the Salem Senators of the West
ern International league.
Reynolds played with the San
Diego and Hollywood Pacific
coast league clubs last season
and was with the Texas league
at San Antonio earlier this
year. He entered organized
baseball in 1940 with the Twin
Falls club of the Pioneer league
He is an infielder.
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Senators.
Tourney Play
Fowler
National Amateur Golf Champion
when he pairs with Bernie Hren,
Tacoma professional, in the
S500 Pacific Northwest pro-am
ateur 18-hoIe feature.
The one-day tourney, with
prize money put up by the
famed, funloving Spokane ath
letic round table, of which Ward
is secretary, will be a prelude
to the three-day, 72-hole North
west P.G.A. open which starts
Wednesday in quest of $1,500
top prize money.
The sturdy, curly-headed
champ, back in the golfing lists
after three years as an air forces
officer, says he's still overweight
by about five pounds, but that
he's lost 12 poujids in the last
month "getting rid of some of
that army starch I larded out
with."
"I've been practicing pretty
hard the last month and I've got
my game pretty well in hand
now I think," Bud offered yes
terday. "I managed to get in
some play and practice with Al
Zimmerman and it helped a lot.
Al was the one who helped me
perfect my swing before the war,
and I think he's got me back
in the groove again."
Oregonians: Majors
(Br the Associated Presx)
What they did Monday:
Ab H E Rbi
Gordon, Yankees 4 10 0
Whitman, Dodgers 4 2 0 V
Peskcy, Doerr, Red Sox, not
scheduled.
Mount Vesuvius near Naples,
Italy, has been active off and on
ever since December 16, 1931,
when it erupted and killed an
estimated 18,000 people.
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In On Leaders
(By the Associated Pre)
Chicago's neglected National
League champs, ignored in the
early rush to hop on the St.
Louis bandwagon, have tiptoed
into the race while the Cards
and Dodgers were looking the
other way and now are within
two games of first place.
Since the Cubs left home for
their first eastern swing, they
have won four of five starts
They have capped seven of their
last 10 outings although only
four starting pitchers have gont
the route.
Claude Passeau was the most
important factor in last night's
6-4 triumph in Boston. The 37-year-oldster,
who tossed a one
hitter in the last world series.
belted a two-run homer that
kayoed Mort Cooper in the sec
ond inning. He also added a dou
ble to the Bruins' 11-hit attack:
but Bob Chipman had to come
in to help in the ninth after
three straight hits had loaded
the bases.
Brooklyn closed in on the
Cardinals, slicing their lead to
a half-game, by downing Cin
cinnati 4-3 before 27,376 custom
ers at Ebbets field.
Washington continued to siz
zle through the west, trimming
Chicago 10-2, for its eighth tri
umph in its last 10 games. Dutch
Leonard, who beat the White
Sox six limes last year, contin
ued his perfect record and ran
this year's string to four in a
row although nicked for 11 hits
Salmon Jumps to
Top Solon Hitting
Catcher Woody Salmon, whose
particular forte is hitting in the
clutch, took over the leadership
of the Salem ball club during
the series with Yakima. He re
placed George Vico, first base
man, whose average slumped 33
points during the week. Dick
Wenner, able to get but two hit
during the entire series with the
Stars, dropped from fourth to
ninth in the percentage column
The averages:
Ab H Pet. I Ab H Pet.
Salmon 5 33 .til F.llm 1 3 .222
Vlco 80 33 .360 iKerr 27 8 .331
Lucchesl 70 28 .33 'Summers 38 7 .200
Crawford 41 13 .303 IBartolme 88 17 .198
Ounnarson 18 4 .267 Cavlness 79 IS .190
Kublak 72 18 .250 IKowolskl 19 S .153
Maleradt 12 3 .230 lAdams 10 1 .100
Janeway 4 1 .250 lOerkin 12 1
Wenner 80 19 .238 ISoderbert 8 0
Daniels 3 .222 IWyatt 1 0
Paper Mill, Rock
Wool Still Tied
Paper Mill and Rock Wool,
currently tied for the leadershin
of the City Softball league, won
their games Monday evening.
The Papermakers blanked Gold
en Pheasant 4 to 0 with Henry
Singer pitching three-hit ball for
the winners. The insulators had
a tight engagement with VFW
but won 2-0. The third game saw
Knights of Columbus swamp the
Eagles 16 to 1.
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Pheasants 000 000 00 3 0
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Roclc Wool 010 001 02 ft 1
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Salem Attendance
Totals 24,627
Attendance during the first
two home series of the Salem
Baseball club totaled 24,627,
greater than the attendance dur
ing the entire 1942 season, club
officials said today. The 1042
attendance was about 21,000.
Officials were confident they
would reach their goal of 100.
000 this year. After winning its
first 13 games, Salem lost nine
out of 12.
Keene Named
Dad's Prexy
The Dad's club, an organiza
tion dedicated to the task of
supporting high school athletics,
elected R. S. "Spec" Keene as
president for the 1946-47 term
Monday night during a confer
ence held at the Chamber of
Commerce. Clare Brown was
named vice president. John
Fasnacht, re-elected secretary
and Cliff Parker, treasurer. Ray
Johnson, retiring treasurer, re
ported he would be ineligible
to hold office.
A number of reports were
given. John Dasch reported for
the football season, Clare Brown
for basketball. Bud Ready for
baseball while a number con
tributed to a general gripe con
cerning the condition of the
school district's ball diamonds.
Pop bottle tossing at Sweetland
field was brought up and the
suggestion was made that the
concession there be done away
with after being characterized
as a "nuisance."
The baseball committee will
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The winning Oakland bascba'l
combination evolved out of Man
ager Casey Stengel's trials for
more power at the plate attacks
the lowly Portland Beavers to
day with an eye toward trampl
ing the San Francisco Seals in
the percentages.
With 20 victories in the lasi
27 starts, the Oaklandcrs were
in a first-place deadlock with
the Seals, and Stengel still had
another trial to make.
The latest addition is Pitchei
Francis Shea, on option from the
New York Yankees. The Oak
land manager said he planned
to put him on the mound at Port
land to augment the staff of
hurlcrs which last week tamed
the Hollywood Stars.
Ambrose Palica pitched the
Oakland club to two wins las1
week, Ralph (Buck) Buxton was
successful in two relieving jobs
and Charley Gassaway, Rugger
Ardizoia, and Colton Pippen
each took a victory with help.
The Seals, who dropped their
all-season lead but battered Los
Angeles to climb back into a
first place lie last week, enter
tain fourth-place San Diego.
Manager Frank (Lefty) O'Doui
selected Cliff Melton to pitch
against Pepper Martin's choice
of ex-marine Cletus (Boots) Pof
fenbergcr for San Diego.
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ing the baseball fields since it
was the expectation they were
to be in shape some time ago.
W. L. Phillips, retiring pres
ident, was praised for his work
with the organization.
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29th Ring Win
Philadelphia, May 21 iP)
Billy Fox, cuts and welts across
his face, his eyes and lips still
puffed from fistic battle, held
a string of 39 consecutive kayo
victories aloft today the latest
against Ossic (Bulldog) Harris
last night as his ticket for a
light heavyweight title clash
with Champion Gus Lesnevich.
The 20-year-old Philadelphia
negro was lucky in his last ring
venture busting the Pittsburgh
light-heavy into dreamland for
the second straight time. The
KO victory was a virtual copy
nf the first meeting between
the two several months ago,
Mural I'l.iv i:nds
Leslie junior high s intramu
ral baseball season came to a
close Monday afternoon with
Ray Cuminings' team taking the
pennant, after beating Richard
Zcller's club, 7-3. George Stout-
cnoerg pitched a no hitter.
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