Skits and.
Scratches
By Fred Zimmerman
Capital Journal Sports Editor
The recent death of Johnny
Evers, the second baseman in
the renowned baseball triumvir
ate of T 1 n k e r - to-Evers-to-Chance,
has revived the famous
Fred Merkle incident of 1908
that beat the New York Giants
out of the national league pen
nant. Evers, a bantam in phy
sique, weighing only 95 pounds
when he joined the Chicago
Cubs in 1902, was a giant when
it came to spirit and quick
thinking. The Merkle incident
was a good example of his re
sourcefulness. --
As related in the New York
Times the situation that resulted
in one of the most controversial
subjects in baseball occurred in
the following manner: The Gi
ants and Cubs, locked in a dual
for the championship, were tied
1 -all in the ninth inning ot
their final meeting at the Polo
grounds on September 23, 1908.
With two out, the Giants had
Moose McCormick on third base
and Merkle on first. Don Brid
well, the Giant shortstop, drove
a single to center field. Mc
Cormick dashed home, b u t
Mprkle headed for the club
house, figuring, of course, that
his team had won the game, 2-1
The crafty Evers noticed that
Merkle had failed to touch sec
ond base and motioned frantic
ally for the ball. Although the
crowd already was surging on
the field, it finally was relayed
to him and he touched second
base, whereupon Umpire Hank
O'Day callcu Merkle "out," in
validating- the run and leaving
the score tied. In the resultant
confusion it was impossible to
resume play. The upshot was
that the game was ordered to be
replayed after the close of the
season. The Cubs won the play
off and the pennant by defeat
ing Christy Mathewson, 4-2, on
October 8.
. --
It later came out that this unheard-of
play was not sheer in
spiration. The crafty Evers who
knew the rule book by heart for
long had been waiting for such
an opportunity. In fact, he had
previously discussed it with
Umpire O Day. A police es
cort was needed to get him off
the field in one piece that day,
for the enraged fans were ready
to tear him apart. For the rest
of his playing days he was per
sona non grata at ' the Polo
grounds which didn't faze him a
bit.
With the uncompromising
outlook peculiar to many great
athletes, Evers thrived on storm
and strife. He and Tinker were
bitter personal enemies off the
field. They did not speak the
last two years they played to
gether and had several rough
and tumble fights in the club
house. Yet they continued t o
sparkle as a team. Dubbed "the
Trojan" because he came to Chi
cago from his hometown team
in Troy, N. Y., where he was
born July 23, 1881, Evers stay
ed with the Cubs for 12 years,
during which his stellar play had
much to do with their keeping
at or near the top. In 1914 he
shifted to the Boston Braves,
with whom he participated in
another of baseball's greatest
epics. Teamed with another
tough little campaigner. Short
stop Rabbit Maranville, he help
ed to set up the airtight defense
that aided Boston in its celebrat
ed drive from the cellar to the
pennant and world scries vic
tory. "Catfish Lou" they call him
down southern Oregon way. Ac
cording to a yarn from the type
writer of Harry Chipman, sports
editor of the Medford Mail Tri
bune, Lou Kubiak, candidate for
the Senators' third base post,
went fishing and caught a large
catfish. He placed it in the bath
tub where it appeared to be
quite contented. When Lou sub
sequently pulled back the cov
' ers to crawl into bed,' he found
the catfish had beat him to it.
AH members of the squad dis
claim any knowledge as to how
the fish climbed the sides of the
bath tub, finned its way across
the floor and then climbed the
bedpost.
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Seed company, Robert Loop
Post American Legion and Am
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field teams in a recreational
softball league planned for the
spring and summer seasons.
Hopewell and Perrydale have
also been invited to join the
circuit.
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experts the most promising In the major leagues this season. Top, left to right, Bill Ayers of the New
York Giants, Art Houtteman of the Detroit Titers and Fred Sanford of the St. Louis Browns. Bottom,
left to rieht, Eddie Erautt of the Cincinnati Reds, Don Johnson of the New York Yankees and Tommy
Fine of the Boston Red Sox.
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Squared' Away for the first
(left to right) Bob Parks, Bob
Grabenhorst. The tournament,
open next Monday evening on
through Friday, April 25.
Province Allows No Hits;
Viks Tip Lebanon, 12-2
Rod Province hurled 12 strikeouts and allowed no hits at
Waters park Friday afternoon as the Salem high Vikings easily
turned back Coach Bud Page's Lebanon Warriors 12-2. Roger
Dasch, Cub Houck and Province each poked out a pair of hits for
the winners. Salem's big inning was the third, in which the
Vikings tallied' seven runs off
Carson, Rorr,
Leth Winners
Mrs. Harry Carson, Gale Rorr
and Walter Leth earned first
place honors in the three fea
ture competitive events of the
Lebanon-Sweet Home fun night
staged in the Fairgrounds horse
show pavilion Friday night. Mrs.
Carson took top spot in the
matched pairs event, while Gale
Dorr was first in the junior (un
der 18 years) class and Walter
Leth tops in the adult class.
Elmer Lawrence and Ray Gar
lick won second and third pla
ces, respectively, in matched
pairs. Winding up in the runner
up spots in the junior class
event were Carol Flesher and
Lee Ruskin. Dr. Fred Ellis and
Jack Linderman ranked second
and third in the adult class.
A relay race, reining contest,
musical ropes, exhibition calf
roping and exhibition bronc rid
ing were also included in the
evening's program, judged by
Ivor Morgan, Al Barnes and Lee
Eycrly. Planning the affair
were Cliff Moyniham, Mack
White. Huston Walters. O. M.
Stevenson, Dick Reeves and Jack
Swanson.
Pesky Hurls Pilots
To Win Over Pacific
Portland, April 12 (Pi Vince
Pesky hurled Portland univer-
sity to an 11-2 win over the Pa-1
cific university baseball squad j
here yesterday. Pesky, who was
relieved in the ninth, limited
the Badgers to six hits.
Colonials Win Relays
Portland. April 12 Wi The
favorites fell yesterday as Wash
ington raced to a victory in the
annual city high school relays
here with 24 points.
Rap Solons
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annual handball tournament are
Hamilton, Don Duncan and Cobe
featuring some 35 players, will
the YMCA courts and continue
five hits, a walk and four Leb
anon miscues. Coach Harold
Hauk's Salemites had scored
twice in the first frame, and
added their three final runs in
the sixth canto, when Del Kleen
blasted out a triple with the
bases loaded.
Lebanon's first run was mark
ed up in the second inning.
Downing got on first via field
er's choice, moved to second
when Province walked Reeder,
stole third and came home on
a wild pitch. Province's wild
ness was responsible for the
Warriers' only other tally, that
coming in the fourth frame.
Province walked four consecu
tive batters to force in the run.
Seven passes were issued by
the Vik chucker in the seven
inning game. Two Lebanon
hurlers were touched for 10 hits
by Salem.
Lebanon 01(1 100 02 0 6
SalPin 307 033 X 13 10 0
Alley. Wells 3, Alley (6) and Downing
Province and Allison.
OSC, Portland and
Pacific in Track Go
Corvallis, pre., April 12 (fl5)
The Oregon' Slate track squad
will gel its second test of the
season here tomorrow in a
three-way meet with Portland
and Pacific universities. Ore
gon State downed Oregon in a
dual relay meet Tuesday, 7-1.
Amateur Playoffs Set
Boston. April 12 (Pi Tho
Eastern Hockev league's hiehost
scoring forward line will face
off against the Los Angeles Mon-
archs tonight when Boston's
Olympics oppose the Californ-
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Contest, 8-7
Medford, April 12 () A 12th
inning walk with the bases
loaded gave the University of
Oregon an 8-7 win over Salem
of the Western International
baseball league here last night.
The Collegians took the lead
in the sixth with five runs to
put the score at 5-4. and added
two more in the eighth. Salem
cainc back in the bottom half
of the eighth with the tying
three runs.
Vince Lazor kept the Univer
sity in check until the sixth
when he yielded four blows that
were backed up by two errors.
Salem outhit the Collegians 14
to 8 and its leading stick wield
ers were Mel Nunes, a triple and
two singles in six times up; Ben
Gregory, a double and two sin
gles in five trips and Paul Hal
ter, four for six.
All Oregon hits were singles
except a double by Kirsh. Cat
cher Carlson's two for four top
ped the Collegian batting.
Oregon 000 005 020 001 a
Salem 011 110 030 0007 U 0
Lodan. SalUnian (71 and Carlson; Lazor,
Sporcr (7) and Cook. Kerr (71.
Fox to Desert
175 -Pounders
New York, April 12 i.Ti
Having made his light-heavyweight
comeback a successful
one by coming up off the floor
to stop Georgie Kochan in the
seventh round, Philadelphia
Billy Fox planned today to de
sert the 175-pound division, and
shoot exclusively for the big
fellows. Billy's manager, Blinky
Palermo, said that Fox had
trouble making 175 'A for his
ten-rounder with Kochan at St.
Nicholas arena last night.
Making his first start since
his knockout by Champion Gus
; Lesnevich in a title bid five
: weeks ago, the Philadelphia
! Negro recovered from a first
; round knockdown and two cut
I eyes to catch up with Kochan
j who weighed 177.
Hawkins Kayoes Read
Tacoma, April 12" JP)
Hawkins, 190-pound Port
lander, scored a four-round
knockout win . over Eddie
Read, 230, Fresno, in the
scheduled 10 - round main
event of a fight card high
lighted here last night by
technical or complete knock
outs in four of the five bouts.
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Situation in
Mad Muddle
New York. April 12 (U.R)By
a process of elimination, Clay
Hopper, a mild-mannered Mis-
sissippian, appeared to be the
logical choice today to succeed
Leo Durocher, the human storm
center, as manager of the Brook
lyn Dodgers.
That the Dodger managerial
situation was in a complete
muddle was putting it mildly.
No one, it seems, is anxious to
inherit a club that many ex
perts think will win the Na
tional League pennant, and a
job that was by all odds the
highest paying managerial post
in baseball.
Principal reason for the re
luctance was that the job was
likely to be for only one sea
son, after which Durocher con
ceivably will be welcomed back
from his one year suspension.
It also was made plain that
Dodge President Branch Rickey
will not pay the same high
salary to Durocher's successor
that he paid LipDV.
Hopper, the Montreal Dodger
farm club manager, who put
aside his southern leanings to
become number one champion
and supporter of his great Negro
star, Jackie Robinson, appears
to be the only man who openly
has stated he would like to have
the job.
"I'd love it," he said. "Man
aging a major league club has
been my life's ambition. After
all, I've served many years as
a minor league manager under
Mr. Rickey."
Three former top flight ma
jor leagtie managers mentioned
for the job, Joe McCarthy, for
mer manager of the Yankees;
Bill McKenzic, last year's pilot
of the Cincinnati Reds and now
a Cleveland coach; and Bill
Terry, retired former pilot of
(he New York Giants, all told
the United Press that they were
not interested.
Roy Hutchinson
Loses in Meet
San Francisco, April 12 P
Little Cornell College of Ml.
Vernon, Iowa, unheralded in
other sports, was the team to
beat today in the national AAU
wrestling championships. The
men from the Methodist school
Roy Hutchinson, represent
ing the Salem, Ore., YMCA,
lost to Leo Thomson of the
Cornell college team in first
round. 128-pound competition
of the national AAU grappling
meet in San Francisco.
scored seven victories yester
day to lead Southwestern Tech
of Weatherford, Okla., for team
honors.
The mat competition will end
tonight in championship finals
for all 10 weight classes. More
than 150 of the country's best
amateur grapplers are parti
cipating. Rogue Relay
Records Tumble
Medford. April 12 tP Eight
records fell yesterday in the an
nual Rogue relays with Ashland,
Grants Pass and Klamath Falls
doing most of the damage, but
Medford piled up the points and
won the annual high school
track class here. Medford scor
ed 69 points, Klamath Falls 41.
Grants Pass 39 and Ashland 38.
The Medford team established
only one new mark. Ashland
set three, Grants Pass and Kla
math Falls, two each.
The records (old mark in par
enthesis). I Hlh hurctlm McAbpr. Klamath Falls.
15.S fl8.4. Relay broad Jump Klamath
Fall, eo faet 2'i Inches f3 feetl. 440
yard rela? Grants Pass 45.5 (45.81. Jave
lin Mekin Frlck, Medford. 168 (eet 5
tnchea (155 feet). Two-mile, relax Ash
land. 8:38 f:58. Pole vault Bob Leblanc.
Athlanri. 10 feet 3 Inches M0 feet). 880
yard relay Granti Pa., 1:33.4 (1:35.91.
Distance medley Ashland. 11:33.4 (11:33).
! Beavers Take Two
Wins from Linfield
Corvallis, ApriJ 12 (P) Lin
field college rapped out only
three hits, two in the first game
and one in the second, in drop
ping a baseball twin bill to Ore
gon State college 5-0 and 6-1
here yesterday.
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meet the Vancouver Capilanos
in the first game of the 1947
Western International league
season at Waters field.
150 Expected
In Elks Meet
In al) probability the 150
mark will be surpassed when
the deadline for qualifying for
the Mid-Willamette Valley open
golf tournament, sponsored by
the Salem Elks club, is reach
ed Sunday evening. Return of
favorable weather is expected to
attract several score more i
trants for the event which has
attracted players from a number
of valley communities.
Walter Cline, Jr., who held
the city title for a number of
years, but who was beaten by
Jack Brande of Lebanon, turned
in a qualifying score of 70. to
nose out Ned Ingram and Glenn
Lengren, whose 72s had previ
ously been low.
Entrants will be bracketed ii
the various flights early next
week and competition will be
gin on the basis of one com
plele round by Sunday evening
of each week.
Handball Meet i
Set for Start !
Handball, considered one of!
the best conditioning games of
modem times, will take the i
spotlight next week when some!
35 players start competition in a
city wide tournament on the
YMCA courts. The contenders
have been divided into three di
visions, according to ability, for
singles and doubles play. Tro
phies, donated by Salem busi
ness firms, will be presented the
winners.
The first round pairings:
Cla.s A.
Singles: Teague T. Goodman. Duncan
vit. Singer, Smith vs. Hagemann, Shi nr. v.
Winslo-; doubles; Win slow-Goodman fa.
GrabenliorM-Devers: Parks-Hagemann Y.
Slnger-TcRRwe; Shlnn-Bmlth va. Hamilton-Duncan.
Doollttle-Bogart. bye.
Claw R
Singles: C. Qrabenhorat vs. Bogarl. Cal-
fee vs. Burns, Parks vs. Gardner, Kelly i
I Roslan vs. Doollttle. Devers vs. Freel,
i Rethlco bye. Doubles: Parlt-Burrls vs.
; Rethke-Freel, Gardner-Margosian bye,
Calfee-Kelly VI. Douris-Mounti.
Class C:
Singles: Lulctnbeal vs. D. ChambKc,
Park vs. Shepherd. Alderin vs. Queaeth,
Schless vs. Wlens, Eyre vs. R. Chambers,
R. Grabenhorst vs. H. Nichols. Double:
R. Price-Quenstnh vs. Wiens-Eyre; J.
Sheon-Litkinbeal bye; R. Chambers-Sehlens
vs. Shepherd -Grabenhorst; Alderln-D.
Chamber vs. Hadley-Widner.
Canucks, Leafs
Resume Series
Toronto, April 12 (VP) Two
bruised and battered teams will
take the ice here tonight when
the Montreal Canadiens and the
Toronto Maple Leafs renew their
squabble for the coveted Stanley
cup. The two sextets still are
recup crating from Thursday
nighl's'rough game at the Mon
treal Forum, which the Leafs i
won, 4-0, to snarl the best-of-l
seven scries at a game apiece.
The
rACIKIC COAST LEAGUE I
'By the Associated Press)
W L Prt. I
San Dieao t ' "Mt I
San Francesco 1 3 .700 I
Sacramento 1
Lo Anadra
Portland a -300
Hollywood -00
Seattle 3 '"3
Capital Journal, Salem, Orejon, Saturday. April 12, 1947 5
Beavers Make it Two
In Row Over Padres
Lefty O'Doul's sassy Seals the
the top berth of the Pacific Coast
skidding Padres. Resembling
Seals rallied for five runs in the
down Hollywood, 5-2, last night,
tie with the Padres who wereS
smacked down for the second
time in a row by Portland, 10-2.
Sacramento s Solons pounded
out 20 hits to whip Seattle, 10-
8, and keep pace a half-game
behind the leaders. Los An
geles edged Oakland. 6-5, to re
tain a slight fourth place margin
over Portland.
Portland's Vince DiBiasi spun
five-hitter and fanned seven
while the Beavers, led by Danny
Escobar and Herman Reich who
each drove in three runs, pound
ed four San Diego pitchers for
17 hits. DiBiasi, himself, con
tributed two doubles and two
singles to the attack. Reich
homered for the second straight
night.
Btr 010 100 600 8 13 1
Sacramento 120 'J30 02x 10 30 1
Jikuck. Jonas S), Yetovlc (1) and HiU:
Smith. Barthelaon 7l. Nelson (7) and
Fitzcerald.
Hollywood 000 000 0202
San Francisco 000 000 0j
Dasao, Carter (8 and Snccly
and Leonard.
ciiMuc
5 ij o
Oakland 100 ooff 0J2-5 13
Los AtiKlf3 020 002 01t 6 7
Pallet. W. Hafey 7. Sprrr i8 and Ri
mondl, Oilltnpie 8 ; Baker, Hoiton (
Conger (9) and Novotnry.
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1 o
2 i
4 0
1 i
1 oi
0 o
0 0
Portland
Dobbins, 3
Escobar. r
Wtnner.m
Storey. 3
Reich.!
Murator.c
Summers.!
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Dibiasl.p
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B H O A B
8 3 3 3 .Hamllton.l 4
S 3 3 0 ?lay.m 3
5 3 3 0 Barrett, r A
6 3 0 l'3hupe.l 4
4 3 6 0 Oyselmn.3 4
4 18 0 Coicrart.3 3
5 1 3 0 Kerr.c 4
S 0 3 4' rratifi.K 3
5 4 0 fi 3rat.p 1
l3nlvo.ii 0
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1 0 0
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Totals 44 17 27 8' Totals
"Batted for Salvo in 5th.
Portland 400 100 O.iO 10
San OleKO 000 010 010 2
Left on bases Portland 9. San Dleeo 6.
Two-base hits Dlbiasi 2, Storey. Dobbins,
Clay 3. Reich. Three-base hits Escobar.
Homo run Reich. Players walking Mur
atore. Train. Clay. Coscarart 2. Reich.
Runs batted In Storey, Reich 3, Wenner,
McDonnell, Escobar 3, Summers, Dobbins,
Barrett. Double plays Storey, Radulovlcli,
Reich. Time 3:13. Umpires Kobar, Bor
skl r ' Doran. Attendance 6538.
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pride of San Francisco shared
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O'Doul's champions of 1946, the
last half of the eighth inning to
thereby moving into a first plac
Jackie Makes
Dodger Debut
Brooklyn, April 12 (& -Jackie
Robinson's debut in a
major league uniform wasn't as
auspicious as his initial appear
ance in organised baseball last
year but the Negro intielder of
the Brooklyn Dodgers handled
himself as well as could be ex
pected under the circumstances.
Playing first base yesterday,
the Dodger speed merchant fail
ed to. hit safely in four official
trips to the plate but drove in
three runs on two fly balls and
a fielder's choice as the Dodgers
swamped the New York Yank
ees. 14-6, at Eb'jctt's field.
In two of his trips to the plate,
the former U.C.L.A. all-around
athlete who enjoyed a field day
;at the plate when his Montreal
- tcam trounced Jersey City in
their 1946 International league
opener, filed out deep to left
land lined to center. His play
;in the field was flawless as he
handled 15 chances during the
nine-inning game with ease.
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Exhibition Baseball
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Boston IA 3, Boston N 0.
Brooklyn (Ni 14. New York (A) .
New York N 6, Cleveland (A) 2.
Philadelphia N 8, Washington A 3.
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