Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, May 06, 1947, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Text8 Capital Journal, Salem, Skits and Scratches By Fred Zimmerman Capital Journal Sports Editoij Jack Richards, the likeable chap who played first base for the Salem Senators in 1942, the year the league folded due to the world war, is a popular member of the Tulsa club of the Texas league. Dr. C. C. Hig gins, local sports enthusiast and a good friend of Jack, wrote to a brother in Tulsa about the time the first sacker was sent there and the relative helped Richards find a place to live Richards is proving extremely popular with Tulsa fans which isn t surprising when one con siders his personality. While not playing regular, Richards has been doing well virtually every time he has been inserted into the lineup. He hit five for two on one occasion and three for one on another. Why few players or managers read the baseball rules is ex plained by H. G. Salsinger, sports editor of the Detroit News in a recent issue of the Sporting News. He quotes sec tion 10 of rule 49 as a good example of circumlocution, with one sentence of 160 words. Here it is: "If when a fair or foul hit ball (other than a foul tip as defined in Rule 39) be legally caught by a fielder, such ball may be legally held by a fielder on the base occu pied by the the base-runner when such ball was batted, or the base-runner be touched with the ball in the hand of the fielder, before he retouch such base after such fair or foul hit ball was so caught; provided, that the base-runner shall not be out in such case, if, after the ball was legally caught, it be delivered to the bat by the pit cher before the fielder hold it on said base, or touch the base runner out with it; but if the base-runner, in attempting to reach a base, detach it from its fastening before being put out, he shall be declared safe. A base-runner who holds his base on a fly ball shall have the right to advance the moment such fly ball touches the person or the uniform of the fielder." Until some other institution can convince the Oregon State High School Activities associa tion that there Is more money to be made in making a move, scene of the annual basketball tournament will probably con tinue to he McArthur court. And any organization that tries to swipe the tourney had better be well prepared with facts and figures for it's hard to argue against $15,687.45, the amount the OSHAA cleared as a re sult of this year's competition. Gross rcoeipts of more than $30,000 were partly due to the doubting ol the admission charge as well as to greater seating capacity. Receipts in 1946 when the tournament was held at Willamette university were $12,058. In spite of the fact that the 1947 tournament was held on state owned proper ty, cost of operation was con siderable more than when Prof. Leslie J. Sparks hail charge. Tournament expense at Kugenc was $2,625 as against $1417 at Willamette and this latter figure is quite a bit higher than the average down t n r o ii g n uie years. Team expenses in 1947 are fixed at $5300, compared with $2631 last year. The big jump is due to quite an extent to the fact that the entire 16 teams kept their meal tickets throughout the tourney, a plan that was loiiowcd ncre until the war came along and made housing difficult, ray for otfi ciais more man tripled Irom 1946 to 1917, the figures being $233.50 and $794.50. The W1L season is entirely too young to establish anything like a trend but at the close of business April 27 Vancouver had established a tram batting mark of .295 to lead the pack Victoria was a close second with ,284, Bremerton third with 2.75 and Salem held down fourth position at 2.71. The Solons were fifth in the department of defense with a percentage of .941, just one point below Spok ane. Bremerton's .958 was good lor first position with Wenat chee in second .953. Yakima took the lead in the matter of double plays with 13 to their credit. Salem with five double killings was tied with Wenat chee, Vancouver, and Victoria. Pioneer Club Enters Team in Softy Loop Pioneer club lost to the Ea gles 6-5 and Master Bread trimmed VFW 5-3 In spring Softball action on Leslie field Monday night. The Pioneer club is sponsoring the former B & B Bowling alley outfit, since the duckpln alley with drew as team backers. Eddie Sobczak, Michigan State football end, is a first ftring outfielder on the Spartan baseball team. Arkansas and Mississippi trad ed football decisions each year irom 1928 to 1941. Oregon, Tuesday, May 6, 1947 Baseball Trade Winds May Whip Philadelphia, May 6 W) It seemed, likely today that those spring trade winds kicking up the rain-dampened diamond dust may be whipped into a gale In the next 10 days. A radio announcer joined the fun by popping up last night with a report that the St. Louis Cardinals had traded Marty Marion and George Kurowski to the Chicago Cubs. This" brought hundreds of frantic tele phone queries and frenzied dis cussion before the Cubs' General Manager Jimmy Gallagher and Card owner Sam Breadon turn ed off the tap by denying it. Rumors of the Cards' parcel ing off Mr. Shortstop Marion and long-hitting Whitey Kurow ski, a third baseman, are noth ing new. The Phillies are report ed to have offered $250,000 and players for the two last winter. The uproar caused by the rumor was pretty clear indica tion of the state of baseball af fairs as the major leagues near- ed the May 15 deadline for slic ing club rosters to 25 players. Most of the trade talk involves Branch Rickey's Brooklyn Dodg ers who last week dealt out five players to the Pittsburgh Pi rates for some $200,000 cash and reserve outfielder Al Gionfrid- do. But the Dodgers still have about 30 players in camp and they must get ride of five or so more by a week from next Thursday. Among the most likely to be traded are First Baseman Howie Schultz and Shortstop Ed Mik sis. The Boston Braves, disap pointed at the showing of $75, 000 rookie Earl Torgeson of Sno homish are definitely in the market for Schultz. Both the Cubs and Phillies would like to have Miksis or Stan Rojek, both shortstops, sit ting on the bench while Pee Wee Reese cavorts in the Brook lyn infield. But neither the Cubs nor Phils are satisfied with the terms Rickey offered. One Dodger offer which presumably included either Rojek or Miksis asked that the Phils part with Del Ennis, the 1946 rookie of the year. Parks Meets Dusette on Mat Herb Parks, who has been knocking opponents over right and left with his dynamic style and holds victories over the Grey Mask and Tony Ross, clashes with George Dusette in the main event of Tuesday night's wrestling card at the Salem ar mory. Dusette is considered the strongest opponent between Parks and Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Champion Billy Wcidncr. Parks, eager for a crack at Weidner's belt, feels he should be given that chance if he defeats Dusette Tuesday. The semi-final brings together Pierre La Bell and Benny Tru- dell, whiskered Canadian lum berjack. La Bell looked good in defeating Gorilla Poggi last week. Both he and Trudell are exceptionally aggressive grap plcrs. Stocky Kneilson, a Tennessee hillbilly who is reported to wear overalls and a beard, makes his local debut in the 8:30 curtain raiser, opposite either Buck Weaver or Jack Poppenheim. It is doubtful if Weaver will be able to appear on Tuesday's pro gram, due to a back injury sus tained about a month ago, but Matchmaker Elton Owen prom ises that Weaver will be in there against Kneilson if the back is sufficiently healed. OSC Shellacs 'Cat Netmen Playing on the Oregon State college courts, Willamette uni versity's tennis team was com pletely shut out by the Beaver netmen Monday afternoon 10 to 0. The Beavers made a clean sweep of seven singles and three doubles matches. Sunt If: Plrk RiiamMI, OSC. brut DrIp Hulrs. 6-0, fl-1: Al Krown, OSC. bent Cece Comifr, 8-3, fl-4, Troslel Wertli, OSC, bnt mil Cook. fl-3. fl-0; Tf-rry Purcfll. OSC. bent Bill Bonnttialon. 7-5. 6-3; Bob LiviniMon, osc, rwat Dick HubIim. 8-3, 6-3; Bob Rf A, OSC, btl Ray McCoy, 0-3. -0. Donblwr Wfrth nnd RimafII brat BrIm anrl Huriim. e-0, 6-0; Krohn nd Purer It bPRl. Conner and Cook. 6-3, 6-3 To every man with rupture Ton tny Bd f h HJp of a tcim tificftllr dignd Camp comical Support. Ldio(r phvueita and tar foru proscribe ttm rwpporti daily for Hmia MtiU. Consult your doctor today thi rim our xprt Camp traiaad fitter. Wllletfs CAPITAL DRUG STORE State at Liberty, 'On the Corner' Into Gale : The 1 SCOREBOARD (By the Associated Press) WbS'lfcK.N UVlblOAilU.-NAL LbAUUfc W L Pet. I w L Pet. Spokane 13 fi .732;Tncoma .-.98 .521) Vancouvr ' 11 7. .611 Balem 3 & .500 Victoria . 11 8 .579IYaklraa .'. 5 13 .278 Bremertn ' 10 8 .558JWenalchee 4 14 . .322 Pacific Coast. .National . and American Leagues unchanged. Beavers Host To Solon Club (By the United Press) Cross-town rivalry, one of the greatest sources of pride (and revenue) in professional sports, gets its initial test of the 1947 sesaon in the Pacific Coast league today when the Los An geles Angels entertain " the neighboring Hollywood Stars What makes this meeting par ticularly attractive is the fact that the Angels, loaded", w i t h power under their new manager, Bill Kelly, are leading the league. The Stars are down in the second division, but admittedly. have a good team that could ex plode any moment under the ca pable direction of Manager Jim my Dykes. . In other 'games this week, the unpredictable San Francisco Seals invade the lair of the San Diego Padres; Oakland plays host to the last place Seattle Rainiers; and Sacramento in vades Portland. The Seals, only, one game out. of top spot in the circuit, added a little outfield insurance yes terday with the signing of Bill Matheson, veteran former Port land and Seattle outfielder. The game at Oakland is a bat tle between the second-division outfits and any marked .superi ority is bound to result in the loser being ticketed for a cinch last-place berth. Manager Dick Bartelrs scrap py Solons, invading Portland, tangle with a team that is hard to beat on its home field. The Beavers are. the surprise team of the PCL season. to date and Manager Jim (Milkman) Turn er has got surprising results from his weird collection of athletes. Vikings Lose To OSC Jayvees The Salem high school Vik ings, who engage Albany's Bull dogs at Waters park in an 8 o'clock Thursday night game, lost a 4-2 contest to the Oregon State college junior varsity baseball team on Waters field Tuesday afternoon. The- colle gians jumped on Vik Hurler Rod Province for nine hits, while Brauner was limiting the local prepsters to six blows. Tht Viks travel to Corvallis Wednesday to .again face the OSC Jayvee outfit. Thursday's contest with Albany will be the PREMIUM IN EVERYTHING BUT PRICE MAKE YOUR NEW WITH LIBERTY A Is LUCKY ANGLE Rwhile his net dog looks on with in terest, 1'4-year-old Oscar Brett of Philadelphia lands a nice trout L ' ' to: start the new fishing season right. Indians Trim Capilanos (By the Associated Press) Spokane uncovered a new starting hurler in the person of Ray Miller last., night to spank the Vancouver Capilanos 7-2 and step off to an early lead in their three-game series for the Western International league leadership. Miller,, making a success of his first professional start, lim ited the Caps to but eight hits, six of which were equally di vided, between Vancouver Man ager Bill Brenner "and Frank Mullens..lt' was the first home loss of .the season for the Caps and dropped them two games of, the pace. The def ending Wenatchee champions, finally approaching their expected form, moved within a game of escaping the league cellar by knocking ov er Victoria 8-5 on one of base ball's, prettiest plays , a three run single. With the bases full and two out, the' runners' ' were in a "windmill" as Warner slashed Woop's 3-2 pitch into right field to send the Chiefs into a 6-4 lead. The same clubs tangle again tonight, with Yakima at Tacoma and Salem in Bremerton in oth er series openers. 8pokane 203 020 010 7 13 0 Vancouver 000 200 0002 8 0 Millpr and Dimaria; Anderson, Mcis ter 13) end Brenner, stumpf (7). Wenatchee 002 013 200 fi "i) I Victoria .......001 300 0105 9 3 Condon and Pesnt. Winters; Woop, nollirock "7, Gitison '91 and Maslro. first night high school baseball contest ever played in Salem. Pre-game festivities will aug ment the Big Six loop encoun ter, and Ihe Salem high school band will- be present. OSC Jayvees 002 200 000 9 1 Salem 100 010 0002 fl 1 Rrauner and Gill; Province and Allison. Columbia Is an American ale brewed to the American taste. It has none of the bitterness of old-world ales yet captures that pleasingly-different Flavor which can only result from "Top O' The Tank" fermentation. Try a bot tle! To try it once means to prefer It always. CAR RUN LIKE A COMPLETELY TORN DOWN AND REBUILT TO PRECISION STANDARDS WORN PARTS REPLACED WITH GENUINE FORD PARTS k AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY V-8 100 H.P. (6 Cylinder, 90 h.p. XV8 60 h.p.) Also Model VALLEY MOTOR and CENTER Par rish Sinks Rockets, 3-2 Parrish's Pioneers took the first, leg. of the seven-game City junior high school baseball se ries Monday afternoon by de feating the Leslie Rockets 3-2 on the losers' field, All three Pioneer ' runs came 'in a wild third innings, during which there were two hits, a. walk, a stolen base, two batters hit by pitcher and a' climactic triple play in which six Leslie play ers handled the ball.. Leslie outhit its northern ri vals, 7 to 5: Four bingles in the third inning netted but one run for Coach Bob Keuscher's Sou therners. Ten Rocket batters were struck .'.out . by. Pioneer Chucker Jim" Rock, while Jim Moore, : Leslie's moundsman, whiffed 13 men. - Parrish Outfielder Gordon Bacon -got the lone extra-base rap of the . game, a double to center - field. Only- player - - on either team to slap out more than one hit was Shortstop Ar nold of Leslie with two singles in four trips -to the plate. The two outfits resume their City championship series with a 4 p.m.. .tilt . on Leslie field Wednesday. . ,., . Parrish ...003 000 03 5 1 Leslie on 000 02 7 2 Rock and Howard; Moore. and Jshle m.in. I Mill City Retail Lumber Co. LUMBER SHINGLES Phone Mill City 344 A ond B Motors A CO. SALEM, ORE. Fight Card Should Draw Fan Approval There are no "big name" box ers on Wednesday night's VFW card at the armory but Match maker Tex Salkcld is confident that the entire show will be a crowd pleaser. all of the way from the first four-round pre liminary to the Dick Abney-Ray Garcia finale. The fact that the Abney-Garcia scrap is for the entire purse should make a real fight out of it, particularly so since Garcia thought he had beat Abney three weeks ago. Whether Keller Wagner is in condition will be determined in his four round engagement with Bob Ford, Portland heavy weight. Ford is an experienced tighter and capable of setting a fast pace for the entire four rounds. Another bout'that is attracting more than usual interest is the professional debut of Dean Ab ney - who takes on rugged Frankie Duane of New Orleans And from Salkeld comes the word "watch this boy Jimmy Gooding; he's a prospect." Good ing meets Bill Slrutz of Port land in one of the four round s Chris Gregory, featherweight scrapper, is being brought here to determine just how good Hal Fries of Salem is. Fries has polished off every opponent in short order but Gregory, with loads of experience and power will be a rear test, the match maker believes. Tennessee's football team has lost only four home games in 14 years. ' Tennis Racket Nylon Strung 5.98 J. C. Higgins racket, with 8-ply laminated frame, Basswood harv die with leather grip. Dark maroon Light, medium and heavy weight One Burner Lantern 2 Tt. Capacity 9.50 Gives wide range of light. Burns 10 to 12 hours on 2 pints of fuel. Has heat resistant globe, built-in safety pump. With man tles, wrench and 2 extra generators. ) gaaiBgffli ii i wi iiiiiiiww mill m StSSWS 484 STATE ST. Jupe Pluvius Haunts Major League Parks By the Associated Press) If it doesn't stop raining soon those deep furrows on the fore heads of the baseball magnates are likely to become permanent. This Is the time of the year when hope springs eternal with the fans. Even though their favorite teams may be in the second division there isn't too much of a gap between last place and the select first division. Thus the customers are ready and eager to beat a fast pace to the ball parks. Rains which washed out the entire Giants' series with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs at the Polo Grounds is es timated to have cost the club around $150,000. It is figured that at least 120,000 fans, ex cited by the Giants' sweep of a three-game set with the world champion St. Louis Cardinals would have witnessed the games. The White Sox, suddenly finding themselves enjoying the luxury of a first place outfit, were hit hard by the postpone ment of four games at Comiskey park. The loss of a Sunday date especially hit them right be tween their eyes. In all there have been 48 postponements 27 washouts in the National league and 21 in the American. It has been years and years since the majors have seen such atrocious weather. The entire card was drowned out yesterday including the scheduled night game between the Cards and Braves at Boston. About the only teams that welcomed the postponements were the Cardinals and Yankees. The wobbly Redbirds, still reel ing over their nine straight de feats which finally ended Sun Elgin VA H.P. Outboard Motor Weighs Only 20 Pounds 8995 Smooth performing, streamlined motor that's so lightweight yo can take it anywhere! Efficient air cooling system. Operates from trolling speed to 5 mph. Guides easily through fresh or salt water with just a touch of Us adjustable steering handle. Allstate Bike Tire Balloon, Type 2.35 Strong body) safe, long-lasting tread. Two-cord plies all around. Black sidewalk Fits straight side and hook bead balloon rims. JOHNNY BULLA GOLF BALLS Each 95C Lots of life in these new golf balls. Made of na tural rubber. Tough white covers resist cuts and scuffs. day, probably could use those off days to get themselves straightened out. The Yankees don't mind the rest period be cause they allow their star slug ger, Joe DiMaggio, more time in which to rest his ailing heel. Weather permitting, 14 clubs will attempt to play today. Cleveland and Washington are not scheduled. Baker Enters Finals Of District Playoffs Baker, May 5 (fP) Baker high school's baseball nine defeated Ontaria, 7 to 4, Saturday in a sub-district plyoff for the right to meet Hood River for the dis trict championship, prior to the state tournament. AMERICAN LEGION WRESTLING TONIGHT 8:30 Salem Armory MAIN EVENT Herb Parks vs. George Dusette SEMI-FINAL Pierra La Bell vs. Benny Trudell CURTAIN-RAISER Stocky Kneilson vs. Buck Weaver ELTON OWEN, Matchmaker Umbrella Tent 9x9x7ft. Size 38.50 Fine for comping trips. Mode of water-repellent tent twHI. Has sewed In floor doth, screen rear window and door. Eostty set up. Baseball Shoes J. C. Higgins 7.95 Made on special baseball shoe lost. Professional spikes; rust-resistant steel. Full length leather mid sole. Sizes 5 to 11. Oval Golf Bag 9-Club Size 7.25 Smart, roomy oval style bag. Brown duck; artificial leather trim. Leather reinforced shoulder strap. Handy zipper ball pocket.