Salem Cuts Yakima Lead,
Drubs Victoria As, 9 to 2
Score by loninu:
flalrm
Victoria
Losing pitcher: Jonu,
Pitcher IP HO WO BR MO BB
Sporer
WIL Standings
(Br th Aaaoclalaa Pieja
W L Pet. W L Pet.
Yakima IS S .111 Vaneouvtr I .439
Btlcm 11 I -647 Twcoma 11 .S
Bremerton 10 1 .Ml Victoria f IS .133
Wenatchee S .004) Bpoaana I 10 433
Mender Giad
Salem 0. Victoria I.
Wenatchea 1, Vancouver S.
Jonea ...IS 1 4 1 S
Loaue Ill S 0 0 t 1
Hit by pitcher: CherrT or Jonea. wiw
pltchee: Locue. Paaaed balls: Bear. Lett
on baaaa: fialcm 1: Victoria I. Homa runa:
Waaler. Three baa blu: Beard. Two baae
htla: Cherry, lacDoutall. Brrora: Beard,
Keelar, Hack. Runa batted in: Waaler.
Day. Beard, Wart, B. Peteraon. Bporer, W.
prteraon s. Time 3:10. umpire: Jiuaoana.
and Bliham.
Wenatche 040 S00 000 T 10 S
Vancouver 100 100 001 S ft S
Orrell and Peaut; Hadfecock, Andtraon
(1), Klndafather It) and Bhaely.
Victoria, B. C, May II Bui Bporer, talent's greatly Improved
right-handed moundsman, turned In in excellent pltchlnf exhibi
tion Monday nifht and a a result the visiting Senators downed
the local Athletics, ( to X, In a Western International lsague
ontest. The win enabled the Solont to fain a halt fame on the
pace setting Yakima Packers
who were Idle.
Neither one of the two runs
scored off Sporer was earned al
though his wildness in the fourth
when he bunched all of his four
walks was largely responsible
for the tallies. In that frame Vic
Buccola led off with a single and
advanced to second on Bill
Beard's passed ball. Gil Mc
Dougald was walked and when
Beard attempt to pick McDou
gald off first he threw wide and
both runners advanced. John
Hack received a pass to first to
load the bases. Frank Finnegan
forced Buccola at the plate on
a throw from Wayne Peterson.
But with the bases still cluttered
walks to Sol Israel and Bob Day
forced across two tallies.
Vine Pesky fanned and when
Beard let one of Sporer's twist
ers set away from him momen
tarily Finnegon broke for home
from third but Beard retrieved
the ball in time to get the run-
' ner at the plate.
Victoria got their four blows
on a widely scattered basis, one
in each of the first, fourth, sixth
and eighth innings. Sporer got
two of the nine hits collected off
Rex Ellis and Frank Logue.
Mel Wasley opened the Sena
tor scoring when he hit deeply
into the long right field for an
Inside - the - park homer. Five
hits, including Bob Cherry s lead
off double, Beard's triple and
singles by Jim Wert, Sporer and
Bud Peterson acocunted for
three runs in the fifth.
Two errors, a hit batter, a
walk and base blows by Sporer
and Wayne Peterson combined
to give the visitors five runs in
the eighth.
The two teams will play Tues
day and Wednesday nights.
In the only other WIL game
played, Wenatchee downed Van
couver, 7-3
Aalem Yakima
B H O A BHOA
W.Peteran.S S 1 1 3 Keeler-aa 4 0 1
B.Peteran ft 1 1 Buccola. 1 1 IS
Ortelt.rf S 0 S 0 McDouell-S S S 1
Waaley.lf S 1 0 0 Hack, S 3 0 1
Cherry.ef S 1 S 0 Ftnnern.cf 4 14
Beard, c 4 3 10 0 Israel.rt SOS
Bpaeter.S ft 0 1 3 Day. c SOS
Wert. 1 S 1 t 1 Peaky, If SOS
Sporer.p 4 S 1 S Jonea, p S01
Total SB S 37 10 Loaue, p 0 0 0
victoria Total 30 4 37 11
Junior Baseball
Meeting Called
For Wednesday
An organizational meeting in
connection with the 1949 sea
son of junior baseball has been
called for 7:30 Wednesday night
at the school administration of
fice, 460 North High street by
Vern Gilmore, director of rec
reation for the city and public
schools.
It is contemplated that com
petition will be offered in three
divisions, the boys being arrang
ed acording to age groups. Spon
sors, managers and others in
terested in the program are urg
ed to attend.
Election of a president to suc
ceed Al Schuss, who has moved
out of the city, will constitute a
part of the business of the eve
ning. A new secretary may be
needed since Clay Egelston,
holder of the office plans to go
to summer school.
Ducks Leave Northern Race
To Meet Bearcats in Salem
The University of Oregon baseball team will take time out
from its drive for the Northern division championship race to
engage Willamette's Bearcats on Waters field at 8 o'clock Wednes
day night.
The Webfoots are currently
tied with the Washington State
Cougars and it is probable Coach
Don Kirsch will start Jim Hanns,
the former Eugene high school
star against Coach Johnny Lew
'Cats. The Oregonians will
be stronger in the infield than
at any time since the start of the
season with Dick Bartle and Don
Kimball ready to resume their
duties at first and third, respec
tively. Bartle has been bothered
with a stiff back while Kimball
was sidelined due to a sore knee
Willamette lost to Oregon ear
ly in the season by a single run
margin.
Oregon is scheduled to play
Oregon State at Eugene Friday
and again at Corvallis Saturday.
GOLDEN PHEASANT TEAM
PLACES IN TOURNAMENT
The Golden Pheasant wom
en's bowling team turned in a
series score of 2419 to take sec
ond place in Class B for the I
northwest. The squad includes I
Agnes Meyer, Wilma Clark,
Beryl Muellhaupt, Shirley Laird
and Virginia Garbarino.
SHROCK TO SPONSOR
SEMI-PRO DIAMONDMEN
The Shrock Motor company Is
sponsoring a group of young
ball players in a season of semi
pro competition with Pete Val
dez as the manager. A work out
is lated for Leslie field at 6
o'clock Tuesday evening and
Valdez extends a blanket invi
tation to those who believe they
are capable of filling a position
to report.
Independence
Track Men 1st
In 3-Way Meet
Independence, May 11 The
Independence high school took
the measure of Dallas and Taft
high schools in a three-way
track meet at the OCE athletic
field at Monmouth Monday af
ternoon with the final tally In
dependence 66 Dallas 49 and
Taft 35 V. Independence took
seven first places and five sec
onds.
Winning first in the discus
was Alan Harwood with Dewey
James first in the 100 and 220
yard dashes; Dennis Posey, first
in the 440 with Alan oppiiger
first in low hurdles and Lee
Weaver in the high hurdles
Members of the winning relay
were Posey, James, Oppliger and
Duckett.
Silverton Faces
Angels Tuesday
Silverton Jerry Gastineau Is
pitting his Silverton team
against Mt. Angel, here on Mc
Ginnis Field. Tuesday beginning
at 8 o'clock.
Silverton came out second to
Woodburn In the league finals,
with Mt. Angel third.
Batteries for Silverton are L.
Schaap and Jack Hande.
This game is a hang-over
from the first of the season in
a rainout.
CLOVERDALE DEFEATS
SUNNYDALE BY 17-16
The Cloverdale school Comets
won by a score of 17-16 over
Sunnyside late last week. Danny
Feller and Melvin Archibald
made up the battery for the
Comets.
North Carolina State will play
10 football games next fall,
opening with North Carolina's
powerful forces at Chapel Hill
on September 24.
Y FRED ZIMMERMAN, Copltal Journal Sports Editor
C" '
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Baseball Ballet
Gerry Coleman, Yankee second base
man, assumes a ballet-like stance as
he leaps clear of Fred Hancock to throw to first and complete
a double play In ninth Inning of a Chicago White Sox-New
York Yankees game In Chicago, Umpire Is Bill Summers,
(Acme Telephoto)
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Salem, Oregon. Tuesday, May 10, 1949
DiMaggio: The Name Spells Trouble
By GAY PAWLEY
Giants Show Near Perfect Form
To Extend Win Strii.g to Seven
a game and a half behind the
Giants, with a three-hit 4-1 tri
umph over the Pirates.
In an afternoon affair, the
St. Louis Cardinals snapped a
three-game losing streak by
thrashing the Brooklyn Dodgers,
14-5, to move out of the cellar.
The loss dropped the Dodgers
into third place.
A pair of rookies Eddie
Kazak and Tommy Glaviano
sparked the Redbirds' 15-hit at
tack against six Dodger hurlers
Kazak, the league's leading bat
ter, rapped out a single and
grand slam home run to drive
in five runs. Glaviano drove
in four mate with a single,
double and homer.
The American league leading
New York Yankees, who have
been surging through the west
in old championship style, re
ceived a surprising 4-1 setback
(Br tha Aaaoclated Preaal
One swallow doesn't make a spring and one week doesn't make
a season. But during the past seven days the New York Giants
have been as near perfect as a baseball club can be.
Including last night's handy 7-2 triumph over the Chicago
Cubs, the Giants have won their last seven starts to take a game
ana a nan lead in ine jvattonair
League race.
During that stretch, Giant
pitchers have gone the route in
all but one game. And in that
one, Sheldon Jones, who went
all the way last night was re
moved for a pinch hitter after
allowing only one earned run
in eight Innings.
In six of the Giants' last seven
games, Durocher has used the
minimum nine men throughout
Only a pinch hitter and a two
inning relief job by Hank Behr
man last Thursday marred a
perfect week.
The club has used a four-man
rotating system on the mound
throughout the season Clint
Hartung, Larry Jansen, Monte
Kennedy and Jones. No other
pitcher has started a game. This
big four has allowed only 14
runs in the last seven games.
While holding the opposition
tc two runs per game, the Giants
pounded enemy hurlers for 48
during the week.
Last night's homer hitters
were Gordon (No. 7) and Mar
shall (No. 3). Rigney was the!
big gun, however. He collected
a single and double and drove
in three runs. i
r Vern Bickford pitched the;
Boston Brays into second place, j
Dallas Softball
Loop Signs Eight
Teams for Season
Dallas Eight teams have
signed for play In the Dallas
Softball league which will get
under way on Tuesday, May 17,
according to Bob March, secretary-treasurer.
Teams are entered from Ger
llnger Carrier company, Ford
Garage, Willamette Valley Lum
ber company, Farmers Coopera
tive warehouse, Grace Mennon
Ite church, First Christian
church, Monmouth Veterans and
Salt Creek Baptist church.
Play will be on Tuesdays and
Fridays with rounds continuing
at twilight through August. Per
mission has been obtained to use
the high school's LaCreole field
and lights will be shifted from
Kreason field.
Meanwhile work of Improving
the field has been under way
with volunteers and county men
doing the job with county equip
by the Tigers in Detroit. Young
Ted Gray limited the Bronx
Bombers to five hits to outpitch
Vic Raschi.
All other American league
teams enjoyed a day off. The
scheduled night game between
Cincinnati and the Phils in
Philadelphia was postponed by
Major Standings
IB? United Frew
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L Prt. W L Pet.
New York 13 1 . Cincinnati I 10 .474
BoMon IS S .571 fit. Loula S 10 .444
Brooklyn 11 S -5S0 Plttaburih S IS .439
Phlladlphla 10 11.470 Chicago 1 11 .333
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L Pet. W L :
New York IS ft .7 Phlldlphla 10 11
Detroit 11 7 -U Wearilnitn 10 11 .478
Cleveland t f Jno Boaton ft ft .471
Chlcaao 10 10 .100 St. Loula S 17 .190
Baaalta Monday
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Plttaburih 1. Boaton 4.
Ohlcaao S, New York 1.
St. Loula 14, Brooklyn ft.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia, poatponcd,
rain.
AHEBICAN LEAGUE
New York 1, Detroit 4.
(Only sama acheduled)
New York BJ.B Joe DiMag
gio, the lumberman, said today
he was plenty sorry to hear
about joltin' Joe DiMaggio's
sore heel.
Matter of fact, he's sorry sev
eral times a day when people
call up to tell him (Joe, the
lumberman) how to cure sore
heels.
"You know," he said, "if I
could, I'd give Joe DiMaggio
one of my heels. The way I feel,
one Joe DiMaggio ought to help
another."
Sitting in the office of an up
town Manhattan lumber compa
ny, Joe DiMaggio shoved swea
ty palms along the soiled legs
of his overalls. Then he continued:
"And I got two perfectly
good heels which ought to be
helping my namesake get
back in the Yankee lineup."
Lumb e r m a n Joe DiMaggio
has a two-year priority on
name familiar to millions of
baseball fans. He was born in
New York two years ahead of
the Yankee outfielder, a native
of Martinez, Calif., who is out of
baseball for the time being
while he gets treated for a heel
spur.
Joe the lumberman and Joe
the ballplayer both have a bro
ther named Dominick, both
have small sons named Joe, Jr.,
and both are children of Italian
immigrants.
But that's not all they have
in common. For two years, the
fans have been getting DiMag
gio, the lumberman mixed up
with the Yankee clipper.
Tm getting famous, without
doing a thing about it," said
the lumberman.
Until a couple of years ago,
few persons except his neigh-
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bors knew there was another
a swarthy and much small
er Joe DiMaggio. His trou
ble started when he got a tel
ephone In his South Bronx
walk-up apartment and
got his name In the phone di
rectory. "Before I knew it, I was get
ting phone calls from baseball
fans," he said. "They blessed me
out for something I'd done
wrong that day. They praised
me for something I'd done
well."
And fan mail.
"I get scads of it," Joe said.
All of it meant for Joe the ball
player, not for me. Most of it I
just forward on to the Yankee
office here in New York."
Some of the mail is from
women. One woman called
Joe "my hero of baseball."
Recently he got a letter from
a foundry works executive in
Norfolk, Va., who said he had
naa trouDie witn a heel spur
too.
Oregon Staters
Defeat Huskies
Seattle, May 10 W) Oregon
Slate college tightened its grasp
on third place in the northern
division, coast conference, base
ball standings yesterday with a
7-3 win over Washington.
The Beavers pushed across
five unearned runs in the
seventh inning for the victory.
The two teams meet again to
day. Another northern division
contest pairs Washington state
and Idaho,
WHU4. TOU WANT ASPiHIti AT ITS BUT
"Dear Joe," the executive
wrote. "I am not as good a base
ball player as you, I'm sure.
But if you will come down here
and run my business, and do
my running around, I will take
chance and trade jobs with
you and give you $100,000 to
boot, if this would make my
heels sound."
Both DiMaggios have in com
mon a love for baseball. But
Joe, the lumberman, said that
when he played with a small
semi-pro club in New York be
fore the war "my batting aver
age wasn't too good."
They ve never met. Joe. the
lumberman, says: "I'd like to
some time. I've watched him
play dozens of times."
He does most of his baseball
watching now via a home tele
vision set. He used to be a ball
park fan, he said, but the office
keeps him too busy now.
Joe said he rates the other
DiMaggio as one of baseball's
three immortals. The other
two Babe Ruth and Lou
Gehrig.
Was he a Yankee boosterT
"With the name of DiMag
gio, I should be anything
else?" he asked.
Those Senators!
'When she was good she was very, very good, and when she
was bad she was horrid,' just about sums up those Salem Sena-
tors who have absorbed two unmerciful beatings since the West
ern International league season opened. For sure, when the So
Ions are bent on being trounced they enter into the project in a
whole-hearted manner. Whole hog or none. Although a 21 to a
loss is no worse than a 1-0 defeat insofar as the won and lost
columns are concerned, those lopsided drubbings look pretty
bad on the earned run record of the pitcher. Twelve earned runs
in the space of three innings are pretty hard to erase.
Nags Come High
Keeping a race horse well and ambitious is hay, literally
and figuratively, judging by statistics compiled by the Thor
oughbred Racing association. A healthy race horse consumes
from 10 to 20 pounds of hay and eight or more quarts of oatt
a day. Other items in the daily cost of keeping a horse fit
Includes labor, shipping charges, veterinary care, insurancea
shoeing, jockey's wages, eligibility fees and stakes nomina
tion. Figuring that a horse is in training nine months of the
year and turned out to pasture for three months, the annual
eost of maintaining him runs about S4500. It is estimated
horao racing attracts annually some 25,000,000 spectator
who bet a billion and a half dollars. Twenty-three states col
lected about $100,000,000 as their cut in the gambling.
College Baseball
Willamette and Oregon will demonstrate the collegiate brand
of baseball at Waters field Wednesday night and the contest
should be given good support. Coach Johnny Lewis' Bearcats
are currently tied with Pacific for Northwest conference honors
while the Webfoots are knotted with Washington State in the
Northern division race. Early in the season Oregon nosed Wil
lamette on the former's Eugene field. Admission price will b
modest, SO and 25 cents, both including tax . . . Clarence Shrock,
a baseball enthusiast, will back a semi-pro team during the sea
son. Pete Valdez has been given the job as manager who an
nounces he is ready for competition. Clarence has been one of
the most enthusiastic backers of the junior league program and
his new venture will provide activity for the young fellows who
have graduated into a higher classification.
Kip Taylor Coming
since Oregon stale s spring training grind will nave oeen
completed, the appearance on the Chamber of Commerc '
luncheon program of June 6 of Coach "Kip" Taylor will b
timely, Taylor and his first assistant, "Bump" Elliott, hav ;
agreed to greet Beaver backers at that time as well as all '.
other chamber members. Whether the new coach will care to
make any predictions probably won't be known until he has .
delivered his address. It is believed the local engagement will -
mark the first general appearance of Taylor, although he met ,
with a number of Oregon State grads In Portland shortly -
after his arrival in Oregon. Taylor's presence on the OSC .
campus has bolstered the hopes of Beaver fans no end sine
those who have witnessed his tactics during the spring train
ing believes he knows his business.
Still Going Strong
Johnny Farrar, one of our best friends dating back to the tim
he made a cracking good postmaster for Salem, will be 78 his
next birthday but that didn't prevent him from turning in a
series score of 521 in a recent bowling match. "I tell them that
when I get old I'll be a hell of a good bowler," remarked John.
He plays three times a week in addition to making a regular
tour of the Salem Golf club course since weather conditions hav
improved. He has turned in one low of 41 for the nine holes
in addition to a number of others of 46 and under. He admitted
the 521 on the alleys was "way over my head."
Hewitt's
Distinctive Men's Wear
High at Court
Senator Hotel Bldg.
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I tout own garden ... those carefully l ,11 I
I nurtured flowers ... then dusk and a 1 1 O 0 I
I refreshing glass of light Olympia. I! . If T I I
I These ire among the good U ftyl I
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Lebanon Anglers
Report Catches
Lebanon Fishermen report
ed good catches in Hamilton and
McDowell creeks Monday and
although fish are small, they
are plentiful. Roaring river is
much the same, but Calapooya
is still high and muddy.
The high lakes are still yield
ing good catches, and many
sportsmen are waiting for th
road to be opened into Fish lake.
Penny arcades back in 1880'!
had coin-operated games and ev
en some vending devices.
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