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The Portland Beavers aren't exactly breathing on the necks
of the Hollvwood Start, but they are stepping on a lew in the
second division.
Suddenly beginning to make
noises like a baseball club, the
previously inept Beavers Just
completed a highly successful
home stand against Stn Fran
cisco and Los Angeles. After
soaking the Seals six games to
one, the Portlands gave the same
treatment to Los Angeles, wind
ing up the week with a double
victory yesterday 7-1 to 7-2. The
wins pulled the Beavers up Into
the stratophenc (for them) po
sition of sixth in the league.
The only other club to man
age a double victory for Father's
day was the Oakland Acorns.
The defending champs took a
pair of boot-filled contests from
San Diego's retired sluggers 7-8
and 2-1.
League - leading Hollywood
split with Sacramento, winning
4-2 and losing t-2. The Seattle
Rainiers, who have come out of
semi-oblivion in the past few
weeks to give the Stars a chase,
lost the opener to San Francisco
3-0 and then clubbed the Seals
Official Box
PCL Standings
Br Unlttd Press)
PACIFIC COAST UAGl'K
W LM. W L Pft.
H'llTWOOd M 13 .Ml Sirnm'to 40 4 .411
rattle 49 It .SB) Portland 11 41 .Ml
Sn Dltio 41 41 .312 Ban Fran. Ja "
Oakland 49 42 Us AmTl 14 II .400
ftraalla Ktmslar
San FraociM 5-1. Seattle 0-1.
Poilend 1-7. Loa Anseles 1-3.
Oakland 1-1. San Duto -
Ho) It wood 4-1. Sacramento 1-1.
Haw Berlaa Kndad
Oakland I. Ban Dit t
Seattle I, Ban PrancUco t.
Portland f, Los Antet 1.
Hollywood 4. 8arramnto I.
First lama eon
Lai Angeles !
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; By FRANK KCK
AP Newsfeatures Sports Editor
Chlcopee, Mass. Hey kids!
You might take bettor care of
that baseball you've been scuf-
fing around. A couple of dozen
t people worked on it with de-
' liberate care. And it was hand
! stitched by a girl who took a
year to learn how. . .
About 400 employees work Jn
" the baseball section at A. G.
Spalding's 13-acre plant here.
They make all the major league
Z balls.
" All of them came off the same
-winding machines and are made
to the same specifications S to
BVi ounces and between 9 and
9 V Inches in diameter. They are
stamped with blue or back ink,
depending on the league for
Z which they are destined.
- The most fascinating part of
the manufacturing process Is the
- hand stitching by IBS girls sit
ting at tables where vises hold
the balls. An adhesive tape con
cession here would do a terrific
business. Five mornings a week
each girl tapes every finger with
adhesive plaster to avoid getting
stuck with a four-inch needle.
This elaborate plant, opened
last October, also includes a
rubber refinery. Here the rub
ber is received in crude form
from the Malay Straits. Often
the refiner retrives knives, tools
and rocks after the rubber is
boiled down.
Then are 60 distinct opera
tions in the ball itself, 39 of
them in the cushion-cork center.
First step in making the base
ball is the preparation of the
center which is composed of
cork and rubber. Added to the
cork are two layers of soft rub
ber, one red and one black. Each
layer, approximately one quar
ter inch in thickness, is stretch
ed tightly over the cork.
Then the center is placed on
machines which wind yarn sev
eral times the size of the origi
nal pellet. The first winding
takes approximately 120 yards
of yarn. A second winding adds
about 45 yards of wool yarn and
third winding puts on another
50 yards. After all this wind
ing, the machines stop auto
matically. The ball is removed
and placed in a machine which
covers it with approximately 150
yards of white cotton. The ball
is then dipped into rubber ce
ment for a thin coating. The ball
now weighs about four and five-
eighths ounces.
Next comes the horsehide cov
er. Although experts say cow
hide is tougher than horsehide
(cowhide is used to cover soft
balls) the major leagues still in
sist on leather from horses1
backs. Each cover Is in two parts
and each is stamped out by
hand.
An automatic machine then
punches 109 stitch holes in each
cover section and each strip goes
through rollers to make certain
it is the proper thickness. The
heavy thread used for the stitch
ing is treated chemically to with
stand deterioration.
After this the ball Is ready
for the stamping machines. Fi
nally two girls wrap tissue pa
per around each ball, place them
in individual boxes and seal each
box.
Ossie Savaria, major domo In
the making of baseballs, at Chl
copee. chuckles whenever he
sees a major leaguer quoted on
whether the National or Ameri
can League ball Is livelier.
"They're both the same," he
says. "Only difference is the
label. Ane has Ford C. Frick'a
name in black and the other
bears the signature of William
Harridge in blue.
:Who Will it Be:
rWolcort-Charles?
:Toke Your Pick
Momence, 111., Jan. 10 Ml
1 Who hits harder Ezznrd
- Charles or Jersey Joe Walcott?
; If you take the word of Gene
Jonex, promising young Cam
" den, N.J., heavyweight, who has
- sparred with both men, the an-
2 awer Is Charles.
Z Of course, there's catch.
- Jones Is currently employed by
. Charles handlers to help him gel
- ready for Wednesday night's
. N.B. A. -sanctioned world heavy
- weight title bout at Chicago's
" Comlskey park.
. Jones boxed with walcott a
fellow townsman from Camden
when Jersey Joe was getting
ready for Joey Maxim at Los
Z Angeles, June, 1847. He helped
condition Joe for his December,
! 1947, fight with Joe Louis. He
also boxed with him several
Z times In the gym at home.
"You stand back and let Wal
' eott do what he wants and he'll
. make you look silly." said Jones.
I "Walcott never hurt me but
. Charles did the first couple of
days I was In camp," he contin
I tied. "Eziy has a few tricks that
are cute until you figure them
Z out. He can hurt you before you
find the answer. He punches
; harder than Walcott.
. "I don't look for anv knock-
; out, unless in the late rounds.
. Walcott won't trade punches
; with you. Despite the weight. I
. think Charles will wear him
down, maybe with those body
I punches."
OREGON TIDES
Correct for Newport
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t 7 ..in.
1:47 p.m.
10 M l.m.
10 28 p m
S 01 m
3.4 p.m.
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Lumberjacks Top
Albany Juniors
The West Salem Lumberjacks
of the Junior Baseball league
won their first ball game by
defeating the Albany Juniors by
a score of 8 to 3. The game was
played at Albany Sunday. Jim
Hice paced the hitters with i
triple and a single. "Heads up
baseball and a lot of good hustle
behind Lenninger's pitching did
the trick, says Coach Vince Gen
na.
R H T.
Lumberjacks 8 7 2
Albany Jrs 3 5 4
Lumherjack practice will be
Tuesday at Leslie field at 8:30
p.m. sharp.
Roseburg Man is
Named as Oregon
Wildlife Prexy
Bend, June 20 (PI Bruce L.
Yeager, Roseburg, Is the new
president of the Oregon Wildlife
federation.
He was elected after a sur
prise nomination from the floor
at the quarterly meeting here
Saturday. Ole Larson, The
Dalles, was the regular commit
tee nominee. Larson then was
elected vice president. Alvay
Day, Hood River, was re-elected
treasurer. H. C. Tobln. Portland,
will continue as secretary until
Yeager names a successor.
A resolution passed unani
mously asked Governor McKay
The U S. amateur golf cliam-
plonship has twice been won by
foreign players Harold H Hil
. ton of England in 1911 and C.
Ross Somerville of Canada in
! 1932.
poison
Slop ttrhinc, dry
lifttra onirk
W.anfrlT. rv
IVY-DRY
to appoint an entire new game
commission when the game de
partment r e o r g a n ization act
goes into effect July 16.
Pheasant Players
Top Linn Phoners
The Golden Pheasant club of
the City softball league downed
the Linn County Telephone team
in extra innings at Lebanon
Saturday night. Tied at 2 all at
the end of regulation playing
time the two clubs went 12 in
nings before the Pheasants
scored three additional tallies
to win, 5-2. A. DeKyper of the
Telephone club, struck out 15
and walked 11. Warren Miller
was the winning pitcher. His
battery mate was Jim Wenger
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DIBlail t 31 1 3 1 4 3 0
Run Tfrwilllier, Marquee 3, Bruit,
Thorn n, Ruekr, Austin, DIBlail. Errors
None. Hum batted in Mauro. KUCKer i,
Shupt. Thorn ai 4. Two baaa hit Tarwll
lleer. Home runs Thomas, Rucker. Stol
en base Marques. Thomas. Double plays
MCLisn to Miioni to Moran: i nomas
i Mullen to Shupa. Left on bases Los
An if In 4. Portland I. Umpires Dae var,
Runga and Boaters. Tlm 1:41.
(Second tame bo 7 Inning)
Las Angeles 131 O) Portland
BHOA B M O A
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Oarrlott.cl I 4 Hhupe.i
Moran.l 3 14 1 Thomas. 3
Maddem.l 3 4 0 0 Rucker, ef
Oslrwiki.3 3 0 3 4 Brovla.r
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Alrano.ss 3 1 a l Austin. s
Carlsen.p 3 111 Helsar.p
Melons. a l m o
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Damato.si v i
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Los' Angeles 003 OM 03
Hits
Portland ol?2;i1I
Hits
Losing pltener Carl sen.
Pitcher Ip Ab It H Br Bo Bb
Carlseo ! !
Ihds H J 3 ?
Emmerich ...... 1
Helier 17 i J
Runa Terwllllcer. oarriott. ttnupe.
Rucker 3, Brovla 3, Mullen, Oladd. Error
Terwilllter. Runs batted In Mullen,
Maddtrn. Brovla 3, Bhupe, Hslsar, Mar.
quei. Two base hits Mullen. Oarriott,
Marques. Home runs nrovia, onupt. wu-
bl play Helier to Mullen to Bhupt. Left
on basal LOI Angeies i, roruana ni
be pitcher, by Carlsen (Thome. Balk
Helier. Passed bass Otadd. Umpires
Runge, Somen and Daever. Tims 1:33.
Attendance 0033.
Salem Legions
Drub Stayron,
14-2, on Sunday
The Salem American Leg I on
junior baseball club scored nine
runs in the first inning as it
downed Stayton at Stayton Sun
day, 14 to 2. Rock and Sloan,
who divided the pitching chores,
held Stayton to three hits.
Every man in the Salem line
up got at least one hit off High-
berger and Gersbacher, Stayton
chuckers. Rock came through
with a 3 for 5 performance, in
eluding triple. Johnson's 3 for
4 plate record included a double
and a triple. Stewart, Sloan and
Haugen each collected two
blows.
Salem 922 000 114 18 2
Stayton 000 001 1 2 36
Rock, Sloan (8) and Jones;
E. Higherberger, Gersbacher
(4) and T. Highberger.
The highest slugging percent
age ever posted in the major
leagues was Babe Ruth's .847
in 1920.
ToX-RayWaitkus
For Surgery Plan
To Remove Bullet
Chicago, June 20 (U. Eddie
Waitkus, star Philadelphia Phil
lies first baseman, undergoes
more x-rays today to determine
when doctor! can remove the
bullet fired Into hia chest by
lovesick girl.
Doctors said he was recover
ing "splendidly." He underwent
a second operation Saturday for
removal of coagulated blood in
his lung and chest cavity that
hampered breathing.
The .22 caliber slug ii lodged
in the rear wall of his chest. It
passed directly through his right
lung.
Nurses said Waitkus morale
was good, chiefly due to hun
dreds of letters from fans piling
up on hia bedside table. His
room was banked with flowers
sent by well-wishers.
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Despite the fact that he will
not be able to play In the AU
Star gam July 12, the fans went
right on piling up votes to put .
him on first base for the Nation
al league team.
Waitkus held 107,254 votes to
104.983 for New York's Johnny
Mize, who was In second place.
Meanwhile, the girl who shot
him, Ruth Steinhagen. 19, still
was busy in county jail, writing
her life story for psychiatrists.
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