Senators Mold WD Leaders
To Split Series on Fourth
The Yakima Bears, the club that has led the Western Inter
national league parade for so long this season they seem to be
fixture in that position, left Monday night after gaining no
better than an even break with the Salem Senators. A division
of the spoils in a brace of Fourth of July contests split the series
down the middle tour m iuur,
A protest tiled Dy manager
Bill Beard over Umpire Young's
decision in the first game cast
a slight cloud over the result
a 9-5 win lor me xeais uui
since the protest was based on
the arbiter's judgment it prob
ably will be thrown out of court
by President Bob Abel. The sec
ond game went to the Senators,
10 to 8, with Ray McNulty pit
ting against Ken Savarese for
the second time in the series.
Jim Olsen was charged with the
loss of the first encounter, al
though Stu Fredericks complet
ed the mound duties.
Yakima won Saturday night
7 to 5 with Hank Sciarra get
ting the loss. The two clubs split
Sunday night's pair, the Solons
winning the first 3 to 2 behind
Fredericks' four - hit pitching
and dropping the nightcap, 5-1,
with Gene Peterson being as
sessed with the loss.
The Solons got the jump on
f the visiting Bears Monday eve
ning but not for long as the
Yakimas jumped onto Olsen for
three in the fourth and as many
more in the fifth. Salem came
back to tally a total of four in
the same frame and had
chance until the seventh when
the visitors chased across a cou
ple more.
The incident that caused
Beard to file a protest came in
the fourth. Gene Thompson and
Nini Tornay each singled to
start the inning and when Ted
Jennings hit to the right Thomp
son became trapped between
third and home. In the act of
being run down by Catcher Roy
Carlson, Bob Hedington was
charged with interfering with
Thompson's efforts to get back
to third base. The Bears went
on to score three runs.
The nightcap was not the
thriller that developed between
McNulty and Savarese when
they matched skills in the. first
game of the series.
Savarese gave up three runs
in the first inning and when he
got into trouble in the fourth
he was yanked in favor of Bob
Drilling. Bill Bradford pitched
the final frame for the Bears.
McNulty gave up 12 hits as
he walked four and struck out
five. The three runs in the first
and four more in the fourth pro
vided him with a fairly deep
cushion through the late innings,
A three-run circuit blow by Mel
"Y Wasley over the right field
fence near the foul line provid
ed the 2388 home town specta
tors with the finest sort of fire
works. Wasley retired in the
next inning with a leg injury.
The Senators took to the road
for a swing through Wenatchee
and Spokane still two games
out of the first division.
The Vancouver Caps gained a
half game on the Bears as they
whacked the Tacoma Tigers
twice, 9-4 and 5-0. Spokane
took two beatings from the We
natchee Chiefs, 14-1 and 15-10,
while the rapidly improving
Victoria Athletics thumped the
Bremerton Tars 3-2 and 10-8.
Official Box
WIL Standings
(By the Associated Press)
W. L.
Yakima 54
Vancouver 46
Spokane 42
Wenatchee 39
Salem 35
Bremerton 34
Victoria 33
Tacoma 33
25
30
37
41
43
46
45
49
Pet.
.684
.605
.532
.488
.449
.425
.423
.407
Results Monday
xaiuma 8-8, Salem 5-10.
Wenatchee 14-15, Spokane 1-10.
Victoria 3-10. Bremerton 2-8.
Vancouver 9-6, Tacoma 4-0.
First same:
Yakima (9)
B H O A
Vannl.lf
Jacinto.2 4
Oammno.rf 4
Thompsn,ct 5
Jennlnsa.3 a
OavJallo.l 3
Briakey.ss s
Swelger.p 4
0 W.Petrsn.l
10 3 Zurcher.rf 3
3 0 0 B.Petrsn,s 4
3 3 0 Chtrry.ct 4
2 0 3 Krut, 1 2
1 12 1 Waaiey.lf 3
112 HedlriBtn.3 3
112 Carlaon.c 3
Olaen,. p 2
Fredrcks.p 1
(9) Salem
B H O A
0 5
1
2 1
0 3
0 2
10 0
Total 35 14 2111 Total 29 9 31 10
Yakima 000 331 2 B 14
Salem 100 230 0 5 9
Pitcher Ip Ab HRErSoBb
Swelter 7 29 9 5 3 1 1
Olsen 5i 27 11 7 7 1 4
Fredericks 1 S 3 2 1 0 1
Hit by pitcher: Brlakey, Gammlno. Wild
pitches: olsen. Left on bases: Yakima,
n, aaiem s. isrrors: w. feterson, wasley 2,
Swelser, Brlskey. Home run: Gammlno.
Two base hits: W. Peterson, B. Peterson,
Wasley. Runs batted In: Vannl, Gammlno,
GaviKllo 2, Brlskey, B. Peterson, Hedlna-
ton 2, Cherry, Wasley. Sacrifice: Zurcher,
Krutc. stolen bases: vannl. Double plays
w. Peterson to B. Peterson to Krug; W.
Peterson to Krua. Time 1:34. Umpires:
Young and Howell.
Second same:
Yakima (10) Salem
BHOA BHOA
Vannl. lr 4 2 0 0 Zurcher.rf 4 12
Jacinto.2 5 3 0 2 W.Petrsn,2 4 2 4
Gammno.rf 4 0 4 0 B.Petersn,s 4 2 4
Thompsn.cf 3 12 0 Cherry.cf 3 0 2
Ortelt, c 6 2 3 0 Wasley.lf
Jennlngs.3 5 1 2 2 Krug, 1 4
Gavlgllo.l 4 oil 1 Hedlngtn.3 4
Brlskey,ss 4 2 2 3 Beard, c 4 2 0
Savarese.p 2 10 2 McNulty.p 3 11
Drllllng.p 1 0 0 2 Q.Petrsn.lf 2 11
Moore 0 0 0 0
Bradford. p 0 0 0 1
Tornay 10 0 0
Total 40 12 21 13 Total 93 12 27
7 3
and VC D'cli
tcOi
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, July 5, 1949
15
Sporer Is Traded
To Yakima Upon
His Own Request
A trade that sends Bus Sporer
to Yakima and brings Bob Drill
ing of the Bears' club to the
Senator fold, was completed
over the week-end. Drilling, a
big right hander, was used as a
relief pitcher Monday night and
was hit hard. He had a record
of three wins and three defeats
as of June 27 as compared with
Sporer's mark of five and five
at a similar time.
It is understood Sporer asked
for the assignment because he
was assured of a job in Yakima
after the baseball season was
over. His leave of absence
granted by the local sawmill
workers' union would have ex
pired in another couple of
weeks. Under the circumstances
the Salem management felt it
had a chance of getting a bit of
salvage out of Sporer.
It is now estimated that there
are about 11,000,000 Americans
65 years or older.
Trapshoot Marks
Set, Sun Valley
Sun Valley, Idaho., July 5 (")
Two world's records were re
portedly broken yesterday In the
finals of the Sun Valley trap-
shoot tournament.
Arnold Rieger of Seattle won
the high over-all championship
with a score of 593 out ol 600
targets, and 17-year-old Bill In-
low of Tonasket, Wash., took the
junior championship with 199
out of 200.
Jimmy Robinson, trapshoot
ing editor of Sport and Field
magazine, said Rieger's mark is
a new record. He said Inlow had
an average of .984 for the past
thousand targets, the highest
ever scored by a junior trap
shooter. Mrs. Ruth Ray of Eugene won
the women's championship and
was runner-up in the Sun Val
ley handicap.
Yanks and Bums Still Set
Pace in Major Flag Races
Goes to Bears
Senator right hander, traded
to Yakima at his own request.
Bob Drilling comes here In
exchange.
C Leaguers Open
Second Series on
Wednesday Night
Batted for Drilling In 8th.
Batted lor Bradford in 9th.
Yakima 1 10 201 021 8 12 S
Salem 300 401 02x 10 12 4
Pitcher: Ip Ab H R Er So Bb
Savareae 3 'a IS 1 6 3 1 2
Drilling 3 12 2 2 0 2 3
Bradford 1 6 3 2 2 0 0
McNulty 9 40 12 8 8 5 4
Hit by pitcher: Gavlsllo. Wild pitches:
Drilling. Left on bases: Yakima 10, Salem
5. Errors: Gavulio 2, W. Peterson, Krug,
Beard, Jennings, B. Peterson. Home run:
Wasley. Two base hit: Vannl, Jacinto 2,
Brlskey, Krug, Hedington, B. Peterson,
Zurcher. Runs batted In: Jacinto 3, Savar
ese 2, Brlskey, Wasley 3. Hedington, Mc
Nulty, W. Peterson 3, B. Peterson. Zur
cher. Sacrifice: McNulty, W. Peterson.
Double plays: W. Peterson to B. Peterson;
Jacinto to Brlskey to Gaviglio. Time 2:25.
Umpires: Young and Howell. Attendance
2388.
and
Y FRED ZIMMERMAN. Capital Journal Sports Editor
Southpaws Needed
When and if the Salem Senators open their 1950 spring train
ing period it is to be hoped that the squad will include a few
ehuckers who work left handed. The club has been handicap
ped all season because not one single, solitary southpaw, capable
of retiring the opposition in less than IS minutes of competition
was on the staff. If the Portland Beavers had been a bit more
liberal minded they could have sen Cal Mclrvin dpwn. As it is
Cal has spent the greater part of the season polishing the seat
of his pants on the several benches scattered up and down the
eoast. He has been none too successful, but what pitcher could
do a good job when seldom was given a chance to limber
up his throwing arm. . . . We know of at least a half dozen
downtown "experts" who believe that much of the wildness
among the Senators' staff of ehuckers could be eliminated through
a greater amount of work.
Good Pitching
This man Dewey Soriano who, as a Yakima Bear, rates as
the best pitcher In the WIL, is president of the club, signs
the checks and no doubt would drive the bus if the outfit
owned one, has an excellent record in the matter of control.
The last official compiliation showed Soriano had worked
100 innings, striking out 75 and walking 32. He had hit one
batter and tossed a pair of wild pitches, as he gave up 75
blows good for 31 runs. And while Dickey, fellow mounds
man bad a record of nine wins and two defeats, his control
was no where equal to that of the boss. In 96 innings Dickey
walked 91 and struck out as many more, gave up 88 hits
hit four and missed his receiver completely eight times. Ray
McNulty of Salem had pitched 84 innings, struck out 50,
walked 46, hit five batters and uncorked three wild heaves.
Tennis Revival
A couple of decades ago competition in tennis in and around
Salem constituted one of the major activities of the younger
generation. Moreover quite a number of folk in the middle age
spread group endeavored to keep their waist lines down by
wielding a racquet. There were not many courts available but
those at the state hospital, in the Bush gardens and one or two
others were kept in almost constant use. The automobile claim-
ed the attention more and more of the population and court
play dwindled rapidly. This year the recreational department of
the city and schools is making an effort to revive tennis with
considerable success. It the effort is pursued for two or three
more seasons it is entirely possible that more and more boys
and girls will take up the activity which is one of the best body
conditioners in the field of athletic endeavor. To be an expert
performer, one must have quick reactions, mentally and physi
cally, and have an eye that adapts itself reallily to rapidly chang
ing conditions. It is a good sport and one that should be en
couraged.
A Poor Decision
Technically, no doubt, Umpire Young was right in calling
an interference play against Bob Hedington during the first
game between the Bears and the Senators. But in our humble
opinion it was a poor decision for the indicator thumber to
to make, nevertheless. No doubt Bill Beard's protest will be
ruled out of order because it Is based on an umpire's judg
ment. Gene Thompson, trapped between third and home, was
In the process of being run down by Hedington and Catcher
Roy Carlson. Hedington had chased Thompson almost to home
plate before tossing the ball to Carlson. The latter immedi
ately took up the chase and Thompson had no chance to get
back to third after almost falling as the result of a quick
pivot. Hedington backed op toward third but Thompson
banged into him. The fact that a third Salem player was on
third ready to take the ball if need be, was assurance that the
base runner didn't have a chance.
The short scores:
Victoria 100 110 03
Bremerton O00 002 0 2
Blankenshlp and Day; Sullivan
Ronnlng.
Victoria 402 301 00010 12
Bremerton 002 004 110 8 10 3
Logue, Ward (7) and Morgan; Slmor
ana weai.
Wenatchee 200 Ofil 510-M4 19
Spokane 000 010 000 1 5
Orell and Pesut; Weaver, Nealey (6) and
KOSSl.
Wenatchee 230 103 21315 20
Spokane 330 040 00010 14
Greenlaw and Pesut; Bishop, Babbitt
C), Werbowskl (7) and Rossi.
Vancouver 300 ISO 000 S 18
Tacoma 000 000 0404 7 1
costello and Brenner: fortler, Clay (S)
Johnson 49) and Sheets.
Vancouver 210 002 0 S 8 I
Tacoma 000 000 0 0 4 0
Anderson and Sheely; Greco and Sheets.
Stayton Legions
Top Wood burn
Woodburn Although outhit
9 to 5, the Stayton American
Legion baseball club scored a 4
to 3 win over the Woodburn Jun
iors Sunday. Odgers of the los
ers hit three for three while
Clyde Diller collected two dou
bles for Woodburn.
Woodburn's schedule for the
week: Oregon City there Thurs
day night at 8:30: Salem at
Woodburn at 6:30 Friday and
Silverton at Woodburn Sunday
afternoon.
Stayton 4 5 3
Woodburn 3 9 3
Gerspacher and Highberger;
Larson and Henderson.
EYE EXERCISE PAYS
Unbeaten Legion
Eyes Three Games
The local American Legion
baseball club, with an even doz
en wins to its credit as against
not a single defeat, has a sche
dule of three games for the
week. The first assignment is
against Oregon City at Oregon
City Tuesday night. Wednesday
evening at 6:30 Salem will en
tertain Silverton at Waters field
and next Friday they will travel
to Woodburn.
"C" LEAGUE STANDINGS
W L Pet
Hivar Bend 1 10
Four Corner 1 0 1.000
Blahop Elrctrle 1 1.000
Midget Market i u i-""
Master Bread 0 1 .000
Kelzer Truax 0 1 .000
Four Star Market 0 1 .000
Blfstroma 0 1 .000
Salem Steel 0 0 .000
Four Class "C league squad!
will Ko into action again Wed
nesday the 6th. The Kiver Bend
Sand and Gravel will meet K.ei
zer Truax at dinger and Four
Corners will clash with Elf-
Strom's at Leslie.
Thursday the 7th, the Salem
Steel and Supply will face Bish
op's Electric at Olinger. Mas
ler Bread will play Midget Mar
ket at Leslies and Schreder
Four Star Marketeers have a bye
for this week. All games are to
start at 6 p.m.
Softie Tourney
Set for Boise
Boise, July 5 OT The Pacific
Northwest Regional Softball
tournament will be held here
over Labor Day.
Bill Jamison, president of the
Boise Softball association, said
those competing will include the
Boise men's and women's teams
as hosts, in addition to the
Washington and Idaho champi
ons. Oregon titlists and runners-
up Seattle metropolitan champs
and runnersup. and Portland
metropolitan champions.
Only 40 per cent of Americans
lived in cities and towns in
1900.
Major Standings
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Phlldlphia
Boston
31
By United Press.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L Pet.
44 28 .611 New York
42 30 .583 Pittsburgh
40 35 .533 Cincinnati
40 35 .533 Chicago 28
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L Pet. W
New York 48 25 .858 Boston 35
Phlldlphia 44 30 .595 Wuhlnatn 32
Cleveland 40 31.503 Chicago 30
Detroit 39 35 .527 St. Louis 32
Result! Monday
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis 9-4, Chicago 4-5.
Pittsburgh 1-1, Cincinnati 1-0.
Philadelphia 1-4, Brooklyn 7-8.
New York 11-7. Boston 4-8.
AMERICAN 1AGUE .
Cleveland 3-7, Detroit 2-3.
Boston 2-4. New York 3-8. (2nd
called end 8th, darkness).
ChlcaBo 12-2, St, Louis 5-4.
Washlnston 7-0, Philadelphia 9-1
L Pet.
38 .500
40 .437
41 .414
45 .384
L Pet.
38 .493
39 .451
44 .405
50 .308
ped two from Cincinnati, J-l
and 1-0 to move ahead of the
Reds into sixth place. Cliff
Chambers allowed only two hits
in the first game.
Bill Werle yielded seven sin
gles en route to his shutout victory.
The Boston Braves moved into
a third place tie with the Phil
lies. 5, games behind the Dodc-
New York Giants.
ers, by splitting two with the
Comeback Path Brightens for Sam
(By th. Ataoclated Preaal
The Fourth of July has come and gone with the New York
Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers still showing the way in the
major league pennant races.
Tradition says the night of the Fourth is the telltale date.
If you lead then, you can start building new stands for the
world series. Actually it s right
only about 80 per cent of the
time.
The return of Joe DiMaggio
to the Yankee lineup after he
missed the first 65 games be
cause of a heel injury continues
to spark the league leaders.
Since jolting Joe came back
they have won seven of eight,
including five straight over the
respected Boston Red Sox.
Despite the roaring surge of
the Philadelphia A's and the
menacing moves by the Cleve
land Indians, the Yanks can feel
fairly safe with a 4 Vi game lead
over the A s.
The Yankees' Vic Raschi went
all the way to win the opener,
3-2, for his 13th victory of the
season at the expense of Walt
Masterson. In the second Joe
DiMaggio's homer pulled the
Yanks up into a tie in the fifth
and Billy Johnson's single with
the bases loaded in the seventh
provided the winning 8-4 mar
gin for reliefer Willard Mar
shall over Mel Parnell,
The Athletics kept pace by
trimming Washington 7-9 and
8-0 with little Bobby Shantz,
Mack's S foot 7 inch southpaw,
pitching a 10-hit shutout in the
second.
Cleveland, moving strong,
soncmiea its tnira place posi
tion, seven games- behind New
York, by beating Detroit twice
3-2 and 7-3. Bobby Feller
squeaked through in the first
game with relief help from
Satchel Paige after he was lifted
for a pinch hitter.
Homers by Dick Kokos and
Gerry Priddy gave the St. Louis
Browns a 4-2 victory and an
even break with the Chicago
White Sox who rapped the
Brownie staff for 15 hits, in
cluding two doubles by George
Metkovich in the 12-5 first
game.
Branch Rickey collected twice
at Brooklyn as the Dodgers won
a morning and afternoon game
from Philadelphia, boosting their
lead over St. Louis to two full
games.
Preacher Roe just missed
shutout in the 7-1 morning game
when Willie Jones homered with
two out in the ninth. Don New-
combe needed help from Jack
Banta in the eighth inning to
save an 8-4 decision in the sec
ond.
Max Lanier's return from "ex
ile" in Mexico and Canada was
not a success but the Cardinals
rallied after Max was knocked
out in the third inning to take
Chicago, 9-4. Fred Martin, like
Lanier, another re-instated Mex
ican "jumper," was the official
winner.
Bob Chipman stopped the Red
Birds in the second game with
an efficient shutout, 5-0, scat
tering four hits.
For a change, Billy Meyer got
some pitching from his Pitts-
New York, July 5 (U.B Life
was a lot brighter today than it
has been in eight years for burly.
Sam Chapman and for the Phil
adelphia Athletics.
Sam is the ail-American foot
ball player who jumped from
the University of California
campus to major league stardom
with the A's. That was in 1938
and he was hitting his peak in
1941 when he swapped his flan
nels for navy blue.
A lot happened in more than
three years of war and it was
Sam s personal tragedy that it
happened to his eyes. The eyes
make a big leaguer, particularly
in hitting.
In 1941, Chapman had started
to fulfill the promise which made
Ty Cobb recommend him to Con
nie Mack. The big guy hit a
smooth .322 while knocking out
24 home runs and driving in 106
runs.
But when he came back, he
found that he couldn't meet the
ball as of yore. Yet it wasn't
until two years ago that Sam
found out it was due to his eyes.
They were all right for ordi
nary use. But they didn't have
the extraordinary sharpness nec
essary to follow that fast ball in
to the plate. He started wearing
glasses but, with the specs, hit
only .258 last season.
Meanwhile, Sam faithfully was
using a system of exercises in
hopes of strengthening those
eyes. It was slow work, but
Chapman stuck to it. Old root-
ers now were booing him but
through all the discouragement,
Sam kept plugging away.
This year he turned up at
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SEMIWINDUP
George Dusette vs.
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OPENER
Yao.nl Kid vt.
Tony Falotti
SALEM ARMORY
spring training camp without the
specs. The big Californian, now
33, knew that this was the test.
If he made it he would be all
right. If not, it might mark the
beginning of the end.
And the results of the July 4
doubleheader against the Wash
ington Senators indicated that
Chapman had won his battle.
Sam got two doubles in the
first game and won the second
with two home runs, one of them
By OSCAR FRALEY
with the bases loaded. That gave
him five hits in nine trips for the
day. Of the 17 runs scored by
the team, Chapman knocked in
six and scored four.
That boosted his batting aver
age to .280 and gave him 10 home
runs and 50 runs batted in at
the halfway mark. Not up to
his major league best, it is true,
but close enough to convince the
big guy that his comeback efforts
are paying off.
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Snead's pockets with iron men
today as he moved to the top
of golf's money earning list for
the summer season.
The West Virginia hill billy
appeared licked as he rounded
the ninth hole in the final
round of the $15,000 Washing
ton Star open tournament yes
terday. But his two-under-par
final round of 70 and a 72
hole score of 272 was good for
first place and $2,600.
Although a 70 yesterday waa
his worst of the tournament,
national open champion Mid
dlecoff finished second with a
274.
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main event. George Dusette and
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the semi-windup while the pre
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