Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, August 23, 1949, Page 13, Image 13

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    LSolons Snare Series Starter
V'
Late Rally Paves Way for
7-5 Victory Over Spokane
Spokane, Aug. 23 An eighth-innine attack that results
In three tallies enabled the Salem Senator! to sew up the first
game 01 a series 01 inree wnn tne Spokane Indians Monday night.
And while Bob Drilling weakened in the final frame when the
Spokes got to him for two runs, two hits and two walks he got
'ha Nulty on a long fly to Bob
Shrine All-Stars
Enter Final Week
Of Grid Practice
Portland, Aug. 23 W) Port
land and upstate all-star football
quads concentrated on defense
as they opened the final week of
drills yesterday for Saturday
night's game in Multnomah sta
dium. The upstaters concentrated on
pass defense aimed at stopping
the expected aerial attack of
Coach Eric Waldorf's metropoli
tan players. Portlanders, on the
other hand, gave their attention
to stopping line plays, keeping
In mind that in Don Donovan
of Grants Pass, Rich Riggs of
Medford and Phil Gillis of Bend
the upstaters have a trio of
speedsters likely to account for
big yardage.
James J. Richardson, director
of the Shrine hospital benefit
game, reported that 250 tickets
to the banquet following the
game will be available to the
public. At the banquet awards
will be made. The highlight will
be . the most valuable player
award, won last year by Sam
Baker of Corvallis.
All Invited to
'Town Meeting'
Wednesday Night
A blanket invitation has been
extended the general public to
attend Wednesday night's meet
ing at the Chamber of Commerce
when sentiment concerning the
purchase of the Salem Senators
baseball franchise and Waters
park will be up for considera
tion. The conference will open
at 7:30 and no solicitation of
funds will be made.
If a sufficient number of in
terested persons attend, it is
probable a committee will be
named to talk to Bill Mulligan,
business manager of the Port
land Beavers. Mulligan will be
asked to put a price tag on the
property and if it is not consid
ered too high, a movement look
ing toward the purchase on a
popular basis will be initiated.
Cherry to end the threat with
the knotting run stranded at
first.
The Senators scored a run in
the first by virtue of singles by
Wayne Peterson and Marty
K.rug and the play at first on
Dick Bartle's grounder. The In
dians immediately went into the
lead after two were out in the
second as Paul Zaby singled and
was driven home by Larry Bar
ton s 400 foot homer over the
right center boards.
It stood 2 to 1 until the fourth
when Jack Calvey was credited
with a single when his liner hit
itt front of Bob Cherry and then
bounced over him for a triple.
Calvey later stole home.
Art Pennington, who collect
ed on a three for four basis,
drove Bill Burgher home In the
fifth and the Solons tied It np at
4 -all in the seventh when Orrln
Snyder reached first oh a field
er's choiee and scored on Pen
nington's double.
Burgher opened the ninth by
grounding out but Snyder im
mediately bounced a single ov
er Pitcher John Conant's head.
Pennington came through with
his third hit of the evening, mov
ing Snyder to third. Bob Drill
ing bunted and Larry Barton
elected to make a try at the
plate but Snyder slid under the
throw as Pennington moved to
second. Wayne Peterson scored
Pennington with a blow through
the mound but Peterson was
forced at, second by Krug as
Drilling moved to third. With
Dick Bartle up, Krug stole sec
ond and when Ken Richardson
dropped Jack Park's throw,
Drilling scored. Bartle subse
quently struck out.
Drilling pitched effective ball,
striking out seven and walking
but three.
Wenatchee's bid for third
place took on added strength as
the Chiefs moved within a game
of Spokane last night by dump
ing the pennant bound Yakima
nine, 8-5. Victoria snatched a 10
inning, 7-6 victory from Vancou
ver in the only other contest of
the night.
Yakima- ; 010 000 040 B 8 3
Wenatehet 120 021 1U 13 4
Bradford, Sporer (8) and Tornay;
Oreenlaw and Pesut.
flfl Innlneat
Vancouver 000 101 301 o e 13 1
Victoria 000 300 400 17 13 3
Nicholas and Sheer?: Blankenshlp, To
bias (gtr Mitchell 191 and Morgan.
WIL Standings
(By the AuocUted Press)
W L Pet. w L Pet.
Ytkimft 89 44 .699 Victor! 69 76 .437
Vancouver 80 51.811 Stlem 87 76.439
Spokane 70 64 .522 Brfmerton 54 77 .412
Wen ft tehee 69 68 .515 Tacoma 64 79.405
ReiulU Monday:
Wenatchee 8. Yakima 5.
Victoria 7. Vancouver 6 (10 Innings),
Balem 7, Spokane 6.
-Only games scheduled.
Official Box
Salem (7)
Peterson. 2
Krug.r
Bartle,!
Cherry, cf
Waaley.3
Burgher, o
Bnyder.l
Pnnlngtn.i
Drilling, p
AB H O A
(6) Spokane
An H O A
5 1
5 1
0 3
3 1
1 13
1 7
0 4
34 10 27 30
3 Palmer.ct
3io Nuiiy.a
6 10 0 Zaby.r
0 Barton, I
1 Larks, c
0 Rlchrdsn.2
1 Calvey,
Howard.!
2 0 0 0 Conant.p
vaune, a
Totals 36 12 27 11 Totals
a Singled for Conant In th.
Salem 100 010 1137 12
Spokane 300 100 0025 10
Struck out by Conant 6, Drilling 7; bases
on balls off Conant 1, Drilling 3: earned
runs off Conant 5. Drilling 5; WP, Co
nant: LOB, Salem 5, Spokane 6; errors,
Burgher, Nulty, Richardson; HR, Barton;
3b, Calvey; 2b, Wasley, Krub, Parks, Pen
nington;. RBI, Barton 2, Pennington 2,
Drilling, Valine. Palmer, Peterson; SH,
Drilling; DP, CalveyRlchardson-Barton;
Barton-Parki-Parton; Peterson to Bartle.
Time. 2:15: umpires, Young, Sandt. At
tendance, 3603.
Artie Wilson
Leads PCL Race
San Francisco, Aug. 23 (U.R)
Artie Wilson, the Oakland
shortstop, apparently has the
Pacific coast league batting
championship for 1949 tucked
away but a pair of compara
tive newcomers are making
things tough.
Wilson has a batting average
of .359 to top the loop regulars.
Ahead of him in the standings
is teammate Earl Rapp, the out
fielder down from the majors,
who appeared in only 63 games.
He has a mark of .366. Al Rosen
of San Diego, down from Cleve
land, has appeared in only 50
games, and is next closest to
Wilson with a mark of .343.
Max West leads the loop in
homers with 40; and runs bat
ted in with 141. Al White of
Sacramento, with a batting aver
age of .341, has the most hits-
207.
Big John Mize
Leaves Giants,
Joins Yankees
New York,' Aug. 23 ()- The
New York Yankees hauled in
another piece of heavy artillery
today for their American league
pennant push the Giants' home
run specialist, big John Mize.
1
In a sudden and surprising
move, the Yankees bought the
36-year-old first baseman from
their National League neieh-
bors for an undisclosed sum and
told him to get in uniform right
away.
The deal exploded with such
unexpectedness that Mize had to
rush to catch a midnight train
for Detroit, where the Yankees
open a two-game series today.
"We've sold Johnny Miie
to the Yankees for an undis
closed sum," said Eddie Bran
nick, secretary of the Giants.
"Me was waived out of the
National league. He joins the
club immediately;"
The Giants were suDDose'd in
nave put a s 200,000 price tag on
the florid faced first-sacker
when Brooklyn expressed an in
terest in him in the spring.
Mize, who has hit more hom
s than any active player in
Syracuse switches to the T
formation this fall under Coach
Floyd Schwartzwalder. Bernie
Custis will do the quarterback-
ing and, of course, the passing.
OREGON TIDES
Correct for Newport
0:25 a.m.
1:11 p.m.
0:M a.m.
1:97 p.m.
1-42 a.m.
2:32 p.m.
2:30 a.m.
3.00 p.m.
8:59 a.m. -1.8
7:05 p.m. 1.7
7:39 a.m.
7:51 p.m.
8:17 a.m.
8:37 p.m.
8:55 a.m.
9:25 p.m.
Bums, Cards in 'Crucial'
(By the Associated Press)
A world series atmosphere de
cended on Ebbets field today
with the. St. Louis Cardinals in
Flatbush to take on the Brook
lyn Dodgers in a series that
Branch Rickey claims will- de
cide the National league pen
nant.
Rickey, great white father of
the flock, put the pressure on
this series by predicting the
winner will represent the sen
ior circuit in the world series.
Stan Musial arid company.
leading the Dodgers and the
league by two games, will stick
around for two days during
which they clash with the
Brooks, three times.
. The proud- Red Birds will dis
play their talents twice today
once in the afternoon and again
at night.
The opener is a playoff of
the July 25th game which end
ed in a 4-4 tie. .That game by
mutual agreement, was halted
" to allow both teams to entrain
' west.
Brooklyn will take the field
attempting to snap a three game
i, losing streak. The Dodgers
l dropped their third straight in
Boston yesterday, 7-6, in the
only game in either league.
A couple of ex-Dodgers,
, Pete Reiser and Ed Stanky,
' ruined their former mates.
Corners, Market
Win Junior Tilts
' Four Corners beat Bishop
Electric 6-3 and Midget Market
whitewashed River Bend Sand
3-0 in a pair of class "C" Salem
junior league baseball games
Monday evening. Jack Lindberg
fashioned a no-hitter as he work
ed five innings for Four Corners.
However, he walked 10 batters.
Salem Steel will engage Elf
trom'i Wednesday night as they
endeavor to clinch the pennant.
West Salem Lumber and Sa
lcm Laundry will meet at din
ger at 6 o'clock Tuesday evening
nd a victory for the former
would mean the championship.
Bishops 010 203 0 t
Coram 141 OK 8 3 4
mot '31 and Miller; Undberf and
Bcrirecenseost.
. Reiser drove home three runs
with a single while Stanky
socked his first homer of the
season for the Braves.
Stanky unloaded in the ninth
to tie the score at 6-6. A walk
to Elbie Fletcher and Jeff
Heath's two-out double off the
center field wall followed to
break up the game.
Major Standings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L Pet. W L Pet.
!t. Louis 71 44 .617 New York 56 57 .504
Brooklyn 69 46 .600 Pittsburgh 84 81 .470
Boston 60 56 .517 Cincinnati 48 69 .410
Phlladet 60 58 .508 Chlcaf o 45 74 .378
Results Monday:
Boston 7, Brooklyn 6. ,
Amertean Learue Standings Unchanged
It's That Time of Year-
Viking Grid Drills Slated
Candidates for Salem high's football squad will meet for the
first drill the evening of August 29 at Leslie field under the
direction of Coach Loren Mort, Physical examinations are slated
for 7:00 to 9:30 p.m., Thursday, August 25 and from 6:30 to
9:30 p.m. the same day at the senior high school.
' Immediately following the ex
aminations the boys will meet
the coaches and equipment will
be issued, then as well as the
next day from 9:30 a.m. and
from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Physical
examinations 'by appointment
will be given from 3 to 5 p.m. at
the high school Aug. 26.
Class work will not begin un
til Sept. 12, but Coach Mort
hopes to have his squad fairly
well organized by that time
since a number of rival schools
will start not later than Sept. 6,
the day following Labor day.
River Bend
Uldtet
Johnson and Darts:
000 00 0 3 '
010 3x 3 4 1
Feller and Osborn.
When pitchers Al Brazle of
the Cards and - Herman Weh
Umeier of the Reds met recently
pboth were after their sixth suc
cessive pitching victory. Brazle
blanked the Reds, 8-0, on six
tingles.
Kennedy, Ball
Ready for Scrap
With both principals involved
in the best of condition and with
each predicting a win, Paul
Kennedy, Longview, Wash.
Negro and Davey Ball, Bakers-
field, Calif., scrapper are ready
for their 10-round main event
engagement in the armory arena
Wednesday night.
While Ball and his manager
have permitted no one to get an
inkling of the scrapper s weight,
both claim he wall come with
the 155 pound requirement at
o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Larry Caputo, Kennedy's man
ager, declared that Ball will
have to. take off any excess
weight that is In evidence at 2
o'clock before the boys step Into
the arena.
Local Interest is centering
around the Mel Eagleman-Jerry
Renaud four rounder that fea
tures the preliminary card Re
naud has turned in a number of
excellent performances in the
armory ring while Eagleman
was a serious contender for the
national AAU title in his weight
at Boston several months ago
Lou Nunes and Cliff Parker,
two of the five new faces on the
card, will share honors in the
six-round special event. The
show will open with Al An
thony of Seattle and Glen Var
nardo of Portland swapping
punches over the four round
route. Joe Pete, aggressive In
dian boxer, meets Sonny Bobo
of Loi Angeles in the second
prelim.
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LOCAL UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS AND FEATURES
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, August 23, 1949 Page 13
Sold '
John Mize, the
New York Giant home
run specialist, was sold cross
town Monday to the New York
Yankees in an unexpected deal
on a straight cash basis.
the majors, probably will move
right in behind Joe DiMaggio in
the Yankees' batting order the
No. 5 spot. That will permit
Tommy Henrich, who has been
holding down first, to return to
his favorite position in right
field.
Ken Helntzelman, star Phillie
Southpaw, won his first bit!
league start hurling a six-hitter
for Pittsburgh in 1937.
PCL Trail Getting Rough
For Loop-Leading Stars
San ?raiirin Am, 91 nipi ThinA. . l .
. . . . 11115.1 sic sluing luugn an over,
SaVS ManniTpr FrpH Kanpu nt Ihp T4nlWr.rr.J Cin.. t..i 11
a j uidia. Dill n is
probable that Haney has particular reference to the Pacific
wwno. Aafiuc, which utts ueveiupea irom a waiK-away lor his
Stars into an old-fashioned dog-fight.
The Stars, like some of the . .
actors and actresses they are
named for, have been fading of
late and unless the Brnnklvn
farm organization comes
through with some surprise
help, a rocky road lies ahead for
the Haney outfit.
During the Dast two months
me a t a r s nave won only 25
while losine 32 names which Is
definitely no wav fnr ihnm.
pion to act. During that time
they have won three series, tied
one and lost four. Included in
their losses are a 5-2 set to Oak
land last week, and a 5-4 defeat
in July to the same Huh- K-l
drubbing by Seattle; and a 4-2
thumping bv Sacramento Thp
only teams they were able to
Deat were tne Portland Beavers
(2); and the San Francisco Seals
kft4 Scratched
By FRED ZIMMERMAN, Capital Journal Sports Editor
Attendance Down
With but a half dozen sessions remaining, it will be a miracle
if the Salem Senators attract a sufficient number of fans during
the balance of the season to equal last year's mark of 77,659. At
the close of Sunday night's doubleheader with the Tacoma
Tigers' Manager George Emigh had passed 61,117 cash customers
through the turnstiles. In view of the fact that it is estimated
that it takes 90,000 to keep the books in balance, it doesn't take
much mathematical ability to reach the conclusion that the Salem
management will not be called upon to cut any dividend melons.
However the parent Portland Beavers can readily absorb the loss
here by writing it off against the Vaughn Street income which
should be quite a sizeable hunk of change.
Johnny Price Due
One bright spot in the otherwise somewhat gloomy picture
is the fact that Johnny Price, an exceedingly cunning fellow
with a baseball, will show his tricks at Waters park the night
of August 26 between games of the doubleheader with Wen
atchee. Last year Price attracted 4183 persons, the largest
audience of the season. He may not equal that mark this time
even though his performance is far ahead of anything ever
produced by a man with a ball and a bat. The six final pro
grams at the park drew a total of 8,528 persons last year.
So, even though the attendance during the closing nights
equals that of last season there will still be a shortage.
Oh! For A Winner
What a difference it would make if the Senators were up near
the top battling for the pennant .instead of trvine to reach.and
maintain the upper rung of the second divisionl 'Tis said that heme
springs eternal and in this connection we have returned to thel
park each spring hopeful that "this is the year." But is has al
ways been the same dreary ending sitting through series after
series with no prospect of a pennant. The average baseball bug
demands a winner. He may overlook a loss now and then if the
performance is good even though he doesn't enjoy it. But this
thing of always ending up in the second division or low in the
first is bound to keep him away for a period at least.
Bartle Improved
Experience is essential in baseball and Diplr Rarflp hne Kaon
returned from Medford to the Salem Senators a greatly improved
first sackerl Rather than play at intervals with the Senators,
Bartle asked to be sent where he would See flrtivP SPrvipp nnrl
went to the Nuggets. He handles the first basing assignment well
and takes a real cut at the plate. He is a likely candidate for
competition in a classification higher than "B" . . . Having never
played short and preferring to handle an outfield position, Art
s-cuuuigtun oiuu t set. me western International league afire with
his performance at Waters park. As the first Negro to be assigned
to the circuit, Pennington realized he was on a pretty warm spot
aim inu auuiu was evident in nis rjertormanpp Ac fa,. tut.
uuacrver couia aeiermine crowd reaction toward Pennington was
lovuiouic ineir enmusiasm cooled wnen he failed to hit but
mat is ine case oi any otner player regardless of his color.
Donate the Park
One way out of the cross-purpose situation that has de
veloped in local professional baseball circles would be for
the citizenry to subscribe the money necessary to purchase
Waters park and then deed it to the city. Just an outright
gift. Then let a group of individuals purchase the Senator
franchise and operate the club as a private enterprise. We
admit it would be quite an undertaking to raise the necessary
cash in view of what happened to the hospital fund raising
campaign. But in view of the fact that but a small percentage
of the residents attend athletic events of all classifications in
these parts, any effort to purchase the property from tax funds
would be met with stiff resistence. The school board could
use the park but the district's funds are ear marked for
scholastic purposes.
(1). clubs that currentlv nrp nl.
ternating between sixth and sev
enth place in the standings.
With the last-Dlace T.os Ancrpioc
Angels, the Stars got a four-four
stana-ott in their most recent
encounter.
The only thinr that has hplri
the Stars In first place by a
scant three-game margin now
is the fact that most of the com
petitors have played just so-so
ball.
The runner-uD club is th Hp.
fending champion Oakland
team which is pepped ud and
playing the best ball in thp cir
cuit just now. But the Oaks have
troubles ahead, ton Thpv r.io
their cross-bay rivals, the San
Francisco Seals this week, and
the Seals have shown signs of
Dough Due State
Softball Champs
The winners and runners-up
in the forthcoming state Softball
title series to be held at Eugene,
will each be riven S2nn with
which to help defray expenses
lor participation in the regional
tournament srhprinlpH -fnr
gene in early September. This
lniormation nas been received
by Gurnee Flesher who is a
member of the State Softball as.
sociation.
Mootry's, Salem city title hol
ders, will meet the winner from
District 9 (central Oregon) at 4
p.m. Aug. 28 in the first round
of the state tournament.
coming to life. Climbing from
seventh to sixth place in the
standings during the past month,
the O'Doulmen have won 17 out
of 26 tilts a pretty fast pace for
a second division team.
Meanwhile, the Stars take on
a club thev never ronirt lipW with
any degree of consistency, the
Angels. Seattle invades San Di
ego, and Sacramento plays host
to rortianu in tne other series.
Max Bishop, U. S. Naval Acad
emy baseball coach since 1938,
played in three world series
1929, '30 and '31 with the Phil
adelphia atheletici.
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