Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, September 29, 1949, Page 17, Image 17

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    'Nothing
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Br OSCAR FRALEY
lUnlteil Presa Sports Wnurl
New York, Sept. 19 U.R) The
Philadelphia Athletics even up
their personal score today be
tween the New York Yankees
and the Boston Red Sox to the
detriment of baseball.
The A s will do that by pitch
ing "Nothing Ball" Phil March
ildon against the Yankees in
what figures to be a "gift game"
1o the blastless bombers.
Connie Mack figures that It
is "the thing to do." He used
Marchildon against Boston on
Sept. 2 and the Canadian was
clobbered heartily. The Yan
kees since howled bloody mur
der, demanding that Mack use
Marchildon against them in
this crucial final week as they
try to overhaul the Bosox.
PENNANT RACKS AT A GLANCE
(By United Press)
AMERICAN LEAGI'E
Games Oames
W L Pet. Behind to Play
Boston 85 56 .629 1
New York 95 56 .629 S
Remaining schedule:
New York At home: Philadelphia, Sept.
; Boston. Oct. 1, 1. Total 3.
Boston Away: At New York Oct. 1, 3;
at Washington, Sept. 39. Total 3.
NATIONAL I.EAGl'E
Pat. Louis 95 55 .623 4
Brooklyn 94 56 637 I 4
Remaining schedule:
8t. Louis Away: At Pittsburgh, Sept.
39: at Chicago, Sept. 30, Oct. 1, 3.
Total 4.
Brooklyn At Boston. Sept. 39 t3i; at
Philadelphia. Oct. 1, 3. Total 4.
So C o n n i e will although
Marchildon has pitched only
12 H innings all season and
hasn't started in 27 days.
Whether it is fair or not,
depends on whether you hap
pen to be a Yankee fan or a
Red Sox rooter. But trying to
look at it impartially, it does
n't seem like the best manner
in which to uphold baseball's
integrity.
The idea supposedly is to
throw your best at the leaders
particularly in this last bitter
week. And Marchildon is not the
best, but very close to the worst,
on the Athletic staff. Consider
his record.
In the first week of the sea
ion he pitched eight scoreless
innings against the Red Sox.
Then he hurt his arm and was
taken out. A week later he threw
two pitches against the Yankees,
and again was removed.
Tall Phil wasn't back again
until Memorial day, when he
pitched - to two Red Sox and
again had to be taken out. On
Aug. 26 the big righthander was
used against St. Louis in relief.
He pitched to four batters giv
ing up a home run and a dou-
W.We. Two days later he started
against Detroit and gave up six
kits -
By FRED ZIMMERMAN,
Safe Hunting
With close to 200.000 hunters
too much exoerience. someone
treme caution is observed during the 20-day period beginning
October 1. "It is fine that so many will avail themselves of the
opportunity to enjoy this fine recreation, however, the very
nnmhers who will hunt Dlace a heavy responsibility on each
hunter," comments C. A. Lockwood, Oregon gam director. "This
La responsibility that is manifold
by all. That each hunter must
if these resources are to be maintained in the fact of pyramiding
pressure."
Fire Hazards
Lockwood goes on to point out that "each hunter Is also
responsible for maintaining the habitat In which game ani
mals live. Fire must be In our minds constantly. How easy it
is for Just one small thoughtless act to destroy thousands of
acres of deer food! One campfire left nntended can destroy
j a whole watershed which, in turn, means not only loss of
valuable timber but means loss of trout streams and loss of
life-giving top soil as well. One cigarette stub flipped away
can mean hundreds of starving deer."
Greater Responsibility
"Better that we never get our buck than to destroy a human
life." Lockwoods statement continues. "We all know that one
fatality, even one accident, is Just one too many. We must keep
IMhis In mind. We must handle our firearms with the greatest of
Vrnre and never shoot until we
your aid. We ask you to observe the game laws. We ask you to
be eareful with fire and above all we ask you to us your firearms
wit! Mi area teat of ear. Let's mak this season a safe hunting
season!"
Bohler Returns
Son other than Roy Bohler, Ml man who served u foot
ball touch at Willamette In 1921 and 1022, heads the Chico
State Wildcat. 80, his presence here Saturday will be some
thing In the nature of a homecoming. Bohler, one f the
group of brothers who were prominent In Washington Stat
college athletics, succeeded R. L. "Matty" Matthews at
Willamette and had a big assignment In filling that gentle
man's shoes. In his first year with the Bearcats, Bottler's
team won only on gam whil losing live. Th following
way to Guy L. Rathbun who remained on Mi eampus Just
thr seasons befor Spec Keen began hi long reign ef IS
years.
Anxious To Please
"We ll stand the thing on end if that's what '.he fans want,"
laid Vern Gilmore, Salem high' athletic director as he an
nounced a shift in th gridiron at Waters field. Gilmo're ex
pressed the hop that the spectators would realize the high
school authorities arc faced with a difficult problem In working
out 1 suitable playing field. The new lineup, extending north
and south, parallel to and about 35 feet out from the third base
bleachers, -undoubtedly will be an improvement insofar as the
spectators are concerned. What effect it will have on the con
testants remains to be seen, for within th boundaries of the
playing field will be virtually all of the skinned portion of the
baseball diamond. A halfback who ploughs into the loam after a
fast start on the turf no doubt will get 1 new xperience. In
any event. George Emigh. business manager of the Salem Sen
ators, claims the seats along the west boundary will provide
'visibility equal to that secured by thos who in former years
paddled up and down th udelin.
Ball' Marchildon
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Back in Uniform
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welcomed at the Yankee Stadium in New York by Casey
Stengel (left), manager of the team. Joe isn't expected to
play for a few days, though he may be called upon in an
emergency before then. (Acme Telephoto)
Major Standings
tBv United Press)
AMERICAN LEAGl'E
W L Pet. GB
Boston 5 5 .420
New York 95 54 .629
Detroit 87 44 .576 4
Cleveland 45 65 .567 94
Philadelphia 79 73 .523 16
Chicago 63 88 .413 33
St. Louis 51 100 .338 44
Washington 49 103 .326 44'4
NATIONAL LEAGl'E
W L Pet. GB
LOUIS 5 55 .433
Brooklyn 44 54 .427 1
Philadelphia 80 73 .526 16
Boston 73 77 .487 33
New York 73 79 .380 33
Pittsburgh 64 83 .453 27
Cincinnati 61 90 .404 34'.
Chicago 5 '3 .391 34",
NATIONAL LEAGl'E
New York 0. Philadelphia 3.
Brooklyn at Boston postponed, rain.
St. Louis at Pittsburgh, postponed, rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia 5. New York 7.
Cleveland 4. Chicago 3.
Boston 1, Washington 3.
hits and six runs in 3 "3 innings
Mack still had hopes for
him, however, and sent him
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Capital Journal Sports Editor
afield, a lot of them with none
is bound to get hurt unless ex
and one that must be assumed
observe the game laws is obvious
are absolutely certain. We ask
Game
Joe DiMaggio, back in uniform after
being stricken by virus pneumonia, if
out against Boston Sept. 2. The
Red Sox belabored him for
five runs in one-third of an
inning. Since then it has been
generally acknowledged
among the Athletic players
that Phil "Just hasn't got it
any more."
But Connie bows io the Yan
kee screams and throws him in
today.
Why was he used so often
against Boston? Well, when he
did have it, the Bosox were a
team Phil could beat. His rec
ord was 11 wins against 10 loss
es. And the Yanks always had
the sign on him, previous to this
season beating him 13 times
against five times he stopped
them even when he had it.
If Connie was trying to
square himself with the Yan
kees, he did it excellently yes
terday. That old Yankee pow
er was a sephyr as the famed
"bombers" won on a walk, a
bunt and a balk. It must have
made the shades of Ruth and
Gehrig shudder.
Trailing 5 to 4 in the seventh.
the Yanks started on a single by
Tommy Henrich. Yogi Berra
popped up and Johnny Lindell
singled Henrich to second. Hank
Baur forced Lindell, the A'
best double play team in base
ball missing the twin kill. Ger
ry Coleman walked, filling the
bases. Billy Johnson walked,
forcing in the tying run. Rizzu-
to scored Bauer on a squeeze
bunt and then Alex Kellner
balked to score Coleman with
the game's final run which gave
the Yanks a 7 to 5 victory.
The Red Sox went into the
second league tie in less than
week last night when they lost
to Washington, 2 to 1, after the
Yankees beat Philadelphia.
That sets th stage for th fi
nal three games of the season.
Meanwhile, the equally tor
rid National league race contin
ued with the St. Louis Cardinals
leading the Brooklyn Dodgers
by one game. The Cardinal-Pitts-
burgh game was rained out last
night, and will be played today
with Gerry Stalcy pitching for
St. Louis against Murry Dickson
The Dodgers game at Boston
yesterday was also rained out,
and today it's a doubleheader
Preacher Roe and Joe Hatten
going for Brooklyn against
Johnny Sain and Warren Spahn.
WEnrooTS in the majors
tBv the Associated Press)
Wednesday: AB R H O A E RBI
ooraon. Indiana ....3 4 0 3 3 0 4
Peskr. Red VK ....4 0 0 t 0 4 0
Dotrr. Red oX ....s t 4
Leo R. (Dutch) Meyer, foot
ball coach at T. C. U. has been
head coach at his school longer
than ny other mentor in the
Southwest Conference.
W3 FRIDAY, SEPT, 30
VJK 8 P.M.
SALEM VIKINGS
ALBANY BULLDOGS
WATERS FIELD
Admission 1.00
LOCAL UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS AND FEATURES
Polio Strikes
Grid, Cuts Bowl Game
New Haven, Conn., Sept.
29 ai Doctors kept the Yale
football squad under close
scrutiny today because one
player has developed infantile
paralysis.
The Fordh&m game, sched
uled for Saturday in the Yale
bowl, has been cancelled.
Whether other games on the
varsity schedule, particularly
that against Columbia in New
York a week from Saturday,
would be called off remained
uncertain. One university offi
cial, declining to permit use
of his name, said that would
depend on whether additional
cases of polio develop among
players exposed to the dis
ease. The university announced
the cancellation of the Ford
ham game late yesterday. It
was the first time sine the
bowl was opened in 1914 that
a game had been called off.
Cincinnati Reds
Release Walters
Cincinnati, Sept. 29 (VP)
Bucky Walters was released as
manager of the Cincinnati Reds
today. Warren Giles, general
manager, said no successor has
been chosen to succeed him.
Walters, for many years a
star pitcher for the Cincinnati
club, became manager on Aug
6, 1948.
He replaced Johnny Neun
while the club was in Brooklyn
and in a bad slump.
Giles said Walters will be re-
tained in the Cincinnati organi
zation, but he did not disclose
what kind of work he will do.
Ducks Travel South for
UCLA Contest on Friday
University of Oregon, Eugene
Sept. 29 Oregon's high - flying
Webfodts, fresh from a 41 to 0
thumping of Idaho, travel south
this week-end to meet an equal
ly rampant UCLA football team.
The Ducks, by defeating Ida
ho, have now - stretched their
conference victory : streak to 1.1
straight games, the best league
record since 1933. The last con
ference eleven to upset Oregon
was the UCLA Bruins, the very
squad blocking the Webfoots'
path this week-end. That was
the conference opener for Coach
Jim Aiken, back in 1947 since
then the Ducks have rolled over
every league opponent.
Angler's Prize
of Cuba on the opening day of
at Wedgeport, N. S.
SPCA Eyes Bear
Rasslin' Idea
Vancouver, B.C., Sept. 29 lPi
The Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals stepped
in today for a "complete" inves-
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Students 50c or ASB Ticket
Salem, Oregon. Thursday. September 29, 1949 Pag 17
College
Athletic association officials
estimated 18.000 tickets alrea
dy had been sold for the con
test, which would have mark
ed the first appearance of a
Fordham team in Connecticut.
No restrictions were placed
on general student activities.
The stricken player, Rich
ard D. Liechty, a 22-year-old
back from Lake Geneva, Wis.,
is one of three Yale seniors
to be afflicted by polio in re
cent days. The others are Wil
liam C. Butler, of Winnetka,
III., and Salvatore Miano, of
New Britain, Conn.
The university described all
three cases as "mild."
USC Loses Grid
Player Because
Of Hot Weather
Los Angeles. Sept. 29 WR)
Northwestern university gained
an outstanding football prospect
today because of southern Call
fornia's weather.
Bob Burson, 18-year-old fresh
man quarterback star 1 r o m
Lakewood, Ohio, yesterday an-
nounccd he was quitting the
University of Southern Califor
nia Frosh team and returning to
the midwest. He'll enroll at
Northwestern where his brother
Don quarterbacks the varsity.
"I don't like the weather,"
said Burson. "It's too hot."
USC Coach Jeff Cravath said
the weather wasn't all that bo
thered Burson.
"My girl Is back there," the
youngster told Cravath. "I'm
homesick."
The approaching battle will
be a Friday night affair under
the lights of the Los Angeles
Coliseum, capable of seating
103,000 fans. It will be th
second night game for Ore
gon this year in their season
opener against St. Mary's, un
der lights, the Ducks showed
no indication of night blind
ness, winning 24 to 7.
UCLA has exhibited plenty of
scoring punch in its first two
games this season, rolling over
Oregon State, and then punch
ing Iowa, 41 to 25. Bruin Coach
Red Sanders switched his
charges to the single wing this
season, and the move has proved
successful so far.
Crew members assist in boating a 383
pound tuna taken by Thorvald Sanchez
the International Tuna Match
tigation of a proposed match
pairing a wrestler with 600
pound bear.
"On the face of it," said Dav
id Ricardo, SPCA secretary
manager, "it doesn't seem Ilk a
good idea."
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Top Lineman ;
(above). Harvard's 200-pound
senior tackle who lives at
Haverhill, Mass., was named
top lineman of the week in the
first Associated Press poll of
the grid season. Houston, 23,
served three years in the
army air corps and was one
of the cast's top heavyweight
collegiate wrestlers last year.
(AP Wirephoto)
Cardinal Passes Trip
Viking Jayvees, 6-0
By DAVID BLACKMER
tclarlon News Editor)
Sacred Heart Academy's Car
dinals drove hard to a 6-0 vic
tory over Salem high's junior
varsity squad last night under
the lights at Leslie field.
Sacred Heart's touchdown
came in the third period after a
series of passes from Quarter
back Al Pearl to Ends Jim Col
leran and Clark Ecker had put
the pigskin on Salem's one-yard
line.
SHA's Captain Jim Lancas
ter drove through center to
pay dirt for the Cards. The
conversion try wasn't good.
Lancaster wh the sparkplug
in the Sacred Heart lineup
Sacred Heart carried on an
aerial attack throughout the
game.
Corner Gunners
Sponsor Annual
Buck Horn Derby
Four Corners, Sept. 29 The
Four Corners Rod and Gun club
is sponsoring its annual buck
derby for the largest horns.
As aisual the hunters turning
in the largest mule deer horns
and the largest black tail deer
horns will each receive a sport
ing rifle. An innovation this
year will be a booby prize
each clasrification.
There has been quite a large
participation in the running deer
target practice held this year in
the Pudding river canyon eight
miles east.
Winners of last year's buck
derby were O. P. Wegncr, Port
land road, mule deer and Bob
Ratzburg, Hudson avenue, black
tail deer.
Green Viking Players
To Start With Albany
A relatively green Viking
lineup will be thrown against
Albany's Bulldogs Friday night
at Waters Park, Coach Loren
Mort disclosed today.
Injuries and flu have caused
changes in the Viking backfield.
Two untested halfbacks Geno
Jones and Don Stewart will
see their first game action along
with fullback-captain Jim Rock
and quarterback Gordy Sloan.
Several changes In the line
have been made in prepara
tion for th first Big Six lea
gue contest of the 1949 sea
son. Ends will be Tom Angle
and Doug Rogers; tackles,
Onrdy Bacon and Layton
Gilsnn; guards. Bob Santre
and Bill Johnson with Graves
at center.
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Heavy Chico Veterans
Rated Over Willamette
At least on nation wid
"picking" organization names
Chico State to down Willam
ette university on Sweetland
field Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock.
A perusal of the weights of
Coach Roy Rohler's club pro
vides a tipoff as to why the
Wildcats are selected over the
Bearcats. A pair of tackles
weigh 240 and 265, respective
ly, the center 200 and one end
is slightly under 200.
Hunsaker Calls
For BIG Towel;
Flu Hits Squad
Albany Coach Rex Hunsa-
ker of the Albany Bulldogs
really needed a towel for his
tears when he faced his foot
ball squad Wednesday.
Five of his first-string play
ers were abed with the "flu."
On the sick list are Jim Doerf
ler and Basil Saunders, Dai
ton Cooley, John Sumpter and
LeRoy Babcock. All this be
fore the game with the Sa
lem Vikings in Salem Friday
night.
In other words, Albany may
be playing Salem without the
services of five first-stringers
two halfbacks, two ends
and an all important tackle.
Even if the boys are well by
Friday night when they jour
ney to Salem, they will un
doubtedly be weak from their
flu siege and won't be up to
their usual standard.
The Jayvce attack got rolling
as the first half ended.
With Halfback John Gundran
carrying the pigskin 30 yards
then 20 and finally Vern Klien
carried the ball five more
Salem got to Sacred Heart's
eight yard line, the gun sound
ed to end the first half.
Salem made only one threat
after that. In the final min
utes of the game Salem drove
from their own 12 to Sacred
Heart's 32.
The victory is the first win
for Sacred Heart in their third
try. It was the Jayvees's initial
start.
OCE Wolves Plot Upset
For Linfield's Gridmen
Oregon College of Education,
Monmouth, Sept. 29 Fresh
from a convincing 39-0 victory
over a hapless Whidby Island
Naval "11", Bill McArthur's
gridiron crew is working hard
to upset the highly touted Lin
field Wildcats when the two
teams meet at Fairgrounds Sta
dium In Monmouth, Saturday
night.
The Whidby crew was no real
test for the Wolves and that
could spell trouble in the Wild
cat clash. Lnficld, on the other
hand, holds victories over East
ern Oregon ColleRe of Educa
tion and Humboldt State.
Both wins have been engi
neered by the Wildcat brilli
ant sophomere left-half, Carl
Wickham, the Silverton youth
who scored five touchdowns
for the I. infield footballers in
only two games. If the Edu
cators can stop the touchdown
Santee is a transfer from
Hillsboro who won a starting
berth for the Vikings.
OKKGON TIDES
Correct for Newport
Hlxh Low
Sept. 20 7 33 a.m. 9 4 0:9" a.m.
I ll p.m. 13 13: p.m.
Hept. 30 111 im. Ill 3.03 a.m.
1:53 p m. 4.3 2.11 p.m.
Oct. I 9 47 a.m. 5 4 3 11 a.m.
9 08 p m. 4 1 3 30 p m.
Oct. 3 1(1 42 a.m. 4.1 4 10 a.m.
Id 14 p in. 4 4 4 14 v m.
Oct.! 1124am. 47 9 no a m.
1101 pm. 4 9 6 25 p.m.
'rom where
A Big
Plopped Into ftmlth'a Depart
ment Hinrt the other noon and uw
the strangest thing. "Sis" Davis
waft coming dp the stairs from the
haaement wilh a be) mile) of wmh.
"Is Smitty taking In washing
these days?" I asked. "Not quite,"
she toys. "He's just put in a new
automatic washing? machine, ro
the girls who work here enn get
their laundry done while they'r
rating hmeh. Monns more time to
relax at nitrht and on weekends.'
I Mtotwht what a anrall bona
ffmitly mot be. Ileman relation
between the hrMH and employee
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The backfield doesn't meas
ure op to the line in the mat
ter of weight but th ball car
riers are reported particularly
fast, taking advantage of the
holes opened by the forwards.
The Chico club is a veteran
outfit and is well versed in the
Bohler line of attack. The tra
veling squad will reach Salem
on the Shasta Daylight Friday
night. It is understood a con
siderable contingent of stu
dent fans will make th trip
north tn private cars.
Grid Broadcasts
FRIDAY!
Salem vs.
8 p.m.,
Albany,
KOCO.
8:15 p.m.,
KWJJ.
Oregon v. UCLA,
SATURDAY
2 p.m., OSC vs. California.
1:45 p.m., Washington vs.
Notre Dame, KSLM.
2:15 p.m., W8C T. VIC,
KIRO.
2 p.m., Willamette vs. Chico
State, KOCO.
1:45 p.m., Portland vs. Mon
tana State, KWJJ.
Monmouth Preps
Set for Football
Opener on Friday
Monmouth Monmouth high
school football squad will see
action for th first game of the
season, Friday evening, Septem
ber 30. on th OCE field when
they meet Monroe high school.
The boys, hampered by late
harvest of hops and prunes, got
off to a late start and have com
pleted only two weeks of prac
tice, the team is weak in depth
but the boys are willing and are
working extra hard to be in
shape for the opening game.
Monroe feels it has the strong
est team it has had in years but
Coach Chamberlin feels "our
boys have splendid spirit and he
is sure we will progress as th
season goes along."
The following boys will see
action when the game starts
Friday evening: Ends: Bill Mil
ler and Loren ' Reid; tackles:
Glea Humphreys and Edward
Lofting; guards: Ronald Zim
merdahl and Joe Partlow; cen
ter, Ralph Comstock; left half
back, Larry Buss or Leon Loyd;
right halfback, Melvin Lytle;
fullback. Bill Loch and quarter
back, Bud Terry.
happy Wickham they stand
fair chance of taking the Lin
fielders into camp come Sat
urday. Bill McArthur has a lot of ma
terial to work with this year
and his starting line-up Is star
studded with seasoned veterans
at every post. Right half Robin
Lee, ran wild in the Whidby
game, scoring three times on
runs of 9, 21 and 98 yards. Mc
Arthur used 13 backs in th
Whidby fracas, and thev aver
aged 8 plus yards per man per
try. Hank Decker, St. Mary's
transfer at end, and Lyle Hay,
third string flanker, looked very
good against the Naval gridders.
Waldorf's Bears
Arrive for Bevo
Mix on Friday
Portland, Ore., Sept. 29 flJ.R)
Coach Pappy Waldorf's 1948 co-
champion California Bears will
arrive here Friday afternoon for
their first Portland appearance
since 1941. The Bears will meet
Oregon State at Multnomah sta
dium Saturday afternoon in a
PCC contest.
A crowd of 25,000 to 30,000
expected to see the favored
California squad. The Bears will
work out in the stadium just af
ter they arrive tomorrow.
Oregon State drills will taper
off this afternoon. In 1941 Cali
fornia bowed to the University
of Oregon Webfoots by a 19 to 7
score. In 1 9 4 2 California was
edged 13 to 8 by Oregon State
18 at a Corvallis game.
I sit .ly Joe Marsh
Boost For Smitryl
have certainty taken a Mg tri
forward during my HftHinie.
From where I sit, people seem
to be lining a better job of seeing
our neighbor's viewpoint thea
days. Though his Ideas and taste
may not bo ours, we can under
stand his preference for a certain
breakfast cereal, a favorite movi
star, or for a temperate giasa
of beer or ale. That's th way it
should bs tn fro country.
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