RaffofC ' PoiKM A luartet of Pittsburgh Pirates get to
"UIIV,J vvu"" gether with the club's mechanical
pitching machine as the club began spring drills at San Ber
nardino, Calif. From left, infielder Jack Phillips, catcher
Ed Fitzgerald, coach Ben Tincup and infielder Johnny Mer
son. (AP Wirephoto)
Salary Squabble Gives
Baseball a Look at Past
By OSCAR FRALETT
(United Preaa. Sports Writer)
New York, '"March 10 (U.BA1
salary squabble today promised
to give the baseball world a
fleeting look into the nostalgic
past.
His shock of black hair now
gray at the temples, Black Mike
Cochrane is going back behind
the mask and the mitt which
won him baseball immortality.
Mickey Cochrane, after a dec
ade on the baseball sidelines, re
turned this season as a coach
with the Philadelphia Athletics
a man who thought he caught
his last game on a near-fatal
May afternoon in 1937.
With regular catcher Mike
Guerra, a holdout, Mickey answ
arflH th alarm like an old fire-
horse and volunteered to catch
in exhibition games starting
next week. At 47, tnis isn't ine
Cochrane of world series fame
and the .320 average for 12
years in the majors. But what
hnr4v laMrs tha nlrl snirit
will make up, at least over the
short haul.
It should be quite a sight to
see old Mike climb into the
"tools of ignorance," as the
catcher's bulky paraphernalia
is known to the trade. For
from 1925 until 1937, Mickey
was one of the best and,
some of them will tell you,
maybe the best of them all.
The one-time Boston univer
sity football and baseball star
served only two seasons in the
minor before he started his
meteoric career with the A's in
1925. By 1928 he was the Am
erican league's most valueable
player and played on Connie
Mack's championship teams of
1929-'30 and '31.
Cochrane was peddled to De
troit in 1933 for $100,000 and
it was a good investment. For as
playing - manager, the fiery
Black Mike led the Tigers to the
pennant in 1934 and 1935, the
latter year winning the world
series from the Cubs.
Then trouble began to plague
the man who was one of the
most able and aggressive ath
letes in the business. The wor
rying type, Mickey nagged his
system threadbare and had a
nervous breakdown in the
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spring of 1936. But he came
back in 1937 apparently teem
ing with as much vitality and
eagerness as ever.
It looked until May 25 as
if Cochrane might lead the Ti
gers back to the top. But that's
where fate stepped in again.
It was in the fifth inning at
Yankee stadium, against those
defending Yankees, and Coch
rane,' who had tied the score
with a previous homer, was
waving that menacing bat at
the plate. Then Bump Hadley
sent the ball screaming to
ward the plate and it tore into
Mickey's temple with a wet,
watery sound.
For 48 hours Cochrane hov
ered between life and death. He
recovered, but with the simple
announcement:
"I'll never catch again."
Without his inspired leader
ship afield, the Tigers went no
where and in 1938 Cochrane
was relieved of command. Dur
ing the late war he served 42
months in the navy as coach at
Great Lakes and at Pearl Har
bor and Guam. There, too, he
was highly irritable as a bench
manager
This year he came back to the
A's, where he started, and now
the baseball sentimentalists are
anxiously awaiting the moment
when Black Mike finally strans
back once more the tools of the
catching trade.
Sure, it's only temporary nlav
acting out of the past. But to
those who knew him when, it
win Be quite a moment.
The irony is Cochrane
standing in for Guerra who
never was or will be a Coch
rane. The vear 1950 is th vai mo
in the Mohammedan calendar,
tola in the Japanese era, 5710
in the Jewish calendar and 2703
in the old Roman ralnnrigi.
based on the founding date of
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San Bernardino, Calif.,
March 10 (IP) Marv Rickert
has a golf glove that may help
provide the answer to the
Pittsburgh Pirates' hopes for
a left-hand hitting outfielder
who can bat .300.
Rickert from Tacoma,
Wash., hasn't hit .300 in his
major leaguer career but he's
setting the Buc training camp
afire with his power.
In his first six trips to the
plate in intra-squad games
he's belted out five hits. Three
were homers.
Rickert came to the Bucs in
a mid-winter deal with the
Boston Braves.
He's been wearing a golf
glove now and then since 1947
when he broke his left thumb.
"When the break returned
to normal I couldn't lay the
bat against the thumb as it.
would hurt every time I hit
a ball," Rickert explained.
"So I pulled a glove out of
my golf bag and after wearing
it a couple of times, found I
had become a pull hitter."
Rickert, who is 29, played
minor league ball from 1938
to 1942 when called up brief
ly by the Chicago Cubs. He
returned to the Cubs in 1946,
hitting .263.
In 1947, he was traded to
the Cincinnati Reds but hit
only .167 before being sent to
Milwaukee of the American
association where he compiled,
a healthy .302 in 128 games.
The Boston Braves brought
him up late in 1948 to play
in the World Series because
of the loss of outfielder Jeff
Heath through an injury last
year, in his first full season
with the Braves, he hit .292.
He's developed a twitch at
the plate which has the fans in
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LADIES CITY LEAGUE
Wlllard Art Tile (3) Glbb 474. Law
less 378, Wainwrlght 387, Wlllard 430,
Cosman 385. Keiclettei (0) Dawaon 445,
Boyd 371, Anderson 382. Putnam 374, 1
Meyer 453.
Senator Beauty Shop (2t Clinch ids,
Scott 405, Llndsey 455, McClalit 333, Ad
olph 529. Capital City Laundry 1 Bays
380, Doerller 349. LeTourneux 411. H1U-
man 440 Bain 332.
Ack ns Bfloterr f2) Loken 343. wmt-
taker 341. Wilder 363. Vittone 375. Arch
er 478. Good Housekeeplnc (1 Albrlch
Olney 422. Duncan 361, Jones 458,
Pojwehl 449.
Qu senberry'a (3) McElhaney 388. Ev
ans 401. Push 389, Black 396, Kennedy
555. Y. W. C. A. (0) Gardner 415, Schuewi-
ler 301, Butts ii'i, MacKey 310, aidqmw
305.
Golden Pheasant (3) ciarn 52B, Tnnwn
478, Muellhntipt 414, Laird 468. Garbar
Ino 479. Cupboard Cafe fl) Thompson
404, Hnlscy 368, Forbes 469, Glodt 419,
Boyce 466.
H uh tcRin series: Golden Pheasant. 2368.
High individual aeries: Trula Kennedy,
555. Hi ah individual game: Rita Adolph,
214.
SEARS MEN'S LEAGUE
Allstate 10 McBUlre 326. Clark 413.
Rich! 393. Gllsar 418. Pllnrim 3 For-
strom 447, Chrlstianson 416, Letofsky 482,
couen 59.
Homart (3) Forbes 476. Roach 394.
Cooper 491, Cook 462. Coldspot (0) Ques-
nell 414. Patton 327. Haisey 483. Bcnnei-
dcr.
Harmonr House (1) Pitsor 461. Hill
394, Jensen 405, Paulson 459. J. C. Hlrsini
(2) Salstrom 464, Schuster 500, Sierp
444, Oslund 590.
Craftsman (3) Kraus 423, Klein 376,
Barker 491. Morris 396. Kenmore (0)
Wenser 417, Adams 376, Hutmaker 375,
Carver 390.
High individual same and series: Oslund,
222 and 590. High team name and series:
J. C. HISS I ITS, 742 and 2286.
University Alleys
COMMERCIAL LEAGUE NO. 1
Interstate Tractor Co. 13) Morris 543,
Robinson 441, Burtncr 458, Tanquery 400.
Pearl 503. V. F. W. (D White 413, Mil
ler 443, Parke 375, Valleau 367, Wodze
woda 423.
S & N Clothiers (S Ricks 448, Barker
465, Muelhaupt 510, Kancski 525, Nagley
438. Naval Air Fac. Sta. 1 Haworth
426, Baal 371, B. Knedler 443, Roberts
471, Brown 523.
Cushinc's Union Serv. (21 Pease 436,
Farley 551, Stone 407, Scott 472. Corn
stock 516. Pumlllte '2) El wood 492, Bol
ser 448, Sheridan 332, Kelley 407, Dun
can 490.
Judson's Plumbinr (0)-AnEOVC 415,
Bronson 426, Judson 377, Little 385, Jeff-
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ble. So I just got into the
habit of moving my torso
around."
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Clll'RCH LEAGUE
Preibyltrian Vfii (IS Cat. Baptbt
Angle 8 r 10 Raymond
Myers i P 6 Johnson
Knanp 6 C 9 Isaak
Montall 2 G IS Grcnz
Shepherd G 1 Getaauer
Church of God (M) (39) Lei. Meth.
Wlrth lfi P Munny
Larrent 1 P 13 Bruce
SVPCS 32 U AGROIS
Plrnge 9 Q 5 Crittenden
Johnson 1 G 8 Dren
First Meth. (1) (271 KnUht Mem.
Smith 1 F 14 Conover
Lee F i Tftvenner
Sohrt C Shaw
Nelswander 3 G 2 Doufrnerly
MacMlllan G 6 McKlnncy
Subs: 1st Meth. Humohreys 4: K.M.
Davis 3.
Church of God iW I4'i) Sal. Army
Sunrlin 5 F 16 Colvln
Llppe.-t 8 P 4 Short
SalBbnry 13 c 8 Horrlg
Means It G 14 Jacobson
Knight G Bryan
I.DS (Sll) (IS) C. S. Christian
Murphy 3 F 3 Lyman
L. Vetco 2 F 3 Fowler
C. Veteo 6 C... S Rhuel
Hall I 0 4 Marggl
Stock 6 G North
Subs: LDS Johnson 1, Ci'shing 1. Fow
ler 1.
First Baptist forfeited to St. Mark.
Plane Search Off
Vancouver, B.C., March 10 VP)
The Royal Canadian air force
officially called off yesterday
the search for five missing crew
members who parachuted from
their burning B-36 bomber Feb
13.
The search has centered about
Princess Royal island, some 400
'miles north of here.
the ALLEYS
Rcioltc) i ii i i
Ties 357. Dyer A Som 1m. (4) Schroe
der 475, Cherrlngton 479, Brought 132,
Plnutz 470, Perm an 487.
Western Paper (4) Gadach 408. Ander
sen 510. Luke 453, J. Kuebler 476, L. Kueb-
ler 4bw, tattles ((Peterson 469, item
438, Ritzman 488, Pero 470, Zeller 473.
Yeater AppI. Co. (1) Frank 411, R.
Bell 390, Schleppenback. 373, Hillerlch 638.
A, Bell 439. 1st. Nat. Bank (31 Dr.RRS
467. Kottke 478, Marr 355, Cllne 471, Mor
ris 571.
HiRh Individual same: Farley, 332. High
individual series: A. Morris, 571. High
team same: 1st National Bank, 954. High
team series: Western Paper, 2751.
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Momyer Chevron Station (3) Momyer
477, Odermatt 401, Covert 432, L. Mil
ler 419, W. Miller 448. Shrock Motor CD
White 399, McFarland 360, Meyers 455,
Gricus 378, Wi&sor 425.
KnlRhts of Pythias (1 Judaon 511, El
wood 498, Schtcdcl 425, Maerz 500, Tschida
538. Smith Auto Parts (3) K, Clark 451.
EdminLster 325, Schuetz 474, Lemon 654,
Leo 568.
Zcclui Used Cars (D F. Zceb 470, B.
Carr 303. A. Zeeb 403. 3. Zeeb 424. Pedcr-
son 465. Vans Parkin Station (3) Vleck
518, Garrison 493, Moruky 4&7, Rogers
455 'a. Cherrington 490.
McDonald Candy Co. (1) Scott 496,
Bryant 420, Gemmcll 408, Nichols 426, Lew
is 441. K. O. C. O. (3) Hanson 418, Riley
467. Nason 404, Bolser 426. B. Williams
553.
Huh individual same: Lemon or smith
Auto Parts, 210. High Individual series:
Lee of Smith Auto Parts, 568. High team
game and series: Smith Auto Parts, 1040
and 30o6.
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COMMERCIAL LEAGUE
Willamette Valley Bank (3) Carroll
Meek 345. Keith Kaye 456. B. Baker 310,
Carnel Walding 382, Al Flicker 400. BAB
Wholesale (1) Al Hakanson 433, Arlo
Young 363, Bob Orilllth 337, K, wood
337, John Wood 364.
Willamette Amusement Co. (0) Clar
ence AnrJlcstBte 463. Roy Robinson 429.
Wilfred Wilier 416, Glen Blanton 443, BUI
Gauthlcr 497. Gleason's Bakery (4) Tom
Wood 528, Marlon Glenson 446, BUI Moad
493. Harold Bonner 43&, e. wuiii 423.
G. M. C. Truck Co. (2) Darby Sermon
392, John Fullcnwider 408, Joe Brooks
362, Dnrwln Sermon 323, Milt Thomas 427.
Tweedie Oil (2) Carl Flood 372, Harry
Schari 404, ira snort 37B, raui Kusseii
371. Emery Alderman 501.
Quality Used Cars (31 Royal Pawley
513, Frank Snelerove 476, B. B. flnel
grove 416. Mose Van Dell 448, Emll Scholz
449. A. L. Cum mi nit's Heating (D Mac
Larson 381, Lester Woods 385, Tom Klzzlah
351. Johnny Reese 441. Dave Spalding 442.
High team series and same: Gleason's
2397 and 843. High individual series: xom
Wood (Gleason's) 528. High individual
game: Emery Alderman (Tweedie) 217.
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twine (heavily outlined) provides target practice for twir
lcrs at the Brooklyn Dodgei training camp at Vero Beach,
Fla. It is one of several devices to aid Dodger pitchers to
work on control. William "Billy" Loes, bonus-player from
Long Island City, N. Y. (right background) serves one up
to catcher Pon Salle of Bridgeport, Conn. Others unidenti
fied. (AP Wirephoto)
Phil's Manager Gloomy
On Future of Nat Squad
By LEO H. PETERSON
United Press Sports Editor)
Clearwater, Fla., March 10 U.R
Ordinarily there's nothing but
optimism in major league spring
training camps this time of the
year. But usually-smiling Eddie
Sawyer saw nothing but trouble
ahead today for his Philadel
phia Phillies.
'"We'll be lucky to finish third
again," he prophesied. "We don't
have enough depth. We need an
other hard hitting outfielder, at
least two capable infield re
serves and one starting pitcher,
"Without them we can't hope
to stay up in there with the
Dodgers and Cardinals. They are
the clubs to beat, just like last
year. We haven't strengthened
any more than they have so how
can I hope to beat em out?"
He feared, too, that the off
season deal which saw the
Braves land Wlllard Marshall,
Sid Gordon and Buddy Kerr
is "going to strengthen Bos
ton more than most people
think."
"After all they didn't give up
too much m Eddie Stanky and
Al Dark," he said. "Billy South
worth needed some hitting and
throwing outfielders and he has
them in Marshall and Gordon.
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And that's all they lacked last
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And if the prospect of beating
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Braves were not a w e so m e
enough, Sawyer added:
"And don't forget that for the
first time Leo Durocher has his
kind of a club at the Polo
Grounds. So the Giants could be
tough.
"All in all then, I'm being
strictly honest when I say we
11 be lucky to finish as high as
we did last year."
Then he went into the future.
He has a young ball club and
the apple of his eye is his short
stop Gran Hamner.
"He is going to be one of
the greatest shortstops of all
time. He definitely can do it.
In the course ot last year, he
passed everybody in the
league except Pee Wee Reese.
He led Reese in every fielding
department. And we all know
Pee Wee is slowing down."
Then he mentioned Puddin'
Head Jones, young pitchers like
Robin Roberts and Curt Sim
mons, outfielders like Eddie
Sanicki and Richie Ashburn,
catchers like Stan Lopata.
"With those guys we just can't
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Woodburn Legion Units
Hold Birthday Program
Woodburn The 31st birthday anniversary of the American
Legion was celebrated by Woodburn post No. 46 and auxiliary at
the Legion hall with about 100 members and guests attending
the no host birthday dinner at 7 o'clock.
Commander William Merriott of the post acted as master of
ceremonies and introduced the
past commanders honored in
cluding Walter G. Miller, Dr.
John M. Hanrahan, Hartley
LeFcbvre, Milton Coy, H. H
Henry, Joe Kirsch and Don Bar
rett. Mrs. Arvid Ostrom, president
of the auxiliary, introduced the
following past presidents: Mrs.
Albert Rhcinholdt, Mrs. Walter
Miller, Mrs. Harold Ingram,
Mrs. Hartley LeFebvre, Mrs.
Frank Bentlcy, Mrs. Nettie John
son, Mrs. H. H. Henry and Mrs.
Blanche Granour past president
of the Toronto. N. D. unit.
Special guests were Mrs
Gladys Bacon of Salem, presi
dent of District No. 2, Mrs. Net
tie Spaulding, president of Capi
tal unit No. 9 of Salem, Mrs
Louise Walker, president of Sa
len unit No. 136, Mrs. Ina Fol-
som of Kingwood Heights unit
and Mrs. Ethel Louis of Capitol
unit No. 9.
Mrs. W. O. Green was in
charge of the program which
included vocal numbers by Mrs.
Blanche Granour, accordion
numbers by Betty Schifsky and
group singing led by Mrs. Green.
The regular meetings of the
Post and auxiliary followed the
program.
At the auxiliary meeting the
members voted two half scholar
ships to the 4-H summer school
for deserving students of Wood-
burn, the sum of 10 towards the
incubator fund for the Wood
burn hospital and $25 to send a
girl to Girls' State.
A report on the recent con
ference at McMinnville was giv
en by Mrs. W. O. Green. A talk
on membership and the poppy
sale was given by Mrs. Gladys
Bacon, district president.
The monthly sewing meeting
will be held March 29 with Mrs.
Floyd Maricle and Mrs. Arvid
Ostrom as hostesses.
Initiation for new members is
planned for the April meeting.
Robert Field of the Legion
gave a talk on the veterans
state bonus and petitions were
But I don't think they are up
to pennant winning caliber yet.
We all know they are going to
attain it, but frankly, 1950 is a
little too early They need more
experience than that.
"But they're going to be the
great names of tomorrow,
just mark my word."
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signed and buttons purchased by
the members.
At the meeting of Woodburn
Post 30 year membership cards
were presented to Elburn T.
Sims, Moses P. Garren and Wil
liam A. Merriott. Twenty year
cards went to Guy F. Engle and
George W. Moss. Thirty other
members received five year
membership cards.
Petitions to get the state bonui
on the ballot are being circulat
ed by nine members. Joe Kirsch
was appointed to arrange for
speakers to talk to various
groups on the Hoover plan.
The post went on record as
favoring teaching non-sectarian
religion to children. A surpris.
gift was awarded to Don Bar
rett. '
Railroads Win
In Rate Fight
Portland, March 10 (IP) The
Union Pacific railroad emerged
today as the apparent victor in a
battle with Columbia river
barges for cement hauling busi
ness. An interstate commerce com
mission decision will allow the
railroad to put into effect a rate
of 28 cents per 100 pounds for
the haul from Seattle to Uma
tilla, Ore., T. J. Dowd, railroad
freight agent, said.
Barge lines opposed the rate
a reduction from the former 37
cents but the ICC refused to
suspend it, Dowd said. ,
'It looks like we'll tie up
the cement barges," said Lew S.
Russell, manager of Tidewater
Shaver barge lines, indicating
the barges could not meet the
rail rate.
The barge lines, until now,
have carried to Umatilla cement
that came to the Columbia river
from Henry Kaiser's Permanen
tc Cement company at San Frari
cisco. The Superior Portland Ce
ment company, Seattle, now is
expected to ship 240,000 barrels
of cement by rail to Umatilla.
All chimney flues should be
lined with tile flue lining, with
all joints thoroughly filled.
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