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Solon Boosters View Team In Workout after 4-0 Win A couple hundred boosters of the game of baseball got their first close up inspection of the men who will make up the 19S0 Salem Senator roster Monday night. .The occasion was the an nual buffet get-together .at Waters park, sponsored by the Salem Breakfast club. While the fans munched on a variety of cold meats, salads, cheese and the like, the players could i do aught but drool since they were slated to stage a work out under the lights an activity that doesn't-work out well on a full stomach. With Manager Ad Llska in the roll of Introducer, the Sen ators were paraded before the heavy eaters and then took to the field for a brisk workout. Later they returned to Corval lis for the night. Prior to their arrival in Salem the Solons had blanked the Oregon State Beavers on Coleman field, 4 to 0, even though they were able to collect just three hits off five OSC hurlers. Working for Salem were Stnn Gilson, former Klamath Falls chucker of the Far West loop; Bill Osborn, a holdover from last year's Solon club, and Bob Stev enson, returning after a year's absence. The Staters got but four hits off the trio. Only one of the Salem runs was earned, that in the sixth. With one out, Dick Bartle, first sacker, singled and went to third when Mel Wesley hit to right Eager Boxers Face Quick Elimination in A Ail Meet Boston, April 11 (fl) Of 88 young boxers still in the fight for eight vacant national AAU titles, 56 will be eliminated be fore the clock strikes midnight tonight. One hundred and forty-five hopefuls from across the United Slates and the territory of Ha waii were on the lists before 57 were ousted from the 62nd cham pionship tournament yesterday. Favorites generally, with the customary sprinkling of young sters unsung outside of their own neighborhoods,' advanced to to day's competition in Boston Gar den. Second round trials which began last night and quarterfi nals will be fought tonight, leav ing the field clear for tomorrow night's semifinals and finals. Favorites still include such stalwarts as Heavyweight Nor val Lee of Washington, D. C, recent winner of the National Golden Gloves title in the unlim ited weight division; Carl Mills, lanky army private from Fort Lewis, Wash., among the middleweights; Cleveland's Richard Anderson and Salt Lake City's Gene Full mer among the welterweights; Earl Williams of Hawaii's team, navy sailor from Atlanta, Ga.. in the lightweight class. Charlie Kauhame of Hawaii field. Claude Buckley was walk ed to load the bases and Bartle came home after Gene Tanselli made a sensational catch of Bob Haddock's blooper in to left. Wesley scored later on a passed ball. Hal Shepherd's base blow, a walk to Dick Bartle and Don Fawcett's boot of Buck ley's grounder were respons ible for a Salem tally in the seventh. The final Senator marker came in the ninth without ben efit of a hit. Hal Zurcher walked to open the inning and went to third on Catcher Goodbrod's two base error and scored on a vild pitch. Salem osc HO Odbrd.m-c 4 14 0 Mutl..i 4 0 3 1 Fawcrtt.2 3 0 4 1 Slieplird.m 3 10 0 Christians!! 4 17 0 Bartlr.l 3 14 0 Carpntr.r-p 2 0 0 1 Wasley.lf s 1 0 0 Krafve.l 3 0 3 0 Buckley.r 3 0 0 0 Kllnaman.c 3 0 4 0 lladriock.3 5 0 0 4 Harppr.m 10 0 0 McMlllln.c 3 0 8 0 Akrrt.3 3 0 0 0 Krnbera.2 3 0 3 4 Nelson.3 2 0 0 0 Gilson, p 1 0 0 2 TanselU 3 114 Osborn.p 1 0 0 0 Snyder,p-r 3 110 Peterson 1 0 0 0 Franko. p 10 0 1 Diercks.r 0 0 0 0 stolts.m 0 0 10 Zurcher.m 0 0 2 0 Farrell.l 0 0 0 0 Stevemn.p 0 0 0 1 Hendry. 10 0 0 Trutman.lt 10 10 Taylor.r 0 0 10 Brem.p 10 0 0 fiers.p 0 0 0 3 Totals SO 3 24 10 Totals 33 4 27 9 Peterson fanned for Ollson in 5th. Sfllem 0(10 002 1014 oeo ooo ooo oooo Pitcher IP AB R H ER BD SO Ollson 4 ' 15 0 2 0 0 4 Osborn a 10 0 1 0 0 1 Stevenson ,...2 8 0 1 0 1 1 Snyder 2 8 0 0 0 4 0 Berg 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 Carpenter ....ls 7 2 2 13 1 Pranko 2b 0 110 10 Brem 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 Errors Buckler, Chrlstlanson, Fawcett. Mutt. Ooodbrod. Haddock. RBI Haddock. Rrcinprtnii. anH nnnn TnB -f ;!B-"'nlll. DP Fawcett to Christlan- ...b.a, ULon; Mutl to Kroni,ere to Bl,rtie. Lelt North Little Rock, Ark., of thelSalem 8, OSC 5. WP Brem. PB Oood brod. winner Gilson. Loser Carpenter. Itlmps Allen and Clabauah. T 2:03. and Mickey Mars .from Cleve land, Ohio, in the 118 pound di vision; x jonnny jacKson of St. Louis and Sherman Nelson of Philadel phia among the 112's and Sammy Koagers of Baltimore, Mr., in the 126 pound group. Those pre tournament favor ites can expect considerable op position from such skillful, hard punching young men as Wes Ec hols, a hammer-fisted lad from Atwater, Calif., formerly of middleweights. Hold Boxer Accused of Impersonating Fight Star Wichita, Kan., April 11 U.R ' Jose Rafael Aviles, billed in a fight here last Wednesday night as "Tuzo (Kid) Portugez" of New York, was wrapped up in a legal battle today which was lasting considerably longer than I his ring appearance of two min utes and 33 seconds. Aviles, a 23-year-old Puerto Rican mechanic, was in Sedg wick county jail, charged with impersonating Port u g u e z . He was unable to raise $5000 bond. In his ring appearance, Aviles was knocked out by Middleweight Alvin Wilpams By FRED ZIMMERMAN, Capital Journal Sports Editor of Wichita In the first round. His weak performance, par ticularly after showing a scrapbook full of clippings telling of great scraps in New York, aroused the suspicions of promoters. Photographs were exchanged between Wichita and New York. They showed that although Aviles resembled Portuguez, he definitely wasn t the same person. Detectives arrested Aviles Saturday at Kansas City and he later told them that he had heard Portuguez had retired from the ring. Besides, OSAA Asks Questions Clarification of a number of activities over which the Oregon School Activities association has jurisdiction is sought in a ques tionnaire which the organization placed in the hands of its various representative schools. They want to know whether the various schools should be divided into three groups for athletic purposes, whether intercity junior high school athletics should be encouraged and inquire concerning several phases of the bas ketball tournaments. Vof e Favors Control Asked whether they favor control of all interschool activ ities, which would include music, debate and various lines of athletic endeavor, 110 representatives replied in the affirmative and 32 cast negative ballots. There were 34 negative votes cast against the present makeup of the board of control of the OSAA and 81 said it was satisfactory. A minority of 31 favored continuance of the two classification system as now in effect which places schools with' enroll ments no larger than 150 in class "B" and 151 and up in class "A". "Training camps" or any similar practice whereby all or part of the football squad trains or practices at a loca tion other than the regular school athletic plant is frowned up 92 votes to 20. Junior High Competition Favored While the drift in the larger districts has been away from an athletic program that calls for intercity competition between junior high school squads, the educators, by a vote of 100 to 25 favor such competition. As to whether the finals of the state football championships should be played in Portland, the ma jority favored. such a plan by a 5 to 1 majority. The principals turned thumbs down on a proposal to excuse pupils from classes in order that they might witness a football game and favored grid practice during school time. However, a substantially larger number favored using one period of school for such drill. Any additional time needed would be taken following the close of class room operations. Basketball Reactions As for basketball, the educators favored a definite date prior to which no games should be played, 95 to 32; fav ored jamborees, 112 to 18; opposed pre-season tourna ments, 66 to 55; frowned on barnstorming tours during school time, 103 to 24; favored placing a limit on the num ber of games to be played, excluding post-season playoffs, 103 to 24; voted 62 to 3 for continuance of the Class A tournament and 65 to 4 for class B tourneys. The school heads favored a proposal, 81 to 38, a plan whereby adjoin ing districts would play off on mutually agreeable floors, witb the eight winners going to the state tournament for three days of championship play. However, they opposed further reduction of the finalists to four for state tourna ment purposes. . LOCAL UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS AND FEATURES " Salem, Oregon. Tuesday, April 11, 1 !)'() Page 13 FAN FARE By Wall Ditian 'lOOKATWALT.M6S fN . I CHANSESW4 J EAO.lN6APAlR0F I YMJ APPEABANCB w 1 1 rvw WONPEEfUL.' v 1 . t. I Joltin Joe Is Featured Star In Eugene Bout Eugene, Ore., April 11 (U.Ri Joe Kabul, Pacific northwest heavyweight, and Don Rogers, outstanding regional lightweight, will be featured in bouts at the Eugene armory arena Wednes day night. Matchmaker Ellon Owen an nounced the card today. Kabul will meet Tommy, Demcrs in a four-round exhibition bout. Ro gers is matched with Johnny Ro gers of Los ,Angeles. Luis Ortiz, San Jose, will meet Al Cliff, Vanport, in a special four rounder. In the two preliminaries, Bob by Schaeffer, unbeaten Eugene welterweight, is matched with Billy Davis of Portland. Light weights Joey Alberta, Mexico City, and Harry Hughes, Drain, will tangle in the opener. X-RAY SHOWS BROVIA ESCAPED FRACTURE Portland, Ore., April 1 1 (U.R) Beaver Right-fielder Joe Bro via, who suffered a mild con cussion when he was beaned by a pitched ball Sunday afternoon was resting at the Good Sama ritan hospital here today. His doctor said there was no frac ture. officers, "My friends said I sembled him." In a 1950 National Basket ball association playoff game be tween ' Syracuse and New York Aviles told the a total of 88 fouls were called Portland Moves into Tie For Third on PCL Scale tBy the Associated Press) The Tacific Coast league swings into the third week of the season tonight, with games scheduled al Portland, Los An geles, Seattle and San Francisco. The lop games of the week will probably, involve the league leading Hollywood Slars and the Portland Beavers; second place Sun Diego and the Sun Francisco Seals. The Beavers moved into a tie with San Francisco for third place last night by troun cing Oakland, 12 to 6. The game was a makeup of a con test postponed last week be cause of rain. Portland took the series, five games tn one. PCL Standings (By the Ajw.qc1b.Ipi1 Prtbn . W I. I'd. W L Pd. Hollywood 10 :i ,im IAlueles 8 8 ,4'JU Hill) Dieuo 111 4 .714 tiitiiUii, 6 S .HBa HiiFrnm.sco 1 fi Mft Oakland 4 0 ,:iUH I'tir timid 7 .AUB Buoiameiito 4 9 .3(18 Itmutla IMiniiluy Portland Vi, Oakland fl. Only game acUfdiilrd, with six players from each team I I fouling out of the game. Dewey Vetoes 67 Aimed Against Two Charges on Splits Albany, N.Y., April 11 (! Governor Thomas E. Dewey today vetoed a bill that would have prevented major league baseball clubs from staging "split" doubleheaders, with double admission fees. "This is still a free country," Dewey observed in vetoing a bill Introduced by a Brooklyn Dodger fan, Assemblyman Lawrence P. Murphy. Victoria Pitchers Key to Ail-Out Bid for Wl Title Another Top Exclusive Capital Journal Feature NSIDE BASEBALL By TED WILLIAMS I During our spring training in Florida, the Red Sox met the New York Yankees five times exhib 1 1 1 o n games. These gave me a good chance to look over the Amer- ican league champs. What I saw makes me think the Yanks will be stronger than last year, Joe DiMaggio . wasn't able to nlav the first half of the 1040 season. This spring he hns been going great guns. I've never seen Joe look better in. spring training games. That lie looks ready to play at top form from the opening day of the season should make a big difference. In one game at Sarasota, Di Mnggio did two things that im pressed me considerably. As I recall it, the score of this Red Sox-Yanks game was tied at 3 lo 3 going Into the seventh inn- Tail Williams Red Adams went all nine in nings for the Beavers. Although the Seals nicked him for 12 hits, they never had him in serious trouble. Portland collected 13 knocks and made . them all count. Tlie Beavers were leading by 12 to 3 in the seventh inning, and tliey put down an Oukland uprising in the ninth. Earl Jones, first of four Onk pitchers, was charged with the loss. The Beavers will send Lyman Linde against Hollywood's Ben Wade tonight. Other probable starters: Oakland (Charley Gassuway) at Seattle (Al Gerheauser). Sacramento (Murv Rolblutt) at Los Angeles (Bob Muncricf). San Diego (George Zuverink 1-1) at San Francisco (Al Lien 10). Stayton-Lebanon Twin Set Friday; Silverton Wins Slaylon The Stayton Pack ers will meet Lebanon high in a double header baseball pro gram here Friday afternoon. The Packers dropped a close one lo Silverton Monday after noon at Silverton, 0 lo 8, as Stayton played Its first game of the seuson. The contest was loosely played with Silverton being charged with six errors as against three for the Packers Stayton scored four times in the first inning as the result of a couple of hits and four errors, but couldn t maintain the ad vantage. Silverton whs out in front 9 lo 5 in the sixth. The Packers rallied in the seventh, but with the bases choked the uprising fell one run short of knotting tlie count when a bat ter lofted a long fly. Slaylon 8 7 3 Silverton 9 5 6 Cox and Hinrichs; R. Johnson and Soderquist. Official Box (Editor's note: This is one in a series on the prospects I of Western International league baseball teams.) By JIM TANG Victoria Daily Colonist Victoria, April 11 W) Oper ating independently for the first time since the club was organiz ed in 1946, the Victoria Athletics are counting heavily on an ex perienced pitching staff in their all-out bid to win the 1950 W.I.L. pennant. Forced to rebuild from scratch when the working agreement with the New York Yankees was terminated at the end of last season, business manager Reg Patterson concen trated first on his pitching staff. As one of his first moves, he signed Marty Krug as manager. Krug was in the majors with the pennant - winning Boston Red Sox of 1912, Cincinnati and Chicago Cubs, managed Los An geles for seven consecutive sea sons, coached at Hollywood and scouted for Philadelphia Phils and Pittsburgh. His baseball connections were invaluable in helping to procure players. When tbe A s opened spring training at their Kamloops, B.C., base on April 1, Krug had eight proven pitchers and two rookies in camp from which to select his mound staff. Absent was Buzz Spor er, 11-game winner at Yaki ma last year, who was listed as a holdout. The imposing array of mound talent sbould make Victoria one of the flag favorites despite a possible lack of punch and uncertainty at one or two other positions. Jake Mooty, Aldon Wilkie, Ronnie Smith and Joe Mishasek loom as a "big four" although the other veterans are proven starters. All four haVe had Coast league experience while Mooty and Wilkie saw service in the majors. Mooty was sign ed as a free agent after being released by San Diego following the 1949 season while Wilkie was purchased from the Yan kees. He was with Beaumont and Kansas City last year. Smith and Mishasek were both with the 1945 Hollywood club, Smith winning 15 games and Mishasek 16. Smith had a chance to pitch for Baltimore this year but turned it down to remain on the Pacific coast. Mi shasek pitched in the Mexican and Cuban leagues the past two seasons. Behind the top four are holdover Joe Blankenship, who set the W.I.L, record of 25 victories for Victoria in 1948; Jim Hedgecock, veteran southpaw purchased from Vancouver; righthander Jim Olson, who won 11 for Salem in 1949, and Job Jensen, giant speedballer who set the W.I.L. strikeout record of 296 in 1946 with Victoria. Rookies Jim Smith and Ernie Marshall, younger brother of John and Clarence, are also in sibility that John Marshall, drafted by San Diego, will be returned. Al Ronning, who hit .311 with Bremerton last year, is the first string catcher. Rookies Pete Krueger and Bill Weathcrwax will battle it out for the second- string job. The infield has Al Mnitli, purchased from Yakima after a 1949 season with Vicks burg, at second base; Kill Dunn, shortstop of the 1946 club; K. Chorlton, on option from the Seattle Rainiers, and first-baseman Jim Wert and Marly Krug, Jr., both pur chased from Salem. It appears sound defensively but may not pack too much punch. Refusal of Snag Moore to re port left only Joe Morjoseph and Gene Thomas as an outfield nucleus. Morjoseph, a holdover, hit 31 home runs and baited in 131 runs for the class "A" Day ton club in 1948. Thompson, a solid hitter, was purchased from Yakima. Pending the arrival of possible additional help, Krug and Olson, who is a long-ball hitter, may be used in the out field. Further player acquisitions are expected daily but on the pitching possibilities alone. Oakland () (It) Porlli B 11 O A H 11 Wilson, ss 5 3 4 4 Marques.cf 3 1 Lavavetto.3 6 12 1 Itucser.l 6 2 Itapp.ct 2 110 Mebiier.3 3 1 Wealhrly.r 6 2 3 0 ChtTry.r 4 2 Ualan.l 6 2 2 0 Shupe.l 6 3 7 0 Zimmnnn.l 6 17 2 UaslllskU 3 2 3 PadHelt.r 4 13 0 I'ollch.ss 6 0 4 llainrtck,2 3 1 2 3 Clladd.c 3 0 8 Jones.p 10 0 1 Adams.p 4 2 0 Thompson 1 0 O 0 Nelson, p 10 0 0 Metkvicli.x 10 0 0 (irtt.l I) 0 0 0 0 Totals 38 12 24 11 Totals 36 13 27 t X Fanned for Nelson 111 8t)i. Oakland 0)0 020 003- Hlts Jsu 040 J1J IS Portland 002 420 40x 12 Hits 002 440 30k 13 Losing pltrher Jones. Ip All R H Er Bb So Jones 3F1US 12 2 3 3 1 6 Thompson '. "j II 6 7 4 0 1 Nelson zs 10 D J 4 i Geltel 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 Adams 9 38 6 12 8 8 4 Kuns Wilson 2. ltapp 2, Galan 2. Mar ques 2, Hucker 2, Mesner j. cnerry a, tihupe 2, Adams. Krrors Galan. Nelson. Huns balled in l-aaaeu, usmiiski j. nei- y 4. Sliupe 2. Weatnerly. Kucser. pollen, Oalan 2. Zimmerman 2. Two base hits Luvagello, Baslllskl 2, Cherry, Shupp, Wtl- uouule plays llaiiirlek to Wilson u Zimmerman: Wilson 10 liatnnck 10 .nil merman. Lelt on oases Oakland 10, port. land 12. Kit by pltuhers, by Adams IHsln- r. by Nelson Uiaslnskl). walks AO 2. Umpires Ford. Harbour and Bents. Time 2:45. Attendance 2226. WENATCHEE ADDS 1,000 SEATS FOR OPENING GO Wenatehee, Wash., April 11 OJ.fi) General Manager George Clark of the Wenatehee Chiefs today announced he had secured 1,000 additional bleacher seals for Hie Chiefs' WIL opener against Yakima here April 18. Tlie present capacity of Recre ation park is 3,300. ing. Big Joe opened the Yanks' half of tlie inning with a sin gle. Yogi Berra pulled a sharp single to right. DiMaggio wasn't running with the pilch. It wasn't a hit-and-run play. But when he saw Berra's single going into right field he set sit 1 1 for third. And with a beautiful slide he beat a perfect throw by Al Zarilla into third base. The Yanks eventually won this game S tn 4. And It was DiMaggin's ability to get from first to third on that hit which provided the winning margin. Even after he relumed to the lineup last year, Joe couldn't have made that play. He could n't run that fast a year ago. He was forced to favor the heel which hud bothered him so much that he couldn't play tlie first half of the schedule. In addition to the big im provement in tlie physical con dition of DiMaggio, I was Im pressed Willi the ability, bal ance and depth of the Yankee pitching staff. I know that most people figure that the strength of the Yankees centers around their reserves. But I don't consider tlie fact that they have a good replace ment for every position as Im portant as the fact thai they have the best pitching staff In the league. This analysis may he ques tioned by those who think that the Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Athlet ics are as well fixed for pitch ers as the Yanks. But it is my personal opinion that the Yan kees have the strongest pitch ing staff of all. Vic Ruschi, Allie Reynolds, Ed I .opal and Tommy Byrne are top-flight pitchers. They Know how to pitch and they have good stuff. Bob Porter- field faced us three limes dur ing the exhibition games played in Florida and he, loo, seems ready for a great season. He definitely has tlie stuff to win plenty of games if his arm re mains strong. We suw Joe Page three times. too, and lie stopped us cold each time just as he did several times last year. When a team has five such starting pitchers as Raschi, Reynolds, Lopat, Byrne and Por lerfield, and such a talented re lief pitcher as Page it is diffi cult for me to see how anyone can claim that any other team has as good a staff. It was tlie big improvement in DiMaggio and the possibili ties of such an excellent pitch ing staff that really Impressed me most about tlie defending champions when I saw them in those five exhibition games in Florida. SPORTSNOTES PENNEY '8 camp but are not likely to stick Victoria can be counted as a this year. There is also the pos-definite pennant threat. 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