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Catcher Expected Today
Perez Passport-Stuck
Calistoga, Calif., (Special to
the Capital Journal) The
steadiest ' performer In the
Salem Senator spring training
baseball .camp is .Old .Man
Weather. '
i Since the . . Solons . opened
their training season here
Monday, the sun had shone
warmly on this Napa valley
community,' where manager
Hugh Luby's Senators are
whipping Into shape for the
start of the Western Interna
tional league season April 24.
! Salem Is still without a
catcher, but Luby plans a
, trip to Sacramento for this
. afternoon to confer with
Sacramento officials regard
ing a catcher. Luby expects
Sacramento to ' return Bob
' Nelson to Salem. The Sacs
t bought Nelson, on a 30-day
look basis, not long after the
close of the 1952 season. The
. Coast league will "almost
certainly" give us Nelson
back, Luby said today. If
by any chance they decide
fo keep Nelson, Sacramento
will option out another
catcher to' Salem. That was
part of the sale agreement. -
Meanwhile. Luby is anxious
ly awaiting the appearance of
Henry K. Wltherspoon, hard
hitting Negro outfielder who
is enroute from his home in
Florida. : , '"..
Connie Perez la stuck in
Cuba, trying to entangle pass
port red tape. Luby wired gov
ernment officials in Florida
in hopes of getting Perez In
this country. Perez, who
received the most popular
player award at Salem last
season, is already In shape,
since he played all winter in
a Cuban league.
. ' Shortstop Gene Tanselll
still hasn't come to terms,
and doesn't even seem anx
: oius to do so. Tanselll' is in
Oregon, working tor the
state department of agricul
ture, and may not play any
more professional baseball.
Salem added another pitcher
yesterday, bringing the mound
staff to a total of six already
signed. Latest pitcher to join
the Solons is tall righthander
Lou Simons, a rookie who lives
in the shadow of the Oakland
Oaks baseball park at Emery
ville, Calif.
I5 Seiniatoii'Spii'ODiii Cooip
; . .
Beavers Lose PCL Opener
Thorpe May Be
Buried at Old v
Carlisle School
Carlisle, Pa. W A proposal
to return the body of lamed
Indian athlete, Jim Thorpe, to
the scene of his great collegiate
triumphs, has received the en
dorsement of military' author
ities. ;
At a meeting her Tuesday
night, it was announced the
Army has given permission to
bury Thori on the grounds of
the Army War College, form
erly Carlisle Indian School, 'of
which Thorpe was a graduate.
Thorpe, who died baturaay
at Lomita, Calif., achieved
some of his greatest athletic tri
umphs as a representative of
the Carlisle scnooi.
The sponsoring group, which
has telegraphed Thorpe's wid
ow for permission to bring his;
body east for miriai, aiso 0.1s
cussed the posibility of estab-
Willamette Opens Baseball
Season at OSC Thursday
Mickey Coen and Andy
George will probably divide
pltheing duties for the Wil
lamette university Bearcats
when the WU team opens Its
1953 season against Oregon
State college at Corvallis
Thursday.
The game is scheduled for
3 o'clock on the OSC dia
mond, located alongside Bell
football field.
The Oregon State team re
cently completed a trip to
Catfornia In which the Beav
ers won three out of five
games. . "
Danny Johnston, who 'was
eadlng OSC In batting with
a .375 mark, was left in the
University of California in
firmary with Injuries receiv
ed In an OSC-Cal game. He
suffered a slight conensslon.
Johnson, of course, will not
see action opposite Willam
ette Thursday. ,
' None of the regulars on
the OSC team is hitting a
high as .300 now. Center
fielder Bud Shirtcliff tops
the swatters with a .263 av
erage. Third baseman Chuck
Fisk Is next with .261, and
Catcher John Thomas, right
fielder Jim Buggies and left
fielder Jim Withrow are all
tied at .250..
' Coach Ralph Coleman has
not announced his pitching
ehoice for Oregon State.
' Four hurlers Jim Merman,
' Bailey Brem, Norb Wellman
and Ctrky Coleman did the
pitching for the OSC crew
on its southern jaunt.
Three High Schools
Engage in Track Meet
North Marion Union High
School, Hubbard rTaking ad
vantaee of some genuine sun
ny spring weather, three high
school track teams were engag
Ine in a track meet here Wed'
nesdav afternoon. The schools
are North Marion, Sheridan
and Sherwood.
Los Angeles Takes 7-2
Victory Oyer Portland
(Br The Aetoclatad Prow)
The Paclfie Coast League,
baseball's perennial first start
er, got away to an auspicious
beginning Tuesday but only
Seattle's high-geared Ralnlers
lived up to advance billing.
The Rainiers, picked -by
many to take the pennant won
last year by Hollywood, sub
dued highly regarded Oakland
8-5 in a slugfest at Oakland.
, But Portland, also rated as
a first division club, went
down 7-2 before Los Angeles
while defending champion
Hollywood split a double
header at San Diego. The
Stars won the day game 3-2
behind Bed Munger's , tight
pitching, and bowed to Bob
Kerrigan and reliefer Al
Benton 5-4 in the nightcap.
Sizable first day crowds
turned out for all the games.
The top c-iwd, 12,409, show-
lishing a college scholarship in, ed up at Saaamento to see the
Solons turn back San Fran
cisco 8-3 behind the six-hit
pitching of Marino Pieretti. .
At -Oatuana, sieve wagy
pitched all the way for Seattle
in game punctuated by ' 25
hits. The Oaks used four hurl
ers trying to silence the Rain
ier bats. Seattle's big inning
was the seven thi It started with
George Schmees' double. Then
Walt Judnlch followed with
another double, Artie Wilson
singled, Merle Combs walked
and Rayj.Orteig slammed a
hornet into the right field
stands. 1
Max West socked his 214th
home run as a Pacific Coast
leaguer in pacing Los
Angeles to its win over Port
land. But Beaver catcher
Aaron Robinson retaliated
with a ninth Inning, homer
off Eddie Chandler, who
scattered eight hits. .
-Los Angeles save Chandler,
always; effective early in the
season, some astounding sup-
PCL STANDINGS
... (Br United Press) '
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aeattl. , 1 t l.ooo
Secremonta I 1.000
Lu UlM 10 1.000
Hollywood ,, 1 1 . .M0
am Dun t i .too
Oakland 1 .ooo
8u Francisco , 0 1 .ooo
Portland t i .ooo
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Sacramento 6, son Francisco 1.
Seattle . Oakland . .
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Hollywood 1. Sen Diet. 1. - -
Sacramento 1, Ban Francisco I.
Seattle 1, Oakland 0.
Los Aneelei .1, Portland 4.
port afield, as he mowed down
the Portland batters. Two fast
double plays in the first and
second inning stopped ' Port
land threats and later fielding
gems by Fred Richards, Gene
Baker, Jack Hollis and Bob
Usher turned seeming hits into
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Test for Clisrb 7c:r!il
By BUSS NEWLAND
San Francisco () rormer
Champion . E s a a r d Charlea
should find oat Wednesday
night whether he is still a title
contender or one of the ring's
heavyweight has-beens. His
16-round nationally televised
fight with bosky- Rex Layno
Is. one of the most Important in
his 14-year career, i - ; '
The bout is scheduled for 7
p.m.
Charles, 31, Is over tha hill.
and on his way down. Like
North Marion
Relay Squad
Selected
North Marion Union High
School, Hubbard Partlcipat
lng in the Willamette Relay in
Salem, April 4, from-North
Marion in the various events
are Archie McLeod in the
shot. McLeod and Louis Rich
ter in the discus, McLeod and
Larry Cole in the -broad jump,
Owen Stockard and Keith Hoe-
fling in the high jump, Jack
Rasmussen and Richer In the
pole vault, Wayne; Van Lieu in
the javelin, Dan . and -Archie
McLeod in the 100 yards, Mer
lin Kllever, Karl Vaiv Lieu and
Stockard in the 120 ,high hur
dles, Wayne and Karl Van Lieu
and Dan and Archie McLeod in
the .440 relnv. Howard W..-i
so many champs before him,
be has hope of regaining the
title he lost to Jersey Joe Wal-
cott In 131. He'll have to
make good Wednesday night
or forget those dream for
ever. -; : :: - ' t
ItV the big and perhaps
final test for Easard, wse te
eidentally ta a 1 to 4 eheiee
to make the grade and stay
in contention as top ehal
lenger. Layne Is 24 and considered
still on the upgrade. It will
be Ms third chance at Charles.
He's a much Improved tighter
since he lost to his rival two
years ago. - Last : August he :
topk a close 10-round decision
over the Cincinnati Negro,
Scaling around 200 pounds,
the Lewlston.- Utah, - swinger
will have a substantial weight
advantage. Charles figures) to
come in 1 185 to. 187.
Moore Cancels '"
Seattle Fight
San Diego WV-Light heavy-:
weight champion Archie Moore
announced Tuesday he Is can
celing a scheduled bout with
Seattle heavyweight Eddis
Cotton because of ' an eye In
jury he received In Monda;
night's fight here with Frank
Bufdrd. . ,:.' - .
-The non-title' fight -was to
Legislators Stage
BasebravI Game April 9
By JAMES D. OLSON caster of the Senator games, has
The biennial baseball classic agreed to take over the job of
between a picked team of state official announcer at the game.
legislators and a squad of star roe loooy team is oeing nn
Dave Perlman,
only three-year let.
terman on the Willamette
nnlversity baseball team,
will be at his second base
position Thursday when the
Bearcats open their season
against Oregon State colltge.
The game will be played at
Corvallis at I o'clock.
Stayton Stops
Mill City, 6-1
Stayton Stayton high
school pushed four runs across
the' plate in the first inning,
then held off Mill City the rest
of the way to take a 6-1 vic
tory over the Timberwolves
in a non-league high school
game here Tuesday.
Roger Neilsen pitched the
entire game for the Eagles,
giving up four hits. Stayton
nicked two Mill City hurlers,
Roy Chase and Elton Gregory,
for eight hits.
Mill cur 100 000 01 4 3
atayton 400 011 3
Chaie, Oreiorr (4) and Ward; Nell
aen and Helnrlch.
performers from the legislative j
lobby has been scheduled at
3:45 p.m. Thursday, April 8.
Governor Paul L. Patterson,
former state chairman of
American Legion Junior Base
ball league, will be chief um
pire, working behind the plate
with) Attorney uenerai noaen
Y. Thornton, officiating at first
base. Sic Unander, state treas
urer, behind second base and
Secretary of State Karl t. new
bry stationed on third base.
Thornton on accepting ap
pointment as one of the Gov
ernor's team of amps gave a
solemn promise that any legislative-player
who voted
against bringing out his crime
survey bill will not suffer
any adverse decisions on his
uart.
Ren. B. A. (Dutch) Stover of
Bend is organizing the legisla
tive team and has announced
that his ace hurler again will
be Rep. Donald Husband of Eu
eene. with Home Run Phil
Hitchcock and Senate President
(Gene) Marsh, agreeing to
again be in the lineup.
Attorney Bruce wunams,
president of the Salem Sena
tors, and former otiiciai Droaa-
A.
y CHRIS KOWITZ. JB.. ipital Journal oooru tanot COrHG'
Take a little rumor, add to it a lot of hot air and a gen
erous portion of gossip, and it's surprising what kind
of stories can come from it. . J v
Take, frinstance, the story of Central high school's bas
ketball team, which last week had insult added to injury
with newspaper reports (not in this paper) and radio
stories to the effect that the, Panthers, who won none and
lost 23 games, had been ordered to -forfeit all the games
it won because an ineligible player was used.
Good Reading, But It Was Fiction
It made a good little story, alright, with a novel twist
good enough to land it on most sports pages in the North
west, as well as on a number of radio news broadcasts. It
made good reading and listening, sure, but the story
wasn't true.
For the sake of the record, here's exactly what
happened : ... ...
Thp flrpiron Schools Activities Association in January
notified Central high school Principal Wayne Jordan that
"two of the school's basketball games played during
r.hritm vacation were to be forfeited, because Cen
tral hurt used an ineligible player. The boy in question
was immediately removed from the squad. So the for
feit order involved only two games, not a.
Fnrts Not Checked
The erroneous story made its way into print when a
fnrmpr Tndeoendence newspapermen torn a saiem news-
paperman that the Central team had been ordered to
forfeit all of the games it had won during the season.
With no attempt lO verny me repuru cnenuiiK wim
the OSAA or with Central high school, newspapers and
,oin ttinns snread the story for public consumption.
An unfortunate chain of events for a group of Central
Viiirh athletes who gave their all . . . and still lost 23 games
,v,nn . huve. somebody come along and rub it in
t nn-" - .
unmercifully. .
Yam a to Uses
Sleeper Hold .
For Mat Victory
Tor Yamato used his pet
sleeDcr hold to defeat Don Kin
dred in the third and deciding
fall of their main event wrest
ling match at the Salem arm
ory last night.
Yamato had to dispose of
both Kindred and his second,
Frank James, to win the match.
James insisted on interfering
with the action In the ring, but
between Yamato and referee
Mel Peters, James was sub
dued, along with Kindred.
Kindred's head butts gained
him the first fall, buty Yamato
came baeK witn some juao
chops to win the second fall.
That set the stage for the
windup.
Kindred used head butts. in
the third fall, and blood was
oozing from Yamato's forehead
as a result. But Yamato man
aged to apply the sleeper hold
nevertheless.
Jack Riser -drew wilh George
Drake and Frank Jamesiefeat
ed Chester Wallick In prelimi
nary matches.
Kramer and
Sedgman Slate
Portland Stop
Portland Vfy Jack Kramer
and Frank Sedgman, profes
sional tennis stars, will play
exhibtion matches in Portland
May 23-24.
Pancho Scgura and Ken Mc
Gregor will meet in prelimi
nary matches at the Armory
which is being equipped to seat
2,600.,
ed up by a joint committee
composed of Jack Lansing of
Columbia Empire association,
Francis (Red) Hill, of Pacific
Power and Light company and
Pete Snedecor, of PEP compa
ny. ' , '
Jack , Lansing, who wilt
manage the Lobby team, said
Wednesday that he would
Mendenholl Gets
Green Light to
Enter Tournament
' Portland Rink Menden
hall of Salem, now a soldier
stationed at Camp Roberts,
Calif., Is one of the entrants
in the Oregon state AATJ
boxing championships at the
Portland armory today,
Ben Harris, state AAC
boxing chairman, said Tues
day that Mendenhall, a mid
dleweight, had been given
a furlough in order to par
ticipate In the state tourna
ment. '
- Mendenhall will be one of
Salem's bright hopes for a
championship. Other good
Salem prospects Include
lightweight Willard "Bat
tling" Nelson and feather
weight Virgil Dyer. j
Elimination bouts were to
get underway In the Portland
armory at 1 o'clock this aft
ernoon, with semi-finals and
finals slated for the evening
session, beginning at 1:30.
State champions will be
crowned in eight weight di
visions. Boxers showing an
exceptional amount of prom
ise will earn a trip to the na
tional AAU tournament in
Boston.
TIDE TABLE
Oreson April, 10M
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Harvey, Portlend, Ore.)
Tldee far Tall,
Compiled by 1).
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4.0
tilth VTalere
Time Htliht
13:09 a.m. 2
3:03 p.m.
1.33 a.m.
3.49 p.m.
1:52 a.m.
S:40 p.m.
3:3 a.m.
4:41 p.m.
3:14 a.m.
S:S0 p.m.
4:13 a.m.
. 7:01 p.m.
S:24 a.m.
a :01 p.m.
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3:50 p.m.
I:M a.
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0:17 a.m.
10:10 p.m.
10:33 a.m.
10:47 p.m.
11:33 a.m.
11:34 p.m.
13:17 p.m.
14 13:01 a.m.
1:13 p.m.
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' Time
7:43 a.
7 25 p.
8:30 a.
7:04 P.
( 03 a
1:39 P.
0:09 a
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10:61 a
10:07 P
13:0 p
11:30 P
1:01
1:04
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3:34
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m. 0.0
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m. o.n
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p.m. 0.0
a.m. l.o
p.m. -0.1
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p.m. 0.0
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p.m. 0.1
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p.m. 0.3
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p.m. 0.7
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a.m. -1.3
p.m. 1.1
Al McGuire, scrappy guard
on the New York Knicker
bockers In the NBA, was noted
as a football player when he
attended St John's Prep.
cm
rcaiSEiaini
again play on first base, that
Lee Karr, in charge, of the
State Bar's legislative bu
reau, will be behind the plate
catching, and that they are
endeavoring to negotiate
some "trades" that may bring
some surprises in his lineup.
When asked if he had signed
up i former Speaker.- Johnny
Steelhammer, Lansing said that
they had not come to terms,
Steelhammer insisting on "free
plays."
Totals M S 34 11 Totala IS 11 17 14
a Filed out lor Davis In 7th.
0 Lined out for Ual In Slh. - .
Portland ..Out OOO 001 S
Hits 113 101 011 8
Lot Antelet 030 001 03' 7
. Hit , 040 013 15' IS
ritohen n ab n h xn bbso
Want ... . .-, 1 2-1
imt ' ' s io i I I ; I
Chandler I 14 -Ml. I ",1 ' Jil
R Austin. BoolnaOB, Wait S. Baker 1,
Davis, Hollts, Tappe. Baker. Loser-
ward. Lett portlend ti im Angeiea- i.
SB Feetelll, Tappe. HR Weet, Bobln-
iod. bh rums, Bauer, Davis, kbi
West. Tune I. Reitelll. Davit. HoUla.
Talbot, Robinson. DP Davit, Hollis and
Richards; Home, Btner ana Ricnaras;
Batlnakl and Arft, T 3:03. O Somen,
Bents, Pelekoudat and Powell.. A 0,977.
hair k.on H1.4 In QaatO.,
Mike Burns, Verl Fobert and LTuesday 'night
w, ' m ,V . T. .. lr -
Seattle 001 Oil 100-1 14
Oakland ..100 010 110 t 11
Naty and Or tell ; oettle. Van Cuyk
(71, Hlttle (I), Candlnl (I) and Heal.
Ban Prancltco 000 000 0311 S
Sacramento ooo 301 10 0 s
Slntleton, Xltemann (51. Bradford (I)
and Tornay, Tlerslera (111 Pieretti and
Rltchey. ,
Hollywood ..ooo 000 111-1 I
San Ditto 010 000 0011 1
Munter, - M-llr (11, sheppard (0) and
Bratani aalrason, sennits (t)
this. ..j.j i.. -
Hollywood
San Dleto
1 0
,i..030 000 O014
,..,030 103 00' S
Queen, Hediedorn (1), Walsh (7) and
Malonei Kerrlian, Benton (I) and Poee-kay.
Kliewer in the 2 mile relay,
Hoefling, Dan and Archl. Mc
Leod and Cale in the spring
medley and . Kliewer, Wayne
and Kal Van Lieu and Stock
ard In the 480 yard shuttle nui
dles. . v , :
Saxton Wins
40th Straight - ,
New York diJS a convinc
ing - victory - over veteran
Charley Williams . hoisted
Johnny Stavton's unbeaten
string to 40 fights today, but It
didn't help much to boost his
prestige,
Williams, of Newark, N. J.,
veteran of 109 pro fights, held
his bands nigh to stop most of
Saxton's . long range.; head
punches, and then - closed . to
close quarters -for .rugged in
fighting.:
' . Thus Saxton was able to jar
Williams several times, but
I could not put him on the deck.
Moore was awarded a TKO
over Buford In the ninth round.
He complained ' of double vi
sion .after the fight and had
to be helped from the arena.
Matthews Recovering
Seattle UJD Harry Kid Mat
thews was recovering from s
tonsillectomy here today. Thi
boxed had his tonsils removes!
yesterday morning. He plan
ned to resume gym trainlni
about the middle of April, . -
fights lost Wight
Taana. Slav Winio Pep. 131, Hart
ford, Conn., outpointed Joey aemblna
tee, new 1 UIK, AW,
Wklte Plaint, n. I. neck mas-
ford. 111, Xulawood, M. J. autpotnvae
Peto Arabalo, 117, Brooklyn, I.
Bneklrn (BMUrewaed oreva) Joan.
ny aaaton. 14S. Brooklyn, outpointed -
Charier Wffllanu, ill, Newark, H. .
io. -
M Anielea -. Jen Morula. 1311
Denver, outpointed Baby Paoo.OuUerm .
134, aan Dleee. 11.
Staektam, Calif. Willie Vauihn, ICS
Loa Anaelet, outpointed Sari Turner
1M, Richmond, Oellf., 10.
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