TV' f 4- . . W ti a-' s ca, th del scd nig i cat thd lik of evd faiA clo ed ingf Si Ap raid A7nGirsin)Q(oini Clu .rivl GaS Catcher Reports, Too; .1 r ' idem Downs Pocatello Calistoga, ' Calif. (Special the Capital Journal) Hen r K. Witheripoon, jumbo-als- colored outfielder, cheek I in at the Salem Senators tint , training headquarters m Thunday night The whereabout! of With spoon had been a question ark around the Solon camp r several day. Witherapoon it his home In Florida sev ral.days.ago and had not ten heard from until latt sight. The 220-pound slug r said upon arriving that e had been delayed by a foul up In plane reservations cn goute. , ..' k Salem manager Hugh Luby said that' Witherapoon Is slightly overweight, but . that a little running under this hot Napa valley sun , would soon take off the ex- Seventh Graders Head West Salem Jo Relay Victory , I: Thanks to the 1th grad 1 en, West Salem junior high j school's track team scored "a 16-9 victory over Parrish !.,ln the opening relay meet pt the Salem junior high tea son Thursday , so . the West Salem oval. - J The seventh graders won four out of five events from ' , the Parrish seventh graders. Parrish won the eighth grade ; competition, 4-S, and the ' ninth graders split 1-3. -v West Salem goes to Leslie t junior high school for an- other relay meet next Thurs . day."J . -'..A.' 3 Sweet Home Track Stars to Enter Relays By MIKE OALET & Home Warriors are working hard to get into shape for the Willamette relays In Salem Sat-' urday. Coach Eston Way has r listed Phil Sturholm, Melvln f Prokens and Bruce Banke as ! the men to make the trio. j The huikie thlnclads, 45 of them, have been working out dally on what has to do for a trsck here. Plans are being ! made for an oval In the west o hd of the athletic field. A 100 J yard straightaway will be form 'i d along with the jump pits "', which have been dug already. ' Twenty new hurdles hsve been 'purchased lately. ' . '( Returning lettermen to the , cinderdiggers are Don Kart fSwold, senior, and Phil Stun iholm and Pete Musgravs, Jun- , ; tori. ' I Athletic Director G. B. Frost has said that two dual meets ihave been scheduled with Leb ianon for April 24 and May 1, j and a three-way meet with Cas cade Union and Lebanon is on . . the slate for April 17, while the Hayward relays are the I next day. Meets are being made up with Corvallis and '.Albany. Widgets Race at Portland Speedway-on Easter Sunday will initiate a hew year for the mighty raid gets, when the whizxers take off at Fat Vidan's green flag at the Portland Speedway. Two groups will find a method of battle when the two main events will be held. (. Powerful from the word go, the Offensausers will feature speed end driving skill as they traverse the half mile oval. Former Champion, Shorty Templeman will be on hand for the days events. Temple man will handle a champion car, the Bardahl Special, Mel McGaughy, Lew Flor ence, Dell Fanning, Smokey Blake, Ken Peterson, Bob Gregg head a long list" of drivers that will be out to uncrown the hard driving champion, Don Olds, Wsde Althuser, and the Oregon ' Champion Gordy Toung atrom will be at the green flag for th start of the 1951 Speedway grind. Two top drivers have switch ed cars over the slack winter months. Gordy Livingston, has SPORTS FRIDAY, April t Hub t'hoel baiiballi Lebanon at Saltm, Ollniar Held. 1. 11; Berth Marlon at Oiweao. . . e SATURDAY, April 4 WllUnrlla nlm, MeColloth il.Jl.ra, 1-S.idB p.m. Celine baballi Oca atOreaon estate JTUon, lp.m, MONDAY, April n"h 'kaoimknrH "ay aiMt between Sheridan, WUlanlna and Central, at Willamlna. . a a TUESDAY, April 7 Oll.io bateballi OSC Willamette at Buah'e paatura. I a.m. ni.h HbTel baaeball: saltm at Sweet Hone. Solo at Mill City (nlfhtl. Junior bl,b irbaal ba.rball! Wait Salem at Utile. BKb Mbeal trark: Albany at Salem. , Preituienal wreiillnd Saleo armory, eard tttrti at I M p a. ' " . -i- ,1 cess poundage, WHherspooa will probably not play in the exhibition game with Victoria at Sonoma, Calif., tonight Connie Perez, who was vot ed the most popular player by Senator fana last season, is still in Cuba attempting to straighten out his passport Luby plans o go to San Fran cisco today to cheek with im migration officials about hur rying up Perez' pass. . ' Salem got a badly-needed catcher yesterday when Don Masterson came to the Senators . on option from San Antonio of the Texas league, Mattterseh stepped right Into an exhibition game against Poeatello, and came ' through with flying colon as he singled homo Laby with the winning ran in the tenth inning. . Dick Stromback, Jim Mc Gee and Larry . Borat shared pitching duties ' for Salem. Borst, the third ' pitcher; got credit for the victory. He is not signed to a Salem contract. He is merely here on a tryout. His home is in Forest Grove, Ore. . -f: .-, - : Don Taylor, recently-acquired Salem .outfielder, hammered out, a home run In the fourth Inning with the bases empty. With. . Masterson , and . Bob Nelson set to do the catching for Salem in the 1953 season, Luby has dismissed Dave Abel from training camp. Abel, a young Canadian trying - out with the elulf, planned to go home intmediately, and will probably play semi-pro ball. Junior College Aces Enroll At U of Oregon Xugene nMB University of Oregon's athletic hopes were boosted today with the regis tration of a group of promising junior college and high school athletes. -. r';;n They Include - 10 football players and a basketball play' er. The 'hoopster is Id Kee- gan, a transfer from North Idaho Junior college. The football players include Guard Keith Tucker, Fresno, JC; End, Don Granberg, Ever' ett, JC (Wash.); Guard Tim Flaherty, Muir, JC; Halfback Walt Gaffney and Stan Dmo chowsky, Ssn Bernardino JC; End Morris Adams and Half back Don TruKt, from Bell high la Los Angeles; Guard Lei Wolfe and Tackle Charles Clark from Fremont high m Loa Angelas, and Nick Marx culls, an end from San Pedro high.- Gaffney and Dmochowsky also play baseball. V Ltaguc Meeting Slated Longvlew, Wash. . The Oregon-Washington : Baseball league will meet here "April 7 to layout plans for this season, it was reported today. The league is composed of ama teur teams in southwest Wash ington and northwest Oregon. Easier Sunday changed from an Otfie to the Ford engine, and It must be. hot for Livingston to make the switch. Frankie McGowan has traded his Of fie for a hot Ford, and some difference in money. Word has it that the Salemite is expecting lots of power from the new machine. He will be gunning for the top money in the initial oval run ning for the midgets. Wild Bill Hyde, another top name in racing over the Pacific Northweat will be in a good Ford. Carl Herr, Pal mer Crowell, "Pogo" Lund quilt, Bill and Doug Berry, Dick Deahl, and Hank Lang xon will be gunning for top honors. Racing officials an nounced that the public Is in vited to watch the warmups the day before the big Easter Sanday Midget go. No admis sion Is asked for Saturday at the Speedway. Reserve seats will be en Sale Saturday at the Portland Speedway, and phone reservations will be accepted. The Portland num ber Is TWln oaks 9393. SLATE ' Gigantic Relays Satu IOCaL UNITED MISS ASSOCIATIP fHISS NIWS AND FUTURES t ? Salem, Oregon, Friday, April , 195SPg 11 ' - ' If Hlflh I hniTinC mUh Grays, champions of Jl. Illy II VllUllipi y,, galem City junior high school basketball league, pose for a post-season picture. Front row, from left, manager Clive Miller, Lee Weaver,. Jack Loy, Fred Stephen, Ken Carl, Id Syring,- manager Rod Kitchen. Back row, f rem left, coach- Bill Seeley, Orin Gllbertson, Howard Serlber, Arble ; MaeDonald, . David Baker,. Dennis MeKee. Willamette Opens Season With 7-6 Win Over OSC Oregon State College, Cor vallis Willamette - university opened Its baseball season an a triumphant note here yester day, defeating Oregon State 7-i. .:: ' ' ., u Andy George, starting Bear cat pitcher, faced only 17 men in the first five innings, and got credit for the victory. George was relieved in the sixth inning by Mickey Coen. Softball Clinic For Boys Slated For Sal iturday A Softball clinic for Gra T boys la being sponsored by the Salem TMCA Satur day, beginning at t o'clock, at dinger Old. Boys in the fifth and sixth grades are Invited to the free Softball school. A num ber of Salem Softball play ers will be en hand to pro vide instruction. Leaguo play will be eon ducted at Olinger field every Saturday, beginning Bucceroni 2-1 Favorite Over Dave Davey New York (U.R) Dan Bucce roni of Philadelphia and Dave Davey of Seattle, two tall and talented heavyweights with ambitions, square off m a 10 round return .tussle tonight at St. Nicholas Arena. The bout, which will be broadcast and televised na tionally, provides Davey with a chance to avenge a defeat by the Philadelphia "Butcher! Boy" last October. But Buc-1 ceronl is favored to repeat, 1 1 to 1. THRIFTY FIFTY'S $ Juat the cars for thrifty) plessure driving this spring and summer. Radios, heat ers, overdrives, beds, one owner cars. Three 1950 Statesman Tudors All Beauties.... $1395 One 1950 Statesman Fordor l,r?,ecytB,Mk:...$1445 tar aannBSRoTdBBPAiBBBBraBBBan oBBbjspbb , Morion Motors 333 Cantor rh. 39286 Losing Oregon, state, pitcher was Corky Coleman. ' . First baseman Jay Dean cracked oat a home run and two triples for Oregon State. , Tex Ktrkendall lead Wil lamette with a single and i two-run double. ' Coach John' Lewis' Bear eats were to have launched their home baseball sched ule Friday at J:I0 im the Me Calloch diamond an Bush's pasture as they played host to Oregon College of Educa tion's Wolves, s Lewis planned to start Dave Gray on the mound lor the Bearcats, : with Verq Vannice and Gino Pieretti also likely to see mound duties. oso at RuMlw.r Buob.il Fiik.lb ,1 o a a o a 1 atiM4,r i l 1 1 l auMT,ii I s Lwll,l Prban,l 1 irrkixll.l Hauni.i t t Kotpf.c 4 INaMon.l 1 S 0n,,p i t (imll t IliliM S Cm, a c I : i i a i n 1 1 Dttn.lb Thomu,t Sbrtdt.cf 4 i HMn.it : Wrsr.fb oalamn.p Hhm.p Wtllmn.r Mmnn, Own-s Wlthrw.l TotaVl IT I tT IS ToMl H II IT -eaerUietd for otortt la Sth. MUM lor Wimu In lui. a Tasnd for Wrr la lih. Wlllwirtt. 1M ill II OSC ..i 000 MS HO 4 1 WJantr Otorlii lMtr Ifltrman. Bnori Bliun, Lowll, IrkondtU, rnmvt, jwiioB, coon. Jin n, nH Dckn S. mil XlrktnSall, Porlmtn. M- HMr, Wrar. SB Lki, Thomii I, aiMfioi. dp avo m wrar Dtan. Tinn 1:41. Bostonian Spearheads a lew to beat the heaU BosromAN durable miracle Nylon Mesh is ityle fully posted. Takes top honors in the cool, com fortable lightweight division, when the mercury's in the torrid zone. RAEMAR 466 Slate NEXT DOOR TO faloiiDiiiisi ' i f -- : A ' i 1 ' iT n.. Opening-Day Senator Tickets Go On Sale Monday Tickets t for opening-day Salem Senator . baseball games April 24 will go on . sale at Howard Wlcklund'a Sporting goods store ; Mon day,. Senator business man ager Deke Walker said to day. . Salem opens its Western International league season with a split doubleheader opposite Calgary. Tradition al opening-day ceremonies and prises will be included in both the: . afternoon and evening 'opener. -;?.:.', ' Mayor Al Louks will toss out the first ball for the af ternoon session, while Gov ernor Paul Patterson will do the ' honors for : she night game.':'.. . Walker reminds that block tickets (those sold in booklet form in the pre-sea-son ticket campaign) will not be honored on opening night. They are good for any ether night in the lea son. Hilarious, a large race horse (17 hands high) owned by Og den Fhlpps, ia nicknamed "Ti ny." rr , Fights Last Wight S Antral, To, Bobbr Drku, IM, Son Antonio, outpolnlod Jimmy Kortlnn, MT, Alindolo, Am,. 10. Dolrolt Wm Bueom, 1114, St. Until, nd O ore on WoDtu, Wtt, Brontforti, Ont., drew, 10. roll aim, Moot. Bobbr Bnollih, 191, roll myor, outpointed BdOlo Oom pol, lit, Mtw Bonn, 10. Newark, N. 1. Monro, Kuril, 1I0H, IVowork, outpointed Al Rtdulie, 1U, Ho bokon, I. Now York (SunnnUo Gordoni) Lulu Peroi, 111, Brooklyn, outpointed Tenr Soy, 11K. Porli, Pronct, I. Spartonbaro, S. C, Honrr "Poppy" Ooutt, 131, SporUnburi, outpointed Billy Lima, 110, Miami. 10. gnoTemeut TbcARDMORB ' Slylt 3208 tnw Nylon MtA with Ian mooth trim. ' Vnlinid tamp and ftMrUr. Trid-FlfX 4cnstruttion. SHOES Ph. 3-8158 PAY LESS DRUG k . irday 1500 Athletes To Romp at McCulloch Field - "We are looking forward to the largest field to date and with everyone's ; cooperation we hope to ran the relaya with the asaae speed that has been evident In the last two years." ' Those were the words of Ted Ogdahl, director of the third annual Willamette' relays' as plans rapidly neared the com pletion stage lor the huge fes tival which will be held Sat urday afternoon in McCulloch Stadium. . .. '.,,, Where the 1SS2 relays had nine heats in the century for high schools, this year's agen da calls for 22 heats in- the 100. That's an indication of the Increase in prep entries. The relays were inaugurat ed at Willamette in 1951 by Cheater Stackhouse, then track coach and director of athletics at WU. In the brief history of the relaya, the event has become known as one of the biggest and most colorful sports events in the Pacific Northwest. ' As far as number of par ticipants is concerned, the Wil lamette relaya ranks as one of the largest athletic shows In the United States.- , ' Latest estimates are that well over 1S00 prep and college ath letes will take part in the mam moth show, which opens at 1 p.m. sharp Saturday. A total of 18 heats are sched uled in the high school divi sion of the high hurdles as com pared with nine of a year ago. - Top features of the third renewal of the. classic will be the college Invitational lM-yard dash and high hur dles. Outstanding stars from throughout the Northwest will take part In these events. ucKets lor the relays ' are priced at B0 cents for students and 90 cents for adults. Portland Preps Open r Portland W Portland high schools opened league base ball play ' Wednesday with these results: . Lincoln 7. Grant 1; Jefferson 8, Washing ton 0; Cleveland 1, Roosevelt u; i-ranklin 8, Benson 7 don't envy the Credit-Plate shopper... be one Open a RB charge account Mtn . . , the minute or two It will toke you to f 1 1 1 out and moil the coupon below, will be more than repaid in time sav ed by shopping the Credit Plate way ot Roberts Bros. Complete store for yourself, your family, your home. Phone. Employer Position . Two good references. Bank Signature ilA Scores Erlil h RkF Inninp, D:f:J (By Tho AaiioUm VroH Bill Sweeney's Seattle Bah- lers aro serving an early warn ing that they definitely are one of the teams to beat far the Pacific Coast League flag. . . ? .... They have tripped Oakland three straight, ' and the Oaks, along with Hollywood, were rated the. top pennant threats In pre-season reckoning. Seattle's margin over Oak land scored aU its runs in the first inning, but the Rainer cam back with five homers, two by Gordon Goldsbeny, two by Walt Judnich and one by Jack Tobln. Art Del Duca was batted out In the first in' ning by the Oaks but BUI Evans did a masterful relief job. A costly error by rookie eiiteher Ron Bottler of Part land opened the door to six unearned fin by Lea Anegles in the first inning and the Angels went on to win, S-7. Los Angeles dmn t score after the first frame. Fred Richards' homer with two on started the 8-run inning, but with the bases loaded and two away, Bottler dropped catcher El Tappe's foul that should have - ended matters. Tappe then poled a two-run single; Gene Baker scored on a double steal; Bobby Talbot homered with two on. ';' j V; i . : All this scoring was at the expense of Red Adams, last . year the PCL's most effective pitcher. Granny Gladstone homered for Portland in the Salem YMCA Volleyball Team Also-Ran The Salem YMCA vollybaU team which competed in the Northwest Y tournament; at Reed college - in - Portland wound up as an also-ran in the final outcome. - Portland won the champion ship, with Seattle second. Bunched . below the leaden were Walla Walla, Olympia, Wenatchee and Salem. 1 Playing on the Salem team were : Harold Smithers, John Goffrier, - Doug '- Hay, Erie Schuberg, Larry Rich and Paowv Lvona. '--:!. Exhibition Baseball ' . (By Tho Auoolatod Proal) ' : rhUadolphla (M) s, Booton (A) ' (t innintai. Ctovoland (A) I. Now York IM) S. Dotrolt (A) S, cmolruwtt "B" on Now York (A) I, Philadelphia (A) S. aw. ijouu iaj , cnioato im) . -WaihlniUm (A) I. ClndnnaU 01) St. Loolo' (Nl s, BlrmlM ham MA) . UUwaukio (N 11, Brooklyn M) S. Ft. Worth (TL) I, Ctilcaro (A) 4 (10 inninga nitntl. ' yourself ! i. S40 Court Street, Salem, Oregon Name 7 .1 Mr. Q Mrs. Q Miss ; ' Address . ; Wife's maiden name i. ... 1 1 1. 1. . tV---w...a. ..wf V.t-.vj..a,,A..fclwj,t..t. A,w, ." VMAi A-.aw a, 'V.'JV "ar,-j-. y '- j . v- - t . . v D:vc3 C-7 PCL STANDINGS O Btt. Uk l.oas ,: :we ': . i i ' ' itfj Jwt 1 jm a .Me s sm Lm Asfatea Soroi to ........ t s SA Dtl ........ ........ 1 , 1 OokUaS roiUoaS I........ ., t Tlwnday'a noasHai , SMtUo 11, Ovkiaad s. ' Lao AbsoMo I, Portland T. Saeraamlo S, Sua rraaoiaa B : Hollywood 11. Saa Dlaoa o. aw Dtoa s, Vatmood I. amauoit a, aa Praflilaio I, Sootuo I. OokUaa t. Loo Aaaoku S, Portland I. sixth with the bases leaded. . Sacramento's Soloni, blank' ad Wednesday by San Francis co, .4-0, returned the Insult Thursday night and white washed the Seals, 34. ' ' Hollywood drove across six runs in the first inning and went on to whip San Diego, 12 . 1 Urn I OA . a OA AuatlnAa nawtlUf Monlo,U BoiteUlr CHdata,oi Arimo Buort.lb Bun.kl.l Boltlor.o , Adam, H.ard.p ; n-Orank SSI ITattVti 1 1 SBotlM.l t 14 s s a e e s onr.l-r SVMat.rl Sb-Anltb SSakOM DOTl,lb SHoUna.1 OTappo.0 SIndo.p lrUaadl. enaten,p S ..: Total! H 10 1 U Totala SI ST IS Pllod ant for Hoard la 4th. v b Rn lor Wott to and. Portland 404 SSI SM 1 Hlto . ova io wau tv do AnioUa too ooo aov s H1U 410 414 SI S Pltchorl IP AB I D BB SO Adama 4 4 4 1 1 1 ... Hiard 4H ' s a a , e ': e s -. Lint . .' . .1 I ' 114 1.4 Ibda ' W B CI S 1 4 Ramadall 4 1 S I 1 1 S Hatten - 1 4 11 .'. 4 1 Wlnnla pltotwrJbdal Lootna pitaMr B Bottlar, PJehwdl. Buna AiaUa. Uonls 1, ruotout S, OHAdotana S, Tal bot S, Richard,, Uahar, woat, . Baker, Tappo, lbo.'HPn-Woat, by Haaidi BK abrt by SrasudalL LOB Portland 4, us Aniolu I. SB AnaUn 1, tionu. BB Rloharda, Taikat, CHadatono. BB Bakar, Tnppo. bbi KKhardo . 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