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Salem Meets
Double Op
Hemphill, Bevans Slated
To Hurl Senator Openers
; By CHRIS KOWITZ, JR. -
The Salem Senators,
h cic t-t victory over
the Orefon City Elks at
Oregon City' last night
brought their spring train
ing exhibition record to 11
wins and two losses, Friday
begin playing "(or keeps" to,
the Western International
league, , ; ,
Salem faces. Calgary's
Stampeders in a split double
header Friday, with appro
priate opening day ceremonies
planned for both the after
noon and evening sessions.
Mayor Al Louks will
; throw out the first ball at
; 2 o'clock for the afternoon
; fame. Pitcher Jack Hemp-
hill will replace Loucks on
' the mound when the game
- get nnderway. Senator
. manager Hugh Luby has
V named Hemphill ' to pitch
!: the afternoon game, and
: Sill Bevens the "evening
; fame. '
Gove.nor Paul Patterson
will handle the first ball bon
ers In the night game. Cere
monies start at 8:15.
Silverton high school's
band will play in the after
noon, and the Salem Shrine
band will provide music for
fans attending the night game.
Traditional opening - day
prises will be awarded to
players g 1 1 1 n g various
"firsts" In each ball game.
(See list elsewhere In this
section.)
Salem and Calgary take a
night off Saturday, then clash
in a doubleheader Sunday.
There nsnally isn't much
doubt about an out-of-the-park
home ran, it's either over the
fence or it isn't. But during
last night' Salem-Oregon City
game at Oregon City, there
were three home runs, and
each one of them brought on a
rhubarb. ,. . .. .-.w.i
Salem won the ball game,
6-2, on a sloppy field amid
flying raindrops and blowing
cherry blossoms. It was one
of those nights when' both
clubs are uusally anxious to
get the game over with, but
last night they must have
spent fully IB minutes, total
time, in rhubarbing over the
homers.
' The first disputed home run
came in - the fourth Inning,
when rookie Salem Pitcher
Dick Strombach laced a wind'
swept howitzer to left field.
Pave Tyema of Oregon City
got a glove on the ball, but it
bounced off his glove and over
the fence.
Doc Regele, the base urn
Dire, held up his hands, ap
parently ruling that the ball
had bounced over the fence
and should be a two-base hit.
Salem argued that since it
touched Tyema's glove, it
should be a home run. Actu
ally, Regele wasn't attempting
to hold Strombach to second
base at all. Regele had called
time out because a wayward
ball from the bull pen. had
rolled onto the field. But
after a check with the base
umpire ruled that the home
run pitch had been made be
Kowiiz'-
Br CBRI9 KOWITZ. 1M., Capita.) Jouroil ScnrU Editor
Not only are the Senators home owned, with 834 stock
holders, they are also home-grown. Half the Salem team
are Oregon residents. In professional baseball, that's
a big percentage of native sons. Four of the Senators
live in Salem. They are manager Hugh Luby (155 Culver
Lane), pitcher Bill Bevens (3490 Sunny view Ave.),
infielder Lou Scrivens (1581 Market), and outfielder Bill
Nelson (2120 River Bend road). Pitcher Jack Hemphill
is from Silverton, third-baseman Gene Taselli from Port
land, pitcher Larry Borst from Forest Grove, outfielder
Ray Stratton from Eugene and pitcher Wayne Rick from
Malin.
Counting Noses r, Beaks
Chet Kebbe, chief biologist In waterfowl for the state
game commission recently submitted a report to the
Pacific flyway committee, stating that 442,739 migra
tory waterfowl are now wintering in Oregon. Now, Chet,
are you SURE those last 89 birds have arrived?
Auto Racing Due Soon
Hollywood Bowl will open its 1953 season on Saturday,
May 2, with a roadster (hot rod) racing program. As in
recent summers, the Bowl will conduct auto racing every
Saturday night as long as the weather holds out.
Fiery Fairways
Speaking OI nuiu, icimuua us ul me aiueni guuer
who passed from this earth and ended up where it is
warm all the time. He found to his joy and amazement,
however, a beautiful, fully-equipped golf course. He was
civen a nice new set of clubs, bag, shoes, cart every
thing but balls. When he asked the Devil for some of these
he was told, "There aren't any balls that's the hell
of it."
ener
fore Regele had called time,
Strombach's home run was al
lowed. ,
A. homer by Carloscio of
Oregon City in the fifth, off
Salem Pitcher Larry Borst
(he relieved Strombach In the
fifth), brought another rhu
barb. Carloscio's ball bounc
ed over the left field fence,
in clear view of everybody in
the Kelly field premises, with
the exception of the umpires,
who ruled it a home run. The
LOCAL UNITED PRESS
Familiar Figure
One, of
around
f! lilt w )i
T-IUWsJJ ijswytsjiiws 'mmmmJ'
the last few years has been groundskeeper Ben Ford, shown
here wielding a shovel. Ford is an all-around handy man
at the ball park, doing everything from building the dug
outs to caring for manager Hugh Luby'e Labrador re
trlever, Skipper.
fights Last Night
Baltlmm Orlando Zuluete 111,
Cuba, and oJer Brown, lis. Naw Or-
lean, are, 10.
,Laa Vaa, Nef. Heir, Tea Hoff, l.
Qermaiir. knocked out Al Spauldlni,
311. Oakland. Calif., .
Fortland, Me. Terry Rran. 1V.
Portland, knocked out Larrr Orltfln,
mv,, Lewliton, Me., t.
Korner
uVlrlOSS
Calg
Friday
Senators howled long and
loud, but only one of them.
Bob Collins, was chased to the
dressing room. , .
Just a few minutes later, in
the Salem half of the sixth.
Gene Tanselli laced- a long
one to right field. The ball
took a big bounce, all right,
but the umpires and the Ore
gon Ctly . players didn't agree
as to which side of the fence
it . first bounced on. . Regele
gave Tanselli a home run,
then it was Oregon City's turn
to howl. : . ..
The weather man finally
stopped all arguments by rain
ing out the game in the top
half of the ninth inning:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Salem, Oregon, Thursday, April 23, 1953
the most familiar figures
the Waters park premises
Huge Crowd
Expected for
May 13 Game
The crowd at Waters perk
May 13, for 2 Lewiston-Salem
games could be the biggest
crowd in the history of. base
ball in Salem.
The Capitol Shopping cen
ter has bought out the ball
park for that night. Merchants
iz. that shopping district will,
within a few days, begin
giving away tickets to the
May 13, game.
About 1000 of the tickets
have already been distributed.
Persons attending the baseball
boosters luncheon at the arm
ory today noon found a ticket
to the May 13 game Included
in their box lunch.
Time out for
refreshment
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Boret ..... 4 It I 1 1 4 1
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Strombach, Carlocelo, TanMlU. 2BH
Beoatlnl. RSI Wither woon. Nekon.
Strombaoh, Carloaclo' 1. TanjelU I. Umpt
Miller ud Boele. Time 1:00. At
tendance 100.
NEWS AND FEATURES
Page 17
Two WIL Openers
Set for Canadian
Ball Parks Tonight
1 (St The Aaioelated Praia)
The Class A Western Inter
national Leagae, organised
baseball's largest circuit, opens
the gates Thursday for what
President Bob Brown predicts
will be a million-fan season.
The sprawling league, which
operates in Washington, Idaho,
Oregon, and two Canadian pro
vinces, was expanded to ten
teams . this year and four of
them will be in action at the
start of the 144-game split sea
son. Victoria, the defending cham
pion, will meet Spokane, the
1952 runner-up, at victoria,
and Vancouver's Capilanos will
play the Lewiston Broncs at
Vancouver. .
Other league openers will
be held Friday night with
Yakima playing at Wenat
chee, Calgary at Salem and
Edmonton at Trl-Clty.
Calgary and Edmonton, both
In Canada's Alberta Province,
are the league s newest mem
bers. They were added to the
loop last winter at a directors
meeting which . also elected
Brown as the first fulltime
WIL president.
Brown has predicted bring
ing the two Canadian clubs
into the circuit will send an
additional 300,000 fans through
the turnstiles, boosting the sea
son's total attendance past the
one million mark.
Five teams will have new
managers.
Edo Vannl, who replaced
Billy Schuster as Vancouver
manager in mid-season last
year, is the 1952 pilot at Tri
City. Harvey Storey, Faeifie
Coast League infielder-out-fielder,
succeeds Vannl at
Vancouver; former major
leaguer Bob Sturgeon, will
manage the Edmonton Eski
mos; Gene Lillard, another
veteran, Is head man at Cal
gary, and Mike McCormaek
is . the field boss at Wen
a tehee.
Holdover managers are Hugh
Luby at Salem, Don Osborn at
Spokane, Cecil Garrlott at Vic
toria, Bill Brenner at Lewiston,
and Darlo Lodigianl at Yakima.
The first half of the split
season will end July 2 with
playoff to decide the cham
pion. The second half will run
through Sept. 8.
et ts coo cou coMMt i
COMPANY OF SALEM
Proclamation on
Baseball Issued .
By Mayor Loucks
Salem mayor Al Loucks has
issued this official proclamation
regarding the opening of the
Salem Senators baseball sea
son: .. , .
PROCLAMATION
The baseball season of
1953 Is approaching, and
the Western International
opening games for the Salem
Senators will be played at
the George E. Waters park
L on April 24; and
nnttibAs, ine saiem sen
ators are the property of eitl
sens and residents of the city
of Salem, are an integral part
of the community, and the
ball club, the ball park, and
the franchise are locally
owned, it behooves all the
cltiiens In the city of Salem
and vicinity to support the
team In order to Insure a suc
cessful season and to perpe
tuate baseball in Salem;
, NOW, THEREFORE, as
Mayor of the city of Salem,
I hereby proclaim April 24
as Baseball Day and urge all
eitlsens of the city who find
It possible to do so to attend
the games on that day, as
well as on succeeding days.
(Signed)
AL LOUCKS
Mayor of the-City of Salem
Bearcats Meet
.infield Here
Friday at 2:30
Willamette's Bearcats, . two
straight Northwest Conference
baseball wins under their belts
and showing a mark of 8-1 for
the season, seek to stretch their
string this weekend .as they
battle the Linfleld Wildcats in
a two-game series.
Coach John Lewis' WU nine
hosts the Wildcats at McCul-
loch Field Friday afternoon
2:30, and the teams clash again
at McMinnville Saturday af
ternoon.
Lewis plans to start high
rlghthanded ace, Andy George,
in the Friday contest here, with
Mickey Coen the probable hill
nominee for Saturday.
-Willamette racked its sixth
victory of the campaign Mon
day by whipping the Portland
University Pilots 10-4. Out
fielder Chuck Lewis sparked
the win over the Portlanders
with three hits and a like
number of stolen bases, includ
ing a steal of home.
Tex Kirkendall, Bearcat
freshman thirdsacker, suffered
a concussion during the tilt
and probably won't be avail
able for action in the week
end series with Linfleld.
Yesterday's Stars
(By The Associated Press)
Batting Bob Hoffman, New York
Olante, homered twice, singled and dou
bled In four times at bat, scoring three
runs and driving In three as the Giants
beat Pittsburgh, 4-2.
Pltflblns- Karl Drews, Philadelphia
Phils, rtruok out seven, walked two and
allowed seven hit In defeating Brook
lyn, -.
for
Cascade Merc's
TROUT
DERBY
Over 1000 in
Prizes
It's Ail Free!
Derby runs 'til June IS, with
6 prises awarded every
week. Four biff grand prises
at the end of the derby.
First prise is a 195S Evin
rude motor. Also spinning
outfits, rods, reels, lines,
lures, life jackets, boots,
waders. Lots and lots of
free prises.
THIS WEEK'S PRIZES
I. Burner Spinning Reel
I. Bleeping Bag
S. Langley Casting Rod
4. Cortland Tapered Line
Bogle Salmon (Spinning Reel
Remember, you must be reg
istered at least it hours be
fore entering any fish.
Cascade Merc
(405 N. Church Ops. 'Ill 1
70 Prizes in Store for
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Luclty Sail Players Friday
If you've tried to oil Orvtl
Luu during the Ust couple of
weeks, and found his phone
busy. It was because he's been
on that telephone hour after
hour lining up prises for open
inf day.
This is Lama s fifth year in
charge of opening day prizes
for ball players. In 1949, there
were about a half dozen prizes
awarded. This year, there are
70 prizes in store for lucky
players with "firsts."
Frizes will be awarded to Sa
lem Senators in both the after
noon and evening games. Sepa
rate lists of prizes have been
lined up for the day and night
games.
Here Is a complete list.
AFTERNOON GAME
Flrtt Bit 4B RPM record rUyer Iron
Ralph Johnson Appllineti and Marr Ra
dio and Television: $10 dry oleantni
from Rawllnson'c Capitol City laundry:
IS cuh from Otto J, Wllion Bulok Co.'
riret Binfie sio arr cleaning irom
Kennedy ! City Cleaning Worki; 10 gal
lon! gat from Don Roblneon Shell ita-
aon. t cash from Chtfflng'e uitd Cam
IB merchandUo Irom Dougnton Bard-
ware.
riret Onkle Sport ahlrt from Shrr-
ocka Mea'a Wean two-pound box of
candy from Oayi Candy ahep; 10 ral
lona of gaa from Mennli oil Co.. 17.80
caih from stern aon-Biof ford; billfold,
from Brown'i Jewelera.
rirtt TriBte Trlco window vainer
from Colyeor Motor Baleti 06 oaah from
Krapa and Long printer; pea and pencil
let from Needham'a Stationery and Of
fice Supply: 10 eain from OrvaU Uitd
Care: 10 gallons gaa from Oagle'e Union
station.
First Hams Ran 110 cash from Salem
Automobile company: turkey from Max-
ton CreameiT and Poultry Co.: bam from
Valley Packing Co.) 10 gallons gaa from
Kin ton's Richfield Service, 15 cash from
Hogg Bros., 5 eash from western Mo
tors; 15 cash from Home Fuel Oil Co.
NIGHT GAME
First Hit One pair baseball shoea from
Howard Wtcklund Sporting Ooodi; table
lamp from woodry Furnttur Co.; 07.W
oaah from W. L. Anderson. Zne.i 17.80
eash from Major Motors.
First sulfa Bate 40 cash from Warner
Motor Co.: 7.BO cash from Smiling Jack's
service station.
First Single 00 cash from Commercial
Beat Cover Co.! sweater from Bishop's;
ILV script book from Tellow Cab; 010
oash from McKay Chevrolet Co.
First Bauble sit) cash from Stan Ba
ker Motor Co.: 17.(0 cash from Left
Used oars; 010 In cleaning from Bur
right's cieanersi 10 rounds of golf from
Sklem Oolf course.
First Triple 010 oath from Bishop
lectrlot $10 merchandise from Prices
liriiu annarri: tio merchandise from
Hamilton, Furniture: sport shirt from
Alex Jones men's wean Ronson combin
ation lighter from Jackson Jewelers,
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1490 Kc. 1490" died-
gallons gas front Kin ton Richfield Serv
ice.
First Ham Ban 010 aaah from Loder
Bros.) sport light from B. H. Burrell
Automotive Sltctrloi baa from Valley
Packing Co.: eash from Charles
Muiiir used cam 10 ewiono gaa from
Kin ton's Richfield Service. 010 mer
chandise from Ballye ladles apparel,
sport shirt from Tb Man's Shop: turkey
from Marlon Creamery and Poultry Co.:
two chicken dinners from Senator Ho
tel. First Hm In (either team) 010
coupon book from Sears.
First Safa Bant Colobar ran glasses
from Boring Optical Co. .
Meet mta 17. w eash. from Marion
Motors; sport ahlrt from Hewitt's Men s
store. .
First Walk Two chicken dinners
from Bhattuo a Chateau; 07.00 oath from
Business Boss
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ness manager of the Miami, Okla., team, Is servini bis first
year as business manager of the Salem Senators. Walker
learned his baseball business ABC's at the baseball admin
istration school at Florida. Southern collece In Lakeland,.
Fla. Walker paduated from Willamette university in 1950,
' and attended the Florida school as post-traduate. ., .
When the cry of HAY BALL it shouted out at
Waters Park at 25th and Mission, KOCO, your Sa
lem Sport Station, will bt on hand to givo you a
play by play account of the opening Solem Senator
game and every game thereafter.
So if you can't make it out to the ball park for
the games, tune In to 1490 on your dial to hoar
Chuck Boiee at the mike with your Senators at bat.
Another feature of KOCO, your Salem Sports statloi
is Major League baseball with the American and Na
tionoal League ball games each afternoon.
Capp'a TIaa4 Cam SIS caah from i
ml Flume. Corp.. and Hot a.
inoBa uuurana. Maaer.
Slrtt Baa Seare Two ahtoku .te
rm, from CUe ud Johnston road Show
110 eaah from Omerml rtauu. Corp. n4
Aor H. stmmoaa Xnearue. Aimer.
rirai Irrw is uh from Warw
Motor Co.
rtret SaerlfM4T4S aarohiodla. fnak
Salem Hardware.
rint In tutlaaMa M Milt treat
Shroek Motor Co. v
rirrt Ma. Cult Napplu w i
Sleeping bat from Camd. IfereantUa.
Winnlu Salem rrteker 7.M email
from Valler Motor Co.) II Mas from
Ambe. Motor,. .
Mauier f Saeh Ban CIA aowmt
of flowera from Jarr norlita.
. Saeh Bat Bar Tvo-pound bos f
eudr from OneU's UMd Cere. ;
Dekt Wslker, former WilUmetU nl
Tcrsltx baseball catcher and ex-busi
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