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LOCAL UNITED MESS
Rain Interferes With Play
In State Softball Tourney
By BENN VALDEZ
Mill City (Special) The
Salem Merchanta gained the
unwanted distinction of being
the first team knocked out of
the 20th annual state Softball
tournament at, Mill City over
the week-end.
Almost an hour after the
Corvallis Nored Builders elim
inated them by a score of 4-3,
the weatherman scored the
second knockout with a deluge
that quickly turned the field
into a quagmire. The Bend
Eugene game was called in
the second inning with Bend
ready to hit and the grounds
lieepera worked for nearly two
hours with gasoline and saw
dust to make the field present
able to play ball: When play
once more resumed, every
thing went well untif the fifth
Inning of the delayed game
Brooks Move Full Nine '
Ahead; Yanks Slip Bit
By CAKli LTJNDQUIST
New York, UJS Duke Sni
der the centerfielder of those
window breaking Brooklyn
Dodgers, was the latest of
them to rate serious considera
tion today for "most valuable
player" honors.
The California .Duke, who
is playing at the peak of his
career, probably will wind up
with his top major league
marks in four departments and
he has an outside chance of
improving on two others.
j Yesterday, as he hit two
homers and drove in seven
runs with five hits In Brook
lyn's 10-4 and 9-7 triumphs
over the Pirates, he closed in
on his best previous marks
practically all-around.
i His two homers gave him a
total of 31, which equals the
number he hit in 19S0. He
scored three runs yesterday,
giving him a total of 101 and
making him the only player
In the majors past the century
mark. He needs only nine
more to top his best previous
total of 109 also in the 19S0
season. ' .
' The Brooks moved nine full
games ahead of Milwaukee,
which ran its winning streak
to eight by beating the Cubs,
in
Field Day
A I Rosen,
Cleve land
Indian third baseman, had
field day against St. Louis
Browns in Cleveland when
he hit three home runs In
.double-header. He drove In
seven runs and leads Ameri
can League with 110 RBI's.
(IT Telephnto)
Oregon State
Signs Thomas
As Grid Aide
Corvallis OI.B John Thomas,
former Oregon State colleee
football and baseball star, has! ' , - '
been signed as an assistant grid . Brfmton won,.'"ram''
coach by his alma mater, Ath- row ,nd !'''" the
letic Director Spec Keene said North Americn champion
today, j ships In Toronto September 7.
i nomas, now playing pro
baseball with Bakersfield in
the California State league, will
work with the ends and scout
for the Beavers. Keene said. He
will report to Coach Kip Tay
lor at the end of the baseball
season. '
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Salem, Oregon, Monday, August 24, 1953
fwhen the skies opened up and
finished play for good
Today, unless there is more
rain, the teams in the tourney
will all play at least two
games in order to get back on
schedule. Two more teams
besides the loser of the Bend
Eugene game will be eliminat
ed tonight with the field
shrinking to two teams with
action Tuesday night
The Salem Merchanta dis
played the most robust hitting
in the tourney with triplets,
doubles and tingles falling all
over, but for every run they
scored, they promptly gave
away two -which caused their
sudden elimination. Both Bob
Knight and Jim Rawlins hurl
ed well enough to have won
their games but the support
Just wasn't there.
Outstanding hitter of the
Major Leagues
AMEBICAN LEAGl't
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new TOTS S3 39 .IM
ChklfO 71 a 410 14
Cleveland It S3 .7 IS
Bolton TO H Mi 11
Wuhlaiton to IS ,4M 34ft
PhUadelpbla 41 73 .403 34
Detroit 77 .! S3
Bt. LouU 43 14 .333 43
Bandar a Seealte
Niw York 4. Philadelphia t.
Bo ton t. Wafththlton 4.
Chleaio 3-11, Detroit l-l.
Cleveland 3-t. St. LouU 1-1.
Sataraarf Baealu
Philadelphia 10. New York 4.
Boa ton 4, Waehtnf ton 3.
Cleveland 4. at. LouU 1.
Detroit 3. Chicago 1 (11 Innlnn.)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
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Brooklyn
Vlllwauke ,
Philadelphia ...
..14 31 .191
..71 43 .113 t
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.. 34 .fAO 17
..37 04 .471 Stt,
..34 01 .431 30Vi
..41 71 .310 37U
...41 II .111 47
LouU
New York
Cincinnati
Chtcato
Plttiburth
Saadar'e Keealtf
Brooklyn 10-. Piitiburrh 4-7.
Philadelphia I. New York I.
Cincinnati t. at. LouU 3.
Milwaukee 10-3. Ohlcaio 1-7.
Satarday'l Reialte
Brooklyn 0, Fltteburkh 3.
tlUwaukea 1. Chlcako I lit lnnlnill.
St. LouU S. Cincinnati 4.
Philadelphia 7-1, New York 1-1.
10-2 on Warren Spahn's four
hit nth victory before losing
7-2 in a darkness-halted seven
inning finale.
In the American League, the
Yankees blanked the Athlet
ics, 4-0 on Vic Raschi's six-hit
pitching. However, the Yan
kees lost ground to Chicago
which defeated Detroit 2-1 and
11-6 and now trail by 8V4
games.
Al Rosen took over the
American League lead in hom
ers with 33, in runs-batted-in
with 116, and in batting with
a .326 mark as he hit a three
run homer and drove in an
other run with a single in the
second game as Cleveland
topped the Bowns 3-1 and 9-0.
After Ted Williams tied the
score at 4-4 with his fifth
homer since returning from
Korea In the seventh inning,
rookie Karl Olson doubled
home the winning run in the
ninth in a 5-4 Red Sox victory
over Washington.
Earl Torgeson drove In three
runs with a homer and single
in a 6-3 Phillies' victory that
extended the losing streak of
the Giants to seven games.
Winning pitcher Ken Raf
fensberger drove In two runs
with a double in the ninth
for Cincinnati to offset two
runs by St. Louis in the bot
tom of the inning In a 5-3
triumph.
Bremerton Softball
Team Wins Title
Tscoma (IP) For the third
straight year, the Bremerton
Greenjsckets have won the
Women's Northwest Regional
Softball Tournament.
The Navy Yard team defeated-the
Yakima Apple Queens
7 to 4 here Sunday, duplicat
ing tne result of last years
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NEWS AND FEATURES
Vg 11
ursi nay was imra oasem.n
Bob Berkey of Tillamook who
ruined Salem with three hits '
in four trips scored three
runs, and drove in five. The
fielding gem of the games so
far was a diving one handed
catch turned in by left fielder
Frank Harkenrider of Her
miston in his team's win over
Eugene. He caught the ball
after a long run and then
skidded on his nose for a gain
of about ten yards Also on the
outstanding side' is first base
man Bob Bcringer of Corval
lis who has handled 24 chances
in two games without an er
ror. The outstanding pitcher
in the tourney is Vern Collins
of Grants - Pass who was
throwing everything but a
knuckler at the Corvallis
team Saturday night j
The Sunday evening double
header was to have been
Shrine benefit night with all
proceeds going to that cause.
The Salem Shrine marching
group was all ready to put on
its show when the cloudburst
eliminated them also.
Weather permitting, the
schedule for the remaining
games will follow as near as
possbile the original set-up
except the teams will resume
play this, afternoon Instead of
tonight with games starting
at 2:15..
2:1S Tillamook vs. Grants
Pass.
4:00 Hermlston vs. Mill
City.
5:30 Bend v s . Eugene
Finish of games started yes
terday.) oames for this evening
find Corvallis playing the win
ner of the Hermiston-Mill City
game and either Bend or Eu
gene, depending on who wins,
against the winner of the Till-amook-Grants
Pass game.
Satarfay't Cameo: ' - T.
Salem Merchant! T 11 3
Tillamook Buahonr Loaterl I I I
Knltht and Wearer; Marshall and
Jeeter.
Corvallu Nored BulldVn ,
Orante Paw Lumbermen .,
WehmeUr and Stan;
Pllnk.
1 I 1
I 4 1
Colllni and
Kuiene Rubeniteln Furniture I 1 4
Plreetont of Hermliton ..I I
wiiioutr.br. willli (71 and Walk
Spencer and nankin.
Bend Lundtren Salea Corp 3 1 0
Mill City Kelly Lumber aalei I I I
Robleon and Klal; Peareon and Ben
nett.
Sunday'e Gamee:
Balem Merchante 3 V 4
Corvallu Nored Bullderi 4 I 1
Rawlini and Weaver; Dick Bprlck and
.tact.
Eueena Rubenatoln Purnlturt ....I S
Bend Lundfttn Bale! Corp 0 1
Willi, and Moore: Robleon and Kiel.
(Second tamo called pecaueo of rain In
the bottom of the Ith.l
Harrington of
Medford Wins
OGA Tourney
Portlsnd UP) George Har
rington of Medford shaved
three strokes off psr In Sun
day s final round to win the
Oregon Golf Association Medal
Play Tournament with 72-
hole total of 268.
Harrington had 18s of 65 and
68 Sunday. He fired 133 on the
first 36 holes Saturday.
Second place went to Bob
Atkinson of Portland, who
carded 269. Ralph Dichter of
Astoria took third with 271,
and Lou Stafford of Portland
was fourth with 276.
Other scores included Roy
Wiggins, Portland, 277; Don
Krieger, University of Oregon,
280; Justin Woods, Salem, 281,
and Kent McLachlan, Univer
sity of Washington, 283.
Baseball Thrown 443
Feet for New Record
Chattanooga, Tenn. IIP) Don
Grate, Chattanooga Lookout
center fielder, threw a base
hall 443 feet, 3 inches here
Sunday to better his own
world's distance record.
His previous record of 434
feet, 1 inch, was officially rec
ognized and the ball is in the
Cooperstown, ' N. Y., baseball
museum.
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Any Longer
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remedlee. Amailns meteee tn MM
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tlnialtv heart ntua. Item tldaeri
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rhfumatlim. .ell end aladder fever,
kin. ferael. enmplalnu.
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Heser to Pitch Against
Salem in Exhibition Game
Roy Helser, former Fortland
Beaver and Salem Senator
left-handed pitcher, will be on
the mound against Salem to
night as the Drain Black Sox
of the strong Southwest Ore
gon semi-pre league take on
the Senators In an t o'clock ex
hibition game at Bethel, ball
park in Eugene.
The Drain-Salem clash will
bring to a head a long-standing
feud between the South
west Oregon league and the
Western International league.
For the past few years, the
i.,. . ..,. ,,n,tlon.l
west Oregon league of "raid'
ing" WIL teams for players.
Members of the Southwest
Oregon league have denied
such accusations, but neverthe
less the teams in the South
west Oregon league are dotted
with players who have left
WIL teams to join forces with
the semi-pro circuit.
So tonight's tilt between
Drain, first half champions
of the Southwest Oregon
league, and Salem, first half
champions of the Western In
ternational league, is a nat
ural. '
Helser manages the Drain
team, in addition to taking his
regular turn on the mound.
Last season -he won 14 games
and lost 2.
Bill Beard, former Salem
Senator catcher-manager, is
one of the catchers on the
Drain team. Dick Bartle, who
played first base for the Sen
ators last season, will start at
first for Drain tonight. Lou
Scrivens, former Willamette
university and Salem Senator
utility man, will be at . t n e
shortstop position for Drain to
night. Glenn Stetter, with Sa
lem in 1951, will also start fo
Drain tonight. He. led the
Southwest Oregon league - in
hitting last year with a '.430
mark. '
The Senators got a night
off from their Western In
ternational league pennant
race last night when their
game at Tri-Clty was called
in the second inning on ac
count of rain. Les Wither
spoon hit a home run for Sa
lem tn the first Inning, but
since the game was not com
pleted, the homer will be
stricken from the records.
Salem skidded to third place
in league standings when it
lost two games to Tri-City
Saturday. Scores were 5-1 and
4-1.
The Senators return to WIL
action at Waters park TueS'
day night against Edmonton.
Ray McNulty, a member of
the Senators last season, will
pitch for Edmonton.
(By The Aeioclated Preaii
It's still a wide open race
In the Western Interna
tional Baseball League as
the Class A loop heads Into
the final two weeks of the,
1953 campaign.
Spokane, Lewiston and Sa
lem are bunched in a virtual
deadheat turning Into the
home stretch and Vancouver,
three games off the pace, still
rates as a contender.
Salem, the first balf cham
pion, and Spokane have been
chasing each other In and out
of the top berth through most
of the second half of the
league's split season.
Wicklund's Selling
Tickets to Pro Game
Tickets lor the professional
football game between the Los
Angeles Rams and the Chicago
Cardinals, at Multnomah Stad
ium September 7, are now on
sale at Wicklund's Sporting
Goods store in Salem, and will
remain there through August
28. After that date, all unsold
tickets will be returned to the
Portland box office.
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proof of our repntatlon.
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WIL Standings
(Br Tht AwttUted Preaii
W L Pel.
Spokane
it m
33 33 .133
33 34 j:i
13 33 .133
II 37 .MO
31 II Ke
3t 31 .431
31 .4a
34 34 .414
33 II J7S
Lewieto.
fcalrea ...
Vancouver
Edmonton
Yakima ..
cauarr ..
wtnauneo
Tri-Clly .
Victoria .
13
Bpokant 13. Lcwuum 0.
wenatchee 4-1, Yakima I I (wcond
tame It lnnlnt.
.alem at -mc:i7, uncalled alter lVe
tonlnit, rain.
Onlf tame, icbcduled.
Satarday'l Xeealta
Lewuton t-t. Spokane 1-1.
Tri-Clty 1-4. aalem I-1.
Yakima 1. Wenatchee I.
CaUary l-l. Vancouver t-1.
Edmonton t-t, Victoria l-l (Ilril tame
10 innlniej.
Mondavi Seaedela
Victoria at Vancouver.
LewUton at Wenatcheo.
Only lamaa acheduled.
Lewiston made a three-way
schamble of the race for a
spot in the post season play
off last week. The Broncs
riding a winning streak that
ended at 11 straight Sunday,
advanced from fifth place to
temporary possession of first
In a Spokane, after losing
seven in a row to Lewiston,
ended the Bronc'a victory
skein with a 23-hit 12-0 shut
out Sunday, and the Broncs,
who gained first place with
5-3, 5-3 wins in Saturday's
doubleheader, fell back into
second place but they were
only one percentage point be
hind the Indians. Salem was
a game back.
Both Spokane and Lewiston
have 18 games, Including a
four-game set with each oth
er .starting Sept. 3, remaining
on their schedules. Salem has
19 games left .
Sunday llneacoru:
Lewuton W0 000 000 sit
Spokane 303 001 lii 11 33 1
Brenner. Peres III and Cameron:
Worth and Sheeu.
Pint lame:
wenatcheo 000 031 04 1
Yakima lie 000 1 3 1 s
notneio ano Beriolomel: carter and
Alblnl.
Second lama:
Wenatcheo 100 003 001 3 S 11 4
Yakima 000 300 301 1 I 7 3
Monroe. Klein 17). DeCarolU III and
Bartolomel; fUoa and Alblnl.
aalem at Trl-Cltr cancelled alter 1H
Innlnta, fain.
Satarday llneaearati 1
Pint lame:
Lewuton 031 010 1 S 11 S
Bpokane 300 0O0 03 3 0
Butler, Marahall II) and Cameron;
Sprint, Cordell (7) and 8heeU.
Second tarot:
Lewuton 010 300 0001 13 1
Spokane 300 000 030 4 7 I
Kime, 7-oweu ill, Marihal (It and
Ouray: Pranke, Romero (4), Cordell
It) ano Bneeli.
Writ Mint:
flftltm 600 100 01 S 0
XD-Clir 101 03ft xS I 0
comni, Hfmpnin ) tnd Nelaoni Rob
ertson and Wftrrin.
Second iVmi;
Stirm one loo ooo I 1
Trt-Ctty 010 Ml 00s 4 . 0
Nicholtu and MaaWrson; Snyder and
Peut. 4
WrnitthM 000 ISO 000 I T 1
Yakima OMOOOftOx-T T S
Bowman, Klln (T) and Bartolomel
Townwod and jUblnl.
First tame:
Vancouver 000 000 W0 3 I 1
Calcarr 123 001 OOx 7 10 1
Mrtrs, Roberta S and Duretto, Or
rell and Rrtrktr.
Second lama;
VatifWUTtr 010 000 000 1 S 1
Calearr 000 031 Oil 4 11 1
rietrher. Roberto (II and LeavlU; Hi li
ner and Brlcker.
Fir-it lama:
Victoria 003 000 Ml I I IS 1
dm on ion 000003 100 34 IS 0
DriUlnt. Frlor (10) and Harford; Tie
nrrat. Con ant (10, and Frratlea. Mor
ten (41.
Second f ant: ' .
Victor 1 MM 100 10 t
Edmonton 310 100 Ms 0 10
Lonno and Harford; Wtdnor and
If or ten.
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Softball Playoffs
Start Tonight
The Industrial learue soft-
ball, playoffs .pea at rhilllns
field in Bush's pasture tonight
at I o'clock.
Ed's Market Wolgamott's
will play Commercial Seat
Covers in the first game of a
two-out-of-three gamea play
off for the right to meet YM-
CA in another best-of-three
playoff for the Industrial
league championship. ,
The Ed's Market Wolga
mott's entry will also meet
Commercial Seat Tuesday
night. A third game, if neces
sary, will be played Wednes
day. '
Ed's Market - Wolgamott's
finished in a tie with YMCA
for first place in regular sea
son play, with a record' of 17
wins, and 3 losses. Commer-
Seat was third with a 16-4
record.
YMCA won the flip for a
bye In the playoffs, so the Y
team needs only to sit back
and watch the other two teams
play off. Later this week,
YMCA and the winner of the
Eds- Market Wolgamott's vs.
Commercial Seat playoff will
meet to decide the title.
Norv Hilflicker will pitch
for Ed's Market - Wolgamott's
tonight, with Beerbower toss
ing for Commercial Seat.
Gdeenlee and Kephart are the
respective catchers.
Prall Finishes
Eighth in JC
Golf Tourney
Ann Arbor. Mich. U.R)Sev
enteen-year-old Jimmy Raines
of Augusta, Ga., fired a three
over par 75 yesterday to win
the eighth International Jaycee
golf tournament in a playoff.
He won out over John Schu
beck of Detroit by a six-stroke
margin in the 18-hole playoff.
Bob Prall of Salem cooled
the course with a 76 Saturday
to wind up 8th In the tourney.
He fired a 37-39 to give him a
total of 305 strokes.
Gary Hval of Portland shot
an 81 on the final day for a
total of 337. Another Oregon
linksman, Roger Sielicky, Port
land, shot a 79 and compiled a
total of 325.
Medford Athletes Plan
To Attend U of Oregon
Medford M Two out
standing Medford high school
athletes snnounced plans to
day to attend the University
of Oregon this fall.
Ed Bingham, star basketball
and track man, and Jack
Moad, record-holder in the
shotput, both said they plan
ned to attend the Eugene
school.
Yesterday's Stars
(By The A it oel.t ted Prasa)
BATTING Al Romo. Indiana Clott'd
hli 33rd home run. drove in four run.
and rapped two elnjlee to take ever the
batting lead and ttrentthen hie top
homo run and RBI tot ale ai the In
dian! captured both ende of a double
header, from St, Louie l-l and t-0.
r ITCH I NO Vie Raiehl, Yankeoa
Hurled a ali-hlt ahutout for hit 3th
Tlrtorr In 31 outlnta atainet the Athla
Uee a. tht Yenfceae won 4-0.
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well around first base for the New York Yankees a geod :
many years ago, illustrates Ms "folding chair" method al
covering initial sack these days before start of aanaal
Old-timers' Game at Yankee Stadium la New York,
Aug. 22. (AP Wlrephoto)
Little League
World Series
Starts Tuesday
WUliamsport, Pa. (JP) Eight
teams of boys from 8 to 12,
emerging from etymlnation
tourneys In 48 states and vari
ous foreign countries are here
for the start Tuesday of the 4th
annual Little League Baseball
World Series.
Opening games In the one
loss and out tournament pit
Schnectady, N. Y., against
North Newton, Mass., from Re
gions 1 and 2, and Camp Hill,
Pa., against Little Rock, Ark.,
from Regions 3 and 7.
Wednesday's final opening
round games will see Front
Royal, Va., (Region 4) playing
Vancouver, B. C, (Region 8)
and Birmingham, Ala., (Region
5) meting Joliet, 111., (Region
).
The championship is decided
Friday afternoon. -
Gresham Fair Breaks
Attendance Record '
.
Gresham W Despite rain
Sunday an attendance record
was set for the Multnomah
County Fair here.
Manager Duane Hennessy
said 141,878 persons attended
the seven-day event which
ended Sunday. A one-day re
cord of 30,108 was set Satur
day. -r :
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Spokane Ckib
Faces Crisis
Spokane (An The Spokans)
Indians, leading th Western
International League but oa J
shaky legs financially, draw
only 8,300 fans for three nights
over the week-end far short
of the 12,000 deemed necessary
by the front office. . , -.
'"This is insufficient to solve
our problem." observed owner
Roy Hotchkiss who said last
week attendance would have ts
average 4,000 a game to keep
professional baseball here.
The Indians have now drawn
about 74,000 fans at home and
have only six more home dates.
Hoachklss said it's far below
what is needed and that "I'm
tired of carrying the burden
alone."
A crowd of 2,811, largest of
the season, saw Saturday
night's game : with Lewiston,
but only 1,200 showed up Sun
day. , - ' ..,..!
Salem Legion Team ;
To Meet Tonight
'' Member of Salem's Capital
Post No. 9 American Legion
Junior baseball, who returned
from the Region 11 tournament
at Yakima last' week, are to
meet at 8:30 ton'IgEi at dinger
field...-.'. i- u : , . ;i
MOBY DICK WINS
Seattle OR Moby Pick raced
home three lengths ahead of
Tuffy's Rival Sunday- to win
the $8,300 Longaeret Derby at
Longacres racetrack. Marl con
was third. .
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