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GM9toE's Grab 3 of 4 LerjistoDn Gmes, Move &d to Tri"City ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS Siilcm, Oregon, Monday, May 24 1954 Section IV Page 1 The 'Sport meter . By A. C. JONES, Capital Journal Sports Editor Briggs Within One Out Of Shutout, Whiffs 12 JOG NICHOLAS , Victoria may get him. The difference, in the Sena- O FOR THE SOUND OF TURNSTILES CLICKING Salem Senator directors were in a huddle this morning over a hot stove, brewing seme ideas on how to stimulate attendance at Waters Field. That's the 'baseball nark with the unused seat ing capacity, tne nouse mat ians built, then stayed away from. We put the question to General Manager Hugh Luby last night: Just hnw seriously ill is the treas- f j, ury? Can we survive much more of these small crowds ot 400 to 600? "We can get by on an average of 1000 a session,'' Luby figured, "whereas our average now is (bout 600. We will be about 3000 to 40O0 off last year's pace by May 30 for the same number of games and can go along alt right providing the gate picks up," he continued. "Don't forget, though, that besides the ticket loss we also lose on concessions, now owned by the club. It would mean that we could run out of money for salaries and road trips." To date there have been 11,000 home admissions paid, .compared to 16,000 by May 30. last year, but Salem has games May 28 and 29 here with Tri Cities to help make up the dif ference. A 1000 average for 70 home games would com nam with 89.000 naid lasi vear, tor's favor, is that last year there was 110,000 borrowed to repay and the concessions were "farmed put." That makes the picture a little brighter. Spring training costs this year, down from 1953, are being paid from stock sales and advance ticket sales. "Harvey (Storey) and I are trying to improve the dub where needed to give fans a winner, because our big hope is to get their support at the gate. NICHOLAS "SET ASIDE" Luby called Bill Garbarino of Portland as soon as he heard the Beavers had put Joe Nicholas on the inactive list, just to see what was cooking. Portland explained that they didn't know yet how its pitching will pan out and maybe the Bevos will need him later. Nicholas has had trouble with sore feet and a sore arm. Victoria, however, with a working agreement with Portland, prob ably will get first chance at Nicholas if Portland decides to option him nut. . OREGON PREP VAULTERS HAVE WINGS When Sam Whitney, Benson Tech Negro,' cleared 13-1 in the pole vault at the state meet Saturday, he made what would have been the sixth best vault in the nation's high schools last year. That was the year, too, when the national prep record of 13-11 'A was set Observers at Corvallis who were near the stand ards were puzzled by the official's calculations since Whitney's record leap was made when the standards read 12-10. How this 12-10, measured before his trials became 13-1 was the puzzler. We called the official, Art Koskl of Oregon State, and ho explained it to our satisfaction. When three cleared 12-6 as read on the standards, the bar was not measured, so it was raised purposely to 12-10, an inch over the record, the 12-10 . being measured from the bar to the top of the pole-planting box below. It was estimated that the takeoff spot on the run way from where the vaulter's feet last touch was even lower than the box top. The rulebook calls for measuring "from the top of the bat at its center and to a point directly below the same level as the take off." After Whitney cleared it, it was found to be 13-1 above the take-off, which means that probably Salem's Ed Keech did 12-3 instead of the 12 which the standard read as he tied for fourth place. Keech and Craig Gately (who did 11-9) probably both beat the. Salem school record of 11-9 set in 1944 by Lyle Williams. GIVE US MORE, MORE, MORE . , Sometimes a near-monopoly isn't enough. A McMinnville sports writer. Jack Collins, grants that the entire champion Lin field college team couldn't be picked for the conference all-stars (six were named). But Collins" says that "one might wonder" how the following were left off: Joe Brock, outfielder third high in hitting in the Northwest conference; Vern Marshall, .341-hitting first-baseman left out in favor of Norm Hayes of College of Idaho, a "fair" fielder; Marv Scherpf, lefthander missed in favor of Wil lamette's Dave Gray as pitcher (both had 4-0 records); and Milt Krueger, utility inficlder who played six positions and batted .316. "On any other team but the conference champions they would have been unanimous all-star picks," he concluded. "No one can blame five other loop coaches for being a little jealous of Lin field's Roy Helscr. Give him half a dozen men on an all-conference squad, and he still has men left on his team, even on his bench, that are out-hitting and out-pitching anything else in the league." SENATORS HAVE A FAN Rooting for the Senators from his hospital bed in early sea ion was Don D. Wright, now at his home at 1430 North Liberty, who sadly writes it will be some time before he can see any games, He has had the Senator's pictures on his bed, keeps , score sheets on games, listens to Chuck Bnice's Dugout Dope and "gets ready to growl at the umpires, one in particular," cheers when good plays are made and moans when errors are chalked up. About that one umpire he remarks: "It seems to me he needs a new pair of leather specs." Gomez, Starr to Join Forces Against Meanies It's on p Kennewick' tonight I r..- IU i?l r- . - i proud new owners of a three-1 out-of-four conquest over Lewis ton, allowing the upstarts to rise from eighth to seventh. At. the expense of ninth-place Tri-Cities, Salem hopes to climb still farther with its new-found: pitching potential. After four nights there, the Senators will return home to start a six-day home stand Friday night which will include eight games. 1 After a 4-3 Salem victory Fri day behind Gene Roenspie's pitching, the Solons lost Satur day night, 6-2, for Gene John son's first loss after three wins. Then Sunday' Salem unleashed their batting strength in the ninth inning of both games to win 11-8 in the afternoon and 4-1 at night , Six-Hitter by Briggs Sunday night was a humdinger of a pitchers' battle as Salem's Johnny Briggs pitched his sec ond complete game and second victory, a six-hitter in which he struck out 12 and had a shutout until two were out in the ninth inning. v , His opponent, Al Yaylian, a veteran, was almost as tough, giving up only six hits and strik ing out 11. Yaylian let in one run in the first -frame on Carl Bellotti's single and Manager Harvey Storey's two-bagger. Then until the ninth it remain ed 1-0 for Salem. Yaylian gave up a walk to Lou Scrivens, Storey, was safe on error by Can ulli at shortstop and Pete Es trada singled. Bob Kellogg sin gled and Harry Warner banged out a sacrifice fly for the three runs. Lefty Jack Martin finish ed the inning for Yaylian. 4 Spoiling Briggs" bid for Sa lem's first shutout victory after two were out was Artie Wilson, a pinchhitter. Sunday afternoon Jose Rayle posted his first mound win after two losses, relieving Jack Hemp hill in the third inning and go ing the next seven in remark able style. He held the Broncs to two runs and five hits and walked only one. What gave him the decision was a three-run Salem outburst in the ninth which broke an 8-3 tie that had lasted since the fifth inning. Kellogg Homers Kellogg homered, Warner and Flovd Oeden singled, Rayle walked and Jack Bukowatz lined one into left field to score two, - Other Salem home runs in that game were by Gene Tanselli, in the fifth with one on, and by Warner in the second for one of four Senator runs. tin 'fjf STi '' Second Place Eskies Meet Leading Caps Ducks Eibow OSC for Title The Box Scores Matchmaker Elton Owen cross ed up ambitions of Ricki Starr and Pepper Gomez, who have been plotting to meet each oth er in the Salem Armory ring one of these days. Instead they will be friends long enough to take on Tiger Tom Martindale and Boris Kam ernff in an Australian tag team Oregon Wins Golf Crown Sat. EUGENE. Ore. UP - The Uni versity of Oreqon won its sixth Northern Division aolf champion-1 ship Soturr'ay, touring the Eugene Country Club course in a hefty 606. Only twice before ha? the score of the winning team been higher (the lower the better). Oregon used 627 strokes to take the title in 1938 and Washington used 631 in 19)3. Ore?on won the lMI title with 60.1. Oregon State's Bub Dnnally was medalist with 71-71142. Oregon State had 621 for second place. Idaho was third with 625. followed by Washington with 627 and Washington State with 661. match that will feature two slick slers against two ornery cusses in the wrestling match. Both Starr and Gomez are known in the Northwest for their acrobatic maneuvers inside and on top of the ropes, whereas Martindale and his backbreaker and Kamcroff and his bruising tactics are as respected by oppo sition and hated by fans. This one-hour limit bout will follow a match between Jack Kiscr and George Duscttc, also a one-hour limit. Kiscr, rough and tough veteran who has been absent here for some time, wants to get hack into main events at the cxp'ense of TJusctte. Has First Drills About 35 boys turned out 'or the first practice of the Salem Junior American Legion baseball team Sunday afternoon at Waters Field. Coach John Dulke and Mana ger Stu Fred sent the boys through fundamentals of fielding and h-tting as they started drills In defend their state championship. Salem Bkwatz,2 Q Scrlvens.r 6 BelottU 4 Storey,3 S Kellog.l 5 Tanscli,m 5 Warner.m 3 Ogden.c S Hmphlll.p 1 Rayle.p 3 Estrada.m 0 (I) Lewlaton H O A B H O A 3 2 3 CanullU 4 11 2 2 0 Cmron,3 4 0 15 Helit.m 3 3 0 1 Wliams.r 3 1 4 0 Wasley.1 3 1 4 0 Barton.l 4 2 10 2 Garay.c 4 2 2 0 Pice.2 4 1 1 0 McWil.p 0 0 Nl 1 Tisner.p 3 0 0 0 Rsburg.a 1 Wlsn, aa 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 2U 1 6 2 ( 0 1 0 0 Total 4a 15 21 13 Total 34 1127 a Hit Into doume play lor us- nerat in 9th. aa pnniari nut for uanum in vin. Salem -x.140 030 003 11 15 0 Lewiston 042 020 000 III! Winning pltcner Rayier. loosing nllr-her Tisnerat. Pltcner IK AD nu n r.rc su on Hemphill 2 plus 12 8 4 fi 1 Ravle 7 22 5 4 2 1 McWill'm. l'i 9 5 2 4 O 1 Tisnerat ...7'b 34 10 9 6 6 J Error Rice. Hit by ptleher Warn er bv Tisnerat. Passed balls Garay, Left on bases S. a. L. 2. Home runs- Warner. Tanselli. Kellog. Wasley. 3 Base hits Garay. Rice. 2-Base hit Ogden. Runs batted in Buckowatz (21. Storey 121. Tanselli (2). Scriv ens. Belotti, Kellog, Warner, Ogden, Wasley (3). Barton (3), Mice. Tisner- at. sacrifice Tisnerat. Williams, stol- en base Ogden. Double plays Buckowatz to Belotti to Warner. Bel otti to Buckowatz to Warner. Time 2:14. Umpires Eller and Fisher. Att, 713. Second game: Salem (4) B H 0 Bkwatz.2 4 0 1 Scrivens,r 3 BelnttU Storcy.3 Estrad.m Kellog.l Warner.! Ogden.c Briggs.p (1) A 2 Cntiulll.s n Cmern.3 2 Helst.m 4 Wllms.r 0 Wasley.! 0 Barton. 1 0 Garav.c 0 Rice .2 1 Yavln.p 0 Martln.o Rnssbg.a Wlsn.aa I.rwltlon B H O A 0 1 4 1 1 4 1 t 4 1 1 4 0 1 3 2 9 3 Oil 4 0 1 3 0 0 (TOO 1 0 0 1 1 0 JOHNNY BRIGGS , fans 12 in near-shutout. WIL Standings W L Pet. W 4. Pet Vancouvr 17 9 .654 Salem 13 14 .4RI Edinontn 11 9 .550 Spokane 13 13.500 Yakima 13 12 .520 Wenach. 11 13 .458 Victoria 13 12 .620 Trl-City 11 16 .407 Lewston 13 13 .500 Calgary 8 12 .400 Sunday results: At Lewiston 8-1, Salem 11-4; at Edmonton 3-2. Yak ima 2-8; at wenatchee 13, Calgary 14 (2nd result page one); at Spokane 8-2, Tri-Clty 7-B. Only games scheduled. Mel Wasley socked a home run for Lewiston, off Hemphill in the second inning. Saturday night both . Slofev and Warner hit home runs, ac counting for Salem's onlv two runs in the 6-2 loss. Guy Fletch er, veteran of Coast league base ball, allowed Salem six hits. The score was tied 2-2 in the seventh until Wasley hit a three run double off Johnson. Bob Mc- Farlane relieved, giving up three hits in one frame for one unearn ed run. , 010 100 02 4 0 ioo no 3 e o Wldner and Edmonton -....... Young and Sommera Prentice. Yakima 015 ooo oil s in i Edmonton - 000 000 0112 12 3 Carmichael and Sommers; Manler. Leurun. 4, Hlttle 8 Bolsvert i and Prentice. Calagry 150 300 12114 11 3 wenatcnee .100 026 40013 14 6 Thomson. Bowerman 3. Derarlns and Helmuth; Tomklns, Owens 6. Stiles 7. Aoki t and Lundberg. Trl-City 003 031 00O1 12 4 Spokane .. 003 110 1028 11 1 ooldborg, cogglnt 5, Dobemic 7, and Johnson; Wisneskl, Lawson B, Aubertin 8 and Sack. Trl-City , 000 090 000 9 1 1 Spokane 000 010 0102 6 0 uiougn ana warren Trautwein, ,-iubs a ana uean. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS B&.3uU!i comes face ta face Monday night with what is be coming the Western International League's main problem: How- to muffle Vancouver's booming bats. The Eskimos, trailing the Cap ilanos by three full games, move into Vancouver for a four-day stay, hoping to reduce the margin but confronted with the task of halting such long ball hitters as Ken Richardson, Dick Greco. Bob Wellman, Arnie Hallgren and marv wiinams. The Caps took Sunday off and probably needed the rest after Sat urday's 19-10 and 13-9 killings at Victoria. In the opener, they scored 16 runs in the last three innings batting four Victoria n tch- ers out of the box. In the eighth ana nintn, Vancouver hit four home runs, a double and 10 sin gles and collected six bases on balls. The Caps outhit the Tyees 17-10 in the comparatively tame nightcap. . . Kichardson homered twice in the first game, and Greco": Williams and Hallgren also tossed in four-masters. Edmonton, idled by rain Satur. day, divided a doubleheader with YaKima Sunday. The Eskimos won the first game 3-2, and lost the attcrpicce 8-2. Salem took both ends of a twin bill at Lewiston 11-8 and 4-1, and spokane and Tn-City split, 8-7 and 9-2. Calgary edged Wenatchee 14-13 at Calgary. Edmonton's Jack Widner allowed Yakima only four hits in the first game and chalked up his fifth win against two losses. The Eskimos outhit the Bears 12-10 in the nieht- cap but three Edmonton errors helped the Bears. Tri-City' victory in the nightcap at Spokane gave the Braves the series by a 3-1 margin. Tri-City won that game with a nine-run splurge in the fifth inning off fire hits, five bases on balls and a hit batsman. Spokane scored two runs in the bottom half of the ninth to win the first game. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The University of Oregon Ducks Monday held possession of their lllh baseball title in the history of Northern Division play. The WebfooLs trampled Oregon State, 4-0, Saturday to wind up their season with an. 11-5 record. OSC finished the season in second place with 10 victories and six losses. . In the only other game Satur day, Washington rallied behind nut Reams four-hitter to droD Idaho, 4-1. Washington State was iaie. Washington and Washington State wind up the division sched- : NORTHERN DIVISION W L Pet. Oregon 11 f .688 Oregon State ." 10 8 .625 Washington 8 7 .533 Washington State . 7 7 .500 Idaho - 2 14 ,125 ule Monday and Tuesday with a pair of games at Pullman. Trent Huls, Oregon's ace left handerl limited . the Beavers to five hits as the Ducks exploded for four runs in the fourth inning on two hits, two walks and an error. The Ducks now go into Far West NCAA regional playoffs here Friday, Saturday and next Mon day, a double elimination affair with ' Fresno State Seattle- Uni versity and Southern ; California the other entries. Winner of the Far Wett olnvoffs goes into the national NCAA tourn ament at Omaha. TRACK MODESTO, Calif. Hod Rich ards, former UCLA track star, nosed out Australia's champion sprinter. Hector Hogan, in the 100 yard dash in :09.8 in the Modesto Relays. TOURNEY DRAWS 10 TACOMA (l - The Washington State Open and Amateur Golf Tournaments, scheduled for the Fircrest - Golf Club next month, has already drayn more than 30 entries. ' Total 32 6 27 8 Total 34 6 27 a F-innt-d for Martin in 9th. aa Hit homer for Canulll In 9lh. z Han or Storey In 9lh. Salem loo IKK) 0034 6 I Lewiston 1100 000 0011 fl Pitcher IP AB HO II KR SO BB BriBgs 9 34 6 1 1 12 S Y.iyllnn .10 5 4 4 It 2 Martin 2 1 0 0 0 0 Wild pitches Yavlian. Errors Bukowatz. Canulli. Home run Wil son. Two-base hits Storev (?l. Bar 'nn. Runs hatted In Storcv. Estrada. Kellngg. Warner. Wi!nn. Sarriffce Warner (21. Time 2:01. lTmnlres fisher and Eller. All. 1.219. .Ti'nnY's C4Mf Sl1"" '2) () Lewistnn BHOA BHOA Biiwatz.2 4 I 1 .1 Canull.5 1 I M Scrven.m 3 14 0 CamnJ 3 2 1 ,1 Lr'iiu,s t l 1 nMSl.m 4 Z 71 f! 4 i u .i wiims.r 3 110 4 0 2 1 Waslv.l 4 12 0 a i z o fjartn.i 3 no o Clnrav 4 Perez.l" Kc'oB.r Wnrn I 6?den.e 4 1 11 0 Harav r 9 n A 1 w-oen.c 4 u a II Htce.z 4 n 2 4 Johnsn.p 2 0 0 1 Flcher.p 4 2 0 2 Tanscll.x 10 0 0 MrFarl.p 0 0 0 0 Total 33 8 24 12 Total 30 To 27 14 Salem 000 100 100 2 6 2 Lewiston 110 000 31x 6 10 1 Los'no nitcher- -'nhnson. Ip ab h r er ?o bb Jnhnfnn 7 24 7 5 5 3 7 McEarlnne 1 6 3 10 11 Fl-lci-er ... 9 33 6 2 2 3 2 E: Bellnttl, Warner. Cameron. HR: Storey. Warner. ?HH Kellofg. Helt Ws!ev. Plctrher. RBI: Storey War nrr. wmi-mr Fletcher. Wasley 3, Carull. HP: Perez to Oeden: Rukn. wiz to Prllotll tn wrnr- (21 T 2:09. U- Fisher V Eilcr. ATT: l.W). ! C 1 Holiday Trip Planner FOR CAR tUS RAIL AIR l I Much or Mm fun at a trip b ptcwnlaa It. To IntreoM yow enleynMnt, w hove a copy of Houday fmr rtANHfR, U. S. 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