GM9toE's Grab 3 of 4 LerjistoDn Gmes, Move &d to Tri"City
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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
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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.
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