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2-(Sec. 4)-Capita1 Journal, Salem, Ore, Thurs., Apr. 21, 1955 Dodgers Shooting for Consecutive Win Mark IJrooks Tics Kecord of Eight Straight Wins By MILTON RICIIMAN United Press Sports Writer Those jack rabbit Brooklyn Dodgers may be clear out of sight before you can say Jack Jtobin on. Winners of nine straight games already, the Dodgers can establish new modern major league rec ord for fast getawavs bv defeat' ing the Phillies today for their 10th victory in a row since the bell rang. The Dodgers lied the record of nine in a row held jointly bv the New York Giants, St. Louis Browns and themselves when they came from behim' to over take the Phillies, 3-2, Wednesday night. They looked so good in winning that even their ultra conservative skipper, WaM Al ston, couldn't contain himself. "This is the first time since I've taken over the club that it has ever played this well in the three important departments hitting, pitching and fielding," Alston declared. Ample Reason to (ilow The usually solemn Brooklyn boss had ample reason to glow inasmuch as the world champion Giants are now six games behind the Dodgers and the second place Milwaukee Braves are two-and-a-half games to the rear. Brooklyn beat the Phillies the hard way after falling behind, 2-0, to them Wednesday night. Steve Ridzik held the Dodgers hitlcss until Sandy Amoros dou bled with two out in the sixth. Then he hit Jackie Robinson with a pitch, and walked Duke Snider to force in a run. Lynn Loven guth replaced Ridzik and was greeted bv Gil Hodges' two-run single. All told, Brooklyn made only three hits, hut they were enough for Billy Loes to register his second win of the year even though Clem Labinc relieved him in the eighth. Cubs Fading Bobby Thomson was the big man in Milwaukee's 95 victory over the fading Chicago Cubs. Thomson drove in five runs with a grand-slam homer anc a single with the bases full. Lew Burdcttc was the winner but rookie Hum berto Robinson came on from the bullncn in the ninth to strike out Hank Sauer with the bases loaded to save Burdetlc's second tri umph. Left-hander Luis Arroyo of the , Cardinals made an auspicious ma , ior league debut, holding the! Rcdlegs to five hits in the seven 1 and two-third innings he worked and getting credit for a 3-0 vic tory. Herb Moford, another rookie Hurler, held the lasers in check over the last one-and-one-third innings. Joe Frazier hit a two-run homer off loser Art Fowler in the fourth inning, The poor Pirates apparently were on the road to their first victory of the season with a 3-0 lead over the Giants hut rain post poned the game after Felipe j The Sportmeter . i By A. C. JONES, Capital Journal Sports Editor (Continued from Paj side of Colorado and Kansas, the Class H team will be getting tal ent which ordinarily would ro to a higher classification. There are only three Class A leagues left Western, Eastern and South Atlantic. "They will make some mistakes early but It will be Rood, hustling type of baseball. The young players will make the veterans work harder, ton, because the vets aren't indispensable., and can be replaced," l.uby explained, "It's the best thing that ever could have happened to the league setting a limit of five veterans. Hut the league ought tn start with a limit of five not allow an unlimited number fox the first 30 days." M: i! y I)i;mam)s effort What does a manager tell his flock of youngsters about what is expected of them? How does he set the stage for the disappoint ments to be laced by rookies who are cut from the squad? Herr Luby read the training camp squad the riot act to start olf the final week of exhibitions. "1 want you all to play like you are trying to be major lea guers some day. (irt out there and try to improve. If you don't, you are wasting your time and our time, and He don't have much time left. F.itlirr you hustle on this team or you don't stay with u. Don't make the same mistakes over again, and you won't if you're out there thinking all the time. This is a serious game. You're not playing college or high school ball any more. It's still fun but professional hasrball is a business and there's always someone waiting to take your place if you don't produce." Thus sp?ke the boss, and he then went into detail about mis takes made in exhibition: How one player bunted with two outs, one runner on base and with no chance to score a run with a bunt; and how an outfielder overthrew third on an easy putout although he had practiced all week throwing low to third. OI)IS AM) FN US Sacramento has sent Chuck Kessegian, who played with Salem in lifl, to a Class AA league . . . Hon Krailey, with the Senators this spring, gets "good wood" on the bull, Auainst Kugene the rookie outfielder drove five di would have hern home runs at Salem Only one was a hit, however . . . Nearly every one of the current crop of Senators are products of Junior Legion ami semi-pro Mscttall. and nearly all were three- snort athletes in hicll school. Unit Calif hit'h srh.wil oartieitt.il same season. He was a 102 sprinter in the KKi vard dash. Krailey ' Robinson, whiwr Mmrt took recalls planus Willamrte university in football in I MO when he '"" ,tl(l".k PlUh ln was . firterbaek tor Chico State ; ir,-.h ntt.,,-, all. l.uby is impressed by the catch. nn of H.irvey Koepf, Willamette jK,r(t WVTV ,wo mcn on unen n(, product, now hopes his hitting will come up to the league's stand- n, im, an,i pui-e Snider was com ards. Ktiepl has ample power and re .illy walloped a triple against jjng up next, so there isn't much Wenatchee . . . question that it was an accident." JOE PALOOKA Bttt wi Jot rr. r CMAMPtfNSHIP m&MT . rjr. -p I Bobby Thomson kee Braves' player who hit his second grand slam homer Wednesday. The Giants traded him for Johnny Antonelli last season. Thomson says he'll prove to be a real bargain to the Itravcs this year. Montemayor bashed a three-run homer off Ruben Gomez. Dick Littleficld had worked three scoreless frames for the Bucs and contributed a single, too. Baltimore Wins First Baltimore registered Its first victory of the American League season after six successive set backs by beating New York, 6-3, as Krv Palica and Ray Moore col laborated on a six-hit pitching job. Two ex-Yankees, catcher Hal Smith and shortstop Willie Mir anda, figured prominently in the Orioles' triumph. Smith connect ed for a two-run homer in the fifth and Miranda sparkled afield, making three spectacular stops Thomson Off to Fast Start With Milwaukee Braves Nine MILWAUKEE WV-Bobby Thorn-1 son, off to the fastest start of his career, is hamering out the "oth er" side of the argument in the 1r4 trade that brought him to (he Milwaukee Braves. He belted a bases loaded home run and just missed another in Chicago yesterday, to write the biggest rebuttal chapter, as the Braves took their third straight from the Cubs, 9-5, The prize homer, In the second inning, came off Cub starter Sam Jones and sailed high over the center field wall. 11 was his sec ond grand slam of his career. The first came against the Cards June 16. 1952. I His second smash yesterday, In '(he sixth inning, took off in the - e 1, Section 2) 11 in n the oilllield. two ol which 1'railcv earned four letters at Or- ini! in lr.u k .mil baseball in the UNCLt HMOatTf WANTeO Mf T STAY "S7R WRE...AN' HEIP CUT...VA KNCW. HfS SUOE IN LOVE Vg OM.Wf 'f WlfVtRMCM. CRAIV J . C J APOUT UNCLt ::' ' L N0VVV T"o..- .Ml Off WMII1 lfM0VTvp V TO Vi , W J TELL YOU... mm 3r MAJOR LEAGUES NATIONAL I EAGLE W L Ft! W L Pet Broklyn If 0 1 000 Chicago 4 ft .444 Mllwkcc 0 2 .710 Nw York 2 6 W St. Lou ii 5 3 .825 Cinclnn 2 7 .322 Philadcl 4 4 .500 Pittibgh 0 .000 Wednesday reiultt: At Brooklyn 3, Philadelphia 2: at Chlcaio S. Mil waukee 9; at Cincinnati 0. St. Louli 3; at Pittiburgh-New York, rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE W LPct WLPct. Boiton 6 1 .857 Detroit 3 3 .500 Clevelnd ft 3 .823 Washgtn 2 3 .400 Chicago 3 2 00 Kan City 2 b .286 Nw York 4 3 .571 Baltimre 1 8 ,143 Wednesday reaullr: At New York 3, Baltimore 8; at Washington 0, Bos ton 1: at Detroit-Chicago, rain. Only garnet scneauiea. and figuring in two Vey double plays. Hon unm sunercd nis sec ond loss. Palica was the winner. Witlard Nixon of the Red Sox pitched a neat five-hitter to beat the Senators, l-u, and move Bos ton a game and a half in front in the American League. Boston got to Chuck Stobbs for its only run in the fourth on a pair of scratch hits and rookie Norm Zauchin's single. The Chicago-Detroit game was rained out while Cleveland and Kansas City were not scheduled. American League Baltimore 210 020 010 8 8 0 New York 001 000 200 3 6 3 Palica, Moore (8 and Smith; Grim. Konfitanty 2t, Shallock M. Sturdl vant (fi), Morgan (9) and Berra. Boston 000 100 000 1 8 0 Washington 000 000 000 0 S 0 Nixon And White: Stobbs, Stone (9) and Fitzgerald, Oldit (8j. National League Milwaukee 140 002 002 9 11 1 Chit-Ago 001 010 003 5 12 1 Burtfette, Jtobinson 9 and Cran dall; Jo nei, Andre (2), Thorpe (8) and Chitl. Philadelphia 000 101 000 1 8 0 Brooklyn 000 000 30 3 3 0 Rtd7tk, Lovenguth (7), Kipper (81 and Burgeu; jJoet, lblnt (8; and Campanella. St. Louli 100 200 000 3 7 0 Cincinnati 000 COO 000 0 3 1 Arroyo. Moford fai and Bice: Fowler. Podbieian (8) and Semlnick, Landrith (8L same direction, but failed by inch es to clear the wall. The homer was career number 185 for Bobby. In the eight games the Braves have played Thomson has driven in 15 runs, five of them yester day, and leads the league. He's hitting at a .333 clip from his cleanup spot, one of four Braves over .300. Nine Umpires For New Loop WENATCHKE W President Arthur H. Pohlmao Wednesday an nounced the roster of umpires for the Northwest Baseball League season which opens next Tues day. 'I wo of the men in blue, Gordon Bogle and Mike Kunyan. worked the Western International League, predecessor to the North west circuit, in 19.VI. , Other members of the staff are!1 - Phil Heed and Ted Howe. com-L here from the Northern I League; Charles Butler, the West Tv . Vftu, Inrm anA rh'rin. ! . ii r nrin ato !if t tin 1 rw., nnrr i fmi &.hni .Krirarml umniros MA Ro of Spokane, and John wade or . Mc Minnvillc. Ore., will serve as al ternates. j Church Softball (niil(H rOSlpOIlCU I Salem's Church League eancell - ed all Raines this week out will1 resume play starling next Monday, weather permitting, Carl Greider, league secretary, said today. The cancelled games wilt be made up at the end ot the season. Monday's games in the junior league have First Christian vs. FirM Congregational, Calvary Bap tist vs. First Nazarene. Knglewood K. V. B. vs. Highland Friends. St. Marks Lot hers vs. First Baptist an. First Methodist vs. Free Meth odist. Senior league play Tuesday. open Hi d.ik Wild in 1 1 . rii iJiKslinir l nroe BROOKLYN (IT) There were no IHMlgcr hard fcelincs againtt ,l... ....A iv,.,i, t,., k;, i-..,i n0i n0y ('.iinpanclla and Jackie Hnbmsiiii with pitched halls Wed- ncsilav night The eon nsu was that he was Willi, not ornery. ME THIS MORNING ... SHE'S GONNA Bf MARRIED. n k .J i '.",." r Vi'' I..,,'"".- . A Wtirm I JD NAPA, Calif. Bui Berrieiford, piUrhinf pro II Ullll Vfl pCct (or salfra, faiti one in a pepper game to three other Senatori Bud Francis, Gene Tanselii and Bob Tucker. There were (our inch groups working at once in thii warm up eiercisea at Younlville, where the Senators practiced when rain made the Napa diamond too muddy. (Capital Journal Photo by Al Jones) Five First Places Captured by Vail Gates Trackman Scores 31 Points GATES St. Paul picked up 73'i points to defeat Gates and Che mawa in a three-way track meet held here Wednesday. Gates scor ed 47? and Chemawa had 29"t. High scoring honors of the after noon went to Vail of Gates who picked up 313i points as he won the 100, 220, 440, broad jump and high jump. He also posted second place wins in the shot and discus. Other double winners were George Smith, St. Paul, who took the high hurdles and 880: Bcrhost, St. Paul, had wins in the low hur dles and pole vault and F. Kock of the Buckaroos had the top ef forts in the discus and shotput. Winning the mile was rnth of St. Paul while Barnhart of Gates took the iavelin event, The relay .went to St. Paul. Shafer Victor in Canada Tourney VICTORIA. B. C. W) F. E Shafer of Salem. Ore., scored a 1-ud victory over Dr. C. W. Cpf- fen of Portland Wednesday to eliminate the tourney medalist from the annual Empress golf championships. In other championship flight rounds: Dr. A. D. Inches. Portland, de feated C. D. Hart, Victoria, 2 and , . , D A", ? fon,; ancou!!rv5 - ieaieu ''. Sar' J a.1- . . r . , V. LIU Vis, UUIIIUIV. UCICtllCTU 1L L. Onstad. Seattle, 3 and 1. L Steil. Seattle, defeated -P. '"a. anemeu F. A. Adcll, Scolllc. 2-up. HIRED AT I.ONGVIF.W LONGV1EW (UP) Gene Ilich- ards, former assistant pro at the Jackson Park golf club in Seattle, has hecn named head professional lt the Lomvww Country club to i replace Glen Spivey who has tak- !Pn the job at the Portland Rose City course. Scores in I'NIVFKSITY BOWL 493: Finance and Administration State House League No. 1 I . 4,5?ri'lBo Engineers Division of Audits 1. Stricklin 1. Merchant 451: S I. A. C. 3. 503; llighwav Construction 3. trt'gaard 5,0. Dept of Agn ,w:,u i to,tv of State! C"'re 1. I-t'tz 5,9; Five Spares 1, Biegler 514; Highway Account ing 3, Lelourncux ml Mate Printers 2, Duncan 519: High way Materials 2. Zitzcwitz 523. Tax Commission 4. Mahaffry 568: Traffic Engineers No. 1 (01, Hale 495. Forestry Protection 0, Bey ers 539; Fairview Home 4, (ira benhorst 550. Keep Oregon Green 0. Hanneman 522; State Police 4. ptr S4n i ,.hH, ,;r,henhnrst and John lannrm urn iur nisu Kimr im SIS each, but Canfield won se ries honors with a 586. Their four point loss to the last place State Police dropped Keep Ore- Ron Green from 1st place. Hirjh way Accounting now holds top spot with one week to jio. Slate House League No. 2 llihwav Marker 0. Herberuer 518; 1. V. C. 4. Straw 58. Of fice Knumet'is 4, LcTourneux By Horn Fisher E l-WHAT...'VA MIAM MADE UP 'IB, MINO... VlPPf e GOTTA CALL KNOgSV. A Too Much Rain For This Now Virginia Beach Lures Golf dom Harper, Font Favored To Win $17,500 . Tournament VIRGINIA BEACH. Va. W Stylist Chandler Harper, a familiar figure on the professional golf scene for years, appeared a pretty fair bet Thursday to win the third Annual $17,500 Virginia Beach Open Tournament as first round play in the 72-hole event got under way. Harper, a native of nearby Ports mouth, Va., is no stranger to the par 69 Cavalier Yacht and Country Club course. The slender star with brilliant iron shots and deadly putting has played the course many times and knows every inch of the level 6.065-yard layout. Most of golf's leading profes sionals except Sam Snead and Cary Middlccoff hope to pick up the $2,400 top money. Singled out as most likely to give Harper the most trouble were Doug . Ford of Mamesha Lake. N.V., and chunky Mike Souchak of Durham, N.C. Ford won the title here in 1953 and finished two strokes off the pace a year ago when his drive on the final hole tumbled in the bay flanking the 200-yard 18th green. Souchak currently is the hottest golfer on the tournament trail and is the top money winner for 1955. Collegiate Links Tourney Thurs. SANTA CRUZ, Calif. I - Quali fying in the northern California Intercollegiate Golf Tournament began Thursday with 153 entries from 26 schools. Charles Van Linge of Stanford is defending champion. Schools represented include Ore gon. Oregon State. Portland State. Scatlle. San Francisco. California. College of the Tacific and Stan ford. the Alleys 3, Aaron 512. Forestry Sparks 2. Port 502; Odd Lots 2, Rinc- land 54fl. Veterans Affairs 1, El gin 517; Traffic Engineers No. 2 (3), Schroeder 526. Lvle Artsgaard's 237 was high game, while Jack LutJ took high scries with 579. With one week tn go. Odd Lots hold first place by two points over Traffic Engi neers No. 2. t'APlTOI. ALLEYS Capitol lajor Team results Cadwell Oil Company (Tom Brennan 60:! 4. Scotty's Stores (Bob Hansen 618) 0: Marion lintel (Dick Morris fiotil 4, Cerlinger Carrier (Bob White 5621 0; West Salem Ma chinery (Mike McKarlane 614) 4. Barclay's Broiler (John Ring- quist 5521 0; S.ilcm Elks (Hank l.andis 599) 3, I.ana T (Dick Cushman 557) 1: Brennan Tree Service (Dick Phipps 572) Karr's (Pinkv Hartwell 573) 2. HiKh individual game Jim Kos, f Marion Hotel, 234. llich individual series Bob Hniilien of Scotty's. 618. llich team game and series Marion Hotel, 1135 and 3161. Commerrtal League Les Newman's won 3 Lana Tav ern won 1: Erickson's No. 3 won 3. W. W. Rosebraugb won 1: Ram ai:es won 3. Blue Lake Packers won 1; Hicks' Sundry won 4 bye. High team series, Les New nln s 2.M.V Hish tram game, Les Newman's 754 tilth 'individual series. Pill Ho her 'I.ana' 49.1. . Hish individual same, ls Jn enher and Bill Werner (Newman's) 190. SSB? " Trotters Give Tatum Release CHICAGO m Abe Saperstein, owner-coach of the Harlem Globe trotters baseball team, has given Reece "Goose" Tatum, the team's veteran clowning center, his un conditional release. "Tatum was suspended last month because of repeated viola tions of team rules and regula tions," Saperstein said in a state ment Wednesday. This was climaxed by his un authorized absence from the squad through a series of seven adver tised and scheduled appearances. Tatum has not been in touch wilh me since I suspended him. I will not take up my option on his con tract for next season. This means he Is unconditionally released and will not be with the Globetrotters again." 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