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
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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
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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
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11 in n the oilllield. two ol which
1'railcv earned four letters at Or-
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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
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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
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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.
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no IHMlgcr hard fcelincs againtt
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n0i n0y ('.iinpanclla and Jackie
Hnbmsiiii with pitched halls Wed-
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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
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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
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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.
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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."
Saperstein s decision ends 14
years of association between him
and the loose, long-armed Tatum.
who reportedly, was being paid
$53,000 anually for his services.
Bill Norman, new scout for the
Detroit Tigers, worked as a coach
for the St. Louis Browns.
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Pettitfflecciai In
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By HAL WOOD
L'nlled Press Sports Writer
SAN FRANCISCO l'P) - Ron
Necciai and Paul Pettit. a pair of
youngsters just past the voting
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