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r I Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, June 13, 1956 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL Section 2 Pafi I Solons, Drain Black Sox in Return Match Here Tonight Sports deport By CHUCK BOICE The issue between Ralph Coleman, OSC baseball coach, and Tony Governor, -St. Louis Cardinal baseball scout should be, it seems, a two-man or two-group scrap. Governor, a major leaeue ivory hunter, signed one of Coleman's ball players. Salem's Curt Jantze, without telling Coleman before hand that he was giving the boy the rush. This may appear to be a very serious thing to a num ber of people and to others it may appear to be just petty slip ping etiquette. One thing we are certain of and that Is that it wouldn't have made a whit of difference as to the signing. It would have been done anyway and was perfectly legal in all re spects. We don't have much use for the major league raids. It will be a great thing for baseball when they keep hands off and a boy goes up through the minors in his area. This will require a major revolution, one which may be brewing right how with the proposed player draft such as is done in pro football and basketball. But . ' this Is something that will have to erupt in the East before it Is felt here and has exactly nothing to do with the Curt Jantze case. The thing that bothers us in such a battle is that all too frequently a shot gun attack is made which also wounds the boy, his family and the profession of baseball. Most of it is unintentional but it is there nonetheless. Tito Sides to Every Story Some of the Portland and Corvallis versions, without meaning to do so, have left very little to be said for the Jantzes or for profes sional baseball short of the major leagues. There's plenty to be said on the other side. Clarence Jantze, still a very proud father and well he might be kept quiet and really suffered in silence up until this moment. However, knowing that a great many baseball fans hereabouts always have pulled for his kids on the diamond and are going to continue to do so, we think some of his points should be made clear. Briefly, they go like this: There were a number of major league scouts afler the boys. These scouts all said the same thing if you are going to finish your college baseball, fine. It's a good idea to do so. If you are going to sign now, we'd like to have you. Curt had been seriously considering leaving the college game. Neither father nor son were completely happy with the OSC setup. Mr. Jantze did not think there was any excessive pressure from any of the scouts. One thing Governor suggested was that he go outside and everyone talk things over with brother, Phil, in a long distance call to Ardmore, Oklahoma. ' Phil Satisfied With Decision This was done and Phil, who-signed over a year ago. reported that he was completely satisfied with his decision. He's hitting .363 and leading the club in RBl's with 27. Mr. Jantze, who much preferred Curt stay In school, lost his ease here, apparently. These two boys have been extremely close to each other and they had lived baseball and played baseball together for a number of years. The prospect of playing ball together again was more than they could withstand, although the family had complete faith In Phil to give them "straight coop" and not suggest anything for Curt that he didn't feel was a good thing. Mr. Jantze felt that it was the begin applying excesive pressure. After all. they could continue of three. And by the way, some persons have said the boys won't continue their schooling and others that- they probably won't. This is a shotgun blast that hurts and really is unfounded. The family all say the boys definitely plan more school in the fall. One nice thing about baseball, you can do that and many have. It's doubtless true that most baseball players who drop college to turn pro do not return to college but you can't say they don't have a golden opportunity to do so if they are so inclined. It's much different than the poor guy who drops to learn some trade, take a job in the mill or get married. Scouts Interested in Schooling The Jantzes can't see much difference between the PCC coach and the baseball manager. Winning games seems to be first and foremost. (And don't think this is the last time all the unfavorable publicity the PCC has been getting is going to come back to roost one way or another.) They were Impressed by the Interest In further college work for the boys shown by all of the major league scouts. And there Is a tidy bonus to foot the bill. As for the agreement between the major leagues and colleges which says that a boy will not be signed except after his first or his fourth year, is this a poor one for the colleges. A boy who wants to make baseball his career Is faced with that three year deal and an additional two for army duty. A few years ago there were far more minor leagues than now, the Korean War was taking a terrific toll in ball players and scout ing was wide open but the colleges survived very well. In fact they can be very proud of their baseball as now they are considered a major source of talent for professional hall and for many boys it is the best route, sometimes even the only route, to professional ball. The thing that is irksome about some of these probably warranted "attacks on major league scouting is that baseball comes out sounding only worthwhile if it's major league baseball, a very distant goal. Not Bad Pay for Six Months Most players talk in terms of triple-A rather than majors, truly a long shot. And the triple-A and the belter AA deals are very good. We don't know whether or not any Coast League players arc in five figures on their contract but we do know several were making Sfl.ooo $9,000 a couple of years ago and that isn't bad for six months "work ". One Salem Senator player not too long ago drew mou a momn on his parent club contract. Don't throw Juniors' glove away. Pop. About a third of the players in pro ball are In class A A or higher. Of course, a good many of the 1500 who Jump in each year don't clear the first hurdle but, once over that, it looks like a reasonable gamble for an ordinary kid to make a dollar. And, just think, Bobby Brown, the former Yankee Infielder, is now Dr. Robert Brown, having gone through medical school on the side while playing. Back to the Jantzes. We don't think they should feel so depressed about some of this. As near as we can gather, all the Salem base ball fans will be heartily pulling for them to get their base hits and go all the way. The Capital Journal wanted to give two sides on this and has to a degree. There's a third side that of the unavailable Tony Governor but posibly he had notice of a sudden transfer to Georgia-Florida league. Please watch where you are shooting, fellows. Especially if you are going to wing the national pastime or a Salem boy. FANFARE BOBBY BROWN . baseball and school boy's decision and he shouldn't So, the signing took place school two terms a year instead Senators Win 1st Tilt 7-3 Esscgian Homers To Start Salem Seoring The Salem Senators, pushed out of last place in the North west League race by Spokane Tuesday night, return to Waters Field tonight for an exhibition game with the Drain Black Sox of the Southwest Oregon Semi pro League. Game time is 8 o clock. Spokane dropped two games Tuesday night to Tri-City to drop the Indians into last place in the seven-team league and move Salem a half-game ahead of the Indians. While Spokane was losing two, the Senators were idle from Northwest League, play and beat the Black Sox at Drain 7-3. The exhibition clash saw Chuck Es segian smash out four hits in cluding a three-run homer. Essegian s homer came in ine first inning when he sent the Solons ahead for good, and the former Stanford football star knocked in three more runs in the contest. Salem's other scor ing came in the fifth and seventh with two runs in each frame. The Black Sox, managed by Rov Helser. scored a single tally in the fifth when Bill Beard sin gled in Vern Marshall. They added two in the sixth on a two run double by Don Kirsch, Uni versity of Oregon baseball coacn. Jerry Cade went all the way on the mound for the winners, giving up nine hits. The Sena tors had nine hits off Drain's Dick Duerr and Bill Kroko. There were no errors in the con test. Tonight's exhibition game will see Glenn Elliott, former pro star, starting on the mound for the Blaclt Sox. For the Salem nine it may be Bill Walsh or Aandv George. After tonight's contest, Salem will be idle until Friday when the Senators resume Northwest League play with the Wenatchee Chiefs. The series and the one following with Spokane will give Hugh Luby's club a chance to move into fifth place. Saturday night it is the an nual Capitol Shopping Center night with free prizes being giv en away. Spokane comes into town Monday. Salem 300 020 2007 9 0 Drain 000 012 000 9 0 Cade and Zari; Duerr, Kroko (9) and Beard. Dr. Stevenson Loop President PORTLAND W Members of the Oregon Collegiate athletic con ference have elected Dr. Elmo Stevenson of Southern Oregon Col lege of Education as president. Other officers are Dr. Willard B. Spalding. Portland Stale, vice president, and Ted SchopI, secretary-treasurer. A round-robin baseball sched ule in which each of the five con ference schools would play each other team three times was ap proved for next spring. Delegates also approved the 18 week transfer rule for all ath letes. Members decided to continue the spring sports day program but to eliminate the usual base ball playolf. Coach Needed for C League Baseball Team Junior baseball president Bill Beard has called for a coach for' the Dickson's Market team in the C League. The team for boys not yet 14, was formerly coached by Lloyd Jones. Anyone interested is asked to call Beard at Wick lund Sporting Goods Store. B. League Ball Mixes Tonight; Dickson's, 20-30 Win Openers Dickson's Market, the 20-30 Club, and Field s Master Service won opening night games in the C League Tuesday night, and to night's action sends six B League teams into opening night action. Tonight's B League action sends Berg's Market against Truax Oil at Barrick No. 1, Four Corners Merchants against Vista Market at Barrick No. 2, and J's Drive-In and' Emery 's Market I against Labish Center at West Salem. All games start at 6 o'clock. Warren Harvey pitched and bat- Bv WAIT DITZc'N Burke, Hogan Practice for Open r i 51 t- aW?2 fc- T -a . . , ROCHESTER, N.Y. Jackie Burke chips his way out of a sand trap on the 18th hole at Oak Hill Country Club In a practice round of the U.S. 162 Golfers Ready For National Open Furgol Wants Win For Prestige, Not Cash ROCHESTER, N.Y. 11 Tn the fifty-five years of the National Open Golf Championship there never has been a situation where a player came up to the 72nd hole needing to hole the last putt to win There have been several occa sions when a player had a putt to tie and made it, but never the one where it was win or else on the final shot. And 162 golfers here this week wouldn't complain if they were the first to face that situa tion. "I'd like to be in that position." said Ed Furgol. the 1854 winner who- breezed in with a 2B4 at Bollusrol and then walchcd Gene Littler fail on a final bid to match his score. "The Onen is a prestige tourna ment. That's why there's so much Dressure attached to it. In the others it's just money." 2nd Win Would Make Him Great Fureol left the implication that a second Open victory would give him the unquestioned stamp of greatness. Then he went out ana showed fliat he might make it by shooting a practice round of 67 one of the best of the week over the 6,902 yard, par 35-35 0 Oak Hill course. Cary Middlecoff. the 1949 Open winner, grudgingly agreed with Furgol. The 56th National Open could easily be the first in which the championship might be decided on the final stroke. The wide open Oak Hill course does not present any particular problems to the pros who play the weekly tournaments. Predictions are that four par rounds a 280 total or a little higher will be enough to win. The field includes a couple of dozen players who may hit that figure if conditions are right. Plav starts at 7 a m. Thursday Jack Fleck of Davenport Iowa, the defending champion and probably the most overlooked player in the tournament is scheduled to tec otf at 9 a m. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Buffalo 4-0. Havana 3-3 Rochester 6-4, Miami 3-13 Montreal 4, Richmond 3 Toronto 6. Columbus 0 ted Dickson's to an 85 win over the West Salem Linns as he gave up only two hits in the time he pitched end had two hits to help his own cause. Dickson's catcher. Serine, also had two hits. Dirk son's took an early 3 0 lead, and after West Salem tied the game at 3-3 in the third, the winners scored five times in their half of the third. A big eight-run second inning i helped the 20-.1 Club bounce Berg's Keizer .Market 14-1. Rig- gie Shires with three hits led the winners, and for the losers Dick Yunkfr had all three of his team's hits. Field's scored a single run in the last inning to edge Steinke's 4-3 in the other contest. Steinke's had taken an early 2-0 lead in the contest, but a horrer hy Leonard Keatherstone with no- body on in the third started Field's on their way to victory. . . , , . S,"T r FHWArd an Kp!!i-nt; Harvey, Pol n 4 1 ar.d S. n Co-no Club or n2 14-11-3 BV; If'; !i"mn? i'J, " ,rHV Fifk rd Laman; Nelson ar.d Wal- ker. Dmehart t2i. FieM " oni 2i 4--4 Stlnk'f 110 10 f'-ttis and Bartruif; Loy and Whit Open golf tourney, opening Thursday. Ben Hog'an. watching at left, and Burke both landed in the same sand trap yesterday, f AP Wlrephoto) ' Mi kaaavo KENT MYERS . in National Open Joey Looking For Victory SYRACUE, N.Y tin Joey Gi- ambra sees a win over England s John L. Sullivan in their 10-round return fight Wednesday night as a stepping stone to a title bout with Middleweight champ Sugar Ray Robinson.- Giambra is a 2-1 favorite to re peat his win of April 6 when he counterpunched his way to a un animous decision. Sullivan, a stand-up slugger, savs he beat Giambra in April, and, furthermore, that he expects lo win by a knockout in their re turn go. Giambra is a master boxer with his jabbing and dancing punctuated by strong left hooks Sullivan proved in April (hat he can box well himself when neces sary. The 23-year-old Englishman has a special stake in Wednesday night's bout. His visa is about to expire and he plans to move his headquarters to loronto. lie can fight in the U.S. from there if he's still in demand. Salem (Jirls Show Power in Shutting Out Independence INDEPENDENCE The Salem entry in the Silver Falls Girls softhall league scored a convinc ing 24-0 win over Independence here Tuesday night. Salem's Maurinc Schollian allowed but Iwo hils while her club was get ting 23. Besides winning the game, Maurine socked a homer with one runner aboard in the third inning. Both hits by the losers were singles. Salem has a 30 record. Ihursday Salem has a 7 p.m. game at Lebanon and then Fri day Salem is at Silverton for game with Hubbard at 6:30 p.m Salem 82(10) 424230 Indepond. -- 000 0 0 2 Schollian and l.ambct; Wilson, Erickson (3) and Costello, Slarks (3). Ia'"()U TeaillS S('l liall Tills Tonifjlil Three district American Legion baseball games arc scheduled for tonight with Salem traveling to Stayton, Silverton to Mill City, and Woooburn to Aumsville. Rill ilnmn'. !; lh ni h irwino i,,r n. jn ,nrce ((,,, wh'en it meets Stavton in the eight o'clock con- t. The game was originally scheduled for Haters Field. . AMERICAN ASSOCIATION fit. Paul 6-3, Ujchlta 4-2 ilinnrapolis 5-2, Indianapolis 4-3 Denver 6. Louisville 2 Charleston 7, Omaha t Randle Oilers Nip L&R 2-1 National Guard, Prison Officers Play Tonight Handle Oil evened up its City League Softball series with Lind- bers-Randall's last night at Phil lips Field as the Oilers- edged L&R 2-R The contest, one of the best in years in Salem Softball play, was played in one hour, L&R scored its lone run in the fourth frame on a homer by Claude Weaver, but the Oilers countered with a pair of runs in the fifth. Woody Halls single brought across the first run, and then second tally, scored on a nit by Norv Hilfiker. Norv Hilficker, the winning pitcher, and his brother Gene, the losing L&R pitcher, each gave up three hits, but the losers com mitted two errors. The two teams play again Fri dav. Tonight's action in the Capital League sends the Prison Officers against the National Guard at Phillips Field. 7'he starting time. is seven o clock. L&R 000 100 0 132 Handle Oil 000 020 x 230 G. Hilfiker and Weaver; N. Hilfiker and Hall. 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Commercial Phone 4-6861 550 N. Capitol St. You're In good hondi wllfi , Mk HiLlSTMTE BTOCK COMPANV PROTECTION, l.4 ay Stan 1 .. " Two-Hitters Spice NW League Play Kindsfalher Wins 17-0 Over Indians NORTHWEST LEAGUE By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A pair of two-hitters and the awe-inspiring troubles of a short stop turned pitcher added a heavy dash of spice to the Northwest League menu Tuesday night. Charley Drummond of the Yak ima Bears and veteran Vern Kindsfather, the former Coast League pro now performing for Tri-City, collected the two hitters. Drummond beat the Lewiston Broncs. 5-0. and Kindsfather white washed the Spokane Indians 17 0 after the Braves had won tnc opener by a 13-12 count. Chet Hammamoto, a former shortstop now a moundsman, found the Braves a learsome crew as ne was blasted out of the box in relief roles in both contests. Hamamoto walked the plank in the third frame of the opener. when the Braves got one run, and he took the long walk to the club house in the third inning of the afterpiece when Tri-City exploded for four tallies. Bears Take Bulge Yakima's decision over the Bronces gave the Bears a 3Vi gamc bulge over the Braves, who swept from fourth place into the runnerup-spot on the crest of their double victory over Spokane. Drummond was in tight control of the game all the way as his mates blasted out 10 hits, includ ing homers by Vince Moreci, Hcrm Lewis and Hcrm Reich. Kindsfather, the ex-Seattle hurl er, fanned six Indians and gave up only one walk in his shutout performance. The Braves blasted out IB hits to back Kindsfather to the hilt. The opener was a free-scoring affair. After blowing a 10-1 lead, Tri-City came back with two runs in the bottom of the eighth and then stopped a ninth-inning rally Destruction Derby Set for Salem Bowl A destruction derby is slated for Saturday night's auto racing at the Hollywood Bowl, and the organization which has put on the most exciting derbies in the past, the Capitol Auto Racing As sociation, will put on the show. The C'ARA plans on having at least 30 cars entered in the derby in which anything is legal except non-accidental headon collisions. In a previous derby at the howl, the CARA started about 30 cars and when the race ended, less than a half-dozen remained on the track. The time trials start a 7:45 with the races starting at 8:30. i here will be four heat races and , the A and B main events. The cars left in running condition will then engage in the final de struction derby. ' ! The gates open at 0:43. Spokane Signs Carlin SPOKANE W The sagging Spokane Indians of the Northwest League signed catcher Hon carlin of Pine Cily, Wash. Wednesday to replace Frank DeSousa on the club's active list. Phone 3-9191 ci nvf NORTHWEST LEAGUE W I. Yaklmi ' 2S 1.1 Tri-Clly 24 IS Kuncne 22 15 Lewiston 22 IS Wcnatchcc is 25 Salem IS 28 Spokane 13 27 Tuesday Rrsulta Yakima 5, Lewlston O Wenatchee 9. Eugene 4 Tri-City 1.1-17. Spokane 12-0 netlnendav i Srhedule Spokane at Trl-Ctty Eugene at Wenatchee Lewiilon at Yalcima by the Indians at one run to get the decision. Wildncss on the part of Floyd Brower, the Eugene starter, gave the Chiefs the npportunitv thev needed to get a 9-2 lead over the r.meralds in the first six innings. Brower bowed out in the sixth after throwing four wild pitches during his stint on the mound. Glen Isringhaus went the dis tance for the Chiefs, giving up nine scattered hits. Bill Girdlcy got a solo homer in the seventh off Is ringhaus. The shortscorcs: F.ugene 100 001 110 4 9 3 Wenatchee 200 313 OOx fl 11 1 Brower. Marten 161 and Gauthler, Dapper IS); laringhaus and Lund berg. Lewlston OOO 0O0 000 0 I O Yakima 202 0OO 10X S 10 1 Spry and Donahue; Drummond and Neal. Spokane 100 710 02112 12 4 Tri-Clly 441 101 02x 13 13 3 Luedke, Hamamoto 12), Weekly (3 and Desouia; Knstenuk, Merceth (4). Aldrldge (5), Daly (61 and Martin. Dallas Plans for Legion Ball Team DALLAS A movement is under way hero to give Dallas ils first American Legion junior baseball team in three years. Backers of the program, among them Gordon Kunke, hope to have a team ready to play teams from the surrounding area but not to play in the league this year. Two firms, Gerlingcr Carrier and Inglis Motor Co. have expressed a desire to help finance the team and others arc being contacted. 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Ashenfelter is the fellow who stunned the world and the' Iron Curtain countries by winning the steeplechase in the '52 games and setting a record of 8:45.4 to boot. He beat out Russia's Vladimir Kazantsev in the final lap. Americans rarely have won Olympic races over 1.500 meters so Ashenfelter's effort came as a real shocker for the Eastern Eu ropean nations, who always have prided themselves on their dis tance runners. . "For one thing," said Ashenfelt er, "I definitely wouldn't consider going if I was not in top condition, and that holds true if I make the team. I'll have to determine my self what kind of condition I'm in. Just nine months ago, J,. Chromik of Poland ran the 3.000 mctcr steeplechase in 8:40.2 in a race in Budapest and the Interna tional Amateur Athletic Federa tion, the world certifying agency, accepted that as a world record, "I know about him," said Ash enfelter. "That's why I don't want to trv for the title again unless I can get in top shape. 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