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Newspaper Page TextTHE CAPITAL JOURNAL Section 2 Page 8 New Major League Season Falls Into Familiar Pattern Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, April 17, 1957 Musial Waxes Warm Morgan Proves Claim Milwaukee Shows Strong Crew On Mound By ED WILKS The Associated Press The 1957 maior league season is barely 24 hours old on a full fledged basis, yet everything looks to be falling into the predicted pattern: 1. Stan (The Man) Musial wasn't .... - , uvgon lajjptu kidding when he said he was four-run sixth snooting lor nis seventh National homer. league batting title. He was Cimoli, who had three hits in 4-fqr-4 as the St. Louis Cardinals, six trios while opening in left field swinger who wants to hit .340 his lifetime average ! this sea son, doubled twice to lead the 17- hit Cardinal attack. Herm Weh meier spiked the Redlegs' big guns, permitting only four extra base hits. Rookie Bobby Gene Smith homered with two on and Wally Moon socked a three-run shot for the Cards. Johnny Klipp stein lost it. Spahn Mows 'em Down Spahn set down the last 14 men he faced after loser Bob Rush's RBI double in the fifth. Johnny Logan capped the Braves' winning with a two-run picked as the "most improved club," lagged the Cincinnati Red legs 13-4 in yesterday's "opener. 2. The Milwaukee Braves, out to show they can do the job and generally conceded as having the' best pitching staff in the league, came from behind to beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1 on Warren Spahn's four-hit pitching. Morgan "Escapes" 3. Tom Morgan, insisting all along he was a starting pitcher and not a reliefer, made his first start since July 4, 1955, went all the way and beat Detroit 2-1 with a four-hitter for the Kansas City Athletics as an escapee from the New York Yankee bullpen. . 4. Newcomer Gino Cimoli, de scribed in the spring by Manager Walt Alston as "one guy who has to oe in tne lineup," belted a 12th Inning home run to give the Brooklyn Dodgers a 7-fi decision over the Philadelphia Phillies in the tone night game. in other National League action. (he Pittsburgh Pirates, ended an eight-game jinx by defeating southpaw Johnny Antonelli and the New York Giants 9-2. Pierce Outlasts Score In the American, the Chicago White'1 Sox and Billy Pierce out lasted the Cleveland Indians and Herb Score 3-2 in 11 innings; the New York Yankees broke up a tie in the ninth to defeat the Wash ington Senators and Chuck Stobbs 2-1; and Boston's Red Sox packed their punch into one inning to end caiumore s stay in lirst place 4-2 for the Brooks, delivered his pay off homer against Robin Roberts, the gopher ball champ. Don Zim- mer. at short in place of ailing PeeWee Reese, and Gil Hodges also homered for the Dodgers, Don Newcombe was the starter but crew-cut Clem Labine was the winner with four innings of two- hit relief. The Pirates managed just three hits off Antonelli, but his own bobble of a bunt led to two fifth inning runs and. their first deci sion over the lefty ace since 1955. The Bucs wrapped it up for right hander Bob Friend wjth six runs in the eighth only one of them earned against reliefer Marv Grissom. Berra Homers Yankee Yogi Berra and Wash ington's Roy Sievers' swapped seventh-inning home runs to take the southpaw duel between Whitey ford and Stobbs into the last of the ninth all even. Then Bcrra's single, Gil McDougald's double and an intentional walk set up a clinching single by Andy Carey. Two walks and a single by Lar ry Doby decided the somewhat shabby battle between Score and Pierce, two 20-victory lefties, at Cleveland. Score struck out eight, but walked 11. Pierce fanned nine, walked two. The Tigers and 21-game winner Frank Lary. beaten 2-1 by the A's on Gus Zernial's double in the '56 opener, tried again and wodn up with the same result. This time Zernial homered and the A's counted the big run Joe De Friendly Home Run Rivals 'fi rg jr:',; , 'jkdPi ry'r (rh (fif K r i . . JA A J U ;l V;'!!-j g)(o i ill j i j-4i V- 1 -: 7iKv: .1-1 M HOLLYWOOD Big Steve'Silko (left) of Los Angeles, home run king of the Pacific Coast League last year with 55, gets to gether in a buddy-buddy pose with the i self-styled 1957 home run leader, Dick Stuart of Hollywood. Stuart, an extrovert who smashed 66 homers in the Western League in 1956, has predicted he will de throne Bilko and so far the score is Stuart 5, Bilko 1. AP Wirephoto) Jlusial, the 36-ycar-old lefty Maestri's single in the seventh. Sports Dteport By CHUCK BOICE (Continued from page 2, section 2) Pick Stuart In the Western league.' Stuart, who slammed out five homers In his first four games for Hollywood, can be handled by 'junk," according to Cocn, but will murder anything resembling a fast ball. A couple of well-known names with San Diego, John Carmichacl, the former WIL ace, and Eddie Er'autt, the one-time Portland prep boy wonder, each gave up two homers to Stuart. Then along came cute, old Vic Lombardi to leave Stuart swinging at empty air every time and bear out Coen's contention. UO STUDENT'S FORECASTS SCORE A HIT Tom Chapman, the assistant sports editor of the University of Oregon's Daily Emerald, is a young fellow who obviously spends a good many hours "minoring" in major league baseball. But, best of all, he seems to have the eye of a true satirist who is both wearied and amused by some of the annual goings on in the national pastime. For example, in his month-by-month "forecast" of big ' league things to come, he sees Mickey Mantle hitting three long home runs in April and the New York writers rushing out the news that Mickey Is the greatest and 22 games ahead of Babe Ruth's pace. Checking through Chapman's version of the season one finds Mantle hitting only four more the rest of the summer ... but some arc tape measure blows and .the NY writers point out he's working on his batting average. Perfect game pitcher Don Larsen comes in for some comment His hitless span is spoiled in his first outing when he gives up 11 runs in the first inning against Washington. Further along we find Larsen traded to the Baltimore Orioles and from there shipped to Kcokuck. Then, in what we think is a very, good jab at some annual futility. Larsen is called up by the Cleveland Indians for the stretch drive. WHERE NEXT FOR THE DODGERS Th Brnnklvn Dodsrers. unhannv as always in their hometown, announce they'll play 28 games in Jersey City, 34 in Havana and the remaining ones in Gill Coliseum. The Yankees win the pennant by 47 games while the Dodgers sneak through In the National by half-a-game over Cincinnati. Milwaukee blows it by half-a-game because of too much partying according to Jackie Robinson. Chapman has many more and, all in all, includes just about every iiiinn ovrnni n Kcnlemhpr announcement of a multi-million dollar plan to hcln the minor leagues "next year" and Commissioner Ford Fr'ick almost doing something. ' He does take pity on Larsen and grants him a perfect game in the last Cleveland contest just Deiorc ne goes nome 10 aiienu par. CELTICS CONFIDENT WITH REASON Hpre 'n there: For confidence one has to hand it to the Boston Celtics who had never done too much in the pro basketball race but many months ago scheduled a nationwide tour againsi an an-siai turn. They came through with the title in double-overtime but per haps didn't have to worry too much about drawing good crowds anyway ... not with the likes of Bob Cousy the greatest of them all and Bill Russell. n r it,, dnnc k at Gill Coliseum Saturday night and it figures i , ih. finest collection of professional sports talent this state has seen. And to spur on the boys, each night the winning team divides an extra purse og $500. A filler item notes that last month the University of California c,ir.hv team defeated Yale. Cal once had football players playing vxxei in the winter. 'Big Lcs Richtcr was a whiz.) Just who s play ing this tackling, blocking, ball carrying game-m nugny or the football men? City Academy Loses 2-1 Tilt To Philomath Pitcher Roger Smith singled home the winning run in the sixth inning here Tuesday as Philomath posted a narrow 2-1 Yawama League baseball victory over the Salem Academy Crusaders. Smith, who gave up only three hits and one unearned run to the Crusaders, scored Philomath's only other run in the fourth inning. He singled, stole second and third and dented the plate on a single by Lynn Funk. The Crusaders scored first in the tight contest. Mickey Groat reach ed first on an error, stole second and tallied on a two-base error in the initial frame. Two Salem Academy pitchers gave up only four hits to the visit ors, but these were enough ' for Smith, who stayed out of trouble the rest of the way, in spite of two more Philomath errors. Angels, Padres Win From Stars, Bevos No Home Runs in Bilko, Stuart ' Rivalry Wade, Garber (3), Schulti (7), ?'Donnell (9) and Hall. Philomath (2) (1) Satrm Academy Player B R H E Player B R H E Klng.r 4 0 0 0 Croat. s 4 110 H'kms.m 3 110 Mcrk.2 3 0 0 0 Wh'ney.3 2 0 0 0 Volh.3 3 0 1 0 Smith.p 3 12 0 Bigins.c .3 0 0 0 Funk. I 2 0 10 Hi'mer.l 2 0 11 E'ward.s 3 0 0 0 Jo'son.r 2 0 0 0 Da bok.c 2 0 0 2 T"ma,m-1 3 0 0 0 D'lgglc.l 2 0 0 2 Cocn. I 10 0 0 WiEBle.2 3 0 0 0 Ha ton.n 3 0 0 0 Davis.r 1 0 0 0 Dvck.D 0 0 (I 0 Calhoun 0 0 0 0 F rod.m 2 0 0 0 Totals 25 2 4 Philomath Salem Academy . I Totals 26 1 3 1 . 000 101 0 2 4 4 . 100 000 0 1 3 1 Stayton Nips Gervais, 4-1 GERVA1S (Special) Stayton rescued a Capital Conference base ball victory here Tuesday, 4-1, with three runs in the sixth inning to beat Gervais high school. Making the difference were hits by Jerry Spcllmeycr and Ed Pet ers, two walks by pitcher Belle quc, a squeeze bunt by Clayton Emery and an eror. Winning pitcher was John Lucas, Stayton freshman, who fanned eight. Stayton . 100 003 04 5 4 Gervais 000 010 01 4 3 Lucas and Ware; Belleque and Vohland. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Los Angeles beat Hollywood, 5-3, and San Diego shaded Port land, 3-2, in the only Pacific Coast League games Tuesday night. Vancouver at Sacramento and Seattle at San Francisco were postponed by rain. The Rainiers and Seals sctieduicci a aouDieneaa er for Friday night. Bob Darnell was wild but came through the rough spots and Ditched an' end to the Angels' four-game losing streak. Darnell hurlcl the only other Los Angeles victory of the season last week. No Home Runs The Angels peppered Ben Wade for three runs in the opening in ning and added one more in each of the next two frames. A crowd of 7,077 was disappointed by home run specialists Steve Bilko and Dick Stuart. Both were held to singles. At San Diego, Stan Pawloskt singled home Bobby Young with the deciding run in tne nintn. san Diego pitcher Pete Mesa held Portland batters to five hits in chalking up his second win of the season. Bay Bauer, third of four Beaver pitchers, was the loser. The shortscores: Portland 200 000 0002 5 0 San Diego 000 002 0013 10 0 Fiedler, Tremel.(7), Bauer (7), Shore (9) and Calderone; Mesa and Averill. Vancouver at Sacramento, post poned, rain. - Seattle at San Francisco, post poned rain. Doubleheader Friday night. Silverton Tips Sabers by 7-5 In Capital Play 11 Walks Help Foxes As Serra Outliits Host Team SILVERTON (SpeciaU-Silverton used 11 walks to good advantage here Tuesday to post a 7-5 Capital Conference baseball triumph over the Serra Sabers of Salem. Silverton jumped to a first- inning 3-0 lead on Del Weeks' double, a single by Rex Brown and a few walks. Another run was tallied in the second on another double by, Weeks, and the Silver Foxes fifth run scored in the third frame on two -walks and a single by Bob Kouf. Serra tallied in the top of the third on a double by Ken Neu berger. .' Silverton added another score in the fourth inning as walks again set it up for a single to drive home the run. This blow was off the bat of Ray Brown. Three walks and a single by Brown gave Sil verton its seventh run in the sixth inning. Serra got back into the act in the fifth inning. A walk and singles by Jim Luke, Warren Zielinski and Red Coffey provided two runs. .The Sabers got another pair in the next inning on singles by Denny (rank and Luke and a pair of Silverton errors. Serra outhit the home squad, 11-8, but Silverton made the most of the prodigious number of walks. Clyde Kucnzi, Weeks and Brown each collected two hits for the winners, as did Jerry Brown, Neuberger, Luke and Coffey for the babers. Serra (5) (7) Silverton Player B R H E Player B R H E irown,3 9 12 0 Kouf.l aiii N'berer.l S 0 2 0 Weeks. 3 4 2 2 1 Frank, s Sill Kuenzl.s 4 0 2 0 Luke.2 4 2 2 1 Brown. 1 4 3 2 1 T. Q'oK.m 2 10 1 West.m 2 0 0 0 Zl'nski.l 4 0 11 Mel'nd.2 3 0 1 2 Wolf.r 4 0 0 0 Jo'Eon.r 2 10 0 Coffey.c 4 0 2 1 Kro'er.c 10 0 0 Gc'kow.p 2 0 10 Lynch.p 2 0 0 1 G. G'og.p 2 0 0 0 Olson.p 10 0 0 Luby to Tap Several Sources To Brace Eugene Emerald Club Totals 33 5 11 5 Totals !1 1 I I Serra 001 022 0 5 11 Silverton 311 101 x 7 8 0 YoutliEmphasized By Ex-Salem Manager By DICK STR1TE Eugene Register-Guard EUGENE, WlTho Emeralds of the Northwest League, pennant winners ill their inaugural year of 1955, will be campaigning for an other flag when the Ems open tne season against the Chiefs at We- natchee April 25. Hugh Luby, long-time manager at Salem and for many seasons considered the league s No.l pilot, is at Lodi, Calif., with a .handful of players but reinforcements are expected from the Boston Red Sox. Chicago White Sox, San r ran Cisco Seals, Sacramento Solons and Portland Beavers. The Em eralds have no cut-and-dried work ing agreement, howevef. The Emerald Empire Baseball Club, a model operation in organ ized baseball, is a home -owned and operated club whose expenses are guaranteed by a group of more than 40 business men in an area that stretches throughout the area and south as far as Rose- burg 70 miles from this Univer sity of Oregon and lumbering community. It is a partnership that guarantees all losses and places all profits into the organ ization. Lost $9,000 In 1956 The $100,000 Bethel Park, one of the finest in the minor leagues, is owned by a group of 34 persons, many of whom are also members of the operating partnership. The operation showed a "paper" profit in 1955 and lost more than $9,000 last year. The Emerald Empire Baseball Club places an emphasis on youth young players who hope to de velop into Major Leaguers; more than 1,000 teenagers who compete in a wide variety of "Little League," "Babe Ruth" and "Junior Legion" type of baseball throughout the summer months. Luby isn't expected to have many players returning from last year. At Lodi are Berlyn Hodges. southpaw pitcher (11-12), Catcher just out of the Army; Bob Shoe maker, rookie righthander from Sacramento; and Chuck Staccy, outfielder from Spokane's North Central High School via Fort Ord. Two ex-Emeralds who had an nounced their retirement may re join the club, including outfielder Bill Eastburn (.266) and pitcher Russ Pcnfold (9-8). The Emeralds, with headquar ters at the Lodi Hotel, are training at Lawrence Park and four of the eight spring-training games were scheduled there. Games also were set for Modesto and Stockton in California, and against Oregon State College at Corvallis April 23 the final game before the opener at Wenatchee. First home scries will be against Tri-Citics May 3-5, HUGH LUBY , must find more material Bob Gauthicr (.260), Shortstop Johnny Keller (.266), and Bob Marten, righthanded pitcher 17- 10). Krause to Join In June' Two high school coaches, veter ans of the NWL, will join the club In June lnflclder Mel Krause, ex Salem second baseman (.278), and outfielder Art Preston, who played in 1955 for the Ems (.296). Krause coaches in Portland and Preston in San Diego, Calif. Others at Lodi are mostly rook ies, including Pitcher Ollie Brant ley, lnfictdcrs Biftch .Marliani, Dick Terrance and Bob Jagelskl and Outfielders Larry Kahler and Larry Pickering. The club Has gained strength steadily through the training sea son. Herman Reich, veteran ma jor leaguer who was coach and first baseman-outfielder for Yaki ma last year, has joined the Ems. So has Zekc King, a first sackcr outfieldcr who blasted 10 homers, 12 triples and 30 doubles last year for Tucson. Other New Faces Other newcomers include out fielder Jack Simpson from the Boston Red Sox farm system; Mike Acker, righthanded pitcher Molalla Grabs Central Game MONMOUTH (Special) -Terry Garrison pitched a two-hit victory over Central here Tuesday as Molalla won a Willamette Valley League baseball game. Molalla scored three in the sec ond, two in the fifth and one in the sixth. Marvin Parnell batted in two runs in the second frame with one of his two hits. Central scored its run in the first stanza on a single by Jim Turner that scored Bob Marr. Molalla 030 021 08 7 J Central 100 000 01 2 3 Garrison and Parnell; Lukens and Cummins. SURGICAL SUPPORTS Of All Kinds, Trusses, Abdominal Supports, Elastic Hosiery Expert Fitters Private Fitting ' Rooms "Ask Your Doctor" Capital Drug Store ; 405 State Street . Corner of Liberty &C Green Stamps . Los Angeles 311 000 000-5 10 2 Hollywood 100 000 1013 6 1 Darnell, Hughes (7) and Olson; , the boys Ex-Hood River Athlete Homers CINCINNATI (UP) - Bobby Gene Smith, former Hood River, ure., athlete, smacked out a home run and a single Tuesday as the St. Louis Cardinals downed Cin cinnati 13-4 in their opening game, Smith, who used to pitch for Hood River high school, played center field. More Sports On Page 4 Cascade High Raps Huskies By 8-0 Count CASCADE (Special) Cascade Union High School, with a tradi tion for baseball, added North Marion to its Capital Conference victim list, 8-0, here Tuesday. Jim Uhrhammcr, senior, pitched a three-hit game and fanned 10 as his Cougar friends got eight hits for the victory. Five runs in the fourth inning were the biggest flare-up. Batting in two runs each in the fourth were Gary Downer, with a double, and Keith Hankie, with a triple. Leading hitters for Cascade, with two hits each, were Downer, Han kie. Gene Sneer. 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