Wednesday, July 23, 1952
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE
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Coast League Newcomers
Battling for Player Award
San Francisco (U.PJ Carloi
Bernler and Tookie Gilbert, two
first-rate first-year men, are
competing for the Pacific Coast
league's 1952 Player of the Year
award.
Bernier, Hollywood's jet-legged
outfielder, and Gilbert, Oak
land's optionee first baseman,
are key players in the Star and
Acorn bids for the pennant.
To the athlete whose club is
successful in winning the flag
may go the top player award.
Top Base Theft
Bernier, picked up from Tam
pa for $3,500, is the league's
leading base thief with 50. And
Salem Tops
Yakima Nine
By UNITED PRESS
Only two games were played
in the Western International
league Tuesday night as the
weatherman turned on the fau
cet and caused postponement of
a pair of contests.
Salem downed Yakima 8-6,
and Wenatchee tripped Tri - City
3-1. Spokane at Vancouver and
Lewiston at Victoria were rain
ed out.
Salem led going into the fifth,
but then Yakima bounced back
with five runs on walks and
singles by Mike Donahue, Earl
Richmond, Len Noren and Ken
Richardson.
The Solons came back with
six tallies in the sixth on doubles
by Jim Deyo and Art Thrasher
and singles by Bob Nelson, and
Gene Tanselli. Walks and er
rors also figured in the rally.
he's hitting about .300.
Gilbert, an orthodox thrower
but a lefthanded hitter, is the
PCL's top homer hitter with 20
and leading RBI specialist with
80.
Both players had Important
roles In their clubs' victories
Tuesday night. Bernier stole
base and had a three-run homer
in Hollywood's 11-4 win from
Sacramento. And Gilbert blast
ed a three-run four-master in
Oakland's second game, triumph
over San Francisco. The Oaks
won two, 3-1, and 8-5, to ad
vance to within one game of
Hollywood's league lead.
Bearers Slug San Diego
Portland, winner of seven
games last week and a growing
threat to move into the first
division, hammered San Diego,
16-3. The game at Seattle be
tween Los Angeles and the
Rainiers was postponed because
of wet grounds.
Astorian Paces
Coast Tourney
With Easy Win
Astoria U.R) Ralph Ditch
ter of Astoria continued his win
ning ways in the men-under-40
division of the Oregon Coast
Golf championships by defeat
ing Bob Girtle of Portland 5
and 4 Tuesday while Dr. Mil
lard S. Rosenblatt, Portland,
was eliminating William Lang
hardt, Astoria, 6 and 5, in the
senior division.
Marty Leptich, Portland, a
pre-tourney favorite in the men
over 50 bracket, was unexpect
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Mobilgas, YMCA Garner Victories
In Softball League Competition
A total of 12 walks in the
first inning featured a softball
game between Eagle Point and
Mobilgas. which was played
here last night. Mobilgas finally
outlasted the visitors to take the
five-inning M e d f o r d Softball
league contest by an 18 to 10
score.
Mohilsas took advantage of
two hits and five walks to tally
nine times in the first inning. In
tViA samp frame. Eaele Point
scored four times on no hits, two
errors and seven walks. There
was a total of 20 walks during
the five innings of play.
In the first league contest ot
the evening, YMCA edged by
Trowbridge and Flynn by a a
to 3 marein. Trowbridge and
Flynn scored its runs in the sec-
edly dropped by the wayside
by Lloyd Johnson, Vancouver,
Wash. Johnson won the match 2
up.
In the women s division, co-
medalists Barbara Snook, Mrs.
Harry Stepp and Mrs. Merrill
Rose, all of Portland, won their
matches. Miss Snook, 17-year-
old defending champion, defeat
ed Lillian Schassen, The Dalles,
6 and 5. Mrs. Stepp downed Mrs.
Ed Holmes of Astoria, 1-up, and
Mrs. Rose eleminated Doreen
Hannah, Vernon, B.C., 3 and
2.
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ond inning and YMCA came
back with three of its own in
the third. The YMCA team add
ed singletons in the fifth and
sixth innings to take the win.
LIN'ESCORES:
Trowbridge and Flynn
030 000 0 3 3
YMCA 003 011 05 3
Cory and Ettmger; Vessey and
Brock.
Eagle Point 430 21 10 4
Mobilgas 942 21 18 10
Lewis, Waldon. Wright and Clave:
singier ana uariana.
Johnny Ritchey
Top WIL Batter
Chicago (U.R) Vancouv
er's John Ritchey led Western
international league batters in
games through July 14 with an
average of .350. Howe News
Bureau statistics showed Wed
nesday.
Wenatchee Catcher Walt Pope.
kay led in hits with 108 and in
total bases with 156. His 24
doubles moved him into a tie
with Carl Mead of Lewiston anH
Grannie Gladstone of Victoria.
Gladstone continued to be the
pace setter in runs batted in
with 68. Milt Smith of Lewis
ton had nine home runs. Bob
Moniz of Victoria scored 70
runs and Des Charouhas of Tri.
City had 10 triples to lead those
departments.
Pitching honors went to Cal
Mclrvin of Victoria who had a
record of 12 victories and four
defeats.
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City), administrative capital of
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John M. Longyear, a Bostonian
who in 1905 conducted the first,
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Besides aiding motor travel,
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overcome the antagonism of liv
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Standings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L.
60 22
54 31
51 40
45 43
45 45
38 50
36 54
25 69
Brooklyn ..
New York ,
St. Louis
Chicago ,
Philadelphia
Boston
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L.
56 34
50 38
......49 40
49
New York
Boston
Washington
Cleveland
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Detroit
Pet G.B.
.732
.635 7,i
.560 13 la
.511 18
.500 19
.432 25
.400 28
.266 41
Pet G.B.
.622
42
..48 44
40 42
35 57
29 59
.568
.551
.538
.522
.448
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6
7',i
9
12
.380 22 li
.330 26
PACIFIC COAST
Hollywood
Oakland
San Diego
Seattle
Los Angeles
Portland
San Francisco
Sacramento ...
LEAGUE
W. L. Wet
..68 45
..67 46
.62 51
..54 53
..55 58
.53 58
.45 68
.45 70
.602
.593
.549
.505
.487
.477
.3Pi
.391
WESTERN INTERNATIONAL
Victoria -Spokane
Vancouver
Lewiston
Salem
Yakima .
Tri-City
Wenatchee
W. L.
60 31
51 42
45 39
43 47
43 47
43 51
39 52
39 33
Pet
.658
.548
.535
.477
.477
.457
.428
.423
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11
13
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23
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18 i
21
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