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Padres Stiff Lead Field . . .x Healthy Attendance Gladdens PCL Hearts : Br BILL BECKER Associated Press Sportswtiter Rip-Collins' hustling Sail Diego Padres ruled the Pacific Coast league roost today alter an open ing week replete with extra Inning thrillers, some hefty slug ging, occasional fancy flinging and warming the heart of the club owners healthy attend ance, . Supplying most of the early season fireworks, the Padres ran up six straight victories before Oakland, behind Charley Gass way's six-hit pitching, managed to salvage the final game of the series. ... . Four of San Diego's wins were nabbed In extra innings, with Duck, Goose Population On Decline WASHINGTON, AprU 7 V Albert M. Day,- director of the fish and wildlife service, said today the North American duck and goose population has de clined to 54,000,000, the lowest since 1838. . - The drop during the past year. Day said, was 26,000,000, the sharpest slump on record. The 1945 duck kill was estimated at 23,000,000. But despite the decline. Day told a reporter, there almost cer tainly will be a hunting season this fall. The Audubon society recently recommended that duck hunting be prohibited this year as a con servation measure. , . ; . Cage Tourney In Quarters At Chicago CHICAGO, April 7 (JV-Seven clubs in the National Basketball league and a strong independent team, - the Dow Chemicals of Midland, Mich., enter the quarter-finals of the invitational cage tournament in Chicago stadium tonight ; Two upsets were registered in first round games 'last night when Toledo ousted the highly itouted New York Rens 82-59 and 'the Blackhawks disposed of the Baltimore Bullets, a pre-meet favorite after winning the Amer ican league championship, 57-46. The third same last night went according to form with Sheboy gan walloping the Portland, Ore.; Indians 72-46 by pouring la 47 points in the last quarter.: Vi-Ti Zimmerman Nabs Third Oregon Pro Golf Title . PORTLAND, April 7 (fP) Al Zimmerman captured his third Oregon professional match play championship yesterday as he .scored a 1-up victory over Ted Longworth in a 36-hole play-off. ; Zimmerman played Longworth all even in the 18-hole meeting at Longworth's own Waverly course, each carding par 72, stood squared at the end of the first nine at Alderwood but then picked up his one stroke victory margin on the back nine. Scores: -Zimmerman 72-69 141; Long worth 72-70142. SSLPCDDQir'SS Southpaw Tommy Seats' 11-iiv ning 1-0 shutout of the Oaks in yesterday's opener the standout performance. Oakland won the finale 6-1.. Elsewhere during the week there were three overtime games. One of those was San Francisco's 8-7 conquest Of Se attle in 11 innings in a Sunday opener. But the Rainiers nabbed the nightcap 3-2, - to keep the Seals from climbing into a first place tie. The Seals trailed San Diego by one game, with five won, two lost. ' . Largest crowd to date 16,766 at Los Angeles saw veteran Tommy Bridges. ex-Detroit curve ball ace, pitch- Portland to a 2-1 nightcap win after the Angels nabbed a 7-8 verdict. Bridges allowed but two hits. Los An geles took the series, four games to three. Sacramento held the same series edge over Hollywood after another split. A 5-4 finale vic tory put the Solons in a third place knot with Los Angeles, after droDDine the opener 10-7. Home run production got on to a fast start, with 32 round trippers in the first week. Three ex-major leaguers, ouuieiaer Max West of San Diego, and Los Aneeles Infielders Lou stringer and John Ostrowskl, shared the lead with three apiece, uan t cobar and Harv Storey; both of Portland, Dain Clay, San Diego, and Frankie Kelleher,. Holly wood,-each hit two. - - - ! Opening week attendance, bol stered -by ' 50,388 Sunday, hit approximately 143,000. giving promise last . year's . 3,700,000 might be topped. . This week's schedule, with play resuming tomorrow after the customary xuonaay ou, irnos the same teams at home. Port land cavorts at San. Diego, Oak land at Los Angeles, Seattle at Sacramento, and Hollywood at San Francisco. All the home teams, incidentally, are in the first division. . Weidner Will Match Holds Wittr Weaver The Pete Belcastro-Georges Du sette - f ight-to-the-finish for the right to meet Billy Weidner for the Pacific coast-junior -light-heavy title will take to the mat in the armory Thursday night as the main event on. a high-class card. In the second event of the eve ning, Billy : Weidner, - present holder of the title,, will show some of his .stuff with Buck Weaver, in a non-title five-round Tjout. Weidner, who has always been a hard-working ' fighter, should put on an interesting' ex hibition with Buck "Weavtr. .. i In the evening's opening event Herb Parkes will -match holds with Benny Trudel, whiskered Frenchman, in a three-round tut. How They Stand Pension Plan Safeguards Baseball Players" Future CINCINNATI, April 7 (PI Baseball players, coaches and trainers can retire at 50 years of age and receive checks up to $100 a month the rest of their lives under the major leagues' new pension plan. During their active careers,, the clubs will give them group Paul Staggs Signs As Pacific Coach FOREST GROVE, Ore., April sf () Paul Stagg, 37, son of -Amos Alonzo Stagg and former football coach at Springfield, Mass., college and Moravian col lege in Bethlehem, Pa., has been -signed as iooioau coach at pa cific university, school officials -said." Young Stagg formerly assisted :his father : in coaching at the University of Chicago and Col lege of the Pacific. Monty-Hoag Fight Tops Armory Card Monty Montgomery and Buzz saw Hoag headline the complete card for the armory boxing matches Tuesday night, accord ing to Mack Lillard. promoter. with a ten round slug-fest. In the semi-windup spot G6r don McKay, Henley 220-pounder, replaces Murray "Red Britten in a battle with Keller Wagner, Salem slugger. McKay has put the last two of his opponents away by the kayo route; last month he dropped Ernie Duf f ield for the ten count and In his last armory fight he downed Johnny Jamieson in the third round. Keller Wagner has quite a reputation in the northern cir cles, but McKay with his six-foot-seven hard punching antics should give him quite a battle in the ten rounder. In the middle event Ralph Weiser and Rudy Carlson, who put on such a good slug-fest for the fans in their last appearance, will return to the squared circle for another five round battle. Bob Eastman, favorite of the younger fans, will battle LeRoy Bark ley in the second bout of the evening which is scheduled as a four round tilt. Eastman, al ways a crowd-pleaser, has never lost a fight in the. armory and should put on a good exhibition wim JBarKiey, wno is. a piruiy tough hombre. - In the opener, .Roy Jackson, Beatty lad, will rough it out for four rounds with tierhie bneli of Sprague River. Betz Suspension Eyed By Rules -'.; Committee NEW YORK, April 7 (IP)-. Members of the amateur rules committee of the U. S. Lawn Ten nis association were to meet- to day to decide whether Pauline Betz,. world's foremost feminine star, should be suspended im mediately in the face of her an nounced desires to turn profes sional. ' lite insurance ranging from $5300 to $10,000 per individual. The American and National league clubs pay the entire cost of the insurance and "over three fourths" the cost of the annuities under group contracts with the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the 'United States, the office of Baseball Commissioner A. B. Chandler disclosed. . Adoption of, the-program effective last Tuesday, April 1 was announced by the commis sioner, who credited the players' pension committee, club repre sentatives and their respective legal counsel "for producing this practical solution.'- , ... Stiner To Use Wide-Open T For Beavers CORVALLIS, Ore., April 7 OP) Football Coach Lon Stiner at Oregon State college is going to borrow the wide-open variations of the T-formation from the southwest for his 1947 gridiron Beavers now in spring training. Stiner, whose Beavers came up looking very good at the end of the 1946 season in the Pacific coast conference, saw the maneu vers work for the west team which he helped coach In the East-West January 1 classic at San Francisco, Revelry Wins Irish Sweepstakes DUBLIN, April 7 0P Revel ry won the Irish Grand National steeplechase today. Highland Lad was second and African Col lection third. The winner, owned by T. J. Doyle and ridden by Dan Moore, was a six to one selection. The odds on Highland Lad were 100 to 7 and 20 to 1 on African Col lection. , Big Leagues Still Play Exhibitions Avon May Got Spot On Giant Mound Staff FORT SMITH, Ark. April 7 uV) Bill Ayois, strapping right hundcr pitching rookie of the New York Giants, has Just about assured himself a starting berth on Manager Mel Ott'i mound staff, The six-foot-three IBS-pound elbower turned in his second straight impressive performance yesterday iw the Giants bowed, 2-1 to the Cleveland Indians be fore 11,177 onlookers at Okla homa City. , DALLAS, Tex.. April 7 !' Catcher Clyde McCullough of the Chicago Cubi will bt out of action for s.v.ral days with a twiited ankle. Bob Schefiing and Mickey Livingston will share the receiving burden during McCul lough's absence. Outfielder BUI Nicholson it still being uted as a pinch-hitler until his Charley horse completely heals. Pitcher Hank Borowy't blistered linger still i. sore. SHREVEPORT, La.. April 7 0P It was old home day for Manager Ted Lyons of the Chi cago White Sox in Dnllas yes terday with dozens of his friends making the trip from Waco, Tex., to greet him. Monty Stratton, ex-Sox pitcher who lost a leg in a hunting accident eight years ugo, watched the pale hose trounce Dallas, 14-8 with Out fielder Floyd Christopher pac ing the attack by clouting two homers. NORFOLK. Va.. April 1 0P The New York Yankees meet their Norfolk Piedmont league farmhands today in their next to last exhibition game before reaching New York. A number of the Bombers including rookie hurler Don Johnson. Charley Keller. Spud Chandler, and George McQulnn will skip the game and head direct for Baltl- San Diego San Francisco . Los Angeles Sacramento Hollywood Portland Seattle Oakland W. L. Pet. .857 6 1 5 2 .714 .571 .571 .429 .429 .286 .143 Results Yesterday San Francisco 8-2, Seattle 7-3 (first game 11 innings). Los Angeles 7-1, Portland 3-2. San Diego 1-1, Oakland 0-6, (first game 11 innings). Hollywood 10-4, Sacramento 7-5. (All second games 7 innings.) Saturday's Results Portland 1, Los Angeles 0. San Francisco 4, Seattle 3 (13 innings). Sacramento 3, Hollywood 2. San Diego 9, Oakland 7 (10 innings). Kramer Walks Off With Singles Title HOUSTON, Tex., April 7 (IP) Jack Kramer, Davis Cup star and national tennis champion, walked off with the men's singles cham pionship in the River Oaks in vitation tennis tournament yes terday, downing defending titlist Gardnar Mulloy, 6-1, 6-0, 6-2. THE BEST BICYCLES And TRICYCLES at the LOWEST prices come from POOLE'S Bicycles and Sporting Goods 222 So, 7th J Monarchs Grab Coast Hockey Crown PORTLAND, Ore., April 7 OP) Pacific coast hockey bowed out of the northwest Saturday night when the Los Angeles Monarchs handed the Portland Eagles their fourth successive loss to capture the Coast league crown. The score was 5-4. Portland, winner of the north ern division title, dropped four straight decisions to the south ern titlist. 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