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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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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MIAMI, Flu., April 7 (A')
The Brooklyn DufUois. boasting
the best won-lost exhiuilum rec
ord in the majors, play their
nth unmo mialn.it major Ichiiuo
opposition when they tangle with
I no st, Liouia Hi-owns today, The
brooks, who compluted their for
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Montreal farm hnnds yesterday,
have so far managed to win only
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leaguo opposition.
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Hoop Star Gets
Time On His Hands
CHENEY, Wusli,, April 7 W
Irv : Lolfor, basketball titnr at
Eastern Washington college, has
time on his hands (pardon the
pun). Ho now has a collection
of five watches given him as
firlr.es for his cage prowess, one
n high school. and four In na
tional tournaments at Kiuwns
City. In his first appearance at
the national meet ho was named
to the second tcuin, made the
first squad the 'following three
years and in addition this yea
whs chosen the tournament'
most valuable player.
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