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Big Hank Slaps First NL Homer Red Sox Pacing American; Dodgers, Phillies And Pirates Take Early National Lead By JACK HAND Associated Press Sports Writer The same old Hank Greenbergl That was the cry echoing around Wrlgley field yesterday as Big Hankus, who was coaxed out of "retirement" by Pittsburgh, lofted a Hank Wyse pitch into the left field bleachers for his first National league home run. ... Curve ball pitching, the cunning National league variety, was sup posed to cut down the American league castoff. They were going to keep the ball low and outside, away from his power, but somebody forgot to tell Hank. "They throw curve balls in the American league, too," Oreenberg remarked. With the help of Hank's second-inning clout and six unearned runs on two boots by Lenny Merullo In the seventh Inning, Billy Herman brings his Pirates home, tied for first place with Brooklyn and the Phillies. The Cubs' only run of the ; abbreviated series came in me nintn Inning of yesterday's 7-1 defeat, at the hands of Preacher Roe. Manager Johnny Neun's cam paign to inject more punch Into the defense-minded Cincinnati Reds paid off with a 9-4 victory over the St Louis Cardinals, giving them a 2-1 edge over the champs In their openlng series. Augie Galan, Ray Lamanno. Clvde Vollmer and Frank Baum holts all hit home runs to back up Freshman Kent Peterson's fine three-hit eight-Inning relief pitch ing. Brooklm came up with a new "find" in Third Baseman Johnny (Spider) .-oricensen. who knocked In six runs with two doubles and a homer in the Dodirera' 12-6 win over Boston. A leaky Infield pat loser Mart Cooper on the ropes in the first inning. Jackie Robinson came up with his first big league hit, a bunt single off Glenn Elliott in the fifth. Dutch Leonard turned in a work manlike job for the Phillies In his first start, recovering from a poor start for an 11-5 victory over New York as his mates pounded loser Bill Ayers, Larry Jansen and Woody A be ma thy for 14 blows. The Boston Red Sox showed un mistakable signs of picking up where they left off last season, dumping Washington. 4-1 with Joe Dobson doing the honors. Floyd Sevens of Salem. Or., the New York Yankees' "hard luck artist" of 1946 got a break in his first start although he had to throw a three-hitter at Phila delphia to win l-l. Ferris Fain, booted Larry Berra's grounder to let in the winning run In the eighth. Dick Fowler was the Rookie Paul Lehner, a highly recommended prospect, came through with a pinch single with the bases loaded and two out for the St Louis Browns' 4-3 edge over Detroit in the 10th inning. Jack Kramer went all the way to de cision Paul Trout, who homered In his own behalf in the fifth. The Majors stage their second openers today with the Cardinals entertaining Chicago at St Louis. Brooklyn at New York, Cincinnati at Pittsburgh and Philadelphia at Boston. . The Yankees will be in Wash ington for the Presidential opener, postponed from Monday. Other American league games will find Cleveland at Detroit. St Louis at Chicago and Boston at Phila delphia. Wl Diamond Clubs Open Under Lights By The Associated Press All eight Western International league clubs swing Into action to night, weather permitting, as the class B baseball circuit mores into its 1947 season. Opening bills place Tacoma at Spokane, Bremerton at Yakima, Vic toria at Wena tehee and Vancouver at Salem. While the remainder of the league will watch the skies only for the possibility of rain, Spokane fans at least will have a heavenward In terest regardless of the weather. The Brooklyn-affiliated Indians open their season with the city's mayor stepping out of a helicopter to hurl the first ball. Similar festivities minus the plane, are planned In the other three parks. Probable opening day pitching "choices: ' Tacoma (Cy Greenlaw) vs. Spo kane (Pete Zmitrovlch). Bremerton (Hub Kittle) vs. Yak ima (Keith Simon). ' Vancouver (Bob Snyder) vs. Salem (Kenny Wyatt). Victoria vs. Wenatchee (hurlers unnamed). Hunters of all lands realize that wild creatures do not remain the same after they have been hunted. Before the coming of man Into cer tain regions, the wild beast had not developed a fear of him. Sports Afield. . "Play Ball" And Buy All Your Baseball Equipment HERE! GLOVES 3.95 up BATS 1.75 BASEBALLS 50c up BASEBALL SHOES All tizet 8.95 THE l la.1 fAMi uuroiUKt 714 Main NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. 1.000 1.000 1.000 .667 .333 .000 .000 .000 Brooklyn 2 Philadelphia Pittsburgh ... Cincinnati . St. Louis New York Boston Chicago .. Yesterday s Results Brooklyn 12, Boston 6. Cincinnati 9. St. Louis 4. Pittsburgh 7, Chicago 1. Philadelphia 11, New York 5. AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet 1.000 .000 .500 .500 .500 .500 .500 .000 Boston 2 Chicago 1 Philadelphia , 1 Detroit 1 New York 1 St Louis 1 Cleveland .. 0 Washington 0. Yesterday's Results New York 2. Philadelphia 1. . St Louis 4. Detroit 3 (10 Innings). Boston 4, Washington 1. Only games scheduled. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. San Diego 10 Sacramento 10 Portland 8 San Francisco 9 Los Angeles 9 Hollywood . 7 Seattle 6 5 7 667 .563 .571 .563 .563 .412 .375 .294 6 7 7 10 10 12 Oakland 5 Yesterday's Results San Diego 7, Hollywood 4. Sacramento 11, Oakland 7. Portland 6, San Francisco 5. Los Angeles at Seattle postponed, rain. Pels, Henley Take Part In Eugene Relay Meet Forty-one cinder teams 16 from class A high schools, 17 from class B and eight from class C will take part in the 'annual Haywaxd relays track meet at the University of Oregon this afternoon and tomor row. Last-minute entries may bring the total to 60. The Klamath Union high school Pelicans are competing in class A today, and the Henley Hornets are in class C tomorrow. Twenty-three Pels will take part as will eight tracks ters from Henley. Coach BUI Bowerman's Medford Black Tornado cindermen will be on hand to defend the class A championship they garnered last year by nosing out the Grant Gen erals by a hair. The Klamath squad placed third last year, and In that meet took first in high Jump, broad Jump and discus. The broad jump mark, set by Tom Edwards, Bob Dodson and Chuck Thurman is a Hawyard re- W Buy, Sell and Trad GUNS Free Appraisals 181 GUN STORE 714 Main Red-Hot Slugfest on KFLW Tonight Julio Jimenez (above), a fiery Eght weiglit who hails from down south of the border, and Philadelphia's sharp shooting Eddie Giosa headline the fistic fiesta in New York tonight. ABC network will air this ten-round Traces with Bill Corum and Don l Dunpby at the microphones. i' : l v- x - l . i . - auiu: lie came in icw lora, ine moustachioed Mexican mixer has been galloping upgrade in the light weight mitt parade. He has won 13 of his 14 starts in the East and reversed the one defeat. Julio is primarily a left hooker. The Quaker City mauler also has been riding an upward spiral against high caliber opposition. Giosa 's a rip-and-tear, bull-like fighter who likes to pump leather with both hands. The beak-busting industry looks for ward to a rough night. Enjoy the excitement, blow-by-blow.on Gillette's Cavalcadeof Sports over American Broadcasting Co. and KFLW (1450 on your dial) at 7 p.m. And remember, men , . . LOOK sharp! FEEL sharp! BE sharp! Use Gillette Blue Blades with the sharpest edges ever honed! i Ql J&f O A Bambino Today ' L1 Having made a strong come back from a long Illness, but still not the gay blade he once was. Babe Ruth la now vacationing in Miami. School Volley Title At Stake The city grade school class A volleyball tourney will be run oft tomorrow morning In the KUHS boys' gym. The tourney Is staged by the city schools physical educa tion department Mills school is the defending champion. The double elimination meet has Roosevelt playing Falrvlew and Fremont taking on Pelican In 9 o'clock games, and Riverside play ing Mills at 9:30. With Baltimore EUGENE. Ore.. April 18 MV-Elliott Wilson, former University of Oregon football center, said today he had signed with the Baltimore entry in the All-American Pro fessional Football league. He closed his collegiate gridiron career in 1945 but has stayed In school to obtain a teaching certificate. Fights Last Night By The Associated Press Sacramento, Calif. Paul Taylor, 152, Sacramento, knocked out Joe Orosco, 175H, Stockton, 2. New York (Forum Arena) Steve Bellolse. 161. New York, knocked out Pedro Cobe, 154, Puerto Rico, 2. lays record, and since the Pel jump squad this year Is composed of Ed wards, Dodson and Irvln Whitt, the Klamathites should be a virtual cinch for first In that department' Beaverton and Sheridan will de fend the class B and C titles won last year. Merchant's Delivery SERVICE DIAL 7423 for Fast Efficient Service 7 Days a Week Trunk, Baggage, Appliance, Furniture, Groceries, etc. Fully Intured 232 Main St. YES . . . loaquin Garay Definitely lives up to the expecta tions of Klamath Basin people. Now Appearing Nightly At limore SIPWDBIITS If, Dy JiaU SoaxlMMfA : Sports Editor BEAVERS JUMP NOTCH TO THIRD OYER SEALS By BILL BECKER AP Sportswrllrr San Diego's Padres retained their perch atop the Pnclfio Coast league heap today but the rest of the first division was somewhat scrambled. Sacramento's hard-hitting Bolons sluitged their way Into second place Inst night with an 11-7 win over the luckless Oakland Acorns. Meanwhile, Portlands bounding Beavers jumped a couple of notches to third by edging San Francisco, 6-5. The defeat dropped the 8enls to a fourth-place tie with Los Angeles, which was rallied out at Seattle. Portland the league's surprise tTkiUM . : "rtorn www4 CORRAL 4t By "Top Wrangler Howdy folks: Jist gotta tell yeah 'bout the out door flare Mable Llskey throwed fer sum fast ridln' she-males las' Tuesday with the entire day spent In decided western flavor. Those on hand at the stampln' grounds wux: Elva Kenyon, Janice Long, Blanche Harmon. Esther Noel, Ruth Adams, Lois Serruys, Beth Chase, Mildred Barton and Hazel Drasil. Them gals rode over that ranch lickety-brindle like a four alarm fire . . . admlre'n Mable's regis tered cattle, colts and scarln' ever kind of wild game this country produces. Bet some of 'em got purty stiff too. Noon time found the yard with a table heaped with fancy vitals and eye compellln' Guy Barton, Elmer Balslger, Prank Adams, Phat Long. Dave, Dan and Jack Llskey, oh yeah. Art Macken and yours truly. The rest of the day wux spent with songs, laffter and gabbln' 'bout ol' times with all havln' a craw full of the best ranch grub ennybody ever smacked a lip over. Wally Moss got slowed up when a hoss he tried to ride bucked clean threw a saddle he had on and dumped his rider in sum ballln' wire that fer a minute Wally thot wus a harp, but that ol' cowboy after two attempts rode 'til the gun the third time up. Dean Hall has got a new sorrel ive nee red so much bout kin hardly wait to see. Charlie Drew and Clarence Adams are on the list of ownership of new hoss flesh. Them two buckaroos have been drlvuV cattle the past week provln' they re handy as ornamental, with this good growln' weather seems everbody Is workln' soil and doln' spring plantln'. I'll lay odds that this fall Mrs. A. B. Cheyne will turn In a bang up crop fer that little woman has the nack of makin' stuff bloom. Bet If she watered down a fence post the dem thing would leaf out Jerry Fales had to reach fer the nubbin' tother day when his chesnut mare bucked and bawled with spring fever. Jerry list wux awarded a scholarship fer his fine slngln' voice. Weil, gotta stick my campn' stuff In my hip pocket and hit out fer Red Bluff rodeo. Bye now. "lassified Ads Bring Results HARTFORD mIshI aa4 MeeiBtty C-eaaf INSURANCE T. BETTERS FIRE . . . AUTOMOBILE General Insurance Agency 107 S. 7th St Phone 4193 D0N7 MISS Hearing and Enjoying Mr. Garay This Week-end His clever patter will remain in your memories for a long time. , Dial 9063 for Reservations package to date made It two in a row over San Francisco by hopping t-fl A1 . M, for ,lv. ,U11S .,, me first Inning on two walks, a single and three doubles. Veteran sub mariner Ad Llska again choked off the Seals In the final tuning after relieving Johnny Blanco. The Beavers, hustling for Manager Jim Turner, made six hits good for six runs, while the Seals wasted some of their nine lilts, three by re-signed First Sucker Bones Sand ers. Blanco funned seven In eight frames. Los Angeles-Seattle, rained out, planned to make It up with a double header tonight Another twin bill was slated for San Francisco-Portland to make up for Tuesday's open date. WeiserHas Semiwindup ' Another Portland boxer has been signed for Tuesday's armory fight curd, according to Promoter Mack Llllard. He Is Max Jasper, out of the stable with Duane Hoag. Jasper, a lightweight, will fight the five-round seml-wlndup bout with Ralph Welser. That lineup puts lightweights in the two prin cipal spots on Tuesday's card. In the main event, scheduled for 10 rounds, Duane Hoag Is paired with Monte Montgomery in a re turn bout Some 10 days ago Hoag won a second round knockout over Montgomery here. Bruce Miller and the popular Bob Eastman, mlddlewelghts, will fight the other flve-rouna match on the card. Two other four-rounders are yet to be arranged. Tickets for the tights are now on sale at Matt Fin nlgan's sporting goods store. Olympic Invites Being Sent Out LONDON. April IB (Pi Invita tions are now being sent to the countries of the world, with the ex ception of Russia, Germany and Japan, to participate In the 1948 Olympics, the British organizing committee for the'games announced today. Russia has applied for affiliation to various International sporting bodies, and when favorable consid eration has been given to these ap plications she will be In a position to form a national Olympic com mittee. It is this body In each country which technically receives an Invitation, the British commit tee said. Wont To Go FISHING? You'll find everything you need at POOLE'S Bicycle & Sporting Goods 222 So. 1th -Or -7. AW w Five Rounds Fail To Get Winning Fall Oeorges Dtisette and Billy Weld tier fought five full rounds to a standoff In their championship mnt match last night at the armory, giving a tremendous exhibition of power but with neither over coming close to a fall. So Billy Weldner retains the Pa elflo coast light-heavy belt and Du sette remains In the role of No, 1 challenger. Both men, muscular and powerful, broke every hold In a display of strength and clean wrestling, although Weldner had Duaelle on his shoulders preparatory to a spin when the final gong sounded. It might not have done any good, however, because once before In tlie fifth round Weldner had applied his spin and then found himself unable to put the clinging Dusetle down. Oeorges was having Just as much success with Ills pel clutch, the full nelson. Weldner flexed his muscles and busted out of It several limes, Pete BelcaM ro and Tony Koss put on the wildest fray of tlio evening, and Pete came out ahead when lie wrenched Tony's rlghuslioulder with a surfboard. The fight started dur ing the preliminary Instructions over a dispute about the length of Pete's fingernails. Ross got a fall with an upperrut and press In tlie second heal, and Belcastro's winner came In tlie third. Ross turned his back for a moment to have words with Referee Wally Ross and Pete took the advantage. He knocked Tony to the mat and applied a surfboard so that Ross was finished fur the night. Benny Trudel and Herb Parks went three fast, crowd-pleasing rounds without a fall. No, Insurance it not e tide line with the Hans Norland In surance Agency- We specialise in giving you the best. 123 N. 6th St. Phone 60(0. GET THE BEST! - COMPLETE TRIM WORK Auto Gloat Cut and Installed Seat Cushions Rebuilt Custom Mad Seat Covers BALSIGER MOTOR CO. 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