PAGI TWELVf
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
THURSDAY, APRIL I. 1941
Gripe About Masi Stresses Acute Lack of Catcher
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., April 1
(NKAl An old-time scout calls
the Cardinals' catching the worst In
history of the majors.
"Well, not quite that bad," com
ment Eddie Dyer, "but It's certainly
a He-saw puzzle,
The manager of the 8t. Louis
Nationals last season had to alter
nate three backstops fairly evenly.
Young Joe Garaglola doesn't get
the ball away fast enough. The
Dodgers, for example, would steal
everything but the Red Birds' Wat
ers. For his nd other reasons, cer
tain pitchers don't choose to throw
tj Garaglola.
Harry Brecheen, for Instance. In
tlsts on Del Rice, who, It will be
recalled, handled the Cat through
out the 1946 World Series. He even
. marched in with the little left
hander when he went in to save
the pay-off game.
The trouble with Rice Is that,
while he treats southpaws as though
he owned them, he can't hit right
handers with two bats, or a paddle.
That's too bad, for the fellow has
power. He manufactured a dozen
home runs against left-hand pitch
ing last season in 97 games, and
wound up batting all of .218.
Del Wllber, the Cardinals' third
masked man, is big and slow and
doesn't hit enough. This is why Dyer
is taking such a good look at squatty
John Bucha. who is attemptmg to
Jump all the way from Columbus,
Oa., and Omaha.
"And to think that In January.
IMS, I could have had Phil Masi
nd $50,000 from trie Braves for
Walker Cooper," moans the person
able Dyer, "but Sam Breadon in
sisted upon the $175,000 from the
Giants."
The price 'tag on Cooper gives you
a rough idea of what good catchers
are worth today, stresses the acute
shortage of capable hands behind
the plate.
Competent Judges agree that In
addition to Cooper and Must there
are no more than three Grade A
catchers with the 16 big league
clubs, giving them a total of Just
five. The others are the remarkable
Bruce Edwards of the Brooklyns,
Buddy Rosar of the Athletics and
Ray Lamanno, who teams up with
the amusing Ewell Blackwell for the
Reds, Rosar. by the way. Is the only
American Leaguer among the big
five.
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Jim Megan of the Indians Is one , Mike Tresli, 34, is giving Auiim lools of Ignorance. OhUIhtb of lixluv
of the more promising of the young- Robinson a run for his money with , hung around longer than other ac
er catchers. I w,'lte Sox. If anything Imp-1 live iviuunlnnts anil then become
Yogi Bcrra of the Vanke ha. ! 10 A1 EV'"S' Wh0 18 1,0 ",uIh'1'' l",v"'K ' -
.M.,T, . ., ! i I shucks. Iho Senators would have to ger'a Job.
oulolcTa. back " -"-' '' "ory club has to have at least
Niarhns hai innmv 'i im tiif l1 or companUlv busher. Andy ; three catchers, preferably four, but
Marnos nas to proe himself. Scmlnick of the Phillies and Clyde i certainly one behind the plate, one
The Tigers last season swapped j Kluti of the Pirates are rtni-o -! In reserve and another In the bull
the 33-year-old Birdie Tebbetts to mine. The catching of the Cubs and pen. so there Is room for 04 of them
the Red Sox for Hal Wagner, which I Browns is only adequate. In the major alone."
was something in the way of evl- "My advice to parents Is to hand In more recent yeurs the fur
dencc that neither club was satis- their sons catching equipment at flung Cardinal chum liua been un
tied. Certain Detroit pitchers prefer an early age." smiles Eddie Over, able to find one that sticks out.
to pitch to Bob Swift. "Catching utensils are no longer I There la no question about major
leuguo catching being the woi.st in
hiMory oulMdc ol w ai l line.
The only rxpluimltim lor this Is
that the better kid players con
sider catching tiKi haul wink uud
don't care to rim the risk ol inliiiv
behind, the plate. The catching
therefore. Is nsslgnrd to the most In
ept youngsters on the lot.
Oi'guntM'd baseball could solve
Mils by picking out prospective
catchers from other positions ut an
early age.
Thiit would be doing tlirm a great
favor.
Oiler Quint Capture
Olympic Tryout Belt
NEW YORK. April I (ill four
teen buskelbiill plnyers, probubly
the gieulest collccllou of aiiiuteiir
ciigers In the world, were iiiimrd
today to the squad which will in
present the United Mlutcs In the
coining Olympic guinea.
! i-- .M Phil Masi (Tt
ivi- hbZ Bos'on Braves ..i-TI
Hitrlftv Rncm
jgyt Philadelphia Athletics
"guv
. , .
Bruce Inward fi Walker Cooner
rooklyn Dodgers I. v LJJk New York Glanls
In all of the IS major league clubs these are the only catchers that competent baseball men sav are first -line o
W-i k'-'ri Kay Lamanno i 3
Sm W-J Cincinnati Keds li-.Jt
one Is an
Kenaston
In Prelim
Hob Kenu.itou, the old Gold lllll
gi'ii))ler uud fin nit-r nuitliir, colors
buck to the Klumulli Fulls uimoiy
Friday night lor u iiirlliiiliiuiy boul
which he hopes w ill put lilin buck on
the approved list of local Unlit funs.
Keuuston will fight Joe Lynuio In
a lour-roiiiider.
The ex-lriilheincck u wounded
ubout a year ugu in a gun ucculcnl,
but has recovered with no noiirr
able III effects anil has been grap
pling In tile east for the past sevciul
months. This Is his first Klamath
Fulls outing or about two years.
The muln event of Friday's
wrestling curd will be a double
barreled affair, two five round
matches.
Probably the flrsl to tukr (he
ring will be between tleoigrs l)ucile
unit ear-rlUKcd Joe l)oretll. And
the wluilup will mutch Frunkie
Hlolack agulnsl Frullkle Hurl.
Hiojack anil Duetie are slaietl to
pair off lu a championship boul or
the former's PacUlc ('oust IDO-pound
belt here In a week or two.
Wullui'c Jones. Clllf
Holllns, and Italph
The Phillips Oilers of llarllr
vllle, Oklu.. who defeiiled the Unl
vcn.ny ol Keiiiucky, 63-4U, In I he
llniils of I he Olympic tryout last
ululil. Iiinilcd five men on the
squad, as did the defeated col
Icgliins. Phillips pluyers selected by Ilia
I:i-iiiiiii Olympic buskelbull com
lulllee lire:
Mob Kinlund and Jesse lleiitck,
both ol whom played their collrg
huskrlliull ul Oklahoma A. uud M.i
OoiiIoii Cuipeiilcr mid It. O. Pills,
bolh roiii Ihe Uiilveislty of Ar
kansas, uud Iw Heck, from Ore
gon Ktate.
The Kentucky iiluyers selected
are:
Ales Cliou.
Ilalkcl, Krll
Heard.
Oilier places wenl to Doll Hulks
dale of (lie Oakland Hlltners, Vim s
Horylu o Ihe Denver Nuggets,
l eu O'Ouiu uud Warren Tiiulhce of
the HltluciK, Jim Owens and lllll
Johnson ol Haylor and Adolph
Kihuyes ol NVU.
Ilrlghl and exieiieliir paid oil
(or the national AAU ihuinploiis i
they turned back Hie NCAA title
holilrrs lu a toiislm! wluilup to Ihe
ine-olyioilc dillililr driliy.
Tied Corvollis
ALBANY. April I dPi-Itulph Hair
krr. Albany high spilnler, .purled
lu the relay and final event yester
day, lo give his school a victory W
Hint event and a lie with CorvalTl
In llirir first dual track meet of
the year.
American I, earner.
Beavers Whip
Oakland Again
By The Associated Press
The racket you hear in the Pacific Coast league ball parks comes
from the hits banging against the fences.
Batters bombarded pitchers in the games last night, the second day
of competition in the long PCL season. Los Angeles' Angels topped
them all with a 20-hit assault that sank San Diego, 17-3, a score dupli
cating Hollywood's opening night win over Seattle.
Seattle tallied 11 hits last night to even things with the Stars. 4-3,
la 10 innings. Portland's Beavers, who beat Oakland's Will Hafey
opening night, took picks on his pitcher-brother. Tom Hafey, last night
. as they beat the Oaks. 9-4. Each team got nine hits. San Francisco
used a nine-hit attack to beat Sacramento, 4-1.
Kewpie Dick Barrett, the perennial of the Seattle mound staff, won
his 189th game as a Coast leaguer
In holding Hollywood to eight hits,
but It required a fielding gem in
the ninth by the Rainiers' speedy
outfielder. Bill Ramsey, to save the
cause. Ramsey made an electrifying
catch on a terrific smash by Frank
Kelleher that would have ended
the ball game.
The Rainiers and the Stars drew
only 3059 spectators, despite com
lortable weather.
Los Angeles hammered 20 hits
off three San Diego hurlers, among
them homers by Broadway Bill
Schuster, Dominic Dallesandro and
Eddie Malone. Fred Schmidt was
touched for 10 hits but he scat
tered them, got good fielding sup
port and wasn't scored on after
the third.
COASTED ALONG
Portland's Vince Dibiasi coasted
along against Oakland, being spot
ted a 9 to 3 lead by the fifth, but
the Oaks touched him for two
runs In the ninth. Tom Hafey. who
started for Oakland, had to be
derrick ed In the fourth. Herman
Reich and Ford Mullen hit home
runs for the Beavers.
Manny Peres, former Hollywood
chucker, turned in a steady five
hitter for San Francisco as the
Seals took their second straight
from Sacramento. Singles by Joe
Marty and Johnny Rizzo, plus a
Seal error, produced the Solons'
only run.
Students Ask
Gill To Stay
CORVALUS. Ore.. April 1 (P
Coach Slats Gill has a petition to
day bearing the names of 1500 Ore
gon State college students who want
him to remain as coach of the
Beaver basketball team.
It was presented during a student
pep rally last night held in front
of the Gill home.
Jones.
UrUn"
Total 35 f 27 u
Bitted for HitU In 7th.
"'Batted for Jones m 9ih.
Portland n i itn non a
Oakland . Ju 000 102 I
Summary: Runs Smith. Mole 2, Reich
Mullen 2. Balltnser. Holder. I.illarH i
Martin. Errors Combs 2. Samcoff. Ham-
nek. Left on base Portland 7. Oak
land 10. Two base hit Mullen. Reich.
Rucker. Combs. Lillard. Three hate
hits Samcoff. Home runsReich, Mul- i
len. Eacniice nits Mullen. Zak. P av
ers walking Rucker. Holder 2. Combs,
Scarsella. Etten. Mole. Reich 2. Smith.
Runs batted In Etten. Reich 3. Dtbasi 2.
Mullen 2. Rucker. Combs 2 Martin
ScanelJa. Double plays Dibasi. Bal
llnger and Mole: Christopher and Lil
lard; Ham rick and Etten. Time 2:30.
Firearm
Exhibit
Planned
Ernie and Dot Und, nationally
known firearms experts, will be in
Klamath Falls Sunday for an exhi
bition of rifle, shotgun and pistol
shooting at the Woe us firing ranges
of the Klamath Gun club.
The Gun club and Matt Flnnigan's
sporting goods store are sponsoring .
Linds' exhibition, featuring Rem-ington-Western
ammunition.
Time of the exhibition will be 1
p. m. and the public Is Invited to !
watch. The show takes a little over
an hour. !
Sunday morning the Klamath
Gun club will hold its regular week- j
ly trap shoot. Last week's outing
saw Clyde Fox of Tulelake lead all
guns with 49 hits from the 16-yard
line and 45 in handicap firing. J. H. j
Martin and K. O. Scribner each had
49 in regular firing.
Following Fox in the handicap !
were Nelson Reed. Vern Moore and j
Tom Watte rs at 44 hits in SO tries.
A large crowd of shooters is turn- i
ing out to the Woe us ranges each ;
Sunday and the better weather is I
helping them post some excellent
scores. High latest results: 1
Name 16-yd. Hdcp.
Clyde Fox 49 45
J. H. Martin 49 19
K. O. Scribner 49
Bill Davis 49 M9
James Horn 48
Nelson Reed .... 47 44 !
J. M. Adams 47
Paul Hilton 47
Frank Broyles 47
Prent Puckett 47
Twenty-Seven
In Speedway
INDIANAPOLIS. April 1 c,p. Five
more entries for the 500 mile uiuo
race next May 31 came to the In
dianapolis motor speedway office to
day. Three were from Thomas S. Lee
Enterprises. Inc.. Los Angeles. An
other was from Lcs Anderson. Pori
land. Ore., lumber man. an-i the
fifth from Ralph S. Miller of Day
ton. Ohio.
Wilbur Shaw, speedway president,
said 57 cars have been entered. The
time trials next month will lim t the
starting field for the race to 3J cars.
Anderson's entry Is a new 4
cylinder car. He will drive it him
self. He made his first start in the
500 mile race last year and finished
eleventh.
Women's Kegling
Tourney Starts
The women's city association bowl
ing tournament starts tonight at 7
p. m. on Recreation alleys, with one
dozen five-place teams taking to the
hnrdwood.
Doubles and singles will be run
olf fr'nduy alternoon and cieuinK.
..tuning at 4 p. m. There., are 54
individual entrants In the Friday
rolling 18 In class A, 30 in class B
and IS in class C.
Trophies and cash prizes will go
to the various event winners.
Colorful Studying
PULLMAN. April 1 ii- Feather
or not It works, students of Wash
ington State college's wildlife iiutu-
, naeiueiu course arc having a color
I ful time. A cUwcn pheasants, dved
red. areen. vetlnu nr ,,-.,i. i.i
I been released In the Pullman ami
I The students hoiie the colors will
make the birds easier to follow for
a study of their habitat.
SPORTSMEN!
Public Merchandise Shoot.'
OVS RANGE
SUNDAY, APR. 4th
ALL DAY
STARTS
10 o. m.
Trap Small More I'UtuI III. rimer
Attrt'tle I'risrt food at the Itnme
Saiiiunrrd hr slmnla-Catt-ailr Itrlrlrver Club
S.AK.ON
Vandals Shy Three
MOSCOW. Idaho. April I ,A
The University of Idaho Vandals,
shy only three men from their sur
prise 1947 roster, open a 30-day
spring football season today. A re
placement for Billy Williams, ace
passer, will be Coach Dixie Howell's
major problem.
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The box:
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Zak. n
Smith. If .
Storey. 3b
Mole, lb ....
Belch, rf
Mullen. 2b
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Etten. lb
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Hamrick. as .
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T. Hafey, p 1
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