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fACI TEN HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. ORECON FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1948 - i i. r r oems i-aiter oerore Marysville, 8 To I Santa Rosa Replaced As League Leader MARYSVILLE. Calif., May 14 (Special) The Marysville Brave soared to the top ot the Par West league standings last night In a tie with the Redding Browns by hopping on the visiting Klamath Oems for an S to 1 victory, the second in two games. A third game Is on tap between the two outfits tonight. Klamath Falls played hard luck ball all the way along, getting men on base, sometimes two and three deep, In every Inning but the fourth, but lacked the extra punch to get them across. Delos Smith, Giants' righthander, held the Oems to but live hits but walked five men and hit one. John Lopeman was the loser, his third defeat of the short season. Lopeman was touched for five hits and four runs In three and one thir innings, and was relieved by Forrest Schottgen in the fourth after he had loaded the bases and walked two runs In. Even before that. In the third, tht Giants had placed men on sec ond and third by way of a walk, single and sacrifice. A sharp single bv Billy Ashley drove them both across for what actually amounted to the winning runs. . Schottgen was slightly more ef fective but the Giants got two dus ters of two runs each off him. Marysville left eight men stranded and Hal Taylor, beanpole third baseman for the Gems, came up with several fielding plays that kept the Giants from scoring more runs. Taylor's defensive work was the feature of the game and he led the Gems at bat with two hits, one va double, and scored the only Klamath Falls run. The box: KLAMATH FAL.I.S AB Vuli. 2b Small, lb Mohltr. Ansclmo, If - Hanker, rf -Bonner, cf Taylor. 3b Wallace, aa Lopeman. p . Schottfen. p . y Carllne a Whltt 33 1 t 4 Tntala v hat for Wallace. 9th. 1 bat for Schottfen, 0th. MAKYSVILLE A GUI. cf Simpaon, aa . Bemett, 3b . A.hlty. If Vital. If Waldron, 3b Maddem. rf Beck, c Smith, p Total! Klamath Falls Sfaryavllle 33 S 10 I 000 000 1001 003 220 30 S SUMMARY: 2B Taylor. Maddcrn. JtBI Muti. Aahley 3. GUI. Beck. Wal dron, Vila I. Maddern. SB Bemett, BUI. Hit by pitcher Whltt. LOB Klamath II. Maryavllle a BB off Lopeman 4. Schottgen 3. Smith S. SO by Smith a, Schottsen 3. Losun pitcher Lopeman. Time 3 noun. Willows Cards Defeat Dodgers By The Associated Press Santa Rosa's Pirates fell from the top spot In the Far West league last night, knocked out by Oroville 4-3. The loss moved Redding and Marysville into a tie for first place. Redding defeated Pittsburg 10-5 and Marysville measured Klamath Falls t-l. Willows scored a 10-6 victory over Medford. tight, five-hitter by Bob Sevier helped Oroville win over Santa Rosa. Pirate Catcher Danny Keagan ana Second Baseman Don Johnson homered in the second Inning. Ray Perry sewed up the Redding triumph over Pittsburg with a three run homer over the centertleld fence In the fifth. Redding Catcher Dick Neal hit a four-bagger In the third with one on. Four Klamath Falls errors contri buted to the Marysville triumph. Winning Pitcher Delos Smith yield ed only seven well-spaced hits. Outfielder Hige'Opoian provided the Hawaiian touch in the Willows win. He homered in the first for two runs and brought In three more with another circuit blow in the seventh. .STANDINGS Far West Marysville Redding Banta Rosa Oroville Klamath Falls Medford Pittsburg Willows Thursday's Results Marysville 8, Kla: :ath Falls L Willows 10, Medford 6. Redding 10, Pittsburg 6. Oroville 4, Santa Rosa 3. .OCT .667 .615 38 .462 385 385 308 Measurements At Gems Stadium Stack Up Okay Alongside Major Parks Been doing a little research with the aid of the Sporting News' 1 1B48 baseball guide and record book and in trying to compare the size of the Gems stadium playing field with that of the 16 major league clubs rind that the local ballyard Is a pretty spacious place. Measurements from home plate set the Gem layout at 400 feet to the wall in dead center, 340 feet each down the right and left field foul Unas. In those respects, the place resembles Seals' stadium in San Francisco. When the baseball rule makers got through laying out specifics tions for the diamond, they quit. No regulations exist to rule the side of the field outside the diamond itself. Some are big and some are small. Some are more or less square in shape while others have all sorts of cuts and ells to misshape the playing field. In fact. Comlskey field in Chicago, home of the White Sox, and Municipal stadium in Cleveland are the only layouts in the major leagues having the same home plate-to-fence measurements to both right and left field. Here are some of the distances, compared to the local ballyard's 340-400-340 tleft-center-rtght) : Fenway park. Boston 383-430-315: Comlskey field. Chicago 353-440 353: Municipal stadium, Cleveland 320-410-320: Briftgs stadium. Detroit 340-420-325: Yankee stadium. New York 301-461-296; Sportsmans park. St. Louis 351-425-310: Griffith stadium. Washington 405-420-338; Braves field. Boston 337-390-320: Ebbets field. Brooklyn 343-399-297; Polo Grounds. New York 279-505-358; Crosley field, Cincinnati 383 387-343; Forbes field. Pittsburgh 335-457-300. Tailoring Of Fields Helpful The figures aren't stationary, either. To help along a home run mum- nd hi drawini card, maior league clubs have been known to tailor their fences to afford plenty of four-master space. Yankee stadium In New York was said to have been built with money Bsoe KUtn earnea for the club and the 296-foot right field wall to the Babe's home run specifications. A ball that would be a home run in one park would land In the outfielder's hip pocket In another. There should be some standardisation of park sties, but there Isn t. Likewise mere is no sianoaruizauon oi pitching mounds, but a few fellows like Bob Feller are driving this season to get mound heights fixed at a minimum of 13 i inches and maximum of 15 inches above the surrounding lniieia. .... Rosebura Goes For Pro Boxing T)vhiinr ha taken over the Drofessional boxing ties In Southern Oregon, now that Klamath Falls has dropped out. A couple of weeks ago BUI Olsen ana nuay scnioiuiauer, uie pruwuicia. awanj m v. that went over big so tney ve goi anouier uneu up ior ucuj, rvoir Wnlfe Altiiras bov who Is now fighting out of Klamath Falls, kayoed a lad named Tony Reeves on the first card and is billed against " . - . .r . A. Tir-11. I- auUn anal 4h ak Ivttlt fat Dean Abney of saiem next ume out. wuue nora scheduled for eight heats. Hawkins Due For Maxim Battle r n.wvim o-.e hit heawwelght and former Klamath Falls high school boy. was supposed to fight Jimmy Carollo at Tacoma next Thurs day, but the match was called off because a cut over Carollos eye failed to heal , t , Hawkins is due to meet Joey Maxim, one of the fellows Just below the top notch, In Tacoma on May 27. Chesnes Wins First Major League Start National League W. New York Pittsburgh ... St. Louis ....... .12 .12 .10 .11 .11 .10 Brooklyn Philadelphia Boston Chicago .... . 7 Cincinnati 7 Thursday's Results New York 6, St. Louis 0. Boston 2, Chicago 0. Brooklyn 9, Cincinnati I. Pittsburgh 6, Philadelphia 1, Pacific Coast W. Ban Francisco .....38 Los Angeles 27 Oakland 34 Pet. .632 .600 .588 .524 .500 .500 389 304 Pet. .700 .614 .571 .500 .457 .447 .351 333 San Diego 32 Seattle 16 Hollywood 17 Sacramento ..... 13 Portland - 14 Thursday's Results Ban Diego 3, Portland 0. San Francisco 6, Hollywood 4. Los Angeles 6. Oakland 5. Bacramento at Seattle, postponed. Classified Ads Bring Real Results I WB BUY USED GUNS Appraisal Frsa Sport HAL'S Shop 31 Main Phon MM K By The Associated Press Ray Poat's spring success takes the heat off New York Giant offi cials who booted Bill Voiselle to Boston. The two-hit shutout that Poat threw against the St. Louis Card inals yesterday boosted the Giants into the National league lead. De spite Voiselle's four straight vic tories, the Braves still are in tne second division. Poat, purchased from Baltimore last summer after falling to make the grade with Cleveland, now has won three of four. A single by Enos Slaughter in the second inning and a double by Red Schoendienst in the third were the only St. Louis hits off Poat in his 5-0 win. For five innings it was a scoreless duel between Poat and Red Munger, but the Giants got two In the sixth and knocked out Mun ger In the eighth. Voiselle, who underwent an opera tion for varicose veins during the winter, blanked Chicago with four hits, 2-0. to leave Boston at the .500 mark. Bob Elliott drove in both runs with a single and an infield out. It was a fourth loss for hard luck Johnny Schmitz who also gave up oniy lour mis. Brooklyn Drone even in me west by sinking Cincinnati, 9-3, for the Reds' seventh straight loss. Preacher Roe went the route for his first win at the expense of Ken Raffens berger. Pittsburgh squeezed ahead of St. Louis Info second place in the Na tional by a night game win over the Phillies, 6-1. Rookie Bob Chesnes, making his first start in the majors. received credit for the decision although he required relief help In the seventh. Chesnes helped his I own cause with a triple and Frank Guatine contributed a two-run homer. The Philadelphia Athletics, their 10-game winning streak Intact as they were not scheduled yesterday, come Into the Yankee stadium to day to open a vital four-game series with New York. Chesnes, up from the San Fran cisco Seals with a $65,000 plus four tttewtin Authorized (Alii sad iltVICI Hu. MOTSIE'S OUTBOARD MOTORS Pbene - east player price tag, walked off with s 5-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies although he wasn't around at the finish. His performance meant to 29,789 fans that a new baseball love was born. A blistered middle finger on the husky right-hander's pitching flip per caused his departure with two out and a 3-1 lead in the seventh. That run came as a crazy hop turned an easy out into a run- scoring single. Twirling was not all Bouncing Bob did to endear himself with the fans. He combed Knuckler Em 11 'Dutch) Leonard for a triple which drove in the first Bucco run. He later struck a single off the Dutch man for a perfect evening's work by s left-handed batter. Classified Ads Bring Real Results! OPEN Bowling Week Days 4 p. m. to 12 p. m. Sot. and Sundays 12 noon to midnight. Seraphs Not Awed By Tag Put On Hafey Jack Graham Hits 17th Home Run As Beavers Go Down By The Associated Press Oakland's $100,000 beauty. Will Hafey. was treated like a dime store trinket last night. The Los Angeles Angels, unawed by Mr. Haley's recent sale to the Cleveland Indians, jumped on old Chick's nephew for three runs In the sixth and Went on to win, 6-6. to remain exactly three games be hind San Francisco's flying Seals, The Seals made it three straight over Hollywood by edging the Stars, 5-4, In 11 innings, as relief pitcher Ed AlbosU plunked Plnchhltter Felix Macktewtcs with a fast ball to force home the winning run. San Diego's Hamerln' Jack Gra ham slapped his 17th homer with one mate aboard to pace the Padres' 3-0 victory over Portland. Southpaw Al Olsen flipped a seven-hit shut out. As for Hafey, that right-hander was staked to a three-run lead by the Oaks but couldn't hold 11 as the Angels led by Jack Sanford's homer kept pecking away. Earl Jones and Bob Kllnger succeeded him and the Oaks, thanks to the pinch blows of Maury Van Robays and Eddie Fernandes. fought back to k 5-6 tie In the eighth. SEVENTH CREDIT With Sanford doubling, the Angels loaded the bags with none away In the ninth. Albie Glossop went to bat for Pitcher Red Lynn and sin gled home the decider. It w-as Lynn's seventh win against one defeat, al through 10 Oak hits kept him on edge all night. San Diego and Portland went scoreless for six frames until an error by Beaver Catcher Charley Silvers let in one Padre run to make Hurler Duane Plllette the victim. Graham's smash followed In the eighth to drive Plllette out. Only One Id -irnrnli'l"a,Til'iiir " tf-" -.rx..if Pete-Finn In Armory Main Bout Pete Belcastro. who found him self discredited more than some what last week after he failed to take Frankie Stojack apart in a challenge battle at the armory, seeks to get back on the win side of the ledger tonight with Paavo Katonen as his adversary. The two happen to be among the oldest and most thoroughly rene gade of all the mat performers on the Northwest circuit, and their five-round bout is expected to be a classic of doubtful tactics. Belcastro appeared to be out of condition in his last showing and wasn't able to keep up with Sto jack. but a week of work may have put him back in fighting trim. Ka tonen never takes a layoff and never has to worry about his condition. The Belcastro-Katonen tiff shares main event spotting with another five-rounder pairing Glenn (Buddy) Knox and the popular young Al Ssasz, who made a great hit In his return here last week. Opening bout is called for four rounds, starting at 8:30. between Jack Klser and a newcomer, George O'Hara. Nick Mutl. Gems second baseman, batted in the only Klamath Falls run last night aa the Gems luat to Marysville, 1-1. Mull Is hitting .260 as leadoff man for the locals. Sox Slate Mill Nine A make-up game between the Klamath Falls Red Sox and the Central Point Millers, Southern Ore gon baseball league. Is on tap for tonight at Oems stadium, starting Ume 8 o'clock. The Red Sox and Millers were supposed to have played at Central Point three weeks ago to open Uie semi-pro league season but the tilt was washed out and rescheduled as a night encounter for the local field. Fran Miller, southpaw, has been nominated to pitch (or the Sox by Manager Clyde Carlstrom, with Amado Poso catching. The Millers are reputed to be one of the powers of the Southern Ore gon circuit, having won six games In a row coming Into this engage' merit. Only one game, against Uie Roseburg Chiefs, was a league en counter. The Millers are mautigrd by John tTexi Chandler, former Texas league player, and have some players down from the St. Louis Browns farm camp at Modesto. Probable starting lineups for Uie game will be Rainfall Costing Plenty lly The Auorlalrd I'rras The rainfall minxes of the I'adflo Northwest linve been full to over flowing all spring with just the op posite effect on baseball club citall registers. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been lost lu Western. Interim tloual Inutile wash-outs thus far this season, Taroma Tiger owner Enoch Alrxtion lamented today as he viewed a stormy sky ami pro pared to rail nil another name. "We'd piny If we possibly could," he said, "even If we had to wear hip boots, but we haven't yet found any way to row a bout and field a ball at the same lime." It's difficult to total up the num. ber of postponed tilts In the WI circuit the new postponements come In almost faster than they can be added up but by May 13 at least 34 gullies had been rained out. And a lot of those which were played were saiulwUited In between showers. "We're losing several thousand dollars for every riinrelcd game." AlrXMin said, "because enthusiasm usually Is high in the early season, then wanes until Uie rare gets hut. It looks as II that is the only Hung that will get hot Utls year. Then, too, the weather has been so cold and damp that we can only attract ..parse crowds of hardy souls will ing to risk chilblains or pneumonia, come wind or hlt.ii waterand we ve had plenty of both of those." The WI leugue played to a frac tion less than a million paying cus tomers last year. The season is ap proximately one-fifth over and ap proximately one out of three games scheduled have been rained out. "Player salaries, park upkeep, travel expenses and a lot of other cash outlays continue," Alrxson said. "You can't meet expenses with a rusty cash register." Victoria. Incidentally. Is the only team which has not yet had a game rained out. King Ranch Opposes y Citation At Pimlico j DALTIMOKB. May 14 iIWUs unlly you never hear of litem agnlu alter they win the derby." Trainer Max lllrsrh said that III April, and It may be a Mixiff on why he Intends to start King Kani'li'a lletter Self against Citation In tomorrow's Pienkuess al Plmlli'O. Only two others are expected lo be as bold Uovard slid Vtilran's Forge. Illrsih recommended that Heller Mrlf skip (he Kentucky Derby lie cause "It lakes an linn horse to do It. Ytm rush them down to Ken tucky, then back to Maryland tor the l'lenkiiess. And If you're lucky, next Is the llclmnlit." Belter Self, (he son of niiiieleth Ilee Mac. stayed In New York while four other 3-year-olds went down to lake a whipping from Citation and C'onltou'it In the rierliy. Cita tion Is the only one of the five to stnrt In the Preakness. Illrsch dropped in the name nl King Ranch's lletter Helf Oils morn Ina and made him (he first entry. The veteran trainer appeared 36 minutes after Secretary Charley McLennan otieued the box for slnrlers 111 the 73ud renewal of (lie tiiisslc fur 3-yenr-olda. "I want to put In my horse be fore T forget," Illrsch commented. Jockcv Warren Mehrtens will be up on lletter Self. The name of C. V. Whitney's Vul can's Forge was next In the box. noviiid. fur whom there was plen ty of acullinciit lo score an upset, became the third starter. Trainer II. A. iJlininy) Jne finally brought In the items of llv feared Citation, winner of the Ken tucky Derby. J Softball Rivals j Meet In Finale ! Mills school defeated Fremont Tliiirmlay 111-2 In a tily grade school sottbiill A lotirney game at the KU t practice (lelil and threw Ilia tourna ment into a lliml till being played (Ills afternoon. 'Die defeat was the first for Frit luoiit, and Mills has been beatrh once, bv Fremont several days BBS. The winner lotlny lakes the grade school (iinmnlounlilti. Wayne Klllolt, Fremont pllchnr who earlier In the tourney Imfl hurled a nii-hll gaine, was tmielir(l for nine blows by Mills, while lit Fremont team was held to two hits. During an eilu of the sun in Slam, the people traditionally bent drums, gong", I1""" and do other things to iiinke a racket, the tradi tion being that a demon Is swallov. Inu the sun and must lie trlghteuetl away. ', Little Alts gel lllg IteallitS. tl The Herald slid News Want-Adst Washington Signs ! LOS ANOKI.ES. 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