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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. ORECON
TUESDAY, JUNE 28,
Roaring Gems
Snare Sixth
Game In Row
Seven-Run Burst
In Tenth Hands
Klamath 12-6 Win
MED FORD. June 3 (Special)
The Oema won their sixth alrauiht
baaeball guns last night, a 12-t
.'overtime victory over Ue luckless
.iMrdford Nufmeta, but it was only
! became a couple of other teams
'were Idle that the Klamath Fall
IlPar Weat league entry moved up a
notch In the standings.
Willows and Redding did not play.
therefore the victory at Medford
Blln&.s the. nmt In rrvn Into
"v " I
third put Willows. The Oem hare
Mi percentage 33-2Ji as com-
pared to a -5M i34-S4 record for Tne Cleveland Indians haw suf- i the season, went the full nine In
the Cardinals. 1 fered the biggest drop, having drawn ! nims and declared his lniurevi hl
Last night s game was In the top t
of the tenth before the Genu really
began to show the bruising power
they have used during their cur
rent winning streak. The match
was 0-5 through nine Innings, with
Medford scoring twice In the bot
tom of the ninth to gain the tie.
In the top of the tenth the Gems
landed on Bill Olsson with almost
everything to score seven run.
Pinky Hesse, Butch Faller and
Johnny Lope man had doubles tn
the uprising.
The victory far Lopeman was his
seventh of the season against five
defeat. He went all the way, allow
ing Medford Just eight hit.
CA8SELU HOMERS
Bob Casselli. leading home run
hitter for the Gems, got his seventh
round tripper In the top of the ninth
inning, with none on base. Chuck
Cheshire, Medford second baseman,
poled one over the right center wall
with on on base In the second
Inning.
Gordon Hemandes got four of the
13 Klamath Fall hit, all of them
(ingle.
The box:
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SUMMARY: H ChesMre. CaaaellL
KordeU. SB Heeea. Faller. Lope
man. Beaaan. Buono. RBI Nordell 2.
Heeae 2. Heave. CaaeeHl. Hemandes x.
Feller 1. Lopemae, X. gtntton. Reesan.
ClMMhtj . Bartla. Loeer Olaeoa. SO
hr Lopeman . Guetfo 4. Olaeon 4.
VrhltS . BB off Lopemaa T. Goelfo 0.
Olaeon . BB HemanOeS- WP Olaarm.
HP Janaan. LOB Klamath IS. Medlars
. Umptiea Conner and GneeeL
Pittsburg
Two Ahead
By the Associated Freae
Pittsburg drew a full two game
head of the pack m the Far West
baseball league race last night. The
Diamonds made It two straight over
Vallejo with a 7 win.
Second place Redding and third
place Willows wen idle.
Both Pittsburg and Vallejo drew
Din bases on balls during the
loosely pitched tame. Bill Kno
homered for the winners.
Klamath Fall waited until the
tenth inning to turn on the power
with a seven run rally that sank
the cellar dwelling Medford club.
12 to . Klamath Fall led, 6-3, go
ing into the ninth, but error gave
Medford two unearned run and
sent the game Into the extra inning.
Wally William hit four for four.
including a double, to lead Marys
ville to an 8-1 victory over the
Santa Rosa Cat. It was the second
straight for Marysville.
Score: R. H. I.
vallejo 500 000 1107 t
Pittsburg 103 310 20x 10 1
Harding. Carter (71 and Trtandos
Bronzan, Heck 8i and Martin.
Santa Rosa 010 000 0001 4
Marysville 303 100 Olx 14 :
Kornahrens. De Baraabo (3) and
Billings; Smith and Casey.
Monopoly For
Caiiformans
SEATTLE. June 2S (V Califor
nia held a virtual monopoly tn the
sixth army tennis championships
mm- todays opening play in tne
three-dsy tournament. Only one
non-cauiornian survived.
The most HeHslvn Win area tttmmA
In by the 184 all-army singles
champion, Lt. Frank E. Mehner,
t-uiup iajok, tani wno eliminated
Bgt Ernest Brickman, Fort Ord,
Calif.. 8-1. (-0.
In other singles matches Sgt. Leon
ueatnerage. Fort Ord, defeated Cpl
John Orsborn Fort lavli w..h
-. f-6: Cpl. William Berry. Fort
ura, aeieated Lt. Bruce Bromley,
Fort Lewis. 4-. 6-1. -7; Lt. Ransom
llslg. Fort Ord. defeated Recruit
Nell Eddlngton. Fort Lewis, J-l, -7,
6-4, and Capt. Frank Rhea, Univer
sity of Washington ROTC. defeated
I t MacDonald Craig, Fort Lewi
-4. 6-2.
Deatherage-Berry. Fort Ord, de
feated Bromley-Craig. Fort Lewi
6-3. 6-3. in the only double match.
Winner of the tournament be
ing staged at Fort Lawton, will form
r all-star team to represent the
g'xth army tn the all-army cham
pionship at San Francisco.
Pittsburgh Joe Adragman, 12
Pittsburgh, outpointed Joey Barone
121, Pittsburgh (10).
New York Roland La Starrs. 18S
New York, stopped Harry Halt,
172 's, Brooklyn (4). ,
Attendance Suffers In Majors
Big Leagues Expect
Decline Of Million
By The Associated Press
The majors are headed for an
ettendance decline from last year's
record breaking total, comparative
figures showed todsy.
With most of the IS clubs having
played nearly half their IT home
(.smes. a check revealed that only
six clubs are ahead of last year's
I gum.
Through games of last night, a
total of S.M8.43 fans paid to watch
the teams in action, as compared to
the g.966.1M who saw the same
number of games In 194S. That Is a
drop of 376.714.
At this rate, the majors are cer
tain to fall approximately a million
i.un 10 iu appruximaieiv a million
nlna- last ytu'i record tigure of
2JM3J4S.
aoout 145.000 fewer fans than In I
at a corresponding date. Cincin- I to get a hit In four official times
null, Detroit, the New York Giants ' at bat.
ar.d Philadelphia Phils are others I Mickey Owen, reinstated catcher,
which have fallen 100.000 below last ; rlaymg his first game for Brooklyn,
year s figures. singled In the ninth and scored the
The Pittsburgh Pirates show the : v. .nntng run as the Dodgers defeat
biggest gain, 180.000 more than last j cd the Cleveland Indians, 4-S. In an
year. The Chicago White Sox. 1 exhibition game at Ebbeta field.
Washington Senators. Boston I The Philadelphia Phils routed the
Braves. Brooklyn Dodgers and St Athletics, by a one-sided l- score
louls Cardinals also are ahead of j M.d Cincinnati defeated Detroit
their "4 figures. ' 10-4. in other exhibition tilt.
PETE GRAY RELEASED
FROM TEXAS LEAGUE
DALLAS. June 38 (. Pete Gray,
who played In the big leagues de
spite the fact that he had only one
arm, was uncertain about his base
ball future today.
Gray said he had been given his
outright release by the Dallas club
of the Texas league with which he
.Leaders
Bopped
Eagles
Merrill Billiards
Fmnigan's
Calhoun t
Bureau of
Reclamation
Merrill VFW
Kalpine
Stewart-Lennox
000 ;
, Smith Lor. Co.
aw i
lis nrjoeraogs
in the county
Softball league smacked a couple of
top-divlsioQ team last night In
Memo.
The -In again, out again Flnnl
gan blasted Memll VFW for 13
hit and a lop-sided 11 to 1 victory.
"Wimpy" Carver carved the win
when he yielded only three hits.
The Vet's Benhrook was larruped
for 13 bingles.
Carver also handled the bat In
fin style, collecting three hit for
three time at bat.
The Bureau of Reclamation wal
loped Kalpine, 16 to 10, In the
nightcap. Junior Baltteher stepped
Into Zimmerman' offerings to pick
up four hit out of five trie.
Wednesday night game have
been called off because of the ap
pearance of the frolicking come
dians, the Negro Ghost, on the
Merrill field.
Their opponent will be announced
tomorrow.
Short scores. R. H. I.
Bureau of Reclamation... 16 13 4
Kalpine 10 6 t
B of R: R. Hofar and Rumel
hardt. Kalpine: Zimmerman and
Horn.
E. 1
2
R. H.
11 13
Flnnigan
Merrill VFW 1 3 3 1
Flnnlgan's: Carver and Cada.
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The Cardinals drew a night game
crowd of 13. ITS In the only regular
I name played In the majors yester
' day. but the fails were doomed to
I d'appointmrnt as the Chicago Cuba
1 crat the Redblrds. 6-4. The defeat
prevented the Cards from tying the
Imdser for the league lead. In
stead, the Redbtrds are now a full
game behind the Brooks.
Johnny Schmlts hung the defeat
in St. Louis. bt needed help from
wait uuoiei in the seventh.
The Yankees defeated the Giant
I In an exhibition game at Yankee
I Msdium. 5-J. when Ktrby Hlgbe
walked two men with the ba.tea
! loaded In the eighth to break a 3-3
tie.
I Joe DlMBCCln the Vanr eilln.
outfielder mvin. hi. fir.. t
geve him no added pain. He failed
has been a reserve outfielder this 1
(eason.
Owner Dick Burnett of the Dallas
club said Gray had refused to go to
Uladewater of the Bast Texas
league, a Dallas farm club. Burnett
also attributed this to an Incident
I in which Gray was arrested and
taken to JaiL
I In a statement last night, Burnett
explained the Incident which
brought dissension among the Del
l's players. He said he called Oray
! on the telephone Saturday niiht to
Inform him that he was being sent
to Gladewater. Oray replied that he
vouldn't go. Burnett aaid the ball
player sounded as If he had been
drinking.
Burnett added that "I called the
police and told them to put him
:t jaU."
Gray was arrested and taken to
Jail but was not charged or held.
Jail Supervisor R. M. Wisseman
stating that he found Oray was not
intoxicated. Afterward several mem.
bers of the Dallas ball club came to
uie jau to get Oray out. I
Gray said Burnett called him later I
and apologized.
Oray. 32. ha been playing the
-"- imiuuwu. ne vu in
ptofessional ball first with Memphis
In 144. then went to St. Louis of
the American league tn 145, to To
ledo In 1946 and to Elmlra of the
Eastern league tn 1946. He was out
of baseball in 1947.
Golfers
Return
They didn't return with title, but
Mrs. Robert O. Sproat and Mrs.
Psul Farrens brought honor to
Klamath Falls In the annual Ore
gon 8ate amateur golf tourney In
Astoria.
Mrs. Sproat qualified In the sec
ond flight. She beat Mr. E. H.
Edgerton of Medford. 3 and 1. and
lost to Mrs. Glen Otten of Astoria,
1 up.
Mrs. Fsrren qualified In the
fourth flight, losing to Mrs. Vernon
fowler of Astoria on the 20th hole.
1 up. and to Mr. Gene Bate of
Portland. 1 un
Mrs. Sproat left this week for
Pasadena. Calif . where .hn et I
m many hcks on the link.
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THAN ANY OTHFR BRAND
Twinks Refuse
To Yield Lead
Oakland Poses As
Threat To Stars
By the Associated Presa
The Hollywood stars, still high
balling ahead of the Held In the
Pacific Coast league race, are home
lor a 15-game stand that will carry
them past the half-way mark In
their tight for the pennant.
The mm city club opens a nine
game series tonight with Oakland
and then will take on San Francisco
In a six-gsnie engagement.
The Oaks, currently In third place
tie with San Diego, could put a con
siderable dent in the Hollywood
hopes. So far this season the Oaks
have won seven of 11 games played
with the Stars.
And Hollywood Is having some
casualty trouble. Pitcher Glen
Moulder and catchers Mike Sand
lock and Jack Paepke are on the
casualty list and may be there tor
a week or so.
For the opener It will be a battle
of southpaws. Art Schallnck goes
to the mound for the Stars and
Lou Tost tor the Oaks.
Two other upper division teams
open a series tonight. San Diego
travels north to meet the second
place Seattle Raiment. The Padres
are still handicapped by the absence
of their heavy-hittmg first base
man. Luke Easter, who Is In Cleve
land for treatment of a knee Injury.
Last place Los Angeles opens a
series with San Francisco, the sev
enth place club. Sacramento goes
to Portland for a series.
Games tonight:
Oakland iLou Tost) at Hollv-
wood (Art SchalIock.
Los Angeles iBrysn Stephens! at
San Francisco tCon Demtweyi.
Sacramento at Portland.
San Diego at Seattle.
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DiMaggio
Threatens
CHICAGO. June 26 Dom Di
Maggio, lltle Boston Red Sox out
fielder, urged 14 points to -3.s dur
ing the week to challenge In lured
Oeorge Kell of the Detroit Tigers
for the American league batting
lead.
The aide-lined Kell maintained
top spot with J53 but Dl Maggio
climbed Into contention only 14
point behind.
Boston Ted Williams, the 1947
and 1946 A. L. baiting champion,
continued in third plare with a
five point Increase to J19.
Outfielder Vic Werti of Detroit
soared from ninth to fourth place
with a 21-polnt climb to J17. He
was followed by Eddie Joost. Phila
delphia, with J12: Bob Dillinger.
St. Louis. 308; Hsnk Majeski. Phila
delphia, J03: Johnny Pesky. Boston,
and Tom Henrlch. New York. 301
apiece: and Hoot Evers. Detroit. 596.
Williams was tops In two special
ised brackets with 19 homers, an
Increase of three, and 77 runs batted
In. a boost of 12 for the week.
Majeski had the most doubles. 20.
and Dale Mitchell of Cleveland had
the most triples, eight. Kell and
Dt Maggio led In hits with 63 apiece:
Joost in runs with 66. and Dillinger
continued as the ace base stealer
with nine thefts.
Topping the pitching records wss
New York's Allie Reynolds with 7-1
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Baseball Fans Display Savvy
For All-Stars; Ebbets Field Is
AP S'ewafeaturea
NEW YOKK-Uaaeball falls who
have sent In votes for the players
they would like to see In the annual
Ail-Star game In Brooklyn ran
stand up and take a bow. They
seem to know what's going on In
both major leagues.
In the past the custom has been
to select players on their pre-year's
records but this time the fans are
voting for the players who have
given their clubs a lift this spring.
The American league all-star
team probably will take to Ebbets
field on Tuesday. July 13. with three
lufleltlera playing In the "dream
game" for the first time.
EJ Robinson, who haa been bang
ing the ball lor the Senators, looks
like the first baseman. Cass Mich
aels, off his consistent hitting for
the White Sox. probably will be
chosen over Joe Gordon as second
baseman. Eddie Joost. sparkplug for
the Athlrtlca with his home run hit
ting and fielding, looks like he'll get
the nod over Boston's Vern Steph
ens and Phil Rtruto of the Yankees
at shortstop. Kobinson. Michaels
and Joost never played tn an all
star game.
Hmtim K.'l nf the Tleera Innlrs I
like a rtnrh for third base. He
played In the 1947 game.
The class of the American league,
however, ta tn the outfield. It in
cludes Ted Williams and Dora Di
Maggio of the Red Sox and Tommy
Hrnrich of the Yankee, all-star
veterans.
The catching probably will be
handled by the Yankee' Yogi Berra.
highly Improved operator, and the
Red Sox' Birdie Trbbetta. Berra
recently had a 17-game hitting
streak.
Pithcers will be picked by the
managers and the class appears to
Amateurs
Wobbly
LONDON. June 26 .4" American
domination of the world's amateur
tennis is beginning to fray around
the edges at Wimbledon.
When the men's semifinals are
played tomorrow, only one United
States representative will be swing
ing top-seeded Ted Schroeder of
La Crescents. Calif he got by his
quarter-final match yesterday only
by the skin of his teeth.
Schroeder lost the first two sets
to Australian champion Frank Sedg
man. then prevailed, 3-6. 6-6. 6-3.
6-2. -7.
But five others of the 10 top
ranking Americans have been
beaten. With Schneder In the semi
finals will be Eric Sturgrss nf South
Africa, whom Ted la favored to brat;
Jaroslar Drobny of Crechoslovakla,
and John Bromwich of Australia.
Bromwich drove defending cham
pion Bob Falkrnburg of Los An
geles out of the tournament yester
day, also in five sets.
for J75. His teammate. Vic Raschl.
has 11-2 for J6. Virgil iFire)
Trucks of Detroit continued to set
the strikeout pace with 63 whiffs.
CO., INC., BALTIMORE. WD.
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be Vie Raschl of the Yankees. Mel
Parnell of the Red Sox. I ml Htlaaie
of the A's, Hal Newhouser of the
liners and Bob Lemon of the In
diana. Of course, !.ou Hotitlieau,
American league pilot, will have
final say In the matter.
The National league manager,
Billy Routhwnrth, undoubtedly will
pick Vrrn llirkfortl, sensational
sophomore, from his Brave staff.
The rest of Uie senior circuit hurl
era look like Ralph Branca of Uie
Dodgers, Harry Mrecheen of the
Cardinals, Robin Roberts of the
Phillies and Ken Raffensberger of
the Reds.
The National league outfield fig
urea to be Stan Musial. the top
player of the circuit, Ralph Klner
of the Pirates and speedy Ritchie
Ashburn of the Phillies. WHIard
Marshall of the Olanta and Enoa
Slaughter of the Cards also are
getting nisny votes.
Jackie Robinson. Brooklyn's No. 4
hitter, probably will be picked over
the Cards' Red Schoendlensl for
second base. The former UCLA
Negro Is having a great season and
figures to make the tram for the
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to make the game. Allhougli the
league this season has some fine
shoiialops In Marty Miirlon, Alvln
Hark and Granny llamner, PeeWee
Reese probably will get the nod.
Willi the strange shooting of Krile
Waltkua eliminating the popular
Phllly from first base, Gil Hmluea
of the Dtxlgrrs looks like he might
beat out Ted Klussewskl, the husky
Red sophomore.
Third base la a battle between Hid
Gordon of the (Hants and Eilille
Kaaak nf the Curtis, two consistent
hitters this spring. Ordinarily Hob
Elliott of the Braves would get the
nod but his hitting haa been off.
Andy Semlnlck of the Phillies
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belled nine homers and over the
(lrt third of the season his bat has
decided some 10 games In favor of
Uie surprising Phillies.
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