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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1949 1
Lopeman Adds His
Ninth Of Season
Pittsburg Keeps Pace By Taking
6-5 11-lnning Decision At Medford
The Gems continued thetr headlong pare In the Psr West league
kit night bv downing the visiting Vsllejo Chiefs U-J on Johnny
Lopeman's flve-hlt pitching. The victory mss the fourth In row (or
the Qems and. their 31st in the lt 27 nmn played. Since the first
week In June, when Klamath Falla resided In the Par Weet league
alxth place, the locals have played baU at a .778 clip.
Their first place margin in still not large. Second-place Pittsburg
-aa-ss stretched 11 Inninga In defral-
I mg Medford 8-8 last night to nay
.STANDINGS
PAR WEST LEAGl E
W. L.
Klamath Fall 40
Pittsburg S
Willows 3
Bedding
Santa Rosa .
Vallejo
Marysvlll.
Medford
Yesterday's Besulta
KlamaUt Fails 11. Vallejo J.
Pittsburg 6. Medford &.
Willows S. Santa Rosa 1.
Marysvllle 8. Redding 4.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn 4 SO
St. LouU 4J SI
Philadelphia 41 M
Boston 41 SS
New York S8
Pittsburgh 32 40
Cincinnati 30 41
Chicago 28 47
Yesterday's Results
' CinnaU 23. Chicago 4.
Pittsburgh 4. St. Louis I.
Boston 7. Brooklyn i.
Philadelphia at New York. rain.
AMERICAN LEACrE
New York 48 !
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Detroit
Boston
Washington .
Chicago
St. Louis .....
just a handful of percentage points
Lehlnd. Everything points to tough
three-game series between the Gems
and Diamonds here starting next
S-turdsy.
Elsewhere around the league last
mght. Willows took possession of
third place by edging Santa Rosa
609 ; 3-1 in 13 innings, while the resur-
.474 j pent Marrsvtlle club whipped Red
iS 1 d:ng 8-4.
.523 i Ex-Marine Johnny Lopeman had
.408 Vallejo hitless for four innings, but
gave up one bingle in each remain
ing frame for his five-hit Job and
hu. ninth win of the season. Owen
Msguire of the Chiefs was tight with
'he hits the Genu got Just six. But
four errors and 11 walks, plus some
daring base running, gave the locals
every break.
Klsmath Palls scored tour times
In the first frame and the result of
the game was never In doubt after
that Bill Reese's double In the fifth
was the Oems' only extra-base hit
' 00 1 while Vallejo had triples by Lou
Cook and Jim Hughes.
Lopeman fanned 10 and walked
Just three.
FIELDING SPARKLES
The game produced several out
standing Individual plays, the best
of them Pinky Hesse's peg from
dead center field that nipped George
Triandos at the plate. Triandos was
trying to score from second on a
single. Ken Jensen converted a
44 SO J9S i t-ugh grounder into a double-play
41 31 SO n-U In the eurhth to hreak off a
Vallejo scoring threat.
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BLIND DATE With a coxswain like blond Betty Tunell, it
is understandable why oorsmen do not care to see where
they ore going. Miss Tunell called the strokes as the Minne
apolis Rowing club crew worked out on the Twin City's Lake
Calhoun in preparation for the Central States regatta at
Ecorse, Mich.
FAULKNER TAKES LEAD
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32 40 .444 i .nth Valleio'e too fieldira oertorm
31. 45 .40 j lnre t running shoestring ca'ch of
Yesterdav'a Reanlta
Boston 8. Washington 0.
St. Louis 8. Detroit 5.
Chicago 9. Cleveland 8.
New York at Philadelphia, rain.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGt'E
Bollywood 64 40 .815
Seattle SS 49 329
San Diego S3 49 20
Oakland 52 SO 10
Sacramento SO SO 00
Portland 48 54 .480
San Francisco 45 37 .441
Log Angeles 43 S9 .422
Yesterdaya Reaulta
Sacramento S, Seattle 3.
San Diego 3. Portland 2.
Hollywood 12, San Francisco 9.
Oakland 17, Los Angeles I.
WESTERN INTERNATIONAL
Yakima 55 26 .875
Vancouver 48 30 .815
Spokane 43 38 31
Wenatchea 39 43 .478
Salem 37 43 .463
Bremerton 35 47 .427
Victoria 34 48 .425
Taeoma S3 tl JS3
Yesterdays Reran
YrMma 7. Spokane 4.
Vancouver 12, Tacoma L
Victoria f, Bremerton L
Salem 18. Wenatchee S.
Schroeder
Entertained
Capt. George Epperson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur B. Epperson. 130
1st street, and his wife, who are
slow In London. England, recently
entertained Ted Schroeder. newly
crowned Wimbledon men's singles
tennis champion, during the tourna
ment Just completed at Wimbledon.
Schroeder, who was a former high
school mate of Mrs. Epperson at
Glendale. California. Is considered
on of the world's top tennis play
ers, and is the top-ranking amateur
In the United Sutes.
Capt. and Mrs. Epperson had
Schroeder as a dinner guest several
times, and later watched him prac
tice with Jaroslav Drobny of
Czechoslovakia whom he finally
beat for the championship of the
tournament.
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MEET SLATED
SALEM, July 7 tAI The state
board of agriculture wiU meet July
18 to pick a state milk marketing
administrator.
The Job now Is done by State
Agriculture Director E. L. Peterson.
But the 1949 legislature changed
the law, providing for the admini
strator to be named by the board.
The new law la effective July 18.
Want Ads phoned to 8111 before
11:30 a. m. appear the same dayl
Dick Drscalso's hot liner back of
second base in the seventh frame
Morne Nordell took advantage of
Magulre's wlndup in the eighth to
steal home cleanly.
Vallejo and Klamath Falls meet
aeain tonight, game time 7:45. with
Jna Nicholas slated to pitch for the
Gems.
T box: i
Valla AB B O All
Barnatt. at 4 112 4 0
Cook, rt S 1 4 S 0
muii. ib 4 e a s i
vurn. lb 3 e i io i
Loeons, rf S e I 1 '
fluiiM, u s i i a e a
TrundoB. e 4 a a S 1 I
smith, sb 4 e a a 1 1
auguit. . s a a i 3 a i
Totals ja 1 at n .
Ktemmlt Falla A U A I '
Norttolt. m 3 3 14 4 1)
Jnwo, 3b 3 3 4 3 a '
H. cf 3 3 a 3 1 a j
R. ib i s l ie e e '
CauclH. rf 4 t 1 1 1
Hmnd-t. if s i i a e a i
ralhr. 3b 3 a 3 3 1
DnnlH, e 4 4 4 11 IS
XIOTnan, 9 4 1 a 3 4 ;
Totals 33 It 3 14 1 !
ValU.in Mntt Ml - am '
4oa 0OO 41b 11 1
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SANDWICH. Tjiglsnd. July 7 t.Pi
Max Faulkner. British Ryder cup
;tar, took over the lead In the Brit
ish open golf championship with
h second straight 71 for a 38-hole
total of 142 today, but American
Amateur Frank Stranahan was only
two strokes behind.
With many of the 98 starters still
to report, second place was shared
by Robert De Vincenso of Argen
tina and Dick Burton of Britain,
the 1939 open champion, each with
143.
De Vincenso. who had a 88 for a
second-place tie yesterday, slipped
to "5 today. Burton posted a 70 to
go with hu first round 73. He need
ed only a par four on the last hole
to tie Faulkner but went one over
by pushing rus second shot into the
lough.
Bracketed with Stranahan at mid
afternoon with 144s were Jimmy
A asms, the first round leader who
slumped to 77 after yesterday's 87;
Art Lees and Charlie Ward, both
British Ryder cup players.
Harry Bradshaw of Ireland, the
medalist, and Bobby Locke of South
Afnca. the favorite, followed with
145s. Bradshaw shot a 77 today and
Locke a 78.
Mayor Asks For
Cur In Salary
CLEVELAND. July I ii Mayor
W. A. Sklenlcka of suburban War
rensville heights aked and got a
,50 per cent cut in his salary.
The mayor hat been receiving
11200 annually. But he decided that
hia expenses in office amounted to
only $600.
"The people deserve the other
$600.- he said.
"Budgets have been going up too
long." he explained.
"I m going to start It the other
way. Somebody has to take the first
step."
KC Spank
Veterans
8TANUINUS
W. U Pet
Eagles 4 1000
Merrill Blllards I 1000
Calhoun's 3 1 .750
Pinnlgans 1 1 .887
B. of R 1 1 .887
Merrill VFW - 3 4 -U3
K. C 1 1 J1J
Kalptna 1 3 J50
Stewart-Lennox I .000
Smith Lumber Co 4 .000
The Knights of Columbus squeaked
into the winning column In the
county Softball league last night
when they nipped the Merrill VFW,
5 to 4, on the Merrill recreation
ti- Id.
Ken Carrier. KO catcher, smacked
out a neat single In the eighth In
ning to chase two runs across the
plate and give the Knights thetr
initial season's victory.
It was one of the tightest games
seen on Merrill's lighted diamond
thla season.
The Merrill Billiards, the choice
of the league In most quarters, kept
their record unscathed with a smash
ing 10 to 1 victory over Kalpine.
Joe Brown, laboring on the mound
for the Bills, whiffed ten lumbermen
durlttB- the tilt, that ninr Alt tha
I twin bill.
Highlight of the game was a
nlfuly-cxecuted triple play, with
Kaluines Glen Home making two
of the outs.
The Billiards draw a resurgent
Bureau of Reclamation team Friday
night In the dosing game on the
double-header. In tha opener, at
7:30. Stewart-Lennox will be gun
ning for thetr first win of the sea
son against the high-ndlng Ftn-
' nigan a nine.
1 Short scores:
R. If. .
' Merrill Bills 10 9 1
Kalpine 1 T 4
Merrill: Brown and Istburn.
Kalpine: Carlson and Home,
R. R. E.
K. C 3
VFW 4 8 3
K. C : Kujark and Carrier. VFW:
'Trounan. Benbrooke l7i. and Reed.
Scenery Or Manager Switch?
Big Coop Bombs Chicago, 23-4
By The Associated' Preaa
All Walker Cooper nestled waa a
change of scenery or waa It a
change of managers?
Uig Coop, who popped off pub
licly about hla trials with the New
York Cllanta under Leo Durocher,
sounded off with hla big bat yester
day for hu new boss Uucky Walt
era at Cincinnati.
Six straight base hits. Including
three three-run homers, added up
to a big 10 runs baited In fur the
ex-Ulant who went to Clnry for
Catcliery Ray Mueller on June 14.
Since Coop left tha big town ha
haa been nothing short of sensa
tional, boosting hla average 132
points and increasing hla KM'i by
19.
All thla thumping doesn't make
much difference at Clncy where the
Reds have dipped Into seventh place
and are In danger of falling Into
the basement. In New York, a
Cooper hilling at that pace could
have made a contender out of the
filth-place Olants.
The big fellow who cost Horace
Stoneham 8175.000 In January of
1948 had the biggest day of his long
career against the Chicago Cubs
yesterday afternoon. It waa also the
blggeat day for the Reds In many
a day as they rolled up a 23-4 land
slide for Ken Raffensberger ' ninth
victory.
The heavy firing in Clncy over-
8AI.R OK
SAN FRANCISCO, July 7 (Al
The California Oregon Power com
pany, haa permission to sell 350.000
shares of common stock of a par
value of 820 a share.'
The public utilities commission
also granted the company a request
that It be excused from the com
mission's competitive bidding rule
in lu action yesterday.
shadowed the pennant race which
almoat but not quite resulted
in a first place tie. Brooklyn's one
game lead waa rut III half when
the DiHlgera Inst to the Boston
Hravea. 7-5. but the rtmnerup HI.
Louis Cards blew a 3-1 lead In the
last of the ninth and bowed to
Pittsburgh. 4-3. As a result the
Brooks still lead by a full game.
Tommy Holmes sank the Dodgers
with hla Until homer In the last
three days. It came 111 Ilia eighth
with Jim Russell on base.
Johnny Hupp was the hero of the
Pirates' nliith-liining rally against
tin Cards. Hia single with the basea
loaded scored two runs for Pitts
burgh's fifth straight victory.
Murry Dickson, the ex-Cardinal
who waa sold to the Pirates for
1:15.000, accounted for his third vic
tory, two over St. Louis, by an
elght-liutlng relief Job. Dickson has
lost U.
Rain washed out Philadelphia
New York games In both the Na
tional and American. It waa a tough
blow for the A s who had a sellout
crowd of 33.878 In the stands when
the game was called after one and
a half Innings with Philadelphia
leading the New York Yankeea'
Tommy Byrne, 1-0.
Both Cleveland and Detroit lost
ground In the race by dropping
night games but the distanced Boa
ton Red Sox pulled up over the 00
mark by shutting out Washington.
5-0. In a game called In the sixth
due to rain.
rills Kinder held Washington,
beaten In II of lu last 14 games,
to four hits as the Red Sox mauled
Joe Haynea and Sid Hudson for
eight hits.
Steve Snurhork'a double with the
basea loaded In the eighth gave tha
Chicago White Sox a 9-8 edge over
Cleveland, anapplng tha Iwdlaae
five-game win streak.
The Ml. LouU Browns outlast.
Uie Detroit Tigers, 9-1 In 11 In
nings, when Gerry Prlddy singled
home Tom Ferrlrk with the lla
breakmg run. The Tigers moved out
front In tha twelfth but Jack Ore
ham'a second homer of the nlghl
and the thirteenth of the year,
knotted the score again.
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scheduled for t morrow by women
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Each player will be given a flag
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SUMMARY? SB Cook.
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Macuirtt 11. Lrprrt-mn & HP Barnaptt.
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Major League
LEADERS
Bv The Associated Preaa
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Batting Robinson. Brooklyn, .361;
Liner. Pittsburgh. 338.
Runs batted in Hodges, Brook
lyn. 83; Robinson. Brooklyn. 81.
Home runs Klner, Pittsburgh
21: Gordon, New York. IS.
Pitching Roe. Brooklyn. 11. 800;
Chambers, Pittsburgh, 4-1, J00.
AMERICAN LEAGt'E
Batting Kenn. Detroit, JSS; Di-
Maggio, Boston, 333.
Runs batted In Williams, Boston,
81; Stephens, Boston, 79.
Home runs Williams and Steph
ens. Boston, 19.
Pitching Reynolds, New York.
8-1. JtBt; Raschi, New York. 13-3,
J87.
GAINS
SALEM. July 7 (Pi The Doouls
tlnn of Troutdalo Is S38. compared
with 311 In 1940, the state depart
ment said today.
Amity grew from 545 to, 709 In the
same period.
The state department took the
census counts to enable those cities
to get larger shares of state high
way and liquor revenues, which are
apportioned on a population basis.
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