Baseball Team Drubs
enc 6-4, to Open State Play
Twice Crowned a Champion
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His days work don.. Whirl.way. wlnn.r of th. Pr.kn.. at Baltimor.. la d.cor.t.d with
" .. . ik . .h.n h. won th. K.ntuckT d.rbr. Up U Eddl.
Arc.ro who rod. him to Tictory as h. did th. d.rby. WhirUw.y won th. Pr..kn... by
i .l. v:.. rU laciMtrf and Our Boott. third.
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Davis Wins Game
With3-Run Homer
100 Klamath Fans Watch Contest on
Elk Grounds; Schwab Pacos Hitters
By BOB OLENNON
Almost 100 Klamath Falli baseball fani witnessed an lus
picious debut of the Pelican baseball club In state league compe
tition Sunday afternoon at Bend ai the locala (luffed out a 8-4.
triumph over the Elks in the season'! opener for both cluba.
Pitcher Orin Davis of the Pelicans won his own ball fame
in the fourth inning with a three-run homer over the left field
fence. Just prior to Davis' four-ply swat Catcher Warren Wahner
had sacrificed runners to third
to be hits only because they
were headed straight for the
fielders.
Next Sunday the Pelicans
draw a by in state leaf ue play
but Unfle with the Albany Al
coa, 1940 champions, the fol
lowing Sunday, May 33, in the
loop opener on home grounds.
Af, PAGE TWO Mny 13. 1941
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Padres Climb Into
Tie With Seattle
Thump Suds Over Weekend; Sacs
Split With Oaks; Beavers Divide
SUNDAY'S SCORES
PACIFIC COAST IIACUI
AaaM). 4-t, Mil !! IJ.
Sicnni'Elo S. Oakland 4 ?.
tin Kraociiro 19-;. Portland
Ifirst gain.. 19 tnninr.
Rt!tvixd Loa Angrl.a 14.
stand, Mike Christoff's homer
with a man on base giving the
Oaks a 7-6 edge in the night
cap after the Senators had open
ed with a 3-4 verdict.
In each case the deciding de
velopment came in the last
frame. Chnstotl s long poKC
Lefty Grove
Wins 295th
Ball Game
Veteran Nears Immortal
Mark as Red Sox Trounce
Yanks; Cards Take Pirates
Br PAUL SCHEFFELS
Unittd Pr.ss Corr.ipond.nt
Lefty Grove's speed ball
and second base respectively,
on a perfect bunt. First Base
man Paul Crapo had opened
the inning with a scorching sin
gle to right and Don Jones.
Klamath shortstop, was safe at
first on Elk Third Baseman Jack
Gordon's error.
Hatch Called
Later in the same stanza Er-! Tentative nlana call for orac-
nie Bishop singled and Marshall ; contests with Redding of
the Northern California league
here Saturday night and Mt.
Shasta of the same league here
Sunday afternoon.
Usual practice sessions will
be held Tuesday through Fri
day evenings at Recreation
field for the Pelican baseball
isu. aiMMtti eaM.
asx irox
Evestone was safe on still an
other Bend miscue. Third Base
man Babe Schwab slapped out
his third straight single of the
contest to score Bishop with
the fourth run of the inning and
gave the visitors a 6-1 lead.
Carl Read flew out to left for
the third out to end the rally.
Bill Hatch, southpaw throw
er, was called in from first
base to handle the mound du
ties for the Elks after Bishop's
single. He turned in a sterling
performance during the little
better than five frames he
worked allowing but one hit in
i was a seventh-inning job. and doesn't burn across the plate the
in rn0ttrtnff 1U SUCCCSS. Qd.- ! ..-.. it Airt in nn flrrlt riavi
montn wnrtH twice In t llL U , V. .tar 1 r-nnma ' Etlgene
ninth to come from behind. : Macks 1930-31 Philadelphia L E8leson
STATE LEAGUE RESULTS
Klamath Falls 6, Bend 4.
Eugene 10, Toledo 2.
Albany 4. Medford 2.
State League Short Scores: e
R. H E
Toledo 2 9 3:VSrrM.
10 10 21 WtiM, a
L. Anderson (7) and;-"- "L'
T. Hoover, J. Eagleson
By The Associated Press
; San Diego climbed back into
a second place tie with Seattle
' in the Pacific coast league base-
bail race by thumping the de-
lenainE cnaacmous m uuee vu. . . i HtH c,t.i,v', tram i.... . :
nf four akfiiTrs over the week- - . , i ,u -,., Spencer and Bishop.
r ; a-i, uii iuui iwiH ...w - - Daseoaii games. p
r . , m :cnin. ine nosion nea aox naveni ... ..
It set a new low in the for-, whitewashing Portland picked soft spots for the long, 1 2
rSS. SlS. 0. on Tom Seat,' j lean lcf.h.ndd thrower 1 rom j
tn iMir Th. .othark was mree-nii pixcning. Mn t ianu-1 ine marjionu nms uui nc uuc d MrLean. Sauers.
games to four. The setback was .trueelc more than oitch onlv once a week and each ' !
' tllTngree hour, and through i, jj. wins closer d
ERN1C BISHOP
(M i NnU; r a hm ar4 on
hr at the KUmHh rIU rJrft btbll
teem. I
KUHS Track Team
Places 3 in State
Reginato Cracks Discus Record;
McCandliss, Bocchi Cop Seconds
Klamath Falls' Pelican truckmen qualified three men 0
the state track and field flnuls next weekend Saturday in Eu
gene In the district 3 meet at Medford Saturday but loit to the
Tigermen. 88-36. Granta Pass was third with 32 and Lakeview
Stmtton. it
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Ernie Bishop, Pelican second
baseman, took the eyes of all
fans In the recent practice con
test with the Medford Rogues.
Ernie's smooth fielding actions
and ability to get rid of the
ball without loss of motion,
made the tough chances look
easy. He will play plenty ofjIourtn Wlth 24
second base for the Pelicans Outstanding performance of
this year. , the sun-blessed meet was that
Bishop, who Is now 23. start-, of Pelican Co-Captain Marion
ed baseball at Walla Walla high , Rrginato, who hurled the discus
school, also playing American i 132 fret 3 inches to better the
Junior Legion ball. Ills tram : old district mark by mure than
went to the state of Washington : 12 feet.
finals, losing to Seattle. While Hurdler Chuck McCandliss of
attending Washington State col-. tne Klamaths placed second in
l.ge. Ernie made the freshman cieh D,rrlrr evenli thus qualify
team and played varsity base-1 ina (l,r ,tnto competition. Slim
ball for three years under j Jlm icChi took a wound In the
Coach Buck Bailey. j jBvcim to earn a place at Eu-
Sign.d By Missions gene.
tVl addition to baseball. Bishop Medford. paced by Racin' Ray
turned out for basketball, mak-1 Johnson and Andy LaMurr.
lng the squad In 1936 and 1937 scored nine first places and four
as forward under Coach Jock seconds, to win Ita fifth straight
Triel. 1 district title and qualify 11 men
After completing college In : Johnson tossed off a 4(1 8
1037. Ernie signed with the Son quarter to crack the record and . M.v..rf
Francisco Missions, who op-, LoMarr copped two hurdle,"
tioned him to Lewiston. Idaho, firsts.
then of the Western Internatlon- j Myrtle Point scored 10 points,
al league. He reported to Holly- Ashland and Henley six each,
wood in 1938 (formerly Mis- Jacksonville four, Chiloquln
slons) and this time was op- three and Phoenix two
tioned to Bellingham of the W I Hlehllght of the day to Klam
I. but an Injured left leg forced ath Coach Paul Deller was the
Of,. M..II...I. KHmllh fill"
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turn
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were Grover Cleveland Alex
ander. Cy Young, Eddie Plank,
Walter Johnson and Christy
Carlstrom Taa.s Ov.r
The Elks kept plugging away
at the Pelican live run lead
with single tallies in the fourth,
fifth and eighth innings. Pitch
er Hatch accounted for she run
in the fifth with a 330-foot cir
lime since cum .m..-.. ...j... . ,,., Th : nnnal, M Ih. nm.
pennant winners have taken it ,- the Bcaver5i 4.2 ! 0ly flve p,l(;ncrs , modern
. C"e IL n7 Hi1H I with Byron Spccce blanking the . baseball won 300 games. They
ed two Sunday garnet; along (Seals from the first inning on.
- ..... ,, .i . i Dnlv twice in seven games
Wlin Bll MIC uiuci iinma . - . - .
, o..i. . i. ,i i!did Hnllvwood succeed in muf-
league. oeciuc ... . ----- - . . ... ,.,u I Matheivson.
game 4-1. with Paul Gregory Jung .e . " , . " j I v'i.w. h-i.
a i ,n r. -...a.rf,,! .iv.hlt I DiaCe I.OS ngC!CS Da . " r- . . .. ..... ., ... H.tA
JobwithruraTowmganlonly once in three weekend j The
i earned run. San Diego took the j tries. ! ,7 in GroPve-, 16. Manager Red Sander, rushed
second game 5-2 as Southpaw That once was in he C"r r Carlstrom In to take over
A, Olsen blanked the Rainier, ( of yesterday s "ble header. VthTeUc s and sevenith, mound chore. In the lart of
until the last inning. Iwhich went to the Stars 13-i. Sox helped him the eighth when Davis, who 'iad
Oakland and Sacramento Big Babe Herman, playing regu-, Wj'd a,nCw0nhf, 295 ; pitched nice ball, appeared to
broke even in their Sunday ilarly, at frt . base fo, - one , of , ZnedranaeaeTriumph: 84;b tiring. Clyde walked Wally
Ynhtntn NinP 'single to drive in' five Holly-! fo"r'hi
a.a.a.e : an 1
' over the New York Yankees.
'wood runs.
Kremer, Elk catcher, the first
man to face him but he retired
the National league. Lon 1 the next five men w iaee mm
Warneke, St. Louis' 31-year-old l 8ive Klamath the ball game.
riKhthandcr, pitched his fourth . ,.
.irsiohi uMnrvhrih. rrriinai.; Hitting sUr tot the Pelicans
to aivaa the seeonH.nlaee Red ' was Arland "Babe" Schwab,
Biros their second straight vie- who garnered three singles in
ion- .5 ovr tha, Pi.hiih . four trips to the plate. The af-
Pirates. 1 fable Klamath third sacker
ti. ' r-i. : r...... 1 Hrnve in three runs, two of
iu. MnM v nnK in ! riphut hv Krnnnir nino nini in i Ural inning-
w..t m Jen.iion.1 leaatue. . Officials of the Northwestern j n f jrH three innj . SeCond Baseman Bishop open-
Sweeping three taseball ! fol,owed ,he lead of
games against o-ieiu ure : tt.,. -n ffirrs vester
men w Seartle Gets 1942
Sn Wl LOOP NIBC Pin Tourney
-t . . j I PORTLAND, Ore., May 12 Ji '
Br Th. Associat.d Pr.ss ,fi ,h,,, i.nxt ,
The Yakima Pinnins have . . ..,i i I
he Cincinnati Reds. 12-1. The.d the initial jrame oy getting
Cubs' early winning scoring
a ticket to first when Pitcher
urday night. Salem was able ,' n.: .' j.j
to get a total of only 17 hits 1
in inc mri.'e panics.
l mH. hv hnni-hirm fnne hii. Lyle Turpin Ugged him below
with nino walk, anrf fnue error, the Chest With a fast One. Ey-
; No other clubs were schedul- i '"! walked, and then the two
cd iMimiin runners puueu si"-
He was reached for 10 hitsi" douoie steal on tne dcww
weekend, the Pip, rode into a, and named ,he Washington
first place tie with Spokane, the c f ,he 1942 tournevs.
defending champion. The vie- Datca ar t tQ be 5Ct
!?!LV.fin,.ak'm.a?. f!","8...'!! The NIBC elected Thomas
eiglH Sirdlglll. KUl H Cill, .,lll. nril- r.rn ' . aw. v ... 0,1,1. ,.,h.
runs in the ninth inning of last "' ..', H . ' 7 . ' but his teammates drove Lelty ? :V .,
night's game to turn the M.'KTIPlxylrTZ Gomez " ,hc mound with ?1 'k- tne,1Elk, th' UL
Yakima won the night game and Bo.yd talker Spokane. sec- a.tack tnat incIuded Jimmy I Schwab's timely blow sent
i , T . n , L i. it. ; retary-treasurer. New executive!,- ,. .,, u .,,,,.' Bishop and Eyestone scurry-
afternoon and a 2-1 squeeze Sat- l three double, The Sox cp-! home tor the first two runs
italizcd on Oomez failure toi" " -"
find the nlatc in the first innina. Aimougn oumu, n o. Djr uic
'and with two hits, plus as many
crors, pushed over five runs.
I Vets Have Day
i All in all, it was a great day
; for veterans.
n..4U I nnnn.l '11 ..nn. nU
I Washington knuck'loballer, heldiied and rht field that UiM
I the Philadelphia Athletics to six
Tnrt: 9ehb, BUhop, flordoo S. TVug
Hun. Klt'! tn. . ! .
Tnrph, 4ic4e. HUb. fWvillM. Twu-haie
nifi. num. 'tfl'n. i""J(isn. nnui iin,
Hatch. MCilw him, IHthop t. Kyc
t.. f, tVhwab. Krtmer. In on
Kianiattt ! , Penif I. Merino, w nnr.
Rn on Mlti. o Dll tirtttr"m I.
Turpin I. mrk oat by Tirpta 1, H'fr.
lllti orf nem n eni on.mini
Inn Imi. CKrlilmm rvme la om mtta trv
ihiHi inn In (p. Turp'n T In t ti1 w"-thlH
mntnci. Hf'-b on; In ft f"1 onvlhlrt In
nlnt I'mpim, RihcII U'l Onhee. Time.
U. AtUaWMcej, eeiimsHo. wm.
BASEBALL STANDINGS
TATE LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
Eugene 1 0 1.000
Klamath Falli 1 0 l.ooo
Albany l 0 1.000
Bend 0 1 .oou
Toledo . 0 1 .000
Medford 0 1 .000
Hilla Creek 0 0 .000
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
him to retire a little later in
the season.
Upon securing his Bellingham
release. Bishop signed with
Spokane in 1939 and was sent
to the Class C Pioneer league,
playing with Twin Falls Cow
boys. Spokane recalled him in
1940 where he held down sec-1 mib. h-.im - - jr
. . , .... I for.) : lr aii'lliaa. Hlami'h rH; tif"i'l.
ond base the early p.irt of the I p ,.;,i Th..,nii.,. i..ir.i. Aiim.
Time. ;lil. (S.w oiiuic iw-
showing of little Glen Kennedy
in the 440. The young Pelican,
placing a close third behind
Johnson and Medford's Orr. was
clocked by Deller In :31 3. ex
ceptional time with anyone else
but Johnson In the field.
District 3 summaries:
r-ii.f. mimi
tfalla M.I..
Malt Mil
I- I Al l
Malar -
V-J'-H. IgTl
lal'i. fl' I. Jakfc a.i pr
l'..i..i : li.r.i if. Kama:a
I' I fa.l I
W.-u hi Alli.11. Hiaata
!.... . r'.,.,i.). M.f.4.1.
r.. Hla. lak.t..
I,. M'.H.r4 fOtt. I
nl ll.nl. Hi. ! Tao,
season, later going to Twin Falls
once more and finishing the
sen son.
Due to the seasonality feature
of professional baseball. Ernie
decided to retire and settle down
in Klamath Falls, where he Is
now employed. He Is a very
valuable asset to the Klamath
Pelicans In both departments of
hitting and fielding
lVa
Paaa :
Tim..
I hiiiiiln.
ufi I
IM-vafd Daah -. W-i ka- J'tifcliv
. lira. M-Hlmil; Hla, liiant
lil-on, M-ittoril; Catnn, Aihland.
.10 1.
IhAl Put Wii bT VantinnaMann.
r.ianl. Pa a: Tlminian. l.lf....l i Walt.
M..lf..M: ll.rln.l.. Klamath rati.; rtrh.
Jakw.n,lll-. Haar.ra ti rrl I ln(h.a.
Mil Run Wpii hv Maltlii. lilanl.
Pi.; P. Pjairr. I.ah.il.w; Ihi. I. fhrt.it.
M..I(orrf; J. Bam. Mk.il.w: l.lii,n.
Mr.lt..fil. Ttm. 1.5. f. N' lllatltct f"-
I r4l Daah Win h inhnann, Marffi.lit ;
Sacramento
Seattle
San Diego
San Francisco
Hollywood .,
Oakland
Los Angele- . 14
Portland 12
W.
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B
18
18
18
18
20
20
21
Pet
.735
.343
.343
.300
.471
.420
.412
.384
While Yakima continued its
winning way, Tacoma broke a
five-game losing streak to open
the way for the Pippins' climb
into a first place tie. In the
first game of the Sunday dou
ble bill, Tacoma downed Spo
kane 6-3. Spokane came back
for a 4-3 triumph in the night
cap. Wenatchce and Vancouver
were idle yesterday after di
viding a Saturday doublchcad
er. Both games ended 4-3.
Timely home runs brought In
the winning runs in both games.
MAJOR IIACUI LCAOCRS
1 Tba Aapociatt. Praaa
NATIONAL LSACUC
mrTISfi - Jui. . a. V'jrk. .150;
Sla icti'.r. St. lmli.
KINS - Lavaiiitt'i anl Camllll, Br'k
Ijn. I'.
HUM V. flrv-i - ramilll, Brckl-n. and
Oil. V-- V..ra 7.
rill HIM; I'aj.v. Prortklvn. 10;
VTarnka and Nah.m, at. tVi'ila 3-0.
Elks the Klamath nine was able
to get safe blows when they
meant runs. Only four runners
were left stranded. In several
Instances the Pelican batsmen
sent sizzling liners to center
AM9RICAN LSAOUt
M TTiNt; Iravti, WarMtitiin. .1:2;
Cronln. Iliitrtii. .111.
BL'S.1 IliMajlto. Stir Vork SI; 111-Maa-an.
and Fnxi, (J'..t'jii M.
HOMK Rt-t .lolma'.n. Phtta.lphla.
Onr.l'.n. N.w Vork. and Vnrk. Ii.trmt. .
I'llt'ltlM; - llatdrr. Cleveland, and
.Tolm.im. Itn.ton Stl.
hits as the Senators scored a 3-1
victory. Washington Jumped on
Lester McCrabb for five of their
eight hits and four runs In the
NATIONAL LSAOUS
r. n. i
SI. Ton!- 1.1 (1
Pitl.tMirph 17 0
Mam.k't and Manm.n; Ueintielman,
Lanaliali, DI.U an.l I
CtnetaasM -. - IS
l tnd McCullotifh, Oirpa: FtaraeB,
Turn.r, Mrtura. and lmhaidt, Wait.
(Onl samr acltadiil.d).
AMIAICAN LSAOUt
K. M. E.
. 4 10
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NATtOIfAL LEAGUE
Team W. L.
Brooklyn 20
St. Louis 17
New York 12
Cincinnati 10
Boston ...10
Chicago
Pittsburgh . 8
PhiladelDhla 7
AMEMCAM LEAGUE
Team W. L.
Cleveland . 18
Boston . ...12
Chicago 12
New York 14
Detroit 11
Washington .. 10
Philadelphia
St. Louis 7
STUDINT IREAKS LIS
IN UO fUSHIALL
EUGENE, Ore.. May 12 (UP)
George Olson, Portland sopho
more, broke a leg In a freshman-sophomore
pushball eon.
test Saturday at the University
of Oregon. His mother, Mrs.
Alfred Olson, was among spectators.
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