anaheim-gazette 1946-03-14

Thursday, March 14, 1940 Browns, After Five Defeats, Feel Coast League Jinx is "Worrysome" It looked for a time Tuesday as if Coach Fred Hofmann, who led a squad of St. Louis Browns hopefuls for another joust against the Angels from Los Angeles at Fullerton, might be about to crack the jinx the Pacific Coast leaguers have been holding over Anaheim's pride and joy. Yeh, it looked that way for awhile—then, wham! Beginning with last Thursday's game against Seattle's Suds, Seals or Raniers—take your choice of names, and none is included in what is most-used to describe them, around the St. Louis dug-out—the Browns have run up a string of five losers to Seattle, Hollywood and Los Angeles. That's almost enough for a necklace. Seattle and the Stars of Hollywood grabbed off a pair each. The Suds knocked off the boys from the Mound City on the Mississippi at La Palma park Thursday, 9 to 2, allowing the "home team" but five hits, while gathering 11 safeties for themselves. Inning against the Angels, but eventually lost the ball game, 14-9. The first man up, Leonard Schulte, playing shortstop, singled and went to second as George Archie, third base, walked. Both advanced as Catcher Hank Helf grounded to short, and they scored on a sharp single to left by Clarence Iott, who pitched the first three innings. The Angels went out in front, with five runs in the bottom frame of the third on three hits, including a double to left by Clifford, third base, aided and abetted by three consecutive bases on balls, one of which walked in Mallory, Angels' second out—the Browns have run up a string of five losers to Seattle, Hollywood and Los Angeles. That's almost enough for a necklace. Seattle and the Stars of Hollywood grabbed off a pair each. The Suds knocked off the boys from the Mound City on the Mississippi at La Palma park Thursday, 9 to 2, allowing the "home team" but five hits, while gathering 11 safeties for themselves. Hollywood took a pair from the Sewellmen there over the weekend, winning Saturday 5-3 on 12 hits, to the Missourians' five. Sunday, the Stars came back with another barrage of an even dozen bingles to the Browns' six, and walked off on the long end of a score of 6 to 5. Both the first squad, led into San Fernando by Luke Sewell for another go at Seattle, and Hoffmann's invaders of Fullerton returned Tuesday night, rather sadly bruised and battered by a pair of defeats. Sewell dropped the Seattle contest, again getting only five runs, while the opposition was counting one more. Seattle was out-hit by the Browns, 12 to 10. Hofmann got his bunch off to a two-run lead in the second Both advanced as Catcher Hank Helf grounded to short, and they scored on a sharp single to left by Clarence Iott, who pitched the first three innings. The Angels went out in front, with five runs in the bottom frame of the third on three hits, including a double to left by Clifford, third base, aided and abetted by three consecutive bases on balls, one of which walked in Mallory, Angels' second baseman with a run, after he had singled to left to open the inning. The Browns came right back with seven runs in the fourth, and that looked like the ball game. An even dozen Brownies batted in that inning, garnering six hits, two bases on balls and one man, Schulte, hit by a pitch. Two of the Browns' hits in that chucker were home runs which cleared the fence in left field. One was a mighty wallop by Helf, who pulled a "Babe Ruth" by motioning his intention and then stepping to the plate and lifting one of Pitcher Sostre's offerings over the sign proclaiming the distance from the plate to be 370 feet. The bases were unoccupied at the time, Archie having gone dawn swinging ahead of Helf for Pitch that Ball! Anaheim Plant . . 2212 Patt and Comm WAREHOUSES...LOS ANGELES...SEATTLE...SAN ANAHEIM GAZETTE BASEBALL SECTION to the Games ... Contest Rules Included in This Section The first out. Barney Lutz, Brown Ciffelder, was camping on second by virtue of a double, when George Bradley, center fielder, walked on another of Sostre's specialty offerings for a 325-foot cricket-bagger, which cleared the tall nearer the foul line than Helf's. It was the sixth of the Brown's runs in that inning, Ortez, play second, having been walked after Helf hit, going to third on a liner into center by Gene Moore, hitting for Iott, and scoring on a single by Al White, which sent Frank Biscan, running for Moore, to third, after he had stolen second. Biscan scored when Kimmett, who had relieved in the box for Los Angeles in that inning, threw high to the plate, attempting to cut off Biscan's steal of home. White went to second on the play and scored when Lutz, who followed him at bat, larroped his two-bagger into centerfield. John Lucadello, "doubling in brass" at first, scored the seventh run of the inning and the Browns' last of the game, by virtue of a walk, advancing to second when Schulte, who followed him, was hit by a pitch, and being sacrificed home by Helf, with a long fly to right. Los Angeles also enjoyed two homers, one over left field wall by Donovan, third baseman, in the seventh, with nobody on, and another, by First Baseman Clifford in the eighth, with the bases loaded. Brownie Sidelights Yesterday's game here with the White Sox was washed entirely off the Browns' schedule, by a light rain, beginning in mid-morning, which made the field Yep! Whipple Right at Home In Right, Here Whipple, who set the picture afire at La Palma Thursday, when the Seas were walloping the Browns their exhibition tiff, seen at home on the Anaheim And home he was, for is remembered as a man the Anaheim Aces in the cific States League, back "Whip" "went up" San Diego entry in the League at the close of season, when the Anaheim was transferred to San where where it remains the league disbanded for ration in mid-season the ing year. Whipple went to Seattle San Diego, and returned season from service in the forces. Madrid made that sci-fi stop. JOE MCCARTHY BEGAN HIS MAJOR LEAGUE CAREER WITH THE CHICAGO CUBS, BUT IN HIS FIRST TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO LEAD A TEAM AGAINST THEM HE BEAT THEM IN 8 STRAIGHT WORLD SERIES GAMES! OLD AMOS ALONZO STAGG CHICAGO HEAD COACH FOR 41 YEARS WAS FORCED TO RE-TREAT AT 70-BUT WHEN HE WAS 76 HE CAME EAST WITH HIS COLLEGE OF THE PACIFIC TEAM AND BEAT CHICAGO 32-0! Brownie Sidelights Yesterday's game here with the White Sox was washed entirely off the Browns' schedule, by a light rain, beginning in mid-morning, which made the field too wet for use. The Angels will flutter in from Fullerton this afternoon, to give the Brownies another shot at their harps and halos, if they're not grounded by the weather. Johnny Lucadello (Nickadelli, in some box scores) should see the sheriff about what Madrid did with Jack's hot shot at short Tuesday. On twice via free passes, but hitless in his first two chances, our Jawn was tryin' hard for that last one. Success seemed perched atop it until Heffron Ball G Here March 26 Continued from Page who heads a committee in Other members of the tee, which is county-wide—in sco Going ..."got a date with the Browns! No kiddin', boys—come up and join me in a glass ORANGE JUICE —"you b the Patt and Commercial Streets SEATTLE...SAN FRANCISCO Revised Schedule Of Remaining St. Louis Browns' Exhibition Games LUKE SEWELLS March Opponents At 14 Thursday, Cubs, Los Angeles... 15 Friday, Cubs, Los Angeles... 16 Saturday, Pirates, Hollywood... 17 Sunday, Pirates, Hollywood... 18 Monday ...open date 19 Tuesday, Pirates, Los Angeles... 20 Wed., White Sox, Anaheim... 21 Thursday ...open date 22 Friday, Cubs, Los Angeles... 23 Saturday, Cubs, Los Angeles... 24 Sunday, Cubs, Los Angeles... 25 Menday, Cubs, Anaheim... 26 Tues., Hollywood, Hollywood.. 27 Wed., Los Angeles, Los Angeles ZACK TAYLORS Opponents At Los Angeles...Anaheim White Sox...Pasadena Pirates...Anaheim Los Angeles...Anaheim Open date Cubs...Anaheim San Diego...San Diego San Diego...San Diego Hollywood Undecided Hollywood Undecided Open date Open date Cubs...Anaheim all of whom are identified with organizations and affairs in which Jimmie was active: William Wallop, Anaheim Fusileers; Al DeWitt, Elks; Eddie West, sports editor, Santa Ana Register; E. W. Moeller, chamber suspended." Expectations are that attendance will surpass anything yet seen at an athletic event in this district. NO WINNERS League at the close of that season, when the Anaheim franchise was transferred to San Jose, where where it remained until the league disbanded for the duration in mid-season the following year. Whipple went to Seattle from San Diego, and returned late last season from service in the armed forces. Madrid made that scintillating stop. Bob Doyle might be best described as a plenty big right-hander who had everything but control at Fullerton Tuesday. His hard one usually was too high, and his change of pace, while impressive at times, found him having trouble finding the plate. Heffron Ball Game Here March 26 Continued from Page 1 Who heads a committee in charge. Other members of the committee, which is county-wide—almost nation-wide—in scope, and all of whom are identified with organizations and affairs in which Jimmie was active: William Wallop, Anaheim Fusileers; Al DeWitt, Elks; Eddie West, sports editor, Santa Ana Register; E. W. Moeller, chamber of commerce; K. B. Rigby, American Legion; Vic Ruedy, superintendent, La Palma park; Everett Cone, chamber of commerce. Bill Sweeney, manager, Los Angeles Angels; Bill Mulligan, business manager, Seattle Seals; Charles DeWitt, traveling secretary, St. Louis Browns; Maj. Charles Schmitt, St. Catherine Military school; Terry Stephenson, editor, Anaheim Bulletin; Warren Bradford, Placentia, and Vern Wilkinson, Fullerton. Tickets will go on sale, at a dollar a head, immediately and needless to say—the "pass list is suspended." Expectations are that attendance will surpass anything yet seen at an athletic event in this district. NO WINNERS LAST WEEK There were no winners in last week's St. Louis Browns contest, sponsored by this newspapers. The contest editor "stumped the experts." Consequently, the award is being doubled this week. Two tickets, instead of one, good for next Saturday's or Sunday's game, will be awarded to the first three contestants who bring, phone or mail winning solutions to the Gazette office, 259 East Center street, telephone Anaheim 2206. t a date Browns! d join me in a glass of golden ORANGE JUICE —"you bring the squeezer" Frank Belmont's GRANADA PACKING HOUSE 126 North Atchison — Anaheim