anaheim-gazette 1950-05-23

Doby Leads AL Batters CHICAGO (AP) — Cleveland's Larry Doby, slamming six hits in six times at bat in a four game spree, soared into the American League hitting lead with .415. In averages through Sunday's games, Doby was four points ahead of Philadelphia's Paul Lehner who had .411. Doby was not among the leaders a week ago. He replaced Walter Dropo of Boston on top as the Red Sox rookie dived to .346 and ninth. Rounding out the top 10 were Sam Mele, Washington, .284; Phila Rizzuto, New York, .368; Tommy Henrich, New York, .364; Johnny Pesky, Boston, .359; Bill Johnson, New York, .357; George Tebbets, Boston, .349, and Ed Stewart, Washington, .342. Boston continued to dominate the specialized bracket with Dom DiMaggio having the most runs, 31; Ted Williams the most runs batted in, 36 and the most homers, 11; and Vern Stephens the most hits, 41. Vic Wertz of Detroit and Rizzuto shared the doubles lead with 10 while Henrich led in triples with five. Philadelphia's Bob Dillinger was ahead in stolen bases with four. Allie Reynolds of New York topped the pitching records with 4-1 and also was the strikeout leader with 36. IN THERE—Presbyterian pitcher Fred Paulus skids home in a catcher Mahoney waves goodbye in the finale of last night's Churiers won the affair 17-4. Grand Circuit Commences at Philadelphia's Bob Dillinger was ahead in stolen bases with four. Allie Reynolds of New York topped the pitching records with 4-1 and also was the strikeout leader with 36. Grand Circuit Commences at Santa Anita ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — The Grand Circuit season opens here today for a four week stand, as part of the Western Harness Racing Association’s program. The Grand Circuit will offer $215,000 in purses, with the $50,-000 Golden West trot topping things off June 10, closing day. The Western Harness moguls say betting is up 4.2 per cent over last year for the first four weeks of the meet. Attendance, which has averaged 6668 daily, is down. The great Australian horse, Carbine, flatly refused to go out in the rain and his trainer was forced to devise a small umbrella which could be attached to his bridle. Workmates had to be sent in relays with Gallant Fox to make the great horse extend himself in trials. POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT 400% Increase in budget of Office of County Supt. of Schools in 5 years presents 400 reasons for making a change Grace Lutherans, Presbyterian Notch Wins in League Opener INDIANAPOLIS (AP)—An increase of more than $10,000 in accessory awards and special cash prizes for the 500 mile Memorial Day race was announced today by the Indianapolis motor speedway. Awards by accessory manufacturers will total $38,800, compared to $28,550 last year. Part of the increase is a $5000 contribution by the Cummins Engine Co., Columbus, Ind., for cooperation of speedway and racing fraternity in the firm's diesel racer experiment. The total at stake in the race and qualifications is $157,000, not including a bonus pledged by the speedway if gate receipts justify. This sum includes $10,000 in qualifying prizes, $13,200 added to the prize fund from entry fees and the speedway's guaranteed $75,000 purse. Some awards are contingent upon cars using donor's products. Last year $6000 was unclaimed. History Reversed OCEAN PARK, Calif. (AP)—History reversed itself last night. O. Wellington Bitney met his Waterloo at the hands of Napoleon Howard. Napoleon, 163, Los Angeles, rendered Wellington, 165, Omaha, Neb., hors de combat in the fourth round of a scheduled 10-rounder. Beach Car Looters Get Stiff Sentences Six students from East Los Angeles will probably miss commencement exercises this year as City Judge C. C. Cravath, Laguna Beach, gave them the maxi- 400% Increase in budget of Office of County Supt. of Schools in 5 years presents 400 reasons for making a change VOTE FOR John H. McCoy Candidate for County Supt. cf Schools "In School Work 20 Years" Beach Car Looters Get Stiff Sentences Six students from East Los Angeles will probably miss commencement exercises this year as City Judge C. C. Cravath, Laguna Beach, gave them the maximum sentence of 100 days each in the county jail yesterday for alleged looting of parked automobiles along the beach. Severity of sentence was in line with the court's announced campaign to stamp out looting which has been getting out of hand at the beach city, officers stated. Four of the youths are 18 and two are 19. They are all boys. Enjoy Old Sunny Brook BRAND the whiskey that's cheerful as its name KENTUCKY WHISKEY - A BLEND 93 PROOF 65% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS McKESSON & ROBBINS, INC. — EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTORS Philadelphia, .314; Tom Glavian, St. Louis, and Willie Jones, Philadelphia, 313. Defending titleholder Rally Kiner of Pittsburgh, Jones and S Gordon of Boston are tied for the home run lead, with eight each Jones has scored the most runs 27, while teammate Del Ennis No. 1 man in runs batted in win 27. Brooklyn's Pee Wee Reese h pilfered the most bases, five. Kelly; Cookus Nominated for 20-30 President Nominations of next year's officers highlighted the 20-30 Club meeting at Mother's Kitchen last night. Wilton Collier presided over the session. Program chairman was Burl Gist. Nominations were: President Dick Kelly and Rod Cookus; first vice-president, Jack Paulus, W bur Herman and Rod Cookus second vice-president, Paul Bru and Joe Sanders; sargeant-a arms, Lynn Brown and Ralph Spencer. First thing on tap for the 20-30 Club members next week is the Monday night Spade Cooley show scheduled for the high school auditorium. Regular weekly meeting will take place on Wednesday instead of Monday at the Kwikset plant instead of Mother's Kitchen. Election of officers is the main business. Also planned is a tour of the plant. The 20-30 picnic at La Palm Park last Sunday drew about 15 people from the southern California area. In attendance were representatives from Anaheim Santa Ana, Orange, Fullerton, Golden Grove, Montebello and Los Angeles. SPORTS CLUBHOUSE TURN—Bill Geiger, Grace Lutheran first baseman rounds the initial sack on his way to second as Church of Christ first sacker Dickard looks to see which way the ball went. Lutherans handed their opponents a 4-0 setback in the first half of last night's Church League doubleheader. Gazette Photo by Bradley Big Ten Meet to Honor Track All-Stars of Half Century CHICAGO (AP)—The 50th Big Ten outdoor track meet at Evanson, Ill., this week will be spiced by a salute to a half-century all-star squad. To signalize the 50-year milestone in conference track competition, a 13-man squad of all-time greats was selected today by league track coaches and commission K. L. (Tug) Wilson. Heading the list is Jesse Owens, jet-propelled destroyer of records for Ohio State in the mid-thirties. Owens was named the world's track athlete of the half century. (Carl Ockert, Marce Gonzalez, Robert Rehberg and Herb McLeay). Owens still owns three Olympic records, two world standards, American records, one American college mark, one national college record and five Big Ten majors. His broad jump of 26 feet, inches in the 1935 Big Ten is one of track's most outstanding feats. His 20.3 for the 220 dash 20.7 for the 1936 Olympic meter still stand alone in the Presbyterians League Openers Grace Lutheran and Presbyterian horsehiders emergedrous last night as Church League softball gotaway for the 1950 season with a double header at City Grace Lutheran blanked Church of Christ 4-0 in the opener and the Presbyterians crushed Calvary Bap-7-4 in the evening's finale. Church League champions for three years running, the Grace Lutherans indicate their intention to make it four as they set their opponents down last night. Pitchers Rev. Stief and Art Altheide limited the Church of Christ batters to a measely two hits while teammates hit moundsmen Lloyd Lichtenwalter and Jerry Dickenson seven times. Big man with the bat for the winners was Fred Liebi whose two for three consisted of a double and a triple. The three-ply clout in the fifth sent mates Art Altheide, Bill Geiger and Del Martens home safe and sound. Martens Gets Two Del Martens also got credit for two last night. And pitcher Altheide up and smacked a three-bagger in the sixth to disprove a lot of theories about pitchers and batting. Dickenson hogged all the hitting honors for Church of Christ as he pounded out singles in the third and fifth frames. The Presbyterian horsehiders scored against Calvary Baptist in every inning. Officials started calling the game along about the fourth inning, what with the mist and all, but the game losers stuck to their guns through the sixth. And it paid off with a counter in the final inning. Goes Route Little Fred Paulus pitched the entire session for the victors, giving up only four hits. "Pastor Bob" Kevorkian started for the Baptists but was yanked in the fourth in favor of D. Porter. "Pastor Bob" yielded a total of four hits and six walks before he hit the skids. The fifth was the big one for ten outdoor track meet at Evanson, Ill., this week will be spiced by a salute to a half-century all-star squad. To signalize the 50-year milestone in conference track competition, a 13-man squad of all-time greats was selected today by league track coaches and commission K. L. (Tug) Wilson. Heading the list is Jesse Owens, jet-propelled destroyer of records for Ohio State in the mid-thirties. Owens was named the world's track athlete of the half century in an Associated Press poll. Besides Owen, unanimously named as the Big Ten's top half-century athlete and awarded the 100 and 220 yard dash, 220 yard low hurdles and broad jump berths., the all-star team includes: 440 yard dash—Herb McKenley, Illinois; 880 yard run—Campbell Kane, Indiana; mile run—Don Gehrmann, Wisconsin; two mile run—Don Lash, Indiana; shot put—Charles Fonvelie, Michigan; discus—Fortune Gordien, Minnesota; high jump—Dave Albritton, Ohio State; pole vault—Tom Warne, Northwestern; 120 yard high hurdles—Bill Porter, Northwestern; one mile relay—Illinois, 1946 UC Pitcher Signed BERKELEY (AP)—Bill Gear, junior pitcher for the University of California, has been signed by the Cincinnati Reds farm system. Gear's contract is with Columbia in the South Atlantic League, but he will be optioned to Ogden of the Pioneer League, to report at the end of the school term. MARINE HURT IN CRASH William R. Harwood, 19, El Toro Marine, received minor injuries at 12:40 a.m. today when a car in which he was riding with a fellow Marine, Dillard S. Suter, 20, struck a pole at the Highway 101 and Manchester ave. "Y" south of Anaheim. California Highway Patrolmen said that Suter drove off the highway in trying a get around a car of a girl motorist who drove out from the South Seas parking lot. BASEBALL STANDINGS Pacific Coast League W L Pet GBL San Diego ... 35 20 .636 — Hollywood ... 31 22 .585 3 Oakland ... 27 24 .529 6 Los Angeles ... 29 27 .518 6½ San Francisco ... 27 27 .500 7½ Portland ... 26 26 .500 7½ Seattle ... 19 33 .365 14½ Goes Route Little Fred Paulus pitched the entire session for the victors, giving up only four hits. "Pastor Bob" Kevorkian started for the Baptists but was yanked in the fourth in favor of D. Porter. "Pastor Bob" yielded a total of four hits and six walks before he hit the skids. The fifth was the big one for the Presbyterians. They racked up five runs as everybody on the batting order got in the act. Big bad man, as far as the Baptists were concerned, was Ken Mitchell who bashed one out of the park with buddies Ross and Steve Holden sitting on the sacks. All in all, the Presbyterians banged out three homers during the evening. The other two were committed by Holden, once with the bags bare and the other time with Don Chamberlain in scoring position. Holden and Fred Paulus each picked up three hits in five trips to the plate. Scores by innings: RHE Grace Lutheran 000 031—4 7 1 Church of Christ 000 000—0 2 2 Presbyterian 221 543—17 10 5 Calvary Baptist 200 101—4 4 7 Lasswell Declared Full-Fledged Rider NEW YORK (F) — Belmont's leading rider, 18-year-old Glen Lasswell, is a full-fledged jockey today. The San Ysidro, Calif., youngster ends his year of apprenticeship and, beginning with his next mount, loses the five pounds allowance given beginners. He's under contract to Maine Chance Farm. Golf Association Slates Field Day This Thursday Field Day, the climax to the Anaheim Golf Association's 12th annual Tournament, takes place this Thursday, May 25, at the Meadow Lark Country Club. First flight in the golf extravaganza is slated for 12 noon, association secretary Dick Gay said today. Various tournament winners get their rewards Thursday evening at a 6:30 golf banquet which features steaks and a program designed especially for hikersmen. Reservations for the affair are available now through Gay at one Bank or America. Deadline is tomorrow, Wednesday, at noon. Finalists in the tournament are John Ganahl and Kenny Dougan, winners of flights two and four. In semi-final rounds, Ganahl beat tight one winner Joe Scholz, and Dougan topped flight three winner Bob Marvin. The two plan to dispute the tourney crown prior to the Field Day. Winner of the championship bout will be handed the President's Cup Thursday night. Awards apteny are in store at the evening banquet. In addition to the President's Cup for the champ, the flight winners, Scholz, Ganahl, Marvin and Dougan, will receive trophies for their prowess. Next come presentations for the second best in each flight. These include Abe Cone, Harry Pearson, Al Ruitcei and E. L. Roseberry. The Troutman-Schoiz perpetual trophy will be awarded to the golfer who turns in the best score less handicap for the day. It is year will mark the fourth that the Worsham, Byrd, Hines Gain PGA Berths NEW YORK (UP)—Lew Worsham, Sam Byrd and the veteran Jimmy Hines are among the well-known tournament golfers assured berths in the annual PGA championship at Columbus next month. They qualified in scattered regional trials yesterday, the first of 30 scheduled during the next week around the country. The tournament will be played June 21-27. Worsham, the big Pittsburgh larruper who won the national open in 1947, set a course record at the Butler (Pa.) country club with a five-under-par 64. He went 12 strokes above that on his second tour but his 140 total was enough. Hines qualified at Chicago with 136. He shared the score with Dale Anderson also of Chicago, and Frank Commiso of Rochester, N.J., who led qualifying in his home town. Vince DiMaggio led the National League in striking out in six of the nine seasons from 1937-45. Hill Prince Set for Belmont Go NEW YORK (UP)—The next outfit for Hill Prince, the Preakness owner and three-time conqueror Middleground, probably will be Mont's $50,000 Suburban handicap on Memorial Day. S. Howard’s Noor received Suburban weight of 126 pounds is not expected to leave the coast. Hill Prince drew 113. Trainer J. H. (Casey) Hayes of Hill Prince, being pointed at the Belmont stakes June 10,initely will be sent out May he doesn’t go in the fast Suban, in which he’d meet older ones, he will be entered in the key stakes for three-year-olds Garden State. Both races are over a mile and quarter. The Troutman-Scholz perpetual trophy will be awarded to the golfer who turns in the best score less handicap for the day. It is year will mark the fourth that the trophy has been up for competition. Previous winners are Frank Leonard, Allen Hughes and Newell Christiansen. To top things off, prizes will be given to a number of Thursday golfers for everything from low score to high score and back again. Donated by Anaheim merchants, these prizes will include balls, golf gloves and other assorted links equipment. Officers of the Anaheim Golf Association include George Miller, president, Dick Gay, secretary-treasurer and Al Riutcel, W. N. Miller, Vincent Borden, Bob Rossburg and Harry Pearson, board of directors. Joe Scholz chairmans the tournament committee this year. He is assisted by Rock Conklin and Frank Leonard. Les Moon serves as handicapper. Ted Williams has led the American League in gaining bases on balls every year since 1941, except the 1943-44-45 seasons when he was in military service. Hirsch Jacobs always took up the board floor in Stymie’s stall so the famed horse could dig his feet in the earth. “There are only two forces that can carry light to all corners of the globe---the sun in the heavens and The Associated Press down here.” Mark Twain For news from all over the globe...accurately...quickly...read ANAHEIM GAZETTE A Member of The Associated Press