anaheim-gazette 1950-08-02

Vic Wertz Bats Tigers To American League Lead By JOE REICHLER Associated Press Sports Writer The sensational stickwork of Vic Wertz is keeping the Detroit Tigers on top in the pulse-pounding American League pennant race. If Wertz hadn't picked this week to go on a 764 batting tear, the Tigers might be deep down in third place today instead of leading the field by one full game. His big bat has personally accounted for four Detroit triumphs in the Tigers' current home stand. Tommy Byrne, an old Tiger tamer, found the feat impossible last night. As a result the southpaw lost his first game of the season to the Tigers, who went on to chip the New York Yankees, 7-3, in the first of an all-important three-game series. Wertz hammered two home runs and a single and drew a walk in four times at bat, to drive in three runs. The pair of four-baggers gave the 200-pound outfielder seven homers in five consecutive games. That tied a record set by Babe Ruth in 1921 and equalled by Jim Bottomley of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1929. Cleveland's third place Indians shot to within a game of second when they defeated Washington, 8-2. Jim Hegan paced the tribe's 11-hit attack with a double, triple and home run. He battered in four runs. The fourth place Boston Red Sox continued their domination over the St. Louis Browns with a Yanks Sweep Track Session In Sweden LJUSDAL, Sweden (A)—American track and field athletes swept all eight events in competition with Sweden before some 3000 spectators last night. The United States runners bettered all track records except that for the 3000 meters, still held by Gunder Haegg with a clocking of 8:32.4. Curtis Stone's time last night was 8:40.0, fast enough to give the Penn State representative an easy triumph. Fortune Gordien, Olympic club of San Francisco, and big Jim Fuchs of Yale turned in two of the top performances. Gordien won the discus throw at 176 feet, 11¼ inches, beating Fuchs's 162 feet, 5¼ inches and Cleveland's third place Indians shot to within a game of second when they defeated Washington, 8-2. Jim Hegan paced the tribe's 11-hit attack with a double, triple and home run. He battered in four runs. The fourth place Boston Red Sox continued their domination over the St. Louis Browns, with a 7-3 victory. Mel Parnell went the route for his eighth triumph. Walt Dropdragged three hits for the victors, drove in two runs and took over the league's RBI lead with 101. Billy Pierce pitched the Chicago White Sox to an easy 8-1 win over Philadelphia. Chico Carrasquiel, rookie White Sox shortstop extended his consecutive hitting streak through 20 games with a single and triple. The National League race tightened when Brooklyn swept two games from Pittsburgh, 21-12 and 8-1 to close within three and a half games of the pace setting Philadelphia. Phils The Phillies split a pair with Cincinnati, winning the opener, 9-4, and losing the second, 4-1. The Cardinals regained second place, three games off the pace thrashing the Boston Braves, 8-1. The defeat drapped The Braves into fourth place, one percentage point behind the Dodgers. Becky Smithander Clayd Boyer spaced six hits for his fourth Cardinal triumph. Boston's Earl Torgesson's consecutive hitting streak was snapped at 22 games. Del Ennis smashed his fifth homer in six games and drove in two more tallies with a single to pace the Phils to their first game triumphes, as rookie Bob Miller notched his 10th win. Ewell Blackwell gave the Reds an even break with a four-hitter in the nightcap. JUVENILES PERFORM UNDER LIGHTS TONIGHT Juvenile League softballers highlight the City Park card tonight. Cotlers' vs. Lake's in a 7 ppm. B league squabble. Ehlers' vs. Hall's at 8:30 in an A League session. ESCROWS FASTER SERVICE Stephen & Stephen The United States runners bettered all track records except that for the 3000 meters, still held by Gunder Haegg with a clocking of 8:32.4. Curtis Stone's time last night was 6:40.0, fast enough to give the Penn State representative an easy triumph. Fortune Gordien, Olympic club of San Francisco, and big Jim Fuchs of Yale turned in two of the top performances. Gordien won the discus throw at 176 feet, 11¼ inches, beating Fuchs's 162 feet, 5¼ inches and the 143 feet, ¼ inch effort of Sam Felton, New York Athletic club. Fuchs reversed the order in his favorite event, the shotput, which he captured with a heave of 56 feet, 10½ inches compared to Gordien's 51 feet, 4½ inches. Felton took the hammer throw at 178 feet, 10 inches. Dick Attlesey, Southern California, accounted for the 110 meter hurdles in 14.2. Lloyd La Beach, Panama, was victorious in the 100 meter dash, speeding home in 10.4 to beat Attlesey's 11.1. Herb McKenley, Jamaica, took the 200 meters in 21.5. La Beach and George Rhoden, Morgan State, followed in 21.6. JUVENILES PERFORM UNDER LIGHTS TONIGHT Juvenile League softballers highlight the City Park card tonight. Cotlers' vs. Lake's in a 7 ppm. B league squabble. Ehlers' vs. Hall's at 8:30 in an A League session. ANAHEIM JUNIORS DOWN COSTA MESA Roy Merk's Anaheim Juniors Juvenile League Results SOFTBALL A League Gazette ... 400 115 0—11 8 Ehlers ... 000 004 2—6 5 Beach and Weaver; Sanchez and Gonzales. B League Hatfield ... 303 518 3—23 15 Wallace ... 421 114 2—15 7 Merhob, Hatfield and Henry; Harrow and Lillywhite. C League Taylor ... 010 521—9 8 VFW ... 200 230—7 6 Bushman, Helden and Pannier; Baker, Wicker and Cochrane. FOOTBALL A League Fosters Freeze 8, Optimist 6. B League Cotters 6, Lakes Mens Store 0. Juvenile League Schedule Thursday SOFTBALL A League 1:00—Fosters vs Ehlers. B League 1:00—Lakes vs Williams. C League 10:00—20-30 vs VFW. FOOTBALL A League 10:15—Optimist vs Gazette. B League 9:30—Wallace vs Williams. C League 11:15—KIwanis vs Kaulbars. ANAHEIM JUNIORS DOWN COSTA MESA Roy Merk's Anaheim Juniors NUMBER ONE—Whatever three runs in a third catcher is Pat Patin. Peps Confirm Winning Way The Peps continued ning ways last night as t a 52-38 Open Basketball a scrappy Ritz Cleaner Hugh Faulkner an Omalea paced the Pep a 18 and 16 points resp Ed Heinrich was hit losers with 14. The Fullerton 46ers d La Ponda Dons 34-29 in nings' session. The loss ber three for the Don point in the campai squad in the league e undefeated Peps owns feats. High 46er was Bo who tallied 15 from l position. Dons (29) F Kraill Hart, 2 F Kraill Bene, 2 U Yarengen, 11 G Blah Lung, 6 G Wa Subs: Dons—Goings (2) Flamagan (3); 46ers—Schroffer Davis. Peps (52) Ritz Omaley, 16 F Heil Price, 4 F Lope Faulkner, 18 C Heron Don Ames, 10 G Gon Liebhart, 2 G Strl Subs: Peps—Pannier (2), (0); Ritz—Hamilton. ESCROWS FASTER SERVICE Stephen & Stephen 108 W. Broadway - Alhambra (Opposite Post Office) PHONE 6893 PAINT NOW! FREE ESTIMATES Living Rooms Dining Rooms Bedrooms Bathrooms Kitchens PHONE NOW! WE FURNISH EVERYTHING COMPLETE Prices Start At $8.00 Ph. 6475 or 5206 Intermediate Net Tourney Climaxes Peggy Kohlenberger topped the field in the recently concluded singles tournament at the high school, tennis mentor Bill Cook announced today. Runner up in the net event was Gloria Taylor. Peggy downed Mary Carter, Sally Taylor, Linda Lutz, Richard Jimenez and Gloria Taylor to annex the championship. Gloria took the measure of Mike Jarvis, Pat Schneider and Rosalie Flynn to nab the second slot. A total of 23 entered the fray. They included, in addition to the above: Roxie Fischle, Andrew Essen, Joan Stabbert, Janet Ferguson, Barbara Bertcher, John Kohlenberger, Don Kohlenberger, Bonnie Van Selden, Bette Van Selden, Anne Allen, Larry Allen, Mary Carter, Edward Ricke, Jan Critchfeld, Bill Sykes, Carol Fitz, Marion Taylor, Sandra Sangster, Lee Jones and Don Lee. Gazette SPORTS Page 2 Anaheim Gazette, Wednesday, August 2, 1950 Oaks' Stops Ports By The Assoc Oakland's trit ahead of the Coast not just a matter Acorns boast plee too. Clyde (ol) bear the venerable left again last night a 14th win—a tidy c against Portland. Shoun, who has cooled off the Bee won eight straight five and the Beav until Ed Barr hit a hit homer in the s time the Oaks ha runs. The victory kept games ahead of He shutout Seattle, 4defeated Sacramento San Diego edged 8-7. San Francisco' its bid for the t Diego holds. The starter Hal Saltz runs in three innin going into the sev Then a walk, tw errors chased Cli gave the Padres f scored twice again the Seals' three-r NUMBER ONE—White Temple left fielder Denny Dickenson trots across the plate with the first of three runs in a third inning splurge. Dickenson was propelled by Dennis Ryan's hit. St. Boniface catcher is Pat Patin. Ump is Jerry Schmitz. White Temple won the eight-inning thriller 7-6. Gazette Photo by Gregory Peps Continue Winning Ways The Peps continued their winning ways last night as they posted a 52-38 Open Basketball win over a scrapy Ritz Cleaner squad. Hugh Faulkner and Alex Omalev paced the Pep attack with 18 and 16 points respectively. Ed Heinrich was high for the losers with 14. The Fullerton 46ers downed the La Fonda Dons 34-29 in the evening's session. The loss was number three for the Dons. At this point in the campaign, every squad in the league except the undefeated Peps owns three defeats. High 46er was Bob Yardley who tallied 15 from his center position. Dons (29) 46ers (34) Billot, 3 F Kraemer D., 2 Hart, 2 F Kraemer G., 0 Bene, 2 C Yardley, 15 Engen, 11 G Blafr, 8 Luns, 6 G Ward, 9 Subs: Dons—Goings (2), Mitchell, Flamagan (3); 46ers—Schroeder, Lamher, Davis. Peps (52) Ritz (38) Omaley, 16 F Heinrich, 14 Price, 4 F Lopez, 13 Faulkner, 18 C Berg, 6 Don Ames, 10 Gongales, 2 Liebhart, 2 G Stringer, 3 Subs: Peps—Pannier (2), Bill Ames (0); Ritz—Hamilton. BASEBALL STANDINGS Pacific Coast League W L Pet GBL Oakland 78 49 .614 — Hollywood 70 58 .417 8% San Diego 67 61 .523 11% San Franciscoco 64 63 .504 14 Seattle 64 64 .500 14% Portland 61 63 .492 15% Los Angeles 47 70 .449 21 Sacramento 48 81 .372 21 Last Night's Games Temple Edges St. Boniface In 7-6 Overtime Fray White Temple pitcher Don Hein won the biggest part of his own ball game last night as he clouted four for four and singled in the winning run to edge a fighting St. Boniface squad in an eight inning fray 7-6 in the City Park diamond. Temple left fielder was also long on the stickwork, bashing three doubles in four trips to the plate. The Templers jumped into an early lead as they pitched three runs in the first inning via an error, a walk, singles by Hein and Leo Oden and a double by Dickenson. They made the score 6-0 in the third frame as St. Boniface pitcher Fran Patin allowed three walks and Hein and Dickenson again contributed a single and double respectively. At that point, Al Bushman replaced Patin on the slab. St. Boniface woke up in the bottom of the third and tallied three on a single by Ray Heinz, an error and a triple by Leo Waldman and a single by Pat Patin. Heinz and Bob Stebley singled in the fourth to add one more counter. In the fifth, the Bonneys tied up the ball game with two more runs. The Templers scored the win-ner on Hein's eighth inning single but it almost didn't stick. St. Boniface catcher Pat Patin made his way to third in the latter half of the inning and lit out for home on a bobble at the hot corner but alert Temple shortstop Keith Herman collared the ball and picked Patin off at home. In the other game of the evening, Zion Lutheran blasted Evangelical 13-4. Three of the loser's four runs came in on a circuit smash by left fielder Ed Bakenhus. Evangelical— AD R H Herbelss 4 0 1 Nattlaff, 3b 4 0 1 Musch, 1b 4 0 0 Peter E., e 4 0 0 Rajston, rf 2 1 0 Neal, p 3 1 1 Hall, 2b 2 0 0 Winand, cf 3 1 1 Bakenhus, if 3 1 1 Totals— 29 4 5 Zion Lutheran— Schmidt, lb 3 2 1 Hening D., cf 4 1 1 Steinhbrink, cf 1 0 0 Jick M., 3b 4 0 0 Grimm H., c 4 1 1 Johnson, rf 4 1 2 Bielefeld A., lf 4 2 1 Trapp L., ss 3 3 1 Bielefeld E., p 4 1 1 Dick L., 2b 1 1 Hening G., 2b 1 1 Lenain-Lillywhite Lead Park Netters Karen Lenain and Jay Lilly-white lead the City Park mixed BASEBALL STANDINGS Pacific Coast League W L Pet GBL Oakland 78 49 .614 — Hollywood 70 58 .417 8½ San Diego 67 61 .523 11½ San Francisco 64 63 .504 14 Seattle 64 64 .500 14½ Portland 61 63 .492 15½ Los Angeles 47 70 .449 21 Sacramento 48 81 .372 21 Last Night's Games Hollywood 4, Seattle 0. Los Angeles 7, Sacramento 4. Oakland 5, Portland 2. San Diego 8, San Francisco 7. Games Today Sacramento at Los Angeles—Grove (11-13) vs Mallory (3-8). Hollywood at Seattle, (2)—Matlzberger (9-8) and Karpel (2-8) vs Wilson (17-6) and Brown (4-6). Oakland at Portland — Cassaway (6-5) vs Helser (11-8). San Diego at San Francisco—Zuverink (10-12) vs Fledman (11-7). American League W L Pet GBL Detroit 60 34 .638 — New York 60 36 .625 1 Cleveland 60 38 .612 2 Boston 55 43 .561 7 Washington 44 50 .468 16 Chicago 39 60 .394 23½ St. Louis 34 62 .354 27 Philadelphia 34 63 .351 27½ Games Today New York at Detroit — Reynolds (9-8) vs Gray (10-4). Washington at Cleveland, (night)—Marrero (5-6) vs Lemon (16-4). Boston at St. Louis, (night)—McDernott (6-2) vs Widmar (5-7) or Johnson (8-2). Philadelphia at Chicago — Scheib (2-6) or Wyse (5-9) vs Scarborough (8-12). National League W L Pet GBL Philadelphlg 59 40 .596 — St. Louis 54 41 .568 3 Brooklyn 62 40 .565 3½ Boston 53 41 .564 3½ New York 45 47 .489 10½ Chicago 41 61 .446 14½ Oneinnati 39 66 .411 18 Pittsburgh 34 61 .358 23 Games Today Chinonnati at Philadelphia, (night)—Fox (5-8) or Ramsdell (5-8) vs Church (4-1). St. Louis at Boston, (night)—Brazile (8:4) vs Sain (14-7). Pittsburgh at Brooklyn—MacDonald (0:4) vs Bosn (14-6). Chicago at New York, (2)—Dubiel (1:4) and Lade (5:5) vs Hearn (2:1) and Jansen (11:7). Lenain-Lillywhite Lead Park Netters Karen Lenain and Jay Lillywhite lead the City Park mixed doubles tournament with a record of five wins and no losses. Seven matches remain between them and the crown at this stage of the game. Tuesday Results Rita Flynn and Joe Neuman def. Jean Williams and Lee Risner 6-3; Terry Hunt and Johnny Kohlenberger def. Jimmy Dunton and Ronnie Swank 6-2; Jay Lillywhite and Joe Neuman def. David Evans and Don Jarman 6-0; Carol Swank and Lois Swint def. JoAnn Jarman and Linda Locke 6-1. Thursday Matches 1:00—Rita Flynn and Joe Neuman vs. Linda Locke and Don Jarman; Harlean Mayer and David Evans vs. Margaret Rodin and Johnny Leigh; Sherryl David and Jimmy Dunton vs. Jean Williams and Lee Risner. 2:00—Rita Flynn and Joe Neuman vs. Harlean Mayer and David Evans; Sherryl David and Jimmy Dunton vs. Carol and Ronnie Swank. 2:30—Rosalie Flynn and Johnny Kohlenberger vs. Anne Williams and Gary Schilling. 3:00—Rita Flynn and Jean Williams vs. Rosalie Flynn and Margaret Rodin; Harlean Mayer and Sandra McLaughlin vs. Linda Locke and JoAnn Jarman. 3:30—Carol and Ronnie Swank vs. Terry Hunt and Lois Swint. 4:00—Rosalie Flynn and Johnny Kohlenberger vs. Lois Swint; Terry Hunt; Linda Locke and Don Jarman vs. Anne Williams and Gary Schilling. Golfers Gather CHICAGO (A)—Golf's wildest money scramble, the $75,000 Tam O'Shanter extravaganza, begins its 10-day run tomorrow with a record entry of 400 men and women players. All the game's big shots, with the exception of Ben Hogan, are ready to start the annual stampede for the richest prize list the sport offers. Six defending champions are returning—Lloyd Mangrum, all-American pro winner; Johnny Palmer, "world" championship pro; Frank Stranahan, all-American amateur; Babe Zaharias, women's "world" pro; Grace Lenczyk, women's "world" amateur; and Louise Suggs, women's all-American open. MAILING LISTS Complete Coverage FULLERTON — ANAHEIM GARDEN GROVE Call Fullerton $715-K-3 or Gazette Box 151MC Oaks’ Shoun Stops Flying Ports 5-2 By The Associated Press Oakland’s triumphant surge ahead of the Coast League pack is not just a matter of power. The Acorns boast plenty of pitching, too. Clyde (old bear tracks) Shoun, the venerable lefty, proved that again last night as he posted his 14th win—a tidy eight-hit 5-2 job against Portland. Shoun, who has lost only three, cooled off the Beavers (who had won eight straight). He fanned five and the Beavers didn’t tally until Ed Barr hit a two-run pinch-hit homer in the seventh. By that time the Oaks had all their five runs. The victory kept the Oaks 8½ games ahead of Hollywood, which shutout Seattle, 4-0. Los Angeles defeated Sacramento, 7-4, and San Diego edged San Francisco 8-7. San Francisco started fast in its bid for the third place San Diego holds. The Seals combed starter Hal Saltzman for four runs in three innings and led 4-2 going into the seventh. Then a walk, two hits and two errors chased Cliff Melton and gave the Padres four runs! They scored twice again and survived the Seals’ three-run rally in the ninth to widen their third place. ON THE LAM ... with Jim Lamhofer We know that autumn must be on its way, for we have become billious again from reading the amount of publicity contained daily in the sports section of a certain Los Angeles newspaper on a charity football game between professional teams which said newspaper annually sponsors. We’ll bet a suspense or so we’re far from the only one who every year in the late summer becomes sick to the stomach and disgusted from reading trite promotional junk where sports news is supposed to and should be. Now don’t get us wrong. Let your reporter make his position clear. We think it’s great to hold an annual athletic event and donate almost all proceeds to charity. But there’s a point where noble gestures and good taste, which come de a great deal, end, and annoying and unneeded drumbeating begins. We believe such a contest should have a few well-chosen and pertinent advance articles heralding its coming and a great big spread for a couple of days preceding the game. What’s so unfortunate is that the bosses of the paper under discussion seem to be totally blind to the fact that they are hurting themselves more than anyone else by their unwarranted verbosity in black and white. As regular as clockwork, they to stimulate interest in the game, no matter how insignificant each “angle” may be, and they have in turn left a bad taste in their readers’ mouths by their childishly pretended puerulentism. You say said newspaper may believe that professional football is so great and wonderful that it deserves all the publicity the Rodskin-Rami franchise gets done and good. Then we suggest it continue all through the full season to give pro quotation the same tone as others to give the annual Goldstein presson go together later but you say whatever part of this article will not all in top playing team. It’s main advantage is that it comes in August or early September always, when football fans are hungry to see any kind of grid battle in anticipation of the coming season; and if properly publicized, with just enough material issued on it to whet the readers’ appetites, we believe it could pack the big Figueroa street bowl. Yeah, we’ll go on reading said sports section, because it happens to be by far the best one in these parts. But don’t ask us to San Francisco started fast in its bid for the third place San Diego holds. The Seals combed starter Hal Saltzman for four runs in three innings and led 4-2 going into the seventh. Then a walk, two hits and two errors chased Cliff Melton and gave the Padres four runs. They scored twice again and survived the Seals' three-run rally in the ninth to widen their third place margin to 2½ games. Roy Welmaker was the winner. Dino Restelli homered for the Seals. Ben Wade, Hollywood right hander, limited the Rainiers to five hits. No Seattle baserunner reached third and Wade granted only one safety in the last five innings. Yern Kindsfather was the loser. Los Angeles and Sacramento opened up a series with only seventh and eighth place involved and the fans came out accordingly, 1466 of them. It was the poorest turnout of the year. Three entrances have been arranged for patrons of the Orange County Fair, Aug. 16-20. Two are on Newport Blvd. and the third on Harbor Ave. We believe such a contest should have a few well-chosen and pertinent advance articles heralding its coming and a great big spread for a couple of days preceding the game. What's so unfortunate is that the bosses of the paper under discussion seem to be totally blind to the fact that they are hurting themselves more than anyone else by their unwarranted verbosity in black and white. As regular as clockwork, they and their underlings haul out all the available typewriters and start thumping the drums six weeks or so in advance of the contest. The net effect is that readers two weeks before the encounter is to come off have become so weary of wading through the maze of material on the game, that they determine to avoid the "classic," as it is billed, and all the ballyhoo with that phony ring which goes with it. So, in actuality, the sports scribes of the sheet in question have sealed their own doom by burying themselves under the avalanche of copy they have written on the tilt. They have exhausted themselves by digging frantically for every possible angle. Its main advantage is that it comes in August or early September always, when football fans are hungry to see any kind of grid pattern in anticipation of the coming season; and if properly publicized, with just enough material issued on it to what the readers' appetites we believe it could pack the big Figueroa street bowl. Yeah, we'll go on reading said sports section, because it happens to be by far the best one in these parts. But don't ask us to read it during July and August after meals. Please! Anaheim's August Dollar Days, Friday and Saturday, Aug. 4 and 5. 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