anaheim-gazette 1950-09-18

Recent Brown Upsurge Against Leaders Renews Removal Efforts - to Somewhere By RALPH RODEN Associated Press Sports Writer A move was reported underfoot in the American League today to move the St. Louis Browns to Timbuctoo. For years rumors have persisted that the Browns would be shifted from the banks of the Mississippi to Baltimore, Los Angeles or other points but now those cities are considered too close—at least for the comfort of some rivals. Reading from left to right, these may be identified as Cleveland, Boston and New York. The Browns, a doormat for the greater part of the season have suddenly grown ferocious. Mash Cleveland Cleveland was the first to meet disaster at the hands of the "new Browns." The St. Louis club knocked the Indians out of contention with four straight victories in Cleveland. The Red Sox and Yankees were next on the list. The Browns took two out of three from Boston's third-place Sox and followed by splitting a doubleheader with the league-leading Yankees yesterday. They knocked the Yanks off, 6-5, in the first game and battled the Bombers tooth and nail until the last inning of the second before capitulating, 6-1. At that, it tool: a grand slam, pinch hit homer by 34-year-old Johnny Hopp to beat them. Yanks Move On Despite the split the Yanks moved last Ed Lopat, Tom Ferrick, and Joe Page. The nightcap was a mound duel between Allie Reynolds of the Yanks and Al Widmar. The Yanks loaded the bases in the ninth on a hit, a bunt which Widmar threw to second too late and an error. Hopp then batted for Reynolds and socked the pitch off the rightfield pavilion roof. Vic Raschi finished for the Yanks to save Reynold's 14th victory. Another Tonghle The Red Sox and Tigers also put on a spine-tingler before 53-167 fans in Detroit. The Sox jumped off to a 3-0 lead in the first four innings with Birdie Teebets knocking home two runs and Vern Stephens the other. Lefty Mel Parnell nursed this margin until the ninth when the Tigers finally caught up with him. Pinch-hitter Joe Ginsberg walked and pinch-hitter Charley Keller followed with a triple. After Johnny Linon singled, Ellis Kinder was Seals, Oakland Win Twice in Only PCL Action By the Associated Press As if the attendance weren't bad enough the season has arrived in the Coast league, and with infectious "make-up game" While the weatherman wore the pastures at Los Angles Sacramento yesterday, the land Acorns boosted them to nine games and San Francisco wrested fourth place from Oakland. The Oaks copped both of twin bills with second play Diego, 9 to 4 and 3 to 1. Santa Cruz also won twice, whipping Rainiers by 6 to 3 and it put the Seals, who were teeter-totter with Seattle a back in the first division margin of a half game. As a result of the Los Angeles postponement, the clubs will play an all-game at Portland next week. Two had been called off previously. Sacramento and Hollywood make up their rained out header in Hollywood duri two out of three from Boston's third-place Sox and followed by splitting a doubleheader with the league-leading Yankees yesterday. They knocked the Yanks off, 6-5, in the first game and battled the Bombers to牙 and nail until the last inning of the second before capitulating, 6-1. At that, it tool: a grand slam, pinch-hit homer by 34-year-old Johnny Hopp to beat them. Yanks Move On Despite the split the Yanks moved a game ahead of the second-place Tigers who lost a 3-2 squeaker to the Red Sox in Detroit. The Browns' biggest crowd of the season, 21,082, showed up at Sportsman's Park and saw rookie Ken Wood double home Owen Friend in the ninth inning to win the opener. Lefty Stubby Overmire went all the way for the Browns to out There’s an easier way to keep rust away this way with The Red Sox and Tigers also put on a spine-tingler before 53-167 fans in Detroit. The Sox jumped off to a 3-0 lead in the first four innings with Birdie Tebbets locking home two runs and Vern Stephens the other. Lefty Mel Parnell nursed this margin until the ninth when the Tigers finally caught up with him. Pinch-hitter Joe Ginsberg walked and pinch-hitter Charley Keller followed with a triple. After Johnny Lipon singled, Ellis Kinder was called in. Gerry Priddy sacrificed Lipon to second but he died as George Kell grounded out and Vic Wertz struck out. The Philadelphia Athletics edged the Cleveland Indians, 10-9, in 11 innings and the Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox split a doubleheader. The White Sox won the opener, 4-0, behind Bill wight and the Senators captured the highcap, 3-2, on Iry Noren's ninth-inning homer. Phils Get Closer The Philadelphia Phils continued to move along in the National league, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-3. The league-leaders scored all of their runs in the fifth inning, three on a homer by Gran Hamner who was honored before the game. Boston took over second place from the Brooklyn Dodgers by the Cincinnati Keds, 6-2 and 3-1, while the Dodgers lost a 3-2 decision to the Chicago Cubs on Wayne Terwilliger's two-run homer. Warren Spahn became the National's first 20-game winner by stopping the reds on six hits in the opener. Johnny Antonelli yielded eight blows in winning the second game for Boston. The New York Giants scored three runs in the last of the ninth inning to shade the St. Louis Cardinals, 7-6. Pinch-hitter Jack Lohrke singled home Bobby Thomson from third with the payoff counter. Phils to Try Novel Series Ducat Plan PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies, their first pennant in 35 years virtually in their grasp, today announced a precedent-shattering plan for distribution and sale for World Series tickets. Bob Carpenter, president of the National league club, said that single game tickets will be sold and each applicant will be limited to just two of these. New Era’ off With Topplin NEW YORK (AP) — While ready! The 1950 pro football son is only two days old but Man Upset" has spanked champions and sent them without victory. The Philadelphia Eagles Los Angeles Rams—last se divisional champs in the N Football League—were tucked over the weekend as the era” of the play-for-pay dawned. And how those Eagles Greasy Neale's hobbled off minus their grid “whiz Steve Van Buren and Boschard were smashed by land's mighty Browns, 35 before 71,237 fans Saturday. this way with A Product of Standard of California Yes, this is the easy way to protect machinery, orchard-heaters, all metal surfaces against corrosion. Just paint (or spray) with Standard Utility Coating. Or simply dip smaller equipment. Protects from rust throughout the year! Distributed by A. H. ROHRS ANAHEIM, OALIF. Phone ZEnith 2518 Series Ducat Plan PHILADELPHIA (IP) — The Philadelphia Phillies, their first pennant in 35 years virtually in their grasp, today announced a precedent-shattering plan for distribution and sale for World Series tickets. Bob Carpenter, president of the National league club, said that single game tickets will be sold and each applicant will be limited to just two of these. Pennant Races At a Glance American League *GB *GL New York ... 12 Detroit ... 1 14 Boston ... 1½ 13 *—GB: Games Behind; GL: Games Left. Remaining games. NEW YORK—at home (6): Washington 4, Boston 2, Away (6): Boston 2, St. Louis 1, Chicago 2, Philadelphia 2. DETROIT—at home (11): St. Louis 4, Cleveland 3, Boston 1, Philadelphia 3. Away (3): Cleveland 3. BOSTON—at home (6): New York 2, Washington 4, Away (7): Philadelphia 2, Detroit 1, Cleveland 2, New York 2. Wrestling Tonite 4-Man Tag Team Battle ORANGE COUNTY A.C. DUSEK BROS. vs WAGNER & DAVIS Also Great Scott vs Terry McGinnis Bomber Kilkowich vs K. K. Kashey $1-$1.25-$1.75 First Bout, 8:30 Inst Leaders Somewhere Seals, Oakland Win Twice in Only PCL Action By the Associated Press As if the attendance decline weren't bad enough the rainy season has arrived in the Pacific Coast league, and with it those obvious "make-up game" series. While the weatherman watered the pastures at Los Angeles and Sacramento yesterday, the Oakland Acorns boosted their load nine games and San Francisco rested fourth place from Seattle. Oaks Take Two The Oaks copped both ends of a win bill with second place San Diego, 9 to 4 and 3 to 1. San Francisco also won twice, whipping the miners by 6 to 3 and 3 to 2. Put the Seals, who were on the latter-totter with Seattle all weeks, back in the first division by the virgin of a half game. As a result of the Los Angeles-Orland postponement, these twoubs will play untl game series Portland next week. Two games had been called off previously. Sacramento and Hollywood will take up their rained out doubleader in Hollywood during the FOUR IN A ROW—With its 2-1 win over Church of Christ on Thursday, this Grace Lodge put away its fourth Church league championship in a row. Back row: Rev. Howard Stu Boyd Johnson, outfielder; Art Altheide, pitcher; Herb Heinze, outfielder; Paul Althoide, Jim Mack, utility. Front row: Del Martens, third base; Fred Liebe, shortstop; Bill Geiger Bob Hedrick, second base; Adolph Westerhold, catcher. Four Teams, Picked as Tops, Open Against Dangerous Foes NEW YORK (AP)—Four teams voted most likely to succeed this year—California, Kentucky, Southern Methodist and North Carolina—will find out quickly if their football potential has been overestimated. Each will run up against a Southern Methodist is host to Georgia Tech at Dallas in the headline intersectional fray. SMU is expecting big things this year with Kyle Rote at the throttle. Young Rote was the lad who gave Notre Dame so many anxious moments before the Mustangs bowed. WM, Ted's Net Title Faces LOS ANGELES—Come of the final Pacific Southwest tournament resisted today weatherminus and to on Ted Schoeder's lo-To tournament m.T. Jones, the rain washed out yesterdays headache But Four Teams, Picked as Tops, Open Against Dangerous Foes NEW YORK (AP)—Four teams voted most likely to succeed this year—California, Kentucky, Southern Methodist and North Carolina—will find out quickly if their football potential has been over-estimated. Each will run up against a possibly dangerous foe Saturday as the college "rah rah" season gets into the spirit of things with a loaded schedule. 16 Lettermen The Golden Bears of Berkeley, unbeaten in 1949 but loser to Ohio State in the Rose Bowl, will take on the re-upholstered Santa Clara team that finished the last campaign with a bounce. The Bears, rated third nationally at the end of 1949, are back with 16 lettermen and a gifted ball conveyor named Jim Monachino. Santa Clara is an unknown quantity with a new head coach in Dick Gallagher and a batch or untested but highly regarded sophomore material. The football world is still talking about the Bronco's 21-13 victory over Kentucky in the Orange Bowl. Kentucky-LSU The Kentucky Wildcats, figured to be one of Dixie's powerhouses, will entertain Louisiana State in a night game at Lexington. LSU was rated sixth in the Associated Press' 1949 poll. Southern Methodist is host to Georgia Tech at Dallas in the headline intersectional gray. SMU is expecting big things this year with Kyle Rote at the throttle. Young Rote was the lad who gave Notre Dame so many anxious moments before the Mustangs bowed to the Irish late last fall 27-20. Tech is a razzle dazzle outfit that can show Texans something about tossing the ball around. Family Affair North Carolina's opening piece of business is with an ancient family rival, North Carolina State. The Tarheels are high on Dick Bunting, the tailback who replaces all America Charlie Justice. The Wolfpack is young and enthusiastic. Michigan State, on the upgrade, will entertain Oregon State and try to get even for the surprising 25-20 loss to the boys from the northwest last year. Texas Christian will play Kansas at Lawrence. Wallace Wade's, Duke Blue Devils, said to be among the South's best, will go to South Carolina and Red Sanders' UCLA team, surprise of the Pacific Coast last year, will entertain Oregon in other good games. Notre Dame and Oklahoma, the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked eleven last year, won't open until Sept. 30. New Era' of National Football League Opens With Toppling of Two Defending Champions NEW YORK (AP) — What, ally! The 1950 pro football season is only two days old but "Old Man Upset" has spanked two impostors and sent them to bed about victory. The Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Rams—last season's national champs in the National Football League—were tumblefied the weekend as the "new" of the play-for-pay game owned. And how those Eagles paid: Easy Neale's hobbled eleven, us their grid "whiz kids," we Van Buren and Bosh Pritchard, were smashed by Cleveland's mighty Browns, 35 to 10, ore 71,237 fans Saturday night. George Halas of the Chicago member, paced the Washington Redskins to a 38 to 14 victory over the Baltimore Colts. The great 35-year-old quarterback, playing his 14th pro season, flipped three touchdown passes. New York's two entries—the Yanks and Giants—both won. Zollie Toth rookie fullback from LSU, bolted for two touchdowns as the Yanks edged San Francisco's 49ers, 21-17. NFL STANDINGS American Conference W L T Pet F A Iland 1 0 0 1.000 35 10 Isa 1 0 0 1.000 18 7 Hingham 2 0 0 1.000 38 14 Inala 0 0 0 0 0 Sburgh 0 1 0 .000 7 18 Delphia 0 1 0 .000 10 26 National Conference W L T Pet E A Aa 1 0 0 1.000 24 20 Isa 1 0 0 1.000 21 17 Hingham 2 0 0 1.000 38 14 Inala 0 0 0 0 0 Sburgh 0 1 0 .000 7 18 Delphia 0 1 0 .000 10 26 Yesterday's Games New York Giants 18, Pittsburgh 7. Washington 38, Baltimore 14. Chicago Bears 24, Los Angeles 20. Trotton 45, Green Bay 7. New York Yanks 21, San Francisco. Saturday's Games Cleveland 85, Philadelphia 10. This Week's Schedule Friday. New York Yanks at Los Angeles at Sunday. Cleveland at Baltimore. Chicago Bears at San Francisco. Philadelphia at Cardinals. Tampa Bay at Detroit. Washington at Green Bay. THE DUSEKS temporary heroes Louis Looks Sharp In Ring Workouts POMPTON LAKE, N. J., (AP) "He looks like he's never been away." Lou Viscusi was talking about Joe Louis. "He's hitting us fast as ever and his reflexes are very good," said Lou, manager of ex-featherweight champ Willie Pep. Viscusi, and some 3000 other people, drove here yesterday to watch the Brown Bomber train for his title fight with NBA champion Ezzard Charles at Yankee stadium Sept. 27. They saw a finely conditioned athlete. This is not the sluggish Louis of the post-war Billy Conn and Jersey Joe Walcott days. Dusek Brothers May Earn Hero Roles In Tag Match Against Davis, Wagler Omaha's notorious Dusek brothers, Ernie and Emil, are scheduled to make their 1950 wrestling debut tonight at the Orange County Athletic club. And making it, the ring rioters from Nebraska are apt to find themselves—and for one of the few times in their nefarious ring career—fair haired grapplers, favorites no less as they tie into the rambunctious duo of Krippler Karl Davis and Bob (The Strangler) Wagner. Wagner and Davis last week established themselves as hated "heels" to fans of this county and speculation is that fans will be cheering for the Omaha "trioload" leaders against the rugged "Strangler" and his sadistic Texas ring partner. The OCAC has an exceptionally strong supporting card on tap. Shortcomings Make Appearance As Colonists Start Scrimmage Guess you'd call that a scrimmage that the Colonists "ran" through last Friday afternoon—their first full-scale head-bumping experience of the season. And, after holding themselves in check for two weeks of practice, the lads went at it with all the pent-up fury and gusto of sparrows. One thing certainly became evident from the workout—Head Coach Clare Van Hoorebeke has not discovered 11 men that he can call a starting team. Too, at certain phases of the work-out it looked doubtful that he'll be able to even discover 11 "men." Last this sound too gloomy, let it also be reported that flashes of brilliance were also shown at infrequent intervals in the work-out. The offensive team seemed to catch a spark of fire when Jerry Dickenson moved in at quarterback. Terms Ends Although he failed to connect on a single pass in about a half-dozen trials, Dickenson still managed to send the runners for sizable gains on the ground. Most of the yardage came from pitchouts to the halftracks who were finding; it fairly easy to turn the defensive ends. The middle of the line was a different situation. The defensive guards, particularly, were managing to swarm through almost unmolested. Sid Luckman and Sammy Baugh have entered for years as T-quarterbacks, but the Colonist signal callers will be lucky to last out the year if they are not given a bit more protection in the center of the line. A couple times of the backs ended up going in the wrong direction, the play going for a three-yard loss. "Let's try that one again" suggested Van Hoorebeke. This time it succeeded in getting back to the line of scrimmage with everyone going in the right direction. "Once more," he said. This time it made a yard. "Run it again," he barked. It went for a ten-yard gain. "OK," said Van Hoorebeke. "When you can let the defense know what play is coming, and still make ten yards, you're beginning to look like a football team." As you read this final line, 11 days remain until Bell Gardens. LOS ANGELES (D)—The outcome of the final round in the Pacific Southwest tennis tournament rested today with the weatherman and to some extent on Ted Schoeder's ice bag. To tournament manager Perry T. Jones, the rainstorm which washed out yesterday's program was a headache. But to Schroeder, the La Crescenta refrigerator salesman, it may have been a blessing. While Australian champion Frank Sedgman, Schroeder's foe in the men's singles final, reposed in his hotel room, Schroeder spent the afternoon watching a football game and applying ice packs to his bruises. He injured his legs when he crashed into a chair during the third set of his semi-final battle Saturday with Art Larsen. The post-ponement gave Schroeder an opportunity to work out some of the soreness—enough, perhaps, to enhance his chances against Sedgman, the same gent who ousted Schroeder in the Davis Cup tourney. If it rains again however, that's another matter. The finals may never be played. Many of the players are committed to an engagement this week in San Francisco. The weather man, though was optimistic. BASEBALL STANDINGS Pacific Coast League W L Pet GBL Oakland 109 70 .609 — San Diego 100 79 .559 9 Hollywood 92 85 .520 16 San Francisco 89 89 .560 19½ Seattle 89 90 .492 20 Portland 83 91 .477 23½ Los Angeles 75 100 .429 32 Sapramento 72 105 .407 36 Yesterday's Games Oakland 9-3, San Diego 4-1. San Francisco 6-3, Seattle 3-2. American League W L Pet GBL New York 90 52 .634 — Detroit 88 52 .629 1 Boston 88 53 .624 1½ Cleveland 83 61 .576 8 Washington 61 80 .433 28½ Chicago 56 88 .389 35 St. Louis 54 88 .380 36 Philadelphia 49 95 .340 42 Yesterday's Games St. Louis 6-1, New York 5-6. Boston 3, Detroit 2. Philadelphia 10, Cleveland 9 (11 innings). Chicago 4-2, Washington 0-3. Games Today Boston at Detroit—Nixon (7-4) vs Newhouser (14-10). National League W L Pet GBL Philadelphia 87 54 .617 — Boston 78 60 .565 7½ Volleyball Play To Open at AUHS The initial week of adult volleyball will get underway tomorrow night, it was announced today by program director Sam Keith. Games will be played between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday in the boys' gym at the high school. Signups will start tomorrow night with practice sessions beginning immediately thereafter. Yesterday's Games St. Louis 6-1, New York 5-6. Boston 3, Detroit 2. Philadelphia 10, Cleveland 9 (11 innings). Chicago 4-2, Washington 0-3. Games Today Boston at Detroit—Nixon (7-4) vs Newhouser (14-10). National League W L Pet GBL Philadelphia ... 87 54 .617 — Boston ... 78 60 .565 7½ Brooklyn ... 76 60 .559 8½ New York ... 76 63 .547 10 St. Louis ... 71 68 .511 15 Cincinnati ... 59 81 .421 27½ Chicago ... 59 83 .415 28½ Pittsburgh ... 52 89 .369 35 Yesterday's Games New York 7, St. Louis 6. Chicago 3, Brooklyn 2. Boston 6-2, Cincinnati-2-1. 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