anaheim-gazette 1951-03-30

PCL Becoming Bat Paradise By The Associated Press If the present trend continues, the Pacific Coast league is going to clinch the distinction this year of being the hitters paradise. Pitchers are throwing the big fat "nothing" ball in the clutch and the swatsmiths are taking a toehold and aiming for the fences. There were 67 runs scored in last night's four games. Oakland scored 11 (that's right) runs in the eighth inning, tying up its game with Portland at 13-all, and then put over one more in the ninth for a 14-13 decision. Sacramento scored nine runs in the last three innings and still lost to Hollywood, 11 to 10 in a game cluttered with 34 hits and five errors. Seattle clubbed three Los Angeles pitchers for 11 hits and a 9 to 3 victory. The only tight ball game was at San Diego where the Padres nosed out San Francisco, 4 to 3. Joe Rowell's single in the ninth provided the winning score. It was the third in a row—for San Diego and kept it in first place in the standings. Lefty O'Doul's Seals were glad to get out of the border city today and the supposedly softer pickings at Los Angeles. Oakland's 11 runs in one inning is not a league record, impressive though it sounds. Salt Lake made 16 runs in the sixth against Vernon, Aug. 18, 1923. The Hollywood - Sacramento flasco had its thrills and chills, despite the score. The Solons scored four runs in the ninth and had the bases loaded when Don Carlson struck out Al White for the final out. Pinky Woods got credit for the win although he was LIKE THIS—Lefthanded pitcher-manager Sid Cohen of BV vice to pitcher Leohard Payne during workouts at the DPayne is a rookie from Gilroy, Calif. The other hurler is Yanks No World Beaters in Spring But Majority Foresee Title Report By GAYLE TALBOT LOS ANGELES (P)—The Yankees have been knocked around a bit out this way, in some instances humpty-dumpties, and it probably is the best that could have happened to the world champions. Manage Stengel seems to think so, little as he likes to lose to Oakland's 11 runs in one inning is not a league record, impressive though it sounds. Salt Lake made 16 runs in the sixth against Vernon, Aug. 18, 1923. The Hollywood - Sacramento flasco had its thrills and chills, despite the score. The Solons scored four runs in the ninth and had the bases loaded when Don Carlson struck out Al White for the final out. Pinky Woods got credit for the win, although he was touched for 12 hits and six runs in eight innings. Bob Drilling of Portland apparently had Oakland whipped when the sky fell in on him in the eighth. Before he was derricked he had given up seven runs. Manager Bill Sweeney had pitchers going in and out so fast thereafter the umpires thought at times he was using two hurlers. A walk to Earl Rapp in the ninth and Ed Haas' double supplied the payoff run. Football coach Rip Engle is the "talkingest" guy on the Penn State campus. His speaking engagements average better than four a week. CINA-CAR DRIVE-IN THEATRE Out Center, 5 Mi. W. of Anaheim 6612 Lincoln Ave. Fri. Sat., Sun. March 30 March 31 April 1 "AT WAR WITH THE ARMY" Dean Martin - Jerry Lewis plus "ROGUE RIVER" Beautiful color Western Starring Rory Calhoun Individual speaker for each car Adults 50c Tax Included CHILDREN TO 12 FREE CHILDREN FREED Orange DRIVE-IN THEATRE SHOW TIME 6:45 "THREE GUYS NAMED MIKE" Jane Wyman Van Johnson "RATON PASS" "GRAND J NITE TONITE" Four PCL Games Draw Only 5280 LOS ANGELES (P)—What's happened to the baseball fan? Total attendance at games of the Pacific Coast League last night was only 5280. The count: 915 at Los Angeles, 1124 at Oakland, 1134 at Sacramento and 2107 at San Diego. Marshall's Record Paces Yale Lead AUSTIN (P)—Yale is out in front today and favored to stay there in the NCAA championship swim meet, thanks to the record performance of its sophomore flash, John Marshall. Marshall last night bettered the world's freestyle record for 1500 meters and set a new intercollegiate mark with a time of 18 minutes, 18.8 seconds. He finished two laps ahead of second place Bert McLachlan of Michigan State in the longest race in amateur swimming. His feat won't be recognized as a world's record, though, because it was not set in a 50-meter pool. The NCAA meet is being held in the University of Texas pool, cut down to 25 yards for the metric races. The world's record of 18.19 was set by a Japanese, Hironoshin Furuhashi, in 1949. Jack Taylor, Ohio State, aiming for victories in the backstroke this year, set the collegiate record of 18:38.3 last year. Marshall, whose home in Australia, made it look easy when he lapped the field. He used a coggo White Sox, "my coo begin to see where the jacking up. Now they can work. I still think we again." The latter opinion is in by the vast majority of travelling with the six training in the West. Yorkers still appear to most even though Joe DiMaggio, now a m has been slow to get his eye, and other veterans have plained of acctes and pain. Allie Reynolds, who played World Series victory Phillies and rescued Ed Ford in the ninth innin "THREE GUYS NAMED MIKE" Jane Wyman Van Johnson "RATON PASS" "GRAND" NITE TONITE FOX "BITTER RICE" and, "IDA LUPINO'S THE OUTRAGE" STARTS SATURDAY — Erroll Flynn - O. DeHavilland Humphrey Bogart - R. Scott and, Ann Sheridan "DODGE CITY" - and "VIRGINIA CITY" ANAHEIM "BORN YESTERDAY" and "DALLAS" - Technicolor — SUNDAY — "ABILENE TOWN" and "GUNS ABLAZIN" WEST COAST "BIRD OF PARADISE" "MAGNIFICENT YANKEE" — SUNDAY — Fred Astalre - Jane Powell "ROYAL WEDDING" Color and, "THE MGM STORY" FOX NOW: ACADEMY AWARD CHAMPIONS Bette Davis - Ann Baxter "ALL ABOUT EVE" and Gloria Swanson in "SUNSET BOULEVARD" ANAHEIM TRUCK & TRANSFER CO. MOVING-STORAGE General Truelding PHONE 2123— 565 S. Los Angeles St. Anaheim Clair Bee Says That He Would Coach Once More NEWPORT NEWS UP—Basketball Coach Clair Bee of Long Island university told a group here last night that he would coach "if I have to crawl to school on my knees to do it." Bee told how the infamous basketball bribings had hurt him, "hurt desperately." "We—you and I—have flunked! We have not done the job that was expected of us in training the young people," he said at a testimonial banquet honoring Julie Conn's 25th anniversary as basketball coach of Newport News high school. In referring directly to the scandal as it touched him, Bee said: "I am not bitter. I am hurt, hurt desperately. When I was told that three of my boys had sold themselves it was a deep bereavement for me, as much as if a member of my family had died. I am not ashamed to say that I wept." Bee told of the vigil he kept the night the LIU stars (captain Adolph Bigos, Sherman White and Leroy Smith) were called to the office of District Attorney Frank S. Hogan for questioning. "That afternoon I had spoken to a gathering of sports writers and was angry enough to fight. They had hinted that my boys were involved in the scandal. I defended them with all my heart. I trusted my kids and could not believe they were mixed up in the mess. "I went back to my office and at 4 o'clock was told that the three had been called in for questioning." BEATERS IN Spring, See Title Repeat E TALBOT The Yankees have been getting this way, in some instances by probably is the best thing that world champions. Manager Casey as he likes to lose to anybody. Or a galling shutout by the Chicago White Sox, "my coaches can begin to see where the boys need jacking up. Now they can get to work. I still think we'll win it again." The latter opinion is concurred in by the vast majority of experts travelling with the six teams training in the West. The New Yorkers still appear to have the mostest, even though the great Joe DiMaggio, now a mellow 36, has been slow to get his batting eye, and other veterans have complained of aces and pains. Allie Reynolds, who pitched one World Series victory over the Phillies and rescued Ed. (Whitey) Ford in the ninth inning of the BASEBALL STANDINGS Pacific Coast League W L Pet OB San Diego 3 0 1.000 — Seattle 2 1 .667 1 Oakland 2 1 .667 1 Hollywood 2 1 .667 1 Sacramento 2 1 .333 2 Portland 1 2 .333 2 Los Angeles 1 2 .333 2 San Francisco 0 3 .000 3 Last Night's Results Hollywood 11, Sacramento 10. San Diego 4, San Francisco 2. Seattle 9, Los Angeles 3. Oakland 14, Portland 13. Games Tonight Portland at Sacramento—Linde vs Gillespie. Hollywood at Oakland—Karpel vs Bailey. San Francisco at Los Angeles — Johnson vs Besse. Seattle at San Diego—Grissom vs Wheat. Exhibition Standings American League W L Pet Chicago 13 6 .684 New York 12 7 .832 Washington 7 7 .582 Cleveland 11 10 .624 Boston 8 8 .500 Philadelphia 8 9 .471 Detroit 3 10 .221 St. Louis 3 14 .176 National League W L Pet Chicago 10 6 .625 Philadelphia 13 8 .619 New York 10 7 .588 Pittsburgh 17 12 .586 Boston 12 9 .571 Brooklyn 9 8 .529 St. Louis 9 9 .500 Cincinnati 8 12 .400 Yesterday's Scores St. Louis (N) 6, New York (N) 2. Philadelphia (N) 5, Boston (N) 0. New York (A) 7, Chicago (N) 5. Pittsburgh (N) 15, Cleveland (A) 12. Cincinnati (N) 15, Detroit (A) 9. (10 innings). Washington (A) 8, Boston (A) 7. Chicago (A) 7, St. Louis (A) 6. Philadelphia (A) 5, West Palm Beach (FIL) 3. SC, UCLA to Hold CIBA Inaugurals LOS ANGELES (P)—California Intercollegiate Baseball association play gets underway here today with UCLA meeting Santa Clara and Southern California entertaining Stanford. The same clubs are slated to play again tomorrow. Stanford named Jim Claypool as its starting pitcher and SC goes with Tom Loverich. The Trojans will be without the services of their star outfielder, Don Herman, son of former major league star Babe Herman, whose jaw was broken earlier this week by an accidentally thrown bat. Ed Chavez is due to pitch for Santa Clara against UCLA's Bob MacNeil. BP Lynx to Open Schedule Sunday With three newcomers and numerous veterans in the lineup, the Buena Park Lynx inaugurate their 1951 season with the first of a six-game practice schedule Sunday afternoon at the Buena Park field, Hanson rd., at Eighth st. The Lynx already have 10 practice sessions behind them and will now embark on a month-long practice slate before opening league play against Monrovia on May 1. Besides Long Beach, other home practice games include April 3—El Monte. April 8—Culver City. April 15—West Los Angeles. April 17—Montebello. April 24—Maywood. Sunday games will begin at 2 p.m., and Tuesday games will be at 8 p.m. The new faces in the Buena Park lineup will belong to catcher Bobby McDaniel, physical education instructor at Long Beach Jordan high school, outfielder Lu Ann Thompson, Long Beach Wilson high school senior and outfielder Annabelle Coughenour, Mt. San Antonio senior. Returnees from last year's team are pitchers Joan Alsup, Tommy Slappey and Beverly Meissen; first baseman Pinkie Hughson; head of the department's anti-trust says officials of the Nat'l Baseball Briefs By The Associated TUCSON—The three the Cleveland Indians' "goats" today. They five of six errors that six-game winning streak day. The errors—three by man Al Rosen—gave Pirates nine unearned 15-12 victory. A muff by second baseman Avila was responsible unearned runs. The P another marker on show Boone's error in the ninth free one came in when Dale Mitchell outfield chance. TUCSON—George who is out to get job for the Pittsburgh is hitting at a .415 clip training. Strickland, a polished saw little action last year of his weak hitting. PHOENIX—Allie Mainstay of the New York kees hurling staff, three lightly for five minutes. It was the first time seen any action in seven. The Yankees' casualty bers a new recruit—Bill The third baseman is c be out 10 days with a rib, suffered while fielded in the first inning of W game with the Chicago final game, is having arm trouble. Shortstop Phil Rizzuto pulled out of a couple of games because an ankle pained him. There are days when Johnny Mize can hardly throw the ball around the infield. But all these tribulations have brought Casey no expressions of regret from his rival managers. They fear it isn't serious. Their opinion is that DiMaggio, greatest of modern centerfielders, probably has another good year in his $100,000 system, and that Reynolds and the rest will be around and about on opening day. Added to their veteran strength, the champs undoubtedly have produced the finest rookie crop of any of the western clubs, if not all baseball. One of their freshmen, Mickey Mantle, who hit 383 for Joplin in class "C" last year and has been tabbed as DiMaggio's successor, already is on his way to becoming a baseball legend. But he isn't the only one. Gil McDougald, who hit 336 at Beaumont, has moved right in as Bobby Brown's successor at third base, alternating with Billy Johnson. He has a strange batting chance, holding the stick back horizontally as he awaits the pitch, but he hits. Then there are two tremendous looking young pitchers, Tom Moran who was 17-8 for Bingham, and Bob Weisler, a strapping offhander who struck out 277 innings in 188 innings while posting a 15-7 mark at Joplin. Either them might make Casey forget about the loss of Ford to the Army. Stanford named Jim Claypool as its starting pitcher and SC goes with Tom Loverich. The Trojans will be without the services of their star outfielder, Don Herman, son of former major league star Babe Herman, whose jaw was broken earlier this week by an accidentally thrown bat. Ed Chavez is due to pitch for Santa Clara against UCLA's Bob MacNeil. US Golden Glovers Whip Europeans CHICAGO (AP)—Conditioned to a peak, Chicago's Golden Gloves team downed Europe's best amateur boxers 6-2 in Chicago stadium last night to continue dominance in the international series. A throng of 15,859 fans watched the fast-paced matches. The Europeans won the first and last bouts—in the flyweight and heavyweight divisions, but they lost for the 13th time in the 14 international shows. Their only win was 5-3 in 1939. There were no knockouts, but Ken Davis, the fighting Marine from Camp Pendleton, scored a technical knockout. Davis took the featherweight title with a first round TKO over Paul Dufva of Finland. THREE-WAY MEET LOS ANGELES (AP)—Track and field athletes get another tune-up here tomorrow when UCLA plays host to Santa Barbara college and Cal Poly in a three-way meet at Westwood. The new faces in the Buena Park lineup will belong to catcher Bobby McDaniel, physical education instructor at Long Beach Jordan high school, outfielder Lu Ann Thompson, Long Beach Wilson high school senior and outfielder Annabelle Coughenour, Mt. San Antonio senior. Returnees from last year's team are pitchers Joan Alsup, Tommy Slappey and Beverly Meissen; first baseman Robbie Mulkey; infielders Carolyn Broady, Lu Mahoney, Patty Averett and Ruby Moore; catcher Mary Whitney and outfielders Eveln Boughen and Rita Dixon. An attractive schedule looms for the Lynx this year. Besides league members Phoenix, Monrovia, Fresno and Orange, the Lynx will also host a touring team from London, Ont., Canada, for a three-game series during its Western tour in May. The Lynx will also have a tour of their own during June when they will appear in Peoria, Detroit, Toronto, London, Cleveland, Bement, Ill., and New Orleans. Morison said he will confer with the NCAA here next week. Among ficials will be Kennet Wilson, commissioner of Ten conference. The department last broadened its long-time anti-trust inquiry to take lege football. Morison wrote Wilson for a copy of an antitrust resolution passed by the This has been delivered son. 2 Anaheim Gazette FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1951 ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA Gavilan Faces Comer Hairston NEW YORK — Two of the ring's busiest fighters, welterweight contender Kid Gavilan and Gene Hairston, rising young middleweight, clash in the main ten-rounder at Madison Square Garden tonight. Gavilan, the kid from Cuba, is the 7 to 5 choice to avenge an old defeat and run his current winning streak to seven. Hairston, a 22-year-old deaf-mute, hasn't lost in 13 months. A 12 win, one draw, streak has boosted the strong New York Negro into the No. 6 spot in the middleweight division. This probably will be the 25-year-old Cuban's last fight before he takes on Johnny Bratton, the NBA welterweight champion, in a title scrap in the Garden May 18. Matchmaker Al Weill of the International Boxing club will seek New York's title sanction for the fight today. He probably will get it. That makes it doubly important for Gavilan to win. "People seeing title fight expect to see a winner," said the practical Cuban. "More people come see me fight if I beat Hairston. Hairston good fighter, but maybe I not in best shape when I lose to him. Now I'm in best shape of last couple of years. I win." Hairston, of course, has the same optimistic attitude. The youngster, a good body puncher with an aggressive style, is regarded as the middleweight division's most promising youngster. CHAMPIONSHIP FORM—Forward John Gibson (21) of Kansas State found a lot of Kentucky hands in the way as he tried to snag a rebound during the NCAA championship basketball game at Minneapolis, Minn. The Kentuckians, winners of the 1951 NCAA play are Bill Spivey (77) and Frank Ramsey (30). Final score 68-58.—(Associated Press Wirephoto) CHAMPIONSHIP FORM—Forward John Gibson (21) of Kansas State found a lot of Kentucky hands in the way as he tried to snag a rebound during the NCAA championship basketball game at Minneapolis, Minn. The Kentucklans, winners of the 1951 NCAA play are Bill Spivey (77) and Frank Ramsey (30). Final score 68-58.—(Associated Press Wirephoto) Baseball Briefs By The Associated Press TUCSON—The three "kids" of the Cleveland Indians' infield were "goats" today. They committed five of six errors that ended a six-game winning streak yesterday. The errors—three by third baseman Al Rosen—gave Pittsburgh's Pirates nine unearned runs for a 15-12 victory. A muff by second baseman Bob Avila was responsible for seven unearned runs. The Pirate's got another marker on shortstop Ray Boone's error in the fifth. Their ninth free one came in the sixth when Dale Mitchell missed an outfield chance. TUCSON —George Strickland, who is out to get the shortstop job for the Pittsburgh Pirates, is hitting at a 415 clip in spring training. Strickland, a polished infielder, saw little action last year because of his weak hitting. PHOENIX — Allie Reynolds, a mainstay of the New York Yankees hurling staff, threw the ball lightly for five minutes yesterday. It was the first time he had seen any action in several weeks. The Yankees' casualty list numbers a new recruit—Billy Johnson. The third baseman is expected to be out 10 days with a fractured rib, suffered while fielding a bunt in the first inning of Wednesday's game with the Chicago White Sox. NCAA Men to Air Anti-Video Views WASHINGTON (UP) — H. 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