anaheim-gazette 1951-04-04

Dodgers Rally, Then Blooms This May Not Come, as Hot News, But Seals Lose in Home Opener By The Associated Press Lefty Frank O'Doul is still hoping. The San Francisco Seals have started eight times, and, as they say at the race-track, they're still out of the money. The Seal boss really shook up his 1950 team during the winter, and the club bears no resemblance to last year's, except that it, too, is losing a lot of baseball games. O'Doul hopes to end his eight-game losing streak tonight with the crafty deceiver, Guy Fletcher, tossing his fancy stuff at Portland's Ducks. Portland spoiled San Francisco's season opener last night with a 4-1 victory as Bob Drilling held the Seals to six hits. Only a long home run by Seal centerfielder Bill McCawley kept Drilling from a shutout. Marv Diercks, Portland rightfielder, also hit for the circuit. The Seals drew a crowd of 4626 to their opener, but at Sacramento there were only 896 paid onlookers to see the Solons and Oakland in action. Sacramento may have been let down at the box office but Manager Joe Gordon's boys stepped right up and won the ball game in the very first inning. The final score was 3 to 2. Sacramento chased Oakland's starting pitcher, Wes Bailey, with a three-run attack. Al White led off with a double, Bob Boyd singled, Joe Marty walked, Ken Keltner BASEBALL STANDINGS Pacific Coast League W 1 Pet GB San Diego 6 1 357 Portland 6 2 750 Los Angeles 5 3 .714 1½ Oakland 5 3 .625 1½ Hollywood 3 4 .429 2 Seattle 3 4 .429 2 Sacramento 2 6 .250 4½ San Francisco 0 8 .000 6½ Last Night's Results Portland 4, San Francisco 1. Sacramento 3, Oakland 2. Seattle at Hollywood, rain. Los Angeles at San Diego, rain. Games Tonight Oakland (Ayres 0-1) at Sacramento (Elliott 0-1). Seattle (Davis 1-0) at Hollywood (Woods 1-0). Portland (Linds 1-0) at San Francisco (Fletcher 0-0). Los Angeles (Menking 0-0) at San Diego (Jones 1-1). Colonists Jolt LB Wilson, 4-2 Lefthander Val Wiethorn, making only his second start as a hurler. Roofties Silent With Men on Four unearned runs off run seventh inning rally day afternoon as Pepper rallied to nose out Coast Dodger camp sprinkle-dampened La field. Playing free agents all clusively in order to get look at them before cu squad, the Dodgers blew run lead after they had from a 6-1 deficit. Two ers—Art Neatherlin and Hooper—started and finished game with rightie Don working the middle three. Hooper, who was banged of the runs on the eighth two walks that he allowed three innings, was charged the loss. The Dodgers had solid when they were able to but they were futile clutches, leaving 11 men in the game. Bill Holt, shortstop, had the best pace day, collecting two single trips, but he also commited two-run error. Don Steele lefthanded first baseman, Dodgers' longest blow of the triple to deep lefthenter. Though tagged for this in his opening frame, Hooper had a chance to be the hurler when the Waves sank with two more in the Colonists Jolt LB Wilson, 4-2 Lefthander Val Wiethorn, making only his second start as a hurler, limited Long Beach Wilson, defending CIF champions, to four hits yesterday as Anaheim rapped out a 4-2 decision at the beach city. The first win of the year for the Colonists, it snapped a seven-game losing streak. Wiethorn, who had pitched only one of two innings in relief, started against Long Beach Jordan last week, but the short outfield fences spoiled his debut. Yesterday he backed up his twirling with perfect control, walking no one. He fanned three. The Colonists put across two runs in the first and then scored the winning tally in the third. Jim Holve and Carl Hatfield drew walks and stolen bases put them on second and third from where both tallied on Ed Herrera's single. In the third, Gayle Herbel singled, raced to third as Hatfield was safe on an error, and scored on still another error. Shortstop Jack Quinn accounted for both Wilson scores, doubling in the first and sixth and scoring both times on subsequent singles. Anaheim—AB RHE Holve, cf 2 1 0 Herbel, 2b 4 1 1 Halffield, 1b 2 1 1 Steinborn, if 2 0 0 Herrera, c 2 0 1 Wilson, p 2 0 0 Wells, rf 2 0 0 Lemus, s 2 1 0 Gonzales, 2b 2 0 0 Wilson—Quinn, ss 2 2 2 Stanley, rf 2 2 2 Powell, 2b 2 0 1 Patterson, if 2 0 1 Jeglum, 2b 2 0 0 Sutherland, cf 2 0 0 Springer, 1b 2 0 0 Norzer, c 2 0 0 Powelson, p 2 0 0 Anaheim—RHE Wilson—201 001 1 Wilson—180 001 0—5 Your Host Moved To Canoga Park CANOGA PARK (P)—Your In the game, Bill Holt, shortstop, had the best pace day, collecting two single trips, but he also committed two-run error. Don Stotlehanded first baseman, Dodgers' longest blow of the triple to deep left-center. Though tagged for this in his opening frame, Holt had a chance to be the hurler when the Waves with two more in the Catcher Clay Bieck was shortstop Vince Gianni's outfieldder Dick Whitman with an inside-the-parallel run. A triple by Mickey Bieck's single added an umpiring in the ninth. The Dodgers play Fresno California League tomorrow noon at Fullerton. Pepperdine—ab r h Squires, 2b 2 0 1 Tuens, 3b 2 0 1 Johnson, 2b 6 0 1 Lee, if f Black, c Whitman, cf 2 2 0 Meltun, ss 4 2 0 LaMascus, rf 3 1 0 Scott, lb 0 0 0 Gregory, lb 4 0 0 Drews, p 2 1 0 Both, p 0 0 0 Hansen, p 1 0 0 Totals—al s l Dodgers—ab r h Prelow, 2b 1 0 0 Nerrano, 2b 2 0 1 Dunn, cf 2 0 1 Stewart, lb 3 1 0 Palmadessl, lb 2 0 1 Lucchesl, rf 2 1 0 Stone, if f Allen, cf 2 0 0 Buller, rt f Glanni, rs f Holt, ss f Leahy, ff f Hague, lb f Livingston, bf f Bimmons, bf f Mazzarose, c f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f Color by Technicolor plus Drama of the Sea "OPERATION DISASTER" WEST COAST $$$ 2500 REASONS $$ Fred Astaire-Jane Powell "ROYAL WEDDING" Color and "THE MGM STORY" FOX $$$ 2500 REASONS $$ Best Picture of the Year "ALL ABOUT EVE" and "SUNSET BOULEVARD" Your Host Moved To Canoga Park CANOGA PARK (P) — Your Host, the broken-legged horse with a $250,000 price tag, has a new home today. 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Playing free agents almost exclusively in order to get a final look at them before cutting the squad, the Dodgers blew a one-run lead after they had rallied from a 6-1 deficit. Two lefthanders—Art Neatherlin and Dale Hooper—started and finished the game with rightie Don Asplund working the middle three. Hooper, who was banged for six of the runs on the eight hits and two walks that he allowed in his three innings, was charged with the loss. The Dodgers had solid base hits when they were able to collect, but they were futile in the clutches, leaving 11 men stranded in the game. Bill Holt, a rookie shortstop, had the best percentage day, collecting two singles in two trips, but he also committed a two-run error. Don Stewart, a lefthanded first baseman, had the Dodgers' longest blow of the game, a triple to deep leftcenter field. Though tagged for three runs in his opening frame, Hooper still had a chance to be the winning hurler when the Waves settled it with two more in the eighth. CONTROL GETTER—This device, representing the average strike zone presented a hurler, to sharpen up the control of pitchers blow working out at the West Coast Dodger camp at Lompark. The receivers here are Sal DeSanti, San Francisco (left), and Vernon Highfield, Long Island (Gazette photo by) CONTROL GETTER—This device, representing the average strike zone presented a hurler, to sharpen up the control of pitchers now working out at the West Coast Dodger camp at Lone Park. The receivers here are Sal DeSanti, San Francisco (left), and Vernon Highfield, Long Island (Gazette photo by) Baseball Briefs By The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP)—Manager Paul Richards of the Chicago White Sox has returned to his home at Waxahachie, Tex., for some personal business matters and the club is temporarily in charge of Coach Doc Cramer. The Sox arrived here today to meet the Pittsburgh Pirates. Sox General Manager Frank Lane said he was still considering El Centro, Calif., or a return to Palm Springs for preliminary spring training. He added that the preliminary phase may be abandoned entirely next spring with all training being done in Pasadena. The Sox recently signed for another five years there. TUCSON—The New York Yankee players have decided to ask a minimum of $25 for any future guest appearances on radio, television or other functions during the spring training season. They adopted the rule at a meeting on Monday. TUCSON—Illness called a halt to Al Simmons’ 26 consecutive years as a major league baseballer today. Now a coach with the Cleveland Indians, Simmons, with tears in his eyes, told Manager Al Lopez he just couldn’t continue. Lopez asked him to wait awhile before making his decision. Simmons said no. The Indians have been fair to me, and I want to play fair with them,” he said. “I can help you any longer. I'm going home to see my doctor in Milwaukee and find out what's wrong with me. I'm finished for this year.” Simons was ill last summer and he has been weakened by dieting trying to get in condition. Hutson, Oosterbaan Named To AP All-Time A-A Scores NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP)—One of them now is coach at his alma mater, Michigan. The other is an automobile dealer at Green Bay, Wis. The names are Bennie Oosterbaan and Don Hutson —names that will linger in the minds of football fans as long as there is football. Hutson, the sensational passcathing end at Alabama and later the professional Green Bay Packers, and Oosterbaan, one of Michigan’s greatest athletes, have been chosen ends on the Associated Press All-Time America team. Oosterbaan and Hutson thus qualify for top consideration for election to the football Hall of Fame, which is planned for Rutgers university where the first game was played in 1869. “I’m delighted with the honor,” said Oosterbaan when told of the selection at Ann Arbor, where he is head coach of the Michigan Wolverines. Hutson, visiting in Hollywood, Fla., expressed the same sentiments when advised of the all-time balloting conducted in a nationwide poll of sports writers and sportscasters by the AP in conjunction with the Hall of Fame. He was assistant coach after his playing days at Green Bay until 1948. “When I was at Alabama from 1931 to 1935,” said Hutson, “there were two things I wanted very much—to be All America and to play in the Rose Bowl. There weren't a lot of bowl games then.” He realized both ambitions in the 1934 season. "I guess the Rose Bowl game against Stanford, Jan. 1, 1935, was the highlight of my college career." I caught quite a few passes, and we won. I think the score was... Battlefield to Make Year's First Start NEW YORK (AP)—Will Battlefield be as good a three-year-old as racing season as he was last year when he was voted the champion two-year-old? The answer may be forthcoming today at Jamaica racetrack where the pride of the George D. Oldener stable makes his 1951 debut in the $20,000-added six-mile Experimental Handicap. This is the first big Eastern preview of Kentucky Derby eligibles and has drawn an overnight field of 17 three-year-olds of which battlefield and 10 others have been nominated for the Kentucky Classic at Churchill Downs next month. Winner of $198,677 as a juvenile, Battlefield ruled a solid eighth choice at little better than even money despite the big old and his top weight of 124 pounds. Eddie Arcaro was slated to ride him from No. 9 post position. Uncle Milltle and Big Stretch, no of the more prominent Derby minneses, were not entered. They are expected to run in the Experimental No. 2 at the mile and sixteenth route next week. Simmons said no. The Indians have been fair to me, and I want to play fair with them," he said. "I can't help you any longer. I'm going home to see my doctor in Milwaukee and find out what's wrong with me. I'm finished for this year." Simons was ill last summer and he has been weakened by dieting trying to get in condition. MIAMI, Okla.,—Mickey Mantle, rookie sensation with the New York Yankees, has been ordered to take a pre-induction military physical examination April 11, it was disclosed today. The 19-year-old outfield prospect, registered with the Ottawa county draft board, presently is classified 4-F due to a chronic bone alliment above his left ankle. His home is at Commerce, four miles north of here. Managers to Meet To Form City Loop The first manager's meeting of the year for the Anaheim City Softball department is scheduled for tonight at 8 o'clock in the recreation department office when formulation of the league and rules will be discussed. City Recreation Director Don Derrr said today that there are still openings for both players and sponsors in the league. Sponsors must do business or meet within the Anaheim high school district, but there is no restriction placed upon the eligibility of the players. The recreation office is located in the basement of the city hall and admittance may be gained through the police department entrance to the building. "When I was at Alabama from 1931 to 1935," said Hutson, "there were two things I wanted very much—to be All America and to play in the Rose Bowl. There weren't a lot of bowl games then." He realized both ambitions in the 1934 season. "I guess the Rose Bowl game against Stanford, Jan. 1, 1935, was the highlight of my college career. I caught quite a few passes, and we won. I think the score was 29 to 13." Oosterbaan, too, can tell about MLKVY Establishes Two New Records PHILADELPHIA (AP) — All America Bill MLKVY of Temple, who won the major college scoring championship, is a modest giant of a fellow who says his family really deserves credit for his record shattering feats in basketball. "It was my older sister Lillian who taught me to shoot," he says, "and she and my 12-year-old brother Bobby are my severest critics." Statistics announced yesterday showed the 6-foot-4-inch, 190-pound star from Palmerton, Pa., averaged 29.2 points in 25 games in the past season, breaking Ernie Calverly's 1944 record of 26.7. Moreover, the "Owl without the vowel" broke another record when he made 312 field goals to surpass Chet Giermak's two-year-old collegiate mark of 301. He also wound up second in assists and second on rebounds. "Bill MLKVY is one of the greatest basketball players of all time," says Temple Coach Josh Cody. "He has no shooting weaknesses whatever." Williams to Defend Lightweight Crown, But May Lose It Anyway PHILADELPHIA (P)—Ike Williams finally has decided to defend his lightweight championship but it seems likely today the Trenton, N. J., puncher waited a little too long to make up his mind. Frank (Blinky) Palermo, Williams' manager, said Ike will fight James Carter of New York in a title match at Madison Square Garden May 11. This move caused the Pennsylvania State Athletic commission to lift its suspension of Williams but it didn't change the position of the National Boxing association. The NBA had begun polling the 14 members of its executive committee to decide whether to declare Williams' title vacant because he ignored an NBA directive to defend his crown by March 31. Arch Hindman, head of the NBA, said the poll will continue despite the agreement on the Carter match. Results of the poll won't be made known until next week. Carter has only a fair record as far as title challengers go. In 61 bouts, he won 45, lost 10 and fought to a draw six times. He is one of five boxers Palermo named earlier as possible foes for Williams when the NBA issued its March 31 directive. The other four are Perry Bassett of Philadelphia, with whom Carter split two decisions; Art Aragon of Los Angeles, Del Flanagan of St. Paul and John L. Davis AUHS Relay Team Hangs Up Mark With its mile relay team running to a new meet record, Anaheim high school tied for fifth place in the medium school division of the Brea Relays yesterday afternoon by tallying eight points. The quartet—Don Davis, Ira Webber, Rel Schmitt, and Larry Kirchman—covered the mile in 3:33.3, clipping more than three seconds off the old mark of 3:36.6 set by Redlands in 1949 and equaled by Fullerton last year. Anaheim scored in only one other event, taking second behind Covina in the eight-mile relay. Coach Sam Keith said that the Colonists had a good chance to win that event, but that the early runners were just a bit too slow, leaving too much territory for Kirchman to make up on the anchor. Newport Harbor was the winner in the medium school division with erbaan Named me A-A Squad the Rose Bowl. In his last two seasons his teams have won two Big Ten titles, and Michigan beat California last Jah. 1 in the Rose Bowl, 14-6. Not given to boastful claim, Oosterbaan recalled a "distinct thrill" of almost single handedly defeating Ohio State, 21-0, in the 1927 game dedicating Michigan's 97,238-seat stadium. Also his part in the 7-8 win over Minnesota for the 1926 conference crown. "I'll never forget throwing three touchdown passes when I was a senior in that Ohio State game," he said. "Actually, two were forward passes and the other was a lateral off the end-around play, with Louis Gilbert catching all three." "But, I think my fondest recollection is scooping up that fumble against Minnesota when we trailed, 0-6." He scampered 57 yards for the touchdown that won the game. The Michigan All America of 1925 and 1927 is a native of Muskegon, Mich., and was a nine-letters man in college. Only lack of time prevented him from adding to his athletic laurels in Football, Baseball and Basketball, since he had no chance to go out for track. He rejected professional offers and became an aide to Fielding H. Yost, the late coach at Michigan. Four and a half years ago he became the No. 1 assistant and backfield coach to Fritz Crisler. When Crisler became athletic director two years ago, Bennie moved up to head coach. When Hutson left Alabama, however, he moved on to Green Bay and set all sorts of National Football league records in nine years of stardom. Carter has only a fair record as far as title challengers go. In 61 bouts, he won 45, lost 10 and fought to a draw six times. He is one of five boxers Palermo named earlier as possible foes for Williams when the NBA issued its March 31 directive. The other four are Percy Bassett of Philadelphia, with whom Carter split two decisions; Art Aragon of Los Angeles, Del Flahagan of St. Paul and John L. Davis of Oakland. Davis since has quit the ring. Palermo said that if Williams gets past Carter in their title go, Ike will meet Aragon at Los Angeles June 19. This was news to matchmaker Babe McCoy who said at Los Angeles he "gave up a long time ago" trying to arrange a Williams-Aragon championship fight. McCoy said so far as he is concerned, Williams is no longer the lightweight champion. The June 19 date falls on a night which by state law goes to the Olympic boxing organization, run by McCoy and promoter Cal Eaton. Carter is rated number seven among the lightweight challengers fight. Anabelm scored in only one other event, taking second behind Covina in the eight-man mile relay. Coach Sam Keith said that the Colonists had a good chance to win that event, but that the early runners were just a bit too slow, leaving too much territory for Kirchman to make up on the anchor. Newport Harbor was the winner in the medium school division with 18 points. Compton won the large school division and Orange took small school honors. by Ring magazine. First is Freddie Dawson of Chicago, who Williams defeated in December, 1940, in Ice's last title match. Hindman said if the NBA decides to remove Williams' title, it will attempt to organize a four-man elimination to determine a successor. The quartet is made up of Dawson, Aragon, Flanagan and Pierre Montane of France. Meanwhile, Madison Square Garden officials went ahead with preparations for a Williams-Carter among the lightweight challengers fight. You are INVITED To Meet Me For Auto Service at MY OWN STATION Corner N. Los Angeles and North Sts. Anaheim At this location. 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