anaheim-gazette 1952-05-20

Anaheim Gazette TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1902 ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA Cypress Merchants and Koopman's Defeat Ana-Merchants and V.F.W. The Cypress Merchants downed the Anaheim Merchants last night at La Palma park 2-1 in an eight inning thriller. Koopman's Furniture overran the VFW men of Cypress 6-0 in the opener. In the eighth inning, Cypress Merchants' catcher Frankie Fernandes walked to start the inning. Richard Arbiso struckout, Fernandes advanced to second on a paged ball, Johhny Borgess walked. Jack Arnett singled to left field to score Fernandes, Borgess was thrown out at the plate. Bill Vierea flied to left field to retire the side. In the Anaheim Merchants half of eighth, D. D. Campbell led off with a triple but relief hurler Ed Arbisco struckout Ed Bielefield, Alvin Brown, flied out to deep short, and Bill Hoag koed to retire the side. Don Maxson scored Anaheim's only run in the third when he led off with a line drive double. Fernandes scored the Cypress nine's first run in the fifth to tie the ball game, as he tripled to deep right center. Tom Ritchie Stellar, Cypress hurler aprained his ankle sliding into second base in the third inning and will be out of the line Koopman's garnered five base hits in the fifth inning scoring five runs to rout the VFW men. Don Mauck, Jess Koopman, Cordy Vandyke, Bob Costello and Tony Borgess all hit safely in their big fifth inning. In the seventh, John Lautenback singled and big Bob Costello garnered his second straight single to score him making it 6-0 in the furniture nine's favor. Jess Koopman scattered four hits to gain his second straight victory. Padres Are Hottest Team in PCL As Hollywood Expects More Talent Purchase of Lou Stringer from the Hollywood Stars may help San Diego's Padres continue their league on first place as they open a Pacific Coast league series tonight with hard-pressing Oakland. appeared in 45 or more games. He's going at a .339 clip. Grace started the season as an outfielder, switched to first base, and during the weekend was at third. Gayle Herbel Shows Hopes to Give Pro Gayle Herbel, slugging Anaheim high school baseball player, went into his seventh league ball game this afternoon at Huntington Beach sporting a fabulous .578 batting average — unequalled in recent years of school history. A "hot man with the hickory," the diminutive shortstop, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gayle Herbel, 520 Padres Are Hottest Team in PCL As Hollywood Expects More Talent Purchase of Lou Stringer from the Hollywood Stars may help San Diego's Padres continue their team on first place as they open a Pacific Coast league series tonight with hard-pressing Oakland. Anding Stringer as regular third baseman gives San Diego a veteran player hitting .271 with five homers and 28 runs batted in. He replaced Lou Klein who, although batting .286 when he broke his leg, had only 13 RBIs and no home runs. Stringer was sold, says a Hollywood spokesman, because the club is expecting infield help from Pittsburgh and Manager Fred Haney doesn't trust it would be fair in Lou to bench him. Hollywood, the spokesman said, "is going in strong for youth." Stringer is 35. The Padres amazing grasp of the top rung continues to rate them as the loop's hottest gate attraction. Their series with the Angels drew 46,343 fans, a record for the season. The Padres shared the previous mark of 40,145 at San Francisco. MANAGER Lefty O'Doul named his rookie star Willie Luna to handle tonight's mound chores at Oakland. The Acorns will respond with Lloyd Hittle for a battle of pitchers. Oakland is 21; games behind San Diego and only four percentage points in front of the third place. Hollywood Stars who open tonight in Seattle. Fourth place Los Angeles hosts cellar dwelling Sacramento while San Francisco travels to Portland. Joe Grace, the San Francisco handyman, leads balters who have appeared in 45 or more games. He's going at a .339 clip. Grace started the season as an outfielder, switched to first base, and during the weekend was at third. Max West of Los Angeles continued to pace the home run department with 13 and also drew into a tie with San Francisco's Bice McCawley in the RBI department with 31. Gene Baker of the Angels has the most doubles—13—and Bob Dillinger of Sacramento leads in triples with four. Carlos Bernier of Hollywood has stolen 17 bases for that lead. Hal Gregg, continuing his comeback after last year's sore arm trouble, has hung up the best pitching mark with eight wins against no losses. Angels Expect New Lineup to Help Standing It will be the Sacramento Solons against the Angels this week in a seven-game series at Wrigley Field as Stan Hack's hearties eye their fourth week of the season at home as a week in which they can improve their position in the red-hot, 1952 Pacific Coast league pennant race. Last week Hack's crew knocked off the league-leading San Diego Padres, four games to three, and but for a few tough breaks would have taken a five-to-two decision. However, of main interest to Angel fans was the improved line-up that Hack, the smilin' tactician, was able to put on the field. Two of his power-nitting cripples, Chuck Connors and Ron Northey, got back into action and made their presence felt. And big Max West came up with one of his best weeks as he beat tour home runs. Hopes to Give Pro Game Gayle Herbel, slugging Anaheim high school baseball player, went into his seventh league ball game this afternoon at Huntington Beach sporting a fabulous .578 batting average — unequalled in recent years of school history. A "hot man with the hickory," the diminutive shortstop, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gayle Herbel, 520 S. Illinois, has clouted out a total of 11 hits in six games and never failed to bang out at least one bingle per game for the season. His hottest day came just last week as he hit a perfect three for three times at bat. No flash-in-the-pan, the Colonist junior warmed up to his sensational league batting average with a .350 in 58 trips to the batter's box in pre-season Major's Hitters Show Erratic Week at Bat NEW YORK (P)—Dale Mitchell of the Cleveland Indians gained 20 points the past week and moved into the American League batting lead. Mitchell, tied for fourth last week; collected nine hits in 22 at bats to boost his average to .360. Last week's leader, Phil Rizzuto of the New York Yankees, lost nine points and fell to third place, behind Boston's Dom DiMaggio, with .343. Rizzuto is hitting .342. Figures include yesterday's games. Jackie Robinson, last week's leader in the National, also went into a tailspin, but, unlike Rizzuto, the Brooklyn second baseman didn't lose his lead. In 24 at bats he connected safely only six times and his average skidded 43 points to .350. Outfielder Bob Nicman of the St. Louis Browns went 11 for 21 to soar from .295 to .341. This put him in fourth place in the American League. Eddie Robinson of the Chicago White Sox is fifth with .336. Al Rosen of Cleveland and George Kell of Detroit are tied for sixth at .333. Rosen, currently However, of main interest to Angel fans was the improved lineup that Hack, the smilin' tactician, was able to put on the field. Two of his power-nitting cripples, Chuck Connors and Ron Northey, got back into action and made their presence felt. And big Max West came up with one of his best weeks as he beated tour home runs. A NEW arrival was outfielder Bob Usher; who saw action Sunday and impressed onlookers with his speed and throwing arm. Now that Hack has a lineup that he figures to use, the Angels are in a position to move up the ladder again. Not only is the starting array better, but Hack now has reserve strength, a vital factor that he did not have last year when he led the Angels to third place. Outfielder Bob Nicman of the St. Louis Browns went 11 for 21 to soar from .295 to .341. This put him in fourth place in the American League. Eddie Robinson of the Chicago White Sox is fifth with .336. Al Rosen of Cleveland and George Kell of Detroit are tied for sixth at .333. Rosen, currently sidelined with a pulled leg muscle, tops the league in homers, eight, and runs batted in, 21. DEL ENNIS of the Philadelphia Phils and Joe Adcock of the Cincinnati Reds pulled themselves into the thick of the National league battle and are challenging Robinson's supremacy. Frankie Baumholtz of the Chicago Cubs is fourth at .330 and Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cards, last year's batting champ, has barged to a fifth-place .327. Musial increased his average 33 points by going nine for 119." SPECIAL ROADSHOW ENGAGEMENT Adults $1.00 Inc. Tax — Children Free (No Passes can be honored during this attraction) M-O-M's TECHNICOLOR SPECTACLE QUO VADIS NOW! Anaheim Golf Tourney Into Second Round The Anaheim Golf Association is going into the second round of its current tournament. First round scores have been posted and pairings made for the next matches. Second round scores must be posted at Lake's Mens store by Monday, May 26. In the first round the best gross score was turned in by Frank Donaldson who posted a 74. Figuring in their handicaps, the best net scores were turned in by E. C. Kendrick, 81 and John Shea, 85. Eagle-eyed putting was demonstrated by Bud Stahlman who took only 20 putts on his 18-hole round. The second round pairings: FIRST FLIGHT Vern Packard vs Frank Donaldson; Dick Gay vs Vern Rold; Les Moon vs Bye; R. M. Conklin vs Abe Cong. SECOND FLIGHT Bud Stahlman vs Jim Dibble; Rudy Lemcke vs Ray Van Wagoner; E. C. Kendrick vs Harry Pearson; Nella Boere vs Keith Herman. THIRD FLIGHT Newt Miller vs Leo Drummond; Sully Roquet vs Al Riutsel; Jim Slobodian vs Leo Harpin; Mark Fisher vs John Shea; Nian Comstock vs Alex Coona. Sal Maglie Pours it On By ORLO ROBERTSON Associated Press Sports Writer The seven National League rivals of the New York Giants were wondering today if Sal (The Barber) Maglie is ever going to be beaten. And you can't blame the Pittsburgh Pirates if they shake their heads in an emphatic negation manner. Pro Football Outfit Wins Court Victory BALTIMORE CP—Direct the defunct Baltimore Colts won a court round against National Football league all of its teams. A circuit court ruling held that the defendants sued in Maryland. Except Washington Redskins, the team argued that the not subject to the legal action cause they had never done ness in Maryland. Chief Judge W. Conwell held otherwise. However, he that service summons could include the Los Angeles San Francisco 49ers and the defunct New York Yankees were individually owned Herbel, slugging Anaschool baseball player, his seventh league ball afternoon at Huntingsporting a fabulous 578 average — unequalled in ers of school history. Man with the hickory," native shortstop, son of Mrs. Gayle Herbel, 520 has clouted out a total in six games and never gang out at least one game for the season. Day came just last hit a perfect three for at bat. In-the-pan, the Color warmed up to his league batting average .350 in 58 trips to 's box in pre-season 'S Hitters Erratic At Bat ARK (P)—Dale Mitchell Ireland Indians gained the past week and moved American League batting tied for fourth last ted nine hits in 22 at at his average to .360. 's leader, Phil Rizzuto York Yankees, lost and fell to third place, son's Dom DiMaggio, Rizzuto is hitting .342. include yesterday's games this year. Naturally, he has consistently led his teammates in batting throughout the season. Admitting he's got a long way to go to be a well rounded ball player, Herbel points out his fielding is "a little shakey." Coach John Wallin recently shifted him to third base from shortstop in the thought he may field better around the "hot corner." HERBEL HAS played varsity ball at Anabeim since his freshman year and played first string for two years. Last summer he was a member of Coach Clare Van Hoorebeke's American Legion baseball team which was runnerup in Southern California. As soon as the high school season winds up, he'll keep his hand in by playing with the Evangelical church team: in the summer softball league. Just 18 years of age, Herbel does well at other sports, too. He played one year Cee football, and quarterbacked the Bees for two. He played Bee basketball on the league championship team and this year played regularly with the varsity. And the future? Well, Herbel would "like pro ball if he got the chance" but realistically expects military service to intervene. Sal Maglie Pours it On By ORLO KOBERTSON Associated Press Sports Writer The seven National League rivals of the New York Giants were wondering today if Sal (The Barber) Maglie is ever going to be beaten. And you can't blame the Pittsburgh Pirates if they shake their heads in an emphatic negative manner. The 35-year-old righthander from Niagara Falls, N.Y., hasn't been beaten this year in racking up seven victories to run his undefeated string over a two-year span to 10. He has met and whipped all teams except the Boston Braves and the Chicago Cubs. In 62 innings he has allowed only seven earned runs for the enviable average of 1.02. The Pirates have a special reason for wondering if Maglie is unbeatable. When he blanked them 4-0 on seven hits yesterday in one of the three games played in the majors, it marked the 13th straight time the curve-ball ace has turned back the cellar-dwelling Bucs. Third baseman Bobby Thomson supplied the batting power for Maglie's second shutout of the season as the Giants moved back into a tie for first place with the Dodgers, who played a 1-1 tie with the Cubs in a game called by rain after one was out in the top half of the seventh. Maglie's Washington Redskins, then and teams argued that there not subject to the legal act cause they had never done ness in Maryland. Chief Judge W. Conwell held otherwise. However, he that service summons court include the Los Angeles S San Francisco 49ers and th defunct New York Yankees were individually owned by Collins. The Colts are seeking day and return of $50,000 paid for ritorial rights. Their suit clerk was illegal for the league to away the Baltimore franchise dispose of Colt players named a defendant is former president Abe Watner. The Colts got into professional football in 1947. In four seas in both the NFL and the America loop they chalked up 1 wins and one tie again losses. The turnstiles didn't fast enough and the organ went deeper into red ink. At the start of the 1950 season a board of directors refused sink any more money into team and Watner took over. After one season he turned Colts in lock, stock and declaring he had personally $106,000. The directors cler they were sold down the river Watner. other goose-egg came on April at the expense of the Dodge More TRAVEL EXTRAS—No Extra Cost! Yes, Greyhound widens its lead in value! More time-saving Thru-Express buses. More routes to choose from, serving every state of the U.S. Modern depots. World's best drivers. America's biggest fleet of Super-Coaches. Free Vacation Planning Service. There are no lower fares, Ride with Greyhound and get all of the extras that only Greyhound offers! Harold S. Holcomb, Agent, Phone 3404 217 S. Los Angeles St. — Anaheim Sports Mirror By The Associated Press Today a year ago—Ed Lopat hit a home run to help win his seventh straight Yankees defeated the St. game as the New York Louis Browns, 7-3. Five years ago—Harmonica won the $50,000 American Oak at Belmont. Ten years ago — Morton Cooper held the Brooklyn Dodgers to two hits as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated Brooklyn, 1-0. Twenty years ago — Paul Waher hit four doubles to tie a major league record as Pittsburgh shut out the St. Louis Cards, 510. Pro Football Outfit Wins Court Victory BALTIMORE (UP)—Directors of the defunct Baltimore Colts have on a court round against the national Football league and nine its teams. A circuit court ruling yesterday held that the defendants can be held in Maryland. Except for the Washington Redskins, the league and teams argued that they were subject to the legal action because they had never done business in Maryland. Chief Judge W. Conwell Smith and otherwise. However, he ruled that service summons could not include the Los Angeles Rams, in Francisco 49ers and the nowunct New York Yankees, who are individually owned by Ted Anahi Golfers Edge Laguna Anahi high’s golf team, coached by Director of Athletics Dick Glover, edged a Laguna Beach squad, 19-17, in a match held at Willowick yesterday. Placing them in a tie for third place in the Orange County League, the match saw only the team's number six man, John Wimber, pick up a full six points. Other scores were: Claussen 5, Talbot 4, Miller 0, Nielsen 0, and Henrich 4. The team meets Mater Dei on Thursday and Orange and Santa Ana next week. They recently wound up their CIF matches with that roll competitively down a paved hillside slope. Cars, midget and streamlined models of big racing automobiles, are all designed and built by boys. A large variety of prizes worth hundreds of dollars, trophies and a trip to the finals in Akron, Ohio, for the grand champion are among awards. Boys interested in constructing entries in the race, who must be between 11 and 15 years of age, can get full information on methods of construction of cars and application blanks at Cone Brothers Chevrolet. Cost of buying official Derby wheels and other equipment may be co-financed by a businessman sponsor. Either Mr. Kelsey, representing Cone Brothers, or Hursel Snyder, representing the Optimist club, can supply further information. STANDINGS By The Associated Press Pacific Coast League W L Pet GBL San Diego 30 18 .626 Oakland 26 19 .578 2½ Hollywood 27 20 .574 2½ Los Angeles 22 23 .500 6 San Francisco 23 24 .459 6½ Portland 19 25 .432 9 Seattle 19 27 .413 10 Sacramento 18 29 .383 11½ Yesterday's Results No games scheduled. Games Today Sacramento (Elliott 4-3) at Los Angeles (Moisan 6-1). San Diego (Luna 5-2) at Oakland (Hittle 4-4). San Francisco (Boemler 2-8) at Portland (Pleretti 5-5). Hollywood (Walsh 1-4) at Seattle (Hall 0-1). American League W L Pet GBL Cleveland 20 11 .645 Washington 16 12 .571 2½ Boston 17 13 .667 2½ New York 14 13 .519 Placing them in a tie for third place in the Orange County League, the match saw only the team's number six man, John Wimber, pick up a full six points. Other scores were: Claussen 5, Talbot 4, Miller 0, Nielsen 0, and Henrich 4. The team meets Mater Dei on Thursday and Orange and Santa Ana next week. They recently wound up their CIF matches with a six lost four won record. Unrecognized as a major competitive sport in most schools, the team has played this year without any formal trophy in sight among the 14 Southern California schools who field teams. Question is, Will Hal Gregg Ever Lose? SAN FRANCISCO (P) — Hal Gregg, 31-year-old Oakland right-hander, racked up his eighth successive win Sunday against no defeats to lead Pacific Coast League pitchers. San Francisco's Elmer Singleton has struck out 57 batters to top that department. The leaders through Sunday: Gregg, Oak ... 13 67 31 24 8 0 1.000 Benton, SD ... 13 30 7 18 5 0 1.000 Shepard, Hwd ... 11 47 24 17 4 0 1.000 Zidch, SE ... 12 26 8 5 3 0 1.000 Molsan, LA ... 9 72 34 27 6 1 .857 Pettit, Hwd ... 7 40 24 19 4 1 .800 Ward, Port ... 13 24 13 6 4 1 .800 Muncrief, SF ... 12 29 15 8 3 1 .750 Luna, SD ... 10 69 19 20 5 2 .714 If You Drink! 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