LOPEZ WINS
FOR YANKS,
| SCORE 11-4
By Associated Press
A1 Lopez knows now how Lou J
Boudreau felt every time Eddie Lopai I
pitched against the Cleveland In
dians.
Twice this season pow the new
Tribe pilot has looked on helplessly
as the crafty New York Yankee
lefthander tied his boys into knots.
“How does he do it?" Lopez asked
before last night’s game. "I just
can’t figure out why he beats us
so regularly. He’s no better than
lots of pitchers in the league.”
Some two and a half hours later,
Lopat had added another to his long
string of victories over the Redskins,
his favorite people. The score was
11-4, and Lopez still was groping
for the answer.
The victory enabled the Yanks
to increase their lead over the run
ner-up Washington Senators to two
and one half games. The Senators
dropped an 8-7. 11-inning decision
to the Boston Red Sox in the only
other game played in the major
leagues.
Action picks up in both leagues
today as St. Louis, Chicago and De
troit invade the American League’s
eastern cities for the first time this
year. Meanwhile, eastern clubs in
the National League play their first
games in the west.
Lopat wasn’t exactly brilliant
against the Indians. He surrendered
only six hits but two of them were
home runs by former Yankee George
Stirnweiss and Jim Hegan. The
largest crowd of the major league
season, 66,265 paid fans witnessed
the game.
But everything the Indians did
went wrong.
At Washington, Fred Hatfield
scored the winning run from third
base with two out in the 11th when
Leftfielder Gil Coan dropped Matt
Batts’ easy fly ball.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
Portland Beavers . 27 19 .587
Sacramento Solons. 26 20 .565
Los Angeles . 23 21 .523
Oakland Acorns . 24 22 .522
Seattle Rainiers . 24 23 .511
Hollywood Stars . 22 23 .489
San Diego . 19 24 .442
San Francisco . 16 29 .356
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
Brooklyn . 14 10 -583
Boston . 43 44 371
Pittsburgh 42 42 -500
Chicago . 42 42 -500
St. Louis . 44 42 478
New York. 43 45 -484
Philadelphia . 42 44 482
Cincinnati . 44 44 440
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
New York . 47 * 888
Washington . 43 9 .591
Chicago . 42 9 371
Detroit . 42 9 571
Cleveland . 42 40 -545
Boston . 42 40 545
Philadelphia . 7 47 292
St. Louis . 6 19 .240
Boyd Paces
PCL Batters
SAN FRANCISCO, May 15 —W—
Sacramento’s Bob Boyd paced Pa
cific Coast League batters through
last weeks games with an average
of 584 in 46 games. League Statis
tican William J. Weiss said today..
Sports Briefs
New York — The Yankees traded
Third Baseman Billy Johnson to the
St. Louis Cardinals for cash and
First Baseman Don Bollweg, who
was sent to Kansas City.
St. Louis — The St. Louis Cardi
nals recalled First Baseman Nippy
Jones from Rochester in exchange
for Third Baseman Don Richmond.
Berlin — Mrs. Thelma Long of
Australia upset Mrs. Margaret Du
Pont, 6-4, 6-3, and Budge Patty de
feated Dick Savltt, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, to
win the Red and White club’s In
ternational singles titles.
Baltimore — Alerted won the
Preakness Prep race with a neck
victory over Bold, going a mile and
a sixteenth in 1:43 3/5.
Cambridge, Mass. — Thomas D.
Bo lies, Harvard crew coach, was
named director of athletics at Har
vard University. He was the Uni
versity of Washington freshman
poaCh eight years.
PC LEAGUE
RACE MAY
GET GOING
By Associated Press
It's still a wide-open race in the
Pacific Coast League, but another
month may find some solid contend
er stepping out in front to show the
way.
Manager Del Eaker of San Diego
says that on the basis of what he
has seen so far Sacramento looks
good. *T like their hitting,” says
Baker. “But it will be several weeks
before the race begins to shape up.”
This week may bring some im
portant player shifts from the ma
jors, for the big league clubs have to
conform to player limits and are be
ginning to cut down their rosters.
Los Angeles has acquired three Chi
cago Cub pitchers, Warren Hacker,
Eddie Chandler and Doyle Lade.
Manager Lefty O’Doul is glad to
have Con Dempsey, a 9-9 pitcher
last year, back from Pittsburgh.
Dempsey lost two for the Pirates
and they sent him back yesterday.
O’Doul also picked up Dewey Sor
iano, who had been cut loose by
Seattle. Soriano had a .375 earned
run average last season.
LEADERS IN B. B.
Leaders in the major leagues are:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Batting (based on 50 times at bat)
—Kryhoski, Detroit, .404; Coan,
Washington, .400.
Hits — Carrasquel, Chicago, 35;
Busby, Chicago, Mantle, New York
and Coleman, St. Louis, 31.
Home runs — Williams, Boston,
6; Jensen, New York; Doby, Cleve
land; Joost, Philadelphia; Coleman,
St. Louis, and Wertz, Detroit, 5.
Pitching — Lopat, New York, 6-0;
Herbert, Detroit; Feller, Cleveland;
Marrero, Washington, 4-0.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Batting — Robinson, Brooklyn,
.409; Elliott, Boston, .390.
Hits — Dark, New York, 39; Rob
inson, 38.
Home runs — Hodges, Brooklyn,
9'; Pafko, Chicago and Westlake.
Pittsburgh, 8.
Pitching — Roe, Brooklyn, 4-0;
Brecheen, St. Louis and Klippstein,
Chicago, 2-0.
Pitching
Averages
In Coast
SAN FRANCISCO, May 15 —(iW—
Rookie Right Hander Walter Clough
of Sacramento and Veteran South
paw Herm Besse of Los Angeles
paced Pacific Coast League pitchers
through games of last Sunday, each
with four wins and no defeats.
Sad Sam Jones, six foot four inch
righthander with San'Diego, main
tained his strike out lead with 88
for 74 innings pitched.
BOB HOPE
GETS INTO
GOLF PLAY
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, May 15
_(ifl— Comedian Bob Hope today
was assigned the opening day star
ring role in the British Amateur
Golf championsp which opens Mon
day at Royal Porthcawl, Wales.
The staid Royal and Ancient Golf
club, which controls amateur cham
pionship, cast one eye at the huge
crowd that showed up last year to
watch Hope’s buddy, Bing Crosby,
and decided to put on Hope at 9:54
a.m. <4:54 a.m. EST) which means
a big gallery regardless of the
weather.
Hope will meet Charles C. Fox,
41-year-old paint manufacture!
from Brough Yorkshire, England.
B.B. STARS
Stars of Monday games are:
Pitching — Ed Lopat, Yankees—
won his sixth victory without a
defeat as he beat Cleveland. 11-4,
on six hits.
Hitting — Gil McDougald, Yanks
—hit a home run, double and s»ngxe
to bat in four runs in New York
victory.
In 1421, approximately 100,000
lives were lost when huge sea waves
burst the dikes protecting the Neth
erlands and destroyed 72 villages.
Husky Crew Triumphs
The University of Washington varsity crew (right) leads the way across the finish line for a elean sweep
of the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Regata on Seattle’s Lake Washington, (alilornia, (center), anil
Stanford (left) follow the winner Ir. this air view of the finish. (#1 Wirephoto.
RAINIER!
DROPPING
PLAYER!
SEATTLE, May 15 —(/PI—Pitcher
Mickey Haefner- and Second Base
man Emil Verban, both veterans of
the major leagues, were dropped by
the Seattle Rainiers yesterday to
bring the squad within the legal
Pacific Coast League limit of 23.
Haefner was sold to Birmingham
of the Southern Association and
Verban was given his outright re
lease, General Manager Earl Sheely
said.
Over the weekend, Seattle sold
Outfielder Marv Rackley to Bir
mingham and acquired Pitcher Har
old Browns and First Baseman Gor
don Goldsberry from the Chicago
White Sox and Pitcher Paul Calvert
from Detroit.
WIL GAMES
Final scores of games played last
night in the WIL are:
Spokane 5, Salem 0.
Victoria 5, Wenatchee 3.
(Only games scheduled).
FIGHTDOPE
Two fights last night and here
are results:
Providence, R. I. — Del Flanagan
140, St. Paul, Minn., stopped Jackie
Weber, 136, Pawtucket, R. I„ 8.
San Francisco — Nick Moran, 148
Mexico City, stopped Alex Amador
145, San Francisco, 8.
BIG MOTHER'S DAY CROWD
AT COUNTRY CLUB, ADS
PAY, SAYS TOM GEORGE
Advertising pays, according to
Tom George, owner of the Coun
try Club.
Mother’s Day advertising in the
Empire Saturday of the Country
Club menu with special plates for
children, brought in the biggest
crowd the Country Club has had
in a long time.
"We served over 500 meals Sun
day—mostly family parties with
children,” Tom George said.
In another month the Country
Club will have a 12-foot charcoal
burner for barbecued steaks, chick
ens and seafoods and there will be
another banquet room, several small
dining rooms, a private cocktail
lounge and three fireplaces, George
said. And a view from every room.
New plans will afford more space
than in the old Country Club which
burned nearly two years *ago.
FAIRBANKS FIRM IS
LOW ON WAREHOUSE
BID FOR ROAD COM.
A. E. Waxberg Construction Co.
of Fairbanks was low ’ bidder with
$30,178.28 on an Alaska Road Com
mission warehouse 40 by 120 feet at'
Fairbanks. Bids were opened here
this morning. Munter Construction
Co. of Fairbanks bid $91,965 and
Swalling Construction Co. of Anch
orage was high with $96,838.
Award is being withheld pending
permit from the National Production
Authority, ARC officials said today.
TOO LATE
Saturday afternoon a Seabee
bound for Juneau from Annette
sat down five miles north of Sunset
Cove because of fog. When the fog
lifted the battery couldn’t turn the
engine over so the Juneau tower <
was notified. In turn the local CAP!
unit was informed and following its
mobile support plan, swung into
immediate action. In less than an
hour a CAP plane was enroute
with a spare battery. However be
fore its arrival, information was
received that the Seabee had re
ceived assistance from a passing
boat. Chuck Porter was pilot of the
CAP plane and Jack Richardson,,
observer.
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Davis Cup
Play Is On
LONDON. May 15 — iff) — The
Netherlands and the Philippines are
first into the quarter-final round
of the European zone Davis Cup
Tennis ellmiations. They next play
each other.
The Dutch defeated Ireland at
Scheyeningen, 3-2, with the Veteran
Dr. Hans Von Swol downin'; Joe
Hnckett, G-2. 6-4. 6-1, in the de
ciding match.
Felicisimo Ampon. not much big
ger than his racquet, led the Philip
pines over Brazil, 4-1, at Paris.
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