PIRATES PULL UP
INTO THIRD SPOT;
ONCE Ig CELLAR
Ey Associated Tress
The Pirates swept both t am* ...
Ebbets Field Tuesday. They plit a
pair in Boston but had the satis
faction of slapping a no-hitter on
the hard-hitting Braves. L t night,
they drubbed the Phil unrt r the
Philadelphia lights, 8-3.
The Pirates, consigned to the cel
lar again, currently are c;in n:
third place, ahead of Brooklyn and
Philadelphia, with a 10-8 won an
lost record.
The Braves moved into fir : pa ■
with a 2-1 triumph over the C ;n
cinnati Reds under the P. •
lights. A home run by Sid G- don
in the last half of the ninth ended
a pitching duel between winner Max
Surkont and Herman Wehmeicr.
The Giants finally moved out of
the cellar to make room for Cin
cinnati by defeating the St. Louis
Cardinals. 6-2, at night in New
York. Larry Jansen pitched a four
hitter for Ins Fist victory ..nee
opening day.
Hank Sauer's home run with a
mate aboard in the first inning save
the Chicago Cubs a,2-1 triumph over
the Dodgers.
A single by Vic Wertz in the 11th
inning drove in Jerry Priddy v i ■
the run that gave the T ■ -'v a 6-5
victory over the New York Y; k.v
in a day affair at Detroit.
Bobby Shantz pitched the Phil
adelphia Athletic to a 9-4 \\ in over
the White Sox in Chicago.
Cleveland, Washington, the Bos
ton Red Sox and St. Louis Brown
were not scheduled.
OAKLAND 10 TGI;
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By Associated Press
Youth and a buggy whip arm can
be great- assets for a pitcher. John
Alton Benton ha r. the". ; ' 40
and his arm has lost some of i
former zip. But he still has pit cl : !
savvy, and last night he hurled
Sacramento to a 5 to 4 victory over
Hollywood. It was the fifth . .raktv
win for Manager Joe Gordon's Sac
and kept them a im° and one-'
off the pace-sett::); Perth n-J Beav
ers.
Portland edged Los Am ies, 3 to
2: San Difgo fell before San Fran
cisco, 3 to 2, and Seattle smothered
Oakland. 10 to 1.
Seattle scored seven runs in the
first three inning, again • Manacrv
Mel Ott's Oakland club. Jim Rivera
Seattle outfielder, smashed n 385
foot homer over the right-cenir-rfleid
fence in the eighth. Jim Dnvi lost
a shutout in the eighth when Oak
land found him for four consecu
tive singles.
Gordon, who is setting the Pa
cific Coast League afire wish his
.371 batting, delivered his 14th
homer of the year in the fifth
inning at Hollywood with Bob Boyd
on base. That punch, it developed
iatcr, was the winning* one.
Sad Sam Jones, Negro pitching
ace cf Pan Diem and strikeout
leader of the league, had to be re
lieved in the second inning as San
Francisco scored three runs without
a hit. The Seals worked Jones lor
eight bases on balls in his brief
tenure.
PACIFIC COAST- LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
Portland Beavers . 23 16 .61C
I'. crametl'.o Solon:; .. 23 17 .675
Lo; Angeles 21 13 .533
Per.;1 le Paii.iprs.21 23 .512
Oakland Acorns 20 20 .500
Hollywood Stars 18 21 .462
Can Diego . 17 20 /.r>3
San Francisco 13 26 .33i
NATIONAL LEAGUE
YV. L. Tot.
Boston . I4 9 ,G99
St, Louis .... 19 7 •®38
Pit: burgh . 19 8 -558
Brooklyn . H 10 -5“;
Chicago . 9 9 -5cy
Philadelphia . 10 11 AT6
Net York .- 9 14 -391
Cincinnati . 7 12 -383
AMERICAN LEAGUE
YV. L. ret.
New York . 11 6 -700
\Va i.ington -l2 0 -6G7
Cleveland —.11 6 -8?1
Chi" .go . 10 8 -558
Bo. • 11 10 9 -52G
Detroit . 8 8 -5C0
St. Louis . 5 I5 250
Philadelphia —. 4 48 •20°
ss mm LEAGUE IS
START PLAY HAY 15
T: “ Juneau Fastball (Softball'
League will begin the 1951 season
on Kay 15. The League is composed
o£ :our teams; Juneau Young
TL dware (Formerly Town Criers',
Inc;, pendents, Alaska Cemmunica
tior.. System and the local Teen
A‘ 0 Club.
Th * Juneau Young Hardware is
spe . cling their own team this
year and it is hoped that the other
; h'< - teams making up the league
will be sponsor; J oy other Juneau
business houses. The Juneau Young
Hardware team is composed of the
former Town Criers team; who
were champions of the league last!
ear,
Several practice sessions have
been held and from the looks of
the interest shown, the 1951 season
will promise to be a very close
race to see which team will end
up ■ top of the heap.
Tne Independents tram has ou.'\
of tne best pitchers in the league;
with fastfcaller Tim O'Day on the
mound. John Garcia is their al
ternate pitcher. Tubby Meeks and'
Carl Mueller, a classy pair if I ever
uw one, also play for the Inde
pendents.
The Alaska Communications team
is made up of a number of last
years players like, Rodger Altman,
Freddie Graham. Andy Westland
and a raft of talent we know noth
ing about. On the mound they have
i new boy by the name of Jim
Tnguchi. His talent remain. to be
>een.
The Juneau Young Hardware
.earn will be one of the rougher
teams to beat. They brag quite
highly about Walt Sperl and John
Scott on the mound. Behind the
plate you will find Jim Vuille; a
capable, chubby player. Van John
on Scott, Jim Mi-c Nielsen and
Denny Dim Merritt a:e a threat
at the plate when it comes to hit
ting the old pill.
The local Teen / c Cd b tear.:
is managed by Jerry Wade and
Dies Forrest; the latter doin 4 the
pitching for the younger bunch.
Died: Forrest made the statement;
anyone who beds us will have to
play heads up ball. Also playing
for., the Teen Agere are Elton Eng
1
->ell Nelson anS a number of others
whetn you will see in action during
the year.
Plans have been made to invite
out : f town teams to play during
the course of the regular playing
season. Also, one cr more of the
ioc:u teams will make a _ trip to
Haines, Alaska to play the Ilaines
teams and ad a teams from Whitt
hcr.- e, Yukui Territory.
T,.3 complete schedule of games
will be pupli-Fed in the Empire
within several days.
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KURUS; WATER TOO HOT
CLEVELAND, May 9 —IS)— Bob
Felicr, the Cleveland Indians' pitch
ing tar. was nursing burns on his
le?s and lower torso today — along
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with a previous back injtuj.
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pared to take a whirlpool bath foi
the back injurv. He lost control ot
the hose and the near boiling water
.' quirted on his body.
Dr. Don Kelly, team physician,
said Bob might be out of action a
long-as a week, but Feller predict
he would he ready to hurl over the
weekend.
Three fights last night, one a
knockout, as follows:
::’v York — Norman Thompson
147 Manitoba, Sask., stopped Billy
Wy. t, 153. Trenton, N. J-. 3.
Mr.hanoy City. Pa. — Freddie Bc
shorc, 193, Harrisburg. Pa., knocked
out Rocky Jones. 185. Cr.mden, N. J .
4.
Los Angeles — Art Aragon, 1"1.
Los Angeles, stopped Mario T: :•
135. Mexico, 9.
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