| Show POCATELLO FACES SS BEE Revived Cardinals Make Final Trip of Year Here I As They Press Title Bi By Dy FRANK K It BAKER I Telegram Sports Editor Salt Lakes Lake's floundering Bees realize now just how a condemn man feels when he I stands up face to face with the firing aqua because they have to begin a three-game three series with Poca PocatellO p pennant nn h hungry gry Cardinals at Co Community park here Friday aig at U 8 For a team that has just lost 19 of its last 27 games the task of battling the slugging Cardinals Is not overly inviting Especially with Manager Tom ready to act as chief executioner The powerful Pocatello playing pilot has already clouted 48 home runs this season driven in over runs and done much to rekindle his teams team's pennant hopes after a slump 10 days ago which threatened threatened threatened threat threat- i ened to push it right out of ot the championship race In fact tact the Cardinals had dropped seven games in a n. row until until until un un- un- un til Robelio unlimbered his home home- run bat again and started rattling the boards with his vicious drives Gain Full Game The Pocatello flock gained a n whole game Thursday night by beating Boise 6 5 while Ogden was tripping Twin Falls 4 As Asa a result the Cardinals were again within half a game of first place as they moved Into Salt Lake City In contrast the Bees are within a game of falling into the second division after losing all three games to Lewiston The Salt Lakers have not won a series in a n. month In fact they have been on the skids ever since Pocatello came here just a month ago and knocked them out of second place drove In 10 runs In the first two games of that series while Paul Berndt and Clarence Beers both turned in fine pitching performances against the locals The Bees saw more than they wanted of the big s a slugger I 1 U i g g e r rIn rin In their trip to the Idaho Gate City only a week ago too because he hit three homers In a game ranie for the second time this s season ason and drove in eight runs in helping rout the locals again Paul the husky right hander will probably fall heir to the task of trying to muffle the bats of Judson Kirke Melvin Melvin Mel Mel- vin yin Cabral and the rest of his mates Bees Start Well Salt Lake got away to an encouraging encouraging en en- start against Lewiston here Thursday night and had a 3 1 lead to begin the sixth inning It looked fairly substantial too with lanky Jack Andrews working steadily on the mound But Mel Coles Cole's triple helped the invaders get three runs in the sixth and Don Whites White's home run over the left field wall produced three more runs In the seventh The Bee defense crumpled simultaneously simultaneously simul- simul and five errors helped the invaders score seven unearned runs to win handily when the game should have been a 4 tie so far faras faras faras as earned runs are concerned Before It was over the Indians were win winning n 1 n g almost as they I pleased behind Hal Erickson's I steady flinging The Bees gathered only blows in the last four innings Mike Reser White and Bob Morey all stole second base before Catcher Steve Butler finally threw Hal lal out trying to steal In n the ninth Incidentally Incidentally Incidentally Incident Incident- ally got four of the Lewiston hits Mel Cole the new Lewiston shortstop clung close to the batting mark with two hits out of ot four chances giving him a total of 42 hits in 86 times at bat in 20 games Whitey Burleson had an extremely extremely ex- ex remely busy evening In center centerfield centerfield field with 10 put-outs put the running catch of ot Gordy Williamsons Williamson's drive to o right center In the third inning being eing an outstanding play Cowboys Lose Series Cards Sweep Theirs By the Associated Press Charley Chanley Wry the harassed manager manager maniger man- man ager iger of the Twin Falls Cowboys looked over his shoulder today at atthe atthe atthe the rapidly climbing Pocatello Car- Car L riz j i Bob Cottrell This Rio Crude backstop i h expected to debut with Bees Friday I as he juggled his up line-up ina la in laa a home stretch effort to keep tit the ranch boys on top of the Pioneer league The canny skipper pitcher who saw his club lose its series at Odell a two games to one by dropping a I 4 3 decision Thursday Sight brought in two new George Hilscher to replace Jc Jot Nokes in the infield and Bob Kinnaman Kinnaman Kin Kin- naman to take Frank Kendalls Kendall's place on the mound stalL staff Nokes one of the best fielders In Inthe the league slipped in the department and hitting J Li JJ wb what Fist t Wry needs In view of PocatellO rise to within one hall game of the loop leaders by its 6 5 win over our Boise Kinnaman didn't help Twin F FaILS Ui any against Ogden where VI Lucas bested him In a mound duel that saw the Cowboy chucker yielding nine hits against siX lix fl gittS a aup up by Lucas The Cardinals made It three thit straight victories over the at Pocatello as Manager Torn Too BC bello led the way by smacking w hs four-bagger four of the year Walt Lowe Boises Boise's slugging tint first sacker got his four base clout |
