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Show WFf' y -- 'yy ynaPsjr W ' I inter (PO j) League Opens! Buzzers . Spokes Drop Hive in 7 6 Battle x 'ite xa i y. WL Saturday Morning April 16, 1960 . By John Mooney Tribune Sports Editor The experience gained in playing winter league baseball paid dividends for big Frank Howard Friday night as the $100,000 bonus beauty marred the Bees Pacific Coast League Spokane vicopener with a tory at Derks. 4 Sfibtnif-jlpflf- t Salt Lake City, Utah Page 22 -- J. Salt f akf I' V1 5 7-- HOWARDS power was bru tal as he homered In the first T ' and then drove in the clinchM ing two runs in the ninth, but r had the Spokane to share honors as a spoiler with the weather, which was miserable. ' The game started out in t' temperature, with a gale blowing, and wound up with the temperature dropping V to 36 degrees and flurries of snow sweeping across the field. The weather Uiat was much more suited for November football than April baseball cut the crowd to 2,766 fans who carried their baseball loyalty Tar beyond the call of duty. Despite the elements, the few hundred Jans who stuck out the final out three hours after the opening pitch, saw a thrilli ing ball game. The Indians grabbed a Harry Bright, Salt Lake third sacker, starts his slide lead, with Howard's two-ruhome where Tony Brumley, Spokane catcher. Is waiting at homer the big blast, at the end Salt Lakes defending of four. PCL champions moved ahead, in the sixth. Spokane had a 4 advantage in the top of the seventh. The Bees led again after seven, only to have the visitors ice it literally in the top of the ninth with two runs off Dave Jiminez, the fourth The Bees honored the loyal game because of the lack of Bee pitcher. fans 2,766 of them w h o lights, and tjiat crowd of 4,656 THE SECOND game of the wasnt far off the crowds of series is scheduled Saturday at braved impossible weather for the last two night openers. 7:30 p.m., with a pair of lefties, jtHe opener. Don Rowe of the Bees and Mel The management announced GUS P. BACKMAN, execu Nelson of the Indians schednex time Spokane comes uled to hurl. Sundays double- - t0 Derks June 3 the rain tive secretary of the Salt Lake header will start at 1:30 pm. checks for this game will be Chamber of Commerce, tossed It was a hitters night, if it good for free admission to the out the first ball. Nurses from was a night for anything, and ball Salt Lake hospitals made their park. the Bees had some moments annual appeal for donations was free those for It night too as R. C. Stevens and Jim fans to come out to the American Cancer Soloyal enough homBaumer hit and brave the cold wind and ciety, following the raising of ers in the sixth. the flag and the introduction snow. of the players. And the Hive may have unA yea ago, the opening Dick Walsh, assistant gencovered a hurler In Larry was crowd for eral a 2,680 manager of the Dodgers game Foss, who struck out four in played in a drizzle that and Spencer Harris of the a row including Howard in the 1 innings he worked. forced the calling of the con- Spokane baseball team were test after six innings. on hand for the opener, along Howard wasted little time In with Dewey Soriano, president ' of the league. proving why the Los Angeles The first opener in Coast League, in 1958, was Dodgers were willing to part Two new pitchers Don with $100,000 for his signature. played as a late atfernoon The on one slugger picked of Hugh Peppers slants and slashed It on a line high over DUGE OPEN DAILY the left field barrier. With Ron on ahead the of Fairly paths him. That made it in the top of the first. e V first-sacke- A f M iMWiiSfciWwiwii itofrfriBasaaB Gu Backman, executive secretary of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, tosses out the first ball at Derks Field Friday night where Padres Drop Seattle in John Mooney Double Bill Tribune Sports Editor Sports Mirror by i By Associated Press DIEGO, CALIF., April Harry Bright, the Bee third sacker, has a distinction no 15 SAN Dick Smith singled with other player In the Pacific Coast League can claim he played the bases loaded in the bottom In the last baseball game staged in old Community Park when of the 11th inning Friday night - the old wooden grandstand was in to drive in the winning run -- use. I was with Twin Falls when we met the Bees in the playoff at the end of the 1946 season" Harry laughed. And remember, the night after the playoff, a firebug burned down the wooden stands." I Harry probably has another only to his credit, too. He Is one of the few players who appeared before the three grandstands at Derks, the wooden ones in 1946, the partial stands in 1958 and now hes in the sxpanded park for 1960. Bright figures to be more than Bright Harry Just a good third baseman and potential .300 hitter in the Bee lineup. Mgr. Larry Shepard admits, "I finally have a holler guy to keep those lnfielders on their toes, a real hustler. and give San Diego a 7 6 win over Seattle and a sweep of a t Pacific Coast League season opener doubleheader. ThePadres posted a 7 2 win in the day game. day-nigh- BUD PODBIELAN pitched the opening game win, scattering seven hits and walking only one. Floyd Robinson led the Padre attack with three hits In five times at bat and drove in two runs. Don Buford, former University of Southern California star playing his first professional season, had two singles and batted in a pair of IN RECENT years, the Bees have had some excellent play- tallies- ers, but they havent had the natural pepperpot whose San Diego pushed over chatter kept the Infield alive and the fans Interested. runs in the fourth to three to is this in be leader the expected Bright department a two-al- l tie and send break In A talk about to area baseball this Triple "They coming Seattle Rlppelmeyer, Ray 1958," Harry recalled the other evening, "but fans forget those loaded ball clubs right after the war, when every team had starter, to the showers. more Triple A players than Class C boys in the Pioneer The Padres put together League." four hits, including a double by Jim Napier, and a walk to produce the scores. They added single runs in the seventh and eighth. Dewey Soriano, the president of the Pacific Coast League, run Seattle's second-inninfigures baseball defeats its purpose by labeling some of Its eame on singles by Joe Tay product first class and others second and "third class. lor and Gordon Coleman and "I have always felt like the fora sacrifice fly. A double by mer commissioner of baseball. Judge Lou Skizas and a single by Kenesaw Mountain Landis, had the Hal Bevan gave the Ralniers their second tally. right Idea. He had just the word baseball on his office door. He ISAN DIEGO SEATTLK didnt have major league baseball or ab 1 h rbl' ab r h rbl Obregn u '4 0 0 0 Bufford it 4 2 2 2 minor league baseball, just base-Gilbert cf 4 0 1 Smith 2b 4 110 - ball.' And thats the Skisae rf - 4 1 2 0 Robnan cf - B O 3 2 way I believe it 4 110 Tavlorlf 4 11 0 Baxes 3b should be. Colmn lb 4 O 2 O J Martn lb 4 0 0 0 Bevan c 3 0 12 Johnson If 4 0 11 "Baseball is the only business I Hain 2b 4 0 0 0 Rodrtgi sa 4 110 know that puts a second class label 3 2 11 Dottrer3b 2 0 0 OiNapierc 10 0 OPodbielnp 3 0 10 Riplmvrp on the product it tries to sell the pubLawrncp 01 0 0 01 0 0 0 lic. In the automotive industry, they Martin p 0 0 0 0 dont do it they put the fanciest Kennedy p 0 0 0 0 names on the cheapest cars. T.UU Ir St, T T,UI Mill Fouled out lor Lawrenc In 7th. "When you label baseball minor - Dewey Soriano 914 100 400 2 league a lot of folks believe they are paying for an inferior 8fUl San Diet 403 300 llx7 product, and they may not buy. E Coleman 2, Bevan. LOB Seattle S. San Diego 9 2B Robinton, Skitas, "Thus, you have a lot of fans watching a nationally-televiseBaxet, SB Rodrigues, Buford. game between two second-divisiomajor league teams SNapier, Lawrence, Podbielan. SF Bevan. and the fans feeling they are seeing much better baseball than Ip I r irbbN Ripplmvr (L, 3S 5 5 3 2 1 their own Coast League team is playing. Lawrence 2W 3 0 0 1 2 1 Martin 3 1 1 1 0 Kennedy H 0 0 0 0 0 "How can you expect them to feel any differently, when Podbielan W. 7 2 2 1 2 0 Balk Rippitmeyer. T 2 31, A you tel them right out that one brand Is major and the 2.523. Why Cheapen a Product? d n othermlnorf - ' Second game: 3t0 200 000 008 10 0 "A close ball game is Interesting, no matter on what so- - Seattle San Diego 000 400 200 017 10 3 Beamon, Kennedy 7), Martin t8V. called level the game is played, and a lop-sideball game, in Lawrence (10) and Zimmerman; the big leagues or Little League, will send the fans home Peters, Qualters (1), Robinson (5), Kuzavg (8, Wojey (11 and Rapier. - -before the final out W WoJey L Lawrence. Home mn San Diego Johnson. "WERE 5-- - CUrk-Bertol- o This week, Hardy suffered a series of strokes. At 82, he faces a tough fight Hes at St Marks Hospital and a lot of his friends may wish to drop him notes of encouragement HIP BOOTS A perfectly-executehit and run, with Earl Robinson off with the pitch and Tony Brumley hitting to right, gave the Indians a run in the fourth See Page 23, Column 7 - REG. $12.95 1st GRADE American Mad ALL SIZES kmr rm$h of koto Wtl, will Soft rivals ko mHUttal with Bright's tllsomtot - lokg Ambassador Bowlerettes . Blacks 776 and 2,199; Catherine Christensen, 188, Lavoa Lobb, 540. 4 4 hi ' the loss jt year ago against Vancouver when he didnt last the first inning. Fri Hardison and Art Swanson fered reported to the Bees Friday but Bill Dial, another hurler who was destined for Salt Lake, hurt his arm this week and is on the disabled list day, Pepper went 3J,3 innings before Foss relieved him. FOUR PINCH HITTERS Opening games are a jmx He suf went to the plate in the strategy-filled game, and not one came through. The Bees sent Fairmont Bowl up three, without getting a hit Ladies Major League champs, Car- and the Indians used one. pets Inc (Alice King. Ann Slattery Twenty-ninLucille Fyffe. Amy McCarty, Elaine players wer9 Husbands); Schubach Jewelry, 2.640. used in the three-hou- r contest. Action Sports. 682; Vera Mallory, 602. for Hugh Pepper. e Norma Taylor, 244 Fairmont Foursome Sunnystde 2,086 Pharmacy, and 734; Paul Weston, 667 and 276. Maxine Curtis. 534 and 184 Mac-DouQueens, 1,831 and 641; Kathie Washko 508, Evelyn O'Donnell, 191 Barbara Heuser, 472, Keglerettes Walda Hoitby, 191 General Electric Cal Goff, 545; Bill Dill, 198; Jene Arutoni, 467; Alice Cockran, 175 Rounders Mixed Virgil Lebsack, 541 and 207; Selma McKean, 464, Fay Chapman, 192 Fairmonters Utea Top Shop, 2,600 and 909; John Thompson, 635 and 234. Of the 11 walks Issued by were the seven hurlers, four of the intentional variety. 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That left It 21 after one frame in a windy night Pacific Coast League - - V REGGIE HAMILTON beat out a hopper off the pitchers glove, moved to third on Charlie Smiths wild throw on the as a bicycle rider around Hardy never lost his love for boxing. Just a week ago we were planning to attend the Lamar Sonl fight In Ogden. VJ- r"j 2-- Baseball Scoreboard San Diego Seattle Spokane 7 Salt Lake City 6 (Only games achtduled) Satnrdays Prebabla Pilchers a t Salt Spokane (Mel Nelson Lake City (Don Rowe Vancouver (Connie Johnson 0-St Sacramento (Tony Dias Portland (Lynn Lovenguth 0-- and pon Johnson 04)) at Tacoma (Curt and Juan Maricha! Barclay Seattle (Don Rudolph ) at San Diego (Glen Rosenbaum vS, ' 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. SPOOL most successful boxing pbomottr and the man who saw the possibilities of Jack Dempsey. r V" 6-- turn of the century and he remained to become the states H th .at back-to-bac- Old Pro Needs a Boost K. Downing came to Utah - Frozen, Faithful Bee Fans Await Bonus Wen Lest Pet. Behind Hardy w- Win, Place and Snow 4-- NOT selling minor league baseball in the Pacific Coast League; were selling baseball thrills and entertainment. And if you think the major league brand is so much superior, recall that a good percentage of the championship Los Angeles Dodgers started the 1958 or 1959 seasons with Spokane, Dewey challenged, "including Larry Sherry, Maury Willis and Roger Craig. , the X 3-- the Bees and Spokane opened their PCL play. V- - BALL S8 ALL RUBBER FAMOUS MAKI MAIL ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY jES J |
