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Show PORTLAND TAKES GAME 3 TO I Oaks Have No Chance to Win When Jack Ness Is Taken Out of Game. Portland. June 30 If Ray Bates had been outof today's game instead of Big Jack Ness Oakland might have had a chance., As it was, Portland grabbed another game from the Oaks, h to 1, and stepped above the .500 mark. $ Bates' fauxpa consisted of a sensational sen-sational one-ljanded catch at third base late injhe game that cut off two sure runsjind perhaps some more. Klawitter, pinch hitter for Middleton. was the victim Gardner occupied third and Elliott second base at thr time. Elliotdliavlng just doubled into in-to left field.J Klawitter picked on one of Southpaw Lush's fast ones and slammedjlt a mile a minute toward to-ward third. $Bates simply flung one mitt out blindly and the ball stuck there as If gbd It wns so high It didn't look possible and was the catch of the sensonr Oakland scored its lone tally in the second lnniugjMs a result of a wide throw to second by Luih. Tie allowed Ldtschi. to gqsafp and he scored on Prougb's single to center. Portland tied the scorein the third inning on 1jber's firsthit, a stolon base aiid Davis' single,'past third. After two were down int t-lic1 sixth the Beavers registered two' more Stumpf went j;ifo on a nar4 Rroash to short. Guest Threw hurriedly to first and his chuck went low. allowing Stumpf a life Bates nattedhlm around to third by a "single andljjhe scored on a hit by j-nilvard. Sneas scored Bates on a hit to eecond&abe Oakland: $, Runs ....IS- - -010 000 0001 I Hits v8 120 110 0207 Portland: ' nuns ..- .. .001 002 00 :l nW $' 002 014 10" S |