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Show ' I BEAVERS MAKE - FIRST VICTORY 2 t . I I Salt Lake Loses to Portland S 7 to 5 in First Three Innings i of Yesterday's Game. ; ; SALT LAKE, July 7. Chester t Hoff's spotting Portland too many runs at the jump-off yesterday cost Salt 'cU Lake a ball game and gave the Beav- ' ers e'r flrst vlctorj' of tho series. ;ot 1 Those Beavers, who appear to Jm ' have been Hoff's jinx all season, simp- v'aB i ly would not let Chet get started. :-!jM They hopped onto everything he jjjfl ? dished up there and whatever the little Mm crooked-arm tried went backward. I Tom Hughes had a dickens of a time 39 getting things righted, but finally got M-a under way and pitched baseball that deserved a better reward. The big lstxfl lead was too much for Salt Lake, ' a1l i however, notwithstanding the fact 75jH that iByron Houck was clouted all aH ' over the loL 'H Salt Lake hit in hard luck also. edB 3 Three times with men on, once when 'oiH j the bases were loaded, the boys ofHf j cracked right into double pla"ys and Ki helped Houck out of tight holes. jHj .' The fact remains, however, that "'aHj l Portland scored the most runs, and 'H'l Chester didn't even have time to 3fH duck. Hollocher busted the first xMW I pitched ball over second for a blow, 11;H ! and Pinelll rolled one through the in- tWM 1 field just out of Bill Orr's reach. Wilie byjM sacrificed and then Chester gave us the blues by hitting Denny in the U-wH back with the throw. Needless to say, 3nRBI Hollocher romped in. Ken Williams jpfcS- hooked one on the pick for a single rft.-jMfl and scored Pinelli. Griggs' fielder's choice put Wilie on third, and Jack ''sB Farmer rolled a two-base drive off the aaSB scoreboard to bring in the whole jfll works. Old Manf Hughes came to the ''Mln rescue, but not until Farmer had HI made the rounds on Infield outs was r jfljl he able to stop those rollicking Beav- gjl Portland tried to get another run- ' , ning start in the second and came . fln mighty near doing It. Long Tom got BI rid of two men and then lost his hole : IBa card and began walking them. He put M ' Wilie and Williams on by this method, v 9 Both stole second, the former taking . Hn an extra base because of Hannah's. J' HH peg' "rt rKSs scored bolh of fl( the walks with a grasscutter that was Hfl too hot for Morris Hath. ll Again In the third the Beavers broke 191 loose, but their rally was short-lived. : H3 Siglin laced out a double and Hoi- II locher's single scored him. II From here on in Tom Hughes ' Mfiw pitched beautiful ball and allowed but i Wwffi a single hit In the remaining innings. ' M$ Salt Lake kept plugging along in its ' H r" hard luck way until the third, when ? M it shoved over a lone marker. Singles 1 H by Hannah, Tobin and Rath were ire-; ire-; H sponsible for the run. ; M Hannah scored again in the fifth. ) H He singled, and Hath and Sheeloy did H . likewise behind him. M Glslason's walk and Truck Hannah's H double sent over another single score in the sixth. H Singles by Hyan, Quinlan and Orr H '; and a sacrifice fly by Hannah rang up H the two buttons in the eighth. The Hm score: Imr PORTLAND 3w AB H HPO A E I HI Hollocher, ss 5 1 2 2 9 0 H) Pinelll, 3b 5 1 1 0 2 0 MM WIlio, rf 3 2 0 1 0 0 Williams, cf 4 2 13 1 0 I f Griggs, lb 5 0 1 12 1 0 ! ' Farmer, If 4 0 2 4 0 0 i ; Siglin, 2b 4 1 1 4 4 0 I ' Fisher, c 2 0 0 1 0 0 j r Houck, p 3 0 0 0 1 0 I I i Totals . .. 35 7 8 27 18 0 M SALT LAKE Ml AB R HPO A E ; t Tobin, cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 Wjl Hath, 3b 5 0 3 1 3 1 ff- Sheeloy, lb 6 0 1 14 0 0 ! - Ryan. 1 4 1 1 3 0 0 f 'Quinlan, cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 f Orr, ss 4 0 2 2 7 0 Gislason, 2b 3 1 0 2 3 1 L Hannah, c 3 2 3 3 1 1 Hoff, p 0 0 0 0 0 1 j Hughes, p 4 0 1 0 2 1 Totals 36 5 14 27 16 5 SCORE BY INNINGS j Portland j Runs 4 210000007 Hits .. , 4 121000008 Salt Lake-Runs Lake-Runs 0 0101102 05 Hits 0 1313203 114 SUMMARY Two-base hits Farmer 2, Siglin, Orr, Hannah. Sacrifice hits Wilie, Houck. Sacrifice fly Hannah. Stolen bases Wilie, Williams, Farmer. Bases on balls Off Hughes 4, off Houck 2. Struck out By Hughes 2. Four runs, 4 hits and 5 at bat off Hoff in minus inning, out In first, men on second and third and none out. Runs responsible for Houck 5, Hoff 2, Hughes 2. Charge defeat to Hoff. Left on bases Portland 7, Salt Lake 7. First base on errors Portland 3. Double plays Hollocher to Siglin to Griggs 2, Siglin to Hollocher to Griggs, Orr to Gislason, Orr to Hannah Han-nah to Sheeley. Time of game 1:53. Umpires Casey and Brashear. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE LEAGUE STANDINGS W. L. Pet. San Francisco 57 37 .606 Salt Lake 47 39 .547 Los Angeles 47 44 .516 Oakland 44 49 .473 Portland 3S 48 .442 Vernon 39 54 .419 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS At Los Angeles Oakland 3, Los Angeles An-geles 9. At San Francisco Vernon ' 5, San Francisco 3. At Salt Lake Portland 7, Salt Lake 5. |