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PAGE TWENTY THE OIL CITY, (PA.) DERRICK, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 6. 1948 DERRICK Refiners To Meet Allegheny College Here Tonight Contest Postponed From Last Evening The Oil City Refiners and Allegheny college will meet on the Ramage-Hasson field at o'clock tonight in an exhibition game postponed from last night due to wet grounds. Unable to engage in a. practice session yesterday because of the soggy condition of the field the locals will hold a batting drill starting at 10:30 a. m.

today. Manager a Dahlstrom is anxious to get the Refiners' batting eyes sharpened for the season's opener in Toungstown Friday night and the loss of a workout yesterday calls for additional practice today. I Coach Bob Garbark, former Boston rledsox catcher, will bring a team here this evening which has won two games while losing one this spring and gives promise of developing into a top-notch collegiate nine before the campaign ends. Allegheny's starting lineup probably will read as follows: Montgomery, 55; McEwen. rf; Beta, cf; Porterfield, Ib; Feisley, 2b; Wylie, If: Morrow, 3b; Nixon, Benson, p.

Manager Dahlstrom is expected to counter with: Paolisso, 2b; Vei-espy, Phalen, Ib; Weiss, 3b; Dahlstrom, cf; Solis, If; Corr, rf; Shoup, -and the pitcher, to be named at game time, Tfo.e gates will be opened at 7 o'clock this evening and admission price wiil be 50 cents for everyone. Friday, Saturday tnd Sunday nights the Refiners will play the Colts in Youngstown, returning here on Monday for a three-game series with Vkiidergrift's Pioneers and then a three-game set with the Uniontown Coal Barons. Softball League Elects Officers E. L. Dolce was the Junior Church Softball lea.gue for 194B at a meeting of the loop held last night in the Y.M.C.A.

Other officers who were named to serve for the ensuins year are: Lewis Baughman, vice president, and 'Earl Stover, secretary and treasurer. The team delegates decided to set May as the opening, day of the 194S season. All games will start at 6 p. m. and be preceded by a three inning game between youtiger boys.

All main games will be six innings. An entry fee of 52.50 was set for all teams. All players in xhe lea.gue must be under 17 years of age and pitchers for any team must be under 16 years of age. Another of the league be held next Wednesday night in the Y.M.C.A. A schedule for the year will be decided upon at that time.

V. F. W. DRILLS FRIDAY The VFW Softball team will hold a practice session at 5:30 p. m.

Friday on the Clavk Summit tiiamond All candidates are urged to attend the drill. VS MEN TO PLAY TODAY The Y'a Men baseball team wil: engage in a practice game at 6 m. today at Crawford's field All members are asked to be present. Reds Record Triumph Over Qiants Cincinnati, May 5 --(JP)-- Lelty Ken Peterson pulled Cincinnati cut of a four-game losing tailspin by limiting the New York Giants to five hits today to give the Reds 5-2 victory. Making biis first start of the season after five relief jqfos.

the-22- tlipaw allowed only lair of singles in the first seven linings. Johnny McCarthy broke his shutout, with a homer 'in the ighth and Bobby Thomson hit second homer of the year in the ninth. A two-run error by McCarthy, playing first base for the injured Johnny Mize, wrecked Starter Shelr don Jones in the first inning. A single by Johnny Wyrostek, a double by Grady Hatton and a Hank Sauer loaded D'asea with one out. Thin came McCarthy's boot.

Ray Lamanno's drove in Sauer with the third run of the inning. Red Stallcup's single, followed by a sacrifice and Frankie Baumholtz' -single added a fourth" run in the second inning, sending Jones to the showers. Hatton touched Thornton Lee, the second Giants' pitcher, for a homer over the right field fence with nobody on in the third. 'i The loss dropped the Giants a full gaise back of the league-leading Pittsburgh Pirates who defeated Boston. Walker Cooper, injured Giant catcher who has been playiqg: despite a bone chip in his right knee, was given a rest: He was replaced by RooUie Wes Westrum.

New York .000 000 011--2 5 1 Cincinnati 311 000 Kai--5 7 1 Jones, Lee, TrinWe and Westrum, Livingston; Peterson and Lamanno. BARONS AIMING FOR BERTH IN FIRST DIVISION Down ye Old Sports Trail BUCCOS STAGE RALLY TO WIN FROM BRAVES i i rF3m JI THIN? BETTER TRADE TODAY! Vf X. 1 GOODYEAR OF ALL TIRE TROUBLE IN THE LAST OF TIRE SEU US "THE LAST 1 I OF I GET THE NEW plui lax o.OOxl* Terms: MORE NON-SKID MILEAGE Averaged in actual road tests STRONGER CORD BODY WIDER. FLATTER TREAD HUSKIER SHOULDER DESIGN NEW TIRES DESERVE NEW TUBES AS LITTLE AS $1.25 A WEEK BUYS A SET OF GOODYEAR DELUXE TIRES SIZE 6.OOxl6 (This Is one of series on prospects of Middle-Atlantic league teams) Uniontown, May 5 --CS 1 )-Cellar tenants through most of the 1947 campaign, the Uniontown Coal Barons are hoping for better things in the coming Middle Atlantic Baseball league campaign. On the threshold of their second season in the MA, the Baron official family is confident that the sophomore year will produce both increased attendance and a first division club.

Last year's entry wound-up in 7th plact but attracted 78,000 customers to Speedway perk. Manager Bill Mongiello has been at the Bart9w (Fla.) training sta- since February, where he has assisted Pittsburgh Pirate farm personnel look over unsigned youngsters destineji to play with Pirate affiliates. Praises Training Plan' The Baron skipper has 'been gen erous in hie praise of the new-Bucco mass-training farm' plan. Mon- lello says'the new program should greatly strengthen all of the Corsair farm clubs. He stresses the fact that the new system enables fai'm pilots to get a better picture of the replacement talent available through the farm organization.

Since the Barons, like virtually all farm units, have the problem! oi replacement as their chief obstacje at the outset of the season, Mohgi- ello's deep rooted respect of the streamlined farm program is understood by those close to the farm scene. Dozen Move Up Moving up. the Pirate ladder this season are a dozen of the 194' Barons, including a trio of Indianapolis-bound performers. Bill Plate who covers first foas.e like a prospective Hal Chase; Jack Ueraon whose occupancy of the keystpne sack was accompanied by a batting mark that bordered on .400, anc "Long John" Hahn, elongated right- hander, are the former Coalers graduating to the Triple A-Hooslei club. Outfielders Bill Street and ''Andy" Anderson have advanced i to the Albany farm stop.

Two other fly chasers. Bill Hudasek and Jerry Klein, are tkketed for Davenport and Port Wayne, respectively Catcher Serge Schuster, who dou i bled year as the teamSs bus driver, aleo goes to Fort Wayne Fain n.t Fort Wayne In addition to Ha'hn, four other moundsmen, climb higher. Stan Fain, clever southpaw, la headet for Fort Wayne, along with Mackey, son of Pirate Scout Leo Mackey. Tommy Encinas, Pomona fiK-baller, packs for Waco Texas, while young Tony Segzda impressive ID-year old righthander is en route to Davenport. Current plans call for the reten tion of 10 players who saw last season with Uniontown.

They should give Mongiello a worlcinf nucleus, with previously unsigned players and Class graduates supplying the remainder of the 1948 caflt, Doug MactDougall, ifirho serve behind the, plate and in oute garden probably will return, as wil a quartet of infielders. The latte group embraces Russ Bll McICee, Al Venditto and 'Manage: Mongiello. Five veteran pitchers may 1e wearing a Baron uniform when thi Coalers make their MA debut a Vandergrift May 7. This quinte consists'of George Vargulich, San ford Wilson, Jack Kimp, Mario Fasano and Roy Chuck. It is the outfield which present: the chief opportunity for newcom ei'S.

If MacDougall dons the mask and shin Coalers haven' anyone back on the scene who pa trolled the Speedway pasture a year ago. By WBETNET MAJtTIN New Turk, May it's lero today and gone tomorrow, so Cookie Lavagetto Shouldn't feel too jadly aboulMiis departure from the Jrooklyn Dodger roster. He must lave known he hanging on )y his fingernails, but the "here's your hat; what's your hurry? 1 manner of dismissal peeves him somewhat. Seldom has a world series player been the center of such frenzied acclaim as Cookie. For few minutes the world, or that part of it which is Brooklyn, wasi at his feet.

Arid at his cap, and his shirt, arid every item of his attire. He had just ruined Bill Sevens' bid for a no-hitter with two out in be ninth inning of the- fourth ganW of the series with a line drive against the right field the blow driving in two runs and' giving 1 the Dodgers a 3 to 2 Like a Graveyard Stroll field had seen mass hys- isria before. IrT fact, that situation 19 more or lees the rule rather than exception there. But Lavagetto's hit made all previous demonstrations seem like a Sunday stroll through a graveyard; The packed stands abruptly became a bubbling, seething, incoherent niasa of candidates for a psychopathic ward. The ga-ga fane overflowed onto the field to engulf Cookie'and Us teammates.

How he ever reached the haven of trie locker Is still a Sherlock Holmes' case. For almost an hour after the game little groups of stragglers floated aimlessly about the park and as dusk approached a semicircle of fans stood deep in right field gazing 'in silent' awe at ftie spot where the ball had hit the fence, much as morbid' souls gaze fascinated at the spot where the body was found. Cookie Hour of Glory 'That was Cookie's hour of glory, and it gained him a sort of base-, ball immortality. He was the man who came to dinner and stayed the real-of his life, as instead of being just another world series batter be never will tie forgotten. He struck out rather, ignominiously when inserted as a pinch hitter the next day.

That will be forgot- ben, but his blow, off Beveris wll maSs his name -bob up In worle series discussions for years anc yeare to come. It is rather significant that Lav- joins, Al Gionfriddo, tlie No 2 hero of the 194T classic, the Brooklyn standpoint oh the -list of the unwanted. Gionfriddd's catch of Joe DiMaggio's tremendous, wal lop in the slarth game will go down as one of baset)all's really great fielding, plays. Both Lavagetto and Gionfriddo were substitutes, a fact which 'make their feats the more sensational Maybe both of them realize tha one great performance'didn't rate a retirement peheion. Gioofriddo was optioned to.

the minors not long ago. He's only 28 so might come back. Lavagetto long a Brooklyn favorite, la 33 hasn't too many yeans left in th big snoiy, so his departure from the club is the more serioue per sonal Cookie's departure severs anothe tis binding the current sedate Dodgers to the roaring, boistering club of Larry MacPhail era One by one and two. by two.thi names which Brooklyn news the Camillia, tho Walkers, ths Her mans, the Medwlcks, the Wyatts and the Higtes, have departed from the Ebbets field scene. It is the era of youth in Platbush and the old men of 30 or there abouts might as well keep 4 time table handy.

All the rapid move aren't around the bases. Pittsburgh, May ng two runs after two Oiits in the inth, the first place Pittsburgh 'irates edged out the Boston Brav- 3-2 today to cifalk up their sixth traig'ht triumph. Franklie Gustine and Wally Weet- ake, both of whom had singled, cored on singles by Ed Stevens hd Danny Murtaugh. The Braves held a 2-1 lead since the fifth, they got two of their nine Kirby Higbe was credited with he win, although he worked but Una inning. Elmer Riddle allowed no earned runs in pitching eight ounds against Johnny Sain.

BOSTON Stanky, 2b 4 1 2 4 2 Holmes, rf 4 0 1 2, 0 M. McCortiuck, cf 4 0 1 2 0 Elliott, 3b 4 0 1 1 1 McCormick, Ib 4 0 1 8 0 Torgeson, Ib 0 0 0 0 0 Litwhiler, If 3 0 1 4 0 Salkeld, 3 0 1 5.0 Dark, EB 4 1 1 0 4 Sain, 3 0 0 0 1 Totals ..33 2 9A26 8 a--Two out when winning run icored. PITTSBURGH AB A lojek, ts 4 3b i Kiner, If 4 Walker, rf Westlake, cf Stevens, Ib 2b Jtlufctz, Riddle, zWest, Higbe, ALSO PACKS CLOSE OUT Boys' and Girls' Ball Bearing ROLLER SKATES Beginners Skates 2.SO, Now 1.75 SPORTSMEN'S DEN Masonic Dial 74-931 Salem Cops Victory From Shippenvifle Salem defeated Shippenville, 1-0 in a baseball game played yester day on the winners' home field Meabon rapped a double, scored the only run of the contest Summary: SHTPFENVILLE AB Klser, ss 3 0 D. Kapp, 2b 3 0 Detar, Ib 3 0 Barrett, rf i .3 0 Beary, 3b 3 0 Ehrhart, 3 0 Fesenmeyer, If 3 0 Elsenman, cf 3 0 Smrekar, -3 0 Totals 27 0 SALEM AB B. Mattern, 3 0 Sheakley, Ib 3 0 G.

Ritts, 2b 3 0 W. Ritts, cf .3 0 Sny der, 3b "3 0 Detar, ss .3 0 Fay, rf 0 Shaner, rf 1 0 Duffee, If 2 0 Mcabon, .2 1 Totals 26 1 STANDINGS CLEVELAND 6 3 Philadelphia New York 5 Boston 6 St. Louis 5 5 Washington 6 7 A3 A 0 2 2 2 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 Ii5 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Major League Summaries AMERICAN LEAGUE RESULTS YESTERDAY Bet-ton Detroit (11 innings). Washington Chicago 0 (night). Others postponed, rain.

Detroit 6 9 Chicago ...........3 8 behind leader). Pot. .667 .615 .583 .538 .500, .462 .278 GB GAMES TODAY Louis at.New York--Fannin U-l) vs. Reynolds 3-0). Detroit at Boston--Newhouser (1-3) ve.

Harris (1-1) or Kramer (1-0). Cleveland at Philadelphia--Feller (3-1) vs. Fowler (0-0). Chicago at Washington (night) -Judson 0-i) vs. Wynn (1-2) or Haefner (1-2).

NATIONAL LEAGUE! RESULTS YESTERDAY Pittsburgh Bostoii 2. Cincinnati New York 2. Philadelphia 13; Chicago B. Brooklyn at St. 'Louis, rajn.

Totals .,34 9 27 23 z--Flied out for Riddle 8th. Boston 020 000--2 Pittsburgh I 000 100 002--3 Error--Gustine. Runs batted in-Westlake, Stanky, Elliott, Stevens, Idurtaugh'. Two base Murtaugh, Stanky. Sacrifices--Sain.

Doubles Stanky and'-E. VlcCormick, Riddle, Rojek and Stevens; Rojek, Murtftugh and Stevens (2). Left on bases--Boston 10, Ittsburgh 5. Bases on bslls--Rid- dle 3, Higbe Strikeouts--Sain 4. Hita off Riddlte 9 in 8 inninjs: Higbe 0 in 1.

Hit' by pitcher--By Rid-i die (ILitwhiler). pitch--Riddle. Winnlnj; pitcher--Higbe. Henline, Stewart and Bcggess. Time 1:49.

STANDINGS Pet PITTSBURGH .9 4 4MB New York 9 6 .600 1 St. Louis ...7 5 .583 Brooklyn .7 7 .500 Philadelphia .......7 8 .487 Cincinnati 7 9 Boston 6 9 .5 9 2H 3 Chicago -behind leader). .438 .400 .397 GAMES TODAY Brooklyn at Chicago---Hatten (10) or 31oat (0-0) vs Borowy (1-1). Philadelphia at St. Louis Cnfeht) --Leonard (2-1) or Donnelly (1-1 Pollet (0-0).

New York at Pittsburgh--Poat (1-1) Bonham (0-1). Boston at Cincinnati --Voiselle (2-O) vs Blackwell REDSOX DOWN DETROIT TEAM IN 11TH INNING Boston, May 5 Junior tephens' llth inning homer gave he Boston Redsox a 4-3' win over Jie Detroit Tigers today after' Williams saved matter! In the 10th with a magnificent double-play hrow to the plate to retire the side 1th the bases, loaded. Starter Virgil Trucks held the ockers to three hits wile coast- ng along on a 3-1 lead until the inth. Then Johnny Peeky started' Boston rally wltii a single to ight. Williams followed by boune- ng a hit off Eddie Hayo's glove hort-right field and Trucks was ranked for Trout.

After a bunt forced Williams at second rM Pesky made bird, the latter scored when Trout hrew wild trying to pick him off ase. Stan Spence'i pinch-hit single rove in Stephens with the tjrlag un. The Tigers filled the bases gainst Ellis Kinder, the third loston pitcher in the chilly action. ith none out in the 10th on a paac Johnny Lipon and singles by Mayo and George Kelt But Kinder made Ed Mierkowicx whiff before Walt Ever? laced a drive into loft- enter. Williams made a brilliant unning catch and then rifled a ne-bounce throw to nail Upon at the plate.

Lefty Mel Parneli opened for the IOBOX ind gave them all but one if their. 11 hits before being re- ilaced by Harry' Polish with two. iut in the eighth. Before Dorlsh rat removed Upon, who reached forcing Trucks, went to third two and scored the third Detroit run on a Mayo fly. Detroit 000 001 010 06-4 11 Boston 002 01--4 81 Trucks.

Trout aadWacner, Parneli, Dorish, Kinder and Tebbetts. Rockland Scores Win Over Harrisville High Storing all its runs in the fourth inning Rockland defeated Harris- vllle, 4-1, in a high school baseball game played yesterday on the winners' home Summary: HARRISVDLLE AB Ragan, ss 3 0 2 2 Bailey, 3b 3 0 0 0 Davis, Ib 3 0 0 0 Ritenuer, 3 1 i 0 Bell, 2b 3 0 0 0 Barnes, If 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 Thompson, cf 2 0 0 Best, rf 1 0 0 0 Potter, rf i 0 0 0 Totals 25 1 3 3 BOCKLAND AB Delong, rf 3 0 1 0 Urey, rf 0 0 0 1 G. Graham, If 3, 0 0 Stellman, Ib 3 1 1 0 E. Graham, 3b 3 0 0 1 McCord, .....3 i 1 0 Sheffer, es 3 .1 1 i Thompson, 2 2 0 J. Hodg-son, 2b 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 Jordan, I 2 0 1 0 K.

Hodgson, cf 0 0 0 0 Totols .26 4 6 3 Harrisyille ............000 000 1--1 Rockland 000 400 Three base hit--Ritenuer. Struck, out--By McCord. 14, Ritenuer 4 Legion Baseball League to Meet The American Legion Junior baseball league will hold a meeting at p. m. in the YMCA.

Alf directors end 'team managers are requested to attend the session. Entry blaokj, forfeit fees and insurance fees or insurance certifi- oatss should toe turned In at the meeting. fields, umpires and schedule -will be discussed at the There arc six teams entered In the junior loop which is scheduled to start the season during the week of May 17. They are: Y's Men PNA, Moose, Elks, Store and American Legion. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Newark Montreal 3.

Toronto Jersey City 8. Buffalo Baltimore 3. Rochester 11; Syracuse 4. Phillies Record 13-9 Victory Over Bruins Chicago, May Philadelphia Phillies launched their western invasion a victory, over the Chicago Cubs here today, tut it was, small solace for the Iocs at Lynwood "Schoolboy 1 Rowe. The 38-year-old pitching: veteran suffered a fractured thumb on his left hand when he was struck by a vicious line drive off the bat of Harry "Peanuts" Lowrey, He will be sidelined for at months.

Rpwe was routed In the third inning, but the Phillies rallied for five runs off Ben Wade, second of a string of four Cub hurlers, in the! sixth inning to nail down the vie-1 tory. The decision went to Sam Nahem. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Iilvaukee'16; Louisville 4. St. Paul Indianapolis 3.

Minneapolis 3. rmtr for CMhr, Practice Drill Today The South Bide Merchants ball team will Hop practice loh at 0 p. m. tbdhtr on tte Hitchell Avenup The following payers and any others wishing- to- tryont for the earn are requested to report today: Ed Henderson, John Staler. Piste Stanley Anderson, Boh tlehl, Jerome Siaf ran, Jake Fe- darek, Bill Williams, Jack RMd, ItrickenberK.

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61-240 EBDE TRIMS GANNON Erie, May 5--W--The Middle Atlantic league's Erie Sailors took an easy 164) win over a Ganr non 1 college nine before 1,000 fans in an exhibition baseball game tonight at Ainaworth field. COLLEGE; BASEBALL Navy Princeton 0. EVINRUDE MOTORS PENN-YAN BOATS and CANOES MARINE SUPPLIES USED OUTBOARDS SPORTING GOODS. CO. 704 ELK STREET, FRANKLIN Telephone Franklin, 921-C WE CONGRATULATE THE CITY OF OIL CITY OH THEIR NEW TRAFFIC PLAN This plan also makes it possible for all people of Oil City to take a bus right to the door of our good USED CAR LOT Located at 122-124 State Street Listed below are but a few of the good buys you'll find 1941 Chevrolet Pick-Up.

One owner--Low mileage. IBM Chevrolet StyleniBster. 4-door. Radio--Heater; 1M1 Nash Amb. 8 Sedan.

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