The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-16
San Diego
Maintains
Loop Lead
Seottle Triumphs
In Seul Series:
Splits Double-Bill
BY uNITEp PREss

BY the length OF n goat pchro
San Diego chung to its leadership
In the Pacific Coast league race
today and faces the slowly climb
ing Hollywood Stars in this weeks
series. The second place Oakland
Acorns run up against Sacramento
at Emeryville and may move back
into first place before the week Is
over.
Last weeks series all broke
four games to three, with Seattle,
San Diego. Sacramento and Holly
wood winning over San Francisco.
Oakland, Portland and Los An
geles respectively.
San Francisco, which has
taken = sad pasting lately.
might have won its series
from the RainIers had II not
been that Phil Maxzeo, rookie
umpire, called two balks ON
Orv Jorgens last Saturday
and cost the Seals the game.
Jorgens' delivery. unorthodox
20 say the least, has been
okaycd by major league jumps
and never before has been 30
audibly questioned.
The Seals broke even with the
Rainiers yesterday. winning the
first game 9-6 and losing the
second 6-3. Sam Gibson. who
earlier in the week had turned
Seattle back 40, retired after six
innings after giving up IL hits and
five runs. II left the Seals on the
short end of a 5 to 2 score. In
the seventh inning, however, San
Francisco landed on Bill Walker
for four runs and four hits. Seattle
tied the score at Gall in the eighth.
but wildness of Ira Scribner, Nick
Radunich and on Tate gave the
Seals three more in their half Of
the inning. Tate was charged
with the defeat although officially
not player faced him. He
walked Brooks Holder and hit Ted
Norbert.
Paul Gregory outpitched VIII
fred lie Febvre. Larry Quay and
Jensen in the nightcap, permitting
the Seals seven hits. Four runs
were scored off lie Febvre before
he was lifted In the fourth but the
damage was done. Seattle failed
To get a hit from the fourth inning
on.
Gene IillarJ finally won q
game for Los Angeles, out
pitching Bill Fleming and Paul
Andrews Of Hollywood for an
lis victory In the opener.
The Starr three runs were un-
earned and Lillard gave up
only five hits. Wayne Osborne
put the Twinks back In the
running with As victory In
the nighacap, In which Emil
kush was the pitching victim
after succeeding Jess Flores.
San Diego held its half game
advantage over Oakland by win
ming the second game yesterday
SO after the Acorns took the first
Al. wally Hebert lost his first
game of the season in the opener
when his support cracked.
In the second game Mike Chris
toff and Bill conroy gave the
Acorns an early lead with their
consecutive second inning home
runs. but Mickey Haslin brough,
the Padres home ahead with q two
base hit In the fifth that scored
three men.
Oscar Judd turned Portland
back with three hits in the first
game as Sacramento won 81. and
Norbert kleinke decisioned Walter
Hilcher and Walter Specie In the
nine inning overtime nightcap, 2-1
for another Senator win. Dor
Galindo, Scion second baseman
drove home two runs in the frs
inning of the opener to cook tn,
goose Of Bill Thomas. Larry Bar,
ton. Art Garibaldi and Bob Blatt
ner won the second game. Bartor
doubled with Garibaldi on frs
to tie the game in the seventh in
ming. and Blattner singled Carl
baldi home after the latter douhlet