Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-10
Angels and Stars
Lead Opening by
Coping Three
By UNITED PRESS


the Hollywood Stars leading by
three games, Pacific Coast league
baseball teams today took their ira
ditional day off before meeting their
/ weekend opponents again on Tues
+ day night in the first night games
since the start of the war.
In a Gouble-header Sunday. at
/ Sacramento, the Angels scored two
decisive wins over the Sacramento
Solons. l5-4 and 7-3 Paced by
First Baseman Rip Russell who
made three home runs and with
circuit cloutS by Eddie Fernandes
and Bill Sarni. the Angels repeated
Saturdays easy 5-l opening win.
In the opener, the Angels scored
two runs in the first on Russells
homer which followed Cecil Garri
otis single Pitcher Don Osburns
double and a single by George Ogo-
rex gave the hngeIS another in the
second. In the second game, the
Solons chalked up a one-run lead
in the first when Marucci singled
Nanny Was home. The Angels,
however. scored two in the second
and held their lead throughout.
The Hollywood Stars made seven
unearned runs off the Seattle
Rainiers in the opener of a double
header at Gilmore stadium to win
the contest Us. The one-hit pitch
ing of Alex Weldon gave the Stars
the second game 4-2 to bring the
team three victories in row. The
Stars took Saturdays game 2-1.
San Diego and Portland were in
second place in the league pennant
race each with two games won and
one lost.
PADRES SPLIT
The Padres split a double-header
with the Oakland Acorns at San
Diego Sunday. winning the night
cap 7-2 and dropping the opener
Ga The Oaks won the opener
in a close contest. making a strong
comeback after losing their inaug-
ural Saturday 8-5.
The Oaks took one run in the
first inning of the opener when
Jack Caulifield scored from third
on deep centerfield fly by John
Kreevich. In the second game, the
Padres scored in the second on five
walks and a double for four runs,
and in the fourth on three walks
and a double for three
The Portland Beavers took re-
by overthrowing the San Francisco
Seals 5-3 and 17-7 Sunday at San
Francisco.
In the nightcap, the BeverS, trail
/ ing 20 in the seventh, showed four
runs in the ninth in a barrage of
hits off Ray Harrell.
Sundays results:
FIRST GAMES
Los Angeles .2l0 623 0l0-l5 "A 2
Sacramento 900 900 O04- 4 8 3
Osborn and Sarni; Fletcher, Pin
/ tar a, Gordon "a and Marcucci.
/ Seattle ................ 200 O0l Ops I 6
Hollywood . 010 sol 00x-7 u 3
Fischer, Yelovic 90. Mcclure (5),
Tincup (9l and Sueme Sharp, Mi
chaSek C7j and Hill.
Oakland ............. 10l 002 l10-6 II /
San Diego ....... 900 900 202-4 8 2
Pippen and Raimondi; Brilliant,
Valenzuela t6), and Ballinger.
Portland .... 400 OIL 64l-17 81 0
San Francisco .302 O02 OO0-7 Is 4
Pieretti and Campbell; Harrell,
Piercey u, Seats C6D, Parson (D
and Ogrodowski
SECOND GAMES
Los Angeles ... 02l 300 II II 0
Sacramento .. 100 O1O ID 8 2
Mallory & Sarni; Porter, Driese-
werd a. and Marcucci.
Seattle ............... 900 020 % l @
Hollywood ...... 110 llO x-4 10 !
Specie, Johnson 80 and Buona-
rigo, Sueme 81; Weldon and III.
Oakland ............... 900 200 p
San Diego ......... 040 300 TT G
Marshall, A. Raimondi % and
Lorenz, Cecil and Salkeld.
Portland "A .001 600 As 8
San Francisco 100 900 1-3 7 G
Cohen and Adams, Campbell a.
Harrell and Sprinz.
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