Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-22
SPORTS PAGE
Beavers Maintain Top Role
BY UNITED PRESS

The Portland Beavers, still MAIN
tanning a 2l2-game lead over their
nearest opponents, the San Francis
co Seals. this week will defend their
first-place position against the Hol-
lywood Stars as Pacific Coast base
ball swings into its seventh week.
The Beavers split a double bill
with the San Diego club Sunday,
walking off with the opener 16 to
but dropping the nightcap 30 TO
win four games of the series to the
Padres three.
The second-place Seals split a
doubleheader with the HOLLYWOOD
Stars, losing the opener 81 but
coping the nightcap 5-4. The series
ended 4-3 in the Seals favor. Oak
land, winning two games from the
Los Angeles Angels, 1916 and 6-5,
won its series 4-3.
SOLONS SURPRISE
Surprise of the week occurred
when the last place Sacramento
Solons won four games to Seattle's
three. 1t was the first time the
SolonS had won series since 1912.
Dropping Sundays opener, 3-2, the
Sacramento club won the nightcap,
2-l.
This weeks series include, in ad-
dition to the Beavers-Stars games,
Seattle at San Francisco, Los An
geles at San Diego and Portland at
Hollywood.
The Beavers started off their run
parade in Sundays opener with sew
en- scores in the first inning on
four singles and three walks, knock
ing Chet Johnson from the box and
bringing Keith Bauer to the mound.
Walt Lowe, drafted TO hurl the last
two and two-thirds innings, yielded
just one hit.
Rex Cecil pitched his sixth sue
ceSSive victory in the nightcap for
San Diego to win his ninth game
of the season against three losses.
The Padres made their winning runs
in the fourth when Walt Lowe
scored on a double play by Jack
Whipple and Whipple scored on a
Patchett's bunt.
The San Francisco Seals scored
nightcap victory despite fielding
which almost gave the game to the
Stars in the seventh frame. Trailing
by two runs, the Stars pushed over
three runs on two base hits and
fielding errors from their opponents.
The Seals Okey Flowers walked
eight men while limiting the Stars
on base hits.
Butch Morans triple featured Sec
ond game batting, the Hollywood
player getting two for three in the
first game.
ANGELS SKID AGAIN
AT Los Angeles, the Oakland
Acorns twice held off Angel rallies.
The Acorns had the nightcap won
Al when the Angels came up to
bat in the last half of the last in
ming. Manuel Salvatierra's home
run was followed by another by Cece
Garriott with one man on base,
tying the score at four-all. In the
10th, Jake Caulfield doubled to
score Emil Mailko and Les Scar
sella for the Acorns.
Although the Sacramento Solons
took an earely lead in their opener
with runs in the first and second
innings, the Rainiers broke through
with two runs in the seventh.
The Solons clinched the series be-
hind the three-hit pitching of
SouthpaW Glen Dreisewerd. The
winning run came in the third when
Bill Ramsey, who had started on
walk, advanced on a sacrifice by
Gene Handley and was finally
brought in on a single by Al Nc
Elreath.
SECOND GAMES)
Seattle ..................010 900 0-l 3 2
Sacramento .........10l 600 x-2 8 2
Libke and Buonariog; Dreisewerd
and Marcucci
Portland ...............O 900 600 90 2 0
San Diego 900 200 X-2 0
Helser and Adams; Cecil and Bal
linger.
Hollywood ............ 900 01O "a 4 3
San Francisco ...230 900 Ks 7 l
Weldon, Smith "a and Hill;
Flowers and Sprinz.
Oakland ..........010 003 900 2-6 8 /
Los Angeles 900 OO1 300 Is 8 2
Pippin, Lotz %, A. Raimondi 1O
and Lorenz; Prim, Mallory %, Os-
born 80 and FernandeS.