Sloir Pitch Trops Romp Play Off* llcatit Tonight at Park To Girls loop 1'1,-iy off for the City cham­ pionship in slow pitch soft- ball opens tonight at 8:30 p.m., at Torronce Park when In Over Duds the Blue Streak and Service Three hits were all the Tro- Club league titlists vie in the jans needed Thursday as they first game of a best of three BLUES BOUNCE swept p.ist the Duds. 14-4. in niris' Softhall League action at MciMastcr Park The Fire Department "B" squad, representing the nine Llla Cordray posted a ono- UNIONMEN IN hittcr in tossing the win for the League's champion American Trojans. It was their eighth Legion will open play. Winner straight Girls' League triumph. will get special awards from FINAL GAME In a pair of Tuesday games the Recreation Department. The National Bluns and -,t \v-iltn.-ia park, the Huns TORRANCE HERALD AUG. 15, 1955 1 Rogues, 13-10. and A second game Is set for | Local 1135 closed out the Blu« ijins swamped the Friday night, same time and I Streak slow pitch soft hall sea­ place and I i ! : ..- 137. a third game, If son Friday night, at necessary. Is set for next Torrance Seven i rrors by the Duds en­ Park, with the Blues really abled the Trojans to grab off Torrance Bows hanging one on the Unlonmen, the game. They also benefited 27-5. from eight walks supplied hy Dud hurler Ada Dot Hayes. Al Tipton had a perfect five for five at the plate to pace the nets Two lilts nines to their league Dot Nelson, , got two Out Of Tourney win. He home-red in the first of the Trojan hits. Alice Cruz Inning, got the only Dud bingle. By JIM CRUMPACKER doubled and tripled In the big hird inning, doubled in the Four runs in the last of the Vancouver, B.C.'s Little Leaguers, put an end to Tor- fourth and singled in the sixth. sixth pave the Huns their win ranee's third place ambitions at the Region The Blues rocked home 14 over the 8 tournament Rocues. The losers Saturday morning when they rallied for two runs in the tuns in tnelr third inning rally. had talilerl seven big run* in Thev got IS hits in scoring the the List of the fifth to take a last half of the sixth inning to edge the locals, 8-7. mass of tallies. ion lead. Torrance had taken a 6-0 lead In the first inning Scott Albright had an easy But hits by Marsha Post and when they put together four j Gave Wllwn and a pair of er­ time of it on the mound for the rors by Rogue ihlrd baseman hits, coupled with four Van- < doubled. He was brought In by Filues. spacing 10 hits. He was Sue C.imphell gave the winners couver errors to get off to a: t et,.a|ght bunt safeties, Kicked by a 29 attack. quick start. Doug Potts, who * their final tallies. All four count- went the route on the mound | Aft" Pott» and HalaP' n na<1 Other Hitters fte out. for the All Stars, hit a homer made top defensive plays In Other top hitters for the Break Tie Blues included George Ahrent, The Walterlans broke a 7-7 with Cliff Roy on base to pro- registering the first, two cuts four bingles. Harry Theodosls. tin to wallop the Flamingos The vide the big blow. of the frame. Lea and Pete Potts, hrce safeties; Jim'carlin. four winners got six hits, while the who lost his fir-it tour- Blacl< singled In succession to hits; Jim Wlelman, n».ment three safe- Flnmlngos got nine, hut could game after four "nd the tilt, i^s. and Bruce Llndsay, thm not hunch them effectively. straight play-off wins, senlnd For the second straight day hits. down and hurled shutout ball i the locals' League play continues tomor­ defense betrayed t The row night at Waltfria Park at the Canadians for four | them. They committed four winners got two scon, when the Flamingos tarkle the straight Innings. ; mlscues to Vancouver's five, in each of the first two Inning* Huns and the Wallet-Inns ho.-rt New THS In the fifth, however, the win-1 but faltered when It. hurt the and then poured home 14 in the the Duds in a twin hill. First ners evened the count by tally- ' most. third, two in the fourth ar" a me rts at 7 p.i Ing six runs. | Curt Probst retired after the wen in the sixth inning. 022 MO 4 1 Coach Due h Hitter Hits first Inning with a sprained Emo Platlsha. Tex Wlllianif. 221 800-14 3 Jim Si-o tt. a pinch hatter, ankle. Mewborn went to short: and Si Whitman each had twe Hayf-s and Specht; Cord ray Here Soon ned Potts first offering down and Halapln was Inserted Into! base hits for the 1135 gang. and Nelson. he middle for a single. Potts the third base spot. | Williams was the losing pitch­ Huns ...... 050 314 13 11 A fo Hu k a groundcr by Ron End for Ixx-alu i er. He hurled the entire con Rogues ...... 100 270-10 4 college star ; Dave Dana,, Brl ,, w Torrance got nine hits, the i test for the Unlonmen. is due to a nd threw high to sec- Alhertson and Post; Turgeion re soon to onrl ha . giving the Vancouver i winners collected 11 off Potts, | ! Local 1135 yielded two run., and Camp. take over newly assigne ach- squa ,| who pitched a good game' 'to National in the first Inning, Ing duties as t wo runners on. Jim Flamingos ...... 001 240- 7 9 klnpaugh then grounded to ' despite being free with the hits. but then took a brief lead In Walterlans ...... 230 260 -13 8 Torrance High school. I He was in control of the sltua- | their half of the initial canto, Dana, shortstop John Mewhorn. who Max and D. Vlveros; Wilson a native of th< north threw out Bridge at second. | tlon until the last two Innings, | by scoring three times. It was and Zack. Torrance second baseman ; when he and hl« teammates ! no contest from the third In __ and schooled in Oregon. He at­ : committed their telling errors. nlng on. however. tended college at Washington Rick Gomez mishandled Ba Kellett's bouncer and the bases Manager Bo Pal and the Get Fourth Place State college and Humholdt were full with only Dandoy In State, at Arcata, Calif., where one out. Go Torrance youngsters now are The win enabled the Blues to he completed degree work. mez then got Kellett at second finished for the 1955 Little nail down fourth spot in the He on Sheldon Cole's grounder hut '-eagus season, but certainly final Blue Streak standings. lettered in football, has. the first Brown-All ketball and baseball while at run crossed the plate, ''"n't have to hang their heads They finished the campaign Humboldt. After completing With two out the winners ln defeat. The pressure of the WEWOMK HO.MK . . . John with plght wins, six defeats. really got to work. < 'liRl" elimination Mewhorn, standout performer for the Torran his studies, he signed to play tourney final- throughout tournament Local 1135 finished In sixth Star Peckinpaugh counted when i lv 8ot tn« hustlers from Tor- play, Is mobbed by teinmmtcH following two-run homer In opening Fray professional baseball with the game agalnut place, with four wins, 10 losses. Roy threw to catcher Mike j rance- Kirkland, Wash., on Thursday. I.ooal* ground out A-l victory over Uie North­ Dandoy, orrance's I Salem Senators of the Western fhalllo rtn naiin Tn« erners. Mewborn'* Blues ...... 22(14) 207 0 27 29 ntrihutlon Lhdiiis on uave Jcsslmane ir« * »>« s | v»Torrancen.-cuvrr ...... 600ooo 001062 7811 fl 4« homer, his first for the All Stars, sailed Into the eenterfleld hleacliem at to the football i International League, but was Santa Monica Unionmen . 302 000 0-- 5 10 world, saw brief action with I sidelined after a single sei bouncer, but Challis failed to ~ .nil ChiMli Little l-eaguc Park and sparked a five-run sixth Inning uprising. Torrar.ce'i champlonihlp hopes were dashed Albright and Cicchlnl; Wil­ the World Champion Cleveland Ith burslt make the play. on Friday hy a slugging North Shore* of San Diego team. liams and Whitman. After a two-year tour in the A single hy Dave Lea, double Brown's pro team Friday night hy whrn the College All-Stars wax­ Navy, Dana returned to Hum­ Scott who was up for the ed the beefy pros, boldt State and engaged In second time in the inning and SPORT SLATE 30-27. by Bruce Halapin Dandoy was listed as a de­ graduate studies and also as. j'""'f .-..., and All Stars Lose After Anglers Get slsted In ching the college's,, [ Challis brought four more nins fensive left halfback In the In to tie the score at 8-8. game .summary. He was one of athletic sqi SOFTBALL a few rookies on the Bro' Dana found time while In the Gomez Homers Today City Slow rite San Berdoo squad vho played In the wild ! Navy to play both football and Gomez led off Torrance"s plonihlp: Fire D*pt ' Bombing Kirkland, 6-1 tussle. j baseball with the powerful sixth inning with a homer and A foi er THS and SC Trojan '---- -f the San Diego Naval then Potts and Mewhorn ? 30 p°,i . Torrsncc P By ED THORNE Lake Advice Training Center. He Auo. 11 Girls' back. mdoy fac^d his old was dis­ walked and Jack Parker singled . Hi . Wnll A mighty San Diego team dynamited the Torrance American Little League All Stars Most of the trout in Big B teammate, charged In November. 1954. to load the sacks. Joe Mont- 7p. Walt Lake, Green Valley Lindon Crow of SC, Another new THS mentor, Auj. 1» Girls'rls' Lt from championship contention in the Region 8 tournament Friday Lake ; in the game. Crow cavorted in cry, Roy and Challis fanned RoglH- 7 30 afternoon at Santa | Lake o' the All-Star Frank Markham. will also ar­ end the th 'at. Park. Monica, 11-2. ming around at a depth defensive backfield. rive here soon. He will take of less Dandoy is trying for a berth Peckinpaugh red the tying BASEBALL The winners blasted the combined pitching slants of John Mewborn and Tom Rich­ than 15 feet and the wise angler with the rugged Browns, who ardson for nine hits, will keep his ball or lure some­ have always been a. powerhouse three of which were round-trippers. Torrance got six hits off where above that depth, ad­ in the play-for-pay gam". H' - I the offerings of tall Da vises the Department of Fish was drafted hy the Cleveland t Hguez, but could not. come In downing Kirkland. and Game. | through with a scoring punch crew following the 1954 grid sparked the rally wit All three lakes are located ir season. as they left eight runners over the centerfleld f< stranded. the San Bernardino Mountains He set a punt return mark had opened th ixth by being Tests just completed of water for the Rose Bowl when he Thursday, Bo Pallca's Tor­ safe on an err rance youngsters temperatures and dissolved dashed 86 yards for the Tro opened tour­ Safe on Ei ! oxygen content a t various Jans' only score against Ohio ney play by smothering a good Challis walked Mew- Kirkland, Wash., team, 6-1. 2 ( depths In the three popular State in the Arroyo Seco oval horn's homer and wild. 41 trout lakes Indicated an oxygen on the first day of this year. In the Sin Diego contest. pitched to ond. Richardson o ' deficiency below the 15-ft. level Mewborn, the starting hurler, then was safe on another Kirk 01 and surface temperatures tin- Junior Legion Team was in trouble from the start, land miscue. " i comfortably high for trout. The He walked the first two hatters Curt Probst. who was a thorn 1 i most sjccessful anglers were Ne Visits Wrigley Field and the bases were loaded In the opposition's side through­ found to be fishing at depths of MO, Local members of the Amerl- when second baseman Rick CFo- out the tourney, then tripled to from eight, to IS feet. Mrs. can Legion accompanied the mez hobbled a groundcr. The the right field corner to give day winners got their first run Bottom-to surface water teni Paloi Torrsnce Junior Legion base the locals their third and fourth peratures in Big Bear Lake ball club yesterday on a trip when Gomc-z threw high to the runs of the frame. Gomez hold plate trying to get the runner. ranged from 65 to 70 degrees, McM to Wrigley Field, where the singled to bring in Prohst and i Tr in Green Valey Lake from 50 group looks in the San Diego Wild Pitch produce Torrance's last run. j £ to will Mewborn wild-pitched 70 degrees, and in Lake from Angels douhleheadcr. the Kirkland scored first, In thi Gregory from 55 to 77 degree.*. All American Legion Junior second run home, but got out third Inning, on an error, a two Summertime stratification of baseball teams in the county of further first inning trouble base hit by Jerry Hill and a I Mewhorn if. ktl were feted at the game and via a double play. miscue the water, causing trout to seek >alg at home. Rod Jaton : *""' ' a level with suitable wero guests of the Angels. The Mewhorn again piked the scored the loser's only run oxygen so li locals went to Wrigley Field first two batters t face him in I when content, is common on most give he came in on a grounder Southern by chartered bus. the second frame. Then, with , to Oomez, whose throw was in California lakes. Lake two out, LeRoy Lewis, tian 'time but Challis failed to t.ig Arrowhead is a notable excep­ Ot Diego catcher, and ccntcrfleldnr i the charging Kirkland runner. tion. play day Bob Hilbert singled to produce Torrance Ties Tilt one run and another score Pat Torrance tied It up In the- of tl MONEY came In on an error hy catcher fourth Ml.VOU when Richardson walked wtai l.liAI.I i; MIAMI'S . . . Member* of National Minor I.lttle League. ( libs Mike Challis. Mewhorn then and went to third on two league and balked In another tally and and plii.v off*, lim, up following final game Satunlnv at Little League Park. straight wild pitches by Kirk­ danc FOR VAOATIONS Iront row, left to right, Vie Mlshler, Adolph Duran, Briire Hendrcj, Brrnt Wnlton. Bob beefy Mike Smith. San Diego land hurler Bob Lambert. Oo­ third sacker blasted a homer dlon <>larl<, Ernie Claytiin. lion Ilugenlwugh. Second row, left (<> right, Jim (Joree, Robert mez then beat out an Infield hit doni Baslle, Tnm over the centerfleld wall for and Richardson churned In with 1'ntrlck, David Mlnnl*. John .McCarthy, Richard Buttaflla, Ron Burner. In rear, the fourth run. of t left to right, " .ugcr George Surlier, Ilufh Rood, head umpire, and Coach Walt Mlsh- the tying tally. JP TO $1200 Irr. .Ion Thonit rt, Richardson then replaced Lambert showed a fine curve Photo by Jerry May Mewborn and got the side out. ball and might have finished On Your Salary Only Torrance got a rally going except for Mewborn's homer RWIE9 In the third on a walk to Joe BRA6AN TO GUEST and a wrenched knee. He hurt OAL IS TO JUMP M or other plans Montgomery and singles by his knee while completing a Cliff Roy and Doug 7 FOOT AND HE 13 and You may take car* of your AT LIONS MEETING Potts. The pitch right after Mewborn's SUMMFR IFAGIIES Controversial Hollywood Stai locals scored once, but Roy was sixth inning homer. He was re­ VERV CLOSE. TO car repair! and vacation ex­ Manager Bob Uragan will be picked off third by an alert placed by first sacker nan ATTAINIM and penses . . . Aftar approval, NOW FORMING! special guest at the Lions' Club San Dlcgo defense. Fi'i'h, a lefthander, who ap The you choose your own iched- meeting Aug. 23, club president Another Homer rive Mott Farrell announced last John Hayward led off the Potts, who picked end ule and dirt repaying after Monday 7:00 p.m. week. last of the third for the win­ fourth tourney win hlki you return. Bragan, whose club is In the ners by blasting Richardson's Kirkland, showed su| big Mens' Handicap thick of a hot battle for the first pitch over the left field trol, He was backed up hy out­ roa! loan* for Any Worthy TORRANCE Pacific Coast League pennant, fence After Chuck Mltchell standing fielding by shortstor, The Purpose will voice colorful anecdotes of singled, Rodrlguez i Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Ills playing and managerial ca­ homered into the center field TO SAVE TIME Trio 500 reer at the meeting. bleachers and the San Dlrgana PHONE FIRST BOWLING counted their eighth and ninth nits Torrance Man Hauls In tallies. Wednesday 7 p.m. The San Dlegans scored two vim 40C a line Albacore at Point Loma more in the fourth on a single bee OPEN BOWLING Mixed 5 C. Motta, 22078 Cahrillo, will hy Smith and a double by Ron PUBLIC LOAN ' weeks McKlrahan, big first baseman. DOUBLE SWEEPER folio essful t Two walki and a single by 954- ERNIE tkPTURED THE CORPORATION WEEKLY Thursday 9 p.m. day fishing jaunt to Point the conslstant hitting Polls, TJATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATH­ 1607 CRAVENS AVE. I/om» last week. gave Torrance their final tally LETIC ASSOCIATION TITLE FA 8-9864 Ladies' Handicap He H[H'nl two days on the in the sixth. da> Phone FAIrfiu WITH A MEASURED MARK OF "Mi 8-2142 1953 WEST CARSON .sport fishing boat ''Klngfish," Torrance icored five runs In 6FT. lOV+INCMES and hauled In 12 of the albleg. the last Inning to break a 1-1 tie —• ——— rnt