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Chiefs Lose Second Straight to Jets In I.N.L. Tilt, 3-2Bv The Associated PressJohnny Schaive, who never was much of a hitter in his big league tryouts, seems to have blossomed out as a power hitter with the Columbus Jets.The stubby second baseman batted .312 but hit only nine homers for Charleston last season. Thursday night he connected for his second homer in as many games for Columbus and paved the way for the Jets’ second straight victory over the Syracuse Chiefs, 3-2The Jersey City Jerseys finally got their season started, rallying in the eighth to beat the Buffalo Bisons 8-6 and the defending champion Toronto Leafs made it three out of four over the San Juan Marlins 10-6 in Thursday night’s other games. Richmond and Rochester were idle.At Syracuse, after a six-year absence. International League baseball returns today with the Chiefs making their home debut against the Richmond Vees.Syracuse planned to welcome its community-owned club with a fullhouse of 8,500 at MacArthur Stadium.However, some skeptics expressed doubt the team, short on pitching, would be able to hold active and continued local support unless it made a considerably better showing than it did in its -league opener. In that game Wednesday, the Columbus Jets swamped the Chiefs, 11-2, at#Co-lumbus.Bob Porterfield, formerly with the Washington Senators, pitchesfor the Chiefs today. Billy Short was slated to go for Richmond.Syracuse acquired the Montreal franchise this year and has a working agreement with the Minnesota Twins of the American League. The Los Angeles Dodgers also have contributed some help.
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Norwich Sun
Norwich, New York, US
Fri, Apr 21, 1961
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