Majors Open Ball Season By JACK IIANI) NKW YORK (AIM Chuck Di essen's Washington Senator* and Stan Hack's Chicago Cubs, two longshot* In the pennant races, topped the majors Mon day night after winning the spe cial preview openers. Bob Porterfield, who usually has to pitch a shutout to win, re ceived plenty of batting support from his Washington mates in a 12-5 romp over Baltimore. Por terfield allowed only six hits and scored the fust Washington run after doubling In the third. President Klserthower munched popcorn and cheered for the home club to the final out after throwing out the first ball. Dres sed kept Ik.- and the crowd of 26.6H-1 fans busy with their scorecards as he shuffled players and once sent up a pinch runner to run for another pinch runner. Washington clubbed five Bal timore pit( hers for 10 hits, chas ing starter Lou Kretlow In the sixth Inning. Jim Busby had a double and two singles and Tom Umphlett a double and a single to lead the Senators. Cubs Win Sixth The Cubs won their sixth straight opening game, thump In Cincinnati, 7-5 with an attack that included home runs by Gene Baker and Harry Chili. Ted fCluszewskl, who led the majors In homers last year, hit No. t for Cincy off starter Bob Kush Sad Sam Jones, former Cleveland pitcher who replaced Rush, was the winner over Art Fowler. Kansas City warmed up for its American League debut at Tx-w Municipal stadium with a welcome parade through the downtown streets for Manager Lou Boudreau and his Athletics. The A's hope to show their new fans that the/ are changed men by using against the Detroit Ti gers In Tuesday's opener before Ball Contests Set for Today Monday's doubleheader with Linfield was called off due to wet grounds, but another twin bill with the Wildcats has been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. today on Howe field. Both games are slat ed /or seven innings. The Ducks' first Northern Di vision action is set for Friday afternoon against Oregon State at Corvallis. The same teams will play at Eugene Saturday. Coach Don Kirsch plans to use a number of pitchers in each Lin field game. Bill Blodgett, Bill Garner, Terry Maddox and a number of other hurlers are all likely to see action. Linfield, defending Northwest conference champion, has a vet eran pitching staff, headed by hard throwing Del Coursey. Coach Hoy Helser also has avail able Carl Wickham, Bob Diller, Marv Scherpf, Dick Duerr and Bill Croco. Thomas to Swim Juan de Fuca . VICTORIA, B.C. (API—Weath er permitting, Bert Thomas will begin his attempt at swimming Juan de Fuca Strait at 9 p.m. Wednesday from Horseshoe Bay, the spot chosen last August by fellow' American Florence Chad wick. Should weather or water con ditions be unfavorable, the swim will be postponed until 10 p.m. Thursday. 35,000. Boudreau banks on Alex Kellner (6-173, a veteran lefty, to atari, the Kansas City revival against Detroit's Ned Carver < 14-11), Klner Makes Debut Cleveland's defending Ameri ean league champs expect the ; largest turnout, 50,000 fans, to se« Bob Lemon (23-7) pitch against Chicago's Virgil Trucks <19-12) at Cleveland where Ralph Klner will be making his debut as the Tribe’s new left j fielder. Although few expect the Indi ans to win 111 games again, they are even-money favorites | to repeat as champs. The runnerup New York Yan kees, hoping to bounce back into the big World Series money, open at home against Washing ton with White) Ford (16-8) op posing Maury McDermott (7-15) in a battle of lefthanders. A crowd of 25,000 is expected. Baltimore’s rookie-laden Ori oles count on a turnout of 41, 000 to watch them open at home against the youthful Boston Red Sox. Joe Coleman (13-17) is scheduled to work -for the Orioles against Frank Sullivan (15-121 of the Red Sox, who still are waiting to hear from Ted Wil liams. New Pilots Six new managers, some of them slightly used, will be start ing new jobs in the American league where only A1 Lopez of ; Cleveland and Casey Stengel of the Yanks remain. The National has only one new skipper. He’s Mayo Smith of the Phillies whose first task will be to face the world champion New York Gi ants. Smith has adopted the ap proved method of managing the Phillies by naming Robin Rob erts (23-15) for his sixth open ing day pitching assignment. He will be opposed by Johnny Anto nelli (21-7), the lefty who helped I^eo Durocher win the pennant. The 25,000 fans who turn out at Philadelphia may see Del En nis and Richie Ashburn, the in | jured outfielders, after all. Al though Ennis reportedly suffer ered a hairline leg fracture in a ‘ collision with Ashburn at Wilm ington. Del., last week, the latest I report is that both men may be in the lineup against the Giants. Pittsburgh, wMTch helped knock Brooklyn out of the 1954 race, opens at Ebbets Field where 17,000 are due to see the veteran Max Surkont (9-18) face the Dodgers’ Carl Erskine (18 15). Robinson to Start Despite all the spring fuss. Jackie Robinson will be at third base for Brooklyn. The Pirate lineup, a fluid thing, will show three new faces in outfielders Ramon Mejias and Tom Saffell and shortstop Dick Groat, back from the Army. Duckling Netters Smash Springfield Oregon’s freshman tennis team smashed Springfield high school last Friday by a 6-1 score. Singles performers Stan Kala pus and Marvin Woods of the Frosh were special standouts as they won their matches, i Results: Singles: Stan Kalapus (CM 'let*. Bob Smith (S) 7-5, 4-6. 6-3; Marvin Woods (O) def. Tom Bourgois (S) 7-5. 6-2; Bub Stewart (S) def. Brian Booth (Ot <>-2, 6- 3; Phil Lowthian (CM def. Larr> Leek (S) 6-1. 6 1; Don Robinson (O) def. Don Williams (St 6-4, 6-3. Doubles: Woods and Kalapus (CM def. Bourgeois and Stewart (S) 6-2, 6-4; Booth and Lowthian def. Lek and Williams (S) 7- 5. 5-7, 6-2. Read Emerald Classified Ads Bobo Olson, Maxim Wait Fight SAN FRANCISCO