Roberts Almost Gets No-no
As Phillies Grab Opener
K.V THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Robin Roberta, the meticulous
righthander of the Phldelaphla
Phillies, began hla campaign for
a sixth straight 20-victory sea
son Wednesday by coming with
in two outs of hurling what
would have been only the second
opening day no-hitter in major
league history.
The Phil’s ace had frustrated
the world champion New York
Giants for 8 1/3 Innings of a
dreary rain-threatened afternoon.
Then Alvin Dark clipped him for
the hit that Mocked Robin’s bid
for the record book and also
led to the destruction of his
shutout. Two more hits followed
and Roberts had to settle for a
4-2 victory.
Cleveland’s Bobby Feller is the
only man to pitch a no-hitter on
opening day, shackling the Chi
cago White Sox 1-0 on April 16,
1940.
Game Standout
The game at Philadelphia was
the standout by far on a skimpy
day of baseball. Only three other
games were played.
In the other National league
game. Brooklyn's Carl Erskine
finally got himself an opening
day victory by beating Pitts
burgh 6-1 at Ebbets Field.
The two American league
games went to the New York
Yankees. 19-1 over the Wash
ington Senators, and the Detroit
Tigers, 10-2 over the Kansas
City Athletics. Rain washed out
Boston's game at Baltimore.
Dark Singles
Dark's big single off Roberts
fame with one out and a man on
base via an error in the ninth
with the Phils leading 4-0. Robin
spun two strikes past Dark, but
his- third pitch was lashed to
right by the Giants' captain.
Willie Mays, hitless all day,
funned for the second out and
Roberta still wuh in position to
j claim his third one-hitter if not
hia first 'no-hitter. But Monte Ir
i vin doubled both runners home
and Hank Thompson followed
with a single down the third
Standings
By The Associated Press
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bane line before Roberts ended
the game by getting Dou Muel
ler on a fly to right.
Roberts Walks Two
Roberts walked but two on the
cold day temperatures were in
the low 50s and struck out four.
The Phils, who rested the in
jured Del Ennis and Richie Ash
bum, stopping Ashburn's con
secutive game string at 731,
scored their runs off starter
Johnny Antonelli, 21-7 last sea
son. in the fifth and Marv Gris
som in the sixth.
Clevelands Doby
Tries Sacrifice
CLEVELAND (AP)-Amid the
dazzle of flashy hitting and pitch
ing. the manager of the Cleveland
Indians quietly tried out a new
strategy in their victorious open
er with the Chicago White Sox
Tuesday.
The gimmick was a bunt by
Larry Doby with two men aboard
in the first inning, a complete
reversal of the usual free-swing
ing role cast for the hard-hitting
outfielder.
Gimmick Works
It worked fine. Doby’s sacrifice
advanced both runners, and a sin
gle by Vic Wertz drove in the
first two runs of the Indians'
eventual 5-1 triumph.
Explaining his move to a re
porter later, Manager A1 Lopez
said the new arrangement of his
fiist six batters made it possible.
Doby is the third batter, followed
by A1 Rosen, Ralph Klner and
Vic Wertz, in that order.
IAA Schedule
Thursday
Softball
3:50 Hale Kane vs. Dorm Coun
selors, north field.
Delta Upsilon vs. Phi Kap
pa Psi, south field.
Sigma Nu vs. Sigma Phi
Epsilon, upper field.
4:55 Delta Tau Delta vs. Beta
Theta Pi, north field.
Sigma Chi vs, Alpha Tau
Ome*ga, south field.
Tennis
4:00 French hall vs. Sigma Chi,
courts 4, 5, 6.
Golf
Tail Kappa Epsilon vs. Del
ta Tau Delta, Oakway.
"You see, in the paet we didn't
dare try for the sacrifice,” Lopez
said. "If we did, they're purposely
walk Rosen. Now they don't dare
, because Kiner is next and Wertz
follows him. This is the first time
we've had dangerous number four,
five and six hitters."
Will bunts by Doby be standard
practice from now on in similar
conditions ?
“Not necessarily,” said Lopez.
"It depends on the conditions,
just as it did Tuesday. Generally,
we would let Larry hit away and
go for the big inning.”
'
Bobo Olson Decisions
Maxim in 10-Rounder
SAN FRANCISCO (APt-Mid
dleweight champion Bobo Olson,
throwing lightning-like punches
with both hands, floored Joey
Maxim twice Wednesday night
and went on to pound out a unani
mous 10-round verdict over the
former light heavyweight king.
The Yankees’ Whitey Ford
pitched hlrnsHf a two-hitter in
N"\v York's big opener against
the Senators while driving in
four runs on three singles in a
16-hit attack. Maury McDermott
was the Washington starter, but
wound up as just one of four in
effective pitchers. Mickey
Mantle, Yogi Berra and Bill
Skowron homered for the Yanks.
Both hits off Ford were
singles He walked five and fan
ned eight,
A five-run seventh inning gave
the Brooks their success. Junior
Gilliam opened the frame with
a home run that broke a 1-1 tie.
Krskine, who had pitched three
previous openers without a vic
tory. went all the way, losing
his shutout in the seventh on a
walk and singles by Sid Gordon
and Tobl Atwell. Max Surkout
was the starter and loser.
Detroit also had a winning
combination of good pitching and
timely hitting. With Steve Gro
mek scattering eight hits and
walking none, the Tigers broke
loose fof four runs in the third
and five in the sixth. Harvey
Kuenn, who also doubled, led off
the third with a home run off
loser Arnie Portocarrero. A1
Kaline and J. W. Porter each hit
bases-loaded singles in the sixth
off Ed Burtschy.
Pollard Accepts
LaSalle Position
PHILADELPHIA <AP> — Jim
Pollard, 32-year-old pro basket
ball star, , Wednesday accepted
what he termed "one of the 10
, beBt basketball coaching jobs in
| the country," the court post at
LaSalle college.
LaSalle athletic director Jim
Henry announced that Pollard,
a three-time all-pro star with
the Minneapolis Lakers in the
National Basketball association,
telephoned his acceptance from
Minneapolis. Pollard, by report,
will get $8500 a year on a three
year contract.
“It was something I just
couldn’t turn down," said Pol
lard from his home In Minne- .
apolis. “It must be one of the
10 best basketball coaching
jobs In the country, and I was
flattered just to be considered.”
Pollard, a Stanford university
product, succeeds Ken Loeffler
who resigned a few weeks ago to
take a similar post at Texas A
& M. Loeffler led the LaSalle
1 team, third ranked in the nation
this past season, to the runner
up spot in the 1955 NCAA tour
ney. Under Loeffler, LaSalle won
the NCAA crown In 1954 and the
National Invitation title in 1952.
Pollard said the decision had
been hard for him to make. "I'm
sure I can still play a year or
two of pro basketball, although
it’s getting tougher every year,"
he said. “But coaching is some
thing I've wanted to do all my
j life, and this is about as good
' a chance as I’ll ever get."
Boston Celtics
Choose Loscutoff
In Hoop Draft
Another Oregon athlete
joined the ranks of profession
al draftees Wednesday as the
Boston Celtics of the National
Basketball association picked
•fim Loscutoff in the annual
player draft.
Loscutoff, 6’ 5" ex-GI who
averaged 19.4 for the Ducks
this season, will talk to Boston
officials In the (Cast next week
but is also considering other
offers.
Other draft choices included
Santa Clara’s Ken Hears by the
New Vork Knickerbockers and
All-American Tom Gola of La
Salle by the Philadelphia War
riors.
Detroit Liked
In Ice Final
DETROIT (AP)—The advan
tage of home ice, where they
haven’t lost in almost four months
makes the Detroit Red Wings fa
vorites to defeat the Montreal
Canadiens Thursday night in the
seventh and deciding game for
the Stanley Cup hockey cham
pionship.
The Red Wings haven't lost in
Olympic Stadium since Dec. 19—
a stretch of 23 games. In that
time, they have won 18 games at
home while tying five others.
6 In Row for Wings
The Canadiens were the last
team to beat the Red Wings on
their home rink, running up a 5-0
score six days before Christmas.
Since then, however, the Red
Wings have whipped the French
men six straight times on Olym
pia ice- three during the regular
season and three during the play
i offs.
The most significant victory
was the 6-0 drubbing the Wings
gave the Canadians in the final
game of the season. That not
only clinched -the Red Wings'
seventh straight National Hoc
key league title, but also gave
them the edge of playing the
seventh game of the playoffs at
home—which now turns out to
be quite an edge.
This has been a “homer” series,
with each team winning three
games on its own ice.
The Canadians forced the se
ries to go the full limit by whip
ping Detroit 6-3 Tuesday in
Montreal.
Sports Staff
Desk Editor: Jack Wilson.
Staff: A1 Johnson, Chuck
Mitchelmore, Buzz Nelson.
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Keglers Defend
Northwest Title
In Pullman Test
Oregon's defending Northwest
intercollegiate bowling cham
pions will put their title on the
line this weekend at Pullman,
Wash., in their third annual
Northwest tourney.
Coach Lou Bellisimo’s Web- ’
foot keglers have won the cham
pionship the last two years, and
a third win will enable them to
retire the trophy.
Nine teams will try to upset
the Ducks in the Friday-Satur
day rolloff. Competing will be
Oregon State, Washington State,
Washington, Gonzaga, Seattle,
Western Washington, Central
Washington, Clark college and
Yakima JC.
Oregon’s six-man team—Bob
Boyle, Blake Boggess, Bryce
Reimer, Vern Jackson, Scott
Page and Ray Christensen—will
bowl six games in the team
event, and three games in both
singles and doublea The team
championship is decided on high
total for all events.
Coming up next weekend is the
National Intercollegiate Tele
phonic match, won by the Ducks
in 1953 and by Marquette - uni
versity last year.
Wind bnitt Postpones
Juan de Fuca Swim
VICTORIA (AP)—An unex
pected wind shift late Wednes
day forced 29-year-old Bert
Thomas of Tacoma, Wash., to
postpone his attempt to swim the
Strait of Juan de Fuca between
here and Port Angeles, Wash.
Swim officials announced
i Thomas, who planned to set out
across the chilling 45-degree wa
ters at 9 p.m. Wednesday night,
had put off his try until Thurs
day night at 10 pjm.
If the weather continues bad
Thursday—and the indications
Wednesday were that it would—
and he still caryt swim, there
will be no favorable tides for
about six weeks.
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