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. -1 iAt Tto Modi ' pik MM Dodger Rally Nips Pliillies Orioles Top Yanks; Red Sox Blank Nats i . . By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Brooklyn's Dodgers tied the mod em major league record of win ning nine straight games at the start of a season in a come-from- Trio of Salem Senator Pitchers i Statesman, Salem, Ore., Thurs., April 21, 1955-Sec. 2) 1 behind 3-2 victory over the Phila delphia Phillies at Ebbets Field Wednesday night. Steve Ridzik, who no-hit the Brooks for five innings, tired bad ly in the seventh and forced in the first Dodger run by walking Duke Snider with the bases load ed. Rookie Lynn Lovenguth re--placed Ridzik at that point and was promptly greeted by Gil j Hodges' two-run single that gave! Brooklyn the two runs they need-. ed. This is the second time the Dodg ers have won nine straight at sea son's start. The 1940, club did it to, tie the record set by the New York Giants in 1918. The late St. Louis Browns were the. only other club to turn the trick, doing it in 1944 when they won their lone American League pennant. Cards, Braves Win - lo other National League action, the St. Louis Cardinals beat Cin cinnati 3-0 in a night game and Milwaukee out-clubbed the Chica go Cubs 9-5 in an afternoon con test 'New York's game aUPitts burgn was called because of rain. Only two. American League games were played. Baltimore won its first of the season, after six defeats, by topping the New York Yankees 6-3 in a day game at Yankee Stadium. And Willard Nix on blanked Washington for league leading Boston 1-0 in a night game. Rain postponed Chicago's game at Detroit . Brooklyn was in a spot against Ridzik, just a so-so righthander, and had but one hit until the sev enth. They wound up with three hits as Thorn Kipper replaced Lovenguth. BiHy Loes was the Brooklyn starter and winner, giv ing way to the Dodgers' first pincb- hitter of the season in the seventh.- Smith Homers Baltimore put an end to its less desirable streak on Hal Smith's first major league home run in the fifth. It came after a single by Gene Woodling. who like Smjth went to the Orioles from the Yanks in! the Bob Turley-trade. Boston rolled on to its sixth vic tory: in seven starts as Nixon five hit ' the Senators. Norm Zauchin, ookte first baseman, popped a sin gle to center in the fourth his Jirst ' hit in,. 16 trips to drive home the lone run. It was the see Tend victory for Nixon, who had to put down a Washington threat in the ninth. St. Louis also had some nifty pitching as Luis Arroyo blanked .the Redlegs on five hits but left when he lost his control in the $efgWhHerb Moford mopped u Rio Repulski drove in the Cards' first run in the opening frame with I single and scored ahead of Joe Frazier, - who homered, in 'the fourth,:' Art' Fowler was the loser Jor the third time this season, r. ; Thomson Grand Slams v' Bobby Thomson grand-slammed in the second and drove1 in another run with a single as the Braves . dumped . the Cubs to their fourth straight defeat. Lew Burdette was clipped for 13 hits by the Cubs including home runs "by Harry Chitl and Dee Fondy while pick ing up the victory, although Um- berto Robinson had to come on in the ninth with three runs in, two out aifd the bases loaded. Rob inson, a rookie righthander, fanned cleanup hitter Hank Sauer to end It; - . Moore's Heart -' Called Sound LAS VEGAS, Nev. tffl Two more doctors okayed Archie Moore's heart Wednesday as the light heavyweight boxing champ prepared for his May 2 bout here with heavyweight contender Nino Valdez. iThat makes a total of four med ical men who agree with the 39-year-old ; Moore's contention that there's nothing wrong with his heart. Three . have warned . him against further fighting. ; Dr. J.C. Cherry, physician for the Nevada Boxing Commission, and Dr. .Julius Jensen, a cardi ologist, gave Archie an examina tion Wednesday. j "We found him to be in perfect condition, said Dr. Cherry. j So formal contracts for the 13 round bout were signed and ath letic commissioner Cliff Leonard gave licenses to both fighters. Chisox Elated Oyer Dropo, Nieman i By JOE FALLS i DETROIT (J1) Manager Marty j Marion of the Chicago White Sox says the sensational early season showing of Walt Dropo and Bob : Nieman is "no flash in the pan." ! "We knew .they could hit j thafs why we got them, Marion t said Wednesday after the White 1 Sox' game with the' Detroit Tigers j was postponed due to rain. ! Seated in front of his locker, I wearing that stil- boyish smile of i his, Marion was more than willing to talk about the trade with De troit which brought Dropo. Nie man and pitcher Ted Gray to Chi cago in exchange for first base- i man Ferris Fain, infielder Jack D Phillips and pitcher Leo Crist j ante. -; , vIf we were going to fight the ; Yankees and Indians for the pen Bant, we needed .somebody, -ho . .' . " . . . . -a ' ' r ;-.vt.-i . -v; w; . ;W I " i .... , vi.-,' . NAPA, Calif. Big Bill Dials, center, veteran colorful hurler, shows two other Salem Senator hurlers how he holds .ball for his whixzer. At left is Bob Tucker, lefthander on option from Sacramento, and at right is Bad Francis, who won nine games for the 1953 Salems before going into the Army. Man 1 ager Hugh Luby has high hopes for all three when the Senators open play April 26 with Eugene. (Phote by Al Lightner) CALISTOGA, Calif. Even though we're down in this area to cover the Senators' spring training camp at Napa, which is 27 miles from here, one of the highlights of the entire jaunt is visiting an other training site, that being Heavyweight Champ Rocky Marciano's headquarters in this wee Napa , Valley village. And the best part of it is, they treat a guy; from Salem, Ore., with the same hos pitality and friendliness that the big wheels from New York, Chi- cago and San Francisco get . . . ' The champion's camp is located " in the Napa County Fairgrounds, where the Senators themselves held spring training for the 1952 and '53 seasons.. He lives in a sizeable motel on the outskirts of town, along with his wife and family and the numerous gents included in his fight party, They have practically turned the place over to him. Usually a sleepy and noiseless little town with dimen- ' sions so limited that a , strong armed ballplayer could ' almost 1 the other, Calistoga has been a J11?.. bustling beehive since the Brock- Provides interesting visit ton Blockbuster arrived a couple of weeks ago. Business is boom ing everywhere and city dads figure his presence amounts to the biggest thing for Calistoga since sunshine, first hit the place. Slar ciano himself is all business as he tunes for his May 6 date with Don CockelL and 'is restricted to shrewd little manager, Al Weill, and Trainer Charley Goldman, another little guy who fought in over 400 battles during his fistic career-ad who; as a trainer,, has handled four world champions, the others being Lou Ambers, Marty Servo and Joey Archibald . . . This being our first visit to a along that which we learned in the hope that it might give you an idea of what goes on here as the world champion gets ready for a defense of bis title. As mentioned, all items are in accord with a time schedule administered by Weill: Rocky's Day Starts at 7:30 a.m. Marciano starts his day at 7:30 a.m. After getting eat of bed he takes to the hills around here for his road work, run ning from eight to It miles every day. This requires just about Hi hours. When returning to his motel he "dries out" by taking a half-hour snopze. Then comes breakfast, at 9:30 o'clock. And since he eats but two meals a day, it's a whopper with plenty ef meat in it Following breakfast the champ takes a walk f or ' digestional purposes. Jle then reUirns to bed awaxenea, ne nas o minutes 10 prepare lur ins wlu wuikuui, unu (Continued on Noted Trotter Star Released CHICAGO I Goose Tatum. $50,000-a-year-clowning star of the Harlem Globetrotters basket ball team. Wednesday was handed his unconditional release by owner Abe Saperstein. Saperstein disclosed that he would not renew the option on the annual contract of Tatum, who dis appeared after a 30-day suspen sion by Saperstein March 15 for breaking team rules. Tatum was suspended specifical ly for missing seven scheduled Globetrotter games and Saperstein estimated at the time the layoff would cost Tatum $5,500. Although Saperstein still doesn't know Tatum's whereabouts, . he said his decision to drop Tatum's option means the comedian of the famed Negro team was "uncon ditionally released as of right now." could drive in runs, Marion said. "In the past we needed a bundle of singles to score just once. Things will be different now. "Nieman and Dropo will give us a lot of punch. They're off to a good start, and I expect them to keep right on hitting through the season. This is no flash-in -tie-pan thing, you know." Dropo and Nieman, who. had mediocre seasons, at best, with the Tigers last year, currently are two of the hottest hitters in the American. Nieman, a heavy legged outfield er, is thumping at a .545 clip. with three home runs to his credit. Dropo, a hulking, S-foot-5 first baseman, is hitting .313. His home run with the bases loaded last Saturday gave the White Sox a 9-4 victory over Cleveland-' ."Nieman has trouble ' with his legs,-JJariaa . said. -"So- we put a rigid daily schedule by his big-time fight camp, well pass and sleeps until 2:15 p.m. When next page) , PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE WL'Pct. WLPct Sacram 9 .600 Portland 6 .500 Sn Dief o 8 7 '.333 San Fran 6 7. .462 Seattle 8 .529 Hollywd a 8 .429 Los Ant 8 8 .500 Oakland 6 8 .429 Wednesday results: At Seattle 3, Sacramento 0: at Los Angeles 2. Oak land 6; at Portland-San Diego, rain; at San Francisco-HoUywood, rain. NATIONAL LEAGUE WLPct. WLPct Broklyn 0 1.000 Chicago 4 5 .444 MUwkee 6 S .750 Nw York 2 5 286 St Louis 5 3 .625 Cincinn 2 7 .222 Philadel 4 4 .500 Plttsbgh 0 6 .000 Wednesday results: At Brooklyn 3, Philadelphia 2: at Chicago 5, Mil waukee 9; at Cincinnati 0. St.' Louis 3; at Pittsburgh-New York, rain. AMERICAN LEAGL'K WLPct. WLPct. Boston - 1 .857 Detroit ' 3 3 .500 Clevelnd S 3 .625 Washgtn 2 3 .400 Chicago ,3 2 .600 Kan" City 2 5 .288 NwYork 4 3 .571 Baltimre 1 .143 Wednesday results: At New. York 3, Baltimore 6: at Washington 4, Bos ton 1: at Detroit-Chicago, rain. Only games scheduled. , him on a diet. We've cut his weight from 206 to 200 and he's hitting better than ever now." Dropo and Nieman, returning to their old ball , park, didn't talk much about their fast starts. Tn just lucky," . Nieman said. "I'm just happy, to be playing every day." Dropo said. "That's an I ask." 'Marion said the third player in the trade the lefthanded Gray - would be used in the "trull pen in the near future, then possibly as a starter. "He's ready right now." Marion said. "No sore arm and his back injury apparently is all gone." i In contrast, the Tigers have got ten practically no use out of their players. Fain, hampered by a sore knee, has been in only two games. , Phillips, recovering from a twist ed knee, and Chris tan te have not played an inning yet. Senator Camp Sched Again Hit by Rain By AL LIGHTNER Statesman Sports Editor CALISTOGA, Calif. (Special) Rain again fouled up the works Wednesday at the Salem Senators' spring training camp. The down pour from the skies washed out a scheduled exhibition twinbiD, forced cancellation of much- need ed hitting drills and heaped more worries on Skipper Hugh Luby. The pesky and persistent rains cancelled a Wednesday pair with the Wenatchee Chiefs and the Napa All-Stars. It was the third day in a row the terrible weather has played havoc with the Sena tors camp program and hitting drills have been a particular pain ful casualty of the prolonged storm. Some of the Senator , personnel did manage to get in some throw ing and limbering Work in the Calistoga high school gym Wed nesday. Chiefs Again Today The Salems have an exhibition scheduled with Wenatchee again Thursday, but the continued wea ther onslaught indicated the teams will be lucky to get that one in, too. i No additional playing help ar rived Wednesday from either Sac ramento or San Diego but Luby is hopeful reinforcements will show up in the very near future. When help does come, the Salem manager prays at least one vet eran and proven pitcher will be among the lot. That is the crying need at the moment a hurler who can be counted on as a sure fire starter. ' Among those in camp upon whom Luby is directing praise are a pair of young optionee? from Sacramento Outfielder Jack Stei nagel an doutfielder-infielder Tom my Agosta. The Senator pilot fig ures both have the stuff to land regular posts with the club. Stei nagel played briefly with the Sacs in 1952 prior to being called into the service. Eureka Tilts Set The Salems have no exhibitions scheduled Friday but after break ing camp they will head north for a pair of games with a Eureka in dependent team Saturday and Sunday. If the Senators had gone south two weeks earlier for their drills. they d have had fine weather. Re sidents in the area say the, cur rent storm is the first rainy spell in months ... So drenched is this sector that even the country club was closed Wednesday because of the weather. So discovered a would-be golf foursome from the Senator camp. Tourney Prize Total Boosted LAS VEGAS, Nev, tf) Spon sors of the golfing Tournament of Champions here next week added $2,500 to the prize money Wednes day, bringing the total to $37,500. Director Auard Roen said the extra money will be distributed to the also - ran players. The basic prizes remain the same. The winner will collect $10,000 and every player in the select field of 21 is guaranteed at least $1,000. Each contestant qualified for the tournament by winning at least one major open tournament m the year since the last event. CHURCH OPENERS. DELATED Among the many victims of the weather Wednesday were openers in the Junior Church Softball Lea gue race. Another group of Church Leaguers will try to open today, weather permitting. American League Baltimore . 210 020 01ft . 001 000 200 3 t 3 New York Palica. Moore it) and Smith: Grim. Konstanty (2). S ha lock 44). Sturdi nt (). Morgan- (8 and Bcrra. Boston 000 100 OOO-p ISO Washington . Nixon and 000 000 OOO-i- 0 5 t White: Stobbs. Stone (; and ritzfersid, Oldis (0). p Cioiniji)SigDii Russians Set Search for Top Talent By EDDY GILMORE LONDON Uh The Russians an nounced . Wednesday they plan a giant program of rural sports meetings in an effort to comb their vast countryside for potential rec ord breakers. Moscow Radio said in a broad cast heard here that "hundreds of thousands" of country athletes Carter Upset By Cuban Foe Zulueta Earns Shot At Lightweight Toga WASHINGTON UD Orlando Zulueta, a left-handed sharp shoot er, outboxed lightweight champ Jimmy Carter in a nationally tele vised bout Wednesday night, earning a split decision and win ning" a certain shot at Carter's title. Zulueta, ninth ranking light weight from Havana, earned the decision on the score cards of ref eree Harry Volkman and judge Joe Bunsa. Judge Benny Alperstein scored it for Carter. The Associa ted Press card had Zulueta a clear winner, 97-92. Carter, a 31-year-old from New York, weighed in at 137, two pounds over the lightweight limit. Zulueta was in at 137?a. Carter really didn't seem to have it Wednesday night. Time and again the clever Zulueta had the champ missing and looking pretty bad. Meanwhile, the Cuban was j jabbing away at Carter. It was : Up IU MIC 11IICC 1UUI1U3 but Zulueta won going away, out slugging Carter at the finish. The victory set off a wild cele bration among the Cuban contin gent in town and Ambassador Mi guel Angel Campa jumped into the ring to shake Zulueta's hand. Senators Set As SBC Topic . The spotlight will be squarely on the' Salem Senators at Monday morning's session of - the Salem Breakfast Club. The event will herald the Senators' Northwest League opener against Eugene on Tuesday night. . First half of the program will be handled by the Senator Boost ers organization, with reports- of ticket sales, etc., to be made to the assemblage. Latter portion of the agenda will be devoted to dis cussion of the ball club's person nel and prospects, with Al LighW ner, Statesman sports editor, in the role of main speaker- s ' lne .7:30 a.m. meeting is open to all male fans of the area. National Leasee Milwaukee 140 002 002 9 11 1 Chicago . 001 010 003 5 12 1 Burdette. Robinson (9) and Cran dall; Jones, Andre (2), Thorpe (8) and Chiti. . Philadelphia . 000 101 000 2 8 0 Brooklyn 000 000 30 3 3 0 Ridzik. Lovenguth (7. Kipper (81 and Burgess; Loes, Labine. (8) and Campanelia. St. Louis 100 200 000 3 7 0 Cincinnati 000 000 000- Of I Arroyo. Moford (8) and Rice; Fooler. Podbielan (8) and Seminick, Landrith (8). Home Show Special LTUU 2 Sets of Famous Puncture Tubes To be awarded at our booth Sal., Apr. 23rd Sealing See Our Display Get Your Tickets Now! No Obligation Nothing to Buy FEIRING GENERAL TIRE SERVICE INC. 710 State Across From Elks Club would take part in the first U . S. S. R. rural games, opening in May with competitions on collec tive farms, state farms and ma chine tractor stations. These sporting events will be fol- j lowed by regional meetings in all 1 of the nation's 16 republics. The' athletes who survive these elimina- j tions will be sent to Odessa for the i grand finals in October. j Clink a tWiMinh hunt (n 4l,mt j means that very few, if any, po tential athletes among the Soviet Union's 200 million population will escape the searching eyes of the nation's sports officials. The program includes track and field events, athletics, swimming, cycling, volleyball and soccer. (Continued on next page) Bevo Openers Again Delayed PORTLAND (JP For the sec ond time the Portland Beavers' scheduled home openers with the San Diego Padres were rained out Wednesday and officials said another . attempt will be made Thursday. An afternoon tilt wilj be played, at 2 p.m. and another is set for- 8 p.m., weather per mitting, Seattle racked a 3-0 decision over Sacramento Wednesday night behind the tight two-hit pitching A Jehosie Heard and Al Gettel hurled Oakland to a 6-2; victory over Los Angeles as j ne vieiaea out six nits. Also a victim of the weather was the Hollvwood-at-San Francisco game. Five double plays helped Se attle in the win over Sacramento. All three Rainier runs came in the second inning, two crossing on Gene Verble's single. Sacramento 000 000 000 0 J 0 Seattle .,. 030 000 00 3 7 2 Daley and Baich; Heard and Or teig: Oakland 101 021 100 S 13 3 Los Angeles 000 100 100 . 2 6 1 Gettel and Swift: Piktuzis, Tremel (3 1. Zick (8) and Pramesa. Waivers Asked On Dave Kosl(i CHICAGO Wl The Milwaukee Braves announced Wednesday they are asking for waivers on south- i paw pitcher Dave Koslo for the purpose of giving him his uncon ditional release. DUCKS RAINED OUT EUGENE CP Rain forced postponement Wednesday of a scheduled Washington State-Oregon baseball game. A doubleheader is on schedule for Thursdavr; 08lG3E t r NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia at Brooklyn Roberts (2-) vs. Me3'er l-0. New York at Pittsburgh An tonell (0-2) vs. Bowman (0-0)."' Only games scheduled. 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