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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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All three Rainier runs came in
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CHICAGO Wl The Milwaukee
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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
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