TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday. March 26. 1950
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ROGUES
FORESEE
BIS YEAR
'Freebooter' ill Pitchers
Working Agreements
Cited As Plans For
Stock Sale Revealed
News of the major league leums and the Pacific Coast loop
squads in spring training brings to mind once again that Mcdford
has pro baseball in the offing with the Mcdford Roijues (Nuggets)
due to start their spring maneuvers along about April 0 or 10.
Officers of Rogue Valley Baseball, Inc., sponsors of the local
team in the Far West league, are predicting the best season yet for
local fans.
Workina Aareemeni Cited Bv Club
They point to the fact that unlike last season the local pro
club has a real working agreement with a major league club the
New York Giants and that Seattle of the coast league again win
furnish help.
Already the Giants have signed and sent to the Rogues seV'
eral promising youths and added help will be coining during the
spring irainiug penoa, Business munaKvr aiiiiiti aaiu.
These boys with boys signed by the local club might produce a
champion. ... ,. . .
Seattle helped quite a bit last season and will continue to do
so as probably will Salem, Ore., of the class B Western Interna
tional league.
Jones, Thrower And Lohbeck To Return
Lloyd Jones, Fred Thrower and Mike Lohbeck are among
those assigned here by Seattle who were here in 1049. "Pop" Reed,
a baseball scout of some distinction, is looking for young players
in the Los Angeles area.
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Local club officials predict
ed that this year will be a ban
ner one for the entire Far West
league with the addition of
teams in Eugene, Ore., and
Reno, Nev. The league should
be on a much more sound foot
ing in 1950 than in the previous
two seasons.
Carpenter said that last 'year
Mcdford often paid out more to
visiting teams here than the
local club received when playing
In those towns.
Grass In Infield
During the past winter the
local ball club has planted grass
in the fairgrounds ball yard in
field and additional improve
ments have been made for the
convenience of fans. Up to this
season Medford had the only
park in the league without
grass Infield.
Carpenter said that the local
ball club operated at a small loss
In 1949 with much of this due to
the large investment needed to
get started and the improve
ments made to the park. He,
said the corporation directors are
pleased with the first yoar'a re
sults. '
Rogue Valley Baseball, Inc.,
will open a campaign soon to
sell the remainder of stock left
unsold from last year. Carpen
ter said sale of all such stock
would place the club on a sound
financial position and pay the
expenses of improvements made
last winter.
Officers cited further how pro
fessional baseball here Iihs
brought Medford publicity
throughout the country through
newspapers, radio stations and
such publications as "The Sport
ing News," often called the base
ball "bible."
Carpenter said a yearly at
tendance of 50,000 to 60.000
here would make pro bascbull a
sure thing annually.
Protect Boxers
Plan Approved
Portland, Ore., Mar. 25 (U.R)
A program to protect fighters in
the Oregon ring has been adopt
ed by the Portland Boxing com
mission. Dr. Clinton McGill, commis
sion medico, submitted the pro
grain to the commission and
culled for an "honest attempt to
do everything humanly and sci
entifically possible" to prevent
ring deaths such as that of La
vcrne Roach In New York this
year.
Chief point In Dr. McGiU's
plan involves use of an electro
enecphalograph, a brain wave
machine which has been pro
posed for the detection of brain
injuries, most common cause of
ring tragedies.
Other points Include Inclusion
in contracts of a clause whereby
thn fiohlni nnr! minnDir rnrtifv
the fighter Is in A-l condition I
and Is not concealing previous in-'
juries; permission for the referee ;
or doctor to examine a boxer in
difficulty in the ring; banning of
iron derivatives to stop the flow
of blood from cuts and gashes '
and a rule that fighters knocked
out in the ring will not be
touched hy handlers until exam
ined by the doctor.
DickBartlc
Going Salem
Riverside, Cal., Mar. 25 iU.R1
The Portland Beavers arc prepar
ing to wind up their training
cemp season here Sunday.
As a preliminary, Manager
Bill Sweeney announced todav
he is dropping nine pitchers and ,
Art Pennington, colored outfield
er, outright and turning over to
the Salem club of the Western
International league, a Reaver
farm club, eight other players.
Players to report to Manager
Ad Liska nf Salem next Thurs
day are Pitchers John Burak.
Dick Waibel, Gene Valentine
and Bob Stevenson; Catcher
Rob Courage, and Outfielders
Marvin Diercks and Bob Snyder.
Sweeney indicated also that
Dick llartlc. first baseman; Bob
Cherry, outfielder; Carl Peter,
son, infieldcr. and Pitchers Ray
mond McNulty and Orln Snyder
would be released to Salem.
Bradley, Baylor
Top NCAA Foes
In Semi-Finals
Kansas City, Mo., Mar. 25
(U.R) Brigham Young's Joe
Nelson ended his collegiate
basketball career Saturday
night with a flood of points to
pace BYU to a 83 to 62 victory
over UCLA and into third
place in the NCAA western
playoffs.
Kansas City, Mo., Mar. 25
(U.R) Bradley university was a
solid favorite to defeat Baylor in
the finals of the N.C.A.A. west
ern regional playoffs tonight and
return to Madison Square Gar
den for a crack at the national
championship next Tuesday.
The Braves advanced to the
finals by virtue of a three-minute
15-point spurt which carried
them to a 73-to-59 victory over
U.C.L.A. Friday night after Bay
lor defeated Brigham Young, 56
to 55.
Paul Unruh's fast finish
cracked open a title battle. The
slender forward's two quick
goals gave the Braves a one-point
margin with three minutes re
maining. Then Bradley caught
fire and poured in 15 points
while holding U.C.L.A. to two.
U.C.L.A. Holds Lead
U.C.L.A. had battled to a 3;t
to 33 halftlme deadlock and led
57 to 50 midway in the second
half.
Gene Melchiorre, the five-foot,
eight-inch pivotman, led Brad
ley's scoring with 10 points. Bud
Grover scored 16 and Unruh, 13.
Baylor beat the two-mlnule
rule in achieving Its victory. The
Bears trailed 54 to 50 with less
than a minute to play, but pulled
the game out by virtue of an
amazing rally.
East-West Grid Game
Movies May Be Shown
A 15-minulc highlight film of
the 25lh annual East-West foot
hall game has been added to Tide
Water Associated Oil company's
film libraries in the West. This
full color, 16 mm sound film,
presents colorful and exciting
moments from both the pageant
and game.
Sport fans In clubs, sehunls
and other organizations may ob
tain the film, on a loan basis,
free of charge, through local As
sociated offices.
Coast League Season
To Open Tuesday With
EightClairning Flag
San Francisco. Mar. 25 (U.R)
Eight Pacific Coast league base
ball teams, all packing pen
nant gleams in their eyes, take
the field on Tuesday night in
four California cities as they
launch the official 1950 baseball
campaign of the nation
The openers send Los Anodes
to Sacramento, Seattle to Oak
land, Portland to Hollywood and
San Francisco to San Diego,
40.000 Fans Expected
Basing predictions on big
crowd turnouts for exhibition
games, owners expect about 40,
000 to witness the four games.
The two largest parks in the
league. San Francisco Seals and
Los Angeles Angels, will oe mic,
thus cutting into the attendance.
While the weather has been
minv and cold, during the weck-
pml it is predicted that improved
weather conditions will prevail
for the openers, all oPwhich will
be played at night.
Favored clubs in this year's
nennant race rjrobablv will be
tho Padres of San Diego, the
Acorns of Oakland and the de
fending champion Hollywood
BASEBALL
EXHIBITION GAMES
New York I A) "A" J J
Brooklyn l.Nl 7 "
Bc-rrn; Hnlton. Poclhii-lan 181 ana ca-
wardi. Homo run Johnson.
si I.nui INI S 11 A
Cincinnati (Nl H 2
Stftlev. Deal (at ano uaraRiom. ni
3l: Wehmner. Peterson 7 and Coop.
cr, Johnson 17). Home runs Muslal.
Lllwlulcr.
Boston (Al S a
Wellington fA 1 '3 1
Meuermott, Masterson (3) and Baits,
White (7), Haynes fB and Grasso.
EvunS lfll. Home runs Combs. Robin
son, Kozar.
Philadelphia (N) ISO
UoMon INI 6 13 1
lleint.elinan. Donnelly llli and l.o.
pnln: Spahn, Webb 3). Antonclll (81
and Linden.
Detroit (A) S 0
New York (Al "B" 7 0 1
Hosavin. White (fl) and Ginsberg;
Shea, Hood (Si and Berbcrcl.
4 fl 1
ft S 4
and Plumbn;
and Oswald-
Toronto IINTI
Philadelphia INI "B"
Possehl. Brittin 7)
Candlnl, Borowy (7)
Home run Young.
Buffalo (INTI 3 9 2
Philadelphia IA) 12 1
Silverman. Swift f4l and Minor,
Bnssie. Marchildon l6l and Astruth.
Pittsburgh IN) S 7 3
San Francisco (PCD 9 0S
t'hesnes. GreRg 3. Main ifil Cham
bers l8i and McCullough. Turner 17).
l.ien, Singleton 12) and Parlee.
New York INI
Oakland I PCI. I
Kramer. Bowman IS). Handsen IIP'
and Weslrum; Nelson. Harris iBi.
Probst 1 101 and Padgett. Home runs
Harsham. Galan.
St I.ouls (Ai "B" 3 S 3
San Dlrgo iPCLI 10 12 1
Upi-hurch. Payne (31 and Jackson;
Zuvcrlnk. Kipp (HI and Treash. Home
runs West, Seltzer.
Chicago (A) 19 1
Sacramenl IPCI.1 2 3 I
Wight. Gumpert IBI, Pierettl (fli and
Musi; Grove. Conger 4I, Hrewer 171.
Dobcrnic iBi and Kuimundl.
Stars. All have powerful out
fields; great over-all hitting
strength, and balance.
Seals Seek Record
One of the features of opening
day will be the fact that the San
Francisco Seals will be gunning
for their 10th straight first-day
victory and their 12th out of
their last 13 fir3t-day games since
1937.
Their only loss during that
time was a 9-8 decision to Port
land in 1040. At the same time
these same Seals ended the 1949
season with seven straight losses
to the Sacramento Soloas.
All the teams will spend a full
week playing seven games
against their opening-day foe.
Openers in the other four
cities will come on April 4, with
Hollywood at Seattle, Oakland at
Portland, San Diego at Los An
geles and Sacramento at San
Francifco.
Beavers Lose
12th Practice
Riverside, Cal.. Mar. 25 U.R
The hard-luck Portland Beavers
took their 12th practice season
shellacking today as the Seattle
Rainiers pounded them 10 to 6
in an exhibition game here.
The Beavers' Vince Dibiasi and
John Tiernoy gave up 15 clouts,
including a two-run homer by
First Baseman Frank Coleman
in the third frame that touched
off the Rainier batting spree. Guy
Fletcher and Hector t&Kinny)
Brown held Portland to seven
hits.
Left Fielder Johnny Ruckcr
got a three-run round tripper for
the Beavers in the ninth.
Portlend faces the Los Angeles
Angels in its 18th practice sea
son game here tomorrow with
Southpaw Cal Mclrvin on the
mound.
Tornado '9'
Tops J 'vi Me
In Practice
Mcdford high's 1950 baseball
squad was expected to spend
much of its time this coming
week on bettering its batting and
long-range hitting averages be
fore encountering Eagle Point
high in their first Southern Ore
gon conference encounter here
Friday.
Last week Friday afternoon in
a practice game with Jackson
ville on the slippery local field,
the Black Tornado came off with
an 8-to-l victory but could garner
but five hits in eight innings
played.
Three Hit Triples
Jim Whitby, Norm Loop and
Connie Holzgang rapped out trip
les for three of the five local
safeties.
Darrcll Woolen and Lefty
Turk shared local mound duties
with Gary Boshears and Landers
doing the catching. Greenmaer,
D. Clay and Hardy pitched for
the Redskins nine. I
Jacksonville's lone run was!
scored in the seventh off the
offerings of Turk who allowed
two hits. Wooten gave up one
hit.
Talent High
Winner, 5-4
Ashland, Mar. 25 Talent and
Ashland high school baseball
nines will play a return game
Thursday, March 30, at Talent.
The tiff, originally set for Fri
dav, will be at 3 p. m.
Talent led all the way last Fri
day to edge Ashland 5 to 4 on the
Lithians' diamond. The Bulldogs
had a 3-to-0 advantage after their
half of the fifth inning but Ash
land picked its first score during
its fifth turn at bat.
Each team added a pair of tal
lies in the sixth frame and Ash
land got another "in the seventh.
The Lithians had men on second
and third bases when the game
ended.
Stan Hanscomb went the route
for Ashland on the mound while
Jerry Montgomery, Bill Smith
and Pat Henry pitched for
Talent.
Wins Grand
National
Alntree, Eng., March 25 (U.R)
Freebooter won the 107th Grand
National Steeplechase today.
What No Sun was second and
Achton Major third.
Freebooter was the favorite in
the classic an 8 to 1 bet in the
"Overnight Line" made by Brit
ish bookmakers. Freebooter thus
became the first favorite to win
the classic since Sprig came
home first in 1907.
Rowland Roy finished fourth
In the race and the royal entry,
Monaveen, owned jointly by
Princess Elizabeth and the
queen, finished fifth. Monaveen
was a sentimental favorite of the
several hundred thousand spec
tators who crammed the historic
course.
A totalj of 49 horses started the
course but only 13 finished.
Garde Toi was sixth, then
came Cromwell, Happy River.
Braney VI, Knockirr, Ship's
Bell, Inchmore and Saintfield.
The only American jockey in
the race, Danny Manzani of
Schranton, Pa., rode Battling
Pedulas and did not finish.
For Red Sox
Sarasota, Fla., Mar. 25 (U.R)
Because pitching has been a
headache ever since he took over
the reins of the Boston Red Sox,
Manager Jae McCarthy disclosed
today that he will try to carry
11 hurlers from' the very start
this season.
"I know most clubs carry only
10," he said, "but my team is so
Well set in pvprv nncitinn thai T
am going to carry 11. 1 only wish
couia cut somewhere to make
it 12. But I'm hoping 11 will do."
In both seasons he has led the
Red Sox his faulty early season
pitching has cost him the pen
nant in a playoff game against
Cleveland in 1948 and on the fi
nal day last year against the New
York Yankees.
HARMONY FOR DEER
Harmony, Pa. (U.R) Three
deer entered this small commun
ity in one week for a taste of
civilization but only one lived
to profit by the experience. One
was killed by a train, the second
ran into a fence and broke his
neck, and the third left town
much wiser and satisfied with
his woodland home.
'On Trust' j
Wins Again
San Bruno, Cal.. Mar. 25 (U.R) i
The greatest California money !
winner of all time. On Trust, J
closed with a ru5h today to take '
the featured $7,500 added Penin
sula handicap at Tanforan today, i
The favorite. Bolero, placed
second in the six-furlong race.
Great Dream was third and El
butte fourth in the field of nine
sprint stars. i
The six-year-old son of Alibahi t
flashed over the slow Tanforan !
course in the excellent time of
1.12 to pay $9.10, S3.90 and $2.90.
Today's victory gave his owners.
E. O. Stice and sons of Eagle
Rock, Cal., a purse of $4,650 and
brought his winnings to $505,970.
The largest crowd of the year,
18.841, watched On Trust break
sixth, move to the outside turn
ing into the stretch and overtake
Bolero.
PARNELL SHOWS WELL
Orlando. Fla.. Mar. 25 (U.R)
Mcl Parnell, the Boston Red Sox'
5-game winner, was the pace
maker as Manager Joe McCar
thy s pitching staff began to
round into form today.
New York Giants Cut
Squad About April 1
Oakland, Cal.. Mar. 25 (U.R)
Ford Smith, 28-year-old Negro
rookie from Phoenix, Ariz., is
almost certain to make the New
York Giants pitching staff, Man
ager Leo Durocher said today.
Durocher said he plans to cut
his squad to 27 about April 1, but
that if he has his way he will
stay with the Giants for the com
ing season. Smith pitched and
played outfield for Jersey City
last year.
Basketball
.-mi. I V IH CI ITS
NCAA Western Srml Final
Hnvlnr .", Brigham Younn d
Bradley 73, U. C. L. A. 59
N. V Mrm Tourney nrnvr I
Phillips Oiltri ti5, Stewart Chevrolet
33
NAAV Womrm Tourney
Little Dixie Queen (MacAIester.
UKIA I a.-, aieflmimrs in
11 tines noiiery jw, aid lm mum
37
NBC Nmnville 2f. Goldblumr Nash
ville 28
There are about 65,000 Nava
jo Indians.
FANS! FANS!
It Will Soon Be Time To
Hear the Familiar Cry
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Bradcnton, Fla., Mar. U5 (U P
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