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TEH MEDFORD (OREGON! MAIL TRIBUNE MEDFORDw)WRIBUHl Bucky Harris Unhappy About His Senators By LEO H. PETERSEN Orlando, Fla. (U.R) Plain speaking Bucky Harris isn't at all happy this spring. He knows full well bis 1952 edition of Washington Senators could wind up in the American league cellar. It would break Bucky's heart if they did, for ever since he started managing as the "boy wonder" in 1924 none of his clubs ever has finished last and as Harris put it: "It's late in life for me to start now." ; But he knows he hasn't got what it takes as the club shapes up right now. And he insists he has no deals on the fire. His stock reply to questions on where he thinks the Senators might finish is: Pitching Mediocre - "The percentages will take care of that. But if we get good pitching we will be rough." His pitching is in the mediocre class at best. There isn't an es tablished major leaguer on his staff right now. The only hurler who was a Sen ator all last year who had bet ter than a .500 record is Connie Marrero, the Cuban who report ed late but won 11 games while losing 9 in 1951. But Harris has high hopes for Bob Porterfield, who wound up with a 9 and 8 record, several of those wins coming when he was with New York; and Don Johnson, another Yankee cast-off, who won 7 and lost 11. Counting on Hudson For his fourth starter Harris is counting on Sid Hudson, who fi nally seems to have cured the arm ailment which plagued him the past three seasons. "He is throwing with the full overhand motion again," Harris said, "and should be a winner. And this is the year that Porter- THERE WILL BE A MEETING TONIGHT 7:30 p.m. of Bricklayers Local No. 2 Important That All Members Attend This Meeting GIVEN SATURDAY - April 12 You Don't Have To Buy Anything Just Come Out Before April 12 REGISTER MERRY TILLER DEMONSTRATION You won't believe it until you tee it! MERRY TILLER makes tough jobs easy! Operates on any terrain . . . does more . . . costs less than any similar machine. WITH NO ATTACHMENTS It's a Tiller It's a Cultivator It's a Plow It's a Spot Digger It's a Weeder Merry Tiller does all of this . . . and more! You'll find a million uses for your Mighty Merry Tiller. Seeing it believing, so tee a free demonstration. Phono 2-9441 and we'll calL VALLEY SOUTH PACIFIC HIGHWAY field finally should come of age as a major league star." Of course, Harris has Louis (Bobo) Newsom back this year. The hefty, "43-year-old" right hander was signed on again as a free agent because Senator owner Clark Griffith says he is in "his best condition since 1940." Found Wanting Back of those five he has Sandy Consuegra, Mickey Har ris, Joe Haynes, Tom Ferrick and Julio Moreno. But they have been tried and found wanting before. The outfield will see Irv Noren in center, Gil Coan in left and Sam Mele in right with rookie Francisco Campos, who hit .423 at Charlotte last season, the No. 1 spare and Sherry Rob ertson back of him. In the infield it will be Mickey Vernon at first, Cass Michaels at second, Pete Runnels at short and Eddie Yost at third. For catching it will be Mickey Grasso with the veteran Clyde Klutz as reserve maskman. Wakefield To Get Try With Giants Houston, Tex. (U.R) ' Dick Wakefield, baseball's , famed "bonus baby" who turned into a "problem child," will get a big chance Tuesday to replace in jured Monte Irvin in the New York Giants' outfield. Manager Leo Durocher, who has been juggling his lineup since slugger Irvin broke an ankle sliding last week, said that the 301year-old Wakefield would show his stuff during Tuesday's exhibition game here against the Cleveland Indians. The Indians clinched the spring series against the Giants by winning Monday's game in San Antonio, 8 to 3. The Tribe has won 9 out of 11 against the Giants with six to go. OSC. DEFEATS PORTLAND Corvallis (U.R) Oregon State college's potent Beavers boasted their seventh baseball victory in eight pre-season starts Tuesday after downing Art McLarney's Portland university Pilots here, 5 to 3. Bud Berg pitched six-hit ball through the full nine in nings. AWAY AT OUR - AND SEE WITH A FEW ECONOMICAL ATTACHMENTS It's a Lawn Mewar It's a Road Grader It's a Burden Carrier Uses standard cultivating tools. Does not damage flowers or grass EQUIPMENT CO. EASY PARKING Tuesday. April t. 1SSJ Attendance Is Problem In PCL Play San Francisco U.R) Two important items will be tested in the Pacific Coast league in Los Angeles today: 1. Are the Angels really as powerful as they appeared In whipping Sacramento six out of seven last week? 2. Will Los Angeles fans sup port Pacific Coast league base ball, or are they going to sit back and wait for the major leagues to move in? The Angels, leading the league after one week of play, take on the powerful and further re inforced! Hollywood Stars in the first of a seven-game series to provide the testing grounds. Last week Hollywood played at home and for the series against the defending champion Seattle Rainiers, attracted a piti ful 15,800 fans into Gilmore sta dium. The Stars won the series, 4-3, and will give some sort of a clue as to just how powerful are Stan Hack's Angels. In the first week of play, the PCL played to only 92,409 fans despite nice weather and the opening-day ballyhoo. Of this number, the last-place Sacramen to club was tops in attendance with 27,501, including 13,621 for opening day. San Francisco at tracted 24.619 and San Diego played to 24,489. In the other series opening Tuesday night, Oakland plays its first home game against San Francisco. Seattle visits San Di ego and Portland goes to Sac ramento. The northern teams Portland and Seattle don't open their home seasons until the fol lowing week. Pirates, Sox Expect Another Large Crowd New Orleans (U.R) The Chi cago White Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates are expected to draw an other huge crowd here Tuesday night for their exhibition game. A throng of 9.052, largest spring baseball crowd in this city since 1939, turned out Mon day night to see the White Sox come from behind to beat the Pirates, 4 to 3. Eddie Robinson homered for the Sox and Gus Bell for the Pirates. Rivera Clubs Homer As Browns Top Cubs Oklahoma City (U.R) The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Browns renew their spring ex hibition series here Tuesday. The Cubs won Monday's meet ing, 8 to 6, at Shreveport, La., with a seven-run rally in the fourth inning. Highlight for the Browns was the first homer of the spring for highly-touted rookie outfielder Jim Rivera. STORE All You Need to Do Is See a Demonstra tion and Register Before SAT., APRIL 12 When the Merry Tiller Will Be Given Away! PHONE 2-9441 Fanfare ly DICK JEWETT The Cheney Studs, Medford entry in the Southwestern Ore gon Baseball league, will begin practice next Sunday at the xair grounds. Grass has been sown on the infield at the park. While it has been cut several times. It may not be far enough along for use and the Studs may have to confine their practices to the outfield for a bit There is hint of a big name player or two joining the Studs for the sum mer but the team management feels that negotiations are not to the stage where an announce ment can be made. REEDSPORT OUT Withdrawal of Xeedaport from the Southwestern loop was made known Sunday at loop moating at Coquille. Eu gene has first chance at entry into the Sawdust circuit to re place the coast town. What the results of contact with Eugene have been since the meeting have not bean made known hare. Eugene previously indi cated definite interest. Klam ath Falls reportedly has sec ond option en a berth in the league. If either comes in, it will mean another town m the circuit where night baseball can be played. Seven of the eight teams would be so fixed. Reedsport has no lights. LEAGUE RATED TOPS Ken Westover, Portland, com missioner of the Oregon State Association of Umpires, was at the Sawdust league meeting and termed the circuit the strongest in the state. Use of the associa tion umpires was left up to the individual teams. TWO CLUBS POSSIBLE We tail feel that two semi pro clubs ere possible in Med ford and would be a boost in keeping baseball interest alive while the pro circuit is inoper ative. The Studs in the fast Sawdust league are practically assured but it will take a bit of doing and in a hurry if Medford is to field a club in the play-for-fun Rogue Valley league. ANGELS SOUGHT A group of players, a number of whom have seen considerable semi-oro action in the vsIIpv would like to form a Medford team instead of scattering here and there on other teams. That was done last vear whm Mm. ford was not represented in the vauey circuit. The stumbling block to organizing is financial and the grouo, headed by Ben Fagone, is looking for some "an eels." The funds are needed for uni forms and equipment, which the players cannot afford. The play ers are witling to foot their nwn bills for transoortation and meals. Five sponsors or donors have been lined up already. Oth ers willing to h'i'n get Medford into the Rogue Valley loop may contact Fagone by telephoning 2-9061. The other towns definitely want medford in the circuit but time is running short. A league meeting is set for Tuesdav. Anril 15. at Central Point. It must be known by that time whether Medford will field a club. EX-CP RESIDENT HONORED Carl BoswelL high school athletic coach and teacher at Central Point in 1936, has been elected next president of the Redondo Beach. Calif. Ro tary club. He will take office at the end of June. BoswelL who was born at Central Point, attended schools there and was graduated from Ore gon State college. He is now assistant superintendent of schools at Redondo and. holds doctor of education degree from University of Southern California. He has two chil dren. Tommy 10. and Marl ly 6. DEPTH TO COUNT Grants Pass, after last week's triumph in track and field over Medford, appears to have the best chance of spilling the Black Tornado in the Rogue River re lays here this Saturday. It will be depth that counts in this meet with three or four men teaming up for each school in almost ev ery event. Klamath Falls, for INSIDE ... On 7c0s cad CeiBags Ihj bskt, Tm call TmH fcava ihio that Saaar ftaai Taaa ei SHCIALISTS in S WIST 6th STRUT 1 SUPER) II 11 eT VI V GIANTS LOSE GIANT Monte Irvin, star outfielder of the New York Giants, twists in pain after breaking his ankle while sliding during an exhibition game with the Cleveland Indians at Denver, Colo. Irvin's loss, coupled with the probable induction of Willie Mays into the Armed Forces, may have a drastic impact on the Giants' pennant hopes. Southern Oregon Opens in Medford on April 19 The third annual Southern Oregon Handicap bowling tourn ament will get underway here April 19, persons interested in the event said today. The tour ney is scheduled to continue through May 11. Entries have been received from Crescent City, Calif., Rose burg, Grants Pass and Medford. Entries are also expected from Klamath Falls and other Oregon cities before the April 12 dead lines. Four men's teams and three women's teams from Medford will take part in the DeLake tournament on the week-end of April 19 and 20, according to local bowling fans. The DeLake tournament is one of the largest on the Pacific coast with $9,000 in guaranteed prize money. It opened on January 1 and is to continue through June 1. Two teams of Medford bowlers competed Sunday in a special match game at Crescent City. One team, composed of Ken Powell, Fred Anderson, Nelson Florey. Harry Goode and Frank Driscoll, won pair of matches. Goode had high single game of 233 and high series of 624 in the second match., Layn Takes TICO Victory Logan, Utah (U.R) Rowdy Rex Layne looked like his old self Monday niJht as he blasted his way to a fast TKO over Big Bill Peterson of Chicago in 1:33 of the first round. Layne, looking more trim and in better shape than in any of his recent fightsj raced from his corner at thetbell and sent the 213-pound Petergon sprawling to the canvas with a right hand un der the heart and a hard left hook to the jaw Peterson took a nine count but hit the deck again as soon as he regained his feet as Layne con nected with another sharp left. Peterson again was barely on his feet when Layne swarmed over him knocking him down for the third time with a hard right Referee Ken Shulsen stepped in and stopped the scheduled 10 rounder when Layne had Peter son, dazed and bleeding, on the ropes. that reason, can also be consid ered a contender despite its re cent one-sided loss to Medford. Crater high of Central Point and Ashland should be strong in a few events. MILLS' HEAVE MIGHTY There's e report that D. C. Mills, Medford high's javelin thrower last season, got off mighty 227-foot heave recent ly in a meet at San Diego. Mills is new in the Navy. Dead linr -'ind Clasallleda Is at noon Saturday. deluxe well past 9 ASAlf Mr ft natch lata fceoaty. Wt ceaplefely new cast stately eWeraatl k't me washable I Oa,fw saw eaten, lavaly stall, rich aa mm... ftajftfy I ... aay . mam S198 iaavttaaraW s UOUtWAttSt MOM 1-Si1 i Bowling Meet The Medford team rolled a high scratch series of 2847 in the first match. Anderson rolled j high single game of 230 and high series of 595 in the opening ' series. I The other Medford team, com posed of Bud Wilson, Doc Wil son, Jack Colley, James Morgan and Jerry Burroughs, won two games in their first series. The Medford team bowled 2657 in the first series and 2565 in the second series from scratch. In the opening series, for Med ford, Morgan had high series with 571 and Bud Wilson rolled high single game with 217. Burroughs had high series of 533 and Colley had high single game of 188 for Medford in the second series. In a f ecent tournament at Ash land, a Medford team . of Bill Blunt, James Morgan and Jack Colley won the three-man team championship with a score of 1821 with handicap. The team represented Walker Real Estate. Fred Anderson, Medford, won the singles with a 609 series. OPEN WED. - 0 HOURS: 8:30 a.m. ALVAYS m ) Jfr CRESY CUSHION RIDE i - V 670x15 1Z85 g GhFfhnZriX Reg. 19.85 IO plus tax J 1 -Z?2E3 V CRESY. MULTI-GRIP I I ' 600k16 4 a & R9-17.95 I i plus tax . " ! " 25 Mo. All Road Hazard Guarantee! ; f i HggSg V CneST "Delone" J & If PL ' I Now! CREST "Deluxe" quality ot. Regularly 14.45 iNLJSigSS ffV o rock bottom low price! Well ej QK g Sru,'.-i TiCff't fllTlTf T ' I traq' to0 lifetime guarantee I I rfri'jLm n 1 V 4t'- .y p3 agoinst defects, plus outstanding f' I mat T flllfy 15-rnonthroodhazord guarantee. 60016Plu To J I Regular Wee "im'" 'QC : fti ainS'm a?1 A A Heavy Duty Specifications 11'' ; . Save money protect your engine I V Tt'i II " " with the finest! 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The Dodgers beat the Braves Monday, 8 to 4, at Lynchburg, Va., as Sam Je throe hit for the "cycle" for the Braves and Duke Snider homered for the Dodgers. BOEDY and FEDTBEQ WRECKS, WAffcna If you zigged when you should have sagged ... ANY MAKE OF CAR HUMPHRY MOTORS DeSotq O RIVERSIDE AT 8TH A good place to buy, THE WEST'S RETAILER rAQCCIJ "Deluxe" Batteries 14 . Sve now on original equipmeni quai 15 ...... mVbatteries! 24-month guarantee, 45 Greue 1 Exchange i 11 Mm Ho 39 plotat, wood m- , orator SO ampere nr. co- - W pocity. Group I, IxAonoe. fTI LL 9 P.M. 1 to 5:30 p.m. Daily! inn buys ajO Phils Take Fifth Win In Row From Cardinals Winston-Salem, N. C. (U.PJ The Phillies will try to make it six straight over the Cardinals Tuesday. The Phils racked up No. ; 5 Monday at Raleigh, N. C, 5 to 4, with a three-run rally in the eighth inning against Dick Bo kelmann. Willie Jones led the Phils with a homer and a dou ble, while Del Rice of the Cards hit two homers and a single. 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