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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-
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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
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Attendance
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Dine at Henley
The Rogue River Ramblers' an
nual banquet was held at""Hen
ley Way," Henley, Cat, Saturday
night, April 5, for presenting
trophies.
Receiving these were Earl
Hess, perfect score of -the year;
Richard Allen and Ernifr Hoi
brook, activities.
Sunday, April 6, was open
Harley Davidson shop to show
the new "K" model Harley. Hot
dogs were served to visitors dur
ing the afternoon.
Details of the Easter Egg Hunt
scheduled for Sunday, April 13,
will be discussed at the meet
ing today at 8 p. m.
Don NewcombeSchedules
Visit With Ex-Teammates
Richmond, Va. (U.R) Don
Newcombe returns to the Dodg
ers Tuesday but only for a
i visit.
The big righthander, -in the
Army now at nearby Camp Pick
ett, Va., will visit his old team
mates to watch Tuesday's game
against the Boston Braves.
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.
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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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