Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 16, 1952, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextIKJHT MEDFOHD (OBKOOW) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. AprU It. HBt Hurlers Have Big Day As Anticipated As Major Leagues Launch Schedules Br CARL LUNDQUIST New York U.PJ Don't worry about the lively ball, It Is just as lull of zip as ever, only this year it may be doing tricks for the pitchers instead of the hitters. The ball dipped, danced, curved, swooshed, and generally baffled the batters on opening day as the pitchers took over and put on a terrific show. There was a three-hit shutout, a six-hit shutout, three other gix-hit pitch ing lobs and a seven-hitter, while home runs and extra base hits were at a minimum. Mel Parnell, the lean lefty of the Red Sox, had a particularly lively ball with which he mysti fied the Senators, 3 to 0, for a three-hit triumph before Presi dent Truman at Washington. He beat the Nats for the 16th straight time. Garver Wins His showing was Just a shade better than that of Ned Garver of the Browns who pitched a six hit, 3 toO triumph over the Tigers at Detroit, striking out nine bat ters and walking only one. And Early Wynn had It all over the White Sox in Chicago where he pitched a six-hit, 3 to 2 victory against lefty Bill Pierce, who also yielded only six hits. In the National league, Preach er Roe edged Warren Spahn as the Dodgers topped the Braves, 3 to 2, at Boston on a seven hitter in a fine duel of lefties. The Cubs defeated the Reds, 6 to S, at Cincinnati in 10 innings and the Si lift Standings COAST LEAGUE W. L. Los Angeles 10 4 San Diego w.10 S San Franclgeo ...... 7 6 Sacramento 0 7 Portland ... fl 8 Hollywood .... 6 8 Oakland ..... 6 8 Seattle 10 Pet. GB .714 .6117 '.4 .9.18 2'1 .402 3 14 .420 4 .429 4 .421) 4 .333 8 ',4 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. Boston ..... 1 fit. Louis .... 1 Cleveland 1 Washington ,. Detroit Chicago 0 0 New York 0 ppladelphla 0 NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn Chicago St. Louis Boston . Cincinnati ... Pittsburgh W. 1 1 1 .0 .0 ,. 0 Philadelphia 0 New York - - 0 Pet. 1.00b l.ono l.ooo .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 Pet. 1.000 1.000 1.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 Cards defeated the Pirates, 3 to 2. in the season's first night game at St. Louis. Flag Favorites Win There might be significance, too, in the fact that both pre oBtrtn npnnant favorites, the In dians and Dodgers got off to win ning starts while last years champs, the Yankees and Giants sat on the sidelines as their games were rained out. The Yankee game was postponed in Philadelphia while the Giants were rained out in the Polo Grounds against the Phils. But the big show of the day was put on by Parnell. No Wash- Beavers Open Home Slate By Beating Oakland Twice San Francisco (U.R) Lefty Marino Pieretti's steady pitching O'Doul loved San Francisco. Now every time he sticks his face through a door in the Bay City, someone takes a kick at it. After 17 years as manager of the San Francisco Seals, O'Doul was fired by owner Paul I. Fa gan. Lefty then got a Job manag ing the San Diego Padres and Tuesday night came back to San Francisco for a homecoming game. Umpira Ousts A throng of 12,197 turned out to welcome the butchertown boy, but O'Doul, by now used to oustings in his home city, got one again this time from plate umpire Cece Carlucci. The crowd, decorated by ban ners and placards honoring O'Doul, felt cheated when its hero was banished. And the sad ness grew at the game's outcome: the Seals defeated the O'Doul's, 6-2. Portland staged its season' opening at home in two sections. The Bevos attracted 20,110 fans to the games and obliged their rooters by downing Oakland twice, 5-2, and 5-4. Seattle also opened at home, satisfying 11,000 faithful by silencing Los Angeles bats, 6-0. Conaiier Aids And, In another tilt, Sacra mento continued its rebounding ways with an 8-4 triumph over Hollywood. Clint Conatser's double and -w- -w- OLD Hermiiage ; " I BRAND 7 1 1 SI . 11 mi- BRAND I TljCHYSTRAlGH! II UnBON WW'tfY SvllO $060 6 PROOF THE OLD HERMITAGE COMPANY, FRANKFORT, KY. accounted for Portland's first victory over the Oaks. Fiddler Eddie Basinski, a good ball player who started slowly this season, singled home two tallies in the seventh frame of the second affair to gain the Bevos their win. THK LINESCORES: San Diego 100 010 000 3 4 4 San Francisco 002 011 SOx 6 10 0 Fletcher. Smith (6) and Kerr; Sin gleton, Lien (6) and Ortelg. (1st Game) Oakland 100 100 000 2 6 Portland 010 020 02x 5 8 Ayres, - Van Cuyk (4). Gregg Oubre (8) and Lamanno. Neal Plerettl and Robinson. (2nd Game) Oakland 000 022 0004 8 0 Portland 002 100 20x 5 9 1 Kittle, Oubre (81 and Davis; Lynn, Ward (7) and Gladd. Los Angeles . 000 000 000 0 I 2 Seattle 000 002 22x 11 0 Spicer. Adklns 17) McLlsh (8) and Tappe; Schanz and Wilson. Sacramento ....014 003 000 8 12 8 Hollywood 000 003 100 4 7 0 Hall and Kinaman; Woods. Anthony (3), Pettlt 101, Strobel (7J, Llndell (91 and Sandlock. Eagle Point Tops Talent Eagle Point Eagle Point high chalked up Its fifth straight base ball victory yesterday, downing Talent 5 to 3 at Talent. The Eagles picked up three of their tallies in the second Inning. The spurt was helped along by Jerry Siebert who tripled to drive In two of the counters. Siebert hit twice in two times up. I.INRSCORE: Eagle Point 0.11 000 19 8 Talent 000 201 03 3 2 C. Eccleston. Glllespey (S) and G. Eccleston; Coghlll, Straus (2), Zum walt (9) and McAbee. Wilkinson Gets 10-Year Contract Norman, Okla. (U.R) The way Coach Bud Wilkinson looks at It, University of Oklahoma won't have to worry about over emphasis of football now that he has a 10-year contract. Wilkinson, who has coached the Oklahoma Sooners to 46 vic tories and only six defeats In the past five years, said the new contract gives him "stability." And he thinks more coaches ought to have it. "There's nothing wrong with athletics, but the coaching pro fession lacks stability," the 36-year-old coach explained. BASEBALL TUESDAY'S RESULTS Coast Laacrue Portland 5-5, Oakland 2-4. Seattle 6, Los Angeles 0, San Francisco 6, San Diego 2. Sacramento 8, Hollywood 4. American Laague Boston 3, Washington 0. St. Louis 3, Detroit 0. Cleveland 3, Chicago 2. New York at Philadelphia, postponed, rain. National Ltagua Brooklyn 3, Boston 2. Chicago 6, Cincinnati 3. St. Louis 3, Pittsburgh 2. Philadelphia at New York, postponed, rain. ington runner got past second and he never had two runners on base at once. Walt Dropo drove in the two runs he needed for victory with a 400-foot double in the sixth. Ted Williams hit a triple in the eighth and Faye Throneberry, the hot Senator rookie, yielded only five hits before elderly bodo jsewsom came on in the ninth and gave the Red Sox their final safety. Drive la Run Garver had to be good to top Dizzy Trout of the Tigers, who also was a six-hit loser. Nifty Ned also contributed to his cause with a run-scoring single. Wynn, given a 3 to 0 lead, coasted to victory. The Indians tapped Pierce for a run in the fourth on a walk and Jim He gan's double. The other tallies came on three singles in the seventh by Hegan, Harry Simp son, and Larry Doby, inter spersed with sacrifices by Wynn and Bob Avila. Sherman Loliar hit a Chicago homer. Gene Hermanski hit a Dinch- single in the 10th to score Randy JacKson with the winning run for the Cubs over the Reds. Jack son hit a home run earlier and Hank Sauer got a grand slam homer to account for the other Chicago runs. Lefty Joe Hatten was the winner in a one-ln.iing relief role. Under the SI T.nnU lloM 4V Cards Jumped off to a 2 to 0 lead against Murry Dickson in the first innin?. nnp nn RnW Chnan. dienst's homer, and added the winning lauy in me sixth on two singles and Del Rice's fly. Jackson Victor In Two Classes In Track Tussle Jackson won two classes' and the medley relay and Lincoln won one class in a t city grade school dual track meet yester day. Jackson took the Class A ri valry by an overwhelming 48 to 2 and Class B competition by a closer 26 23 to 23 13. Lincoln won in Class C 39 35 to 10 25. RESULTS: Class A 60-yd. dash 1st. Johnson (Jl; 2nd. Heath (J); 3rd, Evans ID. 8.2 seconds. 330-yd. run 1st. Doty (J); 2nd. Young (J); 3rd. Shaw (L). 48 3 seconds. 220-yd. relay 1st, Jackson (Wat kins. Young, Heath, Gleason). 30.0 seconds. Baseball throw 1st, Johnson (Jl: 2nd, Jay Howard (J); 3rd, Ray Shuck (Jl. 11)8'. Broad Jump 1st. Three way tie; Johnson, Young, Jay Howard all Jack son. 13' 8". High jump 1st. Doty (J); 2nd. Jay Howard (J) and Shuck (J) Ued. 4' ". Class B 60-yd. dash 1st. Ackley (J); 2nd. Stout (J); 3rd, Oakes (J). 83 seconds. 330-yd. run 1st, Albright (L); 2nd. Oakes (Jl; 3rd. Whaley (J). S0.1 seconds 220-yd. relay 1st. Lincoln (Walker. Wlrth. Calaway. Brauner) 30.2 seconds Baseball throw 1st. Albright (LI; 2nd. Ackley (J); 3rd. Brauner (L). 106' Broad Jump 1st, Stout (J); 2nd. Ackley (J); 3rd. Albright (L). 13' 3". High jump 1st. Albright (L); 2nd. Stout (J) and John Howard (J) Ued. 4'. Class C 60-yd. dash 1st. Bentley L1: 2nd. Duln (L); 3rd, Williams (L). 8.6 seconds 330.yd. run 1st, Blachly (L); 2nd. Williams (LI; 3rd, Lewis (J). 34.7 sec. 220-yd. relay 1st, Lincoln (Wil liams. Duln, Hutchin, Bentley). 31.3 seconds. Baseball throw tst, Bentley (L); 2nd. Ellis (LI; 3rd. Bromley (Jl. 149'. Broad Jump 1st. Ryn (J); 2nd. Wil liams (LI: 3rd. Shultz (J). 12' 10". High Jump 1st, Duln (LI; five wav tie for second Hutchin. Ellis (L) and Bromley. Randlea. and Hunt (J). 3' 11". Medley relay won by Jackson (Lew Is. Shults. Whaley. Hatch. Heath, Gleason) 47.8. seconds. Browns on Top As Pilot Planned Detroit (U.R) The St. Louli Browns war atop the Ameri can Laagua standings exactly as Manager Rogers Hornsby had planned. "In order to win 'em all," ha explained curtly, alter the Browns defeated Detroit, 3 to 0, Tuesday, "you gotta make ura not to lota the first one." ASHLAND WINNER Ashland Ashland high school's bascballcrs dropped Rogue River 7 to 3 here yester day. The Grizzlies scored four runs in the second inning and three in the sixth. Sugar Ray 3-1 Favorite Over Rocky Chicago (U.PJ Sugar Ray Robinson's sharp punching made him a 3 to 1 favorite to defend his middleweight championship Wednesday night agatist Rocky Graziano, although Gfkzlano was expected to have a weight ad vantage. The two scrappers will weigh in at noon for the first title fight of 1952, which was expected to pull a sellout house of 20.048 including 308 standing patrons, into the Chicago Stadium. Turned Surly Graziano, who turned surly In the past three days as he worked into peak condition, was expect ed to hit about 158 pounds, barely under the 160-pound limit for the class, Robinson, former I welterweight titleholder who gave the 147 pound crown when he whipped Jake La Motta to gain the middleweight heights, probably will go about 155. Robinson was a solid choice largely because he has never been knocked out and has been beaten only twice in 139 pro fights. Both losses were to rec ognized top scrappers, Jake La Motta and England s Randy Tur pin, and Robinson revenged both defeats quickly, beating LaMotta four times and whipping Turpin in a return engagement to re gain his 160-pound champion ship. Kayoed 85 In addition Robinson has knocked out 85 opponents, com pared to 52 knockout wins for Graziano in 67 pro battles. Graziano has lost eight battles and was knocked out twice, both times by former middleweight king Tony Zale. , Graziano held an edge in age, too, at 29 compared to 32 for Robinson. The former Deadend Kid from New York's lower East Side could have the proper style to give the taller titleholder a rough evening. Graziano promised he would drive in with both fists swinging from the opening bell, and it was obvious he hoped an attack to the mid-section would weaken Robinson enough to set up some right hooks to the head for an early finish. Sport SS&fci OSCAR IRALIY Parade -Yl&J u-- uau yVfZ Saorta Writer high school basketball team. The Grady's team recently won the basketball champion ship of the 12th Naval district. By OSCAR FRALEY New York (U.R) Slender Curt Simmons, back from the Army to make a real contender out of the Philadelphia Phillies, dis closed Wednesday that he would be ready to take his regular turn on the mound "within a week or 10 days." Expectations had been that the southpaw with the sizzling fast ball would not be ready for any where from three weeks to a month. But as the Phillies open ed the season against the New York Giants, Simmons disclosed that he had been readying him self for months by throwing in the vast privacy of an Army air plane hangar in Germany. "I don't say I could start right now," he explained, "because my legs aren't in real good shape. But I could pitch relief right this minute. But give me anoth er week to sharpen my running and my control and I'll be ach ing to get in the game regu larly." Good News It was good news to the Phil lies, themselves. They hadn't seen Simmons, who set them on the pennant trail before being inducted in September, 1950, un til Saturday. And his return still hasn't been hashed out all around in the rush of homecom ing from spring training. "I guess nobody knew I'd been getting my pitching arm ready for three or four months," Curt explained. "I was director of athletics for the 28 Infantry Di vision and ran basketball, base ball and all other types of ath letic activities for the men. "Well, when we knew we were going to be rotated home, I started getting ready. We had a lot of former minor league ball players in our outfit and al though the weather was cold there was a big hangar with plen ty of room. The floor was con crete but you could throw, and it meant getting my arm in shape." Fait One Whistles So day after day, with the Tornado Raps Crater Diamond Crew 11-0 The Medford high baseball nine yesterday posted Its second win of the season over Crater high, winning 11 to 0 at Central Point. It was a non-district engage ment. Crater got only one hit off the combined offerings of Blake Maddox and Terry Maddox, Strong Race Seen At Indianapolis Indianapolis (U.R) With a field of at least 63 power-laden racers already entered, the 36th annual Indianapolis Speedway classic promised to be one of "the strongest in the history of the race," according to Speed way President Wilbur Shaw. The deadline descended Tues day night for filing entries for the 500-mile derby but Shaw ex pected another "10 or 12" appli cations in the mail Wednesday. Rainfall Lowers Game Attendance New York (U.R) Rain, which c a u e d postponement of two games, cut baseball's 1952 open ing day attendance to 143.068 nearly 30.000 under the 171, 678 drawin by last season's open ers. But actually, Tuesday'! six openers drew a better average attendance than last year's first games. This year's average crowd was 23,845 while the av erage crowd at each 1951 opener was 21,460. I Medford pitchers. Bob King got the single rap off Blake Maddox in the second inning. Medford made use of 10 hits and seven Comet errors for its runs. The Black Tornado erupt ed for six tallies in the seventh inning, blasting Punky Monroe, Crater chucker from the mound. Conner Doubles Twice . Dennis Conner headed the Medford hitting parade with two doubles in three official batting turns. Terry Maddox socked two for four and Derald Wooton two for five. Ned Landers of the Medford crew suffered a deep spike wound in the knee early in the contest. It was not-known this morning whether the Injury might keep him out of action or how long. Gordon Carrigan of Crater re ceived a badly cut lip in a colli sion with Jack Antonsen of Med ford. Antonseh reportedly was not hurt. The Tornado beat Crater 13 to 1 in a previous fray. Medford's next game will be a district encounter. The Tor nado opposes Grants Pass here on Friday. LINESCORE: Medford 100 103 11 10 3 Crater 000 000 0 0 I 1 B. Maddox. T. Maddox (4) and T. Landers; Monroe, Blg'.iam (7) and Morris. RED RAIDERS LOSE Ashland Southern Oregon College lost both games of a baseball double-header to Ore gon Technical institute yester day at Klamath Falls, 19 to 15 and 18 to 13. ATTENTION . . . ALL HARD TOPPERS - OWNERS DRIVERS FANS Meeting-Friday Night, April 18-8 P.M. YREKA INN,. YREKA ... To dijcuti rules, regulation!, and general discussion on epanlng data at Yreka and other tracks tanctionad by California Stock Car Racing Associ ation. t ONE HOUR OF HARD TOP RACING PICTURES WILL BE SHOWN All Hardtoppers Welcome CHUCKS NO-HITTER Vancouver, Wash. (U.R) Senior right-hander Evert Ald ridge hurled a no-hit, no-run game here Tuesday night as his Vancouver high team downed Camas 10-0 here. Aldridge fan ned 17 in the seven-inning game. wind howling outside, big Curt made the air whistle with his fast one. "I've still got my speed, I guess," he grinned happily. "Of course my control may not be perfect because I've had about a 10-day layoff. . "He's a good kid," commented Manager Eddie Sawyer. "He al ways has. kept himself In fine condition. When he came up all we had to do was teach him how to pitch. That he knows, and while I don't want to take a chance on hurting his arm be cause he hasn't done enough run ning to get his legs in top shape, I could use him right now." Detroit Nabs Stanley Cup Detroit (U.R) Weary but happy Detroit Red Wing hockey players headed home Wednes day, holders of the Stanley Cup and the National Hockey League championship, plus a couple of playoff records for good meas ure. The Red Wings completed the greatest rout in the playoffs Tuesday night by downing the Montreal Canadiens, 3 to 0. De troit thus became the first team ever to sweep through the play offs in eight games, the mini mum number possible. Teammates mobbed goalie Terry Sawchuk as the Olympia organist played "Auld Lang Syne," denoting the end of the long ice season. j Offenbacher Plays On Championship Club Richard (Dutch) Offenbacher, Jacksonville, is now serving at Treasure Island, Calif., aboard the destroyer escort USS Grady, it was reported today. He was a member of the 1949 state championship Jacksonville WE WILL BE CLOSED Thunday, April 17th 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. In Memory of Mrs. J. L. Woodcock THE TOGGERY Medford - Central Point ROAD & FARM SERVICE Will Go Anywhere Anytime REUB NELSON'S MOTOR SERVICE PHONE 3-3200 . Trucks & Tractors All Makes Gas or Diesel ALL WORK GUARANTEED 724 E. Jackson Medford, Ore. MOVING? Save by Renting a BEE HIVE U- DRIVE Vans Stakes and Pickup Trucks JJUM'S TEXACO STATION 6th a. Orapa Phono 3-9174 LAW.. at setiV f i i u i jyu mf lb or - rm. ar- Select from Our New Complete Line of ' FLIES ALL SIZES . ALL TYPES Complete Selection of Spinning Equip. 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