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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
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Boston ..... 1
fit. Louis .... 1
Cleveland 1
Washington ,.
Detroit
Chicago
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New York 0
ppladelphla 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn
Chicago
St. Louis
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Cincinnati ...
Pittsburgh
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Philadelphia 0
New York - - 0
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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