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Chandler Tells Why
Durocher Suspended
New York After a
alienee of more than five years
A. B. Happy Chandler explained
Wednesday why he kicked Leo
Durocher out of baseball for an
entire season,
"And If I had it to do over
again, I would do It exactly the
same way, because I had to keep
him from killing somebody," said
the former commissioner of the
major leagues, "There was no
other alternative for me then
nor would there be now if the
same situation presented itself
again."
Chandler said he never before
had told all of the details of the
Durocher incident, even though
he was criticized more for sus
pending him during the 1947
season than for any other action
he took in his turbulent career
as commissioner.
Vllltfied
"I was villified at the time
because they said I fired Duro
cher without telling people why
I did it," Chandler said. "Well,
I'll tell you why I did it I
wanted to protect him. I wanted
to keep him from killing some
body. "And I think Durocher will
be the first to tell me that the
year's suspension made a new
man out of him and made him
a credit to baseball Instead of
a detriment.
"But the way things were
then, In 1947, he was in such a
mood that no one knew what he
would attempt next."
Chandler said when he called
Durocher, then manager of the
Dodgers, to his offices in Cin
cinnati, there were at least two
basic reasons for suspending him
. on grounds of conduct detrimen
tal to baseball.
He said that Durocher had ad
mitted slugging a Brooklyn fan
under the stands after a night
game in Ebbets Field and that he
had been associating with known
Standings
COAST LEAGUE
W. I,. Pet. OB
Ban DleKO 18 10 .643
Lou Anaelea 15 11 .877 2
Hollywood IS 13 ,8S0 S4
Snn Franclico ....13 14 .4(11 4,i
Onklnnd 13 13 .4110 4 '4
Portland 12 13 .4110 4',a
Hnattln 11 10 .407 B'fe
Sacramento 10 17 .380 7
W. L, Pet. GD
BOIton 9 3 .818
St. Louis 7 3 .700 H4
Cleveland .............. 8 4 .803 IV,
Washington ............ 4 4 .800 3 'i
New York 4 5 .444 4
Chicago 4 8 .400 4 '4
Detroit 2 8 .200 !
Philadelphia 1 8 .111 7
NATIONAL LEAGUB
W. It. Pet. OB
Brooklyn 8 1 .880
Cincinnati 8 4 .807 1'4
Chicago 8 4 .607 114
New York 6 4 .800 214
St, Louis 7 .417 44
Fhllndolphla .... 4 0 .400 44
hoaton 5 8 .3118 8
Pittsburgh 2 12 .143 8(4
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W. L. Pet OB
Victoria - . 8 1 .887
Spokane S 3 .0118 I 4
Vancouver ............ 5 3 .023 1 (4
Lewlston . 4 3 .971 3
Salem 3 8 .373 34
Yakima 3 S .378 3'4
Trl-City ... 3 8 .373 3 '4
Wenatchea 2 8 .280 44
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"I knew that Durocher and
Charley Drcssen, who was a
Yankee coach at the time, were
associating with known gam
blers," Chandler said. "Durocher
told me he had hit the fan at the
park for taunting and insulting."
With all of those things on
his mind he was on the defensive
every minute, against the fans,
the umpires, and practically ev
erybody," Chandler said.
"I was afraid at any moment
there might be a new and far
more serious incident and I cer
tainly didn't want him to wind
up by killing somebody. What's
more, Durocher certainly knew
what was going to happen to
him."
Medfordites
Club Yreka
On Diamond
Medford high's diamond con
tingent downed Yreka, Calif., 11
to 2 Tuesday in a mix at Yreka.
It was Medford's second win of
the season over the Californians.
The encounter, scheduled for
nine frames, was cut to eight by
windy weather. The wind blasted
players with sand from the field.
Medford got nine hits and capi
talized on nine Yreka errors
Yreka picked up two hits, a
double off Derald Wooton in the
first inning and a double off
Conner in the eighth.
Ted Landers at Third
Dick Woton got two saftles
and Ned Landers a double for
Medford. Ted Landers, regularly
a catcher, took over the third
base chores and handled five
chances at the sack without a
muff.
The district champion Medford
nine plays its final tussle within
the district on Friday at Klam
ath Falls.
LINEHCORE:
Medford 141 012 2011 8 1
Yreka 100 000 01 2 2 S
D. Wooton, Conner (7) and R
Wooton; Russell, Nixon (8) and Green.
Hill Gail
Trial Victor
Louisville, Ky.-(U.R) Calu
met Farm's Hill Gail, a long-
tailed hurricane from the hard-
boot country, was the horse to
beat In the Kentucky Derby
and It appeared an impossible
assignment.
For the bouncing son of the
mighty Bull Lea looked every
bit as good as his famous half-
brothers Citation, Conltown
and Armed as he ran eight riv
als into the track at Churchill
Downs to win the Derby Trail In
record time.
Hill Gall was a dark bay bul
let as he swept home six lengths
on top and going away Tuesday
In the mile race, final tune-up for
Snturdny's Rose run, In 1:35 2-5.
That clocking clipped one-fifth
of a second off Whirling Dough's
track record for the distance.
Dan Bucceroni
Defeats Wilson
Milwaukee, Wis. 0I.R) Light
heovywleght Dan Bucceroni,
who punched his way to an eight
round technical knockout over
an almost helpless Aaron Wil
son, set his sights Wednesday for
another match with Irish Bob
Murphy.
Referee Julius Fldler called a
halt to Tuesday night's fight at
1:42 of the eighth round with
Wilson standing dazedly In the
center of the ring while Buc
ceroni mauled him with lefts
and rights.
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Wednesday. April 30. 1952
Clover Stunt
Breaks Sacs'
Bad Luck
San Francisco U.R) For a
shy, introverted baseball player,
there is nothing more satisfac
tory than playing in the Pacific
Coast league. He doesn't have to
fret about appearing before
large crowds.
Some opening day attendance
figures were as appealing as a
double play combination of Jane
Russell and Marie Wilson. And
the San Francisco-San Diego,
O'Doul-Fagan "hate" series
stacked up well.
Sacramento tried a stunt last
and the Solons broke their bad
luck with an 8-5 victory over
Hollywood. The stunt called for
free admission to any fans pre
senting a four-leaf clover. About
475 did.
Portland Bombarded
In other games, grumpy Guy
Fletcher pitched a four-hit shut
out to gain San Diego a 4-0 win
over San Francisco; Seattle edg
ed Los Angeles, 2-1, in 10 panels,
and Oakland bombarded Fort-
land, 5-2.
Oak righthander Allen Gettel,
who manager Mel Ott calls the
ace of his staff, had Portland
blanked until the ninth when
the Bevos got two unearned tal
lies. Three Portland errors and
Pete Milne's two-run single were
the major factors of the game.
Crowd" Misnomer
Generally, the word "crowd'
is a misnomer when it comes to
describing filberts who pay to
witness 1952 PCL games.
Battling television as a coun
ter attraction, and chilled by the
evening breezes, Tuesday's ser
ies openers lured patrons thus:
Portland at Oakland, 1,345; Hol
lywood at Sacramento, 1,210;
Seattle at Los Angeles, 2,305,
and San Francisco at first-place
San Diego, a series natural,
4,145. These are bigger groups
than most recent ones.
League president Clarence
Rowland is distressed by the box
office inactivity. He has offered
no solution. In other circles a re
turn to day baseball has been
suggested.
LINESCORES:
Portland 000 000 0022 3
Oakland 001 013 OOx 8 0 2
Llnde. Walbel 8 and Robinson; Get
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Hollywood 001 012 1005 12 1
Sacramento . 200 201 03x 8 11 1
Fisher. Lint 8 and Sandlock; Floras
and McKeegan,
(10 Innings)
Seattle 010 000 000 12 1
Los Angeles 001 000 000 0 1 9 1
Klndsfather and B. Wilson; Lade,
Hamner 10 and Peden.
San Francisco 000 000 000 0 4 2
San Diego 102 010 OOx 4 8 0
Singleton and Ortelg; Fletcher and
Summers.
Tornado Netters
Thump Ashland
The Medford high tennis team
won its third triumph of the sea
son Tuesday, defeating the Ash
land netters for the second time.
Match score was 6 to 1.
Medford copped both doubles
tussles and four of the singles.
All Medford wins were In
straight sets except Ron Slngler's
decision over Merle Deets, which
went three.
The Tornado net crew was
blanked 7 to 0 on Monday by
Rospburg.
RKSI'l.TS:
Slnsles:
Roy Rogers. Medford. bent Marvin
Woods, Aiihlanri, 8-3. 0-3: Stnn Knlpus.
Medford. beat nob Kramer. Ashland,
0-2, 6-4: Larry Edwards. Medford, beat
Jim Sturkey. Ashland. 8-3. 6-1: Hon
Slngler. Medford, beat Merle Drets,
Ashland 6-2, 3-6. 6-4: Dale Campbell.
Ashland, beat Ed Davis, Medford
6-4. 8-3.
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Thomson takes a header into box seat at the Polo Grounds trying
to field Sid Gordon's foul in the sixth inning of game with the
Boston Braves. Umpire (right) is ugie Guglielmo. The Braves
won, 6 3. Incidentally, Thomson missed.
Fridley Gets
As Cleveland
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The Indians, who were be
ginning to think runs were im
perfections in ladies' stockings,
revelled Wednesday in the sea
son's most spectacular batting
outburst a 25-hit salute in
which Al Rosen hit three homers
Crater Beats
Sutherlin
Central Point Crater high
tipped the Sutherlin baseball
club 10 to 7 at Sutherlin Tues
day. The outcome of the contest
placed the two teams in a tie for
second spot in the JDJ league
standings with two wins and two
losses each. Undefeated Myrtle
Creek is leader.
Crater held 10 to 4 lead going
into the last inning and cut a
Sutherlin rally after three runs
in the closing canto.
Bohnert Hits Heavily
Bulldog batters that faced Cra
ter Pitcher Punky Honroe for
the most part either hit or struck
out. Monroe gave up nine hits,
fanned 15 batters, walked one
and hit one.
Marvin Bohnert led the Comet
swatting parade. He hit two tri
ples and drove in five runs.
Bohnert and Don Collins batted
three for four for Crater and Bob
Hill and Delton Tucker two for
three.
Beamer slugged four for four
for Sutherlin.
Crater is host to Myrtle Creek
Friday.
I.INESCORBf
Crater 140 00.1 010 13 2
Sutherlin 000 202 3 7 9 3
Monroe and Morris; Galla, Gowey
(6) and Beamer.
Belllngham U.R) Seattle
university's Chieftains split their
double header with Western
Washington Tuesday, winning
the first, 4-3, but losing the wind
up, 5-3. Jack Lynch and John
Kelly combined on a three-hitter
to nail down the Seattle vic
tory. Ernie Pastornicky lost his
first game in two years in the
nightcap as the Chiefs commit
ted four errors. Ed O'Brien col
lected a homerun in each game
for Seattle.
and Edwards beat Woods and Stuckey.
6-2. 6-1.
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Six Bingles
Wins 21 to 9
and Jim Fridley became the
first American League rookie
ever to smash six consecutive
hits in one game.
The Indians' outburst, which
buried the Athletics, 21-9,
drowned out the plaudits for
Curt Simmons' successful debut
after 19 months in the Army as
well as superb pitching perform
ances by the Giants' Sal Maglie,
the Braves' Warren Spahn, and
the Dodgers' Preacher Roe.
No Time Wasted
The Indians, who had been
shut out in three of their four
previous games and held to one
hit twice, wasted no time an
nouncing the end of their hit
famine. They scored six runs
in the first inning, led, 12-2 after
three innings and capped their
slugging bee with a seven-run
rally in the eighth inning.
Rosen, who now leads both
leagues with six home runs,
knocked in seven runs.
Bob Feller, who lost a one
hitter to Bob Cain and the
Browns in his previous outing,
held the A's to two runs in the
first six innings. He then relaxed
with an overwhelming lead and
the A's, who wound up with 18
hits, pounded him for seven runs
in the last three innings.
Fridlev singled in the first,
second, fourth, fifth, eighth and
ninth innings to tie the modern
mark of six hits in a game now
shared by 29 players.
Crackling Curve
Simmons, key to the Phillies,
pennant hopes, walked only one
batter and struck out two as he
beat the Cubs, 8-2. It was his
first appearance on the mound
since Sept. 9, 1950 but he show
ed the same crackling curve ban
that made him a 17-game winner
that season. The Cubs got only
seven hits.
Maglie, the Giants' "stopper,"
continued his magnificent early
season pitching with a three
hitter to out-duel Ewell Black
well and beat the Reds, 2-1. It
was Sal the Barbe r's third
straight route-goer and he now
has allowed a total of nine hits.
Spahn, striking out 11 for a
season high in his first victory,
dealt the Pirates their 10th
straight loss, 5-1.
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Boston Bids
Good-bye to
Sox Slugger
Boston U.R) Boston bids
good-bye Wednesday maybe
forever to one of the greatest
modern baseball players and per
haps the most baffling one of
all tune.
The afternoon's game with the
Detroit Tigers marks the last
appearance of Ted Williams in
a Red Sox uniform before he
rejoins the Marines for 17
months' active duty and he
could wrap up the hearts of 33
000 fans in his duffle bag if
he'd ju3t tip his hat.
Ever since he Joined the Red
Sox, Williams has refused to ac
knowledge the applause of the
fans in any way. He refused to
congratulate a teammate public
ly. He did nothing to make him
self liked nothing except play
a brand of baseball that ranks
with the topnotchers of the
game.
To him fans were "meat
heads."
Sportswriters were the same
or worse. His most noted ex
changes with members of each
group were obscene. But still
they came to watch him play.
They howled their disapproval
when Williams was off fishing
in the Florida Everglades while
his wife had a baby. But they
were all set to howl louder and
longer In his favor Wednesday
as Ted, now edging 34, playt
what may be his last game.
BASEBALL
TUESDAY'S RESULTS
Coast League
Oakland 5, Portland 2
San Dieffo 4. San Francisco 0
Seattle 2, Lot Angeles 1 (10 Innings)
Sacramento fl, Hollywood s
American League
St. Louis at New York (postponed,
wet grounds),
Detroit at Boston (postponed, wet
grounds).
Chicago at Washington (postponed,
wet grounds).
Cleveland 31, Philadelphia 9 (night).
National League
Brooklyn 4. St. Louis 1 (night).
Boston 5, Pittsburgh 1 (night).
New York at Cincinnati 2 might).
Philadelphia 8. Chicago 2.
Western International
Victoria 7, Wenatchee 6
Lewlston 11, Salem 6 (12 innings)
Tri-Clty 11. Spokane 5
Yakima at Vancouver (postponed,
cold weather).
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