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EIGHT MEDfORD (OREGON) Lefty O'Doul May Go Up To Big Time By HAL WOOD San Francisco (U.R) Loqua cious Lelty O'Doul, the man who probably ha turned down more chances to manage a major league ball club than any man in history, may go up to the big time in 1953. The rumors have it that, if Casey Stengel retires as boss of the New York Yankees after the current campaign, O'Doul will be given the call and that this time he'll accept. Lefty, now managing the first place San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast league after 17 years at the helm of the San Francisco Seals, has had a change of heart a change that cut him deeply. For 17 years he had turned a deaf ear to the offers from major league magnates. Once O'Doul was asked if it was true that he had had more than 15 offers to manage in the big leagues. "I would say there have been only about a half dozen bona fide offers," Lefty replied. "But San Francisco is my home and I plan to stay here." That was before he was cut adrift last winter by San Fran cisco owner Paul I. Fagan and after the Seals had finished in last place. . Drop in Attendance Hurts Finances of Coast League San Francisco (U.R) Pacific Coast league club owners are taking a financial licking at the turnstiles this year and none of them can give the answer to the drop in attendance. The week-end Memorial day traditionally is a big baseball attendance booster. This year the eight clubs in the PCL play ed to 25,562 on Memorial day Friday and to only 22,106 on Sunday . i Majors Average Higher That compares with an aver age of over 25,000 per game on the same days for the 16 clubs in the major leagues. Some of the owners blame the lack pi attendance on televis ion; others on poor weather; atlU others on a weak team. Near ly all admit they are losing money, while in many years past ownership in the PCL has been a money-making proposition. Only the league-leading San Diego Padres have been making ends meet. The Padres top the league in attendance both at home and on the road partially due to the loop-wide popularity of Lefty O'Doul. When he was at San Francisco, the Seals trad itionally were t h e strongest drawing road club even when the team was weak. Of course, on the weaknesses Standings WESTERN INTERNATIONAL W. L. Pet. GB. Victoria S7 13 .(ml Spokane as 17 .W4 3 Vancouver 10 It .S2B l'i Lcwlnton 22 21 SI J 1 Salem ...... 211 23 .4S 11 Wenatchee Ifl 24 .428 in i, Trl-Clly 1ft 2.1 .411 11 Yakima 10 27 .372 13 AMERICAN LEAGI'E W L. Pel OB. Boston - 24 17 M ... Cleveland 25 IS .SSI .. Waihlnrton 23 la Ml New York i.. IS 17 .128 J' ( rtlcajtn .... 22 21 .ma 3 Philadelphia IS I" .437 S SI, Louli 20 23 .444 l Detroit 13 27 .329 10', NATIONAL LEAOI'R W. L. Pet. OB Brooklyn ... 27 It .711 New York 27 13 S7S 1 Chimin 24 17 .9BS 4 'i M. l.OllH 21 22 .4HH fl Clnelnnall 20 22 ,47ft 0 Philadelphia IS 21 Alii '', Bmlnn 15 23 .306 12 Plttiburi - 11 34 .244 10'a Scores Yesterday AMERIOAV I.FAOl'K Boston fl. Chicago 3 (10 InnlnftiO. , New York 2. C lev Hand 0. rhllnrlHphta 2. St, Lout 1. Washington 5, Detroit 2. NATIONAL IFAOIK ChleflRo , Brook. vn 1. St I.oulm 5. New York 4. Boston J, Cinclnnmi 1. (Only gamei chrriuled). WKSTKRN INTERNATIONAL Vancouver 2, L wist on 1 (U In ninst ) Spokane at Vlrtnria (poatpontd, park (Only garnet fti'heriiilffi). mm STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY 6 teel AJUieU! A i - STlLLBROOf BODRrM MAIL TRIBUNE MedfordTribunk Eddie Stanky As Cards Sweep Big Series By UNITED PRESS Eddie Stanky, who must have been wondering of late whether it would be better to be a care free $30,000 second baseman for the Giants than a care-worn $35, 000 manager of the Cardinals, was a chipper little skipper Tuesday with pennant notions buzzing in his button-topped cap. Throe-Game Swtep He had a right to be gay. The Cardinals wound up a three game sweep of the Giants whom they bowled out of first place on Sunday, by knocking Sal Maglie out of the box and handing him his first defeat of the year after nine straight victories. The Car dinals, jumping two notches in two days, were In fourth place and threatening to go higher. But things were a lot different on Sunday morning when he woke up and read in the Sunday papers that his old pal and ex teammate, Tommy Holmes, had this year at the gate may be the failure of any club to develop a standout hitter or pitcher who stirs the Imagination of the fans. Nobody, for instance, like young rocket Ron Necciai, the strike-out king in the East, no body who resembles a Joe Di- maggio or a Lefty Gomez, PCL graduates who became big league attractions. Probably the best ball player in the loop is shortstop Gene Baker of the Los Angeles An gels. But he is hitting a compari- tively puny .296 and that cer tainly isn t much of a gate at traction. Padres at Hollywood This week the Parfrpi are at home again to take on the pow- er-iaaen Angels and the San Diego fans will get a chance to see and compare Baker with their crack short-catcher. Al Rlchter. In other lames. San Francisco goes to Seattle; Sacramento to Oakland, and Portland to Holly wood. Handicap Horse Races Saturday The most Important race of the 1952 Portland Meadows sea son will be presented next Sat urday, June 7, when the finest horses In the northwest meet In the $2,000 Portland Handicap. Black Zida, the most remarkable development of the meeting, is scheduled to make her next start under silks in the Portland 'Cap. Black Zlda la expected to get an acid test In the 1 1-16 miler as included In the probable starting field Is Coiner, A form er Calumet farm runner, Coiner is a product of two of America's greatest race horses. He Is by Whlrlaway out of the great mare Twilight Tear. sent a Mtlm atchCMF CM MFF Women to Race, Portland Meadows will pre sent a "Powder Puff derby," matching women riders In an In vitational handicap, on Friday June 6. Official sanction for such a race, billed as an extra attraction and with wagering on the outcome, has been grant ed by the Oregon Racing com-x mission . With 12 days of the Meadows spring meeting remaining. Gil bert Hernandez has a five win lead In the Jockey standings The much improved Hernandez has 38 for the season, and his closest rival, Bud Zollinger, has 31. Bobby Dykes Gets Win By Unanimous Decision New York (U.R) Bobby Dykes, skinny, hard-hitting wel terweight contender from Mia ml, Fla. will follow up his Vic tory over New York's Joe Mlcell by meeting the middleweight champion of Texas, Pete Gill of Austin, Tex. Dykes, who scored a unani mous 10-round decision over Mi- cell Monday night, announced Tuesday that he will meet Gill at San Antonio, Tex., June 17, as the next step in the campaign he hopes will earn him a second chance against World Welter King Kid Gavilan. Buy Your Favorite FISHING TACKLE WHOLESALE 40i OFF ON POPULAR RODS REELS LINES CREELS, etc. Ali Papular Watchai and Many Olhar Itami PHONE 2 7373 7 A.M. to .M. Tuesday, June 3, I9S2 Riding High been fired hurriedly as manager of the Braves. The Cardinals then were In sixth place and Stanky had been involved in two unpleasant epl sodes one In which he later apologized to the press box for failing to supply them with in formation when he was angry over the way things were going on the field; the other was when he slapped an automatic fine on hard-working Harry Brecheen for throwing a wrong pitch Stanky made peace with the press and cancelled out the sys tem of automatic fines, and the Cardinals were on the wing After the double dumping on Sunday which knocked the Giants out of the lead, they hu miliated them again Monday night, coming from behind to top Maglie, 9 to 4, with a three- run sixth inning rally. It was sparked by pinch-hitter Peanuts Lowrey's key run-scoring double and a two-run single by Solly He mus. The Giants had it all their way earlier as Davey Williams, Whitey Lockman and Bobby Thomson hit homers, but Maglie, who had terrorized clubs all over the league, couldn't protect a 4 to 2 margin. Larry Shepard No. 1 Pitcher In Coast Play San Francisco (U.R) A veteran "rookie" pitcher named Larry Shepard, a long-time low minor league manager, Tuesday took over as the pitching leader in the Pacific Coast league, ac cording to averages released by William O. Weiss and Including games of June 1. Shepard, appearing in 14 games and SO innings for the Hollywood Stars, has a 4-0 rec ord. Shepard, at 33, is getting his first crack at "open" classi fication ball. Les Pendcn, Los Angeles cat cher, tops the hitters with a .321 mark after upping his av erage 28 points as Hank Schenz, last week's leader, dropped 25 to .310 mark. Max West of Los Angeles leads in homers with 13; and Lou Stringer, San Diego, Is tops in the runs batted In de partment with 40. The strikeout king is Elmer Singleton of San Francisco with 66 in 112 innings. Nagy Rolls 299 For ABC Victory Milwaukee (U.R) Cteve Nagy, Cleveland, O., became a favorite to win the American Bowling Congress Masters In vitational tournament after he lust missed a 300 game while Beating Carl Richards, Parsons, Kan.. 868-784. Nagy, wfio will be the likely choice for the bowler of the year, dominated play Monday as second round matches were rolled in the Invitational. Nagy already is leading in tne all-events and doubles div ision of regular play In the ABC tournament here. He opened his four-game match with a sizzling 209 game. The perfect game slipped away when he missed the number 4 pin on the 11th frame. Dimaggio Can Take Son To Visit Girl Friends Hollywood (U.R) Joe Di Magglo's ex-wife has decided it's all right with her if the former baseball star takes their nine-year-old son to visit his girl friends. But he must keep the boy out of "glamour" spots. Mrs. DiMnggio, the former Dorothy Arnold, was all set to ask a court to restrict her former husband's visit with Joe Jr. to her home, but she changed her mind Monday and asked only that he refrain from taking the ooy to adult gatherings. Mrs. DiMaggio s Ire was arous ed when the Yankee Clipper look Joe Jr. on a swimming par ty at the swank Bel Air hotel with voluptuous movie actress Marilyn Monroe. Bell's Beverage Shop 124 SOUTH CENTRAL Scouts Seek To Ink Young Portlander Milwaukie. Ore. (U.R) Scouts from 14 of the 16 major league baseball teams Tuesday were camping on the doorstep of young Jerry Zimmerman, rated one of the best baseball products produced by Oregon's prep ranks in years. Zimmerman, only 17, is a catcher. Since last week, when he gra duated from high school, Zim merman has been eligible to sign. And rumors have it that he may get as much as $65,000 for inking his name to a con tract. This would set a record for Oregon prep stars. Young Jerry is now playing semi-pro ball, biding his time while the scouts make their of fers. He had a four-year high school batting average of .425. Last season he hit .621. Zimmerman is six-feet, one- inch tall, weighs 185 pounds, has a rifle arm and moves well on the bases. He also hits the long ball. Only major league clubs who have not scouted Jerry are the Washington Senators and the St. Louis Browns. The New York Yankees have sent two of their top men Roy Harney and Tom Greenwade west to take a look at Zimmerman. Actions Starts In Hard Courts Tennis Tourney Seattle (u.kj Three seeded players enter play Tuesday in the national hard court tennis championships, but competition will not reach a peak until Wednesday when four top ex perts take to the courts. Tuesday's action was to be top ped by Hugh Stewart of San Ma rino, Calif., Charles Hare of Chi cago, and Harry Likas of San Francisco. Women's competition also be gan Tuesday. Wednesday's play will feature top-seeded players Herb Flam of Los Angeles, Bill Talbert of New York, former champion Art Lar sen of San Leandro, Calif., and Tom Brown of San Francisco. Jacque Grigory of Alhambra, Calif., seeded number eight, easily downed Charles Moore of Seattle, 6-0, 6-3, in Monday's opening round. Soccer Halts WIL Contest By United Press The Spokane Indians, itching to avenge a recent sweep at the hands of Victoria, hope to do battle without further Interrupt ions against the Tyees Tuesday. The two teams were billed as the main attraction in the West ern International league Mon day. But at the last minute, the game was postponed to al low the Royal Athletic park to be used for a soccer game. Barring another soccer con test, the league's top teams will play a double header Tuesday night. Should Spokane sweep the three game series, the Spokes would tie the front-running Tyees. In the only other scheduled game Monday, the Vancouver Capilanos moved back into third place by downing the Lewiston Broncs, 2-1, in an 11-inning match. John Ritchey, who had walk ed, scampered all the way around from first to score the winning run after Gordy Bruns wick smacked a double into the final frame. Whitey Lockman Gains Narrow Batting Lead New York (U.R) Whitey Lockman of the Giants is the National League's leading bat ter by the almost invisible mar gin of .00004. Lockman made two hits in three times at bat Monday night in St. Louis to lift his batting mark to .33544. In second place is Hank Sauer of the Cubs with .33540. Medfordite Wins Races Bill Barms. Merifnrri wnn number of honors Sunday in the Lake Lowell recatta snnnsnreH by Caldwell, Ida., Chamber of commerce. He copped firsts in B runabout in B hydronlnne first heal r hydro and F racing hydro and second in (J service. The American Power Boat a sociatlon sponsored the races. CHAMPAGNE for June Weddings at D L B 1 . r., runtn bowis ana cups For Rent " Rc"y Mixed Punch Party Foods PHONE 2-462? Fraley Expects Ex Charles To Beat Wolcott in 12th New York (U.R! The heavy weight immortals may groan disgustedly in their fistic Val halla but come Thursday night a boxer of featherweight regard named Ezzard Charles may be come the first man ever to re capture the heavyweight cham pionship of the world. That is, of course, providing he flattens ancient Jersey Joe Walcott along about the 12th round as looks probable In this corner. Old fearless makes his sellec tion thusly simply because of three factors. Three Factors 1. Charles is reported "fat and slow" as he comes up to Sport Parade ' New York (U.R) Florence Chadwick, the California girl who spends mote time in the water than most fish, prepared for a long - distance swimming "grand slam" by offering to wag er $i0,000 that she can swim the English channel both ways non-stop. Miss Chadwick is the petite young lady who several years ago startled the sports world by smashing Gertrude Ederle's long-standing record for swim ming the channel from England to France. She then went them all one better by becoming the first woman to wallow the dis tance the hard way, from France to England. "Now I have raised $10,000 from various sources" she ex plained, "and I'm willing to bet anybody that much that I can swim the channel from France to England and back again with out stopping." Not Deterred That's a feat no one ever had dreamed of performing, but the personable Florence is not de terred. She even approached Lloyds of London but that fam ed financial house wanted no part of bucking this sort of tig er. Lloyds folded Its hand with the dignified out that it does not make straight beta. Only one person ever made such a bathtub out of the Eng lish channel. That was a man named Tom Blower, a giant of 250 pounds and six feet, four inches, who is supposed to be the greatest marathon swimmer of all time. Blower paddled from France to England and four hours on the way back when he had to abandon his attempt because of a storm. "I'm certain that it can be done, and I'm positive that I can do it," Miss Chadwick insists with quiet determination "Meanwhile, until I can get somebody to cover the $10,000, I'll just continue training for my grand slam. Much Swimming That is, in itself, a feat Just about as impressive as the two- way attack on the Channel. In a period of two months, Flor ence will swim further than most people will walk. On June 23 she begins her odyssey by swimming from the California coast to Catalina Is land, a trip even more comfort able by air than by boat. Then in mid-July she'll go to Turkey to swim the Dardanelles, a short er jaunt but rougher than a mor ning after. From there, Florence will next swim the Straits of Gib ralter and then she'll wind it up with another crack at the Eng lish Channel, shooting for the men's record from England to France. That last dip Is the one which More Travel Extras No txita CostI Yt, bijfH villi ! Moil service to more places Finest buses. Best drivers. Choose th Irivel leor . , , choose Greyhoundl 4 Expresses Daily to PORTLAND tni SEATTLC (rem M.dlord PLUS MANY REGULAR SCHEDULES DAILY Conplfte Service to All America 1. A. Tomiik, Arenr. 212 N. B.rtlatt Phono 2-2202 4fc am UHEf nsjiiuu m rk this bout at Philadelphia Muni cipal Stadium. 2. The Charles camp is "wor ried." 3. Old Jersey Joe is "fit and confident." From the cranial confines of my plyboard pate this sounds suspiciously to me like a box ing boobytrap. Putting reverse English on the ball , there are a number of reasons why "Ez zard the Gizzard" should lay out old Joe like a well worn rug. Nobody is intimating that it wouldn't be nice to see old Joe keep the title. When he knocked out Charles at Pittsburgh last summer it was a success story to end all rags-to-riches tales. By OSCAR FRALEY , United Frail SporH Writer is good news to the town of Dov er, in England. Channel swim mers usually attract large crowds to Dover, and that's the annual shot in the arm for Dov er's businessmen. The Daily Mail, a London newspaper, us ually stages a Channel marathon and business really booms. Back in Droves But this year, because of the Olympics, the Daily Mail aban doned its Channel contest. Dov er went into a sky blue fit of depression, But Florence will have the sightseers back in droves. One of them may be the fellow who covers her $10,000 wager. I'll tell you right now, it's a bad bet to try to win from her. This gal thinks it's a light work out when she spends eight, 10 or 12 hours swimming around a pool nonstop, a short immer sion which she takes almost daily. It would come as no surprise if should somebody take her two-way channel bet she gets so happy on pocketing the swag that she decides to swim home. Nor, probably, would Lloyds want any part of a wager against that. Sport Bulletin Boston (U.R) The Boston Red Sox traded five players, including veterans Walt Dropo and Johnny Pesky, to Detroit Tuesday for four Tigers, in cluding Hoot Evari and third baseman George Kell. This was the trade an nounced by Manager Lou Bou dreau at a noon press confer ence: First baseman Dropo, in fielders Pesky and Fred Hat field, pitcher Bill Wight and outfielder Don Lonhardl for Evers, Kell, shortstop Johnny Lipon and pitcher Diisy Trout. Now's the time to make your car look like new! Bring your car in tomorrow. Get a fast, complete "Get-the-Dents-Out-of-Your-Fondort" Month repair estimate. See just how little it costs to remove fender and body dents rust spots paint Mitchell Garriott Leader In WIL Batting Chicago (U.R) Victoria ting, runs scored, doubles and Manager Cecil Garriott lea Western International league hitters in three departments and was tied for the lead in another last week. Howe News Bureau statistics showed Tuesday. He topped the league in hit- Haas Leader Of US Open Contenders New York (U.R) Lanky Fred Haas Jr. of New Orleans, who hasn't won a golf tournament since 1950 winter tour, wound up Tuesday as the hottest con tender for Ben Hogan's U, S, Open crown among nearly 1,500 amateurs and pros who tried to qualify for the big grind at Dallas, Tex., June 12-14. Playing in the star-studded section at St. Louis Monday, Haas fired sizzling rounds of 69 64-133 and led the nation by three shots as 119 players at 26 centers won the right to tee off in the Open field at Dallas. Twenty-nine others, including Hogan and PGA Champion Sam Snead, were exempt from the 36 hole qualifying tests. One qualified at Honolulu last week, another will make it Tuesday when three golfers at Dallas complete an unfinished playoff of a tie for one place and 12 more will make it Wednesday in the New York section trials which were postponed because of heavy rains. Three shots behind Haas in the nationwide results were four others, including a pair 6f hot shooting amateurs big Bill Campbell, Huntington, W. Va-., and W. A. Pagan Jr., West Pei Beach, Fla. Portland (U.R) Bole Mi-. Kendrick of Portland Tuesstay was eligible for a trip to Daiias and the U.S. Open Golf Cfeaiw pionship June 12-14 aftse tVe qualified for the Pacific J?-t-west's one berth In the atfMv here Monday. He carded a 65-73-138 im 3 holes on the 6291-yapd Wa--wwljf Country Club course. Mis 66 an the first round set a new roeee4 for the par 36-36-72 cewse. Tied for second flaee at 14S, one over par, were Ted Lefl& worth and Eddie Hag&H, bstii of Portland, and Dave Pii-l-lo f Olympia, Wash. EARL HERENDEEK li Now Working At FRY'S BARBER SHOP Hotel Allien Building . scratches. See how quickly and easily NtW-CAR BEAUTY eon be restored, old car value increased: Celebrate "Get-tho-Donts -Out-of Your-Fendert" Month ot our outobody shop. Paint & Radiator Shop XAO CM ITU niut.!.... 608 SOUTH RIVERSIDE was tied for first In homers in games played through May 26. He was batting .390 and had scored 38 runs, hit 13 doubles and three four-baggers. $f a Ulitflr CfiWftfR HAMMN MOTOR COMPANY 21 Nw Oairttar Street Dim a end! SEE US FOR Radiator Repairing
