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MEDFOBSwoTMBtml Doom or Destiny Day Today for Indians By UNITED PRESS This could be D-Day for the Cleveland Indians of 1952 D for doom or D for destiny. They're ready either to "shoot the works" or "work the chutes" in anothef typical Yank ee Stadium tail-skid in a vital five-game series with the pace setting world champ New York ers. Currently 3Vi games behind in second place, the Indians could be blown right out of con tention. Or they could move in at or near the top if they rise to the occasion and act like the club the expertsin pre-season ratings fig ured as the likely winner. Prime Ace Pitcher Both clubs primed their ace pitchers for the tough series which begins with a night game and follows with double head ers Wednesday and Thursday. Lefty Bob Kuzava, winner of five out of his last six games, goes for the Yankees Tuesday night against Early Wynn, who is 9-8 for the season and lost his only start against the New Yorkers. Bring Back Reserves The Yankees strengthened themselves for the series by re calling Kal Segrist, a hot-hitting infi elder who had banged 19 homers and was batting .326 at Kansas City. They also brought up pitcher Tom Gorman, who had a 7-4 record there. The In dians previously brought back their big first baseman, Luke Easter from Indianapolis. A peculiarity of the schedule which piled up postponed games, finds the clubs meeting four days later for four more games in Celeveland. If they cut each oth er's throats during the nine games, the White Sox, Red Sox, or even the Senators could move into hot contention. Schuster Out As Capilano Mentor By UNITED PRESS Bill Schuster has reached the end of the trail a manager of the Vancouver Capilanoi. He was released Monday night by the management of the Western International league club be cause of statements hie made to a reporter concerning ability of his players. General Manager Bob Brown named Left Fielder Edo Vanni as acting manager. Vanni field ed his club Monday night, and the Caps promptly lost a 3-0 de cision to league-leading Victoria. Brown said the release was "in the best interests of the club." Schuster, in a statement to the Vancouver Sun, said: "The way we're going now, we'll be lucky to finish third. We. refuse to hus tle and that s what beating us. PRO GRIDDERS TRADED Chicago (U.R) The Chi cago Cardinals Tuesday traded tackle John Hock, who played for one season, to the Los An geles Rams for rookie . fullback and linebacker Gordon Polofsky and rookie guard Jerrell Price. WEATHER By United Press North California: Fair through Wednesday except "coastal fog; scattered thunderstorms in moun tains; west to northwest winds 10-20 mph offshore. DeMoss Medalist in Portland Play; Sue DeVoe in Third Place With 81 Portland U.R) Gracie De Moss of Corvallis held the medalist honors Tuesday in the women's qualifying round of Portland's 35th annual city golf championship. Miss De Moss, In action for the first time since her return from Davis Cup play in England, shot a 76 Monday, one under worn- en's par. She paced the field of 59 players. -- - -'"- Three strokes behind her was Sue Rose of Portland, who shot a 79. Mrs. Jack Glaser and Mrs. R. Scott, both of Portland, tied at 80. Medford's Sue DeVoe shot an 81. .. In the only match played in men's division Monday, Bobby Atkinson defeated Dick Yost with an even par 72. The match was a playoff for the medalist honors. Both fired 69's Saturday. Maxim Ordered To Defend Title New York U.R) Chair man Bob Christenberry of the New York Boxing Commission sentenced. Joey Maxim Tuesday to defend his light heavyweight crown . next against the long- avoided Archie Moore of St. Louis. Christenberry also said Wel terweight Champion Kid Gavi- lan would be ordered to make his next defense against Billy Graham of New York. "We are tired of seeing cham pions make a mockery of their titles by defending against in ferior contenders, Christenberry stated. "From now on, our com mission will insist that each de fense must be made against the top contender." Luk Easter En Route To Boost Indian Drive Indianapolis UR) "Big Luke Easter was en route to New York Tuesday to give the Cleveland Indians a boost in their stretch drive for the peiv nant. Easter, sent down to Indian apolis in the American Assoc iation two weeks ago to "find his batting eye," was recalled Monday after Cleveland Gener al Manager Hank Greenberg watched him in a double-head er. A club spokesman said he didn't know if Easter would ar rive in New York in time Tues day for the first game of a "crucial" five - game series with the Yankees. PLAYS HERE TONIGHT Bob Mitchell, above, is first base man lor the House of David baseball nine which meets the Medford Cheney Studs', at 8 o'clock tonight at the fair grounds bair park here. v. NEW OLYMPICS SCENE Finnish soldiers hoist the Canadian flag during flag-raising ceremonies at Olympic Village at Helsinki. Others flags flying are Puerto Rico, Stars and Stripes of United States, Korea, Ceylon, Pakistan and Japan. Tuesdar. Julr IS. 1952 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE Long Inactivity Hurts Joe Chez In First Professional Contest Another Charlie Keller Seeks Pro Baseball Fame j Blytheville, Ark. U.R) The St. Louis Cardinals' front office thinks it has the answer to the question: "What's in a name?" The Cards are so confident of the abilities of a 19-year-old Ar kansas lad nicknamed "King Kong" that last week they laid a reported $75,000 on the line for his service. "You can say that we gave him one of the highest bonuses ever given by this organization," Cardinal owner Fred Saigh said. The rookie is Charlie Keller, a 175-pound, six-footer whose Jonesboro, Ark., high school teammates long ago nicknamed him "King Kong" because his batting style was similar to that of another "King Kong" of base ball fame. Glowing Reports Veteran Card scout Buddy Lewis had been sending in glow ing reports on Keller, and urged Saigh to see him in action. When Saigh and Manager Eddie Stanky saw Keller work out in St. Louis recently they told Lewis to "sign him up." Redbird Coach Terry Moore recalled a tour of Arkansas with a group of barnstorming major leaguers four years ago. He re membered that Keller, then 15 years old, slammed out singles on deliveries of Murry Dickson and Jim Hearn, and took a walk from Virgil Trucks. Keller starred on the basket ball court, played baseball only as a summer pastime. He was all-state three years, all-Arkansas AAU playing with an independ ent team, and was offered basket ball scholarships by 20 colleges. He accepted one from Kentucky. Kentucky Hooper With the Wildcats last year as a freshman, Keller played six games- on the varsity and was named the 10th man on the regu lar squad. When basketball was over, he went out for baseball and immediately became a sen sation. He batted a hefty .349, led the Southeastern Conference in batting, and fielded a perfect 1.000. The Cards ordered Keller to report to their Houston :?arm club in the Texas league today. He has been promised a chance to move up to St. Louis after the Texas league season ends. Williamsport, Pa. (Special to The Mail Tribune) Seven weeks of inactivity plus shaky support from his teammates con tributed to the downfall of Joe Chez last night when he pitched his first game in organized base ball. Chez, the Stanford university bonus boy from Medford, Ore., pitched for the Williamsport Ti gers of the Class A Eastern league, as . they lost, 10-6, at Binghampton. He was charged with the loss. This was the first time Joe had pitched since he left Stan ford. ' He lacked control, which can be attributed to his absence from regular pitching duty. He walked five,, uncorked three wild pitches and gave up 14 hits in seven innings of mound duty. And behind him his mates committed four errors and his catcher had three passed balls charged to him. j At bat Joe was a big man He got two singles in four trips to the plate as Williamsport outhiti Binghampton, 16 to-15. The Cha ronofsky twins,, opponents of Joe when he pitched for Stan ford and they were playing for Southern California, each got one single off Chez. They are playing the infield for the Yankee farmhands at Bing hampton. Chez probably will get an other starting assignment later this week. And his opponent again will be Binghampton which opens a three-day stand in Williamsport Friday. Despite hit loss tha Med fordiia was informed by Man ager Paul Campbell that h had shown enough to ba on of tha regular starters for Williamsport. 1 AN AMERICAN FAVORITE IN OREGON S $395 $250 45 QT. 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