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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.
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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
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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.
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