Campanella's Hand Holds Key To
Dodgers' Hopes for NL Pennant
Editor' not: Thii if the
first in the United Preis'
annual series on the 1955
prospects of major league
team.
Br LEO H. PETERSEN
United Press Sports Writer
Miami, Fla. (U.PJ How'i
Roy Campanella?
That's the question every Na
tional league manager and club
owner asks first about the
Brooklyn Dodgers, for they
know the bulky Negro catcher
holds the key to the Dodger's
pennant hopes.
The answer to the other seven
clubs in the league is not en
couraging. Campanella seems
completely recovered from the
hand injury which handicapped
him last season.
Never has he looked as sharp
at the plate than he has this
spring. He is powedering the
ball te all fields and looks even
better than he did in 1951 and
in 1953, when he was selected
the league's most valuable
player. So confident is he that
his hand is okay that he is
catching without a sponge in
his mitt.
"The hand and fingers feel
fine and I'm no longer worried,"
Campanella said, adding that he
expected the Dodgers to win
the pennant easily. And they
might well do that if Campan
ella comes back to his 1953
form when he hit 41 home runs,
batted in 141 runs and wound
up with a .312 batting average.
Other Question Marks
Last year because of that
hand injury, he hit only .209
with 19 home runs and 51 runs
batted in. Baseball men agree
that was the major reason the
Dodgers finished in second
place, five games behind the
Giants.
There are some other ques
tion marks on the Brooklyn club
beside Campanella, but they
aren't as important.
The other "if's" on the club
include whether Jackie Robin
son can overcome the injuries
which handicapped him last sea
son; whether big Don New
combe can get back the form
he showed before going into
the service, and whether short
stop Pee Wee Reese, now 35,
can go at full speed another
season.
Manager Walter Alston is sure
all three of them will come
through, as well as Campanella.
If they do, he has a club set at
every spot except left field.
It will be big, hard-hitting
Gil Hodges at first base, Junior
Gilliam at second, Reese at
short and Robinson at third.
Jackie would much rather play
third than left field, but if he
is needed in the outfield, Don
Hoak will take over at third.
Also, if Gilliam should be trad
ed, Reese may switch to second,
leaving shortstop to either Don
Zimmer or Chico Fernandez,
the talented rookie star who hit
.282 at Montreal last season.
Duke Snider is set in center
field and Carl Furillo in right,
and Sandy Amoros probably
will open the season in left.
For outfield reserves and
pinchhitting there will be George
Shuba and either Walt Moryn,
who hit .275 last season with
the Dodgers or rookie Bert Ham
ric, a .350 hitter at St. Paul.
Alston is counting on Carl
Erskine (18-15), Newcombe. (9
8), Johnny Podres (11-7), Billy
Loes (13-5) and rookie Karl
Spooner as his "big five" pitch
ers. Behind them will be Russ
Meyer, with Jim Wade, the No
1 bullpen man and Clem La-
bine behind him. Erv Palica
and Pete Wojew figure to win
the other two spots on the staff,
although Joe Black, back for
another shot: and rookies Ed
Roebuck, Ken Lehman and Bob
Darnell also have a chance along
with Bob Milliken.
BEAUTY ON MAT Curvaceous Tiny Kim, Honolulu judo
expert, above, will pit her wrestling wiles against the brutal
tactics of Gerry Hunter, claimant to the world's feminine
middleweight championship, in the feature match of Satur
day's card at Merrick's arena. Other matches will send Yoggi
Hussane against Cyclone Cobb and Buck Davidson in with
Johnny Dobbs. Starting time is 8:30 p.m.
Medford,
Tribune
SIPdDffiTTS
Tally Ho, Lamport Pin Quintets
Chalk Up Victories Over Redding
Local teams won three
matches, knotted another and
lost two in tussles with Redding,
Calif., quintets Sunday at Med
ford Bowling lanes.
Tally Ho won twice from Bas
set Buick of Redding. Lamport's
Sporting Goods store nabbed
one series and took two games
in another match against Mecca
club of Redding, which took a
game and total pins in the sec
ond outing.
The other Medford club took
only one game in each series
against the third Medford club.
They spotted the Californians
22 pins a game in each match
and it made a difference in one.
George Spaunhorst had 231
for high game and Fred Ander
son 590 for top series as Tally
Ho beat Bassett 2678 to 2638.
Walt McDonald had a 245 and
a 621 for the Californians. Tally
Ho grabbed two games and total
pins in the opener and all three
games in the second tussle. Pin
count in the second was 2776
to 2529. Karl Johnson rolled
a 215 game and 585 series for
Tally Ho. Others rolling for the
locals were Bill Hawley and
Ray Wise.
In its first mix Lamport's won
two games, tied the other and
to 2567. The Redding five re
ceived a handicap of 60. Bob
Dyer had high series for Lam
port's with 577 and Sam Van
Dyke high game with 224. Cur
tis Erbs rang up 210 and 564 for
Redding. '
In the second fray the Mecca
team had a 2652 score to Lam
port's 2508. Dyer had a 525 for
Medford and Nick Fischer 203
and 535 for Redding. Buzz
Green, Dick Spain and Stan
Straus rounded out the sporting
goods crew.
Charles McWhorter, Gene
Doyon, Dale McCormick, Frank
Chapman and Fritz Kunz form
ed the third Medford team. Red
ding won 2406 to 2374 in total
pins in the opener. McWhorter
had a 506 for Medford and Dale
Larabee a 536 for the visitors.
Chapman was high game with
194.
Medford's edge was 2436 to
2405 scratch in the second match
but the 66 pin handicap gave the
California five a 2471. McWhor
ter had a 530 series and Doyon
a 193 game.
Portland (U.R) Glenn Spivey,
professional at the Longview
Country Club since 1952, will
take over as head pro at the Rose
City Golf Club here April 1, it
had a total pin margin of 2613 was announced today.
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Waltonians j
Favor Three ;
House Bills
Izaak Walton league members
acted favorably on three bills
before the Oregon House of
Representatives and tabled an
other at a meeting held here last
night.
They acted favorably on HB
461, which would limit salmon
imports by sports fishermen in
Oregon from beyond the three
mile limit. Also getting favor
able reaction were HB 463,
which would reduce non-resident
fishing licenses from $15 to
$10 and HB 160 which would
outlaw salmon and steelhead
derbies.
HB 462, which would impose
a SI a day salmon fishing li
cense, was tabled after consider
able discussion.
Although no official action
was taken, members apparently
were opposed to petitions now
being circulated and directed at
the Oregon State Game Commis
sion which would open the upper
Rogue river to winter steelhead
fishing above the mouth of the
Applegate river. It was pointed
out that the lower Rogue and
Applegate rivers are now open
to such fishing.
Tuesday, March 15, 1955
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE
Smith, McGraw Win First Round
Tiffs in Spring Golf Handicap
Stanford Golfers
Entered in Open
Five Stanford university golf
ers are scheduled to participate
in the Oregon Open Golf tourn
ament at Rogue Valley Country
club on March 25, 26 and 27.
They are Phil Getchell, ex
Medford high, Fred Brown,
Chuck Van Linge, Warren Dail
ey and John Brodie. Bud Finger,
director of golf at Stanford, has
informed Al Williams, RVCC
pro, that the young linksmen
will be on their own and won't
be sponsored by the university.
Finger told Williams that any
one of the five is capable of beat
ing the field on any given day,
but indicted they may find it
tougher to stay up among the
leaders for four rounds.
The1 college golf director re
ported also that Cy Pennel, Stan
ford Golf club member who has
won the San Francisco City title,
may enter the Oregon open.
Williams is also anticipating
entries of Oregon State college
players and a Ford Ord, Calif.,
team.
Ideal water temperature for
brook trout is usually consid
ered 58 degrees F.
Defending champion Justin
Smith Sr., and Medalist Everett
McGraw advanced in the first
round of match play in the men's
spring golf handicap tournament
at Rogue Valley Country club.
Smith won 1 up from Lew
Ayres. McGraw won by the
same margin but had to go 20
holes to nudge Dr. Robert Tur
ner. There were two other extra
hole matches, Don Wood need
ed 20 to get by Bill Marshall
and Fred Conrad required 19
to edge Jack Dougherty.
First round of play wound up
Sunday night and losers fell into
the third flight. Second round
of action must be -finished by
Sunday night, March 20. Losers
will go into the second flight.
Third Flight
Turner vs. Bayuk: Peterson bye;
Temple vs. Sleeter: Webber bye: Stark
vs. K. Clark: Darrell Miller bye: N.
Smith vs. Hart: Millette bye.
Ayres vs. Woody; Marshall bye;
Leonard vs. Dougherty; Catey bye;
G. Robinson vs. Whalin: Corbin bye;
Meyers vas. Mayer; Sloniger bye.
FIRST ROUND RESULTS:
Everett McGraw def Dr. Robert
Turner 1 up (20): V. W. Hammond
bye; Nelson Gallant def. Dr. Bob
Bayuk 1 up; Frank Perl, bve; Paul
Laconette def. Bob Peterson 1 up:
Charles Mclntyre. Eddie Simmons,
Bob Lockwood, all bye.
Brad Broyles def. Bob Temple; Jim
Dunlevy bye: Ray Wise won from
Dr. Robert Sleeter by default; Jack
Wood bye: Russell Heysell won from
Boh Webber by default: Dick Hensel
man. Bob Phillips and Bob Rector,
all bye.
Fred Sears def. Stan Stark 6 and 5:
Ward Samuelson bve; Harrv Watson
aef. Roger Clark 1 up: Hank Herman
bye; Jack Creager def. Darrell Miller
1 up; Ivan Harrington, W. W. Deakins,
Jim Busch. all bye.
Mahr Reymers def. Norton Smith
2 up; Lowell Chamberlain bye: Dick
Knight def. Al Hart: Kent Blackhurst
bye: Jack Sanborn def. Harrv Millette
2 up: Ken Teeter. Dutch Oakes. Carl
Schmidt, all bye.
Justin Smith Sr., def. Lew Ayres
1 i:p; Bob Morris bye: Wendy Wissler
def. Bob Woody 2 and 1: Rav Soren
son bye; Don Wood def. Bill Marshall
1 up (201; Ralph Barclay, A. C.
Broyles, Bud Judy, all bye.
Norm Hillyer won by default from
Morris Leonard: John Moffat bye;
Fred Conrad def. Jack Doughertv 1
up (19): Ed Radsweit bye: Dean Lam
bert def. Bill Catey 1 up: R. C. Bur
gess, Lee Flink, Henry Richmond, all
bye.
Pete Clark def. Gain Robinson 2
and 1; Tom Ness bye; George Choate
won from Don Whalin by default:
William Thorndike bye; Bob Corbin
def. Bob Voegtly 3 and 2: Vincent
Bevis, Glen Fabrick and Eill Kalibak,
all bye.
Clayton Lewis def. Paul Meyers
up: Larry Butler bye; George Schuler
won from Dr. Roland Mayer by de
fault: Al Servold bye: Miles Doran
def. George Sloniger: Wallace Robin
son. Bob Hinman. Joe Lydon. all bye.
SECOND ROUND PAIRINGS:
Championship Flight
McGraw vs. Hammond: Gallant vs.
Perl: Laconette vs. Mclntyre: Sim
mons vs. Lockwood ;B. Broyles vs.
Dunlevy: Wise vs. J. Wood: Heysell
vs. Henselman: Phillips vs. Rector.
Sears vs. Samuelson; Watson vs.
Hermon; Creager vs. I. Harrington;
Deakins vs. Busch; Reymers vs. Cham
berlain: Knight vs. Blackhurst: San
born vs. Teeter; Oakes vs. Schmidt.
J. Smith vs. Morris; Wissler vs. Sor
enson: D. Wood vs. ETclay: A.
Broyles vs. Judy: Hillyer vs. Moffat;
Conrad vs. Radsweit: Lambert vs.
Burgess; Flink vs. Richmond.
Clark vs. Ness: Choate vs. Thorn
dike: Voegtly vs. Bevis: Fabric vs.
Kalibak; Lewis vs. Butler: Schuler vs.
Servold; Doran vs. W. Robinson; Hin
man vs. Lvdon.
Women's Golf
On Ladies' day last week at
Rogue Valley Country club, golf
play was for Criers' tournament.
The group A winner was Mrs. C.
B. Collins with a net 35; B
group, Mrs. Ray Frisbie with
a net 33; in the C group Mrs.
L. G. McLaren with a net 32;
and the winner in the D group
was Mrs. Ed Milne with a net
33.
Ladies' day, March 17, play
for the day will be nine holes
for the best ball foursomes. A,
B and C groups will play the
front nine holes and D group
will play the back nine. Mrs.
Noble Vincent will be at the
starting table.
If there is any change in pair
ings, women are asked to phone
Mrs. Vincent at 2-4832. Those
paired with Mrs Baumann need
not call her. She will be at
the pro shop by 9:30 a.m. on
Thursdays.
The first listed in the follow
ing foursomes will be respon
sible for contacting the others
to arrange suitable playing time.
THURSDAY PAIRINGS:
Mrs. W. W. Davies and Mrs. H. L.
Bush, Mrs. Roger Clark and Mrs. H.
G. Dowson; Mrs. Richard Finch and
Mrs. L. G. McLaren, Mrs. Robert
Lockwood and Miss Isobel Stuart;
Mrs. Thomas Culbertson Jr.. and Mrs.
Miles Doran. Mrs. Nobel Vincent and
Mrs. W. L. Stark: Mrs. B. L. Nutting
and Mrs. Ward Samuelson. Mrs. L. C.
Burt and Mrs. Victor Sether; Mrs.
Jack Wood and Mrs. Al Hart. Mrs.
Ray Frisbie and Mrs. John Day; Mrs.
Leslie Schneider and Mrs. Dick
Knight, Mrs. Paul Walker and Mrs.
H. D. McClure; Mrs. Ken Teeter and
Mrs. Ed. Radzweit, Mrs. George Har
rington and Mrs. Ray Larson: Mrs.
Belle Schenck and Mrs. R. B. Temple,
Mrs. Loren Haugen and Mrs. Sam
Colton; Mrs. Keith Bates and Mrs.
Warren Lesseg.
Mrs. Royal Bebb and Mrs. Paul
Dix, Mrs. F. L. Somers and Mrs. Don
McGeary; Mrs. J. W. Barnard and
Mrs. Charles Mclntyre. Mrs. John
Pletsch and Mrs. Dick Field: Mrs.
R. E. Heysell and Mrs. William Black
ledge, Mrs. Stuart McQueen and Mrs.
T. C. Groomes: Mrs. Jerry Olson and
Mrs. James Asher. Mrs. C. E. Gordon
and Mrs. Reese Alexander; Mrs. J.
W. Mack and Mrs. R. E. Barclay,
Mrs. Frank Benesh and Mrs. Melvin
McGrew; Mrs. F. M. Rhodes and Mrs
Dan Adams. Mrs. Fred Conrad and
Mrs. Robert Little; Mrs. John Bunker
and Mrs. Ed Milne, Mrs. James Shaw
and Mrs. Lee Baumann (Hilt. Calif.):
Mrs. Robert Morris and Mrs. Dean
Lambert. Mrs. James Dunlevy and
Mrs. J. O. Oakes.
The average food manufac
turing company earns about V
cents on every dollar of sales,
and the average food retailer
earns one cent on the dollar.
Rams Schedule Two
Games in Portland
Los Angeles U.R) The Los
Angeles Rams today announced
they would play exhibition
night football games in Port
land, Ore., against the Pitts
burgh Steelers Aug. 6 and the
New York Giants Aug. 28 in
Multnomah Stadium.
The Rams said the two games
were in addition to other exhi
bition games announced previously.
First Skiers Arrive
Stowe, Vt. (U.R The 'first
contingent of some 600 skiers
arrived here yesterday for the
three day-American Internation
ay ski races opening Friday.
Top American and European
stars are entered in the events,
second of two competitions to de
termine membership on the 1956
Buchan Bakers
Win AAU Title
Eugene U.R) Buchan Bak
ers of Seattle won the North
west AAU basketball champion
ship last night with a come-from-behind
victory over Martin
Sign of Eugene, 76-72.
The win. sends the Seattle five
to the national AAU tourney in
Denver.
Eugene led 53-28 at the half
but Ed Tucker, former Stanford
star, scored 19 points in the sec
ond half. His 21 was high for
the game. .
Barney Holland, ex - Oregon
ace, led Eugene with 14 points
while Ted Romanoff, former
OSC player and Jack McElravy
had 13 apiece.
U.S. Olympic ski team which
will compete at Cortina, Italy.
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ROGUE VALLEY LEAGUE
Standings: W.
Continental Lumber Co. 28
Loienz Co. ,.25 li
Shoe Dogs 25
Pine Tree Market 21
Hooper's Radiator Service..l9'i
Star Body Works ...18
Kom-Pak Trailers 15
State Forest Patrol 18
Lamport's Sporting Goods.. 15 .
Royal Club 15
Results:
Loreuz Co. 3
C. McWhorter 447
J. Mathes
McCormack
Gottfried
B. lye
Handicap
Star Body
L. Graham
H. Geener
D. Graham
C. Emery
T. Mitchell
461
407
519
422
201
2457
Hooper's
D. Lewis
D. Burns
G. Dayon
A. Keith
H. Valine
0
450
418
485
387
523
2263
Forest Tatrol
B. Van Hoy
H. Smets
J. Bradish
D. Stockton
T. Maul
Handicap
Royal Club
B. Fehl
C. Hamuson
D. Uchytil
L. Smith
F. Knox
1
458
519
404
477
480
Pine Tree
C. Curl
G. Culy
S. Mallon
F. Martin
D. Kreer
Handicap
2338
L.
12
14 i
15
19
20
22 x
25
22
25
25
1
459
456
4S4
452
497
2348
4
454
381
499
47(3
442
132
2384
3
446
468
362
436
557
93
2362
Continental
H. Allen
T. Van Sickle 486
E. Isaacs
L. Knapp
V. Allen
Handicap
4 Lamport's 0
508 W. Meyers 461
S. Van Dyke 476
L. Schneider 461
W. Piche 436
J. Farrar 492
351
529
605
54
2533
Kom-Pak 2
A. Andrew 424
L. Moser 398
B. Thornton 393
E. Page
C. Bi chfied
456
480
Shoe Dogs
E. Eberius
E. Floate
D. Kline
C. Lasher
Wunderlich
Handicap
2151
2326
2
446
472
432
428
422
33
2233
Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday : 10 a.m. Monday for
Mondav: other days 5:30 orevious dav
KOGIE ROLLERS
Stancj;s:
Chr - Drugs
RalVs Green Lantern 23
Clave Construction 21
Burelson's , , ?1
W.
23
Rogue Sportsman
B and B Auction
C.K. Market ...
..18
17
17
Women of the Moos 16 Vt
First National Bank 14
Brook's Electric 9
L.
13
13
IS
15
18
18 k
19
19'i
22
27
Results:
Brook's F.lec.
E. Ash.;r
V. St. Hill
E. Sessions
G. Havse
M. Durham
Handicap
0
371
368
320
423
363
27
1872
Burelson's
V. Findley
D. Doty
A. Zahnow
H. Culy
J. McCready
4
456
382
374
402
373
O.K. Market
B. Coleman
D. Monroe
L. Calhoun
E. Lenz
1
345
325
312
483
B and B
H. Hobbs
O. Wyatt
A. Zenor
B. McQuade
V. Miller
Handicap
1986
Rogue Sptmn
A. Vvilson
L. Keener
B. Webster
D. Ricks
N. Roberts
336
343
411
312
345
WOTM
C. Thoreson
S. Coulter
D. Finley
M. Snyder
E. Olson
Handicap
1807
1987
S
472
323
359
333
409
189
2083
1
337
316
295
341
362
71
1732
1st Natl Bank 1
V. Abbott 351
H. Read 323
D. Scholey 302
M. Tedrick 290
C. Sellech 360
Handicap 159
1785
Green Lantern 3
V. Knox
O. Henson
M. Pierce
K. Smith.
D. Doty
444
365
350
374
435
1968
Clave Const. 3
D. Hickson 401
F. Clave 384
G. Russell 352
A. Hoffman 373
J. Tresham 407
Handicap 180
2097
Chris Drug! 1
B. Munger 427
B. Henson 344
I. Forga 406
A. Bohannon 317
Chris tianson 464
1958
High eame Elsie Baker, OK Mar
ket, and Money Hobbs. B and B
auction. 200 each.
High series Baker, 521.
High team series Clave construe
tion. 2097.
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