Bosox Wait
Signing of
Williams
Sarasota, Fla. 0J.R An at
mosphere of high expectancy
filled the Boston Red Sox train-
in; camp today as players and
officials alike anxiously awaited
the arrival of slugging star Ted
Williams.
Williams, reported by close
personal friends to be enroute
here late Monday, was expected
to confer with Red Sox General
Manager Joe Cronin upon his ar
rival and to put his signature at
once on a contract calling for a
$100,000 salary.
Has Worked Out
The 36-year-old outfielder has
been working out regularly in
the Florida Keys and friends
think he will be able to take a
full part in team workouts with
in a very short time.
Williams announced in a mag
azine story last spring that the
1954 season would be his last,
and at the end of the season he
reiterated his stand. But the Sox
never fully believed him, keep
ing him on the official roster, and
mailing him his usual contract
at the same time the other play
ers received their contracts.
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STPCDDfiTTS
Pittsburgh Pirates To Go
Again With Youth; Haney
Doesn't Have Title Hopes
(Editor's note: This is the
fifth in a series cn the 1955
prospects of the major league
clubs.)
By LEO PETERSEN
United Press Sports Editor
Fort Myers, Fla. (U.R; Fred
Haney thinks his Pittsburgh
Pirates "may come up with
something" this season, but he
isn't entertaining any first divi
sion thoughts, let alone pennant
hopes.
He isn't thinking in terms of
the cellar, either. His two pre
vious Pirate teams have finished
last and the club is an almost
unanimous choice to finish in
the cellar again.
"I'm not saying we will climb
out of it," Haney said, "but I'm
Spring Sports Underway
For Roque River Chiefs
Rogue River The 1955 spring
sports season for Rogue River
high school sot underway today
at Grants Pass when Coach Tink
er Hatfield's strong track squad
ran through time trials.
The first track meet of the sea
son is scheduled for Saturday
when the Chieftains will play
host to Crater's Comets. Coach
Ray McClain's baseball squad is
now drilling for the first contest
against Eagle Point. The game
will be played early in April, but
the exact date has not been set.
The Rogue River track squad,
defending district champions
who tied for sixth place in the
state meet, will be paced by five
men who participated in seven
Lions Seek Hold
On Ex-Utah Star
Salt Lake City, Utah (U.R)
The Detroit Lions football club
yesterday filed in court here
to prevent former University of
Utah grid star Tom Dublinski
from playing for the Toronto
Argonauts.
Third district Judge David T.
Lewis signed an order for Du
blinski to appear before Judge
Clarence E. Baker on April 1 to
show cause why he should not
be enjoined and restrained from
playing for the Argonauts be
fore May 1, 1956.
Baseball
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Fights
By VNITED PRESS
New York: Jackie La Bua. 157. East
Meadow. N.Y.. outpointed Rafael Me
rentino, 157U.. Argentina (10).
Brooklyn: Joe Rowan. 182. Phila
delphia, outpointed Wavne Bethea
19134. New York (10).
Providence. R. I.: Bob Bolton. 157'i,
Piovidence. knocked out Jackie Lo
vatt, 157, Providence. (8).
Brockton. Mass.: Eddie Connors.
146 '2. Sharon. Mass.. drew with
George (Curly) Monroe. 146 2. Wor
cester, (8).
New Orleans: Joe Dorsey. 166. New
Orleans, outpointed Jinimv Morris.
164?4. Miami Beach. Fla.. 8.
Montreal: Bobby Courchesne. 127'i.
Chicopee. Mass.. outpointed Pat Mar
cune. 129. Brooklyn. N.Y. (10.
San Francisco: Maurice Harper.
148. Oakland, dec. Livio Minelli, 150,
Italy. (10).
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events at last year's state meet.
Jack Herburger, a senior, was
second in the state discus throw,
fifth in the shotput at the state
meet, and ran on the fourth place
relay team. He was district
champion in the shot and discus
and Rogue River's relay four
some copped the district crown.
Ted Stanfield, a senior, was
fourth in the low hurdles at the
state meet, where he also took
sixth place in the broad jump
and ran on the relay team. Stan
field was district champion in
the high and low hurdles.
Bobby Hoover, a senior who
ran on last year's relay team, is
counted on to be one of the
Chieftains' top dash men this
year.
Pole vaulter Lloyd Morrow,
another senior, tied for second
place in the district track meet
but failed to place in the state
meet.
Morrow will be aided by Har
old Moore, who tied for second
in the district pole vault after
having been out for track only
two weeks. More did not enter
the state meet.
Charles Damon, a junior, was
second in the district mile event
last year. He failed to place in
the state meet.
Others Hatfield is counting on
for points this year are Bill Hed
rick, who looks good in the
javelin; Don Doolittle. 200-pound
senior weight man; Sophomores
Lawrence Wagner and Larry
Elledge. who placed in the mile
and half mile last year in the dis
trict meet; Ray Stewart, a junior
who has received doctor's ap
proval to turn out for track this
year after laying out last season
and who looks good in the 440;
and Mill McLane, county grade
school 75-yard dash champion
who should help out in the
sprints
Main strength of the baseball
team appears to be in the out
field, where three lettermen will
be returning. They are Tom
Johnston, Bill Weaver, and Gary
Philips. Freshman James Thoreil
appears ready to provide some
contention for an outfield spot.
Letterman catcher Follie Pre
fontaine will be backed up by
Bob Bigman, a promising fresh
man. Lettermen in the infield are
Shortstop Gary Stinchcomb and
First Baseman George Holm
beck. McClain sees a shortage of
experienced pitchers as his No.
1 problem. Contending for
mound jobs will be Bill Hedrick
and Richard Twiest.
Lesser Loses in
North-South Play
Pinehurst, N.C. U.R) Wiffie
Smith is only 18 years old but
golfing experts were convinced
today she has the ability to de
velop into another Babe Zaha
rias of the links.
Blessed with a magic putting
touch and near-perfect tempera
ment, the red-haired teen-ager
from La Canada, Calif., played
like a veteran Monday as she
captured the North and South
Women's Amateur championship
with a 3 and 2 victory over Pat
Lesser of Seattle, Wash,
Miss Smith, who won the Na
tional Junior title last year, com
pleted four straight rounds in
the North and South without
three-putting one green. It was a
remarkable performance from
a young girl who admits that
"golf is my life."
just not thinking about finish
ing eighth. I'm just thinking
about when we will be ready
to win and I realize it won't be
this year. There is only one
place to finish, and that's first.
Finishing anywhere below that
doesn't mean anything."
Accent on Youth
Once again, the Pirates will
be going with youth, and it
could be the kids will start to
jell this year. As of now, out
side of pitching, the Pirates
have only one ball player who
could make any other club in
the league and that is outfielder
Frank Thomas, who ended his
holdout Thursday.
He will be a fixture in cen
ter. Rookie Roberto Clemente,
who hit only .257 at Montreal
but was a sensation in the win
ter league, appears to have
clinched the right field berth
and Haney believes Clemente
has the makings of a Willie
Mays. Left field is a battle be
tween the veteran Sid Gordon,
rookie Tom Saffell. who hit
.279 at Hollywood last season,
and Carlos Bernier, up for an
other try. Other outfield possi
bilities are Earl Smith, who hit
.387 at Phoenix last season;
Jerry Lynch, who hit .239 as a
part time player with the Pi
rates, and Felipe Montemayor,
who earned another chance aft
er hitting .309 at Nv Orleans.
Not a single infield position
is set. At first base it's a battle
between Dale Long, a .280 hitter
in Los Angeles last season, and
Preston Ward, who has been a
disappointment ever since the
Pirates obtained him from the
Cubs. Tony Bartirome, out of
military service, and Bob Skin
ner, who hit only .249 with the
Pirates last season, are other
Possibilities.
Freeze at Second
Second is also open with Curt
Roberts, who played the posi
tion last season, likely to lose
the spot to rookie Gene Freese,
a .330 hitter at New Orleans
last year.
Gene's older brother, George,
who batted .324 at New Orleans,
is fighting for the third base
post with Lee Walls, up from
Hollywood where he batted .2S20.
Gordon also can be shifted to
third in case he isn't needed in
the outfield.
Dick Groat, just out of serv
ice, and Dick Cole and Gair
Allie, who divided the job lat
season, are the leading shortslon
candidates. Groat probably will
win the job although he lacks
power.
Pittsburgh catching is set with
Jack Shepard, the No. 1 man,
and the veteran Toby Atwell in
reserve. Sherjard was one of two
Pirates to hit over .300 last sea
son, winding up with a .304 av
erage. Actually, Thomas is the power
man on the Pirates. Although
he wound up hitting .298. he
batted in 94 runs and hit 23
homers.
Littlefield Mound Ac
Dick Littlefield, who won 10
and lost 11 last season and was
coming along fast at season's
end, figures to be the ace of
the pitching staff with the vet
eran Max Surkont. 9-18, and
Roger Bowman, a 22-game win
ner with Hollywood and Lino
Dcnoso, a 19-game winner with
the same club, other likely
starters.
Bob Friend, 7-12, and Vernon
Law, 9-13, are holdovers from
last year's staff who must im
prove to win starting berths.
Ducks Trip
Stanford U.
Stanford, Calif. (U.R) Ore
gon university shut out the Stan
ford Indians 3-0 in a pre-season
practice baseball game yester
day, primarily because of the
efforts of two excellent Duck
pitchers.
Righthander Bill Blodgett
started the game for Oregon and
was relieved in the sixth by
southpaw Bill Donner. They
gave up only six hits between
them.
Oregon's big stickers were
catcher Neal Marlett who collect
ed a double and a single in four
times at bat and outfielder
George Shaw who pounded a
tremendous triple and a single
in five trips.
The two teams play a second
contest here today.
Fort Wayne Sees
Quick Victory
By UNITED PRESS
The Fort Wayne Pistons, "in
shape at last," hope to make it
two straight wins over the Min
neapolis Lakers tonight in the
Western division playoffs of the
National Basketball association,
while the Syracuse Nationls and
Boston Celtics open the Eastern
division finals.
The Pistons, who beat the
Lakers nine times in 12 regular
season meetings, won the open
ing game of the Western finals,
96-79. at Elkhart, Ind., on Sun
day. Tonight's game is in Indian
apolis and the third game is
scheduled at Minneapolis Wed
nesday night.
Syracuse, regular season
champion of the Eastern divi
sion, is host to the high-scoring
Celtics in tonight's opening
game. The second game is sched
uled at Boston Wednesday night
and the third at Syracuse.
Each of the division finals
consists of a best-of-five series.
Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday . 10 a.m. Monday for
Monday: other days 5:30 previous day
Beavers Defeat LA
6-2 in Warmup Tilt
Glendale, Calif (U.R) The
Portland Beavers, with new fac
es adding spark to their lineup,
play the Camp Pendleton Mar
ines in a practice game today
after measuring Ihe Los Angeles
Angels 6-2.
The Beavers' rookie fast ball
artist, Leroy Han, pitched five
shutout innings to gain credit
for yesterday's win. Portland
drew 15 walks while Russ Sul
livan, hard-hitting rightfielder,
got a single and a triple to lead
the Beavers at bat.
OSC Blasts
Aggies 10-1
Davis, Calif. (U.R) Ore
gon State's baseball team opened
its 1955 season yesterday by
handing the California Aggies
a 10-1 defeat here as Jerry Ex
ley smashed two home runs for
the Beavers.
Dick Weaver clouted another
OSC homer as a pinch hitter.
Marlin DeHaas, second of four
Oregon State pitchers, got cred
it for the win. Others who went
to the mound were Frank Wiest,
Lynn Mohler and Lowell Pearce.
The Aggies got but two hits,
both by Bill Bear.
Red Wings, Montreal
Prepare for Playoff
By UNITED PRESS
The Detroit Red Wings were
rested and confident, but the
Montreal Canadiens were tired
and doubtful as they prepared
for their opening games tonight
in the National Hockey League
playoffs.
The Red Wings, who edged
out Montreal for their seventh
straight league pennant Sunday
night, entertain the Toronto
Maple Leafs, while the Canad
iens play host to the Boston
Bruins in the first games of the
best-of-seven semifinal series.
Tuesday, March 22, 1953
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Avila Agrees
To Terms
Tucson, Ariz. (U.R) Amer
ican League batting champion
Bobby Avila completed the
Cleveland Indians' roster today
when he came to terms with Gen
eral Manager Hank Greenberg
for an estimated S27.500.
Avila, who hit .341 last sea
son, agreed to terms in a tele
phone conversation with Green
berg from his Vera Cruz, Mexi
co, home.
Avila threatened to quit base
ball last week if the Indians did
not meet his terms but is be
lieved to have settled for con
siderably less than the S32.500
he was demanding. It was also
reported last week that the Chi
cago White Sox had offered Nel
son Fox for Avila.
Avila is expected to arrive at
the Indians' training site today
or Wednesday.
Williams Takes
Montana Post
Missoula, Mont. (U.R)
Jerry Williams, 31, Spokane,
former Washington Siate col
lege grid great, yesterday was
named head football coach at
Montana Stale university.
Williams, who has played
professional football with the
Philadelphia Eagles for the
past two years after four years
with the Los Angeles Rams,
will be the second youngset
ccach in Montana's history.
He replaces Ed Chinske,
who resigned. Only Bernie
Bierman, who started his
coaching career at MSU in
1919 at the age. of 25, was
younger when he look over the
reins of the Grizzly grid
squad.
Williams' parents are resi
dents of the Talent area.
The mainland area of Aus
tralia is 2,948,366 square miles.
Salem (U.R) The Senate Mon-
state's department and make it
day passed after spirited and at ! a separate department under the
times heated, debate, a measure
to take the motor vehicle divi
sion out of the secretary of
appointive power of the governt
or There were only six "no?
votes cast. '
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