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MedfordvTribune Mays Key To Giants' 1955 Pennant Chances (This is the serenth in a series on the 1955 prospects of the major league clubs.) By DICK FALES Phoenix, Ariz. (U.R) The in evitable question with the world champion Giants is "Willie" and they're asking it "Will he?" For Willie Mays holds the key to the Giant pennant chances. Will he be the same superla tive young star who threatened Eabe Ruth's home run record, led the major leagues in hitting, and became the national league's most valuable player in his first lull season? Will he provide the same in spirational spark that lifted the whole club into a fighting unit and prompted Manager Leo Durocher to state that, "As Wil lie goes, so go the Giants?" Or will he perhaps, become a little jaded after a long hard winter of baseball in Puerto Rico and run out of gas? The Giants are wondering be rincs cpMnm has thp destinv of a pennant-defending team been bo bound up in one player. Eyes on Maglie The Giants stood pat with their champs a dangerous busi ness in a league where only one pennant winner has repeated since 1944, the Dodgers of 1952- 53. The pitching could be too thin, particularly if Sal Maglie reaches the end of the road, or if Larry Jansen fails in his bid lor a comeback. Durocher ad mits he could be in trouble un less he comes up with another dependable starter. "We've got Johnny Antonelli and Ruben Gomez for two of the starting spots and they're BOWLING Standings: W. L. Oak Knoll Golf Club 11 4 Sam's Sporting Goods 10 5 E. H. Mann Co 10 5 Hight Real Estate 10 S Hamner's Sporting Goods 9 6 Hcnrv's Drive Inn 9 6 Stevens Kaiser Willys 7 8 Medford Furniture Store 7 8 Walker Real Estate 6 9 Sierra Cascade Pine Co. 5 10 Valley Music Co 3 12 Pfaff Sewing Center . 3 12 Results: Oak Knoll (2) Henry's (1) B Curtis 573 G. Barr 516 j Kufner 530 C. Leonard 464 G Sikes 514 N. Florev 564 B. Rametes 515 A. Sacchl 579 T. Driscoll 537 B. Hawley 450 . 2669 2573 Medf. Furn. 3) Mann Co. (0) N Hillver 512 F. Anderson 504 T. Boone 541 H. Goode 518 S. Van Dvke 537 F. Beck 452 S. Stark 494 G. Schultz 474 K. Rector 517 K. Johnson 514 2601 2462 Bight's 3) Stevens' 0) W. Pstterson 512 G. Spaunhorst 561 B Howell 551 L. Wilson 489 tB. Wilson 545 D. Koblick 482 IB Blunt 567 J. Harris 552 'j. Morgan 563 F. Stevens 534 3733 2618 pfafrs (2) Walker's (1) E. Teng 579 R. Brock 472 A Klatt 444 R. DeVore 554 B. St. Hilalre 519 F. Little 522 C. Smith 614 F. Knox 542 L. Webster 598 K. Wise 597 2754 " 2677 TsJlay Music (1) Hammer's (2) Absentee 507 . C. Dawson . 509 M. Cannon 508 C. Hammer 472 R Speer 465 V. Sorinkle 575 G. Clark 519 P. Peden . 541 L. Schneider 479 K. Preston 522 2478 2619 Sam's (3) Seirra Cascade (0) D. Lubbers 932 H. Green 498 J. Kantor 522 J. Cabler 479 W. White 565 D. Spain 513 S. Straus 514 B. Dyer 556 H. Schroeder 588 H. Vessey 555 2721 2601 COPCO BOWLING LEAGUE Standings: W. " L Short Circuits 33 i 14 'i Hi Voltage : -...252 22', Delta Stars 23 24 U Hot Spots 23 25 Grounded Wyes 22 26 Hi Tension 21 4 26 ',i Circuit Breakers 21 27 Atom Splitters 21 27 Results: Hi Tension 0 Short Circuits (4) L. Duff 338 J. Thompson 381 D. Ross 406 D Browne 389 R. Barbee 437 HandicaD 117 R. Sterton 492 1245 1335 Delta Stars (2) Atom Splitters (2) B. KniKht 420 O. Phelan 439 G. Guilev 392 R. Rolls 520 O. Hanson 531 W. Bish 461 Handicap 78 1420 1421 Hi Voltare (3) Grounded WyesO) H. Fisher 418 T. Brewer 472 E. Green 387 H. Duean 466 L. Stinson 485 E. Barry 523 Handicap 48 1461 1338 Hot Spots (3) Circuit Breakers 1 B. Schroeder 472 F. Benesh 499 R. Smith 461 C. Norris 462 T. Anseth 328 Handicap 21 R. Brock 605 1454 1394 great," he said. "We've got a lot of pitchers to spot, but we need that other regular starter, the big guy who can pick up the slack. That's where Jim Hearn could give us a real lift." Also sure to be a starter is Don Liddle, who won nine and lost four last year, and who could develop into the No. 3 man. For relief, of course, there is the incomparable knuckle- ball ace, Hoyt Wilhelm, and tne hard-working M a r v Grissom. Grissom still i3 a questionable factor because of arm trouble. Rnnlrio Tno TVTarPnnpri has been getting a let of work in the exhibitions and bonus pitcner Paul Giel is going to see more action. The rest of the staff will consist of guys like Al Worthing ton, George Spencer, Ramon Monzant and Al Corwin, none of them proven major leaguers. Infield "Best" The Giant infield stacks up with the best in baseball, with Whitey Lockman at first, Davey Williams at second, captain and sparkplug Alvin Dark at short, and hard-plugging Henry Thomp son at third. Williams, who has a bad back and a low batting average, is the only question mark but if he can play every day and field like he did last year, the club can carry him. The same is true with first string catcher, Wes Westrum, one of the best mitt men in base ball. He batted" only .187 last season but still helped win game after game with his fine han dling of the pitchers. Ray Katt, of whom much has been expect ed, may yet develop into a top flight catcher and Mickey Gras so, the veteran picked up in the draft from Cleveland, is a hustler who can help. With Mays as key man in the outfield, the Giants are well fixed here too, although every one in camp is hoping that Monte Irvin's bad season of 1954, in which he hit only .262, was a temporary lapse and that he isn't coming to the end of the road. Irvin used to be the team's most dependable run-producer but drove in only 64 in '54. Tf he ran hit aeain. left field is his spot, while Don Mueller, a .342 batsman who is snooiing io lead the league in hitting, has right field to himself. Dusty Rhodes, baseball's most distin guished pinch-hitter, is the No. 1 spare. Home run slugger Bob Lennon, up from Nashville where he hit 64, Bill Taylor and Eric Roden are fighting it out for the number five spot. Infield reserve strength is satisfactory with Bobby - Hof man, bonus player Joe Amal fitano, Foster Castleman, Bill Gardner and Gail Harris the ones most likely to stick. Baseball TVESDAY GAMES Exhibition Results Bv UNITED PRESS Milw.' 'B- t'N) 000 000 000 0 S 2 Cinti 'B' (N) .101 000 OOx 2 1 1 Roland. Thompson 5) and Parks. Nuxhall. Valentine (8) and Senunick. Winning pitcher Nuxhall. Los ing pitcher Roland. St. Louis (N) 002 030 0005 9 1 Boston (A) -.000 004 0004 7 3 Jackson. LaPalme (5), Blaylock (6). Schultz (9) and Rand. Kiely. Delock (6) and Dale v. Winning pitcher Jack son. Losing pitcher Kiely. Fhila. (N) 000 100 002 S 7 0 Milw. (N) 000 100 0001 2 1 Dickson, Owens 16) and Burgess. Buhl. Jav (6) and Crandall. Winning pitcher Owens. Losing pitcher Jay. Detroit (A ....013 001 0008 9 0 Cincinnati (N) 000 010 0001 3 Garver. Zuverink (6), Schultz (9) and Wilson, Houea (6). Baczewski. Gross (4). Willis (7). Lane (8) and Bailey. Winning pitcher Garver. Los ing pitcher Baczewski. Chicago (A) .103 001 001 8 11 0 Pitts. (N) 003 000 0047 11 1 Martin. Donovan (5) and Lollar. Donoso. Bowman (5). Kline (8) and Shepard. Winning pitcher Kline. Los ing pitcher Donovan. K Citv IA . 000 103 000 4 12 1 Brooklyn (N) 060 152 Olx 15 17 1 Kellner. Raether (4), Dixon (6) and W. Shantz. Newcombe. Neeray (6) and Campanella. Winning pi'cher New combe. Losing pitcner iveiiner. Wash. (A) . 000 031 000 4 7 3 NewYork (A) 001 100 08x 10 8 0 McDermott. Ross (8) and Korcheck, Oldis (4). Turley. Sain (7) and How ard. Winning pitcher Sain. Losing pitcher McDermott. New York (N) 033 000 0309 12 1 Cleve. (A) 011 000 002 4 10 1 Hearn. Liddle (7) and Westrum Lemon. Murzewski 6. Aguirre (9) and Naragon. Winning pitcher Hearn. Losing pitcher Lemon. Dead line Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday : 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day. You'll Always Find Reliability Uniformity Full Strength IN EVERY LOAD OF TRU-MIX CONCRETE Tru-Mix Concrete Co. FAST. PROMPT DELIVERY Me Andrews Road Phone 2-5271 13 Varsity Players Get f Monograms Co-captains Frank Rector and Larry Copple presented Med ford high's state basketball tour nament ' second place trophy to the school and letters were awarded to 13 varsity players and to 15 junior varsity players in a Tuesday assembly. Varsity letters went to Rector, Copple, Jerry Kalapus, Everett Kastner, Glenn Peterson, Dick McLaughlin Ed McCullough, John Foust, Warren Deakins, Ed Reinking, Bill Cochran, Lloyd Cearley and "Bob Tisdel and to Managers Jerry Couch and Don Gray. Getting junior varsity awards were Dick Copple, Charles Ins keep, Mike Stearns, John Haw ley, Dick Puhl, Larry Gober, Duane Sides, Larry Slessler, Neil Plumley, Gary Lewis, Jared Black, Roy Doe, Harold Knips, Eldon Francis and Larry Perkins and to Managers Ron Warren, Ken Kumasawa and Ken Hul- burt Jr. Varsity Hoop Coach Frank Roelandt is busy this week tak ing inventory and seeing that uniforms and equipment are f Thursday, March 24, 19SS MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN iW RETRIEVER TRIAL TO BEGEM ON FRIDAY AT HOOVER LAKES To assure adequate "cover" for some of the land series, the fourth annual American Kennel club licensed trial slated this week end by Rogue Valley Re triever club may be held over a larger area than in past years, field trial committeemen said today. The trial, at Hoover lakes and vicinity northeast of Med ford, begins at 8 a.m. Friday with the amateur all-age stake. Events will continue through Saturday and Sunday with three other stakes, derby, qualifying and open all-age, on the program. Entry list of 132 is highest in the four - year history of the RVRC event. Trial committeemen listed five tracts of land in the general cleaned up and stored away for another season. He will turnout next week to help Head Coach Alex McDonald tutor the base ball squad. vicinity of the lakes where some of the land tests may be con ducted. They are the Medford Gun club property west of Cra ter Lake highway Four Corners; Biddle and city of Medford prop erty north of the airport; Game Commission land south of the Military Bridge on Rogue river; the Agate swale. Game Commis sion and city of Medford proper ty south of the National Guard building on the old Camp White reservation, and the Tex-Nash tract one-half-mile north of the Four Corners on Crater Lake highway. Judges Decide Sites These areas are all within three miles of the clubhouse at Hoover lakes and are south and west of that location. Special facilities have been made for transporting birds to be used at the various locations. Word will be left at the Ladies of the Moose concession stand at the club concerning exact location of the series in progress. Exact locations for the various tests were being determined to day by Judges Alfred H. Sch midt, Portland, and Lafe Utter, Los Angeles, and the local judge, Irv Warren, in a trip over the grounds. One of the most interesting dogs to watch during the trials will be Clancy, Irish water spaniel, owned by Walter Hogue, Klamath Falls. Clancy report edly will be the lone dog of his breed entered. The field other wise is made up of labradors, goldens and chesapeakes. There are more chesapeakes than usual entered this year. Three of last years winners will be back. They are Sprig of Swinomish, open champ, owned by C. R. Tobin, San Fran cisco; Oakcreek's Fremont, ama teur victor, owned by Norman House, and Riptide II, qualify ing winner, owned last year by C. Lee Skaggs, Medford, but now the property of Roland Max Terzenbach Highest in Shoot Max Terzenbach with 275 was high for the evening Tues day as Medford Rifle and Pis tol club shooters held a long practice for the National Rifle association sectional pistol tour nament here this Sunday. Roy Hewitt had a 274, Jim Bolton 266 and Ward Hutton and Joe Alliston each 265. The tourney will start at 8 a,rn. Sunday at the club' in door range in the Merrick buil ding. It is a portion of the NRA national championship firing. QUITS COACHING Oregon City (U.R) Len Rinearson, basketball coach at Oregon City high school, said today he has resigned from the athletic department to seek re assignment in administrative work in education rather than coaching. Watt, Redding, Calif. 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