rWTLTE WEDFORD (OREGON)
3rd Place or Better
Seen for SF Seals
This it the last in a series
on the outlook of Pacific Coast
league teams for the 1955 sea
son. By SCOTT BAILLIE
Brawley, Calif. 0J.R) Tom
my Heath, the round, personable
San Francisco manager, said to
day there were too many "ifs" in
the league, but ventured the
opinion that his club would im
prove on its 1954 fourth place
finish.
"I've been saying third place,"
Heath said. "But without know
ing what the other clubs are go
ing to do later, I can't be any
more solid."
Heath says he desperately
needs a first baseman, could use
more power behind the plate and
at third, and, like all managers,
is on the lookout for outfield
strength.
"Our pitching will be all
right," he commented.
The Seals did mu(h in the
pitching line during the off sea
son, getting from Seattle south
paws Gene Bearden (11-13) and
Steve Nagy (7-11) and right
handers Bill Evans (a-7) and
Pete Hernandez (9-2) with Van
couver of the Western Interna
tional league. They also acquired
Jim Walsh (10-7) with Holly
wood. Capable Relievers
Holdovers include Bill Brad
ford (6-2), Ed Chandler (12-11)
and Tony Ponce (14-16) as well
as able relieves Adrian Zabala
(11-8) and Bob Muncrief (3-7).
New to the Seals will be rook
ies Ralph Burns and Don Frac
chia, who showed well in spring
training, and Marshall Epperson,
a lefty with limited duty with
San Francicso. J
When the question of first
base is broached. Heath prefers
to talk about the players he
hopes to get. Play-coach Chuck
Stevens, now past the everyday
stags but willing to try it, has
been sharing the initial sack
with ex-outfielder Bob DiPietro.
The Seals gave up Jim West
lake, last year's first baseman,
to the Philadelphia Phillies and
have not yet been fully paid.
They hope the final terms in
clude a lefthander with a medium-padded
glove.
Veteran Infielders
The rest of the infield seems
to be pretty well set although
Heath would do a lot of chang
ing if he could get more power.
Jim Moran is on second, Leo
Kighetti on short and third base
v the non-exclusive territory of
Keno Cheso and Mike Baxes.
Tommy Perez who hit .327
for Victoria of the Western In
ternational league last year, is
shooting for Moran's job or a
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spot in the outfield and Raul
Dieppa, a .323 batter in the Class
C Longhorn league, hopes to
oust Righetti.
The outfield could be the
league's best, or it could be a
worse problem than first base
for Manager Keath. .
Presently it lines up with
Clarence Maddern in left, Dave
Melton in center and Ted Beard
in right.
Beard Doing Well
DiPietro, Sal Taormlna and
Perez are also eying the garden
spots.
Heath refuses to commit him
self on the berths although
Beard has been a demon through
spring exhibitions, driving in
every Seal run against the
Cleveland Indians, and Melton's
hitting is expected to give him
the confidence to make a center
fielder out of him.
"If Maddern hns, he gets left
field," Heath said.
Catching chores will be harv
died as last year by Will Tie
siera and Nini Tornay, although
they will get help from young
Merv Donahue who got out of
the Army in time for spring
training. All are capable receiv
ers but none has yet shown a
powerful bat.
"But where we finish depends
on too many things," Heath add
ed. "How can you tell about the
other clubs. These other clubs
have got a bunch of guys now
you never heard of. Who will
they have during the big part of
the season?"
Bob Shantz Has
Narrow Escape
West Palm Beach, Fla. (U.R)
Bobby Shantz, one-time 139-
pound pitching giant of th,e Am
erican league, was expected to
resume training today with the
Kansas City A's after a narrow
escape from serious injury.
Shantz, a 24-game winner in
1952 when he was voted the
league's "most valuable player,"
suffered a cut left ear Tuesday
when struck by a line drive off
the bat of rookie Earl Smith of
the Pittsburgh Pirates. The
Pirates won the game, 9-8, on
Frank Thomas' two-run, . ninth
inning homer.
Smith's second-inning liner
was partly deflected by Shantz
as he threw up his glove but
the ball caromed off the side of
his head and the 29-year-old
southpaw fell to the ground un
conscious. He was carried off
the field on a stretcher but x
rays at a local hospital revealed
no fracture.
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8 Baseball
Letterrnen
At Phoenix
Phoenix Coach Roscoe Lar
son's Phoenix high baseball
team, with one practice victory
to its credit, was scheduled to
meet St. Mary's of Medford this
afternoon.
The Pirates, fortified with
eight returning letterrnen, have
bright prospects for a successful
season, according to Larson.
Back this year from the 1954
squad are pitcher Jack Thomp
son, left fielder Bob Webster,
catcher Riley Bean, center field
er Jerry Nye, first baseman Ray
Dahl, third baseman Larry
Blunt, and pitcher Bill Madden.
Another letterman is short
stop Ron Bean, who lettered two
years ago, but was not out for
baseball last season.
These letterrnen will be con
tending with 13 other top pros
pects for starting berths by the
time the Rogue league season
opens. Many of the newcomers
have not been out long enough
to settle down to one position
yet. according to Larson.
Nine of the new men have
been working out in the out
field, but several of these are
expected to contend for other
spots. They are Mike Campbell,
Jim Heath. Bill Clark, Lester
Schleish, Don Wallas, Earl Dill
ree, Milton Truman, Jim Hobbs,
and Jim Goldenpenny.
Other newcomers, and the
spots they are tentatively slated
for, are Bill Shepherd, second
base; Rodger Carson, pitcher,
Gary Simmonds, third base, and
Don McCarty, catcher. McCarty
also may see duty on the
pitcher's mound, while Carson
has a chance to nail down an
autfield post.
Larson's tentative starting
lineup at the present , time is
Riley Bean, catcher; Dahl, first
base; Madden, second base; Ron
Eean, shortstop; Blunt, -third
base; . Webster, left field; Nye,
center field, and Carson or Wal
lace, right field. Top pitchers
appear to be Thompson, Carson,
and McCarty.
Robinson Unimpressive
Winner Over Lombardo
Cincinnati, Ohio (U.R) Sugar
Ray Robinson admitted today he
"just wasn't sharp" in his timing
in winning an unimpressive
split decision over Johnny Lom
bardo in a 10-round match here
Tuesday night before 5,124 fans
in Cincinnati Gardens.
The 35-year-old fighter, who
showed little of the flash and
power that won him two world
championships, blasted the Mt.
Carmel, Pa., boxer with every
thing he had in a ninth round
surge. But the young challenger
absorbed the punches and kept
pressing the fight.
Willie Pep Takes On
Cadilli in 10-Rounder
Park Air Force Base, Calif.-
An oldster, Willie Pep and a
youngster, Gil Cadilli, tangle in
a 10-round nationally televised
fight here tonight with a simi
lar target in' sight a crack at
the featherweight championship.
Pep, the 32-year-old ring-wise
veteran of 194 fights, has had a
healthy sampling of champion
ship glory, having lost the title
to Sandy Saddler in September
of 1951. Cadilli, making his TV
bow, is recently out of the serv
ice and rates high on the list of
Saddler challengers.
Bobby Dykes Gets Good
Workout With Rubicini
Miami Beach, Fla. (U.R)
Middleweight contender Bobby
Dykes, who is "just waiting
around" to hear from champion
Bobo Olson, today called his
streak busting victory over Gus
Rubicini a "good workout."
It was a clear but close un
animous decision that the skinny
Dykes recorded over Canadian
Gus in the 10-round feature bout
Tuesday night at the Audi
torium. Turley Hurls 5 Shutout
Innings for NY Yankees
Clearwater, Fla. (U.R)
Manager Casey Stengel of the
New York Yankees finally had
today what he's been looking for
all spring an impressive per
formance from pitcher Bob Tur
ley. Turley hurled five shutout
innings Tuesday as the Yankees
beat the Detroit Tigers, 6-1.-
Pittsburgh (U.R) A tired
Pittsburgh hockey team was
given an "equal chance" in to
night's first game of a best-of-seven
series against the Buffalo
Bisons for the Calder Cup, sym
bol of American Hockey League
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CUDD GETS OREGON OPEN PRIZE Bruce Cudd. center,
Portland, appears proud and happy as he accepts first low
gross prize for his victory in the Oregon Open Golf tourna
ment here. The 72-hole tourney was staged last Friday, Satur
day and Sunday at Rogue Valley Country club here. The stel
lar Columbia-Edgewater club amateur tabulated a 289 score
to beat out Joe Greer, Yakima, Wash., professional, and Dick
Yost, Portland amateur, by three strokes. Pictured with
Cudd are Dr. L. Paul Walker, left, president of Rogue Valley
Country club, and Al Williams, pro at Rogue Valley.
Cleveland, Gresham,
MiSwaukie On Slate
Of Tornado Gridders
Three schools from Oregon's
metropolitan area will be on the
Medford high school football
slate next Fall, Coach Fred
Spiegelberg has announced.
Medford will have six home
games in its regular schedule
of nine.
The rivals from the northern
section of the state will be
Cleveland of 'Portland, Mil
waukie and Gresham. Milwaukie
and Gresham replace Marshfield
and Springfield which were
among opponents on the 1954
slate.
Cleveland's Indians, as they
did last year, will provide the
Tornado with its first opposition
of the season.. The game will be
played here on Saturday, Sep
tember 10. All other tangles
will be on Friday's.
Gresham will come here on
September 16. Medford will
travel to Roseburg on September
23 and to Milwaukie on Septem
ber 30.
The 1955 season will build up
to a climax with all the South
ern Oregon conference and dis
trict tussles at the tail end.
After playing Crater here on
October 7, the Tornado will go
to Klamath Falls for its con
ference and district opener on
October 14., Eureka, Calif.,
breaks up the loop slate, coming
Canadians Aim To Gain
Stanley Finals Tonight
By UNITED PRESS
The fired-up Montreal Cana
diens hope to storm into the
final round of the Stanley Cup
playoffs by beating the Boston
Bruins at Montreal tonight, and
the champion Detroit Red Wings
hope they make it.
The Red Wings already are in
the finals, for their easy 3-0 vic
tory over Toronto Tuesday night
gave them a four-game sweep of
their semi-final series.
The Canadiens seized a com
manding 3-1 in their semi-final
by beating the Bruins, 4-3, in
overtime.
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here for a non-conference mix
on October 21. Medford then
opposes Ashland here on Octo
ber 28 and Grants Pass here on
November 4.
Tornado practices will begin
on August 29. Coach Spiegel
berg will have about 20 letter
men back.
Grants Pass
Cinder Foe
Of Tornado
The Medford invitational
track meet set for this Saturday
has boiled down into a dual
engagement between the Black
Tornado and Grants Pass high.
But it should be a big affair just
the same.
There will be varsity and jun
ior varsity, or novice, competi
tion with some overlapping.
Medford Coach Bob Newland
stated that possibly 120 boys will
take part. Newland today was in
the proces sof lining up cinder
men for the various events.
First event will be at 2 p.m.
The coach reported that three
jayvee races will be shortened
with the 440 and 880-yard runs
and mile cut to 330, 660 and
1.320 yards, respectively.
Track Soaked
A soggy track this week has
hampered Tornado workouts.
Runners haven't been able to
use the track since last week and
the running has been done on
the stadium turf.
Three varsity basketball play
ers turned out for the field and
cinderpath sport yesterday. They
were Bud Kastner, Bob Tisdel
and John Foust. Tisdel and Kast
ner may see broad and 'high
jump action this Saturday while
Foust's only participation may
be in a relay.
Kastner will see duty as a re
lay man and, perhaps, as a hurd
ler before the season is over and
Foust will be a quarter-miler.
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Tiger Pennant Hopes
In Hands of Rookies
Bt LEO H. PETERSEN
United Press Sports Editor
"Lakeland, Fla. (U.R) Five
rookie pitchers and two rookie
outfielders hold the key to the
pennant hopes of the Detroit Ti
gers this year.
If they come through, man
ager Bucky Harris believes his
club will be a contender. If they
don't, he expects a tough battle
with the Red Sox for fourth
place, figuring the Yankees, In
dians and White Sox to wind up
in the first three spots, although
not necessarily in that order.
Harris has high hopes for
three youngsters just out of ser
vice pitcher Bill Black, who
won 30 while losing only one in
service games and outfielder J.
W. Porter and John (Budda)
Phillips. Porter, the bonus boy
signed by the White Sox and
then shipped to Detroit, has been
hitting hard and appears a good
bet to win the left field job.
Other Rookie Pitchers
The other rookies are pitchers
Frank Lary, a 15 - game winner
with Buffalo last year; Bill
Froats, a seven game winner
with the same club; Paul Foy
tack, who divided his time last
year between Buffalo and Louis
ville, winning onlv five games
while losing 10; and Duane
Maas, another Buffalo graduate
who won seven last season.
Harris hopes that from those
five pitching rookies and Bob
Miller, a bonus player, he can
come up with at least two start
ers to go along with Ned Garver,
Steve Gromek and Bill Hoeft.
For relief there will be Bob
Shaultz, an 18-game winner with
New Orleans; Led Christante,
who won 24 at Atlanta; and
Ben Flowers, who won another
trail after winning 11 at Louis
ville. Other pitching possibili
ties are holdovers Al Aber 5-11;
Ray Herbert 3-6; George Zuve
rink 9-13 and Dick Marlowe 5-4.
Except for pitching the club
is pretty well set, providing Fer
ris Fain recovers from a torn
ligament in his right leg. Harris
is counting on Fain to win the
first base spot, but if he can't
make it, Wayne Belardi. an ex
pensive purchase from the Dod
gers in mid-season of 1954, or
Jack Phillips, drafted from Hol
lywood where he batted .300,
Boxer Hurt Seriously
In First Pro Scuffle
Trenton, N. J. (U.R) Young
Philadelphia boxer Bryan
Thompson was in a serious con
dition in St. Francis Hospital
today, still unconscious several
hours after being knocked out
in his first professional fight.
Thompson, a last-minute sub
stitute, was knocked out by
Jerry Luedde of New Haven,
Conn., at 2:38 of the second
round of their semi-final bout
Tuesday night, which had been
scheduled for six rounds.
When the young middleweight
failed to regain consciousness 10
minutes after the kayo, ring
physician Dr. George A. Corio
ordered him removed to the hos
pital. There officials reported
that, while he seemed normal in
all other respects, he remained
unconscious.
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Fred Hatfield will be at sec
ond with the brilliant Harvey
Kuenn at short and hard-hitting
Ray Boone at third. Boone has a
sore arm but is sure he will be
ready for the season's opener.
Reno Bertoia. the vounsr bo
nus player who batted only .162
with the Tigers last season, and
John Baumgartner, who was
with Little Rock and Buffalo in
1954, are infield reserve candi
dates. Best Throwing Outfield
If Porter wins the left, field
job, Harris believes he will have
the best throwing outfield in the
league with Al Kaline in right
and Bill Tuttle in center. John
Phillips also can hit and -is fast,
as are the other three. The vet
erans Jim Delsing will be around
as will Steve Souchock, who can
play first base as well as the
outfield.
Even though they let him eo.
the White Sox rate Porter so
highly they offered to buy him
back with a reported $100,000
bid, but the Tigers turned it
down.
Red Wilson, who hit .282 last
season after the Tigers obtained
him from the White Sox. and
Frank House will do the catch
ing. Harris refuses to rate them
No. 1 and 2, merely saying that
he will catch whichever one
"happens to be hot up there at
the plate."
It is a youne club overall and
Harris realizes that it may be
a year or two away. But if he
comes up with some pitching
help, he figures the Tigers will
surprise a lot of people.
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