TWELVEMTErORD (OREGON)
A's Purchase
E. Blackwell
From Yanks
West Palm Beach, Fla. : !U.R
Officials of the Kansas City Ath
letics insisted today that the A's
purchase of three players from
the New York Yankees had
"nothing to do" with a reported
Tankee offer for pitcher Arnold
Portocarrero.
The deal announced last night,
first made by the A's since their
shift to Kansas City, brought to
last season's last place team
pitchers Ewell (The Whip) Black
well and Tom Gorman and firlt
baseman Dick Kryhoski.
The purchase price was not an
, nounced, but was estimated at
$30,000.
Ray Kennedy, the A's director
of player personnel, said that the
straight cash transaction did not
stem in any way from a report
two days ago that the Yankees
had offered five players to Kan
sas City for pitcher Arnold Por
tocarrero, generally regarded as
the ace of the Kansas City staff.
However, many observers at
the training camp here believe
this purchase may be the fore
runner of still further deals be
tween the two teams, possibly
involving Portocarrero.
Baseball Briefs
San Diego, Calif (U.R)
Manager Bob Elliott scheduled
only a batting practice today aft
er his San Diego Padres whip
ped the Camp Pendleton Ma
rines 10-2 yesterday. Left
hander Bob Kerrigan pitched
nine innings of ball in the win
and gave up only six hits Dick
Faber hit a bases loaded homer
in the second and drove in a
total of five runs.
ANGELS DUMP UCLA
Fullerton, Calif. (U.R) Cal
McLish starts for "the Lcs Ange
les. Angels today as they renew
their cross-town rivalry with the
Hollywood Stars here. The
Angels dumped UCLA 11-1 yes
terday to avenge an earlier 9-6
defeat at the hands of the Bruins.
Pitcher Joe Hatten went seven
innings and allowed only four
hits. Outfielder Bob Usher
slugged a homerun, a triple and
a single in driving in two runs.
Buzz Clarkson also homered for
the Angels.
SUDS BEAT STARS
Palm Springs, Calif. (U.R)
The Seattle Rainiers plsy the
Portland Beavers t Glendale,
Calif., today after defeating Hol
lywood 12-3 yesterday with a 15
hit barrage against four Star
pitchers. Moe Savransky, a
southpaw obtained from Cincin
nati, pitched seven innings yes
terday and scattered five hits.
PINCH HOMER WINS
El Centro, Calif. (U.R)
George Metkovich, limping with
bad charlie horse, uncorked a
two-run, pinch hit home run in
the ninth inning last night to
five the Oakland Oaks a narrow
6-5 win over Sacramento. The
Colons had taken the lead on
two homers by catcher Dan
Baich and another by first base
man Nippy Jones.
SO RECORD
Augusta. Ga. (U.R) Bob Por-
terfield pointed to a 3-0 Grape
fruit League record today as evi
dence he's ready for the Wash
ington Senator's opening day
mound assignment. Porter
field was credited with his third
victory of the spring Wednesday
in an 8-4 win over the Cincin
nati Redlegs.
MORTON TO FARM CLUB
Sarasota, Fla. (U.R) Guv-
Morton Jr..- son of a former
Cleveland Indians' pitcher, was
sent by the Boston Red Sox to
day to their Montgomery, Ala.,
farm club. The Red Sox, who
.play the Philadelphia Phillies
today, were battered Wednesday
by the Detroit Tigers, 9-3.
GARMON TODENVER
Daytona Beach. Fla. (U.R)
The Pittsburgh Pirates announc
ed today that pitcher Chuck
Garmon has been returned to
Denver in the Western League.
Garmon had a 16-7 record with
Denver last season but did not
fiitch an inning of exhibition ball
his spring. The Pirates bowed
to the Baltimore Orioles, 3-1, in
the opener of a doubleheader
Wednesday but bounced back to
win the second game, 2-0. for
their seventh triumph in their
last eight games.
SOLLY DRAKE HURT
Mesa. Ariz. (U.R) Solly
Drake. 24 - year - old rookie
rated a chance to be the Chicago
Cubs' regular centerfielder this
year, will be side-lined for an
estimated two months with a
discloated right ankle and bro
ken fibula.
JUSTICE RETIRES
Chapel Hill, N. C. (U.D -
Charley (Choo Choo) Justice
Washington Redskins halfback
and former football All-America
at the University of North Caro
lina, has announced his retire
ment from football. Justice, a
native of Asheville, N.C.. who
now resides here, said he has
accepted a job as a salesman for
an oil company and would con
tinue to live in thi3 city.
MAIL TRIBUNE
STENGEL THINKS YANKS
SHOULD ABOUT MATCH
LAST YEAR'S WIN TOTAL
By LEO H. PETERSEN
United Press Sports Editor
St. Petersburg, Fla. (U.R)
The Yankees won 103 games
last season and finished second,
eight games behind the Indians.
Wily Casey Stengel thinks his
1955 team will win about the
same number of games, and that
it will be enough to win the
American league pennant. Most
baseball people agree, although
they also feel as Stengel does
that the Indians will be tough
to beat.
"But we should do it," Stengel
said. "It won't be easy, though."
Except for pitching and one
infield spot, his 1955 club is all
set.
The infield spot undecided is
shortstop. It looks like Stengel
will open the season with the
veteran Phil Rizzuto, but no
one expects him to hold up very
long. And if he does fade, it will
be Bill Hunter at that important
post.
Scooter Poses Problem
Hunter was one of the three
players the Yankees acquired
in their big million-dollar deal
with the Orioles, and the others
being pitchers Bob Turley and
Don Larsen.
Hunter has more range than
36-year-old Rizzuto. Last season
Rizzuto, who criticized Stengel
for not using him more, hit only
.193, far below his usual bat
ting average. Hunter, who is 26,
hit .240 with the Orioles.
At first base it will be Bill
Skowron, who as a part time
performer hit .340 last season.
Stengel plans to use him against
all types of pitching, instead of
platooning him with Joe Collins.
Last year, Skowron played only
when left- handers pitched
against the Yankees.
Howard Should Slick
Gil McDougald will be at sec
ond and Andy Carey at third
with an outfield of Irv Noren
in left, Mickey Mantle in cen
ter and Hank Bauer in right.
Gerry Coleman will be around
to take over at either second,
short or third and Eddie Rob
inson, a first baseman, will be
kept mostly for pinch hitting
chores. Stengel also must carry
two infield bonus babies, first
baseman Frank Leja and
shortstop Tom Carroll.
Bob Cerv and the veteran
En os Slaughter will be the out
field reserves. Collins also can
play the outfield and so can
rookie Elston Howard, who
seems sure to be retained. How
ard, however, is not too sure
in the outfield and probably
Hearn Key to Giants'
Flag Hopes With New
Attitude, Secret Pitch
Tucson, Ariz. (U.R) Jim
Hearn. who helped pitch the
New York Giants to a pennant
in 1951, has been described as
the key man in the Giants' ef
forts for a repeat National
league flag.
Manager Leo Durocher him
self cited Hearn as his most ex
citing improvement this spring
training campaign.
"Hearn is the most improved
man on my staff," said Duroch
er. "His attitude has not only
changed but he's a far better
pitcher than I have even seen
him to be."
That new attitude is the ob
vious change in Hearn, who had
an 8-8 won-lost record last year.
But there's a "mystery" about
him. too a "secret pitch."
Hearn developed the pitch un
der Coach Frank Shellenback,
his private tutor, and catcher
Wes Westrum. They will unveil
it shortly after the season be
gins. OSC DINNER CANCELLED
Portland (U.R) The Port
land retail trade bureau's sched
uled dinner to honor the Oregon
State basketball team next Mon
day night was cancelled today
because of lack of public re
sponse. Baseball
WEDNESDAY EXHIBITIONS
(1st Came)
Pittsburgh N 000 1 00 000 1 8 1
Baltimore (Al 010 002 OOx 3 8 0
Wade. Donoso (5) and Shepard. Pa
lica. Rogovin (6) and Moss. Winning
pitcher Rogovin. Losing p i t c h e r
Donoso.
("nd Game, ft Innings)
Pittsburgh iNl 000 000 02 2 6 1
Baltimore IAi 000 000 00 0 3 0
Sawyer. Face i7 and Atwell. Cole
man. Miller (8) and Batts. Winning
pitcher Face. Losing pitcher Miller.
Milwaukee (N) 000 100 001 2 9 1
Brooklyn N 000 012 OOx 3 8 0
Burdette, Wilson (6) and Crandall.
Parks i7). Wojey.. Darnell " and
Walker. Winning pitcher Darnell.
Losing pitcher Wilson.
Detroit fA) 030 600 000 9 14 1
Boston Al 000 000 0033 5 1
Hoeft. Zuverink 7 and Wilson,
Yewcic 7t. Delock. Smith (5). Free
man (8 and White. Winning pitcher
Hoeft. Losing pitcher Delock.
Cincinnati (JT) 000 004 100 5 8 2
Wash. (A).. .200 410 lOx 3 13 2
Minarcin, Collum (5i and Bailev.
Porterfield. Shea, (7), Currie 9 and
Korcheck. Winning pitcher Porter
field. Losing pitcher Minarcin.
'Called end of 12 innings, dark.)
NY. (A 100 303 030 000 10 15 3
Phila.tX) 000 150 040 000 10 12 3
Kucks. Wiesler (6), Sturdivant '8)
and Howard. Owens. Casagrande (7),
Penson (9 and Lopata. Burgess (3).
New York (N) 100 230 042 12 16 2
Cleveland! A) 310 031 030 11 10 3
Antonelli. Grissom 6. Jansen (8.
I-iddle (8. Giel (9) and Westrum. Katt
8. Garcia. Houtteman 5. Mossi 19)
and Hegan. Winning pitcher Laddie.
Losing pitcher Mossi.
Thursday, March 31, 1933
will wind up as the No. 2 catch
er behind Yogi Berra.
Three Siarters Ready
Ed Ford (16-8), Bob Grim (20
6) and Turley. who won 14 while
losing 15 with the Orioles, are
three sure starters. The No. 4
starting job is wide open with
Larsen, who won only three
games with the Orioles last sea
son; rookie John Kucks and the
veteran Tommy Byrne, who won
three games for the Yankees
last season after being purchas
ed from Seattle, battling for the
job. Another possibility is Tom
Morgan, (11-5).
Two veterans, Johnny Sain
(6-6) and Jim Konstanty (3-4)
will be the relief specialists.
Another veteran, steady Ed
die Lopat, will be used as a
spot starter on a once-a-week
basis.
Other pitching possibilities in
clude Tom Gorman, who was
hurt most of last season when
he won only three games while
losing two at Kansas City; Art
Schallock, back for another shot
after winning 12 at Oakland and
Lou Sleater, the former Browns
left-hander who ron seven with
Charleston and Kansas City last
season.
Eagles Nab
4th in Row
Eagle Point Eagle Point
high scored its fourth straight
baseball win and its second over
Prospect by drubbing the Coug
ars 15 to 0 at Prospect yester
day. The tussle had been set for
Monday, was switched to today
then was rescheduled for yes
terday when the Rogue River
Eagle Point track meet plans
succumbed to bad weather. Even
at that weather threatened the
baseball game. There was snow
on the ground yesterday at Pros
pect. Carl Christian turned in a
three-hit pitching performance
and got three safeties in five
times up for Eagle Point. He
faced only 26 batters, walked
one and fanned 10. Dick Brown
hit three for four for the Eagles.
LIN'ESCORE:
Eagle Point ....304 230 315 11 3
Prospect 000 000 0 0 3 7
C. Christian and Boren; Babbs,
Peterson (4) and Walls.
Nats, Pistons
To Open Play-Off
For NBA Mantle
Syracuse, N. Y. (U.R) The
Syracuse Nationals and the Fort
Wayne Pistons, meet tonight in
the first game of the National
Basketball Association's champ
ionship playoff. .
The Pistons, who never have
won a game at Syracuse, were
10-point underdogs for the open
er of professional basketball's
best-of-seven title series. A standing-room-only
crowd of about
9,000 was expected to watch the
game at the War Memorial Audi
torium. Syracuse and Fort Wayne
both won regular season pen
nants in their respective divi
sions. Then the Nationals turned
back the Boston Celtics in the
Eastern semi-finals, while the
Pistons surprised the defending
champion Minneapolis Lakers in
the Western eliminations.
USF Dons Choose
Swede Halbrook
San Francisco (U.R) Tom
Gola of LaSalle headed an all
opponent team named yesterday
by the University of San Fran
cisco Dons, NCAA basketball
champions. .
Others named to the first team
were Ken Sears of Santa Clara,
Jim Scott "of West Texas State,
Wade (Swede) Halbrook of Ore
gon State, and Tom Salvino of
Loyola, Los Angeles. The selec
tions were made without regard
to position.
Yankee's First Large
Cut in Squad Expected
St. Petersburg, Fla. (U.R)
The New York Yankees were ex
pected to make their first large
squad cut today before break
ing camp to begin an eight-game
trip northward.
Particular interest centered on
whether Negro c a t c h e r-out-f
ielder Elston Howard and
rookie pitcher Johnny Kucks
would stay with the squad. Both
are expected to be retained al
though Kucks was hit 'hard'
Wednesday in the Yankees' 10
10. 12-inning tie with the Phila
delphia Phillies.
COX TRANSFERS
Minneapolis, Minn. (U.R)
University of Washington foot
ball star Bobby Cox was admit
ted officially to the University
of Minnesota as a transfer stu
dent Tuesday. v
Cox, star quarterback for the
Huskies last season, left Wash
ington recently saying he was
"unhappy" there. He will take
radio and television announcing
courses here. Cox will not be
eligible for football at Minne
sota until the 1956 season. He is
a sophomore.
GETTING READY Harold "Buck" Davidson, above, long a
favorite with Medford wrestling fans, is shown working out
in preparation for his match with newcomer "Champ" Thomas
at Merrick's arena here Saturday night. In other bouts Yoggi
Hussane opposes Cyclone Cobb and Gerry Hunter takes on
Shirley Winters in a girls' match. Starting time is 8:30 p.m.
Medfo;
Tornado, Comet Nines
Vie Friday, Saturday
Rival coaches today indicated
probable line-ups for the week
end baseball series between
Medford and Crater high schools.
The teams clash at 3:b0 p.m.
Friday and at 1:30 p.m. on Satur
day. Both games will be on the
Medford high diamond since the
city field at Central Point is not
yet in playing condition. Med
ford's Black Tornado will be
making its first appearance of
1955 before a home crowd. The
tangles open the season for
Crater.
Coach Alex McDonald report
ed that Ed McCullough and Ken
Piland are the likely starting
moundsmen for the Tornado.
Crater Mentor Clarence Mcllbye
said that Kay Kelley and Fred
Herrmann probably will get
first hill call for the Comets.
Neither coach designated which
of his choices would start on
Friday. Little Ernie Tyler is ex
pected to get first bid for relief
for Medford. -McCay
Leads Off
The Medford tutor listed his
tentative starting crew in a pos
sible batting order with Dale
McCay, centerfielder, leading
off. Jim Owsley or Larry Per
kins will be at second spot and
at second base with Ed Reinking
batting third and playing first
base. Slated for clean - up post
is Lorin Jacobs, leftfielder.
Paul Eckel will be in right
field, Larry Gober at third base,
Duane Sides or Gordon Owsley
at shortstop, and Dick McLaugh
lin at the catching post.
The pitcher is listed the usual
ninth in McDonald's order. Mc
Laughlin was on the sick list
yesterday and Terry King or
Ray Hilton might handle the
catching if he is still on the shelf.
Coach Mellbye who has eight
lettermen and more tnan 20
freshmen and sophomores on a
squad of 40, indicated that one
of the letterwearers. Harold Lef
ler, will handle the . catching
chores. Pitchers Kelley and
Herrmann are both lettermen
and a third hurler who wears a
"C" is Fred Hogue.
Tonn at First
Harvey Tonn, letterman and
performer for the Cheney Studs
last summer, is expected to hold
down the first sack with the cur
rent choice between Ken Bailey
and Frank Saxbury, non-letter-men,
at second base. Likely
shortstop is a veteran, Donn
Johnson but a pair of non-letter-men,
Morton Gossett and Lyman
Stubbs, are vying at third.
In the outfield, Vern Parent,
who has lettered at second base,
is expected to roam the middle
area with Mel Harsh or Allen
Gosnell to get the call in the
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left pasture. In right field Gary
Smith seems to have the edge
over Neil Green, a letterman,
who has been groomed too as a
first baseman. John Shama and
Charles South are among the
leading outfield prospects.
Lack of a field has hampered
the Comets, who won the JDJ
League and District 6 A-2 south
em division last year. They
have been working out as best
they can on the school grounds.
Mellbye is looking for jayvee
opposition for his 10 to 12 fresh
men and 10 to 12 sophomores.
He is handling the coaching of
the large squad alone.
Coach Alex McDonald report
ed yesterday that he has cut his
squad to 27 boys and may drop
three or four more. Frank Roe
landt is now assisting Mac with
the tutoring.
CRATER SCHEDULE:
ADril 1 and 2 At Medford: April 8
At Eagle Point: April 9 Eagle Point
at Central Point; April 12 Klamath
Falls at Central Point; April 16 Ash
land at Central Point; April 22 Phoe
nix at Central Point; April 23 At
Phoenix; April 26 At Grants Pass;
April 29 Illinois Valley at Cave Junc
tion; April 30 Illinois Valley at Cen
tral Point.
Mav 3 At Klamath Falls: May 10
At Ashland; May 17 Grants Pass at
Central Point; May 14 A-2 district
play-off; May 21 A-2 and A-l inter
district play-off. '
(All Crater game will b in the
afternoon.)
Pro Net Tourney
To Use Ping Pong
Scoring Method
Cleveland (U.R) The an
nual "world" professional ten
nis tournament opens tonight at
the Cleveland arena with more
attention focused on. inaugura
tion of the ping pong scoring
system, perhaps, than on the
players themselves.
Richard (Big Pancho) Gonzales
heads the field in the three-day
event, but the ping pong method
of scoring could affect his chance
of retaining the title he has won
the last two years.
Twenty-one points will con
stitute a set, and service will be
patterned after that in ping pong;
only one try pf r point, with the
service changing hands every
five points.
Fishermen Must
Turn in Cards
Portland (U.R) The State
Game commission has reminded
fishermen the salmon-steelhead
punch cards expire today, March
31, and should be turned into
game commission license agenc
ies. New cards, which will expire
Dec. 31, will be issued by the
agencies.
PAVING
Kid Gavilan
Slips to 3th
In Ring Rank
XMew York (U.R) Former
welterweight champion Kid Gav
ilan, skidding rapidly since los
ing his title to Johnny Saxton
last October, faded almost out
of the welterweight picture
when the monthly ratings of
Ring magazine, placed him at
eighth in the division.
Gavilan, the one-time Cuban
Hawk whose rapid hands and all
around ring generalship carried
him to the title in July 1952,
returned to the ring after the
loss to Saxton of New York
and squeezed out an unimpres
sive majority decision over Ern
ie Durando of Bayonne, N.J.,
on Feb. 4.
Gavilan then lost in succession
to Hector Constance of Trini
dad and the elongated Bobby
Dykes of Miami.
The "Keed," who was ranked
fourth last month, is now listed
behind Carmen Basilio, Vince
Martinez, Tony DeMarco, Ra
mon Fuentes, Maurice Harper,
Constance, and Del Flanagan.
Freddie Dawson and Virgil Ak
ins are rated behind him.
Despite Mexican Raul Macias'
11th round knockout victory
over Chamrern Songkitrat of
Thailand, Ring magazine con
tinues to list Robert Cohen of
France as the world bantam
weight king. Macias is ranked as
the No. 1 contender, while Song
kitrat is rated sixth.
Among the heavyweights Nino
Valdes of Cuba, by-passed for
a title shot at Rocky Marciano
in favor of England's Don Cock
ell, remains the leading chal
lenger, while Tommy Hurricane
Jackson of New York, who cur
rently is on a winning streak,
has been upped from sixth to
fifth. Jimmy Slade of New
York has dropped out of the
top 10 in favor of - Charley Nor
kus, Jersey City, N.J., who is
ranked 10th.
2500 To Contend
In Willamette
Relays at Salem
Salem iflJ.R) Fortune Gor
dien, former Minnesota ace who
holds the world's discus record
of 194 feet, six inches, has en
tered the Willamette relays to
be held here Saturday.
Salem (U.R) More than
2,500 Oregon college and high
school athletes will compete here
Saturday at the annual Willam
ette relays.
Willamette university athletic
officials ' said the meet would
probably be the largest one-afternoon
track event in the world.
The Northwest's top prep and
collegiate thinclads are entered.
The college class invitational
100-yard dash and 120-yard high
hurdles will be the feature ev
ents. Bob Gary, University of
Washington, tops an imposing
list of sprinters with a 9.6 best.
Ken Mischall, Mather Air Force
base in California, tied the re-'
lays mark in the hurdle event
last year at 15.5. His best is 14
flat.
Another showpiece of the meet
will be University of Oregon's
four-man distance medley tesm,
which is sure to be one of the
best in the nation this season
Included on the team is Bill
Dellinger, whose 4:10 NCAA
mile victory last season was one
of the year's top marks; Jim
Bailey, Australian 880 cham
pion; Ken Reiser, who will run
the three-quarter mile, and Gor
don Dahlquist.
Eagle Point high plans to have
10 or 12 boys participating in
the Willamette relays at Salem
on Saturday.
CHECK
Salmon Fishing Slow
On Lower Rogue River
Portland (U.R) The weekly
report on fishing conditions pre
pared by the State Games Com
mission: SOUTHWESTs Few bass been
reported from Siltcoos and Tah
kenitch lakes; if weather clears
bay fishing should be good;
lower Rogue salmon fishing
slow.
Gil Cadilli
Victor Over
Willie Pep
San Francisco (U.R) A
summer re-match in Madison
Square Garden was predicted to
day for Gil Cadilli and Willie
Pep in the wake of young Gil
winning a split and disputed 10
round decision over the former
featherweight champion Wednes
day night.
Cadilli, 23, squeaked out a
close verdict over the former
titleholder before a lusty crowd
of 5,000 Air Force men at Parks
Air Force base about 40 miles
from here.
Sid Flaherty, manager of Cad
illi, made the prediction of the
Garden re-match. But there's a
major stumbling block in the
way of that, because Pep is pres
ently on the "retired" list in
New York state placed there
after being kayoed by Lulu Per
ez, Feb. 26, 1954. He would have
to be approved by the whole
medical board of the New York
commission before the fight
could be held.
Referee Jack Downey ' voted
Wednesday night's fight to Pep,
58-52, but he was overruled by
Judges Tony Bosnich and Eddie
James, who each gave it to Cad
illi, 56-54. The United Press had
Pep winning, 57 Vz to 52 Vi.
Hornets Capture
First Encounter
Pittsburgh (U.R) Coach
Gaye Stewart banked on come
back play today for his Buffalo
Bisons but rival Coach Howie
Meeker of the Pittsburgh Hor
nets hoped for an "as you were"
status when the teams clash here
Saturday in the second game of
the American Hockey League
Calder Cup playoffs.
The Hornets took the opener
of the best-of-seven series, 5-4,
Wednesday night. They got off
to a fast 3-1 lead in the opening
period. .
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Outlook Here
For Softball
Discouraging
Prospects for organized 'soft
ball play this summer are still
discouraging but President Herb .
Vessey of Medford Softball asso
ciation and a few aides will
"keep trying" in efforts to re
vive and stir up interest.
Only a handful of katball de
votees were on hand last night
for a meeting at the YMCA. It
had been announced before the
session that poor attendance and
apparent lack of interest might
mean abandonment of formal
league contention. However,
Vessey reported that more "pre
liminary work" will be done and
that possibilities at Talent and
Central Point will be in
vestigated. He set Friday, April 8, as the
date for another meeting. It will
again be at the YMCA. .
Giants Scrounge Out
12-11 Nod Over Tribe
San Antonio, Tex. (U.R) The
New York Giants and Cleveland
Indians put the big fall classic
of 1954 on the road today but
they 11 have to pardon the fans
if they ask: 'This is a World
Series?"
The Giants, who lead in the
series, 6-4, scrounged out a 12-11
triumph Wednesday with the aid
of an error by second-baseman'
Bobby Avila. Foster Castleman
followed the two-out boot with
the winning single.
Ralph Kiner. Avila, Art
Houtteman and George Strick
land homered for the Indians
while Gail Harris and Hank
Thompson homered for the
Giants.
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