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gIP(D)IMr Baltimore Orioles Rebuild From Bottom; Platoon Use Planned by Paul Richards This is the final story in a series on the 1955 prospects of the major league clubs. By LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Sports Editor West Palm Beach, Fla. (U.R) Paul Richards is rebuilding the Baltimore Orioles from the bot tom up with a mass turnover of players, and he hopes to finish in the first division. It appears he may be aiming too high al though he declares confidently that "we'll finish in the middle of the pack." He is going to out-platoon Casey Stengel of the Yankees this season, using two different players at every position except right field and catcher. The vet eran Gene- Woodling will play right field against all comers. Otherwise, the opposing pitcher will decide Richard's lineup. When left-handers go against the Orioles, it will be Gus Tri andos at first; Billy Cox, the former star third baseman of the Dodgers, at second; Willie Miranda, a switch-hitter at short; and one of two veterans Vern Stephens or Bob Kennedy at third. Castoffs Glitter Lineup Against right-handers, Eddie Waitkus will take over at first; Bobby Young at second; Cox at BOWLING CITY LEAGUE Foresters of City Bowling -League defeated Ross Lumber 4 to 0 last week to bring the race into a closer match for the second half. Norton Lumber Co. kept its lead by a margin of ZVz games over Ross Lumber. The next six teams are within four games of each other. Ross Lumber took scratch highs with a game of 903 series of 2594. Ray Wise of Ross had high game of 215 and series of 574. Standings W. L. Norton Lumber Co. ...34',i 17 'i Boss Lumber Co. 31 21 White City Sales 31 21 Top Notch Cafe 29 23 Mogan Lumber Co 29 23 Red Blanket Lumber Co. 28 24 Ed's Barber Shop 27 25 Darrell Miller Co 23 'i 28 ",i Crater Electric 23 29 Central Market 23 29 Ind. Order of Foresters 22 30 Camp White ..ll 41 Results: -' - Ed's Shop 4 Central Mkt 0 F. Couch 489 B. Havman 426 I. Paschke 50(1 F. Keierleber 308 T. Van Sickle 498 E. Sommer 421 I. Bollinger 475 J. Keener 494 K. Johnson 520 G. Schulz 492 Handicap 126 3489 ' 2262 Ross Lbr. 0 Foresters 4 C. Heim 486 C. Morrison ..502 T. Martin 493 J. D. Lubbers 511 G. Culy 502 V. Simmondi 513 B. Forrest 539 V. Lubbers 497 R. Wise , 574 H. Vessey Jr. 527 Handicap 147 2594 2697 White City 4 Camp White V. Calhoun 431 R. Ruffia 403 L. Smith 427 W. Cody 337 (Absentee) 456 E. Ricker 394 F. Knox 521 R. Findley 429 J. Hens on 475 M. Ament 499 Handicap 162 2310 2224 Top Notch 3 Red Blanket t H. Shaw 490 G. Stewart 396 T. Jantzer 460 J. Lonean 403 T. Mitchell 526 E. Hill 426 D. Harmon 480 S. Murrey 397 J. Laden 475 C. Epps 391 Handicap 291 2431 2304 Crater Elee. 4 Miller Co. 0 H. Allen 479 B. Wilson 441 L. Knaop 526 J. Roberts 398 P. Dorff 445 E. Lenz 534 C. Hamoson 501 B. White 335 V. Allen 431 L. Webster 482 Handicap 78 2382 2268 Norton Lbr. 1 Moean Lbr. 3 M. Morris 420 F. Chapman 488 E Olson 442 N. Henson 488 C. Pfnister 331 J. Veal 429 M. Olson 420 B. Dyer 518 J. Boettcher 484 J. Burroughs 529 Handicap 249 2346 2452 EVERGREEN LEAGUE Standings: W. L. Pierce Autofreight 36 16 Med ford Barbers 33 19 Swift and Co 32 't 19 i Citv Hall Slickers 27 25 Jorgen-sen"s Dairy 26 26 Tru Mix Construction 25 27 Bel Air Chev 23 29 Big" Y Super Market 21 31 First National Bank 19'.i 32 i Sherwin Williams Paints 17 35 Results: Big Y .'- 3 City Hall 1 Ray Sceer 545 B. Stevens 451 Frank Boone 482 Buck Dow 431 (Absentee) .... 423 Ed McKinstry 381 Paul McOuat 552 Bob Duff 448 Ken Berrey 447 J Comoagnoni 558 Handicap 168 2449 2437 Pierre Freicht 2 Tru Mix 2 Swede Larson 478 Chas.Snedden 488 Gene Do von 488 J. Cummings 418 Harv Hawley 436 Jim Baize 504 Len Negles 365 G. Burroughs 477 Herb Vallee 480 J. Burroughs 490 Handicap 142 2379 3377 S-W Paints 3 Bel Air Chevs. 1 Jake Olsen 553 Art Maggenti 467 nan Hull 432 Slim Hardin 373 H Thompson 381 Bud Wilson 475 Rav Ttesham 495 Ed Radsweit 495 Hugh Shaw 474 Doc Wilson 488 Handicap 90 2425 2298 Jorgensen's 3 Swift Co. 1 Herm Duncan 420 C. McWhorter a4i Jack Givler 480 John Mathes 413 Joe Joreen-scn 316 CI. Freeman 4o6 B Pritchett 443 B. Messelbeck 390 Hal E's 521 By GriHUh. 521 Handicap 267 2447 . 3327 1st Nf!. Bank 2 Barbers 2 Paul Dimick 512 Frank Kirk 59a Garrv Shuler 408 Dave Kreer 417 Dick" Miller 458 F. Chapman 501 Bob Lane 502 Ray Wise 544 (Absentee) 417 Absentee 49a Handicap 234 2531 S532 short and either the veteran Johnny Pesky or rookie Don Leppert at third. In the outfield it will be Hoot Evers and Gil Coan alternating in left and Cal Abrams and Chuck Diering in center. All four are major league castoffs. Evers and Diering will go against southpaw pitching, Coan end Abrams, who hit .293 for the Orioles last season after they picked him up from the Pirates, against righties. Hal Smith will be the No. 1 catches, with two veterans, Matt Batts and Les Moss, in reserve. Smith hit .350 at Columbus last season and has a chance to be come one of the outstanding catchers in the league. Kuzava In Relief Three pitchers obtained from the Yankees Jim McDonald (4-1), Harry Byrd (9-7) and Bill Miller (0-1) figure to be start ers, along with holdovers Duane Pillette (10-14), Joe Coleman (13 7), and Erv Palica, the ex Dodger. Three rookies Bob Alex ander, Don Ferrarese and Ron Duren - have a chance to stick. For relief. Richards is bank ing on southpaw Bob Kuzava, another ex-Yankee and right hander Don Johnson, an eight game winner with the White Sox. Saul Rogovin, who was ship ped to the minors after having one g6od season under Richards with the White Sox, and Ray Moore an eight-game winner with St. Paul, are other pitching possibilities. Baseball Briefs By UNITED PRESS Anaheim, Calif (U.R) Rookie Bill Mazeroski doubled to center field to drive in Jack Lohrke in the sixth inning Saturday, giv ing Hollywoid a slim 4-3 ex hibition game win over Fort Ord. Carlos Bernier and Lohrke both slammed trioles earlier in the sixth frame, Bernier knock ing in one run and Lohrke two. Palm Springs, Calif. (U.R) High winds and a dust storm nip ped a potential Seattle victory over an Oakland B team in the bottom of the third inning yes terday by forcing a halt to the contest when the Suds were lead ing 4-0. Meanwhile Seattle Manager Freddie Hutchinson today named Southpaw Vic Lombardi as his pitcher for the league opener Tuesday night at Oakland. Los Angeles (U.R) Promis ing Los Angeles Pitcher George Piktuzis set the University of Southern California down with six hits Saturday, as the Angels defeated the Trojans at Windy Bovard field, 6-3. Pictuzis went the full nine in nings for the first time this year, fanning five and walking six batters. Piktuzis also supplied the only home run of the game, a blast over the right field screen in the third inning. Red Hopes High In Baseball Bf LEN WEBER SOC Student Sports Writer Ashland Play Ball! It won't be long before those familiar old words will be floating over the baseball diamond and the Southern Oregon college .Red Raiders will be in action again. According to reliable sources the SOC nine is really loaded with talent this year and have several key lettermen back to spearhead the club. Just about every sport that is played on the SOC campus has to have in some way or another Coach Alex Petersen Jr.'s name connected. Because of some un fortunate happenings in football and basketball Coach Petersen and crew had to settle for a runner-up or third place in the Ore gon Collegiate Conference. However, : the saying is that trie third time is a charm, and this time referring to the sport of baseball as the third event, the Raiders could bring home an OCC title. Landers Twins Play To work with, Petersen has re turning lettermen Tiger Smith, catcher; Lloyd Hoffine, pitcher; Ritchie Price, second base; Corky Ellis, first base; Ned Landers, pitcher and first baseman; Ted Landers, third base; and out fielder John Niles. Along with the lettermen, there is Dick Nix at second base, and shortstops Bill Seymour and Ron Owings. In the outfield there will be all new men this year, with the ex ception of Niles. Promising can didates include Charlie Rettman, Al Kimura, Bill Seymour, and Herb Colley. Perhaps the most promising fact of the Raider squad is that of the pitchers. The leading mound candidate is Lloyd Hoffine, jun ior and two-year letterman. Back ing Hoffine will be Ned Landers, a southpaw who also doubles at first base. Landers is a one-year letterman from. Medford, and last year was known not only as a good twirler, but one of the team's leading sluggers. Returning veteran and letter man, Keith Johnson, will also be on the mound for the SOC nine, and big Hal Schneiderman, righthander from Coos Bay. Hal didn't see much action last year but there are signs that he will be used a lot this season as he is more experienced and stronger on the mound, notably so with his fast ball. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday; 1 a.m. Monday for Monday; other days 5:30 previous day. SIX SCHOOLS TO ENTER ANNUAL ROGUE RELAYS Six schools will compete again this year in the Rogue relays Saturday, April 9 at the Medford high stadium. The schools are Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Ashland, Crater, Marshfield and Medford high. Replacement For Williams Named Albany, Ga. (U.R) Faye Throneberry, 23-year old return ing serviceman, was named Ted William's replacement yesterday as the Boston Red Sox for the first time planned to start the season without the great slug ger. Manager Mike Higgins told a press conference he "expected to see Williams in Sarasota" but now "must go along with the as sumption that he won't be with us." Higgins, clubowner Tom Yaw key and general manager Joe Cronin have expected Williams to report since spring training start on March 1. Throneberry has batted .285 and led the Red Sox in hits and runs batted in while they com piled an 11-8 Grapefruit League record. Johnny Orlando, the Red Sox' clubhouse attendant and a close friend of Ted, has shipped Wil liam's personal equipment to Fenway Park in Boston. The Red Sox are still hoping that Ted will report to them when they reach Boston. The club is hold ing .William's No. 9 uniform open against this possibility. Alaskan Movie Showing Slated "Alaska, the Last Frontier," an all color motion picture, will be shown on April 26 and 27 at the Medford senior high audi torium, according to the sponsor ing organization, the Jackson county chapter of the Izaak Wal ton league. The film produced over a two year period by Edward H. Horn Ketchikan, Alaska, is said to be entirely different from movies of the territory shown here be fore. Area filmed lies between Ket chikan and Point Barrow. It will show salmon traps and Bristol bay fishing, walrus hunting and whaling by the-Eskimos and the life of the caribou people of the Arctic mountain area. The picture has been shown throughout Oregon and in parts of Washington, Idaho, Montana and northern California. All are expected to be contend ers the following week in the Hayward relays in Eugene and the meet will display, the south ern Oregon strength for that event. Last year Medford won the Rogue meet and metropolitan di vision of the Haywards. Marsh- field was second in the tangle here and first in Class A at Eu gene. Ashland finished fourth in the Medford meet and followed Marshfield in the Haywards. 12 Meet Erents Twelve , events are on the Rogue meet schedule. The pole vault, discus and javelin will be the only non-relay events. Re-, lays include the 440 anT 880 yard scraps, the two-mile, mile, distance medley, shuttle hurdles, broad jump, high jump and shot put. The meet is slated to start at 1:30 p. m. with- the pole vault, discus, broad jump and shot put. . All six schools are expected to enter full teams. Football Players Transfer to OSC Corvallis (U.R) Oregon State officials said three promis ing junior college football play ers had enrolled here as spring term transfers. They include Gerry Laird, halfback from College of Se quoias, Visalia, Calif.; Alex Groswird, center from San Fran cisco City college, and Ed Rog ers, guard from Pasadena Junior college. So Easy In Handle & DOWN foyhoe Rotary Tiller Bolo Knife ROTAR Adjustable cutting widths Unbreakable belo knife hoes Automatic clutch control Wo Give SAH Green Stamps OPEN TODAYI Cascade Lawn & Garden Supply 1228 N. Riverside-Medford Sunday, April 3, 1 955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN Major College Hoop Fives Score More Foul Less In Past Season New York (U.R) Major col lege basketball teams scored more points but committed less fouls during the 1954-55 season, official statistics revealed today. The average total points "ac cumulated by both teams in a game reached an all-time high of 145.3. That was more than seven points above the old mark of 13 8 points' per game set during the 1952-53 season. , Only 37.8 fouls were called per game, according to figures released by the NCAA Service Bureau. It was the lowest level reached by the major schools in six seasons and approached the record low of 36.9 fouls per game in 1948. . South Leads : For the fourth time in the last five seasons, the South led all sections in scoring. Games in volving all southern teams pro duced an average of 154.3 points. Then came the Midwest 152, Southwest 144.5, East 142.9, Mis souri Valley 141.2, Rocky Moun tains 135.7 and Pacific Coast 132. Furman university, won the team scoring championship with its third straight record-breaking output. The Paladins, of Green ville, S. C, averaged 95.3 points during a 27-game campaign; to erase their old mark of 91.7 set last year. San Francisco's NCAA cham pions gave up an average of only 52.1 points a game in 29 scraps to. give the West its first defense title. Phoenix High Defeats Redskin Diamond Crew Phoenix high tipped Jackson ville 7 to 5 on Friday in a prac tice baseball game. It was the second such win over the Pirates by the Redskins this season. Dead line for Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday. Buy At Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks, Flues Drain Tile 727 XV. McAndrews Phone 2-4107 MEET THE VOLKSWAGEN EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT THE "AMAZING VOLKSWAGEN" Manufactured by the World's Fourth Largest Auto Maker This is the Volkswagen that has won world fame in a few short years. Those who own one claim that it is the most sensible thing on wheels. Its smart appearance and practical European lines charm the eye. It is powered by what people say is the best designed and most re liable engine within its class ever built. It is a car that will put money in the bank for you. 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