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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) Beavers Top LA on Solons Cet Pace in By PETER HAYES United Press Sports Writer One swallow doesn't exactly make a summer, but look who's leading the Pacific Coast League today! None other than the Sac ramento Solons, everybody's choice for the team most likely to end up last. Only a couple of weeks ago, after the Solons had dropped their ninth straight exhibition game, Manager Tony Freitas moaned that his pitching staff was "a little sorry." Most of the pre-season dope aters agreed with Tony. Holly wood, with its close ties with the Pittsburgh Pirates, was the team to beat, they said. Solons Downstairs Maybe so. But Sacramento has met Hollywod twice and won both times, largely as a result of sparkling pitching. Sophomore Bud Daley won 4-3 on a seven hitter on opening day and tiny Marino Pieretti held the Stars hitless for seven innings yester day and was credited with the 2-1 victory. The veteran righthander weak ened in the eighth, giving nip one run and walking two men, but Milo Candini came in to save it for him. Leo Thomas' bases empty homer in the seventh pro vided the margin of victory. San Francisco also got fine hurling from Tony Ponce and beat San Diego 4-1; Portland beat Los Angeles, 3-2, on con secutive ninth inning homers by Don Eggert and Frankie Austin, and Oakland fought back to down Seattle, 10-9, in a slugfest featured by seven homers. Ponce, who had a 14-16 mark last year, scattered six hits among the Padres and struck out three as the Seals took a 2-1 series lead that left them in sec ond place. Jdfin Ritchey, catcher acquired from Seattle, homered for San St. Mary's Nips Phoenix Class B St. Mary's of Medford won its second straight tussle against Class A baseball competi tion yesterday by nicking Phoe nix high in a practice match at Phoenix. The Crusaders went into the lead during the third inning oi the struggle with a three run surge. Hits by Tim Dugan, Dick Paup, Laval Meunier and Jerry Murphy and two walks manu factured the runs. Dugan's triple and an error got SM another counter m the sixth frame and a walk, Meu nier's sacrifice and an error made the final tally in the seventh. Hits by Bill Madden and Bob Webster and a miscue got Phoe nix a run in the fourth canto and another scored in the sixth on Madden's safety and two er rors. Madden got another hit and John Garner singled in the seventh and with the aid of two SM misplays, Phoenix got its last two runs. LINESCORE: St. Marys 003 001 15 6 8 Phoenix 000 101 2 4 5 5 J. Darland and Meunier; Webster and Riley Bean. Bill Russell Top Player Los Angeles (U.R) Helms Athletic foundation last night named Bill Russell of the Uni versity of San Francisco as col lege basketball player of the year for the 1954-55 season. In selecting Russell, the foun dation passed over Tom Gola of La Salle, who was named play er of the year by the Helms or ganization as a junior last year. The San Francisco star scor ed on 54.1 per cent of his field goal tries and bathered 594 re bounds for an average of 20.5 a game. He scored 622 points to average 21.4 a game. Marciano Fight 8 p.m. Despite Video Protests San Francisco (U.R) The Rocky Marciano - Don Cockell world heavyweight title bout set for May 16 will begin at 8 p.m. PST for the convenience of ring side fans, despite pressure from television interests, Promoter Jimmy Murray said today.. Murray said the Theater Net work Television company, which will beam the bout to theaters around the country on a closed circuit basis, had protested the 8 p.m. time because it would mean eastern viewers would not see the fight until 11 p.m. PST. Despite the TNT objections, Murray said, he and Jim Norris, International Boxing Club presi dent, settled on the 8 p.m. Pa cific time because "we have to think of the fans out here." The fight will not be shown in any California theaters. Dead line Sunday Classified is at Saturday: 1 a.m. Monday for Monday? oiedays 5:30 previous day. MAIL TRIBUNE Francisco. Angel pitcher Jim Brosnan gave up eight hits to the Beavers, but three of them were home runs. Russ Sullivan tagged one in the sixth to tie the score at 1-1 and Eggert and Austin swatted theirs in the ninth to let the Beavers square the series at 1-1. Bob Hall went the distance for the Beavers, giving up eight hits. The Oaks also won in the ninth when Seattle reliefer Vern Kindsfather walked Tony Rivas to load the bases and then wild pitched to let Jim Marshall score. Marshall, last year's PCL home run king with 31, hit two four baggers in last night's three hour and 12 minute marathon. Other homers were clouted by Russ Rose, Joe Brovia and ports Editor off Ul? Sees Yanks, Dodgers As Pennant Winners By LEO H. PETERSON New York (U.R) The Yan kees and the Dodgers. That's the way the 1955 major league pennant races shape up to this observer after spending six weeks covering the clubs train ing in Florida and getting first hand reports of the three teams which trained in Arizona. The American League shapes up as a two-club race between the Yankees and the defending champion Indians with little or no hope for the other six teams. Snead, Hogan Co-Favorites In Masters Augusta, Ga. (U.R) A field of 78 teed off today in the 19th Masters golf tournament, ex pected to be the tightest compe tition in the history of the event founded by Bobby Jones. Co-favorites were t w o-time Masters champion Ben Hogan, rated at a 7 to 2 choice, and Sam Snead, pegged at 9 to 2 on the basis of his playoff victory over Hogan in last year's Mas ters. But this is the year that even the cold-eyed betting gentry fig ure the younger, straight shoot ing pros will have a look-in. Mike . Souchak, the football player who found out that a putt is more profitable than a blocked punt, is rated an 8 to 1 gamble. ' A late rush of support estab lished Cary Middlecoff of Mem phis a 6 to 1 shot. Others liked in the odds were Gene Littler of Palm Springs, Calif., at 10 to 1, and Billy Joe Patton, the ama teur who was figured as a 25 to 1 gamble. Patton was 1,000 to 1 a year ago but he came within a stroke of matching Hogan and Snead. Gill To Address Lions Dinner for MHS Hoop Squad Amory T. (Slats) Gill, head basketball coach at Oregon Stale college will be main speaker on Wednesday night, April 20, when Medford Lions club is dinner host to the Medford high school basket ball learn and its coaches. Players and Coaches Frank' Roelandt and Bob Newland will be honored for the fine season in which the Black Tornado reached the runner up spot in trie Oregon Class A high school basketball tournament. A limited number of tick ets will be available to the public. They will go on sale Friday, April 8, at Barker's Men's store. Lions said that tickets should be purchased as early as possible. Jackson ho tel, where the dinner will be held must have a commitment by Monday evening, April 18. The dinner will be at 6:15 p.m. in the Pioneer room. Gill's Oregon Stale Beavers won the Northern Division and Pacific Coast conference championships this year and reached the quarterfinals in the National Collegiate Ath letic association championship eliminations. Detroit Aims for 3rd. In Row in Cup Play-Off Montreal (U.R) The De troit Red Wings invade the Forum tonight for the first time since the St. Patrick's day riot, this time seeking a victory that : would virtually wrap up the i Stanley cup. The Wings, who beat Mont-j real, 4-1, on the riot night when j an exploding smoke bomb fore- i ed the game to be stopped after j one period, now lead the Can- j adiens, 2-0, in the best-of-seven ; cup finals and seem on their i way to the title. Thursday. April 7, 1955 Home P. jns; Coast Loop George Metkovich of the Oaks and Joe Ginsberg and George" Schmees of Seattle. George Bam berger, last of four Oak pitchers, sained the win although he hurled only the final inning. LINESCORES Hollvwood .... 000 000 010 I 3 Sacramento ... 000 100 lOx 2 2 ! Naranjo. Donoso (8) and Hall; Pier etti, Candini (9) and Sheely. San Francisco 012 000 100 4 8 C San Diego 000 001 000 1 6 3 Ponce and Ritchey; Thomason, Her rera (9j and Aylward. Portland 000 001 002 3 8 I.o Anjplps .100 000 001 2 8 0 0 Hall and Calderone; Bronsnan. Zick (9) and Pramesa. Seattle 021 032 010 9 12 : Oakland 011 220 103 10 14 Savranskv. Kennedv (5). Kinds' father I9 and Ginsberg: Drews. Be- sana (5), Stras (6), Bamberger (9) and Neal. The league figures to be as un balanced as last year when only three teams the White Sox, in addition to the Indians and Yan kees won more games than they lost. But the outlook is different in the National with six clubs the Braves, the world champion Giants, the Cardinals, the Red legs and even the Phillies in ad dition to the Dodgers having a chance. Only the Cubs and the Pirates appear to be on the out side looking in. . How They'll Finish Here is how the writer picks them to finish: American 1. New York 2. Cleveland 3. Chicago 4. Detroit 5. Boston 6. Washington 7. Baltimore 8. Kans. City National 1. Brooklyn 2. Milwaukee 3. New York 4. St. Louis 5. Cincinnati 6. Philadelphia 7. Chicago 8. Pittsburgh The Yankees get the nod over the Indians because they have the better defense, 'more power hitting and a strong bench. The Indians should come up with the best pitching in the majors, but the defense is porous" and the bench only average. The White Sox are likely to run out of gas with a mixture, of cast-offs. Picking between the Tigers and Red Sox is tough. For if Ted Williams should come back, Bos ton, with a fine mixture of youth and veterans, could possibly , go all the way. There just isn't any hope for the Senators, Orioles and Athletics especially the lat ter club unless it makes some deals. - The writer agrees with Chuck Dressen's size-up of the Dodgers, the team he led to successive Na tional league pennants in 1952 and 1953 before he was let go: "They should win even if they come up with a few broken arms and legs, for they have young sters ready to take over for any veterans." The weak link in the Dodger scheme of things could be their manager, Walt Alston. He hasn't been the take-charge guy the Dodgers need to keep them hus tling, but there are indications that Alston has changed and will assert himself more forcibly. If he doesn't the Dodgers are likely to blow it again. Pistons Picked To Keep Up Pace Indianapolis, Ind. U.R) Fort Wayne Pistons will be fa vored tonight to maintain their furious scoring pace for a third straight victory against the Syr acus Nats in the National Bas ketball Association champion ship series. The Nats, who subdued the Pistons twice at Syracuse, cooled off when they hit Indianapolis, enabling Fort Wayne to knot the series at two games apiece in the best-of-seven title round. A victory tonight would put the Pistons in good position to wrap up the series at Syracuse in a nationally televised game Saturday afternoon. DOES MORE Rotary Tiller Ganfra Tractor An lie Baton WO Mrrehinmr lm narration. With n m rHrF.irr-0 -.r, -'ti-r stirrer. BaUt beUevta,. Ask tor da I 795 Si Immediate Mo. Delivery Down JOHNSTON STORES 112 South Riverside rf New Low Sffla Wee s ti $17950 ii23t-. wheel. Plek. T Medfo sipcdielts A n yt i Mr TOO MUCH STRETCH San Diego's Milt Smith slides back into second as Seals Shortstop Leo Righetti takes a wide throw from the pitcher on an attempted pickoff play dur ing the first game of their Pacific Coast League double header at San Diego. Smith later hit a two-run home in the 11th to give the Padres a 7-5 win. Flu Bug May Hamper Medford In Medford high is already being rated a cinder power on the basis of its dual meet with Grants Pass but the Black Tor nado may be hurting this week end when it hosts the annual Rogue relays. The reason is the flu bug or a virus going the rounds. Coach Bob Newland of the Tornado had his line-up virtu ally set for the Saturday after noon relays following trials on Tuesday. He's expected to re veal the roster on Friday. But Newland indicated that the groupings in the various events are to a considerable degree tentative because of illness on the squad. The head mentor listed Doug Clark, Bud Kastner, Wilcie Win chell, Dennis Miller and Ken Tucker on the ailing list, saying that was just a start and that he feared others were getting the "bug." Participants in the Rogue rumpus with Medford will be Coos Bay, Grants Pass, Ashland, Klamath Falls and Crater. All are expected to enter full teams in this prelude to the Hayward relays the following week at EQUALITY Providence, R. I. (U.R) Rhode Island's House of Repre sentatives has so many page boys that they serve m shifts. There are 45 pages for the 100 mem bers. Pages are paid $300 a year. So are representatives. 117 S. CENTRAL UNE Relays Eugene. There will be 12 events in the Rogue romp. All but the javelin, discus and pole vault will be relays and no school can place more than one man in those events. Boys will be limited to two running events and one field event, or to two field events and one running event or to three field contests. The limits assure a large entry. Flat races will be four-man team events while the shuttle hurdles and the broad jump, shot put and high jump relays will have three man teams. In the field relays four men from each school may enter but only the efforts of three will count. Only running event in which the Medford participants had not been established yesterday was in the hurdles. Wally Lar son and Bron Oglesby grabbed berths in 'the Tuesday trials. Two Mikes, Hawkins and Stearns were to vie for the third spot. Grants Pass, Coos Bay and Klamath Falls loom as main threats to Medford, which will defend its 1954 championship. Coos Bay was second to Med ford last year, although it trail ed by a wide margin. But re ports that the Pirate's this year are more powerful than ever. Sprinters include the star foot ball backs, Johnny Johnson and Denny Baker. Starting time Saturday will be 1:30 p.m. cssteir SAVE $1 TO Sizes from Special Rogue Salmon Catches Reported Improving Portland U.R) The week end fishing report prepared by the State Game Commission: SOUTHWEST: Striped bass fishing only fair in Isthmus slough; bullheads best bait; bot tom fishing in bay area fair to excellent dependent on weather; salmon catches on lower Rogue improving with improved water conditions; water turbid but clearing. Final Effort In Softball On Friday The outgoing administration of the Medford Softball associa tion will make its final effort Friday, April 8. to get organiza tion of the league underway for the 1955 season. A meeting has been set for 8 p.m. tomorrow in Room B at the Medford YMCA. If there is little or no response to this call, the loop will be 'washed up" so far as the retir ing officers are concerning. Herb Vessey, who served as vice-pres ident last season, has called meetings several times since President Russ McKechnie moved to Albany. He has been met by either no turnout at all or just a handful. Friday's meeting is for all per sons of the area interested m softball, players and possible team representatives. Managers or representatives of last year's teams are asked to be on hand. A particular invitation has been extended to officers and team managers of the Medford Inde pendent Basketball League. Preps Busy With Sports Encounters Trip of two Medford high ath letic teams to Ashland this after noon touched off a busy week end of prep sports in this area which includes opening con tests in Rogue and Jackson Coun ty Class B League baseball slates. Medford baseball and tennis squads'- had action in Ashland this afternoon. Rogue League baseball play begins Friday with Crater at Eagle Point and Illinois Valley at Phoenix. On Saturday Eagle Point plays Crater at Central Point and Phoenix meets IV at Cave Junction. A Jackson coun- G game Friday takes Jackson ville to Rogue River. The Friday EP-Crater game will be under EP's lights at 7:30 p.m. The annual Rogue relays Sat urday with Medford high as host to Crater, Klamath Falls, Ash land, Grants Pass and Coos Bay is track highlight of the week end. Illinois Valley will come to Fhoenix for a dual meet. Both engagements will be at 1:30 p.m. PITCHER OPTIONED Washington (U.R) The Brooklyn Dodgers today announ ced the optioning of pitchers Bob Darnell and Ron Negray to St. Paul of the American assoc tion. Dead line for Sunday Classified la at noon Saturday. $2 ON MEN'S 7.94 6-12 Sale REGULAR 9.95 OXFORDS Save $2 on Wards Better Quality dress shoes featuring among the most imaginative styles afoot all in plump, selected leathers. Hurry in and try on a pair by Saturday the latest. REGULAR 8.95 LOW-LINES Save $1 a pair. The forward step in shoe styling for Spring. These new Low-lines have less height, less weight, less bulk plus heel-hugging comfort. See them now at this low sale price. BUY ON WARDS CONVENIENT ' MONTHLY PAYMENT PLAN Jean Elbon Will Present Unusual Wrestling Skill In Bout With Gerry Hunter Wrestling patrons should be in for an unusual treat wher. Jean Elbon of Lincoln, Neb., comes to town Saturday nigh; to oppose Gerry Hunter in one of . the matches on Mack Lil- lard's three-ply card at Merrick's arena. Miss Elbon, whose real name is Iva Jean Noble, is not a run-of- j the-mill performer but is an out standing student of the art of wrestling. She specializes in use of the drop kick, flying leg roll, flying head scissors, the Irish whip and breath-taking shoulder tackles, maneuvers fans seldom see among the feminine matsters. She was tutored by Jerry Adams, wrestling coach at the University of Nebraska, who advised her to turn professional after many long hours spent in the gymna sium during which time she tried her tricks on anyone whom she could lure into the ring. While she is said to lack the sturdiness of some of the other lady athletes, it is said her speed and skill more than make up the difference. Her match with Hunter, claim ant to the world's feminine mid dleweight champion ship, is slated for 30 minutes or two out of three falls. Fans also will be introduced to the world's largest active matman when Man Mountain Dean Jr., nephew of the late and world-famous Man Mountain Dean, meets Yoggi Hussane in the feature scrap, scheduled for 40 minutes or the best of three falls. Cyclone Cobb, who has cre ated a large following among local mat bugs, will tackle equal ly popular Buck Davidson in the 8:30 p.m. opener, over the same distance. Ringside tickets are ' on sale at the Rogue restaurant, 42 South Central ave. P ALL-AMERICAN DERBY Indianapolis, Ind. (U.R) The 39th annual Memorial Day 500mile auto race probably will be the third straight All-Ameri- can gasoline derby. 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