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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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excellent dependent on weather;
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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.
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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.
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The 39th annual Memorial Day
500mile auto race probably will
be the third straight All-Ameri-
can gasoline derby. With the
April 15 entry deadline only
eight days away, speedway of
ficials, figured there was only an
outside chance of a foreign
entry. At least, they knew of
none en route.
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