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Tenth Inning Homer
Gives Angels Victory
Los Angeles CU.R) Catcher
Johnny Pramesa's home iun in
the bottom of the 10th inning
gave the Los Angeles Angels a
3 to 2 victory over the Portland
Beavers in a Pacific Coast Lea
gue baseball game Saturday be
fore 3,230 fans.
Portland tied the game in the
ninth inning by scoring two runs
on five straight singles, chasing
Etarting pitcher Don Elston. He
was relieved by Turk Lown who
in turn was relieved by Bill ire
mel.
Tremel received credit for the
victory,
The Angels broke the scoring
ice in the fourth inning when
Eob Usher got a standup double
to left. He came home on Steve
Bilko's single and Bilka went
to second when the Portland out
fielder bobbled the ball
Padre Connect
San nippo Calif. (U.F?)
Kore-armed Llovd Dickey, al
though touched for 12 hits, went
the route Saturday as San Diego
connected for 13 hits, including
(wn home runs, to down San
rranrisco 6 to 1. in a Pacific
Coast League contest before 2,-
(!(? fans.
The victory evened the series
at 3-3.
The homers came in the first
Death Takes J. Long,
Historian of Baseball
Pittsburgh (U.R) The base
ball world mourned the death
of James J. Long, publicity di
rector for the Pittsburgh Pir
ates who had been identified
with the game for 56 years.
Lone. 76. died Friday m
Mercy hospital of a heart attack,
He was stricken at his desk a
week ago and was taken to the
hospital in an ambulance.
A charter member of the Base
ball Writers Association of Amer
ica, Long was an acknowledged
historian of baseball. But he
seldom consulted his volumin
ous files when sports writers
asked for information. Gener
ally, Jimmy could answer the
query from memory.
Baseball Briefs
Wilmington, Del. (U.R)
Anxious Philadelphia Phillies'
officials waited word on the ex
tent of injury suffered by Center
Fielder Archie Ashburn when
he collided with Left Fielder Del
Ennis during an 8-6 victory over
the Yankees here Friday.
Ashburn suffered that was
first diagnosed as a sprained
knee after he and Ennis ran into
each other full speed while chas
ing Mickey Mantle's inside-the
park homer. It was Mantle's
second homer of the game.
; Both Ashburn and Ennis, who
appeared merely shaken up,
were removed to a local hos
pital.
inning, putting San Diego ahead
3-0. Milt Smith walked, then
Earl Rapp and Eddie Kazak fol
lowed with the back-to-back
roundtrippers.
The Padres added another in
the third frame when Kazak
walked, went to third on Julio
Becquer's single and scored on
Jim Gladd's sacrifice fly.
The Seals didn't score until
the fifth.
Rainiers Down Oaks
Oakland, Calif. (U.R) Marv
Williams and Gene Verble tag
ged Bob Murphy for ninth in
ning homers Saturday to break
a tie and enable the Seattle Ra
iniers to score a 10-7 Pacific
Coast League victory over Oak
land before a wind-blown crowd
of 2,481.
Lefty John Oldham, relieving
starter Jehosie Heard in the
sixth, registered his second win
of the season as the Rainiers took
a 3-2 series lead in another free
hitting contest. The two teams
together have averaged better
than 23 hits in their five games.
Murphy, fifth Oakland pitcher,
was charged with the loss.
Braves Hope New Fences
Will Assist Chances
Milwaukee, Wis. U.R) T h e
Milwaukee Braves expect their
new fences will aid them to a
National League pennant.
The closer outfield fences are
15 feet shorter in left and right
field, bringing the distance from
left and center field to home
plate down to 335 feet.
The fences were unchanged
at the foul lines and remained
315 and 320 feet.
General Manager John Quinn
readily admitted the change was
made to boost the Braves'
chances of winning the pennant
this season.
FROSH LICK EUGENE
Eugene (U.R) University of
Oregon's frosh thinclads overran
Eugene High school 75 13 to
44 23 in a dual track meet here
Friday afternoon.
'Play Ball!' Monday
To Get Leagues Going
New York (U.R) Play
ball!
Those are the words which
will make a few million Ameri
cans forget a few million
troubles Monday.
. That's when the Major
League baseball season , gets
under way officially. President
Eisenhower will throw-out the
ceremonial first pitch at Wash
ington to set things in motion
for the opener between the Sen
ators and Baltimore Orioles. At
Cincinnati, the Redlegs hold
their traditional National League
opener against the Chicago Cubs.
There will be capacity crowds
of well over 30,000 in both
places.
Austrialian Official
Predicts Down-Under
Olympics To Be Tops
LINESCORES:
(10 Innings)
Portland 000 000 002 2 2 10 2
Los Angeles . 000 200 000 1 3 6 1
Adams, Scheib (8) & R. Bottler,
Calderone (9); Elston, Lown (9),
Tremel (9) Sc Pramesa. HR Pramesa.
San Francisco ..000 010 000 1 12 0
San Diego 301 001 Olx 6 13 0
Nagy, Bradford (9) and Tornay,
Ritchey (9); Dickey and Gladd. LP
Nagy. HR Rapp. Kazak.
? Richmond, Va. (U.R) Johnny
Antonelli, the Giants' ace south
paw was a little off key in his
final tune-up Friday for his open
ing day pitching assignment
. against the Phillies next Tues
day.
: Sam Mele, Jim Pearsall,
Jackie Jensen and Sammy White
each hit homers off Antonelli
but Bill Taylor's pinch three-
run homer high-lighted a six-run
seventh inning rally that gaye
the Giants an 8-7 victory over
the Red Sox.
Baltimore, Md. (U.R) Rookie
Don Leppert, up from Birming
ham of the Southern Association,
keeps winning increasing praise
from Baltimore Manager Paul
Richards.
The Orioles bowed to the Pir
ates, 10-7, at Norfolk, Va., Fri
day but it wasn't Leppert's fault.
The young second baseman, ac
quired from the Yankees, con
tinued his fine spring hitting
with a three run homer in the
eighth.
Preston Ward, Sid Gordon and
Tom Saffell each homered for
the Pirates, who notched their
15th decision in 20 spring starts
against American League rivals.
STANFORD CREW WINS
Redwood City, Calif. (U.R)
The Stanfard University crew de
feated the University of South
ern California by two and a half
lengths today ov?r the 2,00 me
ter course here. The Indians
rowed the distance in 5:55.0 with
the Trojans just nine seconds
behind.
Seattle 500 200 003 10 13 4
Oakland 004 101 010 7 9 2
Heard. Oldham (6) and Orteig; Van
Cuyk. Broglio (1). Beaman (5). Drews
(7). Murphy (8) and Neal. WP Old
ham. LP Murphy. HR Metkovich,
Brovia, Williams, Verble.
Middlecoff
Well Ahead
In Masters
Augusta, Ga. (U.R) Form
er National Open champion
Cary Middlecoff mastered the
mighty pressures of the Mas
ters Golf tournament Saturday
by scoring a par 72 to hold his
four-stroke lead throughout the
third round.
Ben Hogan, Jack Burke Jr.,
Sam Snead and Mike Souchak,
among other favorites, tried in
vain to close the gap as Middle
coff overcame his jitters at the
start of the fateful back nine
and closed in style with a birdie.
Seven Under Par
With a three-round total of
209 including a seven-under par
65 Friday, the one-time Memphis
dentist stood seven under par
for Sunday's playoff round.
Hogan, who two years ago
clipped five strokes off the all
time Masters mark, also shot a
par for a 213 total.
Behind the one-two players
came Burke, of Kiamesha Lake,
N.Y., the first day leader, who
had a 71 today and a total of
214; Bob Rosburg of San Fran
cisco with his third straight par
round of 72 for 216; while Snead
(74) and Souchak (72) were tied
at 217.
Behind Snead and Souchak
came Walter Burkemo of Frank
lin, Mich., Julius Boros of Mid
Pines, N.C., and Stan Leonard
of Vancouver, B.C., with 218's.
Leonard got a look-in by posting
a 68 in the third round, the best
18 holes of the day. '
UCLA, Cal Take Honors
In Track, Field Events
Santa Barbara (U.R) Uni
versity of Southern California
won team honors Saturday in the
17th annual Santa Barbara re
lays, scoring 44 points.
Los Angeles Athletic clut was
second with 33, and the Olympic
Club of San Francisco was third
with 15. More than 6,500 fans
witnessed the relays.
Rev. Bob Richards of the Los
Angeles Athletic club and How
ard Bugbee, SC, were leading
individual scorers with 5VS
points each.
Berkeley, Calif. (U.R) The
University of California poured
it on in the field events Satur
day to win its first track and
field meet of the season from
Fresno State college, 75 13 to
55 23 before 3,000 spectators.
Producing the only double
winners in sprinter Herbie Turn
er and distance runner Ed Den-
bow, the Bulldogs captured five
races to California's three, and
gained a draw in the mile relv-
By HAL WOOD
U. P. Sports Writer
San Francisco (U.R) Aus
tralia will present the finest
Olympic Games facilities in his
tory, according to Sir Frank
Beauepaire, veteran Australian
games official and competitor.
Scoffing at continuing charges
that bickering in Melbourne was
ruining work on the Olympic
layout, Beauepaire said:
"That's just our way of doing
things. We always scrap over
how things should be done. But
in the end we get the job done.
"We'll have the finest games
lay-out the Olympics ever had
in all their history."
Former Olympic Swimmer
Beauepaire, here .on an
around-the-world tour, was a
member of the Olympic com
mittee that originally obtained
the games for Australia. He was
a swimming competitor in the
1908, 1920 and 1924 games and
currently is one of the coun
try's top industrialists, heading
a big tire manufacturing com
pany. Sir Frank also laughed off re
ports that Melbourne would not
be able to handle the out-of-town
visitors that the Olympics
draw.
"I'm on the housing commit
tee and I know something about
that," he smiled. "I'll say that
if we "have 50,000 visitors, we'll
be able to take care of them.
"The committee is expecting
about 20,000. I would estimate
that the total of visitors won't
run much above 10,000 to 12,
000. -But no matter how many
we have, we'll take.care of them.
"Australia is a ,. hospitable
country. The residents want to
take in the , visitors at no cost.
But we are asking that they
charge something and give the
money to charity if they want.
The price for a room will run
from $2.25 to $2.80 a day."
Work Moves Ahead
Work is moving steadily ahead
on the main stadium, which will
handle about 120,000 fans. Of
these, 70,000 can be seated and
the other 50,000 will stand.
A $7,832,400 program for
Olympic facilities is under way
right now. Work already has
started on Olympic Village,
where 600 homes will be built
at a cost of $4,480,000 to house
the 6,000 competitors and will
be finished well before the open
ing of the games on Nov. 22,
1956.
Foundations have been laid for
the swimming pool and a stand
is being constructed to seat
6,500.
"There is a surprising amount
of activity in the ticket selling
department," said Sir Frank.
"Most of the swimming tickets
already have been sold. And
about 30 per cent of the seats
have been booked for the sta
dium. "Of course, many good seats
are being held back for the visit
ors from foreign countries."
Tiger Jones
Scores TKO
St. Louis, Mo. (U.R) Ralph
(Tiger) Jones, who upset his own
manager's strategy by scoring
a technical knockout in the fifth
round over George Johnson Fri
day night, today appeared head
ed for Cuba and a fight with
Kid Gavilan.
The Negro middleweight,
jubilant after his convincing
victory, scored the TKO mainly
because Johnson opened a cut
over his right eye in the third
round.
"Melnick (Manager Bobby
Melnick) wanted me to stick to
body punches and try to wear
him down, then finish him in the
late rounds," Jones said.
"But when he opened that cut
I was afraid they'd stop the
fight. So I went all out in the
fifth," he continued.
Jones, who came in at 158,
three pounds heavier than John
son, lived up to his nickname.
He took few backward steps as
he punched the Indian from
Trenton, N. J. with a jarring
body attack from the first round.
The Yongers, N. Y. Negro
started Johnson's downfall with
a whistling left hook to the jaw.
The right cross that followed
turned Johnson rubber-legged
and another combination draped
him helpless across the ropes at
2:01 his Referee Harry Kessler
moved in quickly to halt the
fight.
Johnny Longden Thrown
During Race, Returns
Albany, Calif. (U.R) Jockey
Johnny Longden was thrown
from his mount at the start of
the third race at Golden Gate
fields Saturday but doctors at a
nearby emergency hospital said
the fall only stunned the vet
eran rider and he suffered no
injury.
Longden was back at the
track in time to ride in the
fourth race.
Longden, who recently rode
his 4,500th winner, was thrown
backwards from Mama King,
when the two-year-old filly
reared in the starting gate.
Augusta, Ga. (U.R) Bruce
Cudd of Portland, Ore., shot a
two-over par 74 Friday in the
second round of the Master's
golf tournament, giving him a
two day total of 149. He was 12
strokes behind Cary Middlecoff,
the leader.
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The rest of the clubs go into
action on Tuesday, and with a
break in the weather the com
bined opening attendance for
the two days should run well
over 300,000.
Tight Pennant Races
All signs point to stirring
pennant races. Not even the ex
perts can agree on the pennant
favorites. The baseball writers
in major league cities, 184
strong, picked the Cleveland
Indians and Milwaukee Braves
to meet in the 1955 World Series.
But the bookmakers saw it a
little differently. At Las Vegas,
Nev., where cash, not sentiment,
does the talking, the derby
sports book posted the New
York Giants as 6 to 5 favorites
to repeat, and picked Milwau
kee no better than third. The Las
Vegas book also made the New
York Yankees co-favorites with
the Indians, both at even money
in the American League.
K. C. Athletics Open
It will mark the third time in
as many years that a new city
enters the major league scene.
Kansas City, in a municipal
tizzy over its inheritance of the
Philadelphia Athletics' franchise,
will pack its rebuilt ball park
with a crowd of 36,000, includ
ing 5,000 standees, for the open
er Tuesday against Detroit. The
Athletics are almost unanimous
ly consigned by the experts to
last place, but so far that hasn't
caused enthusiasm of the fans in
Kansas City to wane. A repeat
success story along the lines of
booming attendance in Mal
waukee and Baltimore is expected.
Top Red Athletes Said
Preparing for Olympics
Munich, Germany (U.R)
Reports from behind the "Iron
Curtain," indicate that the So
viet orbit will be represented at
the 1956 Olympics by "superbly
trained athletic squads," Radio
Free Europe has reported.
The anti-Communist organi
zation, which beams news from
here to Red-dominated coun
tries, said "if the Communist
world makes a poor showing at
the next OlymDic games . . .
It won't be for lack of effort."
"Refugees from Bulgaria told
RFE that the Communists have
covered the country with a net
work of camps, schools and
training areas in a giant, na
tionwide sports program."
Sunday, April 10, I95S
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN
Dutch Paper Accuses Ferris
Of 'Using' Unpaid Athletes
Amsterdam, Holland (U.R)
The Amsterdam newspaper Mor
ninger De Telegraaf Saturday
accused "decoy-duck" Dan Ferris
of the National AAU of luring
European athletes to the U.S. to
perform as "unpaid slaves" in
indoor track meets.
The newspaper said Gunnar
Nielsen of Denmark and Nor
way's Audun Boysen returned to
Europe recently after undergo
ing the same "bitter experi
ences" Holland's Willie Slijkhuis
suffered in the U.S. several years
ago. The Telegraaf admitted Eu
ropean stars gladly accept in
vitations to compete in U.S.
meets.
"But soon the hangover fol
lows since the American indoor
season has no other meaning for
the foreigners than that they
Rural Fire Said
Outside District
A rural pump truck from the
Medford fire department last
night responded to a reported
barn fire in the Griffin creek
area, but firemen had to turn
back when they found the blaze
was outside the Medford Rural
Fire Protection district.
They said they could see the
glow .from a blaze, but that it
was about a half-mile beyond
the district boundary, which
they are prohibited from leaving
under the terms of city ordi
nances and the rural district
agreement.
Details of the fire, reported
at 7:22 p.m., were not learned.
Firemen also were called to
North Central ave., and Mc An
drews rd. at 7:52 p.m., where a
fire was blazing at the top of a
50-foot power pole. California
Oregon Power company crew
men shut off the power and
firemen stood by and later put
out the blaze. Cause was thought
to be a short circuit on the 12,-000-volt
line.
Coryallis (U.R) Fire started
by an explosion in the locker
room stove Friday caused sev
eral hundred dollars damage to
the Oregon State college crew
house on the Willamette river.
Karl Drlica, crew coach, said
the local fire department was
able to halt the flames before
they reached some 20,000 worth
of shells and other rowing equip
ment stored in' the building.
are unpaid slaves who are play
ed into the hands of the pro
moters by Mr. Ferris," the Tele
graaf said.
"Everything is correct official
ly," it added. "They get their
daily allowance of two dollars
per day, which makes relaxa
tion out of the question. The ob
solete a m at e u r regulartions
make it posible that for weeks,
athletes, who have no money in
their pockets, are exploited in
an outrageous way.
"Their only relaxation is the
daily press conference for pub
licity purposes. Like pawns at a
chess board the victims are
shoved through smokey athletics
caves, as unpaid circus artists
"Daii Ferris, under the cloak
that he can not break the ama
teur rules, makes sure every
year that his friends, the pro
moters, get European athletes
available who cost no money,
without giving a thought to the
feelings of men who started the
journey with enthusiasm and
did not know they were heading
for the worst experience in their
career." '
Grant High Nabs
Portland Relays
Portland (U.R) Grant high
school piled up 45 points Friday
to win the Portland Interscholas
tic league track and field relays.
Jefferson was second with 37
and Roosevelt third with 25.
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