SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Ike Launches Major League Diamond
Campaign With Pitch at Washington
By MILTON RICHMAN
Uniied Press Sports Wriler
President Eisenhower official
ly got the ball rolling today
when he made the pitch that
opens the 1955 major league
baseball season at Griffith Sta
dium in Washington, D. C.
Despite a bursitis condition,
the President threw out the ball
that will not only launch the
game between the Washington
Senators and Baltimore Orioles
in the nation's capital but also
the American and National
league pennant races from New
York to Kansas City.
Exactly one hour later, the
Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati
Redlegs meet at Cincinnati in
the only other game scheduled
today.
The Nat-Oriole game will
mark a joint debut for Manag
er Chuck Dressen of Washington
and Manager Paul Richards of
Baltimore.
At Cincinnati, Gov. Frank
Lausche of Ohio tossed the
first ball from the grandstand
to Mayor Carl Rich on the pitch
ing mound and Rich, in turn,
will throw it to City Manager
C. A. Harrell behind the plate.
Today's two "advance open
ers" officially launch the big
league season for 1955 but com
petition doesn't really start on
all fronts until Tuesday.
Most Action Tuesday
Most of the baseball attention
Tuesday will be centered upon
Kansas City, which makes its
American league bow . with a
game between the Detroit Tigers
and Kansas City Athletics. The
remainder of the American
league schedule Tuesday lists
the Chicago White Sox at Cleve
land, Boston at Baltimore and
Washington at New York.
In the National league, the
New York Giants start defend
ing their world championship
against the Phillies at Philadel
phia, Pittsburgh is at Brooklyn,
Cincinnati at Milwaukee and St.
Louis at Chicago.
The total attendance at the
10 opening games is expected to
reach 300,000 and baseball Com
missioner Ford Frick already
has predicted an increase in ov
erall attendance this year.
(Probable pitchers, weather and
attendance for the major league
baseball opening games. Pitchers'
1954 records in parentheses:)
TVESDAY
' American League
Detroit at Kansas City Garver
(14-11) vs. Kellner (6-17); clear and
mild: 36.000.
Chicago at Cleveland Trucks
(19-12) vs. Lemon (23-7); cool, pos
sible showers; 50.000.
Boston at Baltimore Sullivan
(15-12) vs. Coleman (3-17); chance of
rain: 45.000.
Washington at New York Mc
Dermott (7-15) vs. Ford (16-8); some
' cloudiness, warmer; 25.000.
'National League
New York at Philadelphia Rob
erts (23-15) vs. Antonelli (21-7); fair
and warm: 72.000.
Pittsburgh at Brooklyn Surkont
(3-18) vs. Erskine (18-15); some cloud
iness and warm; 20.000.
Cincinnati at Milwaukee Staley
(7-13) vs. Spahn (21-12), cool, some
cloudiness: 45.000.
St. Louis at Chicago Lawrence
(15-6) vs. Minner (11-11): cloudy and
cool, possible showers; 25,000.
Baseball Briefs
By UNITED PRESS
New York (U.R) The New
York Yankees were singing the
praises of rookie pitchers Tom
Sturdivant and Johnny Kucks
today as they got ready for Tues
day's opening game against the
Washington Senators.
Sturdivant held the Brooklyn
Dodgers hitless and runless in a
three-inning workout Sunday as
the Yanks scored a 7-3 win.
Kucks, 21-year-old righthander,
was signed to a Yankee contract.
In 26 innings this spring he al
lowed 14 runs and 25 hits.
CLUTCH TOUCH
Malwaukee, Wis. (U.R) The
Milwaukee Braves have their
"clutch touch" in batting all
tuned up for Tuesday's opening
game.
They proved that when Danny
O'Connell whacked a two-run
homer in the ninth inning Sun
day to tie the Cleveland Indians,
4-4, and then Hank Aaron poled
another two-run homer in the
10th for a 6-4 victory.
YOST HEADS SOLONS
Washington (U.R) Eddie
Yost, Washington's "iron man"
third baseman, wound up as the
Senators' leading hitter of the
spring today with a .397 average
while the club finished with an
overall exhibition game record
of 15 victories and eight losses.
CITY SERIES EVEN
Chicago (U.R) The annual
spring "city series" between the
two Chicago clubs ended even
at one game apiece wnen the
White Sox blasted four Cub pit
chers for a 9-7 victory Sunday
before 19,504 fans.
MOORE IMPRESSES
Baltimore (U.R) It took all
spring . but right-hander Ray
Moore, a $35,000 acquistion from
the minors, finally managed to
impress Baltimore Manager Paul
Richards. Moore, troubled by a
sore arm all spring, made his
f.rst start in the Orioles' 4-3
victory over the Pirates Sunday
and faced only 10 men m three
innings while striking out three.
Medf(dJ&Tribunk
Portland Subdues LA
ice To Cop Series
By DON THACKERY
United Press Sports Writer
Hollywood and San Francisco
come home for the first time in
the 1955 Pacific Coast League
and from the looks of the stand
ings that's where they should
have stayed last week.
The juiceless Stars, near cham
pions last season, managed to
score only 11 runs in seven
games with Sacramento and
were lucky to get out of town
with two wins for the series.
Yesterday they won 2-1 in the
finale after losing by the same
score in the opener.
San Francisco took two to the
jaw from San Diego yesterday
2-0 and 7-6 and looks up at the
rest of the league from a 3-5
record.
Timely Homers
Portland got good pitching and
timely home run hitting and bop
ped" Los Angeles 4-2 and 2-0
while Seattle won over Oakland
6-3 to cinch the series and then
dropped a 5-2 decision.
A two-hitter was recorded in
Los Angeles but this one was a
losing effort. Jim Brosnan and
Joe Kuncl limited Portland to
two blows, but one was a two
run homer by Russ Sullivan in
the sixth. Bob Hall gave up
three hits but no runs.
The first game was also won
by Portland home runs. Ed Mich
elson hit two of the homers
Standings
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Secramento 5
San Diego 5
Seattle 4
Portland 4
Los Angeles 3
Oakland 3
San Francisco 3
Hollywood 2
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Seattle 6-2, Oakland 3-5
Sacramento 2-1, Hollywood 1-2
Portland 4-2, Los Angeles 2-0
San Diego 2-7, San Francisco 0-6
How Series Ended
Sacramento 5, Hollywood 2
Portland 4, Los Angeles 3
Seattle 4. Oakland 3
San Diego 5, San Francisco 3
Next Series
Portland at San Francisco
Oakland at Sacramento
Los Angeles at San Diego
Seattle at Hollywood
Baseball
SUNDAY EXHIBITIONS
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7 -
4 0
Bait. (A) .... 000 OOO 121 9
Bowman. Lew 8 and Atwell,
Shep-
ard 8. Moore. Byrd 4 and H. Smith,
Moss 6. Winning pitcher Byrd. Los
ing pitcher Thies.
N. Y. (N) 012 210 000 6 12 1
Boston (A) .. 000 021 010 4 8 2
Hearn, Gomez, 4, Wilhelm 7, Gris-
som 9 and Katt. Brodowski, Delock
6. Freeman 8 and White. Winning
pitcher Hearn. Losing pitcher.
Brodowski.
Bklyn (N) .... 010 000 002 3 5 0
N. Y. (At .... 024 010 OOx 7 8 0
Black. Bessent 4. Meyer 5. Lasorda
7 and Campanella, Walker 7. Turley,
Sturdivant 5, Sain 8 and Berra. Win
ning pitcher Turley. Losing pitch
er Black.
Cin. (N) 000 110 0002 8 1
Wash. (A) .... 000 000 14x 5 11 2
Pearce. Fisher 8. Baczewski 8 and
Landrith. Ramos, Stobbs S and Fitz
gerald. Winning pitcher btobbs.
Losing pitcher Pearce.
K. City (A) 520 105 10014 20 3
Phil. (N) 001 301 000 5 10 3
Bishop. Ceccarelli 6 and W. Shantz.
Owens. Dicksbn 4. Simmons 7, Kip
per 9 and Popata. Winning pitcher
Bishop. Losing pitcher Owens.
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Mil. (N) .. 000 002 002 2 6 9 1
Garcia. Score 4 and Hegan. Foiles
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dall. White 9. Winning pitcher
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St. L. (N) .. 000 015 40x 10 13 0
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ink 7. Fletcher 8 and House, Wilson
8. Faszholz, Blaylock 5. Moford 7.
Woolridge 7. Smith 9 and Sarni, Rice
8. Winning pitcher Woodridge. Los
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Chi. (N) 300 210 100 7 11 0
Pierce. Harshman 5. Chakales 7 and
Lollar, Courtney 6. Thorpe, Cohen 3,
Andre 6. Amor 7, Davis and Mc
Cullough. Fanning 4. Tappe 9. Win
ning pitcher Harshman. Losing
pitcher Cohen.
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HoUywood 000 000 100 1
Sacramento 010 000 Olx 2
Naranjo and Bragan; Daley
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Zick, Stoddard 9 and Pramesa.
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San Diego . 012 210 001 7 16 O
Bearden. Chandler 5. Zabala 6 and
Tornay. Ritchey 6; Kerrigan. T. Smith
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Savranskv. Widmar 5 and Ortrtv:
Bamberger and Swift.
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HaU and Bottler; Brosnan. Kuncl 7
and Hannah.
Monday. April 11. 1955
while Eddie Basinski got one. All
came with the bags unoccupied
but provided enough edge for
Dick Waibel and Lee Anthony,
who seven-hitted the Angels.
Allen Hurls
No-Hitter
For Pointers
Central Point Wayne Allen,
striking out 17 batters in the
six-inning engagement, hurled a
no-hit victory for Central Point
grade school Saturday over the
Prospect high junior varsity
crew. The score was 18 to 1.
A walk and error produced
the only Prospect score.
Allen whiffed the first nine
batters he faced in the contest.
All Prospect outs but one were
on strikeouts. One Cougar was
thrown out at first base on a
bunt hit attempt. The Pointers
chucker walked three batters.
Paul Beach slapped a three
run homer and Jerome TMcQuade
caught a fine game for the
Pointers.
Central Point entertained Tal
ent today and will play Eagle
Point here Wednesday. The
Pointers go to EP on Friday.
Gary Middlecoff Victor
In Masters Golf Struggle
By WILLIAM TUCKER
Uniied Press Sports Writer
Augusta, Ga. (U.R) Because
he didn't want to play hero at a
crucial time, lanky Cary Middle
coff headed into a golden'year of
golf today with the coveted Mas
ters title and his 1955 earnings
doubled in one great sweep to
glory. . ,
The praise of Bobby Jones
himself, founder and cliief pat
ron of the Masters, rang in Mid
dlecoff's ears for the best single
round of golf ever shot in its 21
years and 19 playings. He had
Scribes Choose
Indians, Braves
New York (U.R) The Mil
waukee Braves and the Cleve
land Indians will meet this fall
in the first all-iMidwest World
Series since 1945, sports writers
predicted in the annual United
Press pre-season pennant poll.
Of the 184 scribes in the major
league cities who participated in
the poll, 104 picked the Indians
to repeat as pennant winners in
the American League, while 88
selected the Braves to dethrone
the champion New York Giants
in the National.
The second choice teams were
the New York Giants, picked
for first place by only 50 writ
ers, a surprising lack of support
for a team which won the World
Series of 1954 in four straight
games.
Dodgers Third Choice
The Dodgers, perennial favor
ites in the National League, drew
only 42 'first place votes this
time. The only other National
League teams to get first place
votes were the St. T.ouis Card
inals with three ara the Cincin
nati Redlegs with one.
The writers envision another
two team runaway involving the
Yankees and Indians in the
American League. Only five
scribes liked other teams for the
flag, four picking the Chicago
White Sox and one rugged in
dividualist the Boston Red Sox.
It also was significant that of
the 184 voters, not one picked
either the Yankees or the In
dians to finish below third place.
Similarly, in the National
League, the Braves, Giants, and
Dodgers drew no votes below
fifth.
Red Wings Now Ahead
In Stanley Cup Tussle
Detroit (U.R) The Detroit
Red Wings were one victory
away from their second straight
Stanley Cup today but they must
overcome an away-from-home
jinx to keep the Montreal Cana
diens from evening matters in
tha sixth game of their best-of-seven
series.
Gordie Howe registered a
three-goal "hat trick" Sunday
night to give the Red Wings a
5-1 victory over the Canadiens
and send Detroit into a 3-2 lead
in the battle for Lord Stanley's
trophy.
The first Pan-American con
ference was held at Washington,
October 2, 1889.
V
Waltonians
To Convene
This Evening
Jackson County chapter of the
Izaak Walton League of Ameri
ca will hold its regular monthly
meeting at 8 o'clock tonight at
the Medford Gun club.
Steps to be taken by the mem
bership in their support of the
Rogue Valley Pear Blossom fes
tival, on April 23 will be decided
upon.
John Gribble, 139 Kenwood
ave., retired forester, vice presi
dent for woods and one of the
League's most enthusiastic sup
porters, has reported that his
granddaughter, Tacy Lynch, is
ready f- the contest for queen
of the festival. Miss Lynch is the
three-year old daughter of Mr.
ai d Mrs. John Lynch, 139 Ken
wood ave.
Plans will be made for the
showing of the Alaskan movie
by Mr. Edward H. Horn on April
20 and 27 at the high school.
Col. Paul H. Weiland, president,
will have at the meeting several
articles from the Arctic for in
spection. Bob Pruitt, Grants Pass, a pro
fessional river guide and white
water boatman, will show his
movies taken on the middle fork
of the Salmon river in Idaho,
the Rogue river and the Owyhee
river. Boy Scouts who were with
him on the Owyhee last year will
want to see these pictures and
they are invited, along with their
parents.
Refreshments will be served
as usual and members are asked
to bring those who might be in
terested as guests. ."
conquered the two greatest com
petitors of the tournament, Ben
Hogan and Sam Snead, who fin
ished two-three at a record seven
and eight . stroke distance be
hind the winner.
Happy, quickly-relaxed Mid
dlecoff, said that after he took
a double bogey on the 10th hole
of the last round and still, was
one under par through 12, it
was no time to take chances any
more.
Yet, while the 31-year-old ex
dentist from Memphis who now
is. registered from Kiamesha
Lake, N.Y., took a cautious iron
on his approach to 13 Sunday,
satisfied with a par 5, it was the
same hole he gambled and got
an eagle on Friday. That feat and
a flurry of birdies, including
four fh a row, added up to only
65 and was the round Jons
called the best in Masters' his
tory. Middlecoff finished with a
two-under-par 70 Sunday, giving
him a total of 279, which is as
good as they've ever done in the
Masters save when Hogan axed
it down to 274 in 1953.
Burke Falls Behind
It was only the second major
triumph for Middlecoff, who
won the U.S. Open in 1949 only
two years after he turned pro.'
Saddest casualty of all in this
Masters was Jack Burke Jr. of
Kiamesha. Lake, the first day
leader who' plummeted down to
a tie for 12th after a hard-to-be-lieve
nine on the now notorious
13th.
4
Hogan's close putts failed to
drop for birdies on his outgoing
nine and after he played shakily
on 10 and 11, both for bogey
fives, he was out of it. Yet, ironi
cally, he birdied the 13th and
finished with 73 and 286.
Snead's story for four rounds
was 12 birdies and 12 bogeys. He
wound up with a fine 70 Sunday,
however, for 287.
Augusta, Ga. (U.R) Bruce
Cudd, Portland amateur golfer,
carded a 72-hole total of 306 in
the Masters' golf tournament
here, shooting a 78 in yesterday's
final round. Cudd, 21-year-old
Walker Cupper, shot 307 last
year.
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Phoenix High
Tops IV in
Track Meet
Phoenix Phoenix high pac
ed by Delmar Brood, Llewellyn
Witte and Walt Hurlbut, gained
firsts, in eight of 14 events Sat
urday to overcome Illinois Val
ley 67 to 55 in a rual track meet
here.
Brood won the low hurdles,
tied for first in the pole vault
and took second in the 100-yard
dash to glean 11 points in the
meet. Witte headed the runners
in both the 220. and 330-yard
runs, for 10 points and Hurlbut
took the broad jump, was second
in the shot put and was third
in the discus for nine points.
In the pole vault Brood broke
his Swedish steel vaulting pole
trying to clear 10 feet 3 inches
and luckily escaped serious in
jury. Winning height Saturday
was 9-10 but Coach Jack Wood
ward said that Brood has clear
ed 10-9 this year and is expect
ed to go higher.
Neither IV nor Phoenix is con
sidered strong this year. Both
schools lost heavily by gradua
tion last spring.
RESULTS:
70-yard high hurdles Cubbreath,
IV; Colee. IV; James and Hobbs, P.
Time :11.1.
- Shot put Plumlee, IV; Hurlbut, P;
Brewer. IV. Distance 43 ft. 1 in.
100-yard dash Puhl, P; Delmar
Brood. P: Cook. IV. Time :11.1.
Three-fourths mile McLeish, P;
Berkner, IV: Brown. P. Times 3:43.
Pole vault Delmar Brood and
Carson, P, tie first; Plumlee, IV.
Height 9 ft. 10 in.
High jump Kelsoe. P; James. P
and Loganbill, IV, tie second. Height
5 ft. 5 in.
330-vard dash Witt, P; Logan
bill. IV; Cole. IV. Time :38.5.
Discus Smith, IV; Workman, P;
Hurlbut. P. Distance 116 ft. 3i in.
100-yard low hurdles Delmar
Brood, P: Workman, P; Colee, IV.
Time :12.7.
Broad jump Hurlbut, P; Cooke,
IV; Dwayne Brood, P. Distance 18 ft.
5 in.
220-vard dash Witte, P; Cooke,
IV: Lockhart. IV. Time :23.8.
Javelin Brewer. IV; Rose, P;
Korth, P. Distance 139 ft. 10 in.
660-yard run Berkner. IV; Phil
lips, IV, and Brown, P, tie second.
Time 1:45.
440-yard relay Won by Illinois Val
ley. Orioles Pay Out
$50,000 Bonus;
Release Pesky
Baltimore (U.R) The Balti
more Orioles shelled out the
largest bonus in their history to-
xlay when they paid an estimated
$50,000 to Jim Pyburn, a 21-year-old
third baseman from Au
burn, who will report to them
Wednesday.
In addition to signing Pyburn,
a 6-foot, 190-pound junior from
Birmingham, Ala., the Orioles
also announced the outright re
lease of veteran infielder
Johnny Pesky and the signing of
right-hander Saul Rogovin to a
Baltimore contract. Rogovin
worked out with the Orioles this
spring while under contract to
their San Antonio Texas League
farm club.
Lowry Encounters
Adams in Ring
New York '(U.R) Irish Pat
Lowry, a welterweight who con
siders a boxing ring a relatively
safe place after his 13-month
stint in Korea with the Marines,
meets Pete Adams in a return
bout tonight at St. Nicholas
arena.
The match is rated a toss-up.
Lowry, a 25-year-old Toledo, O.,
fighter who took part in the In
chon landing and the capture of
Seoul, was awarded a much
disputed ' decision after their
first brawl at St. Nick's Feb. 28.
Danny Giovanelli of Brooklyn
is a slight choice for his 10
rounder against Chris Christen
sen, Denmark's welterweight
champion, . in tonight's main
bout at Brooklyn's Eastern
Parkway arena. ABC begins
televising this program at 9:30
p.m. (EST).
Albany, Calif. . (U.R) Neil
S. McCarthy's Bell O' Shandon,
a fleet filly bred in Ireland,
roared from behind to win the
$17,475 Richmond handicap at
Golden Gate fields today be
fore 19,437 fans.
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Jean Elbon Polishes Off Gerry Hunter;
Dean Beats Hussane; Rematches Sought
Shirley Winters and Yoggi
Hussane were screaming for re
matches today following one of
the wildest and noisest sessions
of the current wrestling season
at Merrick's arena Saturday
night.
. Miss Winters wants another
chance at Gerry Hunter, whom
she held to a draw on April 2,
and Hussane is after another
crack at Man Mountain Dean
Jr., to whom he lost on a foul
Saturday night.
It was a rough night for Hunt
er, but just about everyone of
the near-capacity crowd loved
every minute of it as Jean Elbon,
a top rate cutie making her first
start here, polished off the here
tofore unbeaten Hunter two falls
out of three.
Miss Elbon Shines
Not only is Miss Elbon prob
ably the best looker Mack Lil
lar has brought to Medford, but
she is by far the best wrestler.
She turned Hunter every way
but loose and took her foe's best
licks time and again. But it was
Winters, in the audience as a
spectator, who finally turned
the tide.
Miss Elbon had been thrown
out of the ring and was kicked
back to the floor several times
by Hunter when she tried to get
back in. Winters couldn't stand
it any longer and with skirts fly
ing, she rushed to ringside, pull
ed Hunter out of the ring by a
foot, and administered a sound
thrashing as ringsiders scurried
One Presidential
Duty Not Listed
In Constitution
Washington '(U.R) Dwight
Eisenhower performed the one
vital duty of the presidency to
day that isn't mentioned in tha
Constitution.
He'll throw out the first ball
of the 1955 baseball season.
He threw out the first ball of
the 1955 baseball season.
Like most of the presidents
who preceded Ike, he pitched
with all the speed, grace and
control of a baby throwing oat
meal at the nearest wall. But it
doesn't make any difference to
the fans. It's the effort and not
the form that counts in this tra
ditional ceremony.
Dates Back to 1912
ihe ceremony calling upon
presidents to throw out the first
ball dates back to 1912, when a
young club owner named Clark
Griffith of the Washington Na
tionals invited President Wil
liam Howard Taft to perform
the function in a mid -season
game.
The next year Griffith invited
Woodrow Wilson to throw out
the first pitch at the opening
game. From 1913 to 1943, when
Franklin D. Roosevelt finally
missed an opener during war
time, presidents attended every
first game of the season in
Washington.
Oregon Thinclads
Win 3-Way Test
Portland (U.R) The Univer
sity of Oregon swamped Seat
tle Pacific College and Lewis
and Clark College in a three-way
track meet here Saturday.
The Webfoots had first places
in all but one event and rolled
up 100 1-2 points to 31 1-3 for
Seattle Pacific and 30 1-6 for
Lewis and Clark.
Pittsburgh Captures
Hockey League Diadem '
Buffalo, N. Y. (U.R) The
Pittsburgh Hornets, the Ameri
can Hockey League's regular
season champions, made it a
"double" by capturing the play
off title Sunday night with a 4-2
triumph over the Buffalo Bi
sons. Bobby Solinger scored twice
in two minutes and three sec
onds in the second period and
those goals clinched the best-of-seven
serk-s for the Hornets, 4-2.
out of the way. Then Winters
picked Hunter up, threw her
back into the ring to which El
bon had returned, and Jean ap
plied the clincher with a body
press.
Referee Injured
Hunter had taken the first fall
with a press after dusting the
mat with Jean by throwing her
around by the hair. Elbon took
the second fall with a shoulder
stand and had to keep the hold
for more than a minute while
Referee Larry Presnell, who had
been thrown from the ring by
Hunter, could get back in. Pres
nell suffered a bad ankle injury,
the seriousness of which had not
Crater Plays
KF Pelicans
On Tuesday
Crater high, winner of its first
two starts in the Rogue Baseball
League, switches to non-conference
action on Tuesday.
The Comets take on Klamath
Falls in an afternoon brush at
Central Point. .
The home club goes into ac
tion with a record of two wins
and two losses. Crater defeated
Eagle Point twice over the
week end after losing a pair of
non-league season openers to
Medford.
Interested Spectators
Medford's varsity may be in
terested spectators for the con
flict. Outcome of the fracas may
give the Black Tornado an in-j
dication of how it may fare
against Klamath and Grants
Pass in Southern Oregon Con
ference and district scuffles.
Klamath Falls lost two SO
circuit scuffles to Grants Pass
last Thursday. The scores were
2 to 1 and 3 to 0.
Crater, although operating in
the A-2 district, takes on four
A-l competitors two games each
this spring. The Comets already
have their scrapes with Medford
out of the way. They play their
first mix with Ashland this
week end and face Grants Pass
later.
Phillies May Dip
Into Minor Loop
Talent Barrel
Philadelphia (U.R) The
crippled Philadelphia Phillies
were ready to dip into the minor
league talent barrel today to re
place injured outfielder Del En
nis and Richie Ashburn.
With the possibility of Ennis
being laid up for several weeks
and Ashburn still a doubtful fac
tor for Tuesday's opener with
the New York Giants, the club
figured to bring up either Bob
Bowman or Larry Novak, rookie
outfielders who were sent to
Syracuse of the International
League after training with the
Phils in Florida.
The decision rested on the out
come of new X-ray examinations
of the hairline fracture Ennis
suffered just below his left
knee when he collided with Ash
burn while chasing a line drive
Friday.
Harridge Forsees
Attendance Gain
By UNITED PRESS
Will Harridge, president of
the American League, predicted
a gain of more than a million
in attendance for the 1955 sea
son today while Warren C. Giles,
the National League head, de
clared "this will be the biggest
and best year in our history."
Sharing the optimism of the
two major league executives was
baseball Commissioner Ford C.
Frick who stated that "I'm
thoroughly convinced this is go
ing to be a better year for base
ball than 1954 and that goes for
the minor leagues, tor"
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been determined today. The
match was held up for several
minutes until another referee
could be obtained.
Hussane did very little wres
tling with his huge opponent,
being content to stay away until
he had an opportunity to do his
dirty stuff. Dean, quite agile for
his 384 pounds, took the first
fall with his famed "belly flop"
and won the clincher when, after
being thrown from the ring, Hus
sane refused to let him return.
Johnny "Cyclone" Cobb, who
had replaced the Injured Pres
nell as referee, stopped it by
disqualifying Hussane.
Hussane claims the match was
merely a feeling-out process and
he knows now he can thrash the
big fellow. Whether he gets the
chance Lillard has yet to decide.
Davidson Injured
A sparkling exhibition of fine
wrestling came to a disappoint
ing end in the match between
Cobb and Buck Davidson when,
with a minute to go, Davidson
was injured when he missed a
dropkick and was unable to con
tinue. Cobb took a fall with a body
press as Davidson lay injured on
the mat but when Davidson was
unable to come out for the final
minute, Cobb refused to accepts
the decision. Presnell announced
that it would go down as a "no
decision" affair.
New Grid Tutor
Of Red Raiders
To Visit Campus
Ashland Al Akms, new
Red Raider football coach at
Southern Oregon college, will be
on campus on April 29 and 30,
President Elmo N. Stevenson
announced.
Akins will come to Ashland
for a look at the SOC campus
and a review of equipment, fa
cilities, and material for the
coming football season, Dr.
Stevenson said.
Akins faces a schedule of
eight games this fall as he suc
ceeds Dr. Alex Peterson at the
SOC gridiron helm.
. The new mentor is an ex
Washington state. University of
Washington and pro football
halfback. He played three years
of football for WSC and then
transferred to the U of W under
the V-5 program, while serving
in the marines and attaining the
rank of first lieutenant. He
played for Washington In the
1944 Rose Bowl game.
Ted Schopf, on leave this year
at the University of Oregon do
ing graduate work, will return
next year to duties as head bas
ketball and baseball coach and
will assist Akins with the foot
ball squad.
Syracuse Champ
Of Pro Cage Loop
Syracuse, N.Y. U.R) The
well-balanced Syracuse Nation
als are the first Eastern team
ever tp rule the National Basket
ball association, thanks to an
am? zing "comeback" ability and
an even more fantastic "home
court" jinx.
The Nats, who once trailed '
3-2 in the best-of-seven final
round of the playoffs, triumphed
over Fort Wayne in the payoff
game Sunday afternoon in a
92-91 thriller on George King's
free throw with 12 seconds to
play.
At one time in the bitterly
fought fray, the Nats trailed by
17 points, and Coach Al Cervi
hailed his new champions by
saying, "Any team that can come
from 17 points behind in an im
portant game like this is a great
team."
It was merely the 28th straight
time that the Nats had beaten
the Pistons here in Syracuse.
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