Tunday, April 12, 1953
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN
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LIGHTS OUT! Down against the ropes in the sixth round of his middleweight bout
with Gil Turner in New York is Gene Fullmer, on the way to losing his first fight in
30 appearances. Turner, from Philadelphia, won a unanimous decision over the West
Jordan, Utah, slugger.
Sport
Parade
By
OSCAR FRALEY
' United Prett
Sports Writer
New York -(U.R) This is the
day on which six young men in
brand new flannels realize their
brightest dreams.
They are baseball players who
finally fought their way up to
the major leagues. As rookies,
they may have a lump in the
throat and butterflies under
their belts.
But this will be the one they
will always remember opening
day and themselves in a big
league lineup.
It must be very strange to
Ramon Mejias, a 23 -year -old
Cuban who will go out there into
right field for the Pirates. He
doesn't speak English and when
he went to spring training he
was a complete unknown. But
Ramon hit just the way he did
for Waco in the Class B Big
State league, where he batted
.354 and hit safely in 55 straight
games. So he gets his chance.
Pressure on Birds
The pressure rides even hard
er on two freshmen with the
Cardinals. Third baseman Ken
Boyer and center fielder Bill
Virdon must conquer the dread
of an extravagant buildup.
Boyer, a 24-year-old out of
Liberty, Mo., has been tagged a
"second Pie Traynor." Virdon,
23, from West Plains, Mo., is
rated an even better rookie pros--pect
than Wally Moon, who was
rookie of the year last, season.
They have the size and the
background. Virdon, a 175
pound 6-footer, was the Interna
national league batting cham-
pion with .333 at Rochester.
Boyer, 6-foot 2-inch and 190
pounds, hit .319 at Houston.
Big things have been pre
dicted, too, for J. W. Porter, a
22-year-old outfielder who goes
into left field for Detroit. A
raw-boned, 6-foot 2 Oklahoman,
the freckled Porter is home from
Army service.
. There's less pressure, but no
less desire, with Boston's Nor
bert Zauchin and Kansas City's
Jack Littrell. i
Zauchin, a 25 - year - old first
baseman, moves well around the
bag despite his 6-foot 4 - inch
frame and 220 pounds. A De
troiter, he hit .289 at Louisville
last season and led the Ameri
can association in runs batted
in.
Littrell, a 26-year-old short
stop out of Louisville is a stringy
179 pounds on a 6-foot frame.
His forte is defense, for he hit
but .233 at Ottawa last season.
Five other rookies had their
thrill of being in the opening
day lineup Monday, catcher Hal
Smith and second baseman Don
Leppert with Baltimore; short
stop Bob Kline of Washington,
and the Cubs' Harry Chiti, a
catcher, and center fielder Gale
Wade..
But for the waiting six, the
big league baptism as an open
ing day starter is still ahead. For
them it's the big chance and the
bright dream, but with these no
doubt and apprehension, too.
Which, combined, make for a
day they'll always remember!
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Steve Nagy Grips
Lose Out in Bid
For ABC Top Spot
Fort Wayne, Ind. (U.PJ;
The Steve Nagy Grips of Cleve
land lost out in their bid to take
over first place in the team
event in the American Bowling
Congress tournament.
The Nagy club found itself
in third place last night with
a 3013 total, two back of the
tied Howard's Clothes of St. Paul
and Cole-Finder Mercury of
Chicago.
Anchor man on the team, Nel
son Burton, spared the tenth
frame and needed a strike on his
extra ball for a 3016 team total.
But his ball crossed over to the
left side of the alley and left
three pins standing.
Middleman Chuck O'Donnel
had games of 214, 239 and 237.
Nagy had a 601 triple; Gil
Smith. 595; Dick Hoover, 582;
and Burton, 545. Team games
were 1001, 1017 and 995.
Lowry May Lose
Bout With Fiore
Because of Cut
New York (U.R) Welter
weight Pat Lowry, vowing "no
more middleweights for me,"
may not be able to keep a date
with Carmine Fiore in his na
tive Toledo, Ohio, on April 26
because of a bad cut over the
left eye suffered in his squeak
er victory over Pete Adams.
Lowry, a Korean war veter
an with an imposing knockout
record, rallied in the last three
rounds Monday night at St. Nich
olas arena to gain a majority
decision over the hard-punching,
but often wild, Adams in a wide
ly telecast bout. The victory
was the former Marine's second
over Adams and his 38th in 46
outings.
After the fight, Dr. Vincent
Nardiello, commission physician,
took five stitches to close the
wound and it hardly seems pos
sible Lowry will be able to fight
again in two weeks.
Red Wings Seek
Stanley Cup Win
On Montreal Ice
'Montreal . (U.R) The De
troit Red Wings are out to
smash the "home ice pattern"
that has prevailed throughout
the final series to clinch hockey's
Stanley Cup championship to
night by beating the Montreal
Canadiens at the Forum.
The Wings, leading 3-2 in
games in the best-of-seven series
that has seen the home team win
each game, are bolstered by the
improvement in Terry Saw
chuck's condition. The star goal
ie still is recuperating from a
flu attack but is "80 per cent
better" than he was in Sunday's
game.
The Canadiens also are bol
stered in the addition of high
scoring Dick Gamble.
Gamble was called up to the
Canadiens from Buffalo of the
American Hockey league at the
conclusion of that league's play
offs Sunday. The 24-year-old
former Canadien led the AHL
in goal-getting with 38 in 45
games.
At the entrances to the Pana
ma canal, the Atlantic ocean's
tide ries and falls an average of
one foot, while on the Pacific
side the difference between high
and low is about 12.5 feet.
Atkinson Named
To Ride Nashau
In Wood Event
New York (U.R) Ted Atkin
son will have the assignment on
Belair Stud's Nashau in the
$100,000 added Wood Memorial
at Jamaica on April 23, because
of back-to-back suspensions to
regular rider Eddie Arcaro.
Arcaro was handed a 10-day
suspension by the Bowie Stew
ards Monday which will keep
him idle until May 4, but he'll
be back in harness in time to
ride Nashua, the Kentucky Der
by favorite, in the "Run for the
Roses" at Churchill Downs,
May 7.
The Maryland suspension
came on the heels of one meted
out by the Jamaica stewards for
a similar infraction interfer
ence which begins today and
runs through to April 21. The
Bowie suspension picks up the
following day.
Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons,
Nashua's trainer,, immediately
engaged Atkinson to ride his
charge in the Wood upon hear
ing Arcaro's second suspension.
The Wood is the last major prep
for Eastern Kentucky Derby
hopefuls and is a rich prize in
itself.
Tribe Manager
Al Lopez Given
Two-Year Pact
Cleveland, Ohio U.R) A
"very happy" . Al Lopez confi
dently set the 1955 baseball
world championship as his tar
get today as he began work on
a new two-year contract that
caught him by surprise.
The Cleveland Indians' popu
lar little skipper was conferring
with team General Manager
Hank Greenberg Monday morn
ing when Greenberg suddenly
offered Al a new contract. It is
believed to call for $45,000 a
year, instead of the present $40,
000. "I'm very satisfied, very hap
py" beamed Lopez. The manag
er of the American League
champions still had one year to
go under his existing two-year
pact.
"I guess I've won just about
everything now but the World
Series," observed Lopez, "and
that's the target for this year.
It makes a fellow feel good
knowing he has the club behind
him like I do."
tow Forbidding Women
Wrestlers Constitutional
Salem (U.R) Any law
which would forbid women to
engage in wrestling or boxing
exhibitions would not violate
the state constitution, Attorney
General Robert Y. Thornton
ruled yesterday. Such a measure
is up for consideration before
the Legislature.
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