TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday. April 13, 1955
Indians, Braves Display Pitching, Power
In Starters To Live Up To Advance Raves
By FRED DOWN
United Press Sports Writer
It's a bit early for Cleveland
and Milwaukee fans to apply for
World Series tickets but the In
dians and Braves certainly wast
ed no time living up to their
advance notices as the major
league pennant favorites.
Both flashed sound pitching
and dangerous long-ball punch
in their openers Tuesday to start
cff on the right foot before huge
hometown crowds. A crowd of
50.230 saw the Indians breeze to
a 5-1 verdict over the Chicago
White Sox while a turnout of
43,640 saw the Braves rally in
the eighth inning with the aid
of rookie Chuck Tanner's homer
to -defeat the Cincinnati Redlegs,
4-2.
In other games, the Kansas
City Athletics made a successful
American league debut witn
6-2 triumph over the Detroit
Tigers before a crowd of 32,844
including former President Har
ry Truman; the Boston Red Sox
beat the Baltimore Orioles, 7-1,
behind Frank Sullivan's five
hitter and the Chicago Cubs wal-
lorjed the St. Louis Cardinals,
14.4. New York at Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh at Brooklyn and
Washington at New York were
rained out.
Kiner Booms First
Bob Lemon, a' 23-game winner
last season, picked up right
where he left off by pitching a
five-hitter and Ralph Kiner
weighed in with his first homer
as an American leaguer to pro
vide the fireworks for the In
dians. Lemon struck out three
anri walked onlv three as he
scored an easy victory over a
team that beat him in two of
three decisions last season.
Kiner, acquired in a winter
deal with the Cubs, struck out
on his first two trips to the plate
but then walloped a solo homer
in the fifth inning. Vic Wertz
singled home two runs for the
Indians in the first inning and
Al Smith hit a two run homer
in the second. All Cleveland's
runs were off Virgil Trucks, a
10-game winner in 1954.
At Milwaukee, the fans were
treated to even more spectacular
heroics.
Ted Kluszewski threatened to
wreck the opening day festivi
ties when he blasted a two-run
.homer, his second round-tripper
in as many games, to give the
Redlegs a, 2-1 lead in the eighth
inning. But Tanner, a 25-year-old
lef thanded hitter who batted
.323 for Atlanta last season,
promptly tied the score with his
pinch homer tying a major
league record.
Fleet Bill Bruton then singled
and scored the tie-breaking run
when Hank Aaron tripled off the
right center field fence. Aaron
tallied on Bobby Thomson's sac
rifice fly. The victory went to
Warren Spahn while ex-Cardinal
Gerry Staley suffered the de
feat.
Pinch-Hitters Click
Kansas City made a triumph
ant entry into the A.L., rallying
for three runs in the sixth in
ning to snap a 2-2 deadlock. El
mer Valo, pinch-hitting for win
ning pitcher Alex Kellner, drew
a walk with the bases filled to
force in the tie-breaking run
and two more tallies followed on
pinch-hitter Don Bollweg's sin
gle. Ewell Blackwen nunea ine
last three innings for the Atn
letics and was aided by three
double Dlays. Ned Garver was
the loser.
Ted Lepcio, who hit only eight
homers all last season, hit two
and drove in three runs as the
Red Sox handed the Orioles
their second straight defeat. Sul
livan, a 15-game winner last sea
son, did the rest for the Bed Sox,
limiting Baltimore to five hits
and striking out four batters
Dee Fondy drove in five runs
with a double and a single and
Ransom Jackson homered as the
Cubs virtually duplicated a 13-4
opening day rout of the Cardi
nals last year. Paul Minner, win
ning pitcher in last year tri
umph, scattered nine hits Tues
day and also collected three hits.
Rookie Ken Boyer homered for
the Cardinals.
1.1NESCORE:
American League
Detroit 000 110 000 2 8 1
Kansas City . 011 003 Olx 6 9 0
Garver. Fletcher (7) and R. Wilson.
Kellner. Blackwell (7) and Astroth.
Winning pitcher Kellner (1-0). Los
ing pitcher Garver (0-1).
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REFEREE TO WRESTLE Larry Presnell of the Portland police
department, shown above, will trade his referee's togs for wres
tling tights Saturday night when he meets Johnny "Cyclone"
Cobb in one of the three matches at Merrick's arena. Presnell,
who was injured while refereeing last week, telephoned Promoter
Mack Lillard yesterday saying his ankle had responded to treat
ment and that he would like to have a match. Lillard obliged by
digging up just about the best opponent who has been around here
in a long time. Other matches send Yoggi Hussane against Man
Mountain Dean Jr., and Shirley Winters against Gerry Hunter.
Both are return engagements.
Minor League President Finds
Renewed Interest, Confidence
For Big Year Throughout Loops
By GEORGE M. TRAUTMAN
(Minor League President)
Written for United Press
Columbus, Ohio (U.R) In
looking over the baseball pros
pects for the 1955 season in our
Eoston 120 102 100 7 13 0
Baltimore 001 000 000 1 5 2
Sullivan (1-0) and White. Coleman,
Kretlow (3). Ferrarese 6 and Moss.
Losing pitcher Coleman (0-1).
Chicago OOC 001 000 1 5 0
Cleveland 220 010 OOx 5 8 1
Trucks. Fomieles (7) and Lollar. Le
mon (1-0) and Hegan. Losing pitcher
Trucks (0-1).
National League
Cincinati 000 000 020 2 7 1
Milwaukee ....100 000 03x 1 8 0
Staley. Collum 181. Lane (8) and
Dalley. Spahn. Joliy (9) and Crandall.
Winning pitcher Spahn (1-0). Losing
pitcher Staley (0-1).
Jansen To Pitch
For Seattle Nine
New York (U.R) Thirty-four-year-old
Larry Jansen, ' for
eight years a star pitcher on the
New York Giants, is heading
back to his native Pacific North
west to pitch for the Seattle
Rainiers of the Pacific Coast
League. i
Jansen, whose 120 Giant vic
tories include the famous third
game of the 1951 pennant play
off against the Brooklyn Dodg
ers, was released by the Giants
Tuesday night to enable him to
sign with Seattle.
Jansen, a native ,of Forest
Grove, Ore., had a record of 21-5
in his rookie year with the Giants
in 1947 and won at least 15
games for each of the next four
years. In 1951, he had a 23-11
mark.
Major Loop First Day
Crowds Average Bigger
Than Those Last Year
Rain forced the postponement
of three major league games
Tuesday but the per-game av
erage for the five other opening
games played was greater than
it was a year ago.
,A grand total of 190,255 per
sons turned out for a per-game
average of 38,051 surpassing
last year's average of ' 29,552.
The eight games played on
opening day 1954 drew 236,414
fans.
Largest at Cleveland
The largest crowd of the day
50,230 saw the Indians and
White Sox in Cleveland's Muni
cipal Stadium, topping last
year's biggest opening day
crowd of 46,994 at Detroit for
the Tigers Orioles debut.
The New York Yankees-Wash-ington
Senators game in New
York, the Brooklyn Dodgers-
Pittsburgh Pirates game in
Brooklyn and the Philadelphia
Phillies-New York Giants game
in Philadelphia were called off
because of a steady downpour
along the Eastern Seaboard. -
The National Park System was
started with the establishment of
Yellowstone National Park in
1872.
250 minor league cities, I find
renewed interest, and confidence
for a big year everywhere.
There is something in the air
that it a little difficult to pin
point. It is a little difficult to
pinpoint. It is a renewed feeling
of confidence that the 1955 sea
son will mark the up-turn in at
tendance; that the fans of the
country will show greater inter
est in the fortunes of the local
clubs; and that next year, 1956,
will see resumption of several
leagues that were not in opera
tion in 1954.
,1 think several reasons might
be given. Let's try to list a few
without an attempt to give them
in their order of importance.
War Fear Gone
First the apprehension that we
surely face an immediate war
with Communism seems to have
been dissipated. There seems to
be a feeling that our institutions
will continue to thrive and that
our lives will be lived in an at
mosphere of peace.
Second, a new confidence has
been found by many of our clubs
by the introduction of what we
call the pre-season ticket sales
idea. Where only box seats have
been sold in other years it is now
the routine procedure of many
of our clubs to sell vast numbers
of game tickets long before op
ening day.
Thus the club can be assured
of sustained operation, the fans
can budget their ticket purchas:
es, the communities can know
that the financial security of the
local clubs is assured and every
body can concentrate on . . . the
actual play of the teams on the
field.
'Baseball Week' Helped
Third, the week of March 19
26 was called "National Baseball
Week" and has been celebrated
widely throughout the nation.
The governors of 48 states issued
proclamations; 21 of the leading
amateur organizations of the na
tion joined with professional
baseball to honor the game.
Fourth, and this may be wish
ful thinking, I believe that the
fans everywhere have almost
suddenly taken stock of the sit
uation and have concluded that
professional baseball is profes
sional baseball wherever it is
played.
For all of these reasons I ex
pect our opening days in every
league to be the greatest out
pouring of fans we have seen
since 1949, our biggest year. '
MH Jayvee
Victor Over
Jacksonville
Medford high junior varsity
survived a seventh inning Red
skin rally yesterday to down the
Jacksonville varsity baseball
nine 6 to 4 at Jacksonville.
The junior Tornado built a 6
to 0 lead before the Redskins
came through with all their runs
in the seventh.
The Medfordites picked up
their first run in the second
frame when Gordon Owsley
doubled, Ray Hilton singled and
Owsley scored on a double steal.
For two runs in the fifth inning
Bob Mays walked. Dennis King
tripled and Ken Morris singled
Two more came in in the sixth
when Jim Gibson drew a base
on balls and Mays and Larry
Perkins both singled.
Double Steal
Hilton got on base on an
error in the seventh chukker
and Jim Putney walked. They
tried a double steal. Throw to
third in effort to nail Hilton
was late and the ball was
thrown over second in a try to
get Putney. Hilton tallied on the
miscue.
For Jacksonville's ennnfpre
Clarence Wilson and .Tank Dalv
singled. Bob Gemaehlich walk
ed, Dick Teal tripled and an
error allowed Teal to get home.
Medford Chucker Ernie Tvlpr
gave up eight hits, four of them
in the last inning. He struck out
six batters and walked two. TVal
was tagged for seven hits, fan
ned only one Medford batter,
and walked six. King swatted
the ball well for the Tornarlr
and got two hits in four times
up.
While the jayvees were see
ing game action, the Tornado
varsity was drilling for its
scrapes this Saturday afternoon
with Klamath Falls.
LINESCORE:
Medford JV 010 022 1 6 7 2
Jacksonville 000 000 4 4 8 2
Tyler and Hilton; Teal and Gemaehlich.
More Than 1,000
Entries Expected
In Hay ward Tiff
Eugene (U.R) The 18th an
nual Hayward relays set for this
Friday and Saturday at the Uni
versity of Oregon will see more
than 1,000 athletes from 76
schools taking part, according to
director Ray Hendrickson.
The Roeue vallev will he well
represented in the Havward re
lays on Friday and Saturday at
Eugene with entries from this
area expected in every division
of the meet.
Coach Bob Newland of Med
ford high, defending metroDoli-
tan class chamD. said that his
team, according to present indi
cations will be physically strong
er than it was for the Rosue re
lays. Only Wally Larson was on
tne sick list this morning.
lne squad for the running
events at Eugene is just about
set, according to the coach. He
was expected to have weight
event lineup determined after
tonight s practice.
NIGHT EDITOR DIES
New York (U.R) Thomas C.
Cluck, 48, United Press night
cable editor, died Tuesday night
in Presbyterian Hospital after a
lingering illness.
Melbourne Told
Olympic Games
Could Be Moved
Sydney, Australia (U.R) -
Avery Brundage left Australia
for Japan today with a warn
ing echoing behind him that the
1956 Olympic Games could be
taken away from Melbourne un
less the organizing committee
"wakes up" by June 10.
Brundage, president of the In
ternational Olympic committee
pointed out that the IOC has a
meeting scheduled in Paris in
June and the Melbourne decis
ion "depends on the work done
in Melbourne between now and
June 10."
"If there is no improvement,
there could be a sensational de
cision at Paris," said Brundage
I haven't made any threats or
given Australians any deadlines,
But they know when the inter
national committee meets."
Portlander Heads
Singles Tourney
Kelcy Allen, Portland has
rolled into the lead of the West
ern Singles Handicap tourna
ment at Medford Bowling lanes.
He carded a scratch score of
1280, bowling games of 181, 213,
206, 235, 232 and 213.
His total pushed "dive Wein
Ker, aeartie, into second posi
tion wih his 12o3 count. Francis
Kirk, Medford, is third with
1235 and Gale Culy, Medford,
fourth with 1223. Rudy Meffert,
Salem, is close behind Culy with
1223 for the six-game contest.
Tallest Boxing
Bout In World
- Corvallis (U.R) Swede Hal-
brook, seven-feet-three, and Phil
Shadoin. seven-feet, both mem
bers of Coach Slats Gill's basket
ball team, will box in a special
event at the varsity 'O' smoker
here April 20, it was announced
today.
Standings
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Sacramento
San Diego
Portland .1
Seattle .
Los Angeles
Oakland
Hollywood
San Francisco
W.
6
6
. 5
4
3
. 3
3
3
L.
2
3
3
4
5
5
5
6
Pet. GB
.750
.667
.625
.500
.375
.375
.375
1
1
3
3
3
.333 32
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W.
Kansas City 1
Washington 1
Cleveland 1
Boston 1
New York 0
Chicago 0
Detroit 0
Baltimore 0
L. Pet. GB
0 1.000
0 l.COO
0 1.000
0 1.000
0 .000
1 .000 1
1 .000 1
2 .000 1 i
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 2 0
Milwaukee 1 n
New York 0 0
Brooklyn 0 0
Philadelphia 0 0
Pittsburgh 0 0
St. Louis O 1
Cincinnati 0 2
1.000
1.000 'i
.000 1
.000 1
.000 1
.000 1
.000 1 't
1000 2
St. Louis 100 100 020 4 9 0
Chicago . 560 200 lOx 14 18 1
Lawrence. Schultz (It. Jacobs (2),
LcPalme 4V Moford 7 and Sarni.
Minner (1-0) and Chiti. Losing pitcher
Lawrence (0-1).
DONS NICK CHIEFS
Petaluma, Calif. (U.R) A
University of San Francisco nine
won an 8-7 victory over Wen
atchee of the Western Interna-
HUllUi .league; JtOlClUaj" LKJL H1C I I
Dons' fourth straight road vie- '
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TUESDAY'S RESULTS
Hollywood 5. Seattle 4
San Diego 2, Los Angeles 1
Portland 4. San Francisco 2
Sacramento 3. Oakland 2
(How Series Stand)
Hollywood 1, Seattle O
San Diego 1. Los Angeles 0
Portland 1. San Francisco 0
Sacramento 1. Oakland 0
American League
Boston 7. Baltimore 1
Cleveland 5, Chicago 1
Kansas City 6. Detroit 2
Wash, at New York, ppd.. rain.
National League
Milwaukee 4. Cincinnati 3
Chicago 14. St. Louis 4
New York at Phila.. ppd.. rain.
Pittsburgh at Bklyn., ppd.. rain.
THURSDAY'S GAMES
Kansas City at Chicago
Cleveland at Detroit
New York at Boston
Baltimore at Washington (night)
National League
Brooklyn at New York
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh
Chicago at Cincinnati
Milwaukee at St. Louis
Bobo Olson Favored
Over Maxim Tonight
By SCOTT BAILLIE
San Francisco U.R) World
middleweight champion Carl
(Bobo) Olson and ancient Joey
Maxim meet tonight in a 10
round, nationally-televised non
title bout at the Cow Palace with
King Bobo favored to pound out
his 21st straight triumph at the
expense of the former light
heavyweight ruler.
Latest odds had Olson a 2-1
choice. The fight will be beamed
at 10 p.m. (EST).
Nothing is materially at stake
other than $10,000 which Maxim
has to forfeit if he fails to scale
175 pounds or less at this morn
ing s weigh-m. However, the
bout is ballyhooed as the "out
Wal tomans Rap-
House Bill on
Water Resources
Jackson County Chapter of
the Izaak Walton League Mon
day selected Richard Connolly,
12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
John M. Connolly, 523 South
Newtown st., as the one to be
in charge of the Izaak Walton
Leagu float to be entered in the
Rogue Valley Blossom Festival
on April 23.
Members gave their support
to House Hill 462 which pro
vides for salmon fishing license
for one day for one dollar. They
said they felt this will result in
many of the tourists along our
coast who never intended to try
to catch a salmon to try their
luck at it. Passage of the meas
ure also should increase the
number of people who are inter
ested in the maintenance of sal
mon runs, they stated.
Dam Right Questioned
The chapter voiced its objec
tions to the , provisions of the
water resources bill, HB 25,
which, if maintained, would vir
tually ignore the future of sal
mon and steelhead in our
streams. As the bill now reads
after passing the house, the fish
commission would have no right
to disapprove of the building of
a dam where plans do not pro
vide for the passage of salmon
and steelhead, they declared.
If this bill is passed in its
present form by the state senate
and signed-by the governor the
fish and game commission would
have no authority on questions
important to the maintenance of
migratory fish runs, according
to Waltonians.
The chapter said it supports
the basic legislation in this bill.
However, it wants the proper
recognition given the fishery resource.
standing fight of the year" in
IBC publicity blurbs and Co-
Promoter Bennie Ford predicts
a new gate record for a non
title affair in the state.
The mark for California was
set in 1951 when Joe Louis and
Andy Walker grossed $96,000 at
the Cow Palace. Ford sees to
night's gross hitting $125,000.
The fight is blacked out in a
150-mile radius of San Fran
cisco. Just Another Bout ,
This is just another bout for
Maxim, who admittedly is over
the hill and says he would like
to retire in another two vears.
But Sid Flaherty Olson's man
ager looks on the bout as a big
stepping stone for the balding
Hawaiian toward the 175 pound
crown.
Olson always did hit better as
a light-heavyweight and expects
to weigh in at about 168. A vic
tory might prompt him to re-!
main in the light - heavyweight
division.
Olson's supporters are predict
ing that their hero may go so far
as to knock out Maxim, which
would only be the second time
Pal Joey has been stretched in
14 years of professional fighting.
Maxim says that he will box
Olson's ears off with pumping
left jabs which may give Bobo
plenty of trouble as he tries to
get inside to land body punches.
GAME CHANGED
Prospect Prospect high
school's Jackson county B leagu
baseball game with Rogue River
will be played here Thursday
afternoon. It was originally set
for the following day but Rogue
River asked the change in' order
to be able to take a full crewr
to the Hayward relays on Friday.
OSC GOLFERS WIN
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Cloninger of the Beavers med
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night to win the sixth game
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