TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
PHILADELPHIA WHACKS GIANTS
AS ROBERTS THROWS 3-HITTER
By MILTON RICHMAN
United Press Sports Writer
Robin Roberts of the Phillies,
the only pitcher around who is!
given an outside chance of win
ning 30 games, was off to his best
start in four years today after
licking an opening day "jinx"
and nearly hurling the first no
hitter of his career in the process.
Usually, ' Robbie" is an open
ing game dud. He lost the open
ers in 1954, 1953 and 1932 but he
had the world champion Giants
under his thumb for eight-and-one-third
innings Wednesday as
he beat them 4-2, before 13,219
opening day fans at Philadelphia.
Alvin Dark spoiled Roberts'
no-hitter when he singled to
right field with one out in the
ninth. But the 28-year-old Phila
delphia righthander, who has
won at least 20 games the past
five years, wasn't disturbed even
though the Giants put together
two more hits for their only two
runs.
Robbie Not Disappointed
"I never try for no hitters and
it doesn't matter too much that
I didn't get this one," he said
after the game. "The important
thing is that we won."
The Phillies got to loser John
ny Antonelli for two runs in the
fifth and to Marv Grissom for
another pair in the sixth. A
walk, Earl Torgenson's triple
and a single by Peanuts Lowrey
produced the Phillies' final two
runs in the sixth.
Carl Erskine pitched Brooklyn
to a 6-1 triumph over Pittsburgh
in the only other National
League game scheduled. Junior
Gilliam snapped a 1-all tie when
he belted one of Max Surkont's
pitches for a homer to lead off
the seventh. Pee Wee Reese's
double, a walk, Jackie Robin
son's run-producing bunt and
Carl Furillo's homer made the
score 6-1. Erskine gave up seven
hits and struck out four batters.
Yankees On Spree
The Yankees made the big
noise in the American League
with a thundering 19-1 victory
over Washington. Southpaw
Whitey Ford, who limited the
Senators to two hits, drove in
four runs, as did Mickey Mantle
and Bob Cerv. Mickey McDer
mott started for the losers but
was chased in the fourth, a
frame in which Mantle homered
with two on. In the sixth, the
Yankees went ahead 13-1 when
Yogi Berra and Bill Skowron
smashed back-to-back homers.
Detroit presented Bucky Har
ris with the 2,000th victory of
his managerial career by tram
pling Kansas City, 10-2, as Steve
Gromek pitched eight-hit ball.
The Athletics jumped in front
with a run in the first inning but
the Tigers rapped loser Arnie
Portocarrero for four runs in the
third on Harvey Kuenn's homer,
Fred Hatfield's double, two
walks, Jim Delsing's single and
Bill Tuttle's double. Detroit
clinched the contest by adding
five more runs in the sixth.
UXESCORES:
National League
New York 000 000 002 2 3 1
Phila. 000 022 00X 4 7 1
Antonelli. Grissom (6) and Westrum.
Roberts (1-0) and I.opata. Losing
pitqher Antonelli (0-1).
Pittsburgh 000 000 100 1 7 0
Brooklyn 00 001 50x 6 11 0
Surkont. Kline (8) and Atwell. Ers
kine (1-0) and Campanella. Losing
American League
pitcher Surkont.
Detroit 004 003 010 10 10 0
Kansas City ..100 000 100 2 8 1
Gromex (1-0) and house. R. Wilson
(6). Portocarrero. Burtschy 16), Wheat
6 1. Trice (8) and Astroth. Losing
pitcher Portocarrero (0-1).
Washington ... 000 001 0001 2 2
New York .. .002 524 S3x 19 16 1
McDermott. Abernathy (4). Currie
6. Gonzales (7) and FitzGerald.
Oldis i7i. Ford tl-0) and Berra. Los
ing pitcher McDermott (0-1).
Standings
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
W. I.. Prt. GB
Sacramento 7 2 .778
San Diego 6 4 .600 l'i
Portland 5 4 .5."6 2 '
seatue 5 4 .556 2
Los Angeles 4 5 .444 3
San Ftancisco 4 6 .400 3'i
Oakland 3 6 .3o3 4
Hollywood 3 6 .333 4
AMERICAN" LEAGUE
W. L. Prt. GB
New York 1 0 1.000
Boston 1 0 1.000
Cleveland 1 0 1.000
Washington l i .500 " "i
Kansas City 1 1 .500
Detroit 1 1 .500 i2
Chicago ... 0 1 .000 1
Baltimore 0 2 .000 l'i
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. Prt. GB
Chicago 2 0 1.000
Milwaukee 1 0 1.000 2
Brooklyn 1 0 1.0')0 2
Philadelphia 1 0 1.000 '2
New York 0 1 .000 1'2
Pittsburgh 0 1 .000 1'2
St. Louis 0 1 .000 l'j
Cincinnati 0 2 .000 2
WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS "
Pacific Coast League
San Francisco 10. Portland 9
Sacramento 6. Oakland 2
Seattle 6. Hollywood 0
Los Angeles o. San Diego 3
(How Series Stand)
Hollywood 1. Seattle 1
San Diego 1. Los Angeles 1
Portland 1. San Francisco 1
Sacramento 2. Oakland 0
American League
New York 19. Washington 1
Detroit 10. Kansas City 2
Boston at Bait., pod., overcast.
(Only games scheduled.)
National League
Brooklyn 6. Pittsburgh 1
Philadelphia 4. New York 2
(Only games scheduled.)
FRIDAY'S GAMES
American League
Cleveland at Detroit
New York at Boston
(Only games scheduled)
National League
Brooklyn at New York
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh
(Only games scheduled)
MedfordTribuns
SIPODHTS
Joe Kirrene
Seals' 10-9
By PETER HAYES
United Press Sports Writer
The hottest major league pros
pect in the Pacific Coast league
today was San Francisco's young
Joe Kirrene, husky third base
man who is batting a sensational
.513 after 10 games.
Kirrene, who signed with the
Chicago White Sox for $30,000
and was optioned to his home
town team, cracked out four
singles last night. The fourth hit
came with the bases loaded in
the ninth and gave the Seals a
10-9 win over Portland.
It was the third time this sea
son that the powerful right-hand
swinger collected four hits in
one game. He was leading the
league in batting by a wide mar
gin. C. Christian
Hurls No-Hit
Win for EP
Eagle Point Only three
Chiefs got on base Tuesday as
Carl Christian twirled a no-hit
no-run baseball victory for the
Eagle Point Eagles over Rogue
River high at Rogue River.
Score of the encounter was
8 to 0.
. Christian gave up one walk
and two men got to first sack on
errors. The pitcher also helped
his cause with three hits in four
times up. One was a double. Er
rol Tresham also hit three for
four including a three-bagger.
The Eagles will play Talent
here Saturday. Three game
changes have been announced by
Coach Jerry Mosby. The Eagles
are now scheduled to play Illi
nois Valley on Wednesday night,
April 20, at Cave Junction and
on Thursday night, April 21, at
Eagle Point. They'll play Phoe
nix here on April 28.
LINESCORE:
Eagle Point 201 040 18 10 2
Rogue River .... 000 000 0 0 0 4
Christian and Tresham: Towse.
Headrick (4) and Prefountaine.
Hardtop Auto
Starts Sunday
Medford's hardtop auto racing
season will begin on Sunday aft-1
ernoon, April 17, it was an-1
nounced today.
Races under the sponsorship j
of the Medford Junior Chamber
of Commerce this year will be
held at the Jackson County
speedway at the sheriff's posse
grounds west of Medford.
First contest Sunday will get
underway at 1:30 p.m., accord
ing to Bill Rozell, general chair
man and track manager for the
junior chamber project. He said
there will be a $1,000 guaran
teed purse for the first program
of the year.
Cars will be larger with big
ger engines and with more speed
Rozell reported. The track rec
ord has been broken unofficial
ly already by the newest car
out, he added.
James To Race
Cecil James, last year's No.
2 driver, will skipper the Ellis
market special. Leadfoot Lou
Chinook Fishing
Slow on Rogue
Portland (U.R) The weekiy
fishing report prepared by the
State Game Commission:
SOUTHWEST: Bass being
taken at Siltcoos and Tahken
itch lakes; bass fighing good in
south fork Coos and fair in
Isthmus slough with bullheads
best bait.
Chinook fishing slow in
Rogue; spring chinook seasons
opens in Umpqua April 15; up
river deadlines are Rock creek
on North Umpqua and Jackson
creek on South Umpqua; pros
pects not too good.
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF SALE
Notice is hereby given that on the
23rd day of April, 1955. at 10:00
o'clock, A.M., at the front door of the
Courthouse in Medford. Jackson
County, Oregon. I will sell at public
auction for cash to the highest bid
der, all the right, title and interest of
the defendant in and to the following
described real property situated in
Jackson County. Oregon, to-wit:
Lot Twenty-one (21) in Block Two
(2i of the Hockenyos Addition to
the City of Medford. Jackson
County. Oregon.
Said sale is made pursuant to an
execution in foreclosure issued out
of the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon, for the County of Jackson, on
the 19th day of March. 1955. in a cer
tain suit therein, wherein John C.
Stockman is plaintiff and Daisy M.
Herd is defendant.
Dated this 23rd day of March. 1955.
HOWARD GAULT. Sheriff
Jackson County. Oregon
JJarceUa Bryant, deputy .
Thursday, April 14, 1955
Sparks
Victory
Kirrene, 23, played with Colo
rado Springs last year after a
three-year hitch in the Coast
Guard. He led the Western
League in hitting with .343. He
also is rated the fastest man on
the Seals team, next to Ted
Beard.
In other PCL games, the
league leading Sacramento Sol
ons beat Oakland, 6-2, with the
help of another fine relief pitch
ing stint by aging Al Brazle;
veteran Elmer Singleton blank
ed Hollywood on four hits as
Seattle won, 6-0, and Los An
geles edged San Diego, 5-3, by
scoring two runs in the ninth
on shortstop Buddy Peterson's
error.
Sacramento topped Oakland
for the second straight night as
the 40-year-old Brazle once again
came in to bail out a youngster
in trouble. Tuesday night Brazle
saved the win for Ed Cereghino
and last night he did it for John
Briggs.
Singleton whiffed five and
walked four in handcuffing Hol
loywood while his Seattle mates
rapped Bob Garber, Bob Wade,
Lloyd Carden and Wally Pitts
for 10 hits.
Los Angeles loaded the bases
off Padre loser Jim Melton in
the ninth and Theolic Smith
took over. Bob Talbot hit a
grounder to Peterson and the
Padre shortstop kicked the ball
into right field. Cal McLish and
Ed Winceniak scored the win
ning "runs on the error.
LINESCORES:
Portland 100 104 0309 15 1
S. Francisco 031 300 111 10 15 4
Lint. Anthony (3).Satalich (4). Mos
ser (6). Hall (8) and Calderone. Bot
tler (8); Hernandez, Fraccia IK), Za
bella (8). Chandler (9) and Tornay,
Ritchey (9).
Oakland 000 002 0002 5 1
Sacramento ....100 022 Olx 6 8 2
Cain, Murphy (7) and Neal; Briggs,
Brazle (8) and Baich.
Seattle 002 010 3006 10 0
Hollywood 000 000 0000 4 2
Singleton and Ginsberg: Garbei,
Wade (6), Cardon (8), Pitts (9) and
Hall.
Los Angeles ..000 001 2025 10 1
San Digo 000 000 030 3 6 2
Piktuzis, Lown (8), Tremel (9) and
Pramesa. Hannah (9); Carmichael,
Melton (9). T. Smith (9) and Aylward,
Gladd (8).
Race Season
Afternoon
Kurz will operate a new speed
ster, a Hudson, and Bud Hurt
will be gunning again in M-21.
Driver of Phil Bryant's new
car will be Wayne Lemley. The
car has been listed as definitely
a top contender. Vic Surroz,
new auto dealer here, is spon
sor of what may prove the sea
son's fastest car.
Southern Oregon Race club
of Medford will provide many
of the drivers. Car jockeys from
throughout southern Oregon
and from northern California
are scheduled to vie in the op
ener. Walt Smith is co-chairman
with Rozell for the Jaycees. Jen
nings Pierce Jr., is grounds sup
ervisor and Dick Bowers is in
charge of concessions.
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STUDS OUTLINE PLANS
FOR BASEBALL SEASON;
MELLBYE HEADS CLUB
Clarence Mellbye will be
player manager of the Medford
Chenev Studs baseball team
again this year and the club will
continue its policy of rebuilding
with young players.
That was the "ord today from
Bill Askwith of the Cheney For-
CLARENCE MELLBYE
To Manage Cheney Studs
est Products firm, Central Point,
which will sponsor the atuas in
the Southern Ore2on League.
Askwith will assist the manager.
Mellbye is head baseball coacn
and assistant football coach at
Crater high school.
Six or seven players from last
year's squad will be back, Ask
with reported. There will be
other local and 'outside" talent.
Four players from colleges may
be brought in. Plans now call
for an enlarged pitching staff.
There will be five or six pitchers,
two catchers, five infielders and
four outfielders on the club, ac
cording to Askwith.
. Players are being contacted
how but Askwith said he felt it
too early to mention names. He
did, however, indicate that one
of the pitchers-talked to was Jim
Kelly, ex-St. Mary's High oi
Medford, who was a Brookings
Beaver moundsman last season.
Kelly is a sophomore on the var
sity at Santa Clara university.
Three righthinders and three
southpaw twirlers are being
contacted.
Strength Sought
Other Cheney aims are more
strength at shortstop and more
batting power.
The Studs hope to give Med
ford fans lots of baseball and
are working on a 40 to 45 game
slate. They will play 24 games
in the loop. Eight others so far
billed include non-loop action
with Grants Pass and Drain,
which are members of the SOL
and tussles with Yreka and Mt.
Shasta, Calif. Twelve other con
tests currently are being nego
tiated, Askwith reported.
Scheduling has been some
what complicated by the fact that
Hilt, Calif., and Eugene are not
fielding semi-pro clubs this sum
mer and that Klamath is com
bining with Tulelake, Calif.
It is felt that the Southern
Oregon League will be more
powerful this year with the ad
dition of Bend and Bandon. Bend
won 19 games and lost only two
last season. It competed in a cen
tral Oregon and Northern Cali
fornia circuit.
Strong Nucleus
Bandon was a foe of the Studs
in the former Southwestern Ore
gon League. It has a strong nu
cleus of local talent including
three boys up from the 1954
high school team, three men
with semi-pro backgrounds and
three other men with pro exper
ience. The ex-prep players are
Pitcher Allen Prewitt now at
Linfield college, Catcher Vic
Backlund now at Willamette
university and Wimpy Hastings,
now playing for the University
of Oregon Frosh.
Paul Gehrman, Cheney Studs
pitcher from 1948 through 1953,
will manage the Bend team and
But Russell is business manager.
Mel Ingram, head football and
baseball coach at GP high, has
been named skipper of the
Grants Pass entry in the SOL.
The team will be known as the
Elks, instead of Cavemen, and
will be sponsored by the Elks
lodge. Del Thursland will be
business manager.
Helser Again
Drain will have Roy Helser,
Linfield cpac at the helm again
with Bill jBetham handling the
business Bijd once more. Dave
Douglass will skipper Coquille
with Chuck Adams the business
man. Bill Burgher, pilot of
the former Bandon Millers, may
head the team from that town
with Rudy Backlund taking care
of the business end.
Pete Leismeister is business
skipper for Brookings but name
of the playing manager has not
been learned.
League play is set to open
May 28 and 29 but openers may
be pushed back to a June date
if Roseburg decides to become
the eighth SOL member and the
loop is divided. Unless Roseburg
decides to come in this week
end, it is definitely out for 1955,
Askwith reported.
There is a chance that Coos
Bay-North Bend will petition to
enter a club in the loop.
16 Rogue River
Boys in Hayward
Relay Encounter
Rogue River Rogue River
high will be out to improve on
its 1954 third place finish Friday
when it enters the Class C divis
ion of the Hayward relays at
Eugene.
Coach Tinker Hatfield has
named a 17-man aggregation to
make the trip. The squad will
leave here about 6 a.m. Friday.
C competition starts at 12:30
p.m.
The coach plans to enter Jack
Herburger, Clete Daily and Don
Doolittle in the Class B shot put
relay to give them experience
against tougher competition.
Their marks will not count in the
scoring but their efforts will
count toward their letters. Her
burger is the C shot entry.
ROSTER:
Pole vault Harold Moore: broad
jump Ted Stanfield: shot put Jack
Herburger: discus Herburger; jave
lin Bill Headrick; distance medley
Larrv EUedge thre-fourths mile, Gary
Phillips 440. Del McKenzie or BUbee
Lane 880 and Lawrence Wagner mile:
440-Bob Hoover, Headrick. Lane or
Fred Bond and Gary Johnson: sprint
medley Hoover and Headrick 110,
Johnson 220, Gray Stewart 440: shut
tle hurdles Lloyd Morrow. Herbur
ger, Stanfield: high jump Stanfield.
Stewart. Johnson. Alternates Alfred
Vanscoter, Bond, Clee Daily, Don
Doolittle.
GOLFERS TEE OFF
Greensboro, N.C. (U.R) A
field of 160 tees off here today
in the opening round of the 1,8th
annual Greater Greensboro Op
en golf tournament with pros
pects , for some of the lowest
scores in the history of the
event.
12 on Eagle
Relay Squad
Eagle Point A squad of 12
boys will compete for Eagle
Point high in the Class B Hay
ward relays at Eugene Friday
providing all can make the trip,
Coach Jerry Mosby reported.
He said that entry of two boys
was questionable. Ted Greb may
be unable to go because of death
of a relative and Eldon Mason
has been troubled with a knee
injury.
Mosby's tentative crew has
Frank Reich, Greb and Gale
Friend listed for the high jump
and Adrian Elrod, Bob East
gate, Jerry Eastgate and Ken
Marcoft scheduled for the dis
tance medley. Reich, Bob Stew
ard. Ted Daw and Greb may be
on the 440-yard quartet and Daw
is to be the broad jumper.
Mason is ticketed for the jave
line and Friend for the pole
vault. Reich, Stewart and Jerry
Cave may combine in the shut
tle hurdles and Mason, Stewart,
Greb and Daw in the sprint med
ley. Dick Wallace is on the roster
as discus man.
Pollard Gets
LaSalle Job
Minneapolis, Minn. (U.R)
Jim Pollard, known as "Jump
ing" Jim" during his eight years
as a professional with the Min
neapolis Lakers basketball club,
said today he intends to make a
sure-footed debut as new head
basketball coach at La Salle Uni
versity in Philadelphia.
"I'm going to try to keep my
feet on the ground and let first
things come first," Pollard said
from his home here.
He said the first thing he want
ed to do was go to La Salle "to
meet the squad and let the play
ers meet me then we will find
out what our best course of ac
tion will be."
Pollard, who accepted a three
year contract Wednesday at re
ported $8,500 a year, succeeds
Ken Loeffler who resigned re
cently to become head coach at
Texas A and M.
Red Wings Choice
In Cup Finale
Detroit (U.R) The Detroit
Red Wings, who drubbed Mont
real in the final game of the
regular season to win the Nation
al Hockey League championship,
were favored to duplicate that
victory over the Canadiens to
night to cart off the Stanley Cup.
Detroit and Montreal have
carried their best-of-seven cup
final the limit in what has been
strictly a home ice series. The
Red Wings posted three victories
at home and the Canadiens won
three in Montreal.
OLD
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Mixed 2-BaII
Competition
This Sunday -
First of the annual series of
mixed two-ball golf foursomes
at Rogue Valley Country club
vill be held on Sunday, April
17, Co-Chairmen Ivan Harring
ton and Howard McClure have
announced.
Nine other mixed tourneys cn j
Sundays are scheduled through
September with, low net winners
taking temporary possession of
the Brophy's Jewelry trophies.
Flay-off for permanent posses-i
sion of the trophies is slated for
October 2. There will be other
prizes for the events.
Tee-off time is 1:30 p.m. this
Sunday. For the first week men
are scheduled to team with their
wives. The co-chairmen said that
a call to the pro shop by couples
planning to play would be ap
preciated. Sweepstakes Left
Dates of other contests are
May 8 and 22, June 5 and 19,
July 10 and 31, August 14 and
September 11 and 25. The Sep
tember 25 affair will be com
bined with the Me and Mine
tourney.
Club Pro Al Williams said al
son that blind bogey sweepstakes
aie planned each Saturday with
low net and low gross prizes.
Tne first will be this Saturday.
The mixed competition and
sweepstakes are part of a long
schedule of golfing activities
planned at Rogue Valley this
year.
Spring handicap play is now
in progress and it will be fol
lowed by the two-ball match
play tourney in May and June.
Father and son action is set for
May 22 and National Golf day
play will be on June 4.
Club Championship
The club championship tour
nament is set for June 4 through
August 14 and the Southern
Oregon Junior championship af
fair is on June 6 and 7. A team
match with Klamath Falls will
be on June 12 and the Senior
Golf championship will be con
tested July 23 to August 21. A
team match with Eugene is plan
ned on July 24 and with Grants
Pass on August 21.
The annual Southern Oregon
tournament, expected again to
draw a large entry vill be Sep
tember 1 through 5.
Local linksmen will go to Red
ding, Calif., for a match on Sep
tember 18. The fall handicap
will run October 1 through No
vember 6. A holiday handicap
is scheduled from November 24
through January 1.
Jack Wood is tournament
chairman for RVCC.
BEARCATS WIN
Salem (U.R) Willamette
defeated Oregon College of Ed
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and field meet yesterday.
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Baseball Action
Slated in Area
While the Hayward relayi
steal a big share of the lime
light, there nevertheless will be
considerable baseball action this
week for high schools of this
area.
In the Jackson county B
League Rogue River and Pros
pect started activity today with
a fray at Prospect. On Friday
Talent goes to Jacksonville and
St. Mary's to Butte Falls. St.
Mary's has non-loop competition
on Staurday, opposing Sacred
Heart at Klamath Falls. Talent
goes out of the circuit on Satur
day for a mix at Eagle Point.
In Class A the big event Sat
urday will be a Medford-Klam-ath
Falls doublebill on the
Medford diamond. Ashland
plays Crater in a single scrap at
Central Point.
Crater disposed of Klamath
Falls on Tuesday 3 to 2 while
Grants Pass was licking Ash
land 6 to 3.
War berg Chosen
Pendleton Coach
Pendleton -(U.R) Dale War
berg, former University of Ore
gon basketball player, will coach
the hoop team at Pendleton high
school next season. Warberg, 28,
coached at Grant Union high of
John Day last season.
Gun Club Will Conduct
Shooting School Sunday
Plans for a skeet tournament
on May 15 were made last night
at a business meeting and crab
feed of the Medford Gun club.
It will be for small bore-20
guage and open competition.
Arrangements for the southern
zone registered trapshoot on
April 23 and 24 were discussed.
The club will hold a shooting
school from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sat
urday, April 16. New shooters
vill be welcome.
About 30 members attended
the crab feed.
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