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MedfordJWTribune IPCDIETrS Winter Deal Pays Off For SL Cardinals as Smith Shines on Hill By FRED DOWN United Press Sports Writer Edde Stanley's big winter deal paid its first dividend today when Frank Smith displayed the powerful relief pitching which the St. Louis Cardinals believe will make them Nation al League pennant contender. Smith, acquired from Cincin nati last December for third baseman Ray Jablonski and pitcher Gerry Staley. made a winning debut for the Cardinals Thursday when he hurled the last three innings of an 11 - inn ing 8-7 victory over the Mil waukee Braves. Smith took over with the Braves leading, 7-6, and shut them out with only one hit the remainder of the way. Given the sturdy, late - inn ing relief pitching which they lacked so often in 1954, the Car dinals tied the score on Stan Mu sial's ninth inning home run and won the game tripper in the 11th. Red Schoendienst, Rip Re pulski and Wally Moon also hit homers for the Cardinals while Bobby Thomson and Danny O' Connell homered for the Braves. Smith Misses Bag At that, the 27-year-old Smith almost deprived himself of the victory with a boner which re called the famous blunder in 1908 which made Fred Merkle of the New York Giants immortal. Moon had singled with Smith on first and Bob Stephenson on third in the 10th inning, Stephenson trotting home with what appeared to be the winning run. But the alert Braves noticed that Smith neglected to touch second base and threw the ball there forcing out the pitcher and nullifying the run. The old spring axiom that the pitchers are ahead of the hit ters took a beating as N. L. slug gers pounded out a total of 20 homers in four games. The maj or league record of 25 home runs in one day was set in seven games on July 16, 1950.. A total of six home runs were hit as the Brooklyn Dod gers ruined the world champion New York Giants' home opener with a 10-8 triumph. Don New combe, who was a disappoint ment in his first mound test of the season, drove in three runs with two homers and Ray Cam panella and Carl Furillo also homered for the Dodgers. Hank Thompson and Bobby Hofman homered for the Giants, who dropped their second straight game of the new season. Cubs Win Third Tenth-inning homers by Ran som Jackson and Ernie Banks enabled the Chicago Cubs to de feat the Cincinnati Redlegs, 6-4, and run their winning streak to three games. The Cubs had gone ahead in the top of the ninth when pitcher Hal Jeff coat homered but the Redlegs tied the score in the bottom half of the frame on Gus Bell's two-out round-tripper. It was the third straight loss for the Redlegs. Herman Wehmeier's six - hit pitching paced the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in a game that produced "only" three homers. Willie Jones hit one for Philadelphia while rookie Ra mon Mejias and Preston Ward homered for the Pirates. Weh meier's victory extended his life time record against the Pirates to 19-7. Mike Garcia, a 19 - game win ner last season, pitched a six hitter and Al Smith and Jim He gan homered to lead the Cleve land Indians to their second straight win a 5-3 decision over the Detroit Tigers. Willard Nixon, with relief aid from Ellis Kinder, was the win ning pitcher as the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees, 8-4, while Sandy Consuegra pitched a three-hitter to give the Chicago White Sox a 7 - 1 triumph over the Kansas City Athletics. LINESCORES: National League Philadelphia . 031 000 000 4 8 0 Pittsburgh 200 000 001 3 6 3 Wehmeier (1-0) and LoData. Little field, Friend (2). King1 (4). Wade (3) and Atwell. Losing pitcher Little field (0-1). Brooklyn . ....000 410 500 10 10 1 New York ....010 110 320 8 13 2 Newbombe. ' Hughes (8) and Cam panula. Maglie. Corvin (5). Wilhelm 5), Grissom (9) and Westrum. Katt (9). Winning pitcher Newcombe (1-0). Losing pitcher Maglie (0-1). (10 Innings) Chicago 011 000 001 36 13 1 Cincinnati . 000 000 OOl 1 4 8 0 Rush. Jeffcoat (8). Pollett (10) and Chiti. Valentine. Minarcin (8). Lane (10). Klippstein (10) and Bailey. Win ning pitcher Jeffcoat (1-0). Losing pitcher Lane (0-1). (11 Innings) Milw 010 104 100 00 7 10 2 St. Louis ... 010 010 131 01 8 13 2 Conley. Jolly (8), Kosio (11) and Crandall. Haddix. Lawrence (8). Smith (9) and Rice, Sarni (7). Winning pitcher smith (1-0). Losing pitcner Koslo (0-1). American League Kansas City ....000 000 1001 3 1 Chicago 020 002 12x 7 10 0 R. Shantz. Dixon (8) and A. Shantz. Robertson (8). Consuegra (1-0) and Lollar. Losing pitcher ft. Shantz (0-1). New York 000 002 020 4 9 0 Boston 110 102 12x 8 10 0 Grim. Sturdivant (7) and i Eerra. Nixon, Kinder (8) and White. Winning pitcher Nixon (1-0). Losing pitcher Grime (0-1). Cleveland 200 020 001 5 11 0 Detroit 100 020 0003 6 1 Garcia (1-0) and Hegan. Hoeft. Zu verink (1). Aber (6), Flowers (9) and House. Losing pitcher Hoeft (0-1). Radioactive wristlets, serving as safety devices for operators of cutting tools, are among de velopments in peacetime appli cation of atomic energy. FREE DEMONSTRATION ON DO-IT-YOURSELF! "We're saving on our home repairs with SKIL Homo Shop TOOLS" SKIL "So? 6Vz Urj J Fix doors, cabinets, fur niture . . . easily, quickly. Save time and money on dozens of jobs around the home with fast, de pendable, easv-to-handle SKIL Home Shop tools. Their power and per formance equal tools sell ing for much morel II SAW 316" Rugged 6W saw handles toughest jobs! Find out how you can SAVE MONEY! See and use the NEW 6W SKIL builders saw at our store. Attend our FREE Workshop Demonstration Saturday, April 16th ALL Day demonstration by SKIL Tool factory specialists! SPECIALISTS IN HOMEWARESl 3 WEST 6TH ST. O MEDFORD They'll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo Im7W COUMTT? CLUB BAR 8EFORE THE GAMEBERy BODy W4MTSTO PLAY BIS SHOT VvTTW THE TWELVE- BUCK CHIT Vto ME, SrTBmoMTOrtlMK MOKEV ISAM ZZHl7 S5Ms ( ( XM SFGlMSlH FOR GOOD AROUND 1 T .UCI. sAYA Piker we didtIt ( ?ZT tHTl M MAKE HQ PRESS BET , CIVIL WAR ALL OVER Asm!! rrWr dime rrfe the m rKJNUHLfe OF " 37777773 I KT J T7771 VA ' WJ .4 I'LL SL AO R .OAVwONTrlBSEVENTEBmifA va Y WK , rr-1 Jr'Xn o BOWLING COMMERCIAL LEAGUE Few changes took place in the Commercial Bowling league this week. C&C Loggers widened their margin in first place with a 3-1 series over Mail Tribune. Crater Lake Motors moved into a tie for third with a split of four games with Morning Fresh. Table Rock dropped Darling Real Estate into the tie for third with a 3 to 1 series. Domestic Laundry beat Valentines Cafe 4 to 0 and in the battle for the cellar Quality Market shoved First National Bank deeper wilh a 3 to 1 win. Bates Candy with Ira Bolling er picking up a 4-6 7-10 split downed Alexander and Brown 3 to 1. High series of the evening went to Nels Florey with a 585. Cater Lake Motors had high team series of 2664. Standings: W. L. C&C Loggers 25 11 Alexander & Brown 22 14 Crater Lake Motors 21 15 Darling Real Estate 21 15 Mail Tribune 19 17 Morning Fresh 18 13 Bates Candy 17 i 1814 Table Rock Lumber 17 19 Domestic Laundry 17 19 Valentine Cafe 15 Vx 20 'i Quality Market 12 . 24 First National Bank 11 25 Results: 1st Nat'l Bank (1) Dimick Shuler Bennett Nissen Clark Handicap 425 423 485 450 516 78 2377 Total Quality Mkt. Lubbers Kyker Ratty (Absentee) Henderson, (3) 513 500 540 441 462 Table Rock (3) Gardner 558 Neece 511 Kreer 4o8 Freeman 438 Schroeder 477 2442 Darling's Olsen Copeland Boyd Clave McNeel Handicap 2486 (1) 458 478 475 466 441 90 2408 Morning Fresh (2) Beck 518 Barry 523 Shinn 479 Spain 576 Sacchi 506 Handicap 54 2556 Crater L. Mtrs. (2) Vessev 553 Farrar 499 Royce 498 Florey 585 Cannon 529 2664 Mail Tribune (1) C and C (3) Anderson b77 Joe Cabler 552 Monsey 511 Jim Cabler 477 Casey '408 Tennant 544 LicHell 522 Jack Cabler 527 Spaunhorst 501 Bob Cabler 544 Handicap 9 2528 2644 Valentine's Straus Klepper Lehman Carr Schnider (0) Domestic Ldry. i4) 548 Weber 488 378 Olson 388 441 Kantor 525 471 Johnson 512 492 Garrett 530 Handicap 3 2330 378 Bates Candy (3) Thompson 523 Grant Gustison Bollinger Dixon Handicap A and B Boone Guldan 409 Meyers 484 Bex 503 Knapp 144 2441 2446 (1) 464 461 439 500 482 2346 EVERGREEN LEAGUE Pierce Freight Lines lengthen ed its lead on first place by tak ing a 3 to 1 series from City Slickers lead by Gene Dayon with a 571 series. John Compag noni headed the City Slickers with a 591. Medford Barbers Jumped into second with a 3 to 1 win over Swift and Co. Tru Mix Co., with consistent bowling also took a 3 to 1 series from Big Y Market. Jorgensen's Dairy won a 4 to 0 series from an undermanned Bel Air team. In the battle for the cellar Sherwin Williams took a 3 to 1 win from First National Bank. Standings: Pierce Freight Lines Medford Barbers Swift & Co. Tru Mix Co. Jorgensen's Dairy , City Slickers Bel-Airs Sherwin Williams Big Y Super Market . First National Bank .- W. 41 38 37 i 31 30 28 23 24 24 3114 L. 19 22 22 1. 29 30 32 35 36 36 38i. Results: S-W Paint Olson Hull Thompson Bex Shaw Handicap 3 1st Natl. Bank 1 489 Dimick .515 475 Shuler 505 428 Miller 457 505 Bennett 471 526 Absentee 462 60 2483 2410 City Hall Stevens Dow McKinstry . Duff Compagnonl Handicap 1 Pierce Freight 3 411 Larson 498 390 Doyon 571 388 Hawley 384 442 Negler 417 591 Vallee 479 36 2259 2349 Big Y Berry Franz Boone McQuat Speer 1 Tru Mix 3 524 Snedden 476 419 Cummings 478 465 Baize 488 437 G. Burroughs 491 561 J. Burroughs 494 Handicap 63 2406 2490 Jorgensen's 4 Bel Aairs 0 Givler 472 Maggenti 523 Loop-Leading Sacs Push Oaks in Cellar By PETER HAYES United Press Sports Writer Revenge must have been sweet today for Charley Gra ham, general manager of the Pacific Coast League - leading Sacramento Solons. His club beat Oakland, 4-3, last night for the third straight time and dropped the Oaks into the PCL cellar. There is prob ably only one other team that Charley enjovs beating as much. That's San Francisco. Graham's distaste for the Oaks and Seals goes back to the final week of the spring exhibition season when he ac cused the management of the two teams of conniving to plav each other on the day San Francisco was scheduled to meet the Sacs. "Rude . . . inconsiderate . . . contract violation," howled Gra ham when he arrived in Briw ley, Calif., with his team from Yuma, Ariz., to learn that the Seals-Solons game had been canceled. Ashland Track Auto Race Scene Again on Sunday Ashland Ashland Speedway will be the scene of some more thrill packed auto racing, when the hardtoppers report to the oval Sunday. Crock Hunter, veteran driver of A-15, held his car under con trol for 25 laps to take the main event. Walley Cannon, pilot of A-20, crowded Hunter the last 10 laps but was unable to find the extra power to overtake him. Sunday's races had their share of roll-overs, with Tom Allen rolling A-ll in the first heat. Walley Cannon also thrilled the sports fans by taking a flip. Bob Meyers, driver of A-16, holds the record for the opening race for roll-overs by going through the ordeal twice. All drivers escaped without injury. As in the past seasons of rac ing, points mean a lot to the drivers and after last weekend's race, the following drivers re ceived points: Chuck Davis, 40; Floyd Boot field, 38; Joe Ellison, 37; Freddy Fredrick, 38; Bob Meyers, 35; Crock Hunter, 35; Walley Can non, 33; Ted Sletten, 7 and Ed Butler, 5. So a hometown crowd of 4858 cheered with Graham last night as the Sacs bombed Oak right hander Al Gettel (0-3) for 11 hits and southpaw Bud Daley became the first PCL flinger to win three games. Daley was lift ed in the eighth, however, after the Oaks broke through for three runs. Milo Candini fin ished. Elsewhere in the league, lefty Steve Nagy (1-1) was nicked for 11 hits but hung on as San Francisco edged Portland, 4-3; Hollywood exploded for five runs in the sixth to trounce Seattle. 7-2, and Steve Bilko ini John Pramesa homered in the fcurth to boost Los Angeles to a 4-1 win over San Diego. The Seals came from behind in the fourth for two runs off rookie righthander Leroy Hm (0-2) as a raw wind whipped 513 fans in Seals Stadium. Nagy settled down after a shaky start and blanked the Beavers in th last six innings to give San Francisco a 2-1 series- edge. Joe Kirrene, San Francisco's young hitting phenom, went hit lers in three trips but drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. He's now batting .476. 1INESCORES: Oakland 000 000 030 3 8 2 Sac-amento ... 000 101 20x 4 11 1 Gettel, Beamon (3) and Neal: Daley, Candini (8) and Sheely. Pritchett 473 Wilson 483 Jorgensen 443 Barclay 444 Schrein 422 Radzweit 417 Ellis 482 Wilson 440 Handicap 294 258S 2307 Medfr'd Barbers 3 Swift A Co. 1 Kirk 547 Clave 494 DeGroot 493 Mathes 473 Chapman 465 Freeman 502 Clark 501 Messelbeck 422 Wise 554 Griffith 395 2560 2286 Portland 012 000 0003 11 0 San Francisco 200 -200 OOx 4 7 0 Han. Lint (5) and Caldorone; Nagy and Ritchey, Tornay (8). Friday, April 15, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN Seattle 000 110 000 2 13 0 Hollywood 010 015 OOx 7 7 2 Heard, Brenner (6) Kindsfather (8) and Ginsberg; O'Donnell and Mangan. Los Angeles ..010 300 000 4 8 0 San Diego 100 000 000 1 5 3 McLish and Pramesa: Kerrigan, Herrera (9) and Gladd. Irv Noren Faces Loop Discipline; Howard Enters Boston (U.R) Outfielder Irv Noren of the New York Yankees faced possible disciplinary action by the American League today after his run-in with Umpire Bill McKinley in Thursday's Yankees-Boston Red Sox game. Noren was called out at home by McKinley on a close play in the sixth inning and was ejected from the game when he hotly disputed the call and pushed against McKinley. Outfielder Hank Bauer was ejected shortly after for exchanging words with McKinley, but did not appear to face any other punishment. When Noren was ejected, he was replaced in left field by Elston Howard. It marked the first time a Negro ever appeared in a regular season game for the Yankees. The Red Sox won the game, 6-4. 6) PUMP o IRRIGATION o Pressure Systems o Aluminum Irrigation Pipe o Galvanized Pipe o Sprinklers Hubbard-WrayCo.Jnc. 25 SOUTH RIVERSIDE AVE. - MEDFORD Holy Mims Pick Over Bob Jones Philadelphia (U.R) Youth and a No. 4 middleweight rating made Holly Mims of Washington a 9-5 favorite to defeat Bobby Jones of Oakland, Calif., tonight in their nationally-televised and broadcast lO-rounder. The upset-minded Jones will be fighting in the same arena ring in which he handed two stunning surprises to Gil Turner in his only previous appearances here. A bob-and-weave special ist who throws punches in pro fusion, Jones has the experience and equipment to turn the tables on his younger opponent. Mims, a 25-year-old counter puncher who has lost only to Rocky Castellani in his last 15 starts, wants to boost his pres tige in the 160-pound division, especially since champion Carl Bobo Olson appears to be eye ing the light-heavy and heavy titles after his easy victory over Joey Maxim. Duke Snider Makes 2nd Best Catch of Career . New York U.R) Duke Sni der, the Brooklyn Dodgers' star centerfielder, thinks the catch he made on Monte Irvin's drive in Thursday's Dodgers-Giants game was "the second best of my car eer." Irvin, first batter in the last half of the ninth, whaled the ball deep into center. Snider, racing back and to his right, made a leaping, twisting, back hand catch and then fell to the cinders at the base of the low fence. Snider said the best catch he ever made was on a drive hit by Willie Jones of the Phillies on May 31 last year. That time he dug his spikes in the fence and leaped to make a backward catch and end the game. Death Takes Wolgast, Former Boxing Champ Camarilla, Calif. (U.R) For mer lightweight champion Ad Wolgast, who held the world title from 1910 to 1912, died yesterday at Carmarillo State Hospital after a long illness. He was 67. Wolgast, the famed Michigan Assassin of the ring during his colorful career, had been con fined to hospitals since 1936 as a result of brain injuries suffered in the ring. Dykes Appointed Redlegs Co?ch Cincinnati, O . U. cJ Jimmy Dykes, fop 38 years an American leaguer as a player coach, and manager, started anew today as first base coach of the Cincin nati Redlegs. ' Dykes, who spent 22 years as a player in the junior circuit, 15 with the Philadelphia Athletics and seven with the Chicago White Sox, was let out as mana ger of the Baltimore Orioles last September and has been taking things "easy" at his home in Nor ristown, Pa., since. The colorful Dykes will re place Tom Ferrick as first base coach of the Redlegs and picks up the team Saturday. Ferrick. thus will be released to devote all of his time to coaching' the Cincinnati pitchers. STERLING TO MOVE Eugene (U.R) Vern Sterling, football line coach at the Univer sity of Oregon, today announced his resignation to accept a posi tion on the coaching staff at San Mateo, Calif., Junior college. Sterling said he was taking the new job to be closer to his par ents who live in Menlo Park, Calif. He will remain here through spring practice and head coach Len Casanova said there would be no rush to name a successor. BABE FAVORED Beaumont, Tex. (U.R) Babe Didrickson Zaharias was a hometown favorite to take top honors in the third annual Babe Zaharias Open golf tournament which got under way today, but defending champion Louise Suggs seemed ready to make it a first-class fight. CEAMPS END SWIM Victoria, B.C. 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