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Yankees Trounce Orioles 6-0;
Doby Leads Tribe to Victory
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Monday's Results
New York 12. Pittsburgh 1
Milwaukee 2. Chicago 1
Brooklyn 5. Philadelphia 2 (night)
Cincinnati 7. St. Louis 4 (night)
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Monday's Results
Cleveland 11, Kansas City t
New York 6. Baltimore 0 .
By CARL LUNDQUIST
United Press Sports Writer
Lefty Whitey Ford of the
Yankees vowed that this was the
season he would get off to a fast
start in the spring and go. on to
win 20 games for the first time
in his big league career.
Today, the 26 - year - old
blond pitching star from Glen
Cove, N.Y. has won two games in
which he has given up a -total
of five hits and one run. If he
keeps pitching that way, he'll
reach that 20 victory goal easily
and become the new ace of the
Yankee staff in the bargain.
Monday night, hot-rod Ford
mowed down the Orioles in Bal
timore, 6-0, with just three hits,
all singles and all in different
innings. Mickey Mantle hit a two
run homer and Irv Noren" drilled
a double and single good for
three runs to make Ford's take
easier. In his first start against
Washington, he held the Sena
tors to just two hits. .
Athletics Blow Lead
- At Kansas City, the Athletics
took an 8-0 lead, then blew an
11-9 decision to the Indians when
Larry Doby hit a three - run
homer with two out in the ninth.
The Athletics hit five homers,
by Jim Finigan, Gus Zernial, Bill
Wilson, Vic Power, and Bill Ren
na but their pitchers failed to
hold the early margin and Ewell
Blackwell served up the fatal
toss to Doby which sent an over
flow crowd of 31,563 home full
of dismay after Kansas City's
first night game.
In the National League, the
unbeaten Brooklyn Dodgers
made it seven victories in a row
with a 5-2 triumph at Philadel
phia, Cincinnati drubbed the
Cardinals, 7-4, the Giants poured
it on Pittsburgh 12-3, and Mil
waukee edged the Cubs, .2-1.
Other American League teams
had open dates.
Duke Snider rapped a three
run homer high over the right
field wall and, winning pitchers
Carl Erskine kicked in with a
two-run single for the Dodgers.
They scored all their runs in a
big sixth inning, but Erskine
still had to have relief help
when his control lapsed in the
same frame. Rookie Ed Roebuck
pitched hitless ball the rest of
the way.
Redlegs Beat Cardinals
Gus Bell drove in three runs
with a single and a double in
Cincinnati's triumph at St.
Louis. The Redlegs chased start
er Vic Raschi with a four - run
rally in the second inning in
which Ed Bailey tripled and
Glen Gorbous doubled, Rip Re-
pulski hit a two-run St. Louis
homer. Joe Nuxhall, with relief
help from Rudy Minarcin, gain
ed his first victory.
Milwaukee came from behind
to defeat Chicago when Eddie
Mathews hit a two-run double
in the eighth inning after a walk
to Chuck Tanner and a single by
Hank Aaron." Bob Buhl, who
gave up only five hits before
yielding to a pinch-hitter in the
eighth gained the victory, his
first.
The Giants pummeled the Pi
rates with the same glee as all
other clubs have hammered them
so far, putting over eight runs
in a riotous fourth inning. The
world champs made 15 hits in
all in coming out of their slump
against the Bucs who have lost
six games and have yet to win
one. Whitey Lockman had four
hits including a double and
homer to set the pace. Don Lid
die, touched for an Inside-the-park
homer by rookie Roberto
Clemente, yielded no other runs
until he tired in the ninth and
required relief help from Marv
Brissom. Grissom stopped the
Bucs after they scored two more
runs. '
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh ..000 010 000 3 ' 9 0
New York ..201 800 lOx 12 15 1
: Surkont. Grunewald (4). Face (4),
Pepper t6 and Shtpard. Liddle. Gris
som i9 and Westrum. Winning pitcher
Liddle (1-0). Losing pitcher Sur
kont (0-2).
Brooklyn 000 005 000 7 3
Phila 010 010 000 2 4 0
Erskine. Roebuck (6) and Cam
panella. Wehmeier. Lovinguth (6)
Kipper (7) and Lopata. Winning pitch
er Erskine (2-0). Losing pitcher
Wehmeier (1-1). . -
Chicago 100 000 000 0 6 0
Mi!w 000 000 02x 2 6 1
Hacker (-1) and Chiti. Buhl. John
son (9 1 and CrandaU. Winning pitcher
Buhl (1-0).
Cinti 040 200 010 7 9 0
St. Louis 0200 002 000 4 10 2
Nuxhall. Minarcin 8) and Bailey.
Paschi. Lapalme (2). Moford (6 1. Tie
fenauer (7) and Rice. Winning pitcher
Nuxhall il-O). Losing pitcher
Pacific Coast's Race
Tightest in 54 Years
As Third Week Starts
By UNITED PRESS
Portland (U.R) Portland
Beaver officials hoped more
than 20.000 fans would crowd
into Vaughn street ball park
today and tonight weather
permitting for the 1955 home
opener against the San Diego
Padres.
It was scheduled lo be the
last opener in Vauglm Street
..history. The Beavers move to
Multnomah Stadium next sea
son. The weather man forecast
"occasional showers."
Manager Clay Hopper named
Bill Werle and Bob Hall to
pitch for the Beavers.
The tightest race in the 54
years of the Pacific Coast League
appeared to be shaping up as the
third week of the 1955 campaign
got under way today, with only
three games separating the first-
High Overall
Prize Set in
Zone Shoot
A trophy will be awarded to
the high overall 'shooter for the
two days' 500 targets when the
Southern Oregon zone shoot is
conducted Saturday and Sun
day, April 23 and 24, at Med
ford Gun club.
The tourney will be a Pacific
International Trapshooting regis
tered event.
Another prize will co to the
shooter with the longest straight
run.
There will be a program of
250 targets each day. There will
be. 16-yard, handicap and dou
bles competition. Participants
are expected from northern Cal
western Oregon.
Class Rivalry '
Class rivalry is slated in the
16-yard and doubles contests.
Yardage winners will get
trophies in the handicaps.
The gun club will throw red
top targets at the shoot. If they
are liked by the shotgunners.
the club will use them at future
shoots.
Four members of the club
shot 25 straight in 16-yard activi
ty last Sunday. They were Ed
Pease, - Everett Gibson. Flovd
Young and Gene Hunt. In skeet
Martin Clogston broke 24 out
of 25. Gibson shattered 22 and
Sam Jennings 21. Ray Coleman
fired a 47 out of 50 handicap
score and George Jantzer
cracked 18 in doubles.
Pfeiffers Open
Title Attempt
The Pfeiffers, who rolled
3,181 to win in 1953 and 3,115
to take the team title the vear
before, move into action after a
day of mediocre scoring.
Only shake-up Monday was
furnished by Frank Demko of
Cleveland, who nailed down
10th place in the singles with a
683 count on games of 223, 213
and 247.
Carroll Davies and Hank Ma
rino of Milkaukee, the latter
competing in his 39th consecu
tive ABC, came up with a 1,247
to lead doubles competitors.
That was three pins shy of
cracking the top 10. . ., -
Three Hurlers Lead
PCL With 3-0 Marks
San Francisco (U.R) There
is a three way tie for the pitch
ing leadership of the Pacific
Coast League with Bud Daley of
Sacramento, George Bamberger
of Oakland and John Oldham of
Seattle each carrying 3-0 rec
ords. Official statistics released to
day by William Weiss show that
Jehosie Heard of Seattle is tops
in the strike-out department
with 19.
Rookie Joe Kierrene of San
Francisco tops the hitters with
a .417 average. Joe Brovia, Oak
land,, leads in home runs with
five; and Marv Williams, Seat
tle, in runs-batted-in with 17.
DUCK GRIDDERS DRILL
Eugene - (U.R) Sixty-three
football prospects turned out
for opening day of spring prac
tice at Oregon yesterday. The
Webfoots have 13 returning let
termen. Raschi (0-1).
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 003 300 000 6 8 0
Baltimore t.000 000 000 0 3 1
Ford (2-0) and Berra. Moore. Bvrd
(3), Wilson (6) and Smith. Losing
pitcher Moore (0-1).
Cleveland . 000 050 213 11 9 0
Kansas City ..105 200 100 9 14 1
Garcia. Narleski (3i. Mossi (5).
Houtteman 1 7). Feller (9) and Hepan.
Foiles 15). Natagon (7): Kellner. Gor
man (5), Blackwell (9) and Astroth.
Winning pitcher Houteman (1-1).
Losing pitcher Blackwell (0-1).
(Only games scheduled)
Tuesday, April 19. 195S
place Sacramento Solons from
the last-place Oakland Acorns.
On top of that, every team in
the league with the exception of
the Solons was within two games
or better of playing .500 ball.
May Boost Attendance
That's the kind of competition
that makes the turnstiles click,
and it may be the trick that turns
President Clare V. Goodwin's
prophecy of a 3,000,000 attend
ance this year into a reality.
That, plus good jbaseball.
The latter can be attested to
by the fact that 19 games were
won by one run during the first
two weeks of play; there were
seven two-hit pitching perform
ances, and 22 teams came from
behind to win. Also, there were
five extra inning games, which is
a good indication of balance
throughout the loop.
The final two "opening nights"
of the league will be staged today
when Portland and Seattle open
in their ball parks..
Jansen To Pitch
At Seattle, there is a day-night
twin bill. In the afternoon con
test, Sacramento will send lefty
Chet Johnson (1-0) to the hill
against Seattle's long time big
leaguer Larry Jansen. .Larry,
former New York Giant star,
last pitched in thjs league in
1946. In the night contest, John
Briggs (2-0) will hurl for the
Solons against Rinold Duren
(0-1). About 20,000 will see the
two tilts, if the weather is good.
Portland also opens with a
day-night twin bill. In the after
noon Bob Hall will toe the slab
for Portland and Ed Erautt will
oppose him. At night it will be
Bill Werle for the Beavers and
Cliff Fannin for San Diego.
In other games tonight, Holly
wood plays San Francisco in the
Seals' ball pai . and Oakland in
vades Los Angeles.
Champ Sets
Tough
Of Training
Cahstoga, Calif. (U.R)
World heavyweight champion
Rocky Marciano resumed a tight
training schedule today in prep
aration for his May 16 title bout
with England's Don Cockell.
"The Rock" relaxed yester
day to do a bit of sightseeing and
pose for an oil painting by Ra
phael Pricert. He walked to an
abandoned mine and did 10 miles
of road work at the same time.
"Rocky is rapidly approach
ing his top training peak," said
trainer Charlie Boldman. "He's
not nearly as wild as he was
when we first opened drills here
two weeks ago."
Spars Three Rounds
In San Rafael, Calif., yester
day Cockell sparred three rounds
with British heavyweight Ron
Harmon, while local promoters
worried about his lack of protec
tion. The British champion has re
fused to use a head guard or
mouth piece during training and
Bay Area fight men are afraid
he will get cut.
Cockell also boxed rounds of
ZVz minutes each with one-half
minute intervals, compared
with three minutes boxing and
one minute s rest used by the
American fighters.
O'Connell Nails. Down
Second Base Position
Milwaukee, Wis. (U.R) Danny
O'Connell is now the Milwaukee
Braves' regular second baseman
against all kinds of pitching.
O'Connell previously had s carted
only against left-handed pitch
ers, with Jack Dittmer starting
against right-handers. k
r "Dittmer hasn't been hitting,"
said Manager Charley Grimm in
announcing the change. "So
we'll use O'Connell against both
righthanders and lefthanders."
Girl Leads Seattle
Win Over Beavers
Corvallis il.V Seattle Uni
versity's tennis team, led by a
young lady, trounced Oregon
State 6-1 here yesterday.
Janet Hopps, women's ama
teur champ in Washington,
played in the No. 1 spot for the
Chieftains and downed Norm
Merrill of OSC 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
TABULATES VOTES
New York (U.R) Officials
of the" U.S. Lawn Tennis Asso
ciation met today to tabulate
proxy votes on a proposal to
stage this year's national sin
gles " championships at Forest
Hills, Sept. 2-11.
The production of castor oil
once was centered in southern
Illinois. However, it was used
mostly " for lubricating purposes
and not as a children's medicine,
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MEDFi
siPCDimrs
YOU TELL 'IM IRV! Irv Noren of the New York Yankees
hurls a verbal blast at plate umpire Bill McKinley after
McKinley called him out at home plate in a tight play in
sixth inning in game with Red Sox at Boston. All Irv
earned was a trip to the showers. Boston won, 8-4.
0
Champ Thomas Will Face
Yoggi Hussane Saturday
Promoter Mack Lillard today
completed signing of matches for
his wrestling card at Merrick's
arena Saturday night.
The mat impressario inked
Champ Thomas, Denver drpp
kick specialist, to go against
Yoggi Hussane, rough and tough
Turk, in the middle scrap. The
opener, slated to go to the mat
at 8:30 p.m., will send Portland's
wrestling cop, Larry Presnell, in
with Harold "Buck" Davidson.
Lillard was so impressed with
Presnell's showing against Cy
clone Cobb last week that he
decided to give him another
match. Both bouts are for 40
minutes or two put of three falls
Tag Match Tops Card
A women's tag team scrap will
ton the card.' It pits Jean Elbon
and Shirley Winters, both of
whom have won the hearts of
local fans, against Gerry Hunter
and newcomer Bonnie Bartlett.
In signing Thomas, Lillard has
secured the services of one of
CHAMP THOMAS
To Meet Tough Turk
the game's most colorful per
formers. While he relies princi
pally on speed and skill to win
his matches, Thomas has a mean
streak which sometimes gains
the upper hand and when this
occurs he is hard to control. If
Hussane works according to past
patterns, a wild evening prob
ably will result.
- Thomas is a former boxer, en
gaging in more than 100 bouts
ifJJ PHONE
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rTRIBUNX
as an amateur ana proiessionai.
He met some of the country's
top light-heavyweights in the
late 1930s. He spent 41 months
overseas with the Navy in World
War II' and was highly -praised
for his promotion of entertain
ment for service personnel, be
ing rated by Ring Magazine as
"one of the outstanding service
showmen." After his discharge
in 1945 he took a whirl at pro
moting boxing and managing
fighters but sold his interests in
1947 to devote his time to a
wrestling career.
Recognized as Champion
He recently won recognition
by the Independent Wrestling
Alliance as world junior-heavyweight
champion with a victory
over Ozark Ike and is willing to
defend his claim against anyone
who can prove he is a worthy
challenger.
Lions To Honor
Tornado Cagers
Wednesday Night
Approximately 125 persons,
including members of the serv
ice club and their special guests,
are expected to be on hand to
hear a talk by Amory T. (Slats)
Gill at the Medford Lions club
dinner meeting on Wednesday
evening at the Jackson hotel.
Members of the Medford high
school basketball team, runner
up for the state Class A cham
pionship, will-be honored at the
dinner along with their'coaches,
Frank Roelandt and Bob New
land. Gill, head basketball coach
at Oregon State college, will be
the main speaker.
Tickets have been made avail
able to a limited number of Med
ford basketball fans outside the
club membership. Lions reported
a fair advance sale of the tickets.
They said that other non-club
members who wish to attend the
dinner can call the Jackson hotel
by noon on Wednesday.
The dinner will be at 6:15 p.m.
in the Pioneer room.
Gill is well known both as a
speaker and a coach. His OSC
Beavers, won the Pacific Coast
Conference championship this
year and were quarter - finalists
in NCAA play-offs.
An estimated 530,000 anglers
caught a record total of 22,300,
000 trout in California waters
in 1953.
DOWNTOWN
STORE
9th at Central
PCL 'Bad Boy' Reformed; Carlos Bernier
Pleases Bragan With Changed Attitude
By HAL WOOD
United Press Sports Writer
San Francisco (U.R) Carlos
Bernier, the "bad boy" of base
ball, has reformed.
The Puerto Rico star who was
suspended last summer from the
roster of the Hollywood Stars
for striking an umpire, has turn
ed over a new leaf, and a lot of
people will be glad to hear that,
including Manager Bobby Bra
gan. "Bernier wag a good boy all
winter in the Cuban league,"
says Bragan, "and he has been
fine here with us, so far."
Loss of Bernier is blamed by
many with knocking the Stars
out of the pennant champion
ship last year. He was banned for
the final weeks of the season
after his attack on the umpire.
In his own broken English, all
that is past, Bernier says.
No More Trouble
"I no look for trouble any
more," says Carlos. "In .winter
league one night umpire call
strike up around here (head) but
I no say nothing. Next pitch is
around here (ankles) I no say
nothing. Third pitch right at me
and called strike. I na say noth
ing. "In winter league In another
game, big fight in infield. I play
outfield. I go sit down by wall
until fights is over. I no want
trouble."
Bernier has been the stormy
petrel of PCL baseball for sev
eral years. He has squawked on
every pitch thrown; on every
ball hit down the foul line; on
close plays at all bases; on just
about anything that might be
considered controversial.
"But he doesn't have that chip
on his shoulder any more," says
Johnson Leads
Pro Hoopsters
All -Star Team
New York (U.R) Neil John
ston 6-foot, 8-inch Philadelphia
Warriors center who led the
National Basketball Association
scoring race for the third straight
year, topped the list of 10 players
who received cash bonuses as
members of the league's official
All-Star team.
The lantern - jawed Johnston,
who also led the league in re
bounding, received more votes
than any other player in the
league's poll of sports writers
and broadcasters in the league
cities.
Johnston and other first-team
selections received a $200 bonus
each. The other first team play
ers are Bob Cousy of the Boston
Celtics, Adolph Schayes of the
league champion Syracuse Nat
ionals, rookie Bob Pettit of the
Milwaukee Hawks, and Larry
Foust of the Fort Wayne Pistons.
Picked for the second team, j
each receiving a $100 bonus,
were Vern Mikkelsen and Slater
Martin of the Minneapolis
Lakers, Harry Gallatin of the
New York Knickerbockers, Paul
Seymour of Syracuse, and Bill
Sharman of Boston.
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metal ores.
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Bragan. "He has had a couple of
close calls against him already
this year and he never said a
word."
A 'Good Boy
One of the settling influences
on him this year may be the
fact that he 'brought his wife,
five children and mother from
Cuba with him to spend the sum
mer in Los Angeles.
Bragan, apparently, did some
checking up on Carlos during
the spring to see how Bernier
had acted in the winter league.
"I talked to an umpire down
in Venezuela, fellow named Stan
Landis," said Bragan. "He told
me 'Bernier good boy all win
ter." If Carlos, a 26-year-old speed
merchant, follows his new line
of thinking, he may yet make it
to the major leagues. He clouted
.313 in 119 games for the Stars
last year, stealing 38 bases. In
1952 he stole 65 bases while hit
ting .301. However, in 1953 with
Pittsburgh he was a flop at the
plate, hitting only .213.
He is off to a poor start this
year, batting .259 in the first 10
games, but he generally starts
off slowly. t
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formed. There is a very small minority of unscrupulous
dealers and salesmen, and it is the unwary home owner
who is responsible for the existence of this minority. '
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