Rainouts Leave PCL
Gloomy; Rookie Crop
HeSps Brighten Scene
By UNITED PDESS
Pacific Coast League owners
were singing "I've Got Those
Rainy Day Blues" today but
every cloud has a silyer lining.
All the moguls have to do is
look at .the fine crop of young
sters being developed for fall de
livery to the majors and they can
smile.
The rains came to Portland
last night for the fifth time in
a week and washed out the Bea-
Porlland U.R) - Portland
.and Sacramento scheduled an
"Umbrella Opener" today and
from the looks of the weather
umbrellas would be a handy
item to have around.
The Beavers were rained
out of their opener last week
o General Manager Joe Zieg
ler decided to make the official
opening this afternoon.
Rain last night washed out
a scheduled make-up game
with San Diego and it was still
raining this morning.
vers-San Diego Padres contest.
It was the only game scheduled
for yesterday.
Last week was one of the
worst in history as far as the
turnstiles are concerned in the
PCL. San Francisco was rained
out five straight days. Portland
was four days late getting in its
opening tilt of the season. And
so it went.
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So what are the box office
boys going to do to be saved?
Well, the Sacramento Solons
can look ahead to what pitcher
Johnny Briggs may bring them
in the fall trading marts. John
ny. 21 years old, has won three
in a row for the Solons and al
ready the scouts are on his trail.
He looks like just what the doc
tor ordered.
San Diego has a couple of fine
prospects. One is Milt Smith,
who was with the club last year,
but didn't get a chance to play
until the last half of the season,
when he helped spark the Padres
to the pennant. He is 26 years
old and currently is leading the
league in hitting with a healthy
.403 mark. The other is Jules
Becquer, an outfielder. Becquer,
24, is clouting the ball at a .339
pace and looks like a fine comer.
Seal Stars
San Francisco has a couple
of youngsters who look good,
too. One is the $60,000 bonus
baby of the Chicago White Sox,
infielder Joe Kirrene, who is hit
ting .391. The other is Dave
Melton, former Stanford star,
who finally is reaching stardom.
Melton is 27 years old but
many believe he has a major
league future ahead.
Seattle has come up with a
fine young pitcher in John Old
ham, aeed 23. He has a 3-0 record
all in relief. Los Angeles has
a good hurler, too, George fiK
tuzis (2-0) who is just out of the
armed forces.
Several of the young stars are
out on option, but they are going
to help at the box office later
in the season, even if they don't
bring in any cash when they go
to the majors.
Tonjght, Weather permitting,
most of the lads will see action.
The schedule calls for San Fran
cisco at Oakland, Hollywood at
Los Angeles, San Diego at Se
attle and Sacramento at Port
land. SPLIT PAIR
Walla Walla (U.PJ Willam
ette divided a Northwest Confer
ence baseball doubleheader with
Whitman here yesterday. The
Bearcats won the opener 5-2
but fell victim, 6-1, in the second
game as Noel Aronson pitched
a. four-hitter. Dave Grady
pitched the Willamette win in
the first game.
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COMING DOWN hard on his left shoulder at plate in attempted
steal, Jerry Coleman, New York Yankee second baseman, frac
tures collarbone In action at Yankee Stadium. Trapped between
third and home, Coleman dives for plate and collides with Bos
ton shortstop Friend (right). Umpire Napp calls out and Red
Sox first baseman Zauchln (3) watches play. (International)
FIRST SHOWING OF ALASKAN
FILM HERE THIS EVENING
First showing of the motion
picture, "Alaska The Last Fron
tier," is scheduled this evening
at the Medf ord senior high school
auditorium. Repeat presentation
of the color film, produced by
Edward H. Horn, will be on
Wednesday.
Doors at the school will open
at 7:30 p.m. and the picture will
start at 8 p.m. Sponsor of the
presentation here is the Jack
son County chapter of the Izaak
Walton League of America.
The movie, which is described
as "different" from other Alas
kan films shown here, covers
Alaska from the south to extreme
north. Walrus hunting, salmon
fishing and Eskimo life are
among the subjects depicted in
the picture.
A portion of the film portrays
Diomed island only 2Vi miles
from Siberia. Horn had to re
main on the island five weeks
when ice broke up. In the mean
time he went out with the Eski
mos walrus hunting.
Capture Whales
Other scenes show the actual
capture by Eskimos, using their
small boats, of a 45-foot bow
head whale.
Intimate pictures of life among
the Caribou people of the Brooks
range in the Arctic mountains
were afforded1 by several days
stay. Horn found the Eskimos
Wissler, Mclntyre
Of Spring Handicap Tournament
Wendell Wissler and Charles
Mclntyre collide this week in
the finals of the men's spring
handicap golf tournament at
VFW Teams Roll
At Crescent City
Central Point Veterans of
Foreign Wars bowling team di
vided in two matches played
with a VFW team at Crescent
City, Calif., during the week
end and a junior team sponsored
by the Central Point 'post lost
to a Crescent City junior squad.
Spotting the Crescent City
quint 75 pins per game, the Cen
tral Point men took two games
and won the first series 2414
to 2325. Crescent City won all
four points and had a 2295 to
2177 pin margin in the second
series.
Bohannon Leads
In the opener Al Bohannon
rolled a 225 game and 592 se
ries. He led Central Point in the
second series also with a 524.
Others on the CP team were Lee
Graham, Gene Tedriclf, Lloyd
Carr and Ken Christianson.
In the junior mix Crescent
City took all three games and
had a 2459 to 2312. Darwin
Morehouse had a 536 series and
Stewart Schroeder rolled 473.
The CP VFW is sponsoring the
junior aggregation in the Nortn
west tournament at Portland on
April 30. Others on the club are
Mike Walker, Andy Walker, Bill
Evans and Grant Burroughs.
They will compete against 31
other junior teams.
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near starvation because caribou
were late in their northern mi
gration. Caribou hunting was
their main source of livelihood.
Bounties on wolves were about
their only source of cash, other
wise. The caribou people have
been in the limelight in recent
years. However, not much was
known of them until Army en
gineers surveyed the region.
Farming and homesteading on
Kenai, dairying in the Matanu
ska valley, construction and new
industry are shown in the pic
ture. Two Years In Making
Horn, a Ketchikan resident,
was two years in getting the
film material together. He had
the aid of one professional pho
tographer. Col. Weiland, president of the
Jackson county Walton chapter,
has previewed the film, and has
pronounced the protography
"very good."
Tickets have been on sale at
Lamport's and Sam's Sporting
Goods stores. They will be avail
able at the door both nights.
There are no reserved seats. The
program, including intermission
time, lasts about two hours.
Horn will be available during
the intermission to talk to mem
bers of the audience. He nar
rates the film and reportedly
has several items to show.
Gain Finals
Rogue Valley Country club.
Semi-final round in the tour
ney's championship, first and
second flights was completed
last week end. Paul Meyers was
victor 1 up over Bill Catey in
finals for the third flight title.
Mclntyre turned back Mahr
Reymers 2 and 1 and Wissler
downed Larry Butler 5 and 4.
In the first flight Eddie Sim
mons won 4 and 3 over Fred
Conrad. He will contend in finals
against Al Servold who had to
go 19 holes to beat Carl Schmidt.
John Moffat got a 1 up nod
over Ray Wise in the second
flight semi-finals. He will play
Pete Clark who required 19
holes to get Jack Creager.
Nelson Gallant was winner of
a ball sweepstakes Saturday at
the club. He had 40 points, Wiss
ler and Ed Hall each 39 and
Gorge Schuler 38. Players got
on,e point for a bogey, two for a
par, three for a birdie and five
for an eagle.
Club officials have announced
a change in the date for the next
mixed two-ball foursome. The
rivalry will be this Sunday, May
1. It originally had been planned
for May 8 but was changed be
cause of Mother's day plans
members may have.
' Entries for the two-ball part
nership tournament slated for
men at RVCC now total 115.
High handicappers will draw
low handicappers for partners.
Drawing is set for the evening
of Wednesday, May 4. First
matches are to be completed by
May 8.
Mixed Tag Match To
Headline Wrestling
Program on Saturday
Mack Lillard came up with
another matchmaking master
piece yesterday when he signed
a mixed tag team match to high
light next Saturday night's
wrestling card at Merrick's
arena.
The match, for 30 minutes or
two out of three falls, will send
Yoggi Hussane and Gerry Hunter
against Champ Thomas and
Bonnie Bartlett.
Under mixed tag team rules,
Lillard explained, a man will
under no conditions be permitted
to wrestle a woman. For exam
ple, if Hussane and Thomas are
wrestling and Hussane tags Miss
Hunter, his partner, to be re
lieved, Thomas must also leave
the ring and Miss Bartlett will
come in to wrestle Miss Hunter.
Failure to observe this switch
in partners will result in prompt
disqualification, the promoter
said.
Young Players
Receive Honors
In Hockey Loops
Montreal (U.R) Eddie Litz
enberger, 22-year-old wing of the
last-place Chicago Black Hawks,
was named the winner of the
Calder Memorial Trophy today
as the National Hockey League's
"rookie of the year."
Litzenberger, acquired from
the Montreal Canadiens for $15,
000 on Dec. 10, 1954, was the
league's 12th highest point-producer
with 23 goals and 28 as
sists for 51 points. He played 29
games for the Canadiens and 44
for the Black Hawks for a total
of 73 three more than any
other player in the circuit.
New York U.R) Wing
Jimmy Anderson of the Spring
field Indians made a strong bid
for the league's goal-getting hon
ors, was selected today as the
American Hockey League's out
standing rookie of the 1954-55
season. ,
Anderson will receive $300
from the league in addition to
permanent possession of the
Dudley (Red) Garrett Memorial
Trophy.
Anderson scored 39 goals
only two fewer than the league
leading total accumulated by Ed
die Olson of the Cleveland Bar
ons. In addition, Anderson re
ceived credit for 32 assists for a
total of 71 points.
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SEAGRAM-DISTILLERS
Tuesday, April 26. 1953
As is his usual custom, Lillard
has not disregarded his two sup
porting matches. In the middle
fracas, down for 40 minutes of
two out of three falls, he has
matched Joe Hahn, Portland
fireman who has not been seen
here for a couple of months,
against popular Johnny "Cy
clone" Cobb.
The opener sends Logger
Porter, big Washington lumber
jack, against Larry Presnell of
the Portland police department.
They also will go 40 minutes or
the best of three falls.
Tickets are on sale at the
Rogue restaurant, 42 South Cen
tral ave.
Junior Circuit
Shows Increase
In Attendance
New York (U.R) Kansas
City's enthusiasm for big league
baseball enabled the American
League to show a 3.5 per :ent
rise in attendance today but
crowds in the National League
have dropped 12 per cent.
The figures show that attend
ance is off in 11 of the 16 major
league cities and that even Kan
sas City's 133 per cent increase
over 1954. Philadelphia attend
ance failed to prevent an over
all decrease of about 5 per cent
in the two circuits.
The five teams which have re
sisted the downward trend are
the Brooklyn Dodgers in the Na
tional League and the Athletics,
Chicago White Sox, Cleveland
Indins and the Washington Sen
ators in the American. The
Dodgers are up 8 per cent, the
White Sox 45.7, the Indians 9.6
ana the Senators 1.7.
The New York Yankees, who
drew 1,475,171 fans last season
to lead the A.L., were among
the teams with the biggest drop.
Home attendance at Yankee
games is off a whopping 37.2 per
cent and the former world cham
pions have averaged only" 9,500
spectators on six dates lowest
in either league.
LOSCUTOFF SIGNS
Boston ' (U.R) Jim Loscutoff
of the University of Oregon has
signed his first professional con
tract with the Boston Celtics of
the National Basketball Associa
tion. The 6-foot-5 forward was
the Celtics No. 1 choice in the
recent NBA player draft.
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