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TEH MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Athletics Nab 3rd From Red Sox With Power, Pitching; Indians Down Hats in 17-lnning Thriller Br CARL LUNDQUIST United Press Sports Writer No one is calling them "Bou dreau's Bombers" yet, but it was worth noticing today that the first five hitters in the Kansas City lineup have smashed 17 homers as many as any other American League team has made altogether. There is power in the top of that lineup and not just Vic Power, either. He's the leadoff man with three homers, but look what comes after him. Bill Ren na, hitting next, also has three homers then comes Jim'Finigan with four, Gus Zernial with four and Bill Wilson with three. And to make the joy run full cycle for Kansas City fans there' a home-grown sore-armed pitch ing castoff from the Cardinals, Cloyd Boyer, who hurled the A'i to their third straight triumph, 6-2, over Boston Wednesday. Boyer gave up three hits and received fine support from Ren na, Zernial and Wilson who hit homers, Zernial's coming with two men on base. Tied With White Sox The only other crew with as many homers is the White Sox and they made eight of their 17 against Kansas City, seven in that 29-6 nightmare of last Sat urday. In a 17-inning thriller, longest In the majors since June 23 of last season. Cleveland downed Washington, 6-5, on a rally touched off by Joe Altobelli's double. Jim Hegan's sacrifice and two intentional passes, ordered by Nat Manager Charley Dres sen, loaded the bases but Bobby Avila nullified the strategy with a game-winning sacrifice fly. Iri other American League games the White Sox pounded out a 14-hit, 13-4 triumph over the Yankees and Detroit topped Baltimore, 11-3. In the National League, Brook lyn topped Cincinnati . 7-2 in a "walkathon" in which the Dodg ers drew 13 passes and the Red legs six, Milwaukee defeated the Giants 9-6, and Pittsburgh won from Chicago, 4-1, on Bob Pur key's four-hitter. St. Louis at St. Mary's Graders Defeat Talent 15-3 St. Mary's grade school blasted Talent 15 to 3 yesterday at Tal ent behind the one-hit tossing of Gary Miksche. The Knights got eight runs in the second inning of the three-inning mix. Miksche fanned three batters but he also walked seven. Paul Pavlat hit two doubles for St. Mary's. betf The txtra yens enrich IQ its great Bourbon flavor OLD HICKORY I Philadelphia was postponed be cause of cold weather. Billy Loes gave only one hit before a blistered finger forced his retirement in the eighth and Eugene Raps Salem 8-1 In NW Loop Br UNITED PRESS The Northwest League was a contented little baseball circuit today with six teams sporting identical 1-1 records and. the seventh member, Tri-City, still sitting out a bye. In last night's games, the three teams which had lost open ing night turned in victories to make things a cozy .500 up and down the percentage table. We natchee took Yakima 8-1, Eu gene duplicated that score with an 8-1 verdict over Salem and Lewiston clobbered Spokane 15 2. Right hander Bill Franks el bowed Lewiston's victory giving up but two hits while the Broncs collected 15 off two Spokane hurlers. Lewiston tallied 11 runs in the first three frames and Franke coated home. Eugene's Emeralds got seven hit hurling from Berlyn Hodges and got riled up in the late inn ings to take Salem. Granny Glad stone's two-run homer in the sixth gave the Emeralds a 2-1 edge and they finished strong with single runs in the seventh and eighth and a four-run jack pot in the ninth. Lefty Ralph Buckingham doled out four hits to lead We natchee to its victory over Yaki ma. He fanned ten and walked seven as the Chiefs went ahead in the fourth and finished strong. OSC Bounces Idaho 16-3 Corvallis .. (U.R) Oregon State finally got in its first Northern Division baseball game of the 1955 season yesterday and made it a whopping success by downing Idaho 16-3. The Beavers got 20 hits and a fine relief pitching job from Lynn Mohler, a sophomore right hander from Eugene who recent ly got out of the service. Mohler hurled five hitless innings and struck out 9 of the 15 batters he faced. served in "hie circles .. . A05 45 Qt. 065 Pint ioi5 OLD 85 PROOF DISTILLING CORPORATION PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA Thursday, April 28, 1955 Ed Roebuck gave Cincy only one more hit in relief. Brooklyn cinched it with a three-run rally in the fourth in which Roy Cam panula's two-run single was the big hit. Loes won his third game. Milwaukee made 12 hits in cluding a homer and two singles by Bobby Thomson and homers by Danny O'Connell and Hank Aaron. Gene Conley gave up just two hits until the ninth when the Giants made five runs, three on a pinch-homer by Hank Thomp son. It was Conley's second tri umph. Pittsburgh made 13 hits in winning its second game after losing eight in a row. Dick Groat set the pace with three singles. Walt Dropo hit two homers and a double for Chicago and re lief pitcher Billy Pierce retired 14 men in a row after starter virgu i. rucks yielded first in ning Yankee homers to Hank Bauer and Andy Carey. Whitey Ford, kayoed in a five run first, saw his string of 21 scoreless in nings end and also lost his first game after three victories for the New Yorkers. Detroit gave Steve Gromek solid support for his third vie xory, i?rann House flitting a grand slam home run. Jim Del- sing drove in three runs with a double and two singles. Chuck Diering homered for Baltimore LINESCORES: National League Milwaukee 050 021 010 9 12 0 New York 010 000 005 6 7 1 Conley (2-0) and Crandall. Gomez. and Katt, Hofman (5). Losing pitcher tomez (U-Z). Chicago 000 000 0011 4 1 Pittsburgh 110 100 Olx 4 13 0 Minner. Andre (4). Cohen (5). Amor (8) and Chiti. Purkey (1-1) and Shep- ara. loosing pitcner winner (Z-l). Cincinnati 010 001 0002 3 3 Brooklyn 100 300 03x 7 7 2 valentine. Podbielan (4), Klipp stein (5). Hooper (7). Minarcin (8) and Bailey. Loes. Roebuck (8) and Campanella. Winning pitcher Loes (3-1). Losing pitcher Valentine (0-1) American League New York ... 201 000 001 4 10 1 Chicago 500 130 04x 13 14 0 Ford. Sain (1), Byrne (5) and Berra. Howard (5). Trucks. Pierce (3) and Lollar. Winning pitcher Pierce (1-0). Losing pitcher Ford (3-1). Baltimore 000 010 002 3 7 0 Detroit 006 020 03x 11 ; 9 0 J. Wilson, Miller (4), Johnson (3). Kretlow (7) and Smith. Gromek (3-1) and House. Losing pitcher J. Wilson Boston ...000 110 000 8 3 0 Kans. City ....104 001 OOx 6 12 0 : Sullivan, Henry (5). . Freeman . (6), Kinder (7) and White. Boyer (1-0) and Astroth. Losing pitcher Sullivan (2-2) (17 Innings) Washington ..003 000 200 000 000 .005 11 Cleveland . 210 020 000 000 000 016 11 1 Porterfield, Pascual (5), Schmitz (7, Stobbs (14) and Edwards. . FitzGerald (14). Wynn. Mossi (7), Wight (10). Nar leski (10), Houtteman (14) and Hegan. Winning pitcher Houtteman (2-1). Losing pitcher Stobbs (0-2). STMIGHTBOJJBgQJf WHISKY SIX TEARS OLD MedfordTrlbune SLPODIFLTS Tag Team Championship Claimants Mix Saturday Two tag team championship I claimants will clash in the mixed tag team wrestling match head lining Saturday nighfi card at Merrick's arena here. Champ Thomas, former Den ver prizefighter who has met with exceptional success in tha wrestling ring, and Bonnie Bart less, herself a former boxer, will team up against Yoggi Hussane and Gerry Hunter, both well known to local mat bugs. Thomas and Miss Bartlett claim the Rocky Mountain tag team championship while Hus sane and Hunter claim the Texas championship. Whether Rocky Mountain or Texas wrestling, tag team sylte, is the better will be settled in the 30-minute, two-out-of-three-fall match. Promoter Mack Lillard said that under no conditions will a man be permitted to wrestle a woman. If a man tags his part ner, the other man- must prompt ly leave the ring and the women will wrestle, Lillard said. He added that the referee will be instructed to promptly disquali fy a team who fails to obey that rule. Other than that, regular tag team rules will prevail. Two other matches complete the program, to start at 8:30 p.m. Cyclone Cobb, a favorite with local fans, returns after a week's absence to mix with Joe Hahn, Portland fireman, in the middle match. The opener sends new comer Logger Porter of Wash ington against Larry Presnell, Portland policeman. Porter is the big man who tangled with Hussane last week when Porter was introduced from the ring. Tickets are on sale at Rogue restaurant, 42 South Central ave. Need to Conserve Wildlife To Be Emphasized in Week of May 1-7 "America's leading sport is hunting and fishing," according to well-known sports caster Bill Stern.. . . - This is right in line with the thoughts of public and private agencies who have set aside Jhe week of r May 1-7 as Oregon Con servation week. Governor. Pat terson jnas appointed, key per sonnel around the state to head up this program. . The program is sponsored by the' governor's committee on nat ural resources, and one of the members of this group is P. W. Schneider, state game director. The week" is designed to focus attention on all of our national resources of which wildlife is Keep Dogs, Cats From Roaming, Commission Asks Portland Though the wea therman may not be indicating it in some areas of the state, spring has arrived. This means one thing to the wild birds, that it is time to nest. It also is the most danger ous time of the year for them. Though winter weather often works more hardships on them, predators take their toll now, according to the Oregon State Game Commission. Among some of the worst predators on nests are free run ing domestic cats and dogs. They not only make a meal of the nesting birds, but if they don't catch the bird, they destroy the nest. Fall hunting populations of game birds are dependent on good spring crops of young ones. Disturbed nests don't make for good crops of young birds. The game commission has urged all pet owners to keep their animals from roaming the fields for the next few months and give the birds a chance to raise their families. Beaver Tennis Squad Defeats Willamette Corvallis -(U.R) Oregon State's tennis team scored a 5-2 win over Willamette here yes terday. In the feature match, Norm Merrill of Oregon State downed Bud Mull, defending Northwest Conference singles champion, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1. You'll Always Find e Reliability O Uniformity O Full Strength IN EVERY LOAD OF TRU-MIX CONCRETE Tru-Mix Concrete Co. FAST. PROMPT DELIVERY McAndrewt Road Phone 2-5271 CHAMP THOMAS Teams With Barilett Six Teams Enter RV Baseball Loop Ashland Six teams definite ly have entered the Rogue Val ley League, semi-pro baseball circuit, President Bill Brown an nounced here. The clubs are Ashland, Glen dale, Camp White, Eagle Point, Butte Falls. and Rogue River. The season will open on May 29. an important segment. Pointing up the importance of continued wildlife crops through wise use and management, Bill Stern's information continued, "Baseball drew 18 million paid customers in 1953, rodeos had 20 million, and horse racing pull ed 30 million. Hunting and fish ing outdrew them all with over 32 million hunters and fisher men buying licenses that year, "Baseball equipment manu facturers sold 35 million dollars worth of goods, and .golfers spent 80 million dollars on their sport. Hunters and fishermen made that look like small time deals by spending six billion dol lars.." Game director Schneider com menting on conservation week stated, With statistics like those compiled by Bill Stern plus the tremendous aesthetic value of wildlife, it should be apparent to everyone in the state that con servation week and the ideas be ing advanced are of major im portance to Oregonians every where. Our renewable natural resources are the basis of life for present and future genera tions." Champion Links Tourney Starts Las Vegas, Nev. (U.R) The world's most exclusive golf tour nament got under way here to day as firing started in the $37, 500 Tournament of Champions on Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn Country Club course. With the winner of every major tournament in United States represented in the re stricted field of 21 contestants, veterans Sam Snead and Dr. Gary Middlecoff held the posi tion of co-favorites. They were installed ai 6-1 choices to win the first prize of $10,000 something they both have failed to do in the two years the tournament has been held. In both previous instances victory went to outsiders. In 1953, for the first tourney, top money went to Al Besselink. Last year it went to rank out sider Art Wall. Wall-is back to defend his crown, but Besselink, who finished second last year, failed to win a major FGA sponsored tournament this year and was not eligible to participate. t4 ? ?. trm General Trout Fishing Will Open Fish Lake resort presently Is closed. Proprietor Lloyd Morris reported today. Trout angling season if scheduled to start Saturday at the lake but there is still six inches of ice on the lake and four feet of now at the re sort, according to Morris. He tried lo get into the lake yesterday and couldn't make it. Morris advised no one else to try. The resort operator said that he would report when conditions improve enough to permit access to the lake. Another popular fishing spot. Squaw lake, is slated also for a Saturday season opening. However, Bert Harr, resort owner, also advised against fishermen trying to get into the lake for a few days. He said that some sun shine would be needed to melt snow and permit use of a road grader. Portland (U.R) A good por tion of Oregon's 300,000 anglers are expected to take to the streams Saturday morning for the opening of the 1955 trout season. All zones of the state open except most of the lakes, reser voirs and their tributaries with in national forest boundaries in the Cascade mountains. Most of the latter are closed until May 28, according to the State Game Commission. An exception is Wickiup res ervoir which opens Saturday. Also opening this weekend are Ochoco, Detroit, McKay and Rock Creek reservoirs. Several other major lakes in national forests will open this weekend, including Blue, Crescent, Odell and Suttle in the Deschutes na tional forest and Fish lake in the Rogue national forest. (Ice and snow may prevent a Saturday opening at Fish lake). General trout bag limit is 10 per day, not more than five of which may be 12 inches or over, and 20 fish in any seven consecu tive days. Minimum length in zones 1 and parts of zones 3 and 4 is eight inches. Elsewhere it is six inches. The commission's report: SOUTHWEST: Central coastal streams in good condition; Smith river high but clear; north fork Coquille high but clear above confluence with east fork and should be good; east fork and middle fork high and mud dy; bait should be best; south fork Coquille high and murky; roads in Coquille area open. South coastal streams should be fair; they are high and tur bid; salmon fishing on lower Rogue improving. Fish and Squaw lakes in ' 1953 and 1954 Chevrolet & Pontiac 4-Door Sedans Regular $32.50 INSTALLED DURING THIS SALE FOR ONLY SEAT COVERS to fit most all makes and models available at COMPETITIVE PRICES ran Loggers, Truckers, Contractors-Let Us Rebuild and Re cover Your Truck and Cat Cushions! If you have a BROKEN GLASS in your Car Selby accepts all insurance claims For SEAT COVERS Drive In To 303 Saturday In Oregon Jackson county may not bt ac cessible by road; all streams in' Umpqua system high and turbid and forecast is poor; spring Chi nook fishing on lower Umpqua nil; unpaved roads in poor con dition. Northwest: North coast streams high and cold; water fairly clear but angling expected to be alow; salmon angling along lower Columbia also slow: Tillamook area prospects for opening day not good: tidewater, lower streams and sloughs best bet; Lincoln and western Lane counties ex pected to be poor as streams high and cold; best fishing will be by bait right on bottom; nearly , all major streams in Willamette area stocked but water cold; fishing should be good on Mc Kenzie and Willamette rivers and tributaries; reservoirs should be good to excellent. Central: Road conditions generally good to all ' open waters: Suttle and Blue lakes have some ice cover and roads into these in poor condition or impassable; access roads into Metolius. Deschutes, little Deschutes and Crooked river and Tumale creek in good condition; Ochoco reservoir and upper tributaries of Ochoco creek should be good; Wickiup reservoir and Odell and Crescent lakes accessible; Deschutes river prospects very good. Crooked river at Cove state park muddy; lower Deschutes in Warm Springs i and Maupin area in excel lent shape; little Deschutes water about normal; Deschutes should be best with bait or troll; Klamath coun ty streams low and clear and most accessible except for muddy roads in higher elevations; Williamson and Wood rivers open May 28 as does Lake of the Woods. Holman TKO Victor Over Ez Charles Miami Beach, Fla. (U.R) Kayo winner Johnny Holman, jubilant at his biggest victory! made plans for moving up the heavyweight ladder today while battered loser Ezzard Charles hollowly declared he still wants one more shot at the title. Homan, a whopping 5-1 un derdog, was losing when he su& denly unleashed a furious attack in the ninth round and techni cally knocked out Charles at 2:48 of that session. Holman, who floored the for mer heavyweight champion for an eight count in the first round, dropped him again for nine in the ninth and had Charles reel ing about, literally out on his feet in. one of the worst whip pings of his career, when Refe ree Eddie Coachman called a halt. "We would like to match Johnny next against the winner of the Archie Moore-Nino Val des bout in Las Vegas, or against Bob Baker of Pittsburgh," said Bernie Glickman, manager of the towering Chicagoan. 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Catherine creek low and fairly clear: smaller Union county streams may ge good if runoff doesn't in crease; lower Grande Ronde and Wal lowa rivers rising and muddy: Wena ha and Imnaha rising but fairly clear; .prairie creek, upper waliowa river and Sheep creek best Wallowa county bets: Waliowa .lake will have some ice. Eagle creek rising; Pine creek high and muddy but north Pine clear; , roads clear; roads open to Sumpter; Burnt river below Unity reservoir al most dry: Murray reservoir full and clear: Olive lake and Ma pone lake cannot be reached: Canyon creek, south and middle forks of John Day rising and muddy: upper tributaries in Grant county fairly clear as does north fork John Day; roads muddy. southeast: Results remain un changed from last week; crappie and Pass fishing poor in aU areas: trout fishing in Moon lake and Owyhee reservoir slow: prospects for opening weekend fair; most roads muddy and slippery. GUESS WHAT? 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