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.
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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
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
The sudden manner in which
Charles caved in under Hol
man's late onslaught led many
observers to believe he may
never again be ready for a title
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Season
Northeast: Umatilla county streams
clear; Walla Walla and Umatilla riv
ers should be good if weather remains
cool; Birch, Butter and McKay creeks
look very good; McKay reservoir
should be exceUent if water continues
to clear; all streams in Morrow.
Wheeler and GiUiam counties mostly
high and muddy but upper tributar
ies may be in good condition by
opening day; Garnde Ronde river
rising.
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.
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