EIGHT MZDFORD (OREGON)
Tribe Ahead of Pace,
Grabs Pair From KC;
Brooklyn Takes 21st
By FRED DOWN
United Presa Sports Writer
They can't match the Brooklyn
Dodgers astounding start but
the Cleveland Indians today
zoomed far ahead of the pace
which carried them to a record
111 victories and the American
League championship in 1954.
After their 9-6 and 2-1 sweep
of the Kansas City Athletics
Sunday, the Indians held a two
game first-place lead with a 17-7
record and .708 percentage. Just
a year ago today they were in
third place with a 12-8 mark
and a .600 percentage. They
didn't take the lead until May
16.
Right-fielder Al Smith and
first baseman Al Rosen were the
- stars as the Indians achieved a
tidy four-game winning streak
and reeled off . their ninth vic
tory in 10 games. The sweep was
the Indians' second of this sea
son. They took 13 of 19 bargain
bills last year.
Smith hammered out three
home runs during the double
header. He blasted a pair of two
run blows as the Tribe battled
back from an early 5-0 deficit
in the opener and then broke
rookie Art Ceccarelli's spell with
a third homer which produced
a 1-1 tie in the seventh inning
of the nightcap.
Rosan Breaks Deadlock
The deadlock lasted until the
11th inning when Rosen, filling
in at first base for Vic Wertz,
blasted his fifth round-tripper.
Art Houtteman gained credit for
his third win in relief of Bob
Feller' in the first game while
Ray Narleski, Cleveland's third
pitcher, was the winner in the
second contest.
The runaway Dodgers rolled
to their 21st victory in 23 games,
9-8 over the Philadelphia Phil
lies. Gil Hodges hit a two-run
homer and Duke Snider a grand
slammer as the Dodgers built a
9-2 lead. The Phillies battled
k..b in h. lata inninOa hpfore
LKXVJ " O
Jim Hughes finally stopped them
and sealed their ninth straight
defeat high for the 1955 cam
paign. The New York Yankees final-'
ly caught up with "jinx-pitcher"
Willard Nixon in a 5-0 win over
the Boston Red Sox and the Chi
cago White Sox downed the De
troit Tigers, 5-4 and 1-0 in a pair
of thrillers. The Washington
Senators crushed the Baltimore
Orioles, 15-7, after a 4-3 loss in
the other A.L. games.
Bob Grim, a 20-game winner
in 1954, won his first 1955 game
with ninth-inning relief aid from
Jim Konstanty to give the
Yankees their fourth consecutive
win. Joe Collins and Hank Bauer
homered off .Nixon, who had
beaten the Yankees six straight
times and hadn't lost to them
since Sept. 24, 1950.
Rookie Pitching Duel
Nelson Fox drove in the win
ning run with an llth-inning
single in the opener and tripled
and scored the only run of the
second game for the White Sox.
Fox's second-game hit enabled
Dick Donovan to best Frank
Lary in a fine duel of rookie
pitchers.
Eddie Waitkus' two-run ninth
inning triple enabled the Orioles
to win their opener but the Sen
ators came back with a 15-hit at
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tack featured by homers by Tom
Umphlett and Lesse Levan in the
second game.
Willie Mays had four hits and
Don Mueller ran his hitting
streak to 21 games as the New
York Giants beat the Pittsburgh
Pirates. 6-3. The Pirates won the
opener, 7-5, as Dick Groat, Ger
ry Lynch and Gene Freese
homered.
In other NX. games, Warren
Spahn scattered 12 hits to give
the Milwaukee Braves a 6-2 win
and hand the St. Louis Cardinals
their seventh straight setback,
and the Cincinnati Redlegs beat
the Chicago Cubs, 4-3, on Hobie
Landrith's second homer of the
game after Sam Jones won his
third game for the Cubs, 5-3,
in the opener.
LINE SCORES:
(First Game)
Baltimore 010 000 012 11 1
Washington 000 012 000 3 5 1
Palica, McDonald 8, Moore 9 and
Smith. Stobbs. Porterfield 9 and Fitz
Gerald. Winning pitcher McDonald
(1-0). Losing pitcher Stobbs (0-3).
(Second Game)
Baltimore 001 110 220 7 11 1
Washington .... 610 000 53x 15 15 0
Miller, Coleman 1, Kretlow 3. Ku
zava 4, Johnson 7, Ferrarese 7. Mc
Donald 8 and Moss. Pascual, McDer
mott 8 and Edwards. Winning pitcher
Pascual (1-1). Losing pitcher Mil
ler (0-1).
New York 200 120 000 S 8 0
Boston 000 000 000 0 5 1
Grim. Konstanty 9 and Berra. Nix
on. Henry 7. Trible 9 and White. Win
ning pitcher Grim (1-2). Losing
pitcher Nixon (4-2).
(First Game) -Kansas
City . 230 010 000- 12 1
Cleveland 003 400 2 Ox 9 12 2
Boyer. Ditmar 3. Gray 4, Fricano
8 and Robertson. Feller, Houtteman
2 and Hegan. Winning pitcher
Houtteman (3-1). Losing pitcher
Ditmar (0-1).
(Second Game, 11 Innings)
Kansas City 000 100 000 001 13 0
Cleveland .. 000 000 010 01 2 5 0
Ceccarelli (0.1) and W. Shantz. Gar
cia. Mossi 9, Narleski 10 and Foiles.
Winning pitcher Narleski (1-0).
(First Game, 11 Innings) .
Detroit 000 020 200 00 4 11 1
Chicago 000 110 002 01 5 8 3
Hoeft, Zuverink 10 and Wilson. Con
suegra, Dorish 8. Fornieles 8 and
Lollar. Winning pitcher Fornieles
(3-1). Losing pitcher Zuverink (0-1).
(Second Game)
Detroit
OOO OOO 000 0
Chicago
000 000 Olx 1
Lary (2-3) and House. Donovan (3-1)
and Courtney.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(First Game)
Pittsburgh 100 300 2107 1 2
New York 003 000 2005 8 0
Littlefield. Face 7 and Shepard. Go
mez, Wilhelm 4, McCall, 5. Corwin
Grissom 8. Maglie 9 and Weatrum,
Grasso 7. Katt 8. Winning pitcher
Littlefield (2-2). Losing pitcher Go
mez (1-3).
(Second Game)
Pittsburgh 002 001 0003 8 1
New York 101 120 lOx 12 1
Law, King 6 and Shepard. Liddle,
Wilhelm 3. Maglie 5 and Katt. Win.
ning pitcher Maglie (2-3). Losing
pitcher Law (0-1).
Brooklyn 400 100 4009 t 1
Phila I 000 200 4208 14 1
Pod res. Roebuck 7. Hughes 8 and
Campanella. Wehmeier, Lovenguth, 1,
Kipper 3. Miller 5. Mrozinski 8. Dick
son 9 and Seminick. Winning pitcher
Podres (3-1). Losing pitcher Weh
meier (2-2). -
(First Game)
Chicago 001 001 0305 8 0
Cincinnati 001 000 0023 8 0
Jones, Perkowski 9. Andre 9 and
McCullough. Ridzik. Lane 8 and Bur
gess. Winning pitcher Jones (3-3).
Losing pitcher Ridzik (0-2). ,
(Second Game)
Chicago 021 000 0003 8 1
Cincinnati r.r.. .. 000 003 0014 7 2
Rush. Perkowski 9 and Chiti. Sta
ley. Hooper 3, Valentine 6 and Land,
rith. Winning pitcher Valentine (1-1).
Losing pitcher Perkowski (0-3).
Milwaukee 010 300 2008 11 0
St. Louis 011 000 0002 12 ' 1
Spahn (3-3) and Crandall. Haddix,
Lawrence 5, Schultz 7 and Sarni. Los
ing pitcher - Haddix' (1-4).
Dead line Sunaay Classified la at
noon Saturday: 1 a. m. Monday for
Monday: other days 5 JO urevious day.
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Monday. May 9. 1955
Standings
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
W.
L. Pet. GB.
Seattle
Lot Angeles
San Diego
Sacramento
Oakland
Portland
Hollywood
Saa Francisco ..
. 20
14 .388
19 14
376 Va
.545 l',2
.469 4
18 15
. 15 17
15 17 .469
14 16 .467
4
4
14 18
. 14 18
.438 5
.438 5
Sunday's Results:
Oakland 3-1. Los Angeles 2-1
Sacramento 2-2. Seattle 1-1
Hollywood 9-2. San Francisco 0-0
San Diego 10-7. Portland 5-5
How Series Ended:
Oakland 4, Los Angeles I
-San Diego 8. Portland 1
Sacramento 4. Seattle 2
Hollywood 5. San Francisco 1.
Next Series:
Sacramento at San Francisco
Oakland at Portland
Seattle at Los Angeles
Hollywood at San Diego.
AMERICAN LEAGUE .
w
L. Pet. G.B.
Cleveland
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
Washington
Boston
Baltimore
. 17
14
7 .708
8 .636
2
2
3
7
7'j
14 8
.636
.583
.409
.391
14 10
9 13
9 14
16 .369
8,s
17 .292 10
Sunday's Results:
New York 5 Boston 0
Chicago 5 Detroit 4 (11 innings, 1st)
Chicago 1 Detroit 0 (2nd)
Cleveland 9 Kansas City 6 (1st)
Cleveland 2 Kansas City 1 (11 in
nings, 2nd)
Baltimore 4 Washington 3 (1st)
Washington 15 Baltimore 7 (2nd)
Tuesday's Games:
Kansas City at Baltimore (night)
Detroit at Washington (night)
Cleveland at New York (night)
Chicago at Boston.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn .
Milwaukee
New York
Chicago ....
Pittsburgh
St. Louis ...
.400 11 !i
Cincinnati ...
Philadelphia
.. 9 14 .391 12
8 15 .348 13
Sunday's Results:
Chicago 5 Cincinnati 3 (1st)
Cincinnati 4 Chicago 3 (2nd)
Pittsburgh 7 New York 5 (1st)
New York S Pittsburg 3 (2nd)
Milwaukee 8 St. Louis 2
Brooklyn 9 Philadelphia 8.'
Tuesday's Games:
New York at Cincinnati (night)
Pittsburgh at Milwaukee (night)
Philadelphia at it. Louis (night)
Brooklyn at Chicago.
Idaho Track
Team Beats
Oregon State
Br UNITED PRESS
The University of Idaho Van
dals today wore the laurels of
their first Northern Division dual
track meet victory in three sea
sons after beating Oregon State
College by a close 66 5-6 64 1-6 at
Moscow Saturday.
In another division dual meet,
the Washington Huskies were up
set winners over Washington
State's Cougars.' The Oregon
Ducks proved themselves in in
ternational competition by win
ning the Vancouver Relays in
British Columbia.
The Huskies scored 70 points
to WSC's 61 in the meet at Seat
tle. The Webfoots, who haven't
lost a Northern Division dual
meet since 1953, displayed the
same old power in winning the
Vancouver Relays. Oregon
scored 156 points to 76 for second-place
Vancouver Olympic
Club.
In other college track meets
Saturday, Eastern Washington
College of Education won a tri
angular' Evergreen Conference
meet at Ellensburg. The Savages
scored 67 1-2 points to 54 3-4 for
Whitworth College and 39 3-4
for Central Washington College.
In a dual meet scored simultane
ously, Whitworth beat Central,
73 1-2 to 56 1-2.
At Walla Walla, Willamette
University defeated Whitman
College, 68-63, in a Northwest
Conference .track, contest.
' W. L. Pet. G.B
21 2 .913
12 11 .522 9
11 11 .500 9i
12 13 .480 10
in i.i .rs 11
8 12
Pacific Coast League
Like Fat Man's Wallet
By DON THACKEREY
United Press Sports Writer
The Pacific Coast league was
pressed together like a fat man's
wallet today and Sacramento
and Hollywood were the ones
applying most of the pressure.
Sacramento brought Seattle
back into the pack with a pair of
2- 1 victories last night to cut the
Rainier's margin to a thin half
game. Hollywood, using San
Francisco's Seals instead of boot
straps, pulled up into a seventh
place tie.
The Stars gave San Francisco
only five singles through the
long afternoon and nary a run
in winning 9-0 and 3-0. San
Diego whipped Portland twice,
10-5 and 7-4 to shuffle the mid
dle of the pack while Los Ange
les and Oakland were splitting
3- 2 for the Acorns and 2-1 for
the Angels.
As a result of the activity
there were only five games be
tween Seattle at the top and San
Francisco and Hollywood at the
bottom.
Four Hit Pitching
Marino Pieretti was the victor
in the first of two duels in Sac
ramento. He got the nod over
Jehosie Heard, who had a four
hit performance washed down
the drain.
In the second game Bud Daley
and Vic Lombardi went 11 in
nings before the Solons got their
second run. Daley scored the
tie-breaker himself after singling
and being sacrificed to second.
Richie Myers cracked out the
hit that sent Daley home.
Bob Garber pitched Holly
wod's first shutout of the season
in the first game, holding San
Francisco to two singles. His job
was made much easier by Car
los Bernier, Bob Del Greco and
than standard tires
MORE
Lee Walls, each of whom smash
ed home runs.
Hollywood's second shutout of
the season wasn't far away.
George Witt and George O'Don
nell combined to give the Seals
three measly singles and anoth
er whitewashing with O'Donnell
getting the win. All the Holly
wood runs came in the fifth in
ning as the Stars put together
three of the five hits they got
from loser Bob Greenwood.
Rapp Homers
Earl Rapp put on the hero's
mantle in San Diego's double
win. In the first game the out
fielder hit two home runs and
drove in four tallies as the
Padres came from behind an 0-4
deficit to win going away.
Dick Faber also homered for
San Diego and Don Eggert did
likewise for Portland.
In the second game Faber
homered again and Dick Whit
man hit a Beaver round tripper.
The game was tied at 4-4 at the
end of the seven frames, but
Rapp untied it in the bottom of
the ninth with a three-run hom
er. Al Lyons, who saved the first
game also, got credit for the
second.
Al Gettel won his sixth game
in a row after starting the sea
son with three losses as Oakland
prevailed over a two-run Hal
Rice homer, 3-2, in the first one.
It was Gettel's third win of the
series.
In the nightcap Joe Hatten
beat George Bamberger 2-1 on
Steve Bilko's tenth homer with
a mate on the base in the sixth.
LINE SCORES:
(First Game)
Los Angeles 000 002 000 2 7 0
Oakland 300 000 OOx 3 8 1
Piktuzis, Pyecha 1, Lown 8 and
Pramesa; Gettel and Neal.
(Second Game)
Los Angeles .. 000 002 0 2 7 1
Oakland 000 001 01 S 0
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Champ Thomas Clobbers Yog gi Hussanc;
Logger Porter
The girls didn't wrestle at Mer
rick's arena Saturday night not
quite, anyway but a vociferous
crowd which filled the arena al
most to capacity cheered wildly
as Champ Thomas clobbered
Yoggi Hussane for two straight
falls. Logger Porter and Cyclone
Cobb went to a fast and rough
draw as did Cowboy Wes Knapp
and Buck Davidson.
Promoter Mack Lillard ex
plained to the audience that the
girls would not wrestle, as had
been planned, because of a di
rective from law enforcement
officers that a law forbidding
such matches, signed into effect
last week, must be enforced.
Lillard was cheered when he an
nounced that he expected action
would be taken soon to attempt
repeal of the bill.
Hussane To Blame .
Hussane had nobody to blame
but himself when he lost the first
fall to Thomas in 17 minutes
and 50 seconds of their no-time-limit
struggle. Thomas had
slightly injured his back on a
dropkick and Hussane, quick to
take advantage, applied a ham
merlock and. Thomas gave up.
Hussane wasn't satisfied, how
ever, continuing the pressure
Hatten and Pramesa; Bamberger
and Neal.
(First Game)
San Francisco 000 000 000 0 2 1
Hollywood 012 200 22x 9 14 1
Fracchia, Fisher 4 3earden 8 and
Ritchey; Garber and Mangin.
(Second Game)
San Francisco 000 000 0 0 3 1
Hollywood 000 030 x 3 5 1
Greenwood and Donahue; O'Don.
nell 4 and Hall.
(First Game)
Portland 400 000 100 5 10 2
San Diego 000 114 13x 10 15 2
Hall. Scheib 6, Waibel 8, Bottler, 8
and Calderone; Melton, Herrera 1,
Lyons 7 and Aylward.
(Second Game 9 Innings)
Portland 100 Oil 100 4 13 1
San Diego 000 002 2037 14 1
Adams, Elliott 7 and Lundeberg,
Calderone; Kerringan, Melton 6, Ly
ons 7 and Gladd, Aylward 7.
(First Game)
Seattle 001 000 01 8 1
Sacramento 200 000 x 2 4 0
Heard and Ginsberg; Pieretti and
Baich.
(Second Game 11 innings)
Seattle 000 000 100 001 8 0
Sacramento 000 010 000 01 2 7 0
Lombardi and Orteig; Daley ' and
Batch.
Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday: 10 ajn. Monday for
Monday: other days 5:30 previous day.
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until Referee Larry Presnell
pushed him off and gave the
fall to Thomas on disqualifica
tion. Gerry Hunter, who was to
have wrestled Bonnie Bartlett
in the gals' match, acted as sec
ond to Hussane and Miss Bartlett
took care of the corner needs of
Thomas. Miss Hunter repeatedly
reached through the ropes to
kick the referee, upset Thomas
or help Hussane to an advantage.
Thomas became irked at the in
terference and about midway in
the second round he pulled her
Jack Aload
Sets Oregon
Shot Record
Jack Moad, Oregon's sopho
more shot putter from Med
ford, fractured the meet record
and the IB year - old Duck
school record with a prodi
gious heava of 50 feet 3 inches
Saturday at lh Vancouver
Relays.
Larry Polford. University of
Washington frashman. was sec
end with 49-3.
Tha broken moet shot record
was 49-10, sat by Duana Eby
of Oregon State in 1952. Bill
Foskett had held Oregon's
school mark t 49-11 since
1937. '
Still another Oregon sopho
more from Medford, Ed Bing
ham, shatterd she meat jave
lin record with a throw of 195
feet, 3 inches, erasing the mark
of I88-6V2, held by Bob Hall
of Willamette since 1950. Don
Steen. Oregon freshman com
peting in his home town of
Vancouver, finished second
Saturday at 165.
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up on to the top. rope by the
hair and held her there while
he gave her a solid old-fashioned
spanking. Although she yelled
long and loud and begged Pres
nell to disqualify Thomas, she
pretty well behaved herself after
that.
It Was a Dandy
Miss Bartlett minded her own
business in the corner through
out the match, right up to the
closing seconds, but when she
did interfere she made it a
dandy. Thomas had dropkicked
Hussane into the former's cor
ner where Bartlett reached over
the ropes and placed a well
aimed right hand wallop on Hus
sane's chin. He fell to the mat
where Thomas dropped on him
for the winning fall. Time was
25:45.
Hunter and Bartlett jumped
into the ring to aid their men
and became" involved in a lively
but brief skirmish, broken up
before police .could get. to the
ringside to make an arrest
Porter vs. Hussane
Porter, seeking a match with
Hussane for several weeks, post
ed $100 with Harry Chipman of
The Mail Tribune. The money is
to go to Hussane, end is Porter's
share of the purse, if Hussane
wins. Hussane accepted the
match and Lillard slated It for
the top mix Saturday.
Porter and Cobb put on a
rough match with each man dig
ging deep in his bag of tricks
and often, using slugging tactics.
Porter got the first fall with a
reverse surfboard and Cobb ,
evened it
stretch.
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