TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
EfocEty (Snveira Vestas
TOQe Battle Hears
Calistoga. Calif. OJ.P.) World
Heavyweight Champion Rocky
Marciano took another day off
from boxing today because man
ager Al Weill was afraid the
Brockton Bomber was "getting
too fine."
The champion said he would
continue his daily stint of 10
miles of roadwork, but the extra
holiday would give him added
strength for next Monday's title
bout against British Champion
Don Cockell.
Too Fins Now
"I don't want to take any
chances," Weill said. "He's too
fine now and I feel that an extra
day's rest will keep him from
becoming stale."
Meanwhile at San Rafael,
Eugene Tops
Spokane in
Home Opener
By UNITED PRESS '
The Eugene Emeralds finally
opened their home campaign in
Northwest league baseball play
last night and treated the home
fans to a 12-1 drubbing of the
Spokane Indians.
George Storti, Eugene right
'hander, doled out but two hits
in going the distance while the
Emeralds collected 10 bingles off
two Spokane hurlers. Nap Gully
provided Spokane's only damag
ing blow with a homer in the
second with nobody aboard.
Gladstone Homers
Meanwhile, Eugene had
wrapped it up in the first inning
with five runs with the aid of a
two-run homer by Granny Glad
stone. Ted Hesse, Eugene left
fielder, contributed three hits in
three trips to pace the Emeralds'
attack. x
Tri-City rattled 15 hits off
three Yakima pitchers for a 12-2
victory over the Bears. Tri-City's
big inning was the third when
seven runs trickled across on six
hits and three Yakima errors
Tom Perez of the Braves hom
ered with one man aboard dur
ing the frame. . . , '
Joe Riney's three - run Tiomer
in the third inning paced Lewis
ton to a 5-2 verdict over Salem.
Dick Derganc gave up 11 hits
but managed to stick around for
th3 victory.
Eiayes, Iba
On UO Clinic
University of Oregon, Eugene
W. W. (Woody) Hayes and
Henry P. (Hank) Iba will be two
of four guest mentors taking
part in the University of Ore
' eon's coaching clinic June 13 to
18.
Hayes is head coach at Ohio
State college and Iba is head
basketball tutor at Oklahoma A
and M.
Two other "visiting" coaches
will be on the staff, Al Negratti
and Lee Gustafson. Negratti,
who has been basketball coach
at Cleveland high, Portland,
moves to Portland university's
head cage post. Gustafson
coached South Salem high to the
state football co-championship
last fall.
Oregon tutors on the clinic
staff will be Bill Bowerman,
track coach; Don Kirsh, baseball
mentor, and. Bill Hammer,
wrestling tutor.
Frank Strazzullo
NW Bat Leader
Wenatchee, Wash. (U.R)
Frank Strazzullo of Tri-City led
Northwest League hitters in
three departments and was tied
for leadership in a fourth ac
cording to league statistics re
leased yesterday.
Strazzullo's .478 average top
ped the loop's hitters as did his
total base output of 20 and his
mark of 11 runs scored. He was
tied with Hillis Layne, Lewiston,
in doubles. Each ha four.
Jim Moore, Wenatchee, had
the most hits, 13; Don Pries of
Tri-City led in triples with 2; Joe
Jacobs of Lewiston and Don
Lundgren , of Wenatchee were
tied in stolen baser with 3 each.
Lloyd Jenney, Wenatchee
catcher, showed well in the pow
er department, leading in homers
with 2 and deadlocked with
teammate Lundgren for the
RBI's lead with 10 apiece.
Ralph Bums. Tri-City; Ralph
Buckingham. Wenatchee, and
John Marshall of Wenatchee
each had won two games to tap
the pitchers.
Prospect Lions Set
Country Store Shoot
Prospect The Prospect Lions
club will hold a "country store"
shoot Sunday, May. 15, starting
at 10 a.m., it was announced to
day. The shoot will include rifle
matches, shotgun matches, a trap
shoot, and competition with
hunting rifles, small bore rifles
and target rifles.
Prizes will include hams, ba
con and grocery - orders.' Food
will be served at a booth oper
ated by Prospect Lady Lions.
Cockell's manager seemed recon
ciled to the fact that his request
for an English judge would be
refused.
However, the manager, John
Simpson, said he would like to
meet with boxing commission
members to ask questions about
"How many fouls Rocky will be
allowed" before he is disquali
fied, interpretation of roughness
and fouls, and hitting after the
break.
"In a few of the pictures I
saw, he, Marciano used foul tac
tics," Simpson claimed. "I don't
want them used against Cockell."
Seattle, Wash. (U.R) Harry
(Kid) Matthews who fought both
heavyweight king Rocky Mar
ciano and challenger Don Cock
ell predicted today that the
champion would retain his crown
by a knockout before the end of
the fifth round.
Mathews, who lost to Cockell
three times and was knocked
cold by Marciano in their only
go, said he had to "give the nod
to Rocky."
Fight Set for Monday
Marciano and Cockell meet in
San Francisco next Monday
night with the title at stake.
"It's going to be a bruising
fight, but it isn't going to last
the 15 rounds," said Mathews.
"Those fellows punch too hard
for a fight between themto go
the distance. I think you'd be
stretching it to-say it would go
more than five rounds."
Matthews, now retired from
the ring and operating a fuel oil
business here, said Cockell hits
as hard as Marciano but he
doesn't throw as many combina
tion puches as the champion
does.
"Marciano keeps belting away
and because of that I have to go
along with him," said Matthews.
Talent Tips
Eagles, 8-3
Eagle Point A homer by Ray
Weinholt with two on in the first
inning started Talent High
school to an 8-3 victory over
Eagle Point here yesterday.
The homer was one of four
hits Eagle Point pitcher Bill
Caldwell allowed in coins the
distance. Caldwell struck cut
five and walked nine while get
ting two of the five hits Eagle
Point batters collected off two
Talent hurlers.
Coghill started for Talent,
fanning eight and walking two
in the four innings he pitched.
He was relieved by Walters, who
fanned .two and issued three
bases on balls.
Six Eagle Point errors helned
Talent score three runs in the
second and two in the sixth
frame.
Friday. Eagle Point will nlav
at Talent High school.
" LIXESCORES:
Talent 330 002 0 8 4 4
Eagle Point 000 lift 13 5 6
Coghill. Walters (5) and McAbee;
Caldwell and Ttesham.
Bevos Inm (QaEkSanel
To M Loss Streak
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
W. L.
Pet.
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.576
.559
.484
.469
.455
.438
.424
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Los Angeles
San Diego ..
Portalnd
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Oakland
San Francisco
Hollywood
Monday's Results
San Diego 3. Hollywood 1
Portland 7. Oakland 2
(Only games scheduled)
How Series Stand
San Diego 1. Hollywood 0
Portland 1. Oakland 0
San Francisco 0. Sacramento 0.
Seattle 0. Los Angeles 0
Portland (U.R) The Port
land Beavers ended a six - game
losing streak here last night by
downing the Oakland Oaks 7-2
before 1559 Coast league base
ball fans.
In the only other Coast league
game, a home run by Earl Rapp
gave San Diego a 3-1 win over
Hollywood.
Oakland started the scoring in
the first inning -when Russ Rose
walked with one out. Piper Da
vis singled and Bill Serena
scored Rase.
Scor Twice
In the Portland half of the
first, Frankie Austin and Eddie
Basinski both walked and Dick
Whitman bunted safely down the
third base line to load the bags.
Dino Restelli singled to score
Austin and Basinski.
The Bevos increased their
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Tuesday, May 10, 1955
St. Mary's
6-3 Winner
Over Skins
JACKSON COUNTY B LEAGUE
(Final Standings)
W
Talent 5
St. Mary a 4
Prospect 3
Jacksonville 2
Rogue River - 1
Butte Falls 0
I.. Prt.
O 1.000
.800
.600
.400
.200
.000
St. Mary's high had lone
claims on second place in the
Jackson County B Baseball
League after defeating Jackson
ville 6 to 3 here Monday in a
contest which completed loop
action for the year.
Lone loss suffered by the Cru
saders was 4 to 3 to Talent
which concluded its loop action
unmarred. Jacksonville ended in
fourth place.
Yesterday St. Mary's broke a
1 to 1 deadlock with four runs
in the third inning. During the
stanza the Crusaders applied
five hits and four Jacksonville
miscues to advantage. Tim Du-
gan, Dick, Paup, Gerald Darland,
Laval Meunier and John Walsh
got the safeties.
Dugan and Darland each hit
three times in three batting
turns. Darland slashed a triple
and a double and Dugan in the
sixth canto whacked a three-
bagger. He was out trying to
make a homer of the blow,
Walsh hit two for three.
, SM Pitcher Tony Miksche held
the Redskins to four hits. He
struck out five batters and walk
ed four. St. Mary's tagged Gary
Hueners for 11 hits. He whiffed
six and walked two.
MNESCORE:
Jacksonville ....001 200 0 3 4 5
St. Mary's 104 100 x 6 11 6
G. Hueners and Smith; Miksche and
G. Darland. -
ichiqan Team
Falls Short of
Top 10 in ABC
Fort Wayne, Ind. (U.R) The
Huron Bowl Quintet of Pontiac,
Mich., tried hard to land among
team leaders in the American
Bowling Congress tourney last
night, but fell short about 100
pins as they scored a 2,913 count,
highlighted by a 1,004 middle
game.
The team, paced by Joe Bon
figlio's 603, opened with a 924
and wound up with a 985. A
score of 3,012 or better is re
quired to crash the top ten in the
standings.
On the first shift last night,
Lyndhurst Recreation of Lynd-
hurst, N. J., hit 2,818 to lead all
teams. John Jaget led his team
with a 633.
Earlier, Ralph Penvose and
Harry Price of Huntington, W.
Va.; rolled a 1209, leading the
couples in minor division activ
ities. Best singles score was a 668 by
Clarence Jockel, Louisville, Ky
Other high marks were turned
in by Robert Battista, Canton,
O., with 648, and by Leonard
Abernathy, St. Louis, Mo., and
Sidney Simpson, Elgin, 111., each
with 647.
lead by one more run In the
fourth when Bill Bottler walked
and Bill Werle and Austin
singled.
The Oaks got their second run
in the fifth on a single by- Bill
Consolo, an infield out and a sin
gle by Piper Davis.
Beavers Tally
But the Beavers came back In
the fifth to score four runs. Whit
man and Don Eggert walked and
Restelli singled to fill the bases.
Russ Sullivan walked to force
in one run, Ed Michelson scored
two more , with a single and
Catcher Sam Calderone scored
the last on an infield out.
The win gave Bevo pitcher Bill
Werle his second win to one loss
and left Oakland's Fred Besana
still to get his first win in four
tries. . . .'
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By UNITED PRESS
Isaac Logart. 142 i. Cuba, outpointed
Ludwick Lightburn, 139 la. British
Honduras,' (10).
Brooklyn (Eastern Parkwav: Billv
McNeece. 174. Islip, N.V.. drew with
Tony Johnson.. 172. New York. (10).
Sydney. Australia: Andre Valignant.
121. France, outpointed Peter Keenan,
120U. Scotland. (12).
New Orleans Armand Savoie. 139 1 2,
Montreal, outpointed Kid CentelU,
138, Nicaragua. (10).
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night's grudge
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Seaside (U.R) Bailey Brem,
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Steve Bilko Aiming for 40
This Year 'Just by Meeting
By SCOTT BAILLIE
United Press Sports Writer
Oakland, Calif. (U.R) Steve
Bilko, who looks like Lou Novi
koff from the back and hits
Coast League hurling like him
from the front, set his sights to
day on belting 40 home runs
"just by meeting the ball."
And the burly Los Angeles
first baseman had 1 0 round trip
pers tucked away already as the
Angels and Seattle tangled in the
first clutch series of the young
season at Wrigley Field.
Both Bilko and Novikoff, the
Angels home run hitter of 15.
years ago, have a lot in common
Maddox Leads
Ducks To Sixth
Straight Win
By UNITED PRESS
The University of Oregon
Ducks were flying high today
with six consecutive Northern
Division baseball victories under
their wing.
The Ducks thumped Idaho 7-3
yesterday as Terry Maddox spun
a neat five-hitter while his mates
collected 11 hits off three Idaho
pitchers.
Oregon iced it in the seventh
with a three-run outburst on dou
bles by Maddox and Johnny Kel
ler plus singles by Jim Johnson
and George Shaw. The two teams
meet again today at Moscow, Ida.
Oregon now has a 6-0 slate in
conference with Oregon State at
3-0; Washington State at 4-2,
Washington has won 4 and
dropped six and Idaho is win
less after nine starts.
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neither did much against big
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. But whereas the Mad Russian
claimed that the foul lines in the
Chicago Cubs park ruined. his
timing, Steve admits that his
troubles in th majors came from
swinging too hard. .
"If I went up against a fast
ball pitcher I'd try ' and swing
harder than he threw," the 235
pound cherub said ruefully. "As
a result, I led the National Lea
gue in strikeouts with 125 two
years ago."
As a further result, the" St.
Louis Cardinals sold their big
fellow to the Cubs a year ago
April for around $10,000.
Steve couldn't break into the
lineup there too often and wound
up a .226 hitter in 55 games.
When the Cubs optioned him
down to their Los Angeles club
this 'year, it marked the fourth
time his contract was assigned to
a minor league club, and he
can't be recalled now until the
other major league teams waive
on him.
So it looks as if he is destined
to be something of a fixture with
the Angels and nobody could be
happier than Steve, and manager,
Bill Sweeney.
As the week startefl, Bilko
was hitting .309 and had driven
in 29 runs.
"Learning how to meet the
balL instead of trying to kill it
has helped me a lot," right-handed
Steve said. "Stan Musial was
the guy who told me I was
swinging too hard, and so did
Red Schoendiest. They both took
turns helping me during that
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400 footer over the left field
fence in LA which bounced off -a
house across the street. The
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before bounding against a
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"I hope I can hit about 40
this year but would be glad to
settle for 35," Bilko said. T feel
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are going right now. And the
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between here' and the majon."
Bilko was a member of the
Cardinal "chain gang" for fix
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was in 1953 when he batted .251
in "154 games and hit 21 homers.
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