tlQHT MEDFORD (OREGON)
Yanks, Dodgers Reach Memorial
Day Signpost in Grand Fashion
By FRED DOWN
United Press Sports Writer
It looked like 1953 all over
again today with the New York
Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers
in command of the major league
pennant races at the Memorial
Day milestone.
. The Yankees and Dodgers met
in the 1953 World Series and
they'll do it again this year if
the old baseball axiom that the
Memorial Day leaders will win
the nennant holds true. It's an
axiom that's proved correct
more than half the time and u s
rarely looked sounder than it
does for the Yankees and Dodg
ra this vear.
The Yankees rode the crest of
a six-eame winning streak, 13
games and a three-game first
place lead over the Cleveland
Indians. All this, and Bob Grim,
too.
The Dodgers were fresh from
taking a series from the New
York Giants, 2-1, had won five
of their last seven games and
held a six-game lead over the
second-place Chicago Cubs. All
this, and relief pitching, too.
In Grand Style
Both reached the Memorial
Day signpost in grand style Sun
day, the Yankees edging out the
Baltimore Orioles, 1-0, and the
Dodgers defeating the Giants,
8-5. The victory gave the
Yankees a 29 - 12 record com
pared to their 26-11 mark on
Memorial Day, 1953, while the
Dodgers' current 30-10 record is
far better than their 23-14 pace
of two years ago.
Grim, A. L.. "Rookie of the
Year" in 1954, "joined the team"
Sunday when he limited the
Orioles to five hits in pitching
his first complete game of the
year. A 20-game winner last
year, Grim had failed to go the
distance in seven previous starts
this year and had Manager Casey
Stengel 'wailing that he needed
another starting pitcher.
Art Schallock, purchased from
the Yankees on. May 12, matched
Grim until the ninth when
Mickey Mantle singled with one
out, moved to second base on
Hank Bauer's , infield out and
scored on rookie Elston How
ard's single.
Good Relief Aid
Manager Walt .Alston called
for bullpen aid for the second
straight day -and -got it when
Jim Hughes pitched two score-
, less frames to close out the
Dodgers' second straight victory
over the Giants: Only the day
before, Alston had received a
brilliant relief performance
from Ed Roebuck in squeezing
out a 4-3 verdict over the world
champions.
Junior Gilliam, Jackie Robin
son and Duke Snider all hit
homers for the Dodgers, who
routed southpaw Johnny Anton
elli, the Giant's "desperation
starter," in the second inning.
Al Dark and Willie Mays hit
homers for the Giants, who nev
er could make up an early 5-0
deficit.
Larry Doby's 500-foot home
run featured the. Indians' 4-2
verdict over the Kansas City
2 in Same
Race Smash
2-Mile Mark
London (U.R) Two men in
the same race today broke the
world's record for the two
mile run
. They were Sandor Iharos of
Hungary and -Ken Wood of
Britain.
Iharos won the race and
Wood ran second. The . race
was run -at 'London's White
City Stadium track, where
three men broke the - four
minute mile in the same race
Saturday.
Iharis, a 25-year-old Hun
garian clerk, and Britain's
Wood both smashed the old
record of 8:40" set by Belgium's
Gaston Reiff at Paris in Au
gust. 1952. -8:33.4
TIME
Iharos' time was eight min
utes, 33.4 seconds. Wood's
time was 8:34.8. ' ' ' 4
Third was Britain's B. T.
Barratt. His time was 3:45.8.
Another starter in the two
mile contest Was Iharos Hun
garian teammate, Lasslo Ta
bori, who won the fantastic
Saturday mile in which he,
Chris Calhaway and Brian
Hewson all broke the four
minute barrier. '
But Tabori didn't even fin
ish the two-mile run. He drop
ped out with two laps to go.
FAY CROCKER LEADS
Detroit (U.R) Fay Crocker,
a play-for-pay lady golfer who
won the Serbin Open 'in Florida
last February, today appeared
headed for the $1,000 first prize
in the Wolverine Ladies Open.
Miss Crocker fired a 71 to tie
the course record at the Forest
ake Country Club here Sunday
and take over the lead in the
$5,000 tournament with a 219
total at the three - quarter mark.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Athletics and helped Herb Score
notch his fifth win. Doby's blast
cleared the right . field wall,
which stands 50 feet high, at
a point 405 feet from home plate
only the fourth time the feat
was accomplished. It came off
Bobby Shantz, who suffered his
fifth loss.
Williams Triples, Doublet .
Ted Williams had a triple and
double and Jackie Jensen hit
two homers and drove in five
runs to lead the Boston -Red
Sox to a 12-7 win over the Wash
ington Senators while Mike For
nieles scattered nine hits in
pitching the Chicago White Sox
to a 9-3 win over the Detroit
Tigers in other A.L. games.
The St. .Louis Cardinals pre
CONTROL
TOGA FOR
TORNADO
A deliberate, control style of
game which kept his opposition
off balance and played it into
his hands enabled Medford's
Jerry Kalapus to battle his way
past four foes, including a favor
ed Portlander, to capture the
Oregon state high school tennis
singles championship in tourna
ment contention Friday and Sat
urday at Corvallis.
The 6-foot 5-inch netter, whose
retrieving and court overage
ability make him a player of
stonewall stature on the court,
brought to Medford its first high
honors in many years in a sport
which has scant following on the
local scene. With Kalapus's sin
gles title also came a portion of
the state team co-championship.
Bob Wulf and Phil . Burkland
nabbed the double crown to give
South Salem a share of the
crown. Each school picked up
five points for its championship.
Kalapus bounced Wayne Hen-
ninger, Roseburg in the singles
finale Saturday. He drew a first
round bye on Saturday then
scored a comparatively easy de
cision over Allan Crisp, Sheri
dan. - In the third round the
Black Tornado star disposed of
Gary Ambrose, Jefferson of
Portland, who had been picked
to win. the championship. Semi
final action saw Kalapus beat
Ken Rayburn, Grant of Port
land.. Fine Morale "Victory
Medford's doubles team of Bill
Isaacs and Jim Gorden were
eliminated in the second round
but the two Tornados tabulated
a fine morale victory as they
came within, match point of scor
ing counters which would have
given the Pear city sole posses
sion of the team trophy. One
point away from a triumph over
Klamath Falls' Bechen and Hay
den, the Medfordites yielded to
a replay of a disputed Klamath
serve and the Pelican went on
to win the tussle.
An Isaacs-Gordon win in the
round would have given Med
ford two points and, with the
five by Kalapus, a total of seven
for the tourney.
Kalapus, whose mode of ac
tion contrasted to the flashier,
more spectacularj?lay of Port
land entries in the meet, never
theless, produced the desired re
sults with his deliberate game.
He frustrated his rivals by keep
ing them deep in their back
courts. The tactics gave the Tor-
Talent Loses
To Gaston;
Echo Victor
Echo Host Echo high school
won the state B baseball cham
pionship Saturday night by top
ping Glide, 3 to 1.
Gaston won third place with
an 8 to 7 verdict over Talent
high.
Pitchers Dick Smith and Al
Polley held the Cougars to two
hits but the Echo team made
use of 11 walks, a hit batter and
a passed ball to get its runs.
Echo hurler Lisle Young racked
up his 10th straight victory with
a two hitter.
Two-run home runs in the sec
ond canto by Jim McAbee and
Don Coghill were not enough for
Talent in its bid to clip the Gas
ton Greyhounds. McAbee hit an
other roundtripper in the sixth.
The Greyhounds outhit Talent
11 to 6. They got four straight
singles in the fourth inning.
Talent got four runs in its big
second and Gaston three each
in the third and fourth. Jim Mc
Abee, regular catcher, finished
the game as pitcher for Talent.
He was preceded by Don Coghill
and Dale Walter and the loss
was charged to alter.
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Talent : 240001 07 6 0
Gaston 01&310 0 8 11 0
Cofhill. Walter (3). McAbee (4) and
McAbee. Weinhold: Dethless. Leamon
(2) and Kumer.
Um Mail Tribune Want Ada
Monday, May 30, 1955
sented new Manager Harry Wal
ker with his first victory when
Stan Musial's three-run homer
paced them to a 7-2 victory over
the Cincinnati Redlegs. Tom
Poholsky received credit for his
first win.
In the other N.L. games, Hal
Jeffcoat received credit for his
sixth win of the year in relief
as the Chicago Cubs downed
the Milwaukee Braves 9-6 for
their 13th triumph in 16 games
and Robin Roberts won his sev
enth game as the Philadelphia
Phillies toppled the Pittsburgh
Pirates, 5-2, for their seventh
straight verdict. The second
Philadelphia - Pittsburgh game
was suspended in the seventh
with the Pirates leading, 8-3.
PLAY WINS
KALAPUS;
CO-CHAMP
nado better advantage at the
net and in the finale he turned
in a great net game.
The Medford star breezed by
Crisp 6-0, 6-1. His toughest scrap
was with Ambrose. Experiment
ing in the first set, Kalapus lost
2-6 but he took the next two
6-1, 6-3. He was a master in this
third round mix at covering the
court and he set up Ambrose
with high deep backhand shots
and the Portlander missed many
of them. Rayburn proved anoth
er comparatively easy mark and
Kalapus won 6-2, 6-2.
For the two finalists it was
a grudge match. Kalapus had
beat Henninger this year after
losing last year to the Roseburg
player. But the Medford youth
just overpowered the tiring In
dian. His high bouncing lobs fell
close inside the base line, so
close that it was hard for Hen
ninger to judge whether they
would be in or out. Balls that the
Roseburg boy returned Kalapus
adeptly blasted back. Set scores
were 6-1, 6-3.
Isaacs and Gordon won their
first set with. Bechen and Hay
den 6-4. They were leading 5-4
and love-40 in the second set
when the questioned play arose
It was Klamath's serve. The first
ball was out and Isaacs called
the second one out too. Spec
tators agreed but a Klamath man
said it was in.
No Line Officials
There were no line calling of
ficials in the second round. After
several minutes discussion and
after the players had shaken
hands, the gesture at the end of
a match it was decided to serve
over. The Klamath duo went
on to win the set 7-5 and took
the match with a 6-2 third set.
Henninger downed Ron Guen
ther, North Bend to reach the
finale with Kalapus. Wulf and
Burkland won the doubles with
9-7 and 10-8 sets over Ed Grover
and Merv Montney, Cleveland
of Portland.
Diane Peterson, McMinnville,
defeated Patti Miller, Washing
ton of Portland, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3, to
successfully defend her girls
crown. Barbara and Carol Ol
son, Jefferson, beat Kris Hellis
and Patty White, Lake Oswego,
6-3, 11-9 for their third straight
doubles toga.
Cudd Wins,
Yost Beaten
In Britain
The first major upset of the
tournament saw James Mahon,
a one - time professional who
is now a market bardner, beat
Dick Yost, a member of the
Walker Cup team from Port
land, Ore., 1 up in 21 holes.
Another-U. S. Walker cup.
per. from Portland advanced,
however, when Bruce Cudd
eliminatd Seymour Martin of
Braxil. 7 and 6.
St. Annes, England U.R)
Jim McHale Jr., former U. S.
Walker Cup golfer from Wynne
wood, Pa., began his sixth bid
for the British amateur cham
pionship with an easy 7 to 5 tri
umph over England's Eric Tay
lor as the six-day match play
grind started in perfect weather.
St. Anne's England (U.R) Big
Bill Campbell captain of the
triumphant United States Walk
er Cup team, led a power-packed
array of 46 Americans into the
British Amateur golf champion
ship today with experts predict
ing the sixth U.S. triumph in the
last 10 years.
Attendance for today's 88
first-round matches at the Royal
Latham and St. Anne's course
was expected to be cut by the
railway strike, but local bus and
Qoach services were trying to
fill the gap.
Today's 88 maragainst-man
matches on the 6,657-yard par
71 course represented , about
three-fourths of the first-round
Chiefs Sweep Series
With Medford Studs
Roseburg, new entry in the
Southern Oregon Baseball league
made its bow into the semi-pro
circuit at the expense of the
Cheney Studs, sweeping its two
game week end series with the
Medford aggregation at the
fairgrounds ball park here.
With both clubs fielding some
what makeshift line-ups, the
Chiefs bounced the Studs 4 to
1 Sunday after handing them a
5 to 2 pasting on Saturday.
Four-hit pitching by Jerry
Droscher, up from Roseburg
high school, and a three-run
fourth inning were the big fac
tors in the Chiefs' decision yes-
Drain defeated Grants Pass
15 to 3 Saturday and 6 to 1 on
Sunday in a Southern Ore
gon league baseball series at
Drain.'
terday but they had to choke
off a ninth inning bid by the
Studs in order to wrap up then
sweep. Medford loaded the bags
with none away in the final
frame and pushed in its lone run
of the afternoon before it could
be stopped.
Six-Hitlers Saturday
Six-hit jobs were turned in
on Saturday by the rival pitch
ers, Don White of Roseburg and
Warren Noyes of Medford. But
Noyes issued five bases on balls
to White's two and the Chiefs
made better use of hits, passes
and rival errors than Medford
was able to make. Medford was
charged with four muffs and
Roseburg with three.
The Studs had men on bases
in six innings on Saturday but
couldn't muster scoring punch
in four of the frames. White
struck out 13 batters in turning
back the Studs. Noyes whiffed
nine.
A triple by Les Winders, a
single by. Joe Niro, a sacrifice
by George Sanders and two Med
ford misplays in fielding . con
tributed to Roseburg's fourth
frame score-making yesterday.
The other run for the Chiefs
came in on a double steal try.
Dan Luby singled and was sacri
ficed to second base by Winders.
White got on base on an error
and Luby went to third. Luby
slipped home while White was
being run down between sec
ond and third base.
Droscher weakened in the
ninth frame and issued a base
on balls to Bill McLean of Med
ford, gave up a single to Jack
Cooney and yielded another
walk to John Niles. Clarence
Mellbye drilled the ball to short
stop, forcing out Niles at second
base but driving McLean home
for the Medford marker. Harvey
Tonn struck out and Howard
Morris filed to shortstop to con
elude the inning and the game.
Roseburg made threats in both
the second and eighth innings,
getting men on third base. The
Studs got men as far as second
in the same stanzas.
Heavy hitters for the Chiefs
were Niro with three bingles in
four times up and Hal Zurcher
and Luby each with two for
four. A high fly ball by Pitcher
Marv Scherpf, which Center-
fielder Zucher lost in the sun,
was Medford's long blast of the
day. It went for a double.
Fielding Gem
While Droscher was giving up
four hits, fanning five and walk
ing four, Scherpf was yielding
more hits but striking out more
and walking fewer. He was tag
ged for eight wallops while re
cording nine KO's and just one
base on balls.
Fielding gem Sunday was on
a smash into left field by Niles.
It appeared to be a sure hit but
Zurcher snagged the ball after
a long run.
On Saturday Medford did not
score until the bottom ol tne
seventh inning and by .that time
Roseburg had four runs in.
For two markers in the third
inning Roseburg used a base on
balls, a bunt sacrifice by White,
a single by Bill Harper and two
throwing errors which allow
Harper to make the circuit on
hits hit. In the sixth the Chiefs
got a counter on an error, two
walks and two flyouts, one of
which was a sacrifice by San
ders. Miscuec Aid
A two-base miscue and Zurch-
er's single gave Roseburg a run
in the seventh canto. The Studs
came back for a singleton in
schedule, which will be com
pleted Tuesday. Of the Ameri
can delegation, a total of 34
players were scheduled today
with the other 12 beginning
Tuesday.
In addition to Campbell, other
U.S. Walker Cup players here
are Billy Joe Patton of Morgan
town, N.C., Jim Jackson of St.
Louis, Don Cherry of Wichita
Falls, Tex., Dick Yost. of Port
land, Ore., Dale Morey of In
dianapolis, Ind., Joe' Conrad of
San Antonio, Tex., and Bruce
Cudd, of Portland, Jre.
the frame when Tonn safetied
and the ball went by Rightfield
er Luby for an error. Tonn went
to third on the play and scored
on Noyes' hit.
Roseburg combined a walk
and hits by Luby and White in
the eighth for a run and Medford
tallied 'on Frank Roelandt's
double and McLean's one-baser.
White held the Studs hitless
until the fifth panel when Noyes
tapped the pellet toward third
base for an infield knock.
Roelandt was heavy slugger
for Medford with his two
doubles in four batting turns.
Noyes hit two for three, Luby
socked a single and double in
three trips for the visitors.
Medford was playing at
Yreka, Calif., this afternoon and
will have a return engagement
with the California nine here on
Wednesday night.
SATURDAY BOX:
Roseburg ab r h po a e
Whitten. ss 5 0 0 3 2 0
Harper. 3b 5 2.1111
Zurcher, cf 5 112 0 0
Christianson, lb 4 0 1 7 0 1
Ni'o c 4 0 0 13 0 0
Winders, If 2 0 0 0 0 0
Sanders. 2b 2 10 110
Luby, rf 3 1 2 0 0 1
Lmde. rf 0 0 0 0 0 0
White, p . 3 0 1 0 3 0
33
ab
.... 5
.... 4
4
4
27
po
1
1
9
9
2
4
1
0
0
Medford
McCullough,
Price, 2b
Cooney. lb .
Roelandt, c .
3b
Mellbye, ss
4
McLean, cf .'. 4
Niles, If
Tonn. rf
Noyes, p
34 2 6 27 7 4
Roseburg
Medford .
.... 002 001 1105
.... 000 000 1102
Runs batted in Harper. Sanders,
Zurched, White, Noyes. McLean. Two
base hits Luby, Roelandt 2. Sacri
fices White, Sanders, Noyes. Left on
base Roseburg 8, Medford 8. Bases' on
balls Off White 2, off Noyes 5.
Strikeouts By White 13, by Noyes 9.
Earned runs Roseburg 2, Medford 1.
SUNDAY LINESCORE:
Roseburg 000 300 001 4 8 2
Medford , 000 000 0011 4 3
Droscher and Luby; Scherpf and
Morris. :
117 S. CENTRAL
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Standings
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Club W. L. Pet 6.B.
San Diego 38 18 .679
Seattle 30 27 .526 8,i
San Francisco 27 28 .491 10 la
Los Angeles 27 29 .482 11
Portland 25 27 .481 11
Oakland 25 29 .463 12
Hollywood 25 30 .455 12 a
Sacramento 23 32 .418 14 ,j
Sunday's Results:
Sacramento 9-1 Oakalnd 4-10
Hollywood 7-5. Seattle 5-0
Portland 7-0. San Francisco 1-1
San Diego 7-3, Los Angeles 5-4
How Series Ended:
San Diego 6. Los Angeles 2
Hollywood 6. Seattle 2
Portland 4 San Francisco 4
Sacramento 4, Oakland 4
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Club W. L. Pet. G.B.
New York 29 12 .707
Cleveland ...... 25 14 .641 3
Chicago 24 15 .615 4
Detroit 22 18 .550 6',i
Boston 18 25 .419 12
Washington 16 23 .410 12
Kansas City 14 25 .359 14
Baltimore.. .. 13 29 .310 16
Sunday's Results:
New York 1 Baltimore 0
Boston 12 Washington 7
Chicago 9 Detroit 3
Cleveland 4 Kansas City 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Club W. L. Pet. "G.B.
Brooklyn 30 10 .750
Chicago . 25 17 .595 6
New York . 22 20 .524 9
St. Louis 18 20 .474 il
Milwaukee 19 22 .463 11 i
Cincinnati ..... 18 21 .462 11 3
Philadelphia 17 23 .415 13
Pittsburgh 12 28 .317 18
Sunday's Results:
Chicago 9 Milwaukee 8
St. . Louis 7 Cincinnati 2
Brooklyn 8 New York 5
Philadelphia 5 Pittsburgh 2 (1st)
Pittsburgh 8 Philadelphia (2nd, sus
pended after 6 la innings, to be com
pleted at a later date)
Indians Nab
State Flag
In Baseball
Albany, Ore. (U.R) The
Dalles Indians won their first
state high school baseball cham
pionship Saturday night by beat
ing Columbia Prep 8-3 behind
the pitching .of Denny Peterson.
Peterson struck out nine bat
ters and allowed eight hits to cop
his second win of the tourney.
A six-run fourth inning did the
rest for The Dalles nine.
The march to the champion
ship started with a 1-0 victory
over Albany led by Peterson and
continued with a 14-10 victory
over Oregon City.
Oregon City took third place
with a 2-1 extra inning victory
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Padres Hold 8Vi-Fray
Lead in Coast Loop
By CON THACKREY
United Press Sports Writer
Lefty O'Doul, who managed
San Diego to a Pacific Coast
League pennant last season, gets
a chance -to look down the other
end of the Padres' guns this
week, starting with a double
barreled Memorial Day squint.
The Pads have been terroriz
ing the league for the past month
and have built up a fat eight-and-a-half
game cushion. O'Doul
professes not to be impressed.
Yesterday the Padres would
have pulled out farther in front
if it had not been for Steve Bil
ko of the Los Angeles Angels.
After Earl Rapp homered to give
San Diego the first game 7-5 in
10 frames, the Pads took a two-
i run lead at 3-1 in the seventh of
the short game. But Bilko hit a
game-winning three - run homer
in the bottom of the frame for
a 4-3 Angel victor'. . ' I
Nevertheless San Diego pick
ed up a whole game on second
place Seattle at Hollywood pro
duced the day's only two-time
win with 7-5 and 5-0 victories.
Oakland lost- to Sacramento
9-4 and then won easily 10-1. San
Francisco ended up on the wrong
end of a 7-1 score with Port
land and then got a two-hit 2-0
triumph.
Rapp, who leads the league
in homers and is almost double
his nearest rival in runs batted
Javelin Champ
Now Minister
Palo Alto, Calif. (U.R)
Franklin (Bud) Held, holder of
the world's javelin record, has
been ordained a Presbyterian
minister.
Held, who will graduate from
the San Francisco Theological
Seminary in San Anselmo, Calif.,
June 7, was ordained yesterday
in the First Presbyterian Church
of Palo Alto.
over Central Catholic.
Peterson's teammate, catcher
Irwin Fandrey, was named the
tournament's most valuable
player in a close race with Peterson
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in, added his 16th four bagger
and his ,72nd RBI with a 10th
inning clout that won the game
for Al Lyons, San Diego relief
pitcher. .
Earlier Los Angeles had come
from behind with three runs in
the bottom of the ninth to send
the game Into overtime.
In the second game, Bilko hit
his blast with two aboard and
the Angel cause looked pretty
dim.
Glenn Elliott gave Portland a
fine job of relief pitching in the
first game and Luis Marques
hammered a two-run homer for
the Beaver win.
But in the second game Jim
Walsh held the Bevos to a pair
of hits and blanked them over
the seven inning session. Bob
DIPietro hit safely in both con
tests to prolong his hitting streak
to 21 straight games.
Ed Mickelson and Frankie
Austin each doubled for the only
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