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AMERICAN LEACt'K
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Cleveland
Chicago ...
Detroit
Washington .
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.551
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..20 27
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.412 15
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Monday's Results
New York 7. Detroit 5
Washington at Kansas City, night,
postponed, rain.
(Only games scheduled).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L.
Brooklvn 33 12
Chicago 30 20
New York 26 26
Milwaukee 25 25
Cincinnati 21 26
S Louis 20 27
Philadelphia 21 29
Pittsburgh 16 33
Prt. GB
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.510 12'a
.500 13
.447 15'i
.426 18'.,
.420 17
.327 21',
Monday's Results
Brooklvn 5. St. Louis 4. fnight)
Philadelphia 4. Milwaukee 2 (sus
pended game, of June St.
Milwaukee 5. Philadelphia 2. (night)
(Only games scheduled).
By FRED DOWN
United Press Sporlt Writer
The major leagues' homer
happy sluggers are making 1953
the most prolific year for round
trippers in baseball history.
New seaon marks for homers
will be established in both cir
cuits and no fewer than nine
teams will set new club marks if
the current output continues for
the remainder of the campaign.
With the season just under a
third over, National League
teams are producing homers at a
pace that will give them 1,302
for the season while A'merican
Leaguers are belting 'em at a
rate that will give them 1,174
for the year.
The National League mark of
1,197 homers was set in 1953
while the American League rec
ord of 973 was established in
950.
The Brooklyn Dodgers, who
handed rookie Luis Arroyo of
;the St. Louis Cardinals his first
floss, 5-4, on Jackie Robinson's
! two-run, ninth - inning homer
'Monday night are leading the pa
rade. They've blasted a' total of
79 in 50 games. At that pace,
they'll hit 243 for the season and
.eclipse the 1947 New York
Giants' all - time major league
record of 221. "
Yanks Blast Five Homers
; The New York Yankees, mean
' while, are blasting homers at a
.pace which will give them an
American League record of 205
for the year. They hit five Mon
day en route to a 7-5 victory over
the Detroit Tigers and increased
their total to 68 in 51 games. The
1936 Yankees set the American
League club mark of 182 round
trippers. Ed Mathews and George
Crowe homered to lead the Mil
waukee Braves to a 5-2 triumph
over the Philadelphia Phillies
in Monday night's other game.
They gave the Braves 55 homers
in 50 games a pace which will
enable them to surpass their club
mark of 156 set in 1953. The
game was preceded by the. com
pletion of Sunday's suspended
contest and won by the Phillies,
4-2.
Other National League teams
which are threatening their club
marks are the second place
Chicago Cubs, the Cincinnati
Redlegs and the Cardinals. The
Cubs have hit 68 homers in 50
games, the Redlegs 58 in 47
games and the Cardinals 44 in
47 games. Chicago's club mark
is 171, Cincinnati's 166 and St.
Louis' 140.
In the American League, the
Chicago White Sox, Washington
Senators and Baltimore Orioles
also are running ahead of their
club record paces. The White
Sox have 48 in 47 games, the
Senators 29 in 47 games and the
Orioles 24 in 51 games. Their
club marks are 94 for Chicago,
85 for Washington and 52 for
Baltimore.
All told. National Leaguers
have hammered out 416 homers
in 31.9 per cent of the season
while American leaguers have
hit 358.
Robinson Ruins Arroyo
Robinson's homer ruined a
fine .effort by Arroyo, who was
seeking to become the first left
bander to go the distance and
win over the Dodgers at Ebbets
Field this season. Arroyo had
yielded only four hits and car
ried a 4-3 lead into the ninth
Attendance Off
Last Years' Pace
In Coast Circuit
San Francisco U.R) The
Pacific Coast League disclosed
today that attendance in the
first eight weeks of the season
was 93,052 off the same period
last year.
In a special June meeting
here, PCL officials said that
only Los Angeles and Seattle
Improved in attendance over
J954.
A total of 549.995 have paid
their way into PCL parks this
year as against 643,047 for the
same period last season. The big
gest decline was reported by the
Oakland Oaks, who slipped 47,
215 off last year's pace.
Los Angeles, with a turnout of
123,955 so far this season, led in
attendance and was 53.575 ahead
of its 1954 figure. Seattle im
proved by 13,038 with a home
turnout of 80.805.
but he walked Gil .Hodges to
start the frame. Robinson then
tried unsuccessfully to sacrifice
twice before hitting his fifth
homer of the year into the center-field
stands. Peewee Reese
blasted an earlier homer' for
Brooklyn. Arroyo had won six
straight games and boasted a
1.55 ERA.
Ed Robinson hit two homers
ard Billy Hunter, Gil McDougald
and Mickey Mantle one each as
the Yankees stopped Billy Hoe
ft's shut out-inning string at 19
and handed the young southpaw
his third defeat. Rookie Johnny
Kucks, aided by Jim Konstanty
in the ninth, won his fifth game.
The victories increased the
Dodgers' first-place lead to eight
games and the Yankees' first
place margin to 4Vfc leangths.
Bob Buhl won his second game
to equal his entire 1954 produc
tion for the Braves with the aid
of the two-run homers by Math
Harper Fires 134 To
Top Open
By STEVE SNIDER
United Press Suorti Writer
New York (U.R) The last 20
places in the U. S.Open golf
championship were up for grabs
today at San Francisco but no
matter who wins out it's a cinch
that defending champion Ed Fur
gol is in for a rough time June
16-18.
All but a few headline pros
survived 36 hole qualifying tests
Monday in 23 cities from New
England to Honolulu with, bald
ing Chandler Harper of Ports-1
mourn, va., tne isso PGA cham
pion, leading the parade with a
pair of 67's for 134.
Counting the 17 exempt play
ers and 16 who qualified at Los
Angeles on June 3, a total of 142
players including 123 profession
als already has been qualified.
The last 20 will be known late to
day when San Francisco com
pletes its two rounds held on sep
arate days because so many en
tered from the San Francisco
area.
Hoi-Shots Qualify
Hot-shots like big Mike Sou
chak of Durham, N. C, Bob Ros
burg of Palo Alto, Calif.; Johnny
Palmer of Charlotte, N.C., Jackie
Burke and Doug Ford of Kia
mesha Lake, N.Y., Walter Burk
emo of Franklin, Mich., and
Billy Maxwell of Odessa, Tex.,
qualified with room to spare.
There were the usual disap
pointments and shockers in the
ranks of those who failed. Most
notable were Bob Toski of Liv
ingston, N. J., who missed at
Springfield, N.J.; Robert Devi-
Adams Hurls
Victory Over
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
W. I..
San Diego 41 24
Seattle 35 30
Oakland 31 32-
Los Angeles 31 33
San Francisco 30 33
Portland 28 31
Hollywood 29 33
Sacramento 27 36
Pet. GB
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.338 6
.492 9
.484 9'i
.476 10
.475 10
.468 10 Va
.429 13
Monday's Results
Portland 7. Hollywood 1
(Only Game Scheduled)
How Series Ended
Hollywood 4. Portland 3
Next Series
Oakland at San Francisco
Seattle at San Diego
Los Angeles at Hollywood
Portland at Sacramento
Portland (U.R) Portland's
aging Red Adams lassoed Holly
wood's rising young Stars last
night by twirling a six-hit 7-1
victory over the resurging
Hammer To Be
UO Line Coach
Eugene (U.R) FresHman
Coach Bill Hammer will be new
line coach of the University of
Oregon football team, it was an
nounced here today. -He will re
place Vern Sterling in the job.
Hammer has been Oregon
Frosh coach for two years and
was also mentor of the Duck
wrestling teams. He holds a
masters degree from Springfield
college and was line coach and
varsity wrestling coach for the
United States Coast Guard
Academy. No successor for Ham
mer has been announced.-
Sterling ' had announced his
resignation earlier to take the
line coach job at San Mateo
Junior College.
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IKlomer
ews and Crowe: Buhl yielded
cnly four hits and struck out six
batters.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 030 001 2017 8 3
Detroit 001 010 1025 11 2
Kucks. Konstanty 9 and Berra.
Hoeft, Birrer (8i. Miller f9 and Wil
son. Winning pitcher Kucks (5-1).
Losing pitcher Hoeft (5-3j.
Washington at Kansas City, night,
ppd.. rain.
(Only games scheduled)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis 011 020 000 10 1
Brooklyn 001 002 0025 5 0
Arroyo ( 7-1 1 and Sarni. Loes. La
Sorda 5. Meyer i5i, Labine (8i and
Campanella. Winning pitcher Labine
(4-0).
(Suspended Game, June 5)
Milwaukee 000 000 0202 10 1
Philadelphia .004 000 OOx 4 6 0
Conley, Crone i5j. Jay (7). Burdette
C8i and Crandall. Wehmeier. Meyer
(8 and Lopata. Winning pitcher
Wehmeier (4-3). Losing pitcher Con
ley (7-3).
(Regular Game)
Milwaukee ... 201 002 0005 5 1
Philadelphia . 200 000 0002 4 1
Buhl (2-4) and Crandall. Cole Dick
son (6). Mrozinski 1 8 and Seminick.
Losing pitcher Cole (0-2).
(Only games scheduled.)
Qualifi
cenzo of Argentina, a loser at
Fort Worth, Tex., by a single
stroke for the third straight
year; Jimmy Demaret of Kia
mesha Lake, N.Y., at Springfield,
N.J.; Gardnar Dickinson of St.
Andrews, 111., at Birmingham,
Ala.; and George Fazio of Con
shohocken, Pa., who lost a play
off to Ben Hogan for the 1950
U.S. Open title.
Two former Open champions
Ralph Guldahl and Olin Dutra
failed last week at Los Angeles
and another missed Monday,
Little Tony Manero, winner at
Baltusrol in Springfield, N.J., 19
years ago, tried to qualify over
that course and wasn't even
close.
McKendrick Low
In Oregon Play
Portland (U.R) Bob Mc
Kendrick, profession at Oswego
Lake Country club, carded a 36
hole total of 138 yesterday to
lead sectional qualifiers for the
National Open golf champion
ship. McKendrick had a 68 and 70
to nose out Bob Duden of Port
land by a single stroke.
Five others, including three
amateurs, qualified for the open
in play at Waverly Country
Club yesterday. They included
Eddie Hogan, Portland, 144;
Ralph Dichter, Astoria amateur,
144; Wendell Wood, Eugene,
145; Ben Hughes, Portland am
ateur, 146, and George Beech
ler, Ontario amateur, 147.
Bevos to 7-1
Hoi ly wood
Southerners.
Onjy doubles by Dick Smith
and Curt Roberts in the sixth
inning kept the durable right
hander from a shutout as the
Beavers ousted Hollywood from
sixth place but lost the series
4-3.
Portland jumped off to four
runs off Cholly Naranjo in ,the
first six innings before the Stars
got their look-in. Ed Mickelson
scored a pair of markers follow
ing doubles and Joe Taylor
brought home two more in the
third with a bases-loaded single.
The Beavers iced the game
with two doubles, a single and
an error good for three runs.
The rest of the loop was idle
last night but Oakland is at San
Francisco, Seattle invades San
Diego, Hollywood entertains Los
Angeles, and Sacramento plays
host to Portland in a full slate of
games tonight.
THE LINESCORE:
Hollywood 000 001 000 I S S
Portland 012 010 30x 7 12 0
Naranjo and Bragan; Adams and
Robertson.
Jay Evans To Coach
At Prineville High
Prineville : (U.R) Jay Ev
ans, a graduate of Southern Ore
gon college, has been named
head basketball coach at Crook
County high school here, Super
intendent Cecil Sly said today.
Evans succeeds Merritt Kel
say, who resigned to take a sim
ilar post at Parkrose high school
in the Portland metropolitan
area. Evans formerly was junior
varsity hoop coach here.
MedfordWTribune
Studs Scuffle Yreka
Again on, Wednesday
Medford's Cheney Studs, who
are gradually collecting strength
and may .be fully manned by
next week end, take on the
Yreka Indians this Wednesday
evening. Game time is 8 p.m.
and it will be the third meeting
between the two aggregations.
Since Medford holds victories
in the two previous sessions, 22
to 16 and 11 to 7, and has added
a couple of players in the past
week, the Studs will be favored
to win unless, of course, the
California nine in the meantime
itself has been fortified.
Latest additions to the Cheney
roster are a pair of pitchers,
Derald Wooton, who toils also
in the outfield, and Jim Kelly,
just home from Santa Clara uni
versity. Kelly, ex-St. Mary's
high, who pitched for Brookings
in semi-pro last year, was in
the stands Sunday.
Manager Clarence Mellbye
may call upon either of the fore
going two or upon Kay Kelley,
ex-Crater high, to start the
Wednesday brush. Kelley opened
against the Indians at Yreka on
Memorial day.
Lost to USC
Jim Kelly, compiled a 1-1 rec
ord for the collegiate Broncs this
season, playing for a team which
had an unimpressive year. But,
Kelly's setback, in his only start
ing appearance, was at the hands
of University of Southern Cal
ifornia, which won the Pacific
Coast Conference and NCAA dis
trict championships. He ' was
called to the mound in about
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eight games and pitched 12 or
14 innings.
The Studs hope to be at
strength by next Saturday and
Sunday when they anticipate the
arrival of Pitcher Terry Maddox
and Shortstop Bob Selsor. Mad
dox, ex-Medford high, was the
leading pitcher in the Northern
Division this season, chucking
for the University of Oregon.
Selsor has been on the Univer
sity of California at Los Angeles
team.
Maddox won seven and lost
only one this year for the Web-
foots. He compiled a 2.80 earned
run average. The .Duck star
threw 74 innings in 14 games.
He yielded 63 hits, and 29 bases
on balls and struckout 40. Twen
ty three of the 37 runs scored
against him were earned. He had
a .306 batting average.
Like Kelly, Maddox suffered
his lone loss at the hands of
Southern 'Cal.
Bandon will be Medfords foe
this week end with Saturday
r.ight and Sunday games at the
fairgrounds. It will be the Mil
lers' bow into league play, al
though 'Standings published yes
terday inadvertently indicated
they had seen action. Bandon's
scheduled series with Bend this
week end was postponed until
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Tarbora, N.C (U.R) Out
fielder Curtis Baker today was
tha only unhappy member of
the Tarboro semi-pro baseball
team which ran through its
batting order three times in
one inning in an 18-0 win over
Grimetville.
Baker made all three of his
team's outs that inning.
Cudd Gets
Bye in 1st
Round Play
Paris (U.R) Twenty-five U.
S. golfers tee off against com
petitors from five other nations
to launch the French Amateur
tournament but the American
who is bound to command the
bulk of attention is Joe Conrad,
the newly-crowned British Ama
teur champion.
Conrad, the cocky first lieu
tenant from San Antonio, Tex.,
who predicted he would win the
British Amateur and then went
ahead and did it, has made no
such prediction about the French
Amateur but he is expected to
have a minimum of difficulty
against his first round opponent,
Yves Le Quellec of France.
Bruce Cudd Entered
Many of the American entries,
like Conrad, are servicemen sta
tioned in Europe, but they also
include Clarke Hardwicke of Los
Angeles, runnerup in last year's
tournament played at Saint Ger
main, and Walker Cuppers Bill
Campbell of Huntington, W. Va.,
and Bruce Cudd of Portland,
Ore.
Campbell and Cudd drew byes
in the first round. However,
Campbell faces Indian Ambassa
dor Sadar Malik and Cudd op
poses C. D. Chapman of England
in the second round Wednesday
afternoon.
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Customers Hurts PCL
San Francisco (U.R) , A
growing tcarcity of fans was the
main topic of discussion yester
day as the directors of the Pa
cific Coast league met to hash
over some of the problems fac
ing the baseball loop.
President Claire V. Goodwin
said the league set up new ma
chinery for lending money to
staggering clubs and virtually
agreed to start next season two
weeks later than usual to get a
break in the weather. "
Under the new setup, loans
could be made after they are
cleared by a finance committee
consisting of Presidents C. L.
Brick Laws of Oakland, Emil
Sick of Seattle and John Hol
land of Los Angeles.
Goodwin said the league
would start its 172-game race
next year on or about April
17, when better weather should
be in prospect
Attendance Lagging
Statistics disclosed that 1955
attendance is lagging behind last
year's figure by 93,052, with
only Los Angeles and Seattle
doing better than last year after
the first eight weeks of play.
All the other six clubs are
trailing, with the Oakland Oaks
showing the biggest slip 47,217
behind last year's home turnout
for the same period.
Goodwin said six different
schedules were studied and that
one would be adopted for next
year by the league in October.
However, he said the idea of
splitting the rest of the season
was "discouraged" after "some
discussion.
Hollywood and Oakland offic
ials said that they wouM work
out problems facing their ball
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Stimulate Interest
Goodwin said he had a "blue
print" for improving certain
parks in the league to stimulate
fan interest through greater com
forts, but he said he would an
nounce his ideas later.
The league president said
there was no discussion "in my
presence" about moving the Sac
ramento franchise to Vancouver,
but he was absent from the room
for 15 minutes as club owners
called an executive session.
Damon Miller, president of the
San Francisco Seals, said the ex
ecutive session was called so
that each club owner could give
an estimate of his own team's
financial status.
"Everybody seemed optimis
tic" Miller said, "and agreed
that bad weather had as much
to do with the decline of at
tendance' as anything."
J. Fred Davis, president of the
Sacramento club, told reporters
after the meeting that "we will
stay in Sacramento until we go
broke and we aren't going
broke."
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