Thursday, June I, I9SS
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE TKntTEEl
THIS IS BASEBALL? In a bid to increase attendance, dancing feet and jazz music
precede the night game in San Francisco's Seals Stadium between the Seals and the
Oakland Oaks. Chorus girls Barbara Wright (left) and Wanita Wilent from Bimbo's 365
Club lead second baseman Mike Baxes and center fielder Dave Melton in the Charles
ton. The stunt brought in 10,000 fans but the Oaks won the game, 5-3.
Eight Might
Race Nashua
In Belmont
New York (U.R) It ap
peared likely today that as many
as eight three-year-olds will be
lined up against. Belair stud's
brilliant Nashua Saturday in the
Belmont Stakes, the third jewel
in racing's triple crown classic,
with second-place money the big
lure.
The surprise withdrawal of
Hilton A. Dabson's Nance's Lad
. from the list of probable starters
Wednesday created a flurry of
activity around racing Secretary
Jimmy Kilroe's office with the
strong possibility that the Bel
mont field will be composed of
nine instead of the previously
anticipated four or five. .
Certain Starters
Those regarded as certain
starters along with Nashua are
Clifford Mooers' Traffic Judge,
Laudy Lawrence's improving
Jabneh, Howard Weinstein's Mr.
Al L. and Cain Hoy Stable's dis
appointing Flying Fury. Now
listed as likely to start are King
Ranch's Retamero, Clearwater
Stable's Portersville, John Mc
Shain's Blazing Count and C. V.
Whitney's Little Dell.
Of course, most of these horses
have only an outside chance of
beating Nashua in the $100,000
added race and the rush to enter
some of them indicates a keen
battle for second place and the
$20,000 that goes with it.
The gruelling mile-and-a-half
Belmont, longest of the "triple
crown" races, is called the "test
of the champion" and there are
few horses around willing to dis
pute Nashua's claim to the title.
Fishing, Hunting
License Changes
To Apply in 1956
Portland (U.R) The State
Game commission said today that
none of the fishing and hunting
license fee changes adopted by
the recent legislature would be
in effect this year.
Likewise the fish derby law
limiting individual fish derby
awards to $25 or less in value
will not go into effect until Jan
uary 1, 1956. , '
Fee changes include a $1 daily
salmon angling license, a reduc
tion in non resident angling li
cense fees and a $10 reciprocal
non-resident waterfowl license
for residents of adjoining states.
New On Each Day ;
The daily salmon angling li
cense may be used by residents
or non-residents in place of a
regular license when angling for
chinook or silver salmon.
Persons using this license
must purchase a new one
for each day of fishing. The $10
non-resident angling license fee
will bring Oregon into line with
California, Idaho and Washing
ton. '....
The non-resident waterfowl li
cense may be used by a resident
of an adjoining state only if his
own state has a similar license
and fee for Oregon residents.
PHILLIES INK THREE
Philadelphia (U.R) The
Philadelphia Phillies have sign
ed three college baseball players
and assigned them to minor lea
gue affiliates. Bobby Hunt, an
outfielder, and John Anderson,
a left-handed pitcher, both from
the University of Alabama, have
been assigned to Reidsville of the
Class B Carolina League. Roger
Anderson, a first baseman from
the University of Minnesota,
has been assigned to three rivers
of the Class C Provincial League.
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Cheney Studs Defeat
Yreka for 3rd Time
,The Medford Cheney, Studs ac
cumulated runs enough to win
in the first three innings but
had to hang on for dear life in
the final frame last night before
notching their third non-league
semi-pro baseball victory of the
season over the Yreka, Calif., In
dians. Final score at the fair
grounds park here favored the
Medford nine 6 to 4. ,
Victory gave the Studs a five
win two-loss overall record for
the season as they faced their
third Southern Oregon Baseball
League series. Medford will en
tertain the Bandon Millers Satur
day night and Sunday afternoon
at the fairgrounds.
Medford had a 5 to 1 bulge
after three innings last night.
Yreka cut the difference with a
pair of markers in the fifth canto
but the Studs made it 6 to 3 with
a singleton in the sixth. In the
final panel the Indians collected
one run and had the bases pack
ed when the final out was re
corded. Four Double Plays
The Studs were outhit six to
seven but were able to make bet
ter use of their bingles. There
were errors on both sides but
there was also some fine field
ing which cut down the Indian
threat. Each club recorded two
double plays. Runners were
caught off base on fly balls on
three occasions.
Combining half their hits, the
Studs got two runs in the first
inning. There were singles by
Ritchie Price, Bill McLean and
Clarence Mellbye. Mellbye's hit
drove in both scores after a
fielder's option on a rap by John
Niles failed to get a man out
and loaded the bases. " '
In the second inning' for Med
ford Howard Morris hit, was
sacrificed to second by Marv
Scherpf and tallied on an error.
Two errors and a base on balls
put Niles and Mellbye on base
in the third inning and they
came home when Morris singled
to left field. Price walked in
the sixth inning and was forced
out by McLean. However, Mc
Lean crossed home on a tower
ing triple sock to left center field
by Jack Cooney;
Two Three-Baggers
Yreka got the benefit of Wil
lie Jones three-bagger and an
erpor for a third-inning run. An
error, a single, by Don Hodgen
and three-base blow by Jim Kut-
zer accounted for two Indian
runs in the fifth panel.
In the final inning, Bill Ewing
of the Indians drew a base on
balls and Willie Jones doubled to
put runners on second and third
bases. Hodgen grounded out to
Cooney at first base and Cooney
threw to Morris at home to catch
Ewing.
:The double play appeared to
have quashed the final inning
threat of the Yrekans but a base
on balls and two miscues allow
ed in one run and loaded the
bases with Indians, with the
possible tying marker on first
base. Hitchcock then flied ' out
to Harvey Tonn in right field to
end the game.
Scherpf. Kelly -Hurl
Marv Sherpf, making his last
appearance for the Studs for two
or three weeks, tossed the first
five innings. Jim Kelly took over
the mound chores for Medford at
the start of the sixth and finish
ed the game. Scherpf yielded
four hits, struck out seven and
gave two bases on balls. Kelly
was tagged by three hitters, fan
ned three (air in the seventh in
ning) and issued four bases on
balls.
Ewing went the pitching route
for Yreka, whiffing four . and
walking seven.
Medford Third .Baseman Ed
McCullough nabbed two hot
liners for putouts in the fifth
inning and Shortstop Mellbye
made' some fine fielding stops.
McLean in left field made one
desperate snag of a fly ball
which looked like it would drop
for a hit after he momentarily
misjudged it. Ray Moffett rob
bed McCullough of a hit with a
nice running catch in center
field.
, Jones of Yreka provided the
heavy hitting with his double
and triple in four times up. He
also scored three of his team's
runs. Morris hit two for fcir
for Medford.
LINESCORE:
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Medford .212 001 OOx 6 6
Ewing and Kleaver; Scherpf..
Kelly (6) and Morris.
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New York (U.R) The wel-1
terweight title jinx rides j
squarely on Tony DeMarco's
shoulders Friday night when he
defends his recently acquired
championship against Carmen
Basilio.
In recent years no less than
10 of the 147-pound rulers have
lost their crown the first time
they defended. This includes
such as Jimmy McLarin, Barney
Ross, Honey Melody, Joe Dun
dee, Red Cochrane, Johnny Brat
ton and Johnny Saxton.
The odds are 17-10 that the
same thing will happen to De
Marco at Syracuse Friday night.
It is a bit difficult to figure
why the odds are so long against
the little man from Boston. He
has won 17 in a row and he prov
ed himself a fine fighter on Ap
ril 1 when he made- fools out of
the odds makers by flattening
Saxton to take the title.
In many ways there is a great
similarity between the 23-year-old
DeMarco and the 28-year-old
Basilio. Sons of poor Italian par
ents, each is a rarity in the prize
fighting profession. Both Tony
and Carmen are quiet, modest,
devout and "home folks"
DeMarco, a squatty, black
haired young man with placid
brown eyes, came off the tough,
teeming streets of Boston's Little
Italy. He was a carpenter, con
struction worker and trucker be
tween bouts, after starting as an
amateur at 15.
His real name is Leonard Li-
otta and, being too young for
the amateurs, filed the birth cer
tificate of a friend named Tony
DeMarco to get his early start.
The real DeMarco thus had to
assume another name when he
entered the ring.
After 14 amateur bouts, of
which he lost only one, DeMarco
turned professional and has won
40 of 45 with one draw and 25
knockouts to his credit. He is a
relentless, free-swinging crowd
er. Basilio fights much the same
way. Rangier and an inch taller
than DeMarco, he is one of 10
children of immigrant parents
who settled on an onion farm
near Syracuse. Carmren worked
on farms and in a wire factory
before serving 33 months in the
Marines. ' .
A Marine Boxer
It was while stationed at
Pearl Harbor that he began box
ing and in late 1948 he turned
professional. . Disgusted when
he "didn't seem to be getting
anywhere," he thought several
times of quitting but there was
little else to do, so he stuck it
out. :
His big chance came in 1953
when he finally was matched
with Kid Gavilan, then the welt
erweight ruler. He blasted Gavi
lan to the floor in the first
round but lost a split decision
Since then he has waited impa
tiently for another shot.
They by-passed Carmen this
year to give DeMarco a shot,
but promised him the winner.
So, after beating Peter Mueller
on an. 21, Carmen . took a mere
six-day vacation and has been
training for this one ever since.
He has boxed more than 200
rounds in preparation, from
featherweights to sharpen his
speed to light heavyweights for
punch. His overall record is 44
wins in. 62 starts, with seven
draws and 20 knockouts.
His record possibly isn't a
impressive as DeMarco's. But
you have to give him an edge on
the intangible known as "class."
And, then, too there's that wel
terweight jinx.
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Sports Writer
Snead Says
Course Not
Fair Test
By HAL WOOD
United Press Sports Writer
San Francisco (U.R) Sam
(The Slam) Snead took one whirl
around the San Francisco Olym
pic Club course, scene of the
1955 National Open next week
and then growled:
"What are they trying to prove
with a course like this? It's not
a fair test of golf especially
for a long hitter."
Thus the Slammer joined a
growing list of men who believe
that the Olmpic Club layout will
be a stern test for the nation's
top-ranked stars."
"This is a typical Robert
Trent Jones course," said Snead.
"Always holes to-shoot at where
you can't see the greens; noth
ing to guide you by. What are
they trying to prove? Can you
tell me that?"
Not Pacified
Robert Roos, tournament
chairman pointed out that Jones,
famed golf architect for the
USCA, had very little to do with
the laying out of this course.
But he didn't pacify Snead.
Sam's major complaint with
the Olympic ,club was the fact
that the roughs spread out and
the fairway narrows just about
where . his drives land
"Look at that, will you?" he
said as he walked down the 10th
fairway. "For the short hitter,
and I mean the . men who hit
only about 240 yards, there is a
nice wide fairway. Then out here
where the long hitters reach
about 260-270; the fairways are
narrow and the rough is long.
This is a penalty deliberately
aimed at the long hitters."
Colorado State
Foe of Trojans
Omaha, Neb. (U.R) The na
tion's eight top college baseball
teams began arriving here today
for the ninth annual NCAA
College World Series.l
The teams are expected to
draw crowds totaling 40,000 dur
ing the double-elimination grind
ending next Tuesday, and to at
tract a sizeable turnout of ma
jor league baseball scouts - as
well.
Rated as the favorites are Ari
zona, with a 37-5 season record;
Oklahoma A&M, with a 24-1
slate, and Southern California,
holder of a 29-7 season record.
Colgate and Wake Forest, the
only two teams who have not attended-
the meet before, will
open the series at 11 a.m. Fri
day. Southern California takes
on Colorado State at 2 p.m., and
Western ? Michigan battles Ari
zona at 6:00 p.m. .
The tournament could end
Monday night ,if the winner
goes through the meet unbeaten.
Should both finalists lose one
game, the final will be played
on Tuesday night.
FLOODS CAUSE DAMAGE
Grenoble, France (U.R)
Floods in the eastern Alps were
reported today to have caused
heavy damage in several villages
and crippled road and rail links
between Italy and France. Police
sai dthere was one known death.
They said the Paris-Rome rail
way was under water at several
points and traffic was not ex
pected to return to normal before
next week. ' "
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Ashland Hard tops
Run on Saturday
Ashland Roaring of motors
and familiar sound of crashing
metal again will be heard in the
Valley View district, when local
hardtop drivers report to the
Ashland Speedway Saturday
night.
As a result of the thrill-packed
races, which were offered
the hardtop fans last Saturday
night, a large crowd is antici
pated for this week's races. The
races which were held last week,
were fast and offered plenty of
excitement
Thrill of" the evening last Sat
urday came when Bob Meyers,
driving A 96, rolled his coupe
four times" on the north turn
and was able to rebuild his car
in time to enter the main event.
A five car crack up on the crash
wall in front of the grandstand
had several of the fans stand
ing and grounded Chuck Davis
and his A-l for the evening.
'Several hundred gallons of
waste oil have been put on the
track during the past few weeks
has put the track in excellent
condition.'
. Drivers and pitmen have been
spending spare time this week
repairing car damages encoun
tered in last week's race. New
ideas are being tried each week
to improve performances.
Races will be held every oth
er Saturday night following this
week's race. Time trials start
at 6:30 p.m.
Wally Cannon was last week's
winner in the main event. Final
heat went to Crock Hunter, driv
er of A-l 5.
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League Leaders
LEAGUE LEADERS
Player & Club . G AB R H Pet
Ashburn. Phila. . 41 158 30 56 .354
Cmpnla.. Bklyn. 52 195 37 65 .333
KUzwski. Cinci.,48 192 31 64 .333
Mueller. N.Y 50 117 25 68 .329
Virdon. St. L. ....41 155 24 91 .329
American League
Kaline. Det. 51 199 41 74 .372
Kuenn. Det. ...43 171 25 62 .363
Power. Kan. C. ..44 168 30 55 .327
Vernon. Wah 50 179 25 5 .313
LoUar. Chicago 41 132 22 41 .311
Home Runs Snider. Dodger. -17;
Campanella, Dodgers 17; Kluszewiki,
Redlegs 16; Mays. Giants 16; Mantle.
Yankees 14; Zernial. Athletics 14.
Runs Batted In Snider. Dodgers
58: Campanella. Dodgers 55; Klus
zewski. Redlegs 40; Mantle. Yankees;
Mays. Giants: Ennis. Phillies: Berra.
Yankees and Kaline. Tigers all 39.
Runs Mantle. Yankees 51: Snider,
Dodgers; Smith. Indians 46: Bruton,
Braves 45; Bauer. Yankees 41; Ka
line. Tigers 41.
Hits Kaline. Tigers 74: Mueller.
Giants 68: Aaron, Braves 68: Campan
ella, Dodgers 65: Kluszewiki. Redlegs
64.
Pitching Newcombe Dodgers 10-0;
Jeffcoat. Cubs 6-0; Tord. Yankees 7-1;
Wynn, Indians 7-1; Arroyo. Cardinals
6-1.
Olympic Group
Begins Conclave
Paris (U.R) The 50th Inter
national Olympic congress open
ed an 11-day conclave today
amid wide-spread unofficial pre
dictions that Melbourne, Aus
tralia, will remain the site of the
1956 Olympic games.
There has been heavy critici
sm of ( Australian preparations
for the games, especially by
Avery Brundage, of the United
States, president of the Interna
tional Olympic Committee. And
many members of the congress
are opposed to Melbourne.
But the general belief was
that the final decision, due to be
the most important action of the
sessions, would be not to make
any changes in site with only one
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Emergency Meet
Wenatchee (U.R) Directors
of the hard-pressed class B
Northwest Baseball league were
to meet in an emergency session
today to discuss the attendance
problem which some sources feel
may wreck the new circuit.
Arthur Pohlman, loop presi
dent, called the meeting but re
fused to say exactly why except
that "we want to look into the
future a bit."
It was felt the main item on
the agenda would be sagging at
tendance at Spokane, Yakima
and Lewiston.
In Spokane, Curt Haggerty,
president of the city's community-owned
club,. said the session
"undoubtedly" would deal main
ly with Spokane. The Indians are
in the cellar and poor attendance
and an unsuccessful stock sale
have caused a critical situation.
Sagging attendance caused Spo
kane to drop out of the class A
Western International league
last year and that circuit subse
quently folded.
TOURNEY SLATED
. Richland (U.R) The Wash
ington State Junior Tennis tour
nament will be held here tomor
row, Saturday and Sunday with
30 boys from 15 cities entered,
Chairman George Gillette said
today. Among the. entries is
Jerry Branton, Olympia, 1954
champion.
year remaining before the start
of the games.
The International Olympic
committee, governering body of
the games, will hold its meeting,
June 13-17, as the main event
! of the congress.
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