EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON
Portland Plays at Sacramento
As Coast League Starts Play
San Francisco (U.R) Play
ball!
Approximately 41,000 fans are
expected to head for the ball
parks today as the Pacific Coast
League opens its 54th season
sporting many new faces and
new ideas.
Two split double headers are
on the schedule. Defending
champion Seattle meets Holly
wood in a day-night affair at
PROBABLE PCL PITCHERS
(Last year's records shown)
Seattle (Elmer Singleton 19-12
and Don Fracchia 14-12) at Holly
wood (Ben Wade 7-9 and Don Dan
flels 12-9.)
Los Angeles (Harry Perkowsky
J-4 and unannounced) at San Diego
(Eddie Erautt 18-10 and un
announced.) Vancouver (George Bamberger
12-14) at San Francisco (Jerry Ca
tale 17-11.)
Portland (BUI Werle 17-8) at Sac
ramento (Earl Harrist (5-7).
the Stars' park while Los An
gel g and San Diego play a sim
ilar twin bill at Lane Field.
Vancouver and San Francisco,
the teams who figured in the
PCL's most revolutionary change
of the off-season, meet in a sin
gle game at Seals Stadium while
Sacramento hosts Portland in
another at the capital.
The Old Oaks
A look at the lineup shows
that Vancouver is pretty much
the Oakland Oaks of last year
who were transferred to the
Dominion after 53 seasons in
the East Bay. Lefty O'Doul re
mains manager of the newly-
named "Mounties" which are a
mixture of callow youth and old
age.
San Francisco now is the prop
erty of the Boston Red Sox and
only three old faces are on the
Seal roster. The rest of the club
consists of young kids being
groomed for Boston fandom.
Fair weather generally is pre
dicted around the circuit. The
Seals, claiming that they have
had the biggest advance sale
since 1946, may lure 16,000 fans
to see what the Red Sox have
to offer. A total of 10,000 are
expected for Hollywood's split
bill and the same amount at San
Diego and Sacramento.
Two Kinds of Curves
Civic officials will throw out
the first ball everywhere except
at Hollywood where movie star
let Kathy Marlowe will display
two varieties of curves.
The PCL heads into this sea
son with closer major league tie
ins than it has had in years al
though it still is rated an "open"
league rather than Triple A.
Every club has working agree
ments except Sacramento and
there will be plenty of new faces
in the lineups.
Yet such veteran Coast League
hurlers as Elmer Singleton of
Seattle, George Bamberger of
Vancouver and Bill Werle of
Portland have been selected to
go to the mound in opening
games.
Casale for Seals
The spotlight also will be on
Jerry Casale of San Francisco.
The husky righthander struck
out 186 batters in the American
Association last year with a blaz
ing fast ball that gave him the
honors in that division.
Three new managers are in
the league Luke Sewell at Se
attle, Tommy Holmes at Port
land and Eddie Joost at San
Francisco. Clay Hopper moved
from Portland to Hollywood and
Tommy Heath from San Fran
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cisco to Sacramento. The hold
overs are O'Doul at Vancouver,
Bob Scheffing at Los Angeles
and Bob Elliott at San Diego.
The clubs change towns on
Hal Wood Picks Seattle to
Win PCL Title This Year
By HAL WOOD
United Press Sports Writer
San Francisco (U.F?) The
San Francisco Seals won the
Grapefruit Exhibition League
competition, but we'll pick the
Seattle Rainiers to successfully
defend their Pacific Coast league
baseball title this year.
On account of we did such a
grand job of picking football
winners during the past season,
we have received "numerous"
(2!) requests to name the order
of finish of the 1956 PCL season.
So here goes (1955 finish place
listed in parenthesis):
1 Seattle (1).
2 Portland (5).
3 Hollywood (4-tie).
4 Los Angeles (4-tie).
5 San Francisco (6).
6 San Diego (2).
7 Sacramento (8).
8 Vancouver (7).
Big-Time Tie-Ins
Admittedly, picking a winner
in the PCL before the majors cut
down is going to be harder than
ever now that most of the clubs
have big-time connections.
But there are some other fac
tors involved.
The Rainiers have the nucleus
of last year's good team return
ing. They have some good base
ball brains running the team in
the person of Luke Sewell,
A-N-D, they have the big bank
roll of Mr. Emil Sick, the brew
ery magnate and club president.
The Portland Beavers finished
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Roberts Stops Red Sox In
Best Performance So Far
By MILTON RICHMAN
United Press Sports Writer
Robin Roberts is ready and
rarin' to go for his seventh
straight 20-game season.
The pale 29-year pride of the
Phillies, who has been hammered
like an ordinary humpty during
past exhibition seasons but cer
tainly not this one, turned in his
best performance of the spring
in stopping the hard-hitting Red
Sox, 2-1, at Montgomery, Ala.,
Monday.
Roberts, who is aiming at
"only" 20 victories this year but
is quite likely to overshoot that
mark, ticked off three note
worthy accomplishments in lim
iting Boston to six hits.
Holds Ted Hitless
First, he became the first
Phillies pitcher to go nine in
nings this spring, which figured.
Second, he didn't walk a single
batter which is more or less par
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Friday under the new split-week
arrangement with Hollywood at
San Diego, Vancouver at Los
Angeles, Seattle at Sacramento
and Portland at San Francisco.
in the second division last year,
but in Tommy Holmes they have
one of the most energetic mana
gers to come along in years. And
the added boost that may be the
biggest item is the fact that for
the first time, the Beavers will
be playing in an up-to-date park.
This is expected to result in big
ger crowds to cheer on the home
club.
Off their exhibition record,
San Diego isn't going to have a
top challenger this year unless
the Cleveland Indians come
through with a lot more help.
San Francisco is expecting a
lot of help from the Boston Red
Sox, but unless some additional
hitting strength comes along,
new manager Eddie Joost may
have a rugged year. The Los
Angeles Angels look to have
about the same strength as last
year.
Sacramento, the only club
without a tie-up, may get off to
a fast start while the other teams
are awaiiting help. But in the
past, they have folded on the
home stretch, due to lack of as
sistance. And, as Hank Greenberg, gen
eral manager of the Cleveland
Indians says:
"How are the Baltimore Ori
oles going to help Vancouver,
when they cant' even help them
selves?" So it looks like a tough year
ahead for the brand-new
Mounties. '
for him. And third, he hung the
"collar" on Ted Williams in
four trips, which is something of
a trick for any pitcher.
Rookie Pat Scantlebury, who
may turn out to be Birdie Teb
betts fourth regular starting
pitcher, and Joe Black limited
Washington to four scattered hits
in leading Cincinnati to a 7-1
triumph at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Ned Garver, on and off the
trading block all spring, yielded
only one hit in the six innings
he worked as Detroit defeated
New Orleans of the Southern
Assn. 10-0, at New Orleans.
Del Crandall Stars
Del Crandall lashed out four
hits and Hank Aaron three in
leading Milwaukee to an 8-4 tri
umph over the world champion
Dodgers at Louisville.
Young Herb Score and veteran
Bob Feller teamed up to pitch
Cleveland to a 6-4 decision over
the Giants at Shreveport, La.
The victory gave the Indians a
10-7 edge in the spring series be
tween the two teams with two
more games to go.
Rain cut heavily into the rest
of the exhibition schedule. The
games it washed out were the
Yankees vs. Houston at Houston,
Tex.; the White Sox vs. the Card
inals at Oklahoma City, Okla.;
Kansas City vs. Pittsburgh at
Wichita, Kans.; and the Orioles
vs. the Cubs at Beaumont, Tex.
Molodet Has Answer
To Coach's Problem
Raleigh. N.C. U.R) North
Caroliiii. State guard Vic Molo
det thinks he has the answer to
a basketball coach's problem:
How to build an outstanding
team.
"Simple," say the flashy Wolf
pack, speedster. "Just take Bill
Russell (San Francis.: 's All
American) and four higa school
players and you'll have a great
team."
But a number of coaches
would like to know where to
find more players like Russel.
Molodet was high in his praise
of the gigantic Russell against
whom he played in the recent
East-West game at Kansas City.
Patterson Nearing
Heavyweight Class
Kansas City, Kan. (U.R)
Floyd Patterson's "unrestricted
diet" had just about removed
him as a light heavyweight con
tender today as he awaited the
bell for a lC-round bout with
tough Alvin (Chief) Williams.
Patterson expected to weigh
in at 183 or 184 pounds, or some
eight pounds heavier than his
Caddo Indian rival. It figured
to be Patterson's last bout with
a light heavyweight
Cinder Schedule
Told for Graders
Complete schedule for Med
ford elementary track and field
aggregations has been announced
by Leo V. Ragsdale, supervisor
of physical education in city
schools.
The season opened today with
a dual meet between Jackson
and Washington schools. It will
conclude on Thursday, April 26,
with the all city meet.
Jackson will take on Roose
velt on Tuesday, April 17, and
Lincoln will tackle Jefferson on
Thursday, April 19. Washington
and Roosevelt will meet on Tues
day, April 24.
The dual meets will start at
4:30 p.m. at the senior high sta
dium and the all city affair is
set for 2:30 p.m.
Trackmen will compete in
Classes A, B and C with height,
weight and age points determin
ing a participant's class.
SOC Faculty Member ..
To Attend Conference .. ..
Ashland Miss Merion Ady,
chairman of the Southern Ore
gon college art department, will
attend the 37th biennial confer
ence of the National Art Educa
tion association in Portland, Ap
ril 11 13 where she will serve as
chairman of the newly-organized
College Art Education associa
tion. "United for Art Action in Edu
cation" is the topic for the study
grdup which, according to Miss
Ady, who is also a member of
the Pacific Art Executive com
mittee, is designed to stimulate
greater cooperation between ad
ministrators, the state depart
ment of education, and are edu
cators for a more adequate art
program in schools.
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Squad Named
New York U.R) A 30-man
All-America high school basket
ball team, including three play
ers from New York and two
each from Missouri, Kentucky,
Pennsylvania and California,
was selected today by Scholastic
magazines. .
In selecting the team, the na
tion was divided into nine re
gions and a 15-man squad was
selected from each sector. The
best 30 of these- 135 regional
choices were named to the All
American schoolboy group.
Tallest player on the squad is
six-foot-eight Bjarne Jensen, a
junior at Franklin High school
in Portland, who. led his team
to the state championship.
Others on the 30-player squad
are:
Earl Irvine, Seattle; Fred La
cout, San Francisco; . Jerry
Pimm, Montebello, Calif., and
Rollie Williams, Kellogg, Ida.
Oregon State Beats
Lewis and Clark, 6-1
Portland U.R) Oregon State
pounded out eight hits off a trio
of Lewis and Clark hurlers frere
yesterday to roll to a 6-1 win in
a non-counting baseball game.
The win was trie Beavers'
seventh in eight starts for the
year.
Baseball
Exhibition Games
Philadelphia (N) 2. Boston (A) 1
Cincinnati (N) 7. Washington (A) 1
Detroit (A) 10. New Orleans (SA) 0
Milwaukee (N) 8, Brooklyn (Nl 4
Cleveland (A) 6. New York (N) 4
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Globetrotters Use
Semi-Stall to Win
Des Moines, la. (U.R) The
Harlem Globetrotters employed
a semi-stall in the closing min
utes last night to defeat the Col
lege All-Stars, 74-71, despite a
28-point effort by Darrell Floyd
of Furman.
The victory was the seventh
for the Trotters in 10 games
against- the All-Stars. The two
clubs will meet 11 more times
in their cross-country tour.
Rory Calhoun
Blasts Lahoa
In 10 Rounds
New York (U.R) Undefeated
middleweight Rory Calhoun is
improving so fast that even his
victims are singing his praise.
After blasting his way to a
unanimous 10 - round decision
over Jackie Labua of East Mead
ow, N. Y., Monday night- in a
widely-televised fight at St.
Nicholas arena, the hard-punching
but soft-spoken kid from At
lanta, Ga., conceded only that
"It was a tough fight."
Calhoun, who weighed 161
pounds to Labua's 1583i, won
his 20th straight fight with sheer
punching power. He looked awk
ward at times and still is a little
"right-hand crazy," but he never
was in trouble against the more
experienced Labua.
In the fourth round, Calhoun
scored the only knockdown of
the fight when he caught Labua
with a crunching right to the
head. Labua's gloves barely
touched the canvas and he
jumped quickly to his feet, but
Referee Mark Conn forced him
to take the mandatory eight
count.
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Southern Oregon Sweeps
Twinbill With Humboldt
Ashland Southern Oregon
college won a pitchers' battle
and then a batters' ruckus to
sweep a baseball doubleheader
here yesterday from Humboldt
State college.
The Red Raiders took the first
game 4 to 0 on a big third inning
and two-hit pitching by Ray
Theiss. In the second fracas they
took advantage of 10 hits and 14
walks to win 19 to 12.
In the opener Southern Ore
gon got all its runs in the third
inning when Humboldt's pitcher
weakened to permit three hits
and walked three men. A field
er's option also figured. Hits
were by LeRoy King, Morris
Churchman nd Ned Landers.
Theiss ran ino trouble in the
seventh' inning, walking three to
load the bases with two out. Ned
Landers came to his relief and a
flyout resulted in the final out.
Nashua May Not Run
Again Until May 5
New York (U.R) Nashua,
the only active "millionaire"
race horse, probably won't run
again until the May 5 renewal
of the Grey Lag , Handicap at
Jamaica.
And Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons,
the horse's 81-year-old trainer,
says it's all the fault of the New
York area's wintry "spring"
weather.
Nashua, who has earned $1,
040,515, was given top weight of
128 pounds Monday for Satur
day's Excelsior Handicap at Ja
maica. Sunny Jim said today the
big colt wouldn't be ready to
run in that mile-and-a-sixteenth
event.
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Theiss struck out six batters and
walked eight. Churchman and
Ned Landers each hit two for
three.
A big eight-run first inning
helped make the difference for
Southern Oregon in the second
game. The Raiders used nine
walks, a single by Bill Seymour,
a sacrifice and an error. Hum
boldt's big effort was in the
third frame with five runs. Al
Deniz's triple, Rick Dudley's
single, three errors and a walk
were the factors.
Seymour's three-baser with
bases loaded was the big blow
in a four-run SOC fifth inning.
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a triple along with Vince Miller
for SOC. For Humboldt Deniz
and Ralph Mayo socked three for
five, Dudley two for three and
Jerry Garcea and Phil Huff two
for four. Dudley scored four
runs.
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