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' if,, V SEASON'S FIRST Outfielder Albie Pearson of the San Francisco Seals, co:nes sliding across home plate to score the first run in opening game of the Pacific Coast League be tween the Seals and the Vancouver Mounties at Seals Stadium. Pearson scored from second on Ken Aspromonte's single in first inning. At right is Mountie catcher Len NeaL Ump is Al Somers. Seals won, 6-3. Comets Bill IV Scuffles Crater and Illinois Valley highs provide the only baseball activity this week end in the Rogue League. The two schools meet at Cen tral Point on Friday and at Cave Junction on Saturday. Phoenix and Eagle Point have resched uled their series for the next week end since the Eagles are concentrating this week on the Hayward relays. Junior Fred Herrmann and freshman "Wayne Allen are ex pected to do the Crater pitching this week and Lee Carothers and Dan Slanaker, a freshman, may handle the mound chores for the Cougars. Jacksonville varsity defeated the Crater jayvees yesterday, pushing over five runs in the fourth inning. Clyde Smith helped the Redskin victory with a home run. Coach Clarence Mellbye re ported that several of his youth ful Comet players looked good despite the loss. They Included Melvin Smith, freshman tosser, who went four Innings; Randy Campbell, Bryan Sewell and Stan Green. Campbell, a catcher, tripled for the Comets. IDAHO STATE FAVORED Madison, Wis. (U.R) Idaho State's boxing team, a pack of tigers out of the "West, was fa vored to top the field of 21 schools in the 19th NCAA boxing tournament which began today. 6 YEARS OLD 2 80 $35 PT. 45 QT. ITaU'on&l Dlstillera Straight Bourbon Itfli now in tnis - handsome new package - - r"4 Medfoh4Tmbunb Giants Hope Anfonelli's Wins Will Equal Birthdays By FRED DOWN United Press Sport Writer There'll be 26 candles on Johnny Antonelli's birthday cake today and the New York Giants won't be the least bit sur prised if there'll be that many games In Mis "won" column this year. The experts are tabbing the Giants as also-rans but don't be surprised if Antonelli has 'em off and running a la 1954 next week. He's wiped out the last lingering doubts over his ability to recover from his 1955 woes and once again is being tabbed as one of the league's top pitchers. Antonelli, who was born April 12, 1930, climaxed a brilliant spring Wednesday with seven fine innings in a 5-1 triumph over the Cleveland Indians. The ne:t time Antonelli toes the slab probably will be next Tues day against the Pittsburgh Pi rates in the Giants' opener. Two Smash Homers Gail Harris and Bob Lennon hit homers and Hank Thomson FroduoU Corp. IT. Y. ."Whlaltay 86 Proof 1 . ' ; . collected three hits to lead the Giants' 10-hit attack on Early Wynn and Mike Garcia. Bob Friend, who will be An tonelli's mound opponent next Tuesday, turned in his second nine-inning performance of the spring Wednesday in pitching the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-3 win over the Kansas City Ath letics. Friend limited the A's to seven hits. Hank Sauer, acquired 10 days ago from the Chicago Cubs, and Stan Musial hit consecutive homers in the sixth inning to provide the St. Louis Cardinals with a 5-3 verdict over the Chi cago White Sox. The Washington Senators made an auspicious debut before a home crowd of 6,709 at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. They defeated the world champion Brooklyn Dodgers, 2-1, in a night game. Pete Runnels won the game with an inside-the-park homer off Don Newcombe in the ninth. Commits Three Errors In another night game, at Co lumbus, O., rookie shortstop Jerry Lumpe committed three errors that led to five unearned runs and a 7-5 victory for the Cincinnati Redlegs over the New York Yankees. The Baltimore Orioles beat the Chicago Cubs, 5-4, to win their spring series, 8-6, before making the 1956 home debut tonight. Don Ferrarese stopped a Cub rally in the ninth to preserve the victory. , The Milwaukee Braves and Detroit Tigers battled to a 14 inning scoreless tie at Terre Haute, Ind. . The Boston Red Sox and Phil adelphia Phillies were rained out in Charlotte, N. C. The Phillies revealed that Curt Sim mons has signed for an estimated $18,000. Simmons went to spring training with the Phillies on trial. Providence Near Diadem Cleveland (U.PJ The regular-season champion Providence Reds can win the Calder Cup Friday night by defeating the Cleveland Barons in the fourth game of their best-of-seven final series in the American Hockey league. The Reds, who defeated the Barons twice on home ice, made it three- in-a-row Wednesday night and if the Barons prolong the series, the fifth game will be played Saturday night in Providence. Snead After 6th Greensboro Toga Greensboro, N.C. (U.R) Sam Snead teed off on one of golfdom's "meanest" courses to day with gale winds and a star studded field challenging his bid for a sixth Greensboro Open crown. The White Sulphur Spring, W. Va., slammer is almost an even favorite to put two victories back to back. The gallery favorite and dark horse is chunky Mike Souchak of Grossinger, N.Y. The long course fits big Mike's booming fairway game. HOOP CLUBS PICKED Oklahoma City (U.PJ Eight teams have been named to ap pear in the 21st annual all-college basketball tournament to be played here Dee. 27-29. They are Georgia Tech, Tulane, Mar quette, Memphis State, Texas Tech, Idaho State, Seattle and Oklahoma City. The first statewide convention of the Republican party was held at Jackson, Mich., in 1854.' Cm Mail Tribune Wast Ada Pels Oppose Tornado In Baseball A Klamath Falls aggregation well-bolstered with lettermen and possessing depth in its pitch ing staff and a heavy hitting po tential will fare the Medford high Black Tornado here Satur day afternoon in a Southern Oregon Conference baseball doubleheader. The schedule lists the first game for 1:30 p.m. Klamath Falls, which forced Grants Pass into a play-off last year for the conference crown, has eight lettermen on its squad and four of its pitchers have hurled two-hitters in the five games the Pelicans have played this season. Earle Tichenor and Modesto Jiminez are the lettermen on the pitching staff. Like Mike Runge, a transfer, they are senior hurl ers, Darrell Rusth is a junior chucker and Mickey Carney a sophomore. Tichenor, Runge, Rusth and Carney have record ed the two hitters with Tiche nor, however, being able to salvage the only victory. In the probable starting line up lettermen include Bob Harsh barger, first base; Butch Kimp ton, second base; Bill Hamblin, shortstop; Donn Taucher, left cm cTiTxrn -RurnTins iq tllllilAUlU - J Nagasawa (left), broke 220-yard butterfly mark at na tional A. A. U. swimming championships, Yale University with time of two minutes 19.4 seconds while Rex Aubrey , set a new world record in the 100 -yard free style event With a blistering 49.1 seconds. (International Soundphoto) Some Chinooks Strike at Hooks On Rogue River Portland (U.R)' The weekly report on fishing conditions pre pared by the . State Game Com mission: SOUTHWEST: Striped bass angling is only fair in both isthmus slough and Coos river. Perch and flounder fishing has been good off the dock and high way bridge at Charleston. Fish ing for snapper, sea. trout, perch, and flounder has been excellent in the cribs in the lower chan nel of Coos Bay. The upper Rogue river is in termittently muddy from snow runoff which accrues during heat of the day. A few chinook are being hooked and a few are landed in the Grants Pass to Ga lice section of the river. So'me good catches of yellow perch have been taken from Ten- mile lake. Black bass have been hitting intermittently on Tahke nitch and Siltcoos lakes. Salmon anglers have been having a slow time throughout the Umpqua. The river is falling and is fairly clear though some of the lower tributaries are quite roily. Very few fish have been caught, but some fish are moving over Winchester dam every day. Last winter floods apparently changed the char acter of several of the more popular fishing places. Bandit Slain in Restaurant Holdup Reading, Pa. (U.R) A ban dit was killed and his confeder ate and two " policemen were wounded today in a wild ex change of shots during an at tempted holdup of a restaurant. Erbor W. Worseck, 31, parolee from Allentown, Pa., died in Com munity General hospital while undergoing an emergency operation for a bullet wound near his heart. Patrolman Harold D. Bean, 45, also underwent an operation for a stomach wound. His condi tion was "guarded." Patrolman Clarence Derr, 36, shot in the wrist, was in good condition. The second gunman, identi fied as James Redline, 31, also of Allentown, was in fair con dition with a stomach wound. Redline also underwent an emer gency operation. Court Corrects Punctuation Error Tallahassee, Fla. (U.R) The state Supreme Court Wednesday corrected a punctuation error in a pharmacy law. The court changed a comma to a period. It ruled "a candidate for exam ination by the state board of phanmacy must tiave both a pharmacy degree, and a year's experience." Saturday field; Dave Leeling, center field, and Jerry Burke, catcher. Rounding out the crew may be Jerry Bramwell, third base, and Joe Tawney, right field. Capable Hitters Bramwell was a first baseman last year and Burke played at second and caught sometimes. Jiminez is an all-around utility man. He has caught and played in the outfield as well as pitched. Harshbarger, Kimpton, Ham blin, Taucher, Jiminez, Leeling, and Burke have shown slugging capabilities in past seasons in prep and American Legion jun ior ball. They, however, haven't found their batting eyes so far this season. The Pelicans' record this year is one win and four losses. Klam ath split with Grants Pass in a Southern Oregon Conference twinbill. It lost twice to Eugene and once to Springfield. - Ray Coley is the Pelican dia mond mentor this season. Medford will enter the fuss trying for its first loop victory. The Tornado has lost two to Ash land in the circuit, has tied Crater once and beat the Comets once in non-loop play and has dropped a decision to Yreka, Calif. easv when vou know how. Jiro UMPIRE MOVES UP Cincinnati (U.R) Victor Delmore, purchased last week from the Southern Association, will replace veteran Umpire Al Barlick at the start of the Na tional League season. Warren Giles, president of the loop, an nounced Barlick is recuperating from a mild heart condition and it will be up to his doctors to determine when he will be able to resume his duties. SIGNS WITH GIANTS New York (U.R) Quar terback Bobby Clatterbuck, for mer University of Houston star, has signed his 1956 contract with the New York Giants. It will mark his third season in the National Football league. Easy on you . . . easy on your budget . . . the Savage Rotor Chief Special has all the fea tures you want The peppy 2-eycle Clinton engine makes light work of weeds or tough grass. 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In the only game that got into the books, Los Angeles defeated San Diego 8-6 with nine pitchers All-Star Quintet Downs Trotters San Francisco (U.R) The College All-Stars, sparked by a 25-point scoring effort by Ali American Darrell Floyd of Fur man, defeated the Harlem Globe trotters, 84-71, last night. The Trotters hold a lead of eight wins to four in the present cross-country tour. The All-Stars went out in front 20-16 in the first quarter and led all the way. Tom Hein sohn was also a big man for the collegians,, scoring 19 points. Herman Taylor led the Trotters with 20. 214 S. RIVERSIDE p smsI WasasaaJ LJ ' I LJ DOWN J V per tire MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN making their way to the mound. The Angels used four throwers, Hy Cohen getting the credit while San Diego employed five throwers the loss going to Tom I Herera. Los ' Angeles lost no time in ! going to work on Herrera, comb ing him for four runs in the first I frame. Two more in the second and another pair in the fifth made up the Los Angeles total. San Diegq scored its first run in the opening inning when rookie centerfielder Floyd Rob inson homered with the bases empty. Robinson also contributed a two-run double in the fifth when San Diego poured across four runs to make it close. Robinson also got a triple in his only trip to the plate to i give him a perfect three-for-eight for . the night, with two runs scored and three driven home. The final San Diego run came without benefit of a hit in the eighth inning. The Angels outhit the Padres 11-9 in the contest. A more than full slate was on tap for today with single games in San Francisco, San Diego and Hollywood, and an afternoon- night doubleheader scheduled for Sacramento. Los Angelei ..420 020 0008 11 1 San Diego 100 040 0108 9 0 Cohen, Andre (6), Hricinak (6) Bauer (8) and Hannah; Herrera. Peter son (1), Dickey (3). Kerrigan (6), Mesa 1 "- ri oj 5 JuLb WIIGte You... 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