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TEN -MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE . Tuesday. April 17. 1956 Unfavorable Weather, 258,000 Fans Expected at First Games New York (U.R) Possible showers are predicted all over the major league map but not even that discouraging forecast could dampen the inaugural day spirit of President Eisenhower and a quarter of a million fans, who are expected to be on hand today for the official 1956 base ball openers. The weatherman says there is "a chance of rain" in seven of the eight places where big league openers will be held By UNITED PRESS Here are the probable pitch er 1355 Won-Lost records in parentheses, weather, expected attendance and starting times EST for todays' major league opening baseball games: AMERICAN LEAGUE , Cleveland at Chicag o Lemon (18-10) vs. Pierce (15 10); cool, showers likely, tem perature in mid 50s; 35,000; 2:30 p.m. Kansas City at Detroit-Kell-ner (11-8) vs. Lary (14-15); cool, chance of showers, tem perature in low 50s; 45,000; 2:00. New York at Washington Larsen (9-2) vs. Pascual (2-12); mild, showers likely, temper atures in mid 60s; 30.000; 1:30. Baltimore at Boston-Wight (6-8) vs. Sullivan (18-13); cool, possible showers or snow flur ries; 20.000; 2:00. NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia at Brooklyn Roberts (23-14) vs. Newcombe (20-5); cloudy and cool, tem perature in mid 40s, possible showers; 25.000; 1:30. Pittsburgh at New York Friend (14-9) vs. Antonelli (14 16); cloudy and cool, tempera ture in mid 40s, possible show ers; 25.000; 1:30. St. Louis at Cincinnati Mi zell (0-0) vs. Nuxhall (17-12); partly cloudy, temperature in mid 50s, 33.000; 2:30. Chicago at Milwaukee Rush (13-11) vs. Burdette (13 8); cool, possible showers; 45, 000; 2:30. Chicago, Detroit, Boston, Brook lyn, New York, Milwaukee and even Washington, where Ike is slated to throw out the first ball." Cincinnati, where the Redlegs will play host "to the St. Louis Cardinals, is the only city in which some rain hasn't been forecast, and even there the pre diction is partly cloudy with the temperature in the mid-50s. Still, a total of 258,000 baseball-starved fans are expected to pass through major league turn stiles today, gorge themselves a little more than they should on popcorn, peanuts and hotdogs and root on their individual heroes for the first time since the 1955 campaign ended last September. Biggest Crowds Expected Milwaukee and Detroit are ex pecting the biggest opening day crowds despite the "possible showers" forecast for both cities. Each anticipates a crowd of 45,000, anyway. The Braves, looking to unseat the Dodgers as National League champs, will send Lew Burdette, who won 13 games and lost eight last season, against Bob Rush, who won 13 games and lost 11 last year for the Chicago Cubs, at Milwaukee's County Stadium. The Dodgers will open their season at Ebbets Field against the Philadelphia Phillies and 25,000 are expected to give the world champions a typically en thusiastic Flatbush sendoff. Rob erts, who was 23-14 last season and is shooting for his seventh consecutive 20-game year, will face shuffling Don Newcombe, who had a 20-5 mark in 1955. With Rigney at the helm in place of the departed Leo Duro- cher, the Giants are expected to attract 25,000 to the Polo Grounds for their opener with the Pirates. Southpaw Johnny Antonelli (14-16) is Rigney's pitching choice while Bragan named his ace right-hander Bob Friend (14-9). Mirell To Hurl , Wilmer (Vinegar Bend) Mizell, fresh out of the Army, will try to get the Cardinals started in the right direction at Cincin nati where Joe Nuxhall (17-12) is slated to hurl for the Redlegs before an expected crowd of 33,000. MedfordJ83Ttubune Army-Irish Game Changed New York (U.R) The lure of an extra $190,000 in gate re ceipts was a major factor in the decision to transfer the 1957 Army-Notre Dame football game to Philadelphia. Armv officials nointed out this difference when the an nouncement was made yester dayday that gridiron clash, first hetween the two schools since 1946, will be played at Muni cinal Stadium in Philadelphia This stadium has a 100,000 capacity, compared to 74.000 at Xpw York's Yankee Stadium. It was also disclosed the Muni cipal Stadium, the site of the annual Army-Navy game, also hac a romnarativelv lower rentaL Over in the American League, much of the interest will center around the nation's capitol where 30,000 fans, including the Presi dent, will probably attend the Yankees-Senators inaugural. Big Don Larsen (9-2) is the Yankees' pitching choice and Washington Manager Chuck Dressen is coun tering with Camilo Pascual (2 12). The Kansas City Athletics are at Detroit and it'll be right-hander Frank Lary (14-15) pitching for the Tigers and Alex Kellner (11-8) going for the Athletics. At Boston, where the weather man says there is even a possi bility of snow flurries, a crowd of 20,000 is looked for by the Red Sox, who open against the Baltimore Orioles. Frank Sulli van (18-13) will pitch for Bos ton and Bill Wight (6-8) for Bal timore. Approximately 35,000 are ex pected for the opener between the Indians and White Sox at Chicago. Bob Lemon (18-10) is Cleveland's pitching choice and Billy Pierce (15-10) is the Chi cago hurler. HIGH TRY Yankee third baseman Andy Carey leaps high into the air on an attempted double play as Redleg Ray Jablonski slides safely into third in second inning of game in Cincinnati. Jablonski took first on a fielder's choice and went into third on a double by Thurman. The Yanks won, 8-7. Player Deals iark Last iinute Flurry Of League Activity By UNITED PRESS Two player deals by the Kan sas City Athletics marked a last minute flurry of front-office ac tivity as the major league teams opened the baseball season today. The surprising A's picked up two key players center fielder Johnny Groth from the Wash ington Senators for the $10,000 waiver price, and catcher Char- 49ers Player to Have Operation For Knee Injury San Francisco U.R Hugh McElhenny, halfback of the San Francisco Forty Niners, will un dergo an operation Thursday to correct a injury to his left foot. Dr. Daniel H. Lovinthal will perform the surgery in St. Luke's hospital at Santa Monica, Calif. The Forty Niner team physician, Dr. William O'Grady, wili be in attendance. Forty Niner officials said the operation was necessary to re move scar tissue at the site of an old injury suffered by Mc Elhenny when he was 11. He stepped on a broken milk bottle while crossing a vacant lot barefooted. The injury was aggravated during a pre-season exhibition game against Pittsburgh in Sac ramento last August. McElhenny was sent to Johns Hopkins where he underwent a checkup by spe cialists, who said the injury would not hamper him. However, it did hinder his ef fectiveness and it was only in the final two games of the sea son that McElhenny flashed bits of the broken field running that was . his trademark in college and his pro seasons. OS Rallies For 3-2 Win Corvallis (U.R) Jerry Betten- dorf led an eighth inning rally here yesterday that produced three runs and a 3-2 win for Oregon State over Linfield. Carl Meeuwsen, starting Lin field hurler, had a shutout going in the eighth when he ran into trouble. With two out and three men on Bettendorf slammed out a deep triple to center and push ed across the winning runs. May Be Several Weeks Before Successor Named Eugene (U.R) Athletic Direc tor Leo Harris said today it may be several weeks before a suc cesser is named to Bill Borcher as head basketball coach at the University of Oregon. ley Thompson from the Brook lyn Dodgers for two players and an undisclosed amount of cash. The 29-year-old Groth, joining his sixth American League team, gives the A's an outstanding glove man for the middle orch ard, but he batted only .258 for Washington in 1955. Thompson, a southpaw bat ter, figured as the Dodgers' No. 3 catcher this season but could take over as the A's first-string er. He's 30 and has had an ex cellent minor-league record, in cluding a .313 batting mark last year with St. Paul of the Ameri can Association The A's gave the Dodgers out fielder Tom Saffell and pitcher Roy Wheat. Saffell, 32-year-old former Pittsburgh Pirate, was disptched at once to Portland of the . Pacific Coast league. Wheat, 26-year-old righthander who had a 5-7 mark at Columbus last year, was transferred to St. Paul of the American Associa tion. The A's also optioned catcher Wilmer Shantz to Columbus, thus breaking up at least tem porarily the "brother" battery he had formed with little pitcher Bobby Shantz. In other player moves: The White Sox signed south paw Howie Pollet, the one-itme Cardinal star who was released by the Cubs after last season. The Sox also released catcher Carl Sawatski to Toronto of the International league. The Cincinnati Redlegs re leased 30-year-old righthander Clarence (Bud) Podbielan out right to Seattle of the Pacific Coast League. The Milwaukee Braves as signed pitcher Charlie Gorin to Wichita of the American Asso ciation. And the Cardinals surprised by optioning lefty Luis Arroyo to Omaha of the American Association. STANDINGS Portland Beats Lewis and Clark Portland (U.R) Portland State staged a three-run fourth inning here yesterday then add ed a final tally in the sixth to edge Lewis and Clark 4-3 in a baseball game. Gary Lansing went the dis tance for the Vikings, giving up 10 hits but bearing down in the clutches to rack up the win. Greenwood Lake, N.Y. U.R) World middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson is trying every trick in the book during his training session here for his title defense against former champion Carl (Bobo) Olson at Los Angeles, May 18. Now, Rob inson is on an "eagle soup," raw meat and raw egg diet to build up strength. By UNITED PRESS PCL Standings San Francisco Seattle Los Angeles - Vancouver San Diego Portland Hollywood .. Sacramento W. . 3 . 3 . 4 . 3 . 3 . 3 . 2 . 2 GB Pet .600 .600 .571 .500 i .500 Vi 00 i .500 1 -333 1 12 Monday's Result Los Angeles 13. Vancouver 7 How the Series Ended Los Angeles 2, Vancouver 2 Games Today Vancouver at San Diego (night) Portland at Los Angeles Hollywood at Sacramento (night) Seattle at San Francisco Angels Hand Vancouver 13-7 Defeat Los Angeles, Calif. U.R) The Pacific Coast league race began to take some semblance of form today as Los Angeles moved up into second spot be hind front running Seattle and San Francisco. The Angels outslugged Van couver 13-7 yesterday in the only game of the day to muscle into second spot behind the hit ting of center fielder Jim Bol ger who drove in four runs. His biggest blow was a two run homer off Tom Herrera in the sixth. Jim Pisoni was the big man with the bat for the Mounties as he chased in three runs with a bases-loaded double in the fifth inning which highlighted a five run uprising. Manager Lefty O'Doul of Van couver tossed four pitchers into the fray while Bob Scheffing of Los Angeles used three. The win went to Don Swanson (1-0) and the loss to Ernie Funk (0-1). Swanson was the third Cherub hurler to take over while Funk started and was routed in the first frame. Seixas Leads Third Round In Net Play Houston, Tex. (U.R) Top seeded Vic Seixas leads the way into third round play in the 22nd annual River Oaks tennis tournament today and another easy day is expected for the fa vorites. The dozen seeded players won matches yesterday without los ing a single set as the 84-man field was narrowed to 32. Dou bles and women's singles action is to begin today. Seixas, second ranked U.S player from Philadelphia, de feated Alfred Roblees of Mexico City, 6-0, 6-0 yesterday and meets John Zimmerman of Rice Institute today. ' Other matches on tap for to day featured seeded players, listed in order of seeding, find Eddie Moylan, . Trenton, N.J., meeting the winner of the Karl Kamrath, Jr.-Bill Lust match; Gil Shea of Los Angeles playing Red Sledge of Dallas; Dick Sav it of Dallas against Truman Watson, Huntsville, Tex.; Ham ilton Richardson of Baton Rouge, La., playing Ronnie Saw yer of the University of Hous ton; Herb Flam, Beverly Hills, Calif., against Dale Miller, Bel laire, Tex.; Tom Brown of San Francisco, playing Eddie Sledge, Dallas; Sidney Schwart, New York, against Bill Ashburn of Houston; and Grant Golden of Chicago meeting Terry Todd of Austin, Tex. EOUT POSTPONED Patterson, N. J. (U.R) James J. Parker's scheduled April 22 10-round heavyweight bout with Heinz Neuhaus in Dortmund, Germany has been postponed one week until April 29. Park er, heavyweight champion of Canada, has had difficulty getting to Europe for the bout, Archie, Moore Beats Parmentier in Third Seattle (U.R) Light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore toyed with George Parmentier, a lumbering lumberjack from Eureka, Calif., for two rounds here Monday night and then knocked him out at 2:34 of the third round. Moore went into the ring at 193 pounds, 30 pounds lighter than the 6-5 California heavyweight. Chiefs Win Dual Meet Rogue River Bill Weaver won both dashes and the shot put for the Rogue River Chief tains yesterday as they defeated Glendale 88V to 33V4 in a track meet at Glendale. Weaver, only triple winner of the day, took the 100-yard dash in :11.3, the 220 in :25 and the shot put with 38 feet. He 'was on the winning relay team. The Chiefs took 11 clear first places and . tied for one first. Larry Holmgrew nabbed the two Glendale clean cut firsts in the meet, copping the low hur dles in :24.3 and the high hur dles in :19.4. Gray Stewart won the broad jump for RR at 19-5, tied in the high jump at 5-3, was second in the 220 and was on the relay team. Rogue River scored sweeps in the mile as Larry Elledge won in 5:27, in the 880-yard run as Lawrence Wagner won in 2:20 and in the javelin which Gary Phillips took at 128-2. Charles Damon was first in the 440 in :57, Harold Moore in the pole vault at 11 feet and Rus sell Miller in the discus with 107. Fred Bond and Damon team ed with Stewart and Weaver on the relay team. 1956 STATUS OF SOFTBALL HERE DEPENDS ON TURNOUT AT MEETING ON WEDNESDAY Wednesday night will be a night of decision for softballers of the Medford area. The ques tion concerns whether the Med ford Softball league will oper ate during the coming summer after suspending play during 1955. President Herb Vessey has called a meeting for 8 p.m. in Room A at the Medford YMCA. He has asked a large attendance at the session in order that' or ganizational business can be conducted. Election of officers is planned. Various contacts and inquiries have indicated to Vessey that a number of groups are interested in fielding teams. But getting men to occupy league offices to administer the loop presents a problem. Only three people showed up when Vessey called a meeting recently. He has stat ed that, if there is not good at tendance Wednesday night, he plans no further effort to get the circuit back in operation. Practice Called Vessey reported that Bob Smith of Medford Auto Uphol stery intends to enter a team if the softball circuit is revived. Smith has called for a twilight practice Wednesday evening at the high school field. He has in vited all fellows 16 to 21 years i of age interested. The National Guard has indi cated that it will enter a team or two and might have a small loop of its own if, the MSA doesn't go. City police and fire men have said that they would like to participate, particularly if the circuit is not too "fast" a loop. All persons who have an in terest in softball as players, team captains, sponsors or fans are invited to the meeting. Ves sey has extended the invitation to groups in valley communities outside of Medford. PATTY ADVANCES Paris (U.R) Budge Patty of Los Angeles and Paris advanced to the second round of play in men's singles of the Paris Inter national Tennis Tournament by defeating Francis Nys of France, 6-0, 6-4, 6-0. FISHERMFN! LARGE RAINBOW TROUT Everything Furnished NO LICENSE- NO LIMIT ' Open Every Day ELROD'S TROUT FARM 4 Miles West of Talent on Anderson Creek sssasasiiBsnsauiuiu.jiwBissisasHssBSSHasaMiisasBSBHisHSSBBiiHiBa WRESTLING CARD GRANTS PASS ARENA Wednesday Night, April 18 THE BATTLE OF THE MEANIES!! 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