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.
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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
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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.
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