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Newspaper Page TextTZW MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, April 22, 1956 Rocky Delays Decision on Retirement Atlanta, Ga. OJ.R) Heavy weight champion Rocky Mar ciano pondered the important question of whether to yield to family pressure and retire or to boxing associates who want him to defend his title. No announcement on what de cision he has made or will make is expected until tha champion gets back to New York. He said he would not come to any decis ion before a couple of weeks, at the earliest. After meeting Friday in Ma con, Ga., with his manager, Al 'Weill, Marciano baqk-pedaled 'from earlier statements that strongly indicated he was about to retire. More than one reporter heard Marciano say here before he traveled the 90 miles to Macon to meet with Weill that it made j-sense for him to retire. ; Wants to Quit 5 But after the meeting, Mar fciano denied he had committed thimself so positively. ; Marciano said after arriving .'in Atlanta from a South Ameri can tour that, "As for myself, l want to retire." I "I have come as far as I can -in boxing," he told Atlanta re ; porters. "From now on, all I Jean do is decline. I can get no Z better, nor can I reach any high 'er goal. T. "I'm thinking of retirement Tfor many reasons. My mother and father want me to my wife would like it. Everyone tseems to be behind me. But I've Cmade no definite decision." Casey Says Mick Should Cut Swing T New York (U.R) Mickey Mantle, the Yankees' "tape measure" slugger, can break Babe Ruth's record of 60 hom Jjers in one season if he "will only Jnot swing so hard." That was the analysis issued -today by "Professor" Casey iStengel as Mantle, the American TLeague home run champion last lyear with 37 circuit 'clouts, got joff in front of the major league jack with three in his first four rgames. Mantle's first two came on 'opening day at Washington and carried at least 450 feet each. " His third, a' more modest 330 tooter, came Friday at, Yankee : Stadium and helped beat Boston, rJ-l. , "There is no doubt that maybe be is the greatest distance hitter in baseball history," declared Yankee Manager Stengel. "Only trouble is, what's the difference : whether a homer goes 500 feet or only 300 feet. It's a homer either way." Ailments Bring Question Another obvious question al though Stengel didn't mention "it concerns ' Mickey's chronic physicial ailments. Mickey couldn't finish yesterday's game, .jor example, because he ag gravated an old muscle pull in his right leg and there was a possibility that he'd see limited -service for a few days. Stengel, however, explained Ztiis seemingly-backward theory cf "les power, more homers." "Mantle has got so much nat ural power that even when he aion't hit the ball so good, he !!:till gets a measly 350 foot -homer," Casey pointed out. "So figure it this way: If he cuts Jown on his swing and just tries ito meet the ball, he will get Ilots more hits and in those hits ill be more homers.' GRANTS PASS GETS 3-2 NOD OVER CRATER HIGH Central Point A single by Pete Proctor enabled Chuck Lasher to cross home with the winning run in the extra eighth inning yesterday as Grants Pass nudged Crater high 3 to 2 in a non - league baseball skirmish here. Freddie Herrmann of the Comets had the edge over Jim Smith of Grants Pass in the pitching department but errors proved the undoing of the Crater nine. The two clubs mix again Tues day at Grants Pass. In the eighth canto Lasher safetied to get on base. He went to second when Dennis Eck stein's ground ball was mishan dled. Then Proctor cracked the game-winning hit. Crater threat ened to knot the fray in its eighth batting turn when John Shama singled and went to sec ond on a passed ball. Both clubs scored for the first time in the fifth inning. Chuck Nevi's single and stolen base and Smith's hit got the GP marker. The Comets combined a rap by Eddie Koch, a sacrifice by Wayne Allen and a safe blow by Harold Lefler. Cavemen Tally The Cavemen picked up their second run in the sixth inning. Allen Drews hit and went to second on an error on the same play. Larry Cochell sacrificed to put Drews on third base. The runner came home on an error on Proctor's ground ball. . Crater sent the tussle into the extra session with a seventh inn ing run. Allen got to first base on the Cavemen's lone miscue. He stole second and went to third base on a ground out by Bill Reaves. Herrmann's one baser drove Allen home. Smith struck out four Comets while Herrmann sent down eight GP batters swinging. Four bases on ball were issued Smith and none by Herrman. Smith was the only batter getting more than one hit. He had two for three. Eckstein's triple was the only ex tra base clout. LINESCORE: Grants Pass 000 011 013 7 1 Crater 000 010 10 2 7 3 Smith and Tibbitts; Herrmann and Lefler, fowling INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE There was little change in the standings in the Industrial league Friday night. Richfield Oil took over fourth place as a result of the Snoboys three game defeat by the V. A. Engin eers. Otherwise the top five places remained the same. Gale Culy rolled a 548 for high series, and Dave Kreer had high game of 214. Standings American Legion I.E.A.A I. O. Foresters Richfield Oil Co. Snoboys . City Appliance V. A. Engineers Local 9208 L. 10 11 13 15 IS 18 19 21i V.F.W. Central Point 14 li 21 ,2 Donna Timber Products 14 22 Medford Steel Co 12 24 Jaycees - .. 11 23 W. 26 25 23 21 20 18 17 14 Results: , Am. Legion 3 P. Patterson 472 G. Stewart C. Epps H. Fuller C. Tennant Handicap 416 430 422 481 102 City Appliance 1 Absentee 405 G. Eads 426 B. Thornton 418 H. Withrow 504 D. Morehouse 487 MedforivTribuns Julius Boros Digs His Thousands With Set of Trusty Golf Clubs; Plays in Exhibition Here May 3 fELSTON OPTIONED 2 Pittsburgh U.R) Right hander Don Elston, a throw-in In the deal that brought Randy "Jackson to the Brooklyn Dodg ters last fall, has been optioned tto the St. Paul farm club in the American association. t Elston Tposted a 17-7 won-lost record with the Chicago Cubs' Los An geles farm club in 1955. Julius Boros, the srury Hun garian by way of Fairfield, Conn., doesn't look like a pros pector, but the former National Open champion has been work ing a vein of gold for more than $25,000 a year. Instead of a pick and shovel, the stolid Boros uses his trusty Wilson golf clubs in digging thousand dollar bills from the 18 well kept golf holes at George S. May's Tam O'Shanter Country Club. Links fans of southern Ore gon will have an opportunity on Thursday, May 3, to see Boros display his ability with golf clubs. He'll appear in a clinic and an exhibition match at Rogue Valley Country club. Boros will team with Clayton Lewis, president of R V C C, against George Harrington and Al Williams, manager and pro, respectively, of the Medford course. When, Boros finished second in the Ail-American amateur tournament back in 1948, the flamboyant May probably thought of him as another simon pure who might relieve May of a few hundred dollars worth of trophies and merchandise in the next few years. Collects $76,200 However, in the period from 1952 to 1955, Jules has become May's favorjte income ,tax de duction.' In three World Cham pionship tournaments 1952, 1953 and 1955 Boros has col lected I a neat $76,000. Only a broken leg in 1954 kept the Mid-Pines, N. C, professional from adding to that total For people who like statistics, Boros has received better than $90 for each of the 842 shots he has taken during the tourna ment. A further breakdown reveals that Mr. May paid Boros almost $353 for every hole he played and better than $1,587 for each hour' Jules spent on the Tam golf course. However, Jules may claim the above figures do not include the extra 18 holes and three hours of overtime he put in during the 1952 tournament. That year, Boros and Cary Middlecoff fin ished in a tie for first with 276 strokes after 72 holes. In a special 18-hole playoff, Boros sliced four strokes from regula tion figures to beat a determined Middlecoff, 68-70 Arrived In 1352 It was during 1952 Boros fin ally arrived as a great golfer. He won the National Open in Texas during June, and this prestige victory at Dallas plus his great showing at Tam O'Shanter resulted in his being named "Golfer of the Year" by the Professional Golfers association. The 1953 World tournament was almost a financial loss for Jules as he received "only" $1,- 200 for his 11th place tie. Jules shot a three under par 285. In 1954, the persistent Boros was rolling on to one of his best years in competitive golf when disaster struck. After win ning both the rich Ardmore, Okla., Open, and the Manakiki Open in Ohio, Jules tripped and fell while on a fishing trip.. The small bone above his right ankle snapped and Jules spent the next months at home with his le in a cast. This saved Mr. May quite a few dollars as Boros, once again had been pointing for tha Tam O'Shanter events. No Play-off Need With first prize money upped to $50,000, Boros clipped that sum from May's wallet without the benefit of a playoff in the 1955 World tournament. Jules played flawless golf the final day to win with 281 while his closest rivals were having trouble all over the golf course. High point of this fine per formance came when Boros holed a birdie putt at the 17th when one of his pursuers began to get a little close. It appeared Julius was taking no chances on any one else walking off with "his" $50,000. Boros finished with a routine par on the final hole, and while there was still another three some on the course, it was evid ent he had captured "the big one" again. In the last few years, there have been quite a few arguments on which tournament a profes sional would rather win May's rich World or the U.S. Open Mr. Julius Boros, the Con necticut Yankee, seems to have come up with the correct an- swer Jules likes to win both of them. TRU-MIX h liumat THAT BRlDE NEXT door cet-s kissed BY THE CPOOM EVFWH TIME HE COMES HOME WHY PONT TO U DO THAT, VOU VAXY LOUT? 1 T I HP" BECAUSE "H TAKEATIP FROM "1 I n . . . . a rue cvoroickircr TV rT. 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Couch 447 Handicap 24 2260 2227 Jayceti 0 A. Hoirr.es 479 M. DeHeart J. Walsh G. Piazza B. Bernard! Handicap 435 464 485 425 . 36 2321 VF.W. 4 A. Bohannon 537 L. Carr 458 H. Bsker 461 Christiansen 502 L. Graham 529 ' 2487 Donna Timber 0 L. Swinney 431 J. Monroe E. Harris L. Dawson Absentee Handicap 423 425 235 360 84 I.E.A.A. J. Martin J. Sedley H. Rickman M. Walker J. Strobel 444 408 480 332 491 2008 2155 I.O.F. 4 H. Vessey Jr. 546 B. Simmonds 482 C. Morrison 381 B. Porter 465 J. D. Lubbers out 2380 Local 9208 0 E. Lenz R. Martin J. Martin Absentee L. Brown Handicap 535 351 366 351 387 99 2089 Richfield Oil Co. 3 G. Culy 548 E. Kennedy 457 G. Andersen 436 Absentee 378 D. Kreer 545 2364 Med. Steel L. Smith B. Hopkins D. Hawkins L. Irwin R. Eastgata Handicap 1 485 418 338 434 448 192 2315 CITY LEAGUE Ross Lumber co. of City Bowl ing league managed to stay in the lead this week even with its loss of 3 to 1 to Lamport team Fred Anderson of Norton Lum ber co. took high individual game with a 257 followed close by Sam Van Ryhe of Lamport's with a 231. John Keener of Cen tral Market came in third with a 224, helping his teammates to take high team game with a 901 Standings: W. L. Ross Lumber Co. .i....24 12 Lamports Sporting Goods....23 13 ...zl 15 19 ,i 16 ',i Norton Lumber Co Central Market .. Mogan Lumber Co. . Crater Electric 19 17 17 Va 18'.'2 Ed s Barber Shop 17 19 First National Bank 17 19 MacCartney Clark & Laden 16 20 Weter and Olsen 16 20 Tru-Mix Construction Co 16 20 California Oregon Power Co. 10 26 Results: Ross Lbr. G. Culy A. Schatz D. Culy F. Martin B. Forrest Handicap 1 452 459 518 453 443 174 2499 Lamport W Meyers 521 P. Patterson 434 S. Van Dyke 523 L. Schneider 497 J. Farrar 516 Mogan Lbr. V. Allen N. Henson D. Barker C. Minger F. Chapman Handicap 1 484 527 450 439 510 12 2422 Norton Lbr. E. Olsen M. Olsen F. Anderson M. Morse J. Boettcher 2501 3 413 497 601 416 514 2441 Athleti 1955 ge cs Men Massacre By CARL LUNDQUIST United Press Sports Writer The Kansas City Athletics, waiting just a year for revenge, took it out on the Chicago White Sox Saturday with a 13-run rec ord-breaking second inning rally and went on to win 15-1 behind the one-hit pitching of Art Dit- mar. A year ago on this correspond ing Saturday, the White Sox massacred the Athletics, 29-6 at Kansas City and today the A's got even in the same park. What made the rally all the more remarkable was that it oc curred with two men out. The A's batted around twice and knocked out three pitchers. Spook Jacobs and Harry Simp son each got two hits in the big innings and Gus Zernial drew a walk and a single. Joe Gins berg hit a triple. Ditmar yielded his lone hit to Catcher Earl Battey in the fourth inning. No other Ameri can league club in history ever had scored 13 runs in the second inning. There were wild ball games all over the American league. At New York the Yankees took an 8-0 lead against Boston, blew it all and trailed 10-9, then finally won 14-10 with a five run rally in the eighth. The Tigers gained their first victory of the season,' 7-6, at Cleveland in a game in which 12 Indians and 11 De troiters drew walks. Washington smacked down Baltimore, 8-4. In the National league, Bob Friend pitched a three-hitter to give the Pirates a 3-1 victory over the Dodgers at Pittsburgh, the Cubs edged Cincinnati, 3-2 in 11 innings on Jim King's bases-laden single, and the Car dinals handed Milwaukee its first defeat, 6-5. The Giants and Phillies were idle. There were seven homers in the Yankee-Red Sox fracas, Yogi Berra's blast in the eighth inning tying the score at 10-10. Hank Bauer and Mickey Mantle also homered for New York while Faye Throneberry, Mick- STANDINGS PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE By United Press (Saturday Afternoon) W. San Diego Seattle Los Angeles Sacramento San Francisco Hollywood Portland Vancouver ... L. 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 Pet .636 .600 .583 .545 .500 .400, .364 .364 GB Vi 1 14 2 ',2 3 3 HUSKIES DOWN OSC Seattle U.R) Washington's golf team downed Oregon State 22Vfe -4V2 here Friday at the Inglewoocl course. Len Perry of the Huskies took medalist hon ors with a 71. ey Vernon, Jim' Piersall and Pete Dailey hit Boston homers. The Tigers put on a three hour and 16 minute marathon while .the Indians, piling up a 7-1 margin which their starter, bonus boy Bob Miller couldn't hold. Margaret Taylor Sectional Champ Margaret Taylor. Central Point, member of Medford Junior Rifle club, won the na tional junior sectional small bore rifle shoot yesterday at Roseburg and the Medford team was third. Miss Taylor fired 96 prone and 92 standing for 188. Jerry Crumpton, Roseburg shot 97 and 91 also for 188 but the Central Point girl got the lop honors with her 92 offhand mark. Victor Hansen, Yreka, Calif., took third with 99 and 88 for 187. ' Grants Pass was top team with 703 and Roseburg came next with 700. Medford's total was 699. There were 77 individual entries, 15 from Medford, and 13 teams. Read and Use Classified Ads Eagle Pointers, Phoenix Divide in Rogue League ROGUE LEAGUE STANDINGS W. L. rcl. Crater 4 Eagle Point 2 Phoenix 1 Illinois Valley 1 1.000 .500 250 250 Eagle Point Eagle Point high broke even with Phoenix in its week Rogue League baseball series by drubbing the Pirates 13 to 1 here Saturday afternoon. Phoenix won 4 to 2 Friday on its home field. The Eagles got three hit chuck ing from Dennis Boren and had two big innings at bat yesterday to down the Phoenix nine.- They collected six runs in the third inning and five more in the fifth. Two runs on three hits in the fourth stanza provided the win ning margin for the Pirates on Friday.- A double by Dean Tibbetts, singles by Dick Brown and Er rol Tresham, a catcher's inter ference, a base on balls and two errors accomplished the Eagle Point-making in the third inn ing. In the fifth Jack Bunker and Boren socked back to back triples and Ron Hanson and Gary Foran singled. There were two walks in the frame. Boren gave up two hits to Wye and one to Campbell of Phoenix. He whiffed eight bat- Central Mkt B. Hay man H. Sullivan E. Sommer J. Keener G. Schulz Handicap 2 507 518 419 598 S21 72 2635 Crater Elec. 2 P. Dorff 831 D. M'Cormack 580 L. Knapp " 499 H. Vallee 446 C. Hampson 544 Ed's E. Paschke F. Couch D. Lambert H. Allen J. Kantor Z 435 520 467 542 494 2448 F. N. B. W. Nissen E. Bennett O. King A. Bauman P. Dimick Handicap Trn-Mrx 1 C. Snedden , 429 J. Cununings 438 C. Lees 465 J. Baize 491 M. Bell 510 Handicap 102 2435 MCI, E. Blind L. Bex D. Turner T.Mitchell H. Shaw 2600 2 463 427 518 417 610 99 2434 3 435 597 543 480 S06 Copco l Weter-Olsen B. Schroeder 423 L. Smith O. Hansen 501 J. Roberts C. Thompson 403 B. Luman D. Ross 440 M. Brown E. Barry 543 L. Webster Handicap 6 2322 2561 3 463 429 503 473 546 2414 Texan Relayers Set New Record Lawrence, Kan., April 21 (U.R) Four flying Texana Satur day blazed a 40.1-second quarter mile relay, the fastest time in track history. George Schneider, Jerry Pre wit, Bobby Whilden and J. Frank Daughterty shaved one tenth of a second from the best previous speed in a 440-yard re lay as 15,000 cheered in sun bathed Memorial stadium. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads For a GUARANTEED GOOD USED CAR Before You Buy Be Sure To Look the Lot Over at . . . i ters and allowed no bases on balls. Blunt, the Pirate flinger, struck out three and walked four. Wye, Campbell and Clark col lected the important Phoenix fourth frame singles on Friday. The Pirates got one run in the second inning on three miscues and a hti by Haggard. Two mis plays and a stolen base got a tal ly in the third 'frame. Eagle Point pushed over both its runs in the second panel on raps by Brown, Ron Nelson and Larry Clement. Nelson and Clement each hit two for "three for the Eagles. Foran, pitching for EP, struck out seven batters and walked two. Jack Thompson, the Phoe nix moundsman, kayoed six bats men and gave four walks. The split strengthened the command of the Crater high Co mets in the circuit. Crater is sure of at least a tie for the man tle. Final frames of the six-game loop slate are next week end. LINESCORES: Eagle Point 020 000 0 2 5 6 Phoenix .011 200 x 4 7 1 Foran and Tresham; Thompson and McCarty. Saturday Game Phoenix 000 000 1 1 S 4 Eagle Point 006 052 x 13 8 3 Blunt and McCarty; Boren and Tresham. -Parsons .5 n 1 I AUTO ' j REPAIRS "SAY, WILL IT COST ME EXTRA FOR THIS CONSULTATION?" It doesn't take a crowd here to determine what's wrong with a car and make it right. Every man has that "expert touch." 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