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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.
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Vandal Victory
Comes at Last
By UNITED PRESS
It was a long time coming but
the University of Idaho Vandals
today can point to a game in the
victory column in Northern Di
vision baseball play.
The Vandals, who couldn't
win a conference game last year,
scored a single marker in the
eighth inning Friday to edge
the University of Washington
5-4.
Ski Conditions
Skiing was reported poor
with wet snow at Crater Lake
National park, late Saturday.
Highway 62 is open through
the park and the road from An
nie spring is open to the rim.
Present snow depth there is
13 S inches.
2323 2240
V.A. Engineers 3 Snoboyi 1
B. Findley 408 G. Russell 463
B. Cody 425 V. Lowe 491
B. Doran 477 J. Maclnnei 372
H. Pettit 470 E. Dwight 430
M. Ament 480 F. 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-
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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.
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ROGUE LEAGUE STANDINGS
W. L. rcl.
Crater 4
Eagle Point 2
Phoenix 1
Illinois Valley 1
1.000
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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.
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balls. Blunt, the Pirate flinger,
struck out three and walked
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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.
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Phoenix .011 200 x 4 7 1
Foran and Tresham; Thompson and
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Eagle Point 006 052 x 13 8 3
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