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EIGHT MTDFORD (OREGON) Drysdale Scatters Nine Hits for Win By FRED DOWN United Press Sports Writer Don Drysdale, youngest pitch r ever to win a regular job with the Brooklyn Dodgers, shaped up today as the chap who may make the world champions forget World Series hero Johnny Podres. The 19-year-old sidearmer, a native of Van Nuys, Calif., who pitched in Class C ball in 1954, struck out nine batters and scattered nine hits Monday night to beat the Philadelphia Phillies, .6-J, in his. major league debut as a starter. It may have been prophetic that the victory put the Dodgers in a first-place tie with the Milwaukee Braves. Drysdale, who was one year old when Phillies' starter Murry Dickson broke into organized baseball in 1937, walked only WITH T''T P0 BRAKES A A 3.50 Viiii ' if ANY ffsrt's What We Do . U CAR ; 1 linon Frost WbMb, Impact ' 1 Lining. m CUan aad Repack rrem WhMl Beurinm. 2 Impact Brafca Drama. 4 Chack ami Add Braka Fluid. Ad Braka Sboa. Corafully Tact Irakes. 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Dickson pitched no-hjt ball until the fifth inning when the Dodgers combined a walk and singles by Drysdale, Jim Gilliam and PeerWee Reese for three runs. Roy Campanella singled home Duke Snider in the eighth and the Dodgers added two more runs in the ninth against Duane Pillette. Drysdale was not even on the Dodgers' roster when they went to spring training but impressed Manager Walt Alston during Grapefruit League play and was signed a few days before the season opened. He had an 8-5 record with Bakersfield in the California League in 1954 and was 11-11 with Montreal in the International League last sea son. The triumph was the Dodgers' fourth in five games and made their season record 4-2. In the five games, Brooklyn's rivals scored a total of only nine runs and three Dodger pitchers went the nine-inning distance. The game was the only one played in the majors, cold weather forcing the postpone ment of New York at Pittsburgh, Detroit at Kansas City, Chicago at Cleveland and Boston at Balti more. The other clubs were not scheduled. Bilko Maintaining Lead In Homeruns San Francisco (U.P.) Steve Bilko, Los Angeles' husky first baseman, is off to a good start in his campaign to retain his home run crown. In the first two weeks of the Pacific Coast league season, Steve clouted five homers to lead the loop; and also topped the league in total hits with 23; and runs-batted-in with 14. The batting leader is Milt Smith, infielder for the Seattle Rainiers. Smith has -a .44-7 per centage with 21 hits in 47 trips to the plate. The early pitching leader is Hy Cohen of Los Angeles, who has a 3-0 record, including nine strikeouts in the 17 innings he has been on the mound. Now you can enjoy Ot-D "I I w "I " of 80 PT. $35 45 QT. Tuesday, April 24, 1958 Earl Reibe! Wins Sportsmanship Award Montreal XU.P.) Earl (Dutch) Reibel of the Detroit Red Wings who spent only 10 minutes in the penalty box during the 1955-1956 National Hockey league season, today was named winner of the Lady Byng Memo rial trophy for good sportsman ship. The Detroit center received 100 points out of a possible 180 in a poll of hockey writers, broadcasters and telecasters from the six NHL cities. Floyd (Busher) Curry, veteran Montreal Canadiens wing, was second with 44 points and John ny Wilson of the Chicago Black Hawks third with 41 points. STANDINGS PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE w. Seattle Sacramento 8 Los Angeles 8 San Diego 8 San Francisco - 5 Hollywood 5 Portland 5 Vancouver 4 L. 4 5 6 6 5 7 9 9 Pet GB .667 .615 .571 .571 300 .417 .357 .308 1 1 2 3 4 4,i Monday's Results San Diego 7, Portland 6 Tuesday's Probable Pitchers Vancouver (Bamberger 0-1) at Hol lywood (Green 0-0) Los Angeles (Drott 1-1) at Sacra mento (Stanka 0-0 or Bearden .0-0) San Francisco (Casale 0-1 and Kem merer 2-0) at Seattle ( Smgleton 1-2 and Judson 1-0) day-night double IiCcicIca Portland (Fiedler 0-0 at San Diego (Mesa 2-1). NATIONAL LEAGUE W. Pet. .667 .667 .600 .500 .500 500 .333 .200 GB Brooklyn 4 Milwaukee 4 Chicago 3 Philadelphia 3 New York ... 3 St. Louis 3 Pittsburgh 2 Cincinnati 1 1 1 2 2i Monday's Results Brooklyn 6. Philadelphia 1 N.Y. at Pittsburgh, ppd., wet grnds. (Only games scheduled). Tuesday's Probable Pitchers New York at Pittsburgh Woring ton (0-1) vs. Kline (1-0). Milwaukee at Chicago Buhl (1-0) vs. Hacker (0-1). Cincinnati at St. Louis night Scantlebury (0-0) vs. Mizell (1-0).' Brooklyn at Philadelphia night Erskine (0-0) vs. Dickson (0-1). Wednesday's Games Brooklyn at New York (night) Pittsburgh at Philadelphia (night) Cincinnati at Milwaukee (night) Chicago at St. Louis (night) AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB New York 5 1 .833 Chicago 4 1 .800 -! ','2 Kansas City 3 2 .600 IVi Boston 3 3 .500 2 Washington 3 4 .429 2'i Cleveland 2 4 .333 3 Detroit 2 4 .333 3 Baltimore .. 2 5 .286 3V2 Monday's Results Chicago at Cleve., ppd., cold. Boston at Baltimore. tDd.. cold. Dertoit at Kansas City, ppd., cold. (Only games scheduled). Tuesday's Probable Pitchers Detroit at Kansas City Gromek (0-1) vs. Shantz (1-0). Boston at Baltimore Brewer (1-0) vs. Wilson (1-0). Washington at New York Stobbs (1-0) vs. Kucks (1-0). Wednesday's Games Cleveland at Kansas City (night) New York at Baltimore (night) Washington at Boston (Only games scheduled). BRAND KENTUCKY BLENDED WHISKEY Padres Edge Beavers, 7-6; iove Into Tie San Diego (U.R) The San Diego Padres moved into a tie for third place with Los Angeles last night by edging the Port land Beavers, 7-6, in the only baseball game played in the Pa cific Coast league. The Padres - scored three times in the first inning and re peated the performance in the second. The first inning scores came on a homer by Floyd Rob inson, a triple by Harry Elliott, singles by Earl Rapp and Dick Sisler and. a fly by Gene Tans selli. The second inning rally came after two were out when Al Federoff singled, Robinson walked and Elliott got aboard RR Defeats St. Mary's ' Rogue River Rogue River High school took seven first places in defeating St. Mary's of Medford, 72 to 49, in a track meet here yesterday afternoon. First places for Rogue River went to Harold Moore, pole valut, 9 feet, 6 inches; Russell Miller, discuss, 111 feet, 1V& inches; Moore, high hurdles, 18.8; G. Stewart, high jump, 6 feet; Bill Weaver, shot put, 39 feet, 1 inch; Fred Bond, low hurdles, 23.7; and Weaver, 220, 24.8. St. Mary's first places in cluded the Broad jump, Gerald Darland, Id feet, 3 inches; jave lin, Darland, 131 feet, 11 inches; mile, Rodney Reed, 4:57.5; 100 yard dash, R. Roberts, 10:6; 440, Jim Darland, 55 seconds; 880, Bill Carey, 2:14.7; and the relay in 1:41.1. Thursday, Rogue River will fend its championship of the annual Rogue River High school invitational track and field meet. Teams participating include Prospect, Eagle Point, Phoenix, St. Mary's, Jacksonville, Illinois Valley, Glendale and Rogue River. Tebbetts May Retrieve Rabe By UNITED PRESS Cincinnati Manager Birdie Tebbetts was reluctant to send pitcher Charley Rabe back to the minors this spring, and off the young lefthander's first per formance in the International league perhaps it won't be too long before the Redlegs retrieve him. Rabe, a 23-year-old six- one fireballer, who compiled a 21-7 record with Columbia of the South Atlantic league in 1955, set the Buffalo Bisons down on three scattered hits Monday night as the Cuban Sugar Kings eked out a 1-0 victory. The victory was Rabe's first of the year. In his only other start, he was relieved in the fourth inning after giving up two runs and was tagged with the loss. Significantly, the Red- legs, who need pitching to back up their powerful attack, have seen their opponents pile up 33 runs thus far in the first five games. in an afternoon game, the Richmond Virginians jumped on a trio of Montreal hurlers for a 7-3 triumph, and in the only other night game played, the Rochester Red Wings edged the Miami Marlins, 2-1. A scheduled game between Toronto and Co lumbus at Columbus was post poned because of cold weather, wearn marcn Scheduled at GP Grants Pass One of the hot test grudge matches raging in the Northwest will boil over at the Josephine county f a i r grounds arena Wednesday night, Kurt von Poppenheim won disputed decision over Bull Montana last week in a match which was finally stopped by officials after Montana had clob bered the ref with a piledriver Montana was fined $25 by the wrestling commission. Both men asked for a "death match" which will continue for one fall or 40 until one man cannot answer the bell. A spe cial ruling requested by the contestants will force each man to pay $25 to the other for each fall lost. Both of these rough necks, Poppenheim and Mon tana, are seasoned veterans who know all the tricks and the win ner should be recognized as the "top banana" -,of Northwest wrestling. Ricky" Waldo, colored star, will make his initial appearance against the tough veteran, Dirty Doug Donovan. Waldo is fast and clean and built a lot on the lines of Luther Lindsey. He is a headbutter and a hard puncher. Donovan has been wrestling in Texas and Spokane lately. on an error. Rapp and Sisler singled to bring the three in. Portland scored two in the fifth on a single by Dick Young and a homer by Sam Calderone and then tied it up in the sev enth on a single by Young, a walk for Mike Baxes and hom ers by Jack Littrell and- Tom Saffell. Tommy Herrera and Federoff singled for San Diego with two out in the eighth and pinchhit ter Bob Usher singled in the winning run. Herrera got the victory, while Royce Lint took the loss. Today San Francisco '" visits Seattle tonight ia a day-night doubleheader, Vancouver plays at Hollywood, Los . Angeles moves to Sacramento and Port land gets another crack at San Diego. The linescore: - I. .'. Portland 000 020 400 6 7 3 S. Diego 330 000 Olx 7 11 0 Hall, Lint 2, Shore. 8 and Cal derone; Kerrigan, Herrera 7 and St. Claire. Dogs Handled by Medford ites Get CMs at Klamath Chief Snykeb Venture, owned by Sid Menasco, Grants Pass, and handled by Carl Newell, Medford, got. a certificate of merit in the derby stake last week end in the Shasta Cascade Retriever club's licensed trial at Klamath Falls. Mindy, owned by James John son, Klamath Falls, and handled by Tom Rickard, Medford, got a CM in the qualifying stake. Bracken's Flash, owned and handled by C. Weldon Kline, Medford, performed well in the amateur and open stakes. Jack of Holly Lane, owned by Porter Sliger, Seattle, and han dled by Roy Gonia, McKenna, Wash., won the open all-age stake. Stonegate's Black Boy, owned by E. N. Ivar, Glencoe, 111., and handled by Gonia, took the qualifying stake. Red Ruff, owned and handled by C. R. Tobin, San Francisco, nabbed. the' amateur. Moccasin, owned'' and handled by Herbert Fleishhacker Jr., San Francisco, was top dog in the derby. Fighters To Renew 'War' New York (U.R) Tex Gonzales and Gene Poirier, two battling ex-soldiers, will get a chance to renew their own little war" at St. Nicholas arena "as soon as possible," Promoter Ted dy Brenner promised today. Gonzales, engaging in his first widely-televised bout, won the initial battle Monday night by body-punching his way to a un animous 10-round decision at the nation's oldest fight club. Gonzales, who served with the occupation troops in Ger many weighed 156 pounds while Poirier, a Korean vet, scaled 151ii. It was a bloody bout and both fighters needed medical atten tion at the finish. Gonzales, a native of East Orange, N.J., suf fered a gashed left brow that required six stitches and his Ni agara Falls, N.Y., opponent was treated for a scalp cut. Gonzales suffered his damag ing wound in the sixth round and it appeared the fight would be stopped when a commission physician examined the cut at the end of the seventh. But, for tunately for Gonzalez, the fight was allowed to continue. Thanks to some expert work by his corner men, who control led the flow of blood, Gonzalez then came on fast with a strong body attack during the late rounds to gain the verdict of all three officials. WRESTLING CARD GRANTS PASS ARENA Wednesday Night, April 25 MAIN EVENT Texas Style Death Match!!!! No tim limit 1 f" 0, the- match continues until one man ii UNABLE TO ANSWER THE BELLI BULL MONTANA, 207 The Toledo Terrof vs. KURT VON POPPENHEIM, 206 The Proud Prussian What a riot of action this on will be! SEMI FINAL Best 23 Falls or 1 Hour Limit RICKY WALDO, 220 Ohio DIRTY DOUG DONOVAN, 210 Montana Waldo, a sensational colored boy, making his first local appearance against real tough opposition. Referee Larry Chene or Bill Fletcher Whitman, Pacific Take Two Games By UNITED PRESS Two game sweeps were the order of the day in the North west conference baseball race yesterday as Whitman and Pa cific each posted a pair of wins while Linfield took a single game from Willamette. Whitman two-timed Lewis and Clark at Walla Walla, winning 6-2 and 10-6 to send the Pioneers home from the Inland Empire with OQe win in four starts. Pacific added percentage points to its first place standing with 7-3 and 9-1 wins over Col lege of Idaho at Caldwell yes terday. In a single game at Salem Linfield humbled Willamette, 8-7, to stay even with Pacific in the loss column, each with one setback. Coast League Off to Good Start; Attendance Better By HAL WOOD United Press Sorts Writer San Francisco (U.R), Pac ific Coast league baseball . got' off to a good start in California the first two weeks of the sea son and the outlook for the rest of the year is even better. "Despite inclement weather and a few rain-outs," says Pres ident Leslie M.. O'Connor, "the attendance is ahead of last year. "I am well pleased with the results so far." Only five cities have seen their home clubs in action but before this week is over, one big question may be answer ed. Manager Lefty O'Doul will lead his Vancouver Mounties in to the home field for the first time on Friday. It will be the first time the PCL ever has had an entry in the British Colum bia city. The concensus around the cir cuit is that if Vancouver clicks then the owners are "in" in their battle to reach financial security. Tonight, Seattle opens its home season but there never was any doubt about Rainier at tendance. Seattle always has been one of the top-draws in the loop. New Ball Park ' On Friday, Portland lifts the lid on its new ball park Mult nomah stadium, which must come very close to being the biggest park in minor league baseball. 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Right now the only spot in the loop that is giving President O'Connor any worry is the na tion's third largest city: Los An geles. The Angels and the Holly wood Stars haven't been draw ing enough customers to out number the ball players. Mr. O' Connor is inclined to blame the attendance on -weather or the lack o:'. it. But Los Angeles had its hot test day of the year on Satur day and the Stars played be fore 2600 fans. On Sunday They drew 4800. The Angels have played only to a handful of cus tomers. . ... . Sacramento, off to a better start than usual, is away ahead of its usual attendance; San Diego is holding its own and San Francisco, despite some miser able weather (is that unusual?) is doing . better than last year with its policy of all day games except . on Fridays. Hobson Resigns Yale Hoop Job New Haven, Conn. U.R) Howard Hobson, former basket bal coach at the University of Oregon, ; has resigned as 1 head hoop mentor at Yale. 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By OSCAR FRALEY United Press Sports Writer "And I don't intend to lose." the sleek, splendidly-conditioned Robinson asserted as he prepared to break camp here where ha has been training assiduously for a momn. "My legs are 'right' now and that has been my main worry.-- A Smart Fighter Sugar Ray doesn't look thp years he claims to be. and r. tainly not the 37 which he is listed at in the record books. But no matter which ase vou nir-k he figures he's a smarter fighter now tnan he ever was. "I've got more upstairs," he said, tapping his forehead. "Ac tually, I believe that today I am am a better fighter than I was five years ago before I retired." Robinson retired in December of 1952 after failing to win the light heavyweight championship from Joey Maxim. He started a comeback in November of 1954 and then, after winning five of his six tuneup efforts, kayoed Olson in the second round last December. It was almost three years to the day from his retire ment. Legs Chief Concern As with most aging fighters, Robinson's . chief concern has been his legs. Thus for more than a month he has been run ning five miles a day, five days a week. On the off days he takes a 14-mile hike. He has fought Olson three times. Sugar Ray flattened Bobo at Philadelphia in 1950, won a close decision over Olson in 1952 and -knocked him out again to regain the middleweight crown. "That should give me three legs on him," Ray quipped, "but he's a hard guy to convince. This time I'm really gonna do my best to make him see the light." Sugar Ray doesn't even enter tain the notion that he can lose. But,. ven- if he-, does, he won't quit fighting. "I'm a little hard to convince, too," he explained. ATTENTION SPORTSMEN! NOW at' last for any weather '- r- E.C.P.- Folding BOAT TOPS Made to order for most any alz boat . . . shipped complete. 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