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Northwest League Teams Awaiting Assistance From Coast League Aggregations By UNITED PRESS The seven - club Northwest League, sporting a new presi dent and a healthy financial out look, faces this week as one of the most important In the sum mer long campaign. The week sees the season open er for six of the clubs coming next Saturday. But before the action gets un derway all seven of the teams will bide a few impatient days that could hold the answer to how far they are going to go In the pennant chase. All seven of the Class B league members stand to pick up some healthy young talent during the next few days when the over-populated Pacific Coast League trims down its roster for the trek north and season openers in Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, B. C. Giles Warns Of Rowdyism Cincinnati (U.R) President Warren c! Giles of the National league dismissed Sunday's bot tle throwing incident at Phila delphia's ball park today as "a minor affair" but warned that rowdyism by spectators at any park can bring about forfeited games against the home team. Charles (Chub) Feeney, vice president, of the New York Giants, was so incensed over the action of the Philadelphia fans, that he made a special trip to Cincinnati from New York to protest personally. The Giants who were in the bull pen said the debris hurled down by the fans prevented the pitchers from warming up nor mally. Bull pen catcher Bobby Hofman was hit by a pitch that was deflected from Its normal flight by an orange that was hurled from the stands. "The incident in Philadelphia was not connected with the game," Giles said after studying a report from plate Umpire Frank Dascoli and senior Um pire Larry Goetz, who worked the Sunday doubleheader there. "Two groups of spectators in the comers of the grandstand got Into it at the tail end of the game and it was nothing to stop the cresses about." Giles said Bob Carpenter", the president of the Phillies, had in formed him the incident devel oped when , one group tossed some bottles at some fans in an other corner of the stands. "Some of the missiles fell on the field," Giles said. "But any more bottle throwing will result in a mandatory forfeit against the Phillies or any other team Involved if the game is af fected by the throwing." 62 Turn Out for Soring Football Eugene" U.R) Coach Len Casanova counted 62 candidates out for drills yesterday as Ore gon opened Its 20-day spring football session. Included In the turnout were 18 lettermen. Casanova announced that the Ducks will spend the early ses sions concentrating on funda mentals. The spring drills are scheduled to close May 19 with an intra-squad scrimmage. The Pacific Coast League clubs don't have to be down to the 21-man player limit until May 10 but they find it much more economical not to carry that extra weighth north when it can be left at Northwest League training camps in the south. Until this PCL cut is handed down its nearly impossible to rate the Northwest loop's pen nant contenders. Eugene, holding a solid tie with Portland, took the title last year after winning the sec ond half flag and winning a series from Salem, the first half titlist, at the season's close. Following the PCL example, on a reduced territorial scale, the Northwest League will open action on its southern periphery, come next Saturday. Eugene, Salem and Lewiston will be the sites for the kickoff games. Spokane at Eugene Spokane plays at Eugene, We natchee is at Salem and Lewis ton hosts Yakima for the three game opening series. Tri-City draws the first bye on the schedule and delays its open er until May 4 when it unveils the 1956 Braves to the hometown fans against Wenatchee. Six of the league members took up residence in California for the spring workouts. Only We natchee chose to remain north, staying at home for the spring training. During the past week the south-bound clubs finally got in some practice licks after spend ing the early training days brooding over rained out practice games and casting envious eyes in the direction of Wenatchee where the Chiefs found no lack of sunshine to bless the early workouts. Fleishman Optimistic James M. Fleishman, new loop prexy, is full of optimism for the year. The league appears to be starting on a much healthier financial plan than a year ago when some of the members stag gered and nearly fell before the end of the summer. Spokane, one of the weakest spots in the money-making pic ture a year ago and who nearly dropped out of the loop this season, has been revitalized with the aid of local fund raising campaigns. Aound the circuit, all seven teams report pre-season ticket sales are showing substantial in creases over a year ago, leading to the predicition all members of the loop will finish the year financially secure. - Oregon Tech Gridders Will Have Nine Games Klamath Falls Athletic Di rector Kex Hunsaker has releas ed the 1956 Oregon Tech foot ball schedule. The 9-game schedule sees Tech traveling to meet the 1955 Little Rose Bowl champion, the Compton Tartars, in Los An geles. The complete schedule: September 15 Ricks junior college at Klamath Falls; September 22 Yakima junior college at Klamath Falls; September 29 Compton junior college at Compton. Calil.; October 6 Portland State college at Klamath Falls; October 13 Eastern Oregon college at LaGrande: October 20 Southern Oregon college at Klamath Falls; October 27 Lassen Junior col lege at Klamath Falls: November 3 Oregon College at Monmouth; Novem ber 17 Centralis Junior College at Centralia. Wash. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Monday for Monday; other days 3:30 previous day rPdDLMT S Close Contests in Spring Golf Handicap; Wells Beats Mclntyre Larry Butler, John Strom- Ivan Harrington. Butler won berg, Bob Wells, and Bob Little advanced to semi-finals of the men's spring golf handicap tour ney at Rogue Valley Country club this week after quarter-finals which saw three extra hole matches and the defeat of the defending champ. Butler will meet Stromberg and Wells will take on Little. Wells went 19 holes to get by Charles Mclntyre who won the title last year. Little was extend ed to 20 greens to win out over Glen Fabrick. Stromberg play ed another 19-holer in nudging Ducks Begin Spring Drill In Football University of Oregon Eu gene Coach Len Casanova opened his 20iay 1956 Uni versity of Oregon spring foot ball practice Monday with a 60-man squad -;vhich includes 17 lettermen from the fourth place 1955 team which won six games and lost four. The Webfoots have another four lettermen, including full back Jack Morris, who will re join the team in the fali. Coach Casanova will also have eight of his regulars returning, in cluding Capt. Phil McHugh at light end, John Raventos at right tackle, Spike Hillstrom and Reanous Cochrane at guard, Tom Crabtree at quarterback. Jim Shanley at right half and Morris at fullback. The other lettermen who will report for the spring workouts include ends J. C. Wheeler and Bill Tarrow,' tackle Chuck Aus tin, guards Jack Pocock and Harry Mondale, centers Norm Chapman and Nick Markuli; quarterback Jack Crabtree, half backs Chuck Osborne, Jack Brown and Hank Loumena and fullback Fred Miklancic. The newcomers to the squad include two dozen freshmen from the 1956 Duckling team led by fullback Will Reeve of Nortn Bend and end Ron Stover of Vallejo, a half dozen junior col lege transfers including Roger Daniels at quarterback and Dick Long of Compton at guard, Mar Ian Holland of Mt. San Antonio at fullback and Bruce Brenn of Boise, who took part in the 1955 spring workouts but was in jured in a summer truck wreck and did not play last year. Coach Casanova is hopeful he will find replacements at tackle for Capt. Lon Stiner and Harry jonnson, anoiner center in place of Art Weber and a new left halfback to step in for Dick James, a three year veteran ine ouier losses irom a year ago include George Slender at left end and Jim Potter as a reserve tackle. The Webfoots are again count ing on excellent backfield speed with Shanley, one of the leading ground gainers in the country as a sophomore, Morris Brown, Loumena, and Osborne all returning along with the slick ball handling of Tom Crab tree. " in mm mi mi i I mil viiw mm hi.ihw wtBl.mm,l.liWmVIW-Wl..& '-JUWIIUW laamwii MEN . 17 to 182 years of age Your Country needs you in the UNITED STATES . ' ?HSr ARMY RESERVE Vt v I m tyjSy5r trained as a $ II jq Vyy I place beside fre . I r jUfYjLSS I Regular Soldier I SDtwff 'n 6 event I - national I l All voting men now have a Military I t I v 1 Obligation to defend the nation. Fit f ir J E , 4 i All young men now have a Military Obligation to defend the nation. 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Harry Millette was low gross in Saturday sweepstakes. Brad Broyles was low net with 70 and E. K Ricker second low with 71. Blind bogey prizes went to Dr. Scott Heatherington with 91 and Lowell Chamberlin and Virgil Swanson with 84s. SEMI-FINAL PAIRINGS: First flight Bud Judy vs. Hank Herman; Ed Nichols vs. C. E. Night. Second flight Forrest Casey vs. George Harrington; Harry Millette vs. Monty Strain. Third flight Paul Lacanette vs. Brad Broyles; Harry Barker vs. Lee Flink. (Flink has defeated Barker 1 up.) QUARTER-FINAL. RESULTS: First flight Judy def. Kent Black hurst 1 up; Herman def. Bill Kalibak 1 up; Nichols def. Ted Anderson 1 up; C. E. Knight def. E. W. Peterson 1 up. Second flight Casey def. Bob Woody 1 up; George Harrington def. Don Wood 4 and 3; Millette def. Jack Walker 2 up: Stram def. R. B. Knight 1 up (19 noles). Third flight Lacanette def. Ray Sorenson 1 up; Broyles def. Bill Sin gler 1 up (19 holes); Barker -won from Bob Webber by default; Flink def. Ed Milne 1 up. Ed Arcaro Settles on Head Man ' By TIM MORIARTY United Press Sports Writer Eddie Arcaro, a little guy with a long memory, was being haunted by an error in judg ment he made 14 years ago as C. V. Whitney's Head Man was placed aboard a train today for Louisville and his date with destiny in the Kentucky Derby. In 1942, Arcaro was given the choice of riding either Shut Out or Devil Diver, both owned by Ihe Greentree Stable,- in the derby. He chose Devil Diver and wound up among the also rans as Shut Out, with Wayne Wright at the controls, galloped home first. Not Easy Choice This year, "Heady Eddie" found himself hi the same pre dicament when Whitney came up with two strong derby hope fuls Head Man and Career Boy and asked Arcaro to take his pick. Arcaro finally made his choice during the week end when he informed Whitney he will ride Head Man in the derby. It wasn't an easy choice. Career Boy, who already is in Kentucky, now is the 5-2 second choice for the derby while Head Man, who was supposed to win last Saturday's Wood Me morial in a gallop, finished sec ond behind Golf Ace but was declared the winner through disqualification. FIGHTS By UNITED PRESS New York Tex Gonzales, 156. East Orange, N.J., outpointed Gene Poirier, 151 Vs. Niagara Falls. N.Y. (10).. San Francisco Flash Elorde 130 V. Philippine Islands, stopped Cleo Lane, 129 V. Oakland. Calif. (1). Tuesday. April 24, 1958 Claim Louis Retired for $150,000 New York (U.R) The "shining knight" retirement of Jos Louis as undefeated heavy weight champion of the world in 1949 became clouded today with charges by a government attorney that he accepted a pay off of $150,000 to give up his title. There was a possibility that Louis might be called into the anti-monopoly suit being press ed by the government against the International Boxing club to testify regarding the alleged payoff. The suit, which charges that the IBC acted to restrain other promoters from staging fights in New York and other large cities apparently was headed for a long run in Federal District Court where testimony resumed today before Judge Sylvester J. Ryan. Sensational Testimony The sensation of Monday's testimony came when William J. Elkins,' assistant U. S. attor ney, stated that Promoter Jim Norris and associates gave Louis $150,000 to surrender his title on March 1, 1949 and to front for a title tournament in which Louis personally signed four top contenders to IBC contracts. They were Ezzard Charles, Jer sey Joe Walcott, Lee Savold and Gus Lesnevich. Eventually Louis came out of retirement and fought Charles for the title, los ing on a decision on Sept. 27, 1950. There was no denial as yet either by Louis or by the IBC of the charges by attorney Elk ins, indicating that Louis him self might appear as the trial progresses. 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