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
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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.
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With the spring handicap
nearing its climax attention is
already focused on the next
RVCC tourney the two-ball part
nership tangle. A drawing to
pair low and high handicappers
will be conducted at a dinner
at the club on Friday evening.
Club Pro Al Williams said
that a full entry of 128 men has
signed up for the two-ball. How
ever, other golfers can sign with
the understanding that they may
be able to fill in for drop-outs.
They will fill the possible vac
ancies in the order in which
they have signed.
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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