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Ruth's Record in Jeopardy
Say Fans as Mantle Hits 1 6th
By EARL WRIGHT
United Press Sports Writer
New York Yankee fans are all
hepped up about Mickey Man
tle's chances of breaking Babe
Ruth's home run record but sev
en American League clubs just
wish he'd quit breaking their
backs.
Mantle, who blasted his 16th
homer to provide the decisive
run in New York's 8-5 triumph
over the Athletics Monday at
Kansas City, now is 11 games
and 10 days ahead of the Babe's
pace when he set an all-time big
league record of 60 homers in
1927.
And the switch-hitting Yankee
center fielder, far and away the
top early-season candidate for
the American League's "most
valuable player" award, isn't
playing any favorites, either.
Of his 16 homers, he has hit
four apiece against the Athletics
and Cleveland Indians, three
against the Boston Red Sox, two
apiece against the Chicago White
Sox and Washington Senators
and one against the Detroit Ti
gers. Only the Baltimore Ori
oles have escaped his homer bar
rage, and Mantle figures to rec
tify that oversight before the
season gets much older.
Would Give "A Million
Mantle leads both major
leagues in four batting depart
ments homers 16, batting aver
age .408, runs scored 36, and
hits 49 and is second only to
teammate Yogi Berra in runs
batted in, 34 to 33. Any wonder
that White Sox Manager Marty
Marion said recently "I'd gladly
give a million dollars for Mantle,
if I had it."
In the only other major league
game scheduled, Wjlmer Vinegar
Bend Mizell's four-hit pitching,
plus homers by Rip Repulski and
Bill Sarni, enabled the St. Louis
Cardinals to defeat the Giants
at New York, 4-1.
The victory put the Cardinals
in second place in the National
League. St. Louis has an 18-12
record, actually a half-game
better than Milwaukee's 13-8
mark. However, the Braves hold
first place with a .619 percent
age against .600 for the Card
inals. Repulski, the National's lead
ing hitter with a .404 average,
put the Cardinals in front to
stay when he hit his sixth 1956
homer off losing pitcher Don
Liddle in the second inning. St.
Louis finished Liddle with three
runs in the fifth on Vally
Moon's single, Bobby Del Greco's
triple, Foster Castleman's error
and Sarni's homer.
Mizell Is Stingy
Mizell, boosting his record to
3-2, didn't allow a batter to ad
vance past first until Don Muel
ler homered with two out in
the seventh for New York's run.
The first-place Yankees scored
their sixth straight triumph al
though their starting pitcher
failed to last for the fourth
straight time. Don Sturdivant,
who replaced Don Larsen in the
second was the winner. Tom
Morgan pitched the ninth for
the Yaiks.
Gil McDougald hit a three-run
homer during New York's five-five-run
first inning but the Ath
letics actually collected more
homers than the winners with
Harry Simpson hitting two and
Gus Zernial and Hector Lopez
one each.
But Mantle provided the win
ning run with his fifth inning
homer and it was a hum-dinger.
The drive cleared two fences in
right field, the second a 40-foot
high barrier more than 400 feet
from the plate. It was only the
sixth ball hit over that fence in
33 years.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis 4 8 0
New York 1 4 1
Mizell (3-2) and Sarni. Liddle. Mar
goneri (5). Grissom (7). Wilhelm (9)
and Katt, Westrum (9). Losing pitcher
Liddle (1-1).
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York
8
Kansas City 5 8 1
Larsen. Sturdivant (2). Morgan (9)
and Howard. Santiago. Burtschy (3).
Lasorda (9) and Ginsberg. Winning
pitcher Sturdivant 2-11. Losing
pitcher Santiago (0-1).
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SIPODIffiTO
Rainiers Take League Lead;
Then Lose it in 2nd Game
Vancouver, B.C. U.R)
The Seattle Rainiers bobbed to
the top of the Pacific Coast
league Monday, but got pulled
back under by the Vancouver
Mounties before they had a
chance to take a deep breath.
In the only games scheduled in
the loop, the Rainiers trimmed
the Mounties, 7-4, in the opening
contest of a doubleheader, but
came out on the short end of a
3-1 score in the second game.
Seattle did the damage in the
final innings of the first game
after the Mounties had broken a
1-1 tie with three runs in the
sixth inning.
The Rainiers came "back with
one run in the seventh, three in
the eighth and tapered off with
two more in the ninth.
The loss went to Ryne Duren,
who had struck out eight and
allowed only five hits when he
ran into trouble in the eighth.
Seattle reliefer Ernie Atkins got
the victory.
In the second game, Vancouv
er hurler Al Curtis made his
first PCL start a winning one by
holding Seattle to five hits. The
Vancouver team gave Curtis all
the runs he needed in the second
inning on singles by Jim West-
lake and Angelo Dagres and an
intentional ' walk to Bruce Ed
wards. Curtis then spoiled the
Seattle strategy by singling
home two runs.
The Rainiers got their lone
run in the top of the third when
Bobby Balcena hit a 340-foot
home run over the left field
wall, but the Mounties neutral
ized that with a single tally in
the third.
Vancouver scored all its runs
off Howie Judson, who took his
second loss to two wins.
Although the loss in the sec
ond game knocked the Rainiers
out of the number one spot,
they were still in reaching dis
tance. They trail the league
leading Los Angeles Angels by
mere .010 percentage point.
THE LINESCORES:
First Game
Seattle ...... 7 9 t
Vancouver 4 10 1
Schallock, Atkins (7) and Orteig;
Duren, Beamon (8) and Neal.
Second Game
Seattle ISO
Vancouver 3 4 0
Judson. Atkins (5) and Orteie,
Lohrke (4) Robertson (5); Curtis and
towards.
Ducks Down
Washington
Seattle (U.R) The Oregon
Ducks picked up their eighth
Northern division victory yes
terday afternoon by dumping
cellar-dwelling Washington 6-2.
The Ducks were trailing 2-0
at the end of five but erupted
for four big runs in the sixth
to clinch the game. Oregon add
ed two insurance tallies in the
ninth.
Jack Henkle pitched the dis
tance for Oregon, giving up sev
en hits, fanning seven and walk
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Diamond Play
Poriland-U.R) The Dalles
continued today to rank as the
state's number one prep base
ball learn in the Oregonian'i
final weekly poll.
The rankings:
1. The Dalles
2. Lincoln
3. North Salem
4. Eugene
5. Central Catholic
6. Seaside
7. Grant
8. Vale
9. Medford
10. Junction City
Others: McMinnville, Albany.
Oregon City, Springfield.
STANDINGS
By United Press
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Brooklyn
Cincinnati .
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New York 13 16
Philadelphia 9 18
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L.
New York 22 10
Cleveland 18 11
..16 12
..12 13
Boston
Chicago
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Detroit
Washington
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...12 18
Kansas City 10 19
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Seattle 26 17
Sacramento .. 20 17
San Diego 21 21
San Francisco 20 21
Portland 18 22
Hollywood ......17 21
Vancouver 15 27
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League Leaders
By United States
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Player & Club G. AB R. H Pet
Repulski. St. L. ..26 89 20 36 .404
Long. Pitts .29 108 21 43 .398
Bruton. Milw. .18 66 15 26 .394
Bailey. Cinci. 22 67 ' 10 26 .388
Boyer. St. L 30 118 24 43 .364
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Mantle. N.Y 32 120 36 49 .408
Maxwell, Det. .24 74 17 29 .392
Vernon, Bost. ....23 78 14 29 .372
Boyd. Balti 28 70 10 25 .357
Berra, N.Y 30 116 22 41 .353
Home Runs Mantle, Yankees 16;
Berra, Yankees 12; Post, Redlegs 11;
Long, Pirates, Boyer. Cardinals, Ja
blonski, Redlegs all 9.
Runs Batted In Berra, Yankees 34;
Mantle. Yankees 33; Long. Pirates 29;
Boyer. Cardinals 28; Jablonski, Red
legs 27.
Runs ManUe. Yankees 36; Lopez,
Athletics 24; Boyer, Cardinals 24;
Bauer, Yankees 24; Yost, Senators.
Lopez, Athletics, Moon, Cardinals, all
23.
Hits Mantle. Yankees 49; Boyer,
Cardinals 43; Long. Pirates 43; Berra,
Yankees 41; Goodman, Red Sox 40;
Kuenn, Tigers 40.
Pitching Ford. Yankees 6-0; Law
rence, Redlegs 5-0; Lemon. Indians
6-1; Pierce, White Sox, Wynn, In
dians, Wilson, White Sox, Brewer,
Red Sox. all 4-1.
Walt's, SO
Victors In
Softball
Walt's Lithia Motors and
Southern Oregon Equipment in
itiated the Jackson County Soft
hall association season yester
day with decisive victories on
the Medford High school foot
ball field.
SO Equipment crushed De
Molay in their opener 32-3. SO
Equipment sluggers began early
by blasting starter Bruce
Thompson of DeMolay with
homers by Ken Gentry, Norm
Loop and Tommy Rodgers. La
rue Smith banged four triples
for the winners.
-Ken Gentry was the winning
pitcher. He fanned four and
walked three. Bruce Thompson
was the loser. John Harvey re
lieved him and quieted "the SO
Equipment hitters. Neither De
Molay pitcher had a strikeout
and permitted seven walks be
tween them.
Gerald Fanger and John Har
vey hit singles for the loser.
Walt's Lithia Motors had
equal ease in pouncing the 20
30 club behind the one-hit pitch
ing of winning pitcher Holcom.
Holcom fanned 11 and walked
two. Loren Soderlund took the
loss for the 20-30 club. He
whiffed two and walked two.
Leading the attack for the
winners were Krench, McGinty
and Hale, who all hit a homer
and a single apiece.
John Niles got the only hit
for the losers, a double.
SCHEDULE:
May 23 Courtesy Chevrolet and
Chris Drugs. YMCA Ysmen and Bill's
99 Chevron station. May 24 Medford
Auto Upholstery and Nauonal Guard.
Walt's Lithia Motors and Southern
Oregon Equipment company.
May 28 Chris Drugs vs. 20-30, De
Molay vs. Bill's Chevron. May 30
Courtesy Chevrolet vs. National
Guard, Ysmen vs. Auto Upholstery.
May 31 Lithia Motors vs. Chris
Drugs, Bill's Chevron vs. 30 Equip
ment.
June 4 20-30 vs. National Guard.
DeMolay vs. Auto Upholstery. June 6
Courtesy Chevrolet vs. Ysmen, Lith
ia Motors vs. Bill's Chevron. June 7
Chris Drugs vs. National. Guard, SO
Equipment vs. Auto Upholstery.
June ' 11 DeMoley vs. Courtesy
Chevrolet. Lithia Motors vs. National
Guard. June 13 20-30 vs. Ysmen,
inn s Chevron vs. Auto Upholstery.
June 14 Chris Drugs vs. Ysmen. SO
Equipment vs. Courtesy Chevrolet.
June 18 20-30 vs. DeMolav. Lithia
Motors vs. Auto Upholstery. June 20
Bill's Chevron vs. Courtesy Chevrolet.
June 21 Chris Drugs vs. DeMolay, SO
equipment vs. zu-ao.
June 25 Lithia Motors vs. Ysmen.
June 27 Auto Upholstery vs. Cour
tesy Chevrolet. Bill's Chevron vs. 20
30. June 28 Lithia Motors vs. Cour
tesy Chevrolet. Ysmen vs. DeMoley.
July z Auto Uuholstery vs. 20-30.
Bill's Chevron vs. Chris Drugs. July 4
National Guard vs. SO Eouioment.
Lithia Motors vs. DeMolay. Julv 5
Courtesy Chevrolet vs. 20-30. Yimen
vs. SO Equipment.
July 9 Auto Upholstery vs. Chns
Drugs. National Guard vs. Bill's Chev
ron. July 11- SO Equipment vs. Chris
"rugs, national Guard vs. Ysmen.
July 12 National Guard vs. Medford
Talent District SB
Titlist in Baseball
For the third straight season
Talent high school is the District
5B baseball champ.
The Bulldogs, champions of
Jackson county, subdued Mer
rill, winner in Klamath county,
14 to 9 yesterday in the play-off
contest at the fairgrounds ball
park here.
The tussle was a wild one and
the runmaking reached its peak
in the fifth inning. Merrill got
six runs in that canto to take an
8 to 6 lead. Talent came back for
eight markers in the bottom of
the frame to head on the score
board at 14 to 9.
Merrill opened the scoring in
the first inning with a counter
on a walk to Terry Sherrill, a
sacrifice by John Honnicutt, a
groundout by Butch Johnson
and a single by Herb Schlecht.
In the same stanza Talent got
three scores. Fred Helm doubled,
Ron Weinhold got on base on an
error, Gordy Thoreson walked.
Ray Weinhold singled in two
runs and Thoreson tallied on a
wild pitch.
Donosky Doublet
The Klamath county crew got
one run in the second inning on
a double by ill Donosky and
successive groundouts by John
Haskins and Steve Hobson. .
In the fourth panel Merrill
"napped" on a play at first base
and by the time the Talent base
runners were through galloping
the Bulldogs had three more
runs. Skip Walls got a single
and went to second on an error.
Ron Weinhold was hit by a pitch
and Thoreson walked to load the
bags.
Ray Weinhold bounced the
ball to pitcher Honnicutt whose
throw pulled first baseman Don-i
osky off the bag. The Huskies,
however, thought they had Ray
out which would retire the side.
Talent runners kept going. When
the Merrill club realized the sit
uation a peg home was wild and
the third run came. home. Ray
was all the way to third base.
Bases-Loaded Triple
Four hits off Talent starting
pitcher Bob Hoffman and two
off reliever Fred Helm and a
walk enabled Merrill to pile up
its count in the fifth frame. Has
kins and Perry Laney doubled
and John Reed, Honnicutt, John
son and Donosky singled.
Just three raps, one a bases-
loaded triple by Ray Weinhold,
figured in Talent's big inning.
Kip Walls and Hoffman singled.
Four walks, a hit batter and two
errors were helps along with
three pilfered bases.
Merrill got a final run in the
sixth inning on a base on balls,
an error and a ground out by
Johnson.
Ray Weinhold was the heavy
hitter of the game with three
for four. Walls and Johnson each
socked two for four.
Talent is awaiting word on the
team it will play from District 6
which includes central Oregon.
LINESCORE:
Merrill 110 061 0 9 8 7
Talent 300 380 x 14 7 2
Honnicutt. Laney (5) and Schlecht
Hoffman, Helm (5) and Combs.
Frick Keeps
All-Star Poll
New York (U.R) Baseball
Commissioner Ford Frick has de
cided to continue the All-Star
poll through which fans select
the starting teams, exclusive of
pitchers, for the annual game
between the American and Na
tional leagues.
Frick announced that the poll
would be continued after ap
proximately 500 newspaper, ra
dio and television stations signi
fied their willingness to conduct
the poll in their localities.
The commissioner's office,
rather than the Chicago Tribune,
will act as the clearing house
for all the returns. Previously,
the Tribune acted as the clear
ing house but that newspaper
advised Frick two weeks ago
that it no longer was interested
in conducting the poll.
To sound out sentiment on
whether the poll should be con
tinued, Frick, through the three
U.S. news agencies the United
Press, -International News Serv
ice and the Associated Press
asked newspapers, radio and TV
stations if they would be inter
ested in participating in the poll.
"The response was so terrific
we have decided to go ahead on
the usual basis," Frick ex
plained. Bowling
Ross Lumber Co. took cham
pionship honors over Lamports
and Crater Electric. Bob Forrest
of Ross Lumber took high game
with a 215 and High Team game
went to Ross Lumber with a 906.
Trophies High Series for year
went to Charles Snedden with
with 712, High Game Paul Dim
ick with 295, High Average went
to Jim Farrar 176, and Lee Bex
on Dec. 8, 1955 had the misfor
tune of rolling a 446 to take the
Low Series trophy.
Ross Lbr. - Lamports
G. Culy 893 , B. Coy 742
A. Schatz 797 B. Meyers 889
D. Culy 717 S. Van Dyke 868
875 L. Schneider 852
F. Martin
B. Forrest . 871 J. Farrar
Handicap 640 Handicap
4793
750
410
4511
Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Monday for
Monday; other days 5:30 previous day.
Roster Lists i Jefferson
Cheney Colt
Baseballers
Roster for the Cheney Colts
semi-pro baseball aggregation
has been announced by Busi
ness Manager Bill Askwith.
The Colts, a new entry in the
Rogue Valley League bow into
action next Sunday when they
take on Glendale. Game time
will be 2 p.m. at the fairgrounds
ball park here.
Askwith said that the catcher
for the opener will be picked
from among Gerald Darland and
Laval Meunier, from St. Mary's
high, and Howard Morris, Lin
field college and ex-Crater play
er. Members of the pitching staff
are Eldon Davidson, ex-Grants
Pass high; Kay Kelley, Linfield
and ex-Crater, and Duane Sides,
from Medford high.
Sides will be available this
week end only if Medford should
lose in the state A-l prep quarter-finals.
Colt infielders are Harvey
Tonn, Southern Oregon college
and ex-Crater, first base; Mau
rice Churchman, Southern Ore
gon college and ex-Sutherlin;
Eldon Francis, from Medford
high, third base; Ray Oakes, ex
Seaside high, shortstop, and Ron
Pruitt, reserve.
30 Practice- Sunday
Outfielders are Vern Parent,
ex-Crater; Charles Rettman, ex
Ashland high; Ray Dahl, from
Phoenix high; Clyde Smith, from
Jacksonville high, Ed Reinking,
from Medford high. Bob Serak,
from Chicago, and Bud McGuire.
Possibility of Reinking's services
depends on Medford high's for
tunes this week.
The Colts are a farm team for
the Medford Cheney Studs of
the Southern Oregon League.
About 30 aspirants were on
hand yesterday for the com
bined Studs and Colts workout.
The Studs first see action here
on June 6 in non-league play
with Yreka, Calif. Bend will
come for non-loop play on June
9 and 10. The Washington
Cheney Studs will come on July
7 and 8 and Beaverton will play
the Studs on August 11 and 12.
Askwith is negotiating with a
Bellingham, Wash., semi-pro
crew for August 2 and 3 dates.
Bellingham will be en route
south at the time and the series
is almost certain.
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Tops Lincoln
Jefferson Grade school moved
into a tie for third place yester
day on their own field pouncing
Lincoln 7-2.
Pacing the Jefferson attack
was Mike Watkins and Jim
Burke with a pair of hits, each
hitting a double and a single.
Gary Olson also hit a double for
the winners and David Guchet
drove in two runs with a bases
loaded single.
Mike Barnes got credit for
the win, striking out nine and
walking two. Larry Pierce was
the loser. He fanned six and
walked four.
DePlace got the only hit for
Lincoln and drove ih a run.
Roosevelt took sole position
of second place yesterday as
they tipped Washington on th
visitor's field, 8-6. Washington
is now tied with Jefferson for
third place.- They will meet
Thursday in a playoff.
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