Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1956)
i TEW MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, May 25, 1958 Droscher, Don White Stud Hurlers The Medford Cheney Studs should be long on pitching strength for their 1956 campaign In the Southern Oregon Base ball league. That is indicated by the roster of players released by the management of the semi- pro club. Playing Manager Jack Cooney has listed six men who may see full or part-time pitching duty. The group includes Don White and Jerry Droscher, new to the Studs, and Derald Wooton, Terry Maddox, Jim Kelly and Bill Sel sor, all of whom were with the Medford aggregation last year. Ex-Roseburg Playeri White is an ex-Oregon State college star who is coaching at Roseburg high. He has played for Roseburg, Coos Bay-North Bend and Coquille against the Studs in the Southern and South western Oregon circuits. Drosch er has starred irf high school and American Legion baseball at Roseburg. He was winning pitcher against the Studs, pitching for the Roseburg semi-pros in one game last season. Selsor was an infielder for the Studs last season but likely will see pitching duty most this year. He has been a moundsman this spring for University of California at Los Angeles. Kelly has been playing for Santa Clara university and Maddox for Uni versity of Oregon. Both Maddox and Wooton, an ex-Dodgers' farm player, will see outfield duty for the Studs. They are ex-Medford high men and Kelly prepped at St. Mary's. Medford&Tribune Sot Mickey Sparks Yanks Five-Nit Rampage Mantle With Sports Broadcasts Television station KBES will carry the Gene Fullmer Charlie Humfez boxing bout at 6 p.m. today and the Brooklyn Dodger s-New York Giants baseball game at 9:55 a.m. Saturday. FISHERMEN! LARGE RAINBOW TROUT Everything Furnished NO LICENSE NO LIMIT Open Every Day ELROD'S TROUT FARM 4 Miles West of Talent on Anderson Creek By FRED DOWN United Press Sports Writer Make believe there really is a Mickey Mantle and then con cede he'll continue his current slugging heroics through the en tire season. If you can and why not dream for a while? then the New York Yankees' 24-year old center-fielder is going to be a composite of Babe Ruth, Ty, Cobb, Lou Gehrig and George Sisler in their greatest years! It sounds fantastic but that's what you get if you pro-rate Mantle's slugging in the Yan kees' first 35 games over the 154-game compaign. Besides, isn't that what the Yankee pub licity men have been saying all along? The red-hot Oklahoma kid went on another rampage Thurs day when he smashed five hits, including his 17th homer of the year and four singles, in lead ing the Yankees to an 11-4 vic tory over the Detroit Tigers. In addition to homers, he now leads the majors with a .421 average, 56 hits, 39 runs scored, 39 runs batted in and 117 total bases. Reason For Lead It helps to explain why the Yankees lead the American League by three games when those figures are translated into a 154-game season as follows: G 154 AB 585 R 171 H 246 2B 35 3B 4 HR 75 TB 514 RBI 171 Pet .421. Fantastic? Look at it this way: Such a performance would break Ruth's season homer mark by 15 and the Babe's total base record of 457. It would top Cobb's .420 average in his great est season. In addition, it would fall six' short of Ruth's runs scored mark, 11 shy of Sisler's record for hits and 13 below Gehrig's RBI standard. The figures, arrived at by mul tiplying Mantle's current "line" by 4.4, suggest still another question: How come the Yan kees haven't won 35 straight? , Mantle's slugging proved catching Thursday as the Yan kees blasted out 17 hits for the second straight game. Ed Robin son contributed a grand slam homer and Joe Collins and Andy Carey also homered as the Yan kees rolled to their eighth vic tory in their last nine games. Allows Two Hits Tom Sturdivant relieved Bob Turley in the fourth inning and yielded only two hits in 5"'i frames to gain his third triumph in six days. Duke Maas, shelled out of the box in the third in ning, suffered his third loss for the Tigers. Willie Jones, beaned by Brooklyn pitcher Don New combe during spring training, walloped two homers and a single to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 6-4 victory over the Dodgers in the only other major league game. Robin Roberts yielded homers to Duke Snider, Carl Furillo and Jackie Robinson but was touched for only seven hits and struck out nine batters in gaining his fifth triumph of the season. The loss left the Dodgers in a fourth place tie with the Pirates. Rookie Don Drysdale, who beat the Phillies on April 23, suf fered the defeat while Sal Mag lie, making his debut in a Brook lyn uniform, was touched up for four hits and two runs in two innings of relief. LINESCORES: American League New York 023 050 001 11 17 0 Detroit 100 300 000 4 5 2 Turley, Sturdivant (4) and Howard. Maas, Masterson (3), Garver (5). Gro mek (5). Aber (7) and House. Winner Sturdivant (3-1). Loser Maas (0-3). National Leaguft Brooklyn 200 000 101 4 7 0 Philadelphia ..110 202 CO 6 9 0 Drysdale. Maglie (5), Roebuck (7) and Campanella. Roberts - (5-4) and Seminick. Loser Drysdale (1-2). Citizens in the United States use between 23 and 24 pounds of soap and detergents per person each year. STANDINGS PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (By United Press) W. L. Pet GB Los Angeles :2o 16 Seattle 28 18 .619 .609 .550 Sacramento 22 18 San Diego 22 23 .489 ,5'.i San Francisco 21 23 .477 6 Portland .29 23 .465 6',i ..18 23 .439 7'j ..16 29 J5? 12 V3 Hollywood Vancouver Thursday's Results l.os Angeles 12. San Diego 19 Sacramento 5. San Francisco S Seattle 4, Vancouver 2 Portland 2. Hollywood 1 How Series Ended Los Angeles 2. San Diego 1 Sacramento 2 San Francisco 1 Seattle 2, Vancouver 1 Portland 2, Hollywood 1 NATIONAL LEAGTE W. Milwaukee 14 St. Louis 19 Cincinnati , 17 Brooklyn 16 Pittsburgh 16 New York Philadelphia Chicago .13 ...10 ... 8 L. 8 13 12 13 13 17 19 18 Pet. .636 .594 .586 .552 .552 .435 .347 308 l'i Hi 3 7',i 8 Thursday'-? Results Philadelphia 6. Brooklvn 4 (night) (Only game scheduled.) Friday's Probable Pitchers Brooklyn at New York (night) Newcombe (6-2) vs. Antonelli (3-3). Pittsburgh at Philadelphia (night) Kline (3-2) vs. Simmons (1-2). Cincinnati at Milwaukee (night) Lawrence (5-0) vs. Spahn (3-2). Chicago at St. Louis (night) Meyer (1-1) vs. Dickson (1-3). Saturday's Games Brooklyn at New York Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Cincinnati at Milwaukee Chicago at St. Louis AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. New York 24 11 Cleveland 19 12 Boston 17 13 Chicago Baltimore 15 18 Detroit 13 19 Kansas City 12 19 Washington 12 20 Pet. .686 .613 .567 .455 .406 .387 .375 GB 3 4"s 6',i 8 9',i 10 10 ',4 Thursday's Results New York 11. Detroit 4 (Only game scheduled) Fr'rfav's Probable Pitchers Washington at Boston (night) Ra mos (l-ii. vs. Susce (1-0). New York at Raltimnr. nifr,t Kucks (4-2) vs. Ferrarese (1-2). Kansas City at Detroit (night) Krptlow (1-4) vs. Fovtack (3-1). -ieveiana at cnicapo (night) Lemon (6-1) vs. Pierce (4-1). Saturday's Games Cleveland at Chicago Kmsas City at Detroit New York at. Baltimore (night) Washington at Boston NORTHWEST LEAGUE Yakima Eugene Tri-City Lewiston Wenatchee Salem Spokane W .16 ..14 ..14 ..13 ..10 .... 7 .... 8 L. 8 9 9 9 15 15 17 Pet. .666 .6B0 .608 .590 .400 .318 .320 GB l'i Hi 2 6 M 8 8i Thursday's Results: Yakima 6. Eugene 4 Spokane 8. Wenatchee 4 (1st game) Spokai e 4. Wenatchee 1 (2nd game) Lewiston 7. Salem 5 Tourists in Hawaii' can see the exact spot where Capt. John Cook, discoverer of the Hawa iian islands, was speared to death by natives. It's on the is land of Hawaii, the orchid capi tal. Plymouth '56 NEW Aerodynamic Styling NEW Push Button Driving NEW Hytorque Power X Plymouth And here's" another reason Dick Knight Sells . Mors Plymouths! 4 Door Sedan IINlLUDINGt 8 Tube Push Button Radio Heater and Defroster Directional Signals Oil Bath Air Cleaner Tubeless Tires Safety Rim Wheels Costs Less! Week (Includes Low Cost Bank Charges) )) Down A See CCrDDg ht C. YOUR PLYMOUTH DEALER 33 South Riverside at 8th Phone 2-5203 Some Still Competing Only for Fun By HAL WOOD San Francisco (U.R) In a scandalized era of "slush funds" "under the table pay-offs" and big recruiting programs, it is in teresting to note that some ama teur athletes still are playing for the fun of it. Did you note, for instance, a small story the other day that said Baylor university was send ing its sprint relay team all the way from Texas to Modesto, Calif., to run in the California Relays and paying its own way? These are the boys who forced Texas to a new world record of 40.1 earlier this year and they are confident they can beat the Longhorns in another meeting. So they are paying their own expenses to Modesto for the privilege of trying. Moor Shocked Meet Director Tom . Moore, who set a world record himself in the hurdles while at Califor nia 20 years ago, was so shocked by the offer that he went to bed for a full day just to think things over. Moore, you may recall, was under a bit of cloud with the AAU a couple of months ago when that august body was in vestigating over-pay to out standing athletes. He was com pletely exonerated. But to have a group of ath letes come to his relays without having expenses paid was like a breath of fresh air to Moore. "I told the boys from Baylor when they called that I didn't have any more funds to bring them up here," said Moore. "So I was nearly flabbergasted when their coach, Jack Patterson, told me they would pay their own way." Patterson, incidentally, used to run against Moore in the by gone era of the "simon pure" athlete. Study in Contrasts The Baylor announcement came just about the same time that UCLA was practically kicked out of the Pacific Coast conference, and just a day be fore Coach Dallas Ward pleaded for a $20,000 fund 10 help re cruit athletes for the University of Colorado. It was as refreshing as a cool drink after all the foul-smelling stories stirred up by the AAU, the college fathers and others interested in purifying the American athlete. And speaking of purity, now that the PCC is in the act of just about eliminating all its teams from the Rose Bowl, how about a new pact: The Pacific Coast conference vs. the Ivy league! Jefferson Third In Grade League GRADE SCHOOL STANDINGS: W. L. Pet. Jackson 4 0 1.000 Roosevelt 3 1 .750 Jefferson 2 2 .500 Washington 1 3 250 Lincoln .. 0 4 .000 Mike Barnes hurled three inn ings of , no-hit ball yesterday afternoon as Jefferson defeated Washington 14 to 3 to take third place in the final city grade school baseball standings. In nonrcounting frays Jack son, the league champion, beat Roosevelt 8 to 3 and Lincoln bounced St. Mary's 9 to 1. Jeff got eight of its runs in the third inning on nine walks, a hit batter and a groundout. A single by Mike Watkms drove in two of Jeff's four runs in the first inning. Thirteen miscues hurt th Washington cause. Barnes walk ed two Washingtonians and re corded seven strikeouts. LINESCORES: Jefferson 428 14 Washington 102 3 Barnes and Sturges; Clausen, Wolf (3). Neathamer (3), Dexter (3), Clau sen (3) and Stiger. Althea Gibson In Singles Final Paris U.PJ Althea Gibson of New York, who already has gained the women's singles title round, hoped to reach the finals of two other divisions today in the French Tennis champion ships. The most improved player on the European circuit hardly had time to catch her breath as she teamed with Tony Vincent of Miami, Fla., for a mixed doubles semifinal match against Darlene Hard of Montebello, Calif., and Bob Howe of Australia. Miss Gibson also was schedul ed to compete in the semifinals of the women's doubles. She and Angela Buxton of Britain faced Jacqueline Amouretti of France and Vera Puzejova of Czecho slovakia. It was Misa Buxton who al most chased Miss Gibson out of the singles division Thursday, but the slender New 'Yorker overcame a slow start and the embarrassment of a broken shoulder strap to win, 2-6, 6-0, 6-4. BIRD STUDY Berlin, Conn 0J.R) A lost parakeet teamed up with a friendly cat and as result found a home. Mrs. Robert Clapp said she returned from a shopping trip to find her cat, Tabby, gentr ly playing with the parakeet Read and Usa Classified Ads... COLTS, GLENDAf.E VIE HERE THIS SUNDAY IN RVL BASEBALL STARTER The pitching and catching battery from Glendale high school steps into the semi-pro wars Saturday when the club from that community opposes the Cheney Colts Sunday at the fairgrounds baseball park here. It will be a Rogue Valley League inaugural. Game time is 2 -p.m. Duane Miller is listed as the probable pitcher for the Glen dale contingent. Ray Munyon likely will do the catching. Other possible starters for the Douglas county crew are Wayne Berg, first base: Gene Stein, sec ond base; Tom Prestiani, short stop; John Snelling, third basa, and Monty Bates, Wes Young and Bob George, outfielders. ' Manager Charles Tooley of Glendale has indicated that his club has the same problem as most semi-pro teams at this time of year. It will not be at full strength until college players arrive a bit later in the season. The defending champions figure to be stronger when the col legians arrive. Line-up for the Colts depends on the availability of several players. Pitcher Duane Sides and outfielder Ed Reinking will not be on hand if Medford trimmed Eugene in the high school base ball play-off fuss this afternoon. -To other collegians are attend ing a fairly distance school pitcher Kay Kelley and catcher Howard Morris at Linfield col lege, McMinnville. Make Their Bow Eldon Davidson, ex-Grants Pass high, is the other hurler currently listed by the Colts. Other catchers are Laval Meunier and Gerald Darland, from St. Mary's. England still owns a bit of the Hawaiian islands. On the island of Hawaii, there is a monument to British explorer John Cook. The tiny plot of land on which it stands still belongs to England. The Colts will make there bow as a team on Sunday. A farm club of the Medford Cheney Studs, they are a brand new club and new entry in the Rogue Valley League. Other games this Sunday in the RV are Ashland at Butte Falls, Camp White at Cave Junc tion and Grants Pass at Eagle Point. The Colts and Ashland will provide holiday afternoon action at the fairgrounds by meeting in a non-league game next Wednesday, Memorial, day. Cave Junction tripped Ash land 5 to 1 last Sunday in a warm-up ruckus. Wayne Saffer hurled five hit ball for CJ, striking out 13 batters and walk ing just one man. Gene Parent, up from Ashland high, tosseoLa seven-hitter and struck out 12. He walked four. Hoop Choice Near at UO Eugene U.R Athletic Direc tor Leo HarrTs(said today a new Oregon basketball coach to suc ceed Bill Borcher probably would be named within two weeks. "We nave narrowed the list of candidates to four," Harris said. He didn't name them. Ori ginally there were more than 50 applicants. Buy At Builders Supply lyO&O QUALITY IrilcJ BLOCKS Bricks. Fines Drain Tils 7 W. McAndrews Phone 2-4107 . Buying a car? MY BANK PLAN MAY SAVE YOU '100 ON FINANCING AND AUTO INSURANCE VIRGIL R. WILKES Before ym buy that oar, just tell me on the phone the total eottt of the car, the financing and the insurance Within five minutes I'll call you back and tell you what it will cost you to buy, finance, and insure the same car through my Bank Flan. Chances are, for exactly the same deal, it'll be $100 less! I know it's hard to believt bat k's worth a phone call, isn't it? Thtrt it no obligation. h pays f Jbraw your STATE FARM Agent JOHN A. CARTER - VIRGIL R. WILKES LYNN COLBY 133 South Central Phone 2-9322 NOW AVAILABLE IN OREGON Qeexsc SLTC30 I How does Kessler do it? It's one thing to produce a fine whiskey when price is no object . . . but to produce a whiskey that's smooth as KESSLER at the price of KESSLER that takes generations of experience. In fact it's a feat only KESSLER can boast. $055 $295 ll 45 Qt. Messier The Smooth as Silk whiskey JULIUS KESSLER COMPANYLAVYRENCEBURG, INDIANA, BLENDED WHISKEY. 86 PROOF. 72 GRAIN HEUTRAL SPIRITS.,
