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TElf MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, June 1, 1956 Tornado Baseballers Portland Bound For Oregon A-1 Championship Scrap Medford high'i determined athletes of the diamond an ag gregation named "desire" headed north today ambitious to capture the Class A-1 state championship in baseball and thereby climax brilliantly one of the most impressive years in sports in the history of their school. Coach Johnny Kovenz's co horts will oppose the Lincoln high Cardinals of Portland on baturaay night. Umpires are scheduled to sound the "play ball" call at 9 p.m. Site of this finale for the Oregon big school diadem is Multnomah stadium in Portland. A squad of 14 Medford stal warts left about noon today for Portland. The crew will work out this evening at the Tigard high school field in another ef fort to become accustomed to a lighted field before going into the titular skirmish. The Black Tornado baseball ers will be out to add another state championship to the Oregon track and Hayward relays crowns, the state runner-up spot in basketball and the district gridiron title won by Medford high athletes this year. At least runner-up place in baseball is ' already clinched by the Tornado and Medford has the outstanding sports record among Class A-1 high school in 1953-1956. Hit Their Stride Prospects at the start of the diamond season did not indicate that the Tornado would reach the Oregon finals. But about midway through the Southern Oregon Conference season, the Medfordites began to hit their stride. They've been winning ever since. State title aspirations of the Tornado took a lift as Medford's confident baseballers hit a streak of seven straight triumphs to take the conference and dis trict. Ambitions surged higher as Medford trimmed Eugene 4 to 1 in state quarter-finals. And the Black Tornado stature grew tremendously last Monday after noon when Medford spilled the defending champion The Dalles Indian contingent. No. 1 rated club, in the state by a score of 2 to 1. But Medford has a sizeable chore cut out for itself Saturday night on the Multnomah turf. ' The aggregation the Tornado scuffles is Portland's best, the champion of the interscholastic league in the City of Roses. It was ranked No. 2 club in Ore gon by the Portland Oregonian's poll of sportscasters. The Card inals boasted the best team bat ting average in the metropolitan circuit and it had the top field ing mark. Lolich Likely Starter Mickey Lolich, sophomore lefthander, who's almost certain to go- to the hill against Med ford, was the PIL's top chucker In wins and losses, had the third best earned run mark and is un beaten in five contests this year. Lincoln's batting record was .273 for its circuit compared to Medford's .228 for the season. The Cards had six men among the top 17 batters in their league. Dick Occhuito, unanimous choice as an all-PIL outfielder, was the Portland team's top swatter with a .357 mark. The average ranked him fifth in the circuit. His slug ging record, which includes total bases on hits, was .524, third best in the PIL. Other top hitters for Lincoln in their pennant chase were John Whitelaw with .333, Paul God da :d with .326, Pete Verdurmen with .308, Terry Lenchitsky with .304, Eric Blitz with .286 and Jim Cloutier with .250. White- law and Lenchitsky along with OREGON HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL FINALS (Multnomah Stadium) Clsss B & xi. m. Glide vs. Sisters. Class A-2 T pjo. Seaside vs. Vale. Class A-1 p.m. Medford vs. lf"ln Occhuito and Lolich were all loop first team choices. Verdur men and Blitz made the second team. Goddard was fifth in the cir cuit in slugging with .512 and Lenchitsky tied for seventh with .478. In fielding the Cards were charged with 25 errors, fewest in the loop. Five Loop Wins Lolich tabulated five league victories. His earned run mark was 0.95. Chuck Keenan, No. 2 tosser for the Cards recorded five wins and was beaten twice. His ERA was the PIL's fourth best with 1.17. A possible batting order for Lincoln against Medford is Blitz, second base; Goddard, left field; Occhuito, center field; Verdurmen, third base; Lenchit sky, cateher; Whitelaw, first base; Cloutier, right field; Ken Scales, shortstop, and Lolich. Duane Sides, senior righthand er with a five-win two-loss stand ing for Medford this season, is almost certain to be assigned the pitching task against the Card inals. He threw a three-hitter in the Tornado's triumph over Eu gene and demonstrated his abil ity to keep the batsmen off-balance and guessing by skillfully mixing his tosses. Probable Line-Up A probable Medford batting line-up is Gordon Owsley, short stop; Larry Perkins, second base; Ed Reinking, center field; Larry Gober, first base; Dick McLaugh lin, catcher; Sides; Jim Putney, Sports Broadcasts Radio station KYJC will broadcast the Medford-Lincoln high stata A-1 championship baseball game at 9 p.m. Sat urday. The hassle will be played In Multnomah stadium at Portland. The Detroit-New York bate ball gam from Yankee Stadi um will be carried by station KBES-TV Saturday, starting at 9:55 a.m. Larry Boardman To Battle Ryff New York U.R) Young Lar ry Boardman of Marlborough, Conn., the ring's newest "sensa tion," will try to earn a shot at the lightweight crown tonight in his New York debut at Madi son Square Garden. Twenty-year old Larry, who already has licked two world champions this year, meets clever Frankie Ryoff of ' New York in a TV-radio 10-rounder. If brown-haired Larry beats blondish Ryff, a Connecticut backer will underwrite a guar antee of S50.000 for champion Wallace (Bud) Smith to defend against Boardman at Boston's Fenway Park. That guarantee should sew up the match. Heavy support for Larry to day hammered the betting price third base; Ron Peery, left field, and Dennis King, right field. Henry (Chuck) Putney and Ernie Tyler will be the pitchers in reserve. Others on the squad for the Portland journey are Steve Shorey, outfielder; Ray Hilton, catcher, and Fred Linton, outfielder and catcher. Oversee ing the crew along with Kovenz is Frank ' Roelandt, assistant coach, and Larry Homer and Mike Brant. Medford, ' a strong fielding, clutch hitting team, goes into the Saturday night champion ship encounter riding on a nine- game winning streak. At one time Medford had a 2-win three loss record in the Southern Ore gon Conference. It wound up loop play with 9-3. Lincoln was- 11-3 in the PIL. It trimmed North Salem 2 to I and Central Catholic 9 to 0, respectively in quarter and semi-final games. Reinking, Gober and Sides of the Medford team close out their prep careers with the titular game. Jim and Henry Putney, juniors, reportedly are playing their final game for the red and black. They plan to mova to Portland. Colts Take On Eagle Point In RV Loop Here On Sunday ROGUE VALLEY LEAGUE STANDINGS Glendale Ashland Grants Pass Vave Junction . Cheney Colts - Butte Tails Eajrle Point Camp White w. . 1 . 1 . 1 1 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 Pet 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 Eagle Point and the Cheney Colts each will be fighting for an initial victory in the Rogue Valley Baseball League on Sun day when the two clubs collide at the fairgrounds baseball park here at 2 p.m. Other league scraps during the af tei noon will be Cave Junc tion at Ashland, Butte Falls at Glendale' and Camp White at Grants Pass. Glendale, Ashland, Grants Pass and Cave Junction. Just who'll handle the Colt pitching chores this week end was a matter of uncertainty to day. The choice could be Eldon Davidson who worked four in-, nings in the Wednesday non-loop fray with Ashland. Kay Kclley, who threw against Glendale last Sunday, will not be on hand from Lin- iield college, and Duane Sides, who is being counted on for sum mer duty, likely will be on the mound for Medford high in its state championship with Lincoln game at Portland on Saturday. Ned Landers is not available for Sunday contention. Colt Manager Harry Tonn was trying to line up another chuck er for the week end. He said that Don LaBeau, an infielder, has done some twirling and could be used. Meunier May Catch Howard Morris, catcher, like Kelley is not expected home from Linfield this week end. Also he has a finger injury and has had several operations on the digit this spring. He caught last Sunday despite the injury which was suffered in Linfield's down to "even money" and indi cated Larry would be favored at ring time. Previously 24-year old Ryff had been favored as high as 2-1 because of his speed and skill. third varsity gme of the year. Probable catcher, then, this week is Laval Meunier, who did a creditable job behind the plate in a four-inning stint on Wednes day. Manager Eddie Dahack of the Eagle crew may choose between Dennis Boren, from Eagle Point high, and Sid Peterson, ex-Pros pect prepper, for hill duties. Bill Caldwell, a pitcher and" first baseman, was also listed by Da- hack. But another report con cerning the Pacific university and ex-Eagle Point High player made his status uncertain. Catching staff for EP includes Errol Tresham, from the high school in that community. Gene Eccleston, Oregon Tech student and ex-EP high, and Copeland (whose first name was not given) from Dqrris, Calif. Infielders on the Eagle Point roster include Dick Brown, sec ond base, Jack Barrett, short stop, and Richard Osborne, third base. Outfielders are Eddie Peile, Charles and Gene Eccles ton and Steve Geary. While the Colts go into action Sunday,- the' Medford Cheney Studs, the parent club, will be awaiting its first contest. The Studs play an old non-loop rival, Yreka, Calif.,, here next Wednes day. Regular Southern Oregon League contention for the Studs does not begin until June 15. Borcher Has Plywood Job Roseburg U.R) Bill Borch er, who resigned as head basket ball coach at University of Ore gon at the end of last season, has been named personnel and safety division manager for the U.S. Plywood Corp. here. He will take over the post Monday, and will live in Roseburg. Borcher is the second Univer sity of Oregon coach to move to Roseburg to take a plywood po sition. Jim Aiken, former Ore gon football coach, has been with Umpqua Plywood Corp here for several years. 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