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
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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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Buck Bailey Washington
Stat college's veteran base
ball coach who was "silenced"
early this season when ha in
jured his leg while jumping
up from the player bench,
suffered another misfortune
yesterday.
Bailey and Shorty Sever,
custodian of athletic fields at
WSC. were preparing 4he
pitcher's mound for today's
opening game of the Pacific
Coast Conference baseball
playoffs between Washington
State and Southern California.
They spied a stone.
"I'll throw it outta here."
boomed Bailey. He burled it
Jim Richardson
Plans Retirement
Portland U.R) James J.
Richardson today announced his
retirement as manager of Mult
nomah stadium.
Richardson, 71, who w ap
pointed to the position -8 years
ago, plans to continue his duties
until Dec. 31 at which time
Verne Perry, manager of the
Multnomah club, will take on
added duties as stadium manager.
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The Motormen, with Chuck
Holcomb throwing two hit ball,
whacked Chris Drugs 8 to 0.
Scheduled ruckus between
McCulloch Chain Saw and Bill's
99 Chevron service was post
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resulted in postponement of two
clashes. Medford Upholstery
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