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Presence of Berra in Yankee Lineup Aids Mantle in Homers By STEVE SNIDER . New York (U.PJ Yogi Ber ra, a success story in his own right, rates an assist in the cur rent surge of slugger Mickey Mantle. "I never had such a good spring lor hitting since I've been In pro ball," said Yogi and therein lies one of the many reasons for Mantle s spurt tnis spring though Berra won't ad mit it. But It's always great to have a pair of sluggers back to back in the lineup and Yogi is the per fect complement to Mickey. He usually comes up just behind Mantle in the batting order and opposing pitchers are mighty careful not to walk Mickey if they can avoid it, lest Berra belt a homer not for one run but for two. Mantle rates all the CTedit for cutting down his strike outs and for powering those titanic home runs. But the ex perts count Yogi a tremendous help because he's on such a fcnt strAHk. too. Until this year, when Mantle was whiffing so often, the pitch ers tried to get him to bite at bad halU hnnino he'd strike out. But Mickey isn't biting any more. The pitchers know they ri rnmp in with a good pitch in a tight spot or put him on with a walk and a walk is the last thing they want with R.rra nn next. Yoei hacpens to be one of the game's top clutch hitters. "I think he's the best hitter in ha-hall." said the veteran Joe Collins, though he admires Mickey's muscular blasts as much as the next guy. "Yogi hits Just hard enough to get in the seats and that s enough. So, despite all the furor over Mantle this spring, the Yankees aren't losing sight of their old reliable Yogi three time winner of the American League's most valuable player w n r H . He's currently the highest paid Yankee and will continue to be ir suihilo thnueh Mantle, onlv 24, is certain to pass him before long. other things. Mickey nn nrivantaze over Yogi by being a switch hitter if you're a believer in such percentages. But Berra, a left-handed hitter long since lost his fear of left- fcanrfori nitphprs. "Half the time now I don't even know whether the pitcher i fhrnwincr Hffht or left handed. said Yogi. "I guess the figures would show I hit one as wen as the other." In fact, the home run figures indicate he hits lefties better. Seven of his first 13 round trippers were off southpaw pitching. Unlike the best previous Yan kee one-two punch Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig Mantle ana MrnrnRiw&,TRIBUNE ss i. ass ss Bilko Helps Angels Increase League Lead Thompson Takes Title 1-111.. Tp ttl.PJ Stocky Tir TVinmson. the Australian who has his eyes on a third straight British Open crown, won the $70,000 Texas Interna tional title Monday because he was the only one of the contend ers able to master Preston Hoi w Nn 9 "pravevard hole." Th. imnprturbable. 26-year- old Melbourne native defeated Gene Littler of Singing riuis, Calif., and Cary Middlecoff of Dallas in the second hole of a sudden death playoff after all three tied with 13-under-par 267s after th regulation 72 holes. Out of the four rounds of golf played in this rich tournament, Thomson was the only one of the ton air finishers who was able to play the par four hole in even par and he conquered it with a dramatic 12-foot birdie, putt in the playoff that was worth $13,478. UW Coach Claims Team Benefited Portland (U.PJ The new football coach at the University of Washington, Darrell Royal, paid his first visit to Portland last night and said that recent penalties imposed on the school by the Pacific Coast Conference might benefit the Huskies in the long run. Royal, former mentor at Mis sissippi State, said puttting the school on probation ' midway through spring practice didn't dampen the spirits of the team hut added that it didn't help them, either. He said that in the long run Washington should benefit from the move and be a stronger con tender than ever. Lint Pitches iMoore 3-1 Berra are great friends. Chances are they always will be because Mickey is maturing rapiaiy oe yond his years and who doesn't like the amiable xogi: Ruth and Gehrig, however, weren't exactly buddies, partic ularly in the later years. A good feud might lead to more homers but you can't beat team harmony when it comes to winning pennants. Bv NEAL CORBETT United Press Sports Writer T.iiro nid Man River, the Los Angeles Angels just keep rollin' along. Monday night bulky iteve Rillcn and friends increased their Pacific Coast League lead by three and one half games over idle Seattle by rolling over the Sacramento Solons, 8-s. HilVn who leads the league in ovprvthins but hot doe sales, had two hits in three trips to the niafo tn increase a batting aver age that is already even bulkier than Bilko. And his friends came up with a double play in which over half the playing team participated. Meanwhile Hollywood snappea iv-eame losine streaK Dy shutting out Vancouver, 7-0, be hind the ,five-hit pitching 01 Fred Waters, and the Portland Beavers outhustled San Diego, 5-1. Seattle and San Francisco were idle. Scoring Threat Nipped Tne Aneeles lumped right off with one run in the first inning, but the Solons took a temporary lead in the second with two. Then the Angel machine ground out four more in the third and shelled starter Bud Watkins from the mound with two more in the fifth. Sacramento made futile effort with a three-run rally in the sixth, but were held ..-nroipce in the last three in nings while Los Angeles scored one more in the eighth frame just to keep in shape. The Angels nipped one scor ing threat in the bud with a nifty double play that went from short, to second,, to third. to ratrher. to Ditcher. Starter Dave Hillman notched his fifth Mounties, the Stars scored two runs in the first, one in the fifth, one in the sixth and three in the eichth. Lint Give Up Double Jim McDonald went all the way for Vancouver in taking the loss. San Diego and Portland got nine hits apiece in their game, but Royce Lint of the Beavers was able to pitch himself out of trouble. He lost his shutout in the ninth on a double by Dick Sisler. a single by Harry Elliott and an infield out. Portland scored one in the first, one in the second, two in th third and one in the sixth to hand workhorse Eddit Erautt his ninth loss in 13 decisions. Lloyd Mernman of Portland came up with the only homer hit in the loop with nobody aboard in the sixth. Beavers to 5-1 Victory San Diego (U.R) Royce Lint pitched himself out of trouble several times last night ana went the distance to give tne ron lanH Rpawrs a 5-1 victorv over the San Diego Padres in the first game of a four-game r'acuic Coast League series. Both teams slammed out nine hits, but Lint proved himself ef fective with men on base. The Beavers picked up a run in the first inning when Tom Saffell singled, went, to second on an error by catcher Joe As- troth and scored on a single by Luis Marquez. Saffell added anotner tally in the third. He singled, then ad vanced when shortstop Clarence MnorA rfronned a throw to sec ond and Marquez grounded out. and scored on a wild pitch, iwo more Beaver runs came in the fourth. Lloyd Merriman brought Port land its final tally with a homer in the sixth. The Padres Waited until the ninth to ruin Lints shutout game. Dick Sisler doubled, went to third on a single by Harry Elliott and brought in the run on an infield out by Astroth. Tuesday. June 5. I95B MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVXW Favorite London (U.PJ Ancient Archie Moore, lean and mean after a Spartan training pro gram to take off 25 pounds, now has been boosted to a 3-1 favor ite over Yolande Pompey of Trinidad for their world light- heavyweight championsnip doui tonight at Harringay Arena. A capacity crowd of 11,000 and a gate of more than $100, 000 is expected for tonight's 15 rounder. Champion Moore started as a 5-2 choice to defend his crown against the former plantation loKnra, from the West Indies. British Empire fans had hoped that Archie s gruelling training , pace would rob him of strength but instead he has seemed to wallop his sparring partners: hard as he gets lighter. So now the odds have moved upward on the champion, who is listed as 39 in the record books and much more unofficially. I FREDRICH SCORES UPSET 1 Bologna, Italy U.PJ Heavy weight Hans Fredrich of Ger many scored a 10-round upset decision over Europe champion Franco Cavicchi of Italy in a non-title bout Monday .night. 1 l 0QQS7MI0 Open Every Wednesday Until 9 P.M. lighter than springtime! Major Leagues Adjust to TV; Minors Have 5uttered The linescores: Los Angeles 8 12 2 Sacramento 5 7 3 Hillman and Tappe; Watkins. Osenbaugh 5, Jones 8 and Baich. 5 2 11 0 Waters Vancouver P Hollywood 7 McDonald and Neal; and Hall. Portland San Diego 1 Lint and Calderone Peete 7, Gettel 8 and Astroth 9 1 9 2 Erautt, Yakima Now In 1st Place By United Press Yakima displayed its "clutch" nntential Mondav nisht and Dave H'llman notcned n s - ' 'hold on first win and Watkins took his L,ace8ln tne Northwest League lOSS. K fllAiinna lact.ntai0 Salom 17- Unllimmn KrnlcP Ollt of itS I - 1 ... &. .. .. . . . iu. All 01 tne winning runs slump in line sijk. ters was tossing golf balls at the SEALS OBTAIN SURKONT St. Louis (U.PJ- Max Surkont right-handed pitcher whom St. Tjinie obtained from the Pitts burgh Pirates a month ago, has been sold by the Cardinals to the San Francisco Seals of the Surkont. who has pitched a total of 5 1-3 innings, was traded to the Cards, for right-hander Luis Arroyo. Medford Auto, NG Get Wins National Guard and Medford won convincing victories yester- in .Tnrksnn rountv Softball association play on the Medford football field. National Guard downed the 20-30 club 10-5 with Fisher getting credit for the win, fan ning nine. Leading the winners' attack was Matyka, Landers, Phillips, Yarnell and Snook, who all scored two runs. House and Green highlighted the game for the losers. Sanders, who fanned eight, was the los ing pitcher. Medford Auto trounced DeMo lay 19-6, which included homers by Riley, Parker and Stone. Also leading the Medford Auto attacK was Smith, Pool and Granger, who rapped doubles, ituey, whiffing two and walking five, was the winning pitcher. Swinney led the DeMolay on slaught with a double and a single. Colton was the losing pitcher. SOVIET TRIEND3HIP' Wellington. New Zealand (U.PJ The new Russian "friend ship" policies have been extend ed to Soviet radio hames. New Zealand amateur radio operators reported they talked with their Russians counterparts wis weeK for the first time in seven years. All previous efforts to contact the Soviets during that period had been ignored. came in the extra 10th inning. Rain washed out tne wenai-chee-Lewiston fracas at Lewis ton, but Tri-City poured it on in the last inning for a four-run out burst and an 8-6 triumph, over Spokane. The Bears were one run down going into the ninth inning at Salem. With two out and a mate on second, Yakima shortstop El wavne Wilcox slaslied out a double that tied the contest. In the extra inning, Bob Wilson, Roy Nixon and Wilcox singled and Vince Moreci socked a three-bagger. Added in were three Sailm errors and the end result was a seven-run splurge that ruined the Senators' hopes for a win. Ten pitchers, seven of them Bears, saw action in the game. A chilled audience of only 125 spectators saw the hometown In dians lose out to Tri-City. Vern Kindsfather was credited with the Braves' win; Bill Bottler was charged with the loss. Botn hurlers came on in the ninth stanza. Frirtip Mnrnhv socked a bases- empty four-baser in the first in ninff for Snokane. Duane Helbig countered wiht a two-run homer in the next frame. By WILLIAM EWALD New York U.R) It used to be "Take me out to the ball game," but now it's "Stock the cooler with beer, dad, the Yan kpps nlav tonieht.' After a hesitant courtship, baseball and television have fi nally become real electronic bed fellows. But baseball still isn't sure whether TV is trying o hug it or strangle it. The impact of television on baseball, and vice versa, has been one of the most interesting and troublesome of all the out growths of this communications miracle which makes is possible to see a moving object the size of an orange from 50 miles away. Last year .65 million different people watched the World Series on the video screens. The all star game alone was seen by 35 million. The regular season games draw a living room crowd that dwarfs the fans in the ball park. And all for free. Major Leagues Survive But certainly television isn't killing major league baseball. The national sport has made an aHiiKstment more satisfactory. for example, than have the mov- Tt is a valid Doint that TV has made fans of millions of young sters who, once caught by the game, manage to stir fathers out to battle the trattic jam ana gei a rpal live look at their team. And fresh cash that runs into the millions from sponsors usual ly cigarettes, beer or razor hlades hasn't pained the big leaeue clubowners. It takes w nf turnstile clicking to match it. There is, however, no ques tion that TV has hurt minor league baseball severely. in 1949 there were 59 minor leagues and 454 clubs. Now there are 27 circuits ana -uo clubs. Attendance has fallen in seven years from 50 million to 1Q million. I Baseball men will also argue ; that they aren't getting a fair j return for the entertainment the sport produces. They contrast the TV revenue they get from ; a five-hour doubleheader with ; a cast in the dozens to what a sponsor would pay for another j type TV show capable of hold- j ing a dedicated audience so long. One solution advanced is the nav-as-vou-see TV in which a set owner would put a quarter . or 50 cents in a Slot to see a game. But that whole subject j is extremely controversial and i has a lot of kinks. Use Mail Tribune Want Ada BUS CRASH INJURES 13 Chicago (U.PJ A Chicago Transit Authority bus went out of control and crashed into a. vi aduct Monday, injuring 13 pass engers. One of the passengers was in serious condition with a nnssihle skull fracture.. The driver said he lost control of the bus when it hit a foot-deep hole in the street. Use Tribune Want Ads For Action, BY THE i cr- EAM FRO THE IS AT.... I WINGS S LOAN ASSOCIATION SINCE 1909 Gonzalez Tops Hardy New York (U.R) Middle weight Tony Tex Gonzalez said today, "I was the most surprised guy in the house," while explain- ine Monday night's unexpectea explosives that won a unani mous 10-round TV decision over Hardv Bazooka Smallwood at st Nicholas Arena. A notoriously light puncher. nf East Oranee. NX. suddenly seemed to have bombs in his fists as he floored tne wnrlrpr from a Brooklyn bubble- gum factory in the first round and staggered him a dozen times thereafter. "I'd worked for a month on the heavy bag to improve my punch, lex saia. ".ana my trainer, Rpscoe Manning, kept tplline- me' I could really punch if I just had the. self-confidence in spt mvsplf and let drive. Tex, weighing 158W pounds to Smallwood's 16014. registered his 22nd victory in 28 fights be fore 1,231 fans. Top Golfers Aim For US Open Berths By UNITED FHE5S Most of the nation's ton tournament nros fire awav at Dallas today for the last 37 berths in next week's U. S. Open Golf Championship at rtocnest- er, N.Y., but they 11 have to be nlentv hot to steal the nation wide lead from chunky Walter Burkemo of Franklin, Mich. Burkemo, 1953 PGA champ ion led 108 qualifiers in 24 cit ies Monday with a 10 under par 66-68 134 over two of Detroit's toughest courses. He had nine one-putt greens and picked up 11 birdies in 36 holes by way of letting the rest of the pros know he'll be a distinct threat at Rochester June 14-16. Fven so. the next U. S. Open champ may emerge from today's test at Dallas where tne non-exempt stars who competed in the rich Texas International cham pionship will shoot for the last 37 places in the starting field of 162 for the big show next week. Amnnif them are Gene Littler. Ted Kroll, Jimmy Demaret, Jer ry Barber, Don January, Don Fairfield, Billy Maxwell, Bo Wininger. and Arnold Palmer, plus former champions Lloyd Mangrum and Lawson Little. MILWAUKIE BOY SIGNED Portland (U.PJ Larry Irwin, 18-year-old pitcher for Milwau kie hieh school the past two years, yesterday signed a con tract with the Boston Ked &ox. Irwin will reDort to the newly formed all rookie Class D. Ne braska State league which opens July 1. 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