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.
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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.
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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.
TT c TP AM DELAYED
'Stockholm (U.PJ The Amer
ican equestrian teams for the
Olympic Prix de Nations will
nnt v.p ahle to start its workouts
until next Wednesday since its
horses won't be ready until then
because of a quarantine. j
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noon Saturday. 10 m- Monday for
Monday; other dayi 5:30 previoua day.
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