Sport's Biggest 4 Questions:
Mick, Arch, Ted and Braves
By OSCAR FRALEY
United Press Sporii Writer
New York (U.R) There are
four major questions In the
minds of sports fans today
Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams
Archie Moore and tKe Milwau
kee Braves. This is how the an
swers stack up in one mm
opinion.
Can Mickey Do Tt?
The "it" is whetner he can
break Babe Ruth's lecord of 60
home runs and It is the most
tantalizing question of them all
Mantle currently is 13 games
ahead of Ruth's pace with 41
homers in 111 games. But, like
such former challengers as Hank
Greenberg, Jimmy Foxx and
Ralph Kiner, Mickey will find
Ruth's scorching pace of 17 in
September a backbreaker.
In his closing rush, Ruth hit
five in three games, twice hit
three in three games and closed
it out with four in his last three
games. Mantle's production av
erage has been one in every
third game. With 43 games re
maining, at that rate The Mick
should add about 15 more hom
ers before the season's end
for a total of 56.
It would be great to see him
catch a hot hand and close the
gap but on slide rule figuring
it appears he will fall short.
What's With Ted Williams
There seems to be a general
feeling, wherever you go, that
Williams has reached his sec
ond childhood early with his
spitting antics. Certainly his ac
tions have indicated a lack of
maturity in a $100,000 a year
player who has been around 1
years.
All the great players knew
the boos as well as the cheers
and were sensible enough to
hide their bitterness and write
It off against the good things.
The answer seems to be that
Williams is Williams, a split
personality who will never cease
putting himself above the game
and the fans and who can't
help but lose in the process.
Baseball, it is suspected, will
be around quite successfully
long after Williams calls it
career.
Moor or Patterson?
Eventually, probably indoors
at Chicago in November, ancient
Archie Moore and young Floyd
Patterson will fight for the
heavyweight title.
Moore admittedly will be 40
a month later, although his
mother says he is 42 now. Pat
terson, only 21, is durable and
has a powerful punch. But
young Floyd looked inept
against the unorthodox Tommy
Jackson, although he broke bis
right hand in an early round
Still, Archie will show him
more tricks in one round than
Jackson could In a week. Archie
can hit, too, so the leaning here
is toward the amazing Archie.
Can Milwaukee Win?
The Braves still are battling
gamely to hold their National
League lead but those footsteps
they hear are the onrushmg
Dodzers. Milwaukee has fine
pitching but Brooklyn has an
edge in depth.
Brooklyn has several factors
favoring it. It plays 20 of its
last 24 games at home, largely
against second division clubs
while the Braves must hit the
road in 15 of their last 24 games.
mostly against the Redlegs and
Cardinals.
The biggest one, though, is
that Brooklyn has the old pres
surized pros who know how it
feels to fight it out down the
stretch and win. Which makes
it look like Brooklyn, from here.
One PCL Club To Schedule
Games In Japan, Mexico
Portland (U.R) Pacific Coast
League President Leslie M.
O'Connor said here yesterday
that one club from the league
will almost certainly make an
exhibition tour of Japan follow
ing the 1957 season.
The league president said that
the negotiations for either an
all-star team from the league or
one of the league members are
"almost concluded."
He also expressed the hope
that a Mexican tour could be
worked out just prior to the
trip to the Orient.
The series in Japan probably
would start in late October and
would Include 10 games. Games
in Hawaii, Manila and other
cities in the Orient also may
be included in the schedule.
O'Connor made the prediction
following a meeting of the
league directors here yesterday.
A major item on the director's
agenda was discussion of a 1957
schedule with a compromise be
tween the present split-week
and the former week-long series
apparently in the offing for next
season.
No decision was reached on
the schedule but officials hoped
to have a tentative card lined
up for presentation at the next
regular meeting slated for Sep
tember 24. The season will start
April 12 and run to Sept. 15,
comprising 168 games.
Directors issued an informal
"vote of confidence" in the
league during the session. The
declaration of solidarity came
at the request of San Diego
which is contemplating construc
tion of a new park.
MedfordTribune
SIPdMffiTS
Clark Advances in Senior Club
Golf Championship Tournament;
RVCC Linksters Beat Laurelwood
Tops
Rene Valdes
Coast
In Triumphs
San Francisco (U.R) Elmer
Singleton (15-5) the Seattle
meal-ticket who has been bat
tling a sore arm, remained at
the top of the Pacific Coast
League pitching brigade today
with an earned run average of
2.62.
However, Dave Hillman (16-4)
of Los Angeles was starting to
press the veteran for those hon
ors by whittling his own earned
run mark down from 3.38 to
3.11 last week. The Cherub
right-hander also leads in win
ning percentage with .800.
Rene Valdes (17-8) of Portland
retained the lead for most tri
umphs while Dick Drott (11-8)
of the Angeles stayed ahead in
strikeouts with 152.
Bill Werle (11-12) of Portland
had pitched 192 innings to re
main the loop's hardest worker.
Eddie Srautt (7-16) of San Diego
stayed behind as the biggest
loser while the Padres' Pete
Mesa (1-9) had walked 115 to
lead in free passes.
DOGS START
Portland (U.R) While
10.427 fans attended last night's
PCL all-star baseball game here,
an estimated 12.000 persons jam
med Portland Meadows for the
opening of the dog racing sea
son. It was the largest crowd to
view an event at the Meadows. I
Medalist Marvin Clark moved
into the semi-finals and defend
ing titlist Harry Terrell Sr., was
bumped from the running as the
result of first round matches in
the men's senior golf tourna
ment at Rogut Valley Country
club.
Clark tipped Glen Farbrick 1
up and will meet Bill Catey who
needed 20 holes to edge Justin
Smith Sr. William McAllister
senior was 1 up winner over
Terrell. He'll face George Stacey
who subdued Merlon Emmans
2 and 1.
In a team match at the club
on Sunday Rogue Valley men
bounced Laurelwood Country
club of Eugene 88 to 38. The
home club was headed by pro
Al Williams, Harry Millette and
George Harrington.
Williams was two under par
with a 70 in a 2 to 1 win over
Harold West the Laurelwood
pro. Millette carded a 72 in
downing Vern Allen of the
Eugene team 3 to 0. Jim John
son was low among Laurelwood
amateurs with his 75 but was
trimmed by Harrington 3 to 0.
Harrington stroked a 73.
Bob V o e g 1 1 y with 66 for
RVCC and Tom Reed and Ed
O'Reilly with 72s for Laurelwood
took the low net prizes. Closest
to the pin prizes went to Em-
mans for RVCC and to Carl Gu-
ler for Laurelwood and long
drives were by Dr. William Mil
ler for the host club and by Bob
Hamilton for the visitors.
Simmons Low Saturday
In a Saturday sweepstakes at
the club Eddie Simmons had a
70 for low gross prize the second
week in a row. Ray Wise had a
67 low net and Bob Morris was
second low net with 69. Blind
bogey prizes were nabbed by
Dutch Oakes and O. A. Eden at
82.
In the first flight of the senior
club championship tangle Bill
Dillingno defeated Miles Doran,
Earl Leever beat Lloyd Pope,
Stoy Elliot got by Earle Vorhies
2 and 1 and C. E. Knight and
Russ Schuck are to finish their
match by Wednesday. Dillingno
plays Leever and Elliot the win
ner of the Knight-Schuck tiff in
matches to be finishd by next
Sunday evening.
Second flight first round win
ners were W. H. Bartlett 4 and
over Keith Bates, Art Peters
1 up over Rease Braley and A. C.
Broyles 1 up over Morris
Leonard. Al Dumas and frank
Martin are to complete their
fray by Wednesday with the
winner to face Broyles. Peters
advances against Bartlett.
In the overall club champion
ship tourney Gerry Gastineau
won the second flight honors
with a 4 and 3 verdict over Alan
Holmes.
Justin Smith Jr. and Bob
Rector are to meet Wednesday
for the first 18 holes of their
36 hole club championship
finals.
Norman Tops
U.S. Golfers
Edmundson, N.B. (U.R)
Moe Norman, the delight of the
gallery but an enigma to his
fellow golfers, was one-stroke
ahead of two Americans today
in the field of 108 golfers left
in the second half of the 36-hole
qualifying round for the Canad
ian Amateur championship.
The stubby 26-year-old Kitch
ener, Ont., shooter, 1 tired a rec
ord breaking 69 over the 6,610
yard, par 37-36 73 Edmundson
layout Monday to lead all quali
fiers after 18 holes.
Norman, the defending champ,
was only one stroke up on Doug
Sanders, Miami Beach, Fla., and I
1956 Canadian Open winner, and
Dr. Ted Lenczyk, Newington,
Conn.
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Amarillo, Tex (U.R) Police
at a radar speed trap clocked a
fast-moving airedale going 26
miles-per-hour in a 30-mile zone
Monday. Officers said the dog
approached a dead bird laying
in front of the radar unit, pick
ed up the bird and darted off.
Metal studs on the dog's collar
were picked up by the radar
which registered him almost ex
ceeding the speed limit.
J fit A
COVERING mouth with
hand, Ted Williams indicates
he's not planning to boo or
spit at Boston fans after
clouting 1-run homer against
Baltimore. (International)
IMPORTANT
Bowling Meetings!
Tutsdjy, Aug. 14 Ljditt' CIjssIc Lgu, 7:30 p.m. at tft
Girls' Community Club.
Wadntsdjy, Aug. 15 Commarcial Ljgu, 7:30 p.m, at tha
Med ford Bowling Linas.
Wednesday Aug. 15 Evergreen League, 8:30 p.m. at the Med
ford Bowling Lanes.
Thursday, Aug. 16 City League, 7:30 p.m. at the Medford
Bowling Lanes.
Thursday, Aug. 16 Rogue Valley League, 8:30 p.m. at the
Medford Bowling Lanes.
Friday, Aug. 17 Industrial League, 7:30 p.m. at the Medford
Bowling Lanes.
These meetings are very important and will be the last meeting prior
to the start of league bowling which will get underway the week of
Aug. 27. BE SURE TO ATTEND THE MEETING YOU ARE INTER
ESTED IN!
MEDFORD BOWLING LANES
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ORLANDO ZULTJETTA, Cuban star lightweight, loses his
match to Ludwig Lightburn of British Honduras, in a
bruising match in Madison Square Garden. It was second,
bout for the pair. Zuluetta won the first (International)
Venn Wants Lane
Grand Jury Recalled
Eugene (U.R) Lane County
District Attorney Eugene C.
Venn yesterday filed a motion in
Circuit Court asking that the
county grand jury be recalled so
he could present "new evidence"
to the panel.
Venn s motion asked that the
Bogota, Colombia (U.R)
Jose Tabares Escobar won a $4,
000 lottery prize recently and
hid the money from his wife in
an old mattress. His wife burned
the mattress Monday "because it
was too old and in my way."
grand jury be allowed to hear
"new evidence" in cases previ
ously taken before the group by
Attorney General Robert Y.
Thornton.
Tuesday, August 14, 1958
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN
Sugar Ray
To Fight As
Independent
New York (U.R) Middle
weight champion Ray Robinson,
a fugitive from the Internation
al Boxing Club, said today he
waited only television clearance
before closing for a title defense
against Gene Fullmer under in
dependent promotion at Los
Angeles.
However, co-manager Ernie
Braca was still trying to effect
a reconciliation between Sugar
Ray and promoter Jim Norris
of the IBC so that the big fight
could be staged at Yankee Sta
dium, Sept. 25. The champion
had announced his "break" with
Norris Sunday night.
Robinson said the bout would
be held at the Los Angeles Coli
seum, Sept. 24 or 25 "or a
couple weeks later if we. have
to wait that long for TV clear
ance." He did not specify wheth
er he was referring to home
TV or theatre TV.
What? Gin'n Nothing?
ARCARO TO RIDE
Chicago (U.R) Eddie Ar-
caro has agreed to ride Swoon's
Son in the $100,000 added Am
erican Derby at Washington park
Saturday. He has been aboard
four previous American Derby
winners Citation in 1948, Hill
Prince 1950, Mark-Ye-Well 1952
and Native Dancer 1953.
ANOTHER OPPONENT
New York (U.R) Middle-
weights Jerry Luedee and Wil
lie Troy, who slugged 10 bruis
ing rounds to a draw Monday
night, will meet other opponents
at St Nicholas arena before col
liding there again for the third
time.
Dead Une Sunaa Classified is at
noon Saturday: 10 a.m Monday for
Monday: other days 5:30 previous day.
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