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Newspaper Page TextV Dodgers Appear To Have Strength For Third Flag (Thim is ihm fin! in a ieriM n the 1957 prospects of the. major lagu leami.) Br LEO H. PETERSEN TJnitd Pihi Sports Editor Miami. Fla. (U.Pl The Brooklyn Dodgers seem to have what it takes to win the Nation al league pennant for the third successive year, a feat that hasn't been accomplished since the St. Louis Cardinals turned the trick 13 years ago. Despite an assortment of ques tion marks and a parcel of play ers who may be past their peak, the Dodgers have enough prom ising youngsters to take up any slack that may develop. The biggest questions are: Has catcher Roy Campanella O recovered from the hand injury Bob Shantz Stands Out Pgr Yanks Br KABL VBIGHT U Unnl rwa tprts Writer Bohpy Chantz, Don Zimmer an$ Carl Irskine, three scrappy little beebll players who don't include "quit" in their vocabu laries, posted sparkling perfor mances Sunday in their drives to make flood in 1957. The 131 pound Shantz refuses O to admit he can't hit the top again although arm trouble has shackl'd him since he won the American league's "most valu able player" award by compil ing a S4-7 record in 1952. And he may be right. The little left-hander produc ed bad news for New York's 1957 rivals Sunday when he held the hard-hitting Cincinnati Red- legs runless while giving them six hits in five innings, Mickey Mantle's two homers plus a homer, triple, double and single by Andy Carey helped the Yanks win. 9-0. Zimmer Narly Bant4 Zimmer, the Brooklyn Dodg er infielder who is battling for a regular job. had to flop to av oid a wild inside pitch by Jim Bunning of the Detroit Tigers Sunday. On the next pitch. Zimmer hit a three-run homer that gave Brooklyn a 3-2 vic tory. . Sounds just what you'd expect a (-major leaguer to do, doesn't it? But Zimmer has three times been injured seriously by pitch ed balls. His playing career al most was ended in 1953 when his skull was fractured by a pitch. I Like Shantz. Erskine has been hampered by arm trouble for the past couple of years but he keeps working at his job and gave himself and the Dodgers something to smile about Sun day by shutting out Detroit while pitching the first three innings. so he will be able to return to the form which won him the league's Most Valuable Player Award in 1955? Will southpaw Johnny Podres, star of Brooklyn's 1955 World Series triumph, be able to pitch regularly despite the back in jury which caused his discharge from the service? Will Don Newcombe, the 27 game winner of last season but a World Series bust, be bother ed by the sore elbow upon which he blamed for his poor series performances? Has southpaw Karl Spooner finally recovered from his arm injury? Will old age catch up with Sal Maglie, Peewee Reese, Carl Furillo and Campanella. AIstoD Voice Hop Manager Walt Alston is opti mistic on all points. He contends that the Dodgers are stronger this year than last, when they went down to the final day of the season before winning the pennant as the Braves stum bled in their final series of the year against the cardinals. He plans on using Newcombe, Podres. Roger Craig, sophomore Don Drysdale as his regular starters with Maglie also getting a regular turn during the cooler weather. For spot assignments there will be the veteran Carl Erskine. rookie Fred Kipp, a 20-game winner with Montreal; and southpaw Sandy Koufax. who finally has come up with a change of pace. Also if Spooner. who broke in sensationally late in 1954 only to come up with a sore arm. is recovered, he could be come a starter. Alston maintains that in Clem Labine. Don Bessent and Ed Roebuck he has the best bullpen in baseball. Infild Still Uncertain Only one infield spot is set big Gil Hodges at first base. Reese, who is 37, probably will start the season at short with Randy Jackson at third and Charley Neal at second. That alignment would free Junior Gilliam for the left field job. If Neal falters, Gilliam will take over second base. Duke Snider, the league's home run champion, will be in centerfield with the 35-year-old Furillo in right. If Gilliam is needed at second, the veteran Sandy Amoro or rookie Don Demeter, a .287 hitter with Fort Worth last season, may share the left field spot. The 35-year-old Campanella will be the No. 1 catcher if he I only a shadow of his former self, with the veteran Rube Walker the No. 2 man. j V - DRIVING FOR REBOUND, Yale's Torn Sargent (black jersey) and North Carolina's Bob Cunningham collide dur ing second half of New York NCAA titie tournament. Tar heels beat Yale 90-74. (International Soundphoto) MEDFORlVifcJTRIBUKE tJtA t,V V LANDING SMASHING RIGHT to head of Wilf Greaves. Canadian now living in Philadelphia, Spider Webb builds up points to win unanimous decision of judges at Chicago. This action was in fourth round. (International Soundphoto) Memphis, St. Bonaventure Seek Other Upsets in NST EYES TRACK PURCHASE Vancouver. Wash. iU.P.) Rob ert Randall of Van.-ouver. B.C. said today he was negotiating for purchase of Portland Mea dows race track. Hoop. Rules, Ethics Code Violated By Oklahoma City, Lightner Says Salem (U.R) Al Lightner, Pacific Coast conference referee who worked the Kansas-Oklahoma City NCAA basketball playoff game in Dallas, Tex., on Saturday night, asserted today that Oklahoma City was guilty "of violating the rule book and the code of ethics to the very last degree." Lightner's charge came on the heels of an accusation by Okla homa City coach Abe Lemons that the referees "protected" Wilt Chamberlain, big Kansas center. "I am not ashamed of any call I made. The only thing I am ash amed of is that perhaps I was not able to catch all the deliber ate fouling that was aimed at Chamberlain," Lightner said. The veteran official said it was his belief that the real trou ble stemmed from the fact that Cttfmberlain and Guard Maur ice King "were dark-skinned." "Throughout the game I heard Oklahoma City players refer to the two as 'those niggers' and even before the game started Lemons told me there would be trouble if 'that big nigger piles onto any of my kids,' " Lightner who also is sports editor of the Oregon Statesmen here, said. In a by-lined story today, Lightner asserted that Abb Cur tis, the Southwest conference su pervisor of officials, came into the dressing room following the game and "told us that he had not seen such a display of un ethical basketball in years. He was really disturbed." At one point during the game, which Kansas won, 81-61, rival coaches engaged in a heated ar gument when Oklahoma protest ed that a foul should have been called on Chamberlain. Fans also pelted the floor with cushions and pennies during the game During the 1955-56 season Lightner once halted a Pacific Coast conference game between Southern California and Califor nia at Berkeley when California fans persisted in throwing coins onto the floor. By UNITED PRESS New York U.R) Memphis State and St. Bonaventure, both authors of upsets in the first round, will try to add another chapter to their success stories tonight to open the quarter-final round of the National Invitation tournament. Both are underdogs again Memphis State (22-5) to "home team" Manhattan (15-8) and St. Bonaventure (16-5) against top seeded Seattle (22-2). ' The Bonnies face the big prob lem in Seattle's Elgin Baylor the most highly-touted player in the tournament. The 6-foot-6 Baylor has been, called by Coach Bob Feerick of Santa Cla.-a "the best college player in the coun try." The Bonnies will be out to make hustle a substitute for size, as they did in Saturday's 90-72 upset of Cincinnati when 6-foot-9 Connie Dierking was their chief problem. Cincinnati had the Upstate New Yorkers down by as much as eight points early, but a 15-point string in the clos ing minutes of the 'irst half put the Bonnios in charge. Jack Butcher's last-minute points carried Memphis State to its opening 77-75 triumph over Utah after the Tennessee boys ran into "foul" weather and lost high-scoring Wil Wolfong on personals. The quarter-final round will conclude Tuesday night when second-seeded Bradley meets Xavier of Ohio, and Temple plays Dayton. Bradley and Tem ple, like Seattle and Manhattan had first-round byes. Xavier sprang the third upset of the opening round when it blew a 10-point lead and then rallied to beat Seton Hall, 85 79. Dayton, runncr-up in this tournament four times but never the champion, advanced as ex pected with a. 79-71 win over St. Peter's of Jersey City, N. J., on a second-half surge led by Don Lane and Al Sicking. Monday, March 18, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN BUTTE FALLS School Vacation Over a prospective member. Br MARY JO HARRIS Butte Falls Butte Falls schools were closed Thursday and Friday of last week for spring vacation. Butte Falls schools take only two days off at this time in order that school can be let out earlier in the spring. Many of the teachers have taken this time to go to Portland for the OEA convention, while many residents went on vacations. Guests of the Butte Falls Lions Auxiliary at this same meeting were Mrs. Hoygaard and Mrs. Walker of Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Olsen and daughter, Kathy recently motor ed to Seaside, Ore., to visit with friends and relatives. Mr, and Mrs. Ed Burg and daughter, Judy were Sunday din ner guests in the Albert Hof mann home. The Burgs and Hof manss made a trip to the Hof mann ranch above Butte Falls later the same evening. Other guests in the Albert Hofmann home Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Hofmann and children, Larry, Timmie and Connie. The Reverend Howard Sim monds family are spending the spring vacation on their first trip through the Redwoods. Rev. Simmonds is from the Com munity church of Butte Falls. Darwin Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Moore is home on spring vacation from Oregon Technical Institute at Klamath Falls. Darwin is studying welding. The Jack Rodgers family of Toketee arrived Wednesday eve ning, March 13, for a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Rodgers, Jack's parents. The Jack Rod gers left Butte Falls Friday, March 15, to visit with Jack's brother and family, the Ron Rodgers of Medford. A visit is also planned with Mrs. Rodger's folks in Central Point. Edwin Ellis has returned from Myrtle Point to spend his spring vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eddy Ellis. Edwin has been staying with an aunt and attending school in Myrtle Point. Clyde Moore, following sur gery and a weeks stay at the Rogue Valley Memorial hospital, returned home last week. Mrs. Moore is still convalescing from breaking her right lef and will remain in a cast for another two or three months.. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Driskell re cently spent a week end with Mr. and Mrs. John Driskell at Brookings. John is, a brother of Bob. The John Driskells then returned to Butte Falls with the Bob Driskells for a short visit. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Rodgers recently motored to Brookings to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Rodgers and family. Cecil is a son of the Rodgers. . Bridegroom-To-Be Slays Daughters, ' Mother and Self West Frankfort, 111. (U.R) A 44-year-old jeweler killed his mother and three daughters Sun day and then committed suicide a few hours before his sched uled wedding. Herman Behn, a prominent merchant and civic leader, went on the shooting rampage shortly before he was to marry Mrs. Meldetta Minto, 34, an employee at his jewelry store. Police found Behn's mother, Mrs. Minnie Behn, 70, and his daughter, Kay, 10, dead in a double bed. The bodies of the other daughters, Linda, 14, and Shirley, 12, were found in their beds in another room. Bullet Hole in Tempi Behn was lying on the floor near his mother's bed with a bullet hole in his temple. A .38 caliber revolver lay near him. Coroner Barney Browning called the deaths murder and suicide. He scheduled an inquest for today. He said Behn clubbed his mother and daughters unconsci ous with a claw hammer before shooting them. Browning and Sheriff Paul Collins said the hammer blows might have been sufficient to kill the mother and daughters. Relatives and Behn's fiancee were at a loss to explain the shootings. Behn was divorced from his first wife. Guests in the Roy Parton home recently were Hugh Par- ton and Bud Kelley. Hugh and Bud are a son and nephew of the Partons. and come frm Leaven worth, Wash. Brothers Ken and Wayne Con ard, and an uncle, have return ed from Burwell, Nebraska for several months. The Conards are visiting with the Floyd Matterns and are relatives of Mrs. Mat- tern. Tennessee Al Qui NAIA Basketball Kansas City, Mo. (U.R) Tennessee A&I of Nashville, the first all-Negro team to ever win a major basketball tournament, today appeared to be in a pos ition to win a few more. The Tennesseans won the 19th annual National Association of Intercollegiate Athletic tourna ment championship over South eastern Oklahoma State, 92-73. Saturday night, with a team made up of one. freshman, six sophomores, two juniors and only one senior. Star of the tall and speedy Tennesseans was 6-3 sophomore O !j u., i nwiffi IJIHJI MM... WWWl.,tl,U TUP I IKHTFST MILDEST STRAIGHT BOURBON YOU CAN FIND taste . . . Century Club is - in step with today's trend to lightness yet gives you fin bourbon's taste! 6 YEARS OLD )80 . PT. 1 QT. 3SSSH!JSS NATIONAL CiSTILLERS PR00UCTS CORPORATION. NEW YORK, STRAIGHT EOURSON VkH;SXY. Si PfiOOf. ntet Captures Championship Richard Barnett, who was lead ing rebounder with 71 grabs and second in scoring with 132 points for the four tournament games. Barnett had only 16 points in the final game, but it was his running jump shot with nine seconds left in a semi-final that preserved A&I's life in a 71-70 victory over top-seeded Pacific Lutheran. CELTICS ROLL Boston !U.R The Boston Celtics, with Tommy Heinsohn scoring 25 points, scored an easy, 121-73 victory over a squad of New England college basketball stars Sunday at Boston Garden. INDIAN TOURNEY Chiloquin -iU.R Lapwai, Ida., became the champion for the second straight year Satur day night by defeating the Black feet Braves from Browning, Mont., 80-68 in the third annual Pacific NW AU-Indian Invitation al Basketball tournament held here. McMURTRY VICTOR Tacoma (U.R) "Irish" Pat McMurtry notched his second straight knockout here Satur day night by knocking out Reu ben Vargas of California in 1:15 of the third round. Five New Aleutian Earthquakes Recorded New York (U.R) Five new earthquakes in the Aleutian area were recorded on Fordham Uni versity seismographs Sunday and early today. Distances were estimated at from 4.000 to 4.900 miles from New York. One quake was esti mated to have been of an in tensity of 4. The others were less sharp. Mr. and Mrs. Jess Rodgers have just returned from a trip to Pasadena, Calif., where they visited with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Rodgers and son, Mark. Bob is a son of the Rodgers. While there the Jess Rodgers and Bob Rodgers motored to Palm Springs, Calif., for a day. The Jess Rodgers returned home via Reno, Nev., spending one night there, and returned to Butte Falls Wednesday, March 13. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Jolliffe and son, Chipper have returned from Redding, Calif., where they spent two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Jolliffe. Lee is a son of the Jolliffes. Mr. and Mrs. Doug Crammer and family have returned to their home in Butte Falls after spending several months as mis sionaries with '.the Village Mis sions through the Community church. The Burt Baker family are visiting in the Dave Smith home. Mrs. Baker is a daughter of the Smiths and is from the Bly area. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Arnold and Fred Bennett were Sunday visit ors in the Paul Greer home in Medford recently. Mrs. Greer is a daughter of the Arnolds. Guests in the Page Stauffer home are Mrs. Hoygaard and Mrs. R. Walker of Portland. Mrs. Hoygaard is a sister of Mrs. Stauffer and Mrs. Walker is a daughter of the Stauffers. Also visiting in the Stauffer home arer Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hodg son of Oakridge, Ore. The Butte Falls Lions were visited by Bill Rolfing, District Governor, at a special potluck meeting this past week. Rolfing is from Grants Pass and spoke to Lions on various aspects of Lionism. Also visiting at this meeting was Roy Parton of Butte Falls, Nearly 4,000 individual opera tions are required in manufac turing the parts needed for one watch. IV Builders Supply 1 QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks. Fines. Drain Tile 727 W. McAndrewt Phone 2-4107 Mi vch A tn 1 1 Cooperation Told For Development The Dalles (U.R) Gov. Al bert Rosellini of Washington yesterday pledged full 'coopera tion of his state with Oregon "to the end that we will have the tremendous development in this area we are entitled to." Rosellini spoke at the formal dedication of the navigation locks at The Dalles dam. Gov. Robert D. Holmes earlier called the dam a milestone in the progress of Oregon and an event long awaited by the In land Empire. The gates of the dam which reached its maximum level of 155 feet about sea level yes terday were opened for inland navigation after the . wives of both governors jointly cut a rib bon which spanned the down stream gate. Thousands watched eight barges go through the upstream gate and six pass through the downstream gate. Gov. Rosellini also stated that the Northwest has the pos sibility of economic develop ment second to none in the world because of the great nat ural resources including rivers like the Columbia. False Bomb Threats Ground Two Planes S l. Louis. Mo. UP.) Two Eastern Airlines flights carry ing 90 passengers, including Sen. Albert Gore (D-Tenn.), were grounded temporarily Sunday because of a false bomb threat. Flights 201 and 203 continued to Miami after a search of the planes proved the telephone re port to be a hoax. Gore, who was en route to Nashville, Tenn., was questioned by authorities about possible threats to his life. He quipped that the only threats he has re ceived were "from my constituents." FIDGETY William Lang iey, district attorney of Port land, Ore., had a difficult day before the Senate labor rackets committee in Wash ington trying to parry the many questions directed at him. His nervous strain is reflected in these two can did photos of his hands and feet while he was on the wit ness stand. LOOKING FOR SIGNS? NEON? ZEON? METAL? WINDOW? OFFICE? FAST, EFFICIENT SERVICE with QUALITY material We're Near as the Phone "Johnny Signs Anything" JOHNNY'S SIGNS 1230 Court St. Ph.2-2494 HFC Manager b 1 See a specialist about your money probfems When you want a solution to your money difficulties, see the HFC Office Manager. He has had years of training and experience in dealing with all kinds of financial problems and he can help you. One thing is 'sure he will not encourage you to borrow need lessly or excessively. 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