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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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