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Vernon Thinks Yanks May Lose San Francisco (U.R) Mickey Vernon, heading into his 21st sea ion of organized ball, took issue today with those who concede the Yankees another pennant, aad warned that some of the Bombers' key men "might have" a bad year. "I don't go for conceding pen nants to the Yankees right in the middle of spring training," said the veteran Boston Red Sox first baseman, who will be 39 in April. "Some of their key men could have a bad year, just as happens on other clubs. Look at Q Bob Porterfield with us. He had a bad one last season. And if he could click this year while the Yankees are having trouble well ..." Vernon thinks the Red Sox rright wind up as high as second after coming home fourth for the last four seasons. "Porterfied's pitching was bet ter in 1956 than the record showed," Vernon continued. "And some of his 12 defeats could have easily gone the other way. That would have made a tremendous difference, of course." As for James Barton Vernon himself, who never has been with a pennant winner during 16 years in the American League, Mickey won't say how many games he can ge out of his legs this season. "You never know what can happen to a player my age so why predict anything" he asked. "Sufficient to say that I feel as good as last year." (bounties Name Three To Hurl to Seattle Riverside, Calif.iU.R) Man ager Charlie Metro of the Van couver Mounties named Gordie Sundin, Jim Archer and Babe Birrer to pitch in today's game against Seattle. The Mounties ran up their fourth straight win Monday by defeating the March Air Force base team. Veteran hurlers Red Munger, Howie Judson were named to (Jiurl in tody's game for Seattle. Dead line Sunday Classified la at noon Saturday. 3 THE MAW WO OUMED H II was actually a too-big car. At gas i pumps, n drank like a fish. So he 1 called it "Moby Dick." 1 It even had fins like a fish. Parking it was like trying to squeeze a whale into a goldfish bowl. He thought about trading "Moby" for an economical little foreign car. It was too little for 5 kids. 1 iEp 1 So he bought Rambler, only car with room for six 6-fcoters, plus European car economy, handling ease. I It was a Rambler "6" that set the 1 NASCAR cross country record of 32 I miles per gallon with overdrive. a 1 Rambler's 1st in trade-in value among aB low-priced cars; because if s the smartest buy, new or read. RAMBLER Amman Motors Mains Mort for Amtrions LEA MOTORS Bartlett at 5th - Medford Phone 2-6185 MEDFOWlWrRIBUNE sipwits California Golfers May Control Masters By HAL WOOD Uniud Press Sports Writer San Francisco (U.R) Cali fornia will throw a long shot one-two-three punch at the star studded field in the Masters Golf Tournament this year. Young professional Ken Ven turi, San Francisco, who was the sensation of the event last year while still an amateur; National Amateur champion Harvie Ward of San Francisco; and state ama teur champion Bud Taylor of Po mona are the boys, and they may be the dark horses who could cause a lot of trouble. These aren't the only Califor nians playing! Gene Littler from San Diego will be there; so will Bobby Rosburg from San Fran cisco to mention a couple. But they are seasoned professionals. Venturi has spent the last two months doing nothing but practicing and playing in a few minor tournaments. This will be his first major tourney as a pro fessional, although he did com pete in the Bing Crosby and Palm Springs invitationals, where he took down big money. "Been playinug pretty good on the local courses," says Ven turi. "That doesn't mean, of course, that I'll do as well down at Augusta as I did last year. But I'm hoping." Venturi loves to practice and he spends hours nearly every day on the practice range. Ward, of course, is of an en tirely different physical and mental makeup. "I have to practice," says Har vie, who had to lay off the game for nearly a month this winter due to muscle injuries. But he has been playing regularly the last month and his game looks sharp. He finished as runner up to Taylor in the O'Donnell invi tational at Palm Springs two weeks ago. Straightest Hitter Taylor is no youngster. But not until last year did he bother to play in the big tournaments and he won his first three matches In the National Amateur and finished well in the National Open. His old golfing foe. Ward, incidentally, went to bat to get him into the Masters. "Taylor probably is the straightest shooter in the game of amateur golf," says Ward. "He's never far off the fairway. Sure, I campaigned for him. I voted to get him into the Mas ters, and I asked some other guys to vote for him. He belongs in the competition there." Taylor isn't the longest hitter in the world, but he is long enough and if he has a good week, he could be the surprise of the Masters, just as Venturi was last year' when he led through the first three rounds only to lose to Jackie Burke the final day. ' aV SCORING WITH HARD RIGHT Gil Cadilli, Los Angeles, staged a 7th round rally but lost decision to Ike Chestnut, Harlem, in featherweight fight in New York. (International) Arch Moore To Defend Title June 7 Detroit (U.R) Ancient Ar chie Moore today was assured of keeping his light heavyweight crown until at least June 7 when he meets the winner of the Chuck Spieser-Tony Anthony bout here at Olympia Stadium. Moore, weighing 210 pounds but promising the excess will be gone by June, signed for the title defense Monday one week after the original deadline fixed by the National Boxing association and the New York State Athletic commission. The boxing bodies had threat ened Archie with loss of his crown if he didn't sign for a defense by March 18. Spieser, No. 1 contender, meets third ranked Anthony at Olympia April 5. Basketball Group Modifies Free Throw Rule, Makes Other Changes Kansas City, Mo. (U.R) A modified free throw rule used this season by the Big Ten con ference was the major rule change adopted by the National Basketball committee in its two- day meeting here. Announcement of the new rules concluded the committee's session Monday. The new six-foul rule means the one-and-one free throw rule is not in effect for the first six fouls by each team, in each half. Only after the first six fouls, does a player get a "bonus" shot if he scores on his first attempt. In another effort to speed up the game, officials were ordered to warn the "responsible" team during stalls to make a reason able effort to get action" or be subject to a technical foul Out of Bounds The "responsible" team, the rule states, is the team behind in the score. If the score is tied, the team on defense is the re sponsible" one. Another revision calls for the ball being thrown into play from under either goal, but if the ball goes behind the back board on the throw-in it will be regarded as out of bounds. It was written to prevent players from throwing in over the back board to tall players for "dunk" shots. The committee also made a new rule that players on offense cannot touch the ball on the rim of the basket or directly above it unless the player car ried the ball there. It is design ed to eliminate tip-ins by" taller players. On double fouls, the commit tee ruled, neither team will get a free throw and a jump ball will be held instead. Use of a yellow ball for televised games was authorized by the commit tee along with numerous changes and editorial revisions In the rules book. Sport Parade By JACK CUDDY Sport Writer United Preu New York (U.R) Pull up a chair, peel yourself a grape be cause we're fresh out of oranges, and take it from Fearless Fraley that it's gonna be the New York Yankees and the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series this year. From here the pennant races shape up this way: -American League 1. The New York Yankees: If they lose this one, there should be a congressional investigation. The only questions are how many homers Mickey Mantle will hit (55) and how many games Art Ditmar will win (21). 2. Detroit Tigers: In the race 'til the head of the stretch. Then watch Whitey Ford and Co. go by. 3. Cleveland Indians: Still loaded with pitchers to throw it up there. Still nobody to get it when it goes out there. 4. Chicago White Sox: Go, go too slow, slow. 5. Boston Red Sox: Proving once again that money will buy anything but complete poverty and a pennant. 6. Baltimore Orioles: Any higher would be a real Oriole borealis. 7. Kansas City Athletics: Still in Missouri. 8. Washington Senators: The old, old story: First in war, first in peace and last in the Ameri can League. National League 1. Cincinnati Reds: More mus cles than a weight lifters' con vention but that may be the stumbling blocks. The pitching figures to improve but the blast ers have to blast on schedule. 2. Brooklyn Dodgers: The beards grow longer and longer and sooner, if not later, the thumbs won't plug the dyke any more. 3. Milwaukee Braves: If they ever get mad, look out. But there is still no fire in the ashes. 4. St. Louis Cardinals: The gang is out of gas with nobody to fill the tank. 5. Philadelphia Phillies: Gee whiz, kids? 6. Pittsburgh Pirates: Gee, kids! 7. New York Giants: San Francisco wouldn't want 'em. 8. Chicago Cubs: Lucky to finish eighth. And, oh yes, the Yankees will win the Series, four games to two. Anyone for football? Miss Mclntire Tourney Favorite Pinehurst, N.C. (U.R) Pert Barbara Mclntire of Toledo O. set her sights on the Western Amateur and the National Am ateur championships today fol lowing her triumph in the 55th annual W o m e n's North and South golf tournament. Miss Mclntire won the silver on her fifth try here withh a 3 and 2 win over Mrs. Ann Casey Johnstone of Mason City, Iowa The 22-year-old Ohioan closed the match against the experienc ed Mrs. Johnstone, four-time Iowa champ, on the 16th green. The former Rollins coed rolled in a tricky seven-foot putt for a birdie on the long par- five to win the hole on the strength of two booming fairway woods. PLAYERS REINSTATED Morgantown, W.Va. U.R) Three players who were dropped from the West Virginia Uni versity football team last sea son for breaking training rules nave been reinstated by Coach Art Lewis. They are center Phil Messinger, end John Plybon and quarterback Chuck Simpson. Federal Hill Busts Record Hallandale, Fla. (U.R) A world record-busting perform ance by Federal Hill forced pro fessional handicappers to read just their figures today for the $100,000 added Florida Derby Saturday at Gulfstream park. Until Federal Hill sizzled six and one-half furlongs in an eye popping 1:15 flat Monday at Gulfstream, the weekend classic shaped up as a battle between Wheatley Stable's Bold Ruler and the strong Calumet Farm en try of Barbizon, Gen. Duke and Iron Liege. Now Federal Hill must be con sidered at least a strong con tender, and some horsemen even are touting this brown son of Cosmic Bomb as "the horse to beat" in Florida's final Kentucky Derby preview. Ted Williams Hits 1st Homer; LA Next for Sox Anaheim, Calif. (U.R) The Hollywood Stars, in the wake of a 3 to 0 loss to the Boston Red Sox, hoped to get back into the winning column today against an invading UCLA team. The Red Sox scored a run in each of the first three frames in blanking the Stars at Holly wood's Gilmore Field Monday night, topped by Ted Williams' first homer of the spring sea son. Boston collected nine hits while holding the Stars to only three. Los Angeles (U.R) Man ager Clay Bryant of the Los An geles Angels said he would use rookie hurlers Glenn McMinn, Dick Hanlon and Ron Lee in today's exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox at Wrigley field. The Angels, Sorely in need of tighter pitching, will try to use the Red Sox to improve upon their dismal spring record thus far of five defeats m six games but don't rank as much of a threat to slugger Ted Williams and company. The Military Air Transport Service is the world's largest air freight carrier. In 1956 MATS flew 580,000,000 ton-miles of car go and mail for its one customer, the Defense Department. Tuesday, March 26, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE Podres, Larsen Hurl to Draw in Spring Tussle; Giants, Cubs, Senators Triumph Perez Slates Defense of Ring Mantle New York (U.R) Little Pas- cual Perez of Argentina will de fend his world flyweight cham pionship against Dai Dower of Wales at Buenos Aires Saturday in the featured bout on this week's boxing schedule. Their 15 round fight may draw the largest crowd in South American ring history, for it will be staged in the San Lorenzo de Almagros football stadium. which has an 85,000 capacity. It will be Perez s sixth defense of the 112 pound crown he won from Yoshirai of Japan in No vember, 1954 Dower, 26, is champion of the British Empire. Logart. Turner Close Season The boxing season at Madison Square garden will be closed out Friday night with a return 10 rounder between welterweight contender Isaac Logart of Cuba and Gil Turner of Philadelphia. Logart outpointed Turner last Oct. 21 and is favored at 14 to 5 to win again. Their bout will be televised and broadcast nationally by NBC. Joey Giardello, Philadelphia middleweight contender, is fav ored at 3 to 1 to beat Willie Vaughn of Los Angeles in their 10 rounder at the Kansas City Auditorium, Wednesday night. It's an ABC TV-radio fight. By FRED DOWN United Press Sports Writer Johnny Podres and Don Lar sen settled today for a "draw" in thefirst of the "Mr. Wonder ful vs. Mr. Perfect" meetings which the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees expect to ex tend into the 1957 World Series. The pitching heroes of the last two World Series met for the first time Monday and the result was a splendid 11-inning contest won by the Dodgers,-1-0. Neither hero was around at the finish, of course, but each put on a whale of a show for the record Vero Beach, Fla., crowd of 4,084. Six Hitless Innings Podres, picking up right where he left off on Oct. 4, 1955, pitch ed six hitless innings in which he faced ' the minimum 18 batters. Then he stepped aside in fa vor of Don Drysdale, who kept the no-hitter going until Tommy Byrne singled with two out in the ninth. Tony Kubek singled in the 10th for the Yankees' other hit. Larsen was "bombed" by Cin cinnati, in his spring debut last Wednesday, but Monday he yielded four hits in five innings and now has pitched 14 straight shutout innings against the Dodgers. Podres, meanwhile, has a string of 17 shutout innings against the Yankees. Byrne added five more score less innings to Larsen's five, but the Dodgers pushed over the winning run against Al Cicotte in the 11th. Don Demeter opened the inning with a double and he scored when Gil McDougald threw wild past third after field ing Soy Campanella's grounder. Rain Plays Havoc Only three other games were played Monday as rain washed out Detroit vs. Chicago, Cincin nati vs. St. Louis, Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia and Wichita vs. Mil waukee. Dusty Rhodes cracked a two run homer off Sandy Consuegra in the 12th inning to give the New York Giants a 6-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Foster Castleman and Hank Sauer also hit homers for the Giants. Ernie Banks and Jim Bolger smashed two homers each as the Chicago Cubs defeated the Cleve land Indians, 10-6, to hand the Tribe its sixth defeat in seven games. Bob Rush, being primed for the Cubs opening day assign ment, pitched five strong innings before running into a four-run flurry in the sixth. Chico Car rasquel homered for the Indians. The Washington Senators scored seven runs in the eighth inning to beat the Kansas City Athletics, 8-3, in the other game. ir Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks. Fines. Drain Tile 727 W. McAndrews Phone 2 4107 DurelleTo Keep Dates New York (U.R) Yvon Durelle, the fishing tycoon who wears Canada's light-heavy weight crown, said today he would keep three Canadian fight-dates despite brow cuts suffered Monday night ' while stoppling Clarence Floyd in their TV bout at St. Nicholas arena. Durelle, who makes money from his four fishing boats and claims he fights only "for fun and travel," scored a technical knockout over substitute Floyd of New York at 1:14 of the sev enth round. A right tb the chin had dropped Floyd earlier in the seventh. Floyds left eye was swollen shut. . Yvon, weighing 175 pounds to Floyd's 167, suffered a slight cut on his left brow in the first round and a four-stitch gash in the fourth. Central Catholic Coach on Way Out Portland U.R) Joe Brugato plans to resign as head basket ball and baseball coach t Cen tral Catholic high school in June, it was disclosed today. Brugato led, Central Catholic to second place in the recent A-l tourney in Eugene. Brugato, who said plans for the future caused the move, will be replaced by John Shepard, currently an assistant, as hoop coach next season. PACIFIC SPLITS Forest Frove '(U.R) Pacific and Oregon College split a non conference baseball doublehead- er yesterday, with Pacific win ning the opener 6-5 and dropping the nightcap 9-0 be hind the three-hit pitching of OCE's Dwaine Brandt. Use Mail Tribune Want Ada The Low Cost Way To Sell Borrow with confidence Whether the answer to your money problems is a cash loan or expert counsel, you may rely on HFC, America's oldest and largest consumer finance com pany. You'll like HFC's prompt, friendly attention and complete service backed by 79 years' ex perience. So, if you need $20 to $1500 in one dfay you may borrow with confidence from HFC. OUSEHOLD FINANCE 128 E. Main St., 2nd Floor PHONE: 3-5301 West Tops East in Ararat Game . Kansas City, Mo. (U.R) . Gary Thompson, Iowa State s little guard, helped win another game for his coach when he paced the West to a 64-60 vic tory over the East in the annual Ararat Shrine all-star classic Monday night. i Coach Bill Strannigan of Iowa State supervised the winners and Frank McGuire of North Carolina coached the East team. Thompson, who was a second- team selection on the United '-pss All-America, took scoring honors with 16 and was named most valuable player" of the charity game. All-America Lennie Rosen- bluth of North Carolina's nation al champions led the East with a 14-point performance. Big Jim Kreks of Southern Methodist was best rebounder with 15 for the West. The West all-stars held a slim margin through all but 30 sec onds of the second half when All-America Grady Wallace of South Carolina tiit a basket to give the East a 56-55 edge. Then Krebs hit two fielders and one free throw and Thomp son stole the ball to make a lay- in a push the Western team to a lead to the finish. 'Big Thursday' Grid Meet to End in 1960 Columbia, S.C. ttJ.R) The "Big Thursday" football meet ing between South Carolina and Clemson will be abolished in 1960 when both schools meet North Carolina opponents dur ing state fair week to end the traditional classic begun in 1896. Officials of both schools have confirmed the South Carolina Clemson game in 1960 would be played at Clemson on Satur day, Nov. 12. Open Wednesday Until 9 p.m. So Right ii eas) ... so new for All sizes and new spring col ors in stock. SPRING! LIGHTWEIGHT JACKETS Pendleton White Stag Sportcaster Ivy League Rock 'n Roll port goats' MesManrPITWiM WO Curlee Botany "500" Hart, Schaffner & Marx See our eye-taking array of the newest fabrics, colors and patterns for wear this spring and summer. FREE PARKING Robinson Bros. THE BUDS FOR QUALITY DUDS Next to Pick's Apparel Medford We Give S&H Green Stamps y. 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