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1st Division Seen Possible This Season for Pirates (ThU is the eighth in a sex- ! iei on the 1957 prospects of the major league clubs). By LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Sports Editor Fort Myers, Fla. OJ.Pj The Pittsburgh Pirates finally are starting to roll, but Manager Bobby Bragan believes it will be at least another year before they will become pennant con tenders. However. Bragan, who final ly led the Pirates out of the cel lar last year to finish seventh in his freshman year as manag er, feels the club has a good chance to finish in the first div ision. "I don't see any teams beating out Brooklyn, Milwaukee or Cincinnati," he said. "But I think we can beat out St. Louis for fourth place." Although it lack's power, Bra gan classifies his outfield of Bill Virdon in center, Lee Walls in left and Roberto Clemente in right as one of the best in the league. However, he pointed out that the three of them hit only a total of 28 home runs. Stewart Questionable Virdon batted .334 after the Pirates got him from the Card inals and wound up with an av erage of .319, second only to Hank Aaron's .328. Clemente batted .311 while Walls, after a fast start tailed off and wound up with an average of .274. There is a chance that gang ling Dick Stuart, up from Lin coln where he hit 66 homers and drove in 158 runs, may break into the outfield if he continues hitting the long ball the way he has thus far. He lacks polish in the field, however, and will have to hit long, and often, to make up for it. Behind his outfield, Bragan lists pitching as the next Pir ate strong point. With Ronnie Kline and Vern Law he figures he has two of the best starters in the league with Elroy Face among the best in the relief de partment. But Bragan is quick to agree that his staff may "lack depth." Lacks Infield Speed The infield will have big Dale Long at first, Bill Mazeroski at second, Dick Groat at short and Frank Thomas at third. The Pi rate skipper complained that his infield, outside of Mazeroski, lacks speed. As last spring, Bragan is high on the future prospects of catch er Danny Kravitz, who can hit the long ball. The rookie didn't hit or catch well at the start of last season, however, and he was shipped to Hollywood for further seasoning. This year, he could become the No. 1 catcher with Jack Shepard retired. Battling him for the job are Hank- Foiles, for merly with Cleveland, and Dick Rand, the ex-Cardinal. STARS RAP UCLA Ontario, Calif. (U.P) The Hollywood Stars pounded out four home runs among their 11 hits Tuesday to squash UCLA, 12-1. CDHDTC jr vi j Boardman, Logart Rise In Rankings New York (U.R) Welter weight Isaac Logart and light weight Larry Boardman, two eager-beaver contenders, were advanced today to the number three berths of their respective divisions in The Ring magazine's latest ratings. Logart of Cuba replaced ex champion Johnny Saxton in third place among the welters because of Saxton's second-round kayo by champion Carmen Ba silio, and because of Logart's consistently good showings against strong opposition. Boardman of Marlboro, Conn., replaced Johnny Gonsalves of Oakland, Calif., at third notch among the 135-pounders because of Gonsalves' recent defeat by Italian Paolo Rosi of New York. Rosi, incidentally, crashed into the rankings at number eight, two notches above the skidding Gonsalves. Moore Drops Those were the only changes among the top three in any of the eight divisions. However, heavyweight Willie Pastrano of New Orleans replaced Archie Moore at number four, and Archie dropped to fifth because cf inactivity. Although Moore is light-heavyweight champion, he still is rated among the heavies because of his campaign for the bigger title last year. Miguel Berrios of Puerto Rico won "fighter-of-the-month" hon ors for his victory last week over Carmelo Costa of Brooklyn in the first elimination of the fea therweight title tourney. Ingemar Johansson of Sweden. European heavyweight cham pion, was dropped from the top 10 because of inactivity and to make room for Harold Johnson of Philadelphia, who is surpris ingly ranked sixth. Little Walter Byars of Boston entered the welterweight rank ings at No. 10 on his upset vic tory over Sugar Hart. Orcqon Gets Cal Grid Players Eugene (U.R) Three junior college football prospects from California have enrolled at the University of Oregon for spring term. They are Fred Siler, a 180 pound quarterback from Yuba JC; Walter Cathey, 215-pound guard from Los Angeles JC; and Jerry Leathley, a 195-pound guard from Napa JC. Many Belgians speak Flemish and French. both Tony Kubek Could Gain Yank Berth St. Petersburg, Fla'. (U.R) Tony Kubek, who graduated from the Yankees' rookie school summa cum laude, inherited not only a treasured baseball diplo ma today but also quite possibly the world champions' regular left field job. So says Professor Casey Sten gel, at any rate. "If I had to name my opening day left fielder right now, I'd have to say Kubek," Stengel de clared. "He can hit, he can run, he can field and he can throw. "Of course, I've got some other fellas who might force me to change my mind between now and the opening game, but this kid looks mighty good to me." Kubek, a native of Milwaukee who stands 6-3 and weighs 188, played- shortstop at Denver last season, batting .331. Only 21 years old, Old Case liked the looks o fthe youngster the first time he saw him, and being en dowed with plenty of shortstops, put the kid in centerfield. "He looked like he had played it all his life," Stengel explained. "There's something about the way he goes after and catches a fly ball that reminds you of Joe DiMaggio. Of course, he has some things to learn, but I wouldn't hesitate to start him to morrow if the season opened that soon." Despite the fact that he hit only six home runs at Denver where, according to Casey, "hom ers are kinda cheap because of the wind and dry air" the Yankee pilot believes Kubek has enough power. "But he ain't got the job cinched," Stengel went on to ex plain. "There's fellas like Enos Slaughter, Elston Howard, Norm Siebern and Bob Martyn who might have something to say about that. But this much I know, with those five fellas I ain't worried about a left fielder." No Baseball Club At Phoenix High Phoeni Phoenix High school will not have a baseball team this spring, it was reported to day. School Superintendent Ernest James said that Pirate athletes will concentrate on track and field in which there is consider ably more interest. The Class A-2 school does lack manpower for a good show ing in both sports.- Hap Consbruck is track men tor. The Pirates have a meet at Rogue River on Friday. SAN DIEGO VICTOR Pasadena, Calif. (U.R) The Sacramento Solons, in a slump with six exhibition losses, faced Seattle today. The Solons fell before San Diego 3-2 Tuesday, but the Rainiers scored a close 3-2 win over the luckless Van couver Mounties who had the bases loaded in the ninth but couldn't push a man across.. V ft fl m m m i y ml v "'caiss Prevention Serf nV.3. HnCe of e your fife. No'wJ 'Vot bg savings m,Um!UO'- cASY TERMS - per w Pat Flaherty Says Economical Driving Means Safe Operation Pat Flaherty, winner of the 1956 Indianapolis 500-mile race, said in Medford yesterday that "economical driving is safe driv ing." Flaherty was here to talk about the 1957 Mobilgas Econ omy Run which goes from Los Angeles, Calif., to Sun Valley, Idaho, April 14-18. He is tech nical advisor for the economy run. Flaherty said the fact that eco nomical driving is safe driving is demonstrated each year by the nation's only highway perform ance test the Mobile Economy Run. He pointed out that race driv ers are seldom in highway acci dents because they confine their speeding to speedways. "They Y Women Beat Eagle Pointers Medford YMCA women won over Eagle Point Tuesday night in the Rogue Valley Women's Volleyball tournament. Scores were lii-l and 15-11. Contests Saturday will be Cen tral Point versus YMCA girls at 6 p.m. at the Y; Oak Grove versus Griffin Creek at 7 p.m.; Crater girls versus Central Point at 8 p.m.; Shady Cove versus Griffin Creek at 9 p.m. and Eagle Point versus Oak Grove at 10 p.m. HOOP COACH NAMED Winston-Salem, N.C. U.R) The Rev. Horace (Bones) Mc Kinney, who stepped from pro fessional basketball to the min istry and the asistant basketball coaching spot at Wake Forest college, will take over July 1 as head coach. have good judgment regarding speed. They know what might happen to a car at different speeds," Pat said. "The first thing a driver should know is to understand his automobile. A man should never overestimate or underestimate his horse power." Anyone Can Pass The 1956 speedway king said his motto is: "On the speedway, I try not to let anyone pass me; on the highway, anyone can pass me." He pointed out that you drive economically, at legal speeds, when you use the car's acceler ator smoothly and carefully. "You're then automatically driv ing safely," he emphasized. For the first time in the his tory of the economy run, wo men drivers will be allowed to compete against men this year. Entrants may enter a second car of the same make and model if driven by a women. Whichever of the two registers the better economy record that driven by the man or woman will estab lish the official score in the judging for class winners. 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