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.
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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..
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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
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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.
With two cars possible from
every sponsor this year, the larg
est field in the 21-year history
of the event is anticipated.
HALL OF FAME
New York U.R) Four super
stars of the past, headed by
Mauriec McLaughlin, were nam
ed today to the National Tennis
Hall of Fame. Selected with Mc
Laughin the "California Comet,"
were R. Norris Williams II, Mrs.
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman and
Mary K. Browne. These addi
tions made a total of 17 who
have been honored in the Hall
of fame since the first election
in 1955.
Wednesday. March 27. 1957
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SF Seals Defeat Portland 5-3
Glendale, Calif. -(U.R) San
Francisco and Portland were to
clash here today in a return
match. The Seals won over the
Beavers, 5-3, in Fullerton Tues
day on outfielder Hal Grote's
homerun in the last of the ninth.
The Seals were limited to two
hits over seven innings by youth
ful Portland hurler Darrell Mar
tin.
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