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Tornado, Indians Mix
In Saturday Twin Bill
Ernie Tyler, only regular
pitcher back from the 1956 Med
lord high varsity, is expected
to be the mound opponent of
Roseburg's stellar tosser Bill
Oerding Saturday when the
Black Tornado battles the In
dian baseball club here. That
was the word from Medford tu
tor John Kovenz.
A doubleheader is billed with
the Indians with the first game
to be at 1:30 p.m.
Kovenz said that the choice
lies among Dick McLaughlin,
Tom Lawrence and Dennis Barr
for the starting call in the sec
ond game. McLaughlin, a senior
and veteran catcher, hurled for
junior varsity encounters last
year. Lawrence and Barr are
sophomores with experience in
the summer baseball program
here.
Ron Beamer may get the oth
er starting hill assignment for
Roseburg.
Fin Boost Possible
A win over the Indians could
give Medford high baseball a
fine early season boost. Rose
burg can start with vets at all
but one position and on the
Cleveland Indians Still
Hunt for Secret Formula
(This is in lutn in sris
on lh 1957 prospcls of ih
Major League clubs.)
By BILL McFARLAND
Tucson, Ariz. (U.PJ Manager
Kerby Farrell of the Cleveland
Indians still is looking in vain
for the secret formula for whip
ping the New York Yankees.
'"We need more hitting and
more team speed to win," said
Farrell, but so far he hasn't pro
duced either commodity, though
he has experimented all spring
as patiently as a research chem
ist
Thus, the Indians will head
into another American league
campaign with the most impres
sive lot of pitchers in baseball
Bob Lemon, Herb Score, Early
Wynn, Mike Garcia and a solid
4'cond line but with virtually
the same supporting cast that
finished nine games behind the
faakes is second place last
The loss of third baseman Al
Iwn, eoe-time home run king
the league's most valuable
!aytr ia 1S53, complicated Far
til's first season as boss of the
iMfmaK ihmd led to the endless
MfriMMt e has been forced
a
f ?g Jeter Fight
DfQs Criticism
HB Branciec 'U.PJ A fight
(ItHBiulMl Saturday in Salem,
(Cft., aetvaeh 335-pound Ewart
"t04A( and Frankie Buford
At aily i a mismatch but
3b )t taste," according to Cali
(tomi Athletic Commissioner
XtavAiM O. Hayden.
7titr, a South African
c 5k vhoM West Coast bookings
q r Mndled by Sid Flaherty,
cior4 out 288-pound Bruce
O at Salem on March 2.
01r a taken to the hospital
felttr fl remained three weeks
tf cwtfaring a cerebral hem
O ttri.
O '11 tyjaars to me that putting
jCant like Potgieter against
f 1 ft-iundr like Buford who
, O o victocies listed since 1953
HBOt only is a mismatch but in
hai Ust." Hayden aid.
"The darn mismatches are
bad for boxing," he added.
Fun for "F" Friday . . .
Fun-for-Feet-Friday is a fine holiday that is good
for anything . . . excellent on Saturdays. Only
Barker's are alert enough to bring this splendid
thing to Medford for the first time. Barker's have
imported something entirely new in shoes . . . the
true stupid endless look. $7.95 buys at Barker's a
pair of these ranch-tan cowhide leisure.shoes. Do
they have a plaid lining? (Well . . . yes! they actu
ally do). AM day Saturday in celebration of Fun-for-Feet-Friday,
Barker's are giving away free a
pair of dollar Interwoven sox with each pair of
shoes sold!
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roster are at least six youths
who were on the American Le
gion team which won third in
the nation last year. Oerding
was a standout chucker for that
club and Beamer had a reputa
tion for his hitting in Legion
ball.
Beamer and Oerding alternate
on the mound and on first base.
Other possible starters against
Medford are Tom Burgess, sec
ond base; Mike Hatfield, short
stop; Lee Stone or Rod Hoenisch,
third base, Paul Hansen, Jerry
Anderson and Jim Brown, out
fielders and Bud Conley or Ed
LaRoque, catcher.
The Tornado may have Mo
Laughlin or Bob Pond, catcher;
Dennis King, first base; Larry
Perkins, second base; Steve
Wisely, third base, and Gordon
Owsley, shortstop with Steve
Shorey, right field, Ron Peery,
center field and John Payne or
Dick Barlow, left field.
Roseburg has a win over
Grants Pass and the tussles Sat
urday, therefore, will be an indi
cation on how Medford will fare
against the Cavemen in the
I Southern Oregon conference.
to conduct.
Until he clears his third base
situation, neither his infield nor
his outfield is likely to be set
tled. He has been trying second
baseman Bobby Avila, outfield
ers Al Smith and Dave Pope
and rookie Billy Harrel at third.
Farrell starts with three 20
game winners Lemon (20-14,
Score and Wynn each 20-9. Then
he has Garcia (11-12) plus ex
cellent relievers in Ray Narle
ski, Don Mossi and Art Houtte
man. The catching is safe though
not powerful in the hands of
the veteran Jim Hegan, Hal
Naragon and young Earl Av
erill. The big hope to wield a big
stick again is first baseman Vic
Wertz, who came back after a
bout with polio last season and
belted 32 horners plus 106 runs-batted-in.
At shortstop there's Chico
Carrasquel or George Strick
land, both light hitters on their
curren performance.
Avila, the league's baiting
king with .341 in 1954, is the
regular at second unless Farrell
finds he can be more useful in
the trouble spot at third. In that
event, Strickland can play sec
ond or the job might go to
rookie. Raines, a - .309 hitter up
from Indianapolis.
Ragalado Back Again
At third, there's Rudy Rega
lado back for another twirl hop
ing he can hit big league pitch
ing, plus the others Avila,
Smith, Pope and Harrell, the
latter a .279 hitter at Indianapo
lis last season.
In the outfield. Smith has
been stationed in center and Far
rell would like to keep him
there.
Rocco Colavito, who hit 21
home runs in 101 games last
year, is back in right field and
Farrell is convinced the 25-year-old
is a coming star.
Other outfielders include Jim
Busby, who is back after nurs
ing a shoulder ailment the vet
eran Gene Woodling, Pope,
rookies Joe Caffie and Roger
Maris. Maris has looked excep
tionally good, though it's too
early to tell until he has a few
more looks at major league
pitching.
Fred Haney
Defended by
Brave Boss
Br LEO H. PETERSEN
United Press Sports Editor
Bradenton, Fla. (U.P.i John
Quinn, general manager of the
Braves, today came to the de
fense of Manager Fred Haney,
who was accused of buntuig
away Milwaukee's pennant
chances lastNear.
"There was nothing wrong
with the system Haney used,"
Quinn maintained. "He managed
on the theory that if the club
scored five runs a game it could
win with the kind of pitchuig
we had. And the records prove
that system was all right be
cause we lost only a few games
in which we scored five or more
runs."
Haney was second-guessed, es
pecially during the September
stretch run, for bunting and try
ing for one run when such slug
gers as Ed Mathews and Hank
Aaron, the National league's bat
ting champion, were at the plate.
Clos To Vest
Haney's critics claimed he
played it "too close to the vest"
and would have been better off
had he allowed his sluggers to
hit away.
"I don't go for that rot," Quinn
said. "First off, no major league
club hires anyone as a manager
who is not a sound fundamental
ist. By that I mean he knows his
players, just what they can do
and fits his strategy to that pat
tern. We would not have hired
Fred had we not been convinced
he was the best man for the job.
Quinn said he had not talked
to Haney about it, but that he
wouldn't be "surprised if Fred
doesn't play the same type of
game again this year."
Eagles Have
Senior Squad
Eagle Point Twelve seniors,
11 with Eagle varsity experience,
are on the Eagle Point high
school baseball squad but coach
Art Thompson has reported that
a wet field has limited workouts
to running aid throwing and he
says that the club enters the sea
son shy on fundamentals.
There are three' three-year
lettermen on hand, Dennis Bor
en, third base and pitcher, Dick
Brown, second base, and Dean
Tibbits, outfielder. Five senior
who have lettered two years are
Errol Tresham, catcher, Gary
Foran, first base and pitcher,
Larry Clement, shortstop; Larry
Dodenhoff, outfielder, and Ron
Nelson, outfielder.
Three seniors with one mono
gram each are Ron Hanson, first
base, Norm Hooper, first base
and Dick Foran, shortstop.
Transfers on the squad are
Gary Mendenhall, junior third
baseman and pitcher, and Bill
Turner, sophomore pitcher. Dave
Wolfolk is a senior outfielder
with no experience and sopho
more prospects include Dale
Casey, catcher and Dusty Ger
bing, second baseman.
San Diego Edges
Portland Nine
Glendale, Calif. (U.PJ The
Portland Beavers and Seattle
Rainiers were scheduled to bat
tle in an attempt to reenter the
win column today in an exhi
bition game here.
Both the Beavers and Rainiers
lost in games Thursday. The Bea
vers were edged by San Diego,
10-8, here while the Rainiers
were dumped. 10-3, by San Fran
cisco at San Bernardino.
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Joe Nuxhall Twirls
Triumph for Redlegs
By UNITED PRESS
The Cincinnati Redlegs
thought they had a 20-game win
ner in lefty Joe Nuxhall last
season, until aches and pains
held him to a "jinx 13," but it
looks like 220-pound ' Baby Joe"
is ready now for that big year.
The hefty lefty looked pretty
near his best form Thursday in
giving up only four hits at Clear
water. Fla., to beat the Philadel
phia Phillies, 5-2. He fanned five
Ralph Branca
Ends Career
On Diamond
By UNITED PRESS
The dream, that really never
has been clear and bright ever
since Bobby Thomson hit "that
home run," has ended at last for
Ralph Branca.
The tall,- husky righthander,
who has been trying to make a
comeback as a pitcher with the
Brooklyn Dodgers, heeded the
advice of his wife today and re
tired from the game at the age
of 31 exactly 10 years after he
became a '21-game winner and
one of baseball's top youngsters.
"I'm going to call it quits,"
said Branca at Orlando, Fla. "I'll
probably try the insurance busi
ness." Thus appeared to end a base
ball career that will be remem
bered in the history of the game
for just one pitch the one Bran
ca threw to Thomson of the New
York Giants in the final pennant
playoff game of 1951. Thomson
blasted it for a three-run homer
to win the game and the pen
nant for the Giants perhaps the
most dramatic single blow in the
history of baseball.
Lopped From Roster
Branca never regained the
heights after that. He left the
Dodgers for Detroit, then the
Yankees, then into retirement,
and finally this last comeback.
Branca was one of a number
of players lopped from big-league
rosters today as the teams strug
gled to reach the 28-man player
limit by the new opening day
deadline.
The Dodgers optioned right
hander Bob Darnell to Los An
geles while the Washington Sen
ators cut six men and the Kansas
City A s were right behind with
five released.
Players Discuss
Reserve Clause
Orlando, Fla. (U.PJ Big
league baseball players will tell
Commissioner Ford Frlck next
week whether they are going to
"back the reserve clause" when
Congress starts to investigate
Khe diamond sport.
Player representatives Eddie
Yost of the Washington Senators
and Robin Roberts of the Phila
delphia Phillies disclosed Thurs
day night that the players are
"cooperating with the owners"
by holding meetings to decide
their stand on the controversial
reserve clause in player ' con
tracts. Several clubs already have
held player meetings and others
were scheduled to do this week
end.
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batters and, though he walked
five, was in trouble in only one
inning when a hit batsman, a
walk and a balk helped the Phil
lies score twice.
Nuxhall won without the Red
legs' famed power. A three-run
third-inning rally included only
an error, four walks, and a sac
rifice fly.
There was glory for another
pitcher Thursday Red Murff,
the Milwaukee Braves' much
traveled reliever. Murff, who
won his last game with a double,
made .lightning strike again in
the same place and this time
against the world champion New
York Yankees. The Braves de
feated the Yanks 6-4.
Outfield Pulled In
He was allowed to bat for him
self in the 10th with two on and
two out. Yankee Manager Casey
Stengel pulled his outfield in
close, and Murff knocked one of
Tommy Byrne's pitches over the
center-fielder's head for another
double to score both runners.
Earlier, Tom Sturdivant of the
Yanks had shut out Milwaukee
for seven innings, bringing his
string of scoreless frames to 21.
Around the other camps:
Yankee ace Whitey Ford was
excused from today's game be
cause of a "tender" throwing
arm, but Mickey Mantle seemed
to be making progress from his
injured left ankle.
Al Dark's three-run ' homer
was highlight of Cardinals' 7-4
win over the White Sox as lefty
Billy Pierce was rapped for six
runs in three innings.-
Lou Skizas' three-run homer
led the A's to a 7-3 win over
Pittsburgh, one of his three hits.
Rookie Rene Valdes of Brook
lyn made another good showing,
allowing only three singles in
4 2-3 innings in an 8-3 win over
Washington.
Ace Frank Sullivan of the Red
Sox seemed in shape, allowing
the Cubs one unearned run in
seven innings.
Bob Nieman's two-run homer
in the ninth inning gave Balti
more a 5-4 win over the New
York Giants, although the Giants
still lead the Grapefruit league
with a 12-6 record..
HOCKEY
NATIONAL LEAGUE
By United Press
The New York Rangers hoped
the momentum generated by one
of the greatest victories in their
history would aid theim on for
eign ice today while the Boston
Bruins counted on the advan
tages of home ice in their battles
to beat the favored Montreal
Canadiens and Detroit Red
Wings in the opening rounds of
the National Hockey playoffs.
The Rangers squared their
series with Montreal at one
game each Thursday night with
a 4-3 victory at 13:38 of "sud
den death" overtime while the
Bruins suffered a 7-2 loss that
evened their series with the Red
Wings.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
' By United Press
The Providence Reds, top dogs
in the American Hockey league
for the last two years, face al
most certain elimination in the
playoffs if they don't win to
night. Rochester, behind the sensa
tional goaltending of Bob Per
rault, scored a second straight
shutout on Providence ice, 2-0,
Thursday night.
In the other semi-final play
off, Cleveland evened its series
at one-all with a 4-2 victory over
Hershey.
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Medford Junior Varsity
Nicks Jacksonville Nine
Medford junior varsity base
ballers combined two of their
three hits with an error in the
sixth inning for the only run in
a 1 to 0 nod over the Jackson
ville high varsity here yesterday
afternoon.
Jerry Fields and Dick Barlow
singled and Bob Pond's blow to
the outfield, a hard chance to
field, was dropped to permit the
run.
In addition to scoring the win
ning run. Fields made a nice de
fensive play at third base to
wreck Jacksonville's big scor
ing opportunity. Clyde Smith of
the Redskins hit a tremendous
drive to deep right field for a
triple and Walter Couch drew a
base on balls. Gary West tried
Steeplechase
Title Taken
By Sundew
Aintree, England (U.R) Mrs. i
Geoffrey Kahn's Sundew won
the Grand National steeplechase ,
today. Wyndburgh was second
and Tiberetta third.
The race decides the Irish
Hospital sweepstakes winners
throughout the world.
Sundew was an easy winner
of the world's most gruelling
horse race. He romped across
the finish line eight lengths in
front after completing 30 rugged
jumps in the four-mile, 856-yard
race. He was 20 to 1 in the bet
ting. Wyndburgh, 25 to 1 in the
closing odds, was six lengths
ahead of the 66-to-l Tiberetta at
the finish.
Relay Meet
On Saturday
Salem 'UR) Some 36 varsity
performers from the University
of Oregon and 22 from Oregon
State college will head a field
of 1750 track and field hopefuls
at the annual Willamette relays
here tomorrow.
Some 19 colleges and 70 high
schools will take part.
MEET MAY BE AT SOC
Rogue River A wet track
prevented the staging of a Rogue
River high-Phoenix dual track
meet here today. But the Chief
tain thinclads were to meet the
Pirates on the Southern Oregon
college oval at Ashland today
if the RR baseball nine is rained
out of its game with Butte Falls.
School rule permits only one
team to travel. Eagle Point and
Illinois Valley also were to
have a duel tiff on the college
track today.
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a . squeeze bunt but Fields
nabbed the ball and threw to
the plate for the putout. Tom
Lawrence then fanned Gary Sil
va and Frank Plant to end the
inning.
Jacksonville outhit the Med
ford club by one blow with Joe
Hogan doubling and Eddie Pax
ton and Gary Hueners slapping
singles. Dennis Barr got a safety
for Medford.
Lawrence whiffed six batters
and gave one hit in three in
nings and Barr struck out four
and gave up three hits in four
frames. For Jacksonville Smith
had three strikeouts and a hit
in three innings while Hueners
fanned four and yielded two
safeties.
The Junior Tornado opened
with eight sophomores in the
lineup.
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