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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, April 9, 1957 Milwaukee Cinches Grapefruit Crown With 8-5 Win Over Bums By MILTON RICHMAN United Press Sports Writer Milwaukee is out in front for the Grapefruit Circuit champion ship, a title that's just a lot of fruit juice to manager Fred Ha ney, who would rather see his men save something for Sep tember. The Braves couldn't beat Brooklyn last fall when it really counted, but they clinched their spring series with the Dodgers by defeating them, 8-5, at Okla homa City, Okla., Monday. The Braves now have taken six out of eight games from Brooklyn this spring and they lead all major league clubs with an exhibition record of 13 vic tories and eight defeats. Five In First The. Braves hopped on Dodger starter Roger Craig for five runs in the first inning and then 1 clinched the contest with three f 'tit sfyfAJs ttt'"' 4 4' f 4 y "'Si HE'S LIFTING MONEY FOR MONEY NOW Champion weight lifter Paul Anderson, who won a gold medal and the world's title at the Olympics in Australia, makes his professional debut at the Mapes Hotel in Reno by lifting 15,000 silver dollars in these two boxes. Paul's act is billed as the "$15,000 Challenge" with any weightlifter who can duplicate the feat, walking off with the cash. Chal lengers must first qualify by lifting a barbell that weighs between 300 and 400-pounds. Anderson also lifts the entire orchestra and bevy of chorus girls seated around a carousel. Crater Downs Ashlanders In Baseball Doubleheader STANDINGS: W. Crater 4 YMCA Women . 3 Shadv Cove . YMCA Girls Howard Eagle Point . Oak C.rove Central Point Griffin Creek Elk-Trail Pet. 1.000 1.000 .750 .6(57 .S67 .500 .250 .200 .000 .000 Central Point Crater high bowed into Southern Oregon con- lerence DaseDaii yesteraay Dy tripping Ashland 3 to 0 at Ash land and then took a non-count-, ing conflict 5 to 4 from the Griz zlies to sweep a doublebill in its first regular competition of the season. The games, originally billed "for today, were moved up to take advantage of good weather. The Comets in the opener made the most of the two hits they got off pitcher Mark Fitch. Crater tosser Fred Herrmann yielded only one bingle to the Ashlanders and, while the Com ets were charged with five mis- cues, they made up for them. No Grizzly got by second base. For two runs in the third inn ing Ed Koch drew a base on balls . and was tripled home by Wayne Allen who then tallied on Neil - Green's groundout. In the fifth ' inning. Allen got on base on an error and Thurman Striplin doubled to score him. Herrmann whiffed 11 Ash- land batsmen and walked two. Fich struck out 10 and was wait ' ed out for four base on balls. Three In First Crater started out with three . runs in the first inning of the shortened second fuss. Allen, : Green and Herrmann each slap " ped out hits. A sacrifice by " Koch and an error helped the Comets. Bob Fowler's safety and ' Dave Brown's double gained a . third inning score and Green : singled and Herrmann three- baggered in the fourth for a singleton. Don Simpson, Jack Eberhart, Bill Maurer and Borenson each socked singles for two Ashland : runs in the first inning. In the third panel Fitch walked and stole a base and Borenson sing- Crater, YMCA Head Volleyball Crater and YMCA women were the only undefeated crews following play last Saturday in ' the Rogue Valley Women's Vol leyball tournament at the Med ford YMCA. Crater tallied its third and fourth match triumphs by beat i ing Elk Trail 15-2, 15-10 and Shady Cove 8-15, 15-10. 15-1. The YMCA women claimed a 3-0 standing after 15-6, 15-8 decision over Howard. Other Saturday results were : Eagle Point over jGriff in Creek 15-5, 15-6 and Central Point over Oak Grove 15-5, 13-15, 15-8. '. Crater, Griffin Creek, Ho- ward. Oak Grove and Shady ' Cove took sportsmanship honors Saturday. YMCA women will meet Elk Trail at 8:30 p.m. today, at the Y. led. There was an error on the Comets as the Grizzlies picked up their last runs in the mix. Allen pitched for Crater and walked four men and struck out five. Green, Herrmann and Green each got two hits for the Comets. Next scheduled action for Crater is next Tuesday at Grants Pass. LINESCORES: Crater 002 010 0 3 3 5 Ashland 000 000 0 0 1 1 Herrmann and Campbell; M. Fitch and Murray. Crater 301 1005 8 2 Ashland ...202 00 4 S 3 Allen and Brown, Campbell 3: Bowlin. McKinnis (3), Skeppel 15) and P. Simpson. Butte Falls Plans Team In SO Loop Butte Falls will agains have a team in the Southern Oregon baseball league, it has been learned. The Loggers previously had not expected to field a team this season. League officials are seeking an eighth team to round out the cir cuit. Possible entrants are Drain or Roseburg, it was stated. Teams making up the league are Ashland, Camp White, Glen dale, Grants Pass, Cave Junc tion, Medford and Butte Falls. The season starts on June 9 and ends on Aug. 11 after which play-offs will be held. Tornado Slates Five Baseball Frays This Week Five baseball contests are on the slate this week for Medford Senior high baseballers. Junior varsity players are hosts to Ashland JV here on Wednesday afternoon. On Fri day the varsity will play two tussles at Ashland with the first game to count in the Southern Oregon conference race. The Black Tornado varsity has a two game engagement at Roseburg on Saturday. In track the Medford Tornado will defend its title Saturday in the annual Hayward relays at Eugene. Grants Pass and Klam ath Falls will be among the Medford foes in the metropoli tan division. Crater and Ashland will compete during the same day in Class A. Hayward will beckon other Jeams from this area for B and C contention on Friday. They include Eagle Point. Phoenix, Rogue River and St. Mary's of Medford. OCE TOPS LINFIELD McMinnville (U.R) Oregon College of Education handed Linfield's strong baseball team a 7-5 defeat here Monday in 10 innings, uaroi Woolsey's two run triple decided the issue. more off southpaw Ken Lehman in the fifth. Ray Crone started for the Braves, allowed two runs on six hits in six and one-third innings and then gave way to Bob Trowbridge. Left-hander Jack Harshman gave White Sox manager Al Lopez something to smile about when he hurled seven scoreless innings in a 3-0 victory over the Cardinals at Charlotte, N.C. Veteran Dixie Howell held St. Louis in check over the last two frames. Rookie Jim Landis of the White Sox homered off loser Herman Wehmeier. Burly Bob Nieman hasn't been hitting particularly well this spring, but he snapped out of it in Dallas, Tex., to drive in five runs and lead the Orioles to a 6-4 decision over the Cubs. Nieman hit a homer with two on, a single and two sacrifice flies. Purkey 'Gopher' Victim The Red Sox snapped a seven game losing streak with an 8-7 triumph over the Pirates in 10 innings at Fort Myers, Fla. Milt Boiling's homer off Bob Purkey in the 10th decided the game. Jackie Jensen and Jim Piersall also homered for Boston while Danny Kravitz connected for Pittsburgh. Willie Jones' two-run homer off Jack Crimian in the seventh inning powered the Phillies to a 6-5 decision over the Tigers at Clearwater, Fla. Ed Bouchee also homered for the Phils. Rookie pitcher Curt Barclay and outfielder Dusty Rhodes combined to lead the Giants to a 3-1 victory over the Indians in a game that was halted by a thunderstorm after five and one- half innings. Barclay limited the Indians to three hits, including a homer by Bobby Avila, while Rhodes' two-run homer off Bob Lemon in the fourth was the decisive blow. High winds caused the post ponement of a scheduled game between Cincinnati and Wash ington at Memphis, Tenn. Public For Financial Athlete Aid Los Angeles W.R) Public opinion is overwhelmingly in favor of financial aid to student athletes, according to a nation wide survey conducted by Loy ola University of Los Angeles. Dr. A. D. Aloia, associate pro fessor of education and co-director of Loyola's guidance center, said that nearly 500 persons ranging from college presidents to the paying public responded to his questibnnaire. Aloia in a report on his find ings Monday said out of 471 individuals, sending in answers, 407 favored some type of aid to college athletes. Open, direct aid was favored by 172, while 180 of the group responding indicated support should be according to financial need as determined by the uni versity or college involved. Almost all of the persons poll ed opined that football players should not be the sole group to receive aid but that it should go to all athletes on the basis of need, Aloia said. Chieftain Errors Aid Jacksonville in Win Rogue River The Jackson ville Redskins defeated the Rogue River Chieftains 10-0 in a baseball game here Monday. The Redskins scored the 10 runs on five hits and committed one error. Rogue River got two hits and committed eight errors. HYDROPLANE WINNER Ted Nova, of Albany, beat out his nearest competitor by three seconds to win the high-speed class D hydro event in the Western Speedboat association's annual regatta at Emigrant Lake Sunday. Nova was awarded the Pellett perpetual trophy as well as a trophy for being best in his class. Coming in close behind Nova in the event was Ned Collett, Eugene, who had taken the first of the two heats in the race. Nova took the second heat and nosed out Collett by turning in the best time. MedforivTribune ' SEPflDHRTTS Possession-Type Basketball tips Accuracy, Drops Overall Scoring During Past Collegiate Season New York Field goal shoot ing in college basketball during the past season was the most accurate ever, and yet overall scoring underwent the most marked recession in the 65-year history of the sport. How is this paradox ex plained? By the ever-increasing trend ,toward possession - style basketball. Guided by the suc cesses of San Francisco's two time 1955 and 1956 national champions and North Carolina's top-ranked Tar Heels this year, college teams held the ball for the best shots more than they ever had before. Final official statistics re leased today by the NCAA Serv ice Bureau showed that 4,113 major college games this season produced an average of 144 points per game, compared to the all-time high of 146.5 for 1956. While scoring decreased, field goal and free throw shooting accuracy went up, and for the fifth straight season fewer fouls were committed. Fouls Average 36.5 Personal fouls averaged 36.5 Actor Loses Mitt Decision New York '!U.R Convinced that acting is a lot easier than fighting, middleweight Walter Cartier retired from the ring again Tuesday while his con queror, Jackie Labua, considered offers from two foreign pro moters. Labua, of East Meadow, N.Y., ruined Cartier's comeback at tempt by scoring an upset third round technical knockout over the veteran, curly-haired New Yorker Monday night in their widely-televised bout at St. Nicholas Arena. Carrier has been a member of the Phil Silvers' Sgt. Bilko TV show for the past two years, and now that he feels "I just can't fight a little bit any more," he plans to follow his acting career. per game for botn teams in volved, as against 37.7 a year ago. Field goal shooting went up to 38.2 per cent from last season's 37.5, and free throw accuracy to 67.3 from 66.8. Fast - breaking Connecticut won team offensive honors with an average of 87.3 points per game, and Oklahoma A&M was the top major college defensive team for the 16th time in the past 21 seasons. The Aggies' yield of 54.6 points per game was the highest ever to win the honor. Ohio university was runnerup in offense with 87.1 points per game. Morehead (Ky.) State, the previous season's team scoring champion, wound up fifth this year. Only 24 teams averaged more than 80 points per game in 1956 57, compared to 33 the preced ing year. Pancho Ganzales May Split With Kramer Stengel Predicts NY Pennant Jacksonville, Fla. U.R Casey Stengel cleared the decks for action Tuesday by paring three players from his squad and then promptly predicted his Yan kees will win the pennant again "even though it won't be easy." The players cut from' the squad were pitcher Jim Depalo, catcher John Blanchard and out fielder Norm Siebern. All were sent to Denver of the American Assn. Before the Yankees left their St. Petersburg, Fla., training site Monday night, outfielder Tony Kubek was named the team's outstanding rookie of the spring. ' In his final press conference before starting north, Stengel said, "I should win the pennant. My pitching is better than ever, but I still don't figure to win as easy as most people think." Behind the Yankees, Stengel picked Cleveland, Chicago and Detroit in that order. . o 1,000 MILES worth of Free Gasoline on any of the used cars in our stock from 1951 models up - this week only. Good through April 12, 1957. ilk 5th at Bartlett Phone 2-6185 Cleveland, Ohio (U.R) A rtorm appeared to be brewing in the professional tennis world Tuesday with champion Pancho Gonzales' announcement that he would like to have "a tour of my own" instead of continuing to work for promoter Jack Kramer. Kramer, who preceded Gon zales as" world pro tennis cham pion, has been the world's fore most tennis promoter in recent years with almost all of the top Softball League Meeting Called Organization for the 1957 season will be discussed Wed nesday at a meeting of the Jackson County Softball asso ciation. The session will be at 8 p.m. ' in Room B at the YMCA. All persons interested are invited to attend, according to vice president Gary Colton. He said that team captains for all groups or organizations planning to sponsor teams must be at the meeting. ' Grade Track Tiff Set for Thursday Medford elementary school track season will open this Thursday with Roosevelt, Wash ington and Oak Grove athletes competing. Six meets for graders are slated. Most of them will be 4 p.m. affairs at the senior high stadium. A Lincoln-Jefferson tangle on April 16 will be at the Jeff field. Meets at the senior high include: Jackson, Washington and West Side on April 18, Lincoln, Jeffer son and West Side on April 23, Roosevelt, Jackson and Oak Grove on April 25 and the all- city meet on May 2. The all-city fracas will open at 2:30 p.m. Two events have been added this season, the pole vault in all classes and the shot put in A and B. Other meet contests are the baseball throw, broad jump, high jump, the 60-yard dash, the 220-yard relay, the 150-yard dash and the medley relay. Grade school baseball season will start on May 9. stars appearing on his tours. 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