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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday, April 17. 1957
Musial Shines For Cardinals,
Spahn For Braves In Openers
By united press
A 'total of 252,773 turned out
to watch Tuesday's eight opening
major league baseball games.
This represented an increase
of almost 12 per cent over last
year when 226,097 persons wit
nessed a like number of games.
The average opening day attend
ance was 31,597 compared to
last year s average of 28,262.
This year's' four American
league openers attracted 125,473
while (the National league's four
openers drew 127,300.
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By TIM MORIARTY
United Pres. Sports Writer
Stan Musial and Warren
Spahn two baseball gaffers
acted like old fire horses when
they heard the bell sound for
the opening of the 1957 cam
paign. Musial, now 36 years old and
in his 17th season with the St.
Louis Cardinals, collected four
hits in four official at-bats in
pacing the Redbirds to a 13-4
victory over the Cincinnati Red
legs. Spahn, who celebrates his 36th
birthday Saturday and pitched
his first major league game with'
the old Boston Braves back in
1942, got Milwaukee off flying
by hurling a four-hit, '4-1 tri
umph over the Chicago Cubs.
A crowd of 32,554 at Cincin
nati watched the Redlegs absorb
their worst opening day defeat
in 46 years. And Musial emerged
as the biggest culprit, whacking
out two singles and two doubles
as the Cardinals bombarded four
Cincinnati pitchers for 17 hits.
Herm Wehmeier went the route
for St. Louis, scattering eight
safeties.
Rush Bears Brunt
Spahn struck out five and Is
sued, only one walk in picking
lip right where he left off last
year, when he was the Braves'
leading pitcher with 20 vic
tories. However, he wasn't the
whole show at Chicago. The
Braves scored all their runs off
Bob Rush in the sixth inning,
with Johnny Logan's homer and
Ed Mathews' triple the key
blows.
In other National league open
ers, Gino Cimoli's 12th inning
homer gave the Dodgers a 7-6
victory over the Phillies and
.the Pirates trounced the Giants,
9-2. The Yankees opened defense
thpir American league Den-
nant by edging the Senators, 2-1,
while the Red Sox turned back
the Orioles, 4-2, the Athletics
downed the Tigers, 2-1, and the
White Sox clipped the Indians,
3-2, on an 11th inning single by
Lary Doby.
Robin Roberts, who set a
major league record last year
by serving up 46 home run balls,
opened the new season with
three "gopher" pitches. In addi
tion to Cimoli's winning blast,
Roberts disappointed a record
Phillies' opening turnout of 37,
667 by giving up homers to Don
Zimmer and Gil Hodges.
After Hodges' clout tied the
score at 6-6 in the eighth, Clem
Labine took over for Don New
combe, who gave up nine hits
and all the Phils' runs and Clem
allowed only two safeties the
rest of the way.
The Pirates scored six runs
five of them unearned in the
eighth inning while routing the
Giants before 33,405 fans the
largest opening day crowd at
Forbes Field in nine years. Bob
Friend gave up 10 hits, but was
tough in the clutch as New York
stranded 11 men.
A crowd of 38,227 the larg
est opening day turnout
watched the Red Sox down the
Orioles at Baltimore. Tom Brew
er, who beat the Orioles four
times last season, received credit
for the victory although he need
ed relief from Ike Delock in the
eighth inning.
A ninth-inning single by Andy
Seals, Mounties Idle
But Gain Loop Lead
Potgieter Future
To Be Discuseed
Portland (U.R) The Port
land boxing commission meets
Thursday night to discuss the
boxing future of Ewart Pot
gieter, the South African giant.
Potgieter was suspended in
Massachusetts after a doctor told
the boxing commission there the
boxer was in need of more med
ical attention. Dr. Clinton Mc
Gill of the Portland commission
suggested Potgieter be examined
by local medical men.
TAKE OVER FIFTH
Dayton, Ohio U.R) The
Partment. Rentals team of Day
ton moved into fifth place in the
second division Tuesday night
with 2238 to mark the only
change in Women's Internation
al Bowling Congress tourna
ment standings.
By DON THACKREY
United Press Sports Writer
One raindrop does not make a
downpour, etc., but a crowd of
them got together Tuesday night
and floated the unlikely Van
couver Mounties and the unac
customed San Francisco Seals to
the top of the Pacific Coast
league.
The two clubs sported 4-1 rec
ords after the year's first series
and when the rains started fall--ing
in Northern California Tues
day they moved into the loop's
top spot while sitting on their
hotel lobby chairs.
The assist aside from the one
credited to the weatherman
Herb Score Off
To Good Start
Cleveland U.R Herb Score
is off to a good start in defense
of his major league strikeout
title.
The fast-balling Cleveland
southpaw whiffed 10 men Tues
day as the Chicago White Sox
edged the Indians, 3-2, in 11 in
nings-
Score led both leagues last
year by striking out 263 batters
while posting an impressive -2U
and 9 won and lost record.
Oregonian Stars
For SL Cardinals
Cincinnati (U.R) Bobby
Gene Smith, former Hood River,
Ore., athlete, smacked out a
home run and a single Tuesday
as the St. Louis Cardinals
downed Cincinnati 13-4 in their
opening game.
Smith, who used to pitch for
Hood River high school, played
center field.
Carey with the bases loaded car
ried the Yankees to their open
ing victory and broke up a tight
pitching duel between Whitey
Ford and Chuck Stobbs. Ford al
lowed only six hits while the
Yanks nicked Stobbs for seven,
including a seventh-inning hom
er by Yogi Berra.
Tom Morgan, a Yankee cast-
off, pitched four-hit ball for the
A's against the Tigers. Gus
Zernial homered off Frank Lary
in the sixth and the A's tallied
their decisive rujf in the seventh
on a single by Jim Pisoni, a sac
rifice by Morgan and another
single by Joe Lemaestri.
Doby's key blow for the White
Sox troke up another good
pitching duel between Billy
Pierce and the Indians tterD
Score. Luis Aparicio opened the
11th with a single, moved up on
Nellie Fox's sacrifice, and scored
on Doby's single to center. Score
struck out 10 men and gave up
only seven hits, but issued 11
passes. Pierce whiffed nine and
allowed eight hits.
went to the Los Angeles Angels,
who knocked the Hollywood
Stars off the pinnacle with a
5-3 win.
Beaver i in Cellar
San Diego last-gasped Port
land 3-2 to drop the Beavers
into the cellar after Seattle at
San Francisco and Vancouver
at Sacramento were washed out.
San Diego escaped the cellar
when Stan Pawloski singled
with two out and the count
three-and-two in the bottom of
the ninth inning. The hit drove
home' Bobby Young and gave
Pete Mesa his second victory of
the season. Incidentally it was
San Diego's second win of the
season the Pads being .un
successful since Mesa, downed
Hollywood opening day.
That makes Mesa's record read
2-0 while the Padres' are 2-5.
Ray Bauer, third of four Port
land hurlers", took ,the defeat
that left the Beavers with a 1-5
record for early season play so
far.
STANDINGS
Tuesday's Results
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
(By United Press)
W. L. Pet.
Vancouver 4
San Francisco 4
Hollywood S
SeatUe 3
Sacramento 2
Los Angeles 2
800
.800
.714
.600
.400
333
.286
.167
GB
San Diego 2
Portland 1
Tuesday's Results
San Diego 3, Portland 2
Los Angeles 5, Hollywood 3
Seattle at San Francisco, rain
Vancouver at Sacramento, rain
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W.
Milwaukee 1
St. Louis 1 '
Pittsburgh 1
Brooklyn , 1
Philadelphia 0
Cincinnati . 0
New York n
Chicago , 6
L. Pet.
0 1.000
0 1.000
0 1.000
0 1.000
1 .000
1 .000
1 .000
1 .000
LINESCORES:
Los Angeles . 311 000 0005 10 2
Hollywood ....luu uuu iui a o i
Darnell. Huehes (7) and Olson:
Wade. Garber (3). Schultz (7), O'Don
nell (9) and Hall.
Portland 200 000 000 2 3 0
San Diego 00 002 0013 10 0
Fiedler. Tremen (7). .Bauer .
Shore (9) and Calderone; Mesa and
Averill.
Tuesday's Results
Pittsburgh 9, New York 2
Milwaukee 4, Chicago 1
St. Louis 13, Cincinnati 4
Brooklyn 7. Phila. 6 (12 innings)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L. Pet. GB
iv ew York l
Chicago . l
Boston l
Kansas City 1
Baltimore
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
1
0
Pet.
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.500
.000
.000
.000
Tuesday's Results
New York 2. Washington 1
Boston 4. Baltimore 2
Kansas City 2, Detroit 1
Chicago 3, Cleveland 2 (11 innings)
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Havana 5, Montreal 2
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Minneapolis 1. Indianapolis 0
FIGHT RESULTS
By UNITED PRESS
Houston. Tex.: Paul Jorgensen. 130,
Port Arthur, Tex., outpointed Davey
Walden, 131. Youngstown, Ohio .(10).
LINESCORES:
American League
Washington 000 000 100 1
New York .... 000 000 101 2
Stobbs (0-l and t'ltzgeram.
and Berra. HR Sievers
Berra (1st.)
6 1
7 1
Ford
(1st),
(11 Tnninffsi
Chicago 010 010 000 01 3 7 3
Cleevland 001 100 000 00 2 8 3
Pierce (1-0) and .Louar. score (U-i)
and Hegan.
Boston 000 400 000 4 9 0
Baltimore .... 000 000 020 2 9 1
Brewer, Delock (8) ana wnite.
Wight, Beamon (41, Ferrarese (5),
Consuegra (et, .uvennK. jonnson
9). and rrianaos. winning piicner
Brewer 1-0. Losing pitcher Wight
(0-1).
Detroit 000 000 010 1 4 0
Kansas City 000 001 10X Z 7 0
Larv (0-1) and Wilson. Morgan (1-0)
and Smith. HR Zernial (1st).
National League
New York ..- 001 000 100 2 10 3
Pittsburgh .. 010 020 06x 9 8 1
Antonelli, Grissom (8), Jones (8)
and Westrum. Thomas (6). Friend
(1-0) and Foiles. Losing pitcher An
tonelli (0-1). HR F. Thomas (1st).
Milwaukee 000 004 000 4 8 0
Chicago 000 010 000 1 4 1
' Spahn (1-0) and Crandall. Rush,
Drott (7). Valentinetti (91 and Nee
man. Losing pitcher Rush (0-1). HR
Logan (1st).
Canadien Ice
Crew Takes
Stanley Cup
Montreal U.R) Hockey's
historic Stanley cup bore the
name of the Montreal Canadiens
today for a record eighth time
as a result of their 5-1 route of
the Boston Bruins Tuesday
night.
It marked the second straight
season the colorful, star-studded
Canadiens have won the cup,
awarded to the world's cham
pion pro hockey club.
Montreal after finishing sec
ond behind Detroit in the regu
lar National league season elim
inated the New York Rangers
in the semi-finals in five games
and needed only five more to
whip the scrappy Bruins.
Cleveland U.R) The Cleve
land Barons, the American
Hockey league's most successful
play-off team through the years,
hope to wrap up their eighth
Calder Cup championship to
night when they meet Rochester
Americans.
The Barons hold a 3-1 edge
over the Americans in their best
of seven final series.
Women's Golf
The following are additional
pairings for' Thursday ladies'
day golf at Rogue Valley Coun
try club. The names inadvert
ently were admitted Monday
when pairings were published.
Mrs. L. C. McLaughlin, Mrs.
Vayne Safley, Mrs. Reese Alex
ander"; Mrs. Russell Heysell, Mrs.
Ed. Gordon, Mrs. F. L. Flink;
Mrs. Frank Benesh, Mrs. William
Woods, Mrs. Jerry Olson; Mrs.
Darold McDonald, Mrs. William
E. Ruffner.
WSC WINNER
Pullman, Wash. KU.R) Wash
ington State defeated Portland
8-6 in a non-conference baseball
game here Tuesday.
Local Rifle
Team 2nd in
State Shoot
Jim Bolton led the rifle shoot
ers in their weekly event at the
Phoenix Gun club range with a
score of 388 out of possible 400
in four position shooting.
Following him in high five
were Lew Conger 386, Clinton
Charley 386, Chuck Taylor 385
and Neal Tripp 373.
, Medford Rifle club team
traveled last week end to the
state championship matches held
in Bend. They placed second
among 14 teams participating,
Members of the team were Bol
ton, Charley, Taylor and Archie
Haskins. Gresham Wildcats won
the state championship.
In pre-Easter shoot with jun
ior gyns with iron sights, shoot
ing off hand, Clinton Charley
won a large Easter bunny with
a score of 46 out of a possible
50. Jack Schaube of Shady Cove
was second with 41. His prize
was a large Easter egg. Ed Paul
was third with 41 and won a
box of colored Easter candy.
Paul is a visiting- shooter from
Los Angeles.
TOSSLNG OUT FIRST BALL, President Eisenhower opens 1957 baseball season at Wash
ington where Senators played Baltimore Orioles. Vice President Richard M. Nixon is peer
ing over President's shoulder. At right is Washington Manager Dressen. (International)
VISITING IN AUSTRIA, Harold Connolly, American
Olympic hammer throwing champion and bride, Olga
vFikotova, Czech Olympic discus thrower, are enroute to
Connolly's home in Boston. (International Soundphoto)
CONNIE MACK STATUE
Philadelphia U.R) The
memory of Connie Mack was
perpetuated today in an eight
foot bronze statue erected across
the street from Connie Mack
stadium, scene of his many tri
umphs as owner-manager of the
Philadelphia Athletics. '
'
Talent Bulldogs Trounce
Rogue River in B League
JACKSON COUNTY
B LEAGUE STANDINGS
W.
Butte Falls 2
Prospect . ,,, i
St. Mary's . . 1
Jacksonville . . 1
Talent
Rogue River 0
' Pet.
1.000
1.000
1.000
.500
.000
.000
Talent The Talent high Bull
dogs, Jackson county B baseball
champs over the past three
years, recorded their first loop
win of 1957 yesterday after be
ing no-hitted in two previous
scuffles.
Talent whipped the Rogue
River Chieftains 16 to 7 here.
Nine hits were smashed by
the Bulldogs and they got a
scoring boost also from Rogue
River misplays which totalled
eight.
Big inning for Talent was the
fifth when six runs were tabu
lated. Kip Walls tripled, Ron
Weinhold doubled and "Mel
Gingerich singled in the panel.
There were two walks and two
errors.
Five-Hit Pitching
Paul Conners and Fred Helm
combined for a five-hit pitching
job against the Chiefs. Conners
worked three innings and
fanned four batters and walked
two. Helm' went the final four,
striking out 'eight and issuing
one free pass.
Jackson B league play will be
rounded out for this week when
Jacksonville meets St. Mary's at
Medford on Thursday and Butte
Falls goes to Prospect on Friday.
LINE SCORES:
Rogue River .. 042 001. 0 7 5 8
Talent 342 160 x 16 9 5
Condes, Johnson 6 and B. Bigman;
Conners, Helm 4 and Butler.
Record Bettered
In AAU Swim
Beverly Hills, Calif., (U.R)
The 1957 National AAU senior
women's indoor swimming and
diving championships entered
the second round of competition
today in the wake of a new world
record set by a teen-age Cali
fornia girl.
In Tuesday's opening round of
the three-day meet, fourteen-year-old
Sylvia Ruuska of Berk
eley, Calif., established a new
world mark in the "decathlon"
of swimming, the 400-yard indi
vidual medley, by splashing the
distance in 5:08.
Stengel Desires
Eighth Flag in
AL Most of All
New York (U.R) Casey
Stengel was off and running to
ward his eighth American league
pennant, "The one he wants most'
of all."
Stengel made it quite plain to
his Yankee players before they
went 'out and beat Washington,
2-1 Tuesday that they won't get
this year's pennant1 "served up
on a platter" the way most ob
servers seem to think.
"We all got the impression
that this is the -pennant Casey
wants most of all," explained
one veteran member of the world
champions. "It's easy to under
stand. If we can win it this time,
that'll give him eight pennants
with the Yankees and tie Joe Mc
Carthy's record. It's a matter of
pride with him and it probably
would earn him a one-way ticket
into baseball's Hall of Fame."
Crater Victor
In Volleyball
Undefeated Crater pulled even
with the YMCA women with
their fifth victory last night in
the Rogue Valley Women's Vol
leyball tournanment at the Y.
Crater dropped the YMCA
girls 8-15, 15-11, 15-11.
Matches this Saturday will be
Eagle Point against Elk-Trail at
6 p.m., Shady Cove against Oak
Grove at 7 p.m., Eagle Point
against the Y girls at 8 p.m., Y
women versus Griffin Creek at
9 p.m. and Central Point versus
Howard at 10 p.m.
Largest island in the western
Pacific is Formosa.
All Happy About
Player Trade
Chicago (U.R) The Chicago
Cubs had southpaw hurler Dick
Littlefield and outfielder Bob
Lennon in the fold today and the
New York Giants had ex-Cubs
Ray Katt and Ray Jablonski.
Everybody seemed happy about "j
the swap.
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St. Louis 101 015 14013 17 0
Cincinnati 000 201 100 4 8 1 (
Wehmeier (l-Oi and H. Smith.
Klippstein, Fowler 16), Gross I6i,
Freeman 8 and Bailey. Losing pitch
er Klippstein (0-1). HR B. Smith
(1st), Moon (1st).
(12 innings) -
Brooklyn 001 130 010 0017 13 1
Phila. .... 010 320 000 000 6 11 1
Newcombe, Labine (8) and Cam
panella. Roberts (0-1) and Lopata.
Winner Labine (1-0). HR Zimmer
(1st), Hodges (1st), Cimoli (1st).
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