TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Oregon, OSC
Vie Friday
In Baseball
University of Oftgon, Eugene
Oregon's basebal. team, win
ner of three Nortrern division
! ennants in the Jat four years
ana 11 nags in the last 24 years
opens the 1957 season Friday
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iiu odiuraay wun a series
against arch-rival Oregon State
The Ducks and the Beavers
clash first at Corvallis and then
return to Howe field Saturday
for the second game of the
erif-s. Oregon had a highly suc
cessful non-conference season
and appears set for the tough
Northern Division race.
Coach Don Kirsch hag a choice
of four or five pitchers for the
opening series with Lefty Don
Lane, an all-star choice as
sophomore last year, Stan Dra-
chowsky, Ron Whittaker, Lynn
Mohler and Rollie Heath all ap
parently ready for action.
Pitching could be one of the
Duck strong points with Jon
Knglund, Denny Olson, Terry
Maddox, Jim Lehl and John
Alt-Call also available for duty
All 10 pitched well at times dur
ing the non-conference games.
Catching Strong
Another strong point is the
catching where Ellis Olson,
sophomore, appears set with vet
eran Tom Bowen in reserve. Len
Read and Ron Dodge, two other
top rookie receivers have been
switched to center field and
first base, but could move back
if needed.
Xaddox, two times an all-star
gejtion, Read and Jim Ping-
rt. another fine veteran, will
gsae up the starting lineup
trite George Simpson, Jerry
Irwss and Leroy Phelps as thj
gVt line reserves.
tjregon started the season
frith definite problems in the
Jtafield and they may be only
Jgirtially solved. Jim Pifher
ved from second to shortstop
h fill the gap left by the loss
rf John Keller and Wimp Hast-
backed by Roy Nishioka.
S filled in nicely at second
Oregon State College, Cor
Wuilis The northern division
MBball race gets underway
See at Coleman field Friday,
When Oregon State"s heavy-hit-wng
Beavers go up against the
je'fching-strong Oregon Web
frofe int he first of a two-game
&feek end series.
The clubs meet at Eugene on
turday.
Oregon State looked both bad
and good in winning 10 out of
15 non-conference games this
spring. The Beavers have a sol
id, veteran infield headed by
Capt. Dan Lovejoy, one of the
league's best catchers, but Coach
Ralph Coleman hasn't a letter
man pitcher on hand and only
one experienced outfielder
Chief Candidate
Chief mound candidates are
Dave Gambee. Joe Bonneau,
Syl Johnson, Fred Paine, Dave
McFadden, Austin Connolly,
Ray Barnes and Frank Zaniker.
Catchers, behind Lovejoy, are
Dan Luby and LeRoy Hanley,
although Luby also plays sec
ond base. Best of the infielders
appear to be Jack and Tom Bow
en, Twink Pederson, Frank Neg
ri. Jos Francis, Jim Phillips and
Dale Bobbins.
Two-year vet Tom Hunt heads
the outfield brigade, assisted oy
Kim Bradshaw, Ron Zarbnisky.
Warren Harle, Nub Beamer and
Jerry Clark.
AHS Netters
Tip Tornado
Ashland high defeated Med
ford 4 to 3 in a Southern Ore
gon conference tennis match
yesterday.
The Ashlanders won three
singles and one doubles contest.
Grizzly winners in singles
were Gary Holman over John
Root 6-0, 6-2, Hank Hampton
over Die Swinney, 6-2, 3-6, 10-
8 and Jerry Troxel over Harold
Daley 6-3, 6-0. For Medford Jim
Gordon was 6-2. 6-2 winner over
Jerry Joy and Bob Schmidt was
victor -2, 6-3 over Rex Clark
Hampton and Holman bounced
Swinney and Schmidt in doubles
6-0, fi-4. Gordon and Root de
cisioned Joy and Troxel 6-3, 6-4.
Forest Route
Conditions Told
Ashland Condition of roads
in the local forest service dis
trict that will be used often dur
ing the fishing season have been
tfccibed by Harold Thomas,
taatfict engineer. Fishing season
KV5 April 27.
Tiwraas noted the road by
ar f Butte Falls is not pass
able because of blocked areas,
and that snow has made the
Deadwood Junction (Dead In
dian) road impassable. He said
he expects both to be open by
April 27.
The McAllister or North Fork
rd. of the Little Butte has been
plowed open by Howard Lloyd
Morris of the Fish Lake lodge
and will be available for the
opening of fishing season,
Thomas said.
Mercer, Me. U.R) The larg
est tree ever found in New Eng
land once existed in this town.
It was an elm, 32 feet in circumference.
HAYWARD RELAY CHAMPIONS Medford high's track
and field team, not resting on its Hayward relay laurels,
is preparing this week for a four-way meet Saturday at
Grants Pass. Crater and Roseburg will be the other entries'
in the Rotary club affair. The 18 Black Tornado thinclads
who had a hand in scoring Medford's 64 Vz points in the
Metro division join Coach Bob Newland here in admiring
their championship trophy. From left, seated, are Eldon
Francis, Johnny Jones, Wally Larson and Newland. Kneeling,
left to right, are Jerry Close, Jim Funston, Les Lingscheit,
Mike Stearns, Duane Poff, Bilbee Lane and Bruce Thomp
son. Standing, from left, are George Koch, Bill Richey, Mike
Russell, Neil Plumley, Loren Christean, Pete Kershaw, Mike
Murray and Pete Rassmussen. Medford took its sixth straight
Hayward title, the fifth in the Metro class and the eighth
in 10 years for a Newland crew. Medfordites established five
Tornado, Crater Vie
In Baseball
Crater high plays its first
varsity games of the season on
its home baseball field at Cen
tral Point Friday as host to Med
ford for a doubleheader.
First brush, set for 2:30 pjn..
will count in the Southern Ore
gon conference chase. Second
tussle will be a non-leaguer.
The Comets cf Crater will
scrap for a second loop victory
against no defeats while the
Medford Black Tornado will
fight for its first counting vic
tory in four starts to keep its
dimming hopes alive in the con
ference.
Medford and Crater faced
each other earlier in a five in
ning practice scrimmage which
showed the possibility of close
contests tomorrow. The Tornado
had a 1 to 0 edge on its Central
Point rival after the workout.
In league action Crater holds
a league win and a non-counter
verdict over Ashland which has
beaten Medford twice with one
of the frays a loop mix. Med
ford also has dropped decisions
to Klamath Falls and Grants
Pass in the circuit and has de
feated Klamath in a kings-x
match.
Don McLaughlin is the likely
Cougar Nine
In Jackson County Circuit
JACKSON COUNTY
B LEAGUE STANDINGS
w.
Pet.
1.000
1.000
Prospect
St. Mary's
2
1
2
1
1
0
Butte Falls
.607
Jacksonville
.500
Talent
.333
Rogue River
.000
Prospect Prospect high as
sumed top position in the Jack
son County B league baseball
standings yesterday by squelch
ing Butte Falls here, 9 to 4. It
was the Cougars' second win
against no losses while the Log
gers suffered their first setback
in three games.
Spider Webb
Gets Verdict
Chicago (U.R) Spider Webb
didn't fight ."smart." he said to
day, but even one of his poorer
performances earned him a win
over rugged Randy Sandy
Wednesday night for his 20th
straight middleweight triumph.
"I guess I was just trying to
get in that big one all the time,"
Webb said, "and he was smother
ing the punches. I never got it
in. It wasn't a smart fight for
me. I should have boxed him
instead." The victory, though, insured
Webb's retention of a third place
ranking among the world 160
pounders and left him in line
for a title shot sometime in the
near future.
Sandy was warned about- low
blows by. referee Bernie Weis
mann in the fourth round, but
the round was not taken away
from him. Webb held a three-
pound weight advantage at 160
to 157 pounds.
Weismann scored the bout 47-
46, judge Harold Marovitz had
it 49-44 and Judge John Bray
47-44, all for Webb. The United
Press card was 48-45 for the
Thuriday, April 18. 1957
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Friday
pitching choice for Medford in
the Friday starter, Coach John
Kovenz has indicated. Crater
Mentor Bill Piche is expected
to call on his No. 1 moundsman,
Fred Herrman. For the second
game hill chores it may be
Dennis Barr of Medford against
Wayne Allen of Crater.
Other possible starters for the
Comets in the opener are Randy
Campbell, catcher; Neil Green,
first base; Thurman Striplin,
second base; Allen, shortstop;
Bob Fowler or Stan Green, third
base, and Eddie Koch, Dick
Rainey and Dave Morris, out
fielders. Bob Pond is the probable re
ceiver for McLoughlin's pitches
with Dennis King, first base;
Larry Perkins, second base;
Gordon Owsley, shortstop; Dick
Monroe or Steve Wisely, third
base, and Steve Shorey, Ron
Peery and John Payne or Dale
Shaw, outfielders.
This is the first week Comets
have been able to have infield
drill on their diamond. The
field has been shaping up well
after having been unplayable
because of rainy weathqr but
its status for Friday again de
pends on the weather.
Goes in Front
The game was moved up from
its originally scheduled Friday
date.
Prospect took command in the
first inning with three runs on
singles by Dave Gardner, Dick
Cummins and Don Vannice, a
double by Jim Daniels, Mickey
Ring's sacrifice and an error.
In the third inning the Cougars
got four more tallies on hits by
Ring, Daniels and Cummins, a
sacrifice flyout by Vannice and
two errors.
' Vannice, pitching for Pros
pect," allowed six hits, fanned 13
and walked three. Gardner, Dan
iels and Cummins each got two
hits . for the Cougars and Pat
Conley swatted three for three
for Butte Falls.
St. Mary's of Medford is to
come here Monday for a make
up game. The Crusaders were to
have met Jacksonville today,
weather permitting.
mnescore!
Butte Falls 100 120 0 4 6 6
Prospect t 304 200 x 9 g 4
B. Irwin. Ellis 4 and Dillen. P. Con
ley 2; Vannice and J. Daniels.
IV Beaten
By Glendale
Glendale Glendale subdued
Illinois Valley high 10 to 3 on
Tuesday in the opening Rogue
Valley league basebill conflict.
The clubs meet again at Cave !
Junction on Friday.
Glendale scored --ine of its
runs in the fourth frame of the ;
five-inning mix. George Humph- j
rey singled and doubled for the j
Pirates in the canto and George j
West, Buddy Smart and Wes j
Young each also hit safely. I
There were four bases on balls, I
a hit batter and two errors in
the inning.
LIXESCORE:
Illinois Valley 002 10 3 3 2
Glendale 010 9x 10 5 2
Slaniker. Burros 4i and Beem;
Jloschau, West (4i and R. Munyon.
....).,
new meet standards, in the Black Tornado's heaviest assault
on the records in the relay classic. The records were by '
Francis in the javelin; Plumley, Funston and Murray in the
shot; Christean, Russell, Kershaw and Larson in the 880;
Kershaw, Christean, Lingscheit and Russell in the mile; Close,
Poff and Jones in the broad jump. Richey, Lane, Thompson
and Lingscheit won the two-mile. Close, Poff and Stearns
got second points in the snuttle hurdles and Koch, Larson
and Rasmussen tied for fifth in the high jump. The Tornado,
class of Oregon in relay competition, now points to a number
of regular style meets, including the district rivalry on the
Medford oval on May 11. Medford, known for the high com
petitive ability of its athletes, is aiming for an unprecedented
fifth straight Oregon state track and field championship at
Corvallis on May 18.
MEDF0RIdtTRIBUNE
SLPCDHfiTTS
Averill's Home Run Gives
Pads 1-0 Nod Over Beavers
By DON THACKERY
United Press Sports Writer
The Portland Beavers, plagued
by bad luck in the infant Pacilic
Coast league season, suffered
another blow today with the
death of manager William
Hundley 1st
Selection in
Cage Draft
St. Louis (U.R) A surprising
draft gave hint of further trad
ing today as the player repre
sentatives of the National Bas
ketball association met with
owners to try to win recognition
of their grievances.
A snappy draft session
Wednesday saw Hot Rod Hund
ley of West Virginia become the
first choice of the college crop
and immediately dealed away in
a seven-player trade, one of the
largest in league history.
Cincinnati had been expected
to draft Charley Tyra of Louis
ville, but instead grabbed Hund
ley as the result of a deal it
made with Minneapolis just five
minutes before.
Hundley went to the Lakers
in exchange for veteran Kansas
star Clyde Lovellette and Day
ton rookie Jim Paxson.
Cincinnati also gave up Bob
Burrow, Art Spoelstra, Ed
Fleming and Don Meinecke.
Knicks Grab Tyra
The New York Knickerbock
ers; who earlier had traded the
Detroit Pistons out of their sec
ond choice, grabbed Tyra and
then announced from his home
in Louisville that he wasn't sure
he wanted to play for the
Knicks.
Minneapolis, in its regular
third choice, drafted 6-8 Jim
Krebs of Southern Methodist.
The St. Louis Hawks took Win
Wilfong of Memphis State.
The player representatives,
headed by Boston's Bob Cousy,
discussed a 19-point petition
with the owners today. It in
cluded the establishment of a
three-man. arbitration board to
settle player grievances. '.
To complete the first round of
the draft, the Philadelphia War
riors took Lennie Rosenbluth of
North Carolina, New York got
Brendan McCann of St. Bona
venture, Syracuse chose George
Bonsalle of Illinois and Boston
drafted Sam Jones of North
Carolina College.
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Meanwhile, it appeared the
Beavers were expecting a little
help from the Chicago Cubs in
their fight for the pennant, and
the way they have been going a
minimum of assistance could
take them a long way.
The Beavers, now firmly
lodged in the PCL cellar, have
lost six games, and four of the
losses have been on one run de
cisions. Ironically their only win
was also a closie, 2 to 1 over
the San Francisco Seals.
Wednesday night, the Bevos
did it again, this time in 10 in
nings. San Diego's Earl Averill, the
catching' son of Cleveland's
great outfielder of an earlier
vintage, homered off Bill Werle
in the bottom of the tenth to
give the Padres a 1 to 0 de
cision. That was the only action In
the loop. The other three games
succumbed to precipitatipn.
Up to that point, it had been
nip and tuck between Werle
and San Diego's John Carmich
ael, both of whom had registered
shutouts over the regulation "dis
tance. The Beavers were robbed of
two fine scoring opportunities
by spectacular infield play Dy
the Padres during the first nine
innings. Third baseman Stan
Pawloski stabbed a hot liner
with men on second and third
in the fourth and shortstop Bill
Moran turned in a sparkler with
a man on second in the fifth.
But Averill spoiled the night
completely in, the bottom of the
ninth as he homered 360 feet
into the left field bleachers with
two strikes on him.
The Pads totaled only five
hits off Werle while the Beavers
got seven, none at the crucial
moment, off Carmichael. Werle,
incidentally, was the winner of
the 1957 season for the Bevos.
LINESCORE:
Portland .. 000 000 000 0 0 7 0
San Diego.. 000 000 000 0 1 5 0
Werle and Baich; Carmichael and
Averill.
TAKE PIN LEAD
Dayton, Ohio (U.R) It took
a pair of subs to put the Ohio
Bowling association of Medina,
Ohio, into first place of the
Women's International Bowling
congress division 3 Wednesday
night. Lois Anderson scored 493
and Ruth Simmons, 444, to put
their team into the lead with a
2,134 total.
DELIVERY
Silver
Dollar
Stamps
Ph. 3-4818
STANDINGS
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Vt'. L. Pet. GB
Vancouver 4 1 .800
San Francisco 4 1 .800
Hollvwood 5 2 .714
Seattle 3 2 .600 1
Sacramento 2 3 .400 2
San Diego 3 5 .375 2"i
Loa Angeles 2 4 .333 2a
Portland 1 6 .143 4
Wednesday's Results
San Diego 1, Portland 0
Los Angeles at Hollywood, rain
Seattle at San Francisco, rain
Vancouver at Sacramento, rain
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L. Pet. GB
Kansas City 2 0 1.000
New York 1 0 1.000 i
Chicago 1 0 1.000 'i
Boston u 1 0 1.000 i
Baltimore l i .500 1
Cleveland 0 1 .000 1 ,i
Detroit o 2 .000 2
Washington 0 2 .000 2
Wednesday's Results
Kansas City 5. Detroit 4
iOnly game scheduled)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Wednesday's Results:
New York at Pittsburgh, ppd., rain.
St. Louis at Cincinnati, ppd., rain.
lOnly games scheduled)
INTERN ATION AIL LEAGUE
Richmond 7. Rochester 0
Toronto 3. Miami 3 (16 innings, tie)
Buffalo at Columbus, night, ppd.
Montreal at Havana, ppd.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Wichita 7, St. Paul 4
Charleston 6, Omaha 5
Denver at Louisville, ppd., rain
Minneapolis at Indianapolis, ppd.
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Basilio Due Here May 6
Carmen Basilio, world welter
weight champion, will definitely
appear in a boxing exhibition
at Hedrick Junior high school
gym here on Monday, May 6,
Harry Chipman, Medford box
ing promoter, said today. Chip
man said that he had received
word from Basilio's managers in
New York that they planned to
keep the May 6 date. There had
been a possibility that Basilio
might ask for a date change to
fit in with a change in a date
to box in Portland.
The Medford appearance will
be the first in the northwest for
the popular champion and the
first- in a series of exhibitions
before he engages in a regular
fight in Portland on May 20.
Chipman said he hopes to
have a 10-round main event
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lis Indians of the American as
sociation. Mele appeared in only
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