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Newspaper Page TextTEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, April 25, 1957 Amos Lincoln Faces Oaklander In 10-Rounder on Basilio Card Amos Lincoln, Portland heavyweight, has been signed for the 10-round main event of a pro fessional boxing card at Hed rick junior high school gym on Monday, May 6, Promoter Harry Chipman said today. Lincoln will meet Bill Mathias, 210-pounder from Oakland, Calif. The card will feature the first appearance of Carmen Basilio, world welterweight champion, in the northwest. Basilio will box a three-round exhibition. Lincoln was popular as an amateur on Medford PAL club fights and won the Northwest Golden Gloves heavyweight championship. Since turning pro fessional he has racked up a string of 24 victories with but one defeat. Lincoln, one of the well - known fighting Lincoln brothers of Portland, said he will scale 194 pounds for the fight. He is now managed by Sid Flaharty, who steered Carl (Bobo) Olson to the world mid dleweight championship. Mathias, rated as a trial horse by the bay area fight mob, doesn't sport as an impressive record as Lincoln but has been fighting longer and has faced generally tougher opposition. But, according to word from the south, he has what it takes to make Lincoln fight all the way. Both fighters will complete their training in their respec tive home towns and will check into Medford on the day of the fight. Basilio also will arrive in Medford on fight day, Chipman said, making the trip from New C xzf f -V i iinr ....... SPORTS STANDINGS PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Vancouver w. 9 San francisco Seattle 8 Los Angeles . 7 Hollywood 7 San Diego 6 Sacramento 4 Portland 2 11 Pet GB .692 .692 .615 1 .583 1 Vi .538 2 .429 3 ' .308 .154 Wednesday's Results San Francisco 5. Vancouver S Seattle 4. San Diego 1 Los Angeles 4. Sacramento 2 Hollywood 4, Portland 3 (10 innings) NATIONAL LEAGUE W. Milwaukee 6 Ha AMOS LINCOLN To Box Here May 6 York by plane. Chipman said he will schedule four four - round preliminary matches, with the first bout to go postward at 8:30 p.m. Tornado To Face UO Frosh, Springfield A 14-man Medford high base ball squad will leave Friday Bioming for games in Eugene and Springfield. The Black Tor YPio will face the University 0t Oregon Frosh Friday after B8in in a single contest. A S&mbleheader against Spring fiteld high is slated Saturday. Springfield replaces Eugene m Medford's foe. Eugene has a league game it must make up against Roseburg. Coach John Kovenz stated that Ernie Tyler likely will throw for Medford against the Frosh with Dick McLoughlin and Dennis Barr likely getting the pitching call for Saturday contention with the Millers. Others Listed Others scheduled to make the Willamette valley trip are Gor don Owsley. Bob Pond, Larry Perkins, Dennis King, Ron Peery, Dick Monroe, Steve Shorey, John Payne, Tom Laur ence, Steve Wisely and Dale Shaw or Dick Barlow. Tornado players hope they'll have better luck than in past recent seasons with the weather For several years rain or threat of crecipitation has forced can cellation of tussles during the regular season in the Eugene area The frays will serve to keep JJedford in tune for its bid to fight back into the Southern Oregon conference race. Next loop contention for the Tornado is on May 4 at Klamath Falls. JAYVEES KNOT ASHLAND Medford's diamond was the scene of junior varsity rivalry yesterday. Tornado and Ashland nines went eight innings with neither scoring. Play was halted by mutual agreement. The game was pretty much a pitcher's battle although each club had an opportunity to score but couldn't muster quite the punch. Tom Laurence of Med ford held the Grizzlies to two hits over seven stanzas. He tabu lated 11 strikeouts and gave up three bases on balls. Dennis Barry twirled the last inning, fanning two and walking one. Al McKinnis went the full route on the hill for Ashland, chalking up 13 strikeouts, al lowing four hits, walking one and hitting one batter. Barlow Hits Three Dick Barlow got three hits for Medford and George Ice one. McKinnis tripled for Ashland and Pete Stemple singled. Medford got a runner as far as third base only in the eighth inning. Dick Monroe got to first on an error. Lowry flied out. Dick Barlow singled. Pond's rap got Monroe to third but forced Barlow out at second. Monroe and Pond attempted a double swipe but the Ashlanders kept an eagle eye on Monroe, hold ing him to third base although Pond reached second. Jerry Fields then fanned to end the game. McKinnis's triple came with one man out. Laurence whiffed Duane Nelson and Larry Schmaltz to quash the threat. LINESCORE: Ashland 000 000 00 0 2 3 Medford 000 000 00 0 4 1 McKinnis and Tucker; Laurence, Barr 8 and Pond. Northwest Loop Opens By UNITED PRESS Six Northwest league teams open the pennant chase tonight in the class "B" baseball loop with the defending Yakima Bears generally conceded the team to beat. Manager Hub Kettle's Bears romped home 9Vi games ahead of second-place Lewiston in the first half of play in 1956 and finished games up on Salem in the second half. Kittle has a potent one-two punch in Herm Lewis and Vince Moreci who belted 26 and 36 homers, respectively, in last year's campaign. , Tonight's openers find Eugene at Wenatchee, Lewiston at Tri City and Yakima at Salem. The league again will play a split season with the first half ending June 30 and the second half on Labor day. If needed, a playoff will be held to determ ine the pennant winner. Brooklyn New York Chicago Philadelphia Cincinnati St. Louis Pittsburgh Pet. GB .857 .857 .500 2',i .429 .429 .429 .288 .250 4',, Wednesday's Results Milwaukee 8, St. Louis 7 Brooklyn 4. New York 3 (night) Philadelphia 8, Pittsburgh 5 (night) Cincinnati 9, Chicago 5 (night) Thursday's Probable Pitchers New York at Brooklyn (night) An toneili tl-1) vs. Podres (1-0). Friday's Games New York at Philadelphia (night) Brooklyn at Pittsburgh (night) St. Louis at Chicago Milwaukee at Cincinnati (night) AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago New York Kansas City Boston , , Washington . Baltimore Cleveland Detroit .800 .714 .625 Vl .571 1 .375 2"i .375 2i .333 2i,a .286 3 Wednesday's Results new York 3. Baltimore 2 Detroit at Chicago, ppd., rain. Boston 4. Washington 3 (10 innings. night) Kansas City 17, Cleveland 6 (night) Friday's Games Chicago at Kansas City (night) Detroit at Cleveland (nighti Washington at Baltimore (night) Boston at New York INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Columbus 5. Montreal 0 Rochester 8. Miami 4 Buffalo 4, Havana 2 Toronto at Richmond, ppd., rain. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (No games scheduled.) EASTERN LEAGUE Springfield 4. Albany 3 Reading 4. Syracuse 1 Schenectady 5. Binghamton 4 ATHLETICS KICK UP RACKET IN AL WITH BARRAGE OF HOMERS Two Track Tiffs in One On Saturday Track fans will see two meets at the same time Saturday when thinclads from Medford, Ash land and Crater compete at the stadium here. Varsity events will match the Medford, Ashland Crater Senior high competitors. Concurrently McLoughlin Junior high ninth graders and Ashland high fresh men will have dual competition. First field events, the shot put, javelin, high jump and pole vault are to start at 1:30 p.m. First running event the high hurdles is scheduled for 2 p.m. The meet will be the second time this season the three senior high crews have met in a trian gular fuss. Ir the previous en gagement varsity and novice events were run off. No points were tabulated. Score will be kept this time. Medford looked strongest in the early meet and is the big favorite this time. Hedrick and Crater ninth graders have a meet at 4 p.m. here on Friday. By MILTON RICHMAN United Press Sports Writer Those clouting Kansas City Athletics are kicking up the big gest racket in the American league today with an eye-popping home run barrage that's si lencing all critics who wrote them off as "a farm club of the Yankees." Only a half game out of first place, the Athletics actually are beating the Yankees at their own game the home run. Lou Bou- dreau's fence wreckers have blasted 16 homers so far, the top total in the major leagues. They slammed out five Wednes day night in burying the Cleve land Indians, 17-6, and some skeptics may point to the "short porch" the A s have to aim at in Kansas City, but half of their homers have been hit on the road. Lopex Blasts Pair Hector Lopez led the fire works with a pair of circuits that helped him drive in six runs while Harry Simpson, Lou Ski- zas and Hal Smith each chipped in with one. Bob Lemon, Cleve land's starter, failed to survive the second inning. Ned Garver gave up only three hits and struck out nine over the first eight innings, then weakened in the ninth and needed relief from Virgil Trucks. Roger Maris and Jim Busby homered for Cleve land. The Yankees also used home runs to good advantage in beat ing the Orioles, 3-2. Mickey Man tle's homer off Connie Johnson in the eighth decided the contest after Yogi Berra hit a two-run homer in the first inning. Bob Grim picked up the victory after relieving Art Ditmar in the eighth. Jackie Jensens 10th inning single scored Billy Klaus from second with the run that gave relief pitcher Ike Delock of the Red Sox a 4-3 decision over the Senators. Ted Williams tied the score in the eighth with his third home run of the season off loser Bob Chakales. The Detroit-Chicago game was postponed by ram. Set N. L. Record A three-run triple by rookie Ed Bouchee followed by a two run homer off the bat of another rookie, Bob Bowman, highlight ed a seven-run sixth inning that gave the Phillies an 8-5 victory over the Pirates. Bob Friend was the victim of both those blows and Stan Lopata also homered off reliever Dick Hall. Southpaw Curt Simmons was the winner although requiring help from Don Cardwell and Bob Miller. The Cincinnati Redlegs also came up with a seven-run in ning in defeating the Chicago Cubs, 9-5, but they did it the hard way with only one hit. They set a National league record by drawing nine walks in their seven-run fifth, four of the walks forcing in runs. Loser Moe Drabowsky walked four in a row, Jackie Collum yielded three of the passes and Jim Bros nan two. Bob Thurman homered for the Redlegs while Jim Bol ger, Cal Neeman and Ernie Banks connected for Chicago. Joe Nuxhall, who pitched the first seven innings, was the win ner. Del Crandall's ninth inning homer off Willard Schmidt gave the Braves their sixth victory in seven starts, an 8-7 triumph over the Cardinals. Joe Adcock, Hank Aaron and Eddie Mathews also homered for the Braves while Del Ennis connected for St. Louis. A passed ball by Wes Westrum enabled the Dodgers to score what proved to be the winning run in a 4-3 victory over the Giants. Gil Hodges scored from third on the passed ball that climaxed a four-run rally for Brooklyn in the fourth. LINESCORES: Baltimore 001 001 O00 2 12 New York .... 200 000 Olx 3 11 Johnson (-2) and Ginsberg. Ditmar, Grim (8) and Berra. Winning pitcher Grim (2-1). HB Berra (2nd), Mantle (2nd). Cleveland .... 000 100 005 6 10 Kansas City 054 104 21x 17 14 Lemon, Pitula (2, Tomanek (4), Houtteman (7), McLish (81 and Nix on. Garver. Trucks 9 and Smith. Win ning pitcher--Garver (1-0). Losing pitcher Lemon (0-1). HR Maris (3rd), Simpson (4th). Lopez (2nd and 3rd), bkizas (znd), smitn (1st), Busn by (1st). (10 Innings) Boston 020 000 010 1 i 11 3 Washington 012 000 000 0 3 10 0 Meyer, Porterfield (4). Delock (7) and White. Daley (7). Ramos. Chaka les (7) and Fitz Gerald. Winning pitcher Delock (1-1). Losing pitcher Chakales (0-1). HR Williams (3rd). National League St. Louis 202 030 000 7 10 1 Milwaukee .... 013 030 001 8 8 0 wenmeier. Schmidt (5) and Lan- drith. Crone, Phillips (3) and Crandall. Winning pitcher Phillips (1-0). Los ing pitcher Schmidt (0-1). HR Ad cock (2nd), Emus (2nd). Aaron (3rd), Mathews (1st) Crandall (2nd). Pittsburgh .. 000 020 0305 11 Philadelphia . 000 007 lOx 8 8 2 Friend, Hall 7), Churn (8) and Foiles, Kravitz (8). Simmons, Cardwell (7). Miller (8) and Lopata. Winning nitrtlta. Cimmn .e 1 1 TMi.:Al. er Friend 1-2. HR Bowman (1st) Popata (1st). New York 022 010 000 3 10 Rrnnklvn flDf! Anft nnv A K Barclay. Margoneri (4), Jones (5), Surkont (6) and Westrum. Thomas (5) Katt (8). Koufax. Valdez (5). Labine 8 and Campanella. Winning pitcher vaiaez (l-u). loosing pitcner Barclay tu-o. Chicago 020 001 0205 6 Cincinnati 000 170 lOx 9 6 Drabowsky. Collum (5), Brosnan (5), valentinetti (7) and Neeman. Nux hall. Gross (8) and Bailey. Winning pitcher Nuxhall 1-. Losing pitcher uraoowsKi u-u. ttti toiger (1st), Neeman (2nd), Thurman (2nd), Banks usi). Flanagan Victor Over Cuban Kid St. Paul, Minn. (U.R) Speedy Del Flanagan loomed brighter than ever in the welterweight title picture today after banging out a 10-round unanimous de cision over Kid Gavilan here. The St. Paul veteran, a 2-1 favorite, reached a peak in his up and down career Wednesday night as he turned aggressor and had the former welterweight king baffled most of the way. fat- tcctctAfi taite a - THE LIGHTEST MILDEST STRAIGHT BOURBON YOU CAN FIND Century Club Is in step with today's trend to lightness yet gives you fins bourbon's taste I 6 YEARS OLD Cm PT. 35 45 QT. NATIONAL DISTILLERS PRODUCTS CORPORATION, NEW YORK, STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY. 85 PROOF. Quarter-Final Stage Today in North-South Golf Pinehurst, N. C. (U.R) De fending champion Hillman Rob bins Jr. of Memphis, Tenn., with three victories under his belt, met Don Bisplinghoff of Or lando, Fla., today in the quarter finals of the North and South Amateur golf championship. Other quarter - final matches paired Dr. Bud Taylor of Po mona, Calif., against Donald M. Weiland of Phoenixville, Pa., Arnold Blum of Macon, Ga., against Bill Hyndman III of Philadelphia, and Lawrence Cook of Wrightsville Beach, N. C, against Walker Cup captain William C. Campbell of Hunting ton, W. Va. Louis Undergoes Heart Checkup Chicago (U.R) Former heavy weight boxing champion Joe Louis may find out today wheth er his heart is in good condition. Louis learned last July he had suffered a cardiac contusion, or damage to a layer of his heart. Consequently he was denied a wrestling license by the Illinois Athletic Commission on the recommendation of Dr. Irving Slott, commission physician, who said Louis should not be per mitted to wrestle for six months. Slott also recommended a re examination in six months for a "re-evaluation" of Louis' condi tion, and the Brown Bomber un derwent a checkup at Provident hospital Wednesday. Bay At Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks. 'Fines, Drain Tile 727 Yf. McAndrews Phone 2-4107 Easter Showing Youngsters How By UNITED PRESS Ageless Satchel Paige reaps the press notices but Luke East er, another expert at manipulat ing his birth date, is also showing the youngsters how it's done in the International league. Easter, who claims to be 37 but is suspected of being "just a little older," slammed a two run homer in the 12th inning Wednesday night to give the Buffalo Bisons' a 4-2 victory over Havana. The clutch clout by Buffalo's all-time home run king nudged the Bisons to within a half-game of the league lead. PCL Thriving Lustily in Early Season By HAL WOOD United Press Sports Writer San Francisco U.R The. Pa cific Coast league, all references to the contrary, is not lead. In fact, it is thriving lustily these days and the club owners are jubilant over the fact that this may be the year of balance that they have been looking for all their lives. "The league this year not only has bai-nce, but. from top to bot tom is the strongest I've seen it in the 17 years I have been man aging," the late Bill Sweeney of Portland told Bob Freitas, busi ness manager of the San Fran cisco Seals recently. Freitas himself can't put the finger on what has happened to revive the interest that has been lagging for the last few seasons. "It just seems that people who have been reading, listening or watching the game on television finally decided to go to the ball parks," said Freitas. "We have sold so many more script books than before. And there is another evidence of in terest: We received so many more letters than last year. The possibility exists that the Red Sox-Seals games, which attracted nearly 60,000 in three days may have had something to do with reviving the interest, too." Freitas believes that strength as been added where it was need ed most: At Vancouver. The Mounties, incidentally, are no flash in the pan, in the opinion of Manager Tommy Heath of the Sacramento Solons. "They have all-over power," says Tommy. "They'll be tough to beat." Vancouver finished far in the cellar last year and was a unan imous choice among PCL writ ers to finish there again this year. i There is additional drawing power this time in the trio of home run sluggers: Steve Bilko, who hit 55 for Los Angeles last year, back again. . Young Dick Stuart of the Hollywood Stars, who may develop into a Luke ' Easter-type drawing card; and I young outfielder Len Green of the Mounties, whom some say ' is another Willie Mays which i may be stretching things a point 1 or two or three. Whil : attendance in the Los , Angeles area hasn't been big, it ! is strong enough to indicate that , this might be a banner year i there. Angelenos traditionally i ignore baseball until about the first of June and then . start ! packing the parks. I San Francisco attendance is ' 'way up over last year for the first few games despite rain and threatening weather. Perfect Score Fired in Journal Medford Gun club currently stands 18th in a field of 26 in the Oregon Journal telegraphic trapshoot. The local gunmen have a total of 15 points they have won against seven rivals lost once and tied 12. For last Sunday Medford turn ed a perfect score of 75 in com petition with Cottage Grove which also had 75 and Enterprise which had 72. Harry Tonn, Ray Coleman, Gene Hunt and Jim Horn each had 25s but only indi vidual counts three could be ap plied in the tourney. No scores were listed for Corvallis Elks and Coos Country club' which also were to have shot against Medford. f t Willamette Divides With Oregon College Salem U.R) Willamette handed Oregon College of Edu cation a 6-2 non-conference base ball defeat Wednesday and tllen was clobbered 19-6 by the Wolves in the second game. Farm or garden, Merry Tiller . really dies in takes the toil out of tilling produces more garden for lessm-ork and money! One power unit 40 tools and attachments, includ ing rotary and sickle mowers, snow plow, sprayer. bulldozer. Two mod els both compact, versatile powerhouses that do every -garden job taster...easier! Easily converts to a tractor. 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