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o Podres Flashes 1955 Form To Beat Phils, Pirates Edge Giants By TIM MORIAHTY United Press Sporti Writer Johnny Podres of the Brook lyn Dodgers, who claims he can ' beat those blankety-blank Yan kees any day of the week,'' is acting just as tough these days with the boys in his own Nation al league backyard. Released from the Navy last year because of a chronic back ailment, there was some question at the start of the current cam paign whether the blond south paw could recapture the form that baffled the Yankees in the 153 World Series. Podres admits his back is still Patterson Predicts KO Over Jackson New York IP "Somebody's sure Boin' to get knorkrd out this time." yoiins Floyd Patter son said today as he resumed training for his hevyweight title defense against Tommy Hurri rane Jackson at the Polo Grounds July 29. And the wink that accompa nied his statomeit boded evil for challenger Tommy, who had lost a split 12-round decision to Pat terson last June, before Floyd be came rhamptori. Twenty-two-year-old Floyd re turned 'o his camp at Greenwood Lake. N. Y , today as Emil lance's new promotional organ ization established temporary quarters on West 53rd St. and swung into action. Promoter Lence gave the green light to his outfit Monday by an nouncing the July 23 ante, and ths assurance of $175,000 from the NBC network and General Motors, the sponsor. In addition he predicted gross gnte of at least $600, 0U0. The champion will get 40 per cent ot all net receipts; Jackson, 20 per cent. The Patterson-Jackson fight will be televised and broadcast nationally to homes, although there will rv s TV blackout on a 100-mile radius of the Polo Grounds. Twenty-five-y ear-old Jackson, a 4-1 underdog, resumed framing today at Stillman's Gymnasium; hut he plans to shift to a coun try camp soon. .troubling him but he's also gi i ing the rival hitters a pain J the neck. Proved Real Stopper ; Dodger Manager Walt Alston, slightly alarmed over a budding four-game losing streak, called on Podres Monday night to face the surprising Philadelphia Phil lies. Johnny proved to be a real "stopper' as he limited the Phillies to three measly singles in posting a 4-0 shutout victory. Although he admitted after- 'ward, "my arm got stiff in the fourth inning and I couldn t snap off my curve ball," Podres struck out nine men in posting his fourth shutout of the cam paign and his fifth victory as against two defeats. Gil Hodges also had a big hand in the Dodgers' victory, which moved the defending NL champs into a third place tie with Mil waukee, three games back of pace-setting Cincinnati. The husky first baseman broke a scoreless tie with his sixth home run of tho season in the fifth inning, tallied again in the sev enth on Don Zimmrr's two-out single and scored the Dodger's final run in the ninth on a wild pitch by Philadelphia reliever Jim Hearn. Cimoli Gets Homer Gino Cimoli also homered for the Dodgers, who collected nine hits off loser Don Cardwell and Hearn. It was Cardwell's second setback against three victories. In Monday's only other major league game. Hank Foiles drove in two runs with a triple and a single to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 6-5 victory over the New York Giants. Eight of the Pirates' last nine games have been decided by one run. The Pirates scored their de cisive run in the fifth inning when Johnny O Brien tripled and dashed home on a squeeze bunt by winning pitcher Nelson King Joe Margoneri. the second of five New York pitchers, ab sorbed the loss - ft ftp. ISPORTS Tuesday, June 4, 1957 MEDFORD (ORECOK) MAIL TRIBUKE HVB t u , ij'&.J i-'; THIS BASEBALL IS SERIOUS BUSINESS That's what nine-year-old Allan Hahrm displays as he watches his home team, the Seals, give a trouncing to the Sacramento Solons in a double header at San Francisco's Seals Sta dium. Allan starts off (upper left) by getting the full lowdown first from his program. Upper right he gets right down to the business of shouting encouragement to his heroes. Lower left he demonstrates equal ability to "tell off" the "wise guy" behind him. And that goes for the umpire, too, Allan portrays in the lower right frame. The Seals, incidentally, won both games.. New York Mayor Sets Showdown With Clubs Bob Wiesler May Return To Yankees By UNITED PRESS New York Born Eddie Lopat, former Yankee "junkman'' who spent seven years on a winding road fnm the minors to Chicago to Yankee Stadium, is grooming brawny Bob Wiesler, his Inter national Lagi. pitching pro tege, for that same route. " Wiesler. a speedy but wild ex Yankee southpaw, was traded with some regrets to the Wash ington Senators in 1!6. At the start of the current season, the Nats sent the 25-year-old, 200 pounder to Richmond, the Yanks' International Le.ngue farm team piloted by Lopat. And "Steady Eddie's" patience and skill have molded Wiesler into a pitcher the world champions tnav try tn get back. "Wees" as be is own to his friends, f'.red a bMIiant four rotter M'iday right, to lead the Vees to a "5-1 victory nvcr the Toronto Vaple Leafs Hts third straight triumph enabled Bich mnnd t spread its league lead to 24 games over Toronto In the other game played. Rene Valdez suffered his third straight setback as Johnny Powers nintMnning homer sent the Rojals down to a 3 2 defeat. td Burfschy, in relief of Colum bus starter Ron Blackburn, picked up his third triumph. STANDINGS NATIONAL l.EAOt E W L P't. GB Cincinnati lit? 1 5 851 Philadelphia 25 IT V.l 2 a Milwaukee 24 IT 565 3 Hrooklvn 24 17 ..i85 3 -St. Louis 21 2f VH) 6'a NVw York 18 28 4"ft 10 2 fhtcaKo 13 26 333 11 ritfrburfth 14 28 333 13 : 2 Mondav i RrMi)r Brooklyn 4. Philadelphia O .nifrhti Piitsnurch 6 New York S (niKht Only grimes scheduled AMERICAN I.EAOI R W I, P-t GB Chicago 28 12 TOO New York 24 18 .571 5 Cleveland 23 !8 .3M 5 a Irtron 22 22 Sort 8 Kansas Cltv 19 24 442 l'H, naltimore 1" 25 4"S IJ Washington 15 31 328 18 Monday's Results No (fames scheduled i.rVrscoRr: 'j National Lea (110 ' Prooklvn . . 000 010 102 4 9 1 Philadelphia 000 noo nof) o 3 2 Podres .5-2' and Campanella Card well. Henrn 8 aid I.opa'a Lnster Cirri well 3-3-. HR Hodge flrh. Cim oii 6th. New York 003 00 1 010 5 0 0 runburg-n 032 010 mix 6 II 2 Gome. Vargoneri 2 Grtssom 3 WnrthinfTon 5 Antonelli 7 and V Toomas Iaw. Km T Arroyo 6. Fare 8 and Foile Winner King ( 1-Oj. Loner Marnneri il-li. League Leaders Kitlnoal 1 eatroe P r rial) Fi1v. PitT .. . iiri. St. L ... Ribmsnn rill. . Ornii. Pit C'inieli. Bkvn .. B t'nitetf Prcs O AB . 3 147 40 167 4 fS 39 32 128 IS 32 136 24 30 24 .tmertcao T vague Wiilianf Bn 39 13S Oli-ro 4! 1S4 Tant N Y. 42 14" rtertnia Oct 3S I IT V jrb. Bsn 32 131) New York IP Mayor Robert F. Wagner will ask the Brook lyn Doduer anrl New York Giant presidents today if they have made commitments to move their franchises and money making baseball feud to Calif ornia. Wagner and other city offi cials will meet with Walter O'Malley. president of the Dodg ers, and Horace Stoneham. pres ident of the Giants. The showdown session was set up after the National League met last Tuesday at Chicago and gave the Dodgers and Giants per mission to move to Los Angeles and San Francisco. The league stipulated that the two clubs re quest the moves before next Oct. 1 and go west together. If they move, the Dodgers would go to Los Angeles and the Giants to San Francisco. W'agner yaid the purpose of to day's meeting is to "learn the intentions " of O'Malley and Stoneham. O'Malley said more than a year ago that the Dodgers would not play in Ebbcts Field after 1957. It was not known whether city officials would offer the Dodgers and Giants any induce ments, such as new parks, in a last-ditch bid to keep them. The city has appropriated $200,0n0 for two separate sur veys of possible Brooklyn sites for the Dodgers. Wagner said it would be ' very d:ff:cult" to justify lifting the city s admission tax. one of the items that irks the baseball clubs. Los Angeles and San Francis co have offered to build new parks in their bids to get the Dodgers and Giants. The Calif ornia cities also have gone on record against levying an admis sion tax while wooing the old National League rivals. Softball Meeting TonightatYMCA Details of competition in the Jackson County Softball associa tion for 1957 may be completed this evening in a meeting at the . popped Mertford VMC A. The session has with a been set for 8:30 p.m. and cap tains of all teams are to be on hand to pay their entry fees. The association plans to play double bills three days per week. Mon day and Thursday evenings at Ricker field. Camp White, and Sunday afternoons at Hawthorne park here. Berths Filled In NCAA Tourney By UNITED PRESS Florida State and Colorado State college joined the field for the NCAA baesball tournament Weiss Denies Friction With Casey, 'Sinful Six' Fined By JOE SARGIS United Press Sports Writer New York W Reports that two of the New Y'ork Yan kees' "sinful six" would be trad ed before the June 15 deadline up again today along front office statement that all was harmonious between General Manager George Weiss and Field Manager Casey Steng el. The report of friction in the Yankee's front office followed a disclosure Monday that six play ers Mickey Mantle, Yogi Ber ra. Hank Bauer, Billy Martin, Whitey Ford and Johnny Kucks had been fined a total of S5, 500 for their night club antics on May 15. Weiss, an astute judge of play er talent best known for his lack of sentiment, declined at first to comment on the fines or his re ported feud with Stengel, but later released a statement in which he said "reported friction myself is today, leaving only two berths in me eigm-ieam cnampionsnip between Stengel and mgnt unfilled. wholly untrue." Florida Statet earned the Dis- Minimiies Yank Troubles (net 3 berth for the college However, Weiss' statement "World Series" starting Satur-1 served to minimize the Yan day at Omaha, Neb. by whipping kees' trouble rather than clarify Duke, 4-1 Monday night while them, since most of the fined Colorado State defeated Denver 1 nlavers felt Stengel did not ree- fined players. Weiss and co-owners Dan Topping and Dei Webb about a week after the night club fracas when the players learned they would be assessed for their after hours carousing. Deductions in Paychecks However, neither Stengel nor the players knew how stiff the fines would be until the players, with the exception of Kucks, no ticed a deduction for S1.000 from their bi-monthlv pavchecks last Saturday. Kucks. who does j Home Ttams in Playoff s nnt arn anvurhpro npar ac much I n . Morris Martin Tops PCL Hurlers San Francisco W Van couver righthander Morris Mar tin took over leadership in the Pacific Coast league pitching race today with a record of six wins and one loss and an earned run average of 1.64. Martin's teammate, George Bamberger, held the mark for the most wins with seven and Hollywood's Curt Raydon was the strikeout king with 66. Flip of Coin Decides as the others, was fined S500. The players most often men tioned as "trade bait" are Bauer and Martin, both of whom are coveted by Dressen. The Yan kees, who dropped five of seven games during the last week to the Baltimore Orioles and Wash ington Senators, have never looked as bad since the World War II teams, and unless play Dicks up on the current 13-game Western trip, heads are expect ed to roll before the trading deadline. Portland HP A flip of the coin Monday decided "home" teams at Saturday's playoffs here for three state high school baseball championships. Tigard will be the home team against Franklin in the A-l game; Seaside will be the home team against Glide in the A-2 game and Gaston will bat last against Adrian in the B title University, 5-3, in the District 7 final. , California downed Pepperdine 4-2 in the opener of their best-of-three series in the District 8 final and can earn a ticket to Omaha by winning today's sec ond game. The second game of the Dist rict 6 final series between Texas and Arizona was rained out on Monday night and was resched uled for today. Texas holds a 1-0 lead in this best-of-three series. Penn State, Connecticut, Iowa State and Notre Dame advanced into the championship round last week end. Utah formerly was spelled as Yuta, Youta, Eutaw and Utaw. ommend such stiff penalties but was overruled by Weiss. Stengel, who huddled several times with Washington Senators troubleshooter Charlie Dressen during the past week end, was at a meeting which included the Junior Baseball Meet Wednesday Steps to organize Southern Oregon Junior league baseball for this summer will be taken Wednesday evening. A meeting of representatives from commu nities interested will be held at Medford Senior High school. The session will open at 7:30 p.m. To Testify San Francisco 'IP Leslie O'Connor, president of the Pa cific Coast League, has received an invitation to testify in Wash ington before a House commit tee ' investigating major league baseball- O'Connor disclosed the invitation on returning Monday from a weekend meeting in Sac ramento, where the PCL decided to ask the major leagues to help it stay alive if the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodg ers move west. O'Connor has called the transfer "brutal." Rep. Emanuel Celler (D-N. Y.) announced Saturday he ordered the investigation into the pro posed transfers and whether baseball is a big business which should be subject to regulation. SAVINGS 4ieposite4 by June 10th will Mm dividends from June 1st at Jackson Co. Federal Savings 4 Lenn Aun. When Yyr Savings bit Mote 126 East Main Pet 3S7 392 .346 4H7 317 I 343 32J ! J23 Five Yankees Fined $1,000 Hom Rutin: NaionJ J (? Aaron B-vf ij; Moon Card in. Sn.der. Defter. Mumai. Cards. Crowe, Redden. Baiiey, Bediegi, and Kobin son. mil 9. American Lea 90 W iiumi Fed Sox 12; Mantle Yanka 11 Sieven. Senator 10; Zemial. Ath letics 10. Skizas. Athletic. Boiling , Tigers, and Jensen. Red Sox. all 7. tea 1 Ron Bittrd In Nations) la(D Aaron. Brava 36- Musial. Cards 95: Furltlo Dodfera 33; Hoak. Rediegs 33, Robinson. Redlaffs 33. Amtrifan Ipscq Refers Senators 3S- Jensen Red Snx 3ft. Mi nose. White So 29 Manie. Yanks J7 Lollsr. White Sox 27. Weru. Indians 27. Pltrhlnc T-urks AlKeurs 1-0 Arker Fed legs 8-t. Sanf-.rd Phils 8-1 Shantz. Va-ks S-t P-erce White Sox 8-2. tSeven tied with 4-1 1 New York W Five New Ynrk Yankees players have been fined $1,000 each by the club and a sixth player S500 for be coming involved in a nightclub altercation two weeks ago, the United Press learned today. Hank Bauer, accused of punch ing a patron in the nightclub last May 16, and Yogi Berra. Whitey Ford, Mickey Mantle and Billy Martin were fined $1,000 each. Young Johiny Kucks, whose salary does not measure up to his high-priced teammates, was fined $300. The secret of vodka enjoyment Is Sn Woifschmidt's $510 1 4 5 Qt. WjrSM t-i. t riti. Hi tozjr it ii-SA. Cubs Recall 8evo Hurler Portland Dave Hill man, the right-handed pitcher rnt to Portland three weeks ago by the Chicago Cubs, was recalled hy the National league tea Monday. Hillman had a 1-1 record In hi? brief s'ay with Portland and on Sunday relieved Bob Ander son in the second game against Seattle and preserved a Beaver victory. He had a 21-7 record with Los Angeles last year. Joe Ziegier, Portland general manager, said Chicago had a pitching problem with three hurlers on th? injured list. He said the Cubs assured him they would search for a suitable re placement for Hillman on the Fortiand, staff. 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