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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) It's Official; Giants Head For SF After Current Season By MILTON RICHMAN . United Press SporU Writer New York Hf" It's official! The Giants are clearing out of New York and heading for San Francisco where they plan to open for business next April. Club President Horace Stone ham put it right on the line dur ing a Polo Grounds press confer ence Thursday. He said this will be the Giants' last year in New York. And he cited "a steady de crease in income" along with "transportation and parking problems" as the main reasons for moving. The only major detail still to be ironed out, Stoneham said, is the financial proposition San Francisco city officials will offer the Giants. Frisco Mayor Pleased In Los Angeles, Mayor George Christopher of San Francisco, obviously pleased by Stoneham's statements, said he planned to leave for New York tonight where he intends to confer with the Giants' president. Stoneham said he was going to recommend to the Giants board of directors that the club set up shop in San Francisco next season "providing we get a good deal from that city. San Francisco officials it is known, are prepared to meet the Giants' terms. Stoneham said the Giants would be interested in paying 6 or 7 per cent of the gate re ceipts as the rental fee for a ball park in San Francisco. TV Not Chief Lure As for the potential television revenue in San Francisco, Stone ham insisted that was not the chief lure for the Giants. "Pay or toll TV. or whatever you call it, is not the prime rea son for our wanting to move," he said. "True, we are being of fered more money than we get now from our television spon sor, but if we get a good deal in San Francisco, we'll take it ' even without that closed-circuit TV." . Stoneham said the Giants would be willing to play in the present Seals' stadium until a new (fine is built. DEER ON THE LOOSE Rosiclare, 111. W A new type of traffic hazard was re ported here. A frightened deer ran mildly up Main Street, nar rowly missing a woman pedes trian before banging into a jew elry store front. STANDINGS PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. .612 .573 .567 .552 . San Francisco 60 Vancouver Hollywood San Diego . 55 55 , 53 52 seatue .515 Los Angeles Sacramento Portland . 45 .479 13 34 33 .351 25 i 347 25 !i Thursday's Reiulti San Francisco 12. Portland 7 Vancouver 4. Los Angeles 3 Hollywood 9. San Diego 6 Seattle 4. Sacramento 3 How Series Stand San Francisco 3. Portland 0 Vancouver 2. Los Angeles 1 Hollywood 2. San Diego 0 Sacramento 2. Seattle 1 Friday's Probable Pitchers Hollywood iBennie Daniels 12-2) at Sun rMeeo ijohn Grav 3-2). Vancouver (Art Houtteman 1-1 at Los Angeles (John Jancse - Sacramento i Roger Osenbaugh B-ll) Seattle iCharlie Rabe 10-OI. San Francisco iR. W. Smith 5-7) at Portland tBob Alexander tt-iuj. NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Milwauke St. Louis 50 37 .575 48 37 J5 47 37 .560 1 l'i Brooklyn Philadelphia Cincinnati . New York Pittsburgh -Chcago 48 38 48 39 40 46 .12 56 S.-.8 1 'i 552 2 465 9 ' 2 ,364 18', . 29 52 .353 18 Thiimflav's Results Milwaukee 4 Philadelphia 2 (night) Brooklyn! 10, St. Louis 8 (11 in nlngst Cincinnati 2. New York 1 Pittsburgh 8. Chicago 5 WririBv'a Prnhahle Pitchers Chicago at Brooklyn (2. twi-night) Poholsky ll-4i and Elston ta-Z) lVTnfflie 1.1-2'. and Koufax 44-2). Milwaukee at New York night) Conlev (2-4) vs. Anloneiu i-r. Cincinnati at Philadelphia might) Nuxhall 13-5) vs. hantord iw-.il. , St. Louis at Pittsburgh might) V. KlcDamel t4-l vs. Law (5-4 1. Saturday's Gaines Chicago at Brooklyn Milwaukee at New Ynrk Cincinnati at Philadelphia St. Louis at Pittsburgh AMERICAN LEAGUE W L. 28 33 41 42 44 44 53 59 Prt. GB New York Chicago .671 .612 5 .529 12 .512 13", .488 153 .482 16 .376 25 .337 29 Boston Cleveland Detroit . Baltimore Kansas City Washington Thursday's Results Washington 4, Cleveland 0 New York 3. Detroit 2 Baltimore 6. Chicago 2 Boston 3. Kansas City 1 Friday's Probable Pitchers New York at Cleveland (night) Ford i4-li vs. Mossl c7-3. Washington at Detroit (night) Ramos i6-T) vs. Foytack (9-9. Boston at Chicago (night) Nixon (6-5) vs. Pierce 113-61. . Baltimore at Kansas City might) Johnson (7-6t vs. Garver (4-8). Saturday's Gaines Boston at Chicago Baltimore at Kansas City Washington at Detroit New York at Cleveland NORTHWEST LEAGVE Eugene Wenatchee , Salem 1" . Lewiston 8 Yaki'na . Z Tn-City 5 Pet. GB .737 .667 l'i .326 4 .421 S .368 7 .277 8i Thursday's Results Salem 5. Wenatchee 0 Eugene 2. Tn-City 1 Lewiston 21. Yakima 7 INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Buffalo 3. Toronto 2 Richmond 2. Miami 1 Columbus 1. Havana 0 Montreal 7. Rochester 5 Use Mail Tribune Want Ads MAIL TRIBUNE MedfordTribune SIPODMj Dodger Faithful Gather To Pay Honor By NORMAN MILLER United Press Sports Writer Brooklyn W The Brooklyn Dodger faithful gather at their homey Ebbets Field bandbox to honor one of their favorite play ers tonight and many of them wonder why it took them so long to get around to it. Gil Hodges, the big, likeable Hoosier who has won Brooklyn hearts for 12 seasons with his warm personality and brilliant playing feats, will be given a "night" when the Dodgers meet the Cubs in a twi-night double header. He'll be presented with a spanking new automobile, a tele vision set, luggage, golf clubs and all the usual attractive gifts tendered a ballplayer on these occasions. But more important to Gil than the loot is the esteem and devotion in which he is held by Dodger fans. As far as Hodges is concerned, they helped him when he needed it most a few years ago. That was during the early weeks of the 1953 season when Hodges was in the most miser able batting slump of his career. His average was below .200, he struck out frequently, and he failed repeatedly with men on the bases. His spirit reached rock bottom. With his ingratiating, friend ly smile big Gil recalls vividly how the fans came to his aid. Instead of razzing him, they cheered his every approach to the plate. For every failure at bat, . the shouts of encourage ment grew louder. Pulled Out Hodges eventually snapped out of the slump and wound up the season with a .302 average, 122 runs batted in and 31 hom ers. And to this day he s grate ful to the fans. They could have booed me right out of the park," he says. "You don t know what a thing like that can mean. Cheers can Ann Johnstone In Limelight Of Western Golf Omaha, Neb. Ml Mrs. Casey Johnstone of Mason City, Iowa, who assumed the favorite role Thursday with an upset victory. met Anne Richardson of Colum bus, Ohio, today in the feature semi final match of the Women's Western Amateur Golf tourna ment. Meriam Bailey, Northwestern university sophomore from Pala tine, 111., played Polly Riley of Fort Worth, Tex., in the other Mrs. Johnstone ousted the pre vious favorite, pretty Mrs. Bar bara Romack Porter of Sacra mento, Calif., 2 up in 18 with a brilliant comeback. FIRST PLACE Jack San fdVd (above), ignored as a major league prospect by the Red Sox 10 years ago because he was too small, stood at least 10 feet tall in the eyes of Philadelphia's pennant-smelling fans. The rookie right-hander from Wellesley, Mass. pitched the Phillies into first place in the National League by post ing a five-hit, '6-2, victory over the SL Louis Cardinals in game at Philadelphia. Don't Say "Hello" Say "FILTER-FLO" Friday. July 19. 1957 To Hodges play a big part in saving a guy at an important time in his career. That was my time. I think I could have been crushed by boos." What Hodges doesn't tell is the reason why he rates so spe cial in the hearts of Dodger fans. How could they boo a guy who has so much baseball talent and remains one of "nature's noblemen?" Umpires love him. He's never been thrown out of a game in his baseball career. "I guess I'm just a peace-loving guy," he says. Fans love him. For all his success, he's never too big to smile back at a greeting from the grandstand, rarely so busy he can't sign an autograph for a youngster. Players love him. His dry humor and friendly needling make him one of the most popular of all Dodgers. Big Peacemaker At six-feet-two and 205 pounds, Hodges is one of the brawniest players in the league. He could throw plenty of weight around in the brawls the Dodgers have become involved down through the years, but he prefers the role of peacemaker. When the fighting starts, Gil uses his muscles to clamp a bear hug around one of the battlers to put an end to the fist swinging. There'll be a big crowd on hand and a lot of nice things will be said in the many speeches during th,e ceremony. Fans and civic leaders have contributed most of the gifts, but there will be others from his team mates, the Dodger management and sports writers. The big guy undoubtedly will be embarrassed by it all and his attitude will be, "You shouldn't have done It, fellers." But no one will agree with him on that score. They're that anxious to give Gil what's com ing to him. mySi"""" f . T5 'Ji. i . I SLIDING UNDER BALL, Willie Mays, New York Giants, steals second as Morgan, Chicago Cubs, reaches for the pellet. Action occurred in fifth inning of Polo Grounds game. Umpire avoiding ball is Belmore. (International) tli -- l mO KJ-O fc wm in i. C i m 1 VeWAIJVAVWAA Dick Fanger 1760 North Riverside SP 2-5868 Walt Kingman 144 C'".1- " House Group Scrutinizes Farm Plan Washington W House anti trust investigators fixed their scrutiny today on the farm sys tem of the National league cham pion Brooklyn Dodgers the big gest in the major leagues. Fresco Thompson, vice presi dent in charge of the Dodgers' 14 minor league clubs, was scheduled to testify as' the House anti-trust subcommittee completed its baseball hearings. There will be a change of pace next week when the seven-man group turns its attention to pro fessional football. Hockey and basketball will get a going-over later. Matthew Fox, president of Skiatron TV, Inc., told the sub committee Thursday his firm could begin pay TV in San Fran cisco, Los Angeles and the New York City metropolitan area next spring if it gets franchises. Under Fox's proposal the viewer would pay S3 a month in "subscription fees" plus a charge for each program he watches. A fee of 50 cents to $1 for a base ball game has been discussed. Favorites Setting Pace Into Finals River Forest, 111. IIP) Favor ites Herbie Flam of Beverly Hills, Calif., and Wimbledon queen Althea Gibson today led a field of survivors into the semi: final round of the National Clay Courts tennis chamiponships. Flam, No. 1 seed in the men's competition, shot for his fourth straight victory at the River For est Tennis club, when he meets Barry MacKay of Dayton, Ohio. Flam won his third straightset match Thursday in eliminating David Harum of Coral Gables, Fla., 6-2 and 9-7. Top-seeded Miss Gibson, New York City, was not expected to encounter much trouble in dis posing of Jeanne Arth of St. Paul, Minn., in a semifinal wom en's match. Miss Gibson breezed to a 6-1, 6-3 quarter-final win over Donna Floyd of Arlington, Va., in Thursday's round. Boston TO One of the na tion's wealthiest dogs is Taffy, a 10-year-old Welsh terrier. When banker Frank B. 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