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EIGHT MEDrORD (OREGON) Baseball Well on By CONNIE RYAN XJniitd Prei Staff Writer New York IW Baseball men and fans alike had good wishes for the new San Fran cisco Giants today, and several of them noted that the "Los Angeles Dodgers" probably won't be far behind in making the shift. "The transfer of the New York Giants to San Francisco in a formal way actually im proves the chances of Los An geles of getting the Brooklyn Dodgers," said Mayor Norris Poulson of Los Angeles. Obviously, he referred to the MEDFORDtTRIBUNE SIPdDDRTS Yankees, Braves Are 'In' Oddsmakers Say By MILTON RICHMAN United Press Sports Writer The Yankees arid Braves are "in," according to the oddsmak ers, and that's the same feeling Casey Stengel and Fred Haney shared today although they both made the traditional "any- thing-can-happen-yet" speeh just to hedge a bit. Stengel's Yankees have a 7V4- game lead with only 37 games left to play as they launch their final Western trip tonight with a game against their Kansas City cousins. The quotation on the world champions is "out" and 10-1. That means if you want to bet they will win the American Hemric Gets 19 Whiffs, New Record By UNITED PRESS Yakima's sizzling Jim Hemric wrote a new Northwest league strikeout figure in the books Monday as he whiffed 19 bat ters to lead his teammates over front-running Wpnatchee, 5-1. The loss lefthe Chiefs five games out front of Eugene, 4-2 victor over a determined Salem, bidding for the runner-up berth. And in the remaining game, Lewiston pushed Tri-City a step deeper Into the root cellar, 4-1, behind tight pitching by Art Tinsley. Hemric doled out five hits and walked but one in chalking up his fourth straight win with out defeat. He lost a shutout in the second when the Chiefs clus tered two singles, a base on balls and a sacrifice fly. Tied for second going into Monday night's game, Salem dropped back0a full game on stingy hurling by Eugene's Bail ey Brem who held the losers to six scattered hits and struck out five for his third win in four starts. In another exhibition of fine pitching, Art Tinsley fanned six and walked five for his fifth win in 11 decisions. He had a three-hitter going for eight in nings, but was touched for three singles and one run in the ninth. TRIPLE CHAMP Blonde Paula Jean Myers, 22-year-old senior at USC, relaxes after scoring a grand slam in the Women's National Swim meet at Houston, Tex. She won the one-meter, three-meter and platform diving events to become the nation's number-one female diver MAIL TRIBUNE Men, Fans Wash Giants Move to San Francisco general feeling that it's much i more practical economically to have two teams on the Westj Coast than just one. Said Leo Durocher, who for merly managed both the Giants and Dodgers: "The Giants will do very well in San Francisco. It's just great for all concerned. I thought the Dodgers were almost a cinch to come first, but the Giants are just beating them to the punch." 'Things Changing' And Frankie Frlsch, an all time great player while with the Giants and still close to League pennant, you're out of luck, but if you want to bet they won't, you can get 10-1 odds. Milwaukee, with a 6-game lead and 37 games remaining, starts its last big road trip of the year with a game against the Pirates tonight. And if you think the Braves won't win the National League flag, there's 7-1 odds waiting for you. Apparently, neither Stengel nor Haney is worrying unduly about "blowing" the pennant in the next 40 days. "This thing ain't over yet," said the ever-cautious Stengel, "even though I gotta say we look in good shape. If we can get through this trip with a pretty good lead, I think we'll be all right." On the Milwaukee side of the ledger, Haney pooh-poohed the idea that the Braves' three week end losses to the second-place St. Louis Cardinals was the be ginning of a "nosedive." "It was just a natural let down after winning 10 in a row," declared the Milwaukee skipper. "I think we can bounce right back. This is a good ball club that's confident it can go all the way." Kansas City defeated Cleve land, 1-0, on Tom Gorman's four-hit pitching in the only ma jor league game scheduled Mon day. The Athletics scored the only run of the game in the sixth in ning off Ray Narleski when Bob Cerv singled, stole second and came home on Tim Thomp son's single. . The victory was Gorman's third of the season whiie Narleski suffered his third loss against nine victories. Gino Cimohs llth-inning double gave the Dodgers a 2-1 victory over the International League All-Stars at Montreal. Held hitless over the first six innings, tied the score in the eighth and went on to win the game in the 11th on Cimoli's hit which scored Junior Gilliam. Southpaw Sandy Koufax was the winner in relief. Beavers To Keep Cub Agreement Portland HP) The Portland Beavers of the P a c ific Coast league will continue their work ing agreement with the Chicago Cubs of the National League next season, it was announced to day. Arch Kingsley, president of the Portland team, said after conferring with Cub Manager John Holland that "We are very happy with the continuation of the working agreement." STANDINGS PACiriC COAST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB San Francisco Vancouver Hollywood San Diego Seattle Los Angeles Sacramento Portland 81 94 .600 78 56 .582 2'i , 75 60 .556 6 . 74 60 .552 6i . 70 65 .519 11 . 60 73 .451 20 . 51 85 .375 30'i . 50 86 .368 31' 2 Monday's Results Vancouver 3-2, San Diego 1-0 San Francisco 2, SeatUe S Portland 5, Los Angeles 4 (10 inn.) Sacramento 3, Hollywood 2 How Series Stand Vancouver 2, San Diego 0 San Francisco 1, Seattle 0 Portland 1, Los Angeles 0 Sacramento 1, Hollywood 0 Today's Probable Pitchers Vancouver (George Bamberger. 12 9) at San Diego (Bill Werle. 5-7). Seattle iDuane Pillette. 12-6) at San Francisco iR. W. Smith 8-9). Hollywood iBob Garber. 8-6) at Sacramento (Roger Bowman. 4-6). Portland (John Carmichael, 8-14, and Dick Fielder. 3-10) at Los Ange les i Babe Birrer, 3-6) and Connie Grob. 1-2). NORTHWEST LEAGUE W. Prt. GB .354 Wenatchee Eugene Salem YaKima Lewiston Tri-City 45 29 23 .558 5 28 24 .538 6 25 26 .490 BV2 22 32 .407 13 18 33 353 Id1, Monday's Results Eugene 4. Salem 2 Lewiston 4. Tri-Citv 1 Yakima 3. Wenatchee 1 Today's Schedule Trt-City at Lewiston (2) Salem at Eugene Wenatche at Yakima Tuaiday, August 20, 1S57 baseball as a television and ra dio sportscaster, said: "... Things are changing in baseball. If the Dodgers move west, too, possibly someone else will move to New York to re place them. New York is too big to have just one club." New York 'IP! The New York Giants were lured to San Francisco by a fabulous offer which virtually guaran tees them a profit. First, San Francisco agreed to construct a modern park with a capacity of 40,000 to 45.000. New York's Polo Grounds seats about 52,000, but has antiquated seats, rest rooms and has long been known as a "cheap home run park" because of its horse shoe dimensions. Second, San Francisco will establish and operate a park ing area with a capacity of from 10,000 to 12,000 cars. The Giants have space for about 2,000 cars at the Polo Grounds. Third, the city agreed that all concessions will go to the Giants during its exclusive oc cupancy of the stadium. Fourth, the Giants must guarantee a rental of only $125,000 a year against 5 per cent of the gross receipts aft er deducting taxes, the visit ing clubs' share and the league's share. No rent will be paid for World Series, A1I Star games or exhibition games for charity. The Giants claim rental and upkeep at the Polo Grounds cost them 5600,000 a year. The Giants will have all advertising privileges on the stadium fences and the city exclusive privileges beneath the stands. The Giants will be given a 1 A KISS BY WIRE While Olympic heavyweight boxing champ Pete Rademacher works out at his training camp in Issaquah, Wash., his wife, Margaret, and daughter,' Susan, keep in close daily contact by phone, from Yakima. Here, Susan sends him a telephone kiss wrong end of phone, but still noisy. Rademacher will meet Floyd Pat terson in Seattle Aug. 22 for the world's heavyweight title. West Shrine Pendleton (IP) Twenty four football players from state B high schools pulled into Pend leton yesterday to begin their first scheduled practice. Tom Van Etten, head metor of the West squad from Monroe high school (new Eagle Point coach), had the boys working out to screen out punters, full backs and centers. He said the boys would begin Vacation money? Go to HFC f2f BORROW UP TO Borrow with confidence from America's oldest and largest con sumer finance company OUSEHOLD FINANCE 128 E. Main St., 2nd Floor PHONE: SP 3-5301 35-year leas which can be renewed before it expires. New York Yankee President Dan Topping had no comment on any possible National league replacement. "We are sorry to see the Giants go," he said. "We wish them the best of luck in their new surroundings." National League President Warren Giles said that the May 28 resolution passed at Chicago allows either or both the Giants and Dodgers to leave New York, so Brooklyn doesn't necessarily have to go too. PCL Problem "And there still is the prob lem of Pacific Coast league ter ritory," he noted. The problem was the one touched upon by National As sociation President George Trautman. "The Giants must compensate the San Francisco Seals and the PCL before the shift can be consummated," he said. "Our of fice had no official notice of this move." "The Giants' move unquest ionably will wreck the Pacific Coast league," said General Manager Deweyv Soriano of the Seattle Rainiers, a PCL mem ber. . ' "We'll have wait and see the whole picture before we make any decisions." PCL President Leslie O'Con nor had "no comment," but San Francisco Seals President Jerry Donovan said . the franchise switch was "wonderful." "San Francisco fans are en titled to major league baseball," he said. California Gov. Goodwin Knight was delighted. "It just goes to prove Cali fornia is big league in every thing," he said. Squad Drills heavy workouts about Wednes day with a full game scrimmage Friday afternoon. When the game gets under way Aug. 31 at Roundup park, coach Van Etten will use the "Monroe" system for a combined wing-T formation with halfbacks that can be moved to the ends and centers.. Assistant coaches are L y 1 e Carter, Elsie, and Bob Johnson of Colton. Pv i No matter where yon plan to go, extra cash from HFC comes in handy on a vaca tion whether it's for trans portation, auto repairs, hotel or motel accommodations, or to carry money for pos sible emergencies. $1500 REPAY LATER You may borrow np to $1500 in one day and choose your own repayment plan. So, if you plan a vacation, plan on an HFC Vacation Loan. Phone or visit Household today. CKristopKer " Can Laugh Off Skeptics By HAL WOOD San Francisco HP) Experi enced professional baseball men couldn't do it; and a multimil lionaire tried without success. But a local milkman can take a bow for bringing major league baseball to San Frincisco. His name is George Christo pher and currently he is mayor of the city. But long before that he was actively interested in sports in general, baseball in particular, and major league baseball specifically. With the New York Giants heading for the city, Christopher now can laugh off some of the skeptics' comments he heard when he first announced five months ago: "The New York Giants will be calling San Francisco their home In 1958." There had been talk and spec ulation about major league base ball in this city ever since the end of World War II when the Seals were drawing better than a half million fans every season. Paul Fagan bought the club about that time and lost more than one million dollars in at tempts to make this a major league city. But Christopher went about the job with such quiet, straight forward offers that the eastern owners couldn't turn down the proposals. "When I made the statement five months ago that we would have major league baseball in San Francisco by 1958 I was 90 per cent certain that it would be true." It was hard for local fans to believe the statement. Some said he was just trying to get- his name into the newspapers be cause he wanted to run for the Senate. Others said they'd be lieve it the day Willie Mays went up to home plate wearing a San Francisco uniform. But Christopher isn't the type of man to use sports for personal gain. An old semipro baseball play er who was born in Greece and came to this country when he was two years old, he never has lost his interest in sports and was one of the staunch backers for the bond issue of a few years ago that won approval for the construction of a five million dollar stadium. "We have land now and will fill in part of the day for park ing space for the new stadium," he says. "We can start construc tion as soon as we get the final word and contracts are signed. The stadium will seat between 40,000 and 45,000 fans and have parking facilities for between 10.000 and 12,000 cars." With the move now just about an assured fact, Mr. Mayor can sit back and witness the fulfill ment of a dream. State Softball Sees Two Dropped Oregon City (IPI Hubbard eliminated Salem 1-0, Corvallis blanked Oregon City 3-0, elimi nating them, and Eugene drubbed Corvallis 4-2 in com petitition at the 24th annual Oregon state men's Softball tournament here Monday. tocfe di (to Well Allow When You miMasmitmtmsstmsMwssMmKmmsmsmmsmtstmmmsttsMsmm MORE THAN NORMAL allowance for your old tires here. Bring them in now before they're smooth. We. will allow you top prices because we have customers who are continually ask ing for used tires WITH TREAD STILL ON THEM. 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Fans Stayed Home Up in Seals Stadium San Junior Golfers Go Second Round, Field To Be Cut Columbus, Ohio (IP) The field of 196 junior golfers in the 12th annual International Jay cee Golf Tournament today was to be pared to the low 100 scores, plus ties, in preparation for the 72-hole championship flight which gets underway on Wednesday. Jerry Brennan, U. S. Jaycee sports director, predicted a total of "about 165" would be good enough to earn the teen-age linksman a shot at the 1957 title. After Monday's first 18-hole leg of the 30-hole qualifying round, many of the youngsters said the University of Ohio Scarlet course "was a true test" of golfing ability. , Dave Leon, 17, Tucson, Ariz., who tied with three others for PERFECT PlTrmwft dei. quardt of Covina," Calif. pSSTSSSZ Z League Hall of Fame as he hurled a perfectTo hit no jarne against Cedar City, Utah af Wa5 onvSe, "5? during a regional eight Pony League tournament" Se?ad?f?on?Utahma 7" Tr What Your Tires Are WORTH Trade For PHONE SP 3-4511 Francisco bleV a five run lead but came back to post an 8 to 5 win over Seattle. The bulk of the fans apparently stayed home to enthuse with neighbors over the official announce ment the National League Giants will be hitting fungoes in San Francisco next year. Elsewhere in the league, low ly Portland eked out a 5 to 4 extra-inning victory over Los Angeles and Sacramento scored twice in the bottom of the ninth to trim Holywood, 3 to 2. Sandy Consuegra notched his fifth victory without a setback in Vancouver's first win but it was Buddy Peterson's two-run homer in the eighth that did the trick. The fact that Peterson is an ex-Padre didn't help matters for the Pads, who slipped back into fourth place before the night was over. Don Ferrarese got credit for his seventh win the lead at the end of the first 18 holes, said he liked the course only it was "pretty long." The Scarlet Course has a par of 72 for its 6,915 yards. Leon, Jack Vardaman, 17, An niston, Ala., Jim Gabrielson, 15, Athens, Ga., and W. Ross Tet ter, 17, Dallas, Tex., led with one-over-par 73s at the end of the first 18 holes of the 36-hole qualifying round. The pre-tourney favorite, Jackie Nicklaus, 17, Columbus, Ohio, runnerup to Jack Rule, Waterloo, Iowa, in 1956, she a three-over-par 75 to tie with seven others for 10th place. Five tied for fifth place with 74s. Rule is not back to defend his crown, having passed the 18 year age limit. TILL . 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