Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 22, 1957, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextEIGHT MEDrORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Phoenix to Get Seals, Salt Lake Get Angels, Stars to Mexico City? Tuesday, October 22, 1957 By HAL WOOD San Francisco IPi The ever expanding West started to take on the "new look" today in the world of baseball. The New York Giants are in San Francisco. The Brooklyn Dodgers are moving to Los Angeles. The San Francisco Seals will be moved to Phoenix, Ariz. The Los Angeles Angels prob ably will wind up in Salt Lake City, Utah. And where the Hollywood Stars go no one knows maybe to Spokane, Wash., or 2,200 miles overseas to Honolulu, or even Mexico City. There are many cities in the West big enough to support Triple-A baseball all the fans need is the opportunity to watch the games. This is an area of great dis tances. What's another 500 miles or so? The baseball magnates don't bat an eye if they can get the attendance to offset the trav eling costs. Honolulu Considered So don't think the owners haven't been toying with the idea of Honolulu. It already is about 1,700 miles from San Diego on the southern end of the league to Vancouver, B.C., in the north. And that ar rangement worked out very well, financially, last year. In fact Vancouver, with the smallest park in the loop, drew the big gest attendance. Who can say it wouldn't work the same way in Honolulu? Or Spokane, which also would be about 1,500 miles from San Diego. So far the various shifts have disrupted the Pacific Coast league and the Arizona-Mexico Class C loop. Next -will come the Class C Pioneer league. And in demnities will have to be paid all around. But it will prove worthwhile to one and all. Phoenix, Salt Lake Promising The piants and the Dodgers will find a gold mine in San Francisco and Los Angeles; the PCL should do very well in Phoenix and Salt Lake City. Phoenix, 15 years ago with a population of 67,000, today has 500,000 persons within a radius of 25 miles of the city center. Salt Lake City, with 150,000 in 1940, has about 250,000 now and nearly as many more in the trade area. Spokane had 120,000 in 1940 and now has about 200,000, plus a populous trade region. Hono lulu, 170,000 15 years ago, now has nearly 300,000. The great realignment may re sult in the death of the Arizona' Mexico league. But the Pioneer league, in which Salt Lake City has operated, will readjust by moving the franchise north pos sibly to Butte, Mont. There are no franchises in or ganized baseball in Spokane and Honolulu. mil ttttt-i ill " " "smmimwmitvin,. wim mpm" i ft MOVES CLOSE TO PAY DIRT California left halfback, No. 11, drives closer to USC goal line in final minutes of Saturday's game. The drive paid off for the Bears when Califor nia's Hart dived over for six counters. (International Soundphoto) Springfield Protest Upheld; Pirates Tied Portland (W Tom Pigott, secretary of the Oregon School Activities Association, upheld a Springfield protest today and ruled Friday night's Marshfield Springfield football game a 0-0 "tip. The decision wiped out a 2-0 Victory Marshfield of Coos Bay Jiad taken home after the game oended. Game officials awarded Marshfield a two-point safety TBfter a Springfield player, signaling for a fair catch of a Urate punt, muffed the ball Gridiron Ratings 'All Shook Up'; Upset Blamed By FRANK LITSKY New York OP) The Okla homa Sooners, whose second team may be better than the first, climbed back to the top today in the college football rat ings of the United Press Board of Coaches. After a week end of upsets which cut down four members of the top 10 and resulted in the biggest shuffle of the season, Oklahoma was rated first by 29 of the 35 leading coaches who make up the board. Michigan State, which dropped Oklahoma to second place last week for only the second time in two years, fell all the way to sev enth place. Michigan State, Minnesota, Oregon State and Arkansas suf fered the major upsets and all but Michigan State fell from the top 10. Replacing the other beaten teams were Army, Mis sissippi and Ohio State. Behind the Sooners in the lat est ratings came five other un beaten and untied teams, all sur viving the upset wave to move up. Iowa advanced from fifth to second with 266 points; Texas A&M from fourth to third with 255; Duke from sixth to fourth with 228: idle Notre Dame from eighth to fifth with 159; and Auburn from 10 th to sixth with 155. Michigan State, a 20-13 vic tim of a Purdue team which hadn't won previously this fall, was seventh with 152 points. Then came the three newcom ers Army in eighth place with 64 points. Mississippi ninth with 62 and Ohio State 10th with 37. Minnesota dropped from third to a 12th-place tie and Oregon State slipped from seventh to a tie for 19th. Arkansas, ninth last week, failed to receive even one point this time after absorb ing a 17-0 drubbing from Texas. Washington D.C. Team To Oppose Globetrotters The Washington, D.C, Gener als, one of the nation's top trav eling professional basketball teams, have been named as op ponents of the Harlem Globe trotters when the world-famous Negro quintet plays at Hedrick Junior High school gym here on Jan. 17. Harry Chipman, who is mak ing arrangements for the annual appearance of the Trotters here, said a six-act variety show fea turing some of the nation's top night club acts, will be present ed at half time. which rolled into the end zone where Springfield recovered. The officials ruled the ball was still alive and a safety for Marsh field resulted. Impetus of Kicker However, after reading re ports of the game from the two schools and from the officials in volved, Pigott said today it was apparent the impetus of the kicker which sent the ball into the end zone, and not a fumble on the part of the receiver. Therefore, Pigott said, the ball was dead and a touchback should have been called. Marshfield had a 12 to 5 edge in first downs and 215 to 110 bulge in net yardage which should go considerably in its favor if a committeeman vote should be required to determine the district representative in state play-offs. Cold Blamed, Not Pigeons, In Bout Loss New York OP) Welterweight Eddie Lynch, New York steve dore, blamed a, cold in the head today rather than the absence of pigeons for his failure to win more impressively over substi tute Yvon Turenne of Montreal in their TV 10-rounder at St. Nicholas Arena Monday night. Lynch, 149'i pounds, had to be content with a split decision over the awkwardly aggressive Montreal brick layer, 1531:!. Seven special agents of the American Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals, five uniformed police and two patrol cars outside the Arena made certain that Lynch's ad mirers from Pier 96 released no pigeons during the bout nor caused any near-riot as they did at his last fight on Aug. 5. "The pigeons had nothing to do with it," Lynch declared. "I got a bad cold in my head after the weigh-in. If I'd been in shape I'd of stopped Turenne." Russo had won a split deci sion over Lynch in their semi riotous bout at St. Nick's, Aug. 5. That was the night Lynch's followers released pigeons and caused such confusion that two spectators were hit by flying chairs and carted off to a hos pital. Beavers Humble About Upending By UCLA Club , Corvallis, Ore. HP The Ore gon State Beavers, home from Los Angeles and a 26-7 drub bing by UCLA, offered no ex cuses today for the loss to the Bruins. "We were simply outplayed," Coach Tommy Prothro said. The Oregon State mentor said tackle George Enderle, tailback Joe Francis and end Dwayne Four nier suffered injuries in Satur day's game. Other ailments were also re ported but, with the possible ex ception of Enderle, Prothro said the squad should be at full strength for the tilt with Wash ington this week end. Wv f ''tJ ii-.xL.jf 4 East, West Germans Tiff Over Sports Frankfurt, Oct. 22 OP) East and West Germany formed a common team for the last Olym pics, but today they seem far ther apart than ever in the field of sports. The latest blast in the running battle between sports officials of the divided country was fired by the East Germans after Ger hard Kieszling, former national ice hockey coach, fled to the West and found a job with the Preussen Krefeld club. East German officials said West German hockey officials had "plotted Kieszling's treach ery" after several months in an attempt to "sabotage" the de velopment of hockey as a peo ple's sport in East Germany. The East Germans have been stepping up their attacks against West German sports organiza tions in general. The Communist party paper. N e u e s Deutschland, recently called visiting West German ath 1 e t e s "agents, disguised as sportsmen, who come to our democratic republic for subver sive machinations." East Ger man sports boss Rudi Reichert has called the Deutecher Sport bund the West German equiv alent of the AAU a "center of espionage" directed against East Germany. West German officials, while denying all East German allega tions, think the campaign is aimed at forcing the Interna tional Olympic committee to recognize the existence of two separate Gertnanys even at the cost of breaking off all sports relations with West Germany. Winning College Lineup Narrows New York 0?) A total of 53 college football teams, including eight major powers, remain un beaten and untied at the season's halfway mark. A United Press survey reveal ed today that the only major college elevens with spotless records are Duke, Mississippi, Texas A & M, Iowa, Oklahoma, Dartmouth, Auburn and Notre Dame. Oklahoma, of course. Is working on a record 44-game winning streak. West Chester, Pa., State Teachers is the highest scorer of the 53 teams with 202 points Pittsburg, Kan., Teachers and Eastern New Mexico have won the most games six each while Juniata, Pa., and Prairie View, Tex., have won two each. QUEEN FINDS FOOTBALL MORE RUGGED THAN RUGBY Queen Elizabeth H (arrow) watches a big pile-up in the first quarter of the Maryland-North Carolina game at College Park, Mi Seated next to her is Maryland Go?. Theodore McKeldku st on Coast Claims Bear's Elliott San Francisco (IP) Univer sity of Oregon "possibly" has the best football team on the Pacific Coast, Coach Pete Elliott of California said today, as he girded his California Golden Bears for the big Saturday clash OSC Drops Out of Poll; Ducks Show New York HP) The United Press college football ratings with first-place votes and won- lost records in parentheses: Team Points 1. Oklahoma (29, 4-0) 341 2. Iowa (1, 4-0) 266 3. Texas A&M (1, 5-0) 255 4. Duke (1, 5-0) 228 5. Notre Dame (3-0) 159 6. Auburn (4-0) 155 7. Michigan St. (1, 3-1) ....152 8. Army (3-1) 64 9. Mississippi (1, 5-0) 62 10. Ohio State (3-1) 37 Second 10 teams 11, Rice, 31; 12 tie, UCLA and Minnesota, 19 each; 14, North Carolina State, 18; 15. Navy, 17; .16, Michigan, 16; 17, Texas (1) 15; 18, Louisiana State, 14; 19, Oregon, 9; 20 tie, Oregon State and Illinois, 7 each. Others Dartmouth, Colorado and Tennessee, 5 each; Penn State and Arizona Tempe State, 4 each; Syracuse, 3; Wisconsin and Maryland, 2 each; Pitts burgh, Missouri, South Caro lina and Texas Western, 1 each. Oregon's Center Out for Season; Ducks Face Cal Eugene, Ore. (IP) University of Oregon center and co-captain Norm Chapman, who suffered a dislocated ankle in the game with Washington State Satur day, will probably be lost for the rest of the season. Coach Len Casanova said that sophomore Bob Peterson would probably replace Chapman on the first team. Casanova said the Ducks did a good job of defending Wash ington State last Saturday but added that the squad needed a lot of work before facing Cali fornia here this week end. at Eugene. Riding the crest of a one game winning streak, Elliott offered the possibility that his boys had played their best game of the year in beating USC after losing to Southern Methodist, Washington State, Michigan State and Navy. "Oregon could be the best team on the coast," said the youthful mentor., "They have tremendous break-away speed. And this year they have a good defense. They beat UCLA 21-0 and they played the Bruins off ! their feet. And I think UCLA is i better than most teams in the country. What makes Elliott happy is the fact that his No. 1 quarter back, Joe Kapp, will be back in action for the Webfoots. "They have the finest running backs in the West," he said. "But we have a good defense and our passing will be better with Kapp returning." ! c d I sr.lf n runner uenu v?uu rro To Run Driving Range Portland (IP) Einar J. Allen, former golf pro at the Bend Golf club, will run the Mayfair Driving range in southeast Port land. Allen has been at Phoenix for the past three years as assistant to Al Zimmerman, former Ore gonian, at the Paradise Valley Country club. FIGHTS By UNITED PRESS New York Eddie Lynch, 14912, New York, outpointed Yvon Turenee, 153 Vz, Canada, 10. Bristol. Conn. Charley Nor kus, 197 1 2, Port Washington, N.Y., stopped. Leo (Mule) John son, 18412, Charlotte, N.C., 5. Providence, R.I. Willie (Pine apple Stevenson, 1433i, Boston, outpointed Teddy (Red Top) Da vis, 140, Hartford, 10. Hoop Clinic Wednesday Basketball referees are re minded of the Oregon School Activities association clinic at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23, at Medford senior high school. The clinic is for refs and coaches throughout the val ley. Roseburg( and Klamath Falls are the nearest places other clinics will be conduct ed by A. Oren Hawes, assist ant secretary-treasurer of the OSAA. A film, "Better Basketball ," will be shown. Rules will be summarized and rule changes discussed. Mechanics of offi-' ciating will be gone over. Tests for certification as ref erees will be available. Odds Take Drop For Pastrano, To Drop Lower London IIP) Willie Pastrano, a light-footed boxer from New Orleans, was rated a 2-1 favorite today to beat Dick Richardson, England's "Mauling Milkman," in their 10-round heavyweight bout at Harringay arena. A sellout crowd of 10,600 was assured, with the top of kS14.70 for a seat indicating a gate of about $80,000. Pastrano was a 3-1 favorite when the fighters began training but could be no better than 8-5 when they enter the ring. Ex heavyweight contender Tommy Farr and two respected British fight writers Monday picked Richardson to win making it almost certain that, the price will come down on Pastrano. Pittsburgh Bob Satterfield, 1882, Chicago, outpointed Gar vin Sawyer, 181 V2, Cincinnati, 10. METSKER'S COUNTY MAPS Best maps for Sportsmen, Trails. Creeks, Lakes: all counties. Idaho Oregon. Washington. California. For sale at Stationery and Sports Stores and "Metsker Maps," Ta coma, Washington. 1 Washington To Stay Puty For A While Washington OP) The Wash ington Senators, the major league's poorest drawing base ball club during the 1957 sea son, decided to explore several "serious" offers to move the team to another city today, but not until after the 1958 season. Offers to shift the American League franchise from the na tion's capital to the Minneapolis St. Paul area and two other uni dentified cities were laid before the Washington club's board of directors Monday, but were re jected for the time being. "We voted to stay in Wash ington next year," said C. Leo De Orsey, a director and attor ney for the Griffith family. De Orsey also revealed that a re cent offer by a Minneapolis group to switch the Washington franchise was rejected by club president and major stock hold er Calvin Griffith, Jr., as "un satisfactory." 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