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o Dodger Pitcher Looks For 'Change of Luck' 0 Sums Open In LA lie New York r Johnny Podres, 0Brooklyn's 1955 World Series hero, is looking forward t;'a change of luck" when the Dodgers start the 1958 season In Los Angeles. "I'm sorry to leave Brooklyn and all its memories," the 25-year-old native of Witherbee, N.Y. conceded. "But I suppose the switch to the West was in evitable and maybe that Calif ornia climate will help." The remark wa3 made partly In jest but there was a ring of truth because arm and back ail ments have prevented Johnny from fully realizing his" vast po tential. His record last season Qwas only 12-9, for example, and his four-year record in the ma jors Is only 41-39. A more accurate guide to Podres' ability was reflected In the earned run averages which showed him with a league-leading 2.66 figure. He also led the league with six shutouts. "I've taken it easy all win ter," Podres said. "I haven't been making personal appear ances and I haven't even seen a football game. I've just relaxed completely because I want to be ready for the new season." Podres shrugged off the cDodgers' disappointing third place finish in 1957 as "just one of those things." "The averages showed we ' had the best pitching staff in the league," he pointed out. "That was even with Don New conbe's off-year. I'd say having the best pitching in the league is a pretty fair way to enter a new season. Doesn't pitching win pennants?" Podres and Don Drysdale, the 21-year-old speedballer from Van Nuys, Calif., should give the Los Angeles Dodgers as good a 1-1 pitching punch as there will be in the league. Drysdale had a 17-9 record last season and his 2.69 earned run average tied Milwaukee's War ren Spahn for second place in that department. Great Prospect "Don's going to be a great pitcher," said Podres. "He's got everything including a real fighting heart. He should be one of the biggest favorites on the club pitching in his own back yard. The big thing with Podres is whether he can go a full season without his arm or back acting up. The Dodgers have turned down several bids estimated at $300,000 for him and have al ways expected him to blossom into a 20-game winner. Yet his 12 victories this year are a per sonal high. "When he's right," says manager Walt Alston, "he's the equal of any pitcher in the league. He proved that in 1955 and he's proved it since his re turn from the Navy." To which Podres responds: "It's nice to get that kind of a vote of confidence, but it'd be even nicer to get those 20 victories one of these years." Stanford Indians Upset San Francisco Quint 50-49 A tribe of Stanford Indians Tuesday night came up with the biggest victory since the - Sioux cornered Custer at Little Bighorn.o The modern-day tribe bounc ed back from a two-game losing streak and rocked the fourth ranked University of San Fran cis Dons, 50-49 in the final three seconds of play. John Arrillaga's one-hand push shot from the side court gained the verdict. It was a tremendous victory for Howie Dallmar's team be cause the Dons have earned their national ranking. Coach Phil Wolpert fielded the same USF team that finished third in the NCAA play-offs last sea son and it has been strength ened substantially. As in the days of Custer, fire power was the difference. The Indians hit 45.9 per cent of their shots from the floor, while USF hit for a miserable 22.1 per cent probably their lowest verage in years. However, both sides were deadly from the free throw line The ons hit 19 of 22 attempts and Stanford made 16 out of 17. ' In the opening game of the San Francisco Cow . palace doubleheader, the Santa Clara Broncos served notice that they bear watching. The Broncs, who trimmed Stanford easily Mon day night, romped over the USC Trojans, 74-59, to run their un beaten string to six games. Washington State found the going rough up north as Colo rado State edged the Cougars, 57-54. In the top games sched uled for tonight, UCLA visits Wichita and Washington State college hosts Gonzaga universi ty. Other games include: Loy ola vs. San Diego State, Red- SPORTS Tittle, Rote Examples of New School By UNITED PRESS Y. A. Tittle and Tobin Rote are two National Football league quarterbacks who can run for their lives or just for the fun of it. They're prime examples of the "new school" of NFL quarter backs and should put on a fine show for San Francisco fans and the nation's TV viewers in Sunday's Western division play off game. Pro quarterbacks used to say they never got their uniforms dirty, but they have been living dangerously in recent years. Better defenses against pass es, including crashing lineback ers who often greet the quarter back almost as soon as he takes the ball from the center, have forced NFL teams to look for signal-callers who are agile enough to run when their re ceivers are covered. They also have to be rugged enough to stay in one piece when hit by big defensive huskies. Meet Requirements Tittle, 195-pound Forty-Niner veteran, and Rote, 215-pound Lion star, meet these require ments. "Our kids have the spirit to win another," said coach Frank ie Albert, predicting his Forty Niners will capture a berth op posite the Cleveland Browns in the Dec. 29 league championship game. The Forty-Niners are three-point favorites. Coach George Wilson of the Lions refused to predict victory against a team that scored five of its eight victories this year by four points or less. In regular season games this year, the Forty-Niners scored a 35-31 victory over the Lions at San Francisco on Tittle's 41- yard pass to R. C. Owens with 11 seconds to play. The Lions won the return game at Detroit 31-10. This week's selections: Forty- Niners (8-4) over Lions (8-4), Cardinals (3-8) over Steelers (5-6). lands vs. Sacramento State, Cen tral Washington vs. Humboldt State. McLoughlin Mat Match Winner McLoughlin J u n io r high lrinth grade defeated Hedrick 36 to 20 yesterday in wrestling matches. Fall3 were featured in moil contests. Next Bulldog out m$ will be after the holidays wnen they entertain Klamath Falls. Hedrick meets Ashland thi$ Thursday. NIVW GRADE RESULTS: Exhibitions 120 Eddy (M) pinned Hamlin (H 138 Gunn iH) Dinned McGinty (Ml 154 Stephens (M) pinned Crawford (H 134 Rix (M) pinned Austin (H) Team Matches 85 G. Fields (Ml dec. Ray (H) 95 Moyer (M) pinned Polling (H) 103 Chambers (M pinned Bush iH) 112 Trett (H) pinned Deubert (M) 120 Walker (M dec. Walker H .127 Vermitte (M) pinned Blanken- ship (Hi (Jj3 Morse (Hi pinned W. Fields (M 138 Morris (H) pinned Custance (M) 145 Jenkins (M) pinned Whitely (H) 154 Earl (M) pinned Parks (H) 165 Funston (M pinned O'Sullivan H . Hvy Hobbs (H) pinned Shaw (M) EIGHTH GRADE RESULTS Smith M dec. Spitz (Hi (J Guches tM) dec. Berg (H Hahss (H) pinned Ray M Robinson (Hi pinned Davis (M) Olson (H) pinned Foreman M Dexter M dec. Williams (H) Officials F. Spiegelberg. E. Ludwig. Pompey, Hinnant Tutle Tonight Chicago (IP) Two knock out artists match punches to night in a televised fight with Yolande Pompey of British West Indies a 2-1 choice to improve his sixth-place ranking among the lightheavyweights with a victory over seven-ranked Clar ence Hinnant. Both battlers will weigh around the 175 - pound light heavyweight limit for the scrap, and both were anticipating an early finish to the scheduled (lO-round struggle. Each has had 35 fights with Pompey gaining 29 wins, Hin nant 25. Pompey, 28, has tallied 23 knockouts and Hinnant, 24, has registered 20. , G VP'S . i MUMi Bourbon $4.90 Fifth Genuine Copper Distilled Kentucky Weather-Ripened kill in the COPPERSTILli DECANTER 5 YEARS OLD 1-30 -Kentucky Straight Sour Mash Bourbon 88 Proof Distilled, Aged and Bottled Only By Stitzer-Weller Distillery. Established Louisville, Kentucky, 1349 Phoenix Tops Crippled IV Team 63-36 Phoenix Phoenix high cagers romped 63 to 36 over an under manned Illinois Valley basket ball club here last night. While the teams are members of the Rogue league, the tussle was a non-counter. Another non league scrap is set for Friday at Cave Junction. Illinois Valley was missing three of its regulars. A total of 30 field buckets were poured in by the Pirates and they had period margins of 20 to 7, 39 to 15 and 55 to 25. IV gained half its points on free shots, making 18 out of 36 tries. LINE-UPS: 63 Phoenix 11 Simmonds . 4 Schleigh .. 13 Witte 7 Heath HI. Valley Rauber . Slanaker Hanby Lewis - . it iiiLtriv Suhstltlftinn Wt,. T)hn.nv U Jl ton 8, Daugherty, Waldron 4, Wal lace 8, Taylor, Korth; for Illinois Val ley Hovater, England, Tucker, Buck haultz, Fincher. Prep Scores TUESDAY BASKETBALL By United Press North Salem 61. South Salem 44 The Dalles 65. Wy'East 45 Fort Vancouver 74, McMinnville 62 Hillsboro 51. West Linn 46 David Douglas 55,' Washington 47 Roosevelt 70, Kelso 52 Grant 61, Central Catholic 44 Cleveland 63. Grasham 40 Benson 63, Dregon City 52 Wilson 41. Forest Grove 22 Lincoln 43, Scappoose 42 Reynolds 39. Parkrose 36 Silverton 41, Newberg 26 Molalla 39, Milwaukie 25 Willamette 47, Springfield 45 (over time) Roseburg 48. Douglas 38 Reedsport 63, Pendleton 59 Caldwell 47, Ontario 42 Stevenson 65. Hood River 50 Corbett 43, Cascade Locks 38 Bank s 42, Philomath 40 (double overtime) Alsea 43. Fall City 32 Hermiston 42, Pilot Rock 38 Clatskanie 61, Knappa 57 Central Union 45, Lebanon 39 Harrisburg 36. Coburg 28 Salem Academy 58. Amity 3i Junction City 58, Cottage Grove 52 Sweet Home 45, Dallas 43 Sandy 78, Sheridan 32 Vernonia 59, Neahkahnie 37 Woodburn 58, Canby 45 Newport 46, Toledo 35 Nehalem 43, Warrenton 42 Concordia 47, Colton 42 North Marion 41, Pacific Frosh 33 Elmira 51, Mapleton 40 Talent 44. Jacksonville 31 Myrtle Creek 36, Drain 29 Yoncalla 58. Oakland 28 Riddle 56. Days Creek 42 Marcola 42, Canyonville 32 Wednesday, December 18, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Frank Dolenshek Chosen To Head Sportsmen Again ' Shady Cove Shady Cove chapter of Oregon Sportsmen club has reelected Frank Dolen shek, president, Arnold Rags dale, vice president, and Carl Scott, treasurer. Bill Brewster is the new sec retary. The chapter, meeting last Monday, made plans to promote membership and encourage meeting attendance. Next meet ing will be in mid-January. Re ports from the Oregon game commission on the deer and elk kill will be available about that time. Officers reported a large turnout for the Monday session. They were elated over the re sponse and interest shown. There were reports and com ments on hunting and fishing matters. Salem Senators List Loss Figure Salem OP) The Salem Sena tors of the Northwest League had a financial setback of $13 341 during the 1957 season, a 58-man partnership was told Tuesday night. Pledges will determine wheth er Salem will continue to oper ate a baseball team next season. Dr. Vern Miller, who was named Oregon Ducks Taking Exams Eugene (IP) Oregon's Ducks went back to final term exams today after a Tuesday afternoon workout in the rain here. Backs Willie West and Chuck Osborne looked good in Tues day's drill and Jack Crabtree appeared sharp in passing. The team practices again Thursday and leaves for Los Angeles to prepare for the Rose Bowl game Saturday. temporary chairman of the baseball partnership, said he and present partners to decide how many would back baseball. The report is due Jan. 3. Bob Freitas, assistant business manager of San Francisco last season, had indicated an interest in the Salem team as general manager. George Paulus, president of the team for three years, resigned. DON'T MISS OPELl SKINNER-BUICK-CADILLAC HEY LAST WE ARE STARTING OUR o) ! PACT I Nothing to buy! 11 ffJcf Youm for the plf j Check Ifo for Your Size Before Stock Is Depleted! GOOD INVENTORY 14" & 15" New Car Change Overs & Used Tires Also GOOD INVENTORY Recapped Winter Treads of All Sizes FREE PARKING 0 S&H GREEN STAMPS MORE PEOPLE RIDE ON GOODYEAR TIRES THAN ON ANY OTHER KIND! DFfMO) ID Sizes for all cars including imported modelsl RVBC 123 S. ide - Ph. SP 3-6266 Available at All Shell and Stations Displaying Good year's Diamond O Q
