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SL Cards To Blend Youth,
Age in 1958 Flag Chase
Uhii it the 15th of 16
dispatches on Ihe off-season
outlook of each major
league team for 1958. writ
ten by the manageri of each
club.)
By FRED HUTCHINSON
Manager of the St. Louis
Cardinals
Written for The United Press
Bradenton, Fla. (IP) The
Cardinals will make a strong
bid for the 1958 pennant be
cause we have a powerful
blend of age and youth plus
the mobility to withstand in
juries.
mrsi, or course, there is
Stan Musial. I'm planning to
work Stan down from those
150-odd games he's been play
ing every year to about 125
Given those off-days from
time to time, I think Stan
can have another year like
1957 maybe even lead the
league in hitting again.
Second, is the nature of the
Cardinals' squad. Joe Cun
ningham can spell Musial at
first and play the outfield.
Eddie Kasko can play third
and short. So can Al Dark.
Ken Boypr did a good job in
the outfield last season and
can be an all-star third-baseman.
Don Blassingame can
play short or second. All this
adds up to protection against
injuries over a season that
covers six months of a year.
Mizell Key Pitcher
And, of course, there's
pitching. My four starting
pitchers when the season
opens will be Sam Jones,
Lindy McDaniel, Larry Jack
son and Vinegar Bend Mizell.
Von McDaniel will be a fifth
"spot" starter and by season's
. end he may be a regular in the
rotation.
The key man is Mizell. Vine
gar Bend didn't have a good
year in 1957 but over the lat
ter part of the season he was
my best pitcher. The best
thing that could happen to the
Cardinals in 1958 would be
for Mizell to give us the 15-to-20
game season we know he is
capable of.
Jones, Lindy McDaniel and
Jackson are solid workmen
and that, of course, brings me
to Von. Von astonished me as
much as he did the rest of the
baseball world last season. He
is an amazing workman for
an 18-year-old boy. He just
can't be one of those one-year
wonders because he's got too
many pitching skills to be one
Dark Goes to Third
With those five to head my
staff, I'm not worrying about
pitching.
We figure to open the sea
son with an infield of Musial
at first base, Blasingame at
second, Kasko will prove to
be a brilliant shortstop.
That gives me Cunningham,
Del Ennis, Boyer and Wally
Moon in the outfield, meaning
a pretty good hand will be
sitting down every day. Cun
ningham played well at first
and in the outfield and he hit
.318, including some of the
most spectacular pinch hits of
the year. We regard him as a
solid .300 hitter.
The league, of course, is
strong and the Braves were
strengthened when they got
Bob Rush and Don Kaiser
from the Cubs. That was a
good deal the Braves made
but don't let anybody tell you
it locks up the pennant. Rush
and Kaiser won't make that
big a difference.
I look for another four or
five-team race. It makes me
laugh when people suggest
the Braves can run away with
the flag. Believe me, it can't
happen in a league so evenly
balanced as the National
league.
AMERICANS WIN
Perth, Australia' (tPl
Barry MacKay of Dayton,
Ohio and Ron Holmberg of
Brooklyn, N.Y., two young
United States Davis Cuppers,
whipped Frank Taaffe and
Barry Lennon of Australia,
6-1, 6-0, 6-1, Sunday in the
opening round of the men's
doubles in the West Austra
lian tennis tourney.
Griffin Creek Fives
Will Play Gold Hill
Griffin Creek Griffin
Creek grade school will be
host to Gold Hill for basket
ball games on Thursday eve
ning, Jan. 9. unior varsities
will vie at 6:30 p.m. and var
sities at 7:30 pjn. Griffin
Creek school band will play.
A small charge for admission
will be made.
PANCHO EVENS UP
Sydney, Australia (IP)
Pancho Gonzales evened his
100-game pro tennis series
with Lew Hoad at two vic
tories each Sunday when he
scored a 6-4, 8-10, 6-3, 6-4,
triumph over the Australian
before a crowd of 10,000 at
White City Stadium.
Vejar Favored
In Video Bout
New York (IP! Middle
weight Chico Vejar is favored
at 8-5 to spoil Mickey Craw
ford's New York TV debut
tonight with a defeat in their
10-rounder at St. Nicholas
arena.
Vejar of Stamford, Conn.,
is favored because of his ex
perience and his weight ad
vantage over the commercial
artist from Detroit. Chico, 26,
had 89 fights; 23-year-old
Crawford, only 20.
Chico is a middleweight
who scaled 157V4 for his last
bout. Welterweight Crawford
registered but 146 for his last
start.
Ken Nanson Scores
31 in OSC Victory
Monday, January 8, 1958
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Corvallis (IP) Oregon
State tumbled the UCLA
Brians 68-61 in a Pacific coast
conference basketball game
here Saturday night behind
explosive Ken Nanson who
scored 31 points and set a
new individual scoring record
for himself.
Nanson, before a crowd of
5,841 fans at Gill Coliseum,
dumped in 14 points in the
first 11 minutes of the second
half to widen OSC's 30-25
lead at the half. His previous
point total for a single game
was 26 set against Indiana.
Gambee Second High
The game was tight with
eight ties in the first half,
before Nanson's spree.
OSC forward Dave Gambee
was second high man in the
game with 16 points. Bruin
center Ben Rogers scored 15
and forward Connie Burke
hit 14.
The Beavers, led by Gam
bee's 14 rebounds, controlled
the backboards 38-22 although
the Bruins outshot Oregon
State with a .429 percentage.
OSC hit 26 out of 66 field
goal attempts for a .394 percentage.
UCLA
Burke .....
UnderhiU
Rogers .....
Torrence ,
Halsten
Miller
Johnson ,
French
Bell .
Brandon
Totals
Bullish Ardor Ends
Last Financial Year
By ELMER C. WALZER
United Press Financial Editor
New York HP) Stocks add
ed $5 million to valuation of
all listed issues during the
( past week with daily aver
' age volume of 3,266,795
shares, most since Oct 25,
1957.
The week, bisected by the
New Year's holiday, contain
ed two sessions of 1957 and
two of 1958.
The year 1957 closed with
a burst of bullish ardor that
brought out 5,707,000 shares,
the most for a year-end ses
sion in the history of the
stock exchange which dates
back 165 years.
The industrial average on
Tiec. 31 gained 3.91 points,
a rise exceeded in only one
year in history, 1929 when it
rose 7.42 points on 2,678,000
shares. The nearest total sales
Flu Cases Hit 24,
Winding Dp Year
Only 24 cases of influenza
was reported in Jackson coun
' ty during the last week in
1957, according to Jackson
county health department of
ficials. Of these 5 were in
Medford. 4 in Ashland, Phoe
nix 8; Shady Cove 6; and
Rogue River 1.
Other communicable dis
eases reported for the week
included one case of scarlet
fever in Jacksonville and
four cases of pneumonia of
which two were in Ashland
and one each in Medford and
Eagle Point. Other diseases
reported during the week
with one case each were
measles, Jacksonville; Germ
an measles, Medford; chicken
pox, Medford, and infectious
mononucleosis, Ashland.
Public Invited
To See Plant Film
The public is invited to see
a 30-minute film on produc
tion and marketing of bedding
plants scheduled for 8 p.m.,
Fric'ay in the Jackson county
courthouse auditorium, ac
cording to J. Vernon Marshall
secretary of the Rogue Valley
Nurserymen and Growers as
sociation. The association is sponsor
ing the film showing which
has several sections on newer
varieties of some of the an
nual flowers, Marshall said.
Commercial growers and
tnose selling plants are par
ticularly welcome Marshall
Bdded.
for a last day to 1957 was in
1928 when volume was 4,
888.000 shares.
Year - end rallying tenden
cies carried over into 1958
on smaller volume but the
week's total of four sessions
involved volume of 13,067,
183 shares. The spurt at the
end of 1957 left that year's
total slightly above the 1956
figure.
The net results for the week
were:
Industrial average closing
at 444.56, up 11.66 points,
widest weekly gain since July
5, 1957 and the best since
Dec. 6.
Railroad average- closing
at 103.53, up 6.14 points,-widest
weekly gain since Dec. 7,
1956 and best since Nov. 29.
Utility average closing at
69.46, up 0.81 points, widest
weekly gain since Nov. 22,
1957 and the best since Aug.
6.
A total of 1,055 issues out
of a total of 1,398 issues trad
ed was the biggest gain figure
for any week since the one
ending May 15, 1948. There
were only 225 losses and 118
issues closed unchanged. A
total of 30 new 1957-58 highs
were set and 209 new lows.
The year - end rally reflect
ed some improvement in the
news picture, including a rise
in steel operations, a good re
port by Chesapeake & Ohio
Railway, and a letup in tax
loss selling.
Also on the demand side
there was a heavy reinvest
ment of interest and divi
dends received at the year
end plus some bear cover
ing. The stocks which made the
widest gains were those is
sues which had been wide
losers during the past year.
These groups included the
railroads, steels, aircrafts,
metals, and motors. The latter
had one of their best weeks
in a long time with General
Motors and Ford each more
than 2 points higher at the
close.
Aircrafts responded to sev
eral contract awards andj
snored gains ranging to more
than 4 points. Good business j
predictions helped send tne
tires up 2 to 5 points in Fire
stone. Gains in the rails ranged
to more than 4 points in
rhpsaneake & Ohio which
was the first railroad to re-j
port earnings for 1957, a rise j
over 1956 which was consid-j
ered almost unique among!
this group.
ctopi inps registered gains .
that ran above 3 points in
several instances.
Cain Will Ref
PAL Ring Card
Don Cain, Oregon state po
liceman, will be referee for
the Medford Police Athletic
league season opener boxing
card on Wednesday evening,
Jan. 8.
PAL mittmen will meet
Talent Youth center boxers in
a 12-bout program starting at
8 p.m. at the Enquire theater.
Judges will be Fred Spie-
gelberg, Medford high foot
ball coach, and Marshall Bes
sonette, Medford contractor
and businessman.
Paul Haviland will be an
nouncer and Bob Kyle Jr.,
the timekeeper. Manville Hei
sel will count for knockdowns
and Dr. G. W. Bishop will be
attending physician.
There are still some choice
seats available. Tickets are on
sale at the Medford police sta
tion, Brown's cafe and Talent
city hall.
Bowler Nears
Record Total
Portland API The Rev.
Wayne V. Jensen early to
day bowled his 422nd con
secutive game and hoped to
reach the 500 and possibly
the 600 mark before he is
through.
The world record is now
440 straight games.
The Rev. Jensen started
his marathon bowling stint
Friday.
FG
.. 6
2 .
6
1
.... 2
.... 0
.. 0
.... 2
.. 1
1
....24
FT
2- 4
3- 4
3- 4
1- I
1- 2
0- 0
0- 0
0- 0
1- 1
1- 1
13-18
Oregon State FG
Gambee 7
Nansen 11
Moss 1
Anderson ,
Harman
Goble
Kopple
0
.... 3
3
.. 1
Totals
...26
FT
2- 2
9-10
1- 1
0- 0
3- 5
1- 1
0- 0
16-19
Syracuse Could
Catch Celtics
By UNITED PRESS
The odds are heavily
against them but the Syra
cuse .Nationals may yet chal
lenge the Boston Celtics for
the Eastern division cham
pionship of the National Bas
ketball association.
The red-hot Nationals scor
ed their fourth victory in five
starts Sunday when they
routed the Philadelphia War
riors, 111-96, with the aid of
ex-Warrior guard Larry Cos
tello who scored 33 points.
The win moved the Nationals
three games ahead of the
third-place New York Knick
erbockers and left them 5Vz
behind the Celtics.
That deficit is big enough,
but it's nothing like the nine
game deficit the Cincinnati
Royals must make up on the
St. Louis Hawks in the West
ern division. And the Celtics
have been skidding slightly
with only two victories, in
cluding Sunday's 113-100 de
cision over the Minneapolis
Lakers, to show for their last
six games.
The Royals snapped the
Knickerbocker's seven-game
home winning streak with a
101-99 victory and the Hawks
shaded the Detroit Pistons,
95-93, in the other games.
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