TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIETJNE
Thursday, January 30, 1958
Tornado Entertains
Grater High Friday
Medford high'g cage squad
may be missing one reserve
and the Crater aggregation is
.. expected to be strengthened
by two when the two schools
stage their first series of the
season this Friday and Satur
day. John Harvey of the Black
Tornado crew may not be "in
uniform when the JVIedfordites
entertain the Comet quint at
Hedrick gym here Friday,
Coach Frank Roelandt said
this morning. The hoopman
had a doctor examine a
jammed or sprained thumb
which has been bothering
him and reported back to
Roelandt with the digit in a
cast.
Another check with the doc
tor Friday will determine
whether Harvey will be avail
able for duty. Roelandt pro
nounced the rest of the Black
" Tornado squad in good shape
. physically.
- Two Freshmen
'. ' According to a previous an
: nouncement from Crater, two
players were to be moved up
from the freshman quintet to
' bolster the Comet varsity for
the Medford series. They are
Loyal Higinbotham and Bry-
Yacht Race
Title Yet
Uncertain
' f San Diego, Calif. OP) The
'. final over-all standings may
te known late today in the
San Diego to Acapulco yacht
- race, with the record-breaking
sloop Windward of Los
Angeles still not sure of the
: The Windward, owned by
E. R. and Don Chilcott, Los
" Angeles, established a new
; record time of 8 days, 12
hours and 34 minutes when it
'. arrived Tuesday. However
there are other boats with
handicaps that presumably
could capture the overall
; Crown.
Most of the boats were ex-
pected to have completed
' their long junket by today.
I The Coast Guard Wednesday
. night reported definitely that
all but three craft had reached
within 25 miles of their des
; tinations.
. ; A Copley news correspond-
cnt aboard the Coast Guard
cutter Perseus released word
1 Wednesday that the Escapade,
a 72-foot yawl owned by
James Camp of Newport Har
bor, Calif., and the 89-foot
; ketch Novia Del Mar, owned
by John P. Scripps, San Die-
go, also had arrived.
son LaCasse. Higinbotham, a
good outside shooter, has been
a -heavy scorer for the Comet
frosh. LaCasse has been a
strong rebounder.
Roelandt put the Tornado
through a heavy drill last
night. The Medfords had 45
to 50 minutes of hard scrim
mage in addition to half court
york and other practice. This
afternoon drill was to be of
less intense tapering off na
ture which is usual on the day
before a conflict.
The Tornado will carry the
benefits of hustling hard work
with the confidence gained
from two victories over
Grants Pass last week end aft
er having suffered six consec
utive losses. The wins re
moved quite a bit of the sting
from the defeats within the
conference at the hands of
Klamath Falls and Ashland.
Records Same
Crater, like Medford, has a
2-4 circuit standing. But the
last two outings ended in lop
sided setbacks at the hands of
Klamath Falls. Whether the
Comets will make a series of
it depends on their ability to
come back quickly after such
drubbings. Splits with both
Grants Pass and Ashland give
indication that Crater is cap
able, if in full stride, of giving
Medford a rugged series.
Medford's starting line-up is
expected to be the usual com
bination of Tom Hamlin,
Jerry Anderson, Lowell Dean,
Don Peek and Bilbee Lane.
Crater may have Wayne Al
len, Joe Teeter, Kerman Ben
nett and Randy Campbell in
the opening crew with the
five spot to be filled from
among Jerry Kime, Bill White
and Charles Turner.
Games times are 8:15 p.m.
at Medford Friday and at Cen
tral Point Saturday. Junior
varsities will meet in 6:30
p.m. prelims.
In other league action Ash
land plays at Grants Pass Fri
day and is host to the Cave
men Saturday.
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OLD AND NEW COACHES New Stanford University
football coach Jack Curtice (right) is welcomed on his
arrival by his predecessor, Chuck Taylor, now assistant
athletic director at Stanford. Curtice was formerly coach
at Utah University.
MEDF0R1V;
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Baseball Labor of Love,
Roy Campanella Believes
(This is the second of
three dispatches tracing the
career of Roy Campanella).
TrapSooters
Fire 50 Row
Vern Moore, Klamath Falls,
and Martin Clogston had 50
straight scores in 16-yard
practice shooting Sunday at
Medford Gun club.
Members fired in the first
round of the Spokane, Wash.,
Spokesman Revies telegraphic
skeet shoot with counts of 25
by Ed Pease,, 24 by Bert Peck
and 21 by Everett Gibson
being turned in.
The club will have practice
events again this Sunday and
will fire another round in the
telegraphic tourney.
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By MILTON RICHMAN
New York (IP) Some say
baseball is a sport and oth
ers claim it's a business, but
Roy Campanella always look
ed on it as a labor of love.
"Man, how can you ever
get tired doing something you
love?" Campy would pipe up
in that shrill soprano voice of
his whenever anyone quest
ioned him about overwork.
The chunky receiver broke
into organized baseball with
a bang in 1946 when he hit a
homer his first time up with
Nashua, N. H., of the New
England league.
Before the season was
through, Campanella hit 13
home runs, batted .290 and
drove in 96 runs to win the
league's most valuable play-
Stapleton To Be
Interviewed by
Iowa Staters
Ames, Iowa (TO Clay
Stapleton, , top assistant to
Tommy Prothro at Oregon
State, was scheduled to be in
terviewed Friday in connec
tion with the head football
coaching vacancy at Iowa
State College.
Iowa State plans to inter
view at least three other pros
pects this week. They include
George Sauer, athletic direc
tor at Baylor; LeRoy Pearce,
ex-assistant to Jim Myers here
and John Bridgers, an assist
ant coach for the Baltimore
Colts. I
owling
' CAMPANELLA INJURED Roy Campanella, star catcher
for the Los Angeles Dodgers, is carried on a stretcher to
id ambulance in Glen Cove, N. Y., after the car he was
driving skidded and hit a light pole. He suffered a broken
ijejbk. His wife told newsmen that he is "paralyzed from
tt chest down." Doctors at Glen Cove Community Hos
pital said his condition was critical.
COMMERCIAL LEAGUE
Standings: W.
Bates Candy Co 8
Alexander & Brown Ins. 8
Mail Tribune 7
Morning Fresh Bread 7
Cubby's Drive-In 7
Patterson's Bakery ... 6
Clave Construction 6
Quality Market 5
Davis Transfer & Storage .. 5
Star Body Works 1
Results:
M. F. Bread 3 (Shinn 564) 2,539;
Bates 1 (Dixon 519 1 2.449.
Clave 3 (Olson 567) 2,523; Davis
1, (Bex 555) 2.507.
Patterson's 3 (Lenz 558) 2,554;
Star Body 1 (Knox 554) 2.451.
A&B 2 (Speer 520) 2,513; Cubby's
2 (Ramsby 607) 2,581.
Tribune 1 (Anderson 590) 2,567;
Quality 3 (Atkins 581) 2,681.
PACIFIC LEAGUE
Standings:
Team Five
Desert Service
Eagles
Jacks Drive-Up
Knights of Columbus
Team Six
Haupert Tractor
Prospect
W.
10
8
7
7
5
4
4
3
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Results:
Team Five 2 (Champion 499)
2747: Desert 2 (Hadley 531) 2859.
Jack's 1 (Garrison 590) 2765;
Eacles 1 (Morgan 573) 2692.
Knights 2 (Mansfield 470) 2688;
Haupert s 2 (Newland 531) 2638.
Team Six 3 (Brooks 542) 2840;
Prospect 1 (Houghton 503) 2727.
, High Games Garrison 221.
Standings: W.
Ross Lumber 7
Lillie's Health Salon 7
Jack's Drive-Up 5
Jorgensen's 5
Paulsen's Thrift Mkt. 4
Wooden Shoe
Hawkinsons
Union Club
Silver Dollar
Motor Haven
Crater Inn
Trail Creek .
L.
1
1
3
3
4
4
5
5
5
5
6
6
er award
"There was a nearby chick
en farm, up here that gave
out i00 chickens for every
home run' Campy likes to
recall. "Never ate so much
chicken in my life."
Campanella also won a pro
motion to Montreal of the In
ternational league in ' 1947
where he batted .273. Brook
lyn called him up in 1948,
then sent him back to St. Paul
of the American association
Roy was at St. Paul only
a month but during that time
he hit 13 homers and batted
.325.
Campy finally was brought
up and in his first three
games against the Giants, he
collected nine hits in 12
times up. Two of those hits
were homers.
Wanted Suburban Home
At the time, this writer
talked to Campanella and
here is what he said:
"I'm not the kind of per
son who likes to set too big
a goal for himself. So If I can
make good with Brooklyn
which I believe I can Id
like to buy a home for my
family. That's something I've
wanted a long time, just
nice home somewhere in the
suburbs.1
Campanella worked hard
and got that home in Glen
Cove, Long Island, the same
one he w. t'riving to when
tragedy struck c rly Tuesday
morning.
Next to his wife, Ruthie,
and his six children, Campy's
house is his proudest posses
sion. Located on a beach, the
house has four bedrooms, and
three baths.
Anyone visiting the house
sure to see the three
plaques Campanella .was
awarded for being voted the
National league's most valu
able player in 1951, 1953 and
1955.
Hit Peak in 1953
Campanella hit his peak
with the Dodgers in 1953
when he drove in 142 runs,
hit 41 homers and batted .312.
Hampered by a hand injury
one of the many he has suf
fered during his 10-year car
eer with the Dodgers he
slumped to .207 in 1954.
There were those .who
thought his - baseball career
was about finished then but
he underwent an operation
and came out of it with glow
ing spirits.
Shake hands with the most
valuable player of 1955,"
Campy said to all his friends
during the winter of 1954.
They thought he was trying
to buoy up his own spirits but
he hit the nail squarely on the
head. He drove in 107 runs
in 1955, hit 32 homers and
batted .318 to walk off with
his third MVP award. In ad
dition, he had the added sat
isfaction of performing on
Brooklyn's first world champ
ionship team in history when
the Dodgers beat the Yankees
in the 1955 World Series.
is
Friday: Campanella's feel
ings about baseball.
Robertson
Out to Hold
Score Lead
By FRED DOWN
United Press Sports Writer
Two of the nation's three
top individual scorers and its
only remaining major un
beaten team see action tonight
when the college basketball
schedule starts to pick up
after mid-year exams.
Oscar Robertson will be
trying to hold his wafer-thin
scoring lead over .Wilt Cham
berlain when Cincinnati op
noses Miami of Ohio while
Elgin Baylor, third in the
scoring race, tries to keep
pace in Seattle's meeting
with Portland.
Robertson, the sensational
sophomore enters the game
with an average of 32.87
points a contest. Ae has con
nected for 493 points in 15
games.
Chamberlain is second in
the scoring race with 389
points in 12 games for a 32.42
average. He could take over
first place if Robertson is
stopped cold tonight or he
could slip back to third if
Baylor has a great night.
Baylor has scored 393
points in 13 games for a 30.23
average.
Sharing the spotlight with
the three-way scoring duel is
St. John's meeting with the
University of Pittsburgh. The
New York Redmen, staging a
fine comeback to national
stature under the leadership
of ex-Celtic ace Joe Lapchick,
have scored rine straight vic
tories. The fact is, however, the
Redmen are largely untested
against top-ranked opposition
and the experts figure they
will lose two or three of their
next four games against
Pittsbvrgh, Temple, Brook
lyn College and West Virginia.
Campy Recuperating
Foster Than First
Anticipated; Jokes
Glen Cove, N.Y. OP) Roy
Campanella must be getting
better. He's even cracking
jokes
Campanella's wife, Ruthie,
the only one permitted to vis
it the hospitalized 36-year-old
Los Angeles Dodger catcher
so far, said today her husband
"looks much more cheerful"
and even was able "to tell
jokes."
The statement coincided
with the latest hospital bul
letin which said, "Roy's condi
tion is somewhat better.
Strength and movement is be
ginning to return to his hands.
Feeling is present throughout
his arms, hands and upper
chest although his legs remain
paralyzed."
It was the most encourag
ing bulletin issued by officials
of Community hospital since
Campanella was admitted
early Tuesday after suffering
a broken neck in a near fatal
auto accident.
Although Harry Gifford,
the hospital administrator, in
dicated Campanella is recur-
perating faster than was or
iginally expected, he empha
sized that the ball player still
is 'on the critical list.
Dr. Robert W. Sengstaken
performed a four-hour opera
tion on Campanella Tuesday.
Dr. Sengstaken examined
Campanella three times Wed
nesday and noted an improve
ment in his general condition
each time. The chubby catch
er said 'he was able to feel
it when doctors pinched his
chest or arms, whereas he was
unable to feel the prick of
hypodermic needles original
ly.
The hospital continued to be
swamped with telegrams and
get-well letters for the injur
ed Campanella.
President Eisenhower sent
a wire as did Dodger players
Don Zimmer, Clem Labine
and Gil Hodges, among others.
Sub-4 Mile
Recorded
By Aussies
Melbourne, Australia (IP)
Two Australian athletes ran a
sub-four minute mile tonight
in the Olympic park here de
spite a choppy headwind.
Herb Elliott, a 19-year-old
from Western Australia, ran
the mile in 3:58.7 only sev
en-tenths of a second outside
the record of 3:58.0 held by
his countryman, John Landy.
A yard behind Elliott was
Marv Lincoln, a 24-year-old
runner from Victoria, who
was clocked in 3:59.0.
Brown Seeking
Voter Approval
Of Dodger Deal
Los Angeles (IP) Actor
Joe E. Brown,- no comedian
when it comes to sports,
launched a campaign today to
have the voters approve a
controversial contract be
tween the city and the Los
Angeles Dodgers.
The famed comic, whose
son long has been active in
baseball is chairman of the
taxpayer committee for a yes
vote on the Dodger contract.
This is the agreement which
woud turn over about 300
acres in Chavez ravine where
the Dodgers would build a
new 50,000 seat stadium.
The Chavez ravine question
goes before the voters June
3, in a referendum brought
about by persons who circu
lated petitions questioning the
advisability of the contract.
Southern Oregon Girding
For EOC Mountie Quintet
Ashland Southern Oregon
college, after three setbacks
in a row, will aim to get back
in victory stride Friday and
Saturday nights in an Oregon
Collegiate conference series
with Eastern Oregon.
Games are set for 8 p.m.
Preliminaries will be played
between the Raider junior
varsity and independent clubs.
The Red Raiders of the
Rogue have been priming
their offense and working on
backboard retrieving in their
determination to snap back
after three cold performances.
SOC, co-leader in the circuit,
rates as series favorite, how
ever, after a two-game sweep
over the Mounties earlier at
LaGrande.
Under Weather
Bill Hollingsworth, top gun
ner for the Raiders, has been
Musial Signs
$100,000 Pact
St. Louis (IP) Stan Musial,
for 16 years a hero of the St.
Louis Cardinals, saw at least
two or three years ahead of
him today after signing the
National league's first $100,
000 contract.
Musial said he was in bet
ter physical condition than in
the past several years, v.
"The way I feel now," Mu
sial said, "I believe I can play
for one or two more years
after this." He will be 38 next
November.
General Manager Bing De
vine said it was the "best con
tract ever signed by a Nation
al League player."
"I would have settled for
less," Musial said, "but the
Cardinals wanted me to have
this contract.. I hope I can
have another good year to
justify it."
Prep Scores
WEDNESDAY BASKETBALL
Star of the Sea 48, Astoria JV 37
HOCKEY
NATIONAL LEAGUE
By UNITED PRESS ....
The Chicago Black Hawks
are closing in on the field to
day in their bid to vacate the
National Hockey league cel
lar and win a playoff berth.
The Black Hawks whipped
the Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-1,
in Toronto Wednesday night
to climb within two points of
fifth place and only seven of
the second place New York
Rangers who played at 1-1
tie with the Boston Bruins.
under the weather but its
hoped he will be feeling up
to par and will be back at his
old scoring ways.
All-conference player Larry
Howard and Dick Quinn are
the main cogs in the EOC
line-up. Jerrold Baxter, 6-4,
is the club's No. 1 rebounder
and is expected to give the
Raiders stiff competition un
der' the boards. Tom Neel,
6-2, is a sophomore Moun
taineer the SOC players will
have to keep a sharp eye
upon.
Bill Casper
Defending
Phoenix, Ariz. (IP) Round
Billy Casper, one of the
world's greatest money win
ners in pro golf, sets out here
today in an attempt to defend
his crown in the $15,000
Phoenix Open tournament
a tourney noted for two time
winners.
No one has been able to re
peat in tournaments so far in
the short span of the winter
tour, but it has happened
many times before.
Ed (Porky) Oliver won here
two years hand running in
1939-40; Ben Hogan won it in
1946 and 1947; Jimmy Dema
ret in 1949-50; and Lloyd
Mangrum in 1952-53.
Mangrum proved he is in
shape by tieing for first place
Wednesday in the pro-am pre
tournament event as he shot
a 66 the same score posted !
by PGA champion Lionel
Herbert of Lafayette, La.
Fans Have
Wide View
At Eldorado
By HAL WOOD
Palm Desert, Calif. (IPI
The first giant step in the con
struction of golf courses built
for spectator comfort went on
display here the other day
when the Eldorado Country
club opened for business.
This course, promoted by
golf course builder Johnny
Dawson and with Lawrence
Hughes as architect, is ar
ranged in a semi-circular lay-
uui so mat spectators can
stand in one spot and watch
the action on eight holes.
For golf spectators, report
ers and television and radio
crews who have been forced
to tramp over miles of courses
to watch and cover a golf
tournament, this should prove
to be the living end.
"We are buildinz a club
house with a terrace that will
handle 4,000 to 5,000 per
sons, says Dawson. "They
will be able to stand or sit in
one spot and see the first,
fifth, 10th and 14th tees and
fairways; the 4th, 9th, 13th
and 18th greens. It should
prove to be a wonderful spot
for spectators."
Not only will the course be
handy for spectators, but the
scenery also will be out of
this world. The course was
carved out of a -792-acre
rancho on which there are
1,800 date palms, 256 acres of
seedless grapes, 4,800 grape
fruit trees and five acres of
oranges.
BASKETBALL
WEDNESDAY COLLEGE GAMES
By United Press
(East)
Army 76, Siena 66
Duquesne 66. St. Fran. (N.Y.) 58
Manhattan 74. CCNY 58
NYU 90, Tordham 73
Brown 91, Northeastern 77
Lehight 66, Muhlenberg 64
Lone Island U. 131. Post Coll. 100
St. Joseph (Pa.) 98. Lafayette 87
(South)
Kentucky 74, Georgia 55
Loyola (La.) 82. Louisana St. 70
(Midwest)
Akron 65, Toledo 59
Dayton 74. Xavier (Ohio) 59
Notre Dame 73. Louisville 53
(West)
Air Fore Acad. 63. Creighton 52
Mont. St. Coll. 72. Mont. St. U. 63
Regis 75, St. Mary's (Calif.)
Yank Ski Team
To Be Chosen
Bad Gastein, Austria (tR
After several weeks of care
ful observance Coach Othmar
Schneider today will pick the
U.S. Men's team for the world
ski championships which get
underway Sunday.
No matter who is finally
picked, the brunt of the U.S.
load will be carried by Buddy
Werner of Steamboat Springs,
Colo., and Tom Corcoran of
Westfir, N.J., and New York
City, Schneider already has
said that his tr o aces will
compete in all three events
staged here the slalom, giant
slalom and downhill.
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MORNING LEAGUE
Standings:
Hoopsters
Readies
Toads
Commies
Studs
L.
0
1
1
2
2
3
Pet.
1.000
.667
.667
.333
.333
.000
Jan. 25 Results
Toads 30. Studs 27
Readies 33, Commies 15
Hoopsters 22. Snipes 18
Feb. 1 Games
Studs vs. Readies
Toads vs. Hoopsters
Commies vs. Snipes
AFTERNOON LEAGUE
Standings: W.
Chariots 3
D linkers ... 2
Mau-Mau's ..
Bushwackers
Bony Five ...
1
0
0
Pet.
1.000
.667
.500
.000
.000
Jan. 25 Results
Mau Maus 32. BusnwacKers Z3
Chariots 26, Dunkers 21
Feb. 1 Games
Bushwackers vs. DunKers
Mau Maus vs. Bony Five
Results:
Hawkinson 3 (Wilson) 2443;
Crater Inn 1 (G. Riggs 508) 2375.
Jack's 2 (V. Coots 4561 2201;
Motor Haven 2 (R. Ban- 486) 2206.
Ross Lmbr. 4 Z. Baker 524) 2545:
Union Club O (M. McCall 490) 2252.
LilUe's 3 M. Clark 489) 2170:
Silver Dollar 1 (H. Paulson 432)
2040.
Jorgensen's 4 (T. Willet 481)
2288: Trail Creek 0 (V. Blunt 416)
1995.
Thrift Mkt. 3 (M. Clark 545)
2400; Wooden Shoe 1 (L. Learning
486) 2187.
High games Mable Clark 216, V.
Wilson 203.
Split conversion L. Turner 4-7-9.
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AMERICA NLEAGUE
Willie Marshall of the
Hershey Bears may, lose his
temper now and then, but it's
a cinch he can add and sub
tract. The 26-year-old wing was
fined $150 by American
Hockey league President Rich
ard Canning Tuesday for a se
ries of penalties against the
Cleveland Barons on Jan. 15.
A few hours later he went out
and scored goal and an as
sist to lead the Bears to a 5-2
win over the Barons.
The two points gave him a
season total of 71 tops in
the A HI,.'
Wayne Befhea
Beats Johnson
Chicago (IR Wayne Be-
thea proved Wednesday night
that Young Jack Johnson real
ly is John Lee Storey after
all.
The New York heavyweight
gave away 10 pounds to Los
Angeles Johnson, who got
that name because physically
he resembles the vaunted for
mer world heavyweight title
holder.
Storey, born in Lockhart,
Tex., suffered his 10th loss in
26 pro fights while Bethea, a
native of Dillon, S. C, rack
ed up his 17th triumph in the
same number of outings.
It was an unimpressive
battle between the two un
ranked scrappers. Bethea, a
shipping clerk in a New York
tomato canning factory, bull
ed aggressively all the way
and Johnson spent most of
his time under cover.
BACK IN SAPDLE
Phoenix, Ariz. (IP) John
ny Longden, the world's all
time leading jockey in num
ber of victories with 5,090,
plans to return to riding at
Santa Anita Friday "if all
goes' well." Longden suffered
a broken leg at Del. Mar last
KAugust and has been idle
since. He reported his leg is in
"good shape" now and he is'
anxious to ride again.
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