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Shows
New York TP A large re
duction in the number of free
throws in major college bas
ketball during the 1957-58
season produced the sharpest
scoring decline in the 66-year
history of the game.
NCAA statisticians releas
ed the season's final figures
today and announced the
point production was five per
cent less than that recorded
during 1956-57. In 4,149 ma
jor college games, the 1957-58
season produced an average
total of 136.9 points per con
Rose to Open Action
In Tennis Masters'
Jacksonville, Fla. opi
Top-seeded Mervyn Rose,
southpaw star from Australia,
was scheduled to see his first
action today in the week-long
Masters tennis tournament.
Meantime, top - seeded Ma
ria Bueno of Brazil and second-seeded
Karol Fageros of
Miami, Fla., opened play in
the women's singles.
A total of 33 players are
entered in the five divisions
of the tourney which opened
Monday, including Rose and
second-seeded Luis Ayala of
Chile. Rose defeated the Chil
LA Chavez Ravine Contest
Claimed as 'Smoke Screen'
Los Angeles (ID The con
troversy over use of Chavez
ravine as a baseball stadium
for the Dodgers is being used
as a smoke screen by persons
who don't want the Dodgers
in Los Angeles under any con
ditions, according to Council
man James G. Corman.
Corman made the charge
in a Town Hall debate Mon
day with Councilman John
C. Holland, leading opponent
of granting 300 acres of land
to the Dodgers. Part of the
land grant lies in Elysian
park.
"There is abundant evi
dence that many of our op-
Butte Falls
tips Cougar
Diamonders
Butte Falls Butte Falls
high broke a deadlock with a
run in the bottom of the sev
enth and final Inning yester
day to nick Prospect 6 to 5 in
a Jackson County B league
baseball game.
The Loggers, who rapped
out only four hits in the fuss
while Prospect was getting
eight, didn't need a safety to
score the winning run. After
an infield out by Larry Cavin,
Jim Irwin drew a walk and
Mike Conley got on base on
an error. The runners ad
vanced on a double steal and
Trwin crossed the plate on a
groundout by David Baker
Prospect took a 4 to 2 lead
in the third inning. By the
fifth frame the Loggers were
on top 5 to 4. The Cougars
caught up in the sixth. Butte
Falls didn't tabulate in that
chukker. In the top of the
seventh Jim Irwin struck out
the side to hold down the
Cougars.
Tom Davidson in throwing
his four hitter, had nine
strikeouts, six in the first
three innings, and walked but
two. Baker fanned two and
walked two and Irwin had
four whiffs to his credit and
walked just one. Baker got
two hits in four times up and
Dale Hawkins and Jerry Fer
gus slapped the other two hits
for BF. For Prospect Dick
Robinson socked two bingles,
Floyd Scaife two and Herb
Wheeler three.
LINESCORE:
Proepect 022 001 05 8 8
Butte Falls 020 120 16 4 6
Davidson and Ring; Baker. Ir
win (4) and Conley.
Bowling
CLASSIC LEAGUE
Oak Knoll Golf Course
W L.
40 12
30 22
Morse Motors
E H. Mann Co 28 24
Lamport's Sporting Goods 26 26
Trail Creek Lumber Co
Hight Real fcstaie
Henry's Broiler
Sam's Sporting Goods...
Sewing Machine Center.
Hillyer Oil Co.
23 29
23 29
23 29
22 30
21 31
Results:
Sewing Machine Center 3 (Dick
Weber 545) 2688: Hillyer Oil Co. 1
(Ralph Brock 605) 2567.
Oak Knoll Golf Course 3 (Bob
Rametes 584) 2664; Hight Real Es
tate 1 (Harold Schroeder 574) 2567.
E H Mann Co. 3 (Andy Ander
son 593) 2518; Sam's Sporting
Goods 1 .George Barr 531) 2496.
Morse Motors 2 (Leo Webster
617) 2592: Trail Creek Lumber Co.
2 (Ted Jantzer 556) 2580.
Lamport's Sporting Goods 3
(Harold Vessey 615) 2749: Henry's
Broiler 1 (BUI Blunt 540) 2474.
Leo Webster of Morse Motors
had a string of nine strikes in a
row Monday evening and came in
with a 277 game. This is the high
est game of the year in the Classic
league.
hot Reduction in
Sharp Scorieig
test compared to the 1956-57
average of 144.0.
The number of foul shots
per game dwindled for the
fifth straight year. There was
almost no change in the
average number of personal
fouls. Thus the decline in
free throws was the result of
the new rule which limited
the number of free throw op
portunities during the past
season.
The scoring drop was em
Dhasized by the few two-
points-a-minute teams in ma-
ean star in Miami Beach Sun
day for the Good Neighbor
championship. At the same
time Miss Bueno knocked off
Janet Hopps of Seattle in the
women's play.
Monday, Seattle's Bill
Quillian, third - seeded in the
Masters tournament, scored
an easy 6-3, 6-0 victory over
Patricia Apey of Chile m a
first rouncj matcn.
In other top matches, John
Powless of Flora, 111., defeat
ed Miguel Olivera, Ecuador,
6-2, 6-4, and Bill Alverez, Co
lumbia, beat Dick Daniels,
Puerto Rico, 6-2, 6-2.
ponents don't want the Dodg:
ers in Chavez ravine or in
Los Angeles," Corman .said.
Holland denied he and his
group were against the Dodg
ers coming to Los Angeles,
but he said, "We want the
Dodgers here on the same
terms as the Los Angeles
Rams or any other big busi
ness corporation."
Golf Open
To Lack
Palmer
Greensboro, N.C. OPI The
nation's top touring profes
sional golfers thronged the
Starmount Forest Country
club course today for practice
rounds for the 21st annual
Greater Greensboro Open golf
tournament.
The $15,000, 72-hole tour
nament will get under way
Thursday over the 6630-yard,
nar 72 course. A field of 135
players is entered.
The absence of Masters
chamDion Arnold Palmer of
Latrobe, Pa., will take some
of the glow from the tourney
but the field is expected to be
one of the toughest in the his
tory of the event. Palmer has
a television commitment in
Florida.
The group of contenders in
cludes defending champion
Stan Leonard of Vancouver,
B.C., Ken Venturi of San
Francisco and 1957 Masters
chamD Doug Ford of Maho-
Dac. N.Y.
Slammin' Sammy Snead
will also be on hand for the
tournament frequently re
ferred to in the past as the
"Sam Snead Open." Snead
has won it six times.
Indians Plan
Meeting With
aeon Today
Vero Beach, Fla. (IP)
Ralph Mauriello was sched
uled to go to the mound for
the Spokane Indians of the
Pacific Coast League today in
their exhibition game against
Macon of the South Atlantic
League.
Pitcher Dick Hanlon of
Spokane won his own game
Monday as he singled with
the bases loaded in the ninth
inning to defeat Victoria of
the Texas League, 4-3.
STILL HUNTS WIN
Monte Carlo, Monaco (IP)
Mimi Arnold of Redwood
City, Calif., left today for her
next stop on the European
tennis circuit, still looking for
her first tournament victory
of the season. Mrs. Suzy
Kormoczy of Hungary beat
Miss Arnold Monday, 6-2, 6-3,
in the final of the Monte
Carlo International tourna
ment.
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COMPLETE COVERAGE SOUTHERN OREGON .
and NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
35 each
jor college ranks in 1957-58.
Only eight, headed by Mar
shall's 88-point average, were
able to average at least 80
points a game. This is the low
est total since 1952 and is in
sharp contrast to 1956-57
when 24 teams scored at that
rate.
For the second time in the
NCAA history, two teams
from the same ,state finished
1-2 in scoring as West Vir
ginia followed Marshall with
an 86.9 average.
The final team defense
standings also emphasized
the trend in scoring. The 50.5
average compiled by San
Francisco and Oklahoma
State's 51.7 are the best de
fensive marks in six seasons.
Kentucky was the only
school which finished in the
top 40 in both offense and de
fense and ranked among the
leaders in five of the six ma-
Ed Machen
Confident
Of Victory
San Francisco OP! Confi
dent Eddie Machen, who has
won all of his 24 professional
fights, meets dignified Zora
Folley Wednesday night in a
12-round heavyweight bout
which is supposed to decide
Floyd Patterson's next chal
lenger. Machen and Folley are
ranked one-two by the NBA
and Ring Magazine in the list
of challengers. The unde
feated sharpshooter from Red
ding, Calif., has been posted a
12-5 favorite over Folley who
was born in Texas but now
fights out of Chandler, Ariz.
Both camps have predicted
victories by decision.
Manager Predicts Win
I look for Eddie to win
handily," manager Sid Fla
herty said today. "He's in top
shape and will go in at one of
his heaviest weights about
196 pounds."
Bill Swift, the meat-pack
ing scion who manager Fol
ley, conservatively foresees
his man getting the verdict.
"Zora is in the best shape
of his life mentally and physi
cally," Swift said. "We have
had him boxing at 7 p.m. re
cently so he will be used to
the early starting hour here.
Bout Quiz
Witnesses
Subpoenaed
New York (IP) The first
of more 'than a dozen boxing
figures subpoenaed after the
Virgil Akins-Isaac Logart fight
at Madison Square Garden
March 22 were scheduled to
appear today before a New
York County grand jury in
vestigating crime and bribery
in boxing.
Both Akins, who scored an
uDset technical knockout in
the bout, and Logart were
among those given summonses
immediately after the fight
but the grand jury appear
ance of both boxers was slat
ed for a later date.
The hearings are part of
District Attorney Frank Ho
ean's continuing search for
"crimes of conspiracy and
bribery" in the ring.
Canadiens Bank
On Power for
Bruin Victory
Montreal (IP) The Mont
real Canadiens of the Na
treel Canadiens of the Na
tional Hockey League are
banking heavily on their awe
some power play in a bid for
their third straight Stanley
Cup tonight when they meet
the Boston Bruins. The game
is the opener of a best-of-seven
final playoff series.
The Canadiens were over
whelming 5-1 favorite to win
the 10th Stanley Cup in the
club's history and 14-5 favor
ites to take the opener against
the Bruins.
"Those odds are crazy,"
Montreal coach Toe Blake
said. "Maybe if it were a
while back I might go along
with them but the way that
team Boston finished, I think
we're in for a bloody tough
series."
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1957
V
Decline.
jor statistical departments.
Cincinnati led in margin
over the opposition, averag
ing 20.6 points a game more
than its opponents.
Oklahoma State led in
free throw percentage, sink
ing 488 of 617 for .791 per
cent. Fordham sank 693 of
1,440 field goal tries for a
.481 mark and edged Cincin
nati, which finished with a
.480 percentage. Manhattan
led the major schools in re
bounding, recovering .591 per
cent of those available in its
games.
Celts Lose
Russell
By Injury
Boston (LP) Loss of re
bounding star Bill Russell off
set a home-court edge held by
the Boston Celtics going into
a fifth and crucial game
against the St. Louis Hawks
for the National Basketball
championship here Wednes
day night.
Celtics coach Red Auer
bach admitted Monday that
Russell was "through for the
season." He said the 6-10 star
had a small chip fracture in
his leg and also torn ankle
tendons.
Russell suffered the injur
ies Wednesday night in St.
Louis. He sat out Saturday
night's game when the Celtics
evening the best-of-seven se
ries with a 109-98 victory at
St. Louis.
DiBiases'
Bout Win
'Close'
New York (IP) Whitey
Bimstein, considered one of
boxing's best "swab jockeys,"
deserves some credit for Tony
DiBiase's latest victory over
Peter Schmidt.
jjiBiase sustamed a severe
cut alongside his right eye in
the third round of his return
TV scrap with fellow New
York welterweight Schmidt
Monday night at St. Nicholas
Arena.
However, Bimstein did an
excellent job of patching up
the wound between rounds,
permitting DiBiase to blast
his way to his second straight
split 10-round decision over
Schmidt.
Thedeeision was close but
well received. Judge Tony
Castellano favored DiBiase on
a rounds basis, 6-4, while
Judge Bert Grant agreed, 5-4-1.
Referee Barney Felix voted
for Schmidt, 5-4-1.
OSC Raps
Pioneers
Portland (IP) A seven-run
outburst 'in the third inning
carried Oregon State to a 13-7
baseball victory over Lewis
and Clark here Monday.
Lowell Pearce went the
route on the mound for Ore
gon State, although giving up
12 hits. He kept them well
spaced until the ninth when
the losers got three runs.
Gene Bates drove in five
Beaver runs with three hits
while Jerry Droscher also had
three blows for OSC.
SF Giants Set
Indians Today
Corpus Christi, Tex. API
The San Francisco Giants will
send Al Worthington to the
mound against the Cleveland
Indians today in an effort to
continue their exhibition
mastery over the American
League club.
The Giants trimmed the
Tribe for the 10th time in 14
games Monday in Austin by a
score of 7-0. Johnny Anto
nelli indicated he is ready for
the season opener by going
seven innings and allowing
only four hits.
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Lassieball
Loops Being
Organized
Collegeville, Pa. When
they dust off the plate and
cry "Ply ball!" this year in
many communities through
out the country, the old pep
per talk around the bases and
the catcher's staccato jawing
are going to be in soprano.
The girls the 10-to-15 year
old group are invading the
diamond for the first time on
a nation-wide, and potential
world-wide, basis.
Junior baseball is no long-'
er a boys' world.
At least 100 girls' leagues
of four major teams and four
farm teams, perhaps as many
as 12,000 girls, are expected
to be in action this spring
and summer. They will play
Lassieball, a modified form
of softball.
Pattern in 1953
It will be the first signifi
cant year for Lassie Leaguers,
Inc., which pioneered and di
rects the program.
The pattern for Lassie
leaguers was set up in 1953
in Collegeville when a retired
industrialist pointed to what
was patently an unfair com
munity situation.
"But, we have done nothing
for the girls," said S. L. Gabel,
former general manager at
the Superior Tube company
plant, a short peg from here.
"S. L.", as they call him,
and a physical education
teacher, a college professor, a
doctor a lawyer, telephone
operator, the wife of the local
dentist and a secretary form
ed the basic organization.
Last year it was incorporat
ed as an international fran
chising body, providing in
struction (organization meth
ods, details of Lassieball, tne
unique softball game played)
and advice (where to buy uni
forms, what player insurance
is needed) together with the
franchise to any community
in the world wishing to set
up a league.
A booklet entitled, All
About Lassie Leaguers, Inc.,
will be distributed to any
community or group within
a community writing for in
formation. Easy Pitches
Each squad has from 13 to
16 players. Ten players con
stitute a team in the field.
The tenth girl plays short
field, or takes up some other
position in the outfield accord
ing to team strategy.
Lassieball is played with
a softball 12 inches in circum
ference. The pitcher must
throw easy underhand pitches
with no spin or speed. Her
main job is to encourage the
batter to hit.
No strikes or balls are call
ed by the umpire. A ball miss--ed
by the batter or a foul ball
constitute a strike. Three
strikes or combinations of
three strikes and fouls, re
gardless of what order the
strikes or fouls occur, retire
the batter.
No bunting is allowed. A
base runner is out if she
leaves the base before the ball
has been hit by the batter. :
Pads Schedule
Giants Today
Daytona Beach, Fla. OP)
The San Diego Padres meet
the Phoenix Giants today in
an exhibition game and then
fly to the Arizona city for
their opener against the
Giants on April 15.
The Padres, who have two
more exhibition games sched
uled on April 12 and 13,
nosed out Rochester- of the
International league Monday,
4-3. Dave Pope homered in
the first inning, and rookie
Dick Stigman struck out six
men in going five frames.
GIANTS GAIN PLAYERS
Sanford, Fla. (IP) Dusty
Rhodes and Sal Taormina, re
cently sent down by the San
Francisco Giants showed the
Phoenix Giants of the Pacific
Coast League Monday that
they're fighting to get back.
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Yankee
Stalled
By JOHN GRIFFIN
United Press Sports Writer
All spring long Casey Sten
gel has been complaining that
his New York Yankees "ain't
doin' enough hitting," but
now that they have staged
springtime's biggest slugfest,
is Casey happy?
No, he isn't. Because the
Semi-Finais
Play Slated
In Handicap
Glen Fabrick is scheduled
to meet Dr. Ted Sickels in
one semi-final match this
week dn the men's spring golf
handicap tournament at the
Rogue Valley. Country club.
A. C. Broyles will take on the
winner of the Dr. William
Miller-Harry Barker match in
the other semi.
Miller and Barker were un
able to complete their quar
ter-final tiff last week be
cause of injuries suffered by
Barker.
In other quarter-finals Fab
rick defeated Dick Travis 2
up, Sickels was victor over
E. W. Peterson 4 and 3 and
Broyles nipped Tom Teutsch
1 up.
QUARTER-FINAL RESULTS:
First flight
Lloyd Pope def. Harold Holmes
2 up: Stan Stark def. Bill Black
ledge 2 and 1; Lee Flink def. Jack
Creager 1 up; Bob Little def. Jim
Dunlevy 2 and 1.
Second flight
Lew Bates def. Carl Schmidt;
John Moffat def. Duane Lubbers;
Everett McGray def. Paul Havi
land; Bill Catey def. Jerry Cotting
ham 5 and 3.
Third flight
Jerry Olson def. Jack Walker 4
and 3: Ray Wilson def. Dick Hen
selman 1 up; Jerry Wells def. Fred
Sears 1 up; Bob Lockwood def.
Ed Radzweit 1 up.
SEMI-FINAL PAIRINGS:
First flight
Pope vs. Stark; Flint vs. Little.
Second flight
Bates vs. Moffat; McGraw vs.
Catey.
Third flight
Olson vs. Wilson; Wells vs. Lock
wood. Solons Break
Camp for Game
With Motilities
El Centro, Calif. (IP) The
Sacramento Solons of the Pa
cific Coast league broke camp
here today and traveled to
Bakersfield, where they were
scheduled to play the Van
couver Mounties in an exhi
bition game
The Solons' final practice
session was washed oiit by a
heavy downpour Monday, but
RBud Watkins kept his arm in
shape in prenaration for to
day's game.
LIONS SIGN ZATKOFF
Detroit (IP) The Detroit
Lions announced Monday that
Roger Zatkoff, a tackle and
linebacker, had signed for the
1958 National Football League
season.
COLORFUL BOAT AND SPORTS DISPLAYS
EXCITING DEMONSTRATIONS
FUN-FILLED CHILDRENS' CONTESTS
ACTIVITIES GALORE
Comeback Attempt
by Wrist Injury
fractured wrist suffered by
Harry Suitcase Simpson took
a lot of joy out of the 20 to
1 walloping the Yankees hand
ed the Philadelphia Phillies
Monday at Greensville. S.C
It was the highest score run
up by any team this year and
included six homers.
Simpson's right wrist was
fractured in the fourth inning
when he was struck by a pitch
thrown by Phils southpaw
Curt Simmons. The wrist was
placed in a cast and he will
be out of action about four
weeks. He was due in New
York today for further ex
amination. Bill Skowron slammed two
of the homers with Mickey
Mantle, Elston Howard, Don
Larsen, and Bobby Del Greco
accounting for the others.
Mantle added three doubles
and a single in a five-for-five
Dodger Bullpen
Ace Returns to
Game Action
Austin, Tev. (IP) The Los
Angeles Dodgers .were encour
aged today by the return to
action of bullpen hurler Red
Roebuck, even though he was
"officially" charged with the
3-2 exhibition loss Monday to
the Milwaukee Braves.
Roebuck, who had been
bothered by a sore shoulder
all spring, made his first ap
pearance on the mound in the
closing innings of the game
at Houston and was tagged
with the loss when Hank
Aaron's sacrifice fly in the
eighth inning scored the tie
breaking run from third base.
Rainiers Top
Rangers, 9-2
Laredo, Tex. (IP) The
Seattle Rainiers scored four
runs in the first inning Mon
day and then coasted to a 9-2
victory over the Dallas Rang
ers in an exhibition game.
Art Fowler went the dis
tance for the Rainiers, allow
ing only seven hits. Dallas got
its two runs in the first in
ning and Fowler blanked the
Rangers the rest of the way.
Visitor Plugs
Legion Play in
Portland Tour
Portland (IP) Lou Brissie,
former left-handed pitcher for
Philadelphia and Cleveland in
the American league, visited
Portland Monday on behalf of
American Legion Junior base
ball. Brissie, who is national
commissioner of the Legion
baseball program, said- he
hoped that eventually it
would open up to all spon
sors who might like to enter
teams. '
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day.
Southpaw Johnny Antonel
li, striving to come back from
a poor season, doled out four
hits in his seven innings as
the Giants beat the Cleveland
Indians for the third straight
time, 7-0.
Lindy McDaniel worked
seven scoreless frames in the
Cards' 8-0 win over the Chi
cago White Sox. Brother Von
McDaniel and Herm Weh
meier cleaned up the five
hitter. Ray Katt's three-run
homer led the Cards.
In the other exhibitions,
the Milwaukee Braves down-
ked the Los Angeles Dodgers,
S-Z; the Washington Senators
scored a 7-3 win over Cincin
nati despite back - to - back
ninth inning homers by Frank
Robinson and rookie Vada
Pinson; and Ronnie Kline be
came the third Pittsburgh
pitcher to go the full route,
allowing the Boston Red Sox
four hits in a 4-2 victory. The
Baltimore-Chicago Cubs game
was called after one inning
because of wet grounds.
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