8 MAIL TRIBUNE, MedforJ, Oregon, Wednesday, April 9, 1938
Covington
Knee Sliding Home
By TIM MORIARTY
United Press Sports Writer
The Milwaukee Braves and
the Los Angeles Dodgers to
day faced the possibility of
opening the 1958 season with
out star outfielders Wes Cov
ington and Duke Snider.
-Covington twisted his left
knee in an exhibition game
against the Dodgers at Austin,
Tex., Tuesday and may miss
next Tuesday's opener against
the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was
sliding home on the business
end of a squeeze play in the
13th inning that gave the
Braves a 5-4 victory.
Snider's trouble also is cen
tered in the left knee, which
was operated on last Decem
ber. There has been some
swelling in the knee this
spring and Duke told one re
porter Tuesday "I think it II
2 Twinbills
On Schedule
Of Tornado
.With Medford high base-
ballers facing heavy duty on
the " week end, Coach John
Kovenz is hopeful ' that his
pitching staff will be at full
strength and that the hitting
will continue to show the im
provement it has in practice
The Tornadoes are hosts to
Grants Pass on Friday and
to Weed, Calif. In both oc
casions doublebills are set.
First game with GP will count
in the Southern Oregon con
ference. Larry Brown and Tom
Laurance of the pitching staii
have been troubled by bad
backs but are expected to be
okeh by Friday, utnerwise
the club is in good physical
shape, Kovenz reported.
Hitting has picked up in
batting drills this week with
Ron Peerv. Frank Peterson
and Ken Durke, in particular
hitting the ball well. Kovenz
reported that the team swat
ting average is only about .120
now. "It can only go up,"
Kovenz declared.
Grade Tiff Won
By Washington
Washington won a practice
grade school track and field
meet from Jefferson yester
day, piling up sufficient points
in Class C to offset losses in
Classes A and B.
Jefferson, which took the
medley relay won Class A 40
to 31 and Class B 392 to
Washington had a 40
to 22 gap in Class C.
Mike Barnes of Jeff won
the baseball throw, the shot
put, the broad jump and the
60-yard sprint in Class A. In
Class B Bob Harrison of
Waihington vaulted 6 feet 10
inches, one better than the
city record in the division.
Pete Hinman of Jefferson
took the shot and 60 and 120
yard dashes in B and in C Jim
Allen of Washington was first
in the baseball throw, broad
jump and high jump and an
chored the winning relay
crew.
BEAVERS TO FACE UTAH
Salt Lake City (IP) Ore
gon State, a long-time basket
ball powerhouse in the Pa
cific Coast conference, today
was added to Utah univer
sity's 1958-59 schedule. Coach
Jack Gardner said the Utes
will meet the Beavers Dec.
5 and 6 at Einar Nielson field
house here.
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9th and Bartlett Sts.
have to be drained
May Not Need Draining
However, he later declared
"There may not be any need
for that draining" and added
he "will try to play" in to
day's game against the Braves
at Dallas.
The veteran center fielder
has appeared in only 13 games
this spring and has been un
able to play more than two
days in succession, all of
which would indicate his knee
still is unable to withstand
sustained pressure without
developing some soreness.
The San Francisco Giants,
meanwhile, received good
news when X-rays revealed
Willie Mays suffered only a
mild hemotoma bruise just
above the elbow when struck
by a pitched ball in Monday's
game against the Cleveland
Indians at Austin.
Mays sat out Tuesday's
game at Corpus Christi, in
which the Indians rolled to
an 11-7 victory over the
Giants, but will be back in
center field for the season
opener.
Yanks, Cards Defeated
In other Tuesday exhibi
tions, the Phillies edged the
Yankees, 3-2, the White Sox
turned back the Cardinals,
5-4; the Senators rolled to a
10-3 victory over the Redlegs,
and the Cubs downed the
Orioles, 6-5, on Dale Long's
10th inning clutch single.
At Mexico City, in the first
appearance of a big league
team there in 20 years, more
than 25.000 fans saw the Pitts
burgh Pirates lose to Mexico
Citv of the Mexican league,
5-3. Pancho Ramirez pitched
the route for the. minor
leaguers and missed a shut
out in the ninth inning when
Danny Kravitz hit a tfiree-
run homer.
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RUSSIANS VIC ON MAT
New York OP) The Rus
sian freestyle wrestling team
which will meet an all-star
American team in four match
es was scheduled to leave to
day by plane for Tulsa, Okla.
The Soviet grapplers, all of
whom have held vorl d,
Olympic, or Russian cham
pionships, will meet the U.S.
team at Norman, Okla., on
Friday, at Stillwater, Okla.,
on Saturday, and at Tulsa
next Tuesday. The series con
cludes with matches at New
York April 17.
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NY Yankees, Braves
Choice of Experts
New York (IP) It'll be the
Yankees and Braves in the
World Series again this year
and this time the Yankees
will bring back baseball's
world championship to New
York.
That is the overwhelming
concensus of a committee of
50 of the nation's top base
ball experts, who participated
Logg
ers Nip
Rogue River
Butte Falls Butte Falls
high, trailing by three runs
after two frames, tallied in
the third and sixth innings
yesterday to trip Rogue River
5 to 3 in a non-league base
ball fracas here.
The Loggers got singles by
Jerry Ferguson and Tom Dil
lard and the help of two mis
cues and a base on balls to
tie the mix with three runs
in the third canto.
In the fifth, Mike Conley
and Ferguson got on base on
a walk and error and ad
vanced on a double steal. Con
ley scored on Dillard's squeeze
bunt and Dillard was safe on
the fielder's choice. Ferguson
then crossed the plate on Ray
Abbott's ground out.
Rogue River got its runs
and three hits of Logger start
ing chucker Larry Cavin.
Dillard had two of the six
Butte Falls safeties.
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Cordes and is. Bigman; -avin,
Irwin (2). Baker (4) and Ferguson.
Red Sox Catcher
Has Operation
Roston OP) Red Sox catch
er Haywood Sullivan, who
tried for years to win a start
ing berth, faces surgery on a
ruptured spinal disk today.
Sox officials said he probably
will be lost for the season.
A spokesman at New Eng
land Baptist hospital said the
28-year-old Sullivan would be
in the hospital "at least three
weeks" and then wear a brace
for an indefinite period.
Sullivan, a native of Donal
sonville, Ga., was batting .258
when he suffered a ;broken
index finger. He began com
plaining about his back while
sidelined.
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in the United Press' annual
survey. All 50 experts spent
the last six weeks in spring
training camps.
Here's the way the writers
viewed the forthcoming sea
son: 49 of the 50 picked the
Yankees to win the American
league pennant.
45 of the 50 picked the
Braves to win the National
league pennant.
29 of the 50 picked the
Yankees to beat the Braves
in the Series.
399 Out of 400
. The Yankees' 49 first-place
votes and one second-place
vote gave them 399 of a pos
sible 400 points. The Braves
had five second-place votes to
go with 45 first-place ballots
for a total of .395 points.
Trailing the Yankees, in
order, were the White Sox
332 points, Tigers 297, Red
Sox 256, Indians 189, Orioles
174, Athletics 98 and Senators
55.
Trailing the Braves, in
order, were the Cardinals 326,
Dodgers 296, Redlegs 267;
Phillies 183, Giants 160, Pir
ates 100 and Cubs 73.
MH Netters
Beat Eagles
Medford high tennis team
subdued Eagle Point 6 to 1
in a match yesterday.
In singles John Root de
feated Gene Edwards 6-2, 6-0,
Garry Cummings downed Bob
Berryman 6-2, 6-2, John Shaw
clipped Sid Jackson 6-4, 2-6,
6-3, Paul Ryn won from Joe
Andrews 6-1, 6-4, and Hank
Olson beat Weilt Speare, 6-1,
6-2.
Root and Ryn took a
doubles match from Edwards
and Jackson, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 and
Berryman and Andrews de
feated Cummins and Olson
6-4, 6-1.
The Tornado will be host
to Eureka, Calif., on Friday
but its previously scheduled
trip to Redding, Calif., has
been cancelled.
Delco Assumes
Second in ABC
Syracuse, N.Y. (IP) Delco
Appliance Division of Roches
ter, N.Y., bowled into second
place in the open division of
the American Bowling con
gress tournament Tuesday
night.
The Delcos wound up with
a pinfall of 2946, which left
them 29 pins shy of the division-pacing
2975 of Ben Duth
ers of Grand Rapids, Mich.
One of the Delcos, Stew
Hendricks, 40, had four splits
in his final game. He failed to
convert them but still man
aged a 168 game and 595
series.
HOCKEY
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Montreal (IB Montreal
coach Toe Blake today tabbed
goalie Jacques Plante as the
"key man" in-the Canadiens'
2-1 victory over the Boston
Bruins in the opening game of
the Stanley Cup finals.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland (IP) The Spring
field Indians, surprise win
ners of their semi-final play
off series with Claveland, will
tackle the American Hockey
league champion Hershey
Bears in a best-of-seven set
beginning Tuesday night in
Hershey.
Springfield, fourth -place
finisher during the regular
campaign, edged Cleveland,
last year's Calder Cup cham
pions, 4-2, Tuesday night in
overtime. Bop Beckett's sec
ond goal of the game, coming
at 2:44 of the overtime period,
was the decisive tally as the
Indians took the seres, four
games to three.
Cubs Fixed
For Season
In Outfield
By BILL MCFARLAND
Mesa, Ariz. (IP) It took a
long time, but Manager Bob
Scheffing finally feels the Chi
cago Cubs have put together
a genuine major league out
field.
The Cubs' outfield was a
constant source of jokes
around the rest of the Na
tional league last year. Schef
fing tried any number of dif
ferent combinations but could
not find two dependable fly
chasers to flank hard-hitting
Walt (Moose) Moryn.
"Our biggest need was a
good center fielder," says the
Cubs' manager, "and we got
the man we were looking for
when we obtained Bobby
Thompson from the Giants last
week."
Thomson in Center
Thomson now is set in cen
ter; Moryn, who patrolled
right field last year, looks far
better suited ' in left, and
Chuck Tanner and Lee Walls
are conducting a spirited bat
tle for the right field job.
No one is more determined
to make good than Tanner, ac
quired from the Braves last
spring for the waiver price.
"Bob Scheffing gave' me a
chance," he says. "I'm not
going to let him down. I'm
going to play. 154 games for
the Cubs, just wait and see."
Tanner was rocking along
at a .321 pace this spring be
fore he was struck in the
mouth, by his own foul ball.
Six stitches were taken in the
lower lip and he probably will
lose five teeth which were
damaged.
Walls has been the hitting
sensation of the spring camp.
He was batting a lusty .404
before he was felled by the
flu recently.
A tip from Rogers Hornsby,
who has been schooling all the
Cubs on batting techniques,
has him stepping into the ball.
Since he's adopted this ap
proach, the base hits have
been flying like chips from his
bat.
NY Grand Jury
Calls Promoter
New York (IP) -Billy
Brown, a matchmaker for the
International Boxing club,
was scheduled to testify again
today before a New York
county grand jury investigat
ing crime and bribery in
boxing. .
Brown was questioned be
fore the jury Tuesday for two
hours. It was his second ap
pearance, having testified
very briefly several days ago
tn identify IBC records which
have' ben subpoenaed by Dis
trict Attorney Frank Hogan
in connection with the inves
tigation. Jimmv Peters. Washington,
D.C., welterweight managed
by Herman (Hymie the Mink)
Wallman. testified for only
two minutes Tuesday and
then was ordered to appear
aeain on Arjril 21. Wallman
has been charged by Hogan
with being a "front" for un
derworld figure Frankie Car
bo. often said to be a hidden
power in boxing.
Mexico's great oil resources
were taken over by the Mexi
can Government during
March of 1938.
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SLASHING A HARD RIGHT to Tiger Jones' midsection1,
in Philadelphia, Kid Gavilan stayed on the comeback trail.
He won a ten round split decision over Jones. In two pre
vious fights each scored a victory. (International Soundphoto)
Rose, Woodcock
In Top Matches
Of Net Tourney
Jacksonville, Fla. (IP)
Two Australian tennis stars,
topseeded Mervyn Rose and
Warren Woodcock, were slat
ed for action today in top
second-round matches of the
Masters tournament.
Southpaw Rose, who over
powered Bobby Johnson of
Jacksonville 6-0, 6-0, Tuesday,
was expected to win easily
again over John Powless of
Floroda, 111'.
Woodcock drew a more
rugged opponent in capable
Venezuelan Iyo Pimenta.
Snow Versus Hernandez
In the women's division,
Louise Snow of Oakland,
Calif ., met Marta Hernandez,
Mexico, and Laura Lou Kun
en of Clearwater, Fla, went
against Maria Garcia of Cuba.
Mexico's Mario Llamas
came from behind Tuesday to
score a hard-fought 2-6, 9:7,
6-2 victory over Tony Vicent
of New York. At the same
time, Woodcock defeated
Tommy Holton, Jacksonville,
6-3, 6-1, and Ayala beat Don
Loop, Jacksonville, 6-1, 6-0.
Top-seeded Maria Bueno of
Brazil and second-seeded Ka
rol Fageros of Miami had lit
tle trouble defeating Nancy
Loop, Jacksonville, 6-1, 6-0,
and Carmen Ibarra, Chile,
6-1, 6-2, respectively.
Tilts Contested
In Volleyball
Two matches were played
in the YMCA women's invita
tional volleyball tourney last
night with Gold Hill beating
Crater No. 2 by 15-9, 15-10
and the Y-Nots tripping the
Y-Ettes 15-5, 15-4. '
Four matches are planned
for thj Saturday.
At 7 p.m. Crater No. 2 will
face the Y-Ettes and Rogue
Valley the Central Point
women. In the 9 pjn. action
it is Crater No. 1 against Cen
tral Point and Shady Cove
versus Rogue Valley.
CAL TRIPS PORTLAND
Berkeley, Calif. Cal
ifornia defeated University of
Portland 4-3 in tennis Mon
day. 80
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Talent Raps
Eagle Point
Talent Talent bunched
six runs in the first frame,
three in the second and four
in the fifth in a baseball game
here last night to top Eagle
Point 13 to 4.
A triple by Sam Knutson, a
single by Mel Gingerich, five
walks and two errors helped
the Bulldogs to the first canto
markers.
Eagle Point got its only hits
by Dough Chamberlain and
Chuck Jenks, off Allen King
who tossed in the fourth and
fifth innings for Talent. Mike
Jacobs hurled the first three
innings for Talent and Paul
Conner, who threw the last
two innings, held EP hitless,
authough two runs were
scored in the seventh.
Knutson, , a freshman, top
ped hitters with three in four
time up.
Talent entertains Butte
Falls on Thursday night in
the Jackson B loop.
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Indians Obtain
Steve Ridzik n
Cleveland, Ohio (IP) The
Cleveland Indians bought
righthander Steve Ridzik
Tuesday from the Phoenix
club of the Pacific Coast
league in an effort to improve
the pitching staff that has
been disappointing during
spring training.
Ridzik, who formerly pitch
ed in the National league with
the Philadelphia Phillies and
the New York Giants, won
eight and lost six last season
with Minneapolis in the Amer
ican association. "
CLOSE TO NO-HITTER
Portland (IP) Jon Swan-
son, who last week hurled a
no-hit, no run game for Wash
ington high, pitched anotner
no-hitter Monday but this
time he lost. Jefferson got two
runs on walks, bunts, an error
and a wild pitch to blank
Washington 2-0 in a game
called after 4 and Vi innings
because of rain.
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Dodger, Giant Welcomes
Wearing Little Bit Thin
Los Angeles (U?) A city
council request for a congres
sional investigation into both
opponents and supporters of
the Los Angeles Dodger-Chavez
Ravine contract ran into
a snag today.
The council was advised by
Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.)
chairman of the Senate com
mittee on antitrusts and mon
opolies, that his group could
not come here in time to be
of benefit prior to the June 3
referendum on the contract.
The council had adopted a
resolution calling for the in
vestigation, with both those
supporting and opposing the
contract seemingly anxious to
have the matter brought be
fore a congressional commit
tee. By HAL WOOD
San Francisco (in The
welcome mat that San Fran
cisco put out for the Giants
and Los Angeles set down for
the Dodgers is wearing a little
thin.
"Nuisance suits" that mav
delay the construction of new
stadiums in both cities have
made the club owners ponder
the possibility that the moves
to the West Coast were made
loo soon.
But on second thoucht.
there is no unhappiness. Both
clubs,- no matter where they
finish the season, will make
a bundle of loot and pos
sibly the Dodgers may make
more than any team in his
tory.
In the meantime, the move
towards the construction of
the new ball park is slow.
Referendum Awaited
In Los Angeles, the Dodger
officials are awaiting the out
come of a June refendum to
see if they get the land from
the city to construct their
stadium. This stadium, inci
dentally, will be built by the
Trousers Not
Up to Occasion
Trenton, N. J. (IP) Umpire
Larry Gambell put all he had
into calling an out on a close
play at first base Tuesday
including his pants.
The scene of the show
stealing play was the Rider
Brandeis game which Rider
went on to win 8-2. Gambell
gave one of those television
performances during the third
inning, winding up his body
and jamming his fist, thumb
outstretched, high in the air,
Unfortunately, his trousers
weren't up to the occasion.
They split from here to
there.
Someone dragged a coat out
to him, while another fellow
went to Gambell's house and
got another pair of pants.
Everything in order, the
signal was once more, "Play
ball."
COACH DIES
Doylestown, Pa. W Carl
J. Merner, 70, who served as
track coach at Columbia uni
versity for 35 years, died at
his home here Monday after
a long illness. He began his
coaching work at Kansas
State college in 1913.
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Dodgers themselves and
supposedly will cost about
four million dollars.
That figure is puzzling
some of the property owners
in San Francisco who have
watched an original bond is
sue of six million dollars sky
rocket to around 15 million
dollars for a stadium to be
built by the city for the new
Giant home.
I little area known as
"Chavez ravine" is the key
to the problem in Los Ang
eles. Some citizens in that city
claim Los Angeles officials
have no right to make a
gift of this land to the Dodg
ers. In San Francisco some in
fluential property owners
claim that a stadium can be
built in downtown San Fran
cisco for 10 million dollars
less than it would cost to
build the edifice on some va
cant land near the San Fran
cisco Bay 'way out on the
edge of,the city.
Center of Town
The proposal in San Fran
cisco is near the center of the
city, but would include a
slum clearance of a block
square area within one block
of the four major newspapers
of the city and no more than
three blocks from most of the
major hotels. Of course, these
proponents would want an
other four million dollars or
so for slum clearance for
parking facilities.
Meanwhile, the citizens
roar and the club officials
go on raking in the bucks
with the biggest advance sale
of tickets in history. As
things stand now, the Dodg
ers may play to three million
fans this year and the Giants
to at least half that. The
Giants are using Seals stad
ium, which seats only 23,000;
The Dodgers are using the
Los Angeles Coliseum,
capacity near 100,000.
These are temporary quar
ters, but if the demand for
tickets remains at its present
level in both cities, it is pos
sible that Walter O'Malley of
the Dodgers, and Horace
Stoneham of the Giants may
went to stay in the exact spots
they are right now.
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