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(So a st League Sees into '58 Season Meram Br HAL WOOD Unittd Press Sporls Writer The Pacific Coast league, a wobbly veteran of 55 years of battling for survival, goes into a new phase of life on Tues day when it opens another season with three brand-new cities cieing for attention. They are Phoenix, Ariz., Salt Lake City, Utah, and Spokane, Wash. They go along with Vancouver, B. C, only three years in the loop; Seat tle, Wash.; Portland, Ore., Sacramento, and San Diego, Calif. The outlook, according to President Leslie O'Connor is "Good," but there are some breath-holding tactics going on in some of the cities Sacramento in particular; and possibly San Diego. Belter Club General Manager Ralph Kiner of the Padres predicts that the clubs will do better than last year, despite the proximity to the Dodgers in Los Angeles. Kiner bases his prediction on the basis that the new ball park in Border town will lure a lot of fans what with lots of parking space, etc. The fact that the Padres look like a pennant contend er this year also may help. Manager George Metkovich, with a lot of help from Cleve land, has put together what looks like a real solid club. But at Sacramento the out look is blue. Outside of Jim Greengrass, the Solons have little in the way of Triple-A talent; and the fact that the club is only 100 miles from the San Francisco Giants is worrying some of the execu tives. . In financial trouble in the days when there was no ma jor league problems, the So lons may be playing their last year in the state capital un less they come up with a pen nant contender. Honolulu al ready has a bid in for the franchise. New Hopes Salt Lake City and Spo kane are looking for big sea sons. The Utah capital has been in the Pacific Coast league before back in the days before the airplane was an accepted standard of trav el. The team always drew well then, but was dropped from the league because of the railroad travel expenses. This year it is only a hour or two plane hop from most of the other cities. The popu lation is double what it was a quarter of a century ago; and General Manager Eddie Leishman is a shrewd baseball man who will field a strong team given the proper co operation from the Pittsburgh front-office. This is the old Hollywood team. Spokane, which set nation al attendance records when it was playing in the old Class B Western International league, is tied up with the Los Angeles Dodgers. In fact, it is the old Los Angeles An gels team. The Dodgers have a strong farm system, so it is expected that the Indians also will be in the thick of contention. Phoenix Makes Step Phoenix is making the . long step from Class C to Triple-A baseball but win or lose, will get a lot of sup port from the San Francisco Giants. Phoenix is the spring training home for the Giants and President Horace Stone ham will do everything he can to help- this club along. He even sent the 1954 World Series hero, Dusty Rhodes there for a little come-back seasoning. There is a new regime in Portland, where Tommy Heath has taken over as field and general manager, a la Paul Richards of the Balti more Orioles. Heath is having his problems putting a top notch team together, but when the majors cut down next month, he'll come up with his share. Seattle, now the biggest city in the loop and waiting to become the next major league city in the West, is ' tied up with Cincinnati again. Owner Emil Sick at one time threatened to pull out of baseball if San Francisco and Los Angeles were taken out of the PCL. But apparent ly he is willing to give it a whirl for another year or two to see if the attendance stacks up to the good old days. Vancouver, which finished BRILL METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvanized and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 of 55 MedfordWTribune IPdDnETTS DULL DRAW Sequence of action during 12-round heavyweight bout between Eddie Machen and Zora Folley at the Cow Palace in San Francisco which ended a draw. Alternating between very dull and sometimes dramatic, the contest between the two Is pictured during the 10th round as Machen (white trunks) explodes flurry to head of Folley (UL) as latter slips. Folley tries to cover up (UK), continues to get hit as he tries to get up (LL). Referee Frankie Carter moves in (LR) to pull Machen away. a surprising second in the race last year, is in with another pennant contender. According to General Manag er Cedric Tallis, the Mounties led the league in attendance (although i San Francisco also 1 claimed the honor) and with another strong club, the Brit ish Columbia city may turn out to be the financial hub of the whole loop. With a league that stretches 1,500 miles from Canada to Mexico and then into the interior as far as Phoenix, Salt Lake and Spo kane, it will take strong at tendance figures to make a Il ew from Transforms scrawny, food-starved lawns into velvety, deep green carpets of grass The diTerence is in the Pellet. Now from ORTHO comes a new lawn fertilizer: Each tiny pellet con tains a balanced meal for your lawn. Everything for fast green and growth plus steady, continuing nour ishment! And, because of a new Double-Strength formula, you actually use only half as much lawn fertilizer as before. ' In "mechanically-mixed" fertilizers, nitrogen, phos phate and potash components often "settle-out." 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But baseball men always are optimistic in the spring and there' is the possibility that they have reason this year. GP Jayvee Club Swamps Chiefs Grants Pass Grants Pass junior high varsity baseball team led Rogue River varsity 28 to 0 after two innings Fri day. The game was halted at that point at the request of Rogue River. The Cavemen put over 11 runs in the first inning and 15 in the second. half as much! Silky Third Placer in Golden Gate Albany, Calif. (IP! Some of the lustre was worn off the fabulous Silky Sullivan when he finished third Friday in a prep race at Golden Gate Fields, but Col. Bill Coram, head man at Churchill Downs, predicted today Silky would win the Kentucky Derby. "This is a running horse," said Corum. "After all, he spotted Gone Fishin', the horse that beat him, . 12 pounds. In the- Derby, they'll all pack the same weight of 126 pounds. And they have an added one-quarter of a mile to run." Gone Fishin' Fast Gone Fishin'. of Llaneollen Farms, who will join Silky Sullivan on the trip to LiOuis villp ran one of -the fastest miles ever turned in for a three-year-old when he was clocked in 1:34 45. He was five and one-half lengths in front of Silky who was nosed out of second place by Fury van. A week-dav record crowd nf 19.102 sent Silky to the nnst a 2-5 favorite. But when he failed to come up with a victory, they gave nun ana Jockey Willie Shoemaker a solid round of boos. "Silkv hadn't run since March 8 and he needed a race under his belt," said Shoe- Tvalrer "Wo Tnadp un a lot Of ground but that Gone Fishin' was flying down the nome stretch, too." Silky got as far as 29 Vi lengths behind after the first half-mile. Vale Promotes Arnie Lewis Vale HP) Arnie Lewis, assistant football coach here for four years, has been named new head grid mentor at Vale high to replace Dutch Kawasoe who took the coach ing job at Franklin in Port land. 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In each ORTHO Pellet DOUBLE-ACTION PHOSPHATE TO DEVELOP STRONGER.STURDIER ROOTS fT Each ORTHO pellet contains two dif ferent types of this needed nutrient One is immediately available to the roots thus helps develop strong, sturdy root systems. The other is re leased from the soil gradually for long time feeding. ORTHO pellets made to be scattered by hand No need to use expensive mechanical spreaders. Because of the exclusive balanced formula in each pellet, they can be scattered safely by hand. Then, water, well to start immediate dissolving action. Pellets have a special coat ing which makes them free flowing dust free. Weed Cougars Nab Two From Tornado Weed, Calif., High school's Cougars subdued the Medford Black Tornado in both ends of a non-conference baseball doubleheader here yesterday afternoon. The Californians bombard ed Medford in the final frames of the stven ining firsf clash to win 9 to 2. They tip ped the Tornado 4 to 1 in the five-panel concluder. Medford plays at Ashland Tuesday in a non-league fray. The opener was a close af fair until .the Cougars romped for six runs in the seventh inning. Francis Borcalli star ted off the splurge with a single and Eob Zalurnado got on base on an error. Damine Rossetto was hit by a pitch and Rooney Hilliard walked to force in a run. Joe Cunning ham singled home two more scores and Edie Fruzza slash ed a three-run homer to left centerfield. Game Evened Weed gained the first mar ker of the rukus on an error, groundout and hit by Joe Patella in the second inning. Medford evened the game in the fourth when Calvin Dean walked and circled the bases on safeties by Lowell Dean and Ron Peery. Cal also re corded the other Medford tal ly after walking in the- fifth stanza. He went to second base oh an eror and crossed the plate on a single by Peery. Hiliard heaved five-hit ball for Weed. He struck out eight and walked five. Peery was the only one who reached him for more, than one hit. Jerry Anderson started on the pitching rubber for Med ford. He pitched two-hit ball over five innings, allowing only one run, an unearned one. However, in the sixth, Hilliard and Cunningham got to him for singles and Fruzza tripled for the first of his two big hits of the fuss. That put Weed on top 3 to 2 and Tom Laurence came to the mound in relief. With the help of a double play he put a stop to the Cougar bid but ran into plenty of trouble in the final inning. Three Hits in Row DaveLemos restrained Medford with four hit pitch ing in the second tangle. The Tornado bounced three of its hits for its lone run in the fourth inning. Ken Durkee, Calvin Dean and Lowell Dean The most amazing lawn fertilizer ever developed! California Spray-Chemical Corp. A subsidiary of California Chemical Company Richmond, Whittier, California; Portland, Oregoni Phoenix, Arizona; Salt Lake City, Utah swatted in that order. The Cougars tapped Torna do thrower Pat McLaughlin for five safeties. One was a homer by Hilliard in the sec ond inning. A walk and Zal urnado's double gained a mar ker in the third inning. In the fifth for two tallies there were singles by Eli Brown and Lemos, a base on balls, two stolen bases and a sacrifice fly by Borcalli. Dick Durante got the other hit for Medford. Lemos fanned four and walked none. McLaughlin whiffed two and issued three free passes. LIXESCORES: (First Game) Weed 101 002 69 8 2 Medford . 000 110 0 2 5 5 Hilliard and Brown: Anderson, Laurence (6) and Jensen. (Second Game) Weed 001 02 4 5 1 Medford 000 10 1 4 2 Lemos and alurnado; McLough lin and Jensen. PLC Umps Named for First Day Phoenix, Ariz. (IP) Presi dent Leslie O'Connor an nounced Saturday the follow ing umpiring assignments for the , opening Pacific Coast League games of the season: San Diego at Phoenix Cesare Carlucci, Bob St. Clair and Mel Steiner. Sacramento at Portland Chris Pelekoudas. Einer Sor enson and Steve Yuhase. Spokane at Seattle Earl Lennon, Al Mutart and Al Somers. Salt Lake City at Vancouv er Emmett Ashford, Pat Orr and Gordon Perkins. Southern Calif. RelayTeamsTop LA Track Meet Los Angeles (IP) Brilli ant performances by the Uni versity of Southern Califor nia four-mile and mile relay teams stole attention Satur day from such individual stars as Trojan high jumper Charley Dumas, and Arizona State miler Alex Henderson. USC dominated the meet although Occidental and Ari zona State also made strong showings. Douglas. On B, C CSasses off delays Slanaker Sets Spear Standard SOUTHERN OREGON CLASS B PLACINGS Wayne Christian, Eagle Point, third in shot put. sec ond in discus; Dan Slanak er, Illinois Valley, first in Javelin; Don Korxh, Phoe nix, fifth in javelin; Phoe nix high, second in shuttle hurdles, fifth in sprint med- ' ley; Illinois Valley, fifth in two-mile relay. JEugene (IP) Douglas high of Dillard and Powers, a vir tual newcomer to the track and field world, walked off with championships Friday in the opening day of the an nual Hayward Relays here. Douglas won the class B crown while Powers, compet ing here for the first time, was the class C winner. It is only the second season of track for the small Coos county school which con stantly turns out fine ath letic teams. A total of eight records were smashed at the two fields Friday as warm .sun shine greeted the participants. In Wrong Field Douglas high scored 35Vi points to edge North Marion which had 32 for the B crown. Reynolds high of Troutdale was third with 25. Powers was followed in class C by Siuslaw with 28 and Waldport and Sherwood with 24 Vi. Siuslaw inadvert ently competed in class C in stead of class B so second place trophies also were given to Waldport and Sherwood while Coburg, last year's champ, got a third place tro phy with its 22 37 points. Three records were broken in class B. Dan Slanaker of Illinois Valley threw the jav elin 183 feet 1 inch to break the mark of 175-2 set last year by Wayne Christian of Eagle Point. Four teams bet tered the two-mile relay rec ord, Douglas had the fastest 8 : 4 6.2, while Scappoose, North Marion and Oakridge all did better than Myrtle Point's old mark of 9:03.8. Ernie Coleman of North Mar ion shattered the pole vault mark with a leap of 12 feet 4 inches. The old mark was 12-3 set by Ray Packwood in 1950. "C" Marks Listed Jim Puckett of Cove paced During Our BIG GLIDDEN PAINT AMD fa H&fcAiricf coots ALL-PURPOSE ALKYD ENAMEL 1 NEW easy way to With GRdden's new "Around the choose decorator color schemes the way yea ten time. Takes Biystery oat of coordinating colorst fabrics, floor coverings. rOUR SPRBD SATIN DEALER WILL LEND IT fO TOM CONVENIENT HOME USE. MAIL TRIBUNE, M.dforJ, (Powers Triumph the class C record smashers with a broad jump of 22 feet 6 inches, passing the old mark of 20-1 Hi set by Jerry Mc Call of Gervais in 1952. Frank Smith of Powers tossed the javelin 177 feet 8 inches to break the 1957 mark of 165-5 set by Yoncolla's Ever Swee- zy. Albert Lowell of Drain pole vaulted 11-3 for a new mark. The old C record was an even 11 feet set in 1956 by Harold Moore of Rogue River and tied last year by Coleman of North Marion. Corbett high set a mark of 11:38.6 in the distance med ley and Waldport did the two mile relay in 8:53.4. Other winners included in class B: Shot put Marion Elder, Willamette, 47 feet 4'i inches. Broad Jump Mickey Lamb, North Marion, 20-11. Discus Walt Van Campen, Seaside, 139 feet 8Vi inches. High Jump Mike Cruson, Stayton and Claude McLean, Dallas, 5-8. Distance Medley Doug las, 11:21.3. 440-yard relay Reynolds, 46.1. Sprint Medley Reynolds, 1:39.4. . Shuttle Hurdles Central of Monmouth - Independence, 37.3. Other Class C Winners Shot Put George Williams, Shoot April 20 At.Willamalane Archers Course Springfield All archers are invited to attend the Wil lamette Archers (Springfield) annual invitation shoot. It will be held on Sunday, April 20, at the Willamalane Archers field course out South Second st. in Springfield. Registration will start at 9 a.m. and continue until noon. Four high score trophies will be offered and medals for the first three places in each division will be awarded. Junior boys, junior girls, and peewees are each offered first, second and third place med als. The shoot is registered with the Oregon Bow Hunt ers. Food will be sold at the club house. Los Angeles (IPI UCLA won its second straight match in Pacific Coast conference tennis play Saturday after noon by beating California 9 0 on the winner's courts. AP"' 7h FESTIVAL Apr,M9th e Levety low woodwork o SAVI ON QUARTS, select colors Dock with Color" book NOW KZS CAUON & SMDTIKI Ore., Sundiy, April IS, 1938 11 Da ys Creek, 46 feet 10 inches. High Jump Jerry Scott, Siuslaw, 5-6. Discus Carl Ostyling, Waldport, 126 feet 7Yt inches. Sprint Medley: Cove, 1:41.9, tied Coburg's 1956 record. Shuttle Hurdles Sherwood 38.3. Eugene (U J.1 Team scoring is Friday s Hayward relays: Class B: Duglas 35 i; North Marion 32; Reynolds 23: Stayton 20'4; Central 1734; Scrappoose 15; Oakridge 12 Phoenix 11; Reeds port 10; Seaside 9; Henley 8; Wil lamette 8; Dallas 7; Eagle Point 7; Illinois Valley 7; Madras 6; Serra Catholic 5; Canby 3; MyrUe Point 2!i; Elmira 2. and Newport Class C: Powers 32 3-7; Siuslaw 28; Waldport 24'j; Sherwood 144; Coburg 22 3-7; Cove 15",: Gervais 13: Chemawa 14; Drain 12; Maple ton 11 13-14; Halsey 7 3-7; Day Creek 7; Coburg 6',S; Camas Valley 5 13-14; Banks 4. CanyonwUle 3 '2; Lorane 3; Oakland 3, Yon calla 2'3; McKenzie 1 29-42, and Crow U. Ashland Beats Howard on Oval Ashland downed Howard in both seventh and eighth grade divisions of a Friday track meet at Howard. Ashlanders came from be hind in the final event tb: to edge Howard, county non high district champs for four years, 44V& to 4llA in the' eighth grade- portion. Lithia. city seven tH also won by three, points, 46V4 to 43V2. Each of the eighth grade - teams won fiv events. Kerni of Ashland took7 the 75-yard, dash in :08.5, the shot put with 43-7?4 and the broad. jump with. 16-3. Kerscher took the 660-.in15 for the Lithi ans who won the relay in'. :53.1. Howard Winners Howard eighth grade vic tors were Burns in the 330 in. 43.5, Fowler in the pole vault . at 8 feet 3 inches, Eaton and, Gier (tied) in the high jump at 4-10, Cowan in the 150 in 18.4 and Eaton in the hop- step-jump at 34-9. Ashland captured six events and Howard four in" the seventh grade scrape. 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