(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
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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
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year.
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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.
BASEBALL
SATURDAY RESULTS
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Baltimore (A). 3, Cincinnati
(N) 2. (1st games 7 innings)
Cincinnati (N) 3, Baltimore (A)
2 (2nd game)
Philadelphia N) 3, New York
(A) 2
Richmond (Int) 11, Boston (A) 7
Kansas Citv (A) 4, St. Louis (N) 3
Columbus (Int) 6, Pittsburgh (N)
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(A) 11
Los Angeles (N) 6. Chicago (N) 3
Detroit (A) 4, Milwaukee (N) 3
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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
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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
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(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.
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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. An
drews won the 330 in :46. for
Ashland and the 150 in :18.9 1
and Tepper the 75 in :09.6
and the high jump with 4-9.
McKinnis took the pole vault
at seven feet for the Lithia
group and Ashland won theV
relay in :56.5. :
For Howard Hight won the
hop-step-jump with 29-1 and
the shot with 31-3. Fowler an
nexed the 660 in 1:58.6 and
Momberg was victor in the
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