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8 MAIL TRIBUNE, MeJforcf, Oregon, Ttiundiy, April Washington,- lesion Lead Iff Major League Season in iasolsall Gigantic Parade Celebrates West Coast Major Loop Start B7 JAMES J. HEALY United Press Sports Writer San Francisco rtfl San Francisco gave a figurative good luck kiss on the cheek today to its first and very own major league baseball team The embrace, in the form of a gigantic parade, was in cele bration of the game Tuesday between the Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Not only does the meeting signify the opening of the 1958 sea son here, but also major ' league baseball's West Coast debut. Though experts picked the Fourth to Sixth Place Finish Forecast for SF San Francisco P The Giants will finish no higher than fourth and no lower than sixth, according to a United Press check today of basebll wirters and sports editors in this area. The transpla nted New Yorkers open the season here Tuesday against the Los An geles Dodgers of Brooklyn fame after closing out the ex hibition campaign with a rec ord of 21 wins and 11 losses. Eleven newsmen, including four of the six who are travel ing with the Giants, predicted a first division finish. An other 11 foresaw a fifth place windup and five pegged them to end sixth for the third straight year. Giants to finish no higher than fourth this year, the city turned out en mass to cheer its squal. At this point no one cared too much whether their team brought the National league title home. The im portant thing was that home was San Francisco. City fathers cleaned out confetti dealers from Cen tral California to the Oregon border, rounding up 500 pounds of the giant size, rose petal variety. The Hero Some 2,000 balloons were ordered and, to show just whose day it was, 700 were scheduled to drop over Mayor George Christopher's auto, while the car carrying Willie Mays was to be blanketed with 1,000. Not content wth this bar rage, city fathers arranged Hedrick Eighth Victor in Meet Hedrick eighth graders defeated their Grants Pass counterpart 58 to 55 on Fri day in the track meet held here. It was inadvertantly re ported in the Sunday paper that Grants Pass had won the division. The Hornets took seven of the 13 first places with Mike McCullough grabbing three events and running on the winning relay team. Grants Pass won the seventh and ninth grade division. Medford Bills Diamond Tussle With Ashlanders Medford high's Black Tor nado baseballers face a heavy schedule of five tangles this week with only one of the hassles a Southern Oregon conference counting game. iney oppose Ashland on Tuesday afternoon at Ash land.' On Friday there is a double header with Crater here and on Saturday the DUCKS BILL HOOSIERS Eugene (IP) The Uni versity of Oregon will meet Indiana in a home and home football series in 1963 and 1964, it was announced Sat urday. Oregon also has added Idaho to its 1962 schedule. FURNEY TAKES RACE Palm Springs, Calif. (IP) Dan Gurney of Riverside, Calif., driving a Ferrari, won the 14th annual Palm Springs road race Sunday. Carroll Shelby of Dallas, Tex., finish ed second in a Maserati. BASEBALL SATCRDAY COLLEGE GAMES Portland 10-5. Oregon State 5-1 Oregon 6-3. Lewis & Clark 8-2 Southern Oregon 18-14, OTI 9-2 College of Idaho 5-3, Whitman 0-2 Seattle U. 14-9. Portland St. 3-3 Pacific 12-6. Iinfield 8-5. Tornado travels to Roseburg tor a twinbill. Only the first game of the two with Crater will count in the loop standings. Medford Coach John Ko- venz said that Larry Brown may have the pitching chores on Tuesday. Ashland Mentor Snuffy Smith may send Pete Stemple to the hill. The Tornado nipped Ash land 1 to 0 in a previous non leaguer here. Bowling ELK'S LEAGUE Standings: Lively Five . Alley Gators Miss-Fitts Gypos PERs Go-Boys Medics Cementers Adairs Wallflowers . W L - 36 Vi 19 Y - 35 21 32 24 - 30 26 . 28 ',i 27 i 28 28 . 27 29 . 25 31 - 25 31 .. 13 43 Result: Wallflowers 3 (3aurnan 453) 2130: Cementers 1 (Snedden 51 Ri 2087. Lively Five 3 fDeVori S4.n 9900- Medics 1 (Van Dyke 522) 2151. Alley Gators 3 (Veal 520) 2243 Gypos 1 (Chase 510) 2230. Miss-Fitts 0 (Slonieer 485) 2210- PERs 4 (Gardiner 505) 2339. Go-Boys 3 (Morgan 562) 2427; Adairs 1 (Clark 567) 2272. with Montgomery Street bus iness offices to save all its ticker tape to heave out win dows as the team drives slow ly between the buildings . Placards have sprung up all over San Francisco, read ing: "Welcome Giants." "Go get 'em Giants." "Win With the Giants." Even a bakery got into the act. It has begun making cookies in the shape of base balls, with "Good L u c k j Giants" written on each. j Some Notables j Among the notables on hand for the parade and the historic game was baseball commissioner Ford Frick; Mrs. John McGraw, widow of the Giants' manager who piloted the club to four straight pennants, and whose squad shut out the Yanks in the 1922 World Series; Mayor Norris Poulson of Los Angeles and Warren Giles, president of the National league. At the end of this obstacle course of good will was the Sheraton-Palace . hotel where the team and notables were in vited for a vast luncheon, top ped off by a rain of 10,000 orchids, contributed by the people of Hawaii. The Dodgers, incidentally. arrived Sunday night and were greeted by a crowd of 75 persons. They did not take part !n the parade. SPORTS HOCKEY NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston (IP) Maurice Richard's Achilles' heel was his weak point during the reg ular season. But the Rocket was the Boston Bruins' Achil les' heel Sunday night. Richard fired in a pair of goals in leading the Canad- iens to a 3-0 spanking of the Bruins at the Garden. The win gave Montreal a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup final which resumes here Tuesday night. AMERICAN LEAGUE Springfield, Mass. (IP) Goaltender Claude Evans, whose great play enabled the Springfield Indians to oust Cleveland in the semi-finals of the American Hockey league playoffs, still is show ing the way as the Indians at tempt an uphill fight against Hershey in the Calder Cup finals. Evans continually turned back Hershey's powerful of fense Sunday night as Spring field defeated the Bears, 4-0. It was the Indians' first win after two defeats in the best- of-seven series. BEAVERS BILL SYRACUSE Corvalis (IP) Oregon State and Syracuse will play four games m football irom I9bi to 1965. Athletic Director Spec Keene said Saturday, The two schools will meet here in 1961 and 1964 and at Syracuse in 1963 and 1965, SctorIk SpecimJ V XX Ml Simper Tuf-liig Let our dependable Farm Tire Service Save You Time, Trouble and Money by coming direct to your farm for Repairs or Hydraflation Service (Liquid Ballast to Increase Traction). BfG SAVINGS III SfZS FIRST LINE FIRST QUALITY I SAM JENNINGS TIRE (0. 229 North Riverside Phone SP 3-4511 LA Dodgers Prime for SF Tussle By ALEX KAHN San Francisco (IP) The Los Angeles Dodgers took their first look at Seals sta dium, home of the San Fran cisco Giants, as they went through a final drill today prior to the opening of major league baseball in the West here Tuesday. Manager Walt Alston still was fighting the injury prob lem which has plagued the Dodgers all spring.' Alston is sued a tentative lineup for the opener, but said it was so tentative that he had at least two other lineups in mind. Chief problem of the Dodg er manager was the ailing left knee of. his best long ball hit ter, Duke Snider. If that was not enough, the Dodgers' hit ting star of the spring season, infielder Charlie Neal, is suf fering from a strained chest ligament. So Alston indicated he had one lineup for use if the Giants start a lefthander, Johnny Antonelli. He has an other in case a righthander like Ruben Gomez starts. And he has others that call for Sni der to play and not to play and provide for Neal's ab sence if he can't make the game. Neal Possible Neal says he thinks he will be able to play and Dr. Har old Wendler, the trainer, also feels the brilliant performer can play. But Alston says he doesn't want to risk injuring one of his stars. Snider, after appearing in three straight games, missed Sunday's finale of the . four game series with the Chicago Cubs at Las Vegas, Nev., which the Dodgers won 4-1 even without Snider and Neal to end the series in a 2-2 tie. The knee was sore Satur day when I played at Tuc son," Snider said, "and it hurt too much for me to play yesterday. I don't know how long it will take before it quits hurting." - Alston's various possible lineups all included Capt. Pee Wee Reese at shortstop, Dick Gray at third, Gmo Cimoli at centerfield, Carl Furilla at leftfield, Gil Hodges at first and Don Drysdale on the mound. Some' Changes If the Giants start a left- handed pitcher, then Gilliam plays left field instead of Sni der and Joe Pignatano will catch. But if a righthander starts and Snider can play, he will be out there instead of Gilliam. And if Neal is un able to play, Gilliam will re place him at second base. Neal, even though he miss ed the final two exhibition games, ended the leading nit- ter with a mark of .337. He also led in runs batted in with 19 and in homers with five. Rookie Larry Sherry had the best record on the mound so far as runs scored against him, giving up only 2 in 24 innings he worked but he walked 21 batters. Drysdale was considered in best shape for the opener and he probably will be followed Wednesday by Johnny Podres with Don Newcombe sched uled for Thursday and Carl Erskine for the opener in Los Angeles Friday. Eight Engagements Get Slates in Full Swing on Tuesday COYOTES WIN Walla Walla OP) College of Idaho took a baseball doubleheader from Whitman, 0 and 3-2 here Saturday to go half a game ahead in the Northwest conference base ball race with a 3-0 mark. Pacific downed Linfield 12- 8 and 6-5 to take over second place with 2-0. ECCLES WINNER Norden (IP) Spencer Ec- cles. Ogden, Utah, won the Alpine combined champion ships of the Far West Ski As sociation Sunday with a time of 2:36.7 for slalom and down hill racing at Sugar bowl. DROBNY DEFEATS PATTY Aix-En-Provence (IP) Jaroslav Drobny of Egypt whipped Budge Patty of Los Angeles and Paris, 7-5, 6-3, Sundav in the final of the Aix-en-Provence International tennis tournament. Gardnar Mullcy of Miami, Fla., and Mimi Arnold of Redwood City, Calif., won the mixed doubles championship. LOTS OF RUNS Jacksonville Prospect won a Jackson County B league baseball game from Jackson ville high on Friday. The score was 24 to 23. A perfect hand in bridge that is 13 cards of one suit could happen only once in 40 billion hands. By FRED DOWN United Press Sports Writer . President Eisenhower sent his famous grin and appar ently his equally-famous luck with the weather to baseball today to help get the major leagues' first coast-to-coast season off to a flying start. Long-range forecasts of rain and cold weather in many of the nine cities involved in openers today and Tuesday were revised to indicate there would be clear skies and tem peratures between 50 and 60 degrees. After Eisenhower made his ceremonial first pitch, the Boston Red Sox' Frank Sulli van and the Senators' Pedro Ramos took' up the pitching duties before a sellout crowd of more than 28,000. Open Title Defenses Some 225,000 fans are ex pected to flock to Tuesday's eight openers when the world champion Milwaukee Braves and American league cham pion New York Yankees begin defense of their titles and the West Coast's long-awaited en try into big league ball be comes official. A sellout crowd of 23,600 will see the transplanted Dodgers and Giants open in San Francisco. On Friday the two new teams switch their playing site to Los Angeles where indica tions are that a new major league record of more than 90,000 fans will be estab lished. The Yankees overwhelm ing favorites to win a ninth pennant in 10 years under Casey Stengel are sending Don Larsen, their 1956 World Series pitching hero, against the Red Sox' Willard Nixon in Boston. The Yankees' ver satile Tony Kubek is sidelined with a pulled muscle in his left leg but his absence would be more than balanced if Wil liams doesn't play for Boston. TJie Braves with a sellout crowd of 46,000 assured at Milwaukee will open with southpaw star Warren Spahn (21-11) opposing Bob Friend (14-18) of the Pittsburgh Pi rates. The remainder of Tuesday's program has Detroit at Chi cago, Kansas City at Cleve land and Washington at Balti more in the American League and Philadelphia at Cincin nati and Chicago at St. Louis (night) in the National. The big West Coast opener will find 21-year-old Don Drysdale, a native son, going for the Dodgers against Ru ben Gomez of San Juan, Pi., and the Giants. A total of 110 reporters will cover this game. Drysdale had a 17-9 record while Gomez had a 15 13 mark in 1957. New York (UP) Following are the probable pitchers, attendance and weather for the major league baseball openers: TUESDAY American League Washington at Baltimore Stobbs 8-20 vs Johnson 14-11, 28,000, rain expected Monday or Tuesday. New York at Boston Larsen 10 4 vs. Nixon 12-13, 25,000, possible showers. Detroit at Chicago Bunning 20 8 vs. Pierce 20-12, 20,000, possible showers. Kansas City at Cleveland Gar ver 6-13 vs. Score 2-1. 32,000, 50 uegreEs, rain or ugni snowers possible. Ml ' v'J fi' j... V ftj ,,,', mi f m mi ; ri,i;.;,.iiiii lmintff1MifflMhri Irani 7i.fi -riil yf nTtff H " fr''&3i'' SILKY TAKES THIRD Silky Sullivan (6), California Kentucky Derby hope and vaunted favorite to win $10,000 Greater Northern California purse at Golden Gate Fields in Albany, Calif., settles for third monev. finishing 5V2 lengths hphinri arin. ning Gone Fishin' and a nose down to Furyvan (2) as they hit the wire. The stretch running son of Sullivan is accustomed to coming from 20 or more lengths behind to win. Beavers Face Solons In PCL Slate Opener National Leaeue Los Angeles at San Francisco Drysdale 17-9 vs. Gomez 15-13, 23,600, clear and snnny. Chicago at St. Louis, night nrosnan a-5 vs. Mizell 8-10, 20,000, vuui auu pussioie snowers. Philadelphia at Cincinnati Rob erts 10-22 vs. Lawrence 16-13, 30, 000, showers expected. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee Friend 14-18 vs. Spahn 21-11, 46,000, part ly ciouiy ana iainy mild, rain late xueauay. New York (UP) Following are the umpire assignments for the major league baseball openings: MONDAY Boston at Washineton: Ed Rom mel, Charley Berry, Joe Paparella ana dim nonocnicx. TUESDAY American League Detroit at Chicaeo: Ed Rommel John Stevens, Lary Napp and John Kansas City at Cleveland: Char ley Berry, Bill McKinley.- John Flaherty and Nestor Chylak. Washington at Baltimore: Joe Paparella. Ed Hurley, Ed Runge ana frame xaDaccm. New York at Boston: Bill Sum mers. Jim Honochick, Hank Soar and Frank Umont. National League Los Aneeles at San Francisco Jocko Conlan, Frank Secory, Hal Dixon and Tony Venzon. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee: Al Bar- uck. am jackowski, btan Landes and Vic Delmore. Chicago at St. Louis: Frank Das coli, Augie Donatelli, Henry Craw ford and Vinnie Smith. Philadelphia at Cincinnati: Dusty Boggess, Tom Gorman, Ken Burk- nart, and Ed Sudol. Hawks Hail Pettit As Hero in Finale St. Louis, Mo. (IP) The St. Louis Hawks hailed Bob Pettit as their hero in captur ing the National Basketball association championship as the beaten Boston Celtics wondered today how they would have fared with Bill Russell in the lineup. Pettit racked up 50 points Saturday night as the Hawks nipped the Celtics, 110-109, here to clinch the best-of-seven series, four games to two. While Hawks fans began a wild victory celebration, Pet tit sank on the bench exhaust ed and buried his face in a towel. The Celtics weren't using the absence of Russell as an excuse for losing, but it was plain tnat tney tnougnt things would have been different if the league's best rebounder hadn't suffered a chipped ankle in the semi-final round and been unavailable for the Hawks' series. The Celts, behind at the quarters, 20-18, 57-52 and 83 77, rallied in the last minutes. When the clock showed only 16 seconds remaining and the score favoring the Hawks, 110-07, the Celts' Bill Shar- man brought the ball down the court for a layup. But the Hawks didn't even try to defend, fearing a foul, a tied score and an overtime ball game. Portland 0?) The Port land Beavers open the 1958 Pacific Coast league baseball season at home Tuesday with a day - night doubleheader against Sacramento. The Beavers sport a new manager and a lot of new faces as they open the cam paign in the revamped PCL. Los Angeles and San Fran cisco, now National " league cities, and Hollywood no long er are in the circuit. They have been replaced by Phoe nix, Spokane and Salt Lake City. Portland hired Tommy Heath during the season to be its manager, and general manager. It has picked up several newcomers including outfielders Bob Will and Wiley Moore, first baseman Nilsen Proposes Homes for. Migrants v Salem IP Oregon Labor Commissioner Norman O. Nil sen is requesting the support of farm, civic and church groups for congressional leg islation to provide federal fi nancing for family dwellings of migratory farm workers. Nilsen has proposed a plan whereby farmer associations could obtain loans for the cost of living accommodations used by migrants on the farms of association members. Construction, improvement, alteration, repair or replace ment of necessary buildings would be covered by the act. Bob Di Pietro, handyman Jack Lohrke, catchers Nini Tornay and Jim Fanning and several pitchers, including veterans Larry Jansen and Elmer Singleton who are scheduled to pitch Tuesday. The Chicago Cubs have re turned shortstop Jack Littrell. Player Injured ine Beavers suffered a blow Sunday evening when Luis Marquez and Tornay were injured in a traffic ac cident north of Klamath Falls. Their injuries were not seri ous but Heath said it was not certain whether they would see action Tuesday. The weather man forecast increasing cloudiness Tuesday with rain by evening. Beaver boosters hope 30,000 persons will see the 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. openers. Portland dropped the last game of its exhibition sched uled to Vancouver by an 8-1 count in Klamath Falls Sun day before 901 fans. Portland also lost on Vancouver at Redding, Calif., Saturday, 3-1. Cordy Sets OSC Record In 880 Run Corvallis TOP) Th Uni versity of Washington over whelmed Oregon State, 84 lo 47, in a Northern divis ion dual track meet her Saturday. The Huskies cap tured 10 of the 15 events on the program. Washington's Jack Lar son shattered the mile rec ord at Bell field with a 4:10.4. The old mark. 4:13.3 was set last year by Jim Bailey of Oregon. The Hus kies' Dayton Kolstad won the 100 in 9.9 and also took the 220 in 22.1. Barney Olberg won both hurdles events for Washington. In 880, Beaver Cliff Cor el ay nipped Bill Moser of the Huskies to win in 1:52.9 an all-time record for OSC, Bell field and OSC-Waih-inglon dual meets. SENATORS BEATEN Lewiston, Idaho (IH Salem dropped a, 10-3 decision to Lewiston Sunday in an ex hibition baseball game be tween the two Northwest league teams. PRIDE OF GERMANY HERE HOW! Oregon, Washington Rotations in Meeting Salem (IP) About 500 Ore gon and Washington Rotar ians met here today seeking new ways to better serve their communities. The meeting will continue through Wednesday. Come in for a Demonstration Ride &uqtA Meat D&fagt&C Gso0t Cat See it today at,,. SKINNER - BUICK - CADILLAC 143 South Riverside SITTING AT press conference in exclusive Union Club at Cleveland is Mikhail Menshikov, Soviet ambassador to U. S., left. 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