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Los A After ngeles Coliseum Giant Win and 5 Debat m By SCOTT BAILLIE United Press Sports Writer Los Angeles OP) Is it baseball? Or is it "Screeno?" That controversial barrier which dominates left field in Memorial Coliseum again was the leading attraction Satur day as the Giants waxed the Dodgers, 11-4. And Manager Bill Rigney of the transplant ed New Yorkers, who got his first look at the encroaching meshwork said "Anybody who pitches a shutout in this park should get an Oscar." However, Manager Walter Alston of the Dodgers stuck to his guns by again declar ing that the screen would even help the situation, be cause, "some hits that ordin arily would be doubles or triples will be held to singles even if home runs come more easily." Five of them drifted over the barricade 250 feet away today but Alston also main tained that four "might have been home runs in other parks." The only one of dubious validity, he said, was a five iron shot by the Giants' Or lando Cepeda in the third in ning which followed a two run homer by Hank Sauer. Alston and Rigney agreed that Gino Cimoli's great catch of a smash into center field by Willie Kirkland prob ably would have been impos sible in any other stadium. ' Cimoli took the ball over his shoulder out by the 430 foot marker which ordinarily is reserved for the bleachers The catch ended the ninth inning. Jim Davenport, the Giants' rookie third baseman who handles himself like a season ed veteran, went two for four today to keep his batting av erage at .547 for five games. The Mississippian also smashed reports that he was "shaken" by failure to touch third base yesterday which cost the Giants a chance to tie the game. Davenport pulled off sever al sparkling plays at his posi tion Saturday afternoon and the best came in the third in ning when he went to his left to glove a tricky grounder by Ron Negray and throw him out when the ball seemed destined to trickle through the infield for a hit. Ruben Gomez, who went the distance but gave up three home runs and a triple in the process, was told by Rigney to lay off his cherished screw ball 'after Charley Neal had cleared the screen in the third inning. "The thing just wasn't breaking," Rigney explained. "I don't know if it was be cause of the heat down there or what." Gomez said he didn't need it anyway. "With all those runs behind me I just throw speed," he said. Medford&JTribune West Coast Major Clubs Begin to Find Range of Los Angeles' Left Field Ashland Has Big Seventh In 13-3 Verdict Over EP Eagle Point Ashland high turned a close fracas into a rout with seven runs in the sixth inning Friday night and defeated Eagle Point in a non- league baseball brush here 13 to 3. Ashland capitalized in the sixth on hits by Pete Stemple and Bob Johnson, five walks and two errors. The Lithians were on top 5 to 2 going into the frame. Eagle Point had the bases loaded in the first and third innings and played its best of the season up until the roof caved in. The Eagles were held to four hits, however. Three were given up by Pete Stem ple who walked four, hit one batter and fanned eight. New- Clubs Planning Mike at Home Plate for Games Keokuk, Iowa W) A microphone will be buried under home-plate at the Keo kuk Cardinals' ballpark this season so fans can hear con versations between the um pires, batters and catchers, the club said Saturday. The Keokuk Cardinals Baseball association said the microphone will be able to pick up sounds within 30 feet ef the home base and then broadcast them to the specta tors. The organization said it believes Keokuk is one of the first teams to use the micro phone in the middlewest. It said the parent club, the St. Louis Cardinals, had sug gested the innovation in an at tempt to boost attendance. The Keokuk Cardinals open their season here May 4. Bolan Mustang TILLER The Power Way To Better Gardening TILL - WEED - MULCH CULTIVATE! Select-O-Width Tines let you vary tilling swath Powerful 4 cycle engine Simple clutch and throttle controls Adjustable depth control TILLERS PRICED FROM $15100 to $22500 NOW IN STOCK! v 110V Push Button ELECTRIC STARTERS For All Small 51050 60 Engines up Big Y Supply 1948 Pacific Hiway North PHONE SP 3-3160 ly-elected Eagle Point Captain Dusty Gerbing socked a single and double and Bill Turner and Dale Casey got the other Eagle Wallops. Maurer Swats Bill Maurer led Ashland with two triples and a single in four times. Eagle starting Hurler Bill Nease gave up all but one of the seven Ashland hits. He walked six and struck out five. Reliever Bill Turner walked one man in the sixth and gave up one hit in the seventh. Dick Caven, senior reserve third basemen, suffered a hairline fracture of the low,er arm when hit by a pitch and is out for the season. The Eagles face Rogue Riv er on Monday at Eagle Point in a Rogue league scuffle. The game originally had been set for next Friday. LINESCORE: Ashland 101 127 113 7 3 Eaele Point .. 101 000 1 3 4 7 Stemple. McKinnis (6) and P. Simpson; Nease, Turner (6) and Tresham. Bowling VALLEY ROLLERS Standings: - Three Hits Jokers Spaie Pickers uool uaiis Four Marks . Splits Va Mrs. Nine Fins Rollettes .... Alley Kats Missing Mrs. W. L. 37 ' 7 28 li 15 'x 23 21 22 22 21 23 21 23 20 2 23 ',i 20 24 14 30 13 31 Results: Three Hits 3 (H. Paulson 442) 1656; Four Marks 1 (A. Bowman 447) 1643. Jokers 1 (D. LeRoy 449) 1608; Spare Pickers 3 (L. Schlachter 364) 1618. Goof Balls 1 (E. Redfield 430) 1513; Koiiettes 3 (JL. Heading 4Ub) lobe. Splits and Mrs. 3 (B. Newland 398) 1523: Nine Pins 1 (N. Chit- wood 40x) 1429. Alley Kats 3 (M. Lege 471) 1551 Missing Mrs. 1 (. Hull 380) 1508. htign game: L. Redding, 1TB. ROGUE ROLLERS Standings: OK Market 6keeters Timber Room . Harry's Broiler 21 Club Chucks Market Ralph's Kachina Room By AL KAHN United Press Sports Writer Los Angeles OP) The Dodgers and the Giants Sat urday found the range on the short left field foul line t o pour five homers over the 42 foot barrier in Memorial coli seum as San Francisco scored an 11-4 victory before 41,303 fans. Although the Dodgers ac counted for three of the cheap home runs, the Giants punched out 15 hits, includ ing two homers and five doubles to record their easy win. The fence at the foul post is only 250 feet deep. Veteran First Baseman Gil Hodges of the Dodgers got the first of the four-baggers in the second inning. And also for the home team, Charley Neal hit one over the barrier with Duke Snider aboard in the fourth. Dick Gray hit the third Dodger homer as all four runs scored by Los Angeles were attributed to the four-bag gers But the Giant3 pounced on five Dodger pitchers for their 15 hits. In the third inning Hank Sauer, veteran left fielder for San Francisco, got his third homer in two days with Willie Mays aboard Manager Walter Alston im mediately yanked the start ing pitcher, Danny McDevitt But first baseman Orlando Cepeda then smashed a four- bagger over the left field barrier as the Giants scored four times in the third frame The Giants came back in the fifth and got five more runs off Larry Sherry, who failed to retire a man after putting four on base. Sherry was relieved by d Kosebuck who finally retired the side, although he gave up three safeties himself. Veteran Puerto Rican pitch er Ruben Gomez recorded his second straight win over the Dodgers in the five games played thus far. He gave up seven scattered hits in going the full distance. Gomez displayed mid-sea' son control as he walked only two men and struck out two, The Giant pitcher also drew a measure of satisfaction from his effort at the plate, collect ing two doubles and scoring twice. He batted in one run to aid his own cause. Rookie third baseman Jim Davenport, the goat of yester day s game for failing to touch third base in the ninth inning, redeemed himself to day as he got two hits in four times at bat and scored three runs. Cepeda also got three safe ties, including two singles, plus his homer. Attendance, added to the nearly 80,000 Friday, gave the Dodgers a two-day gate of 119,975. 4' v : X- rt " , ' .w San Francisco 104 105 000 11 5 0 Los Angeles 010 201 000 4 7 2 Gomez (2-0) and Thomas; Mc Deveitt, Negray (3), Sherry (6), Roebuck (6), Kipp (8) and Pigna- tano. LP McDevitt (9-1). HRS Hodges (1st), Sauer (3rd). Cepeda (2nd), Neal (1st), Gray (3rd). W. 38 35 35 30 30 28 'i 26 26 Trowbridge & Flynn 25 Hideaway 24 Economy Market 24 Lininger's 13 i L. 18 21 21 26 26 271: 30 30 31 32 32 42 Vi Results: OK Mkt. 3 (O. Wyatt 447) 2043; Economy Mkt. 1 (P. McCracken 475) 980. Timber Room 3 (M. Legg 498) 2099; Lininger's 1 (M. Clark 579) 2076. Skeeters 2 (A. Swoape 496) 2022; 21 Club 2 (A. Langston 504) 2073. Henry s 3 (V. Knox 457 2194: Kachina Room 1 (J. Lovett 479) 2054 Ralph's 2 (G. Riggs 497) 2110; Chuch's 2 (E. Olson 484) 2093. Trowbridge & Flynn 4 (E. Doty 452) 2234; Hideaway 0 (V. Cum mings 501) 2022. High game. Mable Clark 204. Split conversion: N. Hollenbeck 5- 10, Z. Brandon 8-9. A. Swoape 6- 7. T. King 3-4-7-10. O. Wyatt 5-72, R. Maurer 4-57, S. Davis 4-10. INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE Standings: W. Kim's 23' i Liningers Ready Mix 23 x Domestic Laundry 21 Richfield Oil Co 20 i National Cash Register 20 2 City Hall 20 Rail Rogues 17 Jorgensen's Dairy 17 Graham Electric 15 'i Snoboys 13 2 Red Blanket Lbr. Standard Oil Co. Co. 13 11 L. 12 'i 12 '.2 15 15'i 15'.j 10 19 19 202 22 ',2 23 25 East All-Stars Tips West Club Eugene (IP) The East All-Stars scored their second victory in five starts Friday night over the West All-Stars, 132-111, in a professional basketball game in which nine of East's 10 players scored in double figures. The East pros, after a 64- 61 halftime lead, broke away early in the second half paced by Tom Heinsohn and Richie Guerin, who extended the margin by 10 points. East never lost the lead. Bob Cousey pumped in 12 of his 14 points for East in the fourth quarter. Dick Garmaker of the West squad took game hon ors with 29 points and Bob Pettit hit 17. Neil Johnston had 19 points for East, -Heinsohn scored 18 and Bill Shar man dunked 16. GP 7th, 8th Cop Meet With CP Central Point Grants Pass seventh and eighth grade trackmen defeated Cen tral Point in a meet at Grants Pass on Thursday. The GP eighth won 66 to 47 and the. seventh 58 to 19. In the eighth grade tussle Lewis nabbed the 330-yard run and 150-yard dash for Central Point. John Champ won the low hurdles and tied in the highs. Cavin was 660 winner and Muller was victor in the javelin. Swanson took the 330 and broad jump for the Central Point seventh and Johnson the high hurdles. ilwaukee Keeping Up Big Sock1 By FRED DOWN United Press Sports Writer The Milwaukee Braves may surrender their attendance records to those transplanted Dodgers this year but they're bent on retaining the home run punch that made them world champions. The Braves led both leagues with 199 homers last season and they're right back so far this year with the "big sock" when it does the most good. Ed Mathews hit two in each of their first two games and Friday night short stop Johnny Logan unloaded a grand slam that provided them with a 4-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Logan's blow was the "big noise ' of another spectacular day of coast-to-coast big league baseball during which: The Dodgers drew a league record crowd of 78,672 and beat the San Francisco Giants, 6-5 in their opener at Los Angeles. Herb Score and Whitey Ford took firm steps along the ' comeback trail." ine Chicago Cubs re mained the only unbeaten team in the majors when they beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 11-6, for their third straight victory. Another Grand Slam In addition, the supposed ly weak-hitting Chicago White Sox slammed out four hom ers to down the Kansas City Athletics, 11-7, and rookie Vada Pinson unloaded a grand slam homer that carried the Cincinnati Redlegs to a 4-1 decision over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Score, kayoed by Kansas City on Tuesday, yielded eight walks and five hits but struck out seven to gain his first win since last April 27, 10 days before he was sidelined for the season when hit on the eye by a batted ball. Roger Maris homered for the In dians and Al Kaline homered for the Tigers. Tom Morgan absorbed the loss. Ford, limited to 11 vic tories last season because of recurring arm trouble, pitch ed a five-hitter as the Yan kees handed the Orioles their first loss of the season. BARELY SAFE Third baseman Jim Davenport of the San Francisco Giants wheels around to see if he nipped Los Angeles Dodgers' Carl Furillo after latter slid into third and had to reach for it during second inning of game at Seals Stadium in San Francisco. Furillo was safe. The Giants won, 7-4. Jacksonville, Taiersf Mab B League. Baseball Frays Results: Kim's 0 (McNeel 483) 2608; Sno boys 4 (Couch 545) 2790. City Hall 3 (Sneddon 596) 2871; Domestic 1 (Coots, Van Sickle 484) 2785. Richfield 3 (Dickinson 559) 2801; Standard 1 (Patterson 543k 2129. Jorgensen's 1 (McWhorter 474) 2627: Liningers 3 (Ross 5528) 2775. Rail Rogues 0 (Gates 500) 2770; Red Blanket 4 (Fuller 529 2865. Cash Reg. 3'i (Fluck 563 ) 2366; Graham's M (Thornton 419) 2268. HASKINS Saw Shop MACHINE SHARPENING Chain, Circle and Hand Saws, Lawn Mowers and Tools 1736 No. Riverside Phone SP 2-8236 Wrist Injury Postpones Fight Portland (IF) Fight Promoter Tommy Moyer said that the Phil Moyer-Randy Sandy fight that was slated for the auditorium here next Thursday has been postponed at least a week and may be postponed definitely. Moyer said Sandy injured his wrist during training and it has not been determined how serious the injury is. JACKSON COUNTY B LEAGUE STANDINGS W. L. Pet. Butte Falls 2 1 .667 Jacksonville 1 1 .500 Talent 1 1 .500 Prospect 1 2 .333 Jacksonville high unleash ed a 12-run assault in the sev enth inning Friday to hand Butte Falls its first setback in Jackson County B league baseball. The Redskins went into the inning lagginb 2 to 7. They held the Loggers scoreless in the bottom of the seventh and Guard Units Set Rifle, Pistol Meet April 27 The First Battalion rifle and pistol matches for the Oregon National Guard will be held at the Camp White ranges on Sunday, April 27, according to S. J. Fagone, commander of M e d f o r d's Headquarters' company. He said the public is in vited to view the matches but must check with the range officer before entering the area. Road guards will be placed as a safety measure, he added. The matches, held each year, are to determine top units and individuals in the 30 caliber rifle, M-l, and in the 45 caliber pistol. won 14 to 7. Talent had an 11 run sec ond inning in beating Pros pect 20 to 6 for the first Bull dog victory in the loop. The Bulldogs collected 10 hits in the game and were aided by walks and 10 Cougar errors. Prospect scored all its mark ers in the third session. The Cougars were without the services of four regulars. Jacksonville got 10 hits in the big inning. John Winning ham, Dennis Caird and Wayne Goldschmidt each had two singles. Gary Silva and Eldon Smith tripled and other hits were by Eddie Paxton and Rich Zimmerman. . Butte Falls tosser Jim Ir win had limited the 'Skins to two hits until the seventh canto. Irwin tripled and sin gled, Jerry Ferguson hit two for three fwo the Loggers. Truman Gibson IBC President New York HP Truman K. Gibson Jr., considered an expert on tax- law, today faced several taxing problems as the new president of the International Boxing club. Uppermost in the mind of the 41-year-old Chicago law yer, who succeeded James D. Norris as head of the boxing empire Friday, is the govern ment anti-trust case against the IBC, which will be re viewed by the Supreme Court later this year, and the cur rent boxing probe in New York. Gibson also faces a tough task trying to woo heavy weight champion Floyd Pat terson back into the IBC camp and attempting to line up a "rubber" match between middleweight champion Ray Robinson and Carmen Basil-io. West Palm Beach, Fla. (IP) Another city - owned golf course, the second this week in Florida, was opened to Ne groes quietly and without fanfare here Friday. City of ficials, in accordance with a ruling last fall by Federal Judge Emett C. Choate or"Mi- ami that continued segrega tion of the West Palm Beach Country - club was unconsti tutional, permitted four Ne groes to play for the first time. T.INESCORES: Talent 0(11)0 223 220 10 4 Prospect .... 00 6000 0 6 4 10 M Jacobs. Gingerich (3) and Rntler: Wheeler. Davidson (2) Wheeler (7), D. Gardner (7) and Robinson. 3 5 Jacksonville 002 000 (12) 14 12 Butte Falls 000 232 0 7 9 Cabler, Zimmerman (6) and Goldschmidt; Irwin, Baker (7) and Conley. MH Golfers Best Bucks Medford high golfers trim med Marshfield of Coos Bay 404 to 415 Saturday in a match at Coos Bay. Dick Wood of Marshfield was medalist with 78. Jack FitzVierald had an 80 for the Pirates as did John Frohn- mayer and Stewart Schroeder of Medford. Other Medford scores were Tom Hamlin and Bill Foote each 81 and Tony Monroe 82. Larry Bick had an 82 for Marshfield, John Forrester an 87 and Gary Robinson an 88. Prenislo Takes Lead in Bowling Congress Test San Francisco W) Cal Prenislo of Reno took the early lead as singles compe tition opened Saturday in the 1958 Women's International Bowling Congress tourna ment. Mrs. Prenislo recorded a three - game series oi os w lead the pack by 11 pins. However, the high game was posted by Jean Bland, who had a 206. Doubles competition also got underway with the team of Jean Hyett and Betty Park- man, Mountain View, Calif., taking the lead with a 1002 series. High game in the doubles action was a 214 turned in by Pat Barrett of - Palo Alto, Calif. High individual series was Miss Hyett's 538. T Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks, Flues, Drain Tile 727 W. McAndrews Ph. SP 2-4107 We will feature '48 to '53 model stock cars all during this season at Valley View Speedway. All Interested Persons Call: Verne Fraysher SP 2-9749 or SP 3-5089 Cecil James SP 2-6881 Phil Bryant MU 9-9296 or MU 2-5281 Phoenix Splits With San Diego In PCL Scraps By GENE BRYANT United Press Sports Writer The waterlogged Pacific Coast league, with six of its eight clubs battling the weath er as well as each other, faced the prospect Saturday of getting off. to its poorest start in six years. Three of six games were rained out Friday night to make it only 11 out of 23 games completed so far this season. Seattle managed to com plete its seven-inning opener against Spokane Friday night, the Rainiers getting the 2-1 win on a pinch double by Juan Delis with one aboard in the final inning. The second contest was rained out, how ever, as were the Portland Sacramento and Vancouver- Salt Lake games. At Phoanix, hit by a sand storm followed by a down pour earlier in the week, the Giants and San Diego split a twin-bill to make it a .500 evening for the PCL in games completed par for the course to date. San Diego took the opener, 3-1, while the Giants came out on-the long end of the nightcap, 5-0. Al Williams Given RVCC Life Membership Al Williams, who has re signed as golf pro at Rogue Valley Country club to enter private manufacturing busi ness, was presented a life membership in the club at a buffet dinner Friday. The presentation was made by President Darrell Miller. Williams also was present ed a gift of machinery from club members. The dinner served as a fare well gesture for Williams and as an occasion for drawing for partners in the men's two-ball tournament which opens this week. Williams will remain here. UCLA WINS MEET Los Angeles (IP) A n c e 1 Robinson of Fresno State whisked over the 220-yard low hurdles in 22.7 seconds Saturday but the Bulldogs still-lost to UCLA, 92V2 to 38Vi, in a dual track meet. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford', Oregon, Sunday, April 20. 13 11 Cubs Remain Only Winner Left in National League By UNITED PRESS The Dodgers won the home run hitting contest, . 3-2, but the Giants won the ball game, 11-4. Saturday before 41.303 fans at Los Angeles' Memor ial coliseum. The Chicago Cubs, the ma jors' only unbeaten team. needed eighth inning homers by Walt Moryn and Dale Long to down the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-3, for their fourth straight victory. Vine gar Bend Mizell limited t h p Cubs to six hits and only one run a homer by Ernie Banks before beine lifted for a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning. Warren Snahn twirled a five-hitter and Mel Roach and Joe Adcock hit home runs in leading the Milwaukee team to a 5-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. It was the 42nd shutout of his career for Spahn, who leads all N.L. active pitchers in that depart ment. The Cincinnati Redlpea took advantage of five Pitts burgh errors, including three by Dick Groat, to defeat tha Pirates, 9-6. Steve Bilko hit a two-run homer for the Red legs in the eighth inning while Rookie R. C. Stevens unload ed a three-run pinch homer for the Pirates in the ninth. RECORD EQUALLED Los Alamitos, Calif. OPI Clabber's Win equalled the world record for 350 yards Saturday in winning the Miss Princess stakes at Los Alami tos, but Go Man Go, the sen sational quarterhorse was beaten for the second straight time. TULIP sum 51 Varieties 3 Big Days FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY BIG Y SUPPLY 1948 Pacific Hiway North Phone SP3-3160 PRIDE OF GERMANY HERE HOW! Come in for a Demonstration Ride -s See H today at,,. 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