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By ALEX KAHN
United Press Sports Wriier
Los Angeles 0?) If
there are any tears to be
shed over the dimensions of
the playing field in Memorial
Coliseum, shed them for Duke
Snider, the Dodger slugger
who in nine home games has
failed to get a home run,
President Walter O'Malley
said today.
Under league rules the bar
rier could not be changed this
season.
O'Malley pointed out that
when the field was laid out
as the temporary home of the
Dodgers, the club deliberately
made the left-field line the
short one to keep from be
ing accused of tailoring the
park to suit their own hitting
star. Snider, the left-handed
hitter who pulls to right.
Despite the charges, cheap
ening the value of home runs
with the 250-foot left field
foul line and the 42- foot
screen which backs it up, in
the nine games the club has
played at home 28 homers
have been hit and 20 of these
have been over the left field
screen.
Fanfare
Persons who operate boats
for fishing or pleasure should
read and absorb thoroughly
the act passed by the last Ore
gon legislature on the sub
ject (Chapter 467, Oregon
Laws of 1957, House Bill 741).
Required for motorboats
under the new law are life
preservers for each person
on board, white and and red
and green lights between sun
et and sunrise and portable
fire extinguishers.
The act, which applies to
craft less than 26 feet in
length, requires boats not pro
pelled by machinery to carry
a lantern or flashlight. Sail
boats, including those with
outboard motors, must carry
a bright white light and a
flashlight or lantern. Sail
boats with inboard motors are
subject to the same light re
quirements as motorboats.
COAST GUARD APPROVED
Motorboats must carry a
Coast Guard-approved life
jacket, life preserver, ring
buoy or buoyant cushion
for each person riding. Its
white light aft must show
all around the horizon and
must be risible for one
half mile or more. A com
bination light in the fore
part of the craft, lowr
than the white light must
show green to the star
board and .red to the port
and must be visible a half
mile. A sailboat's bright light
should be carried aft and
the lanterns or flashlights
are to be displayed by mo
torless boats and sailboats
in sufficient time to avoid
collision.
MUFFLER. WHISTLE
NEEDED
Devices capable of ade
quately muffling sound of the
engine exhaust are required
for motorboats burning gaso
line, gas or naptha. Carbure
tors on inboard engines must
be fitted with a Coast Guard
approved device for arresting
backfire. Motorboats more
than 16 feet long must have
a mouth, hand or power-operated
whistle which will pro
duce a blast of two second or
more and which is audible for
at least one-half mile. Boats
using fuel with a flash point
of 110 degrees fahrenheit or
less are to have at least two
ventilators to properly ven
tilate bilges and fuel compart
ments. SANCTIONED RACES OKEH
The 1957 law forbids
reckless navigation and
speeds which will prevent
a motorboat operator from
exercising reasonable care.
However, competition in v
races or regattas sanction
ed by an appropriate gov
ernment on a marked
course are permitted.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
Two boats approaching
each other head .on are each
to bear to the right to pre
vent collision. When boats ap
proach each other obliquely
or at right angles, the one
approaching on the right side
has the right-of-way. A boat
may overtake another but
must grant the right-of-way
to the overtaken boat
Persons shall not anchor
a boat for fishing or other
purposes in a way to obstruct
a passageway ordinarily used
by other boats. Boats must
not be operated in a water
area marked off for swiming
or bathing.
REPORT ACCIDENTS
Other sections prohibit
overloading of craft and
forbid operation of boats by
Star
Hurt
Field o
Of these. Dodger opponents
hit 13, and the home club 7.
O'Malley, Baseball Commis
sioner Ford C. Frick, Nation
al League President Warren
C. Giles and NL batting king
Stan Musial are all in agree
ment that despite the short
left-field playing area Babe
Ruth's home run mark of 60
is in no particular danger.
One of the greatest hitters
of all times, Rogers Hornsby,
feels that if batters deliber
ately try to gun for the screen
they may throw themselves
into slumps that could prove
disastrous to their averages.
Manager Walt Alston of
the Dodgers isn't particularly
worried. He feels that as the
pitching improves fewer hom
ers will be sailing over that
left-field barrier and the evi
dence seems to be on hs side.
"As many home run balls
have been caught in right
field as have sailed over the
left-field fence," .Alston points
out. "It all balances out.
Sometimes the breaks are
with one team and the next
time with the other. We've
been hurt when some of our
By DICK JEWETT
Mail Tribune Sports Editor
persons under influence of
intoxicating liquor, narcotic
drugs or barbital or by ha
bitual users of narcotics or
barbital.
Operator of any boat in
volved in an accident result
ing injury or death or dam
age' to property must stop
immediately at the scene,
give his identification and
address, render reasonable
assistance to the injured
and report the accident to
the nearest or most con
venient law enforcement
agency or office.
PEERY PINCH-HITTER
Senior Outfielder Ron
Peery, who heaved a three-
hit victory for Medford high
Saturday in his first mound
appearance for the Black
Tornado, was not slated, org
inally, to pitch the diamond
tussle. Short on regular pitch
ers because of a heavy sched
ule, Coach John Kovenz had
nominated ' First Baseman
Lowell Dean to hurl the sec
ond fracas of the twinbill
with Klamath Falls. But,
Dean split a finger in the
opening contest.
Third baseman Larry
Brown and second baseman
Ray Konopasek turned in
some nifty fielding to boost
the Black Tornado victory
cause in the first and South
ern Oregon conference game
with the Pels and Brown's
two-bagger was Medford's
big blow of the game driving
in three runs.
EX-MEDFORDITE
Janet Hopps, one of the
country's top tennis play
ers, who defeated Wimble
don champ Alihea Gibson
at Miami Beach, Fla., ear
lier this month, is a former
Medford resident. Her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold
G. Hopps, had a residence
on Summit ave. in IS41 and
1942. Hopps is now man
ager for the Foster and
Kleiser company branch at
Seattle. Wash.
GP WINNER
Grants Pass, not Central
Point, won the eighth grade
division of a track meet Fri
day by the 63 to 50 score.
Dodgers, Giants
Draw One-Third
Of Attendance
By UNITED PRESS
The new fans in Los An
geles Dodgers and the San
counted for 35 per cent of the
total attendance at major
league baseball games dur
ing the first two weeks of the
season.
A United Press survey re
vealed today that the Los An
geles Dodgers anr the San
Francisco Giants drew a to
tal of 546,329 fans on 18
playing dates. This compares
with the total of 1,557,483
paid admissions for all 16
teams.
The 546,329 figure exceeds
by 127,060 the total of 419,
269 drawn by the other six
National league teams on 25
dates. It also is only 45.556
less than the 591,885 fans
drawn by the eight American
league teams on 44 dates.
The Dodgers, playing in
Los Angeles' vast Coliseum,
lead the way, of course, with
377,601 admissions for an
average of 41,956 on nine
dates. They already have bro
ken two National League rec
ords for a single game and
for a night game. Five of
their crowds topped 40,000.
LA QolisiM
left-handed hitters have lost
extra-base hits to right and
we've been helped when some
went over the screen."
To get an estimate from a
man who knows, left-fielder
Jim Gilliam, we asked him
how many of the balls that
went over the fence could
have been caught if the play
Dodger, Los Angeles
Contract Blocked
By Restraining Rule
Los Aneeles (IP) The
proposed city contract with
the Dodgers baseball club was
blockedt oday at least tem
porarily by a restraining
order preventing official
signing.
Superior Judge Kenneth C.
Newell issued the taxpayers
restraining order and named
the city, the city council, the
city clerk, Mayor Norris Poul
son and the Brooklyn Nation
al League Baseball Club, Inc.
A further hearing on a pre
liminary injunction in the
taxpayers suit was scheduled
for May 2.
The suit challenged the
contract on grounds the ac
reage in Chavez Ravine was
transferred to the city from
the housing authority under
MedfordWTribune
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Brave's Boss Notes
Giant Win-Streak
By MILTON RICHMAN
United Press Sports Writer
The world champion Mil
waukee Braves, knowing all
too well how these things can
turn out, are bent on putting
a quick stop to that surprise
party, house - warming or
whatever else you want to
call it out there in San Fran
cisco. Up to now, the Giants have
been having a ball at their
new home in San Francisco.
Most everyone picked them
sixth or seventh, but here
they are leading the National
League, a half-game ahead of
second-place Milwaukee.
It may be a new sensation
for the Giants but it's an old
familiar one to the Braves.
Only five years ago, after
they had shifted their fran
chise from Boston to Milwau
kee, the Braves got off to a
flying start, too, winning 15
of their first 20 games.
Like the Giants, no one
took 'em seriously at first.
After all, they had finished
seventh the year before a
notch lower than the Giants
wound up last season but
the Braves confounded the
experts by developing into a
serious pennant threat and
finally finishing second.
"Don't forget, too, that'dur
ing one stretch last year the
Giants played the best ball of
anyone in the league," says
Milwaukee manager Fred
Haney. "Maybe others are
brushing them off as a flash-in-the-pan,
but I'm not."
Haney is leading with his
lefthanded ace, Warren
Spahn,. against the Cubs at
Chicago today. Spahn will be
shooting for his third straight
victory while the Cubs, al
most as much as a surprise
as the Giants, will be aiming
to take over sole possession
of second place, which they
now share with Milwaukee.
The Giants, meanwhile,
will be showing the Phillies
San Francisco for the "first
time. Pittsburgh gets its first
look at Los Angeles, and the
Cardinals meet the Redlegs in
a night game.
Over in the American
League, the Yankees begin
tackling the Western clubs
after having won eight of
their first 11 games from
Eastern rivals. Casey Stengel,
grumbling a bit lately about
his team's hitting, has nomin
ated southpaw Bobby Shantz
1-0 to face Paul Foytack, who
sports a 2-0 record for De
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ing area there were 30 to 40
feet deeper.
"I guess I could have
caught about half of them,"
Gilliam said.
"But the line drive hitters
like Ernie Banks of the Cubs
have been robbed of extra
base hits or maybe homers
that hit the screen."
the stipulation the property
could be used for "public pur
poses" only.
Attorney Phil Silver asked
the court for a ruling to stop
the city from signing the con
tract until a taxpayer's suit
is tried, even if voters ap
prove the pact in a referen
dum June 3.
Newell's order restrained
the defendants from execut
ing the "proposed contract"
passed by the council Oct. 7,
from conveying to the Dodg
ers the land in Chavez Ra
vine; and from carrying out
the provisions of the ordin
ance "or any part thereof."
Attorney Silver hailed the
decision as a "victory" in his
fight against the contract.
Kansas City goes against
the so-far disappointing Red
Sox at Boston. The last-place
Chicago White Sox, who have
shown practically - no punch
at the plate at all, are at
Baltimore for a night game.
Fireballer Herb Score will
make his fifth appearance of
the season for Cleveland
against Washington in an
other night game.
St. Paul Group
Rolls to Top in
Bowling Meet
San Francisco (IP) The
Setchell-Carlson team of St.
Paul and the South Bay Bowl
ing Club of Redondo Beach,
Calif., have rolled to the top
of all major divisions in the
International Women's Bowl
ing Congress Tournament.
The St. Paul group picked
up new leads Monday when
Bunny Weidell and Marge
Schmaltz scored 1,163 in
doubles and Miss Weidell
bowled 1,757 in the all events
grouping.
JOSEPH. STUBBS SET BOUT
New Orleans - (IP) Char
ley Joseph of New Orleans
and Reybon Stubbs of Pitts
burg will meet here in a 10
round middleweight bout May
5.
COUPLE WINS TITLE
' Oswego (IP) Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Marlowe won the Ore
gon Professional Golfers as
sociation pro-ladies title here
Monday by posting a 68-83-151.
Marlowe is head pro at
Portland's Eastmoreland club.
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At Little Squaw
Trout fishing at little or up
per Squaw lake was "terrific"
Saturday and Sunday, open
ing week end of the angling
season, Resort Manager Frank
Mitchell reported yesterday.
He ' reported a "very suc
cessful" opening at both big
and little Squaw lakes.
A number of fishermen had
their limits before 8 a.m. Sat
urday, Mitchell reported.
While angling at the upper
lake was great on Sunday, as
well as Saturday, the lower
Lake was slower on the sec
ond day.
More than 200 carloads of
fishermen were at the lakes
for the opening week end.
The weather was "ideal" ac
cording to Mitchell.
Both worms and salmon
eggs were used successfully
as bait.
Olejniczak New Head
Of Green Bay Packers
Green Bay, Wis. (IP) Di
rectors of the Green Bay
Packers Monday night named
Dominic Olejniczak former
mayor of Green Bay as pres
ident of the team.
General Manager Vern
Lewellyn, who announced
Olejniczak's election, said
the directors met in harmony,
despite forecasts of brewing
discord between members
from Green Bay and Milwau
kee. PILOT dOLF CLUB WINS
Portland (IP) University
of Portland's golf team de
feated the University of Wash
ington 15-3 here Monday.
Vince Altenhofen of Portland
was medalist with a 71.
Trinidad, once known as
"The Land of the Humming
bird," still has a large hum
mingbird population, the
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Louisville, Ky. (IP) Calu
met Farm's "Tim Tam, the
Kentucky Derby favorite,
warms up today for Satur
day's classic in the $15,000
added Derby trial, with Is
mael Valenzuela in the saddle
as a replacement for injured
Bill Hartack.
Dozens of top jockeys were
anxious to ride Tim Tam in
the first of the Triple Crown
classics after Hartack broke
a small bone in his left leg
at Churchill Downs on Satur
day. Trainer Jimmy Jones of
Calumet tagged Valenzuela as
rider for Tim Tam in the
trial and intimated that the
Texas-born rider would also
be aboard in the big one Sat
urday if things go well in the
warmup. Jones said, how
ever, that Valenzuela only
had been engaged for the trial
and not for the rose run.
10 3-Year-Olds Run
Ten three-year-olds were
Linfield, Ducks
Split Twin-Bill
McMinnville (IP) Linfield
and Oregon split a baseball
doubleheader here Monday.
Oregon blanked Linfield
8-0 in the first game behind
the pitching of Rollie Heath,
Jack Hehkel and Jim Fitz
simmons, who each hurled
three innings.
Jackie Riley held Oregon to
five hits in the second game
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earlier victories this year in
the Everglades, the Flamingo,
the Fountain qf Youth and
the Tlorida Derby.
Lined up against him will
be Claiborne Farm's Nadir,
C. W. Smith's Hillsdale, Rob
ert W.. Wilson's Hill Country,
George Lewis' Martin's Rul
lah, W. S. Miller's Rellim
S.W., Hasty House Farm's
Alarullah, C. V. Whitney's
Flamingo, W. G. Reynolds'
Colonel R. S., and Maine
Chance Farm's Ebony Pearl.
Pre-Derby talk continued to
center on Tim Tam, Jewel's
Reward and Silky Sullivan,
the stretch-running colt from
California with the flaming
red coat.
Jewel's Reward, owned by
the Maine Chance Farm of
Mrs. Elizabeth Graham had
his last pre-Derby race when
he won the Wood Memorial
WOODEN'S JOB RENEWED
Los Angeles (IP) Johnny
Wooden, basketball coach at
UCLA for 10 years, looked
forward today to many more
seasons on the job. The uni
versity announced that it had
signed Wooden to a new long
term contract.
REDSKINS SIGN TWO
Washington (IP) The
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National Football league have
signed tackle Ben Preston of
Auburn and end Dan Pelham
of Florida, both draft choices.
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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford,
Perfoy Trial
at Jamaica. He had his last
serious workout for the race
Monday when he worked the
full Derby distance of one
and one-quarter miles in 2:11
over a track that was sloppy
and slick. Eddie Arcaro flew
in from New York to handle
him and immediately return
ed. He is expected back here
at the end of the week.
Jet's Alibi Works Distance
Jet's Alibi, another Maine
Chance horse, also worked the
Derby distance, going in 2:12
2-5. Mrs. Graham has decided
to run only these two in the
Derby unless Ebony Pearl,
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her third candidate, runs a
real big race in the trial.
Silky Sullivan merely gal
loped Monday.
Twenty-six Kentucky Derby
candidates are stabled at
Churchill Downs. The first
break in the solid front to
start them in all appeared
when Mrs. Ada L. Rice's Tal
ent Show was put on the
doubtful list. Jockey Willie
Harmatz flew in from Cali
fornia to ride this colt but
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