12 MAIL TRIBUNE, MtdforJ, Oroa, Ttiartdjy, May 8, 1958
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Tornado, Comets Vie
In Southern Oregon
League; Pels at GP
Medford high, seeks to be
come more firmly established
In the race, Grants Pass tries
to cinch at least a tie for the
mantle and Crater and Kla
math Falls, out of the titular
running, aim to play the role
of spoilers this Friday in the
Southern Oregon conference
baseball campaign.
Crater and Medford collide
at Cheney field at the south
edge of Medford and Klam
ath's Pelicans vie at Grants
Pass.
A doubleheader is slated
for the Comets and Black
Tornado at Cheney park. The
first game at 2:30 pjn. will
be the only one counting in
the standings.
' At last report Klamath and
the Cavemen were billed for
1:30 pjn. Only one game is
scheduled at GP in order that
the Pelican crew may get
home in time to attend a
sports banquet at which Slats
Gill, basketball mentor at
Oregon State college is speak
ing.
Second Place Chance
A Medford victory over the
Comets would boost the Tor-
. nado into a second place dead
lock with Ashland which is
idle over the week end. Cra
ter needs the win to further
its ambition to wind up the
season above the cellar and
Klamath Falls has similar de
sire in its scuffle with Grants
Pass. The GP Cavemen with
a verdict over the Pels would
be only one game away from
a .second successive champ
ionship in District 6 A-l.
Dennis Barr is expected to
get the pitching call for Med
ford from Coach John Ko
venz. He hurled a masterful
game against Grants Pass last
week which brought consid
erable praise from Caveman
tutor Mel Ingram. It was the
Cavemen's first loss in the
loop. Tom Laurance may get
the summons for the second
fracas against the Comets.
Coach Bill Piche of Crater
is expected to choose between
Wayne Allen and Bob. Fowl
er for hill service with the
one not starting the opener,
or Charlie South, getting the
second game assignment.
Jim Smith may. hurl for
MEDFORD
Konopasek
Durkee
C. Dean
L. Dean
R. Peery
G. Ice
K. Jensen
J3. Durante
D. Shaw
1,. Brown..
D. Barr
Laurance
M'Laughlin
B. eona
Grants Pass and Blake Griggs
for Klamath Falls.
Medford will have a non
league mix with Yreka, Calif.'
at 2 pan. on Saturday at the
Tornado diamond and will
aim to even the school for a
season starter loss.
The Black Tornado also
hopes to improve on the .195
team batting average it has
compiled over 19 games.
Cal Dean heads the club
in four offensive departments
with a .292 hitting average,
11 runs, seven extra base hits
and 10 runs batted in. Ron
Peery is tied with Cal in
RBIs. He has the most hits,
14, and is second in swatting
average with .285. Dick Dur
ante, latecomer as a regular
has the third best hitting
mark with .269 and Lowell
Dean has .229. Cal Dean and
Peery each have swiped five
bases.
Barr Leads Pitching
In the defensive depart
ment Lowell Dean and Ken
Jensen have the most putouts
with 101 each. Their respec
tive positions of first baseman
and catcher, respectively,
give them advantage in pil
ing up the totals. But they
also lead in fielding aver
ages with Dean having .981
and Jensen .975. Ray Kono
pasek at second base has .955
and Ron Peery in center field
has .954. Outfielders Durante
and Frank Peterson have per
fect 1.000 marks but have had
fewer chances.
The team has recorded 12
double plays.
Barr heads the pitching de
partment with four wins and
two losses and a fine earned
run everage of .490. He has
the most innings pitched with
38 - 1-3 and has averaged
strikeouts at more than one
an inning with 39.
The record shows Jerry
Anderson with no wins and
four setbacks but those two
columns in the statistics belie
the caliber of his chucking.
Only four runs have been
scored against Anderson in
22 2-3 innings and only one
of those was unearned. The
club has just not produced
the hits and runs to help him
to victory. His earned run
mark is .924.
HIGH
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46 6
32 4
41 11
48 7
BATTING AND FIELDING:
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5
12
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14
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3
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0
0
0
3b hr
0 0
ave. rbi
.217 2
.138 0
.292 10
.229 7
285 10
.151 2
.105
.269 3
.142 0
.136 5
.076 0
.125 0
.000 0
.000 0
.000 0
sb bb so
0 6 13
2 2 7
5 10 12
13 4
2 7
2 11
1 8
3 3
2 3
4 6
1 4
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27 36
11 17
25 18
5 101
3 18
1 11
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3 .955 ,1 2
6 ' .823 0
9 .826
2 581
1 .J954
2 .857
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.800
.600
.928
.750
.750
Totals 404 51 79 11
1 1
.195 43 18 44 97 139 322 41 .910 C 1
MEDFORD HIGH PITCHING RECORDS:
Barr
Laurance
Brown
Anderson
Peery
McLaughlin
Totals .
IP.
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- 22
. 10 V
. 22
. 5
. 13
112
L BB SO H
2 17 39 18
2 15 24 17
2 16 7 11
4 7 24 16
0 5 5 3
18 7 9
I 11 68 106 74 46 23 1.44
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10
13
12
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7
ER ERA HPWP
3 .490 2 2
7 2.16 . 3 0
5 3.38 . 1 3
3 .924 1 0
0 .000 0 1
5 2.69 0 1
Tornado JV 2-1 Winner
Jerry Anderson threw three
hit ball and Jim Berry was
the biggest hitter yesterday
as the Medford Black Tor
nado won a junior varsity
baseball fracas from Ashland
2 to 1.
Winning run for Medford
was in the fifth inning when
Berry singled, Tom Turpin
walked, Mike Parsons hit to
load the bases and Garland
Lowery drew a base on balls
to force in the tally.
Medford picked up its first
run in the opening frame on
singles by Booth Deakins and
Berry, an error and a walk.
Ashland tied it in the third on
a, walk, passed ball and single
by Tom Lloster.
Anderson walked four and
fanned six batters while
Duane Nelson of Ashland in
a four-hitter walked six "and
whiffed 10. Berry had two
hits for Medford.
LINE SCORE:
Ashland 001 000 01 '3 1
Medford 100 010 x 2 5 0
Nelson and Davis; Anderson and
Eckel.
Portland (IP) University
of Portland won its 14th
straight baseball victory
Wednesday, 9-3 over Clark
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MEDFORD TWIRLER Tom Laurance, above, likely will
pitch for Medford in one. of its three games this week end.
The Black Tornado meets Crater in a doublebill starting at
2:30 p.m. Friday at Cheney field at the south edge of Med
ford. Yreka, Calif., and the Tornado meet on the Medford
High diamond at 2 p.m. Saturday. Laurance has sF two-win
two-loss record for Medford.
Southern Oregon Faces
PSC in Three Conflicts
Ashland The Oregon Col
legiate conference crown is
highest in the minds of. the
Southern Oregon college base
ball team this week end when
it meets Portland State.
The Red Raiders have three
games with the' Vikings with
the first one Friaay afternoon
and the other two Saturday,
all in Portland.
Currently, the men of SOC
Freshman
Track Fray
Here Friday
Annual southern Oregon
district freshman track and
field meet will be held at
the . Medford High school
stadium Friday, beginning
at 3 p.m.
Six schols from Southern
Oregon conference cities
will have ninth graders in
the meet. These are Mc
Loughlin and Hedrick of
Medford, Crater of Central
Point, Grants Pass, Ash
land and Klamath Falls.
The meet could be a
thriller down to the final
event. Grants Pass has the
favored role in team tabu
lations but could be chal
lenged by Crater and Mc
Loughlin. GOOD CONTESTS .
Some good contests are
foreseen in the sprints.
Grants Pass may have the
fastest group of short dis
tance speedsters but will get
good competition from Cra
ter, McLoughlin and Hed
rick. McLoughlin appears to
have ' the edge in the dis
tance chases. Field event
honors may be evenly di
vided among the six crews.
Grants Pass seems the
best bet in the relay.
McLoughlin, Hedrick, Cra
ter and Grants Pass each
are expected to field full
- teams.
High Score
Needed for
Trap Prize
If rivalry this year matches
that of other , seasons of the
post-war period, a score of
99 or 100 will be needed to
capture the Mail Tribune tro
phy in the annual shoot set
for Saturday' and Sunday at
Medford Gun club. :
The newspaper hardware
offered in the two-day trap-
shooting tourney goes to the
winner of the 16-yard gun
ning on Sunday. -
Perfect 100 scores have
taken the trophy for the past
three tournaments. Scores
have been 99 or 100 since
1946, when the shoot was re
sumed after being cancelled
for four seasons. . . Driscoll
took the title with a 97 in
1941.
The shoot opens at 10 a.m.
Saturday with the Rogue Val
ley Hundred at 16-yards, the
Chester Wood handicap and
25 pairs of doubles. The Mail
Tribune trophy event, the
Jim Morris handicap and an
other 25 pairs of doubles
make up the Sunday program.
Shoot in the 16-yard conten
tion begins at 9 ajn.
Gunners from throughout
southern Oregon are expected
with some likely from north
ern California. The tourney
is registered by the Pacific
International "Trapshooting as
possess a perfect 6-0 record
in conference play which ties
themf or the league lead with
Eastern Oregon college.
Wins this weekend over
Portland State and wins by
Eastern Oregon over Oregon
College of Education would
put the title on the block next
weekend May 16 and 17 when
the Raiders and EOC Mounties
meet.
Respectable .317
Hitting wise the Raiders
are batting a very respectful
.317 with eight players above
the .300 mark. Larry Maurer
leads the hitters with a .429.
Larry and Ron Maurer with
Leroy King lead the home
run . hitters with two each
while Larry Maurer heads the
runs batted in list with 19.
Willie Jones" and Larry
Maurer lead the runs scored
department with each having
22 and Jim Dietz is tops in
stolen bases with seven follow
ed by Chuck Nevi with six.
Interesting to note is the
fact that for every hit the
Raiders have gotten they have
also just about one run to cor
respond to the hit The counts
stands at 142 runs scored on
152 hits.
Good Defense '
The Red Raiders are not
just a good offensive club, as
the statistics show, but they
are also a good defensive
crew, according to their coach
Ted Schopf.
Willie Jones at shortstop
and Jim Dietz at second base
make up one of the best, if
not the- best,, keystone com
binations in the OCC. Jones
comes up with the ball quite
often deep in the hole and
Dietz has been showing he is
a capable middle man on the
double play.
Chuck Nevi at third base
and Larry Maurer at first are
two more creditable ball play
ers which they have shown in
games to date. Nevi handles
the hot spot well and Maurer
has only two errors in 16
games at first base.
Strong in Catching
The catching situation is
well packed with Jim Mc
Abee, Ron Maurer and Phil
Sword. All do some receiving
and all of them see plenty of
action in the outfield when
they are not behind the plate.
Leroy King with a fine throw
ing arm generally plays left
or center field depending on
who does the catching.
Pitching has begun to pick
up for the hurling staff with
the return of Jim Eggers who
tossed a three hitter in his last
time out for seven innings.
Dave D'Olivo' is ready for
action as is Jack Brown, Ker
mit McLemore, and Dale Wal
ters. All have turned in top
flight performances and each
seems to be good in a different
role of relief which could
in handy.
The bench is relatively
strong with hitter-fielders like
Al Kimura, Ray Weinhold,
Gordie: Thoreson and . Eldon
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BUCS GET PORTERF1ELD .
Boston (IF) Veteran
American .League pitcher Bob
Porterfield, dogged by hard
luck throughout most of his
major league career, was sold
Portland (W Major league
baseball invades Portland for'
a day today.
The San Francisco Giants
were. to fly into town shortly
after noon ' for a parade
through the city in a motor
cade and a game tonight with
the Portland Beavers, who
lead the Pacific Coast league
by five percentage points.
It will mark the first ap
pearance of a regular major
league club in Portland.
Another Try
To Organize
Softballers
Another effort is current
ly being made to organize
the Jackson County Soft
ball association for 1958
league play.
All representatives of
groups interested in field
ing teams are asked to tele
phone Willard Barnum at
his home after 6 p.m. His
number is SPring 2-2142.
Barnum reported that so
far only two clubs are lined
up for certain.
It is hoped to use the
Camp White field again this
year. But the league must
be organized soon in order
that games can be sched
uled for the stadium.
6 Tornado
Players in
Net Tangle
Six players will represent
Medford High school Friday
in the District 4 tennis tour
nament on the Medford courts.
Coach Warren Brenner said
that John Root and ''Henry
Olson will compete in singles
Paul Ryn and Gary Cummings
will make up one doubles
combination and ,Dave ' Ryn
and John Shaw another. .
At last report six schools
were entered in the meet.
They are Eagle Point, Jack
sonville, Ashland, Grants
Pass, Klamath Falls and Med
ford.
Pels Favored
The entry lists showed 18
players entered in singles.
Eight doubles clubs were slat
ed to compete.
Klamath Falls swept to the
Southern Oregon conference
championship in dual 'compe
tition and is favored to collect
the honors also on Friday.
District champs , and ' run-ners-up
in both singles and
doubles qualify for the state
tournament the following
week end. .
A crowd of around 30,000
was expected at jyiuiinoman
stadium for the exhibition
game.
Willamette
Thumps UO
Salem (IP) Willamette's
baseball team won a wild
game from University of Ore
gon, 20-12, Wednesday.
Willamette scored 12 runs
in the sixth inning when the
Bearcats batted around twice.
The Bearcats had but 12 hits
but five Oregon reserve pitch
ers gave up 10 walks, hit two
batters and uncorked two wild
pitches.
Oregon' got its dozen runs
on only seven hits.
Dick Hamada of Willamette
and Ron Dodge of Oregon had
three-run homers.
Held Has No-Hit
Tiff for Wilson
Portland TCP) George Held
pitched a no-hit, no-run game
Wednesday as his Wilson high
school team defeated Franklin
5-0.
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The long arms of Together
ness nave enveloped me pa
cific Coast League.
Seven of the loop's eight
clubs found themselves no
more than a half game apart
today as the 1958 pennant
chase continued to tighten.
Only Seattle, clearly out of
of step, went against the trend
as the Rainiers clung to their
firm hold on last place, two
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Last night, action sent Port
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into a three-way tie for first
place, although the Beavers
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percentage column. Phoenix,
Salt Lake City, San Diego and
Sacramento were next in line,
a naii game oemna tne top
three, while Seattle brought
up the rear.
Spokane hung a 6-5 defeat
on Portland Wednesday night,
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Jenkins in the 13th inning to
od it. In other games, Phoenix
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mission, 9-4; Vancouver de
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Diego edged Sacramento, 2-1
Spokane Fans Happy
Portland loaded the bases
in their half of the 13th but
Spokane ended the contest
with a double-play to send
1,680 fans home unhappy.
The Eeavers had tied the
score at 5-5 with a pair of
runs in the eighth and a single
tally in the ninth. The two
clubs then went scoreless un
til Jenkin's homer in the 13th.
It was his first of the season.
At Salt Lake, Phoenix pow
ered home runs all over the
place to even the Giants se
ries with the Bees. Leon Wag
ner paced the Phoenix on
slaught with two of the five
round-trippers,, while Filipe
Alou, Willie McCovey and
Dusty Rhodes contributed one
each. Dick Stuart hit a bases-
empty homer In the fourth for
the Bees to bring the game's
total to six.
Seattle put together two
late inning rallies, but Van
couver held on to even their
series at one game apiece.
The Rainiers, trailing 6-1 go
ing into the final two frames,
scored a pair of unearned runs
in the eighth and another in
the ninth. Mountie pitcher
Mel Held choked off the ral
ly in the last inning to pick
up his second victory against
one loss. '
Solons Only Get Four
At Sacramento, fire-balling
Gary Bell set down the Solons
with only four hits as the
Padres brought their record
to 11-11.
( The Solons had moved out
to a 1-0 lead in the second
inning but the Pads tied it
with an unearned run in the
seventh, the first scored off
Solon starter Carl Greene in
21 innings. The San Diegans
then went ahead f or good with
a single run in 'he eighth.
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