It MAfl TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, May 17, 1958
(Erskine Chucks Two-!Hlitter
As dodgers COop PhnOs 2-1
T MILTON RICHMAN
UPI Sports Writer
All that talk about Carl Ers
kins being washed up turns
out to be just a lot of soap
suds.
Don't try to sell that lather
to the Philadelphia Phillies,
who managed to get only two
singles off him Monday night
when he pitched the Los
Angeles Dodgers to a 2-1 victory-
Erskine, who held the Phils
hitless until the sixth inning,
had a little extra incentive
because he knew his hospital
ized old batterymate, Roy
Campanella, was watching
him on television.
"It would sound too corny
if I said I won it for Campy,"
said Erskine, who visited him
Sunday night, "but I knew he
was watching and I know the
kick he gets whenever we
win.
Roberts Loses Fifth
There wasn't a thing wrong
with the Dodgers Monday
MEDFO
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SMDfiTS
LANDING OVERHEAD RIGHTS like the above did little
good for Lahouari Godih, French lightweight champion,
right, at Madison Square Garden. He lost to Johnny Busso,
left, in ten rounds. (UPI Telephoto)
SF Giants Set Attendance
Marks; San Jose Folds Up
By HAL WOOD
San Francisco (UPI) The
Giaats set attendance records
In San Francisco this spring
and they'll set more.
But 50 miles away the San
Jose Pirates of the Class C
California League went broke.
For the first time since
1946, the so-called - "Prune
City" will be without profes
sional baseball. The franchise
was ordered shifted to Las Ve-
Dragsters
Turn 128
Southern Oregon Timing
association opens its drag
racing season on Sunday,
June 1, at its Camp White
strip and already there's in
dication that fast times will
b revved up on the one
fourth mile ribbon.
On Sunday in practice runs
Noel Black and Gerald Fang
er had the Swiftens' dragster
sponsored by OK Rubber
Welders, up to more than 128
miles per hour and Roy Wil
sey had the Mickle, Roberts
and Wilsey dragsters also up
to more than 128 with 11.64
seconds elapsed time over the
one-fourth mile run.
It was the first time the
latter had run on an electrically-clocked
course. Ken
Mickles had the Ashland ma
chine up to 114 mph and
Howard Roberts had it up to
118.
Inquiries from all over
Oregon and from California
Indicate a big turnout this
Sunday. Time trials are set
for 10 a.m. and the first drags
at 12:30 p.m.
It will be the first activity
at the track this season for
which the public may turn
out as spectators. The drags
have been popular attractions
in past seasons. A concessions
stand will be in operation.
Western Air Lines
To Renew Service
Los Angeles (UPI) Target
date for resumption of serv
ice in 13 western states, Can
ada and Mexico y Western
air lines has been set by com
pany officials at next mid
week.
Negotiations between the
airline and representatives of
the Air Line Pilots Associa
tion continued today under a
truce t hat permitte d West
ern's 263 pilots to return to
the jobs they struck Feb. 21.
Under the agreement, pro
posed by Federal Mediator
Leverett Edwards and ac
cepted by both sides, talks
would continue for five days
in an effort to resolve con
tract differences.
At the end of that time all
unsettled points would be sub
mitted to arbitration.
Aircraft maintenance crews
and office personnel have
been called back to work and
other furloughed employees
will be recalled as they are
needed, a spokesman said.
gas Monday and it is doubt
ful that too many people
cared
"We aren't blaming the fail
ure completely on the Giants
being so close with their ma
jor league baseball," said a
San Jose fan. "Possibly the
management had something to
do with it. And the added
problem of a low second divis
ion team didn't help."
But the loss of the club was
the first heavy blow struck at
minor league baseball in the
West since the Giants and
Dodgers came to the sunny Pa
cific. Dire Predictions
At the time of the move,
there were dire predictions of
what was going to happen to
minor league baseball in the
West.
"The Pacific Coast league
will be killed," -was one cry.
"The California League
won't last the season," was an
other.
So far, the Pacific Coast
loop has been struggling along
in fairly good manner.
San Diego and Sacramento
were supposed to be hit the
hardest in the PCL; San Jose
and Stockton in the California
League. Each of these cities
has a home population of near
the 100,000 mark up to a half
million. They should easily
support baseball.
But the interest in Northern
California for the Giants has
become tremendous especial
ly in the wake of the big
splurge the club has made so
far this season in the National
League standings.
Attendance) Improving
"It's possible that after lis
tening to the Giants game on
radio that the fans just didn't
bother to go out to the games
at night in our city," said the
San Jose man. "But our at
tendance was improving. The
first few -weeks we averaged
only about 400 per night. Then
it gained to 500; and for our
last game on Sunday we had
better than 800 Teams in this
league are supposed to be able
to break even, with a 600 at
tendance."
It is possible that San Jose
will attempt to get back into
the league again next year
Professional baseball never
has been a howling success in
Las Vegas in the past. But the
population there has been
growing by leaps and bounds
and it is possible that the
club could prove to be good
enough to pay its own way,
In the PCL, Sacramento is
supposed to be tottering, but
President Leslie O'Connor
says he hasn't received any
distress calls yet. Where
PCL club would move, if the
owners can't make the fran
chise eo in Sacramento, is
hard to figure.
SUMMONSES MOUNT
New York (UPI) The
week-long crackdown on lit
tering resulted in 4,082 per
sons receiving summonses.
Sanitation Commission Paul
R. Screvane reported today
Highest total for a single day
was 1,016 summonses issued
4i j i -n
I York's streets clean.
night as they hung Robin Rob
erts' fifth defeat of the season
on him. They scored both of
their runs in the fourth inning
when Gil Hodges walked with
two out, Gino Cimoli singled
and little Don Zimmer scor
ed them both with a line
double off the left-field wall.
The victory was Erskine's
third of the season and it
looked all the more impres
sive coming off a 4-0 triumph
he registered over the Card
inals in his last previous start
on May 18.
The Milwaukee Braves
moved to within two games
of first place with a 4-3 vic
tory over the Chicago Cubs
in the only other National
League game scheduled.
Eddie Mathews' 11th home
run of the season in the eighth
inning off Moe Drabowsky
settled matters after the Cubs
battled back to tie the score
with a three-run rally in the
sixth.
McMahon Relieves Burdelle
Frank Torre gave the
Braves a three-run jump as
he homered with two on in
the fourth but the Cubs drove
starter ew Burdette to cover
with their three-run burst in
the sixth. Fast-baller Don
McMahon then took over,
checked Chicago on one hit
the rest of the way and
earned his third victory in
eight days.
Murry Dickson, 42-year-old
Kansas City knuckle-baller,
won his own ball game with
a 10th inning homer over the
left field wall that beat Balti
more, 5-4.
Dickson's homer was only
the third one he's hit in his
17-year major league career
and it capped a relief stint
of 6 2-3 innings during which
he yielded only four hits to
register his third victory of
the campaign.
Jim Busby put Baltimore
in front with a fourth-inning
grand-slam homer off KC
Starter Ralph Terry. The A's
got three of those back in the
bottom of the fourth off Con
nie Johnson on Bob Martyn's
two-run homer, an error and
a pair of infield outs, then
tied the score on Harry Chiti's
homer in the fifth.
Arnie Portocarrero relieved
Johnson at that point and
held the A's to two hits until
Dickson hit his first pitch in
the 10th barely over the left
field barrier.
It was the only American
league game scheduled.
STANDINGS
PACIFIC COAST LEAGIE
W. L. Pet. GB
Phoenix 28 17 .614
Vancouver 25 16 .610 'i
Salt Lake 21 18 .538 3i
San Diego 20 20 .500 5
Sacramento 18 19 .486 5'i
Portland 15 20 .429 7!2
Spokane 17 24 .415 8i2
Seattle 16 25 390 9z
Monday's Results:
Sacramento 2, Salt Lake City 1
How Series Ended:
Sacramento 4, Salt Lake City 4
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L. Pet. GB
New York 25 6 .806
Boston 19 18 .514 9
Kansas City 16 16 .500 9'i
Cleveland 18 20 .474 10 2
Chicago 15 19 .441 ll'.j
Baltimore 14 18 .438 11 a
Detroit 16 21 .432 12
Washington 15 20 .429 12
Monday's Results
Kansas City 5, Baltimore 4 10
innings)
(Only games scheduled)
Tuesday's Probable Pitchers
Washington at Chicago (night)
Ramos (2-4) or Pascual (2-3) vs.
Wilson (4-3).
Boston at Detroit (night) Brew
er (1-41 vs. Foytack (3-4).
New York at Kansas City (night)
Turley (7-0) vs. Urban (2-2).
Baltimore at Cleveland (night)
Loes (0-4) vs. Grant (4-2).
Wednesday's Games
Washington at Chicago
New York at Kansas City
Boston at Detroit
Baltimore at Cleveland
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. Pet. GB
San Francisco 26 13 .667
Milwaukee 22 13 .629 2
Pittsburgh 20 17 .541 5
Chicago 19 22 .463 8
Philadelphia 16 20 .444 8'i
Cincinnati 14 18 .438 82
St. Louis 15 20 .429 9
Los Angeles 14 23 378 11
Monday's Results
Los Angeles 2, Phila. 1 (night)
Milwaukee 4, Chicago 3 (night)
(Only games scheduled).
NORTHWEST LEAGIE
W. L. Pet. GB
Lewiston . 22 8 .733
Wenatchee 20 12 .625 3
Yakima 15 7 .469 8
Tri-City 14 17 .451 8'i
Eugene 13 17 .433 9
saiem ? zz .280 13 i
Monday's Results
Wenatchee 4, Eugene 1
(Only game scheduled)
Today's Schedule
Yakima at Eugene
Wenatchee at Salem
Tri-City at Lewiston
League Leaders
By United Press International
NATIONAL LEAGUE
G. AB R. H.
Musial. St. L. 34 127 20 58
Mays. S.F.- 39 157 36 63
Skinner. Pitts 36 .143 26 49
Spencer. Si". 39 155 27 53
Crowe, Cin. 27 84 8 28
Solons Edge
Salt Lake
2-1 in PCL
By United Press International
All eight teams return to
action tonight in the Pacific
Coast League, with Phoenix
at Portland, Vancouver at
Sacramento, Spokane at Salt
Lake City, and San Diego at
Seattle.
In the only game played
Monday night, Sacramento
edged Salt Lake, 2-1, to win
the seven-game series with
the Bees, 4-3.
The Solons scored two runs
in the fourth inning when
Carlos Paula rapped out a
single with the bases loaded
Salt Lake got its single run
and that's all they needed,
in the sixth during a rallly in
which Carlos Bernier stretch
ed his consecutive game bat
ting streak to 3 contests.
Carl Green of the Solons
got the victory, although he
retired from tHe mound in
the fifith inning because of
arm trouble.
LINESCORES:
Salt Lake C. 000 001 0001 4 1
Sacramento ..000 200 OOx 2 7 0
Trimble. Schultz (7), and Hall;
Greene, Kume (61, Mesa (8) and
Dalrymple.
Pittsburgh Official Files
Protest About Bean Balls
Pittsburgh (UPI) Joe L.
Brown,' general manager of
the Pittsburgh Pirates, ap
pealed to National League
President Warren Giles Mon
day in a "formal" protest
against "beanball" pitchers
in general, and those who
play for the San Francisco
Giants in particular.
The protest was a direct re-
Pct.
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341
LINESCORES:
American League
(10 innines)
Baltimore ..000 400 000 0 4 9 1
Kansas C. 000 310 000 1 5 8 0
Johnson. Portocarrero (6) and
Triandos; Terry. Dickson (4) and
initi. winner Dickson (3-D. Loser
Portocarrero (2-2). HRs Busby,
Martyn, Chiti, Dickson.
(Only games scheduled)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Nieman. Bal 27 84
Ward, Cleve. . 30 79 9
Fox, Chi 34 135 15
McDgld.. N.Y. 29 109 19
Vernon. Cleve. 34 91 15
Home Runs
National league- Mays, Giants
13; Thomas, Pirates 13; Cepeda,
Giants 12; Walls, Cubs 12; Math
ews. Braves 11.
American league Cerv, Athlet
ics 11: Jensen. Red Sox 9: Maris,
Indians 7: Triandos. Orioles 6; Mi
noso, Indians 6; Gernert, Red Sox
6.
Runs Batted In
National league Thomas. Pi
rates 34; Mays, Giants 33; Spencer,
Giants 33; Banks, Cubs 33; Cepeda,
Giants 32.
American league Cerv. Athletics
32; Jensen. Red Sox 26; Gernert,
Red Sox 26; F. Boiling, Tigers 23;
Maxwell, Tigers 20.
mcning
National league Spahn. Braves
6-1: Elston. Cubs 5-1: Purkey. Red-
legs 5-1; Friend. Pirates 7-2: Buhl,
Braves 4-2; Rush, Braves 4-2.
American league Turley. Yan
kees 7-0: Carver, Athletics 6-1;
Sisler. Red Sox 4-1: Harshman,
Orioles 5-2; Ford. Yankees 5-2.
National League
Los Angeles ..000 200 000 2 6 0
Philadelphia 000 000 010 1 2 0
trsxine (3-2) and Roseboro: Rob
erts (4-5) and Lopata.
Chicago 000 003 0003 11 0
Milwaukee .O0O 300 Olx 4 8 0
Drabowsky (2-51 and S. Taylor:
Burdette, McMahon (61 and Cran
dall. Winner McMahon (3-0). HRs
Torre, Mathews.
(Unly games scheduled).
Circus Due Here
Wednesday
The Carson and Barnes
Wild Animal circus, with
trucks of wonders and cages
of animals from every 'land
will arrive in Medford early
Wednesday, May 28.
Col. Tim McCoy, movie and
television personality, will be
among performers at the 3
p.m. matinee and 8 p.m. per
formance at the sheriff posse
grounds on Sage rd. The cir
cus here is being sponsored
by the Jackson County Sher
iffs posse.
First tent to be erected after
the circus arrives will be the
"cookhouse" where all circus
personnel are fed, and next,
the animal and horse tents,
followed by the "big top" and
sideshows.
The public is invited to the
grounds at 10 a.m. Wednesday
to watch the animals being
fed and watered. There will
be no charge.
Among the animals is
"Mighty Goliath,", the largest
hippopotamus ever captured,
which weighs more than four
tens, according to those in
charge.
Most lobsters are a dark
color when caught and turn
scarlet only when cooked, but
occasionally an all-red speci
men is taken from the sea.
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Meet in A-1
Quarterfinal
Portland (U.P.I.) Grant
of Portland met Bend today
in a quarterfinal playoff game
in the state A-1 high school
baseball championships.
The game was scheduled for
3:30 p.m. at the neutral Lin
coln field.
Grants Pass meets South
Eugene in another quarter
final contest. .
The Bend-Grant winner will
meet Dvid Douglas in the
semi-finals while the Grants
Pass-South Eugene winner
runs up against Lincoln of
Portland.
Four q u a r t e rfinal A-2
games were scheduled today
or tonight. They sent New
port to Wy'East, Central to
Sherwood, Myrtle Creek to
Junction City and Stayton to
Vale.
In class B, Camas Valley
and Gaston have reached
the semi-finals while Condon
is at Merrill today and Adrian
meets McEwen at Athena Sat
urday in quarter-final games.
SOVIETS MAKE PROGRESS
London (UPI) Radio
Moscow reported today that a
party of American iron and
steel experts now touring Rus
sia visited a steel plant in
Chelyabinsk Monday. The
broadcast quoted delegation
leader Edward Ryerson as
saying the Soviet steel in
dustry's progress is "tremend
ous if you take into account
the short time in which it
has been built up."
Woman Killed in
Auto, Truck Crash
The Dalles (UPI) Ber
tha Mannschreck, 57, Alta
dena, Calif., was killed .in
stantly Monday evening when
the car in which she was
riding and an empty cattle
truck collided on rain-slick-
ened Highway 30 about 18
miles west of here.
The women's husband,
George J. Mannschreck, was
hospitalized in Hood River
Memorial hospital in "satis
factory" condition with con
tusions, abrasions and ex
treme shock, according to at
tendants. Police said he was
the driver of the car.
The truck driver, Huey
Paul Mears, Sunnyside, Wash,
was treated at the hospital
for shock and released.
Board Rules
On Protest
In 500-Mile
Indianapolis (UPI) The
Central Area Competition
committee of the United
States Auto club has ruled
against an Indianapolis man
who protested a qualification
time trial decision for the
Memorial Day 500-mile race.
Fred Sommer filed a protest
in connection with a second
qualifying speed granted Bob
Christie, Grants Pass, Ore.,
who qualified a week ago Sun
day at an average speed of
141.900 miles per houn His
speed was later upped to
142.253 just fast enough to
keep him from being "bump
ed aunday following a re-
check of the official timers'
tape.
. Sommer pointed out that
his car, driven by Gene Hart
ley of Indianapolis, would be
in the race had officials fol
lowed the rules and not
changed the announced speed.
Chief Steward Harlan Feng
ler disallowed the protest, say
ing it should have been filed
within half an hour after
Christie's new speed was
posted.
Sommer appealed to the
USAC, governing body of the
"500, for further consideration.
Robert C. Wilke, chairman
of the competition committee,
Monday upheld Fengler's rul
ing that the protest was filed
too late.
He ,said it was not made
within time limits prescribed
in USAC official competition
rules or in the speedway entry
blank.
Hail Storm Causes
$100,000 Damages
Madras (UPI) An esti
mate made Monday by a local
insurance man, Con Herbster,
said a mail storm Saturday
caused $100,000 damage to
roofs and windows in private
and municipal buildings in
this area.
The hailstorm which hit
about 2 p.m. bombarded crops
and houses with hailstones,
breaking windows and put
ting holes in tarred roofs.
Even more damage may re
sult from leaking roofs if
more rain falls before roofs
can be repaired, according to
insurance adjusters.
The same storm that struck
here Saturday also caused
flood conditions in the Warm
Springs Indian agency and
cascaded across the highway
into agency property.
Damage on the reservation
was estimated at $24,000 by
A. W. Galbraith, reservation
superintendent.
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suit of the flare-up between
the Pirates and the Giants at
Forbes field Sunday.
Brown said he felt it was
"obvious" that Giant pitcher
Ruben Gomez "threw at Bill
Mazeroski," the Pirates' sec
ond baseman in the first game
of the doubleheader, and said
he told Giles of his feelings
in a 15-minute telephone conversation.
Latest Incident
The general manager
charged the beanball pitch
was used by the Giants ear
lier in the season when the
clubs played a series at San
Francisco. That was when Pi
rate players Ron Kline and
Hank Foiles were struck by
pitches.
In the latest incident Sun
day, Mazeroski blocked a
pitch flying toward his head
by throwing up his arm.
The Pirate general mana
ger said he suggested to Giles
that umpires be given the
power to throw out of a game
any pitcher he believes has
tried to "dust off" a batter.
Chieftains Down
Emeralds In
Make-Up Game
By United Press International
The Wenatchee Chiefs took
adventage of a make-up game
with Eugene Monday night to
gain a half game on the
league-leading Lewiston
Broncs.
Wenatchee defeated the
Emerals 4-1 in the only action
of the night as Chuck Tulner
belted a two-run homer in the
fourth inning to set up the
victory.
Claude Osteen went the dis
tance for Wenatchee, notching
his fifth win in six decisions.
He struck out twelve and
walked three as he limited
Eugene to five hits:
League action resumes to
night with the Broncs playing
host to Tri-City, Wenatchee
opening a series at Salem and
Yakima invading Eugene.
Orioles Monday and will re
port to their Knoxville farm
club in the South Atlantic
league. He batted .304 for his
college team this season.
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