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Reds Need Pitching To Run Strong Race This is th 15th of IS dis patches by m a j o r league managers giving mid-winier appraisals of their teams.) By MAYO SMITH Manager. Cincinnati Redlegs (Written for UPI) Lake Worth, Fla. -TPD- Cin cinnati has a fast, well-balanced team - and pretty good power - but we need another pitcher if we want to beat Milwaukee out of the Nation al league pennant. Of course it's hard' to say now what will happen. But it looks like the Braves are the team to beat. Pittsburgh and San Francisco will be tough, too, but Milwaukee has a lit tle more depth in its pitching staff. The Redlegs got off to a slow start last spring, but still finished in fourth place. Cer tainly we hope - and expect - to do better this year. This is my first year with the club, and I'd like to have a winner. Pitching Big Problem The biggest problem at the moment seems to be pitching. We have some fine pitchers, like Bob P u r k e y and Don Newcombe, but one more real solid pitcher would make a big difference. Either a left hander or a right-hander would do if he can throw the ball. We may have just the man we need in a young left-hander from Nashville, Tenn., named Jim O'Toole. He was a 20-game winner last year in the Southern association in his first year of professional ball. Before that he played college ball for Notre Dame. This will be his first trip to the majors and we shouldn't expect too much from him right away, but you never know. We have another newcomer in Orlando Pena, who pitched ; a few games last year after coming up from Havana. And we got Bob Mabe in a trade with the St. Louis Cardinals last September. He's a right hander and has a good major league future. Has Hopes For Ennis In that same trade, we pick ed up Eddie Kasko and Del Ennis. Kasko can play almost all infield positions, Ennis bad a bad year with the Cards, but he could be a big threat for us at the plate. It was a gam ble, but we think he'll pay off. Frank Robinson probably will continue to bat cleanup for us. He hit 31 home runs and had almost 100 RBI's last year. He should do just as well, if not better, again. Our catcher, Ed Bailey, and outfielder Gus Bell ought to improve also, along with everybody else. I'd say pros pects are bright in all depart ments. We'll have a good defense, speed, and our hitting will be okay. Johnny Temple and Roy McMillan at shortstop and sec ond base give us a good double-play combination. Depends On Pitching . For pitchers, besides those I've named, we have Brooks Lawrence, Joe Nuxhall, Har vey Haddix, Tom Acker and Hal Jeffcoat - all steady, re liable performers. . I might also mention Bob HOCKEY NATIONAL LEAGUE United Press International The uncanny ability of Ted Lindsay and Ed Litzenberger to beat goalie Lome Warsley of the New York Rangers is responsible today for the Chi cago Black Hawks' sole occu pancy of second place in the National Hockey league. Lindsay and Litzenberger each beat Worsley for the sixth time this season Wednes day night as the Black Hawks took over second place by beating the Rangers, 3-1, at Madison Square Gar den. The teams entered the game tied for second place with 46 points each. AMERICAN LEAGUE United Press International The Buffalo Bisons today opened up a three-point first place lead in the American Hockey league with an assist form the Springfield Indians. The Bisons opened up the lead Wednesday night when they beat the Rochester Amer icans, 3-1, and Springfield downed the Hershey Bears, 6-3 Those results gave Buf falo 57 points compared to 54 for Hershey which also has played one more game than the league leaders. TROTTERS TIP '49ERS Oakland, Calif. - OD - The Harlem Globe-trotters defeat , ed the San Francisco Forty Niners, 74 - 59, Wednesday night in an exhibition bas ketball game at Oakland Au ditorium. Bob St. Clair of the Forty Niners led the scorers with 21 points but seven-foot Wilt Chamberlain dominated play and "stuffed" 20 for. the 'Trotters. Thurman in the outfield, Walt DroDo. Smoky Burgess, ana Don Hoak at third base. And we hope to get a lot of work out of a rookie outfielder, Vada Pinson. who hit .346 for Seattle last year. Naturally I saw the Redlegs Dlav plenty last year, but this will be my first time as man ager. I'll get help with them from Wally Moses, Clyde King, and Regge Otero. If everything goes right -and we get the pitching help we need - we could run a strong race. NWL Pace Continued By Kaiapus Portland - (UPD - Jerry Kaia pus of Facmc continued to day to lead Northwest Con ference basketball scorers with 110 points in six games. Jackie Riley of Linfield was second with 80 points in five games. The games were through Jan. 27. Dick Ramsey of Pacific has five-out-of-five free throws while Terry Woods of Lin field is tops in field goal ac curacy with .530 on 30 out of 57. Max Johnson of Whitman leads in rebounds with 72 In five games. Linfield has the leading team-shooting percentage with 144 out of 327 for .440 in field goals and 94 out of 130 free throws for .723. Lombard! Chosen by Green Bay Green Bay. Wis. -(UPD-The Green Bay Packers Wednes day night picked Vince Lom bardi of the New York Gi ants as the man to make them a National Football league contender again, and gave him five years to do it. The appointment of Lom-bardi,-45, as general manager and head coach by the 13-man executive committee brought an end to a rumor-filled two month search, and apparent ly put a stop to a meddle some front office setup under which the Packers had three coaches in the past 10 years. The Packers reorganized their front office, in Decem ber after the club finished last season with a 1-10-1 rec ord, the worst in its 40 year history. Coach Ray McLean resigned almost immediately to become an assistant coach with the Detroit Lions. Golfing Slate Announced by Country Club Golfing year at Rogue Val ley Country club will be a full one, judging from the scheduled announced for 1959 by Al Littrell, the club's tournament chairman. Overlapping the finish of the holiday handicap now in progress will be the start of the spring, handicap tourna ment. This spring event will run from Feb. 14 through April 26. A team match with Ashland golfers will be contested here on March 1. The holiday hand icap concludes on that date. Another team tussle is billed for RVCC on April 12 with Coos Bay men. Partnership Play Men's two-ball partnership tourney lasts May 2 through June 4. A Redding, Calif., team match here is set for May 17. Club championship action is to be June 13 through Aug. 16 with the Southern Oregon junior meet July 20 and 21 and the senior club championship July 18 through Aug. 16. Team matches are billed July 26 with Reames club of Klamath Falls here and Aug. 9 with Coos Bay there. Father and son tourney is planned for Aug. 23. The 31st annual Southern Oregon Golf championships will be Sept. 2 through 7. A team match trip to Red ding will be on Sept. 13. The fall handicap will last from Sept. 26 through Nov. 8. Sept. 27 is date of the Me and Mine (husband and wife) tourney. The holiday handicap will be gin on Dec. 1. BRILL METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvanized and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 Pay Boost Spahn Aim United Press International Warren Spahn and the Mil waukee Braves are locked in a $60,000 stalemate, and the southpaw ace says it's their move because he won't budge an inch. Spahn, who won 22 games last season and then added two more against the Yankees in the World Series, has been offered the same $60,000 con tract as last year. He feels he deserves more and 510,000 would be a good guess at what he's asking. Birdie Tebbetts, executive vice president of the Braves, said, "We're not far apart." In that opinion, he seems to be a minority of one, how ever. "I'm glad Birdie feels we're not far apart," Spahn said. "I thought we were. I expect a raise." Spahn isn't the only mem ber of the Braves who is dis satisfied with his contract. Hank Aaron, Lew Burdette, Wes Covington and Don Mo Mahon also are asking for more than they have been of fered. BOB USHER RETIRES San Diego, Calif.-(UPD-For-mer major league outfielder Bob Usher informed the Mi ami Marlins of the Interna tional league Wednesday that he will not play this season. Usher said he would remain at his bank job "which offers an excellent, future." Electricity is available to an estimated 98 per cent of Sweden's people. JHMSTIM1 Buy In January and SAVE! No one really needs a boat outfit in January, but there will be a SPECIAL INCENTIVE offered to make it worth your while to make a deposit on a boat in the pre-season. Whether or not you are in the mood to buy . . . you will get a real thrill out of "just looking." OPEN TONIGHT AND ffillM 112 South MedfordJTribune BALKING YANKEE New York Yankees' slugger Mickey Mantle may just stick to bowling this year. He has declined to sign the new contract offered him, which would pay him less than last year. Here he is shown in his new bowling alley in Dallas, Tex., which he hopes to open in a few days. Mantle is just one of several Yankee players who have balked at accepting a pay cut this year. of - Riverside ST!! Cordhrtty see 1h fishing FRIDAY NIGHT UNTIL 8 Ml' Patterson, Johansson Fight Set New York-aTD-Floyd Pat terson and Ingemar Johans son were matched today for a summer world heavyweight title fight, and they were scheduled to sign official con tracts at the Stockholf restau rant on 51st St. The signing ceremony was to be staged today before pla toons of reporters and camera men. However, promoter Bill Rosenshon will not announce the exact date or site of the fight until he had had a chance to shop for the best bid among 10 cities that are interested in holding the million-dollar international 15 rounder. Conley Sparks Boston in Extra United Press International Gene Conley regained his control Wednesday night as the Boston Celtics whipped the St. Louis Hawks in an ov ertime session. Conley, the Milwaukee Braves pitcher who doubles in basketball, scored six points in the extra period as the Cel tics beat St." Louis, 120-111, in a battle of National Basket ball association leaders. In other games Minneapolis edged Syracuse, 112-109, and Philadelphia defeated Cincin nati, 99-84. About 9 per cent of U. S. children up to the age of 14 are orphans. Of . .. u And to "w " trough " 1 sii "P Medford, Oregon Don Newcombe Newark, N. J. (UPD Asst. Prosecutor Maurice McKeown was scheduled to resume cross - examination of big league pitcher Don Newcombe today on a charge of atrocious assault and battery brought against him by an ex-policeman. The Cincinnati Redlegs' pit cher denied Wednesday that he once threw the ex-cop, Corvallis Road Closed by Water Salem (UPD The Corvallis east side highway was closed by high water a half mile east of Corvallis today. Mountain areas had new snow and chains were requir ed at Government Camp, Tim berline, Warm Springs junc tion, and Meacham. Santiam and Willamette passes had packed, sanded snow. Icy spots were reported at Detroit, Siskiyou, Green Springs, Sisters, Ochoco Sum mit, Lapine, Chemult, Bly, Lakeview and Baker. La Grande had packed snow. The Willamette river at Cor vallis was 17.6 feet today with a slow fall predicted. That was 2.4 feet under flood stage. The Santiam at Jefferson dropped back below flood stage. A new world's record for first month sales of cemetery plots is claimed by Hawaiian Memorial park, with 1759 sites purchased during the period. Their NEW O. . 1959 Shong of First . nc . Reautitui O O O O P.M. MAIL TRIBUNE, M.dford, Oregon, Still on Stand Ulysses Ross, out of his tav ern. Ross charges that Don and his brother Norman flung him out of the tavern and that another brother, Harold, threatened him with a gun. The Newcombes are on trial before County Judge Walter Conklin who Wednesday de nied defense motions for di rected verdicts of acquittal. The motions were made after Robert Taylor of New ark, a reputed witness to the barroom brawl, told the court Don threatened to have four policemen "transferred to the city dumps" when they refus ed to turn off a red warning light on their patrol cars be cause it attracted attention. 5, VI 6 5 AVAILABLE Aqt. Code 181-B ?O00 w Dt. Code 181-C ATERFILL us OF KENTUCKY STRAIGHT RnilPROW WHIFFY V. S1N1810 tiflOOf C'56 WATERFILl AND FKAZIEK OISTILLERT COMPANY, 1ARDST0WN, KENTUCKY Mastercraft Trailers Evinrude Motors Dorsett Boats Whitehouse Boats Thursday, January 29, 1959 IS Buffalo, N.Y. -(CP&- Thieves abandoned Leon Rutowski's stolen car on the Squaw Is land dump, but since It was a brand new '59 model, police didn't have any trouble find ing it. AT ALL STATE STORES m m
