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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Buffalo, N.Y. -(CP&- Thieves
abandoned Leon Rutowski's
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brand new '59 model, police
didn't have any trouble find
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