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8 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oragon, Tutidty, March 17, 1959 Milwaukee Hope May Filling Second Base (This is the first dispatch on the prospects of the major league teams for 1959.) By LEO H. PETERSEN UPI Sports Editor Bradenton, Fla. -(LTD The Milwaukee Braves didn't win a pennant until they came up with a top-drawer second baseman and it is entirely pos sible they won't win this year unless they can obtain another one. In short the Braves' chances of winning their third straight National league title depend largely on finding a first class second baseman to fill the shoes of Red Schoen dienst, who maye be out the whole season recuperating from a siege of tuberculosis. Until the Braves acquired Schoendienst from the Giants during the 1957 season, they could only make, a pass at the pennant but never quite win it. With him in the lineup, however, they won the past two years and even beat the Yankees in the 1957 World Series. Show No Worry Manager Fred Haney and all the other Braves officials profess not to be worried about the second base prob lem, where Mel Roach is the leading candidate to take over fer Schoendienst. Felix Man tilla and Casey Wise are the reserves. The only hitch is that Roach still limps slightly from a torn ligament he suf fered last season and there is a question whether he can open the season at second base. "Sure we have some ifs," Haney admitted. "Like Wes Covington's knee, Bill Bru ton's knee and Roach. I'm not worried, though, about any of those ifs. "After all, we have more pitching depth than any club in the league and I think we have the strongest bench, too. HALF AS MUCH DOES THE JOB Here's a completely new Western Spray Oil that gives you everything! i Low Dosage -Economical Dosage rate of VOLCK Supreme Oil Spray is to that of "regular" oils. High irisecticidal efficiency lets you use much smaller amounts of petroleum oil than normally used to control insects. 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EMM Helping Pennant Hinge on Bruton showed in the World Series that he can do the job for us and all the reports I get on Covington are good." Seven 'Starting' Pitchers Haney said he has seven pitchers "who may not be the top ones in the league but who would be starters on any oth er club in the league." The seven he ticked off are Warren Spahn, recognized as one of the best left-handers of modern baseball; Lew Bur dette; Carlton Willey, Bob Rush, Juan Pizarro, Joey Jay and Bob Buhl. That leaves him for relief Don McMahon, Bob Trowbridge, Humberto Robinson and possibly Gene Conley when he gets through playing basketball for the Boston Celtics. Milwaukee's catching is set with Del Crandall, the No. 1 man, and Del Rice, a polished receiver, behind him. Rookies Bob Taylor, the $102,000 bon us boy, can make the club if Haney decides to go with three catchers. Except for second base, Haney has no particular wor ry in the infield. He has Eddie Mathews at third base, Johnny Logan at shortstop and Joe Adcock and Frank Torre at first. Both Mathews and Lo gan had bad years last season but Haney says he's not wor ried about their ability to come back. Talented Outfield As for the outfield, Hank Aaron, aboutas good as they come, is a fixture in right. He hit 30 home runs, drove in 95 and wound up with a .326 av erage in 1958 as the Braves won their second pennant in a row but blew the World Series to the Yankees after having a three-to-one game lead. If Burton and Covington are, okay, they will be in cen ter and left field respectively. Haney is high on rookie Lee Maye, who played with Aus- A CD (ORTH0) v y Phone right now.. FRED DANIELSON MEDFORD, OREGON Call SPring 3-5718 the World Grow SPORTS 1 Drysdaie Wild In Squad Tilt Sarasota, Fla.-fUPD- The Los Angeles Dodgers hoped to even things up in today's re match with the Detroit Tigers in an exhibition Grapefruit league baseball game. The Dodgers, whose slated game with the St. Louis Card inals Monday was called off here because of rain, picked Sandy Koufax to start against Detroit's Paul Foytack, a 15 game winner last year. The Californians flew the 131 miles here from their Vero Beach camp Monday, waited around an hour for some of that Florida liquid sunshine to stop and then, dis couraged, returned to Holman stadium and held a nine-in ning intra-squad game. With minors playing on both teams, Pee Wee Reese's club edged the "varsity" 6-5. It was a sad experience for Don Drysdaie, the ace Van Nuys hurler who had pitched eight scoreless innings up to Monday. He seemed to let up against his own teammates and gave them three walks, two unearned runs, and hit two batters-none of them in jured, however. IF I HAD THE WINGS . . Lansing, Mich. -(UPD- The stool pigeons really have wings at one Michigan pris- on. Tipped off by the excite ment among pigeons on a roof at the Ionia Reformatory, guards captured two 19-year- old inmates as they were about to jump to freedom. tin and Wichita last year and snowed ne naa power by hit ting 16 home runs and batting in 81. In reserve there is vet eran Andy Pafko and the pos sibilities include draftee Jim Pisoni, bonus player John Demerit and George Haas, who hit .326 at Wichita. With that array of talent, it is easy to understand why Haney is not too concerned about those "ifs." But he still realizes that a Schoendienst doesn't come along very often and the Braves are sure to miss his field leadership. NEW roiccr SUPREME OIL SPRAY! I I I I Better Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF A CRYSTAL GAZER, to be worth her salt these days, has to be exceedingly well versed in many fields. The Wall Street Journal tells of one member of the crystal gazer guild, located on the Atlantic City board walk, who was approached by a client seeking financial advice. The medium was equal to the occasion. "Sell your 50,000 Anaconda at once," she counseled. "Then buy 5,000 Dupont and 20,000 Big Steel, hold them three days, sell and put the whole wad into General Electric. That will be two bucks, please." The department head looked really apologetic. "Honest, Wilkins," he said soothingly, "I wouldn't wake you if it wasn't important. You're fired." Joe E. Lewis says that when he's drinking he fortunately always knows his capacity. The trouble is he invariably gets drunk before he reaches it. 0 1959, by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by King Features Syndicate. LouiisviiflSe Draws Play-Off Support By JOHN G. DIETRICH Louisville, Ky. -(UPD The records and the ratings made Cincinnati and West Virginia the favorites today to meet in the finals of the NCAA bas ketball tournament here Sat urday night, but Louisville's own comeback kids were get ting plenty of support. As the vanguard of visit ing coaches and fans arrived, they discovered three things were difficult, perhaps im possible to locate in this basketball-hep city: A hotel room, a ticket to the tournament and a Louisvillian who doesn't think the hometown Cardinals can win it all on their own floor. Official tournament activ ity began today when sports writers met at a lunch to hear Louisville Coach Peck Hick man engage in a telenhone battle of words with his riv als, George Smith of Cincin nati, Freddie Schaus of West Virginia and Pete Newell of California. Louisville faces West Vir ginia in one semi-final game Friday night 'for the Eastern championship with Cincin nati and California tangling in the other for the Western title. The winners then will meet Saturday night to deter: mine who picks up the NCAA crown which Louisville un ceremoniously tipped off Ken tucky's brow in the mid-east regionals at Evanston, 111. Very few people, and least of all NCAA officials, thought that a Louisville team which Davey Moore Fights Bassey for New York (UPD Davey Moore, who has been gunning for a title fight since 1957, gets his big chance Wednesday night when at attempts to wrest the world featherweight title from Hogan (Kid) Bassey in a scheduled 15-rounder at Los Angeles. It will mark Bassey's sec ond defense of the 126-pound crown. The flashy Nigerian won the title by knocking out Cherif Hamia of France in 1957 and defended it against Ricardo Moreno at Los An geles last April, knocking out the Mexican in the third round. Although he has won 11 straight fights since 1954, Bas sey has failed to impress the oddsmakers who have tabbed Wednesday's brawl an "even money" affair. Both Boast Top Records Moore, 25, also holds a deci sion over Moreno in one round after the Mexican's title fight with Bassey. Moore has lost only five of 40 pro bouts, reg istered 15 kayoes and never was stopped. Bassey has been stopped twice on cuts while winning 53 of 64 starts. He NIT Play Continues At Madison Garden New-York -(UPD- St. Louis university, an old favorite with New York fans, and Ok lahoma City university, a newcomer to the big town, open their bids for the Nation al Invitation Basketball Tour nament championship tonight at Madison Square Garden. The towering Billikens, seeded second, will face up start Providence college and fourth-seeded Oklahoma City will meet New York Univer- SET FUNERAL SERVICES - New York (UPD Funeral services for jazz saxophonist Lester Young will be held Thursday in a Manhattan fu neral chapel. Young died Sun day at the age of 50 following a heart attack in his hotel room. 2-0,000 SHARES OG, 11 .-Try' entered the tournament as an at-large team with a mediocre 16-10 record would ever knock off Eastern Kentucky, Kentucky and Michigan State in a row to come back here and play for the national crown on its own floor. Cincinnati Highest Ranked In the final UPI national rankings, Cincinnati was No. 4, California No. 9, West Vir ginia No. 11, and Louisville was unranked. Cincinnati, the Missouri Valley conference champion, comes in with a 25-3 record, the nation's top scorer in Os car Robertson , and a victory over Kansas State in the mid west regional final at Lawr ence, Kan. West Virginia, Southern conference representative boasts a 27-4 record and one of the nation's smoothest per formers in Jerry West, who twice saved the Mountaineers from disaster with late-scoring bursts in tournament play. California, from the Pacif ic Coast Conference, has a 23-4 mark built on the nation's best defensive record. The Bears have allowed opponents only 51.5 points per game, and have won their last 14 games in a row. Louisville, with only two seniors on its squad, had only a 9-9 record going into Febru ary, but the Cards suddenly turned into a driving, re bounding, hot-shooting ball club that won 10 of its last 11 games before scoring its three tournament victories, and now has a 19-10, overall record. Crown has 19 knockouts to his credit Tony Anthony, second-rank ed contender in the light heavyweight division, is a 3-1 favorite for his return 10 rounder with Sonny Ray of Chicago at Madison Square Garden Friday night. The bout will be broadcast and tele vised nationally (NBC) starting at 7 p.m. (PST). Anthony had to come from behind to gain a unanimous decision over Ray in their first meeting at New York last Nov. 14. Ray, the No. 5 contender for Archie Moore's title, has won 18 of 29 fights compared to Anthony's 37-6-1 record. The week's boxing schedule also includes: Tuesday: Boston Paul Pender vs. Ralph Tiger Jones; at St. Paul, Minn. Del Flanagan vs. Jimmy Martinez; at Miami Beach, Fla. Rudy Sawyer vs. Kid Fichique; at Philadelphia John Britt vs. Jim mv Mitchener; at Seattle. Wash. Bobby Hicks vs. Teddy Hall. Thursday: at New York Jose Torres vs. Leroy Oliphant; at Odes sa, Tex. Joey Giambra vs. Andy Anderson. Friday: at Hamburg, Germany Alberg Westphal vs. Archie Mc Bride. Saturday: at Hollywood, Calif. Bob Albright vs. Dick Thurman; at Richmond, Calif. Hank Casey vs. Al Williams. sity in the concluding two-quarter-final games. The St. Louis-Providence winner will square off against St. Johns and the Oklahoma City-NYU survivor will play top-seeded Bradley in the semi-finals Thursday night. OREGON VETERANS State Educational Benefits WORLD WAR II veterans must apply for the benefits and be in an approved course of training by JUNE 30, 1959. If they meet this deadline, they may continue to receive SfATE BENEFITS until their entitlement expires or they complete their course, whichever occurs first. There is no deadline for Korean veterans. For further information contact your County .Service Officer or ROBERTSON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Medford SP 3-4264 Roseburg OR 3-7256 Yanks Talk Trades To Bolster Hurling United Press International A rainy day in the Florida baseball camps usually pro duces trades and-or rumors of trades. It was that kind of a day on the soggy citrus circuit Monday. Four exhibition games were rained out, so sev eral possible player transac tions were reportedly being discussed. The New York Yankees, concerned over Don Larsen's recurrent shoulder ailment, have turned again to the Washington Senators for pitching help. The world champions would like to pry either Pedros Ramos or Dick Hyde loose from the Nats. They also are eying southpaw Billy Hoeft of the Detroit Ti gers. The. Senators, in turn, have indicated they are willing to peddle Roy Sievers to the White Sox. But Cal Griffith, the Nats' owner, insists "we're not going to give cream for skim milk." That presumably means the White Sox. will have to offer center fielder Jim Landis as part of the deal. May Offer Minoso However, the Cleveland In dians may wind up with both Grants Pass For Spring Sport Slate Grants Pass - Grants Pass had eight lettermen on hand when coah Mel Ingram op ened baseball drills last week and will have a monogram man for every position when Ollie Woolsey reports. Coach Russ Werner has around 16 lettermen among 85 candidates for the Cave man track and field squad. Woolsey has been sidelined from diamond activity by a leg injury. He is an outfielder. Other baseball lettermen are Marv Chandler and Dan Wolke, outfielders; Rex Ben ner, utility infielder and also outfielder and pitcher; Frank Sprinkle, first base; Lee Holmes, second base; Dick Hayes, short stop and pitcher; John Fox, third base,, and Gary Huneycutt, catcher. Bill Cole, Hayes and Ben ner may have the main pitch ing chores. Among promising non-lettermen are Dave An derson and Denny Walker, in fielders, and Ray Endicott, outfielders. They have Amer ican Legion junior ball exper ience. Winninoham Back Glen Winningham, All- American and state champion in the javelin, heads the list of track returnees. Other 1958 district champs on the squad are Marv Terry, sprinter, and Ken Simmons, miler. Rest of the monogram men are Ray Meek, Larry Johnson and Pat Barrett, sprinters; Jim Armstrong, half-miler; Don Clark, hurdler; Myron Caldwell, discus thrower; Bob Montgomery and Steve Ben nett, weight men; Lyle Miller, javelin thrower; Larry Charley Scott Defeats Logart New York - (UPD - Welter weight contender Isaac Lo gart must be convinced by now that New York is his jinx town. The fast-punching, second ranked Cuban was a 3-1 fa vorite against Charley Scott, a newcomer from Philadel phia, in their 10-round bout at St. Nicholas arena Monday night but when the votes were tallied Scott wound up with a split decision. Logart's New York troubles actually started last , March when he suffered a sixth round knockout at the hands of Virgil Akins in a welter weight contenders' elimina tion bout that set off a large scale boxing probe that is still in progress. Taking command midway in the fight last night, Scott willingly slugged it out with Logart and earned the nod on his superior punching. WASHER SALES DOWN New York - (UPD - Manufac turers' sales of household washing machines slipped one per cent last year to 3,672,400 units from 3,684,700 in 1957, and ran 17 per cent below the record 4,447,300 sold in 1956, according to the American Home Laundry Manufactur ers Association. Klamath Falls , TU 2-4126 Ramos and Sievers. Frank Lane plans to confer with Griffith Wednesday at St. Pe tersburg, Fla. The Cleveland general manager is expected to offer outfielder Minnie Min oso, pitcher Jim Grant and infielder Woody Held for the Nats' pair. Another possible trade in volving the St. Louis Cardin als and Cincinnati Redlegs re portedly has advanced past the talking stage. This one would send outfielder Gus Bell to the Cardinals for southpaw Vinegar Bend Mi zell. In the only two exhibition games played Monday, the Kansas City Athletics blank ed the Tigers, 6-0, and Ted Kluszewski's first spring homerun sparked the Pitts burgh Pirates to a 4-1 victory over the Cincinnati Redlegs. LINESCORES: (Exhibition Baseball) Detroit 000 000 0000 5 1 Kansas City 111 100 llx 6 13 1 Aguirre, Davie (6) and Berberet, Feller (6) Garver, Craddock (6) and House, Torney (9). HRs Hadley, Maris. Winner Garver. Lose r Aguirre. Cincinnati 000 010 000 1 3 1 Pittsburgh .. 200 020 OOx 4 8 2 Pena, Mabe (7) and Bailey. Law, Hardison (8) and Burgess. HR Kluszewski. Winner Law. Loser Pena. High Girding Holmes, pole vaulter; Lynn Cheney, high jumper, and Gary Mauer and Rick Sabin, broad jumpers. Werner lists his thinclad squad as potentially strong in the running events but with possible problems in the weights. Grants Pass is defending Southern Oregon conference champion in both track and baseball. 'em Set j Jf3 $080 felS $4 J Kentucky ; Jfl : STRAIGHT : Mi i BOURBON i .4 ; IVhxtkey ?iM MtUtO It BOWLING SENIOR-JUNIOR LEAGUE Standings: W. L. B & B Auction 19 9 Bauman's Fire Equip 18 10 Medford Paint & Wallpaper 18 10 K-BOY 17 11 Women of Moose 16 12 Motor Haven 14 14 Pieard"s 13 15 Richmaid 10 18 Pepsi Cola 9 19 Hudson's Pharmacy 6 22 Results: B&B Auction 4 (Shirlev Berrs 402. Jim Osborn 447) 2630; Picard's O (Doug Williams 549, Judy Ross 379) 2555. Richmaid 1 (Les Little 415. Myrtle Williams 310( 2481: Pepsi-Cola 3 Rich Schroeder, 446; Bill Harmon 490) 2544. Bauman's 2 (Dennis Bauman 480. Joy Bauman 397) 2607; K-Boy 2 (Pauline Denver 450, Butch Tomp kins 411) 2562. WOTM 1 (Bob Emmens 494. Sandy Dickinson 374) 2505; Med ford Paint 3 (Larrv Jones 470, Suzy Thompson 336) 2507. Hudson's 0 (Linda Eccelston 459, Gary William 379) 2497; Motor Ha ven 4 (Harold Baily 443, Caroline Denyer 298) 2657. Girls high game Judy Ross 176. Boys high game Jim Wicker 199. KIWANIS JUNIOR LEAGUE Standings: W. L. 9 10 10 11 11 13 14 18 Johnny Rebs 15 Konchy Rollers 14 Pin Stealers 14 Gutter Gang 13 The Heads 13 Question Marks 11 Alley Rats 10 Rough Riders 6 Results: Johnny Rebs 2 (Mike Davis 357) 1413; Question Marks 1 (John Hay 287 1402. Pin Stealers 3 (Gary Ingram 290) 1445; Gutter Gang 0 (Wally Huff man 271) 1279. Rough Riders 2 (Ken Fhipps 247) 1305; Ronchv Rollers 1 (Jack Kow ler 255) 1269. The Heads 2 (Gene Offord 294) 1515; Alley Rats 1 (Eric Schade 271)' 1358. Splits converted Rex Nicodemus 5-10, Wally Huffman 3-10, Mike Da vis 3-10. High game Gene Offord 188. CLASSIC LEAGUE Standings: W. Hillyer Oil Co 28 Edith & Henry's Drive In.... 25 Lamport's Sporting Goods 25 Oak Knoll Golf Course .. 24 Sewing Machine Center 23 Hight Real Estate 23 Trail Creek Lumber Co 23 E. H. 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