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I Norman Hot Buying What Others Think Of Detroit (This it lh 11th dispatch on th prospecti of the major league clubs for 1959. major league clubs for 1959.) By LEO H. PETERSEN UPI Sports Editor Lakeland, Fla.-ITD-S o m e rival American league man agers like the chances of the Detroit Tigers this year, but Eill Norman won't go along with them. Norman, who took over as manager of the Tigers last year when Jack Tighe was fired, doesn't want "to hear any pennant talk." "That's all there has been from the Tigers' spring train ing camp for five years," he pointed out. "And they fin ished in the first division only once - in 1957. Despite what Norman thinks, such pilots as Casey Stengel of the world champ ion Yankees, Al Lopez of the Chicago White Sox and Paul Richards of the Baltimore Orioles, single out the Tigers as one of the clubs to beat. "I'm glad they think that highly of my club," Norman said. "But I'm not buying what they think. "I'll go this far - we have good pitching and there's no telling now how much Don Mossi and Ray Narleski will mean to us. I won't say we can't win it all. I'll just say we are aiming for the first division." The Tigers should make that. Karl Von Himmler WRESTLING Tuesday Night MAIN EVENT Rematch. Best 23 falls or on hour limit. Karl von Himmler. 227, vs. Al Kashey, 210 SEMI-FINAL Best 23 Falls or One Hour Oni Wilcl Wiki, 210, vs. Prof. Shiroma Okinawa, 205 Tuesday 8:30 p.m. JOSEPHINE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS ARENA ELTON OWEN, Promoter OA. I a barrel o quality I BOUEBOM that you don't have to be rich to enjoy IT MUST BE GOOD... STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY 86 Tlk Code No. 145B J fSn Tigers They could come up with the best pitching in the league with Frank Lary 16-15, Paul Foytack 15-13, Jim Bunning 14-12 and Billy Hoeft 10-9 as their big four. Then there are Mossi and Narleski, Cleve land's two relief aces in the past, in the bullpen. Stengel, among others, holds that the Tigers were hurt in 1958 because they lacked re lief pitching. "They had to stay too long with their starters," Stengel reasoned. "Now with Mossi and Narleski they won't have to do that. Those guys can come in in the late innings and get you out. Detroit didn't have guys like that last year." Behind his starters Norman has George S u s c e. Hank Aguirre and Tom Morgan. They can go both ways-starting and relief. He has two rookies who could make the grade Gerry Davie and Don Lee. Also there is southpaw Pete Burnside, who couldn't make it with the Giants. Davie won 17 and lost only five, at Charleston last season. Detroit's catching could be stronger. Lou Berberet, who couldn't win the job with the lowly Senators or the Red Sox, and Red Wilson, are the front-line receivers with Charlie Lau, who hit .287 at Charleston in reserve. Positions Are Set The infield and outfield pending any deals-are all set. It will be Gail Harris at first, F.'ank Boiling at second, Rocky Bridges at short, Eddie Yost at third. Charley Max well in left, Harvey Kuenn in center and Al Kaline in right. There are a couple of ques tion marks about them-wheth-er Harris is the player he looked like late last season and whether Bridges can do the job at short. Norman doesn't have much behind them. Inman Veal is a fine glove man at short, but can't hit. Ossie Virgil, Ossie Alvarez and Earl Hersh, draft ed from Wichita where he batted only .237 are infield reserve candidates. The No. 1 utility outfielder will be the veteran Larry Doby, recently acquired from Cleveland. Also on hand are Johnny Groth, who can field but not hit, and old Gus Zern- ial, who can hit but not field. The Tigers' front line might be okay, but they could be hurting for bench strength if one of their regulars gets hurt. Perhaps that's why Norman's aim for 1959 is the first divis ion - and "no pennant talk." 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Big Question The big question is whether Olson can take it on the po tato after being flattened in four out of seven bouts which marked his fast descent from the world middleweight throne. None of the trio which he stopped during a comeback which was launched last Oct ober could do much more than cover up from his busy attack. But Calhoun can whip in the big blast from outside if he is right. Local experts peg Olson the favorite on the theory that he will get inside of Calhoun's guard and break him with his patented assortment of hooks to the body mixed with com binations to the head. Calhoun, who owns a record (of 39-6-1, has not put together three wins in a row since early last year. He rolled up 23 straight triumphs before losing to Spider Webb after Manager Frank Bachman launched him in 1954. Aiken Seeking Portland Post Portland - (UPD - Jim Aiken, former University of Oregon football coach, was reported today to be a candidiate for the post of athletic director of the Portland public school system. Aiken is now with a lum ber firm in Roseburg. Pat Wohlers, former Oregon base ball player and a physical ed ucation teacher in a local grade school, also was report ed to be interested. The post will be vacated by Ed Ryan when he becomes assistant secretary - treasurer of the Oregon School Activi ties Association. OLD Q.UAKEU BOURBON- OUuu otrnujNC CO" HAVE BEEN SOLD! l if l MDFGfiTRIBUNB siPCLDninrs WATCHING THE WEIGHT Former middleweight boxing champ Carl (Bobo) Olson takes a sober look at the scales while training for his fight with Rory Calhoun. The two meet in a light heavyweight match tonight at the San Francisco Cow Palace. Med ford Representatives At Convention of AAHPER Portland-Fitness for the Space Age is the concern of more than 5,000 educators convening here March 29 April 2 at the 74th national convention of the American Association for Health, Physi cal Education and Recreation. On the program from Med ford were to be Miss Patricia Mounts, high school girls' phy sical education instructor; Leonard B. Mayfield, super intendent of schools; Fred Spiegelberg, high school head football coach, and Lee Rags dale, supervisor of physical education. The association's highest recognition, the Luther H. Gullick award, was presented at Sunday's opening session to Dr. Delbert A. Oberteuffer, chairman of the graduate div ision for health and physical education, Ohio State univer- Kashey Meets Von Himmler At Grants Pass Grants Pass- T he main event action at the Josephine county fairgrounds wrestling arena this Tuesday night will see the sensational Al Kashey teeing off on the big bearded German, Karl von Himmler. Kashey came back from the brink of defeat last week to score an upset win over North west heavyweight champion Wild Bill Savage. The- title was not at stake and Kashey has demanded a crack at the crown. Savage claimed that his de feat at the hands of Kashey was a fluke and that he doesn't have to put up the title until Kashey proves that he deserves the match. Kashey vows that he will beat every opponent that Promoter Owen can match him with until he gets Savage in here for a title bout. No Intention Karl von Himmler has no intentions of being a doormat for Kashey. "I want a title match myself," says Karl, "and I'm not going to let Kashey or anyone else stop me from getting it." Kashey will match his spinning toe hold against the German's headbutts and hang man hold. Oni Wiki Wiki will meet Professor Shiroma in the one hour prelim on this card. Wiki looked terrific last week when he won over Kurt von Poppen heim. Kurt was finally count ed out on the apron when he was arguing with the fans. SEATTLE VICTOR El Centro, Calif. - (LTD -Three Seattle pitchers collab orated on a three-hitter Sun day as the Rainers defeated a team of Pacific Coast league all-stars, 3-2. The All-stars' represented Portland, Vancouver and San Diego, three teams training in this area. Rookie Jim Jones and sophomore Tom Gibson blanked the All-Stars on one hit after the starter, Chuch Churn had given up a two run homer to San Diego's Clarence Moore in the first in ning. Jack Ditmer's single and Dee Fondy's triple in the sev enth scored the winning run. NEW GOLF TOURNEY Palm Springs, Calif. - (UPD -A S50,000-added professional golf tourney called the Palm Springs Desert Gold Classic) Invitational will be started here next January, according to chairman Milton Hicks. sity. The award goes annually to the outstanding member of the profession. Other Awards National awards to citizens who have made outstanding contributions in the fields of health, physical education and recreation were given to three physicians: Dr. G. Ward Cram physicians: Dr. G. Ward Crampton, Miami, Florida; Dr. Charles LeRoy Lowman, Los Angeles; and Dr. Paul Dudley White, Boston. Educators who were recip ients of AAHPER Honor Awards included Wilma M. Gimmetsad, Uinversity of Nebraska; Luell Reed Guth rie, Standford university; Mary Elizabeth Moore, Lou isiana State university; and George J. Sirnio, Oregon State Department of Educa tion. Major speakers at the con ference include Herold Hunt, Eliot Professor of Education, Harvard university; Avery Brundage, president of the In ternational Olympic commit tee; Rev. Bob Richards, Olym pic pole vault champion; Mark Hatfield, governor of Oregon; Richard Neuberger, U. S. sen ator from Oregon; Homer C. Wadsworth, chairman, Presi dent Eisenhower's Citizen's Advisory committee; Victor Biermann, head chemist for I. G. Farben Industries; and -C. F. Hood, Standard Oil company. Bonus Player May Drop Out Miami, Fla. - (UPD - Jim Py burn, former Auburn football star who received a $48,000 bonus from the Baltimore Orioles, is considering quit ting baseball. Pyburn, disappointed be cause the Orioles did not in vite him to their spring train ing camp this spring, said he is considering taking a high school coaching job in his native Birmingham, Ala. He is on the roster of the Miami Marlins, a 1959 affil iate of the Orioles in the In ternational league, but has not reported. He hit .287 last year for Louisville of the class triple-A American Asso ciation and believed that showing should have earned him a chance with the Orioles this spring. Fresno Bounces UO Baseballers Fresno, Calif.- (LTD - Fresno State college swept its two game baseball series from the University of Oregon here Saturday afternoon, defeating the Ducks, 3-2. Oregon slammed out 14 hits but left 12 runners stranded. Fresno State also defeated the Ducks Friday, 10-7. SKIERS EIGHTH Sun Valley -1TD- Two Ore gon teenagers finished eighth here Sunday at the climax of the three-day Sun Valle;r Am erican Legion junior ski cham pionships. Joe Darr, Government Camp was eighth in the com bined standings with 27.68 and Jean Saubert, Lakeview, Ore., also was eighth in the girls event with 35.96. In team standings the Oregon ! girls were eighth with 186.22. ' The boys team was disquali- i fied when the required three ; entrants did not finish all the ' events. i Cincinnati Rediegs Tee Off on Spahn By EARL WRIGHT United Press International Things are getting so tough for the Milwaukee Braves that they can't even beat the Cin cinnati Reds. The staggering Braves suf fered their 13th exhibition loss in 18 games Sunday when they bowed to the Reds, 7-3. The National league champ ions are having a rough spring but three factors made this a particularly humiliating de feat. -It came at the hands of their favorite "cousins." -The losing pitcher was Warren Spahn, Milwaukee's ace left-hander. -The winning pitcher was Miguel Cuellar, a rookie left hander who isn't even on the Cincinnati roster. All these facts made an im pression on Birdie Tebbetts, the Braves' new vice presi dent, and he let loose today with a blast at the Braves' "complacency" "as one of our big problems." Tebbetts pointed out that the only competition for jobs on the Braves is at first base and second base and he accus sed the other players of "tak ing it easy throughout spring training." He warned them that only the wartime St. Louis Cards 1942-43-44 have been able to win three straight pennants in the last 35 years in the National league. The Reds battered Spahn, a 22-game winner last season, for six runs, including four homers, in five innings. Milwaukee usually masters Cincinnati simply by showing up at the park. The Braves eased their way to the last two pennants by compiling an 18-4 mark against the Reds in 1957 and a 17-5 record against them in 1958. Reds' Fifth Straight It was the same story when Milwaukee belted Cincinnati, 11-5, in their first 1959 ex hibition clash March 15. But No. 2 came up Sunday and the Reds teed off on Spahnie. Frank Robinson, Dutch Dot terer, Johnny Temple and Pete Whisenant nicked him for homers. Robinson also homered off Joey Jay in the seventh. Cuellar allowed the Braves eight hits and two runs in the first eight innings. It was Cincinnati's fifth straight victory. Frank Malzone, Willie Tas- Saxon Spikers Serve Notice Salem fUTT- South Salem high school served notice on Saturday that its track team may have to be reckoned with when the state meet is held later this year. The Saxons captured six of 14 high school events here in the annual Wilammette Re lays and in doing so broke two records. Bob Bartlett lowered the mark in the 120-yard high hurdles as he skimmed over the barriers in 15.2. The old mark was 15.6. The South Salem sprint re lay team set a mark of 44.7 to topple the 45.1 standard set by North Salem runners last year. Almost 1000 prep athletes took part in the relays. In the 100-yard dash 13 heats had to be run. Best time of the day in that event was shared by Burt Malt of Sandy and Gene Gilbertson of North Salem who each ran it in 10.8 on the soggy track. Silver Spoon Lone Favorite . Agua Caliente, Mex. (LTD C. V. Whitney's Silver Spoon stood alone today as the 4-1 favorite in the Caliente future book on the Kentucky Derby. Troilus, which opened as a co-favorite with Silver Spoon, was raised to 5-1 after his de feat by East Spur in the Foun tain of Youth Stakes. Easy Spur, First Landing and In tentionally were next at 6-1, with Tomy Lee at 8-1, Royal Orbit and On-and-On at 10-1 and Atoll and Sword Dancer 12-1. NORTH WINNER Raleigh, N. C. - (UPD -Hank Stein of Xavier, Ohio, scored seven points in overtime Sat urday to give the North a 114 109 victory in the second an nual North-South All-Star bas ketball game. Phone SP 3-4293 DAILY'S U-DRIVE Medford Airport by, Jim Bolger, and Ralph Terry were heroes and Willie Mays returned to action in other" Sunday exhibitions. Malzone's two homer spark ed the Boston Red Sox to a 9-7 victory over San Francisco but the Giants took the defeat lightly because Mays return ed to the lineup for the first time since March 12. Mays, sidelined after suf fering a bone-deep gash on his right leg while sliding home, tripled off Ike Delock in the first inning and slid into third to show he has fully recover ed. Pumpsie Green walloped a pinch-hit homer for Boston. Eddie Bessoud, Orlando Ce peda, Jackie Brandt and An dre Rodgers homered for the Giants. Orioles Edge Pirates Tasby, Baltimore's rookie center fielder, hit two homers to help the Orioles edge the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-5. His second came with two mates aboard in the seventh and won the game. Bolger's 10th inning homer with Carroll Hardy on base gave the Cleveland Indians a 4-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Bolger, an ex-Cub, hit his homer off Dick Drott, who relieved Taylor Phjllips in the eighth. Terry, a right-handed pitch er the Kansas City Athletics,' won his own game with a two-run double in the fifth. The Athletics edged the Wash ington Senators, 3-2, in a game called after seven innings be cause of rain. LIXESCORE: Exhibition Results f7 innines. rain) Kansas City 000 120 0 3 S 1 Washington 100 000 1 2 5 0 Terry and Tornay. Kemmerer and Porter. Winner Terry. Loser Kemmerer. Cincinnati .... 010 140 100 7 12 0 Milwaukee .. 000 200 001 3 11 1 Cueller and Dotterer. Spahn. Jav 8, Jeffeoat 9 and Crandall. Winner Cueller. Loser Spahn. HR Rob inson 2. Dotterer, Temple, Whise nant. (8 Innings. Rain) Chicago (A) .. 200 000 013 1 New York 000 000 21 3 9 1 Wynn. Arias 8 and Battey. Sturdi vant, Duren 8 and Berra. Pittsburgh .. 001 030 100 5 10 0 Baltimore .. 001 002 30x 6 9 1 Haddis. Tace 8 and Foiles. Wil helm. Sleator 8. Stock 9 and Tri andos. Ginsberg 7. Winner Wil helm. Loser Haddix. HR Tasby 2. Boston 410 001 102 9 14 1 San Fran .. 401 000 020 7 11 1 Delock. Wall 6 and H Sullivan: Sanford, Zanni 8 and McCardell. Winner Wall. Loser Zanni. HR jaressoud. Cepeda. Brandt, Rodg' ers. Green, Malzone 2. (10 Innings) Chicago (N) 002 000 000 02 11 0 Cleveland .. 000 002 000 4 11 1 Phillips, Drott 8 and Taylor, Nee man 7; McLish. Ferrarese 6 and Brown, Nixon 9. Winner Ferra rese. Loser Drott. HR Colavito. Distributor GLASER BROS. Smoke America's Smartest small cigar for Is . ; every IggA ' ' 3 smoker... B I " zi anytime ' "fx i art Wi 3." fp- 4 - CAy,' - Itli MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Monday, March 30, 1959 7. Lakers Cop West Toga United Prest International Rookie sensation Elgin Bay lor has Minneapolis fans ex cited today over the club's chances of winning their first National Basketball associa tion championship since 1954. Baylor, with 33 points, out scored St. Louis' power-punch of Bob Pettit and Cliff Hagan Sunday to give the Lakers a 106-104 squeaker over the Hawks and the Western divis ion playoff title. Minneapolis will meet the winner of Wednesday's Boston-Syracuse Eastern Division finale for the NBA crown. The title round will begin Saturday on the home court of the Eastern champion. Syracuse tied the series at three-all Sunday by beating Boston, 133-121 on the sharp shooting of Dolph Schayes and George Yardley. Baylor, the former Seattle Ail-American who was the NBA's "rookie of the year" this season, saw his shooting efforts pay off as St. Louis' defending champions out scored Minneapolis 14-4 in the last five minutes for a near comeback victory. Aggies Record 73 Points in Gaining Crown Iowa City, Iowa -(LTD- The Oklahoma State wrestling team returned to its campus today with a bright new sheen on an old hat feat-winning the NCAA wrestling champ-j lonsnips. The Aggies won their 21st title in 29 tournaments. Iowa State could only post 51 points for a team total as against Oklahoma State's 73. Oklahoma took third place with 41 points, followed by low with 33, Pittsburgh, 30, Wyoming, NAIA champions Mankato State 21, Lehigh, 20, Michigan State, 17, Minnesota. 17, Yale, 16, Cornell, 14 and Syracuse. Iowa City -(UPD- Mitsy Ta mura of Oregon States and Wilbur Bauer of Portland State lost consolation semi finals wrestling matches here Saturday int he NCAA wrest ling tournament. Tamura lost a 2-0 decision to Bob Taylor of Oklahoma State in the 115-pound divis ion and Bauer was beaten by Paul Aubrey, Oklahoma, in a 137-pound tussle. CALUMET EARNINGS New York -(UPD- Calumet Farms led in horse race earn ings for the 11th time in 1958 with $946,262. 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