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'Stilt Boozer Big Draft Cincinnati. Ohio -(UPD- Wilt (The Stilt) Chamberlain, seven-foot former Kansas All America, was made a terri torial pick of the Philadelphia Warriors today to start the National Basketball associa tion draft, and then the Cin cinnati Royals chose Bob Boozer of Kansas State. After the Royals selected Boozer, the Detroit Pistons grabbed Bailey Howell, a six-foot-seven All America at Mississippi State. Philadelphia, having" made a territorial 'choice, skipped wind up in the second divi sion. It probably will be that way again this season. SPORTS PARADE OSCAU FRALEY Spor Writer United Press New York - Salutes a-e in order today for Harry Craft of Kansas City and Cookie Lavagetio of Washington-but it's a matter of condolences as well as congratulations. The man from Washington, as honest as George surprised at the cherry tree with hat chet in hand, admits gamely that his Senators are merely going to filibuster in the American league race this year. Craft intimates that his name is misspelled and that actually he's dealing in cheese. These re the only two of the 16 major league mana gers who have no first divi sion andor pennant preten tions during this period where hope springs eternal in the hits, runs and errors camps. The other 14 all profess to be looking fondly away from the basement and up at the .bunting. Meaning that come September-and even earlier in most cases-it's going to be awfully crowded in the big leagues' first division or there will be a bucketful of busted hearts. National League Optimistic Everybody in the National league is talking first divi sion, which calls for either an eight-team tie or some other minor miracle. No less than four managers, and possibly five, figure they could win at all, a situation mathematical ly impossible. "Our p'itching is good and we'll come up with a replace ment at second for Red Schoendienst," "c o n f i dently asserts the defending champ, Fred Haney of Milwaukee. "If we stay healthy, we should win," chants Danny Murtaugh of Pittsburgh, and nobody is saying he can't. "We have everything to win the pennant," opines Mayo Smith of the Reds, add ing, thoughtfully, "except, perhaps, the pitching." "We'll certainly finish in the first division," point outs Solly Hemus of the Cards, "and we might even win the pennant." Defying the potential over crowding, the other four pi lots look hopefully to at least making the first division. Walt Alston, whose Dodgers are tabbed by other skippers as the team to watch, admits to first division pretensions and Bill Rigney of the Giants says "The race will be a scramble all year," inferring that his heroes will remain involved. Whistles Past Graveyard Eddie Sawyer of the Phil lies, lacking power so badly that his pitchers are going to have to hurl an awful lot of no-hitters to compensate, says boldly "We have first division potential." Even Bob Sebef fing of the Cubs whistles past the graveyard by counting on "hustle" to make the to'p four, the only factor which could make it possible. Over in the American league, Craft announces flat ly "don't even class us as contenders," while Lavagetto says he hopes to win 70 games, which would be just about right for last place. But from there on, bub, it's a crowded first division with Casey Stengel automatically predicting a Yankee flag be cause "we have players in the minors who would be on oth er major league clubs." Meanwhile, Al Lopez of the White Sox advises Casey that "we're going to beat the Yan kees this season." Mike Hig gins of the Red Sox allows that "we're going to win more games than last season," in which Boston finished third, and Joe Gordon of the Cleve land Indians also anticipates "improving on last year's fourth place finish." Bill Norman of Detroit shies away from contender conversation . but counts on pitching "to make the first di vision." Paul Richards of Bal timore admits he's "two or three years" away from con tention but adds that he has eager eyes on the top half of the standings. The law of averages usual ly provides that four teams Choices its regular first round selec tion, and the rest of the clubs drafted as follows on the first round: Minneapolis Lakers, Tom Hawkins of Notre Dame; Syracuse Nationals, Dick Bar nett of Tennessee State A & I; New York Knickerbockers, Johnny Green of Michigan State; St. Louis Hawks, Bob Ferry of St. Louis University; and Boston Celtics, John Richter of North Carolina State. Chamberlain averaged 30 points per game during his two seasons at Kansas. He was named All - America both seasons. He quit after his junior year, however, to ac cept a record S65.000 to tour with the Harlam Globetrot ters. Owner Eddie Gottlieb of the Warriors now must in duce Chamberlain to sign a NBA contract. He is expected eventually to sign for the highest salary ever paid a NBA rookie. To Meet Next Month The action Monday night, the directors decided to hold the annual meeting late next month, with the definite date to be set later. It will be in New York City. The 1960 draft meeting was scheduled for Minneapolis, the date for that will also be announced later. "The directors also discuss ed "various inequities" in the proposed 1959-60 schedule, which is to be approved at the annual meeting. Earlier, the governors post poned consideration of a pos sible Chicago franchise to next month's annual meeting at which time a proposed pension plan requested by the players will also be taken up. The local Royals were the subject of trade talk Monday night but no deals were reached. General Manager Pepper Wilson said he had talked to officials of the New York, Detroit, Syracuse and St. Louis teams. Maurice Podoloff, NBA president, said Monday that if Chicago were granted a franchise, the team would not be admitted until the 1960-61 season. Podoloff added that the West Coast was still under consideration for a franchise "as always but this is a long range thing." J. C. Grid Men Enroll By United Press International Six junior college football players and one transfer from the University of Southern California enrolled at the Uni versity of Oregon in Eugene Monday. Three JC gridmen entered Oregon State at Cor vallis. The transfer from Southern Cal entering Oregon is guard Bill Del Baggio, who played freshman football at USC last fall. Junior college transfers at Oregon include Francois Wal lace, a guard from Boise JC; Don Coykeydahl, a center from Stockton JC: Larry Lar ison, center from Cerritos JC; Don Wouda, end from Vallejo JC; Allen Seigner, guard from Shasta JC and Joe Clesceri, center from Pasadena JC. Oregon State got Henry Ri vera, end from Los Angeles city college; Al Torres, tackle from Taft JC, and Jim Bento, tackle from Oregon Coast JC. Wohlers Decides Against Portland Portland -(UPD-Pat Wohlers, former Oregon basebal play er and physical education in structor at a local grade schools, says he has decided not to apply for the job of ath letic director of Portland pub lic schools. He earlier had been mentioned as a candi date for the job. CREIGHTON COACH QUITS Omaha, Neb. (LTD Tommy Thomsen has resigned as Creighton University basket ball coach for "personal" reasons. Creighton won 13 and lost 9 last year, Thom sen's second winning season since becoming coach in 1954. WRITERS HONOR WITT Pittsburgh -flJPD- The Pitts burgh chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of Amer ica has voted pitcher George Witt outstanding Pittsburgh Pirate rookie for 1958. Court Records MUNICIPAL CCIRT Eugene Henry Lemmon, dis obeved red light. $10. Ewell Cleveland Philips, dis obeyed stop sign, S5. William K McLeren, disobeyed stop sign. So Roderick John O'Conner , no operator i license in possession, S10. Ellswo-th Lee Garland, made quote equipment. $5. Gerald Willis Hinkson, violation of basic rule, S10. Dolores M. Ackerman, improper lane usage, S3. Edgar French Bingham, failed to yield right of way. S25. Donald Woodrow Atkinson, dis obeyed red light. So. Everett Phillip Sunquist, dis obeyed red light, $5. CIRCUIT COURT Clifford L. Gabie vs Patricia J. Gatie, divorce coxcplaiafc. . MedfordTribuni iP(nET Paul Richards Says Oriole's Team Not in Contender Class (This is the 121h dispatch on the prospects of the ma jor league clubs for 1959). By LEO H. PETERSEN UPI Sports Editor Miami, Fla. -(UPD- Manager Paul Richards will be satis fied with a first division fin ish for his Baltimore Orioles in 1959. He realizes that may be shooting too high. "We definitely are not in the contending class," said Richards frankly. "We are at least a year away, maybe two or even three before we can BOWLING PACIFIC LEAGUE Standings: W. 1 k Johnston Stores 27 13 Hi-Wav Cafe 26 'i 13 '2 Gates ' Furniture 24 16 Tavlor-S?lade Ins 21 ','2 18'z Western Hot Coffee 20 20 Whitelaw Candy 20 20 Fvre Fyters 18 22 Moore Steel 16 'i 23'i Harrv Si David 15'.2 24 ',j The Gassers .'. 11 29 Results: Johnston 2 (D. Mang 496) 2690; Fvre Fyters 2 (E. Dukeshier 471) 2675. Hi-Way 3 (C. McWhorter 593) 2953; Gates 1 (Dick Deber 588) 2775. Taylor-Salade 2'i C. Barlow 488) 2687; Moore lVx (B. Davidson 545) 2662. Hot Coffee 1 (Larry Fisher 532) 2771; Whitelaw 3 (Norm Caster 551) 2855. Harrv & David 3 (Fay Goddard 47i 2"37; Gassers 1 (B. Warriner 472) 2682. CLASSIC LEAGUE Standings: W. L. Hillyer Oil Co 35 17 Edith & Henry's Drive In 32 17 LamDOrt's SDorting Goods 31 21 Trail Creek Lumber Co 27 25 Hight Real Estate 26 26 Oak Knoll Golf Course .... 26 26 Sewing Machine Center ... 25 27 E. H. Mann Co 25 27 Sam's Sporting Goods 19 33 Morse Motors ....4. 15 37 Results: " Hillver -Oil Co. 4 (Norm Hillyer 604( 2699; Morse Motors 0 (Lee Bex 587) 2610. Trail Creek Lumber Co. 3 (Don Harmon 581) 2724; Sewing Ma chine Center 1 (Harold Ellis 066) 2675. Lamport's Sporting Goods 3 Harold Vessev 603) 2648; E. H. Mann Co. 1 (Fred Anderson 596) 2647. Edith & Henry's Drive In 3 (George Barr 577 1 2705: Oak Knoll Golf Courst 1 (Bill Luman 581) 2587. MAJOR LEAGUE Standings: W. L. Pin Ups 92'2 31.a Keglers 85 li 38 la Buddies Follies 67 57 Channel Cats 44 '2 79 li Sputniks III 44 80 Triple Threats 38 li 85 li Results: Buddies Follies 0 (D. Christian son 582i 1566; Keglers 4 (V. Knox 571) 1604. Sputniks III 1 (V. Cummings 535) t387. Triple Threats 3 (J. McCready & A. Harris 4782) 1408. Channel Cats 2 (H. Culy 518) 1442; Pin Ups 2 (H. Clark 516) 1436. High series D. Christianson 582, V. Knox 571. V. Cummings 535. S. Daigue 532, H Culy 518, H. Clark 516. I. Echroeder 501. High game D. Christianson 237; S. Daigle 222, V. Knox 220, V. Cum mings 213. High game Keglers 560. High series Keglers 1604. HARNESS RACER DIES . Boston - (UPD - Police re ported Monday the death of Edwin S. Myer Jr., 45, of Bridgeville, Del., one of the nation's top harness racing drivers. Myer's body was found on the shores of the Charles River, near Boston's Brighton section. He report edly died of natural causes. St. Mary's, Calif.-IUPD-Uni-versity of Portland's strong tennis team made it four vic tories in four starts on its California trip Monday by de feating St. Mary's 7-0. CELEBRATING eighty fifth birthday in New York, Robert Frost, 85, noted poet, predicts New Englander will be next President of U. S. i-y.y ... x i ft jtsr L. 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 STATE 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 start thinking about winning pennants." He likes his pitching, has a top-drawer catcher in Gus Triajidos, has high hopes for rookie Willie Tasby in center field, but otherwise will have to get along largely on play ers discarded by other clubs. Richards also is high on his youngsters, such as rookie "shortstop Ran Hansen and outfielder Dave" Nicholson, been sent back to the minors for more seasoning and the chances are that Hansen will be sent down, too. 'Not Until Then' Even in his pitching, Rich ards is going along with discards-such asBilly Loes (3-9), Arnie Portocarrero (15-11), Hoyt Wilhelm (3-10), and Jack Harshman (12-15). Then in the other depart ments he has such as Gene Woodling, Whitey Lockman, Billy Gardner, Billy Klaus, Bobby Avila and Chico Carra squel. Most of them will be regu-lars-Woodling perhaps in right field, Gardner at sec ond. Klaus at third and Car rasquel at short. Lockman will back up Bob Boyd at first and also can play the out field. Avila, who has changed his mind about retiring, can play second or third base. "We know we aren't going to win pennants with players like that," explained Rich ards. "But they are the best available. We're getting the best stop-gaps we can until our kids grow up." How About Miranda? Brooks Robinson will report in another week and could beat Kalns out of the third base job. And if Willie Miran da, the unpredictable Cuban, ever decides to report, he may take' over for Carrasquel at short. Jim Finigan, who couldn't make it with the low ly Athletics and the the Giants, is also handy as a re serve infielder. Bob Nieman, who hit .325 last season, will be in left field with Tasby in center. Tasby, who is 25, hit .322 at Louisville in 1958 and Rich ards feels that he is ready. "I'll go with him a long way," said Richards. "He'll be out in center on opening day you can bet on that." Richards has Al Pikarck, another discard, competing with Woodling in right. Wood ling in right. Woodling at 36 doesn't figure to be able to play in 154 games although he told Richards he wanted to play every day. Len Green, who hit .261 at Rochester and only .213 with the Orioles, probably will be kept as a utility outfielder. Triandos Will Catch Triandos, who also can play first base, will do most of the catching chores with the vet eran Joe Ginsberg behind him, Charley (Sugar) White, who hit .291 at Vancouver; also is bidding for a catching berth but Richards usually carries only two receivers. Billy O'Dell, whom any club would take and who won 14 while losing 11 last season; Portocarero, Harshman, and Milt Pappas (10-10), will be the regular starters with Hec tor Skinny Brown (7-5) and Wilhelm, the knuckle ball art ist, available for spot assign ments. Loes may get into the start ing rotation, too. The top re lief man will be George Zuv erink (2-2). Other pitching candidates include the much traveled southpaw, Lou Sleater; Ernie Johnson, a Milwaukee cast off; George Ramberger, a 15- game winner at Vancouver; 20-year-old John Fisher, up from Wilson, N.C., where he won 14 and Jerry Walker, with an 18-4 record at Knox ville. Richards pust Fisher in the same class as Nicholson and Hansen. They all may make it seme day, but not in time to help the Orioles in 1859. OPENS TRAINING. Denver -(UPD- Bill Besman off opened training Monday for his April 7 heavyweight bout with third -ranked Zora Folley. Besmanoff, a native of Munich, Germany, now fights out of Milwaukee, Wis. Klamath Falls TU 2-4126 Roy Harris Video Debut Wednesday New York - (UPD - Heavy weight Roy Harris will make his network television debut and a former middleweight champion - Carmen Basilio -will appear in a non-televised scrap this week along the box ing front. Harris, of Cut and Shoot, Tex., will take on Donny Flee man of Midlothian, Tex., on Wednesday night in a 12 round return bout for the Texas heavyweight title. Harris defeated Fleeman in their first meeting for the Texas state title last Dec. 1. He has suffered but one set back in his 26 pro fights - to Floyd Patterson last summer in their world heavyweight contest, which was shown on closed circuit TV. Carmen Fights Seifer A pro since 1955, Harris has scored nine of his 25 victories by knockouts. Fleeman has registered 26 wins in 29 fights since turning pro in 1955. Basilio, resigned to the fact that Sugar Ray Robinson won't fight him again, meets Arley Seifer in a tune up at Augusta, Ga., tonight. It will be Basilio's first fight since he whipped Art Aragon last Sep tember. Next Friday night's nation ally televised 10-rounder will pit welterweight Charley Scott of Philadelphia against highly rated Isaac Logart of Cuba at Washington's new Capitol Arena. Scott was vir tually unknown until he whipped Logart earlier this month at New York. The week's major fights also include: Tuesday: At Albuquerque. N.M. Arthur Preslev vs. Joe Louis Mur phy; At Stockton, Calif. Flash Elorde vs. Redtop Davis: At Sacra mento. Calif. Eddie Machen vs. Clarence Williams. Thursday: At Los Angeles Mauro Vasquez vs. Baby Vasquez. Saturday: At Hollywood. Calif. Dwight Hawkins vs. Herman Mar aues; At Palm Springs Cisco An drade vs. Jay Fullmer: At Havana Douglas Vailant vs. Bobby Rodg ers: At Kingston, Jamiaca. B.W.I. Alan Harmon vs. Lee Owens. Frisky Steer Puts Area in Turmoil Columbus, Ohio - (UPD - A frisky steer broke loose from handlers unloading him at the Ohio State University veteri nary clinic Monday and threw the area into a turmoil remi niscent of the old west. In 45 minutes of freedom, the 500-pound Hereford: -Banged up two police cruisers. -Clogged rush-hour traffic on a throughway as amazed motorists stopped to gawk. -Chased across neighbor backyards and fences. He was finally rounded up and lassoed by a posse of police from the campus, city and several suburbs, sheriff's deputies, 90 students and a contingent of citizens. Veterinarians took no chance once he was cor ailed. They shot him full of tranquilizing drugs and took him back to the campus to rest up. Only 8 Year Old Bottled in Bond in Oregon f- .-. AGEb IN WOOD FULL YEARS Double age. . . double pleasure Really fine whiskey can't get too old! Discover what Kentucky Connoisseurs have long known that in an originally fine whiskey, each year of ageing adds character and mellow flavor. Code 110-B $6.55 Fifth YOUR KEY TO TRUE BOURBON FLAVOR NONE OLDER ON THE MARKET KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON IOO PROOF STITZEL-WELLER DISTILLERY ESTABLISHED LOUISVILLE. KENTUCKY. 1S49 Heavyweight Closer To Reality Observers Say Las Vegas, Nev. - (UPD - The much discussed Floyd Patterson-Brian London heavy weight title fight appeared a little closer to becoming a re ality today. The latest developments here were: -Neophyte promoter Cecil Rhodes of Bayonne, N.J., was scheduled to meet today with NBC sports director Tom Gal lery to firm up coverage for the proposed May 1 bout. -Rhodes agreed to terms stipulated b y the Nevada State Athletic commission to sanction the fight in the Las Vegas Convention hall. Persistent reports that Pat- SLIDING SAFELY into third, Kansas City A's Wayne Terwiliiger beats "Yankee Yogi Berra's throw to Andy Carey. Terwiliiger was the front end of a pre-season double steal. The game was played at St. Petersburg, Fla. Larynx Cancer Victims Sought Washington-(UPD-The Amer ican Cancer Society appealed to the public today to help locate people who have lost their voices to cancer. It said 95 per cent of the estimated 12,00 to 15,000 per sons who have undergone sur gery for cancer of the larynx are physically capable of learning to produce sounds and words again. Jack L. Raney, executive secretary of the International Association of Laryngectomees and himself a victim of cancer of the larynx, said that learn ing to speak again generally takes from several months to as much as a year. Some, he said, have mastered the tech nique in just a few weeks. "The main problem," ' he said, "is overcoming the tend ency to withdraw from the world when you have sudden ly lost your ability to speak." The association has taught thousands to speak again in its voice rehaointation pro gram. Louisville, Ky. -(UPD- Jock ey Alfred Popara won both ends of a daily double three times in four days during the 1955 racing season at Chur chill Downs. l0"viLLe.ieHT II I 1 8 hedinZl Title Fight Appears terson would train at the El Rancho Hotel on the Las Ve gas Strip which El Rancho owner B e 1 d o n Kattleman would not confirm. But he said he might have something to say later today. Rhodes told Athletic Com missioner James Deskin dur ing a telephone conversation Monday night the stipulations demanded by the Nevada box ing authorities made sense to him. The demands are all rou tine for a title fight. May 1 seems to be the date generally agreed on for the bout, the phone conversation indicated. Earlier, the manag- er of the new Las Vegas Con- TAKING his bat and his Army discharge papers with a smile, Tony Kubek, Yank shortstop, is ready to play again with the champions. 43 MILES PER GALLON COMPLETE. P.O.E. SEATTLE, PLUS TAX AND LICENSE DEAN & . 1 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, March 31, 1959 9 vention Hall said that date would be open for the fight. London insists he will defy the British Boxing commis sion and go ahead with the fight, billed as a tuneup for Patterson's bout with Swed en's Ingemar Johannson this summer, despite the commis sion's warning that he would be banned from boxing in England if he does. U. S. Nsvy Plane Crashes in Italy Naples, Italy-OIPII-The U.S. Navy reported that one of its four-engined transport planes crashed here today. First reports said seven per sons were killed, with perhaps others injured. The Italian news agency Ansa said three of the casual ties may have been farmers standing on the edge of the field when the plane crashed on takeoff. A spokesman said the plane involved was an R4D. Naples is the main shore base of the U.S. 6th Fleet, America's powerful fighting force in the Mediterranean. Frequent Navy flights of the U.S. Military Air Transport Service link Napes with Wash ington and London. Estacada Student Faces Murder Trial Oregon City - (UPD - Duane Marvin Anders, 17, accused of killing his father and then setting fire to the family barn to hide it, was on trial for first degree murder today. Selection of a jury to try the Estacada high school stu dent was expected to be com pleted during the day. Anders' father, Hector Her bert Anders, 56, was found dead in the barn Feb. 8. Later the coroner's office said death was caused by a .22 caliber rifle bullet. The youth told officers the shooting was ac cidental and that he became panic-stricken. Anders was vice president of the senior class, treasurer of the student body and one of the top students in a class of 60 at Estacada. It is the first murder trial in Clackamas county since 1952. The Inca Indians in Peru spun and wove cotton more than a thousand years ago. 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The Phoenix, Ariz., young ster's performance in the Easter relays at Santa Bar bara, Calif., Saturday when he threw the shot 63 fee, 2 inches to equal the world's record prompted coach Jess Mortensen to forecast he would do better before the track year was over. Mortensen made his state ment Monday to the Southern California Track and Field Writers and Coaches associa tion. "Long certainly is going to throw farther," Mortensen said. "It's a fabulous thing for a freshman to do so well. But it's impossible to predict how far he will throw." Long gets another chance at a record this Saturday when the Southern Cal Frosh and varsity meets Occidental college. The young star was chosen field event performer of the week by the writers and coaches for his record equaling mark last week end. Clarence Treat of Occiden tal was named track perform er of the' week for his double win in the meet at Stanford University when he ran the high hurdles in 14.3 and the lows in 23.3. LONELY ALUMNUS Cincinnati -(UPD- Larry Staverman of the Cincinnati Royals is the only alumnus of little Villa Madonna college to make the grade in the Na tional Basketball association. Baltimore Md. -(UPD- The 83rd running of the Preak ness stakes at Pimlico this spring marks the first time a race carries $250,000 in add ed value. DAILY'S Body & Paint Southern Oregon's Oldest and Finest 29 S. BARTLETT Phone SP 2-2395
