Medford mail tribune., April 01, 1959, Image 9

Drysdale
Unmatched
This Spring
Vero Beach, Fla.-(UPD-Don
Dr'sdale, a big disappoint
ment to the Los Angeles Dodg
ers during the first half of
the 1958 season, wants to
make sure that history does
not repeat.
The way the big righthand
er from Van Nuys, Calif., has
been working this spring con
vinces the Dodgers he needn't
worry. Drysdale has been the
sensation of the Dodgers
pitching staff and his record
in five exhibition games is
unmatched in the Grapefruit
circuit.
Big Don is a certainty to
pitch the National league
opener against the Chicago
Cubs. In 28 innings of spring
work he has allowed only two
earned runs, struck out 20 and
walked only five.
And when he shut out the
Phillies 1 to 0 on five hits last
week, he became the first
Dodger pitcher to go nine in
nings in the last three springs.
Phillies Manager Eddie
Sawyer was so impressed
with Drysdale's stuff that he
believec. Don was throwing a
spitball. But the Dodgers
pointed gut that at the age of
22 Drysdale is at least 10
years away from even think
ing about a spitter.
"Is Drysdale pitching to
day?" is the standard querv
of opposing teams this spring
as soon as the Dodgers step
onto the field. Rival batters
fear his sidearm fast ball and
so do the Dodgers, for that
matter, whenever Don is the
batting practice pitcher.
LA Defeats
Braves 9-2
Clearwater, Fla. -OJPD- The
Los Angeles Dodgers, back on
the winning track after los
ing four straight, went against
the Philadelphia Phillies to
day in ' a Grapefruit league
exhibition baseball game.
The Californians snapped
their losing streak Tuesday
when they downed their fav
orite pigeons, the champion
ship Milwaukee Braves, 9 to
2 in a game at Sarasota.
Lefty Gene Snyder, bidding
for a job as a regular Dodger
hurler, pitched six innings
and gave up six hits, includ
ing the two Braves' runs in
the second inning. He was
credited with thewin.
Bill Harris worked the last
three innings and gave up
only one hit.
Juan Pizarro gave up five
runs in the eighth inning to
the Dodgers after he took
over in the seventh for start
er Bob Buhl who had allowed
four runs on five hits and
eight walks.
Celts, Nats
In Decider
Boston (UPD -The chips are
down and the players are up
for tonight's seventh and de
ciding game between the Bos
ton Celtics and the Syracuse
Nationals in their Eastern Di
vision playoffs.
The winner meets the
astounding Minneapolis Lak
ers in the National Basketball
f ssociation's final playoffs
which start Saturday. The
lowly Lakers shocked the bas
ketball world last weekend
y ousting the ' defending
champion St. Louis Hawks in
six games.
Harris Making
Free TV Debut
Dallas, Tex.-flJPD-Backwood-fy
Roy Harris, who lost a
Hame but bloody bid for
heavyweight champ Floyd
Patterson's title on pay TV,
?ets his first chance" to show
the nation's free television au
dience tonight that he's good
enough . to permit another
chance.-
Harris and his manager,
Lou Viscusi, are so confident
that the colorful fighting
school teacher will make such
an impression that .they were
willing to risk Harris' rocky
riig reputation against Don
nit Fleeman, a hard-hitting
Texas light heavyweight that
Harris failed to put down in
a previous effort.
NBA THREATENS SUGAR
Milwaukee - (UPD - The Na
tional Boxing association to
day hinted at a possible title
match between Carmen Basi
Jio and Gene Fullmer if mid
dleweight king Ray Robinson
abdicates or has his cham
pionship taken away for in
activity. Basilio and Fullmer,
both former middleweight
rulers, were No. 1 and No. 2
in the April ratings of the
NBA released today by rat
ings chairman Fred Saddy.
"He hasn't done anything
since winning back the title
from Basilio a year ago.
Vero Beach, Fla.- (UPD -St.
Paul of the American associa
tion collected an unearned run
in the eighth frame to take a
5 to 4 win over Spokane of the
Pacific Coast league in an ex
hibition game Tuesday.
'FORE' San Francisco Giants' bullpen is a scene of wild confusion as players scat
ter to get away from line shot (note ball, center) off the bat of Boston Red Sox short
stop Don Buddin during exhibition game in Phoenix, Ariz. All managed to evade the
flying missile, Boston won, 9-7.
MedfordjTribune -
Harry Craft Says
His KG Athletics
Don't Have It, Yet
v (This is the 131h dispatch
on the prospects of the ma
jor league clubs in 1959).
By LEO H. PETERSEN
UPI Sports Editor
West Palm Beach, Fla. -(UPD-Harry
Craft is hopeful the
Kansas City Athletics will im
prove in 1959. He doubts,
however, whether they will
be able to better their sev
enth place finish of last year.
"There are too many good
clubs ahead of us," he cou
poned. "So, please, don't
class us with the contenders
or even with the first division
possibilities. We will one of
these years, when our young
sters start to measure up.
"Until then the best we can
aim for is to play ..500 ball.
I said last spring I'd be happy
if we won 70 games. Well, we
won 73. Just say I'll be happy
this year with that .500 aver
age." For 1959 he lacks pitching,
a solid infield, long ball hit
ting and almost everything
else it takes to win .a pen
nant. His infield problem is such
that he plans to play his regu
lar catcher, Hal Smith, at
third base.
Four First Basemen
"He's going to be as good
a third baseman as there is
in the league," Craft insisted.
He isn't going to find any ri
val American league manag
ers agreeing with him on that
point.
He pointed out that he has
four first basemen Harry
Simpson, Preston Ward, Dick
Williams and Bob Martyn. All
of them also can play in the
outfield.
But take any one of them
at first, with Smith at third,
the slick fielding but light
hitting Joe DeMaestri at
short and Hector Lopez at
second, and what does he have
in the way of an infield?
Even Craft admits his falls
far short of what it takes to
make the American league's
first division.
Lopez is the big gun-he hit
17 homers and batted in 73
runs with a .261 batting aver
age in 1958. However, he is
Ihe one player Kansas City
has on the trading mart.
The A's won't listen to of
fers for the hard hitting Bob
Cerv or outfielder Roger Mar
is. "They are the heart of our
ball club," Craft reasoned.
"We just can't let them go."
So Cerv will be in left field
with Maris in right and Bill
Tuttle, a good glove man, in
center. That outfield is the
A's strongest department.
Desperate for Pitching
Back of them are those four
first base . candidates, Whitey
Herzog and Zeke Bella, a .339
hitter at Denver last year.
Infield reserves include
Mike Baxes, Milt Graff, and
Wayne Terwilliger, drafted
from Charlestown.
With Smith playing third,
Frank House will do most of
the catching with Harry Chiti
in reserve.
The A's are so desperate
for pitching they even signed
Russ Meyer, who has been
out of baseball for a year,
and Art Houttemann, another
veteran, for tryouts. It looks
like Meyer might make it.
Craft's starters figure to be
five right-handers - Ralph
Terry (11-13), Jack Urban (8
11), Bob Grim (7-7), Ray Her
bert (8-8) and veteran Ned
Garver (12-11). Southpaws
Dick Tomanek (7-8) and Bud
Daley (3-2) and right-handers
Tom Gorman (4-4) and Her
bert, when he isn't in the
starting rotation, will form
the bullpen brigade.
With that array, it's easy
to understand why Craft isn't
thinking about the first divis
ion for 1959.
GIANTS OPTION
Phoenix, Ariz.- (UPD -First
baseman Willie McCovey, one
of the better rookie prospects
in the San Francisco Giant
camp, Tuesday was optioned
to Phoenix of the Pacific
Coast league. Others assigned,
to Phoenix were left handed
pitcher John Fitzgerald and
right hander Don Hyman. The
Giants also" optioned pitcher
Frank Funk, a right hander,
to Toronto.
TIRED OF IT ALL Solmon Alnaleh, owner of a shoe
repair shop in Los Angeles, is held by cops after he was
flushed from his wrecked shop by tear gas. Alnaleh went
berserk and wrecked his store with a crowbar. He said,
"I'm tired of law and order. I'm joining Mickey Cohen."
RVL Franchise
Applications To
Be Considered
Four learns are expected
lo seek iwo franchises in
the Rogue Valley Baseball
league when loop represen
alives meet in Grants Pass
Sunday. The meeting will
be at the Cave Shop, start
ing at 2 p.m.
Applications of the Klam
ath Falls Kubs and King
sley Air Base, both of
Klamath Falls, and Glen
dale were tabled at the
league meeting of March 22
and are expected lo be re
viewed next Sunday. Fred
Anderson of Medford Bowl
ing Lanes said this week
lhal he also would seek a
franchise.
Teams already holding
franchises are Ashland,
Bulle Falls. Camp While.
Grants Pass, Riddle and
Cave Junction,
at 2 p.m.
Eagles Bill Track Tilt
Butte Falls
Ranks Thin
In Baseball
Butte Falls Coach. Dick
Pepple is grooming a Butte
Falls baseball aggregation
with the most limited man
power in the Jackson County
B league.
Eleven men have been drill
ing on the squad which will
defend the loop crown. One
other player is to turn out
next Monday.
There are six lettermen out
from last year's squad. They
are Larry Cavin, pitcher,
shortstop, second baseman or
centerfielder; Jerry Ferguson,
catcher and pitcher; Tom Dil
lard, second or third baseman;
Ray Abbott, first baseman
and catcher, Edwin . Ellis,
pitcher, second baseman or
shortstop, and Roger Ellefson,
shortstop or outfielder.
Others on the squad at
present are Ken Kadin, third
baseman or outfielder; LeRoy
and Alvin Thompson, out
fielders; John Doherty, trans
fer from Crater, outfielder or
second baseman, and Mike
McConochie, outfielder. Dan
Remsen is the player who'll
report on Monday.
Cavin and Ellis loom as the
top two pitchers with Fergu
son No. 3. Ferguson played
third base last season.
In non-league tangles the
Loggers have dropped an 11
to 5 verdict to Eagle Point
and an 8 to 7 game to Rogue
River. They open the B league
season at home against Talent
on Friday.
EP Netters
Face MHS
Eagle Point-Seven matches
have been lined up for the
Eagle Point high "oys' tennis
team and Coach Tom Van
Etten is looking for some in
terscholastic competition for
girls out for the net sport.
The Eagle men are to meet
Medford on Thursday at Med
ford. They go to Roseburg on
April 6 and play Yreka here
on April 7. They go to Med
ford again on April 8 and go
to Grants Pass on April 15.
Grants Pass will be at Eagle
Point on May 6 and on May
12 the Eagles go to Yreka.
Joe Andrews has the No. 1
spot currently on the crew and
Wally West is No. 2. Others
among the top . five are Al
Simmons, Ron Weidman and
Larry Meyer.
Heading the girls is Ellen
Callaghan whom the Eagles
hope to have in state singles
competition this spring. Miss
Callaghan teamed with Shir
ley Hanson last year to win
the state girls doubles title.
Miss Hanson has graduated.
Joan Callaghan, Georgia
Wetdman, Phyllis Perry and
Diane Putman are others on
the girls' squad.
Van Etten has asked that
anyone who can provide ten
nis opposition for his girls
crew to contact him. .
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Eagle Point Eagle Point
high has track and field action
set for Friday when it will be
host to St. Mary's and Jack
sonville. Seven veterans are the
Eagle thinclad squad being tu
tored this year by Vern Stew
ard. They are Bill Turner,
sprinter; Bill McClure,
hurdler and sprinter; Bob
Berryman, quarter - m i 1 e r;
Steve Charters, half-m i 1 e r,
Ray Peterson, sprinter, Dave
Huffman, pole vaulter, and
Nolan Greenwood, high
hurdler and vaulter.
Other top candidates in
clude Dale Casey, shot putter;
Gary Ayres, javelin tosser;
Bill Pfeifer, shot putter, and
Mike Palm, pole vaulter.
Turner Concentrates
Steward has a number of
sophomores and freshmen
who are working to find a
most suitable event. Among
these are Ron Greb and Ter
rill Cowden, sophomores, and
Darrell Stock and Bob House
holder, freshmen.
Turner was out for both
baseball and track last season
but is concentrating on his
running this spring.
' The Eagles had a practice
meet yesterday with Crater at
Central Point.
TROPHY TO OSCAR
Cincinnati, Ohio -(DTD- Os
car Robertson of the Univer
sity of Cincinnati will receive
the United Press Internation
al award as the basketball
player of the year tonight.
The plaque will be presented
to Robertson, who retained
the national scoring champ-
i ionship and set four records
during the past season, by
Haskell Short, UPI Ohio news
manager, at a banquet honor
ing the team.
Ted Williams'
Neck Pain Eases
Boston-UPD-Ailing Ted Wil
liams was reported improved
today at New England Baptist
Hospital.
The hospital said the Red
Sox slugger's neck pain eased
and that he spent a comfort
able night.
A hospital spokesman said
that doctors have agreed that
"special studies such as mye
lograms were' not indicated
at this time in view of Wil
liams' initial improvement."
A myelogram is a type of
X-ray in which fluid is in
serted in the spine and X
rayed as it passes through the
body.
The 40-year-old Williams
entered the hospital Monday
after the neck pain interrupt
ed spring training in Arizona.
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2-door Sedan 2436.45
4-door Sedan 2487.20
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4-door Sedan 2644.20
2-door Hard Top 2665.70
4-door Hard Top 2729.20
Convertible (Includes V-8) 3018.70
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2-door Hard Top
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2975.70
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Overdrive trans. ,
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Back-up lights . ,
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. 10.70 Windshield washer 14.95
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2-door 6 Pass. V-8
4-door 6 Pass. V-8
4-door 9 Pass. V-8
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. 3085.45
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My payments will be:
$1001-1100
1101-1200
1201-1300
1301-1400
1401-1500
1501-1600
1601-1700
1701-1800
Balance Payments
$34.00
37.25
40.50
43.75
47.00 "
50.25
53.50
56.75
(Approximate)
$1801-1900
1901-2000
2001-2100
2101-2200
2201-2300
2301-2400
2401-2500
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66.50
69.73
73.00
76.25
79.50
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FORD
'53
'54
'55
'56
'57
'53
'53
'54
'55
'56
'57
'58
.$
820
920
1250
1500
1820
2200
CHEVROLET
'53' $ 835
935
BUICK
.$ 810
. 1055
. 1335
. 1570
. 2100
. 2600
'54
'55
'56
'57
'58
'53
'54
'55
'56
'57
'58
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-$
1340
1550
1900
2200
875
975
1260
1480
2150
2550
'53
'54
'55
'56
'57
'58
'53
'54
'55
'56
'57
'58
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$
DODGE
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800
875
1250
1470
1880
2200
800
925
1215
1445
1950
2500
'53
'54
'55
'56
'57
'58
'53
'54
'55
'56
'57
'58
OLDSMOBILE
$ 885
1 1150
1450
1660
2200
2700
PONTIAC
DESOTO
'53
'54
'55
'56
'57
'58
.$
800
910
1200
1465
1950
2450
.$
835
960
1350
1600
2200
2700
RAMBLER
'53 $ 785
'54
'55
'56
'57
'58
830
1010
1290
1580
1940
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