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California Leads Pack In Major League Roster, Followed by Mid - Detroit -CPD- Major league baseball, the nation's popula tion and ball players all have been caught "in the California current. A survey of the birth places on major league rosters over the past five years show Cali fornia easily leads the pack. New York, which lost its two National League teams to the Golden State, is third. "California and the bread basket states - Michigan, Illi nois, Ohio, Indiana and Mis souri - are the most fertile fields for the development of young ball players," Detroit Tiger director of scouts Ed Katalinas said. "We figure, that if these areas have produced in the past they'll still be produc ing," Katalinas said. According to the American league red book and the Na tional league green book, 62 California-born players are in the majors. There are 43 from Illinois and 42 from New York. Pennsylvania is next with 36 followed by Missouri, 34; Ohio, 31; and Michigan, 30. Five states are without a player in the majors-Alaska, Colorado, Nevada, North Da kota and New Mexico. And there aren't any Hawaiiaps. "California has been the big producer because kids usually can play ball all year long there and because of its large population," Katalinas said. "The same is true for Texas which has 24 active major leaguers." "Major league ball in the area has a lot to do with it. If there's a club in the state or nearby, it engenders more Dodgers To Meet Cardinals Los Angeles -(LTD- A sad dened group of Dodgers re turn to the Coliseum tonight vowing to make good after dropping their,home opener to the Cardinals, 6-2, before a huge welcoming crowd of 61,552. The Dodgers had wanted to win that game badly, not only . because of the large turnout, biggest night attend ance for a National League single game,, but because of the presence of , their idol, dis abled former catcher Roy Campanella. - ------. . Drysdale to Pilch , So tonight manager Walt Alston sends Campanella's protege, Don Drysdale, to the hill in quest of his first win and in the hope it will be the club's initial home victory. The Cardinals retaliate with Larry Jackson, also looking for his first win. Tuesday night's game was a case of too much of Hal Smith, Don Blasingame and Ken Boyer. Of the three, Smith contributed the most to pitcher Lindy McDaniel's seven-hit win. Rookie manager Solly He mus enthusiastically said Smith was the most improved player on the Card squad this season, and his performance Tuesday night bore out the statement. SOC Spikemen To Run at Chico Ashland Trackmen of Southern Oregon college really get into stiff competi tion this Saturday when they tangle with Humboldt State college and Chico State in a triangular meet at Chico at 1 p.m. The Raider trackmen are riding high on the crest of their' two consecutive wins over Shasta junior college and the University of Port land. Coach Alex Peterson will take the Raider relay team of Clarence and Stuart Baker, Jack Johnson, and Chuck Swingle. . Other berths on the Raider travelling squad were tenta tive until the time trials were run off this afternoon on the Raider track to see who would fill out the remaining spots on the travelling team. U. of 0. Blanks Pacific 6-0 Eugene -UP&- Denny Peter son and Hugh Springer held Pacific hitless and retired 18 men in a row as Oregon blanked Pacific 6-0 Tuesday in a baseball game called after six innings because of rain. Peterson pitched the first three innings and got out nine straight batters, five of them on strikes. Stringer came on to duplicate the feat, adding two strikeouts. Then rain ended things. Ron Walp hit a two-run homer for Oregon, which met Lewis and Clark here today. All of the states have had summer temperatures of 100 or more. interest in baseball and, as a result, the sandlot programs usually are better developed," he said. Pennsylvania. New York and North Carolina have been the biggest losers as the birth places of major league talent while Virginia's has 10 more active sons in the majors this season than it did five years ago. Fifty-three Pennsylvanians Sport Parade United Pres International New York - (UPD - The U.S. Golf Association, long ac customed to the beefs of the brassie brigade responded to a snorting Sam Snead today that it desired only champion ship conditions for the U.S. Open at Winged Foot in June. The pro golfers annually criticize the course on which the Open, golf's most coveted prize, is played. Slammin' Sam jumped the complaint gun by charging before the New England Professional Golfers association that the USGA sets up a "miserable obstacle course" for the Open By innuendo, the USGA re torted that the pros play so many "dog" courses they don't know a good championship test when they see one. "At most, I doubt if they play four good courses a year. explained Joe Dey, executive secretary of the USGA. "We are interested in champion ship conditions, not in tricky or unfair courses, and we fre auently Dull the host club back from extremes.". The pros complain almost annually that the Open course is made into a monster be cause the host club doesn't want its course made to look ridiculously easy by the long hitting, sharp-putting pros Thus tees are lengthened, fair ways are narrowed, traps are increased and - or enlarged and every other conceivable barrier to low scoring is in stituted. None Is Perfect The worst atrocity was De troit's Oakland Hills in 1951 where traps were placed de liberately to catch pro-length drives, bunkers blossomed like mushrooms and the greens were shaved lightning fast. Medinah in 1949 instituted changes which lengthened its 17th hole, a one-shotter over water, into one billed as "the toughest hole in the world." USGA officials banned its extra length tee simply be cause 25 per cent of the field never would have gotten past that hole without committing hari-kari. Southern Hills at Tulsa, where the Open was played last year, was a magnificent course. Hospitality led this host club astray when it de cided on new sand for its traps and came up with a sili cose mixture somewhat akin to ladies' bath salts. Balls actually rolled into one trap and sank out of sight. , - "There is no question but what the golfers can criticize some aspects of some of the courses," Dey admits. "After all, no course is absolutely per fect. But give us the benefit of the doubt and admit that we try our best to come as close to perfection as possible. "All we're asking is a funda mental championship test. What is that? Is it an easy course where you can shoot 62 or 64? Or is it a fine course where you reward good shots and penalize poor ones?" Specifies Standards The fact is the USGA wants the year's toughest test of golf for the game's top title. Yet it does specify general standards. As example, on par four holes the average width of the fairway must be 32 to 35 yards with a "dollar" of two-inch rough two yards from the fairways. Beyond that, the primary rough is four to five inches deep. On the greens, there is a 30- inch dollar of chipping height with a second six-foot collar two inches deep and then higher rough. This is to pena lize the wayward approach shot. "We're going to make Winged Foot at long as pos sible," Dey reveals. "But we are interested in seeing that it is a good, fair course. Some times we may have been some what negligent and failed to keep in touch beforehand with If you are Interested in Join the West States were on American or ra tional League rosters in 1954 but it's down to 36 this year, a loss of 17. New York, with three major .league clubs, always was a mecca for scouts. But the Empire State, with the Dodgers and Giants on the opposite coast now, skidded from 52 in 1954 to 42 this year. North Carolina's num bers dropped from 26 to 17. By OSCAR FRALEY United Press International the changes the host club have made. "At times we have been as surprised as the golfers and have had to make adjust ments. But I believe , that everybody is going to be happy at Winged Foot." Not everybody. Only the winner winds up "happy. But, what the man didn't say, everybody is going to have to play the same course and the man who wins this one will, as usual, be a fine cham pion. Drabowsky To Pitch At Giants San Francisco - (UPD - Moe Drabowsky, one of the Giants' most beloved "cousins," takes another shot at them tonight when he goes to the mound for the Chicago Cubs against San Francisco's Johnny An tonelli. Drabowsky's lifetime record against manager Bill Rigney's maulers is one win and seven defeats. They found him duck- soup on several occasions last years before he went home with a sore arm. Antonelli, who posted 1iis first win last Friday in the season-opener against the St. Louis Cardinals, has the edge on the Biuins with a 13-11 lifetime mark. A gun named Ernie Banks was the big factor Tuesday as Chicago ruined the Giants' home opener by defeating them, 5-2, before a crowd of 22,485. Ernie, who led both leagues last season with 47 home runs, got the range for the first time Tuesday and blasted a pair of round trip pers with rookie George Alt man on base. That was the difference. Rally Cut Qff But the Giants, who won more than 20 games in the final inning last season and already have pulled off the trick twice this year, nearly did it again Tuesday. With one out in the ninth, winner Dave Hillman began to fade and Orlando Cepeda singled off him. Hillman was taken out in f avoi? of Don Els- ton and then the pressure really mounted. Felipe Alou sent Cepeda to third witn a single to center, his second hit of the day. Daryl Spencer fan ned but Elston loded the bases by hitting Andre Rodgers. On came iBob Schmidt. And the burly catcher looked! at a third strike to end it. - Fourth Game Set In Puck Playoff Fort Wayne, Ind. -(UPS-Lou isville and Fort Wayne meet here tonight for the fourth game in the best-of-seven In ternational Hockey league playoffs with the Rebels hold ing a 2-1 margin. Louisville went head in the series here Monday night by downing the Komets, 4-3, in overtime. George Ranieri knocked in the winning goal with 1:05 left in the 10-minute sudden death overtime period after the Komets had knotted the score with two goals in the third period. It was the goal of the night for Ranieri, the league's lead ing goal and point scorer with 60 goals and 122 points. The Rebels jumped to an early, 3-1, lead during the first two periods, but Lennie Ronson and rookie Bob Me Cusker of the Komets evened the game at 3-3 in the third period. Neither team has yet won a playoff game on its own ice. The Rebels took the games here while the Komets won the series opener at Louisville. ARCHERY "Black Bear Bowmen" ARCHERY CLUB A family sport Good outdoor fun For information call (after 5 p.m.) RUSSELL DEFOREST SP 3-5467 or ENID EDWARDS SP 2-5312 MDFGRD&TRIBimi SIPdDIIETS SOC Slams OTI For 5-1 Defeat Ashland Jim McAbee got the Raiders of Southern Ore gon college off to a big start in their defense of the Oregon Collegiate conference base ball title by slamming a line drive homer in a game here yesterday which the men of SOC won 5-1 over Oregon Tech. McAbee, the steady Raider catcher, was the top hitter of the day with his four-bagger and single in three trips. He also scored twice and got credit for one run batted in and to cap his performance he picked up a straying Owl runner off second base. Raider hurler, Dave D'Oli vo, went the full nine innings and gave up only four hits without walking any of the opposing .Owl batters. The win for the Raiders puts them in first place in the OCC with a three game series coming up Friday and Satur day against Oregon College of Education in Monmouth. The OCE Wolves are current ly in second place with a 1-1 record by virtue of a split with Portland State. SOC Scores First Southern Oregon scored first in the third inning on McAbee's drive down the left field line to take a 1-0 lead. Again it was McAbee cross ing the plate in the fifth in ning after he had dragged the ball down the third base line. The Raider backstop was safe but a desperate throw by the Owl third sacker went wild and McAbee was roosting safely on second when the ball was recovered. Moments later the Owl pitcher, Allan Leach, tried to pick McAbee off second and the ball went wild into cen ter field. Result, McAbee now on third. A fly ball to right field off the bat of Larry Maurer scored the every busy McAbee. SOC got two more tallies in the sixth when Chuck Nevi led off with a single to left. Gordie Carrigan hit the ball to the Owl shortstop and they fumbled the ball at sec ond trying to get Nevi and all runners were safe.j D'Olivo bunted with no outs but a bad throw to first went wild and Nevi scored with Carrigan hustling into third. McAbee, up to bat again, walked to fill the bases but on the next pitch Carrigan took off for the plate and Leach broke his motion and balked to score Carrigan safely. Jack Kopacz was given a life for the Raiders in the eighth inning when the Owl shortstop kicked the ball. Ko pacz got second on a passed ball and moved to third on Maurer's infield out. Another passed ball turned the trick for the Raiders and they scored their fifth and final run of the game. Tech Gels Lone Run Oregon Tech got their lone run in the fourth inning when Stan Glass was safe on a field er's choice at first. Virgil in Mcculloch GRAND PRIZE: n r r a r i o . . lyjy-fi; norse ocou outboard with electric starter 15 foot runabout Nothing to Buy ul!l0(MP9ipiMn)GIin&i Just see your McCulloch Dealer. Try a fresh-from-the-factory McCulloch saw. Fill out the Lucky Cut entry blank. That's all there is to it YOU'RE IN IUCK WHEN YOU TRY A McCUllOCH CHAIN SAW fnfer the luck Cut Contesf Today Contest closes April 25 Mcculloch 1617 N, Riverside Winters followed with a windblown fly that went for a double and Glass scored from first. Nevi was the only other hitter to get two hits, both singles, for the Raiders be sides McAbee. Jim Dietz and Phil Sword got the remaining two hits for the men of SOC. Sword also saved the Raid ers a run with a line shot throw to the plate that drove back the Owl runner to third after the Raider rightfielder had gobbled up a fly ball. LINESCORE: OTI 000 100 0001 4 .5 SOC 001 012 Olx 5 6 4 Leach, Hueners (7), and Wilson; D"01ivo and McAbee. FIGHT RESULTS stdg hed .. United Press International New Bedford, Mass. (UPD Jimmy Connors, 126 1 2, New Bed ford, knocked out Bobby Davis, 131, New York (1). Long Beach. Calif. (TJPI) Ra mon Hernandez, 152, Juarez, Mexi co, decisioned Mel Ferguson, 151, Los Angeles tlO). Honolulu (UPI) Stan Harring, ton. 152. Honolulu, decisioned Frankie Bielma, 149, Wilmington, Calif. (10). Sugar Ray To Appear In Court New York -TOPD- Sugar Ray Robinson finally was ready to defend his title today - not before a roaring fight crowd at Yankee stadium but in a quiet, high-ceilinged hearing room in the state Supreme Court building. Lawyers , for the middle weight champion are attempt ing to prevent the New York State Athletic commission from stripping Sugar Ray of his crown, which he has not defended since he won it in a return bout with Carmen Basilio at Chicago in March of last year. Robinson's legal beagles in stituted a "show cause" or der against the commission, Monday. The writ was return able today. The presiding judge will be Justice Saul Streit, still remembered by sports fans as the man who handed down sweeping con victions in the college basket ball 'fix" trials eight ' years ago. Justice Streit is not ex pected to issue a ruling today. Such court tests frequently are not decided for weeks or even months. This is what Robinson is gambling on, for he claims he needs more time to line up a promoter for his next fight. The athletic commission was supposed to strip Robin son of his title at a meeting today if he failed to sign for a fight with Basilio. 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