8 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Thursday, April 1 6, 1959
Pirates, Tigers Hit
With Identical 0-5
United Picss International
Please, somebody, open up
that starting gate so poor
Pittsburgh and Detroit can
get out.
Here the season is only a
week old and the Pirates and
Tigers already have hit rock
bottom with identical 0-5 rec
ords. If they don't get a move
on soon, you can put a big
black asterisk in front of both
entries denoting "left at the
post."
Pittsburgh and Detroit can
console themselves by recall
ing the 1951 Giants lost 11 in
a row during April and still
came on to win the pennant.
That isn't much consolation,
though. Not when the Pirates
remember they dropped their
first eight games of the sea
son in 1955 and finished last
or when the Tigers think back
to how they also wound up in
the basement after losing their
first eight games in 1952.
- Cincinnati handed the Pi
rates their fifth straight loss,
10-5, Wednesday while un
beaten Cleveland stayed atop
of the American league by
dealing the Tigers their fifth
consecutive setback, 2-1, in
10 innings.
The Yankees remained close
IKlDgh-iBred Landing
GDdds-GDn
At Many
(Editors Note: This is the
third of several dispatches
on the leading Kentucky
Derby candidates).
New York -flJPD- On breed
ing alone, First Landing, the
1958 juvenile champion and
a highly regarded candidate
for the Kentucky Derby this
year, commanded attention
when he came out for his first
race at Jamaica a year ago.
For this was a son of Turn
To out of Hildene, a brood
mare which already had pro
duced four stake winners for
Christopher T. Chenery -Hill
Prines, Prince Hill, Third Bro
ther and Mangohick.
Equally important, dockers
reported the youngster could
run.
' Thus First Landing, bred
by Chenery and foaled at Clai
borne Farm in Kentucky, was
backed heavily in that first
race. He has been a favorite,
usually at odds-on, in every
- start since then.
It was five months and sev
en races later before another
horse finished in front of him.
When the year was over First
Landing had won 10 of 11
starts, earned a record total
of $396,460 for a two-year-old,
was hailed as the juvenile
champion and honored with
high weight of 128 pounds, in
I the Experimental Handicap
ratings.
When Eddie Arcaro, who
has ridden First Landing in
all his races, asked the colt
for his best at' Saratoga, the
muscled bay broke the races
wide open in a flash. But it
took the whip to make him
roll. .
"When he gets a head in
front of other horses, he seems
to be content just to stay there
and just do as much' as he has
to," Arcaro reported.
Not even Arcaro's whipping,
however, staved off defeat in
the Belmont Futurity. He fin
ished second' to Brookfield
Farms' Intentionally.
Then came the Champaigne
and Garden State Stakes, the
world's richest horse race. In
both, First Landing licked
Tomy Lee, the West Coast
sensation, after long and bit
ter stretch duels.
First Landing was shipped
to Florida undisputed cham
pion of his division tut things
were not quite the same when
the colt resumed racing in the
Southland.
He was second to the speedy
Octopus in an overnight sprint
and won the Everglades -but
not with his usual verve. Then
came the biggest disappoint
ment of all when, in perfect
position to explode with speed
at the top of the stretch, he
staggered home third in the
Flamingo Stakes.
Back in New York, First
Landing regained his top form
In a prep race for the Wood
Memorial. If he runs the same
way in the East's final major
WILL TRAIN WITH GIANTS
New York - (CPD - Halback
Phil King will be released
from the Army in time to join
the New York Giants at their
Burlington, Vt., training
camp. He is a second lieuten
ant at Ft. Eustis, Va.
at Cleveland's heels by beat
ing Baltimore, 3-1, for their
third straight triumph; the
Athletics handed the White
Sox their first loss of the
campaign, 10-8, .and the Red
Sox beat the Senators, 7-3.
In the National league, the
Dodgers licked the Cardinals,
5-0, and the Giants made it
four out of five by defeating
the Cubs, 7-1. The first-place
Braves were idle, as were the
Phillies.
Woody Held's third homer
in two days powered the In
dians to their fourth straight
victory in their 10-inning
struggle with Detroit. Held,
who blasted a pair of homers
on Tuesday, stroked the game
winning smash Wednesday off
Ray Narleski with two out in
the 10th. Cal McLish, a 16
game winner last year, pick
ed up his first victory of the
current season by going the
distance and scattering nine
hits.
Little Bobby Richardson
and southpaw Whitey Ford
were the t standouts in the
Yankee triumph over the Or
ioles. Richardson lined a two
run double off loser Jack
Harshman with two out in the
ninth and Ford limited the
UNE
Favorite
Tracks
prep for the Derby, he will be
shipped on to Louisville.
There First Landing will be
out to do just a little better
than Hill Prince, who carried
Chenery's white and blue
blocked silks to second place
in the Rose Run in 1950.
Williams On
Sick List
For 2 Weeks
Boston (DPI) A merican
League pitchers will have
another two or three weeks to
polish their form. Ted Wil
liams won't be back for at
least that long.
While' a doctor's report
Wednesday was dark news for
Williams and the Boston Red
Sox, it must have been met
with relief by every opposing
pitcher in the league.
Dr. Charles A. Fager an
nounced after inspecting Ted's
pinched neck nerve, that the
40-year-old slugger won't be
able to begin workouts for at
least another 7 to 10 days. His
return to the Boston lineup
was not expected for another
two to three weeks. '
Williams, six-time Ameri
can League batting king who
owns a .349 lifetime average
since coming into the league
20 years ago, has already
missed three Boston games.
He entered the New Eng
land Baptist hospital for treat
ment of the injury, suffered in
spring training, two weeks
ago. He was discharged last
week wearing the protective
collar.
Middlecoff
Favorite
Houston. Tex. -flJPB C a r v
Middlecoff, the golfing dentist
from Memphis, Tenn., was the
local favorite today to win
his third $30,000 Houston
Classic as competition open
ed at Memorial park.
A forecast of occasional
rain, was the only factor to
mar an otherwise perfect set
ting at the 7,200-yard par-72
course as 131 of the nation's
top professionals teed off.
Ben Hogan was making his
first appearance here since
1947 when he finished 12th in
the tournament.
Local odds-makers Dicked
Middlecoff and Arnold Palm
er of Latrobe, Pa., as co-favorites
at 7-1. However, local
pros favored the Memphis den
tist by a z-l margm to rack
up his third Houstoft Classic
cr,own.
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Orioles to six hits in dealing
them their third straight loss.
Rookie Pitcher Stars
Until the ninth, the Yanks
managed only three hits off
starter Hoyt Wilhelm and
Harshman. Then with two out
Gil McDougald walked and
moved to second on Andy Car
ey's bloop single. Both scored
on Richardson's line smash to
left field. The loss was Harsh
man's second of the season.
Bob Grim's grand-slam hom
er helped carry the A's to
their first victory of the year
after three losses in a row al
though the White Sox almost
pulled the game out with a
seven-run rally in the eighth.
Grim, credited with the vic
tory, belted his homer off los
er Barry Latman and rookie
Kent Hadley hit a two-run
homer for the A's off Claude
Raymond for what proved to
be the winning margin in the
fourth. ,
Shortstop Joe DeMaestri of
KC was hit over the left ear
by a Latman pitch in the third
immediately after Grim's hom
er. X-rays showed no fracture
although he was carried from
the field on a stretcher.
Pitcher Whole ,Show
Rookie pitcher Jerry Ca
sale was pretty much the
whole show ( in Boston's win
over Washington. The Brook
lyn-born right-hander doled
out seven hits and clouted a
450-foot homer far over the
left field screen with two on
off loser Russ Kemmerer in
the sixth.
Cincinnati clinched the out
come with a five-run rally
in the sixth inning during
which Vada Pinson hit his
second homer of the season
with two on. Jerry Lynch and
Ed Bailey also homered for
the Reds while Don Hoak
connected for a three-run
homer for Pittsburgh. Joe
Nuxhall, aided by Bob Mabe's
scoreless three-inning relief
stint, was , the winner. Bob
Friend gave up ll of Cincin
nati's 16 hits in 5 1-3 innings
and was charged with his sec
ond loss in as many tries.
Don Drysdale of the. Dodg
ers struck out seven and gave
up eight hits in curbing the
Cardinals. Loser Larry Jack
son startled the crowd of 14,
491 at Los Angeles coliseum
by striking out six of the first
nine batters to face him, but
the Dodgers put together four
singles for two runs in the
fourth. Don Demeter homered
in the sixth and Jim Baxes
in the seventh as the Cards
suffered their fourth loss in
five games!
Orlando Cepeda, "low
bridged" by Moe Drabowsky
in the second inning, slammed
a pair of homers of the Cub
right-hander one in the
fourth and another in the
fifth to pace the Giants
to their victory. Felipe Alou
also homered for the Giants,
raising his season total to
three.
Southpaw Johnny Antonel
li struck out six and yielded
only five hits in gaining his
second victory.
LDfESCORES:
National League
Pittsburgh 300 002 000 5 9 2
Cincinnati ..102 OOo 20x 10 16 2
Friend, Daniels (6), Green (7)
and Foiles. Nuxhall, Mabe (7) and
Bailey. Winner Nuxhall (1-0).
Loser Friend (0-2). HH Hoak,
Lyncn. mson, Bailey.
St. Louis .000 000 000 0 8 0
Los Angeles 000 201 llx 5 9 2
Jackson, Gibson (7) and H.
Smith. Drysdale (1-1) and Rose
boro. Loser Jackson (0-2). HB
JJemeter, saxes.
Chicaeo
..100 000 000 1 5 3
San Fran. 000 230 20x 7 9 1
Drabowsky. Singleton (6). Schaf-
fernoth (8) and Neeman; Antonelli
(2-0) and Schmidt. Loser Draw
bowsky (0-1). HR Cepeda 2, Alou.
. (Only games scheduled).
American League
(10 innings)
Detroit 000 000 010 01 9 0
Cleveland ..000 100 000 12 6 1
Foytack, Narleski (8) and Ber
beret. McLish (1-) and Nixon. Loser
Narleski (0-2). HR Held.
Washington ..000 010 002 3 7 1
Boston 020 014 OOx 7 11 1
Kemmerer, Hyde (7), Kralick (8)
and Courtney, Porter (8): Casale
(1-0) and White. Loser Kemmerer
(0-1). HR Casale.
Kansas City 125 200 000 10 9 2
Chicago 001 000 070 8 11 2
Grim, Tomanek (8), Meyer (8),
Gorman (8) and House. Latman,
Shaw (3), Raymond (4), Arias (6),
Staley (8), Lown (9) and Lollar.
Winner Grimm (1-1). Lser Lat
man (0-1). HR Grim, Hadley.
New York 000 001 0023 5 2
Baltimore 000 000 100 1 6 0
Ford (1-0) and Howard; Wilhelm,
Harshman (8) and Triandos.
Loser Harshman (0-2).
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Phillies
Talk Of
N.Y. Shift
New York -WPD- A state
ment by the mayor of Phila
delphia that the Philadelphia
Phillies are "discussing" mov
ing to New York didn't ap
pear to be generating much
excitement here today.
Mayor Richardson Dilworth
said Wednesday In Philadel
phia he had been told that
Bob Carpenter, owner of the
Phillies, had been" meeting
with Mayor Robert F. Wagner
of New York to talk over the
possibility of a shift. 1
But Wagner and a spokes
man for Carpenter both de
nied such meetings have been
held.
Wagner did state that Wil
liam Shea, chairman of the
special committee which Wag
ner has appointed to bring an
other major league team to
this city, has spoken to Car
penter "more than once." But
there was no indication any
of these talks were held re
cently. Carpenter's spokesman said
the Phils' owner told Shea
some 18 months ago he "was
not interested" in moving the
Phils to New York.
And only last week Shea
said that he thinks plans for
a third major league were the
"best possibility" of bringing
another team here soon.
OUT OF RACE
Philadelphia - (UPD - Harry
Litwack removed himself
from the race for the vacant
Philadelphia Warriors coach
ing post Wednesday when he
said he would remain as bas
ketball coach at Temple uni
versity.' STANDINGS
MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS
National League ' -
W. L. Pet. GB
Milwaukee 3 0 1.000
San Francisco 4 1 .800
Cincinnati 3 1 .750 Vx
Chicago 2 2 .500 i
Los Angeles z z .500 iv2
Philadelphia 1 1 .500 l'a
St. Louis ?. 1 4 .200 3
Pittsburgh 0 5 .000 4
Wednesday's Results
Cincinnati 10, Pittsburgh 3
Los Angeles 5, St. Louis 0 (night)
San Francisco 7, Chicago 1 (night)
(Only games scheduled).
Thursday's Probable Pitchers
Chicago at San Francisco An
derson (1-0) vs. Jones (1-0).
Philadelphia at Milwaukee Rob
erts (1-0) vs. Burdette (1-0).
St. Louis at Los Angeles (night)
Broglio (0-1) vs. Koufax (0-0).
(Only games scheduled).
Friday's Games
Pittsburgh at Milwaukee
Philadelphia at Cincinnati (night)
St. Louis at San Francisco (night)
Chicago at Los Angeles (night) .
American League
W.
L. Pet.
O 1.000
0 1.000
1 .800
GB
lVi
2 'a
3
3',i
4
Cleveland
New York
4
3
4
2
1
1
0
0
Chicago
Boston
Washington
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.333
.250
.000
.000
Kansas city
Baltimore
Detroit
Wednesday's Results
Boseon 7, Washington 3
Cleveland 2 Detroit 1 (10 innings)
Kansas City 10. Chicago 8
New York 3. Baltimore 1 (night)
Thursday's Probable Pitchers
New York at Baltimore Ditmar
(0-0) vs. Bamberger (0-0).
Washington at Boston R a m o s
(1-0) vs. Moford (0-0).
Kansas (Jity at Chicago carver
(0-1) vs. Wynn (1-0).
Friday's Games
Detroit at Chicago
New York at Boston
Washington at Baltimore (night)
Kan. City at Cleveland (night)
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By 14-6
Eagle Point - A ball game
marred by errors and one in
jury saw Eagle Point knock
Prospect out of the game with
a 14 to 6 victory last night
on the Eagle Point diamond.
Prospect had 13 errors and
Eagle Point seven. Ray Scaif e,
of Prospect, was reported in
fair condition at Sacred Heart
hospital this morning suffer
ing from an injury after a
pitched ball struck him in the
eye.
Prospect was held hitless
until the fifth grame when
Floyd Scaife, brother to Ray,
scored a hit off Eagle Point
pitcher' Bill Pfeifer and that
was Prospect's only hit.
The hot one for Eagle Point
was the fourth frame "when
Dusty Gerving and Jim Nease
each singled, advanced to sec
ond and third bags, respec
tively, on a balk and both
scored on a passed ball as
they caught the catcher nap
ping. -
Friday Eagle Point goes up
against Rogue River when
Eagle Point pitcher Jim Nease
will try to preserve Rogue
River's record of no hits in
two league games. Eagle
Point's season record to date
is five wins and four losses
and has a league record of
1-1.
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Eaele Point ..171 203
Scaife and Chapman; Pfeifer, Ge
ren (5), Nease (5) and Osborn.
SUBS FOR INJURED BOXER
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Albans, N. Y., will substitute
for the injured Randy Sandy
in a 10-round bout against
Bennie Paret of Cuba at St.
Nicholas Arena next Monday.
Sandy withdrew because of
an eye injury suffered during
training.
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