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Newspaper Page TextMAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Wednesday, April 29, 1959 LA Sending John Podres To Mound- Philadelphia -TCPD- The Los Angeles Dodgers attempt to hold onto their full-game lead in the National league tonight by sending Johnny Podres (2-1) to the mound against the second-division Philadelphia Phillies. The Dodgers, whose 9-3 vic tory over Pittsburgh Monday tonnected with idleness on the part of the Braves and Giants to keep them at the top of the pile, took Tuesday off. Podres, who will be facing righthander Robin Roberts, (1-1), will seek his third straight win. The southpaw hurler only won one fcut of three against the Phils last year, but then too, he only managed to win two road games that season. Manager Walt Alston came up with his own explanation of why the Dodgers have scrambled to the top of the league after finishing in seventh-place last year. Shamed Into It "The boys were shamed into playing good ball," he said without the shadow of a smile. "No one likes to fin ish seventh. It just hurt the boys' pride. "But," he said, "basically this team is better than the one I had last year. It has Better balance and the spirit is wonderful. The boys work- d like hell to get in shape his spring and I'd like to tBink that's the real reason $or our fine performance." The Dodgers as a team are ofaatting .288 and in their past erix games collected 46 runs en 75 hits. Credit for their spectacular voring spree must go in a ferge part to the unexpected, jeower hitting of Don Deme ter who leads both leagues Vith 20 runs-batted-in and elso clobbered six homers to Jkoost him to a .352 average. Charlie Neal, .345, and Wal Sey Moon, .340, John- Rose oro, .333 and Carl Furillo 16 also added their share. Chisox Hit By Fiu Bug Chicago - (LTD The Chicago White Sox faced the dreaded New York Yankees with add ed woes today. Ten players were weakened or absent fol lowing a siege of flu. ' White Sox Manager Al Lopez, himself suffering from the bug, hoped most of his regulars could hobble onto the field for the series opener against the Yankees. About the only break the Chicago club got was the post ponement of Tuesday night's scheduled game due to wet grounds, giving the ailing players an extra day of rest. The suffering Sox were rookie outfielder John Calli son, pitchers Dick Donovan and Gerry Staley, third base man Billy Goodman and Bubba Phillips, first basemen Earl Torgeson and Ron Jack son, catchers John Romano Earl Battey and pinchhitter Don Mueller. Also down with the flu were Trainer Ed Froelich and Coach Don Gutteridge Callison was hospitalized and may be out for several days. The others were bedded down in their hotel rooms and homes. Linfield Trims Portland State Portland -EPD- Linfield de feated Portland State 6-2 in a non-conference baseball game Tuesday. Gene Manley hit a jtwo-run homer for Linfield in the sixth. . RESCHEDULE GAME New York -UPD- The New York Yankees announce that the postponed game of April 11 with the Boston Red Sox has been rescheduled for Yan kee Stadium Wednesday night, July 8, provided the July 7 major league All-Star Game is not postponed. THE AMERICAN 0ISTILLING CO, INC. -r -c ' v v& y? Senators Down Kansas City In Lone Major Loop Tussle Br FRED DOWN . United Press International It won't be long before they will be calling Cal Griffith "The Old Fox" for the way his trades are giving the Washington Senators a new look. 4 The Senators, almost un animous picks to finish in the American league cellar, got off to a poor start but have won three straight and four of their last five games to climb within a game of the .500 mark. They're getting some of the steadiest pitching in either league and may have Homers Aid Mountie Win Over Phoenix; Solons Top Beavers By DON BECKER United Press International The Phoenix Giants, who last year lived by the home run ball in their tight little home orchard, are dying by it this year. Beset by an accommodating hurling staff, last year's Pa cific Coast league pennant winners have taken some sol- Antonelli Will Hurl For Giants Pittsburgh -4DPD - With two days f inactivity and the gray . rainy cold of Philadel phia behind them, the San Francisco Giants will send un beaten Johnny Antonelli against the slow starting Pitts burgh Pirates tonight. Coldness was responsible for the cancellation of Mon day night's contest between the Phillies and Giants. Rain cancelled Sunday's game. Giant Manager Bill Rigney has announced" that Southpaw Mike McCormick will go against the Buccos Tuesday, thus leaving the big three, Jack Sanford, Sam Jones and Antonelli, ready for duty against Milwaukee over the week end. Rigney also said Andre Rodgers, who has an injured thigh muscle, will not see ac tion till the weather warms. Eddie Bressoud will continue as his replacement. Antonelli, unbeaten in three starts will probably be faced by Pirate Ronnie Kline, who has an 0-1 mark. Dusty May See Big Time Again San Francisco -(DPD- Dusty Rhodes, hero of the World Series for the, Giants in 1954 when they operated out of New York village, may make the big time again. Manager Bill Rigney of the San Francisco Giants says that Rhodes, who is murder ing the ball for Phoenix of the Pacific Coast league, may be called up for pinch-hitting duties in the National league race. "Our pinch hitters have been so weak that we could use a man like Dusty." says Rigney. 'He's really clouting the ball at Phoenix." Statistics for the first two weeks show that ol' Dusty is rapping the apple at a .320 clip,, including four doubles, four homers and nine runs batted in. Giant Bench Folds Meanwhile, the San Fran cisco club has come up with a total of one (1) single in 17 pinch-hitting attempts. FIGHTS Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Garnet Sugar Hart, 147. Philadelphia, knocked out Willie (Kid) Johnson, 147 Vi. Lumberton, N. C, 1. St. Paul, Minn. Del Flanagan, 160 li. St. Paul, outpointed Jimmy Martinez, 155, Phoenix. Ariz., 10. Htm York Ptkin, III. Sanalito, Calif. uncovered a new star in 27-year-old Russ Kemmerer. Kemmerer, who had a 6-15 record last season, won his third game of the current cam paign when the Senators beat the Kansas City Athletics, 8-3 Tuesday night In the only major league game played. Rain and cold weather caused the postponement of six oth er scheduled games. Kemmerer, a 6-foot, 3-inch, 200-pound right-hander ob tained from the Boston Red Sox in 1957, allowed eight hits, struck out three batters and walked none. He previ- id shellackings in the early going of this season's race. And it's mainly because the opposition is ripping the ball out of the park. Tuesday night, the lowly Vancouver Mounties bashed three productive roundtrip pers as they buried the Giants 16-6. Mountie Ray Barker hit a three-run shot in the first in ning to get things started and Joe Taylor socked a similar three-run clout in the fourth. Marv Breeding got into the act with a two-run homer, also in the fourth. Pads, Solons Both Win Elsewhere, San Diego stay ed within a game of league leading Sacramento as it nip ped Seattle, 4-1. Spokane crushed Salt Lake 13-5, and the Solons won over Portland, 9-5. Lefty Joe Hatten had an easy time of it on the mound for the Mounties as he coasted to his second win of the year. His teammates scored three in the first, seven in the fourth and six in the ninth. Phoenix shortstop Jose Pa gan ran his hitting streak to 14 straight games with a pair of singles. Dusty Rhodes, who may be ticketed for some pinch-hitting work with the San Francisco Giants, had his 11 game streak snapped as 'he caught the collar in five trips. The Sacramento nine, in first place on the strength of superb pitching, got some sol id hitting Tuesday night. Noel Mickelson got the win for the Solons, his second, while Bob Perry was the big man at' the plate with a hom er and a double. The capital city crew lashed out 14 hits in scoring its nine runs. Portland's George Freese hit his sixth homer of the campaign while Jack Littrell hit his first of the season for the losers. Williams Hit Grand Slammer Charley Williams' grand slam home run was the big hit as Spokane rolled to its 13-5 win over Salt Lake. Pat Patrick picked up the pitch ing victory for the Indians m relief as he took over for starter Ralph Mauriello in the fifth inning. Veteran Bud Podbielan hurler six-hit ball to gain the win for. San Diego over Seat tle. The victory was his sec ond against no losses. He has an earned run average of 0.64. Mitch June hit a three run triple for San Diego in the fourth inning. Ted Tappe ac counted for the only Rainier run of the night when he ho mered in the first inning. L1NESCORES: Vancouver - ....300 700 006 16 13 2 Phoenix 100 100 Q31 6 13 3 Hatten and White; Hyman. Mc- Minn (1). Muffett (4), Fitzgerald (8) and Orsino. Seattle 100 000 000 1 6 2 San Diego 100 300 000 4 8 2 Rabe, Martin (8) and Sevan; pod bielan and Jones. Spokane 502 120 11113 14 1 Salt Lake 000 140 0005 6 2 Mauriello, Patrick (5) and Sher ry: Perez, Newberg (1), Umbricht (4), rancts (5) and westertieia. Portland 010 100 0305 8 0 Sacramento 011 301 30x 9 14 1 Lombard!, Cox (4). Pillette (7), Swearingen (8) and Tornay; Mic kelson, Rowe (8) and Baragan. Turnout Keeps Ud for Shoots Attendance at Medford Ri-1 fie and Pistol club pistol prac tices is keeping up very well despite the opening of fishing season and the scores of the shooters are improving as the season moves on. The high five at last night's shoot were Roy Hewitt, 276, Paul Rutter, 273, Rafe And ers, 267, Hugh McGinty, 258 and Tom Staley, 249. The new shooters were Bar ton Cowan, Jim McGoodwih and Howard Rickman. Officers of the club have reminded the public that the range is open to anyone who wishes to shoot pistol. Next practice will be on Friday night starting probably a little late because of the world's heavyweight title fight on TV. ously beat the Baltimore Or ioles and New York Yankees and has pitched two complete games. The six complete games by the Washington staff match the Cleveland In dians' league-leading total. Look Big League Kemmerer, a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., is only one of the players picked up by Griffith who has been instru mental in helping the Sena tors "look big league" so far. Bill Fischer, right-handed pitcher obtained from Detroit has yielded only one run in his last 19 innings. And Reno Bertio and Ron Stamford, ac quired in Griffith's controver sial deal with the Tigers last winter, struck key blows in Tuesday night's triumph which ended Kansas City's three-game winning streak. Griffith announced at the end of last season that he would trade any member of his team including star pitcher Pedro Ramos and slugger Roy Sievers - and promised that the Senators would be a stronger team this year. He didn't make all the trades he plalined but those he's made over the last few years are paying off hand somely so far. LINE SCORE: Washington ...300 003 020 8 14 0 Kansas City ....011 000 0013 8 1 Kemmerer (3-1) and Porter. Her bert, Meyer (6), Coleman (8) and House. Loser Herbert (1-7). HR Sanford, Maris. STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Cleveland 10 4 Baltimore 9 5 Chicago 9 5 Kansas City . 7 7 Washington 7 8 Boston 6 7 New York 6 7 Detroit 1 12 Pet. .714 .643 .642 .500 .467 .462 .462 .077 GB 1 1 3 3i 3,i 3',i 8,i Tuesday's Results Washington 8, Kansas City 3 (night) Wednesday's Probable Pitchers Boston at Cleveland (night) Brewer (1-1) vs. Perry (0-0). Thursday's Games Washington at Detroit Baltimore at Kansas City (night) (Only games scheduled) United Press International NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis at Milwaukee (night) Jackson (0-2) vs. Rush (0-0) or Pi zarro (0-1). Los Angeles at Philadelphia (night) Podres ($2-1) vs. Roberts (1-1). Chicago at Cincinnati (night) HiUman (1-1) vs. jNuxnau u-u. San Francisco at Pittsburgh (night) Antonelli (3-0) vs. Kline (0-1). Thursday's Games Chicago at Cincinnati (night) Los Angeles at Philadelphia (night) St. Lniiis at Milwaukee (nieht) San Francisco at Pittsburgh (night) PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB .10 4 .714 . 9 5 .643 1 . 4 4 .500 3 . 6 6 .500 3 . 6 8 .429 4 . 6 8 .429 4 . 5 8 .385 42 . 4 7 .364 4,i Sacramento San Diego Salt Lake Spokane Phoenix Seattle Portland Vancouver Tuesday's Results Vancouver 16, Phoenix 8 Spokane 13, Salt Lake 5 -San Diego 4, Seattle 1 Sacramento 9, Portland 5 Wednesday's Probable Pitchers Seattle (Jay Hook, 1-1) at San Diego (Russ Heman, 2-0). Vancouver (Charlie Beamon, 1-2) at Phoenix (Eddie Fisher, 1-0). Spokane (Connie Grob, 2-0 and Roger Craig, 1-0) at Salt Lake (Don Urquhart, 1-0 and Dick Hall. 1-0). Portland (Art Houtteman, 0-0) at Sacramento (Chuck Hickman, 2-0). NORTHWEST LEAGUE W. L. Wenatche 3 2 Lewiston 3 2 Tri-City 2 2 Yakima ; 2 3 Eugene 0 1 Pet. GB .600 .600 .500 .400 1 .000 2 Tuesday's Results Lewiston 6, Yakima 3 Wenatchee 2, Salem 1 - Eugene at Tri-City (postponed, weather) Bulldog Tennis Club Triumphs McLoughlin Junior High tennis team defeated the Ash land freshman 7 to 0 in a match at Ashland yesterday. The Bulldogs earlier had dropped the Grizzlies 6 to 1. Bob Schroeder, who had lost to Ashland's Ken Stevenson in a three set tussle in the previous match, downed Stev enson 6-1, 6-1 yesterday. In other singles Bob Darby won from Dennis Jones 8-6, 6-1, Jerry Zemlicka defeated Lyle Springer 6-3, 6-0, Dennis Dwyer trimmed Bill Brant 6-4, 6-1 and Mike Dwyer tripped Bud Lininger 6-4, 6-3. Doubles verdicts were Schroeder and Zemlicka over Stevenson and Jones 63, 6-1 and Darby and Dennis Dwyer over Brant and Springer 6-1, 6-3. Buy At Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Drain Tilt Bricks, Flues 727 W. McAndrews Phone SP 3-4575 or SP 2-41 07 Medford&Trlbuni Phil Moyer, Yama Clash This Portland, " Ore.-(UPD-Belting Yama Bahama from Bimini, British West Indies, goes into the fight tonight for the 64th professional time, against young Phil Moyer of Portland in a 10-round middleweight television match. In 63 fights, Bahama, (Wil liam Butler) has lost eight by decision, one by knockout, and has drawn in two. Moyer, 21-year-old' elder brother of nationally ranked welter weight Denny, has had 16 pro fessional fights. This will be his television debut. Bahama has had 13 video matches. Speed Impressive "If he fights the same way California Man May Buy Info London's Contract By JACK CUDDY Indianapolis - (UPD A Cali fornia sportsman and aviation executive may buy a chunk of heavyweight contender Brian London's contract today and gamble on the chance that British Brian may win the world championship from Floyd Patterson here Friday night or from someone else later. Al Weill, a former manager of Rocky Marciano and other champions, said, I am con fident the deal will be closed today. No, I can't disclose the nime of the California man, nor the amount which will be paid." Weill, acting as a middle man in the transaction, said he began investigating Lon don's abilities recently when an English promoter suggest ed a match between London and Weill's British heavy weight Dave Rent. One of Best "I came to the conclusion London is one of the world's best heavyweights," Weill said. "And Rent isn't exper ienced enough yet to fight him. I turned down the match 5th in Row For Ducks Eugene (UPD The Oregon Webfoots scored their fifth straight victory in Northern Division baseball this season Tuesday by downing Idaho 8-0 to close out a two-game series. The Ducks beat the Vandals Monday 7-6. Denny Peterson picked up his third win of the season with no losses in going the distance. He also extended his scoreless-inning streak to 23. Oregon hitters were led by catcher Ellis Olson who had a homer with one man aboard and a single in the fifth inn ing which scored two runs. In Seattle, Washington edg ed Washington State 8-7 for its sixth win against two loss es. Oregon now leads the league with a 5-1 mark and an .833 percentage to 6-2 and a .750 percentage for Washington. Courtesy Chervolet's All Passenger Cars and Light Trucks FREE PICKUP AND DELIVERY SERVICE! 1 Here Is What You Get! 1. Lubricate your car 2. Change motor oil 3. Repack front wheel 4. Adjust brakes 5. Adjust fan belt 6. Rotate tires COURTESY CHEVROLET 9th and Bartlert Streets Evening Denny does, it will be a real battle," Bahama said in sizing up the match. "I've never seen him (Phil) fight. I don't know what to expect." Both fighters have been working out at the same gym and Bahama's impressive speed and hitting power have given him the edge in betting over Phil who slowed down his workouts in the-last few days. ' Both are cautious, defensive fighters. Bahama, who is 26, says he is a converted south paw. "I don't get hit unless I get very careless," the Bimini slugger maintains. and then suggested that my California friend buy a piece of the contract from Brian's father." London, although a 10-1 un derdog for Friday's 15-round fight at the Fairgrounds Coli seum, was -very impressive Tuesday in his last workout at the Municipal Garden where he displayed a speedy, roughhouse pressing attack in two rounds with Dusty Rhodes. He also showed a good left jab and a surprise "sneaker" right. Champion Patterson also concluded his sparring ses sions Tuesday with two rounds against Ike Thomas and one against Julio Mederos. He dropped Thomas with a left hook in the first round. Farthing Hurls No-Hit Verdict In Grade Final Mike Farthing closed out the 1959 Medford grade school baseball season yester day with a no-hit, no-run pitching job as Roosevelt bounced Wilson 11 to 0 in an interleague playoff game. In other playoffs, in which losers each got only one hit, Jefferson blanked Lincoln 9 to 0, Oak Grove beat Jackson 4 to 2 and Washington topped Hoover 8 to 3. Farthing walked one and fanned five. Only three men got on base against him. SHORT SCORES: R H E Roosevelt 11 5 2 Wilson 0 0 4 Farthing and Coss; New land and Hatfield. Jefferson 9 9 1 Lincoln 0 13 Kinney and Boshears; Eak ins, Stickley (3) and Robert son. Oak Grove 4.3 0 Jackson 2 1 1 Cline and Rott; Highland and Curtis. Hoover 3 13 Washington 9 . 4 2 Smith and Anderson; Woo ton, Kahl, Wyatt, Piper and Mann. SPRING SAVE $7.50 All .For Only - bearings 7. Drain and flush radiator 8. Check exhaust system 9. Fill windshield washer jar 10. Change rear axle grease 11. Check cooling system 12. Clean carburetor air cleaner WHAT ARE THE SIZES OF BASEBALL GLOVES ? Official baseball rules say that fielders'gtoves, including the first basemanshall be ff? more ft 'or? Z incAes fang ant gncies uce. The catchers mitt may be oPany size, shapa or weight and the pitchers glove must be uni-fbrm in color, but not white or grey. ; TOP THIS! To any reader submittinff contrary proof, Tip Brady will send a signed, wallet-sized diploma. Write to: BEAT THIS, co this paoer, Box 575. Sausalito, Calif. Enclose self-addressed, stamped envelope. A MtCftfrl Ntwtpspw Syndlcit Patvf Wenatchee Sees Hits Go Farther United Press International The weather was cold but the pitching hot at Wenatchee Tuesday night where the Chiefs posted a 2-1 victory over Salem in one of two Northwest league games play ed. Lewiston topped Yakima 6-3 in the other game and a scheduled Eugene at Tri-City tilt was postponed because of inclement weather. Both Wenatchee and Salem collected six hits but the Chiefs managed to get better mileage for their victory. Wenatchee's winning run came in the third when Dick Wilson doubled, moved up on an error and scored on an out field fly. Gonzales Scores Salem got its lone marker in the fir.it when Benny Gon zales scored from third on a double steal. The Chiefs matched that in their half of the first on Ron Foisy's double, Danny Saver's single and an infield out. Rick Herrera, Wenatchee reliefer, fanney Jerry Gregg with two on. and two out in the ninth to end it. Lewiston got three runs in the first frame and added two more in the fourth to win be hind Thornton Kipper's eight- hit hurling. Roger Herscher was the big sticker for Lewiston with two booming doubles good for three runs batted in. Hugh Mendez got four singles in five trips for the losers. Beavers Obtain George Brunei Portland-flJPD-The Portland Beavers have added a new southpaw pitcher and have shipped off a righthander. Portland got George Bru net, a fast throwing lefthand er, from Kansas City. Bob Davis, the righthander, was sent to Shreveport of the Souther nassociation. Medford, Oregon 9 lk r mw Sport Parade New York-flJPD-At least 98 per cent of those who play golf are cheats-knowingly or un knowingly. It would be impossible to fix the percentage in each of those two categories. But, whether deliberately "or due to ignorance, the rules of the fairway take the worst smash ing in sports. "No more than two per cent of the players know and abide by the rules," flatly ssys Joe Dey, executive secretary of the U.S. Golf association. And, while 2 per cent may be high, lef s be generous." Ignoring the deliberate cheat, Dey contends that most people simply don't know the rules at golf-ven the basic ones. Much of this is because of the broad scope necessary to govern an international sport in which no two courses are exactly alike. "If you watch 98 out of 100 players," he contends, you can catch them in a penalty before they reach the sixth tee." Should Obey Rules And, all quibbling aside, they'll fracture basic rules which everyone should obey both in fairness to themselves as well as those with whom they are playing. How many people do you know who break the most fundamental rule of golf, sim ply that the ball shall not be touched from tee to cup and throughout should be played as it lies? And you, sir, are a golfing cheat if you: 1. Play an old ball across a water hazard and substitute a new one then or when you get on the green. 2. Use winter rules. 3. Remove growing obstruc tions. 4. Ground your club in a sand trap. 5. Play a new ball even with the point where you went into a water hazard. Can't Change Ball "One of the most fractured rules," says Dey, "is cleaning the ball or substituting a new one. Look at the duffers who refuse to risk a new ball on a water hole but, replace the ball after clearing the hazard. The rule says you must hole out the ball you have driven unless it is lost, out of bounds or so cut as to be unfit for play." Then there are those handy "winter rules" which most Ihver Before! 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Only to get a whack at the ball. You cannot move, bend or break anything growing. In clear loose impediments you are penalized a shotif the ball moves. In clearing unnatural debris there is no penalty if the ball moves. It's More Fun "On taking your stance, you can only ground the clubhead lightly," Dey explains. "The club must not be pressed down. You'd be surprised how, by pressing down with a club, some golfers make brassie shots out of niblick shots." In sand traps, the clubhead must not contact the sand un til the ball is struck. If it does -and how many use the wedge while taking their stance to dig a cellar in back of the ball-it's a two-stroke penalty. And on water hazards, the rule is that you drop a new ball with the point where it went in between you and the hole. Scores might go up if even these few basic rules were ap plied, Dey admits, but his contention is that the real fun of playing would be increased, too. Bears Nab Calder Cup Hershey, Pa. (UPD Willie Marshall, Hershey's. big gun during the regular season, led the Bears to their second straight American Hockey league Calder Cup Tuesday night. Marshall, a 29-goal man, scored twice in pacing Her shey to a 5-2 playoff victory over the Bisons, wrapping up the best-of-seven series, four games to two. A mm; 0 8, LEU Hardware Phone SP 2-2939 '