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l Pittsburgh tDPD " Leo Duro
cher is closer .to returning to
baseball today than ' he has
been since he left the New
York Giants four years ago. ,
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tional has learned that an
American League club, quite
possibly the Chicago White
Sox, has dangled the type of
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- Pittsburgh - (UPD -Major
league officials will tackle
problems involving the spe
cial one million dollar fund
for the relief of the .minor
leagues ' this week end and
probably won't even discuss
the possibility of a third
Jeague during their annual
meetings.
That's the opinion of Com
missioner Ford Frick who
pointed out, "those advocat
ing a third league have barely
scratched the surface of all
the problems involved."
Backs Third League
William A. Shea is heading
a New York City mayor's
baseball committee which
claims to have enough cities
with powerful financial back
ing to form a third major
league.
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fer that could bring "Leo the
Lip" back to the game - a
high salary as manager and
substantial stock in the club.
Durocher confirmed he is
seriously considering the of
fer, which would make him a
combination field and general
manager.
Durocher was startled when
"Let's face it," Frick said.
"Shea and his group aren't
ready to sit down with us yet.
When they are, we'll be glad
to meet with them."
Frick added that the big
league executives expect to
devote almost all their time
Thursday and Friday in Chi
cago to the minor league
fund. f
"Our big problem right
now is that fund," Frick said.
"First, we have to find out
from the federal government
if the money we turn over to
the minors will be tax ex
empt. After that, we have to
determine who to allocate the
money to the minors. That's
going to be a tough one. That
is why we are meeting early
Thursday because I expect
most of our time will be spent
on that business."
Frick admitted the special
fund for the minors "isn't
nearly enough" to solve all
their problems but said, "at
least it's a step in the right
direction."
"I'm in .favor of all possi
ble aid to the minor league,"
Frick said. "And I hope this
special fund will put us on
the right track."
Medford Yanks,
Central Point
Junior Victors
INTERMEDIATE LEAGUE
Central Point , 2 "
Medford Giants 1
Medford Yankees 1
Ashland ,,, 0
I,. Pet
0 1.000
1 .500
1 .500
2 .000
Central Point took over
lone lead in the intermediate
league of Southern Oregon
Junior Baseball yesterday
with a 14 to 3 win over the
Medford Giants.
The Medford Yankees
scored their first loop victory
by defeating Ashland 6 to 2.
CP ran up eight runs in the
first inning in gaining its sec
ond triumph without 'a loss
in the loop. The Yanks also
had a big opening frame with
four runs.
For the Yanks in the first,
an error and two walks load
ed the sacks. Then Neathamer
trippled and Wayne Couch
singled. The Pointers got their
eight in the other game with
out a hit on nine bases on
balls, an error and stolen
bases and passed balls.
Mike Barnes threw a four
hitter for the Yanks, against
Ashlands walking four and
fanning five. Jack Lowery
doubled and singled and Dick
Deffley had two singles.
, Against the Giants, Ed Bow
man tossed a two-hitter for
CP, he walked eight and
struck out six. Giant fling ers
gave up 18 walks to Pointer
batters. , Joe McCalvy, Jeff
Anhorn and Larry Mason hit
safely for Central Point and
Rick Bell and Ron Gandee for
Medford'a Giants.
LINESCORES:
Ashland 001 102 4 1
Yankees 402-Ox 9 0
Rhodes. Mitchell (1) and Rober
son; Barnes and Couch. . .
Giants .100 101 0 3 2 S
Central Point ..810 041 x 14 3 2
Ettel, Teague (2) and Naumes;
Bowman and Jeff Anhorn.
Howard School
Recreation Has
Good Turnout
Attendance has been aver
aging around 100 boys and
girls per day in the Howard
school summer recreation pro
gram, Principal Harold Boner
has reported.
The program entered its
fourth week Monday and con
tinues through July 23. Sched
ules of activities are available
at the school, Boner said.
A variety of activities are
offered Monday through
Thursday. A baseball game is
played on Friday mornings
and track events are held on
Saturday mornings.
BLUTH LEADS BOWLING
Brooklyn, N. Y. -OJPD-Ray
Bluth of St. Louis, Mo., held
the lead in the weekly "major
league bowling" television
show with only two pro
grams remaining. Bluth de
feated Lou Deturris of Rich
mond Hill. N. Y.. 722-628.
Saturday night to better a 708
series rolled by Tom Hennes
sey of St. Louis four weeks
ago.
UPI put the question of his
return to baseball to him, but
he did not evade.
If Terms Right
"If the terms are right,
there's a strong possibility
I'll come back," he replied.
"I've had several offers since
I've left the Giants but. I
wouldn't consider any of them
unless certain conditions were
met. The offer I'm thinking
over now comes the closest of
any to satisfying me."
Durocher tried to sidestep
further questions but finally
conceded under the UPI's
cross-examination:
"I'm very happy with what
Fm doing now. But this prop
osition is almost too good to
turn down. We'll see how it
turns out. Could be I'll be
back."
Durocher, who'll be 54
years old on July 27, left as
manager of the New York
Giants just before the end of
the 1955 season. He said then
he never, would return to
baseball but modified his
stand later to say he would if
an offer that involved stock
ownership in a club were in
cluded with an offer to man
age.
Need Durocher
UPI has learned, however,
that White Sox big-wigs Bill
Veeck and Hank Greenberg
think Durocher is just what
the White Sox need. Veeck
tried unsuccessfully two years
ago to talk Leo into manag
ing the Cleveland Indians.
Often called "baseball's bad
boy," Durocher rose to play
ing stardom as a shortstop
with the Gashouse Gang St.
Louis Cardinals of 1934 and
subsequently managed the
Brooklyn Dodgers and the
Giants. He led the Dodgers to
a pennant in 1941 and piloted
the Giants to flags in 1951
and 1954.
Durocher resigned in late
1955 and embarked on a radio
and TV career that appears to
have occupied all his ambi
tions - until now.
Women's Golf
Rogue Valley Country club
lady golfers play for July 9,
will be "medal."
On July 2, the lady golfers
held their monthly luncheon
and meeting. Play for the day
was medal. Winners were: In
A group, Mrs. C. B. Collins;
B grorap, Mrs. Ray Frisbie; C
group, Mrs. John Day; D
group, Mrs. Ren Taylor, and
9-hole, Mrs. Warren Bayliss
and Mrs Royal: Bebb (tied).
In the May and June eclec
tic (ringer) tournament there
was a three-way tie in the A
group among Mrs. Rose
Bunch, Mrs. Ted Sickels and
Mrs. T. . A. , Culbertson. B
group winner was Mrs. Edwin
Radzweit; C group was taken
by Mrs. Al Williams and D
group was won by Mrs. Mrs.
Glen Jones. Nine-hole play
had a tie between Mrs. Ran
dall Giff ord and Mrs. Ray
Stewart. . - .
The third play of the Wil
lamette Valley-Southern Ore
gon Women's Golf association
will be held July 10 at Klam
ath Falls. Ladies are to con
tact others in their pairings.
JULY 9 PAIRINGS:
(Ladles are to contact others in
their threesome.)
Mesdames E. W. Sickels. Frank
Tamney. B. D. Mitchell; Ed Milne.
T. A. Culbertson. Warren Lesseg;
Jack Eidswick, Noble T. Vincent,
H. S. Elbert: Jack MitcKeii, William
T. Clark, Frank Benesh; Dean M.
Lambert. Fred .Conrad. Jerry Ol
son; Bernard T. Nutting, Kenneth
Teeter.
Mesdames W. L. Stark, L. T. An
derson, Tommy Tubbs; Lou C. Mc
Laughlin, Kay M. sorenson, Lawr
ence Buonocore; Ralph Barclay, C
H. . Barrell. Stuart V. McQueen;
Jack Six, W. C. Knope, John Jen
sen; Glen Jones, Richard Schwann,
Robert DeLorme: Al Williams,
Richard -Rementeria, R. Ren Tay
lor; Floyd somers, r. J. iarns
berger, Dick House; Glen Fabrick.
Wayne Safley, R. B. Knight; Reese
Alexander, Earl Nelson, M. Donald
McGeary; Ken McHugh, Myles
Doran, Paul Dix; John Day, George
Pearson, Robert Morris.
9-Hole Play:
Mesdames Dorothy Dowson, Paul
Jorgensen. Paul Lea; Myers Jones,
Howard Gilmer, Ray Stewart; Mel
vin McGrew. Sylvan, Mullin. Ran
dall Gifford; Alva M. Perkins,
Jerry Gastineau. Glen Branlund;
John H. Foster, Win. Brooks, J. A.
Dickey; John Nuich, Gordon H.
Taylor. Robt. Elliott: Richard Ho
gan. Clyde Campbell. Vincent Ni
coletti; Warren Bayliss. Jim Fine
Ran, Jim Nistler; Bill Walker.
Galen Sanner, Robert Mclntyre;
John Ripley, Geo. Lewis. David
Lowry; Dick Watson, Sam Harbi
son, Richard Alley; Ray Wise, Royal
E. Bebb, Wm. Deatherage; Harry
S. Note, Edward C. Nave, Ralph
Marlatt; Ed Eliever, Jerry Laus
mann, Charles Madsen; Wm. Wil
liams, Tom Polk. ,
Finnigan Sent
To Vancouver
Baltimore, Ind.-flJPD-Young
Brooks Robinson or Ronnie
Hansen of the Vancouver
Mounties in the Pacific Coast
league will be recalled by the
Baltimore Orioles this week
to replace Jim Finnigan, who
has been sent to the minors
again subject to 24-hour re
call. Finnigan, batting only .252,
was optioned to Vancouver
Sunday by Manager Paul
Kicnards, who would like to
juice up the Orioles' .241 team
batting average. This is the
lowest team mark in the
majors.
TWO CASUALTIES Yankees' Bill Skowron, who has
been plagued with a back injury, gives his son, Gregory,
a few pointers at their home in Hillsdale, N.J. Gregory, 5,
gashed his forehead in a bicycle accident and needed two
stitches to close the cut. Skowron has discovered that by
wearing a corset to 'protect his back from further wrench
ing, he has been able to bat at the rate, of .378. He will
start at first base for the American League in the All-Star
game to be played in Pittsburgh, Jujy 7.
Sport
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Pittsburgh -(UPD- What they
are saying at the All-Star
game:
It could have happened by
the time you read this, but
Mayo Smith is definitely on
his way "out" as manager of
the Cincinnati Reds with Fred
die Hutchinson of Seattle fa
vored over pitching coach
Clyde King to succeed him.
The story behind the story
is that General Manager Gabe
Paul didn't want Smith to
begin with but wanted to' re
tain Jimmy Dykes. Owner
Powell Crosley turned thumbs
down on "Jimmy Cigar" and
Mayo was the interim sacri
ficial offering. Meanwhile,
the Cincinnati "manager of
the future" is second baseman
Johnny Temple but they won't
put him on the spot while he s
still playing ...
Even the writers who travel
with the New York Yankees
now peg the Cleveland In
dians as the current favorite
to win the American League
championship on their young
pitching and their desire.
Thumbs Down on Yanks
They turn thumbs down, on
the Yankees because the pitch
ing isn't up to snuff, or even
a ,chaw of tobacco. Whitey
Ford, one of the Yankee pitch
ing " "have-nots," still hasn't
given up, however. Yet it ap
pears slightly, prophetic that
he thinks the hitters can get
the job done" while admitting
that "me and Bob Turley will
have to do better than we are
doing now." But the differ
ence is that the Yanks in
1957 were 9V4 games back at
the end of May-while it's
more than a month later than
he thinks and they're still five
games in the big deficit ...
Win or lose, insiders insist
that Casey Stengel . of the
Yankees and Fred .Haney of
the Braves both will be back
in harness next year. With
Stengel it's a matter of pres
tige. With Haney, he is seen
reneging on his recent, state
ment that he may quit at the
end of the year. Haney is
telling intimates that "maybe
I'd miss the game too much."
Weiss in Doghouse
. In all this daily, weekly
and annual deification of
George Weiss, general mana
ger of the New York' Yankees,
it seems inconceivable that the
great man could ' be irr trou
ble. But the whispers are in
creasingly Ipud that he is in
Del Webb's personal doghouse
and that at times only Dan
Topping stands between
George and dismissal ...
Some of those close to Ted
Williams insist that this sea
son will be the Red Sox star's
swan song if he hits the 13
homers he needs to reach the
500 mark. This was borne out
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to a great extent when Wil
liams appeared at an auto
graph party in a Pittsburgh
department store and tried to
push his fishing tackle. Some
one suggested to him that
spring was the best time to
plug tackle and he replied:
"Well, I'm fiable to be avail
able in the spring." Asked
what that meant, he replied:
"Write it the way you heard
it."
Stengel commands atten
tion whether you like him or
whether you don't-and at the
moment the "don'ts" have it in
the American league.
Cleveland, Detroit and
Washington all are angry at
the Yankee skipper for the
fact that of his 17 All-Star
nominees he picked five of his
own Yankees. Detroit wants
to know why he passed up
Frank Lary and Rocky
Bridges. Cleveland wants to
know what's the matter with
Herb Score and Cal McLish.
And Washington demands an
answer to why he dropped
Jim Lemon, named to the sec
ond team by the voters.
"I don't apologize," growls
Stengel. And he's a growling
man these days as-he contem
plates the state of American
league affairs.
Doming uez and
Moyer To Clash
Richmond, Calif.- (UPD -Oakland's
Tony Dominguez and
favorite Phil Moyer clash to
night at Richmond Auditor
ium in a middleweight con
test. Moyer, brother of Denny
Moyer, who fights for the
world welterweight title in
Portland Friday night, was re
cently beaten by- Yama Ba
hama in a nationally televised
fight. . '
The Portland lad boasts a
10-2-1 record. Dominguez is
unbeaten in 11 professional
fights. . '
Camp Wh iters
Plan Practice
Camp White - Camp White
team of the semi-pro Rogue
Valley Baseball league will
have a practice Wednesday
evening at Memorial stadium.
Manager Bob Smith has asked
players to report at 6:30 p.m.
The Whiters will meet Med
ford Bowling lans on Friday
in a league tussle.
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Halimi, Becerra
Get Final
Los Angeles-flJPD-Champion
Alphonse Halimi of France
and challenger Jose Becerra
of Mexico went through their
final limbering up sessions to
day prior to Wednesday
night's international bout for
the bantamweight title.
Tickets for the fight, the
Art Wall
Nabs Buick
Open Title
Grand Blanc, Mich. r (UPD -Art
Wall Jr., golf's top money
winner, was $9,000 richer to
day because history did re
peat itself.
Wall, 35-year-old Masters'
champion from Pocono Man
or, Pa., fired a one-under-par
71 Monday for a two-stroke
victory over Dow Finster
wald, Tequesta, Fla., in their
18-hole playoff for the Buick
Open title.
Exactly one year earlier to
the day, Wall and Finsterwald
had tied for first place in the
Rubber City Open at Akron.
They teed off in a sudden
death playoff and Wall was
the winner on the second ex
tra hole.
Wall, who has won four
tournaments and been runner
up in six others this year,
never trailed in the Buick
Open playoff on which $4,400
was at stake-the difference
between first prize and the
runner up take of $4,600.
Wall ranks as golfs top
"pressure player." He has en
gaged in six playoffs during
his pro career and has won
five of them.
The big purse swelled his
earnings for 1959 'to $55,286.
He will skip the Western
Open at Pittsburgh starting
Thursday because, he said, he
needs a rest. It will be seven
tournaments he has missed
this year.
Finsterwald, last year's
PGA king, has appeared in
four play-offs and has won
only one.
Rain Postpones
Softball Game
. Portland-(DPD-The Rose Cup
Invitational Softball tourna
ment, postponed because of
rain June 28, was scheduled
to resume tonight at Norman-
dale Park here, with a triple-
header on tap.
Two losers' bracket teams,
Sellbergs of Vancouver and
Montag Oil of Portland, meet
at 6:30 p.m. The two unbeaten
teams, Longview Shamrocks
and Mock's Mercury Motors
of Corvallis meet at 8 p.m.
The loser of this game will
play the winner of the 6:30
contest.
Wednesday night at 7:30,
the winner - of the Mock's
Shamrocks game will play the
winner of tonight's 6:30 game
for the title. If the losers'
bracket team wins, another
game will follow immediately
to determine the title. '
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first event to be staged in the
new six .and a half million
dollar Sports Arena, were
going so briskly that promoter
Cal Eaton predicted a gate of
$150,000. It is being televised
nationally (ABC) but is black
ed out in Southern California.
Money Cuts Odds
An influx of Mexican mon
ey on Becerra cut the odds
from 2-1 to 10-6. But Halimi
was receiving plenty of back
ing to retain the title he won
27 months ago in Paris.
That defense was against
Raul Macias of Mexico, the
friend and idol of Becerra.
When Macias went down to
defeat here Nov. 6, 1957, Be
cerra was on the same pro
gram and was so heartbroken
over Macias' loss that he was
an easy victim to Dwight
Hawkins.
But the Mexican battler
has been a terror since then.
He has knocked out his last
11 opponents including Mario
D'Agata, whose title Halimi
lifted in Paris.
Shaw To Make
First Portland
Pro Appearance
Portland A veteran of the
football coaching profession
who hasn't brought a team
here since the days when his
Santa Clara Broncos were one
of the country's collegiate
powers will make his first
local professional appearance
this year. -
He is Buck Shaw, coach of
the Philadelphia Eagles, who
will play the Green Bay Pack
ers at Multnomah Stadium on
Aug. 29.
In a career that spans 35
years Shaw, a Notre Dame
star in college has directed
teams at Nevada, North Car
olina State, Santa Clara, Cal
ifornia and the Air Force
academy.
For nine seasons he coached
the San Francisco 49ers and
compiled an enviable 71-39-4
record.
He became coach of the
Eagles last year, and although
his team had a disappointing
2-9-1 season he prepared the
groundwork for a rebuilding
job that will reap results this
year.
In a trade with the Rams,
Shaw acquired Norm Van
Brocklin and put together the
best passing attack in the
Eastern division.
The game between the
Packers and Eagles, featuring
local quarterbacks Van Brock
lin and Joe Francis, will be
the first appearance here for
either team.
Portland Golfer
Scores Hole-in-One
Portland-fflPD-Chuck Fisk of
Portland scored a hole-in-one
at the Columbia - Edgewater
Golf club course here Mon
day, using a 9-iron on the
145-yard 13th hole. Witness
ing the feat were Bob Don
nelly, Bob Casper and Jim
Chenoweth.
LEA MOTORS,
Jordan, Moyer Wind Up
Heavy Drills
Portland-dTD-Both Welter
weight Champion Don Jor
dan and youthful challenger
Denny Moyer wind up heavy
drills today in preparation
for their Friday night 15
round title bout at Portland
meadows.
Both fighters have been
Portland Sets
Cage Schedule
Portland-(UPD-University of
Portland Monday announced
a 1960-61 home-and-home bas
ketball series with Marshall
college of Huntington, W. Va.
The contests will be the first
between theh two schools.
Al Negratti, Pilot athletic
director, said Portland will
play at Huntington Feb. 5
next year and the Pilots will
host Marshall in a return
game Jan. 27, 1961.
DAVIS CUPPERS ARRIVE
Mexico City -(UPD- Austra
lia's six-man Davis Cup team
arrived here Monday for its
meeting with Mexico in the
first round of the American
Zone eliminations, July 18-20.
The team is composed of
Neale Fraser, Rod Laver, Roy
Emerson, Bob Mark, Marty
Mulligan and Ken Fletcher.
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Bartlett at 5th, Medford
For Fight
keeping a wary eye on the
weather along with Promoter
Tommy Moyer. The weather
man has promised fair weath
er for the nationally televised
clash at the outdoor Portland
arena.
Promoter Moyer said the
fight will go. on whether it
rains or not. A canopy for the
ring is ready for installation
in case of showers, he said.
. Jordan did not box Mon
day, but confined his work to
running and bag punching.
Moyer sparred four rounds
with a pair of sparring part
ners. Weigh-in ceromonies will
be held Friday morning at 10
a.m. in the Portland Boxing
commission offices at the
Portland auditorium.
West Linn Star
Enrolls UO
Eugene - (UPD - Chuck Starr,
honor student and Shrine foot
ball choice from West" Linn
will enroll at the University
of Oregon this fall.
Starr announced his choice
to Duck Head Coach Ken Cas
anova Monday. He will com
pete at guard for the Metro
squad in the Shrine high
school all-star game in Port
land next month.
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