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1 First Negro on American League HRs End off Traifl - United Press International o Larry Doby, the first Negro 0 to wear an American league ujniform, apparently has : reached the end of the trail as a major league baseball " player. The one-time slugging out fielder, who spent the last three easons shuttling, back and forth between the Cleve land Indians, Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox, was assigned to San Diego of the Pacific Coast league Monday ofo the second time in three months by the White Sox. r Doby, picked up from the Tigers on May 13 for in excess of the $20,000 waiver price, first was sent to San Diego on Aug. 2 to make room for rookie pitcher Kent McBride, whom the White Sox pur chased from Indianapolis. Hassle With Lopez Oddly enough, it was Bill Veeck, the man who brought o the big slugger into the major leagues with Cleveland in BLOCKS PlNT Southern Oregon's Dick about. 20 yards, but the play was called back Smith blocked OTI's punt by Allen Leach because of a penalty. OTI won the game, in Oregon conference play Saturday. Leach 14-6, to remain undefeated in OCC play, caught the rebounding ball and advanced it (United Press International telephoto) LSU, Texas Still Perfect In Records New, York (UPD Louisiana State, Northwestern and Tex- as-still enjoying perfect foot "" ball records although they r were hard-pressed in their lat t est . starts-remained 1-2-3 to day in United Press Interna tional's major college ratings. Southern California, Mis sissippi, Syracuse and Penn State advanced and took over the 4-5-6-7 positions in the latest balloting by the 35 lead ing coaches who rate the t teams for UPI. Auburn, moving back into the top 10 after a three-week absence, was eighth, Georgia Tecfh slipped from fourth to ninth in the wake of its 7-6 los,to Auburn. Wisconsin was tile other newcomer in the select group, advancing to 10th after ranking 21st last week. . Purdue Skid Tfe 3 j J , eiL ruruue siuaaea tram oui iu 14th in the wake of a 15-0 loss to Ohio State. Iowa, ninth last week, dropped into a three way tie with UCLA and Ohio and Ohio State for 17th fol lowing a 25-16 loss to Wis consin. . Oregon was 11th and Illi- nois 12th. Arkansas, Purdue, Oklahoma, - Clemson, Iowa, UCLA, Ohio State, Texas Christian, Washington and Tennessee completed the top 20 in that order. TCU, Wash ington and Tennessee tied for 20th. Indiana was the only other team mentioned on this week's ballots. Thirty Staters Slate Meeting Pictures of the Oregon State college and Texas Tech football game Oct. 3 wilL be shown in Medford Wednes day, Oct. 21, at Kim's during a meeting of "Thirty Staters" at 8 pjn. The pictures will be shown by Roy S.'"Spec" Keene, di recter of athletics at OSC, '. and Bob Knoll, alumni secre : tary. - - . All interested persons are invited to attend the dinner meeting. FIGHTS New York (UPI) Stefan Redl. 147 'i. Mainsburg,- Pa., outpointed Td&ie Lynch. 148. West New York, NJ- (10). Philadelphia (UPI) Charlie Scott. 146. Philadelphia, Pa., topped Garnet (Sugar) Hart, 146U. Philadelphia. Pa. (9). . Caracas. Venezuela (UPI) Ra mon Arias, 1124. Venezuela, out- fointed Larry Pineda. 114 ia. the 'hilippines (10). - 1947 who reluctantly"'' was forced to send Doby to the minors in August after a has sle with Manager Al Lopez. In 39 games with the Ti gers and White Sox, Doby batted only .230 with no home runs and 13 runs batted in, a far cry from his heydey with the Indians between 1949 and 1955 when he smacked 188 home runs and had a .286 batting average. With the White Sox in need of hitting help, Doby again was assigned to the club's new minor league affiliate, this time outright. Also going down to San Diego were catchers Les Moss and Chuck Lindstrom and pitcher Hal Trotsky. Their removal re duced the Chicago roster to 36, leaving the club with room to call up four promising farm hands to protect them from the player draft Doby, of course, could go back to the majors if a club is willing to draft him for Sport Parade New York - (UPD - Syracuse is out today to ride a nick name up the gridiron glory road in the manner successful from, the days of the "Four Horsemen" to the "Chinese Bandits." There is a theory that the modern college athlete is a blase young man who refuses to be driven to inspired heights by the "corny" melo dramatics of the "pep talk." Yet, somehow, an appealing nickname gets them to "put out" on their own. The "Four Horsemen" of Notre Dame are even greater in memory, instead of remem bered merely as another fine Irish team, because of the tag which the late Grantland Rice hung on them. And down at LSU, Paul Dietzel transformed an ordinary defensive unit into a battling band which fought with the ferocity of their namesakes by labeling them the "Chinese Bandits." The "Sizeable Seven" Maybe the designation isn't as phonetic or colorful, but Syracuse is shooting for the football heights with a mas sive and muscular line which has become known as the "Sizeable Seven." They are sizeable, averag ing 6 feet, 3 inches and 216 pounds - an average d i s s i pated considerable by one "midget" of a mere , 191 pounds. But through tackle-to-tackle middle the weights read like this: 228, 202, 230, 230 and 226. "It is," says line coach Dick Beyer, "the best line we've ever had at Syracuse - and one of the best I've ever seen." Beyer is a man accustomed to dealing in beef on the hooL He does it himself four or five nights a week as a professional rassler" while trying to earn enough money "to be able to afford to teach.". . v If this seems a bit incongru ous, considering that he deals Boxer Suspended For Unbecoming Conduct Portland-(UPD-The Portland Boxing Commission- said . to day tht local heavyweight Willie Richardson had been suspended indefinitely for "conduct unbecoming a boxer." Commission Ch. air man Benny Harris said the in cident which led to the sus pension followed a recent football game at Jefferson high school and involved an altercation with a policeman. $20,000. Indians Shuffle Players The Indians also shuffled a number of players, promot ing six youngsters to the par ent club. Called up, obviously to protect them from the draft, were pitchers Wynn Hawkins and Carl Mathias from Mobile of the Southern association and Don Schaeffer from San Diego, and outfielders John McLane from Mobile, Harold Jones from Minot of the Northern League and Al Lu- pow from Batavia of the New York-Pennslyvania league. The Baltimore Orioles, meanwhile, purchased long- ball hitting first baseman Jim Gentile from St. Paul of the American association for an undisclosed sum of money and two players to be named next spring. Gentile, who failed in two previous trials with the Dodgers, hit 27 homers with 87 runs batted in and com piled a .288 batting mark, in 1959. By OSCAR FRALEY United Press International during football hours with col lege students, it must be ac cepted that the 230-pound Bey er is a "good guy" on the ras sling circuit. It wouldn't do to pulverize a mat opponent with foul and dastardly tricks and then attempt to teach under grads the tenets of fair play and sportsmanship. Can Handle "Babies" So it is that his "babies," fellows like 228-pound guard Roger Hound Dog Davis, can look up to him, and he can handle 6-foot, 4-inch Jack Bendiller, the center V who hopes to be a mortician and currently is interring rival ball carriers. Court OK's Dodger Plan Washintgon -(DPD The Su preme Court refused Monday to interrupt plans for the World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers to build a new base ball stadium on city-granted land. The high tribunal dismissed the appeal of a taxpayer in his suit to prevent the city from turning over the Chavez ravine land to ' the -baseball club. This presumably will allow the Ddgers to go ahead with building the new sta dium in the near future. Monday's order left stand ing . two California Supreme Court decisions in favor of the ball club and the city. Senators Set To Stay Put Washington-fUPD-The Wash ington Senators baseball team will stay in Washington, club President Calvin Griffith an nounced last night. " Griffith said a recheck'of other American league club owners showed he could not obtain the necessary votes to move the club to Minneapolis. Griffith would need six votes, including his own. to move the franchise. Eugene - (UPD - Assistant coach Brad Ecklund had a word of caution for the Ore gon Webfoots today. He said the Ducks would meet the "best Washington team I've ever seen. Moscow, Idaho -UPD- Coach Skip Stahley scheduled a lengthy workout for his Ida ho Vandals today. MAIL TRIBUNE, M.dford, Or. Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1959 (UPI Telephoto) NELLIE FOX Named Player of Year. Fox Named Ball Player No. 1 by UPI New York-UPD-Nelson Fox, a little guy who's used to doing it the hard way, was an easy winner today in the United Press International's poll to select the 1959 Ameri can League Player of the Year. The 155-pound - "heart" of the American, league cham pion Chicago White Sox all season, Fox was the choice of 16 of the experts who formed the 24-man committee repre senting every city in the cir cuit. Luis Aparicio, the brilliant fielding shortstop who teamed with Fox to give the White Sox their watch-charm double play duo, was second in the balloting with four votes, out fielder - first - baseman Tito Francona of the Cleveland Indians had two votes and outfielder Jim Landis of the White Sox had one. One ex pert declined to select a play er of the year. - Once scoffed at as too small ever to play major league baseball, the 31-year-old na tive of St. Thomas, Pa., de veloped into one of the sharp est hitters and most adept sec ond-baseman in baseball through sheer determination and hard work. The spark plug of the White Sox in '59, he batted .306, drove in 70 runs and covered more ground than any other second- baseman in the league. Fox' fiery spirit and deter mination also were credited with helping Aparicio de velop into a shortstop who this year won comparison with such stars of other years as Marty Marion, Phil Rizzuto and PeeWee Reese. D'Amato To Be Heard New York (UPD Fight manager Cus D'Amato, miss ing for six weeks, began pub lic "training" today for the most important match of his career to prevent revocation of his license at a hearing be fore the New York State Ath letic commission. The long-silent manager of former heavyweight c ha m pion Floyd Patterson accepted the commission's challenge to a hearing Monday night in an out-pouring of more than 800 words. . .. ' His lengthy acceptance was announced through his attor neys, Edwin Stephen Schweig and Julius . November; and that document is but a pre lude to the thousands of words yet to come during the very important hearing, which may decide whether the return Patterson-Ingemar Johansson fight w i 1 1 ; be staged in New York. Wants Hearing The attorneys have notified the commission that Cus wants a hearing, and the com mission soon will set a date. D'Amato was . suspended on Sept. 14 for his failure to ap pear at the commission's gen eral hearing about the promo tion of the June 26 fight in which Johansson of Sweden won the crown from Patterson on a third-round knockout. Last week the commission voted him guilty of miscon duct in connection with the fight's promotion. James , P. Fusscas, commission counsel, is now drawing up charges against him. They will be served upon him this week. Meanwhile, Cus has been ordered to answer those charges at a hearin g to show cause" why his license should not . be permanently revoked. . Boston - (UPD - Billy Green of Providence, R.I., will meet Gene Hamilton of New York in a middleweight bout at the arena tonight as a replace ment for Joe De Nucci of Newton, .Mass. De Nucci had to withdraw because of an ear infection. In the feature bout, New Eng land heavyweight champion Lee Williams of Boston will defend his title against Billy Tisdale of Bridgeport, Conn. s MEDFORlvCi&TRIBUKl Medford Host to Eureka; Crater Plays . Crater plays at Grants Pass on Friday in the only South ern Oregon conference foot ball game this week. Three other members of the circuit, Medford, Ashland and Klamath Falls, will have ac tion that night with . non league Medford entertains Eureka, Calif.,- in a traditional mix. Klamath Falls will be host to Springfield and Ashland will oppose Del Norte at Crescent City, Calif. There will be fulj Rogue league play this week with Eagle Point at Henley on Sat urday after two Friday games, Phoenix at Glendale and Illi nois Valley at Rcgue River. St. Mary's at SH Both Jackson county teams in District 5B travel to Kla math county., St. Mary's will meet Sacred Heart on Friday nights at Gems stadium at Kla math Falls. Talent will vie at Hillyer Leading Fall Handicap Norm Hillyer with a 71-70-70-211 count heads the list of those who have completed their three 18-hole rounds in the fall golf handicap at Rogue Valley Country club. So far, 51 linksmen have entered the 54-hole tourney which concludes Nov. 8. . Knotted for second now are Clayton Lewis with 71-75-70 and Larry Butler with 68-73-75 for 216 each. Dr. Ralph Odell has a 217 on net rounds of 77-73-67. Two with 230s are Curt Hopkins with 74-78-78 and Jack Lewis with 81-74-75. A. B. Laymance has fired 82-73-76 for 231 and 'Lloyd Pope 80-74-79 for 233. The pro shop has advised golfing members to start thinking about selection of their partners for the holiday handicap which opens Dec. 1 and runs through the winter period. , Golfers may choose their own partners. Crater's Harriers Defeat Grants Pass Central Point Crater high will try for its ninth straight cross country victory on Thursday afternoon in compe tition with Medford harriers at Medford. The Comet thinclads downed Grants Pass 20 to 35 here yesterday for their eighth win of the season. Nathan Parrish of Crater was indivi dual winner, doing the 1.8 miles in 8.40. Don Ryan of Crater was second and Sims of Grants Pass third. Bob Morris, Bob Garrison and Olson of Crater were fourth, fifth and eighth respectively. For G: Olson, Pilkington, Reed and Bowser Warfare To Confend In Rich Horse Race New York (UPD Warfare, a promising California colt, is expected to shoot for the second half of racing's richest double when he runs in the $250,000 - plus Garden State Stakes on Oct. 31. . The son of Determine, win ner of the 1954 Kentucky Der by, won the Tichest race in New i York turf history Sat urday when he galloped home a length ahead '- of favored Tompion in the $230,300 Champagne Stakes at, Aque duct. . " Now Warfare is being point ed for the Garden State -the world's richest race at Garden- State Park. If he wins that one, the West Coast's lat est" speed-burner will be a strong candidate for juvenile honors and probably will wind up as the winter book favorite for next year's Derby. Corvallis -(UPD Coach Tom my Prothro warned his Ore gon State Beavers today they would run up against an "under-rated California club this weekend." Grants Pass Merrill on . Saturday after noon. Malin and Chiloquin are to contend at Merrill on Sat urday night. In ninth grade games on Friday North Grants Pass meets McLoughlin at Medford and South Grants Pass goes to Ashland. Eighth grade games are Central Point against Hed rick in Medford on Thursday and McLoughlin at North Grants Pass on Friday. Seventh grade intramural play will have the two Mc Loughlin teams, the Blacks and Whites, meeting on Thurs day. Fuss between the Hed rick Blues and Reds will be on Friday. Limit On Ducks Given Emphasis Portland - The daily bag and the possession limits on canvasback, redhead and rud dy ducks are the same, an offi cial of the department of the interior said today in clarify ing a situation which is lead ing to' hunter arrests in some Pacific flyway areas. Leo L. Laythe, Portland re gional director of the bureau of sport fisheries and wildlife of the U. S. fish and wildlife service, pointed out that Fed eral regulations setting daily duck limits at five, state that no more than two canvasback, two redhead or two ruddy ducks or two of these species in the aggregate may be in cluded in the five. "And a hunter, although he may have 10 ducks in his pos session after the first day, is still limited to the same two canvasback, redhead or ruddy ducks," Laythe warned. Recent counts of canvas back, redhead and ruddy ducks reveal that in some parts of the west there are less than half the number present for the same period in 1958. The dwindling num bers of these species on the breeding grounds have neces sitated, additional protection. were sixth, seventh, nine and 10th. Last week the Comets de feated Medford 19 to 36 at Central Point with Parrish first in 8:55. Ray Smith of Medford was runner-up. Cra ter took third, fourth, fifth and seventh in the meet. Hawes Helping On Grid Film Portland-A. Oden Hawes, Portland,- is serving on the technical staff during filming of scenes for "Official Foot ball" at Albuquerque, N.M., this week. Hawes is secretary-treasur er of the Oregon School Ac tivities association. The film is the 19th in a series and will be eighth foot ball film produced by Offi cial Sports Film service for the National Federation of State High School Athletic associations, the National As sociation of Intercollegiate Athletics and the National Junior College Athletic asso ciation. Sponsors are General Mills and Wilson Sporting Goods company. Theme' is centered around rule interpretations as they apply to teams and officials. Outstanding Back Of Week In Oregon Portland (UPD Larry San chez, Oregon State sub tail back, was named by the Line backers club today as the out standing Oregon college foot ball player of the week. He is the first Oregon Stater chosen this year. Second place award went to Oregon halfback Cleveland Jones. Sanchez led OSC's 66 -18 win over Idaho. Jones was a big help in Oregon's 20-3 con quest of Air Force. "Mobilheat" The Oil to Burn ESTABLISHED 18 Me I GREEN lSTAMPS MEDFORD FUEL CO. Tel. SP 2-2111 Tornadoes Continue in First Place Portland - (UPD - Medford continued to roll along in first place today in the weekly Journal class A-l high school football teams. Jefferson, last year's state champ, remained in second place with Pendleton third and Marshfield fourth. Vale continued io top the A-2 teams with Willamina second and Seaside third. Myrtle Point and Coquill lied for fourth. Others in order were Mac-Hi, Bandon, Oakridge, Woodburn and Eagle Point. The top A-l teams: TEAM POINTS 1. Medford 80 2. Jefferson ... ...,...71 3. Pendleton 63 4. Marshfield . 58 5. Lincoln 48 6. North Salem 27 7. South Eugene 22 8. St. Helens v. 20 - 9. South Salem ... ....19 10. Beaverton 14 Others: North Bend . 8." Parkrose 5, Ashland 1. Lake Mead Race Slated Las Vegas - (UPD - The first annual Lake Mead Cup race will get underway Wednes day with a field of. JO and perhaps 11 of the world's speediest hydroplanes. Heat races are scheduled in the morning with the cup race set for the afternoon. The Lake Mead race is a suc cessor to the Sahara Cup Hydroplane Pageant. A later starter was Bill Boeing's Wahoo, which will be driven by Czechoskivakian refugee Mira Slovak. The entries included Hawaii Kai II, Ron Musson; Maver ick, Bill Stead; Miss U.S.I., Don Wilson; $ Bill, Ray Craw ford; Miss Seattle, Al Benson; Miss Bardahl, George Mcker nan; Nitrogen, Norm Evans; Kol-Roy I, Bob Larsen; Kol Roy II, Bob Gilliam; Miss Thriftway, Bill Muncey, and Buy At Builders Supply 3- QUALITY BLOCKS Drain Tile Brick:. Flues 727 W. McAndrewi Phone SP 3-4575 or SP 2-4107 I 9 S 1 '"4f &mggp&zi . GIVE m UNITED VMY Scott Top Welterweight Philadelphia - (UPD - Youna Charley Scott rested securely on the top of the welterweight contenders today after his sensational ninth-round TKO victory over first ranked Garnet Sugar Hart in a bruis ing battle of Philadelphians. Sturdy Scott, unranked less than a year ago, climaxed his meteoric rise among the 147- pound contenders for Don Jor dan's title, Monday night, when he outfought, out-maneuvered and floored the scheduled 12-rounder after 28 seconds of the ninth. 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Title at Stake At Golden Gate Albany, Calif. - (UPD - The two-year-old championship of the fall meeting at Golden Gate Fields will be decided Saturday with the running of the $25,000 added Golden Gate Futurity. " . The mile test may well pre view one or more candidates for the 1960 Kentucky Derby and other big three-year-old stakes of the 1960 season. Among those expected to see action in the local futili ty are such promising young sters as Eagle Admiral, Happy Harry F., Nobilium, Shimmy, Abermado, Have Tux, Ma's Monday, Whitten, Nevada Dick, Sully's Rebel, Curra speed, Bogo, Shot Gun and Fighting Hodge. Bourbon tHOMimiSttT t.juir' $80 O.T.. P O
