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.
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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.
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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
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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.
Charley took command af
ter the- opening session and
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Kent, O. (UPD The ginkgo
which is gaining favor in the
United States as an ornamen
tal' tree, originated in China,
later reached Britain by way
of Japan and came to Ameri
ca in 1784," according to re
searchers of the Davey Tree
Co. here.
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proceeded to bull Hart all
over the ring, never taking a
backward step in the face of c
Sugar's best punches.
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
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