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1 ft MAIL TMIUNI, Midford, Or, V a K JL-. v.i-4i-rs i Mini mi iii Vn ilrfTilrirr ' . ...'.Tj,. - KIRKLAND STEALS San Francisco Giant outlielder Willie Kirkland iteals second base in sixth inning of National league opening baseball game against St. Louis Cardinals yesterday. Taking throw from catcher Al Smith is second baseman Alex Grammas. Umpire is Bill Burkhart. (UPI Telcpholo) sipcoikts Coast League Opens With Portlanders at Br RAY ANDREWS United Press International Tacoma, a bench warmer for 85 years, gets back into the old hall game Thursday Just In time to help open a Pacific Coast league baseball Hum that promises to be a routing success. ; The Giants, little brothers ef the San Francisco Giants of the National league, host Portland in a day-night double-header. ' Vancouver is at Sacramento In another twin bill Thurs day. These four teams are Idle Friday when the rest of the loop swings Into action with Seattle at San Diego for two games and Spokane at Salt Lake City in a single night game. When the ump cries "play ball," It will be Tacoma's first crack in the PCL since 11)05 when It held the Sacramento franchise or one year. This season Tacoma I. Ink- ini over for Phoeniv which last year finished a solid la.st in both standing and attend- nee. The Giants figure In do bet ter on both counts. They al ready have more than $100, 000 in ticket sales in the till and, except for bleacher seats, the new 7,500-seat Cheney Stadium Is sold out for both ends of the opener. Pitchers en Option "We are going to have a good ball club," says W. D. (Rosy) Ryan, general man ager. "We have four pitchers nn 24-hour option from San Francisco." Those chuckers arc Eddie Fisher, Don Choate, Marshall Renfroe and Julie Navarro. Fisher, 11-2 last season Nit Phoenix before going up to San Francisco, looms as a you! 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Al Heist, glue- fingered center fielder is back for the Solons, along with third sacker Milt Smith, short stop Buddy Peterson and key stoner Chico Heron. New Vancouver Manager Manager Ernie White Is looking for help from Mil waukee and has already ob- lained J. W. Porter, catcher- flrst baseman from the Braves. George Slallcr takes over for Charlie Metro at Vancou ver. The Mounlies finished second, one and one-half games behind, Salt Lake City last season. Staller holds good pitching but may need more power to make as good a showing. Seattle, a seventh-place fin isher in 1059, looked good in spring training. The Rainiers have added power and Dick Sisler, the new skipper, needs only better pitching to be a threat. Dave Slcnhouse, 12-13 last year, is back from Cincinnati and Sisler is counting heavily nn Ray Ripplemcyer, an 11 12 man last year at Atlanta. Pedro Gomei is the new Ivy, Mcdford Dodgers Rally To Cop Opener 3-2 from Cubs; Drysdale Fans 14; Giants Defeat Cards 3-1 By FRED DOWN United Press International Manager Walt Alston still has that World Scries magic and the Los Angeles Dodgers still have that uncanny knack for doing things the hard way. That was the big story Tuesday night when the Dodg ers climaxed one of the great est opening days in National League history with an uphill 3-2, 11-lnning victory over the Chicago Cubs. A record night game crowd for the league of 67,550 turned out in the massive Los Angeles Coliseum and was treated to a sensational game in which: -Don Drysdale, 1951) strike out king, fanned 14 Cubs and allowed only seven hits over the full 11 innings. -The "cliff-hanger" Dodgers rallied from an early 2-0 de ficit, brought about with the help of ex-teammate Don Zimmer's homer, to tie the score in the fifth inning and carry the game into extra in nings. -Alston, who twice got Thursday Tacoma head man at Spokane and he has Frank Howard, the big basher from Ohio State, an chored on first unless the par ent Los Angeles Dodgers want him back. San Diego Expects Help Ron Fairly and shortstop Charley Smith also have been optioned to Spokane and second sacker Tony Roig is back. Chuck Churn, 12-4 for the Indians last year, heads up the pitching staff. George Catfish Metkovich heads the San Diego Padres who look for help from the Chicago White Sox. Jim Baxes and Stan Johnson fig ure to provide the bulk of the Padres' power. Baxes hit 15 homers last year with Cleve land and Johnson was .281 for Indianapolis of the Ameri can Association. Larry Shepard figures to have trouble In bringing Salt LaHe City home In front this time although his pitching with the likes of Garry Aid- rich, Hugh Pepper, Don Rowe, Dick Hanlon and Bill Dial seems fairly solid. Dewey Soriano, new league president with offices in Se attle, predicts a good year for the Class AAA circuit. Tacoma's enthusiasm should help boost the attendance over the 1,509,399 of last season. Beaver Skipper Lists Lineup Portland -WPP- Manager Tommy Heath indicated to day he would start right-hand ers Lynn Lovengulh and Don Johnson on the mound for Portland in IU PCL opening twin-bill at Tacoma Thursday. Heath also said newly-acquired Jim Brideweiscr was expected to start at second base and Don Tausig, also new Beaver, would take over in center field. "The rest of the probable starting lineup includes Len Ncal, catcher; Nippy Jnnes, first base; Jack Bloomficld, shortstop; George Freese third hase; Jim Greengrass, right field, and Joe Gaines, left field. Canadiens Ahead 3-0 Toronto -UW- The stage is set and now Toronto Maple Leaf Coach Punch Imlach Is hoping Stanley Cup history can repeat Itself. Eighteen years ago, the 1941-42 Leafs were down 3 0 to the Detroit Red Wings but stormed back and raptured the coveted piece of silver ware, emblematic of the world's professional hockey crown. Imlach needs a repeat be cause the Leafs trail the haughty Montreal Canadiens, 3 0, in this spring's final Na tional Hockey League play offs. Tuesday night before 13, 307 pop-eyed home fans. Ihe Leafs were literally over powered, 5-2. to give the Ca nadiens a stranglehold on Lord Stanley's basin. TRAINER DIES Palm Springs, Calif. - CTD -Carl Gunnarson, 42. trainer for the Vancouver Mounties of the Pacific Coast league, died Tuesday In Desert hos pital of an apparent heart ailment. pinch-hit homers from Chuck Essegian in the 1959 World Series, called on the rugged utility outfielder with two out in the last of the 11th and got the game-winning homer from him. Esscgian's teammates gath ered at home plate to meet him as he ran out the game winning homer and the huge crowd accorded the ex-Stanford football player a thun derous ovation. It was the third straight homer for Es sigian as a pinch-hitter, dating back to the '59 series. Pitcher Bob Anderson's single and a double by Tony Taylor gave the Cubs their second run off Drysdale in the third inning but the Dodgers tied the score on two walks and a double by Wally Moon, another of the Dodgers' 1959 heroes. The attendance broke the old National League single game night crowd of 67,037 set by the Dodgers against Milwaukee at the Coliseum last Aug. 8 and rounded out a day during which the four Na tional league openers drew a total of 179,782 fans. The San Francisco Giants dedicated their new 15-mil-lion-dollar Candlestick Park and beat the St. Louis Cardi nals, 3-1. before 42.269; the Milwaukee Braves shaded the Al Kaline Bat Choice New York -(UPI)- Al Kaline, brilliant 25-year old outfielder ol the Detroit Tigers, is fav ored to romp off this season with his second American league batting title. The United Press Inter national's 1960 board of base ball experts, sports writers and broadcasters who saw the teams in spring training, pick ed Kaline to wrest the title away from teammate Harvey Kuenn. Kaline. who won the crown with a .340 average in 1955, was picked by 22 of the 50 experts. Kuenn, the 1959 champion with a .353 mark, was chosen to repeat this year by 14 experts. Mickey Mantle, the New York Yankees' injury - har rassed super-star, was chosen by seven writers and Rocky Colavito and Johnny Temple of the Cleveland Indians, Nel son Fox of the Chicago White Sox and Norm Siebern of the Kansas City Athletics received one vote each. Umpires Picked for PCL Tifts Seattle -HOT- Umpire as signments for opening Pacific Coast League games were an nounced Tuesday by league President Dewey Soriano. Handling the Portland-Ta-coma opener at Tacoma Thurs day, will be veteran unmpire Pat Orr, Bill Malesky, an other holdover, and newcom er Elmer Amnions. Assigned to Sacramento's opening game against Van couver, also booked for Thurs day, were Sam Carrigan and Jack Tnbin. who worked in the league last year, and Alex Salerno, a newcomer to the PCL staff. Working the Salt Lake City opener against Spokane Fri day will be a trio of holdovers -Cesare Carlucci, Emmett Ashford and Richard Phillips. The officials for the San Diego-Seattle premiere at San Diego will be Mel Slelner and Bob St. Clair, both veteran PCL umpires, and Paul Kelly, recently acquired from the Sally league. College Boxer Clings to Life Madison, Wis. -ilTr.-- Cham pion college boxer Charlie Mohr was kept alive by medi cal science for the fourth day today, despite odds that re mained heavily against his survival. "He's still hanging on and considering the gravity of the case, that's something. He has Improved a bit, but only a minimum." said Dr. Manucher Javid, associate professor of neuro surgery who performed the brain surgery on Mohr Saturday night and early Sun day. "We're using every scien tific means and are hoping that he will respond. He is still completely unconscious and his breathing Is a problem." Javid said. Mohr, a 22-year-old Wiscon sin senior, suffered a brain hemorrhage in his NCAA middleweight title fight Sat urday night against Stu Bar-j tell, a San Jose Slate sopho more from Brooklyn, N.Y. Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3 before 39.888 and the Cincinnati Reds romped over the Phila delphia Phillies, 9-4, before 30,075 in the daylight openers. American League openers are scheduled for April 18 and April 19. Vice President Richard Nix on was among the capacity throng at San Francisco as Sam Jones hurled a three-hitter and Orlando Cepeda drove in all three Giant runs. Jones fanned three and walked only one, yielding the St. Louis run on a homer by ex-Giant Leon Wagner. Cepeda tripled home two runs in the first in ning and singled home Willie Mays in the third. Cepeda blasted another ball to right center in the eighth with a man aboard, nut Bill White made a great catch of the ball before smashing into the fence. The first two Giant runs were unearned. Lead off man Don Blasingame hit a ground er which second baseman Alex Grammas booted. Jack son walked Mays with one out, then Cepeda banged his three-bagger after Willie Mc Covey had fouled out. Jones, who gave up only one walk, might have had to settle for a four-hitter if it weren't for right fielder Wil lie Kirkland. In the second inning Stan Musial lined a shot down the right field line which seemed destined to be come a hit, but Kirk reached up and speared the ball with one hand. Charlie Dressn male a vic torious debut as manager of the Braves when Joe Adcock blasted a two-run eighth-inning homer off Pittsburgh re lief ace Roy Face, who didn't lose his first game of the 1959 season until Sept. 11. Warren Spahn had . homered and pitched shutball until the Pi rates tied the score at 2-2 in the eighth. Don McMahon picked up the win with ninth inning relief aid from Lew Burdettc. Schoendienst Goes Hilless Red Schoendienst made his first start for the Braves since the 1958 World Series but went hitless in three trips to the plate. Roy McMillan and rookie Tony Gonzales hit homers as the Reds spoiled Robin Rob erts' 11th consecutive open ing-day appearance with a nine-hit attack. Roberts was rocked for seven hits and eight earned runs in 4U in nings. Jim O'Toole, who shut out the Phillies from the third through the eighth inning, was the winner. The Cleveland Indians beat the New York Yankees, 7-4; the Boston Red Sox downed the Detroit Tigers, 3-0; the Kansas City's A's beat the Bal timore Orioles, 3-0, and the Chicago White Sox topped the Washington Senators, 5-0, in American league exhibition games. l.tNESCOBES: National I.pakup Philadelphia. . 220 (100 0001 s 3 Cincinnati. .. 0.11 021 00x II 9 0 Roberts. Short (.11, Gomer. Ill, Robinson (7i and Cokcr. Broanan. Lawrence (21. O'Toole 13). Henry (01 and Bailev. Winner O'Toole (1-01. Loser Rohertg (0-1). HR McMillan, Gonzales. Pittsburgh 000 OHO 0211 II 1 Milwaukee 100 000 I2x 4 0 1 Friend. Face (Si and Smith. Spahn'. McMahon (8i. Burdette 9 and Crandall. Winner McMahon I 11-01. Loser Face (0-1). HR Spahn. Adcock. St. Louis ...000 010 000 1 3 2 San Fran. 201 000 OOx .1 a 0 Jackson. 'Duliba (Al and Smith. Sawalski (Hi. Jnnes ll-Oi and Schmidt. Loser Jackson (0-1). HR Wagner. (It inntnes) Chicago 002 000 000 002 7 1 L. A. .. O00 020 000 Ol 3 S 2 Anderson. Elslon (01 and Neeman. Mice (Ol. Drysdale and Rosstboro. HR Zlmmer. Essesian. Winner Drysdale tl-oi. Loser Elston (0-11. Padgett Auto Parts '' 345 North Central, Medford CRANKSHAFT GRINDING CAMSHAFT GRINDING Stock Va or Full Race Complete Automotive Machine Shop Service Engine Re-Manufacturing ... We have in stock parts (or all makes of car and truck.. OPEN all day SATURDAY and SUNDAY. We are the ONLY one between Portland and San Francisco that hat the facilities to com pletely re-manufacture an engine. "It's the Cam that makes it go". STANDINGS Bv United Prs International NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Prt. GB Cincinnati J 0 1000 Milwaukee H 1 0 1000 San Franciico .... 1 0 1000 Lot Angelea ...... 1 0 1.000 Chicago 0 l .000 1 Philadelphia . 0 1 .000 1 Pttuburxh 0 1 .ooo 1 St. Louil 0 1 .000 1 Tueiday't Remits Milwaukee 4, Pittsburgh 1 Cincinnati 0. Philadelphia 4 San Franciaco 3. St. Lou it 1 Loa Angelea 3, Chicago 2 (night) Wednesday's Probabla Pilrhen (Last year's won-lost records In parcnthei-esi Chicago at Los Angelas (night Hobbi( 16-13) vs. Sherry (7-2). Thursday's Games Cincinnati al Pittsburgh Milwaukee at Philadelphia (night) Chicago at San Francisco (night) St. Loula at Los Angelea (night) Same Type Ball Played By Dodgers Los Angeles - (UPD - The Dodgers have come back with the same brand of baseball that helped them win the Na tional league and world's championships last year, Los Angeles tans were convinced today. A record National league night game crowd of 67,500 Tuesday night saw the Dod gers come through with a pinch home run in the bottom of the 11th inning to defeat the Chicago Cubs, 3-2. Meat Tonight The same two clubs meet in the Coliseum tonight in the final of their two-game series with either Larry Sherry or Roger Craig sched uled to hurl against Glen Hobbie of the Cubs. Alston said he had been warming up Sherry during the late innings and was un decided whether he would start his rookie pitching star of last year or go with Craig tonight. Sherry said he was ready to start If given the chance. For Drysdale, the victory was a big one. He had pitched the opening game the past two seasons and lost both times. The big crowd let loose an early cheer when ex-Dodger Don Zimmer, in his first ap pearance against his former teammates, in the third inn ing homered over the left field screen. Kalingo Fights Hart Tonight Chicago - IUP1) - Rocky Ka lingo, the Philippine welter weight champion, and Phila delphia's Garnett (Sugar) Hart each predicted a knockout victory for their televised 10 round fight tonight. "I'm going all out to. score a knockout, the earlier the better," Kalingo said, "and I think I can knock him out with my right hand." "This is one fight where I'm sure that someone will be car ried out," Hart said, "and I'm sure It won't be me. I've got too much at stake to lose, to a newcomer and I'll prove it." Big 10 Expected To Nullify Its Earlier Action Chicago -IUPD- Northwest ern and Purdue have become the fourth and fifth schools to vote in favor of continuing Big Ten post-season competi' lion in NCAA events, virtual ly insuring that the conference will rescind its previous action to bar such play. A sixth school, Wisconsin, was expected to vote for the post-season competition since its board of regents, in an ad visory action, voted in favor of the policy. Regardless of Wisconsin's vote, however, it was expected the Big Ten would repeal its action against post-season com. petition at its spring meeting In May. Musial Says Giants Will Have To Change Playing Style in Candlestick Park By HAL WOOD San Francisco-tUPD- The San Francisco Giants, who used to knock the cover off the ball to win games, will have to change their style of play en tirely to win this year, says Stan Musial. Musial made the observa tion after the first game in the new Candlestick Park-a windblown affair in which the Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals, 3-1, before 42,269 fans. "Runs are going to be hard to get In this park," said Mu sial after the opener. "The Giants are going to have to do a lot of bunting, a lot of base stealing to win games here. They are going to have to change their style com pletely." The spacious outfield and a SOC Host To Chico In Track Ashland - Southern Oregon college will play host to Chico Slate college Saturday after noon at 1:30 in the first track meet of the 1960 campaign on the Raider cinders. It will be the third meet for the Raiders who beat Oregon College of Education and Pa cific university last week end in a triangular. Chico has tangled twice with the Raiders in the past two years and has turned up victorious on both occasions with strong wins in the field events and distances. SOC places its big hopes in sprinters Johnny Jones, Don Story and Stu Baker and per formers in the 440 yard dash, pole vault, and javelin. Chuck Swingle is the big threat in the one lap event where he picked a first place last week. Jones and Don Korth have both thrown the javelin over 190 feet. Harvey got his best pole vault effort of the season last week end with 12 feet four inches, enough for a school record. The relay could prove to be another strong point for the Raiders. They have half of their record setting Oregon Collegiate conference team back. Returnees Baker and Swingle will probaby be joined by Ora Bannister and Story in the four lap event. Four Hotshots Win First Leg Four Hotshots took the monthly intra club match of Medford Junior Rifle club for a first leg on the Century Sporting Goods trophy. The Hotshots four high shooters fired a 670 out of 800. Eddie McGrew paced his team with 187 and Bill Man ning had 175. Ward Conger fired 169 and Fred Graten 139. I A 20-shot match was held i with five shots each from prone, sitting, kneeling and standing positions. An award presentation is scheduled next Monday night for the juniors at the Med ford Rifle and Pistol club range. National Rifle associa tion and Oregon Hunter Safe ty awards will be given. Par ents are asked to attend. Southern sectional of the Oregon State Rifle and Pistol association junior champion ships will be fired at the Med ford range on April 30. FROM DICK KNIGHT You are cordially invited to test-drive the longest, widest, heaviest, and most powerful of all leading economy Imports! The ear with 4 door conven ience, 4-tpeed trans- mission. UniGard body, front-mounted engine, and all the extras built in as standard equipmentl The great new SIMCAfromIarUI Here's a car that can save you' hundreds ef dollars a year on gasoline alone Come in today I Riverside et 8th SP 3-6247 strong wind are what Musial was talking about. The out field fences are only 335 feet to the corner, but fan out quickly so that the right and left fielders stand beside 397 foot signs; centerfield is 420 feet. On top of that, the wind blows a gale in from the left field side so that fly balls hit in that direction are held back. "The wind Is going to be a factor in every ball game here," Solly Hemus, St. Louis manager, pointed out. Manager Bill Rigney of the Giants apparently had "cased" the place earlier. He had his boys attempting bunts, and they stole three bases. Willie Mays, finding the wind in left field nearly im possible, clouted one smash to right field that was foul by inches, then got a double to right center. Mays Hits To Fight "Yes, I think I went for right center when I hit that double," he said, "but it's a thing I don't like to do. I like to feel free to hit to all fields. And, of course, my power is to left field. This is an excel lent park. But I think they should plant some trees back of center field to improve the batter's background." The fans loved the park too. They found the view from all seats wonderful. Those sitting in the shadows wrapped in blankets and topcoats were chilly and the management didn't turn on the widely-publicized radiant heat for the 20,000 fans in the reserved seat section.' Boat Jam The anticipated traffic Jam didn't materialize on the highway after the game. Less than an hoar after the final out the parking lot was com pletely cleared. However, there was a traf fic jam on the water in Can dlestick Cove.: Here, niore than a hundred yachts milled around waiting to pick up passengers from the game. There was only a small tem porary dock to accomodate seafaring visitors. Many others arrived by helicopter at the tiny copter port just behind the center field screen. Willie Kirkland of the-Giants, who drew praise from Vice President Richard Nixon for his catches in right field, said the wind forced him to stay deep. "You can't come in, say, on a weak hitter," said Willie. "You have to stay deep be cause the wind blows any thing a lot farther than usual." Nixon at pre-game cere monies termed the park "the finest in America." And the players were just about unanimous in agreeing with him. 4-Minute Mile Said Possible On April 23rd Eugene -0IPD- Track Coach Bill Bowerman said today a four-minute mile was possible here April 23 when Dyrol Burleson of Oregon meets Ernie Cunliffe of Stanford. "Both are capable of run ning under four minutes, and if the weather is right, the track is good and the strategy of the race is right, anything could happen." Oregon's track team travels to Seattle to meet Washington this week. CO SIMCA DICK KNIGHT CO. Pin frteef Goes Into 2nd Half T.Un nhin (ITI The American Bowling Congress tournament entered m ond half of its arduous 79-day grind today, and if the meet ..n ta. i u.ir'1 nattern all lonuwa ids. - but one title has been decided. During the J """ Aniv twA men crowned won during the final half of the meet. The doumes cnm pionship was won by Barney Vehige and Gib Flshback of St. Louis on the 45th day of the tournament. If the 1959 pauern num. i u a jtr A Asohalt club of Birmingham, Mich., will b the open team cnampion wun . mod mlleri March 23. Should 'the 3096 hold up It win h- the lowest champion ship total since 1956 when the Falstaffs of Chicago won ai Rochester with 3092. Paul Kulbaga of Cleveland is the singles leader with 726 knurlrf March 24. He would be the lowest to take the big prize since Tony Sparando of Newark, N.J., won In 1954 with 723 at Seattle. Vince Lucci, .Trenton, N.J., is pacing the all-events with 1985. The last time such a score won was in 1954, also at Seattle when Brad Lewis, .klnnJ nhin haA an iHanli. cal total. For the past four years it nas taKen over z.uuu to capture an all - events crown. In doubles Andy Hudoba and Jack-Baum of Youngs town, Ohio, are the paceset ter's with 13.SR. The last time a score as low or lower won was In 1956 at Rochester whon mil Tillai.fi anrl Ctan Glfford of Chicago won with 1331. STADIUM SITE OKEHED Sacramento, Calif. - (UPD -California Gov. Edmund G. Brown has signed into law a bill releasing state land to the city of Oakland for the site of a new stadium for Oak land's entry into the newly formed American Profession al Football league. The bill, authored by Sen. John W. Holmdahl, D-Oakland, ex pands a grant of state marsh and tideland to the city. The Oakland City Council has ap proved a $13,500,000 bond is sue to build the stadium for the team, the Oakland Senors. 4 HP POWfRTIUIft l-Uied Otaf Drive Ferwsret 1 I 389 7 HP IADOU U Swtrth tendable ! ST' Ad iu stable lwin-evt Hemstlet BIG Y FEED & SEED CO. 1941 No. Pacific Hiihwiy PHONE SP 3-3160 Imported From Poris by Chrysler levttt X y fSS
