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o o TUESDAY. JUNE 7, 1960 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. Orioles Stretch American Lead With 6-1 Win Over By MILTON RICHMAN United Press International Pennants can't be bought lor money but it took a super salesman like Paul Richards to sell his Baltimore Orioles the idea they could win one with pitching and hustle. Richards delivered his sales talk on the opening day of spring training. "The White Sox won last year mainly on pitching and hustle," he told his young, im pressionable Orioles. "If they did it, there isn't any reason in the world why you can't do it ine same way." And that's exactly the man ner in wiiich the first-place Orioles have won 28 of their ' last 40 games. They lead the American league now by 2V4 games and even AI Lopez of the White Sox is beginning to show some respect. Lopei "Impressed" "It's still a little bit early, but I'm definitely impressed," Lopez said following Balti more's 6-1 victory over Wash ington last night. PCL Teams Battle For Loop Lead By PETE COLEMAN United Press International The Pacific Coast league standings looked like a holi day week end today. The traf fic was bumper to bumper. Seems like everybody's In a hurry to get to first place. As a result, there's a big jam near the top. Spokane made it just about as tight as it can get Monday night by defeating San Diego, 4-1, while Vancouver was blanking league leading Sac ramento, 3-0. The win, the seventh in eight games for Spokane, put the Indians within two per centage points of the Solons and one game in front of third place Tacoma. Other Teams Idle Seattle, idle Monday night along with Tacoma, Salt Lake and Portland, is in fourth, just two games off the puce Vancouver, which has been playing better than .BOO bull the past three weeks, is linn four games behind the lead ers. All eight teams are sched uled for action tonight. Port land is at Sacrumento, Spo kane visits San Diego, Seattle, ridlrg a seven game winning streak, moves into Salt Lake, and Tacoma hosts Vancouver. Spokane got a three-hit pitching performance from Billy Harris in beating San Diego. The Indians wrapped it up early, scoring three .times in the first. Charlie Smith plated two of the runs with a one-on homer and Ramon Conde sin gled in the other. Chet Nichols was the hero in Vancouver's win over Sac ramento. He worki'd a four hitter, fanned six and walked only two to record his sixth win in 10 decisions. 1.INKSCOHKS: Spokane 300 001 000 I t 0 ! Sim Dk-ro . U00 100 O001 3 2 Harris, Palmqiilst (ill, and Pa RMavonl; Striker, Arias (0) and C'arrcon. Vancouver ... 002 100 000 3 10 t Sm-ratncno 001) 000 000 0 4 0 Nichols and Wlillc; mown. Wat kins 7 and Haymond (0) and Barrasan. Tooth and Nail Enters Belmont Stakes Field New York-IUPD-The entry of Tooth and Nail In next Satur day's Belmont Stakes, raising the prospective field to eight, could make the third leg of the Triple Crown classics the richest in the history of the race. If nil eight go po.stward in the 92nd running of the Bel mont, the gross will be $152, 130, surpassing last year's high gross of S145.500. Capt. Harry F. Guggen heim of the Cain Hoy Stable put tip the $.1,0(10 supplemen tary nomination fee for Tooth nnd Nail a few hours after the three-year-old colt turned In an eight-length victory Monday in Ihe New Rochelle purse nt Belmont Park. In scoring his fourth suc cessive triumph of the season, Tooth nnd Nail was clocked in 1:42 3'S fur the mile nnd onc sixtccnth event. Tooth nnd Nail's nblllty to go to the front early could only prove trouble to Bally Ache, winner of the Preak ness and Ihe Jersey Derby, Disperse, another Belmont hopnful, finished second to Tooth nnd Nail while Crotan, who set the pace, fadd to third. :.. WATER PROBLEMS Iran'i innji'r problems are water and navigable riven. The White Sox manager, however, was no less impress ed by his own team's 3-2 tri umph over the Yankees in the only other AL game sched uled. Only one game was played in the National league where the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Philadel p h i a Phillies, 5-2. Rookie Chuck Estrada, 22-vear-old member of Balti more's "Kiddie Korps," struck out seven and yielded only six hits in beating Washington Estrada, who is putting in only his fourth season in pro ball, did not allow a single extra-base blow in running his record to 6-1. Orioles Strike Early Baltimore clinched the game early by raking Jim Kaat for five runs on six hits in 6 i'a innings. Jim Gentile, a Dod ger castoff, supplied the mus cle by driving In three runs with a two-run double in the third inning and his seventh homer of the season in the seventh. Two errors by third base man Gil McDougald in the ninth inning enabled the While Sox to win their fourth straight and remain three games off the pace, a half game behind the second-place Indians. Luis Aparicio's single with the bases full in the ninth drove in the winning run af ter the White Sox loaded the bases on Sherm Lollar's sin gle and the two errors by Mc Dougald on balls nit by ucne Frccse and AI Smith. Larry Jackson registered his sixth straight victory and seventh of the season for the Cardinals by holding the Phil lies to seven hits. INKSCOUKS: Cluoipo 000 000 0213 8 0 V York 001 000 0102 11 2 Pierce, Slnlov (HI, Donovan (9) and Lollfir. Ford 12-41 nnd Howard. Winner Stloy 16-1). HI! Marls. Washington . 000 000 100 1 9 t unmniorc .. jiu iuu lux a v i Kaat. Krnlick 41. Leo (.1). Fischer (7) nnd Naragon. Estrada n-l) and uouriney. looser n-nui 1-5 1. HR Gentile. Phlla 200 000 000 2 7 2 St. Louis . 000 120 02x 5 0 1 Short. Gnmcz 7). I'h 1 Inn int. Rohlniton (8) and Nceman. Jackson 17-.M ana ttmun. i.oscr snort (2-1). STANDINGS NATIONAL, LEAGUE W. L. Pittsburgh 20 is Run Francisco.. 20 1R Milwaukee 21 17 ClnrlnnnU 23 24 SI. Louis 22 24 Pet. .044 .(117 ..1.13 .411!) 47B .4.17 .423 .340 1 Los AiikcIcs .... 21 2.1 Chicago 17 23 Philadelphia .... 16 31 Monday's Results SI. Louts 5, Philadelphia (nllhtl (Ul inly game scheduled.) AMKKICAN LEACl'E W. L. Pet. .030 .311.1 .50.1 .512 .4110 on 2(4 3 Ml Baltimore 20 Cleveland ........ 24 17 17 Chicago , 20 20 New York .. 22 21 21 20 2.1 26 Detroit 20 Kansas City -0 Washington 1R Boston 15 .422 9'i .410 0', .306 ll'i Monday's Ttrsults: t'htcafio 3. New York 2 (nfshtl Itjiltimorc 0, WashlnRlnn 1 (night) HJniy games scheduled) NOHTIIWKST I.EACH'E W. I.. Prt. ;n .(KB .000 2 .505 2 .552 3 '4 .333 13 .307 13 Yakima . 27 Kilitcne 21 l.cwiston .......... 24 Til-City 21 10 14 17 17 2R 27 wenatchee Salem Monday's Results Trl-Cllv 7. Snlem 3 (Make-up) Lcwlston 3. Yakima 3 (Only game scheduled) PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE w. I., pet. an 2R 21 .371 20 22 ,500 20 21 .553 1 20 23 .531 2 22 23 .4110 4 21 20 .447 6 21 27 .43R 64 22 32 .407 8i Sacramento , Spokane Tncoina Scallle Vancouver ... Monday's Results Spokane 4. San Diego 1 Vancouver 3, Sacramento 0 (Only games scheduled I League Leaders NATIONAL LEAGUE Player club G. All Clmnte. Pltu. 43 ISO Adeock, Mil... 20 100 Curry, Phil... 34 110 Sklnn'r. PltU. 43 173 Croat. Pitts... 43 10R llruton, Mil... 30 156 White. St. L... 4.1 1R0 Mays. S. r .. 47 173 Ashburn. Chi. 40 132 Plnsnn, Ctn... 47 208 R II Pel. 30 RR .300 12 3fl .340 13 37 3.10 3R 3S .335 20 05 32H 23 31 .327 2.1 5R .322 33 90 .320 29 4R .310 34 63 313 23 3D .373 31 411 .343 17 33 .343 21 3.1 :nn 30 32 .323 23 42 .321 15 14 JIB 31 .10 .310 25 45 313 16 36 .3X16 AMKKICAN LKAOt'K Kunneln, Uos. 40 1.10 Marls, N Y. .. 40 142 Ilerra. N Y. .. 33 102 Urntlle, Rait. 40 103 Allison. Wn. 4? 101 I'lersal, Clev. 31- 131 Power, Clev. 35 ?3fl Mlnoso. Chi. 40 177 Krncha, Clev. 311 143 Loliar, Chi. .. 40 124 Runs Hatted In Nslinnal l.eaiue Clcmtnle. PI rates 43, Banks. Cubs 38: Cepeda. (ilanta 34; MrCovey. Giants 33; Aron. nraves 31. Amerlran Lraiue Marls, Yanks 37, Mansen, Orioles 33; Mlnoso, White Sox 33; Gentile. Orioles 33; Lemon, Senators 32. Home Runs National Lessue- -Bayer, Cardl. i iiraves ii 1 nomas. Lulu 11: Math ews, llraves 11. American League Marls Yanks 13; Lemon, Seniors 12, Meld, In dians 10; Corv. Yanks I. ManUs. Yanks Pltrhlni National League Law, Pirates 8-1: Sanford. Giants 6-1: Mccor- mlck. Giants 7-3; Friend, Pirates 6-3: nuhl llraves; Spahn, nraves; Aurdelte. Braves; and Purae.v, Reds. Hit 4-2. American League Coals. Yanks 3-0. Stalev, White Co 6-1; Estrada. Orioles R.t; rtrown, Orolet a-l; Da le, Athletics 7-2. Fanfare As Tom MacLeod, manager and sportscaster for radio sta tion KYJC, left Multnomah stadium Saturday night after broadcasting Medford's A-l championship baseball victory over Parkrose High, he heard a man bemoaning to a com panion about Medford's suc cess in taking state diadems. The other man was much more philosophical. He said: "Well, if you're going to be good, you might as well be good at everything." DREAM COME TRUE Just after the prep basket ball season was over and Medford's stalwarts had lucked away a second ath letic trophy for the aca demic year, thoughts of the baseball championship pos sibility began to perculate. It was known that the high school would field a strong and veteran learn. But. there was still an in grediont of wishful think ing. Medford's baseballers might have been burdened and hexed by these expecta tions. Yet, they just rolled along and made a dream come true. GREAT FUTURE After the championship conflict was over Saturday, a stronger said to us: "There's a great baseball future ahead for some of those boys." We wouldn't limit it to baseball, or even just to sports. WORDS NOT SUFFICIENT You can dig out Roget's thesaurus, Webster's dic tionary (unabridged) and a half a dozen similar books and still its y ff icull to find adequate w' Is to express the full feeling and praise those fine athletes who made the Medford 1959 1960 school year such a wonderfully Inmin doui one in sports. The greatest praise and the greatest glory must go to the boys who reaped the honors for the Black Tor nado. But. you can't forget Coaches John Kovena in baseball, Frank Roelandt in basketball, Fred Spiegel berg in football and Bob Huff in tennis and to the staffs of assistant coaches. And, then there's that Med ford system of athletics that carries down into the grade schools and the coaches and administrators who make it function. Also, there's that great community support and interest which also has its place in the development of championship teams. EXCEPTIONAL YOUTHS Medford mentors this year had under their tutelage a group of oxccpliouol boys -not just a handful but a host of talented performers. There was depth of great material, as football particularly show ed. These athletes had both brawn and brainpower and they combined veen-wittcd- ness with confidence and re sourceful play. Black Tornado fans will miss the exploits on the grid iron, the diamond and the court of the seniors who re ceive high school diplomas to night but they arc waiting hopefully to watch some fine athletes who will carry on In 1000-11)01. After this triple title ban ner year, what does the Medford High athletic fu ture hold? What are the championship possibilities in the school year next aherd? Can the Medford Big Wind repeat as litlisit In any one of the three sports? While no one has pre dicted any state laurels for Tornado aggregations, most prognosticators feel that Medford will have its most success in football since a host of experienced men re turn. In basketball there won't be the depth and bal ance, unless by magic and surprise it develops over night. Just three lettermen. regulars Bob Quinney and Dick Ragsdale, and reserve Jim Barry, will be back, Baseball will have a mall core of talent. Yet. there's a lot of rebuilding to be done. With Quinney. an all-around player, and Herb Wheeler, pitching reg ulars, and Bud Lowery. who won two 196' varsity games, the Tornado will have capable moundsmen for the campaign of 1961. Barry, outfielder catcher, and Radsdal infielder-out-fielder, are among nucleus veterans the new squad will be built around. Because of a holiday week end and the concentration on the Black TdUfado baseball title effort, comment on Med- League Senators By DICK JEWITT Mall Tribune SeerN tdltef ford High's state track meet doings and a wrap-up on the prep cinder sport just got neglected. Coach Dean Benson in forms us that Ray Smith set a Medford school record of 4:24.8 in the mile in taking state third place points. Smith was the runner that Clayton Steinke, South Salem ace, cut in on when Steinke was dis qualified. Ray almost went down when the Saxon fouled him. Otherwise, he'd had a bit better time. Benson described Mike Hood as the "best in the state coming back" for 1961 in the high and low hurdles, Hood had :14.8 and :20.1 times in taking fourth in those two events coming back and was just a hairline out of third in each contest. -Medford's relay runners, Hood, Phil Humphreys, Terry Ryan and Len Griggs, were credited with a "fantastic ef fort" by. their coach. They toured the half-mile in 1:30.6 to finish seven yards back of Jefferson which won in 1:29.7, Stellar Mel Renfroe gave Jeff a big lead on the first leg of the race. Griggs gained five yards on Demo anchor man, Mike Wyborney, on the final furlong. MAY LACK DEPTH The Black Tornado, scourge in track over a decade, before several lean years, showed signs this year of comeback as a cin der power. But Benson fig ured that Medford may have it rough in district next year because of lack of depth. Among the returnees, in addition to Hood, a broad jumper and high jumper as well as hurdler, are sprint er and broad jumper Hum phreys; Wayne Cowan, best sophomore discus thrower that Medford's had; Tom Bortis, who put ihe shot over 50 feet three times at the state meet; Mike Mc Cullough, sprinter; Bill Dahlstrom and Hi Martin, who may prove the top milers in ihe district; Dan Sieg, broad jumper; Walt Ayres and Dick Andrews, hurdlers; Bill Charley, hurdler and pole vaulter; Bob Rix, half-miler; AI Funston and George Clear water, shoi putters, and Scolt Eaton, hurdler, jump er and quarter-miler. GREAT 5B YEAR In reviewing the year of sports, it will bo noted that District 5B won or shared all the state titles in B class. St. Mary's of Medford won in track and was co-champ in footbull with Yoncalla. Mer rill took the baseball toga and Malin the crown in basket ball. The success of the Crusad ers of St. Mary's and of the Black Tornado gave Medford the big sum of five state prep championships in 1959-1960. And. St. Mary's came near a triple crown, itself. Malin got by the Crusaders in close dis trict playoff games to ad vance to the state tourney. TROUBLES OVER Said Bill Mulfur, sports writer for ihe Oregon Journal! In writing of Med ford's slate baseball finale over Parkrose: "Baseball's troublee are over. "There's new pair of Dean brothers - Lowell and Cal. "And Medford has them." Bill ended his story with a note to the St. Louis Card inals to keep an eye on the latest edition of Dean boyi If they wish io gain their former glory days (those of Dlssy and Paul Dean). Tickets Selling Fast for Closed Video of Fight Ticket! are going very fast now for the Crnterian the atre'! closed circuit television presentation of the Ingemar Johnnsson-F I o y d Patterson heavyweight title fight on June 20. Robert ,C o rb i n, manager here for Oregon-California Theatres, staled that the Cra terian is more than half told out for the event. He has re ceived a lot of out-of-town mail orders. This is about the time, two weeks ahead of the fight, that the sales picked up before the bout between the same men a yenr ago. All seats sell for $5 each, one of the lowest price ar rangements in the country for this fight. Corbln points out that every seat In the house is good for television viewing, o. BIG BLOW Medford High school's Lowell. Dean is shown above crossing the plate after hitting a 335-foot home run in the fourth inning of Saturday night's state A-l baseball championship game with Parkrose at Mult Reds Invade Giant Park For 3 Games San Francisco-WPU-Hard hit ting Cincinnati, 3-1, over the San Francisco Giants this sea son, moves into windy Candle stick Park tonight for the open for a three-game series. The Gianls enter the series a game back of first-place Pittsburgh, but it is sometimes hard to see how they have re mained in the pennant chase of late. The big three of Orlando Cepeda and Willie Mays and McCovey have not been hit ting consistently. Moreover, Manager Bill Rigney has been unable to come up with that key to any pennant winner good relief hurling. The latter weakness has partially both been caused nd alleviated by the fact that Giant starters have gone the full nine-inning route 23 times in 47 games. Thus the bullpen brigade has perhaps lost some of its sharpness through inactivity. Antonelli To Start Manager Bill Rigney will start a well-rested Johnny An tonelli (3-2) against the Reds' Jay Hook (4-4). It will be An tonelll's first start in a week. Team officials also an nounced today that third-sack-er Jimmy Davenport will re turn to tl p lineup within the next few days. He has been sidelined by an ulcer since May 19. His substitute, Joey Amal- fltano, has turned out to be one of the Giants' pleasant surprises this season and his timely hitting has helped pick up the slack caused by the slump in the middle of the batting order. The team was idle yester day. Portland Signs College Catcher Portland -(DPI)- Clark Rex. a catcher from Pepperdlne College, has been signed by the Portland Benvcrs nnd as signed to Salem of the North west league, Assistant Gener al Manager Bill Sayles said today. Sayles also said Jim Hanna a 6-7 first baseman from Southern California, has agreed to sign a contract with the Beavers. Hanna will wait, however, until he gets his de gree from USC. Hanna also will be assigned to Salem, Sayles said. BRILL METAl WORKS Cemmerclal Industrial RttldeaHsl Sheet Mttsl W.ra Stslnlttt, OsKsnistst east Capper rkattea 2287 Vftst Main HONI S 1-440 Brown Cops Main At Auto Speedway Ed Brown of Willows was the top winner in super-modi fied auto races held at the Ashland speedway Saturday night. Brown took first in his heat dash and in the main event. In the time trials the best times were turned in by Bert Miller of Chico, with a time of :22.01. Nick Porter, of Red ding, with :22.17, and Nick's brother Don, with :22.46. These three competed in the trophy dash. Nick Porter fin ished first, Miller second, and Don Porter was third. Johnny Jones of Medford was victor in the first heat, while Bob Wilcox of Medford placed second, and Cliff Mc Gilvery of Yreka placed third. Brown was winner in the second heat, Bernie Miller, of Grants Pass, was second, and Bud Cook, of Klamath Falls, was third. Pollard Winner Art Pollard of Roseburg copped first in the third race, with Jerry Fanger of Medford running second, and Don Por ter third. In the fourth dash, Miller placed first, Neil Porter took rH"" 'T lll.lyMMM,nfii,.i.. ..1. rl1.1,,VLV -r-rnr-r-'-rr-Tr-rrmjwMin f rfthe I Century! nomah Stadium in Portland. Dean's clout tied the game up a 1-1. The Tornado tallied two more runs in thre sixth inning which gave them the ball game and state title. (UPI Telephoto) second, and Lee Covey finish ed in the third position. In the main event Brown moved well and moved in to the lead in the first IS laps and then lapped a large num ber of cars. Don Porter was second, and Nick Porter third, Cook moved along to place fourth, and Carl Smith Roseburg, ran fifth. of The expected race between Brown and Art Pollard did not develop as Pollard lost his fan belt and was unable to run in the main. Semi-Pros Practice Tomorrow Night Medford Bowling Lanes' semi-pro baseball team will hold a practice session tomor row night at the Camp White ball field starting at 6:30 p.m The team's next game will be Sunday with Crescent City, there. Springfield, Ill-IUPD - Eight polo ponies, who were badly burned when a van carrying the animasl caught fire on U. S. 66 were destroyed Mon day. , aet (as,!,,. '450 pr. MII0NAI DlSIIlUIIS PRODUCTS COMPANY, HW YORK MEDrXmrWIIlIBUrlE SIPODIKTrS U.S. Olympic Team To Meet At Oregon Eugene-IUPU - Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman said to day the U.S. Olympic track and field team would hold an intra-squad meet here July 30. Bowerman said the Emer ald Empire Athletic associa tion, a volunteer group, was Astoria Pro Wins Berth Seattle-IUPD-Oregon golfers gave a good account of them selves in the 36-hole U.S. open sectional qualifying rounds here Monday with one of them, Ed Oldfield,' Astoria winning one of the three berths allotted the Pacific Northwest for the big tourna ment at Denver June 16-18. Oldfield, who shot a 71-72- 143, was three under for the par 73 Seattle golf club course. He joined Don Bies of Seattle, 71-66-137, and Stan Leonard of Vancouver, B.C., 72-71-143, as this area's rep resentative for the open. Three other Oregon golfers played in the qualifying rounds. Bill Eggers of Port land just missed the Denver trip with a 75-69-144. Bob McKendrick, of Oswego, fin ished in a tie for fifth with 73-74-147, and Bob Duden of Oswego tied for 8th with a 74-75-149. Oldfield had a eagle three on the 16th hole ot this 71 round. WHITWORTH WINS Sioux City, Iowa-UIPD-Whit- worth won its opening game in the NAIA baseball tourna ment Monday with a 10-4 win over Morningside of Iowa. NEED CASH TO FIX UP, PAINT UP? Whether you do-it-yourself or have it done, you will need money for that new porch, patio, addi tion or paint job. Arrange a special Householder's Cash Loan at HFC so you'll have enough money to do the job right. You'll like doing business with HFC, America's oldest and largest company spe cializing in making instalment cash loans. You can ffesnLfSasfajsnhwa J-li!a1lBijBakstBsata1aslsss OUSEKOLD FINANCE 128 E. Main St., 2nd Hours: 10 to 7 Hon. 10 to responsible for getting the team here. "Having the 1960 Olympics squad here for a week, and winding up with that meet, is the culmination of a long-time effort by the EEAA," Bower man said. "Their activities really start ed in 1956 when we held an Olympic preview meet which drew approximately 12,000 people." The Olympic squad is duo to arrive here July 25. The first offer to have the squad stay here was made six montns ago to uiympic team coaches and managers who gave it unanimous endorse-, ment to the AAU. Errors Costly In NW League United Press International Three costly errors in two nights have turned the North west league into a four-team race down to the wire for the first-half league title. Ynkima droDDed a 5-3 deci sion to the Lewiston Broncs Monday night as a result of two infield bobbles in the ninth inning. The Bears also dropped the nightcap of their Sunday double-header against Wenatchee when an infield error allowed the winning win to score. A 7-3 makeup game victory for Tri-City over Salem in the only other game played brought the Braves within three and one-half games of the pace-setters and Lewiston moved into a tie for second place with Eugene, two games behind the leaders. June 30 marks the end of the first-half of league action. borrow up to $1500 and take up to 24 months to repay. Drop in or phone today. Life insurance at group rate is available on all loans Floor SPring 3-5301 5:30 Tues. thru Frf. Oosed Sot. KhTuCM STRAIOHI BOURBON WHISKEY, tS PROOF O
