MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. ORE.
Alston Not So Sure
Dodgers Will Jell
During 1961 Slate
(This It one of 18 dis
patches on the 1961 pros
pects of the major league
teams.)
By LEO H. PETERSEN
UPI Sports Editor
Vero Beach, Fla. -(UPD-This
. Is the year a lot of the base
J ball experts expect the Los
; Angeles Dodgers' youth move
i ment to pay off although
manager Walter Alston isn't
J so sure.
, There are too many "Ifs" on
the club to satisfy Alston. Not
i that he doesn't think the
' Dodgers can win, but to do it
J he pointed out that:
"Our kids are going to have
j to come through. Our pitchers
' are going to have to find the
, strike zone. Our catching has
i to improve. Our hitting has to
" improve. And the few veter
' ans we have left like Gil
i Hodges and Duke Snider are
i going to have to do better."
1 If all. that should jell, then
' Alston feels the Dodgers
; "have a real shot at it."
j "It simply boils down' to
this," Alston said. "Of the con
1 tending clubs, the one' which
J has all of its players live up
to their potential will win.
I That's how we won in 1959
J and how the Pirates won last
iyear."
He named the Pirates,
1 Braves, Cardinals and Giants
'in the contending group along
with the Dodgers and also
gave the Reds "an outside
chance for they always play
' like champions against us."
' Moves Them Around
Alson is experimenting with
'his youth.
5 He is trying Frank Howard,
.who can hit the ball as far as
anyone, at first base and
SF Spurred
By McCovey
l Phoenix, Ariz. (UPI) Shades
of 1959! Willi? McCovey is
slugging again just as he did
when he became the National
league's rookie of the year
that season.
' Big stretch powdered the
Vll fnr a tinmpr trinlp and
a single Thursday while driv
ing in four runs during the
San Francisco Giants' 13-4
'rout of the Los Angeles An
jeels at Palm Springs.
i Playing under wind-blown
conditions reminiscent of Can
dlestick Park, the Giants
blasted Angel pitchers Ron
Moeller. Dean Chance and
veteran Jack Harshman for
19 hits.
McCovey, a flop last year,
wasn't the only one who beef
ed up his cactus league aver
age. Orlando Cepeda, John
Orsino and Don Blasingame
each collected three hits. Har
vev Kuenn, with an assist
from the wind, clubbed a pair
of doubles and Bob Farley,
a reserve first baseman, hom
ered in the seventh.
Sam Jones was credited
with the win while giving up
three runs and four hits in
five innings. Moeller, a lefty,
was charged with the defeat.
Ashland Vets
Bill Ring Card
Ashland - Ashland Veterans
of Foreign Wars Fst 3423
will sponsor an amateur box
ing exhibition on Saturday,
March 25, at the VFW hall
on A st. across from the rail
road depot.
Talent Boxing club, man
aged by Pat Coburn, will put
on the five exhibitions.
The bout on television
Channel 2 will be shown first
at 7 p.m.
VFW members and friends
are invited to the card. Re
freshments will be served
There will be no admission
charge.
another outfielder, Tommy
Davis, at third base. The How
ard move appears doomed to
failure, thus leaving the berth
to Norm Larker, who lost out
by two percentage points to
Dick Groat of the Pirates in
the 1960 National league bat
ting championship race.
If Howard should surprise
and make it at first, Larker
would be put in the outfield.
There's where Tommy Davis
will wind up, too, if he doesn't
make it at third.
Pitching is about the only
department on the club which
is set. Don Drysdale (15-14),
Johnny Podres (14-12), Roger
Craig (8-3), Sandy Koufax (8-
13) and Stan Williams (14-10)
will be regular starters with
Larry Sherry also getting a
shot at starting roles if he is
not needed for relief. Sherry,
the Dodgers' World Series re
lief ace of 1959, began last
season as a starter but then
was shifted back to the bull
pen and wound up with a 14-
10 record.
Ed Roebuck (8-3) will be
one of the top relievers. That
leaves three spots open and
Alson is hoping to fill one of
them with Ron Perranoski, a
left-hander who had a com
bined record of 12-11 with
Montreal and St. Paul last
season. Alston pointed out the
Dodgers needed a southpaw
relief hurler and hopes the
former Cub can fill the bill.
Tries Comeback i
Big Don Newcombe may
stick with the club for which
he was a star for many years
Although he has lost the zip
off his fast ball, he has been
impressive thus far this
spring. Last year Newcombe
was 4-6 with the Reds and 2-3
with the Indians.
Ed Palmquist may win a
relief berth and Jim Golden,
who won 20 games with St.
Paul last year, has a chance
to break into the starting ro
tation. John Roseboro, who slump
ed to .213 last season, and
Norm Sherry will share the
catching duties, with Hodges,
who can play first, third or
the outfield, also available be
hind the plate if needed. If
the three can't supply what is
needed, Alston will call on
Doug Camilli, who hit .281 at
Atlanta in 1960. Camilli, son
of the former star first base
man, Dolph Camilli, is tagged
a star of the future but Alston
would like to have him get
another year of seasoning in
the minors rather than sit on
the bench with the Dodgers.
Only three of the infield and
outfield spots are set.
Maury Wills, who blossom
ed into a star last season, will
be at short and Charley Neal
at second. Neal fell off to a
.256 average last season, but
Alston expects him to come
back.
Lots of Candidates
Howard, Larker and Hodges
are the first base candidates,
with Junior Gilliam, who also
had a bad season last year
Willie Davis and rookie Char
lie Smith, a .322 hitter at
Spokane, battling for the third
base berth. Bob LUlis will
understudy Wills.
Wally Moon in left is sure
of a regular job in the out
field. Howard will be in right
if not at first. Otherwise Lark
er. Snider and Ron Fairly,
back for another try after
hitting .303 at Spokane, will
share the job. If Tommy Davis
makes it at third. Willie Jjavis
who hit .346 at Spokane last
year, and Don Demeter will
be available for center.
There is no doubt the po
tential is there for the Dodgers
appear to be three deep at
every position. But Alston re
members that the Dodgers
finished fourth last year after
winning the pennant and the
Series in 1959 so he isn't going
out on a limb on his club as a
lot of the baseball experts are.
St. Louis,
Providence
Reach Final
By TIM MORIARTY
New York-UlPIl-Providenco
College owed its berth in the
final round of the National
Invitation Basketball Tourna
ment today to a five-foot,
eight-inch "b o m b e r" who
looks like Mickey Rooney in
short pants.
Vlnce Ernst would have
made an ideal "Andy Hardy"
in those old Rooney movies
but he was born 20 years too
late. So the blond-haired court
midget from Jersey City, N.J.,
is tossing baskets instead of
spit balls-provident thing for
Providence college.
Ernst scored eight points in
an overtime session to carry
the Friars to a thrilling 90-83
victory over Holy Cross
Thursday night in the semi
finals of the NIT at Madison
Square Garden.
Billikent Slop Dayton
In the other semifinal, St.
Louis University turned back
Dayton, 67-60, and will meet
Providence in the champion
ship game, which will be tele
vised nationally from the Gar
den Saturday afternoon.
St. Louis never trailed in
its game against taller Day
ton. The Billikens zoomed to
a 35-23 lead at intermission
and then fought off the Fly
ers in the second half.
Dayton, a five-time finalist
but never a winner in the
NIT, pulled to within 61-56 of
the lead with three minutes
remaining but two key bas
kets by Don Reid gave the
Billikens a little breathing
room.
MEDFORD&TRIBUire
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270-Target Program
For Scattergunners
A 270-target program, 250
of them registered, will be of
fered gunners Sunday in the
ninth annual Southern Ore
gon trapshoot of Medford
Gun club.
The tourney will lead off
with 100 targets at 16 yards.
One hundred handicap birds
and 25 pairs of doubles will
follow. Non-registered event
will offer 20 backerup targets
at 25 yards.
Sixteen -yard competition
win nave trophies for run-
ners-up in four classes. There
must be three or more en
tries for class trophies.
Awards also will go to high
lady, high junior and high
sub-junior.
Trophies go, too, to win
ners and runnerups in the
handicap and in each of two
doubles classes.
Practice traps will be open
at all times and lunch will
be available at the grounds.
Registered part of the shoot
is under Pacific International
Trapshooting association cer
tification and rules.
Woods, Water, Wildlife
By Hank DoVosi
Retriever Trial
Action Underway
Cowboys
Qualify 9
Wrestlers
Corvallis, Ore. - (UPD - Pow
erful Oklahoma State carried
a good-sized slead into the
second day of the NCAA
wrestling championships to
day. The Cowboys, favored to
capture their 22nd title in
the 31st annual tournament.
piled up 13 points and quali
fied nine men for the quarter
finals in the opening two ses
sions Thursday.
Only one of Oklahoma
State's 10 entries in the meet's
10 weight divisions failed to
make the quarterfinals.
Sooners Second
Oklahoma, the defendlne
champion, moved into the
second day in second place.
The Sooners compiled nine
points in the Thursday action
and qualified seven men for
the quarterfinals.
Lehigh and Iowa State
ranked third after the open
ing sessions with eight points
each and six qualifiers apiece.
Pittsburgh had seven points
for fifth place and three qualifiers.
Those steelhead fishermen
expecting some action on the
Wmchuck and Chetco livers
have been disappointed so far.
Brookings reports that 29.93
inches of rain have fallen
during this month and the
streams have been up and out
of shape as a consequence. So
far this week the weather
hasn't given us any hope that
the conditions will change.
APPLEGATE SEASON
Several weeks ago this col
umn reported on the results of
the winter steelhead season
on the Rogue river. The Apple-
gaie river winter steelhead
season had samples run from
Jan. 31 to Feb. 28 and mav
hold surprises for some of us.
There were 3528 angler days
computed during that period.
This meant there wera 3528
fishermen who fished for a
period of time - 10 minutes
to all day. They caught 464
fish and it is estimated that
each fish took 27.1 hours of
Iishing to catch. This also in-
max mere was one
fish to about nine anglers.
Corvallis - (UPD - Oregon
State was in a tie for sixth
place with six points and five
wrestlers still competing after
the first day of the NCAA
wrestling championships here.
Fritz Fivian of the Beavers
in the 157 pound class joined
teammates Don Conway, 167;
Jerry Perez. 123; Ron Finley,
137, and Tobe Zweygardt,
147, in the quarterfinals.
Oregon's Gary Stenslund
got a bye, while other entries
from Oregon, Portland State,
Pacific and Lewis and Clark
lost out.
HOCKEY
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Montreal -(UPD The Chicago
Black Hawks, stealing a page
from the defending Stanley
Cup champions, flew back
home today with renewed
hope after tying their semi
final Stanley Cup series with
the Montreal Canadiens at one
game apiece.
The Hawks, VA goal under
dogs on Forum ice against the
Canadiens, twice blew leads
before pulling out a tense
struggle on Eddie Litzenberg-
er's third period goal for a 4-3
victory.
Snowmen at Shasta
Announce Ski Capers
Mt. Shasta, Calif.-Konwa-
kion Ski Capers will be spon
sored on Saturday, April 1, by
Mt. Shasta Snowmen Ski club
at Mt. Shasta Ski bowl.
Events include a kiddies'
Easter egg hunt, a costume pa
rade, a ski scramble race and
an obstacle race. Activity will
begin at 10 a.m. and prize
awarding is set for 3:30 p.m.
Further information can be
obtained from Pat Murdoch,
club president, Box 676, Mt
Shasta.
HOCKEY MEET SET
Squaw Valley, Calif. - (UPD -Ice
hockey will return to
Blyth Arena next month when
the Far Western ice hockey
championships are held on the
Olympic rink April 7-9.
Squaw Valley authorities said
on Thursday that six teams
are entered - Denver, Salt
Lake, Los Angeles, San Ga
briel, Sacramento and San
Francisco.
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POTTEH OFFERED PACT
Sandy -(UPD- George Potter,
football coach placed on pro
bation last fall after an early
season scrimmage with West
Linn, has been offered a new
contract to again coach Sandy
next fall.
The game commission con
ducted 787 interviews and ex
amined 65 fish. Checking the
coloration of these fish re
vealed 25 dark fish, 28 dusky
fish and 12 bright fish.
Although this may be grist
for those who want to close
the winter season on the Ap-
plegate, these figures also in
dicate that a tremendous num
ber of people fish for long
periods without catching a
fish. This would seem to give
some basis to the belief by
some of us that it isn't the
fish that brings the satisfac
tion, it's the fishing.
PREDICTIONS
Every spring presents the
promise of another salmon
season and this in turn brings
forth speculation as to the
probable size of the spring
Chinook run. The conditions
that effect the runs are many,
and some can have quite an
effect without being known.
Be that as it may, every year
gives an opportunity to guess,
and some of us enjoy the
game.
STATISTICS
Salmon runs in the Rogue
river are figured on a four
year cycle, which means that
those fish that will come up
the river this year are the
progeny of the salmon run of
1957. The 1957 run was
spawned by the 1953 run, and
so on down the line. The 1953
run numbered 33,000 fish. Be
cause of heavy losses to dii
ease during their downstream
migration, the returning 1957
run numbered only 19,000.
Because of conditions known
during the downstream migra
tion, the returning 1961 run
is estimated to be about 20,
000 fish. A complicating fac
tor that is new and unknown
as to its effect is that caused
by the screens at Savage
Rapids dam. This run Is the
first returning run that re
ceived protection from the
Savage Rapids turbines dur
ing the downstream migra
tion. The actual number of
Salmon that will return in
1961 could be more or less
than the estimated 20,000.
Only time will give us the
answer.
COMPLICATIONS
According to the man who
knows, the Rogue river spring
Chinook salmon season Is un
der way. The water tempera
ture at Grants Pass has been
50 degrees for several days,
and that means the 51 degree
minimum at the mouth of the
river has been exceeded. Since
tlie salmon start up the river
at this temperature, opening
day of the 1961 season, March
25, will find salmon in the
river. Catching any may be
another matter since the low
er river has been running
heavy with mud for some
time. Lots of red mud from
Galice and Graves creeks to
Reiner with lots of mud from
Bear and Foots creeks. The
lower river won't be clear
on opening day but it's a safe
bet that there will be some
bodv trvlng nil the same.
THE OPTIMIST'S CORNER
Those who still find It hard
to give up on the steelhead
situation ought to try the
Klamath river below the 99
bridge. Fish are showing up
at various creek mouths down
river and are being taken now
and then. It is said they have
good color. (This is wide open
to interpretation).
GOOD LUCKI
Activities of the west coast
circuit in retriever competi
tion were centered in the
White City area today as the
Rogue Valley Retriever club
opened its 10th annual field
trial.
Four stakes are being run
and the event will continue
through Sunday. Most of the
action is slated for Rogue Val
ley Game Management land
along Rogue river and at
Hoover lakes. Some of the fin
est dogs in the west, labra
dors, goldcns and chesapeakes
are entered.
Amateur all-age stake be
gan the trial. The derby was
to follow it. Third stake of
the trial will be the qualify
ing. Open all-age will be the
concluding stake.
The qualifying rivalry is
not to start before 8 a.m. Sat
urday. Noon on Saturday is
the earliest that the open
stake can begin.
Entries as of last Monday's
deadline were 33 in the der
by, 38 in the open, 29 in the
qualifying and 18 in the ama
teur. Working Dogs
Dogs In each stake are put
through water and land tests
that simulate hunting condi
tions. The trial is "working
dog" competition. In many of
the series the ability of the
handler, as well as the dog, is
judged. Use of dogs to re
trieve is widely acclaimed by
conservationists.
A good number of the dog
owners and professional train
ers and handlers who come
for past trials here are expect
ed to be on hand again. There
will be local participants in
the trial as well.
James Wever, Klamath
Falls, and Dr. Chnrles Ver
steeg, Cave Junction, will be
derby and qualifying judges.
Donald L. Burnett, Pocalello.
Ida., and Kenneth Dcnman,
Medford, will judge the ama
teur and the open. Versteeg
and Denman are members of
the RVRC.
Glen Bessonctle is trial
chairman and Harlcy Nelson
is marshal.
The public is invited to
watch the dogs in action.
There is no charge for admis
sion. However, spectators, as
they are at other sports
events, are asked to observe
certain rules of etiquette.
Those watching are asked
to refrain from loud talk or
excessive motion when dogs
are in action or on the line
moy are requested to stay
well behind the line in the
area designated by the mar
shal. "Visiting dogs are not al
lowed on the field trial
grounds. Applause is to be
withheld until dogs on the
line have completed the sc
ries. Spectators are asked not
to throw trash or empty bot
tles on the trial grounds. I
Safety first is emphasized
and those attending are ad- j
vised to stay out of the line j
of gun fire.
Arrow markers, starting at ;
the Y in north Medford, will '
point the way to the trial 1
area. Starting time each day
is 8 a.m.
A snack truck will be in
operation at the grounds.
Voris Heads
Ashlander
Track List
Ashland Bob Voris, who
won sixth place in the high
hurdles and in the quarter
mile last spring in the Ore
gon Class A-l meet, heads
the list of 32 athletes out for
track and field at Ashland
High school.
There arc seven other lct
tcrmen on Coach Hiram (Bud)
Crane's practice roster.
They are Farley Buell and
Gordon Self, half-milcrs and
milers; Dave Colwell, pole
vaulter and javelin man; Dan
Lewis and Jeff Baker, vault
ers; Forrest Farmer, high
jumper and broad jumper,
who also hurdled last season
and may run the 100-yard
dash this year, and Mike Mc
Cartney discus thrower.
Two top candidates, both
lettermen, have been lost by
transfer. Tom Hudson, mllcr,
moved to Eagle Point and
Richard Clement, sprinter,
moved to Colorado.
First meet for the Grizzlies
will be the Ore-Cal relays
here on April 1.
Heberr Heads
Sunshine Open
Miami Bcach-IUPD-Jay He
bert, the lean ex-Marine from
Lafayette, La., carried a
shaky one-stroke lead Into the
second round of the $25,000
Sunshine Open golf tourna
ment today with a herd of
more than 50 professionals
within firing range.
The 38-year-old defending
PGA champion rode radar
accurate Irons to a slx-under-
par 31-35-66 Thursday as a
bulky field of 158 sholmak-
ers reduced par to a shambles.
Jack Fleck of Los Angeles,
iaao u.s. upen must, was
closest to Hcbert with a five-undcr-par
34-33-67.
Basketball
THURSDAY GAMKK
Hoavurton 6, Lincoln 2
Wilson 5, Ijike Oswjjo 2
North Snlem 11. Unllnn a
Hiltsnoro 4. Forest Grove 0
IJnnks 12, Concorrita 0
Willamette 6-12, Elmlra 2-fl
Robbie Frey
Bowls Here
A trim tenpln toppler from
Texas will be in Medford on
Tuesday, March 28.
She is Brunswick star Rob
bie Frey, one of this country's
best lady bowlers. Robbie is
scheduled for afternoon and
evening appearances at Med
ford Bowling lanes. Fred An
derson, owner of the lanes,
said she will take part in ex
hibltions and will give free in
struction to local bowlers.
A Dallas resident, Robbie
Frey is three-time winner of
the Texas state all-events dia
dem. In 1U55, 1059 and 1960
she won her state's match
game honors. Also, last year,
she shared third in the Bowl
ing Proprietors Association of
America national doubles.
Robbie has a five-year aver
age of 187, has rolled a 271)
single game and a 752 three
game series. She is a member
of the Brunswick advisory
staff.
Portland Plans
Rubber Track
Portland -(UPIl- University
of Portland Thursday an
nounced plans for a now all
weather rubber asphalt com
position track and field lay
out.
Athletic Director Al Ncg
ratti, said the track would be
one of the most modern in
the nation and would be com
pleted in the summer.
He said the layout would
employ the rubber-asphalt sur
face on the quarter-mile oval,
a 22-yard straightaway pole
vault runway and the high
and broad jump takeoffs.
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4-H'ers Are
Competing in Evenl
Eight 4-H club members
from Jackson county arc com
peting with 4-H'crs from
throughout Oregon for nation
al awards, according to Phyl
lis Kirklnd, Jackson county
4-H agent.
The awards Include trips
to National 4-H Club Congress
in Chicago and college scholarships.
i Records of the member's
' 4-H club achievements and ex-
perience will be judged in
I Corvallis where the winners
i will be selected.
Those competing from the
county are Alice Woolfolk,
Karen Jossy, Georgia Hub
bard, and Ron Anderson, An
telope; Terry Gall, Gold Hill;
Robert Kuest and Carolyn
Sidener, Central Point; and
Steve Stewart, Ashland.
Selections for national trips
to be made are for achieve
ment, agriculture, automotive,
beef, canning, clothing, dairy,
electricity, entomology, field
crops, garden, health, home
economics, home Improve
ment, leadership, recreation,
safety, swine, tractor and food
preservation.
Basis of the awards are 4-H
projects and activities, 4-H You muit kt Mtiitied et r'
Ipariprchin end DCrSOnal dc-lman.tf cheerfully refunded. Ctt
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REASSIGNED
New York - (UPI) - Pat Egan,
one-time rough and tough do
fensomen now coaching
Springfield of the American
Hockey league, is rated the
No. 1 candidate today to suc
ceed Alfie Pike as coach of
the New York Rangers. The
soft-spoken Pike, who led the
Rangers to a fifth-place finish
In the National Hockey league
this season, was relieved as
coach Thursday and reassign
ed to the club's player devel
opment program.
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