Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 29, 1961, Image 13

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Newspaper Page Text1 B- Giants Nip Red Sox in Cactus Tiff Phoenix, Ariz. - IIJPU - The ' San Francisco Giants com bined the home run hitting ot Bob Schmidt and Felipe Alou with the near-flawless pitch' ing of Sam Jonej Tuesday to nip the Boston Red Sox. 2-1 The Giants sought to extend their one-game-win streak to day against the Chicago Cubs at nearby Mesa, with right hander Jack Sanford slated to take the mound. Jones, making a serious bid ' for the opening day assign ment, displayed a wicked and accurate curve ball in hurling seven scoreless innings. The toothpick man limited the Sox to only three hits, two of them the infield variety, and struck out six with his hang ing curve ball. Schmidt opened the scoring with a solo homer over the left center fence in the second inning and Jones carried the 1-. lead the rest of the time he was in. Billy O'Dell took over for Jones in the eighth and set the side down after Cub pitch er Ted Wills greeted him with a single. In Uie Giant half of the inning, Alou crashed a shot out of the park, also with the sacks empty, to provide the winning margin for the Giants' ninth Cactus league win against eight losses. In the ninth, however, the Sox broke through O'Dell. Jackie Jensen singled and Frank Malzone rapped a long double between Alou an Willie Mays to send Jensen across. Then Bosox rookie Carl Yastrzcmskl ripped a long liner which Alou caught up against the fence and Giant manager Alvin Dark yanked O Dell in favor of rookie Bob Bolin. Bolin used only six pitches to get the side out Mays went hitless in four times at bat to end his 13 game hitting streak. iibwtibuwAo 1'innun fd, Idol I UtDlORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. Washington Called Corned Beef Hash; Made Up of Scraps (This is the Tenth of 18 dispatches on the 1961 pros pects of the major league teams), O By MILTON BICHMAN Pompano Beach, Fla.-IUPD- Enthusiasm goes only so far and so will the new Washing ton Senators. General Manager Ed Donor ty, by all odds the most opti mistic baseball man in Flor ida, says he's positive the newly put-together Senators won't finish last and even feels they could soar as high as fifth but he is part of a painfully small minority. As presently constituted, thj Washington club is some thing of a corned beef hash, made up of scraps, left-overs and what not. Still, the pitching staff could turn out to be stronger than Kansas City s, for exam ple, and most of the out fielders can get up and fly. The infield, however, might be a season-long problem for Manager Mickey Vernon, who also can use a lot more power to go along with veterans Gene Woodling and Dale Long. "Many of the players on our ball club will be getting a real opportunity for the. first time and that can mean a lot," says Doherty, supporting his un bridled enthusiasm. "This team has been a rev elation this spring," he adds. ' I know most everyone will pick us to finish ninth or 10th but we're shooting much high er than that." Vernon, still undecided as to who will play where, is try ing to build a pitching staff around such castoffs as Dick Donovan, Pete Burnside, Tom Sturdivant, Johnny Klipp- stcln, Bennie Daniels and Dave Sisler. ThisThur.,Fri.& Sat only! Regular Sure-Fit qualify AUTO SEAT COVERS nVO MP MOST CARS FULL SET, INSTALLED! Your big buy in beauty and valve. This Thursday, Friday I Saturday only I CONVERTIBLE TOPS iKlodlitf Ulerti iatUIMea mi sot llnf sins' rev (MfSAA 00 Oltl raiael ciMtrKtita tii 15.00) LOW U 39' AUTO INTERIOR SPECIALISTS OPEN 8 to 9 MON. and FRI. I A.M.-S P.M. OTHER DAYS CLOSEO SUNDAYS BANKAMERICARD AND INTERNATIONAL BUDGET TERMS 12th and So. Central SPring 3-6450 Donovan, who was 6-1 with the V'hite Sox last season, is certain to be a regular starter along with Burnside, who won seven games and lost the same number for the Tigers. D-inicls also has a crack at a starting turn. He came in a deal with the Pirates and had a 4-0 record at Columbus last year. Sturdivant, who was 3-3 with the Red Sox, can start or relieve and the same goes for Klippstein, who was 5-5 with Cleveland. Sisler, 7-5 with Detroit, will head the bullpen crew which also could Include IV dy Her nandez, Hec Maestri, Marty Kutyna and Carl Mathias, Woodenhick To Stick Hal Woodesshick, who was 4-9 with the old Washington Senators last year and didn't have to move an inch jvhen he was drafted by the new ones, will stick, but Vernon isn't sure whether he'll use him to sta.-t or relieve. John Gabler, former property of the Yan kees, and Ray Semproch, who has seen service with the Phillies and Tigers, also are likely to be retained. Woodling, a .283 hitter with Baltimore last season, will have to be the regular left fielder because of the punch he provides. Gene is 38 and is no gazelle in the outfield but he's the man who will have to drive in the runs. Rookie Chuck Hinton has been impressive and could wind up remaining with the club, although Vernon seems to be leaning toward Willie Tasby as his center fielder and Marty Keough as his right fielder. Joe Hicks and Jim King are the other outfield candidates. The infield is the real sore spot on the club. None of the Washington infielders played regularly on a major league club in 1060. Long, who hit.. 366 In 26 games with the Yankees, and R. C. Stevens, a .276 hitter at Salt Lake City, are in the battle for first base along with young Bud Zipfel, up from Binghamton where he hit .271 but drove in 107 runs. There's a mad scramble at second base and shortstop and it's anyone's guess as to which players eventually will wind up with the jobs. Johnny Schalve, who hit .314 at Charleston, veteran Danny O'Connell and Chester Boak, who hit .202 at Shreve port, all can play second, while Vernon can choose from among Coot Veal, Billy Klaus and Jim Mahoney at short. Even Hinton has been tried there this spring, but Veal, who has experience with De troit and hit .302 at Denver, appears to be the leading candldaae. The Senators are hoping Harry Bright will make it at third. Obtained from Pitts burgh, Bright, 31, hit .313 for Salt Lake City last year, driv ing in 110 runs and hitting 27 homers. Bob Johnson, a .205 hitter with Kansas City last season, and Klaus, who hit 200 with Baltimore, also can play third. Pete Daley, Dutch Dottorer and Gene Green are the three catchers on the roster. Daly has the most big league exper ience of the three and comes from Kansas City where he hit .263 tn 73 games last season, Dotterer hit .228 with Cincin nati and .321 with Jersey City, while Green compiled a .274 mark with Miami. Green is the only long-ball hitter in the group. When the new Washington club came into being last De cember, the general guessing was that it wouldn't win more than 40 games this year. That sounds a Utile low. Doherty's talk of fifth place, on the oth er hand, sounds much too high. M.woMjm.Tw.. Knowledge Of Pitchers Aids Larker CHERRY COUNTRY Michigan grows half the ion's tart cherries. SIPODmTS 1 - ' " : MOST VALUABLE MEET The world champion Pittsburgh Pirates of the National league and the New York Yankees of the American loop met for the first time yesterday since the 1080 world series. Pittsburgh won the exhibition game at Fort Myers, Fla., 0-2. Showing their big bats, above, arc Roger Marris, left, of the Yankees, and Dick Groat of the Pirates, most valuable players of their respective circuits. T (UPI Telephoto) Pittsburgh Pirates Bounce NY Yankees By TIM MORIARTY United Press International Even in spring exhibition games, the Pittsburgh Pirates show no respect for the New York Yankees. The 1060 World Series ri vals met for the first time this spring at -Ft. Myers, Fla., Tuesday-and the result was the same. The Pirates, with Bob Clemente and Dick Stu art hitting home runs pranced to an easy 9-2 victory. Art Ditmar started for the Yankees against Bob Friend. They each lost two games in the series last fall. However, Friend enjoyed much better luck this time as he scattered eight hits to become the first Pittsburgh hurler to go nine innings this spring. He struck out seven. White Sox Tip Dodgers Vero Beach, Fla. -(UPB-The Los Angeles Dodgers tried to get another winning streak going this afternoon at Hoi man Stadium in a game against the Chicago White Sox, who are enjoying a se rene spring vacation away from their exploding score board. The White Sox defeated the Dodgers Tuesday at Sarasota, 3-1, ending Los Angeles' seven-game victory string in tight pitching battle. Spectators at Payne Park were treated to a fine game in which three young Dodger pitchers limited Chicago to seven hits. Jim Golden al lowed two hits and hrcc walks In four innings. Lefty whiz Ron Pcrranoskl gave up the same but no runs in two innings and Arizonan Phil Ortega worked two frames, giving up three hits and a single walk Roy Slcvcrs knocked In two of the Chisox runs with dribbler and a broken bat single. Top hitlers for the Dodgers were Jim Gilliam and Bobby Llllls, with two apiece. Gilliam knocked In the club's lone run in the SF Giant Fans Lack Flag Fever By HAL WOOD San Francisco-ftlPD-The pen nant fever that gripped the San Francisco area a year ago at this time is strangely lack ing this spring as Giants fans look ahead to the opening of the season April 11. It's all a matter of "wait and see" this time. When the 1060 campaign opened, manager Bill Rigney and his crew of wreckers had been Installed as the choice to win the National league pen nant. The addition of Don Blasin game to play second base and pitchers Billy Loes and Billy O'Dell to pep up the mound staff was supposed to make the club Invincible. But two months later Rig ney was fired as manager of the club-when it was four games out of first place-and the dlsscnsion-torn team was destined to wind up in fifth place. Different This time it's different. If Leo Durocher or some other experienced man had been named to the helm, the same old fever may have been prev alent. Now the fans are waiting: To see if Alvin Dark is a big league manager. To find out if Harvey Kucnn can hit National league pitching as well as he did American league hurling. To make sure that the sensational spring hitting of Willie McCovey (he's hitting above the .400 mark) will sig nal the return to form that won him the "Rookie of the Year" award In 1059. Last year he would have won a Flop of the Year prize for a .238 average. To sec if some of the rookie catchers, mainly John Orsino and Tom Hallcr, are good enough to help out with the backstopping chores. If Blasingame will come through this year In better form - or, if he doesn't, if rookie Charley Hillcr can step In and take his place. . FREE! Three 28-Page Auto X-Ray Books That Compare All Popular '61 Can Cm Save You Hundreds ol Dollar In the Purchat ol Youi Ntsl Car, COMI IN TODAY! SUPPLY LIMITED! LEA MOTORS 1th A lartlert The Pirates, meanwhile, clouted Ditmar for eight runs on as many hits in less than six innings. It was the Yan kees' 13th defeat in 18 tune ups, which is just the oppo site of the Bucs' spring rec ord, 13-5. Ralph Houk, the Yankees' new manager, claims he's not worried-yet-about the club's poor form but some old-timers can't remember a Yankee team that looked so futile in spring training. While the Yankees are hav ing their troubles, the Detroit Tigers are bowling over their exhibition rivals with surpris ing regularity. Don Mossi, making a strong comeback after missing the final six weeks of the 1960 season with a sore elbow, raised his springtime record to 4-0 as the Tigers downed the Cincinnati Reds, 7-5, Tues day. Mossi scattered seven hits over the first seven in nings. The San Francisco Giants edged the Boston Red Sox, 2-1; the Chicago White Sox snapped the Los Angeles Dodgers' seven-game winning streak, 3-1; the Baltimore Orioles outlasted the Kansas City Athletics, 8-7, in 11 in nings; Harmon Killebrew's two run homer in the ninth inning gave the Minnesota Twins a 3-2 triumph over the Philadelphia Phillies, and the St. Louis . Cardinals nipped the Milwaukee Braves, 1-0, in other games. LINKSCOItKS.: Milwaukee ... 000 000 000 0 4 2 St. Louis .. 000 010 OOx 1 S 0 WUloy, McMahon (6? and L,au, Roof (6). Kay. Clcolto (41. McDor- mott (71 and Smith. Winner Cl cotte. Loser Wlllcy. New York ... 000 000 110 3 8 2 Pittsburgh . .010 313 10x 0 9 1 Ultmar. uuren tot. wteand f7 and Howard. Friend and Smith. Loser D 1 1 m a r. Hn Clemente. Stuart, Marls. Minnesota ....001 000 0023 S 3 Philadelphia 100 ooo 0102 7 1 Pascual. Stobbs (7) and Battcy. Sullivan. Buzhardt 18) and Cole man. Winner Stobbs. Loser Buz hardt. HR Klllebrew. Vero Beach, Fla.-fllPl-Norm Larker, whose .323 batting average last year was only two points shy of Dick Groat's league-leading mark, attrib utes his yearly advance with the Dodgers to a study of pitchers. "I have a pretty good idea of what they will throw when they're in a jam," says Lar ker. "Let's say that I'm bat ting against the Braves' Lew Burdette. He knows that I'm Red Rocha To Speak At Dinner Red Rocha, assistant var sity basketball coach at Oregon State University, will be one of two speakers this evening for the banquet honoring the Medford high school basketball team. The dinner is set for 6:30 p.m. at Rogue Valley Coun try club. Other speakers will be Steve Belko, head hoop coach at University of Ore gon. The Black Tornado bas ketball club was runnerup for the Oregon Class A-l prep championship, Two players, Bob Quinney and Dick Ragsdale, made the A-l tournament all state team. a pretty good high ball hitter, so chances are that he will throw me a low pitch, a sinker. "Only I don't call it a sink er. I say he's throwing a spit ter when he's in trouble. Low and inside pitches are the toughest for me to hit. I can't swing hard and don't get the leverage. All I can do is try to meet the ball and maybe punch it to the opposite field." Friend, Law Bother Bob Friend and Vern Law, the Pirates' aces, are other low ball pitchers who bother Larker. "Friend has a real good sinker, but the guy who gives me the most trouble is Law. He mixes 'em up pretty good and always makes a good pitch on you." Larker, who never has hit under .275 and five times hit over .300 in Double-A and Triple-A minor leagues, enters his fourth season as a Dodger with a .301 lifetime major league average. He hit .277 in his rookie year, .289 in in 1959 and .323 last year when he was named the most valuable Dodger. Although he led the league most of last year and lost the batting title to Groat only in the final week, Larker does not expect to challenge again. "I was mighty lucky last year," he said. "With a little break here and there I'll get my share of hits again. But I don't expect to lead the league. PEOPLE ARE COMING BACK FOR SECONDS Morse Motors 6th & Ivy, Medford Phone SP 2-5771 NfiW Medford's Newest and Finest Automatie nUll Transmission Rebuilding WATCH FOR OUR GRAND OPENING! MEDFORD TRANSMISSION 1910 Tablo Rock Road (SlSr SP 2-8368 Across From BIG Y Market Cincinnati ...001 001 2015 10 0 Detroit 200 210 11 X 7 8 1 Dibble, Num. (7) and Edwards. Mossi, Donohue (8) and Chiti. Win ner Mossi. 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