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Newspaper Page Text0 D V Yankee Iloufi Says lie's Not IVorriei) About Club Br LEO K. PETERSEN r DPI Sports Editor St. Petersburg, Fla. - (UPD The New York Yankees got hurt the most in the Amerl- can ' league expansion draft but they still have enough left to lead their new manager, Ralph Houk, to believe they ' will win their 12tn pennact in the last IS years. ; 'Most baseball experts agree, k although they think there is a chance the Yankees may be short in Ditching. Houk, tak ing over the reins from Casey Stengel, who won 10 of those pen n an ts, isn't concerned about the pitching. : He points out it was good enough to win the pennant last year and lead the league In earned run average and ' thinks he has the material to replace three hurlers lost in - the draft - Duke Maai, Bobby Ehantx and 11 Grba. , i "I'm not worried about our pitching," said Houk confi- dently. "As a matter of fact I'm not . worried about any thing even though we haven't let the "swrld! on fire in our exhibition 'games; We'll get straightened out before long." . In rookie Roland Sheldon, who won-IS games while los ing but one at Auburn last .. year; Bill Stafford, who won three and lost one after the Yankeea recalled bim from Richmond, and Danny McDev- Itt,: purchased from the Loi Angeles Dodgers, Houk be lieve h has three, pitchers Knchllit Preposition Rejected ( Tampa, Fla. -(UPD- It's def inite today that baseball is till a game with nine players ana one manager to a fide, .-; The rules committee elimi nated confusion on that score Friday night when it rejected proposal that would have turned the game into a 10- player affair and also speci fied that the .official game manager mutt be 1 identified at least 30 -minutes before it's time to play. . - v . . The. first decision rejected a project proponed by the Pa eifie Coast league while the second was aimed at the Chi cago Cubs' experiment of op erating with eight coaches in stead of formally-designated manager. -;; PCL President Dewey Sor iano sponsored the proposal . whereby pitchers in his league tnight remain in, the game after pinch hitters batted for them. In ,. effect, . this, would have turned baseball Into a 10-player game,: since PCL managers presumably would have pinch hit for the pitch er's turn at bat, -.-;; i . San Jos Ac Runs Hundred in 9.3 . Stanford, Calif. -0JPD- Den nis Johnson, speed-burning sprinter from Jamaica run ning for San Jose State, equalled the world record for the 100-yard dash at 0.3 and ran the 220 in 20.8 In a tri angular meet yesterday. The 21year-old Junior from Kingston, beat Doug Smith of Occidental by a tenth of a second in a tine finish in the 100 and barely edged Steve Haas and : teammate Willie Williams as- he captured the , 820. ; .j,-,:V..;ks , San Jose State 'won the meet with 63 polnta to 88 13 for Occidental and 38 23 for Stanford. 92 Await i By LEO n. PETERSEN j UPI Sports Edlto' Augusta, Ga - (UPD -The largest field ever, paced by defending champion Arnold Palmer, PGA king Jay Hebert and nearly all of the other top names . In the world of golf, Is entered for the 1961 Masters tournament which gets Under -way here Thursday.. , ;",.';,' I Ninety-two of the ' world's finest professional and ama teur golfers .will tee. off In the 25th renewal of what has become, one of the greatest tournaments. In.' tho golfing ' world. .Tournament -officials, figuring the prestige is more Important than , the money, won't even try to estimate the purse but last year Arnold pocketed $17,500 for his win ning 8-under-par 282 for the four-day, 72-hole tournament, r A total of 99 golfers receiv ed invltatlosis to the tourna ment. But five of these, In cluding the . famed Bobby Jones who sired th' Masters, no longer .compete. The vet eran Paul Runyan cut the field further by his refusal to play in protest against the tact that the field will be cut to the low ' 40 scorers' and lies after 16 holes. And Art Wall, tba 1998 Masters champion, manager who will make up for the draft loss. He Is especially high on Sheldon, although' few play ers mae the jump from Class D to the majors. The Yankee starters will be Whltey Ford (12-9), Bob Turley (8-3), Art Ditmar (15- 9), Ralph Terry (10-8) and Stafford. Jim Coates (13-3) can be used as a starter or in relief. With Luis Arroyo out with a broken arm, McDevltt will be the bullpen southpaw No, 1 man. Houk still is toying with the idea of making starter out of Ryne Duren (3-4), but the chances are he will be in his usual fireman's role. To round out the staff Houk can select from Sheldon,- Bill Short (3-9) and John James (5-1). . The replace the. bench which they lost in the draft. Houk Is counting on Deron Johnson, who hit only .245 at Richmond in 1960 but rap ped out 27 homers with 82 runs batted In; Leroy Thomas, up : from - Amarillo where he hit .380, . and possibly ' Jesse Gonder. ... ; v Johnson can play third, first or the outfield. Thomas is an outfielder and Gonder a catch er. . Infield Set : The Infield is set with slug ging Bill Skowron at first. little ; Bobby Richardson - at second, Tony Kubek at' short and Cletis Boyer at third. Skowron is the big gun of the quartet. He batted .309 last season with 28 homers and Bl RBIs. Richardson hit only 252 but was a World Series hitting star. Kubek batted .273 and Boyer, one ofVie finest gipve men in tne league, :ivt. Joe DeMaestri and Johnson will be the utility inflelders, Mickey Mantle, who hit 40 homers and drove In 94 runs, and Roger Marls, who had 38 homers and 112 RBIs last year, will be In centerand right field respectively. Man tle's average was only .276 but he still Is one of the most feared sluggers in the game. Marls hit .283. ' '- ' - Hector Lopez and Yogi Ber ra probably will share the left field spot. Lopez (.284) prob ably will play when the Yan kees face southpaw pitching; Berra (.276) when a right hander goes against the Yan kees. Have Good Catchers Berra may not see too much action behind the plate. El- ston Howard (.245), who also' can play left field, probably will do most of the catching with John Blanchard (.242), the No. 1 understudy. Blanch ard appeared to come, into his own during the World Se ries which the Yankees lost to the Pirates, v- Gonder, - who hit .327 at Richmond last . season, has looked so good that Houk may keep! him, Whether he stays or not, the Yankees will have the best catching in the league, ,, .. Other clubs, have been knocking on the Yankee doqf for catchers and it may be the Yankees will deal either Blan chard or Gonder If Houk feels he needs another starting pitcher. It's no secret the Yan kees would like Ray Herbert of Kansas City, but so would a lot of other clubs. ' No team In the league ap pears capable of matching the Yankee power. It also is a good - defensive , unit with speed.'; V; V'-;;V. ..''. Little wonder that Houk and the odds makers feel the Yankees will win it again. Start of Masters Thursday Is being forced to miss out again, for the second straight year, because of an injury.',; ': Pulled Muscle -A knee infection prevented Wall from defending his title last year.-This time a pulled muscle under a rib has forced his to the sidelines. , 'Palmer who swept nearly every golf honor in- sight in 1860, is a heavy favorite to defend his title and win a third Masters' championship. However, the powerful Perm, sylvanian will have to over come a Masters'. Jinx - no body has even won two mas ters back-to-back.' . South Africa's Gary Player is being boomed as a serious contender for the 1861 title. Player finished seven strokes back in a tie for sixth place last year but Is the leading money winner on the 1861 tour. If Player should win, he would become the flivt for eigner to do so In the 27-year history of the Masters. Hebert, who ruined Pal- Poison Oak? Try lottl af ZIMACOl Van mutt he" tatfiftai et ywr awnty chMrlally nteiiM, Oat a kettle leea at WISTIRN THRIFT "... V; :jT i) "i a AT , 9 DUST BOWL Home plate became a dust . Reno Bertoia bowl when Zorro Versalles of the Mlnesota Yank catcher Twins tried to score from first base against the threat by the New York Yankees Saturday in St, Petersburg. Versalles made his bid after SATURDAY RESULTS Cardinals Homestead, Fla.-flJPD-Al CI- cotte and Mickey McDermott, American league castoffs, pitched four-hit ball Saturday as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3, at the Redbirds' ' Minor league base.-. - Bill White walloped a two- run homer off Elroy Face in the first inning to pace St. Louis to a 3-0 lead and a nine- hit attack twice. Cicotte, bidding for a start- Ling assignment, held the Pi rates on one nu until tne sev enth when he tired. With the score 4-2, none out and run ners 'on first and third, Mc Dermott took over, fanned Dick Schofleld and got Smoky Burgess to hit into a double play. ,. v- Mesa, Arlz.-ajPD-Brllllant re lief pitching by Lefty Tom Borland gave the Boston Red MBWOIUKisTRIBUNB LP(Dninrs Williams Heaps Praise On Red Sox 'Phenom' . By JOE SARGIS United Press International Praise from the "king" is praise indeed, especially if you're" a 21-year-old rookie and the guy handing out the accolades is Ted Williams. Williams, one of the all- time major league baseball super stars never has been one to either praise or ridi cule a player. He often has helped others with friendly batting tips but generally has kept his feelings about them to himself. - However, the Splendid Splinter of Red Sox fame, has found it almost impossible to disguise his feelings - about young Carl Yastrzemskl, the kid outfielder who will be pa trolling Ted's old left field post . when the American league season opens in 10 days. , Predicts Bright Future Williams, a special batting instructor for the Red Sox since he called it a career last fall after 18 seasons, has spent good deal of his six weeks in the Boston spring training camp at Scottsdale, Ariz working with Yastrzemskl, and as a parting salute today, he flatly predicted Carl will mer's chances for a "grand slam" last year by taking the PGA, gets an early chance to pit his skill against . Palmer. The two meet Sunday In At lanta when they pair off with national amateur champion Deane Beman and amateur Gene Dahlbsndcr in an 18 hole exhibition for multiple sclerosis. Then Palmer, Hebert and the other Mastersntrles will pour in here Monday for three days of practice rounds. A special par-three event will be held Wednesday. It was won last year by veteran Sam Snead who will be back again this year shooting for an un precedented fourth Masters' title. Snead, now 48, and Jim my Demaret, who has passed MAVtf Medford's Newest and Finest Automatic v nWII Transmission Rebuilding WATCH FOR OUR GRAND OPINING! . MEDFORD TRANSMISSION 1910 T.LI. St..!. B..J BAC aviv iviv rwaiw Acms tnm y err -n J i Edge Pirates 4-3 Sox a 9 to 8 victory over the Chicago Cubs. For good meas ure he also drove home the winning run with a double. Borland came to the relief. of starter Ike DelOck with one out In the sixth inning. After yielding a run-producing sin gle to Richie -Ashburn, first man to face him, he -didn't al low another hit. He struck out five and walked only one, ' Bradenton - (DPI) - Bob Buhl became the first major league pitcher to go the distance twice in spring training as the Milwaukee Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3.. . Buhl, who also pitched nine innings against the Washing ton Senators last Sunday, al lowed eight hits. The Braves collected 11 hits off John Buz- hardt, Ken Lehman and Jack Baldschun, including a home run by Lee Maye, hit .320 In his first major league season. There is no question that Yastrzemskl is this spring's "phenom," the 24-carat, can't miss hotshot that pops up every spring to the delight, fancy or imagination of base ball writers. However, unlike the Clint Hartungs, Paul Pettits, Dick Wakeflelds and Frank Houses of other springs, Yastrzemskl comes with, excellent creden tials. In 1858, his first season In organized baseball, the native Bridgehampton, N.Y., hit .377 with Raleigh of the Carllna league after picking up $100,- 000 in bonus money from the Red ' Sox. Last year, with Minneapolis of the Triple A American Association, Carl hit .338, losing out for the bat ting title in the last few days of the season. 8WIM CHAMPION - San Francisco - (UPD - Little Papsle Georgian, representing Oakland, Calif., Athens Ath letic club', won the individual title in the National Syn chronized Swimming cham pionship here Friday. 50, are- the only three-time winners. . . '.. All of last year's leaders will be on hand, including Ken Venturl who held a one stroke lead over Paimer after 70 holes only to have Palmer turn in a pair of sensational birdies to storm back into the lead he held at the close of each day's round. Unless there is a lot of sun shine and a lot of wind the next few days, the 6,980-yard Augusta National Golf course will play very slow and scores should be higher than usual. There his heen a lot of rain here the past week and the lush fairways allow very little roll at the present time. S 2-8361 IIG Y Maritrt doubled in the fifth inning, John Blanchard turned back putting the tag on Versalles. , , . . ,...,--...( (UPI Telephoto) ' West Palm Beach-fllPJ-The Kansas City Athletics ham mered Frank Lary and rookie Joe Grznda for 13 hits; Includ ing a tape measure homer, by Andy Carey, and beat the De troit Tigers, 11-2. - 1 Rookie outfielder Jay Han: kins had three hits for the A's, including a double. Leo Posa da had a pair of hits and Hay wood Sullivan doubled and singled and drove in two runs. Ken Johnson, Bill Kunkel and Ed Rakow pitched for Kansas City holding the Tigers to seven hits. - -. St. Petersburg, Fla.-WPB-Pe- dro Ramos and Jim Kaat com bined to hand the New York Yankees their first shutout of the spring in pitching the Min nesota Twins to a 4-0 victory at Al Lang field. It was the 15th defeat in 22 exhibition games for the de fending American league champs. Ramos, working the first seven inings, ' held the Yankees to five singles. Kaat allowed one more in the final two frames. The victory gave the Twins a sweep of the two game spring series, Tampa. Fla. - (UPD - Consecu tive home runs ,by Vada Pin son and Frank Robinson off rookie righthander Bill Ortega in the eighth inning gave the Cincinnati Reds a 6-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. It was the second homer of the day for Robinson, who slammed one off Johnnv Po- dres in the first inning. Podres, the first of four Dodger hurl ers, was struck on the left wrist by a Pinson smash and left after the first inning. DeWitt Given Charge of Reds Cincinnati, Ohio -(UPD- Bill DeWltt, who has been banging around major league front of fices since the old St: Louis Browns folded, has been given complete charge of the Cin cinnati Reds. - DeWltt, the chief executive officer of the Reds as vice president and general mana ger, was given full control of the club's operations follow ing a meeting Thursday of the board of trustees of the Cros ley foundation, principal stockholder of the National league baseball team. Mrs. Stanley Kess, Cros iey's daughter, was named president of the Crosley Foun dation, which plans to turn all profits of the baseball opera tion over to charitable, educa tional and scientific en deavors. TAKE PR JOB . Raynham, Mass. -(UPD- For m e r heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano will do pub lic relations work for the Raynham dog track during its 56-night meeting which opens April 18, it was announced to day by General Manager Russ Murray. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD! Readymix CONCRETE Limnger PHONE Al Lopez Confident Chisox Will Annex American Loop Flag By LEO H. PETERSEN , UPI Sports Edi:or ' Sarasota, Fla.-OJPD-The Chi cago, White Sox finished third last year and manager Al Lo pez is sure they are, going to make up for it by winning the 1961 American league pennant.'.'- - . He. bases his confidence on his claim that he has the best pitching in the league and points out that last season the White Sox led the league in both hitting and fielding. Lopez won't find many who will agree with him on his pitching claim or that he has the batting power of the fa vorite New York Yankees. And if the White Sox hold a defensive edge over the Balti more Orioles, who finished a notch ahead of them last year, it is a slender one. .' But Lopez says he isn't wor ried about anytmng-not even t.e fact that some of his key performers are nearing the end of the baseball road. -"We'll Win" Lopei , .; "We'll 'win it," he predict ed, pointing out that the third place finish of 1960 was the lowest in his 14 years as a manager, 11 in the majors. "I didn't like it and neither did t! players. .' . , "We : decided we needed more pitching so we went out and got it by sacrificing some hitting power,:-but not de fense.": ,-. . ; '-. The new hurlers are Juan Plzarro, 6-7 with Milwaukee last year, and Cal McLlsh, who won only four-while los ing 14 with Cincinnati after winning 19 games for Cleve land in 1959. , ' "I'm sure they .will .-give our pitching the lift it needs," Lopez said, adding that when McLish was in the American league he made a habit out of beating the top teams, espe cially the Yankees. To get McLish the .White Sox' gave up among others, third baseman Gene Freese, a good hitter but no standout in the field. . Lopez is counting on Mc Lish and Pizarro, although both have been pounded pret ty hard in exhibition games, as regular starters along with the 41-year-old Early wynn (13-12), Billy Pierce U-'J Bob Shaw (13-13), Herb Score rs.10): Frank Baumann (13-6) and Russ Kemmerer (6-3). Staley. Lown Relieve . . That leaves ' 40-year-old Gerry Staley and 36-year-old Turk Lown for relief, l ' Three rookies have an out- Mn chance of making tne hurling staff. They are Alan Brice, 10-7 at iiincom; mu stoh Brown, .12-14 with Sac ramento and Ed Crapcho, 6-2 at Mobile. " There is age-perhaps too much-in catching, the infield and outfield. ' Sherman Lollar, iniurea a good deal of the time, slump ed to a .252 average last sea son, batting in only 46 runs. The White Sox need the big bat of the 35-year-old Lollar If they are going to win me flag. Behind him they have only the well-traveled Joe Ginsberg and two rookies who may not be ready for the big time, Camily Carreon and Bob Roselli. - Roy Sievers and ms Dig oat will be at first. He nit xo homers and batted In 93 runs last season but is going on no. The White Sox have no problem around second base and shortstop with scrappy Nellie Fox and speedy Luis Aparicio1 holrling down those two spots. Lopez is counting on rookie Joe Martin, up from San Diego where he hit .285, to take over for Freese at third base. He is abetter oinve man than Freese but it remains to be seen if he can hit major league pitching. If he can't, tne wnue oox mnv hp hurting at third for Billy Goodman, 34, and sub ject to injuries and ailments, and rookie Tony Roig, a .278 hitter at Spokane, are ; the only other candidates al- SP 3-7555 though Sam Esposlto, a light hitter, also can play the bag. But he hit only .182 last year. Esposito and 37-year-old Earl Torgeson will be Infield utility men. " - Minnie Minoso, ' who ' lists his age at 38 but probably is 40 or over, was the big gun for the White Sox in the RBI department last year . with 105. He hit 20 homers and batted .311. . With Mtnoso in the outfield will be Al Smith, who led the Sox in hitting last year with ar, , average of .315, and Jim Landis, who can gc and get 'em in centerfield. Last Year For Bauer West Palm Beach, Fla.-(UPD-Outflelder Hank Bauer of the Kansas City Athletics, who gave the best he had for 12 seasons, gave notice today that this will be his last year. The decision wasn't as diffi cult to make as Bauer thought it might be during the 10 sea sons he drew cheer for his consistent all-out perform ance with the New York Yankees. ' ! , Bauer, who. will be 39 in July, doesn't rate too many cheers these days and he knows the reason why even though he still hustles most every minute he's on the field. J 'The legs ain't what . they used to be any more," he said, With the resignation of a man who can't do anything about it. "I'm quitting after this sea son because I don't think I'll be able to do the job any more." -. Nevertheless, Bauer feels he can still help the A's this year and even play 100 games or better "If I'm used right." Kart Races Called Off There will be no organized Go Kart races here today. An official of the club said that the race program has been called off because of the Easter observance. A previous announcement had said races were planned this week. The track at the fairgrounds will be open for practice. This Your car is In good hands when you turn It over to us for this special . service. APRIL SERVICE L J HERE IS WHAT YOU GET! New Spark Plugs New Points New Condenser Scope Distributor Set Timing Adjust Carburetor lube Chassis Check All Gear Boxes Check Exhaust System Check Battery and Cables Check All Hoses 8 CYLINDER Reg. $21.39 Ask About Our Budget Crater W. Rogue Relay Meet Here Senior high track and field for the 1961 season in Med ford will be inaugurated next Saturday, April 8 when Med ford high and the Kiwanis club will be hosts for the an nual Rogue Valley relays.; . At the same time the Little Rogue relays will be staged at Phoenix. Klamath Falls, Grants Pass, Crater and Ashland will join Medford in the Big Rogues. They have taken part over the years. Phoenix will be host to A-2 schools and Class B St. Mary's in a meet newer than the Medford one but building up a tradition of its own. 'The meets serve ss a warm up for the Hay ward relays the following week end in Eu gene. -t . PARADE PICKS JARVIS , Portland - (UPD - Jim Jarvis of Roseburg has been named to Parade magazine's fifth an nual all-star high school bas ketball team. The 6-foot guard completed : his prep hoop career 'this winter. ' , i -4' !i :A r- -J . AJ-j : . Silent Type yy . . rpr- ' - Chevrolet Mgrcmy .: . ' . 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