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MEOFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. MONDAY, APRIL 3. I9S1 B 3 Celts Drub SL Hawks In Opener : Boston -(OPD- The defending Boston Celtics are pegging Wednesday night's game here as the crucial one in their Na tional Basketball association championship playoff series with the St. Louis Hawks. . Veterans Bob: Cousy and Bill Sharman agree that if the Celts can win their second straight . before ' the action switches to St. Louis the se ries won't go the full seven games. , .. 'y ( Boston humiliated : the Hawks, 129-95, in the opener here Sunday afternoon, hand 1 ing St. Louis its worst playoff defeat in history. . i ' "If we win here Wednesday night we'll take the series in five games," said Cousy. "And If we lose it'll go seven.",. , Sharman edged just a bit from Cousy 's confident but not cocky prediction. . : "If we can win the second one it won't go the full dis tance," he said. "It will be un der seven games." Lesser Known j Golfer Could Take Masters ! Augusta, Ga. - IUP0 - The 25th Masters tournament starting ' Thursday will have its usual list of favorites, in cluding Arnold Palmer and Gary Player, but there was a widespread feeling today that a lesser known golfer may win it this time. - Bill Collins and Bob Goal by,' among the pros, and U.S. Amateur champion Jack Nick laus are mentioned prominent ly as good bets to break the dominance which established touring professional stars have had on the champion ship. . A dark horse hasn't won it since Claude Harmon in 194B. While no one in a field as select as the Masters can properly be classed as a dark horse, there are some who rate well above the others. Palmer, the defending cham pion and two-time winner of the title, will be the favorite with Player, the little South African who is the leading money winner on the PGA tour this year, a close second choice. . v.."-. Baltimore Orioles Need More Power From Outfielders (This is another in wri st on the 1961 prospects of the major league) teams. . By LEO H. PETERSEN ' UPI Sports Editor 1 Miami, Fla.-fllPD - Manager Paul Richards insists his Balti more Orioles have the best pitching in the American league and there are few who will disagree with him. ' However, Richards admits It may not be enough to win Red Raiders Blast COS Nine 12-2 . Ashland - Southern Oregon college baseballers Saturday put together good pitching, good hitting and good field ing to lace College of the Sis kiyous 12 to 2 at Weed, Calif., in a non-league fray. It was the first win of the season for; the Red Raiders. The Weed team on Friday had spoiled the SOC debut at Ash land 10 to 8. . j On Tuesday the Raiders go to Redding, Calif., for ;two games with Shasta Junior col lege. Dave Hughes with four hits ir six times up and Joe Fun derburg, Jess Munyon and Kerm McLemore with three hits each headed the SOC of fense Saturday. Six runs were scored in the opening frame with McLemore socking a two- run double. : . ' On defense the . Raiders choked COS rally tries with three double plays. Marty Vogler pitched six innings for the Ashland school, allowing six hits and five walks and fanning four. Earle Tichenor went the last three innings. He gave up one safety, whiff ed three and walked not a one. v -: '. LINESCORE: SOC 600 114 00012 14 1 COS .............. 010 010 000 2 7 8 Vogler, Tichenor (7) Munyon; Beckham, Perez (6) and Longmore, DeMarco (9). SBARS DIAMOND JUBILEE YEAR MID-WEEK VALUES AT OUR AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE CENTER HAVE YOUR GAR REPAIRED BY EXPERTS .'WPE YOU SHOP TUES Lube Job ' Oil Change (5 Ql. Reg. Oil) Front Wheel Pack 4 Wheel Rotation Brake Adjustment1 SPECIAL ALL WEEK BRAKE RELIIIE 16.88 4 Wheels With Bonded Lining 25,000 Mile Guarantee ; Call Chevrolet-1951-1958 for m Prrl1 949-1 954 Appointment Plymouth, 6-eyl. 1 946-1956 0fc WED. & THURS. ONLY Wheel Alignment Correct Caster Correct Camber Set Toe-in Adjust Steering 99 By Phil Samse 16 Years Experience Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back" SEARS 501 E. JACKSON SP 3-6641 OPEN MON. FRI. TILL 9 P.M. FREE STORE SIDE PARKING the pennant unless his out fielders hit with more power than last year when they fin ished second, eight games be hind the Yankees. "Give me one power hitting outfielder and I'd have a great club. Too good for the other clubs in the league," observed Richards. "But until I come up with one, I'll only say we have a good shot at the pen nant." , i Richards also is aware of the sophomore jinx. It could hit such key performers as pitchers Steve Barber . and Chuck Estrada and infieiders Jim Gentile, .Ron Hansen and Mary Breeding. Pitchers Work Hard , . ' That's why he has been working the players hard this spring, concentrating on run ning. Richards believes that the hard work may keep them from thinking about the sec ond' year, jinx and also will get them into shape so they will not run out of gas as they did in the final two weeks of last season. They went into Yankee Stadium for a four-game series on Sept. 15, trailing New York only one percentage point, and lost all four games. That finished them for the year. ; i- So strong and deep is Rich ards in pitching that he prob ably will send out the . most impressive hurler In their ex hibition games thus far fol another year for seasoning in the minors. He's John Papa, only 21, who won seven while losing six last year at Fox Cities, in his first season in organized baseball. -. "If we faced the same situa tion this spring that we did last, Papa would stay with the club," explained Richards. "But we have so many pitch ers now that I don't want to push him too fast so ' he'll probably spend 1961 in the minors. : . -Eight Can Start Actually Richards has eight possible starters. In addition to Barber (10-7) and Estrada (18-11), they are Milt Pappas (14-11), Jack . Fisher (12-11), Jerry Walker (3-4), Wes Stock (2-2), Skinny Brown (12-5) and Hoyt WUhelm (11-8). All ex cept. Brown, one of - the best control pitchers in the league, and WUhelm, the knuckle ball expert, are youngsters. ' Richards thinks that Stock could develop into the ace of the staff and that Walker, ap parently recovered from an allergy ailment; also could de velop into a big winner. With such a starting array Richards is not worried about his bullpen but southpaw Billy Hoeft (2-1) and right hander Gordon Jones (1-1) will be around to help out. The Orioles could hurt in the catching department if their No. 1 receiver, Gus Trl andos, should bog down as he did last season. For Hank Foiles, the No. 2 man, will be out until around May 1 with a boken finger and the two rookie receivers on the roster, Dave Masserelli and Frank Zupo, do not appear ready for the majors. The infields is a strong one, both defensively and offen sively. Gentile, who hit .292 with 21 home runs and 98 runs . batted In, will be at first, Greeding at second, Han sen at short and Brooks Rob inson, one of the best in base ball, at third. Hansen was the American league rookie of the year, hit ting .255 with 22 homers and 86 RBI's. Robinson's average was .294 with 14 homers and 88 RBI's while Breeding hit .267 with three homers and 43 RBI's. May Carry Load ' It represents a lot of power. Richards thinks it may be enough to carry the outfield' ers if necessary. - Jackie Brandt. 254 will be in center, Whitey Herzog .266 in left and either Gene Ste phens .238 or Russ Snyder .260 in right. Herzog and Snyder were obtained from the Kansas City Athletics in Richard's attempt to add out field hitting strength. The way Snyder has been hitting this spring Richards says it "will take a good man to beat him out of a regular job." For infield spares there are big Walt Dropo, rookie Jerry Adair, who hit .266 at Miami, and possibly Ron Samford, the Detroit Tiger infielder, who hit .254 at Miami last season. Samford is not on the Orioles roster but has been impres sive. ' Chuck Esseigian, who has been hitting well, will be one of the utility outfielders, along with the veteran Dave Philley, who also can play first base. Earl Robinson, the rookie pur chased from the Los Angeles Dodgers who hit .275 at Spo kane last year, also may be kept. V If Richards can find some the Orioles, with their great hitting from those outfielders, pitching, will be as tough as I they come. Ducks Take Eight Firsts In Keeping Relay Title Pullman - IDPD - Oregon con tlnued domination of the Far West relays Saturday by win ning its fourth straight team title. The Ducks outscored their nearest rival, Oregon State, by 32 points in racking up 75 points. Oregon State had 43 23. Third place went to Washing ton with 32, Washington State was fourth with 23 13 and Idaho last with 14. Harry Jerome, Oregon's Ca nadian dashman, won the 100- yard dash in a top time of 9.4 seconds. The mark was .2 un der the meet record but the wind, measured at 16.04 miles per hour, disallowed the ef fort. . Two Oregon relay teams and one from Oregon State toured the track in record time while Dave Steen and Jerry Stubblefield, both ' of Oregon, knocked over marks in field events. The 440-yard relay team from Oregon trimmed .half a second off the record by cov ering the distance in 41.7 seconds. Oregon's two-mile team of George Larson, Keith For man, Dyrol Burleson and Sig Ohlemann ran the distance in record 7:39.3. The Oregon State. 880-yard - relay team had a time of 1:26.2, one sec ond better than the old mark. The strong Ducks captured eight first places with hurdler Jerry Tarr gaining the only SPORTS Eagle Point Tops IV in Rogue Play Eagle Point - Eagle Point high opened its Rogue league baseball slate Saturday with 4 to 2 verdict over Illinois Valley at Cave Junction. In a junior varsity second game IV won 7 to 2. Tom Perdue hurled two hit ball for the Eagle varsity, walking three and fanning eight. He got one of EP's three safe blows. Eagle Point's oth er safeties were by , Ralph Goode and Victor Halsey. The IV hits were by Bud Thorn- hill and Charles Versteeg. In their combine three - hitter Cougar pitchers Don Johnson and Versteeg walked . seven and struck out 12. . Came From Behind EP had to come from behind to win. IV got its two markers in the first inning on a walk, a wild pitch and an error. The Eagles picked up one tally in the fourth panel on two bases on balls, a passed ball and two stolen bases and put over two more in the fifth on two walks, a hit batter, an error and two steals. An error, the singles by Ralph Goode and Halsey and a base on balls figured in a sixth inning run. Thornhill homered for IV in the second conflict. - The Eagles will entertain Butte Falls Wednesday in non league play. League action is set at EP on Friday when Rogue River meets the Eagles. There will be a jayvee second game if time allows. LINESCORES: (Vsrslty) Eagle Point 000 121 04 3 2 Illinois Valley .... 200 000 02 2 3 Perdue and Boatrlght, Halsey (5); Don Johnson, Versteeg: (5) and Lapps. . ( Junior varsity) Eagle Point 110 02 2 2 Illinois Valley 241 x 7 3 0 F. Charley, Conner (3) and Hal sey. Boatrlght (3); McNamara. Ver steeg (2) and prattler. double victory. Tarr edged out Mike Thrall of Washing ton in the 120-yard highs in a time of 14.6 seconds and outdueled Thrall in the 220 yard lows in 23.8 seconds. Stubblefield tossed the disc 167 feet six inches which was 10 feet better than the exist ing mark of Jim Martin, Ore gon, set in 1960. Steen's shot put mark was 55 - feet 6 Vi inches. , RESULTS: Distance medlev relav Oregon (John Richardson, Sig Ohlemann, Keith Forman, Dyrol Burleson); Oregon State; Washington.. Time 10U8.2. 100-yard dash Harry Jeroma. Oregon: Roscoe Cook, Oregon; Amos Marsh, Oregon State; Bob Saunders. Washington. Time 9.4 seconds. (Broke meet record of 9.6 by Cliff Apes, Washington, 1958. but disallowed because of wind.) 120-vard hlah hurdles Jerry Tarr, Oregon; Mike Thrall. Wash ington; Mike Gaechder, Oregon; Barney Oldberg, Washington. Time 14.0 seconas. '440-yard relay Oregon (Roscoe Cook, Jim Puckett, Mike Gaechder, Harry Jerome); Washington; Idaho. Time 41.7 seconds. New meet rec ord. Old mark 42.2 by Washington In 1958. 220-yard low hurdle! Jerry Tarr, Oregon; Mike Thrall, Wash ington; Kirk Flisher, Idaho; Harry Needham, Oregon. Time 23.8 seconds Two-mile relay Oregon (Georse Larson, Keith Forman, Dyrol Burel- son, big uniemann); Washington State; Oregon State; Washington. Time 7:39.3. New meet record. Old mark 7:41.9 by Oregon In 1960, BO-vard relav Oreiron State (Amos Marsh. Ron Bach. Bob John son, Norm Monroe); Oregon; Idaho; Washington. Time 1:26.2, New meet record. Old mark 1:27.2 by WSU- In 1939. Three-mile run Rich Cuddihy. Oregon State; Jim Temples, Wash ington State. Time 14:29.7. New record. Mile relay Oregon State (John Bull, Norm Hoffman, Bob Johnson. Norm Monroe); Washington; Wash ington State. Time 3:16.9. . Pole vault Wayne Wilson. Wash ington State; three way Ue for sec ond, Phil Paquin, Oregon, Darl Mc Allister, Oregon, and John Cramer, Washington, tielgnt 14 feet u in ches. Ties meet record set by Wil son 1960. Shot out Dave Steen. Oregon: Bill Buchanan, Washington; Tony Angell, wasmngton; eu numiey, Oregon State. Distance 55 feet 6V. inches. New meet record. Old mark 54 feet 6ft Inches by Steve Frye in 1UOU. Javelin Dan Likens. Oregon State: John Burns, Oregon; Bill Bridges, WSU; Paul Bernick, Ore gon. Distance 221 feet, 10 Inches. Broad jumtj Darrell Horn, Ore gon State; Jerry Close, Oregon; Mike Mosolf. Idaho: Jim Roehm Oregon State. Distance 24 feet, 9 Inches, High lump Henry Wyborney, WSU; Murray Newton, Oregon; L,arry rerguson, iuhiiu, hum j tie for fourth, John Hunter and Jim Roehm, Oregon State, Robbie ogg, nau. ixicigiii. o leu, u 11.U..1.B. Discus Jerry Stubblefield, Ore gon; Joe Davis. Idaho; Tony Aegell, Washington; Dave Steen, Oregon. Distance 167 feet, 6 inches. New t i 1-M.i wiiolr 1 A7 laat meet rCUOlU. jiinn. u. &2 Inches by Jim Martin, Oregon Finals Set i In Marble Tournament Terry Zimmerly, Wilson school, was first in the 13-15 year age group and Harold Wnnrl .Tnfferson school, first in the 6-12 rivalry Saturday In the semi-finals of the Jack son County Marble tourna mpnt hplnff conducted bv the Medford city recreation de partment. Finals will be on Saturday, Anrll 7. at 3 n.m. in Haw thorne park. The event will follow the Rogue Valley Pear Blossom festival parade. Zimmerly will face Bill Standrige, also Wilson, who was runnerup in the semis. Wood will face Doyle Carson, Lone Pine; Byron Wells, Washington, and Arnold Wal dron, Oak Grove. The three were second, third and fourth, respectively, in semifinals. , Forty-four schools of the county were invited to vie in the tourney but only nine were represented Saturday. Spahn, Ford Shine In Easter Tussles By FRED DOWN , United Press International There was many a dazzling Easter performance but It took a pair by Warren Spahn and Whitey Ford to put the Mil- Jones Holds Cleveland Scoreless Phoenix, Ariz. - IUPI) - Sam Jones had the San Francisco Giants' opening day pitching assignment all but wrapped up today after hurling six more scoreless innings Sunday as the Giants defeated Cleve land, 6-1. Home runs by rookies Bob Farley and Tom Haller ac counted for five of the Giant runs. Farley's two-run blow in the bottom of the sixth broke a scoreless tie and gave the win to Jones, who has now tossed 15 consecutive scoreless innings. Haller's homer off former Giant Johnny Antonelli was the big catcher's sixth of the spring campaign and gave him the club lead in runs batted in as well, with 15. The Giants stayed in Phoe nix again today for a game with the Los Angeles Angels. The San Franciscans held a 2-1 edge over Bill Rigney's Angels. ' Ken - McBride takes . the mound for the Angels,' who open the season April 11 at Baltimore, Md. CAR KILLS SPECTATOR Calhoun, Ga.-OJPD-One per son was killed and 10 others injured Sunday when a female race driver's stock car spun out of, control and crashed Into a crowd of spectators be hind a wood and wire fence. waukee Braves and New York Yankees in clover. ' This is the time of year when every manager's chief concern is picking an open ing day pitcher but it's no problem today for either Char lie Dressen or Ralph Houk. Spahn and Ford took care of that Sunday with brilliant route going performances that make the choices automatic! Spahn, who'll be 40 this month, flashed a five-hitter to pitch the Braves to a 9-2 vic tory over the Kansas City Athletics while Ford, key man of the New York staff, turned in a six-hitter that gave the Yankees a 1-0 decision over the Cincinnati Reds. Faces 30 Batters Spahn, who has compiled a 4-1 spring record to prove his amazingly supple arm is as good as ever, faced only 30 batters and had a shutout until the seventh inning. Ford, seeking to bounce back after a mediocre 12-0 record in 1960, became the first New York pitcher to go nine innings in spring training since Bob Turley in 1958. Hank Aaron hit three homers and drove in six runs to lead the Braves' 12-hlt at tack while Bill Skowron homered off Jay Hook in the San Juan Beats Portland 5-3 Homestead, Fla. - (UPD - San Junn came from behind in the late innings , to defeat the Portland Beavers 5-3 and snap the Beavers eight-game spring training baseball exhibition winning streak.: , -. . The defeat was Portland's first since losing its opening game, also to San Juan, ' second inning to provide the Yankees with their winning margin. Sandy Koufax, the Los An geles Dodgers' fireballing left hander, also went thp ninp.fn- ning distance Sunday with an ii-nn, is victory over the Minnesota Twins. Konav who pitched seven no-hit in nings in a previous appear ance this spring, had a shut out until the ninth. LINESCORES: Milwaukee .... 014 031 000 9 12 1 Kansas City .. 000 000 110 2 5 0 Spahn and Crandall. Hall, Wlck ersham (4), Larsen (81 and Plgna tano. Loser Hall. HRs Aaron 3, Pignatano. Cincinnati ........ 000 000 000 0 6 1 New York 010 000 OOx 1 3 1 Hook, Nunn (8) and Bailey, Ford and Berra. Loser Hook. HR Skowron. Los Angeles 210 100 003 7 ll l ...lltlvsUM. UUVF UWU UUd .S Id 3 St. Louis 100 000 000 1 5 1 Pittsburgh .... 020 110 00X 4 11 0 Miller and Sawatski. Umbrlcht. Gibbon (4), Green (81 and Oldia. winner umoncnt. Philadelphia .. 000 120 0407 16 0 Detroit 000 102 100 I 6 0 Mahaffey, Green (1), Farrell (7) and Coker, Dalrymple (8). Mossi, Seyfrled (8), Donohue (8), Fisher una niuwn. winner rarrell, Loser Seyfrled. HRs Herrera, Cash, Boros. Chicago (A) 200 oil OOl 3 8 0 Baltimore .... 000 200 OOx 11 12 1 Score, Brlce (3), Lown (8), Peters (8) and Lollar. Papa, Wilhelm (7) and Triandos. Winner WUhelm. i.oser urice. titu sievera, , Robinson 2, Mlnoso. Cleveland 000 000 1001 7 0 ban r rancisco quo UU2 04x 6 7 1 Men, Antoneiu (7) and Romano. Sam Jones. McCormick (7) and Haller. Winner Sam Jones. Loser ueii. nits Komano,. nailer. . Chicago (N) ... 002 020 0103 7 0 Boston 000 000. 102 3 8 3 Ellsworth. Honbte (9), Elston 19) and Thacker Stallard. Kolstad 171 and Pagliaroni. Winner Ellsworth. Loser stauard. riK Boucnee. L.A. (A) 000 030 1307 12 3 S. Diego (PCD 110 121 000 6 11 2 Cigar, Moeller (6) and Averlll. Hoerner, Horlan (0), Wade (7) and Napier. Winner Moeller. Loser-Wade. LA Dodgers Put End To Loss String Orlando. Fla. HFPI) "Dna thing I found out this spring," said Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Sandy Koufax, "Was that I do much better when I don't try to throw so hard. "Every other spring I start ed well and finished poorly, but it's been just the opposite this trio." the Me sniithnaisr concluded with a grin. : ihe grin spoke eloquently of his mound performance Sunday against the Minn inta Twins. He was working in a snutout until the last of the ninth when Lenny - Green blasted a three-run homer. . But the Dodeers pasllv tnnlr the final : annual Florida spring training session by downing Minnesota, 7-3, be fore 2,862 fans. To Meet Cleveland ; . Kouf ax's victory broke a Dodger - four-game log in g streak. The team now heads for Phoenix, Ariz., with today an off day. They meet the Cleveland Indians Tuesday in Tucson, Ariz. . :7 . Manager Walt . Alston, an nounced Sunday night that Leo Durocher would be sitting beside him in the dugout when the Dodgers open their reg ular season a week from Tues day night in the Log Angeles Coliseum. v . Clay Bryant will handle the Dodger third base coaching job that Durocher was being considered for. 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