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Newspaper Page Text8 A WEDNESDAY. APRIL S. 111 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. cBaniol Ready ac Finichor For Card r nto doww OaUirf lateiMiiMil - Solly Ham us is one up on manager! who r announcing their starting pitch" becauM he also ha hla "UnUher" primed lor tha St. kouis Car dinals' KetlonaJ leafue open er nest weak. .- 4 Solly'a "end fame ace", 1 . . llndy McDaniel, , of courts, and the big rifht-hander's : work tills spring indlcatei that Ha ready to pick right up ; Wht&he left off last year as the gavV's No. 1 relief pitcher, McDaVel, one-time $50,000 - bonus Vhlz who blossomed into a brilliant relief pitcher last season, ' yielded his first earneq run of me spring Tues day but received credit for the Cardinals' 2-1 lMnning win pvar the New York Yan kees, . McDaniel, , who had a 12-4 record and 2.09 earned run average In I960, has al lowed one earned run in 13 Innings this spring. "McDaniel is the nest relief pitcher I've ever seen and he's In top form this spring,'' says Hamus, who thinks Llndy can be the key to a St. Louis pennant, "For five or six in nings he's the toughest pitcher in the game to hit." Hemus Isn't concerned over next Tuesday's starting pitch. er, either, because he's already anounced that it will be 21 game winner Ernie Broglio. Brogllo, in on of his final tuneups for the opening-day assignment, hurled six shut out lnings in Tuesday's tri umph. . , Ray Herbert, a 14-gama win ner last season, was named by Joe Oordon to open for th Kansas City Athletics aft. r pitching eight strong in nings in an 11-ining, 11-10 de cision over the Baltimore Or ioles. Herbert went the first eight innings and allowed four runs and 10 hits, 6, m it ' ft i't MICKEY MANTLE STEAL! St, Louis Cardinals' shortstop Daryl Spencer and base ball await Micker) Mantle of the New York Yankee coming into seaond bus in exhi bition gam Tuesday at St, Petersburg, Fla. Howevart ball was in front of the bag after Stftncer bobbled it, not in his glove. Mantle was credited with a stolen base. St. Louis won 2-1 in 11 innings. : (UPI Telephoto) Cronin Forcoees Greater American Loop Excitement ' Roger Craig of the Los An geles Dodgers and Bob Bruce of the Detroit Tlgera also turn ed in strong pitching perform ances in Tuesday's exhibition games. Craig allowed two run and six hits in six innings as the Dodgers scorea an 8-8 victory over the Cleveland Indians. Bruce, who had only a 4-7 record last year, went all the way and yielded nine hits in the Tigers' 10-2 rout of the world champion ; Pittsburgh Pirates. LINESCORES: Detroit 000 322 10210 14 O PItUburgh ..002 000 000 2 8 2 Bruce and Chltl. Law, Face (6) and Burgesi. LoMr Law. KRs Skinner, Kallne. Waihlnfton 100 001 OSS II 14 0 CMcaso 000 021 000 S 11 1 Woodeihlck. Kulyna (7) and Dot terer, McUih, Pizarro (7) and Lol lar. Winner Kutyna. Loeer Plx. aerro. HRi Taiby 2 Stevens, pie vera, Ktoujti. ..... , ' ,. (IS Innlast) ' Baltimore .,..200 100 01610 14 3 Kan. City Oil 102 321 111 15 0 Hoeft, Walker ), Jonea 19) and Eudo. Herbert. Bail rftl Kaeaan (10 and Sullivan, Winner Keegan, Loier Jones. HRe Adair. Carey. Tnronebarry,. . - (11 Inalneit . New York 000 000 010 001 S a gt. Loula 100 000 000 012 5 0 Turley, Coata (S) and Berra: Bro. alio. McDaniel (7) and Smith, 8a fatikt (11), Winner McDiniti. Loaer Coetei. Milwaukee ,,..101 00S 010 II 1 MinneioU ,...411 030 00a a 17 I Burdetto, Flehe (), McKemle (I) and Crandall. Krallek, Bruok bauer (T) and Battey, Winner raltek, Lojer Burdette, H1U marts 2, Crandall, Oardner, 01 000 840 B Phlle. CineinnaU ...,000 IS! 0014 li 1 auivan, rarraii (7), sterner () and Dalryrnple. Jay, Henry (81 and Eimnarmi n. Winner Henry, Leeer Slet)er, HR Roblruoo, Ana'alee 400 100 DOS a 14 eveiano Ciala. 1 bora, N. Sherry (I), Locke, ool too on s Perranosk! (a) and Roie- ki nam- winner- ilton (4) and Romano. craia. Loaar-r-Locke, HRa Snider, Airiuana, Loi Anselei 100 000 000 S I 1 Chicago tpo 000 0034 10 1 (S) and Rice, Grba. Cleveneer Sadowikl (0). Drott. Brawer (S) and S. Taylor. Winner Brewer, Loier Clevenser. HR WUUama, Br JOE CRONIN Amarloan Leagu President (WtliitB (os, United Press Iniarnalienal) Boston flJPD This 00th an niversary , American league a aason la certain to be playsd with historic "backdrop van before It begins with colorful and traditional ceremonies at Griffith Stadium, Washing ton, next Monday, Oweni Doesn't Want To Play For Phillies PlttsburghUTO-Jlm Owens, , who has a torrid fastball and a temper to match, said toduy he would rather throw basti-i ; balls than sell them, but he .. doesn't want to pitch for the rniladeiphia i-hlilies again, ; - Owens, who has been work :.. (ng n a friend's sporting " goods store In nearby Mid t land, Pa,, sine leaving the Philadelphia training camp ;-'8st month, aaid he hopes the t.jphils trad him.' : i "I don't think I fit into . their plans," th 81-yaar-old right-hander said, "I hop ;Jhey trade me fine there is I'po money to be made with S ;the Phils. Unless I'm a starter with another team I can't J rnoke the big money, I would like to play somewhere I-, though," Rebuked and Fined J.'y Owens packed off from the ; Phil's camp In Clearwater, T. f la., March 10 after reported- My being rebuked and fined t by general manager John ; Culnn. Qulnn said at the time ' Owens was In an "unsober . condition" following a post midnight party. Owens 'fine ( was reported to be S29Q, . Owens, who declined to comment on "any trouble I had : thia spring," broke In ; with the Phillies in 19S5 aft- : r a stint In the minors. He spent part of the 10S6 season i with Philadelphia before be- lng returned to . the minors, ' id then rejoined' the team r on a fulltlme basis in 1959 J after two years In th mill rtary service. He played the full 19B9 and . 1RB0 seasons with the Phils. Of 1901 when the Amerioan league achieved major league status, and for the first time it win operate as a io-taam circuit In 1981. Wa are confident these ex pansion moves have been made in ' continued major league fashion, and that in terest . and excitement are going to be greater and more intense, as wen as more wiae spread, tnis year than ever before. Encouragement has . been forthcoming in expert opin ions offered by qualified ob servers who have seen the new clubs, the Washington Senators and - Los Angeles Angels, In action during the spring training period. ; The intense enthusiasm in the new territory of Minnesota has gained unanlomus recog nition, : '"' By this no claim Is Intended that th expansion program, necessary for the modernisa tion of the baseball structure, will be without future prob lems. However, we era now certain all. problama ahead can be surmounted a were those of recent months. , : Achieve Progress Indeed, much as been ac complished and tremendous progress achieved in the brief span of time between last Oc tober and - the approaching opening day, which will find 10 teams ready for action and competition, thanks to the co operation and hard work of dedicated baseball men, . the owners and officials of the American League clubs, oth the old and the new. ' I have , had the good for tune of seeing and studying In person the "new" Washing ton Senators, and the six oth er teams training in Florida, In recent weeks. Reports from the Aritona and California camps of the Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indani and Los Angeles Angels have been a matter of daily menu. It would be easy to predict that a 10-team pennant raco is in prospect, but perhaps not realistic. $ However, one of the first evident fruits of expansion has been tremendous stride toward aohlevlng a balance throughout the league, for the future that has not always been true in the past. While only one team can win the pennant and for . th first time in history one . team will finish in 10th place, this Is why I feel I can say with out charges of - exuding neu trality that there wll be keen competition for every position in the standings this season. . The champion New York Yankees can truly be classi fied as the team to beat. Mickey Mantle, Yogi : Berra, Roger Marls and'- company boast a formidable batting ar ray, -a : truly - colorful club which emerged with the pen nant from, the bitter . I960 race that went right down to the final six days of the sea son and promises to be even more ; hotly contested this year..1- .w . Orioles Should Be Belies San rran. .200 130 1007 S 0 Taooma 000 041 0305 1 3 Sanford, O'Dell (6) and Haller, Landrlth (S). Perry, Herbal IS), Byerly (0) and Orslno, ?velra, winner Sanford. Lose r Perry, HR Mays, ' Win Streak Predicted By Dodgers : Phoenix, Aris.-wf5-The Los Angeles Dodgers took on the San Francisco Giants today as ready as "they're ever going to be" for the season opener next Tuesday, according to Manager Walter Alston. The Dodgers Tuesday trimmed the Cleveland In dians 8-S with Roger Craig allowing only two runs and six innings he worked.. "We haven't worn anybody out this spring, but neither have the Yankees and I see where they're picked to win," Alston said. - He said he was proud of the way the team has performed up to now and predicted they would start off on a winning streak next week. As Alston handed out praise to the team in general, star second baseman Charlie Neal said he was ready to be a .900 hitter. 'I should hit .300 if I atop going for the fences," Neal aaid Tuesday, "I'm just trying for base hits now and I'll set tle for the higher average rather than home runs, I'm looking forward to my best year at the plate." V . . , Neal hit his peak of .287 as one of the sparkplugs in the Dodgers' 1859 pennant drive but slipped to .288 last year. In Tuesday's action. Willie Klrkland hit a two-run homer off rookie Ron Perranoaki in the eighth inning to bring the Tribe up within a run of the Dodgers, 8-4, But the Dodgers scored three in the ninth with catcher Norm Sherry's double being the big blow. Cleve land filled the bases in the ninth with none put but could only score one run, Prep Baseball TUESDAY OAMBS j-rankun 1, uieveiend o Washington 3, Lincoln 0 ' Jefferson 3, Benaon 0 Wllion S, Kooaevelt 0 Marihel! 8, Grant J Beaverton S. Aitorla 0 David Douglas 17, Claokameg 3 nunooro la, MiiwauKie 4 Central Catholic 13, Centennial 0 Aiiacaaa lo, rtainier Neakahnle S, Tillamook 4 forest Drove 3, St. Helena 3 Concordia 7, ClaUkanle 3 North Saleni 17, Dallas 4 - KC Athletics Hope For Better Things During 1961 Season i (This i is another In a series on the 1961 prospects of th major league teams.) Shasta Takes Pair From Red Raiders " Redding, Calif. - Shasta t Junior college erupted with I some heavy hitting and took i advantage of Red Raider mls- cues, both physical and men- 1. tal, here yesterday to nick t the Southern Oregon college ; : paseoau ciud is to 13 ana 11 r to 9. ;," The Shaatana outhlt SOC 19 to 17 in the two tussles and ' made a good number of 12 ' Raider error pay off. Pet Economoa, Jerry Boyla I and Jerry Badger each got ' r three aafe blows in the first ,- game. In the opener the Shas- ta club had four double and triple among 18 hits. The t Californians had a double and I (wo triples among It safeties f; in the second fray with And . Needles hitting three for four t end John Stapp two for four C with three runs driven horn. For Southern Oregon Joe Funderburg hit three for five In the opener and two for four In the wlndup, Kerm McLemor had three for five with four runs batted in. Southern Oregon will play numDomt state at Ashland at 3 p.m. Friday and In a double- Dlil beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday. ; Th Raider have now play ed tour games. The tuts yes- terday were the 11th and 12th for Shasta. MNssconia: . t fTlirt sane 00. an lia 0 is 1 t ShaiU .. 334 130 x is 14 4 Kelley, Vannlce (31, Vosler (8) and Munyon: wuurh. m. anew 1) and Ajolle. (Sce4 saaae) aoc , 3oa soa 0 a a Shaita . 023 312 x 11 13 vosler. Tlchenor 141 and Mun. yon; Morphew and Ayotte. I do not subscribe to the 10-oalled ''sophomore Jinx" so often mentioned in connec tion with the Baltimore Ori oles, This is a talented team, certain to be better as the re sult of Its thrilling experience of last season.' Both the Chicago White Sox- and ' Cleveland Indians have added pitching and power at the plate to make them far -more formidable than last year. , ' ' - . The Minnesota Twins will bring the new American League fans of that truly ma jor league area a power packed array certain to play a prominent part in the 1961 pennant picture. . There are encouraging new looks to the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Athletics, each with rookies abounding on the ros ters and offering bright pros pects of Improvement in their fortunes according to the for mula of blending new blood With veteran star which proved so successful for the aforementioned Orioles last season. Similarly, on broader scale, the new teams,. Angels and senators, promise to blend in battle with the more established clubs, They start with a talented nucleus of proven stars and youthful prospects under skilled base ball leadership, which as sures excitement and enter tainment for their fans and the potential of continual im provement in their fortunes on a day to day basis as this newest chapter In baseball history unfolds, , House Rejects Horse Race Bill Salem-flJPD-The House Tues day defeated, 33-28, a bill to fatten horse raolng purses, Horse breeders had urged the measure, saying it would keep top horses from leaving Oregon because awarda are greater In neighboring states. Ways and means commit tee had okayed the bill and said It would probably result m better races that would mean more revenues. Rep. Carl Fisher, (R-Eu- gene) led opposition to the bill and said it was not need ed and was aimed only at a small group. , By LEO H. PETERSEN UPI Sports Editor West Palm Beach, Fla.r-IUPIW The Kansas City Athletics, with a new owner, a new sen eral manager and a new field doss, -are hoping for better things in 1981, Thay also have a lot of new faces in their playing per sonnel, although the key per formers probably will be pret ty much the same as last year whan the Athletios finished In the American league cellar. . They should escape that this year, with the league expand ed to 10 teams, and their new manager, Joe Gordon, thinks the club js good enough to win half Its games, i The new owner, millionaire Charles Flnley, Is ready to take th band off his bank roll to buy players, but has had no success. Frank (Trader) Lane desperately Is trying to make deals to strengthen the club, but has been balked at almost every turn because he doesn't have the necessary trading r terial. ' New Job Tougher Gordon, who divided his time managing Cleveland and Detroit last season, admits he has a "lot more problems with the Athletics than he did with either of those teams. "But with what we have we ought to be able to play .800 ball," Gordon insists. But when you examine the play ing talent available It's hard to find rhat Gordon bases his prediction on. He ii; pitching and infield problems. Unless he solves them, the A's could well finish behind one or both of the new clubs In the league - Wash ington and Los Angeles. Bud Daley (16-16) and Ray Herbert (14-15) are the only two pitchers sura of starting berths. After those two, Gor don admits his pitching situ atlon is scrambled. For his other starters Gor don will have to choose from Dick Hall (8-13), Johnny Kucks (4-10) and Joe Nuxhall, 1-8 with Cincinnati. Larsen, who haa been slipping steadily since his World Series perfect game In 1956, has been the most Impressive of the A's twlrlers thus far this spring, Heada Relievers Ken Johnson (5-10) will head the bullpen crew with Dave Wickersham, who did some good work In relief after winning 10 games at Shreve port, behind him. Jim Archer, 11-12 at Miami; Bill Kunkel, 8-9 at Montreal, and Ed Kee gan, 6-7 at Indianapolis, are other possibilities. The catching staff is all new with Joe Pignatano, a fine defensive receiver pur chased from the Los Angeles Dodgers, the No. 1 man. Clint Courtney, obtained from the Orioles, and Hayward Sulli van, the former Red Sox bo nus player, will be the other catchers, The outfield, If not brll liant, figures to be acceptable With Norm Slebern (.279) in left, speedy Bill Tuttle (.256) In center and the veteran Hank Bauer (.275), Al Pilar, elk, who hit .247 at Balti more, and rookie Jay Han- kins, who hit .300 at Shrevtf- port,, battling it out for the right field berth. -.Leo Posada, who hit .361 with the A's after being brought up from Shreveport late last season, and bonus baby Lou Kllmchock, are other outfield possibilities. Kllmchock was shifted after failing to make the grade as a second baseman Half of the infield is set with Jerry Lumpe (.272) at second and Andy Carey (.233) at third.. Bob Boyd, who hit .317 as a pinch-hitter and part time pertormer with the Orioles last season, and Marv Throneberry (.250) are the first base candidates. Gordon will be hurting for a' shortstop if rookie t Dick Howser doesn't make the grade. Howser hit .349 at Sioux City and .338 at Shreve. port last year. Behind him Gordon has . only Wayne Causey, the ex-Oriole who hit .265 at Vancouver last year. In Dick Williams the Ath letics have the best all-around utility man in the game. He can play first, third, the out field and catch. He hit .288 last year and is sure to see a lot of action somewhere in the lineup. But putting all of them, to gether, it's hard to see the Athletics throwing fear into most, of the other clubs this year. They may have all they can handle in Washington and Los Angeles. WHEN YOU NEED BEARINGS call SP 2-5227 ON-THC-SHIIP 3iut.na FAFNm HYATT I NATIONAL SIALa lueaico GREASES NEW DEPARTURE JMALMASTER'TIMKEN annum 3 Giant Regulars Wind Up in Jail Phoenix-AJFD-Three stars of the San Francisco baseball team were arrested today, on Charges of being drunk and. disorderly, but Giant Manager Alvln Dark said, they, were only, defending themselves against young thugs, : Arrested early this morning were catcher . Bob Schmidt, 27, third baseman Jimmy Dav enport, a's0 27, and outfielder Harvey Keunn, 30, recently traded to the Giants from Cleveland,' Police said they fought with officers trying to arrest them after policemen stopped a scuffle between " the three players and two motorists. - "The whole trouble was caused by some kids out look ing for trouble,'' said Dark. ''As far as I'm concerned, the players would be blamed for nothing in this case, It wasn't their - fault .it started.. These guys were intimidating ball players. ... ;, .... ", i Won't Fin Players ' , "I'm sorry it happened," added Dark, who said he did not plan, to fine the three players. "This, '.is''., pne of those unfortunate circum stances which make ball play ers look bad, I don't approve of fights, but I do approve of people defending themselves." Dark claimed the players were not drunk and police gave them no tests to deter mine if thay had been drink ing. Dark said, the players would forfeit their bonds of $30 each instead of appearing in muni cipal court April 18 when the regular season would have begun, Bond for the three was posted by team secretary Ed ward T. Brannick about 3 a.m. . Lester Gray, 20, pne of the motorists involved In the fra cas, said the players shouted foul names at him and threat ened to run his car off the road'. ... ; " Phoenix; Ariz.ppD-The San Francisco Giants edged their Tacoma farm club, 7-5, Tues day at Casa Grande in a lazy sort of game. . In off -the -diamond doings reports poured in from both Florida and California that the Cincinanti Reds and Giants were considering a major multi-player deal centered around Giant second baseman Don Blasingame. William DeWitt, g e n e r a I manager of the Reds, and Vice President Charles eeney of the Giants talked at least twice Tuesday, DeWitt admit ted that he was after Blasin game ,ln an effort to shore up the middle of the Red defense which has been hurt since the departure of the light-hitting but brilliant fielding shortstop Roy ( McMillan, who is now with Milwaukee. - ' ' The Giants were believed to be dickering for a relief pitcher. The 'name of Jim Brosnan, Bill Henry and Mar shal Bridges were all men tioned as possibilities. ,' -. ' .If the Giants were really ) willing to part with Blasln. game, it would mean they were sold on Chuck Hiller, a rookie second aacker who has been a sensation in spring training. ., . MarbtH2th In Collegiate Santa Cmz. Calif.'-- South' era . Oregon college finished 19th in a field of 37 teams In the lflth annual Far West ern Intercollegiate golf cham pionships held here last Sat urday, f .; - ; : ' r.nrA-i Marlatt. the Raiders' No. 1 links ace who was runner-up (or Oregon Collegiate conference medalist honors last year, placed in the top 20 out Of a field of approxi mately 200 collegiate golfers, Marlatt 1 put togetner rounas of 71-811-74-74 for a total of 300 strokes, good for 12th place. . .-, The wily other high-ranking Oregon golfers were Unlveiv altv ni Dresnn'a Jerrv Cun- dari, S96, and Don Clark, 303, and Oregon State university's Tom Carter, 309, and Stewart Schrpeder 309, . It: was the first action of the season for coach Al Akins' defending OCC champions. Pro Caqers To Collide in Playoff Beston-dJPI) The defending champion Boston Celtics clash with the St. Louis Hawks to night at the Garden in the second game of their title series, vowing not to let his tory repeat. . 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