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fi A Jclte Can "L Jin Title Tcnight Boston - IUPD - The Boston Celtics will be out to wind Up the 1960-61 basketball sea son tonight - a few hours after Boston's 1961 baseball season opens. - The Celtics could make it three straight National Bas ketball association champion ships' and four out of five with a win over the St. Louis Hawks at the Garden. The Red Sox opened their season this afternoon, entertaining the Kansas City Athletics. , :, i Boston leads . the Hawks, three games to one, in the best of seven series. Should a sixth game be needed, it would be at St. Louis Thurs day night. The seventh game would be played here Satur day night. ' i However, Boston vows that neither the sixth nor seventh game will take place, Most of : the Slayers are anxious to wrap things up, collect their money and scatter to their homes. ' The Celtics, it's generally agreed, have the horses to do Just this tonight. Though not counting St Louis out, th e tultics are supremely confl e nt of their own abilities. t Iter battling back to-take tua fourth game at St., Louis f jnday, they figure to shell t -e Hawks out of the playoffs 1 1 their home court. The Garden was completely i 'J out before Monday noon, J', will be the second straight 13,909 capacity crowd In Bos n. the second game ' also i Ulng out. ' Thus far, a practically un o ' a Boston-rookie, 6-0 Tom Mi) Sanders, has been the ' ( surprise and one of the . "s in the series. Coach Paul Seymour of St, 7 'its credits him with en- ng the Celts to win the -important fourth game. "lUbauAr, AVAIL. 11, 1981, MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. Player IJins Masters Championship FIGHTS Viwfc im JoM Stable, , Cuba, outpointed Billy Cotllna, ..... --it UPI Jimmy . I- i. j-niladalphla, outpointed ' v, ivit rtiusurin, .a. ; li i. Iri, Calif., out- . 'to tMMunn, sis, Byra '. , 10. T . w m km By LEO H. PETERSEN UPI Sports Wrltar Augusta, Ga. - IUPD - Little Gary Player of South Africa is the new Masters champion only because Arnold Palmer is human after all. The new king of golf is only five feet, seven inches tall and weighs .', "about 152 pounds soaking wet," but he has the touch of Midas on the greens, The golden touch would not have been enough to win Monday, however, had not Palmer, noted for his super human , finishes, faltered on the 72nd and final hole just when it looked like he had his second straight Masters championship all locked up, Palmer summed up his downfall In a nutshell. -"I thought sixes happened only to other people, he said sadly, thus proving that he too, can fall down in the clutch like anyone else. Seen Dramatic Finishes The Masters has seen some fantastic , finishes in its 25 playlngs, but none to rival the drama and suspense of that 72nd hole. Here was the stituation: Player with what appeared a drastic closing nine of four over par 40-which included a double bogey, was sitting in a cottage bordering the Masters' course, figuring that second place money of $12,000 was not bad at all He had little hope for the $20,000 first prize money, for all Palmer had to do was to match par on the relatively easy 420-yard, par four final hole -a hole he birdied last year to win the title by one stroke. Player, sitting beside his wife, Vivienne, frowned when the television screen he was watching showed that Palmer had hit his shot straight and true, leaving him a simple ap proach to the green.: When Palmer, using a seven iron, put that approach in aand trap beside the green. Player lowered his head into his hands. Player started look ing again when Palmer, after Studying his lie-the ball was seml-buried-and the green for Lea Allen Gets Grappling Toga x oieao, onto - iupd - Lee Al len of Portland's Multnomah Athletic Club won the 139- pound division in national AAU Greco-Roman wrestling tournament here - Saturday night. 1 He declsloned Ron Finley of Oregon State College, Allen captured the AAU freestyle title Thursday. The San Fran cisco Olympic Club won both team titles. WRESTLING COACH LaGrande -IUPD- Ken Cox, a native of Pennsylvania, has been named ' head wrestling coach and assistant in track and football at Eastern Ore gon college. a long time, finally blasted I There was a smile on Player's , out. face now for a tie and an 18- It was too strong and the hold playoff today looked like ball flew over the green. 'a good bet. - 1 But Palmer chipped poorly. leaving himself a 20 foot putt for a tie. t Palmer, who has known lit- , v M y ' , ' ' ;w ' V S", r 1 7. " ' ', Hit HELPING HAND Defending champion Arnold Palmer, left, is shown helping help ing Gary Player adjust his new green coat symbol of the Masters championship-after Player won the 1961 title with a 72-hole total of 280. Palmer had earlier helped Player win the championship by double bogeying the 18th hole to lose by one stroke. (UPI Telephoto) Machen Waiting for Patterson's Call San Francisco - (UPI - Eddie Machen, a calm man turned tiger, waited today for a call from promoters and a' crack at Floyd Patterson's ' world heavyweight crown. ; Machen, the number two challenger, made a punching bag out of sixth-ranked Mike DeJohn Monday 'night, as he pounded his way to a bloody and unanimous 10-roun deci sion, ;,-.'. . I fought an aggressive fight because I wanted to make a good showing," said Machen after the battle. "I'm ready for Patterson now'.: ' "The champ - says I'm in line for a shot,, I'm waiting for the call." . . DeJohn never was in con tention in the big heavyweight battle before 9,000 fans at the Cow Palace. He started bleed ing from the nose in the fifth round and by the end of the fight the gore covered him, Machen and referee Matt Zi- dlch and a goodly portion of the ringside crowd. 'I never saw so much blood before," said Eddie in t h e dressing room as his handlers swabbed him clean. "But it ain't so - bad when it's not yours." Jjidge Johnny Lotsey had it 8-1. Judge Jack Silver, 8-2, and referee Zldich 6-3, all for Machen. , , There were no knockdowns in the bout and the vaunted block-buster that DeJohn was supposed to carry never got off. Two Selected As Outstanding Rookies ' New York (UPS - Stylish Carl Yastrzemski of the Bos ton Red Sox and fleet Willie Davis of the Los Angeles Dod gers wereselected Monday to be the outstanding rookies pf the 1961 major league base ball season. ' The vote of 57 baseball ex perts participating in the Un ited Press International's pre season survey was overwhel ming, with Davis selected" by 34 writers or broadcasters and Yastrzemski by 28. No other rookie received more than five votes. ajor League Campaign Gets Under Way in Earnest Today SEE COMMERCIAL CREDIT PLAN Why do it the hard way? Call on the Commercial Credit Plan whenever you can use extra cash. Our loan service is fast, friendly and convenient. Rates are reasonable. Thut's why thousands of families prefer to use Commercial Credit Plan It's the pay way that fits your pay dayt Keep this ad as reminder to phone or visit us. 1 HOW MUCH DO YOU NEEDf Cash Monthly Piymmts For '"M 34 Ms, I 1lMo. I 12 Ms. Iioo "$ol:6 200 $10.41 $13.07 18.51 800 1E.62 19.60 27.77 S00 26.04 32.67 46.29 . 750 39.06 49.01 69.44 1000 62.08 65.85 92.59 A service offered by Commercial Credit Pun, Incoxforated op Medpord 311 N. SASTLETT ST. - Hwn IP 17404 Br NORMAN MILLER United Press International This may be a "new fron tier" season for baseball, but the champion Pittsburgh Pi rates and New York Yankees start play today with the same old lineups that were good enough to win them pennants in 1960. - The new era ,of expansion, launched Monday when the new - Washington : Senators made a 4-3 losing debut against the Chicago White Sox in the nation's captial, gets Into full swing today , when the 16 other clubs open their 1961 season. For the most part, the opening-day pitching assign ments were entrusted to such old hands as Robin Roberts, Warren Spahn, Whltey Ford and Bob Friend. But the inaugural day line ups also will Include approxi mately 16 rookies eager to live up to the impressive showing made Monday ,- in Washington by a presidential rookie named. John Fitzger ald Kennedy. President Kennedy made one of the longest, ceremonial tosses on record to start the new season and then sat back among the crowd of 26,725 to wach manager Mickey Ver non and his novice ball club take on the White Sox. The Senators promptly showed the President and fel low fans a giveaway program that Congress never would have dared to pass. The Wash ington club made four errors to lose the game and become the first club ever to occupy 10th place in the American League standings. Washington led 3-2 atfer six Innings only to have first baseman Dale Long make a throwing error in the seventh and catcher Pete Daley fol low suit in the eighth to pre sent the White Sox with the runs that won the game. Re liever Frank Baumann ' re ceived credit for the Chicago victory while Dick Donovan was the loser. Back to . the Pirates and Yankees: Both clubs will stand pat with last season's lineups, at least for a while. The Pirates, who oddly are receiving only lukewarm sup port to repeat as NL pennant winners, open against the San Francisco Giants on the West Coast. Bob Friend, 18-12 last season, Is. due to start, for the Pirates. " Sam Jones (18-14) gets the call for the Giants, who launch the season with four new fac es. These are manager Al Dark; third baseman Harvey Kuenn, obtained in a winter trade with Cleveland; and rookines Charlie Hlller at sec ond and Tom Haller behind the plate. - Will Start Ford The Yankees start a new regime under Ralph Houk, who replaces the eminently successful Casey Stengel. Ole Case guided the club to 10 pennants and 7 world cham pionships during the past 12 seasons. Houk steals a page from the old manager's book by starting the craftey Ford, 12-9 last season, In the opener against the transplanted Minnesota Twins at New York. Pedro Ramos (11-18) Is Minnesota's choice.- The Los Angeles Angels, the other of the new clubs in the expanded 10-team AL, take wing against the Orioles at Baltimore. In other AL games, the Detroit Tigers host the Cleveland Indians, and the Boston Red Sox entertain the Kansas City A's. Washing ton and Chicago are idle. : The Los Angeles Dodgers, picked by many to win the NL pennant, are expected to draw the largest home crowd when they take on the Phila delphia Phillies In Tuesday's only night game. A crowd of about 50,000 should be on hand when Don Drysdale 15- 14 opposes the veteran Robin Roberts 12-16. : In other NL games, the Mil waukee Braves entertain the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs, under "head coach" Vedie Himsl, meet the Reds at Cincinnati. The Braves-Cards game pits last season's only two 21 game winners, Spahn starting for Milwaukee and Ernie Broglio for St. Louis. Black Hawks Lead Stanley Cup Playoffs Chicago - (UPB - The explo sive Chicago Black Hawks were halfway to hockey's most prized ' trophy, the Stanley Cup, today and new hard hitting tactics might be enough to carry them the rest of the way. . The Black Hawks blasted three goals In six minutes and 23 seconds to trip the De troit Red Wings, 3-1, and take a 2-to-l lead In games in their best-of-seven series. It wasn't as much the scor ing outbursts as the way the team played that brought cheers from coach Rudy Pilous and General Manager Tommy Ivan. . "We played the way we're capable of playing,"-,, Pilous said,, "and the way they like to play. I think the speed of Bobby Hull, Red Hay and Murray Balfour will offset Detroit's speed in Alex Del- vecchio, Vic Stasiuk and Gor die Howe." . "We've had a complex wor rying about Howe. Now let Howe worry about Hull. We have waited for the day Hull started passing off and mak ing assists Instead of firing goals, and now he's mature two - way National Hockey league player." Ivan, who once coached De troit to the Stanley Cup three times, had the same attitude. 'We played our kind of hock ey and let them worry about checking us, instead of us wor rying about checking them," he said. Redwood City, Calif.-fliPD- Stanford University opened its 1961 crew season Saturday by defeating Oregon State and University of Southern Cali fornia in a triangular meet on Redwood City harbor. The Indian crew finished a length ahead of Oregon State. USC was a half-length behind Ore gon State. Oregon State's rook crew beat Stanford by one and one-half lenghts. There's an unmistakable quality about HIIJrHILL ...and about the people who enjoy it I Hill, j HtU. j HILL i w I I HILL m MliRM.1 the boiirbon iKnuMHUHsnuiKct, Since 1878, Hill and Hill Straight Bourbon Whiskey has v been a select Kentucky distilla tion. It is truly a bourbon made In the finest American tradition. with the flavor of America , UUIflllE, KT.. MMUCKT STUUSKI lOIIHM tMSKT-K ftOOf tie golfing adversity, studied the putt a long time and then stroked it too strongly, the ball going six inches past the cup. He tapped it in and be came an ex-champion while Player's purse suddenly in creased $8,000, the difference between first and second prize money. , So that double bogey six did the trick for Player. Ear lier it was a double bogey seven which seemed it would keep him from becoming the first foreign golfer ever to win the Masters. Had Faltering moments For Player, too, had his faltering, human moments on the back nine of the par 33-36 -72, 6,980-yard Masters course. He was short on his ap proach and bogeyed the 10th hole. He settled down and matched par for the next two holes". ' Disaster overtook him on the 475-yard par five 13th. He put his tee shot into the trees and decided to try to hit the ball through the narrow open ing across a creek. But the ball plopped into the water for a stroke penalty. Lying three, he hit his approach too strong and it was 30 feet above the cup. He proceeded to three-put-the only time his putter tailed him in the bright sunshine and wind. MEDFORmTllIBUNS iP(LDninrs Prep Sports Slate Heavy on Week End Another heavy concentra tion of spring sports activities will Involve high school teams of the area this week end. - Baseball, track and tennis are involved. On the track and field front the Hay ward relays at Eugene occupy the main attention. There will be conference play in both base ball and tennis. ' Southern Oregon confer ence baseball will have Med- ford at Grants Pass on Friday and Ashland at Klamath Falls on Saturday. Eagle Point will entertain Illinois Valley in the Rogue iloop , on Friday. Prospect and Butte Falls of the county B loop are billed Saturday Medford diamonders enter tain Yreka, Calif., on Satur day while the Black Tornado junior varsity goes to Grants Pass. The Ashland trip to KF involves both varsity and jay- vees. Track Teams Travel In other baseball action this week Eagle Point varsity was to host Crater JV today and Harlem Clowns Quintet Brings Basketball Show The , hilarious Harlem Clowns come to Medford on Wednesday. Advertised as the funniest basketball team in America, the Clowns are a combine of COMEDY STARS - Joe Banks 6-4, is one of the comedy i stars of the Harlem Clowns basket ball team which will play at at Hedrick gym here at 8 p.m. on Wednesday against the Medford Merchants. hoopsters who tour the coun try making people laugh. They'll play at 8 p.m. at Hedrick gym against the Med ford Merchants team which was third in the recent Oregon AAU tournament. When the name "Harlem Clowns" is mentioned, hoop fans get ready for an evening of entertainment. The 'fans come out to see a fancy ex hibition, razzle -. dazzle ball handling, intricate routines, both, planned and impromptu comedy and all sorts of shen anigans. Keep Game Even The Harlem Clowns are unique in the fact they never try to run up a huge score against opponents It has been their policy to keep the game even, devoting much of the time to comedy stuff and ball handling routines. ' , And owner Al (Runt) Pull ins remembers the line some one once said: A real pro will , never ,make you look bad." There are times, naturally, when the Clowns have to ex tend themselves. When the home team is exceptionally strong or . gets "hot", the Clowns have a ball game on their hands. Then you see some real action as well as comedy. . - The Harlem Clowns are a happy bunch of players - no one individual is the big star of the team, so they all join in the fun . of making people laugh. , ; A bouncing basketball is the magic carpet that has tak en the Clowns into all parts of the USA, Canada, Mexico and the Hawaiian Islands. Some fans like straight basketball, others like com edy, but the average crowd prefers a generous mixture of both. Fullins tries to please fan in every way possible. Ashland jayvee plays Wednes day at Medford. , , St. Mary's of Medford, Phoenix, Eagle Point, Illinois Valley and Rogue River go to Eugene Friday for the Class C and B Hayward relays. Med ford, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Crater and Ashland con tend in the Metropolitan and Class A Haywards on Satur day. Eagle Point thinclads were to go to Grants Pass to day to face the Caveman noc ice teams. Medford's tennis team will be at Grants Pass on Friday. On Saturday it is host to Eure ka, Calif. In ninth grade track and field Crater will oppose Hed rick here on Friday while McLoughlin travels to' meet North Grants Pass. Seventh and eighth grade encounters will include McLoughlin at South Grants Pass on Friday and North Grants Pass here against Hedrick on Saturday. San Francisco - (UPD - A strong bid is .being made by the state Chamber of Com merce to bring the Olympic games to California in 1968.. The Chamber of Commerce said that the state's ample fa cilities could make the 1968 games "the most successful in history." Royal Oaks Scene; of Ff Golf Open Vancouver, Wash. - Oregon Open Golf championship tour nament is scheduled for May 1, 2 and 3 at Royal Oaks Country club here. The invitational is co-sponsored by Royal Oaks and tha Oregon branch of the North west section of the Profession al Golfers association. Eligible to participate ara Oregon and Washington PGA members and invited guests. There will be 72 holes of med al play and entries will close at 170 players. The tournament will offer $2,000 purse and $400 in lap money. There will be $800 worth of a amateur prizes. Net awards for amateurs will go for the first 36 holes. ; Amateurs to participate must not have a handicap over 10 stroKes. William (Red) Eggers, Port land, is expected to defend his title. Other possible en trants are Bob Duden, Oswego, 1959 champ, and Dick Yost. Portland, 1960 victor. . ba? Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS 0 Chimney! j Praitressed ; I e H , Cencret. 727 McAndrewi PHONE SP 3-4575 BOATMEN, AHOY! 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