LA Angels Promise
Much Entertainment
With Hard Hitters
(Thli it the last of 18 dis
patches on the 1961 pros
pects of major league clubs.)
By NORMAN MILLER
United Press International ,
Palm Springs, Calif. OIPD
, Artistically, the new Ameri
can league Angels do not fig
ure to make Los Angeles fans
forget about the. Dodgers.
But for those , who go for
home runs and free-scoring
games and aren't too concern
ed with finesse, the. Angels
promise a lot of entertain
ment. : With three such sluggers as
Ted Kluszewski, Bob Cerv
and Steve Bilko1' on the ball
club, and some solid swingers
like Eddie Yost, Ken Aspro
monte and Ken Hunt, the An
gels figure to score a few runs
in their Wrigley Field band
box. ;
Trouble is, though the An
: gels are, sadly shy on pitching,
and visiting clubs are bound
to match the Angels, homer
for homer.
Manager Bill Rigney sums
up the situation with the la
ment: "Who's gonna get the
other side out for us?"
At present, Ell Grba,: who
won 6 games and lost 4 for
the Yankees last season,
"shapes up as the ace of the
staff. He's the only Angels'
pitcher who had a winning
record in the majors in 1960.
Rigney says, "He has good
stuff and knows how to pitch."
Rigney would like ., some
left-handed starters for Wrig
ley field and he hopes to find
them in Ted Bowsfield, who
was 4-6 with the Red Sox
last season, and Ron Moeller,
8-8 at the Orioles' Vancouver
' farm.
Other starting prospects are
Jerry Casale, 2-9,. and Ken
McBride, 0-1, with the White
Sox. Ned Garver, 4-9 with
Kansas City, may start every
five or. six days.
; The two pitchers who have
perhaps ijnpressed the most
in exhibition games are Tex
Clevenger and Tom Morgan,
a pair of experienced right
handers Rigney had planned
to use as late-inning relievers.
!(. Counting Clevenger's 5-11
record with Washington and
Morgan's 4-5 with Kansas
City, these eight pitchers won
a total of only 25 major league
games last season. , i
- At the other positions, the
Angels are staffed with ade
quate players, although Rig
ney complains about a notice
able lack of speed on his team
as a whole.
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Kluszewski, Bilko and Ju
lio' Bequer will share first
base and pinch-hitting roles.
Aspromonte at second was the
American league's 10th lead?
ing hitter last season with a
.288 mark for Cleveland, and
Yost at third is the perennial
"walking man."
Shortstop is a battle be
tween Ken Hamlin and Fritz
Brickell, who this week was
obtained in a trade with the
Yankees.
To Start at Left
Cerv, who batted .253 and
hit 14 homers in his spare
role with the Yankees, will
start in left; Hunt, a Yankee
farmhand, will be in center,
and Faye Throneberry has the
edge for right field.
: Little Albie Pearson, rookie
of the year in the AL in 1958,
is attempting a major league
comeback in the Angels' out
field. . Other extra men are
Gene Leek, a third baseman
who has hit well in exhibition
games and is being tried at
shortstop and the outfield;
outfielder Lou Johnson, ac
quired in a deal with the Cubs,
and Rocky Bridges, the in
field handyman.
' Del Rice, who at 38 is the
eldest of the Angels, is the
No. 1 catcher and Rigney
hopes that his experience can
bring out a little extra from
the pitchers. Because of Rice's
age, Ed Sadowski and Earl
Averill Jr. should do a lot of
catching, too. :
Add it all up and it doesn't
look like much.- Considering
the fact that Rigney and gen
eral manager Fred Haney ac
quired their players on a pot
luck selection basis, however,
not . too much is expected of
the Angels.
If they, just beat out the
new Washington Senators for
ninth place, Rigney and his
castoffs can call their first
season a success.
Higher Basket Would
Favor Tall Players
? San Francisco - fllPD - Wilt
Chamberlain, the seven-foot,
two-inch star of the Philadel
phia Warriors, said Monday
he thinks raising the height of
the basket would help the tall
men more than the short ones.
"Every player in our league
can get up to the basket now,"
he said. "If they raise it, only
the big men will be able
to get close." . -
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Women's Golf
The Rogue Valley Country
club lady golfers play for
April 6 was medal. -
Winners were: A group,
Mrs. Ranny Smith, B group,
Mrs. E. C. Nave, C group, Mrs.
William Cowning; D group.
Mrs. Ray Sorenson; nine-hole
group, Mrs. Howard Scrog
gins. Play for Thursday, April 13
will be medal, with the first
play on the Trans-Mississippi
disc. Winter rules remain in
effect until a sign in the pro
shop notifies otherwise. " ,
Qualifying for the spring
handicap tournament was
completed April 7. Mrs. John
Jensen was medalist in the 18
hole group.
The nine-hole group had a
tie for medalist between Mrs,
J. A. Dickey and Mrs. G. F.
Flint which will be played
off. Pairings will be posted at
the ladies locker room as soon
as possible. The nine-hole
group has until April 18 to
'complete first round matches.
First round matches must
be completed by April 15 for
the 18-hole group. First round
pairings are:
Cham Dion sh Id Filch t
Mrs. John Jensen vs Mrs. W. C.
Bayliss; Mrs. Richard Finch vs
Mrs. Al Williams; Mrs. Frank Ben
esh' vs Mrs. Wm Miller: Mrs. Tom
Tubbs vs Mrs. R. B. Knight; Mrs.
W. T. Stark vs Mrs. Ray Sorenson;
Mrs. Benton Smith vs Mrs. R. K.
Meiers; Mrs. Kooert Palmer vs Mrs.
L. T. Anderson; Mrs. E. W. Sickels
vs. Mrs. mcnara scnwann.
Second Flight
Mrs. T. A. Culhertxnn vr Mn.
Max MlllholUn; Mrs. Ray Frisbie
vs Mrs. Frank Tamney; Mrs. Jack
Six vs Mrs. Walter Shaylor; Mrs.
R. M.'Gifford vs Mrs. W. H. Pyle;
Mrs. E. C. Nave vs Mrs. Ranny
Smith; Mrs. Richard Rementeria
vs Mrs. Harvey Woods; Mrs. C. B.
Collins vs Mrs. Ren Taylor; Mrs.
t. noimea va ivirs. A.en mermen,
Fourth FUjrht i
Mrs. S. O. Prouffh vs Mrs. Gor
don Reeves; Mrs. Reese Alexander
vs Mrs. Ed Milne; Mrs. Wm. Clark
vs Mrs. Joe Moore; Mrs. L. P.
orooKs vs Mrs. uaien sanner; Mrs.
.Tnhn Tittv vs Mn T onnorH cl14rlt.
Mrs. S. L. Stark vs Mrs. Robert
DeLorme; Mrs. Robert Morris vs
Mrs. Fred Coleman; Mrs. Jo Wil
liamson vs Mrs. n. u. Trumoiy.
Sixth FUeht
Mrs. R. E. Heysell va Mrs. Chas.
Gustafson; Mrs. J. R. Acheson vs
Mrs. B. D. Mitchell; Mrs. Tom
Meuiscn vs Mrs, wayne satiey;
Mrs. W. D. Blackledse vs Mrs.
Wm. Cowning. (No consolation
iugnt.f ,
April 13 nairlnes:
(Ladies are to contact others in
their threesome).
Mesdames J. R. Aehesnn R. K.
Peters. R. E. Heysell: Brooks L. P.,
Gordon Reeves, Frank Benesh; Wm.
Schet. C. A. Holmes. Mahr Rey
mers; Richard Rementeria, Galen
Sanner, Richard Schwann; E. W,
Sickels, R. J. Lock wood, J. J. Jen
sen: Wm. T. Clark. W. O. Black-
ledge, Jack Six; Ed. Milne. Ranny
smnn, a . u. uuncn; jrrea uoieman,
Frank Tamnev. K. C. McHuch: B.
D. Mitchell, T. A. Culbertson, Fred
Conrad: Rav Frisbie. J. A. Moore.
Richard Finch: Tom Teutsch, Ken
neth Teeter, C. Ed. Gordon; Robt,
Palmer, Al Williams, E. C. Nave;
P. J. Woods. Bernard L. NutUne.
Mesdames Leonard Schlidt, E. C.
irumoiy, waiter snayior, wen D a
brlck, Ira Smith. Robert DeLorme;
Chas: Gust af son. R. M. Gifford. L.
T. Anderson; Alton Hart. Wayne
Safley, C. H. Barrell; Russell Hogue,
R. B. Knight, Tom Tubbs; S. L.
siarK, ijen Meiviiie, L,ew aaxes; n
Ren TaylotVW. L. Stark, Max Mil
hollin; Robert Morris, S. O. Prough,
W. C. Bayliss; Ray Sorenson, Ben
ton Smith. W. H. Pyle; C. R. Will
iamson. Wm. Cownlnff. Wm. Will
iams. 9-Hole Play: Mesdames John
ivutcn, Myers J ones, Howard facrog
fiins. Royal Bebb. G. L. Lewis. R.
M. Mc Fad den. Wm. Brooks. Paul
Haviiand; u. a. Lowry, Ralph Mar
latt, J. J. Finegan; J. A. Dickey,
Chas. Swenson; F. H. Holmes, Rob
ert Mclntyre.
the Old West
WINNING THE WEST
'Palling Ibe Birfafo Jicri
- MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE.
Dodgers
In Lbs Angeles Tonight
Los Angeles-fllPD-The youth
conscious Los Angeles Dodg
ers, favored to win the Na
tional league pennant in a
pre-season United Press Inter
national poll, open their 1961
season tonight against the
Philadelphia Phillies at the
Memorial coliseum.
An opening night crowd of
about 50,000 is expected for
the game. The Dodgers send
Don Drysdale, the volatile,
sidearming righthand ace of
the staff, against veteran
Robin Roberts of the Phils.
Lack of support for . the
Phils in the National league
race-the same UPI picks them
to finish last-is expected to
MEiro!miiTtnuM
sipaDninrs
Lone Pine Tops
Griffin Creek defeated Oak
Grove 11 to 5, West Side beat
Lincoln 7 to 3, JacksOn nip
ped Jefferson 8 to 7, Howard
topped Jacksonville 7 to 6
and Lone Pine shutout Ruch
6 to 0 yesterday in Medford
district grade school baseball
games.
Dan Carney tripled with
the bases loaded for Griffin
Creek. West Side had a double
play and Frost of Lincoln had
a two-base hit. Howard had
seven hits and Jacksonville
two.
Giants Open Against
At Candlestick Park
San Franciscc-niPD-The San
Francisco Giants, deemed a
different club than the bick
ering outfit which folded up
last season, open their 1961
campaign today against' the
Holmes Has
Low Gross
Alan Holmes, with a 70 on
Sunday led the field in par
ticipation at ..Rogue Valley
Country club in the Babe Did-
ru.kson Zaharias Memorial
Fund Golf tournament.
The tourney realized $202.-
25 for the battle against can
cer and was under the aus
pices of the American Cancer
society.
Jim Sheldon had Saturday
low gross with a 72. In net
competition Norm Hillyer had
a 67 low on Sunday and Aus
tin Laymance 69 on Saturday.
Wnmcn's competition in the
tournament was on Thursday
with Mrs. William Miller and
Mrs.-C. B. Collins carding 87s
for Class A low gross laurels
and Mrs. Ranny Smith scoring
a low net 72.
In Class B winners were
Mrs. E. C. Nave with 98 gross
anr Mrs. Al Williams with 77
net. Class C saw Mrs. William
Cowning take low gross with
103 and Mrs. Alton Hart and
Mrs. William Stark tie for net
with 76s. Mrs. L. T. Anderson
had 110 for Class D low gross
and Mrs. Ray Sorenson's 76
was low net in that division.
Branch Rickey Jr.
Dies in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh - IUPD - Branch
Rickey Jr.. who spent most
of his life in baseball like
his father, died in Presbyter
ian hospital Monday of bron
chial pneumonia contacted
while convalescing f r o m a
heptatitis infection.
Rickey Jr., 46, a diabetic
for several years, will be bur
ied Thursday at a site to be
announced. He died at 3:05
p.m. EST after being 'hospi
talized last March 30 for the
second time this year.
Medford Y 11th in Area Meet
The Medford YMCA swim
team placed 11th in a field of
17 teams representing YMCAs
from all over the Pacific
Northwest. The meet was held
at the Wilson High pool in Ta
coma, Wash., April 8 and 9
with 510 swimmers compet
ing. Leading the Medford nata
tors were Linda Hess and Dar-
ilyn Huson. Linda swam a
1:14.8 100-yard backstroke,
15-16 girls division for Med-
ford's only first place and
placed second in the 200-yard
individual medley with a time
ir.2iy aft
daft t-Kfl
To Battle
cut into attendance which oth
erwise might have exceeded
60,000. Clear skies, with cool
evening t e m p e ratures, are
forecast.
The UPI poll found the
Dodgers favored to beat Pitts
burgh for the National league
crown, while Las Vegas odds
makers listed them as even
choice at 7-3 with Milwaukee
and Pittsburgh to win.
Plays Percentages
Manager Walt Alston play
ed percentages in announcing
his starting lineup against
Roberts, a righthander. Only
three right hand hitters are
in the starting Los Angeles
batting order second - year
Ruch 6 To 0
Lineicorei:
Griffin Creek . 209 U 5 1
Oak Grove 032 5 2 4
Sander, Osborn (3) and KiUlgns
worth; Tusow. Collins (1), Thomp
son (3) and Waldron.
Lincoln 201 3 1 3
West Side 43x 7 2 1
Grindstaff and Curl: Offord,
Dawson (2) . and Culbertson.
Jackson . .... 314 8 4 2
Jefferson 223 7 2 S
Bigger, Beach 2), Ogier (31 and
Jones; Hale, Kime (3), Barnes (3)
and Wagar,
Howard 311 2 7 7 2
Jacksonville 012 3 6 2 5
Martin, Frohrelch (4) and Moser;
Snow, Davis (3) and Iverson. ...
Lone Pine 210 23 6 5 1
Ruch i. 000 00 0 2 2
Clark and Mover; Eek,' Ramsay
(3) and Rogers.
World Champion Pittsburgh
Pirates.
Alvln Dark, the old pro
player who is now the Giants'
rookie manager, plans to start
Sam Jones (18-14) against the
Pirates' Bob Friend (18-12) in
a battle of right handers
A sellout crowd of 42,500 is
expected to flock to Candle
stick park to see if the Giants
are improved over last year's
fifth-place finishers.
In addition to Dark, the
club has veteran Harvey
Kuenn and rookies Tom Hal-
ler and Charley Hiller among
the prominent new faces
Kuenn, battin second and
i i . . i. : i l t. i . i
playing liniu uaat:, is excuicu
to give the Giants some need
ed line drive power. He led
the American League in
batting with '.353 at Detroit
two years ago. The Giants ob
tained him from Cleveland
last December in a swap for
Johnny Antonelli and Willie
Kirkland.
Haller, who wasn't even on
the Giants roster when spring
training opened, has bumped
Bob Schmidt out of the num
ber one catching job thank's to
some powerful hitting. The
former University of Illinois
gridder has looked effective
handling Sam Jones' deliveries
on the Cactus Circuit, too.
Hiller has been given the
call over Don Blasingame at
second base thanks also, to a
sharper bat. . ,
The rest of the club is about
the same. Willie McCovey,
who flopped at first base last
year after winning the 1959
Rookie of the Yean award,
gets another chance at that
position. Left fielder Felipe
Alou has been moved up to
the leadoff spot and Orlando
Cepeda will play In right
field. Willie Mays is in center
as usual. "
Dark has said that he
thinks Kuenn's bat will help
the club but adds there still
is a lack of late-inning relief
help.
The Pirates are about the
same machine which won the
1960 pennant by seven games
then came off the ropes three
times to down the New York
Yankees in the World S.eries.
of 2:54.2. Linda also swam on
the freestyle relay team with
Nona Donahue, Rarilyn Hu
son and Bonnie Knapp which
placed fifth and the breast
stroke leg of the medley re
lay team composed of the
same girls which placed sixth.
Darilyn, swimming in her
first meet, turned in an out
standing performance. She
finished third in the 15-18
group 100-yard freestyle with
a very fast 1:10.4 and second
in the 50-yard freestyle with
a :30.0.
Nona Donahue was the only
other individual winner for
'JIfiV
3 .Tjlk
Phillies
man Tommy Davis at third
base, a new position, Charles
Neal at second, and Drysdale.
The only rookie to break
into the batting order is Wil
lie Davis, brilliant minor
league player of the year for
the Dodgers at Spokane in
I960. Willie will play center
field.
Manager Walt Alston's
youth plan still may need con
siderable bolstering from vet
erans, including Duke Snider
and Gil Hodges, the survivors
of the last great Dodger dyna
sty. Both looked good in the
spring, with Snider in particu
lar hitting and running well.
Another UPI poll figured the
Duke had the best chance of
all for a comeback after a
mediocre 1960 campaign.
Snider and other Dodger
southpaw hitters h a v e a
brighter outlook this season.
While the 251-foot Chinese
wall remains in left, the right
field fence has been shortened
by more than 10 feet.
The major disappointment
for the Dodgers this spring
involved relief pitcher Ed
Roebuck. Roebuck could not
overcome a lame shoulder and
was placed on the disabled list
for 30 days. The Dodgers Mon
day replaced him with rookie
outfielder Carl Warwick, who
had been slated for Spokane
of the PCL.
Deep in Hurlers
Pitching is expected to be a
strong point for Los Angeles,
with Drysdale, Sandy Koufax,
Johnny Podres and Roger
Craig listed as probable start
ers. Larry Sherry, hero of the
1959 world series, again may
be called on as the, top bull-
Pirates
Today
Bill Mazeroskl, whose his
toric homer won the classic.
is on hand again at second.
And back at shortstop is Capt.
Dick Groat, who' won the
league batting title and Most
Valuable Player award last
year.
Manager Danny Murtaugh
likes his crew and has said
"we're the team to beat."
Among those turning out for
today's game will be National
League President Warren
Giles and the usual quota of
local dignitaries. They'll find
the park looking a bit differ
ent as the Giant management
moved in the left center field
fence to 369 feet and shorten
ed the barrier in right center
to 375. Many a home run died
aborning in the gales out there
last season.
In another move to beat the
tricky winds which harass the
concrete edifice, the club plans
to start all of its day games
at 1 p.m. this season. This is
pegged on the theory that the
wind doesn't get bad until
around 2:30 p.m. Last season,
week day games began at 1:30.
Bittle Wins
Mountain Men
Shoot Honors
Horace Bittle took too hon
ors at the shoot held April 9,
by the Little Butte Mountain
Men on Little Butte creek.
In three-shot group matches.
winners were Al Henagin,
Horace Bittle, Dorothy Hena
gin and Don Kline. Bittle won
the trophy.
In the one-shot for center
matches, winners w.ere Bill
Fitzslmmons, Bill Moberly.
Jerry Henagin, Al Henagin,
and Bittle, 'the last two win
ning twice.
Dorothy Henagin and Billie
Nixon won the two ladies only
matches, shooting on a one-
shot for center target.
Bill Nixon Sr. goth the best
score in the match for anyone
who hadn't won a prize.
Five-year-old Tommy Os-
terman took the kiddie shoot
prize, a one-shot for center
match.
the 15-16 girls with sixth
place in the 100-yard butter
fly. Linda Wilkes swimming In
the 13-14 girls bracket 100
yard backstroke placed 5th.
Identical Points
In the boys events Ted Ly
ons and Bruce Hess won
identical points. Lyons placed
second in the 15-16 50-yard
freestyle with a time of :25.0
and 4th in the 200-yard free
style. Hess lost first place in the
13-14 100-yard freestyle by
three-tenths of a second. His
time was :56.6. He also lost
another very close race in the
50-yard butterfly which saw
the first four swimmers plac
ing within eight-tenths of a
second. The winning time was
:27.4.
The Medford 11-12 boys
freestyle relay team of Phil
Taylor, Klrby Lusk, Dennis
Carson and Riley McHugh
placed sixth In this event.
The next swim meet for the
YMCA team will be this Sun
day in the YMCA pool, when
the Y hosts the Eugene Cen
traj Lane swim team.
pen hand along with rookie
Ron Perranoski.
The Dodgers earlier today
were scheduled to participate
in a motorcade halting at city
hall, where they were to re
ceive an official welcome
from Mayor Norris Poulson.
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