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FRIDAY. APRIL 21, 1981
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
MANTLE SPURS YANK TRIUMPHS
Mick's Bat
Responsible
For Streak
Br MILTON RICHMAN
Unltd Pihi International
Mickey Mantle is hitting a
cool .400 and it's a toss-up
who's getting a bigger kick
out of it - an old man sitting
back in Glendale, Calif., or a
younger one sitting pretty in
the . Yankees' managerial
chair. '
Mantle's current slugging
- performance must be bringing
a smile of satisfaction to Ol'
Casey Stengel, who predicted
banner year for Mickey and
still follows his progress by
pouring over the box scores
t his home in California. -
Ralph Houk, the man who
succeeded Stengel, is delight
ed with Mantle's showing, too.
"I'm sure glad Mickey is
hitting," Houk. said after
Thursday's 7-5 and 4-2 vic
tories over the Los Angeles
Angels.
"Outside of him, we haven't
been doing much, but he's off
to a terrific start and so far
he's carried us along with
him."
By clipping the Angeles'
wings twice, the ' Yankees
moved into a tie for second
place with Detroit and are
now only a half-game behind
the surprising first-place Min
nesota Twins.
Mantle Carries Load
Mantle, who has been on
base In 11 of his last 13 at-
bats, is chiefly responsible for
the Yankees' . current four
game winning streak. He
drove In five runs with two
towering homers In Thurs
day's opener and collected an
other hit in two tries during
the nightcap. He also drew
three walks in the two games.
Pinch hitter Jesse Gonder
singled home the two runs
that proved decisive in the
eighth inning of the opener as
Art Ditmar posted the victory
with Bill Stafford's help. Ex-
Yankee Eli Grba was th
loser. Bob Turley, who aided
his own cause with a two-run
single, was the winner in the
finale although he needed
Luis Arroyo's aid in the
eighth.
In other American league
games, the Chicago White Sox
defeated the Washington Sen
ators, 6-1, and the Detroit
Tigers crushed the Cleveland
Indians, 11-4. No other games
were scheduled.
San Francisco nipped Cin
cinnati, 2-1, but the Reds re-
Platoon System Pays Off
For Giants Against Reds
By HAL WOOD
DniUd Press International
. San Francisco - (WD - The
platoon system, admittedly de
spised by manager Alvin
Dark, may be the salvation
of the San Francisco Giants
this season. '
Dark benched all his left
handed swingers - Thursday
nd his right-handers came up
with a 2-1 victory over the
Cincinnati Reds.
Surprisingly, the victory
was achieved with some fine
base running and fancy field
ing - rather than by the bats.
"But we have a good bench
and we're going to use it
when we need to," said Dark
after the victory. -"For
the time being, I'll
Los Angeles Man
Regrets Receiving
Reward for Honesty
Los Angeles -WW)- Douglas
W. Johnson. . SO, the honest
man who found $240,000 in
unmarked bills and returned
It immediately, said today he
wished he had burned the
, money or ; thrown it down, a
ewer.-'
The - self-employed janitor
found the bag of money lying
In the staeet last March 10
nd turned it into the FBI
Without even counting it.
The i bundle of unmarked
910 and $20 bills flopped out
ef an armored car and Brink's
ftuUy gave Johnson a
t 0,C 0 reward tot his hon-
. Ke wishes today he had
l r seen th money.
. publicity and letters
awwuflg at his honesty have
bis wife upset and his eldest
son, Richard, IS, ran. away
from home Tuesday,
.. "He had a car his father
had given him two years ago,"
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Chicago 6, Washington 1.
Detroit 11. Cleveland 4
New York T, Loe Angelea 5 (lit)
New York 4, Lot Angeles 3 (2nd)
New York at Baltimore (3, Iwl.
Bight)
Lot Anselet at Detroit .
- Boston at Chicago
Washington at Minnesota
Cleveland at Kantat City (night)
Mrs. Johnson said. "Never got
into trouble with lt until he
got so nervous lately. Then
he had a little accident,
Had Another Accident
. . , Douglas told htm not
to worry. Just take it real
easy. Two dayc later he had
another accident. This was
small, too . , . I guess that was
Just too much for him . . ."
Richard returned home
Thursday, hungry.
"The kids kept saying
things to me," ,he said. "All
the time, they were saying
my father was dumb, and a
fool and stupid. And there
was more of the same In the
mails every day. And then
the accidents - and I Just
couldn't stand it."
The same has been true for
Johnson.
"I've had to listen to
every day of the week since
I gave the money back," he
said. "My wife's had to listen
to lt. And-oh, God-my boys
have had to listen to It, too,
Wanted Own Home
"Llsten-the Brink's people
gave me a $10,00 reward for
giving the money back.
thought that was nice of them.
Was going to buy a house of
our own, like we'd always
wanted,
"You think I care for that
money?
"I wish I'd never seen any
of it. I wish we'd let that
money sit In the street and
rot. I wish we'd thrown it
down a sewer or burned it . .
That money? It's not
worth anything.
"it has made me a poor
man,
use all the right-handed hit
ters I can against left-handed
pitchers, and all the lefties
I can against the right-hand.
ers."
. That means that for to.
night's game, if the St, Louis
Cardinals pitch right-hander
Bob Gibson, Willie McCovey
will be , back , at first base;
Charlie Hlller at second and
Tom Haller behind the plate.
That will also put Harvey
Kuenn back at third and Or
lando Cepeda into right field
Yesterday Dark started Jim
Davenport at third, Cepeda
at first, Kuenn in right field,
Jose Pagan at short, Bob
Schmidt catching and Joe Am
alfltano at second.
This outfit got only five
hits, -but it played flawlessly
in the field.
1 SPORTS 1
League Leaders
By United Press International
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Player a Club a
Moon, L.A. .. B
Gnill,, Phil 6
Cnsm.. st.L... B
Post, Cin B
Kaska, Cln. .... 8
Groat. Pitta... S
Sanla, Chi 7
Davli. L.A-.10
Hoak, Pllte 7
Bailey, Cln S
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Vrsls., Minn..
Mantle. N.Y. .. S
Tompl,, Clev... 6
Kallne, Det. .. S
Alteon, Mtnn 6
Hunt, L.A. ... s
Boroi, Dot. .. 5
Landli. Chi. .. I
Phllllpi, Clev. t
Skowron, N.Y. 0
Pet,
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.330
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Dod-
; Virion,
Us.
Tm Glad to
Be Back in
Baseball"
tlx yean age, Leo Durocher
thought Hie game couldn't offer
hi any more; new he knows dif
ferently, and even a secondary
eh brings back thai famous old
fire. Don't miss Joseph Bell's ipe
eiol feature on lea in the
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Home Rum
NKUODAi ii i u Moon,
u, uueiivsi i vni u a, i
Cnrdi, 4; Coleman. Redi, 3;
Pirated, 3.
American Liaiu e M anil.
Yanks, 3: Allium. Twin., 3; Ste
ven, White Box, 2; Kluuewakl, An
lela, 3; (,30 player tied with 1
each). - - ,
Rum Batted In
National I.eacue Spencer,
Cards, 11: Moon, Dodgers, 11; Post,
Redi, 0; T. Davli, Dodjcers.fl; Vlr
don, Pirates, 7; Coleman, Reds, 7;
Boyer, Cards, 7.
American Lraxue Allison,
Twins. 11; Mantle. Yanks, B: Klus
sewskl, Angels, 6; Boros, Tlgera,
6; Francona, Indians, S; Versalles,
Twins, S; Cash, Tigers, 5; Kallne,
Grarid Slam Homer '
Swatted in Grade
School Baseball
A grand slam home run and
last inning splurges for vic
tory highlighted Medford dis
trict grade school baseball
yesterday. ,
Denzll Carney swatted the
four-mast round tripper for
Griffin Creek in its 13 to
win over Oak Grove. Griffin
Creek was helped by 12 hits
and 13 Grover miscues. Pat
Redding hit three for four for
Griffin Creek.
hone Pine won over Ruch
0 to 8 with two runs and none
out in the last inning; Clark
walked and scored on Randy
Moyer's double. Moyer stole
third and broke up the game
by scoring on a passed ball.
Dale Scrivner, playing his
first game, homered and
doubled for Lone Pine.
Weigand Triples
In the final Inning of action
Hoover got a run for a 3 to
2 nod over Roosevelt and re
mained unbeaten in five
games. Doug Johanson was hit
by a pitch and Mark Weleand
tripled him home with no one
out.
Lincoln won 14 to 4 to hand
West Side its first setback In
league play. Ralph Grlndstaff
had two of Lincoln's five hits.
Eight bases on balls, three hit
batters, three hits and one
error got Lincoln's markers In
one inning.
Washington got five runs in
one inning on an error, two
hits, three walks and a hit
batter to beat Jefferson 7 In A
vteni siae a 2 4 3
Lincoln (14114 9
tained the National league
lead despite the defeat. The
Chicago Cubs blankd th Pitts
burgh Pirates, 3-0; Milwaukee
beat Philadelphia, 7-6, in 11
innings and the St. Louis Card
inals beat the Los Angeles
Dodgers, 11-2 in other NL
games.
Homers Pace Chisoic
Roy Sievers, Jim Landis and
Al Smith each hit homers to
lead the White Sox to their
victory over the Senators.
Early . Wynn scattered' nine
hits for his first triumph of
the season and the 285th of
his major league career. Loser
Hal Woodeshick gave up
seven of Chicago's 11 hits in
the five innings he worked.
Frank Lary won his second
straight game for the Tigers
with an eight-hit effort against
the Indians. Detroit nicked
loser Gary Bell for four runs
in the first Inning, and after
the Indians rallied for three
runs in the fourth Norm Cash
pulled the Tigers away with a
three-run homer in the fifth
Southpaw Mike McCormick
hurled a four-hitter in the
Giants' victory over the Reds.
The 22-year-old McCormick
had a string of 17 scoreless In
nings before Cincinnati got to
him for a run in the ninth.
The Giants scored single runs
off Jim O'Toole in the second
and third innings, both runs
coming across on infield outs,
LINB8CORES:
National Learue
St. Louis .... 002 123 03011 17
Los Anselea 000 200 000 2 0
Simmons. Miller (7t and H.
Smith, Williams. Golden (6). Palm-
aulst I7t and N. Sherry. Camlllf
(a), winner Simmons (l-ui. looser
wimama k apencer a,
c, smitn, Boyer. ,
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Phila 002 040 000 00 8 16 S
Burdette. Morehead (5). McKen-
zle (8), McMahon (9), Plche (10)
and Crandall, Lau (8). Green, Fer
rarese (fit. Farrell (9). Lehman ffl).
Buzhardt (10) and Dairy mple. Win
ner Plche (1-0). Loser Buzhardt
(u-u. tin jjairympie, ttoaun.
Chicago 001 100 1003 10 1
Pittsburgh' .. 000 000 0000 6 0
Hobble (1-1) and Bertell. Gibbon.
Labine (9) and H. Smith. Loser
Gibbon (1-1).
Cincinnati .. 000 000 0011 4 0
San Fran 011 000 OOx 2 5 0
O'Toole. JMunn (8) and Bailey,
McCormick (2-1) and Schmidt.
Loser O'Toole (1-2).
American League
(1st came)
Los Angeles.. 010 Oil 0115 8 1
New York .. 200 030 02X 7 8 0
Grba. Moeller (7). cievencer (8)
and Rice, Sadowski (S), Averill (7).
Ditmar. Stafford , (8) and Berra.
Winner Ditmar (1-0). Loser
Grba (1-1). HR Mantle 2, Wag
ner.
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pawson (1) and Culbe'rtson; Curl!
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Waldron Sanrir r.rn t
nmiHawuiUl,
Jefferson .....011 24 2 1
Washington SU x 7 3 3
Hale. Barnes (3) and Hess;
Htckey, Garrett (3) and Landis.
Rch 102 418 4 2
Lone Pine ,.403 028 8 3
Ramsey, Rametu (4) and Rogers;
Jahn and Moyer. .
Wilson .i.iRi4i .1 n
Jackson 020 2 0 7
Johnson, Hackworth (3) and T,
Zlmmerlee: Owen. Beaoh m mt
Jones. Owens (1).
4 0
3 0
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Roosevelt 200 002
Hoover 200 01 3
Rudy and Polski: Brooks.
ver (3) and Cunningham.
(2nd same)
Los Angelea
100 001 0002 8 0
New York ....030 001 00x-4 7 0
carver. Kline iei ana luce. Ave
rill (6). Turley. Arroyo (8) and
Howard, wlnne r Turley (2-0)
Loser Garver (0-1). HR Hunt.
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Mclntire Favored
Over Store Partner
Pinehurst N. C. -fllPD- Brit
ish Amateur champion Bar
bara Mclntire was favored
over Judy Bell today In the
final of the annual North and
South Women's Amateur golf
championship.
The two finalists are close
friends and business partners
in a women's sporting apparel
firm.
Miss Mclntire gained an
easy 8 and 7 victory over Mrs.
Alex Welsh of Rockford, 111.,
in Thursday's . semifinals. But
Miss Bell had to go an extra
hole for the second straight
day to beat California Ama
teur champion Barbara Wil
liams of Richmond, - Calif.,
one-up.
UN Trot Race f
Yonkers, N. Y. (IfPS Su Mae
Lad's position among tfte
world's greatest trotters was
further strengthened today py
his courageous victory In the
$50,000 United Nations Trot.
The 7 - year - old gelding,
owned by I. W. Berkemeyer
of New Milford, N. J., showed
amazing speed and stamina in
nosing out Canada's Tie Silk
in the mile and one-half event
Thursday night at Yonkers
Raceway.
EXTRA BASE San Francisco Giants' Fe
lipe Alou gained an extra base on a hit
and run play against Cincinnati yesterday
in second inning at San Francisco. Catcher
Bob Schmidt hit to right field behind Alou
on first. Alou kept going to third and fielder
Wally Post threw to third baseman Gene
Freese. Alou dived into the bag head first
and this sequence shows result. Upper left,
Alou dives with outstretched hand as Freese
gets ball and puts his tag, upper right, on
runner while umpire Shag Crawford rules
safe. Lower left, Freese falls over backward
and even takes Crawford with him, lqwer
right, as ball rolls free.
(UPI Telephoto)
Chicago White Sox
Have Hitting Binge
By GENE BLUDEAU
United Preis International
Chicago-OIPD-What could be
rarer than . three Chicago
White Sox home runs and a
complete-game pitching vic-
Detroit 400 030 13011 0
Cleveland 000 300 001 4 8
Lary (2-0) and Brown. Bell,
Latman (6), Heman () ana ho
mana. Loaer BeU (0-2). HR Cash
Washington.. 001 000 0001 9 (
unicago zuu uuz uzx o ii j
Woodeshick. Sturdlvant (6). Kllpp.
tetn (B) and Dottcrer. Wynn (1-01
and Carreon. Lollar (7). Loser
Woodeshick (0-1). HR Sievers,
Landis, smltn.
Angels' Ed Yost
Injures Hand
Detroit-(UPD-The Los Ange
les Angels, in a last place tie
with Baltimore, met the De
troit Tigers today with Jerry
Casale and Don Mossl as op
posing moundsmen.
The Angels not only lost
both games to the Yankees
Thursday but. also lost the
services of Eddie Yost for at
least five days.
Yost suffered a hairline
fracture of a knuckle on his
right hand when hit by a
pitch In the ninth inning of
the first game.
ABC Dissolution
Sought by BPAA
Detroit iupu- As if members
of the American Bowling con-
gress weren't having enough
trouble trying to get good
scores in their annual tourna
ment, the organization itself
now faces a battle for Its very
existence in federal court.
The Bowling Proprietors'
Association of America
(BPAA) filed suit in federal
court in Chicago Thursday
seeking dissolution of the ABC
on the grounds it is an illegal
monopoly.
Frank K. Baker, executive
secretary of the ABC, had a
terse "no comment" when in
formed here of the suit.
I will have to study the
bill of particulars and know
more about the charges before
commenting," Baker said.
Cards Blast
Out 17 Hits
In 11-2 Win
By ALEX KAHN
Los Angeles -lUPD-The Cin
cinnati Reds, another of the
National league's sluggi n g
clubs tonleht make their first
Visit to the Coliseum to meet
the Los Angeles Dodeers. who
failed to match the hittinir
of the departed St. Louis
Cardinals Thursday night.
For the opener of the se
ries, southpaw Sandy Koufax,
0-1, was slated to oppose Jay
Hook, who has no record thus
far this season.
The Cardinals left town
with their greatest plate bar
rage of the season, collecting
17 hits against a trio of Dodg
er hurlers while chalking up
a jtx-a victory.-
Deleat Costly -
- The defeat was a costly one
lor tne Doagers, who lost the
services of catcher Norm
Sherry for a week or 10 days
with a bruised kidney. A poor
throw from outfielder Frank
Howard put Sherry out of po
sition to tag card pitcher Curt
Simmons as he was coming in
to the plate in the third in
ning.
About all manager Walt Al
ston had to cheer was the two
run homer hit by rookie third
baseman Charlie Smith in the
fourth to score all the Dodger
runs.
The Cardinals collected
three homers, shortstop Daryl
bpencer getting a pair with no
men on base and third base
man Ken Boyer hitting a two
run homer.
Although he didn't homer.
Cardinal second baseman Jul
ian Javier was a big man at
the plate, collecting three sin
gles and a double in five times
at bat.
Simmons scored the win in
his 350th National league
pitching appearance, although
Bob Miller hurled the final 2
23 Innings without giving up
a hit.
tory by Early Wynn all in
the same game? ,
"Nothing," said manager Al
Lopez in answer to that ques
tion. "This is the type of
thing managers mean when
they talk about playing up to
the potential." . '
Lopez summoned the .play
ers out for batting practice
after Tuesday's home-opener
loss to the Senators. But after
Thursday's whopping success,
he lightheartedly sipped a
beer.'.
Prospects, he admitted,
hadn't looked 'brighter in
more than a month.
"We haven't got any hitting
out of this club since about
a month ago back in Sara
sota," he said. "And no pitch
ing to speak of, either." -Second
Win
Thursday's 6-1 victory over
the Senators, in which five
runs were driven home on cir.
cult clouts by Roy Sievers,
Jim Landis and Al Smith, was
the second White Sox victory
In five games.
But it was significant, Lo
pez said, because:
Wynn's victory, his 285th
in the majors, marked the
first time a White Sox pitcher
had gone more than four in
nings this season.
Landis, normally a .200,
hitter until the second half
of the campaign, was already
belting the ball at .386 with
a home run, a triple and two
doubles. ' 1
. Minnie Minoso, whose
single hit in four previous
games was causing front .of
fice concern, looked . more
like his old self when he belt
ed . a pair of doubles and
scored a run.
Death Claims
Ex-Ring Champ
' New York (UPD Al Singer,
the "Bronx Beauty" who won
and lost the world lightweight
boxing championship within
four months, died Thursday at
the age of 51.
' Singer won the title at the
age of 20 when he knocked
out Sammy Mandell in the
first round at Yankee Stadium
on July 17, 1930.
Then, on Nov. 14 of the
same year, he was ;knocked
out by Tony Canzoneri in the
first round in their title bout
at Madison Square Garden.
MAY-5.67
Charles Bray ton
Picked by WSC
Pullman, Wash.-fllPD-Charles
Brayton, 35, head 'baseball
coach at Yakima Junior Col
lege, today was named to suc
ceed A. B, (Buck) Bailey as
head baseball coach at Wash
ington State university when
Bailey' retires after the end
of this season.
Bailey has been head WSU
mentor for 34 years. Brayton
played shortstop at Washing
ton State in 1047 and 1948.
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