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Hitting Again Carries Baltimore To Triumph; Solons Bounce By MILTON RICHMAN United Preu International Strictly tor the birds! That's as good a way as any for summing up all those pre season calculations on . the hard-to-figure third place Bal timore Orioles. , Everyone agreed - even as tute Paul Richards - that Bal timore's pitching staff shaped up second to none. So far, however, it has shaped up more like a sad sack of po tatoes. There was also a rather gen eral agreement that obvious lack of hitting would keep the Orioles back. So far, that hit ting has been the only thing that has kept Baltimore up. Only five times in 24 games this season has an Oriole pitcher gone the full distance. Southpaw Steve Barber, who has done It twice, couldn't do It Thursday even though he jwas credited with his fourth victory in an 8-7 decision over the Minnesota Twins. The Orioles' hitting has been a bird of another feather, however. i i Orioles Batting Leaders '. Three Baltimore regulars -center fielder Jackie .Brandt, first baseman Jim Gentile and third baseman Brooks Robin son - are among the American league's top 10 hitters. Brandt is batting .371, Gentile .347 and Robinson .333. All three connected safely in Thurs day's triumph over the Twins. ! The Washington Senators beat the league-leading De troit Tigers, 8-4, in the only other major league action: . ; Gentile, who hit a pair of grand slam homers against the Twins last Tuesday continued to pick - on- them Thursday with a three-run double dur ing a . five-run fifth inning rally that put Baltimore in iront for keeps. Gentile's blow came off loser Camilo Pas- cual (2-3) and boosted the Viks Show Strength In Track Ashland - Southern Oregon college's Red Raider track. and field squad got its final tuneup before entering the Oregon Collegiate Conference meet In LaGrande on May 20 when it went to Klamath Falls for a dual meet with Oregon Tech today. This was the second 'meet this spring between the two conference rivals. SOC scored a decisive 108 to 23 win over the Owls earlier. Portland - Portland State's powerful Vikings will be fa vored to repeat as Oregon Collegiate conference track and field champions May 20 in La Grande on the basis of top performances compiled from meets this spring. ' Coach Ralph Davis' PSC cinder team owns 10 best ef forts, including half of a four- way tie in the pole vault, eight seconds and four thirds. Closest to the Viks are the Red Raiders of Southern Ore gon with three of firsts, seven seconds and a pair of thirds, Oregon College of Education owns two firsts and the other half share of the pole vault, one second and seven thirds. OCC season bests . are: 100 Doyle Bransom, John Abraham, PSC. White. PSC. 10.1. soc. 9.7, ' 10.0; B1U 220 Abraham, PSC, 22.1-w; Bransom, SOC, 22.2: Dave Kromer, OCE. 22.8. 440 SUn Miller, PSC, 49.9: jay Hill, rsi;, ao.o; ora Bannister, SOC. 91.0. 880 Hill. PSC, 1:58.0: Harold Haugen, soc, 2:00.7; Byron Arthur, PSC. 2:00.9. Mile Tim Small. PSC. 4:22.1: Jay Hill, PSC, 428.0: Joe Damlano. uuei, 4:31.8. Two-mile Small. PSC. 9:40.4 Tom Cook, PSC, 9:59.1; Terry Boat man. SOC. 10:04.1. Mile relay PorUand State (Ab raham, Arthur. Hill, Miller) 3:23.9-n; Southern Oregon (Bannis ter, Graham, Swingle, Bransom) 3:27.8; Oregon College (CuUforth, Ladd, Kromer, Wolf) 3:37.4. - Low hurdles Miller. PSC. 24.8-: Howard Hartman, SOCt 25 0. Doug Cutsforth. OCE. 26.1. High hurdles Cutsforth, OCE, la.s; riariman. io.d; noy re, trnnn. OCE 16.9. Pole vault Art Morland, and 3im Cochran, both of PSC: Colin Morse and Toby Wolf, both of OCE; all 12-0. High Jump Tom Lee, PSC, 0-3U: Stan Miller and Jim Coch ran, both of PSC, -0. Broad tump Wolf, OC7, 22-2: Bransom, SOC, 21-11; Roy Cox, PSC. 21-10. Discus Len Dobry, SOC, 139 lai; Loren Remy, PSC, 133-1; Norm Johns, OTI. 131-10. J a v e 1 1 n Don Korth, SOC 1118-5: Miller, PSC, 184-3; Cochran. PSC, 18B-6!,. Shot put Remy, PSC, 48-1; Dobry, SOC. 47-3; Jim Madden, OTI, 47-0 Himsl Returns To Cubs' Helm Chicago -(UPD- Vedie Himsl has been booked for a return engagement as head coach of the Chicago Cubs. Himsl, one of 10 Cub coaches, was appointed to the top Job Thursday for the second time this season, re placing Harry Craft who will take over the San Antonio farm club. The bespectacled Himsl, a nltchin specialist, was head coach of the Cubs for the first two weeks of the season wnen thev compiled a 5-6 record. Under Craft, the Cubs have lost eight of 12, Including their last six games, Oriole first baseman's RBI total to 33-tops in the majors. Walks Winning Run Minnesota reliever Paul Giel gave up what proved to be the winning run in the eighth inning when he walked Ron Hansen with the bases full. Barber, who struck out six and walked three in 5 23 innings, was nicked for eight of the Twins' 14 hits, includ ing a homer by Don Mincher in the fifth. Knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm took over for Barber and allowed six hits and Minnesota's final run. Tacomans Shellack Portlanders By RAYMOND L. ANDREWS United Press nternational Now that rocking chairs are back in fashion, Gaylord Per ry, Tacoma pitcher, could have, used one in Thursday night's Pacific Coast league action. - Perry had nothing but a breeze as he pitched a five hitter and goth three homers from his teammates, one of tnem a grandslammer, as the Giants blanked Portland 11-0. Salt Lake City took Spo kane 8-6, Seattle topped Ha waii 4-2 and San Diego and Vancouver split in other ac tion. Vancouver won the opener 7-2 but the Padres came back with a 5-1 victory in the second game. - ' Dick Phiilips got Perry one run with a solo nomer in the fourth and the Giants added two more in the sixth without the benefit of a hit as Port land made four bobbles. But the inning that really made Perry's job easy was the eighth when the Giants scored eight times. Manny Mota powered a solo homer during the frame and the big smash was the grand slam homer by Tony Frulio. ' Portland - made a mild threat in the ninth but a double play with two aboard ended tnat. LINESCORES: salt Lake . 000 601 0108 7 0 Spokane 211 000 1106 8 0 bhipley, Fazekas (3) and Grace; Reed, Bessent (4) Valdes (7) Gial iombardo (8) and Friol. WP Fazekas. LP Reed. PorUand ..000 000 000 0 5 5 Tacoma 000 102 08x 11 10 0 Nelson, Podblelan (8) and Schaf fer; Perry and Orslno. WP Perry. LP Nelson. ' Hawaii .010 000 100 a 13 0 Seattle 000 002 llx 4 8 0 Grant, Stabelfeld (7) Giggle (8) and Parks, Laskett (81; Cisco, Earley (7) Radatz (8) Borland 10) and Tillman. WP Earley. LP Grant (1st game 1 7 Innings) San Diego 000 002 02 2 0 Vancouver 000 061 x 7 8 1 Barnes, Drapo (S) Hoerner (6) and Napier; Ream and White. WP Rehm. LP Barnes. (2nd game) San Diego ....001 000 1033 13 Vancouver ....010 000 000 1 7 Peters and Retzer; Singleton, Abernathy (9) and Azcue. WP Peters. LP Singleton. . STANDINGS MEW0iuVSfeTRIBUNB United Press International AMERICAN LEAGUE W V Pet. GB Detroit 18 7 .720 , New York 14 8 .636 a'.i Baltimore 13 11 542 4V4 Cleveland 12 11 .522 S Minnesota 12 12 JS00 5',i Kansas City '9 10 .474 6 Boston 9 12 .429 7 Los Angelea 9 13 .409 7',i Washington 10 IS 385 8, Chicago 8 14 .364 8,a Thursday's Results Washlnaton 9. Detroit 4 BalUmore 8, Minnesota 7 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L San Francisco . IS 8 Los Angeles ...... 18 11 Cincinnati - 14 10 Pittsburgh 12 10 Milwaukee 10 10 St. Louis 10 11 Chicago - 9 14 Pet .652 .593 583 .543 .500 .476 J!)1 250 Philadelphia in Thursday's Results No games scheduled PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W L Prt Seattle 17 I .739 7 .650 Vancouver ... u Tacoma .... B 11 300 .478 .474 .417 .3B1 364 Spokane ... Portland Hawaii San Diego Salt Lake Thursday's Results Vsncouver 7. San Diego J I Mmfl San Diego S. Vancouver 1 (2nd game) Salt Lake City 8. Spokane 8 Seattle 4. Hawaii 2 Tacoma 11, Portland 0 NORTHWEST LEAGUE W L Salem 8 4 Yakima Lewlston 7 7 Tri-Clty 7 8 Wenatchea . . 6 1 Eugene - 3 7 Pet. .868 .571 .500 .467 .462 300 Thursday's Resulte Lewnlon 3. Salem 1 (1st game) Salem 10, Lewlston 2 (2nd game) Trl-Cltv 2, Yakima 0 Wenatche at Eugene (ppd.) Poison Oak? Try Bottle of ZEMACOL Yen mutt b satisfied at your mtntT cheerfully refund!. Get kettle tedty WISTERN THRIFT The victory gave the Ori oles undisputed possession of third place and moved them within two games of the second-place New York Yankees, who are Vh games in back of the Tigers. The Tigers, who . open a four -game series with the Yankees at New York tonight, ran into a barrage of homers by the Senators Thursday. Hits Grand Slam Billy Klaus hit a . grand slam homer during a six-run fifth inning rally and Gene Woodling also connected in the same frame with one on. Heath Suspends Island Players Seattle- IUPD -Tommy Heath, field manager of the Hawaiian Islanders of the Pacific Coast league announced Thursday night the indefinite suspen sion of two pitchers involved in a traffic accident early Thursday. Thomas H. Baker III, 27, and Theodore Thiem, 24, will be suspended without pay, Heath said. A car carrying the two pitchers and airline stew ardess Judith Johnson, 27, glanced off a bus, clipped a station wagon, tore through a guard railing and plunged 25 feet onto railroad tracks be low the street level. All three were taken to King County hospital. Miss Johnson suffered head bruises as well as a leg fracture. Bak er had bruises and a cut ear and Thiem had a cut behind his ear. ALASKA COACH Fairbanks, Alaska - IUPD -Allan W. Ordway, a former professional football player with the Philadelphia Eagles, has been named head foot ball coach at the University of Alaska. and that's the car more people are bwjing!) The wish-I-had-a-Chevy season's here! Summer's in sight. Horizons are brightening. Vacation plans are percolating. It's the most rewarding time of the year to stop by and talk buy with your Chevrolet dealer. O And why not do more than just talk? Take a Jet-smooth Chevy out on the road. That wonderfully gentle ride you'll feel is what we're so proud of (Full Coil suspension and a chassisful of other road tamers are respon sible). Inspect the handy deep-well luggage compartment, the crank- f mis iij a; i.a9W. ML .i v ' See MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Tigers Dale Long led off the sixth with Washington's third hom er of the contest. . Marty Kutyna recorded his second victory without a de feat, holding the Tigers to four hits and one run over the last five innings after re lieving starter John Gabler. Detroit starter Bill Fisher was the loser. The Senators' victory help ed them move up to ninth place with a 10-16 record. Mickey Vernon's crew now is percentage points ahead of the Chicago White Sox who oc cupy the league basement with an 8-14 mark. lJNESCOItKS: . American League Washlngon ..0(H) 061 1108 11 0 ueiron ioi no ooo t 11 1 Gabler. Kutvna tSI anri Rreon Flicher. Agulrre (5). Donohue (6). Fox (8) and Brown. Winner Ku- lyna iz-uj. Lioser Fischer (O-l), HRj Klaui. Woodling. Virgil, Long. Baltimore ...000 250 010 8 9 O Minnesota ....002 013 010 7 14 5 Barber. Wilhelm (61 and Trlan doa. Pascual, Sadowskl (5). Kaat ioi. uiei if . t-ieis itfi. Moore 91 and Battey. Winner Barber (4-2). hub 1 1 ra Pascual (2-3). HR Min- cher. Warren Spahn Faces SF Again San Francisco - (UPD - War ren Spahn (3-2), who threw a no-hitter against San Fran cisco last month just before the first place Giants went on a rampage, faces them again tonight when the Milwaukee Braves check in for the open er of a three-game series. Sam Jones (3-1) is slated to face the 40-year-old left hander as the Giants open a nine-game home stand. Jones wasted a five-hitter and lost 1-0 in the game which saw Spahn silence the Giant bats. Sonny Ray Halts Floyd Palmer Portland, Ore. -(UPD Vet eran Sonny Ray of Chicago knocked out Portland's Floyd Palmer in 1:09 of the second round in a scheduled 10-round light heavyweight bout here Thursday night. Ray, who has met most of the top men in his division, scored the knockout with a right hook. The climate couldn't be better for buying a new ' the new Chevrolets at your local 9th at Bartlett LaVorante Scores KO Over Folley Los Angeles-IUPD-Alejandro LaVorante floored favored Zora Folley four times Thurs day night en route to a seventh-round knockout that may prove a shortcut to a heavyweight title fight. . It was LaVorante's 14th fight and his 11th via the kayo against one loss-that to onetime contender Roy Harris of Cut-And-Shoot, Tex. The victory stamped LaVo rante as perhaps the most im portant heavyweight to come out of South America since Luis (Angel) Firpo unsuccess fully challenged Jack Demp sey in 1923. Olympic Auditorium match makers George Parnassus and Cal Eaton promptly offered champion Floyd Patterson $500,000 to meet the' Argen tine boxer here this summer, Referee George Latka halt ed the fight at 35 seconds in the seventh round. The fight automatically is a knockout under California rules. . The fight was unusually dull until the sixth frame, with the fans stamping and clapping for action. LaVorante suddenly explod ed with a left-right combina tion that sent Folley down for a mandatory eight count. Fol ley arose on rubbery legs and immediately was floored again, this time by a right to the head, but was saved by the bell. Still wobbly at the start of the seventh, Folley caught a right to the jaw and dropped to the canvas again for anoth er eight count. Folley, of Chandler, Ariz., got up but was sent sprawling by a hard right hand for the fourth and final time. Out of Relays Corvallis (DPD Gary Sten lund, Oregon State javelin thrower, will not be able to compete in the West Coast Belays at Fresno Saturday be cause of a recent elbow oper ation. Coach Sam Bell said Sten lund may be ready for the California Relays May 27 at Modesto. Last year Stenlund was voted the outstanding performer at the Fresno meet. voted the COURTESY CHEVROLET Woods, Water, Wildlife By Hank DeVoss This should be the one week end when plenty of sal mon anglers revert to trout fishing with good cause. The rains of the last couple of days have muddied up the creeks-even the Applegate and Illinois are throwing mud -to the extent that lower riv er fishing for the mighty Chinook is at a standstill. If tilings clear up by the first of the week there ought to be some real hot fishing for some lucky guys who are there when the water starts to drop again. SNAGGERS AGAIN Every year about this time, it seems to coincide with the coming of those beautiful, sil very chinook salmon, there is a gradual appearing of those leftovers from some barbarian tribe known as the 'Salmon Snaggers'. These beings, for some strange atavistic reason, still believe that all salmon really belong to them and that it is their right to take as many as they can. Since they aren't able to catch a fish by any sporting method, they use large treble hooks on the end of very strong line and practically dredge the bottom of the liver where they think salmon are passing through, They manage to catch a few, but they also manage to rip the sides of many others that soon die of their wounds be fore they are able to spawn. NICE GUYS It seems to be very difficult to do anything about this situ ation because a snagger looks just like other people and ap pears to be a nice guy in oth er ways. People find it hard to tell an otherwise likeable person that they don't like what he is doing when he is Portland (UPD Portland State blasted four home runs -two by Don Lowry-to rout Oregon College of Education 11-1 in an Oregon Collegiate conference baseball game here Thursday. The win, stretched the un beaten Vikings conference record to six straight. Jim Chambers and Dennis Heath also nomered lor fortiana State. operated vent windows, the Magic-Mirror finish, and all the other advantages of the finely .built Body by Fisher (none can match it in Chevrolet's field). Look over the full selection of models and compare the prices (18 Six and V8 Jet-smooth Chevies are priced below com parable competitive models). D So now you know why more people are buying Chevies than any other make. Just one other thing check the sweet trade-in allowance your Chevrolet dealer can offer you now. See how easy it is to blossom out in a new Chevrolet? 1 ; s , . 'Based on comparison el manufacturers' suggested retail prices (Including Fedaral lai) lot modali with US' whealbin or above. The Impala Convertible and the new Conelletwo of SI models awaiting your pleasure at your Chevrolet dtaler't authorized Chevrolet dealer's One-Stop Shopping Center MEDFORD 77 blindly destroying that which belongs to all of us. And judges don't believe that the crime they commit is a seri ous one; even though a small fine lets a snagger laugh at the law and helps convince others that stealing is profit able. WATCH THEM Those who are curious and wish to observe this particu lar type of human in action might be rewarded by going down to the river just below Savage Rapids dam. The word is that they were out in large numbers last Sunday after noon just above Pierce riffle. They are easily spotted by the very large hooks they use and by the devious methods used to get the weight as close to the hook as possible. Since Oregon law states that the weight must be at least 18 inches above the hook, it shouldn't be too hard to iden tify most of them. Watch for those who use spoons with oversiie treble hooks attach ed. This is how the above law is evaded. Since the law seems to have little effect on snaggers, perhaps we might try publicity and direct pub lic opinion. And then too, per haps witnesses might improve legal action. . - i THE ANGLERS LOG The weather certainly has been on the side of the fish for the fiast couple of weeks. It's surpris ng how easily the spirits of trout fishermen are dampened when the dew gets a bit heavy. Maybe we are getting too used to the creature comforts that we are taught to think we need. Some of us need a trailer to carry all the fear we think is necessary to a Ishing trip, but it's hard to deny how pleasant it makea the trip. Fish Lake Has been slow only because there have been few fish ermen. Those who have braved SPECIAL TIRE SALE Tonight 6 to 9 p.m. PRICES DRASTICALLY REDUCED FOR THIS SALE FIRESTONE STORES 214 South Riverside mvm FRIDAY. MAY 12. the rain and occasional snow have limited out fairly .quickly with catching doesn't seem to matter to the fish. Howard Prairie Lota of Umite still coming out. Some are finding slim pickings, but not because there arent' any fish. More of the bigger fish are showing up now and are somewhat recovered from spawning. Klamath l ike Three boats were out Thursday and they all came back witn nsh. One boat had limit of five fish weighing from 2's to 7',i pounds. pounas. i ney were llfishing with worms caugnt Dy still near the mouth nf Harrtmon creek. The road is good and some cabins are available aa yet for summer reservations. Lake of the Woods Has the same difficulty of plenty of fish and few fishermen. Squaw Lakes May be hard to get into because of the hard rains In that area. Koad conditions should be checked before plans are act. Willow Creek Has been giving up limits of reasonably sized fish. A few kokanee are showing up and average about 11 Inchea. THE OPTIMIST'S CORNER Last year the salmon run had a large number of jacks in it. These were three year l TTTW Black and Charcoal Brown Sixes AAtoE $1695 9out4tot cutd Stccwvtt , The Corner Shoe Store Main and Central Modford i Phone SP 2-6115 1981 6 fish that were helped past Savage Rapids dam by the screens. This year we- will hope that there will be a largo number of four-year-olds that had the . same advantage These fish should weigh be tween IS and 20 pounds. May be the count will show it that way. ,, GOOD LUCK! ' , i j For Rent or Lease Ground Floor Office Space DOWNTOWN MEDFORD Helping Your Clients . and Answering ' Phone Included Phone Weekdays SP 3-8231 rRTVifwomr rids .... i TtTT TTxrrn s
