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.)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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