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Newspaper Page Text12 A Major League Baseball Adcock, Triandos Impress In New Uniforms; SF Beaten By DICK JOYCE UPI Sports Writer Joe Adcock and Gus Trian dos - lone ball clouters who suffered disappointing lea sons in 1962 - appear to have gained a new lease on life with a change oi unuorms. Adcock. acquired by Cleve land from the Milwaukee Braves, hit a pair of three-run homers In leading the Indians to an 11-3 exhibition victory over the Houston Colts Mon dav. Triandos. obtained from the Baltimore Orioles, wal loped a homer and drove home four runs In the Detroit Tigers' 17-3 triumph over the Washington Senators. The 34-year-old Adcock, a hard-hitting National league first baseman for 13 seasons, sliDDed to a .248 batting aver age last year, far below his lifetime .282 mark, nowever, Joe belted 29 homers and drove in 78 runs in 1962 so Cleveland Manager Birdie Tebbetts. who managed Mil waukee last year, thought enough of Adcock to take him along to Cleveland. Suffered Injured Hand Triandos,. who spent most of the last 4'4 seasons trying to catch Hoyt Wilhelm's elus ive knuckleballs, got into only 66 games last season, hitting .159, because of an injured hand - the result of a Wilhelm pitch. The 32-year-old Triandos, who has three times tied the major league record of four passed balls in a game, was never happier when traded and may take the No. 1 back stop job over Mike Roarke and rookie Bill Freehan. Another disappoint m e n t last year, third baseman Bub ba Phillips, who batted only .258 for Cleveland, rapped five hits for Detroit Monday as the Tigers pounded out 17 hits while Phil Regan and Dick Egan held the Senators to four hits. Cubs Beat Angels In other games, the Chicago Angels Enter 1963 Slate With Almost Same Aggregation (This is the eighth of 20 dispatches on the 1963 proi peels of major league base' ball clubi.) By SCOTT BAILLIE Palm Springs, Calif.- (UPD - The Los Angeles Angels enter the 1963 season sporting prac tically the same club that amazed the American league last year with a third-place finish after coming home eighth in their '62 maiden voyage. And the Angels were com paratively idle at the trading post this winter following a furious year of bartering which saw General Manager Fred Hancy swing more than 40 deals involving 54 players. However, manager Bill Rig ney declares, "If we didn't deal away gus like Leon Wagner, Lee Thomas, Ken McBride and Dan Osinski -then we were guilty of stand ing still." Those four men figure largely in plans to prove the rise of "Rlgney's marvels" from eighth to third place wasn't a fluke. "We finished a little ahead of schedule last year," Rig ney says. "Now our problem is to do as well as last season. And we know that the other clubs really will be laying for us." Pitching, Outfield Strong The outfield and pitching arc regarded as the club's strong points. But Rigncy would like to acquire another left-handed luirlcr. Back in left field will be ner, who hit 37 home runs last year and drove in 107 base runners while hitting a potent .268. The Angels' oth er "crasher is first baseman outfielder Lee Thomas who hit .290, belted 26 homers and knocked in 104 runs The rest of the outfield has diminutive Alble Pearson In center and Kent Hunt or George Thomas In right. Hunt led the Angels with 25 homers and 84 runs-batted in during the 1961 season but appeared In only 13 games late last year after dislocat ing a shoulder. Hignry feels that he has three potential 20-gninc win ners In McBride (11-5), Dean Chance (14-10) and Bo Bclln skv (10-11), the left-handed BRILL METAL WORKS Commflrcullnduitrisl Rttidenlial Shttt Mtlst Work StiinUii, Gilviniifld and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE 772.6660 TUE8DAY. MARCH 28, 1963 Roundup fluhs raked Bo Belinsky and whipped the Los Angeles An gels, 7-4; Jim Hicxmans nui inning homer earned the New York Mets a 4-3 victory over the Braves; the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Chicago White Sox, 4-3; the Kansas City Athletics routed the Cin cinnati Reds, 11-4; the New York Yankees tripped the Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-2; Paul Brown pitched a six-hit, 2-0 victory for the Philadelphia Phillies over the Minnesota Twins; the Baltimore Orioles nipped the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-4, and the Boston Red Sox stopped the San Francisco r.iants. 4-2 The Giants, losers of 10 of their past dozen spring train ing efforts, hoped to get back on the win track today when they hosted the Los Angeles Angels. They dropped another Mon day thanks to a bag-jammed double by Frank Malzone of the Bosox in the sixth. But even in defeat, a few Giants looked good. Jack San ford continued his steady hurling and Jim Davenport and Ernie Bowman their rip roaring batting. Sanford, winner of 24 con tests last season, gave up four hits and one unearned run in five innings of work. He has an 0.62 earned run average over 13 innings of spring tossing. Don Larsen then took over and eave uo the three -run double to Malzone that spell ed defeat for San Francisco. Davenport, his left thumb tightly wrapped to cushion an injury, hit his first homer in the second and it was as long a blast as the hotshot third sacker has ever hit. It sailed over the left center field fence at the 417-foot mark. Bowman walked and sin gled twice. He is now hitting an eye - popping .833 this spring. Manager Alvin Dark left power guys Willie Mays and night owl who threw a no- hitter against Baltimore last season. Seeks Fourth Starter Don Lee (8-8) is regarded as another right-handed start er while two former stars- Bob Turlcy (3-3) with the Yankees last year and Sam Jones (2-4) at Detroit are looking for jobs. The key man in the bull pen last season was Osinski (6-4), backed by lefty Jack Spring (5-2). Ryne Duron, who was 2-9, bainly In re lief, has been sold to Phil adelphia. In addition to Lee Thomas at first base, the rest of the infield appears to be set with Billy Morran at second and Jim Fregosi at shortstop. At third it could be Felix Tor res, a right-hunded longball hitler, or Tom Sapriano. Rigney has solid utility help in Joe Koppe, who can play second, short or third. Behind the plate is Bob Rodgers, a Ralph Ilouk-type, who caught 150 games last season and placed second in the balloting for the Ameri can League rookie of the year. Backing him Is Ed Sadow ski, a capable veteran. But a big question is whether switch-hitting Rodgers can carry such a load again. And even bigger is whether the Angels can handle a league that may have taken them too lightly last year. Chicago Zephyrs Move To Baltimore Baltimore, Mc'. - Writ - The Chicago Zephyrs, organized as a new franchise in the Na tional Basketball association two years ago, were trans ferred to Baltimore Monday. The Baltimore civic center commission announced that Dave Trager, president of the Zephyrs has agreed to sign a five-year lease to play in the city's new $14.5 million civic center. I LAM PORTS Medford's Most Popular Sporting Goods Store 226 East Baseball PHONE Willie McCovey back in Phoe nix to hit a few and relax a lot, so the Giants had another excuse for the defeat. Trouble is this spring that the Giants have usually had good excuses for their defeats, but would rather pick up a few more wins instead. Their spring record stands at 6-11, third worst in the majors. $10 Offered In Fast Gun Draw Match It will be worth $10 to anyone who can outdraw Jack Dalton in a fast draw gun match at the Mcdford armory Thursday night. Promoter fillon Owen said he would post that amount for the winner if anyone in the audience wishes to challenge Dalton to a contest. Dalton also said he would match any amount his challenger might wish to wager on the outcome. Dalton, who meets Cowboy Bob Boyer in the semi-wind-up of Owen's all-star wres tling card, claims to have the fastest gun draw in the coun try. Boyer might not be able to outdraw Dalton but he will give the long-haired tough guy a busy evening during their 45 minute match, slated for two out of three falls. Seeks Chompionship Rocky Columbo will go fter Wild Bill Savage's coast junior heavyweight champion ship in the main event, sched uled for an hour or the best of three spills. Jim Dalton, Jack s younger brother, tests flashy Ricky Hunter in the one-fall opener, due on the mat at 8:15 p.m. Armory doors will open an hour earlier. Ringside reserved seat tic kets are on sale at Lamport's Sporting Foods store in Med lar d. Baseball MONDAY EXHIBITION KKKUI,Tg By United Press Internationa. (At Clearwater, Fla.) Minnesota ... 000 000 0000 fl 2 PhilHdclphia 010 000 lOx 2 7 I StiKman. BonikowBki (B, and Zimmerman. Drown and Oldis. Loaer Sigman. HR R. Allen. li vero iseacn, r ia. N. York (A) 000 311 0005 10 0 Lj. AllR. (IV) UIJU UUO UZQ O I Daley, Brown (4), Rcniff (8) and Blanchnrd. Dryadale, Roebuck (7, Scott (91 and Camllll, Brum Icy ( 7 . Winner Daley. Loser Drysdale. (At Sara o (a, Fla.) St. Louis 100 000 0124 7 0 Chicago (At 000 001 0203 11 0 Washburn. Sadecki 17). Olivo (9) and Oliver. Snwaukl (7). Baumann, Johnson 16), Phillips (9t and Lol Inr. Winner Sadecki. Loser Phil lips. Hits Cunningham, Nicholson. (At Tampa, Kin.) Kansas City 101 040 04111 1 ft 0 Cincinnati 200 100 001 4 10 1 PI liter. Wvatt (7) and Brvan. A7.C11C (HI. Tsliourls, Henry 0i, Minor (in ana mi warns, winner PfiBler. Loser Tsitouris. (At Ft. Myers. Fla., (10 InulnRsi Haiiinioro 000 003 100 1 a 10 2 Pitts 0120 100 010 04 (1 2 McCormlck. Burnside (3i, Short (9). Stone (B) and Orslno. Card well. Studivant (81 and Ptijtllnronl. w inner Mone. Loser fa tu r divan I. Hit uoss (At Pom pa no Heart, , Ft a.) Detroit .. 030 331 04317 17 1 Washington 000 200 100 3 3 2 Rcbhii. Euan i7t and Triandos. D:iniclfi, Bairn (5, Baker (H and nrmuitii. winner Kexan. Loser Daniels. HR Triandos, Osborne, Goldy, Kostro. (At Re. Petersburg, Kla.) (11 innlngsi Milw. .100 Oil 000 003 8 1 N Y t N r 000 000 210 014 II 3 Spnhn. CunstHhle 7., Funk (8). White UOt mid Crandall. Torre Hit. Rowc, Kucks tOi. Heed 181. Haw kins Mil and Sherry. Winner Hi. u kuis Loser White. HK Hick man. (At Mrw, Arlf.) l.os Aug. iAt OHO 210 1004 f 2 Chicago (Nl 003 010 Ux 7 14 2 Uclimky. Giba itii and K Sn.sow ski. Jackson. Schultr t8, and Uer tell Winner Jackson. Lose r Urba. Hll Decs, Santo, Banks. (At SrKI(lalr, Arid San Kran 00 1 iioo 010 3 7 1 Ui.nn 010 003 00X 4 9 0 Sjmford. Larsr-n tS and Hallr-v. Strphnuon, Rattati and Till, man. Winner Knriati. Lout Lar .cil. HR Uavenpurt. ( l Tnrtiin, Arlr.l Hini'ton 001 aiHJ POO 3 S 1 Cleveland 003 034 10 11 13 0 Hrm-e. nruntt trti. Du'k.on iSl anil Campbell. Slehrrt. Perry l3i. Nisi-hwiU i!)l and Romano. Win ner 1'erry. Loaer Bruce. HR Adeoek 2. Main Street Shoes 772 - 6815 MEDFOHD MEDFORDeJSi&sTBIBUNB sipaDHftirs Kansas City Needs A Good Left-Handed Pitcher, Says Lopat Editor's note: This is the ninth of 20 dispatches on the 1963 prospects of the major league baseball teams. By LEO H. PETERSEN UPI Sports Editor Bradenton, Fla. - IUPD - A solid infield, fair outfield and young, promising pitching staff short of left handers. That's the 1963 prospects of the Kansas City Athletics in their first season under their new manager, Ed Lopat. It is ironic that Lopat, one of the fine left handed pitch ers of his major league days, should take over a club that lacks southpaw hurling. "And you don't win pen nants without it," he observ ed. The only established left hander he has is Ted Bows field, who was 9-8 with the Angels last season. "We're hoping to come up with a couple of others, either through trades or the develop ment of our youngsters," Lo pat explained. But whenever other clubs mention trade with the Athletics they ask for either first baseman Norm Siebern or second baseman Jerry Lumpe. Guts of Club 'And we are not about to let them go because the in field is the guts of our ball club with Siebern and Lumpe the stickouts," Lopat said. Un fortunately, it looks like the A's young left handed pitch ing prospects are at least a year away. Except for that pitching de ficiency, Lopat is fairly well satisfied with his club. He would like to obtain a right handed power hitter to bat between Lumpe and Siebern. The club made a pitch for Frank Thomas of the Mets, but when the Mets asked for Siebern the A's lost their in terest in Thomas. With Siebern hitting .308 and Lumpe .301 last season the A's came up with one ot the best hitting infields in the league, Siebern hit 25 home runs and drove in 117 runs while Lumpe had 10 homers with 83 RBIs. Ed Charles, In his rookie year at third base, batted .288 with 17 homers and 74 RBIs while shortstop Dick Howser, handicapped with a hand in jury which kept him on the bench half the season, hit only .238 with six homers and 34 RBIs. But he has been a better hitter than that in the past and Lopat expects him to do a lot better at the plate this coming season. No. 1 Utility Infieldor Wayne Causey, who has been looking extra well In spring exhibition games, will be the No. 1 utility infielder. For the outfield, Lopat can go with his best defensive trio of Gino Cimoli, Bobby Del Gre co and Jose Tartabull or his best hitting trio of Manny Ji menez, George Alusik and Chuck Essegian. Jimenez, who led the league in batting for the first part of 19(12, wound up with a .301 average with 11 HRs and 69 RBIs. A rookie, John Wojick, who batted .302 with the A's late last season after being called up from Albuquerque, has a chance of making the outfield. The catching will be han dled by holdovers Joe Azcue and Haywood Sullivan and rookie Bill Bryan. Brynn, who IT'S WELL TO 6R.IN& UP OUR CHILDREN SO OTHEKS WILL LIKE THEM BES IDES YOURSELF Wa Mjka Sjturdav Deliveries at Only a Sliqht Extra Charge Prompt Courteous Scrvica lis MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON hit .293 at Albuquerque last year, could win the first string job. Sullivan hit only .248 while Azcue was still lower at .229. Coming Bullpen Ace For starting pitchers along with Bowsfield, Lopat has Ed Rakow, 14-17; Dave Wicker- sham, 11-4; Bill Fisher, 4-12; Dan Pfister, 4-14, and Diego Segui, 8-5. And for relief there is John Wyatt, 10-7, whom many re gard as the coming bullpen ace of the league. Then there are Orlando Pena, 8-4, and rookies Jose Santiago, a 16-game winner at Albuquerque last season, and Dave Theis, who was 2-4 at Portland. The only trouble is mat all are right handers except Bowsfield. Lopat feels that in Wicker- sham, Rakow and Pfister he might have three of the lead ing right handers in the league. Wickersham was hurt some of the season, Rakow was the workhorse of the staff and Pfister pitched bet ter Dan than his record show ed. Last season the A's finished ninth. Lopat is confident they will climb a couple of notches this year, especially if he can come up with some more left handed pitching. Baker1 Won't Play In Game Corvallis - IUPD - Oregon State's Terry Baker will pass up the first coaches East-West all-star basketball game at Lexington, Ky., Saturday, it was announced Monday. Baker was the first West player selected for the game. OSU Coach Slats Gill said Baker was exhausted from six months of competition in both football and basketball, plus a number of awards, functions and personal appearances he has made since being named the top- collegiate football player in the country. Baker is expected. to sign a professional football con tract with the Los Angeles Rams this week. Gordon Martin of Southern California was picked to take Baker's place on the West team. Eagles Bill First Track Encounter Eagle Point - A close con test is anticipated here this Friday when the Eagle Point high track team opens its sea son with a dual meet against Illinois Valley. Meet time is 4 p.m. The Eagles also will vie Sat urday in the Ore-Cal relays at Southern Oregon college. Thirty-two boys are out for track at Eagle Point. Said Coach Vern Steward: "After a late start, the boys have started to work. We are inexperienced this year but the boys are very eager." There are six EP lettermen. They are Bob Bonner, Ed Hanscom and Len Hanson, shot put and discus; Sam Charters, hurdles and broad jump; Larry DeHaven, half mile and mile, and Bill Hoefft, javelin. On the squad are six sen iors, five juniors, seven spoho mores and 14 freshmen. METS RELEASE CERV St. Petershnrff. Fin mpn Veteran outfielder Bob Cerv was without a job today fol lowing his dismissal by the New York Mets. The former American League slugger. who was trying to catch on with the Mets, was advised Monday that he would not be given a contract. BIG mm FLEXIBILITY! The Daily Neivspaper Is the Flexible Medium for Pinning Down Sales PBA Tourney Portland In Big time bowline is defin itely set for Portland this Sep tember. Contracts were signed last weekend for a $20,500 Professional Bowlers Associ ation tournament called "The City of Roses open," to be held at 20th Century lanes here September 19-22; Top place' in the City of Roses open will be worth $3,000 plus an automobile add ed by local sponsors to some heavy hitting pro. Second place will pay $1,500, and third place will be worth $1,200 forthe three-day meet. Local bowling enthusiasts are virtually guaranteed that all of the big names of the PBA will make a Portland ap pearance for the City of Roses open as the prestigious BPAA National Doubles tournament is being held in Boise, Idaho, on September 15-18.. ' Such bowlers as Don Car ter, Ray Bluth, Dick Weber, PALMER CLOSING IN Dunedin, Fla. (UPD- Arnold Palmer earned $1,800 in the Doral Open Golf Tournament last week end to close in on leader Gary Player in the Pro fesional Golfers' Association money - winning standings. Player, who picked up $1,050 at Doral, still leads with earn ings of $23,502.50 this year, compared to Palmer's $23,-255.00. You are cordially invited to attend a of the Dewalt Power Tools WEDNESDAY EVENING, 7:30 at the Jackson House (Banquet Sponsored by PINES LUElHEl MEDFORD- Planned In September Billy Welu, Harry Smith, Joe Joseph, Billy Golembiewski (Billy G.), and Dick Hoover are seeded for the 1963 Na tional doubles and will auto matically roll in the City of noses open. Bertoia To Run In Statesman Salem - (UPI) - Washington State's Don Bertoia heads the list of competitors in the Statesman Mile in the 13th annual Willamette Relays Sat urday, it was announced Mon day. Bertola's best time for the event is 4:07. Also listed to compete in the mile run were Gary Baker of the Oregon State Rooks, Hillsboro High School's Wend all Cox, Portland's Pat Beck er and Pete Nichols, Jerry Leonard of Whitworth, Dale Swanson of Seattle Pacific, Dale Vanderbert of Linfield, Ken Moore of the Oregon Frosh and Bill Paterson of Montana State. HAWKS RECALL DEJORDY Chicago -IUPD- The Chicago Black Hawks have recalled Denis Dejordy from Buffalo to serve as a reserve goaltender in their first two National Hockey League playoff games against Detroit. rraHrHini Mir nrf STRATION Newspapers don't tie up the advertiser with rigid tim schedules or space limitations that weaken the impact nd effectiveness of his message. Newspapers offer crea tive nd physical flexibility. An advertiser can use a two page spread to tell detailed story or he can use a smaller space to say what h wants in fewer words, depending on his budget and his strategy. The physical flexibility of newspapers means ads can be scheduled quickly to take care of sudden selling opportunities. The daily newspaper it flexible enough to fit any advertising strategy. Post Sued For Libel Atlanta -IUPD- Former Uni versity of Georgia athletic di rector Wally Butts charged in a $10 million libel suit Mon day that the "sophisticated muckraking" of the Saturday Evening Post has ruined his 35-year football coaching' ca reer. Butts accused the magazine of "wilfully, maliciously and falsely" publishing an articla concerning him in the March 23 issue of the Post. The article, entitled "Tha Story of a College Football Fix," said an Atlanta insur ance man, George Burnett, ac cidentally overheard a Ions distance telephone conversa tion in which Butts gave val uable information to Alabama Coach Paul (Bear) Bryant be fore the 1962 Georgia-Alabama game. Both Butts and Bryant de nied the accusation. PHILS BUY KLIPPSTEIN Clearwater, Fla. -IUPD- Vet eran righthander Johnny Klippstein has been bought by the Philadelphia Phillies for an undisclosed sum from Cin cinnati. Phillie Manager Gena Mauch indicated the 35-year-old Klippstein would contin ue to be used as a middle-inning relief pitcher. 1 P.M. Room)