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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1963)
Ralph Terry, Joe Combine Talents Pepitone for Yanks SECTION B PAGES 1 lo 8 By FRED DOWN UPI Sports Writer The New York Yankees wasted no time letting Amer ican league rivals know that Ralph Terry is as good as he looked in the World Scries and Joe Pepitone may be bet-1 ter than Joe DiMaggio pre- ' dieted. Put the two factors together j and thev -;noll ralamUu fn,- long-suffering American lea guers who arc hoping their majesties will lose the pen nant this year. The AL's "shirtless ones" had hoped (1) Yankee pitching might be vul nerable and (2) the Yanks had out - smarted themselves by trading first - baseman Bill Skowron to the Los Angeles Dodgers. But Terry and Pepitone threw plenty of cold water on those hopes Tuesday when the Yanks opened their season j with an 8-2 victory over the I Athletics in Kansas City. Even I the fact that the Athletics were all dolled up in their new gold and green uniforms wasn't enough to make 30.976 hometown fans confuse them with royalty. Terry, whu added two eran relief pitcher llovt Wil-1 Detroit vvoria bencs victories to his ncim, obtained in a winter MEDFORDdVTRIBUNB SPORTS wills Consults Vcaas HvDnotisr ... ' Maury 'sliding. And it paid off. Maury Vegas 1 says. Chicago -ITI- Little Wills consulted a La PEPITONE HOMERS Elston Howard (32), New York Yan kee catcher, greets Joe Pepitone, his first baseman team mate, at the plate after Pepitone hit his first homer Tuesday in NY's 8-2 victory over the Athletics at Kansas City, Mo. Pcplitonc hit another homer later. (UPI) MEUFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10. 196;t SL Hawks Even Series St. Louis - IUPD - The St. , through the hoop and Jerry Louis Hawks, behind their ! West added 28 to spearhead hangon 121-113 victory Tues- ll,c attack. day night over the Los An- j geles Lakers, forced the West ern Division playoff of the j National Baskelball Associa-j lion into a seventh a final I game Thursday. With Bob Pettit scoring 36 1 points and injured Cliff Ha- j gan adding 24. the Hawks were able to maintain com-: niand of the game until the I final minutes, after Charlie Vaughn. Hagan and rookie Zclmo Bcaty had fouled out. The Hawks opened up a 16-point spread, behind a 13 point outburst in the third quarter, but saw that melt away to only three as the Lakers made a strong come back attempt. Elgin Baylor fired 39 points He put me under hypnosis and told me that I wouldn't have any trouble with my legs. I could go and slide and run as long as I wanted to and perform as I wanted to, and I wouldn't have any problems." wins recalled he was con- hypnotist last winter to bol ster his legs through his mind and help the Los Angeles Dodger star who holds the record for stolen bases. Wills, whose 104 stolen bas-es last year set a major league mark, said todav he went to hypnotist Arthur El- ccrncd because I had a hemor lcn to guard against any "psy- rhage in my legs the last etiological feelings" which three weeks of the season and might inhibit his running and 1 1 didn't want any recurrence. HOCKEY WESTERN LEAGUE United Prns International Southern DlvUlon (2nd Round, Bett-of-srven) w i. ;ku Portland 1 1 ft g San Francaico 1 18 8 Tueiday's Results San Frsnelseo B, Portland 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE United Press International (Beit-of.Seven Einali) W. L. Toronto 1 0 Detroit o 1 Tuesday's Reiulls Toronto 4. Detroit 2 04H oio nun a i.i i Hcrbcrl. Jovce i2i Rimiann 11 -j-ij record in ivoz, pucnea i aeai wiui wie unoics, were me i uo. minnmc, lchm if... dumi n a six-hitter and walked only stars of the White Sox' vie- filiStUSSK one batter while Pepitone led Tory. Ward hit a three-run I Trandos. ward the Yankees' 13-hil attack homer in the White Sox' H York " () with two homers and u double. : yamc-winning four-run sev- j rUruuClty ooo oon on 2 t PeDitone is the 22-vearvold I cnlh-iiininn rallv anri WUhelrri Terry tl-'oi and Howard . Sccui. nMiwu .1,,, n.lth ik... SWfflF mi. rwener m, rcna innings of one-hit shutout re lief ball. Joe Cunningham homered and Rocky Colavito had three hits for Detroit. Ken McBride pitched a I four-hitter and struck out six and Brvii HR Pepitone I Emglan, Loser Secui m-l f. Howard. Bryan. Cleveland 010 200 200 3 fi 3 Minnesota ooi 200 0104 7 0 Grant d-0i and Romano Pas cual, Pleis (8), Moore i!l and Bat ley. Loser Paseual tO-l). HR Ro mano. L Green. Whitfield. Alvis. Held. Power. Boston 000 00O 100 I i 1 Los Angelei 000 040 oo 4 7 1 MonbOUquette, La ina be (Q) Ni chols 181 and Tillman McBride (10) and Rodgcrs, Loser Monbou- qucttc m-l 1. hr L Thomas, Vastrzeniski. free swinging first baseman who had a sensational homer streak early in last season but who eooled off to J39 and was farmed lo Richmond. His big gest booster is DiMaggio, who has assured Yankee brass that Pepitone will make the big ; for the Angels, who clobbered time this year. j Bill Monbouquette for all Pepitone hit the first pilch 1 their runs in the fifth inning, offered lo him for a homer Lee Thomas' three-run homer Tuesday and also homered in I was the big blow of the frame, the eighth inning. Elston Cari Yastrzcmski had two of Howard got a homer and Bob-j the Red Sox hits, including a by Richardson had a triple. 1 homered for the Sox and Gus Terry, meanwhile, breezed Triandos homered and Rocky ; Relays May Draw ovvcu tin u iii u 1 luuuiga oeiure (jolavito haa inrec nils 101 yielding solo homers in the Detroit. eighth and ninth to Bill Bry-1 Woodic Held, John Ro an and Chuck Esscgian. ' rnano, Max Alvis and Fred The Chicago While Sox got j Whitfield hit homers to pro an early dividend from their du,.c nil the Indians" runs off 19u"2 20 -game winner Camllo Paseual, Jim Grant pitched a seven-hitter for the Indians, raising his lifetime record against the Twins to 23-7. MH Girls Defeat DN Medford high girls' tennis team defeated Del Norte 4 to 3 al Crescent City, Calif., yes terday. Because of rain, the match was played in Kramer sets in the gymnasium. Medford won three of the five singles matches and di vided the doubles. The local girls were slated to go to Myrtle Creek today and may make up a rained out match with St. Mary's next Saturday. key winter trade In toppling the Detroit Tigers, 7-j. the Los Angeles Angels beat the Bos ton Red Sox, 4-1, and the Cleveland Indians shaded the Minnesota Twins, 5-4, in the other American League games. Rookie Pele Ward and vet- LtNESCORBs: Amrriran League Chicago 003 OOO 400 7 10 More Than 1,000 Eugene - UiPM - Officials es-I tlmated today that more than 1.000 Oregon and Southwest! Washington high school ath letes will compete in the 26th I annual Hayward Relays here I Friday and Saturday. The meet will be run in four divisions. The B and C schools compete Friday and the Metro politan and A schools Saturday. RESULTS: Slnjtlci Helen McNamara, DV. def Shareen Young. M. 8-3: Susie Jcppson. DN, def. Diane Paulson, Hi 10-8; Kalhy Smith, M. def. Marlon van dcr Bijl. DN. 8-2; San dra Irving. M. def Terry Renniek, DN. 8-1; Paula Lowery. M. def. Candy Fowler. DN. 8-3. 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