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
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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.
Doubles Renniek and McNa
mara def. Young and Paulson. 8-5:
Irving and Lowery def. van der
Bijl and Fowler. 8-1.
REDS OPTION PLAYER
Cincinnati - IIPH - Catcher
first baseman Don Pavlctich
was optioned to San Diego in
the Pacific Coast league by
the Cincinnati Reds Tuesday.
The move enabled the Reds to
reduce their roster lo 27
players. ,
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