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ft mm - 8 C THURSDAY, APRIL 25. 18S3 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Balk Rulings Cause Violent Flareup in Red-Dodger Tilt United Praia International A widely-uaed four - letter word touched off the biggest rhubarb of the baseball season so far. The word was "balk" and It not only Caused Cincin nati pitcher Jim Owens to blow his top but also produced probably the most violent demonstration ever at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Owens hit the celling when three balks were called on him during the second inning of Wednesday night's game In which the Dodgers blanked the Reds 7-0. The Cincinnati right-hander was so incensed and argued so violently that he was eject ed from the game, but that was merely a prelude of what was to come. As the umpiring team head ed by Augie Donatelli sum moned another pitcher from the bullpen, the angry Reds threw helmets and towels on the field until Donatelli emp tied the Cincinnati bench. He told manager Fred Hutchin son he could bring in Cincin nati players from the club house as needed. Reliever John Tsitouris, tak ing his good sweet time, warmed up 10 minutes. All told, the game was delayed nearly 20 minutes while the 10,080 fans howled, partly In sympathy with the Reds, part ly against them and mostly against the umpires, who called a total of five balks In the game. Breaks National Record Owens' three balks In one inning broke the National league record and all but over shadowed a fine three-hit per formance by Dodger south paw Johnny Podres, who had one balk called against him also. With all the furor over the balk, three Dodger homers off Tsitouris were somewhat antlclimactlc. John Roseboro connected in the fourth, Ron Fairly belted a two-run homer in the fifth and Frank How ard also hit one in the same frame. Ir. less violent NL games, the Milwaukee Braves beat the Houston Colts, 4-3, the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 6-4, the St. Louis Cardinals took over first place with a 4-3 win over the San Francisco Giants, and the New York Mets blanked the Chicago Cubs 2-0. Spahn Wins Third Warren Spahn won h i s third game of the season and 330th of hit major league ca reer with a seven-hitter over the Colts, who suffered their fifth straight setback. Eddie Mathews and Mack Jones hit homers off loser Dick Farrell. Roberto Clcmcnte's two-run double broke a seventh inning tie between the Pirates and Phillies and helped Bob Friend to his third victory. Bob Baileys three-run homer off loser Chris Short put the Pirates ahead 4-2 In the fourth and Wcs Covington's two-run homer tied the score in the fifth. Dick Groat's two-run dou ble Ignited a four-run sixth in ning rally that beat the Giants and gave the Cardinals their fourth win in a row. South paw Curt Simmons gained his third victory with a nine-nit ter while Billy Pierce was charged with hie second loss. Carlton Willey pitched the Mets to their first shulout of the season with a three-hitter over the Cubs. Rookie second baseman Ron Hunt bit his first major league homer off loser Bob Buhl. UNKHIORKU: National Leaiue New York oio oio 0002 fi o Chicago 000 000 000 0 3 2 wuiey (l-i) ann lineman, num. Toth (71 and Schaffcr. Loaer Buhl (1-2). HR Hunt. III I H Ford Frick Enters Balk Controversy; Revision Indicated St. Loula 000 001 0004 7 0 San rran ooo 102 0003 9 o Simmons (3-0) and Oliver, Sa wataki (0). Pierce, Larien (6) and Haller, Bailey (7). Loaer Pifrce (1-21. Pltlaburah . 000 400 2000 11 1 Philadelphia 101 020 0004 10 1 Friend, Gibbon (7i. Slak 17). Face (81 and Plaakett. Short, Kltppsteln (7), Batdacnun U) ana umrympic. Winner Friend (3-0). Loser Short (0-21. HR Bailey, Covington. Milwaukee . 001 110 1004 10 o Houtton . 000 002 0103 7 0 Spahn (3-1) and Torre. Farrell (1-3) and Campbell. HR Mathewa, Jones. Warwick. Cincinnati 000 000 O000 3 0 Loa Anseles 110 130 lOx 7 9 0 Owena, Taitourla (2, Worthlng ton (8) and Edwarda. Podrea (1-2) and Roaeboro. Loier Owena (0-1). HR Roaeboro, Fairly. EJECTED Cincinnati pitcher Jim Owens is ejected from the game after violent objections to the umpire calling three balks on him in one Inning at Los Angeles lasi nigni. um pire Shag Crawford, shown ejecting Owens, right, had called six balks in the game. The game, which the Los Angeles Dodners went on to win 7 to 0, was delayed 21 minutes and the entire Cincinnati bench was cleared. (UPI) Harry Smith Victor In Matters Bowling Buffalo, N. Y. -IUPII- Harry Smith of St. Louis remained undefeated Wednesday night to become champion of the American Bowling Congress Masters' tournument. The nervous sandy-haired pro swept to his seventh con secutive victory when lie beat Bobby Meadows of Dallas, a 23-year-old salesman who de feated a fistful of famous bowlers for his shot at the title. Smith fired a four - game 866 to Meadows' 746. Black Tornado Tips Yreka Miners 3-1 Yreka, Calif. - Medford's Black Tornado baseball aggre gation was held to two hits, both by Dick Dcffley, here yesterday but with the aid of walks, wild pitches, steals and an error it trimmed the Yreka high Miners 3 to 1. Two Mcdford counters were put over in the third inning. The Twisters used Deffley's drag bunt single and stolen base, a walk to Dan Miles, a wild pitch and an overthrow at first base on a ground ball by Don Anderson. Campbell doubled and Mark Root singled in the third canto for the only Miner score. Medford tallied again in the fourth stanza. Mike CHAMPION'S CHOICE! MAKE IT YOURS! Single plcoi and plain front models in seven important colon. Sizes 30 to 42. 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Deffley's other hit was a single to left field. Root had two hits for Yreka. Go To Roseburg In his two-hitter. Miner chucker Dave Bennett struck out Medford batters 10 times and walked four. Jack Fordc pitched the first four Innings for Medford. He allowed all five Yreka hits He struck out one batter and Issued no walks. Stu Young went the last three frames, walking one and fanning two. A great runnning catch by second baseman Deffley in short right field thwarted a possible Yreka rally in the seventh ining. Medford will play at Rose burg on Friday and will meet University of Oregon fresh men at Eugene on Saturday. Tornado Coach John Kovenz Indicated that pitching choices likely wil be among Larry Sander, Bill Enyart and John Gates. Sander has been having trouble with arm sore ness but Kovenz said he would like him to throw .some. I.INKSCORK: Mtdford 002 loo n 3 u n Yreka 001 000 ol s S Forde. Young 1 5) and Barnea. Phlppa 16); Bennett and Campbell. Did Oregon Win Game? Eugene-iUPlt-A decision was duo today on whether Wednes day's baseball game between Oregon and Washington State would be ruled a fi-4 victory for Oregon or a fi-fi tie to be finished later. The same was called at 7:20 p.m. after 2 hours and ?0 minutes because of darkness. Oregon scored two runs in the last of the seventh inning to go ahead fi-4 but the Coug ars came back to tic the score in the top of the eighth. Then darkness arrived and the rival coaches were unable to agree on whether the game should revert to the last of the j seventh. The game started 1 1 1 ! hours late because of rain. The big hits for Oregon' . were a tworun homer by Ca( Dean in the fifth and a two I run triple by Jeff Allen in the seventh The teams were to play ; again today, weather permit i ting. 1 INtiMORh: WSU ooo ion 32 - in 3 Oregon 001 030 2x 6 8 ,t Stephen?. Bell f?'. Fott-K if' and Olrrud. Snow. Gallaher 1 8 . Llorrt i ft and Jensen Grade School Baseball Games WEDNESDAY UNriSlORt CJrtlfln Creek 300 14 7 3 3 Jarksnnvillt 000 000 0 1 Steve Wirth. Rodney. Peterson 14) and Mason; Smith and Heyer man. while ,3t. MONDAY CAMS; Grlllin Creek 5, Howard 3 IN TEXAS OPEN San Antonio, Tex. - 'UPI' -Arnold Palmer, with "Anne's Army'' in pursuit, took "If down "Amies Alley" today in search of an unprecedented fourth successive Texas Open golf tournament title. New York-4IPI)-Commission-er Ford Frick entered the growing controversy over the balk rule for the first time to day and indicated it will be revised shortly following the latest flareup - and most ex plosive one yet - in Los An geles. "We have a major league executive council meeting scheduled shortly and the rule will be discussed,'' Frick said after Naiional League Presi dent Warren Giles previously had indicated he may move to ease the balk rule. Something obviously has to be done, and quickly, too, or there could be a repetition of the angry demonstration which took place Wednesday night in Los Angeles. The game between the Cin cinnati Reds and Los Angeles Dodgers was delayed 18 min utes by a violent argument over three balks called on Cincinnati pitcher Jim Owens in the second inning. One balk had been called on Dodger pitcher Johnny Podres earlier and after the umpiring team of Augie Dona tela called three more on Owens, the Cincinnati pitcher objected so heatedly he was ejected from the game. The Reds showed their dis pleasure by hurling helmets and towels onto the field. Donatelli, steaming himself by then, banished the entire Cincinnati team but said man ager Fred Hutchinson could summon the Reds' players as needed. As matters now stand, Na tional league umpires are en forcing the rule rigidly - the Donatelli team has called 22 balks so far - while American league umpires are virtually ignoring it. From his office here, Frick, who stayed out of the general controversy until now, said he wanted the rule to be "in terpreted the same way for both major leagues" if it re mains in the book. "My chief concern is uni formity," he said. "At the executive council meeting Buy At Builders Supply QUALITY Chimneys BLOCKS l 33 Cs PreafTetied ..7 727 W. McAndrews PHONE 773-4S7S we'll simply have to deter mine what is meant by 'stop'." Frick was referring to that portion of rule 8.05 which says a pitcher must come to a full one-second stop in his pitching motion when he is delivering the ball with a runner on base. "I'm in favor of enforcing the rule," Frick said, "but it's nonsensical to think any man can try to time a sec ond." Loosely translated, that means the rule may remain in the book but probably will lose all its "teeth" when stop is revised to pause or some other word that will prevent the umpires from calling so many balks. Actually, the only time MEBFORDiWTRIBUNE SPORTS n ARK MUTTERS San Francisco-il'Pt-Manager Alvin Dark gave the ball to southpaw Billy O'Dell today along with the job of halting the San Francisco Giants' first skid of the 1963 season. Crater Thinclads Entertain Ashland Central Point - Persons who miss out on prep spring sports because of having daytime jobs will have an opportunity to see some high school track and field competition here to night. Crater and Ashland highs will battle in a dual tussle. Frick would be called upon to interpret the balk rule would be when teams from the two major leagues met each other, such as the AU Star Game or World Series. Otherwise, it's the league presidents' headache although Giles says he doesn't make the rules, the rules committee does. Meet time is 8 p.m. The meet is beginning then instead of earlier because of the parti cipation of some of the ath letes in student government day. This will be the second dual evene this season, between the two schools. Crater won a short distance meet from Ash land early this month. Score of 66 to 56 is an indication that tonight's encounter could be close. Among top performers for Ashland are Tom Huff in the javelin and Gerald Brown in the mile and half-mile. Those in the Crater crew include Gary Wald in the sprints, Paul Bransom in the broad j jump and John Harris in the weights. If. a Stop-O-Matlc Brake Lining In stalled on, all 4 Wheel. WHILt YOU WAIT! Eaay tarma. Brake Specialist for 23 years. Phone 779-1966 MATIONAI -I BRAKE CENTER 1216 North Court Immediate Delivery! on Cadillae for 963 Large Selection! SKINNER BUICK- CADILLAC 143 South Riverside - Phone 772-6264 FLEXIBILITY! The Daily Newspaper Is the Flexible Medium M Pinning Doivji Sales Newspapers don't tie up the advertiser with rigid tim schedules or space limitations that weaken the impact and effectiveness of his message. 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