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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.
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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
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Barnes walked. A wild pitch,
as he was stealing second al
lowed him to reach third base.
He then went home on an
other wild pitch.
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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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