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PAGE TWELVE HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1956 Skowron May Develop Into Second Gehrig For Yankees By OSCAR FRALEY United press Sports Writer NEW YORK (UP) Life looks good this spring to the man who, at long last, may prove to be the 'new Lou Gehrig." That would be Bill (The Moose Ekowron, a hulking young fellow with tremendous power and bona tide promise.. He has everything to fill the first base gap the Yankees have known since the ' I r 0 n Horse" rusted away. And, alter two bitter disappoint ments, Skowron is giving it the big try which finally may pay olf. The first of his black moments came after he had been In the Yankee chain three years. A foot ball star at Purdue, the Polish boy from Chicago bad left his col leglates aspirations behind him for $20,000 bonus. His rise was swift. In 1051, the Moose led the Piedmont League with 33 average and the fol lowing season he was the Minor League player of the Year as he hit .341 at Kansas City, leading the American Assn. with 31 hom ers and 134 runs batted in. HIGH HOPKS But the next spring, he was one of the first players cut from the VfnkK roster. Skowron, who headed south with high hopes, let Jt get him down. His play at Kan sas City suffered and he batted "only" .318 in 1853. Getting back on the ball, he made the Yankees the next year and hit .340 in 87 games. The Yankees finally figured that Moose was "it." In the years since Gehrig stepped down, first base always has been a big problem with the Bombers. As season followed sea son, they tried a total of more than 30 different players at the position. None lasted very long or did the old Gehrig job. Last spring the club was con vinced that, finally, the situation was solved with long-awaited brilliancy. Vnr ihm Unica wan TianffinGT tht ball like one of those ancient deni sens of Murderers Row. He even looked the part, being a 200-pound six footer of the old mold. Through the spring and Into the start of the regular season, Skow ron was tremendous. Then, on April 27, when he was leading the American League In hitting and In runs batted in, it happened. PULLS MUSCLE Running out a triple, he pulled a thigh muscle and was out five weeks. It worried him. For the first time In a busy athletic career he hari hn lnlured. And when he came back he was over anxious. He pressed, lost tne strike tone and began to swing at bad pitches. cintultr Mm vprao'A r.nllfinspri And he wound up the season batting .319 In JU5 Barnes. Fresno State Runner Sees New Records FRESNO, Calif. Wl Mike Agostlnl of Trinidad, latest claim ant of the world's fastest human label after his record-setting 30.1 second for 220 yards, pre dicts he may run a 9-flat 100 be fore the Olympic Games In No vember. The 21-year-old Fresno State Col lege sophomore confidently says: "I can run faster." In two weeks he has topped Mel Patton's 20.2 world clocking In the 220 and has two 0.4 centuries. The 100 record Is 0.3, owned by Pat ton, Hector Hogan and Jim Oolll day. AKOstlnl, who transferred to Fresno State in 1055 after one se mester at Vtllanova, flashed his 20.1 furlong In a triangular meet at Bakerstleld, Calif., Saturday. He said he got a perfect start and felt good all the way. Veteran observers aald the 6 foot 7'4-lnch sprinter ran at full speed all the way. Most sprinters require a floating stage, 20 or 30 yards, before a final burst at the finish. Mike said he had little trou ble ataytng ahead of Alex Burl, former Colorado A&M runner, and Jim Lea, ex-Southern California, Who pressed him. 'The two 9.4s I have run the past two weeks have been ho easy I know I have more left." he said. "After some complicated figuring, I have concluded that with the same start and under the same conditions as the record 220, I could run the loo in 0.1. "After all," he says, referring to a possible 9-flat, "a tenth of a second Is not much." Mike, who probably will be a one-man Trinidad team In the Olympics, has done little speed work this year. "I'm bound to Im prove with work," he says. Sports World Shorts But this spring It's different This Is the old Skowron of the liquid power swing and eagle eye, a man chock full of confidence. Last week, for example, he bit .470 In seven games. Only the Grapefruit League, you'll say. But Casey Stengel sums it up: "He's a feller full uh muicles and It's nice to see him using them all again." Small wonder the Yankees think this finally could be "it!" LOS ANGELES (UP) Chuck Weeks, former University of Southern California tackle, and Mickey Lakos, ex-Vanderbt.t de fensive back, were signed today by the Los Angeles Rams. TORONTO (UP) The Ontario Jockey Club announced today that the value of Its Gold Cup turf prize has been raised from J 10,000 to $50,000. The race will be run at the new Woodbine Track In Tor onto next fal. WASHINGTON (UP) End Paul Dekker signed with the Washing ton Redskins Tuesday to bring the number of players under contract to 22. CLEVELAND (UP) Babe Paril- 11. former Kentucky T-formation star and regarded as the successor to Otto Graham, signed Tuesday with the Cleveland Browns for an estimated $12,500. Discharged from the air force last week. Parilli was acquired from the Green Bay Packers two yearn ago in ex change for Stanford's Bob Garrett. PHILADELPHIA (UP) Hal Reinfeld, Temple co-captaln who is recovering from a back injury, is expected to see action Thurs day night when the Owls play Iowa in the scmi-nnai round oi me NCAA Basketball Tournament at Evans ton, 111, COMMERCIAL LEAGL'K Stukel Ruillert 71 37 Pepii Cola fifl 42 Dugan and Meit A3 45 Ricky. 61 47 Elltngion Lumber 4B VFW 7 31 Carl'i Meats 49'4 MV4 Oregon Tern faculty 49 59 Griggi Foods 46 62 Superior Troy 44'4 flfl'j Great Northern 43 1 i 62 1 1 Weyerhaeuser 32 Vt 71 ',j Last night 'i riulti: VTW 4 Griggi 0 Oregon Tech 4 Stukel Pepsi Cola 1 Great Northern 3 Carl's Meats 2 KJJingson 2 Rickys 3 Dugan and Meit 1 Superior Troy 3 Weyerhaeuser 1 High team fame VFW 9f High team series VFW 2928 High Individual game Bob Cox 243 High individual series Bob Cox 634 FHATEBNAL LEAGUE W 1, Eagle 78'i 2'i K of C 73',, :uti OT1 Sports Equip. 70 .18 Sons of Italy No. 1 iwi 40 Elks - 6.1'i 42 Dates Candy M 43 Ballard and Bennett 50 34 Sons of Italy No. 2 43 65 Pioneer Tobacco 39 60 Case Implement 34 70 Parker Pontine 33!fc. 74'4 Jim Olson Motors 24 84 Last nlxht's results: K of C 3 Elks 1 Parker 2 Pioneer 2 Ballard-Bennett 4 Sons No, t 0 OTI 3 Case Implement 1 Jim Olson 3 Bates 1 , Sons No, 1 4 Eagles 0 High team game K of C 9fifl High team series K of C 2737 High individual game Dennis Carrier, 214; Bill Pickett 214; Ernie MacBeth 214. Hlghlndi vidua! series Corky Van Loo Syracuse Team Holds ABC Lead ROCHESTER. N Y. W A Syra cuse, N.Y., team hold the lead in the team division of the Ameri can Bowling Congress tournament Wednesday. The Meade Floor Covering team rolled a 2,897 to better by ' a pins the score posted last week by Stroll's Beer of Detroit. Frank Fabrlzlo sparked his tenm's performance with a 699, the second highest series of the torney so far In any event. Fabrlzlo, a 182-avernge kegler, rolled games of 205, 228 and 266. He rolled nine strikes before leaving a 1-9 split on his tenth ball. Alcins Meets Hec Constance ST. LOUIS Wl Sixth-ranked Virgil IHoneybear) Akins can land a brut with -welterweight champion Johnny Saxton If he overcomes a habit of missing his big chances and defeats Hector Constance in a 10-round fight Wednesday night. Saxton is looking around for op ponents before he gives Carmen Basilio a return crack at the title. Aklns has all the equipment to make a champion. He Is a good boxer and good hitter, but oltcn has Jacked fire. The St. Louis fighter also has a hometown Jinx to overcome. Al most all of his best showings have been away from here. ' Constance; of the British Island of Trinidad, is fast and holds vic tories over Kid Cavilan and Ralph (Tiger) Jones. The event will be televised nationally. Angels Said PCL Contender LOS ANGELES (UP) If Los Angeles can get the rest of Its team to play up to the abilities of Its hitters, the Angels think they will be tough this year. Bob Schelfing is starting his first full season as manager and the former Cub coach thinks he will have a contending ball club that could prove better than the 1!)55 team which finished In the first division. In Steve Bilko, Buzz Clarkson. George Freese, Bob Coats and Gene Mauch he has a "murderers' row'" that should make opposing pitchers tremble. "But we need some help on the motmd ourselves," Schefting said as he drilled his squad at Wrigley Field. "You can't lose three pitch ers like George Brosnan, Don Elston and Turk Lown without it hurting. We hope the Cubs can provide that help." WELL EQUIPPED But aside from pitching help and another catcher, Los Angeles ap pears well equipped for the com ing season. Some of that help al ready has been assigned to Los Angeles in Dick Droit and Bob Anderson, both up from the Cub farm organization. Holdover pitch ers who might Improve last year's performances are Ray Bauer, Hy Cohen and Dave Hillman, while Harry Perkowskl is down from the Cubs. But Scheffing has only Sam Mauny and John Sweich as catch ers, both up from lower classifica tion farms and he can use an experienced backstop. It is In the infield that Los Angeles shows most of its strength. There It has Bilko at first after having led the league in homers with 37 last year. Clarkson was going great guns in 1955 until .he broke his leg, but he hopes to be up to his best again. Freese was drafted by the Angels, who think he could prove their best all-around player capable of working both tlie infield and out field, as he did at Hollywood. Casey Wise has been Impressing Scheffing at shortstop and Gene Mauch has second base sewed up. FREE AGENT In the outfield the Angels have Jim Bolgcr from Chicago; Coats, George Haas and Prentlse Browne to start with. UCLA football star Sam Brown also Is trying for an outfield berth, while Tom Loprete was signed as a free agent. "We should get off to a good start." Scheffing says. "The out look Is better than it was last year. But so is the competition this year in the league. We've got a better bench this time and if we get the help we need, we'll be right up there." Sporrs Cont'd From Page 11 OSBURN HOTEL EUGENE, ORE. Thoroughly Modern Mrs, 3. E. Eiilir ) luUr Jr. rrprlitsrt Just Arrived1. 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(UP) The Houston Buffs of the Texas League rallied for four runs in the fifth Inning yesterday to defeat the San Francisco Seals, 4 to 3, ir. a chilly, wind-swept exhibition game. General Manager Joe Cronin of the Boston Red Sox was on hand to see his club's newest farm team in action, but the Seals were lim ited to four hits all of them singles. PASADENA, Calif. (UP) EiBht Hollywood errors paved the way yesterday for Sacramento to score a 13-4 exhibition game vic tory over the Stars. The Stars committed five errors in the third inning as the Solons scored six times to wrap up the game. Russ Rosburg homered for the Solons. Rookie outfielder Joe Christoph er was the batting star for Holly wood, getting three hits including two triples. PASADENA, Calif. (UP) The Los Angeles Angels send Pete Spasoff, Phil Tarpey and Gene Dupree to the mound today against the Seattle Rainiers at Brookside Park. The Angels slammed out 21 hits. Including seven homers, yesterday at Wrigley Field In Los Angeles to bury the Pepperdine College Waves, 21-3. First baseman Steve Bilko, center fielder Sam Brown and second baseman Denny Lau denbech each hit two homers. Buzs Clarkson got one. One of Bilko's blows came with the bases loaded. PALM SPRINGS. Calif. (UP) Outfielder Harry Elliott's three run double highlighted a six-run rally In the fifth inning which gave the San Diego Padres an 8-5 exhibition game win yesterday over Vancouver. Vancouver took an early three run lead when Dino Restelli hom ered -in the first inning with two mates on the bases. It was the Padres' second win over Vancouver. NEW YORK ID Iff a brand new ball game, as they say. First, Wes Santee had his innings, then the Amateur Athletic Union came on fast and today the contest be tween the two is deadlocked. Right now, Santee, America's premier miler, is out of the Chi cago Daily News Relays this Sat urday. Justice Walter A. Lynch of the New York State Supreme Court saw to that yesterday when he refused to continue a tempo rary injunction which barred the AAU from enforcing its lifetime ban on Santee. The jurist, however, can and Mtji'.ifmi 1 FIRESTONE STORES 6th t Pina Fh. 3234 probably will make a ruling in. the case before Saturday. If he decides In Santee's favor and grants a permanent injunction, then the skinny Marine Corps lieutenant Is free to run anywhere, any time. If he rules in favor of the AAU, the ban imposed by the Execu tive Committee Feb. 19 Santee was found guilty of accepting ex cessive expenses for some meets last year goes back into effect for good. Then Santee's only redress would be an appeal to the AAU Board of Governors, the supreme power in the organization. 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