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PAGE EIGHT Sluggers, Pitchers Head SF Pickings NEW YOKK (AP)-A dcvastat- Ing attack, a vastly improved pitching staff and a combination ol speed and youth should enable the San Francisco Giants to de throne the Milwan!"" Braves as National League champions in 1959. Milwaukee's chances of gaining a third straight pennant are en dangered by the lack of a solid 6ccond baseman to replace the convalescing Red Schoendienst, a lingering doubt whether the ailing Juices of Wcs Covington and Billy Burton are completely menaea, and an underlying feeling of com placency on the part of the two time chamnions. Pittsburgh's brash young VI- rates, with their solid hitting, stronger pitching and tighter de fense, should make it a three-way race right down to the barrier. A two-team struggle between Los Angeles and Cincinnati for the last remaining spot in the first division should further enliven what promises to be a most in teresting National League cam paign. St. Louis, Chicago and Philadelphia should battle it out for sixth place. The expected finish: 1. San Francisco 2. Milwaukee 3. Pittsburgh 4. Los Angeles 5. Cincinnati 6. St. Louis 7. Chicago 8. Philadelphia The acquisition of Sam Jones, the National League's strikeout king and second stingiest run yicldcr last year, from St. Louis, and Jack Sanford, another strong armed right-hander, from Phila delphia, figucs to solve the Gi ants' pitching problem. These two, together with lefties Johnny An tonelli and Mike McCormick, plus second liners Stu Miller and Curt Barclay and relievers Al Worth- lngton, Billy Muffett and Paul Giel, give promise of a SO per cent stronger staff than last year. The antelope outfield of Willie Mays, Jackie Brandt and Felipe Alou may be the best in Giant history. Orlando Cepeda, the rookie-of-the-ycar of 1958, is back at first base and Jimmy Davcn port, another of last year's out standing rookies, should be even better al third base. Catching seems to be adequate in the hands of Bob Schmidt and Hobie Landrith. The lone question mark Is around second base where the inexperienced Andre R o d g e r u holds forth at shortstop and Daryl Spencer has been switched from short to second The Braves' powerful pitching plus the home run bats of Henry Aaron, Eddie Mathews, Del Cran dall, ooe Adcock and Covington, make them extremely dangerous. Warren bpahn, Lew Burdette, bod Rush. Carl Willey. Joey Jay ana Juan Pizarro give Milwaukee the best pitching in the league. Pittsburgh has just about every thing but explosive power. The trade that sent Frank Thomas to Cincinnati left the club with only one proven home run hitter Dick Stuart. Bob Skinner, Bin Mazero ski. Dick Groat, Bill Virdon and Roberto Clemente are fine hitters but the Pirates must have a re covered Ted Kluszewski or Stuart who can hit around 30 home runs in order to finish on top Bob Friend, Ronnie Kline, Vem Law and George (Redi Witt should give the Pirates the best four-man staff they've had in years. LA Dodgers Wrap Up Exhibitions VERO BEACH, Fla. (UP!) - Manager Walt Alston of the Dodg ers was sure of six of his starters today as the club broke camp at Vero Beach and started the jour ney to Chicago for their league opener. The Californians will stop off at Jacksonville for an exhibition game with the Milwaukee Braves tonight with Don Drysdale, Clem Labine and rookie Gene Snyder assigned to pitch. The final spring training exhi bition game will be held at Jack sonville against the Braves Wed ncsday afternoon. The Dodgers' farm club at Spokane of the PCL defeated the regulars 3-2 Monday In a final game at Vera Beach Just as he did Inst year, Alston named Don Drysdale as his start ing pitcher for Friday's opening game. Last year Drysdale started against the Giants and was on the losing end of an 8-0 shutout turned in by Ruben Gomez. The rest of the Dodgers' sure starters are Gil Hodges, first base; Charlie Ncal. second base; Wally Moon, left field; Duke Sni dcr, centerfield; and John Rose- boro, catcher. Right field, shortstop and third base still are question marks Shortstop and right field are fur ther complicated by injuries to Carl Furillo, Don Zimmer and Bob Lillis. Furillo, who has not missed an opening game since his rookie sea son in 1946, has played in only 10 spring games. He has been side lined twice because of a pulled muscle in his left leg. Alston does not want to rush him into the lineup, especially against a right handed pitcher. Freshmen in 3rd In Relays fn the Little Rogue Relays held at Medford last Friday afternoon, the Klamath Union Freshman tracksters, under the coaching of Gene Strchlou, grabbed third place honors out of a field ol seven con tenders. The Frosh piled up 47 ooints in the meet while North Grants Pass was the winner with BO'-a points to their credit and McLoughlin of Medford second with 58 tallies. Fourth place went to South Grants Pass with 44 points, fifth to Hcdrick Junior High of Med ford with 41, sixth to Crater ith 19 and last place to Ashland with 15'-2. Strehlou's crew snared a single first, a trio of seconds, one third, two fourths and a pair of fifth Dlace finishes. The lone first was in the distance medley where the combination of Eric Petersen, Ron Simnson. Noel March and Gene McKennie set a new record of 841.4 seconds. The frosh high jump team of Dana Ash. March and Jim Puter lied with Hedrick for second place honors in that event while the com bined group of Earl Brinson, Dale Crumrine and Marsh did the same with Hedrick for second place in the broad jump relay. The other frosh third place finish was in the distance relay where the combined forces of Bob Dearing, Bob bhaw Jay Cox and Lynn Summers placed second to North Grants Pass. Winning third in the sprint mod ley was the frosh's Larry McClure, Marsh, Crumrine and Brinson Garnering fourth place in the jav elin was Ken Cooper ol KU wnile teammates Crumrine, McClure, Brinson and Marsh also picked up a fourth place in the 440-yard re lay. Fifth place finishers for Streh lou's squad were Simpson in the discus and Bob Denny in the pole vault. South Grants Pass won the hur dle relay with a time of 39 seconds and the pole vault with a leap of 10 feet, six inches, North Grants Pass the javelin with a throw of 142 feet, two and one-half inches, the distance relay with a time of 6:47.1, the broad jump re lay with combined leaps of 51 feet, six inches, and the high jump re lay with a total of 15 feet, four inches, South Grants Pass the hur dle relay with a time of 39 sec onds. McLoughlin the sprint med ley with a time of 1:13.6, the Coach Johnny Kundla of Lakers. hvs nf M ,, , inch. ., SHA Banquet Final plans have been made for the annual Sacred Heart Academy awards banquet hon oring both the football and basketball teams which is scheduled for 6:30 tonight at the Realties Golf and Country Club. Guest speaker for the event will be Rex Hunsuker, football coach at Oregon Tech. Academy coach Jerry Kci.ipf will pre sent both the athletic letters and the special awards for the out standing players on the teams. The Sacred Heart Boosters Club, whose president Is Charles (Chuck) Bailey, is sponsoring the event while the taostmastcr will be Barney Cavanaugh. Lakers Gamble In Playoff ST. PAUL, Minn. (API - The Minneapolis Lakers are ready to gamble on a baseball pitcher to night to chill the hottest pinch hit ter in pro basketball, Bostons Frank Ramsey. The teams resume the National Basketball Assn.'s best four-of- seven final playoffs in the St. Paul Auditorium with the Celtics lead ing two games to none. HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON POETS WAYNE SCOTT, Sports Editor TUESDAV . APRIL 7, 1959 Kenley Hornets Nip Stalin Mustangs, 7-6 Coach Len Weber's Henley base ball sauad. who lost all six games on their schedule last year, got off on the riant foot on their nome diamond Monday afternoon as they came from behind to nip ine Ma- Mustangs. 7-6. in a thrilling seventh inning rally in which they chased two runners across the ber to tie the count at 5-5. Big Ron Mullanix then singled a..d scored as third sacker Ray Jack son errored on Stastny s ground ball to give the Mustangs their brief lead. Malin drew first blood in the first inning on a walk to Kirk- Patrick and Mullanix's long triple V 7 i" j " 1 " ffj fc .y a, air f Efr S. Kif- La. t Big Fight Promoter Returns Pirate Ace Bothered By Hurling Ailment said he plans to give 6-toot-6 rookie Steve Hamilton, a long-term bench rider most of the season, a crack al stopping the sizzling Mr. Ramsey. "When they send Ramsey in to troublcshoot for them 1 11 probably have Hamilton in there sooner or later," said coach Kundla. Hamilton, who played college basketball at Morchead, Ky., is a southpaw pitcher in the Cleveland Indians chain. He had a 17-14 record with Burlington, N.C., in the class B Carolina League last year. None of the Laker regulars has had much, luck with Ramsey, the game-breaking Celtic reserve who has hit 14 of 30 shots and 49 points in 50 minutes of play against the Lakers. Unless they win this one the Lakers can kiss the series goodby. Beaten twice in Boston, they can't afford to lose a home game and still retain much hope of winning the title. Rocket Back With Canucks the 440-yard relay with a time of 47 seconds flat and Crater the discus with combined throws of 120 feet, four inches for its only first place. GEORGE HANSON . . . tough loss plate, the winning tally crossing on a throwing error by Mustang catcher Ed Stastny. Behind 6-5 going into the bottom of the seventh, Weber s crew jumped on Malin's relief hurler, Rick Illian. for a run-scoring sin gle worked around three bases on balls, followed by Stastny's miscue. Hornet Doug Kammerer walked to open the inning. Leroy Briant followed suit and then Lawrence Lugo drilled a sharp single to left field to score Kammerer with the tying run. With nobody out. Dick Roiling was purposely walked to fill the bases. With Sam Ilerring shaw at bat, Stastny flipped a re turn toss passed Illian and Briant streaked home with the winning run. Coach Georgci Hanson's Mus tangs had taken the lead in the top of the seventh by scoring a pair of runs on a hit batsman, a duo of wild pilches, a single and an error. Abe Kirkpatnck was hit by Henley hurler Gary Bebber to open the inning and then scored on a pair of wild pitches by Beb- Bums Collect Only One Hit VERO BEACH. Fla. i.P)-The Los Angeles Dodgers could collect only one hit off throe Spokane pitchers and were beaten 3-2 bv their Pacific Coast League farm club in an exhibition baseball game Monday. MONTREAL (API - Maurice ' Rocket 1 Richard, veteran of 121 playoff games geared himself to day for an all-out scrimmage ses sion as the Montreal Canadiens prepared for their ninth straight appearance in a Stanley Cup final. Return of the 37-year-old Rocket after a three-month layoff might be an ominous indication that hockey history will be repeated. whether the Canndiens meet Bos ton Bruins or Toronto Maple Leafs. Boston and Toronto settle their semifinal series tonight in Boston. Back in November 1957, Richard sulfcred an injury that almost severed an Achilles tendon. He came back In the tail end of the regular National Hockey League season and roared through the 1958 playoffs with an ((mazing 11 goals, one short of his own record set 14 years previously. Last Jan. 18, the Rocket was again laid low with a crippling injury. A foot bone was fractured, aiid there wore predictions that the MIL'S all-time top scorer at last was through. Since mid-March Richard has boon skating again. Nobodv will be surprised 11 Richard' takes up his old rightwing spot when the series opens in Montreal Thursday. SF Sluggers Go After 7th Straight DES MOINES, Iowa (UPI) - The San Francisco Giants, with their bats humming in an unpre cedented but most welcome man ner as far as manager Bill Rig ney is concerned, went after their seventh straight victory against Cleveland today in the next-to-last game of the exhibition tour. The San Franciscans entered the contest with a total of 56 home runs in 26 warmups this year, enough to put them well in front of the spring homer derby. Cleveland, which has felt the brunt of the Giants' ence-busting, (ell victim to five four-baggers at Topcka Monday while coming out on the short end of an 8-6 dcci ision. Don Taussig unloaded the tatal blow in the top of the 11th frame with two mates aboard. Earlier, Eddie Brcssoud. a util ity man who may yet force him self a starting spot, smacked two homers. Danny O'Connell and Fe lipe Alou contributed the other Giant four-baggers. The Indians planned to throw southpaw Don Fcrraresc into the breach today against the Giants' Mike McCormick, also a portsid- cr. LEN WEBER . . , initial win to right-center. However, the Hor nets stormed back with four runs in the bottom of the inning on Joe DeGrande's single, a walk to Bebber, Kammerer's single which scored DeGrande and Bebber, Bri ant's single which chased Kammer er across and Reiling's long dou ble to left which scored Briant. The Hornets added one more run in the second as Jackson singled. stole second and scored on Beb- ber's single, but Malin came to life with a pair of tallies in the fourth inning. Dennis Kalina walked, Bob Brown was- safe on an error by Jackson and Illian, pinch-hitting for Larry Rick, slammed out a triple to score both runners. The fourth Malin tally came in the sixth when shortstop J l m Owens singled and scored on two wild pitches by Bebber. Lugo and DeGrande each had a pair of hits for Henley as did Ma lin's Mullanix to top all hitters for the non-counting contest. Linescore: R H E Malin 100 201 26 6 Henley 410 000 2 7 11 4 INDIANAPOLIS (AP)-A young New Jersey steel executive, mak ing his debut as a fight promoter returns here today to complete plans for a world's heavyweight championship fight May 1 between champion Floyd Patterson and challenger Brian London of En; land. The first title bout ever held in Indiana will be staged in the State Fairgrounds Coliseum, which will have a seating capacity of about 13,500. Cecil Rhodes Jr., Cranford, N.J., industrialist-promoter, announced Monday the fight had been switched from Las Vegas to In dianapolis to escape rumors of gamblers' backing. Rhodes, a 34-year-old Harvard Law graduate, said there weren't any gamblers backing the Las Vegas, Nev., fight but added: "1 don't want that kind of implica tion." ' In Las Vegas, civic leaders said the real reason was because "re sort operators refused to give the financial support requested by the fight promoter." There was some question about a television contract for the fight, but Al Farb of Indianapolis, co promoter, said he believed Rhodes would have it worked out. Rhodes said earlier he believed the National Broadcasting Co. and the Gillette Co., the sponsors, would agree to switch the telecast to Indianapolis. The telecast would be blacked out in a 75-mile radius from the fight scene. However, Tom Gallery, sports director of NBC, said in New York that he had a signed con tract for a Patterson-London title fight in Las Vegas and had not agreed to any change to Indianapolis. Cus D Amato, Patterson s man ager, minimized tne television angle. 'Regardless of what Happens the fight will be held in Indianap olis," D'Amato said. Patterson is scheduled to arrive here late next week and train in the Coliseum. London also is ex pected to arrive next week. Jack Holliday Jr. and Harrison Eiteljorg, Indianapolis business men, will underwrite a $75,000 guarantee to Rhodes. Rhodes is guaranteeing t-aner- son $125,000 and London $75,000. He said his television contract with NBC calls for $225,000. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS .with . M victory oer Want a new line on Pittsburgh's City "i Sal Kran. long lamented chances for the Na-cisc0 Giants, figured to join ths tional League pennant? Then tor-jBucg m the National League pen- get those exhibition game line scores and cock an ear for the medical report on George Witt's troublesome arm. The young right-hander, a pitch ing sensation as a rookie last sea son when ne snruggea on trouble and won seven straight for the longest string of the year in the NL, was sent on to rmsuuign Monday night for an examination by the club physician. The trouble centers in a painful elbow, which the freckle-faced redhead thinks was strained when he tried to develop a slider two years ago in the minors. The trouble popped up again Monday and Witt was forced from the mnnnri after one inning as the Pi rates finished their stay in Florida LA Stadium Work Held Up Once More Bill Strannicjan Signs UW Pact LARAMIE. Wyo. (AP - Bill Strannignn. former University of Wyoming basketball star, is com ing back as head coach. He signed a five-year contract Monday. For the last five years Slran nigan has coached at Iowa Slate. His former coach. Ev Shelton, re signed here to coach, at Sacra mento (Calif. State. Strannigan's losing season at Iowa State this year i9-16 had lio bearing on his decision to leave, he said. His teams at Iowa Slate wnn 69 games and lost 46. NEW 'YORK (UPI) The Dodg-i ers moved from one coa' t to the other but. as far as their new Los Angeles stadium is concerned, it's still the same old story of wait 'til next year." That's the word from Arthur Froehlich, sports' leading archi tectural engineer. He has submit ted plans to owner Walter O'Mal ley for a plush Chavez Ravine stadium complete with valet park ing and swanky restaurant. But I don t believe the Dodg ers will get around to construc tion this year," says Froehlich. "There are just too many prob lems." DESIGNS HORSE PARKS The husky, graying man who was a baseball player during his undergraduate days at the uni versity of California has planned and constructed everything from baseball . stadiums to recreation centers, bowling alleys and office buildings and. more or less in the same field of endeavor, horse parks and psychiatric clinics. His pet projects have been the horse parns. incse inciuue uoiu cn Gate, Del Mark and Hollywood Park in California, as well as tne Los Alamitos quarter-horse track; Laurel, trotting's Roosevelt Race way, the Hippodrome in Panama. Laurel in Maryland and Wood bine in Toronto. His current projects include a Kfi-inillion-dollar track in Caracas. Venezuela, the 33-milhon-dollar j Aqueduct track and reconstruction at famed Saratoga. Ml'ST HE MOBILE Froehlich has applied the know how attained in erecting shopping centers to the business of taking care of the horse players. "The customer has to be able to move with comfort and speed." Froehlich says with the. enthusi asm of the lowliest two-dollar bet tor scrambling for the muluel window. "That's why racing has such a traffic flow problem. Its the only sport where the crowd must be mobile. "Your racing fan needs freedom of motion throughout the afternoon. He wants to see the race, make his bets and get back to see the race on which he is betting. Inventor of valet parking for race tracks, Froehlich also origi nated the "betting island" and the bank-type mutuel windows. Redbirds Fail To See Pennant ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (API Many of the St. Louis Cardinals who picked themselves to finish first or second in the National League last season, don't see a Redbird pennant this year. Most of the Cards believe they are improved over 1958, when they finished fifth, but they think there is only a remote chance of being the National League champions. Star Stan Musial reflected the team's thinking when he said, Yes. we are improved because of better punch and. defense. 'We ve got young pitchers and stronger bench and better pitch ing. I'd say we certainly have a first division chance." Lopez Ponders First Base Slot NASHVILLE, Teim. (AP)-Only last week. Chicago white Sox Man ager Al Lopez had m-i? up his mind that veteran Earr Torgcson would be at first base opening day against Detroit. However, a muscular rookie named Norm Cash has Lopez thinking about the troubled spot again. Cash is currently the hot test hitter on the team. He had a .471 average since getting a shot to play first base. KIBL Meeting President of the Klamath County Independent Baseball League, Victor E. Sisson, an nounced that a special meeting to formulate plans for the oper ation of the KIBL for the 1959 season and to draw up the schedules for league play will be held in the recreation office of the city hail tonight at 8 o'clock. Anyone interested is urged to attend the meeting. Sporis Scene BASEBALL At KU' 3:00 Merrill vs. KU Jayvees, TRACK At KU 3:15 Chiloquin vs. KU Jayvees "Doesn't give up on them, does he!" "Great little polo pony Crunileigh has there!" Chos. J. Cizek TAILOR Suits & Slacks Mod to Ord Perfect Fit Guaranteed 119 SOUTH 7th rjlTU 2-0309 M J Carter Beaten By Miteff NEW YORK APi - Vitamin pills and a second round knockout win over Harold Carter have Argentina's Alex Miteff "feel like tiger again. That, old feeling may earn the husky, 24-year-old gaucho a shot at British champion Henry Cooper Madison Square Garden this May or June. Alex blew a contracted bout with Cooper in London when he was stopped in the first round by Ger man Willie Besmanoff last Sept 28. Miteff said an injury to his right knee was mainly responsi ble for the costly defeat. Miteff looked 100 per cent sound Monday night in stowing away Carter in 2:21 of the second round of a 10-rounder at St. Nicholas Arena. Right hand smashes floored the 6-foot, 198-pound Carter twice in the second round. A barrage of blows that had Harold ready to fall again brought Referee Teddy Martin to the rescue. Carter was out on his feet. Miteff, 6-1 weighed 205'-6. St. Nick's matchmaker Teddy Brenner said he would try to rent Madison Square Garden for Cooper-Miteff scrap. i That would be very good, said the 24-year-old Argentine. "I feel like tiger 8gain very, very strong. I take vitamin pills now and they make me feel strong And it felt wonderful to hit like I did against Carter." Both Miteff and Carter, also 24, had been ranking fighters until knockouts dropped them out of the top ten. Carter was stopped by Cuba s Nino Valdes. He won twq fights by kayos since then and was a 6-5 favorite over Miteff. It was the third time he had been stopped His record is 2o-4-2. The victory over Carter made Miteff's record 17-3-1, including ten knockouts. A crowd of 2.360 paid $4,948 at the small old club. The bout was not telecast. nant pursuit, went 11 innings De fore beating Cleveland 8-6 on Don Taussig's home run. The Boston Red Sox belted tne cmcagu -uu 11-3, the Detroit Tigers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2. the Chicago White Sox beat Washing ton 9-6. Spokane defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 and .Cincin nati smacked Savannah 12-2. Harvev Haddix, Ron Blackburn and Fred Green took charge of tho niiphinii after Witt's quick ex it and kept tne A s DianKeu hjihu the ninth as the Pirales won their fourth in a row for a I0-12 spring record. Blackburn, working in his first game since returning irom service was the winner as Ro man Majias squeezed in the win ning run in the sevenip inning. George Brunei was me loser 101 the A's, who scored in the ninth on Harry Simpson's home run. Taussig's two-run shot off loser Hal Woodeshick was one of five home runs by the Giants at To pcka. Ed Bressoud hit his sixth and seventh of the spring while Danny O'Connell and Felipe Alou each counted once. Curt Barclay won it, alter Minnie Minoso's 10th inning homer, his fourth hit, tied it for the Tribe. The Red Sox socked four Cub pitchers for 15 hits, handing Joe Scheffernoth the loss in a five-run fifth. Ike Delock won it, finally coming around with a two-hit, one- run job m his six innings ai cor pus Christi. Detroit picked on cara ace Larry Jackson for five runs in three innings at Lakeland, Fla. Frank Lary won it. giving up one run in his five innings. Chuck Es- segian of the Cards and Gail Har- of the Tigers swapped solo homers. 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