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1 FRIDAY. MAY 1. 195H HERALD AVD NWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE ELEVEN Today's Sport Parade 30-Year-Old Pitcher iWith 40-Year Arm I By OSCAE FRALEV i NEW YORK (UPH-They said t two years ago when Robin Rob--aerit of th Phillies was setting " his lumps on the mound that he was a stubborn man unwilling to i ace changes made necessary by -the calendar. f Roberts, a 20-game winner six years in a row, for two straight years lost more games than any other pitcher m the National '.League. Mayo Smith, then his manager, analyzed that years of toil had taken the edge off his fast ball but Roberts shook off , his suggestion that he learn an other pitch. He is, said one baseball man. ."a 30-year-old pitcher with a 40- ear-old arm." ' I There was a basis for this sus- Mwicion. Roberts has been a Phil pies' fixture since 1948. Now only iS2. he has pitched in 436 major league games and rubber-armed tis way through 3,154 innings Thinclads To Clash On Modoc Six county schools, including Henley, finished wrap-up sessions fhursday and today in prepara- It ion for Saturday's annual county track meet to be held on Modoc .Field beginning at 1 o'clock. Track Aspirants from Merrill, Malin, IChiloquin, Bly, Bonanza and Hen ley will be entered in the meet, which should produce several ex citing battles for top honors. A good promise of what is to come was given last Saturday as all the county schools, including Klamath Union, participated ir the first annual Klamath Falls in vitational meet. Although KU swept through all but two first places m the meet the county gave a good account of itself as several finishes were very close and exciting. i The only two first place finishes (or the county went to Henley's Phil Swisher in the discus and Malin's Abe Kirkpatrick in the broad jump while Charles Roller jf Merrill gave KU's Bob Drace a few exciting moments in the hurdles. Merrill's Bill Beasley and John Haskins, Chiloquin's Don Say and Malin's Kirkpatrick all finished closely in the 100-yard dash be hind Klamath's Don Story and promises to be a close race this Saturday. : Another close finish is forecast In the shot put where Malin's Ron Mullanix and Ron Hoggarth of Chiloquin both have tossed the iron ball about the same distance this year. . Other favorites in the meet be tide Kirkpatrick in the broad jump end Swisher in the discus will be Henley's Cliff Long in the 440 and 800, Doug Van Warmer of Chiloquin in the mile. Rick lllian of Malin in the javelin, Jim O'Conner of Bonanza or Bob Chap man of Henley in the pole vault and Merrill in the relay. Through six seasons he hurltd more than 300 innings each term with a gruelling high of 347 nines in 1953. But the handsome Michigan State graduate didn't hit the panic Button. FACES NEW CRISIS Roberts simply re-evaluated the controllable weapons he had and settled on a new ratio for the de livery of his fast ball, his curve and his changeup. It swept him back last season as a 17-game winner, no mean feat when per forming for one of the league's more inept teams. Now there is another crisis facing him as he enters a Phila delphia hospital today for a check up on a back spasm which hit him m Wednesday night's game against the Dodgers. I ve had this thing, which actually a tightened muscle, two three years off and on. he explained. "It isn't painful. It simply limits my pitching motion. But this is the worst it has ever been." It is "extremely disturbing," he admits, because of the fear that it could become chronic. He also finds this muscular threat "disgusting." because using those same pitches which carried him to stardom, he has had a fine early season. Roberts pitched five-hitter to win the seasons opener against Cincinnati, and then dropped a fine four-hitter to the champion Milwaukee Braves. The Phillies simply didn't get him any runs. MAY CHANGE TECHNIQUE He was sailing along effectively against the Dodgers in his third start when the back tightened up and he was forced to leave the game. "I've got to find out just what it is, even though I don't believe it is serious," he said. "It is just possible that I might have to change my pitching technique again." It was a revealing statement by a man they have believed to be too stubborn to change. "I may have to back off from throwing the fast ball so often he explained. "Possibly that might be one of the causes. But whatever it is, I'm sure we can make whatever changes are, nec essary." The baseball brains, it seems, had Mr. Roberts all wrong. Veeck Gains Driver's Seat CHICAGO (AP) Bill Veeck is In the driver's seat at Comiskey Park at last. He gained operational control of the Chicago White Sox Thursday In a quickie stockholders' meet ing. It was held shortly after Cir cuit Court denied a temporary in junction sought by Vice President Chuck Comiskey to prevent such a meeting. Veeck and the corporation he heads control 54 per cent of the stock and now have a 3-1 majority on the board. The board can func tion with a quorum even if Com iskey refuses to participate. - Comiskey, who controls 46 per cent of the stock, was present at the meeting but abstained from voting in the election on Veeck. Veeck, Comiskey, Mrs. Dorothy Kigney and one of her attorneys, Boy Egan, make up the board. : Mrs. Rigney, Comiskey's sister, recently sold her controlling in terest to Veeck. Comiskey has been battling the sale in court. . Hank Greenberg. the syndicate's biggest shareholder next to Veeck, is expected to be elected a fifth member when the board meets again Tuesday. I "yY I Li IX.''. srey - ii.3 MINOR LEAGUE By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS American Assn. Louisville 4, Charleston t .Minneapolis k Houston 0 Fort Worth 8, St. Paul 1 Indianapolis 6. Omaha 2 Denver 1, Dallas 0 International League Rochester 7, Columbus 1 Richmond 8, Buffalo 7 Montreal 5. Miami 3 Only games scheduled HITS A GRAND SLAM RAI.KIGH, N.C. if-Roman Ga briel, three-snort freshman star at North Carolina Slate, picked the proper time to hit his first colle siate home run. It came with the bases loaded against Campbell Col lege. Gabriel is a first baseman. ATTENTION! EAGLES and FRIENDS SMORGASBORD Sat., May 2 6:00 p.m. A J..U. CI AA Major League Stan By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Pitching Warren Spahn, Braves, didn't walk a man. struck nut four and allowed but six hits. five of them singles, for 10 vic- FOR SALE . . . $295 1951 Studebaker Commoner, V-B, O.D. 1 Owner, Real Economy Coll 4-6322 Doyi 4-3393 Em. tory over the Cardinals in his sec ond shutout of the season. Hitting Ernie Banks, Cubs drove in two runs with three hits, the last a inth-lnning, solo home run that beat the Reds 3-2. More Sports On Page 12 OSBORN HOTEL EUGENE, ORE. Mm. J, B. Early Jar Esrlr Jr. Proprlators Thoroughly Modern Office Space Available Inquire DREW'S Monitor 733 Main IRV WH1TT . , . Rain er shins Kub Tryouts Set Sunday Players wishing to try out for positions on the rd59 version of the Klamath Kubs should report to Gem Stadium Sunday, May 3, at 1:30 p.m., noted team mana ger Irv Whitt. Regardless of the weather. we re going to go to work this Sunday it's getting late," slated Whitt. The tryouts. originally heduled to start last Sunday, were washed out. All players will receive an equal opportunity to try for any position on the club since no selections have as yet been made for any berth Performances during tryouts will be the governing factor when it comes to choosing the team, Whitt commented. Sandlot Player Stuck In Sewer PITTSBURGH, Pa. (API John Peterson. 16. let a grounder scoot between his legs during a sandlot game. The ball rolled into a curb sewer. Undismayed. John went in head first. He got the ball but couldn't get his head out. Neighbors tried applying oil and cooking grease to his head. He re mained stuck. Then police and firemen teamed with a Pittsburgh Railways Co. road crew to lack up the sewer from the curb and free the boy. Reames Pro Posts Cup Pairings Reames Country Club pro Clark I Good today announced the pair ings for the President's Cup tour nament to be played May 2 and 3. Players are instructed to contact opponents and make arrangements for their matches. The pairings: Bill Gregory vs. Howard Perrin; Bob Alexander vs. bye; Ed Robinson vs. Ivan Kan dra: Jim Boyle vs. bye: Carl Woods vs. Larry Wetter: Don Robin vs. bye: Dean White vs. bye; Tommy Thompson vs. bye; Ray Beeber vs. Loren Palmerlon: Frank Tucker vs. bye; Lloyd Drew vs. Bill Hagelslein Jr.; Stan Soran vs; bye; Moon Mullis vs. Mel Miller: Jim Kerns Sr. vs. bye: Wes McNee vs. bye; Bill Perrin vs. bye, and Bob Harrahill vs. Stu Snell. John Penny vs. bye: Jim Ray vs. Jack Fleck; George Carney vs. bye: Clyde Ritter vs. Al Schmeck; Gus Anderson vs. bye: Don Stevens vs. bye: Ed Bros terhous vs. bye; Jim Johnson vs. Nick Carter; George Brosterhous vs. bye: Frank Tarr vs. Paul Landry; Dick Wendt vs. bye: Jim Noel vs. Andy Knudsen: Guy Bar ker vs. bye: Paul Angstead vs. hye, and Bill Hagclstein Sr. vs. bye. 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