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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.
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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-
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Players wishing to try out for
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the Klamath Kubs should report
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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
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free the boy.
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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
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