nr
Pelicans Tumble As ioseburg Takes Top
SETTING HIS SIGHTS
Defeat By Crater Comets
Drops KF To Second Spot
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kiamaui xana lumuiuu wuay
from the No. 1 spot tn the Asso
ciated Press poll of Oregon prep
jasketball teams. Into first place
went Roseburg, a runnerup the
Sent ire season.
-The Mamath palls team had
Jbeen first in every previous
fweekly rating this season. But
tiver the weekend, Klamath was
ipended by unranked Central
iPoint, and that apparently made
up the minds of the sports writers
and sportscasters participating in
jthis week's poll.
.Roseburg had seven first-place
votes to Klamath Falls' four. The
other four went to undefeated
Grant of Portland, which was
close on the heels of Klamath
iFalls. Grant was only a scant four
?points behind, in third place.
" ! There was near-unanimity for
Jth'e top three in the poll. Fourth-
;)ace Wilson got one vote (or
5 third place and fifth-place Central
JCatholic received a vote for sec -
ond. The rest went for the three
i favorites.
Wilson held to its fourth position
; despite its two-point loss to Grant
. last week, and Central Catholic,
pleader of the Metro League,
V remained in fifth.
I Medford and Bend were in sixth
I and seventh places, a switch from
last week when they were in the
-'opposite spots.
"South Eugene and Marshfield
i stayed in seventh and eighth
'spots, but North Eugene jumped
, into tenth place, bumping Beaver
I ton from the elite group. North
i ITimpnp hnrl 4nn trnlA fnt- fm-,l.
and two for fifth, but it was men -
J
Soph Beats
Scoring Ace
VANCOUVER, Wash. I API -
Art Easterly, a 6-6 sophomore.
out-scored the nation's leading
i scorer and led the University of
! Portland to an 88-68 basketball
j romp over Gonzaga University
I here Monday night.
t Easterly poured in 34 points
.4 S3 of them in the second half to
jj load Portland to victory in the
" opener of the two-game series and
!lhus eclipsed the scoring effort of
Gonzaga's Frank Burgess.
Burgess entered the game as
, the No. 'I college, scorer in the
-r nation, with an average of 32.8
points a game. He came out of
Monday night's contest with 26.
He got 10 oi 25 field goal attempts
and made six of nine tosses from
the free throw line.
Easterly opened up in the early
moments of the game, sinking
two goals that helped send Port
land into a 6-0 lead. He was sen
sational in the second half, sink
ing 11 of 16 field goal tries
Portland led nil the way and
was never really threatened.
Once, late in the game, Gonzaga
closed the gap tn 74-65. But then
Portland made 10 points in a row
and breezed away.
. The teams end their series witliL.nkin .thlott- official tn.
another game tonight, this one at
UnL.J tl ..Ml U. Ik- fitlU limn
Portland. It will be the fifth time
the teams have met this season,
and Portland now has won the
first four.
The victory gave Portland a 15-9
record for the season, and left
the Pilots in the thick of the race
1 for a berth in the NCAA reeionalL
pfoffs. Gonzaga now is far out
t
of the running a! 11-13.
DaiTOW Wins Dy IWIup third. Either Brumel or
SPOKANE (API Kirk Barrow, I Thomas would win every time."
180. Scokane. knocked out Al, In their two meetings indoors!
Green. 177, Miami, in 2:59 of the
third round Monday night.
The victory was Barrow's fourth
in a row since he lost a decision
to Pete' Radcmacher recently
Late in the third. Bafrow hooked
a left to Green's midsection.
Green sagged, and Barrow hit him
with a straight right high on the'
head
. Green slumiwd to the floor and I
stayed there two minutes.
fraley Picks Ingemar By Kayo
By OSCAR FRALEY
MIAMI BEACH (UPI - Box
ing men on the whole today arc
diving Ingemar Johansson as
much chance as an ice floe off
Tahiti in his bid to recover
'be
avyweiht title from Floyd Pat-L
lerson ne.i monin uui 11 rum -
less Fralcy's studied opinion that
the Swedish iron man will win.-
J3CK 'UOC lcarns scieuro u
.rnnreashord slimmer and it
raised numerous eyebrows among 'Picked Johansson to win their
the cauliflower set. H 0 w e v e rjfirst fight and selected Patterson
there is a susnicion that Jack 'in the second go-round. This
Dempsev s one-time manager had
, , .
nuarious twinkle in nis eye ' " "c " " ' :
w hen he did it. I There was a suspicion in this j
-The betting here is strictly onlcorncr. heading into Ihe first bout. I
Into's "big poonch" and
Fkivri" rnn.i.-.ni vnlnpiahilitv to
Patterson throughout his tenure,
in office has been floored by aithe way of training was a shavcloy tush for on Christmas!
number of efficiently inept war-'and a haircut, but it was obvious.'nwrning.
t Cors. The most promising of from the manner in which Ingo1 Which brings us to his conten-!
jtioned on the balluts of only four
experts.
Bcaverton, tenth last week, gar
nered only one vote, that one for
ninth place. Last w eek. North I
Eugene
had only a tenth-olace
I tally.
the poll, with 10 points for a
first-place vote, 9 for second, etc.
(Won-lost records in parentheses I
Team ' points
1. Roseburg 117-21
2. Klamath Falls (18-21 .
3. Grant (20-01
4. Wilson (18-21
5. Central Catholic 1 18-2
6. Mcdford 1 16-5'
7. Bend U7-4 .. .. ,..
8. South Eugene 1 13-7 1 .
9. Marshfield (15-61
. 139
1.13
. 129
. 92
. 81
. 55
. 49
37
. 35
10. North Eugene (13-71 .
21
Others: South Salem 15, Corval-1
lis 11, Scappoose 10, Madras 7,
iillamook a, La Grande 3, Bea
vcrton 2, Woodburn 1.
i If I l lUlnflf MJ
lw l"CUTOrU
I
I c C P 1 1 LI k
Seating capacity of Pelican
Court for the Saturday night
KUHS-Medford basketball game
has been sharply curtailed by a
directive from the fire depart
ment, reports James Johnson, ath
letic director.
Johnson said that he has been
ordered to see that the crowd
does not overflow the gym as in
the past. The restrictions limitiThe Vandvs marched throueh
seating for the game to about
'i'600 inste?d ,of 2-200 atten
Idanee at the last clash.
Because of this restriction, there;
are no general admission tickets
available, he reported. All seats
will be reserved, and he reports
tnat all reserved seats are now
sold out for the clash.
A place is being held for the
rally squad of Medford
He also stated that -student tick-!
ets will not be sold, but that
those students who have season
tickets will be admitted. No pass
es will be recognized for this
game, lie said.
However, some hope of lastl
minute accommodations was held
out when Johnson said attempts
were being made to erect anoth
er set of bleachers, and if suc
cessful, these , will be opened to
general admission. He- also indi
cated that there would be some
standing room for about 100 per
sons available.
The Saturday night clash is the
concluding game of the regular.
season for the Pelicans who will
be shooting for their fourth
straight triumph over Medford
which has clinched the second
tourney berth from this district in
the State A-l Classic in Eugene
kuss uetends
Thomas Loss
NFW YORK (API A hieh
L, , (he dccnse or John
J . - ....
Thomas for losing two epic high
jumping duels with Russia's Val
ery Brumel.
"Look at it this way," said
Leonid Khomenkov, chief of the
Russian version of the AAU,
j m . - J
DimMd anu iiiuiuaa ui a vuni
petition with any other high
jumper m the world, tne oiner Lewis and Clark both won wiluowa 73 pm-duc 62
jumper would automatically wind.atc spurts to finish in the upperiBowling Green 95 Findlav 54
nere. me ..-year-om nrume. ..a, cagea racinc m-w, nereuy Nevada 88
come out on top both times. Ining second place in the race '"' lJ,,JT.
the New York Athletic Club
games, he goi over 7 feet 3 inches
to 7-1 for Thomas. Last Saturday,
in the National AAU champion-.
ships, he cleared 7-2 to 7 feet for
Thomas
Thev meet for the third and last
limp Ihi season on boards Friday
in the Knights of Columbus meet
in Madison Square Garden.
these was a young amateur
named Pete Radcmacher. The 1
fact that, barring the first right
,;, , Bu. j
against Ingemar, he arose and
nnmp nn liLp Urhirlui,--ii ie a Ipc.
, ;,;, . I,,, "u,,, ,
lb. , 0 c'harac;erjstics ofl
. . ,.
Fearless Batting 10(10
1
Fearless imt
cumin nidi ut,
comes out two for two and
..nn't ,1 nA ,,n tfAC llinn BiTt
that Patterson figured the Swede
This
as another Brian London
rnpant ihai KlmH rnnlH have
reasoned that all he needed intcouldn'l make up his mind which
WAYNE SCOTT,
Tuesday, February 28, 19111
Kentucky May Steal
NCAA Playoff Title
By GARY KALE for its first Southwest Conference
United Press International j championship in overtime, 95-91.
Kentuckv mav sneak into a A driving layup by Rice substi-
post-season playoff berth through j'ute forward Steve Smith in the
the back door and then disruotVst 10 seconds of regulation time
the proceedings by winning its
fifth NCAA basketball champion-
ship.
Wildcat coach Adolph Rupp has
a talent for winning he has
recorded 612 victories in more
than 30 vears. Although Kentuckv
was off to a so-so start this sea- ference as the Hawkeyes defeat
son, the "Man in the Brown Suit" ed Purdue, 73-62. in a rough
has rallied his team to its present game that had 60 violations
16-7 record. called. Don Nelson tallied 26
Kentucky was shut out of the
title gate when Mississippi State
clinched the Southeastern Con-
ference championship with a 62-57,
win over Tulane Monday night.;
The Wildcats, however, have their
hopes up because Mississippi
State won't play in the NCAA
for segregation reasons.
The Ruppmen maintained a tie
for second place in the SEC with
a 77-51 verdict over Auburn.
Their eighth straight triumph en
abled them to keep pace with
Vanderbilt at 9-4 in the standings,
Georgia, 87-76.
Wrecks Florida Chances
Florida, which had been in a
three-way tie for the runner-up;
position, was wrecked by Georgia
lecn, w-au.
Ned Jennings, one of four sen-
iors making their last home court
appearance, netted 23 points in
leading the attack against Au
burn. Kentucky held a 43-24 half
time margin and had little trou
ble in picking up the win that
could be a possible path to the
NCAA title which the Wildcats
won in 1948-49-51 and 1958.
Kansas State won the Big Eight
spot in the NCAA regional play
offs with a 77-67 victory over
Nebraska. The fifth-ranked Wild
cats put together six successful
free throws in the last two and
one half minutes after Nebraska
had closed to 71-67. Cedric Price
led all scorers with 19 points and
was particularly efficient in the
early going when Kansas Stale
took a lead in the first six min
utes and was never headed
Rice stalled Texas Tech's bid;
League Won
By Lin field
NORTHWEST CONFERENCE
Final Stnmlines
W L
Linfield 11 4
College of Idaho 10 5
Lewis and Clark 9 6
Pacific 7 8
Whitman 4 11
Willamette 4 11
Monday night results:
College of Idaho 72, Pacific 03
Lewis and Clark 80, Whitman 79
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Northwest Conference bas
ketball season ended Monday
r.ieht. and College of Idaho and
half of the final standings.
College of Idaho played on its
nome court itionaay nieni anu
Ihe conference title. Lewis and
Clark nipiKd Whitman 80-79 at
Walla Walla, and finished in Ihe 1
No. 3 position.
The conference's other
(w0 -
t ... U-.A r:;.l.a Ihpir i-pni,K,-
seasons last week, Linfield win-
ninfj (hp -hnnihinnshin and Wil-
lamcttc clinching at least a share
;of last place. ,
had destroyed rising Eddie
thcn- tnat ,l,e Irish-looking Scan-
J:..:..- A mmi-h s Yira in a I
"" "J'"' v" "",v "' -
brick wall.
The second bout was a colt odhis voiced suspicion, it certainly
an entirely different hue.
Inco had become a soft-living;
celebrity who played Ihe Holly
wood circuit and now it was he
who felt that his right hand,
nlirallv a (hp hammer
, ., , . t-ut,J I,:,.!.
of Thor, could knock Floyd kick- amount of credence in Ingcmar's
ing at will. This time Pattersonjcontention. There were too many
.t. f .L,,iin ji... ! ik. ,iJol of the second division, donncdVino exercises In the Dune llnlel
irdllltrU Willi IMC uwjiioiiun n!ii..,uift , i at. i luiia in man
beatnik avoiding work. Yet. even'night of that second bout in addi-',.
I . n-i 1 -I 1 ,.L-J
SO, I OOT 5 naumicf annum luincu
poy(j
rountj
to sleep in the second
' ,
Forgot Follow I'p
Ingo simply didn't follow it up.
standing there like a
kid
whn
Christmas
Sports Editor
PACE
tied the score at 80-all. The Owlslnament berth.
hit on 50.7 of their field goal at
tempts, while holding Tech to 44.6
per cent.
Iowa Moves Up
Eighth - ranked Iowa took over
I second nlnre in the Rip Tpn mn.l
points for Iowa, winner in five of
six games since four of its start
ers were ruled ineligible because
of poor grades. The only setback
was a one-pointer to top-ranked
Ohio State, which can clinch the1
title Saturday against Michigan
State.
Terry Dischinger of Purdue, the
Big Ten's leading scorer, netted
35 points.
In other games, the NIT-bound
De Paul Blue Demons romped
over Youngstown, 78-55; Ralph
Well's 17-foot jump shot in the
last two seconds gave Northwest
ern a 60- 58 overtime win over
Indiana: L o v o 1 a of Chicaeo hit
the centurv mark for the fourth
time this season with a 105-77
'barrage over Washington (Mo.);
Wisconsin dropped Michigan, 76
68; Oklahoma State clipped Iowa
state. 59-55; Minnesota drubbed
Illinois. 85-76: Colorado edged
Missouri, 70-67, and Mississippi
beat Louisiana State, 48-46.
College Basketball Results
By United Press International
EAST
NYCC 47 Long Island Aggies 35
Oswego Tchr 90 Utlca 82
Buffalo 57 Buffalo St. 54
Geneva 95 Waynesburg 55
Boston College 84 Tufts 74
Hofstra 94 Queens 60
Wagner 86 Adelphia 56
SOUTH
iGeo'town (Kyi 91 V. Madona 74
jWestern Ky 84 Middle Tenn. 73
ifpntpn.-irv 67 Miss Kniitliprn 6.1
...... a- i
IM'ss.ssippi St. 62 Tulane 57
Pet. i vandcrniu 87 ucorgia 76
.733 ! Mississippi 48 Louisiana St. 46
.667 Tennessee 77 Alabama 62
.600i Kentucky 77 Auburn 51
467'Georgia Tech 52 Florida 50
.267; MIDWEST
2"'inp Pjtiil 7fl VmmfiQlnwn 55
K.City (Kan) JC 77 Highl'd JC51
Gustavus 71 Concordia (Minnl 68
Kansas St. 77 Nebraska 67
Wisconsin 76 Michigan 68
Minnesota 85 Illinois 76
Northwestern 60 Indiana 58
Loyola (1111 105 Wash. (Mo.) 77
pp 74 Thiel 6.1
'Xavier (Ohio) 86 Miami (Ohio! 81
Dak Wesleyan 90 Sou (SDi Tch87
SOUTHWEST
Lamar Tech 97 Howard Payne 71
Texas A&M 90 Baylor 69
Rice 95 Texas Tech 91
Oklahoma St 59 Iowa St 55
Arkansas 88 SMU 82
icxas icxas innsuan "
Ariz st 'l1 114 PM' 80
WEST
Colorado 70 Missouri 67
Portland 88 Gonzaga 66
Ma-'tion that he might have been
doped. Whether or not, he sure
IrviLnst Mir a fnn
"'-
But if. there is any basis for
would explain why he stood there
w'lh the awed interest of a ring-
side spectator while Floyd peace -
fully found his way out from
der the one-punch anesthetic.
fi d Fear e ouls a rerla in
iu- I 1 ,1 1 L. i..; jilirsi
1 iuii iu ine mil uiav uc unnrcu
like a nightclub entertainer.
"
After the first bout, m which,
Ingo won the title, he wrapped
old Fearless in a dressing room
bear hug and shouted exultantly
! "We won. We won."
1 couldn't. 1 told
nW it without him.
This time, eilher.
1 ,.niHn't. I told him
have
1
I
District Playoffs Set
For A-2 Tourney Berths
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The eight teams which will com
iivttp in thp Orppnn A. 2 hii'li Ki-hiuil
basketball tournament at Coos
Bay March 13-14 will be decided
in district playoffs this week.
The playoff schedule by dis
trict: Yawama
Thursday, Nestucca of Clover-
dale vs. Yamhill - Carlton: Salem
Academy vs. Sherwood. Winners
play Friday for tournament berth.
Cowapa
Friday, Hood River vs. Ver
nonia: Clatskanie vs. Seaside.
Winners play Saturday for tour-
Capital
Tuesday, Serra Catholic-Stay ton
and Woodburn-Mt. Angel to decide
league winners. Top two teams in
best-of-three March 3, 6, 7.
Coast
Tuesday. Waldport and Maple-
ton,
loser eliminated; then Fri -
day,
Tolcdo vs. Newport; Reeds-
port vs. Winner of Waldport -
34 Teams Enter B Pairings
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thirty-four teams are in conten-
tion for the eight berths in the
Oregon Class B high school bas
ketball tournament, to be held at
Bend March 9-11.
The field will be narrowed this'Dufur. Wheeler vs.' Sisters,
week bv a series of district tour-
naments.
Here is the situation by dis-j
tricts:
District 1: Portland Christian
plays at Star of the Sea in Astoria
tonight in the opener of a best
two-out-of-three-game series.
District 2: Eight teams are in
the running for the playoffs, which;
open Thursday night. The firsti
round matches Siletz and Detroit
and Mill City and Pcrrydale
Jefferson, while Colton and Falls
City and Jefferson and St. Paul
wffl meet at Mill City.
District 3: Harrisburg and Low
ell meet Wednesday mcht . at
Eugene, and this game will de
cide the district's entry.
District 4: Powers could take
the District 4 title with one vic
tory, over Camas Valley at Suth
erlin Friday night.
District 5: Prospect and Chilo-
Big Five
Eyes Tie
SAN FRANCISCO (UPII The
Big Five put away its logarithms
today and announced plans for;
deciding which team will be
named the league winner and
NCAA tournament representative
if there arc any tics in the final
standings.
Everything from a two-game
deadlock to one Involving all
five clubs was taken into consid
eration Monday with the follow
ing results:
If Southern California, currently
heading the race with a 6-2
record, winds up tied with second
place Washington, the teams will
meet for the title on a neutral
court March 13.
However, a tie between the
Trojans and third place UCLA
will be settled on the basis of
which team wins the season
series. Each has one victory to
day and they meet for the third
and last time Friday.
A triple tie between USC, UCLA
and Washington will call for a
league vole on which team car
ries the Big Five's colors to
Portland tor the NCAA regional
eliminations. There . will hp
eliminations. There also will bejnight.
balloting if all five teams finish
in a tic for the top spot.
Current standings are USC 6-2,
Washington 6-4, UCLA 4-4, Cali
fornia 3-6 and Stanford 3-6.
All Giant Team
Under Contract
PHOENIX 'UPD Every San
rrancisco oiani was under con-
tract for 1961 today.
The last holdout, pitcher Juan
Marichal, inked his pact Monday
for about $12,500, or about $5,000 with Wiley Johnson, Chicago, in
more than he received last year.thc Riviera Resort Hotel's Con
As the Giants continued work-lvention Hall.
ouls under the sun here, three
piaycrs were sun missing. Pitcn-
ers Jack Sanford and George Ma-
randa were driving to camp and
un-:.!1"1 momentarily; rookie ol
fielder Gil Carrido's whereabouts !
were unknown.
name iuenn, me man tne ui-
ants are counting on to get them
V-i;...l f. I iU
.""""'V "re
time Monday. He
,,v
T j - ' """"- '"' "'l
land during the winter.
Ku.nn dld no, tt.m jjs,.,rhpA
ahout th fad lhal manan(,r Avln
Dark has indicated he will try
him out in left field, third base
first base, and maybe one or two
other positions.
"I just want Alvin (0 let me
play." he said.
j.Mapleton. Saturday winners meet
for tournament berth.
Kogue-Umpqua
Friday, Sutherlin, ' Glide.
Hen-
lCy, Lakoview in playoff; winners
meet Saturday for tournament
berth.
Emerald
Tuesday, Pleasant Hill and St.
Francis of Eugene in contention
for place in best-of-three. If
Pleasant Hill loses and St. Francis
wins they are tied. Otherwise it
is Pleasant Hill vs. McKcnzie,
which already has playoff spot.
Sunset Six .
The league winner goes to tour
nament. Coquille is 9-0 and
Myrtle Point 7-1. They meet Frl-
day. If Myrtle Point wins and also
wins a makeup game they will be
tied. Otherwise, Coquille is in.
tournament.
Greater Oregon
Madras has won first game in
; best-of-three series with McLaugh-
lin High of Milton-Freewater, for
toumament berth.
quin meet Thursday in the opener
of a series. The team that takcsl
two games gets the state berth,
District 6: A playoff starts at
The Dalles Thursday night, with
Condon vs. Maupin, Mosicr vs,
and
i Cascade Locks vs. Culver
District 7: This playoff also
opens Thursday night, at Pendle
ton, with Mount Vernon vs. Pilot
Rock, Weston vs. Long Creek
Umatilla vs. Athena and lone vs.
Prairie City.
District 8: Huntington and Jo
seph open play Thursday night
at Bend. The two time winner
noes to state
roiu
X'jWilt Nearing
D-J kU..L
icv.ui u iviai it
National Basketball Association
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monday Results
Philadelphia 113, Los Angeles 88
Tuesday Games
St. Louis vs. Cincinnati at New
York
Boston at New York
Los Angeles at Philadelphia
Towering Wilt Chamberlain
needs only six points to break his
own National Basketball Associa
tion seasonal Individual scoring
record of 2,707 points which he
should do without trouble tonight.
Wilt the Slilt smashed his own
seasonal rebound record of 1941
Monday night by snagging 29 re
bounds against the Los Angeles
Lakers in Los Angeles to give
him a new total of 1,943, and the
Philadelphia Warriors a 113-88
win.
The two teams play tonight in
Philadelphia.
With eight scheduled regular
games left for the Warriors,
Chamberlain is a cinch to set new
NBA seasonal rebounding and
scoring records at each game.
Chamberlain racked up 35
points Monday night, 32 of them'
in the second half when he con
nected repeatedly with his turn
around jump shot. In scoring 32
points m the last half, he set a
new Los Angeles Sports Arena
record.
The Lakers, playing without the
services of star Elgin Baylor who
was out because of a sore throat,
stayed close to the Warriors until
the last nine minutes. Halftime
score was 47-44 for the Warriors,
The Lakei -Warrior game was
the only NBA action Monday
Fullmer Set
For Title Go
LAS VEGAS (UPD - Middle
weight champion Gene Fullmer
engaged tn several more practice!
rounds today in preparation for
his Saturday bout with contender!
Susar Ray Robinson.
The champion Monday fought1
fpur sparring matches, three with
(Nathan Lsh, Phoenix, and on
"I feci as good as I have ever
ct before a fight." the West Jor
dan. Utah, fighlcr commented u ft -
cr his last open workout, which
2.10 spectators saw. From now on
Fullmer will drill in private to
wor( out gimtegy for the national-lthe
y televised bout,
Contender Itohi'nsnn'i first nar.
"
Convention Hall drew an esti-
maica crowa 01 i.uuu. ne ioucni
two rounds with Otis Woodard and:
one with Bobby Lee.
M50
House f colli
BllLY GOLDEN - TV
Pt and H'orh fiuarmltctf
PH. TU 2-1259
"nave Tlt" Will Travr'
OAr Ml. HI - SLNDAV
MJL'22Sr M&m.
Pirates Favored To
In National League
By STEVE SNIDER
NEW YORK (UPD -National
League fact sheet, spring edition
There'll be as many pennant
contenders as pushovers in base
ball's last eight-club major league
race before the National League
follows the trail blazed by the
American this year and goes to
10 teams in 1962. At least four
clubs have a good shot at the
flag.
Pittsburgh s world champions
are the logical choice to repeat but
Milwaukee and Los Angeles fig
ure to improve and St. Louis is
counting' itself in for the whole
pot. San Francisco, under new
manager Alvin Dark, Is a qucs-
Prospects
Brighten
For LA.
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (UPD
The Los Angeles Angels already
appear on the way to becoming
first-class baseball team
After only a few days of track
work, low-pressure camp games
and individual coaching sessions
to remove kinks, resident sports
writers are saying nice things and
the club's executives even nicer
things about the men on the field
I'm more certain each day
that we drafted the best play
ers," manager Bill Rigney said
after the latest workouts. It 1
just amazing the way these guys
work.
Bob Elliott, one of the coaches
Rigney has borrowed to help whip
the largely unacquainted gang of
draftees into a disciplined team,
was standing nearby.
Yes, I think this Angel outfit,
has more potential than Kansas
City," the I960 Athletics manager!
commented.
About the only worry on
Rigncy's horizons and a minor
one, indeed is a couple of hold
outs. When veteran right-handed
hurlcr Ned Garvcr came to terms
with general manager Fred Haney
Monday for an undisclosed salary,
the list of draftees who have not
yet signed contracts dwindled to
two.
Haney expects Cuban first-base
man Julio Becquer, drafted from
Washington, to join the fold in
short order, but has apparently
given up hope on Bob Davis, a
pitcher assigned from the Ath-
emetics. Davis, a Yale graduate,
wants to complete a master's de
grce at Columbia.
But with their team's roster al
most complete, Rigney and Ha
ney don't seem very perturbed
about two stray players.
They and the men are Intent on
how things go Wednesday in the
club's first Ultra-squad games on
spacious Polo Grounds.
Fight Rcnults
By United Prrss International
NEW YORK - Ted Wright.
15.1' 4, Detroit, stopped Sugar
Hart. 1M',, Philadelphia '91.
Newspaper
SPOT ADS
are inexpert. ive
tion mark that might turn out to
be an exclamation point.
The defending champs out hit
all rivals last year, whacked the
fearsome Yankees in the World
Series and picked up a Yankee -L
wce Bobby Shantz to provide
aid and comfort to the Bucco re
lief pitching corps.
The Bucs, topped by most valu
able player Dick Groat (.3251, led
the league in hitting with .276 to
runner-up Milwaukee s ,265. ,
Vcrn Law f 20-0 was one of three
20-game winners. . .Pirate pitchers
allowed fewest homers (105) but
five other clubs hit more homers
. , .Pirates were the league's best
"owls" winning 49, losing only
29 at night. . .also toughest in ex
tra inning games wllh a 12-5 rec
ord.
Milwaukee, second last year,
made extensive infield repairs. . .
Manager Chuck Dressen, leading
the chant that "Pittsburgh won't
repeat," added infielders Frank
Boiling from the Tigers, Roy Mc
Millan and Billy Martin from Cln-!
cinnati, Andre Rodgers from
San Francisco. . .Ace pitcher
Warren Spahn, needing only 12
victories to reach a .career 300,
had his lllh 20 or better season
in 1960. . .Outfielder Hank Aaron
is the only I960 National Leaguer
to lead two batting departments,
most runs-battcd-in (126), most to
tal bases (334). . .Braves led in
homers with 170 topped by Aaron
(401, Eddie Mathews (39 Joe
Adcock (251. . .Pitcher Lew Bur
dctte may see more bull-pen duty
than usual.
Top Conditions Produce
Excellent Shoot Totals
Excellent shooting conditions
led to some equally excellent
scores Sunday at the Klamath
Gun Club as three men turned in
perfect rcores in the 16 f yard
event, and a near perfect score
of 49 of 50 targets was scored in
the handicap.
John Lichtenstcrn, Vcrn Brader
and Dr. John Merryman carded
the perfect totals in the 16-yard
events, and Vern Moore led the
handicap field, blasting 49 out!
of 50 targets to secure his sec
ond leg on the Howard Pernell
handicap trophy.
Thirty three shooters turned out
for the events, Including five
from Chcmult's Gun Club, two
from Crescent Lake and four
from Sprague River.
Next week there will be a spe
cial event for shooters and special
prizes for the high guns, although
many of the shooters will be go
ing to Medford for the registered
shoots scheduled there.
Scores for the day:
16 yd.. Hdcp.
John Lichtenstcrn
50
Vcrn Brader
50
50
49
Dr. John Merryman
David Robinson
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Repeat
Battle
Los Angeles brings back Lippy
Leo Durocher as a coach after
a five-year exile. . .also counting
on a flock of youngsters led by
1960 rookie-of-the-year Frank
Howard. , .Dodgers led the league
in pitching last year, had the best
record in doubleheaders (II vic
tories, three defeats), but allowed
more homers than any other club
when the odd-shaped Los Angeles
Coliseum turned out to be
league's best homer-heaven. ; .All
told 186 homers were hit at Los
Angeles, 89 by the Dodgers. . .
Jim Gilliam of Dodgers was
toughest-to-fan in the league and
teammate Norm Larker was sec
ond. St. Louis again counting for
big : yoar from , pitcher Ernie
Broglio (21-9) and reliever Lindy
McDanlel (12-4) plus usual from
Stan Musial, considering his age.
(401, , .Sim Francisco has Willie
Mays, all - time league leader in
slugging percentages with .585,
traded for fine hitter Harvey
Kuenn -(Cleveland) and has 1960
earncd-run leader In pitcher Mike
McCormick. . .Jack Sanford of
Giants led league with six shut
outs. . .Giants - play in toughest
park to hit a homer In only
80 there last year.
Chicago has Ernie Banks, all-
time leader in homer-hitting by
shortstops; eight coaches but no
manager and not much hope. . .
Cincy and Phillies look about the
same as '60'.
And warming up in the bullpen
for 1962 new clubs in Houston
and New York.
Don Schonchin 49 44
George Cunha 48 47
Nelson Reed 48 40
Earl Kent 48 47
Richard Jcssup 48 46
Dallas Sutherland 47 ' 43
Harold York 47 41
Paul Matthews ' 47 40
BUI Davis 46 43
Vern Moore 46 49
Ed Lynes 45 21x
Tim Hess 44 44
Ron Wilson 44 44
Howard Pernell 44 45
Jim Wlssenback 43
A. Thompson 43 ' 35
Grant Damon 41 42
Al Carpenter 39 41
Dr. Jim Hilton 37
J. Probst 27 26
E. Williams 23 31
George Epperson 38
Frank Goodman 16
E. H. Cahoon 43
Charles Green . 13x
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