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I 2. ii'l. -77Wy I J.tf 7 7 i A i- Tl 'i i iti 1 1 lima ''it I) i ii ii 'l i nr 'f -'inn r. in ii-iWiwiiWira Ifmirflfc'aii "T'nBWir -ft BS iVi-K'jfc oager cc FRIDAY MORNING, in DODGER OUTFIELD SHOWS FIRE. POWER The trio i i which may form Dodger outfield on opening day gives Vero Beach batting drill.

From left: Don Demeter, Duke Draws SPORTSCRIPTS I MarsyiHails Rams' Waterfield BY PAUL ZIMMERMANSports Editor Bohu BY FRANK FINCH Times Staff Representative VERO March 3 The rookie rave in Dodgertown at. the moment is not Frank Howard or Tommy Davis, but a 20-year-old pitcher with a buggy whip arm Filimeno Coronado Ortega. He prefers to be called Phil, and Fresco Thomp son, director of Dodger farm operations, prefers to call the 20-year-old kid "the best pitching, prospect in our organization." After Phil was graduated from Mesa (Ariz.) High "If Bob Waterfield laJialf as good a coach as he was a player he will be a great This is the statement of George Preston Marshall president of the Washington Redskins. "Of course" that doesn't mean the Rams' are going to beat us in our opening game herein August, because we'll have a better team than Los Angeles has. We 1 Ik j4 Snider nd Walty Moon, sav MARCH 4, 1960 3t tle, while the Bruins are currently runners-up with a 6-4 mark.

The Trojans, 4-6, could gain a second-place tie by a sweep. Forrest Twogood's Tro- ans are listed as three-point favorites tonight off their splendid showing on the road recently. Prior to their current surge, the Trojans had lost four straight" games, giving, birth to rumors of team dis sension. Nothing kills rumor virus quieter than a few victories. John Wooden's Bruins, at one time title contenders until Cal burned 'em off, have everted a strange spell over SC in recent years.

Hustling Soph UCLA ha3 won 13 of the past 15 games, eight of the wins by a four-point margin or less. Different people have car ried the load for UCLA dur ing the season. At present. hustling soph guard John Green i3 the wheel-horse. Please Turn to Pg.

4, Col. 3 ft I PART IV. CHARGERS NIX ROSE BOWL, PLAN GAMES FOR COLISEUM SC, UCLA MIX FOR PLAY-OFF BERTH Cagers Open Crucial Series Tonight at Sports Arena With NCAA Bid at Stake BY MAL FLORENCE With a berth in the NCAA Western Regionals as an rwit A 4- "fit) School last and sighed with Los Angeles for 'an estimated $70,000, bonus, he immediately joined the Spokane Indians. Despite his inexperience, Ortega fashioned a. 6-7 record in Triple rA ball.

"Phil has more poise than any youngster his age I've ever seen," said his Spokane skipper, Bobby Bragan. "All his moves show the benefit of expert coaching in high school. 1 "Can he make it with the Dodgers this season? because they figure South ern California fans are more accustomed to going to the Coliseum. Don publicity! chief for the Chargers, said the sale of season tickets for the 1960 campaign probably will open next week. It is understood that dates for home games by the Los Angeles Rams are to be in the hands of the Coliseum commission not later than tomorrow, after which the Chargers plan to announce their Coliseum schedule.

Oakland Discussion The Trojans, Bruin3 and Dodgers already have re leased their Coliseum dates With commissioner Joe TODAY IN SPORTS HORSE RACING Santa 1:10 p.m. BASKETBALL SC vs. UCLA, Sports Arena, 9 pjn additional prize, Trojan and Bruin cagers resume their time-honored cage warfare tonight in the Sports Arena. pitchers a hammering during Well, I'm not writing him off, but it would be stretching it a point. "Another season at Spokane probably would be, the best thing for Phil," Under the tutelage of Erv Reid, his prep mentor and closest friend, Ortega notched a 28-5 record, including four no-hitters, at Mesa High.

As a high school Junior in 1958, the rangy' righthander, who is of Mexican and Indian descent, hurled for the Casa Grande Cotton Kings in the national Seniipro tourney at Wichi Foss, former Marine Corps flying hero, presiding, the owners spent most of the morning session discussing matters pertaining to the Oakland club, last to join the eight-team circuit. Foss announced that Oak land, which has owners, a coach in Eddie Erdelatz and a general manager in Chet Soda, but until today no players, will get 14 football ers as "gifts" from other clubs in the AFL. Top name of the lot is Fran CurcL pint-sized quar terback of the University of Miami All-America Mention He vplayed; sensationally last fall and. at various stages of his career, was prominently mentioned for All-America honors. Oakland's nucleus came about in this manner: Minneapolis originally was being given serious consideration by founders of the Pleast Turn to Pg.

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2, Col. 3 TOP FILLY Darling June Faces 9 Boys in Rich Derby BY; BION ABBOTT The boys had better watch out because a gal is going to try to pin their ears back- again in tomorrow Santa Anita Derby. Darling June, the 3-vear- old feminine champion of the meeting, was entered yester day morning along with an outstanding group of nme sophomore colts for this rich mile and one-eighth fixture Darling June, owned by B. Johnston and trained by Tommy. Doyle, will be at tempting to duplicate the success scored by Silver Spoon in last year's derby.

Back to Back And Silver Spoon's inter ests, owner C. V. Whitney and trainer Bob Wheeler. will attempt a back to back double in the derby, this time with the colt Tompion. Wheeler was first to the entry box with Tompion's name yesterday.

Favorite for the classic, however, probably will be C. Marc Crawford flashv Flow Line, trained by Willie Wyndle. Flow Line won the San Felipe Handicap in his last outing and has never failed to finish first in all four of his races. The Other Seven 19 The other seven entrants were Kamasutra, Eagle Ad miral, Natego. John William, Henrijan and the Willie Mol- ter-trained entry of T.

V. Lark and Prince Blessed. If all 10 start, the race will gross $131,900, with the winner netting $84,800. Only surprise entrant was Kamasutra and in the draw a. 'a I 1 jf iIor Psl posiuons ne received the coveted rail.

Here's how Please Turn to Pr. 6. Col. 3 THE WINNERS 1 Black Bully, $14.60. 2 Marty Obbink, $6.00.

3 Salt Lake, $5.40. 4 Perfect Hostess, $7.80. 5 Niequest, $34.00. 6 Sundown II, $420. 7 Hope Is Eternal, 8 Nita Shift, $1520.

The teams meet again to morrow night and the club that sweeps the series meets the Skyline champion Mon day in a first-round regional game in Provo, Utah. If the teams split, which is likely, NCAA committee members will take a closer squint at the local schools' season records in order to come up with a representative. A torrid freshman game is on tap both evenings at 7. The Brubabes, 18-2 on the season, and the Trobabes, 17-2 of the year, split in earlier contests. Fourth Meeting This will be the fourth meetirig this season be tween the varsity quintets.

UCLA prevailed, 67-65, in an Athletic Association oi Western Universities outing and again, 47-45, in a De cember practice tilt. SC triumphed, 72-62, to capture third place in the Los Angeles Classic Tournament. California (9-1) has al ready cinched the AAWU ti expect to beat the Rams, just as we did last year. "TV Jilwavs said Wa. terfield was the second best quarterback we ever had in the National Foot- ball Leagu next to Sammy Baugh." Better-than Otto Graham and all the others.

"He's smart in surrounding himself with crwl occictanfc lilro TTamn straight NCAA champion ship, today was named college basketball's "coach of the vear" In i nationwide poll by United Press George Marshall- You hardly would think this was the firebrand of the NFL talking, but George admits he's getting soft He arrived yesterday to bask in our pleasant climate a week before the league meeting opens at the Ambassador. "No controversy this time," promised Marshall, who led. the fight at Miami Beach against expansion. "Of course, we have a young commissioner in Pete Rozelle and you never can tell. Youth often tries to revolutionize everything.

"And don't ask me what I think of the American League. I have enough problems of my own." Redskins Boost Ticket Pfices How will the Redskins do in attendance next year? "We've already sold 13,000 season tickets although we, raised the prices to $5 and $6. We're promising purchasers of season tickets this year preferred seats in the new stadium in Washington that will be finished in time for the 1961 football season." The Redskins have taken a 30-year lease on the hew structure and George says he should have made the contract for 60 years. "I'll be the only one left when it comes time to renew it," laughed Marshall. George, always the master of positive statements, says this is going to be the greatest stadium ever erected for sports "and that includes the Rose Bowl." Deluxe Seating Setup 'It will seat 50,000, with 30,000 between the goal posts.

Sixty per cent of the seats will be under cover. "These are chairs, not benches. Twenty-two-inch chairs with arms on them," says Marshall, who admits the stadium has many Marshall recommended innovations to which the government agreed. "For example, there are 80 of what Jack Paar would call water closets, and that's more than you have at the Coliseum where you seat almost twice as many people. "You can see why I signed with the federal government, lock, stock and barrel for the next 30 years and why I should have made it 60." This pretty well hushes the rumor heard from time to time that Marshall wants to move the Redskins out of Washington.

1 LFTSCHARGEOfficiols of LA. Chargers Join huddle ot Oakland meeting of American Pro Football League. Seated: Frank Leahy of L.A., right, and Dom Di-Maggio, Boston. Standing: LAs Sid Gillman, left, and commissioner Joe Foss. VP) Wirepheta MEMBER SNOWBOUND Postpones Bowl Pact BY BRAVEN DYER Times Staff Representative OAKLAND, March 3 The' Los Angeles Chargers will play, their home, football games in the Los Angeles Coliseum this fall.

Barron Hilton, president of the Chargersmade this announcement today after a morning meeting of the owners and general managers of the eight teams in the foundling 'American Football League. There will be seven Coh- se-um contests featuring the new pro club, which is to be coached by Sid Gillman, with Frank Leahy of Notre Dame fame as general man ager. Rose Bowl Nixed Quite likely the Chargers will make their Coliseum de but with a charity game in early August Tney nixed the idea of go ing to the Rose Bowl for! their. nome games mainly Big Ten Vote on COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 3 Wl The Big Ten today declined a one million dollar yearly offer to televise- athletic events' separate from the NCAA program, but took no action on resumption of a Rose Bowl contract because one faculty representative was missing from the meeting. Michigan State's faculty man, John Fuzak, and athletla director Biggie Munn wera snowbound at East Lansing; Mich, and did not make the opening day meeting.

This prevented a vote to be taken on the Rose Bowl matter, which is expected to be a 5-5 stalemate, killing a future contract with the West Coast Big Five. Action on the Rose Bowl Issue is expected tomorrow. Also up for consideration i3 a vote en wheth- er an individual school could accept a Rose Bowl invitation. Such i regula Hon now is in the Big Tea books and a five-five stale mate would keep it there. Newell Named Coach of Year NEW YORK, March 3 (UPI) Towel -chewing Pete NeweuV whose Califor- nia Bears are ranked the nation's No.

1 team and are shooting for their second freshman prelim, 7 p.m..