The Daily Oklahoman from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 47

Fisher Hurls 3-0 Triumph Pennant Races Open In Two Parks Today Erdelatz Quits After 9 Years As Navy Pilot ANNAPOLIS. Anril UV-Kddle Krdelatz raiiimed Wcdnita. For Baltimore By Tha Anioclatad PrM) Younc Jack Fisher, a husky righthander, blanked the Philadelphia Phillies on three singles Wednesday and became Balti more lone nine-inning pucner nf lhi snrlne as the Orioles enhower, however, for he is on a golfing vacation. Vice-President Nixon will throw out the first ball. Pedro Ramos 14-18), an opening day winner last year with a five-hitter against Boston, will try to get the Senators off on the right foot.

Washington closed out Lh 1959 sea- Probable Pitchers Biltlmnre Wsh. Inston Rmo9. JM-IM. PltUburi (Kline. 13-1() at Cincinnati capped major league baseball's day after nine years as head football coach at Navy.

The surprise announcement from Rear Adm. Charles L. Melson, academy superintendent, gave no Immediate reason for the reslgna (Ion of tho -ycnr-old conch who hn guided Navy to 80 victories. Including two Ilowl championships, slnco he came here In 1050. Ills teams have lost 2fl nnd tied eight.

nest cxniomon record wun a o-w victory. fBr Th AssocUUtf PrtM) pHE big leagues open the baseball season earlier ban ever this year with two ipecial previews Thursday at Washington and Cincinnati. The bulk of the teams start Friday with a seven-same ichedule. The two-day program expected to draw about fans. With the early start tho own-jrs can cram an extra Sun-lay into the schedule and cash on an extra weekend of net-ork game-of-the-weck telecasts.

The Baltimore Orioles, pace setters in the exhibition game season, play at Washington where 25,000 are expected to see the Presidential rhey won't see President Eis a hotel room, of all places. Billy Klaus, supposed to start at thlrdbase, slipped on a bathroom floor and jammed his side against a wash basin Monday night. He Is a doubtful starter. The Orioles, strong on defense and weak on punch despite their robust hitting in Florida, will use Jack Harshman (12-15). a lcfthnndcr who bent Washington four times Inst year.

Cincinnati will celebrate Its 75th opener, a traditional spring fete in the rhineland, by playing, highly regarded Pittsburgh. The customary crowd of 32.000 or better will be on hand when Gov. Happy Chandler of Kentucky, former baseball commissioner, makes a strong first pitch. The Or e. who open the reg ular season Thursday at Washington, finished the exhibition campaign with a 17-8 record.

The Los Angeles Dodgers, beat hrdcinu was not immediately available for comment. The resignation is effective Immediately, Adm. Melson said; The announcement came Into Wednesday nnd followed several onys ni taws ociwecn en iz-3 ny jMiiwnuKce, nan me best record among National nnd ncademy officials, lie had been in closed-door sessions with league entries at 13-10. Cnpt. Slndc Cutter, director of athletics, nnd other Acndcmv of.

other closing exhibition son with a 13-game losing streak and has been picked by the nation's baseball writers to finish last once more. Baltimore ran into trouble in samcs. five Ditchers combined ficlnls throughout most of Wednes for a inrce-nu sntitoui as tne san day. Francisco ants defeated the Mr. Erdclnti' resignation cre Cleveland Indians, 2-0, at Omaha.

ates an ncuto problem nt this time in that spring practice has been terminated," Cutter said. Rookie Jim Toole won a starting job with Cincinnati by pitching a two-hitter for a 3-1 de ONCE OVE 22 Thursday, April 9, '59 Football plans havo already cision over the Chicago White been Inld for next fall. sox ai Indianapolis. Kansas city beat Dallas of the American as Complatts Nina Snatont His assistants havo assured irotTS iciraA. sociation.

6-5. and the New York Yankees whipped Richmond the International league, 10-2. mo Hint they will rcmnin for the coming season. 'Pills provides the continuity which alleviates Wall Favored At Greensboro FUrwr Triples the problem somewhat. Fisher.

20 and a 6-2. 205-pound- trociatz and I have di: er. also ranncd two-run triple cussed the situation. He did not as the Orioles bunched three ot disclose to mo his personal rea their four hits in the second nnHKNSBOrtO. C.

Anril 8 sons for We sh mm ing against loser Scth Morchead at Baltimore. The Phils wound every success in his future Wi New Masters golf champion Ait Wall is wasting no time returning to the firing line. He up with an 11-14 record. This fall would have boon the Red Worthincton got the decis ncncis a neid oi more man ait entered In Ihe $15,000 Greensboro lOlh football season at Nnvy for the genial native of Snn Fran ion for the Giants, following Jack Sanford to the mound and then cisco and former defensive coach Open tournament, beginning; a four-day run Thursday at tho Siarmount Forest country club. giving way to Paul Gicl, Joe for the professional Snn FrnnciR' Shipley and Dom Zanni.

The co 4ficrs. He set a new longevity record for Navnl academy However, this has Giants finished with a 15-13 record. The Injuns were 12-17. coacnes, both civilian nna become virtually. the persona! property of Sammy Sncad, the iodic, 22, cave up a nrst- "If -we don't beat the Alumni, I'll run all the way homo to Midland, Texat" could be what Vanity ond Wahoo MeDaniel Is laying here.

But it's mora likely Wahoo, who ran from Norman to Chickasha during the marathon craze earlier this year, it juit getting ready for lots of running during Saturday afternoon's football game in Norman. OU Varsity Plans inning homer by Jim Landis, then breezed, touching off Army Beaten Only last week, ho announced seasoned sinmmar irom wntia Sulphur Springs, W. Va. Sncad has won the. event six times, starting with the 1930 in clinching two-run eiehth with a Ted Williams' usual spring ailment and poorer defensively because Jim Pier-sall was dealt to Cleveland.

Red Sox pitching is thin and the in-' field is not impreesive. Cleveland will be fortunate if it can make the first division. Hardluck Herb Score showed no form recovery in the practice games. The Indians finally came up with a secondbaseman in Billy Martin but the left side of the infield is still on a makeshift basis. Baltimore and Kansas City will continue to mark time pending the development of their youngsters.

The Orioles are long on good pitching, being second only, to the Yanks in that respect last season. Washington is nothing more than a big out. Milwaukee still frets about its sec-onrlbase problem and apparently cannot solve the matter within its own organization following "the loss of Red Schoendienst. If the "heavily favored Braves -find jthis to 'be a major. 'handicap they; will try to deal for Johnny Temple of the Reds or Junior Gilliam of the Dodgers.

Pirates Are Threat OF course if Warren Spahn or Lew Burdette ever had a bad year, Milwaukee would be in trouble but each with enthusiasm plans for the coming football season, saying single. Dies Donovan look the after blanking the Reds for augural, -in a record unique in no iinti decided in spring prnc- live tramcs. Bravat Strike Fait ice to employ a three-team system for next year. Age, Improves Snead In missinc only, one of the' 1 The Reds, who are at home to Pittsburgh in the National a 1030 'graduate and former end at St. Mary's college, in California, became a Navy hero his first year as head coach league's early opener Thursday, iseforGrads Surpri previous tournaments here Sncad lib's won over $17,700 with 'six victories, two seconds, one In a playoff, three tliird, one sixth, i-iao a la-is csniDiuon recora, The box were 13-10.

here. After a losing 3-0 season, his team defeated heavily favored The Braves counted six first- will signal their thrce-mon Ivvo eighths nnd a ninth place finish. He's been out of the '-money three years. Army, ii-z, a major upsci. inning runs at Jacksonville, chasing the Dodgers' Sandy Kou- Navy teams had lost to licit arch quarantine here Saturday carefully-guarded secret.

iax. tienry Aaron men added a rivals the six previous years. Sammy seems to improve with three-run homer in the third off On the a 1 eleven Wednesday, Wnhoo MeDaniel ngc. For the Inst 10 years hero he has four victories and only Bill Harris as the Braves fin His second and last losing season at Navy came the following year when the Middies won only ished with an 11-15 record. and Jerry Tillery were once has lie finished lower, lhan (i tic for third.

That' was two' The Yankees finished wi ends split out, co-captain 14-12 record, batting around in a Boooy woya me quarterBacK and Jackie Holt the Hankered lour-run. tir.se against tneir larm- A OTHER big league baseball is with us and, perhaps to the surprise of no it is pretty much business at the same old stand. Talk of further franchise shifts has vanished into thin air, persons aiming at the Yankees while stumping for farm system regulations missed the boat, San Francisco is still without a new ballpark and the campaign for third major circuit or expansion to two ten team leagues also met with failure. The American league appears to be the same old story of New York domi-, nation and another thing that can be taken for granted is that Washington -will finish dead last again with Detroit perhaps the most improved club in the loop. "It should be a vastly different story in the National league, where thei'e looms strong indications of a lovely pennant scramble involving Milwaukee, San.

Francisco and Pittsburgh with Chicago and Los Angeles fighting it out for the other' first division berth. The Chicago White Sox are a good bet to repeat behind the Bombers, although Detroit could nail down that spot as Boston and Cleveland scrap for fourth plate. Another Runaway? THE Yanks are apt to repeat their coaster margin of 10 games, a runaway situation which last year made flag matters so dull the champs became bored and played sluggishly down the stretch. Wily old Casey. Stengel prof esses to be concerned about more pitching strength but he's just about knee deep everywhere.

He. must have jarred the opposition the other day when he calmly explained how he could platoon almost' completely with a right and left-handed hitting lineup. Fact of the matter is his bench would look mighty good as regulars to, such talent poor clubs as Kansas City, Baltimore and Washington. -Detroit should give the AL an added spark this time, chiefly because of the acquisition of pitching aces Ray Nar-leski and Don Mossi. 'But in addition to these crack the Tigers also btolstered with infielders Eddie Yost and Rocky Bridges.

'The Chisox can't talk, about a pendant, lacking power, but their continued good pitching and defense may top Detroit. This battle for second place might te about the only interesting team angle in the league. I Williams Is Worry BOSTON is down for another role, worried again by two, lost six nnd tied one out again whipped Army. Altogether, they beat the Cadets five times nnd tied thorn once in the nine-year span. hands at Richmond.

halfback. appears to be set for another bumper Whitey Herzog RBI double years ago when he tied for eighth. lie's become an institution hereabouts and, although his tournnmcnl appearances are ba-co'mlng Increasingly- he. always reserves a spot on' his calendar for Greensboro, won for the As in the ninth Dallas giving Kansas City a 12-13 Binik Also Quits Red Blaik. coach nt Army dur record.

race, judging irom spring snowings. If outfielders Wes Covington and Billy Bruton recover from knee injuries the Braves should be a shoo-in. San Francisco is the second place favorite, especially, after securing 14-game winner Sam Jones' from St. Louis. The, Giants have a lot of nower.

at Jacksonville, fla. Milwaukee 1D0 020 J2 it hn'. Angeks OftO 002 WO-3 8 ing the Erdelatz regime, alsn resigned since -the end of last season nnd has been replaced by Willi Always Threat Willi, whose $15,000 "Masters Koufex. Harris (1 an assistant, Dnlc Hail. rinp Kinn (81.

lyrORMAN, April Ignoring the mud, four Varsity football tenms scrimmaged here Wednesday, probably their final head-butting before Saturday's 11th annual battle with the favored Alumni. There was considerable experimentation with a new formation the young Sooners may spring on the: Grads Saturday, a series that projects both ends and a half-back into virtual seclusion almost to the sidelines. Like Army's "Lonesome end," the. isolated Sooner trio stay in their distant positions, refusing unless called in by the quarterback to line up normally. The main difference between Army's formation, popularized last fall by Col.

Earl "Red" Blaik, retiring Cadet coach and father of Bob Blaik, new Sooner assistant, is that Army split out only one player the right end. whereas the Sooners segregate throe. After the 1358 season, Colonel Blaik disclosed that the Army quarterback signalled to the "lonesome end" by the position of his feet. How the Sooner quarterbacks KIlDPsteln. (9) una Sherry.

PUnatnno Blaik was at West; Point for check' Sunday hts year's earnings to-: a phenomenal hasn't won at Greens-horo, but he's been cominS'closct 17 of his 25 coaching years, He entered business after retiring may be a bit short on pitching and of course the youthful stars of '58 are no OOfl ooo mo-l 3 1 from coaching. In seven years lie has tied cinch to repeat. U- ImU o'finliVi'nrf Imth in took nn un On the alternate eleven it was Paul Bcnien and Phil Loiimann on the flanks, Bob Page at quarterback and Eddie Wood the Hankered halfback. Position of the i tho field determined where the spread-out halfback lined up. Each of the isolated trio Is a potential pass-receiver.

Either the quarterback or left half can throw. Covering any one of the three is rated a difficult chore for a single defensive player. Despite the mud, the scrimmage also revealed that the formation is also promising to run from. Both: the Varsity and Alumni squads held full-scale workouts Wednesday despite the splashy condition of the field. Each will hold another Thursday.

Pittsburgh is capable of kicking up after a fotir-man playoff follow- AT mg a 72-noie tie, and finished sixl to win S3, 800. derdog Middle team through successful season to Navy's first post-season bowl game in 30 years. The Middies toppled Mississippi, 21-0. ad." Owen SawxteWl' Plslifr and Ginsbern. L-Mors.

A vear aco when Bob "GnalbV: AT IKDIANAPOLIS The Pirates are well set everywhere except on the bench. Power hitting Frank Thomas is gone but there is a good chance big Ted Kluszewski will shake off a back injury and take up the won hero for his first big 'money" score, Wail nnd Sncad wer4i among five players ilea for sec- OToolt Jin! Ralicy: Donovsn and Lo). Assistant to Stay After nn fi-l-l Reason in Homcnin-ChlrjiMv AT ItlbnjilONI), VA. he took them to the Cotton" Bowl NffW York fAV 420 100 0)2-10 12 ni, two stiois away. Back in 10SS when Sncad won il 000 100- 2 where they whipped Rice, 20-7.

siacK. The Dodtrers could surprise, esnecial. Soon after his Cotton Bowl vic was lured to Texas NnHh. W-Gbli (). Jamea Yorlc.WM!!m by a stroke, Wall was second, missing a chance to tie when a putt of about five feel on tho Inst hole missed lis mark.

ly if some of the youngsters give a heminc hand to Duka Snifter. Gil mond, North. am tor tarns about tne coacn-ing job there hut returned to AT DALLAS Hodges and Car Furillo. The Cubs have Nav.v and said he planned to fin Spring Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE ish his coaching career here. Jamie Banks but are gambling on young pitching.

Thomas will help the Klpus Hurts Back In Bathroom Fall BALTIMORE. Anril 7 Wt-In- His assistants who cutter said would remain include Ernio DaJlM AA 003 (il" i Coleman. Urban Herbert (5). r.e; CWTrn.n79)HSUrteVe Sievers Is Named Senators Captain rveas duz pnemng as uncertain. Soviet Crews Pass Regatta at Seattle PHILADELPHIA, April 7 UV-Russla had declined an invita i- Jorce: line coach: Steve Bell- Ch'raco 13 10 vj nrtraii in .1 chick, defensive bnckficld coach 12 The Phils are short on power and lefty Curt Simmons is a question mark.

Frosh nilot Sollv Hemus fs in fm- and chief scout: Wayne Hardin. MS 71,4 tion to send its rowing crews to offensive backficld coach, and NATIONAL LEAGUE fielder Billy Klaus, one of the newcomers expected to open the season for the Baltimore Orioles Thursday, has injured his back in a fall. Klaus said he slipped on the bathroom floor in a Baltimore WASHINGTON. April 7 (ffi- Dick Dudcn, end conch. long season with the Cardinals.

He still cannot name a rotating pitching foursome and St. Louis will frighten no one IS 12 Manager Cookie Lavagetto Tuesday named hard-hitting Roy Sievers field captain of the Washing Ulrich Advances Ft at trie plate. CANNES, Farncc, April 8 lIV- ton senators. hotel and struck his back against a regatta at Seattle, Au- gust 1, the vice-president of the International Rowing federation said Tuesday. John Carlin said he had re-.

ccived word from the Russian government that its crews would not be able to participate because of a conflicting Soviet ben Ulr ch of Denmark Wednes a wasn nasin. Alter ne report day defeated Edouardo Argon Hockey Results ed he had trouble stoooinB Tues of Uruguay, e-s, 6-4, and Sievers, one of the homerun and runs batted in leaders of the American league, takes the place of Eddie Yost, vho was traded AMEHICAN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Buffalo 3, Rochnltr 2 (Buffalo wins vanced to the semifinals of the day, juaus was sent to union Memorial hospital for X-rays Texans Hit Top Ten In Doubles of ABC ST. LOUIS. ADril (Jl Stan Midget Leagues Schedule Dinner men's singles in the Cannes ten NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAVnrrs during the winter to Detroit. Toronto 3, Boston 3 CToronto trim beat- sports competition.

nis tournament. jMa Track Team Wins League Title 'fouRANT, April 7 Ada captured tour nrst places, iour second place honors and tied for ana treatment. Three Players Retire From Phillips 66ers Setlock and Harold Mueller of El Paso, Texas, rolled a 1,305 The annual 'ikickoff dinner" scries weanesaay to tie lor tentn lor tne YMCA midget league place in the American Bowling congress tournament doubles. 4 oaseoaii season war held in the central YMCA? at 6:30 n.m. It was the first chance in the tb more to sweep past seven other foes in the Sooner Star Thursday.

top ten standings ot the minor events in six days and the first BARTLESVII.LE -Three members of the Phillips 66crs of the National Industrial Basketball league have announced their retirement, coach Bud Browning announced Wednesday. Tom Fuller, Ray Warren and Bill Darrauh have joined the Some 400 coaches, school co conference track meet here Tuesday night. lme since March 30 mat the ordinators, sponsors and special two-man standings had been al guests win attend tne event. Leo Higbie of the state hish- tered. NEW TIRES Ada rolled up 50 points to run from second-place Durant and third-place McAlestcr, which pasted 40 and 33, respectively.

Wwoka collected 23, Seminole sales division of Phillips retro- school athletic commission and chairman of the YMCA rules committee, will discuss the rules Harding Golfers Smother El Reno icum company at uaicign, a. Atlanta and Indianapolis, changes. Willard Roberts, chair-man of the baseball commission. arid Holdenville 10 each, and Hen-ryetta failed to score. Ada's fii-st-rtlaee winners in EL RENO.

Anril 7-Hardinc of 5 Heavies Matched nil! talk cm the plaas of ihe Oklahoma City, paced by Gt orz? Hixon's even par 72 round, defeated 1 Reno. loVi to 'A here program tnis year. DOWN Itcodobl Tires dt NEW YORK, April 7 UJV-Two heavyweight prospects, Alonzo cluded Charles Mayhue, 120 high hurdles; Alton Wood, 100; Joe Stick, 440; and Jerry Northcutt, Allie Reynolds and Dale Tuesday In -a highschool golf MONTHS TO PAY Mitchell, Oklahoma Cityans who Johnson of Rankin, and Billy Hunter of Detroit, Tuesday pole vault. piayea major league caseoaii, were signed for a 10-round bout 14 Americans Exempt In British Amateur win oe special guests. Cincinnati Options Douglas to Havana at St.

Nicholas Arena next Monday. Miles Wins Again Wm April 7 V-Fourteen Americans, including 10 Walker cup players, have been exempted from qualifying for the British LONDON, April 8 tin Dick Miles won two matches Wednes CINCINNATI. Anril 8 Ufc-The day but three other New Yorkers Cincinnati Reds trimmed down to the required 28 players on were eiiminatcn in tne English table tennis championships. its squad Wednesday by option auai. mik ire was low lor jei Reno with a 73.

U. S. Champ Wins MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina, April 8 Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, won again Tuesday night in the Argentine International chess tournament and remains tied for second place with Borislav Ivkov ot Yugoslavia with only two rounds of play left. Net Meet Slated EDM0ND, April 8 Twelve highschools. six of them from Oklahoma City.

hv pntfrr-d th Central State college girls invitational tennis tournament to be held on the college courts here Saturday. MlalicehiMal BtKlt ing righthander Whammy Douglas to the Reds' Havana farm Those dusted were Bob Gusikoff, the United States tiUeholder, Ber- team of the Intr-rnstirmjsl Icajrue. naat Eutav- arm KWCT TERMS FREE PARKING ymaieur gou tournament at Sandwich. May 25-30. jThe four Americans who are not Walker Cup men will be designated later by the United Staves GtAS as.scaitm.

The Vfalkcr Cup matches will be May 15-16 at Muirfield, Scotland. Boxing Tourney Set M'ALESTER, April 8 McAIes-teVs. annual boxing tournament i set for April 15-18 at the American Legion, building, ac- Douglas; acquired from Pittsburgh last winter in a trade, had. a 3-3 record with the 1958 Pirates. The move cuts the Resd pitchers roster to 11.

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