The Sacramento Bee from Sacramento, California • 19

iju garsa Page B1 THE SACRAMENTO BEE MONDAY APRIL 13 1964 Grab tjame Tribe In 9th By Jim Becker AUGUSTA Ga AP Not so long ago there was a golf champion everybody liked He won the big tournaments and did impossible things Soon he was rich and famous Then he win any big tournaments or do any impossible things for a while and people said he know how to anymore They said he was too rich and besides he putt like he used to Even Arnold Palmer hird the stories Question Mark question mark was as Here is a scene which never will be repeated It shows 8542 patrons witnessing the final game to be played at Edmonds Field The San Francisco Giants defeated the Cleveland Indians 7 to 6 in the exhibition contest The park at Riverside and Broadway will be torn down a super market Bee Photo by Harry Wood Edmonds Field Fans Will Have Only Cherished Memories Of Bygone Eras The first golfer ever to win four Masters championships Arnold Palmer grinned broadly as he donned the traditional green coat with the help of Jack Nicklaus the 1963 titleholder Palmer led the field by six strokes in the final round at Augusta Ga UPI Telephoto Memories are associated with the death of a baseball park in this case Edmonds Field which was built on a former dumping ground at River side and Broadway and which the thousands of baseball Vans in Capital City will have left to cling to after the historic park is torn down to make way for a super market Tomorrow will be Day as workmen begin stripping the furnishings from the concrete stands and storing the eight light towers The park first was known as X- wvUv a vrfrtsi tt 'a by WILBUR ADAMS 5xva-aa-x -j-- x-'x tftfosvt 'a-'' A tii 4' WA it 'Si it yw Mt v'Xiu-v-' Atk' -M SF Giants Heartened By Jesus Alou Hart Will Open Season Tomorrow By Tom Kane Heartened by the spring performances of outfielder Jesus (Chuchito) Alou and third baseman Jimmy Ray Hart the San Francisco Giants will leave the starting blocks tomorrow for another run at the National League pennant Manager Alvin Dark of the Giants will send his charges against the ed hitter while Haller is Milwaukee Braves at Candle- lefty at the plate stick Park at 1 PM The flag Juan Marichal a 25 game 'Pennant Porch' Will Shrink To Half A Model KANSAS Charles 0 Finley outspoken owner of "orgaS the Kansas City Athletics! baseball on the Riverside and said today he will demolish his I Broadway site at the insist-! There still are fans around ence of baseball officials can remember the one man street cars which used build a one half pennant! to transport the customers to with a minimum home park Like Edmonds Field run distance of 325 feet they have passed into the Finley said he is demolish- limbo of forgotten things ing the old fence of Never to be forgotten are Buffalo Park and was dedicated on March 10 1910 although baseball as a professional sport made its entrance into Sacramento in 1903 Role In Majors Sacramento has contributed immeasurably to the history of the Pacific Coast League as well as the major leagues which claimed many of the youngsters who began Giants From 7 To 6 Win Marks End Of Ball Park The San Francisco Giants brought their spring exhibition schedule against major league opposition to a close yesterday at Edmonds Field with a come from behind 7 to 6 victory over the bruised and battered Cleveland Indians The Giants were due to meet the University of Santa Clara Broncos today The triumph over the Indians was the 13th in 14 starts and left little doubt as to the superiority of the San Franciscans who have a spring overall record of 2a-8 iney also won the Arizona Cactus League championsnip lhe game was marked by some weird base running but tne S04Z customers enpyeu every minute ot it aitnouj uieie was a sadness in me air because it was the final game at historic Lumonus rieid which will be torn down to maxe way for a super market Sluggers Busy The Giant sluggers took their usual toll ot Cleveland pitchers witn Willie McCovey and Wir lie Mays hitting back to back homers in the third inning tremendous blast sailed hih over the score-board in left field It was not tne first time the lefthanded slugger had accomplished the feat When he was with Phoenix in the Pacific Coast League he proved his power by sending two smashes over the same fence Yesterday's was his fifth homer of the spring season four baser also went over the leit field fence Fred Whitfield of the Indians also clouted a homer delivering a solo shot against the right field screen in the half of the same inning Jimmy Ray Hart hit the center field fence for a triple It was a 44(1 foot poke in the second inning Winning Inning The Giants won the game in the ninth with a single run off Gary Bell the fourth of the hurlers Chuck Hiller singled as did a 1 1 Alou Pinch hitter Cap Peterson doubled in Hiller for the tie breaking run Ron Flerbel held the Indians in their half of the inning The victory went to Bobby Bolin who pitched the seventh and eighth for the winners Billy gave up four walks one intentional and two base hits in the opening inning and the Indians pulled into a 3 to 0 lead They added a single run in the third and two in the fourth to end their scoring for the day Don Larsen followed to the mound and worked a single scoreless inning Ron Herbel checked the losers in the ninth The Giants today announced four youngsters will be sold off the major league roster to clubs within the organization The four were with the bay city club in spring training and are in Casa Grande the minor league base awaiting assignments They are pitchers Joe Mc-Kirahan Paul Doyle and Dick Bosman and outfielder Dan Markowski The cutting of the four and the signing of lefthanded pitcher Billy Pierce leaves the roster at 37 players three under the limit Lou Brinson of Sacramento bush league manager umpired at first base during the final Cleveland-Giant game filling in for Ed Vargo of the National League Brinson performed like a veteran Woodie Held of Sacramento was far from satisfied with The Indians departed by plane last night for Cleveland where they will open the season tomorrow against the Minnesota Twins See Giants Page B4 big in my mind as in anybody when I stepped up to the first tee Palmer said after he won his fourth Masters Golf Tournament over the Augusta National Course yesterday was like checking out an airplane with new spark plugs I sure how they would They worked Palmer shot rounds of 69 68 69 and 70 for 276 and achieved the following results: He led all the way He had the second lowest total in the 31 year history of the Masters 6 Stroke Margin He had the second largest victory margin six strokes Defending champion Jack Nicklaus was second at 282 along with touring pro Dave Marr He three putt a green until the 10th hole of the final round when the issue had already been decided He won $20000 in prize money and struck what should amount to a million dollar blow for Arnold Palmer Enterprises which manufactures almost everything but baby food and caskets No Smoking And he struck the biggest blow to cigaret smoking since they locked Sir Walter Raleigh up in the Tower of London Palmer quit smoking on January 27th and his resultant struggles were almost as public as the courtship of Elizabeth Taylor had a block about quitting It seemed to affect my play around the greens Now licked Palmer said next drive will be at the US Open Championship scheduled for Washington DC in June He won the Open in 1961 Grand Slam Try If he wins there he will go on to try for the professional Grand Slam which includes the British Open and the PGA A reporter asked Palmer if he still wants to win the Grand Slam not dead was his answer Palmer opened play yesterday with a five stroke lead over young Australian pro Bruce Devlin and six over Marr Nicklaus the big Ohioan who won two of the four big titles last year and just missed a third had never got started in this tournament and was See Palmer Page B2 Ski Race Is Delayed Named For Werner Another story on page A1 McClatchy Newspapers Service SUGAR The International Slalom and Silver Belt Giant Slalom ski races scheduled for the Sugar Bowl this weekend have been postponed until April 25th and 26th in memory of Wallace (Bud) Werner Olympic ski veteran who was killed yesterday in an avalanche in Switzerland The international slalom will be named the Buddy Werner Memorial Slalom with the understanding the event will bear his name in the future Steamboat Springs Colo home town may become the permanent site of the race Russ Beat Yanks GALLUP Skaid-rite Smildsin 6 foot 2 center on the Soviet national basketball team led her squad to an 84 to 39 victory yesterday over an American team Radio-TV Sports TOMORROW Radio 12 40 Baseball San Francisco Giants vs Milwaukee Braves KF8K their demands and the great respect and admiration always had for the offices of the commissioner of baseball and the president of the American Stern Words Ford Frick commissioner of baseball and Joe Cronin president of the American League ordered Finley in stern words to take down his green and yellow replica of the right field sector at New Yankee Stadium is almost inconceivable how these two offices have continuously permitted the New York Yankees to completely dominate the American League by allowing them to play in Yankee Stadium with such grossly unfair advantages over the other league Finley said at a press conference Finley had demanded a league meeting to force the Yankees to erect screens in right field where the homer distance is 296 feet and in left field where it is 301 feet When this demand was ignored he built his porch at the municiptl stadium here Better Than None used to say in depression days that half a loaf is chase promises to be another battle royal right down to the end of the schedule Placing in third position in 1963 the Giants are rated right behind the favored defending Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1964 derby The San Franciscans will introduce rookies Hart and Alou and also a major change in the infield switching Jimmy Davenport stellar third baseman to second in order to make room for Hart Veterans Are Set Otherwise the Giants will present a veteran lineup including many athletes of the pennant winning 1962 team First baseman Orlando Ce-peda shortstop Jose Pagan leftfielder Willie McCovey and centerfielder Willie Mays were among the starters in the title year along with Davenport Catcher Tom Haller also is returning as a much improved hitter and receiver as is Harvey Kuenn who will be a pinch hitter and utility man Among the newcomers are lefty Bobby Htndley and Bob Shaw pitchers both formerly of Milwaukee along with their teammate and battery-mate Del Crandall a veteran of many seasons in the National League who will divide Genoiiver? is the catching chores with Hal- ler Crandall is a righthand- Bobby Don Perry Jim Billy turning The Pierce was contract out during free agent year Powerful Regarded most powerful in all of noted home McCovey the Giants lot of runs Marichal 1963 has day assignment hall of fame Spahn the sets a record time he takes Manager a young banking on as Eddie Aaron Felipe Oliver Spahn at has shown down a 23-7 season The Frank Bolling Rov McMillan Dennis Menke Spahn the opening days when the citizens of Sacramento took pride in outdrawing such cities as Los Angeles and San Francisco now fully established as major league centers While the team was in financial distress many times there is no denying the number of major league stars who used the Solons as a stepping stone to fame and glory The Solons not only battled the old San Francisco Seals on the diamond but met them on even terms in the sale of prospects into the majors before the era of chain store baseball Former Greats Just to mention a few of the Sacramentans who were elevated to the majors through the years are Walter (The Great) Mails who pitched the Cleveland Indians to a pennant and the World Series title Earl McNeely who batted the Washington Senators to a World Series championship Myril Hoag New York Yankees Stanley Hack yho stepped from behind a Bank cage and subsequently helped the Chicago Cubs win the National League flag and who later managed the club Frank Kamp-ouris a Willie McCovey in left field and question marks at third and second base leaves much to be desired If the Giants can regain their top spot they will have to overpower the opposition which they may be able to do The Giants won the spring exhibition league pennant put they will not be playing the inert Clevelands Indians Boston Red Sox or Los Angeles Angels from now on in The St Louis Cardinals who finish second last year could do it again with good batting pitching and fielding Ray return to form would bolster the mound staff to such an extent the Cards could beat both the Giants and the Dodgers The big pitcher from Pasco Wash had to retire early last season after winning his first five games And not out of contention in the National League are the Phillies Pirates and Reds So a tight race is predicted in the senior circuit with the team which is lucky enough to skip injuries and sore arms the one to succeed This likely will be the Dodgers Wash Ed Gagle of Sacramento is hitting 242 for the USC baseball varsity in 12 games this season Bobby Scanlon lightweight boxer who used to make his home in Sacramento has been suspended by the California State Athletic Commission Bill Moody was the only member of a Sacramento fishing party to land a marlin near La Paz Mexico last week He brought in a 132 pounder Others on the trip were Mr and Mrs Frank Scofield Mrs Moody and Mr and Mrs John Otto Neil Anderson of Rio Vista is the only Superior California athlete out for spring football at Washington State Neil is a 6-4 tackle Mickey Willis former local boxer landed a 45 pound striped bass in the Sacramento River near the Brickyards Mack Goishi caught a 14 pounder Sylvan Jensen a 19 pounder and Marie Bagley a 15 pounder in the river last week Dale Wilson a veteran guard from this city is out for spring football at Oregon As traditional as kissing the bride and almost as much fun is the obligation to pick the baseball pennant winners each spring The races get under way today and tomorrow and about the only thing as sure as those taxes which also are due this week is that the New York Yankees will repeat in the American League We like the Baltimore Orioles as the chief threat to their supremacy although most of the experts are placing the Minnesota Twins in the run-nerup spot But much more difficult and more pertinent locally is to pick the National League champions Likes A Repeat The NL has been tossing the pennant around in recent years but we like the Los Angeles Dodgers to repeat They would have won in 1962 as well as in 1963 had Sandy Koufax stayed healthy The Dodgers have the stout pitching which includes Ron Perranoski the ace reliever They also have the speed and know which way to run the bases Koufax has one other obstacle besides his health to overcome: He had his picture on the cover of Sports Illustrated this week a jinx that even Jack Nick-laus overcome last week in the Masters Still we are going along with the champions Lose Some Power San Giants may have strengthened their pitching some with the addition of Bob Hend-ley and Bob Shaw but they have sacrificed power in the trading of Felipe Alou and Ed Bailey The later pair won a number of games for the Giants with their big bats in 1963 Hendley has looked good this spring but Shaw who is supposed to make fans forget the big error of trading off reliever Stu Miller lived up to his 266 earned run average with the Braves last year The Giants stand on the brink of the opening without a Perranoski or a Miller As for their starters only Juan Marichal seems certain Jack Sanford Billy and Bob Bolen hardly can be compared with Koufax Don Drysdale and Johnny Podres at this stage of the game The defense with winner in 1963 Jack Sanford Bolin lefty Billy Larsen Gaylord Duffalo and southpaw Pierce are the re pitching veterans Giants announced signed to a 1964 today after working the spring as a He was 3-11 last Hitters as one of the hitting clubs baseball with such run hitters as Cepeda and Mays figure to score a who was 25-8 in drgwn the opening against the bound Warren lefthander who almost every the mound Bobby Bragan has pitching staff while such veteran sluggers Mathews Hank Alou and Gene 42 years of age no signs of slowing He is coming off in 1953 probable starting line- San Francisco Alou rf Hiller or Davenport 2b McCovey If Mavs cf Cepeda 1b Haller Hart 3b Pagan ss Marichal 2b or 2b pitched to six feet and dropped the putt He one ney said There after driving into the Ieft rough and missing the green on that side he chipped strongly and missed an eight footer coming back better than none at Cubs Bill Salkeld said I am building a one half pennant porch starting from the 325 foot line as per the demands of Cronin and Finley said he thought one old Brooklyn Dodgers Tony Freitas the old Philadelphia Athletics Eddie FitzGerald Pittsburgh Merv Shea Detroit Henry Steinbacher Chicago White Sox Alex Cincinnati and in half a porch would mean atIT10re recent era Johnny least five more victories for Briggs and Richie Myers who his team compared to 10 He started with the Solons and claimeu the old one would completed their fledgling years Harney Has Closing 70 In Masters Wins $3700 McClatchy Newspapers Service AUGUSTA Ga A final jered from a bad drive with round 35-35 70 gave Paul a four wood second shot to Harney of Sunset Calif a 286thfJf total lowest score I ever shot and a check for His second birdie came at the par five 13th where he played short of the creek have meant He said Yankee pitchers are not hurt by the short foul lines because they learn how to adjust in the PCL before going to the Cubs Colorful Chiefs A long list of colorful managers led the old Solons through the years with the most beloved being the late John (Buddy) Ryan who had a part in the development of many of the youngsters during Ray Patterson younger rejn 0f tbe Moreings Lew brother of the former heavy-jan(j Charley Buddy was at the weight champion outpointed beim 0f the team from 1924 Lars Norling of Sweden yes- through 1931 when the club terday in a six round heavy- ran jnt0 fjnancjai difficulties "'eight bout I Managers of Patterson victory before a baseball team which in the $3700 in the Masters He lowered his score stroke in each of the four rounds and was three under par until he took a five on the final hole his only bogey of the round Harney made a sensational birde at No 4 when he holed a 70 yard cblP sbot rom Just over the back ed8e with bis seven iron He then ran off eight pars making a great! par at No 9 where he recov- old days had a red heart emblazoned on the uniforms em- Indians because of his failure his spring training with the crowd of 5300 was his second decision over Norling The weights were not See Edmonds Page B4.