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Monday. April U. 1150 Oakland Acorns Hammer Two Wins from Portland; 6 to 5, 10 to 1 SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE WALLICK TO GRAPPLE Leo Wallick, above, the Chicago pile driving expert, will lock grips with Lee Grable in a return match headlining the armory wrestling card Thursday night. Grable seeks revenge for being subdued by a pile driver while both were out of the ring last weeK. MacK wiiara, promoter, ex pects to have the card completed by tomorrow. Dr. Stanley Handicap Golf Champ Dr. Bruce Stanley is the new men's spring golf handicap champion at Rogue Valley Coun try club. He wound up the 36-hole week-end finals with an 8 and 7 triumph over Max Peirce. Stanley went into the windup 18 holes yesterday with a five- up lead and the match ended on the 29th hole where the victory was three under par to that point of the round. The two played out the full Sunday 18 with Stanley scoring an even par 71 and Peirce an 81. For the Saturday 18 Stanley had a 75 mark and Peirce an 85. A feature of Stanley's first 18 was his 32-stroke second nine. Stanley had a three stroke han dicap for the match. To the new champ goes the Frank and John Perl trophy. To get to the finals Stanley beat Morris Leonard o ana , uom Provost Sr.. 4 and 3. Norm Worthley 1 up and Bayard Get- chell 2 and 1. Dain Clay Bought By Beaver Club; Vince Shupe Sold (Jflklnnd, Cal., Apr. 24 U.R1 General Manager Bill Mulligan of the Portland Beavers an nounced the purchase of Dain Clay, right-handed slugger, and the sale of Vince Shupe here Sunday. Clay was purchased outright from the San Diego Padres. A former Cincinnati Red. he hit .249 in 165 games with the Pads last season. Shupe went to the Oklahoma City Indians of the Texas league. He came to Portland last season and took over the first base spot. This season Shupe ployed second-fiddle to Mickey Rocco ana server as reserve outfielder. Mulligan said Clay will loin the Portland club in Sacramento Tuesday for the night opener of seven-game series. 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As gigantic George Mikan carved himself a deeper niche in basketball immortality by hooping 40 points, the Lakers captured the National Basketball association title last night by de feating Syracuse, 110 to 95, thus taking the final series, four games to two. Net Players In Practice Thirteen men interested in playing on a Medford city ten ni team met at the senior high school courts yesterday for prac tice ana lor an intormal meet ing. They said that, since the sea son is yet in its early stages, any one desiring to play on the team is invited to attend next Sun day's practice at the same place at 8 a.m. Tom Lytle, acting as secretary, Is milking arrangements with Klamnth Foils, Roscburg. Ash land and Redding to schedule matches. The group here hopes to perfect a well organized club with olflcers and committees. Those meeting yesterday di cussed the possibility of member- shin In the Lawn Tennis associa tion and thereby benefitting from the privileges of that grouD. Other matters concerned tidying up the tennis courts, establishing court rules ana arranging seat ing for players and spectators. Those present vestcrdav were Tod Tibbutt, Jack Dickman, Irv Thayer, Bill Deakins, Howard uugan, Carl Peters, Bud Casey, Warren Brammer, John Richard, Norman Neathamer, John Hnm aker, Lytle and Paul McDuffce. Phoenix Seeks Win Over Jacksonville Phoenix, Apr. 24 Phoenix high, set back in its county "B" loop title defense during the week-end, will be out to get back on the win side of the led ger Friday when it travels to Jacksonville. The Pirates fell 9 to 6 before Talent Friday. Phoenix outhit the Bulldogs eight to six but six errors hurt. Phoenix now has three wins and one loss in the league. STANDINGS COAST LEAGUE W .19 Pet .70 .mn .MH .1100 .4MI ,4tt4 .37(1 .2.10 Hollywood a 11 nan Ulesjo ...n San Francisco ...... .-...IS 13 Onklnnd .12 13 Portland 12 1.1 l,os Angrlv . ..... 13 IS .Sacramento 10 17 Seattle .. 18 NATIONAL LEAGUE ChlraKO - Piltsruirfh Ilnston Hi noklvtl ... Philadelphia Si. Louis .. Clnrlnnntl ..,. , New York S 5 4 3 3 Z ". 0 .... 0 1 000 .s;i BOO .7.10 .400 .200 .000 .1)00 AMF.HICAN LEAOt'l Detroit New York Cleveland Philadelphia Wnnhlnglon Hnatnn ...... SI. Louis Chicago .son ,00 .ttoo .son .nun .420 .400 .200 WESTERN INTERNATIONAL npoaan .. 5 Saletn 4 Tiicoma ... 4 Trl city 4 Wenatcheo ........ 4 Yakima 3 Vancouver ...... ... w 3 Victoria i .833 .671 .171 .171 .971 .300 MK .143 OB tMAll iSST1 (llllfl MtaV SK a as a "". ,imi 9tiir vih ritKCt s Overnight from Portland and San Francisco Bay are. Oregon's No. 1 Carrier For InfornuttioH.FasI Strrict- PHONE 2-5254 Stars Take Two From Rainiers San Francisco, Apr. 24 U.R) The Oakland Acorns bounced back into the Pacific Coast league's first division today af ter coming from behind to win both games of a Sunday double- header from Portland. The Oaks squeezed through the ODencr. 8 to S. and then un leashed a vicious final attack to swamp Portland, 10 to 1. The win game the series to tne Acorns, 4 to 3, and it brought them to fourth place In the league. Seals, Sacs Split In other Sunday games, Holly wood defeated Seattle twice, 4 to 3 and 1 to 0. San Francisco and Sacramento split, the Sacs winning the opener 6 to w and the Seals taking tne nigntcap a to 2. Los Angeles and San Diego divided, the Angels winning the first game 11 to 10 and the Pad res capturing the second 3 to 2. Winning Pitchers George Banv berger and Newcomer Ernie Groth faced the Beavers' home run twins. Mickey Rocco and Joe Brovia. and watched their Ditches bounce off the swinging lumber and over the fence. Bro via, who professes to double vis ion trom a recent Dean-Dau, should keeD it that way. He knocked his sixth four-bagger of the season while Rocco slammea his fifth. The llneieores: S'lrit (.antes: Portland 5 u Oakland . - - 6 10 1 Mclrvln. Drilling' 14) and Bltchey: Gettel. Shoun 18). Bamberger (8) ana Noble. 110 inningi) a,ti 3 10 Hollywood - 4 6 1 Klndsfalhcr. Karpel 18) Galehouse (8) and Willlami. Lamanno m: wiaiw bcrgcr, Salveson (8) and Sandlock. MO Inninfful Loa Armeies 11 1" n Ulego i" i Besse. Kuh (4) Barrett 1101 and Novotney; Welmaker. Savage (7) Knezovlch (101 and Moore. San Francisco 4 7 8 Sacramento 0 7 0 Slim eton. Demnacv (81 and far- tee: Dain. Lierman (7) and Ralmondl. Stelner (7) Second Games: Portland 1 4 2 Oakland - 10 9 0 Llnde. Elbert (II McNulty (ll i-ropsi 3) Fleming (6) and Cladd; Groth and Padsett. Scuttle 0 3 0 Hollywood 1 4 0 Wilson and Williams; Antnony ana Dnnoer. Lot Armeies 2 0 San Diego 3 10 0 Kraus. Mallorv 7) and HumnnK Snltzman, Jurlslch (8) Barrett (8) and Tresh. San Francisco .... 5 It 0 Sacramento 3 8 1 Feldman and Eastwood; Evans, Dobernlc (9) and Stelner. Charles Ordered To Take Physical Examination Soon Washington. Apr. 24-4U.R) The National Boxing associa tion, issuing stern orders to all its champions, turned to ailing Heavyweight King Ezzard Charles today and told him to re port for a physical examination. The N. B. A. 's executive com mittee said it wanted to find out whether the Negro battler from Cincinnati was well enough to defend his crown. "Conflicting reports" about him have reached the 20-man committee since Charles twice postponed title fights against Freddie Beshore. Col. Heinle Miller, executive secretary of the N. B. A., said the examination would take place 'very soon and would prob ably" be performed by an offi cial of the Pennsylvania boxing commission. The committee also warned Charles and all other champions to stop selecting "mediocre oppo sition for title bouts" and give logical contenders a shot at their crowns. WHITMAN SKIER WINS Sugar Bowl, Cal., Apr. 24 (U.R) Guttorn M. Berge. 21-year-old Whitman college, Wash., ex change student, won the silver belt giant, slalom yesterday, shooting down the steep, 40-gate course In 1 minute 14.1 seconds. Scores Yesterday COAST LEAGUE San Francisco 4-3. Sacramento Hollywood 4.1. Seattle 3-0 Oakland (I-10. Portland 3-1 Lot Angeles 11-3, San Diego 10-1 NATIONAL I.EAGl'E Philadelphia 3-8. noston 4-8 Cincinnati 3. Pittsburgh 8 New York at Boston postponed, Tatn St. Louis at Chicago postponed, rain. AMERICAN I.EAGl'E Hoston 4.12. Philadelphia R-3 (2nd game called end of 8th, darkness) cntrtiKO o, Detroit 4 Cleveland 9-7. St Louis 8-S Ond game called end of 7th. darkness! wasnington at new orn poatponca. rain. WESTERN INTERNATIONAL Salem 1-8. Vancouver 0.3 Victoria 10-1, Wenatcheo 4-3 Spokane 3.7. Yakima 1-8 Tacoma 8, Trl City 3 J lu . L VfUGfMf r-V'f t i&MJi SaUm's Ken Wyatt I Wyatt and Savarese Pitch Shutouts in WIL Contests Seattle, Apr. 24 (U.R) Ken Wyatt of Salem and Ted Sava rese of Yakima had one thing in common today. Both had pitched shutouts in the first week of the Western International league 1950 cam paign. Balances Books For Wyatt, the five-hit 1-0 ef- SOC Defeats Central Point Central Point, Apr. 24 A six run splurge in the fourth inning gave Southern Oregon college all the runs necessary to whip the Central Point Studs semi pro baseball nine here yesterday. The Raiders went on to win 9 to 5. Three hits, three Stud errors and two walks helped the Raider rally. Central Point had a 2 to 0 margin going into the fourth stanza. Both scores came in the opening inning on a walk, hit, error and fielder's option. Central Point added a run in the fifth and Southern Oregon one in the seventh. In the eighth the Raiders got two more coun ters when Snuffy Smith horn ered after John Gray singled. Smith's rap over left field was one of few out-of-the-park round trippers on record at the Cen tral Point field. The Studs got two runs in the ninth frame. Alex McDonald walked and Frank Roelandt's swat was deep enough for a single although misplaycd. Both scored on the error. Llnescore: Southern Oregon 000 800 1200 9 4 Central Point .... 200 010 0025 7 3 Hollenbeck and Farthing; Mellbyc. Plland and Roelandt. Funeral Planned for Georgia Tech Coach Atlanta. Ga., Apr. 24 (U.R) Funeral services for Bill Alex ander, who guided Georgia Tech to football glory through 25 sea sons, were scheduled today for 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. Alexander. Hu, was found dead in bed yesterday morning by his wife. Death presumably was due to the heart ailment which had hampered his activities for sev eral years. Salt Lake Defeats Redding Browns, 12-8 Redding, Cal., Apr. 24 U.R) The Salt Lake City Bees of the Pioneer league defeated the Red ding Browns of the Far West league, 12 to 8, in an exhibition baseball game yesterday. The Browns won the series, two games to one. Redding Manager Ray Perry homered with two on in the sixth. SLALOM WINNER Government Camp, Ore., Apr. 24 (U.R) Karl Stingl of Seat tle's Penguin Ski club slid down Mt. Hood's giant slalom course Sunday to win clnss "A" honors in the annual golden pole race. Prospect, Apr. 24 Prospect high beat Butte Falls 10 to 3 Friday in a county "B" confer ence baseball encounter. Reserved for You! CASH COURTESY CONVENIENCE When You Need a Lean $50 to $500 You may have ai long ai 24 Months to Repay See AMERICAN FINANCE CORPORATION Ism 210-211 Lyrafr lldf. License M-J62 Liceasa $-215 PHONI 2-llle fort over Vancouver Sunday bal- anced his books at one win and one loss for the season. For Sa lem, it was the springboard for a 6-5 nightcap win over the Caps and moved the Solons into a four-way tie for second place, a game and a half behind Spo kane. The Indians, rained cut of their Saturday game with Yaki ma, jumped on the defending champions twice Sunday, 2-1 and 7-6, to maintain their early sea son lead. Victoria won its first game of the season, 10-4, over Wenatchee in the opener of the Sunday twin bill. But the Chiefs came back 3-1 in the second, and coupled with their Saturday 7-2 decision, held fast to their second place tie with Tri City, Tacoma and Salem. Trl City Drops Two Trl City stayed In the running even though dropping two of the three week-end matches to Taco ma. The Braves won the firsx game Saturday 4-3, but dropped the nightcap and the Sunday special by twin 5-2 scores. Salem has a good chance to crown Spokane for the league lead this week, opening the Vic toria home season while the In land Empire gang goes to Ta coma as guests of the Tigers. Tri City visits Yakima and We nntchee travels to Vancouver to round out the third series of the season, opening tomorrow. Royals, Los Angeles In Hockey Playoff New Westminster, B. C, Apr. 24 (U.R) The New Westminster Royals and the Los Angeles Mon archs meet tonight to break a two to two deadlock in their se ries for the Pacific Coast Hockey league playoff championship. An overtime goal bv Forward Ollie Dorohoy gave the Royals a 6 to 5 victory Saturday night. two players were fined S50 for misconduct and suspended for a game. Thev were Clavton Lavell of the Royals and Red Kane of Los Angeles. EAGLE POINT LOSES Eagle Point, Apr. 24 Hilt, Cal., semi-pros yesterday de feated the Eagle Point town baseball team 9 to 0 on the Camp White diamond. 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Three walks and i;artwrignt reaching on an er ror had forced in one run when Buckley unloaded his 400-foot blast over the right center fence. rJUCKley Had singled to left center to score Stewart from third in the fourth inning. Stew art had walked and Manager lommy Nelson had sent him to tnird with a sharp single 'through the hole" at second base on a hit-and-run. Business Manager Mel Caroen ter of the Rogues announced that tne local club was going to look over Bob Harkins, former Med ford Craters first baseman and Washington State college player. Harkins had tried out with Klam ath Falls but drew his release on Sunday. M. U. Busack. former Woos- ter, O., college player and now coach at Lincoln grade school here, was given a tryout with the Ragues yesterday and Satur day in exhibition g ames at Marysville and at Lodi. Busack is signed to a Rogues' contract but will not play regularly until after school is out. Carpenter, Busack. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Hamner and Sports Editor Hank Green of The Mail Tribune returned early Monday morning from a week-end trip to Marysville and Lodi. Texas Linksman Wins Cavalier Golf Tournament Virginia Beach, Va., Apr. 24 (U.R) The $1,100 check young Fred Hawkins of El Paso, Tex., received today for winning the $10,000 Cavalier specialists golf tournament had a double signi ficance! It was the most money he ever received for a single match and it represented his first major golf triumph. The husky Hawkins, who start ed playing professionally in 1947, fashioned a fancy 200 total over 54 holes to beat Veteran Clayton Heafner of Charlotte, N.C., by two strokes. Jimmy Demaret, the favorite and co-holder of the lead going into the final round, suddenly fell apart, carded a four-over par 73 as compared with Hawkins' 69, and wound up in fifth place with 204. Hcafner's second place finish was worth S!50 while Johnny Palmer of Badin, N.C.. and Ted Kroll of Philmont, Pa., each earned S825 when they tied for third place with 203 apiece. WEATHER By United Prut Northern California: Fair to day, tonight and Tuesday. Warmer today. North to north west winds 10-20 mph off coast. spaces of existing homes, will keep you cooler in summer, warmer in winter and save fuel! It's fire proof, rotproof, permanent as stone. Call us today. 6th and Fir Phone 2-62S1 . sgnrr t s , . v . ' Acme Telenholo t JOIN PRO RANKS While 16-year-old Marlene Bauer looks on, her sister, Alice. 22. signs on the dotted line In New York, changing their status from the most beautiful amateur golfers in the world to the most beautiful professional golfers. Their father, Dave Bauer, who taught the girls the smooth golf game that catapulted them to na tional fame, said the decision to foresake the amateur ranks was made necessary by the heavy expenses incurred following the tourna ment circuit. Medco Loggers Beat Rogue River, 7 to 4 Rogue River. Apr. 24 (U.R) The Medco Loggers of Butte Falls downed the Rogue River town baseball team 7 to 4 in a practice semi-pro tussle here yes terday. Baker on the mound for Medco struck out 12 batters. Short score: Medco 7 14 3 Rogue River 4 6 4 Baker and Tunsatc. Barnum and Groveau. Corvaliis, Ore., Apr. 24 (U.R) Ronald B. Blodgett, Portland, was elected state master coun cilor of the Oregon State Order of DeMolay at its concluding conference meeting here during the week-end. .PINT $010 M m UJ5 45 QUART Made famous by millions of folks who wanted good whiskey at a sensible price. CORBY'S grand old since 1859.. BLENDED WHISKEY 86 proof-m.4 grain neutral spirits, jjlluulu iimoiNLI JAS BARCLAY CO. 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