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; TEN MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday. June 13. 1950 Rogues Edge Silver Sox 3 to 1 Is Sacrifice Bunts Aid Bedford Reno, Nev., June 15 (Special to Mail Tribune) Timely relief work by Lloyd Jones saved the Medford Rogues a 3 to 1 Far West league victory over the Reno Silver Sox here last night as the three-game series between the two teams was even at one win each. Last evening's tilt was short ened to six innings because of rain as the downpour came Be fore the seventh inning was com nleted. The two teams play a sin gle game here tonight and then the Kogues move to riusDurg, Cal for a four game series open ing Friday night. Jones Fans Plover Jones came into the game in the fourth with two Reno players out after the bases were loaded on Starter Dick Smiths third consecutive walk which had forced in Reno's lone run. Jones fanned Dick Zaccarelli on three straight pitches to snuff out the rally. The Silver Sox could glean but two hits off the offerings of Smith and Jones, a single by Manager Joe Borich off Smith and Jim Dykes' one-baser off Jones. Smith walked six in three and two-thirds innings, struck out three. Jones whiffed two Silver Sox, walked none during the rest of the game. Reno's hurler Marcus Torres strung out six Medford singles, walked none and fanned five. Russ Stuart and Don Williams with two hits each, Johnny Pop ovich with one and Bill Adams with one got the only safe blows by the Rogues. Stuart Geti Single Medford made good use of the sacrifice bunt to score their three runs. In the first inning Stuart opened up with a single, went to third on Torres' misplay of Jack Cooney's bunt and scored on an infield out. In the second inning for the visiting Rogues, Williams and Adam singled, advanced on Smith's sacrifice, with Williams scoring on an infield out. In the fifth, Stuart singled, advanced to third on an error and scored on Bob Haddock's squeeze bunt. Jack Lloyd of the Rogues is scheduled to face Pat Monahan in tonight s game. ine unei MEDFORDjPTRIBm l vi I i ii ii 1 1 I r I Ti V I (I 1 1 1 1 1 !y II VX Junior Legion Squad Continues to Workout Fifteen candidates for the lo cal Junior Legion baseball team are working out three evenings a week at the senior high field in preparation for competition with Grants Pass and Ashland for district honors and several other teams in Oregon and California. In the absence of Coaches Alex McDonald and Frank Roelandt who are on vacation, the work outs have been in charge ot Ken and Gary Boshears, the former a student at Oregon State college and a former local player. First game for the local Jun ior Legion nine may be played before Roelandt and McDonald return but no date was an nounced by those in charge. nescoro; Mi-dford tin 010 3 ! no ooo loo 1 3 : Smith. Jonei (4) and Gugllelmo; Tor. rrs and Droes. Echols' Arrival For Title Bout Delayed a Day wes fcchols, who was to ar rive in Medford today for his national amateur middleweight championship fight wi(h Bull Ilnlsey at the armory Monday, will not arrive until tomorrow afternoon, Larry Burdette of the To Be Decided in Fall Kfjunnui jmk ouuuirrn j r c k o n Boxing- club said he was in Local Ump' Nurses Hurt One of Medford's more popu lar umpires and mail delivery- men tor Uncle Sam is nursing a broken nose these days because he and a Northern California Baseball league player met in a game last Sunday at Weed, Cal. Virgil Swanson, according to reports here, suffered a broken nose and loss of front teeth when Mickey Risberg of Weed's team swung on the local arbiter after Swanson had called him out on a third strike. A report In the Siskiyou Daily News of Yreka, Cal., said that Risberg, who had been playing third base, shoved Swanson and then hit him with his fist. The Medford man was knocked out momentarily by the blow but continued to officiate, switching with the base umpire after the game had been delayed IS minutes. League President Miles Rich mond has automatically suspend ed Risberg for this assault, the Dnily News said. National Golf Champ formed. Echols and his manager, Capt. Bill Burch, were unable to get plane connections out of Merced, Cal.. until Friday. The champion will work out here Friday evening and Satur day with light drills scheduled for Sunday. Hali.y Due Saturday llalsey will arrive by plane Saturday and will go through loosening up workout Saturday night and Sunday. Burdette said Earl Voakley, prominent southern Oregon ref eree, has been selected to handle the title fight. There was a rush for reserved tickets yesterday at Brown's cafe and Lamports' sporting goods store with advance sales Indicat ing a capacity crowd for Med ford's first national champion ship sporting event. Skeet Shoot Opened At Reno; 150 Enter Reno, Nev., June 19 (U.R) About ISO topflight shotgun artists from throughout the west have arrived to compete In the four-day great Pacific coast skeet shoot which opened here this morning. The open, largest skeet shoot ing tournament in the far west, offers $2,510 in prizes and $2.0(10 worth of trophies. It is now in its second year. Mall Trlhun Want Ada New York, June 15 (U.R) Qualifying rounds for the Na tional Amateur Golf champion ship will be staged in 37 cities late next month and early in August, it was announced today by the U. S. Golf association, which annually sponsors the event. All you need to enter the qual ifying round is a $7 entry fee a bag of golf clubs and an ama teur status. The championship tournament is scheduled for the Minneapolis Golf club, August 21 to 26. FATHER'S DAY CARDS and r GIFTS 'MWMJJWIiiltH!iiJ frUsHrHilim rnioioRoRitoiiJ tMBMhto Heart of tJw llu toiuCvnb W feSlj THI MIOC OP NELSON COUNTY. KENTUCHtX : jwemm bow y KENTUCKY rySMi yy straight whiskey fcPlJW ' 0".USfi,tn 1 KENTUCKY in, STRAIGHT $5 16 , i JJ WHI8K1Y '3 Workouts are held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Last season the Medford Jun ior Legion team went to the fi nals of the regional tournament at Drain before losing out In a bid tor the state title piayotis. Favor Hogan In Golf Open New Rochelle, N. Y June 15 (U.R) National Open Champion Ben Hogan had both the odds and the sentiment of the golf world riding heavily with him today as he and 15 other top notch pros teed off in the open ing round of the $15,000 round robin tournament. For Hogan, whose stirring playoff victory over Lloyd Man- grum and George Fazio brought him the national open title at Ardmore. Pa., last Sunday, it will mark the final tournament appearance for some time. He has announced he will "take a long rest" in order to re cuperate further from a near tragic automobile accident in January, 1949. After today s opening round over the par 72, 6,569-yard course ,the competitors will play two rounds tomorrow and one round each on Saturday and Sunday. The winner will get $3,000 and every player entered will share in the $15,000 prize money. FISHERMAN "LUCKY' Dawson. Ga., June 15 (U.R) Fisherman C. A. Mathis, casting from a boat on a pond near here yesterday, reeled in a l'-i -pound hoot owl, hooked as his lure whizzed through the air. Senior Boys Local Track Team Named Sixteen senior class members of the 1950 Medford high school track squad who will receive pins from the Athletics Booster club of souinern uregon were announced today by Coach Bob Newland of the Black Tornado. These pins which were to have been presented to the senior boys whether they were track stars or on the "scrubs," will be mailed to them at their homes soon. Presentation was delayed until after graduation so the awards would not violate any OSAA rules. Listed by Newland were Dean and Dale Coverstone, Lou Bittle, Dick B o 1 1 j e r , Ted Birdseye, George Goodman, Jack Morris, LaRue Smith, Steve Swedberg, Roger Hoggs, Bill Thomson, Don Vincent, Warren Wendt, Jim Ward, L"0 Parker and Bob Shores. The Medford high track team took too honors in the state high school meet, the Rogue and Hay ward relays, all dual meets this year and several boys partici pated in the state AAU meet where they walked off with more high honors. WSC, Texans NCAA Favors Omaha, Neb.. June 15 (U.R) Defending champion University of Texas opens defense of its National Collegiate Athletic as sociation baseball title tonight with almost the same squad which won the championship last year. The Texans, co-favorites with Washington State, take on Rut gers in the first game of the NCAA double-elimination tour nament at Municipal stadium Wisconsin plays Colorado A and M. in the second game of tonight s doubleheader. Washington State, rated as one of the classiest west coast nines of all time, meets Tufts and Ala bama plays Bradley university tomorrow night. Doubleheaders will continue nightly until seven of the eight district champions have been eliminated. THE BETTER WE KHOW YOU the we can Better serve you , No two farms are alike. That's why we are visiting the farms around here . . . trying to find out why your farm, for example, is differ ent and has to be farmed differently than other. When we try to help you . . . and we think we can ... to farm with less work and make more money, we want to be sure of our ground. It isn't just a matter of selling tractors and Implements with lis. We want to know your prob lems, so we can think about them and help if we can. And we want you to know us, and what we ran do for you, so you'U know how to use us when a need arises. We hope to visit you soon, but please don't wait. Drop in whenever you are near us. Lots of folks do. We'll be glad to see you. 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Klamath Falls and Willows split a doubleheader with the Cards winning the first game, 6 to 4, and Klamath taking the second 12 to 3. Malgradi Gets Homer Willows Pitcher Ray Malgradi got the nod for the opener, send ing his club ahead with a fourth inning homer. In the nightcap, Klamath Falls rookie Chuck Grimsley held Willows to six hits and was never in trouble. Medford defeated Reno 3 to 1 in a shortened game called in the seventh because of rain. Marysville kept their jinx over Redding alive by downing the Browns. 13 to 7. It was the fifth straight win for the Peaches on Marysville's home grounds. Seattle Puts in Bid For Rowing Regatta Seattle, June 15 (U.R) The city of Seattle has made a bid for the 1951 International Rowing association regatta. Georee Gunn. nresident nf Greater Seattle, Inc., newly- rormed civic bocster organiza tion, said Inst, nipht hie nrani. zation would underwrite the re gatta, moved this year to Mari etta, O., from traditional Pough-I keepsie, N. Y. BARTLE GOES HITLESS Dick Bartle, former Medford Nuggets player, went hitless in three trips to the plate last night but was credited with one sacri fice as Salem topped Vancouver, B. C, in a class B Western Inter national league game, 9 to 3, at Vancouver. Bartle now is bat ting .269. San Franclseo has been the largest banking center west of Chicago since the days of '49. (lie Mall Tribune Want Ada r - ly y I THAT REMINDS ME-rvE GOT TO 1 Ye, too, will enjoy smooth, sociable A aLI I THtNK fit TRY IT. TOO. mrmrrro x I SHOULD HAVE TRIED SCHENLEV Kgl ) O 45 Qt. Jff ' 10NG AGO. IT'S REALLY A SMOOTR H $025 X SOCIABLE DRINK. EVERY DROP f5J f '!2i8y V ! ' i TASTES RICHER fTST J05Sm " 'LBWfD WHISKEY 86 PSOOKWi REMEMBER... June 18 Is Father's Day! am?- A Wealth of Gifts for Dad Sure to Suit His Tastes... SUITS Smart men prefer our Curlee and Hart, Schaffner and Marx quality suits. Our large selection and size range guarantees prop er fit with a minimum of altering. 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