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BIX MEDFORD (OREGON) Medford Drops Two To Diamonds Pittsburg, Cal., June 19 (Spe cial to The Mail Tribune) Med- ford's Rogues were victims of two heart-breaking aetcats in Far West league baseball yester day at Pittsburg. The Rogues lost the seven-inning opener o to 1 and the 11-inning nightcap 3 to 2 to the Diamonds. Pittsburgh gained a four game clean sweep in the series as re sult of the Sunday outcomes. The Diamonds won 10 to 8 Friday and 6 to 4 Saturday. Ta Plav Willows Medford returns to its home fairgrounds park Tuesday to be gin a three-titt scries wun wu- lnuK. In both games yesterday the Rogues forged aheaa in eariy innings only to see Pittsburg pnmp from behind. Lloyd Jones, pitching for Med ford, gave up oniy lour mis in the first game. He whiffed three and walked three. Medford got its lone run In the fifth inning when John Fopovich homered over the left field fence. Pittsburg collected two mark ers in the sixth, cook singiea, Enos was hit by a pitched ball and DiMaggio walked to fill the bases. Fraser singled, scoring Cook, and Goldstein walked, scoring Enos. In the second game Dick Smith on the mound for Med ford gave up seven hits, fanned four and walked two. He was also the Rogue batting star with a home run in the second Inning and two singles for a three out of five batting record. Stuart Walks Russ Stuart walked in the first inning and Popovich sin gled. Charles Freeman forced out Stuart on a fielder's choice. Bob Haddock walked. Popovich was picked off second base for the second out but Don Wil liams singled to center field, scoring Freeman. Pittsburg tallied In the second Inning and tied the count in the eighth. The Diamonds won on Enos' homer in the 11th. Linescores: (First game Sevan Innings). MnHord 000 010 0 1 5 1 Pltuhurg 000 013 x 3 4,0 Jones and Gugliemo; Camera and Fraser. (Second game 11 Innings). Medford 110 000 000 00 S t Pittsburg .... 010 000 001 013 1 I Smith and Gtigllemo; Llneberger. Carr (0) and Fraser. Rogues Sign Two Players Mel Carpenter, business man ager of the Medford Rogues, to day announced -signing of two more players in an attempt to get the club back in the win column after a disastrous road trip which saw the Rogues drop 8 out of 11. Mike Kanshln, a veteran pitcher, has been obtained from the Vancouver Capilanoes of the western International league. Kanshln Is a right hander. Charles Freeman has been signed in an effort to get more hitting power in the outfield. He is a graduate of the Univer sity of Southern Callfornlan and. although a rookie, comes to Med ford highly recommended. The crippled Rogues have found the going tough for some time. The pitching staff is badly crippled with Jack Lloyd and Glen Gaetly, both expected to be aces, down with sore arms. Tommy Nelson is out with an injured leg and Milt Martin, a catcher, has been playing third base. Several other players have been shuffled because of in juries with Manager Nelson mak ing every effort to get the club into a winning combination. BEARS SIGN TWO Chicago, June 19 (U.R) Vet eran Guard Dick Flanagan and Bob Angle, halfback from Iowa State college, have signed for the 1950 season with the Chicago Bears. STANDINGS FAR WEST LKAm r: w. Wedding 3S Klamath Falls S3 PMtsburB .. 2 MUrORD 34 Reno . . f. .. 24 Marravlll 23 F.upene 20 Willows 30 Prt. .1101 Oil .VJ7 .4112 tlj 4.M .3l2 .3112 OB. "4' R 12', 13 13 IS Ifl 31 .NATIONAL I.CAOlir W I. St I mils 32 20 Brooklvn :n 20 Philadelphia 30 21 Boston 30 23 Chlrain . 33 2.1 New York .. 24 23 Pittsburgh 9 33 Cincinnati 13 37 Pet HIS .S!IH ..1HR .sr.s .300 .490 .332 ,4'k 17 AMIIllrAN LCAGt'K Detroit 37 New York .. 37 Cleveland ....... 31 Boston 31 Washington 24 Chlrefo .... 22 St Louis 19 Philadelphia 10 .712 .fil sn7 323 444 .407 ..ISS 333 2 7i 's 14 IS IS', JO', COAST l.r.AOUB Hollvwood Oakland San Diego San Francisco ...... PORTLAND .. f.m Angeles Seattle Sacramento 3J .3113 .312 .300 .300 470 .437 311 1 10 in I2 131S IB WFSTERN INTERNATIONAL Tacoma 22 "14 330 Wenatchae . ... Yakima Trl City Ai.r.M Victoria - pokana .. Vancouver 33 2d 32 27 .142 .3.12 tl 43 .ia .414 33 37 28 38 34 11 U, 1V. ' -)lai . ll rasa MAIL TRIBUNE mm i-'LAsi ' warn a BROTHERS FIGHT The Ca- rothers brothers of Grants Pass, Kenny (above) and Joe (right) will be seen in action on tonight's boxing card at the armory. Ken ny, southern Oregon welter weight champion, takes on Clip per Clink of Portland while Joe meets popular Eddie Conrad, Fort Jones. Topping the South ern Oregon Boxing clubs all star card will be the five-round national championship slugfest between Wes Echols, champion of the United States, and Bull Halsey, Portland. Jack (Ginger) Snapp, Klamath Falls' middle- weiiiiu contender in tne proies- sional ranks, was today named as referee to replace Earl Yoakley, who is ill. Fight time is 8:JU. oxers Await Bell For Championship Go At Armory The principles in tonight's United States middleweight ama teur championship boxing match at the armory. Titleholder Wes Echols of Atwater. Cal., and Bull Halsey, Portland, challenger, went throueh limbering up ex ercises yesterday as final tune ups for the scrap. Both were pro nounced In top physical condi tion. Promoters Larrv Burdettc and Owen Thomas said ticket sales Indicate a capacity crowd will be on hand for Medford's first na tional championship sporting event. Over 800 ringside seats have been installed which Is 300 more than for any previous fight and the promoters emphasized that the first match will go on promptly at 8:30 p.m. Butte Falls Nips Eagle Point, 8-7 Butte Falls, June 19 The Medco Loggers of Butte Falls nipped Enale Point. 8 to 7, yester day in a Rogue Valley loop dia mond contest here. Henry Tygart was a star per former for Medco with a fourth inning round-tripper with one on and a sixth-inning triple that drove in a run. Darrell Stephen batted three for five for Butte Falls. Bellick homered for Eagle Point in the sixth. Short score: EnKle Point 7 8 4 Butte Falls 8 10 5 Ilohl. llrlllrk (3) and LawrrnU; Baker, Schroeder (3) and Tuneate. 'Gussie' Moran Takes Kent Tourney Honors Beckenham, Eng., June 19 (U.R) Gertrude (Gussie) Moran of Santa Monica, Cal., won the women's singles title at the Kent Lawn Tennis championships to day by beating Nancy Morrison of Palm Beach, Fla., 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. Geoff Brown of Australia cap tured the men's crown by de feating his Augsie teammate, Billy Sldwell, 8-6, 7-9, 17-15, in a match which fasted more than three hours. Sports for the Week TODAY Amateur boxing card, arm ory, 6:30 p. m. Junior Lsv glon batoball practice, senior hlqh field, 6 p. m. TUESDAY Medford Rogues vi. Willows Cardinals, fairgrounds park, 7:45 p. m. Pistol division Medford Rifle club outdoor practice, club grounds, 6:30 p. m. Cantral Point Baseball school, town field. 7 p. m. Central Point Softball league double-header, high shool foot ball fiald. 7:30 p. m. Scores Yesterday FAR WFST i r vrii-r i'1'imiiti :i-:i Mi nroRn 1-t Willows fi.y R (trims 3-4 Klamath Falls 7-10. Marysvtlle J-14 CiiRene 14, Reno IS coast t.r vet r. Los Allilrles 11.(1; Seattle S-l. Oakland 8.0. San D'cso 3-7 San Franrlaro . Portland 3-4 Hollywood 3.7. Sacramento 3.4. NATIONAL I.FA(7Fk Cliulunatl 3-2 Philadelphia 4-4 ChtcnKo n.S, New York fl-10 Pittsburgh . n,ton 8-8 i2nd came tie. called, darkness) St. Louis 0, nrooklyn a. AMERICAN I.FAfilF. Philadelphia 0-2. Cleveland 7-31. New York IS. a St Louis 5-0 Boston 2. Detroit 10 Washington at Chicago (31 noat poned. ram. rTl:RN INlRNATI()NS.l. Trl City 11-4 Tacoma 3-3 Yakima 70, Spokane 3-1. Monday, June 19, 1980 Ik' -'Pjj ri I'M, aWTsaT - . a Tonight For those who are statistically minded, here are the measure ments for the main cventers: Echols Halsey 15 neck 17 14 bicep 16 11 forearm 11 !-4 7 wrist 7 11 fist 121-4 1914 thigh 22 1312 calf 15 8 ankle 9 40 chest (normal) 38 42 .... chest (expanded) ....40 3012 waist 30 5-ll!"2 height 5-7 18 age 17 159 weight 158 Members of the Medford Rogues baseball team will be guests of the promoters, it was announced today. The preliminaries follow: Ken Carothers, Grants Pass, vs. Clipper Clink, Portland; Al Alexander, Portland, vs. Chuck Lincoln. Longview; Ray Stickel, Medford, vs. Jackie Puscas. Eu gene; Don Harper, Gold Hill, vs. Rocky Sanger, Portland; Joe Ca rothers, Grants Pass, vs. Eddie Conrad. Fort Jones, and Bill Ber ry. Medford, vs. Jim Puscas. Eu gene. Jack (Ginger) Snapp has been named as referee, replacing Earl Yoakley who is ill. Portland Penguins Sign Hockey Coach Portland, Ore., June 19 (U.R) Ton Hemmerling, former coach of the San Francisco Shamrocks, was signed today to coach the Portland Penguins of the Pacific Coast Hockey league next year. The Shipstads and Johnson, owners and operators of the Portland team, announced the signing of Hemmerling, who led the Shamrocks to the chnmpion ship in the southern division last year. Parker, Seymour Take Powder Puff Air Race Greenville. S. C. June 19 (U.R) Jean Parker and Boots Seymour, "powder puff" fliers from Arcadia, Cal., were declar ed winners today in a six-day women's transcontinental air race from San Diego. They did not arrive first but won the $750 top prize by clip ping 5.88 hours off the 20.01 hour handicap made on a basis of the rated speed of their light Taylorcraft. 0- SOMETHING WONDERFUL HAS HAPPENED TO "CREAM"! If yon haven't lasted "Cream" lately, youV missed a double-rich experience! It's now smoother, mellower, yet heartier than evert Kentvckv Whiskey-A Home Runs Plentiful in Coast Loop San Francisco, June 19 (U.R) Baseball bookkeeping fans whirled their pencil sharpeners in sheer glee after Sunday's Pa cific Coast league double-headers. The circuit was loaded with unusual baseball. Of top interest were the 21 home runs blasted in the four twin bills, with 15 being knocked in the first three afternoon con tests. Beavers Get Three The breakdown on the four- baggers was Seattle eight, Port land and San Francisco three, Oakland, Los Angeles and Hol lywood two and San Diego one. Sacramento alone had none. A curious feat was performed by Seattle's Bill Schuster, Marv Rackley, Walt Judnich, George Vico and Tod Davis. i,ach blast ed home runs in the first game, Davis getting two, only to find the Angels defeating, them, 11 to 8. Lou Klein and Stan Spence homered for Los Angeles. Ramsey Hurt In that game. Rainier Out fielder Bill Ramsey, apparently confused because of all the heavy hitting, crashed into the center field wall trying to catch a long one. He was hospitalized with a possibly broken left arm. Seattle blanked the Angels, 1 to 0, in the finale off Walt Jud nich's second homer of the day. Another oddity: Although win ning the series their seventh successive one Seattle remains in seventh place in the standings. Other scorings included ban Francisco's double win over Portland, 9 to 5 and 6 to 4-; Oak land and San Diego split with the Oaks grabbing the opener, 8 to 5, and the Padres capturing 7 to 0 shutout in the second game. Hollywood took a double win over Sacramento, 3 to 2 and to 4. 15 Hits Insufficient Although losing the opener. Portland clouted Al Lien and Con Dempsey for 15 hits, in cluding home runs by Joe Bro via (his 18th), Eddie Basinski and Jim Gladd. Les Fleming in creased his league runs-battcd-in leadership to 77. In the second contest. Dino Rcstelli and Joe Grace hit two run homers off Roy Helser and sent him to the showers. Grace extended his safe batting string to 12 games. Valley Dogs Win Prizes Rogue Valley Retriever club entries picked up first places in two events yesterday when 20 members were guests of the Cas cade Retriever club, Klamath Falls, at a picnic near Keno. Ten Rogue valley retrievers were entered in the trials. Boar Ranch Loyal Jet, black lab rador male, owned and handled by William Shere, Ashland, won the junior stakes. Duke, eight-months-old black labrador male, owned and handled by Grady Childrcth, Medford. took the puppy stakes. It was the only Kogue valley dog entered in tne event. Local dogs reportedly are now showing well. Other results: Junior Makes Ktritf of the Roane. Chesapeake male, owned by William Maniey, Kiamatn i-aim. secona; uoar Ranch Ace. black labrador male, owned by E. G. Childreth. Medford, third. Three dogs handled by Pat MonlROmery. Klamath falls, got certi- ncnies 01 merit. Non-winners Kfn( of the Rogue, first: Cinders, black labrador. owned by Larry Watklns, Klamath Falls, sec ond; Boar Ranch Loyal Jet, third; Zip. Chesapeake male, owned by E. H. BalstiiRer, Klamath Falls, and handled by Dick Mar Ran, fourth. Montgomery s dogs got two merit cer tificates. Onen all ace Kim of Klamath. black labrador. owned by Larry Wat- Kins, Msmatn fans, tint: ubk ireex Sir Dorchester, golden male, owned by James Stihvell, Klamath Falls, sec ond; Jet Captain of Whit more, black labrador female, owned by Hal Shid ler, Klamath Falls, third: King of the Rogue, fourth. WEATHER By United Press Northern California Fair to day, tonight and Tuesday except partly cloudy extreme north and tog along coast: slightly warmer San Joaquin valley; northwest wind 10-25 mph off coast. Aircraft cord and strand wire, used for airplane controls, may be as small in diameter as 71000 of an inch. Blend. M proof. TO grata I f905 820 111 LaMotta Reluctantly Accepts Italian as Championship Foe New York, June 19. (U.R) Reluctant Jake Lamotta was matched today for a defense of his world mmaieweigni cnanv ninnshin aeainst No. 4 challeng er, Tiberio Mitri, Instead of against No. 8 contender, Rocky uraziano. Lamotta. 29. has signed to meet Mitri of Italy. 23. at Madi son Square garden on July 12 for 45 per cent of the net gate instead of meeting Graziano of Brooklyn at the Polo grounds Skeeters Trap Shoot Champion Portland, Ore.. June 19 U.R) Youthful Dick Skeeters of Med ford was hailed as the new all around champion of the annual Oregon state trap shoot here to day. Skeeters. who won the state doubles crown Saturday, emer eed from the four-dav session with a total of 378 points out of a possible 400. Cal Ray, nationally known gunner from tugene, iinisnea second in the all-around division with a 375 total. Third place went to C. L. Kendall, Oregon City, with a score of 374. During yesterday's final shoot ing. Bob Iliff of Independence blasted 98 of 100 clay pigeons from 21 yards to win the handi cap championship. The title was Iliff s second of the meet. He won the class B title in opening-day action on Thursday. Helen Watklns of Wasco ana Corinne Blake of Portland share high women's honors in Sunday's handicap event with 88 totals. More than 375 shooters partici pated in the tourney. Longhorns Play Tufts Omaha, Neb., June 19 (U.R) Tufts and the defending cham pion Texas Longhorns clash in the National Collegiate Athletic association baseball tournament tonight with the loser joining Bradley and Colorado A. and M. on the sidelines. Texas eliminated the Colorado Aggies 3 to 1 and Tufts bounced Bradley 5 to 4 in a double header at Municipal stadium last night. The losses were the second for Bradley and the Aggies and cut the tournament field to six teams. The only undefeated teams, Washington State and Rutgers, meet in the first game of to night's twin bill. Washington State was pre-tourney co-favorite with Texas. Wisconsin and Alabama, each with a one game won and one lost record in the NCAA meet, will be idle tonight. Bob Antonacci Quits As OSC Wrestling Coach Corvallis. Ore.. June 19 (U.R) Dr. Claire V. Langton, head of the division of physical educa tion at Oregon State college here, has announced the resig nation of Bob Antonacci, var sity wrestling coach and physi cal education instructor. Jack Begelman, assistant freshman football coach and associate PE professor, will also resign at the close of the school year June 30. Langton said. Washington Running Ace Wins Marathon Culver City, Cal., June 19 (U.R) Distance Running Ace Mainhardt Bredt. former Alas kan marathon champion, out raced 19 runners over a 26-mile course to capture the third an nual western hemisphere mara thon title. The Olympia, Wash., ace. who recently won a 47.72-mile "bun ion" derby, covered the distance in 3 hours 20.7 seconds as 11 of the 19 starters failed to com plete the grueling race yester day. The Greeks were the first peo ple to use saddles on their horses in 340 B. C. Prior to that a form of saddle cloth tied with sur cingle was in vogue. neutral spirits. Copr. I9S0, on June 28 for 30 per cent of the net recepts. Lona Negotiations The international 15-round fight between Mitri of Trieste, Italy, and Lamotta of the Bronx was completed last night after more than 36 hours of neeotia tions that followed Graziano's withdrawal from the Polo grounds fight because of a frac tured left thumb. Lamotta, who hasn't defended the 160-pound crown since he wrested it from the late Mar cel Cerdan at Detroit last June, tried to use Graziano's injury as an excuse for additional de lay in putting his crown on the line. However, officials of the In ternational Boxing club told him he must go through with the defense or they would "toss him to the wolves," which meant throw him into the laps of National Boxing association officials who have been trying to vacate his title. Percentage Boosted After much haggling, La motta agreed to accept the un beaten young Italian as an op ponent if he would get 15 per cent more of the net receipts than Graziano had been guaran- PARK BEGINS SWIMMERS INSTRUCTION Hawthorne park swimmine pool began swimming classes to day for youngsters. Classes for beginners will continue on Mon days, Wednesdays and Fridays. On Tuesdays and Thursdays classes for intermediate swim mers are slated. Names of non- swimmers enrolled were publish ed yesterday. Names of those who will begin intermediate swimming instruction at 8 a.m. tomorrow appear here. Mary Lou Anderson. Sharon L. At. terburv. Linda Brooks. Judv Christen. sen. Murphy Clark. Douglas'Gale Culy. ataniy i;ujy, Ann uenman. Bob Fra zier. Johnnie Greb. Jean Jeldness. Gay Kramer. Joan Ann Morse. James Myhre. Alice Marie Ozment. Richard A. Paup. Valona Robins. Doreen Thompson. Dale Thompson. Jewelle Thompson. Leslie Woods. Paul Engin, Bruce Larson. Bobby Slover, Benny CraiK. Marilyn Olson. Larry Copple. Richard Copple. Do reen Ford. Allen W. Ford. Charlene Bohl, Mary Lou Bohl. Mary Kay White. Local Cubs Overwhelm Phoenix Team, 42 to 6 Cub Pack 6 overran the Phoe nix Cub scouts 42 to 6 in a base ball game at Phoenix on Satur day. Phoenix had previously downed the local pack 19 to 8. Other Cub units desiring to book games with pack 6 may call Wal ler a. rvenaan at or 2-4857. Everybodys Grader! The New Allis Chalmers "D" GRADER A Small Grader with Big Grader Design Come In and Look Over These Features Tandem Drive Hydraulic Lift 34.7 Horsepower A. C. Gas Motor Weight 9200 lbs. ALSO AVAILABLE V& yd. Hydraulic Loader Attachment, a Windrow Elimi nator for shoulder work, "V" Snowplow, Dozer Blade, and other useful attachments. ASK FOR A DEMONSTRATION Tractor Sales & Service, Inc. Ill N. FIR teed for their title defense. For the Graziano fight, Rocky and Jake were to have received 30 per cent each. President James D. Norris of the International Boxing club explained that the middleweight title fight was being changed to a new date a nd a new site for several reasons. Mitri, who had been trained for a 10-round bout at Boston, which was cancelled, requested a longer period for conditioning for a 15-round title fight Lloyd Mangrum Picked to Win PGA Golf Meet New Rochelle, N.Y., June 19. (U.R) Lloyd Mangrum, with the round robin title under his belt and $3,000 first prize money in his pocket, was fingered by his brother golfers today as "the guy to beat" in the P.G.A. tourn ament at Columbus, O., on Wed nesday. Mangrum got the nod princi pally on his triumph perfor mance over New Rochelle's roll ing 6,569 layout during the past few days. He wound up the gruelling 90-hole test with a blistering 16-under-par 344 and comfortable plus 37 total. Sammy Snead, who won last year's P.G.A title at Richmond, Va., is among those who thinks Mangrum has an excellent chance to dethrone him. "You have to go along with the guy who is on top," he de clared, "and off the last three tournaments, I'll pick Mangrum even though he isn't at his best at match play." Herman Barron, the White Plains, N.Y., ace who special izes in pulsating putts, also liked Mangrum in the P.G.A. "Be cause he looks unbeatable at the moment." MOW OPCUTIHG! NEW PIERCE EASTBAY TERMINAL 760 FERRY STREET OAKLAND III ADDITION TO OUR SAN FRANCISCO TERMINAL faKrswaasf Fierce Service in the Golden Oof For Inform prion and fast Smrvkm . 2-5254 10 ft. Moldboard 273i" 7 Tooth Scarifier 7.50x20 Tires All Around Special Attachments Price $4190, Medford "THE HOUSE OF SERVICE" Medford, Oregon Browns Drop Twin Games To Willows By United Press The Willows Cardinals, aided bv home runs in the pinches, took 6' to 5 and 5 to 4 victories over the league-leading Redding Browns in the Far West league Sunday. Redding, despite the double loss, remained four and one-half games ahead of Klamath Falls in second place. In the first game. Cardinal shortstop Gene Painter homered, and in the second contest, catch er Jake Helmuth hit for the cir cuit. Klamath Splits Marvsville came back from a 7 to 3 defeat in their first game to crack Klamath Falls, 14 to 10, in the second. A ninth-inning rally gave Marysville their win, as they combined three walks and two hits for four runs. Second Baseman Gerry Mer ritt contributed to the Klamath opening victory by a homer in the third. In the only single game In the league, Eugene came from be hind with a six-run rally to take Reno. 14 to 13. Reno's starting hurler Mark Torres gave up 10 unearned runs. Millers Swamp Cave Junction . Central Point, June 19. Cen tral Point's Millers swamped Cave Junction 22 to 4 yesterday in a Rogue Valley league base ball game at Cave Junction. Mike Trautman was Central Point batting leader with four blows in six turns. Ken Traut man hit three times for the Mil lers. He cracked a second inn ing homer with two men on base. Don Sanford hurled for Cent ral Point, keeping 10 hits well scattered and hitting three for six. Short score: Central Point 22 18 2 Cave Junction 4 10 2 Sanford and H. Colley: Smith, Owens. Mitchell, R. Campbell and R. Mauser. I J5(fm.f . p AiosKview : For Yes Ana POHTUMO SUM -t aoueuMf PHONE 2-5279 InossmV I fTgsgssa psS .ywCTPaa
