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Points Rivalry for Retrievers Opens Friday at Hoover Lades; Rogue Valley Group Sponsors Black Panther, owned by Carl W. Carlson, Helena, Mont, and Rip of Holly Hill, handled by Roy Gonia, Portland, will be among the favoritea in the open all-age rivalry in the points field trial to be staged at Hoo ver lakes this week-end by Rogue Valley Retriever club.- This competition makes Med ford briefly the retriever center of the coast. The trial opens Friday and the two dogs are among the top entries of the 40 entered in the open event set for Saturday. Black Panther out-performed 48 other retrievers last Sunday to win open all-age In the Northern California trial at Hollister. Darby Stake First The opening event of the three-day affair will be the derby stake set for 8 a. m. on Friday. Twenty-two entries were filed in this event. An Oregon dog won this stake at Hollister. The animal was Hal's Spiwise Zeke, owned by Harold Shidler, Klamath Falls. Zeke is entered in the trial here. A qualifying stake with 29 entered is to follow the derby competition. The open-all age trial will start at 7 a. m. Satur day. An amateur all-age stake will conclude the activity, start ing late Saturday or early Sun day. There will be a field of 19 in the final event. The dogs will be put through a series of tests on land and in water using pheasants, pigeons and ducks. If the competition gets really tough a horse will be used to put out birds to pre vent tracking in blind retrieves. Pheasants for Sale Retriever club members are purchasing pheasants from the state game commission for the trial. Those that are shot will be offered for sale at the grounds to the public. The fat chinks will be sold for consider ably less than the club pays for them and members maintain that the price will be less than it generally costs a hunter to go out and get a bird. Club members are welcoming the spectators to the trial free of charge and have planned much for their convenience. There will be several bonfires for warmth, tarpaulins for cover and a lunch and refresh ment stand. Charles Hoover, owner of the property, is cooperating with the club in every way. He has cleared a big parking area and a tractor will be on hand to help motorists if necessary, out of any soft spots. No Special Attire Spectators are advised to come dressed as they please. There is no special attire re quired. The way to the grounds, out Crater Lake highway and Avenue A of the Camp White area, will be plainly marked. One of the events of the three-day trial will be a Satur day . banquet at the hotel. At least 150 people are expected, The dinner will be at 8 p. m. following a 7 p. m. social hour. Club members said that the public is invited. Reservations may be made at the Jackson county chamber of commerce up to noon on Saturday. Owners and handlers of the retrievers started arriving yes terday with their truck or trailer kennels. (If v J?c? . . V; V , fv FIRST FLOORING Rugged Tommy Collins (right) becomes the first fighter ever to knock Sandy Saddler off his feet as the featherweight champion heads for the deck in the first round of their scheduled 10-rounder at Boston. Saddler came back to win in the fifth round when he knocked Collins out of the ring in a daze. MedfordTribuns FELLER BLASTED Hollywood (U.R) A walk and four first-inning singles off Bob Feller by rookies Bobby Del Gre co, Dick Hall and Lee Walls and veteran Gus Bell enabled the Pittsburg Pirates to beat the Cleveland Indians, 3 to 2, Wed nesday at San Bernardino. GIANTS WIN Los Angeles (U.R) The Chi ccago White Sox, dropped a 4 to 3 decision to the New York Giants Wednesday at Pasadena, Calif. Monte . Irvin's two-run homer in the first inning gave the Giants their victory margin over the White Sox. Washington Native Heads Lebanon Mission Washington (U.R) Surgeon General Leonard A. Scheele an nounced Thursday that Dr. Eu gene A. Gillis, chief of the pub lic health service commissioner offcers division, is heading a point four health mission to Bei rut, India. Gillis, a native of Bellingham, Wash., will act as consultant to the Lebanon Health Ministry in developing new health pro grams for that country. He will leave for his post next week. Chevs Down Panelshake At Denver Denver (U.R) The roof fell in on Panelshake Siding of Portland in the National AAU basketball tournament here Wednesday. Stewart Chevrolet of San Fran cisco, defending tournament champion, knocked over the Ore gon entry 89-44 to advance to the quarterfinals. The loss eliminated Panelshake, which had won two earlier games. Jackson Winters led Panel- shake with 12 points. Denver (U.R) Seven of the original eight seeded teams and one unseeded upstart go into the National AAU basketball tourna ment quarter-finals here Thurs day night, with the competition getting rougher at every step. The only unseeded quint to survive the second round was the Riggles Plaza Bowl quint of War- rensburg. Mo., which upset sev enth seeded Kirby Shoes of Los Angeles, 62-56, Wednesday. The Warrensburg Teachers College quint is expected to fall by the wayside Thursday night when they take on fourth-seeded Caterpillar Diesels of Peoria, 111. Quarter-Finals Other quarter-final games Thursday night: Defending cham pion Stewart Chevrolets of San Francisco vs. Fibber McGee and Molly of Hollywood: tourney fa vorite Phillips Oilers of Bartles ville, Okla., vs. Rea Travelers of Artesia, N. M.; and the Atlas- Pacific Engineers of Oakland, Calif., vs. the Air Force All Stars from Tinker Field, Okla. Laredo, Tex. (U.R) Jose Avitia Rpvp was holA in 5nn bond on a charge of smuggling marijuana Thursday, despite his plea before a U.S. commssioner Wednesday that he brought the ivperi intn 4Via TTnitorl Cfiin. Mexico solely to make a salve io ireat a leg injury. Sam Snead Golf Victor Palm Beach, Fla. (U.R) Sam my Snead, playing at the peak of his game and gunning for the top cash prizes, shaped up Thurs day as the man to beat in the Jacksonville Open Golf Tourna ment which opens Friday. Snead showed that he's in top form by his six-stroke victory in the two-day Seminole Pro-Member tournament, which concluded here Wednesday. The walloping hillbilly from White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., added a second-round 68, four strokes under par, to a first round 70 to cop first prize of $1,800 with a total of 36-hole score of 138 strokes. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads inn WATERFIU pRAZIER KENTUCKY -0i 4 SMOOTH &MEU0W KENTUCKY BLENDED WHISKEY 75 W 43 QT 5a33 PINT US PROOF 701 GRAIN NrtlTMl ITC Vtttrfill lod Fnuiw Distil I try Co, Baiditoa, Kj, Buy BUILDER! SUPPLY 1 """",r mi I QUALITY BLOCKS BRICKS - FLUES 727 W McAndrevs Phone 2-4107 See the New Remington PUMP ACTION RIFLE MODEL 76030-06 CALIBER SAM'S SPORTING GOODS 32 South Central Ave. Medford, Ore. 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Her attorneys want a new grand .jury Indictment, setting forth the alleged crime with more particulars. Attorney Nels Peterson de murred to the present indict ment which charges that the 21-year-old mother murdered her child "by use of the hands . . . causing asphyxiation." He said that the term is a general one, indicating lack of oxygen in the blood. Pet-vson declared that practically every one dies of some sort of asphyxiation. Accused Will Defend Self in Federal Trial Danville. I1L (U.R) Cecil Wright, who became known as "Lawyer of the Rock," when he won freedom for himself and other prisoners at Alcalraz pen itentiary, said Thursday he would defend himself against a new indictment. A federal grand jury indicted on charges of possessing a sawed-off shotgun and trans porting a stolen car. Wright studied law when he spent 18 years in Alcatraz for stealing $2.43 worth of stamps from a post office. 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Leather to Gas He had already gained control of the United States Leather company and played a major role in changing the company's business from production of leather to natural gas. At one time, he came within an ace of controlling the New England Gas & Electric associa tion in a proxy battle. He piled up most of his wealth by buying at opportune times chunks of real estate in Boston and New York. By 1949, he had disposed of most of his holdings but re tained some. Including 61 Broad way in New York. Fox recently sold his home In suburban Chestnut Hill and now lives with his wife and' son -in Fairfield, Conn., from where he commutes to Boston and New York. Fox was a marine flyer during World War IL Retail Merchants Name New Directors Otto Ewaldsen, chairman of the Retail Merchants associa tion, today announced the group's new board of directors, elected recently to represent various divisions. They include. M. B. 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