By DICK JEWETT
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Softball a few years back was
a flourishing summertime sport
in Medford. Interest dropped off
about the time professional base
ball came in. With no pro ball
here this year, softball might be
revived. That's talk going around
at the present A handful of
men, at least, are enthusiastic
about getting a Medford or pos
ibly a valley league underway
this summer.
Those interested in fielding
teams and forming a league may
contact this department or Ray
Lewis of Pierce Freight lines.
Lewis served as president dur
ing the last active year of the
city softball association an is
still considered head of the cir
cuit. He reports some funds still
in the treasury.
RON LEE IN KOREA
Ron Ln, pitcher for lha
Madford Dodgers professional
baseball Itam in 1948, was
pictured in a recent issue of
the Sporting News. He was
shown in his Army regalia in
Korea. Corporal Lee is with
25th Division Headquarters
Company.
In 1949 Lee moved from
Newport News in the Pied
mont league to Montreal in
lha International circuit. In
. 1950 he established himself
as a leading reliever by hurl
ing 54 games, winning 14 and
, losing four.
Also in the Sporting News
picture with Lee is Richard
NeaL who caught for Redding
of the Far . West league in
1948. He is also a corporal in
the headquarters company.
CLUB COMMENDED
George Mann, Beaverton, one
of the judges had a word of com
mendation for the hard work of
Rogue Valley Retriever club
members in staging their first
points field trial last week-end
at Hoover lakes. He said that it
was "a very good trial" and
added that it had "good me
chanics," meaning that it was
well-run.
Mann remarked that the
grounds were "nice" and that,
while they were a bit shy of
cover, the cover was good for
this time of year.
THE RAINS CAME , '
There are those who would
blame Alfred Schmidt. Port
land, the other retriever trial
judge, for Sunday's wet
weather. He remarked at the
Saturday banquet about ex
periencing two fine days at
the local trial after contending
with bad California weather.
By Sunday the so-called "Cali
fornia sunshine" had moved
into Oregon.
MANY TOURNEYS
Idaho high school basketball
teams "play more tournaments
than they breathe," according to
Ned Liebman, ex-Medfordite,
who is now a sportscaster for
radio station KSRV, Ontario,
Ore., with part of his work
broadcasting Idaho prep games.
For B schools he lists three
tournaments prior to state tour
ney play. The A's are about as
bad, Liebman said. In all cases,
each team in the state meet
participates in a tourney to get
there and season record mean's
nothing. It looked to Liebman
as if the state championship
games might be held in con
junction with the state track
meet.
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Illinois Ring Czar
Savs Talent Needed
Chicago (U.R) Joe Triner, a
burly brewmaster who special
ized in wrestling himself, knows
more about how to rule boxing
than any other man in Illinois.
Triner is in his second term
as chairman of the Illinois Ath
letic commission. As such, he
wants to "clean up" the game
without indulging in any "witch
hunts."
"A man still is innocent until
he's proved guilty," Triner said.
Small Minority
"There's a very small minority
hurting boxing, but they should
be driven out of the game.
"That's not boxing's biggest
trouble," he added. "What the
game needs most is talent, and I
wish I knew how to get it.
"Maybe boxing should do
what baseball did. Finance small
fight clubs. Television has hurt
boxing, and maybe television
ought to finance the clubs.
through the big promoters.
"In the old days we had lots of
fight clubs around Chicago and
downstate. We had a lot. of talent
without TV. Now television is
killing the gate in the small
clubs.
"When you can get big shows
from New York, Chicago, St
Louis, Detroit and even the west
coast on television, people stay
home. Why should they go to
the small fight club?"
Triner proposed that the next
session of the Illinois legislature
should pass a law to give the
athletic commission a 10 per cent
cut of what television pays to
put on boxing and wrestling
shows.
"If we'd had that this year.'
he said, "the commission would
have taken in $57,000. But we
can operate without it. And if
Padres Beat
Bearers 9-5
Riverside, Calif. (U.R) The
San Diego Padres snapped a
three-game losing streak with a
four-run 10th inning to take a
9 to 5 victory from the Portland
Beavers Tuesday.
The Padres jumped into the
lead over Portland Tuesday with
a four-run splurge in the third
inning. But the Beavers pulled
up even with two runs in the
ninth frame.
John Davis tripled to spark
the Padres' big 10th inning as
they tagged Portland's Ad Sata
lich for four hits.
ROE HAMMERED
Hollywood, Fla. (U.R) You
couldn't blame the Philadelphia
A's Wednesday if they question
ed how Brooklyn Dodger
Preacher Roe managed to post
a 22-3 won-and-lost record in the
National league last season. The
A's, who finished fifth in the
American league in 1951, ham
mered Roe for 11 hits in six in
nings Tuesday although they
were then quieted by Billy Loes
and bowed, 9-5.
One-third of the 6,000,000-ton
annual output of the U.S. sul
phur industry goes into the, man'
ufacture of fertilizer.
we can't get 10, we'll take five."
Not Fighter
Triner first was commission
chairman from 1933 until 1941,
preparing for the job with work
for the Democratic party on
Chicago's West Side.
"I never was a fighter," he
said. "I guess I had a couple of
bouts. But I was a wrestler. Did
a lot of wrestling years ago."
He planned to continue as
chairman of the athletic commis
sion only as long as Adlai Ste
venson remains as governor.
"When he retires, then I re
sign," Triner said.
Two Tornado
Clubs Slate
1st Rivalry
Two Medford high school
squads open their 1952 inter
scholastic rivalry this week-end.
Coach Alex McDonald's base
bailers take on Grants Pass at 3
p.m. on Friday in a practice
hassle, weather permitting. The
track squad, encounters Klam
ath Falls in a dual meet at 1:30
p.m. here on Saturday.
McDonald still has 28 men on
his diamond roster and may give
a good number of them a chance
to show their, abilities in the
king's-x affair. He plans to give
Derald Wooton, Terry Maddox
and Lloyd Hart turns on the
pitcher's hill. Ted Landers prob
ably will get the opening call as
catcher with Dick Wooton un
doubtedly also getting into the
ruckus.
Wet weather has hampered
practices. McDonald reported
that the field is rough and needs
considerable working on but
plans are made to go ahead with
the fracas if rain holds off suf
ficiently. Time Trials Held
Medford trackmen had their
first time trials yesterday. New
land said that Earl Covey, sen
ior transfer from Phoenix, was
outstanding in the dashes. Don
Spinas did well in the hurdles
and Dennis Kittle and Dennis
Davis showed well in the quarter-mile,
the mentor stated. Dis
tance and middle-distance men
looked fair for this early in the
season.
Letterman Jack Moad is show
ing outstanding work in the shot
put, Newland commented. Ben
son Foley, a sophomore, is push
ing Letterman Dave Newland
and Roland Thompson in the
pole vault, he reported, and Ed
Bingham is doing extremely
well in the javelin and high
jump. Don Jacobs is showing
progress in the discus.
NO SALE SIGN
Clearwater. Fla. U.R) The
Cincinnati Reds Wednesday
hung up a "no sale" sign as far
as pitchers Ewell Blackwell,
Herman Wehmeier and Ken Raf-
fensberger are concerned. "We
can't afford to give up any of
them and nobody seems to want
to deal with us on any other
basis." manager Luke Sewell
said.
Bears Nick
Ducks 10-9
Berkeley (U.R) Oregon's
Ducks lost their second baseball
game in a row on their Calif
ornia trip Tuesday, dropping a
10-9 decision to California's
Bears.
California got four runs in
the ninth inning without getting
a hit to win the ball game. Ore
gon hurler Norm Forbes walked
five men to allow two runs and
shortstop Pete Williams' wild
throw allowed the other two to
score.
Second Sacker Daryl Nelson
and Catcher Ron bottler smack
ed homers for Oregon.
Phone Recruiting
Banned in Big 10
Chicago (U.R) Big 10 Com
missioner Kenneth L. (Tug) Wil
son has cracked down on con
ference recruiting practices,
banning any telephone contact
with prospective athletes, it was
learned Wednesday.
His policy statement was
made in a letter to athletic di
rectors and faculty representa
tives after the conference meet
ing with the council of 10, com
posed of the presidents of the
member institutions, March 16.
The interpretation means that
the members can contact pros
pective athletes in the future
only by mail, or when the boy
visits the campus. '
MAYS SIDELINED
Phoenix (U.R) The New
York Giants continued their
spring series with the Chicago
Cubs Wednesday minus the serv
ices of outfielder Willie Mays.
The National league's rookie of
the year in 1951 underwent min
or surgery Tuesday and will be
sidelined three1 or four days.
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Scribes Pick Yanks for
4th Consecutive Flag
St. Petersburg. Fla. (U.B
Manager Casey Stengel agreed
Wednesday with the nine New
York sportswriters covering the
Yankees who picked them to
win their fourth consecutive
Americai league championship
this year.
Stengel grinned from ear to
ear when told of the results of
the poll and commented: "You
know, I think so too."
Stengel Big Reason
Only two teams have ever
won four consecutive league
titlesthe 1921-22-23-24 Giants
and the 1936-37-38-39 Yankees.
Most of the writers said Sten
gel's leadership was the big rea
s6n for picking the Yankees,
pitching in depth, capable re
serves and the Yankees' strong
defensive infield were , other
common reasons the reporters
picked the world champions to
repeat
PESKY OFFER REPORTED
Sarasota, Fla. (U.R) The Bos
ton Red Sox were reported Wed
nesday to be considering a De
troit Tiger offer for infielder
Johnny Pesky. The reports gen
erated as a result of a long con
ference Tuesday between the
higher echelons of both clubs.
BASEBALL
TUESDAY EXRIBITERS
Brooklyn N 9. Philadelphia (A) S
Cleveland (A) 7, Chicago (A) 5
St. Louis (A) 6. Pittsburgh (Nl 2
New York (N) 7. Chicago (N) 6
Pittsburgh (N) "B" 2. SeatUe PCL 1
Basketball
TUESDAY SCORES
NCAA Tourney, Seattle
St. John's 61, Illinois 59 (Eastern
regional final)
Kansas 74, Santa Clara 55 (Western
regional final)
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p.m for following day; 10 am Mon
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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE HIKE
YOUNGSTERS TO SKI
Sun Valley (U.R) Ski racing
younngsters from throughout
the West were pouring into this
famous ski resort Wednesday to
prepare for what officials term
the western region's outstanding
junior racing event.
"Crippling" not only includes
apparent physical . handicaps.
Children with speech, heart, vis
ual and hearing impairments are
"crippled" too. Easter Seals help
make them have full, productive
lives.
Legal Document Found
Penciled on Desk
Champaign, 111 (U.R) Work
ers for a furniture company
found a 59-year-old legal docu
ment penciled on the bottom of
a desk drawer.
Workmen were refinishing the
big walnut desk when they found
the note. It said:
"October 21, 1892; $210 Re
ceived this day from Andrew
Yarvis for safekeeping till his
return from the state prison,
$210. If I should die before his
Five years ago, 16 cerebral
palsy centers were scattered
throughout the United States.
Today there are 367 treatment
services for cerebral palsy chil
dren, in all sections of the coun
try supported by Easter Seal
funds.
return my estate must pay to him
on demand that amount. Samuel
C. Fox,. Sheriff, Champaign
County."
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