Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 27, 1952, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextTWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Suffer. Mar f. MEDFO! Tribuni SPRITS 14 Yank Golfers Advance In British Amateur Play Prestwick, Scotland U.R) Harvie Ward of Tartaoro, N. C, former U. S. intercollegiate golf champion, reached the third round of the British Amateur tournament Tuesday with a hard fought 1 up victory over Gordon Washington Sure of Tie In ND Play By UNITED PRESS The University of Washington, assured of at least of a tie, need ed only to defeat Idaho again Tuesday to clinch the Northern Division baseball championship. The Huskies were a cinch to at least tie with Oregon State when they walloped the Vandals Monday, 17-4. Another win in their final conference game of the season would give the title and the right to meet Southern California, Southern Division champion, for the Pacific Coast conference championship. However, if the Vandals hould pull an upset and win their first home game of the sea son, Oregon State would become the "unofficial" title-holder be cause the Beavers won three of four games with .Washington. A conference regulation de cides tiei by giving the team winning the series the right to play for the coast crown. Philadelphia Duo Lead$ In ABC Doubles Bowling Milwaukee (U.R) John Evans and Bob Steward of Philadel phia ground out a 1,247 to lead doubles bowlen in the Ameri can Bowling congress Monday. Charley Cooper, Terre Haute, Ind., led the singles field with 851, and Earl Henry, Indian apolis, hit 1,622 to pace the all eventa. None of the scores was high enough to crash the top 10. mnnwm ' Irq ye . At Ml 1 o10 J Bffli8r0 STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY 6 Proof Dewar of Scotland. Two other American entries who icored opening round vic tories Monday gained the third round under overcast skies over the windswept Prestwick course, Felix Saiamon, Nyack, N. Y., de feated Sam McKinlay, Scotland 2 and 1, and Capt. J. M. Ander son of the U. S. Army trimmed R. L. Haggart, Scotland, 8 and 4. These three Joined 11 other Yanks who reached the third round Monday. A strong wind whipped In from the sea as the second day of the 57th annual tournament got underway. Frank Stranahan, Toledo, O began his quest for the title against Joe Gent of England in a second round match. Girl Softball Players To Meet All girls lnic-rattad In play ing league Softball lhli year have been invited lo attend a meeting at 6:30 this evening at the Medford high school field, according to officials of the Rogue Valley Girls Softball association. An association meeting will be held at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Medford YMCA to discuis plans for a girls Softball league in Medford and sur rounding communities during this summer. Anyone wishing to sponsor a softball team tor girls is ask ed to leave his name and phone number of business ad dress at the YMCA. Gil Turner To Train For Fight With Champ Philadelphia (U.R) Un beaten Gil Turner will begin training for his welterweight championship bout with Cham pion Kid Gavilan on June 1, eight days before he signs for the bout, Manager George Kalz announced Tuesday, lurner, unbeaten in 31 pro fessional fights, will meet the Cuban at the Philadelphia Muni cipal stadium the night ot July 7, the eve of the all-star baseball game. Dead tint Sunday Claiilledi li at noon Saturdays. Six Player? Sidelined By Injuries By UNITED PRESS It was a weekend of hard knocks as well as base knocks as six players were sidelined with injuries and rookie Umpire An gle Guglielmo suffered a cut hand in a freak accident. Those injured were Mickey Mantle of the Yankees, Roy Campanella of the Dodgers, Her man Wehmeier and Ted Klus zewski of the Reds, Cliff Cham bers of the Cardinals and Sam Mele of the White Sox. Mantle, Campanella and Klus- zewskl were hurt in Saturday's games while Wehmeier, Cham bers, Mele and Guglielmo got their "hard knocks" Sunday.' Pulls Muscle Mantle pulled a muscle in his left left while running the bases in the Yankees' loss to the Red Sox and will be sidelined for an indefinite period. Campanella suffered a swol len right thumb in a tag play at the plate during the Dodgers' 5 to 0 victory over the Phillies. Kluszewski suffered a pulled heel tendon when he slipped on the wet turf chasing a foul pop near the first base boxes at Croa- ley field in a game with the Cardinals and also is out for about a week. Wehmeier and Chambers suf fered their injuries only three innings apart when hit by line drives in Sunday's Cincinnati- St. Louis opener. -fV'" f-JI Mm HOGAN TOPS COLONIAL Marvin Leonard (right) presents the Leonard Trophy to Ben Hogan after the latter blazed through the last 18 holes to win the Colonial Invitational Tournament in Fort Worth, Tex. Bantam Ben won the $4000 top prize with a 279. BiFORI YOU DRAW THAT PAY CHICK- Save Some! f imtrno ft hard to mta money? Hrre'i an idM. If you buy U. 8. Defatun Honda through tha Payroll Savinita Plan, like ao many mart people, you can aava lyiitrmAti oally, painlmtly, and nurtiy. Bonda ara aa aafa aa America, and thay earn good inUrraat. .Start aauinj to day, . . through the Payroll Having Plan that leta you lave btfor you draw your pay. taiuM tva a fMM MMIm n 4 attar swim (3Mri WIL Leaders Slate Series By UNITED PRESS The chips will be down Tues day when Victoria invades Spo- Kane lor t a tnree-game series which could boost the Spokes Into first place in the Western International league. ine two teams have been .the principle contenders for the No. 1 spot since the season began. The new series marks the first time they have met this year. Most teams were idle Monday, but Victoria look advantage of the lull to increase Its league lead to 2V4 games by whipping Vancouver, 7-5. The game anaoDed the Cani. lanos' five-game winning streak and was the first defeat In four start! for Pitcher Bud Guldborg. teams will be back in ac tion Tuesday. Vancouver will be at Lewlston, Victoria at Spo- Kane, oaiem at Tr -C tv. and i anuria at Wenatchee. Sport Parade Ne York ,U.R) OSCAR FRALEY United Press Sports Writer ) We releague as they rattled along on up on Memorial Day,, top by two games. Now they are mooring in, the second division. Dusky Art Kinq Thumps DeMarco New York (U.R) Canadian Arthur King, upset conqueror of Brooklyn's Paddy DeMarco, is willing to give the erstwhile No. 1 lightweight contender a "rub ber match" at the Eastern Park way arena, June 30. , Dusky King, of Toronto, Ont., said, "I'm the top contender now but I won t be able to get a title snout until Champion Lauro Sa las and ex-champ Jimmy Carter meet in a return bout soon. So 1 11 fight DeMarco again. I can lick him every night in the week. King, a 3-1 underdog, floored DeMarco twice and won a unani mous 10-round decision over him Monday night in Brooklyn's eastern parkway arena right in the "Brooklyn Blllygoafs" Back yard. hiMMM,ill iim Mil brat bJ duM oihJomI MMtft mm 'BgaeafZ- -wg4fT Pace-setting Studebaker V-8 sets the pace in style and value A Commander V-8 beat all competing eights In actual gas mileage in 1952 Mobilgas Economy Run! Newest of the rtew in "swept-back" modern styling! . Sensational 120-h.p. zip and pep! Needs no premium fuel! ew charging which has changed from a time of reflection to one of frenzied activity in the sports world, and so fast is the pace that it is dif ficult to remember the headlines of just one year ago. No matter what your prefer ence in muscular activity, you can fined it Friday. Across the nation there will be 18 race tracks in operation; Indianapolis presents its famed 800-mlle race; Roland La Starza battles Dan Bucceroni; baseball presents a full program of doubleheaders, and Americans play in the Brit ish Amateur golf and French Tennis championships. But what of the heroes of one short year ago? That was a Memorial Day for Ezzard Charles, as he defended the world heavyweight title eas ily against Joey Maxim. But now Ezzard is just a challenger get ting ready for another shot at the crown. A little man set a record at Indianapolis as he won the roar ing S00 at an average of better than 126 miles per hour. But he'll be watching wistfully from the rail on Friday. Because Lee Wallard cracked up just four days after that triumph and was burned so seriously that he al most lost his life and probably will never drive again. In golf, Mrs. Babe Didrikson Zaharias posted a 72 to tie Patty Berg for top honors in the Weathcrvanfl Cross-Country Golf championships. The Babe lies in a hospital bed this week, champ ing at the bit as she recovers from an operation. A mediocre stakes runner named Spartan Valor was prac tically an unknown down in New Jersey. But this Memorial day he's the nation's big horse as he shoots for his eighth straight triumph In the Suburb an Handicap at Belmont Park. It was a dizzy, breathless era, just one year ago, for the Chi cago White Sox. They were the sensation of the American Records Broken 1 By Fast Field At Indianapolis ' Indianapolis (U.R) An el ite field of racing drivers, the slowest of them with a qualify ing speed of 133.904 miles per hour, is set for what should be the fastest 500-mile Memorial Day speedway race In history. A 49-year-old veterans, Chet Miller, who has driven in IS previous events, showed the way Monday, shattering the qualify ing record with a four-lap av erage speed of 139.034 mph. This mark he simply added to a Saturday one-lap record of 139.600 mph which he hung up before mechanical ailments forc ed him off the track before he finished the four-lap run. Both marks were established when his car, a Novi Special rated capable of 550 horsepow er, wasn't working right. Every earthworm Is both male and female and i capaote or laying eggs to produce Its own kind. It; cannot, however, fertil ize itself. New Hampshire wai the only state of the original thirteen that was not Invaded by Britith forces during the Revolutionary War. 5 FLIGHTS SOUTH FROM MEDFORD EVERY DAY Serving 32 California Gtiet SoutlntestAmVays PHONE MEDFORD 2-5851 Taste that Gibson Diamond Eight A v Brooklyn was, then as now, on top temporarily. The Giants were in the National league sec ond division, four games back and getting backer. 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