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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) Joe Valcott Will Aim for Second Miracle to Title Bout With Ezzard Charles Tonight Fanfare By DICK JEWETT Mill Tribune Sport" Uitw ' Note to college mentors If Derald Wooton, now pitching for the Cheney Studs, passes up pro nffpr and elects to enter college he intends to enter an Oregon school. That's the word from the rlehthanded baseball chuck : who gets his diploma from Medford high school this eve ninr u i belne eyed by at least two or three major league clubs. ' PRO BALL AIM Terry Maddox. pitcher and outfielder, who along with Wooton has wound up his Medford high school sports career, probably won't break Into pro baseball this season but pro ball Is bis aim. He plans to go on to college but hasn't chosen the school yet. Maddox resorted that he Is undecided about a course of study but thai, if he enters one school he's considering It probably will be physical ed ucation. The husky Maddox has been eyeing baseball In Alaska but now Is scheduled to )oln the Hilt team of the Northern Cal ifornia league. Hilt entertains Ft. Jones next Sunday. Mad dox appeared In a Cheney Stud uniform after conclusion ' of the high school season and got Into one game as a pinch hitter. He'll undoubtedly see much more action with Hilt than with the Studs. BEAVERS HONORED Two ball players, who will be seen in the Southwestern Ore gon league as soon as their col lege baseball season is over, have been honored at Oregon State ' college. Don White, who will pitch for Coos Bay-North Bend has been awarded the Vic Brown Jr. trophy as the outstanding player of the coast champs. Bud Shirtcllffs, junior outfielder of OSC, was named captain for next season. He has signed with Roseburg's Umpqua Chiefs, SVILICH VISITS Bill Svlllch, business man ager of the Medford Dodgers In 1948, was an overnight vis itor In Medford last night. He is now a scout for the Brook lyn Dodgers and was on his way from the Portland area to his home in San Francisco. WOMEN RANK HIGH ' The Medford Rifle and Pis tol clubs women's team ranked seventh among 35 teams from 18 states recently in a national in door small bore rifle match. Members of the quartet, Mrs. Octavla Waddell, Mrs. John F. Rush, Mrs. D. J, Bolton and Mrs. William Hunting shot an aggregate of 1117. Match win ner was the Lafayette, Colo., team with 1143. All-Star Squad Voting To Start New York (U.R) The coast-to-coast poll to determine the starting teams, pitchers ex cluded, In the 19th All-Star game between American and National leagues at Shlbe Park, Philadelphia, begins Friday. Under All-Star game rules, the 16 stars chosen by the fans must play three innings unless injured. The pitching staffs and "reserve players" will be chos en by rival managers, Casey Stengel of the Yankees and Leo Durocher of the Giants. The poll closes at midnight, June 27 and the results will be announced on June 29. Standings COACT IIAOLK I,. 33 2 .10 31 33 34 Prt, .640 ..1B7 .910 .470 .470 .443 .430 .422 OB 4 'i 11 11 13 14 14t San Dlran Hollywood ..17 Oakland 32 Lou Angela .10 San Francisco 10 Seattle 27 Portland 2B Sacramento 37 AMERICAN LEACH'S Motion 35 Cleveland , M 2S New York 31 Washington .....2.1 Chicago W..-.W...32 Phlladelnhla WM...18 St. Loula ....21 Detroit .. ..13 NATIONAL LEAOfsT W. Brooklyn 2fl Pet. ..101 ..178 .113 .948 .480 .400 .4.17 .310 Pet. .723 .607 .101 JOO .400 .419 .400 .334 I") 4 S1 mi New York .. Chicago ....... CnclnnaU ... St. Louis Philadelphia BoMon Pittsburgh ... ..28 2.1 . 32 ..22 18 IS ..11 1 ' 0 111, 13 WESTERN INTERNATIONAL W. L. Pet Victoria . 28 13 .60S Spokane ...,...... 27 18 .600 Vancouver ..'-.... 10 17 ,3:ra Lewiston ,..M..22 21 .812 Salem ..22 33 .481) Trl-Clty IS 2(1 .422 Wenatchee ....1S 28 ,40 Yakima 17 37 ' .3S OB S !'1 S 11 U H 11 Idaco Gang Edgcr SAWS Good-Will Machlna Shop 301 S. GRAPI PHONI 2-4124 MAIL TRIBUNE MEDF0RI)vaoTRIBUNl Xl I II II a II ail UDUDU i : : : Prisoner Riot At Multnomah County Jail Portland (U.R) Guards, using smoke bombs, broke up a riot at the county jail in 15 minutes Wednesday night after prisoners started breaking windows and tearing up furnishings. Sheriff Terry Schrunk said prisoners apparently had heard too many stories about prison Low Scores Highlight of PC L Scraps San Francisco (U.R) This is a story about baseballs that didn't stray far from home. But It deals, mainly, with the pitch' ers who threw them. Take a squint at Wednesday night's remarkable Pacific Coast league pitching performances: Hollywood's Mel Queen and Portland's Bed Adams flipped two hitters at each other, with the Star righthander copping a 1-0 decision. Oakland rookie Ron Mahrt al lowed three hits but one of them was a homer by John Ostrowski and Sacramento nipped the Oaks, 1-0. Winning pitcher Orv Grove yielded four base hits: Grumpy Guy Fletcher, a re capped righthander, surrendered two hits to Los Angeles as the league-leading Son Diego Padres got by the Angels, 2-1, Los An geles starter Walt Dublel was the only pitcher who failed to com plete a starting assignment in Wednesday night's games. Du blel and his relief, Don Watkins, allowed seven hits. Seattle Winner And Seattle edged San Fran cisco, 2-1, 1 Al Wldmar, a hand- me-down from the St. Louis Browns .toiled an eight-hitter for the triumph. Four of the blows came in one frame the seventh, when the Seals scored. Loser AI Lien was touched for seven hits. Even losing moundsmen may stand proudly, shoulders erect and blush modestly as their ef forts are praised. , Bevo shortpatcher Frankle Austin was the only Portlander to solve Queen's stuff. He singled to center In the first and scratch ed a ohe baser off Queen's glove In the third. Adams had a no-hltter until the sixth, when Dick Cote's dou ble eased the pressure. The Stars got him for the game's only run In the following panel on Gene Hundley's walk, a sacrifice by Tom Saffell and Ted Beard's single to center. THE LINESCOftES: Portland 000 000 0000 i 0 Hollywood 000 000 100 t 3 0 Adama and Robinson; Queen and Sandlock. Sacramento ....000 000 1001 S 0 Oakland 000 000 0000 4 1 Cirova and McKeeffan: Mahrt and Neal. Loi Angeles ...010 000 000 1 San Diego 001 100 OOx 3 3 0 7 0 Peden; Dublel. Walk na 10) and Fletcher and Summers. San Francisco 000 000 100 1 8 0 Seattle 100 000 lOx 3 7 0 Lien or Ortetg; Wldmar and B. Wll aon. SOC Hunting Grid Mentor Ashland (U.R) Southern OreRon college of Education was In the market Thursday for a new neacl football coach to replace Bill Abbey. President Elmo Stevenson said the former University of Oregon grid star has left for California to enlist for officer's training in the tank corps. Stevenson said he has been flooded with applications for the post and an Interview with an unnamed applicant for the post will be held Friday. INDIAN AGENT NAMED Portland (U.R) Local Indian Bureau Director E. Morann Pryse announced Thursday the appointment of Nicholas Welter as agent of the Warm Springs reservation. For Immediate SALE Falcon RLUELINER RUNABOUT Wirt 21 h.a. Ivmrude Motor, maitarcraft trailer, alio beat cover, CombinatHM I year eld. Mien. Medford' 2-3334 waak-dayi, Central Point 27S 'res. 1 Set, and Sunday. Thursday, Jun 8, 19SJ Short-Lived troubles elsewhere in the country. One Hospitalised One prisoner was hospitalized with a head Injury, Schrunk said Jack Matthews, superintendent at the jail, receiv ed a threatening letter yesterday which told how the prisoners be lieved the jail should be run, Matthews and several guards, armed with tear gas bombs, went to tank "D". Matthews told the prisoners he was not taking or ders from any of them. Guards Rushed Then, Schrunk said, several of the 50 men in the tank began breaking windows and tearing up the interior. Two prisoners, described by Schrunk as ring leaders, rushed the guards. Mat thews struck one of them, Pete Santonis, 21, over the head with the smoke bomb and then ex ploded it. That ended the riot, Schrunk said. . Schrunk said Santonis was a "troublemaker" and had been put in Isolation twice since last July. Schrunk said about 50 win dows were broken. SW Oregon Loop Fourth Round Slated Southwestern Oregon semi- pro baseball league enters Its fourth round this week when the Medford Cheney Studs play host to the Brookings Beavers at Medford Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Other league action finds Co- quille traveling to Bandon and Drain visits North Bend. Rose- burg draws a bye. Probable pitchers for the ser ies are Medford, Paul Gerhman (1-2) and Derald Wooton' (1-1) Brookings, Bob Astln (0-2) and Wally Maciel (0-2); Coquille, Al den Wllkie (1-2) and Dick Lamer (0-3); Bandon, Ad Liska (2-1) and BUI Hanaska (3-0); Drain, Roy Helser (2-0) and Jerry Cade (2-0); Coos-Bay-North Bend, Ward Rockey (1-1) and Stan Blank (1-1). . ; . Kirsch Leads Don Kirsch, University of Ore gon baseball coach now playing for the Drain Black Sox in the semi-pro Southwestern Oregon Baseball league, leads the league In hitting with an even .500 per centage. Players must have been in two or more games, according to Jess Barton, SWO league sec retary, who compiled batting averages. Kirsch has been to bat only four times, however, and had two hits. Leading hitter among those at bat 10 or more times Is Harvey Storey of Drain, former Pacific Coast league star, whose six hits In 13 trips give him a .462 average for the runner-up position. The Too 10: Player An R H Pet Don Kirsch, Drain ............ 4 II. Storey, Drain ............ 13 B. Burgher. Bnndon ...... 11 D. Kimball. Drnin . 0 L. Scrlvens. CB-NB 10 3 .900 8 .463 9 .4.1.1 4 .443 4 .400 9 .381 9 .305 9 .38.1 3 .379 4 .364 M. Cartwrlghl. Medford . 13 C. DeAutremnnt, Bandon 13 H. Zurcher. Rnseburs .... 13 Wenner, CB-NB . S SU-atton, Bandon 11 Bill Earley Tops Hitting Leaders Seattle (U.R) Bill Earley, University of Washington short stop, led the Northern Division in hitting with a lusty .44B av erage, final official figures showed Thursday. Oregon State's Chuck Flsk was second with .444. followed by Dwaln Helblg, OSC, .418. Huskies Head Washington led In team hit ting with .288, followed by OSC, .293; Oregon, .291; Idaho, .244; and Washington State, .218. WSC posted the best defen sive average, ,938, Washington was next with .934, followed by Oregon and Oregon State with .931 each and Idaho with a .909 average. MEDFORD'S NEW GOLF DRIVING RANGE NOW ( PEN AIRPORT F.l R'VAYS BIDDLE LANE MEDCrtD AIRPORT Open 11 A.M. lo 8 P.M. BY JACK CUDDY Philadelphia (U.R) Jersey Joe Walcott, 38-year-old father of six children will try to de liver miracle No. 2 Thursday night by keeping bis world heavyweight championship In another title bout with Ezzard Charles in the vast concrete horseshoe of Municipal Stadium. Odds-makers say a Walcott victory in his first title defense would be much more remarkable than a Charles triumph despite Sports Broadcasts Radio station KYJC (1230 k. c.) will broadcast the heavy weight championship fight be tween Jersey Joe Walcott and Etiard Charles tonight. The Philadelphia bout is being air ed by the American broad casting company and will be heard over the Medford .sta tion at 6 o'clock, standard time. the fact that 30-year-old Charles would be the first ex-champion in boxing history to regain the heavy crown. Axiom Shrugged Off The bookies quoted Charles of Cincinnati an 11 to 5 favorite to beat Walcott of Camden, N. J., in the fourth championship fight between the two Negroes. That quotation shrugged off the ancient ring axiom for heavy weights: "They never come back." Stocky, bull-shouldered Wal cott made an ex-champion of statuesque, mustachioed Charles akPfttsburgh last July 18 with an explosive left hook that knocked out Ezzard in the seventh round. "Miracle No. l" was one of the biggest upsets in sports his tory. It was achieved by a 6 to under-dog by the oldest man ever to win the title by a man who was "37 going on 45" by a man who had been defeated in his two previous title, bouts with Charles. Wide Acclaim His terrific blast at Pitts burgh not only lifted Jersey Joe to world-wide acclaim, but rele gated Charles to the come-back trail pursued with futility by six other champions who tried to win back the title: Jim Cor bett, Bob Fitzsimmons, Jim Jeff ries, Max Schmeling, Joe Louis and even the great Jack Demp sey. Charles, powered with about nine additional pounds of fight ing weight, believed lie could upset ring tradition Thursday before an estimated 35,000 in the same stadium where Demp- sey and Gene Tunney attracted ,120,757 fans and $1,895,733 in 1926. He planned to weigh about nine pounds more than the 182 he scaled at Pittsburgh, "when my light weight and my stale- ness made me sluggish and easy to hit." Yankee Women Draw Opponents Muirfield, Scotland 4U.R) Dot Kirby, U. S. Amateur champion from Atlanta, Ga., and Grace DeMoss, Corvallis, Ore., drew Jean Donald and Elizabeth Price as their opponents for one of the three foursomes matches which will open the two-day Curtis Cup matches Friday be tween America's and Britain's top women amateur golfers. In the other matches, Claire Doran, Cleveland, and Marjorie Lindsay, Decatur, 111., play Frances Stephens a nd Mrs. George "alentlne, while Polly Riley, Fort Worth, Tex., and Pat O'Sullivan, Orange, Conn., meet Moira Patterson and Philo mena Garvey. DUMP SITE PICKED Washington (U.R) Comrnu- nlst officials in Prague, Czecho slovakia, have picked a city dump as the site for a new statue of Stalin, a report received here indicated Thursday. MDflK ON Page 3 SECTION TWO TODAY FOR liROCETERIA SAVINGS! Shantz Rated Best Hurler Of League BY UNITED PRESS His teammates call him the "garbage man" and Bobby Shantz, tiniest, pitcher in the majors, says just call me a physical freak." But plenty of competent au thorities were calling him the best pitcher in the American league Thursday. The 5 foot, 7 inch lefty for the Philadelphia A's, who weighs just 150 pounds, Wednesday night won his eighth straight game, 4 to 3, from Detroit, re tiring 14 men in a row at one stage and pitching one-hit ball for the final five innings of his ninth straight complete game. Fifth Straight It also was the fifth straight victory for the oncoming Ath letics as Eddie Joost supplied the big punch with a two-run homer, his third in six days, and his sixth of the year. Shantz, the "mighty molecule of the A's, still can't figure out how it comes about. He baffles the batters with an assortment of curves, knucklers, fast balls and a well-cqntrolied change of pace. That s why the rest of the A's call him the "garbage man" it's for the stuff with wh'?h he litters the plate. No Equal Various American league ex perts, including boss Bill Veeck of the Browns and Manager Casey Stengel of the Yankees, insist that, pound tor pound, no man in the majors is his equal as a pitcher. The self-styled "plhysical freak," who pitched a 14-inning to 1 win over the Yankees in his last start, had trouble in the ninth when the Tigers scored their third run. But he pitched out of the jam despite a cold arm which was affected by al most an hour and a half delay tor rain. Johnny Groth was his most troublesome customer, starting the ninth with a single on which he eventually scored, and hitting two-run homer earlier. Shantz struck out seven to take the major league lead with 55. There are three types of salt water reels: those designed for trolling, those made for casting and those intended for ordinary bottom fishing. Sports Afield. Picture of a Here in the driveway is a Buick. It has just arrived. It belongs to this proud vountf vuupic. i ncy ve just arrived too. They've arrived at a discovery-the discovery that owning a Bu':k instead of a "low-priced . car" isn't so much a matter of money. It's a matter of knowing the facts of life. Buick prices are closer to the prices of smaller, less powerful, less distinguished cars than most people think. Why don't you check into thisP You'll find you could pay $300 to $400 more -and still not match the horsepower of this nimble beauty. You could pay hundreds of dollars more-and still not get any more interior room, or richer fabrics. But that's only part of the story. The big thing about any car is the way it goes. So you ought to find out how this car rides the road-the freedom from bobble and sway that cost a million real dollars to develop. bi ought to sample the way Dynaflow Drive 143 Jack Thompson Hurls Win for Yakima Bears By UNITED PRESS That much talked-about ser ies between front-running Vic toria and second-place Spokane was supposed to change the top of the Western International league standings a bit, but things were just the same as ever Thursday. The teams took It easy for two nights as a soccer game and the weatherman pushed baseball to the sidelines, but Wednesday night they tangled in a double header which ended with Spo kane taking the first game, 7-0, and the Tyees the second, 7-3. . In other games, Yakima snap ped Trl-City's four-game win ning streak, 4-3, and Salem made it two In a row over Wenatchee, 7-2. Lewiston at Vancouver was rained out. ' Yakima right-hander Jack Thompson set Tri-City down with five hits, all. but one of which came in the first inning when the Braves pushed across their three runs. The loss went to Ralph Romera, who had won four straight and pitched 21 scoreless innings. - ' Millers Beaten . By Grants Pass Grants Pass defeated the Cen tral Point Millers baseball nine 9 to 2 last night at Grants Pass. Both teams are members of the Rogue Valley league but the contest was a practice affair. Jack Burn homered in the sixth inning after Don Sanford had singled to account for the Miller runs. The Merchants tallied three In the fifth and two each in the sixth, seventh and eighth. BASEBALL- WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS - Coast Leagut Hollywood 1, Portland 0 Sacramento 1, Oakland 0 1 San Diego 2. Los Angeles 1 , Seattle 2, San Francisco 1 National Leasua Chicago S, New York 2 Brooklyn 7, Pittsburgh 4 (night) r St. Louis 6, Boston 0 (night) Cincinnati 10, Philadelphia 8 (night) American Leagua Boston 13, Cleveland 11 . New York 6, Chicago 3 Philadelphia 4. Detroit 3 (night) St. Louis at Washington (night, rain) Western International Spokane 7-3. Victoria 0-7 Yakima 4, Tri-City 3 SBlAm 7. W,gt,)i.. ft Lewiston at . Vancouver .(postponed, I Pair who just ivaked up SEINNEIT3 SOUTH RIVERSIDE Johnny Saxton Beats Rawlings Chicago U.R) Johnny Sax ton, a businessman fighter who'll take on the world "If the cab bage is right," aimed at Johnny Bratton Thursday., Saxton, now undefeated in 29 pro fights, scored a unanimous decision over lightweight Luther Rawlings before a sparse. 2,411 crowd Wednesday night. Then he pointed himself at Bratton, another top ranked welter weight, or even Champion Kid Gavilan, or . challengers Gil .Turner or Chuck Davey. . .- - v I want to light Bratton next, he said. "They told me if I got past this one, I might gat him here soon. But, I'll fight the guy tomorrow if the cabbage is right. That goes for Gavilan too or Davey or Turner. DEFLATION NOTED ; . . . Oak Ridge, Tenn. (U.R) Youthful Oak-Ridge merchants said Thursday that deflation has hit their firefly business. Chil dren are selling "lightning bugs'; at 15 cents per 100 to atomic scientists at the Oak Ridge na tional laboratory who want to learn why-thcinsects light up. Last 'year the scientists paid 25 cents per 100. - Dead line Sunday Clasalfleda la at noon Saturdays. - M MOOF 701 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS lUrtlll and Ftulir dilllHrj C,Biroilow,Ks. WATERFIll III linn-rim BUMS ( KENTUCKY . SMOOTH ' (M0JU MEUOW . ' fiajISj KENTUCKY fljBESBsgtf iundeo imj-mfS.a WHISKEY P'Ka?Mf 3S rmaLvmJSSil feeds the power -with a steady swoop and unbroken smoothness in city traffic, on hills, or out on the open road. And you ought to know how it feels to touch off that Fireball 8 Engine. With all its might, this high-compression valve-in-head gets a lot of miles from a gallon of gas. We'll tell you this-because a lot of folks have told us this: No matter what car you're driving now-no matter what cars you've looked at they 11 never seem the same after you try this one. Just give us a chance to prove it - and you'll have a lot of fun. Equipment , Mcceuories, trim .nd models or, subject ,0 chant. GARAG& PHONE 2-626S RVCC TeairT In Alderwood Golf Meet Three members of the 1952 Oregon state high school cham pion golf team will represent Rogue Valley Country club Sat urday and Sunday, June 7 and 8, in the Alderwood invitational tournament in Portland. ' " The three are Phil Getchell, Bill McAnister Jr., and Justin Smith Jr., who helped win' Med ford high's second consecutive state title. They and George Har rington of Rogue Valley will form a four man team for Aider wood participation. The four qualified last week end. A team of Rogue Valley golf ers will go to Klamath Falls on Sunday to oppose a Beames Golf club team. . Another In the series of two ball mixed foursomes is set for 4 to 6 p.m. Friday at the Medford links. Herpetology is the study of snakes. Sports Afield ' - , . I Need (Cars Equiliei Bought CASH IN A FLASH ' TO SELL YOUR CAR SEE Walker the Weeper Back of Armory , ' Phone 2-8239 4-door, 6-pastenger Special Sedan. 9 ' W
