Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 22, 1952, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextTWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. Jua 1J. 1992 1 347, and Ceee Garriort, Victor, ia, 348. i Charlie Oubre of Wenatchee and Cal Mclrvin of Victoria were the pitching leaders, each with eight wini and two losses. DERALD WOOTON SIGNS PACT WITH BROOKYLfJ Hurler Will Report To Great Falls Derald Wooton. stellar young baseball pitcher who finished his Medford high school car eer this spring and has been flinging for the Mediord Cheney Studs. s:gned a contract early Saturday morning with the Brooklyn Dodiers of the Na- Ke will report to the Great r 1 1 i..w -1 . r' - , C. Pioneer league, joining it at, Boise. Ida , 0 Tuesday. f Wooton was signed by Bill Svilich and Bill BremeL Brook- j 1 n scouts, for a bonus payable ! over a three-year period. The; Lake Onondaga in the tradition tr.r.on by three open lecg-ss. pitcher, his parents and thei of true admirals, Navy won the and the varsity captured the fea scouts declined to reveal the; freshman. Junior varsity, and tare by three ienytrj in the amount of th bonus. 'varsity race to atone complete- excellent time of 13 08 1 for Fi Figures ) for last year's showing when three miles. However. Lloyd Wooton. fa-,hree Middle shes sank inglor- j,,..--, va.-sitv eight, stroked ther of we tall, loose-limbed ; loli5jy Marietta. O. ; by Eddie Stevens, a 163-coucd. thrower, said it was m five fig-j Vavy , ,,,mg htti ' rtro. ures. He described the amount ; nerablt Riasu ilusv, Cal-.y.J oroke 34 nroke as satisfactory, altcougn not ,. , h;, . - " - mK . " eoclJied to rt.s ten wi.n a s !(J mx, corr-ma.id ia tae as much as was received this ,d u Bi h m on to iev anrtne hv two other Oreeon- . . ians. Pitcher Eddie Urness, The , r - : . Tiailp anH faTrhr Jm: 7im-t merman, Milwaukie. for s:gn - lng with the Boston Red Sox. The 18-year-old Medford pit - eher was signed for a salary comparable to Class A wages. aitnougn tie wiu start in a (.lass C circuit. , By inking with the Dodgers.! Wooton fulfills a long ambition, j He is a Dodger fan. He had re ceived offers from several oth-i er major league organizations i but had made up his mind re-f cently that, if Be undertook a bowl on municipal airport prop professional career, it would be s ertv wl;i be held todav. rain or with the Dodger system. J ,nint. Promoter Eddie Claasen LEGION ALL-STAR d Rjy Reio Derald has been a pitcher Rjc wjU sUrt j m on lVn", ?dt .fS the ire,ghths mil. dirt track. duty,, well. He has played both ur: :;:"rK.,. ,'r ovr:""! high school ball. In 1950 he was named to the Oregon junior le gion all-star nine as an infield er. Had Medford played more than that one game in the state prep tourney this season. Woot on. it seems certain, would have gained all-state recognition. Fans who saw The Dalles and Med ford vie in the tourney opener till are arguing concerning the relative capabilities of Urness. The Dalles ftinger. and Wooton. The Dalles beat Medford 2 to 1 In a hard luck loss for the Black Tomado. Wooton compiled a record of 35 wins and six defeats in his years of prep and Legion ball. Strikeout Leadar Chucking in the extremely fast Southwestern Oregon league since the end of the high school season. Wooton had a rec ord of two wins and two lasses For the first four week-ends of loop action, he paced pitchers with 28 strikeouts. In high school Derald also played basketball and was nam ed to the 1952 Southern Oregon conference Big Four all-star sec ond team. He stands about six feet two inches and weighs ' ROOTS MOTOR CO Yeur Dodge-Plymouth Dealer 101 West Jackson at Fir Priced Under Market Prices TODAY'S BEST BUYS 1 tV. WTLI.VS S-in! wlr-at J M tffr-r L: ra-r la evry wy 1 9nei fee Ml. 1M DODO -SW Vuin I Vrr itr-tr-41 IB vnr wj R-: wrS iji S:?'V j 1S DODCt 4-oof Crai Prxvd bcy u.-u: x k. . ! CKIVTKMjrr 4sor Sr. q-rp la fTCTS w.'oa S:wi j im 5n.T5tBAST.lt Cer Ct k- i . flw-t-. Smart kw- t- tt ceilj :.V js- coocr -!." o?-i-?- w S W S a IaI cu it aa;j S:SI. IKS CKSrlH S-S0CT- rT; Frwea r.fli. I Pt.TVOt.-rM -".-or ml cr lor erj ;;s I !H' TOSID Va t. rc ' htr c-3ri : c - v-.r c r T Nw C--l u.-a t4 roitn T-.. cs - ! l i - Sfw '.rr t. - - . STW LOSS TrlV! a.vd r aix TJLors or cotTtsi ROOTS MOTOR CO. Dodge-Plymouth Dealer 101 W. Jackson at F,r Navy Sweeps Annual Collegiate Syracu. X. Y. '. Xavy's erased the : " . " r ... Saturday! "" - --"- - !R IntercoUerw Rowing as - focla:ion Colcen Juoile Re - gatta. Conquering wtr.d-w hipped : ni jircr varsiiy crtw i. I 19:8 win an IRA championship. i Take Command I In all three races. Navy took, j e o m m a n d at in start, and t :, Autos Will Race Today Near Airport AaIO jjc t the new speed ;,wo m ,.r themielvei. Chuck Pendleton. Gene Camp- bell. Jim Downs. Bob Williams. Wayne Dunningan and Joe Bean. Reid has vied at Redding, Calif., and in this area and Pen dleton has raced at Grants Pass, at San Diego and other spots in southern California. The two promoters received a lease from the city for use of the property. The track is near i the airport off Biddle road to the right. Ther will be no admission charge. j about 183 pounds. Derald is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wooton. 1314 South Peach street. He is one of six children and has three broth ers and two sisters. His broth er, Dick, who will be a senior j at Mediord high next year, is a catcher and has often been Derald s battery mate. Wooton's wife, th former Cynthia Baker, will not go to oreat fans witn mm out wuii remain here school work. to laxe summer i Svilich. who signed Wooton. I i- .,.! was business manager for the professional Medford Dodgers m 1748. - J i IMS DOOCI WTA It t fil bd Jl:S tl -yj tet4 I r' Iff rw p:nt, &IM rocditoa Utrvaout. 1S41 CMC m. ITS-SI 2M T-jrp-i(fl S-pS C.r trn Vry tri rutf, kjr t-r4. new pint. H fo ocj S.JSS IM CKIHOI-rT CenrtjV JL 4 " w S w.ftrt ixiM t'l forr 2 9ort ht, 1J DOOCI CJtor V.f4 renn rcl - T froi trt r-. corl. on A 1. at on.? SS5. :mi n.wot-rv ifi iin-4 p- M ,cfr rl a ftarr Ocaa ta r7 war iS um It. 1W CHr-Ot.IT en Ce Xa4 'r Ria iwa a.M : oorx-.i n-r- , Caaa reaaUCaai Only tin : rnT-oirr t-- iu-s .-. c" - - ' i'im Kaa ftaa oo : OLO -- axfai r-wl t; aJ q at t-rtn a.-S traj fiJ "-rVM.-TH wf.ti aS '. aa r i ra arx sas I'sio mvcxs 1S DOOGt -v.a. t. a c'jm afi MeH trana a a .jr v-jr-pa- a v. rry ra-.pn an aeal Mraiw Regatta locked back at the opposition all the wav. jt.t f.-esh.Tia3 eLt set a new ir.nt i.occSa : md in . wj,, cver Cerr.a f Onondaga ctur re- lli length B:g Red: ire Junior varsity scored its sixth straight vxtory in besting Wash- Breaks Strang! Hold Before the first uurd of the rac it was apparent that Navy was going to snap the west's strangle hold on collegiate row., mg supremacy for the fourth time in 21 years. j After moving into a length: and one-half lead over gritty j Princeton, which made its finest; showing in IRA history. Navy! slackened its beat to a steady 28 stroke. j However, it remained unchal-j lenged as the battle for second) place intensified with Cornells: Big Red trying to catch arch rival Princeton. Baats Uppad Coming into the final mile, and with the opportunity of be coming the second school in his tory to score a sweep, the Mid dies once again upped their beat to 32. Their matchless precision enabled them to pull still anoth er length away from Princeton, which finished a length ahead of Cornell. Defending champion Wiscon- sin. looked upon by many as the most likely to upset favored j. aw. was fourth, a one half length ahead of California the first west coast crew. ( Columbia. Washington, the, perennial challenger, Stanford.) Pennsylvania, M I T., and Syra-! cuse followed in that order. Washington s seventh place,' finish marked the first time mi more than 20 years that the Huskies have failed to end up m the first three Rain Halts PGA Tourney LouiJVuie .Ufi. Third round ; K. - ' . c,',,Vj, ships was postponed Saturday because of ram. The enure schedule will be moved up a day. Thus th tour- j nament scheduled to end with i a 3S-hole final Tuesday will end. instead, on Wednesday. Cary Middlecoff and Chick i Harbert will lead the field into.' the third round Sunday. ! Middlecoff. making his first ; I PGA start, and the slugging Kar- i bert, 1947 runnerup. stepped ca j- j ' uously into the role of co-fav- j Jorites as the surviving IS start-! : ed 3S-hole match play. I Mid Wary j I For the casualty list In Fri- i ' day s first two rounds over the j : suicide route of 18 anthmgan- j happen hole made them iry j : of the "unknowns" and 'has-1 Ibeens" aiming at the eight quar-; j ter-fir.al berth. 1 It was one of those real j j" Black Fridays'' which usually . mark this tougnest tournament ' in the world. Defending champion Sam Snead didn t even last throgn the opening round and was ac companied disconsolatel.'C to the s.delmes by sach stars as medal ist Dutch Harrison, Open cham pions Law son Little, Lloyd Man ; grum and Lew Worshara. who was knocked off himself af er flattening Snead: former PGA kings J:ra Femer and Chandler Harper, one-time runnerup Johnny Paimer. Master cham pion CUud Harmon and tour nament aces Jack. Bulk and Dave Douglas. Legion Nine Vies Today Medford s American Lg.on . junior baetMil nine will he out for :v second win of th , season tooay. Th Leg. on op ; poses MTtie Creek at t.-e f:r , g.-cuncis p-ark her. Starting Urn -j 2 p. m. j The Meefcrd :es hae a record , of on win in fir games They ! split a eVxihlecraaer Wfi--i O'y with Eiifene after ".osir.g f twice to Klamath Fails lat S-n- day Gran Carrigaa wdl p.tch for Medford. Junior Chamber Golf Tournament jBob Donnelly To Open Monday on Bend Course j ir PL,-- Bend -ii-J Top notch 'state finals here will be spoo-jOOIl VatrlclaTaP i Junior golfers from many parts sored by the local' Jayeees. . p,,, tf. portUnd of Oregon will be here Monday, From f District goliers swept the sute junior and Tuesday to compete for the, Golfers from each of the six' golf championships at Alder right to play in the national Evicts 0f Oregon will be en-i wood Golf and Country club ; Junior Chamoer of Commerce ; xeni tise Bend plav. Top here in the final 38 holes Fn tourney. to be held in F.'-gen, fl.ght qualifiers include 'Harold ; oay. ia August. j rocge. Pendleton; Dick Twiss, Bob Donnelly. Alderwocd. The four medalists of the two- The Dalles: Don Anamalt, Eu- woo the Junior division crown day Bend tourney and one alter- gene: Keith Sugrud. Eugene: and Sue DeVoe of Rose City rate will qualify to participate Bob Donnelly. Portland; Robert captured the girls' champion in the national tournament. Tae Sielicky. Portland: Don Weber, ship. . Pnr.evtlle and three Bend quah-i Donnelly defeated Lloyd Eck- Stan Musial Senior Loop Bat Leader New York The Na- tonal league batting race nap- ped bank to normal this week as five-time champion Stan Ma sul of the Cardinals took his usual place at the top. Mima! trying for his third straight batting crown and his sixth since 1943. edged into first place midway in the week and ofieial averages, which included Thursday's day games, gave him an eight - point edge on Jackie Robinson of the Dodgers. Mu sial was hitting .336, Robinson JJ28. Musial made a slow start. He was batting .301 midway in May but has gained steadily since. Sauer Slumps While Musial and Robinson, two of the major's best hitters, took over the top spots, home run hitter Hank Sauer of the Cubs ran into a slump and slipped from first to sixth. His average dropped from .345 to .316 since last week. Whitey Lockman of the Giants was third with a .324 av erage. Frank Baumholti of the Cubs was next with .321 and Toby Atwell of the Cubs was fifth with .318. The American league race al - so began to settle down as th four top batters remained un changed from last week. Dom DiMaggio of the Red Sox picked up one point to held first place with a .338 mark. His new teammate. George Kell, added four points to boost his runner up average to .330. Al Rosen of Cleveland kept his third place average at .326 and Billy Good man of the Red Sox picked up eight points to hold fourth place with .323. Shanti Shin Dale Mitchell of the Indians Jumped from 10:h to fifth by boosting his average 13 points to .315. He replaced Eddie Rob inson of the White Sox. who slid to sixth with .307. Although his average dropped. Sauer continued to lead the ma jors in homers with 19 and in runs-batted-in with 60. Vic Wer.i of the Tigers led th Am erican league in home runs with NEW THINGS At BARKER'S IPs fiers. Bill Hatch Jr., La Verne Move and Rodney Adams. Harvey Bunn, Bend Golf dub pro. said the local course is in ideal shape, following a light k errf r:n c n Ann Viiw rmtrt , i w ,i,r, nut,f .'d earlier thij month or berths in the 0regon junior Chamber of Com - mere tourney at Bend which''"-" ooens Mondav. Thev were Bobj A Pendleton Golf club rep re Shepherd. Justin Smith. Harvey' sentative. Don Seivers, won the Woods. Bob Rasmussen, Conrad playoff for the medalist honors Mar.n and Charles Green. MISSFXLDT QUALIFIES Long Beach, Calif. tl'-fi? Oreaon's Chuck Missfeldi Quali fied Fridav for the final U. S-! Fnday th "gon 8S , , , ciation Junior tournament at Olympic trials next week with Portland. a javelin throw of 206 feet 8 Harvev Woods copped the inches, good for sixth place injjecond flight bv trimming Mike the National AAU meet here, j Simmons. Portland, and Charles Missfeldt represented the Mult-; Green won the sixth flight from nomah Club of Portland. BilliLe Grant. Corvallis. Both vic Fell. another University of Ore-i tones -were in the junior div- gon star, did not qualify in the! ' preliminary heat in the 100- meter dash, , 13. Rosen led in runs-batted-in with 41. Preacher Roe 6-0 of the Dod gers and Harry Dorish 3-0 of the White Sox were the only pitchers holding perfect percen tage records but the outstanding : f'tciiinf maLk in mi'" the 12-1 performance posted by little Bobby Shantz of the Ath letics in 13 appearances. Announcing the Opening NIGHT RACING Friday Night July 11 and every Friday and Sunday night FOR STOCK CARS COMPLETE NEW MODERNIZED PLANT So. Oregon Race Club (Farmer Ashland Riding Association Grounds) TWO.T0NI J0T SHUTS THAT Ail THI UJT W0D. THIY'Rl THE ruLL ORtSS OF LEISUil WUL 5 9S WR!!..F'vEE LINES SUITS IM TOAST E3DWM CR THE NATURAL SHADE. WEa, THE COAT AS A S?CST JACKET. S42 50. SfEkSUCKIt SrOiT SHUTJ IN WaJHAILI COTTONS HV1 CCHOaS TO MCK MOM. HO l0NING 0 THI SLV AT HOMt JO. W'STHRC LOC'S'GESS HAVE THE SCrTET SONCE RU35ED SOLES YOU'1i EVER WALKED CM LEATHER L?ERS THAT ARE SCT AND COvscTABLE. S3. 95. a new jhimiwt or Aistmi socks im w.BHfui COvO COmIisaTKIMS. WOOt-J. NTIOWS, 0 DACtONS. SI JO $J.tS. SOVE PEOPLE SAY TH.T THE NEW JAMTZCN T"E SHiRTS ARE FABULOUS SUT WE JUST S.Y THEY'RE WON 0 E R F UL THE F'NEST GRA0E Q COTTON AND THE SEST C? DYES WAKE THEM WEAR AND WASH PRCCf. S2 55. AW tXTA A'I Of SLACKS IN THI ClOSIT WVU aaAkl TOO WILI BIESSID fO THI EST Of THI SUMMEt. IKiHT WOOU THAT WONT WtlNKll AND HAV Igs NYLON WITH THEaa, MADE IT MTANT. SI VS. MAIN AT CENTRAL. ardt, Columbia Edgewater. 3 j and 2. and M'.ss Deoe topped Anne Quan of Maryiville, r' 1 : Ural Win ! Young Gary 1 1 - - i - Hval of East-' moreland won the boys' title bv suzini a comeback from three dow-n at the end ef the - 1 18 hoIeJ to df" Ro,Eer i SeUicky. Eastmoreland, on the the boys' division with score of- 44-38-82 against Vince Altenhofen who made 48-40-86. Three Rogue Vallev Country club golfers won flight finals tsion. In the pee wee division Don Peek won the first flight by topping Jimmy May. Oswego, and Jim Town was runner up in the second flight, losing to Tom Titus, Portland. SOFTBALL POSTPONED Both tussles scheduled by the Medford Softball accosiation for Friday night were postponed be cause of rain. Andy's Jewelers were to have played Central Point and Trowbridge and Flynn was to have met Camp White. iMel Wasley Tops League Chicago flJ.fi.- Outfielder Mel Wasley of Spokane was back in firit place among West ern International league hitters with a stout .352 average. Howe News Bureau statistics showed Saturday the 33 - year- : old baseball veteran also was leading m runs batted in with 47. The statistic included games of June 18. except Saiem at Van couver and Tn-City at Victor- ' ia Behind Wasley in hitting were Walt Pocekay. enatchee catch er who was leading last week, 117 S. Central TIRE SALE SAVE WITH SAFETY NOW PRICES CUT 4 DAYS ONLY 11.55 13.15 M 'aa a raw aM ar EVERY OUNCE FIRST QUALITY FULL NON-SKID DEPTH-FULL ! TREAD WIDTH-FULL SIZE HVHSIDE A'g CUSHIONS Six. TirPri. TbPri 6 40-1 S ,290 1J.5S ,70 13.05 lit15 16 Us 00-1S 11.45 Jso W 13 55 Irs BVT!!S1DSS FOR OlDEi Ca$ 400-16 1095 . W Tax. ONLY 10 DOWN ON TERjsvS SAii ENDS SATURDAY COLO Hill V.F.W. 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