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Tribuni MedfordSk Professional Baseball in Tixzy Over Signing of Woman Player Columbui. Ohio (U.R George M. Trautman, presi dtnt of the minor leagues, rulod Monday that no minor league club can sign a woman player. He said Baseball Com missioner Ford Frick shared the same view. Harrisburg, P a. (U.R) because there is "nothing about sex in the rules," organized base ball was in a tizzy Monday over Mrs. Eleanor Engle, a willowy 24-year-old brunette who 19 the first woman ever to sign a bona lide contract in professional ranks. Mrs. Engle, a choke-hitting inficlder who signed with the Harrisburg Senators of the Class B Interstate League Sunday, touched off a cross-country con troversy immediately following her first workout with the club. Statements regarding her eli gibility in organized ranks flew thick and fast. Pilot Storms "She'll play when Hell freezes over," stormed Harrisburg Man ager Buck Etchison whose club is in seventh place. Dr. J. D. Smith, club president and General Manager Howard Cordon differed with Etchison, however. "She looks pretty good," both agreed. They added, however, that the 132-pound Mrs. Engle, who is a stenographer with the Pennsyl vania State Public Utilities Com mission office here during the daytime, will not appear in the Harrisburg lineup until her con tract, which reportedly calls for a salary of between $250 and $300 a month, is formally ap proved by the office of Minor League Commissioner -George M Trautman in Columbus, Ohio. Sex Not In Rules. Bill Veek, prank-loving owner of the St. Louis Browns who in troduced a midget into his team's lineup late last season, said he would never try to sign a woman as a professional player but indicated that Harrisburg could get away with the move. "There's nothing about sex in the rules," Veeck said. Mrs. Engle, who seemed some what frightened by the furore she caused, wasn't too talkative, lending belief to reports that her entrance into organized ball was merely a publicity stunt. '.j? SALADS en tvty too.w. In order to win a place at shortstop with Harrisburg she would be obliged to oust regular shortstop Hal Isreal, who, with a .409 batting average, is one of the outstanding hitters in the league. Six Vehicles Collide on Race Track Bob Christie won the thrill packed 40 lap midget auto race at the Caveman Speed Bowl Sat urday night at Grants Pass. His car was one of six that survived out of a field of twelve that started. On the 17th lap of this race, six cars piled up on' the Northwest turn." Car No. 36, piloted by Donny Hood, vaulted over Sid Sanders car making a complete loop and landing upside down on the track. Hood walked away from the wreck without a scratch. Four of the cars involved were unable to continue racing. Oil Line Broken Charlie Steel who had led the field from the first of the race was forced to spin out on the 37th lap when the oil line broke on his car.. Christie also won the 20 lap class A semi-main with Cliff Woodley coming in second and Bend Spalding third. Bob Jack son was the winner of the class B semi-main with Glen Ricks grabbing second spot and Dave Champers third. Charlie Steel won the A trophy dash. The midgets will race again next Saturday night on the V4 mile oval. Time trials will start at 8 p.m. Eight Men Left In PGA Scuffle Louisville, Ky. (U.R) Eight par-professionals go out Monday for 36-hole quarter-final round matches in the PGA golf champ ionship and it was to be "Blue Monday" for four of them. Three stubborn "home pros" still were alive in this weeklong marathon 43-year-old Clarence Doseh of Hartsdale, N. Y., driv ing range operator Frank Champ of Houston, Tex., and Bob Hamilton of Evansville, Ind., who won it back in 1944 when he was a leading tourna ment star. Rounding out the survivors at Big Spring Golf club were five current tournament competitors favored Cary Middlecoff of Memphis, Ted Kroll of New Hartford, N. Y., Freddie Haas of New Orleans, Chick Herbert, the 5947 runner-up from Northville, Mich., and swarthy Jim Turnesa, who finished second to Sam Snead in 1942. Utifttl T Dead line Sunday Claiflfledt la at noon saiuraays. IITLI INIUI AKCI IIHII IICIO Wl The Whdem Safeguard TITLE INSURANCE is the one sure way to protect your investment in real property. Even a court's decision cannot deprive you of your in Testmcnt if you have "T and T" title insurance. Titles are frequently challenged . . . those who "thought" they owned the property are often the losers. Play safe... protect your ownership against unsuspected title flaws. One small prmlum It all yon pay when you get "T one) V tffte Insurance DnUDo ondQ transit Co ri f r v Titti I Trett teMnf 1M IW.reertk rt. Pwttand . Orecae tVanc MM" AaaeelaM OfM Maaai Kali m Cm ill Mat White Sox Sprinting For Top in League By United Press For awhile it looked like those high speed go-go White Sox were going, going, gone in the Ameri can League race, but they picked up their second wind and were sprinting for the top Monday. Since May 7 when they were a sad seventh in the American League race, they have whizzed past everybody but the Yankees. Monday they were In second place, two games behind the New Yorkers after getting rid of a defeatist complex. Tune Changed For if it were not for the Yank ees, they would be in tne leaa now. Prior to the week-end ser ies in Chicago, they had lost seven In a row to the Yankees and Manager Paul Richards had predicted that the Bombers def initely would go on to win their fourth straight pennant. Now he has changed his tune and thinks the Sox could go-go-go right to the top themselves. They gained a split Sunday, beating the Yankees, 2 to 1, on Marvin Grissom's seventh hitter as Sherman Lollar drove in both runs with a double, his second of the game, and a long fly, after New York won the opener, 3 to Oraeaa CM Hiiili 1 Sanaa ttMaai Taa TBaaMa TaMa CAMTA1, lUinul AND IIJIIVII OVII $1,730,000 0 on two-hit pitching by Bob Kuzava. Yogi Berra's two-run homer, his 14th, gave the Yankess the margin they needed. Mickey Mantle homered in the second game as Grissom outpitched los er Lefty Bill Miller. PLAYER RELEASED Yakima (U.R) The Yakima Bears announced Monday the outright release of Second Base man Dick Briskie and the return the San Francisco Seals of Catcher Ken Myers. Drain Gains Lone Lead In SW Loop SOUTHWESTERN OREGON LEAGUE STANDINGS W. Drain 8 Coos Bay-North Bend 7 Roseburg 8 Bandon 8 Medford S Coquille 4 Brookings 0 L. Pet 2 .800 5 .700 4 .800 8 .900 9 .300 6 .400 10 .000 Drain took over sole leader ship in the Southwestern Oregon Baseball league during the week end. The Black Sox swept a double bill while Coos Bay-North Bend, which had been tied with Drain split a two-game series. Drain defeated Bandon 3 to 1 and 4 to 2. Coose Bay won one game from Coquille 6 to 1 and lost the second S to 4. In other league activity Roseburg climb ed Into third position with t double win over cellarite Brook ings 13 to 5 and 1 to 0. The Medford Cheney Studs drew a bye during the week-end, They return to action on Satur day and Sunday June 28 and 29 by opposing Coose Bay at Medford. Lake Creek Grange At the last meeting of Lake Creek Grange there were 39 members and one visitor present. Melvin Johnston announced that the next recreation party will be eld June 28. Lucille Cave read an article r o m the Reader's Digest en titled "Will We Save Our Ameri can Eagles.' During the summer, opening hour of Grange is 8:30 p.m Winter opening is 8 p.m. Nora Bradshaw announced the canning contest that is con ductCd each year by the Oregon State Grange, Lake Creek Grange meeting only once a month has not been able before to pass on to Mayor Flynn the thanks of the mem bership on not declaring Med ford on daylight saving time. Lake Creek Grange voted against changing the by-laws to elect all state officers at t h e State Grange session. . The July literary program will be in charge of Fire Insur ance Agent George B. Brown, An enjoyable program was presented by Lecturer Willard Cave as follows: group singing; Murray Bartling read an article entitled "Keeping Promises." Concluding was a game. Lecturer Willard Cave sug gested that as many as possible attend the meeting to be held at Butte Falls Auto Races Called Off Auto races planned at the new last moment yesterday because Medford Speed Bowl near the airport were called off at the last moment yesterday because Insurance negotiations were not completed. The insurance was for the pub lic liability protecting the pro moters should mishaps involving spectators occur. Promoter Eddie Claasen and Ray Reid are going ahead with plans for the races next week- They will charge admission. A story inadvertently indicated otherwise Sunday. Men's Softball Billed Tuesday Two men's league games are on the Medford Softball assoc iation schedule Tuesday at the senior high field. Andy's Jewelers play Trow bridge and Flynn at 7:30 p. and Camp White meets Central Point about 9 p. m. All four of these teams, match ed different, were slated for ac tion last Friday but were rain ed out. Wimbledon, Eng. U.R) Six ty-four singles matches opened the Wimbledon championships, most renowned of all the world i tennis tournaments, Monday with Australia's Frank Sedgman a strong title choice and Amer ica's defending champion Dick Savitt seeded fourth. -tt I RESTORE I i BEAUTY I See Your Home Owned ... JACKSON COUNTY TITLE & ABSTRACT CO. Representing Title t Trust Company 121 E. Sixth Phone 2-6402 TITLE INSURANCE ABSTRACTS ESCROWS TO YOUR FLOORS WITH A RENTED SANDER Easy to Operate Clean and Dustiest Low Rental Rates We tunaMt everything roe eeed fer fleer refinishinf. SMCMUIM IN HOMIWAtftf win em stun mom t.itei he Grange as a Grange member. Next Grange meeting will be on July 10 at 8:30 p.m. Live Oak Grange Live Oak Grange met June 12 with Chaplain Zula Stocking and Ceres Edna Sheehan in charge of Memorial Services for Al Pearson and Earl Bradley. Frank Marshall talked on fields and cattle giving prices of vetch and oat hay at $18 a ton and alfalfa $20 in the field, also some baled alfalfa at $32 in the field. Carl Christenson reported on poultry and eggs. Ferd Streitz said the pear crop was reported at about 50 before the last freeze. Stella Miller reported on her visit with Harold Laws at Salem recently.. She said Harold looks fine and is looking forward to being home soon. His many friends will be especially happy to have him home again. A nice Father's Day program prepared by lone Black included a solo by Rudy Sieger accompan ied by Dorothe Sieger. Edna Sheehan gave a reading on ori gin of Father's Day. Faye Rose and Mrs. Glen Hutchison presented boutoniers to all fathers present. A barbershop quartet (Mil dred Marshall, Jessie Frantz, Myrtle Streltz and Edna Shee han) rendered the familiar "Dear Old Dad of Mine" with great pathos. The serving committee was Mr. and Mrs. Carl Christenson Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kneetson and Mr. and Mrs. Vern Bayless. Lecturers program for the meeting of June 26 should be of interest to all members as it will be on the Grange ritual. The John Schaapmans were welcomed back again after hav ing been absent many months due to his leg injury. The ice cream social and dance Saturday evening was very successful the oldest father present, Francis Hadley, and the youngest father, Carleton San dean, each received a gift. OUR DECISION Roads must be kept open dur ing any extreme emergency. For every motorist that jams the highways, the life of another person at the disaster scene is Wayne Marshall was voted In threatened. Monday, June 23. 19S2 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE IN NEW POSITION K Jones has been appointed re gional affairs manager for United Air lines in the Pacific northwest. In his past capacity as United's assistant district sales manager in San Francisco, he has occasionally visited Medford. He has been with United 15 years. BORN ON SAME DATE Medford. Mass. U.R Mr. and Mrs. William J. Corbett's three children celebrate their birthdays on March 29 but they were born in different years. Catherine was born in 1944, Elizabeth in 1947 and William in 1952. Easy on the throttle, dear. I just filled the tank with TIGER POWER! Mm TIGER POWER ! EXTRA ANTI-KNOCK ' 1 TIDI WATIR ASSOCIATED OIL COMPANY 1UTI WflNHAfO COMT ANT, t OOO fa only Erne wE Tell X TAUGHT HER I SHE WAS 1 1 WMMMMU, T 'JM VW' lt'sWA EVERYTHINSIKNOW 1 SMART IN fS ' ' ' M YJ&X It V? i-wkwz coo,iNS' l'w, schools Ur i'm fJmmi m-wrM4m? f ' f "CrX WMfit CAKES, PIES VAfcCS-V ! ) yWRTUNATE J !H 1 BEEN EATlMS fT CA1 AFTER DM-..AND YOU jl I ' I 'TW' , J EfciW?" " I lfl(wA7 iS CANrJUD66 A CIGARETTE UNTIL VOuVe TRIED IT -SlIJI. ll i 1 f: '-: . MMM tyjLy j . as vour steady smoe r, I TjSitltiK tertr" ..-..r- . 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