Jack Jensen Shows Improvement
As Result of Playing Regularly
Philadelphia (U.R) Out
fielder Jackie Jensen, a big
wheel in the Washington Sen
ator's first division pace, is hit
ting them where they ain't be
cause he's swinging where they
are.
The quiet, one - time all-Am-erican
halfback at the University
of California, shipped by the
New York Yankees to the Sen
ators when his 1952 batting av
erage was an apologetic .106, is
blasting away at a .318 mark
for manager Bucky Harris. He's
hitting .453 on the present road
trip and has hit safely in 17
straight games.
Comes Naturally
With Jackie, it's a case of
doing what comes naturally.
Fanfare
By DICK JEWETT
Mail Tribune Sports Editor
Medford's Joe Chenz, who
has just received ail-American
honors as a baseball pitcher for
Stanford university, is back in
town after a trip to Detroit,
Mich., for several days workout
with the major league Tigers.
He said he liked things in
the motor city and had a good
tryout. However, he plans to
look over a couple of other of
fers before signing ft profession
al contract.
Chez said he expects to make
up his mind within the next
week.
MAY DON SPIKES
Bob Walker, ex - Medford
high trackman and gridder,
who is now a naval reserve of
ficers training corps student
at Yale university, is here on
a couple week's vacation. He
says he likes the school but
doesn't care much for the
East. Bob went out for row
ing during the past year at
Old Eli but gave it up be.
cause of the heavy demand of
studies. He may turn out for
track during the next year.
"I get more kick out of run
ning," Bob said.
EXIT NEEDED
Something that is badly need
ed A good wide exit from
the county fairgrounds directly
on to Barnett road that will fac
ilitate traffic to and from the
scene of the many public activit
ies at the grounds.
When there are several events
at once at the fairgrounds as
there were last Saturday night,
something needs to be done to
ease the traffic situation. One
answer to the congestion, of
course, is sensible, careful driv
ing. But, frequently, there's a
few who get too'impatient in
crawling traffic. Then trouble
begins.
A Barnett road exit would en
able back way travel into Med
ford and take the load off the
highway. 1
La3t Saturday at the fair
grounds there was a baseball
game, a carnival, a dance and
civic theater activity.
0. D DO 7.
Harris says he hasn't anything
to do with it. And Jackie says
he "can't pick on anything spec
ial" to explain the gain of more
than 200 points - that came
with his change of environ
ment. '
Tm just swinging a little
easier," Jackie explains. "That
comes from being in there every
day. It just seems to me that
I'm hitting the ball a little bet
ter, and I don't pop it so much."
"I just got a lot more confi
dence seeing the pitchers reg
ularly," said Jack. "I'm getting
better strikes to swing at. I
get more of a chance to pick
a food pitch."
Confidence Grows
The confidence began to grow
when Harris told him "you're in
there, no matter what happens."
"But I've never touched his
hitting," Harris added.
The chance to give his talent
a .workout regularly in actual
play brought out the abilities ev
eryone knew he had but which
never developed when he was
riding the Yankee's bench. Ev
eryone's talking about his bat
ting, but the daily improvement
in his fielding and his picking
up of the major league savvy
which marks a star.
Midget Car
Races July 4
Midget auto racers on Friday,
July 4, will appear at Medford
for the first time in many years.
The races will be at the Jack
son County Sheriff's Mounted
posse grounds on Sage road west
of the city. Cars of the Southern
Oregon Midget Racing associa
tion wil perform.
Eighteen cars are expected to
be entered in the competition.
Cars and drivers from both Med
ford and Grants Pass will par
ticipate. Time trials will start at 3 p.
m. Ninety laps of racing will
follow the trials.
Salmon Fishing
On Lower Rogue
Continues Good
A. N. McLennan of Mack's
Fishing resort, Wedderburn, has
reported "very good" salmon
fishing on the lower Rogue river
during the past week.
He slated that the summer run
has started and many spring run
salmon are still going up to their
spawning grounds. The June run
was the best in several years,
McLennan said. The river is in
good shape. Water is cold and
clear.
Largest fish caught last week
was a 46-pounder by Gust
Schneidau, Wedderburni Two 30
pounders were caught from the
same beat. Catch for the week
was 406 Chinook salmon.
More than 3,000 years ago,
Chinese weathermen foretold
the coming of the seasons by
studying the stars.
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Red Rolfe
Faces Grim
Realization
Detroit (U.R) Red Rolfe was
faced with the grim realization
Wednesday that he is walking
the last mile as the manager of
the Detroit Tigers.
"That's the way baseball is,"
the former New York Yankee
great said. "They hire a manager
to win games. If you don't win,
they go out and find somebody
who can."
Unless Tiger owner Walter O.
(Spike) Briggs backs down, Rolfe
is scheduled to depart Saturday
as boss of the Detroit team.
Briggs said he would recom
mend at a board of directors
meeting .before the Detroit-St.
Louis night game at Briggs Sta
dium Saturday that Rolfe and
Coach Dick Bartell be dismissed.
Unnecessary Punishment
The statement came as unnec
essary punishment for Rolfe,
who has suffered through weary
weeks with the Tigers since the
start of the season, his team
floundering in last place since
the opening day.
Now, Rolfe is cast in the role
of a condemned man, merely bid
ing time until his dismissal is
made official.
There is one faint chance that
Rolfe will receive a stay of exe
cution, but that would require
that the Tigers win every game
from now until the directors
meeting and to date, Detroit's
longest winning streak has been
two games.
Poisoned Wheat
Won't Be Milled,
Housewives Told
Minneapolis (U.R) Millers
assured frightened housewives
Wednesday that a million pounds
of. poisoned wheat destined for
human consumption will not be
milled into flour.
The poisoned wheat, coated
with mercury and. intended for
use as seed wheat, was mixed
with good grain en route to Min
nesota mills and the export mar
ket. Still Checking
Food and drug inspectors
tracked down a million pounds
of the poisoned wheat several
weeks ago, but Maurice P. Kerr,
chief of the Minneapolis office of
the food and drug inspectors said
they, are still checking on anothr
er mililon pounds.
Kerr said that five more cars
of the dangerous wheat have
been seized and the U.S. mar
shal's office has orders to pick
up seven more.
Highly Poisonous
. The seed grain, treated with
mercury compounds to assist
germination, is highly poisonous.
Walter Mills, vice-president in
charge of procurement for Gen
eral Mills, said stringent mill in
spections eliminate "the slightest
chance of poisoned grain getting
by without detection. Other
grain experts voice similar
opinions.
The sugar in honey is largely
levulose, also called fructose. It
is the sweetest of the sugars.
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! Eagle Point Council I
Studies Sewage;
Postpones Action
Eagle Point Council action
on the Eagle Point garbage
problem last night was postpon
ed until the August meeting
pending a further study of alter
natives. Five citizens appeared at last
night's meeting and protested a
proposal under consideration by
the council that would assess
each water meter a flat 50-cent
monthly charge to raise about
$100 a month to pay for a per
manent garbage collection. The
objection to the proposal was
that the cost was top high for
people with only a small
amount of garbage.
Describe Conditions
Mayor Fred M. Bruegger de
scribed garbage conditions in
the town and cited violations of
the state sanitary code in many
cases by dumping garbage on
private premises. He pointed
out that the old method of a pub
lic dump was not feasible for the
city and that some method had
to be put in use as soon as
possible.
The City Sanitary service of
Medford has offered to come
into the city and solicit its own
business at a $1.25 monthly
charge for pick-up once a week.
A more complete study of this
offer and any other plan appli
cable to the city's needs will be
made by a committee composed
of Councilmen O. E. Henderson,
Fred Arens and Alfred Over
dick. Their report will be pre
sented on August 5.
Service To Continue
For the month of July, Joseph
(Buster) Whipple, temporary
earbaee collector, will call on
the same customers as formerly,
on Saturday. The charge will be
$1 for weekly pickup with the
usual charge for various
amounts under an occasional
pickup. Citizens may either con
tact Whipple or City Recorder
Sam Coy if they desire this
service.
Only one person appeared at
the hearing last night on the
curbing and guttering of West
Third street, and because the
ordinance wasn't ready, a peti
tion will be circulated among
the property owners on the
street informing them more
fully of the conditions of assess
ment. If sufficient signatures are
obtained, a special council meet
ing will be called and an ordin
ance will be passed calling for
bids on the work.
Curbs Needed -
The mayor and council point
ed out that complete oiling of
any street could not be done
until curbs and gutters were in
place.
Mayor Bruegger noted that
arrangements had been made
with Mrs. Opal Chamberlain for
the purchase of the property at
the south end of the city park
to which the Boy Scout building
will be moved from its present
location behind Brown's store.
The council committee will meet
with the special Lions commit
tee this Thursday at 7 p.m. to
discuss moving of the building.
The cardinal is one of the
comparatively few bird species
whose females can sing.
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Government Income
Highest in History
During Fiscal Year
Washington (UP) The gov
ernment collected more revenue
than ever before in history and
wound up $4,016,000,000 in the
red for the 1952 fiscal year that
ended Monday.
That was the biggest deficit
since World War II, but it was
less than half as big as Presi
dent Truman predicted in his fi
nal budget estimate last Jan
uary. He guessed then that the
country would go $8,200,000,000
into the hole trying to rearm it
self and help its foreign Allies.
Foreign Aid Short
Treasury Secretary John W.
The Grange
Eagle Point HEC
The Eagle Point HEC met at
Leona Wattenbergs recently
with Eleanor Jossey as -co-hostess.
There were two visitors pres
ent, Mrs. Hemmelman of Los
Angeles and Mrs. Ervin of Ber
keley, Calif.
There were plans made to
have an ice cream social in place
of our next regular HEC meet
ing. Mrs. Agnes Hubbell showed
rugs she had learned to make
at Upper Rogue. Anyone desir
ing to learn rug making may
notify Kay Kettbuell and ar
rangements for a meeting will
be made.
Lillian Force reminded mem
bers of the sugar canning con
test now open for any of those
desiring to participate.
We were glad to welcome
back with us a member who
we have missed since she moved
to California, Nellie Mae Clark,
who is here visiting friends and
relatives.
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Wednesday, July 2. 1932
Snyder's final figures for the
fiscal year disclosed that the
principal reason for the Presi
dent's bad guess was a lag in for
eign aid spending, which fell
$2,500,000,000 short of the Jan
uary estimate of $6,900,000,000.
Snyder reported that govern
ment revenues for the fiscal year
hit a record $62,129,000,000, just
$531,000,000 under the $62,700,
000,000 predicted by the Presi
dent. Spending reached a peacetime
high of $66,145,000,000, com
pared with the presidential esti
mate of $70,900,000,000.
Overall Surplus
Counting a $3,510,000,000 sur
plus in fiscal 1951; Snyder said,
the government has had an over
all surplus of $3,733,000,000 in
the six years since he became
secretary of the - treasury on
June 25, 1946.
Snyder's fiscal year-end report
disclosed that the gross public
debt increased $3,883,000,000
during the last 12 months to a
total of 5259,105,000,000.
The statutory lebt limit is
now $275,000,000,000 and admin
istration fiscal experts expect
the ceiling to be reached by
next June 30.
Both dogs and wolves wag
their tails to express pleasure,
says the National Geographic
Society. Similarly, when fright
ened, both animals tuck their
tails between their bind legs.
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San Francisco (U.R) The
delousing of four alligator gars,
fish with sharp teeth, a nasty
disposition and 90-milean-hour
speed is a tense scene at the city
aquarium.
The lice thrive in the fish's
mouth, where it is too dangerous
for a man to disturb them be
cause of the teeth. When the lice
go out on the gar's snout, howev
er, they become prey for brave
fish doctors.
The scientists begin by drain
ing the pool where the fish are
kept because no net has been
known to hold a gar. After the
gar, which grows to eight feet
in length, is caught up in a
strong cloth, one man holds its
mouth shut while the other
yanks off the half-inch lice by
hand.
Then a little disinfectant is I
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