TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thuriday. July 3, 19521
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Bob Mathias
Qualifies,
Sets Record
Tulare, Calif. U.PJ Bob
Mathias, the "world's greatest
athlete," left for Helsinki Thurs
day with a chance to become
the first man in history to win
the Olympic decathlon champ
ionship twice.
Mathias won his fourth U.S.
crown in the decathlon Olympic
.trials here Wednesday night and.
set a new world record in doing
it.
' The brilliant Stanford univer
sity star, competing in his home
town, beat out a field of 26 of
the nation's top athletes and
ended up with a staggering 7,825
point total. This bettered his
own previous decathlon mark of
7,444 points.
It took Mathias only nine ev
ents to pass the old total point
record as he improved on his
previous decathlon marks in
eight out of 10 individual ev
ents. Prepfier Stars
Despite Mathias' outstanding
performances, he had to share
honors with 18-year-old high
school junior Milton Campbell
from Plaiftfield, N. J., who grab
bed a spot on the three - man
Olympic team by finishing in
second place with 7,055 points.
Only six men in history have
bettered Campbell's record and
the teen-ager's showing made
him the only high school student
on the U.S. track and field team
for the 1952 Olympics.
In third place, with 6,804
points, was Floyd Simmons of
North Carolina who nosed out
Bill Albans of New Jersey in a
dramatic bed for the third de
cathlon berth.
Women's Golf
Activities
There were 17 junior high and
senior high school girls Jn the
: group lessons on June 30, at the
Rogue Valley Country club.
Following instruction, a three
hole spec tournament was held.
In the senior high group Betty
Hawkins and Carole Pringle
. were winners. In the junior high
group Mira Frohnmayer placed
first, and there was a tie for sec
ond between Diana Getchell and
vJeanine Teeter.
Members of the women's 'or-
,'ganization supervising the play
were Mrs. Charles Barnes, Mrs.
Roger Clark, Mrs. H. E. Nulton,
Mrs. Harvey Robertson and Mrs.
Robert Shepherd.
The last group lesson will be
given on Monday, July 1, at 9
a.m. for both groups. This will
be followed by a tournament.
Luncheon will be served for
the group at the home of Mrs.
L. W. Bates, 19 S. Barneburg
road. Prizes won during the
month will be awarded after the
luncheon. All junior and senior
high girls who have participat
ed in the group lessons are invited.
Vern Sterling
Duck Line Coach
Eugene (U.R) Athletic
Director Leo Harris said Thurs
day Vern Sterling, ex-all-American
guard at Santa Clara uni
versity, has been named line
coach at the University of Ore
gon. Sterling replaces Gene Har
low who accepted a similar po
sition at Tulane.
Sterling has been an assistant
coach at Sequoia high school
in Redwood City, Calif. He was
an All-American at Santa Clara
in 1948 and 1949, playing under
Len Casanova, now head grid
coach at Oregon.
BASEBALL
WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS
Coast League
Oakland 5. Hollywood 0
Portland 7. San Diejro 0 .
Lot Angeles 3. San Francisco 2
Saciamento 4. Seattle 0
American League ,
Boston S. New York 4
Cleveland 3. St. Louis 2 (10 innings)
Chicago 3. Detroit a
Philadelphia 4. Washington 1 (night)
National League
Philadelphia 4. Brooklyn 3 (1st)
Philadelphia 2. Brooklyn 1 (2nd)
Boston 2. New York 1
Chicago 8. Pittsburgh 3 (1st)
Chicago 3. Pittsburgh 0 (2nd 7 i
innings, darkness)
St. Louis 3. Cincinnati 0 (night)
Western International
Victoria 16-1. Wenatchee 7-3
Tri-City 7. Lewiston 5
Spokane 6. Salem 5 (10 innings)
Yakima 6. Vancouver 4'
Studs Slate
California
Holiday Trip
The Medford Cheney Studs
will play twice during the holi
day week-end.
They wil tangle with the Cres
cent City, Calif., baseball nine
at Crescent City on Friday and
Saturday. Games both days will
be at 2 p. m. (DST). Only a
small Stud squad will make the
jaunt, Business Manager Bill
Askwith reported. Paul Gehr
man will pitch one game.
Crescent City is a member of
the Humboldt County league.
The Southwestern Oregon cir
cuit, of which Medford is a mem
ber, will have no loop action
this week. Play in the circuit,
opening the second half of the
season, will commence July 12.
All frays of the first half have
been completed with the excep
tion of the Drain-Roseburg se
ries set for last week-end. The
two games will be made up at
midweek dates during the second
half. ' '
Medford will resume its Saw
dust league action at Drain on
July 12 and 13. Two games with
traveling teams are planned here
this month. The Studs oppose
the house of David on July 15
and the Havana Cubans on July
18.
On July 19 and 20 the Cheney
crew has -games at Roseburg.
The first Sawdust league series1
in Medford during the-second
half will be on July- 26 and 27,
when the Studs entertain ' Co
quille. , v
Auto Races;
On Holiday
Auto racing will highlight
tha holiday here on Friday.
. Midget car races are sched
uled for tha sheriff ' poise
grounds on Sage road at the
west edge of Medford. Slock
car competilign is set for the
Medford speedway near tha
airport.
The midgets will commence
time trials at 3 p. m. 'Ninety
laps or racing will follow. An
entry of 18 cars is anticipated
with drivers from Medford and
Grants Pass. Midget cars will
compete here for the first time
in many years.
Cars of the Southern Ore
gon Midget Racing association
will participate.
The stock car event may :
have as high as 30 autos with
drivers from Medford, Ash
land and Grants Pass.
Time trials will get under
way about 12:30 p. m. with
races to begin at 1 or 1:30
p. m.
Yanks Sign
Bob Martyn
Portland (UP) Bob Martyn,
former Linf ield college baseball
star, packed his bags Thursday
and headed for Boise where he
will play in the Pioneer league
after signing a contract with the
New York Yankees.
Martyn, an outfielder, was
signed by Syl Johnson of Gresh
am, Ore., New York resident
scout. No terms were disclosed
but Johnson said Martyn was
signed for a "small' bonus.
American Legion
Juniors To Play
Two games at Prineville are
billed this week-end for th$
Medford American Legion jun-;
ior baseball nine,.
The tussles are set for Satur
day night and Sunday noon. Sun-,
day's affair will precede a semi
pro encounter. . -,
Fourteen Medford players
will make the trip, according
to Coach Alva Perkins. JimScel
ly and Gordon Carrigan firob
ably will get starting pifEher
calls with Kay Kelley on had if
relief is needed. -
Vancouver, B.C. (U.R) The
Vancouver Capilanos Thursday
announced sale of veteran south
paw Carl Gunnarson to Victor
ia and the receiving of pitcher
Tom Lovrich from Seattle. Lov
rich had a 33-9 record in three
years at the University of South
ern California.
Shake-up Likely
To Result From
Vancouver Row
By UNITED PRESS
A top-brass dispute which has
simmered since early May has
broken into the open in the Van
couver Capilanos' tepee, and re
ports indicate a shakeup will
take place in the Western Inter
national league club.
General Manager Bob Brown
expressed dissatisfaction with
the managing of Bill Schuster
after the Caps lost a double
header to Yakima Tuesday.
Schuster said he should return
to action, but Brown said no.
Brown claimed the team is Van
couver's best since the war, but
the players do not seem to be
pulling together anr should be
doing much better.
Lose Five
The skidding Canadians lost
their fifth straight Wednesday
night as the cellar-dwelling Yak
ima club whipped them, 6-4.
Victoria beat Wenatchee, 16
7, in the first game of a twin
bill, but lost the windup, 5-1.
In other games, Spokane nipped
Salem, 6-5, and Tri-City topped
Lewiston, 7-5.
Wenatchee scored four runs
in the third inning to take the
second game. Chuck Abernathy's
grand slam homer in the first in
ning decided the first game.
Spokane tied Salem with two
runs in the ninth, then won it
in the tenth when Jim Brown
walke and eventually scored
to Pat Simmon's outfield fly.
Gavilan Changes
Fighting Style
Summit, N. J. (U.R) Walter-weight
champion Kid Gavi
lan will have two objectives
when he faces young Gil Turn
er in ' Philadelphia Monday
night: (1) To Keep his title and
(2) to prove he's the best all
around fighter in the ring today.
And he is changing his style
to accomplish those purposes.
For the first time in his nine
year career Gavilan is sacrific
ing speed ' for dynamite. For
the first time he is "setting" to
punch.
Training here at Ehsan's
Camp, the 26-year-old Cuban is
not merely grooming for his
third title defense. He is prepar
ing to beat the undefeated Phila
delphia youngster so impressive
ly that the world will agree with
trainer Mundito Medina in say
ing: "There unquestionably is
the world's best fighter now
that Sugar I":ay Robinson has
faded."
Softball Frays
Slated Tonight
.YMCA will aim at keeping its
unblemished status in the Med
ford Softball association men's
circuit when it battles the Crater
Lions at 7:30 o'clock tonight at
the seniar high stadium.
. In the second game Mobilgas
will scrap National Guard.
The Y has played only one
mix, defeating Eagle Point. It
will be the third loop fracas for
the Lions who bounced ' back
from a 25 to 2 defeat at the
hands of Central Point to top
Trowbridge and Flynn 17 to 10.
National Guard has not seen
action in the circuit isnce early
last month. Mobilgas is now tied
for second place in loop stand
ings with Camp White and Cen
tral Point.
FINISHES TERM
Davis, Calif. Carl Reich,
Medfdrd, has completed a year's
term on the executive commit
tee of the Associated Students
of the California Aggies on the
Davis campus of the University
of California. Carl served as ath
letics representative on the com
mittee. Reich, a senior in general
agriculture, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Reich, , Stewart ave
nue, Medford.
Southern Oregon
Junior Baseball
The Medford pee wees defeat
ed Central Point 5 to 4 Wednes
day in a nip and tuck Southern
Oregon Junior Baseball league
engagement.
In other pee wee action Eagle
Point whipped Jacksonville 7 to
2 and Ashland nudged Grants
Pass 1 to 0. Grants Pass down
ed Ashland 19 to 11 in a cub
fray. On Tuesday the Eagle Point
Cubs defeated Phoenix 6 to 1.
SHORT SCORE:
Central Point . 4 5 2
Medford 5 8 3
Stubbs and Green; Albert and Pav-lat
SEEK OLYMPIC SPOTS
Indianapolis, Ind. (UP) The
cream of the nation's women
swimmers open three days of
elimination Friday to determine
the final 18 berths on the U. S
Olympic Swim squad. Compe
tition includes 100-meter free
style, 100-meter back-stroke,
200-meter breast-stroke, 400
meter free-style, and three-meter
springboard diving. The first
three in. each event plus three
more, of the swiftest qualifiers
chosen for the 400-meter relay
will represent Uncle Sam at the
Olympiad in Helsinki.
Standings
COAST LEAGUE
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Hollywood .... 54 37
San Diego .. 52 39
Oakland 50 39 -
Los Angeles 46 45 .
Seattle 41 44
Portland 39 47
Sacramento 39 53
San Francisco 37 54
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.562
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L
New York .....4o" 27"
Cleveland 39 32
Boston 38 32
Chicago 39 33
Washington 36 31
Philadelphia 28 34
St. Louis
Detroit 23 47
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L.
Brooklyn 48 20
New York 45 23
Chicago 40 31
St. Louis 40 34
Philadelphia 32 37
Cincinnati 31 40
Boston 28 43
Pittsburgh 19 55
Pet.
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.549
.543
.542
.537
.452
.451
.329
Pet.
.706
.662
.563
.541
.464
.437
.394
.257
WESTERN INTERNATIONAL
Victoria
Spokane
Vancouver
Lewiston ..
Salem
Wenatchee
Tri-City ..
Yakima ....
W. L.
44 24
41 32
34 29
33 35
33 37
:..33 39
31 40
30 43
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The Grange
Central Point Grangt
The regular meeting of the
Central Point Grange will not be
held this Friday because of the
July 4 holiday. The next meet
ing has been scheduled July 18.
At the July 18 meeting the
Shady. Cove Grange will pre
sent their visiting lecturers program.
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THRILLS . . . SPILLS ... CHILLS . .'. EXCITEMENT
Am
Fk DAY
JULY 4
TIME TRIALS 3 P.M.
Jackson County
heriffs Posse Grounds
McAndrews Road
Medford, Oregon
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Donny Hood in No 36 and Charlie Steel in No. 21
You Will See Both Cars and Drivers Friday Afternoon on the
Sheriff's Posse Track, Medford!
Photo by Mell Reel
Races Sponsored by the
Southern Oregon Midget Racing Assn.
Admission: Adults . $1.50 Children. . 50c
Enjoy A Full Afternoon of Racing
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SEE THE
Mighty Midgets Perform
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS
ON A MEDFORD TRACK!
Remember . . . Friday, July 4 3 P.M., at the Jackson
County Sheriff's Posse Grounds, MEDFORD