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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) Medforiv&Trib Russians Lead Olympics As U.S. Events-Come Up; Yank Sculler Again Ousted Helsinki U.R) John B. Kelly Jr. of Philadelphia again was denied the only major scull ing title he never has won when he was eliminated Tuesday in the semi-finals of the Olympic singles event in a photo finish. Helsinki (U.R) The United States suffered a rowing setback in the Olympics Tuesday when the Stanford University pairs- with-coxswain shell was elimi nated in the semi-finals. The Stanford crew James Beggs of Portland, Ore., coxs wain; James T. Fifer, bow, and Duvall Hecht, stroke - finished second to Germany in its heat. But since the Yanks finished fourth in a semi-final heat Mon day, they now are eliminated. While his American supporters lined the Meilahti course and shouted, "Let's go, Kelly!" the young U. S. rowing star barely was beaten by Teodor Kocerka, Polish champion. The judges decided to examine the photo of the race after first announcing that Kocerka had won. The picture confirmed their original decision. Pole Had It Kelly, who also was beaten in 7 4 v When you Icheek car value the 'SHOW B0WN WAY Roots Motor Company 101 W. Jackson at Fir MEDFORD mm MAIL TRIBUHE UNI the semi-finals of the 1948 single sculls event, had no excuses for his defeat today. "I guess the Pole just had it,' he said after the race. "I kept expecting him to weaken but he just kept going on." Kocerka was timed in seven minutes and 41.8 seconds over the 2,000 -meter (about 1.24 miles) course. Kelly was only two-tenths of a second slower. Goxdien A Near Miu America's three discuss throw ers qualified for the finals of the event this afternoon, al though Fortune Gordien, Minne apolis, just made it on his third and final try. Sim Iness, Los Angeles and Jim Dillon, Upper Sandusky, Ohio, made it easily. Gordien, throwing with his sweat suit on, failed to make the qualifying distance of 46 meters (150 feet, 11V6 inches) on his first two tries. He then removed his sweat clothes and came through with a toss of 165 feet, 2 inches. It was the best Ameri can effort. Mai Whitfield tried for an his toric repeat as 800-meter Cham pion today and three Americans aimed for a sweep of the first three places in the pole vault as the United States attempted to overtake Russia in the team competition. Russians in Front The Yanks have another chance to score points in the discus throw, where three U.S. stars are given an outside chance of upsetting Champion Adolfo Consolini of Italy. Russia, with a strong showing Monday night in gymnastics, lead the unofficial team competition with 128 points to 72 for the United States. The appearance of the smooth striding Whitfield, Air Force sergeant from Columbus, Ohio, figured to be the highlight of tthe third day of competition in the games. The brilliant Negro ace faces once again the men who gave him his closest compe tition in the 1948 games at Lon don, Arthur Wint, Jamaica, and Mai will have to be at his peak to win again. Whitfield Again Whitfield set the Olympic rec ord in 1948 when he clocked 1:49.2. The three U. S. pole vaulters Bob Richards, Laverne, Calif.; Don Laz, Champaign, 111., and George Mattos, San Francisco appear to be almost in a class by themselves. It will come as a major surprise if one of them fails to smash the Olympic rec ord of 14 feet," 3Vi inches set by Earle Meadows of the U. S. in 1936. Richards cleared the "magic 15 foot level 24 times in his career. TI. S. entries are given only slim chance of scoring in the 100-meter dash for women, and the U. S. team in foils fencing has been eliminated. TI. S. gold medal winners Mon dav were Charley Moore of Cor nell, who equalled the record nf so R seconds in the 400-meter hurdles; Parry O'Brien of South ern California, who set a new record of 57 feet, 1.44 inches in the shot put; Lindy Remigmo, Hartford, Conn., who beat Herb MeKenlev of Jamaica in a photo finish in the 100-meter dash; and Jerry Biffle of .the Army in the broad jump.' All of California's portland cement mills lie within a 125 mile radius of the two principal marketing centers San Fran cisco and Los Angeles. Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 54 34 Boston 49 38 Pet .614 363 .557, .551 .527 GB 4',i S 5'i 7i Washington 49 39 Cleveland 4 u Chicago 48 43 Philadelphia 39 42 .481 Ills .385 20 i .322 25 ',i St. Louis Detroit 35 56 28 59 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. 22 31 39 42 45 50 53 67 Pet. .728 .631 .567 317 .489 .425 .404 .272 GB 7i 12 Vi 17 19'i 25 27 39 Vi Brooklyn 59 New York 53 St. Louis 51 Chicago .45 Philadelphia -.43 37 -.36 .25 Boston Cincinnati Pittsburgh PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. 398 GB Hi 5 10 12 i 14 2 Hi 23 Hollywood . Oakland San Diego Seattle . Los Angeles ..67 45 - 65 46 386 .52 50 .554 54 53 -.55 58 305 .487 .473 .405 .395 Portland .32 58 San Francisco .45 66 Sacramento 45 69 WESTERN INTERNATIONAL W. L. Pet. GB Victoria Spokane .60 31 31 42 ..45 39 -.43 47 -.42 47 -.43 50 -.39 51 -.38 53 .658 348 10 .535 ,ll.i .477 16i .471 17 .460 18 .433 20 .417 22 v ancouver Lewiston Salem Yakima Tri-City Wenatchee Yesterday's Scores PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Portland 3-1. Sacramento 1-2. WESTERN INTERNATIONAL I Airicfnn tX Jlm.t-. 2. 1 Vancouver 4 Spokane 3. Tuesday, July 22. 1952 1 ir '""T " '( J t, t ,s jf J' I 4 - tijLljfoA - NRA OFFICIAL COMING Frank L. Wyman, above, gen eral secretary of the National Rifle association will be here Wednesday, July 23, for a public meeting. The session will be at the Medford Rifle club range at Merrick's Motor inn at 8 p.m. Firearms safety promotion, scien tific shooting, junior program and gun legislation will be dis cussed. Beavers Grab Highschooler Portland The Portland Bea vers added a fourth schoolboy to their roster Monday by announc ing the signing of LeRoy Han, 18-year-old Vancouver, Wash., high school graduate and a right hand pitcher of "considerable promise." The Beaver ball club took young Han with them by air Sunday night to Sacramento where the Portlanders open a new two game series of Pacific Coast League games Monday. Bill Fleming, Portland coach and former mound ace, des cribed Han, who is 6 feet, one inch tall and weighs 180 pounds, as "one of the finest young pros pects I have seen in several years." To The Bullpen Manager Clay Hopper said he probably would have Han in the bullpen for relief purposes on the current trip which in cludes the two games with Sac ramento and then seven, start ing Tuesday, with San Diego. The Beavers' "stars of tomor row" campaign during the past two weeks has netted them Dwane Helbig, Oregon State college outfielder, and the Uni versity of Oregon brother bat tery of Bill and Ronnie Bottler, all of whom are to start with Victoria of the Western Inter national League. Crippled Solons Head For Hollywood Series - Sacramento U.R) The Sac ramento Solons head south Tues day night to face the Pacific Coast league leading-Hollywood Stars without the services of one outfielder and possibly their manager, due to injuries. Long Twin Bill In last night's doubleheader against Portland, the Beavers won an 11 inning opener 3-1 but the Solons grabbed a 2-1 triumph in the 13 inning night cap. Sacramento lost the services of outfielder Len Attyd when he crashed into the. wall during the first game. He was knocked unconscious and was rushed to Mercy Hospital where an ex amination showed no broken bones. He will remain in the hospital for two or three days, however. In the second tilt Solon Man ager Joe Gordon was hit on the ike Seek 10-4 OCOIUMIIA tRIWItlES. INC. Southern Oregon Distributors, Inc. 4th Chez Gives 2 Runs to Binghamton Joe Chez, Medford pitcher re cently signed by the Detroit Ti gers organization, made his sec ond start in professional base ball Saturday with the Williams port team of the Class A East ern league, friends here report ed today. Chez neld trie Binghamton club hitless and scoreless for 3 13 innings before running into control troubles and being relieved. He was charged with earned runs when the relief pitchers allowed a single with the bases loaded, but was not I involved in the decision, which . i TTr:iin i .. o n went iu xuamsyKji i uy a j iu margin. Williamsport was ahead, 3 to 0, when Chez was relieved. The ex-Medford high school athlete, who has starred for the Stanford Indians for the past four years, has drawn a regu lar starting assignment with the Williamsport team and expects to start again later this week. Central Point Beaten 12 to 6 Grants Pass doubled the count on the Central Point Millers Sun day as they belted their way to a 12 to 6 Valley league vic tory. Everyone in the Grants Pass lineup collected at least one hit. except Second-sacker Black smith who failed to hit in five trips. Three Grants Pass slug gers hit safely three times each in leading a 17-hit attack. Outfielder Gordon Howerton paced the Grants Pass attack with three hits in four trips to the plate. In both the fifth and sixth inning he hit home runs the first with a man on base, the second just after a team mate had cleared the bases with another round tripper. Central Point's seven hits were spread out evenly. Only Fasel hit more than one a sin gle and a triple. Burns at third clouted a homer for the Millers. That was the only other extra base hit. Dodger Catcher Hurt, Lost to Team 10 Days New York (U.R) The Brook lyn Dodgers will have to do without catcher Roy Campan ella for a week to 10. days. Campanella, voted the Nation al League's "most valuable player" last year, has a frac tured index finger on his throw ing hand, X-rays revealed. He suffered the injury July 10 in Chicago, when he struck his hand against Toby Atwell's bat while trying to make a throw. Dead line Sunday Classifieds ts at noon Saturdays. head by a pitched ball thrown by Portland hurler, Marino Pier etti. Gordon was also taken to Mercy hospital where X-rays will be taken Tuesday to determine if he will go south. Eggeri Slams Homer Portland's win came in its half of the 11th when Don Eg gert slammed an inside the park two-run homer to give his mates their margin of victory. It was on this play that Attyd hit the wall and Egert reached home before the injured out fielder recovered. In the second contest, Sacra mento pitcher Glenn Elliott out lasted Pieretti for the 13 inning win. In that frame, Pieretti had the bases loaded and walked in the winning run. Other PCL games Tuesday night find San Francisco at Oak land, Portland visiting San Di ego, and Seattle hosting Los An geles. Eniou yourself TACOMA, WASHINGTON and Fir, Medford Phono 2-524) OPENS OLYMPICS Paavo Nurmi, a ghost from the sport's glorious past, carries the Olympic torch into Olympic Stadium at Helsinki, Finland, completing last leg of relay from Greece as the 1952 Summer Games get underway. The games opened in a drenching downpour that did not diminish the color of the cere monies or the enthusiasm of an amazing crowd of 70,000 that sat in the stadium. Manager Gets Double Duty By UNITED PRESS Bill Brenner, in addition to managing the fourth-place Lew iston Broncos, takes his turn on the mound along with the rest of his pitching staff. In fact, he's about the most effective hurler on the team. Brenner strode to the hill Monday night and tossed a six hit, 9-5 victory over Victoria, the front-running team in the Western International league. He had tough going until the eighth , however, when the Broncos exploded for four un earned runs on four hits, three errors and a sacrifice. The win was his 12th against seven losses. In the only other game, Van couver capitalized on five Spo kane errors to trip the Indians, 4-3. Three of the miscues, com bined with three singles, gave the Caps a trio of runs in the sixth. Another tally in the sev enth clinched the win. 66 PROOF THE OLD HERMITAGE jrr OLD WERMIME S ' BRAND v X (treat J c tAmuecM A 1 BRAND - I I TCKYSTRAlJ I I 8ol'RBO.wmSJT 1,035 Entries In Golf Tourney New York 'U.R) This year's National Amateur golf champ ionship has attracted approxi mately 1,035 entries, the U. S Golf Assn. announced Tuesday Twenty-five of the players who submitted entries are ex empted from qualifying play including Champion Billy Max well, Odessa, Tex. The remain- ing 175 berths in the champion ship flight will be decided in 33 sectional tournaments early next month. P'ormer champions Willie Tur nesa of Elmsford, N. Y.; Sam Urzetta, Rochester, N. Y. Charley Coe, Oklahoma City, Okla., and Chick Evans, Chicago also were included in the list of exempted entries, along with British Amateur Champion Har vie Ward, Tarboro, N. C, and former British Amateur Cham pion Frank Starnahan of To ledo, Ohio. Use Mail Trruune Want Ads Dead line Sunday Classifieds Is at noon Saturdays. ,Hf 45 Qt. JL . Pin 3Zx6eojp& threat COMPANY, FRANKFORT, KY. Brovia Drops San Francisco (U.R) Infield- er Bob Boyd of the Seattle Rai niers regained the Pacific Coast league batting leadership during the past week as he tacked seven points onto his average for a .320 mark. Boyd replaced Joe Broxia of the Portland Beavers, leader for the past two weeks, who drop ped from a .319 to .306. The Seattle first sacker has 108 hits in 337 times to the plate. Carlos Bernier of Hollywood leads in stolen bases with 49; Bob Talbot of Los Angeles has the most hits at 134; and Tookie ( 117 S. 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