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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday. July. 31, 1952 MEDFORDSStlJsTMBUNE Lee, McLane Lead Field In Olympics Diving and Swimming Competitiion Helsinki U.PJ Two Amer icans got off to good starts in defense of their Olympic champ ionships Thursday as Dr. Sam my Lee of Fresno, Calif., led the field in platform diving and Jimmy McLane of Akron, Ohio, qualified for the 1,500 - meter freestyle swimming final. Lee, a major in the Army Med ical Corps, led the high dive competitors with a total of 55.91 points after the four morning dives. Two more afternon dives will be made to determine the eight qualifiers for Friday's fi nal. Among Qualifiers McLane and Bill Woolsey, an Ohio State student from Hono lulu, were among the eight who qualified for Saturday's final in the 1,500 - meter -race. The 1,500-meter freestyle qualifiers were led by Shiro Hashizume of Japan, who set' a new Olympic record of 18 minutes, 34 seconds in winning the first heat. McLane, the Yale star who finished a disappointing seventh in Wednesday's 400-meter free style finals, won the second heat in the 1,500 - meter trails with a 19:09.3 clocking. He did not extend himself. McLane's time was the third fastest of the eight qualifiers. Woolsey was clocked in 19:- Ashland Man Holds SORC Point Lead AsMand When the dust and loose fenders settled after last Saturday night's races, Elmer Siesmore, Ashland, still held onto high-point position in the Southern Oregon "Race Club handicap standings, according to club officials. Results accumulat ed through the first three nights of racing show the following high point men out of the 42 cars which have appeared. Elmer Seismore, Ashland, 98 points: Billy Rosenbaum, Med ford, 87 points; Dick Mills, Grants Pass, 86 points; Bob Ko dat. Medford, C2 points; Jesse Netherland, Medford, 72 points; Monte Hall, Ashland, 64 points; John Austin, Ashland, 56 points; Joe Ellison, Ashland, 50 points; Don Trombley, Ashland, 48 points; Kenney Taylor, Talent, 38 points; Chuck Zarka, Ash land, 37 points, and Dennis Mc Coy, Ashland, 35 points. Points for other Medford, Cen tral Point and Phoenix driv ers .include Bob Carr, Phoenix, 29 points; Roy Deutschman, Med ford, 21 points; Rod Thompson, Medford, 26 points; Milton Gor Medford, 26 points; Milton Gr don, Central Point, 33 points; Art St. Germaine, Medford, 10 points; Ted McCoy, Medford, 5 points; Ronald Gulley, Medford, 1 point; Dick Imahusen, Med ford. 23 points; Ernie Groth, Medford. 9 points, and Fred Whaley, Medford, 1 point. Points are awarded for places in the trophy dash, semi - main and main events and for the fastest cars in the time -trials. 24.6 as he finished second in his heat to Jean Boiteux Of France, who won the 400-meter race Wednesday. Boiteux, seeking an Olympic double, was timed in 19:12.3. The four others who qualified for the 1,500-meter final were Petsuo Okamoto of Brazil, win ner of the third heat in 19:05.6; Heinz Lehmann of Germany, Godfryd Gremlowski of Poland and Guitierrez of Mexico. To Play for Fifth In basketball, Chile beat Bul garia, 60-53, and Brazil defeat ed France, 59-44. The winners earned the right to meet Friday for fifth place in the Olympic tournament. Barbara Stark of Berkeley, Calif., was the only American to qualify for the finals of the women's 100-meter backstroke. She was given a chance to score points but was not regarded as a title threat. Three finals were scheduled today in cycling the 1,000 meter time trial, the 1,000-meter scratch, and the 2,000-meter tan dem but the U.S. had no chance to score points in any of them. Standings NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. G.B. Brooklyn 62 29 .681 New York 58 34 .630 4Vi St Louis 56 42 .571 9'i Philadelphia 52 46 .531 13 i Chicago 49 48 .505 16 Boston 41 54 .432 23 Cincinnati 39 60 .394 27 Pittsburgh 28 72 .280 38 ii AMERICAN LEAGUE W L New York 58 41 Cleveland 55 44 Boston 53 43 Washington 52 46 Chicago 52 49 Philadelphia 46 46 St. Louis 41 60 Detroit 35 63. Pet 586 .556 .552 .535 .515 .500 .406 .357 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Hollywood 71 49 Oakland 71 51 San Diego 66 55 Seattle 59 58 Los Angeles 60 62 Portland ..59 61 San Francisco 50 72 Sacramento 47 75 .592 .582 .545 .504 .492 .492 .410 .383 WESTERN INTERNATIONAL ' G.B. 3 3.i 3',i 7 8Vi 18 22 i G.B. 1 5?i 10 Y2 12 12 22 26 W. L. Victoria 67 32 Vancouver - 51 43 Spokane L 56 48 Salem 49 50 Lexviston Yakima .... Wenatchee Tri-City .. 48 53 46 57 42 58 41 58 Pet .676 .542 .538 .498 .475 .446 .420 .414 G.B. 13 V2 13 ,i 17 i 20 23 24 li 26 Yesterday's Scores AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago 7. New York 0 Boston 5, Cleveland 4 Washington 6. St. Louis 2 Philadelphia 4, Detroit 3 NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn 4, Pittsburgh 3 (10 in nings) New York 10-2. Chicago 6-8 Boston 2. St. Louis 1 Philadelphia 7, Cincinnati 3 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE r'uana Seattle l-l San Francisco 4. Hollywood 3 Los Angeles 6. Oakland 4 San Diego 5. Sacramento 3 WESTERN INTERNATIONAL Lewiston 5 Salem 4 (10 innings) Victoria 10. Wenatchee 7 Vancouver 9-8. Yakima 7-6 Spokane 9, Tri-City 1 Houseflies generally stay close to where they natch, but may fly as far as 13 miles in search f 100a. Central Point Pee Wees Defeat Grants Pass for 2nd Half Title Central Point The Central Point Pee Wee baseball nine won the second half champion ship of the Southern Oregon Junior baseball league here last night with a 2 to 0 win over pre viously undefeated Grants Pass. The Grants Pass team won the first half title and the two teams will play off for the league championship at a date still to be' decided. Pitcher Lyman Stubbs was the seige gun in the Central Point win as he hurled a two hitter and doubled to drive in his team's first run. He struck out seven Grants Pass batters, including the last three to face him in the final inning. ' ' Green scored the initial run for the Central Pointers in the first inning as he singled and then crossed the plate on Stubbs' double. The victors scored again in the third frame when Allen singled and advanc ed to second on Warren's sacri fice and then scored on Green's single. Central Point played error less ball afield. LINEUPS: Grants Pass (0) Davis, rf Duke. 2b Cochell. p Connor, 3b Smith. If and p Condray, ss Proctor, lb Nelson, lb Thies. c Central Point Allen. 3b Warren, rf Green, c Stubbs. p McQuade, 11 Erickson, 2b L. Smith, ss G. Smith, cf Med drill. If (2) LINESCORE: Grants Pass LOOO 00 0 3 2 Central Point 101 00 3 4 0 Cochell. Smith (3) and Thies; Stubbs and Green. MEETING OF So. Oregon Stock Car Racing Association 7:30 p.m. Donuts and Coffee Will Be Served NEW MEETING PLACE 1315 BEEKMAN Beavers Win Two Contests From Seattle By PAUL CANE San Francisco UPJ Seattle's Steve Nagy, a wee southpaw, and San Diego's venerable right hander, Jack Salveson, were offered Thursday as a study in contrast. Pitching veterans of the Pacif ic Coast league, both Nagy and Salveson went to opposite ex tremes to achieve different re sults Wednesday night. Nagy Loses One-Hitler Nagy pitched a nine-inning one-hitter, only to lose to Port land, 2-1, in the second game of a double-header. And Salveson, recording his first triumph since June 15th, fooled no one and allowed 13 hits but his Padres defeated Sacramento, 5-2. The one hit off Nagy was a bunt by Eddie Barr in the sixth inning. Portland also took the opener from Seattle, 5-1. In other battles, San Francisco got four hits but defeated Hollywood, 4-2. And Los Angeles downed Oak land, 6-4. Loose Support Hurts , Here's how Nagy lost. He had a one-run lead in the sixth, when Barr legged out the bunt. Frank Austin tried to sacrifice him to second, but Seattle catcher Claude Christie, after fielding the ball, threw it into Austin's back. Barr sped for third, where Rocco Krsnich muffed a throw. Barr came home and Austin pulled up at third. Austin scored the winning run as Joe Brovia grounded out. That sad tale of horrendous support would be enough to break a lesser man. Clark Advances In Tennis Play Southampton, N.Y. U.R) Top - seeded Straight Clark of Pasadena, Calif., faced young Bob Perry of Los Angeles Thursday in one of the feature quarter - final matches of the Meadow Club invitation tennis tournament. Another match pitted Dick Gaines of Edgartown, - Mass., against Noel Brown of Los An geles. Clark narrowly escaped elim ination Wednesday when he out lasted Luis Ayala of Chile, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, after the 19-year-old South American reached match point three times in the second set. Perry advanced by edging Bill Davis of Knoxville, Tenn., 8-6, 6-8, 6-4; Gaines whipped Gerald Oakley of England, 6-1, 6-2, and Brown turned back Larry Hueb ner of Fresno, Calif., 6-1, 6-3. Dead line on Classified Ads: 5 30 p.m. for following day; 10 a in. Mon day: noon Saturday for Sunday a-m Studs Use Big Inning To Blast Weed, 16-9 The Medford Cheney Studs went wild in the seventh inning here last night to score 13 runs and blast Weed's Northern Cali fornia league leaders by a 16 to 9 score. The Studs were trailing 9 to 2 at the start of the inning, which saw them send 16 men to bat. During the big uprising Med ford scored its 13 runs on eight Saxton Tops Virgil Akins Chicago (U.PJ They say you find out how good a fighter is the first time he is really hurt, and by that rule unbeaten wel terweight Johnny Saxton looked like a mighty good battler Thursday. The New York Negro was slammed to the canvas for the first time in his career Wednes day night, although that career had extended through 30 pro bouts and carried him to fourth ranking among the' world's wel terweights. The knockdown came with dramatic suddenness in the opening seconds of his bout against Virgil Akins of St. Louis, who is ranked third among the lightweights. A two handed flurry by Akins, a rip ping right to the jaw and Sax ton, the 2 to 1 favorite, was on the floor. " He was up at the count of two, but had to take the mandatory eight-count. He lasted out that round, and then took charge throwing plenty of leather and winning the unanimous 10 round decision. i hits, four bases on balls and one Weed error. Stud Manager Paul "Hoosier" Hoffard went to bat twice in the inning and collected two hits and two runs. Frank Roelandt's triple was the big blow of the frame, b'.ii Outfield er "Snuffy" Smith rapped out a double and a single in two turns at the plate. ' Weed started out in a rush, gaining two runs in the first inn ing, five in the second and one in the third before the Studs could dent the scoring column fdr the first time. Outside of the seventh inning, the standout performance of the night was turned in by Terry Maddox, pitching for the Studs. Maddox came in at the start of the eighth inning, faced six Weed batters and struck each of them out. The nearest thing to a hit which he gave up was a foul ball which cleared the grand stand and broke the windshield out of a new 1952 car owned by the father; of the man at bat. Clyde Blevins led the Studs at bat" with, two ' doubles and a single in four, times at the plate. Cliff Piland, who relieved Hume in the, second inning, was the winning pitcher. . LINESCORE: Weed 250 100 000 9 12 5 Medford .001 010 (13Ux 16 12 6 Risberg. Kear (7), Gordino (7) and Fruzza; Hume, Piland (2), Maddox (8) and Roelandt. Thomas Returns To Coast League Portland UJ!) Leo Thom as, ex-Beaver third baseman, was expected back in Portland's Vaughn street ball park Friday night. The former Portlander, who has been playing with the Chi cago White Sox, will replace Rocco Krsnich in the Seattle Ranier lineup, according to Bill Sweeney, Seattle manager. Krsnich Wednesday was re called "by the White Sox and will head for Chicago as soon as Thomas reports to the Rainiers. Sweeney said Thomas was sched uled to arrive in Portland Fri day, morning and if he arrives as expected he will open at third for the' Rainiers in their game with the Beavers. Thomas compiled a batting av erage of .310 and knocked in 146 runs for the Beavers last year. He has been hitting .223 for the Chicago team, who obtained him from St. Louis earlier this season. Top Rated Pros Open $25,000 Golf Tourney Chicago (U.P.) More than 100 of the highest rated golf pros in the world began play Thursday in the $25,000 "All American" Open at Tarn O'Shanter. Among the starting field were 22 foreigners, most of them champions of their own nation, who were invited with expenses paid by the Tarn sponsors to compete not only in this week's 72 hole "World" event which has a $75,000 prize list. None of the foreign contin gent rated as serious challengers to the better known American players, particularly since Bob- j by Locke, twice winner of the Tarn evenj, cancelled his entry a week ago. Locke, from South Africa, has been the only invad er to show success in American tournaments. All the American stars, with the exception of Ben Hogan, were entered in the meet and Lloyd Mangrum, who claims Tam O'Shanter as his "home course," but who rarely plays it, was the best regarded in the field. Dead line Sunday Classifieds Is at noon Saturdays. National Guard, Andy, Mobilgas Softball Winners National Guard, Andy's and i Mobilgas chalked up victories in the three five-inning softball games played in the Medford Softball league here last night. Dick Phillips, pitching for the Guardsmen, gave up only- five hits in hurling his teammates to an 8 to 9 win over Eagle Point. Andy's collected only nine hits but scored 15 times to turn back the YMCA aggregation by a 15-1 count. Mobilgas, although commit ting seven errors and getting but seven hits, swarmed over the Lions for a 14 to 1 victory. There is na substitute for sani tization in fly control. 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