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1 rOTJH MECFORD (OREGON) Central Point Gets Regional Play - off Central Point nipped the Grants Pass Elks 3 to 2 here Saturday night to claim the Dis trict No. 8 softball champion ship and on Tuesday will open ' a two-out-of-three series with i Bill's of Klamath Falls for a berth in the state tournament. Bill's won the District No. 9 pennant. The first play-off game will be at Klamath Falls at 8:30 p.m. daylight time. On Wednes day the clubs will tangle at Med ford at 8 p.m. standard time. Site of a Thursday conflict, if required will be determined by a coin flip. State tourney play opens this coming week-end at Mill City. Protests Reported Saturday's district titular scramble here was the third last week in a two-of-three series. Central Point won the first game 7 to 0 and the Elks the second 1 to 0. There were reports today that Grants Pass had protested the Saturday tangle first on an il legal pitch ruling tnat was maae :- against Elk's Twirler Bob Smith and later on a charge that Med- ford Heaver Vern Collins had thrown with tape on his finger, Report from Marc Dempster, district commissioner, was, now " ever, that Ken Kerr, Oregon City, state director, had received no formal protest from Bill Kre- nek, Grants Pass ,manager. Dempster said Kerr informed him that he would allow no pro test over an illegal pitch. A team member other than the manager apparently was doing the beefing. The Grants Pass rhubarb ov er the illegal pitch was in the sixth frame when a Central Point batter would have been out on a third strike. The pitch was ruled a ball by Ump Dick Phillips because of the deliv ery. A couple of pitches later the CP batter was, nevertheless, out on strikes. The hassle Saturday went into an extra eighth inning. Smith walked in, the winning Central Point run. Roger Wilcox started things off in the pay - off eighth in ning for Central Point by blast ing a single. Ira Zirkle follow ed him with a hit. Darrell Lea vens drew a free pass to load the bases with still no outs in the inning. Then, Lee Flink, who had ar rived on the- scene in time to go into .the tussle in the seventh inning, also "was walked. That sent Roger Wilcox across the plate with the tally that meant victory and the district mantle. Grants Pass tabulated both its runs in the third chukker when Bill Krenek was hit by a pitch ed ball and advanced on a pass ed ball, Wes Smith got a safe ty, Pitcher Vern Collins muffed a roller through the box and Jim Roulo got on on a fielder's choice. Score Tied Central Point tied up the count with two scores in the fifth inning. Harvey Tonn and Jack Dougherty "walked. Joe Fenton hit and Ralph Pettit singled in two runners. The Elks threatened both in the seventh and the eighth, get ting runners as far around as third base. . Collins, an iron - man hurler for the Pointers, tossed his third one-hitter in three nights. It was the fifth game in six nights for him. He went the full route each night. Collins on Saturday struck out 11, hit two batters and walk ed four. Central Point got six hits off Thrower . Bob Smith, who fan ned 10 and walked nine.. LINESCORE: Grants Pass ..002 000 00 2 11 Central Point ..000 020 013 6 3 B. Smith and Krenek: Collins and Sullivan. Tenton (3), ink (7). 'BASEBALL SUNDAY'S RESULTS American League St. Louis 6. Cleveland 3 Washington 4, Philadelphia 2 Chicago 3-5. Detroit 1-4 Boston at New York, postponed rain. National League Chicago 9-4. Pittsburgh 5-3 Cincinnati 4-2. St. Louis 2-3 Brooklyn at Philadelphia and New York , at Boston, postponed. rain. . Coast League San Diego 5-5. San Francisco 0-4 Hollywood 12-5. Los Angeles 8-1, (1st game. 10 innings) Oakland 4-3, Portland 1-4 (1st game, 10 innings) Seattle 9-6. Sacramento 3-4 Western International Tri-City 6. Spokane 3 Lewiston 5-3. Salem 4-4 Yakima at Wenatchee. postponed, rain. (Only games scheduled. Unl WPNHAtO COMMH. MAIL TRIBUNE MDfOM3&,TWBimi Indians Miss Boat; Yankees Needed One By UNITED PRESS Once more the Indians missed the boat. They have had few better op portunities to close in on the Yankees than Sunday when they blew a 6 to 3 decision to the sad sack Browns while the New Yorkers could have used the boat that Cleveland missed in their infield. A cloudburst which all but in undated Yankee Stadium caus ed postponement of the Yankee- Middlecoff, Boros Knot In Tarn Tiff By ED SAINSBURY Chicago (U.R) Golf's rich est prize in history, $25,000 cash, will go on Monday to one of the game's standout young players National Open Champion Ju lius Boros, or leading money winner Cary Middlecoff. Each displayed flashing finish ing ability Sunday, Middlecoff an eight-under-par 64 and Boros a 67, to deadlock for the top purse of Tam O'Shanter's 'world' tournament with a 72-hole total tally of 276, 12 under par for the distance. It took terrific games for them to qualify for Monday's 18-hole playoff, scheduled to begin at-1 p.m., CST, but it also required a collapse on the last nine holes by Lew Worsham, former Na tional Open titleholder who be gan his final round with a four stroke lead on the field. Worsham clung to a two-stroke margin until only five holes re mained, when he tallied a bogie and Boros pulled one stroke be hind. But with four holes left Worsham went two over par and Boros went in front by . one stroke, and Middlecoff trailed by only two. Then the boom descended, and Worsham took an eight, three over par, and Boros was four strokes ahead and Middlecoff three. Middlecoff birdied the 18, or 72nd, hole to tie Boros. Jim Ferrier, who had paced the field after 36 holes, had a chance to step into the tie on the final green, but he missed a 5-foot putt and tallied a 70 for a 277 mark, tying Argentine Roberto de Vincenzo for third place and each earning a $4,000 prize. Zone Net Toga Clinched by U.S. Montreal XU.R) The United States vs. Canada American Zone Davis Cup tennis play con cludes today with a pair of sin gles matches, which originally were scheduled Sunday but were postponed by rain. In the first match, young Bob Perry of Los Angeles meets Brendan Macken of Montreal. In the finale, Vic Seixas of Phila delphia, ranked No. 1 in the U. S., faces Henri Rochon of Mon treal. - ! The matches are anti-climactic since the United States already had clinched victory in the series by winning the opening pair of singles matches Friday and the doubles match Saturday for a 3 to 0 lead. . First Victory of Year, But Eleventh Straight Chicago (U.R) Luis Aloma, much-overlooked Chicago White Sox relief pitcher, is riding an amazing 11 - game winning streak. When the Cuban right-hander beat the Detroit Tigers 5 to 4 in relief in the second game of Sun day's twin bill, it was only his first win of this season. But he hasn't been beaten since August 5, 1950 more than two years ago. Monday, August 11. 1952 District Starts on Red Sox game and a victory for Cleveland would have put the Indians within a game of the top or closer than they have been since June 14. v Streak End Instead, Bob Cain pitched a steady nine-hitter while the Browns tagged Bob Lemon of the Indians for 11, including a three-run homer by rookie Fred Marsh his first1 this year. The defeat ended a five-game win ning streak for Lemon. Al Rosen hit his 19th homer for Cleveland to no avail. The Senators proved bitsy Bobby Shantz was human by blasting him ior 10 hits and a 4 to 2 victory that ended his six game winning streak and put a fourth defeat instead of a 21st win on his record. But the 'A's rebounded to win the second game, 4 to 2, behind Harry Byrd's scatter-hit pitching. Chicago Fifth Chicago moved past Philadel phia to fifth place by topping the tattered Tigers 3 to 1 and 5 to 4, although being outhit in both games. In the National League the pace-setting Dodgers were rain ed out at Philadelphia and the Giants were washed out of two games in Boston, leaving Brook lyn eight games in front. The Cubs twice trimmed the horren dous Pirates, 9 to 5 and 4 to 3, while the Reds edged the Cardi nals, 4 to 2, after St. Louis took the opener, 3 to 2, with three runs in the ninth. Dick Yost OGA Victor Portland (U.R) Dick Yost, Portland, held his second consec utive Oregon Golf association medal play championship Mon day after he scored a pair of 70s for a 72-hole score of 274. Yost's rounds Sunday each clipped two strokes from par, and added to his 68 and 66 in the first two rounds gave him a 14-stroke advantage on par and on the remainder of the OGA field. - Harold Salvador, Portland veteran, took second place with tallies of 73 and 72 Sunday for an even par 288. Ken Dougherty, another Port lander, carried off third place honors with a total 293, and Bob Donnelly, Portland's 17-year-old state junior champion, tied for fourth place with John Frey and John Boyd, both of Portland, with 296. Thorpe Released From Hospital Pittman, Nev. '(U.R) Big Jim Thorpe, 64, was back at his home here Monday after show ing doctors at a Henderson hos pital some of the ruggedness he exhibited 40 years ago at the Stockholm Olympic games.. The great American Indian athlete who swept both the pen tathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympics, climbed out of his Rose Dilima Hospital bed Sunday night and walked from the building on his own power; He had been confined since Frk day when he suffered a hea attack and was taken to the ho? pital unconscious. - SEMI-FINALS TODAY South Orange, N.J. (U.R) Billy Talbert of New York fac ed Frank Sedgman of Australia and local boy Dick- Savitt met Ken McGregor of Australia Mon day in the rain - delayed semi finals of the Eastern grass courts tennis championship. The win ners were scheduled to' meet la ter in the day for the men's title, while Doris Hart, Coral Gables, Fla and Shirley Fry, Akron, O., were slated to face each oth er in the women's final. Pennant; Tuesday Shrine Grid Tiff Squads Start Work Portland U.R) Oregon high school football players,, headed for the fifth annual Shrine hos pital football game, were gath ered in Portland Monday to be gin practice. The boys from Portland will work out at Roosevelt high, and those from upstate will use the field at Portland university. Offense Stressed Coaches Mel Ingram of Grants Pass and Frank O'Neil of Roose velt, said they will stress offen sive play during the first week of practice. The game will be played Sat urday night, August 23, at Mult nomah stadium. In the past four years the games have given $87, 000 to the Portland unit of the Shriner's hospital for crippled children. Game officials estimate that the figure may exceed $100, 000 after this year's game. Dennis Conner, Medford, is on the state squad for the Shrine all-star football fracas. Studs Second In League SOUTHERN OREGON LEAGUE STANDINGS W. Drain 15 Coos Bay 13 Medford 13 Bandon 14 Roseburg 9 Coquille 7 Brookings ............. . 1 L. 5 7 7 8 11 15 19 Pet. .730 .650 ,650 .636 .450 .318 .050 League leading Drain split with Bandon during the week end but retained its two game lead in the Southwestern Ore gon Baseball circuit because Coos Bay split with Coquille. Drain lost to the Millers 15 to 12 and then won the second fray 8 to 2. Coquille tipped Coos Bay 4 to 3 and, the Lumberjacks won' the other fray 5 to 3. Rose burg swept a series with Brook ings 10 to 3 and 5 to 3. As the result of the week-end activity, the idle Medford Chen ey Studs rose into a second-place knot with Coos Bay. Bandon was shoved alone into fourth spot. Bandon beat Drain for the first time. It is the only team that has beaten the Black Sox in the loop other than Coos Bay which turned the trick four times. Dinga Darkhorse In Eugene Meet Eugene (U.R) Eddie Dinga, a darkhorse contender for the seventh annual national junior Chamber of Commerce golf championship went into Mori day's opening qualifying test as one of the favorites. The Endicott, N.Y., youth won the second annual Jimmy Thom son trophy here Sunday when he . blasted out a 278-yard, 2-foot drive in the long drive competi tion. 69 Fired He outdistanced by two feet the only local entry among the 141 who will try for the tourney title Leighton Tuttle of Eu gene who hit one 276 yards, 2 feet. The. teen-age divoteers com pleted practice . rounds Sunday and the. hottest score was a 69 by Win Howe Jr., of San Fran cisco. Justin Smith Jr.; Medford, is one of the Oregon entries in the jaycee junior golf, toumey at Eugene. The Dales Takes Title omen s . Portland (U.R) The Dalles Monday had the 1952 Oregon Women's Softball championship neatly tucked away after split ting a pair of games with Oswe go in the doubleelimination tournament." The Oswego Lakers fell before the pitching of Donna Lee, 7-6, in the final contest Sunday. It was Oswego's third game of the day and while the weary Lakers touched' miss Liee ior iu nus, they all were well scattered. Oswego trimmed The Dalles, 3-0, in the first, game of a finals double-header after the Lakers had defeated Canby, 6-3, in the day's opening game. Standings Coast League W. L. Hollywood ... 77 56 Oakland 77 57 . San Diego 75 58 Seattle P7 62 Portland t." 68 Pet. G. .579 .575 64 2 519 8 .500 10 .489 12 .418 21 .358 29 Los Angeles 66 69 San Francisco Sacramento .56 78 .48 86 Western International W. L. Pet. G.B. .671 .560 12 527 16 .482 21 .473 22 .450 24 ,i .441 25 Vx .396 30 Vx Victoria r,... Spokane .... Vancouver Salem Lewiston Yakima ..65 37 ,.65 51 -.56 50 -.54 58 ,.54 60 ..52 53 ..49 62 -.45 68 Tr-City Wenatchee Dead line Suncay Classifieds is at 5:30 p.m for following day; 10 a.n' Monday for Monday; noon Saturday for Sunday aJn. 5 Af-'eSyT&j! INJURED BY CAR, pet fox is brought to San Francisco's Central Emergency Hospital for first aid by Kathy Lundborg, 5. Dr. J. A. Abendroth is a bit puzzled by unusual problem but managed to patch up Reynard, sent both away happy. (International) Row Marks Twinks-Angels Series; Stars Grab Two San Francisco (U.R) Let no man assert big things don't happen in Los Angeles. That progressive, sunshine - kissed community is loaded with base ball news. In a twin bill Sunday: 1. Hollywood won two games, 12-8 in 10 innings and 5-1, to regain command of the. Pacific Coast league lead; 2. Fans numbering 17,517 watched the proceedings, jack ing up the week's attendance to tal to 85,131, high for the league Car Hits Guard Chain At Hawthorne Park The front of a car driven by Paul Everett Shaffer Jr., 828 Pennsylvania avenue, was dam aged when he ran into a chain placed across the exit to Haw thorne' park Sunday, according to the city police. Ed Knapp, manager of the park swimming pool, reported the accident. The board ordinar ily used as a warning was not on the chain, police said. Shaffer's car was damaged and the poles holding the chain were ripped out of the ground. . Paul Albert Lozden, Toketee Falls, was cited into police court for driving without an operator's license following an accident Sunday at Sixth and Front streets. His car was sideswiped by one driven by Jean Rammus Watkins, 122V4 Mistletoe street, police said. Little damage re sulted.. Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Fair with little temperature change through Tuesday. Low tonight 60. High Tues day 92-95. Western Oregon: Fair tonight and Tuesday except coastal and morning -cloudiness. Cooler over interior Tues day. Lows tonight 50-60. Highs 78-88 except 65 on coast. LOCAL DATA Temperature a year ago today: Highest 80: Lowest 55. Total monthly precipitation .47 inch. Excess for the month .42 inch. Total precipitation since September 1, 1951, 21.94 inches. Excess for the season 5.23 inches. Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yester day 29; 4:30 a.m. today 81. Observations Taken At 4:30, A.M., 120 Meridian Time High Low Prec. Boise ai 60 Boston .'. 73 70 1.87 Chicago .... 82 63 T Denver 83 55 .16 Eureka 58 54 Havre 68 40 Klamath Falls .. . 85 55 Los Angeles 68 61 Medford ... 94 61 New York . 83 71 .85 Omaha 79 67 .01 Phoenix ........ 107 80 Portland 85 58 Reno .: 87 48 Eugene 87 51 Salt Lake 85 56 .02 San Francisco ........... 65 55 Seattle 79 51 Spokane : 77 57 Washington, D C 88 68 .13 Yakima 90 53 .16 Tomorrow Sunrise 5:16 a.m. Sunset 7:16 p.m. BERKELEY Deep Well Shallow Well Irrigation . ARD - 25 South Riverside HUBB this year and an all-time high at Wrigley field; 3. A bottle - throwing demon stration, aimed, naturally, at an umpire, was staged by the parti san crowd. Police were called to bring back a measure of com posure and tranquility. The ar rest of seven men helped accom plish just that. , The- "debate" started in the 10th frame of the opener, when Ump Ed Runge, one of the league's best, decided Hollywood Catcher Jim Mangan was safe on a play at the plate. The run broke the tie. And the decision broke, the peace. Boos, cat-calls, cushions, bottles and paper cups were showered at the man' in blue. Man Flattened One fan, who was to be flat tened by Hollywood third sacker Gene Handley, attacked Runge with flailing fists. Eventually, a semblance of or der was achieved. But the police still had to escort Runge to the dugout, as fans jeered and flip ped paper cups. ( Erstwhile leader Oakland slipped - a half - game behind Hollywood by dividing a double header with Portland. The Oaks won, 4-1, in 10 frames, but lost, 4-3 in the second engagement. San Diego won two from San Francisco, 5-0, and 5-4, and Seattle biffed Sacramento, 9-3, and 6-4, to sweep the seven-game series. Loop To Decide Kentucky Future Birmingham, Ala. (U.R) The University of Kentucky's future in the Southeastern Ath letic Conference was expected to be decided Monday at a meeting of the conference executive com mittee. " It was reported in some cir cles that the university will be suspended by the SAC in bask etball and probably football. Suspension Favored An earlier hearing ended last month with the committee said to be in favor of suspending Ken tucky on charges of over-emphasizing its athletic program. Most of the charges against the school grew out of the recent college basketballcandals which involved several Kentucky play ers. It was reported the confer ence asked Kentucky to fire basketball Ccfech Adolph Rupp but the university refused. . BERTH, IN TOURNEY Oswego (U.R) Pitcher Johnny Pearson hurled a no hit no run game here Sunday night to lead his Oswego teammates to a 4-0 victory over The Dalles in an interdistrict softball play off. The win puts Oswego into the Oregon State Men's Softball tournament.. WRAY CO Medford, Ore. Medforclite Winner of Midget Main Medford's own Bill.Vielbig in his No. 3 auto sped across the finish line first last night in the spin-out filled 20-lap main event of the Southern Oregon Midget Racing association at the Jackson County Posse erounds. There were seven or eight spin-outs during the race with Fred Tracy's No. 0 looping out of action three times. Of the 11 cars starting the race, only five finished and one of those had lost a lap. George Brickel was second, L. M. Bowers third, Cliff Woodley fourth and Bob Jack son fifth. Sid Sanders in No. 211 was forced out of the race after a jostling on the east turn. Others not finishing went to the pits" be cause of mechanical troubles. Joe Gibson in No. 44 was hold ing the lead when he smin out on the 12th lap and had to-take last position. He had pulled well up in the field when forced to the pits. Bob Parkins, driving fo. 22, went out of action for the re mainder of the evenine when his car slammed into the fence on the back stretch and wrecked a wheel. Sid Sanders lost a wheel in the B semi-main. In the opening romp of the night Sanders won a match race from Dave Chambers. Bob Jackson in No. 16 won the trophy dash. Cliff Woodley was second and Donnv Hood third. Brickel in No. 27 won the B semi-main. Vielbig took sec ond and Chambers third. Bow ers spun out twice in the race. Hoods Time Best . Hood in No. 36 copped the A semi-main. He gained the lead on the third lap. was pressed by Cliff Woodley m No. 00 then pulled to a good lead on the 10th time around of the 15-lapper. Hood with a 19.38 seconds run had the best time in the trials. No. "98, owned by Tuny Bul lis, was out of action because of mechanical troubles. Only 12 cars were on hand for the races. Next mideet racine nrosram at the posse grounds will be on August 24. Grants Pass Hears Flag The Grants Pass Merchants are only a game away from the regular season title in the Rogue Valley Baseball league. The once-defeated Merchants pounded Ashland 17 to 5 Sun day and have only Butte Falls to play, to complete their sche dule. Grants Pass is assured of at least a co-crown for the regular season. Nearest to Merchants is Cave Junction with two losses and its late completed. Result of the Glendale-Butte Falls game on Sunday was not learned this morning. MIGHTY HANDY For The HOME "FIXER" P s O PREMIX CONCRETE O PREMIX MORTARMSX O PREMIX SANDMIX COMPUTE IN ONE JUST ADD W The small concrete or masonry Job whether around home, farm or factory has always been troublesome. First there is the question of how much sand, gravel and cement to buy for a particular job, then the problem of proportions and finally what to do with the sand, gravel and cement left over- Premix Is the Solution to the Problem! Do not worry about figuring proportions of concrete or mortar materials. Use PREMIX to assure satisfac tory and economical results. It's NOW Available at BIG PINES LUMBER CO. Sixth and Fir -Since 1908 - Phone 2-6251 California Driver Cops Auto Romp A Crescent City driver, Verle G. Coalson, was. winner of the main event Sunday in stock car races at the airport speedway. Bob Kennedy, Medford, was second, Dale Bradley, Medford, third and Lew Kurz, Medford, fourth. Coalson was also first in the semi-man, followed by Kurz and Gene Swain, Roseburg. Kennedy Wins . Kennedy, trophy dash winner last week, took that event again and he was winner in the spe cial race. John Boone, Crescent City, Swain and Kurz trailed Kennedy in the special in that order. Bradley was first heat victor with David Hines, Medford, sec ond and Mickey Baird, Crescent City, third. Elvin Nelson, Med ford, rolled in first in the second heat with Don Newman, Grants Pass, next and Carl Beckes, Ash land, third. Ray Reid won a match race from Eddie Claussen. White Dage, Roseburg, was fastest in the time trials with 28.2 ' seconds. Coalson suffered burns when a radiator boiled over on him. HIT BY STORM By United Press Baseball took a back seat to the weather in the Western In ternational League Sunday night. Yakima and Wenatchee were scheduled to play a twin bill at Wenatchee but a freak midsummer rain storm dropped an inch and a half of rain on the city within an hour. Trees toppled, debris drifted, and peo ple downtown found themselves wading in water up to their ankles. Needless to say, the game was postponed. Dead line Sunday Classifieds is at noon Saturdays. STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY i EM l-X PACKAGE
