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Lon Skinner Cops Main At Ashland '.' Lon Skinner, Medford, zoom ed across the finish line first Saturday night in the main event rthe hard, top car races at the Ashland Rodeo grounds.. Medfordites took 12 places in the program. Among them were vent winners Mack Lehman in the first heat, Fred Whaley In the second heat and Clarence Young in the fourth heat. Forty-six cars timed in. Of 21 cars starting the main event only , 10 finished. Eight out of the 21 starters completed the semi main. On Driver Hospilalized Crashes of the evening, saw one man taken to the hospital. Eldon Nelson, Medford, suffer ed face injuries when his car flipped during the fourth lap of the main event. In the same race Elmer Sisemore, Ashland, rolled against the fence and Joe Ellison, Medford, flipped. In the semi-main Chuck Zor- ka, Bob Clark and Bob Radke, all of Medford, piled up; Gene Iatwiller, Ashland, went through the fence, and Bob Wil liams, Medford, lead all the way until spinning out on the last lap Bob. Redmond, Talent, turn ed end over end in the second heat and Bob Kodat, Medford, and Jim Heberling, Central Point, went over the bank. RESULTS Main event Lon Skinner. Medford, first; Jack McCoy. Klamath Falls, sec ond: Joe Ellison. Ashland, third: Wally Cannon. Ashland, fourth; Elmer Sise more, Ashland, fifth. Semi-mam Art St. Germain e. Cen tral Point, first; Bob Carr. Phoenix, second; Joe Wolfe. Medford. third; Bob Kodat, Medford, fourth; Art Coul ter. Medford, fifth. First heat Mack Lehman. Medford, first: Carr, second: J. McCoy, third. Second heat Fred Whaley. Med ford. first: Monte Hall, Ashland, sec ond, and Glen Condon. Ashland, third. - Third heat Cary Beckes. Ashland, first; Kenney Taylor. Ashland, second; tea Hansen. Ashland, third. Fourth heat Clarence Young. Med ford. first; Rob Radke, Medford, sec ond: Sisemore third. Trophy dash J. . McCoy, first; Toung. second. Final heat 3. McCoy, first; Condon, econd; Sisemore, third. Medfo: Tribune Florists Win Again Over Phoenix Queens North Bend (U.R) Two fingles and a double in the 11th Inning brought in the only run of the game as Erv Lind's Flor ists of Portland defeated the, Phoenix, Ariz., Queen's advan tage to five games to four in the current barnstorming tour of the two teams. HHlllllllB. ' - I out STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY - 86 Proof Talent, Grants Pass Vie Tonight for Cub Pennant Champion . of the Southern Oregon Junior Baseball league cub division will be crowned to night at the fairgrounds ball park here. Talent will oppose Grants Pass at 8 o'clock. Talent vf on the second half flag and Grants Pass the first half. Tonight's game will conclude the junior baseball slate.. The pee wee division championship has already been determined. That honor went to Grants Pass. The bigger boys from the climate city tonight will gun for a clean sweep of the eignt-city junior baseball circuit. ... Talent Lions club is sponsor of the season finale. No charge will be made for admission. The club is therefore hoping for a big turnout as it does its part to stimulate interest in junior base ball and leave fans eagerly an ticipating the 1953 season. Pennant presentation cere monies may be held after the game. So far as is known the scuffle will be the last baseball mix of the season at the fairgrounds. Central Point Eliminated From State Softball Meet Mill City (U.R) Dick Sprick clouled a home run in fo deep center field here Mon day night to give Corvallis a 2-1 victory over Central Point in an Oregon Stale Softball tournament contest. Corvallis look a 1-0 lead on an unearned run in the second inning. The Central Point club knotted the count with an earned run in the fifth. Central Point pitcher Verne Collins struck out four Corval lis batters in receipting for the loss. The Central Point learn is slated to return to the Rogue Valley today, according to a telegram received from Don Faber. In' other tournament games Monday night, Salem defeated Tillamook, 3 lo 2, and Eugene edged by Mill City, 6 to S, on two unearned runs in the seventh. " " ' Durocher Back at Same Old Stand Following $100 Fine, Suspension Chicago (U.R) New York Giants Manager Leo Durocher was a study in restraint Tuesday after National League President Warren Giles suspended him for his run-in with Umpire Augie Donatelli . and warned him his actions would be observed. "The only thing I have to say is that the president of the league suspended me. I was fined $100. That's it. "I have no comment and I won't have any," Durocher said upon his arrival in Chicago for the Giants series against the Chicago Cubs starting Tuesday. The Giants manager was noti fied here of his suspension and Middlecoff Downs Burke Kansas City U.P.) Cary Mid dlecoff, Memphis, Tenn., who won his fourth major golf cham pionship of the year by beating Jack Burke Jr., Houston, Tex., in a playoff here Monday, had a golf bank account of $30,139.98 Tuesday and was pressing Julias Boros for the top money-making position of 1952. Scoring a six-under-par 66, to beat Burke's par golf by six shots, Middlecoff was only $4, 242.99 back of Boros, the U.S. Open champion, as both headed for the Fort Wayne, Ind., Open beginning Thursday. Burke, who missed a 30-inch putt Sunday for a clear claim to the Kansas City Open cham pionship, never was in conten tion after the first four holes Monday. Middlecoff started off with four birdies in a row to be three up, made the turn in 32, four under par aid as many strokes better than Burke, and then coasted in. $100 fine in a telegram from Giles as the Giants opened a critical western swing in their stretch drive for the National league pennant. The suspension resulted from Durocher's hassle with Donatelli in the ninth inning of Sunday's opener against the Boston Braves in New York. Giles informed Giants Presi dent Horace Stoneham in anoth er telegram that "the remarks Donatelli admitted he made to Durocher after the trouble start ed" were taken Into considera tion. . Ingram Names Starting Lines For Star Game Portland (U.R) Coach Mel Ingram of the state all-star football team which meets Port land all-stars in the annual Shrine game here Saturday an nounced Tuesday his tentative starting offensive and defensive lines. The offensive line shaped up as follows: Dean Benson, Bend, and Hank Hudspeth, Eugene, ends; Don Herron, Grants Pass and Kon Van Metre, The Dalles, tackles; Joe Corder, Grants Pass, and Howard Cockburn, Mac high, guards, and Doug Simmons, Astoria, center. . The defensive line had Len Scolari, Coquille, and Jim Boul ter. Rogue River, ends; Dean Peterson, Marshfield, and Jon Cockburn, Mac high, tackles, and Kermit Stine, La Grande, and Ron Swisher, Grants Pass, guards. The state team was to have its final scrimmage Tuesday. Players from both teams vis ited the Shrine hospital here Monday. A Studebaker truck cuts costs week after week for years ! Its designed right for gas saving.. .its built right for low upkeep Oregonians Get Wins jn Amateur Play Seattle (U.R) Five out of seven Oregonians won opening round victories in the national amateur golf championships here Monday. . Ralph Dichter of Astoria drew a first-round . bye. Dick Yost'of Portland, who has been making a habit of win ning tournaments lately, came through with a 2 and 1 victory over Richard Jennings of Lub bock, Tex. - ' George Beechler, Medford, eliminated Cyrus Vaughn, Jr., Champaign, 111., 3 and 2; Roy Wiggins, Oswego! beat R. H. Tay lor, Jr.. Pinehurst, N.C., 4 and 3; Dick Hanen, Coos Bay, ousted Phil Harrison, Augusta, Ga., 3 and 2, and Harold Weston, Port land, defeated S. L. Duhford, Salt Lake City, 2 and 1. Two Oregonians, Verne Perry, Jr., and Dick Esty, both of Port land, lost out. Perry was beaten by Bill Mawhinney, Vancouver, B.C., 3 and 1, and Estey lost 4 and 2 to Bob Kuntz, Larchmont, n.y. . ; ... . Fred Whaley Race Winner Fred Whaley, Medford, was main event winner Sunday in auto races held at the airport speedway. - Second in the 20-lap run was Verl.G. Coalson, Crescent City and Lon Skinner, Medford, was third. Skinner captured the 15-lap semi-main and was followed by Lou Donaldson, Roseburg. Bob Williams, - Medford, was third. Coalson headed the field in the first heat with Bob Williams second and Joe Wolfe, Medford, third. Roger Field, Medford, was first in the second heat race. Bob Wilcox, Medford, took sec ond and Carl Beckes, Ashland, third. Bob Daily was third heat vic tor with Roy Renfo, Medford, taking second honors. Wendy Sondergard, Crescent City, plac ed third. Skinner was winner in the fourth heat followed by Don Newman, Grants Pass, and Bud Hukill, Medford, in that or der. Skinner nabbed his first win in the trophy dash. Newman and Elmer Sisemore turned in 30 second times in the trials. Studebaker trucks ore really rolling this year; You in mora and mora of thtm ovary doy in every traffic stream. Studebaker trucks are rolling smoothly rolling economically rolling up new rec ords for on-the-job reliability. Hundreds of thousands of Studebaker trucks are cutting costs constantly for their delighted owners; Stop in and arrange to get a Studebaker truck of your own. There's a wide range of choice streamlined Vi ton, . ton, 1 ton pick-ups and stakes 1 Jrj and 2 ton models; COOKSEY MOTOR COMPANY, Inc. Roberts Lost To OSC Gridders Corvallis U.R) Poor Bea vers! They've lost another foot ball player. Jim Roberts, letterman guard at Oregon State college last sea son, advised Coach Kip Taylor Tuesday he will be forced to stay out of action this season because of complications aris ing from an appendectomy. Rob erts will enroll at Portland State but will not play football so as to keep his two year's remaining eligibility at OSC. Local Bowlers Top Grants Pass Medford bowlers Sunday won two matches from a Grants Pass quintet at Medford Bowling lanes. " A team made up of Harold Vessev. Ed Gulrian. Ttiifl Wilcnn Bill Hawley and Cliff Proctor won two out oi tnree games and total pins in the first match. The total pins were 2636 to 2598. Vessey had high game and series for Medford 241 and 586. Doc Pruess headed Grants Pass with 201 and 577. Other Grants .Pass team members were Charles Dawson, Vern Sprjnkle, Al Suil man and Bill Bickers. Fred Anderson replaced Cliff Proctor on the - Medford crew for the second match. Score was 2611 to 2584. Hawley paced Med ford with a 214.game.and 577 series. Bickers rolled high ser ies, 543, for Grants Pass and Pruess high game, 204. The teams will vie next Sun day afternoon at Grants Pass. Tuesday, August 19, 1851 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE Bowling CLASSIC LEAGUE Sam's Sporttef 3 E. H. Mann Co. 0 . 484 Mann Doty .. 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