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:
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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