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SIX J4EDFOBD (OREGON) MAIL TJUBTJITE WadBMdmr. August 19. 1S53 Dodgero -Hah 11th Straight Win As Labine Shines; Yank Lead Gut New York (U.B Clem La bine's double whammy today was making him the hottest re lief pitcher in baseball and a worthy successor to Joe Block, Brooklyn's bullpen star of 1852. Labine has a simple formula. All he does is cross his fingers, knock wood on his dressing room stool, and go out and pitch hit less ball against the opposition. It is just as simple as that The right-hander from Woon socket, R.I., pitched five hitless innings as the Dodgers went through a 13-inning marathon and beat the Giants, 4-3 last Bight. Tied Reeord That brought Brooklyn'! win ning streak to 11 games, their longest since 1947 and the long est since 1947 and the longest in the National League this year. It kept them 84 games in front of the Milwaukee Braves who top ped Cincinnati 8-2. Milwaukee's six-hit victory by Johnny Antonelli was notable mainly because Ed Mathews hit his 38th homer, equalling the highest total ever hit by a Braves' player. The 38 by Wally Berger of the 1930 club. In the American League, the Senators cut the Yankees' lead to 7li games by putting over seven runs in the ninth inning to win, 10-8, as Mickey Vernon hit a three-run triple and Jim Busby got a triple to score two more. Other Game The White Sox took a pair from the Browns, 3-2 and 2-1, to close in on the pace-setting Yankees. Virgil Trucks pitched Southern Oregon Golf Qualifying Starts August 26 Qualifying play for local golf ers not aiming for the champ ionship flights in the Southern Oregon Golf tournament at Rogue Valley Country club will commence on Wednesday, Aug ust 26. Local men seeking berths in the lower flights will make their 18-hole qualifying rounds on through Wednesday, September 2. Women of RVCC with 13 or more handicaps will travel through Tuesday, September 1. On the morning of September 2, local women with handicaps of 12 or less will qualify. 1 Qualifying action on Thurs day, September 3, official open ing day of the tournament will be for visiting men and women and for RVCC men shooting for the championship flight. The tourney will differ from past years in that it will be of five days duration, providing four day of match play. First round of match play will be on Friday with another round on Saturday. Men's championship quarter and semi-finals and the third round in other flights are set for Sunday with finals on Monday, Labor day. All tourney action this year will be at Rogue Valley. Much of women's play last year was at Oak Knoll course at Ashland. Women's matches will be in the morning with tee-off times be tween 7 and 9 o'clock. Dud Una on Cla Milled Ada: 8:30 ft.ni. for following day; 10 am. Mon day, noon Saturday for Sunday ajn. seven-hit ball and struck out 12 to win his 16th game in the opener as Bob Boyd hit a two- run homer and had four nits. Ex-Cleveland hurler Steve Gromek of Detroit pitched a six hitter to edge the skidding In dians, 3-2, in a duel with Mike Garcia. The Red Sox moved to within a game of Cleveland 'by defeating the Athletics, 2-1, on seven-hit pitching by Mickey McDermott. Steve Ridzik got high class re lief help from Robin Roberts as the Phils topped the Pirates 1-0 with a four-hit collaboration. Ridzik had to leave with a three hitter when he twisted his ankle in the seventh. ' Gerry Staley won his 15th game, 5-1 for the Cardinals over the Cubs with a six-hitter as rookie Harry Elliott drove In two runs with a double to put St. I Louis in front for good. Contrary to a report in this column Monday .Alton Stone, who shone as a sophomore half back for the Black Tornado last year, has not left and is not leav ing Medford high. He will be on hand for football again this fall as one of the leading candidates for a backfield assignment. Our report was based on infor mation which we thought was reliably checked. Last night, we talked to Stone's mother, which was what we should have done in the first place. Seems that the rumor that the gridder might be leaving Medford high pops up occasionally and has got to be sort of a family joke. As we heard it, and thought it was reasonably confirmed, the family had moved to Grants Pass. 14 Letterman Will Be Tornado Grid Nucleus Coach Fred Spiegelberg and his staff were issuing equip ment today to Medford high school candidates. Practice will commence on Monday, August 24, with twice per day sessions. Workouts are expected to go along at a hard pace for the Black Tornado's first game is scheduled for just 2li weeks following the open ing practice. Issuing of equipment will con tinue this evening and Thursday and Friday. Hours are 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. 14 Letter men Coach Spiegelberg anticipates the return of 14 lettermen, 11 of them seniors and three jun iors. The list of returnees show lettermen at every position. Big task for the coaching staff will be grooming depth for the var sity from last year's jayvees and candidates coming up from the junior high. Veteran ends are Joe Antony and Gary Strong, seniors. Let termen at the tackle posts are Bob Rasmussen, Bill French and Bill Roberts, all seniors. Guards who wear monograms awarded for past experience, are Willard Lilly, Bob Steele and Don Mc Laughlin, all of them seniors. Center candidates who are let termen are Norm Chapman, sen ior, and Mike DeVore, junior. In the backfield the letter men are Tom Gail, senior, quar terback; Alton Stone, junior, left halfback; Dennis Faulkner, senior, right halfback, and Lor in Jacobs, junior, fullback. Nine Games Slated Medford will play a nine game schedule this season. Although the Tornado will be on the road four consecutive week ends, the majority of its games will be on the Medford turf. Five of the games will be at home. Coach Spiegelberg encountered consid erable scheduling difficulty. To make a full slate, two games were arranged with Springfield on a home and home basis. The Tornado will have both District No. 6 A-l and Southern Oregon conference . campaigns. Traditional foes, Klamath Falls and Grants Pass, are district op ponents and Ashland, another traditional rival, with the other two, fills out the conference action. SAUJyG A T ITS BEST Bat time in the Lot Angela to Honolulu yacht race is 10 iayt, 10 kourt, 13 ninuutl Whiskey ? ifc ME Sin Aoutt V V V '2 -IS 45 OT. 1 " - I Boutboh Whiskey ast aaMaW"V'. "v Only new adversary on the Tornado' slate is Crater. The two schools have not battled in varsity football, so far as is known, since early in the cen tury. Missing from among the foes of last season are Vancou ver, Wash., and Fortuna, Calif. That makes Eureka, Calif., the only opponent from out of state this season. The twice per day practices are set for 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. but the afternoon hour may vary, depending on the weather. Grid aspirants are to take physical examinations at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Medford clinic in the Medical Center building. Assisting Spiegelberg with the grid tutoring will be Bob New land as backfield coach, Paul Evensen as line coach, Frank Roelandt and Jim Warren. Roe landt and Warren will mentor the jayvees. Evensen has just re turned from San Francisco and Newland is just back from sum mer school at University of Oregon. SCHEDULE: September 11 Aihland here: Sep tember 18 Crater here: September 25 at Roseburg; October 2 at Grant Pass; October 8 at Springfield: Octo ber 16 at Klamath Falls: October 23 Eureka. Calif. here: October 30 Marshfield here: November 6 Spring- iicsa neri. GRIDDER DRAFTED Eugene U.R) Oregon lost a letterman football guard to the draft today. Word was received that Harry Mondale, 200-pound letterman guard from Elizabeth, Pa., was drafted. Mondale, who lettered in 1951 but did not play last season, had nailed down a first team berth in spring prac tlce. Coach Len Casanova said he probably would shift a tackle to plug the hole. Sports Broadcasts Radio station KYJC (1230 kc.) will broadcast the Wash ington Redskins-Los Angels Rams pro football game at 8:15 o'clock tonight. The char ity game is being played at Los Angeles. Fanfare ty DICK MaH Tribe Saerts JEWETT titer ASHLAND A-2 During the last school year, it was reported that Ashland high would be an A-l competi tor in football this fall. How ever, the Grisslies for the 1953 campaign are listed as District 6 A-2 participants. ' Seems that when the report concerning A-l rivalry came out It appeared that Ashland would wind up the year with enrollment over the 500 mark, automatically placing it in the big school class. The enroll ment at the end of the year turned out to be 481 and the Lithians decided to stay in A-2 where they gained consider able glory in 1952. It does ap pear, nevertheless, that Ash land will be in the A-l class for 1954. This season the Grizzlies play all A-l schools of this dis trict, Medford, Grants Pass and Klamath Falls of the Southern Oregon conference in addition to playing their A-2 district slate. TOP COACHING STAFF Ashland high feels that it has one of the top football coach staffs in the state. Head mentor is again Gene Allison, who tu tored at Scappoose before going to Ashland. His assistants are Al Simpson, Mel Johnson and Bud Silver. Simpson formerly was a head coach at Ashland and Med ford. Johnson has been head man at Newport, Springfield and Grants Pass. Silver previously coached in Ashland junior high. ENDING INDOCTRINATION Jim HalfhilL who gained considerable recognition as a Crater high school quarter miler. taking second in the state In 1952. is completing his Air Force basic indoctrination at Lackland AF base in Texas. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. HalfhilL route 2, box 310. MIND CHANGE HOPED Whether Bob Atkinson of Portland will shoot for his. third straight Southern Oregon golf championship is doubtful. He has told Rogue Valley Country club officials no. But, they are hopeful he will change his mind. While returning from his North Pole discovery in 1909, Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary predicted "the aviators will be up here." Now daily flights are made over the area. Team Derby On Hardtop Racing Card Slamming and banging will be even harder than ever in the spe cial event at the Jackson County speedway t riday night. Destruction Derbies have prov en so popular that this time it will be a team derby with drivers from the Southern Oregon Hard top Racing association of Med ford. Joe Oliver in 27 will be back on the SOHR team as will Elmer Sisemore in M46, Junior Joe won the derby here a few weeks ago and repeated the next night at Ashland.- Rambling Roy Renfro will make his first appearance in several weeks. Roy was put out of business by a rough nerfing job early in the season and after trying his mount decided to build another. His new creation will probably be giving the other hardtoppers a lot of trouble try ing to keep In sight. Flying Floyd McClanahan took his name literally last Friday night and flew over the rail, landed on the other side, threw dirt all over the freeloaders ait ting on their cars and drove back around to the pit gates. A bent axle was the only casualty but Floyd says that he is going to collect admissions from those people if he goes over again. Friday night will be a night full of speed, spills and flying iron when the hardtoppers again roll out on the Jackson County speedway located at the posse grounds here. Season Ticket Sale Scheduled To Open Monday Season tickets for five Med ford high school home foot ball games will go on sale Monday, August 24, at the school office. Principal Les ter Harris announced today. Fang can get the same seats they had last year if they pur chase their tickets by Sep tember 4. The tickets may be purchased from 8 a.m. to I p. m. Monday through Friday and from 8 a.m. until noon on Sat urday, Harris said. ALL SEATS SAME The five year season tickets. Involving financing the new grandstand, ran out lastyear. This season seats in all re serve sections. A. B and C will sell for the same price. Student tickets also will be on sale, enabling students to obtain their ducats before school starts. Home games are "against Ashland, Sept. 11; against Crater, Sept. 18. against Eur eka. Oct. 24; against Marsh field Oct. 30, and against Springfield, Nov. 6. We wish to thank the Eagle Point Merchant! for making it possible for us to attend the State Soft ball Tournament. EAGLE POINT GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM Blazes its own trails! 11 v mm jeB A'ni,''m fy vvx -av AY mL'B 7 0 22 X Ploughed" fields look like parkways to the Land Hover! Sore of foot and packed with power, it takes yon where even bird-dogs fear to tread. A man-of-all-work, too it'll tow anything from a trailer to a tree, saw and spray with its power takeoffs, handle all sorts of jobs. Seats 3 in front, more behind. Farmers! Lumbermen! Truckers! Sportsmen! See the Land Hover today at your nearest dealer. TRY AND TIE THIS I O rL, 58 hp Rover F-feead en-da. O 4eei drire, front free wheeling. Q 8 speeds forward. Q Two power takeoffs. And I ha reliable Land Rover U thrifty, too. 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