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FAST ON FEET BID, North American bantamweight alter 12 rounds. The action GP Softball Team Berth; Collins Th Vem Collins hurled the Grants Pass Lumberjacks into the state softball tournament last night with a 3 to 0 no-hit, no-run decision over Mocabee In surance, Lakeview at Klamath Falls. It was the third fray of a two-out-of-three p 1 a y-off. Grants Pass won Monday and Lakeview on Tuesday. Collins whiffed 13 batters in the seven inning scuffle last LA Rams Dump Redskins 20-7 Los Angeles U.R) Former University of Oregon star Wood- ley Lewis returned a punt 80 yard3 for a touchdown last nipht as the Los Angeles Rams defeated the Washington Red skins 20 to 7 in an exhibition football game. Ben Agajanian kicked two field goals and two conversions and Skeet Quinlan ran 24 yards for the other Ram touchdown. Save- TABLE ROCK ROAD Opposite Midway Auction Phone: Central Pt. 41x3 BUY YOUR PAINT Where You Get A at TAYLOR'S L anothtr can lor only 3 I 1 cent mora. . I I I r I SPECIAL THIS WEEK Cent in ear fine stock of rh latest nattams in Wall Pa par. Yen can buy it now at a 15 dis count off th regular list price. OJOJJ- KJSJl5?lSt champion, during ew xw. uum, " ttmt.nHtMW,t fitmmifff occurrea in uura iuuuu. Gains Tourney rows No-Hitter night. Only two Lakeview men got on base both on walks. Grants Pass scored in the first inning on a walk and a single by Ken Knapp. In the third Bill Werner walked went to third on a bunt and scored on a passed ball. Simco Chapman homered in the sixth inning for the lum berjacks. The Jacks are scheduled to 0 to Mill City on Saturday for state tourney play and probably will see action in the 5:45 p.m. game. The Grants Pass team is almost the same rew that rep resented Central Point in the state tournament last year. Mill City (U.R) First round action in the four-day Oregon State' softball tourney gets underway here Saturday with four games scheduled. I.1NESCORE: Lakeview 000 000 0 0 0 ' 2 Grants Pass ...101 001 x 3 3 0 Bonney and Derrah; Collins and Flink. Slade, Harrison Battle to Draw Chicago (U.R) Light-heavyweights Jimmy Slade and Tom my Harrison, aspirants to title holder Archie Moore's crown, left the champ little to worry about today , from the showing of their 10-round.draw. Slade at 17714 pounds and Harrison at 180Vz left something to be desired as they clinched and sparred before a tiny crowd of 846 persons last night at the Chicago Stadium. The fight, dullest in a long time to the nation's TV viewers, resulted in a draw and drew more "yawns than applause. Average American wastes the equivalent of two cakes of soap per year. GLOSS ED BE purchased $5.1. TAYLOR PAINT & WALL PAPER 906 N. Riverside Phone 3-2906 Medford T Sisemore Seeks 3rd Ashland Win Ashland Elmer Sisemore, the latest sensation at the Ash land speedway, has won two straight main events but he still has a long road ahead if he hopes to catch Jack McCoy, leading In main event triumph. McCoy leada the pack with six triumphs, followed by Ber nie Miller of Medford, who has four main event wins. Sisemore is the only other driver to score a repeat this season. However, one of the early season main event victors, Cecil James, M.-8, gave notice last Sat urday that he and his hardtop were ready to again challenge the best. James was a close sec ond in the third heat and came on to finish just behind second place Bernie Miller in the main event. Another full racing program is slated next Saturday With track officials hopeful that en trants will top last week's 48 drivers and cars. Verboort, Archer Win ABC Tangles Portland (U.R) Hillsboro meets Heales' Babes of Portland and Willamette faces Oregon City here tonight as action con tinues in the American Baseball Congress tournament. Verboort and Archer Blower and Pipe of Portland scored de cisive victories last night in the losers's bracket of the double elimination tourney. - Verboort romped oyer McMlnnville, 7-3, an Archer Blower blanked War renton, 6-0. YOST ENTERS MEET Portland (U.R) Dick Yost, young Portland golfer now sta tioned at Camp Roberts, Calif., has entered- the 1953 National Amateur Golf championship to be played at Oklahoma City, it was learned here. Yost, Who won .the men's Pacific Northwest Golf association event this year, prob ably will try to qualify In the Northern California sectional qualifying round to be played at San Francisco August 31 The Oklahoma City tourney begins September 14. INTERIOR ENAMEL O-UuiU 7e -" Bth with each fallen of Satin Enansd at th regular price of Van Brocklin Spearhead Of Ram Club Portland Most Quarterbacks whoMnrow two touchdown peas es In a single game and lead their teams to victories would be satisfied with the performance. But not so with Norm Van Brocklin, the former Oregon All American, who promises to make hi forthcoming appear ance here at Multnomah stadium one of the most memorable of his brilllan career. Van Brocklin will spearhead the Lot Angeles Rams against the Chicago Cardinals Labor day night in a rematch of the spec tacular game played by the same teams last year which the Rams won, 24 to 14. . In that game Van' Brocklin was so eager to look impressive before the "home folks" that he was pressing and missed many of his passes. Depends oa Van Brocklin , However, he did pitch for two touchdowns and was instrumen tal In his team's victory. His pass to Bob Carey for the final Ram six-pointer was one of the most sensational scoring plays ever seen at Multnomah Stadium. Van Brocklin owns the quar terback Job all by himself now that Bob Waterfield has retired, and on his trusty right arm will depend the fortunes of the Rams in this year's National Football league race. Those fortunes rest in capable hands, however, for Van has led the league in passing two out of the last three years, finishing second the other time. Tickets for the premiere grid iron battle go on sale, here at J. K. Gill's Monday morning. Out-of-town fans may still order by mail through Oregon Sports attractions in the Dekum build ing. " Briley's Horse Takes Honors in Appaloosa Show "Bub," owned and shown by Calvin Briley, Phoenix, was Judged champion three-year-old stallion in the halter class in the National .Appaloosa Horse show last week in Quincy, Calif. Another Briley horse, "Josie Rex," brought third ribbon in the three-year-old (division of the halter class. "American Eagle," owned by Rhoma H. Cox, Riverside, Calif., was grand champion stallion and the grand champion mare was "Sunshine," owned by Ben Johnson, Fruita, Colo. There were entries from seven western states. Briley was named director of the Appaloosa Horse club. He will serve a two-year term, ayne Hurd, Talent, had a two-year-old stallion entered in the show. A picture appearing in an Ap paloosa advertisement in Horse Lover magazine was taken by Mrs. Helen Briley. Bowling ' A meeting of all women bow lers Interested in formation of a second women's league will be held at Medford Bowling lanes at 7:30 p.m., Friday, August 21. Bob Lane, secretary of the Medford Bowling association, has announced that the Indust rial league will roll on Friday nights with the first matches set for 7 p.m. August 28. PRALL SHOOTS 7 Ann Arbor, Mich. (U.R) Bob Prall of Salem was the only one of three Oregonlans to place in the top 50 at the International Jaycee golf tournament here yesterday. Prall fired a 41-37 for a first round card of 78 good enough for a 16th place tie. However, he trailed the leader, Ross Carino of Yonkers, N.Y., by 'seven strokes. Roger Sielickyof Portland had an 85 and Gary Hval of Portland fired an 88. Blizzard, Cold Wave Endanger Climbers Lahore, 'Pakistan (U.R) A three day blizzard and a bitter cold wave have endangered the success of the American climb ers who seek to conquer 28,259 foot Mt. Godwin Austen, it was disclosed today. An exhausted runner carried the report from the expedition's camp on the mountain, which'is also known as K-2, to the near est communications center at Skardu. It took him two weeks to travel the 175 miles over the rugged Himalayan area. The storm broke Aug. 2, the runner said, as the climbers were preparing to start their fin al attack on the peak of what is now the world's highest un conquered mountain. Sub'Machinm Gun Con From Armory Ashland A .45 caliber sub machine gun is missing from the Ashland armory, Ashland police said today. Also possibly missing is a 30 round clip of ammuni tion. The lose was discovered at 11:55 a.m. Tuesday. It is not known how long ago it has been gone. Police report that there is no sign of a forceable entry into the armory. BENDING TOWARD EAR of Ramon Fuentea, Los Angeles, Referee Ruby Goldstein loudly tolls count of ten In fifth round of scheduled ten-rounder with Oil Turner, Philadelphia, second rank ing welterweight contender, at New York's Madison Square Garden. (International Soundphoto) Sport fik ' ana j J Unit Fra arade New York U.R) The man ner in which the New York Yankees are waltzing to their fifth straight American ' league, .pen nant ' today points up the fact that Man ager Casey Stengel is not only the man ager of any year and a complet ely amazing man as well. Oscar Fraley Ask any manager in baseball how Old Case has or does do it and they'll tell you grimly: "I don't know, but I wish I did." Then, on reflection, they'll give you a number of vague guesses. They range anywhere from the bitter statement that the rest of the league is down right lousy, the benefits of necro- NFL TY Claims Branded Untrue Philadelphia U.R) Claims of the National Football League that unrestricted television and radio broadcasts of games would bankrupt its teams were brand ed extravagant and contrary to evidence by the federal govern ment The government assertion was made in a 66-page brief fil ed with U.S. District Judge Alan K. Grim yesterday in the Justice Department's anti-t rust suit against the league and its mem ber clubs. The government seeks an in junction restraining the league and its member teams from re stricting radio and television broadcasts within 75 miles, of the home field. McQUOWNS SHINE Minneapolis (U.R) It was a good day for the McQuowns of Los Angeles at the national parks tennis tournament. Roy and Nolan McQuown, brothers, made the mens doubles semi finals today with their win yes terday over Len Prosser and Hal Shikles, Mission, Kan., 6-1, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. Then Roy teamed with his wife, Wilma, and won their first round match in mixed doubles. RICHARD VICTOR Lodl, Calif. (U.R) Richmond won the 12th regional American Legion junior baseball crown last night with a 4 to 2 victory oVer Tucson. Complaints Received On Gas Price Hikes Pittsburgh (U.R) Assistant Attorney General Stanley N. Barnes said today the recent in crease in gasoline and oil prices "touched off a veritable flood of complaints" to the Justice De partment's anti-trust division. In a speech prepared for the National Congress of Petroleum Retailers, Barnes, the new Re publican head of the anti-trust division, promised that these and all other complaints to the department "dsserve, and are receiving, attention by the de partment" But he warned the retailers that complaints . involving the petroleum industry are so num erous that the department can not be expected to initiate a full scale injuiry into all of them. You'll Always Find frr3 Reliability gg? & Uniformity Full Strength IN EVERY LOAD wF TRU-MIX CONCRETE FAST. PROMPT DELIVERY , Tru-Mix Concrete Co. McAndrews Road ' fhoen) 2-5271 Thursday, Jtagaet M, IMS UV it V mancy and the old saw that Yankee flannels make superstars out of bush leaguers. There was a time, back a few years when th Yanks were loaded with guys named Ruth. Gehrig, Combs et al. that slavering rivals derided Yankee Manager Joe Mc Carthy as a "posh button pilot-" There was a basis in fact because all Marse Joe had to do was write out the line US fold his arms and complac ently count the runs. But let's face it, the Yanks today don't have any Ruths, Gehrigs or Combs. They don't even have a reasonable facsimile thereof and the big man of the team is a five-foot, six-inch short stop named Phil Rizzuto who once would have been and act ually was told (to go home and grow up. Maybe he didn't but the Yanks are happy he. came back, anyhow. Stengel could have been stopped when he lost such stars as Joe DiMaggio, Tommy Hen rich. Gerry Coleman. Charley Keller, Bobby Brown, Joe Pago. Tom Morgan and Johnny LlndelL who went away to come back in a different ca pacity, i But he wasn't He might have made mistakes when he peddled off such as Jackie Jensen, George Stirn- weiss. Tommy Byrne, Bob Por- terfield and others. Yet always he came up with someone to take their places. Some of his own players have been known to criticise his methods from time to time and take a depreciative view of his managerial abilities. This may be due to the fact that none of them, or very few. anyhow, ever know from day to day whether they are playing. Old Case, whether he uses astrology, blackmagic or the hat pin, has a different lineup just about every day. And the proof is there in the standings over a five yar period that whatever his system, it can't be beaten. It hasn't been, anyhow. NEW GRANDSTAND Portland (U.R) Lewis and Clark college officials said today the school's new football grand stand, which will seat 3700 in cluding 1850 under cover, will be completed in time for the first home game October 10 against Linfield. uj(Driing?Q!ni So smooth it leaves you breathless mirnoff J Mti a vuunA SOpreofMiielionilOOsra""ral(Nna la. FMm Smirnoff Fu. Inc. Htnford.CM 111 MOTORS (OftZOO) MAIL TRTaUKg THUlTgga o NO-HTTTER . v Corbett (U.R) Ron Speed pitched a no-run, no-hit game as Russeville smothered Concord, 6-0, in the Oregon Boys Baseball tournament here last night. The Russeville nine meet Beaverton Friday night In semi-final action while Dari-Delight faces Forest Grove. hi Ktsn bsiuk Him ,' ' " -inn XT.1 e2- bond I nainraitlfj 4SQu . rial KRt EVERYONE READS f) ILff AtlD USES - r THE LOW COST WAY TO ACTION and PROFIT Phomie 1 Modified Platoon Systems Planned Portland (U.R) Coaches for Saturday night's Shrine football game here indicated today they would use a "modified" platoon system. Both coaches Pete Susick of the State team and Harry Scarff of City said they probably would substitute four or five players at a time. The City squad works out un der the lights at Multnomah Sta dium tonight and the State squad at the same place tomor row night. . to cajqynisnt 0 WKWm OvyMptjO BsMaT M Hie EXIM YEARS enhance the great Bourbon Taste of OLD HICKORY snii6iTB0nRB01TirHan cotnuiDs, twxmi. mnuMi A few line in the cbssifietJ ad section of this newspaper can turn a spare room into extra income, or will help yon sell items you ne longer need for quick cash! Phone in your WANT AD today. MAIL TRIBUNE
