BATTING BALL OUT OF BEACH, Los Angeles Ram Halfback
Lane (81), breaks up touchdown pass Intended for Washington
Redskin End Taylor (84) In first quarter of Los Angeles game.
Crowd of 82,678 saw Rams go on to win, 20-7. (International)
Destruction Derby Tonight
May Seem Like Mat Tiff
Crashing and banging their
wav around the Jackson County
sneedwav tonight, the destruc
tion derby drivers will bear a
tronff resemblance to a team
wrestling match.
Instead of every man for him'
elf it will be a team of four cars
each from the Southern Oregon
Hardtop Racing association of
Medford and the Southern Ore
gon Race club of Ashland. This
special event may be one that
will live long in the memories of
fans attending the hardtop rac
ing at the speedway located at
cozxio in ofben
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Eight old stock cars with only
the glass removed, safety belts
installed and all doors chained
shut, will be ramming and Jam
ming each other all over the
track until only one can make a
complete circuit under his own
power.
Buddan Returns
Sudden Sid Budden will make
his return to hardtop racing to
night in a new M55. This will
be the second car Sid and Ron
nie Smith have built up this sea
son. Sudden Sid in the old MS5
provided some spectacular
crashes and rolls for the fans
earlier In the season but he
would much rather thrill the
crowd with his speed on four
wheels rather than his sudden
flips and rolls.
Only 76 points separate first
place Bernie Miller and fifth
place Bobby Wilcox. Bobby has
been moving steadily toward the
top and the three men In be
tween, Cecil James in second.
Jack McCoy in third, Elmer Sise-
more in fourth had better do a
lot of racing tonight or wee
Bobby will be scooting right on
by.
The season Is running out and
the race for points is getting
faster and faster! Places change
and will provide even toughr
competition as that champion
ship draws near.
Semi-Finals Reached
In Softball Tourney
Of Latter Day Saints
salt Lake City (U.PJ The
Latte Day Saints all-church soft-
ball tourney hits the semi-final
rounds tonight with two Utah
teams, one from California and
another from Arizona still un
defeated.
East Long Beach. Calif., ward
meets the Provo eleventh in the
first semi-final game tonight at
Salt Lake's Glade park. Then
the Ogden, 34th ward and the
Tucson, Ariz., third tangle.
The California team won its
berth last night with a 10 to 2
win over Fairmont, Utah. The
Provo eleventh dumped Haven,
Ida., 11 to 5 to win its berth.
Ogden 34th and Tucson third
won their games Wednesday to
be assured of semifinal play.
.Dry Fly Fishing
Reported Goad in
Union Creek Area
Portland UJ9 Central
and eastern Oregon . offer the
best trout fishing prospects while
salmon fishing is good at Win
chester Bay, the State Game
Commission said today tn its
weekly report.
SOUTHWEST: Salmon fishing
good at Winchester bay. Angling
for spiny-ray and catfish good at
Tahkenitch and Siltcoos lakes.
Ten-mile lake perch an catfish
angling good. Trout fishing im
proving. Bass fishing is very good
at Loon lake and trout angling is
fair.
Salmon fishing in lower Rogue
is good and steelhead fishing has
been fair offshore. Salmon fish
ing at Chetco Cove good; trout
angling remains poor; gooa
catches are being made on dry
flies in the Union creek area
and above.
Some large trout are being
taken In the Illinois river on
lures.
Lake Fishing Fair
Still-fishing in Fish lake in
Jackson county fair with bait
Lake of the Woods fair to poor,
Eastern brook angling In Bolan
and Tannen lakes fair.
Catches of summer steelhead
good on light-colored flies in the
Steamboat area. Trout angling
has improved between Cleveland
rapids and Winchester. Most of
the fish are caught on troll. Bait
fishing for trout fair to good
from Winchester to Glide and
fair for fly fishing above Idleyld
park.
Prall in Fifth ,
Place Golf Tie
Ann Arbor, Mich. (U.B Bob
Prall of Salem, Ore., was six
strokes off the pace today as the
International Jaycee golf tourn
ament here entered its third
round.
Prall shot a 73 yesterday to go
with a 78 the day before for
two-day total of 151. The leader
was Johnny Pott, York, Pa.;
with a 145. Prall's 151 was good
enough for a fifth-place tie. '
The other two Oregonians,
Roger Sielicky and Gary Hval
of Portland, were far off the
pace. Sielicky had a two-day
score , of 169 and Hval had 172.
YAKIMA GETS TOGA
Yakima, Wash. U.PJ Yaki
ma edged Lewiston 4 3 last night
to win the regional American
Legion junior baseball crown
and the right to compete in the
sectional tourney at Hastings,
Neb.
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WORKOUT Taking Us first
morning workout (H of a mile) at
Washington Park, HL, in prepara
tion, for the American Derby, is
Native Dancer. Eddie Arcaro is
the 'jockey. .
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Team of Medford Cars In A Destruction Race
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Drive out McAndrews, turn right on ijeri?ri AitiiAki
Sage Rood to Sheriffs Posse Grounds MEDFORD, OREGON
HEARTFELT EMBRACE Is given son. Seaman James Cland, SO,
by his father, Frederick Cland, 45, whose freedom from prison
on manslaughter conviction was won by Brooklyn, N. Y, lad's
perseverance In law study, higher court appeal. (InUmaUonmlt
Around Hollywood
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Unto' Prast CiimpoHim
(Editor's note: Vernon Scott:
United Press Hollywood writer,
is substituting for Aline Mosby
while she is on vacation )
Hollywood (U.R) The chic
pastime of sophisticated Ameri
cans who patronize only foreign
movies is highly amusing to
French star Victor Francen, him
self a darling of the sub-title
flicker set ;
He says there's an equivalent
group in his native country.
"There's a crowd of Intelli
gentsia in Paris that just drools
over American movies some of
them wouldn't be caught dead
seeing a French-made film. It's
all a little silly."
Hollywood Films Tops '
Francen, who shortly will ap
pear on Broadway in "On Earth
as In Heaven, says there are
good movies made everywhere
and that Hollywood heads the
list.
"The people who go crazy over
French and Italian movies here
ere simply impressed because
the players speak a foreign
language and look so natural
It's an illusion. They can't under
stand the actors anyway, so the
mistakes go unnoticed.'
French hits such as "The Bak
er's Wife," "Grand Illusion" and
"Beauty and the Beast" were ex
cellent pictures, Francen ex
plained, but actually no better
than dozens of American films.
French Like Beery
"Not just Americans, but peo
ple everywhere, are attracted to
foreign things," he said. "You
discover another world when you
see a picture made in another
land."
Francen said Americans would
be amazed to know which Holly
wood stars are the most popular
abroad-
"Sophisticated movie fans in
Paris were enchanted by Wallace
Beery. And Beery was hardly
considered a favorite of your
smart set," he said.
Natural Actor
Frenchmen thought Beery was
great because he was a natural
actor. . "They thought he played
like an animal," Francen ex
plained. "You see, the French
are so used to Intellectual things
that when they see something of
instinctive value, they consider
it poetry." .
The French, until recently,
were great western fans. Wil
liam S. Hart and Douglas Fair
banks, he continued, still are
household words In France. He
said Laurel and Hardy also are
immortals on the Continent.
QUICK ACTION '
Memphis, Tenn. (U.B R. L.
Irwin Sr. became a, grandfather
and a great-grandfather within
a few hours.' His daughter-in-law
and his granddaughter both had
babies at Baptist Hospital the
same night Irwin has six chil
dren himself.
An average adult, consumes
three to four pounds', of food
daily.
Friday.
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MEDFORD fOBZOOW) MAIL TRTBUsTE STOTX
Blood Donation
Appointments
Now Being Taken
Anyone In good health be
tween the ages of 18 and 60 can
give blood when the bloodmo
bile comes to Medford next Wed
nesday, Red Cross officials re
minded today. Those under 21
must have a signed release from
their parents or guardians, un
less they are married.
' Appointments arei now being
solicited, and can be made by
telephoning 3-3813. i
The fact that the fighting has
stopped in Korea has not de
creased the need for blood, it
was explained this morning. It
only means that blood and Its
derivatives may now be used for
urgent projects which could not
be aided when military needs
were higher. One of the major
blood needs Is for . the produc
tion of gamma globulin, used to
offer protection against the rav
ages of infantile paralysis.
Red Cross blood, is also used
in civilian hospitals, and In dis
aster needs. "
Daily Weaiher Report
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinity: Fair throuSfc
Saturday with aoma morning cloudi
neia. Low tonight SS. High Saturday 85.
Western Oregon: Partly cloudy to
night and Saturday. Soma late night
and morning fog or low loudineaa
along coast or in northern valley. A
little wanner Saturday afternoon.
Lows tonight 45-55. Highs Saturday
75-85 except SS along coast. -LOCAL
DATA
Temperature a year ago today:
highest 86: Lowest 84.
Total monthly precipitation .04 Inch.
Deficiency for the month .OS inch.
Total precipitation since September
1, 1993. 32.04 inches.
Ex cms for the season 3.98 Inches.
Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yester
day 47 4:30 ajn. today 74.
Observations Taken At 4:14 AJf,
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Chicago
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Sunrise 525 a.m. Sunset T.-03 pjtf.
Five-day forecast (Friday through
Wednesday):
Western Oregon Temperatures
about normal. Maximum, generally
75-85 and minimum 45-55. Little or
no rain until showers Monday or
Tuesday.
Northern California Fair. Temper
atures near normal. .
Dead! line for Sunday naiinsrl Is
at noon 'Saturdays.
Bsd Check Reported
By Oakdals Market
The Oakdale Market. . 407
South Oakdale st, notified city
police that it had accepted a
fictitious check at 2:30 n. m.
yesterday. ;
The check was made out for
$34.46. It was passed by a wo
man 30 or 40 years of age. She
was described as about 5 feet 8
or 7 inches in height and of me
dium weight. .She wore a black
bandana and flowered dress.
Reports were also received by
police from Matlacks Grocery,
2300 Jacksonville highway, and
Central Market, 437 South Cen
tral a vs., that attempts had been
made to pass checks there. De
scriptions of the passer were the
same as that given by the Oak
dale Market -
Hartford is the name of
municipalities in the VS.
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