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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday. April 8, 1955 MEDFORDvTRIBUNE Medford Baseballers Bounce Ashland 10-2 A home run by Lorin Jacobs, three lor four hitting by Dick McLaughlin and five-hit pitch ing by Ed McCullough spurred the Medford high baseball aggre gation yesterday as it won its second Southern Oregon Con ference baseball brush from the Ashland Grizzlies. Medford won 10 to 2 at Ash land. The Black Tornado had "beaten the Grizzlies 10 to 9 here on Tuesday. Ashland Hurler Gene Parents held the Tornado hitless for three innings and fanned seven batters in that time but the Med frdites got their sights ?ct on his slants in the fourth frame Rogue River Track Victor Rogue River Rogue River high posted its second track win of the week over Eagle Point yesterday, defeating the Eagles here 69 to 57. The Chiefs grabbed eight first places to Eagle Point's eight. rTwo men emerged triple win ners in the dual engagement, Frank Reich, Eagle Point, and Ted Stanfield, Rogue River. Reich was high scorer for the session with 1834 points while Stanfield got 163A. Jack Herbur ger. Rogu River, scored 13. Reich won the 100-yard dash in :10.5, the 220 in :23.8 and high jump with a 5 feet 10 inches leap. Stanfield nabbed the 120-yard high huriles in :17.8, the 180 low hurdles m :22 and the broad jump with 20 feet 4 inches. Shot Goes 45 Feet Jerry Eastgate picked up two firsts for the Eagles, taking the mile in 5:03.1 and the half mile in 2:14.8. Herburger also was a double winner with a hefty ' 45 feet 4Vs inches in the shot ; put and 123-foot throw in the ; discus. Other individual winners i were Jerry McDonald, Eagle ' Point, :56 in the quarter-mile; j Harold Moore, Rogue River, 10 , feet in the pole vault, and Bill , Headrick, Rogue River, 151 feet 7 inches in the javelin. Rogue River's team of Bob S.Hoover, Headrick, Gary John : son and Stanfield won the relay : in 1:39.3. and blasted him from the slab in the fifth. The Black Tornado collected three markers each in the fourth, fifth and seventh stanzas and one in the sixth. Jim Owley started the parade ?cross home plate witii his fourth inning single. Jacobs got on base on an error and Paul Eckel drew a base on balls. Mc Laughlin s first safety arove home Owsley and Jacobs, Eckel came home on an overthrow error. Runs Walked In In the fifth panel Owsley singled again. Ed Reinking drew a walk and Jacobs smashed his roundtripper. Mc Cullough safetied in the sixth and Owsley got a base on balls. Reinking singled to load the bags. Jacobs got a free pass to the bases and pushing McCul lough across the platter. McLaughlin hit in the seventh stanza and Larry Gober walked. Terry King singled them both home. McCullough, Dale McCay and Owsley all got bases on balls to put King across for Medford's 10th run. Ashland, never ahead in the scuffle, picked up both of its runs in the fifth inning. Pete Cotton socked a double and Mark Fitch walked. The runs came in on Herbison's single and an overthrow error. McCullough issued only three walks to the Ashlanders. He struck out 11. Medford high's next varsity baseball action is scheduled for Saturday, April 16, when Klam ath Falls comes here for a twin ball. LIXESCORE: Medford 000 331 3 10 9 2 Ashland 000 020 x 2.5 3 McCullough and King: Parent. Fitch (5), Bowling (6). Dean 6 and Sword. Jewell Tosser Faces Only 21 in No-Hitter Jewell, Ore. (U.R) Dave Mor gan faced only 21 batters yester day as he pitcher Jewell high school to a no-hit, norun sewn inning 14-0 victory over Ne-halem. SEVEN STRAIGHT Wilmington, Del. (U.R) Andy Carey was working on a string of seven straight hits as the Yankees resumed major league competition by taking on the Phillies. Carey slammed a homer and two singles in the Yankees' 21 hit, 17-4 rout of Richmond Thursday. Phil Rizzuto also homered. Survival of Softball Loop Hinges On Meeting at YMCA This Evening The carry-over administra tion of the Medford Softball association makes its last ef fort tonight to gel organiza tion underway for the 1935 reason. A meeting has been set for 8 p.m. in Room B at the YM CA. Unless there is a good turnout tonight, unless suffi cient interest shown and unless some steps are taken toward organizing for the year, no further action is contemplated according to Herb Vessey, re tiring president. All persons interested in Softball and continuation .of formal league play are in vited to the meeting. Play last season wound up with twilight games - after funds ran out for night play expenses. All ' indications are. however, that twilight play is unpopular. Vessey has men looking into the possibilities of playing at Talent or Cen tral Point. Interest in Softball here died out while Medford had professional baseball between 1948 and 1951. The sport was revived when pro ball gave up the ghost but efforts to keep softball alive have been a rough struggle. Outlook at present is dim. Pre-pro base ball enthusiasm has never been gained. With fan support poor, finances have dwindled and the burden of operating Scattergunners Practice Sunday Practice shooting will be on the slate this Sunday for mem bers of Medford Gun club. A business meeting and crab feed has been set for Wednesday, April 13. The Medford club ranked 14th in the Oregon Journal trapshoot with 29 points after the fifth round last Sunday. Sandy ieads with 40. A ham shoot was the main activity and winning hams were Ken Jackson, Paul Cul bertson, Sam Jennings, Everett league has been placed on too few. Other divisions and interests also can take part of the re sponsibility for the low ebb in softball. Gibson, Martin Clogston, Charles Bendell, John Nealon and Ray Coleman. Top shooters at 16-yards were George Jantzer with a perfect 50, Henry Niedermeyer with 25 straight and Coleman, Clogs ton, Culbertson, Harry Elden and Jim Grunze. In skeet Clogs ton and Bert Peck broke 23 out of 25 and Gibson shattered 22. Joe Maxim Manager Plans Legal Action San Francisco (U.R) Jack Kearns, manager of ranking 1 i g h t-heavyweight contender Joey Maxim, prepared today to taice legal action in the naming of officials for next Wednesday's bout between Maxim and world middleweight champion Bobo Olson. The State Boxing Commission named Johnny Basinilli. ad Jack Downey as judges and Ray Flores as referee at a meeting yesterday without Kearns being present. Daily's U-Drive .Medford Airport BOWLING EVERGREEN LEAGUE The battle for the 2nd half toga in the Evergreen League teems to have narrowed down to the Medford Barbers, Swift and Co. and Pierce Auto Freight. Pierce holds tight to the top spot, but Swifts gained this week, moving ahead of the Barbers an other 2 points. Swift took a 4-0 series from the first half winners, the City Hall Slickers. Pierce split with the Big Y Super Mar ket boys, and the Barbers split with the Bel Air Chevs. Sherwin Williams Paints moved out of the cellar with a 4-0 victory over the Dairy boys from Jorgensen's, while the First National took over the bottom by dropping a 3-1 series to Tru-Mix Construc tion. Jerry Burroughs for Tru-Mix rolled 2 games of 200 each, but failed to pick up enough for a triplicate with his 3rd game. High Team game of the evening was that of the Tru-Mix with 883. but the Bel Air Chevs had high series with 2513. Piston Quintet Leads in Series Indianapolis, Ind. (U.R) The Fort Wayne Pistons, who found the winning formula of surging to an early lead and outlasting the Syracuse Nats, headed for Syracuse today, one victory away from the National Basket ball Association championships. The Pistons barely stopped a furious Syracuse Rally Thurs day night to capture their third straight triumph, 74-71. Uphill Struggle The win marked an uphill struggle for the Pistons who now are leading in the best-of-seven series for the first time. Fort Wayne added to its dismal rec ord at Syracuse, where it has dropped 26 straight games in six years, by losing the first two tilts. On their return to Indiana, the Pistons suddenly found themselves, to take a 3-2 edge in the series, and hoped their momentum will break the Syra cuse jinx Saturday afternoon. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday: 1 a. m. Monday for Monday: other days 5 :30 previous day. EVERGREEN LEAGUE Standings: Pierce Auto Freight Swift & Company Medford Barbers Tru-Mix Construction City Hall Slickers Jorgensen Dairy eel Air Chevs 25 Big Y Super Market 23 Sherwin Williams Paints 21 First National Bank 20 a Results: Swift Co. (4) C. McWhorter 467 J. Mathes S37 C. I. Freeman 494 B. Messelbeck 423 Fritz Kurtz 486 City Hall Slickers B. Stevens L. N. Dow E. 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