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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN MedfordJSTribune SIHIDimr Sunday. May 8, 195S f j Swaps Wins ierby; Favored NasDiM 2nd Louisville;-Ky. (U.R) Swaps, California's three - year eld king of the race tracks, shot out of the starting gate like a comet today and held on to win the richest Kentucky Derby In history as he beat off favored Nashua in a furious stretch drive. The chestnut colt, owned by Western cattle baton Rex Ells worth, had Belair Stud's Nashua right at his throat as the pair ripped around the final bend into the home stretch leading to turfdom's $152,500 pot of gold and glory. Then jockey Willie' Shoemaker asked Swaps for his best and got it. - . A flashing streak of lightning, the second California - bred ever to win the rose run, literally ran away from his rival in a furious drive to win by a length and a half. Nashua continually felt the sting of Eddie Arc&ro's whip in that drive, but he never could generate the power he needed yesterday to run down mighty Swaps. Third behind Swaps and Nash ua was Mrs. John W. Galbreath's Summer Tan. Swaps clicked off the mile and a quarter in 2:01 45, only two fifths of a second off the track record set by the great Whirls way in 1941. Following Summer Tan were Cain Hoy Stable's Racing Fool, Jean's Joe, Flying Fury, Honeys Alibi, Blue Lem, Nabesna and Trim Destiny. Pels Sweep Tvinbill From Black Tornado Medford aims for Southern Oregon Conference and A-l dis trict baseball honori suffered a rude jolt yesterday afternoon when Klamath Falls handed the Black Tornado a pair of set backs, 8 to 0 and 9 to 7. The losses taken at Klamath Falls were the second and third in the conference and gave Med ford a 5-3 record for league play. Searchers Seeking Shipwreck Victims Kodiak, Alaska (U.R) Search ships combed the waters near the tip of the Aleutian Island chain again Saturday for some sign of 31 men still missing in two separate shipwrecks. Bodies of 14 Japanese victims were found washed up on the bleak shores of Agattu Island, the Alaskan Sea Frontier an nounced Friday. The bodies apparently came from the Hatsushio Maru which has been missing since last Sun day when she radioed she was running . aground. She had 24 men aboard. Another vessel, the Koko Maru, with 21 aboard, discon tinued radio contact with Tokyo a week ago Saturday when she said she was in trou ble in Aleutian waters. The ship ' is presumed to have been 'lost with all aboard." The Maritime Safety Board in Tokyo dispatched seven ships to search for the missing vessels. The bodies were found by these ships, the Alaskan Sea Frontier said. Prineville Youngster Drowns in Ditch . Prineville, Ore. (U.R) T w o-year-old Bobby Hall of Prine ville drowned in an irrigation ditch two blocks from his home Friday afternoon. Mrs. Elmer Hall, the boy's mother, said he wandered away with his dog while she was hang ing clothes to dry in the back yard. The body was recovered a mile and a half downstream about 15 minutes later. Argon, a gas obtained from air, is used in electric light bulbs. Grants Pass holds the lead with a 6-1 standing after beating Ash land 5 to 2 on Friday. Klamath's record is now 4-3. In the opener yesterday Med ford was the victim of three-hit hurling by the Klamath ace, Dave D'Olivo. He struck out nine batters and walked two. In the meantime, the Pelicans got to Medford Chucker Ed McCul lough for 11 hits. He whiffed four and walked but two. Medford threatened mainly in the first and fifth innings when it got men as far as third base. Frank Rector and Lorin Jacobs hit doubles for Medford and Jim Owsley got the other hit. Klamath tallied in each of the first five innings. Ron Conner hit three for four for the Pels and Jerry Burke and Bruce Ham blin each rapped two for three. Hits were not quite so plenti ful in the second game but more runs crossed the plate. Frank Rector in the third inning and Dave Leeling, Klamath, in the fifth each homered with bases empty. Medford got four runs in the second inning without a hit. There were three errors, a walk and two fielder's options. Klam ath also had a four-run stanza, the fourth. , Conner and Craig McCarty each doubled and Burke singled. There were a couple of miscues on Medford's part. The Tornado held a 6 to 1 lead after its batting turn in the third inning, but after their third in ning spree, the Pels added braces of runs in both the fourth and fifth innings to take command. LINBSCORE: (First game) Medford 000 000 0 0 3 3 Klamath Falla ..211 220 x 8 11 2 McCullough and Owsley; D'Olivo and Kelly. (Second same) Medford 042 001 0 7 4 3 Klamath Falls .104 220 9 8 2 Sides. Tyler (6) and Owsley; Tich enor and Jiminez. Alidon Wins Golden Gate; Determine 2nd Albany, Calif. U.R) Louis B. Mayer's Alidon, a longshot in a field of five, won the $50, 000 Golden Gate Handicap today as he held off Determine in the stretch to win by half a length. Taking the lead shortly after the star-packed field left the gate,. Alidon held it all the way around to give , veteran Jockey Johnny Longden his fourth tri umph in nine runnings of this event. Crater Takes Honors In 1st Rogue League Meet Ashland ' Crater high was the powerhouse as expected here yesterday as it walked off with team honors in the first Rogue League track meet. The Comets scored 148 13 points. Eagle Point was next with 81 13. Phoenix tallied 32 13 and Illinois Valley 20. It was the fourth league champ ionship of the school year for Crater and with the football, basketball and baseball crowns gave it a clean sweep in Rogue rivalry. Crater took 10 of the 14, first places in a meet which saw four records ' f alL The marks were carried over from the former JDJ league in which the schools once competed. Eagle Point nabbed three firsts and Phoenix one. Double winners were Don Von Buskirk, Crater, in the hurdles and Bob Johnston, Crater, in the high jump and shot put. Von Buskirk established new marks of :15.8 in the high sticks and :22.4 in the lows with the high hurdle record set in the prelims. Other Comet victors were Juveland in the 220-yard dash, Don Hubbard in the quarter-mile, Gene McGonagle in the javelin, Cliff Cordy in the half-mile, Jack Lilly in the discus and Don Goyette in the pole vault. For Eagle Point Frank-Reich set a new standard of :10.2 in the century dash and Jerry East gate won the mile. The Eagles also took the relay. Walt Hurl but, Phoenix, jumped 19 feet 11 inches for a new broad leap mark. ' , RESULTS: High hurles Von Buskirk. C; Cor dy, C: Cave. : Colee. IV: Culbreath. IV. :16 (new record, old record 16.1). 220-yard dash Juveland. C: Reich. X: Stewart. E; McGonagle. C; Cook. IV. Time 34. Mile J. Eastgate. E; Gustafson. C: Marcroft. X; Ody. E; Elden. C. Time 4:57.2. Shot put Johnson, C: Yocom. C; Lovett. P: Douthit. C. Hurlbut. P. Dis tance 43 ft. 2i in. High jump Johnston. C: Reich, E: tie among Von Buskirk. C. Kelsoe, Pr and Friend. E. Height 5 ft. 8 in. Low hurdles Von Buskirk, C; Ham ilton. C: Brood. C; Greb. E: Ralls. C. Time 22.4. (New record, old record :22.5. 440-yard run Hubbard. C: McDon ald. E: Brown, P; Duncan, E; Kime, C. Time :57.7. Relay Won by Eagle Point: Crater, Phoenix. Javelin McGonagle. C:- Korth. P; Smith. C: NeaL IV; Breazeale. C. Dis tance 153 ft. 8 in. Broad jump Hurlbut. P: Cook, IV; Mason. C; Greb and McDonald. E, tied. Distance 19 ft. 11 in. (New rec ord, old record 19-9). 100-yard dash Reich. E: Juveland, C: Stewart. E: Cook. IV; Goyette. C. Time :10.2. (New record, old record :10.33). 880-yard run Cordy. C: Berkner, IV; Eastgate. EP: Spradling. C; For shey. C. Time 2:10.5. Discus Lilly.- C; Johnston. C: Wal lace. E: Hurlbutt, P; Parker. C;- Dis tance 131 ft. 8 in. Pole vault Goyett C: Friend. X; tie Robinson. C and Breazeale. C; Cava, E. LI lAWa BUTTERFINGERSI Hank Fofles, Indian catcher, is safe at home after spinning around in collision with Yankee catcher Yogi Berra and knocking the' ball from Berra's grasp, Al Smith, Indian right fielder, raced in from third behind Hank to score as the ball rolled away. George Strickland (left), Cleveland shortstop, had scored just ahead of Foiles on a single by Bobby Avila. Umpire John Stevens, starting to give the "out" sign, had to do a quick charge to "safe." The Indians won the game, 7-4, in their own stadium in Cleveland. Portland Drops 7-2 Loss To San Diego San Diego, Calif. (U.R) Ed die Kazak and Milt Smith drove in the winning rims today as San Diego whipped Portland, 7-2, to make it four straight and clinch the series. Kazak knocked in four runs, Smith three. Kazak singled with the bases loaded once and doubled with them full another time. Smith clouted a triple that drove in three men. Winner Lloyd Dickey hurled eight innings. Successor Al Lyons hurled the ninth and re tired the Beavers in order to protect Dickey's second win against one loss. Portland scored in the third when Dino Rcstelli singled across Artie Wilson. In the sixth. Rstelli socked a homer for the second Beaver tally. Oakland, Calif. (U.R) Los Angeles rookie Dwight Stoddard turned back Oakland on five hits today to gain his second Pacific Coast league victory, a 7-1 de cision before 1,032 rain sprink led fans. The 21 - year - old righthander allowed one hit and no walks in the first six innings, facing only 18 men. Len Neal spoiled his shutout when he belted his first homer of the season in the eighth. v Stoddard was backed by a 12 hit attack against Oakland hurl ers Bob Cain (3-2), Necomer Bud Black and Dick Strahs. Investigate Johnson's Drugged Orange Story Philadelphia (U.R) Police Saturday joined . the investiga tion of the mysterious collapse of light heavyweight Harold Johnson and his weird story of a drugged orange eaten before his Friday night bout with Cuba's Julio Mederos. Johnson, who acted like a Baseball PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Saturday's Results PorUand 001 001 000 2 8 0 San Diego 230 000 20x 7 9 0 Waibel. Mosser (2). Anthony (7) and Calderone; Dickey. Lyons (9) and Aylward. WP Dickey (2-1). LP Weibel (2-4). Los Angeles ..100 100 023 7 12 0 Oakland . 000 000 010 1 5 0 Stoddard (2-) and Pramesa: Cain, Black (8). Strahs (9) and Neal. LP Cain (3-2). HR Neal. San Francisco at Hollywood, post poned, wet grounds. Seattle at Sacramento, postponed, rain. Saturday's Results AMERICAN LEAGUE Kansas City 002 000 010 3 9 1 Cleveland 040 300 20x 9 12 0 R. Shantz. Burtschy (4). Bishop (7), and W. Shantz; Wynn (2-0) and Hegan. Detroit 000 120 220 7 15 1 Chicago 000 000 010 1 S 1 Gromek (5-1) and Wilson: Pierce. Chakales (5). Gray (7), Dorish (8) and Lollar. Courtney (9). New York 000 111 213 tit Boston 132 000 010 6 12 2 Larsen. Konstanty (2). Sain (3). Kucks (4), Sturdivant (6). Morgan (7) and. Berra; Kiely, Hurd (6), Delock (7). Kinder (9) and Write. Baltimore -100 020 101 -100 001 000 5 12 1 5 .Washington Wilson (1-2) and Smith: Schmitz, Abernathy (9) and Fitz Gerald. LP Schmitz (3-1). HR Evara (4th). NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh 000 001 200 S 7 4 New York 201 323 OOx 11 14 2 Purkey. Friend (4). Bowman (3), Grunwald f7) and Shepard. Atwell (6); Hearn (4-1) and Westrum. 7 11 1 8 10 0 (7) and Hooper Chicago 000 025 000 Cincinnati 000 203 03x Pollet. Je:"fcoat (6). Davis Chiti: Fowler. Valentine (6). (6). Minarcin (7). Collum (9) and Bur- Brooklyn 003 120 000 6 13 1 Philadelphia 000 201 000 3 7 2 Erskine (5-0). And Campanella: Rob erts. Miller 15), Kipper (7) and Semi nick. LP Roberts (3-3). Milwaukee 052 000 101 9 10 2 St. Louis 010 000 420 7 15 0 Conley. Bumette (7). Vargas (8) and White, Crandall (7); Poholsky, Tiefenauer (2). LaPalme (3), Moford (7). Smith (9), Arroyo (9) and Sarni. FRIDAY'S GAMES Pacific Coast Leagne Oakland 5, Los Angeles 1 Sacramento 2. Seattle 1 Hollywood 3. San Francisco 1 San Diego 3. Portland 1 National League Pittsburgh 3, New York 2 (night) Brooklyn 6, Philadelphia 4 (12 in nings, night) Cincinnati 4, Chicago 2 (night) Milwaukee 8. St. Louis 5 (night) American Leagne New York 6. Boston 0 Chicago 1. Detroit 0 (night) Washington 2. Baltimore 1 (night) Cleveland 4. Kansas City 1 (night) Northwest League Wentchee 24. Tri-City S Eugene 10. Yakima 1 SUNDAY'S GAMES Brooklyn at Philadelphia Pittsburgh at -New York . Chicago at Cincinnati (2) Milwaukee at St. Louis American League ' Detroit at Chicago (2) Baltimore af Washington - , ,j . Kansas City at Cleveland (2) Jm Boston t New York (night) JffV "doped" man, was declared un able to come out for the third round of the scheduled 10 rounder. No medical report on the sup posed drugging of the boxer was expected before Monday or Tues day. A police guard was stationed at Johnson's room at the Hahne mann hospital. Detective Thomas Boyce headed a criminal investi gation division look-see at the bout. Along cauliflower row, "Nobody knew from nothin'." Johnson was carried from the ring at the arena on a stretcher last night. After he sagged three times in his corner, State Ath letic Commissioner Dr. Joseph Ayella ordered Ref aree Dave Be loff to halt the bout. ' Dr. Ayella said Johnson "ap peared to have been doped." Dr. Wilbur Strickland, who exam ined Johnson in the dressing room, said the boxer's eye pupils were dilated. Johnson told a story of ac cepting an orange from an auto graph seeker, and eating it be fore he entered the ring. He said it "tasted bitter" and that short ly after, he felt "like being drunk." Bits of the orange were picked up in the dressing room and held for laboratory examination. Johnson also underwent blood counts after the bout and again yesterday. v Commissioner Al Klein, one of the 500 odd spectator! at the nationally televised bout, order ed an investigation. , The Commissioner said, noth ing would be done in the matter of formal hearings during the weekend "unless the police turn up something." "We're going to wait until we receive the medical report, which we expect Monday or Tuesday," Klein said. . "There'll be nothing doing before Mon day, unless the police uncover something." Klein said the bout would be listed a technical knockout with Mederos the . winner. The com mission did not hold up the purse of either boxer. Dead line for Sunday Classified is Monday: other days 5:30 previous day. 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Dr. Pearl also said the recent ly approved intertie between the BPA and Idaho Power Company would help get "the maximum prime power at the minimum cost" by integrating new genera tion with the existing region wide pool. He said BPA would be able to get power from Idaho Power during the winter, when Colum bia River flows were low, and in turn, Idaho Power would re ceive BPA generation during the summer when the Snake river was down. Funeral Arrangements Made for Educator Springfield, Ore. U.R) Fu neral arrangements for Laurence Moffitt, 51, well-known Oregon educator, have been made for 2 p.m. Monday at the Christian church in Springfield. Moffitt was assistant superin tendent of Springfield schools, and formerly county school su perintendent of Lane and Jose phine counties. He succumbed Thursday night at home of a heart attack. PONG! Rocky Hill, Conn. (U.R) Marilyn J. Durham, 5, objected when her father painted the ping pong table green. "It should be pink," Marilyn insisted, "for the pink pong table." If if 3VW--kfe3? tt4.a4aflk . - f .1 " ' . - m n Wliaw t - - - MEMORIES FOR ANNIVERSARY The pio neer Oregon automobilists shown above were among the first members of the . Portland . Automobile club, later the Oregon State Mo tor association, affiliated with the AAA which will celebrate its 50th anniversary in June with the opening of a new headquarters office in Portland. "When the club was formed on April 29, 1905, there were only 218 motor ve hicles in the state, 45 of them in Portland. During its half-cenutry the club has conduct ed a continuing program aimed at road im provement and protection of the rights of drjvers. Herb Grey, Medford,, is one of the 15 directors of the organization. Rodney Dee Brody Reported Near Death; Still in Coma Chicago (U.R) Rodney Dee Brodie, a smiling three-year-old who was separated from his Siamese twin brother in a history-making operation, was near death Saturday with an uncon trollable hemorrhage in his brain. The Illinois farm youngster went Into a coma at 7 a.m. Fri day . morning. He has not re covered consciousness and doc tors at thef University of Illinois Education and Research Hospital said his condition was . "very grave." The coma started 24 hours after doctors began a one-and-a-half hour exploratory operation to see if the bleeding could be stopped. "It could not," the terse hos pital announcement said. If Rodney Dee dies, it will write a tragic ending to one of the boldest gambles in medical history. Joined At Head He and his brother, Roger Lee, were born in Rock Island, 111., on Sept. 18, 1951, to Mr. and Mrs. Royt Brodie. The babies were joined at the top of their heads, their legs pointing in on posite directions. . The boys were brought to the same hospital where little Rod ney Dee fought again for his life Saturday. . Fifteen months after their birth, on Dec. 17, 1952, a team of doctors and nurses began the historic operation to free them from each other and give them separate .lives. , " Roger Lee was doomed al most from the start. During the course of the operation, the sur geons made a tragic discovery. The children shared a common vein the sagittal sinus that drains blood back from the brain to the heart. The membrane cov ering the separate brains was also fused. .' Brother Died Rodney Dee shared the largest portion of the vital vein so it was given -to him. His brother died 34 days later. Early last week Rodney Dee's parents' saw he was becoming lethargic and slow. He was hav ing difficulty in moving about and didn't want to play. . Royt Brodie brought his son to the hospital Tuesday. nan DUST OILING ROAD MIX CONCRETE WORK CURBS and GUTTERS All Types of Asphalt Work Hughes & Dodd Co. 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