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Pels Triumph 6 to 0 To Shove Medford Out of League Chase SOUTHERN OREGON" CONFERENCE STANDINGS W. L. Grant Pas 7 Klamath Fallj 7 Medford 7 Ajhland 1 3 3 S 11 Pet. .700 .700 383 .083 Klamath Falls pulled into a tie for the Southern Oregon Conference baseball leadership nd knocked Medford high out of the championship picture by squelching the Black Tornado 6 to 0 here yesterday. The Pelicans with the win, gained a deadlock with Grants Pass. Each has now seven wins and three losses in the circuit and In District 6 A-l conten tion. The two clubs lock in a show down doubleheader at Klamath Falls on Thursday. It will be the make up of a rained out series but will end the regular conference slate. If either team sweeps the doublebill, it will be the champ. If GP and KF split, a play-off fray will be needed to resolve the district title. The A-l titlist will play Crat er, A-2 champion, for a state tourney spot. Fifth Tornado Lots Medfdrd was eliminated with its fifth loss. The Tornado won seven loop games but has fin ished conference and district play. It is scheduled to wind up the season with non-conference action at Bend this week end. Klamath scored three runs each in the fourth and seventh innings yesterday to spoil Med ford's title hopes. While the Pels were getting their runs, their pitcher, Dave D'Olivo was holding down the Tornado well. D'Olivo yielded five hits. But Medford couldn't bunch them, getting never more than one in an inning. In the fourth frame for Kla math, Don Taucher beat out a rap to third base for a hit. The ball was overthrown first base and he went on to second. Craig McCarty fanned and Bill Hamb lin grounded out, Taucher go ing to third. Bob Kelly singled with a fly in short right field, scoring Taucher, and stole sec ond. D'Olivo drew a base on balls. Dave Leeling then flied into right field. Fielder Paul Eckel charged the ball but did not snag it 'and the ball rolled for a triple. Kelly arid D'Olivo scored. Butch Kimpton ground ed out to end the inning. Hamblin Triples In the seventh Kimpton led off with a bunt single and stole second. Ron Conner walked and a wild pitch advanced both run ners. Jerry Burke scored Kimp ton with a sacrifice squeeze. Taucher fouled out but Mc Carty walked. Then Hamblin slashed out a three-bagger bringing in Conner and McCarty. Kelly fanned for the third out. Klamath had another scoring chance in the second inning when McCarty led off with a double and went to third base on a wild pitch. He. was caught trying to come home on a squeeze play. Medford had been on base in very inning, on hits in the first five frames and on walks in the last two but just couldn't mass any big effort. Closest the Tor nado came to a run was in the fourth panel when Lorin Jacobs led off with a single. He ad vanced to second on a ground out by Eckel and to third on another groundout by Larry Go ber but Jim Owsley's hard smash was caught by Center- fielder Don Taucher on one knee to retire the side. D'Olivo walked two and fan ned five batters. Pitcher Ed McCullough of Medford whiffed six and walked four along with giving eight hits. BOX: KUmath Falls AB R H PO A E Conner. 3b 3 1 0 3 2 0 Burke. 2b 3 0 0 3 0 0 Taucher. cf 4 1 2 3 0 0 McCarty. rf 3 1 1 100 Hamblin. 3b 4 0 2 6 0 0 Kelly, c 3 115 0 1 D Olivo, p 2 10 0 10 Leeling. lf301000 Kimpton, u2 1 1 1 1 0 Medford AB R H PO A Reinking. cf 4 Rector, 3 McLaughlin, 3b 2 Jacobs. If 3 Eckel, rf 3 Gober. 3b 3 Owsley, c 2 Perkins, 2b .... 2 Sides 1 McCullough 3 2 0 10 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 S 21 11 Struck out for Perkins in 7th. Klamath rails 000 300 3 6 Medford .000 000 00 Runs batted in Kelly. Leeling 2, Burke. Hamblin 2. Two-base hit Mc Carty. T h r e e-b lie hits Leeling. Hamblin. Stolen bases Kelly, Kimp ton. Reining. Sacrifice s Kelly. Burke. Left on base Klamath 6. Med ford 7. Bases on balls Off D'Olivo 2; off McCullough 4. Strikeouts By Mc Cullough : by D'Olivo 5. Earned runs Klamath Fall 6. Wild pitches Mc MEDFORDOJTRIBUNE rp(D)iMr Crater Annexes A-2 District Diamond Toga Bandon Crater high won the District 6 A-2 championship in baseball by trouncing Bandon 7 to 1 here last night in a single game play-off between the south ern and northern division vic tors. The Comets of Central Point will encounter either Grants Pass or Klamath Falls this week end for the interdistrict toga and a state tourney berth. Three runs tallied in the first inning were enough to win for Crater, southern division champ, last night but the Comets added single markers in the third and fourth cantos and two counters in the sixth. Kay Kelley, the Comet moundsman, held Bandon to three hits. The home club used one of these, a triple by Stephens, with a wild pitch for its lone run in the fifth inning. In the first inning for Crater, Lyman Stubbs singled after two walks to drive in one run and Neil Green tripled to bring in Swede Halbrook Eyes Hoop Offers Portland (U.R) Swede Hal brook was reported today to have a reservation on a plane for Wichita, Kan., where it was be lieved he might talk to the Vick ers Oil Company team, a new member of the National Indus trial Basketball League. Halbrook, seven-foot-three-inch center, recently was suspended from Oregon State college. . He was not available for comment but he had a reservation on a plane scheduled to leave for Wichita at 1 p.m. today. -- Halbrook also was reported to have recently talked to the Buchan Bakers, Seattle inde pendent team. Melbourne, Austrial (U.R) An estimated 220,000 seats were sold Monday when tickets for the 1956 Olympic games went on sale in various Australian cities. the other two counters. Stubbs walked in the third inning and Green singled. They moved ahead on a passed ball and Stubbs scored on a wild pitch on an attempted squeeze play. Fred Herrmann nomered for Crater in the fourth inning. In the sixth Kelley and Donn John son got bases on balls and Herr mann was safe on a miscue, load ing the sacks. Parent hit a ground rule double to account for the two runs. Kelley struck out nine men and walked three. Jespersen pitched for Bandon. He held Crater to six hits and whiffed 12 but issued eight bases on balls. Green had a triple and single in four times batting for the Com ets. Crater had two double plays. Herrmann caught a fly in right field and threw to Harvey Tonn to nail a runner off first base. Cather Harold Lefler caught the ball on a strikeout and threw to Shortstop Johnson at second to prevent a steal. The play-off with the District 6 A-l winner is slated for Fri day and Saturday action at Cen tral Point but may be altered if Klamath Falls and Grants Pass split in their series Thursday and need an extra date to play-off the deadlock. LINESCORI Crater 301 102 07 6 1 Bandon 000 010 01 3 2 Kelley and Lefler; Jespersen and Scorby. Lord Carlton Faces Cobb on Mat Card; Stanlee vs. Porter Wednesday, May 18, 19SS. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVER t-v :.-. ' 1 - Si ' 1 WILDCATS. VICTORS McMinnville (U.R) Linfield won the Pacific Invitational track title yesterday by racking up 77 points to 70V2 for second place Portland University. Pa cific was third with 54 points and Portland State fourth with 12V4. REPORT DENIED Portland (U.R) The Oregon ian said today it had learned re liably that Joe Stydahar would be released as head coach of the Chicago Cardinals football team. The report was denied by Walter Wolfner, Cardinal president. EMERALDS BEAT DUCKS . Eugene (U.R) George Stor ti and Berlyn Hodges shared pitching duties here last night as the Eugene Emeralds of the Northwest league blanked the University of Oregon 8-0 in an exhibition baseball game. T CARLTON Due Here Saturday Night Cyclone Johnnie Cobb, big Texas Negro and favorite with local wrestling fans, was given the nod from Promoter Mack Lillard today to face Lord Carl ton in the headline match at Merrick's arena Saturday night. The monocled Lord from Eng land travels with a valet whom he calls Swami and who himself is a wrestler, having been tu tored by Carlton. The Swami wil ltake on Yoggi Hussane, cur rently the top meanie on the local circuit, in the opening match. Gene (The Body) Stanlee, who was 'Mr. America in 1952, will meet Logger Porter in the semi windup. Carlton is an internationally famous grappler and has starred in many a television wrestling film. He currently is headed for Australia where he has signed for a number of matches. 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