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Saturday Wrestling Program Promises To Be Laden With Explosive Fireworks Enough fireworks should be provided in the three matches set for tomorrow night's wrest ling card at Merrick's arena to last the average fan a long time, Promoter Mack Lillard said to day. A double main event, each to be an hour long with one fall deciding, will bring two of the vorld's top mat artists here for their southern Oregon debuts. They are Lord Leslie Carlton and Gene "The Body" Stanlee.J Golden Lion Tricky Carlton, known as the Golden Lion of the mat, has a wide variety of tricks, both legal and otherwise, which he uses on op ponents. But in Cyclone John nie Cobb he will be up against a foe who is exceptionally fast for a big man and also knows more than his share of the sly Announcing the Opening off the Jacksonville Feed & Seed Store UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT OF E. R. ARNOLD stuff. Cobb likes to do his wrest ling as it is specified in the book of rules but if Carlton wants it otherwise he will find Cobb right in there pitching. Stanlee, winner of the 1952 Mr. America title and known the Hardtoppers To Race Here On Saturday Saturday night is hardtop rac ing night again at the Jackson county speedway here. The evening's activity, first in a month, is expected to bring to gether some of the top drivers and some of the fastest cars in both southern Oregon and north ern California.' Time trials are to be at 7 p.m. First race will get underway about 8 p.rn Jaycees Sponsor The races are under sponsor ship of Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce. Members of the chambejr. are conducting the hardtop activities at the speed way this season and plan races twice each month through the summer. The speedway is at the sher iff's posse grounds on west of town. Elmer Sisemore won the main event in April s first card of the season. Neil Wooldridge took the main event. world over for his great physi que, will have a chance to match muscles with one of the game's strongest in Logger Porter. The roly-poly Washington lumber jack is a roughouse expert who specializes in any number of pinning holds. His open-handed swats to a foe's neck resound throughout the area and his alertness and aggressive style have won him many local fol lowers. Stanlee, who has to take a back seat to no one when it comes to mat skill, just might have his hands full. Styles Similar "Swami," who serves as Carl ton's valet, picks up a few extra sheckles as a preliminary grap pler on cards with his master. Here he goes in with veteran Yoggi Hussane and the match should be an explosive one since their styles are quite similar. They go to the mat at 8:30 p.m. for 30 minutes, or on fall. Reserved seat tickets are on sale at the Rogue restaurant, 42 South Central ave., and will be available at the door, along with general admission ducats, start ing at 7:30 p.m. PERFECT GAME -Paramus, N.J. (U.R) Ore gon's match game bowling cham pion, 23-year-old Stan Gifford, Portland, rolled a perfect game at Brunswick lanes here yester day to win $5,000, largest amount ever won by a bowler for a single game. mm ASHLAND SPEEDWAY One Mil North of Ashland mm (Night) Time Trials 6:30 PM-Races 7:30 (Free Merchandise Will Be Awarded) Adults $1 Students 50c Under 6 Free MedfordSTribune SIPdDmS BLOOD STREAMING down his face, Eduardo Lausse (right) scores with hard right to head of Ralph (Tiger) Jones and wins unanimous 10-round decision in New York. (International) Ashland Hardtops Run on Saturday Ashland Hardtop auto racing at the Ashland speedway has shifted to Saturday night with a program set for tomorrow eve ning. Entries this week will be from Grants Pass, Ashland and Med ford and possibly from Yrekai Calif. Throttle-happy drivers will be out to beat Wally Cannon, vic tor in last main event. Local club members have turned in many hours of labor during the past two weeks to im prove the track. Several hundred gallons of oil have been spread and officials hope for a dust free night for spectators as well as drivers. Several new cars are expected to be taking test drives in their process of being built up. Previous races have been held on Sunday this season. In an nouncing the new day, track ofr ficials stated that the hardtop runs will be on Saturday nights through the rest of the summer season. Lead, zinc and silver comprise the chief products of northern Idaho mines. ,v-.va-.v.w.v.v.v.v.'.w.v.v.'. 1 ;ipil Tiie finest in Tl years He Johnson Reports No Offer Made By RUSS GREEN Philadelphia (U.R) The State Athletic Commission re cessed its fight doping investiga tion until next Monday after Harold Johnson testified he re ceived no offer to throw his bout with Julio M e d e r o s but that "someone took it u n o n them- selves to see I didn't fight my best." " Clarence (Skinny) Davidson, trainer of Johnson, was in the witness chair when the three man commission called a halt for the weekend Thursday. Ques tioning of the portly Davidson will resume when the investiga tion picks up again next week. Johnson Warned v The commission warned light heavyweight contender Johnson, Davidson and four other respon dents not to discuss the case with anyone during the recess. "Get in touch with the com mission immediately if anyone attempts to talk to you," they were warned. Davidson underwent exami nation by deputy state Atty. Gen. Herbert Levin after Johnson closed two days of testimony with statements that no bribe offer was made to him to lose the nationally-televised bout of May 6 and no one suggested to him that he lose. Johnson collapsed shortly after the end of the second round of the bout with Mederos, losing on a technical knockout. A commission physician testified Johnson's system showed traces of a sleep-inducing drug. STRAIGHT BOURBON 5- S now in tnis liandsoma new paolcage i W proudly present in this handsome new package the finest Century Club ever bottled in its 71 year history. No increase in price! Enjoy it tonightf joiF and e YEARS OL3D $180 L 35 45 QT. no lnorvaee in price! Straight Bourbon 'Wiii&ls.ey B& Proof STationa! Distillers Products Corporation IT. TT. Guild Officials Called To Stand New York U.R) Fight Man ager Bill Daly, treasurer of the International Boxing guild, was expected to be the star witness today at the final fact-finding session of the New York State Athletic Commission's inquiry into the fight game. Chairman Julius Helf and an grily ordered Daly to appear as a witness at today's session or to be classified as "one who re fused to testify" and be subject to penalties. At Thursday's ses sion Daly asked for two weeks adjournment in order to permit a newly hired attorney to study the situation.. Caustic Order Tex Pelte, Daly's managerial associate, made a similar request and received a similar caustic order to testify today. Daly and Pelte are key men in the case involving welter weight Vince Martinez of Pater son, N.J., who the commission implies has been "grounded" by the powerful International guild. Martinez, third-ranking 147 pound contender, claims he has been unable to obtain any matches "anywhere" since he be came dissatisfied with Daly as his manager and refused to re new Daly's contract when it ex pired on March 9. 3 Towns Want B Hoop Tourney Corvallis (0R Pendleton, Baker and The Dalles today were seeking next year's Oregon state class B high school basketball tournament. The Oregon School Activities association's board of directors met last night and listened to re quests from the three cities. The OSAA's delegate assemblage was to meet today to decide on the future of all-sports playoff pro EWC DASHES WHITWORTH Spokane (U.R) Eastern Washington College dashed Whitworth's slim Evergreen Conference baseball title hopes yesterday by defeating the Pi rates 2-1. Eastern scored both its runs in the sixth on a hit batter and three singles. Friday, May 20, I9SS MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN Medford Team Choice As State Meet Opens Corvallis (U.R) Oregon's top high school track and field athletes open their two - day championships here today with Medford again the favorite. North Bend and Grant and Roosevelt of Portland were among those given a chance of topping the Black Tornado, which has won 11 of the past 16 meets. Pilot Rock, which qualified nine men, was favored in class B along with Rogue River, Low ell, Mapleton, Malin ,atid Monroe. Medford is represented at the Helen Da vies Paces Field ; ' Mrs. Helen Daries, Medford, with 85, was low gross for the ' field and Rogue Valley Coun try club of Medford took low net team honors yesterday in the Willamette Valley-South ern Oregon Women's Golf as sociation tourney at Klamath Falls. Mrs. Loren Haugen, 77. Mrs. C. B. Collins. ,77. Mrs. H. L. Bush Jr.. 79, and Mrs. F. G. Bunch, 79, totalled 312 in the team event for Medford. Klamath Falls netted 318 for second and Bend took third with 319. Mrs. Collins had low net in Group A and Mrs. Haugen in Class C. Mrs. Bush and Mrs, H. L. McClure, Medford, tied for Class D low gross with 110s. state track meet by Neil Plum ley in the shot, Bud Kastner in the high jump and relay, Jeff Williams and Jack Pool in the mile, Wally Larson in the hur dles, Mel Morgan and Eldon Francis in trie javelin, Dan Mor ris in the sprints and relays, Mike Hawkins in the broad jump, Ken Tucker in the relay. Glen Allison in the mile and Don Crowl in the quarter-mile. Netmen To Mix On College Court Ashland Independent net activity in the valley will be launched Sunday when the Rdgue Valley Tennis club plays host to the Redding, Calif,, ag gregation at the Southern Ore gon college courts here. The southern Oregon crew will be composed of players from Ashland and Medford. Red ding expects to have 12 contest ants here. Among those likely to play for the Rogue team are Glen Klein, and Tod Tibbutt, Medford, and Dick and Jerry Joy, Alex Petersen, Jim and John Stuckey, Ashland, Bud Purdin and Dr. Alva Graham, Ashland. In a special practice tussle Jerry Kalapus, Medford high's No. 1, is scheduled to play the No. 1 man of Shasta high in Redding. " CLARK, TRIMS ROOKS - Corvallis (U.R) Clark Jun ior College won its second base ball game in a row from the Oregon State Rooks yesterday, 6-2. California' constitutes about nine per cent of the entire re tail market of the United States. JOHN DEERE "40" General-Purpose It's your opportunity to get ac quainted with the "40" at first-hand ... to check its power in your soils ... its handy 3-point hitch ior pickup tools ... its exclusive Load-and-Depth Control . . . and its many, many other practical advancements ior handling your jobs with maxi mum speed, ease, and economy. Stop in at the store or telephone.. 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