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TCT MTBrORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. May 22, 195S TeraasJ Mains Glass A Title Dy State Point Gflargn Rcgue River 2nd In Class B; P. Rock 1st A slim fraction of point at Corvallis Saturday enabled the Medford high school Black Tor nado to maintain its role as the near perennial track and field team champion among Class A Oregon high schools. It was Medford's third con secutive title. Medford's thlnclads, as in 1954, gleaned only one first place in the annual prep cinder carnival at Oregon State college's Bell field but the Tornado gang col lected enough tallies in seven other events to shade its nearest competitors. The Black Tornado compiled a count of 34 13. Right behind in a three-way knot for second place were North Bend, Roose velt of Portland, and Eugene. They each had 34. Grant of Port land was fifth with 32 while Al bany scored 22, Springfield 20, Jefferson of Portland 1934 and St. Helens and Beaverton each 187 Thirty-eight Class A schools picked up points. Pilot Rock Wins Pilot Rock, powerhouse of northeastern Oregon rolled up 51 points to capture Class B laurels. Rogue River of Jackson county had 39, Malin 30, Moro 28. Lowell 27 16, Monroe 26 Vi and Day's Creek 21 16. Eldon Francis, favored in his event, provided Medford's only blue ribbon points by heaving the javelin 188 feet 6V4 inches. Tornado seconds were provided by Don Crowl who followed John Erickson, Grant, in the quarter mile and by Wally Larson who was on the heels of Clausen, Grant, in the low hurdles. Bud Kastner tied for fourth In the high jump to give Med ford 2 13 points and the frac tion it needed for victory. Lar son placed fifth in the high hurdles- and the Medford relay quartet also was fifth. Danny Morris was sixth in the 200-yard dash and Jeff Williams got the same spot in the half-mile. Three records fell in the 1955 classic. Duane Marshall put the shot 58 feet 2$ inches Friday, beating the 1953 mark of 57-8Vfe set by Jack Moad, Medford, in 1S53. Bob Amble. Albany, hurled the discus 164-68 in Saturday's finals after breaking his record set in 1954 with a 161-6 V& cast on Friday. His 1954 mark was 156-11. Jim Grelle's 1:58 half mile for Lincoln of Portland was a new modern standard in that event. Other firsts were posted by Huey Hatten, Jefferson of Port land, in the 100-yard dash; Mal colm McBride, Lebanon, in the high hurdles; Mark Robbins, Roseburg, in his specialty, the mile; Hobby Schepman, North Bend, in the broad jump; Brum ley, Eugene, in the high jump; Julius Strong, Roosevelt of Port land, in the 220; Jay Wilson, Cot tage Grove, in the pole vault, and Roosevelt in the relay. Chiefs Take Relay In Class B Rogue River helped its second place cause by getting first in the relay. Jack Her burger was first in the discus. Ted Stanfield was second in the low hurdles and third in the broad jump for the Chiefs. Her burger was fifth in the shot put and Bill Headrick fifth in the javelin. Gary Phillips took sixth in the 440-yard run. Medford was the favorite as the Class A rivalry got under way but the Tornado anticipated closer rivalry than in its two previous championship efforts. Exceptions proved out as four schools bunched close behind it. The Tornado nicked North Bend by 2 13 points. Medford had 10 berths going into the finals. Larson Tops Heat In Friday qualifying Larson was first in his heat in the low hurdles and second in his high hurdle preliminary. Eldon Fran cis advanced to Saturday action with his 188-foot 6V-inch jave lin heave. Don Crowl was sec ond in his heat in the quarter mile and Dan Morris was second in his 220-yard run. Medford re lay team had fourth best prelim time. Jeff Williams and Jack Pool in the half-mile, Glen Allison in the mile and Everett Kastner in the high jump did not have to qualify on Friday. Morris was third in his heat and missed out in the 100-yard dash. Mike Hawkins was eye lashed out in broad jump. Neil Plumley in shot put and Mel Morgan in the javelin were eliminated. In Class B, Rogue River, the southern Oregon B district champ went into the final day with nine spots. The Chiefs had two men who qualified in two events, Ted Stanfield in the low hurdles and broad jump and Jack Herburger in the shot put and discus. Jacksonville had only Ron Muir left in the mile alter Fred DeVos in the 440 and Dick San ford in the high jump were eliminated. New B Marks New B marks set in Friday ac tion were Don Trautman, Con cordia, :51.9 in the 440, Martin Sharp, Eagle Valley, 5-1 14 in the high jump, Harold Duncan, Moro, :20.9 in the low hurdles, and Bob Babb, Days Creek, 187 68 in the javelin. TEAM SCORES: Class A Medford 34 13, North Bend 34, Roosevelt 34, Eugene 34, Grant 32, Albany 22, Springfield 20, Jefferson 1934, St. Helens 18, Eeaverton 18, Roseburg 14, Lincoln 12 13, North Salem 12, Cottage Grove 12, Ashland 12, LaGrande 10 1-3, Lebanon 10, Grant 9, Bandon 8, Drain 8, Gresham 7 15, Myrtle Point 7, Nyssa 7, Cleveland 5, Redmond 43-4, Benson 4, Pleas ant Hill 4, Lakeview 4, Sweet Home 4, Waldport 2, Marshfield 2, Oswego 2, Baker 2, Corvallis 1, Pendleton 1, Elmira 1; Stay ton 1, Franklin 3,i. Class B Leaders Pilot Rock 51, Rogue River 39, Malin 303,4, Moro 28, Lowell 27 16, Monroe 261z, Days Creek 21 16, Gates 20, Union 20, Concordia 18, Yon calla 15, Mapleton 143,4, Merrill 13. . Shot put Marshall. St. Helens; Reeve. NB; Johnson. Beav.: Schult, Red: Henderson, Wald: Stinette. Corv. Distance 58-2 (new state record, old record 57-8 Jack Moad. Medford, 1953). 120-yard high hurdles McBride. Leb.: Skowhede. SH; Giberson. Beav: Curtis, Roose. Larson. Mediord; Ray Valburg. GP. Time :15.1. 100 Hatten, Jeff: Brown. Eugene; Strong. Roose: Baker. Ash.: Norval, N. Salem: Capri. Cleve. Time :10.3. Mile Robbins. Roseburg: Stoutt. Grant: Herringer. Spring: Dufton, Ben son: Mitchell, Jeff; Belton. Pend. Time 4:28.1. 440 Erickson. Grant: Crowl. Med ford: Poindexter. Eugene: Dietz, Roose; Mclntyre. Marsh; Christina, Elmira. Time :50.8. Broad jump Schepman. NB: Adams LaGrande: Blake, Albany; Hender son, Lakeview; Norval. N. Salem; Wel ler. GP. Distance 21-l3i. 180 low hurdles Clauson, Grant; Larson. Medford: Sheffold. Spring; Gibeerson. Beav.; Baliow. CG. Time :20 7. High jump Brumley. Eugene; tie second Toombs. Nyssa. Woolstenhulme, NB: tie fourth Adams. LaGrande: Kastner, Medford, Moen, Line, Height 5-1 li. 220-yard Strong. Roose: Baker, Ash.: Hatten. Jeff; Brown. Eugene; Schwarz. Oswego; Morris.' Medford. Time :22.4." Pole vault Wilson. CG: tie second Richmond. MP. and Hislop, GP; Wheeler, PI. Hill; tie fifth Smith. Red.. Sheller. Gresh.. and Joy. Gresh.. and Kelly. Jeff., and Crandall. Frank. Height 12-ft. 6. 880-yard run Grelle. Lino.; Moore. Bandon; Gregory, Albany; Knight, Cleve: Herringer. Spring.: Williams. Medford. Time 1.58. (New modern state record, old 1:59.9 by Martin. CG. 1950.) Discus rAmble, Albany: Reeve. NB; Estes. Spring: Morgan. Roseburg; Johnson. Beav.: Roy. Stayton. Dis tance 164-6. (New record, old rec ord 161-6 a by Amble, Friday in pre lims.) Relay Roosevelt. North Salem. Eu gene. Grants; Medford; Jefferson. 1:31 6. Javelin Francis. Medford: Hender son, Grant; Bernick. Gresh: White, Sweet Home: Clemens, Baker: Wayne, NB. Distance 188-6 .i. Corvallis (UP) Southern Oregon qualifiers state prep track meet in Corvallis: 120-Yard high hurdles: Ray Valburg, G Pass; Wallace Larson, Medford. lOO.yard dash: Stuart Baker, Ashland 440-yard run: Don Crowl, Medford. Broad jump: Charles Weller G Pass 180-yard low hurdles: Wallace Larson, Medford 21.0. Javelin: Eldon Francis, Medford (188 feet 6"j inches) 220-yard: Stuart Baker, Ashland: Don Morris. Medford 880-yard relay: Medford Rogue Valley Participant In Golf Day Announcement was made to day by George Harrington, Man ager of Rogue Valley Country club, that the club will take part in the National Golf Day com petition on Saturday, June 4. Golfers in the Medford area will have them a chance to match strokes with the nation's 1954 Open champions, Ed Fur gol and Babe Didrikson Zahar ias, who will play 18 holes the same day in San Francisco. This will mark the fourth time that the Rogue Valley club has participated in National Golf day. Last year about 200 local golfers took part and Tom MacLeod was the only one suc cessful in beating Ben Hogan with the aid of his official club handicap. Unrated golfers are judged by the Callaway handi cap system. Al Williams, pro at Rogue Valley, is hopeful that an even greater number will participate this year. Entrance fee will be only $1.00 and a major share of gross receipts will be turned over to the American Red Cross. Chairman Eugene Thorndike of the Jackson County chapter will have -uniformed Red Cross col unteers at the first tee to regis ter all' contestants. Chairman Thorndike said that the Red Cross is enthusiastic about its part in this year's tour nament. All expenses will be un derwritten by Life magazine. Seals Beat LA; Munger Whips Oaks San Francisco U.R) The San Francisco Seals, continuing a week-long batting spree, rak ed four Los Angeles pitchers for 10 hits and a 6-5 victory Satur day. Fine relief pitching by Bill Bradford helped the Seals win their fourth straight and clinch the Pacific Coast league series, 4-1. The Seals, averaging 13 hits a game this week, actually were outhit 12-10 by the Angels but hit when it counted to hand Bubba Church his first PCL loss of the season. Ewell (The Whip) Blackwell, former Cincinnati great, was credited with his first victory although he bowed out in the sixth after giving up four runs. Cavemen Won 6-3, 44; Earn Eerth In State Tourney Play . Hollywood (U.R) Holly wood's veteran righthander Red Munger, tossing his streaking fast ball, goose-egged Oakland in eight innings today as the Stars whipped the Oaks, 6-2, and moved aliead 3-2 m the series. Winner Munger (3-3) allowed eight hits, struck out six and walked three in going the dis tance. The Oaks scored off him only in the sixth inning. Bud Black (2-2), the first of three Oakland hurlers, was the loser in the Gilmore field game before 2,235 fans. Munger held the Oaks score less to the sixth when the losers picked up two runs on a single by Joe Brovia, a triple by Bill Serena and an infield out by Russ Rose. Sacramento, Calif. (U.R) Homers by San Diego's Diclc Sis ler and Milt Smith sparked four run arllies in the fourth and sixth innings that carried San Diego to an 8-1 Pacific Coast league victory over Sacramento last night. It was the eighth straight win for the league lead ers and their 18th in 19 games. Central Point Grants Pass' high claimed the District 6A baseball championship yesterday and with it a state tourney bid. Ending a scheduled twe-out-of-three play-off with two straight victories, the Cavemen downed Crater high 6 to 3 and 4 to 1 in the city field here. Crater had won the A-2 mantle and Grants Pass the A-l laurels. The conflicts were the fourth and fifth in three days for the Cavemen who split a twinbill with Klamath Falls on Thursday, then turned back the Pels Friday in a play-off for the A-l title. Grants Pass was assisted by erratic Comet play in the first game. In the second fracas Bill Mendenhall came through with a one-hitter mound chore while his Cavemen mates were com bining walks and hits given up by Crater Thrower Ray Kelley for their runs. Crater tallied first in the open ing scuffle on a double by Donn Johnson, a wild pitch on Mel Harsh's third strike and another wild heave by Pitcher George Herr. In the second frame GP got two runs on two errors, two hit batters (by Hurler Fred Heri mann), a fielder's option and hits by Herr and Raleigh Burr. Comets Caich Up The Comets got a run back in the third panel on singles by Johnson and Harvey Tonn and an error. They caught up at 3-all in the fourth on a walk, fielder's option, wild pitch and single by Ken Bailey. Grants Pass went back in front in the fifth panel on Don James' triple and Mel Drews' squeeze sacrifice. The Cavemen then added two counters in the sixth inning on three Comet mis cues and sacrifices by Burr and Chuck Nevi. Heavy hitters in the first fray were Del Oden of GP with two doubles in four times up, John son of Crater with a double and single in four turns and Tonn of Crater with two singles in three tries. Herrmann gave five hits to Grants Pass. He fanned six batters, walked one and hit two. Herr whiffed five and walked four in a seven hit afternoon. Crater was charged with seven errors., The Comets again got the first score in the second mix. Harold Lefler walked and Kelley sacri ficed him to second. Johnson three-baggered to bring in the lone run. Grants Pass did most of its run making in the fourth, getting three tallies. The Cave men took advantage of singles by Oden and Nevi and three Dases on calls, along with a fielder's option and a wild pitch, HILIIKI DUST OILING ROAD MIX CONCRETE WORK CURBS and GUTTERS All Types of Asphalt Work Hughes & Dodd Co. Medford - Phone 3-4221 Huskies Win Golf Title Moscow, Ida. U.R) The University of Washington golf team nosed out the Oregon State Beavers here Saturday to take the Northern Division golf crown by one stroke. Washington had a team score of 578. OSC was one stroke be hind. OSC's Jerry Cloninger broke the course's nine hole rec ord with a 29 and was medalist winner with 135. OSC led at the end of the first 18 holes. Both teams were even down to the last hole where OSC's Larry Trogen took a double bogey six on the 36 hole. Washington's Kent Mc Lachlan parred the last hole. Idaho squeezed by defending champion University of Oregon for fourth place with 60.8. WSC was third with 601. The Oregon Ducks were last with 609. Baseball Title Play Retained Corvallis (U.R) Motions to eliminate the state high school football and baseball tourna ments drew mixed reaction Fri day at the annual spring meet ing of the Oregon School Activi ties Association. A motion to eliminate the baseball championships was de feated by one vote, 11-10. A mo tion to present an amendment to eliminate grid playoffs was car ried 15-5, but it could not be acted upon in time to halt next season's tourney. The 1956 baseball tourney could still be halted by delegates to the OSAA's November meeting. A run in the final canto came on two walks and an error. Mendenhall struck out seven, walked three and hit one batter. Kelley was reached for only four hits. He fanned eight and walked six. Nevi hit two for three in the fray. UKKSCOREl (First game) Grants Pass 030 012 0 Crater lol 100 0 Herr and Drews; Herrmann Lefler. 6 3 1 J 7 7 and mi Grants Pass 000 800 1 4 40 Crater 001 000 0 1 1 2 Mendenhall and Drews: Kelley and Lefler. UU3&TRISU1!! SLPdDmnrs GRANTS PASS CAPTURES 6 A-l BASEBALL CROWN A second-inning surge of runs, fine mound work by little Fresh man Pitcher Larry Cochell and good defense enabled the Grants Pass high Cavemen to thump Klamath Falls 8 to 0 Friday and claim the District 6 A-l baseball banner. The Cavemen and Pelicans, who tied in regular season South ern Oregon Conference and dis trict contention, played-off the deadlock on the neutral Medford high school diamond. ' Grants Pass bludgeoned out five hits as it collected six runs in the second frame. Cochell suf ficiently scattered out the seven hits he gave up. And he had near perfect fielding support, includ ing two double plays, one at a crucial moment. Bill Krumholz three-baggered for GP in the second inning and Bill Mendenhall, Del Oden, Jay Reese and Larry Cochell all socked singles in the second in ning. A walk to Mel Drews, a sacrifice flyout by Chuch Nevi and a fielder's option on Ra leigh Burr's infield blow aided in the run production. Grants Pass scored once again in the third frame on two suc cessive miscues. In the fourth in ning Nevi singled and stole sec ond base. He advanced to third on Krumholz's groundout and tallied on Drew's hit. Junior Baseball Session Tuesday Final organizational meeting for the Southern Oregon Junior Baseball League will be held Tuesday, May 24, in Room 1 of Medford senior high school. The session is set for 8 p.m. Lee Ragsdale, who has served as president for the past year, stated that teams will not be in cluded in any of the leagues un less they are represented at this meeting. He advised persons interested to have others come in their places if they, themselves can not attend. Ragsdale said that it will be taken for granted that teams not represented do not wish to play this year. Items on the agenda include election of a president for 1955, determining final composition of the pee wee, intermediate and cub leagues and consideration of a tentative schedule. GRIDDER INDUCTED , Cleveland, Ohio U.R) Chet Hanulak, Cleveland Brown's halfback, has been inducted into the armed forces. Hanulak, who gained 296 yards in 59 attempts last year, joins another Cleve land halfback, Billy Reynolds, in the Air Force. (1:34.0). Class B 100-yard dash: Robert Hoo ver. Rogue River. 440-yard: Gary Phillips. Rogue River. 180-yard lows: Ted Stanfield. Rogue River (22.0). Shotput, Jack Hurberger. Rogue River. Broad jump: Ted Stanfield, Rogue River. 880-yard relay: Rogue River (1:38.5). Javelin: Bill Headrick, Rogue River. Discus Jack Hurberger, Rogue River, 137 feet 8 inches. Dead line for Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday. .- in 30 DATS or loss... with a BUTLER sieel building Your eaah register will play a profitable tune moot sooner if you build the Butler way. One of these pre engineered steel buildup foes up fast because all parts have been formed and punched lor a precision fit in a modern factory. Erection costs are surprisingly low! 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Cochell issued only one base on balls and struckout two men. 1 Had To Work The Cavemen were pre-season favorites in the district and started strong but in the end they had to scrap for the cham pionship. After winning five straight league and district games, Grants Pass lost three, out of four contests with Medford. In the meantime, Klamath be gan a winning streak and soon was knotted with GP. Each had seven wins and three losses. The two clubs met at Klamath Falls on Thursday and split, giving each an 8-4 mark. That was the reason for the extra game played here. Medford was third in the loop with a 7-5 record and Ashland finished with) a 1-11 standing. LINE SCORE: Klamath Fall ... 000 000 00 T 3 Grants Pass 061 100 x 8 14 1 Tichenor and Kelly; Cochell and Drews. Ramon Fuentes, Gil Turner Draw New York (U.R) Welter weight contender Ramon Fuentes, displaying stepped-up speed and power, will be re warded with another television fight at Madison Square Garden on June 17 for holding middle weight Gil Turner to a surprise, return-bout draw Friday night. Stocky, saddle-nosed Fuentes of Los Angeles will meet Sugar Ray Robinson or Chico Vejar, matchmaker Billy Brown said today. Turner of Philadelphia, who weighed 154V pounds to Fu entes 153, apparently under rated the Los Angeles Mexican whom he had stopped Jn the fifth round of their previous bout at the Garden, Aug. 12, 1953. Gil was favored at 8-5 Fri day night. Twenty-four-year-old Turner let Fuentes take the play away from him at the finish of many exchanges in their close-quarter fight. Ramon, 29, landed the harder punches and buckled .Gil's knees with three "re peater" left hooks in the seventh round. Turner is slated for a return bout with Gene Fullmer at West Jordan, Utah, on June 20. Gil recently tagged Fullmer with his first defeat. CONTRACTS DISAPPROVED New York (U.R) T h e New York State Athletic Commission has disapproved the contracts for a 10-round bout between middle weights Ray Drake and Danny Giovanelli at Syracuse, N.Y., June 24, because the two men re cently were managed by the same man, Lippy Breidbart. Tornado Nine. Splits with Bend Team Medford high baseballers split a doubleheader at Bend Friday afternoon, losing the first game to the Lava Bears 4 to 3 but taking the second tangle 6 to 1. The split gave Medford a rec ord of 11 wins and seven losses for the season. Paul Eckel was. the big hitter for Medford. His double drove in two runs in the opener and he slammed a homer with one ' man on base in the second game. Scores In 7th Bend tallied its winning run in the last inning of the starter. The Bears had a runner on third with two out. A slow roller went for a hit and the runner tallied from third. 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