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TTIf METJFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE McLish's Chucking, 3 Homers Helps Pads To 12th Win In Row By PETER HAYES United Press Sports Writer Tight pitching by Cal McLish and good use of the tried-and-true home run play carried the amazing San Diego Padres to their 12th straight Pacific Coast league victory last night a team record. McLish pitched a seven-hitter and Earl Rapp, Ed Bailey and Milt Smith accounted for all but one of the Pads' runs with four baggers in their 6-1 triumph over Los Angeles. Bob Elliott's league - leaders now have won 22 of their last Z'i games and have climbed from sixth on May 3 to 5V games out in front. The all-time PCL win streak mark is 19 games, set by Seattle in 1903 and Los Angeles in 1939 McLish, 29 - year - old right hander, made it rough on his former Angel mates, fanning seven and issuing no walks as he posted his fourth win after three defeats. Rapp's two-run homer in the sixth was his 13th of the sea son. He leads the league in both roundtrippers and runs batted in. He has 60 RBI's. Other Games In other games, Oakland swept a double-header from Sac ramento 7-3 and 7-2; San Fran cisco trounced Portland, 8-2, and Hollywood downed Seattle, 3-1. Sacramento's twin-beating in Oakland stretched its losing streak to nine games and landed the erstwhile league - leaders in the PCL cellar. Oakland climbed into fifth place as a result of the wins. The Oaks won the seven-in ning opener with a six-run flur ry in the sixth inning highlight ed by Billy Consolo's three-run double. George Bamberger (4-4) got the win but he' needed help in the last inning from Al Gettel when the Sacs scored all their runs. Homers by Art Cuitti, Jim Marshall and Joe Brovia off Chet Johnson (3-4) lifted the Oaks to victory in the second game. Bud Black (2-1) went the route for Oakland, yielding only six hits. Streak Stopped In Portland, the Seals squared the series at 1-1 on Don Frsc chias (4-4) eight -hit pitching. Fracchia also stopped Dick Whitman's consecutive game hit ting streak at 27. Fracchia helped his cause with a three-run homer. Reno Cheso also drove in three runs and Joe Kirrene singled three times and batted across two runs. Bill Werle (4-2) was the loser. Hollywood reliefer George O'Donnell saved George Witts third win after five defeats, tak ing over in the seventh inning and holding Seattle hitless the rest of the way. Witt had given up six hits, one a homer by Bill Glynn in the fourth. Vic Lombardi gave up eight hits in suffering his fourth de feat. He has won four. The Hollywood club announc ed that relief pitcher Cal Hogue has been recalled by the Pitts burgh Pirates and would leave the team in Seattle immediately. Th Pirates had oDtioned him to the "Stars. Hogue had appeared in 14 games with Holly wood this season and had a 1-0 record and a 2.86 earned run average. THE LISESCORES: (1st Game 7 Innings) i Sacramento 000 000 33 8 1 Oakland .. 010 0060x 7 10 0 Daley (6-5) and Sheely; Bamberger, Gettel l and Neal. 2nrl Came) Sacramento 000 000 0021 8 3 Oakland 202 003 OOx 7 11 3 Johnson. Harrist (7) and Sheely; Black (2-1) and eal. San Francisco 010 205 000 8 9 0 Portland 002 000 000 2 8 1 Fracchia (4-4i and Tornay. Werle Anthony (6) Burtschy (8) and Robert son. Hollvwood 020 010 000 3 8 1 Seattle 000 100 000 1 6 2 Witt. O'Donnell (7) and Bragan; Lombardi (4-4) and Uinsberg. San Diego 000 103 002 6 11 1 Los Aneeles ... 000 000 100 1 7 0 McLish (4-3) and Bailey: Church, ryecha to) and Pramesa. Fanning (8) Willamette Nine Vies in Play-Off Salem (U.R The Willam ette baseball team, champion of the Northwest Conference, leaves at 6 p.m. today for Fresno, Calif., for the NCAA regional baseball playoffs. The Willamette club coached by John Lewis will compete with Fresno State, Pepperdine of Los . Angeles and San Jose State. Winner of the double elimina tion tourney opening Friday will meet the Pacific Coast Confer ence champion for a trip to the national finals. Willamette's first playoff test will come against Fresno State at 9 a.m. Friday. University of Oregon and Southern California meet this weekend for the Coast Confer ence crown. The playoff the fol lowing week will be at the home of the PCC champion. ORIOLES SIGN SPARKS Baltimore. Md. (U.R) Terry Sparks, Washington State Col lege outfielder, has signed a pro fessional baseball contract with the Baltimore Orioles. The 20-year-old left handed hitter was assigned to the York, Pa., club of the Piedmont League. Tornado Ties for 5th In Prep Golf Tourney; Team Trophies He IdUp Portland (U.R) Eugene high school finished first in the state prep golf meet yesterday with a team score of 601 but trophies to all teams were held up be cause of eligibility questions. Franklin, led by Gary Hval's 36-hole total of 144, was second with 612 and Central Catholic third with 624. Other team scores included Grant 626, Jefferson 627, Med ford 627, Pendleton 635, Corval lis 636, Milwaukie 636, Cleve land 637, Parkrose 641, Oswego 644, Lincoln 651, Columbia Prep 652, Albany 657, Washing ton 666, Marshfield 671, Astoria 674, Seaside 675. Price Red Raiders' Top Batter For Second Consecutive Season By LEONARD WEBER Ashland Ritchie Price won the Southern Oregon College baseball batting crown for the second year in a row, finishing the season last Saturday with a lusty .481 average. Bob (Tiger) Smith finished a strong second with a .400 aver age, while Fred Luper, Ted Lan ders, Ned Landers and Dick Nix all finished around .333. Second Baseman Price and Catcher Smith, SOC's top flight candidates for the all-conference team had a great series in the conference tournament at OTI last week-end. Price banged ou six hits in 11 times at bat, driv ing in five runs, and Tiger Smith got five hits in 10 times at bat, including 6 runs batted in and three doubles and a home run. Price leads his teammates in runs scored with 19, total base hits with 26, and RBI's with 23. In playing second Price commit ted six errors -in 16 games and also was the only Red Raider the opposing pitchers have failed to strike out. Smith led the team in doubles with six, hit two home runs and received 13 bases on balls, tops in those departments. Smith was second with base hits, hanging out 20 and driving in 16 runs. ' Play Last Games The two SOC batting kings are seniors and therefore led the Raiders on to the field in sports competition for the last time. Also playing his last game of baseball in a SOC uniform was Pitcher Keith Johnson who hurl ed the Raiders to victory in their second game of the Oregon Col legiate Conference tournament by beating Portland State 9 to 1. The Red Raiders as a team finished the season with a .309 average. They slammed out 153 hits in 495 times at bat. They have hit 27 doubles, eight triples, eight home runs. SOC struck out 79 times, received 67 bases on balls and was guilty of 30 errors. SOC runners scored 120 runs in 16 games, 7.5 runs per game. Coach Alex Peterson and his Red Raiders own a 12 and four won-lost record. Pitching records are: Lloyd Hoffine 4-1; Ned Lan F1VAL (Southern Oregon AB R H E 2B 3B HR BB SO RBI'S BA Ritchie Price, 2b 54 19 26 6 6 0 1- 9 0 23 .481 Tiger Smith, c 49 14 20 3 6 1 2 13 8 16 .408 Fred Luper. If 56 .18 19 4 5 3 0 0 10 20 .339 Ted Landers, 3b 48 -11 16 53 1 055 9 ".333 Ned Landers, lb, p 45 11 15 0 1 0 1 3 1 10 .333 Dick Nix. cf, ss 42 18 14 4 3 0 2 8 ? 6 .333 Hal Schneiderman. p 11 1 310002S 1 .272 Keith Johnson, p 15 4 4100 031 5 .266 Lloyd Hoffine. p 20 3 5 1 0 0 1 3 6 3 .250 Corky Ellis, lb 30 8 7001067.4 .233 Allan Kimura. ut of 9 9 3 0 1 1 003 - 1 .222 Charles Rettman. cf 40 2 8101016 5 .200 Herb Colley, c. rf 19 1 2000049 2 .105 BUI Seymour. If 27 4 600 0135 10 .222 Ron Owings. ss 30 6 642002 8 3 .200 DONALD W. RUBLE Maico-Trained Hearing Aid Technician BETTER HEARING for those who are only just a little hard-of-hearin? as well as those who are most severely handicapped. May be worn under the hair eliminating any cord on neck or Dody or as a tie-pin. Wednesday, May 25, 1955 Eligibility Question The eligibility question, which resulted last year in some prep golfers being declared ineligible for the tourney, came up yester day and resulted in claims and counterclaims about" various players taking part in tourna ments which would make them ineligible for high school. As a result, the Oregon School Activities association ordered a complete check on eligibility of each player and held up awards Lcighton Tuttle and John Masternson, Eugene, with 146s and Dick Hogan, Franklin, and Bob Belanger, Grant, with 138s joined Hval on the all-state squad. ders 3-1; Hal Schneiderman 3-1; and Keith Johnson 2-1. Victories have been posted over Humboldt State 3-2; Oregon Tech 7-1; east ern Oregon 1-0; and Portland State 1-0; Oregon College 0-1. Moore Top Contending Heavyweight New York (U.R) Light heavyweight champion Archie Moore, 36, was named top con tender for the heavyweight crown today in the Ring maga zine's latest ratings. It was the first time in four years that the ruler in one di vision was designated crown prince for the class above him. The last to enjoy tnat distinction was Sugar Ray Robinson, who was welterweight champion and number one middleweight con tender in 1951. Big Bob Baker of Pittsburgh ranks second among the heavy hopefuls, behind Moore. Don Cockell is third; Nino Valdes, fourth; and Tommy Hurricane Jackson of New York, fifth. Johnson Still Heads Middleweight champion Bobo Olson is getting the next shot at Moore's light heavy crown on June 22, but Harold Johnson of Philadelphia is still rated top contender for Archie's diadem. Charles Humez of France re placed Joey Giardello of Phila delphia as number one contender for .Olson's 160-pound crown. The Frenchman's boost from sec ond place was caused by his own three straight knockout victories this year and by Giardello's dif ficulties with the law. Giardello was dropped to third notch, behind Rocky Castellani of Cleveland. WHITMAN HALTED Portland (U.R) Dick Whit man's 28-game hitting streak was halted last night as the San Francisco Seals downed the Portland Beavers 8-2 in a Paci fic Coast league baseball game before 2233 fans. SUMMARY College Red Raider's) MEET THE MAN WHO CAN HELP YOU HEAR SEE HIM AT THE JACKSON HOTEL MEDFORD, OREGON 10 A.M.-6 P.M. FRIDAY, MAY. 27 Hearing Service 415 S.W. Broadway CA 5454 "Next to Liberty Theatre" Portland, Oregon MEDFORDvSmTRLBUNI SIPaDMTS Ed Furgol Will Surprise Experts If He Betters 72 on Golf Dav By HAL WOOD San Francisco (U.R) If National Open Champion Ed Furgol shoots better than a 72 or 73 on the Olympic Club course here for National Golf Day June 4, the experts are go ing to be surprised and the spon sors of the day, Life magazine and the Professional Golfers as sociation should be grateful. The sponsors give a medalion saying "I beat the champ" to everyone coming in with a bet ter score than- that posted by the titleholder. Last year, how ever, Ben Hogan shot a stunning 66 at Baltusrol and Life maga zine was left with a half ton of medals that couldn't be mailed out because very few beat that score even with a full handi cap. In 1954 against Hogan, there were 147,831 who paid $1 each for the privilege of attempting to post a better score than the champion. "This year," says Jim Turman of the magazine, "we expect that more than 200,000 will Play." Women This Year The reason for the big increase is the fact that women will com pete for the first time, against the women's national open chanr pion in this case Babe Zafr arias. Also, for the first time, rep resentatives of the Red Cross will be on the first tee attempt ing to promote the $1 entry fee, Beneficiaries , in the past have been the USO, AWVS, Blind Golfers of the USGA, caddy scholarships, the PGA and the U. S. Junior Chamber of Com merce. This year, however, the Red Cross will be the chief bene ficiary In 1954 there were 134,000 competed in U.S., 12,904 in Can ada and 927 in Mexico. This year White Sox Hope Minnie Minoso Able To Return Chicago (U.R) The Chi cago White Sox crossed their fingers today and hoped that Minnie Minoso, who suffered a "slight" skull fracture after be ing beaned by New York Yankee pitcher Bob Grim, would not go the way of his former team mate, Cass Michaels. While all Sox officials hoped Minoso would be back in uni form soon, the "ghost" of what happened to Michaels s popped up immediately. Michaels was beaned in Philadelphia last year, After he had supposedly re covered, he' suffered relapses this spring and had to give up baseball. Minoso was beaned last Wed nesday by Grim in the first game of the Sox-Yankee series First x-rays revealed no frac ture, but x-rays taken here Fri day showed a slight break. When Minoso complained of feeling dizzy and nauseated be fore the team left for Cleveland, he was taken to Mercy hospital where it was announced he suf fered a fracture. Allstate announces rn A MS WW, on auto insurance Yes sir, there's a big reduction in Allstate's rates for both Liability and Collision coverages on private passenger auto mobiles! Allstate's careful selection of the drivers it insures makes this reduction possible another highlight in Allstate's long record of saving money for its policyholders. No wonder Allstate sold more auto insurance in 1954 than any other company based on direct written premiums. Today, over 2,750,000 car owners have the benefit of Allstate's nationwide, day and night claim service service that's famous for fast, fair settlements, without red tap or quibbling. Check Allstate's new lower rates for your car and see how much you can save. See or phone your Allstate Agent. Effener A. Andersen Byron B. Carter, Jr. , 826 E. Jackson Blvd. 1412 W. Main Medford, Ore. Medford, Ore. Phone 2-2281 Phone 2-7208 You're In good I M S STOCK COMPANY PROTECTION 'evnded by Seors An Illinois corporation founded fay Sears, Itoeoucfc ond Co. with assets ond liabilities distinct ond lesarat from the. poient company. Homo office: SLokt, M. Europeans will be competing for the first time. Playing with Furgol and Mrs. Zaharias will be the national junior champion, Allen Gieber- ger; and the national public links champion, Paul Andrews. The Olympic club course, now nearing perfection for the Na tional Open starting June 16, has become so tough that most of the club members have quit playing it and use another course. Art Bell, one of the top professionals of the West, played it the other day and had an 80. Other good professionals, who never are out of the 70's have skied as high as 90. Frankie Car bo's Names Goes Into Hearing Record Philadelphia (U.R) The Pennsylvania Athletic commis sion with the name of Frankie Carbo in the record, moved into its sixth day of testimony in the hearing on the Harold Johnson Julio Mederos bout today with Tommy Loughrey, Johnson's manager of record on the stand. Carbo, sometimes called a dominant figure in the matching of boxers and the booking of bouts, became part of the record Tuesday when the commission fished at finding out whether he had anything to do with the nationally-televised fiasco of last May 6 when Johnson blacked out between the second and third rounds. Jimmy White of New York and Miami, manager of Mederos, was questioned sharply by Com missioner Al Kelin, veteran at torney of the Kefauver Senate Crime committee investigations. But the same curtain of anony mity which keeps Carbo in near obscurity rolled down. Fellow That's Around White, a veteran of more than 25 years in the boxing game, identified Carbo only as "a fel low that's around. And when Klein asked- when White saw him, the answer was "When I bumped into him." "You're the 50th person who asked me what he does," White said. "No one knows what he does. I have nothing to do witn him, and I don't know what business he's in. My friends never mention him. All I know is what I read in the papers." He testified he did not know anyone who gave Johnson any drug. O'DOUL FINED . San Francisco (U.R) Lefty O'Doul, manager of the Oakland Oaks, has been fined $100 by Pacific Coast league President, Claire Goodwin for his display of temper during Sunday's doubleheader in Hollywood. O'Doul was thrown out of the game during the fifth inning of the nightcap by Umpire Don Flecky. O'Doul bumped Flecky as he left the field, ripped up the water fountain in the dug out and showered the area with groundskeepers tools. 4.6 pounds of milk are used to make a gallon of ice cream. bonds with U A N e c e a a Hum 1 II II 111! Joey Lopez Upset Victor Over Saddler Sacramento (U.R) Feath erweight Champion Sandy, Sad dler was the victim of a unani mous upset decision last night in a non-title bout with Sacra mento lightweight Joey Lopes. The champion from New York was looking for the 100th knockout of his career, but a furious last round assault on the badly battered eye of his op ponent could not even gain enough points to take the decision. There were no knockdowns, but Lopes had the champion staggered in three separate rounds. Lopes scored on the dis tance shots, while taking a beat ing from the agile Saddler. Lopes made his most telling attack in the ninth, knocking out Saddler's mouthpiece early in the round. He scored freely with both hands. However, Lo pes' right eye, which had been swollen badly since the second round, broke open and bled freely. In the final round, Saddler's dazzling white trunks , were stained with blood of his oppon ent's eye. Judge Merle Ziegler scored the bout 58-51 for Lopes, while Judge Fred Bottaro and Referee John Basinelli called it 57-52 for Lopes. The United Press had Lopes in front 57-52. Phyllis Taylor Rifle Club Champ Phyllis Taylor, Central Point, won the annual club champion ship match of the Medford Jun ior Rifle club, outpointing her closest competitor by two count ers to gain a silver cup and the National Rifle assn. club title medal. Her score of 99 out of a possi ble 100 fired from the prone po sition lead the field of 27 shoot ers. Kent Ballard placed second with 97, third was Bud Goldin with 97, but less x's. Ken Kuma sawa took fourth with 96, and Carol Ballard fifth with 96. Miss Taylor also was presented the fourth place bronze medal she had won at the National Rifle association junior section al tournament at Roseburg in April. First team of the Medford club, Ballard, Jim Fawcett, Goldin and Miss Taylor, and their coach, Jerry Smith, each received bronze medals for third place in the same sectional. Monday night's firing con cluded the indoor activities of the club this season. Next compe tition will be an outdoor match at Yreka on June 12. .The public debt of the United States was brought to an" all time low of $33,513 in 1835. I) l U I SPIt . ' I u The finest r jl " in 71 years ;l ;j f (Cemfaiy J) : ' eosoTjRBOi j plfiffj now in this . j VP handsome new pa.olca.ge llf 1 f EfLi MTsMlff"ftff" fl We proudly present in this risndsom eW ii Si Sf I O I IjlJL package the finest Century Club ever i M I nU5ljji bottled in its 71 year history. No : if IU SVfcllnkv increase in price! 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He said they, too, were just returning to normalcy after a post-war boom. The commissioner said expan sion of the major leagues was inevitable but he did not guess where the expansion wouldl be gin. "Eventually we will have baseball across the nation," he said. "The major leagues follow the economic and business ex pansion of the country. They cannot and will not stand still. Speedboaters Pick Race Committees Western SDeedboat association formed committees Monday night to complete preparations for the regatta at Emigrant lake. I tie races are set for Sunday June 5 at the reservoir southeast of Ashland. Officers said that refresh ments will be served to rarprs and their families at the lake aft er the regatta. The Mondav session was at. the Bill Barnes home here. Next meeting of the club will hf at th residence of Mel McGrew on June 15. BOWLING Members of the Women's Bowling association of Medford will have their annual awards dinner at 8 o'clock tonight at The Dardenelle near Gold Hill. Rogue Sporstman won the women's Rogue Rollers Bowling. league championship by defeat ing Ralph's Green Lantern 2041 pins to 1986. Green Lantern was first half winner and Rogue Sportsman was second half champion. . Green Lantern Vivian Knox 465 Opal Henson 401 Marie Pierce 292 Kay Smith 414 Fredene Doty 414 Rogue Sportsman Ann Wilson 455 Lou Keener 323 Doris Webster 366 Nelria Roberts 342 Dorothy Ricks 393 Handicap 162 2041 1986 Nine states impose the death penalty by hanging. Girls Slate Softball Tilt Two of the state's most out standing girls' softball teams will be seen in action at Fairgrounds park here on Thursday night, June 16, it was announced to day. They are the Lind Florists of Portland, former world cham pions, who will oppose Klamath Falls, present Oregon feminine champions. The Lind Florists will be re membered for playing a series of Western Women's league games here several years ago. Several All-American players are on the Florists' roster, led by Betty Evans Grayson, said to be one of the world's greatest feminine pitchers. The Klamath Falls team consists of several all state players. $5.95 J5.C5 ii Safety Vacation Service Special ii Take Advantage of This Package Savings 1. Lubricate your car complete 2. Pack front wheel bear ings & inspect all brake lining 3. Change engine oil 4. Fill transmission and differential up to level 5. Clean and re-oil air cleaner 6. Fill brake master cylin der and check for leaks 7. Check all tires for cuts and bruises 8. Check muffler and ex haust system for dan gerous leaks 9. Adjust fan belt tension and check for breaks 10. Drain and refill radiator and tighten all hose connections 11. Give your car the ten point safety check as recommended by the national safety council 12. 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