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! .11.1,1 I.I II .III '; ' j "" j it . i' ! Sly STATE NET CHAMP CONGRATULATED Medford high schools Jerry Kalapus, right, Oregon state singles tennis champion .re ceives the traditional handshake from Wayne Henninger, Rose burg, following their finals match at Corvallis on Saturday. The tall Black Tornado netter defeated Henninger, 6-1, 6-3, to take the crown. His victory gave Medford a share of the team or school championship with South Salem. Other MeGfordites making the tourney trip were doubles men Jim Gordon and Bill Isaacs and Coach Warren Brenner. MEDFORDjTRIBUNE Quarter-Finals Gained in Men's Two-Ball Match Play Tournament Dr. Bob Sleeter and Royal Bebb were extended the most among the surviving duos as action in the men's two-ball matcja play partnership golf tourney at Rogue Valley Coun try club swung from the third round into the championship quarter-finals over the week end. The two had to go two extra holes, a total of 20, to shade Charles Mclntyre and Emmet Bullard in the third round brush. Sleeter and Bebb joined seven other crews for quarter-final tussles. In this week's round Al Al thens and Ward Samuelson play Brad Broyles and Ted Groomes; George Harrington and Ray Wise face Sleeter and Bebb; Frank Allen and Carl Schmidt oppose Bob- Corbin and Norm Hillyer, and Ward Hammond and Bill Hartman meet Bill Blackledge and Norton Smith. MacLeod Neis 68 Matches are to be completed by next Sunday night. Twenty-six men took part here over the week end in Na tional Golf day competition. Ed Furgol, U.S. Open champ, will play a round at Los Angeles Olympic club on Saturday ,-June 4. Linkmen throughout the country are trying to beat his gross with their nets. If they do, they'll get "I beat Ed Furgol" medals. The American Red Cross will benefit from the pro ceeds. Tom MacLeod's 68 net was the best on the Rogue Valley links Saturday and Sunday. He also had a 69. Deane Lambert carded a 69 and Larry Butler netted 71. Last year MacLeod was the only member of the local club to beat Ben Hogan. Low gross honors in the ball rweepstakes on Saturday went to Ed Hall and Larry' Butler with 78s. The 69s by Lambert and MacLeod tied them for net honors. Bob Morris won blind bogey. THIRD ROUND RESULTS: Championship flights Al Althens and Ward Samuelson def. Morris Leonard and Ed Hall 1 up; Brad Broyles and Ted Groomes def. Andy Anderson and Larry Butler 2 and 1; George Harrington and Ray Emeralds Take Pair From Braves Br UNITED PRESS The Eugene Emeralds pushed across a lone 10th inning run to beat Tri-City's Braves, 2-1, in the second game of a North west League baseball double header last night and sweep the pair. The Emeralds won the first game, 5-1. Gladstone Scores The teams were tied at 1-all going into the 10th when Manuel Romero slammed out a double for Eugene to start the inning. Romero was out later when he tried to score on an infield grounder, but the play put Granny Gladstone in position to score on a sacrifice fly. Eugene had an easier time in the first game. Three walks, a batter hit by a pitched ball and two sacrifices pushed across two runs for the Emeralds in the second inning without benefit of any hits. The later Eugene runs weren't even needed for the win. Salem Divides Two League- leading Wenatchee and second-place Salem divided a pair of games to keep their relative standings. Wenatchee took the first game, 7-6, and Salem got the second game by a 4-3 score. The opener featured a total of seven home runs. The Yakima Bears swept both games of a doubleheader with Lewiston. The Bears scored in all innings but the last to win the opener, 11-2, and then took the nightcap, 9-3. Wise def. Ralph Pierce and "Paul Lacanette 1 up; Dr. Bob Sleeter and Royal Bebb def. Charles Mclntyre and Emmet Bullard 1 up (20 holes). Frank Allen and Carl Schmidt won from Lee Flink and Jack Walker by default: Bob Corbin and Norm Hillyer def. Al Served and Russ Heysell 2 and 1; Ward Hammond and Bill Hart man def. Bob Hinman and Bill Thorn dike 1 up; Bill Blackledge and Norton Smith def. Bud Spencer and Dr. Bruce Stanley 2 up. First flights Ed Milne and Harry Millette def. Fray Gray and Bob Morris 1 up; George Schuler and Clyde Crenshaw def. Bob Little and Miles Doran 1 up (21 holes); A. C. Broyles and John Moffat vs. George Choate and George Slonigerbeing completed; Eddie Sim mons and Roy Smith def. Dutch Oakes and Joe McDuffie Jr. 1 up. Bill Marshall and Dick Henselman def. Ed Radzweit and Al Dumas 1 up 120 holes;: Wallace Robinson and Jack Wood def. E. K. Ricker and Paul Meyers 2 and 1; George Stacey and George Rasmussen won by default from Ralph Barclay and Fred Sears: Bob Wells and Don Wood def. Ken Teeter and Stan Stark 1 up. Dad line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday; other days 5:30 previous day. QUARTER FINALS: First fliht Milne and Millette vs. Schuler and Crenshaw; Broyles-Moffat and Choate Sloniger winner vs. Simmons and Smith; Marshall and Henselman vs. Robinson and J. Wood; Stacey and Rasmussen vs. Wells and D. Wood. Junior Golf Entry Blanks Out to Clubs Entry blanks and information concerning the Southern Oregon Junior Golf championships at Rogue Valley Country club have been sent out to various links in southern Oregon and northern California. The 36-hole medal play affair is set for Monday and Tuesday, June 6 and 7. Entries are possible from Eu reka, Redding and Weed, Calif., Eugene, Klamath Falls, Ashland, Roseburg, Grants Pass, Coos Bay and Bend as well as Medford. Five Divisions There will be contention in three boys' and three girls' divi sions. Prizes will be given for first, second and third low gross totals in each group. Boy's divisions are pee wees, 11 years and under; boys, 12 through 15. and junior boys, 16 and 17. One girls' group is for those through 14. Fifteen through 17-year-olds compete in the junior girls' bracket. Last year Mike Monroe was pee wee titlist. Tom Hamlin won boys honors and Gary Loustalot, Redding, the junior boys top trophy. Races Eyed By McGrew Speedboat races at Emigrant lake next Sunday, June 5, will mark the return to racing of Jerry McGrew of Medford. In the Navy for the past three years, he has not raced since 1951 and he is eager to try his skill again. Among other local "favorites" are Bill Barnes. Mel McGrew and Dick Schauble. Eight events are scheduled Sunday. Two will be for fishing boats with the first set for 11 a.m. Six contests for racing hulls commence at 1 p.m. For safety of the racers, fishing boats will be removed from the lake before the faster boats take to the water. Only the crash boats will remain in the water with the racing hulls. Perpetual Trophy Among trophies at stake will be the perpetual D Hydro ward donated by Mr. and Mrs. Ken Pellett, Grants Pass. Lyle Knox. Coquille, took the trophy last year. Among awards will be first, second and third place trophies for B2 and -D2 fisher men's races. B2 will be for motors under 25 horsepower and D2 for those 25 hp and over. Entries can be picked up at Cass Sporting Goods or Jack's Sporting Goods. They must be in' the, hands of Mrs. Bill Barnes, 604 Whitman place, by Satur day, June 4. Western Speedboat associa tion and Medford Junior Cham ber of Commerce are co-sponsors of the regatta. Jaycees will operate concessions at the lake. Sweikert To Get At Least $32,900 For Speedway Win By ED SAINSBURY United Press Sports Writer Indianapolis, Ind. (UP.) Bob Sweikert found fortune and Bill Vukovich, who discovered the identical pot of gold earlier, found death on the same site, the Indianapolis Speedway. Sweikert, a balding 29-year-old driver who never had fin ished in three previous starts in the 500-mile Memorial Day race, won a minimum of $32,900 Mon day with the first place in the 39th renewal of the annual con test. Vukovich, driving for the fifth time, winner for the past two years and pace setter for San Lorenzo, Calif. (U.P.) Bob Sweikeri's mother said she used to "sit home and cry" when her son started racing, but admitted she ii now the "biggest fan" of her son, win ner of yesterday's Indianapolis 500-mile race. "I thought I would die when Bob started racing," Mrs. F. A. Maloney said. "I would sit home and just cry." "But after Bob was racing for a while, some of his friends came over to convince me I should see a race. I went to one race, then another, then another, and soon I was his biggest fan." She said his victory in the Memorial Day classic was "just wonderful." 1955's fastest field in history until he collided with death, lay today in a mortuary. Tonight, when Sweikert steps up at the payoff banquet to col lect perhaps more money than Vukovich won last year, S74. 934, with a record speed, 130.840 miles per hour, final burial ar rangements will be completed for the Fresno, Calif., pilot who led the speedway field for 485 of the last 800 laps. Niday Injured Critically Meanwhile, Cal Niday, injur ed in another crash, was in criti cal condition. Niday was hurt when he spun and hit the north west wall. Sweikert finished the race with an-average speed of 128. 209 miles per hour, slowest since 1951 when Lee Wallard won at 126.244. But he was held down for 27 minutes and 10 seconds while the wreckage of the five car crash in which Vukovich found flaming death was cleared from the track. Vukovich got in trouble be cause Rodger Ward hit a bridge over the track on the back stretch. Johnny Boyd flipped over, trying to avoid Ward. Then Vukovich came along. He rode up over both racers, soared over the outside wall, collided with a car, a truck and a jeep and turned over in flames. Vukovich remained inside to die as the flames were extinguished. Vukovich before he died was the major fpctor. He led the field for 50 laps and had the pace at a record speed, 136.212 miles per hour, at 125 miles for the only new mark of the event. With the caution light on so long, the field never got a chance to challenge the record again. Niday's accident kept the final speed down also. Six Men Led Race Only six men led during the race. Jack McGrath, the record holder for qualification tests, challenged Vukovich early and set the race for six laps. Jimmy Bryan moved in front after Vu kovich was killed. Then Skeikert took over, after 89 laps, and held first until 132 laps. Art Cross and Don Free land each led briefly too after Sweikert made his last pit stop before the winner moved ahead to stay after 160 laps. And Mc Grath, Bryan, Cross and Free land all went out with mechani cal troubles. In second place was Tony Bet tenhausen, Tinley Park, 111. Jim may Davies, Pacoima, Calif., was third, and Johnny Thomson, Springfield, Mass., fourth. All BOUT SLATED Richmond, Calif. (U.P.) Reu ben Vargas, former national AAU heavyweight champion, and Roger Rischer of Oakland tangle here tonight in a sched uled eight-round fight. Vargas will be aiming for his fifth straight victory as a professional. Rischer has won nine against two losses. SKATING TONIGHT 7:30 to 10:30 ASHLAND Skateway, 36 So. 1st other cars were flagged off the track. Seven cars were involved in accidents, but other than Vuko vich and Niday, none of the other drivers were injured seri ously. They were Ward, Boyd, Fred die Agabashian, Al Keller and Ed Elisian. Two National Guardsmen and a spectator also were hurt in Vukovich's crack up. The record payoff for the speedway was 889,496.96 to Vu kovich for winning in 1953, lead ing the field for 195 laps. Tonight Sweikert might do better as lap prize money has been increased from $100 for each turn to $150 and the total payoff was to be $275,000 rath er than the 1953 total of $246.-300. Leaders in ABC Not Threatened Fort Wayne, Ind. (U.R) Leaders in the American Bowl ing congress tournament near ed the stretch today with little indi cation that their positions will be threatened before the June 5 windup. Scores posted after yester day's rounds, with action limited by the Memorial day lull, were as cool as the 50-degree weather here. The ABC is in its last week. The day's best for an open division team was 2813, record ed by the Port Huron Mattress and Furniture five, Port Huron, Mich. It was 200 pins from the top 10. Three team squads were in action, but only one each of the individual singles and doubles squads were on the alleys. Best efforts were John Zapo fofs, Menomonee Falls, Wis., with a 563 singles series, and a doubles high of 1171 by PauL Crim and Herschel Million, New Albany, Ind., Depoe Bay, Ore. U.P.) An estimated 17,000 persons attend ed the 10th annual Fleet of HMrwiroi'e euro voctorrlav a pprP- I mony paying tribute to those who have lost their lives at sea. Tuesday, May .31, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE Cudd To Play John Hartopp In British Amateur Match; 20 Yanks in Competition St. Annes, England (U.R) Bill Campbell of Huntington. W. Va. beaten last year in the final of the British Amateur golf tour nament, starts his 1955 quest for the championship today with a Giants, White Sox Get New Players New York (U.R) Ramon Monzant, right handed pitcher who had a 7-1' won-lost record at Minneapolis of the American association, has been recalled by the parent New York Giants and right hander Al Corwin has been sent down in his place. Chicago (U.R) Outfielder Bob Kennedy was added to the Chicago White Sox' roster t6 day in a straight cash purchase from the Baltimore Orioles. To make room for him, the Sox optioned outfielder Ed McGhee to Memphis of the Southern association. wary eye on the pitfalls that al ready have claimed 16 Ameri cans. Others Advance In all, 20 U.S. amateurs are scheduled for an assortment of first and second round matches today. Three other Yanks orig inally scheduled for matches have advanced to the next round because their opponents defaulted. The other seven of the 30 Americans still in the tourna ment are idle. Campbell, the 32-year-old U.S. Walker Cup captain, meets Ralph Pattinson of Scotland in a first round match. Campbell was beaten, 2 and 1, by Doug Bachli of Australia in last year's final at Gullane, Scotland. Bachli did not return to defend his title this year. 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