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Three-!n-One On Saturday For Golfers Three-in-one action is billed Saturday for linksmen at Rogue Valley Country club. Men will begin qualifying play for the club championship tour nament, will vie against National Open Champion Ed Furgol in National Golf day and will com- I 9 f GOLF DAY FOE Ed Furgol, above, U.S. Open champion, will be foe of men golfers through out the country on Saturday, National Golf day. The Ameri can Red Cross will benefit from the entry fees. Rogue Valley Country club Is participating. pete in the weekly ball sweep stakes. At the same time women of the club will try to "beat" Patty Berg, one of the top women golfers in the country. Furgol and Miss Berg will play their 18-hole round at the Olympic club course at San Fran cisco. Men and women through out the country will try to bet ter, with their nets, the gross scores of the two national stars. Those who do will receive "I beat" medals. Red Cross Helped Life magazine and the Profes sional Golfers association are co sponsors and have the coopera tion of the United States golf as sociation. One-dollar entry fees collected from participants throughout the country go to charity. The American Red Cross Is beneficiary this year. For local golfers competition against Furgol and Miss Berg has been underway since last week end. Tom MacLeod and Bob Little have 68 nets to lead the local field so far. Last year MacLeod was the only Rogue Valley club member to beat Ben Hogan. Miss Berg, former National Women's open champion, is a re placement for Mrs. Babe Zahar- 3 ; - ED Delivered in Medford . . . V Be Sure to 1 DRIVE 33 South Riverside MedfordTribune siPdDimrs Mail Tribune Trophy Trapshoot Two gunners will be aiming for permanent possession of the Medford Mail Tribune trophy Sunday in the annual shoot for that prize at the Medford Gun club. George Jantzer and Dick Skeeters, both of Medford, have each won the trophy twice. Any one winning it three times be comes permanent holder. Santee Aims at Best-Ever Effort Compton, Calif. (U.R) Wes Santee, irked at a recent charge he accepted expense checks for more than bare expenses, goes to the Compton invitational meet today with the vow to make his best-ever effort to become the first American to crack the four minute mile. The Kansas miler was re ported in top condition for the featured race, in which he will face Fred Dwyer who has been getting mail instructions from famed English Coach Franz Stampfl to bolster his own attack on the four minute barrier. The AAU has declined to take any action on a San Francisco newspaper's charge concerning expanse checks because no for mal accusation was received. Santee will seek to beat his own attack on the four minute barrier. The AAU has declined to take any action on a San Francisco newspaper's charge concerning expense checks because no for mal accusation was received. Santee will seek to beat his own Compton mark of 4:00.6, which was the American record until he clipped it by a tenth of a second this year. Dwyer has been studying the English style in hope it will bring him the success it has the Britisher recently. ius, 1954 champ, who withdrew because of a back and leg injury. Club championship qualifying here will last through June 19 with first round matches to begin on the following day. v. A00' o -tie cW 4 w .'.unc- . fl SI a DeSoto before DESOTO PLYMOUTH on Sunday TraDshooters will fire at 100 targets at 16 yards in the 22nd competition for the Mail Tribune award. Any amateur is eligible to compete for the trophy. The event gets under way at 9 a.m. The $300 Medford handicap and 25 pair of doubles will round day of Pacific International Trapshooting association regis tered firing. First gunning for the Mail Tribune trophy was in , 1930. Since then the hardware has been shot for annually with ex ception of the war years, 1942 through 1945. Jantzer first won the trophy in 1939 and repeated in 1946. Skeeters took the hon ors in 1948 and 1954. Other two time winners were S. G. Men denhall and H. Coisant, both de ceased. Four Broke Jantzer is one of four men with perfect scores. He broke who have won the MT prize 100 straight in 1939, Menden hall did it in 1934, John R. Tom lin in 1937 and Everett Arm strong in 1952. Skeeters for both victories and Jantzer in his sec ond win had 99s. In the handicap the honors will go to the winner and runner-up for the overall event and to the victors at the various yardages. Winners and runners up in two classes will be doubles trophy recipients. The Mail Tribune shoot, a two-day affair in past years, has been shortened this year to make way for the Elks lodge state shoot on Saturday. Elks will have a 16-yard, handicap and doubles program with scores in the 16-yard and handicap tussles to decide five-man team title. Saturday contention, not regis tered, and limited to Elks, be gins at 10 a.m. MATTHEWS VS WOODWORTH Boise (U.R) Chuck Wood- worth of Brigham City, Utah, to day was named as the opponent for Harry (Kid) Matthews when the latter makes his comeback try here June 17. Dead line for Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday you decide Phone 2-5203 Ashland Legion Sunday Foe Of Central Point-Medford Medford, St. Mary and Crater high school players likely will be in uniform for Central Point Medford Sunday when the dis trict American Legion junior baseball slate gets underway. CP-Medford will take on Ash land in a doublebill starting at 1:30 p.m. on the Medford senior high school diamond. Other mem bers of the district this season are Klamath Falls and Lakeview. Duane Sides and Fred Herr man may be the starting chuck ers, but another possibility is Henry Putney. Sides was a regu lar for Medford high this season while Herrmann was one of Cra ter's top pitchers. Putney is a Medford high baseballer. A fourth pitching prospect on the squad is Eldon Francis, Medford high, who isn't scheduled to be on hand this week. He partici pates Saturday night in the AAU track meet at Portland. More Turning Out Catcher on Sunday may be,! either Dick McLaughlin, Med ford high, or Laval Meunier. The. latter has not been out to a prare- Rejuvenated Eighth Win in By PETER HAYES United Press Soorts Writer Portland (U.P.) A scheduled Pacific Coast league baseball game between Portland and Hol lywood was called off last night because of rain. Beaver management said a doubleheader will be played to night to make up the game. Bob Garber (4-5) and Red Munger (5-2) were named to pitch for Hollywood in the twin bill. Portland's hurlers will be Red Adams (2-3) and Bill Werle (5-2). Portland is leading the se ries, 2-1. The rejuvenated Sacramento Solons humiliated the Los An geles Angels in their own back yard for the fourth consecutive time last night to leap from last place to sixth in the Pacific Coast league. Nippy Jones hit a double and a single to drive in all of the Sacs' runs in their 4-2 victory It was the eighth win in 10 games for the Solons who led the league for the first 2V2 weeks of the season. Rookie John Briggs (5-5) the only PCL pitcher to go the route last night, yielded eight hits, walked four and struck out eight in gaining the win. Angel starter George Piktuzis (3-6) contributed to his downfall by issuing seven bases on balls. All four Sac runners who scored reached base on free passes. Piktuzis fanned 10 to extend his league-leading total to 73. The defeat left Los Angeles a scant two percentage points ahead of last place Hollywood. Other Games Elswhere in the PCL, Oakland measured first place San Diego for the fourth time this week, 3-2, and San Francisco downed Seattle, 6-3, to gain a tie for sec ond with the Rainiers. Holly wood at Portland was rained out, with a double header sched uled tonight. In San Diego, Padre Manager Bob Elliott got the heave-ho in the ninth inning for protesting a called third strike on Earl Rapp. Angry fans showered the field with cushions, delaying the game for several minutes. The Pads had taken a 2-0 lead in the second ining on Ed Bail ey's sixth home run of the sea son after Rapp had walked. But the Oaks broke through against Charley Bishop (1-1) in the Wolverine Open Led by Crocker Reading, Pa. U.R) Fay Crocker of Wichita, Kan., fresh from victory in the Wolverine Open at Detroit, led the field today into the second round of the Women's Eastern Open golf tournament with a two-under-par 69. Marilyn Smith, who also hails from Wichita, ran second to Miss Crocker with a par 71 card. She was followed by Vinnie Col by of Hollywood, Fla., who post ed a 72. Gloria Armstrong of Oak land, Calif., and Marlene Bauer of Sarasota, Fla., were bracket ed with 73's, while defending champion Betsy Rawls of Spar tansburg, S.C., and Louise Suggs of Cincinnati, had 74's. EASES Saturday, June 4 ASHLAND SPEEDWAY All Ladies FREE Time Trials 6 p.m. tice but was expected among St. Mary's boys turning out this eve ning. Infield prospects aire McLaugh lin, Larry Perkins, , Jim Putney and Gordon Owcley, Medford liigh, and Lyman Stubbs, Crater. On hand as outfielders are Ed Heinking, Paul Eckel and Den nis King, all from Medford high. fThe squad up to today numbered f 12 boys. A number of Talent boys are expected to be in the Ashland Pine-up, among them Jim McAbee and Gordy Thoreson who were on the Medford club last year. The Central Point-Medford ag gregation scrimmaged Camp ;"White Wednesday evening and "wound up on the short end of a 4 to 1 score for five innings. Keith Johnson of Southern Ore gon College was pitcher for the Whiters. Herrmann, Sides, Fran cis and Putney all took a mound turn in the practice. Myers-Holland America Le gion post of Central Point is sponsor of the team this year. Aid is being sought from mer- chants. Solons Score 10 Contests eighth as Spider Jorgensen sin gled home one run and George Metkovich doubled across the tying and winning runs. Karl Drews (5-4) was the win-ner.- LINESCOtRES: Oakland 000 000 0303 8 0 San Diego 020 000 000 2 3 1 Drews. E3ack (O). Ferrarese (9) and Neal; Kerrigan (8). Lyons (9) and Bailey. Seattle 000 210 0003 9 1 San Francisco 200 002 20x 6 12 2 Judson, Heard (6) and Ginsberg; Fracchia, Ponce (5) and Ritchey. Sacramento ....002 000 200 4 7 0 Los Angeles ....000 020 0002 8 0 Griggs 5-5) and Baich: Elston (7) and Pramesa. Stream Fishing On June 15 in National Park Season for stream fishing In Crater Lake National park will open on June 15. It will con clude on Sept. 10. Daily catch limit is 10 fish and only one day's catch may be possessed. Othe regulations provide that no fish under six inches in length may be taken, forbid pos session or use of alive or dead minnows, chubs or other bait fish and prohibit "chumming." License Not Required A fishing license is not re quired in the park. Complete regulations may be seen at park headquarters. While there is a fishing season for streams in the park, there is no season for angling in the lake itself. Park Superintendent Thomas J. Williams reported that the lake "manages to take care of its own" because fisher men cannot reach the shores un til about July 1 when the heavy winter snowpack has receded enough to permit trail opening Research will be undertaken this year with an aim Ulti mately to improve fishing in the park. A part of that research will be the recording of certain data concerning fish caught, and all fishermen are urged to assist in the study by reporting their catches to park rangers. Moran Arrested On Perjury Count Philadelphia (U.R) The Pennsvlvania Athletic Commis sion took a breather in its in vestigation of the Harold Johnson-Julio Mederos bout today after police moved in and ar rested matchmaker Pete Moran on a perjury charge. The inquiry was recessed un til next Tuesday after Moran re turned to the witness chair after his arrest Thursday and refused to answer question pn Fifth Amendment grounds. But police planned to hold in formal talks with several "box ing figures' 'at City Holl today. Police Inspector John Driscoll emphasized the men are not in any way under suspicion. "I just want to talk to tnem," Driscoll said. , An authoritative source said Johnson was given a second lie detector test at the state police barracks here Thursday and it proved negative, meaning his ac count of his sudden "blackout" against Mederos on May 6 was truthful. Use Tribune Want Ads - Races 7 p.m. Friday, June 3, 19S3 RVCC Junior Schedule Set For Summer Southern Oregon Junior Golf championships slated at Rogue Valley Country club Monday and Tuesday, June 6 and 7, launch a summer long program in which the younger set at the club will participate. The- two-day 36-hole medal play meet here will have three boys and two girls divisions and is expected to attract entries from clubs in both southern Ore gon and northern California. Tiext activity will take a num ber of the juniors to Columbia Edgewater links in Portland for the Oregon Golf association jun ior championships. The tourney is slated June 13 through 17. For young men there will be junior, boys and pee wee divi sions. One girl division. Entries close June 9. Other activities through Au gust are at the Rogue Valley course. Winding up the June program will be a match with qualifying on June 20 and matches to be finished by June 24. One-day medal play rivalry on Fridays is planned to start July 1. Winners will be decided by handicap. A two-ball handi cap is slated for July. A match play tourney will open with qualifying on July 11 and matches are to be over by July 15. Medal play is contemplated on July 22 and 29. August 5 play will be pee wees, boys and junior boys and girls total net contention. The young linksmen will qualify on August 8 for the junior championship tourney 'of the club with matches to be fin ished by August 12. In the Southern Oregon junior meet on Monday and Tuesday there will be pee wee, junior boys, girls and junior girls di visions. Keil New Hoop Coach At Ontario High School Ontario, Ore. (U.R) George Keil, basketball coach at Ameri can Falls high school for the past three years, today was named head basketball coach at Ontario high school. Keil, who replaces Ken Moore, is a grad uate of Idaho State College and was captain of the 1950 Bengal basketball team. He also will be track coach and assistant foot ball coach at Ontario. BOVEBS ON AUTO INSURANCE Low rates save you up to 30 and Farmers Insurance Exchange gives an extra 10 reduction on your passenger auto insurance if you haven't made a claim for 12 months. NEARLY 2,000,003 POLICYHOLDER DON EDWARDS, DISTRICT AGENT 414 EAST MAIN PHONE 3-5361 Next To Esquire Theater MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Baseball School Plans Outlined By Lee Ragsdale Plans for the summer baseball instruction program conducted by the Medford public school system were announced today by Lee Radgsdale, physical edu cation supervisor for the schools. The school will start on Mon day, June 20, and will continue through Aug. 4. Classes will be held mornings Monday through Thursday of each week. Registration is scheduled be tween 8:30 and 9 a.m. each day of the first week. Those who come later may register at any time. Classes for cubs, boys 13-15 years old, will be from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Instruction for pee wees, boys 10-12, will be 8:30 to 10:45 a.m. and that for sand blowers, boys 8 up to 10, 10:15 to 11:30 a.m. Three Instructors " Ragsdale, Barney Riggs and Bob Newland will be instructors. Fundamentals, team play and play of individual positions will be taught. The better players in the classes will compete in Southern Oregon Junior Baseball league games. There will be two pee clubs, one for intermediates, ages 13-14, and one for cubs, 15 and under. Games will be at 3 p.m. Pee wees will play on Mon days and Thursdays, intermedi ates on Tuesdays and cubs on Wednesday. A five weeks tennis school is also planned to start on June 20. It will end on July 22 and will be under the supervision of Warren Brenner, high school tennis coach. MAG USAGES SUNDAY, JUNE 5 REGION CHAMPIONSHIP Sanctioned By N.H.R.A, Presented By Shasta Roadsters, Inc. Redding Municipal Airport Redding, California -A 0-" UktMlf . Marks May Fall In NAI A Session Abilene, Tex. (U.R) The fourth annual NAIA track and field championships for the ra tion's small colleges gets under way tonight with record-breaking performances expected to come in wholesale lots. All 15 marks on the record books are endangered, but at least 10 of them were in serious jeopardy as a small (290 contest ants) but potent field moves into the preliminaries tonight and the finals Saturday night before a crowd expected to reach 6,000. BETTY DODD RESTING Reading, Pa. (U.R) Golfer Betty Dodd of San Antonio, Tex., who was stricken on the eve of the first round of the Women's Eastern Open, was resting comfortably at a local hospital today following an emergency operation for appendicitis. Dm Hail Tribune Want Am WANTED! TIMBER LANDS No tract tee large er small, virgin er re-log. Cash immediately en Purchase PHONE 3-4442 or Write: Timber Purchases Mail Tribune Box 7814 Oi o OVER $141,000,000 ASSETS I
