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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, June 15. 1955 Basin-ettes Seen as Formidable For Florists Thursday Night The Klamath Falls Basin-ettes should be formidable foes for Erv Lind's Florists when the two girls' softball teams clash at Fairgrounds park here tomor row night at 8 o"clock. A 6:30 p.m. preliminary game sends the Roseburg Lumberjills against the Rogue Valley Qts. The Basin-ettes, 1954 state champions, boast four all-state players and one all-regional se lectee to counter-balance Lind's seven all-Americans. The all-staters are Ruth Hagel stein, who also was the all regional choice, a school teacher who plays first base; Sandra Barron, a Klamath high school junior, at shortstop; Teddy Walker, catcher, a student at Oregon Technical Institute, and Mickey Hayman, a pitcher with 15 years of experience in soft ball. Others with the Basin-ettes are Pat Barron, a housewife wno usually plays the outfield; Maxine Johanson, also an out fielder and a housewife; Bev Lloyd, outfielder from Klamath high school; Sherry Larson, third base, from KUHS, Marga ret "Lefty" Scala, pitcher and a housewife; Margaret Harding, second baseman from Merrill high school; Chris Shearer, out fielder , from KUHS; Eleanor Hutchinson, a Klamath Indian who also is, a rodeo rider, and Joy Adrien, a housewife, who pitches or plays the outfield. Miss Hayman is said to be an outstanding pitcher with a lot of stuff on the ball. She is a victim of polio and usually is given a courtesy runner when she comes to bat. If she gets the staring mound call, she probably will face eith er Pearl Pinion or Betty Evans Grayson of the Florists. The Basin-ettes have not met the Florists yet this year, a game scheduled earlier having been rained out. They are slated to meet four times after, their local clash and the Klamath girls are seeking to avenge an 8-4 loss to the Portlanders last year. Both games will be for seven innings. sipciDmTrs Wooton Will Start For Studs Tonight $4 UT285 mo duct or I.S.t. IISTIUIO flOM 111 6IAIH NEUTIU SPIRITS mi cieai spuits oisTiums commit f UIMONT. IENTKKT Derald Wooton is slated to have first mound duty for the Medford Cheney Sfuds this eve ning when they take on the Grants Pass Elks in a non league semi-pro baseball game at the fairgrounds tonight. Action is to get underway at 8 p.m. Just how long Wooton will pitch depends on his current shape and on how an ankle in jured last week stands up. He's seen no lengthy hurling duty for quite a while. The ex-Medford high stand out, who returned here recent ly after a stint with Cedar Rapids, la., of the Three I League, has faced only two bat ters since donning a Studs uni form. He saved a game for Marv Scherf by striking out two Grants Pass men in the ninth inning of a regular Southern Oregon League scuffle. Reliever Undecided Manager Clarence Mellbye in dicated this morning that he was undecided as to who will take over if Wooton is not used the whole distance. The choice lies among Jim Kelly, Kay Kelley or Mellbye, himself. Starting line-up will be about the same as usual with Howard Morris, catcher; Jack Cooney, first base; Ritchie Price, second base; Ed McCullough, third base; and Mellbye, shortstop. The out field will be chosen from among Bill McLean, Terry Maddox John Niles, Harvey Tonn. Fred Luper and Larry Bigham. Grants Pass with several add! tions will present.' a stronger team than the one which lost twice to Medford in Southern Oregon League frays. Tom Shol- lin, catcher from University of Southern California, Bob Reed, pitcher from the Yakima Bears, Brad Lucas, ex-Grants Pass pitcher now playing for Willa mette, and Bill Mar tell, all Northwest Conference second baseman from Lewis and Clark college are principal additions, Bill Peacock Macias Foe Los Angeles (U.R) Raul Raton Macias who holds the Na tional Boxing association ban tamweight crown will risk his perfect record of 14 consecutive wins tonight at Olympic audit orium In a nationally-televised return match with Billy (Sweet pea) Peacock. Macias was a 3-1 overnight favorite to boost his win record to 15 in the non-title go, but "hunch" enthusiasts here said 21-year-old Peacock could read ily stage an upset before an ex pected crowd of 10,000 fans. Stopped Songkirrat The Mexico City star was awarded the NBA title March 9 in San Francisco when he stop ped Chamrern Songkitrat of Thailand. He began his profes sional career in April, 1953. His amateur fighting started at the age of 11. He was successful in most of his earlier matches that numbered more than 100. Peacock's amateur career by 1951 carried him as far as the national championship. He used to fight out of Philadelphia, Pa. His pro career has brought him 24 victories in 33 starts. Use Tribune Want Ads Allstate announces BIB EWES- Oak Knoll Golf Tourney Slated Ashland Qualifying play for the Oak Knoll club champion ship golf tournament will start June, 18 and first matches are to be played on July 1. Thirty -six holes will be stroked in qualifying action. Seven days will be allowed for play of each round of matches. Entry is limited to Oak Knoll members. ' Oak Knoll men edged Cres cent City, Calif., golfers 28V to 25V2 Sunday in a team match here. Bill' Tallis, Ashland, had low gross with 76. Buck Holloway, Crescent City took low net with 67 and Dave Burns, Crescent City, followed with 68. Bob Rametes, Ashland, had a net 70. 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 tape " or quibbling. Check Allstate's new lower rates for your car and see how much you can save. See or phone your Allstate Agent. BYRON B. CARTER, JR. 1412 W. Main Medford, Ore. Phone 2-7208 You're In good hands with . . , S T O "UHAMCC C M P A N V CK COMPANY PRO'TECTIi-i. Ki fomnimd by Sear An nimoii corporation founded by Searj. tsabuct ond Co. with " toti'-fiM disrincr and wcorare from ttw parent company. Horn office: Skolie. t Pros Appearing Here High Rated By Gene Sarazen Rogue Valley golf enthusiasts will be watching with interest the performances of a couple of the top touring professionals in the U. S. Open Golf tournament at San Francisco this week.' For the pair, Billy Maxwell and Francis (Bo) Wininger, will fol low up the tourney with an ex hibition appearance on Monday, June 20, at Rogue Valley Coun try club. , Maxwell and Wininger have been rated sixth and seventh in the national open field in a Sat urday Evening Post article this week in which Gene Sarazen picks Gene Littler to win the tourney. Sarazen lists the two among 20 topnotchers capable of coming through with titles in major tournament competition. Maxwell, 1951 national ama teur champion, is termed by Sarazen "another honed in the Texas tradition of Hogan." The two traveling pros will play George Harrington and Al Williams in an 18-hole best ball match starting at 1 p.m. Monday. A clinic will be conducted at 5 p.m. Spectators will be admitted to the exhibition and clinic free of charge. SETTING NEW RECORD of one minute 40.4 seconds for mile and one-sixteenth at Hollywood Park, Cal., Swaps, winner of Kentucky Derby, outdistances Determine, who was second and Mister Gus in winning $100,000 added Calif ornlan event before large crowd. (International) RUN DOWN Milwaukee's Johnny Logan is run down between first and second base during first inning of game in Pittsburgh. Dick Groat, Pitts burgh third baseman runs to Eut tag on Logan as umpire usty Bogus looks on. Pitts burgh won 5-3. Snead, Hogan Favorites in Links Open San Francisco (U.R) The 1955 National Open golf.torna ment, destined to be the greatest of them all in the opinion of Gene Sarazen, opens here Thure day with the old-time twosome of Ben Hogan and Sam Snead in the favored roles. A crack field of 162 profession als and amateurs, culled from more than 1,000 of the nation's best, will start teeing off Thurs day at 11 a.m. EDT, and every seven minutes thereafter a three some will start down the fair ways of the old Olympic Club course. The last starter will hit his drive at 6 p.m. But the fans will be watching Hogan and Snead in the main, with Snead the top attraction. The one-time Virginia hillbilly, who has tried without success for 15 years to capture the most coveted of all golf crowns, is taking what may be his last crack at the National Open title. Jinx To Sam He now is 43 years old and has finished second four times, stretching 'way back to 1937. Generally acknowledged as one of the great golfers of all time, this one has always proved a jinx to him. On the other hand, Hogan has won it four times and is seek ing his fifth win here. These two men, of course, aren't the only stars in the field. The defending champion is Ed Furgol, and the lame-armed pro fessional plays this course very well. He is at the top of his game and is just off winning the International tournament at Washington, D. C, against the best golfers in the world. Furgol probably is the most confident man on the course to day. While the other stars have been moaning about this layout being too tough, the champion states simply that it is a "good test of golf," but that it can be licked. He had a 74 Tuesday and in previous rounds always has been down around the par of 70. Use Hall Tribune Want Ads HARD TP Saturday, June 18th POSSE GROUNDS MEDFORD Time Trials 7 P.M. Race P.M. A Thrill a Minute! Loads of Excitement for All! Sponsored By Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce Berg Holds 9-Point Lead Grossinger, N. Y. (U.R) Patty Berg, the defending cham pion from St. Andrews, 111., aim ed to fatten a nine-point lead at the expense of three opponents today in the second round of the Triangle Round Robin golf tournament. Shooting a women's par 72 Tuesday, Miss Berg picked up a total of 23 points against Betty Jamesson of San Antonio, Tex., amateur Barbara Romack of Sacramento, Calif., and Mickey Wright of San Diego. Marlene Second In today's foursome play where each player gains or losses points depending upon the Ecores of the other three play ers in the foursome Miss Berg will face Betsy Rawls of Spartanburg, S.C., Betty Hicks of Los Angeles and Marilyn Smith of Wichita, Kans. Marlene Bauer of Sarasota, Fla., whose 74 earned her a total of 14 points Tuesday against Miss Rawls, Carol towman of Oakland, Calif., and her sister, Mrs. Alice Bauer Hagge, was in second place, while Louise Suggs of Atlanta, Ga., and Miss Rawls were tied for third place with 10 points apiece. Miss Suggs had a 74 and Mss Rawls a 75. Wake Forest Plays Aggies - Omaha (U.R) Wake For est tangles with Oklahoma A&M tonight for the right to meet Western Michigan for the NCAA college World Series title. Wake Forest got a new lease on life last night by upsetting unbeaten Western Michigan, 10-7 to send the tournament into an extended final round with three teams remaining, all with 3-1 records. Oklahoma A&M reached the finals by knocking Arizona out of the tournament, with a 5-4, 12-inning victory in an after noon game. The Aggies loaded the bases in the 12th and right fielder Mayo Hemperly drove the winning run across with a smash to second base. DEVOE, HAMLIN GRAB JUNIOR TOURNEY TIFFS Portland U.R) The favorites grabbed the spotlight yesterday in the opening day of the 25th annual Oregon Golf Association state junior championships here. In the junior division, Med alist Gary Hval of Portland de feated Dick Mallon of Portland 2-up. Ron Weber of Prineville, who was boys' champion last year, downed Bill McDonald of Portland 3 and 2. McDonald was the lad Weber defeated on the boys' final last year. Gordon Marlatt of Eugene downed Larry Graves of Port land 2-up. Joe Hallmark of Rose burg won from Tom Shaw of Portland, 4 and 3. Kabler Victor Carole Jo Kabler, the defend ing champion girls' play, easily won her opening match, defeated Molly Murphy of Portland, 9 and 7. Sue DeVoe of Medford, an other favorite, won from Joy Rubenstein of Eugene 6 and 4. Biff Lovett of Portland, the boys' division . medalist, won from Tom Welis of Astoria, 6 and 4. Jerry Cundari of Port TO HONOR BAKER Baltimore. Md. (U.R) Frank (Home-Run) Baker, one of Mary land's nibst memorable athletes, will be honored in Memorial Stadium Sunday, June 26, pre ceding the game between the Kansas City Athletics and the Baltimore Orioles. Baker, a member of the Hall of Fame, will be joined by two other Hall of Famers in the ceremonies Jimmy Foxx and Lefty Grove. land was upset by David Munro, also of Portland, 2-up. Tom Hamlin, Medford, who qualified with a 78, advanced to today's second round in the boys division championship flight with a 1 up verdict in 19 holes over Jerry Smythe, Oswego. Other Medfordites in the boys division are Gary Harrington, Don Peek, John Milne and Tom Alley while Larry Berg is a pee wee player. Harrington (90 in qualifying) was victor 1 up over Steve Jack son, Salem, in the second flight while Peek (91) was winner 6 and 5 over Mike Miller, River side, in the sixth flight. Alley (111) lost 4 and 3 to Jason Bur gess, Astoria, in the 14th. Tho Outcome of Milne's (101) match in the 12th flight was not avail able. : In the pee wee second flight Berg (72, nine holes) dropped a 1-up decision to Robert Davis, Eugene. i Alley slipped into the 15th flight in his grouping and Berg into the pee wee third bracket. Olympic Chances Good for Detroit Paris U.R) Detroit has a "pretty good" chance of land ing the 1960 Olympics , pro viding European delegates fav oring either Rome or Lausanne battle to a deadlock. That was how Fred Matthaei, leader of the Detroit delegation, summed up his chances today as the International Olympic committee opened debate on the five cities seeking the summer games. Arguments were sched uled today with the final voting Thursday morning. Other cities bidding for the summer games are Brussels and Budapest, but they are given only outside chances. Squaw Valley, Calif., and St. Moritz, Switzerland, were said to be slightly favored in the bidding for the 1960 winter games. Other aspirants are Gar-misch-Partenkirchen, Germany, and Innsbruck, Austria. CUBS SIGN KIDS Chicago (U.R) The Chi cago Cubs have signed three more youngsters to minor league contracts. They are Charles Swicegood, a southpaw pitcher from Elon College, William Ren nolds, another left handed pitcher from Stetson College, and Carlton Teller, a shortstop from Texas Lutheran College. Emeralds Second In NW Circuit By UNITED PRESS The Northwest League has new tenants in second place to day the red hot Eugene Emer alds. Eugene took over the second slot from Salem last night, dump ing the Senators in both ends of a twin bill, 9-2 and 11-8. The two victories moved the Emer alds to within 3V games of league-leading Wenatchee and gave them a percentage edge over Salem for second spot. Wenatchee, meanwhile, found the going tough at Yakima. The Bears clipped the leaders 8-2. Lewiston got five runs in the sixth to overcome Spokane 11-6. Jim Barrett's triple with the sacks loaded was the big blast in the Lewiston uprising. Haney, Braqan Switch Foreseen Hollywood U.R) Sports caster Tom Harmon says Man ager Fred Haney of the Pitts burgh Pirates and Bobby Bra gan of the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast league will swap jobs within three weeks. Harmon reported on his West Coast sports show last night that, the switch would be made be cause Haney, a former Holly wood manager, was in poor health. The Hollywood Stars de- clined to comment on the report. Hollywood is a farm club of the Pittsburgh organization, al though it is not directly owned by the Pirates. Bragan trans ferred from the Dodger farm sys tem to the Pirates organization when Branch Rickey went to Pittsburgh as general manager. Two - thirds of the adults in the U.S. wear glasses. a?' Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks, Flues Drain Tile 727 W. McAndrews Phone 2-4101 ill You'll have BETTER TIMES with EABLY TIMES $rio $yi80 OPINT nQ45Q. 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