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DSC Wms NCAA TracEi Meet; Oregon scores zwror wii Los Anceles U.R) Univer sity of Oregon runners domi nated the distance events here Saturday as the University of Southern California won its seventh straight National Colle giate Athletic association track and field championship. The Trojans picked up the crown with a total of 42 points. They were followed by UCLA with 34, Kansas with 30, and Oregon with 29. Five new records were set and another was equalled in the two day meet. Oregon's Jim Bailey, a sur prise entry, won the featured mile run by beating out his teammate, Bill Dellinger, the defending NCAA . champion. Bailey won in 4:05.6, and Del linger took second with a time ,of 4:06.1. Close lo Lead " Bailey stayed close to the lead most of the way. and moved out In front with about three-quarters of a lap to go. Dellinger, who had been running ninth, made his move as they rounded the last turn, but couldn't overhaul Bailey. Bob Seamans, of UCLA, who had been timed in 4:01.4 last week at Compton as he finished second to Wes Santee, same in third Saturday. Ken Reiser, Oregon's ace two miler, took his event with a time of 9:04.5. Reiser didn't move until well into the last lap, when he used a tremendous finishing kick to defeat Jim Beatty of North Carolina, who had led all the way. Beatty was second, and Alan Frame, Kan sas, placed third. Fernando Ledesma, of USC, who broke the nine-minute mark last week at Compton, was a dis tant eighth yesterday. Oregon picked up its final point when Martin Pedigo placed sixth in the broadjump with a leap of 23 feet, Z3 inches made in Friday's preliminaries. Church's Rtcord Broken Jerry Church, of Oregon State, who set a new NCAA javelin record Friday in the pre liminaries with a toss of 232 feet, 6 inches, saw his record shattered Saturday. Church's short-lived mark was broken by Les Bitner, Kansas, who hurled the javelin 246 feet, 1 inch. Church ended up in third place. Villanova's Don Bragg be came the fifth athlete in world history to clear 15 feet in the pole valut with his mark of 15 feet, 1 inch for a new NCAA record. He broke the old figure of 14 feet 9V inches set by Don Laz, of Illinois, in 1951. Others who have cleared 15 are Dutch Warmerdam, world record hold er at 15 feet IV inches, and Bob Richards, Laz and ,Don Cooper, of Nebraska. ' Naw Records Other new marks were set by Ernie Shelton, of SC, who leaped 6 feet HVa inches in the high jump; Tom Courtney, Fordham, who ran the half-mile in 1:49.5, and Jim Golliday, Northwestern, Medford's Junior Baseball Program Begins Monday Spts Medford's Jr. 2 col nea Medford's public schools' an nual baseball instruction pro gram for boys of the vicinity will begin on Monday along with competition in the South ern Oreeon Junior Baseball League. Registration is scheduled from 8:30 to 9 a.m. eaph day this week but registrations will "be taken on through the summer for late comers. Classes will be conduct ed Monday through Thursday each week through August 4 at the Medford Senior High school baseball field. . There will be instruction for boys in three age groups. Cubs, boys from 13 through 15 years of age, will attend from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Time period for pee wees, ages 10 to 12, will be 8:30 to 10:45. Sandblowers, boys 8-10, will receive instruction from 10:15 to 11:30 a.m. . Three Leagues Boys should have their own gloves and sneakers. However, no boy should stay away because of lack of a glove. Instructors are Lee Ragsdale, Barney Riggs and 'Bob .New land. They will teach funda mentals, team play, and play of Individual positions. Better players among the youths will compete in pee wee, intermediate and cub leagues. Games will be played at 3 p.m., pee wees on Mondays and Thurs days, intermediates on Tuesdays and cubs on Wednesdays. Med' ford, will have Tiger and Wild cat entries in the pee wee cir cuit and one team each in inter mediate and cub leagues. The pee wee circuit is for boys 12 and under. Thirteen and 14-year-olds will vie in the inter mediate league. Fifteen is the maximum age for cub partici pation. PEE WEE SCHEDULE: June 20 Ashland at Medford Tigers. Medford Wildcats- at Central Point, Jacksonville at Lone Pine. June 23 Lone Pine at Medford Wild cat. Medford Tigers at Central Point, Jacksonville at Ashland. June 27 Medford Wildcats at Jacksonville, Lone Pine at Medford Tigers. Central Point at Ashland. June 30 Ashland at Medford Wildcats, Medford Tigers at Jacksonville, Central Point at Lone Pine. July 7 Jacksonville at Central Point, Lone Pine at Ashland. Medford Tigers at Medford Wildcats. July 11 Medford Tigers at Ash land, Central Point at Medford Wild cats, Lone Pine at Jacksonville. July 14 Medford Wildcats at Lone Pine, Central Point at Medford Tigers, Ash land at Jacksonville. July 18 Jack sonville at Medford Wildcats. Medford Tigers at Lone Pine. Ashland at cen tral Point. July 21 Meatora wua cats at Ashland, Jacksonville at Med ford Tigers. Lone Pine at Central Point. July 25 Central Point at Jack sonville, Ashland at Lone Pine. Med ford Wildcats at Medford Tigers. INTERMEDIATE SCHEDULE: June 21 Lone Pine at Ashland, Medford at Central Point. June 28 Ashland at Medford, Central Point at Lone Pine. July 5 Central Point at Ashland. Medford at Lone Pine. July 12 Ashland at Lone Pine. Central Point at Medford. July 19 Medford at Ashland, Lone Pine at Central Point. Ashland at Central Point. Lone Pine at Medford. CUB SCHEDULE: June 22 Grants Pass at Ashland. June 28 Ashland at Medford. July 6 Medford at Grants Pass. July 13 Ashland at Grants Pass. July 20 Medford at Ashland. July 27 Grants Pass at Medford. ((ABLER DEFEATS DEVOE IN JUNIOR GOLF FINAL Portland (U.R) Gary Hval, Carole Jo Kabler, David Munro and Fred Taylor wound up cham pions here yesterday in the 25th annual Oregon junior golf tourn ament. ' Hval, a 17-year-old Portland er, defeated Ron Weber of Prine ville, 6 and 5, in his second trip to the junior finals. Carole Jo Kabler, 17, Suther lin, took the girls' title for the second year running. She scored SEEKS NEW LAURELS Amateur Harvey Ward of San Francisco, winner of the Brit ish Amateur in 1952 and cur rent Canadian amateur champ, sinks a putt on the eighth hole at the Olympic Club Lakeside course as he prepares for the USGA Na tional Open. He is rated a top contender to win the tourney. 4 a 3 and 2 victory over Sue DeVoe of Medford. The match was a replay of last year's finale. Munroe gained the boys' cham pionship with a hot third nine which gave him a 4 and 3 vic tory over Portlander Bill Lovett. In the peewee class, Fred Tay lor of Portland halted Gary Snel grove of Salem 4 and 3. "TREMENDOUS BOOST" ' " Paris, France (U.R) Alexand er C. Cushing, president of the California Winter Olympics Com mittee, Saturday cited the award ing of the. 1960 Winter Olympics to Squaw Valley, Calif., as ."a tremendous boost to winter sports" in the United States. "I am very glad we won," Cushing said after the little known California resort was named as the site for the 1960 winter games Friday by the In ternational Olympic Committee. Squaw Valley was awarded the 1960 winter games after De troit lost out to Rome, Italy, in a bid to gain the 1960 summer games. The California resort was awarded 32 votes on the second and deciding ballot against 30 votes for Innsbruck, Austria. who ealloned the 220 in 20.9. Milt Campbell, Indiana, equal ed the meet record with a time of 13.9 in the high hurdles. Golliday and Bill Watson, of Florida, equalled the meet rec ord of 9.5 in the 100-yard dash. Golliday's mark in the 220 was set during preliminary heats. He was the only double winner, taking both sprints to day in 9.6 and 21.1 after his faster times in preliminary heats. The Trojans, heavy pre-meet favorites, found the coins roueh Saturday, with UCLA holding the lead right up to the final event. After 13 events, with only the pole vault remaining, the Bruins led with 33 points to SC's 32. Two Trojans collected 10 points in the last event to give SC the victory. Hotel Corporation Backed by Chamber Portland (U.R) The board of directors of Portland's cham bers of commerce voted Friday to sponsor a corporation coni Dosed of local interests to ne gotiate with any potential build ers and operators of a convention type hotel in the business district here. Chamber President R. L. Clark said the action was taken "to advance as quickly as pos sible negotiations with Leo Corrigan and all other qualified hotel people who have expres sed an interest in operating new hotel facilities in Portland.'' "Some funds have been tenta tively subscribed by local people," Clark said. He added that he hoped the corporation would be able to heip advance the hotel project to a satisfactory conclusion. Women's Golf Rogue Valley Country club women placed third in the Willa mette Valley-Southern Oregon golf tourney last week at Rose burg. Mrs. William Miller and Mrs. -Fred Conrad, Medford, were :het winners in their groups. ' Roseburg was first place team with 299. Bend's 314 shaded the Rogue valley 315 total. Mrs. Miller had a 77 in the A group and Mrs. Conrad .headed D participants with 79. ' In Thursday's ladies' day specs action at Rogue Valley Mrs. C. R. Elbert and Mrs. Mahr Rey mers tied in Class A with 23. Mrs. H. D. McClure led B entries with 19 and Mrs. Ed Radzweit had the same number for Group C laurels. Mrs. Lee Bauman won D with 21 and Mrs. Lawrence Buonocore took the nine hole prize with 15. Portland City Golf Course Will Be Zoo Portland, Ore. (U.R) Golfers will cease treading the sod of Portland's West Hills municipal golf course Wednesday when bulldozers move onto the site to create a new $3,800,000 zoo. Soil testing will begin imme diately and contracts for grading will be let soon after July 1, according to City Commissioner Stanley W. Earl. ENTER LINKS TOURNEY Montreal (U.R) U.S. and British Open golf champions Ed Furgol and Peter Thomson have announced that they will com pete in the $26,800 Labatt Open at Montreal's Summerlea Course, Aug. 25-28. Others who are in the tournament are Mike Sou chak, Gene Littler, Billy Max well and Ted Kroll. DODGERS INK HATFIELD Matewan, W. Va. (U.R) Jack Hatfield, who compiled a 10-1 record for Matewan High School this year, has signed with the Brooklyn .Dodgers for an esti mated $4,000 and will report -o Hornell, N. Y., in the Class D. Pony League. PREP STARS SIGNED Philadelphia (U.R) High school baseball stars Charles Randall of Glassboro, N. J., and Nate Dickerson of Chetlenham, Pa., have been signed by the Philadelphia Phillies. WINS GOLF TITLE Chicago (U.R) Tiny Jackie Yates, a Honolulu miss who stands just 5-feet-2, won the Women's National Intercolleg iate golf tournament Saturday by turning the tables on - upset minded Berridge Long, 5 and 4. You'll Always Find Reliability Uniformity Full Strength IN EVERY LOAD OF TRU-MIX CONCRETE Tru-Mix Concrete Co. FAST. PROMPT DELIVERY , McAndrew Road : Phone 2-5271 Medford4Twbune Moore Defends Title Against Bobo Olson By JACK CUDDY United Press Sports Writer New York (U.R) In the year's most significant fight, 38-year-old Archie Moore will de fend his light heavyweight crown against middleweight champion Carl (Bobo) Olson, Wednesday night, and try to clinch a September shot at the heavyweight title. The crowns of three divisions are involved in the 15-round "battle of champions" at the Polo Grounds. An impressive victory by Moore, the 175-pound champ, unquestionably would make him the September challenger for Rocky Marciano's heavyweight diadem. But if ancient Archie can't beat Olson, the 160-pound boss, he must give up his year long pursuit of Marciano. Olson Title Loss Olson, 26, is not risking his middleweight title in the na tionally televised and broadcast fight. But if he wins Moore's crown, Olson's middleweight championship will be vacated automatically and immediately under New York state rules. An elimination tournament would be held to determine the new 160-pound champion. A victorious Olson would not consider challenging Marciano for the heavy crown until 1956 because of their current weight differences. Accordingly big Bob Baker of Pittsburgh probably would get the September shot. Promoter Jim Norris expects at least 25,000 fans and $250, 000 for the first light heavy weight title fight ever staged in the New York Giants' ball park. The TV-radio contract yields an other $100,000, although the New York area will be blacked out on TV within a 90-mile radius. The ticket range is from $5 to $30. . . Moore Favored . Following the fistic axion that "a good big man can always beat a good little man," Moore is favored at 7Vi to 5 over Olson. Bookies are offering 4-1 that Archie goes the distance, but only 2-1 that ; Bobo lasts the route. v Moore a well-travelled "ring gypsy" who now lists San Diego as his home would be a much longer favorite were it not for the fact he may . be handicapped by age and. weight-making. At 38, he is paring down from the 196V4 pounds he weighed on May 2 against Nino Valdes to the light-heavy limit of 175. He claims he will have no difficulty because of a reducing secret he learned from an aborigine in Australia. - Minnie Minoso Makes Public Apology For Hitting Slump New York U.R) Minnie Minoso of the White Sox, deep in the throes of his worst slump ever, made a public apology to day because, he feels "I no give fans their money's worth this year." The hustling Chicago left fielder, whose batting average has -tailed off to .230 following last year's brilliant .320, insists he has let down both the fans and White Sox. "People pay to see me hit and when I no hit, they got right to say something," Minoso declar ed. "But they don't . . . they all very good to me ... I apologize to them, though, because I so bad at plate this year." Competitive Spirit ' Despite Minoso's slump, Mana ger Marty Marion claims., the colorful Cuban is still a vital cog in the White Sox' machine because of his tremendous com petitive spirit. Minnie . doesn't see it that way, however. ' "If I be hitting good, like I should, you know, we'd , win four-five more games and be in first place," he declared, grit ting his teeth. "All the time every day, I try to keep chin up. People ask me how I feel and I say, 'Hokay.' " Minoso suddenly looked at his shoes and seemed absorbed in deep thought ' "Yes," he said, "I smile and make believe I happy on outside, but am sad inside . . sometimes I feel so bad I no eat after game." The 30-year-old .outfielder, whose skull was fractured when Bob Grimm of the Yankees hit him with a pitch on May 18, spread his hands in a gesture of helplessness as he talked in front of his locker. "I cannot understand why I no hit," he sighed.. T f eel strong . . .1 no play" around af ter game ... I swing same way as before but ball all the timefgo to shortstop or second basemtn. I don't know why, honest." In spite of its hump, a buffa lo can roll over with the ease of a mule. Sports Afield. Sunday, June IS, I9SS MEDF0RD4 (OREGON) MAIL TAIBUm-HXin Dowan Ties HHogan On National! en; To FDay .Off Today Bv HAL WOOD United Press Sports Writer San Francisco U.R) Slend er Jack Fleck, an unheralded professional from Davenport, la., sank a curling, seven-foot putt on the 18th green Saturday to tie Ben Hogan for the National Open Golf championship. Waging an uphill battle after Hogan already Tiad turned in an even par 70 for a 287 total, the 32-year-old Iowan, who has never won a major tournament, went around in three-under-par 67 for the final round to gain the deadlock. Fleck's final hole birdie threw the 55th annual renewal of the open into an 18-hole play off today. , With Hogan already in the dressing room announcing his retirement if he won this tour nament, Fleck pulled off one of the greatest upsets in the Na tional Open since Sam Parks won in 1935. Needed Two Birdies Bantam Ben looked as if he had an unprecendented fifth National i Open title in the bag when it became known that Fleck had bogeyed the 14th hole and needed two birdies on the last four holes to gain, a tie. Before more than 10,000, that joined him after Hogan com pleted his round, Jack sank a birdie on the 15th. He paired the tough 603-yard 16th with a five, and then the par four, 461-yard 17th. Fleck's tee shot on the 18th hooked into the rough, but he played a recovery shot to the green to within seven feet and right of the pin. Fleck calmly stroked the ball into the cup. Hogan and Snead Watch Among those watching were Hogan and a disillusioned Sam Snead, who finished in a tie for third place with the first-day leader Tommy Bolt. They each had 292 totals. Fleck had a mediocre first round of 76 but he qualified by shooting a 69 on the second round. It appeared he had shot him self out of business on the morn- Salmon Fingerlingt Will Be Released ' Portland (U.R) 'Some S77, 000 fall chinook and silver sal mop fingerlings will be liberated this month by the Oregon Fish Commission. . The project is an experiment to evaluate hatchery and natural stream production, and to de termine how long young 18101011 should be reared in hatcheries. The fingerlings will be fin-marked. ing round when he took a 75. But he hadn't given up and his play under pressure this af ternoon was the equal of any thing ever produced by Hogan' or any other top notch golfer. Fleck was the only man in the tournament to break par twice. Bass aren't fussy about color in surface lures. Sports Afield. Pure Bred Dogs OBEDIEI.GZ TRAIXG Class Starting Wed., June 22 SOUTHERN OREGON KENNEL CLUB Phone 2-9333 X Why Don't You Buy Gas At ORTOQE? mm Just Drive In For Free Tickets! ford juniiso OF COURSE WE WILL ACCEPT ALL MAJOR OIL CO. 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