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TEH MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Dodgers, Giants To Open 3-Game Series Br MILTON RICHMAN United Press Sports Writer There's little joy in Brooklyn today even with a plush 12Vi game lead because suddenly everyone from owner Walter O'Malley on down has started remembering an even bigger margin the Dodgers blew in '51. "We're not getting the least bit cocky about out lead," O'Mal ley said. "Like the elephant, we have long memories in Brook lyn and we still remember 1951. We were 13 Vfe games ahead in August, yet we lost. And here it is only June." None of the Dodger players were spending those World Ser ies shares yet, either. "You never feel safe no mat ter how big a lead you have," said outfielder Duke Snider. "I remember being with a Montreal club that had an even bigger lead than we have now but still lost." It was an open date for all clubs in the majors Monday but it's back to the wars for all of 'em today. Dodgers, Giants Open Series The Dodgers are in a perfect position to tie the can to the lifeless world champion Giants in a three-game series which opens at Ebbets Field tonight. The forthcoming series could be a momentus one for Giant Manager Leo Durocher," whose job apparently grows more shaky each day. Durocher's con tract runs until the end of the 1955 season but if the Giant's All-American Semi-Final Possible In Tennis Meet Wimbledon, England (U.R) Doris Hart, Louise Brough. Beverly Baker Fleitz and Darlene Hard set up the 10th straight ail-American women's singles final today at the Wimbledon tennis champion ships by winning their quarter-final matches in straight sets. Wimbledon, England (U.R) Today's action in the Wimbledon tennis championships was ex pected to clinch for the United States its 12th straight title in women's singles. Five American girls headed into today's quarter-final round cn the historic, All-England courts, only two of them match ed against each other, and the experts were frankly predicting that an All-America semi-final round would result. That would assure the United Sample Wins Cycle Race Don Sample of Medford, rid ing a KHRM, won the 15-lap main event of the motorcycle race at the Sheriff Posse grounds Sunday in 4:20.02. Wayne Vipond of Eureka, Calif., was second and Joe Jokela, also of Eureka, was third. Sample also won the Trophy dash, which includes the fastest five-time trialers, with a time of 1:28.25 for five laps. John Coleman of Myrtle Creek won the semi-main event, and Jokela and Vipond won two qualifying events. ; Eureka was the best repre sented for the day's events with most of the 18 riders registered, and members of the Redding Motorcycle club also were pres ent. ; The event is sponsored by the Rogue River Ramblers. JOINS 49ER STAFF San Francisco (U.R)- -Mark C. Duncan, formerly of Colorado A&M, has joined the coaching staff of the San Francisco Forty Niners in the National Football League. SEE CLOSSTEX the Royalty Line of Ready Made AUTO SEAT COVERS Seat Covers Made To Order in Any Color Combination Medford Auto Upholstery New Phone 2-2119 303 North Bartlett Formerly Selby's fortunes do not improve, there have been reports he may resign before that. While the Giants attempt to cut into the 17V2 game gap be tween themselves and the Dodg ers, the Cubs and Braves meet tonight with second place at stake. Chicago is ahead of Mil waukee by a mere half game. Cincinnati at St. Louis In other National league games tonight, Cincinnati is at St. Louis and Pittsburgh at Phil adelphia. The game between the Pirates and Phils will be preced ed by the completion of the sus pended game between the two clubs on April 24. Over in the American league, the pace-setting Yankees and last-place Orioles' are idle but the second-place White Sox meet the Tigers, the Athletics face the Indians and the. Red Sox play the Senators in a twi-night twin bill. In the six exhibition games played Monday night, Bob Wies- ler was credited with the Yan kee's 4-1 victory over the Giants; Ronnie Kline was the winner in Pittsburgh's 8-2 decision over the Red Sox; reliever Ray Narl- eski of Cleveland beat Cincin nati, 2-1, in 11 innings; York of the Class B Piedmont league upset the parent Baltimore Or ioles, 13-1; Toronto of the Inter national league defeated the White Sox, 7-3, and Des Moines of the Western league nipped the Chicago Cubs, 3-2. States of another championship in the string begun by Alice Mar ble in 1938. Moreover, it would assure the 10th straight All-America final round in women's singles. Not since Sarah Palfrey of Britain went to the final round in 1939 before losing to Miss Marble has a non-American reached the last bracket. Doris Hart Top Seeded Top-seeded Doris Hart, U. S. champion from Miami, Fla., was matched against fifth-seeded Mrs. Dorothy Knode of Ala meda, Calif., in the only quarter-final expected to produce a Yank elimination. Second-seeded Louise Brough of Beverly Hills, Calif., three time winner of this champion ship, was heavily favored over seventh-seeded Beryl Penrose of Australia, while third-seeded Mrs. Beverly Baker Fleitz of Long Beach, Calif., was picked over eight-seeded Angela Buxton of Britain, and sixth-seeded Dar lene Hard of Montebello, Calif., over unseeded Mrs. Zusi Kor moczi of Hungary. The United States already has been assured of one finals berth in men's singles. Top-seeded Tony Trabert of Cincinnati, Ohio, gained -the semi-final round with an impres sive 8-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory Monday over defending champion Jaro slav Drobny of Egypt. And seventh-seeded Budge Patty of Los Angeles also moved up with a stunning 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 upset of fourth-seeded Lew Hoard of Australia. Belle Cinches Qualifying Trophy, Cops Sunday Open All-Age Stake Belle, labrador female owned and handled by Earl Wescott, clinched the 1955 qualifying stake trophy by winning that event Sunday in the fourth of a series of picnic trials being con ducted by Rogue Valley Re triever club. Belle also took the open all age honors Sunday. The winner of the season trophy in open competition is yet to be de termined. Belle and Kip, a Attractively woven saran plastic seat covers in a wide variety of colors. Nationally advertised in Life, Post and Colliers. Tuesday, June 28. 1955 sipaDimrs VICTORY GESTURE Dr. Cary Middlecoff, Kiamesha Lake, N. Y., makes 'Victory gesture with victory cup in 52nd Western Open golf tournament at Portland. Ore. He won trophy with 16-under-par 272, coming from behind on last round. FORT JONES WEDNESDAY A Northern California league contingent, which is on the up grade from a tail end position, will oppose the Medford Cheney Studs here Wednesday night in a non-league semi-pro baseball brush. The Fort Jones Stars will be the guests of the Studs at 8 p.m. Medford and Grants Pass are tied for fourth place in the Southern Oregon League base ball standings. They are not in the cellar along with Bandon as indicated in a Monday story. The error was noted yesterday but the - correction just didn't get made. Drain and Coquille lead the circuit. Bend is third. Roseburg is in sixth place, following Med ford and Grants Pass. Ban don is alone in the cellar . They represent the third NCL club Medford will . have faced this season and ' the Studs will be out to keep their record clean against Gold Bear state compet ition. Fort Jones lost its first six league games this season. It then collected its full strength and two week ends ago routed the NCL leader, Tulelake, 5-2. Re sult of its last Sunday's conflict labrador male owned and handled by Kenneth Denman, are still in the running. In the Sunday trial in the game management area north of the Military bride Cindy, labrador female owned and handled by Otto Spores; Joe, a golden male owned and handled by Mary Lou Skinner, and Chief, a labrador male owned by Sid Menasco and handled by Carl Newell. Rip and Meg, female labrador owned and handled by William M. McAllister, are close rivals for the derby prize. Kip was second to Belle on the Sunday open rivalry. Third went to Flash, labrador male, owned and handled by Weldon Kline. In the qualifying stake Comet was second. The dog is owned by John Turkovich, Eure ka,, Calif., and was handled by Irv Warren. Rogue, male lab owned by Dr. Rambo, was third. Joe was second and Lucinda third in the puppy competition. Judges were Mrs. Earl Wes cott and Mrs. Tom Rickard, pup pies; Weldon Kline and Paul Skinner, derby; Denman and Mc Allister, qualifying, and Rick ard and Smokey Middlekauf, open. At least one more picnic trial will be held. NEW BOWLING TOURNEY New York (U.R) A new "Bowling Masters Tournament," a 550,000 event open to bowlers with a 300 game in sanctioned competition during the 1955-56 season, will be inaugurated in Chicago in September, 1956. The winner of the tourney will receive 87,500 in prizes a trip to Europe for four, a new automo bile and a gold cup. NINE HERE FOR TIFF was not learned here. Four Tossers Pitcher for the Stars will be from among a staff of four. They are Fred Ruff, Jim Church, Son ney Allen and Albert Facey. Catcher will be either Allan Freeman or Wilbur Facey. Manager Don True has listed 10 players from whom the Star's infield will be picked. They are Bill Martin, Duane Glendenning, Dale Evans, Dan Silva, Don Dun can, Edwin Fisher, Rod Vinall, Albert Facey, Bruce Mello and True, himself. Outfielders will be chosen from among Roy Eastlick, Don Purdy, Mello and Glendenning. The Studs battle the Grants Pass Elks in a non-loop engage ment at the Climate City this evening. Manager ' Clarence Mellbye has indicated that either Marv Scherpf or Jim Kelly will be the pitching choice with the one nbt seeing duty, to get the starting job here on Wednes day. Lovrich or Reid Against California competition Medford has victories of 22 to 16, 11 to 7 and 6 to 4 over Yreka. and a 4 to 3 nod over Mt. Shasta. Either Jack Lovrich or Bob Reid could be on the hill for Grants Pass this evening. Lov rich is a 6-foot 6-inch twirler from University of Southern California. He had a 4-4 record for the Trojans this spring and blanked Colgate without a hit in two innings of relief pitching in the NCAA tournament. He was varsity reserve basketball center this year at USC. Reid pitched at USC in 1950. He was signed by the Yankees and played for Twin Falls, Ida., in the Pioneer league for three seasons before going into the armed forces. This year he had a seven-win and 2-loss record with the Yakima Bears before quitting that team. Tigers Win In Pee Wee Play The Medford Tigers, taking advantage of seven hits and seven errors, blanked Lone Pine, 9 to 0, in a Pee Wee league game here yesterday. In other games, Central Point outslugged Ashland, 13 to 6, at Ashland, and the Med ford Wildcats defeated Jackson ville, 12 to 4. Summaries: R HE Central Point 13 8 2 Ashland 6 4 5 Anhorn and Warren; Nelson, Voris, Hardy and Johnson. Medford Wildcats 12 7 5 Jacksonville 4 2 7 Quackenbush, Peffley and Quinney, Criswell; Romin and Shepard. Medford Tigers 9 7 0 Lone Pine 0 17 Painter and , Quinney; Greene and Griffin. SALAD FOOD Chicago Consumption of let tuce in the U. S. has increased by more than 40 per cent since the close of World War II. . Dead line tor Sunday ntPtifiin1 is at noon Saturday. Match Play In OGA Tournament Starts Portland (U.R) A 17-year-old girl stole the show yesterday in qualifying rounds ' for the match play title of the Oregon Golf Association with a record shattering mark. Carole Jo Kabler of Suther- lin, the state 'junior women's champion and runner-up in the women's division of the OGA last season, shot a one-under-women's par 75 over the Waver ley Country Club course. This broke the women's course rec ord and gave her the qualifying medal. Dorothy Kirb of Atlanta shot a 76 in the women's nation al amateur three years ago. A huge men's field of 204 golfers was headed by four vho wound up with 71, Bruce Cudd, BF Beats Camp White In RV Loop Butte Falls outslugged Camp White, 15 to 11, in a Rogue Val ley league game Sunday. It was the Whiters first loss, and drop ped them into second place, one half game behind Glendale which has a 4-1 record. Glendale walloped Eagle Point, 24 to 1, in a league con test Sunday. Butte Falls, with a 2-3 record, elevated itself to fourth place in the league. Camp White has a 3-1 record. BOB CHRISTIE TO ENTER SATURDAY HARDTOP RUN Bob Christie, well-known vet eran auto racing driver of Grants Pass, will have his first crack at hardtop competition this Saturday. Christie, who has driven just about every type of car but a hardtop, will try his luck in the Saturday night program at the Jackson County speedway here. He'll be skippering the Vic Sur roz Nash, M39. . - The Grants Pass mart holds the 150-mile American Automo bile association championship record for stock cars on a one half mile trakc. It was set last year at Gardena, Calif. He rac ed four consecutive years in the Portland Meets Seattle In PCL By UNITED PRESS There was only one game scheduled in the Pacific Coast League last night between Portland and Seattle and that was rained out. AH eight teams in the league will see action tonight San Diego playc at San Fran cisco, Oakland at Seattle, Sac ramento at Hollywood and Los Angeles at Portland. SIGNS WITH PIRATES Pittsburgh (U.R) Charles Martin, a right-handed pitcher from Fayette City, Pa., today became the fifth bonus player on the Pittsburgh Pirates' roster. The 23-year-old youth signed a contract with the -1 Pirates Mon day and joined the team immediately. KIflgTRII(s Introduction of milder, lower-priced, 86 Proof bottling as a companion to world-famoui 100 Proof Bottled in Bond brings forth unprecedented public demand! 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Clayton Lewis in 2nd flight shot 81, meets Ron Isaacs, Port land; Deane LarJkbert, snot 87 meets Bob Lessing, Portland in 6th flight; Del Berg, shot 85, meets Bill Porter, Sand Point, 6th flight; Everett McGraw shot 89 meets Ralph Erdman Port land in 8th flight; Paul Walker, Medford shot 94, meets Bob Kellogg, Portland in 8th flite. Women: Sue Devoe shot 79, plays Mrs. Raymond Scott, Port land in champ flight; Mrs. Max ine Hammond had 80, meets Mrs. Frank Fisk, Portland, sec ond flight; Mrs. Paul Walker had 110; plays Betty Lou Robert, Portland in 6th flight; famed Mexican road race and qualified this year for the In dianapolis speedway Memorial day classic. In 1953 he was third in national AAA point standings in a 1953 Nash. At Indianapolis Christie had one of the top times in qualify ine. However, on his second 10 lap trial run the crankshaft of his big car broke, wrecking the vehicle. Goes Over Bank Christie drove Nashes in 1951 and 1952 in the Mexico run, and in 1953, piloting a Ford for Surroz, he was leading the. first leg by five minutes when the car went over the bank on a turn. Last year in Mexico he busted a head gasket and lost too much water to stay in con tention with a Curtis in the in ternational sports car class. He plans to enter the Mexican event again in November. Christie's experience includes midgets and sprint cars as well as late stock, big car and sports models. The veteran driver has raced for Surroz for a number of years. M39 he will herd on the Posse grounds track here Saturday is a 1938 Nash. It basically has a 1950 motor. The usual program of heats, trophy dashes and A and B mains is planned here on Sat urday. Track Manager Bill Roz ell reported that a number of Crescent City, Calif., cars will be entered. He reported that sev eral drivers and mechanics are working over their machines to speed them up . Bourbon Whiskey 10 FT. A0 45 QT . 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