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KTOKT MtDTORD (OREGON) Gasper Ousts Simmons in 06A Tournament; DeVoe, Harrington, Getchell Cop Matches Portland tU.R) A new Oregon Golf association men's champion will be crowned this year.' - Eddie Simons defending cham pion from Medford, dropped a 4 and 3 decision to Bob Gasper of - Cottage Grove over the rain soaked Riverside Golf and Country club course yesterday. Co-medalist Ray Chirgwin of the host club also was defeated, los ing -up to Ralph Swan of Port land. , The favorites had better luck in women's play, although the same rain, thunder and lightning was present. Carol Jo Kabler of Sutherlin, medalist, downed Na omi Borgensgard of Portland 5 and 4; Sue DeVoe of Medford won from Mary Scott of Port land 6 and 4, and Mrs. Harry FOR THE DEFENSE Get ting ready to defend his 1954 world champion ship Tam O'Shanter golf title is Bob Toski of Livingston, N. J. He is practicing his putting at the famous country club course at Niles, m., for the Tam tourney's that start. Aug. 8. Kurz Cops Main On Ashland Oval Ashland After 20 odd laps with Al Root in the lead, it was "Lead Foot" Louis Kurz who jumped out in front to get the checkered flag first in the 25- lap A-main Saturday night at the Ashland Speedway. Root in M-88 starting in the number one spot, held this posi tion most of the way but was unable to hold off Kurz in M-7 in the last few laps of the race. Throughout the entire A-main the cars were bumper to bump' er with positions holding the same. Monty Hall in A-3 blew a tire just when he started to work up and lost his place. Second place went to Root, with Bob Wilcox in M-4 taking third. Highlight of the evening came in the third heat when Herb Parker in A-23 tangled with the crash wall in front of the grand stand. He flipped and was out for the rest of the program. Results of the races: B-trophy Dash, A-15, Crock Hunter; A trophy Dash, R-89, Bill Metzger; 1st Heat, M-31, Dick Imhausen; 2nd heat M-88, AI Root; 3rd heat, P-3, Jim Shippy; 4th heat, M-7, Louie Kurz; B-main, P-3, Jim Shippy. "I'm warning you, comrada com missar ... its treason to insist OLD Mr. BOSTON VODKA much battar than glorious Russian kind." i liUttiliM i $140 No breath JVSQT. $22? PIMT DIST. FROM 100 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS 80 PROOF MR. BOSTON DIST, INC., BOSTON I MAIL tribune Stepp of Portland defeated Mrs. R. I. Borst. Mrs. Francis Rowell, defend ing champ from Portland, de feated Mrs. George Decker of La Grande, 4 and 2. Another men's upset saw El- on Ellis of Portland defeat Bob Bronson, OGA president, 2-up. McAllister Beaten In other men's matches, Phil Getchell of Medford defeated Dick Marks of Klamath Falls 3 and 2; "George Harrington of Medford won a similar decision over Ed Vanderberg of Port land; Don Bick of Cobs Bay de feated Jim Shaw Jr., of Port land, 3 and 2; George Beechler of Ontario was two-under-par in winning from Woody Ball of Portland 2 and 1; Ralph Dichter of Gearhart downed Harold Wes ton of Portland 2 and 1. Roy Atkins, Portland, downed Bill McAllister, Medford, 3 and 2; Bruce Cudd defeated Dr. Rob ert Fox of Portland 5 and 4; Harry Millette, Medford, defeat ed Jim MacKenzie, Portland, 3 and 2; Bill George, Portland, de feated Bob Henningson, Astoria, 2 and 1; Leigh ton Tuttle of Eu gene downed Vince Altenhofen, Portland, 2 and 1; Dom Provost, Portland, defeated Merrill Hval of Portland 4 and 3. In defeating the defending champ. Gasper was 1 up after nine holes. He then nabbed the 10th, 11th and 12th and halved the 13th, 14th, and 15th to take the match. Other match results involving Medford entries in the Oregon Golf association tourney at Portland .were: In second flicht, Clayton Lewis def. Ron Isaacs. Portland, one-up; in 6th flight Oeane Lambert lost to Bob Lessing, Portland. 4 and 3; Del Berg def. Bill Porter, Seattle, 4 and 2; in 8th flight Ev McGraw won by default from Ralph Erd man, Portland; Paul Walker, def. Bob Kellogg. Portland, 5 and 4. Miles Dnran won a lower flight match 1 up on the 19th hole. Num ber of the flight and name of his opponent wete not available. Women, fith flight, Mrs. Paul Wal ker lost to Betty Lou Roberts, Port land. 2 and 1; Mrs. Maxine Ham mond lot to Mrs. Frank Fisk, Port land, 3 and 2. Lone Pine Beats Central Pointers Lone Pine tinned Central Point 4 to 3 in the only South ern Oregon Junior Baseball League intermediate fracas play ed yesterday. , Medfords hassle slated here with Ashland was washed out by the rainstorm. It is planned to make up the contest on Friday. July 8. Short score: . Central Point - 3 3 2 Lone Pine ..... .. 4 4 ' ' 2 Hubbard and Pfaft Maurer and Summers. Snider Musial Get Back Leads In All-Star Poll Chicaeo (U.R) Sruecine Duke Snider of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Stan (The Man) Musial of the St. Louis Card inals climbed back into the leads today in the balloting in the annual All-Star baseball poll. Snider took over the center field spot on the National League squad by a margin of 12,024 over Richie Ashburn of the Philadefohia Phillies. Snider had 848,203 votes to Ashburn's 836.179. -Musial went ahead of Ted Kluszewski of the Cincinnati Redlegs. in tabulation for the first base job on the National League team bv 13.511 votes. In another change, Jim Finigan of tne Kansas City Athletics re gained the third base spot on the American Leaeue team bv 7,135 votes over George Kell of tne Chicago white Sox. Injury Troubles Plague Dodgers Brooklyn (U.R) The Brook lyn Dodgers' injury woes contin ued to pile up today with star catcher Roy Camnanella sched uled for X-rays on the injured left knee that has hampered him for six days. Tuesday, other X-rays dis closed that pitcher Russ Mayer wno was involved in a colli sion during a game in Mil waukee last Sunday suffered a broken shoulder bone that will sideline him for at least 30 days end possibly for the rest of the season. Pitchers Carl Erskine. Johnnv Podres and Billy Loes also are out of action with arm ailments. and outfielder Duke Snider is just recovering from a leg in jury. BAYLOR STAR SIGNS Waco, Tex. (U.R) Fred Gottlieb, star pitcher of Bay lor's baseball team this vear has been signed by the Phila delphia Phillies and assigned to Three Rivers in the Class C Pro vincial League. . BORN ON SITE Hot Springs, Va. U.R) Herman Peery, newly - named professional at the Cascades Golf Course, should be right at home on the fifth hole. He was Wednesday, June 29, 1955' Uedfob!&Trisuni Moore Honored In Ratings by Ring Magazine New York (U.R) Heavy weight Archie Moore and Ray Famechon of France, two veter ans were honored today as the Ring Magazine isued its latest ratings. Light heavyweight champion Moore, 38, was named "Fighter of the Month" by the magazine because of his impressive knock out victory over middleweight ruler Bobo Olson last week. Thirty-year old, Famechon, European featherweight champi on, was boosted from third place to the top among contenders for the world 126-pound crown be cause of his recent victory over Billy Kelly of Ireland and be cause of the retirement of Percy Bassett. Bassett Through Bassett of Philadelphia, who had been number one, retired be cause of an eye injury. Tony DeMarco of Boston, who lost the welterweight title to Carmen Basilio, is listed as top contender. Mario D Agata of Italy re placed Raton Macias of Mexico as top bantamweight contender because of Macia's knockout by Billy Peacock of Los Angeles. Macias was dropped to fourth. Peacock was elevated from tenth to sixth. Gene Fullmer of West Jordan, Utah,, broke into the middle weight ratings as number eight because of his victory over Gil Turner, who dropped from eighth to ninth. Soviet Oarsmen Reconsider Race London (U.R) Soviet Oars men today decided to reconsider their decision to pull out of the Henley Regatta because they could not row their own shells. The Russians had walked out of the Thames river classic that got under way this morning, But they decided to reconsider when striking London stevedores suddenly announced they would allow volunteers to carry the Russian shells off a strike-bound Russian steamer. Stelle To Report To Rams' Camp Los Angeles (U.R) The Los Angeles Rams of the Na tional Football League said to day that linebacker Don Wade of Vanderbilt. quarterback Earl Stelle of Oregon and end Willie Roberts of Tulsa will report to their summer train ing camp on July 7. Wade is a brother of LA back Billy Wade. Stelle is an ex-Medford, Ore., high school gridder. AGE PROSPECT Washington Of the women in the U. S. who will reach age 65 this year, about one-fifth will go on to reach the age of 88. The only all-purpose station wagon ! Only the 'Jeep' Station Wagon gives you 4-wheel drive. As a business vehicle or a family car, it's the world's most practical station wagon. It has extra stamina for normal highway travel in 2-wheel drive, an shifts easily into 4-wheel drive to go through sand, mud, snow and soft earth, on or off the road, in all kinds of weather. It carries six people or up to 110 cubic feet of bulky cargo. The interior is washable easily cleaned for family use. The . 'Jeep' Station Wagon is now available with power brakes. 4-WHEEL DRIVE WIUYS...mrtf $ lirgtst Bakers ef 4-wkeel inn vtbides Ask for a demonstraSon today... STEVENS AUTO SALES "Your Friendly Willys bealer" 505 North Central Medford Phone 3-3655 Will Pastrano Decisions Maxim In 10-Rounder New Orleans (U.R) "Aging Joey Maxim had no excuses to day for his loss to up and coming Willie Pastrano and said "Now I know how those guys used to feel that fought me when I was young." Pastrano, a 19-year-old New Orleans hustler, pounded out an easy 10-round unanimous deci sion over the 33-year-old former light heavyweight champion Tuesday night. l took it easy, saving myself so I could open up with speed and power in the final three rounds Pastrano said. It was his 31st win in 39 fights, and ho salted it away with a barrage in the late stages. Nets Just $16,794 Maxim weighed 186 to Pas- trano's 176 and Pastrano said "That money is just too fast." The fight, staged by Louisiana Boxing Enterprises, Inc., drew a paid attendance of only 3,169 and a net of $16,794. Maxim was guaranteed $15,000 for the fight and Pastrano $7,500. Maxim apparently shot for a knockout or nothing and never got an opening against the speedy New Orleans youngster Pastrano did no real damage to his opponent but kept jabbing away at the veteran Cleveland boxer. ' Oregon Runner Tours Finland Helsinki U.R) A United States team made up of sprinter Dick Blair, half-miler Tom Courtney, miler Bob Seaman, broadjumper John Bennett, steeplechaser Ken Reiser and hammerthrowr Bob Backus ar rived Tuesday night to bgin a tour of Finland and other Scan dinavian countries. Vancouver Police Inquiry To Open Vancouver, B. C. U.R) Sev eral high Vancouver Police De Dartment authorities, some of them under fire for the way they've handled the city's nar cotics problem, will appear next Tuesday before a royal commis sion conducting a sweeping in vestigation into the department's methods. Chief Constable Walter Mulli gan, currently on a leave of ab sence from the department, will be one of the key witnesses at the hearings. The first open session of the inquiry Tuesday will be pre sided over by Commissioner R H. Tupper, while chief council for the commission will be Van couver lawyer J. G. A. Hutche- son. The commission will probe all levels of the department and investigate charges of laxity. corruption, misbehavior and graft. STATION WAGON FIRING BALL TO FIRST after nailing sliding Irv Noren at sec ond, Cleveland's Bobby Avila completes double play against Yankees in fourth inning of New York game. (International) Violent Weather in By UNITED Violent June weather relented on the nation's midsection today, although it sent showers and thundershowers to the Missis sippi Valley and the Southern Plains. A small tornado ripped Radio Operator Scared Stiff as Plane Crash Lands ' Zuni, N.M. (U.R) Maj. E. H. Manuel scared a CAA radio station operator stiff and set his three companions to mum bling prayers last night, but he brought an Air Force B26 down safely although he could not reach the El Moro emer gency landing strip here. Manuel made a wheels-up landing on level ground and skidded to a halt short of the strip just 25 yards from the radio shack. He was en route from his home base, Andrews AFB in Maryland, to Los Angeles with Navy Cmdr. J. F. Wilbur fly ing co-oilol and airman 2C F. S. Foster as engineer. Maj. J. M. Andrews of March AFB. Calif., was a passenger. Therefe to Rainier ' - jf ' i I I .'. lYtiT TTn MmM tha Midwest Easing Off through two farm buildings near Aberdeen, S.D., last night and an unconfirmed tornado was spot ted southwest of Shattuck, Okla. But other warnings of possible destructive storms failed to materialize. ? In West Texas, soaking rains followed thunderstorms which killed two persons with light ning bolts Monday. San Angelo got 2.25 inches of ram in a flash thunderstorm yesterday and Childress measured two inches. Nebraska, meanwhile, got a chance to relax after a, tornado which killed, two persons and in jured 85 near Scottsbluff. Alaskan Public Lands Slated for Settlement Washington (U.R) More than 211,0030 acres of public lands in Southwestern Alaska will be opened for settlement July 29, Acting Interior Secre tary Clarence A. Davis said to day. . Most of the lands previously had been reserved for military purposes. The Interior department said the lands are in the Bethel area on the Kuskokwim river about 425 miles due west of Anchorage and are isolated from population centers and highways. moiB v . j m Jim Carter Favored in Title Bout Boston ttl.R) Lightweight champion Jimmy Carter of New York was a solid 3-1 favorite to turn back challenger Wallace (Bud) Smith of Cincinnati, Ohio, in their nationally-televised 15 round bout at Boston Garden to night the champ's 11th title fight. However, the 31-year-old title holder wasn't evoking as much Boston interest for this "grudge" battle -as he did in drawing gates of $160,000 against Tommy Col lins two years ago and $100,000 with Boston's Tony DeMarco earlier this year. Advance tick et sales for the fight were re portedly lighter tharf the origi nal date of the match, June 1, when Carter came down with a cold. Both fighters appeared trim and sharp as they wound up last minute training chores Tuesday and both were predicting knock out wins in the match, which will be blacked out in New England.. 4th of July Vacation Safety Special 1. Lubricate your car complete. 2. Pack front wheel bearings & inspect all brake Lining. 3. Change engine oil. 4. Fill transmission and differential up to level. 5. Clean and re-oil air cleaner. 6: Fill brake master cylinder and check for .leaks. 7. Check all tires for cuts and bruises. 8. Check muffler and exhaust system for dangerous ' leaks. 9. Adjust fan belt tension and check for breaks. 10. Drain and refill radiator and tighten all hose . connections. . ' 11. Give your car. the ten point safety check as . recommended by the national safety council. 12. Wash your car and vacuum interior. Phone 2-6209 or 2-6200 for Free Pickup & Delivery CALL TODAY FOR AN APPOINTMENT DARRELL MILLER CO. 415 South Riverside Avenue Medford Oregon your glass with a jolly gurgle goes the golden brew. Sparkling: and swirling, it caps itself with snowy foam. You taste. That's what you've wanted the pleasant tingle of beer with more te to it! Sicb' SMtil Brawifio urJ Fight Results Houston. Tex. Billy (Sweetpea) Peacock. 122' 2. Los Angeles, knocked out Alex Fimbres. 126.. Phoenix. Ariz. l4K: . Chicago Bobby Boyd. 160. Chicago, knocked out Lloyd Triplett. 160. Chi cago. (3). Miami Beach. Fla. Harold Carter. 190. Newark. N.J.. outpointed Julio Moderos, 199. Havana. Cuba. (10). WEATHER By United Press Northern California: Mostly fair but occasional cloudiness ex treme north; a little rain near Oregon border tonight; coastal fog night and morning. Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport bright can. Into Molting Co., $Mttl, Wmh-, US. A. born on the site 28 years ago.
