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ELfyrae Ms Vacfe To 12-0 VAi;. PiriHes leajt Mgers Ohio Pilot Wins 1955 NATIONAL LCAGIE STANDINGS 52 42 39 34 35 -33 Gl. . 13 18 19 19i 27', AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. . New York 52 24 .684 - Chtcacc 3 28 .808 Cleveland 43 31 381 Beaton 41 3S 33? Detroit - 38 Brooklyn Chicago Milwaukee . Cincinnati New York Philadelphia St. Louis Pittsburgh .25 L. Pet 21 .712 34 353 34 334 35 .493 39 .473 40 .452 39 .443 49 338 Kansas City Washington . Baltimore 31 -23 34 328 41 .431 48 .342 8 11 12 19 25' JU 52 .278 SO BT CARL LUNDOUIST United Press Sports Wriier Tht New York Yankees put on pre-hollday fireworks display In Yankee stadium Saturday night, exploding for 19 hits in 12-0 victory over the Wash ington Senators in which Tommy Byrne pitched three-hit ball and blasted home run and two singles. Mickey Mantle drove In five runs with three hits and Andy Carey, Gil McDougald and El ston Howard also got three hits apiece. Byrne struck out six and walked only two to defeat the Nats for the third straight time and chalk up his sixth victory f the season. Bob Porterfield, who started for Washington, was beaten for the seventh straight ' time and lost his 12th game. The Yankees sent him home early with a 3-run rally in the first inning Trank Shea, who relieved Por terfield was touched for two 'more runs in the second and the Yankees added two more in the sixth and five more 'in- the eighth. -t Harsham Hurls Three-Hitter The White Sox came out of their six-game losing streak al most solely on the efforts of Jack Harsham, who pitched a three hitter and smacked a homer for the winning run in a 2-1 triumph over Cleveland. Harsham struck out 10 batters -and gained his third victory over the Indians. At Baltimore, rookie George Susce Jr., limited the Orioles to four singles and gave the Boston Red Sox a 5-1 victory; Boston got nine hits and coasted to victory over the . punchless Orioles who now have lost 11 games in a row. It was Boston's 21st victory in the last 26 games. , Cincinnati blasted Milwaukee for the second game in a row, putting over seven runs in the second Inning, the coastig to a 10-5 triumph. Pittsburgh's Pirates, . usually more to be pitied than censured, rose up again from the depths of the National League Satur day to smite the Brooklyn Dod gers for the second straight time, 1-9. with an unearned run in jthe 10th inning the. margin of tri- umnh- 'The Bucs, suddenly acting as If the standings had been turned upside down, tied the score at 6-6 with two runs in the ninth, then put over the winning run in the followig frame after re liever Clem Labine had retired the first two men. The Giants connected for three homers by Sid Gordon. Willie Mays, and Ray Katt to account for au their tames in a ft-i victory over the Phillies. Gordon hit a three-run blast and Slavs drilled his 21st with one man on off loser Curt Simmons. Katt'a came with none on off reliever Thornton Kipper. Sal Maglie pitched a solid nine-hitter for his ninth victory. c' . The Cubs edged the Cardinals,' 4-3, putting over three runs in the eighth inning on homers by Randy Jackson and Walker Cooper. Lefty Paul Minner, who beat the Cards for the fourth time thjs season and for the 20th time In his career against only seven defeats, needed help in the ninth inning when Pete Whisenant hit a two-run homer that left St. Louis run shy. The Kansas City Athletics de feated the Tigers for the third gam in row, 11-10, in 10 in nings on Jo DeMaestrYs first homer of the season. The defeat sent Detroit Into fifth place be hind Boston, the first time this year the Tigers had been out of the first division. Fred Hat fttld and Al Kaline hit Tiger homers. Boston 030 000 002 S 9 1 Baltimore . 100 000 000 1 4 1 Susce and White: Johnson. Paiica (2). Pillette 9 and Smith. fll Inninff) Detroit -.300 010 240 00 10 14 3 Kansas City ..001 830 000 01 11 17 2 Lary. Zuverink I4i. Foytack (6), Birrer (8). Aber (9) and House: Porto carrero. Gorman (6), Sain (9) and Asjroth. NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 000 320 001 8 9 1 Philadelphia 100 000 000 1 9 0 Maglee. Liddle (9) and Katt: Sim mons. Miller (6), Kipper (8) and Semi-nick. fie Inninea Pittsburgh ....002 000 022 1 T 1 Brooklyn 410 100 000 0 6 11 1 Friend. Littlefielo il). Face Oh Martin (7). Kline 9 and Atwell. Peter son (8): Erskine. Newcombe (8). La bine (9) and Howell. St. Louis 000 100 002 S 10 0 Chicago 000 100 03x 4 9 1 L. Jackson. Wrieht 8 and Bur brink: Minner. Ferkowskl l9) and Cooper. Detroit XU.R) Lt. Col. James A. Poston, Columbus, O., won the second annual crosscountry Ricks Memorial trophy race Milwaukee Cincinnati .100 000 220 S IS ..070 003 OOx 10 11 Nichols. Johnson (2). Buhl C5. Jolly (8). Vargas (7). Jay (8) and Rice: Col lum. Freeman (8) and Burgess. sipaDimrs AXk& T '1 r- STUDS STANDOUT POSES WITH SPONSOR Luther Carr, left, "all everything" athlete and hard slugging out fielder of the Washington Cheney Studs, is pictured here with Ben Cheney, who sponsors the club in Seattle-Tacoma area competition. Carr, whose exploits are heralded in track and on the football field as' well as on the diamond, is a standout on the youthful Cheney crew which will battle the Medf ord Cheney Studs at the fairgrounds here on Saturday and Sun . day, July 9 and 10. Ben is also backer of the Medford club. Only 18, Carr is stamped as a sure fire bet for professional stardom as a centerfielder. The grad of Lincoln high,.Tacoma, led the Studs in batting last year with a .399 average and was the outstanding player in the Washington amateur tourna-' merit. He is rated a potential ail-American football halfback and brought glee to University of Washington fans when he - announced he will enroll at that school this fall. At Lincoln, he reeled off many long-scoring runs. He set a new high school broad jump record of 23 feet 7 inches this spring and has run the 100-yard dash in :09.9. Washington Cheney Studs Lack History But Will Be Tough for Medford Team A number of the current Studs Washington crew participated in the recent Seattle-State all-star baseball doubleheader, indica ting the recognition of their ability. - Tacoma Home Park In the Medford nine the Wash- ingtonians will face a mixture of seasoned veterans and youth, Actual home park of the Wash ington Studs is Cheney field at Tacoma. It is the former Tacoma Tigers park and was purchased when it. appeared that the field was about to be dismantled and sold as an industrial site. Emblem of the Studs is i horse but the team name actual' lv comes from a niece of atructu. ral lumber r two by four inches and eight feet long. The Cheney Lumber company has mills in California, Oregon and Washing ton and is. the originator of the eight-foot stud. .''Cheney Studs' is trade-mark of the company. AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago 000 10A 100 S T S Cleveland 000 001 000 1 S 1 Harshmaa and Lollar-, Score sod Hasan. . Washington 000 000 AM S 1 New York 320 002 03x 12 19 0 Porterfield. Shea (1). Ramos (St. Cnakales (8) and Jltigerald; Byrnes and Silvers. MOVING? Save by Renting a BEE HIVE U-DRIVE O Vans o Stakes ''and Pickup Trucks Also Avis RENT-A-CAR JJtIMI9 ; SIGNAL TUNE-UP REPAIR 4fb Crate Mmm 3-321 The Washington Cheney Studs', young but sparkling baseball aggregation of the Seattle-Tacoma area, don't have the long history of their Medford coun terparts but the flashy "kids" contingent already has estab lished a championship and star building reputation. And that means that the Medford Studs nine should have its hands full next Saturday and Sunday, July 9 and 10, when it plays host to the Washington gang. While the Studs, Oregon ver sion, have been a going organza tion at Medford or Central Point since the war years, the Wash ington group has existed just since 1952 'and took the Studs name only last year. Ben B. Cheney, Central Point and Tacoma lumberman, long n advocate of the horsehide sport, took over the sponsorship .of the club in, the spring of 1954.,-The aggregation of young ball play ers played previously under the sponsorship of the Seattle R ai mers. . Former Hi-Stars Torchy Torrence, now vice- president of the Rainiers, insti gated the team, feeling as does Cheney, the need for developing young players in the state. , In 1952 and 1953 the club was cal led the Rainer Hi-Stars. Both seasons the team won the city and state championships only to loss at the American Baseball congress regional finals in Wat erton, S. D. - The team won 38 and lost 11 in 1953. Shortstop Bob Jacobs, still with the dub and scheduled to : play h e r e next -week-end, made the all-tournament region al team at the age. of 16. Under new sponsorship last year, the Studs of Washington continued under the exeprienced managerial guidance of Joe Bud- nick, ex-University of Washing ton player. The Studs last year won the Seattle city champion ship and took four straight games to cop the state , crown easily. . Northwest Champions They went on last year to the northwest. regional cham pionship and their pitcher, Mon te Geiger from i University of Washington, was acclaimed most valuable player Infielder Dick Naish ran a close second. Team record last year was 51 wins and IS losses. . Cheney's Washington Studs expect to see .action, in more than -55 games this year, trav eling in the northwest and in Canada. Fifteen, exhibitions have been billed , with professional Northwest League teams. They are automatically entered in the state" ABC playoffs.- This year the Studs are in the Cascade League. ' McCloud Foe Of Cheney 9 Wednesday Medford's Cheney Studs will try to run their victory string to six straight over Northern Californian League rivals when they take on one of the top clubs in that circuit here Wed nesday night.' ; ' McCloud will be the opposi tion for the Studs in the non- league ruckus. The Loggers at present are tied with Tulelake for leadership of the California loop. - t For the Studs it will be the fourth foe from the NCL this year. They have trimmed Yreka three times, Mt. Shasta once at Scott Valley once. Flay Tulelake Latest victory for McCloud was a wild 13 to 12 nod over Dunsmuir. The Loggers headed 12 to 2 at one stage of action. Today and Monday the McCloud nine has the chance to take over the loop lead alone. It wai matched against Tulelake today and on the holiday will - scrap Oorris, the. cellar team in the cucuit. f While the Loggers will have a couple of tussles over the It ng week end, the Studs are involved in three. They played a St uthern Oregon League scuffle 1 st night at Coquh-'e aid meet that team again this afternoon in league play and on Monday in non-loop action. Just ; whom the Studs - will have on the hill against Mc Cloud -depends on what order the pitchers are used at Coquille andon how much they are, used. icks Gross-Country Race; Averages 546.5 Detroit, Mich (U.R) Lt. Col. Staryl C. Austin Jr.. rep resenting the Oregon Air National Guard and flying an F-a8 jt, was the sixth entrant to .land here Saturday in the Ricks tropyh race from On tario. Calif., to - Detroit. His time for the 1.945 -mile trek was three hours, 28 minutes and ,35.4 seconds. His average air speed was 562.18. from Ontario, Calif., to Detroit Saturday even though his aver age speed was far less than that of some other entrants. Sunday. July 8, 1851 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAS. TRIBUNE SETXH 97 Women Flyers Start on Longest Powder Puff Derby Long Bach, Calif. (U.R) Ninety-seven women flyers began the longest all-women transcon tinental air. race in history at 3:30 p.m. (PST) Saturday by tak ing off in 54 light planes at one minute intervals from Lons Beach Municipal airport One after another the small planes took off on the first leg of the race, dubbed the "Powder Puff Derby," which will cover 2,800 miles from here to West field airport at Springfield, Mass. All of the planes took off with out mishap, the last plane clear? mg the runway at 4:08 p.m. (PST). Race Delayed The race, which originally was scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. was delayed for several hours be cause of poor visibility. The take off was stalled by low clouds over a pass which the women pilots will, have to fly through to the first check-point at Blythe, Calif. After passing Blythe, the girls will fly a route through Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; El Paso, Mid land and Wichita Falls, Tex.; Tulsa, Okla.; Springfield and St. Louis, Mo.; Terra Haute, Ind.; Dayton, Ohio; Wheeling, W. Va.. and Reading, Pa. The women flyers must make stops at Midland, Tex.,: and Read ing, Pa. They will fly only dur ing the daylight hours, being re quired to , land at one of the scheduled stopover points half an hour after sun-down. The planes are all stock model aircraft with single or multiple engines of 300 horsepower or less. . Many Top Pilots Many of the women entered in the race are top pilots with everyday jobs of flight instruct ing, charter flying, managing air ports and crop-dusting. Others fly , only for pleasure, being housewives, mothers, secretaries and teachers. t Results of the race are figured on a handicap basis and the first plane to reach Springfield,. Mass., is not necessarily the winner. Prize money for the derbv totals 82,000, with the winner re ceiving 8800. The race! is spon sored by the Ninety-Nines, Inc., international organization of li censed women pilots. The American Radio Relay League will follow the progress w eawu yiauc aiuug me rouie. - Phoenix Phoenix Mrs. Albert Arn old returned June 29 from Port land where she spent several days with her daughter and son- in-law, Dr. and Mrs. Rae Foster and children. She went by plane. This was her first time to ride in a plane and she said she enjoyed the trip very-much. Miss Arleta Steele is spend ing the summer with, her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Osa Waggoner and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Wallace. She former ly lived in Phoenix , with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Steele., They are now in Fair banks, Alaska, where Mr. Steele is a barber. He formerly owned the Phoenix Barber shop. Little Arleta came from Fairbanks alone by plane to "Portland where she was met by Mrs, Waggoner and then motored on home to Phoenix. , ' Miss Janet Myers and. Miss Linda Wallace are spending a couple of weeks in Corvallis with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Campbell. several of the students are practicing: with the Ashland City band every Monday evening at the Ashland High school and they play in Lithia Park every Thursday evening at 7:30. They plan these concerts "all during the summer months. Those 'in the band from Phoenix are Fre- dena Swift, Janet Swift, Joyce Hunter, Kaye Haight, Don Wal lace, Charlotte Unruh, Nadine Brood, Rodney Hanley, LeRoy Wallace, Joyce Stockstill, Peg gy Smith, Glena Smith, Marie Mitchell.: There are about 60 in the band altogether: . Gerald Fierce is tht instructor. '7 Poston raced the 1,945 miles in his F84E in three hours, 32 minutes an average speed of 546.505 miles per hour to win the race of Air National Guard pilots. He was the first of the 19 pilots finishing the race to flash across the finish line. . Three others were , forced out. of the race due to trouble. Made One Step Poston, a 35-year-old veteran pilot of two years, said he had to make one stop. "I had to put down in Lincoln, Neb., for more fuel," he said. "I got in and out of there as fast as I could and didn't even take time out for coffee." Poston flew P-38's-in the Pa cific area during World War II and was credited with shooting down three enemy planes and one probable. He also flew 25 missions over Korea in the more recent conflict and is now a full time National Air Guardsman, serving as base detachment com mander at Lockburn Air Force Base, Columbus. Poston's average speed was less than the speed which won the race a year ago. It also was far less than the speed of many other entrants. But officials used a new scoring system this year. Planes Handicapped They handicapped all planes, figuring in the size of fuel tanks and other factors. Poston, who had one of the biggest handicaps, was finally given an adjusted time lower than all other, fin ishers. ,f The fastest pilot was Capt. George C. McCrory of Pennsyl vania's Air National Guard. He roared the distance at the av erage speed of 611.27 miles per hour. His elapsed flying time was some 18 minutes less than that of last year's winner, Lt. Charles J. Young Jr., of New Jersey. McCrory had only a small handicap for his F84F however and unofficially was listed sixth. Second place went to . Capt. Arnold G. Wackerman, of Tona w'anda, N.Y., whose average speed was only 491.27 miles per hour and who took nearly 47 minutes longer to fly the dis tance than McCrory. Jack M. Burden of Houston, Texas, was third. His average speed was 496.22 miles per hour. Three, Didn't Finish Three pilots didn't finish. Capt. Dale Connolly of Illinois blew a tire as he landed at Buck ley Naval Air station in Denver, and although he brought his plane to a halt on the runway without further damage, he de cided not to continue because the time needed to replace the tire gave him no chance to win. Capt. W. Russell Miller of Con necticut landed at Battle Creek, Mich., and no reason was given for his decision not to continue. Capt. Charles Carmichael of Charlotte, N. C. dropped out of the race at Dee Moines, when his F86A blew a tire as he braked to a stop to refuel. The plane was undamaged. Student Acquitted By Convulsed Judge Vichy. France (U.R) A 19-year-old student,, whose late-date rendezvous found him on the wrong floor, in the ' wrong room with the wrong woman., won court ac quittal Saturday from a judge convulsed with laughter. On the night of May 31. Maurice Fournier. in a slight alcoholic base, went to visit.; his lady-love. But his steering mechanism war slightly off." and he ended up in the wrong room ' of the wrong floor of her apartment building. . ; . : A ; woman's scream soon rent the air and a pa jama-clad cop appeared, pistol In hand, and arretted the now sober Maurice. - The woman turned out to be the policeman's. 72-year old mother-in-law. By the time the judge heard the charge, he was so con vulsed, with laughter. : all he could .say was: . "Case dismissed." Men on Downed Plane Identified St. Louis Entomologists be lieve the weight of all insects on the earth is greater than that of all other animals combined. Washington (U.R) The De fense Department Saturday identified seven military men aboard a C-47" transport plane which crashed Wednesday near the Alaskan island of Sitkinak. Three civilians, said to be Western Electric Corp. em ployees, also were reported aboard the plane. ' . The Defense Department list:, ed the military men as "miss ing." Dispatches from Anchor age said a search party- report ed all aboard were dead. y The military men were ideni fied as follows: " Air Force ' , Capt. Summer Mervih Alpert, husband of Mrs. Maidie- A. Al pert. (residing in Alaska) and son of Mr. and Mrs. Michale Alpert, Boise, Ida. 2nd Lt. Tully W. Moore, hus band of Mrs. Hudine Moore, (re siding in Alaska). . Airman 1c George W. -Hart, Detroit "More motor veh icles in the U.S. are being scrap ped each year than were being constructed and put on the mar ket each year up to and includ ing 1915. husband of Mrs.. Bunny Hart. Marion, O. Airman 2c Harold D. Bohm, brother of Doris Gunnett, 8554 Laclede Station Road, St Louis, Mo. Army Sgt 1c John M. Claxton, husband of Mrs. Nina Rose Clax ton, Fort Richardson, Alaska, and son of Mr. and Mrs. George L.. Claxton, Decatur, 111 Pfe Thomas M. Gravel, son of Mr. and Mrs; Francis ; Gravel, Bemidji, Minn. '' c. ' . CpL Richard E. Langdon? son of Mrs. Anna E. Langdon, Den ver, Colo. 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