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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (July 12, 1955)
fiogue Valloy Golfere f aee PHlflflay M Seaffle; Beeetto Sards S3 Bound Suo DeVoc Second Behind Lesser in Women's Tourney Four members of Medford's Rogue Valley Country club were among the leaden after Monday's medal play in the Pa cific Northwest Golf association championships at Inglewood and Sand Point Country clubs, Seat tle, Wash. George Beechler, the big On tario, Ore., mortician who main tains a membership at RVCC, paced the field with a hot four-under-par 69. Phil Getchell, Stanford university and Med ford, was knotted for third pos ition with three others. All had 72s. George Harrington, manag er of RVCC, was among three who had even par 73s. Sue DeVoe, Medford, was sec ond low qualifier for women's match play which starts today. She carded a 74. Ahead of her was Pat Lesser, nationally known Seattleite who had a 73, Third in line with a 75 was Car ole Jo Kabler, Sutherlin, Ore gon Golf association champion. In men's action Roger Fun seth, Spokane, Wash., was in second spot with a 70. Tied with Getchell were Erv Parent, Ingle wood; Dick Yost, Walker Cup per from Columbia Edgewater, Portland, and Carl Johnson, Seattle. Harry Givan, Seattle, and a player listed here only as McKenzie were knotted with Harrington. Departs From Usual The PNGA's men's competi tion this year departs from the usual. The entire field was to play another 18 holes, today. On Wednesday the low 64 for the first 36 holes continue medal play while the balance of the field turns to match play in the flights. The low 64 play another 18-hole round on Thursday and the low eight for 72 holes will form the championship flight for match play on Friday. Second flight Two rounds of men's champ day and two rounds for Satur day. On Sunday championship ionship matches are set for Fri and first flight brackets play 36 hole finals with 18 hole finals in other flights. While all of men's play is at Inglewood, women's activity is at Sand Point until the finals when it switches to Inglewood. The best 32 womentqualified for today's championship match round. Championship flight survivors are idle until Thursday when they play two rounds. Semi-finals are Friday and finals on Saturday for the ladies. Whitman in 2nd Spot in Coast Batting Race San Francisco (U.R) With San Francisco's ' Bob DiPietro and his .371 average derailed for the year because of a broken ankle, the face for the Pacific Coast League's hitting title shaped up today as a duel be tween George . Metkovich of Oakland and Dick Whitman of Portland. Metkovich, sporting a .344 mark, held a two-point lead over Whitman through Sunday's doubleheaders while Milt Smith of San Diego was just behind the former major leaguers with .339. Smith, a hot third baseman who is ticketed for delivery to Cincinnati next spring, set .the pace in hits with 131. Earl Rapp of the Padres and Steve Bilko of Los Angeles remained dead locked for home run honors hav ing hit 22 apiece, Rann was miles ahead in runs low eight will be in the first batted in with 101 tallies. srpdDiMrs White House Of Interesting In Competing Washington (U.R) - White House said , today consideration is being given to the. formation of a committee to interest young sters in competitive sports the subject discussed by Presi dent Eisenhower Monday at his meeting with 32 leaders from the sports world. Vice-President Richard M. Nixon' was suggested as the co ordinator of such an effort, but Nixon, who was present at the luncheon, said no formal plans were drawn up. Sacks Gxtatar Interest Mr. Eisenhower, a baseball and football player in his col lege days at West Point and now the nation's best-known amateur golfer, told his guests that some thing should be done to promote greater interest in competitive athletics, both as an aid to the nation's general health and as a weapon against juvenile delin quency. The President said he found statistics on the physical condi tion of young Americans "more alarming than I thought." . The luncheon guests appeared enthusiastic about the Presi dent's idea and Jack Fleck, who recently scored a major surprise CARDS OPEN CAMP Lake Forest, 111 (U.R) The Chicago Cardinals opened their 195S training camp here Mon day with five quarterbacks on hand. along with Coach Ray Richards and his staff., THE TOGGERY 129 South Ctntnl-FRANKLIN BUILDING -Medford iniin onpan n n an ii rpn PECfflt VIEW'S FUME SUDTS o REGULARS LONGS SHORTS VALUES TO Men's All Wool suns now VALUES TO $7500 Men's All Wool surra now EXTRA SPECIAL! 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Along the same lines, Dr. Hans Draus of New York university said that lack of physical fitness could lead to heart trouble, mental illness, and other problems. Archie Moore, light-heavyweight champion, also spoke briefly and the glib boxer so impressed Mr. Eisenhower that the President suggested Moore "ought to be elected to Congress." Trabert Set To Go After Net Crown Atlanta U.R) Top-seeded Tony Trabert set out after his second National ClayXourts sin gles title today against unher alded Willis Irvin of Augusta, Ga. It was the. first appearance for the Cincinnati star who swept to victory in the Wimble don tournament and who is ranked No. 2 in the nation. He was expected to have little trou ble with Irvin. Won in 19S1 Trabert last won the Clay Courts championship in 1951. He lost out in the finals last year to Bernard (Tut) Bartzen of San Angelo, Tex., who was seeded fourth for this year's competi tion. . ' Also taking the court for the first time, today was second seeded Ham Richardson, recent winner of the Swedish Interna tional tourney with a smashing final round defeat of Australia's Mervyn Rose. Richardson, of Baton Rouge, La., was to oppose Sheridan Snyder of New York City. . Grant Veteran ' - A Trabert victory could pave the way for the top match of the day from a sentimental view. Trabert will meet the winner of the Bitsy Grant-Frank Herd match. Grant, of Atlanta, is expected to get by Herd, of Columbus, Ga., but will be giv ing away 16 years or more to Trabert. The small but spring-legged Grant, for whom the tourna ment stadium was named, won the Clay Courts title three times in the thirties and was renown ed for his ability to run an op ponent ragged with return shots. Um Mail Tribune Want Adt Tuesday. July ls MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE HOT Bruno Banducci Handled Unconditional Release; Was Last of Original 49crs By SCOTT BA1LLIE United Press Sports Writer Atherton, Calif. (U.R) Bru no Banducci, the .last of the original San Francisco Forty Niners, quietly waited today for another football team to make him an offer in the wake of his release by his old ball club. President Tony Morabito dis missed the veteran guard yester day when they were unable to agree on a contract which would have been Banducci returning to the Forty Niners for his tenth season. At the same time, Morabito got approval from National Football Legion Nine Sets Picnic Members of the Central Point Medford American Legion junior baseball team will picnic next Sunday, Manager Alva Perkins has reported. A single non-league ball game with Ashland may be contested that day at the fairgrounds. Central Point-Medford has al ready won the District 44 toga. It completed its district slate with 7 to 2 and 2 to 1 verdicts over Ashland Sunday for a 10 win two-loss record in the cir cuit. The Ashlanders have lost four games. The locals will meet the victor of the Eugene-Roseburg versus Coos Bay interdistrict play-off on the week, end of July 23-24. First game will be on the north team's field and the second one here with a third game, if neces sary, also here. Play-off to deter mine Central Point - Medford's foe is slated for the forthcoming week end. League Commissioner Bert Bell ahead of them." to declare "Bandooch" a free agent so he could make a deal for himself. Under the usual NFL "rules, teams have to put their dissatis fied players on a waiver list no matter how long they ; have played in the league. There is no 10-year rule as in major league baseball. - : 1 To Make No Move "It was nice of them to make me a free agent but I'm not going to contact any other team," Ban ducci said softly. "They'll see in the papers that I'm available and I figure if they want me I'll hear about it." Banducci played with the Phil adelphia Eagles for two seasons before 1946 when he joined the Forty Niners, a new team in the archrival All America Confer ence. He said he did feel upset over being cut loose after nine seasons. "Maybe it's because I haven't had time to sit down and think about it yet," black-haired Ban ducci went on. "Morabito and I were about $1,000 apart and fi nally he just told me 'good luck' and we parted on the best of terms." : Banducci as a car salesman in the vicinity of his suburban San Francisco home said "we'll still pay the rent all right." . But he added that he figures he will clear about $3,000 less if he doesn't play football this year. He has three children aged 12, 10 years and eight months. Two More Seasons "At 33 I still feel pretty good and think I could play about two more seasons," Banducci said: - "But you can't blame the coaches for starting to overlook you when they have new young kids up there with everything Banducci, -a. great offensive guard in the Forty Niner annals, captained the team last year and in 1953. He played with the Eagles in 1944 and 1945 after entering the pro ranks from Stan ford where he was a tackle with the Indians Rose Bowl team of 1940. . .. Lawrence T. (Buck) Shaw, who now is associated with the Air Force Academy 1 n Colorado Springs, Colo., was let out at the end of last season by Morabito after running the team since its inception. The new coach is Nor man (Red) Strader. So smooth f,2Kl it leaves you breathless Pi VODKA 0 proof. Midc from 1 00 rain neutral ipiria. Sw. Pierre Sunroof FU. Ic. Hanfcx4.CoM. SI O n 6.00 x 16 bIus lax and reeappaWe lira J2. FAMOUS MARATHON . . 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