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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1955)
SPORTS Evers, Fain Join Tribe Cleveland, Ohio U.R Out fielder Hoot Evert and first baseman Ferris Fain, two vet- . erans who have seen better days, Joined the Cleveland In- dians today in separate deals which General Manager Hank Greenberg "can help us win the pennant." Thm Indians, fortifying them selves for the latter half of the ant race in which they trail the first place New York Yan kees by five games, acquired Evers in a waiver deal with last place Baltimore and picked up Fain as a free agent. In exchange for Evers, the In dians gave Baltimore left-handed pitcher Bill Wight, another fad ing veteran wno nas no won lost record although he has unrir4 in 18 eames as a re liever for Cleveland this year T-wmrm Want Sour -" Evers, should he regain the all-around talent he showed wun the Detroit Tigers in 1950, his best year, could be 01 consid erable help to the Indians. Only 34, he has a lifetime batting vomep of .280 in the majors, hut nftpr hittine a peak of .323 with Detroit that year he unaccountably went sour. Fain, who was dropped by the Detroit Tigers, reportedly Viorsmae he suffered from both a sore knee and a sore head, was signed as a free agent. He received bis unconditional re- Imu last week after a series of quarrels involving his suc cessor on the Tigers, iirst Base man Earl Torgeson, and Tiger Coach Lynn (Schoolboy) Kowe. Fain re-iniured his knee dur tng the past winter in a fall and It hobbled him badly, "particu . larly in the field where he once had shone as a top defensive first sacker. - However, Fain told Greenberg his knee was sound again. Legion Play-Off Plan Revealed ; First interdistrict tangle for the Central Point-Medford Amer ican Legion junior, baseball team will be on Wednesday, July 20, Manager Alva Perkins reported today. It will be with the winner of the Roseburg versus Coos Bay North Bend area playoff. The local Legion nine is play ing Ashland in a -non-league hassle this Sunday afternoon at the fairgrounds. Children 12 and under will be admitted free. There will be a nominal admis sion charge for others. Perkins reported that Hose- burg and the Coos Bay-North Bend champ will have their first play-off mix on Friday, July 15. Second game will be and third if needed on Monday, July 18. - CP-Medford will travel for its July 20 mix. This play-off also will be two-out-of-tbree with the ingle or twin bill additional ac tion to be at Medford on either July 21 or 22. Victor in this ac tion will enter state semi-xinais - against a team from Albany, Salem or Oregon City on July 24. Norfolk Drops From Piedmont . Norfolk, Va. (U.FD The Class B Piedmont Baseball League suffered a double Jolt today when the Norfolk Tars officially went out of business and the Hagerstown Packets in dicated they may be forced to follow suit shortly. Norfolk, which pipe-lined such stars as Phil Rizzuto, Vic Raschi, Bob Porterfield, Bill Skowron and Bill Virdon to the majors among others, dropped out of . the league after being one of its strongest institutions for the past 24 years. i Although the Tars won the "pennant the past four years, they drew a total of only 16,000 paid fans this year. F. S. Herring, the club's general manager, said the Tars needed over 50,000 ad missions to keep financially "above water." Meanwhile, a Hagerstown club spokesman said the Packets will collapse unless they get $14,000 shortly. Draff Dodging Aide Believes Conviction Fair Brattleboro Vt. U.B Mrs. Lucille S. Miller said today her conviction on charges of urging youths to dodge the draft was "fair." She added it was only her first step in proving peace time conscription unconstitu tional. "I had a fair trial and the ver dict was just one step toward reaching an adjustment to rem edy a serious condition of justice in this nation," the mother of three said. Mrs. Miller was convicted by a jury id U.S. District Court yesterday. The jury of seven women and five men deliberated an hour and eight minutes before returning the verdict to Judge Ernest W. Gibson. Freed on Bail The chubby, 44-year-old wom an was freed on $1,000 bail pend ing sentencing Aug. 8. Attorneys indicated they will appeal her conviction to the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York City. - She faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison or $10,000 fine, or both, on each of 18 counts in two indictments. Mrs. Miller admitted during the three-day trial that she sent letters to nine young men urging them to dodge the draft and turn over their draft cards to her. She also admitted sending each a copy of an anti-Communist pub lication, The Green Mountain Rifleman, in which she ex pressed her views. Declared San Mrs. Miller and her husband, Manuel, held off federal mar shals at gunpoint last May when the government tried to remove her to a mental hospital. The couple was tear-gassed from their home during the 12-hour siege. Mrs. Miller was declared sane and released from the hospital to stand trial. Her husband, now free in $10,000 bail, goes on trial Monday for obstructing jus tice. Thursday, July 14. 1935 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL First Ladies PGA Tourney Begins Fort Wayne, Ind. (U.R) The $6,000 first National Ladies Pro fessional Golf association tour ney opened today with three fourths of the nation's low shooting play-for-pay girls vying in a unique 4-day medal-match championship route. Twenty-one pros were en tered. That, said tourney Chair man Arnold Lee, represents at least 75 per cent of the women professionals who shoot consist ently in the 70s. The linkswomen, ranging in age down to 18-year-old Dianne Garnett of Houston, Tex., will play 54 holes, a medal basis, to day, Friday and Saturday. The two with the fanciest cores will bid for the champion ship in a 36-hole match Sunday to determine who gets the $1,200 first prize. Flash Fire Levels Five Idaho Buildings Reubens, Ida. (U.R) A flash fire of undetermined origin raced through this tiny Lewis county town late last night and destroyed . five of the seven buildings in the business dis trict. Damage was estimated at more than $70,000. Buildings lost included the town's general store, a tavern,-post office, town hall and Grange hall. All were of frame construction. , A feed store and a service station were separated from the flames by vacant lots and es caped the fire. Pendleton Mills To Move Shirt Factory - Portland U.R) Pendleton Woolen Mills announced today it would move its wool shirt fac tory from Portland to Mil waukie. Company president C. M. Bishop said a 7Vi-acre site at the southwest city limits of Milwau- kie had been purchased for $65,- 000. The pioneer manufacturing concern will erect a one-story, 40,000 square foot factory build ing at the site. The company's, shirt factory employs about 250 persons. Present site of the plant here will house the firm's headquarJ ters, sales offices and ware housing and shipping depart ments. The move was intended to al low additional company growth. Death of Ex-Idaho Star Listed as Accidental Moscow, Idaho U.R) John Oswald Thompson, former Uni versity of Idaho athletic star, was found dead at his home here yesterday , with a bullet through his forehead. Latah County Coroner H. R. Short said the 56-year-old man was shot by a bullet -from a' .22 rifle. Short held that death was accidental. PIRATES INK STUBINO , Pittsburgh U.R) Larry Stu- bing, 17-year-old Bronx, N.Y., first baseman, was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates today and as signed to their Brunswick, Ga farm club in the Class D Georgia- Florida league. NET SEMI-FINALS Philadelphia (U.R) Belmar Gunderson of Edgewood, Md., will meet Mrs. Carter Simonin of Philadelphia while Mrs.. Con nie Ball of Ormond Beach, Fla., opposes Mrs. Francis Vosters of Merkm, Pa., Friday in the semi finals of the Middle States Women's Grass. Court tennis championship. . REDSKINS SHED POUNDS ' Los Angeles U.R) Fiftv- three members of the Washing ton Redskins National Football league team opened training at Occidental Colleee Wednesday and lost a total of 212 pounds at the conclusion of their first mid-summer workout. , mm .tunl.v? 1A ant UimIm fw Monday: ether days JO pmlousday. 117 SO. CENTRAL PHONE 2-6241 - w -7 -7 y S- OUT GO ODD-lOTS;?C;ONr,;:-SD ITEMS, BROKEN SIZES, FLOOR SAMPLES DIG SAVINGS NOW. IN ICwClWr"7ARTMENT-HURRY. 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