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'Sunday. July 17, 19SS MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE OTNB - FLYING HIGH Ferris Fain, playing his first game with the Indians, leaps high in the , stands as fans move aside, to catch a high foul ball hit by Yogi Berra of the Yankees in theseventh inning of a night game at Cleveland. Indians won, 5-4. PROUD WINNER Smiling Australian golfer Peter Thom son proudly holds trophy after winning the British Open Golf Championship at St Andrews, Scotland. He shot a 72-hole score of 281 to become the fifth golfer since 1900 to capture the title two years in succession. Child labor in the U.S. was at a peak in 1900 when 26 per cent of boys 10-15 years old and 10 per cent of girls of that age were employed in some kinds of ''American industries. " Robinson Claims Injured Knee Won't Keep Him Out Stamford, Conn. (U.R) Jackie Robinson propped his ail ing left knee on a cushion at his home Saturday and vigor ously denied he all through with baseball although admitting he has no idea how long it will take before he is able to return to the Brooklyn Dodgers' line-up. "There's no us kidding my self," said Robinson, looking down at his puffed up knee, "the pain as there and naturally I'm concerned. But I definitely don't feel this is the end of the road for me." Reports that the 36-year-old Robinson would .announce his retirement cropped up immed iately after he swung at a pitch during batting practice Friday, fell to the ground in pain and had to be assisted from the field Anxious To Play The injury occurred shortly after the Dodgers announced they were bringing up right handed pitchers Don Bessent and Roger Craig from their farm system and sending pitch er Jim Hughes and outfielder Bob BorkoWski to St. Paul of the American association. "No one seems to have any idea how long I'll be on the sidelines," Robinson said, "and frankly I don't know how long I'll be out myself. I think this whole thing came about because I tried to get back into the line ud too soon. I was anxious to play and help the club." Bakersfield To Remain In League Bakersfield, Calif. (U.R) Of ficials of the Bakersfield Indians have reported the team will re main in the California League for the remainder of the season in spite of recent financial dif ficulties. Earlier this week it was re ported the Indians might have to discontinue playing in the Class C baseball loop because of a decrease in revenue. Following a meeting Friday of the Bakersfield Indians asso ciation, it was announced the Brooklyn Dodgers, the parent club, would meet the current payroll, and that the Stockton Ports had guaranteed the In dians $750 for this week end's series. Lefty Freeman, association president, said the team will try to cut expenses' as much as pos sible. MAC TIES FOR THIRD Livermore, Calif. U.R) Multnomah Athletic club swim team of Portland tied for third place yesterday at end of the first day of the three-day Liver- more Aqua-rodeo. Leading in team standings was Santa Clara Swim Club, followed by Berk eley YMCA. Fanfare By DICK JEWCTT Mail TribHM Sports Uiter Forrest Solomon, Winchester, participant in many shoots here and a likely top contender in the Pacific International Trapshoot ing association Grand Pacific here this week, is pictured on the cover of the July issue of Pull, the trap and skeet shoot ers' magazine. He gained the honor for being high over-all in the Golden West Grand Ameri can. Among other shooters well known here, who were pictured in this month's Pull are Arnold Riegger, Seattle, high all-around in the , Golden West; George George Harrington, Rogue Valley Country club manager, has a new profession, accord ing to an Associated Press story which appeared in the Oregonian on Saturday. The stellar golfer, participant last week in the Pacific Northwest Golf association tournament, is called "the Medford under taker." The confusion ap parently stems from the fact that George Beechler. Ontario. Ore., who played in the PNGA. is a mortician. Beech ler has a membership in RVCC. Blum, Tillamook, runner-up in GW doubles; John and Rolf Simpson, Portland area, GW two- in-family victors; Helen Watkins, Wasco, women's handicap champ, and Gordon Miller. Drain, class runner-up. All may be here for the Grand Pacific. WILLOW NOT SOURCE Bill Hulen, ex-Mail Tribune sports editor now fish and game writer for the Oregon ian, mentions that, so far as is known Medford's . Willow Creek reservoir is the only public water supply reservoir or lake which has been opened to public angling in Oregon. But, he's a bit misleading when he terms the lake "Medford's source of water supply." For the water Medfordites use is from Big Butte Springs in the vicinity of Willow reservoir Purpose of the lake is to provide supplementary , supply for Eagle Point Irriga ' tion district which has a prior 117 S. CENTRAL PHONE 2-6241 ETf- - JLi ' V Kswrttaid mH ail krand ntw oil at xceptionolly low prices! Some floor SSI I k, be Models I f Ifl o "7.88 801 ""S 17" SET ID. 5 , 129.88 . right to Big Butte water. The dam was built when Medford constructed a second pipeline from the springs. TROJANS LEAVE GP Absence of Pitcher Jack Lov- rich, Catcher Tom Shollin and Outfielder Dick Nix this week end hampers Grants Pass in its ambitions to knock over loop leader Drain in the Southern Oregon Baseball League. Lovrich and Shollin have left to join the University of Southern Califor nia squad for tour of the Far East. Nix was hit by a pitched ball last Sunday and has doc tor's, orders not to work or play ball for a week. He spent sev eral days in the hospital and has left for his parent's home at Alsea. DAVIS HEADS INDIAN CLUB The Indian club is a new or ganisation of Roseburg resi dents to boost high school ath letics. Attorney Robert G. Davis, (ex-Medford man. has spearheaded the group. It is the outgrowth of an- athletic progress committee formed to persuade Athletic Director Bob George of the club and its ef forts are now aimed at im proving athletic facilities at the high school. PRO DEBUT Carlton Lincoln, who has ap peared in amateur fights here on a number of occasions reportedly will make his professional box- ing debut in Portland on Tues day, July 19. Natre Dame, Army Back On Pittsburg Schedule Pittsburgh (U.R) The return of Notre Dame and Army and trips to California and Florida highlight the University of Pitts burgh's 1956 football schedule. Army will play here for the first time in 22 years and the Fighting Irish will renew rivalry after a year lapse. The Panthers will travel to Berke ley, Calif, for a game with Cali fornia and will wind up their season with a Dec. 7 date at the University of Miami. Len Casanova, who coached the Panthers in 1950, will bring his Oregon squad for its first Pittsburgh appearance. White Sox Buy Coan; Jim Dyclc to Orioles Chicago (U.R) The Baltimore Orioles sold Outfielder Gil Coan to the Chicago White Sox Satur day for an estimated $20,000 and promptly purchased Jim Dyck, the American Associa tion's leading .batter, from ' the Indianapolis Indians. To make room on their roster for. Coan, the White Sox put pitcher Bob Keegan, who has a spur on the heel bone, on the disabled list. Keegan was one of Chicago's most effective pitch ers in 1954 with a 16-9 record, but has compiled only an 0-4 mark this year. WELSH NET CHAMP Newport, Wales U.R) Ma ria Weiss of Argentina won the women's singles title of the Welsh Lawn Tennis champion ships yesterday by defeating 16-year-old Ann Haydon of Eng land, 1-6, 6-1 6-2. WIN PRO-JUNIOR Tualtin U.R) Bob McKen drick and Judy Wanker of Os wego won the first annual pro junior girls' golf tournament here yesterday with . a combin ed score of 138. The tournament was, sponsored by the Oregon branch of the Professional Golfers association. Shirley Siegmund of Eugene carded an 80 for low gross score. THIS STARTED IT At a Los Angeles ball park, Curt Rob erts, right, Hollywood pitcher who thought a pitch by San Diego's Eddie Erautt was an intentional bean ball and charged the movnd, is re strained by Ed Bailey and Umpire Pat Orr. litis started a brawl that had members of , both teams and fans involved. ; Bothered With Poison Oak? TRY POISON OAK LOTION ' Matin's Ova AatMek e AT YOUR DRUGGIST CP-MEDFORD, ASHLAND LEGION NINES COLLIDE AT FAIRGROUNDS TODAY Southern Oregon's top Amer ican Legion junior . baseball teams, the only two in the Rogue river valley, meet this afternoon and probably for the last time this season. Ashland and Central Point Medford Legion clubs take over at the fairgrounds ball park, in the absence of the semi-pro Cheney Studs. Game time will be 2 p.m. Nine innings will be played. A small admission fee will be charged for persons over 12 years of age. Those 12 and .un der will be admitted free. It will be the fifth meeting this season between the two ag gregations. CP-Medford has won on all four previous occasions Pennsylvania Code May Result In I BC Boycott Chicago U.R) The Inter national Boxing commission made it clear Saturday it will boycott Pennsylvania if the state passes its new' boxing code. Truman Gibson, secretary of the IBC, said in a telegram he sent to the governor of Pennsyl vania, George M.. Leader, that the IBC will stay out'of Pennsyl vania if the new code becomes law. '' Gibson said the IBC will not stage any fights in a state in which a license of one of its fighters or . promoters , can be suspended by a commission without notice or a hearing prior to the suspension. Hearing After Suspension : Under the proposed Pennsyl vania code, the State . Boxing commission could suspend any "licensed fighter, manager, pro moter or handler without a hearing" beforehand. The code would allow a hearing only after the suspension. "This is the crux of the whole matter," Qibson said. - "In these circumstances, in the event the IBC cooperated in the future presentation of a Penn sylvania fight, its license would be jeopardized by the acts of cooperating with local promot ers of their employees for acts for which no one in the IBC would be responsible," Gibson said in his telegram to Leader. Schedule No Fights "Accordingly, we have no plans to schedule fights in Pennsylvania or any other state that does not provide the ordin ary and reasonable and produc tive supervision and regulation of the sports." Leader told Gibson in an earlier telegram that Pennsyl vania "welcomes boxing within its borders" and the new box ing code would furnish . "en lightened, sympathetic and pro ductive supervision and regula tion" of the sport. . Leader, has insisted "if we can't clean up boxing in Penn sylvania we'd better get rid of it." ;- ; . ( Gibson said he will study the code further, but as he under stands it now the IBC will boy cott Pennsylvania if and when the code, is approved by the state Legislature. in regular district action. The fracas today does not have dis trict significance but Ashland will be out to make some amends. Toss-up Seen Three of the earlier contests were decided by one run which indicates that today's action is a toss-up. Action will bring together a number of nlavers who have been foes fin high school ball and who will continue as prep rivals next spring. Central Point Medford has players from Cra ter, Medford and St Mary's highs and Ashland from Talent and Ashland preps. Some of the Talent boys played on last year's Medford nine. All three Medford pitchers are to see mound service. They are Duane Sides, Fred Herr mann and Henry Putney. The one or ones who handle Ashland hurling will be named from among Mark Fitch, Dale Walter and Gene Parent. Following today's game, mem bers of theCP-Medford . squad and their families will picnic in the Boy Scout hearquarters section of Hawthorne park. Paige Named to West ' Team for Negro Game Chicago (U.R) Satchel Paiee. veteran nitphfr in thm Negro American league and the American league, was chosen Saturday as the first player named to participate in the 23rd East-West negro baseball All Star game July 31 at Comiskey park. ' Paige will play on the west ern : team, representing the Kansas City Monarches. It will be his fifth appear ance in the game. Paige rejoined the Monarchs June 2. He was idle after Balti more released -him in 1954 fol lowing major league service with Cleveland and St. Louis. Dead line Sunday Classitled Is at noon Saturday: 10 .m. Monday for Monday; other days 530 previouiday. r 55 DODGES! DODGES WILY Extra Allotment! - BIG SAVMG Largest Trade In Allowances in History! ft VFEffl ILtELFir! . . v- Long Credit Terms! O O New Low Down Payment! 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