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1 1;: vjn CLOUT THAT COUNTED Stan Musial, St. Louis Cardi nals, kisses bat he used to clout homer in 12th inning to end All Stars game at Milwaukee. Musial hit homer off Sullivan's first pitch in 12th, winning game for the Na tional League 6-5. MedfordUU&Tribuni -sipcDimrs Roseburg, CP-Medford Game Here The Central Point-Medford American Legion Junior base ball team will meet Roseburg on the Medford Senior High school diamond at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow In the first game of the regional playoff series. Roseburg handed North Bend 12 to 4 setback at Roseburg last night to move into the quarter-finals of the 1 state Junior legion championship. Plar At Roseburg Following tomorrow evenings game, Central . Point-Medford, which has 11 wins and two losses, will move, to Roseburg Thursday for the second and, if necessary, third games of the aeries. The first game will start at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. The winner of the best two-Out-three series will travel to Al bany for semi-final competition. Alva Perkins,' manager of the 9 local ninersaid he probably) would start either Duance Sides or Freddie Herman on the mound in tomorrow's game. Gray Says Big League Ball In Bay Area By '58 San Francisco (U.R) Tom Gray, spokesman in San Fran cisco's bid for big league base ball team, says local baseball fans should have a major league nine of their own by 1958. Gray returned yesterday from the all-star game in Milwaukee. He had conferred there with both American and National league officials. "Major league baseball may very well be here fiy 1958," Gray said. The 1958 date coincides with the year the San Francisco Seals lease with Paul I. Fagan ends., Gray said owners and manag ers of major league teams were "impressed" by the five million dollar bond Issue for new stadium approved by voters here last fall. He said he was told that the shuffling of major league franchises is far from over. Portland Team Advances In Junior Legion Play Portland (U.B Porter- Ecarpelli of Portland, composed of Grant high school players, advanced to the semi-finals of the State American Legion Jun ior baseball playoffs yesterday . by downing Pacific Pumping of Milwaukie, 6-4. -The Portland club, coached by "Barney Koch, will meet Urness Motors of Hie Dalles in a best-of-three playoff started Friday. Carole Jo Kabler In Portland Golf Tourney Portland (U.R) A 78 by Mrs. Frank Fisk and a 79 by Pearl Dolp were the best scores yesterday in qualifying play for .the 38th annual women's city golf championships. Carole Jo Kabler of Sutherlin has an automatic seeded position as defending champion and did not have to play yesterday. FIGHTS Manil P. I. (UPV lUlO tichini. 1S6. Rome. Italy, ctoppad Mar ball Clayton. 15S. New Oriaanm, (8). New York UP St. Nicholas Arena Sugar Al Wilaon. 143. Ca- Jlewood. N. J., outpointed Pat Lowrjr, 46. Toledo. Ohio. (10). ' West Jordan. Utah (UP) Bob Baker. 214. Pittsburgh, outpointed Rex Layne. 210. (10). Mountain Lake, a government protected refuge for ducks and sea gulls, is located in the Pre sidio of San Francisco. -- . -. ... -. .. . .-.J',.:- f- Seals End Sale Talk San Francisco (U.R) Ne gotiations for the purchase of the San Francisco Seals came to an end yesterday before they err" "at started. Oscar Saie-er owner of the Sacramento nounced from his Beverly H home that the deal was off. He advised his partner in the would- be purchase, Rogers Hornsby, to stay in Chicago. Salenger and Hornsby with drew as potential purchasers of the Seals because Paul Fagan, owner of Seals Stadium, refus ed to extend the present three- year lease for another five years. Meeting Planned They had planned to meet with Fagan's attorneys laterthis week to discuss an extension. Fagan, now in Hawaii, advis ed Salenger by telephone that he did not believe it would be financially advantageous to him to extend the lease. He said he is only getting' l1 per cent in terest from the "Little Corpora tion," which now owns the Seals. "I would reconsider if I thought there was the slightest chance of a reasonable returns," Salenger quoted Fagan. "But I know there isn't." Fagan has said he plans to sell the stadium grounds for in dustrial property after the ex piration of the contract with the Little Corporation. . Humboldt Bay Salmon Run Large for Derby Eureka, Calif. Fish are re ported running larger this year as hundreds of Redwood Em pire sportsmen began to dip their lines in the Humboldt Bay Salmon derby which opened July 16 and continues through Aug ust 7. Skippers of fishing boats re ported pre-Derby fishermen had caught salmon weighing over 35 pounds. The winning fish in the 1954 Derby weighed 29 pounds. More than $1,000 in prizes are being offered to participants in the event sponsored by the Red wood Empire Post 1872. Veter ans of Foreign Wars. Daily and weekly prizes will be offered, as well as , grand prizes along with special awards for youngsters under 18. Werle Leads PCL Hurlers San Francisco (U.R) Bill Werle, veteran Portland south paw, led. Pacific Coast league pitchers today with a winning percentage of .733 while the most actual victories were chalk ed up by Hollywood's Bob Gar ber who had 14 triumphs. Werle, who collects bugs for a hobby, sported a record of 11-4. Garber was 14-8 and had worked 185 innings to Werle's 141. George Piktuzis of Los Ang eles remained ahead in strike outs, having fanned 114 batters and was tied with Sacramento's Johnny Briggs in bases on balls.' Each had given up 69. Allen (Cowboy) Gettel. the Oakland righthander who is win ning fans in cowboy westerns, had lost the most games 12. Dick Whitman, the Portland outfielder who saw regular ser vice with Brooklyn nine years ago, took over first place in the batting race with an average of .339. Whitman passed George Met kovich of Oakland, whose aver age skidded 14 points last week to .330. Lewiston Tops Yakima, 9-2, In NW League Play By UNITED PRESS Bill Franks of Lewiston pitch ed his third good game in a row last night scattering seven hits as Lewiston topped Yakima 9-2 in Northwest league play. Franks struck out five and walked but one in taking the decision. The only big blow off him was a solo homer in the eighth by Bob Truss. Tri-City nipped Eugene 3-2 with Dwane Helbig playing a big part. Helbig belted a 400 foot homer in the fourth good ""nav.ln the seventh he singledT"mew'v third on a single by Danny Hoiucn and scored the winning run on Rich Bergen's outfield fly. Donn Hopp fanned five and scattered ten hits in picking up his seventh victory of the year against one. defeat. Wenatchee and Salem com mitted three errors apiece as Wenatchee outlasted the Sena tors 7-4. The Chiefs got two runs, including the eventual win ning run in the seventh on a walk, singles by Tony Rivas and Phil Marvier and an infield but. Baker Wins Decision Over Rex Layne ; West Jordan, Utah (U.R5 Second-ranking Bob Baker, who won a decision over Rex Layne Monday night, . said today he would like to meet Rockey Mar- ciano "as soon as I can" for the heavyweight championship of the world. The Pittsburgh powerhouse battled toe-to-toe with Layne to score his second decision this year over the Utah slugger. Layne, who tipped the scales at 210, was the aggressor throughout the night but though a strong combination punch gave him early rounds, Baker at 214, was consistently the sharper puncher. Baker got his measure in the fourth, how ever, scoring often with a loop ing left jab to1 take the round. In four National Football League pre-season games at Portland's Multnomah stadium so far, the winning team was always occupied the bench on the west side of the field. In previous years the benches have been assigned arbitrarily, but because football teams believe in good luck omens they are demanding the west side bench this year. Oregon Sports Attrac tions will settle the issue for the games August 8 between the Rams and Steelers and August 28 between the Rams and Giants by tossing a coin. There's WEEDS FEED labor-saving double action in this SimtH. dry applied compound combining . famous 2-4D and grassfood. It subtly disposes of broadleaved weeds ss it feeds grass to greater health and beauty. Treat lawn 50 it JO ft - $ 2.93 Bag, 11,000 sq ft - 11.75 WEED & FEED is excellent for ,:i restoring run-down lawns, feeding helps grass fill in ss weeds melt away. FREE PARKING! FREE DELIVERY! G3QQ0gPQ6g (go SPECIALISTS Iff MOttf WAttSI MEDFORD CENTRAL: POINT V ANOTHER DODGER INVALID Manager Walt Alston, right, and 1st Baseman Gil Hodges, left, help Jackie Robin son from the field at Brooklyn after he re-iniured left knee while taking batting practice. Robinson became another name on the rapidly growing list of Dodger invalids. BUNNING TO TIGERS ; Detroit U.R) Right-handed pitcher Jim Bunning, strikeout leader of the Internationl league today replaced Duke Maas on the Detroit Tigers' hurling staff. Bunning has struck out 111 bat ters so far this year for Buffalo. Maas, who had a. 5-6 record but had failed to win since June 18, was seat to Buffalo. TO COACH HOCKEY Montreal U.R) Elmer Lach, former star center of the Mon treal Canadiens, will coach the Canadiens' Montreal R o y a 1 s' farm team of the Quebec Hock ey league next season. Lach, who retired as player last year, coached the Canadiens' junior Canadiens' team last season. Tuesday, July 19,1185 MEDrORD (ORBOOIT) MAIL TsUBUITS-XlllS ENTRY BLANK 1955 13th Annual Parade Jackson County Mounted Sheriff's Posse ROGUE RIVER ROUNDUP PARADE SATURDAY, JULY 30th, at 2:00 fJA. 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