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Newspaper Page TextErnies Spares Phils With Heavy? SDuggSng; Yanks Gain Top Spot only to Stan Musial among active umpn ds iu.c - - Ditched 18 in- National leaguers in life tune homer or the Giant, . err, nSf Kr. J tri- uick nan, wnu ioiicu - - Cj 1 runs batted in, was on the hot test slueeine spree of his career today and it was no coincidence j .. 1 ll.r1 that the mimes were ciwn6 ing for the second place conso lation prize behind the runaway Dodgers. Ennis is no glamour slammer like Musial, Ted Williams, Duke Snider or Ted Kluszewski but the Philly outfielder quietly keeps piling up RBIs, 100 or more a season until he now has 987, only 13 short of 1,000 for his career. He has gone past the century mark in five of the past six seasons and today, with 78, ornnH highest total in the ma jors to date, dependable Del seems sure to do it again. He wound up a happy week end Sunday in the Phils' 6-5, 3-0 sweep over the Cardinals, driv ing in all of the runs in the six inning rain shortened nightcap with his fourth, homer in two days after smacking a double and single in the opener and driving in another run. On Sat urday, hitting three homers, he drove in seven runs. The Phils, who now have won ia nf their last 15 games, gained the opening triumph in a five-1 inning third in wnicn oooDy Morgan homered and Roy Small ey hit a three-run double. Jack Meyer struck out the side in a rescue job for Curt Simmons in the ninth of the opener and Saul Rogovin pitched his second blanker in a row as a Philley with a four-hitter in the bob tailed nightcap. Yankees Regain First Place The Yankees regained first place in the American league by sweeping Kansas City, 7-3, 2-0 Chicaeo split against Bos ton, winning 4-0 on Billy Pierce's seven-hitter, then losing 2-1. ripvpland moved into a virtual second place tie, two percentage points behind Chicago and a game behind the Yankees with 5-1. 5-2 triumphs over Baltimore. Detroit topped Washington 7-3 after the Nats won J-u. Brooklyn stayed 13li games in front in the National by split ting with second place Milwau kee, winning 9-7 then losing 9-2. Cincinnati topped New ,York to end a seven-game losing streak, then lost to the Giants, 4-1. Pitts burgh won its first double head er since last Labor Day, 12-5, and 3-2, from Chicago. Yogi Berra's two-run homer in the ninth gave rookie Johnny itur-ire a siv-hit triumph, his sev enth, in a second game duel with Arnie Portocarrero, after the Yankees "rapped" up the opener in a six-run fourth in which Mickey Mantle's three run double and Bill Skowron's hom er were the big blows. Bill Ren na and Gus Zernial tagged Whitey Ford for homers en route to his 11th win. Al Carrasauel's three - run homer was the big hit Pierce needed for his seven-strikeout triumph and Willard Nixon pitched a steady 10-hitter to beat Connie Johnson's five-hit losing effort in the second game. Sam my White drove in the winning run with a single. Narleskl To The Rescue Ray Narleski, who now has relieved in 34 games and eight out of the last nine, bailed out Bob Feller and Early Wynn in Cleveland's twin wins. Al Rosen hit a first game homer. It was Feller's 265th win and third this year. Wynn, thoftgh tagged for 12 hits won his 12th game. Rookie Ted Abernathy held Detroit to seven hits after the Tieers cashed in on homers by Al Kaline. Earl Torgeson, and Jim Delsing to win the opener. Brooklyn put over seven runs " in the sixth, three on Gil Hodges' 18th homer to win the opener, even though Don Newcombe was banged for 11 hits and rookie Don Bessent had to pitch in and win his third eame in eight days. Duke Snider hit his 34th homer in the opener, too, but Hank Aaron was the whole show in the nightcap, driving in four runs on a homer and triple as Ray Crone pitched a four-hitter. Ted Kluszewski hit his 32nd homer, Wally Post his 25th and rookie Milt Smith his first in Cincinnati's first game triumph it either as an outfielder or in fielder, came back to the majors as a pitcher and twirled an 11 strikeout triumph for Pittsburgh umnh on Tuesdav. had to go 10 inninss for the second triumph in which he struck out nine and gave four hits. Studs Victors Twice Over GP 8-7, 19-3; Elks Lodge Protest load the bases. Reese walked. to force in a run for a to 6 GP lead. Grants Pass Pitcher Bob Reid held Medford to two hits in the first eight innings. He gave up nine walks in that time but only three of them contributed any damage and during that time he was also whiffing 11 batters. His totals were seven hits, 10 walks and 13 strikeouts. Five of the hits were in the last two innings. Medford pitchers gave up a total of 11 hits and five walks among them and Scherpf and Wooton counted up 10 strike outs. Coonev was the only Med ford batter to get more than one safety. He clubbed three lor lour. Fripnd swatted two for four and Lucas two for three for Grants Pass. Monday, July 25. 1953 SOL STANDINGS: f p l Coouille j? Medford 0 Bend ' . ' Grants Pass - ' Row-burg 6, " Bandon ?, J A hard-hitting last ditch rally and an afternoon of heavy swat tin parned the Medford Cheney Studs two week end victories over Grants Pass and moved them into a deadlock for third place in the Southern Oregon Baseball League unless a pro test by the Elks alters the situa tion. Three base hits by Bob Selsor nri .lark Coonev figured prom inently Saturday night as the Studs rallied in the nintn to ne up the conflict and slammed TCn fair comparison was pro vided for the Medford Cheney Studs when the Coos Bay Lum berjacks defeated the Washing ton Chenev Studs 4 to 2 Satur- Hnv anrl 24 to 3 Sunday in a baseball game at North Bend. The Washington squad was short handed for the Sunday encounter when three pitchers ahle to come. Seattle- Tacoma reportedly even played its bat boys. The 'Jacks got 22 hits Sunday and scored 10 runs in the first inning. Medford is host to the power ful Coos Bay-North Bend team at the fairgrounds Wednesday and Thursday nights. over one run in the 10th inning to nip Grants Pass 8 to 7 at the fairgrounds. Medford got some lustly walloping out of a half a dozen players at Grants Pass Sunday to smother the Elks 19 to 3. The thriller was Saturday night when the Studs rose up after a good number of Medford fans had given up hope. Coonev three-baggered through center fiplrl to scorp Jack Fassett with the triumph tally. Fassett had led off with a single and tnere were none out when the game ended. In the ninth canto bel sor's triple drove in three runs and the shortstop scored on a wild pitch to close a 3 to 7 deficit and deadlock the game Dead Ball Claimed But Manager Mel Ingram re portedly has filed or is filing a formal protest witn League President Don Faber on the bat urday fracas. The beef is based nn the contention that Medford s Derald Wooton should not have been allowed to go to first base on the fourth pitched bail as he was being intentionally walk ed in the fifth inning. Base "Umpire Virgil Swanson called a balk on the toss. It allowed one Medford runner to score and another to go to third. But the GP claim is that it was a dead ball situation and not a fourth ball on Wooton. " In other games over the week end in the SOL Roseburg whip ped Coquille 3 to 2 and 4 to 1 and Bandon and Bend split. Ban rtnn was victor Saturday 2 to 1 and Bend took the Sunday mix m tn 4 Coouille stayed in sec ond place but lost considerable rl to looo-leading Drain which had a bye in the circuit this week. Medford slugged out 19 hits and scored four runs each in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings and five in the eighth in blasting the Elks yesterday. Four for Four Pnnnev hit four times in four times up, scored four runs and EHLERS SIGNED Kansas CitV. Mo. U.R) Ar tvmr h Fhlers Jr.. son of former Philadelphia Athletics General Manappr Arthur H. Ehlers, has signed a contract with the Kan sas City Athletics organization Vf.iir.cr T-Vilprs a shortstop, inked mntnrt with the Columbus Jets and has been optioned out to Savannah of the Class D Sally t ooano T-hlprs Sr. currently is business manager of the Balti more Orioles. CYCLE CHAMP San Mateo, Calif. U.R Ever ett Brashear, a 28-year-old me chanic of Beaumont, Tex., won had two runs batted in. Ed Mc Cullough slugged four for five, including a triple and a double. He had two RBIs and, walking twice, tallied five runs. Terry Maddox was leader in the RBI total with six and a two for four day at the plate. A ith bases loaded and a sacrifice flyout helped his runs driven in figure. Derald wooton drove in four markers with three hits in five times up. Ron Maur er slugged two for five and made a sensational catch in left field in the ninth inning. In the pitching department Maddox walked 10 and fanned five but the bases and balls and six hits didn't do a lot of dam age. The only extra base sock that Maddox yielded was a triple to John Hammons who didn't score. An error gave the Studs their chance to surge in the ninth inning of the Saturday conflict which started tight but loosened up as the evening progressed. Cooney started oil tne inning with a single but was forced at second base by Maddox. Derald Wooton struck out for two away. First Baseman Bill Seymour juggled the throw on Dick Woo ton's grounder and the Stud catcher was safe at first, Mad dox going to second. Larry Big ham got a single to load the bases. Smith Hurts Leg Then Selsor slammed the ball to right field for his three-base hit. When the Medford shortstop scored on the wild pitch to tie the score. Elk Catcher liger Smith hurt his leg trying to retrieve the ball but was able to stay in the game. Grants Pass and Medford both loaded the bases in the early cantos but there was no scor ing until the fifth inning when the Studs got three runs across. And the Elks' big beef came along with the markers. Fassett and Cooney drew bases on balls. Maddox laid down a rap and Catcher Smith's throw to third to nip Fassett was bad. Fassett scored on the error and Cooney and Maddox advanced to third and second bases. The Elks then decided to intention ally walk Derald Wooton. On the fourth pitched ball Umpire Swanson ruled that Smith step ped out of the catcher's box too soon. Cooney was waved home and Maddox to third on-the balk and Wooton allowed , to go to first base. GP Elks Howl Grants Pass immediately set up a loud and long howl. Short ly after play was resumed, In gram reported that the Elks were continuing to play under protest. Derald was forced out at sec ond by his brother Dick then Bigham lofted a fly to center field and Maddox tallied after the catch. Grants Pass came back to go ahead 4 to 3 in the seventh in ning. An error, four consecu tive singles by Seymour, Brad Lucas, Dick Toney and Bill Mar tell off Scherpf's offerings and a passed ball permitted the runs. The Elks employed a triple by Friend off reliever Jim Kelly and a groundout by Clin Reese for an eighth inning score. Elks Boost Lead Derald Wooton relieved Kelly at the beginning of the ninth inning but was tagged for a sin gle by Toney and a double by Martell. Hammons' flyout let Toney score. Smith walked and Friend got an infield single to SATURDAY BOX: Grants Pass ab Tonev. ss 6 Martell. 2b 6 Hammons, 3b .... 4 Smith, c 4 Friend. c Reid. p 3 Reese. If Seymour, lb 5 Nevi. rf - 2 Lucas, it - 3 r h po 2 2 1 12 2 0 1 1 0 0 13 12 1 1 0 1 1 1 MEDF0! .Tribune jpdDntnr n o n 0 12 0 0 41 7 11 27 10 6 Medford a McCullouRh. rf, 3b .. 4 Fassett, 2b 5 Coonev. lb 4 Maddox. yf 4 Dcr. Wooton. 3b. p - 4 Dick Wooton. c 4 Bieham. cf 4 Selsor. ss 5 Scherpf, p 2 .1. Kelly, p 0 Maurer, rf 1 2 3 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 o in l 12 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 8 7 30 9 2 Grants Pass .-- 0(10 0(10 4,2 07 Medford qqq oso 004 is Runs batted in Toney 2 Martel. Reese 2, Hammons. BiRham. Selsor 3. Coonev. Two-base hit Martell. Ihree- base hit Friend, seisor. unn-j. en bases Hammons. Martell. Sacri fices BiEham. Hammons Left on base Grants Pass 10. Medford 13. Bases on balls Off Scherpf 2 off Kel ly 1 off Derald Wooton 2. off Reid 10. Strikeouts By Scherpf 7 bv Wooton 3. bv Reid 13. Hits 0 otf Scherpf in o -j nninc. 1 nff Kelly in 1 1.3 in- nines; 3 off' Wooton in 2 inning":: Runs 4 off Scherpf; 1 off Kelly. 2. off Wooton. Earned runs Grants fass 5. Medford 1. Wild pitch Reid Passed balls Dick Wooton. Smith. V inning pitcher Derald Wooton. Umpires Cope-and and Swanson. iivrernnF- Medford 011 044 47,019 19 Grants Pass .... 001 011 000 3 6 5 Maddox and Morris: Lucas. Weber (6). Martell (7) and Reid. Saturday: Bend "00 000 0101 5 2 Bandon 7. 000 002 OOx 2 4 1 Pearce and Loveioy; Morana ana Backlund. tend"'' - 120 200 113-10 11 0 Bandon 000 100 003- 4 9 2 Heftv Paine i9. Gehrman ifl and Lovejov; Wright. Ellis i8. Prewett (9j, Johnston (91, and Carrion. CooUuIiney: 020 000 000-2 4 4 mi nm OOx 3 8 1 Lehl. Mohler 18) and Garner; Feller and Luby. Sunday! i "ose. r on, nnn nnol 5 2 I, outline j Whittaker and Luby; Pilgrim and Garner. Women's Golf Bob Roberts r irst round piay ior iaay golfers for' the Rogue Valley Ta((A( lOaMll Country club championship has USv9 IW fill been completed. In the Championship flight, Mrs. Belle Schenck defeated Mrs. George Harrington; Mrs. C. B. Collins won by default from Mrs. Richard Finch; Mrs. W. W. Davies won a default from Mrs. W. Stoy Elliott; Mrs. Rob ert P. Temrjleton defeated Mrs. Ray Frisbie; Miss Sue DeVoe won by default from Mrs. Roger Clark. Mrs. Thomas Culbertson Jr., defeated Mrs. Warren Lesseg; Mrs. Maxine Hammond defeated Mrs. Paul Walker; Mrs. Clayton Lewis defeated Mrs. H. D. Mc- Clure. In the second flight, Mrs. W. T.. Stark defeated Mrs. C. H. Burrell: Mrs. Robert Lockwood defeated Mrs. Reese Alexander Mrs. Fred Conrad defeated Mrs. Ed Milne and Mrs. T. C. Groomes drew a bye. In the nine-hole tournament, Mrs. Sam Colton beat Mrs. Dan Adams in the first round of play; Mrs. William Blackledge. Mrs. William Schei and Mrs. Thomas Fuson had byes; Mrs. Robert Morris defeated Mrs. Leonard T. Anderson; Mrs. Dorothy Dowson, Mrs. Ward Samuelson, and lvirs. Ray Sorenson drew byes. Fnrrpnp Ahead Eugene leads in wmameue Southern Oregon tournament ri valry after winning the highest total of points last week in sl,m ppno. Mrs. W. W. Davies, Med ford, tied for low gross with Mrs. George Calderwood, Lau relwood Country club, Eugene, for the dav"s play. In the Med ford team the low nets were won by Mrs. William Miller, 79; Mrs. Belle Schenck, ex, ana ivirs. Thomas Culbertson and Mrs. Rav Frisbie tied with 83s. rinal play in the WVSO tournament will be Tuesday, August 16, at Coos Bay. On July 29 lady golfers are invited to Klamath Falls. All members interested in playing are asked to sign the slip in the ladies' locker room or call Mrs. Frank Tamney, 2-9659 before Tuesday evening, July b. Winners for the day's play of 4's, 5's, 6's and 7s on July 21st were Mrs. W. W. Davies in the A MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE ELLREDGE VICTOR Merced, Calif. (U.R) Woody Eldredge of Merced won the na tional class B racing runabout championship at Lake Yosemite yesterday when defending cham pion Ernie Rose, of Patterson. Calif., failed to complete the race. Eldredge's slick runabout Slide Rule won both heats after Rose encountered mechanical trouble in the first heat and was thrown from his boat in the second. Win in NWL By UNITED PRESS The Eugene Emeralds have company at the top of the North west League standings. Lewis- ton, idle during the past week end, moved into a tie witn xne loop leaders on the strength of a double loss by the Emeralds to Wpnatchee Sundav. The Emeralds were beaten, 5-3 in the opener, and no-run-no- hitted by Bob Roberts in the seven inning nightcap. The two wins for Wenatchee squared the four game series at 2-2. In Sunday's other games, Yak ima spilled Salem twice at Yak ima, 3-0 and 7-2. And in a wild one at Kennewick, Spokane whitewashed Tri-City, 22-10 in a game that was called after seven innings because of high winds. At Euaene. Roberts was in trouble only in the first inning when he walked two but he man- acprl to eet out of the jam with the aid of catcher Joe Rossi who cut down a Eugene runner try ing to steal. It was the young righthander's 13th win. Hughes, Kabler Portland Champs Portland U.R) Benny Hughes of Portland won the city golf title here Saturday with a -nri 4 victory over J. W. "Dusty" Woods of McMinnville. Carole Jo Kabler of Sutneriin added the city women's crown to her state honors with a 5 and 4 victory over Mrs. Dale Hilts of Portland. Jameson, Faulk Take Top Money Hot Springs, Va. (U.R) Betty Jameson and Mary Lena Faulk, who came through under pres sure when challenged, split up Sl,450 first prize today for win ning the Homestead Women's Four-ball golf tournament. Miss Jameson of San Antonio, Tex., and Miss Faulk of Thomas ville, Ga., shot a best-ball two- under-par 72 for the final round Sunday to finish three strokes ahead of Beverly Hanson of In dio, Calif., and Mickey Wright of LaJolla, Calif. The winners had a total best-ball score of 280 for the 72-holes. CONLEY'S SHOULDER SORE Brooklyn 'M.R) Gene Conley, the Milwaukee Braves' top pitch er, has a sore shoulder and will undergo an examination today while the Braves are at Coopers town, N. Y., for the annual base ball Hall of Fame game. '0D just had an accident! IW...wliat arc you going to do . group with a total of 8 fours, Mrs. Robert Temple tied wun Mrs. Warren Lesseg in the B ornnn with 6 fives; Mrs. Robert Lockwood in the C group witn 7 sixes, and Mrs. Fred conraa tied with Mrs. Dean Lambert in the D group with 7 sevens. In the nine-hole D group, Mrs. F. L. Flink won with a total of 5 sevens. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday. 10 a.m. Monday for Monday; other days 5:30 previous day. Hospital bills. Doctor bills. Repairs. Lawsuits. Yow need money . . in a hurry. To be sure it's available when you need it phone right now to the nearest agent of the Farmers Insur ance Group, listed in your telephone directory, and dis cover how you can got more protection, for less money, because Fanners Insurance Group rates are among the lowest in the industry. Farmers Insurance Group has an unexcelled record, among all insurance com panies, for the fastest, fairest possible payment of claims. One call for AUTO, TRUCK, FIRE, LIFE fill your insurance needs AV H HJ !M D IR GfflE I WITH 6000 PAINT AND A COLOR SCHEME, A PEBFECT DREAM BILL UNHEARD-OF "SALES PEAK" TRADE-IN OFFERS! THE LID IS OFF-WE'RE GOING OVER THE TOP! The record is in! Western sales on the fantastically popular '55 Mercury have already boomed 38 over the same period last year. And we're heading for 50! We've doubled our factory orders, doubled our sales objectives-all but doubled our trade-in offers to make our 38 Mercury Sale the sensation of the year! If you hurry, you can own a new Mercury Custom Tudor sedan for less than a whole host of models in the "low price field." Remember, this is not a stripped car! This is a big, fully-equipped Mercury sedan with ball-joint front suspension and Mercury's famous "Super Torque" V-8 engine! A few dollars more a week puts you in command of America's highest-styled hardtop, the Monterey Coupe with dual exhausts as standard equipment! You'll even get a terrific deal on the cream of the Mercury line; it's the new 198 h.p. Montclair, with a striking new silhouette that's one of the lowest on the road. Hurry in while sales are sizzling! Take a spin in your favorite Mercury, then hold your hat when we make our offer! It's the West's biggest bargain on America's Most Advanced New Car! MEDFORD MOTORS SHOWROOM OPEN NIGHTLY 7 to 9 p.m. trio 9n.mi1p crand national mo torcycle race yesterday and set Phone 2-6157 6th fir Ivy a new record for the event as ne edged out the defending cham pion by hall a cycle lengia.