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o o y, ...I .... ju....w .HIM. fflPH ' Jl jj 1 I T - ' t ' ' & -.' . . . ? - CI Il'IMXG 25 SECOND from old mark, Adios Harry (7), romps home in 533,000 Nassau J';ire nt K-.jry-velt Raccwav, Westburv, N. Y., to set new world record for mile-and-one-half (ii-tance in 3 minutes 4 25 seconds. Old mark was set last year by Hillsota. (International) Crowd of More Than 25,000 Predicted for IZcrns-Steelers Tilt in Multnomah Stadium Portland Profc-STional fool t.id! tal-:cs command of the local sport seen" this veck wlien the Los Ar.mdcs Hams nirct the rittibiu-h Stcolcrs at Multno-n-ih Stadium Saturday night. Tlie kickoif will be at 8:30 p.m. This same will mark the pro (teaching debut of Sid Cillman of the Rrms as he opposes V.'alter Kic.vlini,' of the Steeler?, slarting his second year as their coach. 'C)reR0f Sports Attractions ex pects a crowd of more than 25,- (100 for the . first game of the year. The game will be televised California but will be blacked out in Oregon. 'Jan To Lead Rams Norm Van Brocklin, who per formed sensationally in leading fff e rams to victories over the New York Giants and Chicago Cardinals in Portland last year, will a'ain be at the quartcrbaA helm for the Piams. (Jie former Oregon All-Ameri- tgpn starts his seventh season in the pro circuit rated the finest (isser in football. He will be aided by Billy Wade, who had a great rookie season in 1954. The remainder of the Ram backfield will consist of tested veterans, with Skeet Quinlan Jtlif ORCE TOURNEY La n si ley AFB. Va. ;U.R) A (f)eld of 60 air force golfers opens today in the first round of She Air Force Global tourna icnt at Lanlcy Air Base. Vir ginia. Lieutenant Joe Conrad, (ho won the British amateur ()Ue this spring, is defending rhampion. Tlie. tourney will be 'Sroken down into two divisions . . . open and senior . '. with (payers &5 and over competing in the senior section. Kretlow Top PCL Pitcher On 9-0 Mark San Francisco (U.R) Vet eran Lou Kretlow, who joined the Seattle RaLniers in June after years in the majors, is leading the Pacific Coast, league pitchers with a perfect record of nine wins and no losses, accord inf to statistics including Sun day games. Portland's Dick Whitman is leading the hitters with a .328 mark, followed by Mike Baxcs of San Francisco and Gcprge Metkovich of Oakland, each with .324. Veteran Al Lyons, shunted from the San Diego Padres to the Hollywood Stars, tops the pitchers with 12 or more deci sions with a 10-won-3-lost mark. Bob Garber of Hollywood leads in victories with 17 against nine defeats. George Piktuzis of Los Angeles leads in strikeouts with 134. The home run leader is Steve Bilko of Los Angeles with 29., Bilko is tied for the topln hits; too, with Artie Wilson of Port land. Each has 141. Earl Rapp of San Diego is the runs batted in leader with 112. and Tank Younger at halfbacks and Dan Towler at fullback. An otner pair of veterans, Tom Fears and Bob Boyd, will hold down the end positions. Local fans will also get a look at a number of highly-touted rookies who will make their pro debuts in this game. The ,most prominent are Cocky Tharp, Ala bama halfback; Jack Ellena, UCLA tackle; Ed Beatty, Missis sippi end; and Bob Long, UCLA end. The Steelers will also operate with an all-veteran backfield consisting of Quarterback Jim Finks, Halfback Lynn Chand nois and Fran Rogel and Full back Ed "Mighty Mo" Modzel cwski. Their ends will be Cap tain Elbie Nickel and George Sulima. -5 Although the advance ticket sale has come up to expectations, Oregon Sports Attractions re ports that good reserved seats are still available at the box of fice here at J. K. Gill's. Five thousand general admission tick ets will go on sale at the stadium the day of the game. Siskiyouans Compete In Babe Ruth Tourney Yreka The Siskiyou Babe Ruth All-Stars, managed by George Bennett, are competing in the Northern California Babe Ruth tournament at Stockton. Winner of the tourney will go to state event at Hollywood next week. The Siskiyouans are staying at Hotel Stockton while com peting in the tournament. nujvi 1 1 1 1 ' xj mm siPflDmnrs Vic Seixas Leads Field in Eastern Grass Court Play Orange, N.J. U.P.) -National singles champ Vic Seixas returned from a week's rest to day to lead the advance in the Eastern Grass Court Tennis tour ney at Orange, New Jersey. Seixas beat Larry Shaffer, 6-2, 6-0 in opening round play while Eddie Moylan, Bob Falkenburg and Herb Flam also advanced. Wimbledon champion Tony Tra bert is sitting this one out be cause of a sore back and should er which forced his withdrawal from the tourney at Southamp ton yesterday. Moylan, who won the South ampton title when Trabert quit, beat Paul Cranis today, 6-1, 6-1. Falkenburg eliminated Kalman Kettleman, 8-6, 9-7, and Flam beat Bob Kerdasha, 6-1, 6-2. Oth ers to advance include Jack Frost, Barry MacKay, Kurt Nielsen and Sam Giammalva. Overseas, three Americans have gained the quarter finals of a tourney at HamBurg, Germany, i Art Larsen eliminated Malcolm Fox, 8-6, 6-1, 12-10 . . . Budge Patty beat Giorgio Facchini of Italy, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 .. . and Bernie Bartzen downed Ernst Bucholz of Germany, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3. Sisemore Takes Main Ashland Racing Event Ashland Elmer Sisemore took top honors driving a Surroz Nash, M-39, in the 25-lap main event at the Ashland speedway here Saturday night. Sisemore moved into the lead on the 16th lap of the 34-car race. Crock Hunter won the B event and Monty Hall took the A division trophy. Both trophies were presented by Eliane Miller and Connie Caton. Jerry Jennings won the first heat, with Fred Arnberg tak ing the second, Lou Kurz the third and Wyman Core the fourth. The Gilbert and Ellice islands comprise the only territory in the world to straddle both the equator and the international Tuesday, August 2, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN" Solon Raps Nixon For Umbrella Altitude Washington (U.R) Rep. Arthur Klein of New York "on behalf of the umbrella industry of New York" has taken Vice President Richard Nixon to task for his attitude toward umbrel las. Nixon banned umbrellas at National Airport when Presi dent Eisenhower returned, in the rain, from his Geneva con ference. He said the umbrella had become '"the symbol of ap peasement." Klein said in a floor speech yesterday that Nixon's comment was "unfortunate." There ( are 3,000 people employed in the umbrella industry in New York, Klein said, and it has been tough enough on ,them this year, what with no rain at a'l, without Nixon making it stiil tougher. r The New York Democrat as sured the House that the um brella is simply an indication that the carrier wants to keep dry during a rainstorm. Crooked River Project Offered by Rep. Coon Prinevflle Rep. Sam Coon of Oregon has notified au thorities in Prineville he has in troduced a bill authorizing con struction of the Crooked river reclamation project in Crook county. The project would include Prineville dam on the Crooked river about 20 miles north of Prineville. Coon said a small di version dam, canals and pump ing plants would also be pro vided for in the 56.399,000 bill. Coon said the department'of interior and the bureau" of the budget will prepare reports on the proposal during recess so that hearings can be held as soon as congress reconvenes. u The proposed dam was de scribed by Coon as rising 170 feet above the river bed. It would provide 153,000 acre feet of reservoir capacity. NET ACES ARRIVE New York U.R The British' Wightman cup tennis team is scheduled to arrive in New York today. The English girls will: meet an American team captain ed by Margaret Osborne du Pont in matches at Rye. New Yorl.i, August 13th and 14th. Baseball PACIFIC COAST LEAGI E No games scheduled last niht. NORTHWEST LEAGUE EuRene ft. Salem 6 Yakima S, Wenatfhce 4 Lewiston 10, Spokane 7 If the waters of Lake Superior were spread evenly over the. New England states it is esti-. mated they would be almost 200 feet deep. Probably the first tooth ex- j traction which was made with j nitrous oxygen or laughing gas ' was in 1844. ' Sportsman's TUES. SHOW Aug. 9 High School Stadium, 7:00 P.M. Horse Packing lloz Obedience Flv Casting Dor Ketnevers Spin Casting Golf Displavs hv Sporting Goods Cos., Boat and Rod Slaters ADM. SI. 00 Lamberger Leads In Open Tourney Walla Walla (U.R) Port land professional Larry Lam berger holds a one-stroke edge over the field today as the sec ond 18 holes of play get under way in the Northwest Open golf tournament at Walla Walla. Lamberger came in with a five-under-par 67 over the coun try club layout yesterday to give him a one-stroke margin over Chuck Congdon of Tacoma and Bob McKendrick of Oswego, Oregon. The 60 low scorers over the first 36 holes of play will move into the final 36 holes of play tomorrow. JOCKEYS CONTEND Chicago (U.R) Jockeys Willie Shoemaker and Willie Hartack continue their race for national riding honors today at Chicago's Washington park. 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