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o 9 . . 0 O'Shanter Tourney Underway Chicago (U.P.) American "nstne" golfers and 20 top for eign pros begin play today in Tarn O'Shanter's "all American" golf tourney, but the S25.000 event will, be only a prelude to (ext week's so-called "world" event with a purse for pros of $157,200. The two tournaments will be ifcactly the same, 72 holes of medal play for four divisions, men and women pros and men and women amateurs, but the payoff will be far richer in the econd whirl around the par 72 eeurse. Several American stars, such , B Doug Ford.- Cary Middlecoff, Sam Snead, Tommy Bolt, Walt Burkemo, Bob Toski, Earl Stew art, Johnny Palmer, Ted Kroll, G Gene Littler and Chandler Har per, were rated likely winners this week as well as next. Ifo Foreign Contender None of the foreign contin- , gent, with the exception of Aus tralia's Peter Thomson, was rated a solid contender. In the (7) past only Bobby Locke of South Africa has won the "All Ameri can" or done well in the world," and recently only Thomson has been challenging during the . events. Eighty-five players, including all of the "name" entrants and foreign group, were exempt from playing an 18-hole qualify ing round which the more than . 300 unknowns went through Tuesday and Wednesday. From this group came 72 players to challenge the tourney swing stars for the title. Lionel Hebera, Erie, Pa., led the qualifiers with a sizzling 65. Even the amateurs and women j-.pros also had to go through the " qualifying rounds with J.Z wom en pros qualifying to join Lou Ise Suggs, Patty Berg, Betty Hicks and Betty Jameson in the payoff event. Defending cham pion Babe Didrikson Zaharias also exempt, was not competing 4th Round In Tennis Tournament South Orange, N.J. (U.R) Davis Cupper Ham Richardson, shalry in his third-r o u n d triumph, was called on today to face dangerous Roger Becker of England today in the feature quarter-final match of men's singles in the Eastern Grass Courts tennis championships. The ohly other quarter-final scheduled today matched fifth seeded Gil Shea of Los Angeles against Johann Kupfenburger, eighth-seeded foreign entrant from South Africa. Others owning berths fn the quarter-finals are second-seeded Vic Seixas of Philadelphia, Sammy Giammalva of Houston, Tex., Eddie Moylan of Trenton, N.J., and Kurt Nielsen. In matches Friday, Seixas will play Giammalva and Moylan will meet Nielsen. Quarter-final borths in wo men's singles have so far been won by top-seeded Barbara Breit of North Hollywood, Calif., sec-end-seeded Darlene Hard of Montebello, Calif., Janet Hopps of Seattle, Wash., and Althea Gibson of New York. Richardson, ranked third na tionally behind Tony Trabert and Seixas, might be called on for an important Davis Cup as signment late this month if Tra ert's back injury fails to re spond to treatment.! Women's Golf Second round play for the Club Championship among the women golfers at the Rogue Valley Country club has been completed. In the championship flight, Mrs. Belle Schenck de feated Mrs. C. B. Collins; Mrs. W. W. Davies defeated Mrs. Robert Templeton; Miss Sue De Voe defeated Mrs. Thomas Cul . bertson Jr. and Mrs. Maxine Hammond defeated Mrs. Clay ton Lewis. In the first flight, Mrs. George Harrington won from Mrs. Richard Finch by default; Mrs. V Stoy0 Elliott defeated Mrs. Ray Frisbie; Mrs. Roger Clack defeated Mrs. Warren Lesseg and Mrs. Paul Walker defeated Mrs. H. D. McClure. In the second flight, Mrs. W. .L. Stark defeated Mrs. Robert Lockwood; Mrs. Fred Conrad defeated Mrs. T. C. Groomes. In the third flight, Mrs. C. H. Bar 0 rell defeated Mrs. Reese Alex ander and Mrs. Ed Milne drew a bye. Mostbf the nine hole players drew a bye in their tournament. Mrs. William Blackledge de feated Mrs. William Schei and Mrs. Ray Sorenson defeated Mrs. Robert Morris. August 10tho women golfers are invited to Grants Pass for the second play on the trophy furnished "this year by Grants Pass. Medford won the first play for the trophy on their home course last month. Dichromatism, the inability to distinguish between reds and greens when those colors are ad justed to the same brightness, is the most commonly found form of color blindness. MedfordWTribuni SIPODIRTrS Charles Upset May Have Return Fight Syracuse, N.Y. (U.R) A re turn match instead of retire ment was considered today for 34-year-old Ezzard Charles de spite the ex-heavyweight cham pion's upset defeat Wednesday night , by Tommy (Hurricane) Jackson at War Memorial audi torium. Matchmaker Billy Brown of the International Boxing club said, "It was a great television fight, and I'll ask Jim Norris to rematch them some place in Standings AMERICA.- LEAGIE W. L. Pet. GB Chicago 63 40 .612 New York 63 42 .600 1 Cleveland 63 42 .600 1 Boston 61 44 .581 3 Detroit 57 47 .548 6li Kansas City 44 62 .415 20 2 Washington 35 69 .337 28 'i Baltimore 32 72 .308 31 ii Wednesday's Results Boston 6, Chicago 4 Cleveland 2. New York 1 Baltimore 4. Kansas City 3 (1st) Kansas City 5. Baltimore 1 (2nd) Detroit 3, Washington 0 (night) Thursday's Probable Pitchers Detroit at Washington Birrer (3-1) vs. Porterlield (9-13). Kansas City at Baltimore Herbert (1-6) vs. Lopat (4-8). Cleveland at New York Score (10 9) vs. Ford (12-5). Chicago at Boston Pierce (7-7) vs. Nixon (10-5). Friday's Games Chicago at Baltimore (night) Kansas City at Boston (night) Detroit at New York (night) Cleveland at Washington (night) NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB Brooklyn 73 33 .689 Milwaukee 58 47 .552 14','2 New York 57 50 533 16 "i Philadelphia 54 57 .486 21 '2 Chicago 52 58 .473 23 Cincinati 49 57 .462 24 St. Louis 45 57 .441 26 Pittsburgh 40 69 .367 34 ',i Wednesday's Results Pittsburgh 3. Chicago 2 (1st) Chicago 5. Pittsburgh 4 (2nd. 12 inn.) Brooklyn 9. Milwaukee 6 (night) Philadelphia 8. Cincinnati 4 (night) New York 5. St. Louis 3 (night) Thursday's Probable Pitchers Philadelphia at Cincinnati Weh meier (7-9) vs. Black (5-1) or Gross (0-0). Brooklyn at . Milwaukee N e w combe (18-1) .vs. Burdette (8-5). Pittsburgh at Chicago Donoso (2-6) vs. Pollet (3-3). New York at St. Louis (night) Hearn (11-10) vs. Wooldridge (2-4). Friday's Games Brooklyn at Chicago New York at Cincinnati (night) Pittsburgh at Milwaukee (night) Philadelphia at St. Louis (night) PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB SeatUe 73 52 .584 San Diego 72 55 567 2 Hollywood ....68 57 .544 5 Portland 61 59 .508 9'j Los Angeles ... 62 64 .492 11 2 Sacramento ' 55 70 .440 18 San Francisco . 54 71 .432 19 Oakland 54 71 .432 19 Wednesday's Results Sacramento 10. Portland 9 Los Angeles 4. San Francisco S San Diego 4. Seattle 0 Only games scheduled. How Series Ended Hollywood. 4. Oakland 1 Los Angeles 4. San Francisco 1 Portland 3. Sacramento 2 San Diego 3. SeatUe 2 Next Series Oakland at Sacramento 2 Los Angeles at San Diego Seattle at Hollywood PorUand at San Francisco 2 Thursday's Probable Pitchers Los Angeles (George Piktuzis 7-11) at San Diego (John Carmichael 11-6) Seattle (Elmer Singleton 14-10) at Hollywood (Bob Garber 17-9) Oakland (Duane Pillette 0-1) and Charlie Beamon 1-2) at Sacramento (Chet Johnson 7-6 and Bud Daley 15-11) Portland (Bill Werle 12-5 and Ed Burtschy 4-4) at San Francisco (Gene Bearden 13-7 and Jim Walsh 5-7) NORTHWEST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Eugene 17 11 .607 Tri-City 15 12 .555 Lewiston 16 13 .551 Salem 14 16 .466 Wenatchee 13 15 .464 Spokane 14 17 .451 Yakima 13 18 .419 Wednesday's Results ' Salem 5. Eugene 4 Yakima 9, Wenatchee 0 Spokane 8. Lewiston 6 League Leaders NATIONAL LEAGUE Player & Club G AB It H Pet. Cmpnlla. Bklyn. 82 305 57 101 .331 Ashbrn., Phila. .100 384 62 126 .328 Snider. Bklyn. 103 375 81 118 .315 Klszwski. Cin. 105 413 74 128 .312 Post. Cin. 106 421 75 131 .311 AMERICAN LEAGUE Kaline. Detroit .103 407 94 143 .351 Kuenn. Detroit 95 405 68 133 .328 Smith, Cleve. 105 423 81 133 .314 Fox. Chicago 103 416 64 129 .310 Power. K. City 104 401 62 123 .307 Kell. Chicago 87 293 31 90 .307 Home Runs Snider. Dodgers 36; Kluszewski. Redlegs 35; Mays, Giants 34; Banks, Cubs 33; Mathews. Braves 29. Runs Batted In Snider. Dodgers 106; Ennis. Phillies 86: Boone. Tigers 83; Mays. Giants 81; Hodges. Dodgers 80; Banks. Cubs 80; Jensen. Red Sox 80. Rune Kaline. Tigers 94: Snider, Dodgers 91; Mantle, Yankees - 84; Smith. Indians 81: Mays, Giants 80. Hits Kaline. Tigers 143: Kuenn, Tigers 133: Smith, Indians 133: Post, Redlecs 131; Bruton. Braves 130. Pitching Newcombe. Dodgers 18-1; Byrne. Yankees 10-2; Donovan. White Sox 13-4: Loes. Dodgers 9-3; Ford, Yankees 12-5. You'll Always Find Reliability Uniformity Full Strength IN EVERY LOAD OF TRU-MIX CONCRETE Tru-Mix Concrete Co. FAST. PROMPT DELIVERY McAndrewt Road Phone 2-5271 By Jackson; September or October. Gangling Jackson of Far Rock away, N.Y., the third-ranking heavyweight contender, said, "I'll fight anybody my manager picks. Charles fought good last night but I didn't let him land any solid shots." Jackson, 23, won a unanimous 10-round decision over Ezz, who was favored at 2-1 because of his 16 years experience in 104 previous bouts. Charles declared today, "I un derestimated Jackson. He's a lot better than I thought very hard to nail, and very tough when you do nail him. And he keeps throwing at you all the time." Whether. Charles retires or does fight Jackson again, Wednesday night's defeat cer tainly shattered his dream of getting a fourth chance to recap ture the heavyweight title which he lost on a knockout to Jersey Joe Walcott in 1951. Charles, ranked sixth among contenders, hurt Tommy several times, but lacked the fire to finish his man on some occasions and missed with "Sunday" punches at other critical times. There were no knockdowns, but Ezzard suffered a thorough battering in the last minute of the 10th round as his tireless young opponent rained blows on him from all angles. The Dalles Wins Legion Game, 3-0 The Dalles (U.R) The Dalles was gunning for the State Amer ican Legion junior baseball championships today on the strength of its 3-0 victory over Roseburg here last night. The victory gave The Dalles a 2-1 edge in the five-game series, and a win tonight would cinch the title. A rubber game would be played Friday night if Rose burg wins tonight. Earl Griggs gave up only four hits in pitching his shutout but was helped along by steady de fensive play from his, The Dalles, teammates. The victors collected nine hits off loser Dick Smith. Only extra base blows in the contest were a double by Denny Peterson for The Dalles in the first inning, and a triple by Al len Lindbloom of Roseburg with one away in the fifth. Medford Wins PWL Playoff Dennis Painter pitched a no hit game for Medford yesterday afternoon when the local Pee Wee representatives whitewash ed Grants Pass 11 to 0 to capture the Southern Oregon league title. Painter faced a total of 15 bat ters, and struck out 12 of them. Three batters grounded out. Painter also contributed two of Medford's seven hits off Grants Pass' Walker. Jerry Anderson, who com pleted Medford's battery, sacri ficed home two runs with bunts, and the only extra base hits were doubles by Kenny Durkee and Bob Quinney. Medford took advantage of five Grants Pass errors, while the local youngsters didn't com mit a miscue. Medford regained the title which Grants Pass won last year in a no-hit 8 to 0 victory over Medford. Beavers Purchase Wally Westlake Portland (U.R) The Port land Beavers today announced purchase of right-handed hitting Wally Westlake from the Oak land Oaks of the Coast League. Westlake, 35, spent several years in the majors, with Cleve land, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Cincinnati. STARS SIGN SONNE Hollywood (U.R) Bill Son ne, a former bonus player with the Chicago White Sox, has signed with the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League and has been assigned to Salinas, Calif., a Stars' farm club in the California League. Salem Edges Eugene In NW Contest By UNITED PRESS Eugene, the Northwest League leaders, appear ready to be taken, but the circuit's six other clubs seem bashful about mov ing in. Eugene dropped another one last night as Salem edged the Emeralds 5-4 despite a four-run Eugene splurge in the eighth. Bud Francis of Salem pitched seven innings of no-hit ball be fore Eugene got moving in the eighth, but Bill Dials snuffed out the rally and blanked Eugene in the ninth. Don Edwards of Yakima blanked the Wenatchee Chiefs 9-0 on five hits but had to work his way out of two tight jams to gain his shutout. Wenatchee loaded the bases in the fourth with none out but Edwards fanned the side. He re peated the trick in the ninth when the Chiefs had runners on second and third with nobody out. Herman Lewis of Yakima belted a three-run homer in the fourth and Sam Mitchell with three singles and a double paced Yakima's 10-hit attack on three Wenatchee hurlers. Spokane rolled up five runs in the seventh inning to nip Lewis ton 8-6 and nullified a three-run homer by Jim Barrett of Lewis ton a game and a half behind league-leading Eugene. r Cooney's Bat, Kelly's Give Studs Win Over Manager Jack Cooney's three-for-four hitting, pitcher Jim Kelly's three-hit hurling, and poor ball handling on the part of the Dunsmuir Merchants com bined last night to give the Med ford Cheney Studs a 12-2 vic tory in a baseball game at Fair grounds park. Kelly pitched one of the best games of the season in striking out 11 Merchant batters. Seem- St. Mary's To Play Portland In Cage Game Moraga, Calif. (U.R) St. Mary's college announced today its basketball schedule will in clude games against Gonzaga, Portland, and Seattle universi ties in the Pacific Northwest. The Gaels open their 26-game schedule against the Cal Aggies at Davis on Dec. 2. The team, a member of the California Basket ball Association, will finish the season in a league game with NCAA champion University of San Francisco in San Francisco on March 6. On Dec. 17 the Gaels will meet Gonzaga at Spokane, then move up to Seattle and end the Northwest swing on Dec. 22 at Portland. " , ZD. i -ELj Time was when Pop liked his beer a little bitter and on the heavy side. But not today. Today's favorite beer flavor is light, mellow, dean-tasting and dean-feeling.. .like BLITZ. Blitz has the full flavor of red beer, but is brewed . right . . . brewed light ... for today's taste. Try the modern beer soon . . . BETTER BUY BLITZ! Dr. Max Zimmermonn, famed brewing authority, is now th Blitz Weinhard brewmaster. Dr. Zimmermonn's modern, flavor-improved beer is avail able at yoo( favorite grocery store or tavern. Try it soon and taste the difference. . Thursday, August 4, I9SS ing to tire in the sixth, Kelly issued two free trips in a row to the California boys. A quick re covery in the seventh caused fans to forget this as he swished three consecutive batters. After a fruitless three innings in which only one man was left on base, the Medford nine started centering in on fast tosses by Dunsmuir's Harold Carrington. Terry Maddox scrambled to first on an error by shortstop Bob Richardson. Derold Wooton got a short reprieve to remain at the plate when his high foul was muffed by first baseman Geno Owens, but flew out to center field. Here the Studs stopped pawing ground and started mov ing. Dick Wooton singled to right field, moving Maddox on second. Larry Bigham filled the bags with another single. Right fielder Howard Morris coming to bat with a make-or-break chance for the Studs, singled sharply to left field, scoring Maddox, and Dick Woo ton tallied on a wild pitch, Big ham moving to third. Another bad pitch enabled Bigham to come home, making the score 3-0. Luck finally ran out when Jim Kelly grounded out to Car rington. The Cheney Studs used the seventh inning to show-the fans that the coming games with the Drain Black-Sox Saturday and I O f &r MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Pitching Dunsmuir Sunday could get interesting. They collected four runs off three hits. Shortstop Bob Selser smashed a single between first and sec ond base to set up what was to be a small scoring parade for the Studs. Cooney followed with his third hit of the game. Merchants' reserve pitcher Ron Benkie walked Maddox and Derold Wooton singled. " The hit, along with two errors and a wild pitch, spelled "That's all" to Merchant hopes of pre venting Medford from extend ing its wins over California teams to nine straight. They gained back some face with a walk, a grounder by Ray Ma tous and a triple by Bob Pringle in the last inning which pro duced two runs. The Merchants seemed to lack the fire that was expected from a team tied for third place in the Northern California league. Poor hitting also seemed to plague the team as they gathered only three hits, two of them in the last inning. However, the ninth-inning triple by Pringle and a smooth double play that cooled Medford down in the sixth inning beat anything the home team had to offer. The dou ble play came off when Ed Mc Cullough's long fly into center field was snagged by Pringle, PBEPER I I II I I Il MM Better hxry the MOKE MODERN Blttzi BLITZ WEINHARD Oregon's Own Fine Beer Blitz Veinhcrd Co., Portland, Ore. Orioles Won't Put Johnson On Disabled List Baltimore (U.R) The Balti more Orioles today dropped their plans to put pitcher Don Johnson on the disabled list on receipt of orders from Baseball Commissioner Ford C. Frick. q Frick, ruled yesterday that Johnson's case did not fulfill the conditions laid down in his di rective of July 28 to all major league clubs regarding the dis abled list. That directive was a result of what Frick believed to be abuses , of the list to make room on the roster for extra players. "We will comply with the or der," said Manager Paul Rich- f ards of the Orioles, and declined further comment. and then tossed to second to catch Howard Morris before he could scamper back to the bag. q Dunsmuir 000 000 000 2 3 7 ,i Medford 000 320 43x 12 12 1 u Carrington. Genkie (5), Matous (7). f) Achondo (8) and Mazzie. Kelly and Dick Wooton. o Sportsman's TUES. SHOW Aug. 9 , High School Stadium, 7:00 P.M. Horse Packing Dog Obedience Fly Casting Dog Retrievers Spin Casting Golf Displays by Sporting Goods Cos., Boat and Rod Makers ADM. $1.00 , o o o ' G o o o 0 I O O o o o O
