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TEW MfDFOSD (OREGON) Schedule Hard-Top Marathon A 24-hour marathon for hard tops will be held at the sheriff's posse grounds on Sage rd. here Labor Day week end, Bill Ro elle and Jennings Pierce Jr., co-chairmen of the event have announced. The marathon will be limited to 40 qualifying drivers from more than 150 entries expected from Pacific coast states. The race will start at 4 p.m. Sun day, Sept. 4 and finish at 4 p.m., Monday, cSept. 3. The winner will be determined by the great est number of laps. Qualifying runs for the event, 0 which is sponsored by the Med ford Junior Chamber of Com merce, will be held Saturday and Sunday prior to the start of the race. Consolation runs are being scheduled for those who do not qualify. $2,500 Prize Monty O First prize money totals $1,000 and second prize $500. An ad ditional $1,000 will be divided for other place winners. Proceeds from the race will go into the Junior Chamber of Commerce fund for underprivil eged children. Roselle and Pierce said the marathon is expected to draw spectators from a wide area since the event is the only one of its kind on the west coast. If the event is a success this year, they said, it will become an annual event. In addition to the race, sever al special events are being plan ned. Eugene Wins Friday Tilt Br UNITED PRESS It wasn't much of a hit but George Huffman's scratch single in the eighth inning handed Eu gene a 7-6 Northwest League vic- tory over Yakima Friday night and enabled the Emeralds, to keep their first place berth. O Eddie Zander's two-run single ill the eighth had tied it for Yakima but Huffman blooped his single following Art Pres ton's walk and an infield out to drive home the decider. Manager Don Pries of Tri-City showed his hands how it should be done when he doubled home Gene Klingler in the tenth in- ning as Tri-City edged Lewiston U 6-5. Don Kenway, who entered in relief in the seventh inning, picked up the decision for the Braves. Wenatchee got four runs in the sixth inning to take a 9-3 verdict over Spokane as veteran John Marshall fanned six hitters to pick up his 12th victory of the campaign. Nap Gully of Spokane ho mered in the fourth with the bases empty to account for his 99th run driven in for the year. Joe Rossi of Wenatchee homered in the ninth with the bases empty. , Seixas Upset In Singles South Orange, N. J. (U.R) Sam ' Giammalva of Houston, Tex., and Gil Shea of Los An geles Saturday gained the final round ' of the men's singles di vision in the eastern grass court tennis championships. Giammalva, who beat Davis cup star Vic Seixas of Philadel phia on Friday, scored his second straight upset in the tournament by surprising the top-seeded for eign star, Kurt Nielsen of Den mark, 9-7, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. Shea earlier scored an upset in his semifinal match when he beat Davis cup player Ham Rich ardson of Baton Rouge, La., 6-2, 6-4, 7-9, 6-4. In the women's singles semi o final, top-seeded Barbara Breit of North Hollywood, Calif., de feated Althea Gibson of New York, 7-5, 8-6. In the other semi final battle Mrs. Barbara Da vidson turned back Darlene Hard of Montebello, Calif., 5-7, 6-3, 8-6. Two Divisions In g Medal Championships Portland (U.R) Robert Bronson of Portland, president of the Oregon Golf association, Saturday announced that en trants in th senior division of the 5th annual Oregon Medal Play championships over 54 holes at Royal Oaks Country club course in Vancouver, Wash., Aug. 12-14, would play in two divisions. Class A division will be com posed of players 50-60 years of age in Class AA of players over 60. A field of 150 players is ex pected to tee off in the three-day stroke competition. PASSES UP MEET Glen Cove, N. Y. U.R) Tony Trabert will have to pass up next week's tennis tourna ment at Newport, R. I., but should be ready for the national doubles championships at Chest nut Hill, Mass., starting Aug. 15. The Davis Cup star is recovering from a pulled back muscle. MAIL TRIBUNE MEDFORIWjTRIBUNE SIPdDnRTTS Medford Athletes To Play For State tin Shriner Game , ALTON (ROCKY) STONE Halfback ; ' - V"- ,yi PAUL ECKEL Guard MIKE DEVORE Center Must Apply For Hunts By Monday Portland (U.R) The Ore gon State Game commission Saturday reminded hunters that the deadline for filing applica tions for the special antelope and Sled Springs elk hunts this fall is 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 8. The commission said applica tions received at commission headquarters in Portland after that date will not be honored in the drawings. A public drawing to deter mine who will get the 600 per mits for the antelope hunt and the 200 permits for the elk hunt will be held at 10 a.m. Aug. 10. A S5 fee is charged for those applying for the antelope hunt. There is no special fee for the Sled Springs elk hunt. You'll Always Find Reliability Uniformity Full Strength IN EVERY LOAD OF TRU-MIX CONCRETE Tru-Mix Concrete Co. FAST. PROMPT DELIVERY MeAndrews Road Phone 2-5271 Sunday, August 7, 1955, Three Medford High school football players have left for Portland where they will start practicing tomorrow for the eighth annual Shrines' all-star football game in Multnomah stadium Aug. 20. t The three local athletes are Mike DeVore, center, Paul Eck el, guard, and Alton (Rocky) Stone, halfback. They will join 21 other outstate stars in prac tice sessions which are slated at the University of Portland. Senior stars from the Met ropolitan area of Portland will work out at Lewis and Clark college in Portland. Coaches for each team hope to get down to contact work in the initial practice session to morrow, and two sessions daily are scheduled for the first week Players and coaches were to meet and receive instructions at a noon luncheon today, fol lowed by picture taking at the stadium. Lee Gustafson of South Salem high is head coach for the State squad, with assistance from Medford's head football coach Fred Speigelberg and Dutch Kawasoe of Vale high. Tom DeSylvia of Portland's Jeffer son high is head coach of the Metros. He will be assisted by Andy Knudson of St. Helens and Bob Signer of Lincoln. State holds a 5 to 2 edge over the Metros in the all-star series, Portland Deputy Police chief Eugene W. Ferguson, managing director, said ticket sales are running ahead of last year's, in dicating a crowd of more than 20,000. Tickets are available in Med- ford's at Barker's. Red Legs Sell Brovia To Oakland in PCL Cincinnati (U.R) The Cincinnati Redlegs last night an nounced the sale of outfielder Joe Brovia to Oakland in the Pacific Coast league. Brovia was acquired by the Redlegs from Oakland last month for pinch-hitting duties He got only two hits in 18 times at bat and struck out seven times. SIGNS THREE ROOKIES Philadelphia (U.R) The Philadelphia Phillies Saturday announced the signing of three rookie catcher Vic Collier ' of Gaithersburg, Md., pitcher Mar vin Lee of Charleston, S. C, and outfielder Henry Marockie of Wheeling, W. Va. All signed 1956 contracts and were as signed to minor league farm clubs. Sportsmen's Show Will Be Wednesday The second annual Sportsmen's show sponsored by the Izaak Walton league will be held at Medford High school stadium starting at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The show will include spin and fly casting, golfing, horse packing, dog obedience, dog re trievers and displays by sporting goods companies and rod mak ers. About 9:30 p.m. a grand prize drawing will be held with the winner getting a complete camp ing outfit, including an umbrel la tent, air mattress, stove, sleep ing bag, lantern, and combina tion folding table and chairs. Movie Scheduled Also scheduled is a 10-minute color motion picture showing fly fishing for Atlantic salmon. The movie will be shown every few minutes starting at 7 p.m. Colonel Joe Burns will dem onstrate archery, and Williams O. Herring will demonstrate spin casting, including use of salt water spinning tackle. The Southern Oregon Kennel club will exhibit dog obedience by members of the organization. Mrs. Frank Catalano is in charge of the show. She is instructor and exhibitor at the club. Hydro Boat Race Today Seattle, Wash. (U.R) The Gold Cup race drivers' commit tee assured that at least 10 un limited hydroplanes will com pete for the coveted trophy here today when it voted unanimous ly to let Lt. Col. Russ Schleeh drive tohe "Rebel Suh." Earlier, the committee had ruled that the air force test pilot was not qualified as a Gold Cup driver because of "inexper ience" in competitive hydroplane racing. Colonel Schleeh has had most of his speed work as a test pilot for B-47 and B-52 jet bomb ers. Slo-Mo-Shun IV, queen of speedboats and holder of the world's speed record for propel- lor-driven watercraft, was Stan Sayres' only hope to retain the gold cup. Sayres' two- boat "navy" which has kept the cup in Seattle for five years, was reduced to one Friday when the defending champion Slo-Mo-Shun V, flew out of the water and did a complete backward somersault during her qualifying trials. Daredevil Driver Lou Fageol, president of the Twin Coach Mo tors Co. of Kent, Ohio, bailed out just as the craft started to kite and miraculously lived to tell about it. Doctors said Kent suffered a punctured lung on the left side, broken ribs, and bad muscular injuries. Meanwhile, "Gold Cup Fev er" infected the populace of Seat tle, swelled by thousands of vis itors here for "Seafair," a mari time Mardi Gras. Police estimat ed that close to 500,000 spectat ors would watch the race at Lake Washington. Many thousands more also will see it on televis ion. Race officials said more per sons watched last year's race than any other single sporting event in the world. Attendance High In NWL Yakima (U.R) O. E. Babe Hollingberry of Yakima, presi dent of the Northwest Baseball League, said Saturday total at tendance at league games up to July 31 this year totaled 254,225. Wenatchee topped the attend ance records of the seven clubs with 52,600, more than the Chiefs drew for the entire 1954 season. Yakima was at the bot tom of the list with 23,742. Attendance reported by other clubs up to July 31 was Eugene 44,975; Salem 44,775; Tri-City 34,634; Spokane 28,936 and Lew iston 24,562. Salem had the high attend ance for a single series with 6,698 and Eugene had the high for a single game with 2,998. Hollingberry said that with improved weather the clubs were expected to show a con siderable increase in attendance before .the season ends Sept. 5. A IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE Second Annual SlnlW TUESDAY, AUGUST 9th Medford High School Stadium Gates Open at 7:00 P.M. EVENTS Spin Casting Golfing Horse Packing Fly Casting by an expert Dog Obedience Dog Retrievers by Champions and Near Champions Displays by Sporting Goods Companies & Rod Makers Complete Camping Outfit Given Away i".v .5.-r- i. " Tin Jim f in' l ii'infn 1 liTi " GETTING SARATOGA SEASON off to exciting start, Great Artist and Pinuhta hit wire in dead heat with Hail Fellow, whose head shows, third at Entries Reach 122 In RVCC Classic on Labor Day Weekend A total of 122 golfers have registered for the annual South ern Oregon golf tournament at the Rogue Valley country club here over the Labor Day holi day. Among the 89 men registered is Dom Provost Jr., who will be defending the men's division title. Provost, who played from RVCC last year, is now playing out of Columbia-Edgewater club of Portland. Sue Devoe is de fending champion in the wo men's division. George Harrington, manager of RVCC, and Bob Lockwood, chairman of the tourney, "said the 192 limit in the men's div ision may be reached in the near future, and urged those who wish to enter to register as soon as possible. Registration deadline is Aug. 27. No limit has been placed on the number of women Portland Splits With Seals in PCL San Francisco (U.R) Artie Wilson sparked the Portland Beavers to a 4-3 win over San Francisco Friday night but the Seals came back to take the sec ond game, 2-1, behind Don Frac chia's six-hit pitching. Wilson singled home two runs in the top of the seventh inning and squelched a Seal rally with a great catch in the bottom of the frame to help the Beavers take their third straight of the series. But Fracchia pitched himself out of a one-out, bases loaded jam in the ninth inning of the second game of the Pacific Coast league twin bill and the Seals posted their first win against Portland. Fracchia (11-9) bested Red Adams who gave up only five hits in the nightcap. Adams was relieved by Royce Lint in the eighth. The Hollywood Stars ran wild for a 12-1 victory over Seattle Friday night to maintain their drive to the top of the league. The win left the Stars just three games behind front-running Seattle and one game back of the San Diego Padres who were blanked 9-0 by Los Ang eles. Sacramento downed Oak-land7-3, on Ed Baich's grand slam homer. Tillamook, Tigard Win Cub Tourney Contests Tigard U.R) Tillamook defeated Oregon City, 11-6, and Tigard trounced Newberg, 14-4 in the first round of the State Cub Baseball championships here Friday night. In the State Pee-Wee playoffs, Scappoose downed Canby, 3-2, and Parkrose blanked Cedar Hills," 5-0, at Jantzen Beach in Portland. Dead line Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday. 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day. V New York track. (InUmtional) entries. The low 64 will make up the championship flight, with the remainder being divided into flights of 16 each. In the women's division, the low 16 will make up the championship flight, with the balance divided into flights of eight each. Harrington reminded young golfers wishing to compete to have entries submitted so they may be accepted by the regis tration committee if they are un der 18 years of age. Those under 18 must have proof they were members of their senior high school golf squad, Harrington said. Among Medford golfers reg istered are W. W. Deakins, Dean Lambert, Bob Voegtly, Clayton Lewis, Sam Hersch and R. B. Knight. . Besides Provost, others from Portland include Bill Killen, Harry Price, Ben Dolp and Joe Tripp. Among 33 women registered to date are Mrs. Raymond Scott, Mrs. Ben Dolp, Mrs. Rose Mary . Killen, and Mrs. Maude Brost. The tournament will start Sep tember 1 and continue through Sept. 5. 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USC Touring Team Beats Army, 4-0 Seoul (U.R) The Univer sity of Southern California base ball team defeated the Republic of Korea Army All-Stars 4-0 Saturday before a crowd of more than 50,000. The touring Trojans, will re main here nine more days to play games against American service teams and several Kor ean civilian clubs. Alaska Salmon Packs Lag Behind Last Year Seattle U.R) The Fish and Wildlife service Saturday reported that salmon packs in Alaska continue to lag behind last year. The total Alaskan pack through last Saturday was re ported at 1,537,459 cases as com pared with 2,156,299 cases on the corresponding date last year. All species are running behind last year, the service said. INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY Michigan 'i-Yard Shovel . . . Truck Mounted, with Drag Line, Trench-Hole, Extra Tail Weight, and Outriggers . . . , Excellent Condition . . . $10,000. Allis Chalmers Model HD 5 G Tractor-Shovel. Complete with Trench Hole, Dozer Blade, Hydraulic Rear-Mounted Ripper, and Wench. 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Snodgrass, resident surgeon at John Sealy hospital where she is hospitalized, opera ted on her last July 1. At the time, newsmen were told it was for a displaced spinal disc. Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport 6 to 12
