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o G O o o o o o o O o G O Portlanders Hollywood Seattle Lea O PortlandU.R) The Portland Beavers will play a make-up game with the San Diego Padres here Mondav night. Aug. 29. The Pacific Coast League base ball encounter will be a make up for a game lost on the Padres last trip here. By PETER HAYES United Pres Sports Writer Wednesday was pitcher's day in ihP Pacific Coast League and when the dust had cleared the Seattle Rainiers saw their league lead shrink to ZV2 games. .Three of the six games were .shutouts and in the others the losing teams could score only one run. And two of those three runs for the losing cause were unearned. Good Day Roly-poly Tony Ponce was the irst PCL pitcher to enjoy a good day as he knuckleballed San 0 Francisco to a 5-1 win over Se attle. Tony allowed nine hits but spaced them out over every in ning except the first. Second place Hollywood di vided with Portland to gain half a game on the Rainiers. Joe Trimble of the Stars pitched a three-hit; 8-1 win in the opener but Portland took the nightcap, 4-1. on Red Adams' three-hitter. -rT,.v,i riar-P San Diego moved to within 4V4 games of Seattle as Bob Kerrigan blanked uas t.n nn seven hits. lauu, v v, - Los Angeles and Sacramento swapped shutouts, tne angeis Bob Baker Beats Lane Third Time Salt Lake City (U.R) Bob Baker, Pittsburgh, Pa., who cur rently ranks second among the contenders for Rocky Marciano's heavyweight title, defeated Rex Layne for the third straight time Inst night by taking a 10 round split decision. Baker, scoring repeatedly with combinations to the head, boost ed his hopes of meeting the win ner of next month's Marciano Arehie Moore title bout. The husky Pittsburgher virtually ended Layne's hopes of making a comeback. Baker weighed 207 and the Lewiston, Utah, fighter scaled 202V2. Referee Ruby Goldstein gave Baker five rounds, Layne three and called two even. Judge Ken Shnlsen scored it 4-4-2. giving Layne a 5-4 edge on points, and Judge Eddie Border favored Ba ker 5-3-2. The United Press gave Baker the edge, 4-3-3. Layne tried to carry the light to Baker. He built up points in the early rounds by landing some good body punches but midway in the fight, Baker be gan using his longer reach to halt Layne's rushes with punch es to the head. Officials Delay Election of Czar A meeting of football and basketball game arbiters of this area has been set for Tuesday, G September 13, at Southern Ore gon college. O About 15 officials met last night at Central Point. They O discussed rule changes and went G over plays in the state examina tion. Election of a commission- 0 er to assign basketball referees for prep games was delayed un- 0 til the next meeting since a good 0 number of hoop officials were 0 not present. Eugene Captures Softball Mantle Eugene (U.R) Eugene won the Oregon state Softball cham pionship here last night by clip pnog Corvallis, 6-1. It was the sixth time in eight years that Eugene has won the title. O The Eugene team went through the double-elimination tourna ment undefeated and will com pete in regional playoffs begin ning Sept. 4 at Boise, Ida. Cor cyallis also is eligible to compete in the playoffs. Interservice Tennis Session Closes Today 0 uantico, Va. (U.R) Two 6 clashes between Army champion O 0 Grant Golden and Air Force champion Whitney Reed, one in singles and one in doubles, were expected to highlight today's 0 closing action in the Interservice Tennis Championships. On the outcome of the rivalry between the two stars may de pend the battle for the team championship, in which the Air Force Qeads with nine points to o Army's eight. Navy has three and the .Marines zero. Divide Twinbill; d Shrinks taking the eight inning first game, 3-0, behind Jim Brosnan and Sacramento winning the closer, 4-0, as Rex Jones posted his first win since May 15. Second Straight San Francisco's new day base ball policy attracted only 669 fans but they asw the home team bounce Seattle for the second straight time. Ponce was cred ited with his ninth victory and would have had a shutout but for errors bv himself and catcher John Ritchey in the fifth inning. Hollywood's Trimble helped his cause with a pair of singles driving in three runs off loser Ed Burtschy and Glenn Elliott. Singles by Frankie Austin and Don Eggert in the ninth account ed for Portland's lone run. Catcher Don Lundberg's error in the first inning of the second game pavrd the way for Holly wood's only run off Adams. Wal ly Westlake hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning off Nelson King, who relieved loser Roger Bowman in the second inning. LINESCORE: Seattle 000 010 000 1 9 San Francisco 003 100 Olx 5 8 Oldham. Brenner (3). Priddy and Ginsberg; Ponce and Ritchey. Oakland 000 000 000 0 7 0 San Diego 000 101 Olx 3 10 0 Besana. Drews (8i and Neal; Kerri gan and Aylward. Bailey (9) fist Game) Portland 000 000 1 1 3 0 Hollywood 020 402 x 8 14 1 Burtschy. Elliott (4) and Robertson; Trimble (8-2) and Bragan. f2nd Game) Portland 200 000 020 4 13 1 Hollvwood 100 000 000 1 3 0 Adams (10-9) and Lundbers; Gow man. King (2) and Bragan. (1st Game) Los Angeles 000 000 03 3 7 0 Sacramento 000 000 00 0 7 1 Brosnan (14-9) and Fanning; Daley (18-14) and Baich. Heslet (8). (2nd Game ) Los Angeles ... 000 000 000 0 7 0 Sacramento ...020 000 02x 4 8 0 Piktuzis. Zick (7) and Taope. Fan ning (7); R. Jones (2-13) and Baich. Youth Gets Big Chance in Ladies National Golf Charlotte. N.C. (U.R) The Women's National Amateur golf tournament entered the quarter finals today with an entirely new cast of performers and the pairings gave youth a big chance to win the title. The only players left whose exact age would not be polite to mention were Polly Riley of Ft. Worth, Tex., a Curtis cup member since 1948, and Mrs. Jane Crum Covington of Orange burg, S.C., who has been winning Carolina tournaments over con siderable span of years. Others Novice . The others were all young sters or at least novices to ad vance so far: Mrs. Scott Probas co, 25, of Chattanooga; Anne Quast, 17, of Marysville, Wash.; Jane Nelson, Indianapolis young ster; Barbara Mclntire, 22, of Toledo; Margaret Wiffi Smith of St. Clair, Mich., 19, and 21-year-old Pat Lesser of Seattle. The feature match today put Mrs. Probasco against Miss Quast. The slender Miss Quast, who ousted Curtis cup player Grace Demoss Smith in the first round, came through two tough matches in Wednesday's rapid weeding out. Hunting Synopsis Now at Agencies Portland A complete syn opsis of the 1955 hunting regu lations is now available to hun ters at all license agencies, the Oregon Game commission said today. The synopsis is again of the folding booklet type which prov ed so popular with sportsmen last year. Seasons, bag limits and area boundaries are described in full on one side of the synopsis. On the reverse side is a full scale chart of Oregon with the var ious hunting areas bounded in color. Below the chart, hunters will also find a complete quick-reference breakdown of the game seasons showing the dates of the open seasons, open areas, and bag limits. The waterfowl regulations will be published in a separate leaflet and should be available to hunters about the middle of September. HALL SPARS ROCKY Grossinger, N.Y. (U.R) Toxie Hall, who knocked Rocky Marciano down while the champ was training for last May's title defense against England's Don Cockell, is back helping Mar ciano train. Hall was pressed into service because, according to Manager Al Weill, "the other sparmates don't mix it enough and Rocky needs more rugged workouts." rills? "ifi? HELEN DAVIES Enters SO Tourney Helen Davies Files Entry For SO Fray Mrs. Helen Davies filed her entry yesterday for the Southern Oregon Golf tourney at Rogue Valley Country club and will aim to regain the women's title she relinquished last year in the annual Labor day week end classic. The tourney is September 1 to 5. Mrs. Davies, Rogue Valley star, won the championship for seven consecutive years before being eliminated by Mrs. Rich- BOB ATKINSON Ex-SO Champ Back ard Borst, Portland, in the 1954 semi-finals. She and Miss Sue DeVoe, also Rogue Valley, will be the "previous" champions contending in the ladies tourney. Sue beat Mrs. Borst in last year's finale. There will be three champs of former year participating in the men's tourney. Among latest en trants announced is Bob Atkin son. He took the crown in both 1951 and 1952. Atkinson's home course is Columbia-Edgewater, Portland. He is now an Air Force lieutenant stationed at Reno, Nev. Other Titlisls The other title winners en tered are Dom Provost Jr., and Eddie Simmons. Provost was a Rogue Valley player when he took the mantle last year. He's now a Columbia-Edgewater ban ner carrier. Simmons, Medford, holds six Southern Oregon cham pionships in the 27 year history of men's matches. Field of former winners could swell to four if Skip Nagler, Eugene, plays. Among men's contenders also will be Jack Brand, Lebanon, who plays out of Salem and is considered one of the top links men of the state. Another entry is Robert Donnelly, Oregon State college No. 1. His course outside of school is Columbia-Edgewater and he's considered one of the longest hitters in Oregon. 57 Women A record number of partici pants in foreseen. Women's entry list totals 57 and may swell by the Saturday, August 27, dead line. The present total is higher than any previous field. Tourney committeemen orig inally set a 192 quota for men's entries but because of demand and the apparent fact that a number of linksmen had not heard of the limit have added two more flights. There will be 10 lower flights of 16 in addi tion to the championship brack et of 64. A full complement of 224 is anticipated, since there is a sizable number of players on a waiting list to fill in for possible dropouts. Rogue Valley men and women are already participating in qualifying play. All local women, except those trying for the cham pionship flight, must finish their 18-hole rounds by next Tuesday. Local men must complete their qualifying by Wednesday with those for the title flight playing only on that day. Medford wom en trying for the top bracket will qualify on Thursday, Sep tember 1, along with out-of-towners. RichLabatt Tourney Under Way at Montreal Montreal (U.R) Canada's richest golf tournament, the $26,800 Labatt Open, got under way today as 131 of the best pros and amateurs north and south of the border teed off in the first .round of the 72-hole event. HARRY TERRILL SENIOR GOLF CHAMPION OF ROGUE VALLEY Harry Terrill Sr., won the senior golf championship of the Rogue Valley Country club. He defeated Bill Catey 1 up in the finale yesterday. Terrill bounced Al Littrell, de fending champ, 1 up to gain the finals. Catey needed 19 holes to oust Marvin Clark. First flight titular play is set between Dr. Harvey Woods and Experienced Boys Sought To Caddy In SO Tourney Club Professional Al Wil liams has issued a summons for experienced caddies to work during the Southern Oregon Golf tournament at Rogue Valley Country club. He has asked all boys inter ested, who are between the ages of 12 and 16 years, and who have caddied in past major tourneys at RVCC, to report at the pro shop at 8 a.m. next Monday. They will sign up and have instruction at that time. Instruction is also set for 8 a.m. on Tuesday and Wed nesday and work for caddies will . begin in earnest on Wednesday when a large num ber , of out-of-town men and women are expected to play practice rounds. Storti Hurls Eugene Club To Triumph By UNITED PRESS Pitchers stole the spotlight in the Northwest league last night as Eugene's George Storti and Don Raburg of Yakima spun neat three hitters to notch shut out victories over Salem and Lewiston, respectively, and Spo kane's Bill Bottler poled a two run homer to win his own ball game at Wenatchee. Eugene's victory stretched their league lead to three full games over Wenatchee. Storti fanned nine and walk ed three as he out-dueled Sal em's Bill Dials in Eugene's 1-0 win over the Senators. Ron Jack son led off the first inning with a single, stole second and came home on another base knock by Ted Hesse for the only run. It was Storti's 14th win against five setbacks. Retires 15 Straight Raburg. pitched near perfect baseball, retiring 15 straight, be fore giving "up an infield single to the leadoff hitter in the sixth. He whiffed seven and walked only one in winning 3-0. Yaki ma clinched the game with a two run rally in the sixth when catcher Sam Mitchell doubled behind two singles and a sacri fice. The Bears added another run in the eighth on a single by Herm Lewis, an error and a wild pitch. " Dick Hogan's homer in the top of the fifth tied the Spokane Wenatchee score at 5-5 and set the stage for Bottler's game win ning smash. Shortstop Bob Ser ratto singled and Bottler slam med the next pitch over the walL giving the Indians a 7-5 lead and an eventual 7-6 victory. Tonight's action finds Yakima at Wenatchee, Eugene at Spo kane and Tri-City at Lewiston. Salem is idle. Pro Grid Fracas Televised Sunday Professional football season gets underway for television fans in Medford and vicinity Sunday, when the San Francisco Forty Niners ' meet the Cleve land Browns in an exhibition game to be telecast from Kezar stadium in San Francisco. The game will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday, local time. This is the first of 12 televis ed professional games to be car ried by KBES-TV this season. Another exhibition game, the Forty Niners, versus the Cards, will be seen on Sept. 4, and the regular season begins with the Rams meeting the Forty Niners on Sept. 25. New this season is a schedule which, will have one or both of the Pacific coast teams the Forty Niners or the Rams televised each Sunday. Full sea son television schedules may be secured at Crater Lake Ford in Medford, sponsors of the games. GET A GENUINE UlflTfR mose America's largitt StlCing TOILET TANK BALL Noisy running toilets can waste over 1000 gallons of water a day. The amazing patented Water Master tank ball instantly stops the flow of water after each flushing. 75c AT HARDWARE STORES J5 Ilk C7 M. G. Emmans. In semi-finals Wood beat Miles Doran 3 and 1 -and Emmans got by Justin Smith Sr., by the same margin. John Moffat nabbed second flight honors by downing Fred Engle 1 up. To reach the conclud er Moffat tipped Stoy Elliot and Engle nicked Bob Crossman both by 1 up counts. Nichols won the third flight 2 up over Bob Cor bin after each had advanced by default. Finalists in the fourth flight are Dr. B. L. Lageson, who beat Jerry Cottingham 1 up and A. C. Broyles, who topped E. K. Rick er, 2 up in semi finals. Gain Rob binson and George Roberts are fifth flight foes. Robinson beat Bill Bartlett 2 and 1 while George Roberts had a semi-final bye. Ashland Golf Tussles Set Ashland Ashland city golf tourney gets underway Friday at Oak Knoll Golf club. It runs through Sunday. Adam Rott, Medford, was tourney medalist with a 74 and Carl Schmidt, Medford, was next ith 76. Phil Austin, Ashland, had a 77. Players are asked to contact their opponents about their matches or to call the pro shop for information. PAIRINGS: Championship flight A Rott vs. T. Schopf; P. Austin vs. T. Hamlin; C. Schmidt vs. B. Tal lis; B. Foot vs. Ken Lusk. First flight B. Pritchard vs. B. Weaver; Garry Harrington vs. M. Stine; B. Summers vs. R. Mann; M. Woods vs. John Gray. Second flight A. Peterson vs. R. McCoy; Bob Gaines vs. I. Er win; E. Clark vs. B. Keenan; D. Woods bye. Frank Albert Suffers Attack of Pneumonia San Francisco (U.R) Former All-America quarterback Frankie Albert was reported "much im proved" today following a sud den attack of pneumonia that had him on the critical list for a day. Albert, now assistant coach for the San Francisco Forty Niners, was rushed to Mary's Help Hospital here Tues day night with a 104 degree tem perature. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday; other days 5:30 previous day. Can Thursday, August 25, 1955 Dark Horses Scramble in Doubles Mix Chestnut Hill, Mass (U.R) Dark horse tandems, who got their big break when rain drove all the big names out, scrambled today to stake out title to the 75th National tennis doubles crown as . the ill-fated tourney staggered toward a climax. Quarter-final matches were scheduled for today. There were only two seeded tandems left in the Longwood Cricket Club tournament, drained of top stars by rains that forced seven post ponements, so nobody was count ing out the upstarts. Nobody, either, was counting out the two seeded entries re maining, Britishers Roger Beck er and Robert Wilson and Jap anese Kosei Komo and Atsushi Miyagi. The Japanese team, al ways a threat in any tournament, looked especially impressive in play so far. Serves Notice Al Harum, a 20-year-older of Coral Gables, Fla., and his 19-year-old partner, Barry McKay of Dayton, O., served notice of their designs on the title Wed nesday following their first tour ney win. The lads, who drew a bye in the first round and one by default in the second, beat Seymour Hunter of Melrose, Mass., and Ralph Stuart of Oster ville, Mass., 14-12, 6-3, 12-10. The most serious dark horse threat, however, stemmed from another pair of American young sters, Jerry Moss, 19, of St. Pet ersburg, Fla., and Bill Quillian, 21, of Seattle, Wash. They are already in the semi-finals by vir tue of a quarter-final default. WANT A CUSPIDOR? Knoxville, Tenn. (U.R) Brass cuspidors from the City Council chambers went on sale today. Mayor George Dempster said the cuspidors were being sold because council chamber proceedings are being broadcast. The cuspidors make too mucn noise if they are kicked during a program. MILL PLANS UNCERTAIN Rainier, Ore. (U.R) Tom Mel- lin, part owner of the Van Vleet Lumber Company plant which was destroyed in a $1,500,000 fire Sunday, said today he was uncertain about plans to rebuild the mill. you fim9 in this You buy a refrigerator only two or three times in your lifetime. Yet you don't hesitate to buy one without getting so much as a look at the intricate "works" that makes it run. How do you dare make such an important purchase without having an expert check it over for you? What makes you so sure you're getting your money's worth when you say, "I'll take that one"? The answer's obvious. You look for the brand name on the refrigerator your "guarantee." You've learned to follow this first rule of safe and sound buying: A good brand is your best guarantee No matter what kind of product you want to MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN Prospect Boys Will Get Togs Prospect Candidates for Prospect high school football team will draw their uniforms and gear on Wednesday, Aug ust 31. Coach Wes Stauffer re ported that the issue of equip ment will start at 5 p.m. that date. OLYMPICS OPENING SLATED Melbourne, Australia (U.R) Melbourne's Olympic village will be opened Oct. 29, 1956, nearly a month before the start of the games. As each team from the 60 nations who have accept ed invitations arrives, its na tional flag will be raised over the village which will have 660 houses ready for the partici pants. TO VFW CAMP North Adams, Mass. (U.R) Archie Moore, who has decid ed to forgo flying lessons until after his heavyweight title bout with champion Rocky Marciano, will fly to Boston Monday night to attend the national encamp ment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He said he wants to go because President Eisenhower will be there. TOURISTS AID VICTIMS Rome (U.R) Vacationing Americans today responded to an appeal for funds to aid vic tims of disastrous floods which struck the northeastern United States. The English language newspaper Rome Daily Ameri can reported it had received more than $300 in response to an appeal published on its front page Wednesday. Dead line for Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday. MOW Is The BEST Time To Get The BEST Dry Wood At The BEST Prices FIR or PINE CALL TimberP MIFOR the "guarantee" picture? buy, you know a good brand won't let you down. You know the maker stands back of it guar antees it. And so, when you buy a good brand you know you're right. 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