Cecil James, Without Relief,
Captures Jaycee Marathon
With an inspiring example of
human endurance and driving,
Cecil James, Medford Logger,
won the Pacific Coast Invita
tional hardtop auto marathon at
the Jackson County speedway
here Sunday and Monday.
James, No. 2 driver in points
at the Medford oval, skippered
his No. 16 car without relief
throughout the 24 continuous
hours of the novel race and re
corded a, grand total of 3,157
laps to "get $1,000 first prize
money. His total was 559 laps
more than runner-up car. He
drove an equivalent of 784V4
miles in a race which saw con
testants going hard almost all
the way.
Second place In the Medford
Junior Chamber of Commerce
event went to No. 25 car man
ned by Ken Stratton, Prospect,
and his reliever, Don Wolfe,
Medford. They compiled 2,598
laps on the one-fourth mile oval
at the sheriff's posse grounds.
Jenkins, Rose Third
Bob Jenkins and Bob Rose,
Medford, guided No. 1 to third
place in the money with 2,576
laps, after starting in pole posi
tion. Bud Hurt and Joe .Wolfe
took No. 8 all of 2,489 times
around the oval for fourth posi
tion. Fifth were Don Cummings
and Bill Metzger, Roseburg, in
No. 30 machine with 2,451.
Roar of motors and the squeal
of tires was heard the clock
around after a late 4:45 p.m
start on Sunday. Whine and
rumble of engines could be
heard throughout the Medford
vicinity. A total of 30 cars
timed in and started the race.
The number was far less than
was anticipated would try to
qualify on Saturday night. A
starting field of 40 had been
planned. Seventeen vhicles were
running at the finish. James,
himself had to go in five min
utes before the official stopping
time because his clutch went
out.
There were no serious spills,
, collisions or injuries although
the auto jockeysa circled the
track with the zip and determi
nation of .drivers in a 10-lap
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lost wheels, broken cables, spin
outs and flat tires were fairly
frequent occurrences.
Cars Rebuilt
Ability of pitmen to practic
ally rebuild cars time and again
,-kept cars in the race rather
than durability.
There was at least a fair-sized
crown on hand much of the
time and 200 to 300 persons
were present even in the wee,
small hours of the night. Spec
tators came and went during
the 24-hours of the race.
Other top placers in the race
and their laps were Granville
Earp, Prineville, 2,382; Bill Mal-
laby and Waymon Core, Yreka,
Calif., 2,379; J. C. Skaggs, Med
ford, 2,351; John Jones and Bob
Wilcox, Medford, 2,312; John
Zachary and Gene Laws, Project
City, Calif.; Jack McCoy, Med
ford, and Lou Donelon, Rose
burg, 2,237; Elmer Sisemore,
O Medford, 2,222; Lee Rhoden,
Prineville, and Bill Rozell, Med
ford, 2,205; Ken Curry, Gold
Beach, and 'johnny .Boomer,
Crescent City, 2,179; John Lyt
sel, and Jim Stanley, Roseburg,
2,139; Ted Sletten and Roger
McEwan, Medford, 2,073.
Donelon and Boomer put their
cars over the rail before the end
of the chase but still had the
laps to finish well up.
Praises Aides
James went all the way be
cause he felt the race' should be
an endurance run for drivers as
well. However, he had Wayne
Lemley standing by in case he
absolutely had to have relief.
The victor had high praise for
his pitmen, Bill Beagle, owner
of the car, Howard Funk and
Lemley and Lemley's brother.
The winner also commended
his competition for good, clean
driving. He indicated it was the
cleSnest race of such length in
which he had participated.
Jenkins and Bob Wilcox had
fast qualifying times with 20.82
seconds each. Wilcox, however,
withdrew his car and drove for
Johnny Jones.
Jan Markstaller Queen
Jan Markstaller, Miss Port
land of 1955, was queen for the
big holiday race.
In a side attraction after the
marathon Claude Merrill and
Claude Luce, Spokane, Wash.,
rigged their Nash engine power
ed car with four carburetors as
Berry Joins WSC
Coaching Staff
Pullman, Wash. (U.R) For
mer Cougar halfback ace Wayne
Berry has joined the Washington
State college football coaching
staff, college officials said to
day. Berry, who played profession
al football with the New York
Giants last season, will coach
the backs and work part time
for his degree at WSC.
The former grid star also will
work with the freshmen foot
ball team when workouts be
gin Oct. 10. He plans to bring
his wife and family here from
Grande, Ore., soon,
permitted on their own track.
They made the rounds of the
Medford oval in a sizzling 19.53
seconds, better than the record
at the track. Only one carbu
retor is permitted for races here.
The Spokane boys were out of
the money in the big race.
While James was an iron man
on the track, his wife, Mildred,
was working the clock around
in the scoring booth. She re
portedly was in the booth for
MedfordJSTribune
SIPClDIKTrS
Beavers Lose
Advances Full
Portland (U.R) A four-run
seventh inning and five-hit
pitching by Jim Brosnan gave
the Los Angeles Angels a 7-2
nightcap victory over the Port
land Beavers yesterday after
they had downed the Beavers
6-2 in a Labor Day Pacific Coast
League opener.
Los Angeles' winning hurler
Brosnan (16-10) and Portland's
Bob Hall (7-15) stood each other
off to a scoreless tie until the
fourth inning.
Portland's two counters, which
left them trailing 3-2, came after
Wally Westlake had singled and
Marquez and Eddie Basinski had
walked. Carl Pawis singled in
Westlake and Jim Fanning
dropped a throw at the plate for
the second run.
Lose Opener 6-2
In the opener, the Angels beat
the skidding Beavers 6-2.
Brasinski singled home Port
land's first tally in the fourth
and Dick Whitman gave the
Kretlow
Leads PCL
Pitching
San Francisco U.R Lou
Kretlow, who came to the
Seattle Rainiers in mid-season to
set the Pacific Coast League on
its ear, clung to his pitching
leadership this week despite a
slight slump.
Kretlow won his first 12 games
without defeat and then lost two
of the next three, including one
last week. However his 13-2
mark was sufficient to maintain
his leadership over Joe Trimble
of Hollywood, who also lost to
hold an 11-2 record.
Red Munger of Hollywood
racked up his 21st win to top the
league in that category. Team
mate Bob Garber, who also had
20 wins going into the week, lost
three decisions to tie Bud Daley
of Sacramento or losses with 16.
Garber, the loop's hardest
worker, also led with 281 in
nings pitched and with 189
strikeouts.
Johnny Briggs of Sacramento
held leadership in the question
able category of walks with 104
free trips to 'first offered.
Mitehawks Win
Softball League
New Bedford, 111. (U.R) The
Lone Beah. Calif.. Mitehawks
reigned today as champions of
the International Softball league,
thanks to the pitching arm of
Jack Randall and a pair of "gift"
runs.
Randall pitched three-hit ball
last night as the Mitehawks de
feated defending champion Din-
uba, Calif., Condors, 2-0. It was
the Mitehawks second win over
Dinuba in the double elimina
tion tournament as they breezed
through the tourney without a
loss. .- '
Dinuba's "iron man" pitcher,
Bryan Voight, turned in another
excellent pitching job, giving
up only five hits. But Long
Beach took advantage of Din
uba's fielding lapses to score
their runs.
SETS RECORD
London (U.R) Galina Zybina
of Russia set a new world shot
put record of 53 feet, six inches
Monday in the Leningrad Light
Athletics Championships, accord
ing to an announcement by Radio
Moscow. Her mark bettered the
old record, which she set, by
nearly a foot.
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Uniformity
Full Strength
IN EVERY LOAD OF
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McAndrew Road
the full 24 hours. The James'
son, Mark, except for one nap,
was on hand to help with er
rands. Time trials were delayed Sat
urday night and the start of the
race on Sunday because the
track was too wet. It had been
planned to start the races at
4 p.m.
Don Cummings was winner of
the 10-lap special race on Satur
day night.
Two; Seattle
Game in PCL
Beavers their second run with a
fifth inning pinch hit homer.
Church went the distance and
allowed the Beavers nine hits in
clinching the victory for Los An
geles. Bob Alexander took the loss
for Portland and was followed on
the mound by Royce Lint. Be
tween them they let by nine
Angel hits.
(1st Game)
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San Francisco Oil 110 OOx 4 11 0
Kerrigan, Herrera (6), Bishop (8)
and Bailey; Bradford, Bearden (9) and
Ritchey.
(2nd Game)
San Diego 010 101 0 3 8
San Francisco 000 113 x 5 .8 (
Dickey, Bishop (6) and Bailey; Frac
chia, Bearden (6) and Ritchey.
Dickey. Bishop (6) and Bailey; Frac
chia. Bearden (6) and Ritchey.
(1st Game)
Sacramento 000 043 000 7 9 0
Hollywood 101 000 040 6 10 2
Jones, Candini (8) and Baich; Bow
man, Lyons (8). Garber (9) and Hall.
(2nd Game)
Sacramento 101 000 0 2 5 0
Hollywood 130 000 x 4 7 0
Pieretti and Baich; Munger and Hall,
(1st Game)
Los Angeles ....210 010 0206 9 0
Portland 000 110 000 2 9 2
Church and Tappe; Alexander, Lint
(9) and Robertson.
(2nd Game)
Los Angeles 000 102 4 7 12 2
Portland 000 002 0 2 5 3
Brosnan, Lown- (6) - and Fanning;
Hall and Lundberg, Robertson (7).
(1st Game)
Oakland 011 200 000 4 11 2
Seattle 100 100 21x 5 10 1
Bamberger. Lawrence (7) and Neal;
Lombardi. Blackwell (4). Kennedy (8)
and Ginsberg.
(2nd Game)
Oakland 402 100 0 7 7 3
Seattle 012 100 0 4 9 1
Pillette. Besana (2). Borland (5) and
Neal; Oldham. Humphries (1), Priddy
(3) and Ginsbeg, Swift (4).
Wichita Is
NBC Champ
Wichita, Kan. (U.R) The
Wichita Boeing Bombers, twice
National Baseball Congress
champions were keeping their
fingers crossed in hopes ex-New
York Giants infielder Daryl
Spencer will be able to play
with them in the first global
World Semipro Series Sept. 2
28 in Milwaukee County Sta
dium. The Wichita team successfully
defended its national crown last
night with a 9-3 victory over the
Sinton, Tex., Plymouth Oilers
to win $10,000 first prize money
and a berth in the global series
in which eight nations will be
represented.
Spencer, who led the Bomb
ers to victory with a three4run
home run blast in the seventh
inning,- said today he is not cer
tain whether he will be able to
play in the global series.
The 1953 Giants utility in
fielder now is stationed at Fort
Sill, Okla., where he is complet
ing his hitch in the Army.
Longyiew Wins
Softball Title
Caldwell, Idaho (U.R)
Shamrock Tavern of Longview,
Wash., captured the Pacific
Northwest men's amateur soft
ball crown here yesterday.
The Shamrocks, going into the
finals as shortshots, defeated Ru
bensteins of Eugene, Ore., and
twice whipped previously unde
feated Federal Old Line Insur
ance of Seattle.
The Longview team ' fought
its way into the finals by tak
ing, a 1-0 win from Rubensteins
and a 4 to 0 victory from the
Federals in semi-final play. The
Shamrocks climaxed an excel
lent display of softball prowess
by clubbing the Federals in an
other 4 to 0 game in the finals.
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Salem, Ems
Into 7-Game
NWL Playoff
By UNITED PRESS
The two Oregon teams in the
Northwest league, Salem and
Eugene, open a seven-game
playoff series for the league title
tomorrow night at Eugene.
Salem, first-half winners,
closed up shop in the league's
final games last night with 6-3
and 11-5 decisions over Tri-City.
Eugene, second-half winners,
wasidle.
Salem had to go 12 innings to
take the opener but Don Frail
ey belted his- 18th homer of the
year with two aboard in that
inning to sink the Braves. The
Senators had it all their own
way in the nightcap
Wins Two
Wenatchee rang down the
curtain with 8-0 and 2-0 dec
isions over Lewiston. Bob Rob
erts went the rdute in the op
ener blanking the Broncs on
three hits to pick up his 21st
victory of the season. In the
nightcap, Gene Hayden also
tossed a three-hitter and fin
ished the campaign with 16 vic
tories against 10 losses.
Yakima turned in 4-3 and 7-3
decisions over Spokane. Chuck
Dillard doubled in two runs in
the Yakima second for the mar
gin of victory in the first game.
In the second game the Bears
unleashed a 15-hit attack against
two Spokane hurlers with Dave
Hammermeister leading the way
with a solo homer and two
singles.
The Salem - Eugene series for
the crown will alternate between
the two cities with the first
game at Eugene. The team win
ning four games will pick up
the marbles.
Frick Meets
With Clubs
On Series
New York (U.R) Commis
sioner Ford Frick will meet with
the Major League pennant con
tenders today to make plans for
the 1955 World Series.
Frick asked all clubs in both
leagues with "reasonable" pen
nant hopes to send representa
tives to his office for the session.
The series is scheduled to open
Wednesday, Sept. 28, in the park
of the American League pennant
winner, After two games in the
American League park, the next
three will be played in the park
of the National League cham
pion. The last two games of the
seven-game series, if necessary,
would be played in the American
League park.
If New York, Boston or Cleve
land win the tight American
League race, there would be no
break in the schedule for travel.
If Chicago should win, there
probably would be an off-day
for travel. These travel plans are
based on a Brooklyn victory in
the National League.
The Dodgers lead second-place
Milwaukee by 15 games and the
"magic number" is three. Any
number of Brooklyn victories
and Milwaukee defeats adding to
three will end the National
League race.
Three Take Wins
In Salmon Derby
Astoria, Ore. (U.R) Jerry
Nelson of Sunnyside, Wash., Vir
ginia Morgan of Portland, and
Norman Myers of Portland won
grand prizes yesterday as three
annual lower Columbia salmon
Derbies ended.'
Nelson took a 45-pound 12V4
ounce salmon for the $1,000 top
prize in the Astoria derby. Sec
ond was Ernesth Turner, Ta
coma, who won $250 for a 44
pound one-ounce fish.
Miss Morgan won top prize of
$1000 in the Chinook derby with
a 47-pound 4-ounce catch, and
a $100 bonus for the best wom
en's effort.
The Warrenton derby was
won by Myers, who caught the
biggest fish recorded in all three
competitions. Myers brought in
a 50-pound, 4-ounce salmon for
his $1000 rize.
Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Monday for
Monday: other days 5:30 previous day.
WOULD YOU
LIKE YOUR OWII
Seeded Stars Clash
For U.S. Net Crown
Forest Hills, N.Y. (U.R) The
pressure mounted today in the
U.S. Tennis championships ' as
seeded stars clashed head-on for
the first time and defending
champion Vic Seixas was the
first to feel the squeeze.
The 32-year-old Philadelphian
was favored over southpaw Neal
Fraser of Australia, the seventh
seeded foreigner, but favorites
have been staggering even
against unseeded players all
through the first four days of
the tournament.
Three of the final eight berths
were up for grabs with Ken
Rosewall of Australia and Ham
Richardson of Baton Rouge, La.,
likely to grab two and Seixas
the third one.
Ducks, OS
Practice
For Games
Eugene (U.R) Coach Len
Casanova hopes to solve his
tackle problems before his Uni
versity of Oregon Ducks take the
field for their first game of the
season.
The coach says' Capt. Lon
Stiner and Harry Johnson are
seasoned veterans, but he's fac
ing a problem of size and ex
perience behind them. Johnson
at 225 pounds is the biggest man
on the team.
Corvallis (U.R) Two men
stood out yesterday as the Ore
gon State Beavers ran through a
30-minute game-type scrimmage
under the watchful .eye of Coach
Tommy Prothro.
Big John Witte, a two-year let
terman tackle who just returned
from a hitch in the Army, drew
words of praise from the coach,
who also had encouraging words
for Joe Francis, 189-pound soph
omore tailback from Honolulu.
Women's Golf
On September 8, Ladies day
golf play for the day at Rogue
Valley Country club will be a
"Point Tourney." Points will be
awarded as follows: A, B and
C group will receive 3 points
for each birdie; 2 points for each
par and 1 point for each bogey.
The D group will receive 4
points for each birdie and 3
points for each par and 2 points
for each bogey and one point for
a double bogey. The September
October ringer tournament also
begins.
Luncheon will be held after
the day's play in the main dining
room of the club.
Women unable to participate,
who are listed in the following
pairings are to telephone Mrs.
Loren Haugen (2-4710.)
THURSDAY PAIRINGS:
Mrs. Roger Clark. Mrs. H. L. Bush
and Mrs. Noble Vincent; Mrs. Ken
Teeter, Mrs. Frank Tamney and Mrs.
B. L. Nutting; Mrs. John Day. Mrs.
H. E. Elbert and Mrs. W. W. Davies;
Mrs. W. L. Stark, Mrs. Warren Lesseg
and Mrs. Leslie Schneider; Mrs. Al
Hart, Mrs. Richard Finch and Mrs. W.
Stoy Elliott; Mrs. Dean Lambert, Mrs.
Paul Walker and Mrs. Loren Haugen.
Mrs. Robert Templeton, Mrs. Ross
Bunch anod Mrs. Robert Lock wood;
Mrs. Ray Frisbie, Mrs. Victor Sether
and Miss Sue Devoe; Mrs. Ed Radz
weit, Mrs. Thomas Culbertson Jr., and
Mrs. Wm. Miller; Mrs. Fred Conrad,
Mrs. H. D. McClure and Mrs. Jack
Wood; Mrs. William Schei. Mrs. Sam
Colton and Mrs. Keith Bates.
Mrs. Thomas Fuson, Mrs. Ward
Samuelson and Mrs. Lee Mellish; Mrs.
Dick Knight, Mrs. Ed Milne and Mrs.
James Shaw; Mrs. Reese Alexander
and Mrs. T. C. Groom es; Mrs. C. H.
Barrell and Mrs. Lee Baumann; Mrs.
J. W. Barnard and Mrs James Dun
levy: Mrs. Dorothy Dowson, Mrs. R.
E. Heysell and Mrs. Robert Barclay;
Mrs. F. L. Somers. Mrs. Robert Little
and Mrs. Royal Bebb.
Mrs. John Bunker. Mrs. Melvm Mc
Grew and Mrs. John Pletsch: Mrs. F.
M. Rhodes, Mrs. Ray Sorenson and
Mrs. William Blackledge: Mrs. Stuart
McQueen, Mrs. Dan Adams and Mrs.
Paul Dix; Mrs. Robert Morris. Mrs.
James Asher and Mrs. Lawrence Buo
nocore; Mrs, Dick Field, Mrs. L. G.
McLaren and Mrs. A. Z. Dean.
Mrs. Frank Benesh, Mrs. Leonard T.
Anderson and Mrs. Don McGeary; Mrs.
J. Bruce Cyphers. Mrs. Raymond
Wise and Miss Colleen Hope; Mrs. S.
Tuny Bullis, Mrs. Robert Johnson and
Mrs. J. L. DeArmond: Mrs. Henry
Holman. , Mrs. Lou McLaughlin and
Mrs F. L. Flink: Mrs. Ed Hall. Mrs. W.
H. Safley and Mrs. Owen Middlekauff.
WINS GOLF TITLE
Hayden Lake, Ida. (U.R)
Fred Siegel, Spokane, captured
his fourth consecutive Inland
Empire Golf title here yesterday
by defeating Chuck Henton, Spo
kane, 7 and 6 in the 36-hole
championship match.
swimming
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HOME OFFICE EUGENE
Tuesday, September 6. 1955
Rosewall, an easy winner over
Dave Harum of Coral Gables.
Fla., Monday drew fifth-seeded
Eddie Moylan of Trenton, N.J.,
and the third seeded Richardson
was matched against Whitney
Reed of Alameda, Calif., an Air
Force enlisted man who knock
ed out Italy's Nicola Pietrangeli
in the third round.
Unfinished Match
It still was a toss-up whether
Kurt (Nielsen of Denmark, the
third seeded foreigner, would
complete a victory over Hal
Burrows of Charlottesvile, Va.,
in a match postponed from
Monday.
All told, nine Americans,
three Aussies and Enrique Mo
rea of Argentina sailed into the
round of 16 with Wimbledon
champion Tony Trabert of Cin
cinnati heading the Yanks. Tra
bert had a' day off today.
Moore In Shape
For Title Bout
Grossinger, N. Y. (U.R)
Heavyweight champion Rocky
Marciano who defends his title
against Archie Moore in New
York's Yankee Stadium Sept.
20, will not box again until
Wednesday. The champ did his
usual road work early Monday
and then took things easy the
rest of the day.
North Adams, Mass . (U.R)
Manager Charley Johnston
watched Archie - Moore work
three rounds Monday and then
pronounced him fit for his
heavyweight title bout with
champion Rocky Marciano. "He
will be in the best shape of his
career for this fight," Johnston
said.
Eugene Area Residents
Can View Title Tussle
Portland Eugene sports fans
will see the Rocky Marciano
Archie Moore ' world heavy
weight championship fight di
rect from the ringside via
closed circuit large-screen the
atre television, it was announced
by Portland boxing match
maker, Tommy Moyer.
Arrangements for the un
precedented event at the Eu
gene National Guard Armory at
6 p.m. Tuesday, September 20,
were completed last week.
The screening at Eugene will
be the only showing in Oregon
other than the presentation at
two Portland downtown the
atres, Moyer stated. The fight
will not be shown on home TV
sets.
Fight Results
Bv UNITED PRESS
New York (UJ.) St. Nicholas Are
na Bobby Courchesne, 131. Holyoke,
Mass.. stopped Anthony (Sonny) Pulco,
135. Brooklyn. (9).
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terday as Bill Linderman of
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