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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MedforiwTribune Rogue Valley Relays Most Colorful Event The biggest and most colorful event of the current high school track and field season at the Medford senior high school sta dium is slated for Saturday after noon. ' Approximately 200 thinclad athletes will be on hand for the Rogue Valley relays at the Med ford oval. It will be the 17th an nual staging of this event, which is often termed the '"Little Hay wards." Contending schools are Klam ath Falls, Grants Pass, Ashland, Crater and Marshf ield. The meet will begin at 1:30 p.m. with four of the field events and will pick up in tempo when the starting gun for the first cinder track contest is fired at 2 p.rn. Relay track meets are the most interesting of the run, jump and throw sport and the Medford school, which has a reputation for running meets according to a rapid time-table, isn't expected to let the competition drag along A schedule of slightly more than two hours has been set up for the event. Hayward Pattern Saturday's session is pattern ed after the metropolitan and Class A struggles the following week in the Hayward relays at Eugene. The local meet, while it has stature in its own right, will also be warmup for the trip to ) the University of Oregon Campus. There will be 12 events, six relay races, three relay field events and tfttee individual field contests. The meet will open with the pole vault and discus, individual competitions, and the high jump and shot put relays. In the latter two events the heights and distances of the three top performers of each school will be added together for a total mark. In the 440-yard relay, which starts the track engagements at 2 p.m., four men of each school will run 110 yards each. The two-mile relay is another four man team affair with each run ner going a half mile. In the half mile test four competitors from each school go 220 yards. Legs jn the distance medley are three fourths, one-fourth and one-half mile and a mile. Three men each go 100 yards in the shuttle hur dles and in the mile relay go one lap, a quarter-mile. 9 Medford Records Other events of the meet are the javelin, an individual affair, and the broad jump in which the three best leaps for each school will be added. Medford, the defending cham pion, owns nine of the meet's records for the Rogue relays and The best Recommendation, a, whisky can have ; i 1 ' f t 'HISlc .riUI B 'WHISKIES FAM Whislry tSTUlISnr IHSTUtfRVC loeSWUL BB KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOUKBON WHISKY U PB0OF . EARLY TIMES DISTILLERY CO. LOUISVILLE KY. MAIL TRIBUNE shares another with Ashland. Grants Pass owns one record and Ashland the other. Most re cent mark set was by Dan Mor ri ;. Don Gray, Pete Kershaw and Don Crow of Medford with 3:29.9 last year in the mile re lay. Oldest record was D. C. Mills' 173-foot javelin throw for Medford in 1950. Medford Kiwanis club is meet sponsor and donates the trophy. Rogue Loop Basebaliers Open Action Quest for the Rogue League and District 6 A-2 southern di vision baseball laurels begins Friday with two games. Illinois Valley will contend at Eagle Point and Crater High will travel over to Phoenix. The same teams are matched on Sat urday with the Eagles and IV moving to Cave Junction and Crater and Phoenix to collide at Central Point. Rogue League clubs will have a six game slate this spring, each school meeting each other one twice. Crater is defending champion in the circuit. The Comets and Eagle Point loom as top contend ers for 1956 honors. Only five lettermen are back at Crater but the Comets have indicated A-2 strength in one-run setbacks at the hands of A-l rivals, Medford and Ashland. EP Has 9 Vets Eagle Point has a gang of nine veterans back from last year. In non-loop play so far the Eagles have divided with Glendale, an A-2 district northern division entry. EP has also trounced Class B Rogue River and Prospect. Phoenix with four lettermen back is lacking in pitching depth. The Pirates have dropped a de cision to Prospect. As at Crater and Phoenix, its a building year at Illinois Valley. Coach Gale Davis has four Cou gar lettermen. They are Andy Mellow, catcher; Howard Pickle, outfielder ' being converted to third baseman and pitcher; Lee Carothers, pitcher; and Ron Gregg, outfielder. Dan Slanaker, a freshman, looms as top pitcher for IV, which will play its first game of the season when it meets the Eagles. Mentors of the Rogue loop clubs ate Roscoe Larson, Phoe nix; Clarence Mellbye, Crater; Les Warner. Eagle Point; and Gale Davis, Illinois Valley. Of all the fine whiskies made in Kentucky.. .and these are the world's best-Kentuckians them selves overwhelmingly choose Early Times over all other straight whiskies HAVE BETTER ISN'T IT TIME 3 10 FIFTH PINT Thursday. April 5, 1938 B Leaguers Launch Slate This Friday Jackson County B League baseball crews have their first scuffles which count Friday with St. Mary's of Medford, Talent and Prospect high schools ap pearing strongest contenders, in the chase. St. Mary's will tackle Butte Falls at the fairgrounds park here. Prospect will play at Rogue River and Jacksonville will go to Talent. Talent has won the county, district and regional titles for the past two years and has been a state tourney participant for two seasons, gaining the state co championship in 1954. The Bulldogs have eight let termen back from their 1955 ag gregation but their pitching strength isn't yet up to what it has been in several previous years. St. Mary's also has eight vets on its squad and looks to have sqme good pitching talent. Prospect has been handicapped by a late start. With the help of a road grader, a bulldozer and last week s sunny' weather the Cougar athletic field was cleared of snow. Despite the delay Pros pect won its initial outing at Prospect. It then lost to Eagle Point. Five Experienced There are five experienced players. Lyle Pope, Keith Setzer, Bob Jones and Mike Clark are lettermen. Don Vannice, a fine pitching prospect, is a transfer from Halsey. Remainder of the squad is most sophomores. The infield may be an all-sophomore line-up, although Don Anderson, a senior may win the first base job. Pope has been moved from the outfield and may handle most of the catching. Dave Card ener and Vannice may do most of the pitching. Jacksonville is building around four lettermen, Bob Guches, sec ond base; Gary Hueners and Clyde Smith, first basemen and pitchers, and Jack Daley, third ! base. Rounding out the line-up for the opener may be Gary West, catcher; Morris Mclntyre, shortstop; and Eldon Smith, Gary Smith and Norm Pawlow ski or John Winningham, out fielders. The Redskins beat Butte Falls 6 to 1 in one practice game and were leading the Loggers 3 to 1 when rain halted another fray after two innings. Rogue River which has lost to Eagle Point and also to Butte Falls, has seven lettermen on hand. They are Gary Phillips, center field; Richard Twiest and Loy Towse, pitchers; Bob Big man, catcher; Fred Hopper, shortstop; Bob Wilson, first base; and Gary Stinchcomb, second base and pitcher. Coaching the clubs are Millard Webb. St. Mary's; Gene Farth ing, Talent; Fred Richardson. I Jacksonville; Wes Stauffer, Pros pect; Ray McClain, Rogue River; and Art Backlund, Butte Falls. Dead line Sundav Classified is at noon Saturday; 10 am Monday tor Mondav other davs 5:30 orevious day TIMES WITH YOU TRIED IT? AS ' PC v & I i MAIN EVENTER SATURDAY Jackie Puscas, newcomer to Medford but a veteran in the amateur ring, will be seen in action for the last time locally this season when he tangles with Cliff Sams, Burns, Saturday night on the Medford Police Athletic League boxing card at St. Mary's school gym. The scheduled five-round ruckus will be the headliner on a 15-bout program. Puscas, who'll weigh about 135 pounds, was the 1955 national AAU champion and Sams, who'll enter the ring at near 138, has been a semi-finalist in National AAU. The Medford battler is much feared for his knockout punching but he may have his hands full against Sams, a boxer-puncher. The clever Burns fighter made Jackie work hard for a win in the recent Golden Gloves tourney at Portland. Full Card Revealed For Saturday Fights Full card for their Saturday night fistic show has been an nounced by officials of the Med ford Police Athletic league. The boxing encounters will get un derway at 8:30 p.m. at the St. Mary's school gymnasium. This card will wind up the boxing seaston in the home ring for PAL. There will be a 15 bout card with Medford and Burns bat tlers predominating. Nine mitt- men each from the two commu nities are scheduled to appear in the ring. In seven of the en gagements Medford and Burns youths will face each other. Topping off the program will be Jackie Puscas, 135 pounds, Medford, and Cliff Sams, 138, Burns. Puscas was the 1955 Na tional AAU lightweight winner and Sams has gone to national semi-finals. Semi-main will fea ture Larry Lewis, 114, Medford, and Lloyd Louis. 115, Burns. In the special event Loran Chris tean. 180, PAL, goes against Del Smith, 182, Burns. Other Bouts Other tangles matching ltwal and Burns battlers are Booby Little, 110, versus Ron Daniels, 110; Jimmy Evans, 102, versus Jake Gregg, 104; Larry Chris tean, 110, against Bobby Dikes, and Larry Little, 100, opposing Steve Jordan. , Dick Lopez, 179, Medford, for mer Texas Golden Glove win ner, will take on Mose Martinez, 178, Chiloquin, in the featured preliminary. Other bouts are Dick Rens field, 140, Ashland, against Jo die Marietta, 138, Burns; Ernie Knoble, 150, Burns, versus John ny Cole, 149, Klamath Falls; Beannie Crest, 139, Klamath Falls, versus Nick Johnson, Burns; Mike Cline, 80, Medford, opposing Dick Rose, 79, Ash land; Randy Jones, 58, Klamath Falls, meeting Bobby Raspone, 59, Ashland, and Arnie Galla wher, 57, Klamath Falls, versus Dean Patterson, 58, Ashland. Despite the fact that there are a large number of bouts the card could be a fast moving one. PAL officials are extending every effort to have a minimum of delay between fights and the program should be run off with clock-like precision. Rematches In' putting Puscas against Sams and Lewis against Louis, PAL is rematching foes CT the recent Golden Gloves tourney in Portland. Puscas had to extend himself to get by Sams and Louis took a disputed verdict over Lewis. Loren Christean was one of the surprise performers in the Golden Gloves. He s fast improv ing but faces a hard socker in Smith. Lopez was a three-times Golden Gloves winner in Texas and should provide a stiff test SIGNS WITH CARDS Chicago (U.R) Joe Hushq, a former quarterback for South ern Illinois university and the Fort Belvoir Army team, today signed with the Chicago Card inals of the National Football League. Fight Results By UNITED PRESS New Orleans. La. Willie Pastrano. 188 New Orleans, outpointed Johnny Arcnur. zza, aoutn Ainca ciuj. Use Tribune Want Ads Low in Cost! sn for Martinez who kayoed Chris tean on the February card here. Both the main and the semi main will be five rounders un less stopped by knockouts. There are three classes of tickets for the fights, ringside reserved, ringside and general admission. Th-y mey be pur chased at the police station, Lamport's and Sams Sporting Goods stores, the Bohemian and Union clubs and Brown's cafe. Double Duty For Gun Ciub This Week Members of Medford Gun club will be doing double duty this week end. In addition to being hosts for their sixth annual southern zone trapshoot, and participants, as well, they'll fire in the sixth round of the Oregon Journal telegraphic tournament. Ths zone shoot, a Pacific Inter national Trapshooting associa tion registered contest, is set for both Saturday and Sunday. Con tention in the Journal rivalry will be on Sunday. Medford Gun club turned in a perfect 75 last Sunday in Jour nal competition, defeating three opposing clubs and tying another. Charles Bendell, George Jantzer and Dan Patch each busted 25 straight birds. The local gunners were tied by Albany. Among other foes Arlington had 69, Bend-Redmond 74 and Brooks 70. Tied For Ninth In the standings Medford has 12 wins, one tie and six losses and is tied for ninth with 25 points with Hillsboro and Bend Redmond. Portland leads with 34 pointers. This Sunday Medford will shoot against Clackamas, Coos Bay, Corvallis and Cottage Grove. In the zone shoot there will be 16-yard, handicap and doubles events ecah day in individual competition. There will be a five-man team event on Sunday with tabulations based on 16-yard, and handicap scores. A large number of trophies will be of fered for winners and runners-up in the tourney. A sizable entry is expected if weather is good on the week end. Copple,Deakins Play for Rooks "Oregon State College Two former Medford high school golf ers, Larry Copple and Warren Deakins, are on the Oregon State college freshmen golf team, Coach Jim Barratt reported. The Rooks have already played two matches, beating Corvallis high school, rated as one of the strongest prep golf aggregates in the state by a 13V to 4V2 score and taking an invitational meet at Albany over the high schools of Eugene, Albany, North Salem, South Salem and St. Francis of Eugene. On Friday, April 27, the OSC Rooks will play Medford high school on the Rogue Valley Country club course and will move to Southern Oregon college for a match on Saturday morn ing, April 28. Julius Boros On May 3 at Julius Boros, who became "man of the hour" in golf when he won the 1955 world champ ionship at Tarn O'Shanter Coun try club in Chicago for the second time in four years will give an exhibition of his playing skill in Medford at the Rogue Valley Country club. Through arrangements with the George S. May company, sponsor of the world titular classic, the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce an nounced that the noted golfer will appear in this city on Thurs day, May 3. Boros, a Connecticut Yankee, registers as "pro" at Mid Pines, N. C, outplayed more than 360 of the leading professional golf ers of America and 25 foreign stars in acquiring the world title for the second time. He scored his first victory for the honor in 1952. Clinic Scheduled His masterful golf technique will be displayed in a clinic and exhibition match here Thursday, May 3. He will start his clinic at 1 p.m. and will tee off in the match immediately following. The swarthy, suave, 200-pound Boros, born and reared in Fair field, Conn., climaxed a year of competition as the 1955 high money winner when he an nexed the richest stakes of the Tarn tournaments the world championship which yielded the burly pro a total of $106,000. Broken down in tangible fig ures he received $50,000 cash, plus a contract for a minimum of 55 exhibitions at $1,000 each, plus transportation and ex penses, plus a $1,000 caddie fee. Without computing revenue that will accrue from exhibition matches, Boros by winning the 850,000 cash award in George S. May's World Championship boosted his total winnings for the year in tournament play to $61,971. Hard Pressed When Boros won the world title in 1952 he was awarded $25,000 as first prize. He is one of two players who have twice won the coveted honor since its inauguration in 1943 by George S. May. Ben Hogan was the other two-time winner, having an nexed the title first in 1947 and again in 1951. In the 1955 competition, the 36-year-old Boros was hard pressed by a battery of star con tenders especially in the final 18 holes of the 72 hole world title pursuit. He refused to fold up. He ripped two strokes off Tarn O'Shanter's par 72 and fin ished with seven under with 281 for the route 72 holes. His round-by-round score was 70, 72, 69, 70281. The champion is an extremely personable, matter-of-fact gent. FT5 BIG PAL CLUB BENEFIT CARD SATURDAY, APHIL 7 St. Mary's School Gym JJ DOUBLE MAIN NATIONAL AAU CHAMPION OF BURNS, OREGON LARRY LLOYD LEWIS vs- LOUIS MEDFORD PAL BURNS, OREGON Participants from Klamath Falls Moose Boys Club Burns Elks Boys Club and Medford PAL Club TICKETS-General $1.00 Reserved $1.50 Ringside-$2.50 O ON SALE AT- BROWNS, LAMPORT'S, UNION CLUB, BOHEMIAN CLUB, SAM'S SPORTING GOODS, CITY & COUNTY POLICE OFFICES Courtesy Medford Mail Tribune in Exhibition RVCC Course Pressure doesn't bother him be cause he simply doesn't know what it is. He was the calmest man at Tarn O'Shanter when he won, not because he forced him self to be, but because he knows no other way. As one admirer said, "he played golf and let the rest of the field beat themselves." Sports Broadcast Television station KBES-TV will present portions of the Masters Golf tournament at 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Among participants Rogue Valley fans will watch for is Julius Boros, who will appear at the Rogue Valley Country club here on May 3 in an ex hibition and clinic. Rogue River Track Victor Rogue River Rogue River high won 10 of the 14 first places yesterday as it defeated Jacksonville here in a dual track meet 80 to 42. Bill Weaver was a triple win ner for the Chiefs, taking the 120-yard dash in :13, the 220 in :25 and the shot put with 38 feet 5 inches. He was also on Rogue River's winning relay team. Harold Moore of Rogue River and Hon iviuir of jacKtsonvilie were double victors. Moore nabbed the pole vault at 9-6 and the 120-yard high hurdles in :17.2. He was third in the low hurdles. Muir ran through the mile in 5:00.7 and the half in 2:16. He picked up a third for the Redskins in the javelin. Other Chieftain victors were Russell Miller, 121-7 in the dis cus, Cray Stewart 19-5 in the broad jump, Charles Damon, :57 in the quarter-mile, Fred Bond, :24 in the 180-yard low hurdles, and the half-mile relay team of Dan Burns, Bond, Stewart and Weaver. In the quarter-mile Damon was a surprise winner over Gary Phillips of RR who was sixth in the 1955 state meet. Marion Dowell won the javelin for Jacksonville with 124-3 and Eldon Smith took the high jump for the 'Skins at 5-6. Portland U Ekes Win Over SF Stater Nine San Francisco U.R Portland University eked out a 5-4 prac tice baseball win over San Fran cisco State yesterday when 'gator catcher Bill Conely lost control of a pitched ball .in the ninth frame, allowing the win ning run. i ' The Medford Police Athletic League-Sponsored mm & it b unn STARTS 8:30 P.M. FAST J ROUNDS 5 BIG BOUTS JACKIE CLIFFORD LJSCAS vs- SAMS Salmon Fishing On Lower Rogue Should Improve Portland (U.R! The weekly report on fishing conditions pre pared by the State Game Com mission: SOUTHWEST: Striped bass angling in Isthmus slough is fair to good. Bullheads are best bait. The best area continues to be between Shingle House and Del mar. Bay fishing for flounder and perch has been fair to good. Perch fishing in the surf has also been good. Salmon fishing on the lower Rogue river was poor opening week. With improved weather and water conditions, fishing is beginning to improve. Bass are being taken on Tahkenitch lake. The lower Umpqua river is clear ing, and chinook angling should improve within the next few days. Opening week end for spring chinook in the middle Umpqua area was very slow. The North Umpqua is appearing to be in good condition, but the others are still roily. With continued fair weather, prospects should improve, but fishing probably will not be better than fair over the coming week end. 84 Tee Off In Masters Augusta. Ga. 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