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Rogue Relay Meet Saturday At Bedford High's Stadium SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: 1:30 p.m. Pole vault, diicus, high jump relay, shot put relay. 2 p.m. 440-yard relay. 2:15 p.m. 2-mile relay. 2:30 p.m. Javelin, broad Jump relay. 2:35 p.m. 880-yard relay. 2:50 p.m. Distance medley. 3:20 p.m. Shuttle hurdles. - 3:35 p.m. Mile relay. Coach Bob Newland has select ed a 37-man squad to bear the standard of the Medford high Black Tornado Saturday in the 17th annual Rogue Valley relays. Thirty of the Tornado thin tlads were listed as probable cont-istans and the seven others were designated as alternates. The relay meet is scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m. at the sen ior high stadium here. Medford will defend its championship against five other schools of southern and southwestern Ore gon. They are Marshf ield of Coos Bay, Crater, Ashland, Grants Pass and Klamath Falls. Most of the schools are expect ed to enter squads equal or near Tne Size OI iuecuorus. raier win have 35 counting alternates. Teams will vie for an entirely new Kiwanis trophy this time. The Black Tornado won its third leg last year year and retired the previous traphy. A. Freeman Ser ssnous, Portland,, Pacific North west governor of Kiwanis, is scheduled "o present the trophy to the winning team. Medford is the favorite in the meet after showing strength last week in a short distance meet in which no score was kept. Grants Pass, victor over Marshf ield in a dual meet last week end, is ex pected to provide the main op position. Klamath Falls, however, is an unknown quality and quantity. Crater and Ashland were Mod ford foes in the short distance affair. Colorful Spectacle o The Rogue meet with a huge entry and its nine relay type events should prov colorful and spectacular for onlookers. It will be the big prep meet of the year on the Medford oval. District competition will be at Klamath Falls. The many relay events is the reason for the large squads. Each school will have three or four entries in the nine relays. Two from each school can enter the discus, pole vault and javelin which are individual tests.. Thinclads are limited to parti cipation in three events, two track and one field or one track nd two field. I f W i -"fJ?'"" ' Kan f ;..v RELAY PERFORMERS Wally Larson, above, star Medford high hurdler, will be entered in three events tomorrow for the Black Tornado in the annual Rogue Valley relays here. In addition to the shuttle hurdles he will vie in the 440-yard and high jump relays. The meet begins at 1:30 p.m. at the senior high stadium. Six schools are entered. (Landis-Shangle photo) Tomorrows meet is patterned after metro and Class A events of the Hayward relays. The Rogue romp will be a tune-up for Haywards the following week end in Eugene. Schools con tending here Saturday may re vise their rosters before going to the Haywards. Four of the field events are scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. The 440-yard relay begins the running events at 2 p.m. Final event of the afternoon will be the mile relay at 3:35 p.m. CRATER 'ROSTER: 44i) Don Goyette. Jack Lilly. Bob Mason. Oscar Willard. 83) Goyette or Don Hubbard. Dick Hamilton. Orville Koch, George Juve land. 2-Mile Warren Straus. Ralph Si m,.n iAhn nrH Marv SDradline. Distance medley Norm MLsek. Wil lard. Jim Eatramado, Bob Elden or Bill Bowles. .. Shuttle hurdles Hamilton. David Bvers. Georee Gilman. Lee Gossett. 'Mile Hubbard. Koch. Karl Koell ner. Juveland. Hich jump Craie Cnckhran, Dick Callender. Dick Davis. Greb. Javelin Larry Smith. Steve rar- risn. Shot put Dave Parker. Bill Morse. Don Harrison. Willard. Broad jump Mason. Koch, Juve land. Hamilton. Discus Lillv Parker. Pole vault Goyette. John Foley. MEDFORD ROSTER: 440 Mike Hawkins, Bob Gould. Wally Larson. Gary Riley; John Jones, alternate. 880 Gould, Mike Russell. Ken Tucker. Rilev; Don tiray. alternate. 2-Mile Les Lingscheit. Bilbee Lane. Bill Richey, Wilcey Winchell; Bill Henderson, alternate. Distance medlev Bruce Thompson, three-fourths: John Bellack. quarter; Bob Eastgafe. half; Jay Walker, mile: Jerome Garris. alternate. Mile Pete Kershaw. Loren Chris tean. Winchell Russell; Wayne Breeze, alternate. Shuttle hurdles Larson. Hawkins. Dennis Miller; Mike Stearns, alternate. K'.gh jump Boo Tisdel. Larson, Boh Tarns. Riley; Jones, alternate. Broad jump Tisdel. Hawkins, Wayne Close, Mike Smith; Dave Berg man, alternate. Shot put Neil Plumley. Jim Fun ston. Larry Anderson. Monte Hoist; Frank Albert, alternate. Javelin Eldon Francis. Gary Lewis. Discus Anderson. Larry Slessler. Pole vault Lew Breazeale. Dave Johnson. Philadelphia Nears Title Fort Wayne, Ind. (U.R) The Philadelphia Warriors were only one game away today from the 'World Series of basketball" championship. The Warriors can win the Na tional Basketball association title outright by beating Fort Wayne on their Philadelphia home court Saturday night. The Warriors took a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series by edging Fort Wayne, 107-105, on the Pistons' home court Thurs day night. Paul Arizin led the Warriors for the fourth straight playoff game by pouring in 30 points to lead both clubs in scoring. Detroit Skaters Back on Track Detroit (U.R) Ted Lindsay and Gordie Howe, tongue-lashed by their manager for failing to give their all, had the Detroit Red Wings back on the right track today in their quest for a third straight Stanley Cup cham pionship. The inseparable Lindsay and Howe, linemates during most of their long hockey careers, scored their period goals Thursday night to give the Red Wings a 3-1 vic tory over the Montreal Cana diens. It was Detroit's first triumph in the best-of-seven-game Stanley Cup finals, following a pair of losses to the Canadiens at Mon treal. The Red Wings meet Montreal in the fourth game here Sunday night. Read and Use Classified Ads The Community's Bigeest Marketplace MEDFORD NEW CASUAL VIEWS IN MEN'S SHOES Casual foot ease above and below! VT L,GHT TAN v r'K TAWNY BROWN OR yff maple .i .y ,v ?mm$i': r y y I y h & k yQy . pliable (r : UPPERS. FOAM CREPE SOLES AND HEELS! Men! Penney's Towncrafr puts new spring in your step with comfort-wise slip-on ox fords. 2 smart styles to choose from, all at one sensational value price, all made from luxury soft glove leather with resiliant soles and heels, and built-in flexibility. Sanitized5 too! C and D widths. Boys' 3-5. op Sizes 6 to 1 2 Jack Morris Carries UO Sprint Hopes University of Oregon Coach Bill Bowerman's track squad, its reserve strength sapped by graduation and injuries, goes after its third successive North ern Division track championship when the season opens Satur day at Hayward field with Ore gon State as the opposition. The Oregon Ducklings and the Oregon State Rooks will also open their dual meet season at the same time at Hayward field, running in conjunction with the division meet. Oregon may have its closest battle with the Beavers since 1949 when Oregon eked out a 66-65 decision in Coach Bower man's first season. The Ducks have now put together a string of seven straight wins in this meet and have a record of 23 wins and five losses in confer ence competition since Bower man became coach. UO has an abundance of first place strength, but will have trouble picking up the important second and third places. The WebfooV. will also be without the services of Jim Bailey, the 1955 NCAA mile champion, who will be running in the Texas relays at Austin against a strong field headed by Bill Tidwell of Emporia State Teachers Col lege, 4:07 miler who pressed Bailey in the Sugar Bowl Mile January 1. Dellinger Picked Bill Dellinger, the 1954 NCAA champion and victor in the race with Bailey last week in 4:10, will run both the mile and two mile Saturday and is the strong favorite in both races. The last time he doubled up was in the Northern Division meet last spring and he turned in a 4:12.2 mile and a 8:18.5 two mile. Jack Morris will carry the Webfoot hopes in the sprints and low hurdles. Arden Christensen and Dave Talbot are favored in the 440, Gordon Dalquist is the favorite in the 880 and Doug Basham may give the Ducks a sweep of the races by taking the high hurdles. Duck troubles start in the field events, where Martin Pedi go is out of the broad jump and Bob Reid is missing from the pole vault. The Beavers will score heavily in the high jump, discus and shot put and may roll up enough points to offset the Oregon superiority in the flat races and hurdles. MEIVFORDvfTRIBUNE Trotters Take 4-2 Series Lead Charlotte, N. C. (U.R) The Harlem Globetrotters played serious basketball last night and downed the College All-Stars, 81-68, to take a 4-2 lead in their cross-country series. The Trotters' stiff man to man defense kept the Stars away from the basket and forced the collegians to shoot from outside. Only the marksmanship of All Americans Darrel Floyd of Fur man and Si Green of Duquesne kept the Stars in contention. Floyd, the nation's leading major college scorer two years in a row who joined the Stars last night, was high scorer with 17 points. Green had 14. The Trotters, who abandoned their clowning antics for straight basketball, took the lead behind the shooting of Andy Johnson and were never headed. They led at halftime, 41-34. Hal Perry sank one field goal for two points. Baker Rejects Offer To Stay at Washington Seattle (U.R) John Baker said he had turned down "a very tempting offer" to join the coaching staff of the Green Bay Packers of the National Foot ball League as defensive line coach. Baker, a former University of Southern California star, was the only - surviving member of the coaching regime of Johnny Cherberg who was fired earlier in the year in the aftermath of a so-called player "revolt." Baker said he would remain at the University of Washington and serve as line coach under Darrell Royal, new head coach of the Huskies. Friday, April 6, 1956 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN Amateur Ken Venturi Nabs One Stroke Masters Lead Portland (U.R) Bruce Cudd of Portland, Ore., had a six-over-par 78 yesterday in the first round of the Master's golf tourn ament after getting birdies on two of the first three holes. By WILLIAM TUCKER United PrtM Sportg Writer Augusta, Ga. (U.R) The Sneads and Hogans may eventu ally win the coveted Masters title, but young Ken Venturi was the newest exarrnle today that the amateurs always have a chance in this unique event. Two years ago it was Billy Joe Patton who came within one reckless hole of winning" the tournament. Venturi, a 24-year-old California comet, played with Billy Joe Thursday and that may have had something to do with his amazing fir'st-round perform ance. But Venturi, holding a 66, the lowest round ever posted by an amateur in 20 Masters tourna ments, also gave credit to his re cent, tutor, Byron Nelson, him self a double Masters winner. "I owe this round to Nelson," the 24-year-old San Francisco auto salesman said. "When I came out of the Army last Oct. 27, I played several exhibitions with Nelson. "Byron went to Palm Springs with me. He worked with me for two full, solid weeks. He showed me the different little things he learned over the years." One Stroke Lead Venturi, a former Walker Cup player making his second Mast ers appearance with infantry service in Austria in between, held only a one-stroke lead over defending champion Cary Mid dlecoff with three other tough competitors under 70. They were Shelley Mayfield of Westbury, N. Y., and Tommy Bolt of Chat tanooga, Tenn., with 68's and the redoubtable Ben Hogan at 69. Sam Snead, advance favorite with Hogan and Middlecoff, shot what on any other day would have been a creditable 73, but this time left him back in the pack because there also were three 70's, two 71's and six par 72's. This unprecedented first-day scoring in the Masters was made possible by an unexpected down pour early Thursday which undid what a dry wind had done the day before to quicken the course. Venturi, who has gobbled up West Coast amateur titles in re cent years and defeated National Amateur champion Harvie Ward in the San Francisco city event, was the first to discover the vul nerability of the wide greens and he capitalized in spectacular fashion. He birdied the first four holes with single putts including a 25-footer. Playi It Cagy The youngster played it cagy through the rest of the first nine to turn with an impeccable 32 but bogeyed the 10th by three putting. He came up to the 13th, where Patton blew it two years ago, and decided the control condi tions of the course were worth a slight gamble. He pulled out a spoon ana reached the green in two, then sank a 22-footer for an elegant eagle, Venturi then bird ied the short 16th with a 21 footer and finished six-under. Middlecoff came in snugly a stroke behind Venturi by doing what a lot of others did today, knocking off bardies on 13 and 15 and getting others on 5, 6 and 11 with sharp putting, against a lone bogey. Bolt and Mayfield, two consist ent but seldom champion tour ists, sort of slipped in with their 68's and there was a large feel ing that Hogan's 69 put -him in the driver's seat. Sports Broadcast Televgion states KBES will bring the baseball game of the week at 11:25 p.m., the Mas ter's Golt tourney at 2 p.m. and Police Athletic league fight films at 3:45 p.m., all on Saturday. x 3rd Mitt Permit Eyed in Portland Portland (U.R) A spokesman rfor the Motion Picture Ooera- tors union said last night the union plans to support an appli cant for a third boxing promo ter's license for Portland. Six Phillips, member of the union's executive board, asked the Portland Boxing commission to table renewal of current li censes or open the way for a new promoter. He did not name the promoter but said he would be someone acceptable to both the commission and organized labor. The union currently is in volved in a controversy with Promoter Tommy. Moyer," whose license was renewed by the com mission along with that of Tex Salkeld. ! The commission told Phillips that any applicant for a promo ter's license woul be considered by the group, which next meets April 26. only 33 minutes to Roseburg 55.15 plus tax Scheduled Local Service Low in Cost! Use Tribune Want Ads Oregon Staters Cop 6th in Row CorvaUis (U.R) Oregon State won its sixth straight base ball victory yesterday by edging Oregon College of Education 5-4. John arner, OCE second sack er, dropped a pop fly in the eighth inning, allowing John Bat tendorf to score from third with two out to break a 4-4 tie. TRADE NOT EVEN University of Oregon opens spring football practice April 23. The Webfoots will play all j other eight members of the Pa-1 cific Coast Conference plus Colo- rado and Pittsburgh. UCLA and Pittsburgh, both of which were bowl teams last New Year's Day (Rose and Sugar), replace Utah and Arizona on the Webfoot schedule. It hardly seems like an even trade. 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St. Mary's School Gym fl dh FAST ROUNDS of BOXING 1QJ 15 BIG BOUTS DOUBLE MAIN EVENT JACKIE CLIFFORD PUSCAS vs- SAIV3S NATIONAL AAU CHAMPION LARRY OF BURNS, OREGON LLOYD LEWIS LOUIE 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
