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.
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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.
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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.
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Oregon College of Education 5-4.
John arner, OCE second sack
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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-
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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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