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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday April 13. 1958 Jacksonville 5 MH Netters 4-3 Victors Medford high tennis players nudged Grants Pass 4 to 3 yes terday in their tennis match here. The Tornado netters took three of the live counting sin-, gles and divided the doubles. A , singles exhibition also went to : Medford. ! In singles Jim Gordon of Medford defeated John Russell 6-1, 6-0 and Bill Isaacs of Med ford tripped Paul Clark 6-3, 7-5. Lynn Cannon of Grants Pass downed Don Gordon 6-1, 4-6, 8-6 and Lynn Mannan of Grants Pass beat Dick Wayborn 6-2. 6-3 Chuck Finch won the other counting singles for Medford 6-4, ; 6-4 over Oris Thetford. ! In doubles Jim Gordon and Isaacs defeated Russell and Can-1 non 6-1, 6-1 and Clark and Man-j nan won over Don Gordon and j Wayburn 6-1, 6-0. j Medford's exhibition victor j was Roger Cooley over Marvin j Pounds 6-1, 6-2. I Loop Opener Attendance Exceeds That of 1955 v By UNITED PRESS . The eight major league open ers Tuesday showed an 18.3 per cent increase in attendance over the 1955 inaugurals although the average crowd at each game dipped from 38,051 to 28,262. X total of 226,097 fans was on hand Tuesday compared to the total of 190,255 which viewed five openers last season. Three games were rained out in 1955. The top crowd in the Nation al league this year was 39,766 at Milwaukee and there was a ca pacity turnout of 32,090 at Cin cinnati. Brooklyn drew 24,236 and New York 12,790. In the American league, 40, 037 were at Detroit and near-capacity crowds of 27,837 at Wash ington and 32,563 at Boston. The biggest disappointment of the day was the 16,773 which saw Cleveland at Chicago. 4 -"LuiEaL ' ''fKMimm. 81st in AJBC National Meet Jacksonville Jacksonville High School Bowling league participated in the National Bowling tournament play at the Medford Bowling lanes recently. There were 3.734 teams par ticipating in the national. One of the teams from Jacksonville's league finished 81st. Students bowling on this team were Kay I Adams, Tasha Bulkin, , Linda Hardy, Toni Tweedy and Robin Wyatt. Each girl will receive a tro phy. The trophies are a Sun Ray and ivory color with a female bowing figure on top. The Jacksonville Bowling league has been coached by Mrs. Mary Sullenger, physical educa tion teacher at Jacksonville high school. The tournament ended the bowling season for this year and was also the finish of the girls' first year of bowl ing. The results of the tourna ment were mailed to American Junior Bowling congress. Grants Pass Subdues Tornado Baseballers SCORING EARLY and often Tommy Hurricane Jackson floors England's former heavyweight champ Johnny Wil liams in third and fourth rounds at Washington, D. C, be fore referee stops it, gives TKO to Jackson. (International) MedforiUTribune FOURTH NO-HITTER Salem. 111. (U.P.) Here's one pitcher who is way ahead of the batters this spring. Right hander Jerry Mercer, who hasn't been scored upon in seven games gainec his fourth straight no-hitter Monday night for Salem High school. He struck out 10 batters in his latest stint and now has fanned 59 batsmen in the last four games. Chiloquin Wins O Prospect Dick Siemens singled home the winning run in the extra eighth inning yester day as the Chiloquin baseball club .nicked Prospect high 8 to 7. It was a non-league fracas. Two walks preceded the game winning blow. '. Each team had a four run in ning. The Panthers combined to bases on balls and three hits in the fourth. Prospect tied up the game at 7-all in the seventh on a hit, four walks and a sacri fice flyout. David homered for Chiloquin in the third inning. The Prospect nine is host to Talent in a Jackson County B League scrape on Friday. ver Prospect SHORT SCORE: R. H. E. Chiloquin ..8 9 3 Prospect 7 5 3 Sisson, Heglund (6), Sisson (8) and Huback; J. Daniels, Gard ener (6), Vannice (8) and Pope. GRIDDER TO TRY OUT Regina, Sask. (U.R) Bud Banner, a 6-1, 205-pound line man from Southwestern State college in Oklahoma, has signed a conditional tryout contract with the Canada's Western Foot ball conference. Bahner played guard, tackle and center at college. In 1913 the U. S. army had 17 airplanes and 23 officers in flight training. , , High School Scores TUESDAY BASEBALL By United Press Milwaukie 3, Gresham 0 Grants Pass 8. Medford 4 Junction City 2-0, Springfield 1-4 Colton 11. Concordia 3 OSC Rooks 7, Roseburg 4 Forest Grove 3. West Linn 1 Oregon City 11. Beaverton 4 Parkrose 8. Astoria 0 Central Catholic 18. David Douglas 2 The Dalles 3. Wv'east 1 Scio 10. Halsey 1 Albany 8. Lebanon 3 Newberg 8. Hillsboro 3 McMinnville 5. Tigard 3 Banks 6. Dayton 4 Willamina 8. Sherwood 0 Phoenix Slates Triangular Tiff Phoenix A partial review of the Rogue League and A-2 subdistrict track meet forthcom ing in May will be seen here Thursday afternoon. Eagle Point and Illinois Val ley will tangle with Phoenix. Events begin at 2:45 p.m. The meet was moved up from a Saturday date because of its con flict with college visitation ac tivities. The three schools will com pete with Crater, Glendale, Hen ley and possibly Brookings on May 5 in the subdistrict affair. The three schools meeting here tomorrow and Crater, members of the Rogue circuit, reportedly wijl be having their annual ses sion simultaneously. The state of Washington has 5,026 miles of railway. SOUTHERN OREGON CONFERENCE STANDINGS W. L. Ashland ; 3 ' 1 Grants Pass 3 2 Medford 2 3 KJamatn Falls 1 3 Pet. .750 .600 .400 .250 Grants Pass hieh took over sole hold on second spot in the Southern Oregon Conference baseball standings yesterday with an 8 to 4 decision over Medford here. Two big innings at bat and a five-hit pitching chore by Jim Smith of the Cavemen avere fac tors in the victory. The tussle was featured by two home runs. Pete Proctor of GP and Duane Sides of Medford got the circuit raps. The Cavemen poured over five runs in the second inning and three in the seventh. In the second frame Jerry Christean slammed a double and Proctor followed with his homer. Walt McCurdy singled, and got to second on a passed ball. Smith got on base on an error and Mc Curdy scored. Chuck Lasher hit safely sending Smith to third. Lasher stole second and Carry Cochell walked. Two run ners scored on another Medford miscue. Dennis Eckstein was hit by a pitch as the Cavemen opened their seventh batting turn. Christean got aboard on an error and the runners were advanced by Proctor's sacrifice. McCurdy doubled home the runners and then stole third. He tallied on Smith's single. Medford got a run in the first inning on singles by Gordon Owsley, Ed Reinking and Larry Gober. The bags were loaded with one man out but Second Baseman Cochell snagged Sides' hot liner and turned it into a double play. A GP double kill in the second inning also spoiled Tornado chances. In the fourth inning Dennis King got to second base for Med fard on an error and tallied on successive ground outs by Jim Putney and Ron Peery. Ed Reinking walked and Sides hom ered for two markers in the fifth canto. Smith gave up seven bases on balls to Medfordites and struck out four. Sides, hurling for Med ford, yielded eight bingles, walked three, hit one batter and fanned two. The two clubs meet again Fri day afternoon at Grants Pass. Henry Putney may get the pitch ing assignment for Medford and Cochell may be named for Grants Pass. LINESCORE: Grants Pass 050 000 3 8 8 2 Medford 100 120 0 4 4 6 Smith and Christean; Sides and Owsley. ENTERS SERVICE Fort Jackson, S.C. (U.R) Tom Gola, former all-America basketball player from La Salle who starred for the Philadelphia Warriors in his rookie year as a professional, began his mili tary carreer today. Gola, who' will have to serve for 21 months, scored 732 points and was a re bounding leader this past season as the Warriors swept to the Na tional Basketball association championships. Stockton Beats Emerald Crew Stockton U.R) Relief pitch er Don Gaines of the Eugene Emeralds walked six straight batters to give the Stockton Ports of the California league 'a 6-4 victory over the Oregonians in an exhibition game here "yes terday. iD9;ojd o ut luas se& saucin Bill Griffin's four-run lead, buti started the walking marathon I and capped it off by serving Bob Howard a two-run double. Chicago (U.R) Middle weight Bobby 'Boyd, though fav ored to win his 10th straight fight, was more concerned today with a future program leading to the world title than anyi danger that Holly Mims might explode his chances tonight. Boyd, beaten six times with two draws in 46 bouts, was a 2-1 choice for his scrap with Mims, to be televised from the Chicago Stadium, even though Mims was more experienced. He has won 40 of 58 outings with 13 losses and five draws. Allies of Korean War Pledge Olympic Funds Seoul, Korea (U.P.) Repre sentatives of the Republic of Korea and 16 nations which fought in the Korean war were pledged today to raise funds for a Korean team to the Melbourne Olympics. The drive was launched at a lunch of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea. Two Aus tralians visiting Korea opened the fund with a $200 donation. WELL SHOD Concord, N. H. (U.R) New Hampshire, one of the smallest states, ranked fifth in the na tion in production of shoes in 1955. SIZEABLE TREND ,Grand Rapids, Mich. (U.R) Metered parking space in down town Grand Rapids have beer re set to accommodate larger cars. ttmftnRfticfri BRUCE'S TRUCK SERVICE 1247 Biddle Road - Phone 2-5485 Parts for Diamond T and Peterbilt Trucks and Pierce Trailers i Competent Mechanics and Welders ... 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