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Newspaper Page TextNeedles Comes From Behind Jo Win At Churchill Downs By HAY AYRES United PrM Sports Writer Louisville, Ky. (U.R) D, & H. ttable'i Needlei, a tern peramental colt from Florida, came from far back in the rtretch at Churchill Downs Sat urday to win the 82nd running of the $167,550 Kentcky Derby with a tremendous closing rush His cause looked absolutely hopeless as cold-blooded Dave Krb let the rest of the field al most lose Needles in their dust for about six furlongs. Only the outclassed High King was be hind Needles and 15 of Am erica's best, three-year-old colts were ahead of him when Erb finally let Needles run. What a run it was. There was a blur of the D St H. orange silks on the outside as Needles cut down horse after horse rounding the turn into the stretch. Halfway through .the straightaway the crowd knew he was coming and roared out its approval for Needles was their favorite. On the outisde of the strug gling horses, Needles finally fought his way to the front about a sixteenth of a mile from the finish and streaked across t h e finish line three-quarters of a length ahead of Calumet Farm's Fabius. Come On Red. a colt owned by Mrs. Helen W. Kellogg, who was not supposed to start on a fast track, was another length and a half farther back in third place while Dino Lozzi's Count Chic was fourth. The track was lightning fast .for this richest renewal of the Derby, but Needles' time was not particularly outstanding. He finished the mile and one-quarter in 2:03 25, far off the track , stake record of 2:01 25 set in the 1941 running of America's glamor horse race by Whirla way. Thia was the first time Bonnie Heath, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., nd Jack Dudley, of Stillwater, Okla., owners of the D. & H. table, ever started a horse in the Kentcky Derby. And it was the first time Trainer Hugh Fontaine ever saddled one. Erb had been in two other renewals of the first of the triple crown classics, but the jockey from California finished 10th each time. On of the largest crowds ever jammed into Churchill Downs watched Erb change all YESTERDAY a wish TODAY a wish C89 Dm Ten GaJUa $.19 0ellea ;;;sad la lbs soae beovfifvl colors ; . KEM - MIIACII AlKYO INAMH Beet for kitchens, bathrooms, all woodwork Looks and washes like baked enamel, One coat corns most surface Hubbard that past bad luck. And Needles exploded the myth that, be cause he wouldn't work out each morning, he could not run in the afternoon. For he was the runningest horse of them all as he flashed across the finish line. There wasn't a horse be hind him who had a chance. It was the third big victory of the year for Needles, who earlier this season won the Flamingo Stakes at Hialeah Park and then the Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park. That was six weeks ago, a long lay off for a colt taking on the best young horses in America that could be mustered to run against him. The winner's purse was worth a record of $123,450, and it boosted Needles life-time earn ings to $462,055. That was a handsome return for this colt MEDroGsUtvTRIBUrfl SIPODIETrS OSC Rally Nips Huskies Corvallis (U.R) University of Washington scored 10 runs in the first inning of their Northern Division baseball game wltn Dreeon State here Friday, but OSC chipped away at the lead and nosed out the Huskies in the ninth inning, 16-15. It was a fitting present for Ralnh Coleman who yesterday observed his 21st anniversary as OSC baseball coach. Washlneton clobbered three Oregon State pitchers for seven hits an error and a flurry of walks for that 10-run first in ning. Oreson State came back with four in the second, two in the third and three each in the fifth and eighth. Meanwhile, Wash ington had picked up two in the fifth and three in the seventh. Then in the ninth inning Jerrv Exler and Twink Peterson each hit a two-run homer for a total of four runs and the game. Us Mail Tribune Want Adj Community' Biggest Marketplace come true ' It's so osy with spedy DE LUX! LATEX WALL PAINT eGoea on ever any interior surface e Easy to apply with brush or Roller-Koater e One gallon does the walla-of an average room Dries in one hour Guaranteed washable Wide range of lovely colors GLO. at 269 Quart Bros., Inc. who comes from a long line of Derbv winners. Ponder, his sire won in 1949 while Pensive, his grandsire, scored in 1944. It was ihp seronrl time in the long history of the Derby that three venerations have been able to win. Reigh Count, Count Fleet and Count Turf were the others. Needles, as favorite, paid $5.20. $3.60 and $3.40 across the board, while Fabius, coupled with Pintor Lea In the running, returned $3.80 and $3 60. The surprising Come On Red paid SB.fiO. Pintor Lea was fifth behind Toiint Chip in the CITllr charge to the finish line, with C. V. Whitney's Career Boy be hind him. Then came No Re- orptjr Head Man. Kine O Swords, High King, Jean Bap- tiste, Terrang, Black Emperor, Besomer. Invalidate. Ben A. Jones and Countermand. OSAA Letter Favorable to St. Mary's A letter from an Oregon School Activities association of ficial, supporting the contention of Coach Millard Webb of St. Mary's high and concerning the 100-yard dash dispute at the Jackson County B League track meet, has been written to Coach Tinker Hatfield of Rogue River, at whose school the meet was held. The letter states: "It appears that the rules are quite-definite and if the meet officials misin terpreted said rules the neces sary adjustment should be made." It was signed by A. Oden Hawes, assistant secretary treasurer of the OSAA. A copy of the letter was sent to Webb, who also queried the OSAA on the matter. The "adjustment" would give the county championship to St. Mary's rather than to Rogue River. Medford's parochial school was second to Rogue River in last Wednesday tabu lations. Disqualification of Dick Hayes, Crusader sprinter, in the cen tury, resulted in the controversy. Hayes was penalized for two false starts. Webb contended that his dash man could not be ousted because the gun had been fired on the starts. The Cru sader was allowed to run in his heat but not for points. Adjustment Benefits SM Two heats were run and the dash winner and other placers were determined by timing each runner. - Webb reported that Hayes won his heat and had the best time. Ramon Elberts of St. Mary's was awarded first place on Wednesday for eight points while Rogue River picked up second and fifth spots for a total of seven. Adjustment of the race in accordance with the letter from Hawes would give St. Mary's first and second for 14 points and Rogue River a third for four counters. Adjusted scoring would give St. Mary's 104' points in the meet and Rogue River 99. The Wednesday tabulations were 102 for Rogue River end 98W for St. Mary's. Hawes' letter to Hatfield points out that, if a runner leaves his mark after the "set" instruction and before firing of the pistol, it is a false start. Of fenders are to be warned and then disqualified if there is a second false start. If, however, the starter fires the pistol and then recalls the runners, no penalty ' s h a 1 1 be enforced,: Hawes' communication points out. What action will be taken on the county meet was not known late yesterday. Hatfield, the meet director, was called to Cor vallis Friday and was unavail able by last night's sports dead line for comment. It was not known whether the OSAA let ter has reached his hands. Aussie Triumphs Over Art Larson Rome (U.R) Lew Hoad of Australia swept into the men's singles semi-finals Saturday at Rome's International Tennis tournament by defeating Art Larsen of San Leandro, Calif., 6-3, 6-1, 10-8, with some of the hardest overhead smashes ever seen in the Italian capital. Althea Gibson of New York scored the only American vic tory in the day's singles com petition when she gained the wo men's semi-finals with a -6-3, 6-3 triumph over Barbara Sco field Davidson of Milwaukee, Wis. Miss Gibson, seeded first, is seeking her sixth straight European singles crown. Softballers Will Unveil Clubs May 13 Jackson County Softball as sociation will begin its season with a jamboree on Sunday aft ernoon, May 13, at Hawthorne park here. Regular season play will start on Monday night, May 14, at the Medford senior high stadium with two games. First night foes and complete schedule are yet to be announced. The slate will be completed on July 25. Vice President Gary Colton said that 11 teams have entered the circuit. A 12th club and a couple more sponsors are desir ed, he said. A $25 entrance fee is required. . All clubs entered in the loop will play two or three Innings in the jamboree. Teams now signed up are 20-30 club, DeMolay, Company A of the National Guard, Headquar ters Company of the National Guard; Medford Auto Uphol stery, Police Department, Wise men (YMCA), Chris Drugs of Jacksonville, Walt's Lithia Mo tors of Ashland and clubs cap tained by Larue Smith and Will Barnum. . . Umpires Needed Ben Fagone and Ken Natland have been lined up as umpires but a couple more are needed, Colton said. Those interested may telephone Ken Natland, President Walt DeBoer in Ash land, Colton, Barnum or Dick Phillips. No charge will be made for ad mission to league games. Howev er, a hat will be passed for dona tions to help league operation. DeBoer and Colton said that the league is eager for sugges tions from anyone who has them. The loop slate calls for games on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 and 9:15 p.m. Stars Down Padres, 7-2 Hollywood U.R) The Holly wood Stars, sparked by the neat seven-hit pitching of Curt Ray don, erupted with vengeance Saturday to defeat the San Diego Padres, 7-2, in a Pacific Coast League game. The outstanding performance of the game was a towering gra'ndslara homer in the eighth frame by Hollywood's Joe Du hem, which put the" game on ice. The win evened the series at one victory each. The winning pitcher was Raydon (3-1). Bill Esselstyn Recreation Head . Central Point Bill Esselstyn, elementary school physical edu cation director, has been named Central Point summer recreation program director. The appoint ment was by the school district and the city. The program will be open to boys ages 8 to 15. It will start about June 11 and end the first week end in August. There will be intra-city baseball teams and Cub and Pee Wee teams organ ized for out-of-town contention. If sufficient interest develops, a program for girls 10 to 15 will be organized. High School Scores FRIDAY BASEBALL - By united Presf Amity 16. Chemawa S Knappa 12, Jewell 10 , Woodburn 9, Serra (Salem) 1 Vemonia 7. Scappoose 6 Junction City 7. Pleasant Hill 1 Sherwood 3, Salem Academy 1 Sheridan 10, Willamina 0 McMinnville 3. Forest drove J Tigard 15. Newberg S North Salem 6, Corvallis 0 OSC BEATS WSC Corvallis (U.R) Oregon State defeated Washington State, 4-3 here Friday in a Nor! them Division tennis match. At the same' time, Oregon State's golf team was crushing the Cou gars, 23V4-3W, over the Cor vallis Country club course. Ray Lindquist of Oregon State and John Halin of Washington State shared medalist honors with 73s. TRIK.IX WHAT DO YOU MEAM PLAYIM6 AfiAME OF CHANCE IN MV HOUSE TRU-MIX SAVES YOU TIME SAVES MAN POWER SAVES STORAGE SPACE SAVES THE MESS OF STOCK PILES Just tell us your needs and let ui give you an estimate ms! CON STANDINGS MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS By United Press American League W. L. Pet GB. New York 1 S .68S Cleveland B 8 .600 l'i Chicago 6 4 .600 3 Washington , S 8 .529 2'i Boston 7 7 .500 3 Detroit 6 9 .400 4i Kansas City o 9 .357 5 Baltimore . 6 11 .353 51, NATIONAL LEAGUE W. Milwaukee 6 St. Louis 8 Cincinnati 9 Brooklyn 8 New York. 7 Pittsburgh 7 Philadelphia 5 Chicago 4 L. Pet. GB. 3 .667 5 .643 6 .600 8 .500 1 1,4 7 .500 9 .438 8 .385 9 .308 31: 3 4 Tommy Bolt Leads Field; Hogan Falls Fort Worth, Tex. (U.R) Tem pestuous Tommy Bolt, who has had his temper under control for three straight days, forced to the fore at the three-quarters pole of the $25,000 Colonial National Invitation golf tournament Saturday with a two-under-par 68 and a 210 total. Bolt, Chattanooga, Tenn., got into trouble late in today's third round over the rugged Colonial Country club par 35-35 70 lay out, but stuck it out for a 35-33 68. that shunted him from a tie for second into the lead by one stroke. Pushing him at this point were two of the contrasting figures of professional golf massive Mike Souchak, the former Duke N.Y., and angular, 125-pound Gardner Dickinson Jr., of Pan ama City, Fla. Their runner - up position wasn't real secure, however, for little Bo Wininger of Oklahoma City turned in a 34-36 70 that left him at 212, and young Dow Finsterwald of Bedford Heights, O., turned in his second straight 72 to stop at 213 after sharing the lead at the start of the round with British Open Champ Peter Thomson. ' Thomson had his troubles go ing out, but came home in par for a 73 that left him alone at 214, a stroke ahead of Ben Hogan, Canadian Stan Leonard and Paul Harney of Bolton, Mass. - Hogan had a 36-37 73 with putter trouble continuing to bother him; Leonard posted a 35-34 69 and Harney a 33-37 72. Longden Takes Tanforan Event San Bruno, Calif. U.R) Lucky Mel, ridden by veteran Johnny Longden who lost his whip at the start, plunged into an early lead to win the $15, 0C0 added San Bruno stakes at Tanforan Saturday. Smooth wave, an 80-1 shot, finished second in the field of 13 two-year-olds and Aberion was third. Lucky Mel covered the five furlong distance in 59 seconds flat, just two-fifths of a second off the track record . set in 1954 by Ever Bright. BROWN INDUCTED San Francisco (U.R) Sam (First . Down) Brown, former UCLA football star and all-Coast halfback, reported to Fort 6rd for training yesterday following his induction into the Army. ROOKS BASEBALL VICTORS Corvallis (U.R) Oregon State's Rooks shutout Clark Jun ior college of Vancouver, Wash., 4-0, here Friday in a baseball game. PRALL SETS PACE Eugene - (U.R) University of Oregon's golf team won its first Northern Division match here Friday by defeating Idaho 22 1-2-4 1-2. Oregon's Bob Prall, Salem sopohomore, was medal ist with a 72. TREMEL OPTIONED Chicago (U.R) Pitcher Bill Tremel, who has seen action in only two-thirds of an inning this season, has been optioned out to Tulsa of the Texas league on 24 hour recall by the Chicago Cubs. By cutting Tremel the Cubs' ros ter is down to 32 players, seven over the limit. ftluMay 51 ""If HUSH, SWEETNESS- II A VOU HAVE MO I r THIS IS NO kAM6 CHANCE H Led . J I OF CHANCE- IP YOU TRAP I eucMz-iM r II WITH . 1 Sunday, May 6, 1158 Weather Cancels Tornado Baseball Medford High's baseball games at Eugene Friday and yesterday were called off be cause of rain and wet grounds. It was learned last night. The Black Tornado was lo have met the University of Oregon Frosh in a single game Friday and Eugene High in a double header on Saturday. ' The squad held practice session yesterday en a univer sity athletic field. Dua Tiff Won By Grants Pass Ashland Grants Pass de feated Ashland 89 to 32U Sat urday afternoon in a dual track meet at Fuller field. The Cavemen won eight first places and a share of two other firsts. Stewart Baker won the 100 and 220-yard dashes for Ash land. PILOTS WIN Portland (U.R) University of Portland defeated Portland Air Base, 12 1-2-2 1-2 here Fri day m a golf match. CHARLES SIGNED New York (U.R) Former world heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles of Cincinnati, has signed to meet Wayne Be thea of New York in a 10-round bout at St. Nichols arena, May 21. The bout will be widely tel ecast. SEEKS RECOGNITION. New Y o r k (U.R) Nat Fleischer, editor of Ring mag azine, left for London Friday to request international recogni tion of the coming U.S. heavy weight elimination tournament for the vacated title. Fleischer, who also is president of the Box ing Writers association, is ex pected to visit many countries on his tour. PISTOL RECORD Camp Roberts. Calif. (U.R) Col. Leon J. D. Rouge of the San Francisco Presidio set a new na tional pistol shooting record Fri day as the Sixth Armv rifle and pistol championships finished up us weeK-iong meeting. Rouge had a score of 293 to top the previous mark of 280. WOLVES TAKE GAME Portland (U.R) Oregon Col lege of Education scored 8 runs in the first three innings to de feat University of Portland, 6-3, here Friday in a baseball game. c TIP FOB 55vo Vcjc ac OCaio ovoc-alfl SAPGTTV $695 SPECIAL $695 MINOR TUNE-UP THIS MONTH ONLY '49 to '56 Ford Passenger Cars and Light Trucks WE WILL CHECK COMPRESSION FIRST THEN IF O.K. W Will ... . Install Now Points and Condenser Scope Distributor Sot Timing Adjust and Clean Plugs Adjust Carburetor Adjust and Chock Fan and Generator lefts Clean Fuel Pump Bowl Chock lattery and Cables Bl fAFI fO YOU WONT H AVI TO Bl SORRY LATER ON CRATER LAKE MOTORS "WHERE GOOD SERVICE IS A MUST" Phone 3-4547 Medford Main & Fir Sts. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN Yesterday's Scores PCL RESULTS By CaiUd Preta San Diego J T I Hollywood 1 t 1 Heu, Herrera (8) and St. Claire: Raydon and Niton. Home run Duhem. Sacramento San Francisco 1 7 0 Mroziiuki. Candinl (S) and Bright McNamara (8); Kamraerer, Tinner (8) and Sullivan. Lot Angeles . . 8 ia .4 13 Vancouver Cohen. Bauer (SI and Hannah: Van Cuyk. Duren (S), Drummong 9 and Edwards. Neal (9). Home runa BUko 2, DagTea. B y united Praia AMERICAN LEAGUE Kansas City 1 S New York 8 18 Kretlow and Aatrntli rijn.hr Tl- McDermott. Larsen (8); and Bern. WP-McDermott. Cleveland 1 S 8 Baltimore ...1 4 e Lemon and Began; Ferraraae and Smith. .1 1 ...... Bvu ........ , o V .4 8 0 Jonnson, Fornieles (7): Consuegra '81 and Lollsn Stobhs and Courtney, Berberet ). LP-Johnsoa (0-1). Detroit . ..18 SO Boston ..4 10 Hoeft f2-01 and Hnnaanntnn Hnft '1-01 and House: DeLock, Kiely (4), Susce (4) and White. NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittfthiirafe a a A Cincinnati L..." .7 10 1 Law. LitUefield (7), Face (8), King (9). McMahan (10 and Shepard: Mux Mi. Freeman (9). LaPalme (91 tnd Bailttv Atwll (Ok VP T iD.w. im LP King (1-1). Brooklyn St. Louis . ..1 S 0 ..4 10 0 Craig, -Lehman (81 Lablne I8 and Walker; Poholsky (3-0) and Sarai. LP Craig (2-2). New York at Milwaukee postponed, rain. Philadelphia, at Chicago postponed, rain. - . The oldest known specimen of a flowering plant has recently been found in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado,' the Na tional Geographic Society re ports. A palm-like growth that flourished 165 million years ago, it left the imprint of its leaves on Colorado's red rock. Fossil ex perts have discovered seven such imprints. The largest was 18 inches long. For a GUARANTEED GOOD USED CAR Before You Buy Be Sure To Look the Lot Over at . . . MORSE MOTORS 1201 N. RIVERSIDE HAPPY IIVIHO I ARRIVING in San Francis co, John Landy, Australia's great miler, says he is ready for two California races. 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