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Crater HigK Outscores KF Pelicans Central Point Crater high had a 7 to 4 edge Friday when a thundershower in the first of the fourth inning halted ita tangle with the Klamath Fall Pelicans at Klamath Falls. The Comets will have a non- league scrape with Ashland at Central Point on Tuesday, com pleting their regular slate, and then will await the play-off for the District 6 A-2 championship ' Crater is southern division tit list and Douglas appears to be the top team in the northern sector. In the Friday fracas Crater outscored the Pelicans by mass ing its hits with KF miscues in the second and third cantos. In the second there were hits by Fred Herrmann, . Neil Green, Charlie South and Wayne Allen, a wild pitch and an error, add ing up to four runs. Three mark ers In' the third came on singles by Harold Lefler, Green and Al len Gosnell plus two errors. KF Scores For Klamath In the first in ning Donn Taucher singled, , Butch Kimpton hit, sending Taucher to third and going to second, himself, on the throw in. Harshbarger's wallop then tallied the two runners. In the third the Pels combined an er ror with safeties by Jerry Burke, Harshbarger and Jerry Bramwell for its other two mar kers. Green, Harshbarger, and Bramwell each hit two for two and there were no extra bases In the abbreviated fuss. Pitchers Herrmann of Crater and Mike Carney of Klamath yielded seven hits each. Herr mann struck out four men and Carney one. Neither hurler is sued a base on balls. , The Comets now have a six win five loss record with on tie In addition to the Friday brush which went as "no con test." GRANTS PASS WIDENS SOUTHERN OREGON LEAD SOUTHERN OREGON LEAGUE STANDINGS Grants Pais Medford Ashland Klamath Falls W. L. Pet. . 7 3 .700 , 5 3 .625 . S 3 .500 1 T .125 Grants Pass Grants Pass high crushed the Ashland Griz zlies 12 to 2 here on Friday to strengthen their hold on first place in Southern Oregon Con ference baseball contention. It was the only scuffle of the circuit. The Cavemen slapped three Ashland pitchers for 10 hits and seven walks and three Grizzlies errors were helpful to GP. Lar ry Cochell, throwing for GP, struck out eight batters and al lowed only one harmless base on balls in a six hitter. Chuck Lasher, Jerry Christ ean and Cochell each got two hits for the Cavemen. Pete Proctor batted in three runs and Cochell two. Medford was in Eugene for week end non-league action and Klamath had a rain-abbreviated scuffle with Crater. League action this week brings Medford to Grants Pass Tuesday and takes GP to Med ford Friday. Ashland will go to Klamath Falls for two Saturday frays. Ashland 020 000 0 J 8 8 Grants Pass 220 305 x 12 10 1 Bowlin, M. Fitch (2), Stemple (6) and Sword; Cochell and Chrtstean. MedfordTribune SIPflDIHnrS LINESCORE: Crater ..043 7 T Klamath Falls ..: 202 4 7 Herrmann and Lefler; Carney and Bilko Leads LA To Win Vancouver, B.C. U.R) Big Steve Bilko, Los Angeles 1st baseman, league-leading Pacific Coast League hitter, blasted two home-runs over the left center- field fence Saturday to pace the Los Angeles Angels to an 8 to 4 victory over the Vancouver Mounties. Bilko, also leading the league ' in home'runs with 9 as of today, blasted one in the 1st inning with one on and his 2nd in the 5th with none on. At this point the Angels led the Mounties 5 to 1 and never looked back as they won the 2nd straight game in a three-game series that ends to night. Mounties fought back with a 3-run rally in the 6th that drove winning pitcher Hy Cowen (5-0) off the mound. Sunday, May 6, 195S MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRD30NE THIRTEEW Oregon's Jim Bailey Upsets Landy Setting New US Record With 3.58.6 By CHUCK WEINSTOCK Uniled Press Sports Writer Los Angeles (U.PJ Jim Bailey, of the University of Ore gon, scored a stunning upset ov er fellow Australian and World Champion Miler John Landy Saturday to crack the four-minute mile for the first time in the United States. Bailey, in spoiling the U. S. debut of Landy at Memorial Coliseum, became the sixth man in track history to better the four minute barrier with a sensation al clicking of 3:58.6, six tenths over the world record of 3.58 held by Landy. Bailey's spectacular win today also set a new American record, smashing the old American mark of 4:00.5 set by Wes Santee, of Kansas, in the Texas Relays in 1955. Landy, edged out by Bailey's tremendous finishing kick on the last lap, finished a yard behind the winner in 3:58.7. He prev iously had raced Bailey on four occasions in Australia before Bailey came to this country to at tend school. In those previous races, Landy was victorious each time. Some 40,000 fans saw the spec tacular kick in which Bailey surged on the final lap to come from about 30 yards back with 220 yards to go. He caught Lan dy about 80 yards from the tape, edged into a one-yard lead and held Landy off into the finish. Bailey was clocked unofficial ly on his last lap in 55.5 seconds flat, one of the greatest last laps ever recorded for a mile race. TALENT ASSUMES LONE B LEAGUE LEADERSHIP Use Tribune Want Ads HILLMAN AUTOMOBILES Parts Sales Service WHITE'S 36 South Bartlett Eckel Shines In BYU Grid Squad Game Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah Paul Eckel, for mer all conference football player from Medford, Ore., made his collegiate varsity grid iron debut at Brigham Young university recently, and the 6, 000 fans and critics who watch ed him in action liked what they saw. Only a freshman at the Mor mon university, iiCKei nas al ready come in -for his share of attention as a football lineman. He was chosen as one of the co- captains for BYU's annual Blue White spring football game, an honor never before given a freshman. Eckel played nearly 60 min utes of ball at guard, and after the game the Utah sports scribes on hand labeled his play "out standing." Mentor Pleased In the dressing room follow ing the game Coach Harold Kopp, new football mentor at BYU, was obviously pleased with Eckel's performance. "How about that boy Eckel," exclaimed Kopp. "If we Jan get ten more, men like him we'll have a football team nextfall. Some one's got to work pretty hard to keep this boy off the first string." Kopp should know whereof he speaks. Before coming to BYU two months ago Be had logged time as line coach at Yale, Har vard, and Brown. As head coach at Rhode Island his teams ran up a four year record of 25-4-1, BYU SPRING GRID STAR Paul Eckel, right, ex-Medford high guard, is shown with Hal Kopp, Brigham Young head football coach, during a scrim' mage session. Eckel, just a freshman, was a standout line man during spring practice. League Leaders (As of Friday) AMERICA N LEAGUE Player & Club G. AB. R. H. Pet Mantle. N.Y. 15 56 17 23 .411 Wertz. Cleve. 14 49 10 19 .388 Cortny, Wash 10 29 4 11 .379 Lemon, Wash 14 46 9 17 .370 Boyd. Bait 15 27 4 10 .370 Riviera, Chi 8 27 5 10 .370 NATIONAL LEAGUE Boyer, St. L 13 50 Bailqy, Cin. 11 31 Bruton, Milw. - 9 30 Walls, Pitts 14 37 Repulski, St. L. 9 25 10 8 10 6 6 23 .460 14 .452 13 .433 16 .432 10 .400 Home Runs Post, Redlegs 8; Mantle, Yankees 7; Thomas, Pirates 7; Jablon ski, Redlegs, Long, Pirates and Berra, Yankees all 6. Runs Batted In Mantle, Yankees 20; Berra. Yankees 19; Musial. Card inals 16; Lemon, Senators 15; Jablon ski, Redlegs 14; Post, Redlegs 14. Runs Mantle, Yankees 17; Yost, Senators 15; Post, Redlegs 14; Bauer, Yankees 14: Thomas, Pirates 13; Berra. Yankees 13. Hits Boyer, Cardinals, Mantle, Yankees and Long, Pirates all 23; Dark, Giants 21; Olson, Senators 20; Berra, Yankees 20. Pitching Wilson, Orioles. Wynn, Indians and Ford, Yankees all 3-0. 7 tied with 2-0. and he was voted New England Coach of the Year in 1955. Right now it looks as if guard Paul Eckel is going to be a key part of Kopp's "Split-T with a spirit" at BYU. Kopp is dedicat ed to a football renaissance at Brigham Young; and it's new players like Eckel who'll be do ing the job. Eckel is majoring in engineering. Use Tribune Want Ads CHEVAOLET. kiotob oveihaol 1937 to 1954 Models ONLY! 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Weather forced postponement until Thursday, May 10, of Rogue River's scheduled trip to Butte Falls. Talent, seeking its third straight district championship, now is undefeated in four league encounters. The Crusaders of St. Mary's, stripped of some of the strength which made them a contender at the start of the chase, suffered their first loop defeat. The two schools have season Tuesday, Talent going to their final games of the regular Rogue River and St. Mary's to Jacksonville. A homerun by Ray Weinhold with one man on base was the big blow of a four-run third inning for Talent. A hit batter and singles by Gary Combs, Bob Hoffman and Frank Long fig ured in the scoremaking in the frame. Combs hit three singles in four times up for Talent. Ger ald Darland tripled and Tony Braves Rely On Mathews By United Press Manager Charlie Grimm In sists Eddie Mathews is the man who can lead Milwaukee into the World Series this year and, be that as it may, he certainly is the man who kept the Braves in first place Saturday. It was Mathews 10th inning single that scored Johnny Logan from second base Friday night with- the run that gave the Braves a 3-2 victory over the Giants and kept them 52 per centage points ahead of the second-place Cardinals. "Notice how often one of Mathews hits figures in our winning a ball game," Grimm points out. . . The Milwaukee manager nas a point well taken. Of the six games the Braves have won so far, hits by Mathews have naa a direct influence on three of them. His clutch hit Friday night sent southpaw Johnny Antonelli down to defeat. Records Set At Duo Meet Moscow, Idaho U.R Two new dual meet tracK records were set in the low hurdles and the mile relay as the University of Oregon took a 78 2-3 to 50 1-3 Northern division victory over the Idaho Vandals Saturday. The Ducks' Jack Morns dashed the 220-yard low hurdles in 23.5 to shave six tenths of a second off the record set by Bruce Sweeney of the University of Idaho in 1954. The Idaho relay team of Ben ny, Johanson, Bauscher and Ol son went through a mile relay in 3:23.5 to best Oregon's 1954 record of 3:26.2. ..Oregon swept the 440 with Gordon Dalquist turning in a time of 50 seconds flat and the Vandals took a clean sweep in the two-mile led by Milt Riggers at 10:26 Indian's Averill Injures Finger Baltimore (U.R) Rookie catcher Earl Averill Jr. of the Cleveland Indians suffered a broken finger on his right hand Friday, it was discovered today. The injury occurred in the Cleveland bullpen during the ninth inning of last night's 4-3 victory over the Indians. Averill was hit on the hand by a knuckleball while warm ing up pitcher Jose Santigao. Miksche doubled and singled in three times up. LINESCORE: St. Mary's 000 101 1 3 5 2 Talent 014 022 . x .9 8 2 T. Miksche, J. Darland (4) and Geren, G. Darland (4); Hoffman. Helm (6) and G. Combs. Landy was officially clocked, fifth, Danny Schweikart, Los Angeles Athletic club was sixth, and Lon Spurrier, of the Olym pic club and world record hold er for the half mile, was seventh. since he had been leading, in 57.2 on the final lap. It was the fifth time that Landy had broken four minutes. Twice previously this year he ran it in 3:58.6 at Melbourne. He was just one-tenth of a second behind best of the year in this race. ' Bailey's previous best mark was 4:05.6. Thus Landyi fel low Australian bettered his own best by a remarkable seven sec onds, i - At the 1500 meter mark, Bail ey, was barely ahead of Landy. He was clocked in 3:43.3 at that point. The mark was a new Ameri can record, cracking the old Amberican record of 4:00.5 set by Wes Santee in the Texas Re lays in 1955. Ron Delany, Villanova sopho more from Ireland, finished third after setting the early pace and was clocked in 4:05.6, not quite as good as his previous best of 4:04.9. He had been regarded as Landy's stiffest competition today. Bill Dellinger, also from the University of Oregon, was fourth; Jerry Walters, Southern California Striders club, was Jackson, Roosevelt Nab Grade School Conflicts Jackson defeated Washington 8 to 2 and Roosevelt bounced Lincoln 10 to 1 Thursday in city grade school ' baseball games. The St. MaryWefferson mix was postponed until this Tues day. Jim Dexter homered with one man on base for the Washington runs. George Clearwater three baggered to send home two run for Jackson. all you do is CALL- 3-4564 If you need just call COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL FINANCE. 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