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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, May 24, 1958 P JL, V ,, ir r 4J 1 jflr 6 A-l CHAMPS VIE AT EUGENE The Medford high base ball team, above, District 6 A-l titlist, goes to Eugene on Friday to battle the Eugene high Axemen in a state quarter finals play-off game. Medford took the district and Southern, Oregon Conference diadems with a nine-win three-loss record, winning its last seven straight league games, including two each from Grants Pass and Klamath Falls last week. Left to right in the front row of the picture are Manager Larry Homer, Fred Linton, Ernie Tyler, Gordon Owsley, Larry Perkins, Steve Shorey, Ron Peery," Harold Knips and Man ager Mike Brant. In the back row, from left, are Coach John Kovenz, Ed Reinking, Henry Putney, Duane Sides, Dick McLaughlin, Larry Gober, Dennis King, Jim Putney and Assistant Coach Frank Roelandt. Tornado Awaiting Journey To Eugene Medford high's surging base ball aggregation will carry a .234 team batting average into battle Friday when it takes on the Eu gene Axemen in an Oregon Class A-l titular quarter-final play-off game. The Black Tornado, champion in District 6, scuffles the Axe men, victors in District 5, at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow on the Willamette high field at Eugene. Outfielder Eddie Reinking is leading the Medford swatting parade with a .323 mark. First baseman and outfielder Larry Gober ranks next with a ' .308 count and pitcher and first base man Duane Sides is clubbing at a .290 rate. Shortstop Gordon Owsley has a .281 record and third baseman Jim Putney stands at .260. In the pitching department lefty Ernie Tyler has a three victory no-defeat record while righthander Henry Putney has a five and two mark and Sides, an other rightsider, is three and two for the season. Lost To Springfield ( Medford matches a season rec ord of 11 wins and four losses against a Eugene standing of 11 triumphs and two setbacks for the regular campaign. The Axe men won five of their six district conflicts and Medford took nine out of 12. Eugene's lone district defeat was at the hands of Springfield. Pitcher for Eugene tomorrow will be picked from among Mor ris Mc Adams, southpaW, and Ron Turner and Gary Ashwirth, righthanders. Lynn Coons-is an other who could twirl for the Axemen. He's a lefty. Curt Bryant, the probable catcher for Eugene, is listed as a fair hitter. Possible infielders are Don Lawrence, first base; Jim Dietz, second base, Doug Lundstrom, third base and Rusty Diehl, shortstop. Lawrence is de scribed as a long ball hitter and Dietz and Diehl as the type of player who can "kill you" with singles. Lundstrom has a repu tation as a steady player. The Dalles Favorite Outfield possibilities for Eu gene are Dave Powell, Charlie Warren and Coons. Both Powell and Warren have the power to "hit the long ball." Winner of the Eugene-Medford game will go on to face either Grant of Portland or The Dalles. A Medford victory will bring the semi-final game here next Monday afternoon. Grant was runner up in the Portland Inter scholastic League. The Dalles is the defending state champion. With an unblemished record of 19 straight this season and Denny Peterson and Irwin Fan drey still on hand as the Indians' battery, The Dalles is the favor ite in the title chase. Medford is rated ninth in the state and Eugene fourth but the game between the two is rated a toss-up. Medfos3&Tribuni IPTr California Relays Give Preview Of United States League Leaders - (By United Press) NATIONAL LEAGUE Player & Club G. AB R. H. Lone. Pitts ..31 115 23 47 Repulski. St. L. . 27 92 20 36 Walls. Pitts. . 28 84 IS 31 .3i9 Boyer. St. L. 32 127 24 49 Pet .409 .3S4 ..32 116 25 41 .353 Moon, St. L. . AMERICAN LEAGUE Mantle. N.Y. 34 128 3 51 Maxwell. Det 26 80 19 30 Vernon. Bost 24 82 15 30 Berra. N.Y. 30 118 22 41 Kuenn. Det. 31 126 18 43 .341 .398 .375 .366 .353 Home Runs Mantle. Yankees 16: Berra, Yankees 12; Post. Redlegs 11: Lone. Pirates 11: Bover. Cardinals. Jablonski, Redlegs and Bauer, Yankees all 9. Runs Batted In Mantle. Yankees 36: Berra, Yankees 34; Lone. Pirates 32; Boyer. cardinals 30: JaDlonsKl, Redlegs 27: Simpson, Athletics 27. Huns Mantle. Yankees 36: Bauer, Yankees 27; Moon. Cardinals 25: Lo pez. Athletics 25: Boyer, Cardinals 24. Hits Mantle. Yankees 51: Lone. Pi rates 47: Boyer, Cardinals 45; Kuenn, Tigers 43: Goodman. Red Sox 42. Pitcmna Lawrence. Redlegs 5-0: Ford, Yankees 6-1; Lemon, Indians 6-1: Brewer, Red Sox 5-1; Pierce, White Sox 4-1. iTHQ) Your Garden Needs a Balanced Diet PlAlfT AND LAYfU FOOD RTH-Gtl ORTHO-GRO Liquid Plant Food contain, organic fish in balanced fertilizer. Use k on flowers, shrubs, trees and lawns wbea yo want a fast-acting plant food. BUY A GALLON -GET A PINT V SAVE 90 A special offer right when your plants need these Tital nutrients. Now prove the rich benefits of ORTHO-GRO right ia your own garden. Offer limited. Act now. I I I I I f OR OTHER ORTHO PRODUCTS STS YOUR I I I I KPRTHti) (333-03 anas (MIS 9 Br HAL WOOD United Press Spoils Writer San Francisco (U.R) A pre view of the U.S. Olympic trials will be held in the California Relays at Modesto Saturday when the top stars of the nation compete in special 100-yard dash, 440, pole vault and high jump events. And it is going to be a sad sight to see some very capable 9.3 sprinters finish third or RetrieverTrial ResultsListed Winners in the Rogue Valley Retriever club's series of picnic trials to determine the best dog in each division will be an nounced at a May 28 meeting of the club. Fifth in the series of picnic trials was held last Sunday in the vicinity of the military bridge on Rogue river. Sunday winners were: OPEN ALL AGE 1st, Kip, owned and handled by Ken Denman: 2nd, Rogue, handled by Carl Newell, owned by Dr. C. T. Rambo; 3rd, King, handled by Dick Morgan, owned by B. Easter, Klamath Falls; 4th, Boy, owned and handled by H. P. Nelson; CM, Smoke, owned and handled by Helman Miller. QUALIFYING STAKE 1st. Lucinda. owned and handled by S. Miles: 2nd, Coaly, owned and handled by Ira Parish; 3, K. R. Flash, handled by D. Morgan, owned by C. Gable; 4th. King, handled by D. Mor gan, owned by C. Easter: CM. Smoke, owned and handled by H. Miller: CM, Boots, handled by C. Newell, owned by S. Miles. DERBY 1st. Lucinda. owned and handled by S. Miles; 2nd. Flint, handled by C. Newell, owned by Perkins; 3rd. Tim, owned and handled by O. Middlekauff; 4th. Chief, handled by C. Newell, owned by S. Menasco; Reserve, CM, Dapper, owned and handled by T. Tickard: CM, Tug, owned and handled by H. Miller. CM, Lady, handled and owned by D. Lilya: CM. Stagg, handled by D. Morgan, owned by Stordolen. PUPPY 1st. Kara, owned and handled by H. Nelson; 2nd. Rogue, owned and handled by Napolltano; 3rd. Muffin, owned and handled by C. Rickard. Judges were: Open all-age stake Earl Wescott and O. R. Middlekauff: Qualifying stake Tom Rickard and E. Carter; Derby Ken Denman and Charles Miller; Puppy Earl Warren. HARTACK ROMPS Camden,. N.J. (U.R) Willie Hartack the nation's leading jockey last year with 417 tri umphs, ' completely dominated the ' Garden State program Wednesday scoring five vic tories and finishing second in two other races. Olympic Trials fourth in the century! Hard to believe, isn't it? Could any Texan, for instance, conceive of the possibility of Bobby Whilden of Texas and Bobby Morrow of Abilene Chris tian finishing third and fourth in any 100-yard dash? It's Possible In this race it's possible! Whil den has been timed in 9.1 and Morrow in 9.2 each with a strong tail-wind. But Mike Agos tini of Fresno State and Trinidad and Leamon King of California each has equalled the world mark of 9.3 for the 100 without wind. There's another guy run ning in the race, too. Fellow name of Pat Coyle, who just won the 100 and 220 in the Pacific Coast Conference meet. Pat's best time is 9.5 and you have to give him credit for even entering. Because of his fierce competi tive spirit, some of the track coaches are picking King, the Californian. "He runs just fast enough to win every time," is the consensus. In the high jump it's going to be the same way. There's Don Stewart, the 19 -year -old Southern Methodist freshman who has cleared 6-1 0V4; Bill Russell of USF and " Charles Dumas of Compton College, and Herman Wyatt of the Santa Clara Youth Center, all with "bests" of 6-9V4. New Barrier If the seven-foot barrier ever is going to be reached, the poten tial lies in this group. The' pole vault field includes three men who have cleared 15 feet Don Laz, Rev. Bob Rich ards and young Bob Gutowski. And in the 440, J. W. Mash burn of Oklahoma, with a best of 46.44; Jim Lea, ex-USC now in the service, 46.9; and young Eddie Southern, the Texas fresh man sensation, who has been timed in 47.2. . The top javelin throwers aren't yet in mid-season form, but the competition should be keen. Olympic champion Cy Young will be on hand, along with world-record holder Bud Held, and the 250-foot tosser from Brigham Young University, Chuck Higgins. ; g " THE END As a trainer rubs nis shoulders m dress ing roam, Carl (Bobo) Olson wears an expression of de jection as though bis fight career were ended after suffering a fourth round knockout at the hands of Sugar Ray RohaTksoo in Log TRAINING PHASE ENDS Greenwood Lake, N.H. (U.R) Floyd. Patterson has completed the GreenwoodJake phase of his training' for his heavyweight elimination bout with . Tommy (Hurricane) Jackson on June 8. Patterson will complete his training program at, Monticello, N.Y. Mass Tonsillectomy For Nine Children Peoria, 111. (U.R) Seven of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Dick erson's nine children said good bye to their tonsils Wednesday. The mass tonsillectomy on lit tle Dickersons ranging in age from three to 12 years took al most four hours at St. Francis hospital. Their mother said all seven youngsters were in good condition and "none of them fussed of said anything but their prayers." " " i " i J What's the biggest difference in car values today? How do Pontiac, Nash, Buick all leading cars com pare? New FREE 44-page book tells all I 1 FREE 1956 CAR X-RAY AT YOUR NASH DEALER LEA MOTORS BARTLETT AT FIFTH Medford 2-61 85 Under-Table Pay Nothing New in PCC ." ' By HAL WOOD " San Francisco, (U.R) The scandal of the Pacific Coast con ference schools giving "under the table pay-offs" to their ath letes is a present-day shocker but the problem isn't exactly new. It was in 1940. that the famous Atherton probe shook the PCC to its very foundations with the report that athletes were reserv ing pay for participating in an amateur sport. It took Atherton two million words to describe the sins being committed under the very noses of the staid PCC heads and the result was a penalty on the ath letes, rather than on the schools. The sentencing of the athletes brought about so much adverse comment that the conference heads in the future decided that all penalties would be against the schools instead of the stud ents. And this held true until this week when the UCLA boys lost that year of eligibility. Probably the present commis sioner, Victor O. Schmidt, told his story in considerably less words but the story all added up to prove that history repeats itself, on a grand scale. In 1940, Percy Locey, director of athletics at Oregon State, said: "California schools sometimes pay $150 to $300 a month for a star football player and throw, in an automobile and a job for the girl friend to boot." Same Story In 1956 just two days ago, Hardiman Cureton, UCLA's great guard, said: "I know a Southern California wingback who gets $150 a month above the $75 scale, plus other rewards, including an automo bile." Not much difference, is there? The Atherton probe was aim ed mainly at Southern Californ ia, it seemed. And some said" the reason for this was that the oth er schools were jealous because USC kept winning the PCC championship and going to the Rose Bowl. No such jealousy blame can be cited this time, because Univer sity of Washington first felt the wrath of the conference for its "slush fund" to subsidize ath letes;'and then came UCLA, with its "under the table" payments of $40 a month above scale. UCLA was in pretty much the same situation as USC 16 years ago the Bruins had just com pleted winning three PCC foot ball crowns in a row. Strict Rules ' After the Atherton probe, the PCC drew up a strict set of rules aimed at keeping the schools from contracting prospective athletes. But a path around this roadblock was built by alumni and others. - And it appears now .that no matter what the PCC does, there will be schools that find the loop holes. Raise the pay to $150 a month? "Don't pay the athletes " any thing," says Frankie Albert, coach of the San Francisco Forty Niners. "I earned my way through Stanford slinging hash. Did the present day youngsters ever hear about slinging hash? "Now the kids are so .spoiled that it is even hard to talk con tract with a youngster just out of college. I'm kidding on the square when I say that Hugh Mc Elhenny actually took a pay cut when he came to the Forty Nin ers from University of Washing ton. : . "Colleges are supposed to be the training grounds for profes sional teams, but we find they are out-bidding us." Sports Broadcasts Radio station KYJC will car ry the Medford-Eugene High state baseball quarter-final , play-off Friday at 3:30 p.m. The game will be played at Eugene. HAINES TO VIE New York U.R) John Haines of the University of Pennsyl vania, one of - the - East's top Olympic sprint candidates, will compete in the 440-yard event at the' IC4A championships here this weekend. Haines also will run in the 220. - ' flights a day to EUGENE $390 plus tax Scheduled local Service Rogue Valley Loop Opens Play Sunday Four games Sunday will her ald in the semi-professional base ball season in southern Oregon. The tussles will be Rogue Val ley League openers. At the fair grounds ball park here the Che ney Colts will be hosts to Glen dale. Other afternoon tangles will be Ashland at Butte Fajls, Camp White at Cave Junction and Grants Pass at Eagle Point. The Colts, farm crew of the Medford Cheney Studs, make their debut in the circuit. Cave Junction is back in action after a two-year lay-off. Glendale is the league's defending champion. A collection of mostly young players from colleges and from high schools of the area make up the Studs squad. Pitcher for the opening conflict will be picked from among Eldon Davidson, Kay Kelley and Duane Sides. Battery mate for the moundsman will be selected from among Ger ald Darland or Laval Meunier, Gerald Darland and Howard Morris. Kelley and Morris are ex-Crater High battery mates. David son is an ex-Grants Pass High man. Sides is on the Medford High squad and a Tornado vic tory against Eugene on Friday would mean that he would not be available this Sunday. Dar land and Laval Meunier have finished athletic careers at St. Mary's High here. RACE SET TOR NASHUA New York (U.R) Nashua, the world's leading money-winning horse, will make his next start at Belmont Park Wednes day, May 30, in the $50,000 added Metropolitan Handicap. The son of Nasrullah has been assigned top weight of 130 pounds for the mile race and his trainer. Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, said, "It looks all right to me." Enjoy Your Vacation at LAKE OF THE WOODS RESORT Roads Now Open! Enjoyment for the whole family! Swimming Horseback riding Boating Hiking Fishing for rainbow trout (Season opens July 1 to Oct. 7) Grocery Store -Coffee Shop -Post Office 33 CABINS, modern and non-modern Trailer park with electricity Boats, Motors and Equipment For Rent MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW! Write or phone- LAKE OF THE WOODS RESORT Mr. and Mrs. Tom Neeley, Managers LAKE O' WOODS, OREGON PHONE 1913 Notliing finer in American taste 1 ' ; IN THE GREAT TRADITION OF AMERICAN WHISKEY CALVERT DISTILLERS CO., N. 1. C. 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