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Trabert, Hartwig Tough Foes For World Doubles Champions; To Play Here Tomorrow Night Rex Hartwig, the Australia "wrecker," and Tony Trabert. world amateur champion, will continue their efforts for a spe cial cash bonus when they meet Pancho Gonzales and Pancho Segura, world doubles champ ions. In the big tennis program at Hedrick junior high school to morrow night, starting at 8 o'clock. The show Is sponsored by the Medford Lions club Hartwig and Trabert, chosen in a recent tennis poll as the per fect doubles combination, have been dealing the Panchos a rough time on Jack Kramer's current cross-country tour. Kramer has offered a big bonus to the win ning combination at the end of the 100-match trip. The doubles will be for two out of three sets. The feature singles match will send Gonzales against Trabert In two out of three sets. Al though Trabert has been out classed by the great Gonzales, who has already cinched their $25,000 bonus In the 100-match series, he never quits trying and gave Gonzales a sound thump ing at Spokane last week. Kramer, considered by many to be the greatest professional player of all time, returns to the wars here, probably against Segura In the one-set singles opener. Kramer is getting in shape for the coming national professional tournament in Los Angeles and his addition to the program gives local fans a Finstervald Leads Open Dallas, Tex. U.R) Daz zling Dow Finsterwald turned on a red-hot putter Saturday to wrest the Dallas Centennial Open golf tournament lead away from young Don January with a birdie-putting, exhibi tion that gave him a 31-35 68 and a 54-hole total of an even 200. The 26-year-old former Ohio university links star, who show ed a gallery of 6,000 why he is the season's top money winner, rammed down birdie putts of 8, 18, 10, 15 and 12 feet and an other three-inch tap-in after his 40-yard chip shot for an Eagle died short of the hole on No. 12. While Finsterwald added his 66 to two earlier rounds of 67, January ran into trouble early and lost his three-stroke lead after only two holes of today's third round. He pulled even la ter, on the backside of Preston Hollow country club's tight but treacherous par 35-35 70 lay out, but could not hold his game together. chance to see five of the world's best net aces. Lions club spokesmen said tickets will remain on sale through Monday afternoon at Lamport's Sporting Goods Store, 226 East Main st. Good seats also will be available at the box of fice at the school, they said. 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Then Ted Kluszewski singled and scored on a double Dy wany Post. Jack Dittmer singled in the 10th for the Braves' first hit and then Hank Aaron tripled with one out in the 11th. Black purposely walked the next two batters filling the bases and then Torre connected for the game-winning single. Torre had driven in the Braves" first run in tho sprnnd innine when he hit a sacrifice fly after Klipp- stein loaded the bases witn hit hatsman and two walks. Ray Crone went the route for BSE IT JUST 0 SICE. ..LASTS 200,080 KILES! NOW! POSITIVE PROOF. BY LATEST ATOMIC RESEARCH METHODS: TRACER TESTS USING V RADIOACTIVE lSUTOFtS MOTALOT IS PROVEN! Millions of miles oi driving prort that Motaloy's action on worn engine parts actually sores gas. oS and repair bills. Order Motaior metalpkrtes worn. pKM criaces on cyfinders. ring. nowl START SAVING MONEY! MAft THlCOJJN TOj)AYJ P&ssflLESGO. Af.UHMW 1121. Medford - Ph. 2-8600 '11 II ' J .KMS? Box I em .nctoiitg So m osi ( L cUct I ,nd m. on. p3 of Moteto. . momty W ( ) please NAME ADDRESS. CITY. -STATE. (for ieformaKoe em quaarir, parches, chock bare ( ) the Braves, limiting the Redlegs to seven hits and gaining his third victory of the season. First-baseman Dale Long set a Major League record when he homered in his seventh straight game and led the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-2 triumph over the Philadelphia Phillies. Lou Geh rig, Ken Williams, Willie Mays, Walker. Cooper and George Kelly shared the previous record of homering in six etraight games, Vernon Law spaced out nine Philadelphia hits to win his sec ond game. Roger Craig turned in a three- hitter and Sandy Amoros, Randy Jackson and Carl Furillo homered to lead the Brooklyn Dodgers to a 6-0 victory over the New York Giants in the other N.L. game. Chicago at St. Louis was postponed. In the American League, Har vey Kuenn hit two doubles and two singles to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 12-6 decision over the Kansas City Athletics. Southpaw Billy Hoeft went the distance for the Tigers to win his fourth game while Jack Crimian suf fered his third loss. Carlos Paula hit a two-run double and Chuck Stobbs pitch ed an eight-hitter as the Wash ington Senators beat the Boston Red Sox, 4-1. Ted Williams, ap pearing as a pinch-hitter, drove in the Red Sox' run with a sin gle in the seventh inning. Cleveland at Chicago was post poned but New York was at Baltimore In a Saturday night doubleheader. Yesterday's Scores MAJOR LEAGUE RESULTS By UNITED PRESS National Iiiub Pittsburgh 6 ' 10 0 Philadelphia , 9 1 Law (2-3) and Foiles; S. Miller. Flower (7) and Lopata. Chicago at St. Louis, postponed, rain. Brooklyn New York.. 6 8 0 0 3 2 Craig (4-2) and Camoanella: Hearn. Monzant (6), Grissom (6), Ridzik (8) and Katt. New York at Baltimore, night. Cincinnati 1 7 0 Milwaukee 2 3 1 Klippstein, Black (9) and Burgess; Burdette (3-2) and Crandall. LP Black (2-2). American League Cleveland at Chicago, postponed, rain. Washington Boston 0 0 Stobbs (3-3) and Courtney; Delock, Sisler (6). Kiely (8) and White. -4 9 1 Kansas City 200 000 040 6 9 1 Detroit 040 001 52x 122 17 0 Crimian. Burtschv (3) and Thomp son; Hoeft 4?2) and House. Seals Halt Star Rally San Francisco (U.PJ The San Francisco Seals built up a solid lead yesterday and then with stood a four-run ninth inning by Hollywood to win their Pa cific Coast League game 6-4. Jerry Casale went the route for the Seals despite the 'ninth inning flurry and chalked up his sixth win with one loss as he stopped a San Francisco los ing streak at three games. Today the Stars will use Fred Green (2-1) and Cholly Naranio (3-4) and the Sals will use R. G. Smith (2-3) and Jack Osborn (2-4). Pin Trophies Awarded at Dinner Meet Champions and awards win ners were recognized and tro phies and certificates were pre sented last week at the Med ford Bowling association's din ner and annual meeting. William W. McCulloch, Portland, executive director of the American Bowling congress was a special guest and speaker at the dinner at the Elks lodge in Ashland on Monday evening. The meeting was attended by 198 bowlers and sponsors from 70 teams participating in league play at Medford Bowling lanes during the 1955-1956 season. Each of the six league cham pionship teams received a tro phy and a certificate for the sponsor. Individual trophies went to team members. Men who rolled 81 games or more in their respective circuits and had high average, high game or high series also were presented tro phies. In addition the Classic league made an achievement award to Bob Stevens for a 10-pin im provement in his average over the previous season. The loop also made awards for high team game and high team service. Awards of Merit Paul Dimick and Hal Schroe der currently have high game and high series, respectively, in the association for the year and their scores will stand for awards of merit if they are not bettered in the Southern Ore gon tournament or in the sum mer leagues before July 31. McCulloch, who is a member of the ABC new equipment com mittee, described the ABC tourney just completed in Ro chester, N.Y. He said his com mittee meets three or four times a year to inspect new equipment developments and to check field testing. The ABC official stated that fully automatic pinspotters probably wont' be used in the ABC tourney for many years because scorers cannot see pins through the machine to permit scoring on boards used at the rear of a building. ABC is the parent body of local associations. The . execu tive committee consists of a president, 10 vice-presidents and 44 executive directors., Medford Bowling association officers for 1956-1957 with terms beginning on August 1 are H. A.B(Buz) Green, presi dent; Frank Chapman, vice president; Les Schneider, T. R. (Dick) Spain, Stan Strauss and Ray Wise, executive directors, and Paul Dimick, secretary-treasurer. Bowlers and teams gaining honors during the season were: Average leaders Fred Anderson 193. Ray Wise 189, Norm Hillyer 185, Charles Sullivan 184. George Spaun horst and Hal Schroeder 182. C. F. Pruess 181, Charles Dawson and Bust er Forney 180. Harold Vessey far., 17. City tourney champions Team. Top Notch cafe (Hugh Shaw, Forney, Ted Jantzer, Gene Piazza, Don Harmon), 2933. Doubles Ed McKinstry and Ter ry Foster, 1245. Singles, Paul Patter son. 680. All-Events, Dick Lugnet, 1947. League champions Classic, E. H. Mann company (Spaunhorst, Harry Goode. Bob Stevens, Gordon Schultz, Fred Anderson). Industrial, bnoboys, (George Russell Virgil Lowe, Jim Mac Innes. Ed Dwight. Frank Coach). Com mercial. Alexander and Brown Insur ance, Frank Boone, Ed Guldan, Ray Speer, Charles McWhorter, Francis Kirk). Rogue Valley, Seven-Up (Ken Shaw, Dick Coates, Herb Dungey, John Morgan. Dick Swan, Dick Schlachter). City, Hoss Lumber company tcaie Culy. Art Schatz. Doug Culy. Frank Martin, Bob Forrest). Evergreen, Moore Steel company. Dick Lugnet, Jerry Monroe. Bart LaFon. Al Kra- League Leaders (By United Presa AMERICAN LEAGUE Player & Club G. AB. R. H. Pet Mantle. N. Y. 36-136 41 58 .426 Berra. N. Y. 30 116 23 41 Maxwell, Det 28 88 19 31 Vernons, Bos. . Kuenn, Det. -..25 86 15 30 .33 134 20 45 .353 .352 .349 .336 NATIONAL LEAGUE Long. Pitts. 32 120 24 50 Repulski. St.L. 27 92 20 36 Bruton. Milw. 20 75 17 29 Bailey, Cin. 24 75 1127 Walls, Pitts. .29 87 17 31 .417 .391 .387 .360 .356 Home Runs Mantle, Yankees 17; Berra, Yankees 12; Long, Pirates 12 Post. Redlegs 11. - Runs Batted In Mantle, Yankees 42; Long, Pirates 35; Berra, Yankees j; jooyer. cards 32; Simpson. Athletics 28. . Runs Mantle. Yankees 41: Bauer, Yankees 29; Lopez. Athletics 26; Yost. Senators 25; Bias in game. Cards 25; Moon. Cards 25. Hits Mantle, Yankees 58; Long, Pirates 50; Boyer, Cards 46: Kuenn, Tigers 45: Goodman. Red Sox 43. Pitching Lawrence, Redlegs 5-0; Ford, Yankees 6-1; Lemon, Indians 6-1; Brewer. Red Sox 5-1; Pierce, White Sox 6-1. Dale Long Sets Mark In Homers Philadelphia U.R) Dale Long, Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman, became the first ma jor league player ever to hit home runs in seven consecutive games Saturday when he hit a homer over the right field wall in the eighth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies. ' Long, who now leads the Na tional league in homers with 13, hit one of reliefer Ben Flow ers' pitches out of the park to break the home run record of six straight games held by only five other players. Mobbed at Home The strapping lefthanded swinger was mobbed at home plate by the entire Pittsburgh team as he crossed the plate to make the score 5-2 in favor of Pittsburgh. The Pirates won the game 6-2. He was the leadoff batter in the eighth inning. Long just missed a homer in the first inning when he doub led high on the rightfield wall. In the third, he flied deep to Richie Ashbwm and in the fifth he smashed a long line drive which Elmer Valo speared. Pirates manager Bobby Bra gan had moved Long up from clean-up to number three bat ting position to give him a chance for more appearances at the plate. CLARK CHAMPION Vancouver, Wash. U.R) Clark Junior College of Vancou ver won the Washington State Junior College baseball title here Friday with 3-1 and 2-1 victories over Yakima Junior College. vig. Ray Edwards. Bill Staten. High league average Classic, Wise. Commercial, Wise. City. James Farrar. Industrial, Darwin Morsehouse. Ever green, Ray Speer. Rogue Valley. Frank cnapman. High leaeue fame Classic. Wise. Commercial. Les Schneider. City. Paul Dimick. Industrial. Ken Christiansen. Evergreen. Jerry Monroe. Rogue Val ley. John Haven. High league series Classic, Vessey Sr. Commercial. Schroeder. City, Charles Snedden. Industrial, Ed Dwight. Evergreen, Chuck Coggins Jr. Rogue Valley. Swan. Low series Commercial, Chuck Shinn. City, Lee Bex. Evergreen, Bob Sorber. Award of merit (tentative) Paul Dimick, high game, 279. Schroeder, high series, 675. Classic league honors High team series Sam's Sporting Goods. High team game, Mann company. Achieve ment award, Bob Stevens, for 10 pin increase in average. In a salt mine 1,130 feet be neath Detroit drills often tap soapy-looking water that has been there an estimated 300 mil lion years. Sunday, May 27, 1S5S MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Title Bout Now Sought By Fullmer New York (U.R) Brawny Gene Fullmer, inspired by his bloody victory over European champion Charles Humez, of fered $100,000 today for a shot at the world middleweight crown. ' " Fullmer of West Jordan, Utah said a millionaire friend would underwrite a $100,000 guaran tee to Sugar Ray Robinson if necessary to entice the 35-year-old champion into the ring. The 24-year-old mining weld er stood out as unquestioned challenger today because of, the power and durability he display ed in Friday night's nationally televised and broadcast 10 rounder with blood-smeared Hu mez of France at Madison Square garden. Plunging in and out against the persistently advancing French veteran, Fullmer not only won a lopsided decision but he staggered him three times and appeared a certain kayo victor had the bout been slated for 15 rounds. Gene's fourth straight vic tory of 1956 was achieved against the champion of " Eur ope, the world's top-rated con tender and the 13-10 favorite at ringside. Fullmer had been ranked second to the French man among contenders. More over, 29-year-old Humez had a slight pull in the weights. He scaled 159 3-4 pounds to Gene's 158. Death Takes Grid Coach Red Strader Berkeley, Calif. U.P.) Nor man (Red) Strader, 53, former head coach of the San Francisco Forty Niners of the National Professional Football League, died in his sleep early Saturday at his Berkeley home. . The former grid great from St. Mary's College' was named All-America fullback on Walter Camp's third team in 1924 al though he weighed les sthan 150 pounds. Strader's death came unex pectedly, although he had been under a doctor's care for a heart condition. His wife, Helen, heard him moan in his sleep shortly before midnight. He was rushed to Herrick Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. After graduating from St. Mary's in 1926, he signed with the Cleveland Indians and was farmed out to baseball teams in Hollywood and Wheeling, W. Va. During his professional base ball career he also played pro fessional football with the Chi cago Cardinals and the Chicago Bulls. Back; to SM In 1928 he took a coaching job at Regis college, Denver, but returned to St. Mary's in 1932 as Madigan's chief assist ant. After Madigan's resignation, Strader assumed head football duties at St. Mary's. In 1945, he joined the New York Yankees of the new All- America Football Conference as backfield coach. He became head coach in 1948 and continued with Sports Broadcasts Radio station KYJC will broadcast the Medford-Th Dalles high school state semi final baseball play-off game Monday at 3:30 p.m. I T fov dark & E5fefiG is fashion right... in new mid-low profile The big news in men's sum mer shoe styles -our hand some RobJees with the new, comfortable mid-low profile in smart two-tone pat terns. Come in today and . . ' This is just one of many styles including Black and White, Brown and White, Nylon Mesh Trim and All Over Brown Ventilated. 43? iggKeSujgf 'Saaxr; v mss $15 95 Other Styles $11.95 to $13.95 . Buster Brown Shoe Store Fluhrer Building, 15 South Central New Faces On Cheney Stud Roster New faces in the line-up of the Medford Cheney Studs base ball team this season will include ,Dick Toney, Don LeBeau, Jim Steffen and John Kovenz, Play er Manager Jack Cooney has announced. Toney is a Lewis and Clark college player and was with the Grants Pass entry in the South ern Oregon League last season. He plays second base or short stop. LeBeau, second or third baseman, is just out of the Army. He played service ball. Kovenz, an outfielder, is serv ing his first year- as Medford high head baseball mentor. An ex-University of Oregon diam onder, he has a background of pro ball in the old Western In ternational League, and has played three seasons with the Coos Bay-North Bend Lumber jacks', . appearing against the Studs. Steffen, also an outfielder, is from University of California at Los Angeles. Roelaridt Returns . Back with the Studs this sea son will be Frank Roelandt, catcher.. Roelandt, head basket ball, coach and assistant. baseball mentor at Medford high, has played for Boise in the pro Pioneer League and the Wil liston, N. D., in the Mandak League, since his previous ser vice with the Studs. He is an ex-Oregon State college diam ond star. Cooney will hold down the first base spot. The skipper, who took the mangerial post in mid season of 1955, has served sev eral years of pro experience. He was with the Medford Rogues of the Far West League in 1950. Don White and Jerry Drosch ef, from Roseburg, and Bob Selsor, Jim Kelly, Derald Woot on and Terry Maddrox have previously been listed as pitch ers the Studs will have this year. Selser is an infielder but is slated to see duty mainly as a pitcher this season. Maddox and Wooton are ticketed for outfield duty. the club when it became the Yanks of the NFL in 1950. When the Forty , Niners estab lished a nationwide scouting sys tem in 1952 .they asked Strader to take charge. In 1955 he took over the head coaching chores when Buck Shaw was fired after a medicore season. But Strader lasted only through the 1955 schedule. Three Knot In Jf Play Tom Hamlin, Tony Monroe and Phil Mongrain led Junior Chamber of Commerce junior district golf tournament quali fying play yesterday at Rogue Valley Country club. - Each had an 82 score. Second round of qualifying will be next Saturday, June 2, at Rogue Valley. The two low scorers for 36 holes will be eli gible for the state Jaycee tourn ament June 29 and 30 and July 1 at The Dalles. Nine entries completed 18 hole rounds yesterday. Other scores were Dick Copple, 83; Pete Rasmussen, 84; Mike Mon roe, 86; Don Peek, 88 and Tom Alley, 100. PCL RESULTS Hollywood 8 1 San Francisco 6 10 2 Wade. Donoso (4) and Hall: Casale and Sullivan. Seattle 6 8 2 Los Angeles 9 11 1 juaso. senaiocK o. AtKins (71 ana Orteie: Drott and TaDDe. Hannah (8). HR Mauch, Wade, Wise. Bilko. and Giynn. (1st oamel Sacramento ' , 4 0 Vancouver 2 11 ' 1 Stanka. R. Jones (8) and Baich: Dur- en, Searcy (8) and Edwards. Home run Mantilla. PAlllt ST. . VE DRJV WITH P0K MAKES, A 3.50 Vnfiut UANY CAR J iHwn Freat Wheals, Impact Lining. m Clean mnd Repack from WdmI ' Searings. Inspect Brake Drams. 4 Check and Add Brake Fluid. 5 Adjust Brake Shoes. 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