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Newspaper Page TextTWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) Roberts Loses 4th Straight White Sox Turn Back Yankees By FRED DOWN United Press Sport WritK Robin Roberts is being belted around like a batting practice pitcher these days but don't bet too much that he'll fail to make 20 victories for the seventh straight season. Roberts was knocked out of the box in the fourth inning Wednesday night when the Mil waukee Braves beat the Phila delphia Phillies. 8-6. The loss was Robin's fourth straight and left him with a 5-8 season's record. An ordinary pitcher wouldn t have much chance of reaching the 20-mark if he were saddled with that record on this date. But Roberts is no ordinary pitch er and he's won 20 in past sea sons when his record wasn't much better on June 14 than it is now. In 1954, for example, he was only 7-7 on June 14. yet finish ed with a 23-15 record, and in 1952, he was only 7-5 on June 14 but closed with a 21-2 burst for a season record of 28-7. In 1950 he had eight victories, in 1951 and 1955 he had nine and in 1953 had posted 10 victories each time going on, of course, to win 20 or more. Taqged for Nina Hits In the meantime, however, it's mighty frustrating for the last- place Phillies to see their $50,- 000-a-year pitcher Ian to win in four tries since May 24. He was tagged for nine hits and six earned runs in 3 1-3 innings Wednesday night to send his earned run average soaring to 5.04. Roberts held the Braves to a single run through the first three frames but they broke loose from a 13-game hitting slump en masse in the fourth with a barrage that included a three-run homer by Del Crandall. a two-run homer by Ed Mathews and triples by Danny O'Connell and Johnny Logan. O'Connell also connect ed for two triples to tie the ingle game record held by 15 players. Five unearned runs enabled the Chicago Cubs to beat the New York Giants, 6-5, in the other National League game. Bob Rush won his sixth game for the Cubs, still streaking with 10 wins in 13 games. Willie Mays drove in three runs with two homers for the Giants. In the American League, the Chicago White Sox finally beat the New York Yankees after six straight losses when Ron Northcy and Luis Aparicio drove ih three runs each in a 7-5 triumph. Larry JJoby also contributed his first homer of the year to the White Sox' 10 hit attack that routed Bob Tur ley and brought veteran Howie Pollet his third win. Makes Sparkling Debut Billy Loes, acquired last month from the Brooklyn Dodg ers, made a sensational six-inning debut for the Baltimore Orioles but it went for naught when the Detroit Tigers beat re lief pitcher George Zuverink, 2-0 on a ninth-inning homer by Charley Maxwell. Paul Foytack and Steve Gromek collaborated in the shutout for the Tigers. Loes. an eccentric right-hander with brilliant stuff, yielded only one hit and one walk in six innings and struck out five Ti gers. He was taken out by Man ager Paul Richards because of the 98-degree temperature in Baltimore. Vic Power and Tim Thomp son collected five hits each to lead the Kansas City Athletics to a 21-hit. 13-4 romp over the Giants Part With Al Dark St Louis U.R) The St. Louis Cardinals today announced an eight-player deal with the New York Giants involving two of the top infielders in the Nation-1 al league. Red Schoendienst and ; Al Dark. , I In addition to Schoendienst, the Cardinals traded rookie out-1 fielder Jackie Brandt, catcher Bill Sarni and pitcher Dick Lit tlefield to the Giants for Dark, first baseman-outfielder Whitey Lockman. catcher Ray Katt and pitcher Don Liddle. There was no cash involved in the transaction. General Manager Frank Lane said he expected the deal would put the Cards in the thick of the pennant fight. Portland Man, Wife Found Dead in Home Portland iU.R! A 50-year-old man and his wife were found shot to death in their Portland home yesterday, apparently the victims of a murder-suicide. Police identified the victims as Albert McGee and his wife, Mildred. Mrs. McGee's body was found on the kitchen floor of the mod est northeast Portland home. McGee's body was discovered in a bedroom. He apparently had shot himself in the mouth after taking his wife's life, police said. MAIL TRIBUNE Washington Senators. Gus Zer nial and 'Hector Lopez added homers to the KC blitz which enabled Art Ditmar to win his sixth game. The Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox battled three hours and 52 minutes in 97-de-gree heat to an 11-inning rain halted 8-8 tie. The deadlock had existed since the fourth inning when the Indians scored four runs with the aid of a three run homer by Vic Wertz. Wertz also homered in the first and drove in five runs. LI.VESrORFS Anirriran League Detroit 000 OOO 0022 ' 5 1 Baltimore ... 000 000 1)00 0 7 0 Foytack. Gromek (8i and Houe. Loes. Zuverink i7t and Triandoi, Smith Winner Gromek: t5-3j. Loier Zuverink 3-2). i City 241 000 14113 21 SLPaPLffiTTS HE'LL RACE ON WHEELS Marine Lt. Wes Santee, America's iastest miler suspended by the AAU, signs an entry blank in Los Angeles to race a sports car in the Pomona, Calif., road race June 23. Holding form is Joe Weisman. Santee is in Los Angeles to run in the All-Service championships June 15-16. Cheney Studs Tackle Drain for. First League Game of the Year The Medford Cheney Studs break, into Southern. Oregon league play at 1:45 p.m. Satur day when they go to Drain for a three game series with the Black Sox. The Studs, local semi-pro base ball representatives, now hold a perfect record in non-league pre season action. They defeated the Yreka, Calif., Indians first time out, 9 to 5, and swept two from Bend last week end, 16 to 0 and 'Standing Room Only' Seen in National Parks Washington (U.R) Agricul ture Secretary Ezra T. Benson warns that many of the 50,000, 000 vacationers expected to visit national forest recreation areas this year will find "standing room only." Vacation visitors to the 1949 national forests, if they reach the total forecast by ' Forest Service officials, will set a new record. Some 45 million persons visited the forests and used their 4.900 developed recreation areas last year. Miss Laing to Teach Baton Twirling Class Miss Sandra Laing will teach all classes in baton twirling this summer, beginning June 25 in the Medford High school band room, according to I. A. Mirick. instrumental music supervisor. The classes, for beginning and . advanced baton twirlers, in all age groups, are sponsored by Medford city schools in connec tion with the summer band music school. Registration will be held in the band room office the day of the first class. Mirick said. Schedules will be distributed at that time. There is a small reg istration fee for the five-week course. Concert Scheduled for Convention Here Friday Medford High school band members, under the direction of I. A. Mirick,-will present a con cert at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium at the state janitor ial convention. Mirick has asked that all band members report to the band room not later than 6:30 p.m. Friday. - 1 Thursday. June 14. 1958 Washington .120 000 001 4 10 0 Ditmar. Harrington (8) and Thomp son. Ramos. Stone 2, Grob i"t. Clev enger 9 and Berberet. winner Dit mar f-3). Loser Ramos 14-4 1. 11 Innings, called rain. Cleve. 202 400 000 00 8 11 1 Boston ... . 302 300 000 00 8 14 2 Mo5l. McLish (3t. Feller 441. Wynn 4. Narleki 1 8i and Hegan, Naragon 8) Nixon Sisler (4 and Daley. Chicago 010 310 2007 10 4 New York . . 003 100 Olx S 11 1 Keegan. Pollet 4i. Consuegra tl), Howell i8 and Lollar. Turley, Cole man l5l. Byrne I7 Morgan 71. Lar- I sen 9i and Berra. Winner Pollet (3-1). Loser Coleman 1-1). National League New York 20O 100 002 S 10 Chicago 040 110 OOx 6 10 Hearn. Liddle iS). Grissom nlj and Katt. Rush. Davis (91. Lown (9 and Landrith. Winner Rush 6-2. Loser Hearn (3-61. Philadelphia . 610 013 100 8 IX 1 Milwaukee ... 100 700 OOx 8 14 1 Roberta, Negray-(4. Flowers (3, Meyer (6). R. Miller (8) and Lopata. Crone, Buhl (6) Conley. 9 to 4 Drain led the league last year, losing only two or three en counters out of the scheduled 24. One of the big threats from the northern team rests in the pitching arm of Glenn Elliott. former Portland Beaver hurler in the Pacific Coast league. Be fore his career with the Beavers. Elliott pitched for the old Boston Braves. In pre-season non-league play this year Drain beat McMinn- ville twice, and smashed the Bashor Babes of Portland. Their only loss came from a split doubleheader with Beaverton of the Portland city league. The Medford nine will prob ably open Saturday afternoon's game with Don White on the mound. White shut out the Bend Loggers here last Saturday with a two -hitter. Manager Jack Cooney's other pitchers for Saturday night and Sunday after noon tussles will be chosen from Jerry Droscher, Jim Kelly, and Bob Selsor. Game times Saturday are 1:45 p.m. and 8 p.m. Both are nine inning affairs. In the other half of the South ern Oregon league, Coquille visits Coos Bay-North Bend for three games Saturday and Sun day also. Bend draws a week end bve. THRILLS! HARDTOP RAGES Saturday, June 16 At The VALLEY VIEW SPEEDWAY 1 Mile North of Ashland Just East of "99" Time Trials 6:30 Races 8:00 Join the Crowd and Excitement at Rogue Valley's Only Race Track. Follow the Hardtops Rogue Fish Conditions 'Improving' Portland (U.F) The weekly report on fishing conditions pre pared by the State Game Com mission: Southwest: Middle and upper Umpqua drainage area slow for trout but should improve; moun tain lakes fair to good; spring Chinook salmon season closed on Umpqua orr June 10; no salmon 20 inches or over may be kept anywhere above Highway 38 bridge at Scottsburg, those un der 20 inches can be included in trout bag; few summer steel head moving in lower and mid dle river areas but angling poor; Winchester bay fair for salmon; i north and east forks of Coquille river fair; middle and south forks good; Coos river shad fishing slowing; Coos Bay bar fair for salmon; lower Rogue fair for salmon; trout fishing good on Chetco, Winchuck and Pistol rivers and Garrison and Floras lakes; Sixes and Elk riv ers fair; water conditions im proved in upper Rogue; fly fish ing improving there. Central: Kingsley reservoir fair for t trout on spinner and worms; ice has gone off Wah turn lake but road still closed to lake; Hood river clear and drop ping; Deschutes clear and drop ping, fair angling in Maupin area; Frog and Clear lakes good for trolling; road still closed to Lost lake; Odell lake improving; Wickiup reservoir fair; North and South Twin lakes good for rainbow; Little Deschutes river dropping and angling should be good; East lake good mostly on bait; trolling slow; Paulina lake also good for bait: Crane Prairie reservoir producing limits ' on both troll and bait; Big Lava lake good on troll but bait slow; roads open to Big and Little Cultus lakes; Ochoco reservoir good on trollirfg lures; Deschutes above Bend low and clear and should be in good shape below Bend by week end; Metolius riv er in excellent condition. Giambra Anxious For Title Bout Syracuse, N.Y. !U.R) Jolting Joey Giambra, who displayed new aggressiveness while beat ing England's Johnny Sullivan again on television Wednesday night, asked today for a "spring board" to the middleweight crown. "Get me Gene Fullmer or Ti ger Jones or any top 'man who can bounce me toward a title fight," he told Promoter Nor man Rothschild. , Giambra, the d a r k-haired sharpshooter from Buffalo, N.Y., said his second straight unani mous decision over ex-British champion Sullivan at War Me morial Auditorium should com plete their Anglo-American com petition. The 23-year-old Sullivan' did the forcing in their previous bout in the same ring on April 6, when Giambra also took a unaniomus verdict despite his strictly "layback tactics." Giambra, scaling 156 pounds to English Johnny's 1591?, did tne forcing Wednesday night; but it was his solid left counter hooks to the head that did the most damage. Those and his whistling right leads. The three .ring officials fa vored Giambra on a rounds ba sis, 6-4, 6-3-1 and 5-4-1; which was not much different from the 5-4-1, 5-4-1, 6-3-1 on April 6. GIARDELLO SIGNED ' New York (U.RK- Joe Giar dello of Philadelphia, a former middleweight contender, has been signed to meet Tony Bal- doni of Harrisburg, Pa., in a 10- round bout at St. Nicholas Are na, July 2. And Ludwig Light burn of the British West Indies and Jake Josato of Philadelphia will meet in the same arena, July 25. London, Ont. U.R Quarter back Jack Conway, who played his collegiate ball at the Univer sity of Wichita, has signed a pro fessional contract with the new London Lords entry in the On- tario Rugby Football Un ion. SPILLS! League Leaders Bv UNITED STATES NATIONAL LEAGUE Player St Club G. AB R. H. Pet Repulski. St. L. .33 111 22 42 -378 Long. Pitts 50 185 37 69 .373 Clemente. Pitti. 41 129 22 46 .357 Bover. St L. 52 307 41 71 .343 Bailey. Cin. 40 123 19 42 341 AMERICAN LEAGUE Mantle, N Y 33 201 53 78 Thompson. K.C. ..36 107 10 40 Maxwell. DeL .42 132 30 49 .383 .377 .371 .362 Kuenn, Det. 46 188 30 68 Vernon, Bos .41 142 23 ' 50 .352 Home Runs Mantle, Yanks 21; Long. Pirates 17; Berra, Yanks 16; Boyer. Cards 15. Runs Batted In Mantle. Yanks 53: Boyer. Cards 49; Long. Pirates 46: Simpson, Athletics 45; Wertz, Indians 44. Rons Mantle. Yanks 53: Yost. Sen ators 41: Boyer. Cards 41: Lopez. Ath letics 39: Blasingame, Cards 39. Hits Mantle, Yanks 78; Bover. Cards 71; Long. Pirates 69; Kuenn, Tigers 68: Ashburn. Phillies 66. Pitching Lawrence. Red Legs 7-0: Brewer. Red Sox 9-1: Wilson. White Sox 8-2; Pierce, White Sox 8-2; Free man. Red Legs. La bine. Dodgers and McDaniei. Cards, all 4-1. Bill's 99 Moves Up; 20-30 Wins JACKSON COUNTY SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION Walt's Lithia Motors 5' 0 1.000 crater Lake Motors 1 0 1.000 Chris Drugs 3 1 .750 iwcculloch Chain Saw .... 3 1 .750 Rill' QQ r.a..pnn C..i 1 A cr. Medford Auto Upholstery 4 4 !soo may nevroiei 1 2 . .333 YMCA Ysmen 1 3 .250 20-30 Club , 1 3 .2.-,o National Guard 1 3 .250 DeMolay 0 4 .000 Bill's 99 Chevron Service bumped Medford Auto Uphols tery out of third place in the Jackson County Softball asso ciation standings last night, win ning 8 to 7 in a tight battle at the high school field. In the second game of the eve ning, 20-30 club picked up its first victory of the season, down ing the YMCA Ysmen 12 to 2. Willie Barnum led the cause for Bill's 99, hammering out a triple and a single. He was robbed on a long fly to left field when Medford's Guy Parker made a sensational one handed stab. Smith, with three for four, and Black with three for five, were the main Medford Auto powers. The teams were tied at 7 all going into the final inning. Mun- don and Rupert were out at first. Pool singled, and Granger flied out to retire Medford Auto. For Bill's 99, Slessler led off with a double. Garner walked, and the winning run came home when pitcher Bill Sweet whacked his third single of the game. Sweet and Garner were the battery for the winners, Glives and Smith for the losers. Games scheduled for tonight are Chris Drugs vs. YMCA and McCulloch Chain Saw vs. Cour tesy Chevrolet. Columbia River Dikes Holding Portland '.U.R) Two trouble spots on a dike protecting Port land Meadows racetrack from floodwaters continued to hold today. Men working in round-the-clock shifts maintained a con stant vigil on the levee which has been a cause of concern since Sunday. The dike develop ed a crack Tuesday and a 10 foot section sank about five feet yesterday. Heavy rain fell during the early morning hours here, add ing to worries about water-logged dikes but river forecasters said it would have little effect on stream levels. The Columbia at Vancouver, Wash., dropped another .4 of a foot in the 24 hour endings at 8 a.m. today and was down to 24.9, which is 9.9 feet over flood stage. A con tinued fall was predicted. The Morrison street bridge here, closed to traffic because of high water for nearly two weeks, was re-opened yesterday. An Air Force spokesman said that jet fighter planes, moved two weeks ago because of the flood threat, probably would re turn here from McChord Field, Wash., tomorrow. British monarchs have the power of absolute veto of legis lation but none has exercised that right since 1708. CHILLS! Bilko Dilutes Portland Hopes; Stars Back In First Division By DON THACKERY United Press Sports Writer The comeback Hollywood Stars swaggered into the Pac ific Coast league's first division last night but the Los Angeles Angels, who haven't been any where, saw to it that everybody in the loop lost ground. The Angels accomplished this by the minor expediency of clouting Portland's reeling Bea vers 7-4 and 2-0. Hollywood step ped past the Beavers and the San Diego Pardes by dumping the Pads 3-2 in a single game. San Francisco helped the Angels up their first place mar gin to three games by disposing of Seattle 6-3 and Sacramento picked on Vancouver 13-9. Dave Hillman kept Portland well in check until the ninth in ning while the Angels were OSC and UO Ready For NCAA Meet Berkely (U.R) A seven man Oregon State was on hand here toay to work out for this week end's NCAA track and field championships. Heading the Oregon entries will be Jim Bailey, the trans planted Australian who took the track world by shock when he passed world mile record holder John Landy in the Los Angeles coliseum and became the first man to run a sub-four minute mile in the United States. Bill Dellinger, another Ore gon distance man, will be among the favorites in the 500-meter run. Oregon also will have Martin Pedigo and Don McClure in the hop, step and jump and Ed Bingham in the javelin. Oregon State has sprinter Sam Wesley and high-jumper Wayne Moss. Moore Best Says Ref Portland UR) Harry Kess ler. veteran fight referee who works some of the top bouts in the country, said here' yesterday that Archie Moore looks like the next heavyweight champion of the world. In Portland as a consulting metalurgical engineer to discuss plans for modernizing a local foundary, Kessler said that should Moore meet Floyd Pat terson for the vacant crown, the edge would definitely have to go to Moore because of his skill and experience. 'The only thing that could beat Archie would be age," Kessler said. GET THAT "BIRD V ...then get yourself some One. bourbon. OLD HERMITAGE j BRAND -4 sfjajr' MNTUCKV STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY ; jj jfjigi Tn 0w Ruaruct Cwnn jftiigflfj OLD HKMlTKCCa.CW.0f NAJ10llDBT.Piro.C0RP,raANKf0RT pounding out 11 hits. Then Tom Saffell hit a two-run homer that brought in strong-armed Bob Anderson and the Angels had victory No. 1. Bilko Again In the second game Gene Fodge limited the Beavers to five hits without a run and Steve Bilko hit his 26th home run to make it a pair for the Angels and seven straight loss es for the Beavers. Rene Valdes, who gave up only four hits lost the contest. Hollywood set the season's high win skein with victory No. 10 in a row, but had to come from behind to do it John Merson homered for San Diego in the third and clipped Fred Waters' no-run string at 25 1-3 innings. The Pads added one in the sixth which Holly wood nullified with two in the eighth. In the top of the ninth Paul Pettit doubled home the tie breaker and the Stars were in the first division. George O'Donnell got the win in relief and Arnie Atkins went the route with a seven-hitter and lost:' Keough Homers San Francisco pushed across three tallies in the top of the Rain Forces Colt-GP Game Postponement - Rain forced postponement of the Cheney Colts-Grants Pass Merchants baseball game . at the fairgrounds last evening. The game will be rescheduled for later in the season. Izaak Walton Leaders Travel Up Rogue River, See Local Resources Double the membership was the hope of William H. Pringle, national president of the Izaak Walton League of America as he visited Rogue river area chap ters yesterday. Pringle was the main speaker at a joint dinner' of Ashland, Grants Pass, and Jackson Coun ty chapters at Grants Pass last evening. Earlier in the day he was taken on a tour of the river, visiting recreation areas and dam sites. . Pringle's home is in Pierre, S. D. He arrived in Medford by plane yesterday morning from San Francisco continuing his vis its to chapters around the coun try.. Shortly afterward, Oregon division IWL President Rollin E. Bowles landed on a plane from Portland to join in the river trek. Col. Paul Weiland, Medford, state Izaak Walton director, and Cole Rivers, Grants Pass, district fish biologist of the Oregon State game commission Ted the visitors on the trip. They traveled up the Rogue where they saw the lower Lewis OLD ffinSMETAQE BRAND and tell tlie woiid y$m Immv great 6 years $780 Em ri- ninth to take their second straight from Seattle. The Rain iers had tied the score with three in the bottom of the fifth and the game had been goose eggs on to the ninth. Marty Keough accounted for the first two Seal runs with a home run. Bill Abernathie, making his first appearance, got the victory in a relief role and starter Don Fracchia was the loser. Sacramento scored ten times in the fifth inning on four hits and eight w,alks to come from behind and whip Vancouver. However the Mounties kept com ing with three run outbursts in in the sixth and seventh to keep the wild game close. Fred Marsh hit his first hom er in Mountie garb in the third. Each team used four pitchers with the starters getting the de cisions. 1st Game Portland ..0O0 001 003 4 Los Angeles .101 004 OOx 7 11 1 Alexander. Hall (71. Fielder (8) and Bottler: Hillman. Anderson 9) and Hannah. 2nd Game 7 Innings Portland' . 000 000 0 0 5 1 Los Angeles 011 OOO X 2 4 O valdes and Calderone: Fodffe and Hannah. z Sacramenton OOO 010 1 llx IS 10 O Sacramento 000 O 10 1 llx 13 10 0 Besana. Curtis io. Baczewski (S). Searcy (7) and Neal: Bearden. R. Jones (6), Fisher (6). Candim (7) and Bright. Hollywood 000 OOO 021 3 7 3 San Diego 001 001 000 2 7 O Waters. Odonnell (81. Green (9) and Hall: Atkins and As troth. San Francisco 200 010 003 8 10 1 Seattle 000 030 000 3 8 X R. W. Smith. Abernathy 15), Zur kont (8) and Sullivan: Fracchia, Shal lock (9) and Orteig. creek dam site about three miles above Shady Cove, then went on up to Casey s Park. Coming back through Sams Valley region, they saw the Gold Ray and Savage Rapids dam sites,- and the " new construction at the power plant tubines at Ideal Cement company. Ideal has begun installation of louvre type fish screens, CoL Weiland reported. This is a new type screen, used with nearly 90 per cent efficiency at a site on the Sacramento river in Cali fornia. After his trip, Pringle said he felt that with so many natural resources in this area the people should make a "concerted ef fort" to protect them for the fu ture. He commented, "I think outdoor recreation is the most important industry out here now," and urged that it and the luniber industry, cooperate for protection of the resources. The national IWL president will be in Oregon until June 18. He is expected td be the guest of three Portland chapters later this week. ' - jl - old $A35 .T 45 QT.