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Kovenz Leads Studs to Victory Over Bend; Game This Afternoon The Medford Cheney Studs put timber to the ball In the second and fifth innings here Saturday afternoon to defeat the Bend Loggers 8 to 2 in the first of three-game series. Bob Selsor pitched the win for Medford. Lowell Pearce was charged with the loss for Bend. The two teams scheduled a game last night and will play another at the fairgrounds be ginning at 2 p.m. this afternoon. Bend first broke the scoring Ice in the top of the second In ning. Two-hundred twenty-five pound Ron Bowen, first man up. boomed a double to the left field fence. Maurie Rasmussen took Selsor' s second offering of the inning and pushed another to left, this time a triple, scoring the husky Bowen. Moments later. Rasmussen came home with the last Log ger score of the afternoon alter tagging up on a high fly by Ray Lunde. Studs Get FW icked ud five counters in their half of the second frame. Loose-Umbefl .n!.I.i.r Jack Cooney pushed ..... .inele. Derald Wooten walked, and Bill Martell. flashy ... hirrf . sackcr for Medford flied out. Jim Stcffcn drew a walk, loading the bases. oiirhrr Bob Selsor knock cd Cooney in with a sharp ingle through shortstop. Twink Pederson, next rr.3n up, made it to first and Wooten came home STANDINGS NATIONAL I.IAOII! affllwauke Brooklyn . Cincinnati Pittsburgh St. Louis Chicago . Philadelphia New York W I. 32 22 32 25 32 2 30 21 32 29 23 31 24 34 23 34 Prt. .5n3 JSS1 J52 .326 ,125 .428 .414 .404 lit 2 3'i 3, 9 10 10 'i Saturday Rssults Chicago 9. Plttahurgh S (10 innings) Philadelphia a. St. Louis 1 Brooklvn 7. Cincinnati S Milwaukee 2. New York 1 ' AMERICAN LEAGUE W L New York a. 40 22 Chicago .. Cleveland Boston Prt. .643 .607 Baltimore. Detroit 'Kansas City Waarftnirton Night gam 34 22 . 33 27 M . 30 29 . 29 33 . 27 32 24 37 393 15' . 26 41 .388 16' 3 6 .508 8! .48 1 1 SATURDAY'S RESULTS Chicago 2. New York 0 Cleveland 9, Washington 8 Baltimore at Detroit, postponed, rain. Vernon Leads Voting for AL 1st Base New York (U.R) Mickey Ver non of the Red Sox, who has been chosen on five previous American league all-star teams, regained the lead from Vic Wertz of the Indians Saturday In the balloting to determine who will start at first base in this year's game. Although fan voting closed Friday at midnight, the huge back-log of ballots collected by the nation's newspapers and radios and television stations continued to flow into commis sioner Ford Frick's office. The tabluation of votes will not be completed until next Friday. Wertz, making a remarkable comeback from an attack of po lio last summer, took over the lead among American League first baseman with a flood of ballots on Friday. However, the subsequent tally moved Vernon back into first place by a margin of 29,340 votes to 26,054. Two other close races were being waged in the voting to de cide 16 starters, exclusive of pitchers, for the mid-summer baseball classic to be played at Washington's Griffith studium, July 10. Third Base Race These ballot battles were at third base in the American League and left field in the Na tional. Rip Repulskt of the Cardinals, sidelined with a hairline wrist fracture, gained ground on Frank Thomas of the Pirates for left field in the National League, but his lead of 21.214 votes to 18.127 still could be wiped out by the time all the ballots are counted. The same was true for third base in the American League, where George Kill of the Orioles led Ray Boone of the Tigers, 22.672 votes to 19.538. Kell, like Repulski. widened his mar gin in the latest tabulation. Mickey Mantle of the Yankees continued to lead the entire ma jor league ticket with a total of 62.812 votes. His teammate. Yogi Berra, was second with 58.105. First baseman Dale Long of the Pirates was the most pop ular National League choice with 52,446 votes. as the Logger shortstop bobbled Pederson's grounder. Dick Toney hit to third-baseman Bowen and forced Peder son at second. Toney and Sel sor ran home with number four and five for the Studs when John Kovenz lofted a long double to the popular left field. Both pitchers settled down through the next three innings. Selsor gave up singles in the third and fourth. Bend's Low ell Pearce gave Roelandt a single and Cooney a double, In the fifth before getting the last two men to ground out to Bow en at third. In the bottom of the sixth, Medford again went to work at the plate. Steffen was out, pitch er to first, and Selsor went down on a fly to center field. Pederson then singled,-' and Toney was hit on the elbow to put men on first and second. A wild pitch advanced both one base. Clutch-man Kovenz step- MEDPORDvfMiTrUBimX ped into the box and sliced a clean double down the first base stripe for his third and fourth runs batted in. Kovenz came home with the final tally as Roe land grounded to Bowen and the big man threw into the dirt causing baseman Lunde to miss the ball. Selsor gave up only four hits during the afternoon, one each to Bradshaw, Bowen, Rasmussen and Lunde. Lowell Pearce was found for ten hits, including Kovenz's two doubles, a double and single by Selsor, the same by Cooney, and singles by Pederson, Roelandt, Wooten and Martell. Bend was charged with' three errors, all three going to Ron Bowen. Llnescores: RUB Cheney Studr 0.10 003 OOx 8 10 0 Bend Loggers .. 020 000 00O2 4 1 ROUGH AND TUMBLE What looks like a football play Is Kansas City Athletics left fielder Gus Zernial being tagged out at home plate by Washington Nats' catcher Clint Courtney in the third inning at Kansas City, Mo. Zernial was trying to score from second base on Harry Simpson's double. Vic Power, A's first baseman,' watches at right Washington won, 5-4. Bevos Snap Mount.es Winning Streak, 8-3 Vancouver U.Pj The Portland Beavers ignited for four runs in the seventh inning at Vancouver's Capilano stad ium this afternoon and an 8-3 victory in the first half of a day night twin bill that snapped the Mounties' winning streak at three games. Right-hander Ray Shore came on in the seventh to finish the game for the Beavers and hold the Mounties in check after Rene Valdes had earned himself the victory by pitching the first six frames. The score was tied 3-3 after six full innings and then the Beavers went out and made it easy for their mound corps with the booming four-run flourish in the top of the seventh. Bamberger Loses George Bamberger took the wriv'-rjM ' ,..-rr-.Jat WORKING out with Chicago police baseball team. Rocky Marciano, ex -heavyweight champion, takes a healthy swing at balL He once was catcher. (International) THE TJNKINDEST CUT Livonia. Mich. (U.ff Livo nia's city attorney. George Hal ler. saw his salary slashed by $4,500 in the period of only five seconds.- The 'city commission, after "sober reconsideration" that lasted five seconds, upheld its cut of Haller' salary from 112,500 to $8,000 annually. Bay At Builders Supply :) QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks. Flues Drain Tile 11 W. McAndrews Phone 2-4107 loss for the Canadians, who had edged the Beavers 6-5 Friday night in the opening set-to of a three-game series. Harry Bright and Wally West lake slammed home runs in the ninth inning to give the Sacra mento Solons a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels in a Pa cific Coast league game at Wrigley Field Saturday after noon. The win broke a Solon eight- game losing streak and gave Roger Osenbaugh his fourth pitching victory of the season against five loses. Bob Ander son (6-2) absorbed the loss for the Angels, Seals Win The San Francisco Seals shut out the San Diego Padres 2-0 to even their Pacific Coast league series at a game apiece. Lefthander R. W. Smith kept the Padres away from the plate for eight innings and then weak ened in the ninth to let two men get on with none out. Eli Grba Four Games In RVL Today The first pitch in four Rogue Valley league baseball games should cross the plate at 2 p.m. today. The local Cheney Colts are at Grants Pass. Grants Pass claims a tie with Glendale for leader ship of the eight teams, having won four and lost n,re. The Colts are in a four-way knot at second place with a two and two record after being served a 10-5 defeat by Cave Junction in last Sunday's game. Glendale travels to Camp White in a game which pita an unbeaten team against an un- vlctorious team. At Ashland, the home club meets Eagle Point, holding down the cellar with Camp White at four losses and no wins. In the final encounter, Butte Falls visits Cave Junction. Both teams won their games last Sun day and will be seeking to knock each other out of their tie for second in the standings. came from the bullpen to pitch the final Inning and preserve the shutout. rJ Vi!lil lb ikW s. ? v " , 4 A V V for sure . It -V f V f HI NOTHING I Vi - HERE YfA " V He's wearing Sonofone's, Newest Hearing Aid... ALL AT THE EAR! WEIGHS ONLY OZ. WITH BATTERY Traditional SONOTONE 18 Years with Sonoten C. R. ADAMSON DISTRICT MANAGER 139 East Jackson Prions 2-5904 Sunday. June 24, 1958 r MEDFORD (OREGON ) MAIL TRIBUNE JTIWI Dick Mayer Posts 198 For Daily News Title Philadelphia U.R) Dick Mayer, a slim, hungry pro who hasn't won a tournament this year, rippled a record five- un der par 63 Saturday to take over first place in the Phila delphia Daily News $20,000 an nual tournament with 198 total for 54 holes. Mayer, who plays out of St. Petersburg, Fla., was six under par for the Cobbs Creek course after three days in his bid for the $4,000 top prize money. The blonde from St. Pete was three strokes ahead of second place Doug Holscher, of Apple Valley, Calif., whose sub-par 66 SEVEN-POUND SINGLE Eugene (U.R) University of Oregon has a new baseball pros pect coming up : Webfoot Baseball Coach Don Kirsch passed out the cigars yes terday and announced that he and Mrs. Kirsch were the proud parents of a 7 pound, 14 ounce boy with the hands of a shortstop. MINCED MEAT Des Moines, la. U.R) A Cal ifornia woman wrote Gov. Leo A. Hoegh in the interest of the hog farmer and suggested he de clared Feb. 2 "Sausage Day." She explained, "You know, Ground Hog Day." today gave him a 201 total. Mayer, 33, chortled that "I've got a good putter working now ; as he birdied six holes and bog eyed only one. His iron shots also rang true as he made the course his private paradise on a muggy day with the temperature hitting 90 and the humidity way up. Voisler Knocked Out The "heat knocked out Ernie Vossler, of Midland, Tex., who collapsed at the ninth hole and was carried from the course. A physician pronounced it heat ex haustion. Vossler was two under par for the out nine at the time. Mike Ketchick, of Mahopac, N.Y., was third, one stroke be hind Holscher, with Arnold Pal mer, Latrobe, Pa., Doug Ford of Mahopac and Bill Casper Jr., of Chula Vista, Calif., the sec ond day leader, all tied for 4th with 203. Fred; Hawkins, of El Paso, Texas, who opened the tourna-1 ment with a 65 as the first day leader, was seventh with 204 and Gardner Dickinson Jr., Pan ama City, Fla., was eighth with 205. U. S. Open Champion C a r y Middlecoff and Jimmy Demaret were 16 strokes behind the lead er with 214 cards and Frank Stranahan was 17 behind with 215 total. 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