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Studs Tie for SO Leadership; Defeat Lumberjacks in 2 of 3 Ol'THERN OREGON LEAGUE STA.N1JI.NGS W. L. Prt. ...S 4 5it ..5 4 -55 ..3 3 -500 3 3 -5fW ...2 4 .333 Medford Coos Bay. Bnd Coquilla 2 Medford Cheney Studs nicked Coos Bay-North Bend 6 to 5 in North Bend yesterday afternoon in a well-played encounter to capture their semi-pro baseball leries with the Lumberjacks and gain a share of first place in the Southern Oregon league. Sunday triumph followed a Saturday split at North Bend. Medford won the Saturday aft ernoon fuss 11 to 3 and the 'Jacks came back to claim the night fracas 7 to 3. At Bend the Loggers also won a series, downing Drain two games to one and enabling the Studs to pull even with defend ing champion Black Sox. Bend took the Saturday afternoon mix 12 to 5, bowed to the Sox 4 to 5 in the evening then tallied for six runs in the final canto yesterday to nudge Drain 7 to 6. Heavy Hitting The Studs with some heavy slugging took a 3 to 0 lead in their Saturday night brush on , the coast. But Pitcher Jerry Bar tow held them to three hits over the final six innings. The Lum berjacks caught up with three runs in the third inning and tucked away a victory with a three-counter seventh inning. Yesterday Medford piled up four runs in the first inning, had its edge slimmed to 4 to 3 then got a couple of markers in the seventh inning. Coos Bay-Norih Bend challenged the Studs with a pair of tallies in the seventh. Twink Pederson singled for the Studs in the first inning Sat urday and John Kovenz, who hit four for five for the night. tripled him home. K o v e 11 z slapped another three bagger in the third frame. Frank Roelandt doubled and Jack Cooney tripled for two runs. In the third inning for Coos Bay, Harvey Jones walked, Joe Trembly singled, Fred Granato forced out Jones and Jim Pifher and Tom Hunt hit two basers. Jones and Trembly in the sev enth added a pair of doubles to the many extra base hits. Gra nato was safe on an error and Pifher singled. Hits 3 for 3 Jones hit thre for three, Pif her two for three and Trembly two for five. Bartow whiffed seven batters and walked four in an eight-hitter and Don White of the Studs, pitching 10-hit ball, struck out thre and gave four bases on balls. Medford got Its four runs In the opening canto yesterday as Dick Toney walked, Kovenz doubled, and Bill Martell Roe landt and Bob Selsor singled. In the seventh Kovenz got a base on balls and stole second base. Roelandt singled him home and then swiped second. Cooney sacrificed and Pederson singled in the run. The 'Jacks got a pair of first inning runs on hits by Jones and Pifher and a fielder's option by Trembly. In the third Granato and Pifher singled and Lloyd's Lewis's foul flyout enabled Gra nato to go home. Don Lane dou bles, Jones singled and Trembly tripled for two CB-NB runs in the seventh. Roelandt swatted three for What? Gin'n Nothing? Yes, when it's FLEISCHMANN'S GIN. it's so smooth you'll like it straight! And gin that smooth makes a perfect Tom Collins every time! fclSTILLED FROM AMERICAN GRAINVOISTILtED'DRY GIN i 50 PROOg JHE REISCHMANN.DlSTILllNG CORP 0MTI0NJiEW.Y0RK CITY four for Medford yesterday and Jones and Pifher two for four each for the Lumberjacks. Selsor for Medford and Lane for Coos Bay hurled nine-hitters. Selso struck out five and T.ne two and Selsor gave three free passes and Lane five. Infieider Dick Toney of the Studs suffered a spike wound in the first inning and was tak en to the hospital to have stitches in his hand. He may be out of action two weeks. The Studs will go to Bend for a single Wednesday afternoon game and will meet the Wash ington Studs here next Saturday and Sunday. A Tuesday night game at Bend has been called off. With Toney and Wooton on the crippled list and a number of player unable to Bet away SIPdDMTTS Cheney Colts Nip Ashland; Outlaws Hand Glendale 1st Rogue Valley ROGI E VAI.I.EV LEAGUE STANDINGS Prt. .833 .833 .667 .667 .500 .167 .000 on Glendale 5 Grants Pass Cheney Colts Cave Junction Ashland Camp White Eagle Point ...5 ...4 4 ...3 ...1 ...0 Cave Junction hopped Glendale pitching reserves yes terday to hand the Millers their first setback in the Rogue Val ley Baseball league, 14 to 3. Grants Pass Merchants shel lacked the Butte Falls Loggers 12 to 1 to gain a first place dead lock with Glendale and the Chen ey Colts pulled into a third place tie with Cave Junction by nipping the Ashland Lithians 7 to 6. Duane Miller, star hurler of the Glendale nine, hurt his arm in the second inning and his re placements, Tom Prestianni, Paul Smith and Floyd West couldn't hold down the Outlaws. Camp White scored the third overwhelming verdict of the day, breaking into the win col umn in the RVL for the first time this season with a 21 to 7 decision over Eagle Point. The Eagles are still hunting for their first loop victory. 24 Hits by CW The Whiters pounded out a bulging 24 hits and were helped by nine Eagle Point miscues. Bob Nelson hit for four for five. Dick Wooton three for five and Tom Rodgers and Jim McAbee each three for six. . McAbee slammed a homer and a triple and Nelson and Rodgers each a three-bagger. Nelson and Al Waldron lim ited the Eagle Point club to six hits. Camp White scored in every inning in its heavy offensive ac tion but had a shaky defensive start All five of their errors were in the first two cantos. To defeat the Lithians the Colts packed their runs into two innings and then outlasted the efforts of Ashland' to catch up from Tuesday jobs the Studs would be lacking in manpower for a game that night. I.INESCOREft: Saturday 'ijht Medford 102 000 000 3 S 2 CB-NB 003 000 31x 7 10 1 White and Roelandt; Bartow and Allison. Sunday Afternoon Medford 400 000 200 8 9 0 CB-NB 201 000 200 5 8 2 Selsor and Roelandt; Lane and Alli son. Saturday Afternoon Drain . 001 Oil 200 5 10 4 Bend 602 000 40x 12 11 1 Croco. Helser 7 and Beard; Dmo chojAiky and Roth. Saturday Nirht Drain 022 000 0108 9 2 Bend 000 012 010 4 9 4 Duerr, Stratton (8t, and Beard Pearce and Roth. Sunday Afternoon Drain 001 020 030 8 8 3 RTd 001 oon rKifi 7 7 4 League Loss The Cheney crew collected three runs in the fourth frame to get a 3 to 1 edge then saw the Lithia nine push over two runs to catch up. It the fifth the Colts got four markers for 7 to 3. Ashland pecked back with one in the sixth and two in the sev enth. Sparkling Offense The fourth panel had some sparkling offensive play by the Colts. Howard Morris singled and Frank Rector walked. They advanced to second and third bases on a passed ball and Mor rie Churchman drew a base on balls. Doy Gatlin laid down a sacrifice bunt to squeeze home Morris. Rector stole home and Churman swiped third on the same play. Then Sides clipped a long fly double to score Church man. Two bases on balls, a bunt single by Morris, two errors, a wild pitch, a three-bagger blow to right field by Rector and a squeeze bunt by Churchman amassed the four runs in the fifth. First three innings of play were scoreless. Hits by Joe Fen- ton and Howard Gang and ah error produced, the Ashland counter in the fourth. An error, and three consecutive singles by Jerry Montgomery, Ray Wein- hold and Gene Parent picked up the two runs in the fifth. Some fine Colt throwing nip ped one scoring chance and the threat of another in the stanza. Montgomery scored on Parent's hit to right field, Weinhold tried to make it home too, but was caught on a relay, outfielder Gatlin, to second baseman Churchman to catcher Morris. The catcher threw to shortstop Rector at second to pick off Par ent, who had gone to second in the throw-in. Montgomery Doubles A couple of errors and a base on balls gave Ashlands score in the sixth frame and singles by Pete Cotton and Jack Colley, a double by Montgomery, a base on balls and a hit batter got the two in the seventh. Of the Colt's six hits, three men got two each. Morris socked two for two. Rector two for three and Sides two for four. Cotton slugged three for five and Mon gomery two for four for Ash land. Kay Kelley on the mound for the Colts yielded seven hits and was charged with four runs for five innings. He struckout three men and walked three. His re liever, Sides, gave up three hits and two runs over four frames, fanning two batters, walking two and hitting one. Jerry Montgomery was tagged for five hits by the Colts and was charged with all the runs in his 4 1-3 innings on the hill. He whiffed seven and gave five bases on balls. Parent in relief was touched for one hit and fan ned two and walked two in 3 2-3 stanzas. He gave up a bunt that let in a runner Montgomery had let on base. The Colts play the Roseburg Merchants at Roseburg in a hol iday game on Wednesday. I.1NESC0RES: Ashland 000 121 200 8 10 3 Colts 000 340 OOx 7 8 8 Kelley, Sidea (61 and Morris; Mont gomery. Parent (S) and Colley, Mont gomery (6). Eaele Point ....320 OO0 020 7 6 9 Camp White ... 531 333 12x 21 24 S Boren. Peterson (9) and Tresham; Nelson, Waldron (8) and McAbee. Bay At Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks, Fines Drain Tile ?i? W. McAndrews Phone 2-4107 Wood, Hamlin Gain lifie Championships C. L. Wood, Bellflower, Calif., was crowned the Oregon aggre gate titlist and Lt. Virgil Ham lin, Lowry Air Force base, Den ver, Colo., won the overall ag gregate championship in the two - day annual Oregon Rifle and Pistol association which ended Sunday at the Medford Rifle and Pistol club range. Wood fired 3 19 1-24 lx in the state event to beat out L. E. Brentlinger, Eugene, who won first master's medal with 3190 222x. George Hendricks, Etna, Calif., took second master with 3188-223x. Hamlin totalled 3454 for over all aggregate laurels. Hendricks Bears Head Northwest By 6 Tiffs By JOHN R. LONG United Press Sports Writer The Yakima Bears are firm believers in the adage that beat your nearest competitor is the way to win pennants. Two victories over second place Eugene yesterday moved the Bears six games out in front of the pack in the chase for the first half Northwest League championship. Yakima capitalized on a por ous Emerald defense to sweep both ends of the Sunday double header, 9-4 and 6-1. The Bears scored three runs in the fourth frame of the first game on a double, a single and an error. They added three more tallies In the sixth on two sin gles and two more Eugene errors. Errors also led to Eugene's downfall in the nightcap. Two Emerald errors and three sin gles accounted for five Yakima runs in the third inning and the Bears coasted on to victory. The other twin bills on the Sunday schedule wound up even steven. Tri-City and Salem split a pair with the Braves winning the seven-inning opener, 4-2, and Salem taking the extra inning game, 4-3. Lewiston and Spokane also split their doubleheader. The Broncs won the first game, 7-2, but Spokane pitcher Bill Bottler led the Indians to a 3-1 victory in the nightcap. Bottler won his own game with a 405-foot blast over the centerfield wall in the eighth inning with two team mates on base. He also struck out 12 men and walked only two while giving up six hits. Palmer Captures Insurance City Wethersfield, Conn. (U.R) - Arnold Palmer's $4,000 first prize in the Insurance City Open was all the more pleasant for him to pocket today because he earned it in a two-hole playoff using a putter that had belonged to his opponent, Ted Kroll. Palmer and Kroll, great pals, wound up dead even Sunday at the end fo the 72-hole medal play in the tournament at 274 apiece. They stayed even with birdies on the first extra hole. then Palmer gained the first prize when Kroll missed a 10 foot putt. Kroll, in his failure, had play ed superior golf on the final round, turning in a ub-par 67 while Palmer shot an erratic 71. Kroll gained second money of $2,200, finishing ahead of six players who were anchored at third with 275 apiece. They were Ernie Vossler of Midland, Tex., who came up with a final round of 65, hottest of the day; Don Fairfield, Casey, 111., Bud Holscher, Apple Valley, Calif., Charles Sifford, Philadelphia, Fred Hawkins, El Paso, Tex., and Gene Littler, Singing Hills, Calif. NEUHAUS VICTOR Dortmund, Germany U.R) Heinz Neuhaus, former German and Europen heavyweight cham pion, registered a 10-round deci sion over Peter Bates of Eng land Sunday night before 6,000 fans. Neuhaus weighed 216 pounds; Bates, 202. TRAIN TICKETED Conconrd, Mass. (U.R) A railroad train got a traffic ticket here. Police Chief Robert E. Kelley order the action because the train blocked a highway at a grade crossing for 15 minutes. The law imposes a five-minute limit on such train stops. VACATION DIVIDEND add extra, days . . . your vacation starts the mo ment you step aboard UNION PACIFICs all new City of Portland Domeliner. Aroid high way hazards and fatigue. Enjoy hrxurious living on wheels at no extra fare. CALL BNION PACIFIC RAAJtOAD was second " with 3441 and Brentlinger third with 3422. Charles Smutz, LaGrande, won fourth with 3419 and Paul Dodge, Yreka, Calif., fifth with 3407. Missing the bullseye only once, Wood took honors yester day with 1599-132x in the scope sight competition. His 1592-109x was second to Hendrick's win ning 1594-102x in Saturday iron sight aggregate rivalry. Wood waS first in three of four scope matches yesterday. He was second in the other. He took the 50-meters with 400-36x, the 50-yard shoot with the same score, the Dewar (20 shots at 50-yards, 20 at 100) with 400 34x. Hendrick nabbed the 100 yarder with 399-28x and Wood fired 399-26x. In the Saturday iron sights Dewar, Wood won with 399-27x. In the Oregon state aggregate Smutz was first expert with 3165-164x, Archie Haskins, Ash land, first sharpshooter with 3128-123x and Harold Gravelle, Chico, Calif., first marksman, with 3102-115. Jean Privat, Springfield, was second expert with 3161-182x, Mrs. Florence Bolton, Medford, second sharpshooter with 3107 125x and J. R. Smith, Medford, second marksman with 3093-97x. Brentlinger gained first mas ter's medal in the scope matches with 1598-132x and William Schlitzkus, Springfield, took master with 1598-113x. Smutz was first expert with 1578-74x, Haskins first sharp shooter with 1554-44x, and Gra velle first marksman with 1573 71x. Lee Swem and Russell Cor nelius, Portland Rifle club won the two-man team match yester day with 797-58x. There were eight teams. In the international match a 10-man 3976 total was aggregate to place against the Miniature Arms society of England, which fires on July 22. Dick Killian Cycle Victor Dick Killian, Grants Pass, was first and his twin brother, Bob Killian, second yesterday in the motorcycle hare and hound enduro race in the Apple gate area west'of Ruch. John Wenker, Ashland rode a fine race in taking third spot. He headed the pack into the first check of the hardest lap. A bit of check trouble forced him to third. Harry Elledge, Rogue River, won the trail sweeper's trophy as the last rider to complete the course. Of eleven riders who qualified only eight finished the tough course laid out by Allen S. Heut son, Jacksonville. Trophies were presented by girls who acted as checkers. A good crowd was on hand to watch from a hillside at the start and finish line. White's Cycle shop, Medford, was sponsor. ORIOLES INK HURLER Baltimore CU.R) Bob Wil liams, an 18-year-old, righthand ed pitcher from Salinas, Calif., has signed a non-bonus tontract with the Baltimore Orioles and has been assigned to Paris, Tex in the Class "D" Sooner State league. HANSON CHAMPION Des Moines, la. (U.R) Bever ly Hanson won the women's Western Open golf champion ship Sunday by four strokes over Louise Suggs. RADIO ASTRONOMY Troy, N.Y. (U.R) A radio as tronomy laboratory is being set up by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on a wooded tract near here. The lab, expected to de velop into an important link with other college stations, will be in operation by early fall. It will measure the degree to which radio waves from outer space are absorbed in the upper air covering the earth. KOREAN VETS You are eligible to take flight training under the G.I. Bill. Time is running out en your G.I. educa tional benefits, so ACT NOW! For further information contact Medford Air Service at the Airport. Medford 3-1960 or drop In and see us Monday. July 2, 1S38 Tyler To Be Chucker in Legion Fray Ernie Tyler probably will get the mound call from Coach Johnny Kovens Tuesday ning when the Medford-Cen-iral Point American Legion Junior baseball club entertains Roseburg at the fairgrounds. It will be Tyler's first Le gion start. Korenx announced plant Jo chucker, at the third bat slot. Stere Wisely who has held that assignment if on Tication. Phil Sword may do the catching with Dennis King at first base, Larry Parkins at second and Gordon Owsley at shortstop. Th mentor antici pated the return of Eldon Francis and Dick Copple lo work with Dick McLaughlin in the outfield. Francis has been at National Guard camp and Coppl on a trip. Game time tomorrow will be at 8 p.m. A Tlctory Is a rlrtual must for Medford If it Is to uphold ambitions for district honors. Roseburg pitcher may ba chosen from Dick Smith, Al lan Smith and Bill Oerding. Grants Pass is host to Rose burg this evening. STANDINGS PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W. L. Prt. GB Seattle 53 34 Los Angelea 51 34 1 Hollywood .. Sacramento .44 39 .530 7 .40 42 .488 10', 40 42 .448 10'j Portland San Diego 40 4S San Francisco 39 46 471 12 .459 13 Vancouver 30 35 .333 22 Sunday's Results Los Angeles 7-4. Seattle 4-1. Hollywood 4-6. Sacramento 3-1. (1st, 12 ninings). Portland 8-0. Vancouver 7-1. San Diego 6-4, San Francisco 2-5. (1st, 10 innings). How Series Ended San Diego 3. San Franeisco 1. Hollywood 3. Sacramento 1. Seattle 3. Los Angeles 2. Portland 3, Vancouver 1. AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. 46 25 New York Chicago Cleveland Boston Baltimore 39 26 .600 .39 29 35 32 32 38 .457 1314 Detroit 30 37 .448 14 Washington Kansas City 26 44 .371 Sunday's Results New York 3, Washington (1st ). New York 8. Washington 6 (2nd). Cleveland 7, Chicago 6 flstt. Cleveland 6, Chicago 1 (2nd;. Baltimore 5, Boston 3. Kansas City 4, Detroit S. (Only games scheduled). Tuesday's Games Chicago at Detroit. Kansas City at Ch?land Boston at Washington. Baltimore at New York. NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. .Pet. Milwaukee 37 2S .5S7 Cincinnati 39 28 .582 Brooklyn 38 29 St. Louis 36 33 .522 Pittsburgh 32 33 .492 Philadelphia 28 30 New York 27 38 .415 11 Chicago .26 37 .413 11 Sunday's Results Philadelphia 7. Brooklyn (1st). Brooklyn 4, Philadelphia 1 (2nd). New York 3. Pittsburgh 2 (lstl. New York 7. Pittsburgh 6 (2nd) aus pended 3th inning, curfew. Chicago 7. Milwaukee O (1st). Milwaukee 4, Chicago 3 (2nd). Cincinnati 19, St. Louis 15 (1st, innings). Cincinnati 7, St. Louis 1 (2nd). Tuesday's Games Philadelphia at Pittsburgh Milwaukee at Cincinnati. St. Louis at Chicago. (Only games scheduled). NORTHWEST LEAGUE W. Yakima Eugene Lewiston Tri-City Wenatchee Salem . Spokane -.41 ..34 24 .32 23 24 34 23 37 ..18 40 .310 22 Sunday's Results Yakima 9-6, Eugene 4-1. Tri-City 4-3. Salem 2-4. Lewiston 7-1, Spokane 2-S. Shreveport Buys Waibel on Look Portland (U.R) Dick Waibel, veteran hurler for the Portland Beavers, Saturday was sold on a "look" to Shreveport of the Texas league. Waibel, who joined the Bea vers in 1950, had seen little ac tion this season. USE TRIBUNE WANT ADS FOR RESULTS LEARN TO FLY Women's Golf The Rogue Valley Lady Golf ers will hold their monthly luncheon, Thursday, July 5, at 1 p.m. Eighteen-hole play for the day will be specs. Women make their own threesomes. Nine hole play will be throw-out. D players are to make own two somes. Club championship qualifying Seixas Tips Morris at Wimbledon Wimbledon, England (U.R) Vic Seixas of Philadelphia, seek ing to regain the Wimbledon men's tennis championship he won in 1953, defeated Allen Morris, Atlanta, Ga., 13-11,. 6-0, 6-3, today to reach the tourna ment semifinals along with Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall, Aus tralia two "whiz kids."' Hoad, who is top seeded in the tournament, defeated a fel low Aussia, Mai Anderson, 4-6, 6-5, 6-1, 13-11. Rosewall, seeded second, easily disposed of Swe den's Ulf Schmidt, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2, on a rain-spattered program. Seixas, who is seeded eighth, next plays Rosewall, while Hoad faces the winner of today's wind up quarterfinal match between Ham Richardson, Westfield, N.J., and Neale Fraser cf Aus tralia. E Hiram Sffi Now-ffiram g Walkr 5." iW'ff. nUU Is J 1 1 . U DouiDon ax 1111 i rno riiili to czzr it J k ESaff'Y Ol Yearsl r I lis rrrrrrr: r quart 16 PROOF STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY 5 YEARS OLD. HIRAM WALKER 1 SONS, INC, PEORIA, ILL, MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN PHILLIES SIGN PhiladelphiaiU.R) The Phil adelphia Phillies today signed two young pitchers from New York to non-bonus contracts. John Lamabe of Farmingdale, N.Y., was optioned to Wilson, N.C., in the Carolina league and Don Large of Wantagh, N.Y., will report to Schenectady in the) Eastern league next season. COLLINS AUTO WINNER Rheims, France (U.R) Peter Collins of Britain won tha French Grand Prix auto race. World champion Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina finished fourth. will start July 5. Play last week was on the RVWG trophy. Win ners were Mrs. Sam Colton, A group; Mrs. Ed Sickels, B group; Mrs. Benton Smith, C group; Mrs. F. M. Rhodes, D group. Mrs. Richard Finch will b working on the table this month. FILMS IN by 10 a.m. OUT by 4:30 p.m. S&H GREEN STAMPS ANDER'S Photo Shop 232 I. Main Ph. 2-5444 Walker Quality
