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i Angels Drop Chance to Close Gap in PCL Race Los Angeles iU.P.j The Los Angeles Angels opened a four game stand against San Diego to day, trailing league-leading Seat tle by a game and a half in the Pacific Coast league race. While the Rainiers were play ing exhibition ball in Anchor age, Alaska, Monday, the Cher ubs missed a chance to make up ground when they dropped a 7-4 decision to last place Vancouver In the Mounties' park. Catcher John Romano drove Legion Team Seeks Win Here Tonight Medford-Central Point junior American Legion baseball team can tie for the number one spot In the league race with a victory over Roseburg when they play at the fairgrounds tonight. Game time Is 8 p.m. Roseburg comes here fresh from a 15 to 3 whomping of Grants Pass yesterday at Rose burg. This puts the GP club out of the running but leaves Medford-Central Point in striking distance. r- Roseburg now has six wins and one loss; Medford-CP has five wins and two losses. Coach John Kovenz plans to end Ernie Tyler to the mound for the locals tonight. It will be Tyler's first pitching start of the season. Medford-CP should be strengthened with the return of Eldon Francis and Dick Copple In the outfield. Francis has been at National Guard camp and Copple on a vacation trip. Roseburg can choose from the two Smith boys, Dick and Al len, or Bill Oerding for pitch ing duties. Allen reportedly a cousin of Dick, the ace hurler for state B champions, Glide, took the victory over Grants Pass yesterday. in four of Vancouver's runs, two of them with a home run that highlighted a three run rally in the sixth inning. Bob Harrison was credited with the victory after coming on in the sixth to relieve Ryne Du ren who was thumbed off the field by Umpire Chris Pelekou das for protesting a called balk. Bob Thorpe, relieved by Gene Fodge in the sixth, was charged with his fourth loss. No other games were sched uled. In other contests tonight, San Francisco invades Sacramento while Hollywood is at Portland. The Rainiers are due back from Alaska Wednesday when they play the Mounties at Vancouver in a doubleheader. Giardello Tops Baldoni New York (U.R) Former middleweight contender Joey Giardello may have earned a trip back to Madison Square Garden next month by his flashy first round knockout of Tony Baldoni in Monday night's TV fight at St. Nicholas arena. Philadelphia Joey said today, "I'm ready to meet the ranking contenders again." And Manag ing Director Harry Markson of the International Boxing Club, said, "we are considering Giar dello as a possible August op ponent for Rory Calhoun." Unbeaten Calhoun of White Plains, N.Y., boasts 22 straight victories. Giardello, weighing 159V2 to Baldoni's 158V4, knocked out the slugger from Wilkes-Barre, Pa., at 2:46 of the first round before about 800 fans in St. Nick's. Med: une SEPODM-T S LINESCORE: R H E Grants Pass ... ono 000 3 3 4 4 Roseburg 700 440 x 15 8 1 Kansas Track Coach Signs at Colgate U. Hamilton, N.Y. (U.R) John F. Warner, 27-year-old assistant track coach at the University of Kansas and a 1951 graduate from the University of Syracuse, has been named head track coach at Colgate University, suc ceeding John F. Rourke, who Is retiring. Use Tribune Want Ads So smooch it leaves you breathless mirnoff ttrnziest name a VODKA SO Proof. Oist. from grain. St. Pierre Smirnoff Fit. IDIv. of HtubUln), Hartford, Conn., U.S.A. Colts Travel To Roseburg The Cheney Colts baseball squad will be a shorthanded gang Wednesday when they go to Roseburg to- meet the semi pro Merchants. Manager Harry Tonn said that probably only 10 players will make the trip. Those scheduled to go to the Douglas county metropolis for the return ruckus are Laval Meunier, catcher; Duane Sides, pitcher, Harvey Tonn, Frank Rector, Morrie Churchman and Don LaBeau, infielders, and Ed Reinking, Larry Bigham and Doy Gatlin, outfielders. The Colts nudged Roseburg 9 to 8 here last week. Wednesday's affair is a non-league fuss. Rose burg is playing an independent slate. Pitcher Kay Kelley of the Colts is marrying Lucille Abbot in a Friday night ceremony. He won't be with the Colts for their Butte Falls trip on Sunday. BARBERS BOYCOTT FRENCH Karachi, Pakistan 4U.R) Pak istani barbers held a special meeting "to consider the Alge rian situation" and announced today they would demand peace as the price of a haircut. The barbers voted a tonsorial boycott against the French diplomatic corps until France halts the Al gerian fighting. Dead line Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday: 10 a.m Monday for Monday; other days 5:30 previous day FISHERMEN! h LARGE RAINBOW TROUT Everything Furnished NO LICENSE NO LIMIT Open Every Day ELROD'S TROUT FARM 4 Mi. West of Talent on Ander son Creek. Ph. Ashland 9-3268 i u i "ion 'lei ! i in i "f"- L COUPLE OF RECORD BREAKERS Glenn Davis (left) of Ohio State and Eddie Southern of Texas seemingly go over the hurdles neck and neck as they race for the finish line in the finals of the 400-meter hurdles at Los Angeles. They both broke the existing world record of 50.4 held by Russia. Davis won the event and set a new mark of 49.5. Southern's close second was 49.7. Rogue Valley Golfers Lose in Sunday Match With Klamath Falls The Rogue Valley Country Club took a 68V2 to 39V2 drub bing at the hands of Klamath Falls Country Club in a golf team match on the Klamath course Sunday afternoon. Only 13 out of the 36 Rogue Valley players managed to come out ahead of their opponents, while three more broke even. Individual matches were: (Rogue Valley names first) Portland's Darnell Leads in Earned Run Averages San Francisco (U.R) Bob Darnell (8-4) of Portland moved to the front as the stingiest pitch er in the Pacific Coast league today by compiling an earned run average of 2.25 while Elmer Singleton remained the loop's top winner with 12 triumphs. Singleton also had the most impressive 'winning percentage. His (12-4) mark gave him a .750 mark in 17 games he has work ed. Dick Drott (8-5) of Los Angeles continued to monopolize the strikeout picture with 118 whiffs-to his credit. Pete Mesa (4-7) of San Diego led in the most bases on balls, having given up 79 walks. John Carmichael (6-7) of San Diego and Bill Werle (9-7) of Portland were tied for the most innings pitched, 133, while Ed die Erautt (6-10) of the Padres still led in defeats. ALASKA BASEBALL Anchorage (U.R) The Seattle Rainiers, leaders in the Pacific Coast League, introduced pro fessional baseball to Alaska last night and turned in a 12-6 vic tory over a team of civilian and service all-stars here. 'Beam 45 Qt. ,300 Pint BEAM . . . distillers of the world's finest bourbon since 1795 WORTHY OF YOUR TRUST Beam's old-fashioned Kentucky Straight Bour bon Whiskey is distilled and aged under a formula passed on from generation to generation for over 161 years. ly learn tastes like Beam. only Beam tastes so good. 465 j "'" H 1 f . rfMK on Sam Is ' t sip1 J tti Home of the Jama B. Beam Distilling Co. JIM 8EAM I0TTLE0 IN BONO lOOPBOOf- FUU 6 YEARS OLD 545QT. 3OHrt 5 yon old JIM BEAM 86 PROOF JIM BEAM BOTTLED IN BOND 100 PROOF KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKIES JAMES B. BEAM DISTILLING CO., CLERMONT, KY. Harvey 0. H. Perrin 3: Dunlevy 0. B. Perrin 3; Casey 21a, Robertson Meesis 1, Miller 2; Gallant Z2 Beeber '2: Hall O. Marks 3: Butler 1. 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Grang er, Smith and Parker got long hits for the winners, with a triple and two doubles respec tively. Wells slammed a triple and Watkins got the only home run of the game for 20-30. Games scheduled for Thurs day are Courtesy Chevrolet vs. 20-30; Ysmen vs. McCulloch Chain Saw. Jada Challenging Leader in Yacht Race Los Angeles (U.R) John P. Scripps' 89-foot Novia del Mar was fighting off the challenge of the Jada today in the world's longest yacht race from Los An geles Harbor to Tahiti. The Novia del Mar was re ported holding a 15-mile lead over the Jada, skippered by Bill Sturgis, of San Marino, Calif. Both boats were more than 2600 miles from here. Radio reports Monday night indicated the Jada was pulling up on the leader. Dr. Howard Murphy's 64-foot yawl, Quest, was in third place some 15 miles behind the Jada. Dead line Sunday Classified la at at noon Saturday. ... at a SUBSTANTIAL SAVING from the usual rate Our Continuing ANNUAL PAYMENT PLAN will reduce your cash outlay. Save with Safety DON EDWARDS District Agent 414 E. Main Phone 3-5361 Tuesday, July 3, 1956 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN Shave Blade Company Gets Giant Broadcast Contract New York (IIP) It will take 325-million razor blades at a nickel apiece to pay for the gigantic new live-year world ser ies and All-Star game television and radio contract being set up today by the commissioner of baseball at an overall price of $16,250,000. Major league baseball players will receive retirement pay ments of up to $200 a month and gain numerous other bene fits from the new contract. Brough Wins Quarter Final Wimbledon,' England (U.R) Defending champion Louise Brough, Beverly Hills, Calif., and fifth seeded Shirley Fry, St. Petersburg! Fla., rallied from first set defeats today to score quarterfinal victories in wom en's singles in the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. Miss Brough, four-time win ner of the title here, came back to down Shirley Bloomer of Britain, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3, and Miss Fry, who never has come closer than to finish runner-up in 1951, scored a mild upset, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 over fourth seeded Negro star Althea Gibson of New York. However, second seeded Mrs. Beverly Baker Fleitz, Long Beach, Calif., third American to reach the quarterfinal, default ed from her match with Angela Buxton of Britain because she is expecting a baby. The official announcement said that Mrs. Fleitz "has not been feeling well all through her tour of Europe and it now has been discovered she is preg nant." Miss Brough and Miss Fry will be matched against each other in an all-American semifinal. Miss Buxton will meet Pat Ward of Britain, who won her quar terfinal match Monday, in an all-British semifinal. Beaverton Youth, 12, Accidentally Shot Beaverton (U.R) A 12-year-old Beaverton youth was acci dentally shot through the back yesteVday afternoon while hunt ing with a 10-year-old compan ion. Doctors at Good Samaritan hospital in Portland said that the condition of Robert Kelly was fair. Sheriff's officers said the boy apparently was accidentally shot by his friend. The boy told offi cers he had fired at a bird with his .22-caliber rifle and the bul let ricocheted from a rock, strik ing Kelly. Commissioner Ford Frick an nounced signing of the new con tract at 53,250,000 a year Mon day and it will go into effect next summer .with the 1957 All Star game. Although there was active bidding by several would be sponsors including one which agreed to match the safety raz or offer at the last minute, Frick said that the present sponsor would have been chosen in any duplicate bid situation because of the "cordial relationship" that has existed with them in the past. Actually, the' broadcasting rights were sold to the National Broadcasting Co., acting on be half of the sponsor and NBC, of course, receives exclusive rights to the big baseball extrav aganza. - "We are deeply gratified that as a result of this agreement the pension fund for baseball play ers now is protected and guaran teed for another five years," said Frick. "It is anticipated that it now will be possible to offer even more liberal benefits under the player pension plan, which al ready is one of the most gener ous in existence." Independence Day Horse Race Set Portland Several top con tenders for major stakes at Port land Meadows are . expected to start Wednesday, July 4, in the Independence Day handicap, styled for three-year-olds and up, at a distance of one mile and one-sixteenth for a purse of $2,000. The race is expected to attract such middle distance stars as Allen Juzeler's General K, who has four victories in seven starts. The Oregon Breeders Futurity, fc. two-year-olds, bred in Ore gon, originally scheduled to be run next Saturday, July 7, was moved back to Saturday, July 14, due to an extension of five days which was granted by the Oregon Racing commission. Glen Dixon, the young jockey from Caldwell, Ida., continued to hold the lead among Portland Meadows riders, keeping his slim edge over Stan McDowell. Dixon booted home six win ners during the week for a 37 total these in Saturday's races while McDowell moved into second place with a total of 34 wins. FOR RENT or SALE Adding Machines Calculators NEW - USED George Wilson Ph. 2-7862 Both Airliners Said Off Course At Time of Crash Los Angeles (U.R) Civil Aer onautics Administration spokes men have declared that the two airliners which crashed Satur day in the Grand Canyon of Arizona with a loss of 128 lives were at least 30 miles off course at the time. John L. Garrison, chief of the regional facility of .the CAA, told a press conference Monday that the Trans World Airlines Super Constellation was some five miles off course while the United airliner was about 25 miles off the course projected in its flight plans. The TWA plane was equipped with anti-proximity radar but the CAA said it could not say if the equipment was in use at the time of the crash. Garrison confirmed officially for the first time that the TWA plane "was 1,000 feet above the weather front at its own request. Garrison said the pilot of the Kansas City-bound plane had been advised the United air liner was flying at 21,000 feet and given its projected flight plan. The CAA declared the pro jected path of crossing of the two planes was about 85 miles east of the point where they crashed. Asked whether the CAA accepted the probability that the planes collided in the air, Gar rison replied: "There has been no official information to indicate if there was or was not a collision. It is just as likely it was or was not." KISSER TAKES VOW Detroit U.R), William E. King, 33, Ecorse township, says he will only kiss his wife when their car is parked. King was arrested on a reckless driving Charge when a policeman caught him kissing his wife, Mary Ann, while, driving from a wedding. The judge suspended the charge when King promised not to buss his wife while driving. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day. r ' only V 35 m i n u t e s j KLAMATH FALLS $375 k 5 UJ EST COR ST aiRunts r1 Samovar ff - )) armnjS3 "'I THE ORIGINAL DRV VODKA sublime Samovar Tidy fine. ' tit iE 1 m 50 i I 1 3 2 45 Qt. Pint Product of U.S.A. Boaka Kompaniya, Sehenley, Pj., and Fresno, Calif. Made from Grain, 80 Proof only ft !ia Tpd ,j If i ,JS, ' ,k If ill fo II ft f f " () Spectacular Big A m FIREWORKS I -J . . 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