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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD fOrtEGOrf) MAIL TRIBUNE urkemo arazen Surprise Winner In By OSCAR FRALEY United Press Sport Writer Canton. Mass Is' Re-vAr.gp-rr. :r,dei Waivr Burkemo. who had e-n a pl knocked ojt n a trr hn.cah'v Sa'urday g.ornn e bv Dous Ford, squared account n np third round of the PGA Goif Championship Oviav when ho rou'fd the de fending champion, 5 and 3. Gnrn-farrri and protesting as Ford de1r.3r.ried a forfe.t hole azainst Mike Dietz of Lake Or ion, Mich., ;n the Saturday' op- ' ening round a match which : Ford finally won on the fiftn i 0,-,ra hole BurkeiTio sot even ' r his home De'roit district a; soundly walloped Ford in tne a,f'err.oon. i It carried the deadly little ' ih'cti player. 1353 winner and j :t)i ee-tirre f.nahst, into the, I-iijnd of 16 along with such t:ar a Sam Snead. Jackie j Birxe Fd Furzol, Fred Haw-! "k n(. Ted Kroil and ancient; Qene Sarazen. j Put it, si as a ad Saturday in' tfr Blue Hills for a horde of the j "name stars who nad teed off fen the rain with their hopes tngh. I Along w:!h Ford, those lent ! the sidelines included such tar as Jimmy Demaret. Chick Harbert. Joe Kirksvoori. Ells wortn Vines. Mike Turnesa. Marts- Fti rji .! and AI Besselink in the rnorriinR s second round, and in the afternoon 18 ssm-h as Fred Haas, Skee Kau,'l. Jerry Barber. Art Wall. Shelley May fiold and little Bob Toski. Ford won hiis morning match b protesting a hole in which Dietz had called to spectators and asked how close Ford s ap proach shot was to the green. Ford claimed "outside assist ance" and was upheld by the referee, making him all even at 18 holes instead of two down. Burkemo growled about the decision and then proceeded to take matters into his own hand on the course. He was out in 34, two under par. against Ford's 35. for a one up lead at nine holes and then won four straight holes on the back nine with tw o pars and two birdies j to close it out against the hap less defending champion. That put Burkemo, four under par lor 16 holes, into the round of 16 against Bill Johnston of Pro vi), Utah, who heat Tony For tino of Glen Falls. N.Y., 4 and 3. by shooting even par. Snead was one over par as he scored a 4 and 3 win over Tos ki. and moved into the fourth round against the veteran Sara- yen, who won this for the third and his last time 'way back in Design Contest For Duck Stamp Opens Aug. 1 Washington. DC The eighth federal "duck stamp" contest to select a design for the 1957-58 issue of these stamps, which all duck hunters must purchase, will open this year on Aug, 1 and close on Nov. 1. John L. Farley, director of the fish and wildlife service, announced today. Wildlife artists who reside to enter their drawings in the con-1 test should submit them on or be fore the deadline date to the headquarters of the fish and wilSHfe service. Washington 25. dorf smashed the ball to Strat D. C. Judging of the designs will i ton at third base. The infielder. take place early in November. I trying to hot box Maddox on All interested artists are eligi- a fielder's option, overthrew hie to enter the contest and may j second. Maddox raced all the submit as many designs as they ! way home and on the throw-in ish. Entries must comply with Bettendorf went to second base. contest rules. Upon request to the fish and wildlife service, pro spective contestants will be sent a leaflet containing contest rul es and suggestions, along with a copy of the agreement covering reproduction rights. This agree ment is to be signed and return ed to the service prior to the con test judging. If an artist submits more than one design, he is re quired to sign a separate agree ment for each one. Ford Wins on Technicality; Burke Third Round Winner Canton. Mass. U P De- it is against the rules to seek in fending champion Doug Ford ; formation of that type, ft as saved from elimination in; When Dougherty upheld Ford, the second round of the PGA Dcitz announced that he was g-ilf tournament Saturday when ; playing the match under protest, he was awarded a hole he lost After Deitz holed out a two foot because his opponent. Mike Deitz putt to birdie the 1 8th and win of Lake Orion Mich., asked for Outside aid. Had it not been for that. Ford ou!d have lost 2 down in 18 boles. But awarding him the 15th Oole made the match even and be won out 1 up in 23 holes. The rhubarb developed af'er Tord hit his second shot on the par four 338-yard 1 .5 : h . As Deitz : extra holes in even pars. 0 was preparing to hit his second. ; Among the second round casu cbc a.-ked some spectators how ; alties were Chick Harbert. a oplose Ford's shot was to the green former PGA champion: the vet Sam Snead. co-favored with ; eran Jimmy Demaret. Dick May. , 3jVrd for the title, defeated John i er. Joe Kirkwood and Charles cD'Donnel of Baltimore. Md., 1 up . ip 20 holes. Ford immediately asked re- '-rc? Ernie Dougherty, a former ' New England amateur champion. : tv award him the hole because Ousts Defending Cham 1333. The 54-year-old Sarazen beat Mike Krak. the PGA driv ing champion from Sreuben v.lle. 3 and 2. Jackie Burke. the Makers rhani;i''r-i. had a clo-p ciili as lie be'ed Haas on the second extra hojp r-s pankuig his approarn ?:p feet frc-m tne pin for s win ning birdie. Hawkins had to go If holes hoipc to beat Art Wall of Pocono MEDTORlViUTRIBUT Studs Trip Drain; Clubs Tussle Today Medford Cheney Studs, play ing sharp, errorless ball, got a five-run jump on surges of two and three and snapped off a ninth inning challenge at the fairgrounds here yesterday af ernoon to sship the Drain Black Sox 5 to 2 in the opener of a three gu-r.e sveek end Southern Oregon ieag .e baseball series. It was the second nVcism.'l iAcr the So- for tiie Stuns this season ami also the second in tne history of rivalry betsseen the two clubs. Pitcher Derald Wnoton. back-j ed by the fine defensive sup-' port, hurled six-hit shutout ball! Bend has protested its South ern Oregon Baseball league se ries with Coquille on the basis that the coast area club was carrying more than the allowed 18 men on its roster at the time of the games. No decision on the protest had been announced bv yesterdav afternoon on the protest by league president Bill j Askwith. Coquille won all three j games of the series. for eight innings before yield ing a single to Pat Wohlers and a homerun to Ray Stratton in the final frame. Wooton. himself, crashed a three-run homer which proved the margin of triumph in the fracas. Dick Duerr. the Black Sox twirler. was touched for only six wallops but he issued two untimely -walks in one canto j and in another the Muds can-; italized on an error and a big break. Reilly. Selsor Pitchers The two SOL clubs con tinued their series at the local park last night and will wind it up today. Game time is 2 p.m. Drain Manager Roy Helser said that he planned to call on 17-1 year-old Jack Reilly. out of Tillamook high, to chuck for the Sox this afternoon. There will be one shaded grandstand where fans may gather out of the rays of the heat. Medford got its first two runs in the fourth inning yesterday. Terry Maddox bounced a double to the left field barrier. Frank Roelandt flied out for the second i out of the inning. Jerry Betten- Lost in Sun Then came the break. Bill Martell hit a high fly to center field. Outfielder Ted Wilson lost the ball in the sun and it drooped in for a two-baser with Bettendorf scoring. Martell got to third base on a passed ball but Twink Pederson fanned to end the inning. In the sixth inning Betten dorf and Pederson drew bases on balls and Wooton slammed the hole. PGA officials met and after a 15-minule conference up held the referee's ruling. Ford won out on the fifth extra hole when he chipped into the cup from 30 feet off the green for a birdie three on the par four 427-yard hole. They had halved the first four frentice. wno rnaay had elim-i inated Tommy Bolt. Masters champion Jackie1 Burke led the way into the third : round with a 5 and 3 victory over j Bill Collins of, Grossinger, N.Y. ' Sunday. July 2J. 1958 Manor. Pa . af-er they were all square with 72 s. Furgol. the 1S54 V. S. Open k-.r.g. squeezed past Barber. 2 aim 1. by doing tv. o under par and no'.- faces Bob Kay of West Hartford. Conn., u ho beat Mike Fr'.r-hiK of Mahopac. N.Y., 1 up. with a 74 against a 7f. Worsham was two under par a he knocked off Mayfipld. 5 and 4 while Kroll blasted Mike one of Duerr's pitches against the scoreboard in center field to clean the bases. In the ninth for Drain with one man out Wohlers grounder- ! ed and a routine putout seemed I sure but the ball took a big; hop mcr first baseman Jack cooncy and Wohlers was safe '' wi'h a single. Stratton then fol- i Imici with the homer, hitting tne luihl pule outside the outer' ruiiu lie id fr-iice v. ooton then issued his only two walks of the afternoon. Norval Richev forced nut Ad Rutschman at second and Norm Welch, batting for Duerr struck out to end the game. Run Prevented Medford and Drain fielders, in an out. made some nice catches in the blinding sun. The shining example of Medford de fensive work was in the first inning. Don Kirsch singled and Bill Beard safetied and was "boxed" between second and third. Kirsch bv this time was to third base. The Studs kept closing the box on Beard until a ripe moment when the ball was pegged to trap Kirsch off third. The Sox shortstop was finally Pointers Widen Pee Wee Margin; White Sox Ahead in Intramural Snt'THFRN" OREGON IIMIIR BASEBALL Pee ees W I. Prt. 3 i s:n 4 3 .S71 4 3 ..V7 1 j 3 3 .son j 2 3 .400 I 1 S .143 ' I. Prt ! 3 o i onn ! 1 l soo ! n 3 .ooo i w t. Pet. ! 2 0 1 000 I ! l :oo 0 2 .000 W L Prt 4 oi onn i 2 2 ..son ; 2 2 wn i 0 4 .000 j Central Point J -,5 : A?hiand I. one Pine 2 Eagle Point Intermediate Medt'ird Ashland Central Point j ( lilts Grant Pas I Medford 1 Ashland VF.nFonn pee n f.e INTRAMURAL LEAGI E White Sox Indians Tieers Yankee. .. Central Point opened up a two game lead over its nearest opposition in southern division pee wee contention of thp South. lern Oregon Junior Baseball league ihursday svith a 5 to 0 win over the Medford Tigers. The Tigers would have gained a tie for the leadership had they turned back the Pointers. Medford Wildcats continued their rise in the circuit with a 12 to 8 verdict over Lone Pine to get a knot with the Tigers for second spot. In the other fracas Ashland beat Eagle Point 6 to 2. Eight pee scuffles are on the docket this week. Lone Pine re portedly will have a make up fray with Central Point on -Monday at Lone Pine. Tuesday con tests are Eagle Point at Medford Wildcats. Medford Tigers at Lone Pine, and Ashland at Cen tral Point. On Thursday the Wildcats go to Ashland, Eagle Point comes to Medford to op pose the Tigers and Lone Pine plays at Central Point. Lone Pine will make up a postponed game at Ashland Friday. Intermediate league action will be a Wednesday game with Medford at Ashland. In the Cub loop on Thursday Grants Pass w-ill bp at Ashland. Two-Hitter Thrown Alvarez, the CP tosser Thurs day held Medford to two hits. Van Buskirk socked a homer for J ru" f5 inTme inra inning after walks to Jim Askwith and .uccjee. .ufuee v.aiKea m the fourth and successive hits by Vincent, Doug Pfaff and Allen got two more runs. Deft ley of the Tigers struck out 10 batters but issued seven bases on balls in throwing a six hit'er. The Wildcats chalked up seven runs in the second inning against Lone Pine on eight bases on balls, two errors and a double by Mike Barnes. Glines doubled and scored in the third and in the fourth four runs crossed home on an error, two singles and a home run by Jim Berry. Lone Pine had a four-run first inning. Medford city schools' pee wee baseball classes have organized pFord; A PG Rooney of Wrightsville. Pa., i and 2, by playing par golf. Jim Turnesa, the 1952 cham pion, beat Jack Fleck, one up. with a 69 to a 70, to gain the round of 16 against Kroll. And in the Saturday eighth extra hole and final match. Henry Ransom of Chicago moved in against Worsham with a 23 hole. 1 up. triumph over former Masters champion Claude Har mon of Mamaroneck. N.Y. Veteran Sarazen, not really anticipating going all the way, moved into the third round af ter picking up on two holes on the front nine. But coming back he had a two under par 33 to square the match and won on the first extra hole from Dick Lundahl of Pasadena, Calif. tagged by Roelandt for the sec ond out. Beard by this time had slipped to third base but Wohl ers popped out to end the in ning. Drain i other real threat was in the seventh canto. Wohlers high fly was lost in the sun in center field by Kosenz for a dou ble with none out. Slratton's groundout put Wohlers on third but Wilson filed to Dick Tones at second base and Rutschman struck out. Medford had an opportunits- in the fifth inning when Duerr ; Have up three of bis six svalks i of the afternoon. Wooton and Tom y got passes ssith no one out. C'oonc.v bunted and ssas out on a disputed call at first base but advanced the runners. Ko venz grounded out. Maddox walked to load the bases but Roelandt f lied out. On his sacrifice bunt Cooney maintained that he was not tagged by first baseman Vern Marshall and did not step out of the base line. In an umpire's signal mix-up. however, arbiter Erie Klein yelled, "Out." His call stuck. Duerr recorded eight strike outs and Wooton six. Beard. Wohlers and Stratton each got two hits in four times up. I.INESCORE: H R r. Dram 000 OO0 002 2 3 2 Medford noo 203 OOx 5 6 0 Duerr and Beardi Wooton and Roe landt. j an intramural league, the Ameri- gon Junior loop. The White Sox are leading with victories and no setbacks. Games in the intra mural league are being contested every day. Last Monday the Sox nipped the Tigers 9 to 8 and the Indians clipped the Yanks 7 to 2. Tigers beat the Yankees 9 to 2 and the Sox edged the Indians 9 to 8 on Tuesday. Wednesday games saw the Tig- Activity for the week wound : UP Thursday with the White Sox 1 nicking the Tigers 10 to 9 and I the Indians beating the Yankees 8 to SHORT SCORES: H. E. Central Point 5 2 Medford Tigers o 2 n Deftly and Robertson, Alvarez and Jeff Anhorn. R. H. E. Medford Wildcats ....12 4 2 Lone Pine 8 3 2 Glines and Berry; Harrison, Griffin, Lowry and K. Griifin. Ted Williams Says Fans Are 'Bush' Boston flj.R) Ted Williams, tagged "the splendid spitter" by Boston baseball writers promised Saturday to keep on spitting to show his contempt for Boston fans and baseball writers. "Spitting, sure I spit and I'm going to keep on," Williams told sportswriters when asked about a "salvia show" during Friday night's game here. Williams said he was being panned by newsmen and fans here. "What do they want from a guy? I've hit .380 for 17 years . . . and every time I walk up there they give me the business. What do they expect me to do? Smile." Williams talked of "bush base ball writers" and added, "those j fans who booh me are bushj to0 j There was ,aIk that Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick might intervene because Friday night's expectoration was similar to Wednesday's. No Parking Problem with "The Amazing Vol ks wagon" MORSE MOTORS 'STANDINGS I MAJOR LEAGll ITANDIVCg National W L Ptt. CB Milwaukee l 32 Sl . Cincinnati 3S 583 3 Brookh-n 46 X 1 I St Loun .. 4S 43 .494 10 Pittsburgh 30 44 4 70 12 , Philadelphia 40 47 .460 13 : Chicago 7 4 44fi 14 . Now York 31 SO 383 19 TOD AY'S RESULTS: St Louis 13. Brooklyn Pittsburgh 4. Cincinnati S Philadelphia 8. Milwaukee S i 15 lnningx New York at Chicago, poarooned. rain. Bob Mathias Tops Own Javelin Mark Nairobi, Kenpa f(j.R) Bob Mathias, two-time Olympic de cathlon champion for the United States, broke his own record for the javelin throw Saturday in a demonstration at a local sports meet. Mathias. who is on a good-will tour of East Africa sponsored by the U.S. government, hurled the javelin 214 feet 10 feet better than his previous best throw. Reese One Shy of 2,000 St. Louis nj.Pt Shortstop Pee Wee Reese of the Brooklyn Dodgers needs just one hit in Saturday's game against the St. Louis Cardinals to join the ex clusive "2,000 Hit Club." Reese collected four hits, in cluding a homer in last night's 4- Dodger victors- to boost his major league career total num of hits to 1.999. Four players now active in the majors base 2.000 or more hits Ted Williams and Mickey Ver non of the Red Sox. Enos Slaugh ter of the Athletics, and Stan Musial of the Cardinals. Fanfare Medford Cheney Studs of The Southern Oregon league will show their interest in the public school system's summer baseball program by having boys from the diamond classes as guests for the game with Drain at the fair grounds at 2 p.m. today. Between 100 and 150 boys have tickets to the game. ODDITY ENCOUNUTER An unusual type of gsme, played last week at Roseburg, might go over big with fans if tried her. In the tussle the Roseburg Merchants baseball team opposed an all-star team of the Industrial Softball league. Pitchers of the respec tive clubs hurled against their own mates. Softballers fielded against baseball hitting and baseballers against Softball swatting. There were two mounds and two sets of bases. The Merchants opened play with an all lefthanded infield. Baseball triumphed over Softball with the Merchants winning 14 to 7. How about the Jackson County Softball association All-Stars opposing the Cheney Colts or Studs? At Roseburg errors played an important part in the con test with each club hadt diffi culty fielding against the opposite-type ball. COONEY AT BARKERS Jack Cooney. Medford Cheney j Studs field skipper and first base- i man. is now employed at Bark- i er's Men's store. He has been as- sociated with Union Oil compa ny. Cooney said that his new work will enable him to remain in Medford which he very much wants to do. With the oil firm he faced the possibility of trans fer to another community in time. UNDER FORMER COACH Dick Toney, Medford Chen ey second sacker and varsity player during the sehoel year t Lewis and Clark college, will play next spring under the tutelage ef his coach dur ing Lincoln (Portland) High school and American Legion junior baseball days. The eoach is Wade Williams, whs named recently to the head diamond pert at L and C. SILK SOX SWAT The Drain Black Sox, in town today to play the Medford Chen ey Studs, are a big name in southern Oregon semi-pro base ball. Not so well known, how ever are the Drain Silk Sox. The Silks are a girls' softball team which recently made a bid for fame by pounding out an amaz ing 40 hits in a 33 to 7 win over Roseburg in the Timberette league. Several of the gals got six hits and a couple" collected five bingles. iiiliaji! a iai..ili.ii. i num.. hi huh il ,i i lawim uuiti uu waui h mih i. im i.m maim . -.- ' . - I 1 r.f4'- j I PC? GOOD NEIGHBORS The Fooihghters. local little theater group, has expressed its version of the " god neighbor policy." Here Jack Cooney, left.playing manager of the Medford Che ney Studs semi-pro baseball nine, and Bill Askwith. business manager of the club, look over passes to the Footlightcrs play-, "Late Love." They were presented to the managers and to other members of the Studs' squad by Mrs. Max Wimmer, center, president of the theatrical group. The Footlighters' the ater and the Studs' home field both are located at the fair grounds. "Late Love," will run for five nights, beginning Tuesday, July 24. (L. E. McMurray Photo) GIANTS VS RAMS Seattle The New York Giants and Los Angeles Rams professional football teams will play in the University of Wash ington stadium on Sept. 1. By DICK JEWETT Mail Tribune Sports Editor FISH LAKE GOOD Fish lake resort reports good trout catches from the lake during the week. Takes includ ed two 19-inchers, one by Har ry Naugle. Westerlund dr., Medford, and the other by e California lady. The McAllister springs rd. was graded during the week. And the warm weather has made swimming good. AWARD PLANNED Coos Bay chapter of the Izaak Walton league has suggested to the Oregon Coast Sportsmen's council that an annual award be presented to the area's industrial concern which, in the judgement of the council, has done the most for sports fishing or improve ment of fish habitat during the past year. The Coos Waltonians feel that the award would stimu late business interest in the pro blems faced by the sportsmen and would improve the sportsmen-businessman relationship in solving and correcting sport men's acces and fish water right problems. 1 49 to 53 V8 Passenger Cars & V8 Light Trucks USE OUR EASY BUDGET PLAN CRATER LAKE MOTORS Main & Fir Sts. WHERE GOOD SERVICE IS Shaw, Hinman Capture Titles John Shaw and Nancy Hinman won championships last week in matches which wound up the five weeks of tennis instruction by the Medford city school system. Shaw defeated Gary Cum mings 6-2. 6-2 in boys' finals and Miss Hinman outstroked Kay Nicodemus 6-3, 6-3 in the girls' son LOG HAULING HOURS ARE NOW 4:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. As a result of efforts on the part of your League and the Tree Farm Association: The evening hours are extended. Saturday P.M. hauling has been rejected at this time, but may be allowed later. OREGON LOG & LUMBER TRUCKERS A Non-Profit Organization 1315 Crater Lake Ave. Medford, Ore. STM RING uring July Only! O Here's What We Do- Install New Ford Rings Check Rod Bearings Cheek Rod Alignment Clean Plugs Clean Carbon from Pistons Clean Oil Pump Screen Clean Oil Pan Clean Carbon from Heads 4 O Here's One Set of Rings One Set of Head Gaskets One Set of Pan Gaskets One Oil Filter Cart. 5 Quarts Engine Oil Only Short Time For Applications On Hunt Drawing Portland Hunters are being forewarned that, if the Oregon State Game commission adopts on July 27 the 1956 hunting reg ulations a tentatively set on July 13. they will have only a short period to apply for the early season deer, elk and ante lope drawings. Should the tentative regula tions be adopted, applications for the four early deer hunts, (Min am, Drewsy, Upper and Lower Imnaha); three August elk hunts in Wallowa county (Promise, Leap and Flora) and a Septemb er elk hunt at Ten Mile lakes; and the three antelope hunts must be received at the Portland office by 5 p.m. on August 7. Public drawings for these hunts would be held at 10 a.m. on Aug. 10. Others by Sept. 4 Applications for all other con trolled deer seasons must be re ceived by 5 p.m. on Sept. 4, and the drawing will be held at 10 a.m. on Sept. 10. Applications for all other 4Ji drawings must be received by 5 p.m. on September 10, and the drasving will be held at 10 a.m. on September 17. - Hunters are cautioned that per sons wno were successful in drawing a tag or permit in 1955 are not eligible to apply for a tag or permit for the same spec ies in ihdo. Any applications vi olating this rule or incomplete or duplicate applications will be disposed of without notice to the applicant. .Application forms for the spec ial drawings will be available av license agencies and game commission offices by August 1. titular match. Trophies were awarded to win ners and runners-up by Lam port's Sporting Goods store. Tennis instruction had s total enrollment of 66 with attendance averaging 60 per day divided among five classes. Loggers What You Get- Phone 3-4547 A MUST