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Newspaper Page TextTWELVE MEDFORD (OREQOrO Infield Rap Enables Dodgers To Close Gap on NL Leaders; Milwaukee By FRED DOWN United Press Spoil Writer A chopped pinch single en abled the Brooklyn Dodgers to claim their biggest victory of the year today and challenge the Milwaukee Braves to "stand up under the pressure of hold ing first place in a late-season pennant fight." "Now they've got to show they can do it." said Jackie Robinson after Dale Mitchell's 'Baltimore chop" gave the Dodgers a 2 to 1 decision over the first-place Braves Wednes day night. "We went through it in 1951 but they haven't had the experience of fighting off a challenger in the stretcn." "When a team gets six games ahead and starts losing it's bound to start feeling the pres sure," Dodger Captain Pee Wee Reese agreed. "Sometimes a team starts looking for ways to lose games when they have that experience." Moves Dodgers Up Th virtnrv moved the Dodg ers to within three games of the Braves and to within one game of the second-place Cin cinnati Redlegs. who suffered a 3 to 1 loss to the last-place New York Giants. It was the fourth loss in five games for the Braves, who only last Sun day held a 5!i-game margin on first place. The break in Wednesday night's brilliantly-played game came in the eighth inning when Mitchell making his NL debut batted for Clem Labine with two out and Robinson on third. Acquired from the Cleveland Indians only last Monday, Mitchell chopped a 1-2 pitch about 35 feet into the air be tween third base and the mound. Third -baseman Ed Mathews fielded it perfectly but his pow erful throw was just too late to retire Mitchell and Robinson scooted home with the winning run. , . The Dodgers had scored in the fourth inning on Duke Sni der's 26th homer of the year but the Braves tied the score in the eighth when Wes Coving ton crossed the plate on an error by catcher Roy Campanella. The win was Labine's ninth of the year and second in two nights ' against Milwaukee. Phils Beat Cubs Sal Maglie. also obtained from the Indians this year, held the Braves at bay for 8 13 innings before giving way to Labine. Ruben Gomez and Marv Gris om yielded one hit each as the Giants made it two out of three over the Redlegs. Gomez dou bled and scored the run that broke a 1-1 tie in the seventh but pulled a shoulder muscle and had to be relieved by Grissom. Robin Roberts picked up his 12th win in a relief role when Willie Jones' seventh - inning grand slam homer gave the Phil adelphia Phillies a 10-8 triumph over the Chicago Cubs and Stan Mnsial's two-run seventh-inning (rinle heloed the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates. 4-1, in other NL games. In the American League. Bob Lemon came back after be ing kayoed Monday night '? Ditch a six-hitter and give t::e Cleveland Indians a 5-1 win over the New York ankees. ai Smith contributed two key dou bles as Lemon won his 14th game and the Indians reduced the Yankees' first-place lead to eight games. Bosox Edge Tigers Ted Williams' three-run hom er and a round-tripper by Jackie Jensen paced the Boston Red Sox to a 5-4 verdict over the Detroit Tigers. Tom Brewer raised his record to 15-3 al though he needed relief help from Tom Hurd. Charley Max well hit his 20th homer for the Tigers. Whitey Herzog's double and a two-run single by Ed Fitz gerald sparked a four-run 10th inning that gave the Washington Senators and Chuck Stobbs a 6-2 win over the Chicago White Sox. Jim Wilson suffered his 10th loss for the White Sox. who have dropped 19 of their last 24 games. The Kansas City Athletics ended a six-game losing streak when they pounded out 12 hits to beat the Baltimore Orioles. 9-4, in the other NL game. Lou Kretlow. in his best showing in eight weeks, went seven innings to receive credit for his fourth win. IJNESCORF.S: National League Cincinnati .. . 000 100 OOO 1 2 n New York . . OOO 100 -Ox 3 9 1 Klionstein. Nuxhall 7. Lawrence iS- and Burgess. Gomer. Grissom ' and Sarni. Winner Gomel i6-ll). Loser Klipnstein i9-8t. St Louis 020 000 200 4 10 0 Pittsburgh . 010 000 000 1 6 1 Schmidt i4-6 and Smith. Kline. Face 19" and Foiles, Shepard (7). Loser Xline (9-11). 'ilwaukee 000 00(1 too 1 8 1 Brooklyn 000 100 Olx 2 8 1 Burdette 1 12-6 and Rice. Crandall (7i Vaelie. Labine i7i. Craig 9) and Campanella. Winner Labine Hr Snider 2t'th'. i8-4 Chicago 000 230 102 8 II 1 MAIL THIBUNB Braves Nipped 2-1 Philadelphia 220 000 Sin 10 14 0 Kaiser. Hughes 2. Valentinetti f"l, Davis R. Meyer (8t and Chiti. Ro govin. R. Miller l5i. Roberts ("i and Lopata. Winner Roberts 112-iri. Loser Valentinetti i3-3. HR Moryn (14thi, Fondy 6tn, Jones tilth). Ameriran League Boston .3O0 000 200 5 11 3 Detroit 000 002 0114 8 1 Brewer. Hurd 9i and Dalev. Toy- tack. Bunning 18 1 and House. Winner Brewer . 15-31. Loser Foytack !-. HR Williams (10th, Jen&en (12th), Maxwell (ZOto). (19 Innings) I Washington 020 000 000 4 6 10 2 I SIPODIrCTS LA Angels Whack SF Seals To Up Lead As Suds Lose; Mounties Subdue Twinks By john Mcdonald United Press Sports Writer Lefty O'Doul's Vancouver Mounties are bringing up the rear in the Pacific Coast league, a hopeless 29Vz games off the pace, but Lefty says give him a couple more pitchers like big Ryne Duren and watch the Mounties move. The 26-year-old right-hander set Hollywood down on just four hits Wednesday night for a 6-1 Mounties victory. The pitching gem followed a two-hit shut out Golf Stars Begin Play In Tarn Mix Chicago U.P.) Pro golfs "name" players get into action today in the first serious round of Tarn O'Shanter's annual "All American" open tourney, which will pay the winning man pro 53,420 of the total purse of $25, 000. The unknown men pros, men and women amateurs and wom en pros have been playing the course for three days to qualify for the payoff rounds which end Sunday after 72 holes, 18 holes per day, on the medium length flat and wide-open course. No Standout There were no standout fav orites in the event, but defend ing champion Doug Ford,' PGA champion and Masters' winner Jack Burke, and National Open champion Cary Middlecoff rank ed among the top challengers. In the same group were Julius Boros, who won the "World" on the same course a year ago, vet eran Sam Snead. British Open champion Peter Thomson, and Lloyd Mangrum. who holds the course record of 63. Ray Mencke Chairman Of SO Links Tourney Sav Mencke, vice president of Moore Steel Service company in charge of the Medford branch, has been named general chair man of the 1956 Southern Ore gon Golf tournament at Rogue Valley Country club. Bill Thorndike. president of Medford Blow Pipe company, will serve as co-chairman. The annual links classic is scheduled Aug. 29 through Sept. 3. Other committeemen or com mittee heads have been named by Mencke. They include Mrs. Ray Frisbis and Mrs. Fred Con rad and members of the women's golf association, regristration; Ray Johnson, Jim Dunlevy, Mrs. Moore Hamilton and Dick Jewett Glen Fabrick, pairings: Ed Hall, starting: Tom MacLeod, scoring, and Jim Sheldon, greens. Ben Trowbridge will head the hospitality committee and Men cke. Thorndike. George Harring- League Leaders (Bv United Press) NATIONAL LEAGUE Player & Club G AS Aaron. Milw. 91 358 Schdnst. N Y. 71 253 Musial, St. L. 96 365 Bover. St. L. ..... 96 384 Repulcki. St. L. ... 65 227 AMERICAN LEAGUE Mantfe. N Y 95 348 Williams. Bos 81 2t Maxwell. Det. 90 312 Vernon. Bos. 78 273 Kuenn. Det. 1 358 R. H. 67 123 28 84 56 119 68 124 31 72 Pet. .344 .332 .326 .323 .317 .368 -155 .340 53 119 332 Home Runs Mantle. Yanks 34: Sni der. Dodgers 26: Kluszevski. Redlegs 2.): Robinson. Redlegs. Banks. Cuds. Adcock. Braves and Wertz, Indians aU 24. Runs Batted In Mantle, Yank 89: Wertz. Indians 80: Musial. Cards 79: Simpson, Athletics 78: Boyer. Cards 74. Runs Mantle. Yanks 88: Robinson. Redlegs 75: Yost. Senators 71: Fox, White Sox 70; nSider. Dodgers 69. Hits Mantle. Yanks 128: Boyer. Cards 124; Aaron. Braves 123: Fox. White Sox 123: Kaline. Tigers 122. Pitching Lawrence. Redlegs 15-2: Brewer. Red Sox 15-3: Pierce. White Sox 16-4: Ford. Yanks 14-4; Buhl, Braves 14-4. Thursday. August 2. 1956 Chicago 100 OOO 100 0 3 3 Stobbs 9t. Wilson. LaPaime "10i, Howell (10 1 and Lollar. Loser Wilson m-lOi. HR Lemon U6thi Esposito (1st). New York 000 010 OOO 1 3 Cleveland 230 000 OOx 5 7 0 Bvrne, R. Coleman (2i, McDermott 4t and Berra. Lemon i!4-8 and He jtan. Loser Byrne (6-2 1. HR Bauer l2Ut.) Baltimore 100 001 002 Kansas City . 030 023 10x- B fl 12 2 Johnson. Martin l5, Palica 6, and Smith. Gastall 161. Kretlow. Gorman iS Chantr ifli and fiinsberz Winner Kretlow r4-5i. Loser Johnson 4-6. HR Pilarcik (2nd). GarWner (lOthi. against Sacramento last week giving Duren two of the finest back-to-back performances of the season. In other games, the Los An geles Angels increased their league lead to five full games as Steve Bilko erupted for his 46th homer in a 12-2 victory over San Francisco; Seattle bow ed after 13 innings to San Diego when the Padres pushed across two runs in the 13th to win 8-6. Sacramento at Portland was rained out and a double-header scheduled for Thursday night. Unearned Run Duren struckout 13 and the only run ! against him was an unearned tally in the Hollywood fourth when Spook Jacobs doubled, went to third on a passed ball and scored on R. C. Stevens' sacrifice fly. The victory was Duren's sev enth against eight losses, but he's won six of his last eight decis ions with the tailenders after a shaky early season start. John Romano's two-run homer in the fourth and a pair of doubles by Kal Segrist led the Mounties' eight-hit attack. Bilko's 46th homer came in the eighth frame with a man on as the Angels dealt the Seals their worst beating of the year. The swat left Big Steve 14 be hind Tony Lazzeri's PCL record of 60 set during a 200-game sea son. Bilko has 49 games remain ing to play. I.INESCORES: San Francisco 000 110 000 2 8 2 Los Angeles 006 130 02x 12 11 0 Bowsficld. Abernathie (3). Grba (5). Henry 1.7) and Sullivan; Fodge and Tappe. Hollywood 000 100 000 1 4 0 Vancouver 100 203 OOx 6 8 0 Wade. Sawyer 181 and Kravitz, HaU (8i; Duren St Romano. (13 innings San Diego 002 000 130 000 2 8 17 3 Seattle' 100 000 320 OOO 6 12 1 Atkins. Greenwood 16), Erautt (8), Hall 10 1 and St. Claire. Astroth (St: Jansen. Kennedy (8) and Orteig, Ayl ward 17) ton and AI Williams will be rules committeemen. Lloyd Pope and Dick Travis will have charge of parking and Paul Smith of the public address system and the photography. Ray Frisbie will chairman the gallery and mar shal committee and Fred Conrad the walkie talkie group. Abby Green has been placed in charge of entertainment and Rogue Valley women golfers will conduct the hole-in-one and put ting contests. High handicaDDers of Rozue Valley Country club, who won't be contending for championship flight berths, will engage in pre qualifying play from Aug. 18 to it. Local golfers, seeking cham pionship flight spots will qualify on Aug. 28 and all out-of-town entrants will qualify on Wednes day, Aug. 29. Entries of Rogue Valley Coun try club must be in by Aug. 19. August 24 .s the closing date for out-of-town entrants. Registra tions through Aug. 1 number 59 men and 22 women. MAC Gals Face Olympic Tests roruana u.y.) Three young laaies wui be sent by the Mult nomah Athletic club here to the final U. S. Olympic swimming and diving trials in Detroit, Mich., which start next Tues- I day. The three are Carol Everett freestyler: Carol McKellieon breaststroker. and Maureen Mur phy, backstroker. -,If the girls gain a place on the team, it will be the third consecutive time that Portland has been represented on the U.S. Olympic women s swimming team. Tourist accommodations in uermany nave passed pre-war capacity- with more than 400,000 STANDINGS PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (By Ituled ireis W. L. Pet. GB .76 43 .639 ...70 47 .598 5 ...60 55 .522 14 M 61 .474 191.! ...54 61 .470 20 ...53 62 .461 21 .52 65 .444 23 ...45 71 .388 29 z Loa Angeles Seattle Hollywood San Francisco . Portland Sacramento San Diego . Vancouver Wednesday's Results Los Angeles 12. San Francisco 2 San Diego 8. Seattle 6 413 innings) Vancouver 6. Hollywood 1 Sacramento at Portland, ppd., rain. How Series Stand Los Angeles l, San Francisco 1 Seattle 1. San Diego 1 Hollywood 1. Vancouver 1 PorUand 2. Sacramento 0 NATIONAL LEAGl'E W. L. Milwaukee 57 36 Cincinnati -58 41 Brooklyn 56 41 St. Louis 48 47 Philadelphia 46 52 Pittsburgh . 43 53 Chicago 41 55 New York 34 58 Prt. .613 j86 .577 .505 GB 2 3 10 .469 -13' i .44H 15 'z .427 17 '.2 .370 22 la Wednesday's Results New York 3. Cincinnai 1 Brooklyn 2, Milwaukee 1 nis;ht Philadelphia 10. Chicago 8 might) St. Louis 4, Pittsburgh 1 (night) Friday's Games St. Louis at Brooklyn fnight) Chicago at New York (night) Cincinnati at Philadelphia (night) AMERICAN" LEAGUE Prt. .677 .398 J51 .511 .455 .455 .400 .357 New York Cleveland Boston 8 12!i 16ia 22 22 27'i 31 ',s Chicago Baltimore .. . Detroit Washington Kansas City ... 45 -..40 35 63 Wednesday's Results Washington 6. Chicago 2 (10 innings) Boston 5. Detroit 4 Kansas City 9. Baltimore 4 (nisht) Cleveland 5. New York 1 might) Friday's Games Baltimore at Chicaeo (night) Washington at Kansas City ' night) New York at Detroit inichti Boston at Cleveland might) NORTHWEST LEAGUE W. I.. Yakima 16 9 Salem 15 11 Spokane ......13 10 Wenatchee 14 12 Lewiston 12 12 Tri-City 9 14 Eugene 7 18 Prt. GB .640 . .577 2 .565 2 538 2i 500 3i2 .391 8 .280 9 Wednesday's Results Wenatchee 3. Yakima 1 Tri-City 3. Spokane 0 Eugene at Lewiston. postponed, rain. Salmon Fishing Said Improved On Lower Rogue Portland U.R) The weekly fishing report prepared by the state Game Commission: Southwest Trout angling throughout the upper Umpqua area is generally slow. Summer steelhead in the Steamboat area of the North Umpqua is fair and should improve. Water conditions are improv ing. Salmon angling at Winchest er Bay is good. At least 80 per cent of fish now coming in are silver salmon. Salmon angling at Coos Bay is good. Striped bass angling between McCullough bridge and Railroad bridge is fair on incoming tides. Salmon fishing is improving on lower Rogue. Between thirty- two and forty fish are being caught per day. A few summer steelhead have been taken in the lower Rogue th past few days. Sutton lake trout angling is slow.' Woahink lake angling is slow. Siltcoos lake trout and perch angling is slow. Bullhead angling is fair. Central Paulina lake has been good. East lake is poor to lair. Big Lava lake is slow. Trolling slow and deep is best method. Blue lake has been good on flies and trolling with flat fish or worms. Crescent lake has been very good. Davis lake is picking up. Odell lake is producing good catches of lake trout. Flv fishing with bucktail cad dies has been very good on the Meto lius river. Some nice eastern brook ranging in size from nine to 13 inches have been caught at Corner lake. Eastern brook up to 16 inches are being caught at Cliff lake. Brooklyn Players Pitcher Burdette By JOHN GRIFFIN Brooklyn (U.PJ One of the major league's hottest disputes 'Does Lew Burdette throw spit- balls?" was reopened by the world champion Dodgers today in the wake of their clutch 2-1 triumph over the Milwaukee righthander. He has the best spitball I've ever seen, said Dodger Jackie Robinson. "Me?" said the wide-eyed Bur dette without cracking a smile. Why I don t even know how to throw it." Despite Burdette's protests of innocence the Dodgers believed they won Wednesday night's stirring game at Ebbets Field on a pair of hits off Burdette's "what-is-it," and that made them doubly happy for a victory that put them squarely back in the pennant chase. The first hit was Duke Sni der's 26th homer of the year into the left field stands in the fourth, a blow Snider said came off a pitch "that acted like a spitter." Just A Sinker The second was Dale Mitchell's high-chop infield single with two out in the eighth inning that scored Robinson from third base with the winning run. Burdette described the pitch the 34-year-old Cleveland castoff hit as a "sinker," and to the Dodgers that's just French for "spitter." "He says it's a sinker," Robin son argued. 'But no man can make a ball sink like that. If it's a sinker, it's the best in the business." Robinson said the Dodgers were under orders to step out of the batters box and "let the ball dry off" anytime they sus pected Burdette might be damp ening the apple. Dodger Mana ger Walt Alston said he had told his team to back out and ask to see the ball whenever he throws Studs Battle 'Jacks Here This Week End Medford Cheney Studs take on their closest rival in the South ern Oregon Baseball league this week end and objectives will'be both to bolster their league leadership and provide sufficient padding to avoid challenge the following week when they draw a bye in the circuit. Foes of the Studs will be the Coos Bay-North Bend Lumber jacks, back in league contention this season after a couple of years of independent ball and now IVi games behind the Cheney crew. Schedule of the tangles will follow the usual pattern of games 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday, at the fairgrounds dia mond here. Appearance of the Lumber jacks at the local park will bring to Medford the league s leading pitcher, a couple of other play ers who were among the league's top 10 hitters at the last compila- Ballots were placed in the mail this week for the selec tion of the Southern Oregon Baseball league's most valu able player. Vote will be conducted among the players, them selves. A maximum of 90 votes will be cast with each club having a limit of 18. Deadline for returning the ballots to ,league secretary Harry Chipman if Aug. 11. tion of official statistics and an entire club which is a serious contender for the SOL honors. Bartow Stars Some of the big names which have been in. the 'Jack line-up in the past are missing but CB NB still has a capable crew under the helm of Manager Curly Leininger. It's league's winningest pitcher is Jerry Bar tow, from Washington State col lege's Pacific Coast conference champions. His status for this week, however, is somewhat doubtful. The Coos Bay Times reported that the twiners severe ly sprained his left ankle sliding into a base in the House of David game this week. Only time would tell, the re port said, whether Bartow would be able to throw against the Studs. The Cheney management is inclined to think he II be ready and is so preparing. Bartow hurled tiie CB-NB win when Medford took a first half series from the 'Jacks two games to one. The top hitters in the circuit for the coast club are Jim Pif her, shortstop, and Joe Trembly, first baseman and outfielder. Pifher has a .360 batting mark and McMurtry Billed Against Pastrano Tacoma U.P.) Irish Pat McMurtry will meet one of the heavyweight division's elite top ten Aug. 24 when he battles Willie Pastrano in an outdoor 10-rounder at the Lincoln bowl here. Paavo Ketonen, Seattle and Tacoma promoter, announced the signing of the match yester day. Pastrano, of New Orleans, fifth-ranked contender with 37 victories and 5 draws in 46 pro bouts, will be the second name fighter to battle the ex-marine from Tacoma in as many months. Claim Braves' Casts Spitball his "sinker. Alston refused to use the word 'spitter" in a flat accusation, but smilingly demonstrated how a pitcher can wipe the sweat off his left forearm into his glove to provide the wet stuff needed 10 Strikeouts Burdette, who notched 10 strikeouts in his losing effort for the top whiff performance of his career, blandly maintained his innocence. "Shucks, I've heard that spit ter stuff for years," said the drawling Brave hurler. "I throw a sinker. That s what it is Burdette smiled and added "You know, it doesn't hurt pitcher to have the reputation of throwing a spitball, even if, like me, he doesn't. These hitters start looking for something that isn t there instead of what is. Ashland Winner In Junior Loop INTERMEDIATE LEAGUE (Final Standings) Pet. 1 000 JO0 .000 Medford . Ashland Central Point 0 Ashland kept second place alone after defeating Central Point 4 to 2 yesterday in the final game of the intermediate circuit of the Southern Oregon Junior Baseball league. Ashland broke a 2-all deadlock with runs in the eighth inning on hits by Gray and Johnson, a walk and an error. Joe Alvarez smashed a three-baser for one of Central Point's three hits. Rich ard Woods and Ron Hale got the others. Medford went unbeaten to win the championship. SHORT SCORE: R H E Ashland 4 5 2 Central Point .. 2 3 4 Harris, McKinnix (1 ' and Dicker son: BUI Anhorn and Dennis Piaii. Trembly has a .311 average. Figures are up to date since CB-NB had no league action last week end. Other pitchers Leininger may start against Medford are Joe Bonneau, fresmnan last year at Oregon State college, and Don Lane, University of Oregon var sity chucker. For relief the North Benders have Brad Lucas, Willamette university and ex- Grants Pass high thrower; Jim Lehl, U of O varsity man and Clayton Smith, whose back ground isn't available. Harvey Jones on Team A Lumberjack in which fans here will be interested is Harvey Jones, athletic ''midget who clayed for Cleveland high of Portland against Medford s Black Tornado in basketball and football. He's a second baseman for CB-NB. Jones has proved a hard man for opposition pitchers to keep off base and therefore is (he Jacks lead off man at bat. Manager Jack Cooney of the Studs has indicated that he plans little if any variation in the Medford line-up for the series. Pitchers more than likely will be Derald Wooton, Bob Selsor and Don White. Wooton will be gunning to take the pitching leadership away from Bartow. The Medford chucker is right be hind the Jack flinger with four victories and no losses. In the last meeting of the clubs Medford posted 11 to 3 and 6 to 5 decisions and CB won 7 to 3. Medford in the week end ac tion also will be out to hold off a threat from another quarter. Drain, just two games behind the Studs, is host to Bend this week end. Coquille has a bye in the circuit. Past Victors Head Coast Links Field Astoria (U.R) A pair of past champions paced the field in the Oregon Coast Golf champion ships here yesterday. Medalist Ralph Dichter of As toria, a champ in '1952, and Dusty Woods of McMinnville, the defending titlist, led the field yesterday in the featured men under 40 bracket of the tourney. Woods fired five birdies in downing Rod Harris of Seattle, 5 and 4, whiie Dichter turned in a three-under card in edging David Munro of Portland, 3 and 2. Lillian Schassen of The Dalles, upset winner over medalist Mrs. Harry Stepp of Portland Tues day, came through unscathed in the women's quarter final round yesterday. Other winners in the worn en's field were Milly Murphy of Portland, Mrs. Ralph Walters of Portland and June Robinson of Tillamook. Corvallis teenager Bill Aubry scored the major upset in yes terday's play when he edged by Rick Cooney of Portland, 5 and 4. Aubrey was one-under for the day. In other featured matches yesterday, George Shirilla of Pendleton went 19 holes to drop Phil Macy of Portland Golf club and Dick Twiss of The Dalles turned back Jack Goodman of Forest Hills, 2 and 1. Carter Halts Satterfield Syracuse, N.Y (U.R) Eager young heavyweight Harold Car ter said today his technical knockout of highly-touted Bob Satterfield clears the way "for the fight I want next a re turn with Johnny Summerlin. "Summerlin is tough and he's one of my biggest obstacles, the 23-year old Carter said after he mauled Satterfield through five rounds and three knock downs before their televised scheduled 10 rounder was stop ped Wednesday night. Referee Ted Martin stopped the fight at 2:58 of the fifth, as 32-year old Satterfield slumped to the canvas in a neutral corner for the third time in that round. Judge Paul Cummins and Dick Fazio agreed with Martin that Carter had won all five rounds. The United Press scored it four for Carter and one for Satter-i field. Carter weighed 194 and Sat-, terfield, 185V2. j DRAGON BITE ! Ne wHaven, Conn. (U.P The Blue Cross reported paying the hospital bills of a man bitten by a dragon. G. Wuman Carroll ex plained that while on assign ment in the Dutch East Indies he tangled with a 200-pound dragon lizard. Builders Supply Bricks, Fines, Drain Tile 727 W. McAndrews Phone 2-4107 Buy At QUALITY ftlpJ BLOCKS Lithia, Guard Clash In Softball Tourney; Chris Walt's Win Walt's Lithia Motors of Ash land and Medford Company A of the National Guard lock in a desperate encounter at Haw thorne park this evening to stay in the fight for the Jackson County Softball association championship. Winner of the skirmish will go against Chris Drugs of Jack sonville in a Monday game which could determine the titleholder. In scuffles last night the Drug gists nabbed the coveted bye spot by handing' National Guard its first setback in the play-offs. Lithia ousted McCulloch Chain saw from the tourney to keep its hopes alive. McCulloch suf fered its second loss in the double elimination play. Chris rallied for four runs on fouc hits in the final seventh inning to spill- National Guard 11 to 10 in a ruckus that ended just as darkness closed in and a shower descended. E. C. Brittsan pitched a six-hitter, slammed a homerun to help his cause and had substantial fielding support as Lithia downed the Chain Saw club 7 to 1. ' Fine Clutch Fielding Chris Drugs got some fine fielding in the clutch as well in other spots through the game and miscues at crucial times hurt the Guardsmen, who outbingled .the Jacksonville team 14 to 10. Singles by Roby Isaacs, Ray Singler, Francis Guidry and Ken Knapp were utilized, along with an error and a fielder's option m the Druggists' final inning rally. Guidry drove over the ty ing marker and Knapp's swat brought home what proved to be the winning counter. National Guard had a 10 to 5 bulre after four innings and a couple of tallies in the sixth inning cut down the gap for the Chris crew. A base on balls, an error and a hit batter loaded the bags. Clyde Smith singled home two of the runners. Chris got a lone run in the first inning on a walk, a passed ball, a wild pitch and Dale Thompson's safety. National Guard went .on top with two counters on hits by Ted Yarnell Ned Landers, Jack Burns and Bill Matejka. a base on balls and a fielder's choice. Don Sanford walked and Jerry Montgomery homered into cen- terfield in the third for a 3 to 2 Druggist lead. But National Guard roared back in retaliation with five runs in the same panel. Denny Burns doubled and Ted and Ned Landers, Matejka, Don Vessey and Yarnell socked one basers in the frame. A couple of Chris errors helped. Two Guard miscues and a hit by Don Sanford enabled the Druggists to cut their deficit to two runs at 7 to 5 in the fourth but the Guardsmen collected three scores in the same canto for the 10 to 5 margin. They used a single by Matejka, a double by Dick Phillips, an er ror, a hit batter and a wild pitch. For Chris, Don .Wendt, playing in left field, made an "impos Scattergunners Practice Sunday Aledford Gun club will try out some clay targets Sunday at the practice shoot. Members are asked to turn out and test their sights against the new color. There will be skeet .and 16 yard practice. A handicap event is planned. Traps will open at 8:30 a.m. The shoot will be among three this month with which scatter gunners may sharpen their aim for the forthcoming dove and pigeon season. HARDTOP and STOCK CAR SATURDAY NIGHT AT Valley View Speedway 1 Mile North of Ashland on 99 5100 for 1st Place IN MAIN EVENT Time Trials 6:30 sible" catch at shoetop level in the sixth inning, of a rap by Vessey that seemed to have "hit" written on it. And Wendt on long run in the seventh made another snag that spoiled a pos sible Guard opportunity to pull even again. At third base Guidry had 10 assists and two putouts for the Druggists. Batting Leaders Ned Landers and Matejka of the Guard were batting leaders with three for four and Knapp of the Chris nine and Phillips of the Company A crew each slap ped two for four. McCulloch outhit the Ashland sponsored crew as Dean Sanders threw five-hit ball but the Saw men could muster their swats only in the first' inning for a score. Norm Loop doubled and John Niles singled him home. Walt's took command in their part of the opening canto with two runs on a single by Chuck Marrs, two bases on balls and two errors. Another marker crossed in the second inning and in the third Brittsan got his roundtripper. For good measure Lithia added three counters in the sixth inning on safeties by Charley Garner and Pete Hale, a base on balls and a couple of misplays. Today's brush at Hawthorne is set for about 6:15 p.m. The Drug gists can claim the title Monday if they cop tonight's victory. A Druggist loss Monday would send the tourney into a final show down game, probably on Wednes day. I.INESCORES: Chris Drugs 102 202 4 11 National Guard 205 300 0 10 is Wheeler. Bav Singler 4 and Mont gomery; D. Vessey and R. Phillips. McCulloch - 100 000 0 t 6 5 Lithia Motors .211 003 x 7 3 2 Sanders and Niles: Brittsan and Hale. DRIVE Wo BRAKES A A 3.50 Value ANY CAR Men's IVfcaf We D . rewst WfcMh. leseact " lriis. 3 4 Check mmd , 5 Mjint lrafca ! CareMty Te Irakee. ' i WE HAVE IT . . .-V p New Ttr I RIVETLESS MAKE IINIR6 1 V 11M f i. muKtm mm ON MANY 14-S1 CARS 1 ' , ,, T J Firestone STORES 214 S. 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