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J GUARD NUDGES LITHIANS SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP It will be Company A of the National Guard against Chris Drugs of Jacksonville in the finals of the play-off for the Jackson County Softball associa tion championship. National Guard won its berth against the Druggists by hanging on at the finish yesterday eve ning to turn back Walt's Lithia Motors of Ashland 7 to 6. It was Lithia's second loss and bumped It out of the double elimination tournament. Chris and the Guard vie Mon day at a field yet to be named. If the Druggists win they'll be crowned champs without further to-do. A win by the Guardsmen will force another game, prob ably Wednesday. The Jackson ville nine is unbeaten in two tourney tussles. National Guard has suffered one loss and that to the Druggists. Yesterday the Guardsmen took the field in the seventh inning with a 7 to 3 margin and came , within an eyelash of being caught by Walt s. But the Guard, victim of a last inning surge on the part of the Jacksonville nine Wednesday, managed to survive this time. And it was pitcher Don Vessey, the loser Wednesday, who put out the Lithian fire. Hal Triples Pete Hale led off the Ashland- tponsored team's last turn at bat with a triple. Don Rever man sent Hale home with a Texas leaguer. On Brittsan's rap to shortstop and Chutk Cleman's throw to Gene Snook at second base Reverman was safe on a hotly disputed play. Bob Smith flied out to center field and both runners advanced. Then Rever man snitched home. Vessey relieved Luther Fisher on the hill. An error on Cliff McGinty's rap put that Lithian on first base. He went to second on a wild pitch. Allen Pierce grounded out and McGinty went to third, putting the possible knotting run on third base. Ves sey whiffed Charlie Garner, however to end the fracas. Lithia, which sailed through the regular loop slate without a defeat, looked on its way to another win as the game opened. The Ashland team combined a base on balls, a bunt hit by Rev erman and an error for a run In the first inning. In the second frame. Garner's fly-ball safety, John Drew's bunt and an error allowed a tally. NG Takes Lead National Guard zoomed on top for keeps with four runs in the fourth inning on hits by Dick Phillips, Denny Burns and Ned Landers, three errors, a fielder's option and a base on balls. In the fifth Inning Phillips walked and Snook reached first on an error, going to second on the throw-in as Phillips got to third. Fisher lined to left field scoring both runners for a 6 to 2 spread. Lithia Motors picked up a lone counter in the sixth panel on a base on balls and hits by McGinty and Garner. Then the Guard reciprocated when Ned Landers two-baggered, was safe on a close play at first after Jack Burns' foul out back of the third base line and was ruled safe at home closely following Bill Matejka's groundout. National Guard came up with one oddity which pulled it out of a tight spot. That was in the fifth. Chuck Mars of Lithia had walked and stolen second. Hale skied out but Reverman singled and went to second on the throw In, Mars holding at third. E. C. Brittsan then slashed a liner. The ball sizzled off Ted Lander's PEDIGREE in every case Your first bottle tells you that here's pedigreed flavor that makes this man's bourbon different. Your next proves this pleasing difference is always the same. The secret is Stitzel Weller's exclusive sour mash recipe that keeps the pedigree pure, generation after bourbon generation. STITZEL - WELLER 'S Still ABIN 4.85 Fifth 3.15 Pint 5 years old mimT iitAiSHT mum wra-Kim whuep btu. irnvnai it, imj glove at third base but shortstop Clemans snared the ball for the putout and Mars was doubled off third base. Landers got an assist on the line-out. The Guard totalled seven hits against Brittsan while Lithia MEDrX)twTRIBUWl ipiDinnr Fanfare Monte Hoist, Medford high's lonje representative in the State Metro Shrine high school all- star football game will leave here Saturday to join the State squad in Portland. The State crew, which will be quartered at the Mallory hotel, gathers Sunday and on Monday will begin serious drills for the en counter on Saturday night, Aug. 18, in Multnomah stadium. Hoist, All - conference first team guard for the 1955 Black Tornado and Medford's out standing lineman, has been driv ing a truck in the woods this summer for the Steve Wilson logging company. He's been working out at home for the past two weeks, running and jumping rope to get his legs in shape for the Shrine classic. MONTE HOLST Monte reported last night that he and halfback Mike Hawkins plan to enroll this fall at Shasta, Calif., Junior college, where he will take pre-forestry and Mike pre - electrical engineering. The two were Medford gridiron co- captains in 1955. 8:15 P.M. KICK-OFF Kick-oxf time for Medford high school's horn football games will be at 8:15 p.m. this year. The hour has been 8 pun. in past seasons. Head Coach Fred Spiegelberg, who has been selling Oldsmobile's for Darrell Miller company this summer, says the reason, is to enable fans to watch the Friday night boxing bouts on television and still arrive on time at the gridiron for the opening kick-off. PROSPECTS BRIGHT We . are not trying to put Black Tornado gridders on the spot and we hope we are not jinxing the team in any way. But, as we foresee it, the 1956 season could be one of the finest in Medford high football an- 91 Proof rtiL TO REACH FINALS reached Fisher for 10. Rever man hit three for four in the game, Ned Landers two for three and Garner two for four. LINESCORE: Lithia Motorj ...110 001 3 10 National Guard ..0QO 421 x 7 7 3 Brittsan and Hale; Fisher, Vessey n and Phillips B, DICK JEWETT Mail Tribune Sports Editor nals. The Tornado will have a host of lettermen back from its 1955 roster. Not all of them have a wealth of experience but some of them do. There may be as many as seven two-year letter men on hand and as many as six players who gained all-conference recognition last year. SIX HOME GAMES The outlook for the season could mean great fan interest and fine attendance at home games this year. Purchasers of Medford high season tickets this fall will see six consecu tive Tornado home games. The Tornado meets gridmen of Jefferson of Portland, Mil waukie, Roseburg, Marshfield, Crater and Klamath Falls all on successive week ends. There probably will be high interest in all of these home encounters. Opener against Jeff is on Friday, Sept. 7. The encounter was moved up after first being set for the eighth. CRATER'S A-l BOW Of interest this fall will be the bow of Crater high of Cen tral Point into District 6 A-l for athletics. The Comets will play a full conference and district slate of four contests plus for other games. Crater headman Leonard Warren expects about a dozen lettermen to turn out. JAMBOREE NOT FAVORED Grants Pass Junior Cham ber of Commerce proposal for a football jamboree among the four big preps of the Rogue valley Sept. 5 seems lo have met with a negative reception. Both coacb Spiegelberg of Medford and Warren of Cra ter reported being contacted by a representative of the civic organization who said GP high would go for the pro posal. Inquiry at Grants Pass yesterday, however, was con trary. The school athletic official who reportedly said the Cave men would go for the jam boree could not be reached but two others connected with the school's athletic program said that such a grid event was "impossible" and "out of the question" this year. Lack of lime to prep for such an event, the fact that all schools have regular games two or three days after the projected Sept. 5 ' date, and the desire for more extensive planning make a jamboree unpopular this year. We don't have Ashland's viewpoint but both Spiegel berg and Warren indicated their disfavor. Each, however, said that he would be willing to have his team enter the jamboree if each of the other three schools wanted it. DRILLS OPEN AUG. 27 Oregon's preps start football workouts on Aug. 27 this year. Medford in drilling for Jeff and Crater in girding for Eagle Point on Sept. 7 each have just 10 days to practice. Grants Pass plays Roosevelt on Sept. 8 while Ashland opposes Del Norte high of Crescent City, Calif., that same evening. LOTS OF GUESSING With ballots now out to de termine the Southern Oregon league's most valuable player, ther'll be a lot of guessing about the outcome of the poll until the results finally are announced. Medford Cheney Studs prob able leading candidates are manager and first baseman Jack Cooney and catcher Frank Roelandt for their hitting, defensive play and leadership. Coquille has a can didate in its heavy swatting fielder. Pete Goodbrod, and Coos Bay -North Bend in a slugging shortstop, Jim Pifher from University of Oregon. On the Drain roster consid eration may go to a pair of veterans and sluggers, catch er Bill Beard and outfielder Pat Wohlers, who contribute to Black Sox poise. Bend of fers a sturdy, steady catcher in Irv Roth and sluggers In infielder Ron Bowen and in-fielder-outfielder Maury Ras mussen. Among the pitcher candi dates there's Jerry Bartow, the CB-NB star from Wash ington State college; Derald Wooton, the Studs ex-Dodger chain and ex-Medford high player; Noel Aronson, Drain's top flinger from Whitman col lege, and Stan Dmochowsky, Bend twirler from U of O. Choice by the players prob ably won't be based en one single quality but on a num- STANDINGS PACIIFC COAST LEAGUE (By United Press) W. L. Pet. Lot Aneelej 77 .643 Seattle 70 47 55 62 61 62 65 72 J98 .526 .470 .470 .461 .444 .385 Hollywood San Francisco . Portland Sacramento San Diego Vancouver -.61 55 ...54 -53 -52 -45 20'i 20-2 Thursday's Results Los Articles 4. San Francisco 0 Hollywood 6. Vancouver 1 Friday's Probable Pitchers San Francisco. Max Surkont 3-4, at Los Angeles, Johnny Briggs 5-3. San Diego, Vic Lombardl 7-5. and Pete Mesa 8-9, at Seattle, Bud Pod blelan 12-5 and Howie Judson 7-9. Sacramento. Gene Bearden 10-8 and Roger Osenbaugh 7-9 at Portland, Bill Werle 10-10 and Rene Valdes 15-8. Hollywood, Bob Garber 5-1, at Van couver, Charlie Beamon 6-4. NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB Milwaukee 57 37 .606 Cincinnati .59 41 Brooklyn 57 41' St. Louis 49 47 .590 1 .582 2 .510 9 .469 13 .443 15 "i .427 17 .368 22 !i Philadelphia 46 52 43 54 -41 53 -.34 59 I Pittsburgh ... New York . Thursday's Results Cincinnati 10. New York 2 Brooklyn 3. Milwaukee 0 St. Louis 7. Pittsburgh 5 (Only games scheduled) Friday's Probable Pitchers Chicago at New York 2 (twilight night) Rush (9-4) and Davis 13-5) vs. Hearn (3-10) and Lmlefield (0-3) or McCall 12-3). St. Louis at Brooklyn (night) Po holsky (6-8) vs. Craig (10-6) or Kou fax (2-3). Cincinnati at Philadelphia (night) Lawrence 15-2 vs. Simmons (7-6) Milwaukee at Pittsburgh (night) Spahn (10-8) vs. Law (3-12). Saturday's Games St. Louis at Brooklyn Chicago at New York Cincinnati at Philadelphia Milwaukee at Pittsburgh AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. New York Cleveland Boston Chicago .396 27 '4 .364 30 !j Thnrsday's Results Chicago 5. Washington 4 Kansas City 3. Baltimore 2 Boston 18. Detroit 3 Cleveland 4. New York 0 Friday's Probable Pitchers Baltimore at Chicago (night) Schmitz (0-2) vs. Pierce (16-4). Washington at Kansas City (night) Pascual (4-12) vs. Ditmar (8-12). New York at Detroit (night) Tur ley (5-2) vs. Hoeft (12-9) Boston at Cleveland (night) Par nell (4-2) vs. Garcia (7-9). Saturday's Games Baltimore at Chicago Washington at Kansas City, night New York at Detroit Boston at Cleveland NORTHWEST LEAGUE W. L. Pet Yakima Salem Wenatchee Spokane Lewiston ... Tri-City Eugene -16 10 .615 -15 11 -15 12 -13 12 -12 15 -11 14 . 9 18 .577 .555 320 .461 .440 .333 1 Hi 4 4'i 71i Thursday's Results Eugene 4'. Lewiston 3 (first game! Eugene 10. Lewiston 6 (second game) Wenatchee 6. Yakima 5 Tri-City 3, Spokane 2 (first game) Tri-City 6. Spokane 1 (second game) Hardtopper Point Chase Intensifies Hardtop and stock car racing resumes Saturday night at the Valley View speedway, just north of Ashland, with the race for championship points getting tighter and tighter. Shooting for the title of champion is the fast moving Crock Hunter, 15X, holding his lead with 258. Crock last week increased his bulge over Wayne Lemley, A57, by six points. Wayne has 220. Bobby Jenkins, seems to have dropped the title of "Hardluck Kid" and is holding on to third place with 185. Right on his rear bumper is the smallest man on the track, Bobby Wilcox, M27, with 172 points. Bobby won the main event last Saturday night and picked up thirty points to move him from fifth to fourth. Neil Wooldridge, M15, is mov ing rapidly through the top twelve pointmen, coming from ninth last week to fifth. Neil got off to a late start this sea son but has been working very hard at gathering points. Bernie Miller, G4, by missing again last week, dropped to sixth place. Johnny Jones, M77, held on to his seventh spot. Rusty Phillips, C33, from Yreka, had some tough luck and dropped from sixth to eighth place. Jim Shippy, P86, fell from eighth to ninth, Allen Bausman, K25, from Klamath Falls, held his number 10 spot, as did Bob Crowley, also of Klamath. Leadfoot Lou Kurz, M7, serv ed notice that he intends to move up the ladder in standings by moving into the number 12 spot for the first time this sea son. Lots of action was furnished last week by both the stocks and hardtops with numerous spills, with as many as four cars involved at a time. Howard Lehman brought a little red stock car on the track and took top honors for the evening in the spill department. He rolled his car three times and had to be taken to the hos pital where it was determined that his injuries were painful but not serious. There should be action enough for everyone Saturday night. Time trials will be at 6:30 p.m. and the first event at 8 p.m. bar of traits which not only make the man a good ball player but contribute to the success of his team. Their selection could, to 'the fans, be a surprising one. FIGHTS By UNITED PRESS Charlotte. N.C. Al Andrews. 181 "4 St. Paul. Minn., decisioned Billy Kll S ore. 169. Miami. Florida, 10. 67 33 .670 59 39 .602 7 55 44 .555 11 'i 49 46 316 15 'j Baltimore 45 55 .450 22 Detroit 15 55 .450 22 Washington 40 61 Kansas City 36 63 Studs-'Jacks Series Starts on Saturday A 17-year-old twirler up from American Legion junior base ball may well draw one of the starting assignments this week end when the Coos Bay-North Bend Lumberjacks come to the fairgrounds park here for their three-game series with the Med- Rain, Wind Hinder Coast Links Play Astoria U.R) Golfers com peting in the Oregon Coast tournament yesterday got bad weather as rain and gusty winds hampered play but resulted in few surprises. Second round senior matches were postponed until today, while women had the day off anyway. In the men's under 40 divis ion, Ralph Dichter of the host city came through again with a 1-up win over Gene Maidment of Portland. Defending Cham pion Dusty Woods of McMinn ville, three down at the nine hole turn, defeated Jack Spring gay of Portland, 2-up. Dick Twiss of The Dalles con tinued his winning ways with- a 2 and 1 win over Bob Norquist of Portland; Harold Weston of Portland played par golf to de feat another Portlander, Ed Wat son, 5 and 4. Aubry Victor Bill Aubry of Corvallis won over George Shirilla of Pendle ton 5 and 4; Jeff Stockton of Seattle defeated Bob Girtle of Portland 2 and 1; G. B. Nichols of Portland won over Ron Isaacs of Portland, 2 and 1 and Dr. Blair Henningsgaard of Astoria defeated Ted Dichter of Gear hart, 2 and 1. , In the over-40 round, Dr. Ed Palmrose of Astoria and defend ing champ Mike Ierulli of Os wego overcame Ed Rapp of Van couver, Wash., and Vern Zuta, also Vancouver, by 5 and 4 scores. Joe Grahlman of Bend lost to Ken Fields of Yakima 3 and 2. Sports Broadcasts Television station KBES will bring the Joey Giambra Rocky Castellani boxing bout at 6 p.m. today and the Bos ton - Cleveland American league baseball game at 9:55 a.m. Saturday. Colts Skirmish Outlaws; Whiters Host Butte Falls Although he did not elaborate. Manager Harry Tonn admitted that he had an "ace in the hole" as the Cheney Colts eyed their week end battle to hold on to their second place status in the Rogue Valley Baseball league. The Colts travel to Cave Junc tion on Sunday and they look for a troublesome time. Other clubs who have made the jaunt this season have not found the Illi nois valley town's diamond to their liking or the reception to velcome as the Outlaws have lived up to their moniker. Cave Junction and the Colts are knotted with Grants Pass for second in the loop and all three will be scrapping to stay within Dreathing distance of the loop pacing Glendale Loggers. Grants Pass is host to Ashland and will be favored over the Lithians. Glendale is heavy choice to continue its romp this week end when it entertains cellarite Eagle Point. Butte Falls will vie 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 Friday, August 3, I95S ford Cheney Studs in the South ern Oregon league. The youth is Clayton Smith, who joined the 'Jacks at the end of the Coos Bay junior Leg ion season. On Wednesday night Smith displayed his prowess. He held Coquille of the SOL to a lone hit as his mates pounded out 16 in a 15 to 1 CB-NB non loop verdict over the Loggers. Medford entertains Coos Bay North Bend at 2 and 8 p.m. on Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday. The Studs need only one victory to keep their lead over the second-place Lumberjacks. But Drain could catch up in the standings if Medford doesn't win at least two. And the Studs will be after wins sufficient to retain their place in front of the pack when they lay out Aug. 11 and 12 with a bye. Same as Usual Manager Jack Cooney of the Studs said again today that the Medford line-up will be about the same as usual. Pitching duties likely will be divided among Derald Wooton, Bob Sel sor and Don White with Frank Roelandt doing the catching. Cooney should be at first base, Dick Toney at second, Twink Pederson at shortstop and Bill Martell at third. Out field assignments will go out among Wooton, Jerry Betten dorf, Terry Maddox and John Kovenz. For pitchers for the 'Jacks, Manager Curly Leininger has Jerry Bartow, the league's win ningest, Joe Bonneau, Don Lane, Brad Lucas and Smith principal ly to choose from. Also on the staff is Gary Hargens, who tossed earlier earlier this sum mer for the North Bend Ameri can Legion. Jim Lehl, previous ly listed with Coos Bay, is now on the Coquille roster. Catcher for the Lumberjacks will be either Dick Allison or Dick Olson. Joe Trembly may be at first base, Harvey Jones at second, Jim Palmer at short and Fred Granato at third. Among the outfielders are Loyd Lewis, Tom Hunt, Lane, Leroy King and Bartow. Coos Bay-North Bend as a team is hitting .249. Pifher leads the club and possibly the loop with .364. Trembly has .311. Against Coquille the other night Hunt and Allison each got two triples in three hits apiece. King also slapped three hits. Allison drove in four runs and Hunt and Pifher three each. Drain is host to Bend for three games this week. at Camp White in the other Sun day game. Averages 11 Hits The Cheney crew will try to uphold its hitting power also this week. It has averages 1 1 safeties per game. Morrie Churchman heads the swatters with a .411 average. Five others are hitting over .300. They are Howard Mor ris .375, Doy Gatlin .357, Duane Sides .354, Ed Reinking .318 and Harvey Tonn .312. Manager Tonn said that he had not yet settled on the pitching assignment. Sides, Kay Kelley and Bruce Forette have handled the duties lately. The skipper asid that Doy Gatlin will do the catching. Infielders may be Sides or Harvey Tonn at first base. Churchman at second, Rector at short and Donn Johnson at third. Morris is slated for outfield serv ice and the other two spots will be filled from among Larry Bigham, Bob Serak, Reinking and Sides. SSiFor Real Thrills- Races 8:00 Exley Busts Up Fracas By RAY ANDREWS United Press Sports Writer Jerry Exlev of thp Enrenp Emeralds rang down the curtain in dramatic fashion last night in the second game of a North west League twin bill. With two men out in thp rtn. tom of the ninth and the bases loaded, Exley smashed a grand slam homer that produced a 10-6 victory over the Lewiston Broncs. Eugene had taken the opener 4-3 behind Bill Griffin who al lowed but three hits in picking up his 10th decision of the year. Exley's clout sank relief hurl er Bob Roberts and gave the victory to Bill Marten, third Eugene hurler. Tri-City turned in two wins also with 3-2 and 6-1 victories over the slipping Spokane In dians. 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