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V Fanfare By DICK JEWETT Mjil Tribune Sports Editor The Cheney Studs will be aim ing at a third championship in southern Oregon semi-pro base ball contention when they tussle games here next Saturday and in one on Sunday. This is only the third season of the present Southern Oregon league but a league of the same name operated in the years up through 1950. The Studs, operat ing then as a Central Point team, won the regular season SOL title In 1948 but lost the post season play-off to the Central Point Millers 7 to 5. In 1950 the Studs, stiil playing out of Cen tral Point, won the regular loop toga again and took the post season affair 5 to 0 from Rose burg. The Cheney nine became Med ford Studs (but still were under Cheney Lumber company spon sorship) in 1952 when the South western Oregon league was or ganized. That circuit folded after the 1953 season and the revived Southern Oregon league took its place in 1954. Medford's high-powered Studs need only one victory over Coquille to claim the title alone. JONES CONDITIONS Jim Jones, the big back from Si. Mary's high of Medford. reportedly conditioned for the Shrine East-West B high school all-star tussle coming up at Pendleton Aug. 25 with workouts at the Medford sen ior high field. The two squads began drills as units yester day. Jim has been working this summer at the Olympic service station on South River side avenue. BUCK WEAVER DIES Buck Weaver, well-known for his wrestling on professional cards here, died recently in a Toledo, O., hospital as the result of ring injuries, according to in formation picked up from an other southern Oregon daily. BETTER ATTITUDE Marlene Bauer Hagge, whose golfing fortunes num ber of Medford divoters have followed since her exhibition as a teen-ager here several years ago. is quoted in the fall issue of Golf Digest as saying that any change in her golf game this year over 1955 is mental. The article sought to point out the reason for the links lady's success this year after winning no tournaments in 1955. She has won five titles this season. The young star indicated that she is less "scared" this year and has more desire. ENTRIES CLIMB Rogue Valley Country club is fast approaching its antici pated entry list of 224 men and 64 women in the Southern Ore gon Golf tournament. Entrants yesterday totaled 188 of which 142 are men and 46 are women. Most of these are out-of-town participants. The tourney is scheduled at the Medford links Aug. 28 through Sept. 3. Mem bers of Rogue Valley who are high handicappers and are not aiming to qualify in the champ ionship flight will start qualify ing on Aug. 18. Final date for members here to enter is Aug. 19. Quarterback Wins Suit To Join Rams Los Angeles U.R) The Van couver Lions of Canada's Wes tern Provincial Football Union were denied an injunction in Federal court Monday which would have prevented quarter back Rudy Bukich from playing with the Los Angeles Rams. Federal District Judge Harry Wcstover ruled that his court had no jurisdiction to hear the injunction suit filed by the Ca nadian club against Bukich and the Rams. Superior Judge John J. Ford later set Aug. 22 for a hearing on the new suit. Bukich, former University of Southern' California star, had played with the Rams in 1954 before entering the service. He reportedly signed with the Lions while in the service but reported back to the Rams aftej his discharge. Ths Vancouver club claimed in ihc suit that its team had been built arounrl Bukich and now it is too late to replace him frr tne coming season. A near record of 4.197,145 new automobiles, trucks and buses were put on the nation's highways last year to raise the total of registered vehicles to an all-time high of 62,760,395. WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS FAMILY NIGHT! SHOP TH. 9:00 mm weisnti-o'8; m - m gy i i ypNO MONEY DOWN I Ajgfe X ONLY 50c A WEEK I yudrwslC-Sf y This unusually handsome Bj yPBfEyO watch is anti-magnetic, has a I XJQmR' i second sweep hand and stain- H Cr " less steel back. For work or g 122 EAST MAIN STREET, MEDFORD.. Ph. 3-5348 Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. - Wed. Til 9 p.m. MedfordTribune TPflDMT W fTrr GANGWAY! Fred Morrison, Cleveland Browns' half back, packs the ball for 10 yards in first quarter at Chicago after taking a pass from Browns' Quarterback v George Ratterman. Looks like Art Davis of the All-Stars (left) and John Puluck have Morrison dead to rights but tackle was actually made by Bob Pellegrini who isn't even in the picture. The Browns won easily, 26-0, with the Collegians hardly in the ball game. State-Metropolitan Shrine Grid All-Star Tilt Could Be High Scoring Encounter Portland Future collegiate and professional football greats will clash in Multnomah stadium at 8:30 p.m. Saturday in the ninth renewal of the colorful Shriners' hospital all-star game, featuring the cream of last year's prep stars from throughout the state of Oregon. It will be the Stale All-Stars under Coach Pete Susick of Marshfield high against the Met ropolitan All-Stars tutored by Brad Ecklund of Gresham. The same coaches opposed each other last fall in the finals of the state high school championship. On that occasion, Susick was the winner. The kickoff will be preceded by colorful pageantry ji which more than 2,000 uniformed per sons will participate, including bands, drum and bugle corps, drill teams and military march ing units. There will also be special halftime entertainment. The game itself figures to be a free-scoring affair, as both squads boast acurate throwers and glue-fingered receivers, as well as backs capable of break ing away at any time. Offense has been the keynote of work outs at both camps the past two weeks. State More Power Close followers of the two teams give the Metros an edge in speed, but believe that State has the more powerful runners. The teams appear about equal in the air. State has a pair of ex cellent throwers in Sandy Fraser of Marshfield and Sam Haynes of Pendleton, but the Metros figure to match, them with Bill Haller of Milwaukie and Chuck Rask of Portland's Jefferson high. Dennis Baker, the Marshfield Superchief, will be watched closely by Metro defenders, as he is regarded as one of the fin est running backs to come out of an Oregon high school in many years. Baker carries 190 pounds on a 5-foot, 8-inch frame and is one of the fastest runners in the state for 50 yards. Herman McKinney, a scatback from Jefferson high, is an explosive-type runner who can give the opposition some nervous moments. Another Metro speed merchant is -Bob McGill of Port land's Franklin high. The Metros will be after their first win since 1950, while State Bowling League rivalry for the 1956 1957 season at Medford Bowl ing lanes will open the week of Aug. 27. ' A series of meetings will be held this week in connection with league organization and preparation for the season. Lanes' Proprietor Fred Ander son has listed six meetings and each will be the last for the circuit involved before loop play beains. .' The Ladies Classic league has a session at 7:30 o'clock this evening at Girls ' Community club. On Wednesday, Aug. 15, the Commercial league will meet at 7:30 p.m. and the Evergreen circuit at 8:30 p.m. A session of the City league will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, and the Rogue Valley league will convene at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday. On Friday Aug. 17, the Industrial loop will meet at 7:30 p. m. , will seek to renew the winning streak which was halted at four in a row by last year's 6 to 6 deadlock. ' Both teams will employ the T formation. Deputy Chief Eugene W. Fer guson, the game's managing di rector, expects a good crowd for the game, all proceeds from which go to the Shriners' hos pital for crippled children. Portland U.R) Opposing coaches in the 9th annual Shrin ers' hospital all-star football game here Saturday night said today that starting berths are still wide open for the game. Coaches Pete Susick of State and Brad Ecklund of Metro both sent their charges through morn ing and afternoon drills yester day and the same was scheduled for both camps today. All-out scrimmage sessions have been scheduled for tomorrow. Metro supporters had their hopes raised yesterday when Chuck Rask, pass-tossing quar terback from Jefferson high, ap peared at the workouts after a week end in the hospital, where he was treated for a bruise above the kidney. He didn't suit up for the drills, but is expect ed to be ready to play. Grid Clinic Set For MHS Room 4 The high school football of- licials clinic set for 8 p.m. on Wednesday will be in Room 4 of the senior high building here. A. Oden Hawes, assistant sec retary-treasurer of the Oregon School Activities association will be in charge of the clinic. The meeting is of importance to both old and prospective new officials and is of interest to coaches. Rules will be summarized and rule changes will be discussed. A movie, "Better Football." and slides on the mechanics of foot fall officiating will be shown. Tests for certification as foot ball referees will be available. Roseburg $5,5P.0 ilus fax jUE$TCORSTS m Runes j l&2SS?232. Sit Tuesday, August 14, 1956 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN Bums Reject Deal To Bring Them Roberts By MILTON RICHMAN United Press Sports Writer New York UR) The Brook lyn Dodgers rejected a proposed deal that would have brought them Robin Roberts from the Philadelphia Phillies in ex change for five minor league players, the United Press learn ed today from a reliable Na tional league source. The deal, broached by Gen eral Manager Roy Harney of the Phillies shortly before the June 15 trading deadline, would have sent Roberts, the six-time 20 game winner who receives an estimated $52,500 per year, to the Dodgers for five hand-picked Brooklyn chattels. In return for the 29-year-old Roberts, the Phillies sought out fielder Don Demeter, third base man Dick Gray and pitcher Ralph Mauriello. all with Brook lyn's Fort Worth farm in the Texas league; pitcher Fred Kipp, a left - handed knuckleballer, from Montreal of the Interna tional league, and shortstop Chico Fernandez, now with the Dodgers but then with Montreal. The Phillies particularly were anxious to land Demeter and Gray, both of whom were named to the Texas League All-Star team and are tabbed by scouts as "first-rate big league pros pects." Brooklyn officials were more sorely strapped for pitching help then than they are now and even though the acquisition of Roberts tempted them tremen dously, they decided the young players the Phillies insisted upon would figure prominently SPRINTER WITH ROTC Manhattan, Kan. (U.P.S Thane .Baker, former Kansas State sprinter, has been ordered to temporary duty with an ROTC unit at his alma mater. Now a member of the Air Force. 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