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r TEW MEDFORD fOBEOON) 'Skins Face Forty-Niners in Grid Go San Francisco (U.R) The cookies will see plenty of action Sunday in the exhibition game between the Washington Fed- skins and the San Francisco Forty Niners. Each team knocked off highly favored opponents last week to open their National Football league exhibition schedules. Coach Joe Kuharich of the Redskins has little choice in the matter. Such seasoned workmen as halfback Vic Janowicz and quarterback Al Dorow have been laid low as the result of an auto wreck, while quarterback Eddie LeBaron also is on the injured list. Bailey May Start So Kuharich will probably start with Don Bailey, rookie quarterback from Penn State who was the star of the East's upset victory over the West in the Shrine game here on New Year's Day. Coach Frankie Albert of the Forty Niners also will give his rookie brigade a chance to show its stuff. Tackle Bruce Bosley of West Virginia, guard Tony Sardisco of Tulane. and halfback Frank Pajackowski of Richmond as among those slated for action Washineton cliDDed the Los Aneeles Rams 39-21 last week while the Forty Niners downed the champion Cleveland Browns. 28-17. The Rams beat the Browns 17-6 last night. BASEBALL rmnAt" besh.ts Parlflc Coast l.eaipm Loa AmUn 3 Seattle I San Dieffo 4. Hollywood I Portland 5. Vancouver 1 Sacramento 6. San Francisco a Mattonal leiu , New York 5. Chiculo 4 Brooklyn . Cincinnati 4 (nlWit St Louis . Pittsburgh 2 fnlh". Milwaukee 6. Philadelphia 1 might) American Leaitie Cleveland 5. Boston 3 . New York 2. Chicago 0 (nljht), Detroit 4. Baltimore 1 might! Karuas City 8. Washington 4 (night) Vorfchwast I-eaeiie Spokane 4. Trt-City 3 Lewiston 13. Eugene 6 Yakima 6, Wenatchee 4 SCNDAY'X GAMES National League Philadelphia at Cincinnati (2) Brooklyn at Milwaukee Pittsburgh at Chicago 12) New York at St. Louis (21 American League Cleveland at Washington Chicago at Baltimore (2i Detroit at New York (2( Kansas City at Boston (2) League Leaders Br mltrd Press (as f Friday) NATIONAL LEAGUE Player & Club G. AB R. H. Moon St L. 111) 425 75 142 Aaron. Milw. ..11R 4B1 S 152 Schdst. N Y. 9 350 42 111 Musial. St L. -.123 4KB 4 145 Virdon. Pitts 124 447 61 .139 Pet. .334 330 .317 .311 .311 AMERICAN LEAGIE Mantle. N Y 119 4.15 IDS 15B Williams. Bos 103 293 50 102 Kuenn. Det 113 449 89 147 Maicwell. Det. .109 3B2 75 125 Nieman. Bait 99 332 50 108 .359 .348 .327 .327 .325 Home Runs Mantle. Yanks 43: Sni der. Dodgers 34: Kluszewski. Redlegs 32: Robinson. Redlegs 33: Adcock. Braves 22. Runs Batted In Mantle. Yanks 110: Kaltne. Tigers 98: Simpson. Athletics 9t: Musial. Cards 90: Kluszewski, Red legs 87. Hits Fox. White Sox 158: Mantle. anks 15S: Kaline. Tigers 153; Aaron, Braves 152: Kuenn. Tigers 147. Runs Mantle. Yanks 106: Robinson. Redlegs 99: Snider. Dodgers 90: Fox. White Sox 90: Aaron. Braves 86. Pitching Pierce. White Sox 18-5: Ford. Yanks 14-4; N'ewcombe. Dodgers 20-6: Buhl. Braves 15-5; Freeman, Redlegs 11-4. rAm it Ml IT! EVR DWVE WITH BRAKES A 3.50 Value ANY lert's rVbof We Dj U CAR m t i H - Franc Whacls, huestf e lasesct Brake 4 Cfcatfc exas Ma 5 Aapnt leafce Ska as. 6 Careeelry Teat Brakes. WE HAVE IT . . . New Tireston RIVETLESS BRAKE LINING in it tiling. Ctaaa mm Repack roaf Wheal la ai iags. .--si. I e no rm to scan . f , t I 6.7 . TO W BOM i g 4gr auwraia Marfan f f seovsN uno as oewauu lauaaairt f, : I ox amy l4-11 ca 4 VAIL TRIBUNE MedforivvTbibunk ..'.V &?? ,TM-W"Ni ' DIRECT BLACK TORNADO This trio of coaches will again mentor the Medford High school football team. Left to right are Bob Newland, backfield coach, Fred Spiegelberg, head coach, and Paul Evenson, line coach. Black Tornado gridiron practice for the 1956 season opens at 10 a.m. Monday. The three tutors, above, steered the Tornado to the Southern Oregon conference and District 6 A-l-championships in 1955. They'll have the as sistance of junior varsity and junior high coaches as drills begin tomorrow. Drills Begin Monday For Tornado Gridmen Coach Fred Spiegelberg and his staff anticipate the appear ance of 23 lettermen tomorrow when the Medford high football squad opens drills for its 1956 season. All 23 have checked out their equipment and were among grid candidates who underwent physical examinations on Thurs day night. Spiegelberg said that 77 boys took physical. Of these 31 were sophomores, mostly up from Hedrick and McLoughlm Junior High schools. Two transfers with experience are expected to be on hand for the opening drills. ' The head mentor said that players will report twice per day for practice, at least during the first week. First workout has been set for 10 a.m. tomor row. Afternoon drill likely will be at 4 p.m. Conditioning and fundamen tals will get heavy attention but Spiegelberg plans to give the squad offense plays to work on Rams Strike Late To Top Browns 17-6 Los Angeles (U.R) The Los Angeles Rams struck late but hard Friday night to gain a 17-6 revenge victory over the world champion Cleveland Browns in an exhibition game before 40.- 175 thrilled spectators at Memo rial Coliseum. The Rams were forced to stage a last-half rally in order to pull ahead of the pro club which less than a year ago defeated them, 38-14, on the same turf for the National Football league cham pionship. Coach Sid Gillman wisely call ed upon quarterback Billy Wade and a trio of rookie runners to razzle-dazzle the Browns. Ram backs Tom Wilson, Tom Runnels and Joe Marconi, all launching pro careers, proved the deciding factors for the Rams in the cru cial fourth period. Runnels Scores Runnels, from North Texas State, turned in a sparkling per formance highlighted by scoring on a crushing six-yard plunge. The other rookies also came forth in burning up yardage for the Rams. Wade was called into the game when the Rams entered the sec ond half trailing, 6-0. He put the Rams ahead in the third period hitting Woodley Lewis on a 12 yard pass touchdown play. Wade's passing also set up Run jiel's score and put the Los An geles club in position for a clinch ing field goal by Les Richter. The Browns only could man age to cross pay dirt once. Quar terback George Ratterman, long time understudy of recently re tird Otto Graham, passed to half back Ray Renfro in a play good for 32 yards and six points in the second period. A BRICK TRICK Des Moines (U.R) Instead of a nameplate, the Des Moines city clerk has a tan brick on his desk with the word "Walter" printed on it. His name is Walter Brick. No Road Too Rough or Too Tough for . . "The Amazing Volkswagon" MORSE Sunday. August It. 1956 H fit right at the start since time of preparation ior the opening game is so short. Defense work will fit in with the conditioning program. Plays Jeff Sepl. 7 The Black Tornado, defend ing Southern Oregon conference and district champ, has its first tussle on FridaySept. 7, against Jefferson of Portland here. Seven two-year lettermen are among returnees. They are Bob Apple, guard; Larry Cranston and Neil Plumley, tackles; Dick Copple and Mike Stearns, ends; Dick Swinney, center, and Dick McLaughlin, quarterback. Cop- pie and Flumley were chosen for the all-conference first team and Apple. McLaughlin and Stearns received honorable men tion. Other senior lettermen are Gary Guss. Ken Kumasawa and Terry Miller, guards: Larry Slessler, tackle; and Eldon Fran cis, Gordon Owsley, Gary Riley and Jay Walker, backs. Riley was picked for the all loop first team. Junior Lettermen Junior lettermen are Tony Brauner, Bob Gee and Mike Russell, backs; Jim Funston, tackle, who may be moved to center; Tom Hamlin and Gary Harrington, ends: Tom Merton, guard, and Tom Morris, tackle. It is not know whether Pete Kershaw, one - year letterman guard, who'll be a senior, will be out. John Hawley, who let tered in the backfield as a jun ior in 1955 is in the Air Force. The experienced transfers are Dan Lovett. 165-pound fullback, who came to Medford last school year after seeing regular duty for the subdistrict 6 A-2 cham pion Phoenix eleven, and Dean Rickard, 180-pound tackle from Shelton, Wash. Both are seniors. W. Pastrano Victor Over Irish Pat Tacoma. Wash. U.R) Fifth ranked Willie Pastrano of New Orleans scored a unanimous 10 round decision over Irish Pat McMurtry Friday night to hand the Tacoma, Wash., heavyweight his first defeat in 23 profession al bouts. Pastrano, who weighed In at 186 pounds, recorded his 38th win in 47 pro fights and his 19th straight without defeat. McMur try came in at a surprisingly low 178V4. Mcllurtry's best round was the second when he staggered the New Orleans heavy with a looping right hand. Pastrano shook it off and came back fight ing. Opened Cut Pastrano took command in the third when he opened a cut over McMurtry 's left eye. He remained in control most of the rest of the way, although Irish Pat rallied briefly in the seventh and eighth. In both the second and seventh rounds, the fighters bat tled after the bell had sounded. The two judges scored it 99-96 and 98-94 for Pastrano, while Referee Davey Ward had it 96 95 for Pastrano. Justin Smith, Selsor On PCC Roll of Honor Justin Smith Jr., Medford, University of Oregon graduate last spring, is one of 32 senior athletes named to the Pacific Coast conference honor roll for 1956. Also named was Bob Selsor, of University of California of Los Angeles, who has been play ing baseball this summer for the Medford Cheney Studs semi-pro club. Smith was a varsity golfer three years at Oregon. A pre-law student, he received a bachelor of science degree in history from the university. A physical edu cation major, Selsor will return to UCLA this fall for further study. He was a baseball letter man at the Los Angeles school. To be eligible for the honor roll a B grade average or better was required of the athletes for all college studies. Smith, an reserve officers' training cadet at U of O, will go on active duty in the Air Force on Sept. 9 and is to report to Lackland AF base, San Antonio, Tex., by Sept. 14. He will serve three years and plans to enter law school after that time. The ex-Medford high linksman and basketball player won the Rogue Valley Country club golf cham pionship last week end and will vie in the Southern Oregon tour ney here before going into the service. Gains Honors At graduation time in June he was one of six senior cadets singled out for honors. He was a member of Scabard and Blade, ROTC honorary and was named to Phi Eta Sigma, scholastic honorary. As a senior he was president of his social fraternity, Phi Kappa Psi. Selsor, who plans to enter the coaching field, started as an in fielder this spring for the Bruins but became a regular pitcher when his mound talents showed. He played for the Long Beach City college state championship team of 1954 prior to transfer to UCLA. His home is at Long Beach, Calif., although he has been residing at Roseburg this summer and working for the bureau of land management. Selsor has been with the Studs two seasons, pitching this year after serving as an infielder last season. He played two years for the Brookings semi-pro club. Los Angeles Thirty-two sen ior athletes who this year com pleted their undergraduate work at the nine Pacific Coast confer ence schools have been named to the conference honor roll for superior scholarship, PCC Com missioner Victor O. Schmidt an nounced today. The group was the first to be honored under the conference honor roll program which was established last winter. To be eligible for nomination an ath lete must have maintained a grade average of B or better for all college studies and must have participated in a major sport. The 32-man nomination includ ed two athletes who have been named to Phi Beta Kappa: Ron Wagner and Roger Kessing, both of Stanford. Four are members of a second scholastic honorary, Phi Kappa. Phi: Bob Hungate, Doug King, Ron Overby and Pete Toomey, all of Washington State. Lon Stiner Named Three of the honored athletes had served as team captains dur ing their playing days: Lon Stiner of the 1955 Oregon foot ball varsity; Jim Coshow, co- captain of the 1956 Washington basketball team, and Hungate, captain of the 1956 WSC swim ming team. Hungate also was disclosed as the recipient of a $4,000 scholarship for advance study at Harvard business school. Two prominent track men were honored Pat Coyle of Southern California, 1956 conference champion in both the 100 and 220-yard dashes, and Larry An- FOR FOUIIDATIOIIS OR OTHER BUILDING NEEDS Let us deliver the concrete mix you specify, in the quantity you want, ready to pour. Call us for FREE estimates. ,1 -( JUSTIN SMITH JR. Earns PCC Honor derson of California. PCC and NCAA pole vault champion in 1954. Also included was Art Keith of Oregon State, three-time Pa cific Coast wrestling champion in the 137-pound division. The list of those named to the conference honor roll, their institutions, sports, homes and high schools includes: Dick Butler. Oregon, tennis: hnme Portland. Ore.: graduate Grant H.S. Art Keith. Oregon State. wresUing: three-Ume Paciiic Coast champion in 137-pound division; home Corvallis, Ore.: graduate Canby (Oregon) H.S. Dick Mason. Oregon State, football: home PorUand, Ore.; graduate Wash ington H S. Bob Selsor. UCLAl baseball: home Long Beach, Cal.; graduate Lone Beach Poly. Justin Smith, Oregon, golf: home Medford. Ore.; graduate Medford H S. Lon Stiner. Jr., Oregon, football; in55 team captain: ROTC Cadet Colo nel: home Westfir. Ore.; graduate Oakridge lOregon) HS Tex Whiteman. Oregon State, bas ketball and track: home Corvallis, Ore.; graduate Olathe Colorado) H.S. Rene Valdes Scores 19th For Beavers By john Mcdonald United Press Sports Writer Crafty Rene Valdes of the Portland Beavers looked like a cinch today to become the Pa cific Coast League's first 20 game winner after notching his 19th victory Friday night, a classy three-hit 5-2 win over the Vancouver Mounties. Valdez had a shutout going until the seventh when the Mounties pushed across their only runs on a bloop single, a walk, a hit batter and another one baser. Dave Hillman of the Los An geles Angels stayed right behind by staggering to his 18th win as the Angels made good use of four hits to nip the second-place Seattle Rainiers 3-2. In other games, the San Diego Padres thumped Hollywood 4-1 and Harry Bright rapped a ninth Inning, homer for Sacramento to sink the San Francisco Seals 6-5. Marques Homer Wins Valdes had blanked the Moun ties on just one hit until they tied it up with two runs in the seventh. In the Portland eight, Luis Marquez bashed a three-run hom er to wrap it up. Marquez earlier socked a triple and had a total of four RBI's for the night. The Beavers jumped into a two run lead in the fourth inning on succesive triples by Jack Lit trell and Luis Marquez and a single by Frank Carswell. T.INESCORE: Portland 000 200 030 9 0 Vancouver 000 000 200 2 ' 8 0 valdes and Calderone: Fischer and Pomano. Use Tribune Want Ads For Best Results! Just Call 2-6141 Simplify Your Concrete Work CONCRETE C9 Cal, Jersey Clubs Reach Ruth Finals Portland, Ore. (U.R Tren ton, NJ., and Huntington Park, Calif., posted Friday night tri umphs to gain the Saturday night championship game of the Babe Ruth World Series here. The New Jersey club moved into the finals night behind the four-hit pitching of Dick Bitter, who led his team to a 6-0 victory over Portland, Ore. Earlier, Huntington Park moved up for a shot at the cham pionship by defeating Tulsa, Okla.. 10-6. While Ritter was shutting out the Portland club, he got plenty of support from his teammates at the plate. They came through with 10 hits, including three by Jim Jeter, who kept his series record perfect with five hits in five trips to the plate. Seven Tulsa errors helped Huntington Park to its win. Tulsa outhit the California team, but shaky support cost the Ok- lahomans any chance at a title shot. LINKSCORES: Trenton - 121 001 1 8 JO 1 Portland 000 000 0 0 4 1 Ritter and Sutehff; Ira. Irwin (3) and Stamsos. Tulsa 004 002 0 6 7 7 Huntinirton 20 130 x 10 S 4 Graves. Willis io. Hartney (6) and Borden; Michaels and Best. Lesnevich's Ex-Wife Wants Children Back Paterson, N.J. (U.R) Mrs. George Warner, ex-wife of for mer light-heavyweight boxing champion Gus Lesnevich has started court action for the cus tody of their four children. Lesnevich, now a sales repre sentative for a trucking firm, was awarded custody of the chil dren in a final divorce decree in April, 1955. Mrs. Warner now is married to a New York executive who has three children by a former marriage. WRESTLER APPEALS ' Rock Island, 111. KU.R) Wres tler Bill Smith disclosed he plans to appeal the Amateur" Athletic union's ruling which declared him ineligible for Olympic competition. Smith was ruled off the Olympic team when the AAU ruled money listed as expenses amounted to a salary for coaching the Rock Island High school wrestling team. Aviation historians gay Mrs. C. J. S. Miller was the first United States woman to fly in an airplane Aug. 11, 1906. IVIIN0R TUNE-UP THIS MONTH ONLY '49 to '56 Ford Passenger Cars and Light Trucks We will check COMPRESSION YOU'LL GET BACK THAT NEW CAR WITH THIS FORD ENGINE TUNE-UP CRATER Main & Fir Sts. t3111Fy 'WHERE GOOD SERVICE IS A Joe Brown Lightweight Mantle New Orleans U.R) Pro moters J. T. Owen and Bonnie Geigerman started negotiations today for a return lightweight title fight in October between newly-crowned champion Joey Brown and Wallace (Bud) Smith at the auditorium here. Brown of New Orleans and Smith of Cincinnati drew 7.201 fans and $43,900 for Friday night's television-radio 15-round-er in which lanky Joey won the Prospect Grid Workouts Start Next Thursday Prospect Coach Wes Stauffer has set the first workout for Prospect high school football aspirants for 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30. Stauffer, reporting in a letter from Portland, said that, at the most, foor lettermen are expect ed to return. A large number of underclassmen probably will turnout, he said. U.S. piano sales grew from 145.000 in 1947 to 178,000 in 1955. NEED A To Replace a "Worn-Out" Car? WE SPECIALIZE IN "MONEY IN A HURRY" LOANS ON AUTO, FURNITURE OR SALARY AMERICAN FINANCE CORP. 123 West Main St Phone: 2-8886 DEAN ROBERTSON Mgr. 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