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TEH MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE f" VA STADIUM RISES Work is progressing on the new ballpark at the Veterans Admin istration domiciliary, Camp White. Here L. H. Dodd, Central Point, fills in low spots in preparation for pouring concrete. Since clay like soil at the site makes digging difficult in wet weather, work up to now has been slow. Now, with the ground frozen and drying SPORTSt I li Mick Talks Over Salary With Weiss Br MILTON RICHMAN United Press Sports Writer Mickey Mantle and Yankee General Manager George Weiss, having dispensed with the pre-, liminaries. settle down to brass tacks today and if the site of their salary talk is a factor, the young slugger is a 560,000 cinch to get what he's asking. Weiss and Yankee co-owner Del Webb will be among those present when Mantle is honored as "Man of the Year" by Sport magazine today. Weiss has in dicated he will begin "heavy negotiations." Each speaker at the ceremony will get up and praise Mickey to the sky. Then it will be Weiss' turn to speak about Mantle's baseball virtues. What can he possibly say? "the bum can't hit a curve ball." Mantle stacks up as the Yan kees' biggest financial headache but two more of their players who aren't fixing to budge until they're offered more money are Don Perfect Game Larsen and Bob Grim. Yanks Sign Two Latest Yankee players to sign were shortstop Gil McDougald and first baseman Joe Collins, each of whom agreed to terms Wednesday after receiving raises. The Yankees, however, aren't the only club with salary prob lems. Southpaw Warren Spahn and outfielder Hank Aaron both are asking for more money from the Milwaukee Braves. Spahn, a 20 game winner last year, left Mil waukee for his home in Hart sborne. Okla., Wednesday after explaining he got "nowhere" in his salary discussions. The Detroit Tigers admit they "haven't heard a word" from southpaw Billy Hoeft. another 20-game winner, and Cleveland General Manager Hank Green berg failed in his effort to sign Early Wynn, still another mem ber of the 20-victory circle. AntonelH Wants Mora Slugging Roy Sievers, last man to sign with the Washing ton Senators a year ago. appears in no hurry to sign this year, either, and southpaw Johnny Antonelli feels he deserves more from the Giants. Kansas City signed outfielder Lou Skizas. who led the club in batting with a .316 average last year. The White Sox announced they have 21 men under contract with the acceptance of terms by Dear Mary: George and I just bought a new 1957 OLDSMOBILE GOLDEN ROCKET 88 from Darrell Miller and are we thrilled. We had no idea we could own this wonderful car for so little. Actually our Olds costs less than the so called low priced car we almost bought. I can truthfully say I have never driven a car with so much comfort and power and so easy to handle. You and George must try that new Olds before you buy your next ear. I will pick you up on Saturday and let you drive our cor to the bridge party. Love, Ruth t N KVI i J. LADIES CLASSIC LEAGUE The Morning Fresh team had a clean sweep over Anderson's Market Tuesday night to stay in first place. Hawkinson's Tire Tread went into second place by taking all four points from Jorgensen's Dairy. Hawkinson's had high team series of 2363 and Jack's Drive-up had high team game of 831. Jane Kessler of Jack's Drive-up had top hon ors for the night with a 245 game and a 569 series. Other high games and series were rolled by Mable Clark 205 566, Rose Barr 190 535, Fredene Doty 197 534, Eleanor Lenz 200 530. Teddy Farrar picked the 5-7 split and Fredene Doty picked the 4-7-10 and Vivian Knox picked the 4-7-9 split. Standing!: w J' Morning Fresh Bakery 10 2 Hawkinson Tire Tread 3 Trail Creek Lumber Co. 6't .Vi Motor Haven Motel 6 9 Jorgenaen Dairy . e , Wooden Shoe 5 J Crater Inn Motel . 3 ' Jack's Drive Up S 7 Union Club , 8 Anderson Market 3'i 8',a Results: Anderson's A. Monroe A. Swoape V. Flurey R. Shama Morning Fresh 4 L. Ericson 441 S. Beck 474 A. Wilson 3R0 384 489 347 434 312 D Paul 403 M. Clark St6 2630 2450 31 68 2264 MII Tribune 1 Table Rock Lbr. 3 t'nlon Club 3 Crater Inn - 1 Spaunhorst 479 Gardner 502 V. dimming 481 G. Riggs 446 Liddell 427 Nelson 462 L. Rudv 421 O. Wvatt 405 M.athes 443 O'Connor 489 E Jones 377 M. Dver 3H8 Monsey 548 Freeman 550 T Tolles 423 T. Farrar 453 Anderson 522 Schroeder 506 M. McCall 488 C. Houston 468 2419 2509 Hawkinson's V. Knox F. Doty B. Hazlert N. Robert E. Baker Joreensen' I. Schroeder S. Kessler T. King F. Willett P. Gardner 479 432 416 478 443 4IS6 534 370 483 520 2363 Wooden Shoe 1 N. Burrough 4B7 V. Corbv 397 V. Johnson 419 Absentee 411 Rose Barr 535 2229 Jack's A. Gebhart B. Mahan V. Coats K. Jennings J. Kessler 3 442 398 4.19 42 5c9 2288 Motor Haven 3 A. Bohannan S04 B. Mmeer 392 Trail Creek C. Lows! L. Hale J. Wilson E. Goode V. Blunt 1 451 441 448 364 452 2150 M. Little E. Atkins E. Lenz 434 4R8 530 2348 BEAVERS SELL YOUNG Portland (U.R The Port land Beavers of the Pacific Coast league today sold second baseman Dick Young to St. Paul of the American Association. Young, a native of Seattle, hit .253 in 130 games for Portland last season. rookie pitcher Don Rudolph and rookie catcher John Romano. Outfielder Ted Tappe and pitcher Bob Thorpe signed with the Cubs. , Gus Triandos of the Orioles, who had rejected the first con tract offered, signed for a "sub stantial raise" that was believed to have brought his salary to about $18,000. Thursday, January 31, 19S7 out somewhat, work will be speeded up. Plumbing for the grandstand and shower has been roughed in and the project is ready for pouring of additional concrete. The $117,500 facility is being erected for use for general entertainment of the members. It will be available for some use by valley groups. COMMERCIAL LEAGUE Mail Tribune still holds first place in the Commercial Bowling league this week after losing a 1 to 3 decision to Table Rock Lumber. Al Bohannon of Star Body Works had high series of 624. Standings: W. Med ford Mail Tribune . 23 Cubby's Drive In 20 L. 8', i 12 13 13 14 15 16 18 18' j 20 20 24 Slar Body Works Table Rock Lumber Co. Bates Candy Co . .... 19 WJautv Market Morning Fresh Bread 18 Cave Construction 14 Crater Lake Motors 13 Alexander-Brown Insurance 12 Crater Electric 12 Desert Lumber Co. 8 Results: Star BodT Christiansen Thompson Bohannon Graham Patterson 3 Desert Lbr. 468 Bex 530 Parker 624 Smith 519 Knox 544 Lenz 1 494 547 442 512 487 2685 2476 Crater Electric 4 Knapp 598 Dirff 537 McCormack 567 Bates Candy 0 Dimick 461 J. Weber 52y D: Weber 474 Garrett 521 Dixon 528 2513 Vjllee H Allen 509 499 2710 A B Speer Boone G Jldan Bfrrey Knapp Clave Const. V. Allen Olson Abs. Chapman Clave 555 4 1.6 486 466 477 521 554 487 565 503 Cubby' Schneider Meyers Brooks Ramsby White C. L. Motors 0 Vessey ' 519 Cannon 463 Coleman 319 Monroe 492 Farrar 443 2236 508 4R6 552 572 489 M. F. Bread Bc:ck Cubler Barry Shinn Spain 0 472 467 496 484 521 Quality 5Ikt. Lubbers Huston Kyker Henderson Wise Company A Gains Lone MIBL Lead Company A of the National Guard pushed out into lone lead by half a game in the Medford Independent Basketball circuit last night with a 50 to 44 verdict over Headquarters Company of the Guard. Fourth-place Lea Motors fur ther solidified its place near the leaders by trouncing Prospect 83 to 45. Company A is in front by half a game over both Mutual of Omaha, which is in second spot and Hawkinson Tire Tread which is third in the tight chase. The Guardsmen are 9-2. Mutual 8-2 and Hawkinson's 9-3. Lea has a 6-4 status. Last night Company A had to come from behind in the sec ond half to beat the rival Guard team. Headquarters was in front 27 to 22 at the half. Bruce Bate man fired in 20 points for Head quarters and Weddle had 16 for Company A. Bruce Penny poured through 28 counters for Lea and Chuck S'acy and Don Wendt each got 17. Bud Osborne had 15 and Wes Stauffer 12 for Prospect. Lea's first half lead was 41 to 28. MNE-l'PS: Cumpanv A 50 Weddle 16 f G -eb S t Xlan 4 c Clark S g Yiimell 10 g 44 Headquarters 4 Bud Bateman 2 McCandliss - 9 K. Bateman 20 B. Bateman 6 Drew Substitutions For company A. . Trautman 8. Black 2. D. Bums. Spence. King. Heberling; for Head quarters. Cox 3. MANY HORSES ELIGIBLE San Mateo, Calif. ;U.PJ A i total of 224 two-year-olds have been made eligible for the S60, 000 Bay Meadows futurity on April 20, while 100 three-year-olds have been nominated for j the S50.000 Bay Meadows derby, I April 6. TornadoGrants Pass Tussle Here Saturday A Grants Pass high basketball aggregation with much young blood which holds promise for the future oppose the Medford Black Tornado in this week's Southern Oregon conference competition. The Cavemen meet Medford here on Friday night and the two clubs collide at Grants Pass on Saturday. There will be 6:30 p.m. junior varsity games prior to each 8:15 p.m. varsity scramble. So far this season, the Cave men, who stand third in the A-l circuit, haven't compiled a glittering record. And the Black Tornado, defending champion and co-leader in the current chase will be favored. But the Medfordites will go into the se ries with the awareness that GP hoopmen have been coming along good and could hit their stride and break loose at any time. Juniors Numerous Coach Ray Davis has at least four seniors on his GP squad who see considerable but juniors predominate among those on the squad who see most service and there is one sophomore who sees much action. That indicated promise for the future. A senior who could be in the starting crew is Larry Hen derson, 6-5, center now in his third varsity season. Jim Smith, 6-IV2, junior guard and leading scorer of the Cavemen, is an other who is almost certain to have a starting assignment and a third who could get opening call is Mike Sparlin, 6 -even junior guard or forward, who is second in GP scoring totals. After these its pretty much a toss-up as to whom Davis will call upon. It may depend on whether he plans a running or ball-control game. Senior possi bilities are Gary Tompkins. 5-11, Bruce Marks, 6-2' 2, and Larry Walker, 6-3 2. Juniors from whom the coach may pick are Chuck Rembert, 5-11, Pete Proc tor, 5-9, Paul Lindquist, 6-1, and Bob Fowler, 6-2. Jerry Put nam, 6-3, is a sophomore, who has been a starter. To Pick From Six Medford mentor Frank Roe landt will probably make his Harrington Will Be Judge for Hay ward Award Portland The judges commit tee of 50 which will select Ore gon's outstanding sports figure at the annual Bill Hayword Ban quet of Champions is nearly complete, it was reported today by Bill Mulflur, banquet gener al chairman. He said 43 sports enthusiasts have accepted the invitation of the Oregon Sports writers and Sportscasters asso ciation, sponsors of the event, and the list is expected to be complete in a few days. The committee will make their selection during the ban quet at the Columbia Athletic club Tuesday, Feb. 5. The 12 finalists, screened from the can didates nominated by a special committee, will be presented that night. Last year Oregon State basketball coach Elats Gill was the winner. Hugh Duffy Daugherty, popu lar Michigan State university football coach and highly re garded as an entertaining orator, will be featured speaker at the banquet. Tickets Available ' Tickets are still available, ac cording to Mulflur. However, there is a possibility that if they continue selling at their current pace there will be no sale at the door the night of the. banquet. Anyone wishing tickets should contact Mulflur at the Portland Baseball club, Multnomah sta dium or call CApital 6-2801. Those who have already ac cepted invitations to serve as judges are: Anthony J. Amato; Bill Bowerman, T. B. Bruno, Eddie Basinski, George Bertz, Bill Bottler Sr., Rich Carlascio, Bill Carney, Ken Crookham, Paul Durham, Jack Edwards, John Frederick, Baker Fergu son, Harry Glickman, Bill Gar barino, Bobby Grayson, Bill Gatch, Hollis Goodrich, George Harrington, Joe Huston, Roy Helser, Eddie Hogan, Al Hors feldt, J. V. Holland, Eldon Jenne. R. S. (Spec) Keene, John Leovich, Howard Maple, Doug las Nicol, Verne Perry, Tom Pigott, Emil Piluso, Ed Ryan, F. J. Riordan, Jimmy Richard son, Lon Stiner, Nick Sokavone, Paul Stagg. Terry Schrunk, Al Sehorn, Kip Taylor, Harold Weiss, Joe Ziegler. Gridiron Hassle May Be Moved Portland (U.R' Transfer of next fall's Oregon State-South- j ern California football game ' from Corvallis to Portland is virtually assured, the Oregon Journal said yesterday. i The newspaper said it had : learned that Oregon State and j Southern California had approv- ! ed the transfer and that only I Pacific Coast conference approv- j al was needed. ' I The game has been scheduled I for Corvallis on Saturday, Sept. 4 21. It is planned to play a night j game in Portland that night, the I newspaper said. I starting choices from among the usual six, Dick Copple, Dick McLaughlin, Neil Plumley, Larry Perkins, Tom Hamlin and Dick Puhl. Roelandt reported that Larry Slessler, who sprained an ankle in practice this week, was on crutches yesterday and will be out of service this week. Also lost for the series is Mike Stearns who received a knee gash in a tobogganing mishap. The Tornado went through a fairly hard work out yesterday and was to have lighter drill this afternoon in the final tune up before the week end games. Clark Five Tops Rooks Vancouver, Wash. U.R) Clark Junior college edged Ore gon State's Rooks 73-69 in a double overtime basketball game here last night. The score was tied at 55-all at the end. of regular time and at 63-all after the first overtime. Joe Mann, Rook center from Irrigon, canned 33 points. Von Luchner, Hussane Vie On Ring Card Ashland An outstanding pro fessional wrestling card is in prospect for the junior high school gym here Saturday night, according to the Ashland March of Dimes committee, sponsors of the program. Three newcomers to southern Oregon wresting, plus another widely known hereabouts for his slam-bang action, make up the card. The main event will pair Yogi Hussane, who has been seen many times In Medford, against Felix von Luchner, Ger man heavyweight. Von Luchner is a scientific type of performer who is bent on proving that all wrestlers from his country are not of the "dirty" variety. Desandro, Jones Matched The semi-windup will send Wild Bill Desandro, a rough and tough mat ' desperado, against fast-stepping Ken Jones, of Ty ler, Tex. Jones, former Army champion, is rated as one of the best young heavyweights to ap pear on the Pacific coast for some time. All four wrestlers will square off in a tag team match opening the card at 8:30 p.m. Jerry Hunt er, world lady's champion, will referee the tag affair and all matches will be for one hour or two out of three falls. Following the last match, pies will be auctioned at ringside and buyers will have the opportu nity to throw them into the faces of the wrestlers of their choice. NIT Heads Seek Sleeper Quints New York ,(U.R) The Na tional Invitation tournament, once the nation's premier post season basketball event, was shopping around today for "sleeper" teams to combat fierce competition from the NCAA championship. West Virginia Tech's 100-point- per- game sharpshooters (16-1), Texas Southern's Negro NAIA champions (19-1), unbeat en St. Peter's of New Jersey (12 0), Memphis State (15-3) and little Brandeis (13-2) were among the teams unofficially mention ed to jazz up the field for the 20th annual NIT. The bulk of the 12-team field again will be the strong East ern independents, including the three top metropolitan schools, Manhattan (9-4), St. John's (8-4) and Seton Hall (10-6). Canisius (14-2), Syracuse (10 3), St. Joseph's of Philadelphia (11-3), Duquesne (10-5), Temple (9-5) and Lafayette (13-3) are other strong Eastern teams that the NIT will try to lure away from the NCAA tournament. For intersectional appeal, NIT officials are anxious to corral Seattle with its 18-2 record. Two berths probably will be left open for the runnersup in the Sky line and Missouri Valley conferences. DID YOU KNOW You Can Get Buys Like These? 1957 Mere. Monterey 2-Door Sedan $2935.00 1957 Mere. Monterey 4-Door Sedan $3000.00 1957 Mere. Phaeton Hardtop .....$3050.00 1957 Merc. Phaeton Hardtop Sedan....'....$31 00.00 Above Prices Include: 1 Foam Seat Cushions 6 Oil Filter 2 Deluxe Trim 7 Oil Bath Air Cleaner 3 Wheel Rings 8 Turn Signals 4 Back-up lites 9 Spare Tire 5 Courtesy lites 104 Barrel Carburetor IMMEDIATE DELIVERY MOST MODELS MEDFORD MOTORS, Enc. Lincoln Mercury 6th & Ivy Phone 2-8588 -'"-V 'i JOHN MARSHALL Car Wreck Injuries Fatal Auto Crash Takes Life Of Nafator Melbourne, Australia (U.R) John Marshall, the swimming star who was an Olympic com petitor for Australia and set world records, was mourned to day by athletes the world over. Marshall, 26, died Wednesday without ever emerging from the coma he entered when he suffer ed head injuries in an autot accident last Thursday. Doctors operated on him four times in a vain effort to save his life. Marshall's death came just two months after he had repre sented Australia in the Olympic Games for the third time. Al though he won medals in the 1948 games in London and the 1952 games in Helsinki, Finland, this time he was attempting a comeback from shoulder bursitis that had forced him to quit two years ago and the best he could do was a fifth place in the 200 meter butterfly. Marshall's best competitive years were at Yale, because from 1950 through 1954 he smashed world freestyle records a grand total of 28 times. In 1950 alone, he surpassed world record figures more than a dozen times and during his career set marks at distances from 200 meters to one mile. Prospect, Talent in B Limelight Principal interest in the Jack son County B Basketball league on Friday will be centered at Talent where the Bulldogs are host to Prospect high. Prospect will be out to hold its unmarred leadership in the circuit but will be up against a club which beat it twice in De cember in non-league1 action. Other B games take second place Butte Falls to Jacksonville and third spot St Mary's of Medford to Rogue River. In week . end non-loop contention St. Mary's will be host Sunday to Sacred Heart of Klamath Falls. When Prospect met Talent at Prospect earlier this month, the Cougars of the mountain area nicked the Bulldogs 52 to 51. However, in pi e-conference warming up Talent whacked the Cougars 58 to 48 and 64 to 42. For Prospect this Friday Coach Wes Stauffer is expected to call on his usual starting five, Jim and Leo Daniels, Don Van nice, Jim Davidson and Dave Gardner. Coach George Bray of Talent may choose from among Mel Wallace, Phil Combs, Ron Welburn, Terry Hazelton, Bob Hoffman and Fred Helm. Fullmer Cancels Portland Fight Portland KU.R) A cut eye sustained by Middleweight Champ Gene Fullmer has forced cancellation of his scheduled fight here on Feb. 28, according to Promoter Tommy Moyer. Moyer said Fullmer suffered the cut in his Monday night fight with Wilf Greaves at Salt Lake City. The champion's man ager said he hoped to book Full mer for a bout in Portland after his scheduled title-fight with Sugar Ray Robinson. Hunting and Fishing Southern Oregon By MEL The cold weather has placed all the steelhead streams in the low and clear class with the re sult that the fishing has been very hot or very cold depend ing on whether one was lucky enough to pick a hole which had a school of fish "kegged" up. With the cold water (the Rogue had chunks of ice float ing in it) the fish do not move very fast, preferring to lie in the deeper holes. In this con nection it might be well to add that in spite of this well publi cized characteristic plenty of fish have been boated and caught from shore in the past three days which were hooked in six to eight feet of water hooked in the end of a medium fast run. None Unusually Large While many of the fish are very bright there are an equal number that show signs of hav ing been in the river for some time and the egg roe in many of the does was very mature. No unusually large fish have been reported but limits in the eight to 10-pound. class are fairly com mon. Cluster eggs, Spin n Glo and Oakie Drifter still have top tilling for steelhead fare but the time tested flatfish had a field day on the Illinois the first part of the week. Patterns of flatfish favored the fluorescent, orange and yellow. Predictions Indications point to the fol lowing predictions for the week end: The Rogue, a big run of fish was in the Galice area the first part of the week and should be in the Robertson bridge area by the week end. How fast they move will depend on how much the water warms. This run should scatter out so that fish ing will be generally good all along the river. The Applegate, which Is pro ducing some nice fish now should benefit from this new run. The Smith will maintain Its level from the snow runoff but the fish will probably be bunched and it will be well to fish several spots rather than waiting in one place if it is un productive. The Chetco is reported good both on the lower river and in the deep holes on the upper river drift. The Umpqua has been slow for the past week with fishing very spotty. A big improvement is looked for here because it is the right time of year for a really large run to come in. It will probably be still slow for this week end. Punchcard Dissatisfies There is an increasing amount of dissatisfaction current among Rogue valley fishermen concern ing the use of the salmon and steelhead punchcard. This streamside bookkeeping system was originally promoted and instituted by the game com mission in the hopes that it would furnish an accurate check of the number of fish taken, to assist in the carrying out of various enterprises in the fish ery and to give an index of fish ing pressure. A majority of the fishermen feel that it should be dispensed with for they point out that it is not doing the job it was sup posed to, due to various factors. Reasons Listed Some of the reasons are: (1) Only steelhead over 20 inches require the punch card this makes the final account very inaccurate as to the. num Ma 9L ae how ( ...MAKES EVERY INCH You don't pay for an inch of waste space when you erect a Butlar steel building. Clear-epan interiors and straight sidewallt make all floor space usable. No matter whether you use a Butler building aa a factory, warehouse, or store, there are no posts to limit arrange ment of machinery or merchandise. Weather-tight, fire-safe Butler buildings, with galvanized or alu minum covering, require practically no maintenance. Insurance rates are low. You can get clear-spin widths up to 70 feet in many lengths. Let us show you a new Butler building now in use. See how it can fit your business. Use your own building plan or if yon prefer our senrbe can include everything from foundation to insulation. Call or write us . . . todayt 240 East McAndrews REES ber taken. (2) Visiting sportsmen, fishing with guides take a large num ber of fish they are not re quired to turn in their cards (a very difficult and impossible thing to enforce) and conse quently there is no record in the final, count of the fish they took. (3) The punch cards are re quired to be in the boxes placed in the sporting goods stores' by February 15. These boxes are picked up before the trout sea son license rush which occurs in April. Many anglers never get their licenses until just be fore trout season and therefore do not turn in their cards in time to get into the tally. Soma stores report literally dozens of cards which come in late show ing reports of fish that have been taken. Useless Trouble From the sportsmen's view point it can be readily seen that it seems useless to force him to keep records which do not accomplish the thing for which they were intended. It only makes him trouble and can be costly if he should forget to punch the card when he has landed a fish. Some time ago it was pointed out to a game department em ployee the above fallacies in the card system. He stated that there was a statistician at Ore gon State college who estimated the numbers of fish taken by tourists, the number that were on cards not turned in and the number which were caught but not accounted for on the cards when he compiled his re ports. The pood fishermen wonders if they are going to estimate or guess anyway why not do it from the beginning and save him the trouble of punching the card. Pro Football Draft To Be Completed Philadelphia U.R) The Na tional Football league resumed its draft of college players to day but with one eye cocked on benefit proposals by the new NFL Players Assn., including a $5,000 minimum salary. The draft, begun last Novem ber with the selection of a bonus choice and four players by each team, will be completed at the opening of the league's two-day, mid-year meeting. Each of the 12 member teams has 26 choices to go. Requests of the players asso carrion are high on the meet agenda. A series of proposals set forth by the association, aft er representative Kyle Rote and Norm Van Brocklin met with Commissioner Bert Bell, sought a minimum salaryfor gridderi on the NFL selection lists and a salary guarantee for injured players. The players' group also sug gested a shorter training period and training camp expenses, and expressed the belief profes sional football is best served by its current method of selecting college players, now under fire. 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