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o Landy Retires From Track After Race Melbourne, Australia U.R) Johny Landy, world miie record holder once described by Brit ain's Roger Bannister as the "most unselfish" of the top International athletes, Saturday retired from major competition after finishing second in an 830 yard interclub race. "I've had it for good this time. I'll hang up my spikes now," Landy said, sweat trick ling down his face. Landy six times ran the mile In less than four minutes more than any other man but lost Saturday's half-mile event to an unheralded Australian named Feoff Fleming by two yards. Fleming won with an unspec tacular 1:54.6 clocking. Lait Straw It apparently was the last straw for Landy, holder of the world mile record of 3:58 and the Australian half-mile record of 1:50.4. "I won't run seriously any more, but just have an occasion al outing in inter-club events," Landy said. "I have had a good inning but it's too much of a strain to compete in major rac ing if you aren't fit enough to get the pace. "Now I cannot do that be cause I am teaching miles from a decent track." Like many other leading ath letes, Landy once before an nounced his retirement and many times talked of quitting but returned to compete in inter national races, including the Olympic l,50-meter race last December. But observers and friends were willing to lay long odds tonight that the 26-year-old school teacher had run his last race for Australia. JACKSONVILLE Anniversary Observed By MRS. C. S. HOSKINS Jacksonville Mr. and Mrs. John Hueners celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary on Feb. 13. They were honored with surprise visit from their daugh ter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Rolin Holmes and two children. Curtis and Joann of Medford They called in the evening bring- V ing refreshments including cake, ice cream and Valentine candy. The Hueners were married in Howard, S.D., in 1904, and moved to Jacksonville in 1911 where they have lived ever since. Mrs. Zella Doty of Portland returned there last week end after an extended visit here with her daughter, Mrs. C. R. Webber. New residents in Jacksonville this week are Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Lawyer and son Mike. They have leased the Byron Sanford home on South Third street. The Law. yers are from Oklahoma, mov ing into this area last Septem ber and staying with Mrs. Lawyer's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Luke Mesew, on Vashti Way. Other relatives in the vicinity are Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Martin offJVIedfdrd and Mr. and Mrs. J. TV. King of Tablerock road. Both women are sisters of Mrs. Lawyer. Mike Lawyer is en rolled in the fifth grade at Jack sonville school. Lawyer will on announce plans for a busi ness (f will manage in Medford. This week he is in Minneapolis, Minn., completing arrangements. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Noble were guests at a dinner party Feb. 13 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jens Jensen at 418 Park street. The occasion was Noble's birthday. various sewing and kitchen ar ticles. Visiting missionaries were to pick out from the displays anything they wanted to use in their work in their own localities. A farewell surprise party and handkerchief shower was held Friday evening, Feb. 15 at the Assembly of God church honor ing Mrs. George Mayfield, who is leaving this week to join her husband in southern California. Mayfield is employed in an air craft factory near San Diego and they will make their home in Encinitas, Calif. As well as handkerchiefs, Mrs. Mayfield was presented a new Bible in appreciation of her many years of hard work in church activ ities. The Mayfields have lived in Jacksonville 12 years and have rented their home on Sterl ing road. Crater Tips Cavemen In Double Overtime SOITHFRV OBFGOV CONFERENCE STANDINGS (As of Friday) W. Klamath Fall Medford 9 Ashland . 7 . Grant Pas. 3 Crater 2 Prt. .818 .750 .538 .273 .134 The Missionettes, a group of young girls, and a branch of the Women's Missionary Council of the Assembly of God church, un der the direction of Mrs. Earnest Rasmussen, held a combined farewell and Valentine party honoring the George Mayfield's daughter Carolyn. The party was held last Tuesday evening on their regular meeting night. As their latest project the girls made up 40 valentine baskets and filled them with homemade candies. On Valentines day they delivered them to the 39 pa tients at the Mitchell Sanitarium in Jacksonville. Mrs. Earnest Rassmussen is recovering this week from a re cent bout with the pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. William Weedon of Memorial Arts of Portland were week end visitors at the Carl Hoskins residence. Hoskins is a representative of the com pany inothis area and northern California. Mrs. Kimball, president of the Women's Missionary Council of the Assembly 8f God church here, accompanied by her hus band, W. C. Kimball, and Mrs. Eva Whitney, attended the Ore gon District Council of the As sembly churches held in Eu gene. The Rev. W. D. Turnbull, of the Jacksonville church, also attended as a Christ Ambassador representative for the southern Oregon District Council. The ladies took with them some handwork of the W.M.C. group here, which included kitchen aprons, crayon aprons for chil dren, and notion dolls which were made up into dolls from According to Mrs. R. Crowley, chairman of the recent smorgas bord held at the Jacksonville school, the annual event was as big a success as it was last year, drawing people from all over, the valley. Approximately 350 meals were served. The committee wishes to thank the whole com munity for its support and also all those who served and donated food. v Rumor has it that Jackson ville, long known as a former gold rush town, is about to ex perience what might be termed "growing pains," or at least a "cracking" in its ancient joints. The Fred Edens, who are in the process of building their new home, report that they are re ceiving daily inquiries concern ing the processes of getting their loan and building plans through which they were able to get their dream house under construction. They stated that they would be glod to assist anyone wanting the details on how to obtain a build ing loan here. Central Point Crater High basketball fans Friday night were left faint and exhausted but happy for the second week end in a row. The Comets of Crater record ed their second victory in 13 conference scrambles, overcom ing Grants Pass 54 to 52. And they persisted in getting the tri umph the same way they did their first in double overtime and sudden death. Fred Herrmann and John Greb, a pair of determined sen iors, were the stellar clutch players for the Crater crew. To Greb, for the second time, fell the honors of scoring the win ning points. His two free shots beat Ash land 39 to 37 the previous week. Against GP Friday he spotted a big gap in the Caveman de fenses and drilled a driving lay in with 70 seconds played in the second extra panel to wrap the fracas for the Comets. Herrman Scores 27 It was the scoring by Herr mann, however, which sparked the Comets in the second half. Held to just two free tosses in the first half, he piled up 25 counters over the last two quarters in the overtime. Two field buckets by Herrman brought Crater up to the 48-all deadlock in the last minute of play. Two more by the six-foot forward were the Comet count ers in the overtime which ended at 52-each. With three minutes left to play in the regulation fourth quarter. Crater was "down" 35 to 45. Dick Davis put in a free heave for the Comets. Herrman came through with a brace of gifters then goaled on a steal to make it 44 to 45. Then Grants Pass stretched to 48 to 44 on a single free shot by Chuck Lash er and two by Jim Smith. Fifty seconds were left in the game. With 15 seconds to play Herr man cast a two-hander from the corner. Four seconds remained when he flipped a two-hander set goal from 35 feet away to bring the fray to 48 apiece. Lasher Almost Ends It In the first overtime Lasher sank driver for the Cavemen and Herrman laid in a shot for Crater. Lasher hit a 30 foot set try and Herrmann countered in close to deadlock the fray again. In the sudden death canto, Davis controlled the tip for the Ccmets, flipping it back. Lash er swiped the ball and almost got the goal which would have meant GP victory. His cripple shot hit the backboard and rim and bounced off. Some exchang es of shots followed before Greb found his opening and cashed in. Grants Pass used a zone de fense until right at the last and hit well against the Crater zone. The Comets came back when they started getting shot3 down the middle of the Cave man defense. The Cavemen led 16 to 6 at the quarter and 20 to 16 at the half. In the third panel Crater went in front 27 to 24 but GP gained back a lead of 33 to 30 and headed 36 to 35 at the end of the period. BOX: Grant! Past Sparlin, f Marks, f Henderson, c . Smith, g Lasher, g "Rembert Putnam Fowler Lindquist FG FT PF TP 5 2 0 12 Walker Touls Crater Herrmann, Teeter, t White, c .... Kime. g .... Govette. Campbell, ff 2 Davis . 2 Greb 4 9 0 1 . 0 ... 3 17 18 17 52 FG FT PF TP Sunday, February 24, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE Basilio Stops Sax ton In 2nd To Keep Title By JACK CUDDY Cleveland (U.R) Carmen Ba silio, the snarling tiger man who flattened Johnny Saxton with perhaps the second fastest knock out in welterweight title history Friday night, challenged today for the middleweight crown. "I want a shot at the winner of the Gene Fullmer-Ray Robin son fight," announced the fiery slugger who staggered Saxton a dozen times and smashed him to the canvas with a bombing left hook for a knockout at 2:42 of the second round before 8.5l4 at Cleveland Arena, in their title "rubber match." About S48.000 richer for less than six minutes of work, the champion from Chittenango, N. Y., sought "a real big-money fight" outdoors in May with middleweight ruler Fullmer or Sugar Ray, who are slated for a title bout at Chicago Stadium, April 24. Carmen Pressed Attack Meanwhile, Carmen was of fered a guarantee of $75,000 for Indians Set For Vaccine Tuscon, Ariz j;U.R When the complete squad of Cleveland In dians is assembled here next week most of the players will re ceive Salk shots for the preven tion of polio. This is the pfan of Dr. Don Kelly, the team physician, who was in charge of the Vic Wertz polio case last baseball season. "I plan to give the team these shots because everyone should avail himself of them," said Dr. Kelly. "The case of Wertz is just one of the factors." It will not be mandatory, how ever, for the Indians to tajte the shots. a defense of his own 147-pound bonnet against the winner of next Tuesday's fight at Newark, N. J., between Vince Martinez and ex-champ Kid Gavilan. Craggy-faced Basilio's kayo of streamlined Saxton in their third encounter was not the fastest in welter title history: for Jimmy McLarnin belted out Young Cor bett, the third, at 2:37 of the first round on May 30, 1933 in Los Angeles. Basilio, 29, was snarling and grim-faced as he tore after Sax ton at the opening bell. Carmen's left hooks to body and head did most of the damage in the abbreviated pursuit race; but he threw his previously bruised right fist effectively sev eral times. And the champ said today, "My right hand isn't a bit sore. It stood up okay." Longview May Seek NWL Spot Portland (U.R) President Jim Fleishman of the Northwest Baseball league said Saturday that Longview may bid for a franchise in the circuit. Fleishman said overtures have been made to him by a Long view lumber man, Tony Fer nandez, about fieldine a tpam in the class B league. He said organization might not be completed in time for the entry to compete this season. Spokane recently announced it was withdrawing from the league, lea vine Euepnp T.pwis- ton, Salem, Yakima, Wenalchee ana ln-Lity as members. How ever, there is still a possibility the Spokane entry might be kept alive, Fleishman said. Owsley, Hubbard Drop State Bouts Corvallis Gordon Owsle'v. Medford, and Don Hubbard, Cra ter, dropped first round matches Friday in the Oregon high school wrestling tournament at Oregon State college. Owsley, 130, dropped a 6 to 3 verdict to John Loomis, David Douglas, and Hubbard was a 6 to 0 victim of Darrell Kaufman, Lebanon. 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Basilio Looking For Crack at Gene Fullmer Cleveland U.P Fiery Car men Basilio, who kept his own welterweight title on a spectac ular knockout Friday night, picked Gene Fullmer Saturday to retain his middleweight crown against Sugar Ray Robinson, April 24, and set the stage for a Fullmer - Basilio middleweight title fight at New York next summer. Basilio, unmarked and about $40,000 richer after his second round knockout of ex-champ Johnny Saxton at the Cleveland arena, told a press conference, "Fullmer will beat Robinson more decisively at Chicago in April than he did at Madison Square Garden last Jan. 2." Golden Gloves Tourney To Open in Chicago . Chicago (U.R) Amateur battlers from 32 cities will open the 30th annual Western Uolden Gloves Tournament in the Chi- ! cago Stadium Monday. 1 Knutc in the four lighter classes,-flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight and lightweight, will be held Monday with pre liminaries in the four heavier divisions slated Tuesday. 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