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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) Rogue Valley Retriever Field Trial Opens Friday Morning Judges were to go over the I - grounds this afternoon to line up the series of tests for the four stakes in the Rogue Valley Re triever club's sixth annual field trial. The American Kennel club-licensed competition, which will draw a number of the finest re triever dogs in the United States, will begin at 8 a.m. Friday with the Amateur all-age stake. First series in the stake will be in the vicinity of either Hoover lakes or the game com mission management area along Rogue river. Signs posted at Crater Lake highway Four Cor ners and along the route to the site will direct spectators to the location of the opening series in the three-day rivalry for "work ing" dogs and their handlers. Both areas are in the Camp White district north of Medford Open Siak Last The trial will c o n t tn u e through Saturday and Sunday with tests conducted from 8 0m. through 4:30 p.m. each of the three days. Derby and Qualifying stakes will follow the O mateur in that order and the open all-age stake will be the o t of the trial Judges for the trial are F. oer Btcon Jr., Canby, Cal., Guy ournttt, Missoula. Mont. r. C?irs Uiller, Medford Buentii arrived here by airliner )! :it arul Bacon was to K$v rrid in his own plane .Baeoi w known nationally as outatgnding handler and juijt in has judged in a na tional trial. His Bakelib Donder on th open here last year. Burnett is well-known as a dog handler and is highly regarded In th northwest. His Chinky ().'On fmtteur all-age events in two previous trials this spring. Miller is I former president of the Rogue Valley Retriever club. National Champion Derby, amateur and open stakes will be judged by Bacon. Burnett will judge the qualify ing, amateur and open and Mil ler the derby and qualifying. Performance of Massie's Sas- G- Boots in the open will draw t attention of many dog fan cier) and hunters of the valley, he blacfj labrador, owned by illiam T. Cline, Chicago, 111., ion the national championship fri 1956. Othr aiational qualifiers en tered are field champion Red 39u?E ind IC Oakcreek's Fre- dfiont owned by C. R. Tobin, San rnc:co; Nic-O-Bets Black CC'nd, owned by Mrs. Hugh ihoI. Hollywood, Calif.: FC !Bal't Spiwise Zeke. owned by Shidler, Klamath Falls, and 7fc of Holly Lane, owned by JPortar Sligar, Seattle. (taal Carries ainy members of RVRC also $ill b running their dogs in Ha trifls, creating an element of Ml interest in the trial, which K of mort than just Pacific coast qnifictnc. The trial is one of Bric on a circuit and will be th only ona on the coast this JOCKEY ty UITED PRESS CATIOaf AL LEAGUE The Boston Bruins need a vic tory over the champion Detroit Red Wings tonight to tie the Montreal Canadiens and bring the battle for second place in the National Hockey league down to the teams' last game of the campaign. The Canadiens opened up a two-point lead over the Bruins Wednesday night when they beat the Toronto Maple Leafs, 2-1. The Canadiens have one game left at home against the last- place Chicago Black Hawks on Saturday while the Bruins end their season Saturday night against the New York Rangers at Boston. AMERICAN LEAGUE By UNITED PRESS The Cleveland Barons made good, try at postponing the in evitable but today as expected the Providence Reds own their second straight regular sea son American Hockey league championship. The Barons bowed, 5-1, to Springfield, Wednesday night, to become the final AHL team to be mathematically eliminated from the championship merry-go-round. In the other game played, Hershey edged within one point of a second-place tie, tripping Buffalo, 6-4. BOXING MEET STARTS Sacramento .U.R) The 1957 Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Boxing Championships get underway here tonight with some 47 sluggers expected to provide an exciting three eve nings. REACH QUARTER FINALS St. Augustine. Fla. (L.R) Defending champion Judd Brum ley and medalist Leon Sikes led the way into the quarter-final round of the American Seniors Golf Association tournament to day. Brumley of Greenville, Tenn., went against Frank Ross of Hartford, Conn. Sikes. of Palm Beach. Fla.. met Arthur Reed of Cleveland. MAIL TRIBUNE MEDrmDWTRIBUrfE SIPODIHiTrS JL -r t 2... X-J5Xv4aT II .-vA ft4 Ok. i FALLING TO GROUND, Pee Wee Reese. Brooklyn Dodg ers, nurses injured wrist after being hit by ball pitched by Detroit's Bunning in Miami game. (International) Bradley, St. Bonaventure Favorites in Semi-Finals Of National Invitational New York U.R) Record- busting Bradley and "hungry" St. Bonaventure will be the un happy favorites tonight when the semi-final round of the Na tion a 1 Invitation Basketball tournament matches four teams who were supposed to be back home reading about it in the newspapers. St Bonaventure is favored by three points over speedy Mem phis State in the opening game of the twin bill and second seeded Bradley is a five-point pick over Temple. But seven of the eight games Pitcher Don Larsen Never Looked Worse By FRED DOWN United Presa Sports Writer Don Larsen has made his long awaited spring debut as a model of deportment for the New York Yankees and the unani mous verdict is that he never looked worse. The Cincinnati Redlegs made the World Series perfect game hero look like nothing more than a perfect batting practice pitcher as they routed the Yan kees, 20-6, Wednesday with a barrage of 25 hits. Larsen, pitch ing for the first time since his Oct. 8 epic against the Brooklyn Dodgers, retired the first two batters he faced but then was socked for five runs and six hits before retiring after three innings. The Redlegs went on from that point to batter rookies Al Cicotte and Jack Urban with an attack good for 43 total bases and hand the Yankees what is believed to be their worst Grape fruit league loss since 1925. George Crowe, Jerry Lynch and Smokey Burgess collected a homer and a triple each and Don Hoak also weighed in with a triple. The Boston Red Sox, who Lindsey, Savage In Main Event At Grants Pass Grants Pass Luther Lindsey, who is considered the greatest colored wrestler in the world, will appear in the main event this Friday night at the Grants Pass arena against the rough and tough Wild Bill Savage. Last week Savage took the measure of Reg Parks with the dreaded cobra sleeper hold. Many fans have asked for a chance to see Luther Lindsey tangle with the Illinois meanie. Wild Bill. Lindsey has wrestled all over the USA and recently grappled Lou Thesz to a draw before 10.000 fans in Houston, Tex. He is an accomplished lev erage wrestler with terrific strength and ability to absorb punishment. Luther is a real tiger when aroused and he can use his fists along with headbutts when he has to. His pet hold is the full nelson although he frequently uses the suplex body drop. He is a fabulous fisure in wrestling. This may be the only chance to see him here this year as he will be leaving soon for New Zea land. The great Lothario, a hand some Mexican boy who comes highly recommended by Pepper Thursday. March 21, 19S7 - 9 A played so far have resulted in upsets, and the dazed odds-makers aren't sure of anything. In tonight's first game, they're wor ried about injuries to two Bonnie stars and in the second they're scared stiff on Temple ace Guy Rodgers. The Bonnies rely on speed and ball-handling for their "upset magic" and will be badly hurt if Brendan McCann and Don New hook aren't up to par. Ace sparkplug McCann is ailing with a virus; Newhook stretched a ligament in a bad fall during Monday's quarterfinals. could not buy a run in the early days of Grapefruit league com petition, went on their third straight scoring rampage when they downed the Chicago White Sox. 9-4. Dick Gernert drove in three runs and Billy Klaus knocked in two to lead the Red Sox' 11-hit attack. Clem Labine, Bob Darnell and rookie Rene Valdes turned in a nifty four-hitter as the Brook lyn Dodgers scored a 2-1, 11- inning victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Harvey Kuenn and Charley Lau knocked in two runs each to lead the Detroit Tigers on an 8-4 decision over the Pittsburgh Pirates, who suffered their fourth loss in 12 games. Richie Ashburn's bloop bingle knocked in two eighth-inning runs to lift the Philadelphia Phillies to a 6-4 win over the Washington Senators. Ed Bou- chee's three-run homer and Bob Bowman's solo shot accounted for the Phillies first four runs. The Milwaukee Braves squar ed their spring record at 6-6 with a 3-2 victory over the Kan sas City " Athletics with rookie Jerry Nelson picking up the decision. LUTHER LINDSEY In GP Bout Gomez, will appear against Reg Parks in the one hour opening match. This stacks up as quite a match with Parks anxious to get back into the win column. , ' y y ' i J t i Fanfare School months have been rushing by. It seems only a short time ago that high school ath letes were still in their football togs. Now 1957 basketball cam paigns for Oregon preps are com pletely over. At hand is that time of year when good weather is foremost in the hopes and desires of mentors and their proteges. Athletic concentration has switched from gymnasiums to the out of doors. At a good number of schools both track and baseball aspir ants have been working out for weeks, as weather permitted. But, the real concentration on the sports, the final tuning for competition, as usual, follows the state basketball tournaments and spring vacations. TORNADO DEFENDS With Hayward relay metro politan and state Class A-l championships won last year in track and stale A-l runner-up spot gained in 1956 in baseball, Medford high's Black Tornado will have the most prestige to uphold this spring in major sports. Track defenders this season in this area will be Medford in the A-l district. Bonanza in tha B district. Grants Pass in the Rogue relays. Eagle Point in the Little Rogues and Rogue River in Jackson county B. Hoping to repeat titles in baseball will be Med ford in the A-l district and Southern Oregon conference and Talent in the B district and Jackson county league. There will be new champs this year in the Rogue league and A-2 district in both track and baseball since the 1956 victor. Crater, has moved up into A-l ranks. In the cinder sport Crater coach Ed Knapp will base hopes on a good number of performers who did well in A-2 last year. Comet baseball fortunes, un der the helm of new tutor. Albert (Bill) Piche, may rest considerably on the shoulders of stellar pitcher Fred Herr mann. Crater was a state dia mond semi-finalist in 1956. COULD BE READY In Eugene last week Univer sity of Oregon coach Bill Bow erman said he didn't know whether Jim Bailey, the Aus tralian and Duck thinclad who has toured the mile in under four minutes, would be ready to run in exhibition at the Rogue relays here on April 7. Bower man said that Bill Dellinger, the U.S. 5,000 meter champ, wants to come. Bailey's accep tance of an invitation to the Willamette relays on March 30, is a hint that he may be here also. Medford Kiwanians, who pro vide the trophy for the Rogue meet, are working on plans to bring added lustre and stature to the relays, first big track contention in southern Oregon for 1957. SLOWER BASEBALL LOOMS Present indications point to the end of fast semi-pro base ball as has been exemplified in this section of the state in past recent years by tha Southwestern and Southern Oregon leagues. Bend. Co quille and Coos Bay-North Bend have announced with drawal from the Southern Oregon circuit, which leaves only Medford and Drain and breaks up the loop (as such) which three seasons back suc ceeded the high - powered Southwestern. Future of semi-pro baseball in the area hinges on a Rogue Valley league meeting set for Sunday. March 24, al 2 p.m. at the Cheney Lumber com pany office at Central Point. Invitations have been extend ed to both Drain and Rose burg interests to attend tha meeting along with repre sentatives of last year. Rogua Valley has been a slower circuit than the Southern Oregon. Death has removed from tha scene one of the chief figures in the Rogua loop. President Bill Brown. EMPHASIS ON YOUTH Report from Coos Bay and North Bend is that the coast region will go heavily for a youth baseball program. A con versation by Roy Helser, Drain manager, at Eugene last week, brought out that the same plan may be considered in the SOL town. That's well and good. And, in the Rogue valley, the American Legion junior base ball program can stand some strengthening. Still we dislike to see the end of the fast semi pro brand of ball. MANN'S STORE SECOND It was Mann's Department store, instead of E. H. Mann company, we've been told, which took over second place last week end in the 145 and over average women's class in the Albany All-Coast Bowling tourney. And the series total with handicap was 2713. Members of the Department store team are Claudia Lowd, Audrey Swoape. Jane Kessler, and Mable Clark. easilio Negotiation Report by Tommy Moyer. Portland matchmaker, that he sought exhibition booking in By DICK JEWETT Mjil Tribune Sports Editor the Medford vicinity for Carmen Easilio, world welterweight boxing champ, has been follow ed by word that such an appear ance here is in the process of negotiation. HONOR FOR LEAGUE Southern' Oregon Confer ence schools all can take pride in the fact that two players from the circuit made the Oregon Class A-l basketball tournament all star team. Glenn Moore and Butch Kimp ton, Klamath Falls, were de serving choices to the first quint. That two players from a fifth place club would get high recognition seems un usual. But tha Pelican club rolled on impressively after dropping its first tourney game. On tha basis of their last three games, the Pels showed that they can't be con sidered entirely the tourney "bust" this department in an earlier writing made them out to be. BORSCH TAKES POST We note that Fred Borsch steps into the shoes of Bob Swan and takes over as the Portland Oregonian's writer of high school sports. Just where Bob moves, we haven't heard. It wasn't mentioned in our con versations with Bob at the state hoop tourney. Swan sums up his four years of high school athletics cover age in a final "Prep Patter" column. He names Neil Plum ley, Medford. at tackle on his football all-star team over that period. KALAPUS SHOOTS .415 Further information on col legiate basketball play by Jerry Kalapus. ex-Medford high, comes from his school. Pacific university. The Badger release points to a full 15 game season for the North west conference co-champion club by Kalapus. who averag ed 15 points a contest and shot .415 from the field. He was sixth in the conference scoring chase with 225 points, was - fourth In rebounds and was named to the all-league second team. At Portland university over the past season. Frank Rector, ex-Tornado teammate of Kala pus, had 92 points and a 3.5 per game average. He shot .360 from the field. Both Rec tor and Kalapus are sopho mores at their schools. HAVE PATIENCE Have heard complaints that not enough baseball was includ ed in the sports section earlier this week. Have patience. Give us a chance. Baseball news soon will be coming in overdose pro portions. PINSETTERS Installation of automatic pinsetters, valued at $92,000, on the 10 new alleys at Med ford Bowling lanes, is to start around April 3. Less Free Shots Could Be Result Of Rule Changes Kansas City, Mo. (U.R) Col lege basketball today appears headed toward less free throw ing. The nation's top coaches con vened here to discuss rules changes for the game and top item on the list was the disliked one-and-one free throw system. Reports from a rules commit tee meeting was that most coachs are unhappy with the current rules, and would like to switch to a system tried on an experimental basis this past sea son in the Big Ten. Under the Big Ten system, the one-and-one does not apply to the first six fouls in each half. But outside of that lone confer ence, a fouled player trudged to the line in most cases knowing that if he could make his first shot, he would get a "bonus" try. Cooper, Burkemo Tie in Seminole Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (U.R) A $27,500 week of golf moved here to the $5,000 Coral Ridge Pro-Amateur torunament today with Pete Cooper and Walter Burkemo leading the touring pro fessionals. Cooper, of Lakeland. Fla., and Burkemo of Franklin Hills, Mich., each earned $1,400 Wednesday for their tie victory in the $10,000 Seminole Pro-Am tournament at Palm Beach. Cooper and Burkemo topped a blue ribbon field at Palm Beach by finishing the 36-hole route with six-under-par 66s and 139 totals. The formidable Sam Snead and Ben Hogan finished at 141 in a third-place tie. Lunedin, Fla. U.R) Doug Ford, 34-year-old Mahopac, N.Y., pro who has collected in every tournament he entered this year, leads golf's money winners so far this year with $13,848.55 in winnings. Hallendale, Fla. (U.R) Nee dles and Fabius, the horse that kept Needles from winning the turfs "triple crown" last year, are likely to match strides again this Saturday in the $100,000 Gullstream handicap. MOYER TO FIGHT GREEN ON PAL SATURDAY CARD M 7 JOHNNY GREEN Foe of Denny Moyer Johnny Green, Roseburg, will be the opponent of Denny Moy er, Portland, nationally rated 150 pounder Saturday night in the special event of the Med ford Police Athletic league bene fit boxing card at Hedrick Jun ior High school gymnasium. The big card of possibly as many as 18 bouts features Dick (Geronimo) Lopez, 185, Medford Lightner To Ref At Kansas City Salem (U.R) Referee Al Lightner, who was involved in a controversy with Oklahoma City University officials following a playoff game last week end, left here today to officiate in this week end's NCAA basketball finals at Kansas City. Lightner was chosen as the Far West representative. He is scheduled to work Friday night's game between Michigan State and North Carolina. PLENTY OF PELLETS Joan Michaels is trying to estimate how many golf balls will be needed by the 24 pros competing in the 5th Annual Tournament of Champions at the Desert Inn Country Club in Las Vegas, April 18-21. The tour nament is the second rich est in the U. S. with $38, 500 being divided by the golfers. Watch Tomorrow Night Friday, March 22,6:30 P.M. For a NEW TV SERIES of u I Search For Adventure" L READY-MIX CONCRETE Wonderful Entertainment For The Entire Family LININGER'S READY-MIX CONCRETE PHONE MEDFORD 2-5336 or ASHLAND 8121 PAL, against tough 190-pound Don Hawley, Burns in the main event. Larry (LiT Tiger) Lewis, Medford PAL, encounters Willie Ira, Portland, national AAU fi nalist, in a bantamweight semi final whing-ding. Green was champion in the re cent Golden Gloves tournament in his home city. He's regarded as aggressive, tough and daring with dynamite in his right glove. The Roseburg battler has met Moyer before. While Dazzling Denny has taken the verdicts. Green is confident, according, to his coach, Dick Gilman, that he can land his Sunday punch. His ability to accomplish his re solve is the question mark of the tussle. In the Lewis-Ira go, fans will see a rematch. Lewis took a closey from Ira in the North west Golden Gloves this year. The bout was rated the most ex citing and action-packed of the tourney. The supporting card is packed with Golden Glove champs in a wide variety of weight classifi cations. PAL club officials em phasized that the big card with many bouts will be run off with clock-like efficiency. First bout will begin promptly at 8 p.m. Tickets are now on sale at the Medford police department, Sam's and Lamport's Sporting Uoods stores, the Union club and Brown's cafe. Police officers will deliver tickets on telephoned re quest. Big League Ball Another Business To Revenue Men Washington U.R The inter nal revenue service said today that big league baseball "is just another business to us." The government's tax attitude toward baseball came up in the wake of the Boston Red Sox million-dollar offer for Cleve land fireballer Herb Score. The Indians admitted they were awed by its size. An internal revenue spokes man said major league baseball, under tax laws, is treated the same as any other big corpora tion and is required tt pay a 52 per cent corporate tax on profits of the teams. Under a 1922 Su preme Court decision, baseball enjoys exemptions from the anti trust laws. The Internal Revenue spokes off the price tag on Score from the Cleveland viewpoint. He said if the Indians, usually a ' big drawing team in their mammoth Municipal Stadium, can break even on operating expenses this year then the offer for Score would be classed as a profit if they made the big deal. This would mean that after uncle Sam took his tax bite, they would receive only $480,000 for the strike-out king or the sale price, less the 52 per cent cor porate tax. The Red Sox, on the other hand, could charge off the entire one million as an operating ex pense for this year. BUY FOR rSTltrnil RIVERSIDE "SSjM UUJLfaf'Jgr f & S. CENTRAL CHECK FORD TICKETS NOW! F0R FREE T.V. PLUS 9 OTHER VALUABLE PRIZES Numbers Posted March 20, at 8:30 P.M. For 7 Days, At Your FORTUNE Station NEXT FREE FORD APRIL 24 Sponsored By nnni BER'S Rogue River Meet Friday Rogue River Rogue River high, defending county B cham pion, has its first track .meet of the season on Friday. The Chieftains meet Illinois Valley, an A-2 school, at 2:30 p.m. here. Coach Tinker Hatfield has been working with a squad of 19 aspirants, including 10 letter men. The Chiefs have been hampered, like everybody, by the weather and this early in the season Hatfield is hesitant to consider any of his squad top flight performers. However, there are three men who have lettered three years. They are Lawrence Wagner, miler; Fred Bond, broad jumper and low hurdler, and Larry El ledge, half-miler. All are seniors. Other Lettermen Other lettermen, all one-year, are Fred Bowan, senior, quarter miler; Gary Moore, sophomore, pole vaulter; Bill Morrow, sopho more, half-miler; Russ Miller, senior, discussman; Don Hoff man, junior, pole vaulter; Allan Steinhardt, sophomore, miler, and Bill Dixon, sophomore jave lin thrower. Hatfield considers his club weak in the sprints, high jump, high hurdles and shot put. The Chieftains were eighth in the state B meet in 1956 and fourth in the district. Other meets eyed by Rogue River are: March 29 Phoenix at Hoeue Riven April 3 At Glcndale: April 6 LitUe Roeue at Phoenix: April 12 Havward relays at Eugene: April 17 Glendale at Rogue River; April 26 at Eagle Point; May 3 or 4 County meet; May 7 At Douglas: May 11 District met; Bay 17-18 state meet. The saw-whet owl gets its name from its call which sounds like the filing of a saw. Borrow The AMERICAN WAY! 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