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Newspaper Page TextTWELVE MZDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday. March 28. 1957 FsGordien Will Enter Salem Event Willamette University The Willamette relays lost a star but gained another for Saturday's seventh annual early spring track extravaganza. Fortune Gordien, world dis cus recbrd holder at 194 leet 6 inches, will appear in an exhibi tion at 1:30 p.m. The Bright wood, Ore., lumber man ap peared here in the 1955 relays, tossing the platter 180 feet 11. He placed in the 1956 Olympics in second spot with a loot less thcgi that. Pulling out of a featured posi tion in the Statesman Invitation al mile was Jim Bailey, Univer sity of Oregon's miler from Aus tralia who has been having trouble with an arch ailment. He was to have been rematched with Bill Dellinger, who beat him irClast year's relays in 4:10 Should Be Under 4:10 Bill Bowerman, University of Oregon coach, declared that Dellinger should be "well un der" 4:10 this Saturday. The select field of eight will get off their marks at 1 p.m., when field events also start. Other milers will be Jim Crelle, Oregon, 4:18 best time; Buck Knight, Oregon, 4:19; BillMoser, Seattle (unattached), 4:21; Jerry Larson, Oregon State, 4:25: Jim Senko. University of Portland, 4:26; Dale Hartman, Willamette Unversity. 4:26: and Don Fer gusson, Oregon State, 4:30. Ogdahl also listed six of the eight for the Invitational 100 yard dash. They are Roy Dun can, Seattle Pacific, 9.6; Dean Derby. Washington. 9.9; . Jack Harman, Eastern Oregon, 9.9; Rich Neal, Lewis & Clark, 9.9; Steve Anderson, Oregon. ie fending champion, 9.8; and Vic Hall, Oregon State, 10.0. Sixty-five high schools and 18 colleges are entered, Ogdahl added. Even Casey Stengel Admits -Yankees Really Loaded (This is the ninth in a series of th 1957 prospects of th major leagu clubs.) By LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Sports Editor St. Petresburg, Fla. (U.R) Even Casey Stengel admits the Yankees "are really loaded" this year. Stengel, shooting for his eighth j pennant in nine years as skip per of the Yankees, points out that "I have guys who can play four positions. My problem is not whom to play, but to remem ber the names of all my guys so I can tell the right ones to go in there." Stengel, however, desn't be lieve it will be a "walkaway." "Not so long as you have clubs like the Tigers, White Sox, Red Sox and Indians in the same league," he said. "But I must be honest and say I'm very opti mistic." He started running down his pitching staff, leading off with southpaw Whitey Ford (19-6). Then in order he mentioned Don (Perfect Game) Larsen (11-5), Bob Turley (8-4). Tom Sturdi vant (16-8), Bob Grim (6-1) and Johnny Kucks (18-9). Add Two Mora Add to them the two hurlers the Yankees obtained from the Athletics, Art Ditmar (12-22) and Bobby Shantz (2-7). and Stengel asks: "Who figures to have bet ter pitching The answer is, no one. Mickey Mantle, the triple crown champion having won the American league hitting title with an average of .353, the runs batted in crown with 130 and the home run title with 52 will an chor the outfield in center with Hank Bauer in right." That leaves left field open and right now it looks like one of the Yankees' prize rookies, Tony Kubek, will win the job. Skowron at First Stengel was prevented from giving Bill Skowron, the hard- hitting first baseman, a thorough workout at third when Skowron fractured his thumb, so he prob ably will start the season at first base. McDougald is sure of the shortstop job and Stengel con siders him the best in the league "He won't hit with that guy in Detroit (Harvey Kuenn) or field with that fella in Chicago (Luis Aparicio), but overall in both departments he does a bet ter job." Stengel claims. Pepper-pot Billy Martin will be either at second or third base. However, Andy Carey, who has been the regular at third, has been hitting hard this spring and could keep the job. In the catching department, brilliant Yogi Berra will be sup ported by Elston Howard and Darrell Johnson. Six Champs Head Azalea Open Field Wilmington, N. C. U.R) Six former champions led a blue-ribbon field today into the ninth annual Azalea Open golf tourna ment in search of $12,500 in Qjrizcs and the competitive kyn ness needed for the famed Mas ters tournament next week at Augusta. Ga. The former champs seeking an unprecedented second crown here were burly Mike Souchak, Grpssinger, N. Y.; Henry Ran some, winner of the first Azalea in 1949; tiny Jerry Barber of Los Angeles: Bob Toski, Holy oke, Mass.; E. J. (Dutch) Harri son, Little Rock, Ark.; and Billy Maxwell, Odessa, Tex. Furgol Injured Ed Furgol of St. Andrews. 111., was counted out as a dark-horse in the tournament because of an automobile accident Wednesday. Furgol suffered a badly bruised right knee and right arm. but the former U.S. Open champion said he would play. Doug Ford of Mahopac, N. Y., the leading money-winner in the PGA this year with checks total ing $13,848, and Dow Finster wald of Tequista, Fla., who has played in the money for 46 con secutive tournaments and leads in the tourney player standings, also are entered. MEDFORDvwTRIBUNE SIPdDIHJTS It ...... ST.'As- :U ROLLING OFF HIGHWAY after striking oil drum. Bob Golditch is about to die during running of Florida Inter national Grand Prix at Sebring. (International Soundpkoto) Spahn, Adcock Smile After Beating Reds Harrington Goes Friday To Arizona George Harrington played his last round of golf at Rogue Val ley Country club yesterday in his capacity as manager of the club. Harrington, Medford's leading linksman and one of Oregon's outstanding amateurs, will leave Friday to assume his new duties as manager of Arizona Country club at Phoenix, Ariz. The divoter said yesterday that he had played the 18-hqle layout of RVCC possibly 1,000 times in his 11 years as man ager. During those years, George, both as a golfer and as a hard working executive, had considerable to do with develop ing the Medford course as a good test of golf and with bringing the links regional recognition. His links honors over the period of his management have been many and include the Ore gon Golf association medal play crown in 1953, the low amateur laurels in the Tucson open in 1951 and participation in Hud son cup teams in both 1951 and 19o3. Harrington contended in the national amateur in 1951 at Bethlehem, Pa., in 1951. He took the Alderwood invi tational medal honors in Port land in 1952 and with his son, Gary, won the OGA father and son tourney in 1956. Harrington was Southern Oregon titlist in 1950. He has been a quarter- finalist in the OGA match play tourney and has won the first flight in that tournament three times. Varied Sports Career Harrington's sports career also includes football, basketball and baseball. A 1932 graduate of Medford high, he played on Tiger grid and basketball teams. At Linfield college he played all three sports, but base ball only as a freshman, and earned eight letters. He was an all-Northwest conference foot ball player in 1936. After col lege Harrington was a Medford Junior high coach for two years and was a football and basket ball referee. He was a catcher for Medford semi-pro baseball clubs and coached the American Legion and Junior Crater teams. During World War II, Harrington served in the civilian air traffic con trol for a year in the Pacific theater. Before becoming RVCC manager he was employed at the Medford airport traffic con trol tower by the civil aeronau tics authority. During Harrington's Rogue Valley tenure, the links has been scene of several state tourna ments and the annual Southern Oregon championships have been one of the big social events each year for . golfers of the state. Jim Dunlevy, who has been manager of radio station KYJC takes Harrington's RVCC post, CHAMP-NOVICE TRACK TUSSLE HERE SATURDAY Medford high, state track and field champion for the past four years, will present the first pub lie display of its 1957 thinclad strength on Saturday afternoon. The Black Tornado will be host to Crater and Ashland highs for a champion-novice meet. Competition is to get underway at 1:30 p.m. and as many as 120 athletes of the two schools will be participants. Coach Bob New land said that Medford will have 45 to 50 entrants. Except for the hurdle events, the races wil be for full dis tances. Newland 'reported. High hurdles will be 70 yards and the low barriers 120. While no team scores will be kept and while, in Medtora s case, at least, a number of per formers will appear in events other than those they'll be in later in the season, the meet Prep Links Candidates To Qualify Eight aspirants for the five positions on the Medford High school golf team will play qual ifying rounds Friday and Satur day. Eighteen .holes will be played on Friday afternoon and 18 on Saturday morning. Prospects for Medford loom bright with four lettermen back, Dick Copple, Tom Hamlin, Gary Harrington and Phil Mongrain. Others out are Dick Sorenson, Stewart Schroeder, Don Peek and Tony Monroe. Except for the Upstate tourna ment May 10 and 11 and the state tourney on May 21 and 22. the Tornado schedule is tentative. Coach Paul Evensen is nego tiatina for matches April 5 at Albany and April 6 against the Oregon State college Rooks at Corvallis. Rivalry with Marsn- field and Roseburg is planned but setting of dates awaits com pletion of league schedules by those two schools. By UNITED PRESS Warren Spahn, who wept un ashamedly when the Milwaukee Braves lost the National league pennant on the next-to-last day of the 1956 season, was smiling again today. So, too, was his hulking team mate, Joe Adcock, who never has been known to weep in public but knows how to make opposing pitchers cry. The reason for Spahn's joy was a six-hit, seven-inning stint against his favorite "cousins," the Cincinnati Redlegs, Wednes day, at Tampa, Fla., and while Spahn was soft-soaping the Red legs with his tricky southpaw slants, Adcock knocked in five runs with a pair of homers to propel the Braves to a 12-6 victory. First Spring Victory It was Spahn s first victory of the spring training grind and served as a warning 'to other N.L. clubs that the 35-year-old dean of the Milwaukee staff still has his "stuff." While Spahn was flashing some of his old-time form, anoth er oldtimers, Sal Maglie of the Dodgers, was subjected to anoth- Hill Climb This Sunday Rogue Valley Riders Motor cycle club of Southern Oregon will hold a Class III hill club Sunday on Applegate hill. Time trials will begin at noon. Persons wishing to go to the site are advised to travel four miles west of the Ruch store on Highway 238. The spot is three miles east of Applegate store. Arrows will point the way from Medford and Grants Pass areas. Cars may be parked at the base of the hill. There will be a per car admission charge. No entry fee will be assessed riders. There will be special events for lightweight and heavyweight classes. Trophies will go to a number of top placers. A refreshment stand will be operated. should provide a good show of comparative strengths. Crater walloped Ashland last Saturday in a 'meet in which the races were shortened distances. Rogue Tune-Up The meet will serve as a tune- up for the Rogue relays here a week from Saturday. Lettermen performers will be in the cham pionship divisions. Only non-let-termen are to compete as novices. There will be two relay events Saturday, the quarter and half miles. Newland reported that Tor nado ' runners in the flat races have trained so much at three fourths distances it is felt they ere ready to run the full routes. He reported that he is particu larly proud of his distance and middle distance charges because of the work they have been doing. Of all the squads he's had, none have worked any harder, Newland declared. Medford will entertain Grants Pass, Marshfield, Crater, Ash land and Klamath Falls in the April 6 Rogue relay affair. Yale NCAA Nat Choice Chapel Hill, N. C. U.R) Yale is favored to replace in eligible Ohio State as the team champion in the 34th annual NCAA swimming championships opening tonight at the Univer sity of North Carolina. Some 500 swimmers from about 60 colleges are entered in the three-day competition in the university's 25-yard Bowman Gray Pool. Ohio State, which defeated Yale by 14 points for the team t,itle last year, is under NCAA probation. SOC Enters Willamette Relay Meet Ashland Southern Oregon college track team will travel to Salem to participate in the Wil lamette relays on Saturday. With the return of good weather Coach Dan Bulkley hoped his crew would get in sev eral good workouts before the meet. The Red Raiders have lost sev eral lettermen through gradua tion and some will not be able to participate for other reasons. Missing lettermen include Earl James, conference champion in the 220 and 440-yard dashes; Chuck Crandall, holder of the school record in the 80-yard run; Dick Gill, who also lettered in the 80; Paul Hartman and Nor val Helm, distance men; Dick Smith, field events man, and Lyle Hartzell, pole vault and dis cus man. Returning letterman are Clar ence Baker, conference cham pion in the 100 and 220-yard dashes two years ago; Dick Gus tafson and Glen Allison, distance men; Bill Hollings worth, confer ence high jump champion; Kerry Livingston, and Art Schmidt, pole vaulters; Bill Stewart, field event man; Joe Morgan, shot and discus man, and Ted Tenney, high jumper and hurdler. New prospects who have turned out for the track team in clude Jim Farmer, Chuck Wel ler, Jim Johns, Ralph Hensley, Jim Schrum, sprints; Dick Bond, Kerry Livingston, 80; John Foust, Norm Oliva, Doug Bar ker, Jerry Darland, 440; Jim Pitts, Ruben Peterson, Andy An derweil, Darell Hadley, d i s tances; Jim Flora, Wayne Wood, hurdles; Dick Callendar, high jump; Weller, Bob Mason, Jim Flora, broad ump; Dave Lock ard, John Godlove, shot; Mike Crabtree, Dick Clark, discus, and Gary .Lewis and Jim Holloway, javelin. Hunting and Fishing Southern Oregon By MEL REES In each regular session of any as set forth In the constitution. Bottler Quits Organized Ball Portland (U.R) Bill Bottler Jr.. brother of Portland Beaver catcher Ron Bottler, announced yesterday that he is retiring from organized baseball. Bill, a right-handed pitcher, was sold to Kansas City by Spo kane last year and was to have reported to Little Rock this spring. He announced he would go into business here rather than report to the Kansas City farm team. er pounding. The 29-yea(-old "Barber" had hoped to pitch six innings against the Detroit Ti gers, but was derricked after giving up ' seven hits and six runs in three innings. The Tigers went on from there to clobber the Dodgers, 18-1. Goes Nine Innings World Series hero Johnny Kucks became the first New York Yankee pitcher to go nine innings, allowing only four hits against St. Louis, but the Card inals emerged with a 1-0 victory on a double by Del Ennis and Hobie Landrith's triple in the second inning. The New York Giants ex tended their spring record to 12 victories in 17 games the best mark in the combined Grapefruit-Cactus League circuits by blasting the Boston Red Sox, 5-2. Elsewhere, the Philadelphia Phillies edged -the Kansas City Athletics, 4-3, in 10 innings; the Chicago White Sox scored eight runs in the third inning to down the Washington Senators, 9-4 and Bob Lemon allowed only two hits in five innings as the Cleveland Indians blanked the Chicago Cubs, 6-0. Will Vaughn Gets Verdict Kansas City, Mo. (U.R) The Missouri Athletic Commission called an emergency meeting to day to consider what to do about the contested outcome of Wednesday night's nationally televised fight won by Willie Vaughn by a split decision over Joey Giardello. Brave Players Will Make Own Training Rules Bradenton. Ffa. (U.R) The Milwaukee Braves, who were ac cused of being the playboys of the National league last seasqn, will be allowed to make their own training rules for this year curfew time and everything else. "But once the rules are made, they will have to stick to them," said Manager Fred Haney. Haney announced his "home rule" policy Wednesday in an effort to show his faith in his players' behavior. He said the Braves will hold a player meet ing at Jacksonville. Fla.. next week to decide on the teams rules. Jackie Robinson, the ex Dodger, was the first to accuse the Braves of too much night clubbing in the pennant stretch last year, but Haney told his men Wednesday. "Ignore all these things you have heard and will continue to hear." "I told them we are not run ning a reform school, but a ball club," said Haney, "and that they shouldn't pay any attention to all these stories. BIG GAME HUNT Georgia Tech head football coach Bobby Dodd wears his "big game hat" as he watches the first day of spring football drills in Atlanta. Dodd says he wears this hat when look ing for boys who can play in big games.1 With last year's best players gone, he's doing a lot of looking. Kansas City, Mo. ;U.R) Elat ed Willie Vaughn expressed de sire today for a shot at fifth ranked Tiger Jones while Joey Giardello, loser to Vaughn Wednesday night, said he wants a court decision on the battle. Vaughn, the aggressor in the 10 rounds, was awarded a split decision over the sixth-ranked Philadelphia middleweight. Referee Ray Sissom and Judge Frank Brown scored it for Vaughn while Judge L. E Robbins gave it to Giardello. However, Sissom, who had marked his card 52-48 before turning it in, changed it to 47-45. Commissioner Rules Manager Frankie Carter con tended it should have been de clared "no fight" and the boxers rematched, but O. G. Arnold, member of the Missouri athletic commission, ruled the decision would stand as the referee's re vision did not change the out come. "We're going to take it to court and have it reversed," said Carter. Vaughn, unranked before his upset, probably will move into the top 10 contenders. He dis playe'd power, ring poise, boxing skill and aggressiveness. Chicago U.R) The Harms Smits-Peter Post team of The Netherlands spurted to victory in the closing hours of the in ternational six-day bicycle races ! at the International Amphithe- j ater Wednesday night. Their closing drive broke a : three-way tie in the final hours ' with the Italo-American team of ; Nino Derossi and Jack Heid and ' the U.S. duo of Erwin Pesek and Ted Ernst. state legislature a number of proposals to control the owner ship and use of firearms are in troduced. Frequently, through ignorance, a number of these' bills seriously infringe upon the right of law-abiding citizens to own and to use firearms for law ful purposes. These bills are usually propos ed by law enforcement officials, state's attorneys and others seek ing to obtain more severe pen alties for those who commit crimes of violence while armed. The fish and game departments of several states have advocated legislation in order to give more authority to enforcement per sonnel. Public and private groups propose legislation as a solution to gun accidents, van dalism and misuse of firearms in residential communities. Un fortunately the bills in many cases range from poor to bad. Case of England Anyone naive enough to think that by disarming x the honest citizen crime can be controlled, should study the case of Eng land. It is impossible for even a target shooter to enjoy his favorite sport without so much governmental red tape that it isn't worth the effort and yet the Nattional Rifle association reliably reported that a Smith and Wesson revolver could be obtained by the criminal element in London at prices below those in this country and with equal ease. During the last war, England made urgent appeals to the citi zens of this country for guns of all kinds to be used in defending their shores from the expected invasion why? Because they had disarmed the citizenry and destroyed all firearms! One would have thought that they had learned their lesson but information gathered by our NRA shows that at the close of the war they again gathered up all the guns and destroyed them and these were the guns we sent them! Far Reaching In Scope Space does not permit an ex amination of the various forms of bad legislation proposed but there is now a bill in committee at the state capitol which de mands the earnest attention of every citizen. On the surface it would seem that the bill is in nocent enough but careful ex amination discloses that it is so far reaching in scope that it could and probably would seri ously endanger the rights of the citizen in the lawful use of guns JOIN ALL-STARS New York U.R) Larry Friend of California and Frank Nimmo of Cincinnati joined the College All-Star basketball team Wednesday for the start of the tour with the Harlem Globetrot ters in Madison Square Garden Sunday afternoon. Waldorf Coach At Forest Grove Portland (U.R) Eric Waldorf, former football coach at Jeffer son high school here, ended a retirement of nearly four years today by announcing he had taken the head grid coaching job at Forest Grove high school. Waldorf named as his assist ant Stan Blair, a Jefferson high and Lewis and Clark graduate who is athletic coordinator at Bend high school. Campy Feels Hell Have Good Season By LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Sports Editor Orlando, Fla. (U.R) Roy Campanella looked at his right hand today and vowed he would make those who said he was through "eat their words." "Why man, I've never felt bet ter and my hand isn't giving me any trouble at all," the stocky Brooklyn catcher said. "If I don't get hurt, I'm sure I'll hav a good year." That right hand bothered him all of last season. He couldn't grip a bat properly and wound up hitting only .219. But he knocked in 73 runs and hit 20 homers. Kept On Playing He knew last June that the hand would have to be operated on to remove four bone chips from the thumb. But when the doctors told him the operation would sideline him for the sea son, he decided to keep on play ing. He had the chips removed last November after the Dodgers returned from their Far East tour. "There hasn't been any pain at all," Campanella said. "1 haven't been hitting this spring, but I'm not worried. I can grip the bat properly now and as soon as I get my timing fixed, I'll be ready." Campanella, who will be 36 in November, said he felt like "I can go on forever. Those people who think I'm reaching the end of the road are badly mistaken. And I'll prove it if I can avoid injuries." Use Mail Tribune Want Ad House Bill No. 617 provides as follows: (1) No person shall operate or maintain a shooting range of any kind, unless he has obtained a certificate of safety from the de partment of state police. (2) The department may refuse to issue a certificate or revoke the same for failure to comply with the rules and regulations laid down by it or whenever an unsafe condition exists; and, in taking such action, the depart ment may order ranges closed and prohibit their further use as such. (3) Any person aggrieved by action of the department may have a hearing before the de partment and may appeal the order entered at such hearing to the circuit court. Threat To Ranges This bill could pose a serious threat to the continued opera tion of ranges, trap and skeet fields already in existence and could effectively discourage the erection and operation of new ranges, whether of the indoor or outdoor type, for the follow ing reasons: (1) The proposed bill gives the department of safety the power to make any rules and regula tions, no matter how stringent, to carry out the purposes of the law as it sees fit. (2) The department of public safety could order any shooting range closed and prohibit its fur ther use as a range for any rea son. (3) The department of public safety could issue such severe rules and regulations as would have the practical effect of mak ing compliance either impossible or prohibitive. (4) Frequently, law-enforce ment officials do not have suf ficient knowledge of the con struction and operation of ranges to determine fairly and accurately whether a particular range is safe or not. (5) The language of the bill is so sweeping as to prohibit a landowner from constructing and using a range on his land for his own personal use with out obtaining the required cer tificate from the police. If the sportsmen of southern Oregon value their continued use of target and hunting guns without a host of red tape re strictions it will be well to write or wire immediately to the state senator from this district. This bill is now in committee and urgent actions is needed to keep it there for good.' 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