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Tornado Whip Pelicans Medford high in its finest baseball games of the season bounced the Klamath Falls Pel icans 12 to 2 and 5 to 2 at Klam ath Saturday. The 12 to 2 tussle counted in the Southern Oregon conference, giving Medford a 2-3 standing and tying the Tornado with the Pels for third spot in the chase. Batting by Dennis King and Bob Pond and eight-hit throwing by Dick McLaughlin paced the Tornado crew in the opener. Ernie Tyler tossed a three-hitter for Medford in the shortened game and Larry Perkins, Mc Laughlin and King were the big men at bat. Pond hit four for four, one a double, in the starter and King three for five including a homer. Perkins socked two for five and Gordon Owsley two for four. SCHOOL MARKS BEATEN BY PLUMLEY, LARSON, CLOSE IN MEET AT KF Giants Pass Grants Past high piled up 118 counters Saturday to triumph in a three-way frank tangle. Crater scored 48 and Ashland 33. Hurdler Wally Larson and shot putter Neil Plumley better ed the state standards and they and broad jumper Jerry Close Ducks Post Victory Over Washington "Eugene (U.R) The Univer sity of Oregon posted its fifth straight Northern division col lege baseball victory here Friday by swamping the Vi lshington Huskies, 11-2. Ron Whittaker threw five-hit ball for the Ducks and struck out seven for his third Northern division win and eighth for the season. Oregon backed him up with a 14-hit attack including eight ex tra base hits. Three Ducks homered over the left field fence Jim Pifher, Jim Pingree and Terry Maddox all with one man in base. Wimp Hastings, leadoff man for Oregon in the first inning, slammed a triple off the first pitch. The next man up, Jim Pif her, smashed the third pitch of the ball game out of the park. - Pingree's homer in the third inning scored two runs. ' Maddox homered for Oregon in the seventh inning. Washington got its two runs in the sixth on sonsecutive sin gles by Tony Frers, Don Dailey and Roy Christianson. MH Netters i Rap 2 Foes Victories of 7 to 0 over Ash land on Friday and 5 to 2 over Granls Pass yesterday were post ed by Medford high netters. Against Ashland Jin Gordon beat Jerry Joy; Bob Schmidt beat Rex Clark; John Root down ed .Gary Holman; Harold Daley tripped Hank Hampton; Dick Swinney defeated Gregg Mon roe; Gordon and Root trimmed Joy and Clark and Schmidt and Daley overcame Holman and Hampton. playing Grants Pass Gordon subdued Dave Mann; Schmidt defeated Oris Thetford; Swin ney won from Ross Erickson; Schmidt and Root beat Dave Duke and Phil Mansell and Gor don and Daley downed Rex Mannan and Thetford. Root lost to Duke and Daley to Mansell. 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Caldwell 3. estbalished new school records Saturday as the Medford high track and field aggregation swamped Klamath Union high 93 13 to 28 23 in a dual en counter at Klamath Falls. Larson zoomed over the 120 yard high hurdle course in :14.1, three-tenths of a second under the Oregon prep track meet mark. Plumley put the shot a tremendous 58 feet 3 inches, bettering the two-year-old state record of 58-24. Close jumped the fartherest of his career in competition, 22-63A. Medford won 12 of the 14 first spots and tied for another. Bob Drace took the high jump for the Pels at 5-8. Ben Kirkland of Klamath knotted with John Harvey of Medford in the pole vault at 10-6. Cristean Mighty Fast Lorin Christean, improved on the blazing pace he has set in the dashes by sprinting the 100 yard event in a sizzling :09.9. He also won the 220 in :22.6. Larson and Plumley also were double victors. Wally skimmed the 180-yard low hurdles in :19.5 and Neil hurled the discus 134-8. Mike Russell romped through the 440-yard run in :50.8, Bil bee Lane toured the 880 in 2:00.1 and Mark Norton ran the mile in 4:52.2 for Tornado firsts. The Tornado relay com bination rambled the half-mile Hictnnre in 1:33.7. Christean, Russell, Pete Kershaw and Lar son, as usual, made up tne mmrtpt. Another combination of John Jones, Duane Poff, Close and Ron Reich ran for exhibition and finished second. Swept Three Events Eldon Francis heaved the jave lin 181-5 for another Medford first. The Tornado's array of cinder an p1H mtffht sweDt all three r,i in th shot nut. the jave lin and the 440. Medford finish ed one-two in four other events. Phil Austin, who was ill early in Via urooir was onlv a shade behind Norton in the mile with a time of 4:52.3. Les Lingscheit trailed Lane in the half in 2:01 and Kershaw was second in the 440 in :52. Egyptian Netman Upsets Australia's Lew Hoad Bournemouth. Enelend (U.FO Jaroslav Drobny of Egypt, the aging lefthander, upset Lew Hoad of Australia Saturday, 6-4, 6-4. 6-4. to win the British Hard Courts Tennis Championship for the fourth time. In the women's final, Shirley Bloomer beat Pat Ward in an all-British final, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. CALL FOR LINIflGER'S EB'S MEDFORDvSTRIBUTfE SIPCMMrS m TO DEFEND TRACK CROWN Crock Hunter, right, above, Val ley View track champion in 1956, will be among hardtop auto drivers contending on the oval this season in Southern Oregon Racing association programs. The season will open next Saturday, May 11, with a standard card of events. Races will start at 8 p.m. after time trials which will get underway at 7 p.m. Valley View Track Races Will Be Almost Entirely Hardtop Auto With possible exception of a few stock car chassis, the, auto race program at Valley View track will be strictly hardtop this year. That's the report from Track Manager Phil Bryant. ' Opening of the oval on Valley View rd. near Ashland for the Rogue Valley Racing associa tion' weekly rivalry is slated for Saturday night, May 11. Competition generally will consist of the standard card of time trials, A and B trophy scampers, three heat races, a semi-main and a main event. Time trials are billed for 7 p.m. and first race for 8 p.m. Improvements at the track and plans for the presentation of the races are expected to bolster the enthusiasm and interest of auto race fans. The track itself Eagle Point Pirates Nips Eagle Point (U.R) Eagle Point high kept Glendale from having a perfect season in the Rogue baseball league by tip ping the Pirates 5 to 4 at Glen dale on Friday. Glendale, which had already cinched the pennant, wound up the Rogue and District 6 A-2 campaign with a 3-1 record. Eagle Point finished 2-2 and II linois Valley 1-3. Two runs in the sixth inning enabled the Eagles to overcome a 4 to 3 Glendale lead and claim the decision. Gary Mendenhall and Dick Brown drew bases on balls and Larry Clement doub led to produce the two markers. Pitcher Dennis Boren held Glendale to three hits. He walk ed two and fanned one batter. The Eagles got only four hits but were aided by 10 walks. linescore" Eagle Point 001 112 05 Glendale 013 000 04 Boren and Tresham; Owens, Monte- lone s and R. Munyon. Beavers Defeat Sacramento 6-2 Portland (U.R) The Portland Beavers downed Sacramento Friday night 6-2 for their second straight win in three outings against the Solons. A crowd of 4,840 watched the Beavers leap into a 4-0 lead in the first inning. Jack Litrell clouted a double with the bases loaded to score three runs. Bobby McKee hit a two-bagger to score Littrell for . the fourth of the first period. The Solons replied with one run in the top of the fourth. Jim Greengrass doubled to center and was scored by Jim Mangan's left center single. In the sixth inning, Portland pitcher Johnny Briggs singled and Bobby Adams homered into the left field stands for two more Bevo. runs. The Solons replied with an other run in the seventh when Al Heist singled to score Man gan. Johnny Briggs was credited with the win and Mike Coen took the loss for the Solons. LINESCORE: Sacramento 000 100 100 3 5 -0 Portland 400 002 OOx 6 12 1 Coen, Stanka (7) and Mangan. Bar ragan (7); Briggs and Calderone. ATTENTION: LOGGERS - LUMBER HAULERS ON AND OFF HIGHWAY OPERATORS Freightiiner Corporation hat USED Truck to fit your needs . Choose from this group rf FREIGHTLINERS COE; Buda or Cummins Diesel Engines; Dual Drive Trucks and Tractors. INTERNATIONALS COE and Conventional Cabs; Gas Engines; Dual and Single Drives. D1AMOND-T Conventional Cabs; Gas Engines; Dual Drives. ff All Equipment Ready to-go-to-work ft Terms on approved credit For Moie Details on any of this equipment CALL I'S COLLECT. CA 3-8451 WIRE OR WRITE: DEPT. E FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION 1S5 N W. quimby Street, Portland 9. Oregon Hake FREIGHTLINER Vour Headquarters for Heavy Duty Truck Parts and Rebuilding Competition has been banked and aligned in a way which should provide for faster racing. The grand stand has been boxed-in to as sure more warmth in cool eve ning aif. And race officials in tend to speed up the program with the aim of having evening activities over by around 9:45 p.m. A long list of rules for vehi cles competing on the track has been established, many aimed at safety and others at uniformity m competition. Safety regulations . require shock absorbers in good condi tion on all four wheels,' four wheel brakes operated by a foot pedal only, roll over bars bolted or welded to the frame and brac ed, securely fastened bucket seat and a safety belt for the driver. Glass and upholstery must be re moved from vehicles. - A fire wall is required between driver and engine and driver and fuel tanks and floor boards under gasoline tanks must be removed. Car doors must be securely fast ened. Front bumpers are not to be wider than the frame bars and rear bumpers are not to extend beyond the body or center of the tire. Nerfing bars must not ex tend beyond the outside edge of the tire and the same goes for fenders. A fuel line shut-off valve is required between tank and engine and within reach of the driver. Stock Body Design Body design can be any stock American passenger car, coupe or sedan, body and frame of the same manufacture, 1932 through 1948. Engine position, front axle and wheel base are optional. Rules for engines have a limit of 280 cubic inches over-all with any American stock car produc tion engine in any legal chassis through 1956. In-line six cylin der engines may run on any bat tery ignition system, any ex haust system, any lubrication system and any fuel pump sys tem but with no pressure on tank. Two 2-barrel or one 4 barrel carburetors may be run on flathead engines or one 2-barrel carburetor on overhead V-8s and sixes. There is to be no fuel injection or blowers. Drivers and mechanics are re ported intently getting the ma chines ready for next Sunday. The track will be open today to drivers who wish to try out their cars and fans are invited to watch. A good number of the gas buggy jockeys may take ad vantage of the opportunity and should attract a considerable crowd of onlookers. American Net Stars May Compete in Moscow London (U.R) American tennis stars Ham . Richardson and Pablo Eisenberg "have ex pressed their desire to come to Moscow" for the World Youth Festival Athletic Games opening in late July, Radio Moscow sajd Saturday. The broadcast said more than 4,000 athletes from 50 countries are expected to enter the games. The State Department has dis couraged American participa tion in the Communist festival, but has said there are no legal objections to participation. Good Trucks and Tractors ... KENWORTHS COE and Conventional Cabs; 175 300 Cummins Engines; Dual Drive Trucks; Conventional and Torsion Suspensions. a GMC's COE; Gas Engines; Single Drives. TRAILER CHASSIS Good selection of 20 to 28 ft. Pull Trailers. Match Play Launched in 2-Ball Golf Dick Travis defeated Al Al ihans 6 and 5 yesterday in the championship finals of th spring golf handicap tourney at Rogue Valley Country club. They played 36 holts. Action sot underwav this week end in the first round of the men's two-ball partnership golf tournament at Rogue Val ley country club. Matches in the round ar tn be finished by Sunday, May 12. First round losers will fall into the first flight for the second week of play. Pairings were determined t a buffet dinner Fridav nicht with high handicappers draw ing for low handicap, partner mere are iza participants or 64 two-man teams. Five men will represent the RVCC this week in the Oregon Open tourney at Waverly club in Portland. They are Del Berg, Clayton Lewis, Harry Millette, Bill Hartman and pro Al Wil liams. Hartman now lives in Portland. The tourney opens on Monday. FIRST ROUND PAIRINGS: Fred Johnson and Glen Fabrick v. Don Jackson and Del Berg; Gain Rob inson and Dr. Bob Buck vs. 'Bob Wells and Tom Harnsberger; Jerry Cotting- nam and am oftora vs. Dave Brown and Eddie Simmons: Ray Wise and Deane Lambert vs. Paul Mitchell and Ed Hall; Don Whalin and Jack San born vs. Hober Sullivan and Justin Smith Sr.; Duane Lubbers and Clyde Knight vs. Morris Leonard and Ray Mencke; Al Dumas and Clayton Lewis vs. Ken Teeters and Paul Meyers; Dar rell Miller and Millard Payton vs. ob Van Duker and Bud Judy. Fred Conrad and Harry Millette vs. Curt Hopkins and Dr. William Miller, A. C. Broyles and Roy Smith vs. Dr. Ralph Thompson and Dr. N. J. Wil son; Herman Duncan and John Mof fat vs. Fred Morlan and Carl Schmidt; Al Hart and BiU Singler vs. Bill Blackledge and Gene Hebrard; Dave Holmes and Bill Kalibak vs. George Schuler and Jack Dougherty; Jim Dunlevy and Hank Herman vs. Bill Ruffner and Dutch Oakes; Ray Soren son and Lee Flink vs. Ed Milne and Leland Clark; Bob Corbin and Howard Scroggini vs. Dick Travis and Jack Kerr. Jack Eidswick and Dr. Bruce Stan ley vs. Jim Curley and Glen Keyes; Bob Toomey and Miles Doran vs. Lowel Chamberlin and Ed Radzwelt; Alton Anderson' and Bob Voegtly vs. Dr. Rudy Meesis and Dr. Lee Mellish; Ted Groomes and ' Bob Little vs. Gene Spenser and Russ Heysell; M. J. Carlson and Alan Holmes vs. Dr. Frank Wilson and Forrest Casey; Ted Hughes and Harry Watson vs. Ralph Barclay and William Clark; Bill Knope and Dom Provost Jr. vs. Wayne Chase and Max Pierce; Jack Dumas and H. E. Nulton vs. Jack Worthington and Tom MacLeod. Harry Jewett and W. W. Deakins; E. H. Collins and Lloyd Pone: Jerrv Olsen and O. A. Eden vs. Dr. Scott Heatherington and Bob Morris; Dr. Robert DeLorme and Dr. Billy Black' stone vs. Dick Neese and Bud Hau pert; Bob Anderson and Bill Catey vs. Harry Barker and Dr. Dave Boa Is; Ed Gordon and Fred Allen vs. Tom Shepard and Jack Mitchell; Clark Mears and John Nuich vs. Doug Pickell and Larry Butler; Waid Samuelson and Dick Henselman vs. Paul Lea and Stov Elliott: Ken Knarm and Stan Stark vs. Reese Alexander and Fred Sears. Corvallis U.R The Clark Junior College baseball team de feated the Oregon State . Rooks, 6-2, here Friday. mm ON THE JOB BIG 3 h.p. 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Leroy King, Dick Nix, Willie Jones and Jim McAbee singled and Ned Landers doub led in the frame. King hit three for four and Ned Landers, Ron Owings, Nix and Jones two for four for SOC and McElwain two for three for PSC. In fashioning a seven-hitter Ned Landers whiffed seven batters and walked two. Jerry Aman of the Vikes struck out two and walked one. Southern Oregon had to over come a 3 to 4 deficit in the Sat urday concluder and did it with an eight-run outburst in the fifth inning. Ned Landers hit a double and single in the canto and Ted Landers, Jones, Phil Sword and Duane Sides got safeties. A sacrifice by King, a walk and two errors aided the rally. One-Hitter Thrown Duane Sides pitched a nine hitter for the Raiders striking out eight and walking two. Kil mer hit three for four for PSC and Dean DeChaine and Biglow of the Vikings and Ted and Ned Landers, Owings and Jones were two for four batters. The Raiders combined 13-hit slugging and the one-hit tossing of Dave D'Olivo Friday to take the opening game of the series 5 to 0. D'Olivo whiffed batsmen nine times, issued five bases on balls and hit a ' batter. Willie Jones safetied three times in three trips at bat, Ron Owings, Ned Landers and Larry Maurer got two for four and Ted Lan. ders two for five. Pitcher Tom Pileggi smacked the lone hit for Portland State. Singles by' Jones, Maurer and Sword and a walk to D'Olivo UO Links Crew Wins Over OSC Euegen U.R) The Univer sity of Oregon golf team downed Oregon State college, lSM-nVi, over the Eugene Country club course Friday. MAKE YOUR SELECTION A WISE -PUT A- 7 TiMer At NOTHING ELSE . TO BUY Let Us Demonstrate The "SPRINGFIELD" RIDING MOWER The answer to the lazy man's prayer. Phone SP 2-6701 For Demonstration MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN forced across a run in the sec ond inning. Hits by LeRoy King and Ron Owings and an error got a marker in the third in ning. Safe raps by Ned and Ted Landers, Owings and Jones, a sacrifice by King and a double steal figured in three chalkets in the seventh inning. As of Friday Oregon college led the OCC with an 8-1 stand ing. Southern Oregon now has a 5-3 mark and Portland State is third at 4-4. LINESCORES: Fridav same: PSC- 000 000 000 0 1 4 SOC 011 000 3005 13 1 Pileggi and Harding; D'Olivo and Sword, Seymour 9. Saturday games: PSC 400 000 04 8 SOC 211 005 x 9 14 Aman and Kilmer: N. Landers and Sword. PSC . 300 100 0 4 9 3 SOC 300 080 x 11 13 0 Lansing, schuddle 6 and Kilmer; Sides and Seymour, Sword 5. Lone Pine Wins No-Hit Till From St. Mary's Kim Griffin hurled a five-inning no-hit no-run victory for the Lone Pine varsity grade school baseball team Friday. Piner margin over St. Mary's was 9-0. Griffin fanned 10 batters and walked three. Two fine fielding saves by Kenny Ford were in strumental in keeping the no hitter intact. Jim Shaw doubled and singled and drove in four runs. ! The Lone Pine junior varsity won 10 to 3. Although St. Mary's scored, they were able to get no hits off LP pitchers David John son and Mike Wickersham. NET VERDICT SCORED Monmouth-U.R) The Port land State Vikings scored a 6-1 victory over the Oregon College of Education Wolves here Fri day in a tennis match. . TROJANS BEAT UCLA Los Angeles jOJ.R) The Uni versity of Southern California Trojans scored their 25th con secutive dual meet win over UCLA Saturday by fighting the Bruins to the last event before claming a 68-63 victory at Me morial Coliseum. HARD -TOP-Auto Races Valley View Speedway SATURDAY, 8 P.M. -MAY 11 1956 ENGINES ALLOWED BUDGET TERMS IF YOU SO DESIRE Ask For Demonstration in The Dirt At Our "Farm Store" SEE THE TILLER IN ACTUAL OPERATION DOING THE SAME JOB YOU'LL ASK IT TO DO. 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