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Tft MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday. May 10. 1937 put, high javelin. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: 11 a m. Ducua, shot JUJTID 11:30 am. Pole vault, broad jump. 130 pm. 120-yard hieh hurdlei. 1:40 p m. 100-yard dash. 1:50 pm Mile run. 2 p.m. 440-vard dash. 2:10 p.m. 130-yard low hurdle. 2 20 p m. 220-vard dash. 2 30 pm. 830-yard run. 2:40 p m. 830-yard relay. DISTRICT 6 A-2 TRACK MEET ON SATURDAY AT SOUTHERN OREGON FIELD state A-2 champs in the district engagement. They are Cliff Thomson, Douglas, 'in the mile and two-mile, and Wayne Chris tian, Eagle Point, in the javelin. Both will be district favorites in those events. Christian has im proved his javelin distance and this year also is one of the best discus men in the state, all classes considered. He is the leading district aspirant in the platter event. Greb Triple Winner The Eagles also will have a triple subdistrict winner in com petition at Ashland. Jack Greb won the 100 and 220-yard sprints and the high jump in last week's eliminations and owned the top marks in the three events. In addition to the perform ances of Greb and Christian, Norm Hooper in the shot put and David Huffman in the pole vault had No,- X efforts in the district last week. Skip Stillwell, Sutherlin, will be another double divisioTi win ner in the Ashland competition. He had the best time in the low hurdles last week and won the 100-yard dash in the north meet. The half - mile relay could shape into an Eagle Point-Douglas duel. The two quartets were winners in their respective di vision last week. Douglas's time was only .1 of a second better than the Eagles. Division champions Eagle Point and Douglas High schools and runners-up Phoenix and Myrtle Creek will be the chief contenders for team honors Sat urday when track and field Qualifiers from 10 schools battle for state meet positions in the District 6 A-2 conflict at Fuller field, Southern Oregon college in Ashland. Other athletes in the run-off will be from Illinois Valley, Glendale, Henley, Brookings, Sutherlin and Oakland. Field events will be contested in the morning with an 11 o'clock starting time. Races are set for ofternoon with-the first at 1:30 o'clock. All events will be finals since there will be a maximum of six entries in each. Eagle Point and Douglas in aubdistrict meets each qualified men for 15 berths in tomorrows full district encounter. The Eagles won the south with I0OV2 points, followed by Phoenix with 95M. Douglas scored 160 to claim the northern toga and Myrtle Creek was next with 134'i. Myrtle Creek won 14 berth for this week's meet and Phoenix nine. 11 Sutherlin Berths Sutherlin will go to Ashland with 11 spots. Henley with six, Illinois Valley with five, Glen dale with four, Brookings with three and Oakland with two. If this week's performances take the pattern of those a week ego. Eagle Point could claim first places in seven of the 14 events. The Eagles had the best times, distances and heights in the seven. Douglas and Suther lin thinclads each had bests in two events and Myrtle Creek, Phoenix and Illinois Valley each one. . Thr will be two defending SPORTS Iji Roosevelt, Jefferson Washington Winners Washington downed Jackson 3 to 0, Jefferson beat West Side 13 to 2 and Roosevelt clipped Lincoln 10 to 0 in city grade league baseball opener tangles yesterday. m For Washington Pitcher Rod ney Wolf struck out 13 of the 18 batters he faced. He gave up one hit, a bunt by Glines. Two other Jackson players got on base on errors. Glines tossed one-hit ball also, fanning eight. Jim Allen tripled for Washington and a hit batter, walk, errors and a passed ball helped in the runs. DERALD WOOTON Making Pro Comeback Try Eagle Point Jayvees Defeat Glendale Nine Eagle Point Eagle Point high won a junior varsity baseball game fromGlendale 7 to 2 yes terday. Gary Mendenhall settled down to good pitching for Eagle Point after Glendale got two runs on a hit. three walks and a steal h5me in the first inning. He allowed just one other hit. Bill Turner hit two for three for the Eagles and Dusting Ger bing a two-baggerr The Eagles got seven hits. Samsonite Luggage the PERFECT (SD FIT- b a for the OIRL graduate: VB1IM CAM holds 51 trov.1 Itemi . . 17.S0 WARDROM CAM wrtti womonplanntd Interior . SM.0O Tw-iM only $41.S0 I for the boy graduate; For this important occasion, give Sam sonite luggage . . . the gift that'll stay new for years and years. It's made to 'take rough handling. 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The tall righthanded hurler and slugging batsman was with the semi-pro Cheney Studs in 1952 just before signing with the Dodgers. Brooklyn sent him to Great Falls, Mont., in the Pioneer league. The following summer he was with Shawnee, Okla., in the Sooner State league. He won seven games without a loss and was on his way to an eighth victory when he injured his elbow. In 1954 Wooton began the season with Bakersfield of the California league then was sent to Shawnee. He began 1955 with Cedar Rapids, la., in the Thre I league but early in the season returned to Medford and rejoin ed the Studs. Last year, playing for the Cheney nine, Wooton, his arm in fine shape, was the leading pitcher in the Southern Oregon league. At last report Wooton was with the Macon team at Char lotte, S.C. Washington (U.R) Commis sioner Bert Bell of the National Football league is expected to be one of the first witnesses when the House anti-trust sub committee launches open hear ings June 3 on a series of bills involving the anti-trust status of professional sports. Navy Truck, Car Are Involved in Accident A vehicle operated by For rest Wayne Casey, 49, of 217 Eastwood drive, Medford, was involved in an accident with a Navy truck operated by Andy Edward Shaw, 35, Manhattan Beach, Calif., on Highway 99 north of Phoenix yesterday, ac cording to state police. '' The truck passed a north bound school bus and returned to the right lane of traffic, po lice said. Casey's car then passed both the bus and the truck, but too sharply in front of the truck and hit the front of it with his right rear bumper, they re ported. The 1906 earthquake in San Francisco began at 5:15 a.m. April 18. MARIO) TOP Auto Races Valley View Speedway SATURDAY, 8 P.M. -MAY 11 1956 ENGINES ALLOWED . 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