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Gone Tunney New York HP! Gene Tunney, the widely-respected ex-heavyweight champion, will be one of the witnesses called by the de fense Wednesday in an effort to soften the final judgment of Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan against the Jim Norris boxing empire, already found guilty of monopoly. Tunney will testify as the hearings resume before Judge Ryan in the U.S. District Court. The hearings concern the con trasting decrees asked for inclu sion in the final judgment by attorneys for the government and for the defense. Crescent City Quintets Lead in Handicap Tourney Two Crescent City, Calif., quintets lead the Southern Ore gon Handicap tournament at Medford Bowling lanes after the first week end of competition. Del Norte Feed store heads the men with 3033 and Ward's Propane the women with 2573. Bill Blunt, Phoenix, and Fran cis Kirk, Medford, helped by Blunt'i super near perfect 299 game, top men's doubles with 1335. Lucille Shepher and Flor ence Slack, Roseburg, pace wo men with 1080. "Norm" Neathamer, Medford, with a bulging 711, is in front in singles with Shirley Boyd, Crescent City, heading ladies with 551. Taking lead in all events were Rick Renneau, Cres cent City, with 1899 and Nadine Endert, also Crescent City with 1642. There were 22 teams from Medford, Crescent City Klamath Falls and Roseburg in the week end action. Play will extend through July 14. OTHER SCORES: Men's Teama Trail Creek Lumber. Medford 3023: Crescent City Lions. 3002: McKamara and Peepe Lumber. Crescent City. 2971: Crescent City Shrine club 2890: State Farm Insur ance. Crescent City, 2883: Morse Mo tors. Medford. 2878. Men's Doubles Lee Bex and Jim Knapp. Medford. 1274: Hal Schroeder and Jack Gardner. Medford. 1268: Ed Learning and George Clark. Medford. 1256: John Cattani and Warren Rich ardson. Cattani. Crescent City. 1252: Pat Paterson and Max Frink. Grants Arch . Moore Ordered to Defend Title Grand Rapids, Mich. (IB Archie Moore, growing more de liberate in his waning years, to day was under a new edict to defend his title by July 7. "If Moore fails to defend by July 7, we will take the neces sary measure to vacate the light heavyweight title," Floyd Ste vens, president of the National Boxing Assn. and chairman of the Michigan Boxing Commis sion, said Monday. "There is no chance the dead line will be extended. If Moore doesn't defend by June 7, he will be suspended for 30 days. As far as we're concerned, Moore is signed to meet Tony Anthony June 7 in Detroit," Ste vens said. Stevens latest threat of action against Moore, a coy 41 despite his mother's claim he is 43, came after the ancient one signed for another exhibition in Germany June 2. Only time will tell whether Stevens' latest prodding of the light-heavy champ will stick anymore than the previous prods didn't. The NBA first told Moore to get busy on a title fight last December when he was being clobbered by Floyd Patterson for the heavy title. Then it ordered Moore to sign by March 15 and it was an nounced Moore would fight Chuck Spieser April 5 in De troit. But Moore got this post poned to June 7 and signed a "contract" witnessed by boxing officials. Tony Anthony upset the applecart by knocking out Spieser April 5, ruining an ex pected $200,000 gross TV-gate fight between Moore and Spie ser, of Detroit. Moore by this time was in Germany and began saying it would take a $100,000 guaran tee to gej him in the same ring with anybody, and especially Anthony, for the crown. So Stevens, who knew Archie still weighed in the neighbor hood of 205 pounds, 30 over the lightheavy limit, faced reality and extended the deadline to July 7. Hogan Leads NW PGA Qualifiers Spokane iffi A rain-drenched trolf course couldn't stop three Northwest golfers from complet ing their 36-hole qualifying event for berths in the national PGA championships Monday. Portlands Eddie Hogan led the field at Spokane's Manito course with a 73-69-142 for top honors. He was followed by Dave Killen, also of Portland, who posted a 74-69-143 and Joe Greer of Yakima, Wash., who was third with 72-72-144. The three will compete in the S40.000 national championship tourney in Dayton, Ohio, July 17-21. HOGAN TO SEEK TITLE Toledo, Ohio HP) Ben Hogan, who last won the U.S. Open at the Oakmont, Pa., Country Club in 1953, will be seeking his fifth title in the golf classic at Tole do's Inverness Club, June 13-15. To Testify For Just wnat tne two-time con queror of Jack Dempsey will say is conjectural, but it's certain his words will be aimed against the two major requests of the Department of Justice. They are: Separation of Ownership Dissolution of the Jim Nor-ris-Arthur Wirtz promotional as sociation with the 1 Madison Square Garden Corp. Separation of the ownership and operation of arenas by Nor ris and Wirtz from the promo tion of title fights. ' Norris and Wirtz, head men respectively in the Internation al Boxing Clubs of New York Pass. 1247: Vic Jones and Jack Treu. Crescent City. 1242. Men s Singles Blunt 673: Vic Jones. Crescent City, 671: Mai Olsen. Med ford, 670; Louie Yackamovich, Cres cent City, 666; Don Martyn. Roseburg. 658; Bill Cizmadia, Crescent. City, 656; jjick cairns, crescent city, 648: Ron Brooks. Medford, 648; Pete Green, Klamath Fails. Men's All-Events Neathamer 1897: Jones, 1897; Cattani. 1387; Treu, 1869; Kicnardson. 1862; Yackamovich, 1860. Ladies Teams Crater Inn Motel, Medford, 2546. Ladies Doubles Kathy Johnson and Bonnie Richardson, Crescent City, 1038; Marie Treu and Ruby Jones, Crescent Citv, 1021. Ladies Singles Shepherd, 545; Slack. 542; Johnson, 540. Ladies All-Events Bovd, 1608; Shepherd. 1607; June Brusseau, Rose burg, 1372. Herb Gifford Bow Victor Herb Gifford, Medford, with 809 in men's free style, Jerry Williamson, Central Point, with 559 in ladies' competition and Darrell Willimson, Central Point, with 627 in junior boys' class, claimed the honors Sunday in the rivalry among 68 bowmen at the Rogue Archers field range on Old Stage rd. " Bud Vroman, Klamath Falls, with 770, was runner-up to Gif- lord. Other men's winners were Cleve Berry, Brookings, 626, A expert first; Ed Badley, Rogue River, 625, A expert second; Russ Howard, Medford, 615 B expert first; Larry Digby, Rose burg, 549, B expert second; Les Wedeking, Grants Pass, 480, bowmen first; Vera Struble. Crescent City, 480, bowmen sec ond; Al Griffin, Jacksonville, 330. archer first, and Ernie Pruitt, Grants Pass, 323, archer second. For women Lucille Oetken, Phoenix, was second expert bow man with 483. Ruth Digby, Rose burg, was first bowman with 388 and Carmen Sanders, Brook ings, second bowman with 304. Bonnie Spencer, Grants Pass, took first archer with 245 and Fran Stuble, Crescent City, sec ond archer with 228. John Stribling, Grants Pass, place took second junior boys' with 332. Bear's Concern Over Cubs Fatal New York (IP) A mother beaVs concern for her two cubs whose juvenile curiosity led them on a short-lived explora tion of civilization proved fatal Monday. The two 25 - pound Canadian black bear cubs somehow man aged to squeeze through the bars of their cage at the Prospect Park Zoo in Brooklyn late in the afternoon. A patrolman saw one of the runaway balls of fur outside the cage and the other perched on a fence. He summon ed reinforcements. Eight policemen, using a las so and a long pole, corraled the truants and returned them to their quarters. In her anxiety to reach her four-month-old offspring, the mother, a 300-pound creature, tried to climb down the steep sides of a moat in the cage After several efforts, she col lapsed and died of a heart at tack. CARPENTER TO BE DISCHARGED Detroit (IP) Lew Carpenter, leading ball carrier for the De troit Lions in 1954 and 1955, is scheduled to be discharged from the Army in September and plans to rejoin the club imme diately for the 1957 campaign. TOP AIDES LOST Trenton, N.J. IP) Repub lican gubernatorial candidate Sen. Malcolm S. Forbes said to day he has lost the services of "five toD campaign aides" for several weeks. Forbes' five chil dren have the measles. Shopping expenses? go to HFC' I 1 1 OUSEHOLD FINANCE 128 E. Main PHONE: IBC Empire and Illinois and majority stock owners and directors in the Madison Square Garden Corp., were among the defendants found guilty of monopoly in the conduct of title fights by Judge Ryan last March 8. Kenneth C. Royall, former sec retary of the Army, and now chief Norris defense counsel,- is fighting hardest against the pro posed government decree that Norris and Wirtz be forced to sell their two million dollars worth of capital stock in the Garden corporation within six months, or thereafter place it with a trustee for ultimate sale. Houtteman Traded to Baltimore By United Press Art Houtteman, who pitched only 51 innings' for the Cleve land Indians since 1955, was promised plenty of work today by his new manager, Paul Rich- j ards of the Baltimore Orioles. I "Houtteman will be a starter j with us," said the Orioles' boss. "I'll have him in the bullpen o couple of times first, though, be cause he hasn't done much pitching this year." Houtteman played under Rich ards in 1947 when Paul was managing Buffalo in the Interna tional league. In explaining why the Orioles paid the Indians an estimated $20,000 for the tall right hander, Richards said, "two years ago he was a real good pitcher ... but he didn't pitch too much with the Indians since Herb Score came up be cause they have all the starters they can use and a couple of great reliefers." Two Other Deals In two other major deals Monday, the Indians signed vet eran first baseman Eddie Rob inson as a free agent and the Washington Senators purchased utility infielder Rocky Bridges on waivers from the Cincinnati Redlegs. To make room for Bridges, the Senators optioned shortstop Lyle Luttrell to Seattle of the Pacific Coast league, while the Orioles sent southpaw pitcher Don Ferrarese to Vancouver to the same league. A report that southpaw Har vey Haddix of the Philadelphia Phillies expects to be traded to the Cincinnati Redlegs was de scribed as an "idle rumor" by General Manager Roy Harney of the Phillies. PCL Action to Resume Tonight By UNITED PRESS . All eight teams are scheduled to return to action tonight in the Pacific Coast League weather permitting. Three games were rained out Monday night by the general storm that has drenched the Pa cific Coast. A doubleheader planned at Vancouver between the Seattle Rainiers and the Mounties was called because of weather, and the Los Angeles San Francisco game at Seals Stadium was postponed for the same reason. Portland to Play SD State in NCAA Action Portland OP) Portland and San Diego State will meet in a best two-out-of-three game base ball series May 31 and June 1 to determine who will play the Pacific Coast Conference cham pion for a berth in the NCAA semi-finals. California is the Southern Di vision entry and Oregon is the likely Northern Division entry. The PCC playoff will be held on California's diamond. The NCAA tourney is in Omaha June 3-4. 150 Sports Cars to Compete in Road Races Santa Rosa, Calif. (IP) More tan 150 of the West's fastest sports cars will compete in the Rose Festival Road Races at the Cotati air strip near here Sat urday and Sunday. Recent entries include Phil Hill of Santa Monica, one of the country's" top. drivers. He will pilot a big, Italian-built, 4.9 liter Ferrari roadster. The car is cap able of speeds up to 150 miles an hour; SPORTS When you need cash for impor tant purchases items on special sale, appliances, furnish ings, clothing, repairs, etc turn to HFC for dependable money service. You can borrow up to $1500 in one day from HFC, America's oldest and larg est consumer finance company. Phone or visit HFC today! St., 2nd Floor SP 3-5301 VUKOVICH JR. VISITS SPEEDWAY Anton Hulman Jr., owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (center), joins Mrs. Esther Vukovich, widow of the late Bill Vukovich, and her son, Bill Jr., 13, as they time practice cars at the famed race track. Vukovich was killed in the 1955 race as he was seeking his third consecutive 500-mile championship. Sport Parade New York (IP) Vic Wertz ad mitted today that he still feels the paralyzing fingers of polio but the man who made it back farther than most make it for-i ward still plans on "at least two more years" of baseball. The burly first baseman of the Cleveland Indians was strick en with the disease in August, 1955 and for a frightening week could move only his head. Yet Wertz battled back last year for one of his finest seasons. But his comeback, and his fast pace this year, are even more remarkable when you consider that even now he lives in the shadow of the nightmare. "It's all right as long as the weather is hot," he admits. "Then I don't feel any traces of it. But in cold weather I notice it in my back. When it's cool, the back stiffens up." Enough To Finish The fact fliat he is 32 doesn't worry Wertz. It is, you feel as you talk to him, the impondera bles such as the attack which laid him low two years ago. It was enough to finish the career of most. And he played again. Vic had lii Kocf voap in nnmo nine last season witdh 32 while knocking in 106 runs. Only a kidney in fection late in the year whittled down his batting average to .264. This spring there was more trouble. He was bedded a week in the spring with influenza. Every 45 seconds someone buys a new Dodge - and no wonder ! PARSONS MOTORS o By OSCAR F HALEY Sports Writer United Press Right now he is nursing a set of sore ribs because he "picked up a knee' while sliding into sec ond base at Kansas City a week ago. Despite the aches and pains and cold weather stiffness, Vic is happy. He is doing what he likes and there is added satis faction in his current .340 batting average.. Plans To Produce "As long as I can play well and as long as I get a good con tract, that's how long I plan to be around," Wertz analyzes. "But once I can't produce, you can bet I'm not going to stretch it out sitting on the bench." Yet even then Vic won't turn his back on the game. "I wouldn't want to coach," he says. "But I would like to maintain my interest in the game and stay in touch as a part time scout or something along those lines. "After all, he adds slowly, "baseball has been good to me." And he, it might be added, has been good to and for baseball. Inspirational figures such as Vic Wertz don't come along very often in any sport. SEATTLE TOPS BEVOS Corvallis !tPl Seattle univer sity recorded a ., 10V4-7V win over Oregon State college Mon day in a golf match played at Corvallis. It happens every 45 second of every working day a proud new Dodge owner goes breezing homeward In his dashing Swept-Wing Dodge. And It's really no wonder when you consider all that the Swept-Wing Dodge has to offer! Every 15 seconds someone heads home In the sleekest, rakiest, - 'A most distinctively styled ear on the road. And there's a practical side to this beauty, too. This smart "years ahead" styling puts you "money ahead" when you decide to trade. DODGE TOPPED ALL Tuesday, Mar 21, 1957 Kramer Sets Net Tourney Los Angeles U Tennis promoter Jack Kramer has an nounced plans to bring the six best professional tennis players in the world together to battle for a $10,000 jackpot in his Tour nament of Champions at Forest Hills, N. Y., July 15-21. Kramer disclosed yesterday that the jackpot is the largest ever offered for a professional tournament in the United States. He said S2.500 will be given to the singles champion and SI, 500 will go to the winning doubles team. Listed as definite contenders for the rich event are Pancho Gonzales, world's pro chpmpion; Ken Rosewall, last year's ama teur champion; Tony Trabert, 1955 amateur champion; Frank Sedgman, 1951-52 world's ama teur champion; and Pancho Se gura, winner of the 1957 Ampol Tournament. The sixth player will be either Kramer or Dinny Pails. Borlcowski Bevo Again Portland HP) The Portland Beavers sold an outfielder and bought another to take his place Monday in a whirlwind deal that saw Frank Ernaga purchased from the Beavers by the Chicago Cubs. , The Beavers then bought ex Portland Beaver, Bob Borkow s::i, from the Los Angeles An gels. The Cubs announced they bought Ernaga for added bench strength and that he would be used solely for pinch hit roles. Borowski will return to the Beavers' lineup in tonight's schedused game with the Angels in Los Angeles. Oregonian Named To 'Hall of Fame' Los Angeles W The Helms Athletic Foundation to day announced that Fortune Gordien, of Brightwood, Ore., had been named to the track and field hall of fame. The Olympic discus thrower is now a lumberman at Bright wood. He finished second in the 1956 Olympics with a toss of 179 feet, 10 inches. Basilio Non-Title Fight Not Scheduled San Francisco (IPI A pro posed non-title bout between welterweight champion Carmen Basilio and an unnamed oppon ent at the Cow Palace has failed to materialize, promoter Bennie Ford said Monday. Ford said his plans have "come a cropper" because a suitable opponent could not be found for the Syracuse, N.Y., scrapper. Every 1957! M l III M0BILGAS ECONOMY RUN San Francisco Releases Pillette San Francisco (ff! Two pitchers who figured prominent ly in the early-season plans of the San Francisco Seals were cut from the team Monday in a sur prise move as the club pared its personnel to the 21-player limit. Dua ne Pillette, 3 4 - year - old veteran who has posted a season record of 4-1 and an earned run average of 2.89 per game, was given his outright release, and Bob Thollander, a former stand out at the University of San Francisco, was sold to Oklahoma City of the Texas League. The 27-yearold Thollander had a 2-2 record and a 3.52 ERA. 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