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TTJJ -MEDFOHD fOHEGOK) BiOly Loes Keeps Up Comeback Stride in Verdict Over Sox Bt MfLTON BICHMAN Vmtad Pnas Sparta Writer Hccntrie Bill Loes, the Balti hfwe right hander turned loose i Brooklyn is a hopeless sore fjrm case, is rapidly moving to ward the title of "comeback pilrher of the year." American league batters point cut Loea has the good fast bell back extfl end if added corrobo ration is oeeded, there's his glis o temfif J.57 earned run average the fact be already has (Ceiled up iive. victories. tmXS iawt Tuesday, manager Faul Bieltards, understandably disgusted vitb e aeries of Oriole losse, labeled most of his play ers a "bunch of clowns," but it's obvioue he wasn't including the 27-year-old Loes. Lo6s, who came to the Orioles frremtthe Dodgers on waivers in jlay of test year, beat the Red Sox. 3-l, with a six-hit effort Wednesday. With one out in the ninth inning, however, he was ejected from the game by um pire Bill Summers for protesting a called ball too vigorously. George Zuverink retired the last two batiers. Dick Williams, an other ex-Dodger, drove in two of the Orioles' runs off loser Corge Susce Jr., while George Kell knocked in the other. Sox Lose To Tribe The Cleveland Indians defeat ed the first-place Chicago White Sox, 8-4, in 10 innings, while Detroit beat Kansas City, 4-3, 1 4 V. a WcHinafAn C licked the New York Yankees, 6-2. Brooklyn closed in to within a game and a half of the National league lead with a 1-0 victory ovei Pittsburgh; Milwaukee de feated the Chicago Cubs, 6-2, apd the Phillies had to go 10 innings to "beet the Giants, 7-5. OUicifrnati and St. Louis were idle, Vic Werti tied tie game for the Indiens with a two-run homer end the Tribe then scqred four rune in the 10th, with Hal Na'ragoti'a triple driv ing in the tie-breaking run. Dixie Howell, who relieved starter Jack AHarShman, was the loser while reliever Cal McLish was the winner. The White Sox now lead the Indians and Yanks by two flames. Bunning Five-hits X't J. VT Porter's pinch double scored Harvey Kuenn from first base in the ninth inning with the winning run in Detroit's tri umph. Jim Bunning went the dis tance for the Tigers, giving up orjy five hits, including homers b Hal Smith and Bob Cerv. Re liever Rip Coleman suffered his fifth consecutive loss. Pedro Ramos of Washington got two-run jump on the Yan kees when Roy Sievers hit his 10th homer with one on in the first inning and the Sena'tors routed Tom Sturdivant with a four-run burst in the seventh. Ramos, credited with his fourth victory and first ever over the Yankees, held them scoreless un til the eighth when Hank Bauer homered. Mickey Mantle clouted his 10th homer in the ninth. Left-hander Johnny Podres ever permitted a Pirate runner to advance as far as second base Roy Harris Among Top 10 Hoavies New York UPl Roy Harris. colorful young school teacher of Cut-And-Shoot, Tex., smashed into the top 10 heavyweights for the first time in the Ring maga zine's latest ratings. Harris was gives ninth-place ranking because of his upset split 10 -round decision over formoly high ranked Bob Baker of Pittsburgh a Houston, Tex., April 30. Two heavies .were dropped from the rankings, Harold Car ter of Linden, N. J., No. 3, be cause ffe fent into the Army, and Willi Besmanoff of Ger many, No. 9, because he was up set by Archi McBride. Pastrne Ilea .fhose departure left room for Harrfli ana -tor Ingemar Johans son of Sweden, No. 10. who had been in the rankings before. Meenmltile, Willie Pastrano of Nov Orleans moved up a notch t third place, and Archie Moore u two pei te sixth. Can Fullmer lost his middle weight erewe on. a knockout to Sujar Ra Robinaon.' and Gene i msm rated top contender. Joey iGaamfera. rose. 6-4 among the nitdics; and Joey Giardello, 7-5 fighter of the month honors be- tana? nil win over Kory cai. houn;' bat it apparently forgot that Sif.e Ray's magnificent Victor a(rr Fullmer was scored May 1. i Golf tip from famous cham pis are available in instruction bos at tha Medford public li brary. Colfinj booke added re cently 10 mw uwij iiiuuuc "fnjoy9 four Golf," "Gold Sec- of the Pros," "Putting Made ?." and "Wiaain Golf." MAIL TRIBUNE as he spun a three-hitter and walked only one batter in gain ing his fourth victory. The loser was "hard luck" Ronnie Kline who was the victim of an un earned run in the eighth. j Kline Drops Seventh With two out in the eighth, Pirate first baseman Frank Thomas made a two-base error on Junior Gilliam's grounder. Gino Cimoli then singled Gilliam home. It marked Kline's seventh straight loss without a win. He yielded only five hits. Bob Buhl of the Braves, who had failed to finish eight previ- ous games, went the distance in beating the Cubs with a four-hit performance. Buhl's teammates backed him with a 12-hit attack that included a double and two singles by Felix Mantilla, sub bing for injured Eddie Mathews. Ernie Banks homered for Chi cago. Don Kaiser was the loser. Gail Harris' two base error in the 10th allowed the Phillies to break a 5-5 tie and they added another run in the same frame off loser Marv Grissom. Robin Roberts, the Phils' third hurler, i picked up his fourth victory. Starter Harvey Haddix retired 17 batters in a row after Daryl Spencer homered in the second inning but then was routed in the eighth when the Giants scored four runs to tie the score at 5-5. Willie Mays hit safely in his 16th straight game, singling in the eighth to drive in the tying run. LINESCORES: ' NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklvn 000 nno 010 1 S 0 Pittsburgh ... 000 000 000 0 3 0 Foares -z ana waiicer. n.iine u-1 and Foiles. (10 Innings) Philadelphia .. 140 000 000 2 7 10 1 New York . . 010 000 040 05 6 2 Haddix. Farrell 8. Roberta 9 and LoData. Miller. Worthington 2. Gissom 9 and Katt. Winner Roberts 4-6. Loser Grissom 0-2. HR Spencer, 4th. Chicago 000 000 2002 4 2 Milwaukee .... 000 220 llx 6 12 0 Kaiser. Elston 6. Lown 8 and Nee- man. Buhl 3-1 and Rice. HR Banks, 9th. Loser Kaiser 1-2. AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 000 000 0012 8 0 Washington 200 000 40x 6 8 0 Sturdivant. ierry 7. Turley 8 and Berra. Ramos 4-3 and Berberet. Loser Sturdivant 3-3. HR Sievers 10th, Bauer 4th, Mantle 10th. Baltimore 002 100 000 3 12 0 Boston COO 001 000 1 6 2 Loes. Zuverink 9 and Tnandos. Min- arcin. Susce 8 aad White. Winner Loes 5-3. Loser Susce 3-1. (10 Innings) Cleve - 000 110 002 48 12 0 Chicago 000 020 200 04 10 0 Wynn. McLish 8 and Hegan, Nara gon 8. Harshman. Howell 9. LaPalme 10. Staley ?.0 and Lollar. Winner McLish 3-1. Loser Howell 1-2. HR Wertz 6th, Raines 1st. Kansas City 010 001 010 3 S 0 Detroit 000 000 301 4 8 0 Duren. Trucks 7. Coleman 7 and Smith. Bunning 3-1 and House. Loser Coleman 0-5. HR Cerv 3rd. Fish Luck Picks Up in Rogue Area Rogue River National forest personnel have put a coat of cin ders on the road from Big Elk guard station to Fish lake. For est service officials said that the cinders should considerably im prove travel to the lake for fish ermen. Portland HP) The weekly re port of Oregon fishing condi tions prepared by the State Game Commission: Southwest: U m p q u a river slow; South Umpqua a little roily; Loon lake fair to good for trout; Tenmile lakes spotty; both forks of Millicoma, south for Coos and all forks Coquille fair to good; Rogue area streams improving with main Rogue best; Fish lake in Jackson coun ty good; salmon fishing slow in Galice to Savage Rapids area. Central: East fork Hood river good for planted rainbow on single eggs; west fork only fair; Deschutes river in Maupin area spotty; East and Paulina lakes good with all campgrounds open; Crane Prairie good for troll. Big Lava lake good for deep trolling: Big Cultus lake good; roads into Big and Little Cultus lakes in good shape; Crescent lake good for kokanee; Wickiup reservoir fair; Diamond lake picking up but still a big bug hatch on the lake. Northwest: North coast streams in good condition but fishing slow; Nehaiem river improving; most Till amook area streams poor for trout: spring chinook angling fair to good in Tillamook bay and Trask river: salmon have appeared off Pacific City: Marion and Lost lakes good over opening weekend but prospects only fair; other small Cascade lakes should be good: Detroit reservoir fair to good; upper North Santiam improv ing: McKenzie and tributaries fair to good: Willamette slow: Dexter and Dorena reservoirs fair for small trout; Triangle lake fair. Northwest: Morrow. Wheeler and Gilliam county stream clearing and fishing improving: mountain roads all open to travel: McKay reservoir in Umatilla county producing limits of rainbow: Union countv streams droo ping: Baker county streams high but clearing; Wallowa lake streams high: Wallowa lake good for troll and bank angling; Wallowa county roads in fair condition: John Dav water shed streams high but dropping. Southeast: Silver and Buck creeks in Lake couty good for small trout: Ana reservoir and river poor; Owyhee reservoir in Malheur county good to excellent for crappies: Owyhee river high: Beulah reservoir fair to good with best results in earlv morning and late evening on troll; T.ittle Malheur and north fork fair to poor: Bear creek fair in Harrev countv: Delint- meat lake poor. Thursday, May 30, 1957 Darland, Pruitt Honored at SM Award Banquet Jim Darland was recog nized as st. Mary's High school's outstanding athlete of the year and as the Crusaders' best all-around athlete last night at an awards banquet at the Medford hotel. Ron Pruitt was recipient of the spirit award. Letters were presented to athletes for spring sports. Making awards were the Rev. Nicholas Deis, the Rev. John, Ilg and Coach Millard Webb. Darland was master of cere monies for the dinner, spon sored by the school letter men's club. The banquet was attended by athletes, cheer leaders, parents and special guests. Official presentations of team trophies were made to the student bady with Jim Miller accepting the county football trophy. Dave Epey the county track award, Jerry Flakus the district track hard ware and Darland the third place trophy won in the state B track meet. STANDINGS PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB Vancouver 29 17 .630 San Francisco 28 19 .596 Hollywood 28 20 .583 2 Los Angeles 23 21 .523 5 San Diego 24 . 24 .500 6 Seattle 23 26 .469 7'i Portland 16 25 .390 10 2 Sacramento 12 31 .279 lata Wednesday's Results San Francisco 4, Sacramento 3 (10 innings) Hollywood 3. Vancouver 2 Seattle 6. Portland 4 San Diego 3, Los Angeles 0 Thursday's Probable Pitchers Sacramento, uon rraccma. u-u. ana Earl Harrist. 1-5 at San Francisco. Harry Dorish. 5-4. and Jack Spring 1-0. San Diego, Bill Dailey, 2-3 and Jim Grant. 0-2 at Los Angeles. Red Adams. 2-1. and Tom Lasorda. 0-0. Hollywooa. ueorge wiu. 4-z at Van couver Morrie Martin, 5-1. Seatue. Red Munger. 4-3. and Man- on Fricano. 4-2 at Portland. Bob Alex ander. 3-4, and Dave Hillmann, 1-0. NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB 25 13 .658 22 13 .629 Hi 22 14 .611 2 21 15 .583 3 17 13 .486 6'i 15 22 .405 9',2 . 11 23 .324 12 10 25 .286 131a Cincinnati M. Brooklvn . Milwaukee Chicago Pittsburgh . Wednesday's Results urooKiyn l, i'utsourgn o Milwaukee 6, Chicago 2 Philadelphia 7, New York 5 Thursday's Probable Pitchers PluladelDhia at New York 2 Sim mons 3-2 and Cardwell 3-0 vs. Bar clay 1-3 and Gomez 6-2. .urooKiyn at lttsDurgn z Mague 1-1 and Koufax 3-1 vs. Law 2-1 and Purkey 2-3. enicago at Milwaukee 2 Drott 3-4 and Singleton 0-1 vs. Conley 0-2 and Pizarro 2-3. Cincinnati at St. Louis 2 Lawrence 4-2 and Nuzhall 1-2 vs. Schmidt 3-1 and Mizell 0-2. Friday's Games Brooklyn at Philadelphia, night New York at at Pittsburgh, night Chicago at Cincinnati, night St. Louis at Milwaukee, night AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB Chicago 23 11 .676 New York 22 14 .611 2 Cleveland 22 14 .611 2 Detroit 19 19 .500 6 Boston 19 20 .487 6li Kansas City 17 21 .447 8 Baltimore 14 22 .389 10 Washington 13 28 .317 13 ',j Wednesday's Results Washington 6. New York 2 Cleveland 8, Chicago 4 Detroit 4, Kansas City 3 Thursday's Probable Pitchers Cleveland at Chicago 2 Daley 1-2 and Tomanek 1-0 vs. Donovan 3-1 and Pierce 7-2. Kansas City at Detroit 2 Porto carrero 1-0 and Morgan 3-4 vs. Maas 6-2 and Foytack 4-3. New York at Washington 2 Shantz 4-1 and Cicotte 0-0 vs. Pascual 3-4 and Abernathy 1-5. Baltimore at Boston 2 Ceccarelli 0-1 and Fornieles 2-5 vs. Sisler 3-2 and Stone 1-2. Friday's Games Cleveland at Boston Detroit at Baltimore, night . Detroit at Baltimore, night Kansas City at Washington, night League Leaders (By United Press) NATIONAL LEAGUE Player & Clob G. AB R. H. Pet. Musial. St. L. 35 146 24 53 .363 Robinson Cin... 36 155 30 55 .355 Groat, Pitts 32 128 16 45 .352 Mays. N.Y. 36 138 26 47 .341 Aaron. Milw. .. 37 159 33 54 .340 AMERICAN LEAGUE Player & Club G. AB R. H. Pet Williams, Bos. 35 121 24 50 .413 ManUe. N.Y. .. 36 119 31 45 .378 Bertoia. Det. 31 105 11 37 .352 f ox. cnicago 35 134 25 45 .336 Wertz, Cleve. 35 119 24 40 .336 Home Runs National league Aaron. Braves 12; Moon. Cards 10: Musial, Cards 9 Mathews, Braves 8; Snider. Dodgers 8 American league Williams. Red Sox 11; Sievers. Senators 10; Mantle, Yanks 10; Zernial, Athletics 9; Wertz, Indians 7; Skizas. Athletics 7. Runs Batted In National League Aaron. Braves 34; Funllo. Dodgers 33: Musial. Cards 31: Robinson, Redlegs 27; Koak, Redlegs American league Sievers. Senators 35; Wertz. Indians 26; Dobv. White Sox 24: Mantle. Yanks 24; Four tied with 23 apiece. Pitching Trucks. Athletics 5-0: Jackson. Cards 6-1; Acker, Redlegs 5-1; Sanford, Phils 5-1: Four tied with 4-1. Best Gains Show At Y on Friday Instructor Lucky Heuer has announced that the YMCA will hold the final show of the Best Physical Gains Contest on Fri day, May 31, at 8 p.m. in the gym at the Y. The program will consist of three parts. First will be a weightlifting exhibition, second vill be a trampoline act by col lege boys and high school girls, and third will be the handing out of the awards for the Best Gains contest and for the weight lifting exhibition. Three awards will be given for the Gains rivalry. The public is invited." . ' SEPdDMTS Major League Clubs Face Threat of Damage Suits If They Move Seattle (IP) The Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants will face damage suits totaling ai least $4,700,000 before they can move into Pacific Coast league territory, a spokesman for the Seattle Rainiers said. Dewey Soriano, general man ager of the Seattle PCL club, said at le&st two PCL outfits. Seattle and Sacramento, would take the National league clubs to court if the move is at tempted. Seattle will sue for three mil lion dollars while Sacramento probably will ask for $7,700,000, Soriano said. "This will be a fight to the finish." he added. National league directors Tuesday authorized the Dodgers to move to Los Angeles and the Giants to San Francisco. 'Invasion' Soriano said that San Diego, Portland, Hollywood and Van couver probably would join Se attle and Sacramento in fighting the "invasion."- The Rainiers and the only clubs on the coast which own their own parks. Emil Sick, president of the Se attle club, was out of the city, but he said previously the-Rainiers would demand reimburse ment for any loss of revenue perkins, Mclaughlin pace mh baseballers Larry Perkins was the top hitter and Dick McLaughlin was the No. 1 pitcher and compiled the best defensive average for the Medford high baseball club during the 1957 season. Perkins hit at a .333 clip for the season and Dennis Kink was the clubs other .300 hitter with 318. Gordon Owsley followed wLh .290. McLaughlin had a 5-2 win-loss record pitching and had a field ing average of .977 as a pitcher and catcher. His earned run mark was 2.00. Dennis Barr with fewer innings pitched compiled a 1.75 ERA. After McLaughlin in fielding were Bob Pond, catch er and outfielder, with .958, Den nis King, first baseman with .956 and, Perkins, second baseman, with .924 among those who play eu the most. Medford hit .234 as a team and fielded with a .921 average. King headed Coach John Kov en's club with 15 runs batted in and he and McLaughlin led in doubles with four each. King had four triples and Owsley, Barr and King each knocked a home run. Drew 16 Walks Owsley headed the Black Tor- MEDFORD HIGH BATTING AND FIELDING: AB Larry Perkins 66 Dick Barlow 3 Dennis King . 66 Gordon Owsley . 62 Dennis Bar 1 1 Steve Wsiely 25 Bob Pond 64 Dick -McLaughlin 64 Ron Peery 56 Dick Monrole 27 Steve Shorey 49 Dale Shaw 8 Ernie Tyler 17 John Payne . 19 Tom Laurence 4 2 George Ice MEDFORD PITCHING: IP 49 493 28 8 McLaughlin Tyler Barr Laurence Preps Enter Semi-Finals Portland (IB Here are pairings for semi-final round games in Oregon high school baseball playoffs this week: Class A-l Friday, 3:30 p.m., Eugene at Franklin of Portland; Saturday, 2 p.m. Grant of Portland at Ti- gard. Class A-2 Thursday, 2 p.m. Seaside and Central at Monmouth; Friday, 2 p.m., Glide at Burns. Class B Thursday. 2 p.m. Gaston at Lowell; Friday, 2 p.m. Condon at Adrian. COCHRANE NAMED Kansas City, Mo. Iffl Gor don (Mickey) Cochrane, former star major league catcher with the Philadelphia Athletics and Detroit Tigers has been named to the Kansas City Hall of Fame by a committee which annually selects a former athletic star who already has been named for the national Hall of Fame. T Builders Supply 5 3. QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks, Flues, Drain Tile 727 W. McAndrews Ph. SP 2-4107 To LA, SF caused by the invasion of major league teams into the PCL area. Soriano was bitter in his criti cism of the National league own ers. "At least they could have waited until the current season ends." Portland HR Joe Ziegler, general manager of the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast league, said he had just two questions to ask about any moves of the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers to the West Coast. "Are they going to come? Can they afford to ?" Ziegler was asked to comment upon permission given the two National League teams to move to San Francisco and Los An geles in 1958 if they wish. "As I understand it," Ziegler said, "all that has transpired is that the two clubs were granted the right to move if and when they want to." He declined to discuss further just how much it would cost the Giants and Dodgers to move into the West Coast. But he indicated that if they did the Portland club would seek indemnity in court including the $300,000 spent in remodeling Multnomah stadium should such a move doom the PCL. nado in stolen bases with nine, Lead-off man in batting, Owsley w . s most successful in getting on base and drew 16 base on balls. Among the pitchers Tyler was strikeout leader with 40. He gave up only 10 base on balls to Mc laughlin's 24 but yielded 48 hits to McLaughlin's Mac's 41. Twenty-two runs were scored against M c L a u g hhn and 35 against Tyler. The Tornado varsity wound up its season last Monday against a faculty team. Gene Beaver, social studies instructor, after one day of spring training, pitched three innings of hitless ball as the faculty won 7 to 1. Frank Roelandt and Alex Mc Donald took one-inning turns on the hill for the f a c u lty and Owsley went all the way on the hill for the prepsters. Fvoelandt also caught for the teachers and McDonald played shortstop. Paul Evensen played first base and Fred Spiegelberg, Kovenz and Don Harming were in the outfield. The instructors had the help of a couple of sen iors, Eldon Francis, who played sepond base, shortstop and catch er, and Dick Copple, who held down third. R H Ave. RBI A PO K Ave 11 22 .333 11 35 51 7 .924 0 1 .333 0 0 0 0 .000 13 21 .318 15 3 149 7 .956 22 18 .290 4 54 21 14 .842 1 3 .272 3 6 3 1 .900 2 6 .240 3 6 15 5 .807 10 13 .203 4 6 64 3 .958 7 13 .203 8 19 68 2 .977 7 11 .196 4 1 19 2 .909 2 5 .185 0 18 7 3 .893 2 9 .183 7 0 10 2 .833 0 1 .125 2 1 2 0 1.000 2 2 .111 0 12 1 1 .928 2 2 .105 0 0 3 2 .600 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 2 0 1.000 WLH BB SO R ER Ave. 5 2 41 24 32 22 14 2.00 4 4 48 10 40 35 17 2.32 2 2 19 10 17 12 7 1.75 0 2 9 12 9 14 11 9.62 Senators Win, Flag Pole Sitter Leaves His Perch Washington (IP) Eddie Bar nett, 35, climbed down from his roost atop a 65-foot flag pole Wednesday and said, "Next time I'll grow a beard or go without mor(ey." Barnett climbed the pole May 1 and vowed to stay aloft until the Washington Senators won three straight games. The Senators came through Wednesday when they beat the Yankees, 6-2. San Francisco (IP) The championship heat of the 59th Gold Cup hydroplane speed boat races will be televised nation ally by the American Broad casting Co., from Seattle's Lake Washington, August 11. "Slim" Hardin Courtesy Ninth end Bart left Yanks Map Rental Plan For Redlegs Br MILTON RICHMAN United Press Sports Writer New York (IB The New York Yankees, world champions at finance as well as baseball, already have a $600,000 rental plan mapped out today for the incoming Cincinnati Redlegs once the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants pull out for the West Coast. - Latest developments in the franchise shift situation all pointed to the growing possibil ity that the Dodgers will play their 1958 home games at mammoth Memorial coliseum in Los Angeles, the Giants will play theirs at Seals stadium in San Francisco and the Redlegs will share Yankee stadium with the Yankees. President Dan Topping of the Yankees already is on record as saying "we would not be adverse to a co-tenant, so lonz as the incoming club would not en croach on the Yankees' attend ance. Such a club, however, would have to meet several terms, Topping added. "Those terms." one baseball official said, "will make the Redlegs think there're paying off the mortgage on the House that Ruth built." The Yankees are now paying an annual rental fee of approx imately $600,000 for Yankee stadium. They pay another $250, 000 for maintenance of the ball park plus about S150.000 in tax es. That makes a total of a mil lion dollars, a portion of which they got back by allowing the New York football Giants to use the stadium during the fall. When the Redlegs come into Yankee stadium, they will have to sign a long-term lease," the same official told the United Press. "The Yankees have this thing all worked out and it will cost Cincinnati at least $600, 000 to move in with them. In addition, the Yankees will in sist on dictating television and radio policy." Topping verified at least part of that overall pian when he commented recently that any in coming club "would have to match the thinking of the Yan kees on such subject as radio and television policy, number of night games and the opera tion of the stadium club. The Redlegs, however, must wait until both the Dodgers and Giants move out, leaving New York open for a National league franchise. In Cincinnati, President Pow ell Crosley Jr. of the Redlegs said he has no intention of mov ing the bail club at this time" but admitted he may be "tempt ed under other circumstances." Ump Group In Process Of Forming A Southern Oregon Umpires association is being formed and a charter has arrived from the National Baseball Congress of America, according to Erie L. Kline, Ashland. Kline is first president of the umpires' organization and is temporary secretary and treas urer. Virgil Swanson, Medford, is vice-president. Organization, so far, has pro ceeded on an informal basis. A meeting of arbiters is contem plated later this summer. Kline said that the associa tion is to include umpires in sev en southern Oregon and three northern California counties. Rogue Valley and 'Northern California semi-pro league offi cials are cooperating,, he re ported. To Improve Umpiring Aim is to improve umpiring in the area thereby improving baseball, the Ashland man in dicated. Members of the associa tion would meet NBA qualifica tions. Prospective umps would be checked on rules and mechan ics of officiating. A school for arbiters may be run. According to the plan, South ern Oregon association umps would qualify also for certifica tion as Oregon School Activities association officials. Oregon counties included are Curry, Josephine, Coos, Doug las, Jackson. Klamath and Lake. The California counties are Sis kiyou, Modoc and Shasta. Boxing Results (By United Tress) i Mil tan Italy Charles Humez. 158 France, outpointed Italo Scortichini, 157, Italy 5. Take a Tip From "Slim" Hardi and See This Good, Clean '55 FORD 4-DR. SEDAN V-8 Engine and Automatic Transmission, Heat er and Defroiter, Smooth Tutone Finish and I Clean Interior. A Good Late Model for Only $374 DOWN $37.63 Per Month Chevrolet Phone SP 2-8037 Harold Ridgeley Lone Hope of America in British Amateur Golf Formby, England (IP Har old Ridgeley, Haverford, Pa., the lone remaining American in the British Amateur Golf champion ship, reached ' the tournament semifinals today with a 7 and 5 victory over Leslie McClue of Scotland. The 43-year-old Air Force mas ter sergeant next plays Arthur Walker of South Africa in Fri day's 36-hole semifinals. Walk er, winner of the English ama teur championship last month, scored a 4 and 3 quarterfinal vic tory over W. J. Giradet of Eng land. Reid Jack the Scottish champ ion, and Alan Bussell of Scot land will meet in the other semi final. Jack trounced W. A. Slark of England and Bussell beat John Taylor and England, both by 8 and 6 scores. Formby, England (W Amer-I icas title hopes in the British Amateur golf championship to day rested squarely on the shoulders of Harold Ridgeley of Haverford, Pa., a 43-year-old master sergeant in the United States Air Force. The lone survivor of a 26-man Yank contingent, Ridgeley was pitted against Leslie McClue of Scotland in the quarter-final round. The other pairings for today's 36-hole matches were Arthur Walker of South Africa vs W. J. Girardet of England, Alan Rus sell of Scotland vs John Taylor of England, and W. A. Slark of England vs Scottish champion Reid Jack. Two Impressive Victories Ridgeley, who is better known in British golf circles than in his native country, posted two more impressive victories Wednesday to gain the quarter finals. He ousted Dr. F. W. Rogue Valley Softballers Play Tonight Girls' softball action for this area opens this evening when the Rogue Valley team opposes Butte Falls at Ricker field at the Veterans Administration domi ciliary, Camp White. Game time is 7:30 p.m. The Rogue Valley squad is much the same as the one which last year took fourth place in the state tournament, according to Shy Callaghan, who is being assisted by Elmer Har- nish with the coaching and man agement, oi ine team. Pat Barron is the probable pitcher with Jean Maine slated to do the catching. Other pos- sioie starters are Doris Hickson, first base; Shirley Hanson, sec ond base; Bernice Bieham. short stop; Pat Schroeder, third base, and Jean Bitterling, Ellen Cal laghan and Arlene Hoffman, out. fielders. Callaghan reDorted that a number of other members of the squad likely will cet into the game. There are 16 or 17 girls on tne roster. The baseball season is nnw well under way. Fans will be in terested in such recent books at the Medford public library as "Winning Baseball." "The Hot Stove League," "Baseballs Greatest Pitchers," and "The Official EncvcloDedia of Base ball." X WAREHOUSE 5 I CCOGEG - -. J get it faster ... for less ... with a BUTLER steel building You can get floor space fast, for factory, warehouse or store, with a Butler steel building! Adaptable Butler design is easily suited to large or small, sim ple or complex building layouts. Low-cost erection, and mass-production savings give you up to 47 per cent more usable floor space for the same money. Fire-safe Butler buildings with galvanized or alu minum covering require little upkeep. You can get clear-span widths up to 70 feet, in many lengths.' See us before you build. Our service in cludes everything from foundation to insulation. Call or write us today! MEDFQRI BLOW PIPE CO. 240 East McAndrews Deighton of England, 2-up, and defeated Sandy Sinclair of Scot land, 3 and 2. Jimmy McHale of Phila delphia, Dale Morey of Indian apolis and Gene Andrews of Pacific Palisades, Calif., were not so fortunate. McHale, a veteran Walker Cup player, dropped a 1-up ver dict to Charlie Stowe of Eng land in the morning fourth round. Morey and Andrews both survived the fourth round but then met "death" in the after; noon. McClue turned back Morey, 3 and 2, despite suffering a bad head cut when he was accident ally struck by the American's club on the 11th tee. - Jack whipped Andrews, 4 and 3, 'in their fifth round match. Auto Race Considered Wide Open Indianapolis (IPI Thirty three dare devil drivers risked their lives today for a probable $100,000 in America's most gruelling sports event the 500-mile Indianapolis Speedway race. This 41st renewal of the Me morial Day automobile classic was considered the most wide- open race in years with only one former champion, Troy Ruttman, in the starting field. Ruttman, who won the grind back in 1952, was among those favored in today's race. It loomed as a record-breaking field both in the amount of prize money and average speed. The latter, however, depends on weather and the number of ac cidents. Bill Vukovich set the speed record when he won the race in 1954 with an average ' of 130.84 m.p.h. He was killed in the 1955 race one of 11 former Indianapolis winners who have died at the steering wheels 'of ineir fleet, trim racing cars. Bob Tiffenauer Relief Stopper For Maple Leafs Br UNITED PRESS It's almost a baseball axiom that a team in quest of a pen nant needs a relief stopper. And the Toronto Maple Leafs, now battling for a second straight In ternational league flag, appear to have the right man in knuck leballing Bobby Tiffenauer. The 6-foot, 3-inch, 187-pounder made his 20th appearance of the season for the Leafs Wednesday night and stopped the rallying Buffalo Bisons cold in the bot tom of the ninth to preserve a 6-3 Toronto victory the Leafs' first of the season over Buffalo, and Humberto Robinson's sev enth league triumph. In other games, Richmond slashed four Columbus pitchers for 13 hits in a 13-6 cakewalk that zoomed it into undisputed possession of first place. Gary Blaylocks second straight com plete game victory gave Roches ter fifth place and a 3-1 decision over the Montreal Royals. Gene Snyder became the first Miami hurler to go the route since May 19, as he pitcher a 3-0 victory over Havana. INC. Pb. SP 3-6294
