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Newspaper Page TextSam Hanks Ends Indianapolis Racing Career With Record-Breaking Victory By LEO K. PETERSEN United Press Sports Editor Indianapolis, Ind. W Smil ing Sam Hanks, who almost gave up last year when he finished second, "thanked God and his prayers" today for giving the Indianapolis Memorial Day 500 mile automobile race "a final try." For on that final try, he won the race and announced definite ly it would be his last. "I tme awfully close to call ing it quits last year when I finished second," Hanks, a 6-foot, 160-pounder, said. "I figured that if I couldn't do it in 11 tries, why try again. Then I decided to try it once more and win or lose this was going to be it. And now that I've won, this is it. I've had it." That "it" came in his 12th try for this biggest prize in Amer ica's automobile racing history. When he lost out last year by 20.47 seconds to Pat Flaherty he thought that "is as close as I'll ever come." But he gave it that one more try and this time he won out by 17.35 sec onds. Second Closest Finish It was the second closest fin ish in the history of the 41-year-old race. That 20.47 seconds he had finished behind Flaherty last year had been the second closest. The closest was the :02.16 sec onds by which Wilbur Shaw beat Ralph Hepburn back inl937. By winning the race, Hanks picked up the first place jackpot Protests Filed By Car Owners Indianapolis, Ind, UPl Four owners at cars in the S00-mil race filed official protests to day that their speedsters fin ished higher in the standings than the efficial standings list e ed these. Pzotmt tern ml S2S were filed y Lea Zlkine, Bob Estes. Al Dean and Lea Welch. Slkisa eensenAed his car, drives trr Andy Linden, fin UhttB? etouth instead of fifth. Sstes eUmned his ear, driven he- Bs Vaxxh, finished seventh Tessas ei ninth. Dean said the ean invoi by Jimmy Bryan jrac wiTiwl not third. Welch sain Vtnl Huso finished ahead of Jisnw? Broan in one of the The pMuUmit trill necessitate rcrcbacstaag the official liming Tape, aaldoat is an error e found changes the jtandissjnv Larson Plays Tennis Again Sacramento, Calif. ffl Calif seriously injured when his motorscoeter overturned last NovemtsW, mads, his return to tour is nil tennis Thursday a winning effort. La reset teamed up with Mer- -rill Zhmts te win a first round doubles match from Bob Walt gnt ioha Griffith in the Sutter LaV Taosie Club tournament, Dvxer Undergoes Drain Operation flhcfftoia, England (W Ban- tftMVeietht bojuir Jackie Tiller, 'tltlToiri etill unconscious, has etioen UgTrt improvement since undergoing e delicate brain op eration jrecihBsday at the Royal Infirmary. The 22-year-old fight er collapsed in his dressing room after suffering a technical knock out In'a bout at Doncaster Tues- dasy night. Koran Parks Outdraw Pr Baseball Fields y UHITED PRESS The major horse parks out drew the big league baseball parte by a wide margin on Me morial Day. A grand tofal of 237,023 fans paid their way into eight big leaeue ball parks Thursday, while 282,29 racegoers turned out at til major thoroughbred tracks. PRESS RIGHT ... You Can't Afford Not To! DRESS SHIRTS t? VAN HUESEN and WINGS 295 .o $5 mm 1 1 ) 1X0 P I nSOU of 520,000. And by leading in most of the 200 laps he 'picked up another $21,150 at $150 a lap. That made his total $41,150 and when endorsements and all the other financial rewards go to the winner come in, he should be well over the $100,000 mark. As for speed, Hanks raced the 2Vi mile brick oval track, with a holiday trowd of about 125,000 Haroid Ridgeley Goes Into British Finals Formby, England fin Harold Ridgeley, United States Air Force sergeant from Haverford, Pa., reached the final round of the British Amateur Golf Tour nament today by trouncing Ar thur Walker of South Africa, 13 and 12, in one of the most one sided matches in tournament his tory. Ridgeley, 43, the lone survivor of a 26-man U.S. delegation that began play in the tournarrent Monday, grabbed a 10 up lead MEDFOWV&iJTMBUNB SiPaDlOTS pro J ff& W COLLECTS TROPHY AND KISS Crock Hunter collects a kiss from trophy girl Wanda Oetkin of Phoenix for winning the A trophy dash last week in the opening hardtop auto races at Valley View track near Ashland. Hunter was the 1956 points champion. Races are scheduled again this Saturday with time trials at 7 p.m., first chase at 8 p.m. (Birchfield photo) VALLEY VIEW HARDTOPS ON SATURDAY; FIRST RACE AT 8 P.M. Cars from Roseburg, Klamath Falls and Grants Pass and from Yreka and Redding, Calif., are expected for the second hardtop racing program of the season Saturday evening at Valley View track near Ashland. Just about the usual number of cars from the Medford and Ashland area are expected on the track. A standard program of auto chases again is planned. Time Softballers Set Meeting A meeting of the Jackson County Softball association will be held at 8:30 p.m. at the YMCA on Tuesday, June 3. All team captains are instruct ed to be present with their entry fees. There are 11 clubs in the circuit this season. It is planned to play games on Monday and Thursday evenings at Ricker field at the Veterans Administration domiciliary, Camp White, with two games each night. Sunday doublehead ers will be contested in the af ternoon at Hawthorne park in Medford. Harold Johnson Favored in Bout New York (IPl Heavy weight contender Harold John son is favored at 9-5 to beat light heavyweight aspirant Claence Hinnant tonight at St. Nicholas arena for his third vic tory on the comeback trail. TIES By Wembley, Segal and Fashioncraft $JS0 $50 HANDKERCHIEFS By Van Huesen & Imperial THE BUDS D 103 Next To Pick's looking on, in the record speed of 135.601 miles an hour. The old record was 130.840 set by the late Bill Vukovich in 1954. As a matter of fact, all of the first 10 finishers in Thursday's race passed that speed. Jim Rathmann of Miami, Fla., was second; Jimmy Bryan of Phoenix, Ariz., third; Paul Russo of Gardena, Calif., fourth; Jim- after the morning 18 holes and then closed out the match by winning four of the six holes on the afternoon round. He is the first Yank to reach the final since Joe Conrad; San Antonio, Tex., won the British amateur crown in 1955. In Saturday's 36-hole final, Ridgeley will meet Scottish champion Reid Jack, who won today's other semi-final, 3 and 2, over Alan Bussell of Scotland. SCHEDULES trials will be at 7 p.m. First race is slated for 8 p.m. There will be three or four heat races, A and B trophy dashes and a main event and semi-main. A number of the Valley View speedway drivers contended yes terday in races at Klamath Falls. Elmer Sisemore drove M-43 to victory in the trophy dash -and Don Hooper won the first heat in M-77. The Lemley's Wayne and Doyce had the engines of their cars blow up. It's not known whether they'll be in operation by Saturday night. Crock Hunter, the 1956 Valley View champ, rolled his car four times but was unhurt in the Klamath Falls action. Another good night for racing is foreseen and it appears that the season is in full swing after a couple of discouraging delays because of bad weather. A Klamath driver, Bud Cook, took the , main last week end while Ray Asher drove to tri umph in the semi. Rogue Valley Girls Win Camp White Rogue Valley girls' softball team trounced Butte Falls 27 to 1 last night at the Veterans Administration's new Ricker field here. The Rogue crew got 10 of its runs in the first inning. Butte Falls was held to two hits. Pat Barron pitched three innings for Rogue Valley and Doris Hickson and Bernice Bigham each two. All 17 members of the Rogue Valley squad got to play. OPEN EVERY JWED. 'til 9 P.M. FOR QUALITY DUDS Apparel Medford, Ore. OPEN EVERY sl' my Reece of Indianapolis, fifth; Johnnie Boyd of Fresno, Calif., sixth; Marshall Teague of Day tona Beach, Fla., seventh; Pat O'Connor, eighth. Accidents at Minimum Only 17 of the 33 sleek rac ing cars in the race finished, but there were only four accidents. That was a record for this gruel ling grind, too. The two former champions in the field, Troy Ruttmann of Lynnwood, Calif., and Johnnie Parsons of Van Nuys, Calif., never figured. Ruttmann, the 1952 winner, was forced to drop out early when his car broke a piston rod. Parsons, who got in on a pass when Dick Rathmann of Indian apolis was unable to drive be cause of an eye injury, finished far down in the field. Hanks never was out of con tention. O'Connor, in the No. 1 pole position, led for the first lap anr" then Ruttman took over. It was not until the 36th lap, at 2V4 miles to the lap, that Hanks took over. From that time on, he led most of the rest of the way. Hanks' sleek, bright yellow Belond Exhaust Special was the lightest car in the race. He made three pit stops. Holmes Has No-Hitter in A-2 Scuffle Br UNITED PRESS Garry Holmes of Seaside pitched a no-hit game to move his team into the class A-2 base ball finals Thursday, while Gas ton won a spot in the class B championship playoff. Holmes struck out 16 batters from Central high of Monmouth Independence as Seaside scored a 6-0 victory at Monmouth. In addition, Holmes smacked a fourth inning home run. Gaston took a 5-1 victory ever Lowell. Seaside meets the winner of today's Glide-Burns in the sec ond game of next Saturday's triple-header playoff in Mult nomah stadium. Gaston will meet with Cordon or Adrian for the class B crown. In the A-l division, Franklin and Eugene clashed this after noon in Portland for one final berth, while Tigard plays host to Grant of Portland Saturday for the other. Emeralds Profit At Solon Expense By UNITED PRESS Only Eugene's Emeralds were able to profit by Memorial Day double-headers in the Northwest league as the Ems posted 6-4 and 4-1 decisions over Salem. Lewiston took Yakima 7-6 in one game but the league leaders came back with an 11-4 triumph in the nightcap. Tri-City dropped Wenatchee 13-6 in the opener but the chiefs surged back with a 5-0 decision in the second game. Jerry Jacobs spaced six hits in notching the victory in the Eugene-Salem opener. 0 1 1 i e Brantley did even better in win ning the second as he allowed but five hits. Holiday Sweepstakes Heldat Country Club Wendell Wissler with a 68 net and Harry Millette with a 71 gross took honors among low handicappers yesterday in golf sweepstakes at Rogue Valley Country club. Ward Hammond and A. C. Broyles with 69 nets and Harry Barker with 86 gross won among high handicappers. Taking blink bogey prizes were Gain Robinson, Glen Fa brick, Al Dumas, Bob Hinman, H. E. Nulton and Roland Hub bard. Timber Carnival Being Prepared at Albany Albany (IP) Transforma tion of Waverly Park here into a logging camp will begin Sun day to prepare for Albany's 13th annual Timber Carnival early in July. One-hundred-foot spar poles and huge logs for chopping, bucking and birling contests will be trucked to the park in late June. Some 100,000 persons normally turn out to see the competition for the July 2-3-4 contests. RETAINS TITLE Rome, Italy (IPl Emilio Mar coni of Italy retained his Euro pean welterweight championship Thursday night by holding Chal lenger Peter Waterman of Eng land to a draw in their 15-round bout before 9,500 tans at the Forco Italico Stadium. Each weighed 14634 pounds. ERNIE KOCH WINS Portland OFl Ernie Koch of Vancouver, Wash., starting in 13th position, won the 50-lap main event Little Indianapolis race at the Portland speedway Thursday. Saturday and Sunday rate the highest in traffic accidents. STANDINGS PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB Vancouver 30 17 .638 San Francisco .30 19 .613 I Hollywood 28 21 .571 3 Los Angeles .24 22 .522 5'i San Diego 5 25 .500 6', a Seattle 24 27 .471 g Portland 17 26 .395 11 Sacramento 12 33 .267 17 Thursday's Results San Francisco 9-4. Sacramento 0-2. Los Angeles 3-0. San Diego 1-2. Portland 6-1. Seattle 4-3 (1st game 12 innings). Vancouver 6. Hollywood 0. AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB Chicago 25 11 .694 New York 23 15 .605 3 Cleveland 22 16 .579 4 Detroit 21 19 .525 8 Boston : 21 20 .512 6i Kansas City 17 23 .425 10 Baltimore 14 24 .368 12 Washington 14 29 J26 14 i Thursday's Results Washington 5. New York 1 (1st). New York 9. Washington 0 (2nd). Chicago 6, Cleveland 4 fist). Chicago 2, Cleveland 1 (2nd). Detroit 6. Kansas City 5 (1st, 10 innings). Detroit 3. Kansas City 3 (2nd). Boston 7, Baltimore 6 (1st 10 in nings). Ronton is, Baltimore 3 (2nd). NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet GB Cin-,i.iati - 26 ' 14 .650 BrooKlyn 23 14 .622 Hi Milwaukee 23 15 .605 2 Philadelphia 22 16 .579 3 St. Louis 18 19 .486 6'i New York 16 23 .410 9,i Chicago 12 24 333 12 Pittsburgh 11 28 .257 13 Vi Thursday's Results Philadelphia 2. New York (1st 10 innings). New York 8. Philadelphia 1 (2nd). Brooklyn 4, Pittsburgh 3 (1st). Pittsburgh 2, Brooklyn 1 (2nd). Milwaukee 5 Chicago 2 (1st). Chicago 4. Milwaukee 2 (2nd). St. Louis 7. Cincinnati 2 (1st). Cincinnati 7. St. Louis 3 (2nd), NORTHWEST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Yakima 26 10 .722 Wenatchee 1...17 18 .486 Eugene 15 16 .483 Tri-City 16 18 .470 Salem 15 19 .411 Lewiston 11 19 .366 Thursday's Results Eugene 6. Salem 4 (first) Eugene 4, Salem 1 (second) Lewiston 7, Yakima 6 (first). Yakima 11. Lewiston 4 (second). Tri-City 13, Wenatchee 6 (first). Wenatchee S Tri-City 0 (second). PCL Session This Sunday San Francisco (If) The Pa cific Coast league, doomed in the eyes of its own president if the Giants and Dodgers transfer to California, meets this Sunday to decide how much it should re ceive in damages as the result of such a shift. ' PCL President Leslie O'Con- no- announced the session Thurs day in a prepared statement in which he declared, "In my opin ion, a taking of Los Angeles and San Francisco territory from the PCL inevitably will destroy the league." OSC Honors Syl Johnson Corvallis (IT) Syl Johnson, ace pitcher on the Oregon State baseball squad, has received the Victor Brown trophy as the out standing player on the Beaver team during the 1957 season. Johnson, a senior, also won the Bill Cloyes watch as the team's best pitcher. 1 Shortstop Twink Pederson was elected captain of next year's Beaver squad. Coos Bay Fishing Outlook Reported Reports on the fishing out look in the Coc bay area have been received from William Harless Sport shop at Empire. He said that chinook salmon have been caught over the bar this week at an average one one to a boat and that "very good" salmon fishing is foreseen for June. Harless also said, "The shad are very thick up Coos river here. And they are catch ing them." BOWLING Medford Bowling association will hold its annual banquet for men's leagues at lh Ash land Elks lodg on Monday, Jun 3. A social hour is stt for 7 p.m. with tha dinner at 8 p.m. Trophies and other awards will be presented. COMMERCIAL LEAGUE Mail Tribune won title play offs in the Commercial Bowling league Wednesday night by trimming Clave Construction 4,333 total pins to 3,935. Forrest Liddell had high game of 214 and Andy Anderson high series of 326. Clava const. Mall Tribune Allen 838 Spaunhorst 900 Olson 708 LiddeU 8S8 Chapman 789 , Mathes 806 Clave 721 Monsey 803 Burroughs 782 Anderson 928 3,935 4.333 EVERGREEN LEAGUE With Jim Baize bowling high game of 233 and high series of 930 to lead the way, Tru-Mix Concrete won the playoffs in the Evergreen Bowling leaeue Wednesday night over the Med ford Plaza Apartments wmcn finished second and Hunter Sc Best which wound up third. Trn Mix Medford Plaza Snedden 714 Trout 685 Jones 781 Armes 837 Baize 930 Gassner 703 Cummings 753 Gladen 783 Bell 820 Masterson 773 4.673 4.553 Hunter Best Russell Braaten Sorber Croucher Paul Handicap 697 7.8 714 724 793 690 4,401 Frldar, May 31, 1957 SF Seals Gain Ground In Coast Loop Chase By DON THACKREY United Press Sports Writar The San Francisco Seals were the only team in the Pacific Coast league to get "any holiday celebrating done in relation to the parade to the loop pennant. The Seals won both ends of a doubleheader and moved for ward on Vancouver as the Canadian club played only a single page. The other teams split win bills and all fell further behind the leading Mounties. San Francisco rapped Sacra mento 9-0 and 4-2 while Van couver was blanking Hollywood 6-1. San Diego and Los Angeles split with the. Angels taking the opener 3-1 and the Pads the second one 2-0. Portland beat Seattle - in a spectacular 12 inning opener 6-4 but Seattle won the short game 3-1. Dorish Pitches Shutout Veteran Harry Dorish pitched his. fourth; shutout of the season in the first game for San Fran cisco and three Seals homered the first time that had happened all year. Homers were knocked out by Frank Kellert, Jack Phillips and BUI Renna. Dorish gave up nine hits, four in the third inning, but got home with his shutout. In he second one Harry Malmberg drove home the tie breaking run to give Bert Thiel the victory in relief. California Raps Oregonians For PCC Baseball Diadem Berkeley, Calif. (IP) The Uni versity of California Bears were a step closer today to the NCAA baseball tournament as a result of their twin victories over the University of Oregon. The Bears won the Pacific Coast Conference baseball cham pionship Thursday by setting down the Ducks, 8-1 and 4-2, in a doubleheader here. The victors will meet the win- Wiffi Smith Golf Leader Virginia Beach, Va. (IP) Young Wiffi Smith of Orange, Tex., held a 16-point lead over her nearest rival today going into the third round of the 90 hole Triangle Round Robin golf tournament. Miss Smith fired a one-under-par 70 Thursday and picked up 26 points from other members of her foursome to finish the round with 37 points and a total score of 142. Betty Jamesson of San An tonio, Tex., remained in second place although she added only two points to her first-round 19. GRID COACH DIES Newton, Mass. (IP) Funeral services will be held Saturday for Dennis E. (Denny) Myers, 51, who guided two Bostoi College football teams to the Orange Bowl. Myers, a native of Algona, Iowa, and a grid star at the Uni versity of Iowa, died unexpect edly Thursday after almost com pletely overcoming the effects of a paralytic stroke suffered two years ago. SIGN WITH TIGERS Detroit (IPl Gene Bacque, a right-handed pitcher from South western Louisiana Institute, and Gregory Fleming, a second base man from Howard University, have signed non-bonus contracts with the Detroit Tigers. Both were assigned to Durham, N. C, in the Class B Carolina league. The US postal savings system has deposits of about $1.5 bil lion. With "a John Deere No. 851 Side-Delivery i Rake, you do get leafier hay into better wind rows faster, and you can rake at speeds up ; to 7 miles per hour. The Right-Angle Reel on the No. 851 gives you a leaves-inside-stems-outside windrow with hali the forward move ment as with a conventional type of side delivery rake. The curved, spring-steel teeth gently lift the hay into loose, airy windrows that will cure evenly, giving you higher Portland and Seattle ended nine at 1-1 and ended 11 at 2-2. Then Seattle got two in the top of the 12th and appeared safe. But the Beavers got one of the scores back before George Freese blasted a three-run homer that settled things. In the second game Marion Fricano pitched a six-hitter to best Dave Hillman with the aid of a homer by Lyle Luttrell. LINESCORES: (1st gamp) Sacramento 000 000 000 0 9 S San Francisco 122 103 OOx 9 IS 0 Harrist. Coen 3. Boyer 7 and Bar ragan; Dorish and Sadowski. (2nd same) Sacramento 101 000 0 I 7 0 San Francisco 201 100 x 4 8 0 Fracchia. Candini 3. Watkinx S and Mangan; Spring. Thiel 4 and Tomay. Sadowski 4. Hollywood 000 000 000 0 5 1 Vancouver 000 004 x 6 11 0 Witt. Churn 6 and Naton; Martin and Atwell. (1st game) San Diego 000 010 000 1 7 0 Los Angeles 012 OO0 OOx 3 6 0 Dailey, Brodowiki 3 and Averill; Lasorda, Mickens 7 and Olson 9. (2nd same) San Diego 000 100 12 4 0 Los Angeles 000 000 0 0 S 0 Grant and Jones: Hanlon, Hughes 6 and Tappe. (1st gime 12 innings) Seattle 010 000 000 012 4 15 2 Portland 000 010 000 014 6 10 0 Munger. Kennedy 9. Judson 12 and Orteig: Alexander. Bauer 11, Ander son 12 and Calderone. (2nd game) Seattle 001 011 0 3 1 Portland 100 000 Vl 6 1 Fricano and Oylward; Hullman and Baich. ner of the Portland University Pepperdine series, which began today, for the right to represent District" Eight in the NCAA tour nament in Omaha June 8-13. California's Doug Weiss held Oregon to five hits in the opener Thursday while collecting three himself, one of them a triple in the second. Earl Robinson and Warrant Lavorell drove in a pair of runs each in the Bears' 14-hit attack, Stan Dmochowsky started "for Oregon and was nicked for all eight runs in the seven innings he pitched. California had to come from behind twice in the nightcap. Each team scored single runs in the second and third innings before California cinched the victory with a two-run rally in the sixth. Lavorell paced the Bears at tack with three singles. He drove in two runs and scored another himself. Cal's George Sterling held the visitors to six hits and retired 11 batters in a row at one stretch. Ron Whittaker starter for Ore gon, but gave way to Rollie Heath who in turn was relieved by Don Lane. RODEO! SAT. 7 P.M. & SUN. - 2 P.M. At The Grants Pass Fairgrounds Adults $2.00 - Children Get Your Tickets Now At: Barker's - Lamport's - Wainscott's in MEDFORD "Wherever Crops Grow, There's a Growing Demand for John Deere Farm Equipment" llubbard-Wray Co. MEDFORD GRANTS PASS MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINB Hogan Heads Palm Beach Round Robin TOT-,,,, -RnoViello M V It TP) Ben Hogan, who has a new putt- inff orirt fn on with hie nlri de sire for victory, took a 12-point lead into today s second ana third round matches in tha Palm Beach Round Robin golf tournament. Hogan, switching to a "base hall" nuttinsf crrin aftir sweat ing out three-putt greens in the ividsieia xuuriiameni, xiiea a fniir-nnripr-nnr fi7 ThursHaw in take a sizeable lead in the Round Robin with plus 20 points. Each entrant earns a nlii or minus rating by matching me- uai scores witn otner memDers of his foursome. Hogan, who is sharDenintT lin tn hiH fnr his fifth National Open next month. wnippea Mike Fetchik, Ed Fur gol and Gene Littler in the op ening round. Hogan's plus 20 put him 12 points ahead of Sam Snead and Australia's Petpr Thnmsnn who were tied for second with plus eignts. RVCC Entrants In Second Flight In Roseburg Golf Ed Hall, Charley Brown and Deane Lambert ,of Rogue Valley Country club, Medford, all qual ified for the second flight yester day in the Roseburg Amateur Golf tournament. Hall recorded an 80 and Brown and Lambert each 81s. Gene He brard. Rogue Valley, had an 85 to make the fourth flight. Woody Ball, Laurelwooa, Eu gene, was medalist with an even park 72. He met Al Erick- son, also of Laurelwood, in his opening championship flight match today. Erickson had a 74. Mike Lynch, Eugene, who plays under Rogue Valley col ors, had a 79 and survived a sudden death play-olf to gain the championship bracket. Marvin Clark, 'Grants Pass, senior club champ at Rogue Valley, carded a 76 to gain the title bracket. Jamaica's supply of aluminum ore is expected to last 50 to 50 years. Buy At Builders Supply 75c fefflK' QUALITY mu blocks ll IJll Bricks, Fines, siSj Drain Tile "vl W. McAndrews Ph. 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