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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Ibbotson Breaks World Mark In Mile; 4 Under 4 Minutes By ROBERT MUSEL London W Derek Ibbotson, a mighty happy Royal Air Force private, agreed today that his stunning world record of 3:57.2 for the mile can be lowered but only if the race is run on motorcycles." Ibbotson, who led an historic four-man parade through the four-minute barrier Friday, said he's switching now to a cam paign for the world two-mile record. "Ibbotson can run even fast er," predicted Dr. Roger Bannis ter, the British hero who was the first man to break the four minSte roadblock in the mile run. Friday's race was superb, but Derek can run faster. He is magnificent." The 24-year-old Ibbotson, who had beaten four minutes twice before, first ran red-shirted Stanislav Jungwirth of Czecho slovakia into defeat in the race at White City stadium and then stood off a slamming finish by Ron Delany of Ireland, the Olympic 1,500-meter champion who attends Philadelphia's Vil lanova university. Delany was second in 3:58.8 and Jungwirth third in 3:59.1. Ken Wood of England was fourth in 3:59.3 making the first time in history that four men in the same race bettered four minutes. Three men had done it on May 28. 1956, in. a race here won by Hungary's Laszlo Tabori. Ibbotson's time eclipsed the 3-year-old world mark of 3:58.0 set by John Landy of Australia at Turku, Finland, and London's tabloid Daily Mirror exulted in a headline today. "The World Mile Record Is Back Where It Belongs in Britain." Ibbotson disclosed his record run was carefully planned, but was nearly wrecked by a slow third quarter. British dark-horse Michael Blagrove, playing the role of a pace-setting "rabbit, led the field through a 55.3 first quarter had a 1:55.8 half-mile before fading away. Jungwirth, holder of the world "metric mile" record went ahead then, followed by Ibbotson, Stefan Le wandowski of Poland, and De lany as they went into the last lap at 3:00.0. Ibbotson challenged Jung wirth with 300 yards to go. The Czech held on grimly for 80 yards and then Ibbotson went ahead by 12 yards. Delany, al wavs the late runner, didn't start his move until 70 yards from home. He nailed the tiring Jungwith easily but never could catch Ibbotson. Wounds in Fight Bring Suspension Syracuse. N.Y. WK Winner Rory Calhoun and loser Oermi nal Ballarin of France both were automatically suspended today for 30 days because of face cuts suffered in Friday night's bloody television fight. Middleweight contender Cal houn, the 3-1 favorite, required stitches on his left cheek and kfn olthmiph he WOUnd UP with the unanimous 10-round de cision. The surprising' Frenchman, with the luxuriant, drooping black mustache, who won the ac claim of the 1.447 fans in War Memorial auditorium by leading in the first half of the bout, needed nine stitches on a deep gash in his left brow and three more on two lesser nicks in the same area. Although their immediate plans are indefinite because of their wounds, promoter Norman Rothschild of Syracuse would like to have a rematch in Sep tember or October. SCORER ASSIGNED Detroit UP Officials plan to assign an official scorer to each threesome during the Wol verine Ladies Open golf tourna ment July 25-28 to avoid a repe tition of the "Jackie Pung" inci dent. Mrs. Pung was disquali fied in the U.S. Women's Open championship a month ago after finishing first when it was dis covered her scqrecard was incorrect. Our 31st Anniversary JULY MUFFLER SPECIAL tjjoo 49-57 Passenger Car CRATER LAKE MOTORS MedfordXTribuke SIPODIETrS National Guard, 20-30 Lead Off Softball Loop; YMCA League Vies JACKSON COUNTY SOFTBALL, ASSOCIATION W L Pet 0 1 ooo 1 .800 J .667 1 .667 3 .400 4 .200 3 .167 5 .000 Crater Lake Motora 7 Parsona Motora 4 M and W Chain Saw 4 National Guard 2 Courtesy Chevrolet 2 Morse Motora 1 Rogue Valley Dairy Maids 1 20-30 Club 0 YMCA CHURCH LEAGUE Prt .873 .873 .667 .667 .500 .200 .200 .000 Medford Nazarena S First Baptist 5 First Methodist - St. Peter Lutheran Latter Day Satnta -. . 4 . 4 3 Temple Baptist . 1 Phoenix Presbyterian 1 Zion Lutheran 0 National Guard, now knotted for third position in the Jackson County Softball association, and 20-30 club, in the cellar and seeking a first victory, lead off Shrine Grid Tiff Coaches Bid Players Portland Players in the 10th annual Shriners' hospital ail-star football game, scheduled for Au. gust 24, in Portland's Multno mah stadium, have been in structed by their respective coaches to "report in top physi cal condition so we can start right to work." The rival State and Metropoli tan all-star squads will check into Portland August 11 for the start of a two-week training pro gram. The State squad will be quartered at the Mallory hotel and the Metros at Lewis and Clark college. The first day will be confined to a luncheon with game offi cials, physical examinations, is suance of equipment and picture- taking for press and radio. Ac tual workouts will get under way the following day, with State drilling at University of Portland and the Metros at Lewis and Clark college. Ralph Harper of Portland's Benson Tech. who will serve as head coach of the Metros, has ad vised his players that "we will lose a lot of valuable time if body contact work has to be de layed because of poor physical condition." " j State all stars should be pre pared to "get right down to cases", according to Coach Fred Spiegelberg of Medford who stated that "players who fail to report in good condition will be handicapped in their bids to start." The game, which has netted nearly S225.000 for the Shrin ers' hospital in the last nine years, pits the top high school senior performers of last year against each other on a state ver sus metropolitan area basis. Many of the game's alumni have gone on to star in collegiate and professional ranks. Mail orders for reserved seats are being accepted now at Shrin ers Hospital All-Star game head quarters. 1119 Southwest Park ave., Portland. Tri-City Needs . Funds for Travel Kennewick, Wash. IW The Tri-City Braves baseball team is doomed unless it can raise $5,000, the Northwest league o u t f i t's secretary - treasurer, Ralph Mandy. said yesterday. Mandy said the Braves would be unable to field a team for a road trip after next week if the sum isn't raised this month. A campaign for funds so far has netted only S2,225, Mandy added. He said the club could con tinue playing home games, but road trips would be out of the question. Sunday. July 21. 1957 the association slate with a Mon day game at Memorial field, Camp White. The fracas is set for 7 p.m. Parsons Motors and Morse Mo tors are slated for the second conflict. YMCA Church league winds up its regular slate this Monday with three games at 6:15 p.m. Medford Nazarene, tied for first, and First Methodist, tied for third, clash at Hedrick Junior high field. First Baptist, which has a share of first, meets Phoe nix Presbyterian at McLoughlin Junior high and St. Peter's Lu theran, knotted for third, is billed with Temple Baptist at McLoughlin. Church Loop Play-off ' Latter Day Saints will pick up a forfeit win from Zion Luther an which has dropped out of play. Arrangements are yet to be completed for a play-off among the top four teams m the Church conference. The Latter Day Saints are still in the run ning for a berth along with the first and third tied teams. The County association goes out of its regular pattern with Wednesday game at Camp White. M and W Chain Saw and National Guard, the two now deadlocked for third, are rivals that evening. The scheduling makes way or a non-looper be tween the Rogue Valley Dairy Maids and Dunsmuir women as second game on Thursday. Courtesy Chevrolet and 20-30 will vie in a JCSA first game. Baseball Farm Plan Defended By Dodger VP Washington HP) The con gressional sports hearing took a time-out Saturday and prepared to switch its attention from or ganized baseball to the equally stormy question of pro football. The House subcommittee studying whether professional sports should be placed under the anti-trust laws wound up its investigation of baseball Friday by hearing testimony from Brooklyn Dodgers' Vice Presi dent Fresco Thompson in de fense of faTm systems. The hearings will be in recess until next Wednesday, when Commissioner Bert Bell of the National Football league and former pro gridiron stars Chuck Bednarik and Sid Luckman will be called to testify. Monopoly Denied Thompson, who guides the Dodgers' vast farm system, de nied big league teams "monopo lize" 90 per cent of the good prospects. He disputed testi mony three weeks ago by Leslie M. O'Connor, president of the Pacific Coast league, regarding the operation of farm systems. Thompson said O'Connor's suggestion that major league teams be allowed to control no more than 40 players would "be bad for baseball" because it would reduce competition for players, "drastically reduce" the number of minor league teams which "could not exist without the help they get from the major league organizations, and low er the quality of play at all levels. Portland Snaps Losing Streak Portland M Homers by Luis Marquez and Frank Cars- well pushed the Portland Beav ers to a 4-2 victory over the San Francisco Seals in a Pacific Coast league baseball game in Multnomah stadium Friday night, the first Bevo win In 14 games. WANTED! MEN WOMEN from ages 18 to 51 . 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J I " --- ' - I i mam 1 HELEN DA VIES Shatters Course Mark Helen Davies Sets Record At Reames Mrs. Helen Davies, Medford, shattered the women's course record at Reames Golf and Coun try club, Klamath Falls, by a reported three strokes Friday when she toured 18 holes in 75 strokes in the Willamette Val ley-Southern Oregon Women's Golf association competition. The score, which compares to the 73 par established for the Klamath links, gave Mrs. Davies the low gross laurels for the day. Hostess golfers were so im pressed that they had prepared as luncheon centerpiece a large platter of potato salad decorated J 1 1 , ! I. ..f7 t Willi me uuiuuei ij . Low net prize in the cham pionship bracket went to Mrs. Verne Larson, Bend, with a 7b. Mrs. Rubv Schneider and Mrs, Margo Collins Medford, and Miss Marge Landru of Laurel- wood course, Eugene, tied for second low net with 79s. Class A low gross winner was Mrs. Frank Mosebar, Klamath Falls, with a 91. First low net was Mrs. Loyd Drew with 75 and Mrs. O. J. Home was second with 76. The two are members of the hostess club. B Gross Tie In B Group there was a tie for low gross between Mrs. Rod Lauden, of Laurelwood, and Mrs. John Merryman, Klamath Falls. Both posted a 93. There was a tie also in first low net between Mrs. Deane Lambert, Medford and Mrs. Gus Ander son, Klamath Falls, with 75s. Second low net, 76, was won by Mrs. Paul Walker, Medford. In C Group Mrs. Gordon Elli son, Coos Bay, won low gross with 102. Another Coos Bay lady won first low net when Mrs. Ted Groomes, Medford with 77. The team from Rogue Valley Country club was made up of Mrs. " Davies, Mrs. Lambert, Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Groomes, who succeeded in cutting down Laurelwood's lead somewhat in the race for the WVSO 1957 trophy. Final play on this trophy will be at Coos Bay on Aug. 6. About 35 women from RVCC vied in the tourney at Klamath Falls. Breen Enters Tourney Finals Tacoma OPl Fourth-seeded John Breen of Shawnee, Okla., fought his way into the singles finals of the 66th annual Pacific Northwest Tennis Tourn ament Friday by defeating Gor don Davis of California in straight sets, 6-4. 6-2. In the women's singles semi finals Friday, Susan Butt of Vic toria, B.C., downed Barbara Driscoll of California, .6-1 and 6-3, and Patty Miller of Port land rapped Anne Barclay of Vancouver, B.C. 7-5 and 6-1. Butt and Miller will meet today for the title. The National airport at Wash ington covers 729 acres of land. It is 171 acres larger than La Guardia airport at New York. Lincoln Service helps thousands prepare for these tests everv year. It is one of the largest and fastest growing privately owned schools of its kind and is not connected with the Government. For FREE information on Gov ernment jobs including list of positions and salaries, fill out -coupon and mail at once TODAY. You will also get full details on how you can qualify yourself to pass these tests. 'Don't delay Act NOW I Age Fanfare Golf fans who followed the Southern Oregon tournament last year at Rogue Valley Coun try club, will remember Lynn Creason, stellar amateur from Harrisburg, Pa., who was runner-up to Rod Funseth for the championship. This department has received a clipping on the Pennsylvanian, via his mother, Mrs. Lloyd Mor rison, Harbor Ore., on Creason" play in the Rochester, N.Y, in vitational recently. Creason was medalist with a par equalling 70. Most interesting in the story, by writer Bill Pulsifer, is some background information. He wrote: "The compact swinger from Harrisburg is an imperturb able match player. Perhaps anyone else with his back ground would also find little to. get excited about in any thing at mild as a game of golf. Firstly, the 41-year-old Creason has eight children, and secondly, he once jump ad from an airplane and his parachute didn't' completely open. "That was during World War II when as a lieutenant colonel, he had the job of test ing new parachutes. About that one jump: 'The chute kept flapping, opening and closing all the way down,' he recalls. He wound up in a hos pital for 13 months. NEW CHAMPION The Southern Oregon links tourney will have a new men's champion when it is contested over the Labor day holidays since the 1956 winner, Funseth, is now a pro. At last report he was employed at Thunderbird course. Palm Springs, Calif, AWAITS LEGION PLAY-OFFS With three subdistrics, Med ford's American Legion junior baseball team has a bye in the first round of district play offs to determine a state quarter-finals team. North Bend defeated Bandon Friday to win coast area subdistrici. That club meets Roseburg at North Bend on Monday in a single game. One or two games, whichever is needed in a two-out-of-three, will be contested Tuesday at Eugene. Winner of the series will meet Medford "at the soonest pos sible time." PLAY UNION CREEK Legion Post Commander Keegan Townsend reports dona tions from several merchants to Wrong Emphasis On Athletics Blamed on Alums Portland ITU Dean Orlando Hollis, University of Oregon's faculty representative to the Pa cific Coast conference warned Friday that if the PCC becomes much more lenient in its aid-to-athletes regulations, the confer ence might tjorder on profes sionalism. Speaking at a luncheon here he said, "If the conference should vote to allow $300 per month payment to each athlete, the athletes could receive the $300 monthly and still be ama teurs." Hollis said alumni groups are to be blamed for putting college athletics, particularly football, out of focus with the positions sports should maintain in col leges and universities. Lying and Cheating Commenting on the under-the-table-pay for athletes, he said he feared many young men would be led to believe there are "gains to be achieved by lying and cheating." He said, "We forget what we are viewing is a contest not played bv professionals. They are young men Students playing a game they do not nave to play. "If we lost sight of that, we are on the wrong track." Top price for your old outboard on a sweet-running JOHNSOfJ Trade now. Move up to a sleek new'57 Johnson. Choose from nine great motors. 3 to 35 hp. LITTRELL PARTS By DICK JEWETT Mail Tribuna Sports Editor help the Medford team meet play-off trip expenses. With some money in the bank and some promised, it is hoped to have enough. "We could use some more," he said. It was also hoped that some funds would be realized from a game which was to have been played last night at the fair grounds field with a Union Creek team. Arrangements for the tussle, giving the Medford club much desired competition. were made Friday afternoon. Union Creek players, believed to be members of the forest serv ice fire suppression crew, ere said to be between the ages of 18 and 24. BEND LEGION STRONG Reports from up around Roseburg way say that Bend is the club to beat in Legion baseball, at least in southern and central Oregon. COULD BE WORSE There could ' have been a worse mix-up than that situation Wednesday night in which the Camp White and Klamath Falls Kubs semi-pro baseball teams each thought it had a home game. Just imagine each think ing it had a traveling game and each going to the other's park. OSC RATED HIGH Street and Smith's Football 1957 yearbook, which will go on news stands, predicts Ore gon State college as the No. 1 team in the Pacific Coast conference in the forthcoming season. The PCC analysis, written for S and S by Paul Zimmerman, Los Angeles Times sports editor, points out that, with Southern Cali fornia, UCLA and Washing ton banned it may be the fifth place team representing the conference in the Rose Bowl. Oregon State is not eligible for the 1957 bowl since it was the 1956 PCC participant. However, it is pointed out that OSC could come up with an even stronger club than it fielded last season. Predictions are that OSC. Southern Cal, UCLA, Wash ington, California, Stanford. Oregon State and Idaho will finish in that order in the cir cuit. UO FLOCK OF BACKS The LA writer says that the problem of OSC tutor Prothro lies in filling a gaps in depth at left halfback, center and end. University of Oregon's consist ently tough defense is mention ed along with the need to de velop a consistently strong of fense to become a PCC threat But it is brought out that the Ducks have the best flock of running backs in years. Coach Len Casanova the report states, is looking for a top quarterback and some suitable guards. OKLAHOMA RANKED NO. 1 Street and Smith's Football rates Oklahoma again as No. 1 collegiate team in - the na tion with Minnesota No. 2 Not a Pacific coast club is figured to be among the top 10. Maddox Homers For Salem Nine By UNITED PRESS Wenatchee mashed Yakima's fingers, 5-4, on the Northwest League bidder Friday to climb within a half game of top-rung Eugene, 5-1 losers to Salem's pesky Senators. Elsewhere, it was Lewiston 5, Tri-City 3. The Senators won it with two runs in the fifth. They added two more in the sixth and one in the ninth when Terry Mad dox rapped a solo homer. FORTY NINERS SIGN TWO San Francisco 1P1 The San rancisco Forty Niners Friday announced the signing of rookie guard Bob Mitchell from Col lege of Puget Sounda and end Len Randall from Olympia Jun ior College. 319 East 6th Street Medford, Oregon Phone SP 2-6235 Cheney Studs Meet Glendale Today Medford's Cheney Studs, with an overall better record in the circuit, will be the favorites to day in Rogue Valley league base ball contention with Glendale at the fairgrounds diamond here. But the recent success of the Loggers from Douglas county, and the troubles Medford had last week end with cellar dwell ing Grants Pass point to a tight battle this afternoon. The Studs, undefeated in their seven previous league .engage ments, take to the field against Glendale, winners of four con secutive RVL scraps, at 2 p.m. Now in third spot in the cir cuit, the Loggers have risen from the cellar. Last Sunday they nudged second place Cave Junction and they have every reason to consider the Studs fair game in their ambitions for de fense of the Rogue Valley pen nant they claimed in 1956. League statistics show Med ford with both an edge in pitch ing and hitting over the seven game route. In the .400 or better hitting class Medford has five men to Glendal's three and in the .300 or better status the dif ference is seven to five and one Tournament Ends School Net Classes Nancy Hinman and John Shaw won the senior championships and Joan Waltie and Nick Ras mussen the junior division titles Friday in the tournament which wound up the five weeks of tennis classes conducted by the Medford city school system. Miss Hinman defeated Sandra Hess 6-2 in her final match and Shaw won from David Ryn 6-4. Miss Waltie beat Laura Batzer 8-6 and Rasmussen subdued his brother, Chris 6-3. A single elimination tourney Friday followed round robin inter-class tourneys earlier in the week. The top two in each class qualified for Friday.' 108 Enrolled . The tennis program again was under supervision of Warren Brenner, Medford high, net coach. He reported a total en rollment of 108 boys and girls. He conducted six classes an hour long each day Monday through Friday. First class each day was at 6 a.m. Individual and group instruc tion was given the first four weeks. 1 Lamport's and Sam's Sporting Goods stores provided the senior championship awards and Bren ner those for the junior winners. Senior Golfers Will Qualify Qualifying for the men's sen ior golf championship of Rogue Valley Country club opened yesterday and will continue through Saturday, July 27. The tournament is for members 50 years of age and over. Marvin Clark, a Grants Pass resident, is defending champion. close inn CHIC0 Portable Air Coolers So light a child can move it from the kitchen to the bedroom ... or from the office to the motel. Just plug it in and fill with waterl BABY SAFEI Reg. $39.95 C0R0NAD0 Portable Air Coolers Reg. 4.M NOW $39" Save! Save! Save! PLENTY FREE PARKING DUNHAM'S me. JIM BELLINGER, Proprietor North Pacific Hiway Phone SP 2-9008 of those listed for the Loggers may not be playing for the club now. More Punch Potential A .337 team hitting mark for the Studs to .256 for Glendale, along with the majority of in dividual heavy swatters would indicate a better potential of sus tained offensive punch for the Medford nine. Jerry Bartow is' the probable starter on the hill for Medford today while the choice for Glen dale could lie between Dwayne Miller and Ted Brown. Medford will so Into the tus sle with a 14-win 3-loss record for the full season. While five Studs are hitting in the .400 or better class in the RVL, only Jerry Droscher has a mark that good for both the league and non-loop games. His tabulation is .419. Ron Owings, who has had 25 more trips to the plate than Droscher, is next high with .382 and Frank Roelandt with 32 more times is next with .360. John Kovenz heads Medford in runs batted in with 23 and Frank Rector is next with 20. CHENEY STUDS BATTING: (Full Season) AB . 43 . 68 . 75 . 54 . 25 - 61 . 26 . 73 . 59 . 83 . 27 - 19 .. 2 R H 18 17 26 19 27 17 19 12 8 5 19 20 8 6 21 23 17 12 2(1 10 S 3 4 1 O 0 Pet. .419 .382 .360 .352 .320 Jll .308 .298 .288 .241 222 ill ' .000 Jerry Droscher . Ron Owings . Frank Roelandt . Jack Cooney Jerry Barlow Frank Rector Eldon Francis John Kovenz Ed Reinkine Larry Perkins .. Duane Sides Dennis King .. Kay Kelley IRRIGATION PUMPS to 60 H.P. e $OQ50 . From A 7 up Vt H.P. SHALLOW WELL $3950 Vs H.P. DEEP WELL Siskiyou Hardware Ph. SP 2-2939 22S W. Mai MEDFORD. OREGON We Give StH Green Stains Don't Say "Hello" Say "FILTER-FLO" NOW $0488 31 $96 Main & Fir Phone SP 3-4S47
