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! f -J- L . 'HA. ' ' 4 s. PEEWEE BEANED PeeWee Reese, Dodger shortstop, clutches his head after being struck in the fifth inning of the BrookJyn-Chicago Cubs game in Chicago. Cubs' pitcher Bob Anderson fielded Sandy Koufax's grounder, whirled and threw to shortstop Jack Litirell (foreground) at second. The ball hit Reese in the face and he was forced to leave the game. The Dodgers won, 12-3. Rademacher Starts Work At Issaquah for Bout Seattle W Pete Radema cher, as confident as any fight er who ever challenged for the heavyweight crown, resumed training today for his bout with Floyd Patterson and the "big gest day of my life." Rademacher- arrived here from Columbia, Ga., Monday ac companied by sparring partners Clarence Hinnant and Joe Gan non and two trainers. He is training at Issaquah, a small town about lo miles from here. , The Olympic champ meets Patterson in Sicks Stadium here Aug. 22 in what will be Rade- simple juice and CHATEAUX VODKA to rioor $ 15 QT. BISTItlED FROM 100 GRAIN NEUT?l SPIRITS CLEAR SPRING DISTILLING co Division of james b beam distilling CO, CLt&MONT. K, PRODUCT Of U. S. A. macher's first professional en counter. Big Pete, a 210-pound-er, is positive he will win. "I've never felt better," Rade machers aid. "I'm in terrific condition I want to snap .. at anything and that's a good sign. I wouldn't have gone after this fight if I wasn't confident I'll win." Rademjcher isn't alone in his coniiaence. Gannon, who gave Patterson a rough go three years ago, pre dicted the boxing world is in for the shock of its life on Aug. 22: A lot of writers are going to have to eat the words they've been writing about this fight,' he said. A reporter asked Gannon to compare Rademacher with Ar chie Moore the lightheavy weight titleholder whom Patterson kay oed to win the title. Gannon said Rademacher could hit as hard as Moore with both, hands and was just as slick and cute. . . . ' "You just watch," he said. "You think he isn't as good as Moore. I tell you I feel it in my heart, he is going to beat Patterson." ADMIRAL DIES London Of) Admiral Sir Arthur Lumley St. George Lys ter, 69 died Monday. He com manded aircraft carriers in three Mediterranean operations during World War II. Read and Use Classified Ads The Low Cost Way To Sell Items You No Longer Need THRILLS! SPILLS! FUN! Don't Miss The 15th Annual Jackson County Sheriff's Posse ROUNCUP 2 Thrilling Nights Aug. 9-10 - 8 p.m. AT THE MEDFORD osse Grounds DE SATURDAY AT 1 P.M. . PROGRAM IN CHARGE OF MEDFORD JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE STOCK SUPPLIED BY- Don Miller Tickets on Sale at Main street ticket booth, Robinson Bros., Lamport's. Brophy's, Gibson's Sad dlery and Barker's. Reserved $2.50 General Admission $2.00 Bleachers $1.50 MEDF0RDv!.TRIBUNE Bell Relates Story Of National league En Gridiron History By BERT BELL - Commissioper, NFL Written for the United Press Philadelphia IP The de velopment of the National Foot ball League, now in vjts 38th year, is one of the most remark able sports stories of the past half century, in my opinion. Thirteen teams were , repre sented in Canton, Ohio, in Sep tember,' 1920, when the Ameri Football Association was formed with Jim Thorpe as president. In June, 1922 George Halas, one of the pioneers of professional football, made a motion that the name of the league be changed to the National Football League and it was unanimously adopted. In 1926 there were 22 teams in the league, the largest number ever. The least number of teams to play in a season was eight in 1932. Since 1951 the number of teams in the league.has remained constant at 12. Business in the league has not always been as good as it is .to day. Over the years 42 clubs have gone out of business, an in dication that the road to the top has not been strewn with roses. To bring about the change that has made the National Foot ball League successful, methods were devised which stimulated competition by enabling the less successful clubs to engage and retain the services of the better college players. Selective Draft Installed In 1934, when I was the own er of the Philadelphia Eagles, I proposed to the league that they adopt -a' selective draft. This was Bobbles Cost Local Cubs SOUTHERN' OREGON JUNIOR BASEBALL (LB LEAGUE W. L. Grants Pass Cubs . 5 1 Med ford 4 2 Ashland 2 3 Grants Pass Bears 0 6 Pet. .834 .667 .400 .000 Three bobbles in the third in ning '.cQst Medford Cubs the Southern Oregon Junior Base ball cub league title yesterday. iney were Deaien Dy grants Pass 3 to J. at Grants Pass. Jerry Anderson pitched a one hitter for Medford, but was back ed up by only one run. In a disastrous third innins. Jim Martel of Grants Pass made it to first on a "third baseman s error. He-.stolp second, and was safe at third on a fielder's choice throw from the pitcher that was too late. Martel came home on an out field fly when the throw to the plate got away from the catcher. A swriTii) run scored on another third base error. Jerry Patter son drove in the final score witn a double for Grants Pass. The' loss gave Medford a four win, two loss record for the sea son, behind Grants Pass with five wins and a single defeat. Field Day Set A Medford baseball school fiplH dav is nlanned for Wed nesday, featuring contests in sliding, throwing, circling the bases and other skills. rnntests will be held in all age groups, beginning about 8:30 aim. on the Medford senior nign school field. Trophies will be given for first places in sliding and throw in New baseballs will be awarded winners of other events. The season's leading hittprs in nee wee league and fnmhined intermediate and cub leagues will receive trophies. Baseball school, sponsored by Medford public school, officially closes for the summer Thursday after a seven week run. John Kovenz has headed the school, assisted by Alex McDonald and Frank Roelandt. They have coached between 250 and 300 youngsters during the sessions. LINESCOBE: ' H E Medford 001 000 01 . 3 4 Grants Pass 003 000 x 3 1 0 Jerrv Anderson and Dean Goddard. Ken Jensen (4); Dick Hayes and Jim Martel. Testimony Defends Army Officers' Club Washington HP The Air Force has unveiled a new secret weapon of sorts: The officer's club. Brig. Gen. William E. Rentz, Air Force installations deputy di rector, told a House appropria tions subcommittee in testimony released Monday that the offi cer's club helped build "a spirit of belonging to an organization." Moreover, he disclosed how the clubs contribute to national de fense: "If we did not have an officer's open mess on the base, at the close of work the officers would be dispersed all througout the neighborhood; they would be hard to locate if anything of an emergency nature happened." HAPPY HOLIDAY '' . Hertford, England The Hertford Rural Council notified tenants today they will net have to pay rent. for -two. weeks dur ing the August bank holiday and Christmas holidays. It : then -announced it would raise, the rents the rest of the year: :i i "i" - i Tuesday, August 6, 1957. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE REPORT POLIO CASES Heidelberg, Germany HPI Eighteen cases of polio, two of them fatal, have been reported among American military men and dependents in Europe since Jan. 1, Army medical, officials said today. , APPOINTS FIRST NEGRO Washington (IP President Eisenhower has appointed for the first time a Negro, the Rev. Archibald J. Carey Jr. of Chi cago as chairman of his special committee on government em- I ployment policy. BASHFUL BEAUTIES Whitstable, England (ff) Fifty of the 62 girls competing in a beauty contest here backed out at the last minute Monday. They said they were too shy to go out on the stage in front of all those people and be judged. - adopted and ih 1936 the first se lection was made. .. ; The annual selection operates 'j to benefit the lower teams in the; standings at the end of the sea son preceding the selection. The' team that finished last in the!; standings draws first and on up; to the team that wins the cham-i pionship playoff game of the two conferences, which draws last. Thus each year the teams are brought to a more equal footing insofar as player personnel is concerned. This makes for . bet-' ter games, keener competition among the teams, greater specta tor interest and enthusiasm and in the best interest of the public and the player. That the annual selection has borne fruit is evidenced by the paid attendance figures during the years it has been in opera tion. In 1936 the total paid at tendance for the .season was 816,007. Last year the attendance rose to 2,551,263. In the last five years the attendance record has been broken each year. This, of course, has meant greater income to the player, which over the last 11 years has increased on the average ap proximately 300 per cent. When it is considered that a player can , devote approximately seven months to a full-time job when not engaged in playing football and three months part-time when he is playing his yearly financial return is excellent. Every year I consider it part of my responsibility to tell all players that the securing of a job. is of first importance and' that in conjunction with his play ing football he should make every effort to establish himself in a business or professional ca reer. Home Club City To this end, each individual club assists those players who are either temporarily or permanent ly relocating their homes, and helps them become established in a gainful occupation in the city where they are to play. Over 30 per cent of the players in the National Football League are working in the city in which their home club is located. I tell the players that profes sional football is not a business for them, that it is a means of establishing themselves in a bus iness or profession that thpy can carry on with the remainder of their lives. A survey of the 396 players in the National Football League shows that the average term of service was less than three and one-half years, an in dication that playing profession al football is not a career in itself. The game as played in the Na tional Football League today is vastly superior to that of 15 or 20 years ago. We play a much more open game with brilliant quarterbacks who .can throw passes with the accuracy of sharpshooters and great receiv ers who can catch those passes. Our ball-carrying backs, our linemen on both offense and de fense are the nation's best. Increasing attendance figures, season after season, is convinc ing proof that the style of foot ball played in the National Foot ball League appeals to the pub lic. In addition millions of fans in sections of the country re mote from league cities enjoy this weekly spectacle on their television sets. This should be another great year and if we get the breaks in the weather and the races are close in both conferences we should again break the record for attendance. NORTH BEND COOS BAY $6.60 plus tax Q I 1 mm LsUUBU MSrCOffST, Ratlines T'.i B . 4,1 AT! Wf4 a imeit'S V3vBX ' 100 PAIRS WVj ZtAi-x Regular 19.95 1 Famous tiame . . . 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