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O HANDY Hugh Brolly (30) of LaSalle appears to be get ting much more than a helping hand as he tries for a goal during game with West Chester at Philadelphia. The "extra" arms belong to West Chester's Terry Gor man. Brolly made the shot. Medford Dick Travis, Lloyd Pope Get Lead in Holiday Handicap Golf Dick Travis and Lloyd Pope took over a five-point lead Sunday In the holiday golf handicap tournament at the Rogue Valley Country club. The duo followed a 1-up win over Carl Schmidt and Duane Lubbers Saturday with an 8-ip victory Sunday over Jack Lewis and Bob Wells. They have a 32-point tabu lation for 12 matches. Previous leaders, Frank Al len and Ed-Hall, are now sec ond with 27 tallies in 13 con tests. They lost to Charles Mickelson and Jim Curley 3 up .on Saturday but won 5-up from Lee Flink and Homer Sullivan on Sunday.' Hoad Opens Gap In Pro Tennis With Gonzales Boston (IF) Professional tennis challenger Lew Hoad headed for Philadelphia today with a solid seven-match lead In his 100-match world tour with reigning champion Pan cho Gonzales. The 23-year-old Hoad ran yott his fourth straight win against Gonzales M o n day ' night at the Garden, winning 10-8, 6-1, before 4,704 fans to watch the action. Hoad now leads, 14-7. Again it was Hoad's serves A ind placements that wore down Gonzales. The triumph gave the Aussie a 6-2 record since the troupe arrived in the United States. Gonzales has won only in Los Angeles and New York. "I said last week that when Hoad gets six or seven up, he'll be unbeatable," said Kramer, "and I reiterate that now: I don't think Pancho will be able to do it. Pancho Segura evened his series with Tony Trabert at four-all in the first match of the night, winning 8-4. Gonz ales and Trabert beat Hoad and Segura, 7-5, 6-4. Portland Police Draw Criticism Portland OP! District Attorney Leo Smith today criticized Portland police for "poor" investigations of hom icide cases in the city's Ne gro community. Smith said he had suggest ed to both Mayor Terry Schrunk and Police Chief William Hilbruner that a Ne gro policeman be appointed to the . homicide detail but that no action had been tak en.. "It is my opinion that it's impossible for a white man to go into a Negro district and obtain the confidence neces sary to solicit and obtain the proper evidence," the district attorney said. EX-PARLIAMENT MAN London HP) Viscount Lambert, 91, who served in the House of Commons dur ing the reign of Queen Vic toria, died Monday at his Devon home. His death rais ed his son, George Lambert, now a member of Parliament from Torrington, to a peer age, and a by-election will be necessary to fill Lambert's seat in the House of Commons. RIBUNE Bill Blackledge and Bob Little moved up to third po sition with a four-hole ver dict over Everett McGraw and Ken Teeter. They have 26 points. Russ Heysell and Ed Gor don rose to fourth and drop ped Jerry Wells and Jack Worthington to sixth with a 7-up triumph. Heysell and Gordon have 24 points and Wells and Worthington fell from 23 to 16. The tourney will continue through March 9. Qualifying for the annual spring handicap is now under way and will continue on through March 2. STANDINGS: Matches Points Travis-Pope 12 32 Allen-Hall . 13 Blackledge-Little ...... 12 Heysell-Gordon 9 C. Lewis-Sheldon .... 9 Worthington-J. Wells 12 Dr. Boals-Dr. Miller 12 Catey-Stark 11 R. Hogan-R. Gandee 8 Flink-Sullivan 11 McGraw-Teeter 8 Swanson-Chase 10 Nuich-Vargo ... 12 Morris-Sanborn . 9 Knapp-R. Brown .... 9 Curley-Mickelson 6 27 26 24 17 16 15 13 11 7 6 6 5 4 3 2 Confessed Spy Swallows Metal New York (IP) Confessed' Russian spy Jack Soble has swallowed a quantity of nuts and bolts and is under treat ment at Bellevue hospital prison ward, it was learned today. The hospital said his condi tion is "not serious." ' Soble had been scheduled to testify this week before a federal grand jury investigat ing . further ramifications of the Soviet spy ring in which he and his wife have con fessed operating. The ring was that in which Hollywood producer Boris Morros oper ated for years as a U.S. coun terspy. U.S. Attorney Paul W. Wil liams said Soble was brought to the Federal House of De tention here Saturday from Lewisburg, Pa., federal prison where he is serving a seven year sentence for espionage. He was taken to Bellevue "over the week end," Wil liams said. A Justice department source said Soble had swal lowed a quantity of metal hardware, presumably p i 1- fered from a prison shop. Speech Finalists Named by Area Club Three finalists in the Jack son Toastmasters' Speech contest weres elected at the group's meeting Monday. Larry Horton, California Oregon Power company, The Rev. George Trobough, asso ciate pastor of the First Meth odist church, and Dr. Robert Harland, optometrist, are fi nalists. Finals will be held on Saturday, Feb. 22, when they compete with three finalists of the Medford club. Medford winners will meet winners of Ashland, Yreka, Klamath Falls, and Grants Pass on March 15. Topics of the speeches are on current eventj. , Kip Wins Field Trial Open Stake Kip, owned and handled by Ken Denham, won the open all-age stake Sunday in the second picnic trial of the sea son heid by the Rogue Valley Retriever club. The trial was at the mili tary bridge site on the south side Rogue River. Otto Lilya's Lady took the qualifying stake and Leonard Lilya's Imp was winner in the derby. Puppy stake was won by Dick McKinley's Lobo. Charley Miller and Ira Par rish judged the open, Irv Warren and Weldon Kline the qualifying, Hillman Miller and Dr. Lee Harlow the der by and Dr. .Charles Versteeg and'Ray Ritter the puppies. Field trial chairmen were Walt Cavanaugh and Les Settell. The weather conditions were favorable for field trial work and the dogs worked well. Judges were forced to make successive events more difficult to eliminate and find winners. A large crowd of spectators was on hand. Next picnic trial will be held on March 9. The site will be announced later. Dogs winning honors and their owners were: Open 1st, Kip. Ken Denman; 2nd. Joe. Dr. Lee Harlow: 3rd. Tug, Smoke. Hillman Miller: 4th. Comet, Irv Warren: reserve certificate of mprit. Kara. Leonard Nelson. Qualifying 1st. Lady, Otto Lilya; 2nd. Jre, Dr. Lee jiariow; jra. lug, Hillman Miller; 4th. Muffin, Dr. Gene Meyerding; RCM, Leonard Nelson. CM. Imp., Leonard Lilya; Derby 1st. limp. Leonard Lilya; 2nd, Doc. Walt Cavanaugh; 3rd, Skin Jack Boettcher. Puppv 1st, Lobo, Dick McKin- ley; 2nd Cap, Norton Smith; 3rd Chip, Charley Miller; 4th, Rowdyl Tom Rickard. Frost Cops Net Title In Florida West Palm Beach, Fla. (IP) J a c k Frost of Monterey, Calif., former national junior champion, won the South Flo rida Men's Singles tennis championship Monday as he outclassed Kosei K a m o of Japan, 6-3, 6-2. But Kamo teamed with Wayne Reid of Australia to win the men's doubles, de feating Frost and Bert Brown of Los Angeles, 6-3, 0-6, 6-4. Kamo shared other honors with Lois Felix, Meriden, Conn., as they won the mixed doubles by beating Reid and Maria Bueno of Brazil, 9-7, 6- 3. The senior singles title went to Herb Lawrence, Buck Hill Falls, Pa., who defeated Mar shall Christopher, West Palm Beach, 0-6, 6-2, 6-3. Christop her and Hoke Sloan, Lake Worth, Fla., won the senior.-doubles by default over H o b a r t Wrobbel of Miami and Jack Ohlhaber of Wes1. Palm Beach. The women's singles was won earlier by Janet Hopps of Seattle, Wash., who defeated top seeded Maria Bueno, 6-3, 7- 5. 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Rod Detrick, ex-College of the Pacific player, was the big gun in pulling victory out of the fire. He had 31 points for high honors and contrib uted two buckets in clutch in the wind-up portion of the fracas. Virgil Rick iced the contest with two free shots. Raiders Rally Malin was on top 60 to 52 early in the fourth quarter but the Raiders from the Med ford Independent Basketball loop rallied with Dale Bates and Don Lowrance setting the pace. Halftime standing favored Malin, 39 to 35. Dale Newton, Big Y, and Jim Conroy, Malin, each had 15 points. MAC will oppose Powers next week end for the south ern Oregon AAU toga. Pow ers surged to edge Orange Bowl of Grants Pass on Sun day at Powers. The GP team was ahead by 14 points in the third quarter. Phoenix Said To Become Top PCL Franchise Phoenix, Ariz. (IP) This city's Pacific Coast League franchise will be one of the most valuable in baseball in another 5 or 10 years in the opinion of PCL President Leslie O'Connor. A rosy future for Phoenix, a member of the PCL for the first time this year, was pre dicted Monday by O'Connor in a speech before the Phoe nix Press box Assn. "The PCL wouldn't have chosen Phoenix as its league headquarters if we didn't have complete confidence in its fu ture," O'Conner said. "I be lieve everything will come out all right for Phoenix and the league." He said he though Phoenix was "one of the coming cities of the nation." The Phoenix franchise was transferred here from San Francisco after the New York Giants moved into the Bay Area. General Manager Rosy Ry an of Phoenix said his team was making progress for the opening of the PCL season but he indicated he did not expect outstanding attendance for a year or so. DISTRIBUTED BY: NATIONAL DISTILLERS PRODUCTS CO.. BOURBON WHISKEY 88 PROOF 1!nuieiflT M,-532L ! P seconds. He improved on his old clocking of 2:18.8 for the two distances. Jon Konrads, 15, won the men's 440 - yard freestroke final in four minutes, 21.8 sec onds. He bettered the mark of 4:25.9 for 400 meters and 440 yards which he set Jan. 15 in the New South Wales championships. Dawn Fraser, 20, won the women's 110 - yard freestyle title in one minute, 1.5 sec onds. This time bettered her mark of 1:02.0 for 100 meters and 1:02.4 for 110 yards. Discussions of Heart Fund Slated The Heart Fund will be discussed at several meetings this week by members of the Jackson County Heart fund. Speakers were to attend the Crater Lions meeting this noon. They also plan to at tend the Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting tonight, and the Medford Kiwanis club meeting Wednesday noon. An appearance of the Cal-Ore Panaroma program Thursday evening, also is planned. A 30-minute television pro gram will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday with a combined ap peal for funds for the Jack son and Josephine County Heart funds. IT'S A FACT! 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OP) A Kla math Falls, Ore., minister Ronald Kegley, suffered ser ious injuries and three other persons were hurt when a car and a truck and trailer col lided on Highway 99, 3V miles north of Weed Monday afternoon. Attendants at Mt. Shasta hospital said extent of Keg ley's injuries was not immed iately known. Sheriff's depu ties said the front end of his car was smashed down on him and it took over 30 min utes to remove him from the wreckage. Also hospitalized were two of four women passengers in Kegley's car and the truck driver, Harold Russell, An derson, Calif. The other wom en passengers were treated at a Weed clinic and released. Hospitalized at Mt. Shasta were Mrs. John Banta and and Mrs. S. D. Chrowl, both of Klamath Falls. Kegley is a minister for the Seventh Day Adventist church in Kla math Falls. CHAMBER MUSIC Chicago (IP) Three po licemen awakened disc jock ey Omar Shapli Monday at the radio studio where he works. They had been sent there by worried listeners who reported hearing an ominous thump over the air. Oh, said Shapli, that was nothing. Just fell asleep while listening to Busoni's Sonata No. 2. in and RCURYihe THE MERCURY Tuesday, February 18, 19S3 Crab Fishermen Locked in Dispute By UNITED PRESS Crab fishing fleets from Crescent City, Calif., to Grays Harbor, Wash., were tied up Monday in . a price dispute with packers. The fishermen were asking 10 cents a pound for their catches. The packers have of fered eight cents, the price paid for last year's near-rec ord catch. Some 70 fishermen from most Northwest ports met in Newport, Ore., Sunday and agreed they would hold, fast in their demand. One Newport fisherman said that with the huge catch last year he "could make out" with the eight-cent price but the rising costs of operat ing and the slackening catch this season makes the 10-cent figure necessary. Fishermen at Eureka, Calif, recently got the 10-cent price. 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Performance Champion DEALER IN YOUR COMMUNITY MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SETEW Emergency Treatment May Be Paid For Vets Costs of emergency treat ment of veterans in private hospitals may be paid by the Veterans administration only if the medical care was for service-connected conditions, is. 1. iirannock, officer m charge, Medford office, said today. Brannock said the medical emergency must have been such that an attempt to se cure admission to a VA hos pital would have been haz ardous to the veteran. Brannock said the VA may assume full medical responsi bility in such cases only if the emergency treatment is reported to the chief medical FORMER NEWSMAN DIES Montreal (IP) Eldfed J. Archibald, 76, former execu tive editor and associate ed itor of the Montreal Star, died Sunday at his home in St. Lambert, Quebec. He re tired in July last year after a newspaper career oi 46 years. 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