Ken Venture Paces Golfers
into 2nd Ground off Masters
By TOM PRICE
Augusta, Ga. (W Sopho
more pro Ken Venturi, who
served notice two years ago
his day of destiny in the golf
world was about to dawn,
took a one-stroke lead today
into the second round of the
22nd Masters tournament.
The slim San Franciscan,
who at 27 is considered a golf
ing youngster, shot a four-under-par
68 Thursday to
prove that his selection by
veteran pros and sports writ
ers as the favorite to win
Bobby Jones' tournament this
year was no idle gossip.
If his 11-foot birdie putt on
the 18'ch green had dropped
instead of skipping a foot past
the cup, he would have car
ried a two stroke lead into
today's second round.
Four golfers, including
three - time Masters winner
Jimmy Demaret, were hot on
Venturi's heels with opening
day scores of 69. Joining De
maret, of Kiamesha Lake,
Webfoots Picked To Win
Northern Division Relays
Oregon State College
State of Oregon track and
field fans will have their
only 1958 look at all five
northern division teams on
the same afternoon Saturday
when Oregon State plays host
to the first annual ND relays
Preliminaries in the high
and low hurdles and the 100
yard dash will start promptly
at 1 cm., with first field
events at 1:15. Bell field will
be the scene of action. Relay
events are scheduled in the
440, 880, mile and two-mile,
in addition to the distance
mprilpv. There will be indi
vidual competition in the
100, high hurdles, low hur
dles, two-mile special, plus all
field events.
Oregon looks like a cinch
bet to win the first annual re
lays, although in some events
Washington could press the
Webfoots closely. Corvallis
fans are anxious to see Wash
ington's great 440 ace, Terry
Tobacco, in action here for
the first time.
Sucks Depth
Bill Bowerman's Ducks
have far more depth than any
of the other clubs entered,
headed by such-well known
performers as Jim Grelle,
Steve Anderson, Jack Morris,
Dave Edstrom, D. C. Mills,
Jack Burg and many others.
Grelle ranks as one of Ameri
ca's top distance runners, and
was a recent sensation on the
indoor circuit this past win
ter. Washington State's mate
rial is only mediocre, but the
Cougars do have some top in
dividuals. Don Ellingsen and
Jack Fanning, a pair of foot
ballers, are strong in the pole
vault, and junior Duane Kera-1
nen is a fine point-getter
Gone is shotput ace Burl Gri-
nols, but WSC has one al
most as good in Steve Frye.
Idaho and Oregon State
figure to fight it out for
fourth place, neither club
having much depth. Coach
Joe Glander has only five let
termen available at Idaho,
and Hal Moe has only seven
at OSC. Veterans on the
Beaver squad include Duane
Marshall, Benson Foley, Cliff
Cordy, Doug Ballew, Tom
Blackstone, John Carson and
Don Ferguson. Marshall and
Cordy are all-time school rec
ord holders in the shot and
880, respectively.
SOC-Chico
Meet Set
Ashland Southern Ore
gon college opens , its track
season here Saturday after
noon in a dual meet with
Chico State.
First event is set for 1 p.m.
Coach Dan Bulkley has re
ported the loss of sprinter
George Juveland, ex - Crater
high. He suffered a leg in
jury, has had an operation
for it and is out for the sea
son. Gordon Clayton, from
Reedsport, is expected to help
fill the gap.
DODGERS CLOSE TO PARK
Los Angeles (IP) The Los
Angeles Dodgers were a step
closer today to their new
baseball park. The District
Court of Appeals has rejected
a taxpayers suit to diock
transfer of Chavez ravine,
proposed site of the park, to
the Dodgers.
N.Y., with three - under - par
round were Australia's little
Norman Von Nida, Bob Win-
inger of Odessa, Tex., and
Chick Harbert of Northville,
Mich.
Three Have 70
One-time Memphis, Tenn.,
dentist Cary Middlecoff, who
now plays out of Hollywood,
Fla., was two strokes back
with 70, along with Flory Van
Donck of Belgium and Arnold
Palmer of Latrobe, Pa.
The low amateur for the
first round was Bill Hyndman
of Philadelphia, who shot a
71, along with eight profes
sionals. They included Fred
Hawkins, El Paso, Tex.: By
ron Nelson, Roanoke, Tex.;
Claude Harmon, Mamaro
neck, N.Y.; Lionel ' Hebert,
Lafayette, La.; Billy Maxwell,
Odessa, Tex.; Robert De Vi
cenzo, Mexico City; Jack
Fleck, Rochester, Mich.; and
Art Wall Jr., Pocono Manor,
Pa.
Fourteen players shot even
par 72s opening day, includ
ing three-time Master cham
pion Sam Snead of White Sul
phur Springs, W. Va., and
Bantam Ben Hogan of Fort
Worth, Tex., a two-time win
ner and four-time runnerup.
One other former Masters
winner, 50 year-old Henry Pi
card of Cleveland, also toured
the 6,850-yard course in even
par.
Snead scored the only eagle
of the first day's play when
he dropped a 16 foot putt on
the par five second hole after
a tremendous second shot
with a three iron to the green.
Legion Baseball
Program Told
Seaside HP) American
Legion Junior baseball play
will get under way in Oregon
by June 7, Bill Fague, state
chairman for the program,
said today. '
Legion posts must have
their team "entries, filed by
May 1 with area champions
determined by August 2. Play
offs will be held August 4 and
the state finals will open Aug
ust 9, with the winner repre
senting Oregon at the regional
tourney in Billings starting
August 25.
At least 80 Oregon Legion
teams are expected this year.
Most rapid growing of the
higher plants is believed to
be the bamboo.
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SIMPSON RESIGNS Alex
ander Simpson, Ashland high
football coach, has resigned,
effective at the end of the
school year, to accept a coach
ing position at Cottage Grove,
His athletic tutoring career
since the early 1940s includes
posts at Medford and Ashland
High schools and Southern
Oregon college. Simpson
coached Ashland high basket
ball team which won the
state title in 1944 and the fol
lowing fall tutored Medford
high's state championship
football squad.
YJViCA Hoop
Tournament
At Ashland
Southern Oregon district
YMCA basketball tournament
will be held Saturday, April
5, at the Southern Oregon
college gym in Ashland.
YMCA teams from Rose-
burg, Ashland, Medford and
Eugene will Compete. Action
will be in men's high school
and junior high division. Five
games are on the slate.
Roseburg and Ashland will
contend in -a high school
bracket mix starting at noon.
Medford and Eugene follow
at 1:15 p.m. Finals in the divi
sion will be at 5 p.m.
Junior high title will be
decided between Ashland and
Medford with tip-off set for
2:30 p.m. The men's title fra
cas is billed for 3:45 p.m. be
tween Eugene and Ashland.
Winners will be eligible
for the Pacific Northwest area
YMCA sports festival April
18-19 at Vancouver, B.C. I
OSC Starts
Home Slate
In Baseball
Oregon State College, Cor
vallis Coach Ralph Coleman,
now in his 27th year as Ore
gon State baseball coach, sent
his Beavers into action on
home grounds for the first
time in 1958 today in
doubleheader against Lewis
and Clark.
Oregon State journeys to
Linfield Saturday for another
doubleheader in games that
were originally scheduled for
here but were transferred to
McMinnville because of the
northern division relays.
The Beavers were expected
to open with a lineup com
posed of Dan Luby, catcher;
Gene Bates, first base; Jim
Phillips or Larry Walker, sec
ond; Capt. Twink Pederson,
short; Tom Bowen, third; and
outfielders Grimm Mason,
Jerry Droscher and Kim
Bradshaw.
Golf Coach Debut
Vern Martin made his de
but as Oregon State golf
coach today when he took the
Beavers to Salem to meet Wil
lamette. The linksmen tackle
Rogue Valley country club at
Medford on Saturday and
next Tuesday meet Pacific
Lutheran here.
Leading golf candidates in
elude Leighton Tuttle, Larry
Copple, Bob Brown, Wid Jen
sen, Lee Grant, Warren Dea-
kins, Bob Thye and John
Dunkin. All but Brown,
Thye and Dunkin are return
ing lettermen.
Irwin Harris starts his 14th
season as Orange tennis coach
Saturday when the Beavers
meet the Portland parks team
on the OSC courts. The Fri
day matches with Reed col
lege were cancelled.
Top net aspirants include
Jimmie Jackson, Paul Skvar,-
na, Dennis load, Kon uuen-
ther, Ken Rayburn, Dave
Clements and Tom Cottle.
Skvarna, from Chafee JC, and
Clements, from Fullerton, JC,
both are promising transfers.
Lottie Efogue Tussle
SDated At Phoenix
Pilots Subdue
SOC Net Team
Ashland University of
Portland defeated Southern
Oregon college 6 to 1 yester
day in a tennis match here.
Only victory for the Raiders
was by John Russell. His
tabulation against Jim Arm
strong of the Pilots was 1-6,
6-4, 7-5.
LITTLE ROGUE SLATE:
1:30 p.m. Pole vault, shot Dut.
discus, high jump, broad
jump, javeun.
2:40 p.m. Distance medley.
3:00 p.m. 440.
3:20 p.m. Sprint medlev.
4:00 pm. Shuttle hurdles.
4:20 p.m. Two-mile.
Phoenix At least four A-l
schools of this track district,
and perhaps a fifth, will take
part Saturday in the third an
nual Little Rogue relays at
Phoenix.
entries for certain are
Eagle Point, the defender, Il
linois Valley, Brookings and
host Phoenix. No word had
been received by this morning
OSC Links
Grew Here
Saturday
A Rogue Valley Country
club six-man golf team will
oppose the Oregon State col
lege varsity here on Satur
day afternoon.
Roy Gilbertspn,- Ed Hall,
Dr. D. C. Boals, Dr. William
Miller, Dr. Robert Buck and
Carl Schmidt will vie for the
Medford team.
Two ex-Medford high links-
men are in the OSC lineup.
They are Larry Copple and
Warren Deakins, lettermen
juniors for the Beavers. Cop
ple, also a basketball letter
man will fill the No. 2 spot
for OSC and Deakins will be
No. 5.
Captain Leighton Tuttle,
who led the Orange crew in
qualifying with 143, will be
No. 1. Others on the sextet
are Bob Brown? Fortuna,
Calit, Wid Jensen, Hood
River,' and Lee Grant, Cor
vallis.
The St. Joe river in Idaho
is believed the highest navi
gable river in the world.
from one invited participant,
Henley. Glendale has sent
word that it will not enter.
The Eagles have won both
of the previous Little Rogues
and hold the bulk of the
records. Strong challenge is
anticipated from the other
schools this year with the host
school given a good chance
to come out on top.
Eleven Events
Eleven events are scheduled
and they match those, of the
Class B tests in the Hayward
relays which will be contest
ed next week end. However,
in the field events, all indi
vidual contests, a school will
be permitted to claim more
than, one place. Six field
events and five races are on
the program.
Phoenix has been host for
the past relay meets and the
affair is back on the Pirate
grounds this year after having
been held last season on the
Southern Oregon college
track.
Field events are to start at
1:30 p.m. and the first race
is planned for 2:40 p.m.
Cubs Clip
Giants 10-5
Phoenix, Ariz. (IPl The
San Francisco Giants headed
for their California home to
day via Texas, Oklahoma,
Iowa and Nebraska.
The Giants ended their Ari-J
zona exhibition schedule
Thursday with a 10-5 defeat
at the hands of the Chicago
Cubs. However, the Cactus
League champions finished
with a record of 15 wins in 23
games.
The Giants will play nine
games during their four-state
swing before returning to San
Francisco for the season open
er against the Los Angeles
Dodgers on April 15.
MAIL TRIBUNE Medford. Oregon, Friday. April 4, 1958 9
TRADITIONAL ROW
London (IP) The Oxford
Cambridge crew race will be
contested for the 104th time
Saturday with a crowd of
more than a quarter of a mil
lion expected to watch the ac
tion on the River Thames.
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