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Rathmann Sets flew Mark In Taking Poll at 500 Indianapolis, Ind. (W Daring Dick Rathmann, a baldish speedster from Tren ton, N.J., captured the pole position for the 500-mile Me morial Day auto race Satur day with a record-shattering performance in the opening time trials before about 120, 000 fans. Ed Elisian, Oakland, Calif., a protege of the late two time "500" winner Bill Vuko vich, roared to a new single mark standard. MedfordTribune SIPdDDBirS Herb Elliott Beats Recognized World Standard in Mile Los Angeles (IP) Herb El liott of Australia had southern California track fans con vinced he was even better than his advance notices as he turned in the second fastest mile in history Friday night in the Coliseum relays. Racing on a hard-packed grass course, like those he be came accustomed to in his na tive land, Elliott ran the mile i In 3:57.8, clipping two-tenths of a second off the recognized world record of 3:58 set by John Landy, another Aussie, inl&54. 'Although Derek Ibbdt3dft of England has a mark of 3:57.2, Colisem relays referee Larry Houston announced that Elli ott's time would be submitted as a new world's record be cause the International Athle tic Federation had questioned the pacing in Ibbotson's race. 3:55 Possible "I would like to do better," the smiling 20-year-old Elliott Crater CDndermen T5p 'Klamath PeDs Central Point Crater high swept the broad jump and javelin and collected sfirsts in seven other events Saturday to defeat Klamath Falls 68 to 54 in a track en gagement here. Bob Drace of Klamath and Kerman Bennett of Crater Portland State Tops OTI Owls Klamath Fails -OB Port land State defeated Oregon Tech 10-4 Friday for its sec ond Oregon Collegiate Confer ence baseball victory of the season. FROSH NAB MATCHES Eugene (IP) The Oregon Frosh tok a pair of match vic tories over the OSC Rooks and South Eugene high school, m& to VA and 15-12, Friday, paced by Tom Shaw who shot a par 72 at the Eugene Coun try club. The Ducking golfers finished their season unde feated "with seven consecutive wins. WAGS The American Legion has made available for Veterans of World War I, World War II and Korean War A LOW COST LIFE INSURANCE PLAN Level Premium Term 5 1 2.00 Per Year (5 1 Monthly Cost) up through age 34 - - - $4,000 age 35 through 44 - - - $2,250 age 45 through 54 - - - $1,100 No Medical Examinations If you ore among the many who have dropped your Gl insurance or who need additional low-cost insurance, the Legion is making it available to you in one of the nation's largest life insurance companies. CONTACT YOUR LOCAL AMERICAN LEGION POST IMMEDIATELY P.O. Box 568-Medford Phone: NO 4-2853 - SP 2-9729 - SP 2-5488 II II l M H -"- " " " " As the fastest of 18 quail fiers, Rathmann will hold down the inside spot of the first row when the 33 fastest roadsters start off in pursuit of a $300,000 jackpot in the 42nd annual gasoline derby May 30. The 18 qualifiers averaged 143.853 miles per hour, more than three miles an hour than the first 18 last year. Rathmann, who finished fifth in the 1956 race, drove his new car around the course said after his victory. "I think perhaps with the proper con ditions I could do 3:55." Elliott scored his fourth straight victory over his coun tryman, Merv Lincoln, who was second, about 20 yards back. Elliott's performance, how ever, was not the only record witnessed by the crowd of 34, 656 track fans. The University of California two-mile relay team, anchored by Don Bow den, only American to break the four-minute barrier in the mile, set a world mark of 7:20.9 The Michigan State team's -time of 7:21.4 also eclipsed the old world mark of 7:22.8, set in the Coliseum relays last year by Occidental College of Los Angeles. Another Aussie, Alex Han derson, who competes for Ari zona State, set a new Ameri can record .for the two-mile event of 8:47.9, breaking the mark of 8:49.6 established by Horace Ashenfelter in 1955. were the afternoon's double victors. . Drace grabbed the high hurdle and high jump events while Bennett claim ed the 100 and 220-yard dash es. The KF Pelican half-mile relay teeam clipped off the twice-round race in a speedy 1:31.1. Pelicans finished one-two in the hurdle chases and the Comets were one-two in the mile. RESULTS: High hurdles rDrac, K; Sevdt, K; Day. C. :13.8. 100 Bennet, C; Story, K; Kims. C. :10.4. Shot put Humphrey, K; Wil liamson. C; Ankeny. K. 45-11 'i- Broad jump Warner, C; Woods. C; Turner, C. 19-10. Mile Parrish, C; Black. C; Spraat, K. 4:41. 440 Kime, C; Ray, K; Woods, C. 34. High jump Drace, K; Burns, C; Lewis. K. 5-11. Javelin Burton, C; Burns C; Turner, C. 168-3. Low hurdles Sevde, K; Drace, K: Gossett. C. :21. Pole vault Eldred. C; Olvera, K: Waller. C. 11 feet. 220 Bennett, C; Story, K; Darks, K. 23.4. 880 Burns, C; Isensee, K; Black, C. 2:05.4. Relay Klamath Tails. 1:31.1. Discus Cote. C; Humhprey, K; Ankeny. K. 130-3. Attention . . a M II UIIM II -- -- " " -- -- at an average speed of 145.974 miles per hour for the four laps only a short time after the curly-haired Elisian also bettered the previous quali fication records with an aver age of 145.926. Elisian was clocked at bet ter than 148 MPH late Friday. Pat Flaherty of Chicago, the 1956 race winner, aver aged 145.596, also two years ago, for the previous record. It also was a smashing tri umph for A. J. Watson, a 34-year-old race car builder from Glendale, Calif., who created the three fastest mounts. Watson also built two cars that won the "500." Other qualificers, in order of their speeds: Bob Veith, Oakland, Calif., 144.81; Pat O'Conner, North Vernon, Ind., 144. 823 former race-winner Johnnie Parsons, Van Nuys, Calif.,' 144.683; Na tional champion Jimmy Bry an, Phoenix, Ariz., 144.185; Johnny Boyd, Fresno, Calif., 144.023; Tony Bettenhausen, Tinley Park, 111., 143.919; Jack Turner, Seattle, Wash., 143.438. Rodger Ward, Los Angeles, 143.266; Rookie A. J. Foyt, Houston, Tex., 143.130; Don Freeland, Indianapolis, 143. 300; Paul Russo, Webster, Groves, Mo., 142.959; Billy Garrett, Los Angeles, 142.778; Rookie Paul Goldsmith, St. Claire Shores, Mich., 142.744; Gene Hartley, Indianapolis, 142.231, and Rookie Dempsey Wilson, Hawthorne, Calif., 142.029. Whiters Defeat BF Crew, 1-0 Memorial Stadium, Camp White Camp White semi-pro baseball team nipped Butte Falls 1 to 0 in a non-league tiff here Friday night. Bill Seymour, Jacksonville High school coach and ex Southern Oregon college ath lete, chucked a four-hitter for Camp White, striking out 15 batters, walking none. Lone run in the game came in the fourth inning. Roby Isaacs singled and Jack Burns sacrificed him to second. Jim Curry's safety then drove in the marker. Isaacs had two of Camp White's three hits and Rodgers two of Butte Falls' four. Jack Turk, Butte Falls pitcher, fanned 10 and walked five. , ' The Camp Whiters play here again next Wednesday against Southern Oregon col lege. The club will practice at the Medford high diamond on Sunday. LINE SCORES: Butte Falls 000 000 0000 4 1 Camp White .... 000 100 OOx 1 3 2 'Turk and Conley; Seymour and Gillaspey. Duckling: Rap Rooks Eugene (IP) The Oregon Ducklings dumped the Oregon State Rooks 7-1 in a baseball game here Friday behind the six-hit pitching of Denny Peterson. Peterson struck out 13, walked only one and tamed the Rooks in the seventh in ning when they bunched three hits for their only run. I . U M M II II I -- -- " " " " VIE IN NATIONAL TOURNEY The bowlers shown here were among a num ber of teams from Medford which partici pated in the Women's International Bowl ing Congress tourney in progress at San Francisco. They represented Holiday Inn . Motel in the tourney but have been under sponsorship of Skeeters and Skeeters Log Cavemen 72-50 In Grants Pass high piled up its margin in the last stages of the meet-to record a 72 to 50 track and field verdict over the Medford Black Tornado here yesterday afternoon. The Cavemen from Ore gon's Climite city, one of the favorities in forecasts for 1958 sta8te A-l title, picked up 10 first places in a tussle which saw several fast times. Grants Pass had one-two finishes in four events, the two dashes and two hurdle races while Medford swept the brad jump and was one two in the quarter-mile. Tornado victors were George Koch in the broad jump, Mike Murray in the shot put, Mike Russell in the quarter and Bruce Hill in the half-mile. Koch, who has been high jumping and was "dis covered" in physical educa tion class recently as a broad jumper, had a leap of 20 feet 9Vi inches. Murray won with 53-8 and Russell and Hill with the good times of :50.05 and 2:01.5. Terry. Maryoll Win Medford's crew of Gerry Lyons, Bob McKnight, John Jones and Don Peek, won the 440-yard relay but it did not count in the scoring. Jim Maryott in the hurdles and Marv Terry in the dashes were dual winners for the Cavemen. Maryott zipped through the highs in :14.6 and clipped the lows in :20.01. Terry was :22.3 in the 220 yarder. GP' state javelin tosser, Rose Bowl Action Planned At Big-10 Meeting Monday Chicatro OF) Biff Ten officials definitely will dis cuss the Rose Bowl contract at the regular spring meeting at Purdue next week, but whether any action will be taken remains problematical. The conference has not been informed officially that Jayvee Tiff Won By KF Klamath Falls junior var sity, taking advantage of some of the 12 Medford high JV miscues, won a baseball game 10 to 4 from the Tor nado Juniors here on Saturday afternoon. The Pels ran up four of their markers in the fifth in ning on four bases on balls, two errors, a hit, three passed balls, a wild pitch and two stolen bases. Bob Eckel tripled in Med ford's two runs in the opening inning and also had a single. Jim Berry also had two hits for the Tornado and Moore three-baggered and singled for Klamath. LINESCORES: Klamath Fails 011 042 210 8 0 Medfords 201 000 1 4 8 12 Bishop and iMoore: McLaughlin, Anderson (4) and Eckel. WOLVES VICTORS Monmouth OP) Oregon College of Education defeat-1 ed Clark Junior College, 3-2 in tennis Friday. - Poison Oak? Try a Bottle of ZEMACOL You must b satisfied or your money cheerfully refunded. Get bottit today at WESTERN THRIFT Clip Black Tornado Cinder Encounter Glen -Winningham, was the class of his event with 200 feet. Frank Thomas, as expect ed took the high jump. He made 6-1, skipped 6-2 and failed to clear -6-3. Henry Courtney, Medford hurdler, was a surprise entrant in the high leap and had a 6-even jump for second place. Other GP victors were Ken Simmons in the mile, Mike Sparlin in the pole vault and Mike Rose in the discus. Cavemen's winning 880 yard relay combine of Jim Peebles, Terry, Maryott and Jim Klatt turned in a fine 1:31.3 and Medford followed with 1:31.9. In the 100 the first three finishers, Terry, Klett and Peek, were all timed in :10.3. The half-mile was of the thril ler races of the warm after noon with Bruce Hill out lasting a stretch bid by Walt Morrison of Grants Pass. Midway Lead Mark Norton, second in the mile, turned in his best time with 4:41.7 behind Simmon's 4:38.5. Halfway through the meet (as results were recorded) Medford had an, edge of 32 to 31. Grants Pass made it 36-all after the high jump and went on top 41 to 40 on the pole vault. The Cavemen stretched to 50 to 50 on the low hurdles and were not pressed after that. One of the Grants, Pass per formers, Paul Lindquist, broad jumper and quarter miler, was sidelined when he there are any problems in the Pacific ' Coast conference, with which the Rose Bowl pact to provide a team an nually was signed, But UCLA, Southern California and Cal ifornia have served notice they're going to leave the Pa cific Coast group. Thus the .Bowl agreement might be in jeopardy, but of ficially the Big Ten knows nothing of the . difficulties. Hence the discussion will be both unofficial and uninform ed. The only way the Rose Bowl could rate official ac tion would be if the Pacaific Coast conference, which meets next week also, takes some action on the Bowl agreement and informs the Big Ten of its attitude or ac tion. Then it was likely discus sion would become official, but any immediate action to cancel or continue the pact would be unlikely. ALFA ROMEO Here! Keith Schulz GARAGE 116 North Front St. Phone SP 2-4756 ging in the Rogue Rollers league at Med ford lanes. Left to right are Mrs. Clif ford Poulson, Mrs. Dean Brandon, Mrs. Tom Swoape, Mrs. Jack Hollenbeak and Mrs. Walter Stroup. Mrs. Hollenbeak and Mrs. Stroup finished in the money at San Francisco. Skeeters took the Rogue Rollers crown. spiked himself in the jump. He went to the hospital for treatment and the wound, of course, kept him out of the 440 run. The two teams will be rivals again next week at Grants Pass, .joining with Crater, Ashland and Klamath Falls in the District 6 A-l. RESULTS: Shot put Murray, M; Rose, G; Funston. M. 53-8 3. High hurdles Maryott, G; Rem bert, G; Courtney, M. :14.6. Broad jump Koch, M; Griggs, M; Emmens, M. 20-9'i. 100 Terry, G; Klett, O; Peek, M. :10.3. Mile Simmons, G; Norton, M; Anderson, G. 4:38.5. Javelin Winningham, G; Jones, M; Wirth, M. 200 feet. 440 Bussell, M; Reich, M; John son. G. ' :50.05. High jump Thomas, G; Court ney, M; Koch, M. 6-1. Pole vault Sparlin, G: Bennett and Harvey, M; tied second. 12-6. Low hurdles Maryott, G; Rem bert, G; Clark. :20.01. 220 Terry, G; Klett, G; Griggs, M :22.3 880 Hill, M; Morrison, G; Har rison, G. 2:01.5. 440 Relay Medford (Lyons, Mc Knight, Jones, Peek). :45.2. 880 Relay Grants Pass (Peebles, Terry, Maryott, Klett). 1:31.3. Discus Rose, G; Murray, ' M; Connolly M. 137 feet. Koad HUGHES & Phone SP "rl Vr M WMMWtWW n THAT'S RIGHT. Only 1 patient out of 3 is a subscriber. The other two must pay. Any resident living within 150 miles of Medford, Ore gon, can and should be a subscriber to Mercy Flights. At $4 a year per family, it is the only way that a wage earner can afford air ambulance service for his family. Accidents don't just happen to "someone else." The most common comment by Mercy Flights patients is: "I never thought that WE would need Mercy Flights." If the time ever arises when your family is saying this, wouldn't" it be better to be a subscriber? For a non-subscriber, the fee is $70 for every 100 miles the patient is flown. Hanks Makes 500-Mile Choices for Top Drivers Editor's Note: Sam Hanks, winner of the 1957 500 mile Memorial Day auto race, has returned to the scene of his greatest tri umph as director of racing for the speedway. In the following dispatch, written exclusively for the United Press, he picks his race winners. By SAM HANKS Director of Racing Indianapolis Speedway; Who's going to win the "500"? That's a question that has been on overyone's mind not only here at the Indianapolis motor speedway, but through out the sports world. Since taking over my duties as Tony Hulman's director of racing, I've been deluged with questions as to w h o m I thought would win. That's pretty tough to answer. All of these boys are close friends of mine and since I'm not racing, I'd like to see all of them win. But forced to m a k e a choice, I'll pick Jimmy Bryan, the USAC national driving champion, in the Belong car that carried me to victory last year, and believe me, I had the best seat in the house for that race. Salih Is Top Mechanic Car owner George Salih is one of the top mechanics" in the business. His car is in fine shape" and Jimmy ap pears eager and ready to go. In second place I'll pick determined Jim Rathman in a car owned by Lindsey Hop kins. Rathman is a fine driv er and great competitor and he gave me fits before that "500" was over. " V For third place : I pick Pat O'Connor in a car owned by Chapman Root. Pat is an other fine driver and has the added advantage of experi ence on this track through his many miles of test driving. Having done a similar job for the tire people, I know what that experience means. In fourth place and that is as far as I'm going to stick my neck out concerning the finish I'll take Paul Russo in the powerful Novi owned by Lew Welch. It must be ad mitted the Novi is the fast est machine here at the track and Paul has had a world of PILOTS TRIUMPH , - Olympia (IP) University of Portland downed St. Martin's 7-4 in baseball Friday. Oiling DODD CO. 3-4221 WHSI , - FLY Published as a public seryice MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, experience driving here. Elisian Is Dark Horse For darkhorse possibilities I select two, Jimmy Reece and Ed Elisian of the John Zink team. These cars have been turning in the best practice laps. This great 500-mile race Is a test of machines nd men and just as important as the driver is the role the me chanic plays. In his hands lies the tremendous task of putting the car together, of making sure everything is in top working condition for the tough grind of 500 miles at high speed. So in trying to pick a win twei-nc" v-x V" " Vs " ' GUARD THEIR LIVES . . Be a SAFE Driver & Summer Drivhg' and "" Vacation Trips Make Here's What We Do l Remove Front-Wheels and spect Brake Drums and Lining. 2 Clean, Inspect and Repack Front Wheel Bearings, 3 Inspect Grease Seals. . Check and Add Brake Fluid if 1 Needed. 5 Adjust Brake Shoes to Secure " Full Contact with Drums. Carefully Test Brakes. STORES 214 South Riverside Phone SP 2-7119 for Mi MOTS! NO OTHER AREA ... in the United States has a service like Mercy Flights. The three twin-engine planes are operated for only one rea son, and that is to save your life; Don't wait until it's too late! If you are not a subscriber, send your $4 today tot MERCY FLIGHTS,. INC.. Box 522 Medford, Oregon by the Medford Mail Oregon, Sunday, May IB, 193! 9 ner, I have considered driver, machine and mechanic. It's only natural that I pick Bry an, the Belond car and Salih. , After all, I know what that machine can do and having raced against Bryan, I know his capabilities. Yet regardless of who wins, we can be sure of this: It wai a maximum effort by all members of the team. PLAY GOLF Grants Pass Golf Club GREEN FEES: . $19 Holes $2 All Day s A S0 SSD VALUE la ANY CAR Tribune
