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Tornado To Have 30 Hen in 6 A-1 Meet Xon Peery, mainstay in the outfield on the Medford High fcaaeball team, switches to track Saturday when the de filading champion Black Tor e Aado cinder and field squad jpxs to Grants Pass for the manual District 6 A-1 meet. s Peery has not heaved the aqpsar in competition this spring but is rated among contenders for a state meet fcerth. Crater High, Klamath Falls and Ashland will have teams in the meet along with Med- - ford and the host Cavemen. From 125 to 150 athletes are expected to be on hand for the bids for spots in the state A-1 meet next week end at Corvallis. Grants Pass, a pow er all spring, is figured to unseat Medford for district " honors and to gain the most - berths for the Corvallis en- counter. Crater Enters 25 I Coach Dean Benson has I listed a Medford squad of 30 for the GP trek. At Crater, - Coach Ed Knapp has an- - nounced-a crew of 25. ; Preliminary events are slat ; ed for 11 a.m. tomorrow with : finals beginning at 2:30 p.m. ; Medfords best bets for first : places are Mike Russell in the - quarter-mile, Bruce Hill in the half-mile, George Koch In the broad jump, and Mike Murray in the shot put. But Tornado thinclads also are considered to have good . chances for state meet spots in the mile, relay, high Jump, javelin and pole vault. Records of all performances C this season are not readily on ; hand but the following infor mation gives an indication of Frosh Beat Tornado in Mail Meet University of Oregon Fresh men defeated Medford High 6S to 57 in their mail-o- graphic track meet. Results were delayed be cause each team mailed its re sults to the other after run ning in other meets last week nd. Medford sent in the times. heights and distances recorded in its actual dual session with Grants Pass High. The Tornado had the top Marks registered in half of V 14 events. RESULTS: Hiah Hurdles Hank Courtney, 9(. 15.9; Jim Gardner, O, 16.5; Lynn Anient, M. 18. Hish Jumo Hank Courtney. M, Ken Hertz and Murray Newton, 5-11 Pole Vault Phil Paquin. 0. 13 Sari McAllister, O, 12-6; Irvil Patz wald 12. Broad Jumo Hanny Green. O, 21-6: Jerry Close, O, 21-1; Verlund Simpton. O, 21. Shot Put Mike Murray. M, 53-8 4: Jim Funston, M, 49-11; Trank Albert. M. 47-9. 100 Jon Abraham, O. 9.7; tie, Don Peek, M. and Hon Schway, O, 10.3. 220 Jon Abraham. O. 21.9: Leo nard Griggs. M, 22.7; tie. Verlund Kepton, u, ana uave .Bergman, sa, 22 8 440 Mike Russell. M, 30-05; Ron Schay. O. 52.0; Ron Reich. M. oZ-1 880 Bruce Hill. M. 2:01.5 George Larson. O, 2.03.1; Steve Schell. O. 2.03.2. Mile George Larson. O. 4:24.9 Steve Schell. O, C31.1; Terry .coal man. O. 4.39. Low Hurdles Jerry Close. O, 20.2: Hank Courtney. M. 21.9: tie, Fred Funston, M. Jmd Ken Hertz, O. 22.5 Javelin Bud Akins. O. 175-2; John Jonet. M, 165-2; Otto Wirth, M. 157-2 Discus M ike Murray, M, 133-10 r3; John Connolly. M, 128- 6'-2: Denny Forbes. O. 125-6 Relay Medford (Reich. Bergman, Griggs, .Kusseu) lai.a; .jrosn, 135.9. Final score: Medford 57, Frosh 63 Darreu Williamson. 2 Teams Tied In Elks' Shoot The Bloopers and Mis-Fires, captained by Tom Hight and jfert Peck, respectively, were tied with 32 points each after the second round of the Elks lodge trapshoot tournament at Medford Gun club. The Duds trail with 16 points. Another round will be fired this Sunday. A handicap event and also skeet will be shot also at the club. Ed Pease of the Mis-Fires fas high gunner last week tfid with 49 out of 50 at 16 jfards. Sam Samson of the lis-Fires and Henry Nieder- Myer of the Bloopers each Broke 48 birds. Mis-Fires led i the high five shooting with t32 and had a total shooting more of 274. The Blooper sugh five had 211 and a total tyget count of 242. Only two sjiooters fired for the Duds and they had a combined 84. Scoring is on the basis of high five, total score and total attendance. Mis-Fires picked up 18, Bloopers 14 and Duds eight. Tabulation for . the Bloop ers was Hight 42, Niedermey er 48, Ed Gordon 43, Lloyd Langston 43, Dick Mole 36, Bob Lee 31. For the Mis-Fires ' it was Peck 45, Pease 49, Samson 48, Stevenson 46, Jerry Jerome 44, Lew Bates 42. For the Duds Capt. Jack - Porter and Les Taylor each fcad 42. what the chances of various athletes are in the 14 meet events: Terry In Dashes Marvin Terry, Grants Pass, with times of :10.1 and :22.3 in the 100 and 220-yard sprints is the leading contend er in those events. And his teammate, Jim Klett has been right on Terry's heels. Don Peek, Medford, took third place against the Grants Pass pair in a race in which all three were clocked in :10.3. John Jones, Medford, has a :10.3 time and Steve Gray, Ashland, a :10.4. Leonard Griggs hasr a :23.4 furlong time. In the quarter-mile Mike Russell, Medford, has a :50.05 clocking and another Tornado, Ron Reich, lias been running second to him. Last week end Reich finished in front of Larry Johnson, Grants Pass, who has had a :52.5 time, Jerry Kime, Crater, has been clocked in :52.6. Bruce Hill, Medford, has a 2:01.5 mark in the half-mile but barely outlasted Walt Morrison, Grants Pass, to the tape in attaining it. Charles Black, Crater, has a 2:04 time. Ken Simmons, GP, has done best in the mile. One listing shows 4.38.5 for him. Mark Norton, Medford, fol lowed him in the same race with 4:41.7 and the same day in another meet Nathan Par rish, Crater, was "watched" in 4:41. Joe Turley, Grants Pass, has run in 4:45. Maryott In Hurdles Jim Maryott, Grants Pass has run the low hurdles in :20.01 and :20.2 has been shown for fellow Caveman Chuck Rembert. Sevde, Klam ath Falls, has a clocking of :21. Other reports show :21.5 for Henry Courtney, Medford, Scott Peterson, Ashland, and Bob Drace, Klamath Falls, and :21.6 for Lee Gossett, Crater. Rembert has outrun Maryott on occasion. . In the highs Maryott has a :14.6 fast time and Rembert has been trailing him. Drace has a :15.4 time and Courtney :15.6. . In the 880 relay Klamath Falls has recorded 1:31.1, Grants Pass 1:31.3 and Med ford 1:31.9. Mike Murray, Medford, has the top shot put effort in com petition with 54 feet 5V4 in ches. Mike Rose has a 51-4 toss for Grants Pass and 51-3 has been reported for Jim Funston, Medford. In the dis cus Rose has had a 145-5 cast this season. Jerry Stubblefield Ashland, 1957 district champ, has thrown at least 142-10 this spring. Also an Ashland contender is Al South, rup-ner-up to Stubblefield last season. Thomas In Hi Frank Thomas, Grants Pass, with 6-2V2, has the best high jump this season. Drace of Klamath and Courtney of Medford have cleared six feet and 5-114 has been record ed bv Koch of the Tornado. Those who have jumped 5-1 lVS, John Burns ana Kos coe Day. Crater, and Jack Tobiasson, Ashland. Glenn Winningham. Grants Pass, defending state champ, has heaved the javelin 213 llU. bv far the best in the district. Contenders for state berths are Perrv and Jones, Medford, and Burns, Crater. Mike SDarlin, Grants Pass, has stood out in the pole vault with a 12-11 tops. John Harvev. Medford has gone 12 feet, and Skip Bennett, Med ford, and Jim Eldred, Crater, each 11-6. MEDFORD ROSTER: ' Shot Put Mike Murray. Frank Albert. Jim Funston; javelin Ron Peery, John Jones. Terry Ryan; Discus Murray. Larry Nored, Har old Friend; broad jump Bob Em mens, George Koch. Leonard Griggs. High jump Koch. Henry Courtney. Jerry Shults: Pole vault John Harvey. Skip Bennett and Leon Knapp. Hign nuraies counney, i,ynn Knight; Low hurdles Courtney, Fred Funston: 100 Don Peek, Jones, Gerry Lyons; 220 Griggs. Dave Bergman. Bob McKnight: 440 Mike Russell. Ron Reich, Ryan; 880 Bruce Hill, Glen Kaye. Elwyn Simmons: Mile Mark Norton. Ray Smith: Relay Russell, Reich, Griggs, Bergman. Jefferson Captures City Championship in Baseball Jefferson has posted vic tories in all four of its city grade school league baseball games this season and in each Mike Barnes has pitched a no hitter. Jeff defeated Oak Grove 16 to 0 for the city champion ship yesterday as Barnes hurled his fourth triumph. In other games which had no 'bearing on league play Lincoln nipped Roosevelt A 4 to 3 in extra innings, Wash ington topped West Side 6 to 1 and Jackson bounced Roose velt B 5 to 0 on Don Longan's no-hitter. Barnes whiffed 12 batters yesterday, walked five and hit one. Kenny Phipps led the hitting with three raps in four times up and Pete Hin man and Steve Toews each had two for four Five runs crossed home in the first inning on two hit batters, a base on balls, a sin gle by Phipps, a triple by Terry Pesenti and Pete Hin man's sacrifice bunt. Seven more were tabulated in the fourth bri two bases on balls, two errors and hits by Steve and Frank Toews, Phipps and Hinman. Winning Run Chuck Campbell scored the winning run for Lincoln with no one out in the seventh inning. He and Temple walk ed. Campbell stole third base and came home on an over throw of third on the play, Lincoln had men on base with none out in the third and sixth innings but in each case Roosevelt Pitcher Verstrate fanned the next three batters He also whiffed three in the fifth inning, Washington had three runs each in the first and second innings against West Side Steve Ettles tripled for Wash ington to drive in three runs and scored on an error on the same play. Kengla smacked a home run ball for the Riders but was put out for failure to touch second base. Jackson entered the victory column with five runs in the third inning on three bases on balls, hits by Jim Stanley and Bill Houston and an over throw. Longan walked two, LINESCOREsI Jefferson 521 71 16 11 1 Oak Grove 000 00 0 0 3 Barnes and Phipps; Cline, Larson (4) and Driskell. Roosevelt A 101 010 0 3 5 2 Lincoln 100 200 1 4 3 3 Verstrate and Moore; Stickley and Childs, Anglers Asked To Park Cars At Residence Donald Tindall, Upper Ap- plegate rancher, told the Mail Tribune yesterday that an glers are welcome to fish in the Applegate river along his frontage. However, he asked that fishermen, drive to his house to park their cars. This action on the part of sportsmen will serve to. protect fences on his property, he said. Tindall has about one mile of frontage along the river. Lahouari Godih To Fight Busso By JACK CUDDY New York (IP) Algeria born Lahourai Godih,. light weight champion of France, brings his world-title .cam paign to Madison Square Gar den Friday ( night for a TV fight with contender Johnny Busso of New York. Their 10-rounder will be televised and broadcast na tionally. Unbeaten in the last three years, 29-year-old Godih seeks his 21st straight victory in his second United States start. He impressively outpointed welt erweight Larry Baker at Washington, D.C., April 18. Nevertheless, the betting is at "even money" because of Busso's apparently superior punch and accurate hitting at long range. The famous English dwarf called General Tom Thumb married another dwarf, La- vina Warren, in 1863. CRATER ROSTER: 100 Fred Warner. Clark Cutting: 220 Cutting. Jerry Kime. Don GiT- laspey; 440 Kime. Dick Woods, (iiliaspey: bbu Jonn aurns, Charles Black: Mile Nathan Par ish. Bob Morris, Earl Cooper: Low hurdles Lee Gossett. Wayne Mar tin: High hurdles Roscoe Day. Da vid Mack: Relay W. Martin, Woods, Cutting, Kime. High jump Day. Burns. Jerry Michaels: Broad jump W a r n e r. Woods. Chuck Turner: Pole vault Jim Eldred. Gary Johnson. Dur and Waller; Discus Mike Martin, Glenn Cote; Javelin Doug Davis, Max Butron, Turner; Shot put British Columbia, third largest province after Quebec and Ontoria, covers 366,255 square miles. West Side 000 10 1 2 2 Washington 330 Ox 6 4 1 Beck and Kengla; Hassmann. Al len (2 1 and Wooton, Kinney (4). Roosevelt B 000 0 0 Jackson 005 x 5 Jansen, Foulon (3) and Murry; J-uiigciii ana vinceni. PCC Track Meet Gets Underway Eugene (IF) Mark Tfnh bins, ace Oregon two-miler. is suffering from a throat infec tion and will miss the Pacific Coast Conference track and field championships at Ber keley this week end. Berkeley (IP) The mighty irojans of southern Califor nia, nationally supreme in track and field for most of the time during the last quarter century, went after their 17th win in the last 18 years in the Pacific Coast conference meet ing opening at Berkeley to day. With world record holder Charley Dumas in the high jump and the great Rink Bab- ka in the discus leading the way, coach Jess Mortenson's crew isn't expected to have too much trouble. Most of the major conflicts are scheduled for Saturday. The only competition for the Trojans is expected to come from Rafer Johnson, who'll be competing for UCLA. The decathlon star is entered in eight events: both sprints, both hurdles, the shot put, broad jump, discus and javelin. However, it is prob able that he 11 not compete in more than four. He has a good chance to win in three: the high hurdles, javelin and broad jump. Bowden Skips Mils . Some of the shine has been taken off the mile run with the announcement that Don Bowden, Cal's 3.58.7 runner. will skip that event and com pete only in the half mile and the relay. If he runs in the half, he 11 have plenty of op position, with Norm Llyd of Stanford having a better time this year at 1:49.2. Bowden has a 1:49.8; and Ernie Cun- liffe of Stanford has 1:50.2. There are five conference champions defending. These are: Terry Tobacco, Washing ton, in the 440: Bowden in the half; Max Truex of USC, a vir tual cinch in the two-mile; Bob Lawson, USC, in the high and low hurdles; and Rink Babka of USC, who'll be com peting for his third consecu tive crown in the discus. WILL MAKE PRO DEBUT Scranton, Pa. (IP) Dan Hodge of Wichita, Kan., the 1958 Golden Gloves heavy weight titleholder, will' make his professional debut here in an eight-round bout against Don Jackson of Youngstown, Ohio, June 10. . VI Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport LAND LEVELING EQUIPMENT . FOR RENT CONCRETE C? Delivered SP 2-5271 248 E. McANDREWS RD. Medford Team Competing In PTT Keghng Tourney Some 170 Pacific Telephone, and Telegraph company em-j ployees from Eugene, Port-i land, Salem, Medford, The Dalles and Roseburg will roll for individual and team class A and B honors at the U-Bowl Alleys in Eugene, Saturday, May 24. The tourney is the first state-wide event sponsored by the Telephone Employees Ac tivities association. First Ball Ceremony Rolling the first ball to start the meet at 10 a.m. will be Frank A. Dressier, PTT vice president and general man ager from Portland. Class A teams will start roll ing at 10 a.m., with class B entries scheduled to start at 12:30 p.m. The entry list includes 16 teams from Portland, nine SPORTS from Eugene, four from Salem, three from Roseburg, and one each from The Dalles and Medford. ' The tourney is an ABC sanc tioned meet. Representing Medford will be J. L. Martin, C. O. Jones, H. Hickman, F. Little, J. Stro bel and W. Judy. Sydney, Australia, has a population of about two mil lion. That is nearly one-fifth of the population of Australia. An ostrich egg weighs as much as a dozen hen's e ggs. A hummingbird egg weighs only a few grains. Trout Season Opens Saturday Portland (IP) Thousands of anglers were expected to head for the high lake coun try Saturday with the open ing of the Cascade lakes to trout fishing. Excellent fishing was pre dicted for such lakes as Crane Prairie, East and Pau lina. Roads to the lakes were open but campgrounds at East were blocked by snow and only limited space was available at Paulina. , Elk lake was froxen over and the road is closed at Big Lava Lake junction. Diamond lake was expect ed to get heavy fishing pressure. Coastal streams also open Saturday for trout eight inches or over. Paris has more night clubs than any city in the world. New York is second. 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