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Bryan Winner in Death-Marred 500-Mile Race at Indianapolis BY ED SAINSBURY United Presi International Indianapolis (UPI Speed way winner Jimmy Bryan Saturday night took home an alKtime record $105,564, his principal loot for coming home first in the 42nd annual 500-mile Memorial Day auto race. The cigar-chewing Arizona cowboy received the lion's share of $305,217 also an all time high at the victory dinner. IN DRAG RACES TODJY Gerald Fan ger, in the driver's seat, and Noel Black are shown with the Swiftens' dragster which they operate under sponsorship of OK Rub ber Welders. The speedy machine will be among entrants today in the Southern Ore gon Timing association drag races at the SOTA Drag Race Today Drivers under 21 years of age who plan to enter the drag races at Camp White strip today are reminded that they must have waivers with "them which release Southern Oregon Timing association from financial responsibility in case of accident. Statements to the effect, signed by parents or guardi . ans, will be sufficient. I SOTA's first drags of the season are scheduled with time trials between 10 . a.m. and noon and the first race a short while later. Races are open to the pub lic for an admission fee. A concessions stand will be in : operation. The strip is seven miles ; from Medford in west Camp White. Signs will mark the way from the highway "Y" in the north part of Medford, Oregonian Top Skipper Victoria, B.C. (UPI) The . 47-foot sloop Buccaneer of Vancouver, B.C. took an early lead today in the annual In ternational Swiftsure Yacht race. R. W. Baker sailed the sloop . up the Strait of Juan de Fuca Friday night and was widen ing her lead by the house. The Buccaneer's closet riv- . als were the Seattle yacht Strada, followed by Kate Tw and Diamond Head. The boats were expected to round the Swiftsure light ship this morning and return to the finish line here late : this afternoon. : Last year's winner, the Se attle yawl Maruffa, which had been favored to repeat, made a poor start and was far be hind the leaders. Oregon Boat Wins Race Provo (UPI) Rocky - Stone cf Willamina, skipped ' his hydroplane and runabout - over choppy waters of Utah ; lake here Friday to take three T first places in the annual Me- - morial Day regatta. - The event is sponsored by the Provo Boat club. ; Hundreds of spectators lined . the shore alcng the racing ; course despite threatening "weather, which unleashed a rain and wind storm midway ' through the seven-event re gatta. Weather also forced officials to exchange the mile-long plotted course for a quieter one within the Provo harbor. Other first places went to Harold Hurley, Idaho Falls, Idaho, crackerbox class; Wil liam Wallace, Seattle, Wash., D runabouts; and D hydro planes stock; Gary Peterson, Salt Lake City, B hydro planes. Pilots Capture Tennis Diadem . Portland (UPI) Umver- f PnrtlnH won the Dis- B1.J . . - trict 2 NAIA tennis cham pionship here Friday by post ing a straight set win over Oregon College. Lewis and Clark and Portland State fail- ed to sena iccuua uc uicci. The previous record was $300,252 last year, of which winner Sam Hanks got $103,844. This year's total jackpot in cluded $193,667 from the Speedway, $53,550 in acces sory awards, $30,000 lap prizes and $28,000 in entry fees. Bryan's total included $60, 849 from the management and $20,850 in lap prizes, he led 139 of the 200 laps. Race Driver Charged With Bad Judgment Indianapolis, Ind. (UPI) Driver Ed Elisian was sus pended from competition in the United States Auto club sanctioned races today for "bad judgment" in connection with a 16-car collision which killed Pat O'Connor during the first lap of he 500-mile race which Jimmy Bryan U.W. Crew Sprints to Clowe Win Seattle (UPI) The Uni versity of Washington varsity crew, stroked by John Sayre edged out the University of British Columbia in a thrilL ing 2,000 meter duel on Lake Washington today with a time of 6:05.6. Winning over the sprint dis tance meant the Huskies will travel to England to compete in the Royal Henley regatta against some of the world' finest racing crews. Husky Coach Al Ulbrickson had promised to take his varsity to England if they were vic torious in all regular season contests. Ulbrickson has tabbed this year's crew as among the best in Washing ton's long rowing history, and he wanted to take his rowers to England because Washing ton is ineligible for NCAA competition. The Oregon State College shell, stroked by Carl Mohr who was flipped from the boat when he caught a "crab" near the end of the varsity race. finished well back of the two pace-setters. The winning time was well off the course record of 6:00.4, but the race was rowed with a headwind in choppy waters over the first half of the course and the finish line had been extended so that the race actually was a . little more than 2,000 meters. How Now In Second Win Inglewood, Calif. (UPI) Speedy How Now scored his second straight stakes victory of the Hollywood Park meet ing Saturday, capturing the $27,950 Hollywood Express by better than a length as he came through on the rail to find racing room. The five-year-old Texas- bred gelding ran down the pace-setting Betty Rose, only filly in the five and a half fur long speed test and pulled away as he approach&l the finish. The victory came two weeks after How Now won the $50,000 Los Angeles Hand icap for his biggest victory and the son of Beau Max proved that victory was no fluke by coming back with his win today. How Now raced the short distance of the Hollywood Ex press in 1:03 35, more than a second off the track and world's record of 1:02 25 set last year by . Porterhouse in the same race. The aging Por terhouse made his first start since last winter Saturday but finished out of the money. Indianapolis, Ind. (UPI) The worst start in "500" his tory preceded the worst smashup the event has ever had, and national driving champion Jimmy Bryan rode the middle of the whirlwind through both of them to win the richest race of them all. Bryan's victory came be cause of his relentless pace, mostly over 140 miles per hour, for the last 180 laps af ter the field was slowed to 107 miles per hour for 20 laps due SOTA strip in west Camp White. The drag ster turned better than 132 miles per hour at Redding, Calif., recently and exceeded 128 mph last Sunday in a practice run. Time trials today start at 10 a.m. and first race is to be around 12:30 p.m. won. Duane Carter, director of competition for the USAC, announced Elisians suspen sion pending action of the board of directors. Carter said in his opinion Elisian was "guilty of bad judgment" at the ice's start. The suspen sion implied that Elisian was responsible for the crash, at least in Carter's eyes. Elisian said he was not in formed of the suspension. He said the wreck "could have happened to anybody." Mourn Death Bryan won the Indianapolis Speedway's richest race in history while drivers mourned O'Connor's high-spedQL death and sponsors of the race con sidered disciplinary action against Elisian and two other heavy-footed pilots. Bryan's triumph was con firmed in official statistics posted this morning at the track where joy mingled with gloom because O'Connor was killed and many cars were disabled on the first lap of the most violent race in 42 years of Memorial Day classics, o Chief Steward Harlan Fen- ler of the United States Auto ub, official sponsor of the race, said he is considering discipline for Dick Rathmann Ed Elisian and Jimmy Reece because their front-row cars in the 33-car starting field went ahead of the pace car. "I have to get all the infar- mation first and investigate before I'll come to a decision, Fengler said. However, he ab solved Elisian of blame in the connection with the multiple- car crash. "The man had a Tight to race ancFapparently thought he could get by Rathmann when the unfortunate acci dent occurred," Fengler said, O Trouble Seen On Park Site NEW YORK (UPI) A Los Angeles civic official who was one of the prime movers in inducing the Dodgers to move to California was quoted Sat urday as saying that Walter O'Malley faces "nothing but grief" in his efforts to acquire Chavez ravine as a ballpark site. The New York. Daily News, in a dispatch from Los An geles by baseball writer Dick Young, quoted Kenneth Hahn, a member of the county board of supervisors, as saying that even if the Chavez ravine ref erendum is approved in next Tuesday's voting, further ob stacles lie ahead for O'Malley. The 15-man Los Angeles council passed a proposal last year to turn over 300 acres of Chavez ravine to O'Malley in exchange for Wrigley Field and other future concessions in the ravine. However, pub lic opposition developed and now the proposal is up for referendum on June 3. England's Severn River, flowing 210 miles to the Bris tol Channel, is linked by can als with the Thames and the Mersey. Seagulls that swoop down and carry off golf balls cause trouble at a golf club in Eng land's South Devon. SPORTS to a 16-car collision in which eight cars wer eliminated and driver Pat O'Connor was killed. Bryan will receive his re ward for his daredevil driv ing tonight at the annual vic tory banquet and he'll prob ably pick up about $110,000 to exceed the previous roccrd purse for the winner. Bryan rode home in front in the same car in which Sam Hanks won last year. It was the fourth time a vehicle has triumphed two years in a row. Had Fierce Competition Bryan led the race for 139 of its 200 laps, including the final 75 despite a hard chase by runner-up George Amick, Venicle, Calif., and Johnny Boyd, Fresno, Calif. Boyd trailed by less than a second at one point, but a 24-second pit stop for a tire and fuel left him too far behind. Bryan averaged 133.791 miles per hour, Amick 133.517 and Boyd 133.099. Every one of the leading sextet was involved in the 16- car crash, which came on the northeast turn on the first lap. None of them was a factor in the race. The start was horrible. The field had been sched uled to make two pace tours of the 2V-mile oval track be fore the signal to race. In stead, Dick Rathmann, Ed Elisian, and Jimmy Reece, ran away from the field on the first lap. Start Was-" Ragged Before the pack was even together to start, the three front - runners had gone around four times and the 30 other cars three times. They got away to a ragged start with hardly any alignment. Rathman said he was lead ing into the turn when Elisian moved inside of them, then spun outward to whip both cars against the wall. The combined wreckage re bounded onto the track as Reece whacked into it. O'Con nor, riding iiuthe second row, zoomed over the pileup into the wall, then bounced back upside down and skidded down the track in flames. The 29-year-old North Ver non, Ind., driver, who last year won the pole position for the race, was dead when he was removed from the3 car, the 11th driver to die in the 500 mile race. He was the first fatality during the race since 1955 when Vukovich, who has won the previous twoyears, was killed in a similar crash. Tony Bettenhausen, Tinley Park, 111., was fourth, Rath mann, Miami, Fla., finished fifth. Sporis Bulletin: Modesto, Calif. (UPI) University of California's sprint medley relay team, anchored by the great Don Bowden, set a new national record Saturday night in the sprint medley relay with a time of 3:18.8 at the California relays. Webb Gets Split Nod Miami Beach, Fla. (UPI) Middleweight contender Spi der Webb, who won a split decision over Jimmy Beecham Friday night, said today he would go through with a Lon don fight June 24 despite a more attractive offer. Webb's manager, Hector Knowles, rejected an offer to meet second - ranking Joey Giardello at San Francisco, June 30, in order to carry out the Spider's London con tract for a fight with Nigerian Dick Tiger. In Friday night's TV 10- rounder at the Miami Beach Auditorium, upright Webb of Chicago set a fast pace throughout; but the low- bobbing Beecham of Miami Beach gave him an unexpect edly hard fight. The Spider, weighing 160 pounds to Beecham's 161, won the votes of the two judges on a 10-point basis; but. Ref eree Cy Gottfried had Beech ira ahead, 98-95. Judge Carl Gardner favored Webb, S'S-94, and Judge Gus Jacobs agreed 9 V-95. The United Press Inter national liked Webb, 97-94. Parachutes are useless on the moon because it has no atmosphere. Poison Oak? Try a Bottle of ZEMACOL You must be satisfied or yout money cheerfully refunded. Get a bottle today at WESTERN THRIFT ifc. (Mi W f! , gCl: Iggp GAME MAN RETIRES Bert Peck, above, retired Saturday after 17 years with the Oregon State Game commission. He has been a foreman of the commission's fish screen construc tion plant at Central Point for eight years and is shown here inspecting a screen at the plant. Peck has been a resident of Central Point since 1917. N Camp White Down Riddle Clash at Prospect Today Memorial Stadium, Camp White Camp White, tuning for rivalry in the Rogue Val ley Baseball league, disposed of one member of the circuit in Friday night exhibition and played another league en try in a practice game on Sun day. The Veterans Administra tion domiciliary sponsored crew blanked the newly-organized Riddle aggregation 12 to Oin the fracas here. It will travel tcrProspect for the 2 p.m. Sunday tussle. Formal league play begins next Sun day. 1 Pitcher Don Sanford twirled twirled a 15-strikeout five hitter and yielded only one walk in tossing the VAD vic tory on Friday. His teammates went errorless in eight of nine innings in the field Manager Pete Hale slapped three hts, two of them doubles in five times up and scored three runs for Camp White. Don Wendt and Clyde Smith each hit two for three and Smith crossed for four runs. Chuck Mairchant and Don Sanford also had two hits apiece. Almost Homer Wendt smashecLthe ball to deep left field forvhat would have been a home run had he not stumbled on his way be tween third base and home plate. He was tagged out as e lay on the ground Camp White started off with three runs in the first Preps Can Open Gridiron Drill On August 25 Corvallis (UPI) QOre gon high school football practice will start one week earlier this year, on Aug. 25, as a result of a unani mous vote here Friday by the delegate assembly of the Oregon School Activi ties Association. Schools may play their first game this year on Sept. 12. The assembly also set sites for the state basket ball tournaments next year. The A-l tourney will be held again at MacArthur Court in Eugene while the A-2 contests will be held at South Salem. The assem bly will decide the locale of the B tournament at its meeting today. Both Bend and Baker want the meet. Bend, Redmond and Prineville will form a new subdivision from District 8, A-l, into District 7. IRRIGATION PUMPS to 60 H.P. $2950 From up Vz H.P. SHALLOW WELL $8350 Vi H.P. DEEP WELL With 42 Gallon Tank and Air Charger $146 Complete Siskiyou Hardware Ph. SP 2-2939225 W. Main MEDFORD, OREGON We Give S&H Green Stamps Baseballers Semi-Pros; inning on a hit by Hale, two walks, a hit batter, two stolen bases and three errors. Two more were poked over in the fifth on double by Hale, two miscues, a stolen base and a sacrifice flyout by Jack Burns. -A single by Clyde Smith, a double by Hale, a walk, a passed ball, a stolen base and an error resulted in three sixth inning markers. Smith doubled and Allen and Sanford safetied and there were two errors, a field er's option and a pilfered base for four counters in the eighth frame. Dick James nad two hits in four times up for Riddle and Ray Munyon smacked a two baser. Riddle threatened in the first and sixth innings by getting men as far as third base. The wisitors showed lack of practice as a team but are expected to be tougher as the loop season progresses. Other members of the league this year will be Cave Junction and Butte Falls. 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Manages, Also As though performing in the show were not enough, Groce also acts as track man ager, seeing that the. show moves along at just the right pace, that the ramps and other equipment is set in its right place, and that the driv ers and stuntmen work to gether as a team. In addition to all this, he trains new members of the troupe in the art of "hell driving." The fact that the two hour long Chitwood pro gram is performed as though by clock-work, without a lull part due to the work of Pete Groce. Twenty-seven action-packed events, ranging from the "Slide, for Life" to the fea tured 100-foot ramp to ramp leap of a new 1958 car, per formed by Miss Pat Jones, should make up a thrilling package for spectators Wednesday. Bear Hurls No-Hitter By' United Press International . The Yakima Bears are glad Charlie Drummond has come to town. Drummond, a big fast-ball-er recently sent to Yakima by Pacific Coast League Vancou ver, fashioned a no-hit, no run' game Friday night as the Bears won a 2-0 victory over Lewiston in the second game of a Northwest league double header. Drummond fanned nine in the nightcap after Yakima had lost the first game 6-5 to the league-leading Broncs. He walked four. HELPFUL HOME BEEN MADE at JCf Jacson County Federal ' Savings (Slid Loan AsSOCiatlOn MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Sales Manager Favorite In British Golf Tourney St. Andrews, Scotland (UPI) Tim Holland, a 27- year-old sales manager from Rockville Centre, -N.Y., was listed as the favorite today for the British amateur golf championship which gets un der way in this home of golf on Monday. Although he never has won a major title, Holland made the biggest impression on the canny and knowledgeable Scotsmen, who has watched all the practice rounds dur ing the week. 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