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t 8 MAIL TRIBUNE, M.dforrf, 0rs., Tu.tdiy, Jun 10, 19SI Bedford, CP Legion Nines Bill Roseburg Tuesday, Wednesday Lockwood Motors, Roseburg team in American Legion baseball, which plays at Med f ord this eveng and Wednes day night, again has the flavor of a Douglas county-wide con tingent. At least six Douglas communities are represented on the squad. Roseburg is scheduled to play Central Point Cheney Studs tonight and Medford Crater Lake Motors American Legion nine on Wednesday.! Starting hour on -both occa sions is 8 p.m. at Cheney field. Players from Glide, Drain, the Winston - Dillard area, Glendale and Camas Valley, in addition to Roseburg, are on the Lockwood squad ac cording to a recent story in the Roseburg News Review. Amonggjthe six pitchers in camp were Bill Eswine and John Livingston from Glide, Bob Whippel from Drain, No lan Buck from Douglas high of Winston-Dillard and Jerry Halladay and Walt Edmunds from Roseburg. Won 24 in 1957 Other players drilling last week were Wes Young from Glendale, Floyd Phillips from Drain, Byron Baker from Camas Valley, Denny Bisso nette from Douglas and Don Wells, Mike Hatfield, Bob Scott, Ted Kolberg and Chuck Hinn. O A number of the foregoing players were on the 1957 Camp White Prospect This Camp White Camp White semi-pro baseball nine, rain ed out of action Sunday, hopes to get back into the swing of things on Wednes day. The Whiters tentatively are billed to entertain Prospect in a practice game Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Memorial stad ium here. Another non-league hassle is planned for Satur day when the Veterans Ad ministration domiciliary sponsored club takes on the Klamath Kubs at Klamath Falls. Both Jim Eggers and Jim Smith may see some pitching service for Camp White on Wednesday evening. Don Vannice is expected to handle the chucking for Prospect. Rain over the past week end delayed the opening of the Rogue Valley league un til next Sunday when Pros pect will be at Cave Junction and Camp White at Butte Falls. - Games postponed last' Sun day were Cave Junction at Camp White and -Butte Falls at Riddle. Latest word is that they will be ifloved to the tail end of the season. FLEISCIIMANNS VOpilft FOR PERFECT H jfUtttfXED DRINKS Jd EVERY i f. TIME . Spgy H B J ft VODKA 1 1 .... . , rnrri hosting recipe book lib EL! 24 Pages Drinks and Canapes WRITE THE FLEISCHMANN DIST. CORP., DEPT. E, 625 MADISON AVE, NYC Lockwood squad which won 24 games and lost six and ad vanced to the state champion ship series. - Roseburg is in the same Le- ogion baseball area as Medford and Central Point but is in the northern district whereas the Cheney and Crater Lake Motors clubs are in the south ern district. Either Alan McKinnis or Pete Stemple is slated for mound service for Central Point tonight. Dennis Barr and Jerry Anderson saw duty for Medford against CP last Sat urday. They should be suffic iently rested if Coach John Kovenz wishes to use either. The coach, however, could choose from among Tom Laur ance, Pat McLaughlin and Herb Wheeler. Tacoma Fighter Wins With TKO Butte, Mont. (UP!) Pat McMurtry, Tacoma, Wash., wore-down a winded Henry Hall, Milwaukee, Wis., for a seventh-round technical knockout in a scheduled 10 round heavyweight fight here Monday night. McMurtry weighed in at 186, Hall at 190. Jimmy ale, 140, Portland, TKO'd Harold Nelson, 135, Seattle, in 1:12 of the fourth round of the semi-windup. May Tussle Wednesday Decola, Schmidt Possible Match ' New York (UPI) Promo ter Teddy Brenner said today he will match welterweights Tony Decola and Peter Schmidt for a return bout next' month if Monday tele vision fights are continued at St. Nicholas Arena during the summer. Decola of Brooklyn won a technical knockout over Schmidt of New York because of a cut left brow and eyelid in the ninth round at St, Nick's Monday night. Decola weighed 148 pounds; Schmidt, 145 Vz. U. of O. Champs . To Get Track Letters ' Eugene (UPI) Eighteen members of the University of Oregon's Northern division track and field champions were recommended for var sity letters today. Only four seniors are among the letter winners. 80 PROOF DISTILLED FROM 100 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS -THE FLEISCHMANN DIST. CORP, NEW YORK CITY Hart Turner Will Meet In 10 Rounds Philadelphia (UPI) Gar net (Sugar) Hart and Gil Tur ner pass up friendship for golden opportunity tonight when they meet n a 10-roundi bout that could earn the win ner a shot at- the welter weight title. The 22year-old Hart is fa vored at 8-5 to defeat Turner, who used to spar with him for fun in the gym. The Penn sylvania Athletic commission will name the winner state champon. Also, promoter Herman Taylor has offered new welter king Virgil Akins $30,000 to defend against the victor. Sugar is rated fourth to Turner's sixth by the Nation al Boxing association. Ring Magazine lists Hart fifth and the 27-year-old Turner sev enth. Hart has won 25 bouts, 20 by knockout, including a TKO over .Charley (Tombstone) Smith in his last start. He has lost only three and hat been held even once. Turner, who plans his usual slam-bang style against Hart, has a 55-17-1 record, includ- ing a decision over Akins last September. He lost to Vince Martinez in a close one more recently. Willie Reddish, former heavyweight boxer, trains both fighters, but he is sitting out this crossroads bout. Hart and Turner each will have somebody new handling cor ner chores. STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. San Francisco 30 22 Milwaukee 27 20 Cincinnati 23 22 St. Louis 24 24 Chicago 26 27 Pittsburgh 24 26 Philadelphia 21 27 Los Angeles 21 28 Pet .577 .574 .511 .500 .491 .480 .438 .429 GB 3', 714 Monday's Results Cincinanti 3, San Francisco 0 (Only Game scheduled) Tuesday's Probable Pitchers Pittsburgh at San Francisco (night) Friend (8-4) vs. Monzant (4-4). Philadelphia at Los Angeles (night) Semproch (5-4) vs. Wil liams (1-0) or Newcombe (0-4). Cincinanti at St. Louis (night) Haddix (3-3) vs. MizeU (3-5). Milwaukee at Chicago Spahn (8-1) vs. Drott (3-2). Wednedsay's Games Pittsburgh at San Francisco Milwaukee at Chicago Cincinati at St. Louis (night) Phila. at Los Angeles (night) AMERICAN LEAGUE W L New York 32 14 Kansas City 25 22 Boston 27 24 Washington 23 26 Cleveland 24 28 Baltimore 22 26 Chicago 21 27 Detroit 21 28 Pet. GB .696 .532 7i .529 7i .469 lOVl .462 11 .458 11 .438 12 .429 12 i Monday's Results Baltimore 6, Cleveland 2 (night) Boston 9, Detroit 4 (night) Chicago at Washington, ppd., rain. (Only games scheduled). Tuesday's Probable Pitchers Cleveland at Baltimore (night) Bell (0-0) vs. Johnson (2-4). Kansas City at New York (night) Urban (6-2) vs. Larsen (4-0). Detroit at Boston (night) Hoeft (4-5) vs. Smith (3-1). Chicago at Washington - (2. twi night) Moore (2-1) and Wilson (5-4) vs. Stobbs (2-4) and Pascual (3-4). Wednesday's Games Chicago at Washington (night) Cleveland at Baltimore (night) Kansas City at New York Detroit at Boston PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE " W. L. Pet. GB Vancouver 36 20 .643 Phoenix .!.... 36 22 .621 1 Salt Lake 29 24 .547 5,i San Diego . 29 26 .527 S', Sacramento 23 29 .442 11 Spokane 23 33 .411 13 Seattle ,. 23 33 .411 13 Portlaid 19 31 38014 Monday's Results Vancouver 1-1. Portland 0-0 (Only games scheduled) Bow Series Ended Vancouver 6, Portland 1 NORTHWEST LEAGUE W. L. Lewiston 32 12 Pet. GB 727 Wentachee 28 20 .583 e Yakima 25 22 .531 8i Eugene 18 23 .439 12 li Tri-City 17 26 .395 14 Vi Salem 14 31 .311 18a Monday's Results Yakima 5. Wenatche Salem 8, Tri-City 7 Lewiston 6, Jagene I Today's Schedule Wenatchee at Yakima Lewiston at Eugene Tri-City at Salem - League Leaders By United Press International NATIONAL LKAulIB G. AB. K. Pet .418 .408 .349 .341 Musial, St. L. 45 165 26 69 Mays. S.F 52 213 48 87 Green. St. L. 41 126 19 44 Ashburn, Pha. 48 185 32 63 Cepeda. S. F. 51 209 40 70 .335 Nieman. Balti. 34 109 16 40 .367 Kuenn. Det... 44 167 25 57 J41 Fox. Chi. .. .. 48 193 25 65 .337 McDgld.. N.Y. 40 146 25 49 .336 Vernon. Cle... 44 111 19 38 J24 Home Runs National League Banks, Cubs 17; Thomas. Pirates 16; Mays. Gi ants 14; Walls, Cubs 15; Cepeda, Giants 13.-- American League Cerv, Athlet ics 15: Jensen, Red Sox 14; Trian dos. Orioles 12; Mantle, Yankees 11; Gernert, Red Sox 11. Buns Batted In National League Thomas. Pi rates 49; Banks. Cubs 49; Mays, Gi ants 42; Cepeda, Giants 38; Spen cer. Giants 36. American League Cerv, Athlet ics 45; Jensen, Red Sox 44; Ger nert Red Sox 35; Sievers, Sena tors 31; Skowron, Yankees 29. Pitching National League Purkey, Red legs 8-1; Spahn, Braves 8-1; McMa hon. Braves 5-1; McCormick. Gi ants 4-1; Friend, Pirates 8-4; El ston. Cubs 6-3. American League Turley, Yan kees 9-1; Dickson. Athletics 4-1; Garver, Athletics 7-2; Ford, Yan kees 7-2; Sister. Red Sox 5-3; Ur ban, Athletics 5-2. New Mexico, the state where the world's first atomic explosion took place in 1945, today leads the nation in pro duction of uranium ore. ' ' TO MEET LIND FLORIST SOFTBALLERS Ellen Calla ghan, left, and Bernice Bigham are members of the Rogue Valley Dairy Maids Softball team which meets the strong Erv Lind Florists of Portland on Sunday evening, June 15, at Memorial stadium, Camp White. Miss Callaghan is center fielder and Miss Bigham shortstop for the Rogue Valley club which is sponsored by the Milk Producers league. The game is one of the top attractions of the season at the Veterans Administration domiciliary field. MEDF0U)UsWriUBUNE sipaDmirs RVCC Club Championship Golf Pairings Medalist Carl Schmidt will face Del Berg- and defending champion. Harry Millette will oppose Tom MacLeod in first round matches of the men's club championship golf tournament of Rogue Valley Country club. Qualifying closed Sunday evening and pairings for the annual contention were an nounced yesterday. A total of 82 men are con tending in the tournament with 32 in the championship flight. There are the second and fourth flights with 16 participants each, the sixth with 12 entrants and the eighth with six players. Juno 22 Deadline First round losers will fall into the first, third, fifth, sev enth and ninth flights for the second round of play. Linksmen have through June 22 to complete their first round tussles. First man listed in each of the pairings is instructed to contact his ri val to arrange time of the match. Schmidt qualified with, a 71. , - ' FIRT ROUND PAIRINGS: Championship Flight Carl Schmidt vs. Del Berg, Rob ert Buck vs. Dick House, John Nuich vs. Ed Hall, Leland Clark vs. Bill Blackledge, Dave Boals vs. Jim Curley, Phil Mongrain vs. Deane Lambert, Larry Butler vs. Tom Teutsch, Bill Clark vs. Bayard Getchell. Harry Millette vs. Tom MacLeod, Bob Maentz vs. Clayton Lewis, Bruce Stanley vs. Bob Phillips, Lee Flink vs. Paul Walker, Alan Holmes vs. Tom Hamlin, Glenn Keyes vs. Bob Lockwood, William Miller vs. Dave Burns, Jim Wilson vs. Norm Hillyer. Second Flight Clark Mears vs. Billy Blackstone, John Jensen vs. George Sloniger, George Stacey vs. Mike Hawkins, Charles Mickelson vs. Dutch Oakes, Dick Travis vs. Russ Heysell, Dick Finch vs. Ray Wise, Everett Mc Graw vs. Bud Judy, Ranny Smith vs. Sanford Buffington. Fourth Flight Walter Tomlin vs. Bob Bayuk Diamond Lake Fishing Good Diamond Lake Fishing has been holding up well, at Dia mond lake, according to John Koch, manager of the resort. Koch reported that Mrs. John R. Bennett, Portland, caught a six-pound, 24-inch trout. It is the largest kam- loops rainbow taken to date at the lake. The fish took a green frog flatfish lure. Koch said that the resort has telephone service again such as it is. Enjoy yourself with ' an HFC vacation loan HOUSEHOLD FINANCE 128 E. Main St., 2nd Floor PHONE: SPring 3-5301 Announced vs. Jim Dunlevy, Bob Little vs. John Moffat. Frank Allen vs. Stoy Elliott, Tom Harnsberger vs. Bon Van Duker, Merlon Emmans vs. Bob Wells, Jack Creager vs. Ed Radzweit, Warren Deakins vs. A. C. Broyles. Sixth Flight Ted Sickels bye, Fred Conrad vs. Al McGinnis, Jim Ivory vs. Jerry Cottingham, John Weisel bye, Lowell Chamberlain bye, Harry Jewett vs. Duane Lubbers, Fred Sears vs. Jerry Olson, Parker Woods bye. Eighth Flight Floyd Baker bye, Bob Dickey vs. Abner Clark, Gordon Taylor vs. Curt Butterfield, Fred Morlan bye. . Harold Carter Will Resume Career in Ring New York (UPI) Heavy weight Harold Carter, 24, making his first start since he came out of the Army, is favored at 12-5 to beat con tender Willie Besmanoff at Madison Square Garden Fri day night in a featured bout on the week's schedule. Carter, of Linden, N. J., was a ranking contender be fore he entered the Army in January, 1957. Besmanoff, of Germany, is rated No. 9 among contenders. Their 10-rounder will be televised and broadcast na tionally by NBC. Wednesday n i g h t's TV (ABC) bout at Washington, D. C, will be a dressy affair staged on the outdoor terrace of the Shoreham Hotel. In the 10-rounder, Joey Giardello, Brooklyn, second - ranking middleweight ' contender, en gages Franz Szuzina of Ger many, unranked. Giardello is favored. It's a charity show. The week's boxing sched ule also includes: Tuesday Philadelphia S u g a r Hart vs. Gil -Turner. San Jose, Calif. Julian Valdez vs. Willie Morton. Halifax, N.S. Richie Kid Howard vs. Johnny Juliano. Tyler, Tex. Don Fleeman vs. John Hunt. Thursday Milwaukee Tony An thony vs. Orville Pitts. Boston Joe de Nuccni vs. Yvon Turenne. Los Angeles Mauro Vasquez vs. Pete Kawula. Saturday Holly wood, . Calif . Billy Peacock vs. Boots Monroe. Milan, Italy Mario d'Agata vs. Peter Keenan. BIG DAILY DOUBLE Boston (UPI) Market Gain and Red Sultan, a pair of outsiders, scored upset vic tories in the first two races at Suffolk Downs Monday to produce a ' $992.60 daily double. Market Gain paid $39.20 straight, while Red Sultan paid $51.80. .Extra money from HFC will come in handy what ever you do. Borrow up to $1500 Jn privacy, with monthly repayment terms you select. For' one 'day service, phone or visit HFC today, America's oldest and largest con sumer finance company. Modern money service backed by 80 years' experience .; Vancouver, Phoenix Resume Battle For League Lead By United Prats International Vancouver and Phoenix re sume their battle for the Pa cific Coast league lead tonight with the Mounties holding on to a slim lead by virtue of twin 1-0 wins over Portland. The Mounties will host sev enth place -Seattle in a series startng tonight. While Van couver meets the Suds, second place Phoenix will meet third place Salt Lake in a - series which should be a tough one on pitchers. The Bees are 5Vi games out of first and must win their share from the Arizonans or else drop further out of the pennant chase. Power is the long suit of both clubs and the series should be a colorful one. In other action, firfth place Sacramento will take on fourth place San Diego, which is still within hailing distance of first place, six and one-half games out. Cellar dwellng Portland faces sixth-p lace Spokane to complete the slate. In yesterday's only action, the Mounties showed the classy pitching which has en Slammin' Aims For Tulsa, Okla. (UPI) Slam min' Sam Snead, trying for the 18th time to win the only major title in golf which has eluded him, took dead aim today on the U. S. Open cham pionship. Snead, now 46, has won more tournaments and more money than any other golfer in history, but the best he's been able to do in the Open is four runner-up finishes. Several times he had the title within his grasp, only to let it slip away. He's the sentimental favor ite to win this one Cary Middlecoff is the bookmakers' favorite and Snead realizes that most of the pros are pull ing for him. Is Currently Satisfied Despite his 36-35 71, Snead complained about the rough of the Southern Hills course and the sand traps. As a result of the complaints, Joe Dey, executive secretary of the U. S. Golf association, indicated he would have the rough cut NYLON TUBELESS Double 'Value Special J DOUBLE STRENGTH NYLON J DOUBLE SAFETY AT ANY SPEED i DOUBLE CURB PROTECTION Double Allowance Act now! We will give you double the regular trade-in allowance on your present tires new or old when you buy your new Safti Flights! This offer limited act now! 229 NORTH RIVERSIDE abled them to stay ahead of the heavy-hitting clubs which make up the rest of the first division. , The Mounties swept a pair from Portland with Erv Pa lica and Mel Held tossing the shutouts. Vancouver hurlers recorded four shutouts during the series. In the opener, Palica scat tered seven singles. Beaver veteran Elmer Singleton al lowed only four safeties, but one of them was Joe Frazier's eighth homer. In the nightcap, it was Held who pitched the four-hitter while Portland's John Bu shardt lost a . six-hitter. The Mounties sweated in the win ning run when Buddy Peter son singled, stole second, ad vanced on an out and came home on a wild pitch. THE LINESCORES: (1st game) PorUand 000 000 00 7 0 Vancouver 010 000 x 1 4 1 Singleton and Tornay; Palica and White. (2nd ' game) ' PorUand . 000 000 0 0 7 0 Vancouver ........010 000 x 1 4 1 Singleton and Tornay; Palica and White. Snead Open Title bef ore Thursday Ford Shoots Par Doug Ford the 1957 Masters champion, had one of Mon day's best practice rounds, an even par 70. Ben Hogan, shoot ing for his fifth Open title and who has been tailoring his game to fit the Southern Hills course since February shot a 73. ' Bantam Ben was satisfied with his game except for put ting. His position play was exceptional, but he carded five bogeys, largely because of an erratic putter, against only two birdies. Frank Stranahan, whom some of the pros are picking to win, shot a 73 despite two double bogeys. Buck White and Billy Casper had 71's with 72's for PGA champion Linel Hebert, Ed Furgol and Her man Barron. A ' recent study of Nobel Prize winners in physics shows that about one in three did . his prize-winning work before age 30. rvn Valley Clubs The Rogue Valley baseball league schedule has been ex tended one week to make up games rained out last Sunday, it has been announced. Games which were to have been played last Sunday will be played on Aug. 17 and will send Butte Falls to Rid dle and Cave Junction to Camp White. Prospect draws a bye on that date. League action next Sun day, June 15, will see Pros Here's A Bourbon Man's Bourbon with a flavor message for you: "RELAX... . this is the GENUINE!" Genuine Copper Distilled for handmade quality... Kentucky Weather - Ripened for-rich, round flavor. Cabin Still 5 YEARS OLD RjS! W 88 Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Distilled and Bottled solely by STITZEL.WlUXB DISTILUST, Fitzgerald Bd, LouisvilleKy, Ertab. 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