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iSPORTSCAST oouineoj yaiirornia Capturco fJCM Toga Omaha, Neb. (UPI) . . Southern California t o d held the NCAA coll bs ball crown, but it tooi th Trojans 12 innir cf tud-den-deathpyoff t frit th trick. Substitute Hit tltt' game winning hit hursflty night (jporef Hon Bifotti ith the game-ending run f nl gtv SQuthern Cl fn f -7. victory over Missouri in t1 ltA n mial college series. It was the secon"trtight win over Missouri for Trojfn hurler Bill Thorn, for Mis souri pitcher John O'Dono- bui Heath. ghue, however, it was the sec ond loss in a row at the hands of Soflthern Cal. Thom later was named the geries' most valuable player. It ws Southern Cal's sec ond win in two nights over Missouri. . Wednesday night's victory forced the series to go' into lst night's sudden-death final. LIN'BSCORES: LINfSCORES: Missouri 040 000 030 000 7 1 3 6 USC . . 000 700 00 18 10 2 Bud Harbin. Doug Gulick (4), John O'Donoghue (9) and Hank Kuhlmann: Bruce Gardner, Bob Blakeslee (2), BUI .Thom (8) and Fanfare By DICK JEWETT Mail Tribune S ports Editor Television station KBES will carry the San Fran cisco at Philadelphia major league baseball game at 9:55 a.m. on Saturday. Hoad Coach Fred Spiegel berg has announced an eight- game, four at home and four away, schedule for the 1958 Medford High school football He has been unable to find an opponent for a fifth home conflict although "searching in three border sfetes as well as throughout Oregon. Fred said 1t all other mentors of Southern Oregon conference schools have had similar woes; eifch winding up with an open m nSt fall. 2Bear that high schools atJl so do like colleges &6m Bif It up their slates five fftA tit year m advance. ioitaelberg had a fracas lifted ub ith Southern Ore an colltgt freshmen but tne )reAoft School Activities asso ciation aeennea to approve So gfttr- ffor1 to have Sept. 26 ftlltdl by inquiring as far nortfL at Olympia, Wash., as far outft & Sacramento and into l8ho, the date is still vacant. Lttr re still out in an effort to arrange a home game. $08? .LZM IN OPENER MeffMi ful open on rifiaf, Sept. 12, against 9rtl ilem at Medford. Om AefA. It the Black Tor gat gmm t David Doug lay sea lerlland. Oct., 3 i& at tVoiford ill bB the traditional mom- conference ri?al. VavskfiaJd. Also on th?ovaato turf -will be the Oct. 10 mim trith Crater and Oct. It tfa)e vith Klam Jh Tallia Otler dates are Oct. tjt Xuraka, Calif., Oct. $1 jUhland and N7. 4 at anls Pass. JAYVEB0 Hi V YARSITIES Two gftmfl with varsity clubs have beta added to the Medford junior varsity foot ball slate mating seven tus sles. The Junior Tornado will play Grants Pas twice, and Crater, Ashland and Klamath Falls once in action with oth er jayvees. Phoenix and St. Mary's will field varsity elev ens against the Medford JV. Stanford basketball team, he was recognized also as the outstanding athlete of the year of his graduating class. In 1955 he rated sec ond team all-conference. George, here for the sum mer to assist with the col lege youth program of the church said he "slung hash" with Joe Chez, ex-Medford high, who became a star baseball pitcher for Stan ford. Another school ac quaintance is Phil Getchell, ex-Medford high and ex Stanford golfer, who is also a divinity school student. Selleck coached, a high school team in New Jersey last winter to second in a state private school basket ball tournament. p --y - - fpnMp. ..... -v...-.- .:v;-.w: '::.; HOT ROOKIE Cubs' bonus rookie Dick Ellsworth, 18, who only a few days ago left the halls of Fresno, Cal., High School, has already pitched a shut-out against the White Sox, in Chicago. Ellsworth, a lefthanded pitcher, is rumored to have signed with the Cubs for 60,000. JULY 4 TRACK MEET An all-comers track meet is being planned for July 4 on the Southern Oregon college field at Ashland. Details are being worked out but the meet may be of the standard variety with the elimination of an event or two. It will be sponsored by the Lions club along with the groups other holiday activities. BED MAKER Bill McKibbin, coach at St. Mary's high, told us be fore heading north for the summer months that he'll probably will be ; busy making beds this summer. His mother has a motel at Osoyoos, B.C. Dairy Maids Play Chic Eagle Point Rogue Valley Dairy Maids Softball team will play at Chico, Calif., Sat urday night and at Klamath Falls on Sunday evening. Klamath replaces Duns- muir, Calif., on the Maids' road trip. Dunsmuir cancelled with the Rogue Valley nine. Pat Barron is expected to pitch at Chico for the. Dairy Maids and Doris Hickson will be on the chucking slab for the Klamath tangle. A 14-player ! squad will make the trip, Coach Shy Cal laghan reported. Beavers Take Third Straight in Series By JAMES J. HEALY Beavers of the Pacific Coast United Press International league. This is the third chapter in For the third time in a row the stirring saga of the Port- las 5ht- e Beavers hauled Dragon slaver hetter . uuaiy swora ana Dragon-slayers, better whacked Vancouver down to land known to all as the fifth place Jim Smith Pitcher for Bend Ciub Grants Pass Jim Smith who finished an all-around athletic career this spring at Grants Pass High school, has obtained employment at Bend for the summer and will pitch for the Bend Loggers of the semi-pro Central Oregon Baseball league. He has been twirling for Camp White of the Rogue Val ley loop since the completion of the prep diamond season An all-Southern Oregon conference player in football, basketball and baseball, Smith will enroll next fall at Stan ford university, according to his mother, Mrs. Josephine Smith. The athlete was interview ed recently . by Carl Mays, Portland, former major league pitcher now scouting for the Cleveland Indians. Mays was' said to be instru mental in obtaining work for Smith at Bend. HOOP STAR HERB GeorgevSellecfc, seminary student assistant at First Presbyterian church here. tells that he considered cc&ing to Medford few seasons back to play bast- ball with lh smi - pro Cheney Studs. A. graduate of Stanford uniTtrfity now . attending Princeton Theo logical . seminary, 3llck was a shortstop on hie col lege freshman team and played one 9i at third base for the Imtiaa varsity learn. However, ha aa btlr known for his bgsktball proves at IheoPalto Alto school. A 5 foot 8 inch guard, Selleck was nimed to the Pacific Coast confer ence all-star team and to the western district selec tions of Look, Saturday Evening Post, United Press and Associated Press in 1956. Voted to the all-time , O eat i j Imfl St (S WHAT'S tN0URAttWf TL...' Inn Trl mmm l--ti AmXiii,- once run recorded wa mad by J. Saunders in a Kfcw rfc track on Feb. 21-22, 1882 when he ran 127 milts, 275 yards in 22 hours. 49 minutes. averaging a little moretkfM Si mies an hour I TOP THIS! To any reader submitting contrary proof, Tip Brady will send a signed, wallet-sized diploma Write to: BEAT THIS, co this paper. Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. Enclose self-addressed, tamped envelope. r Vandal Caught Damaging Site Of Boat Launch Portland Acts of vandal ism are commonplace but an irate angler thought it too much when a young hoodlum was observed ripping up the recently completed public boat launching site on the Co- quille river In justified anger he called the game enforce- ent division of the state po lice and the vandal was ap prehended just as he was leav ing the scene of his vicious, deliberate destruction. Brought to court, the de fendant was given a $50.00 suspended fine and a one year's term on probation. He was also instructed to make restitution to the game com mission for the damage cre ated. According to Dan Eastman, land agent for the game com mission, this is not the first time that public access and boat launching sites have been damaged by vandals, but it is the first time that the parties involved have been appre hended and punished. Other - access sites where vandalism nas occurred in clude the Little Nestucca ac cess project where the sign was removed and thrown into the river. The sign was sal vaged and reset by the adja cent landowner. At the Three Rivers landing topsoil and gravel were removed causing sunken areas and chuck holes. In addition to garbage dump ing, access signs for the Hoss ner site were torn down but were salvaged and reset. Signs at the Schroeder park landing on the Rogue were also torn down. At the Charnley ac cess on the Nehalem, the siens have been torn down twice, but on both occasions they were salvaged and reset. Group Checking Facts on Weill Sacramento, Calif. (UPI) Al Weill's plans to promote a heavyweight championship bout in California have been postponed indefinitely, while state authorities check some "disturbing" 'facts about the fight figure and he consults his attorney. Weill, a New York match-. ma"ker before becoming man ager of former champion Rocky Marciano, planned to promote a fight in Los Ange les on Aug. 4 between cham pion Floyd Patterson and challenger Roy Harris of Cut Shoot, Tex. The California Boxing com mission was expected to make a decision today on Weill's application for a promoter's license, but commission chair man Dr. Dan O. Kilroy said Thursday that tne ruling has been postponed indefinitely. Cannibalism was widely practiced in the Fiji Island until 1835. Havanans Foil Bid By Royals United Press International The Havana Sugar Kings foiled Montreal's bid to gain ground in the International league race Thursday night when they came from behind to defeat the Royals, 3-2. Toronto, trailing Montreal by a half-game, lost to Miami, 6-1. In the only other game played Richmond beat . the cellar - dwelling Buffalo Bi sons with a 13-hit attack, 9-1. HENRY TO CANADIANS Vancouver, B. C. (UPI) Urban (Urbo) Henry, Georgia Tech tackle, has been signed by the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football league. Henry, a six-four, 265- pounder from Berwick, La., was the fourth draft choice of the Los Angeles Rams. size. The final score was 2-1, and just to show they had the power Portland got both its tallies on home runs. In the fourth frame George Freese hit his 11th round-tripper of the season, and in the next inning Ed Winceniak did the honors with his fourth. Happy Crowd A crowd of .1,991 watched happily as the home team kept the first place Mounties to one run in the sixth on a single by Buddy Peterson and a slamming double by Barry Shetrone. ( Around the loop, San Diego got taken for the second straight night by Spokane. That game ended 5-3 in favor of the Indians. Seattle dumped Salt Lake, 7-1, and the Phoe nix Giants came back afjer two straight losses to edge out Sacramento 2-1. SPORTS DeJohn Picked Over Bob Baker Syracuse, N. Y. (UPI) Lan ky Mike. DeJohn, Syracuse heavyweight contender, is a slight favorite at 11-10 to beat husky Bob Baker of Pitts burgh Friday in their ' TV fight at War Memorial auditorium. Hoffmeister To Join Portland's Beavers Portland (UPI) The Portland Beavers said today they had obtained Paul Hoff meister, a right handed pitch er, on option from the Chica go Cubs. Hoffmeister, 30, was out of baseball last season. He had a 6-5 record at Des Moines in the Western league in 1956. Camp White Schedules Presidio Camp White Camp White semi-pro baseballers, who meet the Klamath Kubs this evening and tackle Prospect in Rogue Valley league play this Sunday, are now looking forward to an Army, rival. The Veterans Administra tion domiciliary crew will en tertain the San Francisco Pre sidio squad on Wednesday, July 2. This Army aggrega tion includes a' number of players with collegiate and pro experience. A member of the club is Terry Maddox. He is an ex Medford high star who has played at University of Ore gon and with the pro Salem Senators. Maddox is listed on the roster as right fielder. Kubs at 8 p.m. Game with the Kubs is set for 8 o'clock tonight at the Veterans Administration Me morial stadium. It is a retufn ruckus for the scrape which Camp White won at Klamath last Saturday. At Prospect the Whiters are favored to gain their second loop victory. That game is set for 1:30 p.m. as is another RVL tussle, Cave Junction at Riddle. Jim Eggers probably will pitch for Camp White tonight with the Kub selection from Dave D'Olivo, Rod McPhaiJ and Wayne Hironaka. PHILLIES SIGN FOUR Philadelphia (UPI) The Philadelphia Phillies have signed four players for minor league affiliates. Tom Mor gan, of Hegins, Pa., will be assigned to Tulsa of the Texas league. Johnson City, Tenn., of the Appalachian league will receive Al Meningall of East Orange, N.J., Ed Curly Worden of Baltimore, Md., and James Lalley of Wash ington, N. J. . Will Mays Has Tests New York (UPI) Willie Mays insisted today he "ain't sick" but he says he may stay in the hospital a couple of more days. - "I have no pains and I don't feel sick.'Vsaid the San Fran cisco Giants' center-fielder from his bed at Harkness Pa vilion, "but maybe they can find out what's wrong with me if I stay here a few days." Mays, whose batting aver age skidded from .433 to .382 during the past two weeks, was examined by Dr. Stewart Gossrill Th'itFday anrf later hosoital officials said he would undergo "further tests." There was one report that Mays was suffering from stomach trouble but Willie de nied it. "I don't know who said that because it's not true at all." he declared. "The only thin.? wrong with jne is that I'm tired. India produces about 37 million goat and sheep hides in a normal year. - MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Friday, June 20, 1958. 11 ekey Dies Spill Inglewood, Calif. (UPI) Jockey Jack Westrope, who thrilled racing fans with his daring for a quarter of a cen tury, died Thursday night from injuries received when thrown from his mount just when it seemed another cher ished victory was within his grasp. The once cocky rider, who astonished the turf world when he won the national championship with 301 vic tories at the age of 15, died about two hours after the horse Well Away bolted into ,the fence in Thursday's sev enth race. The 40-year-old jockey was thrown on the rail when Well Away bolted and he appeared to land on "his right side. The U. S. Army's first air plane pilot was Brig. Gen. Frank P. Lahm, native of Mansfield, Ohio. He learned to fly in the third plane built by the Wright Brothers. Log Accident Kills Man Near St, Helens St. Helens (UPI) Eino Seehafer, 48, a resident of the Westport-Taylorville commu nity, died in Columbia Dis trict hospital here Thursday a few hours after he had been injured in a logging accident five miles west of Westport. Almost $8 million worth of imitation pearls are produced annually in Japan. M l!W IF Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport first Mcicic yair This SasD 8 iiW Aill Be '49 to '53 Models TIME TRIALS ' SATURDAY. JUME 21st 1 Mile North of Ashland From Medford turn left just beyond Jackson Hot Springs WITH THIS AD ADMISSION ONLY 99c-ReguIar Adult Admission $1.25 15 IN TOURNEY London (UPI) The num ber of American representa tives in the Wimbledon tennis men s singles cnampionsnip starting next' Monday was in creased to 15 today with the addition of Gregory Grant, Earl Buchholz, and Wayne Van Voorhees. NAMES CONDITIONS Melbourne, Australia (UPI) Norman Strange, an official of the Lawn .Tennis Association of Australia, said glamorous Karol Fageros "must be able to provide our girls with close contests in addition to show ing her charm'r to get an invi tation to next summer's tour naments. o) Rental E fff Reported in lifen Negotiations Portland (UPI) Progress in negotiations between the Operating Engineers Union tnd Associated General Con tractors was reported todav by a union official. Chuck Hastings, chairman of the union negotiating com mittee, said "we think we are reaching an agreement," Ear lier, union members author ized a strike if negotiations fail. Air Compressors Water Pumps Cement Finishing Machines 9 Electric and Gas Cement Vibrators Roller Water Wagon WITH OPERATOR 2 Graders Shovel 9 4 Cranes Back Hoe Drag Lines 0 Tractors with Bulldozers, Ripper or Carryall 2 Turnapulls , O Gunnite Machine with Mobile 600 cu. ft. 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