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o wiMIII III I.I ...... ,..iiT Mmu. ... 1 1 umwmmxm-j WHAYS LIKE ISLAND LIFE Happy with the "pleasant local way of life" in Hawaii are Cato Wray, one-time Medford High school grid and track star, and his wife, Ruby. Wray is representative at Honolulu for Northwest Orient airlines. World War II and a parachuting injury ended his athletic career. He has been with the airline since 1945. (Northwest Orient Airlines). Former Medford High Athlete Enthusiastic About Hawaiian Living; Official for Airline Honolulu. Hawaii "I don't want people to think I've gone native and wear a flower in my hair." Cato Wray, 36, former foot ball and track star at Medford High school, hasn't gone na ti hut after eight years as - onroantative here of Northwest Orient airlines he Is mighty enthusiastic about island living. "We have all the mainland comforts of living, plus i the ni9nt local way of life, he explains. And that includes Oeating poi and a bit of raw fish now and then. - As agency and intetline rep resentative in Hawan ioi Northwest, Cato puts in long hours covering not only Oahu but also the outer islands from his office just across the street from Waikiki beach. He wears a business suit during working hours, but off duty he quicMy conforms to the sensible custom of a cool, and colorful Aloha shirt. On week enfis he prefers shorts. Cato and his attractive wife, SAVE $500 ON ANT COMPLETE jjjrake Retina Rivetless Brake Lining Bonded To Your Shoes QPARANTEED for 0,0 Firestone Dra&e Special! A 3.50 O f&e's What We Be (J 3 MILES ALL CARS T119 ANY CAR limn Hmmt Wfcwfk, hnpact Unia. CUmn mmd ltpk f Mrt Whaat lrlngi. 3 Impact Brafc BjqMM. 4 &Kk mmd Add Maid. 5 Adims Irak Shea. . a$ Corafally Tart Iraka. Finaat Equipment, Shop and Best Trained Mechanic Firestone, 214 So. STORES Riverside Ph. SP 2-7119 the former Ruby Keala Ras mussen, live in a small pent house apartment just off Waikiki. Mrs. Wray, daughter of an Army officer, was born in At lantic City, N. J., but has lived in Hawaii most of her life. Her ancestry is one eighth Hawaiian. The Wrays work' and play year around in the climate that the less fortunate main- landers fly westward to enjoy on all too short vacations. The temperature varies only about 20 degrees, from 65 to 85, and the soft trade winds air con dition the islands. Favorite outdoor pastimes of the Wrays are swimming, spear fishing and riding the surf in outrig ger canoes. - At home they watch filmed broadcasts of popular mainland TV shows. Breakfast and dinner are standard mainland type meals, with fresh pineapple and pa paya a frequent addition. For lunch the Wrays occasionally have lau lau (meat or fish wrapped in a ti leaf and steamed) and a small bowl of poi (beaten taro root). Such delicacies were not in cluded on the training table at Medford 17 years ago when Wray was a halfback on Med ford's state finalist football team and ran the mile and threw the javelin on the state championship track team. Cato won an athletic schol arship to University of South ern California, where he was getting started in track and football when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The war interrupted his education and ended his career as an athlete. As a fighter pilot, Cato was assigned to test-fly new fight er planes at Ontario, Calif. He took a plane up to 19,000 feet and put it into a dive. One dive flap failed and the plane rolled out of control. It was going straight down at 720 miles an hour when Wray forced his way out and prayed that his parachute would save him. It did, but he fractured both shoulders and both knees when the chute snapped open. He was in casts for seven months. He joined Northwest in Seattle in 1945. Cato's work often requires him to be at Honolulu Inter national Airport for arrivals SF '49ers To Fortify Defenses By HAL WOOD San Francisco fUPD The San Francisco Forty Niners, who tied for the Western Divi sion title in the 1957 Nation al league pennant race only to lose a play-off to Detroit, open training camp at nearby St. Mary's college Saturday with the rookies in the spotlight. "We expect to have 36 or 37 rookies trying out for the squad," said head coach Frankie Albert. "If two or three of them come through to take over as regulars, I'll be real happy." Fin Rookies Last Year Last year the Forty Niners came up with a fine crop of rookies who were major cogs in the machinery that lifted the club from an expected second-division finish. Among these were R. C. Owens, the high-jumping halfback; giant center Frank Morze; lineback er Karl Rubke, and fullbacks Gene Babb and Larry Barnes. They all played more than they sat on the bench. "It is unusual when a club can put more than three or four rookies into the starting offensive and defensive line ups," says Albert. "So we'll be happy to develop the aver age this year." The Forty Niner backfield figures to be about the same as last year: quarterback Y. A. Tittle; halfbacks Hugh Mc Elhenny and R. C. Owens, and fullbacks Joe Perry and Gene Babb. But defense men still must be found to fill in the most glaring weakness of the San Francisco club and that is where Albert will be point '11 -pi Pete, Zora Vie Tonight - Los Angeles (UPD For mer Olympic champion Pete Rademacher and Zora Folley, ranked as on of the two lead ing contenders for the heavy weight crown, meet tonight in a nationally televised 10 round bout. It will be Rademacher's sec ond professional bout and a victory might project him into a second title match with champion Floyd Patterson. Folley, who lost some luster when he fought a draw with Eddie Machen last April, will be seeking to redeem him self. Folley was a 2V2-I favorite but Rademacher had many supporters who pointed out he floored Patterson in their bout last summer and is a much im proved fighter. Folley vowed he not only would beat Rademacher but would try for a knockout to strengthen his claim for a bout with Patterson after the cham pion meets Roy Harris here Aug. 18. Much attention will be fo cused on a pair of Rogue val- Lley dragster entries Sunday when the Southern Oregon Timing association holds an other of its drag sessions at its strip in West Camp White. Medford pilot Noel Black will have his high powered machine on the strip and Howard Roberts, Roy Wiltze and Jerry Mickle will have the dragster from Ashland. Each of these fleet power houses will be gunned with the track record as an objec tive. A $100 bond goes to the driver clipping the current mark of 134.24 miles per hour. Both dragsters have been designed for all-out accelera tion and each has been re modeled since the last race. It is anticipated that each will turn in times in excess of 130 miles per hour. Time trials start at 9 a.m. Sunday, with, elimination COMING TO U.S. Buenos Aires (UPD Argen tina's Davis Cup tennis squad leaves Saturday for New York to compete against the United States in the North American Zone finals. The South Ameri cans will play in two tourneys before the important five- match series in Rye, N.Y., be ginning Aug. 15. and departures of Northwest's planes. They arrive at 7:20 a.m. and leave at 6 p.m. five days a week. It makes a long day, but the weather it's wonderful! Get ACQUAINTED with the JOHN DEERE No.l4-T CO V Vfc rfI W -xt4iC 5-. fc :-:-- You've been hearing and reading about it . . . now come in and see it the1 John Deere No. 14-T, the family-sized, twine-tie baler with true custom capacity. Here's an economical, light-running baler that's completely practical for you to own fWY 2 ... ... a rugged, quality-built baler with amaz ing capacity to turn heavy windrows into better bales faster, easier than ever before. From its extra wide, power-driven pickup, to the 16-inch floating auger, through the rugged bale case, on back to the bale chute, the 14-T brirfgs you everything you've ever wanted in a twine-tie baler. Come in and see for yourself. MUBBARD-WRAY CO. 'The Farmer's Store Since 1884" 25 So. Riverside Medford UPSET IN STOCK CAR RACE Spills like this liven stock car auto races for spectators as long as drivers come through unscathed. This was a scene last Saturday night at Valley View speedway just northeast of Ashland. Ted Sletten's big Lincoln is shown on its side after blowing a tire in the 12th lap of the main event. It took a 1 roll and two other cars tangled with it. Another race program is billed for Saturday, July 26. Time trials are planned for 7:30 p.m. with the first race at 8 p.m. (Berchfield photo) Dragsters to Gun For Track Record In Sunday Racing races beginning at 1 n.m. Bleachers have been installed to better accommodate spec tators. Other top entries include "Zombi e," a competition coupe owned by the Wheelers Hot Rod club of Medford which recorded a top time of 107.14 m.p.h. two weeks ago the modified roadster owned b y Wiley - Webber - Perdue, which emerged at top elimi nator in the last SOTA drags with a top time of 104.40, and the "A" roadster entry of Lou Wolff, Ashland. His best time was 102.04 m.p.h. J k Waivers will be required of all drivers under 21 years of age. These must be signed by their parents or guardians and to the effect of releasing SOTA from responsibility. The SOTA strip is located seven miles north of Medford off the Crater Lake highway in West Camp White. Signs will be posted from the "Y" in North Medford. Athletics, Other Activities Curbed At Portland Schools Portland (UPD Athletics and other extra-curricular ac tivities will take a back seat to academics when Portlani high schools open in Septem ber. Superintendent J. W. Ed wards said the regulations for the 1958-59 school year em body the thinking of all the public high school staffs. The program calls for: 1. Reduction, as much as possible, of activities that in terfere with the educational program. 2. Scheduling of as many activities as possible before and after school hours. 3. Reduction of extra-curricular demands which over load students or interfere with class attendance. Night Activities Cut 4. Reduction of night activ ities that interfere with home work for the next day's classes. More than 6000 students are active in athletic pro grams in the Portland public high schools, Edwards saidrj Rules regulating athletic ac tivity are: (1) Athletes and coaches may not leave classes or study halls before the regu lar closing time of school. 2. Sports practice periods must end by 5:30 p.m. 3. No athletic study halls are to be provided. Athletes will be , programmed into classes and study halls with the rest of the students. 4. All afternoon athletic contests will begin not earlier than 4 p.m., except B and C league football games which may begin earlier after Octo ber 1. 5. All physical examina tions must be conducted after school hours. To Hire Adult Crews , 6. Adult crews will be hired to mark athletic fields, instead of using students and teachers. Rally assembles and rally squad activities are left to the discretion of the individual principals and school staffs, but according to the superin tendent, "are to be kept under better control." Another rule that has wide implications says that parent sponsored shows are not to in terfere with school time. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Friday, July 25, 1958 9 Legion Baseball Picnic Saturday Members of the Crater Lake Motors American Legion jun ior baseball squad and their merchant sponsors will be guests of Medford Post 15 of the Legion at a Saturday bar becue picnic. The event is scheduled for 2 p.m. at TouVelle State park. Entertainment is planned. Medford City Police Lieuten ant Clyde Fichtner will be speaker. Parents of players may at tend but will be asked to pay a nominal sum for food and refreshments. Legionnaires are asked to be present and to wear their caps, according to Keegan Townsend, Post baseball chairman. GM OFFICIAL DIES Detroit (UPD Earle T. Johnson, 71, a director and former vice president of Gen eral Motors Corp., died Thursday. SPORTS BOOK AUTHORITY DIES New York (UPD Dr. Hans Nachod, 73, a leading author ity on rare books, died here on Wednesday. mimmi THE AMERICAN DISTIUING CO., INC. PEKIN, ILL SAUSAUTO.CAIIF. 86 Proof Straight Bourbon Whiskey i John Eggink Leader In RV Loop Batting; Two Games Sunday John Eggink, Cave Junc tion, has taken over as indi vidual batting leader, percent agewise, in the Rogue Valley Baseball league. Eggink with seven safe swats in 10 times up has a fat .700 average. The hitting race at this stage of the season is based on a total of at least 10 official turns at bat. The Out law player actually leads all members of the loop, both presently qualified and un qualified, in the individual trophy chase. ' Second in the official stand ings is Bob Smith, Camp White, with .545. Mayburn Campbell, Cave Junction, Tiger, Cub, 'Cat Nines Nab Tiffs Medford Tigers trounced the Ashland Bears 17 to 0 and the Ashland Cubs trim med Talent 6 to 3 yesterday to remain at the top of the heap in the pee wee southern division of Southern Oregon junior baseball. Medford Wildcats thumped Lone Pine 15 to 1 to stay near the front of the race. Score of the Central Point fracas at Eagle Point was not reported. Thirteen of the Tiger runs were put over in the fourth inning. Rich Hassmann re corded a no-hit pitching job for the Medford nine, fanning two and walking three. Eleven Ashland errors and several wild pitches helped the Tiger runmaking. One-Hitter Ken Phipps and Dan Miles each had three hits for Med ford and Mike Barnes and Cliff Roberts had two each. Miles tripled and doubled. Ken Eckel threw a one-hitter for the Wildcats, walking one and whiffing five The 'Cats were aided by 11 Lone Pine miscues and put over 11 markers in the second frame. Jim Allen homered. Jack Mullen doubled and singled and Gary Highland had two hits for the Wildcats. LINESCORES: Wildcats 4fll)0 15 .00 1 1 7 2 1 11 Lone Pine Eckel and Moore, Wooton (3) Clark and Lindsey. Talent 010 203 2 2 Ashland Cubs 022 2x 6 4 1 Westfall and Clark; Rhodes and DeBoer. Ashland Bears 000 00 0 0 0 11 Medford Tigers 202 (13)x 17 11 1 Susee. Schmaltz and Voth; Hass man and Phipps. More than 8,000 Norweg ian fishing boats now are fit ted with echo sounders to lo cate schools of fish. leader alter the previous week, now stands third with .533. Jim Smith, Camp White, has a .600 mark but has had only five at bats. James Leads in Hits Dick James, Riddle, fourth in the official with .500, tops the circuit in runs scored, with nine, and in total hits, with 12. Hank Tygart, Butte Falls, a .400 hitter, is setting the pace in the runs-batted-in column with eight. Les Saffer, Cave Junction, has replaced Duane Miller, Riddle, at the head of the pitcher's win-loss column. He is now 2-0 with 16 innings of mound duty. Miller is 3-1 after dropping a decision to Butte Falls. His 35 innings qualify him as one of the league's workhorses. Only Jack Turk, Butte Falls, with 36, has seen more duty. Jim Eggers, Camp White, is next with 30 13. Cave Junction still is com fortably ahead in team bat ting with a .348 record. Riddle as host to Camp White at Myrtle Creek Sun day will seek to at least pre serve its slender margin of leadership over second place Cave Junction. The CJ Out laws on Sunday can go ahead in the semi-pro loop if they win and Riddle loses. ROGUE VALLEY BASEBALL LEAGUE: Standings: W. L. Pet GB Riddle 4 1 ..800 Cave Junction 3 1 .750 Butte Falls 2 3 .400 Camp White 2 3 .400 Prospect 1 4 .200 ii Team Batting AB H P:t. Cave Junction 158 55 .348 Riddle 185 52 .281 Camp White 187 51 .273 Butte 'Falls 177 47 .266 Prospect . 176 32 .182 Individual Batting J. Eggink, CJ J. Smith, SW 5 B. Smith. CW .... 11 M. Campbell, CJ 15 D. James, R 24 Rae, CJ 2 B. George. R 17 La. Maurer, CJ 10 J. Linderman 19 R. Perry 15 H. Tygart. BF 20 Malone, R 5 P Hale. CW 19 W. Saffer, CJ . 11 V. Parent, CW 14 B. Rodgers, BF 23 Beem, CJ 9 L. Saffer, CJ .... 15 J. Curry, CW . 12 R Munyon, R .. 21 L. Abbott, BF 15 Ellis, BF 3 AB R H RBI Pet. 10 Pitchers W Saffer, L. CJ 2 Cochrell. R 1 Saffer. W.. CJ 1 Peterson, P 1 Miller. R 3 Eggers. CW 2 Turk, BF 2 Kaufman. CJ 0 Sanford, CW 0 Larson. P 0 Vannice. P 0 Baker. BF O Barnum. BF 0 Beem, CJ 0 Deitz. R O Hueners, CW O Linderman, P ... 0 Moore. BF .- 0 Rodgers, BF 0 Slanaker, CJ 0 Smith, CW 0 Wessel, CJ 0 7 1 .700 3 3 1 .600 3 8 3 .545 5 8 6 .535 9 12 6 .500 0 10 .500 4 8 7 .471 4 8 5 .421 5 8 1 .421 8 6 3 .400 4 8 8 .400 0 2 0 .400 7 7 3 .368 4 4 2 .364 3 5 7 .357 5 8 2 348 2 3 4 .o33 5 5 6 .333 6 4 2 333 3 7 5 333 6 5 2 .333 0 10 333 "L IP H R 0 16 12 6 0 6 6 6 0 9 5 4 0 3 11 1 35 31 15 2 30 ,i 32 20 3 36 . 44 41 1 5 11 7 19 7 4 2 17 22 19 2 12 22 27 0 x'3 4 6 0 23 2 3 0 2 -21 0 3 10 0 li 1 0 0 11 21 15 0 3 7 7 0 1 2 3 0 2 2 1 0 4 10 0 1. 2 1 Gardener Lake Ideal For Tourney Gardener lake on Yankee Creek rd., 15 miles north and east of Medford and on the farm land of Victor Gardener, is considered ideal for water skiing. x That is one of the principal reasons that the American Water Ski association chose the site for its 1958 western regional championships to be conducted under sponsorship of Crater Lions club of Med ford. The big meet is set for Aug. 8, 9 and 10. It will draw ex perts from 11 western states and there, will be a program of competition throughout each of the three days. Gardener lake's limited ac cess its calm waters, because of little wind, make it at tractive to skiers. Followers of the slat-on-aqua sport who took part in the Oregon cham pionships at the lake last year passed on word about the ideal facility and that was a boost in bringing the regional to southern Oregon. The lake is i small but the 70 acres of water provide more than adequate room for skiing And from a spectator standpoint, view of activities on the lake is good from al most any place along the shores. In addition, the lake has an AWSA regulation slalom course and ski jump. Activ ities at the site this summer have been well-organized in regard to rules of good boat ing and safety and for teach ing of advanced skiing. , Gardener Lake Water Ski club is responsible for the de velopments. There are three docks and anchorages at the lake. Boats on the waters have been three outbords with horsepowers of 35 to 75 and speeds up to 35 miles per hour and four inboards with 85 to 250 h.p. and speeds up to 80 m.p.h. Because of the small size of the lake club, membership has been limited to 12 fam ilies. Guests may be invited but are limited to one at a time. The club allows only three boats and skiers on the lake at a time with each head ed in the same direction and with adequate space between. Lon Skinner, one of the top skiers on the coast, is presi dent. Other members include Jack Day, Norman Capsey, Bill Brooks, Myers Jones, Bill Wall, Frank Wilson, Cliff Mc Ginty, Victor Gardener, Art Eckerson and Bud Simmons and their families. The public will be admitted and welcome to watch the big tournament and, judging from the 1957 event, -spectators may number in ' the thousands. St. Louis (UPD The St. Louis Cardinals have recalled pitcher Billy Muffett from their Omaha affiliate in the American Association. 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