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r MAIL nWt HeJfoti. Oregon, Wednesday, July 30, 1958 Beavers End Loss String With 2 to 1 Verdict Over Pads By GENE BRYANT United Press International Vancouver moved out to a VA game lead in the Pacific Coast legue pennant chafse to day after both Phoenix and San Diego ran into trouble from a pair of second division clubs. Louis Kurz Tops Auto Point Race Louis Kurz took over the leadership as point standings opened up a bit in stock car racing at Valley View speed way near Ashland. Kurz, tied for third and two point behind the front man after July 19, piled up 37 counters last Saturday and is the leader by two tallies. Cecil James retained second p'Oition by adding 34 points for a total of 123. That's well ahead of Jack Keck Sr. who is third with 101 and Lon Gay who ranks fourth with an even 100. Cliff McGilvray, the pre viously leader is now , fifth with 90. The top 10 also in cludes Med McGilvray with 88r Harold Silver with 84 Earl Stephanson with 84, Jack Keck Sr., with 72 and Bob McGilvray with 70. Another program of racin is set for this Saturday eve ning with time trials at 7:30 p.m. and the first race at 8 p.m. Check for 2nd Place Received By Motor Haven Motor Haven Motel ladies' howlins team of Medford has received its check from Al bany Lanes after' cinching second olace in the 145 and under division in the All Coast tournament completed a short time ago. Members of that team are Melvina Little. Eleanor Lenz, Marie Tennant, Nelda Roberts and Rose Barr. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Partch o f Motor Haven are sponsors. Ring Magazine Honors Brown New York (UPD Light weight champion Joe Brown was named "fighter of the month" today in the Ring magazine's ratings because of the heroic closing rally that kept his title in last week's sensational fight with south paw Kenny Lane at Houston, Tex. The ratings also designated Zora Folley of Chandler, Ai&z., undisputed top con tender among heavyweights, and boosted Gaspar Ortega of Mexico and Leo Espinosa of the Philippines into the No. 1 posts among welterweight and bantamweight aspirants, re spectively. Lindsay Gains Legion Mantle Portland HTD The Port land American Legion base ball title was won by Lindsay Brothers (Jefferson) Tuesday night when they defeated Volkswagen (Franklin), 4-2. -The victory means a berth in the Area Two state playoffs which open tonight with a game with Seaside at Lin coln. Southeast Cops State Ruth Toga Portland (TPD South east National of Portland won the Oregon Babe Ruth cham pionship here Tuesday night with a 11-4 win over Klam ath County. The Portlanders will go to the Northwest reg ional which open in Klamath Falls on Aug. 6. FORMER CHAMP RETIRED Sacramento, Calif. (UPD Jimmy Carter, retired former lightweight champion, was re tired permanently Tuesday by the California Athletic commission which said it took the action "in the best inter ests of boxing." Chief In jector Clayton Frye said Carter's reflexes no longer are adequate for further partici pation in boxing. STILL PACES PCL San Francisco (UPD Andre Rodgers, the Phoenix Giants infielder who has turned from banjo hitter into fence wreck er, stayed ahead in the Pacific Coast league batting chase on two fronts with a .399 average and 25 homeruns. ' While the Canadians breezed to a 4-1 victory over Spokane Tuesday" night, Sacramento made it two straight over Phoenix, 7-0. and Portland shaded San Diego, 2-1, in a 13-inning marathon. Vancou ver's win left the 'Mounties with a 11 2 game margin over the Giants and a three-game bulge "over the slipping Padres. Seattle blanked Salt Lake, 4-0, as the fourth-place Bees continued their slide down ward. The loss shoved the Bees nine games back of Van couver. Palica Wins 12th Erv Palica picked up his 12th victory of the season as he allowed Spokane only five hits. The Indians scorea "their only run when Jim Williams unloaded a splo four-bagger in the fifth inning. Owen Friend and Jim Dyck led the Mountie attack with a home run apiece. Catcher Charlie White contributed three safeties. The loss went to Connie Grob, who went the distance for the losers. The win gave the Mounties a 2-0 series lead. At San Drego, Portland broke ( a five-game losing string when Don Nicholas singled in Ed Winceniak with the deciding" run in the top of the 13th. Winceniak had singled and gone to second base on a fielder's choice. The Padres sent the game into extra innings when Al Jones slammed a solo homer in the eighth. The victory went to Beav er starter Elmer Singleton, al though Vic Lombardi came in to -pitch the 13th. Pete Wojey, the third of three Padre hurlers, got the loss. Greene Cuffs Giants' Phoenix could do little with the offerings of Sacramento's Carl Greene as the Solon right-hander put the Giants down with only five hits and helped his own cause with a home run in the second in ning.' The Sac's collected 14 hits off a trio of Phoenix hurl ers. Seattle, behind the eight hit pitching of Ted Wieand, handed Salt Lake its sixth loss in the last eight games to drop the Bees to their worst position in more than a month. The Rainiers'- backed up Wieand with a 10-hit at tack, including homers by Jim McManus and Gale Wade. The Bees staged a mild threat in the seventh on singles by Joe Christopher and Dick Barone, but Wieand fanned two pinch-hitters to end the inning. Sxuzina Faces Webb Tonight New York (UPD German middleweight Franz Szuzina craves victory instead of blue- blooded martyrdom tonight in his first Madison Square Gar den fight with Spider Webb. "Maybe I get-the decision if I win yah?" said the stubby, muscular carpenter from Bremen. He said that because he had dropped a very unpopular split verdict to Joey Giardello at a "black tie" dinner fight in Washington, D.C., June 11. That was the night Wash ington society leaders made a martyr of Franz by forgetting social amenities and booing the decision thunderously. Columbus Tips Royals in Pair United Press International The Columbus Jets, taking their hopes for a fourth-place finish in the International league on the road with them, are off to a running start against the northern clubs. Columbus bounced the league-leading Montreal Roy als twice Tuesday night, 4-3 and 7-2; to take a half-game edge over Miami for the fourth and final playoff spot. Elsewhere Tuesday, the cel lar-dwelling Buffalo Bisons enjoyed a 14-6 walloping over Miami; Dick Ricketts went all the way and yielded only four hits to lead Rochester to an 8-2 decision over Havana; and the Richmond-Toronto game was postponed by rain. GAME UNCERTAIN rf Portland (UPD An Oct. 10 appearance by the St. Louis Cardinals is still not a cer tainty, according to Don Walker, member of the Port land Beavers board of direc tors. Walker said the board would first have to approve the exhibition game and he pointed out that costs of reno vating the stadium turf after football games have been played on it might make the game impractical from a fi nancial standpoint. 1 V. - ,r-- --- - . NATIONAL WATER SKI CHAMP Chuck Stearn, Bellflower, Calif., is billed as the top-rated performer who'll contend in the western regional championships of the American Water Ski association at Gard ener lake Aug. 8 through 10. He was na tional overall champion last year, the first man to bring that crown to the West Coast. He was the first on the coast to jump more than 100 feet and holds the world record for speed skiing, averaging 59.22 for one mile, both directions, on the Salton sea! Stearns holds the record for the Grand Na tional Catalina race, from Long Beach, Tigers, Cubs Pee Wee Loop Game Winners Medford Tigers kept their Southern division Pee ,Wee league leadership yesterday by blanking Central Point 7 to 0 and Ashland Cubs stayed just a half -game back by clip ping Eagle Point 7 to 1. Ashland Bears were victors by default from Lone Pine and Medford Wildcats also won by forfeit from Talent, which has dropped from the league. Tiger twirler Mike Barnes gave up only one hit to Cen tral Point, a double by Sum merfield. He walked one and struckout 10. Four of the Medford runs were in the fifth 'frame when Phipps singled, Dames doubled and there were two walks and two infield outs. Dames had two two-baggers in the tangle and Pete Hinman got the other Tiger hit. . Medford runners stole eight bases with Hinman swiping three. LIXESCORE: Medford Tigers 012 04 7 4 0 Central Point 000 00 0 1 3 Barnes and Phipps; Summerfield. L. Pepper (3) Mason (5) and Riven berg. Marty Leptich Nabs Feature Senior Tussle Oswego (UPI) Marty Leptich, Riverside Golf Club, fired two under par golf to defeat Joe Herron of Port land, 7 an d5, Tuesday in the opening round of the -24th Oregon Senior Golfers Asso ciation championships here. Their match was the feature play in the Class A 50 to 60 years old division. In the Class A 60 and over division, championship class, Sam Cole of Riverside breez ed to a 6 and 5 victory over Drew Clerin, also of River side. Ward Cummings of Rose burg, defending champ, drop ped Charlie Sumner, Portland Golf Club, 6 and 5. ROOKIE BECOMES FATHER Inglewood, Calif. (UPD Stan Williams, 6-foot, 5-inch rookie righthander of the Los Angeles Dodgers, became a father for the first time Tues day, when his wife,. Elaine, gave birth to a six pound 12V ounce boy at Daniel Freeman hospital. SIGNS BONUS PLAYER Washington (UPD The Washington Senators have signed a bonus player, Jerry Patenaude, 17-year-old left handed pitcher from Royal Oak, Mich. Patenaude has won 16 straight games for his high school over the past three seasons. KNICKS SIGN PAIR New York (UPD Guy Sparrow and Ron Sobie have signed 1958-59 contracts with the New York Knickerbock ers of the National Basketball association. Sparrow scored 801 points last season while Sobie scored 630. LEA MOTORS Sth at Bartlett - SP 2-6185 t4 ,; - " .."-, Retired Mailman Maintains Man Buried at Detroit Not Real Major Leaguer Rowan Dayton, Ohio (UPD A man who claimed to be ex-major league ball player John Ar thur Rowan is being buried in Detroit today while a retired Dayton, Ohio, mailman in sists "there must be some mis take." "I don't know who that fel low is," says the Dayton ex mailman, insisting he is the authentic John Arthur Row an, who played major league baseball with Detroit, Cincin nati and Philadelphia from 1906 through 1914. "But if he is the real man why isn't he being buried in Newcastle, Pa., along with the rest of his family?" ' The identification of the Detroit man was made first Camp White Opposes BP Camp White Don San ford may do the pitching for the Camp White baseball nine this evening when the Veter ans Administration-sponsored nine opposes Butte Falls. The tussle at ' Memorial stadium will begin at 8 p.m. Butte Falls and Camp White, both members of the Rogue Valley league, have met seven times so far this year with the Whiters win ning on five occasions. The VAD club goes to Klamath Falls on Friday to meet the Klamath Kubs. Jim Eggers is the probable pitcher for that mix. Yankees Subdue Central Point Medford Yankees piled up runs in the late innings last night to thump Central Point 11 to 2 in a non-league in termediate baseball game at Camp White. First two runs by Medford were in the fourth inning. Central Point tied the count in the bottom of the fourth, but Medford went on top with three markers in the fifth and got four in the sixth and two in the seventh. Bob Quinney chucked a two hitter for the Yanks, walking six and fanning seven. Jim Berry socked a bases-loaded homer in the sixth. Medford took its lead in the fifth frame on Doug Doug Kinney's triple, a drop ped fly, a base bn balls, a double steal and an infield out. LIXESCORE: Medford 000 234 211 5 3 Central Point 000 200 0 2 2 4 Quinney and Berry; Samples. M. Pepper (6), P. Pepper (7) and Jeff Anhorn. MONTOOMERY CHAIN SAW DEMONSTRATION by factory representative V All Day Thursday July 31 FREE on our parking "WW Calif., to Avalon and return, non-stop, in one hour 27 minutes on a rough ocean. The Bellflower star began skiing in 1954. In 1955 he was West Coast and national junior boys champ and in 1956 he captured the western regional men's overall crown. Pre sale of tickets for the meet has been started by Crater Lions club. Tickets may be bought at Purucker Piano house, Lamport's Sporting Goods store and Barker's Men's store. There are three price ranges, for adults, for juniors and for 'children over, six years of age. Gardener lake is a 15-mile drive from Medford. by the Detroit Tigers and then by Win Clark, secretary-treas urer of the Association of Pro fessional Ball Players of America. Clark said in Los Angeles that the Detroit man had received checks for "needy ex-players" for sev eral years" and that he had been advised Tuesday of the death. Better Check But the still very much alive Rowan in Dayton told United Press International "That association better check into what they been sending that fellow. I don't know who he is but he isn't a member of my family." Rowan gave his birthdate as June 16, 1886, as it is listed in the Encyclopedia of Base ball, and then reeled off his career exactly as the book shows it. The book also shows he was born in Newcastle, Pa. "I'm not needy and so I never applied for' any checks from any organization," he said. "Since those stories ap peared out of Detroit I've been getting calls all day but I'm not mad at anybody." In Detroit, meanwhile, the. body of the man who has been recognized by the Asso ciation of Professional Ball Players of America as John Arthur Rowan goes to its final resting place in Mt. Oliver cemetery. SAVE $5 ON ANY COMPLETE Brake Reline Rivetless Brake Lining Bonded To Your Shoes GUARANTEED for 30,000 SFSaks Firestone Brake Special! A 3.50 IT Value.... I 'j What We Do L 19 ANY CAR Here 1 2 Remove Front Wheels, Inspect lining. Clean and Repack Front Wheel Bearings. 2 Inspect Brake Drams. 4 Check and Add Brake Fluid. 5 Adjust Brake Shoes. . Carefully Test Brakes. Finest Equipment, Shop and Best Trained Mechanics Tinstone STORES 214 So. Riverside Ph. 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