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Stearns, Abben, Pallack Annex Ski Togas; Roberts Beats Record One world jump standard was surpassed, two Pacific Coast marks were beaten and Chuck Stearns, Mrs. Gloria Abben and Wally Pallack took overall honors Sunday in the third and final day of the Western Regional champ ionships of the American Wat er Ski association at Garden er lake northeast of Medford. Hal Roberts, San Diego, Calif., soared 83 feet in the veterans' jump, exceeding the recognized world record of 78 feet held by Floyd Vance, Sacramento, Calif. Vance himself jumped 79 yesterday. Tournament and regional of ficials stated that Roberts' leap met all requirements yet must be approved formally by the AWSA. The jump was over a five-foot high take-off. Best leaps of the day, how ever, were by Stearns, Bell flower, Calif., 1957 national men's -overall champion. Stearns zoomed 107, 117 and 118 feet with superb form to take the men's mantle in the event. He also won the sla lom Sunday and with his Sat urday triumph in tricks was all around champ with 300 points, all that are possible. His last two jumps beat his previous unofficial coast best of 115 feet. Faili to Place Mrs. Abben, Sacramento, had 2295 counters in women's overall with first in tricks, second in slalom, second in jumping. Pallack, of Sunny vale, Calif., was No. 1 in the tricks and runner-up in both jumping and slalom for 2951 points in veterans' overall, world mark, Roberts did not place in the vets jump. His record cracker came on a third jump after he had spill ed twice. Two successful leaps are necessary to qualify for points. Winner in the event was Joe Balcao, Stockton, Calif. His best hop was 73 feet but his consistent dis tance helped him edge Pal lack who had better form but a top jump of just 69. Vance was third. He dropped points on form, although having sec ond best distance in class. Carol Van Wyk, Stockton, Calif., sailed 60 feet in tak ing the women's jump, one foot farther than her previous unofficial coast mark. In capturing the men's sla lom Stearns made three per- a T -.C Tfc B- ...y.--y w B ::.::::.: : ' I " . WATER SKI CHAMPIONS Gloria Abben and Chuck Stearns, above, won women's and men's overall titles in the Western Regional championships of the American Water Ski assocation which ended yesterday at Gardener lake. Stearns won all three men's events, the tricks, the slalom and the jump. He had an unofficial work high in trick points and his jumps of 118 and 117 feet beat his previous coast best of 115. Mrs. Abben was first in ladies' tricks and had seconds in slalom and jumping. feet runs and, with the rope shorted from 75 to 62 feet, accumulated 12 bonus buoys on a fourth time through for a 60 point total. Mark Tag gert, Boulder, Colo-., was runner-up with 46. Skinner Second Overall Lon Skinner, Medford, southern Oregon's single en trant, was runner-up in men's overall with 1668. He " had third in slalom, fifth in tricks and sixth in jump. Jack Hor ton, Boulder, Colo., took third in overall with 1625; Mark Taggart, Boulder, fourth with 1623 and Marvin Rothenberg, also Boulder, fifth with 1544. To determine overall tabu lation events winners receive 1000 points and other placers get ' a percentage score by comparing the actual points made in an event with those of the winner. Veterans overall totals in cluded Balcao 2721, Vance 2667, Bill Morris, Loma Vista, Calif., 2300 and Ernie Maiers, Denver, Colo., 2141. In wom en's overall Miss Van Wyk had 2218 and Elva Swoffer, Santa Ana, Calif., 1829. Knut Hauge, Boulder, Colo, had a 102 foot jump in men's class. He is a Norwegian Air Force student, who is attend ing Massachusetts Institute of Technology. An accomplished snow skier, he drew comment for showing that form in the equa jump. First five placers in events qualified for the national meet. , Disappointment of the day occurred when the mixed doubles were deleted from the" afternoon program for lack of sufficient legal entries. Five couples had been sched uled to perform in the crowd pleaser event but several en tries were late, in conflict to tourney rules. The motor gen erating power for the public address system went out near the end of the meet. Plans for mixed doubles exhibitions were abandoned because a PA speaker is just about a neces sity to the acts. Hundreds of cars were at the lake yesterday but there was no figure available today on spectator attendance. Crater Lions club and Gar dener Lake Water Ski club were sponsors of the meet for which months of preparation were made. Bulk of the competitors were from California. The 1959 meet will be held at Den ver, Colo. Colorado was well represented here. Following are Sunday re sults with distances in the jumps, event points and pro rated scores for overall: WOMEN'S JUMP: 1. Carol Van Wyk, Stockston, Calif., 60-163'i-lOOO; 2. Gloria Ab ben, Sacramento, Calif.. 47-121 2 780: 3. Elva Swoffer, Santa Ana, Calif., 40-106-649. VETERAN'S JUMP: 1. Joe Balcao. Stockton. 73-184-1000: 2. Wally Pallack. Sunnyvale, Calif.. 69-180-976; 3. Floyd Vance. Sacramento. . 79-176-957; 4. Bill Morris. Loma Vista, Calif., 152-825; Louis Kurz Sweeps 4 Auto Races Ashland Louis Kurz made a clean sweep at the Valley View speedway Saturday night when he copped the trophy dash, main event, and both heat races he entered. Terry Silver won the Powder Puff derby, and Jack Keck Jr. rounded out the list of winners when he took num ber one spot in the first hea'. race. Following Kurz in the tro phy dash were Floyd McClan- ahan and Bob McGilvray. The winner received the Hawkin- son Tire Tread trophy, pre sented by Judy Bryant. All the cars managed to hang on until the final lap when Cecil James spun out. In the first heat Crock Hunter and Rod Bender fol lowed Keck across the finish line for second and third spots. The second heat got off to a rolling start literally. As the cars picked up the green flag and went into the first turn, the car driven by Markie James went off the track and rolled over three times. James, uninjured, was racing for the first time. Be hind Kurz in this event were Lon Gay and Red McGilvray. Kurz moved into the lead of the final heat in less than two laps and held on for the checkered flag. Keck man aged a second place and Hunt er came in third. With three wins under his belt Kurz had served notice that he would be hard to beat in the main event and he went on to prove it. Following him across the finish line were Rod Bender and Lewis De mock. For her Win in the derby Terry Silver was presented with a trophy from Marvin Motors of Medford, and a box of candy from the track man agement. The cars and drivers will not see action next week but on Saturday, Aug. 23, they will clash again at the local oval. 5. Ernie Maiers, Denver, Colo., 151',i.-822: 6. Bill Rook, San Fran cisco. Calif., 135-735: 7. Fred Ams bry. Orange. Calif.. lll'i,-G08. (Hal Roberts, San Diego. Calif., 1 jump, 83 ft.) MEN'S SLALOM: 1. Chuck Stearns. Bellflower, Calif.. 60-1000; 2. Mark Taggart, Boulder, Colo., 46-766: 3. Lon Skin ner, Medford, 44-735; 4. Knut Hauge. Boulder, Colo.. 36-600; 5. Eric Giese, Seattle. Wash.. 40-500; 6. Marvin Rothenberg. Boulder, Colo.; T. Tie, Jack Horton. Boulder, 22-368, and William Barlow Jr., Piedmont, Calif., 22-368. MEN'S JUMP: 1. Stearns, 118-289-1000; 2. Roth enberg. 97-228 '2-785: 3. Horton, 84-206-733; 4. Dave Holmes, Long Beach. Calif.. 82-192 'i-662; 5. Tag gart, 75-178-617; 6. Skinner, 66-162-560. . Braves Go On 33-Hit Binge Whipping Phils 8-7, 14-3 By FRED DOWN United Press International The Milwaukee Braves' brawny sluggers are at it again just in time to test the thin little band of pitchers who still have the Pittsburgh Pirates hoping for a miracle. The Braves, who made the long ball their trade mark en route to the world Champion ship last season, went on their greatest slugging binge of the campaign Sunday when they walloped the Philadelphia Phillies, 8-7 and 14-3, with a 33-hit barrage that totaled 59 bases. The Braves "warmed up" with 14 hits in the open er andt hen smashed 19,. in cluding seven doubles, three triples and two ' homers by Del Crandall in the nightcap. The Pirates, meanwhile, made it 13 victories in their last 15 games at home with 3-2 and 4-3 decisions over the Cincinnati Redlegs. The San Francisco Giants, who routed the Los Angeles Dodgers, 12-8 are 6V2 games behind the Braves and the Pirates are 7 behind in third place. Chance for Pirates The Pirates have their sec ond chance in a week to bring the Braves back to the field tonight and Tuesday night as they play the world champ ions in spacious Forbes field where long balls often are merely long outs. Eddie Mathews had seven hits in nine tries, Hank Aaron had five in nine, and Crandall three in five for a composite 15-for-23 and .652 average as the Braves banged out 10 MEDFOi RIfiUNE Parry Star Of Victory In Greece Athens, Greece (UPl) Peerless Parry O'Brien, Am erica's ' colorful. Olympic champion who won every time out, was hailed today as the outstanding star of the United States' victory over Greece that concluded a tri umphant European tour. . O'Brien set a new stadium record pf 62 feet, 5 inches Sunday to win his shot put specialty. The Los Angeles muscle man, who holds the jworld mark of 63 feet 1 inches, thus climaxed an unbroken series of wins at Moscow over the Russians, at Warsaw over the Poles, at Budapest over the Hungarians, and here over the Greeks. He was presented with a trophy as the outstand ing performer in the two-day meet. The United States' men's teams outscored its rivals in each of the four capital cities; the U. S. women were beaten in Moscow and Warsaw but were victorious in Budapest and Athens. The Americans won seven of 10 men's events Sunday and scored a clean sweep of five women's events. Portland (UPI) Mock's Mercury of Corvallis won the Portland Rose Trophy Cup in vitational softball tournament at Normandale Park Sunday night with a 2 to 1 victory over Hyster of Portland. Hys ter gained the final by shut ting out Montag Oil and Nor ed's Builders Sunday after noon, 7-0, and 5-0, respectively. League Leaders United Press International NATIONAL LEAGUE Player-Club G AB R H Pet. Musial, St.L 103 363 54 124 .343 Ashburn, Phil. ..105 420 68 143 .340 Mays, S.F 108 431 77 145 .337 Aaron Milw 107 424 85 136 .321 Skinner, Pitt. ..104,387 68 124 .320 AMERICAN LEAGUE Player-Club G AB R H Pet. Runnels, Bos. ..102 391 73 131 .335 Kuenn, Det. ... 97 384 52 125 .326 Goodman, Chi. 74 282 32 91 .323 Cerv. K.C. 99 373 70 120 .322 Power. Cleve. ..102 407 69 130 .319 Home Runs National league: Banks, Cubs 34; Thomas, Pirates 28; Aaron, Braves 25; Mathews, Braves 24; Walls, Cubs 21; Cepeda, Giants 21; Cov ington. Braves 21. American league: Jensen, Red Sox 31; Sievers, Senators 31: Man tle, Yankees 31; Cerv, Athletics 29; Colavito, Indians 24. Runs Batted In National league: Banks, Cubs 96; Thomas, Pirates 83; Anderson, Phil lies 74; Cepeda, Giants 69; Aaron, Braves 69. American league: Jensen, Red Sox 98; Cerv, Athletics 80; Sievers Senators 80; Colavito. Indians 70; Mantle, Yankees 69; Malzone, Red Sox 69. Pitching National league: Grissom, Giants 7- 3: semprocn, i"nil 13-b; bpann, Braves 15-7; McCormick, Giants 8- 4; Purkey, Red Legs 13-7. American league: Ditmar, Yan kees 8-2; Turley, Yankees 17-5: De lock, Red Sox 10-3; Hyde. Sena tors 9-3, Ford, Yankees 14-5. EARLY START Cincinnati, Ohio (UPD President Warren Giles an nounced today the 1959 Na tional League baseball sched ule will open officially on Fri day; April 10, the earliest starting date in 46 years. The season also will run 171 days, instead of the customary 167. The changes were made to permit additional travel time so that all teams might make four trips to the West Coast. A four-lane boulevard in Berlin is named Clayallee, af ter Gen. Lucius D. Clay, for mer U. S. military governor of Germany. doubles, five triples and two homers. The St. Louis Cardinals profited from five errors to score a 6-2 victory after the Chicago Cubs won their op ener, 9-4, in other NL action. AL Teams Split In the American league the Newt York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox, 7-5, and then bowed, 9-3, but retained their 15 V2 game lead as the other six teams split doubleheaders. Kansas City beat Cleveland, 4-2, after an 11-2 loss. Balti more downed Washington, 6-1 after a 6-2 defeat and Detroit edged out Chicago, 4-3 in 12 innings after a 5-2 setback. Mickey Mantle's four hits led the Yankees to their op ening victory but rookie Ted Bowsfield pitched no - hit ball for 6 1-3 innings and wound up with his first ma jor league victory for the Red Sox in the second game. MAIL TRIBUNE, Mtdferd, Crtjen, Menday, August It, 1938 7 Portland Hosts Cards Tonight Women's Golf The third round matches of the Rogue Valley Country club lady golfers club champ ionship tournament have been completed. Championship flight Mrs. Helen Davies def. Mrs. Rich ard Finch, Mrs. Rose Bunch def. Miss Pam Stacey. First flight Mrs. Edward Sickels def. Mrs. Frank Tarn ney, Mrs. Warren Lesseg def. Mrs. William Clark. . Second flight Mrs. Joe Moore def. Mrs. William Knope, Mrs. Ed Hall def. Mrs. Byron Douglas. Third flight Mrs. Ray Frisbie def. Mrs. Robert De Lorme, Mrs. Dean Lambert def. Mrs. Lou McLaughlin. Nine - hole championship flight Mrs. Howard Scrog gips def. Mrs. Al Williams; Mrs. John Ripley def. Mrs. Royall Bebb. Nine - hole first flight Winner, Mrs. Vern Watrud; runner-up Mrs. Ben Tay lor. Competition for Thursday, Aug. 7, was medal. A group winner was Miss Pam Stacey. B group victor was Mrs. Thomas Teutsch and C group winner was Mrs. Ed Gordon. D group was taken by Mrs. Floyd Somers and nine-hole play by Mrs. Al Williams. Winners in the Junior girls nine-hole division "ringer" for June and July were: Low gross Carolyn Finch; low net Christine Finch. Three hole division winners were Ju lie Barclay and Susan Nelson. A new "ringer" card for Aug ust and September for the Junior girls has been posted in the locker room and all in terested are requested to turn in all cards in order to estab lish a handicap. On Thursday, Aug. 14, the Willamette Valley- Southern Oregon lady golfers will play in Medford. Tee off times will be posted in the newspaper. Portland (UPD j The St. Louis Cardinals invade Mult nomah stadium tonight for an exhibition game against the Portland Beavers. Stan "The Man" Musial, currently leading the' National League hitters will lead the Cardinal attack. It is the first exhibition game in four years for the Cards. Probable hurler for St. Lou is will be Lindy McDaniel, popular bonus baby of, last season, or veteran Chuck Stobbs. No Beaver probable pitcher was named. Beaned Beaver Seems All Right ' Portland (UPD Alex Cos piidis, second baseman for the Portland Beavers, was beaned as he led off the first inning of the second game of Sun day's doubleheader with Salt Lake. The rugged little competi tor was taken to a Portland hospital for X-rays and then was released, looking "fine," hospital attendants said. New York State is the na tion's largest producer of cab bage for making sauerkraut. Game time is 8 p.m. with the stadium gates opening at 6 p.m. Musial will act as chairman for the Cards in choosing Miss Portland Beaver Baseball from a field of lovely girls. h UGH " " " " I STORES 214 South Riverside Ave. Phone SP 2-7119 CONCRETE A AnyTime Any Place Any Amount . . . For Industry . . . Arcund the Home ... On the Farm CONCRETE C? Delivered SP 2-5271 248 E. McAndrews Rd. STANDINGS PACiriC , COAST LEAGl'E ' W I. Prt. GB Phoenix 72 4! .595 Vancouver ...... 70 53 .569 3 San Diego 69 54 ' .561 4 Salt Lake 61 60 .504 11 Portland 58 63 .479 14 Spokane 55 65 .458 16 i Sacramento .. 53 70 .431 20 Seattle 50 74 .403 23 '.i Sunday's Results . Phoenix 1, Vancouver 0 San Diego 4-4. Seattle 2-3 Portland 9-7. Salt Lake 2-3 Spokane 3 Sacramento 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Prt. GB .655 72 38 56 53 .514 15'i .505 16',2 .500 17 55 54 55 5- New York Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Ttaltimnrp Kansas City 48 oH .4.-j .'i Washington 47 64 .423 2o'.2 52 55 .486 18,i 49 57 .4nZ 21 12 Sunday's Results Chicago 5. Detroit 2 (lst Detroit 4. Chicago 3 (2nd Innings) Washington 6. Baltimore 2 (1st) Baltimore 6, Washington 1 (2nd! Cleveland 11. Kansas city 2 (1st) Kansas City 4. Cleveland 2 (2nd) New York 7. Boston 5 (1st) Boston 9, New York 3 (2nd) Tuesday- Games Chicago at Cleveland Kansas Citv at Detroit (night) Baltimore at New York Boston at Washington (night) NATIONAL LEAGUE W I. Milwaukee 63 45 San Francisco 57 52 Pittsburgh 56 52 St. Louis 53 55 Philadelphia 51 54 Chicago 53 59 Cincinnati 50 58 Los Angeles 50 58 Prt. .583 .523 .519 .491 GB 6'i 7 10 .486 10'i .473 12 .463 13 .463 13 Sunday's Results San Francisco 12. Los Angeles 8 Milwaukee 8. Phila. 7 (1st! Milwaukee 14, Phila. 3 (2nd) Pittsburgh 3. 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