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-
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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.
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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
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56 53 .514 15'i
.505 16',2
.500 17
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Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
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Washington 47 64 .423 2o'.2
52 55 .486 18,i
49 57 .4nZ 21
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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
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Sunday's Results
San Francisco 12. Los Angeles 8
Milwaukee 8. Phila. 7 (1st!
Milwaukee 14, Phila. 3 (2nd)
Pittsburgh 3. Cincinnati 2 (1st,
10 innings"
Pittsburgh 4. Cincinnati 3 (2nd)
Chicago 9. St. Louis 4 (lsti
St. Louis 6. Chicago 2 (2nd)
Tuesday's Games
Cincinnati at Philadelphia (night)
Chicago at Los Angeles (night)
St. Louis at San Fran, (night)
(Only games scheduled)
NORTHWEST LEAGUE
Yakima ....
Wenatchee
Lewiston ...
Tri-City
Eugene
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Sunday's Results -
Yakima 10-5. Eugene 4-6
Wenatchee 1-6. Lewiston 0-3
Tri-City 8-8. Salem 1-6
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