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Red Saniiers Dies Of iHlearf Attack Loi Angeles TPE Henry t (Red) Sanders, acknowledged coaching genius who became the center of the self-consuming Pacific Coast conference controversy, was dead today victim of a heart attack. Sanders, whose nine fabu lous years as UCLA's head coach was a thorn in the side of many of the PCC's less suc cessful members, died Thurs day in a downtown Los An geles hotel room. With him at the time was a friend, W. T. (Pop) Grimes and a friend of Grimes, Ern estine Drake. Grimes said Sanders and he were talking "baseball and the upcoming football season" when the 53-year-old coach was stricken and collapsed. For more than a half-hour, while hotel employees sought vainly to locate a doctor, Sanders lay unattended on the floor; Then the police and the Emergency hospital were called but when police ar rived Sanders was dead. Sanders amassed a nine year total of 66 wins, 19 losses and 1 tie. This included three consecutive PCC titles, and a national championship in 1954. Chicago . OD "Wilbur Johns, UCLA athletic direc tor, said today he had no im mediate plans for selecting a successor to football Coach Henry (Red) Sanders, who died Thursday of a heart at tack. Johns was here for the col lege coaches meeting and to night's 25th annual all-star football game. "I'm in a state of shock," Johns said when informed of Sanders' untimely death. "I'm trying to collect my thoughts. I can't even put into words my feelings on Sanders." Other college athletic of ficials expressed similar senti ments on the death of the highly respected coach who collapsed in a Los Angeles hotel room. One of Sanders' greatest rivals and closest of friends, Jess Hill, athletic director and former football coach at the University of Southern California, said he was "pro- Ef Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks, Flues. Drjin Til 727 W. McAndrewi Ph. 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Funston May Start In Shrine All-Star Portland (UPD State and Metro teams in the Shrine Lions Face Collegians Chftago (UPD The De troit Lions, champions of the National Football league, and the 1958 College.- All-Stars tangle tonight in the 25th re newal of the annual pro-col-Icgian struggle. As usual, the play-for-pay squad was a-solid favorite. Only seven times in 24 games have the collegians been able to win, the last time in 1955 when they gained a narrow 30-27 decision over the the Cleveland Browns. But nearly 70,000 fans were expected to jam Soldier Field, despite an anticipated daytime temperature in the high 80's, to see whether the new crew, coached by Otto Graham, can upset. "We're going to " play an open game," Graham said,, "because you're not going to beat a pro team on the ground. We'll run a regular pro offense." The game will be both broadcast and televised na HEAVY-DUTY SUPER TASKMASTER VS- This 175-h.p. V8 is tough-built for tough jobs. Like the Workmaster, it.'has 4-barrel carburetor, dual exhaust. - HEAVY-DUTY TASKMASTER V8-Engineered to put muscle in medium-duty jobs, this 283-cubic-inch V8 packs 1 60 h.p. JOBMASTER 6-Built for dollar-saving durability, this 261-cubic-inch 150-h.p. 6 hauls hefty loads with ease. I SPORTS I . 1 Sportscasts Radio station KYJC will broadcast th Detroit Lions College All Stars football game at 5:30 p.m. today, the the State-Metro Shrine AU Slar game at 8:15 p.m. Sat urday and the San Fran cisco Forty -Niners-New York Giants pro exhibition game at 12:30 p.m. Sunday. Cisco Andrade Stops Bob Bell Oakland, Calif. OIPD Cis co Andrade, of Whittier, Calif., appeared to be back on the road to lightweight contender rating today after an impres sive seventh-round knockout over Bobby Bell, of,Youngs town, Ohio. , . Bell, 133, took a severe pounding for seven rounds last night in Oakland Audi torium and was unable to answer for the eight. In the final stanza he went down twice, for an eight and a nine count. It was Andrade's first fight in nine months. All-Star football classic end ed their practice drills there Thursday and coaches today announced their tentative starting lineups for the Satur day game. Coach Tom DeSylvia of the Metros said he would start with an offensive lineup of Fullback Steve Beguin, Half back Mick Sinerud and End Dick Kipp. At guard will be Bob Mautz and end Jim Sandsness; center Doug White and guard Jodie Weatherall or George Held; Sherm Conchran, tackle; Tom Walsh, tackle; Gary Albright, quar terback. All assignments were subject to last minute change. Coach Lee Gustafson of the State squad has named a ten tative lineup of Tim Bullard at tackle; Hardy Spurgeon at fullback; Bob Belleisle at tackle; Denny Pieters at guard; ends Mike Sparlin and Gred Willener; guard Doug Austin and center Jim Fun ston; John Wilson at quarter back; Ricki Lamb and Val Barnes at half. Tne supreme court ban on school segregation affects the District of Columbia and 17 states where segregation was compulsory and four states where it was optional. Htavy-duty 1 00' Series tandem (foreground! and Ffeefn'de pickup. I TRUCKS : tin ffiS ''If WVSO WINNERS These three Medford women took championship division laurels yesterday in the Willamette Valley-Southern Oregon Women's Golf association tour Mrs. Davies Jakes Low Gross In MSO; GP Team Champion Mrs. W. W. Davies, Med ford, led a field of about 150 contestants in play for indi vidual honors and Grants Pass sewed up the season team tro phy in the fourth and final 1958 tournament of the Will amette Valley -Southern Ore gon Women's Golf association yesterday. The competition was at Medford's Rogue Valley Coun try club. Mrs. Davies had an 80 gross in the championship division, while Mrs. E. W. Sickles, Med ford, and Mrs. William Miller, Medford, were first and sec ond low net with 73 and 74, respectively, in the same class ification. Grants Pass, which was in the lead after the three pre vious tournaments, wound up with an 893 aggregate net score in four-lady team rival ry. The total represented the three best team nets out of the four tournaments. Laurel wood of Eugene was second in the chase with 910 net, and Rogue Valley was third with 921. Improve Scores The Medford club posted the best team net' yesterday with 297, while GP had 302 and Laurelwood 303. Grants Pass improved from a 927 count, Laurelwood from 935 and RVCC from 952. Mrs. Warren Lesseg, M6d ford, topped Class A with 92 gross. In the same division, Mrs. William Dellingno and Mrs. Earl Voorhies, both of Grants Pass, knotted for low net with 75s. Tied for second low were Mrs. R. L. Robert son, Eugene; Mrs. Robert Tem- the line! TRADEMASTER V8-This 160-h.p. V8 has stay-on-the-job stamina for tight sched ules. 8 J to 1 compression ratio. THRIFTMASTER 6-Tops for cutting cost corners, this 235-cubic-inch 6 has 145 h.p, 8.25 to 1 compression ratio. THRIFTMASTER 6 SPf CIAI-Ruggedly built for Forward Control duty, it's got more "go" for stop-and-go hauling.' pleton, Medford, and Mrs. John Napier, Roseburg, with 77 s. Class B gross prize was claimed by Mrs. John Pave lich, Laurelwood, with a 96. The net rivarly was taken by Mrs. Russell Saunders, Grants Pass, with a 74. She was fol lowed by Mrs. Margaret Chi aramonte, Laurelwood, with 75. Mrs. Brian Douglass, Med ford, won Class B low gross with 105. Mrs. Russell Hey- Parsons Lone Undefeated Club in Softball League Parsons Motors took over lone unmarred command in the Jackson County Softball association last night by hand- Aqua Meet Saturday at Hawthorne An estimated 65 swimmers from three towns will .take part in a meet Saturday at Hawthorne Park pool. Bedford YMCA will be host to city teams from Klam ath Falls. Some 40 events are on the schedule. Rivalry starts at 10 a.m. nd is open to spectators free of charge. It will be the only open air meet here this season. Medford and Grants Pass each will have about 20 en trants and Klamath Falls 25. Some outstanding perform ers in the northwest will take part.' Medford has Gene Cronin, diver and St. Mary's high sen ior, who beat the Oregon State college top man at Rose burg last week, and v Linda Hess, a sprint swimmer. From Grants Pass will be Mike Cur tis, nationally recognized free styler and Danny Zeno, an all around swimmer. Bunker Hill Company Reports Earnings Loss San Francisco (UPD The Bunker Hill company report ed today a loss of $641,647 or 41.5 cents per share, for the second quarter of 1958. The drop in income brought the loss for the year to $983, 391, compared with profits of $1,113,449 for the first six months of 1957. John D. Bradley, president, said declining prices on lead and other metals were to blame for the loss of income. Since January 1948 the standard weekly work hours throughout Australia have been fixed at 40. 44 Club News Dough-Nuts Cooking Club The last meeting of the year was held for the Dough-Nuts 4-H cooking club at the home of Mrs. Charley Tuesday, Aug. 12. Work was done on scrap books and record book were discussed. Judy Frink, Reporter Daffy-Dills Flower Club The fair was discussed and entry blanks filled out during the Aug. 4 meeting of the Daffy-Dills 4-H flower club held at the home of Mrs. C. W. Anhorn, 4-H club leader. This was the last meeting of the ear. Juay i rink, Reporter Sparkplugs Tractor Club The Sparkplugs 4-H tractor club held its last meeting of the year on Aug. 2 at the home of the leader Morris Frink. Attending were the as sistant leader, Eldred Charley, and 10 members. Work was done on project books. Jim Frank, Reporter ney at Rogue Valley Country club. From left are Mrs. E. W. Sickels, low net winner, Mrs. W. W. Davies, low gross scorer, and Mrs. William Miller, second low net. sell, Medford, was first low net with 76, and Mrs. John Day, Medford, second low with 78. A tourney sidelight was the explosion of a ball hit by Mrs. Milo Marlatt, Eugene,' on her approach to the first green The ball had performed odd antics on the way down the fairway and Mrs. Marlatt took a nine on the hole. There was considerable . discussion on how the trick ball got into her bag. ing M and W Chain Saw its first loss in the look. Score was 5 to 2 in the game at Memorial stadium, Camp White. Eagle Point tripped the Rogue Valley Dairy Maids 12 to 5 in the other game. Parsons got into the lead in the opening inning with two runs on a single by Jerry Christian and homer by Bill Esselstyn. A base on balls and single by Alton Stone figured in a second inning run and two more Parsons' scores were in the sixth frame on a single by Esselstyn, two errors, a walk and a fielder's option. Jim House homered for M and W in the sixth canto. He doubled and tallied in the fourth on a single by Lou Schell. House also had a single in the fracas. Dennis Boren homered and Jim Nease tripled for Eagle Point. Ellen Callaghan had both hits for the Dairy Maids. MNESCORES: MW Chain Saw 000 101 02 5 5 Parsons Motors 210 002 x 5 6 1 . Brittsan and Garner; Weather ford and Esselstyn. Eagle Point ... 201 204 312 9 4 Dairy Maids ....001 002 2 5 2 2 Shaffer and Boren; Callaghan, Hanson (7) and Main.. Island Trip Set For Dealers Del Allison, of Cal-Ore Ma chinery company, local dealer for J. I. Case industrial trac tors and equipment, said to day he plans to attend the 1959 Nassau world premiere and annual Case dealers' con ference next January in tha Bahama islands. John Garner, of Cal-Ore Machinery company, who re cently returned irom a spe cial Case branch dealer meet ing in Portland said Case is awarding a five-day expense paid business vacation trip to the island capital to all deal ers who meet or exceed their sales goals this year. Highlight of the conference will be the 1959 "marketing plans and new ways in which Case dealers can be of better service to customers. Dealers will be flown to Nassau in chartered commercial air liners. Talk Scheduled For Optometrists Dr. A. M. Skeffington, di rector of the optometric ex tension program, will speak during an all-day meeting of the Southern Oregon Society of Optometrists at the Rogue Valley Country club Tuesday, Aug. 19. The extension program is for international education and research in vision. Dr. Skeffington will speak on childhood development visual guidance through the school years. Optometrists from Grants Pass, Medford, Ash land and Klamath Falls are expected to attend the lectures starting at 10 a.m. Poison Oak? Try a Bottle of ZEMACOL You must b satisfied or your money cheerfully refunded. Get a botrl. today at WESTERN THRIFT Tebbetts Would Quit Anyhow Cincinnati, Ohio (UPD Birdie Tebbetts, who unex pectedly resigned his post as Concinnati Redleg manager Thursday, said today he would have quit the job "even if the club had been going well." The one-time catching star with Detroit 'and Boston of the American league said he planned to stay in the game but doesn't know whether he will stay on the field or move into the front office. "It was a helluva job," he said as he sat -packing his gear, "but in one way I guess I'm as interested in the suc cess of this club as .anyone else. ' "If I'd have continued, I would have hurt the entire or ganization. I didn't want to do that, as they gave me my start." Coach Jimmy Dykes took over for Tebbetts and ' will run. the team until a successor is - named. General Manager Gabe Paul will confer with owner Powell Crosley, who is currently on a vacation cruise. , , Men tvho like Action like S 2t 4 Smooth as n a IE SSLER .JULIUS KSSLE! COMPANY. Tonight - 5:30 P.M. DETROIT c CdDLULEGE O (EDMS : ALL4TABS ifc TATE vs. AAOT0 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Giant Turning . Point Possible San Francisco (UPD Just when the experts had con signed the Giants' pennant dreams to the ash heap, the unpredictable m i x t ure of youth and age looked today like a contender all over again. Old Marv Grissom came out of the fire house in the ninth inning Thursday to quench a rally by the St. Louis Cardinals and insure the Giants a 4-3 victory. "This could be the turning CLEARANCE SALE BOATS All 14' Crater Craft Runabouts. Wa need more room for our '59 models. All new boats. Excellent for wafer skiing WHITE FIR LUMBER COMPANY 258 A Street MU Silk UWSENCEBURS. INDIANA. 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