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Salem Nabs State Title In Softball Coos Bay UPI Salem de feated Corvallis 6-1 Tuesday night to win the state men's Softball, title. Corvallis had defeated Sa lem 1-0 in an earlier game to - set up the championship con test. In the finale, Salem broke the game wide open with six runs in the fourth inning, knocking Lloyd Buettgenbach from the mound. Buettgen bach had pitched the earlier Corvallis win over Salem, al lowing only one hit. Don Carey eot Corvailis' only hit in the final game. Paul Waner Has Attack Omaha, Neb. (UPD Former Pittsburgh Pirate hitting star Paul (Big Poison) Waner, re cently recovered from bouts with pneumonia and tubercu losis, today fought for his life following a heart attack. Waner, a member of base ball's Hall of Fame was strick en here Tuesday. Doctors said his condition was "satisfactory." The ex-Pirate great is one of eight living 3,000 hitters, having collected 3,152 safeties in his 20-year baseball career. He was known as "Big Poison" to the opposition be cause of his big bat, and his brother, Lloyd, also a Pitts burgh outfielder, was dubbed "Little Poison." Warier currently is a bat ting instructor for the St Louis Cardinals. ' Big Four Loop Talked oan Francisco (UPD Rep resentatives of four big col leges on the Pacific Coast will meet here Saturday to form a Big Four association to replace the Pacific Coast Conference, it was reported today. The Big Four will include California, U n i v e rsity of Southern California, Univer sity of California at Los An geles and Washington. It may later be expanded to include Stanford. Greg Englehard, athletic director at California, refused to confirm or deny the re ports of the meeting. How ever, he said there would be a "newsworthy" press confer ence Saturday morning. Oregon Champs Face Centralia Billings, Mont. (UPD Bend, the Oregon Junior Legion baseball champion, opens play in the regional tournament here Friday afternoon against Centralia, the Washington stale champ. Fairbanks meets Lewiston, Idaho, in another first round game. Billings drew a bye and meets the Fairbanks-Lewiston winner in an opening round game. ; Winner of the tournament goes to Hastings, Neb., for the sectional crown Aug. 31 Sept. 4. fe&a - v hit iikixtx Sis WMffl v 4 I SMOTHERED Big Mel Triplett (33) of the New Yonc Giants is swarmed under by 4961 linemen after making a one-yard gam for the Giants in the first quarter of their game in San Francisco. Doing the smothering are Leo Nomelhni (73, center) and Ed Henke (75, right) while leaping in at left is Bob Toneff (74). Giants won, 19 to 10. Orlando Cepeda Escapes Injury San Francisco (UPD Or lando Cepeda, 21, star rookie first baseman for the San Francisco Giants, escaped in jury Tuesday night when his car collided with a taxicab. The accident occurred two hours after Cepeda scored the winning run for the Giants against the Cincinnati Redlegs at Seals Stadium. Neither Cepeda nor Henry L. Schwartz, 36, the cab driv er, was cited. SAVE $500 ON ANY COMPLETE Brake Reline Rivetless Brake Lining Bonded To Your Shoes GUARANTEED for Firestone Brake Special! -A 19 A 3. Voluft II ANY Bert's Wbt Wi J CAR 2 CtaM mm mmmk frmmt Wfcaal 3 4 Check 5 Mfvct Brak Virg Akins Bout Choice Chicago (UPD Virgil Ak ins was a strong favorite to score his fifth straight knock out when he enters the ring- tonight for the first time since winning the welterweight ti tle in June. Akins' opponent in the tel evised n o n -1 i 1 1 e . bout is Charley (Tombstone) Smith, a 25-year-old battler from Los Angeles with big hopes of boosting his No. 8 ranking among the 147-pounders. Golf Defender Wins 1st Tiff Darien. Conn (UPD Joanne Gunderson,- the happy-go- lucky defending champion in the Women's National Ama teur golf championship, was heavily favored to ,wm two matches today and move int6 the fifth round. The 6,468-yard Wee Burn course, hilly and sprinkled with brooks and bunkers, is proving a man-size task for the girls. But Miss Gunder son. a huskv blonde who belts her tee shots a mile, should survive today's two 18-hole rounds. Joanne, a 3 and 1 winner over ex-Curtis Cupper Mar jorie Lindsay of Decatur, 111., Tuesday, played Mrs. Charles Spalding of Greenwich, Conn., in the third round this morning. After lunch, if she defeated Mrs. Spalding, she was to play the survivor of a match pitting Betty Kirkby of Akron, Ohio, against Judy Darling of Hudson Heights, Que. Eugene Tryouts Set By Giants Eugene San Francisco Giants will hold baseball try outs and conduct a clinic at Bethel park here from 9:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Aug. 29 and 30. The tryouts are open to boys 17 through 22 years of age. Youths are to provide their own gloves and shoes and should appear in baseball uniforms jf possible. Moose lodge and River Road Park and Recreation district are sponsors of the tryout camp. Further information may be obtained from Jim Dickinson director of RRPRD. SPORTS FRANCHISE PROPOSED Washington (UPD Ten sen ators, headed by Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.), today suggested a franchise should be granted to the Minneapolis St. Paul area if the American league expands to 10 teams. In a letter written by Humphrey to Will Harridge, president of the American league, the sen ator pointed out "the Twin Cities have a vast trade terri tory, populated by avid sports fans and with a particular in terest in baseball . . . where excellent stadium facilities are already available and are about to be expanded." Offense 'Duty Scheduled for James, Baker Portland (UPD Dick James, a defensive specialist, and Sam Baker, the place kicking specialist, will play offense for the Washington Redskins against the San Francisco 49'ers here Saturday night, Coach Joe Kuharich said to day. Both James and Baker were standouts in offensive back field play while at Oregon and Oregon State respectively. The starting Washington backfield also will include Bert Zagers and either Ralph Guglielmi or Eddie LaBaron at quarterback. The 49'ers arrive in town Friday afternoon. Mexico Team In Semi-Finals Williamsport, Pa. (UPD Defending champion Monter rey, Mexico, seeking to re peat its rags-to-riches title tri umph of last year, met Dar ien, Conn., today in the semi finals of the 12th annual Lit tle League World Series. v Kankakee, 111., played Gad- den, Ala., in the other game. Monterrey, with only one regular remaining from the band of little lads with big hearts who won the 1957 championship, followed tradi tion by trouncing Pearl Har bor, 11-0 Tuesday in the open ing round. Kankakee gained the semi finals with a 2-1 triumph dver Portland, Ore., in a game which saw homers account for all the scoring. Gadsden drew a bye in opening play. Port land was eliminted. Darien gained the semi-finals by defeating Valleyfield, Quebec, 7-2. Practice Shoot Planned Sunday Warm-UD for the dove shooting season will be held aunaay at fiieaiord liun club. Skeet and 16-yard shootine is planned with traps to open at 9 a.m. Members have extended a welcome to non-memhpr hunt ers to take advantage of the practice opportunity. Dove season opens Sept. 1. OREGON PLAYERS CUT San Francisco (UPD Back Leroy Phelps of Oregon and guard Dave Jesmer of Oregon State were cut from the roster of the San Francisco 49'ers Tuesday. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon. Wednesday, August 20, 1958 9 EUGENE LDS BEATEN Salt Lake City (UPD Chandler, Ariz., defeated Eu gene, Ore., 4-2 Tuesday in the Latter Day Saints Softball tournament here. mm AM Mn FWU. Finest Equipment, Shop and " Best Trained Mechanics STORES 114 So. Riverside Ph. SP 2-7119 CRATER LAKE MOTORS' I A SAVE $250 on English Fords! NEW ANGLIA TUDOR ' ONLY $(5)00 per month jfrjj 35 Mile Per Gallon CRATER LAKE MOTORS Munro Strokes 149 in JC Golf Tucson, Ariz. (UPD David Munro of Portland paced three Oregon youths who qualified Tuesday for cham pionship play in the annual International J a y c e e golf tournament here. Munro had a 77 Tuesday to go with an earlier 72 lor a two-day total of 149. Biff Lovett of Portland and Lynn Yturri of Ontario each fired 150. Mickey Shaw cf Milwaukie had 159, while the qualifying score was 159. There are one-third more married women from 15 to 44 years in the U. S. today than there were in 1933. Royals Increase IL Leadership United Press International The Montreal Royals in creased their first-place bulge in the International league to 31-2 games Tuesday night by edging the ' Rochester Red Wings, 5-4, in 11 innings. Second place Tironto could do little against the four-hit hurling of Walt Coleman as Buffalo took a 7-1 decision. Coleman won . his seventh game as the Bison backed him with a 16-hit attack. Columbus moved to within a game of fourth-place Miami by beating the Marlins, 6-2. Richmond scored two runs in the 10th inning at Havana to beat the Cubans, 7-6. Sr. a ? f DODGING LIKE DANCER, Willie Kirkland, leftfielder, manages to sidestep St. Louis catcher Gene Green to score in San Francisco game. Giants went on to win, 11-2. BIRTHDAY Amos Alonzo Stagg, grand old man of foot ball, celebrates his 96th birthday in Stockton, Calif August 16. Last surviving founder of the Big Ten, Stagg is here shown demonstrating some of the fine points of the game with Steven Small, 11, of Lodi, Calif. Partial to youngsters and their aspirations, Stagg firmly believes that college football generates more spirit than the pro game. LJ pfp 1 INSTRUMENTATION COMPONENTS Shown here is the terminal cannister of the lunar rocket unsuccessfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla. This cannister con tained instruments intended to measure the magnetic fields of both the earth and the moon. The attempt ended in failure when the rocket exploded 77 seconds after launching. FELT and STRAW HATS Sizes 6Vz to 7Va Reg. $5.00 to $20.00 $295 WASHABLE WHIPCORDS REG. $9.95 $IS95 Look Smart . . Be Smart . SAVE Up to 50 During mm jl Mm N Park Free While you shop here in our newly enlarged parking lot directly behind our store. Enter ' the lot from Front Street. Famous Name Brand syois These suits are all taken from our regu lar stocks. Styles and patterns galore. 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