Drag Strip Record Brokeir by Galiforniaii
Gas Championship Races
Continue Today at SOTA
Camp White Time Site
Jay Cheatham, veteran
dragster pilot from Sunny
vale, Calif., driving a fuel
Injected Oldsmobile-engined
machine that ran with the
perfection of a swiss watch,
shattered the record for the
Camp White drag strip yes
terday. '
Cheatham revved his sleek
speedster to a top speed of
142.85 miles per hour in time
trials held Saturday afternoon
as Southern Oregon Timing
association dropped the star
ting flag on the second annual
Northwest Gas Championship
drag races. He eclipsed the
former mark of 134.24 mph
set by the "Glass Slipper"
from Sacramento, Calif.
"The Sunnyvale speedster
also established another best.
His elapsed time for the quar
ter-mile from a standing start
was the lowest on record for
Southern Oregon. He zoomed
through the 1,320-foot timing
trap in 10.25 seconds
Cheatham proved the con
sistency of his high-powered
Medford'Y
Wins Over
Lakeview
Medford YMCA swimmers
defeated Lakeview 251 to 225
yesterday in a meet at the
local Y pool.
The locals took 20 and
Lakeview 12 of the first
places in the 32 events. Lake-
view had the edge in seconds
,17 to 14.
Every event set a record
for the Medford tank.
Linda Hess won. three firsts
for the host team but was up
set in the 40-yard breastroke
for ages 14 and under by her
teammate, Shirley Hopkins. '
Other triple winners were
Rhonda Hess and Dick Hilde
brand for Medford and Sherry
Jarmin for Lakeview. Victor
ies by Linda Hess were in the
100-yard freestyle, the 120
medley and the 40-yard back
stroke. Rhonda won her 40
yard back stroke, freestyle
and buttterfly races. Sherry
triumphed in 40 free and butterfly-
and 80-yard backstroke
classes.
Don Thompson and .Dale
Vaughan were local double
winners, Thompson taking 40
yard breast and backstroke
races and Vaughan copping
the 40 and 80 - yard breast
strokes in his class.
BASEBALLERS PICNIC
Members of the Camp
White baseball squad of the
Rogue Valley league will pic
nic at TouVelle state park to
day. 'Lunch will be served at
noon.
vehicle. The torrid dragster
was never" timed in less than
140 mph in the Saturday com
petition. SOTA race officials
speculated that the Pearson
Olds special would improve
on its performance today. His
142.85 in the local meet is
just 7 mph slower than his
time which gained him run
ner-up honors in the nationals
on Labor day at Oklahoma
City, Okla.
Cogs Goes ' '
Another outstanding entry,
the Cogs dragster from Olym-
pia, Wash., arrived late yes
terday afternoon and only
made a few timed runs. Its
best-speed was 132.93 mph in
an elapsed time of 10.82 sec
onds. Terrell Coage improved
its speed each time he ran
the supercharged Chrysler
powered entry. Just last week
end this sleek aluminum cov
ered . racer was clocked at
146.5. mph in competition at
Sheltoh, Wash.
. ComDetition continues to
day with time trials opening
at 8 a m. Deadline for enter
ing stock cars is 11 a.m. and
deadline for all other entries
isi 12 noon. Stock eliminations
will begin about noon and
eliminations for the competi
tion classes wil be held later
this afternoon. Some $2,000
in savings bonds, trophies and
merchandise awards will be
made immediately following
the top-eliminator run of the
Top times turned in by lo
cal cars in yesterday's action
was 115.53 mph by Noel
Black, driving his Skylark
220r and 111.80 mph turned
in by Zombie, a red and white
competition coupe owned by
the Wheelers car club of Med
ford and sponsored by Med
ford's 21 club.
The Dalles Delegation
Association officials said
they were very pleased with
Saturday's activity and added
that they expected many more
entries this morning. Addi
tional dragster entries are ex-
neftpri from Portland and
Reno. Nev.. plus an enure
delegation from The Dalles.
Should Cheatham be aDie
to keep the lead in toaay s
action and emerge as the new
strip record holder, he will
receive the $200 bond that
SOTA has posted.
Trophies will be presentea
by Miss Terry Turner, Gold
Hill. Miss Turner received a
new wardrobe and hair styl
ing from Burlesons' Ladies
Ready-to-Wear store in Med
ford as trophy girl,-
The drag strip is located
seven miles north of Medford
off the Crater Lake highway.
Siens will be-posted from the
"Y" in north Medford. Spec
tators are welcome and a con
cession stand operated by the
Medford Lions club will be
in operation.
'
DRAG .RACERS VIE - A pair of top local
. entries in the Pacific Northwest Gas cham
pionship drag races are - shown in a bit of
contention here. In the lead is the Skylark
' dragster, skippered by. Noel Black, and
closest to the' camera is the Wheelers club
Zombie, Class A competition coup!, driven
by Charles (Bub) Hewitt. The gas cham
pionships conclude today with eliminations
this afternoon following morning timing
sessions at Southern Oregon Timing asso
ciation's Camp White strip. Some of the
fastest cars in the west are entered. Sky
lark has turned 124.58 this year and Zombie
has bettered a national class repord by at
taining 121.62 mph in one - fourth mile
from a standing stop.
IBaseDiq Triumphs
(Over Art Aragon
By JACK CUDDY
Los Angeles (UPD - Carman
Basilio's impressive eighth
round knockout over gory
Art Aragon apparently assur
ed the ex-champion another
shot at the middleweight
crown - probably in the huge
Los Angeles Coliseum next
spring. -
Officials of the Internation
al Boxing club agreed relent
less Basilio was still the out
standing contender for Sugar
Ray Robinson's title not only
because of his impressive
showing but because of .Fri
day night's 21,060 spectators
at Wrigley Field.
The gross gate was $236,-
521 topping the Pacific Coast
record of $234,183 drawn by
the Floyd Patterson-Roy Har-
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Olympics
. Chicago (UPD Detroit was
chosen Saturday to represent
the United States in a bid
for the 1964 Olympic games
The United States Olympic
Committee said it picked De
troit over Los Angeles, Min
neapolis and Chicago after
two hours of deliberations.
"It was a very close deci
sion," site committee chair
man Robert J. Kane said. "We
really felt each of the four
cities would be a worthy rep
resentative but Detroit had
the edge."
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Midcoast Painters 6 - 2
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Table Rock Lumber 5 3
E. H. Mann Pinbusters 4 4
Ideal Cement 4 4
Tee Pee Plywood 4 1 4
Cove Valley Supply 2 6
Huges & Dodd 2 6
Construction Workers
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C.W.A. 0 (C. McDaniel 454) 2566.
Midcoast 3 (Neal Dow 560) 2633;
Pin Busters 1 (George Eads 523)
2619.
Wolves 3 (D. Graham 572) 2717;
Huges & Dodd 1 (Ben Darass 530)
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2074; Ideal 3 (W. Day 538) 2188.
Tee Pee 3 (W. Anderson 542)
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er. tie, 228.
High series: D. Graham 572.
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ris heavyweight title fight at
the same field Aug.. 18.
For the first start on the
comeback trail, Basilio will
receive an estimated $73,000
for his 30 per cent of all net
receipts including the $35,000
television fee. He was guaran
teed $60,000. Aragon, the Los
Angeles. "Golden Boy" also
will receive an estimated
$73,000.
Negotiations Start
Aileen and Cal Eaton, the
Los Angeles husband -wife
promoting team who staged
the scheduled 12-rounder in
cooperation with the IBC, be
gan negotiating' immediately
for a third title fight between
Carmen and Robinson - at
Los -Angeles. '"
Sugar Ray had promised to
fight Friday night's winner
early next year if he did not
retire meanwhile. Basilio of
thittenango.N. Y., made his
first start Friday night since
losing the 160-pound crown
back to Robinson on a split
decision ax Chicago last March
25.
Basilio, weighing 155V&,
displayed his usual persistent
hooking attack - to body and
head as he battered the.taller
Aragon into bloody submis
sion.
. Courag eous Aragon, 30,
staggared Carmen, 31, in the
fifth round three times witn
left hooks and "snaker" rights
and he shook him up in the
first, fourth and seventh. But
meanwhile, the even-attacK-
ing Carmen battered him un
til his legs were w,oDDiing
and his face was bleeding
from five cuts in the eighth.
Aragon's handlers threw
in the towel in the eighth, but
referee Tommy Hart didn't
see it. It hung on a ring turn-
buckle. He stopped the bout
of his own accord at 1:27 of
the eighth "to save Aragon
from further punishment
Hart said it was a full-fledged
knockout under California
rules although there had been
no knockdowns.
Bears Defeat
Detroit 24-7
United Press International
The Chicago Bears, looking
more and more like the old
time "monsters of the mid
way," still are rolling along
unbeaten in the professional
football exhibition season
with ihe word champion De
troit Lions their latest vic
tims. '
The Bears' Rick Casares
scored his second touchdown
of the night in the closing
minutes Friday night to give
the Bears a 24-17 victory over
the Lions at Dallas, J. ex.,
their fourth in as many games.
Black Sox Bill
Pro Ball Club
Eugene - (UPD - The Drain
Black Sox, the national non
pro baseball champions, will
meet a team composed of
players' from the Salem Sen
ators and Eugene Emeralds of
the Northwest league in an
exhibition game here today.
Hugh Luby of the Emeralds
will manage the professional
team in the game at 2 pan. at
Bethel park.
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Cards Beat
Rams 27-26
Seattle, "Wash. -4UPD- Ollie
Matson's 94-yard kickoff re
turn for a touchdown high
lighted a furious second half
here Saturday as the Chicago
Cardinals defeated the Los
Angeles Rams, 27-26, to 'gain
their first preseason exhibi
tion football victory of the
year.
Matson's thrilling dash was
the longest run seen in the
University of Washington sta
dium since 1951 when Hugh
McElhenny returned a kick
off 100 yards against South
ern California.
But the Cardinal star's
touchdown sprint was far
from the only thrill that ex
cited 31,500 fans here Satur
day. Most of the action came in
the second half. Both teams
seemed to be affected by the
heat. The weather in the first
half (the temperature was 79
degrees) but the heat of the
contest brought them to life
after the intermission. .
Swiden Has
Gimmick
For Fight
Reno, Nev. (UPD - Pittsburgh
heavyweight Art Swiden says
he will use his usual needling
tactics, and a new gimmick to
beat Reno's 4,200 foot alti
tude when he meets Howard
King in a 10-rounder Monday
night.
Swiden, noted for his ha
bit of heckling opponents into
reckless anger, came up with
a novel but untried way to
overcome ' the mountain alti
tude here in preparation for
the Monday bout.
After training for the King
bout for three weeks in Pitts
burgh with big Bob Baker,
Swiden set up training head
quarters at Rosemont Lodge,
7200 feet above sea level on
the side of Mount Rose.
He said he expected the
3,000 foot drop in altitude to
more than make up fo the
thin air here that usually cau
ses athletes not used to it to
rapidly "run out of gas."
King, who fought light-hea
vyweight King Archie Moore
to a draw here last month,
has been training at. nearby
Herlong, Calif., where the al
titude is about the same as
Reno's.
Swiden admitted he thought
King would be a tough boy
to beat -"You have to be
good to draw with Archie
Moore"- but he predicted he
would beat the Reno fighter.
"I have to win," he explain
ed, "because if I do beat King,
I've been promised a money
fight with Alex Mitiff or Zora
Folleyi in Texas."
Rugged Line
To Bolster
Talent High
Talent - C o a c h Millard
Webb is grooming a big rug
ged line and working to fill
gaps left in the backfield by
graduation as the Talent High
school Bulldogs prep for the
1958 campaign.
Talent has a pucleus of 10
lettermen and the help of sev
eral transfers. Coach Webb is
also counting xn a good crop
of freshmen, some of whom
may figure strongly in Bull
dog action District 5B.
A total of 38 uniforms have
been issued, at Talent. Daily
turnouts have been around 25
players. Webb characterized
the squad as fairly green but
he said that he has possibly
the biggest line that he's
coached. . It will average
around 190 and includes good
heft at the ends. The players
have lots to learn, however,
Webb stressed.
Lettermen are Allen King,
Tom Burnett and Morris Ster
rett, ends; Dick Kerns, back;
Sam Knudsen, a quarterback,
who'll also turn in time at
end and halfback;. John But
ler and Bob Jacobs, centers
or guards; Dick Bradford and
Everett McCasland, tackles,
and Mike Jacobs, fullback.
Another gridder, Eddie Seav
er, a junior, played as a fresh
man, but missed last season
because of an injury.
Transfers include Norman
Green, fullback or guard,
from the Midwest; Don
Skundrick, quarterback from
Ashland; Bill and Mike Huff,
brother tackles from Lake
view, and Monty Combs, from
Rogue River. Combs, sopho
more halfback and cousin' of
Combs brothers, ' who have
played here in past years, is
said to be showing good speed
and good form in his block
ing and tackling.
McCasland weighs 237 and
Bradford and Green each 205.
The Bulldogs will compete
in" District 5B but open the
season as host on Friday, Sept.
12 to A-2 Eagle Point.
The female death rate in
Norway from all causes is the
lowest in the world.
Malheur Deer
Population Low
Oregon Bow Hunters has
been advised that deer are not
available in normal abund
ance in the Malheur archery
aj-ea at the present time.
The organization received
that word from John Scharff,
manager of the Malheur Na
tional Wildlife refuge and
from regional personnel of the
Oregon state game commis
sion at Burns'.
Reconnaissance, of the area
a wees ago provided a count
of Only 134 deer.: Count usu
ally is 500 to 600 in the arch
ery hunting area. As their
only explanation of the move
ment of deer from the area,
the game men said that the
acute mouse infestation has
depleted most of the legumes
and other vegetation that
deer have fed upon in past
years.
Oregon Bow Hunters is
passing on the information to
archers to point up that hunt
ing may not be so favorable
as in past years and to enable
them to change their hunting
plans if they wish.
Yakima Leads
NW Series 3-1
Yakima-fiJPD - Yakima took
a 3-1 lead Friday in its best
of seven series with Lewiston
for the 1958 Northwest league
baseball crown.
Dick Donnelly effectively
scattered seven "hits as Yak
ima defeated Lewiston 3-1 in
the fourth game of the series.
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Be Starters
For Eagles
Eagle Point Eagle Point
High school can put a fairly
experienced first unit on the
field next Friday night in its
season football opener at Tal
ent. But the Eagles, despite an
over shortage in depth, may
have as many as four sopho
mores in the starting line-up.
The EP squad with 13 let
termen out is light but hopes
to make up for its lack of
weight with good team speed
and good team spirit.
(There are eight senior let
termen. They are Steve Char
ters, center, Dave Huffman,
Bill McClure and Bill Turner,
backs, Roger Hooper, tackle;
Bill Hubbard, end and Dale
Casey and Jack Esp. guards.
Hooper. lettered in- 1956 but
missed last season because of
a broken leg. He's one of the
top line prospects this, year.
Juniors with . monograms
are Jim Nease, back, Ken
Jorde, end, and Mack Lem
mon, guard. Gary Ayres,
sophomore tackle, lettered as
a freshman. Work has hamp
ered the practice slate for the
juniors.
The sophs, who could break
into the starting eleven, are
Bill Skeeters, a none-letter-man
who played guard but is
a fullback this season; Tom
Perdue, who is battling Nease
at the quarterback spot; Mike
Palm, an end, and Ayres.
Among other top candi
dates are Fred Hay, a senior
speedster, battling for a half
back; Bob Berryman, back,
who was a sprinter, in track;
Don Arnold,- who is vying
with Hooper at tackle; Harlin
Stinson, guard and transfer
from Ashland, and Steve
Geren, .freshman, who is a
backfield candidate. Geren
has been hindered by an
ankle sprain.
Thirty-one youths were is
sued equipment this fall .and,
daily turnout has averaged
22. The Eagles, like a number
of the other schools in the
area have had, insufficient
numbers on hand for real
good scrimmage sessions.
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, September 7, 195B
U. S. Golfers Take
Americas Cup Again
By HAL WOOD
United Press International
San Francisco, Sept. 5 The
United States golfers wal
loped Canada and Mexico
with ease Saturday to win the
Americas cup for the fourth
consecutive time.
With Captain Billy Jo Pat
ton, Frank (Bud) Taylor, and
Charlie Coe- showing the way
in the two-day 72-hole compe
tition, the United States piled
up 30 points compared with
17 for Canada and seven for
Mexico.
While the results, generally
speaking, weren't anything to
speak about on the Olympic
course, the U.S. squad was
steady in the clutches and got
some good putting from Tay
lor and Coe to overwhelm
their foes in . the biennial
competition.
The team results showed
that Canada defeated Mexico,
12VS to ftVi. The United
States beat Canada, 13Vi to
4V, and defeated . Mexico,
16i, to VA.
The United States had piled
201 points total going . into
the last singles matches. Sat
urday afternoon. They added
9 more this afternoon to
clinch the North American
amateur team championship.
The best golf Saturday was
fired by Coe. The siege-gun
from Oklahoma was two un
der par for the 14 holes he
had to play to down Canada's
Eric Hansen and Mexico's En
rique Farias. Coe closed out
the' Canadian, 6-4, and the
Mexican, 8-6.
Former National Amateur
Champion Harvie Ward re
turned to form to win both of
his matches. He turned back
Jose Ortego, Mexico, 4-2 and
John Johnston, of Canada,
3-2. Ward was two over par
for the 16 holes he played.
Best performance for the
losers Saturday was turned in
by Gary Cowan of Kitchener,
Ont. On a course that's a five
par for. most shot-diggers,
Cowan was one over par for
15 holes in disposmg of U.S.
National Amateur Champion
Hillman Robbins, 5-3, and Ig
nacio Lopez, of Mexico, 6-5.
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