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8 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or., Wednesday, September 17, If 38 ' Scepter Challenges Whether Yanks Put Better Boats Afloat By JACK V. FOX Newport. R. I. - (LTD - The English lady leaned over con solingly to Sir Thomas Lip ton, back home after another vain effort to win the Amer ica's Cup, prime trophy of world yachting supremacy. 'Those Americans," she said. "I think they put some thing in the water over there to beat us." "Yes, they do," agreed Sir Thomas. "Better boats." That ancedote goes back to the 1920s. This week end in the stiff breezes off Newport, the Brit ish with a spanking new sloop and a Royal Navy friend of Prince Phillip in command challenge whether Americans are still putting- better sail boats in the water. Symbol of Supremacy The trim racers are appro priately named Britain's Sceptre and America's . Co lumbia with top flight crews brought to keen edge by prac tice races all summer. i At stake as a prize is a 27 inch tall cup made of silver and alloys. Its original cost was 100 guineas ($500). When the United States first won it in 1851, the crew discovered it couldn't even be used as a drinking vessel. They poured in champagne only to discov er the cup has no bottom. But the cup has a lure like no other to men who love the sea and by Saturday it will have jammed 50,000 yachting enthusiasts into President Ei senhower's vacation spot to see England try for the 17th time to get back the Amer ica's Cup. Ike May Watch It is truly a "World Series' of yacht racing with the boat which takes the first four out of a possible seven races be coming the cup winner. The races start Saturday with a break on Sunday and resume throughout next week. There will be a full-dress dinner of the English Speak ing union on the eve of the first race in the great ball room of The Breakers, the famous ancestral mansion of the Vanderbilts looking out over the course some 13 miles out of Newport harbor. .President Eisenhower may go out to see one of the races although the President is a man whose recreational tastes do not run to salt water. The last real sailing enthusiast in the White House was Franklin D. Roosevelt. . . Roosevelt watched a race in 1934 and he sent a curt mes sage to a Navy destroyer which edged with photograph ers too close to the British yacht. "What are you doing, challenging her to a contest?"- FDR radioed the destroyer. It quickly withdrew. Wan By "America" The cup was won by. this country 107 years ago when the New York Yacht club sent over" its beautiful new racer, "America," and entered the regatta of the Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes. , Seventeen British' boats were matched against the America in the race around the Isle of Wight and Queen Victoria ' and her - Albert watched at the finish line. To their dismay, the sails of the America hove into view first. "Who is second," asked Vic toria. "Madam," a hesitant aide said to her Brittanic majesty, "there is no second." He was not quite right. The little British boat, Auroro, did finish the race much later. All the others dropped out or were disabled. Since then the cup has been an irritant and a magnet. Lip ton was the most famous of '9-155 WHAT FOOTBALL-TEAM -FIKST WORE. NUMBERS ? Washington and Jefferson numbered Us fcotbal I jerseys "in I9C8, but soon abandoned the piactkc It wa revWed by Amas fiJomo Stagg at the University of Chicago in 19 13 and was ac- claimed b the sports writers and the fans. Howevei; the idea did not become universal until the early 1920 's , most coaches fearing numbers would identify their stars- to the opposition. . TOP THIS! To any reader submitting contrary proof. Tip Brady will send a sifmed. wallet-sized diploma. Write to: BEAT THIS, co this paper. Box 5T5w Sausalito. Calif. Enclose self-addressed, stamped envelope. ' A MCI NwipyM Syndic ft the challengers and he tried until his 80th year in 1930. The last match was in 1937 when Harold S. Vanderbilt in his famous Ranger beat back another challenger by British aviation magnate, T. O. M. Sopwith. Crowds Irked British The matches over the years stirred hot controversies and ill-feeling. The British were particularly irked over the great swarms of excursion boats and other water-borne spectators. In 1895 an esti mated 60,000 persons jammed the waterway outside New York harbor. In 1930 the race was switched to Newport and this time Coast Guard cutters, Navy destroyers and boats of the yacht club will keep the course clear. , Small " boat skippers from Maine to Florida have sailed here for the races and nation al interest has zoomed. It is understandable when one realizes there are now more than 7 million pleasure boat owners in the country com pared with less than 2 million in the 1930s. Motels in Newport are gone for $15 a room. Six excursion boats with rates of $16.50 a day will put out from New port. The Columbia Broadcast ing System will radio a de scription of the races from a Coast Guard cutter and Navy blimp: Lipion Spent Fortune Estimates of . the money spent to challenge and defend the $500 cup since 1851 range as high as 30 million dollars with the British putting out two thirds of it and Lipton himself about 10 million dol lars. The races alternate on two courses. The first ,is twice around two six-mile lengths, first into the wind and then running before it. The second will be on a triangular course of eight miles on each side. Britain has high hopes this time of bringing home the cup. Professional skipper Stanley Bishop, father and grandfather sought the Grail in years gone by. revealed the Sceptre has brought along a crate in which to stow the America's Cup. Royals, Leafs In Final Series Montreal -(UPD- The weary Montreal Royals will call on righthander Bob Darnell to pitch against veteran Ed Blake of the well - rated Tor onto Maple Leafs in tonight's opening game of the best of seven International League final playoffs. ; The. all - Canadian final round came about when the Rayols trounced the Colum bus Jets, 11-0, Tuesday night to win their semifinal series, four games to three. Toronto entered the final last Sunday by ' eliminating Rochester in five games: Stover Captain Of UO Eleven Eugene, Ore.-fUPD-End Ron Stover, named on most sum mer All-American lists, has been elected captain of' the University of Oregon football team for the 1958 season. HARRINGTON VICTOR Honolulu-IUPD-Stan Harring ton, 151, Honolulu, won a de cisive 10-round decision over Joe Miceli, 149, New York City, Tuesday night at Hono lulu Stadium. Dionne Quintuplet, Son 'Doing Well' Montreal -UPD Cecile Di onne, first of the four surviv ing Dionne quintuplets to be come a mother, and her newly born seven pound, four ounce son, Claude, were reported doing well at St. Justine hos pital today. Cecile 24, gave birth Mon day. Dr. Maurice Noel, an ob stetrician gynecologist, deliv ered the baby. Yvonne, a nurse and the. only unmarried girl among the famous sisters was with Cecile during the de livery. Cecile is the wife of Phil lipe Langlois, 27, whom she married almost 10 months ago. . MedforeJTribune SIPdDMTS ECKEL BYU STANDOUT-Paul Eckel, shown with his coach, Hal Kopp, may be recognized as one of the finest linemen in Brigham Young university football history before he is grad uated. The ex-Medford high player was a regular starter at guard for the Cougars as a sophomore last season and looms as a strong Skyline conference all-star candidate. Because of Eckel and other players of his caliber, Brigham Young is fig ured to take the conference bunting this fall. Elliott Feels Cd Should Be Better Than Last Year (Another in a series on the prospects of West Coast Football teams for the com ing season.) By SCOTT BAILLIE Berkeley, Calif.-(UPD-Califor-nia, seeking to get off the can vas after last year's disastrous season, now also must recover from the shock of losing two seasoned lettermen. But Coach Pete Elliott thinks the Golden Bears will be a better team than the one which lost nine out of 10 games last season. "We are not a real good team yet but I think we'll im prove," the boyish Elliott says. "Quarterback Joe Kapp is considerably better, that's for sure. And he has a good vet eran in Gus Gianulias backing him up." The biggest losses to the in firmary were end Ron Currie and center Bob Chappone. Both suffered injured knees that have sidelined them for the year. That left the Bears without much experience on the outside although Frank Doretti seems in charge at Chiappone's inside post. "Our fullbacks will run the ball a lot more this year," Elliott says. "And we may have the horses in Tony Per rin a veteran and Bill Patton and Walt Arnold, two sopho mores." Promising Sophomores Other sophs who are expect ed to give California a much needed lift include quarter back Larry Parque, center Andy Segale who is impres sive in pass defense, halfback Wayne Crow who might be come, the team's No. 1 kicker, and tackle Bill Streshly. ' College of the Pacific is the first opponent for the Bears and Elliott wasn't too happy with the way the scrubs mov ed through the regular with Tiger plays during a recent scrimmage. "That's where we need the most improvement, on de fense," Elliott said. "We also have to sharpen our passing." Cu'rrie's loss was a blow, as he was the only end with any solid experience left on the squad. And Chiappone had fig ured to be Elliott's main punt er. r "He really could boom that ball," Pete said. "However, we'll probably divide the kick ing now between Crow, who is good at placements, Kapp and Sophomore Mitch Reinis." The starting ends presumab ly will be manned by sopho more Skip Huber and Tom Fraser, a junior. At the tackles it looks like Frank Sally, a letterman, and Streshly. Don Piestrup and Pete Domoto, two more veterans, are on either side of Doretti. Tough Schedule Ahead Kapp's backfield will be rounded out with halfbacks Jack Hart and Hank Olguin with Perrin making it an all senior combination unless Pat ton ousts him. Gianulias, quarterback of the Lynn Waldorf era who was out all last year with in juries, is in charge of the No. 2 offense which could include Crow and Steve Bates along with Patton or Perrin. Elliott says that the sched ule is just as tough as last season's, which couldn't have been worse: Sept. 20-College of the Pa cific. Sept. 27-at Michigan State. Oct. 4-Washington State. Oct. 11-Utah. Oct. 18-at So. California. 25-Oregon. 1-at Oregon State. 8-UCLA. 15-at Washington. 22-Stanford. Oct. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Funeral Friday For Stirnweiss Red Bank, N.J. -0IPD- A Requiem mass will be offered at St. James Roman Catholic church Friday morning for George (Snuffy) Stirnweiss, former New York Yankees' infielder who died Monday in the wreck of a Jersey Cen tral commuter train. Rev. Joseph Shehan, an Army chaplain at Ft. Slocum, N.Y., and a boyhood pal of Stirnweiss, will be the cele brant. Father Shehan identi fied Stirnweiss' body after it was located in the raised sec ond coach of the death train Tuesday. Stirnweiss is survived by his wife, Jane, and six chil dren. - V i !i PILOTS GET PLAYER Portland -(UPD- Chuck Rog ers, 6-6, a sophomore basket ball player from Webster Grove, Mo., registered at the University of Portland Mon day. Rogers will be eligible to play in opening games for the Pilots since he enrolled as a transfer from Xavier uni versity of New Orleans after spending three years in the Navy. .. SNIDER ESCAPES Cincinnati-fUPD-Duke Snder of the Los Ahgeles Dodgers escaped serious injury when he was .hit on the right ear by a line drive off the bat of teammate I Frank Howard in the nightcap of a doublehead er with the Cincinnati Redlegs Tuesday, night. Snider was running up the line" from third base in the fifth inning when he was struck. He suf fered slight bleeding and swelling around the ear but the injury was described as not serious. Red Raiders Getting Into Shape for Starter Ashland After a very sat isfying scrimmage against Shasta Junior college last Sat urday morning in Weed, Calif, the Red Raiders of Southern Oregon college opened their second week of two-a-day practice in preparation for their initial game against Mof fet Air Base next Saturday night in Ashland. Coach Al Akins 'of the Raiders seemed happy about play Saturday of the Raiders after five days of practice. With a traveling squad of only 28 men, the Raiders Jim Kuhn At Quarter For Fresno By DON REED Fresno, Calif .-(UPD When Fresno State opens at Brig ham Young next Saturday night, the Bulldogs will field one of its fastest football squads in history with' veteran Jim Kuhn at the quarterback slot for his third season. "They say my passing has improved considerably and I hope so," says Kuhn, one-time high school star at Portland Ore., "I've been'working on it real hard and this may be my best season yet." Kuhn, a good-looking blond with a crew cut, took over the generalship of the Bulldogs' winged-T offense as a fresh man in 1956. He had a 45 per cent pass completion average the first season but slumped to about 40 per cent last year. Warmed Bench . As a result, Kuhn found himself warming the bench for prolonged spells while Mike Pratt took over quarter back duties and chalked up a 47 per cent pass completion mark. "Mike's a real good man to have around," Kuhn said. "I certainly found that out last year, all right." Both Kuhn and Pratt are 20-year-old juniors. Kuhn stands 6 feet, 1 inch and weighs 190 pounds while Pratt who starred in high school at Fresno is 5 feet, 11 inches and 160 pounds. . They have staged a "tug of war" in practice for the ball- handling duties. So far, head Coach Clark Van Galder has given the starting nod to Kuhn for the Bulldogs opener. showed good speed and stam ina throughout the two hour scrimmage. They gave evi dence that they are rapidly getting into top flight shape. The men of SOC scored three times to Shasta's once with a pass from Jack Brown to Gordie Carrigan covering about 40 yards for the Raid er's second score of the game. Maurer Shines Larry Maurer looked excep tionally good as he ripped off several long gains up through the middle of the line for 10 and 15 yard gains with Del Brood picking up some long gainers around the ends. All was not peaches and cream though for the Raid ers for they lost the services of Punk Biddington for at least 10 days due to a leg in jury. Biddington was a top flight end on both defense and offense and was possibly due for starting duties this Sat urday night. Quarterback Lance Locke continued to look sharp by hitting his targets on a num ber of passes in addition to doing some running. On defense the Raiders held quite well and allowed the Shasta Knights only four first downs; whereas, the Raiders were forced to punt only once. Al Sodaro, Dick Smith, Phil Sword, and Dick Swin ney along with Troy Bellah and Marion Jack were con tinually throwing the Shas tans for losses. Polish Efforts The Raiders opened this weeks practice with emphasis on passing and running in an effort to polish off a well bal anced attack for when they meet Moffett in the seasonal opener next Saturday. , r As yet no line-up is 'avail able as Akins continues to juggle the various defensive and offensive combinations in an effort to come up with two winning units. Injuries have been kept to a minimum with Larry Cran ston, Larry Yarnell, and Punk Biddington the only ones on the sideline list. All have leg trouble. Cincinnatians AABC Titlists Battle Creek, Mich -(UPD- Cincinatti won the American Amateur Baseball Congress national title Tuesday night by blanking Tacoma, Wash., 1-0. REALIGNMENT TALKED Columbus, Ohio-fUPD-Minor league president George Trautman was to meet again today with about 60 minor league executive and major league farm directors in an effort to settle the ticklish problem of realignment. Groups met Tuesday for 12 hours, two of which were giv en over to the realignment of clubs. It was doubtful the problem could be settled, since most clubs wanted to go into higher classifications and since geographic realign ment, would place some cities in lower classifications. REJOINS PHILS Philadelphia (UPD Jim Owens, righthanded pitcher, rejoined the Philadelphia Phillies today after serving two years in military service. COUGARS MAY PLATOON Pullman, Wash.(UPD-Coach Jim Sutherland of Washing ton State gave his team one more taste of heavy scrim mage Tuesday in preparation for Saturday's opener against the Stanford Indians. Suther land worked his two best teams as single units-a fur ther indication that he may hit his opponents this season with platoon substitution un der the relaxed rules. ' Brown Jug Race Billed Delaware, Ohio -(UPD- The fastest field on the world's fastest half-mile track is al most certain to make Thurs day's renewal of the rich Little Brown Jug for 3-year-old pacers the best yet. The 12 pacers entered, led by the favored Bye Bye Byrd, included four of the fastest 3-year-olds ever entered in one race. The $66,252 race will be in heats, with two heats needed to win. All 12 pacers will com pete in the first two heats, and in a thipd if necessary to pro duce a two-heat winner. But if each heat produces a different winner, then the three heat winners will go in a show down fourth heat. HUSKY BACKS SPEEDY Seattle, Wash.-(U?D-The Uni versity of Washington Hus kies concentrated on defense and kickoff return drills Tuesday -during a practice session in preparation for their opener with San Jose State college. Luther Carr, Carver Gayton and George Fleming looked good on kick off returns, and Coach Jim Owens said he was pleased with the speed of his first two backfields. VANDAL SWITCHED Moscow, Idaho - (UPD - John Roussos, a 217-pound senior, has been moved from center to right guard in the Univer sity of Idaho line by Coach Skip Stahley. The switch came daring two-a-day prac tice sessions in preparation for Saturday's opener against the University of Oregon Ducks. Stahley split the Van dals into three teams yester day to work on Oregon's of fensive plays. Robert F. Wilcox D.U.M. announces the opening of the MEDFORD ANIMAL CLINIC Thursday September 1 8, 1 958 large and Small Animal Veterinary Service 1619 North Riverside Phone SP 2-2222 iHEWOLET OVEBHADL WJ L 6 Cyl. 1937 to 1954 Models ONLY! REGULAR . . 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Sawmill Workers Vote To End Strike Spokane -(UPD- A vote by about 700 Lumber and Saw mill. Workers Union members Tuesday ended strikes against White Pine Sash Co. and Western Pine Manufacturing company here. Union spokesmen said that workers will return to their jobs today and Thursday. The settlement included wage increases of seven and one-half cents an hour and six paid holidays, effective on June 1, 1959. Union officials said 200 members at Lincoln and Inch elium were expected to ratify similar agreements to end a strike against the , Lincoln Lumber 'company. Air Force Plane Crashes on Landing Oklahoma City-IUPD- An Air Force C124 ,Globemaster car rying eight men crashed while landing at Tinker Air Force Base today. The $1,700,000 plane ex ploded on impact, a base spokesman said, but none of the eight waa killed outright. The men were rushed to the base hospital. The plane had stopped at Tinker on a flight from Don aldson Air Force Base, S. C, to Travis AFB, .Calif. It crashed as the pilot ap proached the main runway. FORMULA FOR SUCCESS Memphis, Tenn. Mrs. Lou Gehrig, here to boost a mus cular dystrophy drive, said Tuesday night the New York Yankees' rivals ought to "build up" to the Yankees and spend less time hollering "break 'em up." ' THE SHOE RIDES TRIPLE New York-flJPD-Willie Shoe maker, the nation's leading rider, booted home three win ners at Belmont Park Tues day to run his year's victory total to 238. Some of the lilacs which bloom during the Mackinac Island lilac festival in Michi gan each year were planted more than 300 years ago by explorers. . By ualifiers Led Rosenblatt Portland -(UPD- Dr. M. S. Rosenblatt of Tulatin led Ore gon qualifiers for the Nation al Senior Golf Championships at Monterey, Calif., Sept. 29 with a 74 Tuesday. Ted Fles kes of Royal Oaks was second with 76 and Marty Leptich of Portland's Riverside course was next with 77. f " 0 ft - STORES 214 South Riverside Ave. Phone SP 2-7119 Population of Japan was es timated at 9.1 million late in 1957, a gain of 1.1 million within about 15 months. OBEDIENCE (LASSES HAVE YOU A DOG! i, His obedience reflects your training or neg . lect. Bring your dog to the Phoenix Com munity Hall, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 8 at 7:00 P.M. and enter the training classes with . the SOUTHERN OREGON KENNEL CLUB. All you need is a dog, a choke chain, six foot leather leash, and a willingness to work with your dog. Your dog must have had his shots. CALL SP 2-9333 KE 5-2243 Joint In the Fun! Barker's Annual Football Contest Here's the Opening Lineup BARKER'S FOOTBALL CONTEST' INSTRUCTIONS: Check the team you pick to win. If you pick a tie game, check both teams. All slips must be at the store by 5:'30 Friday evening. September 20th College of Pacific at U. of Cal. Idaho at U. of Oregon . Oregon State at So. Cal. Stanford at Wash. State Pittsburgh at U.C.L.A. San Jose at Washington Baylor at Arkansas Texas Christian at U. of Kansas Georgia at Texas U. N. Carolina State at N. Carolina Medford at David Douglas Medford Games Friday Night - VTNtsL A NECKTIE GIVEN EACH WEEK TO EVERYONE IN THE GROUP, PICKING THE MOST WINNERS! There are eleven weeks of play. $50 in merchandise for the highest score for any ten weeks. $30 in trade for second place and $20 for third. Prizes are to be split in case of ties. Each week everyone in the group picking the most winners wins a $1.50 necktie. . ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON : Name Address It costs nothing to enter. There's nothing to do but pick up a slip ,.at the store (or clip from paper), check the winners, and mail or leave it with us before 5:30 Fri day evening. Everyone in the group picking the most winners each week re ceives a $1.50 TIE Free! At the end of the season, $50 in trade goes to the person with the highest score of any ten weeks' of the eleven. The same conditions apply to the $30 second prize and $20 third. Prizes are split in case of tie total scores. 4 rTmHimimiV 3 MAIN AT CENTRAL" MEDFORD, OREGON
