MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oreeen, Friday, January M, 19S9
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AUTORAMA ENTRY-Considered a top con
. tender for the "local" car trophy in the
Southern Oregon Autorama Is the vehicle,
above, entered by Monty Wray, Ashland.
The auto lias a 1927 Model T body on a
. 1932 chassis, has a titan red lacquer paint
job and is powered by an Oldsmobile en
gine. With it Wray has Won 19 trophies in
IN WEEK END SHOW HERE The 1955
custom built Thunderbird sports car of Stan
Jones, Portland, is among those entered in
the Autorama this week end at Medford
Armory. It won first in its class in a Novem-
outhern
Eta on
Vehicles representing a bring the best in cars to Med
combined investment of close ford for the Autorama.' It is
to $250,000 will be on display hoped to stimulate interest to
here Saturday and Sunday in
the Southern Oregon Auto
rama. ,
The event is scheduled for
1 to 11 p.m. each day at the
Medford Armory. Southern
Oregon Timing association is
local sponsor.
Cars will be entered from
various communities in Ore
gon and California. Some of
the entries have won honors
in other recent shows in these
states. Mpre than 40 autos
had been entered at last re
port.
. Designers and body men
have put forth their best ef
forts on these cars, aiming
for the 33-inch grand sweep
stakes trophy which repre
sents the best of the show
class. Another of the numer
ous trophies, this one 24 in
ches tall, will go to the best
"local car.
Entertainment included in
the price of admission to the
Armory will be movies of the
1952 through 1957 " Indian
apolis big car races.
Efforts have been made to
Salem Baseball
Plans Reported
. Salem - (DPD Plans were
announced today for Salem
to remain in the Northwest
league in the . 1959 baseball
season.
League President Jim
Fleishman made the an
nouncement after a meeting
with members of the Salem
Senators Inc. and . Dwight
Jordan, Yakima insurance
man. who was president of
the Yakima team last season.
Jordan was given the go
ahead to run the team in
1959 and . said the Senators
would operate on a profit
sharing basis. Plans call for a
20-man board of directors.
A field manager and a
business manager still are to
be named.
Fleishman said Salem's de
cision left only one team -Wenatchee
uncertain about
1959. He said he was "con
cerned, but not worried' by
the situation. Wenatchee of
ficials said they needed more
financial help.
Lightweights
Mix in Garden
Hollywood -(DPD- Two of
the leading young lightweight
prospects in the country
Len Matthews of Philadelphia
and Paulis Armstead of Los
Angeles - meet tonight in a
10-round nationally televised
bout at Hollywood - Legion
Stadium. '
Matthews, unbeaten in 16
pro bouts, was favored by
odds of nearly 2-1 to take an
other step towards an event
Hal title bout.
drag races and shows. The car was featured
in the January issue of Rod and Custom
magazine and was judged outstanding car
in the Klamath Falls show in October. The
local autorama is Saturday and Sunday aft
ernoons and evenings at the Medford
Armory.
ber show in Portland. Painted candied
apple red and having smoked pearl and
champagne white interior, the car is re
garded as one of the most attractive in its
class in Oregon.
Oregon Autorama
Saturday,
make the event an annual
one.
Medford Entrants
Medford entrants include
Tucker Sno-Cat, Bob Walker,
Cliff Pedersen, Don Cranston,
Mike Myers, the Swiftans and
the Wheelers.
Awards will be based on
originality, construction and
beauty. Local entries are those
from within a 75-mile radius
of Medford. Divisions com
petition include best hot rod,
best upholstery job, best en
gineering and the "people's
choice."
Entries are to include cus
tom, speedway, drag race and
antique, autos.
. Trophies are to be present
ed at 10 p.m. Sunday.
SOTA members will have
TV Blackouts
Sought by Bill
Washington-(DPD-A biparti
san group of congressmen in
troduced legislation today
to "save baseball's minor
leagues" by legalizing a black
out of major league game tele
casts into minor league cities
when their teams are playing
at homp.
The legislation would
achieve this by exempting
from the anti-trust laws agree
ments protecting teams from
major league game telecasts
originating within 75 miles of
minor league cities on home
game days. Otherwise TV i
agreements would be subject i
to antitrust laws. j
It also would leave the ra- ;
dio broadcasts of professional
baseball, basketball, football
and hockey games subject to
antitrust laws. " j
NW Conference j
Leaders Clash I
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A . battle between Willam-!
ette and Lewis and Clark
highlights Northwest Confer
ence basketball action to
night. Willamette is 3-0 and Lewis
and Clark 2-0 in the young
league race. The two teams
play in Portland tonight and
then meet in Salem Satur
day night.
Linfield. 2-1, has a pair
with Pacific, tonight at Mc-Minnville-
and. Saturday night
at Forest Grove. Whitman
and College of Idaho play a
pair at Caldwell.
In the Oregon Collegiate
Conference, Oregon College
of Education makes its initial
start, meeting Southern Ore
gon, 2-0. at Ashland Friday
and Saturday., Eastern Ore
gon and Oregon Tech, each
seeking a first league win,
play two games at La Grande.
Portland State, the co-leader
with SOC, is idle.
Sunday
a safety and information
booth and a concessions stand.
They will assist with presen
tation of the show.
Mike Batinich, Grants Pass,
Autorama manager, praised
the SOTA as one of the finest
groups with which he has
worked. He said he hoped
residents of the valley would
support their efforts this week
end.
Grade Jayyees
Open Schedule
Hoover, St. Mary's, Wash
ington and Jefferson won op
ening games yesterday in city
grade School basketball loops.
Hoover defeated Oak Grove
23 to 16 and St. Mary's i won
from West Side 25 to 13 in the
American league while Roos
evelt beat Washington 22 to
16 and Jefferson downed
Jackson 21 to 5 in the Na
tional. In another tangle Lincoln
of the National whipped Wil
son of the American 31 to 8.
St. Mary's games do not
count toward the title.
GRAHAM COACHES
Miami - (DPD - Former
Cleveland Browns quarter
back Otto Graham will coach
the University of Miami sig
nal callers in spring football
practice. . '
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South Eugene High
Suspension Lifted
Portland -4TJPD- The Ore
gon School Activities asso
ciation lo day placed South
Eugene high school back in
good standing, clearing the
way for it to open its league
basketball schedule against
Cottage Grove Saturday
night.
The action came at a
meet of the OSAA board,
the governing body of Ore
gon prep athletes.1
The board voted to lift
the suspension which went
into effect Dec. 20. Albany
high school had filed an of
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Webfoots,
Slate Washington
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The Pacific Coast and West
Coast conference basketball
races have hardly begun, yet
several of tonight's contests
in both loops can justly be
Harris Pick
Of Red Sox
Boston-(DPD-The Boston Red
Sox announced that Stanley
(Bucky) Harris will become
the new Red Sox general
manager when Joe Cronin is
formally installed as the new
president of the American
league.
Red Sox owner Tom Yaw
key phoned Cronin in Chica
go and authorized him to
make the announcement. Cro
nin has notified Harris at
Boston.
Harris now is a special as
sistant to Cronin. His last
team was the Detroit Tigers
which he managed in 1955
and 1956. He managed the
Red Sox for one season in
1934 and was succeeded by
Cronin.
Quinn Assumes
Job With Phils
New York-(DPD-John Quinn
did it with Braves and they're
all betting today he'll do it
again with the Phillies - us
ing the identical methods he
did in Milwaukee,
t -
Quinn, who helped lead the
Braves to a world champion
ship in 1957 and the National
League pennant last year, of
ficially took over his new job
as general manager of the
last-place Phils today. '
He has been given "com
plete free reign" by owner
Bob Carpenter plus a five
year contract, which repre
sents the first one he actually
ever has worked under. His
"contracts" always were oral
ones in the past.
Quinn's first twomoves
will deal with "expansion."
he will expand the Phils' mi
nor league organization and
the club's scouting staff ex
actly as he did with eminent
ly successful results while he
worked for the Braves.
The world's largest trade
union is the British Transport
and General Workers union
with more "than 1,300,000
members. .
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ficial protest to the OSAA
after two of its school buses
had been painted during a
basketball game Dec. 16 at
Eugene.
South Eugene school of
ficials today presented let
ter to the OSAA board from
the school board, the let
termen's club and Eugene
police saying steps had been
taken to prevent repeti
tion. Restitution was guaran
teed to Albany high school
for repainting of the buses.
Beavers
rated in the crucial category.
PC C co-leader California
(3-1) invades the Stanford Pa
vilion for the opener of a two
game series with the second
place Indians (3-2). The games
pit the nation's two top de
fensive quintets. The Bears
have yielded 49.4 points per
contest and the Cards 52.3.
The situation is about the
same in Los Angeles where
co-leader Southern California
(3-1) tris its hand with UCLA
(3-2). Oregon (1-1) meets Wash
ington (1-3) and Washington
State (1-3) faces Idaho (1-3) in
other battles tonight. Oregon
State will play Washington
on Saturday.
San Jose State is at College
of Pacific in another WCAC
clash tonight.
Delegates Vote
Rodeo Combine
Denver (DPD Representa
tives of 91 rodeos in the Unit
ed States and Canada voted
unanimously this week to
form the Rodeo foundation
for organizing and setting pol
icy of the cowboy sport in
both countries.
It would bring together all
three segments of rodeo oper
ations for the first time in the
sports 75-year history. A 12
man board would have mem
bers representing sponsoring
committees, the livestock
owners and producers and the
contestants.
The vote was cast during
the annual rodeo convention
of the Rodeo Cowboys associ
ation here. It must be ratified
by a mail vote of all 475 rc
does approved by the RCA.
The balloting probably will be
completed within 0 days, of
ficials said.
The new organization would
take over the job of raising
funds from rodeos to continue
the sports' national programs.
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Assured of
Defenses
New York -(DPD- Executive
committeemen of the National
Boxing association left for
their home towns today, after
having received assurances
that champions Floyd Patter
son, Sugar Ray Robinson and
Alphonse H a 1 i m i will de
fend their titles.
Cus D'Amato, manager of
heavyweight champion Pat
terson, assured the committee
meeting Thursday that Floyd
would make not only one,
but two defenses in 1959 the
first to be signed "within a
reasonable time."
Robinson; middleweight rul
er, promised a defense be
fore June. Ex-champion Car
men Basilio was mentioned
most prominently among the
contenders.
The committee . issued a
warning that Halimi of France
must defend his bantamweight
title withm three months or
the NBA would withdraw its
championship recognition.
Almost simultaneously with
that warning, came an an
nouncement from Milan, It
aly, that Halimi had agreed
to defend between March 30
and April 5 at Los Angeles
or San Francisco for promoter
George Parnassus, against the
winner of a Joe Becerra-Mar-io
D'Agata bout at the Los
Angeles Olympic Arena,
Feb. 5.
Eagles Host
Rogue River
Basketball picture in the A-2
Rogue league will be clearer
this week end.
Two games are on tap to
night and . two on Saturday
evening.
Rogue River will play at
Eagle Point high and Illinois
Valley at Glendale tonight.
Saturday competition ' takes
Phoenix against IV at Cave
Junction and Glendale to
Rogue ' River. Eagle Point
steps outside the loop to vie
at Yreka, Calif., on Saturday.
Glendale makes its league
debut on Friday. ;
Eagle Point downed Phoe
nix and Illinois Valley beat
Rogue River in the only
games in the circuit last week
end.
Conlin's Spurt
Helps Syracuse
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Ed Conlin neded just nine
minutes Thursday night to
give Syracuse its seventh win
in eight starts.
Conlin scored 15 points in
a second period spree to give
the Nationals'an 111-105 vic
tory over Minneapolis and
move Syracuse to within two
games of New York in the
Eastern division race.
Philadel phia edged the
Knickerbockers, 95-91, in the
opener of a National Basket
ball association doubleheader
at Syracuse.
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WHO MADE THE.
LONGEST HOME RUN ?
Ken Si lvestri of the New York
Yankees clouted the ball
538 feet by official measure
ment in a spring-tra'ming
exhibition game atTampa Fla.
in 1941.-
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contrary proof, Tip Brady will send a
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Free Shot
Lead Held
By Beavers
Los Angeles -Four schools
share top honors in Pacific
Coast conference basketball
team statistics after two
weekends of play, according
to figures released today by
the office of PCC acting com
missioner Bernard Hammer
beck. UCLA is first-ranked in
total scoring and rebounding,
Southern California in field
goal shooting and field goal
defense, Oregon State in free
throw shooting and Stanford
in total defense.
UCLA, stepping up its
point production which also
led the conference last week
has scored 320 points in five
games through January 10 for
an average of 64 per game
to 66 for Southern California.
Defensively, Stanford has per
mitted but 45.8 points per
outing to 46.2 for California.
Oregon State's leading free
throw percentage stands at
70 per cent, the Beavers hav
ing made 70 of 100 attempts,
while Washington is shooting
at 67.5 per cent.
Southern California gained
its top percentage of 39.5 per
cent in field goal shooting by
scoring on 88 of 222 attempts
from the. floor. California is
shooting 37.9 per cent. De
fensively Southern . Cal has
permitted foes but 83 field
goals in 259 shots for 32 per
cent, followed by California
32.3 per cent. .
UCLA- has recovered 256
rebounds to its foes 222 for
53.7 per cent, and the lead
over California which is re
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THURSDAY GAMES
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Geo. Washington 79. VMI 63
Villanova 101. Brandeis 75
Virginia 86. Duke 67
Forida 85. Miami (Fla.) 70
Denver 66. Montana 61
Utah 76. New Mexico 50
N.W. Nazarene 70. Whitman 59
St. Mary's
To Travel
It's the top against the bot
tom in Jackson County B
league basketball this eve
ning. St. Mary's of Medford goes
to Prospect. The Medford
team is undefeated leader of
the prep conference. Prospect
has yet to taste triumph in
the league.
Talent plays at Jacksonville
in this evening's other game.
NEWSMEN TOO BUSY
Tallahassee, . Fla. - (UPD -Florida
Gov. Leroy Collins
cancelled his weekly news
conference Thursday - at the
request of newsmen who said
they were too busy to attend.
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