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IPaflmer and (Leonard lie For Head Dn Masters GoSiF Championship Augusta, Ga. -4UPD- Arnie Palmer, dead bent on repeat ing last year's triumph, and Stan Leonard, gambling as never before to win this big one for the first time, tied for the lead Saturday in the Masters golf championship with 54-hole totals of 212. Palmer and Leonard's three round aggregate was one stroke better than the 213 posted by Memphis dentist Cary Middlecoff and three strokes ahead of Charlie Coe, the Oklahoma City, Okla., amateur who electrified? a surging gallery of 40,000 by firing a five-under-par 67 that moved him into fourth place with 215. Middlecoff, who took a 68 Saturday to go with his first two rounds of 73 and 72, had a chance to move into a tie for the lead with Palmer i,t Leonard, but lost it when ho rimmed the cup on a 15-foot putt on the 17th hole and then went two inches beyond the cup on the 18th with a 20 footer, winding up with pars instead of birdies. Record Crowd Watches The crowd-the largest ever to witness a golf tournament anywhere saw pre-tourney favorite Sam Snead take a 72 that fleft him seven strokes back with 219 and Bantam Ben Hogan soar to 76 which put him at 223 and virtually eliminated him from conten tion. Five players, including amateur Billy Joe Patton from Morganton, N. C, were brack eted behind Coe with 216's. They were Fred Hawkins, who shot a 68 Saturday; Wally Bur kemo, Jack Fleck and Patton, all with 71's, and Billy Max well, with a 72. Porky Oliver, Bo Wininger and Jay Herbert were tied with 217, while Charlie Koc sis. Art Wall, Julious Boros, Mike Souchak and Peter Thomson each had 218. U. S. Open champion Tom my Bolt was In a group of eight golfers tied at 21& while PGA champ Dow Finsterwald was among four deadlocked at 220. For the second straight day, Palmer had to scramble all over the 6,980-yard Augusta National layout to break par with a 71. "It wasn't a good round," conceded the 29-year-old Lat robe, Pa., pro. "I drove well but my irons were terrible." Even so he carded a pair of birdies and 15 pars in putting together his 36-35 to go with his first two round scores of 71-70. He Is the only golfer among the 41 competitors still left - Byron Nelson withdrew Saturday because of a virus infection who has managed to better par each day. Palmer, who won the Mas ters title with a 284 last year 5sl stood at 211 after the st. three rounds, took only puts Saturday and that sbtmI him. His best holes were birdie threes on the seventh and 18th. On the par four 365-yard seventh his nine iron was three feet from the pin and he got down in one. He sank a 12 -foot pressure - packed putt to earn his final birdie and put him below par for the first time in the day. Leonard, the six - time Ca nadian PGA champion who was the first-day leader with a 69 and slipped to 74 Friday, abandoned all caution in' post ing his 35-34-69 Saturday. Key Shot Described The "key shot" of his round came on the par four 445-yard 11th where he drove 250 yards and then asked his caddy for a three iron and boldly went for the pin. His shot, played perfectly, landed two-and-a-half feet from the pin and he sunk the putt for one of the four birdies he had all day. "This is getting a little har rowing," said the 44-year-old longball hitter from Vancouv er, B.C., "but I think I can struggle out there again , I've never led in the Masters before and I had to gamble to get back in front Saturday, but who knows how this thing is going to turn out?" Most of the crowd followed Snead and Hogan, who played together. Snead. took his even par 72 in stride and even seemed to feel he still had some chance. "I thought I'd get in with a 68 . . ." he grinned. "Then I thought I'd shoot a 67 . . . and take all the marbles. Now I'll have to shoot a 64, 1 guess." Hogan, who three - putted two greens, said simply, "I just hit some bad shots, that's all." Snead Ward him and called across the room: "Ben, we'll never know the difference 50 years from today." MedfordTribune FdDIHiTrS edford Migh Gets -0 Victory Split m&tz -iff .ir-1 Tl I COMING FRIDAY! Most exciting show of the year Crater Lion's SP0OTS- Don't miss the big second annual Boat and Sports Show. There'll be exciting demon strations, contests, activities fun for the entire family. Plan now to be there! vJiRBflORY-.' Friday - Saturday - Sunday il 10-11-12 Apr Medford high baseballers erupted for a 13 to 0 triumph over Roseburg yesterday af ternoon after dropping a 5 to 4 nod for a split with the Indians at Roseburg. Herb Wheeler pitched four innings and Jerry Anderson one, with Wheeler yielding the lone Indian hit, in shut ting out the host nine in the second fray. Mike Parsons who hit five Net Men Get Revenge Finally First tennis match win over Roseburg high' by a Medford team in 11 years was chalked up by the Black Tornado yes terday. The local netters won out 5 to 2 over the Indians over a six-hour grind on the Med ford courts. Medford won 3 of the five singles matches and both doubles contests. : Tornado courtmen opened their Southern Oregon confer ence action Friday at Klam ath Falls. The Pels won 5 to 2, nabbing four singles and splitting the doubles. Yester day's mix with the Indians was non-league. Medford's varsity will play at South. Eugene next Friday and at Springfield on Satur day. Eagle Point comes to Medford on Wednesday to Meet a No. 2 Medford unit. Results Listed Singles winners- for Med ford against Roseburg were Dick Hildebrand over Doug Green 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, Gary Cum mings over Dick. Peterson 6 3, 3-6, 6-1 and Paul Ryn over Mike Murphy 10-8, 6-4. For Roseburg Don Lowe defeat ed Dave Ryn 8-6, 6-2 and Tom Kirk won from Jim Randies 6-4, 6-4. In doubles Hildebrand and Paul Ryn won from Kirk and Morris Kelly 6-1, 6-4 while Cummings and Dave Ryn turned back Green and Lowe 2-6, 6-2, 6-4. Klamath's singles winners Friday were Jim Norland over Cummings 6-2, 6-2. Keith Bax ter over Hildebrand 6-2, 6-2, Jim Johnson over Dave Ryn 6- 2, 4-6, 6-4 and Jan Baxter over John Shaw 6-1, 6-3. Med ford's Paul Ryn overcame Du ane Fitzsimmons 6-1, 6-8, 6-0. Norland and Keith Baxter then toppled Cummings and Shaw 6-2, 6-2 and Hildebrand and Paul Ryn won over John son and Jan Baxter 6-0, 6-8, 7- 5. OSC Clubs Portlanders Portlad-IUPD-Oregoii State's' baseball team, won its sixth straight, game here Friday with a 13-4 win over Univer sity of Portland. Gary Moore went the entire distance for the Beavers, yielding only four hits. He struck out 13 batters. Kim Bradshaw had 4-for-6 for Oregon State and five runs batted in. Jerry Droscher had 3-for-5, all doubles. Linescore: Oregon State 001 010 245 13 13 3 Portland 002 002 000 4 4 5 Moore and Luby; Love, Etzel 7, Lasko 7, Booth 8 and McCallen. HERTZ TRUCK RENTAL Available at HOPKINS RICHFIELD SERVICE McAndrews at Court hone SP 3-9068 for five for the afternoon, including three triples, got four of his bingles in the con cluding mix, slaming three baggers, one with the sacks loaded. George Ice and Bob Quinney contributed to the barrage with two for two. Burgess smacked the lone safe crack off Wheeler, who struck out three and walked two. Anderson whipped the ball across for two strikeouts. Medford got 11 hits in the big game, scoring six runs each in the first and fifth in nings. Disputed Play The Tornado went into the seventh and final inning of the first fuss trailing 3 to 5 and came close to tying it up. Durkee was safe on a walk and Parsons tripled him home. Bob Pond groundefed to third. The throw to first base was juggled but Pond was thumbed out on the dis puted play which marked the third out and ended the game. Had he been safe, Parsons would have crossed with the knotting run. Medford's Tom Laurance tossed a five-hitter for Med ford, fanning three and walk ing four. Jerry Hallady gave up six hits to the Tornado struck out seven and walked three. Three Medford runs came in the fourth inning on a walk, a double by Lowell Dean and a triple by Cal Dean. Roseburg had a three run second inning on singles by Scot and Burgess and two walks. In the fifth frame Rose burg gained two counters Hink singled, Scott doubles and Kolberg's fly dropped in safely when outfielder Ander son lost it in the sun. Ander son had two hits for Medford in the first tussle. LINESCORES: (First game) Medford 000 300 1 4 6 1 Roseburg 030 020 x 5 5 0 Laurance and Fond; Halladay and Hiney. (Second game) Medford 601 06 13 11 0 Roseburg 000 00 0 1 4 Wheeler, Anderson (5) and Pond, Jensen (4); Lake, Foote (1), Ed mond (4) and Shiiin. Ex-Ring Champ Tries To Take Life Atlantic City, N.J. - (LTD -Former welterwight boxing champion Johnny Saxton, an orphanage kid whose piston fists brought him world fame and a quarter of a million dollars, tried to hang himself in a jail cell Saturday after he was caught robbing a 5 and 10 cent store. The 28-year-old ex-fighter was committed to a mental hospital after he threatened another suicide attempt if re turned to a jail cell. Dr. Carl Surran :and Dr. Frank B. Doggett, police sur geons, said he was suffering from dimentia praecox and recommended his commit ment to the state hospital at Ancora. Doggett said Saxton was very depressed and unhappy because he was unemployed and because he had "been on top and now has nothing." He quoted the former fighter as saying he couldn't stand being kept in a cell and that if he was returned to jail he would try again to end his life. Only coincidence thwarted the suicide attempt. The fight er suspended himself by his own socks from a pipe in a city hall cell here, only a few seconds before a turnkey had found him on a routine check. Owes $16,000 in Taxes Saxton, broke and owing the government $16,000 in taxes despite earning an esti mated $250,000 during the past 10 years, was captured on the roof of the variety store early Saturday after he had smashed through a tin ceiling in an attempt to es cape. More than a dozen police men, including former heavy weight boxer . Peter Nelson, 32, had surrounded the store after a passerby reported that someone was playing a flash light around the counters in side. Saxton was born in New ark, N. J., on the Fourth of July, 1930, - and spent most of his boyhood in an orphan age. At 17, he started his box ing career. He advanced steadily from club fighter through the welterweight lists until he won the title from Kid Gavilan in Philadelphia on Oct. 21, 1954. He reigned as world cham pion for six months, sampling the life of a rich man to the fullest, before losing his crown to Tony Demarco in Boston in April, 1955. Saxton refused to consider his career ended and began a successful comeback, winning back the title from Carmen Basilio on March 14, 1956. Again his reign was short lived. He surrendered the championship to Basilio again in September of the same year. Since then, the roller coast er went downhill for Saxton. In his last bout, last Dec. 15, he was knocked out in the third round. CHOOSE FROM OVER 10,000 ITEMS ' CUSTOM TRAILER HITCHES iff FOR J I MOST (5 CARS W WHEEL COVERS Large Selection of all the NEWEST STYLESI OPEN SUNDAYS Check Our Stock for ALL Your Auto Needs! $1495 I nn . Cood Selection DELUXE TUBULAR RAIL IWr VMKKiEK ' ged jfeel eorrier installs qoickl end' THIS IS THE PLACl sasily; wilt not mar car rrnnh Medford 409 N. Riverside Grants Pass 237 Hiway 99-S. 9 a.m. - 6 pjn. Week Days CLOSED SATURDAYS Klamath Falls Edges Crater in Track Klamath Falls-Crater had the edge in firsts but Klamath Union High school accumulat ed more points with other placings to win a' three-way track tangle here yesterday. The Pelicans of Klamath to taled 64 points. Crater scored 59 and Ashland 25. Bob Drace, winning both hurdles and the high jump, and Don Story, taking the sprints,-" paced the Pelicans with all their firsts. John Burns won the quarter-mile and javeline for Crater and Art Kiser the shot put and discuss for Ashland. . Crater Wins Six Events Crater won six events, Kla math five and Ashland three. Event winners and their marks were: Story :10.2 in the 100-yard dash and :32.1 in the 220: Burns 54.3 in the quarter and 173 feet 2 inches in the jav elin; Tom White, Crater, 2:13 in the half-mile: Nathan Par rish, Crater, 4:57 in the mile. Drace :20.8 in the low hurdles, :15.9 in the highs and 5-1 Ola in the high jump; Kiser 48-11 in the shot and 136-5 in the discus; Jim Eldred. Crater, 10-10 in the pole vault; Bra ehm Woodell, Ashland, 20-6 in the broad jump and Crater 1:37.5 in the relay. NAMED STEWARD AGAIN Indianapolis, Ind. -(UPD- Har lan Fengler of Dayton, Ohio, again will serve as chief stew ard for the 500-mile auto race at the Indianapolis Speedway May 30. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, April 5, 1959 11 Ducks Nick Linfield Eugene -iCPB- Hugh Spring er pitched a six-hit shutout over Linfield here Friday as the Ducks won, 2-0, in their home opener. Wimp Hastings was the on ly -Duck to get more than one hit. He singled in the first inning scoring on Ron Walp's base hit. .' In the fifth inning Hasting singled home Tim Berg who had been hit by a pitched badd. Oregon's Hugh Springer and Linfield"s Fred Herrman, (ex-Crater high) each gave up six hits. 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