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MAIL TKIBUNI, Medford. Of.
Wednesday, May 20, 1959
Race Track
Crash Kills
Bob Cortner
- By CHARLES HONAKER
Indianapolis - (CPD - Auto
racing officials today spoke
with growing remorse in be
ing unable to account for the
second death within 72 hours
of drivers qualifying for the
500-mile Memorial Day race.
. Rookie driver Bob Cortner
died Tuesday night at Metho
dist hospital, about seven
hours after his new roadster
crashed into the concrete re
taining wall at the Indianapo
lis Speedway, where only last
Sunday Jerry Unser died in a
fiery crackup.
Cortner, 32, a veteran mid
get driver from Redlands,
Calif., was practicing at the
21i-mile oval when he lost
control of his car in the north
east curve and flammed al
most head-on into the wall at
about 130 miles an hour.
Fifth This Year
, His death was the fifth
across the nation this year in
practice and tryoats for the
500-mile classic, according to
Henry Banks, director of com
petition for the United States
Auto Club (USAC), which
sponsors the event.
Marshall Teague was killed
in practice at Daytona Beach,
Jla., in February, George
Amick died in a crash at the
same track during a 100-mile
race last month, and Dick
Under was killed in a 100
miler at Trenton, N. J., April
20.
Banks said , all the fatal
crashes were different. .
"There is no pattern," he
said. "I have no explanation."
"I feel terrible about this,"
Tie added. "Since taking over
this job I have done every
thing I know how to prevent
the tragic accidents. I feel a
deep responsibility.
"We screen all drivers and
Inspect the equipment. I be
lieve we take all the necessary
precautions we can possibly
take. USAC drivers are the
cream of the crop."
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Medford 7 " . 0 1.000
Grants Pass 8 2 .750
Klamath Falls 3 4 .429
Crater 1 6 .143
Ashland . 1 6 .143
Medford's Black Tornado
baseball aggregation won the
unshared championship of the
Southern Oregon conference
and District 6 A-l yesterday
with a 6 to 4 verdict over the
Klamath Union high Pelicans
at Klamath Falls.
Victory gave the Tornado
a 7-0 standing in the circuit.
Klamath Falls was 9 to 8 win
ner in a second game which
did not count in the standings,
but which spoiled Medford
ambitions for 20 triumphs in
the regular season.
Medford will play Crater at
Cheney field at the south edge
of town this Friday in a
doubleheader beginning at
2:30 pjn. As usual just the
first game will count in the
conference.
On Friday, May 29, the
Black Tornado will be host to
North Bend in state champion
ship quarter-finals. The Bull
dogs are champs of District
5 A-l.
Tied at 4 Each
Yesterday, Medford broke
a 4-all deadlock in the main
encounter with two runs in
the top of the seventh inning
Lowell Dean, George Ice and
Jerry Anderson singled. A
sacrifice flyout by Bob Pond
brought home Dick Ragsdale
who had gone in to run for
Ice.
Klamath Falls headed 4 to
0 after five innings and the
Tornado tied it up with a four-
run sixth. Cal and Lowell
Dean each singled and Ice
tripled them home. Anderson
brought Ice home with a sac
rifice fly. Ray Konopasek
hit, Dennis Barr walked and
Ken Durkee slapped an in
field single to load the bases
Konopasek then was awarded
home on a balk.
The Pelicans got three runs
in the second inning on hits
by Larry Bunyard and Steve
Binney, a wild pitch, walks
to Jim Hall and Dave Saks, a
fielder's option and a double
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steal. Other marker was in
the third inning when Don
Gresdel walked and Dean
Dunson three-baggered.
Three For Four
Ice and Lowell Dean hit
three for four each and Dur
kee two for four. Klamath
Falls got. three of its hits off
Tom Laurance before Barr re
lieved him in the second in
ning. Barr went on to hurl
two-hit ball, walk three and
fan three. Laurance gave two
bases on balls.
In the second game Klam
ath got its tying and winning
runs in the fifth inning on
two walks, a sacrifice and a
single by Bob Yunck. First
inning was a big one for the
Tornado with singles by
Wayne Thompson and Cal
Dean and a double swipe, hits
by Bob Quinney and Pond, a
walk and an error. Klamath
tallied four in the second.
Pat McLaughlin gave up
seven hits to KF, walked
seven and fanned one while
Washington
Holds Lone
Lead in ND
Seattle -(OPD- Oregon State
was out of the Northern Di
vision baseball title picture
today but the Beavers still
have a lot to say who will be
champion.
Washington edged Oregon
State 5-4 in the 12th inning
Tuesday when southpaw Gary
Lunde walked Gary Snyder
with the bases loaded.
The victory gives Washing
ton a 9-3 record. Oregon is
second place with 8-3. The
Webfoots must beat Oregon
State twice this weekend to
nab the crown.
Washington hasn't won a
ND title since 1932.
Lunde pitched a fine game
for OSC, allowing only one
run between the first and the
12thi innings. The Huskies got
three tallies in the first. Ore
gon State got single runs in
the first, second, fourth and
sixth. .
'Jerry Droscher hit a hom
er for the Beavers in the
first, i
RETIRING Johnny Par
sons, 40, of Van Nuys, Calif.,
is pictured in Indianapolis
shortly after he announced
he is retiring from the big
car championship circuit.
Parsons, winner of the 500
Mile Memorial Day Race in
1950, said, "I'm getting a hit
old lor this came.
NOW BATTING . . .
Cincinnati (UPD Outfielder
Pete Whisenant of the Cincin
nati Reds was the first major
leaguer to pinch hit for Stan
Musial. It was in 1955 when
Whisenant was with the St
Louis Cardinals.
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Pel tossers walked four and
whiffed' three while yielding
10 safeties. Pond hit two for
two for Medford, Thompson
two for four and Mike Par
sons two for three. Parson
drove in three runs. Hall
socked three for three and
Yunck had two hits for
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By DON BECKER
United Press International
Down in the Phoenix band
box, the home run continues
to lead the Hit Parade. -
Eight circuit clouts sailed
out. of the cozy quarters at
Municipal Stadium Tuesday
night as first place Sacramen
to dealt the home towners a
9-7 defeat in 10 innings.
Nippy Jones, a .248 hitter
who had connected for the
distance only three other
times this season, hit a pair of
homers to lead the Solons at
the plate. Other. Sacramento
homers were hit by Mike
Krsnich and Clayton Dalrym
ple. Benny Valenzuela, Willie
McCovey, Bob Speake and
Owen Friend all hit four
basers for Phoenix.
In other games, Spokane
whipped Vancouver, 6-3, and
Seattle nipped Portland, 3-2.
A heavy hail storm caused
postponement of action be
tween San Diego and Salt
Lake in the Utah city.
Two in the Tenth
The Solons came up with a
pair of tallies in the tenth in
ning. -Mike Krsnich doubled
and scored on Al Heist's, dou
ble. Heist later scored when
Bob Perry hit into a fielder's
choice.
Jim Davis was the winning
pitcher. He came on in relief
in the eighth inning. Julio Na
varro, who came on for the
Giants in relief for the 17th
time this season, was the
loser.
California Commission
Probes for Undesirables
Los Angeles (DPD Leading
boxing personalities and two
underworld figures were call
ed as witnesses today at a
special' California Athletic
commission hearing on the
possibility "undesirables" are
attempting to control the
world's welterweight title.
The hearing was announc
ed at the same time police
and the state athletic group
disclosed publicly, that an in
vestigation was in progress
here and in San Francisco.
Truman Gibson, former
president of the International
Boxing club (IBC) is among
those called as witnesses.
In Welter Division
"It is anticipated testimony
will disclose undesirables are
attempting to control the
world's welterweight boxing
title," Jack Urch, executive
secretary of the California
commission said.
Don Jordan of Los Angeles
won the welterweight title
from Virgil Akins Dec. 5,
1958, and successfully defend
ed it in St. Louis several
weeks ago. His manager, Don
Nesseth, also was called as
a witness at today's hearing,
which climaxes separate in
vestigations by police intelli
gence units and the California
Athletic commission.
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Catcher Jake Jenkins sin
gled home the winning run
with two out in the ninth in
ning to give Seattle its 3-2 win
over Portland. Ted Tappe
opened the ninth with a single
ell eventual loser George Bru
net. Charlie Rabe was insert
ed to run for Tappe and he
moved to third when short
stop Jack Littrell booted a
ground ball off the bat of Dee
Fondy. Then Jenkins singled.
Hook Hurls Four Hitter
Jay Hook gave up only four
hits for the Rainiers. The
Rainiers got off to an early
lead when Rick Rodin belted
a two run homer in the first
inning. Littrell tied the score,
however, with a fifth inning
homer.
Spokane battered right
hander Connie Johnson for 15
hits as the slumping Vancou
ver crew went down again,
6-3. Steve Bilko, more famous
for his home run ball, belted
four singles to pace the In
dians at the plate.
Chuck Churn went the dis
tance for Spokane as the In
dians scored the jr sixth
straight victory.
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Brunet and Neal; Hook and Jen
kins. Two underworld figures, Lou
is Dragna and Joe Sica; Holly
wood Legion matchmaker
Jackie Leonard and Bill Daly,
manager of boxer Vince Mar
tinez. Gabe Genovese
Tried on Fight
Share Charges
New York -(DPD- Gabe Gen
ovese of Syracuse, N. Y.,
went on trial today in general
sessions court on charges of
being an undercover manager
of boxers.
The two-count indictment
charges him with taking cuts
from two purses earned by
lightweight Ludwig Light
burn of British Honduras in
fights with Cuban Orlando
Zulueta-both at New York,
July 13, 1956 and Aug. 10,
1956.
Genovese is the first man
to be tried under a new sta
tute that makes it a misde
meanor for anyone to share in
a fighter's purse without be
ing officially designated an
assignee by the New York
State Athletic commission.
ANNOUNCING candidacy
for President of United
States, Bishop H. A. Tom
linson, Church of God, tells
St. Louis newsmen he will
be elected "by. a miracle."
OLDEST RACING SILKS
New. York -(UPB- The oldest
American racing silks are
Howell E. Jackson's solid ma
roon, adopted in 1825 from
the colors of William G. Hard
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Sport
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New York -UPD- Golfs sen
timentalists are agog today
over Sammy Snead's latest
tournament triumph, nurtur
ing once again the hope that
The Slammer at long last can
win the elusive U. S. Open
championship.
Sam proved that, at 47, he
still is one of the fairway
greats by taking the Sam
Snead Festival at White Sul
phur Springs with a 21-under-par
total. Featured by an 11-under-par
.59, it was an am
azing performance.
But this is not the U. S.
Open.
To understand Slammin'
Sam and the only big title he
has never won, you have to
probe the inner workings of
an athlete's mind. It is like
Ted Williams, the ramrod of
the Boston Red Sox, trying
to overcome the jinx which
Yankee stadium always seems
to pose for his hitting ex
ploits. Tighten Up
"In other ball parks, Wil
liams is relaxed and you could
jerk the bat out of his hands
with a quick pull," Casey
Stengel once observed. "But
when he's at bat in the stad
ium he grips the bat so hard
that you think he's gonna
make 6awdust out of the
handle."
That's Snead, a picture of
relaxed grace and power
everywhere-except when he
steps up to the tee in the
Open.
This was Sam's 101st tourn-
Jim Dietz
Swats .444
For SO Nine
Ashland-A pitcher sporting
a 5-1 Oregon Collegiate con
ference record and two hitters
over the .425 mark lead the
Raiders of Southern Oregon
college into action in Portland
Friday night in the District 2
NAIA baseball playoffs.
SOC gained the berth by
winning the OCC champion
ship for the second consecu
tive year. Other entries in the
tournament are Portland
State, second team in the OCC,
Lewis and Clark of the North
west conference and Portland
university. Another team will
come from the Northwest con
ference to fill out the four
berths.
The 5-1 pitcher is 6-4 Dave
D'Olivo who will get the start
ing call in one of the games
this Friday or Saturday eve
ning. D'Olivo is in possession
of an earned run average of
under 2.90.
McAbee Hits .436 '
Catcher Jimmy McAbee is
one of the hitters over the
.425 mark. McAbee is pound
ing the ball at a .436 clip and
second baseman Jim Dietz is
eight points ahead with a .444
mark in OCC play and the
speedy second sacker has got
ten on base more' than half
the times he has come to the
plate.
Phil Sword in right field
and hitting .326 leads the out
field delegation with LeRoy
King batting .316 and playing
center field. Ray Weinhold
has taken over for the in
jured Eldon Francis in left.
Long ball hitter Larry
Mauer is playing first base in
his final series for the Raid
ers and the left handed hitter
is pounding the ball at .273.
G'ordie Carrigan is at short
stop and Chuck Nevi at third
to round out the rest of the
Raider starting nine for the
NAIA contests.
SOC is batting .285 as a
team in the OCC with six bat
ters over .300 and 11 under
that mark.
REDSKINS SIGN BACK
Washington (UPD The
Washington Redskins of the
National Football league
signed fullback Stan Chapin
of Kansas as a free agent on
Monday. Chapin spent the
past two years in the Coast
Guard.
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nament triumph in a quarter
century of big time competi
tion. During that time he has
won them all-except the U.
S. Open. Four times he has
been a disappointed second,
once losmg in a playoff. An
other time he blew it on the
final hole with a horrendous
eight. Small wonder he makes
leather pulp out of the grips
of his clubs when he goes
forth in the Open.
There is another factor that
escapes the casual glance in
this smashing victory he post
ed at White Sulphur Springs.
This is that Sam has been
striding those familiar fair
ways since he was a barefoot
youngster plus the fact that
this isn't exactly the tough
est golf course in the world.
A good one, yes, but not a
stretched-out , torture rack
such as they make annually
of the Open course. ,
The Past Returns
Yet, as hot as The Slammer
undoubtedly is right now, the
worst days are those separat
ing him from tee time in the
Open. These are the days-and
nights-when he plays every
hole of every disastrous Open
he has competed in during the
past.
There is still another fac
tor in the case of Slammin'
Sam. Almost annually he
comes up with some ache or
pain, illness or injury as the
field gathers for the big one.
They are, most times, psycho
somatic. Sam, a psychiatrist
once observed, is unconscious
ly preparing his newest alibi.
If he could go out and play
the Open like any other tournament-like
the Sam Snead
Festival, for instance-he still
could win it going away.
But he doesn't, and this
latest victory drives home the
point all over again.
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Chicago-(CPD-A field of 403
amateurs and professionals
was set today to battle for
berths in the U. S. Open golf
championship to be held July
11-13 at Mamaroneck, N. Y.
Twenty-one golers quali
fied in Chicago Tuesday and
four at Des Moines to com
plete the list which will enter
a second series of trials June
1 to pare the Open's starting
field to 150.
' Three amateurs and 18 pros
qualified in Chicago and one
amateur and three pros sur
vived at Des Moines.
Sixty-nine of the nation's
leading golfers were exempt
from first round qualifying
play, but 49 of them will have
to earn a spot in the final
field by competing in the
June 1 eliminations.
The other top 20 golfers, in
cluding defending champ
Tommy Bolt, Ben Hogan, Cary
Middlecoff and Dow Finster
wald, automatically qualify
for the finals.
USC, Stanford
Co-Favorites
Eugene - (UPD - Southern
California and Stanford were
established as co-favorites to
day in the annual Pacific
Coast conference golf cham
pionships here Friday and
Saturday.
Southern Cal won the con
ference crown last year and
Stanford was runner-up. Each
has some of its stars back.
Each school will enter a
six-man team.
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