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MAIL TRIBUNE, M.dford, Or. Thursday, Jun 18, 1959 IS Prestianni, Dietz Pace RV Hitting Laytan Dietz, Riddle, and Tom irestianni, Glendale, each with .556 averages, are the Rogue Valley league bat ting leaders after three week ends of play in the semi-pro aseball circuit. Leaders this week are based on at least six times at bat. Harry Chipman, loop presi dent, has announced that a player must have at least 24 times at bat to qualify for the season hitting championship. Winner of the crown will be determined on the highest per centage for 24 or more bat ting turns. Dietz and Prestianni each have five hits, in nine times' up. They are followed by sev eral swatters in the .500 cate gory. Sward Heads RBIs Phil Sword, Ashland, who had a 1.000 for his previous action, went hitless against Riddle last week end and dropped to .500. However, he still is on top in runs batted in with six. "Jack Turk, Camp White, and Mickey Coen, Rid dle, each have five RBIs. Camp White moved up four notches last week end to take over the team hitting leader ship with .292. Riddle re mained second with .275 and Ashland fell from top to third with .263. Coen retained his pitching lead with his third win against no losses. Games this Sunday will be Medford at Butte Falls, Rid dle at Camp White and Glen dale at Grants Pass. Ashland will have a bye. BATTING LEADEBS: AB R H Keinklng. M 1 1 " L. Dietz. R. .. 9 3 5 Prestianni, Gl. 9 1 5 Turk. CW .10 2 5 Sword. A 8 2 4 Weddle. CW 8 3 4 Berg, Gl. 8 0 3 West Gl 6 2 3 Brown. CW 6 4 3 Perkins. M 4 2 2 Sprinkle, GP.. 4 0 2 Munyon, Gl13 2 6 Peters'n. GP. 11 1 5 Serak. M 7 2 3 . Ayers. R. 10 5 4 Coen. R. 10 2 4 McAbee. A. .13 1 5 Lou Maurer, A 8 1 3 Hanson. M. 8 2 3 Peery. M 8 1 3 RBI Pet. 0 1.000 3 3 5 6 0 2 1 3 O O 1 1 1 0 5 2 0' 0 0 .556 .556 .500 .500 .500 .500 .500 .500 .500 300 .462 .455 .429 .400 .400 .385 .375 .375 .375 Max Schmeling Picks Ingemar Former heavyweight cham pion Max Schmeling, who is coming to the U. S. to see Floyd Patterson and Ingemar Johansson fight June 25 fqr the title, believes the Swed ish Socker will take boxing's biggest prize back to Europe. Schmeling, who held the titel from June, 1930, until June, 1932, has been enthusi astic about Johansson's chances since he first saw him in action two years ago. Before Johansson left Swe den to come to the U.S. for tin Yankee Stadium bout, which will be seen in theaters and arenas via closed-circuit TV, he and Schmeling spent several hours together dis cussing strategy and polish ing Ingo's favorite weapon -his explosive right hand. 5 Schmeling jumped on the Johansson championship band wagon after watching Inge mar pulverize Eddie Machen in the first round at Goteborg last September. In Johansson's Grossinger, N. Y., training camp, there is talk that it nas been bcnmei- ing's advice to concentrate on sharpening his left and to keep the explosive right under wraps until the fight. Luis Rodriguez Decisions Akins Br ANDREW J. REESE JR. Miami Beach, Fla.-flJPD- A virtually unlimited boxing fu ture beckoned today to un beaten Cuban welterweight Luis Manuel Rodriguez, but what's to become of his latest victim, former champion Vir gil (Honey Bear) Akins? Rodriguez, a 2-1 favorite in a late switch of odds, gave Akins a solid drubbing to gain the unanimous decision in their nationally-televised 10-round bout Wednesday night, the fourth loss in the last five bouts for Akins. Although Rodriguez hinted broadly that Akins has "lost his punch," the former champ insisted today that he's not considering retiring. Will Be Back 'Til fight some more and knock off a few more," Akins declared. 'Til be back up again." - But the lopsided nature of Rodriguez's triumph, 21st for the 22-year-old Cuban who as making his U.S. debut, left the future very murky for the 32-year-old Akins of St. Louis, Mo., whose career has been sliding downhill since he lost the crown last year to Don Jordan. The three ring officials vot ed for Rodriguez as follows: Judge Freddie Aaronson, 99 92; Judge Carl Gardner, 99 93; and Referee Cy Gottfried, 98-93. The UPI scoresheet agreed, 99-93. - 10 - " tW W .''Tri f ,.W FAST FOOTPRINTS Jesse Owens, American track star who won world fame at the Berlin Olympics in 1936, steps off a fast lap at Chicago's Soldier Field to test the new track surface. The surface consists of a special type of earth, imported from England, which has been used in all but one of the four-minute miles recently run. Seated on the roller is Mr. C. G. Jones of London, Eng land, who laid the track. The new track is being prepared for the Pan American Games, to be held in Chicago at the end of August. , f Portfanders Defeat Phoenix To Square Coast Loop Series m United Press International The Portland Beavers evened their series with Phoe nix at one apiece here Wed nesday night, defeating the Giants 4-1. The final contest of the Pacific Coast league se ries is tonight. The Beavers, smarting from Edde Fisher's one-hitter Tues day and the 6-0 beating, scored single runs in the first and eighth and two in the fourth inning. A single by George Freese with the bags loaded that scored Milt Graff got the Bea vers in the first game. In the fourth, Nini Tornay scored as - Clarence Moore forced -Jim Westlake at sec ond, and Owen Friend's toss toward first base went into the dugout, letting Jim Green grass in. - Tightest In Years , ,- ,. Tornay it a single to center in the eighth to send Russ Snyder home with the last Portland tally. No question about it, the Pacific Coast league race ap pears to be one of the tightest in years. With almost half the season played, you still can't count any of the clubs out of the race. Last-place Seattle did a neat job of tightening up the race Wednesday night when it dealt league-leading Sacra mento a double loss by 7-6 and 9-4 counts. The twin Rai- Two Men Face Charge of Raping Negro Woman Benton, Ark. (UPD Two young white men, charged with the rape of a 21-year-old Negro woman in a se cluded wooded section Sun day, were held in jail and denied bond here today. Ben Sanders, 26, and Bob by Burnett, 21, admitted the rape, Prosecutor Lawson E. Glover said. Glover said he would at tempt to keep both men in jail until their trials come up. He did . not say when he thought that might be. Conviction of rape in Ark ansas carries a maximum pen alty of death in the electric chair. ' Offered Ride According to Glover, the men offered the woman - a ride in their automobile Sun day on a highway near Ben ton. He said the pair "told-her they would take her to Bur nett's home to baby-sit, but drove to a wooded section in stead and parked the car. Glo ver said they then forced the young woman to submit to them. After the alleged attack, the. men let her out of the car, Glover said. She walked to a highway and caught a ride to Little Rock '1 where she reported the attack to police. The alleged attack followed by only one day the Florida trial and conviction of four Tallahassee youths for raping a Negro college student. FORMER CHAIRMAN DIES Bay Shore, N. Y.-UPD-A for mer president and board chair man of the Equitable Life As surance Society of the United States. Thomas I. Parkinson, died Wednesday. He was 77. nier victory closed the first and last place gap to eight games. Vancouver took over second place just one and one half games behind the Solons with an 11-inning, 6-5 thriller over Salt Lake. San Diego was dropped to tnird place as a re sult of its 11-10 loss to Spo kane. Sac Ralley Fixzles Seattle jumped on Solon starter Carl Greene for three runs in the second inning of the seven-inning opener. The Rainiers clinched the contest with a five-hit, four-run out burst in the fifth. Sacramento threatened in the last inning but pinchhitter Bob Jacobs popped out with the winning runs on base. Mark Freeman, who was re lieved by Bill Kennedy in the sixth, was the winner and is now 3-3. " ; In the second game Sacra mento got off to a 4-2 lead after Bob Perry broke a 2-2 deadlock with a 400-foot hom er with Dick Phillips aboard in the fourth. But the stub born Rainiers came back with a single tally in their half of the inning and four in the sixth to cinch the double win. Ken Johnson of Portland tossed a commendable five hitter against Phoenix, the toughest hitting club in the circuit. It was his seventh victory against five defeats. The loss dropped Phoenix into seventh place. Johnson Collects Fifth Win ' Connie. Johnson, working in relief, got credit for the Van couver win over Salt Lake. He was one of nine hurlers to work in the contest. Salt Lake used six flingers. Joe Durham singled home the winning run to give John son his third victory in five days. His season record is 5-3. Bulky Steve Bilko shot a last inning single to give Spo kane its slugfest win. The con test was highlighted by seven doubles, a triple and four ho mers, one a grand slammer by Stu Locklin of San Diego. The Padres blew a 10-5 lead. A three run homer by Freddy Hatfield started them on their downfall in the last of the sixth. LIN E SCORES: (1st came) Sacramento 020 102 1 8 11 0 Seattle 030 040 x 7 11 2 Greene, Mickelsen (6) and Dal rymple: Freeman and Bevan, Jen kings (7) (2nd same) Sacramento '..020 200 000 5 4 Seattle 200 104 20x 9 13 0 Hickman, Mickelsen (4), Fox (6) and Roselli; Urquhart. McCaU (5), Martin (7) and Jenkins. San Diego .011 035 000 10 13 2 Spokane 013 113 012 11 15 4 Striker, Wojey 16), Heman (8) and Hetzer, Jones (6);. Churn, Wade (6), Paine (7) and Sherry, Barragan (8). (11 innings) Salt Lake 001 210 001 005 13 3 Vancouver 000 050 000 01 6 10 1 Francis. Wickersham (5). Davis (5), Umbricht 5, Post 7, Bauta (9) and Westerfield; Watkins, Fitzger ald (6). Luebke (9). Johnson (11) and Pagliaroni, White (11). Phoenix 000 000 1001 5 1 Portland 100 200 Olx 4 9 0 Renfroe, Navarro (8) and Mar shall; Johnson and Tornay. SAVE AT CLOWER'S GOLDEN EAGLE Phoenix 3 Discount on Gas or , Triple Silver Dollar Stamps Semi-Pros Clash Here First semi-pro baseball game at Cheney field here in three weeks is scheduled this evening. Medford Bowling lanes will be host to Camp While. Game lime is 8 p.m. The clubs are members of the Rogue Valley league but this tangle will not count in the standings. Jim Eggers is the likely pitcher for Camp While with the Medford choice probably among Ed Rein king, Ernie Tyler and Charles Rettman. SPORTS I i il 1 Third Big Loop Announcement Due This July New York -(DPI)-Announcement of a third major league will be made between July 1 and 15 with more than $100, 000,000 being spent to get it into operation by 1961, Wil liam A. Shea, chairman of the New York mayor's baseball committee, said today. The pivot of the third league, Shea said, depended on a new stadium which will be erected in the Flushing Meadow site of .the" old world's fair for a New York team. He identified the three prin cipals in the New York syndi cate as: ; -Mrs. Charles S. Payson of Manhasset, N.Y., represented by Donald N. Grant, New York stock broker. -Mrs. Dorothy Killam, Mon treal, with Walter Orr, as her New York attorney. -Dwight F. Davis Jr., of Southampton, N.Y., with Wil liam Simpson of Glen Head, N.Y., and George Herbert Walker of Greenwich, Conn. Prepared lo Conclude' Shea said the New York syndicate was prepared to sit down with Commissioner Ford Frick by July 15 to "conclude our role in base ball." He said he did not be lieve baseball would renege on its promise to form a third league. None of the other cities which would be in the league, presumably an eight team cir cuit just like the American and National leagues, was identified other than New York. However Montreal, Toron to, Minneapolis, H o u st o n, Denver, Buffalo and Miami have been among the cities which have expressed interest in a new major league. Rodeo Entries Being Received Montague, Calif. - Applica tions from bareback bronc and bull riders have "literally swamped" oficials of the "all kids" rodeo at Montague Sun day, June 21. Another feature of the event will be a bucking horse event with stock from Dick Hemsted, Redding, and Jim Liskey, Hornbrook. Stan Coo ley, rodeo chairman, and Earl Fiock, Montague, will pro vide bulls for the bull riding event. Mrs. Betty Cooley, rodeo secretary, stressed that this is the only all kids rodeo in the state, although other r o d o e s have youngsters' events. All participants must be 18 years or younger. Gibson Saddlery, Medford, will award a sterling silver trophy buckle to the first place all-around cowboy or cowgirl, and a handmade braided hackamore and reins for second place. The Cooleys have added another sterling silver trophy buckle to be presented to the all-around girl contest. Contestants must submit en try blanks by Friday night. A parade and barbecue also are scheduled in connection with the rodeo. OUTRACES CONGRESS Washington - (UPD - Congress has been asked to face the fact that federal budget ex perts just can't keep up with the stork and Dan .Cupid. De fense Secretary Neil H. Mc Elroy told a Senate appropria tions subcommittee Wednes day that the Air Force would need an extra $50 million in dependency allowances for the year beginning July 1. m mm in INSTRUCTION Floyd Doland, instructor at Rogue Flying carina Avniiine tho inctmmpnt nanel of a Cessna 150 to PCI AAtJ inn vw Miss Sally Adams, Medford, week end. She hopes to solo Local Girl To Fly in Week End Sally Adams, 21-year-old Medford secretary, expects to learn to fly alone in two days this week end. Although she has never rid den in a small plane, Miss Adams has scheduled suffic ient instruction from Rogue Flying Service to qualify her for solo flying. She will train in' a Cessna 150, a two-place plane espe cially designed for beginning pilots. Rogue Flying has agreed to furnish both the plane and instructor, and Sally, who lives at 12 Port land ave., is sure that she will be flying alone before 48 hours have passed. A special flight check will be conducted by a local repre sentative of the Federal Avia tion agency just before the solo flight. Brian Douglass of Rogue Flying said success de pends on weather, airplane condition and Sally's own progress. The aircraft cruises at 120 miles per hour, has two-way radio and a range of more ll jk - " 'Da ,as a taste clothes all his very ?33l " ' I ill ' vfV h f own an weve 9or he "personality" . 5 I u)t styles, colors, quality and wearability ifclfP 1 ixA . he likes. Choose that "gift" perfect - K ffj? j 1 Hflr" for Father's Day, June 21st, here! Jfe' I JUST ARRIVED! I bGC4Z& i J I SWEATERS For DAD On His Day! Q . WASH 'N WEAR I i rma a ki I Ck'.tL III Also Lightweight Italian Woven SPORT SHIRTS V By Field and Stream Or Perhaps ... TIES JEWELRY . DOBBS HATS PARIS BELTS SWIM WEAR We Give NORTHERN STAMPS c who plans to learn to fly this before the end of 48 hours. etr 1 A. .1 A 1 A to Learn than 500 miles. Instructor Floyd Doland will follow the curriculum used for Gl and civilian flight schools and. which is conducted by the fly ing service. Rogue Flying lobby will be open both days for anyone who wishes to watch Miss Adams' progress. . Her flight lesson is set. for 9 a.m. Saturday and Doug lass said spectators should come early to watch her in struction, "because she'll probably be off on a sight seeing flight by herself Sun day afternoon." Exams Announced for Camp White Positions Civil service examinations are now open for positions of plumber and painter at the Veterans Administration dom; iciliary, Camp White, accord ing to Enid L. Brown, execu tive secretary of the board of civil service examiners, Camp White. Beginning salary for the po- and' A Good Selection Sport Shirts DISCOUNT nrmoDrpirnsaDmi 229 EAST MAIN STREET Queen Elizabeth, Philip Leave tor Canadian Tour London -(UPD Oueen Eliza beth and Prince Philip fly to canaaa today for a six-week tour that will include a meet ing with President Eisen hower in ceremonies officially opening the St. Lawrence Seaway and a stop-off in Chi cago. The royal counle besin the first leg of their 15,000 mile trip in a sleek Comet four jet airliner but they will switch to ship; car, and train travel to cover a route that stretches from Newfoundland to the Yukon. The royal Comet was sched-! tiled to land in Newfoundland at 2 p.m. (e.d.t.). There was a chance poor weather . condi tions would cause it to be diverted from St. John's to either the U. S. Navy base at Argentia or the U. S. Air Force's Harmon Field base at Stephenville.-"" To Meet President The Queen and her husband were to spend two days in Newfoundland, before moving on to .Quebec Province June 20. The Queen's meeting with President Eisenhower will come at Montreal June 26 aboard the royal yacht Brit tainia. The two will jointly open the seaway, the system of locks, j canals and river channels that has made the Great Lakes a port of call for ocean liners. - The seaway actually has been in operation since early spring, but the ceremony sym bolizes the Canadian-American cooperation that went into its construction. sitions is $2.27 per hour. Fur ther information and exami nation announcements may be obtained at the local post office or the board of civil service examiners at Camp White. jMmviMN rru gut Slacks SHOES Wnnnini! 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