MAIL TRIBUNE, M.dford, Or.
Thursday, Jun 18, 1959
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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
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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. -
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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. ,
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Portfanders Defeat
Phoenix To Square
Coast Loop Series
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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civilian flight schools and.
which is conducted by the fly
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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
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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.
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Ephrata. 'Wash. -UPD- Min:
utes before funeral services
began for his wife Wednes
day, Marvin E. Meixsell, 22,
requested the death penalty
for her murder.
However, the husky, 220
pound admitted slayer was
given life imprisonment, in
stead. ,
Meixsell had said he would
"rather have death than life
imprisonment," ' but Judge
Felix Rea informed him cap
ital punishment was not possi
ble under the second-degree
murder charge.
Meixsell Dleaded euiltv
Monday to a charge that he
stabbed his wife. Dorcas. 27.
to death three days before. He
said the murder followed an
argument on whether he
should obtain work. Meixsell
had been unemployed for two
years.
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barbed wire, sneaked across
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there yet, a spokesman said,
and "there is no need for
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