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I .1 8 MAIL TRIBUNE, M.dforJ, Or. Wednesday, July IS. 19S9 M Slows tes pite TJoetouts Philadelphia UPB Russia's track and field team, hamp ered by heavy rains and equipment difficulties, hoped today to get in its first full practice session since arriv ing in this country for a dual meet with American athletes Central Point; Med ford Yanks Junior Victors ! SOUTHERN OREGON JUNIOR BASEBALL i Interna 4 iatl t W. ti. Pet Central Point , 3 0 1.000 f Med ford Yankees 2 1 .667 Medford GianU 1 3 .333 Ashland 0 3 .000 Central Point continued un- beaten in the Intermediate league, Southern Oregon Jun ior baseball, with a 5 to 0 shutout over Ashland Monday night as the Medford Yankees Climbed into second place with an 8 to 4 victory over the Medford Giants. Scoring in all but one frame of the short five-inning game, the Central Pointers were still able to collect only one hit from losing pitcher John Rhodes. The lone smash came in the first inning off the bat of Pat Pepper. Larry Johnson and Galen Roberson collected theh two Ashland hits yielded by Ed Bowman. Central Point chucker. Bowman struck out 4 bat ters and Rhodes fanned three Central Point led all the way, scoring one run In each of the three first innings and two in the final fifth frame. Nina Hits by Yanks ' The Yankee-Giant fracas, a free-swinging affair, saw a to tal of 15 hits given up. Yan kee pitcher Mike Barnes gave up 6 and Giant pitcher Gilles pie allowed nine. ' The Yanks trailed, 1 to 2, going Into the second Inning but they held the Giants score less while they tallied twice. A walk to Jack Lowery, a tri ple by Wayne Couch, and sin gles by Terry Gardner and' Jim Teague brought two runs in for the Yanks and they led for the rest of the game. Big stickmen for the Yanks were Barnes and Jim Cal houn, who got two hits each, and Couch and Danny Miles, who belted out triples. Bell, Ettles and Caulkins, with two hits each, accounted for the six Giant hits. UXESCORES: Central Point 111 023 1 1 Ashland 000 000 2 6 Bowman and Jeff Anhorn; Rhodes and Roberson. Giants Yankees . Gillespia and Couch. 200 100 14 8 4 122 210 X 8 9 3 and Naumes; Barnes this week end. The 69 men and women track stars, along with 15 So viet officials and interpreters accompanying them, want sightseeing this morning be fore reporting to Franklin Field where the meettwill be held Saturday and Sunday. The Russians have had less than five hours of practice since leaving the Soviet Union last Saturday. They stopped off in Belgium Sunday for a sightseeing tour, arrived in New York Monday morning and came here by bus. They got in about 90 minutes of practice late Monday . after noon but the performers were forced to lounge around their hotel here most bf the day Tuesday waiting for a steady downpour to stop. It wasn't until late In the day that they were able to get to the field where they worked out for three hours de spite occasional drizzling. Russian coach Gavriao Kor obkov made a last minute switch in his lineup Tuesday, naming 21-year-old Igor Ter Ovanesyan, standout b r o a d jumper, to the decathlon event in place of Kim Bukhantsev, veteran discus thrower. Ter Ovanesyan will team with. world record holder Vasily Kuznetsov in the two-day, 10- event endurance test against America's Dave Edstrom and Mike Herman. Korobkov said there was nothing unusual about the switch, only that he thought Ter - Ovanesyan was "better prepared right now." MEiroaiwCjSiWriiBUKE ; . QtpajajaaaT FLUID FLYER-Colleen Dodge of Sacramento, Calif., is listed among the hoped-for total of 100 water skiers for this week end's two-day meet at Gardener Lake. Colleen last year was second in slalom and jumping and fourth in tricks in junior girls' regional competition. Sponsor of the meet is the Gardener Lake Water Ski club. About 1000 spectators are expected to be at the lake Saturday and Sunday. Bears Trim Chiefs, Gain Narrow Lead Oregon Men To Compete Eugene (DPD A four-man track and field contingent from University of Oregon planned to join other members of the United States team to day for the dual meet with Russia Saturday and Sunday. From Oregon will be de cathlon ace Dave Edstrom, who finished third in the meet when it was held in Moscow last July; miler Jim Grelle, who went the 1,500-meter dis tance in the same meet a year ago; veteran Bill uemnger, who lost a hair-line decision the first time the Americans and Russians met; and rookie Dyrol Burleson, national AAU 1,500 -meter champion. Ed strom and Grelle left Tuesday for 'the meet. Dellinger and Burleson left this morning. THIS CAR SIMCA Elytee CAN SAVE YOU HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS IN GASOLINE ALONE! If s the great new SIMCA from Paris ! 1e ear that saves you money on every count. SIMCA costs much less than it should, because every- , thing in the book is included as standard equip-. ment. 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Softball Game Jan Bateman of Central Point had a shutout going un til the last inning, when a hit, two walks and an error put five runs in the Eagle Point scoring column Monday night during the girls' softball rec reation league. ' . Central Point came up with the win, however, scoringv18 runs to 5 for the Eagle Point ers. The game was held at Camp White Memorial stadi um. The league is for girls 16 years old and younger. Miss Bateman, who gave up only two hits, swung a big stick to help win her own ball game. She collected three hits at four trips to the plate-a triple and two singles. Carol Strauss of Central Point knocked out a triple and a double and Judy Patter son connected for a triple to aid the Central Point cause. Miss Huffman of Eagle Point clobbered out the only home run of the evening. Jay Callahan and Miss Per ry pitched for the losers, giv ing up eight hits. Top Women Golfers To Tee Off In Ohio Alliance, Ohio (DPD Thirty two of the nation's top women golfers open firing Thursday for the richest purse on the summer tour the $12,500 Alliance International. The pros, who will also shoot for one-year possession of the Lewis Trophy valued at more than $10,000, will be joined by 66 amateurs for the four-day 72-h0le grind that ends Sunday. , Included in the star-studded professional ranks are Mickey Wright, women's open cham pion; Betsy Rawls, ladies PGA winner; veteran Patty Berg, in her 27th year on the circuit, and Beverely Hanson, last year's leading money winner with $12,639. HERTZ TRUCK RENTAL Available at HOPKINS RICHFIELD SERVICE MeAndrewt at Court Phone SP 3-9068 to run up the winning total Player faltered only in the fifth inning when he allowed two runs on three walks and a single. He was credited with his third win in seven de cisions. In other league action Eu gene beat Lewiston 3-1 while Salem pasted Tri-City 13-0. : Blazing Bob Bolin won his fourth straight victory as Eu gene whipped the Broncs. He struck out 14 and yielded only six hits in going the route. The Emeralds won it in the eighth inning when they man aged to push across two runs to break a 1-1 tie. Three Lew iston errors paved the way for the game-winning rally. Salem's Herb Anderson knocked in three runs with a homer and a triple to aid the Senators in their win while teammate Don Gaffney chased four runs across with three singles and a double. Bailey Brem went all the way on the mound for Salem. His record is now nine wins and five losses. Fishing Was Fair At Lake Last Week Fishing was reported as fair at Diamond Lake last week, with best catches being made on trolling flatfish or flies. A. J. Dichura Jr. and party of San Francisco limited out. The largest kamloop caught to date has been a nine-pounder, 28 inches long." The weather last week at the lake was cool but it warmed up for the week end. Hot weather and cool nights are expected for the coming week. WeeEt -..Encl Congest IFor Water Skiers Slated! fit lake A wet week end is on tap for area residents this Sat urday and Sunday when the Gardener Lake Water Ski club makes its annual splash. Local novice skiers are es pecially invited. The two-day meet has at tracted champion skiers from Seattle, Portland, Eugene and California points-with entries still flowing in-but a special appeal is made to local skiers. , Cliff McGinty, club secre tary, said that novice events are not often scheduled and that this is a good opportunity for area ski enthusiasts to enter competition. Those who want to test their water wings can pick up application blanks at Skinner's Buick - Cadillac agency. A crowd of about 1000 Is expected at Gardener Lake this week end to watch the motorized mermaids slide through slalom, trick, jump and speed skiing. A hoped-for 100 skiers will be in the competitive swim, with men's, women's and junior classes represented. Registration deadline is 7 a.m. Saturday. Entry fee for juniors (under 15) is $3 and for those over 15 it is $5. These amounts in clude insurance. A one-dollar admission fee has been placed for specta tors, with . 50 cents set for those under 18. Free admis sion will be made for those under 8 years. Among the aqua athletes already registered are Bill Barlow of Piedmont, Calif., men's 1959 Washington state trick champion; Lon Skinner of Medford, 1959 third place slalom winner in the Cali fornia state water ski cham pionship meet; and Wally Pal lack of San Francisco, 1957 58 senior men's division re gional champ, along with eight novices from his ski club. Among, the youthful en trants are Bruce, 8, and Randy - Paragary, 12. Randy set a world's record for his All-Stars Get Florist Pitcher Portland -(DPD- The 19-year-old pitching sensation of Port land's Erv Lind Florists, Lou ise Mazzuca, will leave Port land tonight for Stratford, Conn., to perform with an all- start women's softball team against the Raybestos Brak- ettes, world women's softball champions. Miss Mazzuca, who has hurled several no-roun, no-hit games for the Florists this sea son, will face Bertha Ragan, ace pitcher for the Connecti cut club. Games are scheduled for both Friday and Saturday nights. The Brakettes will play the Florists July, 28, 29 and 31 at Portland's Normandale Park while on a tour of the West Coast. About 300 years ago, one- third of the United States was covered by tangled swamps. RELAX... YOU'VE FOUND THE GENUINE! mem the Name is Cabin Still Pure Copper Distilled for hand -made quality... Kentucky Weather Ripened for rich, round flavor. Try it tonight.. .you who want A Bourbon Man's Bourbon! 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