Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 06, 1960, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. WEDNESDAY. JULY 8. 1668 ASM4 i;.r MEDF0RIv2tJ&TRIBUNE IN SWIM RELAYS Linda Hess, left, unci Roberta Willett, center, will be two of the entries in the Medford relays swimming meet on. Saturday, July 9, at Hawthorne pool. They will represent the Medford municipal team. The girls are shown with Ken Lyons, city recreation supervisor, who coaches the local team. There will be 29 relay events on Saturday with both boys and girls taking part and witli preliminaries in the morning and finals in the afternoon Fifty-two invitations have been sent to other communities .in western states. Oregon University Choice of Anderson 27 File Decathlon Entry Applications Eugene-fllPD - Twenty-seven athletes have filed entries for the national decathlon meet here this week end, according to meet director Bill Bower man. Bowerman, University of Oregon track coach, said he expected the bulk of the en tries to be on hand for final preparatory workouts by this afternoon or Thursday morn ing. Bowerman has announced the final seedings would be made Thursday. The seedings Trapshoot On Sunday An Amateur Trapshooting association - registered shoot, will be held Sunday, July 10, at Medford Gun club. There will be 250 registered targets, including 100 at 16 yards, 100 handicap clay birds and 25 pairs of doubles. Back er-upper competition is " planned after the doubles. Practice traps will be open at all times. Lunch will be served on the grounds. v DOWNES DEFENDS Wembley, England - (DPD -Paul Pender, recognized as the middleweight ' champion of Massachusetts and New York, is the next target for British titleholder Terry Downes. Dowries successfully defended his crown Tuesday against Phil Edwards of Wales. His two-fisted attack battered the Welshman, forc ing Edwards to quit after the 12th round of a scheduled 15- round bout. will split the field into morn ing and afternoon rounds. The top 12 men, based on previous performances, will be seeded into the round at 4 p.m. on Friday while the other ath letes will begin competition at 9 a.m. the same day. The Saturday schedule for the featured dozen will begin at 2:30 p.m. after the morn ing round at 9 a.m. In event some of the morning competi tors surpass the top 12 on Friday there will be some changes in the Saturday line up. Olympic Berth The top three American competitors will be awarded places on the 1960 United State Olympic team, which will compete this summer at Rome. The meet brings together three of the four best decath lon men in the world today in Rafer Johnson, former UCLA ace now competing as a mem ber of the Southern Califor nia Striders; Dave Edstrom, of the University of Oregon, and C. K. Yang, of UCLA. Yang won't be eligible for a birth on the U.S. Olympic team, However, since he is citizen of Nationalist China. Yang defeated Edstrom in last year's decathlon meet, a meet Johnson did not com pete in because of an injury. TOURNEY SLATED ' San Francisco - (UPD - San Francisco will be the site of a major golf tournament for the next three years - a tourney in which there will be no color line. Eugene Selvage, president of the Lucky Lager Brewing Co., Tuesday an nounced that the $57,000 Lucky International will be held in 1961, 1962 and 1963 here. Jerry Anderson, Medford High school all-stntcr in three sports, has announced that ho will attend the University of Oregon. He said that he gave Steve Bclko, head basketball coach at U of O, the word last night that he could officially report his plans to enroll at the Eu gene school. Anderson stated that he would turn out for basketball and baseball, for sure, at Ore gon and that he probably would "try football," also. He indicated that he was not en tirety certain on his course of collegiate study but said that pre-law likely will be his choice. He mentioned the possibility of taking a general business course. On Three Tills Teams Jerry was a three-year let terman in basketball and base ball at Medford High and a two-year monogram wearer in football. He was one of a half dozen Black Tornado athletes who played on all three of Medford's state title teams, football, basketball and base ball, in the fabulous 1959-1960 school year. Anderson was named to the second all-state team in 1959 and to the first team in 1960 at Oregon A-l prep basketball tournaments. He played with the State baseball team against Metro in the prep all- star game at Eugene last month and has been selected to the State squad lor tne Shrine all-star football game in August. He was a pitcher outfielder in baseball, an end in football and a forward in basketball for Medford's Black Tornado teams. Jerry is working at the fam ily store, Andy s Jewelers, during the summer. Stitch Family Will Benefit Louisville, Ky. - d'PD - Un beaten Luis Rodrigues, No. 1 contender for the world wel terweight title, meets former chamDion Virgil Akins here tonight in a partial benefit match. The fight, with 35 per cent of the gross gate receipts going to the widow and six children of the late Louisville welterweight Rudell Stitch, will be nationally televised. Stitch was drowned last month in an unsuccessful at tempt to save the life of a friend who had fallen into the Ohio river from a dam while fishing here. RENFRO INJURED Portland -(UPII- Mel Ren fro, 18, star athlete at Jeffer son high school here, was in jured late Monday in an auto accident here. He suffered multiple head contusions. mmm Vancouver Whacks Spokane's Margin JERRY ANDERSON To Enter Oregon ATTENTION UNION MEMBERS Jackson County Labor Council endorses the following Union places. These establishments have signed con tracts with the Meatcutter Union Local 503 in order to maintain a better standard of living and prosperity in our community. CRYSTAL MEATS SWIFT & COMPANY GROCETERIA, MEDFORD GROCETERIA, ASHLAND MATLACKS MARKET FOOD FAIR BIG Y SUPER MARKET BIG Y EAST SIDE BIG Y OAKDALE OK MARKET GRANDVIEW MARKET POLAR-COLD HAWTHORNE MARKET CENTRAL MARKET OREGON FOOD STORES WHITEHOUSE GROCERY MARKET BASKET TRIANGLE MARKET PAY AND SAVE MARKET BYRD'S MARKET NO. 1 BYRDS MARKET NO. 2 SAFEWAY STORES- Medford and Grants Pass TOM THUMB MARKET LOYDS MARKET ROGUE VALLEY PACKING FARMERS PACK MEDFORD MEATS MIDWAY MEATS INDEPENDENT MEATS EAST SIDE ABATTOIR GRANTS PASS PROVISIONS ALPINE MEATS PIGGLY WIGGLY-Medford PIGGLY WIGGLY-Grants Pas OREGON EGG PRODUCERS NORTON'S MARKET LET US SHOW OUR APPRECIATION BY PATRON IZING THESE FINE PLACES OF BUSINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. Wildcat, Tiger Nines Record Pee Wee Wins Ken Eckel pitched a no-hit no-run ball game yesterday as the Medford Wildcats smoth ered the Ashland Cubs 13-0 in a Pee Wee league Southern Oregon junior baseball game. Eckel struck out 11 batters and walked only two In re cording the win. He helped win his own ball game in the fourth inning with a bases loaded double driving in three runs. Jack Mullen hit the only other extra base hit for the Medford squad. That was a triple in the third inning with two men on base. The Wild cats scored all of their runs in the third and fourth innings. Keep Lead The 'Cats kept undisputed lead in the southern division of the loop with the win. The Medford Tigers downed the Central Point Indians in another game yesterday 7-4. Both teams had six hits and four errors apiece but Med ford bunched their runs to gether in the first and fifth innings to record the win. Mike Hickey was the win ning pitcher. Bruce Bertran hit a home run for the victors in the fifth inning with one man on. I.INESCORFS: Ashland Cubf 000 00 0 0 3 Medford Wildcats 000 7x 13 8 0 Bolt and Nelson; Eckel and Kol-blk. Medford Tigers ...300 047 e 4 CP Indians 003 02 I S 4 Hickey and Clave; Watson. Mc Grath (5) and Miller. League Planned For Sandblower Baseball Crews Sandblower participation in the Medford summer rec reation baseball program shifted this week from the high school athletic field to four elementary school dia monds and to Hawthorne park. A league will be formed this week involving five play grounds and the Howard school program. Sandblowers are the youngest age group in the city recreation baseball activity. Coaching sessions for the sandblowers will be on Mon days and Wednesdays at Washington, Jackson and Wil son schools and Teusdays and Thursdays at Hoover school and Hawthorne park. Alex McDonald will be the coach at Washington on Mon day and Ralph Monroe will have the duties on Wednes day. Don Stroh will handle the Jackson sessions and Jack Brown those at Wilson and Hawthorne, Monroe will have the program at Hoover. The sandblower slate Is to continue through Aug. 19. First Baptist Heads League First Baptist became lone unbeaten in the Medford Church Softball league last night. The Baptists trimmed Lat ter Day Saints 10 to 6. It was the first loop loss for LDS. In the only other game con tested First Methodist beat First United Presbyterian 13 to 10. First Nnzarene won by for feit from Westminster Presby terian. A tussle slated be tween Phoenix Presbyterian and First Christian was post poned. Big Inning for the Baptists last night was the second when three runs were scored. TiDS threatened strong In the seventh panel and got four runs , before the rally was snuffed out. 1 By ROY WEBSTER United Press International Spokane buttled 13 full In nings against the Vancouver Motilities in Pacific Const league action Tuesday night before going down to defeat, 8-5, for Its second straight loss. Tile Indians, who led the league by five games Sunday night, are now only two and one-half in front of Sacramen to. The Solons moved up on Spokane by downing Salt Lnke City, 8-3, as Elmer Singleton recorded his eighth season win. At Scuttle, the fourth place Rainiers continued their vic tory skein over Portland tak ing both ends of a double header, 4-1 and 14-3. Long Night Ends Spokane and Vancouver were tied, 3-3, at the end of nine frames. In the Mountie half of the 12th, Jim Finlgan singled to drive Ray Barker home after the runner had doubled to open the inning. Howie Goss clouted his 16th homer for Vancouver in the first stanza. Five consecutive hits, in cluding Milt Smith's double, produced what proved to be Sacramento's winning run in the fifth inning. Three runs scored in the frame. Salt Lake had knotted the count, 2-2, In the third on Harry Bright's 17th home run of the year, and went ahead in the fourth on a round-trlppcr by Jim Batimer. J. W. Porter had a solo clout in the seventh for Sac ramento. Two-hit pitching by Seat tle's Ted Wieand paced the Rainiers to their first game victory over Portland. Wieand struck out five and walked none to chalk up his second win against no losses. The lone run for the Beav ers was one of the two hits, i Bill Wilson put the ball over; the wall in tne nun. Loser Pete Mesa gave up only four hits, struck out four and ! walked three, but all the safeties worked into Rainier runs. Beavers Battered Seattle blasted three Beav er hurlcrs for 14 hits in the second game with eight of the blows good for two-bases. Bill Wilson again homered for the Beavers and Hal Bevan led the Rainier assault with two doubles and two singles for five RBIs. A single by Dick Smith and a wild pitch moving him to second set the stage for San Diego's win over Tacoma. The two Padre decision runs came I in the seventh. Smith scored on a double by Jim Green grass and Stan Johnson brought Greengrass around with a triple. Tacoma scored its three mitrktM's on lone attempts In the third, fourth and sixth. I.INKSrOHKS: 113 tnnltiiK .Spokane ..002 010 3011 (Mill .1 13 4 Vii'n-ouver yoo 100 UOll 001 it 13 o (iallomhftrtn. ITIuirn 171 anil Piii- ItimuU: Nk-hoU. M.-imltcriiitr (3), Palno (111 ami Wliltr- Sacramento , aim o:u 101 H M 3 Suit Lake ,.003 101) 0003 tt 0 Slnuleton ami lloelll; Pttvium. Pepper iti), Swimsott ill) and Hall. (1st name! Portland. 000 mo o 1 3 0 SraltUi 300 300 x 4 4 I Meia. Griffin l.M and Wetlerleld; Wieand and llevan. I3nd snme) Portland 030 DM 100 3 .1 n Seattle 410 303 03x It 14 0 MU'kvlKcu. Vnlenllnelll (41, Mexn (7) and Uoni'iila; llunmun, Martin (7) and llevan. Tacoma OOt lot 000 3 13 4 San Dirge . OKI 010 30x 4 0 0 Choatc. Jonc 171. Mutuant (HI anil Kcvclra. llnller iKi; Striker, Podhtelan (Hi and Thomas. Kerr. Parent Co-Medalists Victoria, U. C. -HU'll- Vic toria's Lniiile Kerr stunned tlirotiKli the litinii .stretch with three successive birdies Tues day to share nii'tlnl honors In the men's division of the With immiti! I'liclfit' Northwest Golf association championship. The former ll.C. Open champion droppt'd blnllo putts of 10, 12 unci 10 foot on the lust thrru greens to wind up with a unc-over-uiir 70 and a tic with Krv Piuvnt of Seattle. Parent also added n 70 to his first-round total of till for a 13!) total. Parent and Kerr were two of seven golfers who shared the lead after Monday's half of the 3(1 hole (ualifylng round. Judy lloelmer of Seattle led the way among tho women with a 154 qualifying score. VIRQIL CALLED UP l)otrolt-llll'll-liitliltli'i'07.lo Virgil, the lending hlllor In the American Assot'liillon, was culled up to the Detroit Tlgei s Tuesday. The 27-year-olil na tive of the Dominican Ho puhlli' liclk'il the hull at a ,11112 flip with Denver In 511 giuiii'S ttiin Ni'iisoll, II" liniirk oil In HO runs nml pounded nine homom. COOL CLEAN SUMMER COMFORT Kimnjmm Miep.iM i tat . i. DICK KNIGHT CO. 8th at Riverside) Medford Strange Things Occur in NWL By ROY WEBSTER United Press International Some strange things hap pened Tuesday night in North west league play. One game was marked with 20 walks and another with 21 strike outs. And - a three-way tie resulted for first place be tween Yakima, Tri-City and Lewiston. Yakima defeated Tri-City, 4-1, in a game which saw win ning hurlcr John Stokoe strike out 10 and walk two. Loser John Dewald had 11 strikeouts and gave up 11 hits. Lewiston downed Eugene 7-4 in the game with 20 walks, and Wenatchee evened its record, 3-3. Ford, Sanders Top Contenders Toronto -(UPD - Doug Ford and Doug Sanders, a pair of former winners in the Ca nadian Open golf champion ship, were rated excellent choices to repeat in the 51st national championship, which opens today. Ford, the Mahopac, N. Y., pro who shot a 276 at Mon treal last year to win, shot a five-under practice round 67 Tuesday, finishing birdie-cagle. Rookies Added To Star Roster Boston -(UPD- Three rookies two of them from the Balti more "whiz kids" team - are among the 22 players named to complete the 1060 Ameri can League All-Star team, The freshmen, righthander Chuck Estrada, 22, and first baseman Jim Gentile, 26, of the Orioles and relief pitcher Dick Stlgman, 24, of the Cleveland Indians, were nam ed Tuesday by Manager Al Lopez. The announcement came hero through the Ameri can league office. Call Ken Neat, SP 3-4739 for your Logging and Road Building Equipment Bonded Buy Used Equipment Crater Lake Machinery Co. 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