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MONDAY. AUGUST 89, 1960 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. B Zombie II Makes Brilliant Debut 'Zombie' is a name well known among drag enthusi asts in southern Oregon. For the past three years a com petition coupe running under this title has been a consistent contender at the Medford drag strip. Yesterday Zombie II ap peared at the drag race site in White City and, before the met concluded, had written a new chapter into the story of local drag racing. On its maiden run the new creation of the Wheelers club SPORTS PARADE JACK CUDDY Spori Writer Unltrd Press Rome -0JP1I- Five years ago when two-time Olympic De cathlon champion Bob Mathi as was on a state department tour, he gave a clinic for some two dozen wide-eyed young men on the island of Formosa. They were a silent, earnest lot. And they listened atten tively as Mathias gave them tips on. the various track and field events which compose the decathlon and then dem onstrated his prowess. Until it came to the high jump. Mathias leaped over the bar at six feet. So did one of the young men attending the clin ic. Mathias cleared it at six feet, one. So did his observer. Rangy Bob hitched up his pants and cleared six, two, the highest he ever jumped in his career. The young man sailed over it easily-and went right on sailing over it as Mathias watched from the sidelines un til he cleared six feet, six inches. Mathias Impresed Now it was Mathias who was pop eyed. "Holy smokes," he told the young man, "you can jump. If you tried some of the other events you'd make a terrific decathlon man." That was five years ago. Today, as Mathias walked through the Olympic village, he said a tremendous mouth ful. "I will bet you 5,000 lire," he said, tallying as if the equivalent of eight bucks United States wasn't a lot of money, "that this guy wins the Olympic decathlon. And you can have the rest of the field." He wasn't talking about world record holder R a f e r Johnson. Nor about former world record holder Vassily Kuznetsov og Russia, who generally is considered to be Johnson's main threat in the guelling 10-event man-killer which runs over two days. Picked Yang He was picking the fellow who beat him high jumping that day in Formosa-fellow named Chuan Kwang Yang. Such a bet, naturally, was snapped up like leaf of let tuce in a rabbit waren. "But don't spend it yet. Mathias warned. "If Johnson has one bad event and if Kuz netsov isn't in the greatest shane of his life, Yang will win this thing sure." Yang, who is known affec tionately to his friends as "C.K.," took Mathias' advice and turned up in the United States where he went to school at UCLA. He has heavi ly muscled legs and a sort of sunken chested appearance but, Mathias warns, the 27-year-old Taiwan athlete has been working with weights to improve the strength in his upper body and with the prop .er breaks can go all the way. Drug Given Dane Biker Copenhagen, Denmark-fllPD-The Danish Road Biking un ion has been informed that Olympic cyclist Knud Jensen was given a drug before his death in Rome last Friday, the United Press International learned today. Preben Z. Jensen, leader of the Danish Olympic biking team, reported to the Danish Road Biking union Sunday nieht that team trainer Oluf Jorgenscn gave the members of the Olympic road racing team a drug called Ronicol prior to last Friday's 100 kilometer 62.5 mile race in Rome. Jensen, the UPI learned, revealed that Jorgensen had admitted last Friday night only a few hours after the 22-year-old Kund Jensen died in a Rome hospital after collap sing during the race-that he gave.Jhe cyclers pills. NEER WINNER Portland -flJPD- Jack Neer won the Portland men's singles tennis title Sunday with an 8-6, 6-3 and 6-4 win time of nearly 127 miles per hour in tne standing start one fourth mile speed traps. This first effort was a full 10 miles per hour faster than the best time ever recorded by the original Zombie on t h e Medford strip. Zombie II, expertly driven by Charles (Bub) Hewitt, made several other runs dur ing the day's competition and tneir greatest glory came dur ing the elimination run against Sands & Gegner. In recent meets the Sands & Geg ner coupe has been easily de feating the original Zombie for honors in the "A" compe tition class and this run was going to be the showdown. Long Gone Could the quick - starting Sands-driven machine edge the new Wheelers club entry? Alter a false start both sleek coupes were together on the starting line ready for ine Dig race. Flaeman Dale Carter dropped the standard and both machines leaped for ward. After a few feet the Sands-Gegner entry bogged down as the engine missed a few times and Hewitt in the new Zombie II was long gone for the class trophy. tteturning once more the crowd saw the top eliminator race of the day staged be tveen the victorious coupe and fellow club member Jim Wilson of Grants Pass. Wil son's Chevrolet-powered drag ster broke an axle coming off the line and like Sands was never in the race. And so it was, that Zombie II on its initial appearance. cleaned up the top awards of the meet and also copped the top time of the affair with an official mark of 126.93 mph. Crew members Gary Crou- cher, Bob Aldredge, Cliff Pe derson and Bub Hewitt plus other members of the club had worked hard for two weeks getting the new Zombie into running condition. They were well rewarded for their efforts. Wolffe's Time Low Low elapsed time of the meet was recorded by Lou Wolffe of Ashland in his feather light fuel burning dragster powered by a Ford flathead engine. Wolffe pow ered through the timing clocks at a top speed of 121.62 miles per hour in 10.34 sec onds, the best recorded yet by him. A fuel injected Chrysler powered dragster from Eure ka, Calif., showed promise of being a real contender in com ing meets. Although the Lor ing & Peterson machine was having considerable trouble with the fuel injection they still made several runs in ex cess of 120 mph. Middle eliminator honors were taken by Phil Miles of Medford in his "B" altered coupe. Miles won his class and then sped past all comers in the middle eliminator divi sion for the double win. Miles runs under the flag of the Rogue Racing team and the only other trophy the team copped yesterday was in the' "B" competition class where Chuck Gilchrist emerged vic torious. Following are the official class winners showing class, speed, elapsed time, winning contestant and winner's car, in that order: STOCK SS. 94.24. 15.10. Doue Chamber lain, Medford. 59 Pontlac; SS (null. yo.72. 15.75, Dnrrel Lltwlller, Kose burg, 60 Plvmouth;A, 87.54. 15.88, Bclden R. Webber, Talent, 58 Chev.; A (autl. 90.45, 15.48, Raymond J, Haag, Eugene, 59 Pontine; B, 90.09, 15.56, Bill Eubanks, Crsccnt City, Calif.. 59 Pontiac: B (autl. 86.53. 16.45, Tom Radzwcit. Medford. 58 Chev.; C, 75.56, 17.99, Gary Ehr mantrout, Klamath Falls, 56 Chev.; C (autl, 89.96. 16.78. Robert McKee. Medford. 55 Olds.; D, 80.50, 17.13, oary Halovsek, Malin. 60 Pontlac; E. 74.07. 18.40, Frank N. Bell, Eu Bene. 54 Ford: F. 71.37. 19.42. Ger ald Schloesser, Anderson, Catif., SI rord. SPORTS BMod. 99 00. 14.43. Lee O. Hirn, Roseburg, 60 Corvette; D, 95.64, 15.10. Jerry Copley, Grants Pass, 59 Corvette; E, 91.37. 15.86. Wendell White. Grants Pass. 59 Corvette; G. 71.42. 19.06. Marvin Acrex, Med ford. 60 Volvo; H. 62.89, 20.66. David Vincent, Klamath Falls. 60 Fiat; I, 63.38, 21.15. Don Roufs, Klamath Falls, 58 Flat. GAS C. 83.17. 15.88. Bill Henderson. Medford. 34 Ford; D. 90.72, 15.80. Bill Skillington, Klamath Falls. 55 Chev. ALTERED B. 108.69, 13.43. Phil Miles. Med ford. FordChrys.; C. 94.14. 14.72. Road Knight, Ashland, Ford'Chev. B. 93.26. 14.74. Jim Downs. Med ford. Harlcy; C. 84.03, 15.35. Pearl Nason. Klamath Falls, 60 BSA COMPETITION A. 126.93. 10.85. Zombie II. Wheelers Club, Medford. Blown Chrysler: B. 106.76, 13.83. Chuck Gilchrist, Medford, FordChrys. DRAGSTER C, 117.18. 11.86. Jim Wilson, Grants Pass. Chev". Dragster. Little Eliminator C O. Wrleht Crescent City, Chevrolet-powered nciiry j. JU4.U4 mpn. Middle Eliminator. Phil Miles Medford. Chrysler-powered 34 Ford COUDe. 108.69 mnh lop Eliminator, Zombie II. wneei. ers Club, Medford, Blown Chrysler powered Fiat. 126.93 mph. Top Gas Time. Zombie II, 126.93 mpn. TOD Fuel Time l.fti, Wolffe. Ash land; Ford flathead dragster, 121.62 mpn. POISON OAK? For QuorontMd r.liaf ut. notur.'l enHdol fttH Poitofl Ook lotion. Provtn through etnlurlot of vm by American Indians and ptontorl. ftAH Is a noturol htfb preparation. Sotiifoction guaron load your druggist. of Medford recorded a SPORTS Golf Tempo To Increase On Tuesday Pre-Southern Oregon Golf tourney tempo is expected to pick up Tuesday at Rogue Val ley Country club. Rogue Valley residents try ing for the championship flight, all seniors who wish and some of the out-of-valley participants will qualify to morrow and a good number of the visiting players will en gage in practice activity. Formal start of the tourna ment is on Wednesday with qualifying by visitors. Matches open on Thursday and con tinue through next Monday, Labor Day. High handicappers of the home club not trying for title flights and the Rogue valley n general were to wrap up their qualifying today. A num ber of the Southern Oregon entrants were taking part to day at Portland in National Amateur qualifying rounds. These included Dr. Ralph Odell, this year's RVCC club champion, and Dr. D. C. Boals, who was runner-up in the Southern Oregon in 1958. Top practice effort at the links here Sunday was turned by Ron Mitchell, Chico. Calif. He had a one-under-par 71. Jim Sheldon, Medford, shot a 74. Mrs. Helen Davies. Medford, seven times SO women's victor, had a 78. which is two over ladies' par. Miss June Robinson, Al bany, Oregon Coast tourna ment winner this year, shot an 84. Moore Retains Feather Title Tokyo-(UPD - Featherweight champion Davey Moore re tained his title today by gain ing a unanimous decision over Japanese challenger Kazuo Takayama in in their 15-round title match. Moore punished Takayama, the ninth ranking contender, severely with terrific left and right punches to the body but was unable to score a knock out. Plymouth DeSoto Valiant . 'j." nj'.'" ; ; 1 (. '' jj' ( ) L ll Li L'a ILl "iK., 'l - TPGFv PJfIT Y B . Valiants sS:3;" A I ,) ni.'-Tr, - KL ( T THE L0WEST PRICES EVER... ; Dick Lines Shines In Relief for Bees By ROY WEBSTER United Press International August appears to be the favorite month of 22-year-old Salt Lake City hurler Dick Lines. For the second straight night Sunday, Lines came on in relief for the Bees and won the ball game, both on the mound and at the plate against the Tacoma Giants. Sunday night he pitched two and two-thirds innings of scoreless ball and smashed a 12th inning solo homer to give Salt Lane a 3-2 decision. Sat urday night, Lines hurled five and one-third innings of score less relief ball and bunted in the go-ahead tally for the Bees. In August, 1957, Lines' first year in pro ball, he came within one pitch of a perfect game while throwing a no-hit, one-run contest for Clinton of the Midwest league. August 17 is Lines' birthday. Any month during baseball season seems to be popular with Spokane's Indians who downed Portland, 15-0, in the first game Sunday night and then came back for a 2-1 sec ond game win. Sacramento took a shutout over San Di ego, 4-0, and Seattle was rain ed out at Vancouver. At the end of nine innings, Salt Lake and Tacoma were 2-2, with one of the Giant tallies coming on Dusty Rhodes' 21st homer of the year in the eighth frame. Dur ing the final five innings of the game a steady rain fell on the diamond. Ray Semproch was the pitching star of the first Spokane-Portland game as he limited the Beavers to five hits and took the shutout vic tory. However, at the plate Semproch was the only In dian to go hitless. Charlie Smith led the hitting attack for Spokane with five, one a double, and had three RBIs In th" nightcap, Bill Bethel follow- Semproch's lead and hurled a two-hitter but lost a shutout on a first inning walk and infield out. Ramon Conde homered for Spokane to knot the count in the second and Willie Davis romped home in the third with the winning marker. He had doubled Bring your asbestos gloves -these year-end deals on remaining '60 Valiants are hotter than a tamale in Death Valley at high noon. Out goes every Valiant we have -along with the shirts off our backs. You'll really save yourself DICK aboard and came in on Smith's two-bagger. Winston Brown struck out four and walked only one to take a three-hit shutout over San Diego as his Sacramento teammates struck for three runs in the sixth and one in the seventh. A two-base error, sacrifice, a fielder's choice and four singles provided the three sixth frame tallies. (12 innings) Salt Lake 200 000 000 001 3 8 1 Tacoma 100 000 010 000 2 13 2 Gross, Gicl 5. Lines 10 and bll- vera; Fisher and Reveira. Haller a. (1st game) Portland 000 000 000 0 5 1 Spokane 273 111 OOx 15 21 0 .Mickeisen. uriiun .:. vaienum-iu 2. Mason 3. and Websterfeld; Sem proch and Sadowski. (2nd game) Porlland 100 poo Ol 2 CnnUnnO Oil 000 X 2 5 Bvrd and Gongola; Bethel and Brumley. San Diego .... 000 000 0000 3 Snr-rnmcnto .. 000 003 10X 4 7 Reed and uarreon; crown ana Roselli. Ken Venturi Golf Victor Milwaukee - (UPD - Ken Venturi, the man who always plays to win, was the winner today with $4,300 in first place money from the $30,000 Milwaukee Open golf tourna ment. Venturi, 29, Palo Alto, Cal if., posted his fourth straight sub-par round Sunday in a consistent golf performance unmatched by any of the 150 pros and amateurs who start ed the four-day, 72-hole event. His cards of 65-69-68-69 for a nine-undar-par total of 271 gave the four-year veteran his second tournament victory of the year and boosted him past Dow Finsterwald into second among the top money winners this year with $41,820. Eleven competitors were within six strokes of Venturi going into Sunday's 18 holes, but only four of them could break par and it was a 68 by Billy Casper Jr., Apple Val ley, Calif., that was finally good for a 273 total and a sec ond place prize of $3,000. Ties for third were Bob Goalby, Crystal River, Fla., and Arnold Palmer, Ligonier, Pa., at 274; and tied for fifth at 275 were Fred Hawkins, El Paso, Tex., and Mason Ru dolph, Clarksville, Tenn. OE THE II Junior High Grid Exams This Week Medford junior high school boys planning to play football are to have physical examina tions Uiis week. They will be given at the Medford Clinic. 1025 East Main st. McLoughlin players are to report for physicals at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, and Hedrick gridders at the same hour on Friday, Sept. 2. Each boy playing football must have a physical exam and return the form signed by a physician. Signature of the parent or legal guardian. granting permission to play should be on the form before it is returned to the school office, where it will be kept on file. A nominal fee of $1 will be charged each boy for the examination and each boy should have the money with him when he is examined. Lee Ragsdale, Medford school supervisor of health and physical education, said that coaches of the teams will be on hand at the clinic to supervise the squads and help the doctor by recording exam results. Boys, who wish, may have their exams by Uieir personal physicians. In such cases, they must secure exam forms from the school office. A boy will be responsible for paying whatever fee is charged by his doctor. Players must have obtained student body cards before practicing. Players are cov ered by insurance when the student fee is paid. Ninth grade workouts will start on Sept. 6 and seventh and eighth grade drills after school opens, Browns Train At Forest Grove Forest Grove - IUP1I - The Cleveland Browns set up train ing camp here today for Sat urday night's game with the San Francisco 49ers at Port land Saturday night. The Browns flew into Port land Sunday from Los Angeles where they dropped a game Saturday night to the Los An geles Rams, 22-17. Observed Cleveland coach Paul Brown: "We played pret ty good football at Los An geles Saturday night but some rookie mistakes cost us chance to win." KEN WHO SEU. fflT Green Bay, Dallas Keep Up Grid Pace By JOE SARG1S United Press International Maybe it's time to start tak ing the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Texans seriously. The Packers, their five-year plan running far ahead of schedule, ripped off their third straight exhibition vic tory during the week end, beating the Chicago Bears, 35-7. The Texans made the Den ver Broncos their fifth straight victims, 48-0, to take the favorite's role in the new American Football league. When Vince Lombard! took over as general manager and head coach of the Packers before the start of the 1959 NFL season he vowed that Green Bay would be a con tender within five years. So far, they've made the ex perts look good, beating the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants before crushing the Bears. Bart Starr and La mar McHan, Green Bay's two quarterbacks, completed 16 of 34 passes between them for 312 yards to make a shambles of the Chicago defenses. With a partisan crowd of 35,118 looking on at Milwua- kee, Starr connected on a 41 yard pass to Jim Taylor and on a 23-yarder to Max McGee to build up a 17-7 halftimc lead and the Bears never re covered. The Texans finally had to call on their reserves to keep from running up the score against the Broncos (0-4) with a crowd of 5,500 looking on at Little Rock, Ark. Before they did, however, Cotton Davidson, former Bay lor star, and Jack Spikes, the former Texas Christian full back, led an attack that at times appeared unstoppable. The Los Angeles Rams (2-1) treated another big crowd in the Coliseum (48,175) to a good show by defeating the Cleveland Browns (2-1), 22-17; the Dallas Cowboys (1-3) beat the Giants (0-3), 14-3, before a crowd of 10,636 at Louis ville and the Philadelphia Ea gles (2-1) Vhippod the Wash ington Redskins (0-3), 24-6, be fore a crowd of 21,000 at Nor folk, Va., in other NFL games. In the only other AFL game, the B6ston Patriots (4 enough to write home about if you surrender to Valiant now. Like today, Dad, before they're all gone. We're making room for the '61s, so hotfoot it down to your corner Valiant man -and fire ball out in a red-hot 1960 Valiant this instant! PtlUOOIH-VAUAKI 1) defeated the Oakland Raid ers (2-3), 28-14, before a small turnout of only 3,500 at Am herst, Mass., on Sunday after noon. Herrmann Hurls Win For Drain Wichita. Kan. - UTII - The Drain, Ore., Biack Sox won their second straight victory in the National Semipro baseball tournament Sun day night, handing Tooele. Utah, an 8-1 defeat. Fred Herrmann, a right hander, held the Utah champs io three hits and struck out 14 batters. Left fielder Larry Peter son led Drain at bat with two doubles in three trips, while first baseman Jim Hollister had three runs bat ted in on sacrifice flies. FOR THE FAMILY THAT HAS EVERYTHING and is now paying for it If the payments on too many instalment purchases are catching up with you, arrange an HFC Payment-Reducer Loan and pay off all you still owe. You'll pay HFC much less per month than you pay now . . . and actually keep more of your paycheck! Drop in or phone HFC-America's oldest and larg OUSEHOLD FINANCE 128 E. Main SI., 2nd Floor SPring 3-5301 Hows: 10 to 7 Mon.-IO to 5:30 Tutt. Hita Fii.-Closri Stt. CO. 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