Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 31, 1960, Image 14

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    WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 31. 1960
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE.
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SOUTHERN OREGON GOLF MEET
Ron Mitchell Sets
Pace in Tuesday's
Qualifying Action
Ron Mitchell. Chico, Calil
and Stewart Schroeder ant"
Eddie Simmons, Medford, yes
terday headed a contingent of
some 120 golfers who played
their qualifying rounds for
the 32nd annual Southern
Oregon tournament at Med
ford's Rogue Valley Country
club.
No qualifier was sub-par.
Mitchell, ex-Chico State col
lege divoter, stroked an even-with-course
standard 72 to
pace the bid for 63 champion
ship flight berths in the men's
division. Schroeder, currently
njember of the Oregon State
cpllege team and last year's
medalist here, was right be
hind with a 73. Simmons, six
tfmes winner in the Southern
0,regon, stroked a 74.
Marvin Clark, Grants Pass
and RVCC, tabulated 75 to
lad advance qualifiers in the
senior men's division of which
lie has been twice champion.
Mrs. Helen Davies, Medford,
spven straight times a titlist
in this tourney, had Tuesday's
low women's card, 79, three
oVer ladies' par.
patches Thursday
Around 260 visiting con
testants were scheduled to
qialify today as the tourna
njent got into full swing.
Match play begins on Thurs
day in this Rogue Valley links
classic. Finals will be on Mon
day, Labor Day, with finalists
in . the men's and women's
championship brackets going
3t holes and those in the sen
ior men's 18.
All three of last year's
champions will defend their
diadems. They have chosen to
take automatic No. 2 seeded
spots in their respective titu
lar flights. The defenders are
Bob Prall, Salem, in the
nien's, Karl Bennett, Grants
Pass, in the seniors, and Miss
Betty Martin, Longview,
.Wash., in the ladies'. The three
will have the top positions in
the bottom brackets of their
flights.
Championship flights 'will
have 64 players in men's play
and 16 each in seniors' and
women's.
Following Simmons in yes
terday's men's qualifying
were Joe Hallmark, Roseburg,
and Carl Schmidt, RVCC, with
j75s. Jim Sheldon, of the home
Jlinks, had a 76. Shooting 77s
(Were Mai Downey , Grants
iPass, A. J. Toyly, Royal Oaks,
jVancouver, Wash., Harry Mil
hctte, Dr. N. J. Wilson and Dr.
William Miller, all of RVCC,
ind Craig Melby, Tacoma,
jiWash.
jXynch Has 78
i Mike Lynch, Riverside,
Portland, carded a 78. Those
-'with 79s were John Frohn-
mayer, Dr. Robert Buck and
Harvey Woods Jr., RVCC,
Bruce McDonald, Seattle,
"Wash., and Lee Flink, Poca
tello, Idaho.
Pam Stacey, Rogue Valley,
was three strokes back of Mrs.
Davies in women's qualifying
.with an 82. Mrs. Maxine Ham
mond, also of the home course,
shot 86.
Top rounds among the sen
iors included M. L. Hallmark,
;L $480
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DEFENDER Bob Prall, Sal
em, begins his title defense
Thursday in the men's di-
vision of the Southern Ore
gon Golf championships at
Rogue Valley Country club
Prall exercised his option not
to take part in today s quah'
fying p ay and drew an auto
matic No. 2 seeded spot in
the championship flight.
Roseburg, 78; Larry Butler,
RVCC, and Ray Beeber,
Reames, Klamath Falls, each
80, and George Stacey, RVCC,
82.
Mitchell was one-over-par
on his front nine with a 38
and one-under with 34 on the
back side. Schroeder had 39
34 with an eagle three oh No
18 hole. N
It was reported that Phil
Underwood, Waverly, Port
land, declared a 74, fired Mon
day in National Amateur
qualifying, as his Southern
Oregon qualification score
Dick Yost, Columbia-E d g e-
water, Portland.- declared his
76 in the Monday Portland
play. 1 -
Players Practice
A couple of Rogue Valley's
top players were in the over
80 group yesterday and could
miss the championship flight
participation unless scores of
today's qualifiers are high.
Alan Holmes had an 81 and
Dr. Bruce Stanley an 82.
A good number of visiting
players had practice rounds
over the Medford layout yes
terday.
Match play on Thursday
will be for all entries except
in the women's fourth and
sixth flights and men's second
through fourth. They go into
matches on Friday.
The ladies eighth and 10th
flights and the men's 10th
through 14th will play at
Ashland's Oak Knoll links on
Thursday. Women's fourth
and sixth and men's fifth
flight through ninth consola-
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Area Residents
Invited To Join
Golf Galleries
Are you looking for lome
thing to do over the Labor
Day holidays and don't
want to get very far away
from home?
If to, here's a suggestion.
Go out to Medford's Rogue
Valley Country Club, join
the galleries and follow the
matches in the Southern
Oregon Golf tournament.
It's a chance for fresh air,
exercise and fine entertain
ment. There is no admission
charge.
Your presence with spec
tators along the fairways
and around the greens will
give one the Rogue river
valley's top sports attrac
tions a boost. RVCC and
tourney officials welcome
galleryites. For they con
tribute substantially to tour
nament success.
The 32nd annual tourney
at the Medford links runs
from today through Sept. 5
with more than 400 divoters
to contend in men's, wo
men's and senior men's di
visions. Match play starts on
Thursday, Sept. 1. Finals in
all three divisions will be on
Monday, Labor Day.
Some of the West's finest
golfers will display their
skills and battle for the
championships. Lesser
lights will tussle in lower
flights for trophies and for
fun. The spectacular and the
unexpected can happen in
any of the flights.
There's a real holiday
mood at the Rogue Valley
course during the Southern
Oregon's duration. The tour
nament has developed a tra
dition of sociability and top
golf.
Hedrick Grid
Checks Friday
Coach Barney Riggs has
issued a reminder to pro
spective Hedrick Junior
high footballers that phys
ical examinations will be
given on Friday evening.
Physical checks for the
grid aspirants will be at
7:30 p.m. at Medford Clinic,
1025 East Main st. Each
boy who plays football must
have an exam. A nominal
fee of $1 is being charged
for the Friday check.
.' Riggs has asked ninth
grade boys to report
Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m.
or on Saturday from 9:30
to' 1 1 a.m. to get their foot
ball equipment. Ninth grade
practice will begin on Sept.
6.
Seventh and eighth grad
ers will not turn out for
football until after school
begins.
Los Angelcs-(UP1I-Tim Haap,
16, an A student from Onta
rio, entered the second round
of the 15th annual Hearst Na
tional Junior Golf champion
ship today with a three-stroke
lead over three opponents tied
at second place. Haap Tues
day shot a two-under-par 34-36-70.
tion flight have Friday play
at Ashland. This play at the
neighboring community is ne
cessary because entry exceeds
the capacity of RVCC.
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Eugene - (UPD - The Univer
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r- .j wran up
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Thursday's opening workouts.
Coach Len Casanova, whose
Ducks rolled up eight vic
tories in 10 starts last season,
will be missing eight regulars
from his 1959 team at to
day's physical examinations
and uniform fittings.
There were 15 lettermen on
hand for the opening gather
ing. Quarterback Dave Grosz.
halfback Dave Grayson and
guard Dave Urell are the only
regulars returning.
The other lettermen include
ends Paul Bauge, Len Burnett
and Kent Petersen, tackles
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Dillsburg, Pa.- IUPU -Mickey
Wright, fresh from a victory
in the Grossinger Ladies PGA
open, carried a record-breaking
67 into today's second
round of the $7,50 Eastern
Open golf tournament. The
San Diego, Calif., blonde fired
a two-under-par 34 on the
front nine and finished with
a thrce-undcr-par 33 on the
back nine Tuesday for the
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15 Lettermen
At Oregon State
Corvallis - tl)PU - Fifteen
lettermen were expected here
today when the Oregon State
college football team gathers
for its final pre-praetice meet
ing.
The Beavers begin workouts
Thursday.
Coach Tommy P r o t h r o,
starting his sixth season as
head grid coach, used today's
session for physical examina
tions, equipment check and
for press photograph shooting.
Returning lettermen Proth
ro will have available are Art
Gilmore, wingback; Amos
Marsh, Leo Criner and Aaron
Thomas, ends; Mike Kline,
Neil Plumley and Earl Wood
ward, tackles; Denny Pieters
and John Cadwell, guards;
Doug Bashor and John Had-
raba, centers; Marne Palma
teer, blocking back; Don Kas-
so, tailback; Ron Miller and
Art Gilmore, wingbacks, and
Chuck Marshall, fullback.
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stars don the shoulder pads
and helmets Thursday as col
lege football practice gets
under way on the Pacific
Coast.
From Canada to Mexico,
the collegians start strutting
their stuff before the watchful
glare of coaches - all with an
eye to a starting berth that
could lead to dreams of All
America rating.
Auto Races
Saturday
Final super-modified au
to races of the season at the
Ashland speedway are set
for this Saturday night.
As sual. action will begin
with time trials at 7 p.m.
First race is planned for 8
p.m.
Among those slated for
contention Saturday are Art
Pollard, defending north
west champion, Ed Brown,
southern Oregon champ,
Sherm Clark, Jack McCoy
and Don and Nick Porter.
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end of Sept. 1617,
the week
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optimism in every
n such new mentors
McKay at Southern
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'could" have a good
that they '
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But all the odds pointed to
a down-the-stretch battle be
tween defending . champion
Washington, Southern Cali
fornia and UCLA for the bid
to the Rose Bowl.
As practice opened on -the
major college gridirons bord
ering: the Pacific, more than
600 players reported to the
coaching staffs.
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