Nation's High Point Dog
In Retriever Trial Here
High point dog in the na
tion during 1960 will be
among those entered in this
week end's field trial of the
Hogue Valley Retriever club.
The dog is Dairy Hill's
Nightcap, owned by A. A.
Jones, San Mateo, Calif.
RVRC's 10th annual trial
opens Friday at 8 a.m. and
will continue through Sunday.
It is licensed by American
Kennel club. Rogue Valley
Game Management area and
Hoover lakes property will be
used as trial grounds.
Nightcap took part in 14
open all-age stakes last year
and collected a total of 32'j
points. The dog took five
firsts, two seconds, one third,
one fourth and one certificate
of merit. It is an amateur
field trial champion and a
field trial champion. Nightcap
was third in the open here last
year and ran in the amateur
national.
Winners Back
All of last year's stake win
ners in the local trial will
contend. Shoremeado Tide
water, owned by C. R. Tobin,
San Francisco will be defend
er in the open. Baron's Tulle
Tiger, owned by Mrs. Walter
S. Heller, San Rafael, Calif.,
will try for a second straight
first In the derby. Jibodad
St. Louis
Pulls Even
United Press International
The St. Louis Hawks are
all even with the Los Angeles
Lakers in the National Basket
ball association's Western di
vision playoffs because they
had the bench strength to off
set another brilliant perform
ance by Elgin Baylor.
Baylor, who has averaged
40 points a game in seven
playoff games, tallied 35
Wednesday night but the
Hawks nevertheless downed
the Lakers, 121-106, to even
the series at one victory each.
The teams play again in Los
Angeles on Friday and Satur
day nights with the winner
going on to meet the winner
of the deadlocked Eastern di
vision series between the Bos
ton Celtics and the Syracuse
Nationals.
The Celtics, seeking their
third straight NBA title, are
favored to take a 2-1 lead in
that series when they play
Syracuse at Boston tonight.
NIT Stages
Semifinals
New York (UPD Providence
and Holy Cross carry their
"family" fued into Madison
Square Garden tonight to the
accompaniment of blaring
bands and boisterous fans,
with the winning team as
sured a berth in the final
round of the National Invita
tion Tournament.
In the other semi-f i n a 1
match, Dayton will attempt to
overcome the smart defensive
tactics of St. Louis and its
own combinaion of height and
shooting ability.
The two New England
teams met a couple o weeks
ago at Worcester, Mass., Holy
Cross coming out on top,
77-72.
Baseball Clinic
Here Saturday
First of two baseball clinics
will be held from 9 a.m. to
noon at Wilson Elementary
school on Saturday, March 25.
All boys fifth through ninth
grades are invited. If weather
is wet, the clinic will be con
ducted in the Wilson gym
nasium. Russell Carr, Wilson
coach, will be in charge.
The schedule includes 9 to
9:15 a.m., warmup; 9:15 to
9:45 a.m., throwing and catch
ing fundamentals; 9:45 to
10:30 a.m., sliding funda
mentals: 10:30 to 11:15 a.m.,
batting fundamentals and bai
ting practice, and 11:15 a.m.
to noon, intrasquad game.
Velvet, owned by Dr. Charles
Versteeg, Cave Junction,
which won the amateur all
age last year and ran in the
amateur national, will con
tend this time in the open as
will Manzanel Flint, owned
now by Bill Bryant, Ashland,
which took the qualifying
stake. Flint ' will be in the
amateur.
Webb Holes, St. Cloud,
Minn., former national presi
dent of the Field Trial Club of
America, will run two dogs in
the trial.
Labrador, golden and Ches
apeake retrievers wilPbc run
in the trial which will begin
with the amateur stake on Fri:
day and continue with the
derby, qualifying and open
stakes in that order. Entries
number 117. Series of tests on
land and in water will be con
ducted for the dogs.
The public is invited to
watch the dogs inaction. Signs
from the Y in North Medford
will mark the way to the trial
grounds. A snack wagon will
be in operation.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1961
Diamond Veterans Join
MH Black Tornado Squad
Dinner Will
Honor MHS
Hoop Squad
A "testimonial award"
dinner, honoring the Med
ford High school basketball
team will be held on
Wednesday, March 29 at
Rogue Valley Country club,
it was announced today.
The dinner is set tor 6:30
p.m. It will be open to the
public but attendance will
be limited to the first 250
persons who buy tickets.
Tickets are on sale at
Barker's Men's store.
North's Chuck Wagon and
the country club. Deadline
for purchase is Tuesday,
March 28. The dinner will
cost S3. 50 per plate.
Arrangements are being
made to bring a special
speaker here for the event.
The Black Tornado
cagers and their coach,
Frank Roelandt, will be
honored for their strong
season finish and iremen
d o u s tournament play
which earned them state
runnerup laurels.
All hands were on deck in
the Medford high baseball
camp yesterday when Dick
Dagsdale, Bob Quinney and
Jim Barry, from the Black
Tornado's slate runnerup bas
ketball crew, reported for the
diamond sport.
All three were members of
Mcdford's state squad last
year. '
Coach John Kovenz report
ed that the three played a lit
tle catch and took turns at
the batting tee.
Bob Schroeder, a member
of the basketball squad,
turned out for baseball Tues
day. Kovenz indicated that the
squad has had a couple of
good workouts this week. He
remarked that "things started
to brighten up Tuesday."
Slate Roseburg
Medford is scheduled to
meet Roseburg Saturday aft
ernoon in a double header
here. "We're going to need
dry weather to play the game,
the mentor said. The club will
play its home games at the
high school diamond, accord
ing to Kovenz. There had
been talk 'of using Cheney
field at the fairgrounds.
The prep layout has a layer
of top soil spread in the out
field area, resulting in a
muddy condition in rainy
weather. Kovenz said that it
not now planned to seed
the area this spring.
Veteran Herb Wheeler may
6 Baseball
Lettermen
At Ashland
Ashland Ashland high
hopes in baseball this season
are built around a nucleous
of six lettermen and around
transfers and boys up from
the junior varsity ranks.
Lettermen returning to
Coach Bill Leybold are Steve
Harris, first baseman; Larry
Johnson, second baseman; Jim
Doster, third sackcr, Galen
Roberson, catcher; Jerry
hauck, catcher and outfielder,
and Bob King, pitcher.
At shortstop leading candi
dates are Jerry Dickerson, up
from the jayvee, and Larry
Pierce, transfer from Port
land. Pierce also is a pitcher.
Among top outfield prospects
are Dallas Branson, Sid De
Boer and Rod Fuller, all with
jayvee backgrounds.
Among other leading pros
pects are Rick Pierce, second
baseman, transfer from Port
land, and John Mott, pitcher,
transfer from Idaho.
The Grizzlicrs were to
meet Crater high at Ashland
this afternoon if weather permitted.
Crater High Diamonders
To Encounter Del Norte
r.nimi Pn! ii t C.ra tor hlnh
bnseballers are scheduled for
their first doublebill action
of the season here Friday.
They arc to be hosts to Del
v,i'n( frosncnt Citv. Calif..
if weather permits. A trip to
Yrcka. cam., is on mil-
for Saturday.
The Comets of Central
Point and Ashland were to
have vied here yesterday but
wet grounds prevented it.
This tussle was moved to to
dayagain, weather permit-
timJ- . . , ,
Comet Coach Bill Piche In
dicated that Doug Pfaff may
pitch the Friday opener
against Del Norte with Pat
Pepper or Darryl Summer
field seeing hill duty in the
second match.
First game lineup may have
Ed Allen, catcher; Jim Allen,
first base; Pat Pepper, second
bae- Louis Alvarez, short
stop: Mike Glines. third base
and Summcrficld. Loyal Hig
inbotham and Jeff Anhorn.
er for the second game and,
if so, Don Pfaff or Neil Riven
burg, could take an outfield
spot. If Pat Pepper is on the
hill Sieve Isaacs or Summer
field could go to second.
A non-lettcrman pitcher,
I Bill cnase, nas Deen iosi 10
the Crater squad because of a
job commitment. A transfer
from Grants Pass is a pitcher,
John Harris. He is a brother
of Roy Harris, who was a
varsity hurler for the Cavemen.
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go around five innings Satur
day for Medford with Steve
Ray and Stewart Young like
ly to do the rest of the pitch
ing. Hurler Quinney, of
course, is not ready. Kovenz
hopes for a good day in the
middle of next week when
Quinney can throw for two or
three innings in a workout.
He would like to have him
ready for some service
against Klamath Falls in the
conference opener on April 1.
A player with pitching pro
mise is sophomore Larry San
der. Kovenz stated that San
der is young and green but
has good size and wants to
learn.
Berkeley, Calif.-lliPD - The
Oregon Stale-California col
lege baseball game was can
celed because of rain here
Wednesday. The Beavers and
Golden Bears attempt to play
another single game today.
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