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Southern Baseballers Clash Another Southern Oregon conference baseball season opens Saturday with Medford High school in the defending champion role and games slat ed on the Medford and Cen tral Point diamonds. Medford's Black Tornado entertains the Klamath Union high Pelicans, Crater will be host to Grants Pass with 1:30 p.m. starting times. Ashland, the other leiigue member, will play Class B Prospect at Ash land at (he same hour. Kings-x second games will fol low loop games at CP and Medford. Conference play will see Medford, 1960 state champion, and Klamath going into action for the first time this spring. Ashland and Crater have met twice in non-counting games with Crater taking both. Grants Pass has met Rose burg. Four or five of Medford's six lettermen may be in the opening lineup, according to mentor John Kovenz, Of the vets Bob Quinney may be at lirst base, Dick Ragsdaie in center field and Craig Laur- ance at third base with Herb Wheeler on the pitching mound. At catcher It's between lct- terman Jim Barry and Art Ruhl. Barry is still troubled by a leg ailment which may be a strained tendon. Elsewhere in the starting gang for the first game the probables are Bob Schroedcr or Ruhl at second base, Dan Miles at shortstop, Sam Knud sen in left field and Mike Neathamer in right field. Veteran Pel Club Medford encounters a veteran-manned Klamath Falls team which is the favorite in District 6 A-l. The Pelicans are well fixed in lettermen. They'll likely have a monogram man at ev ery position but one. Also, most of the Klamath diamond .ers were on the American Le gion junior baseball club which won the regional cham pionship and contended in the national tournament. 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Other Lellermtn Other lettermen who also were on the Legion crew are Henry Herrera, catcher, and Wally Palmberg and Kent Hunsaker, pitchers. The two pitchers were members of the state basketball squad. Mans- field indicated that he plan ned little use this week end of Palmberg. Hunsaker, who pulled a muscle in the state tourney, has been with the Pels for only three afternoon workouts and may not be in uniform against the Black Tornado. Bianchi's name is displayed in the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, N.Y., this year as ths diamonder who made the outstanding play of the national Legion tourney. He made a spectacular catch. Said Mansfield of his team's chances, "If we get the pitch ing, we'll be in good shape." The Pelicans last spring forced strong Medford into a playoff game to determine who would represent District 6 in the Oregon Class A-l title eliminations. . Alvoroi, Samples Out At Central Point Coach Bill Piche reported Crater short stop and Captain, Louis Al varez, out of action for pos sibly three weeks with a rup ture of an achllles tendon suf fered in practice. He said that pitcher Denny Samples is also sidelined by a severe strain of a right elbow tendon. The In jury occurred while Samples was pitching in the first in- BT "r" 1" V ECONOMY RUN SKINNER-BUICK-CADILLAC 143 South Riverside Saturday ning against Ashland Wednes day. With Alvarez out Piche plans to move Loyal Higin- botham from center field to short and Darryl Summerfield from left field to center, plac ing Neil Kivenburg in left. The mentor plans to work Summerfield and Pat Pepper at pitching to fill the gap made by Samples' Injury. Pitcher Bill Chase has re ported back to the Comets aft er having dropped baseball for a job commitment. Jeff Anhorn is to be in right field for the Comets against GP if he's back from a trip to Salem. Otherwise, the starter is to be Don Pfaff, In the infield, in addition to Higinbotham, may be Jim Al len at first base, Pat Pepper at second and Mike Glines at third. Doug Pfaff is to get the pitching assignment with Ed Allen as receiver. CP's new head diamond coach, Ron Maurer, may have either Dave Hauntz or Paul Blinka on the hill with the one who doesn't hurl to be on first sack. Other possible starters are Gary Holmes at catcher, Jack Sakraida at sec ond base, Mike Mllleman at third, Denny Walker at short and Mark Milleman, Gary Reddick and Larry Jones in the outfield. Ducks Seek 4th Title University of Oregon, Eu gene - Coach Bill Bowerman's Oregon Ducks, who have won every Far West relays title since the meet was started three years ago, will try to make it four in a row on Sat urday at Washington State's Rogers field with Oregon State offering the stlffest kind of competition. "If we aren t ready for a good effort Saturday," Coach Bill Bowerman said, "they may carry us back from there on our shields." The Ducks are going into action for the first time outdoors, and were ide from regular practice for two weeks as the result of winter term final examina tions and the spring vacation period. Oregon s strength in its bid for another championship lies in the strength and versatil ity of its middle distance runners and sprinters, plus a strong hurdle entry and possi ble points from all of its field events men. Any number of records could fall during the meet, and the Webfoots may have a hand In some. This is particu larly true in the sprints where world record holders Roscoe Cook and Harry Jerome1 go after the meet mark of 9.6 and then join with Jim Puckett and Mike Gaechter for a shot at the meet mark of 42.2 in the 440 yard relay. Prall To Coach Bearcat Team Salem-(UPD -Bob Prall, for mer University of Oregon golf star, will serve as head golf coach at Willamette univer sity this spring, Bearcat Ath letic Director John Lewis an nounced Thursday. RENEW TV CONTRACT New York-iUrD-The Ameri can Football Jcague and the American Broadcasting com pany have renewed their TV contract through the 1981 sea son. Telecasts will be shown on 15 Sundays and on Thanks giving day as well as the championship game. V-8 cars entered regardless of class! But, savings are only one of the many things that make this beauty a wow! It's all Buick as well, You get Buick comfort and quality. Buick interior luxury. A road smoothing Buick ride. Body by Fisher. Plus the pride of Buick's Clean Look of Action. Best of all, though, is the price. You can park this Buick in your garage tonight for less than most models In the low-price field! Cive it a fun-run at your Buick Dealer's now! BUICK SPECIAL NEW RVCC PRO SHOP Shown above is an artist's sketch of the new pro shop under construction at Rogue Valley Country club. The shop, just east of the present one, will New Pro At Rogue Construction of a spacious new pro shop is now under way at Medford's Rogue Val ley Country club. The large concrete block building ties in with the ex pansion of the golf links to 27-hole layout and fits in architecturally with the pres ent clubhouse. The new facility is being erected just west of the pres ent pro shop and will replace that structure with just an electrical and telephone panel room to remain at the present shop site. Men s locker room will be on the east wing of the new building and the ladies' lock er quarters on the west. Cen ter portion will be the pro shop proper with more room SOC Red Hosts for Ashland Southern Oregon college's record-b r e a k i n g track team plays host to the Ore-Cal Relays which are scheduled for the SOC track Saturday afternoon beginning at 1 p.m. A number of local high schools and colleges have sig nified their intentions of en- terlng the meet, however meet director Dan Bulkley, who coaches the SOC track- sters, indicated that he is ex pecting several last-minute entries in both divisions. High schools entered in clude Ashland, Medford, Kla math Falls, Crater, Canyon vllle Bible Academy, St. Mary's, Lakeview, Dunsmuir, Etna, and Rogue River. So far only Oregon Tech and Redwood Empire Athletic club from Eureka, Cal are the only other entrants in the college division beside SOC. More entries are expecled in this division before the Satur day deadline, said Bulkley. Strickland Gets UO MVP Award Eugene -(UPD- Denny Strick land was named here Thurs day night as Oregon's 1960-61 most valuable basketball player. The Duck MVP award was presented at the squad's an nual banquet following team balloting. Strickland, a 6-foot-5 senior guard, was a varsity starter for the past three seasons and this year led the nation in free throw shooting. MEDFORD Shop Being Valley Country Club for storage of clubs and carts and for workshop activities. It will provide better and speedier service for golfers. New-Type Equipment The structure will have space for 450 men's lockers and 1-50 women's. Each of the two quarters will have new type equipment. There will be approximately five times the present space for women. Men's locker room will pro vide 2V4 times as much space. At the- far west end of the ladies' quarters provisions MEDFOtWtsj&IJSfctfTiUBUtA - Raiders Saturday Ore-CaS Relays No team scores will be kept, however first, second and third place finishers will be awarded certificates. Field events will be limited to in dividual competition while all other events will be re lays. The Saturday meet will be the second taste of competi tion for the SOC crew, which opened the season with a sur prising win over the Cal Ag gies in a recent dual meet at Davis. . In the process, the Raiders cracked four school records to boost their total of broken records over the past two seasons to 11. Seven marks fell last year as the Southerners placed second to Rockne Died 30 Years Ago Today By DAVID J. OESTREICHER Kansas City, Mo. IUP1I Thirty years ago today a Transcontinental and Western Airlines passenger plane plummeted cartwheel fashion out of a gray Kansas sky and crashed into a pasture. It carried eight persons to their death. One of them was Knute Rockne of Notre Dame, the greatest football coach in the history of the game. Today, the crash site is marked by a simple limestone and granite monument, carry ing the names of Rocke and the seven others who were aboard the tri-motored Fok ker. Perhaps no one has done more to perpetuate Rockne's memory than Dr. D. M. Nigro, a Kansas City physician who was Rockne's classmate at Notre Dame and the last man to see him alive on the ground. Nigro had met Rockne at Kansas City's Union Station a few hours before the crash when the coach arrived from Miami, Fla where he had been vacationing. Nigro drove Rocke to the airport and put him aboard the plane headed for Los Angeles where he was to help with a movie titled "The Spirit of Notre Dame." "About two hours later," Nigro recalls, "I received a call from the airport master who knew me and knew that 1 had put Rockne on the plane. He told me of the crash." Nigro relayed the news to Rockne's two young sons who were students at Kansas City's Pembroke school and together they drove to the crash scene near Bazaar in Kansas' rolling Flint Hills country. Nigro later founded the Rockne Ciub of America to perpetuate the memory of his friend and is now spearhead ing a drive to move the monu ment from its present location near Bazaar to a service area on the Kansas Turnpike where it would be seen by thousands of motorists every year. . MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, provide expanded locker room space and other up-to-date facilities. Erected have been made for housing the caddies and storing elec tric golf carts. The new pro shop is being erected in front of the No. 9 green. This will be No. 18 hole when the new nine go into service. The green was No. 18 several years ago be fore new greens were placed in use, Site of the shop is in area previously used for parking A new parking area north of the main entrance to the club- house is being developed Portland State in the Oregon Collegiate Conference meet, Heading the way for SOC in Saturday's meet will be so phomore Doyle Bransom in the sprints, senior Len Dobry in the shot put and discus, so phomore Don Korth in the javelin, and transfer Terry Boatman in the mile and two mile events. Large MHS Contingent In Relays When the Ore-Cal relays are staged Saturday at Ash land, the biggest entry likely will be from Medford High school. Coach Dean Benson of the Black Tornado said this morn ing that he plans to take 55 boys to the track and field meet at Southern Oregon col lege. The tutor regards the meet as a good opportunity to look over his athletes, par ticularly those he hasn't had much opportunity to observe. The coach said that he plans to enter five teams in the 440-yard relay, three in the sprint medley, two in the 880 relay and two in the shuttle hurdle relay. Hardier Walt Ayres will not be taking part, Benson re ported. Ayres is taking ad vantage of an opportunity to audition for a music scholar ship in San Francisco. Mike Hood will compete in the shuttle hurdles but not in individual hurdle competi tions. He was ill over last week end. Benson reported, however, that Hood will broad jump and high jump. Ducks Knotted In Second Spot Simla Cruz, Calif.-MPO-De-fcndlng champion Oregon shot a 209 to tie for second in the first round of the 15th annual Far Western intercol legiate golf tournament Thursday. The Ducks were knotted with San Diego State. 11 strokes behind front-running Fresno Stale and one stroke better than Southern Califor nia, San Jose State and Seat tle. Oregon Slate was In eighth place at 302 after the first round. Southern Oregon was far down the list with 330. Beavers Beat San Juan 2-1 Homestead, Fla. - (UPD - The Portland Beavers scored their eighth exhibition baseball vic tory in a row by beating San Juan 2-1 here Thursday. The Beavers, who started the streaky after losing their 1961 opener, now are idle un- i til Sunday. Portland is expected to get Gerald Buchek, 19-year-old ! shortstop bonus baby, from the St. Louis Cardinals. The Beavers also shipped Catcher! Pete Cicnjola to San Juan, ; Puerto Rico. j ORE. Eagle Point Entertains IV in Track Eagle Point - Track men at Eagle Point high have been preparing for the first meet, Saturday, April 1, with Illi nois Valley at Eagle Point. Mike Palm, captain of last years team, was recently chosen again by the 27 boys turning out. Coach Vern Steward lists seniors on the crew Palm, pole vault and hurdles; Ray f etersen, sprinter; Pat Grim- wood, 880; Tom Perdue, who is out for baseball, high jump: Wally West, pole vault and 880. Juniors include Steve Ger en, sprinter; Darrell Stock, discus and sprints; Pat Meyer, sprints and field events; Ralph Goode, 880; Ken Paulsen, 880; Gary Sheldon, javelin and sprints; Dale Vaughan, hur dles and high jump; Lew Whipple, high jump and hur dles. Goode doubles in base ball. Sophs Promising The sophomores appear to be quite promising according to the coach. They are Sam Charters, sprints and hurdles; Jim Mahacek, javelin and 880; Steve Gustafson, a trans fer from Crater, 880 and mile; La.ry DeHaven, broad jump and 440; Richard Short, jave lin and pole vault; Ed Hans com, shot and discus; Bill Short, javelin and 880; Tom Hudson, a transfer from Ash land, 880 and mile; Bill Hoefft, javelin, discus and shot; and Gary Clement, sprinter. Freshmen include Wes Cow- den, sprinter; Leonard Han son, shot and discus; Jim Brewer, high jump and mile. and George Adams, 880 and 440. Roy Moore, a senior and Eagle Point record holder for the mile is riot competing this year because of his age. His record is 4:40. "This is definitely a build ing year at Eagle Point; how ever, we will be stronger this year than last, said Steward. Dale Bates is assisting in track. Raider Net Club Victor A Southern Oregon college varsity-Jayvee tennis team took measure of the Medford high varsity 4 to 2 at Ashland yesterday. A seventh match was halt ed by darkness with each side having taken a set in No. 2 doubles. Singles winners for SOC were Lorance Eichworth over John McKinlcy, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; Bruce Engle over Jim Ran dies, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2, and Bran Palmer over Art House, 8-6, 6-3. For Medford Gary High land defeated Roland Hegler, 6-0, 6-2, and Jim Yoder downed George Converse. 6-2, 4-9, 9-7. In doubles Eickworth and Engle beat McKinley and Randies 6-0, 6-4. House and Highland took one set 6-1 from Palmer and Hegler and the collegians took the other 6-2. Medford faces Klamath Union high here at 1 p.m. Saturday. If You 1 if th,t call, fr .P-a - - ul. W. .nicy Mpl-I d' U h,v. . mix or .very concret. modern concrete Division el CSC ConcreH Sttl Corporation Dcliv.rod 2-5271 248 E. MeAndrewi Rd. South GP Frosh Relay Toga South Grants Pass Junior high took the crown yester day in the Southern Oregon Freshman Relay Track meet held here. The Trojans won two first places and tied for another in amassing 68 points. North Grants Pass claimed only one clean cut first place and tied for another but the Cavekids picked up points in every event to finish second with a 64 total. Crater's Comets captured Dual Track Meet Won By Phoenix Phoenix-Phoenix high, tak ing first in less than half the events but sweeping two con tests and piling up sufficient additional points, defeated Rogue River 8214 to 674 in a dual track meet here yes terday. Rogue River had winners ii. seven of the 13 events with Jeff LeRoy taking the high hurdles, the mile and half mile. Double winners for Phoe nix were Glenn Thompson in the dashes and Mike Cons bruck in the javelin and broad jump. Terry Gail took the shot put and discus for Rogue River. Phoenix swept all four spots in the broad jump and the javelin and the Chieftains grabbed all points in the dis cus. ' RESULTS: 90 hich hurdles IjRnv PR- cobs, P; Johnson, P; Thorpe, P. :13.1. 100 Thompson, P: Jones. RR; Grimes. P; Nielson. RR. :10.8. Mile LeRoy. RR; Dole. P: John son, P; Montgomery, P. 5:14.5. 440 Frantz. RR; Morrison. P; Schefstrom. RR; Walte. RR. :53.3. High ju m p McBarron, RR; Oglesbee, P: tie third. Davidson. tin. ana Morrison, p, 5-5. 110 low hurdles O. Rlchev. P: Salter, RR; Foster, P; Walte, P. ;ii. Javelin C o n x h r n (. k. p. CI Richey, P; R. Richey, P; Oglesbee, P. 158-6',i. Shot put Gail, RR; Stiehl, RR; Gay, P; R. Richey, P. 41-10. Broad jump Consbruck, P; O. Richey, P; Kesler, P. Combs, P. lo-a j . 220 Thompson. P: Jones. RR: Consbruck, P; Frantz, RR. :23.8. 880 LeRoy. RR; Harris. P; Sal ter. RR; Wallace. P. 2:12.7. Discus Gall. RR: St eh . RR: Mc Barron, RR; Dally. RR. 122-11. 440 relay Phoenix (Consbruck. Thompson, O. Richey, Grimes) Prep Baseball THURSDAY GAMES Parkrose 6, Reynolds 4 West Linn 12, Milwaukee 10 David Douglas 4, South Salem 3 St. Helens 4, Scappoose 0 Molalia 6. North Marion 0 Willamette 15. McKenzie 9 Sandy 7, Gresham 6 Astoria 2, Kelso 0 Black and C QC Charcoal Brown Q Sizes AA to E 6 to 13 96uUh and Steuwit The Corner Shoe Store Main and Central Medford Have a Problem it over with TRU - Concrete & Claims the most first places, four, but lacked supporting strength In enough other contests and were third with 47 markers. The Comets took the 440-yard relay, the sprint medley, the distance relay and the broad jump relay. Other scoring was Mc Loughlin of Medford 40, Hed rick of Medford 33, Klamath Falls 30 and Ashland 2. South and North GP tied in the high jump. South took firsts in the distance medley and shot put and North in the pole vauH. McLoughlin got its wina in the shuttle hurdles and discus and Klamath took the javelin. ...RESULTS: Shuttle hurdles McLouehlln (Larson. Edmonds, Barnes); North GP. South GP; Klamath; Hedrlck. :38. Javelin 'Smith, KF; McCormack, NGP; Murray, H; Bauer, SGP; Dow. M. 161.1. 440 relay Crater (Kiger, Ryer son, Clark, Swanson); South GP; North GP: Hedrlck; Klamath and McLoughlin tied third. :46.2. Distance medley South GP (Grant, Robinson. Burroughs, Noodley); North GP; McLoughlin: Crater; Hedrlck. 8:54.4. Pole vault Van Koten, NGP: Van Sickle, M; Brown, H; Kelley SGP. 10-6. Shot put South GP (Bauer, Grafslrom, Maakstead); McLough. lin; Klamath Falls; North GP; Cra ter. 143.8. Sprint medley Crater (Kiger, Ryerson, Clark. Swanson): Hed rlck; North GP; South GP; Kla math. 1:12.8. Distance relay Crater (Mooster, Stevens, Thompson, Prilllman); South GP; North GP; Klamath, Ashland. 6:49.6. Broad jump Crater (Swanson, Kiger. Ryerson); Hedrick; South GP; North GP; McLoughlin. 54-7 U. Discus Winetrout. M; Cole, NGP; Maakstead, SGP; Mills, KF; Young, C. 116-1. High jump North GP and South GP tied (Irst; Klamath; McLough. lin and Hedrick tied fourth. 18-1. bem, y,. TRU.M1X, th. MIX, Equipment
