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Player Holds 4-Stroke Masters Lead August, Ga.-fl)PD-Ltttle Gary Player of South Africa buck ling momentarily but never cracking 'under . pressure, charged back after three straight bogeys to shoot a 69 Saturday and take a four stroke lead over Arnold Palm er in the third round of the Masters Golf championship. T The 25 - year - old Player promised he wouldn't "choke up" when he started yester day's round tied for the lead with defending champion Palmer and he made good his vow with a three-under-par 32-37 that gave him a 54-hole .t,otal of 206. : Palmer, bidding , for his third Master's title, had a 36-37-73 for a total of 210 that included five bogeys and four birdies. His one-over par round still left him two strokes ahead of Paul Harney of Worcester, Mass., and ama teur Charles Coe of Oklahoma City, who were tied for third place with 212. Largest Crowd A crowd of approximately 50,000, the largest ever to witness a golf match any where, Stayed with the 31 yearrold Palmer and Player SECTION B . PAGES 1 to 8 MEDFORDelWrRIBuTIK . sipciDinnrs MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 1961 Tom Perdue Hurls No-Hitter for EP Eagle Point -Tom Perdue twirled a no-hit no-run game "and starred with his bat as well here Friday as Eagle Point high'crushed Rogue Riv er 22 to 0 in Rogue league baseball. !-." Perdue struck out. Rogue River batters 13 times. Only four Chieftains got on base against him and none reached second base safely. He issued three bases on balls and there was one error : :, V;. .: The senior chucker for the Eagles rapped out four hits, one a two-baser, -in five times up. Don Charley and Boat right each hit two for four. Eagle Point tagged opposi tion tossers for 13 hits and utilized 13 walks and eight errors. . : : - . Second Win ' v ' It was the Eagles' second win against no losses in the western division of the league. Coach Ken Vannice , started four sophomores , for. the Ea gles and used -15. players in the mix. . : ;. . EP entertains Crater jayvee on Tuesday and meets Illinois Valley here in a league game on Friday. . . v EP, IV and Rogue River are contending in the western di vision of -the loop and just Lakeview and. Henley' In the eastern. Division victors will playoff for the southern Sub district 6 A-2 title, and the riglt to meet the northern subdistrict champ. I.INESCORES:. Rogue Riv'r 000 000 0 0 0 8 Eosle Point 050 (10)07 x 22 13 1 Palmerton, Huff (5), Kite (6) and Cooper; Perdue and Boatright. Another Season ... ForMakin' Whoopee New York-UJPD - A new era of Major league base ball officially begins this week when . the National and American leagues start their 1961 pennant races with all the frills and hoop la of a circus parade. , The .' American league, which stole a jump on the National by expanding to 10 teams this year, breaks from the barrier one day ahead of its ancient rival with its traditional "presi dential opener" in Washing ton, . D.C. Monday. Presi dent Kennedy will be on hand to see the Chicago White Sox launch the sea son against the Washington Senators, one of the league's . newly . - created teams.' '-' The 16 other teams all swing into action on Tues day with Chicago at Cin cinnati, St. Louis at Mil waukee, Philadelphia at Los Angeles (night) and Pittsburgh " at San Fran cisco in the National., and Kansas City ' at Boston, Minnesota at New York, Los Angeles at Baltimore and Cleveland at Detroit in the American. ' :, FREE PICKUP and Delivery During This Special Offer! v y Get Faster, Expert1 Sears Service Now Pre-Season Lawnmower Tune Up Reg. 9.99 (Parts Extra) v ...Reduced to m Ty CHARGE : IT! THIS IS WHAT YOU RECEIVE Clean and Adjust Spark Plugs Clean and Adjust Points Check and Adjust Carburetor . 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Nothing daunted, the five- foot-seven, 152-pound Player, who bears a startling phys ical resemblance to movie ac tor Audie Murphy but speaks more like Charles Laughton, promtly birdied the first two holes himself. He sank a 15-foot putt for his bird on the 400-yard first, LEADER Gary Player is pictured whistling softly as he tips his cap to the crowd enroute to picking his ball from the cup on the first green at the Augusta National golf course yesterday. Player fired a 69, bringing his three - round Masters tourney total to 206. '!' : (UPI Telephoto) Experts Predict AIL Wil I Lose Prestige Phone SP 3-4661 FREE Parking Bv FRED DOWN '. United Press International . New York (UPH A panel of the nation's baseball, experts predicts that the American league will lose prestige in 1961 as a result of its expan sion to 10 teams. That was the "opinion of 68 per cent of the writers and broadcasters who participat ed in the United Press Inter national's annual pr.e-season appraisal of the major league season. The question was ask ed whether the writers thought the A.L. would gain or lose prestige as a result of its expansion. , Of the 57 writers .and broad casters participating, 39' re plied that the league would lose prestige and only 18 pre dicted that it would gain or at least would not suffer in the public eye. League Lost Prestige "The league already has lost prestige because of the way the two new teams in Los Angeles and Washington were stocked with players," com mented one expert. "And it cannot help but lose prestige by adding two teams that are certain to lose 100 games each. It's -possible that the league will have three teams which -lose 100 games each this year." . ' : ;.. .;. "The league added teams but did not add to its competl tive quality," said another ex pert. "It was an unwise move." ; Some experts believe, how ever, that the move will turn out well when viewed over the long haul. "There'll be a lot of sniping and kidding about the new teams, of course," said one ex- pert. "But ' the competition will tend to level off and trad es and new blood will equal ize competition. Expansion was inevitable and could not stand on ceremony." then put his second shot on the 555-yard second and two putted frdm 50 feet for an other bird. A tricky 10-foot putt gave Player his third birdie on the par three, 190-yard sixth. Final Birdie Player's final birdie of the day was the result of an eight foot putt on the par three 190-yard 16th. . Thus, Player was only one stroke off the pace of Ben Hogan, who set the Masters scoring record when he shot a 274 to win the 1953 tourna ment. Hogan had carried a 205 in the first three rounds. Saturday, Bantam Ben shot par 72 which gave him a total of 219. Doug Sanders of Ojai, Calif., Ted Kroll of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Ken Ven turi of Palo Alto, Calif., and amateur Jack Nicklaus of Columbus, O., all were group ed at 215. Sanders had the best round of the group, a 6B, while Nicklaus had a 70, and Kroll and Venturi each shot 72.'s. At even par 216 were PGA champion Jay Habert and Sammy Snead, each with 69's, and Walter Burkemo, who fired a 73. Stan Leonard, Peter Thom son, Lionel Hebert, Gene Lit tler, Tommy Bolt and amateur Bob , Gardner of Elmsford, N.V., were tied at 217. . Palmer showed his disgust at his performance when he entered the clubhouse follow ing his round. "Where's the casket?" he in quired of reporters, who greeted him in utter silence. "The course played easily enough," he added, "but I just couldn't concentrate for some reason." Klamath Falls Tops Crater in Twinbill Klamath Falls Klamath Union high had the lone un manned record In the South ern Oregon conference base ball standings Saturday after nudging Crater 4 to 3 here. , The Pelicans also won the second game 3 to 1. ' Klamath got all its runs be fore Crater scored in the league tussle. Crater chal lenged with three runs in the sixth inning on two bases on balls, a triple by Pat Pepper and single by Jim Allen. Two of the KF markers were in, the fourth panel and were earned on two errors and singles by Dave Saks and John Webb. John Bianchl led off the second inning for the Pels with a home run. Saks hit two for three including a double. Mike Glines and Jeff Anhorn doubled for the Comets. Fans Nine Pitcher Webb registered nine strikeouts and walked four. Doug Pfaff of . Crater fanned two and gave two free passes. The Pelicans picked up all their second game runs in the second inning on a walk, two miscues and hits by Denny Coleman, Wally Palmberg and Bud Wolters. Neil Rivenburg hart two hits in three turns for Crater. " Palmberg struck out Comet batters nine times and Mike Pepper for Crater whiffed five. Each tosser walked two, Portland-ftlPD-Oregon State stretched its baseball winning siring to nine games with 8-1 and 25-2 wins over Lewis and i pitchers for 32 hits In the two Clark here Friday. The Beav- contests, 23 in , the second ers pounded three Pioneer I game. Owners Acclaim Chevy Corvan! Hert'i what Mr. Kornor of Samt Valley (ays about till new Chevrolet Corvan: "I deliver egg! from my farm in Sams Valley to retail outlets as far north as Roseburg. Naturally, I havt to have a truck that (a of sufficient siie to carry a full pay load and maintain road speed over the Sextons. The Chevrolet Corvan fills all of my requirements. It not only gives me the inside load space and the horsepower the smooth ride certainly protects my fragile loads. And, on top of all of this, I am getting, with full capacity loads at maximum legal road , speeds, 19 to 20 mires per gallon. My Corvan fills the bill, and it is certainly an eye catcher!" Adv. LINESCORRS; fplrsl eamel Crater ..- .000 003 0 3 S 2 Klamath Falls Oil 200 x i 7 0 ' Doug Piatf ana E. Alien; Webb and Saks. (Second came) .. Crater .'.....100 00 1 5 4 Klamath Falls 030 Ox 3 S 1 M. Pepper nnd Anhorn; Palm berg and Coleman. BUCKAROOS WIN By United Press International The Portland Buckaroos scored three goals in the last nine minutes of the third pe riod to defeat Spokane-8-4 in Western Hockey league play off action Friday night. The win gives the Bucks a 2-1 ad vantage in the best of five game series. - Go-Kart Track Reopening Set Rogue River-Lynn Bucklin, Medford insurance executive, has announced plans to reopen the Rogue River Go-Kart track about April 15. Bucklin noted his intentions to operate the track about 11 months a year, closing for maintenance purposes in the spring.' The track is to be open until 9 p.m. each week end. During the last few days the owner has been complet ing plans for the black-topping, installation of lights, and seats. Westinghouse Electric engineers reviewed Bucklin's lighting plans earlier last week. The owner has told of his plans to devote full time to the track's operation, which has been described as one of the "finest" laouts of its kind in the country. The track is to be sanction ed by the Go-Kart Club' of America, and Bucklin is hope ful that he will be able to se cure the West Coast Regionals, which would draw drivers from Denver west, and from Alaska and British Columbia, Canada, to the Mexican bor der. He expects thousands of go-kart competitors and spec tators Jrom the Rogue River area. . , Also sponsoring the track project are his wife, Charlotte, his father-in-law, and mother-in-law. 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