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
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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.
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Palmerton, Huff (5), Kite (6) and
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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. ' :,
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Ori A TJO Open Monday & Friday 'Til 9 p.m.
for the most part. As a result,
Bill Collins of Crystal River,
Fla., shot the best round of
the tourney so far, a glittering
five-under-par 67 in relative
privacy.
That gave Collins a 213
total, good for fifth place. A
stroke behind him were form
ers Masters champion Jackie
Burke, who had a 68: former
PGA champ Bob Rosburg,
who had a one over par 73,
and Don January, with a par
72. '
Player is amine to become
the first foreign player ever
to win the Masters and his
chances didn't look particu
larly bright after Palmer teed
off 35 minutes before him and
immediately strung together
a pair of birdies on the first
and second holes.
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
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. 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.
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inside load space and the horsepower the smooth ride certainly protects my fragile loads.
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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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