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Newspaper Page TextSUUDAY, MAY 14. 1961 6 5 fmi lmv'Mg EiairgGS Brought Against 4 Mkgi Raleigh - (UPD - Three North Lou Barshak of New York SBI Director Walter Ander was charged with throwing a charge was a separate tiffense and carried- a maximum pen alty of 13 years in prison. He said that the state was asking for a $3,000 bond for each. Anderson said although no direct connection has been es tablished between the N. C. State fix and the basketball scandal being investigated in New York City, he believed there is a connection. He said that the contact for each game was made about an hour before game time. He said Barshak first ap proached the players about a fix scheme while all four were playing at a Catskill mountain resort. The SBI charged that Muehlbauer and Niewierow ski each received a total of $1,250 and Litchfield received $1,000 for their parts in the fixes. Muehlbauer was arrested here and Litchfield was plac ed under house arrest at the college infirmary here. Police in New York City were asked to arrest Niewier owski and hold him for extra dition while Los Angeles po lice were asked to apprehend Barshak. Police in New York said, however, that a request for the arrest of Niewierowski had not been received as yet. The SBI director said that the N. C. State players would not be immune from penalties provided by law for testifying. "There is no Immunity un der North Carolina law," he' said. Anderson said Litchfield had to return his bribe be cause the game didn't turn out i Anderson said his office was notified by the basketball coaches at N. C. State, who said they "felt the team was not giving its full effort." Muehlbauer and Niewierow ski both withdrew from school in early April and Litchfield was expelled Saturday. Niewierowski has signed a pro contract with Chicago in the ne w American Basketball league. Carolina State basketball players and a student at Los Angeles, Calif., State college were charged Saturday with fixing our game through point shaving. Named in warrants Issued by the state bureau of Investi gation were Stan Nlewlerow ski of Brooklyn, N.Y., captain of the 1961 Wolfpack; Anton Muehlbauer of Brooklyn, star guard; Terry Litchfield of Louisville, Ky,, center, and City, the California student. Yesterday's disclosure brought to 14 the number of basketball players involved in "point shaving" scandals this year. Last month 11 players from six different schools were named by New York District Attorney Frank Ho gan as being involved in fix ing games. In addition, two men accused of arranging the "fixes" are under arrest in New York. son, who issued the warrants, said he had statements from Muehlbauer and Litchfield ad mitting their part in the fix. AH four were charged with violation of North Carolina bribery laws.' Muehlbauer was charged with shaving points in games against George Washington university Dec. 3, 1080; Geor gia Tech, Dec. 17, 1960, and the University of North Caro lina, Feb. 13 1961. He also game against Duke university Jan. 7, 1961. Niewierowski was charged with . shaving points in the North Carolina game Feb. 15 nd throwing the Duke game of Jan. 7. Litchfield was charged with shaving points in the George Washington and Georgia Tech games and Barshak was charg ed with being the contact man in the bribes. Anderson said that each the way the gamblers wanted it. N. C State beat George Washington and Georgia Tech, but lost to Duke and UNC aft, er leading at halftime. Ander son said the throwing of the Duke game brought a $250 bonus to Muehlbauer and Nie wierowski. Oregon 4-Mile Relay Team Sm MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON PI H aslieo MtOTOnisa!K(TUBUIfE MHS Netters Lose in Tourney Semifinals Medford entrants. Mary Kay Harris in singles and Linda Hess and Sandy Shu gart in doubles turned back all their Friday opposition to reach Saturday semifinals in the Oregon state high school tennis tournament at Corval lis. Black Tornado contenders, John McKinley in singles and Jim Randies and Gary High land and Jill DuCroz and Shirley Hopkins in doubles won two matches in their re spective brackets Friday be fore bowing out in quarter final play. Three other Med ford girls lost out earlier. Miss Harris emerged into ' prominence In the tourney by : outscoring defending champ Roxy Sprague, Girls' Poly- technic, Portland, In her quar t terfinals match. The sets went 6-3 and 7-3. In the highlight skirmish of the tourney's first day, Rand ies and Highland carried their quarterflnale to three extra game sets before falling to Shamrocks Beat Maids Memorial Field. While City The Salem Sham rocks scored the only run of - - the game on four walks in ; the first' inning for a 1-0 nod over the Rogue Valley Dairy Maids, on Saturday afternoon in a Northwest Women's Major Softball ; league game here. Each team got only one hit. Jessie Sairick for Sa- : lem and Jean Main for Rogue Valley. Shamrock tosser Fern Wllgus walked ' one and fanned four and RV's Ellen Callaghan gave up eight bases on balls and whiffed two. The Salem Shamrocks defeated the Dairy Maids 9 to 2 in Saturday night ; action at Camp White. ' MNE8CORE8: Salem 100 000 01 1 0 Rogue Valley ...000 000 00 1 0 Wilgue and Mantylla: Callaghan and Main. 1 BRILL METAL WORKS Commercial Induitrlel Residential Sheet Metal Work StalnleM, Galvanized and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 'J3 CD 'BV XE 3D" HUB i7rnn(eiiy:!;iLffl a CaaaraM mart 1 SiSMlV r sr INSTALLED FREE IN FIFTEEN MINUTES 12th Paul McCoy and Jim Krier, The Dalles. Scores were 7-5 for the Medfords and 11-19 and 8-6 for the Indian players in the three-hour scrap that could have gone either way along the route. There were a number of match point situ ations and Tornado Coach Bob Huff said his duo "play ed better tennis than I thought they couldr" Miss Harris won first over Jan Roberts, David Douglas, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, then over Evelyn Huckstet," Parkrose, 6-1, 6-2. The Hess-Shugart twosome were winners successively from Liz Dodson and Cookie Reed, Lebanon, 6-0, 6-0, from Reba Barnhouse and Jean Johnson, Umatilla, 6-0, 6-0, and Mary Jensen and Sherry Baldrich, Grant, 6-4, 6-3. McKinley defeated Ron Hostetler, Canby, 6-2, 6-1, and Harold Sackett, Madison, 6-3, 8-6, and lost to Bruce Metzger, Oswego, 1-8, 5-7. Randies and Highland were first round victors over Dave Schwabb and Fred Charles, David Douglas, 6-3, 6-2 and in the second round took Jack Bea man and Don Harris, No. 2 Roseburg crew, 6-2, 6-2. Miss DuCroz and Hopkins won from Kuhne and Hebert, South Eugene, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 and from Karen and Peggy Cars tenson, Grant sisters, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1. They fell to Vickie Jubitz and Joan Samuels, Hood Riv er, 6-3, 3-6, 3-6. Medford's second girls' sing les participant, Nancy Hin-man,- subdued Betty Geer, Hermiston, 6-3, 6-2 in her opener then was beaten by Miss Sprague, 2-6, 6-8. Schroeder and Norris, Cor vallis, trimmed Medford's third girls doubles team, Shar on Dickson and Nancy Housel, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. r Racing Commission Authorizes 12 Races Portland -HIPD- The Oregon Racing commission Friday au thorized the Portland Mead dows horse racing track to stage up to 12 races on Sat urdays and holidays. ' Portland Meadows has been held to 10 races each meet ing. Commission Chairman Thad Bruno said the action, effec tive immediately, was taken to allow owners to race young er horses when the weather becomes better. DUCKS BELT IDAHO Moscow, Idaho - (DPI) - Uni versity of Oregon's Ducks, rapped out 20 hits to romp past Idaho 19-6 here Friday in a conference baseball game. and So. Central SPring 3-6450 U smH fttnt ftfMnjsji I" .vlV V er tMilif I CANY am a let Saek, J pj j. CaMiat CtraMr I .-"ft 9 t ft 1 ! f . ,1 r 3 I I I Is I LEAVES STANDS Detroit Tiger outfielder., involved in a fight. A large crowd had col Rocky Colavito (7) is shown leaving the lected around the grapplers and colavito grandstand at Yankee stadium Friday night never reached his dad. He was ejected from after he charged to the aid of his father the game which Detroit won, 4 to 3. (UPI Telephoto) 'I'D DO IT AGAIN' Colavito Chases Fait New York - (UPD - "I'm sor ry it happened, but I'd do it all over again." Rocky Colavito, the slug ging left-fielder of the Detroit Tigers, was the speaker and he left no doubt whatsoever he would, indeed, do the same thing he did Friday night at Yankee Stadium -if a similar crisis arose again. Colavito amazed the crowd of 23,556 when he suddenly vaulted the wire fence near the Tigers' dugout in the last of the eighth inning and charged to the side of his father, Rocco Sr., who was trying to defend himself against an annoying fan. The fan was removed from the park but no charges were placed against him. . r "I couldn't miss seeing my father because I knew the Grant Edges Medford Girls In State Tennis Tournament Corvallis-Medford High's girls' tennis team came within one point of winning the state girls' champion ship in the Oregon high school tennis tournament held in Corvallis Friday and Saturday. Grant of Rjsrtland edged the Medford team 17 to 16 to win the team title. Eventual state champions defeated Medford contend ers Saturday in the girls' semifinal round. Candy Heiney, Grant, beat Mary Kay Harris, Med ford, 6-3, 6-2 in a morning singles match. Joan Sam uelson and Vickl Jubits, Hood River, ousted Linda Hess and Sandy Shugart, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, in doubles. South GP Wins Over Hedrick 9th Richard Ireland and Marty Bauer paced the way Friday when South Grants Pass ninth grade won 90 to 32 from Hed rick of Medford in a track and field meet. - Ireland triumphed in the 75 and 330-yard runs and the broad jump. Bauer won the shot put, high Jump and Jave lin for the Trojans who gain ed firsts in 12 of the 14 events. Hedrick's winners were Steve Root In the low hurdles and Jim Henry in the 150. RKflULTS: High hurdlea Covey. S; Brown, H: Rikird. H. :10. 75 Ireland, S; Henry, H; Rob tnaon. S. :08. 1320 Woodly. S; Hlatt, H; Spar Un. 8. 3:43.. Dlicua Vencill, S: Maakeated. 8; Robertaon, H. 111-3. Shot put Bauer, S; Maakeated, 8; Grafftrom, 8. 53-8. Broad jumrj Ireland, S; tie aec ond Aklna, H, and Wesley, 8. 19-8'.. 330 ireiann. a; verairaie, n; Newland. S 299. Hlsh jump Bauer, 8: McFar land. S; Brown, H. 5-fl. Low hurdlea Root, H; Hewklna, I 8; Maaksted. 8. :14S 150 Henry. H; Roblnaon, S; Sandera, S. :lfl. SO T. Brown. S; Swartzfager. H; Knlaht, H 1:33 9. Javelin Btuer. Mahalay, I; Murray. H. 133 ft. Relav ftmith Oranta Pate 'Hew land, Bauer, Roblnaon, Ireland). :4S 5. Pole vault twept by South OP. hat he was wearing," explain ed Colavito. Rocky Defends Action "He's 60 years old and I'm not going to let anyone take a swing at him whether it happens to be the Yankee Stadium or anywhere else. What would you have done?" Rocky asked writers who gathered around him in the clubhouse after the game. Ed Hurley, the third-base umpire, Immediately ejected Colavito from the game "for leaving the field." "Hurley was very nice about it," Rocky explained. "He said, 'I know how you feel - after all, it's your fa ther - but I have to throw you out just the same'." Fan Poked Wife Friday night's trouble all started, according to Colavi- Roseburg clinched its sec ond straight high school boys' division tennis champion ships. The Indians won both the singles and doubles crowns and rolled up 28 points for the highest team point total in the history of the tourna ment. Lake Oswego was sec ond witn 11. Singles Champion Mike Brundage of Rose burg trounced Bruce Metzger of Lake Oswego 6-0, 6-2 in the finals to gain his second straight singles crown. Brun dage defeated Bud Orr of Grants Pass 6-3, 9-7 in the semi-finals. Don Lowe of Doug Green, the Indians' doubles team, won their crown by besting South Salem's Ed Perkins and Bruce Davis 6-2, 6-0. Miss Heiney gave the Gen erals their victory over Med ford by whipping Carol May of Madison of Portland 8-6, 6-1 in the singles finals. She had reached the finals by beating Miss Harris of Med ford 6-3, 6-2. Hood River's Vickl Jubitz and Joan Samuel trounced Diane Confer and Carolyn Chrlstenson of McMinnville, 6-4, 6-1 for the doubles title. Rounding out the top 10 In the boys' division scoring were: The Dalles 9, South Sa SKIN DIVING? MEDFORD MARINE Company 2060 WEST MAIN ST. i aV 1 . to's older brother, Dom, who also was in the stands, when a fan began poking Rocky's wife, Carmen, in the back. The unidentified fan alleg edly continued to annoy Mrs. Colavito until Rocky's father, sitting alongside her, no longer could tolerate it. "Before I knew it," said Colavito's brother, "this guy started to swing at my father. I was trying to get over there when Rocky happened to no tice the commotion as he was coming in from his position in left field at the end of the eighth." Rocky never was able to get at his wife's annoyer. "I got close, but not close enough." he aid. ' Some big guy stopped me. Maybe he was just trying to help me. lem 9, North Salem 8, Grants Pass 7, Beaverton 7, Medford 6, Madison 5 and Wilson and Marshfield 3. In the girls' division the other schools In the top 10 were: Hood River 13, Mc Minnville 11, Lake Oswego 9, Madison 9, The Dalles 6, Girls Poly 4, Hillsboro 3, and 12 other schools with one point each. Hawaii Pounds Don Newcombe United Press International Big Don Newcombe prob ably felt Friday that it's a long, long way from Spokane to Los Angeles. The chunky righthander who led the National league with a 27-7 record as a mem ber of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1956, lost ground In his battle to win back a Dodger uniform. He was pounded for five runs in the first seven in nings as Hawaii defeated Spo kane, 5-3, in a Pacific Coast league baseball game. Big Newk was lifted for a relief hurler in the eighth inning but the damage had been done and he was charged with his first loss since joining the Spokane team early this sea son. He won his first two starts. See U.S. Record in West Coast Fresnc-niPIUDyrol Barle son. Oregon's distance sen sation, turned in one of the great feats of mil history last night when he was clocked in 4:00.3 and 4:00.8 while running the anchor laps on two relay teams. Burleson was timed in 4:00.3 while leading his teammates to a new Ameri can record of 18:29.3 in the four-mile relay. He came back less than nine hours later to anchor the distance medley relay and was clock ed for the mile in 4:00.8. Fresno -(UPD- Getting a ceek at the sun for the first time in a month, University of Ore gon's classic four-mile relay team smashed the American record by 21.1 seconds as the West Coast relays got under way Saturday. Anchored b Dyrol Burleson. the blond champipn from Cot tage Grove, Ore., Oregon was clocked in 16:29.3-compared with the pending mark of 18:50.4, set by Western Michi gan in the Drake relays. Burleson, sprinting through the first three laps and tak ing his time on the last, was timed in 4:00.3. - Nobody to Chase But I could have run fast er if I had had somebody to chase," said Burleson later. He has been clocked in a 3:58.6 mile. The other clockings were Vic Reeve, a Canadian from Vancouver, B. C, with 4:09.8 -his all-time best; George Lar son, from Scappoose, Ore., In 4:13.9, considerably off his best; and Keith Forman, Port Sachs Cops Indianapolis Poll Position Indianapolis (UPD Eddie Sachs Saturday rocketed to the second fastest qualifying speed ever and became the third driver to win the poll position for the 300-mile Me morial Day auto race two years in a row. The 33-year-old Sachs from Center Valley, Pa., was the fastest of 22 qualifiers at 147.481 miles per hour to grab the pole spot, the inside front row position on race day that goes to the fastest first day driver. . It was the first time in 25 years at the "Brickyard" that a driver won the pole two years running. The late Rex Mays did it in 1935 and 1936. The other was Ralph De Palma in 1920 and 1921. Never Finished But like Mays, who had the pole four times, Sachs also has never won the race. In fact, he has yet to finish the blistering 200-lap grind. His average speed for the 10-mile test compared with the rec ord 149.058 by' Jim Hurtu bise, Lennox, Cajif., last year. Gold Ray Fish Count WEEK ENDING MAY 13: Chinook salmon 1,104 (includes 8.06 per cent jack salmon). Summer run steelhead '23. Winter run steelhead 0. FULL SEASON: Chinook salmon 2.068 (includes 7.01 per cent Jack salmon since March 30). Summer run steelhead 79 since April 28. Winter run steelhead 9.604 since Nov. (final). land, Ore., 4:05.3. "These boys were so happy to see the sun finally tlmt they just ran well today," said Coach Bill Bowerman. "May be we'll take a shot at that world mark in the California relays at Modesto in two weeks." Oregon State finished in sec ond place, timed in 16:48 -also breaking the old U. S. mark. University of Houston took third in 16:57.6. Reeve got the Ducks off to a flying start, but Larson ran a bad first quarter, taking 65 seconds and Pat Clohessy.'an Australian running for Hous ton, had his team in the lead at the end of the first two miles. But Forman came back with his good mile to get Ore gon in front. As he slowed down coming to the tape, Burleson raced back to take the baton from him and actually ran at least a mile and 10 yards. Cracki Record Rex Cawley, brilliant quar ter miler from USC, cracked the relays record in the 400 meter hurdles with a clocking of 49.9 - fastest in the world this year. The old mark here was 50.8, set by Dick Howard of New Mexico In 1959. The world mark of 49.2 is held by Glenn Davis. Charley Clark of San Jose State easily won the 5000-meter run from a field of 35 with a time of 14:55.4. Darrell Horn of Oregon took the hop, step and jump with 51 feet, 1 inch, and Rink Babka of the Southern Cali fornia striders annexed the Saturday Sachs also had the fourth fastest lap ever, 148.026. He piloted the same car he had last year, a -four-cylinder roadster owned by Long Beach, Calif., businessman Al Dean. Htirtubise's 1960 record for one lap of 149.601 also stood as four week end dnyi of trials opened just 24 hours after veteran Tony Betten hausen was killed in a flam ing practice crash. Get-set-fotSjmmet SEAT COVERS Here are 2 Examples of the Savings Offered in This Sale 1955-56 PLYMOUTH 2-DOOR SEDAN Saran Plastic. Regular $20.00 NOW ONLY. 1953-54 CHEVROLET 4-DOOR SEDAN Saran Plastic. Regular $20.00 NOW ONLY. Above prices do not some cars We will recover your lawn furniture, fall for estimate. We use quality materials discus with a not-too-good , heave of 180 feet IV inches! -more than 16 feet short oC 1 his own world mark. I Jim Grelle, former Oregon ace and member of the I960 U.S. Olympic team, ran the host mile in the United States this year when he was timed t You've Never Owned a Lighter ' Pair of Golf Shoes Than These Hush Puppies breathin' brushed pigskin by Wolverine $1295 Just 13-ounces per shoe for utmost comfort and flexibility. The smart wedge soles and regulation spikes insure a firm stance. And, because these shoes are Hell-Cat tanned, they ' resist dirt and soil and are water resistant They always dry -soft-as-new and a brisk brushing restores the leather. Pick : your favorite color in sizes and widths to fit most everybody.;: ALSO NOW In Ladies r NORFIELD "Southern Oregon's 221 East Main St. it CLOSE OUT 150 SETS BURK'S Complete Stock of Auto Seat Covers On Sale Include Installation. 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