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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1962)
Midgets, Heavies Pair Off Tonight In Tag Team Bout Wrestling fans are lnnkinff forward to seeing the first mixed tag team match held here in a long while , when heavyweights and midgets pair off in the main event at Medford armory tonight. The tirst of three matches starts at 8:30 p.m. The feature scrap pairs a heavyweight and two midgets on each team. Under the rules, when the big fellows are wrestling and one of them tags his midget partner, a midget must also come into the ring from the other cor ner. A heavyweight will not be permitted to wrestle a midget. However, Promoter. Elton Owen pointed out that when the going gets fast and rough the referee will probably have his hands full in keeping partners out of the ring. Paired on one team will be heavyweight Tito Kopa and midgets Fuzzy (Cupid) Smith and Irish Jackie. The other team will be made up of heavyweight Shag Thomas and midgets Brown Panther and Pancho Lopez. They will go for one hour or two out of three falls. A match that is attracting as much interest as the main event is the semi-windup which will send Rocky Co lumbo against Wild Bill Sav- Tru-Mixers Score Win In Softball Tru-Mix Concrete bolstered Its hold on third place in the Jackson County Softball asso ciation last night by defeating Mail Tribune 3 to 1. Second spot was fortified for Keith Schulz garage when Communication Workers of America forfeited. Two games are set for this evening at Cheney field. Grants Pass, unbeaten loop pacer will take on Interna tional Harvester at 6:45 p.m. Then Butte Falls will play Central Point. Tru-Mix broke a 1-all dead lock with Mail Tribune with two runs in the top ,of the fifth inning. Jerry Fields and Ron Weatherford each dou bled after a teammate had aingled. Each of the clubs scored in the first inning.- Weatherford tossed a five hitter for Tru-Mix. He fanned eight and walked three. Dick Kuschcl of Mail Tribune per mitted seven hits and two walks. Norm Hedgpeth hit safely twice for Tru-Mix. L1NKSCORE: Tru-Mix 10(1 (120 03 7 (I Mail Tribune ..inn 000 0 1 5 2 Weatherford and Fields; Kuschel and Chapman. f lAtTOdt DISTmi'uTOat I WHOUStU-HiTtll J 470-15 rub-type block plu. rctrtadoble Iroda-in Beit buy we know f" wha want t fietory-friih, NEW Ty rei rayon lira a bargain price Garei Coronas' with 15 month ROAD HAZARD GUAR ANTEE that eoen ANY fail lira! Should this lira fail or any rea ion (ejcept repairable punc ture!) you et a new lira, with full credit for unuied mileage, bated on Gatei itandard adiuit ment ichedule. Sam tiro In NYLON. ..I2" Sam Guarantee BUD'S TIRE EXCHANGE 1600 North Rienide Aenue PHONE 771-7745 age for an hour or the best out of three falls. Both are local favorites and will have their share of rooters in the audience. Kopa and Thomas meet in the curtain raiser, set for 30 minutes or a lone fall. SECTION D PAGES 1 to 8 siPdDiRnrs MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY. JUNE 7, 1962 SAPECKI SUSPENDED St. Louis tUPl) The St. Louis Cardinals suspended pitcher Ray Sadecki Wednes day night when he failed to show up for the club's contest with the Cincinnati Reds. Sa decki has been involved in a running battle with Cardinal manager Johnny Keane fol lowing his chewing out by Keane for a poor showing in Tuesday night's contest with the Reds. GOOD BET AS COACH Montreal -tlTf- Bert Olm stead, the balding 35-year-old wingman who once was booed lustily by New York hockey fans, was a member of the Rangers today and a good bet to succeed Doug Harvey as player-coach. Olmstead, who has played the past four sea sons with the Toronto Maple Leafs, was one of nine players drafted by National Hockey League clubs Wednesday for a total of $180,000 at the wind up of the league's three-day meeting. Rough Riding Investigated at Epsom Downs London -jitp- stewards or the Epsom Downs course and the Jockey club today were investigating allegations of rough riding tactics which jockeys said caused the dis astrous crash in Wednesday's derby. Another inquiry was order ed by the "League Against Cruel Sports." Horses tumbled and jockeys were trampled in the most sensational pile-up in the 183 year history of Britain's No. 1 race. The disaster, which changed the carnival atmosphere of the annual event to horror, came as the field of 26 three-year-old colts approached the Tattenham corner One tripped and stumbled, BRICK MULLER ROOM Berkeley, Calif. (UPD The University of California will build a "Brick Muller Room" at Memorial Stadium in honor of the Bears' legendary football star, who died of a heart attack last month. then in a disastrous pile-up six more hit the turf. Riders were scattered over the course as the rest of the field pushed, scrambled or jumped to avoid the tangled mass of horses and jockeys. Six jockeys were taken to the hospital and all but two were detained. One horse, out sider King Canute, had to be destroyed. Aussie jockey Neville Sell wood rode the 22-1 winner, Larkspur, owned by Raymond Guest of New York. Diamond Lake Fish Bite Well "The fish are biting like) mad," Larry Neeley, one of the owners of Diamond lake) resort, reported today. He said that the trout at the lake are "really taking off." Neely said the trout ars good-sized with some running Vh to 3 pounds. The bug hatch is all gone, Neeley reported. . evs 215 E. MAIN 14 N. CENTRAL Phone 773-7484 TV wawe5aTjfrajjajoy... ruin PACIFIC uva . AIM IIWM . . V II II I i h ula,W JkJ,lA tt Nusxt i "i,.! 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