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2 D MLUtOHU MAiL 'itUBUlit,. MtUtOHU, OHLGON ABL-NBA Chicago - IUPD - A possible court battle loomed today be tween the American Basket ball league (ABL) and the rival National Basketball as iiociation (NBA) over the Cleveland Pipers. The NBA recently voted the Pipers, members of the ABL, a iranchise. Commissioner Abe Saper Mein of the ABL said Wed nesday his league intends to operate through the 1962-63 season - with the Cleveland team. Earlier reports indicat ed the ABL may be in the process ot folding. Saperstcin, f o 1 1 o w i n g a meeting with league owners and officials said he sent tele grams to both George Stein brenner, president of the Pi pers and to Maurice Podoloff, NBA president, threatening le gal action if the Pipers failed to remain with the ABL. "We trust you will honor your contractual obligations to the ABL and we hope you will not make legal action necessary," Sapcrstein wired Steinbrenner. 3 Expert alignment and balance special! $88 o ALL CARS co met caster, camber, tot-In adjust steering Complete All-Round Ri TIRE ROTATION AND INSPECTION THE GENERAL GENERAL TIRES , TIRE J FIRST in the hearts of his COUNTRYMEN pin the MARINES U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting For Full Information Today Visit the Battle Looms "Do not continue your ne gotiations In the Cleveland territory or legal action will be taken to prevent the NBA from destroying our league . . ." Saperstcin warned Podo loff. Both Steinbrenner and Po doloff said they would have no comment until they receiv ed the telegrams and studied them. "The NBA has scheduled a meeting of ils board for next Monday to welcome the Cleveland club into its fold," Saperstcin said. "If that is done, they will also welcome a lawsuit." The commissioner said the Kansas City Steers, Pitts burgh Rens, Cleveland Pipers and Chicago Majors will con tinue In their home cities next season. The New York Tapers will move to Philadelphia, and the Hawaii Chiefs will sit out the season pending completion of a new auditorium in Hono lulu. Long Beach, CaW'., will be a new ABL team this com ing season. NO EXCEPTIONS lubricate all front end parti balance front whooti SAFER... STRONGER I SPORTS r McMahon Is New Coach In NBA Play Chicago -IUPD- Jack McMa hon, a refugee from the tot tering American Basketball league, took the job as coach of the Chicago Zephyrs in the rival National Basketball as sociation with the expectation of losing it, he suggested to day. "I played at St. Louis five years," he said, "and we had five coaches. Andy Phillip had a 6-4 record and they fired him because they said we weren't looking good win ning. I know I'm not in the safest job in the world." McMahon said he was in terested in the job, for which he signed a two-year contract, after a "half hearted ABL dc- (funct notice." I "All of a sudden I was un employed," he said. McMahon, whose Steers won 58 and lost 28 games in the ABL last year to lead the league in both halves of the season, said he had turned down an offer to coach the Cleveland Pipers, who trans fcred from the ABL to the NBA last month. TO WORK OUT Green Bay, Wis.-IUPIi-Half-back Paul Hornung, the Na tional Football league's top scorer the last two seasons, was expected to work out with the Green Bay Packers this week. Hornung was re lease from the Army Monday. Indians, Rams Beat Opponents The Central Point Indians scalped the CP Braves II to 0 the CP Rams walloped Jack sonville 11 to 1, and Grants Pass sneaked past Mcdford 17 to 16 In southern Oregon junior baseball this week. In the pee wee league game Tuesday, Bill Bailey and Mike Johnson did a good job of base running to set the pace for the Indians. David Bailey was two for three, Joe Pinkham was three for three and Bill Bartlcy had a triple in two hits for two times at bat. The Braves remained scoreless and nil less. Wednesday. Ihe CP Rams clobbered Jacksonville 11 to 1 in intermediate league play. Gary Frohreich hit a two-run homer in the second inning for the Rams. In junior league ball, Grants Pass and Mcdford played a cat-and-mouse game Wednesday, but the Cavemen kept in the lead. It was 0-1 for GP In the first, 9-6 in Ihe second, 12-fl in the third, 15-9 in the fourth, 15-12 in the fifth, 17-12 in the sixth, and finally 17-16. Williams and Howerton each had three hits for GP. Duchicn homered. For Mcdford, Jim Cox and Dick Brcedcn each had a triple. I.1NFSCOHKS: (I'rp Wee Irjigue) InclUni US 3211 Brnve . n0 on o f ft Hallrv and Miller. Henaen and Radford. (Intermediate l.mnue) CP Rami two mi o ii in n Jacksonville 001 000 11- I J 1 Saitfnrd and Frohreich, Kfnyoii and Snow (l, Sander. (Junior traxue) Grant Haia 0P:i 302 0 17 Ifi 3 Medfnrd I Ml 330 4 -Ifi 9 4 Wart. Ditch ten i3i, Wulk irtl and Rlnnrhartl; Knvarl, Farthing ,4 and Cos. Woolen 1 3 . Buckaroos Buy Two Forwards Portland - il'Pl - The Port land Buckaroos of the West ern Hockey league have an nounced the purchase of high scoring forwards Tom Mc Carthy and Orval Tessier from the Bnslon Bruins. General manager Hal Lay coe said the Iwo players were acquired for cash, making them properly of the liueka rons. Tessier has scored 4.1, 59. and 54 goals during his last three years of regular season play in the Quebec league. Last year he won the leagvie's scoring championship, most valuable player, and most sportsmanlike player awards. Laycoe said he will use Tessier, a left hand shot, at rlghl wins. The six fool, 211(1 pound McCarthy scored 53 goals and added 45 assists last year for Kingston. He also drew tf.S minutes in penalties and 35 more in 11 playoff games. FIND DEATH'S CAUSE Bnyreulh. Germany 'in An autopsy has revealed a punch on the chin caused 'he rtealh of 111 year-old amateur boxer Kmil BiOiin. who died Sunday afler a bout ith Wolfgang Gieiv.n. Tlie re port said the bloo- on th chin damaged the membrane sur rounding the brain, learifcif to a hemorrhage of Ihe brain. BOXER DIES Sonny Nunez, 19, with only minutes to live, slumps in the arms of his trainer after being knocked out in the final round of a four-round featherweight bout in Phoe nix, Ariz., Wednesday night. Nunez, making his professional debut, died while undergoing surgery for brain damage. A shattering right by Roderigo Contrerras in Phoenix Madison Square Garden left Nunez unconscious but wide-eyed. He did not regain consciousness. (UPI) A Sport Parade New York (UPH The sports questions people ask most wherever you go: How does the Floyd Patterson-Sonny Liston bout shape up? It should be one of the best heavyweight title 'ights in re cent years. You can't down grade Patterson because of the lack lustre calibre of the "challengers" he has beaten. But you have to consider that most of them had him on the deck. If Liston gets lo that chin, you can expect Patter son to go and stay. But the farther It goes the better chance Patterson has of wearing Liston down and winning by decision or tech nical knockoul. This corner leans to a knockout victory for Liston because of Patter son's eagerness to prove him self against a really valid op ponent. Why haslh National league dominated ihe All Star game of late? Because it shapes up as the toughest day-to-day league with a wide scattering of stars. The American league, on the other hand, is a two-division selup-the New York Yankees and nine other teams. Proof of the Yankees' complete domi nation came early this season when they still stayed at or near the top while performing at a mediocre pace. The hitters weren't hitting, the pitchers weren't pitching, they were plagued with in juries to their top men, and slill they were right there. It would have had them in the second division in the Nation al league, it says here. How come Arnold Pal mer dominates the golfing scene with so many talented players on the tour? Palmer has been called a gambler on the course, but he isn't. He practices harder than the rest, a la Hen llogan. Willi his tremendous strength and stamina he hits what look like daring shots but he knows he can pull them off and this lack of doubt is one of his best winning weapons. Having an even temperament, he rarely heals himself. By reaching the top at an early age, he lost the nerve-fraying burden of necessity and yet has retained his tigerish de sire for victory. What's with Roger Marii? He could have given his sudden success the easy ac ceptance of a Joe DiMaggio and been a hero all the way. But Maris misinterpreted the demands ot popularity as per secution. His refusal to accept the price of living in a tre mendously rewarding glass house was a costly mistake. Put you have to feel sorry for hmi when he was the only player showered wilh boos on being introduced at the All Star game, You can't scowl al success and eiecl anybody to sympathize with what you consider to be your resultant troubles. Art there any good young heavyweights on the hori son? I'niortutulely niosl of them are in exactly thai position. Cassius Clay talks a good fight and seems quite promising, even though most of the gus he has fought could have bern (liked by Dorothy Dix with one swipe of a demltasse cup. Aside from him, there isn't faint facsimile of a Rocky Marciano or Jos Louis even -.if . 4. Br OSCAR FRALEY United Press International on the other side of the ho rizon. Will the National Foot ball league ever play a "world series" wilh the American Football league? Sports, beyond the Polly anna veil, are as much a mat ter of big business as anything running on Wall Street. No business tycoon ever tried to share a good thing with a rival. If the AFL's money holds out another two or three years it will have built both its product and its fol lowing to attractive propor tions. In such case, the NFL would have to listen to over tures simply on sound busi ness principles. For the AFL, only survival spells success. OSGC Reports Howard Prairie Fishing Is Fair Portland -IITD- The weekly report on fishing conditions as prepared by the Oregon State Game commission: Northwest: Fishing has been good across Columbia river bar; salmon angling up in bay on Nehalem river; Cape Ki wanda anglers have taken some halibut and bass; salmon fishing off Depoe and Yaquina bays slow but should improve soon; Clackamas river stock ed and should provide fair to good fishing; Timoth lake fair for boat anglers. Southwest: Diamond lake angling remains slow; trout angling on North and South Umpqu. rivers fair: Win chester bay salmon fishing good despite afternoon winds; Coos Bay charter boats continue to make good catches; catches remain fair at Howard Prairie and Fish lake. Central: Rainbow planted in Lost and Frog lakes and Kingsley reservoir; Paulina lake fair to good; Little Cultus lake fair; Devils lake good; good fishi"g on Melolous riv er; good catches -reported on Wickiup reservoir; Lake of the Woods fair for kokance; Odell lake good for kokanee and trout; Klamath lake ex cellent. Northeast: Good angling ex pected on south fork of John Day river above Dayville and on north fork of river in vicinity of Dale for released rainbow; Bull Prairie lake slow; Wallowa river produc ing good to excellent catches of rainbow from Minam to Wallowa; Brownlee reservoir fair to slow. Southeait: Fishing generally slow In most lakes, reservoirs and streams of this area; Snake river remains fair to ' good; Deadhorse and Camp- hell lakes remain fair; Mann j lake very low. I COTTON SETS FIGHT I Seallle -UTI-- F.ddir Cotton of Seattle, ranked first in the j light heavyweight division by I the National Boxing associa tion, will meet Pekka Kok I konen of Finland in a 10- round bout at the Olympic ; Stadium in Helsinki Aug 17. ALL-STARS WIN An All-Star local Softball team detested John Wheeler Logging S to 0 last night it White City stadium. Sonny Nunez, 19 Dies After Fight Phoenix, Ariz.-JUPD-Death climbed into the boxing ring again Wednesday night. Sonny Nunez, a 19-year-old Arizonlan entered the ring at Phoenix Madison Square Garden for his first professional fight. Several hours later he was dead. Roderigo Contrerras bat tered Nunez with a shatter ing right cross to the head in the final round of their scheduled four-round pre liminary bout and Nunez dropped to the floor. In stinctively, Nunez struggled to get up - but could not. Ring physician Dr. Charles Kalil desperately worked on Nunez as the stricken fighter lay stretch ed on the canvas. After at tempting for 28 minutes to Bob Cleroux Set To Fight Mike DeJohn Miami Beach, Fla.-WPll-Bob Cleroux, heavyweight cham pion of Canada, fights big Mike DeJohn of Syracuse, N.Y., Saturday night at the Miami Beach convention hall in a television 10-rounder that stands out on this week's box ing schedule. Cleroux of Montreal, rank ed sixth among heavy con tenders, is favored at 2-1 over 30-year-old DeJohn, who no longer is rated among the top 10. Cleroux, 24, is a busy maul er with a good punch. He scored 27 knockouts while winning 32 of his 36 fights. Lanky DeJohn throws less leather than the Canadian but he is a very explosive righthand puncher. He regis tered 28 kayoes among his 42 wins in 53 bouts. This year Cleroux had five fights. He scored knockouts over George Logan, Jim Wiley, Cecil Gray and Gerry Simpson, but dropped a ver dict to Zora Folley April 18. DeJohn had only two bouts in 1962. He was knocked out by Folley, but outpointed Bert Whitehurst. The week's boxing schedule includes: Thursday - Albuque r q u e, N.M. - Don Jordan vs. Joey Lima. Friday - San Juan, P.R. -Jose Torres vs. O b d u 1 i o Nunez. Saturday - Miami Beach -Bob Cleroux vs. Mike De John (TV). Sabu City, Philippines -Flash Elrode vs. Teruo Kosaki non-title. "a? Builders Supply W. McAndrews PHONI 773-4J75 J QUALITY BLOCKS - Chimneys J f: rVettmud I p S. Concrete f V'J 727 Suits Top Coats Slacks Sport Shirts Sport Coats For the Medford Rotary Club's Annual Used The Medford Rotary Club, cooperating with the American Field Serv ice, sponsors boy or girl from another country for a full year at Medford High School. This fine program, part of nation-wide move ment to foster world understanding, It financed in part by an annual sale of used suits. That is why Rotary asks YOU to contribute one or mot. man's used suit, and any other item of apparel not now in use. Phone Your Favorite Cleaner FREE PICK UP SERVIC! MEDFORD ROTARY CtUB revive him, officials rushed Nunez to surgery at Memo rial hospital. The young boxer was pronounced dead a half hour later. It was the eighth ring death this year, including amateur and professional bouts. Only four months ago, March 24, welterweight champion Benny (Kid) Pa ret was battered into un consciousness by Emile Grif fith before millions of na tional television spectators. Paret succumbed to the in juries April 2 and the sport of boxing came under fire from irate critics. Indeed, it probably will come under fire again. Ironically, Nunez, who lived in Glendale, Ariz., was not even matched to meet Contrerras. The latter was a substitute for Joe Rodriguez of Tucson, who was unable to make the fight, i The tragic Contrerras Nunez bout was a prelim to the North American Bantamweight cham p i o n ship in which Manny Elias scored a unanimous 15 round decision over Rudy Corona. Rainiers Scare Leading Padres By United Press International The Seattle Rainiers gave the Pacific Coast league-leading San Diego Padres a ninth inning scare Wednesday night but they couldn't frighten them out of a 5-4 victory. San Diego righthander George McWilliams preserv ed the Padres' win when he struck out the final Seattle batter with the bases loaded in the ninth. Seattle had the tying and winning runs on the bases when McWilliams, fourth San Diego pitcher, struck out pinch-hitter Bill Spanswick to end the game. San Diego scored three runs in the first inning on homers by Bobby Klaus and Ken Wal ters. The Padres led 5-1 after Tommy Harper's solo homer in the fifth. Seattle's big push came in the eighth with three runs on five hits. In other league games, Ha waii scored its third straight victory over the Portland Beavers at Honolulu 6-1, and the Tacoma Giants downed Salt Lake City, 3-1. The Spokane Indians col lected 12 hits to defeat the Vancouver Mountics, 6-2, as Jackie Collum pitched his 17th complete game to take the loss. BRILL METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvanized and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE 772-4440 CP, CWA Win Central Point defeated Jay Allen 7 to 6 and Communica tion Workers of America whipped International Har vester 16 to 8 Wednesday night in Jackson County Soft- Grants Pass Girl Defeated in Play Portland - WPD - Treasure Sullivan and Joan Edwards of Portland gained the semi finals of the Pacific North west Golf Association junior girls tournament here Wed nesday. Miss Sullivan defeated Peg gy Saunders of Grants Pass 1 up and Miss Edwards edged Peggy Conley of Spokane on the 19th hole. Cathy Braiker of Yakima. Wash., and Pat Reeves of Se attle also moved into the semifinals. Miss Braiker won over Diane Kiesendahl of Portland 2 and 1 and Miss Reeves de feated Pam Fox of Corvallis 7 and 5. The tournament continued today. Other results: Second flight: Barbara Saunders (GP) defeated Julie Koegel, Gearhart, 2 up; Mary Saunders (GP) defeated Low ell Anne Young, Tacoma, 3 and 1. Third flight: Candy How ard, La Grande, defeated Su san Boals (Medford) 1 up. GRIFFITH TAKES MATCH Tacoma, Wash. -WP1I- Pro moter George Parnassus has matched welterweight cham pion Emile Griffith and Denny Moyer for a nationally - tele vised non-title bout here Aug. 18. Griffith and Moyer split in their previous two meetings. Steer a Course lo- Port of Coos Bay Safest deep-sea fishing grounds on the Oregon-Washington coast. This is the year of the Silvers . . . Chinooks too. But, the fighting Silvers will be the game fish this year. Striped bass, halibut, flounder, and snapper inside the harbor. No one need go without a fish. Beautiful parks with camping end trailer facilities nearby. Free parking for cars and boat-trailers at our Charleston Small Boat Basin where Fish and Sea await your pleasure. )r i . ' t C I? f l sir j 4 t ,. Courtesy BEDFORD MAH TRIBUNI in Softball ball association play. Tuesday night Grants Pass downed Tru-Mix 9 to 5, and Sam Jennings beat Butte Falls 11 to 1. In the CP-Jay Allen clash, single runs for CP were earn ed by Denny Burns, Ted Yar. nell, Harvey Tonn, Tim Hig- genbotham, George Touve land, Jim Eldred and Vern Neiswanger. Burns and Neis- ' wanger each had three hits. For Jay Allen Jerry Shults ' slammed a home run in the seventh lo highlight the hit ting. John Cantrall had two hits. Ed Cripe, Jim Reinholtz and Chuck Hoyt completed the hitting. Runs were made by Cripe, Tom Perdue, Shults, I Owen Bristlen, Hoyt and Mike Hood. In Tuesday's major league game between Tru-Mix and the Elks, Les Saffer, Bill Fer guson and Sargent each col lected two runs to set the pace. Single runs were made by Glen Reese, Kermit McLe more and Frank Morrison. Ferguson had two hits for four times at bat. For Tru-Mix, Norm Hedge peth hit a home run. Lowell Dean, Bill Werner and Dee Thames also had hits. Making the runs were Tom Marier (two), Art Huff, Dean and Hedgcpeth. Games tonight will see the Mail Tribune against Sam Jennings in minor play at 6:45 p.m., and Keith Schulz at Grants Pass in the majors at 8:15 p.m. at Cheney field. I.INESrOHKS: (major league) h r. Tru-Mix .. S GP Elks 9 S Huff and Riggs; Browns, Saffer (31 and Button. Central Point 7 12 1 Jav Allen n Neiswanger and Lane: Reinhollz and Hood. e
