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rain de By LEO H. PETERSEN United Press International San Francisco -HOT- Violent winds and heavy rain today forced Baseball Commission er Kord Frick to postpone the sixth came of the World Scries between the San Fran cisco Giants and New York Yankees. Frick said further that he was doubtful that the teams would be able to play Satur day because of the soggy con dition of the outfield at Can dlestick Park. The weather bureau pre dicted heavy rains in San Francisco today, with winds of 40 to 60 miles per hour. Nearly two inches of rain fell in the city during the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. today. Today's delay was the third IMPROVISE Avid San Francisco Giant baseball fans do a little improvising as they build themselves a shelter against wind and rain to house them as they wait for bleacher seats to go on sale for sixth game of World Series. (UPI) Pistol Packing Hunters Endanger Selves Worst Portland - Game animals don't have to worry too much, nor do the mass of h'gnters who takr to the hinterlands in search of game, but pistol packing hunters and the quick - draw "artists" might take a close look at the prac tice of toting licd-down "hog legs" for statistics show the chances of being plugged run pretty high. And, invariably it is the pistol packer himself who dor? his own plugging. Since the beginning of the deer season the game commis sion lias received reports on two fatal and five nonfatal hunting accidents involving firearms. Four of the nonfatal accidents were self-inflicted by hunters carrying sidearms. One of the pistol tolcrs was shooting at a tin can floating on water Number 8 in the 10 commandments of shooting safety informs all shooters never to shoot at a flat, hard SPECIAL 671 FORD TRACTOR Power steering. Like New. 175 Hours. NASH FORO TRACTOR & IMPLEMENT CO. 3005 Crater Lake Hwy. r-i'. I 9 a (' 1 &&ggL 6425 The top-prize winners at Amer ica's First National Newspaper boy Convention tell about their recent round-the-world trip-as Family Weekly salutes the news paperboys of America on their b,g day October 20th. Read about these citiiens-of-tcmorrow. OCTOBER 14th ISSUE WITH YOUR MtDiOPO MAIL TRIBUNE LAYS SERIES I of the current World Series, land the second caused by.un j favorable weather. I Frick. who arose early and 1 drove to Candlestick Park, ! said the infield was playable ! because it was protected by a tarpaulin. But the outfield ; was unplayable. "What is j needed is for the rains to stop ; and the wind to dry out the i field," Frick said. Frick announced the post ponement at 8:45 a.m. PDT, 3 hours and 15 minutes before game time and before any spectators were in their seals. More Rain Expected It was not raining hard this morning, but the weather bureau said a low pressure storm center was expected to come during the day, bringing heavy rains. surface or water-when the can sank and he lowered the pistol, his thumb slipped off the hammer and the hollow point .22 bullet angled down into the foot. Surgery was re quired to remove the bullet. Didn't Know How Another pistol packer be gan to unload his .22 Ruger when he accidentally touched Ihe trigger sending the bullet into his left leg. The third victim didn't know how the accident hap pened, but assumed the ham mer of his holstcrcd pistol was pulled back while he was running. The discharge sent the .22 bullet into the calf of his leg where it lodged against the bone. The fourth victim forgot all about -Number 3 in the 10 commandments of shooting safety which says to unload guns when not in use. This shooter did just the opposite. He loaded the gun and placed it in his hip pocket forgetting the hammer was cocked and neglecting the safety. The .45 caliber Colt automatic slug ripped a six-inch furrow along the upper right rear thigh. Although it is illegal to use pistols and revolvers to hunt any game bird or animal in the stale, the incident of side arm accidents while out hunt ing is high. Last year a total of 15 hunters were accident ally wounded by sidearms, all self inflicted. From all indica tions, it appears the pistol packers are heading for a new record this year. MAJORS SIGN HUDOCK Chicago - illPH - Thi Chi cago Majors of the American Basketball league have sign ed Jim Hudock, captain of last year's North Carolina team. Hudock, a 6-7 native of Tunkhannock, Pa., aver aged IIS points a game as a senior with the Tar Heels. LAKERS WIN San Luis Obispo - (UPI! -Elgin Baylor sank 4B points to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 10-96 win over the San Francisco Warriors Thursday night in a National Basket ball Association exhibition game. PC ... , .. Jam.... 11 -J! SEE OUR BIG SELECTION OF USE CARS & TRUCKS And All Priced To Go! Dean & Taylor Pontiac I- 2177 South Pacific Hwy. 99 SIXTH TIFF I The forecast for Saturday called for less than a 25 per i cent chance of showers. ! With the Yankees leading f the scries, three games to two. the postponement meant one and possibly two more days I of rest for the scheduled start I ing pitchers, Whilev Ford of the Yankees and Billy Pierce I of the Giants. The 19(12 series began a da late because of the National league playoff, and was de layed another day when rain washed out Tuesday's sched uled fifth game in New Yorl Even with today's rainout and the possibility of another postponement Saturday, this would not be the most rain plagued series in history. In 1911, when the Giants played the Philadelphia Athletics, the scheduled fourth game was rained out six straight days. Manager Ralph Houk of New York was confident that Ford would close out the Series in the sixth game and clinch the Yankees' 20th world championship. And Al Dark, skipper of the Giants, was just as con fident that his team would ex tend the Series to its limit of seven games. "We must have been count ed out more than 5'0 times this season," Dark reiterated. "We were counted out more times than any team in baseball history. But we always came back. "I've said it before and I say it again. I believe the Series will go seven camcs. The team that wins the sev enth will win it all." The oddsmcn leaned toward Houk's views rather than Dark's. With Ford pitted against Pierce, the Yankees were 6'4 to 5 favorites to win the sixth game and 31'; to 1 to win the Series. Houk said that he would slay with the lineup and batting order that has brought the Yankees to within one victory of a second straight world championship. Dark, however, announced two changes in the Giants' lineup. Kuenn. Cepeda To Start He said he would play Har vey Kuenn in the outfield in place of Matly. Alou and would return Orlando Cepeda to first base in place of Willie McCovey. Although this gave the Giants two more right-handed hitters against southpaw Ford, neither Kuenn nor Cepeda has made a hit in the Series thus far. Kuenn was 0-for-8 and Cepeda 0-for-12. Dark said he also was un decided whether Tom Haller or Ed Bailey would catch. The Giants pilot, who arose early with the idea of con ducting a workout at Candle slick Park and then went back to bed when it appeared obvious that no practice could be held in the rain, insisted that any delay because of bad weather "would neither help nor hinder either club." Hou'x, upon learning thai the workout was postponed by the weather, conducted a press conference at Ihe down town hotel where the Yankees are quartered. Houk Was Chipper He was chipper and relaxed as he told a room-full of news men that he planned to slart Ford in the sixth game "be cause we are going with our best and let the chips fall where they may." "We'll have our best pitch er going for ns and you al ways have to feel you have a good chance to winning when Whiley is pitching," he said. "I was going to slart Ford in the sixth game whether we won or lost in New York on Wednesday," Houk continued. "He will be pitching on the fourth day (after his last start I, just as he's done most of this season and last year. He pitches better on the fourth day than if he had an extra day's rest." Ford has won a record 10 World Scries games, against four defeats. He won Ihis year's opener, fi-2, and left last Monday's game with the score tied at 2-2 in the sixth inning. Houk said that Bill Staf ford, winner nf Sunday's game, 3-2, was "well-rested" and would pilch in the sev enth game, if that were necessary. r ! 1'- MTlr.)M.!iMM!n'i . me SWEEPS PARKING LOT Rain forced cancellation of work outs of New ork Yan kees and San Francisco Giants at Candle stick Park at San Francisco yesterday and SECTION B MedfordJlSTribunb SI Si MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBEH 12, lfl2 Burke Tops In Aerial Receptions New York HOT Jerry Gross of Detroit, the leader in total offense and passing offense until he was injured last season, is making another bid to claim those titles this year. ' Statistics released today by the NCAA service bureau show Gross leading all major college, football players in passing yardage and second to Eldon Fortie of Brigham Young in total offense. In three games Gross, has completed 45 of 01 pass at tempts for 631) yards. Dicl; Shiner of Maryland is second with 41 completions, followed by Terry Baker of Oregon State with 38, Junior Edge of North Carolina with 34 and John Giles of Louisville with 33. Tom Myers, a Northwestern sophomore, has the best com pletion percentage .771 with 27 of 35 attempts. Fortie Paces Fortie, a driving tailback, holds a substantial lead over Gross in total offense with 886 yards in four games. Gross, who has played one less game, has totalled 654 yards. Completing the first five are Baker 643, Pete Pedro of West. Texas St. 632 and George Mira of Miami of Florida 530 Pedro is the rushing leader with 621 yards gained in 75 carries. Fortie is runner up with 527 yards and the rest cf the field is scattered far be hind. The leading pass receiver is Verne Burke of Oregon State, who has accounted for 336 yards on 25 receptions. A dis tant second is John Simmons of Tulsa with 18 receptions and 216 yards while Hugh Campbell of Washington Stale is third with 17 catches. Dick Fitzsimmons of New i Mexico leads In punting with a 47.8 average, Russcl Vol! mer of Memphis State is the punt return leader with an average of 25.7, Gary Kenley of Arizona tops the list in kickoff returns (31 5) and Jer ry Logan of West Texas State is the scoring leader with 72 points. Hili Assumes Golfing Lead Bakersficld, Calif. aiPD -Slender Dave Hill, leading the field by a stroke inlo to day's second round of the $40,000 Bakersficld Open Golf tournament, hopes this top purse event of the fall tour won't turn into another Seattle for him. The 25-year-old long ball hitter fired a five under par 67 Thursday as a galaxy of stars stayed hot on his heels. In the Washington Slate cla.- I sic four weeks ago. Hill was first round leader with a hot 64 but wound up in a lie for 27th. Jimmy Powell and Dutch Baird. plus Sahara Open win ner Tony Lema of San Lc andro, Calif . posted 6Rs. Ninth Graders Postpone Tiff Central Point Heavy rains forced postponement of Ihe Crater - McLoughlin ninth grade football game scheduled ycMcrday afternoon. The tussle has been reset for Tuesday. Oct. 16. al 3.30 p.m. dt the Crater high field, i Originally the game was set for last night on the Comet field. It was then reslated for afternoon at Central Point junior high field lo keep the senior high gridiron in condi tion for the Crater-Medford ,4 I . Ml li l PAGES 1 to 12 li Bavasi Might Leave Dodgers San Francisco - illl'li - E. J. (Buzzy) Bavasi. one of base ball's most sought-after exec utives, is seriously considering leaving the Los Angeles Dodg ers to accept a lucrative gen eral manager's position with the Chicago Cubs. Affiliated with Ihe Dodgers since 193!), the energetic 46-year-old Bavasi has had offers from several other clubs dur ing the past few years and has turned down all of them, but he appears strongly inclined to accept the Cubs, it was learned today. Should Bavasi take the Chi cago job, he would be in com plete charge of the Cubs' en tire baseball operation at a substantially higher salary than he is drawing now with the Dodgers. Bavasi's departure from the Dodgers would touch off quite a chain reaction. John Holland, the Cubs' current general manage r, would be shitted to anuther front office post with the Cubs. Fresco Thompson would move into the general mana ger's chair with the Dodgers and Waller O'Malley's son, Peter, undoubtedly would in herit an executive job in Ihe organization. BOSOX SIGN PITCHER San Francisco - IIIPli - John Marcinko, a 17-year-old right handed pitcher from Alwatet, Calif., has signed with the Boston Red Sox for a "sub stantial" bonus. Marcinko will be assigned to Winston Salem of the Class B Caro lina League next season. getting 5 to 6 miles to a gallon or gasoline! 5 rS.iJiKSES. ttA)v DODGE TRUCKS ARE easy-handling, tight-fisted, and tough right across the board. And from half-ton pickup to diesel tan dem, they're priced lower than most of the competition, right in line with the rest. Now, with more than 50 improvements since the first of the year, they offer you greater value than ever. See them soon at your Dodge dealer's. He's the man who sells America's only Job-Rated trucks! 'tit I postponement of World Series game today. Here a street sweeper clears water from the parking lot area. --(UPI) Series Facts San Francism UPI Flirts and figures on the lflfi2 World Scnrs: Opponents New York Ymt kres. American IraKiie champions, vs. San Francisco t'.iants, Nation al league champions. Standi ii Yankees lead, 3 gnmcs to 2. Winner First team to win 4 games. Remains gamra fith game al Candlestick Park. San Francisco, Saturday, Oct. 13; 71 h Mine, if necessary, at Candlestick Park. Sunday, Oct. 14. Results of sames played 1st came. Yankees fi Giants 2; 2nd same. Giants 2 Yankees (1; 3rd game. Yankees 3 Giants 2; 4th Kit me, Giants 1 Yankees 3; 3th game. Yankees 5 Giants 3. Series odds Yankees favored, 3'j to 1. Sixth same odds Yankees, fa vored, fil; to 5. Sixth same pitcher Yankee. Whiley Ford; Giants. Billy Pierce. Television and radio Nation al Broadcasting company. Five-sames fi cures Attend ance 2HR.8H8; total receipts $2.1V 801.03; commissioner's share $324.- R70 14; clubs and leagues' share $!177-ti4!).l3 Players' pool $(l(i3.2Hl .7 1 . Play ers share only in receipts of first four srnc. MH Lettermen Will Serve as Demonstrators Order of M, the Icttcrmcn's club of Mcdford High school will be busy Saturday al the Piggly Wiggly store on Ste wart ave. They will demonstrate pro ducts during the day and will sell hot dogs. Proceeds lrom their dem onstrations and sales will go toward club projects. Trophy Races Set for Sunday Trophy races will be con dueled on Sunday, Oct. 14. at Mcdford kartways-if weather allows. Time trials are planned for 1 p.m. The gales open al 11 a.m. and the track at noon. An elapsed time system is used. There will be renlal karls at the track on Saturday afternoon. I -1 & -t as easily as an automobile. And with a full actually gain speed going uphill. In AfVNV 56,000 coal, that Dodge PARSONS MOTORS, 315 E. Cleveland, Baltimore Vie Sunday United Prest International The Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Colls, tabbed be fore the start of the season as leading contenders for the National Football league divi sion championships, meet Sunday in a game to deter mine which will go on to fulfill that destiny. The Browns, like the Colts, have been something of a dis appointment thus far, but they are 7-point favorites to beat Baltimore in this inter division battle at Cleveland. Kach team has a 2-2 record and the losers' hopes for a division title will be dimmed considerably. Green Bay's champion Packers (4-0) are 21-poml fa vorites to remain undefeated by beating the winless Vik ings 10-4) at Minneapolis-Sl. Paul, but the Washington Redskins' reign alop the East ern Division appears in jeopardy. Washington Is Underdog Washington (H-0-1). the sur prise team in the NKL, Is a 3's-polnt underdog against the Cardinals (1-3) at St. Louis. The New York Giants (3-1), poised to take over the Eastern Division lead if the 'Skins should slip, are the choice by 10 points to win their home opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers (2-2). In the other Sunday games, the Detroit Lions (3-1) are picked by IS points at home over the Los Angeles Rams (0-4), and Chicago Bears (3-1) are the choice by 4 for their home opener against the San Francisco Forty Niners (2-2), and the Philadelphia Eagles (1-3) are favored by 3 over the Cowboys (1-2-1) at Dallas. Hunt Applications Not Being Returned Portland - Oregon hunlcrs are advised that the game com mission has discontinued re turning applications for unit permits ih areas where the unit quota has been filled by Hie time the application is received. Because of the flood I of applications now being re- ceived, most units will be filled within a tew days. The commission said it would be loo late to return applications lo hunters for refiling since any or all units could reach the permit quota within a single day. up to this time the commis sion has returned all valid ap plications to hunters who tailed In the unit applied for. Along with the application a list of unfilled units was pro vided the hunter in which he could make a new selection The commission has on file more than 500 applications on which there is no return ad dress Chicago -IUPII- The Chicago Zephyrs of the National Bas ketball association have reach ed the 12tplayer limit by ask ing waivers on veterans Char lie Tyra and Andy Johnson and rookie Ralph Wells ol Northwestern. tdti! thfl 8lx trucks we have in operation, -kiCi one is a Dodge CT800 v tandem dump. All our drivers want to use it. To settle things, tfVW we assigned it on a seniority basis. Whenever the senior driver is away, we pntatn tho hnHda to Oiva aar.h driver a chance. The main reason miles of carrying 15-ton loads of hasn't burned a drop Rain, Mud To Have Role In Washington, OSU Mix Portland - WPIl - Rain and i such speedsters as halfback mud, two items neither team Charlie Mitchell and Martin wants, arc expected to play large part in Saturday's gridiron battle between Wash ington and Oregon State at Multnomah Stadium. Despite a threatening weath er forecast, every scat in the stadium has been sold. A crowd of about 35,000 is fore cast for the 11:30 p.m., PST, contest. Washington's concern about playing conditions went to such lengths that the Huskies sent their huge canvas tarp lo cover the field. Workmen got it on before a violent rainstorm struck Thursday morning, but since it had rained all week before the tarp arrived, the stadium turf will be marshy at best. Poor Footing Poor footing could slow down an offense that has car ried Washington to sixth spot in the Uniled Press Intcrna tion poll. The Huskies boast Deer Hunting Good j In Jackson County 1 Portland -IUPII- The upland game bird hunting season will open in Oregon Saturday. The ; weekly report prepared by : the state game commission: ' Southwest: Hunting condi-. tions excellent in Douglas County: quail prospects fair in Coos and Curry counties; deer hunting good in Jackson County and fair in Josephine j County. For TRU-MIX Division of CSC Concrete Srool Corporation Phone 772-5271 248 E. McAndrewi Rd. for its popularity is of oil, and is 5th, Mcdford ,15 BUILDS ii Wyatl and a standout passer in sophomore Bill Douglas. Oregon State's passing com bination of Terry Baker to Vern Burke has carried tha Beavers to second place in tha nation in passing offense. Ore gon Slate has averaged mora than 228 yards per game through the air. A muddy football or slip pery footing could stop ths best parts of both offenses. RENT a Herlz Truck by the WEEK, DAY or HOUR B. 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