THURSDAY. JUNE 13. 1963
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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
UNIFORMS DRAWN - Four Infield mem
bers of the Medford American Legion Jun.
nior baseball team are ihown after drawing
their uniforms. From left are Jim Calhoun,
second base: Ron Edmonds, third base; Don
Anderson, first base; John Kovenz, assis
tant coach, and Dan Miles, shortstop. The
four players are slated for duty this eve
ning when Mcdford's home season begins
In a game against Ashland at the fair
grounds ball park.
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Junior Legion Ball Makes
1963 Start Here Tonight
American Legion junior
baseball makes its 1063 start
at Medford this evening.
Medford's aggregation will
be host to Ashland at 7:30
p.m. at the fairgrounds ball
diamond. It will be an Area 4
Southern division mix.
It will be a ceremonious oc
casion. For, the park has been
renovated under direction of
the Jackson county court and
the county baseball commis
sion. And, American Legion
J unit ball returns to the field
after an absence of almost
three years.
The ceremonies will be
highlighted when County
Judge Earl Miller throws out
the first ball and the ball Is
caught by Chairman Claude
Miles of the baseball commis
sion. Stuart Young Is the prob
able pitcher for the Medford
team. His mound opponent
may be John Rhodes.
Others In Lineup
Others In the likely Med
base; Dan Miles, shortstop,
and Gury Miller, Mike Nea
thamer and Tom Barker, out
fielders. For Ashland possible start
ers are Bob DoBoer, catcher;
Dave Barger, first base; Den
nis Kindcll, shortstop; Jun
nis Ekwall, second base; Den
Susce, third base, and Rick
Clark, Tim Voth and Tim
Thompson, outfielders. Ash
land Coach Bill Leybold re
ported that the regular short
stop, Dean Samuclson, is on a
vacation trip.
Medford has played only
one game - one at Klamath
Falls last Saturday-but heads
the league as the only un
defeated club. Ashland seeks
Its first loop victory.
American Legion officials,
members of the county court
and members of the baseball
commission will be main par
ticipants in the ceremonies.
They -will be opened at 7:30
p.m. by uranvll Brttlsan,
chairman of the Medford Le-
County Commissioners Ed
Taylor and Don Fabcr will
be on the program along with
Miller. Francis Cheney will
be the other baseball commis
sion member taking part.
The game will be the first
of a slate of six in four days
for the Medford club. It will
meet Coos Bay at 8 p.m. here
on Friday and in a doublebill
starting at 1 p.m. on Satur
day. The Coos Bay players
will stay Friday night at the
homes of Medford players and
Legionnaires.
The Improved ball park Is
the result of efforts by those
Interested in the youth base
ball program, Including Amer
ican Legion ball, and response
by the county court. Claude
Miles was particularly active
In campaigning for the Im
provements and seeing that
they were carried out, includ
ing expenditures of his own
time and money In formulat
ing plans plus contributing
ford lineup are Ken Phlpps.lglon baseball committee and
catcher; Don Anderson, first I member of the county base-
base; Jim Calhoun, second I ball commission.
Memorial Field, White City
- A triple play by the Hawks,
one-hit, 12-strikeout pitching
by Central Point's Larry Pep
per and a two-run homer by
the Studs' Darryl Summer
field were highlights here
Wednesday evening when
CP's Cheney Studs shut out
the Klamath Falls Hawks
baseball club 10 to 0.
The Cheney nine moved
Into second place in the loop
standings with the victory in
the Southern division of Area
4. Klamath fell Into a third
place tie after having led the
circuit with an unbeaten rec
ord.
Tonight the Studs will go
to Roseburg for a nine-Inning
game starting at 8 p.m. It
will be Central Point's third
game in three days.
Surg Nipped
The triple play came In
the sixth inning last night
when the Central Pointers ap
peared to have. another surge
of runs on the way. Neal Ellis
led off the inning with a sin
gle and Larry Mason follow
ed with another. Bob Stroh
then hit a low liner to second
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TOURNAMENT SLATED - Ken Myers, left, and Gary High
land, right, are among players slated to enter the Medford
Junior Chamber of Commerce-sponsored junior tennis tour
nament nerc on June Tl and 23. They are shown with Dick
Puhl, member of the jaycee tourney committee and Hcdrtck
Junior high net coach. Myers played for Hedrlck this spring
and Highland was a member of Medford high's state chain-
pionsnip aoumes team. (Anders photo).
Jaycee District Tennis
Tournament Slated Here
Wooden Shoe
Rolls Record
Team Figure
wooden Shoe, Medford, has
taken over team first place
and. Judy Barnett, Klamath
Falls, singles top spot in the
women's events of Southern
Oregon handicap bowling
tourney at Medford lanes.
Wooden Shoe rolled a team
record 2924 with Del Chris-
I tianson recording a 656. hieh-
work on the field. Members of I est scratch series to date in
Post 15 of the American Le-1 the tourney. She had games of
gion also actively sougni me
renovation.
Bleachers Borrowed
Yet to be purchased and in
stalled, because funds are not
now available, are steel sup
ported bleachers and a fence.
Regular wooden bleachers
from School Districts 540 and
6 will be used this season.
They scat 1,100 to 1,200. The
ball park project also Includes
construction of a dressing
room and rcstroom facility.
County Commissioner Fab
er, who has overseen the ball
park work for the county
court, praised Lull Brothers
Granite company for donating
rock for the ball field base.
the school districts for loan
of the bleachers, Pacific Pow
er and Light company for
quick Installation of lights,
the Medford fire department
for assisting the light installa
tion with Its ladder truck and
Kogap Lumber Industries for
donation of multi-bark.
A district tennis tourna
ment for boys and girls will
be conducted here on June 22
and 23 by the Medford Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
The tourney with four di
visions for boys and four lor
girls will be conducted on the
Medford high courts. Winners
In each will gnin berths in
the state J-tycee tourney which
Is slated tor June 28 at Rose
burg. The tourney will have open
competition In Junior boys',
junior girls', boys' and girls
divisions. There will be novice
rivalry for similar divisions.
Junior boys' and Junior girls'
events are for entrants 18
years of age and under and
boys' and girls' rivalry for
those 16 and under.
Root Director
John Root Is tournament di
rector and Dick Puhl snd Ron
Singler are members of his
committee.
Entry blanks may be ob
tained from Lamport's Sport
ing Goods store. Entries must
be on file witn Puhl, 25
Quince St., by 8 p.m. Thurs
day, June 20. There Is a $2
entry fee.
FIGHTS
W'EnS'rsnAY ROl'T
I'nlted Prtn International
Philadelphia Lett Matthewa.
ISt. Philadelphia (topped Wav.
man Diown, 14, Toledo, Ohio
ill.
245, 241 and 170
Judy Barnett rolled
In singles.
Eldina Greenwood, Klam
ath Falls, moved Into fourth
place In ladies all-events with
a 1711. This was a scratch to
tal. Only lady with a higher
scratch score for nine games
so far is Kay Kawacuchi,
Yreka. Calif., with 1780.
There were no changes re
ported among the top five in
men's events.
baseman Mike Spiker who
ran over and tagged second
sack then threw to Bob Woldt
at first base. Ellis and Mason,
who had headed for third and
second, thereby were caught
off base.
Pepper, who walked five
batters, gave up the only hit
to Tom Schiff in the third
inning when the Hawks made
their most serious threat. He
retired the side on strikeouts
in three innings.
Summerfield whammed his
homer to centerfield in the
fifth inning after Lou Alva.
rez had singled. Ellis and his
teammate, Willie Jones, were
the only players with, more
than one hit. Each got two
and Jones doubled. Jones
drove in two runs in the sec
ond inning and Ellis two in
the fourth.
Six in Fourth -
Six runs were scored by
the Studs in the fourth frame
on just one hit - an Ellis sin
gle. Klamath starting pitcher
Steve Young issued three
bases on balls. There were
three errors. Including two
dropped outfield flies. Ellis
swiped two bases and Sum
merfield stole home.
A Jones' single and two
miscues, one a dropped third
strike, figured in the Studs'
two markers in the second
inning. The Cheney nine was
retired with the bases full.
Pepper fanned the first two
batters he faced in the third
Inning. He then walked Curt
Coleman and gave up the hit
to Schiff. The runners ad
vanced on a wild pitch but
Marv Cunningham fanned to
end the KF batting turn.
Young yielded four hits,
eight runs and five walks and
struck out five in 3 23 in
nings. Reliever Jon Crume
gave up four hits and two
runs over the rest of the way.
He struck out one.
The Studs recorded one dou
ble play.
Wayne Clay had been
scheduled to pitch for the
Studs last night but could not
because of a bruised leg sus
tained in a haying mishap.
For the Roseburg game to
night Studs' Manager Bill
Askwith may divide hurling
duties among Mason, Ellis
and Bob Corliss.
Dick Allen
Sets Kart
Mark Here
Dick Allen, Reedsport, was
awarded the fast time trophy
for a new track record of
16.68 seconds Saturday and
Sunday in the Oregon region
al races at Medford kartways.
He was winner in the BC
open lightweight (duals) class.
The regional drew aprox
imately 50 of the fastest karts
and top drivers of the Pacific
Northwest. Entries came from
as far away as Vancouver,
B.C.
Medford's race program
was one of the largest held in
Oregon this year under sanc
tion of the International Kart
ing federation. Next regional
will be conducted on June 30
at Portland's Jantzen Beach.
First and second placers in
the various classes were:
A Junior slock Jack West.
Portland: Mike Llnd.ten. St.
Helens.
A Junior modified Jerry Con
dray. Granta Pass: Bill Savard.
Medford.
BC open Uchtwelrht (duals)
Dick Allen, Reedsport; Jim Pltite,
Portland.
A stock mlddlewelsht Robert
Bargen. Portland; Dennis Grls
wald, Scappoose.
A standard llfhtweljrht Carrlne
McGraw, Longview, Waah.; Roger
Trexler. HUlsboro.
A standard heavyweight Terry
Jenkins. Eugene; Bill Clarke,
Portland.
BC heavyweight (duals) Gary
Youngstron. Vancouver, Wash.;
Gordon Hook, Portland.
A super lightweight Skip
Keene. Portland; Allen, Reedsport.
A super middleweight Larry
Elery, Salem; Wayne Denny,
Eugene.
A super heavyweight Ken
Trexler. HUlsboro; Jack McCan
dliaa, Jacksonville.
SPORTSCASTS
Radio station KYJC will
carry live broadcasts of the
NCAA track meet at Albu
querque, N.M. The one this
evening will be at 9:30
o'clock. Other broadcasts will
be at 9 p.m. Friday and at
8:30 p.m. Saturday.
Yreka Go-Kart Club
To Be Organized
Yreka, Calif. - A meeting
to organize a Yreka go-kart
club will be held on Friday
evening, June 14.
The meeting will be con
ducted at 7 p.m. at Yreka Up
holstery shop.
New Six-Mile Run
Featured At Meet
Albuquerque, N.M. - HOT -The
six-mile run - a new
event - will climax tonight's
opening competition in the
NCAA track and field cham
pionships at the University of
New Mexico stadium.
Twenty runners are enter
ed in the grueling race, which
is a substitute for the 10,000
meter run held during Olym
pic years. The six mile race
is 396 yards shorter, and un
like other events on the three-
DODGERS BUY WILLHITE
Los Angeles - IUPII - Jon
Nicholas Willhite, a 6 foot, 2
inch, 190 - pound southpaw,
joins the Los Angeles Dodgers
pitching stuff today and will
start against the Chicago Cubs
Sunday in one of the games
of a doubleheadcr. Willhite
was purchased from the Spo
kane, Wash., club, a Dodger
farm In the Pacific Const
league, where he had a 7-3
record.
SLATE TRACK TELECAST
New York (TJPI The track
and field meet between the
United States and Russia
from Moscow's Lenin Sta
dium on July 21 and 22 will
be televised in the United
States on videotape by the
American Broadcasting com
pany. Highlights of the meet
will be shown July 23.
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CP Studs 020 020 X 10 S 1
Voung. Crume (41 and Bartlett,
Petrlrk (91; L. Pepper and Sum-merrield.
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Teams Hit
Out Eight
Home Runs
By RON SUPINSKI
United Press International
Someone must have told the
San Diego Padres and Dallas
Fort Worth Rangers that home
runs were going out of style
and to get 'em while the get
ting's good.
Eight homers accounted for
9 of the 1 1 runs scored Wednes
day night in the Texans'
7-4 win over the Padres. Dallas-Fort
Worth Iced it in the
seventh with bases - empty
blasts by Sandy Valdesplno
and Pedro Oliva plus a two
run shot by Ray JablonskI, his
14th.
Elsewhere, a seven-run in
ning helped Spokane to a 12-6
win over skidding Seattle,
Jose Tartabull's bases-loaded
single with two out in the last
of the ninth gave Portland a
4- 3 victory over Tacoma, Salt
Lake City scored three runs
in the seventh to nip Denver
5- 4 and Hawaii did likewise
in beating Oklahoma City 7-5.
San Diego and Dallas-Fort
Worth each hit four circuit
smashes. Padre starter and
loser Dave Sisler (3-5) was
tagged for three of the hom
ers. Oliva hit two, one off
Sisler and the other off re
liefer Ray Rippelmeyer. Not
to be outdone, San Diego pro
duced solo blasts by Gene
Freese, his fifth. Art Sham
sky's 11th, Deron Johnson's
13th and No. 2 for Chico Ruiz.
Tartabull, who desperately
wants a quick return to the
majors with Kansas City, scor
ed Dick Green with the win
ning run. Don Gile's homer
for Tacoma in the seventh had
tied the score. Other bases
empty homers were hit by
Portland's Bill Kern and Ta
coma's Jerry Robinson.
It was the second victory
In a row for Portland under
its newly appointed manager
Danny Carnevale.
night program has no quali
fying standard.
Most of the first night's
competition will be trials in
the dash events as the NCAA
weeds out the best of its 403
individual athletes who com
prise 383 entries in the 42nd
annual championships.
The meet was stretched
over three nights for the first
time this year, with the extra
day affording more rest for
runners during preliminaries.
The night events offer relief
from the summer New Mex
ico heat and windstorms of
the day.
The '11 teams repre
sentee meet, with the
Urges. try the 20 ath
letes fi.' defending cham
pion University of Oregon.
Fishing Good
In Rogue Area
Portland - (UPD - Oregon
fishing prospects for this
week-end, compiled by the
state game commission:
Southwestt Salmon angling
slow on Rogue river; very
good over Coos Bay bar and
Winchester Bay. Trout ang
ling good in Chetco river,
fair to good in Fish lake,
Howard Prairie lake, Hyatt
reservoir and Willow lake.
Diamond lake good to excellent.
Senior Golf
Qualifying
Under Way
Qualifying play opened yes
terday for the senior club
championship golf tourney at
Rogue Valley Country club.
It will continue through
June 23.
Match play is then sched
uled in three divisions with
first round matches to be fin
ished by July 7.
Championship flight com
petition will be at scratch
with other flights at full han
dicap. Hogan, Snead
Vie In Classic
Rye, N.Y. - (UPD - Ben Ho- '
gan and Sam Snead, golf
dom's best-known gaffers, at
tracted the largest galleries
today when 138 pros and am
ateurs teed off in the opening
round of the $10,000 Thure
derbird Classic.
Hogan, who at 50 is one
year younger than Snead,
was competing in his first
major tournament since the
1962 Masters. The little Tex
an has been practicing for al
most a week on the Westches
ter Country club's champion
ship west course for his latest
comeback.
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The boys and girls in Medford and the Rogue River Valley are out
of school now to enjoy a summer of fun. PLEASE help them to
keep enjoying it! Youngsters will still be going to school play
grounds and playing at home . . . they are apt to dash into the
street anytime . . . into the path of YOUR car. The Medford Traffic
Safety Council urges YOU to make SAFE DRIVING a very person
al responsibility. Have your car thoroughly checked for safety . . .
be doubly careful to observe traffic signs and regulations ....
watch out for children everywhere - and give them the right of
way!
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with the Medford
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