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WINS LIBEL SUIT Going their leparate
Ways before receiving news of Butts' grant
of 3 million dollars by a Federal jury in the
libel suit against the Saturday Evening
Post are the principal figures in the trial.
Jay Allen Defeats Grocers;
Plays Tru-Mix Concrete in
JC Softball Tourney Final
It looked like a lost cause
for Jay Allen Cars going into
the seventh inning of their
Jackson County Softball as
sociation tournament game
with United Grocers here last
night. But the Dealers rallied
to knot the score in the frame
then collected three more
markers in the extra ninth
inning to trim the Grocers 6
to 2.
Victory carried Jay Allen
Into tonight's finals against
Tru-Mix Concrete. Play ball
is set for 7:30 p.m. at Jackson
park. If Tru-Mix takes the
tussle, it will gain the crown.
If the Carmen grab the en
counter, a second fracas to
night will be necessary to re
solve the championship.
The tournament is double
elimination. Tru-Mix is un
beaten. Jay Allen has lost
once.
UG ScorM In Sin
Last night's engagement
' was scoreless of four innings.
In the fifth panel United
Grocers tabulated both their
runs on double by Jerry
Anderson, . singles by Bud
Nelson and Chuck Shepard, a
couple of fielders options, a
couple of wild pitches and an
overthrow error.
In the seventh Dave Love
jingled and Jerry Shults
doubled. Chuck Hoyt hit to
bring home Love. Then Laval
Meunier squeezed Shults
across the platter. When UG
failed to tally in the bottom
of the seventh, the fray went
Into extra cantos.
Meunier got things going
for Jay Allen in the ninth
with a safety and Willie Bar
num drew a base on balls.
Meunier swiped third base
and raced home on an over
throw of that sack, with Bar
num going to second. Tom
Perdue singled and went to
second virtually ignored on a
Duke Anderson pitch. Bar
num was safe at home on a
fielder's choice clout by
Payne. A dropped throw in
the infield let Perdue cross
the plate.
Lov. Has 3 Hits
Love had three hits for Jay
Allen and Payne a pair. Blair
Antonuccl doubled for the
Grocers.
Barnum pitched a seven-hit
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game for Jay Allen, fanning
nine. UG's Duke Anderson al
lowed 10 hits and struck out
seven. Each pitcher walked a
batter.
It was United which handed
Jay Allen its only loss in the
Jim Walker Pilots
Jalopy to Victory
Jim Walker, hard driving
jalopy driver from Talent,
copped the main event in Sun
day's Medford Speedway ja
lopy races before a crowd of
an estimated 1,500 race fans.
Race officials audited the
official results before declar
ing Walker the winner as
there had been some doubt
among other drivers as to
the outcome of the event. Runner-up
in the 25-lap feature
event of the afternoon was
Harvey Nelson, Eagle Point.
Third place honors went to
LaVelle Henry of Medford
and the fourth place money
went to Dick Henry of Talent.
Fuzzy Fitzsimmons outlast'
ed all comers In the semi-main
spectacle by winning well
ahead of the pack. Dan Aid-
rich of Ashland was second
followed by Fred Hay of Eagle
Point in the third position.
Max GUlisple of Medford nail
ed down the fourth spot in
the semi competition.
Heat races were copped by
Glenn Cave, Medford; Charles
Davis of Ashland, Gary
Skaggs of Central Point, and
Fuzzy Fitzsimmons of Med
ford. Fitzsimmons was the
meet's only double winner,
tagging both the fourth heat
and the semi-main race.
Harold Hardesty. winner of
the main event at the pre
vious race, had bad luck in
heat competition but did es
tablish a new track record
during the time trials. Hardes
ty toured the track in 22.91
seconds tor a new fast time
record. The former mark of
22.77 had been held by Pat
Tyler of Medford.
Track officials have called
a regular drivers' meeting for
this Thursday, Aug. 22, at 8
p.m. In the Medford YMCA.
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On left, Wallace Butts is accompanied by
one of his daughters, Jean, and, at right,
Post Editor-in-Chief, Clay Blair Jr. as he
leaves the Federal Building. (UPI)
tourney so ' far. Score was 4
to ; 3, ' Tru 'Mix later beat
United. ":".
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uniiea urocors uuu uiu uuv- i
Barnum and Love; D. Anderson
and J. Anderson.
Next jalopy race at the
Medford Speedway oval track
is scheduled for Sunday, Sept.
8. Several special features are
being worked out for this
event as added attractions, it
was announced.
Trophy Dash
1. 92 Harold Hardesty. Ashland
2. 04 Harvey Nelson. Eagle Point
3. 07 Jim Walker. Talent
4. 60 Dave McCullom, Medford
Heat '
1. Glenn Cave. No. 00, Medford
2. 118 Chuck Hazen. Jacksonville
3. 09 Dave McCullom. Medford
4. 77 Al Root, Medford
3. 800 LaVelle Henry, Medofrd
6. OS Ike Henailn. Medford
7. 7B Johnny Wagner, Gold Hill
8. Gary Hewitt, Medford
0. XL Max Glllispie, Medford
10. 42 Phil Stevens, Medford
11. 22 Johnny Jones, Ashland
Heat II
1. 33 Charles Davis. Ashland
3. 99 John Bush. Eagle Point
3. 13 Delbert Walker. Medford
4. 2 Bill Chase. Central Point
5. 39 Cecil Boles. Medford
6. 10 Rusty Miller. Medford
7. 10 Norman May. Grants Pass
8. 1030 Harvey Beeney, Medford
9. MS Sam Dykes. Medford
10. 94 Harvey Nelson, Eagle Point
Heat III
1. 00 Gary Skaggs, Central Point
2. 97 Jim Walker, Talent
3. 91 Ron Rlchey, Eugene
4. 0 Dick Henry. Talent
9. 711 T. YellT. Gardner. Pros
pect 6. 24 Jerry Manaaco, Grants Pass
7. 8 Blackle Bobbett. Medford
8. 14 Leroy Aaher, Central oPlnt
9. 19 Don Bolea. Eaale Point
10. Ill Don Rice. Ashland
11. 32 Warren Roch, Medford
Heat IV
. 1. 8 Fuzzy Fitzsimmons. Medford
2. 38 Sheron Boyd, Jacksonville
3. 41 Bob Butcher, Medford
4. 87 Jack Walker, Ashland
9. Dan Aldrlch, Ashland 127)
8. Ron Austin. Medford (401
7. 101 Clark Warlck, Ashland
8. 47 Elmer Jueden, Ashland
9. "4 Fred Hay, Eagle Point
10. 82 Harold Hardesty, Ashland
11. 20x Ben Neel, Central Point
Beml-Maln
1. 8 Fusty Fitzsimmons. Medford
2. 27 Dan Aldrlch. Ashland
3. lj Fred Hay. Eagle Point
4. XL Max Glllispie. Medford
8. 14 Leroy Asher, Central Point
8. 39 Cecil Boles. Medford
7. 90 Glenn Cave. Medford
8. 10 Norman May, Granta Pass
9. 38 Theron Boyd, Jacksonville
10. 19 Delbert Walker. Medford
11. 43 Phil Stevena, Medford
12. 88 Ike Henagln, Medford
13. 8 Blackle Bobbett. Medford
14. 10 Rusty Miller. Medford
13. 79 Johnny Wagner. Gold HiU
18. 19 Don Boles, Eagle Point
17. 32 Warren Roch, Medford
18. Yell Gardner, Prospect (711)
Main Event
1. 97 Jim Walker. Talent
2. 94 Harvey Nelson, Eagle Point
3. S00 LaVelle Henry'. Medford
4. 0 Dick Henry, Talent
9. 2 Bill Chase, Central Point
8. M5 Sam Dykes, Medford
7. 87 Jack Walker. Ashland
8. 99 John Bush, Eagle Point
9. 101 Clark Warlrk. Ashland
10. 89 Dave McCullom. Medford
1. uarv Hewitt. Medford
12. 77 Al Root. Medford
13. fll Ron Richev. Eugene
14. 33 Charles Davis, Ashland
19. 00 Gary Skaees. Central Point
18. 24 Jerry Manasco, Grants Pass
17. 70 (Name not available!
in. in uon Rice, Ashland
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20. 40 Ron Austin. Medford
21. 22 Johnny Jones. Ashland
RVCC Wins
Team Golf
Rogue Valley Country club
defeated Redding, Calif., 7414
to 33V? on Sunday in a men's
team golf match here.
Harvey woods Jr. and
Larry Butler were low gross
for the Medford team with 72
and 7(1 cards, respectively.
Jim Wells had a 79 gross
score for Redding and Wayne
Sabine an 80.
Rannv Smith, Medford. and
Art Sabine, Redding, each had
a 68 net. Mark Emerson was
second low net for Medford
with 69. Bill Thurman and
Dick Burger tied for second
net for Redding with 72s.
In wrck end sweepstakes at
RVCC'Hnrry Millette was low
gross with 73 and Bob Canessa
second low with 76. Net priies
went to Ivan Harrington and
Butler with 71st.
Federal
Butts 3
CHARLES S. TAYLOR JR.
United Press International
Atlanta-fllPD-Wallace Butts
won a multi-million dollar
libel suit against the Satur
day Evening Post today. A
federal jury awarded him $3,
060,000.
A 12-man jury deliberated
6 hours and 30 minutes Mon
day night before retiring at
10:45 p.m.. EDT, without
reaching a decision in Butts'
$10 million libel suit against
the Saturday Eveniing oFst
The panel of businessmen re
sumed its deliberations at 1U
a.m., EDT today.
Monday night the jurors ap
parently took at least one bal-lot-and
failed to agree-before
retiring.
Determine Truth
The jury was to decide If
the Post told the truth or
libeled the former Georgia
athletic director in a March
article called "The Story of
a College i ootrjau r ix.
It claimed Butts gave Ala
bama coach Paul Bear Bry
ant secrets of the Georgia
team one week before the
1962 Georgia-Alabama game,
Alabama, favored by 17
points, trounced Georgia 35-0
in the game.
Denies Fix Charge
Butts denled-once in lears
that he gave away secrets,
and demands $10 million in
damages from the Curtis Pub
lishing Co.
The 12 jurors, none of
whom played college football,
received the case at 4:02 p.m.,
EDT, Monday. Federal Dis
trict Judge Lewis R. Morgan
told them the story was libel
ous on its face, and in order
to win its case the Post had
to prove it was true.
Morgan, in his 33-minute
charge to the jury, said the
jurors had to bring in a ver
dict in favor of either Butts
or the publishing firm. In ire
event of a verdict for Butts,
who wants $5 million in gen
eral damages and $5 million
more in punitive damages, he
said the jury must determine
the amount of the damages
"You are the supreme judg
es of the facts and none may
invade that province," the
judge said. He noted that
there was "sharp conflict" in
the testimony
He said the jury, if it found
that the Post partially estab
lished the truth of its article,
could mitigate the damages.
William Schroder, Butts'
attorney, summed up his case
for the jury by charging that
the magazine "does not care
about anybody or anyone's
reputation and it's up to you
to stop them."
"Killing a man's reputation
is worse than death to me,"
he said. "Can you imagine
anything worse than to still
live and attend the funeral
of your own reputation?"
Schroder, who got so excit-
Salem Splits Games
With Yakima Team
Salem and Yakima tangled
in a Northwest league double-
header Monday night but
didn't manage to decide any
thing. Yakima won the opener 4-1.
The split leaves the two clubs
still tied for the league lead.
Eugene blanked Tri-City 3-0
and Wenatchee downed Lew
iston 6-2 in other games.
Butch Hughes won the Yak
ima opener against Salem and
Tippy Johnson drove in a pair
of runs with two hits.
Bill Kalmcs leveled it for
Salem with a four-hitter in
the nightcap. Rollie Petrano
vlch of the winners hit a two
run homer in the third.
John Bauer blanked Tri
City on three hits for his
ninth win of the season. Mike
Osburn delivered a two-run
triple in the Eugene eighth.
Spencer Davis and Mo Mor
hardt got the job done for
Wenatchee. Davis unloaded a
three-run homer in the sev
enth. Morhardt cleaned the
sacks with a double in the
ninth -d George Lance went
the distance for the win.
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Jury Grants Wallace
Million in Libel Suit
ed in his summation to the
jury that the judge had to
ask him to calm down, was an
honor graduate of the 1938
University of Georgia Law
School class and played foot
ball at Notre Dame during the
his undergraduate days.
Post attorney Welbon Cody
said "this case boils down to
one fact alone-that informa
tion was passed that affected
the outcome of that game
If Butts "tampered" with the
game in advance, said Cody,
"Then he is corrupt."
Cody claimed Butts was un
cooperative before the trial
while George Burnett, an At
lanta insurance man who said
he heard Butts give the infor
mation to Bryant by tele
phone, always was helpful.
He continued to try to cu-
vince the jury that Butts was
a man of poor character. He
said the former Georgia
coach's relationship with Chi
cago beer distributor Frank
Scoby. who once bet as much
as $50,000 on football games
in a year, was "more than a
casual acquaintance.
He noted that several uni
versity of Georgia offlcms
testified they thought some
thing was wrong with Butts'
operations as athle' director.
3 Medford
Natators
Get Points
Donita Taylor won a sec
ond place for Medford,
Rocky Peters - a fifth and
sixth and Phil Taylor a fifth
over the week end in the
Northwest AAU swimming
championships at Eugene.
Miss Taylor was second m
47.3 in the 9 and 10-year-old
50-meter breaststroke. Her
time was better than the for
mer Oregon association rec
ord. Peters in the eight and
under class was fifth in 45.2
in the 50-meter freestyle and
sixth in 55.9 in the 50 back
stroke.
Phil Taylor placed in the
100 breaststroke in 1:23.4. He
was in the 13-14 class.
The meet was one of tough
competition with swimmers
required to meet certain
minimum qualifying stand
ards for entry. Boys from the
strong swim club of Santa
Clara, Calif., took part. New
association records fell in
24 of Saturday's 30 events.
One American record was
beaten. On Sunday 15 Oregon
association marks were
cracked.
MAC Winner
Chuck Richards, Tacoma,
Wash., set one national mark
5.02.3 in the 400-meter in
dividual medley.
Multnomah Athletic club.
runnerup in both boys ana
girls divisions, was overall
winner with 218V4 points.
Tacoma Swim club took the
girls' division with 133 and
Eugene YMCA the boy's divi
sion with 93 V4. Eugene Y
was overall second with 212
and Tacoma third with
206V4.
MAC scored 92 Va points In
the boys' events and 126 in
the girls'.
Medford swimmers will vie
in the Lakevlew invitational
on Saturday and Sunday,
Aug. 24 and 25. A total of 65
natators will make the trip.
Of the 45 boys five will be
divers. Two of the 20 girls
will enter both diving and
swimming.
Women's Bowling
League to Begin
The Valley Rollers Worn
ens' Bowling league will hold
their first meeting Thursday,
Aug. 22 at the Medford Bowl
ing lanes. The meeting will
begin at 10 a.m. and anyone
Interested is welcome.
Further information on the
league may be obtained by
contacting Lyla Smith at 773-2324.
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Renfro Candidate
To Heisman Award
TODAY'S SPORTRAIT
(Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.)
By HOWARD APPLEGATE
Portland, Ore. (UPD It
sounds almost unbelievable
but there could be two Heis
man trophy winners In two
straight years from the same
high school.
In fact, down at the Univer
sity of Oregon in Eugene you
could get good odds on it.
Last season a quarterback
named Terry Baker of Ore
gon State set the college foot
ball world ablaze. Baker won
the Heisman award and pick
ed off more honors than were
ever accorded a college foot
ball player.
On the same United Press
International All - American
backfield was one of Baker's
old teammates at Jefferson
High school here, Mel Renfro.
Renfro was a year behind
Baker when they were tearing
up high school opponents and
chose Oregon instead of Ore
gon State. He missed half his
sophomore season with an in
jury but still made all-coast.
He was healthy in his junior
season - and made All-America.
"His potential as a senior
is unlimited," says Len Casa
nova, the veteran Oregon
head coach.
Renfro, says Casanova, is
the "complete football play
er." In fact Casanova has
heaped more praise on the
195-pound, 5-11 Negro star
than any player he's ever
coached. But Casanova, whose
use of superlatives is not the
most common thing around,
justifies it by saying simply
that Renfro is the best he's
ever coached.
Renfro is a halfback who
can outrun most players and
who hits the line with the
best. He is a constant passing
threat.
But Casanova likes to point
out his defensive and block
ing ability.
And Oregon fans like to
point out that he plays "both
ways," while Baker went only
on offense.
Against Ohio State last
year Renfro made 21 tackles.
Against Washington he made
six tackles in a row. And
whenever another Oregon
back broke loose, it was usu
ally Renfro who cleared the
way by blocking.
There were a couple of oc
casions on the campus at Eu
gent this spring when every
one just about went into
mourning. Renfro strained a
knee muscle and did not do
so well in track and field.
He did "only" 14 flat in the
high hurdles and 25-6 in
the broad jump - when the
previous season he had 13.8
in the highs and 25-11 in
the broad jump.
But the knee is okeh-rest
is what he needed, says back
field coach Max Coley.
The other nerve-jangling
moment came after Renfro's
car ended up on a sidewalk
during a minor accident. Wor
ried coaches sighed with re
lief when they found he was
unhurt.
"Any time he survives one
day we're happy," said an
athletic department official.
Renfro probably could be
an Olympic performer in
track and field. But he wants
to play professional football
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This summer Renfro, who
is married, worked in Port
land at an acoustics firm. His
knee feels fine, he says.
Oregon opens against east
ern powerhouse Penn State
here on Sept. 21. Renfro could
get off to a big start toward
that Heisman goal in that
game.
Night Shoot
On Friday
Bacon and other merchan
dise will be prizes Friday at
a night shoot of Medford Gun
club.
The event is set for 7:30
p.m. at the grounds on East
Vilas rd.
The gun club also will be
open on Sunday, Aug. 25, for
persons who wish to sharpen
for the dove and pigeon sea
son. In Sunday shooting Merit
Simmons, Mike Drake and K.
Rowland each broke 25
straight at 16 yards. Drake
also broke 24 of 25 as did
W. L. Poff, Floyd Young,
Gene Hunt, Dick McDonald,
Loyd Langston and K. Row
land. Top handicap acores
were 23 by Young and 22 by
Rowland.
In skeet W. L. Bryant and
Ray Coleman shattered 24 of
25 and Coleman also broke
22. Dr. Charles Lemery crack
ed 21, Young 19 and Allen
Perry 18.
Hugh Wright, Drake, Mc
Donald and Howard Myers
had 25 straight at last
Wednesday's night shoot. In
the handicap Young, Drake,
Jack Walker and Dixon Ken
ner each blasted 22.
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Three Tied
In Junior
Tournament
Tom Clark. Mike Miller
and Doug Olson, paced play
yesterday at Rogue Valley
Country club in the junior
club championship golf
tournament.
The three each stroked
76s to share the junior di
vision leadership.
Tourney action concluded
today with the second 18 of
the 36-hole event.
Kent Clark headed the
boys' division with a 78
and Greg Miller had an 81.
Terry Rasmussen was pee
wee boys leader with 93.
Susan Boats had best girls'
score, a 91.
Twenty eight boys and
girls played yesterday.
Idaho Picks
MacFarlane
Moscow, Idaho - (UPD-Doug-las
MacFarlane, 33, track
coach and assistant football
coach at Olympic Junior col
lege, Bremerton, Wash., has
been named head track
coach at the University of
Idaho.
MacFarlane is a 1950 grad
uate of the University of
Washington and lettered as a
defensive halfback in foot
ball. He replaces Doug Basham,
who resigned at the end of
the 1963 season. Basham,
former University of Oregon
runner, accepted a State De
partment assignment in Li' ya.
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SM Physicals
Slated Sunday
St. Mary's high football
players will take physical
exams and check out equip
ment next' Sunday, Aug. 25.
The gridders are to report
at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary's high.
The Crusaders will opposa
Glide in an SM home game on
Saturday, Sept. 14.
SEEK OLYMPIC BERTH
Bagsvaerd, Denmark -fflPI)-Don
Spero and Seymour
Cromwell of Cambridge,
Mass., have announced their
intention of seeking a placa
on next year's Olympic team
after finishing second Sunday
in the double sculls event of
the European rowing cham
pionships. The Americans,
rowing in a borrowed boat,
finished behind Czechoslovak
ia's Vladimir Andrs and Pa
vel Hofmann.
COLTS SIGN CATCHER
Houston - IUPD - Catcher
George King of Victoria Tex.
Junior College, signed Moon
day by the Houston Colts, has
been assigned to Moultrie of
the Georgia-Florida league for
the 1964 season.
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