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J 7. 195 j SUNDAY. JUNE PAGE 2 B HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS OREGON I i -tnL. if rrzCK' I II J I . i I S IV Ok 1 THE CONQUERER STOOPS California hardtop race driver Nick Porter, b.ndi to re ceive hit priiti a bust from the comely Mist who presented him the Class A trophy in last week's races at the Eberlein Street Speedwey. Porter heads a contingent of California drivers who threatens to make prize-winning a problem for the local drivers when the races begin this afternoon on the speedway Time trials will begin at 4:30 and the first race of the eight-event card will get underway at S o'clock. Fraley's Facts & Figures By OSCAR FRALEY NEW YORK l'PIi Fearless Fraley's (acts and figures: A lot of people are going lo have to eat a lot of crow if Casey Stengel brings those Van kees home on top in the Ameri can League race this season. During past years, his feats were shrugged off in many quar ters. The chief theory was that he had the talent and all he had to do was push the buttons. But when the Yankees dropped to last place, it was generally agreed that the stars were worn out, the farm system hadn't produced and even an overrated manager couldn't win with this kind of a ball club. So here comes Casey, like Sherman marching through Geor gia. And if the Yankees win then " everybody will have to admit his greatness as a pilot. . . DISCLOSES "SECRET WEAPON' Artie Towne, the erudite mid dleweight who is one of Ingemar Johansson s sparmates, discloses the "secret weapon" which the Swede will carry into action when he shoots for Floyd Patterson's heavyweight title at Yankee Sta dium on June 25. "The way he stands, his body conceals his right hand." Towne explained. "It comes at you fast out of the blind spot created by his body being semi-turned. Re member, Patterson has been downed by fighters with far less power and this Swede's right can shake the fillings out of your teeth." . . . Ingemar's weakness Is that he exposes the left side of hit body. . . If you don't think Willie Mays It treat, you can take it as a fact from Lew Burdette of the Milwaukee Braves. "I don't know how Willie stays In this league." says loquacious Lew. tie ought to be In the next league higher, whatever it Is."... the American League?. . . HAS BENEFITED IIL'NTER Missile and rocket research, even if it winds up putting us ail In outer space, during the interim has at least been of benefit to the hunter. This research devel oped a method of controlled fus ing of tungsten carbide to metal and has produced a "flame edge" hunting knife regarded as the greatest cutlery advance since we first came out of the waiting caves. This sticker holds its edge long enough to dress out a half ton moose without re-sharpening and has stayed sharp after 550 hours of peeling pineapples. . . So if you have any moose or pineap Costjy Extra Fish Luther Durham, 48. 2012 Main Street, pleaded guilty in district court Friday to exceeding the bag limit while lishing on Klamath River Thursday. S'ate police said Durham had 11 fish in his posses sion. The limit Is 10. The fine was $7.50. With 3oodm ly Clark Coed. Reame Get Pre The Elks golf tournament high lighted the activity at Reames this past week with (quads from throughout the state competing for both team and individual pnes. The team from Ashland, composed of Sullnan. Hutchinson. Pntchard. and Pearson, was in a tic with the team from Milwaukee with a net score of 294 as the column went to press. More than half of the field was still on the course. Charles Sullivan. Ashland, with a 75 gross led early Individual scores with Eddie Hall, Lakeview. fallowing with a 76. Team scores: Ashland TH: Mil waukee 294: Grants Pass W: Ash land 307; Oregon City 316: Lake vtrw 316; Heppner 136; and Sea t.de 346. In our own President Cup play Gut Anderson was the first man to reach the finals by defeating! Jim Ray 1 up. He will play the winner of the match between Mel Miller and Bob Alexander. Our next tournament will be the Centennial Invitational. Thus nament will'oe a a nuie one day play with $500 in merchandise priiea awarded to winners of the three handicap divisions. The han dicap divisions will be 10-7), '8 13), (16-upi. Local divoleert are urged to place their entry either ples to cut up, this is your weap on. . . Jimmy Demaret was moaning about the fact that singer Don Cherry outshot him on every round during two recent tourna ments. "It's getting so had." quipped Demaret, "that I'm thinking of turning amateur. . . . Wall Leading Money Race DUNED1N. Fla. (API Art Wall Jr., slim shotmaker from Pocono Manor, Pa., has turned the PGA race for money winnings into a runaway. ' Wall, an advocate of the so- called baseball grip, has picked up $33,880 in purses so far this year, according to statistics re. leased Saturday by the Profes sional Golfers Assn. The total is more than the com bined earnings of the second and third place golfers in the race. Gene Littler of Singing Hills, Calif., won $15,938 during the first five months. He's in the runner up spot. Next comes Arnold Palm er, pro from Latrohv, Pa., whose earnings total $15.4!K. Doug fjord, from Mahopac. N.Y., stands fourth with $13,490. although he hasn't won a major tournament in more than a year. Ford moved past Wall during May into first place in the top tournament playing point stand- Ford has 972 points com pared with 924.50 for Wall. 914.50 lor Littler. 8B5 for Jay Hehert of Sanlnrd, Fla., and 770 (or Palmer. Wall continues to dominate Var- don trophy and Ryder cup taem standing. Ex-Indian Star Signs Contract DETROIT (AP)-Archie Dees signed his 1959 contract Saturday witn the Detroit Pistons. The former Indiana star, who played his rookie season last vear with the Cincinnati Royals, came to the Pistons in a trade. In ex change for the 8-feet- Dees, the Pistons gave up pivotman Phil Jordan. Detroit also received Cin cinnati's second draft choice for 1959. Dees scored 59 points in games with the Royals. 68 British Snare Golf Tournament ST. ANDREWS, Scotland AP Britain beat out Canada Satur day for top honors in the five-nation British Commonwealth Women's Golf Tournament. The host country defeated South Africa. 4-2. in the final match for eight points, the maximum. Can ada scored S points, South Africa 4. Australia J and New Zealand none. with the pro shop or Jim Johnson who is the tournament chairman. In ladies play in the Spring Han dicap it will be Jerry Smith, a newcomer to our golfing ranks. playing Mary Drew in the Imals of the 18 hole group. In the hole play championship it will be tve Ashley playing another new comer. Marge Graham. In t h e second flight of the nine hole group it will be Wilma Wiley playing Agnes Beane. With the State Junior Tour nament only two weeks away our junior group la hard at work pre paring for the work ahead. Judy Anistcad. Linda Pernell. Jo Ann Miller, and Susan Merryman should give a good account of them selves. Denny, Mike and Bob Soran. Steve and Tommy Good make up the rest of the group that will be competing. It is hoped that several more will be able to make the trip. Plans are progressing for the Oregon Professional Goiters Match Play to be held here July 13-H. tour-IRrmemher that the public Is in- vited to gallery this event with a special dinner and festiv- Hies starting Sunday evening luly 11. We need the cooperation of everyone intereslrd in the game of goll lo help make this tournament a huge success. PR To Start Season Cage Slate At KU The Klamath Falls Park and Recreation Department's summer basketball program will get under way on June 13. according to Dean White, who will supervise the en tire schedule. Players 15 and older will begin DEAN WHITE ... PR supervisor at 7 p.m. Monday, June 15, in Pcli can Court and will continue Mon day through Friday nights until July 31. Boys aged 12-13 and 14 will start sessions at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 16, and continue at the same time daily for the same period as the older group. Boys entering the program are required to provide their own shoes, socks, trunks and towel. "Any boy who wishes to play basketball will have the onportu nity," commented White. "He will play In actual games at every ses sion he attends, regardless of abil ity." he added. White, the head basketball coach at Klamath Union, will personally supervise and instruct at each of the daily sessions. KF Basinettes Humble Maidj The club looks like a state championship team this year.' smiled coach Jim Hughes after his Klamath Basinettes pounded the Rogue Valley Dairy Maids 14-8 in Eagle Point Thursday night. The Basinettes. Klamath Falls only ladies Softball team reached three Diary Maid hurlers for 11 hits and capitalised on six enemy errors. Credited with the victory for the KF nine was pitcher Joy Adreon who went the full distance, allowing eight hits. Leading the Basinette power pa rade at the plate was first base man Buth Hagelstcin who collected triple and three singles in five trips. Outfielder Darlene Perry contributed a pair of singles" in three charge at-bats. Starting Rogue Valley Hurler. Ellen Callahan, was charged with the defeat. She was relieved by Doris Hickson who was chased in (avor of Pat Barron before the test was over. The Basinettes. who have swlit with the Dairy Maids so far this season, get another chance when they meet the Maids here JuneM8 The linescore: R H E Rasinetles 445 orei 1 14 n 3 Dairy Maids 160 lot) 0 8 8 6 Callahan, Hickson 3 Barron 3 anJ Main; Adreon and Wickline. Frank Detx Spins Men's No-Hitter Veteran Frank Dels pitched the first no-hitter of the 1959 Men's Softball season Thursday night as Hal t Sport Shop defeated Mould ing Craft. $-1. Dale Cunningham backed up Deli brilliant feat by blasting out a two-run homer to right center field which highlighted a seven run fourth innmg uprising by the winners. Deti's shutout was ruined in the first inning when Moulding Craft tallied their lone run on a walk, hit batsman and an infield out. The linescore: R H C Moulding Craft im on 1 0 Hal t 010 7x 8 0 Dels and Michaelia; Hafer and L, Young. A L I 17 Standards Broken In Washington Meet FT. LKWIS, Wash. (API The Pacific Northwest s top men and women stars made a mass assault on the record book Saturday in the eighth annual Washington State Invitational Track and field Meet, breaking 17 marks. The university of Washington won the Open Division team title with 51'i points, while North Van couver, B. C, copped the High School Division with 22 points and the Vancouver, B. C. Olympic Club took the Women's Division with i points. Other team scores in the Open Division were Seattle Olympic Club 25, F.ugene Track and Field Club 16, Tacoma Track and Field Club 15, Vancouver, B. C. Olym pic Club 134. Washington State College 13, Washington Frosh 8. University of Oregcu a. Ft. Lewis 6, Everett Kiwmiis 4. Grant ( Port land I High School 3, Whitworth College 1, Olympic Junior College 1 and Everett Elks 1. The Tacoma Track and Field Club was second in the High School Division, followed by South Seattle Athletic Club 15, Everett Elks 12, Vancouver. B.C., Optim ists 12, Everett Kiwanis 7, Clover Park 5, Vancouver, Wash., '5. Puyallup S. John Rogers 5, South Kitsap 5, South Bend 5. Centralia 2, Shelton 2, and Aberdeen 1. The Tacoma Track and Field Club was second in the Women's Division, with the Newton Kins man of Vancouver. B.C., third with 3 and the Seattle-Renton Run-Dears fourth with 1. the meet record-breakers in cluded: Open Division: Javelin John Fromm, Seattle Olympic Club, 243-U)'4. Old rec ord 212-8 set by Hiram Crane in 1958. Shot put Bert Bender. Wash ington, 53-H. Old record 50-6(4 set by Larry Pulford. 1957. 120-yard high hurdles Spike Royal Orbit Edged By Underdog In Race NEW YORK (API - King Ranch's Black Hills, ridden clev erly by Eddie Arcaro, upset Preakness winner. Royal Orbit Saturday in the $28,200 Peter Pan Handicap and became a colt to reckon with in the Belmont Stakes next week. Hillsdale Collects $54,700 1NGLEWOOD, Calif. fAP) Hillsdale, with a thrilling stretch run. captured the $54,700 Argonaut Handicap Saturday in scoring his sixth stakes victory of the year. Racing before an estimated 49. 300 fans at Hollywood Park, the 4-year-old Hoosier star burst under the wire by a comfortable margin over the pace -setting Fleet Nasrullah. How Now finished third in the 8th running of the mile attraction as Amerigo, second choice in the betting, ran out of the money and Terrang. the third selection of the crowd, managed to get fourth. The time was 1:34 3-5. Hillsdale packed 128 pounds. the heaviest of, his career, and spotted the field six or more pounds. Hillsdale, owned by c.w. Smith Detroit and ridden by lanky Tommy Barrow, paid $5.30, $3.30 and $2.60. Mrs. John D. Hertz' Fleet Nas rullah. who almost stole the race, paid $6.50 and $4.90. The Hillsdale triumph netted the stable $31,650 and boosted the big bay colt's earnings for the year to $301,900. the leading money winner of the nation. Hillsdale, starting from the rail post position, elected to drop back and let the front runners fight it out. Ronnie Knox OK On Malibu Beach LOS ANGELES (I'PP-Ronnie Knox, Toronto Argonaut quarter back, who was believed missing in Mexico, today relaxed on (tie beach at Malibu. Calif., his busi ness manager reported. Paul Gilbert said he talked to Knox Thursday when the football star returned from a vacation in Mexico. I was quite surprised to hear about the report." Gilbert said. So was Ronnie. Ronnie is hard to reach because his phone hasn't been reconnected yet." Cincinnati Royals Sign Mendenhall CINCINNATI 'AP The pro basketball Cincinnati Royals Fri day signed Mike Mendenhall. t-foo'-4 playmaker for the Univer sity of Cincinnati. Venden' -II was the Royals' third draft choice. SPECIAL Wilton Baseball Gloves LHy Gomtt Ptraonel Mel Reg. 30.00 17 QC now I 7y FLEET'S 111 Se. 7tft TU 4 IJ20 Arlt. Washington State, : 14.1. Old record : 14.4 set by Bob Lawson in 1957. 440-yard run Terry Tobacco. Washington,, :479. Old record 49 5 set by Bill Machamer in 1957.' Pole vault Cliff LaRounty, Washington, and Jack Burg. Ore gon. 13-8. Old record 13-6'j set by John Kalein. in 1958. High School Division: Pole vault John Cramer. Mount Vernon. Wash.. 13-8. Old record 12-6'j set by Don Failla in 1957. Broad jump Paul Winn. Van couver, B.C., 22-5. Old record 22-0 set by Jerry Williams in 1957. Shot put Ray Johnson, Puyal lup, 5-5. Old record S3-Wi set by Duane Marshall in 1955. 220-yard dash Harry Jerome. North Vancouver. B.C.. :21.1. Old record :22.0 by Paul Aleinkdff and To Evans. 180-yard low hurdles Al Rhodes John Rogers, -.19.6. Old record : 19 8 by Steve Anderson in 1954. 100-yard dash Jerome, :09.8. Old record :10 1 set by Jim Haynes and Aleinkoff. Women's Division: loo-yard dash Heather Camp bell. Vancouver, B.C., :11.1. Old record : 11.3 set by Marcia Cos grove in 1957. Javelin Pat Baker.1 Ellens burg. 122-8. Old record 97-0 set by Barbara Jones in lftA Discus Sharon Cliffe. Vancou ver, B.C., 110-m. Old record 102 10 set by Miss Cliffe in 1957. Shot put Sharon Cliffe, Van couver, B.C., 39-2'i. Old record 39-3 set by Miss Cliffe in 1957. Broad jump Pat Power, Van couver, B.C., 17-5'4. Old record 16-1'i set by Miss Power in 1957. 440-yard relay Vancouver, B.C. Olympic Club (Sandra Sankey, Pat Russell. Kathy Chubb and Heather Campbell', :50.7. Old rec ord :54'7 set by the Tacoma Mick Macs in 1958. A Belmont Park crowd of 36.486 hacked Mrs. Halina Braunstein's Royal Orbit down to 1-2 favorite ism but the big California-raced chestnut finished third. Black Hills, who missed the big races this spring because of colic, went under the wire two lengths ahead of Howard B. Keck s Bag dad, another California cam paigned colt. It was another 2'i lengths back to Royal Orbit. Wheatley Stable's. The Irish man, only other horse in the race for 3-year-olds, was last. Alt four are eligible for the $t20.0n0-added Belmont, final jewel in the Triple Crown which includes the Ken tucky Derby and Preakness. Black Hills paid $13.10. Because of the small field, there was win betting only. Black Hills, son of Princequillo- Blackie Jnd by Congreve, ran the, I1- mile in 1:49. His purse was $18,030, his biggest of the year. Black Hills, pulled alongside Bagdad, the pacesetter, with three-fourths of a mile to go. Roy al Orbit trailed in fourth. At the far turn with half a mile to go, Black Hills opened up a half-length lead. With one-quarter of mile left, Bobby Ussery sent Bagdad into the lead. Then Arcaro applied the whip. Black Hills loomed through on the rail to take a lead at the eighth pole. Then he drew clear. LA Rams Gain Bob Reifsnyder LOS ANGELES (I'PII Naval Academy lineman Bob Reifsnyder had no trouble finding a job when he was discharged from the Navy earlier this week. He's the latest addition to the Los Angeles Rams. The Rams Friday signed their unexpected "plum'' from the last National Football League draft in a matter of hours after he re ceived his medical discharge. The 21-year old midshipman graduated three days ago from the U.S. Naval Academy as "an chor man." or last in his studies in the 1959 class. Reifsnyder's discharge was the result of an in jured achilles tendop. In his junior year at the ac ademy, the 6 foot, 2 inch lineman was an outstanding performer. The injury allowed him to play only briefly last fall. A Rams spokesman said Reif snyder had undergone surgery and that his tendon now was all right for playing football. 3D CD H3H 305 AU ?'C 935 CalOre SPORTS CENTER 30 MINUTIS SOUTH ON HIWAY tT P.vHw '. 3 LITTLE LEAGUE VOLUNTEERS IN ACTION Ray Davis, right, checks with construction boss Harold Sherman, left, as his equipment, the Grade-All in the background break! ground on the Mills Little League Park project. Davis, like Sherman and Steven Dunne, who is providing the dump truck pictured, volunteered their services to. help speed th building the new home for Klamath Falls Little Leaguers. - . Littler, Youngster In Tie BALTIMORE AP Dave Ragan. 23-year old pro seeking his first golf tourney victory staged a sensational rally Saturday to tie front-running Gene Littler for the Eastern Open third round lead at 203 strokes. Ragan. a Florida golfer playing out of Chattanooga, Tenn., made up six strokes on Littler on the back nine holes to pull even going into Sunday's final 18. Ragan. a Florida golfer playing out of Chattanooga, Tenn., made up six strokes on Littler on the back nine holes to pull even going into Sunday's final 18. Ragan, former Southern Inter collegiate champion, reeled off five straight birdies in his late drive for a 66, six under par. Littler, 28, from Singing Hills. Calif., was fading at the same time after leading through the firs', two rounds. He bogeyed three times in a row and saved him self a tie with a birdie on the last hole to wind up with a one under par 71. Ed 1 Porky) Oliver of Denver, who had tagged Littler by a stroke during the first two rounds, fell back into a three-way tie by tak ing 73 strokes. Don Whitt of Bor- rego Springs, Calif., shot 69 and Henry Ransom of St. Andrews, III., 70 to tie Oliver at 206. Billy Maxwell of Odessa. Texas, was next with a 70 and 207 total. Ragan and Littler were a total of 13 strokes ahead of par. Hill Climb Set By Motorcyclists This afternoon at 12:30 the "Lit tle Angels." a Klamath Falls mo torcycle club, will stage a hill- climb on a course just off the Ore gon Tech Road. Signups for the event will be completed by 1 p.m. at which time the program will begin. Top bike riders from Northern California, 'Medford and Klamath Falls will compete for numerous trophies awarded by many local business firms. , Among the local daredevils who will perform are Ken Stratton Doug Kohler, Mike Marek, Henry Lucht, Chuck Stall, Marvm Joiner, Boyd Casper,. Dave Vincent, Dean Johnson, Les Zigler and Ray Zal unardo. Club officials noted that while there is no minimum age limit for competitors, riders under 18 years of age must present written con sent of their parents before being allowed to compete in the event Cycle Club Founded "The Gripsters, an organization of Klamath Falls motorcycle enthu siasts, has scheduled a business laeeting Tuesday, June 9, at t p.m. in the Moose Lodge. The group was formed last week from a nucleus of local riders. Persons interested in joining the club may contact Marvin Joiner at TU 4-9572 for additional informa tion, or they may attend the Tues day meeting. The 16- foot - HBIRGLASS BOAT 4 TVillini ta sm. nitini te tin'. All fibira construction makn tt Swswirt tirlutiiy idt-structsbie-rt'a.iiHH no msisttiuiK. It s built te lumdit 20 te 70 eutbotrd motors site tht triple strength transom a dt moult) tor too e) thorn. Choose SMSwrl-UtiiitT moot er ll sew Doiuso mofai which hiturn so sK-ujss snae tnnld. paOdre stats and d pontit. 10 s DOWN EASY TERMS Wood's Weekend Shorts By HAL WOOD SAV FRANCISCO IUPI) Saturday's shorts: Lou "wrong-foot" tampi, me bowling wizard, claims three crowns at the same time: He holds titles in bocci-ball, skittles and bowling. His latest love is skittles (which is a game, not a food 1. In six months of competi tion, he has lost only one match. Wreck Cause Of Quitting ST. JOSEPH. Mo. AP "I never thought I'd just quit race driving like that, but I'm done as of now." Those were the words Saturday of a stock car race driver com neting for a $10 purse whose ma chine sailed into a crowd of 500 spectators at a dirt track Friday night, injuring 23 persons, two of them critically. The driver. Albert (Bud) Neidcl. 30, St. Joseph, a truck driver, suf fered a bruised shoulder. He spoke from the bedside of his 8-year-old son, Ronnie Lee, one of the two critically injured. He and his wife, Betty had been at the boy's bedside throughout the night. "Betty wanted me to quit a long time ago," he said. "I like to drive and I'm not afraid, but I'm done." Neidel and Jerry Hayes, Tope ka, Kan , were leading in the fourth lap of the five-lap race. Neidel said his car was sideswiped at the turn, shot over an embank ment, jumped a wire fence and landed upside down in the bleach ers amid the screaming specta tors. He estimated his speed at 6ft m.p.h. Neidel was strapped in his car and was not seriously Injured. All-Star Game Set In Hawaii SAN FRANCISCO (UPIl Plans for an all star professional foot ball game in Honolulu next Jan uary have been disclosed here by Dan McGuire, publicity director of the San Francisco Forty Nin- s. McGuire said Friday the came would be played the weekend af ter the Pro Bowl game in Los Angeles, slated for Jan. 17. The game will have no official connection with either the Forty Niners or the National Football League, according to McGuire. Summer mum) Get Set For Care Free Summer Driving Complete Tune-N-Test Lube-N-Check, change oil, plut inspection . Drain-N-Fluih Radiator Add Rust Inhibitor Check and Adjust Iraket Rotate All 5 Tires Check Exhaust System Check All Light Free Pickup And Delivery Any A er S Cylinder PassengerCor Eccles Motor Co. 606 So. Sixth Or Phono TU 4-8124 A skittles demonstration at the huge Westlake Bowl here drew 300 fans but the concensus was the game never would be popular in this country. No automatic pin setters .... There are 193 two-year-olds still eligible for the $100,000 added Hollywood Park juvenile cham pionship on July 18. Man, it all these horses show up at the track. this is one race I d like to see. . . COME JOIN THE BAND Considerable pressure being an. plied to Stanford officials to join California, UCLA, Washington and USC in that new conference so that the Big Ten will accept the circuit as a Rose Bowl foe. No indication the Indians will capitu late, tnougn . . . If the San Francisco Giants can hold out for another six weeks and still be in a challenging posi tion, most observers believe Andre Rodgers will be ready to play big league, championship-type ball at shortstop. "He's improving all the time and he'll become a depend able shortstop," says Johnny Lo gan, who handles the same post for the Milwaukee Braves . . . More than 40 per cent of the favorites have been winning in the California trotting and pacing meets which is about 8 per cent more than the thoroughbreds can boast . . . ROLL 'EM By November, -on a three-mile stretch in San Francisco there will be three bowling alleys in operation with 108 lanes going 24 hours a day. Bowling men claim there are 14.000.000 men bowlers and 7.000.000 women keglers in action regularly in the United oiaica two; ... c Prediction: The world record for the 100-yard dash will be low ered to 9.2 at either the National AAU or NCAA meets this spring. Also in the shot-put. In the 100 it could be Roscoe Cook of Oregon, Ray Norton of San Jose Slate or Bobby Morrow. ex-Abilene Chris tian: in the shot it has to be either Parry O'Brien, the current world record holder, or hut 19-year-old arch-rival, Dallas Long, the University of Southern Califor nia freshman . . . The once-powerful Pacific Coast League, which drew attendance above the 4.000.000 mark m one season, won't draw more than a third of that this year. Loss of Los Angeles and San Francisco franchises hurt but with the league's best city, Seattle, in the basement, things are getting worse. Vacation ALL FOR JUST 13 60 Porta litre
