Hayward Relays
Move Off Today
By Chuck Mitchelmore
Emerald Sports Editor
More than 1200 high school
track men are expected today
and Saturday for the 19th an
nual running of the Hayward re
lays on Hayward field.
A record field of 81 school en
tries will be on hand for the
state’s big cinder carnival. The
total is two better than last
year’s 79 teams, the previous
high mark.
Meet director Ray Hendrick
son expects about 700 prep
pers for today’s session with
B and C class competition be
ginning with field events at
12:S0 and track action at 2
p.m. The remaining 500 will
enter class A and Metropolitan
competition Saturday with
field events at 10:80 a.m. and
track races set for 12:80.
Three new champions will be
crowned with 24 entries vying
.for the C division title won by
Mt. Shasta, Cal., last year, an
other 24 trying for the B trophy
taken by Central Union high in
1955 and 13 schools in the class
B race, which Marshfield headed
last year.
Central and Mt. Shasta have
not entered to defend their
championships and Marshfield
has moved up a class to the
Metropolitan division. Med
ford, Metro class champion for
three straight years, will be
returning for another shot at
the top crown, although it will
get pressure from a well-bal
anced Grants Pass team which
edged the Black Tornado last
week in a Rogue valley affair.
Individual events will be in
the discus, javelin and pole vault
with the remaining field and
Hack events run under relay
systems.
y
Following the Saturday prep
action, a four-way college meet
with the Oregon varsity and
freshman squads. Lewis and
Clark college, and the Portland
Track and Field club is slated to
round out the track weekend on
Hayward field.
Returned from his success
ful jaunt to the Texas relays
last week. Jim Bailey will twi
ster the Webfoot's already
strong distance crew, tmt the
loss of Bob Keid and Martin
Pedigo in the pole vault und
broad jump respectively is ex
pected to affect the Ducks'
field scoring once again. Keid.
senior vaulter from Canada, is
still nursing a sprained ankle,
and Pedigo is healing a strain
ed leg muscle. Both are back
taking workouts, however, and
are expected to be ready for
Northern division dual inert
competition in one or two
weeks.
Lewis and Clark college will
bring a raft of sttong hurdlers
and field performers to Hay
ward field for the quadrangular
affair. Portland Track and Field
club is a group of ex-college
stars including such bright lights
as Ralph Sutton, former Oregon
State NCAA javelin champion.
Thomas Fails' in Swim
TACOMA <j?> — Bert Thomas
kicked up rooster tails down Pu
get Sound for nearly nine hours
Thursday in his Seattle-Taeoma
swim attempt —but finally bowed
to tides and cramps just shoit
of his goal.
The hefty logger was hauled
aboard accompanying craft at
8:41 p.m. off Dash Point. The
sheltering waters of Tacoma's
Commencement Bay lay just
around the corner.
Big Bert, affectionately called
“Tacoma's polar bear,” was
whipped by strong tides and
cramps in his right ieg. He vowed
to try again.
His progress after walking
into the 44 degree water in
Seattle at 11:43 u.n>. was ex
cellent until about 6 p.ni., when
the tides began ( hanging.
Thomas is the only man to
ever try the Seattle-Tacomu
swim. He failed once before. He
also failed several times before
becoming the first man to con
quer the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Joe Walcott to Testify
Before Illinois Ring Court
CHICAGO (/ft — Former heavy
weight champion Jersey Joe Wal
cott was subpoenaed Thursday
to testify before the Cook Coun
ty grand jury Monday concern
ing his possible knowledge of al
leged corruption in Illinois box
ing.
Walcott, here to plug a box
ing movie in which he appears,
debated sharply over boxing with
Illinois state athletic commis
sioner Lou Radzienda on televi
sion Tuesday night.
Walcott was served the sum
mons in front of the downtown
theater where the movie is
showing. -Jersey Joe portrays
a trainer in the movie, which
has as its theme crookedness
in boxing.
Frank Ferlic, assistant state’s
attorney, said the action was not
instigated by the state commis
sion or Radzienda, who had of
fezed to resign if Walcott would
accept his state job.
Radzienda is president of the
National Boxing Assn.
“Walcott made the inference
he might have information con
cerning corruption in the box
ing game in this county, so our
of»'-ce is investigating,” Ferlic
: said.
Radzienda chided Walcott for
appearing in the movie after box
ing had been “good” to hirn. Wal
cott retorted in the TV exchange
that he accepted the movie role
because he felt boxing should be
“cleaned up.”
Walcott also told Radzienda:
“You're ju3t like all the other
boxing commissioners a politi
cal appointee who knows nothing
about the game. What boxing
needs is men who understand it,
who have devoted their lives to
it like Gene Tunney, Jack Demp
sey and Tommy Loughrari, and
you'd see how quick the racke
; teers and thugs would be cleaned
out.”
Portland Hosts
McMurty Match
PORTLAND l.'fi Tacoma’s
Irish Pat McMurtry will tangle
[with Matt Jackson of Los An
geles in a ten-round boxing main
event at the auditorium here
Tuesday night.
It will be McMurtry's 21st pro
fessional fight and his fourth in
Portland. The popular battler has
scored 17 knockouts anil is un
beaten since Ins amateur days.
Jackson, a sergeant in the
army, has a record of 18 wayos
in 27 pro fights He's working
on a 14-bout victory string. i
Wightman Players
Named for Match
NEW YORK V Louise Brough
of Beverly Hills, Calif., Thurs
day was named playing captain
of the U.S. Wightman Clip team
which will meet Britain’s best
women tennis players at Wim
bledon June 15-10.
Other members of the squad
will be Shirley Fry of St. Peters
burg. Fla.. Dorothy Head Knode
of Forest Hills. N.Y., and Bev
erly Baker Fleltz of Long Bench,
Calif.
Miss Brough, former national
champion and four times win
ner at Wimbledon, has played in
eight Wightman Cup matches
without a defeat. Miss Fry is
making her fifth Wightman Cup
appearance and it's the second
time on the team for both Mrs
Knode and Mrs. Fleitz.
Marciano Evades
Retirement Querie
MIAMI, Flu bP Heavyweight
boxing champion Kocky Marci
ano arrived Friday from South
America and told reporters "I
really can’t say" when question
ed about his retirement.
“I'm going to meet with At
Weill, (his manager) lute thin
month but I don't think we'll
ha\e anything to say one way
or the other for 30 days,'* Mar
ciano said.
“I can’t say until I talk with
At and that's the truth. What's
going to happen is going to hap
pen."
Perini Suggests
Cricket for US
LONDON i.T> Lou Perini,
president of the Milwaukee
Braves baseball club, came to
Britain Thursday with a revolu
tionary plan basebull for Brit
ain and cricket for the United
States.
“The world is getting small
er,” he told newsmen. “In 5 or
10 years America will In* only
three hours journey from Brit
ain. Ttiat’s why I believe in
sports we’ve got to Jdopt one
another’s customs. The British
should brill); first class soccer
and cricket teams to the
United .States and we should
bring baseball over here.”
Perini is on tire tad-end of a
world swing. His object is to
gain reaction to a possible Euro
j pean tour by the Milwaukee
j Braves and the Brooklyn Dodg
I ers. He plans to be back in the
i United States Monday.
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Ducks Hit PSC
With Bat Power
By Terry Sherwood
Emerald Sporti Writer
The University of Oregon’s
baseball team, behind the seven
bit pitching of Jack Henkel, ex
ploded for eight runs and 13 hits
, Wednesday afternoon to beat the
i Portland State Vikings, 8-6.
Henkel, the stocky sophomore
I i ighthander, pitched all nine In
nings for the Ducks. He was in
; trouble, however, several times,
due to poor support. In going the
distance, he struck out seven
PSC batters, including the entire
side in the last inning.
Ducks Score First
Oregon drew fust blood in the
second inning when they scored
one run. Portland State, how
ever. countered with two in the
top of the third The Ducks made
it two-all, however, by pushing
across their second run in their
half of the third.
Oregon blaster! the game wide
open In the bottom of the fourth
inning, scoring five big runs.
Jim Pifher hit a two-run single.
Jerry Kosa slapped a hard hit
double and Jim Pingree follow
ed with another single scoring
two runs. They completed their
scoring in the sixth when they
added an additional run.
Vikings Add Three
Portland State bounced back
in the next inning for three runs.
With the bases loaded, Dave
I St a rbuck of the Vikings blasted
a double, scoring all three base
runners. The Vikings scored an
other In the eighth but Henkel
"tied the knot" und the ball
game ended, H-Q.
Plfher, the sophomore second
bn Me mn n. catcher Tom Bowen.
Kenny Bond, with a double and
n Mingle, Henkel, and veteran
John Keller, nil got two hita for
the Duck cause.
(iuitie Mmrd to Willamette
The game, originally ncheiluled
fbr Howe field, wan played In
Mi end on the Willamette high
Mchool field. The decision to
change locales wan due to the
aoggy condition of the Howe
field infield.
Thurnday'a victory marked
Oregon's neventh triumph of the
1955-56 season. Portland State,
member of the OCC. In the firMt
foe that Oregon haa faced this
year other than a Northwest
college conference team.
Oregon faces two Pot Hand
squads In tilts this weekend.
The DuckM encounter Lewis an t
Clark at 2:30 Hum afternoon on
the Pioneer's diamond and tan
gle with Portland university's
Pilots tomorrow, also at Port
land.
Sports Staff
Desk editor: Jerry Hsmsey
Staff: Jim Larimore. Terry
Sherwood. Chuck Mitchelmore.
Idaho State Bengals Hold Margin
In NCAA Boxing Championships
MADISON, Win '.V Heavily
favored Idaho State maintained
its edge in the NCAA boxing
championships Thursday night
as the meet's only two defending
champions fell by the wayside.
Idaho State’s Itohby Mcf'ul
lom, last year's 119 pound
kingpin, dropped an unanimous
three-round decision to Chiken
.Mike Maekaua of Michigan
State In the first IhiuI of the
evening.
Earlier in the afternoon. Michi
gan State’s George Sissmi, a per
■ petual motion machine, scored a
! split decision over Max Voshall
of San Jose State, who was de
fending his 165 pound crown.
The Bengals of Pocatello,
Idaho — the only undefeated
squad in the 20-team tourna
ment — ran up six points to
stake iloun first place going
into Friday’s semifinal round.
Wisconsin was second with
four points anil defending cham
pion Michigan State, third with
three.
A crowd of 8.712 nt the Uni
versity of Wisconsin flaldtiouse
was treated to a pair of te< hni'al
knockouts by Idaho State fight
ers.
They were the only fights of
the 2’> bout card that didn't go
th< regulation three-round dis
tance.
The Bengal** undefeated
linger House registered the
first TKO In 1:25 of the first
round over Nevada'* Ijirry l»a
mon in a Ift5 pound clash.
House’s 147 pound teammate.
Hon Hall, in his second >M>ut
of the day. got the other at the
expense of Virginia's William
Young in the same time.
Dan Axtman and Hal Eapy
were the Bengal.*' other winners
Thursday night.
LSD", Oklahoma and Syracuse
were tied for fourth place with
two points each.
Then came Arkansas, Cal'for
nia Poly. College of Idaho, Hous
ton. Nevada and San Jose State
with one point each.
Annual Meeting
University of Oregon
CO-OP STORE
i
Thursday, April 19, 1956
Room 207 — Chapman Hall
4:00 P. M.
Nominations will be held for new members
on the Board of Directors
All students with memberships in the Co-op
are invited to attend.