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"SECRET WEAPON' Sweden's Ingeniar Johanssorr"'
, unleashes his right hand punch during a workout at
his training camp in preparation for Friday's fight with
champion Floyd Patterson. . .
Orioles Cooking Up
A Title Contender
. By MILTON RICHMAN
, DPI Staff Writer
1 Paul Richards is making Oscar
; ot the Waldorf look like small po
I Uitoes, considering the fantastic
) results he's getting by mixing a
pinch of chicken salad with some
old left-overs.
i And if you think that dish is
' for the birds, better have a look
ot the American League stand-
tngs.
! V They show Baltimore's onrush
:;lng Orioles only a half-game out
I of first place and with more vic
tories than any other team in the
I league. i
! Not bad for, a ball club "that is
I last in the league in hitting, ncxt
: to-lust in fielding and loaded
'flown with such castoffs as Skin
ny Brown, Walt Droo, Hilly Lues
and Jim Finigan.' - -
" Castoffs in Important Roloj
All of them pluyod important
roles in Baltimore's -7-4 victory
over Cleveland Wednesday nighl
and today another discird, lloyt
Wilhclm, gels a chance to boost
the Orioles into first place when
he goes against the Indians.
The Orioles broke a' 4 4 tic
when they come up with three
runs in' the ninth.
Gus Triandos, l)roo ploying
his first game after coming from
Cincinnati and Gardner and
Bob Nicman each homered.
Brown, who posted his fifth vic
tory, held the Tribo to five hits.
The Athletics downed the Yan
kees. 4 3; the Senators whipped
the White Sox, 1-2 and the Bed
Sox beat the Tigers, 4-2 in other
AL games.
Milwaukee retained its two-
game lead in the National League
with a 4-0 win over St. I.ouis in
a game cut to seven innings be
cause- of rain; Snn r'ru'icisco
nipped Pittsburgh,' 4-3; I .(Is An
geles made it three in a row over
Philadelphia, 9-8, and Cincinnati
blanked Chicago, 5-0.
" Daley Checks Yanks
Knuckleballer Bud Duley of the
A s checked the Yunkees on sev
en lilts as ho racked up his sev
enth victory with the aid of a
two-run homer by Dick Williams
Hogor Maris singled home the de
cisive run in the seventh.
Mike Kornieles' fine relief job
saved Jack Hnrshman's second
victory as Boston beat Detroit
HarRhman held the Tigers to five
nils in 6'j innings, then Kor
nieles: come on and didn't give
up a hit the rest of the way.
i Washington capitalized on three
singles and- two errors to score
three- runs in the ninth and de
feat Dick ' Donovan of Chicago
''Hank Aaron smashed his 20th
homer with two on in the first
inning for the Braves and it was
iTrabert Earns Win
! f' FOREST HILLS, N.Y. (UPH-
Tony-Trabert could credit a four
year advantage, and a great com
petitive, spirif Unlay for victory in
one of the most dramatic match
es In professional tennis annals.
The former basketball star from
Cincinnati, Ohio, outlasted Austra
lia's Frank Sedgmun.
FLEMING CANADA-BOUND
' VANCOUVER, BJC. HiPli Wil
lie Fleming, Iowa halfback, has
signed to play with the Western
Division ' Lions of the Canadian
Football League.,
that's all, brother, as far as the
Cardinals were concerned. .
The Uiants won their gome
from the Pirates when Leon Wag
ner's ninth inning pop fly with the
bases full fell safely. Center field
er Bill Virdon, charged , with an
error, and second baseman Bill
Muzcroski collided on the play.
Wally Moon's two-run homer in
the sixth inning broke a 6-6 tie
between the Dodgers and Phillies.
Don Demcter then provided Los
Angeles with an Insurance run
when he homered.
.Jim Brosnan of the Reds held
the Cubs to four hits in gaining
his second "victory. ' Cincinnati
knocked out loser Dick Drott with
four runs in the first inning, the
key blow being Kd Bailey's
homer.
Standing
Major League Standings
United . Pre International
National Loague
W. L. Pet,
Milwaukee
40 'M
39 31
39 33
37 34
34 34 '
31 37
30 37
23 41
.538
.557
.542
.521
.500
.45(1
.448
San Ki ancisco
I .os Angeles
Pillsburgli
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. I.ouis
PlilliicMphia
.371) 14
Wenne'sday' Result
Sun Kraticisco 4 Pittsburgh 3
Cincinnati 5 Chicago 0 ( eight)
Milw. 4 St. L. 0 might 7 inn. rain)
I .os Angeles 9 Phila. G (night)
American League
W. L. Pet.
GB
Cleveland
Unlllmoio
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Boston
Kansas City
35 2!)
30 31
15 31
34 32
34 33
30 35
29 35
30 37
.547 . .
.537 V4
.530 1
.515 2
.507 2Mi
.462 5'4
.453
aslmigton
.448
Wednesday's Results
Boston 4 Detroit 2
Washington 4 Chicago 2
Baltimore 7 Cloveland 4 (night)
Kail. City 4 New York 3 (night)
Pacific Coast League
' W. L. Pet.
GB
2(i
2V
4Mi
Hi
5',i
9
llli
Snrrnmenta
San Diego
Vunc'oiiver
Portland
Spokane
Salt Lake
Phoenix
Seattle
41 31
38 33
39 34
34 33
38 35
35 36
32 40
30 43
.5i9
.535
.534
.507
.507
.493
.444
.411
Wednesday's Results
Phoenix 8 Vancouver 4 ,
Spokane 4 Sacramento 1
Portland 1 Salt Lake 0
San Diego 2 Seattle 0
CRAIG WINS 2.C00TH
DETROIT (UPD Jockey How
ard Cralp recorded his 2.000th
track victory aboard Ibn 'Ponder
in the third raco at Detroit Wed
nesday. Craig followed with num
ber 2,001 in the fourth on No
Pushover. ,
BELL HOP SETS RECORD
NEW YORKTl'PI) Frchch
hrcd. Bell Hop established a' new
American turf record at Bnlmont
Purk when he won tho mile and
three-eighths' Bowling Green han
dicap in 2:14 8-5. , a
PANAMA HONORS LOPEZ
PANAMA' CITY, Panama (UPI)
Third baseman Hector Lopez -of
the New York Yankee 'will'. re
ceive a sports gold mediil of merit
from his native Panama during
ceremonies of the July 4th douhle-
hfuuer at Yankee Stadium. . .
Friday
Showers, Wet
Grounds Force
Cancellation
NEW YORK (UPI) The Floyd
Pattcrson-lngcmar Johansson hea
vyweight title' fight today was
postponed from tonight to Friday
night because-of ..roin and wet
grounds at Yankee Stadium.
"I consulted with the New York
Boxing Commission and the peo
ple, at Yankee Stadium," promo
ter Bill Roscnsohn said. "The in
field was very muddy and in def
erence to the public we have post
poned the bout uritil Friday night.
If condition's remain' the - same,
we will decide about the alternate
date Fridayi"
The postponement was an
nounced two hours after the fight
ers had weighed-in, with the Swe
dish challenger holding a 14 pound
advantage over champion Patter
son. Johansson' scaled 198 to Pat
terson's 182. 1
Patterson's poundage was his
lowest since he bcome champion.
He weighed 182V the night he cap
tured the vacant title by knocking
out Archie Moore oh Nov. 30, 195G.
Floyd went that low again last
month in his 11th round knockout
of Britain's Brian London at" In
dianapolis. i The postponement is expected to
affect Patterson more than Johans
son; because the' champion re
quires extreme "sharpness" to do
his best.
No additional weigh in will be
required within 48 hours, and af
ter that it's up to the New York
Athletic Commission. , -
Speedy Patterson of Rockville
Centre, N.Y., become a longer fa
vorite today at 5-1, as the odds
jumped from 4-1. If was "even
money" that the bout doesn't last
eight complete rounds, regardless
of the winner, and 11-5 that it
.doesn't last 15. 1 ...
. Patterson Eager T Win
Patterson, making his fifth de
fense of the crown,-claims he is
eager to win impressively over
the unbeaten Swede, champion of
Europe. Such a -victory would
help dispel any suspicions that he
may be e "cheese' champion.
. Handsome;, burly Johansson
claimed all-out determination to
win the championship heroically
and prove that those of his coun
trymen who had branded him a
coward after , the 1952 Olympics
were ignoble liars.
If he beats Patterson, he would
become- the firs Swedish-born
world champion in any division
and the first foreign heavy world
champion, since giunt Primo Car
nera of Italy lost the title to Max
Boer In 1934. ' ' '
- Meanwhile, Rosensohn an
nounced that the advance sale had
lopped $500,000, the amount need
cd for him to break even. lie ex
pects a gate of $600,000, he sail)
and a crowd of about 38,000.
Theater Telecast Only
. There will bo no home-television;,
but the fight will be radio
broadcast to homes by ABC. The
Tclcprompter Corp. will send the
,bout by closed-circuit TV to 170
theaters and arenas in 135 cities,
where 550,000 scats are available.
Advance sales indicate the. gross
seut receipts will approximate
J 1.400, ooo. ,, ,
Patterson, 24, is a long favorite
because of his speed and punch.
He knocked out 16 of his last 17
opponents. Ho is favored also be
cause brown-haired, fair-comptex-
loned Johansson, 26, was unim
pressive in training. Despite his
reputed thunderbolt right fist, he
never scored a knockdown in 161
rounds of sparring for this bout.
Moreover. Ingemar's left jat
ana left hooks appeared mediocre
Johansson, seeking his . 22nd
straight professional victory and
his 14th knockout, amazed the box
ing world last Sept. 14 by belting
out luntornias tuirtie Moehen in
the first round. At that time Mu-
chen was unbeaten and the top
contender, mat quicK kayo earned
"Ingo" tonight's title shot.
A's Recall Reed
PORTLAND (UPD- Portland'?
number ' one pitcher, both on a
won and lost and a percentage
basis, Howie Iteed, has been re
called by the Kansas City Ath
letics. Reed left PortlanB late
Wednesday afternoon to rejoin the
Athletics during their current
home stand against the New York
Yankees. -, - , ,.
-t Parke Carroll, Kansas City gen
eral manager, assured Beaver
manager t Tommy Heath that a
member of the current Athletic
pitching staff will be sent to Port
land. within a ay or two.-
Carroll didn't indicate who the
replacement hurler would be. .
. With Portland Reed currentlj
has u 7-4 record, having appeared
in 13 games, and has an -earned
run average of 2.92. He has struck
out 60 and walked 41. ,.
KELLNER DISABLED
"ST; LOUIS (UPI)-Tho Sr: Louis
Cardinals have asked the National
League to place pitcher Alex Kell
ner on the disabled list; Kellnet
suffered a muscle tear in his left
elbow while pitching against the
Milwaukee Braves Tuesday night;
S OBSERVER
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Observer, La Srande, Ore.,
Hitters Swing-Miss;
PCL Hurlers Chuck-le
U.llled Press International
. The pitchers nave not only
caught up with the hitters in the
Pacific Coast League, they've
passed 'cm.
Eight teams sent their tluggers
pluteward through four nine in
ning games last night and all that
resulted was a measley 17 runs.
That's not even par fof-the course
for a single game at Phoenix. This
was the second straight night the
hilteiTs have been anemic.
t- A pair of shutouts highlighted
the action or lack of it. Duane
Pillette tossed a three hitter while
pitching Portland over Salt Lake,
1-0, and Dick btigman of San Di
ego ended a personal seven game
losing streak by blanking Seattle
on five hits. 2-0.
Chris Nicolosi turned in almost
as good a job as he stopped Sac
ramento 4-1 for Spokane and in
the only other game, Phoenix
edged Vancouver, 5-4.
George Freese, the league's
leading sticker, singled home the
winning run in the ninth inning to
give Pillette his third win of the
season against no defeats.
Milt Graff opened the ninth in
ning with a triple for Portland
and he came home on Freese's
single after hard luck loser Dick
llanlon had intentionally loaded the
bases.
Hanlon gave up only five hits
while being nicked for his fourth
loss against one win.
San Diego's Dick Stigman was
in command all the way as he
won his third game in 13 deci
sions. Claude Osteen, who gave
up both Padre runs and six hits in
eight innings, was the loser and
is now 4-4.
The Pads broke up a scoreless
duel in the seventh when Rod Gra-
ber singled home a pair of tallies.
Nicolosi banged out a uair of
hits and bunted ' across a tally in
addition to pitching outstanding
ball for Spokane. A crowd of 9329,
largest ever at Spokane, saw Ni
colosi score his seventh win
against three losses. Joe Stanka,
who was relieved in the seventh,
was handed his third loss against
10 wins.
.' Bill ' Wilson led Phoenix to its
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lady Golfers
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Intercity Matches Tuesday
Yesterday was ladies1 day at the
Country Club and they turned out
In ."forcesomes" to pitch and putt
around the course.
-'All was not in fun though, as the
ladles did some serious golfing in
sweepstakes piny. There was add
ed: incentive too. Next Tuesday
the Baker ladles and female goit
ers . from the ' Memorial Country
club 6f Walla Walla invade the lo
cal course for an intercity meet. .
In last weeks sweeostakes ac
tion four women won top honors
in three classes. In A class Mrs.
George Thompson lired a net 72 to
win the award. '
f Mrs.- Ed McCanse went around
he country club course in a net
' Saturday and Sunday .... . Jon 27-28
ELGIH 'JUNIOR RODEO
Bareback Bronc Riding
Clowns ... Races .
DANCE SATURDAY
COWBOY BREAKFAST
1 Eats On The
Neil Andersen
Thors., June 25; 1959 Page 2
victory as he pounded his 16th
home run to put himself in a tie
with teammate Willie McCovey for
the league lead. Wilson's blow
came with one man on, in the sec
ond inning. .
The Giants touched four Van
couver pitchers for 14 hits. Bud
Watkins, a former Mountie re
cently acquired by the pitching
weak Giants, was credited with
the win. He tired in the ninth and
had to he relieved, however. ,
Jim Dyke hit a two run home
in lbs ninth for Vancouver to
close the gap to 5-4 but reliefer
Marcclcno Solis put out the fire.
Moberry Paces
Local Golfers
Wendy Moberry' continues to set
tho pace for local golfers in the
State Junior championships in
Portland. Miss Moberry led six
local golfers in the semifinals of
th? 1959 tournaments.
In yesterdays quarterfinals, Miss
Moberry defeated Riverside's
Cheryl Luhr 3 and 1. Toduy she
meets Treasure Sullivan of Ash
land, 1958 girl's medalist, In the
s-mifinals. . .. ' . ,
Two of La Grande female repre
sentation was ! eliminated from
competition yesterday. Maureen
Dcvaney lost her match on the 18th
hole and goes to the sidelines.
D?nise Wagner dropped her quar
terfinal match 4 and 3. She also
w,ill drop out of match play. , f
Susan Schriver, after losing her
first round match, came back yes
terday to post a 3 and 2 win and
move into the semifinals in her
flight. i ,
All four of the boys represent
ing La Grande won their quarter
final matches and will go in to
day's semi's.
Bob Lyman, Elgin, posted a 6
and 4 win to advance to today's
rounds. Gordon DeVore won 6 and
5, Murph Karns posted a 3 and 2
win and Loren Fihn got a 4 and 2
victory.
There are approximately 250 en
tries in the tournament this year.
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drives the 10th hole.
Prepare For
70 to capture top honors in B class.
The class C winners, were Mrs.
Luke Hall and Mrs. John Ladd
who tied for top spot with a net 72.
Before next Tuesdays intercity
matches coffee and -rolls will be
served at the club. Tee off on all
holes is scheduled at 9 a.m.
Ladies interested in joining the
Wednesday afternoon sessions may
apply for membership at the pro
shop at the course. - Oh yes! If
occasionally you see a figure
clad in shorts with a crew cut
swinging at . something in the
rough, the ladies will assure you
that- it is a man, invading their
day. What else?
. Bulldogging . .
Thrills and Spills
EVENING AT 9:00
SUNDAY 7 TO 10 AJM.
Rodeo Grounds
Weather Makes Swim
Capricious summer weather' to
day showed the cold side of its
face' and" caused' swim meet of-"
ficials to nut a. "tentative" label
on the holding of the announced
La Grande All-Comers Swim Meet
at 7 tomorrow night at the Veter
ans Memorial Pool.
Weather permitting, and that
Olmeda Faces
Nemesis At
Wimbledon
By ROBERT- MUSEL
United Pres International
WIMBLEDON. England UPI
Alex Olmedo must prove his right
to be top-seeded in the Wimble
don tennis championships today
against the man who handed him
a surprising defeat less than a
week ago.. Ramannthan Krish
nan of India.
Krishnan whipped Olmedo, 8-6,
6-1, last Friday in the semi-final
round of the London Grass Courts
tournament and their clash in the
third round of men's singles here
was expected to highlight a pro
gram today that includes matches
in almost every section.
Seven . Americans still are
"alive" in men's singles five,
including Olmedo, in the third
round and two in the second.
And seven Americans still are
in competition in women's sin
gles five in the third round
and two in the second. ' -
Not all were scheduled to see
action today, however, as tourney
officials put together a mixed pro
gram including both singles and
doubles play in the men's and
women's divisions, with matches
from different rounds complicat
ing the picture.
' Barry MacKay of Dayton, Ohio
Olmedo's running-mate on the
U.S. Davis Cup team, als6 was
listed for third-round action but
was expected to have a much
easier time against Jan Leschly
of Denmark. In a- pair of men's
second-round singles matches
originally scheduled' Wednesday
but postponed, when rain delayed
the program, Malcolm Fox of
Baltimore, Mdi, faced Jean Molt
nari of France and Jacques Grt
gry of Alhambra, Calif., met
Manuel Santana of Spain.
Attention in doubles centered on
a first-round match between the
gray-haired U.S; combine of
Gardnar Mulloy of Coral Gables,
Fla., and Budge Patty of Los An
geles and the crack Italian Davis
Cup team of Nicola Pietrangoli
and Orland' Sirola. - Mulloy .and
Patty o'stdnisfled the" tennis" world
by winning this title in 1957.'
Machen Sues
For "Damages'
NEW YORK (UPD Heavy
weight contender. Eddie Machen
and James D. Norris' Chicago
Stadium corporation are suing the
principals in Thursday - night's
heavyweight championship bout
for more than a million dollars.
That sum is being asked in fed
eral court as damages for Inge
mar Johansson's failure to give
Machen a return bout before meet
ing heavyweight champion Floyd
Patterson. ,
The suit, which was filed Tues
day, was the second legal action
taken by Machen in .connection
with the alleged return-bout con
tract. Earlier, the Redding, Calif,
fighter had been turned down in
federal court in his request for an
injunction that would forbid Jo
hansson to fight Patterson. '
Machen alleges that Johansson
is bound by a return-bout contract
signed in Goteborg, Sweden, on
Sept. 13, 1958, two days before
Swedish Johansson knocked out
Machen in the first round of their
bout there.
Johansson contended in the ear
lier action that he was not bound
by the' contract- because Edwin
Ahlquist, who signed the pact "on
behalf" of Johansson, had no le
gal right to do so and because it
was signed "under duress."
FAT
OVERWEIGHT
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Nme without a doctor prescrip
tion, our new drug celled ODRI
NEX, You mutt lose ugly fat in
7 day or your money beck. No
mere starvation diet, strenuous
exercise, laxative, massage or
taking of so-called reducing can
die, cracker or cookie, or chew
ing gum. ODRINEX is a tiny tab
let and easily (wallowed. Abso
lutely harmless. When you take
ODRINEX, you (till enjoy your
meal, (till eat the foods you
like, but you (imply don't have
the urge for extra portion be
cause ODRINEX depresses your
appetite and decrease your de
sire for food. Automatically your
weight mutt come down, became
a your own doctor will tell you.
when you eat let, yeu weigh less
Get rid of exces fat and live
longer. ODRINEX I told on this
GUARANTEE: You mutt let
weight, within 7. day or your
money back. Just return the
package to your druggist and get
your full money back. ODRINEX
costs $3.00 and I sold with hl
strict money back euarantee byi
MOON DRUG STORE La Grande
Mall Order Filled.
I WIIUfjl V Vo
means not too cold and not rain
ins. we'll en ahead with the All
Comers meet tomorrow nightUf
scneauieu, said Larry aeucinm,
pool manager, and George Chains
meet director.
Definite - nostnnnement of the
meei win not Be maae umn iucn
tim-, the officials said, and con
testants unit officials are asked
to plan on being on hand for the
start of events at 7 p.m.
A full scale nrneram of individual
and relay swimming events, plus
diving, is scheduled for tne meat,
the first 6f the season for Jhe
pool.
rnniful.-intc mnv enter from any
Ipoint in the valley, and boys and
jirls will swim in their respective
age brackets: 10 and under, u-u,
ia.14 nnH ls.ifi Medlev and frce-
styls relays are limited to 12 and
under and 13-10.
Off Ihoir norfnrmnnCCS last WeeK
against Hermiston the following
swimmers are expected to mreaitn
pool records in the events shown:
Stewart Lundgren-n-12 division
freestyle, backstroke and butterfly.
Steve Fedor 1314 aivisioi.
hrpnutstrnW'
Laurv Dodson 10 and unaer
Hivi.cinn haekntrnke.
Artie Samson 13-H division
freestyle.
Mike Challis 1510 division iree
style. ,
Walker Cup
Stars Vie In
Top NCAA Tilt
, .EUGENE, Ore. (UPD Ward
Weltlaufer and Tommy Aa'on. a
pair of sweet swinging Walker
Cud stars, vie today in the top
match during the third round , of
the NCAA Golf Championsnips, .,
Wettlaufer. of Hamilton, and
aron of Florida, are among 16
players who survived Wednes
day's action in which the field
was pared from 64. . '
Upsets highlighted Wednesday's
play. Both co -medalists from
team champion Houston, Bob
Pratt and Jack Cupit, were elim
inated. I'1
John Konsek. of Purdue. - last
year's runner-up, will meet Dick
Crawford, Houston's only surviv
ing player, in what is touted as
another top match.
Konek had. to go 20 holes be
fore beating Bill Esehesbrenrter
of North Texas State. In his
second match he defeated Tdny
Mnrimon of Houston. 5 and 4.'.
i'Wettlaufer, a finalist two 'years
ago, recorded 2 and 1 victories
over John Dunkin of Oregon State
and. Jim Wright of Oklahoma
State. Aaron edged Tom Garrity
1 up and trounced Chuck Hunter
of Oregon, 6 and 5.
Today's lineup will send Del
Bcman, brother of Dean Bcman
who won. the British Amateur
this year, against Stanford's Ron
Preston. Other matches pit Jack
Luccti, San Jose State vs. Ed
Pearsall, Seattle; Bob Moser,
Georgia vs. Gene Francis, Pur
due: Bob Zimmerman, Duke vs.
Ted Weiss. Yale; Gary Hval,
Oregon vs. Warren Simmons.
Syracuse.
FIGHT RESULTS
United Press International
POHTHCWAL. Wales .Ino TV.
kme, 190'i, Wales, out-pointed
Dick Richardson, 202, England
dOi.
CHICAGO Bobbv Ke.inlnn 131;
San Francisco. nninninivi 11,,;.
Veccialo, 136, Italy (10)
(2,030-PLUS DOUBLE
STANTON. Del (I1PI a
$2,020.80 dnilv rlmihla ,,. 1
ed at Delaware Park Wednesday
u.y mr. uruce 1s73.8Oi.1n the first
race and Miss Cullen ($38.00) in
the second race. H m.nrWui ih
second straight day the daily ddu-
uie nan gone over the thousand
-jonar mark.
FESTIVE
JULY 4 & 5
1
1-10 p.m.
Exhibition
Water Skiing
Horse Drill
BOAT PARADE
Air Show Pageant
Boat Racing
Amateur Water Ski .
Competition t
Free Parking
FIRE WORKS
On Wallula Lake Rt. 730
Near Hermiston &
Hat Rock State Park
Admission by Numbered
Booster Buttons $1.00 & 50c
Ticket at Gate 7Sc & 35e
ach day.
Decathlon Title
ToBeDefended
By Johnson
United Press International
KINGSBURG. Calif. (UPD-The
National A.A.U. Decathlon Cham
pionships get under way here to
night with the title-race wide
nnen after the announcement that
the great Rater Johnson, a home
town boy. will be unable to cony
field of 20 10 25 is 0XPected
to participate in the five events
on tonight's program. Tho other
five events will be staged Friday
niRht-after the sun goes 'down
and the thermometer drops below
the 100 mark. : '?
Johnson, who held- the world's
decathlon record until it was
cracked earlier this year by Rus
sia's Vassily Kuznetsov, was in
jured in an automobile accident
recently. He told meet director
Murl Dodson, his former high
school coach, that he had a pulled
muscle in. his buck and that it
still bolhcred him.'
So the role of favoritism falls
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on a Weil-ueveiu)oj inu. v., n..
Yang, a Formosa student at
UCLA: Dave Edstrom, University
of Oregon, who already has a best
of 7,900; and Mike Herman, New
York Pioneer Club, who nas tal
lied 7,977 points.
"Any or all of these men have
the ability to climb above the
8,000 point mark at this, meet,"
says Dodson.
Other entries include: John Hep-
ncr, Eugene, Ore.; Bob Lawson,
Los Angeles; Bob Pinkerton, Long
Beach. Calif.. Slate; Bruce Sei
tcrt, Redondo Beach, Calif.; Bill
Toomey, University of Colorado;
Juris Laipenieka, Denver Univer
sity; John Moses, Ft. Wayne,
Intl., Athletic Club: Tom Wad
dell, Springfield. Mass., College;
William Besulieu, U.S; Army.
" Robert Giombetti, Murray State
College, Kentucky; Jack Kuhns,
Matawan, N.J.: Dixon Farmer,
Orinda, Calif.; Paul Herman, Ca
noga park, Calif. ; Bill Urban,
New York Athletic Club; Richard
Wortruba, Holy Cross; Phil Mul
key, Memphis Track Club; Robert
Crawford, Muncie, Ind., and Reg
inald Carolan, University of Idaho.
The National A.A.U. rules com
mute has announced liiui Johnson
would be eligible to compete in
the meet against Russia at Phila
delphia July 18-19; and in the
Pan-American Games at Chicago
Aug. 29-30 without competing in
the A.A.U. meet.
The winner of the national
crown here will accompany John
son to Philadelphia; and the win
ner and runner-up here will com
pete with Johnson at the Pan
American games.
Scarilon Decisions
Italian In TV Tilt'
CHICAGO (UPD Italy's Mario
Vecchiato had no anoloeies for
defeat today, but he said that
Bohbv Scanlon heat "nnlv hnlr n
fighter" in racking up a 10 round
decision Wednesday night.' :
It was the first loss ofter 18
straight wins for the Udine, Italy,
battler, making his Amerte.in do.
but, and he didn't quibble with
me ouicial s scoreboards, each
holding him two points below his
conqueror, who won his aird
match in 37 pro fights.
"11 was just a matter of cli
mate and water nnrt rlifroront
styles," Vecchiato said through
an interpreter. "
CARDS SIGN DITTRICH
CHICAGO (IfPI 1 Tl... rUi.,n
Cardinals have signed guard John
Dittrich of Wisconsin to n NK9
contract. Dittrirh i-cuinllt, ic.
charged from military service,
"as e ciuo s sixtn draft choice
in 1956.
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