Tha Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Wodnosdar, July 3, 18309
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J By Jljn McIIale t
A biasing Fourth of July inn
beat down on a dusty track at
the 1950 Ten Relays cot under
way at the Oreson Stats Peni
tentiary. The boys pat on quite
an enjoyable ahow for both them
selves; and the numerous out
eiders that were lucky enough to
attend. . - r
Thai annual event wai divided
In two sections as track and field
ruled the nomine activities and
a power packed boxlnj; card filled
names turned up time and again
fat the first three places of most
of the track events. Althouch the
events listed in the, meet are not
all standard equipment of hlfh
school and college track variety
they never-the-less allowed fun
and entertainment for younr and
old alike as a great share of the
boys entered into the games.
There was certainly no Ion of
interest as the fisticuff gladiators
climbed into the ring after a brief .
intermission for chow. The high
lights of the rlni battles came in
the opening boats as little Johnny
Shaver layed the leather to Bob
by Stafford and gained himself a
five dollar prise for the first KO
of the afternoon.
. The big thrill of the afternoon,
came when Dick Abney KO'd
Johnny Flore in the final bout
of the day. Dick is said to have
shown a world of flstlo improve
ment as he walked off with the
top honors by defeating the pro
fessionally renown Floret and col
lectlnf himself twenty dollars for
"Best Fighter of the Day" award.
All tn all the beys proved once
more thai (here lies a world of
talent behind "them prison wans."
The day-long extravaganza is
an annual event installed at the
penitentiary by Warden George
Alexander and his aids. The parti
cipants, both in the track and box
lng events, had been looking for
ward for months to the day.
Numerous prises, donated from
various persons and organizations
around the state, went to the as
piring athletes. CI rare tea. candles
and other inside-the-walls delica
cies were Included in the prise
list.
The events took place tn the
newly enlarged prison yard.
Track and field results:
100 Yard Low Hurdles, Bailey.
Tug of War, Garage Dormitory
Treaties. Greased Pole Fight.
Hard. Standing Broad Jump, Pal
mer. 69 Yard Dash, Johnson. High
Jump, Mlchoff and Brooks. Three
Lerged Race. McPhearson and
CaddelL Pie Eating- Contest, Mil
ler. Centipede Race, Glen. Wil
son's team. Shoe Barrel Race. Glen
Wilson., 100, Yard Dash; Johnson.
Human Wheelbarrow race, Bailey
and Johnson. Old Men's Race, E.
J. Morrison. Colored Men's Kaee.'
McClond. Lifer's Race, Plondex
Jtr. Wheelbarrow Race,' Ban and
Palmer. 229 Yard Dash, 8 peer.
Sack Race, Biggins. Fat Man's
Race, Stratton. Juvenile Race, Ste
vens, 440 Yard Dash. Carskadden.
Half Mile Relay, Bailey Team.
Mounted Gladiators, McCann and
Palmer. Leap Frog Race, Punchy
Bailey's Yard Office Team. Mile
Race Agullar.
Boxing results: .
In the three round lightweight
frellminaries It was Bench over
lelds, dee,; Shaver over Stafford
in a 1st round KO: Padilla ever
Contreras. dee.; NeweU over Con
ner, dee. In the four round welter
weight boots It was Bo ul wart over
Valdes by a TKO in the first
round; Forsythe ever Kimball,
dee.; Evans ever Tucker, dee. In
the semi-final welterweight di
vision it was Parrot ever Hoover
la a dee.. The main event was a
twin bill with "Speedy" Ay era
bowing to Doyle McCann In a six
round dee. In the bottom half it
was Dick Abney over Johnny
Flores in the fourth of 4 sched
uled six rounder.
years. A gala holiday crowd of
13,000 turned out for the inaug
ural of i the new Centennial park
plant and saw Torello, owned by
Mrs. J. W. Marchbanks of Wal
nut Creek, Calif, win the $5,000
added feature race. ;
ANDERSON VICTOR
SAN FRANCISCO, July
Greta Anderson, Denmark's cham
pion Olympic , swimmer, today
stroked to an easy 1 minute, S sec
ond victory In the San rrandecV
all-city 100-yard free-stylo race)
for women.
DENVER OPENS RACING
DENVER, July 4 -(VP)- In the
luxurious srrondlngs of a
$2,500,000 track, Colorado welcom
ed back major thoroghbred rac
ing today after a lapse of J3
ine aiiernoon. xne names, osucy,
Speer end Johnson kept the at
tention of the track fans as their
Stock Cars to
l Holly-Bowl Racing Program
Stock car racing, never before
held on ths quartermlle paved
strip here, will be next on the
nrnprnm at Hollywood BowL The
big meet, expected to be laden with
thrills Inasmuch as such big buzz
buggies will be banging away at
each! other on such a small track,
will take place the coming Satur
day night Time trials will start
at 8 .o'clock end, as In other types
of racing held here, trophy dash,
heat races and main events will
follow. "
The sponsoring Valley Sports
ters and sectioning Northwest
Stock Car association have not yet
determined how long the Class A
main event will be, but will make
that 1 announcement within the
next day or two. Also, the num-
will be made known. i
Elliott, who drove to victory In
the recent Mexican cross-country
classic, will drive in the races Sat
urday. McGriff is expected to be
at the wheel of the same Oldsmo
bile In which he and Elliott cop
ped the rich Mexican champion
ship. "
Hudson, Fords, 01dsmobiles,
Chevrolet, Bulcks and just about
all other popular makes of cars
wilt have their licks in the meet.
None will be "souped up" or spec
ially geared as are midgets and
hot rods. Stock cars are strictly
what the name implies, but fen
ders, lights, bumpers, windshields
and other such non-mechanical
accessories as those will not be
Included on the cars.
McGriff and Elliott were among
those who gave a brief demonstra
tion of stock car racing here last
Saturday during the roadster pro
gram. The exhibition made a big
hit with the packed stands and In
dicated that a full field of racing
stocks can do Just what stock car
men insist, "provide the top racing
thrills possible."
) Hard to figure why an outfield
er so endowed with talent as
Joe DiMartio is shifted to first
base "for the rood of the club."
A lot of guys can play first base
as I well or better than Joe but
none of 'em can touch him at
patrolling the middle patch. Dif
ficult to figure how Casey Sten
re) figures to sain by removing
the' DiMacsio renins from his
garden crew. One factor which
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' HANK SINGER
i Remtmbcr the Steinbeck DoeUT
enters in is possibility that may
be J5-year-old : Joe la slowing
p badly
That Inevitable Moment
This is a time of mental tor
ment for the Clipper. The sad
and Inevitable moment for any
great batting star comes when
he is dropped that niche down in
, the lineup., That is the indica
tion that the reflexes aren't what
they once were, that is the in-
: dicstlon that the club is losing .
confidence. Slumps are slumps
I and an established walloper like
DIMag has bad 'em. But he has
always rested in that clean-up
slot, be he in the doldrums or
knocking the f enees down. Ills '
boot down one notch is an in
dication that the bow-out -may
1 be on the horizon. . . .
One of the biff Items which
impressed Hugh McCain, States
man back-shop foreman, when he
recently sat in on some major
league baseballinr back east was
the speed of Jackie Robinson. The
Brooklyn second-sacker was Just
all over the place says Hugh. . , .
Will Slow Stuff Do It?
Stopper? That is what the South
Salem Merchants hope one Leon.
Mlckenham will be to the Salem
Supper elab winning streak when
the outfits have a return clash
soon. The Merchants base their
hopes en BfJckenham's slow
pitching style as compared to
the swift stuff the unbeaten Sap
permen have been familiar with
Jo daej . i I
Qemember Dent Day ?
Speaking of Softball and ehang--lng
times, a flashback recalls
those stellar hill duels flank
Singer and Sammy Steinbeck en
gaged in back in the 30's back
ia the years when softball was
truly a major sport ef the vi
cinity. .'. . Neither was a pin
wheeler, both of 'em employed
the underhand delivery which
was the common thing then
Sammy could whoosh that ball
in there. Hank could all but make
that ball talk with the stuff he
put on 'er. ... Many a duel the
two had In the midst of the hot
test two-club rivalry which ever
developed on the local softy
front. Yep, when the Pades and
the Parkers tangled well, broth
er, you couldn't find a seat. . .
Would Be Nice
Wonder when someone or sev
eral someones are rolng to ret
the ball rolling for a snappy,
star-luring tourney here such as
the annual $1500 Pendleton Open.
. . . Would be a nice fixture for
the, local links front in the dog
days of summer. But the little
matter of financing rears its ucly
head. ... In answer to a query
as to who is this Joe Blow who
is leading the City softballers in
hlttlnr we say: "Now haven't you
ever seen that face before?" . . .
One of the rougher outflelding
Jobs around Is trying to grab
those high flies which boom into
the llghta and out to left field at
the Leslie grounds.
Up Again But
With war talk abounding here
and there, the major leaguers
must figure, "What's the use."
This is the year In which the
big-time has. according to re
ports, finally attained the pre
war level. Weeding out the guys
who were pseudo and putting a
solid basis to the loops with bona
fide major league material took
a good five years. Gives the lads
grounds for worry. . . . Who
knows, might have even the St.
Louis Browns winning another
pennant. ...
Soelberg After Car
A Salem plnsman had the nerve
to -snatch a brand new car in
that Portland tourney last spring
and now it might be vice versa.
Top firer in the Capitol alleys
meet which also carries a cars as
top prise Is Portland's Jack Soel
berg. Jack slammed a 695 scratch
and a 709 with handicap. He must
also get across the finals barrier
in September but he looks like
he is .determined. ... About
sixty have tried their luck in the
tourney thus far. ...
Rodeo Goin Strong
' Get to thinking of the guy
seme years ago who opined ro
deos would soon be going- the
way ef the old wild west shows
; meaning OCT. Wonder what the
a aoa a a I
same rent nss oeen uunxing lor
the past half-dosen July 4ths
when you have rodeos here and
rodeos there. Every succeeding
4th seems to brin more of 'em
. ... It would seem the saga ef
the six-shooter and the lariat is
far, from dead . . . . New if
bosses and a place to romp 'em
were as available to the kiddles
as balls and bats the rodeo in
dustry would assuredly have a
solid future. . . .
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