Death-Claims Fabulous
Jim Thorpe at Age 64;
Heart Attack is Fatal
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LOS ANGEtES (fl Jim!
Thorpe, one of the nation's . freat
all-around - athletes of a bygone
era, died Saturday of a heart at
tack. Thorpe, 64, suffered the attack
In his trailer at suburban Lomita.
A fire department rescue squad
futilely attempted to revive him.
Thorpe, the famed Carlisle In
dian, was an - almost legendary
figure in the sports world. In the
early years of this centrury he
distinguished himself as a great
football player.- .
And in the 1912 Olympic Games
at Stockholm he won fame as the
createst all-round track and field
performer of his day. He .won both
the decathlon and pentatnion.
Thorpe wcs eating a meal in his
trailer with his wife, Patricia,
when he collapsed.
1 Her screams brought a neighbor,
Colby Bradshaw. running. He ad
ministered artificial i" respiration
squad arrived. '
until a fire department rescue
Firemen said that for a moment
during artificial respiration, Thorpe
regained,, consciousness and
seemed to recognize his wife, then
sliDoed away.
Three years ago in an Associat
ed Press poll, sports writers voted
Thorpe as the greatest male ath
lete in the first half of this cen
tury. . '
After making Walter Camp's
Alt-American team for two years
as a sensational runner.- kicker
and passer at Carlisle Pa.) Iff
dian Institute, in 1911 and 1912, he
played professional football and
baseball for 15 years. For six
years he was in the big leagues.
But in the autumn of his life he
met 'economic reverses.-In 1951 it
was revealed that he was Cat
KmtrA anI a -charity rase - in
v Philadelphia hospital. Hie had un
dergone surgery there lor removal
of a 1id cancer.
Various movements, were started
to aid him. Baseball raised a sub
stantial sum. A group of sports
men and businessmen organized
tfie Fair Play for Thorpe Commit
tee.
His fabulus career was depicted
In a movie, "Jim Thorpe, Ail-
American. . - r
Dies
JIM THORPE
Heart attack fatal.
Thorpe's Son
At Chemawa
CHEMAJ7A One of the four
sons of Jim Thorpe, who died Sat
urday, is a student at Chemawa
Indian School. He is John Thorpe,
15. a sophomore and second
stringer on this season's Chemawa
basketball team.
His older brother, Richard, 18,
joined the Navy two years ago
after starring on the Chemawa
football team. Two other sons of
Thome are now in Korea.
: The great athlete had never vis
ited Chemawa. His son, John, last
visited with his father in Califor
nia last summer.
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cleaning out a newspaper sports department in preparing to move it.
Old letters, pictures, books, phone-numbers, pamphlets, etc, can stack
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Seattle liked
For Flag Yin
Beavers Placefl 2nd
In Guessing Effort
By RTJSS NEWLAND
SAN FRANCISCO W Pacific
Coast League baseball gets under
way Tuesday for its 51st season.
- The bis cuessine contest is going
full blast. Everybody wants to
know the .winner of this years
basehit derby.
This . corner can't say for sure
but here's one prediction: Holly
wood won't repeat The Stars lost
too many good players, including
two pitchers who between them
won 39 games last season.
The crystal ball shows this is l
going to be a Northern year. It
looks like Seattle in the top spot
and Portland right behind.
Seattle, winner in 1951, appears
to be coming up with a well bal
anced club. Bill Sweeney1 should
be the manager who receives the
biff salute.
Portland, on paper, seems xoi
need only one more outfielder. The
team was off to a slow start last
season but finished strong for skip
per Clay Hopper.
We pick them to, finish in this
order:
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Annual Sports Show Opens Two-Day Run at Armory:
Squad to Face
3 Weeks Work
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1 Seattle
2 Portland
3 Hollywood'
4 Oakland
5 Los Angeles
6 San Diego
7 San Francisco
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Oakland I Advance guard of an expected record crowd began seeping Into the
s&lem Armorr ahortly after 1 son. Saturday as the third annual
Salem Izaak Walton League Sports Show got under way. Visitors
from faraway points In the Willamette Valley were on hand along
with many local sportsmen. All were getting a first hand glimpse
Seattle
Portland
San Diego
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Sacramento
of 1953 outdoor merchandise covering Just about everything from
cork bobbers to new model glass boats. Don (Chief) Smith of Hub
bard (right), offers variety as it full dressed paleface. - Today prom
ises to be a full turnout day for the fish-hunt happy who want to
beat their wives to the Easter Hat department.
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dozen years.
During those 12 years we've re
served a desk drawer for nothing
other than special letters we've
received from time to time.and
perhaps a few excerpts from same
will suffice as today's columnistic
.effort. Have a look:
"April 20, 1945. Dear Mr. Light
ner: If that was aiems secon
string that we played April
where was their first team? It
surely wasn't sitting on the bench.
It is our belief or idea that you
can't take a beating from a small
er and less important team. It isn't
much of a feather in Salem's hat,
is it? Your article was full of no
thing but alibis for the so-called
Salem second string. We don't
think It shows very good sporcs- luke CROSSWHITE
man ship on the part of the sports nj, gifning was explosive.
editor. Very truly yours, (Signed) . , ,
TT-i-i9n ntpr DareW Satern ' Bud Kemper. Dale Krug, De Wayne
Johnson, Ralph Steffen, Dale Bennett, Oarenco Byer, Dick Bier, Tom
Hartley, The SilVerton Baseball Team.".. f " - y ' "i - .
(We might add that this one came via special delivery and that
our fingers burned for two days aner opening xuj .. -
"November 12, 1944. Dear Al: Your controversy with Dick Strite
f En rene recarding a football game between Salem High and Eu-
fron. m lana nrovided the excuse lor these few lines. The game was
played here in Salem on WU field November 7, and was won by
Salem 6-0. The Salem team was composed as follows: Ends, Pappy
-.h snri Vm Kay? Tackles. Holly Hollingsworth and Allan Bellin
ger. Guards, Herb Savage and Doc Leon Barrick. Center, Chuck Eyre.
Quarterback, Cliff Farmer. Halfbacks, Johnny Parsons and Toots
TJi.rHcnn Fs,iv,ark "An eel Face" Hunt. Coach. Chauncey Bishop.
Wo had four subs, Tubby Hofer, Kady Roberts, Cliff Smith and
Meyers. Parsons is the same one that played on the famous Oregon
Tr,'ri tam with Hollv Huntinzton later on. On the-Eugene team
was the famous Fats Bailey at tackle. When they gave him the ball
on a tackle around play the only way to stop him was for a man to
tackle each leg and hope the rest of the team could shove him over.
Very truly yours, Charles . Juyre. r i .
Sac Played Camp Adair Here in 1943
June 11, 1943. Dear Al: We have Just been advised that the
Army has ordered a Pullman for us and that we will arrive In
Salem at 3:55 pjn. in time for the game with Camp Adair. Win
. you contact Jack Knott and advise him we will have 21 men with
baggage, and also three trunks. We are looking forward to play
ing the Tlmberwolves in Salem. Signed, Ken Penner, Manager,
Sacramento Baseball Club
"April 1, 1943: Hello Al: Just a line to say hello. Have met a lot
f mlfers here, some of them great ... Drop me a line about the
bowling in Salem, and also the golf. Signed, Pvt. : Walter M. Cline
Cntnn Crowder. Mo. : ,
"Ancnict 5 1943: Dear Al: I have been doing fine this season.
Have been in every inning. Not bad for an old' man... Bet you missed
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Seattle gets the call on overall
strength. It has good pitching al
though lacking in depth. Vera
Kindsfather and Al Widmar, reli
able right handers, should be
mainstays. .
Jim Davis and Cliff Scroggins,
the latter purchased from the Red
Sox via Louisville, figure to hold
up the southpaw end. Bill Evans,
bought from Oakland, and Art Del
Duca, a holdover, will help.'
The infield and catching are
solid. The outfield is o. k.
Ray Orteig, from San Francisco
in a trade will bolster the catching.
Gordon Goldsberry, first base
man purchased from the St. Louis
Browns last week, should make the
infield click defensively. If he hits,
the offense should be adequate.
Artie Wilson at . second, Leo
Thomas at third, and Merril
Combs, with Cleveland last year,
should round out a winning com
bine. I NEW YORK () Vfflanova's tho
The Seattle outfield has sharp Larry Hennessey and Richie Re-
eft handed batting power in Walt gan of Seton Hall displayed bril-
Judnich, Jack Tobin and George bant second - half shooting to
Schmees, the latter from the Red spark the East to a 72-54 victory
over the West Saturday night in
14 Tho Statesman. ScJom, Prow Sunday. March 29. 1953
Hoiibregs Stars With 1 7 Points
Eastern Cagers ESadt Up
72-54 Win Over West
Sox after a 1951 whirl with Holly
wood. Clarence Maddern is a right
handed hitting veteran.
Portland has plenty of pitching
strength, experienced catchers and
probably the best defensive infield
in the league.
It may be tough to get them
through Hank Arft at first, Eddie
Basinski at second, Frank Austin
at short and Don Egbert at third.
The outfield is the weakest part
of. the Portland club.
SBC to
Series Films "'
The Salem Breakfast. Club will
view moving pictures of the 1952
World Series as the feature item
for Monday morning's meeting atf
the Senator Hotel, it has been an
nounced. Salem Senators Business
Manager Deke Walker has secured
the official series films.
Club President Bill Phillips an-
Table of Coastal Tides1
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Kansas Runner
Tops in Meet
West 45' Wins
InKGtyMix
KANSAS CITY tf The West,
led by the great all-around play
of Kansas State's little Botr Rou-sey,-
defeated the . East all-stars
91-77 Saturday night in the second
annual basketball game played for
the benefit of the Shrinerr Crippled
Children Hospitals.
Rousev scored 26 points to lead
tho scoring. Dick Kaufman of
Kansas State took runnerup honors
with 21. Mike McCutcheon, scrap
py captain oi ute university oi
ashington team, contriDUted six.
It was a real contest until the
seventh all - star game for
the Herald- Tribune Fresh Air
Fund at Madison Square Garden.
The triumph scored before 17,-
187 fans gave the East a 4-3 edge
in the series and broke the West's
two game victory skein.
Trailing at halftime, 31-30, the
East came to life in the third
stanza to completely outclass the
scrappy Westerners.
Regan, who was voted
games outstanding
notched 10 points in the thud per
iod as the East pulled out in front,
51-44. Hennessey took over in the
fourth session and tallied 11 points
for the victors,
Bob Houbregs, Washington's AH-
GREENSBORO. N. C. Sam
Snead put together a pair of two
under par 33s Saturday to increase
AriTw hnt Xt t,r is Greensboro Open golf tourna
America hook shot artist, starred f , j tn ctmUo At th
for the West with 17 points. Hen- K Jf.S. StrokeS "
nessey topped the East with 15 f. sinhr. Rorin. W.
Va., slammer tacked four under
par 68 onto Friday's 67 for 133 and
a two-stroKe leaa over na v ror&y
AUSTIN. Texas W Slender,
chop-striding Wes Santee, the run-
ningest machine ever to step on w -onWhSted
K-.n tn domination of tho twen- Washington team, contributed
- i t m a vAtti AAntaet ifnni rnsi
:1LL tUl earW minutesCof IsMite
M HIll-UUl CV iWU UU1S iULJ I .U " TIT ,
2JJZ lr.t::Ji University of Illinois, with 16
of the big cindar path carnival.
thus had a hand in four winning
team performances. Two of the
teams set records one a world's
mark and the other an American
standard.-- -- .
And all the boy from the wheat
country did was: "
1. Run a mile In 4:06.7.
2. Run an 880 in 1:49.4.--
3. Run another 880 in 1:51.9.
4. Run another mile in 4:19.2.
points, made it a goaMor-goal con
test and was behind only one point
at the intermission 43-44.
Beavers Down
Navy Team 5-0
GLENDALE. Calif. (Mi The
Pnrflarwl Ttoaver easily defeated
His individual efforts contributed North Island Navy Sky Raid-
most to one of the record-smash-
ingest of relays. During the two
days of the meet, five records fell
and two were tied.
ers 6-Q in an exniDiuon paseoau
game here Saturday.
Lefty Jehosie Heard, who opened
for Portland, limited the Navy
team to three hits. Lyman Linde,
who pitched the final three in
nings, gave un four.
: Heard also was top hitter for
Portland. In two times at bat he
collected two singles, one of which
PHILADELPHIA HI Ike WO-lin the second inningbrought in
liams. former lightweight cham- j two runs. Portland scored one
num fmm Trenton. N. J.. won a I more run in the third and two
iinanimmi rioricfah npr vie Car-lmore in the sixth.
delL Hartford. Conn., welter. Sat-1 General Manager Bill Garbarino
urday nieht In their 12-round bout reported that - Portland Has pur-
t th chased Outfielder Bob Moniz from
wniiatn mrtwpftrhpd Card ell bv 1 Victoria of the Western Interna-
fbur pounds at 152. " 1 Itkmal League.
Williams Punches
Out RingjVictory
Neyland Out
With Ailment
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (JP)
Gen. Bob Neyland said Satur
day he has a liver ailment
which will keep him out of the
football ranks indefinitely.
The veteran University of
Tennessee athletic director
footbaU coach returned Friday
night from the Army's Walter
Reed Hospital In Washington
where he said a mysterious ill
ness -which had forced him to
give vp coaching had been
diagnosed aa a "moderate im
pairment of the liver."
The 61-year-old Neyland re
tired from his coaching Job la
January for the 1953 season. He
was succeeded by backiieia
coach Harvey Robinson, his
chief assistant
Big Race Won
By Early Mist
Snead Clings
hB To Golf Lead
Luby Optimistic on
Eve of Training Run
CALISTOGA, CaL - (Special)
The Salem Senators open theiy
1953 spring training run at the
Fairgrounds here Monday room?
ing, the "second straight year. th
club has tuned up for its Western
International League games at
Caiistoga. --.-. ' -; 4
. Manager . Hugh Luby, atartin
his third season as skipper of the
Senators, will call the roll at 10 ?
ajn; Monday. The weather hai
been sunny and warm lately, anJ
the forecast is "fair" for the next
few days. . - v .
Optimistic over" the forth com
ing season, after his; lengthy
swing through the Coast Leagu
training camps the ' past ethref .
weeks, Luby expects to have
"about twentjr players on nana
Monday, t A number win d
rookies. ,
Play Game Thursday . -
The Salems won't have mucn
time before their first exhibition
game, which Is slated for next
Thursday, April 2, with Ppcateild,
of the Pioneer League. The gam
is to be played here. Salem will
then launch a "Grapefruit
League" slate of 10 games wiut
the Pocatello, Victoria and Van
couver clubs which art training
in this area. : -. ' .
The Senators are scheduled to
stay here untli April 17 when they
head for Salem. An April 19 game
is slated at Silverton, and on.
April 20 tho Salems play San
Diego's Padres at Salem. The WHi
season opens at Salem April z.
Luby continues to have contract
troubles with Pitchers Bob Col
lins and Jack Hemphill, and
Shortstop Gene Tanselli, all Sa
lem ' regulars last season. Tho
manager expects all three to be
on hand during the first wees ox
drills, however.
Signed and Ready
Those - signed and ready for
Monday's turnout include Pitch
ers Bill Bevens, Wayne Rick and
Jim McGhee, the latter a rookie
recommended by Detroit scout,
Bernie DeViveiros;, Infielderi
Connie Perez, Dick Sabatini and
AINTREE, England 1 Early
Mist, an Irish eeldinir who fell
at the first fence last year, won Fred Keller and Outfielders Lei
the 107th running of the Grand
National Steeplechase in the mist
and rain Saturday by an astonish
ing zo lengths
A wildly cheering crowd of 250..
000 saw Mont Tremblant literally
stagger nome a gallant second in
the world's sternest test for jump
ers under top weight of 173 pounds
17 more than Early Mist car
ried. Irish Lizard ran third, four
lengths behind. ,
Only five horses out of a starting
field of 31 finished the gruelling
four-mile, 856-yard grind over 30
Witherspoon and BUI Nelson,
Rookie Lou Scrivens of Salem will
also be on hand, and may be
forced to do all the club's catch
ing inasmuch as the Senators
haven't a receiver on hand.
Bob Nelson," the , Senators'. No.
1 catcher last year is still with
Sacramento and Art Thrasher, the
No. 2 maskman of 1952 has an
nounced his retirement from pro
ball.
Luby expects player help to
arrive from the San Diego and
Sacramento dubs, and possibly
of the worst Jumps in steeplechas- from San Francisco also. DeVivi-
ing. Overshadow came in fourth
and Senlac Hill fifth.
All others spilled and two of
tnem. Cardinal Error and Para
sol H, were so seriously injured
they had to bo destroyed. Jockey
Jerry Foster, who fell aboard
Baire, suffered a broken collar
bone.
This Is the race which deter
mines the winners in the giant
Irish Hospital Sweepstakes. .
Early Mist covered the course in
9:21 2-5. one and a fifth -second
eros intends supplying the Sena
tors with some help, Just as ho
did last year when he was instru
mental in the club's landing ox
Pitchers Collins, Ted Edmunds
and Bud Francis.
The Senators will headquarter
at the FiorJD Italia Hotel while
in Calistoga.:
HOOP TITLE WON
The Ted Chambers Junior Hi-
Y Club basketball team won the
off the record, to win $26,407. plus YMCA Junior HI - Y basketball
a.uu silver irnnnv rnr imw, uaimuaj. wumiuu
and Regan and his Seton Hall
teammate. All - America .Walter
Dukes, each had 13 points.
mp i tL tmiflSrnft Oliver of Palm Springs. Calif., go
times in the first quarter with the , . . cnH,. sftjmia winrfim.
West leading at the end of the
period, 19-16. Midway in the sec
ond session, Earle Markey of Holy
Cross put the East ahead, 25-24,
ing into Sunday's 36-hole windup.
Oliver had 67 today to retain sec
ond place, although dropping an
other stroke back
T-. v;J .1... with 1U mam TVmr
with a pivol : shot. The East held Fo HaSon; N Y"", who
-t5 matched Snead's '66 Saturday.
gave the Westerners their half-
time advantage.
The East was coached by Seton
Hall's Honey Russell, who guided
his South Orange, N. J., club to
the National Invitation Tourna
ment championship. Branch Mc-
Cracken of . Indiana's NCAA title-
holders, piloted Mhe Westerners.
ci: t i u..-wK.ff
teammate at Washington, dropped Salem X LiOSGS
m inree oi xne west s neia goais, i r
and Chet Noe of Oregon contribut- In n inn I I .Infih
ed a field goal and a free throw. x,"lrt-.VrtB.
Three players had 137 to tie for
fourth place, four strokes back of
Snead. They were xrea wampier,
former- National Intercollegiate
champion from Indianapolis; Art
Wall Jr.; the hole-in-one artist
from Pocono Manor. Pa., and Skee
Riegel, Tulsa, Okla., a former Na
tional - Amateur champion.
The east was etc. 7th graf pvs.
Atkinson Loses
In Golf Tourney
PALO ALTO, Calif. W Ken
Venturi, San Jose State, Saturday
captured the Northern California
Intercollegiate golf championship
by edging Fred Brown of . Stan
ford on the 19th bole. :
Earlier in the day in semi-final
matches, Venturi eliminated Rob
ert Atkinson ' of- Oregon five and
four while Brown was ousting Bill
Krause of San Jose State, three
and one. - ' '
Salem's entry in the National
YMCA tournament at High Point,
N. C Saturday lost its consola
tion flight final with the Buffalo,
N. Y- basketball team by the
score of 75-68. Accounts of the
game, along with the big score,
were not made available. '
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Lead Ski Meet
OGflEN. Utah H) Universitv
of Utah skiers snared first places
in ine aownmii and slalom events
of the National Intercollegiate ski
cnampionsmps Saturday . but
Washington State College held a
narrow lead in the point tabula-
.Hons.
Denver University's Marvin
Crawford whipped across the soft,
slushy snow in 1 minute 44.2 sec
onds to win the slalom event, but
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Utes team honors. .
-Dick Mitchell of Utah sped ;to
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