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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1953)
Don ?irJilDfD.IBsiS &0 E5q Making Like Dive-Bomber v-:. :. , , ' , ". "-' - :.v..::v;j,:--:.--- X v; :J. -4 -iff "4 . - The Joie Chitwood Ante DartdeTils' Gold Star unit is U appear at Salem's Hollywood Bowl Mnday siif ht, and this is. but one of the uany crash thrill to b sepplied by the world' greatest eollec- .. tioa of ctunt men in the two-hour show. (See story below.) At Holly-Boicl fonday Night . . . Rhonda Royce Included In Cliitivood Thrill lee ilhonda Rcryce, the only woman daredevil with the gold, stir unit, will be seen in action here at the Hollywood Bowl when the Original Joie Chitwood Auto Daredevils come to Salem on Monday night at 8:30 p.m. Rhonda Royce, featured in the battering ram act. was born In Birmingham. Eng land, the daughter of a clergy man. At a very early age Rhon da rebelled against the necessi ty of a strict social education and became the partner of a knife thrower in traveling vud- ville troupe. Eventually this troupe toured America and Was billed at the same fair present ing the Chitwood Daredevils Here Rhonda, because of her natiral daring, requested a trial test, and was selected as a daredevil by the Joie Chitwood group.? As well as Rhonda Royce, the Joie Chitwood tournament! of thrills will feature such famous atunt drivers as Harry Woolman of Hollywood, California; Pete Lindeman of New Ulm, Mirfhe aota; Jimmy Williams of Dallas, Texas; Francois PreFontaine of Montreal; Art Noble of Harris burg, Pennsylvania; and many others. The Salem performance fill (resent such stunts as crash rol ing automobiles end-over-end: at 60 miles an hour; the flying head- on crash; the famous ramp-to- j ramp jump; motorcycle broad jumps; hell driving; precision drivnig; and many others mak ing a total of 30 spectacular stunts during the two hour Chitwood show. The Gold Star drivers appear ing here ! on Monday with the Chitwood tournament of thrills will be driving : hard for points in order to be one of the stUnt men to enter the I.S.A. finals at Detroit in September. These finals are composed of high point stuntmen throughout the globe, and the winners of the four-day finals in any particular event re ceive a gold trophy and a! divi sion of $25,0001 in prize monies awarded by the I.JLA. (Interna tional Stuntmens Association)! Almost every day, or week, I or month, a new stunt, troupe lis launched and most are headed by ex-Chitwood men who hive been trained under the Chitwood banner.. 1 Competition is a basic ingredient In the ; American: for mula, and the competition is ken, but the Chitwood troupe has' con stantly dominated the scoring! in the International Stuntmens; sociation competition., j -t Ducks' Profit Hits $30,490 EUGENE tf) University of Oregon's athletic department made a net profit ol $30,490 for the 1952-53 fiscal year, J a financial statement disclosed Saturday. Income totaled $302,453 and ex penses $26.606. with a capital out lay of $3,353 for the first section Field baseball field. - For the first time in years, foot ball and baseball operated at a loss but basketball showed a profit of $12,707. Other deficit sports were tennis, golf, track an9 swimming. Most of the profit represented Oregon's $34,279 share , from re ceipts of the Rose Bowl tootoau game last January. Grid Officials Meet Tuesday . The annual OregonHigh Schools Activities Association football examination and clinic is to be rendered Tuesday night at the Salem Senior High School, starting at eight o'clock. Oden Hawes, assistant secre tary of the Association is to be in charge of the meeting. All officials who intend work ing high school football games the coming season must take the examination and become certified officials. Hawes will install similar clin ics and exams at Eugene August 12, Corvallis August 13, Tillamook August 14, Coos Bay August 17, Roseburg August 18, Medford August 19, Klamath Falls August 20 and Bend August 21. The Portlanders will undergo their exam September 8. aft M Field of Seven Set for Start " Slo-Mo V Expected To Be Among Entries By JACK HE WINS SEATTLE wn The wild men of the waters will bold their an nual Gold Cup convention Sunday afternoon on Lake Washington, and any .delegate who catches the at one. become high chief of the speedboat world. Shell take a lot of catching. Twice holder and present defend er of the Gold Cup. the Slo-mo-fo' qualified for the race at 107.5 miles per hour and no other entrant came within '10 m. p. h. of that time. Joe Taggart of Detroit will be sturdy old Slo-Mo-Sbua IV will at the helm of the Seattle-owned champion when the delegates come out for the first 30-mile heat at 2:05 p. m.. Pacific Standard Time. The second heat will start at 4:03 and the last at 6:03. Each heat calls for eight trios : around tne oval course. With the clock creeping toward the deadline, five boats had quali fied at better than 90 miles per hour and twe more were fighting troubles to get is 'shape 'for the race. Slo-mo-shun V, sister craft of the IV, ripped out her bottom when her propeller broke during a warm up run. Crews have been working around the clock to get her ready an last word from the boat works said the V might be back in the water by late Saturday evening. The Gold Cuj. committee re laxed the rules to permit her to qualify on race day Sunday morning. Tne ruling also gave an -j . . ; 1 m . - -Boo! i hi ; : ' ' " " 1 - s j t i - - ; ; ; I i ; Statosxncm. Salem. Ore, Sunday, Auejl 9. 1 833 Coc 1 V 7 Winner Gets Mix With St o jack . . i .O'-Eiilay-fflael" Tuesdays Irish Jaxk OUney and The Masked: Marvel, the bicepping burlies who made! with the big maynem at tne Armory last Tues day night, and got so engrossed in it on the floor and under the ring that both were disqualified by the referee, clash again Tues day night in what should be quite a rematch. Tha mix will cap Matchmaker Elton Owen's mat; card, and in order to avoid a repetition of last week's no-decision ending, Owen will nave two referees handling the chores in the rematch. They'll let tne . gladiators go at it full speed so long as it's in the ring. They'll no doubt go full speed. for the prise for Tuesday's winner is a crack at Frank Stojack and the Coast junior, heavy mat title belt' he's owned so long. Frank will be here August 18, me week from Tuesday night, and his opponent will be either O'Riley or the MarveL Anticipating one of the rougher melees of the year, Owen warns those who don't- like the real slam-bango part of the' game to remain at home. "This one will be a rough one and I mean rough," offers the maestro. Johnny Henning and Greg Jarque will clash in the sem windup mix in what should be touch and go scientific sort Henning downed George Drake here last week and Jarque, clever Spaniard, held Mr. Sakata to a draw, i : J Tuesday's 8:30 o'clock com mencer will put Jack (Tiger! Kiser a'galnst Sakata. Kiser stilt holds the Coast lightheavy title belt but it won't be at stake against the Jap Judo star. Sakata will outweigh the cat-like Kiser almost 20 pounds. !. The two referees likely will be Harry Elliott and Tony Ross. 'Kid! Robbed. iHoMsHiirlev I : 1 " 1 I! m i U f Oliver Blows, Four Knotted For Tarn' Lead Te Masked Ma vel, pictured above, will toss his mat may hem against Irish Jack O'Riley Tuesday night at the Armory in the mala event i rematch that will send its winner against ' Frank Stojack in a Coast Junior heavy title belt match here August It. After their wild - brawl of last week, two ref erees will handle the Tuesday rematch. 200-LapRace Set, Portland The longest sstock car race in the Pacific Northwest to date other chance to the Detroit-owned ! rolls off the starting line at Port Miss United States, which has land Speedway Sunday With mnr been plagued by mechanical trou- j than a score of factory-built cars representing at least eight differ em makes competing in a pro- blc Mast Be Jlnxed The U. S. has been in and out of the water like a yo-yo, develop ing new trouble each time she at tempted a run. Driver George Si mons hoped to make another try before dark Saturday. Lou Fageol of Kent, 0., who drove the Slo-mo V to a Gold Cup triumph in 1951, was waiting im patiently for the repair crews to get the craft ready for action. Hi was driving when she cracked up Wednesday. veterans of Gold Cup driving will handle the Detroit craft here to challenge the Seattle-owned Slo mos. which have held the cup for the last three years. nua Bin cantreu, who was burned last year when the Such Crust IV exploded during the race. is back to drive the Such Crust V. Her twin-engined sister, the Such Crust III, became a doubtful starter when its stern boards pulled loose during a practice run late Saturday. Chuck Thompson, who -handled the Miss Pepsi until she was re tired, was at the wheel when the III was disabled. Repairs are be ing attempted in the hope the big boat can get into the Sunday classic. Dan Foster will pilot Miss Great Lakes, which qualified last year but conked out during the race. The Gale II will be driven by young Lee Schoenith, returning to the speedboat wars after a hitch in the armed services. The Great Lakes and the Gale are the only invaders which have competed against the Slo-mos. AussiesGaih i Tennis Finals gran capped by a 200-lap main event The 200-lap grind repre sents more man iz3 miles on the Speedway's -mile saucer. Time trials, open at 1:30. The main event is scheduled for 2:30, but will be preceded by a trophy dash and several heat dashes. Favored by virtue of retiring the Gov. Earl Snell Memorial tro phy through his third victory in the 100-lap inaugural at the Speedway last Easter Sunday and his more recent triumph in the 500-Iap classic last Sunday at the Oakland, Calif., Speedway, is Her shell McGriff of Portland. Virtually all the competitors in last Saturday's stock car race at .Hollywood BowL plus addi tional entries expected from Washington and California, will be striving for the No. 1 finish at Portland Sunday. Bill Amick, victor here in the 75-lap main last week, ranks right behind McGriff in Sunday's com petition. Amick won the 200-lap-per at Portland Speedway last year by less than 500 yards over McGriff by traveling the last nine laps on a flat tire. A six-car jalopy destruction derby for the amusement and amazement of all the family will follow the running of the 200-lap feature. Tide Table Tides for Tift, Oregon August, 1953 icomplled by the U. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Portland. Onioni. HIGH WATERS LOW WATERS Auff. 9 10 11 12 Time 1.-03 p.m. Ht. S.3 14 IS IS Ninety-eight per cent of the world's fish catch comes from the northern hemisphere says the Twentieth Century Fund. - - 1 i f a a h : mm mm - w r- m , m I ! - i . , IS: SOUTH ORANGE. N. J. un ' U Two Australian youths, Lewis Hoad and Rex Hartwig, smashed their way into the title round of the Eastern Grass Court Tennis Cham pionships Saturday at the Orange Lain Tennis Club. Hoad. seeded third among the foreign players, turned in one of hi i best performances of the week when he blasted top foreign seeded Ken Rosewall 6-4, 6-V. 5-7, 6-4 in on. all Australian semi final. Rosewall is regarded as one of the top Australian players and a leading candidate for the Aussie Davis Cup squad. Hartwig turned back Ham Ri chardson of Baton Rouge. La.. 6-4. 3-6 9-7, 6-3. Richardson, seeded fourth, was the last remaining American in the tournament. 12:07 a.m. 1:30 p.m. 12:45 a.m. 1:55 p.m. 1:23 a.m. 2:21 p.m. 1.02 a.m. 2:47 p.m. 2:45 a.m. 3:18 p.m. 3:33 a.m. 3:47 p.m. 4 .3 a.m. 4.1 4:24 p.m. S S.4 S3 S 2 5.3 S.S 5.S 5.4 J.I JO S.S 4 5 Tim Ht .13 a.m. -A I 6:20 p.m. 2.3 t-M a jn. -0 .4 7.-01 pjn. 2.1 7:34 a.m. 0 .0 7:43 p.m. l.S 81 a.m. 0 4 .22 p.m. 1.7 8:27 a.m. .S B4 p.m. 1.5 8:53 a.m. 1.3 41 p.m. 1.4 :22 a.m. l.S 10:44 p.nu 1.3 35 a.m. 2.2 11:48 p.m. 1J By CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN CHICAGO LfWFour veteran pros Saturday slammed into a tie for the 54-hole lead of the 173,000 "World" championship to make Sunday's bunched dash for the $25,- 000 first prize the greatest splash finish ever seen in the Tarn O'Shanter. golf extravaganzas. Locked at 209, seven strokes un der par, after a third round of blow-ups were Al Besselink, Chan dler Harper, Dave Douglas and Doug Ford. Greatest choke-up in the pressure laden scramble for the game's richest prize was by Ed (Porky) Oliver the halfway leader with a 135. OUver drifted to a 37-4279 Sat urday, winding up with a 7 on the 410-yard last hefe. Wild Sheeting His second shot zoomed through an opening in the grandstands sur rounding the green and nestled on the concrete near an outside bar. Hiis next was on the seats of the crowded bleachers. He lifted off without penalty then chipped short in four. His fifth shot finally rolled on the green and he needed two. putts. Ford, consistent 31-year-old mon ey winner from Harrison, N. Y., had the smoothest sailing of the lot. He came ia with a steady 33-3467 to go with his previous rounds of I 70-73. The other world championship di visions shaped up this way: Men's amateur Frank Strana han with 77 for 213 and a two-stroke margin over Joe, Conrad, San An tonio, who bagged a 74. Women's pros Louise Suggs with a 75 for 224 and a two-stroke lead over Patty Berg with 77 and Babe Zaharias with 75. GOOSE EGG GUY - - 1 By Alan Maver ALA A A srrt OOKT TO P7TCJ STAf?r& FIRST fiUN WAS NOT SC ORELD OF r HIA 'JN1-IL AF7E& 195 INNINGS' :vi-'. . .-..M i ivx-xx ::::: -:y v , m -s- . .:::::::::: ::::: I V- -. J rrszzt- 7 VF, - Xt wk 'iff S Ht& 2iO CAME 77e OL P, FORMER ALABAMA -ztar, pp GOMrrtG A'O OTHER PTCHFR COULP PO YFAR 0LAHKFP 3ROOK(.Y, ENPtf5 THSR HOPFG OF TFfiG THF YAMFEZ RECORD OF h'OMEfVrtS V 25 GTXAtGHT BULL ROVER WINNER SEATTLE UV-Bull Rover moved ahead in a stretch drive to win the 63,000 featured six furlong run at Longacres track Saturday. Fusser's Boy was a half length behind, just ahead of Tommy. LOOP OKAYS BOWLS GREENSBORO, N. C. (JT The Atlantic Coast Conference moved: Saturday to make one of its members eligible for football bowl participation next New Year's Day. 22 More Senators Stockholders Sign Up j Ref palled 'Amateur'; British Qiamp Happy I SEATTLE m Jubilant Don Cockell Saturday packed away his first ringj victory since winning the British rjnpire heavyweight crown. Mth echoes 6C we wax robbed" outcries by Harry (Kid) Matthews' manager still! ringing in his ears. I The sjuat, 211 pound Londoner Came bajck from appaxent defeat to blast Matthews to the canvas three times in ne ninth round Fri- da, night,! and; go on to take a 10 round spilt decision from th.e vet Iran Seattle fighter, j j I Outweighed ;31H pounds. Mat thews seemed to be in control of the non-title battle going into the ninth. He dancjed and jabbed, opening Cockell'si left check with a bad I gash in the sixth. !! I Tnen foe "pride of England v tagged the Kid with! a crushing blow to the midsection1 and floored him wiuj'a right thaC nailed him flush on Jhe chin. Twice more be fore the ainth round ended, Cockell caught up with Matthews and put lm dow for nine counts. I Matthews came back in the tenth, but could not finish strongly enough, fbe, two Judges split, one giving id to Cockell 30 to 49', snd the olher te Matthews 51 to 49. Referee jimmy Wilson saw it for the Britisher 53 to 45. I The Associ ated Press had it evehj I It wa; Wilson's siscorlng that brought screams of race and an guish froaa Jack Hurley, Matthews' manager j i f j, j j Ref Uked Ceckell j fiyile itfcle it froraj iu," Hurley said, "Eferyone who knows any' thing aboit fighting thdre knew the Athlete was away ahead until the iinth. But not Wilsoaj, ! His score card shovied Cockell leading at that point. And even if Matthews had taken the Wnth, Wilson's card would Jiave had Cockell the winner by one nointi i . I . t !; "Wilsonf Is a rank iamateur and Jie shouldj go back to the amateur ranKs. tse Deacon fumed. WUson, a Seattlei man, got his refereeing start in Golden Gloves tournamsn, v f i Matthef s. who lets Hurley do his' laixing. saia only that, be thought Ha haI lllfttM (atrAM Un.... 'i I Cockell j getting ready to leave with his wife by train late Saturday I for New j York on his return to umaon, resit be won fwrly. He ex pressed dissatisfaction lever his ring showing, and said he :was about 6 pounds .overweight from lack of road work here. 1 j Hurley twaS uncertain! Saturday about futire plans fait Matthews, but said 4 return bout! with Cockell in Londodj was a possibility. j Cockell replied he would be de lighted td meet Matthews again, this time ion his 'home grounds. "I kno I could knock him out there, where t could use my regu lar training methods,? j he said. i Cockelljadded that he was ready to meet f anyone," and j mentioned Canadian! champ Eari Walls, Ed monton, Alta.; the European heavy wf ght tide bolder. Heinz Neuhaus of Germaiiy. and Rocky Marciano, the worldl champion, ijj j Twenty-two more names have been added to the growing list of stockholders in the Salem Sen ators Baseball Club, according to Drive Chairman Hunt Clark. The drive Is scheduled to end at the finish of this month, at which time money will be collected from those who have pledged for stock, and certificates will be issued. The 22 names submitted by Clark Saturday: I. A. Barker, Otis R. Berry. Harold W. Burns, Fred A. Davis, Bernard M. Donaldson, C. W. Doty, W. C. Howard, J. N. Howe, Medford L. Ingram, Fred Lobdell, Mrs. Onas Olson, P. R. Paddotk, Althea B. K. Perry, B. I Ransom, Fred Rewe, Mike Steinbach, Frank Stoddard, T. W. Trask, West Salem Machine Co. (Carl Gerlinger), Wills Music Store, Richard D. Wherley and Roy B. Witenberger. The drive, originally estab lished with a goal of $50,000, has now reached over .the $30,000 mark, and both club and drive directors feel that if another $10,000 will be ple'dged by citi zens, it will assure the drive's success. They are hard at work trying to raise the final $10,000. When the drive is completed and the money for the stock fat $25 per share) is collected, the $20,000 debt owed the Portland Beavers will be paid off, as well as other debts owed by the local organization. Directors feel that it this can be accomplished, baseball can be put on a firm financial basis here for the future. EXPERIENCED j SECRETARY Available by Aug. 10 Shf riband, Typlnc; Operate Moat Machines References Call 2-7903 I (Continued jfibro preceding page) tell them, because no one knew. Having had sufficient arithmetic during their schooling, the players came to the conclusion that if they did win the second half; also, they would be cutting themselves out of that stuff! with which jyu make your living money. If there are no playoffs, I there can be fno extra week of work and the pay that goes with it The only waV to assure a playoff is to have some other club win the second half. - " - '; ' ! ' -j - j ... Why Hustle Yourielf of d Job? New this 4s no accusation In any way that the Sale ins are purposely losing ball games! se that they wont win the second half. It Is merely reporti-nd a factual one that the winning spirit en the club has been! doosed by the Inefficiency ef the ' league's guidlag office in! Vancouver. Failure te let the clubs knew whafs In store fer th winners at the conclusion ef the season has left the tmoresslen that any club taking both halves ef the peantnt race will cut itself right eat ef at least ene week ef work. jown and hustle real hard when you lout of a job. . st . I Brown isnt the only one uncovered this year. All club owners and! operators have found one fault after another with the likeable old euy who seems to have taken on much - more than he can handle as abaseball league president. . - ; What will come of it we lon't yet know! But what his come of i ' It hasnt done our Waters Field residents any good this second half. ; And while Prexy Brown Is" mending his ways, he might cast a stitch la the direction ef Vaklma. We've a rather strong sus- limit line net with that bunch ef high-priced veterans he new t r i - . It's pretty hard, to bear know you're hustling yourself: This deficiency shown by Canuck Netters Eliminate Cuba MONTREAL I Canada won the right to meet the U. S. in the final round of the North American zone Davis Cup Saturday by de feating the Cuban doubles Jteam, 6-3. 6-4. 6-2. It was the third straight triumph for the-Canadians in the five-match affair. McElhenny Hurt . MENLO PARK, Calif, t "Hurt j rying Hugh" McElhenny, Washing. ! ton back tabbed the National Foot baT League's top rookie of 1932. ; severely twisted an ankle Saturday; McElhenny, : sweeping wide i around end during scrimmage at the San Francisco 49'ers training camp here, cut sharply to avoid a group of small boys on the sidelines and slipped and felL i Central U-Drive Truck Service, Corner 12th and State Vans. Stakes. P.U. - TO RENT -Phone 2-tSC2 C M EC l The Programs Which You Would Enjoy tha Most if You Were: 1. ON A PICNIC 2. VACATION TRAVELING 3. AT A SPORTS EVENT 4. WORKING IN THE YARD 5. 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