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There Was Plenty of Action in GiganticWittamette Relays Mi C oaf o oiio O 4 Senators Sign 2 New Players Tanselli is Returned Bv Portland Beavers statesman 3 V Will VW T) r r'UV I V IJ I V- 4 A Portion of the 1,800 athletes who participated in Saturday's mammonth Willamette Relays at McCnlloch Stadium are pictured here. Upper left, Willamette's Larry Thompson makes like bird in pole vault Across top, collegiate hurlers speed over barriers, with Mather Air Force Base's Ken Mischall (second from right) the eventual winner. Oregon's Emery Barnes goes over the 6-foot mark in the high jump, ending in tie for first, and Washington's distance medley quartet (Gayton, Meyer, Robinson, Banks) won that big event In photo below the Husky quartet, Oregon's Bruce Springbett is shown winning the inviUUonal 100-yard dash, another feature race of the big day. Second row, left, Washington's Bob Ledbetter is shown Vikings Pace Prep Di lvision By JERRY STONE Statesman Sports Writer A violent April shower struck short hours before the starting gun Saturday but the mammoth fourth annual Willamette Relays and its field of 1800 athletes went on as scheduled at McCul loch Stadium, played to a full house and saw seven meet rec ords broken and two others tied despite the wet footing. The footing, however, slowed times in many events. It was quite a day for Coach Vern Gilmore's Salem High cin dermen. The Viks, making their 54 debut, won seven first places ,.rinr the lone afternoon and in the process cracked two meet marks. The Salem 2-mile relay unit of Duane Farman, Jim Knapp, Bill Roher and Ken Mar tin chalked an 8.44.5 time to erase the former Relays standard of 8:53.4 made by Milwaukie in 1952. The Salem 440 sprint relay team of Ken Rawlings, N e a 1 Scheidel,1 Terry Salisbury and Del Funk shared a new meei mark with Vancouver's Trappers, each posting a :46.1 mark. That topped the previous record of :46.3 by Springfield in 1951. Five of the new marks were established in the prep ranks as athletes from 65 high schools went at it hammer and tong. Two were chalked in the colleg iate division, by Seattle Pacific's mile relay unit and by Univer sity of Washington's sprint med ley crew. Seattle Pacific posted a 3:27 to top the previous mark of 3:29 by Washington in '53. The Huskies' sprint relayers hit a 2:34.2. exceeding the former figure of 2:35.1 by Oregon in 1953. Other high school record breaking performances saw Ray Kinnaman, Centralia, Wash., toss the discus 133 feet to better the former novice mark of 131' 9"; Gerald Falls, Vancouver, throw 151 64" in the senior discus to top the old mark of 143' 2" by a big margin and Duane Mar shall. St Helens, fashion a brand new senior shotput standard of 51' 6V, s compared to the former record of 51' 5". Mather Air Base's heralded Kenneth Mischall fell short of his best mark (:14.3) in the high hurdles, but still had enough for a :15.1 time that won the col lege invitational and also tied the mark set last year by Oregon State's Don Chambers. The de fending king finished second, sev eral steps behind the Mather star and Terry Lowery of OSC was third. . . Victor !n the college invita tional 100-yard dash was Bruce Springbett of Oregon with a 10 flat time. Second was Walt Hill of Seattle Pacific and Bob Leadbetter of Washington placed third. The footing hurt the sprinters. Both Oregon's unit and one from Lewis and Clark tied the Section B 440 sprint relay stand ard of 44.4 as they won their beats. Bob Hall, the former WU star now stationed at Mather Field, eame back home to try his luck -"'' -'7 -v :?- "" 4. "A V n fa Here Monday SLATS GILL B-Club Lists Slats Monday Slats Gill, Oregon State head basketball coach for 27 years, will be the principal speaker here Monday morning during the weekly meeting of the Salem Breakfast Club at the Senator Hotel. Meeting time is 7:30 p.m. Numerous Oregon State alumni are expected to visit the club meeting, which is not restricted to members. A full turnout of the membership is also urged by club officials. The veteran mentor's topic will be basketball and the Beav er prospects for 1954-55, which is expected to be another big sea son for Oregon State cage play. He will also likely answer any questions put to him by the Maple to Leave Bend for Burns BURNS UK Howard Maple, former professional and Oregon State College athletic star, will become secretary-manager of the Harney County Chamber of Com merce here April 15. Maple is disposing of his auto mobile agency at Bend, where he was named first citizen for 1952. Prior to that. Maple operated a sporting goods store at Salem. After his college days a quarter century ago, he played professional football and baseball, and coached football and basketball at Willam ette University before entering business. in the' senior javelin event but finished second to OSC's Jerry Church, who had a 199' 8" mark. WU'i Stan Neperud placed third in the spear throwing with a toss of 185 4V4". One of the standouts of the day was little : Ben Storing of Seattle Pacific He was anchor man in his team's record-breaking mile relay effort and also anchored as: the Seattles won the two-mile event (Cont'd on page 11) ILI" -."'""""I"" " Per 1 1 t i J on Sizzling Stretch Drive Determine To Boost 950 Peter Clark Handicap at Bay to Fault Free at the eighth pole, Free. SAN MATEO, Calif. De termine, one of the, leading candi dates for the Kentucky Derby, turned in one of his gamest per formances Saturday to win the $16,- Beavers Grab New Flingers GLENDALE, Calif. (J). The Portland Beavers acquired two more pitchers Saturday, and then began cutting rookies from the squad in preparation for the open ing of the Coast League season Tuesday. The Beavers bought left-hander BUI Boemler from San Francisco, and signed right-hander Lee Anthony, who had been released by Seattle. These moves were made to bolster a small pitching staff. The Beavers released pitcher Don Tisnerat, and then returned six other rookies to teams in lower classification. Shortstop Gene Tanselli was sent back to Salem of the Western In ternational League; catcher Milt Martin and outfielders Dwane Hel big and Marv Diercks to Victoria; pitcher Bob Schulte to Calgary; and Charley Lebrun to , Birming ham. That cut the squad to 29, eight over the limit the Beavers must reach by May 15. Oxford Takes Thames Race LONDON UP Oxford rowed best when the Tftames was rough est Saturday to hand the Cam bridge crew an unexpected setback in the 100th renewal of the boat race between the two schools England's biggest free spectacle of the year. A crowd of 150,000 lined the Thames along the four mile 400 yards course from Putney to Mort lake to see Oxford win by 4tt lengths. The time was a Slow 20:23 and the going was rough most of the way. All of the Cincinnati Redleg farm clubs are doing their spring training at Douglas, Gai Bill Mc Kechnie Jr., farm supervisor, is the general director of the camp. Central U-Drive Truck Service Corner 12th and State Vans, Stakes, P-U. FOB RENT Phone 2-9062 v x . ' i. j - ! ! "hitting the tape to help win another relay for the Huskies, and below him is hinh jumper Don Fawcett of Oregon. Bob Hall, Mather coach and former WU star, talks Javelin tossing with Stan Neperud of WU and Jerry Church of Oregon State after Church's victory in the collegiate event Hall was second, Neperud third. Portions of the large fields of racers are pictured below, getting set for take-offs in the scads of prep events during the afternoon. It was wet and muddy on many party of the track, as can be noted by the splash made by John Bowerman of Coburg High during dis tance romp. (Photos by Morrell Crary.) filii Willamette Mays Takes 'Cap Derby Stock Allied, Determine'! stablemate, finished third in the field of eight three-year-olds. The first three horses all are eligible for the Derby. Determine, with Ray York up, carried his derby weight of 126 pounds and spotted Fault Free, with Willie Shoemaker in the irons, 17 pounds. Time for the mile was 1:36 2-5. Determine surrendered the lead to Fault Free at the eighth pol. but then came on again for the win. Determine and Allied were an Andrew J. Crevolin entry. The Crevolin entry returned S3, $2.20 and $2.20 across the board. Fault Free paid $2.90 and $3.10. 3 Share Lead At Greensboro GREENSBORO. N. C. i Juli us Boros of Southern Pines, N. C, 1952 National Open and World's championship tournament winner, birdied the last hole Saturdav to tie Sam Snead and Doug Ford at iw lor tne 36-hole lead in the $10, 000 Greater Greensboro Open Golf tournament. They were one shot ahead of Bob Rosburg, Chicago pro. Snead. the White Rnlnhnr Springs, W. Va., veteran who has won mis tournament four times since 1938, carded a 69 to match the effort of Ford, from Kiamoch Lake, N. Y. who play with him. -T xl: j i . rwros, in uura piace oy one stroke starting the round, had a scram. Ming one-over par 72 Saturday. Kosourg. iirst day coeader with 67, had 74 Saturday for his 141 fourth place total. TROTTERS TOPPED CLEVELAND OB The College All-Stars, making a fast start for a 32-13 lead in the first period, defeated the Harlem Globetrotters 77-67 Saturday night, to even their touring basketball series at four victories each. ANNOUNCING SUNDAY SPECIAL AT THE BLUE NOTE Authentic Hawaiian Barbecued Ribs served from 2:00 p.m. en. $1.25 Prepared by Chef Lani. 4:00 p.m. Jazz Concert featuring the Don Brassfteld Quartet and Guest Stars NOW Dance Centests each Sunday Evening. Prizes for all types of dancing. Applications for contests available at the Bine Nete or the lea-Mar Dance Studio. BLUE NOTE 2652 Dallas Read . .1.. ' V,--v 1; " : CT' Palmberg New Owls Mentor KLAMATH FALLS Of) Wally Palmberg, the former Oregon State college basketball standout, will return to coaching here next season, taking over basketball at Oregon Tech. Palmberg, whose last starring season for Oregon State was 1936, has been in the sporting goods business recently in Ontario, Ore. After he left Oregon State, he became basketball coach at his home town of Astoria, and his high school team there compiled a 241 56 record there in eight seasons. Winston Purvine, Oregon Tech director, announced Palmberg's appointment Saturday, succeeding Forrest "Skeet" O'Connell, who resigned to enter business. Rex Hunsaker, football coach, succeeds O'Connell as athletic director. Webf oots Set Spring Drills EUGENE W! The University of Oregon spring football practice will begin April 26, Coach Len Casanova said Saturday. Twenty practice sessions are allowed in the Coast Conference. More than 50 are expected to participate, but several players, including quarterbacks George Shaw and John Keller, will miss at least part of the drill because they are engaging in other sports. ! Shaw and Keller are on the base- j ball team. Revenge for Sweenev PALM SPRINGS. Calif. OB Bill Sweeney, fired as manager of Seattle and now piloting Los An geles, got his first crack at his old club Saturday and it was a good one Los Angeles winning 12-5. The Angels scored 11 runs off former major leaguer Gent Bear den, regarded as one of the top Seattle hurlers. The 13 Los An geles hits included a two-run homer by Fred Richards, triples by Dave Cunningham and Bob Usher and doubles by Ed McDade and Gene Mann. C i UmJU :A 2Rri O-i i fer t i m iiwMaiiiiiii ninirt i Hi- - " 1 - " - " - -- 1 10 (Sc 1) Statesman, Salem, Ore- Sun April 4, 1954 Former Oregon Stfir . . . E(en Hunt Named Basket Coach, North Salem Hi Ken Hunt, former University of Oregon star, was Saturday named head basketball coach at North Salem High School, it was announced by Salem Schools Superintendent Walter Snyder. Hunt graduated from Oregon in June of last year and was captain of the VVebfoots team in his final sea- son. He was also picked as All- i Northern Division. Since then Hunt has been coaching at Roseburg High. He j ! is 25 years old, is married and has two children. He attended t 1 high school at Marshfield in Coos ! Bay. Hunt succeeds Harold Hauk, the veteran Viking mentor who j has been elevated to the athletic ! directorship of the new South j Salem High School. A basketball I coach for South Salem is also i being sought, but no announce j ment has been forthcoming on who it might be. Having played and coached the fast-break style of cage play throughout his high school and college career, Hunt will no doubt install the same system at North Salem. He did some coaching at the University of Oregon, under Bill Borcher, prior to taking the Roseburg job. PHILS WIN MEMPHIS, Tenn. UPi Taking advantage of infield force plays and a steal home, the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Southern As sociation champions, the Memphis Chicks, 3-1, Saturday. BABE STILL LEADS CARROLLTON, Ga. w Babe Zaharias soared to a 76 Saturday in the second round of the Car rollton Women's Open golf tourna ment but clung to a one-stroke lead. 24 Records for Furman Flash Selvey in Clean Sweep Of Hoop Scoring Maries NEW YORK OP Furman's Frank Selvy made a clean aweep of all significant major-college bas ketball scoring records, final offi cial NCAA Service Bureau figures showed Saturday. The 6-foot-3 All-America from Corbin, Ky., set 24 major records and innumerable minor ones for one game, one season, two seasons and career, in field goals, free throws and total points. He completed the season with a 29-game total of 427 goals, 355 fouls and 1,209 points, an average of 41.7, an all-time record. He is only the second player to win the na Ml IN BASEBALI Buy your baseball equipment where the professionals and schools buy, and at team and school prices. All the boys know the finest baseball gloves made are RAWLIKIftC. .... 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COLORADO ACE WINS SUN VALLEY, Idaho op Seventeen-year-old Mel Hoaglund of Aspen, Colo., flashed down a one mile course on Baldy Mountain in 2:09 Saturday to win the downhill race in the American Legion West ern States Junior ski tournament. tional scoring title twice, joining George Mikan in the exclusive category. His career total of 2,538 points is the highest ever recorded in any college competition, surpassing by one point the total of Seattle's Johnny O'Brien compiled in two seasons of minor competition and one major. Selvy's three-year average of 32.5 points a game is higher than any major player ever has been able to do for even one season. In his 78 games, Selvy sank 43 per cent of his shots from the floor and 77 per cent of his free throws. A ,'iwi y i w wwii piw jcia. lew Gloves Mickey Mantle Fielders Gloves Reg. $10.00 School $ 7,45 Price i lLr-J. SPORTING GOODS By AL LIGHTNER Statesman Sports Editor Calgary will continue as a member of the 104 earn Western International League, thelown Senators signed two new play ers. Gene Tanselli has been re turned to the Salems by the Portland Beavers and rain again played the prominent role in the Solon's spring camp. Such were the happenings of a busy baseball Saturday at Wa ters Field. Circuit moguls and President Bob Abel, deeply worried over the Calgary situation, convened for their emergency meeting at Yakima Saturday, and after five hours of discussion, which in-' eluded telephone calls to Cal gary President N. G. (Buzz) Lacey, it was announced that the Stampeders would again op erate. Lacey guaranteed the finan cial needs of the Calgary club, which had to suspend opera tions at Porterville, CaL, where it is now in spring training. The camp at Porterville will resume today, "Everything is the same as it was before," Abel reported fol lowing the meeting. "Calgary will stay in the league and we will open as scheduled April 29. Although Saturday's scheduled workout here was again stymied by bad weather, which limited activity to running and throwing for what pitchers and catchers are on hand, two new players were added to the Senators roster. One is Charles (Chuck) Neal, 6-foot-1, 200- - pound first base man signed as a free agent. From Los Angeles, and 22 years old, Neal has had three seasons of professional experience, start ing with Yakima in 1951. He was with Bis bee, Ariz., in 1952 and with both Wenatchee and Amarillo, Tex., last season. He hit .352 for the Chiefs in what games he played for them, and then banged .310 at Amarillo. A left-handed hitter and thrower, Neal was cut loose by Amarillo because of a veteran rule in that league. He report ed Saturday and worked out briefly with the others here. The other is Floyd Ogden, a catcher with experience in the Baltimore Orioles (St Louis Browns) chain. He hit .283 for Redding, CaL, in 1951 and has spent the last two years in the Army. Just what Tanselli intends do ing about his future in baseball remains to be seen. He may give it up entirely, which was his threat (Continued on Page 11) Beavers Post Win GLENDALE, Calif. OB Glenn Elliott and Bill Bottler shared hurling chores Saturday for the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League as they took a 6-3 victory over the Glendaie Legion Dons. Granny Gladstone hit a triple and a double for the winners in the exhibition game. Choken Maekawa, Michigan State boxer from Hawaii, is nick named "Pineapple." 01 our ipciaii; : Baseballs Wilson Coast League or Spalding National League baseballs, $2.75 The Salem Senators nse the Spalding Ball -Salem, Oregon