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1 , I King Bobo's Just Pop to Proud Family loiters MS (0) ran Dei v - 1 1 y s v'- : '""rZ- , 'i v-'' ( v,V . ; ------ . ' v-SKi v-'P" SA FRANCISCO Carl (Bobo) Olson's fmost enthusiastic greeters on his arrival ) home in San Francisco after defending his middleweight boxing title in Chicago, were his wife and youngsters. Pop was virtually unmarked after 15 rounds with Kid Gavilan, who lost his bid ftn Olson's title. Left to right it's Carl, Jr., 7.; Bobo, holding Brenda Lee, 4; Mrs. Olson, and Vincent, 5. A fourth child, Donald, 9 months, was not on hand for the picture taking. He was enjoying a between meals siesta. (AP WirepJioto to The Statesman.) DB(oIIDfiniif With Jerry Stone Somewhat over four years ago a dream became realization as Willamette's McCulloch Stadium was unveiled as the new home for Bearcat athletics. And in the first five years of its being, the new stadium has paid off handsome dividends. Not so much in a monetary way, perhaps, but cer tainly in making the name "Wil lamette" more and better known. The stadium made possible the WU Relays, now one of THE events of every cinder season in the Northwest. A great thing for the 1800 athletes drawn by it. a great thing for the sport of track and of immeasurable value to the university itself . . . The latest and one of the biggest dividends from the sta dium comes with announcement that the New York football Giants will do their training there this summer. The Giants, in survey ing prospective training sites, of course noted that Willamette's facilities included a fine, modern stadium plus the best in cen tralized living quarters such as is offered by Baxter Hall . . . Needless to say that if there hadn't been those latest in faci lities, there would have been no Giants here this summer . . . The Giants surveyed a number of the small colleges, Port land U and Gonzaga included, and might also have leaned to WU because of the smaller size of Salem as compared with Portland and Spokane, etc. . . . The pros like their training sites to be in relatively quiet spots, minus too many temptations and distractions. (Salem's got some, to be sure) . . . Palmberg Couldn't Stay Atcay From Coaching Like printer's ink or the salt of the sea, the coaching biz must get in some gents' blood and never leave. Take Wally Palmberg, the former OSC great and a bench jitterbug in his eight years as men tor of the Astoria Fishermen. Palmberg wore himself to a nervous frazile while master-minding his lads through their schedule and this was considered one of the chief reasons he left the coaching game . . . And then what happens? Why, Wally can't stay away from the. business and signs up as pilot at Oregon Tech . . . Yes, must have gotten in Palmberg's blood . . . Question comes up how come Medford, perennially a state cinder giant, wasn't in the latest Relavs. Schedule conflict was the reason, the Pearpickers being involved in a meet with Grants Pass and some other Oregon schools . . . There are two John Grahams identified with the bis Elks golf meet, now in its beginning phases at SGC. One of 'em is the exalted ruler of sponsoring lodge 336 and the other is annually a contender in the championship flight . . . Incidentally, there is some real incentive for holes in one at the Salem club'in the form of handsome trophies to be donated by Barb's Sporting goods store for all aces. But be sure before you shoot your ace that you're a signed member of the SGC Men's Club . . . That's apparently a stipulation ... With Ken Hunt, the former Oregon star, in as hoop coach at North Salem, officials can set the stage for some sizzling rivalry if they pick an ex-Oregon Stater for the still-empty South Salem posi tion . . . The St Louis Cardinals are placing a lot of pitching hopes on one Jack Harshman this season. He's the guy, you know, that used to play first base in the WIL ranks . . . Former B Meet Star Seattle Sensation In the State B cage tournaments held here you see kids that look plenty sharp and maybe you get to wondering how they'd fare in the finer A 1 competition . . . Let's take a peek at one of 'em a ladnamed John Tufts . . . Tufts played for little Mapleton in the State show several years ago and ap peared to be a pretty good product His family moved to Seattle and John's final two prep years were spent at populous Ballard High in that city. And what came of it? Well, one John Tufts closed out his Ballard career last season heralded as one of the greatest high school performers in Seattle's history. He was No. 2 scorer in the city league behind the reported ly fabulous Bruno Boin . . . Quite a jump for a onetime Mapleton performer and shows you can have some of the best operating in the Class B ranks ... Incidentally, the Washington Huskies' future book glows with optimism mainly because Boin and Tufts are reportedly due to don UW spangles ... Spiffy adornments await local so ft bailers the coming sea son at their Bush field. Generalissimo Jim Dimit reports a new modern backstop has been added and that grass has been seeded on the diamond and should be ready for the start of the races . . . And adding to the regal aspects, a school for oftball officials is on tap this week . . . That's setting a pre cedent . . . Greensboro GREENSBORO. N.C. UH Doug Ford and Marty Furgol tied for top money in the $10,000 Greens boro Open golf tournament with one-under par 2S3 totals Sunday and will meet in an l&-hde play off at 1:30 p.m. Top money is $2,000, with the runnerup getting $1,400. Furgol. a notorius front runner who usually falls off his fast early pace, re versed his usual formula Sunday, licking par twice with 67-70 rounds over the 6.723-yard Starmount Forest Country Club course. Ford i made it in 73-70. They were only one stroke ahead 1 of Sam Snead, White Sulphur Springs. W. Va.. who was seeking his fifth Greensboro victory,- and Bill Nary, Reno, Nev. Aflapmi; 1 .... f I X J? p; ;vv 1'LJ WALLY PALMBERG Bak Into Harness Playoff Set Snead stayed in it until the final hole where an eagle three would have givtn him a tie ut Sam was trapped with his second. Needing to hole out fromthe sand, he dropped the ball two feet from the pin and had to settle for a birdie. Bevos Drop Moniz GLENDALE, Calif. ( The Portland Beavers dropped another player Sunday. He is Bob Moniz who was sold outrisbt to Tri-Citr "of the Western International League This was the second time that Moniz. who came! up from Victoria of the WIL. has been in the Bea ver camp. f Vik Bailers, Trackmen Set More Action Salem High School's baseball ers go after their third straight win of the young season in a mix with Silverton's Silver Foxes today at Silverton, weather per mitting. The contest is to start at 3 o'clock. Coach Vern Gilmore's Viking cindermen, who made a flashy debut with seven first places and two records in the Willamette Relays, open thefr dual meet schedule Tuesday at Albany against that city's Bulldogs. Jack Loy, the lad who hurled Salem's opening victory over Mc Minnville a week ago, probably will be Harold Hauk's pitching choice in today's go at Silverton. Salem plays host to Lebanon on Friday. It was quite a day for Salem's trackmen in the Relays. The 440 sprint medley crew of Ken Raw lings, Neal Scheidel, Terry Salis bury and Del Funk hit a 46.1 mark to share wfth Vancouver a new meet record. The Vik two mile unit of Duane Farman, Jim Knapp, Bill Roher and Ken Mar tin snapped the record! in that event with an 8:44.5 time. Other Salem winners: Walter Craycroft in his heat of the 440 with a 55.5 time; Gil Stewart in the high hurdles with 18.7; Jim Norval in the century with 11.2; Warren Scriber in his century heat with 11 flat; Ron Mathers in the novice shoput with 43' 54 "; the shuttle hurdles team of Don Zeh, Jack Marshall, Gil Stewart and Mike Chase. Seattle Skier Tops at Hood GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. OP Don Gassaway of Seattle flashed down a 1 li mile course on the slopes of Mt. Hood Sunday in one minute, 45.6 seconds to win the men's division of the Golden Poles giant slalom. Vera Lundberg, also Seattle, won the women's championship on the same course with a time of 2:05.6. Karl Stingl, Seattle, was second in the men's division with a time of 1:42.1. Then came Joe Young. Sun Valley, Idaho, 1:49.6, and Gordy Mills, Seattle. Rollick Gets Warm in ABC SEATTLE UP Leo Rollick of Richaldn, Wash., hero of the 1946 American Bowling Congress, re turned to the spotlight Sunday in the 51st ABC national tournament The hook-ball specialist who- hit 300 in ABC play in Buffalo, N.Y., eight years ago rallied after a slow start to take third place in the doubles with his partner, Bill Ur quhart of Seattle. Urquhart and Rollick had Identi cal series of 631 for a 1262 total, moving in ahead of the Detroit combine of Pete Carter and Lee Jouglard. Rollick took seventh place in the singles with a 681 series and fifth place in the all-events with a grand total of 1895. He had hit 583 in the team event Saturday night Mikan Sparks Laker Victory SYRACUSE, N. Y. ( I George Mikan dropped in 30 points Sunday night to pace the Minneapolis Lak ers to a 81-67 victory over the Syracuse Nationals and a 2-1 lead in the final round of the National Basketball Assn. playoffs. A crowd of 8,719 sawi Mikan break the game wide open in the third period with 13 points is. the Lakers outscored the Nats 30-11 to go in the final quarter with; a 14 point bulge. The fourth game of the best-of-even series will be played at Syracuse Thursday. More Playing Help Awaited Luby, Storey Hope For Better Weather By AL LIGHTNER Statesman Sports Editor The main portion of the Salem Senators 1954 spring training camp is to get under way today at Waters Field, weather permit ting. Sunday's scheduled work out for the pitchers and catchers, and the numerous young tryoat camp aspirants, was again wiped out by rainstorms, marking the third straight postponement. Both General Manager Hugh Luby and Manager Harv Storey intend holding the tryout camp next weekend, at which time all boys of over high school age will be welcomed - to display their baseball ability. Luby and Storey were feeling rather chipper Sunday despite the washout. Final word that Cal gary wiH definitely operate its franchise, delivered following the emergency meeting at Yakima Saturday, was cheerful news. As things now stand, the league will set sail, as scheduled, with all 10 teams rarin' to go on April 29. Getting a ball club together is now the chief concern of the local management. So far the Sa lems have just about enough tthletes on hand to play a game of one-o'-cat. But more will be trickling in as the camp pro gresses. Padres, Sacs Should Help It is no secret that Storey ex pects to get the bulk of his ball club -from San Diego and Sacra mento Coast League clubs. These players won't be coming along for possibly two or three weeks. On hand now are Pitchers Jack Hemphill." Jim Peterson, Larry Borst and Ron Vprnum, Catchers Bill Heisner and Floyd Ogden and First-baseman Chuck Neal. Due to report today are Out fielders Bob Kellogg, purchased from Colorado Springs, and Chet Ashman, secured from Salt Lake City: holdover Connie Perez, who'll likely wind up as an out fielder, Infielder Norm Harms, from Portland, and possibly Gene Tanselli, returned to the Senators Saturday by the Portland Beav ers. Whether or not Tanselli will decide to again play with the Senators remains to be seen. Today's workout is slated for 11 a.m. The Senators' first game is with Oregon State at Corvallis Saturday, and if the Waters Field infield remains in its swamp-like condition. Storey intends moving the batting cage Into deep cen ter field so that batting licks can be taken on a daily scale. Bruce Williams, president of the Senators, returned to town Sunday all smiles after the en couraging meeting at Yakima. Williams reports that the trouble at Calgary' was primarily one of disorganization, rather than lack of finances and added that the Calgary club definitely will open drills at Porterville, Calif., today under the direction of Manager Gene Lillard and with suffic ient funds. The Senators prexy also said that as a means of helping Cal gary pull into smooth operation,, Bob Brown, former WIL chief, will be in the Canadian city for a month in an advisory capacity. President Bob Abel of the WI also will be in Calgary for a few days. The Stampeders, incident ally, will start the new season with a new business manager, Dick McFarlane and also have hired a publicity director as a step toward booming their at tendance. New Park Planned Williams also says there Is pretty definite assurance that Calgary will have a new park ready for the 1955 campaign. The Senators' president came away from the meeting convinced that all the league's clubs now are in good shape and ready to roll in the fast-approaching race. Williams mentions, too, that the Senators are eyeing Trl-City for a possible deal. The Braves are loaded with 15 pitchers right now and hurlers are among the items the Solons are searching for. 4-Corners Gun Club to Huddle FOUR CORNERS (Special) The Four Corners Gun Club will stage a hand-loading demonstra tion at a meeting to be held Tues day night, 8 o'clock, at the Four r Corners Community HalL All gun entnusiasts of the vicinity inter ested in learning the details of how to load their own cartridges are invited to the session. Trotters Win CHICAGO tfl The Harlem Globetrotters, recovering from three straight losses, defeated the College All Stars twice Sunday, 84 61 in a runaway afternoon game, and 78-76 in a down to the wire evening thriller. The trotters have won six games, the All-Stars four. Twelve remain. luTliAMii 533 5- Boycott Statesman, Salem, Ore., Mon., April 5. 1954 (Sec. 2) 1 . . . , ip. 33 Aim for Title Flight . . . intries Exceed Century Mark tor Elks Tourney The entries for the ninth annual Elks-sponsored Mid-Willam- i ette Valley Golf Tournament jumped over the 100 mark Sunday j as interest continues to climb in the big meet. Officials announce that 33 already have signed for qualifying play in the champion-; Gill to Talk At SBC Today This morning's meeting of the Salem Breakfast Club will be highlighted by the visit of Slats Gill, Oregon State College head basketball coach. Gill will be the principal speaker. The veteran head mentor has just completed his 27th season as Beavers cage coach and j of 32 swingers in the champion guided the team to the Northern : ship bracket, meaning that all Division championship. i above the low 32 in the quali- Today's meeting is open to ' fying will be relegated into the anyone who wishes to attend. ; next lowest flight. It will start at 7:30 a.m., at the Expectations are that the field Senator Hotel. Club officials I by deadline time will reach in urge a full turnout of member- the neighborhood of 250 divot- I snip 10 near um, wno is a lop i speaker as well as basketball . t 1 : 1 1 1 . mentor. Women's Swim Mark Cracked SAN LEANDRO, Calif, cm Phebe Cramer, J8, swimming for the Berkeley 6ity Club, was re ported Sunday to have broken the world senior women's 100-yard record for the butterfly In 1:09.1. The butterfly is a form of breast stroke. Bess Kaufman, who annouced Miss Cramer's time, said it bet tered the w orld record of 1:09.2 set by the Netherlands champion, Nellie Van Vliet at Hilversum on May 4, 1947. Miss Cramer, competing in in door national time trials at San Leandro, also bettered , the world 50-yard record for the buUerfly in the same race. She was clocked at 50 yards at 31.5 seconds. The world record, Miss Kaufman said, was 32.1, set by Carol Pence, Lafayette, Ind., May 12, 1951. Walton Meeting Set Wednesdav A social meeting, highlighted by a talk by local extension agent Jim Bishop, is to be held by the Salem Izaak Walton chapter Wednesday night, 8 o'clock, at the organization's clubhouse. Bishop will discuss the program of fish conservation to be under taken by members of 4-H clubs in the state. Also on the agenda are Alaskan movies, donated by Dick Wyatt SPORTSMEN'S Annual At the Isaak Walton Monday Night, April 5-6 PJ1. 'Til ! FREE DUTCH LUNCH FREE REFRESHMENTS All sportsmen, wives, sweethearts are invited evening of fun and frolic PRIZES! PRIZES! PRIZES! o Grand Prize Cine-Kodak 8 MM Magazine Camera, Projector, Screen, Exposure Meter -a $320.00 Value Remington Model 199 Rifle. 30-9S, worth $lM.4t Heltrick '4'xll'f Tent, worth $1M.7 Complete Spinning Outfit, worth fSt.M One pair of Waders, worth $iSJ9 - Come to the Izaak Walton Club House, "J" ship flight while 70 are entered.! for positions in the lower end of the ladder. Those entered for champion ship flight qualifying will play their rounds next Sunday. It is asked that all aiming for the top flight get their entries in by Thursday night, so that pairings can be arranged for Sunday medal action. The entry and qualifying dead line for other flights is April 18th and first-round flight ac tion is scheduled on Sunday, the 25th. There will be a starting field ers. Vital Softball Huddle Due Prospective softball sponsors and managers again are remind ed of an important organization al meeting to be held at the .Sen ior High School Wednesday night, starting at S o'clock. City Director Jim Dimit requests that all interested in fielding teams in either the City or Industrial Leagues should have representa tives present or else attend in person. One of the chief points of dis cussion will be the question of re-alignment of the two leagues so as to make for better balance. The league races will open some- r time next month. Cavaretta Waits Giants Decision DALLAS. Tex. CP New York Giant manager Leo Durocher said Sunday he would "like to have" Phil Cavaretta on his team. But he said, after talking with Giant president Horace Stoneham, "no decision" had been reached. Cavaretta was replaced as man ager of the Chicago Cubs here last week as the team played an exhi bition series with Baltimore. A Cub star for 20 years, Cavaret ta said he would like to make a connection as a player-coach with a big league team. He has been working out with the Giants dur ing their exhibition series with Cleveland here. ' SS' Clubhouse 11 "fi" 4" tT3 me Wmm To Retire BABE ZAHARIAS 'I'm Worn Out' Babe Reveals Plans to Quit Links Career CARROLLTON. Ga. CP Babe Didrickson Zaharias said Sunday she will quit competitive golf after two more tournaments. She made the surprising an nouncement to Furman Bisher, sports editor of the Atlanta Con stitution, after finishing third in the annual Carrollton Women's Open tournament. j "I'm through," she said, "after ! the next two tournaments, the New i Orleans tournament and the Babe ', Zaharias Open in Beaumont. Tex." I "No, I'm not just upset at fall ing down here," she added. "I mean it. I'm through. I'm tired, just simply worn out. I can't stand this sort of thing week after week like I used to." She made no reference to a cancer operation performed on her more than a year afo. She said she has no immediate plans after the New Orleans and Beaumont tournaments. She will be 39 June 26. Zaharias Loses In Title Fray CARROLLTON, Ga. CP Louise Riictoc ramp frnm hfhind Sundav to overtake Babe Zaharias and Patty Berg and win the Carrollton Wo-1 men's Open golf tournament. Miss Suggs finished the 54 holes with a 218 which won her first prize of $875. Miss Berg finished with a 219 and picked up $630 sec ond money. The Babe's 220 was good for $490. Rutschman Gets Hillsboro Post HILLSBORO CP Ad Rutsch man, a former student, will be an assistant coach at Hillsboro High School next season. Appointment of Rutschman, who is to graduate this spring from Linfield College where he starred in football, baseball and basket ball, was announced after Reuben Baisch reported he was resigning as wrestling, and assistant football and baseball coach. Baisch will coach football, wrestling and track at North Marion High. 501 S. Cottage iU 0 y ! 1 ECyiio DiP ute Talk Slated Today Portland Track May Us Quarter Horses PORTLAND William P. Kyne, j general manager of the Portland Meadows race track, said Sunday night that he will hold a race meeting at the track regard less of the! outcome of the dispute between the Oregon Thoroughbred Breeders Assn. and the State Rac ing Commission. Kyne said in a telephone inter view from jhis home at San Mateo. 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