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2-(S. 2Mfttiminp SiUm, On., Wed., Mireh 30, 19SS Narrow Escape for Midget Driver ' ft?,, Misfit Adjusted . IPote Runnels 16 Star for Mate Club ORLANDO. Fla. iVP) -Pete Runnels figures this Is his year. The Washington Senators' second baseman set a .300 or better average as his batting goal and off his play in spring training it looks as if he has a good chance to make It Viking Tennis Opens Frid LOS ANGELES Colby Scrogglns of Downey, Calif rolls ever in his midget racer after collision la pre : llminarj race. Scrogglns' car flipped, spun around and finally came to halt with the driver pinned. 1 He escaped serious injury, sustaining wrenched shoulder and bruises. At right, Marty Mazman of ;, Fresno skims the wall to avoid hitting Scrogglns. (AP Wlrephoto) College Comments By TOM YATES (Continued from preceding page) forte is track where he really soars in the high jump. Tarpennlng, like althe aforementioned except Goodman and Owens, plays the backfield in football. Appears that the Northwest Conference will be a pitchers lea (rue this spring in baseball, with Linfield's Del Coursey, Willamette's Andy George and Ray Hyde of Lewis & Clark leading the hurling parade. Coursey and Georgi are both righthanders while Hyde fires from the port side . . . The Wildcats appear read; to put up a for midable defense of their conference crown, with Coursey having plenty of assistance from Marv Scherpf and Carl Wickham, honor able mention selections last season in All-Star voting. Coursey was a first string pick . . . Dave Gray, who started out his collegiate career as an ambidextrous flinser. will be number one Bearcat pitch er behind George and could push big Andy for mound ace rating, Gray has been concentrating on right-hand deliveries. Hyde Hurls in Pan-Am Games Hyde recently returned from the Pan-American games where he pitched for Uncle Sam's nine in the Mexico City competition. The talented lefty performed creditably there and should be in great shape for the up-coming collegiate campaign. The U.S. team placed second to the Dominican Republic in the final standings, incident ally. Hyde was one of but four or five west coast players picked for this country's squad. His sterling work in the national semi-pro tourney last summer no doubt influenced his selection . . . Warren Smith, Pioneer coach, is reportedly looking for a banner year with his club bolstered by a pair of veteran semi-pro infielders. The L k C's get underway this afternoon with' a pair against Portland State, while Linfield and Willamette open on Thursday and Friday against Oregon State and Oregon, respectively. The big news this weekend will come out of McCullcch Sta dium Saturday when the Willamette Relays will be run off. There'll be features galore and representatives from your favor it school. If they're within 200 miles of Salem, are pract.ca.lyv guaranteed. And if you like to sit on record breaking perform-" ances you Just can't miss with a field of 2,000-pIus entered. Russian Sports Paper Blasts ; Indoor Track Meets in U.S. .. MOSCOW (JP) The cigaret smoke in Madison Square and other United States arenas where indoor track meets are held is ruining European athletes, the Russians say. This contention is published in Soviet Sports, Russia's leading Vf vi vo six. rw of uav Russian sports Tans also like to smoke, but Russia has few if any indoor sports arenas. Under a new policy, it is now building both in door sports rinks and ice rinks. Paper Admits Records The newspaper Soviet Sports de voted a threes column article to the performances of United States track and field athletes. It remarked that many new rec ords were set. but complained that the American conditions were un fair to European stars' who were invited to compete. Soviet Sports also printed the named Audun Boysen. The Nor wegian stated, according toN the newspaper, that American indoor track conditions ruined European athletes. This may be one of the reasons that Vladimir Kuc. world cham pion Russian runner, did not ac cept an invitation to the United States for the winter track sea- Shantz Beaned By line Drive (Continued from preceding page) rookies Ken Boyer and Bill Vir don smashed homers for the Red Birds. Joe Cunningham, who han dled first base for the Cards the latter part of last season, was op tioned to Rochester of the Inter national League. Dodgers Edge Braves The Brooklyn Dodgers edged the Milwaukee Braves 5-4 as Duke Sni der's three-run homer in the first inning spoiled young Humberto Robinson's shutout record. Robin son had allowed only one hit in 12 innings in his previous outings. The Chicago White Sox stranded 13 runners, but still managed to down the Boston Red Sox 5-3. Chi cago broke a 3-3 tie in the fifth inning on Chico Carrasquels sin gle, a double by Bob Meman and Johnny Groth's infield hit. Dick Donovan pitched six scoreless in nings for Chicago after Boston tat lied all its runs off Ted Gray in the third. Leppert, Woodling Star Don Leppert and Gene Woodling drove in two runs apiece to spark the Baltimore Orioles in a 6-3 vic tory over the Philadelphia Phils. The Orioles scored all their runs off Robin Roberts and broke up the game with a four-run sixth inning. Art Fowler and Jim Pearce held Washington to three hits as the Cincinnati Redlegs turned back the. Senators 5-1. Ed Bailey homered for the Reds in the fifth inning and his single ignited a three-run uprising in the eighth. The Chicago Cubs scored two runs in the seventh inning to out last the Cleveland Indians 9-7. Al Rosen of ihe Tribe, and1 Ernie Banks of the Cubs belted homers. ay Coach Chet Goodman will send his North Salem tennis squad into their first match of the season Fri day when they host the Corvailis High, net stars at North Salem. Five lettennen have returned for the tennis team end will be the nucleus 'for tiie Viking squad. Returning lettennen are Dave Socolofsky, Marv Rhine Keith Boy er. Jim Hardie and Lee Weaver. The complete tennis schedule for the Vikings is as follows: April 1, Corvailis here; April S, open; April S, Lake Oswego, there: April 12, South Salem at North Sa tan: April IS, OSC Rooks here: April 19, open; April 22, Eugene here; April 26, OSC Rooks at Cor vailis; April 29, open; May 3, 'at South Salem: May 6, Corvailis there; May 10, Oswego here; May 14, Eugene there; May 27-28, state meet at Corvailis. World's Champ Skaters Ready COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. I) Two .nice looking youngsters who recently won world champion ships will defend their U. S. titles in the National Figure Skating Tournament at Broadmoore Ice Palace, opening Wednesday. The tournaments runs for four days and it seemed pretty certain that Hayes Alan Jenkins and Ten ley Albright will each pick up an other national championship Sat urday night. Jenkins, a student at Colorado College here, has won the world crown three times. Miss Albright, of Boston, became the nation's top feminine amateur skater after licking an attack of polio when she was little. Jenkins may get his toughest competition from his younger brother, David, also a Colorado College student, who played third in the world event at Vienna. Miss Albright's rivals In senior women s skating include carol Heiss of New York, Miggs Dean of Detroit . and Patricia Firth of Tacoma. If he does, he'll go a long way toward easing Manager Chuck Dressen's worries over lack of a capable shortstop and sundry other weaknesses. Runnels Likes Second A misfit at short himself for the last three years. Runnels has come into his own at second. Further more, although he's sot a long ball hitter, he's doing all or more than ! Dressen wanted when he shifted Pete to cleanup In the batting or der. Going into Tuesday's game Run nels sported a .351 average against major league pitching and is liv ing up to potentialities expected of him since he Joined the Sena tors. Vice President Calvin Grif fith says "Every team in the league except the New York Yan kees has tried to get him from us. He's our most sought-after possession." Batting Average Good Runnels likes the cleanup spot and figures that will help his bat ting average. He says that pitch ers can t give you so much 'junk when you're hitting behind baserunners.". For that reason he believes he'll pound out more run- producing blows. His ,351 average could have been .353 in tne "grapefruit league" ex cept for rain that washed out two hits he got in a game against Cin cinnati. Although he doesn't nor mally get too many extra base blows, he's banged out five in the 13 hits to his credit in exhibitions. These include a homer,' a triple and three doubles. TheyH Dd It Every Time - By Jimmy Hatlo WfiStf IT GOMES ioauias.WQc WYYUfK BUT 7.:.jr . . . . v 1 xi-i. n- vt&m mnmi d MR.J.COXSUS &BO.T 1 I ff7 PISMX4IL BOUT n NAME WAS FIRST CUTCFTWM(T FORJUvixnyiN - THELOKSSSTyWD tmSSTTRULSNOE 7 RSTOtMTOTUa 1 CASS. OP C0GW80RE VERSUS FUTWHEEL CCRXSCSJrOSStVDJ I A JUD3HEHT CP rjk Three-Way Meet Eagles Host Cascade, Servais in Track Test A three-way track meet will be held at Stayton Thursday after noon when the Eagles host Cascade and Gervais in 'their Capitol League cinder opener. The meet will start at 3:30 p.m. Both. Coach Joe Boyle's Eagles and Coadh Ordie Hoye's Ger vais Cougars have an impressive Huskies Seek NCAA Finals son. j Studies Said Reason i The official sport explanation was that Kuc was too busy with his studies to go to the United States However, he did find time to go to France for sports events spon sored by Humanite. the French Communist Party newspaper. Boysen is quoted in the Moscow press, as. stating that American in door track meets remind him of a circus. He says, according to the Russian press, that "athletes are blinded by the bright lights and that the jazz music in the arenas blares loudly and the air is filled with tobacco smoke." SEATTLE W The University of Washington will Invite the Na tional Collegiate Athletic Assn. to hold its 1956 basketball champion ships here, director of Athletics Harvey Cassill announced Tues day. ' The plavoffs have been staged in Seattle twice. In 1949 Kentucky beat Oklahoma A. and M. for the title 46-36 and in 1952 the cham- pionship went to Kansas with a 80-63 victory over St. John. Each tournfment was played before packeii houses. The N. C. A. A. selection com mittee, headed by A. C. (Dutch) Lonborg. announced after the re cent Kansas City tournament that it would probably by at a different site in 1956. "No decision will be made until June, but Washington isvery much interested in seeing the tourna ment come here," Cassill said. Decision Won 4 By Sugar Ray CINCINNATI UP) Sugar Ray Robinson, former welterweight and middleweight champion of the world, won a split 10-round deci sion Tuesday night over Johnny Lombardo of Mt. Carnel, Pa. In winning, however. Robinson showed only an occasional flash of his onetime speed and hitting ability. There were no knock downs. Robinson weighed 162 and Lombardo 153. Lombardo forced the fighting most of the way and worked on the New Yorker's body through out the bout. His left jab and left hook also bothered Robinson early in the fight but the former cham pion, fighting bis third fight after a 27 month layoff, speeded toward the finish to gain the edge. Judge Willie Purcell gave Lom bardo 99 points and Robinson 96. Judge Paul Pusateri favored Rob inson 97-93 and judge Joe Bunk voted Robinson 98-94. Seattle Buys Basgall From Hollywood Stars HOLLYWOOD ( Outright Sale of veteran second baseman Monti Basgall to Seattle in the Pacific Coast league was an nounced Tuesday bv Robert H. Cobb, president of the Hollywood Stars. f . . Basgall had an early season slump and a heel injury toward the last of the 1954 season. - In contrast to 1952. when he hit .279 and drove in 63 runs, he bat ted ".232 last year. The player is 12. The money amount was not disclosed. MONTREAL TAKES LEAD BOSTON J Montreal " center Don Marshall skated in alone to beat Boston's Sugar Jim Henry at 3:oo oi a suaoen aeatn over time Tuesday night as the Canad lens defeated . tne Bruins - 4-3 in their best of seven Stanley Cup semifinal series. Montreal now leads 3-1. Pep Finishes Training Shed SAN FRANCISCO UrT- Willie Pep. featherweight ring veteran, finished his training at a down town gymnasium Tuesday for his nationally televised bout with young. Gil Caddilli at Parks Air Force Base Wednesday night. Beaten only six times in his long career, Pep appeared to be sharp and ready for the scheduled 10 round outing. Pep, former feather weight champion who'll be 33 next September, has won 169 fights while losing six times and drawing once. Five of the veterans' losses were by knockouts three at the hands of Sandy Saddler. He was stopped, too, by Tommy Collins and Lulu Perez. Cadilli.. fighting out of Sid Flah erty's San Francisco stable has had only 26 fights in his short career but has won 21. . He has been beaten three times and held to draws twice. The bout, to be televised by CBS at 7 p. m., PST will be staged solely for Air Force personnel at the Parks base in nearby Pleasan ton. Tbe auditorium seats about 3,500. College Gals' Tourney Set LAKE FOREST. HI. W The 11th annual Women's National Col legiate Golf Tournament will be held June 14-18 at Shoreacres Golf Club with Lake Forest College host, school officials announced Tuesday. , Polly Martin, of the Lake For est College women's physical edu cation -staff, is tournament head. She is a former Ohio State Univer sity golfer and four-time partici pant in the collegiate meet. A field of 50 contestants, includ ing 1933 champion Pat Lesser of Seattle University, is expected ttw enter Among other favorites is Nancy Reed of Peabody (Tenn.) College. 1934 collegiate champion. The tournament is being - held north of the Mason-Dixon line for the first time: in three years.- It has been sponsored the last two years by the ( women's college of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, N. C. f5 'SPORTSMAN'S' DIGESTS SAFETY PIN HOOK FOR KILLED BAITV poem - Safety f4 double hooks ARE NEAT AND CASy TO USE. HOWEVER, mKXO TYPE (fi); ns UPTURNED HOOKS Hf POOR ER HOOKING QUALITIES THAN TYPE WHOSE DOWNTURN ED HOOKS SELDOM MISS UPON STRIKING A RSM. HOOK SITES RAN4E PROM 12 UP TO MO, TO SUIT ANY PfSH PROM PAN" RSH TO MUSKIES. IMPALE THE MINNOW,HOPPER, FRO, BEE TLE.. ETC, AS SHOWN, AND IT WONT SNAP OPP WHEN CASH ADD AN INDIANA SPINNER POR TROLL INa. Churchl Ball Loop Slates First Meet ! I The Salemi Church Softball League will hold an organizational meeting Thursday night at S p.m. in the YMCAito lay plans for the summer, Softball program, it was announced Tuesday by Carl Grefd er, secretary of the league. All managers of the league should be present, said Greider, so that playing dates and league openers can be planned. Election of officers is also planned Thurs day night. ! Bob Ocshe.i president, and Mar ion Van Tassell, vice president, are present officers of the league. Kenny Lane Wins . Bout on Decision GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Ufi Kenny Lane. Michigan lightweight champion, danced to a unanimous 10-round decision over Armand Savoie before 1,635 spectators Tuesday night. Both fighters weighed in at .139 pounds. ' Lane, recently named as 10th ranking lightweight contender, will take on lightweight champion Jim my Carter in a title bout in Grand Rapids next June. More Season Ticket Buyers' Names Released by Senators x.- Detroit Gains Finals In Stanley Cup Play - . TORONTO l The Detroit Red TCines. Dowerful defending cham rtinns swept into the final round af the Stanley Cup playoffs Tues day flight with a 3-0 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs to score a. whitewash in the pesi-ow semi final series. ' Another list of names of season ticket buyers was released by the Salem Senators officials Tuesday. The baseban-nunded fans of Salem pushed the season ticket sales to the 1000 mark during the past Na tional Baseball Week and tbe Sen ators board of directors announced after a meeting Monday that there definitely would be a club fielded for the forthcoming baseball sea son. Season ticket sales by the Sen ators Boosters Club will continue until, the season opener at Waters When this is reached, the financial strain on the club will be greatly lessened. The latest list of season-ticket buyers is as follows . Joe Adams. John Adlon, Harold D. Alderin, H, Anderson, Charles Barclay, Ron Barker. Charles Bower, H. C. Brunk, GJ Burt, D. M. Campbell, Dr. Lewis Clark, Frank Evans, Warren Ezell, Stan ley Fagg. Julian Fallens. Jess i Fewer, : Clarence Fra nke, Ward Graham, J. M. Hansen. J. J. Har Field April 28 with the Eugene ris," Ken Hay, E. B. Kasson. Del club. After that' date, no more of the. special priced season ducats will be available to the public and tickets will have to be purchased on the single admission basis. This is being done to protect those who bought their season tickets early. A new goal of 2000 has been set for sales by the Boosted . Club. ' 1 bert Kleen. Glen M. Looney. Meier Jc Fmnk Co. i Wallace E. Jfcnson Nolile C. Naness. Wilbur Note- boom, Optimist Club. Keith Pow ell. G. I . Putnam, Leo Reiman, John W. Riches. M. H. Saffron. N E. Shaw. Norman E. Shaw. R. E Smith, Virgil E. Starr, W. N. Stu art, and L R. Youag. SEALS HOMER FOR WIN BRAWLEY, Calif, un The San Francisco Seals beat the Sacra mento Solons in a slug fest Tues day, 12-11. The Seals were outhit, 13 to 12, but! notched three home runs against the Solons two. Suds Wallop Stars 10 to 5 list of returning vets. The Cougars have 13 lettermen back while the! Eagles return with 11. The Gervais lettermen are Ron Keppinger, hurdles and pole vault; John Inlow, 440; Eldon Andres, 8M: Don Reiling, hurdles; Gary Williams. Javelin; Darrel Climer. pole vault; Den Thompson, 440; Darrell McCall, broad Jump; Rob Cutsforth. mile; Ken Leith, 880; Dick Scholz, sprints; Jack Reis, high Jump, and Bob Funkhouser, javelin. Prospects Listed Listed as top prospects for the Cougars are Phil Mahony, 440: Bob Fossholm, mile; Don York, sprints: Arnold Vohland, mile; Jack Burgett, shot and Javelin; tU J VyUUflill WtlVk VUM UW ttN . Jerry Manning, high jump, and Brownie Wamplier, high jump. Boyle's returning vets are Dur wood Dark, shot and discus; Rob ert Fery, hurdles: Darrel Gohl, shot and discus; LeRoy Johnson, pole vault; Bob Key, 440; Floyd Lengacher, high jump; Carl Stav ang, broad jump; Robert Garland, 880; Bob Roy, discus and pole vault; Don Small, high jump, and James Tiger, broad jump. Others that Stayton will be count ing on are James Morgan, 880; Tom Mack, mile; Ed Hosford, hur dles;.. Dick Garland, sprints, and Ernie Yargus, mile. Following the ; three-way. meet Thursday, the three schools" will enter the Willamette Relays with soma 100 other high schools Saturday. UNIVERSITY BOWL Ladies Classic League results Tuesday night: Osko's Insurance 1 (Bert a Thompson 502) and Nohl gren's Restaurant 2 (Madge Riekc 470); Simmons Insurance 1 (Val Whereley 452) and Roberts Bros. 3 (Fran Aleshire 515); Harry & Mable'a 1 (Loraine Iseli 442) and Tele-Treat 3 (Alma Penny 502); Singer's Sewing Machines 2 (Ger tie Carr 48?) and Merrold-PhiUipl 2 (Shirley Laird 523); Smoke Shop 2 (Gloria Littke 499) and China City 2 (Alice Loken 499). k Other high scores: Norma Peter son 209, Shirley ' Laird 206, Lor raine Iseli 208, Kay Krejci 51S. CAPITOL ALLEYS Industrial No. 1 results Tues day night were as follows: McGilchrist Jc Sons 0 (Frank Albrich 542). Elwood's Mssons 4 (Ed Wilkalis 821); Curly's Dairy 4 (Bruce Wilberg 553)., Nameless Food Market '0 (Tom Kenagy 592); National Battery 1 (How ard Bartholomew 529), Blue $ ke 3 (George Lloyd 543): Salem Elks 3 (Vern Haugen 587), Cal Pac 1 (Ray Werbowski 577); Salem Police 3 (Mick Mathers Rffl T-afn4 aihm C 1 1 Atm T Una 1 (Kelley Peters 551); Mayflower Milk 2 (Jack McFarland 499), Stevens It Sons 2 (M. Hammond 563). High individual game, Howard Bartholomew 213. High indi vidual' series, Vern Haugen 587. High team game, Salem Elks, 901.1 High team series, Curly's Dairy 2818. PALM SPRINGS. Calif. George Schmees led the way Tues day with five hits in five trips as the Seattle Rainiers walloped the Hollywood Stars. 10-5, in a Pacific Coast League practice baseball game. Schmees also drove in two runs and scored a pair. He got a ma terial assist from Art Schult who drove in four runs with two hits in five trips. The Stars helped, too, with four errors made while two pitchers were giving up 13 hits. Hollywood 000 020 210-5 11 4 Seattle 430 100 I0x-10 13 3 Rowe, Salas .(S) and Hall; Sin gleton, Kindsfather (8) and Gins berg. Los Angeles Raps Marines 15 to 2 CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. Cfl ' Boss Bill Sweeney used his newcomers from the Chicago Cubs today and his Los Angeles team whipped Camp Pendleton s Ma rines," 15-2. Don Elston, Bob Talbot and Don Robertson all figured prominently in the Angel victory. All arrived this week from Chicago. Elston became the first Los Angeles pitch- er to go the distance. He gave up six hits, whiffed seven and walked two. Los Angeles 105 030 121-15 19 3 Camp Pndltn 000 000 200 2 ft 2 Elston and Pramesa; Schleuter, White (5) and Gugllemo. DUCK PIN ALLEYS . The Tuesday results of Duck Pin bowling was as follows: Kave T.V. 4 (Dick Highberger 819), Davis Oil Co. 0 (LesMiller 460); Dyer In surance Co. 3 (Arnie Meyer. 513), Randle Oil Co. 1 (Jean Williver 390); Quality Used Cars 4 (Bill Werner 501), Bye: Olsen Florist, 4 (Paul Barker 421), forfeit. High team game and series. Kaye T.V. 805 and 2320. High individual game. Keith Kaye 220. High individual series, Dick Highberger 519. John Witte Back At Orei?nn State o - CORVALLIS ( Tackle JohE Witte, who had a standout sopho more year before going into the Army two years ago, returned to the Oregon State College campus Monday. Witte, who now has completed his Army hitch, earned letters ie football, track and wrestling in hit sophomore year. He Is frwr Klamath Falls. Bonus Pick Wants Job With Minors AP Nevsfeatures CLEARWATER, Fla., Tom Qualters, the $40,000 bonus pitch er picked up from McKeesport, Pa., High a year ago last June, holds a major league record that may sever be matched. He's not proud of it, however. Qualters, a 190-pound six-footer now 20, sat through 154 games with the Philadelphia Phillies last season without pitching an inning. I'm tired of sitting," said Qualters. "I go out on option in June. That's when I lose my bonus player designation. Til be glad to go to the minors and pitch anywhere. Qualters broke into the majors in 1953 against the Cardinals. He faced six batters. Four made hits, one walked -and the other was hit by a pitched ball. He was charged with six earned runs and has yet to get his first man out The Phillies have been fight ing for a money position the last two years and I can't blame them for not using me," Qualters rea soned. "Last year I worked in three exhibition games against the Athletics, Terre Haute and a Fort Wayne semi-pro team. I won all three games. "Maybe it's a good thing broke in the way J did. I've got a lot to work on. 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