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Stars Tltat Sinned Slidiv Brilliance in Action 1 . i ! Ml Like mm DDI t V TV I Dean Benson, Willamette Univer sity speedster, displays his best Tictory smile after setting a, new record ia the 120-yard high hur dles invitational with a 14.fi gallop ' against the northwest's best competition. Benson beat the former record holder, Ken Mischall, whose old record was 15.1. Mischall placed only ' fourth in the race. - . T.-.f -r -J . - hi' , ' - - ' ' ' ; v Z i' .5'. 1 r ! ' . NewNWLoop Spring Camps Set to Open By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Spring training opens this week for the - new Northwest League, the class B baseball replacement for the financiallyfolded Western International League. Three of the clubs In the coun tfjs only league with an odd num ber of teams, will work out the kinks in California Wednesday. Wenatchee will be at Petaluma, Eugene at Santa Cruz and Salem at Napa. Lewiston. Tri-City and Yakima will train at home. Spokane will travel to Clarkston, Wash. Only Luby Returns Only one team will start with the same 'manager that -handled the club under the WIL. Hugh Luby, who took over at Salem after Harvey Storey quit June 17. will manage the team again this season. Edo Vanni shifted from Tri-City to Wenatchee. Cliff Dapper moved from Billings of the Pioneer League to Eugene. Tri-City signed Don Pries, who played with Victoria and 'Yakima ' last season. Hub Kittle will run field affairs at Yakima. Eddie Lake, one-time major leaguer, will manage Spo kane and Hillis Layne, former Pacific Coast League star, takes over at Lewiston replacing popular Larry Barton. Broncs Change Name Kittle, one of the most colorful players to ever perform in the Pacific Northwest, returns "to Ya kima and his downtown chili par lor after several years of-manag ing farm teams for : the Philadel phia Phils. The Lewiston team has even altered its name-to the- Lewis k Clark Broncs. This is an anniver sary year of the famous explorer' trip to the Pacific Northwest and the Broncs hope to win support from both Lewiston and Carkston fans. J The 1955 Northwest League sea son will open April 26. There will be three openers, with the seventh team drawing a bye, Spokane, which opeas at Lewis ton, hopes to shift its first home game up to May 16 in order to complete more seats in its rebuilt park. statesman MM 8 (Sec 1) Statesman, SaUm, Or.r Sunday, April 3, 1955 Championship Qualifying Elks Tourney to Open First Round of-Play The Salem Elks Golf Tourna ment gets underway today with nearly 60 golfers to tour 18-holes in the qualifying round of the championship flight.; The: it places normally alloted for the cham pionship flight has been increased to 32, reports Bunny Mason, pro at the Salem Golf .Club, site of the annual tourney. j ; Returning to defend his title will Strolz Rates Ski Favorite WU. Vikings ots InTppSp Scene stealer in one of the biggest sports extravaganzas staged in the Northwest was Fortune Gordien (top left): world champion discus thrower, who gave a special exhibition at the Willamette - ' Relays Saturday. Gordien'i best toss of the day was 180 feet, 11 inches, an even foot over the present Olympic record. Bob Del linger, University ot Oregon's crack miler, finishes well ahead of the 'pack (left above) as anchor for' his winning distance medley team. Dellinger rambled the mile distance in an unofficial 4:22. Jerry Kennaston (right above) soars over the bar at 13 feet, 4 inches for a new record in the novice pole vault event. The Washington State vaulter made the mark on his final attempt, leaving the bar rattling in the effort! , ftp.: l .... v ,.. vMiei i: I !' " -SMkB IK u- ' 1 m. J I i This North Salem 440-yard relay team iped to a sew record for the event in one of the "highlights - of a busy relay afternoon. In the order they carried the baton are Jim Norval Warren Scriber, Del Funk and Terry Salisbury. (All Statesman Photos by Thomas G. Wright Jr.) Beavers Buy Hall, Transfer Others GLENDALE, Calif. UFi The Portland Beavers Saturday, pur chased Bob Hall, a right handed pitcher, from Seattle. Hall, 25, had a 12-17 record with Seattle last 'year. He pitched for Hollywood and Oakland of the Coast League before joining the Pittsburgh Pirates. Seattle got him from Pittsburgh. Hall is the third pitcher to -be bought in two days, raising the hurling staff to 10. "All in all, it looks as if our pitching staff is now set for the season," manager Clay Hopper said. The Beavers defeated the Glen jale Dons, a semi-pro team, 12-1, fcn an exhibition game Saturday. Six players were transferred to the Eugene Emeralds of the class B Northwest League. They areC Ron Jackson, infield er. formerly with Victoria; Gran ville Gladstone, outfielder , a n d Portland holdover; Berlyn Hodg 8S, southpaw pitcher from Vic toria: Phil Page, also a left band er who played briefly with Port land and Victoria last year; Don Hopp, former Oregon State pitcher; and Frank Chase, a right handed pitcher. Larry Ward, veteran pitcher. and Dwane Helbig, outfielder from Oregon State, were released un conditionally Saturday.. Seattle U Names Athletic Director SEATTLE The Rev." Robert Rebhahn, S. J., Seattle University dean of men, has been appointed acting athletic director to succeed Bill Fenton, who resigned to join a Seattle business firm. At the same time the Rev. John Kelley, S. J., chairman of the uni versity's athletic control board, said Capt. Marvin R. Fletcher would become tennis coach. Cap tain Fletcher, a member of the school's department of military science, will replace the Rev. Frank Logan, S. J., as coach. Father: Rebhahn, who earlier had been named golf coach to re place Fenton, also will serve as moderator for the varsity basket ball and baseball team. jump Winner Edged in Meet j SUN VALLEY, Idaho W Dave Gorsuch of Climax, Colo.; edged jump event winner Fraakie Brown of McCall, Idaho, to win the downhill race ' in the American Legion Junior Ski Cham pionships Saturday. Gorsuch, 16, completed the mile-and-a-half course on Baldy Moun tain in 2:03.4. Gorsuch placed 15th among 45 hampers from 10 western states Friday. I Beverly Anderson, 16, of Mullan, Idaho, won the girls' downhill with a time of 1:45.1 on the shorter Olympic run course, t The day's racing put Idaho and Colorado in a clear lead for team honors. The slalom will be run Sunday. Other downhill results in the boys' race included: 6. Fred Birke land, Washington. 8. (tie) Norris Durham, Colorado and David Butts Idaho. . Boston Doge In ?Gap Win- 'NEW YORK"tf - Racingfans in the big town discovered Satur day that all they'd heard about the speedy Boston Doge was cor rect. The unbeaten little 3-year-old merely played with nine rivals to hang up his ninth straight victory in the $22,000 Experimental Handi cap at Jamaica. It was the first New York ap pearance for the Beantown Bullet and it was a big show whether or not his owner elects to send him after the Kentucky Derby in May. The colt, owned by Paul Anrio lino, former Boston livery staole operator, slammed under the- wire three lengths ahead of the Brook meade Stable's Sailor, the 5-2 sec ond choice in the betting. Sailor was six lengths ahead of the thied horse, the Kotceby btable 5 Cup Man. Time Proves Fast Boston Doge's time for the six furlongs was a zippy 1:10.8. Only Errard King's time of 1:10.4 last year was faster in this first major Eastern race for horses aiming at the derby and other 3-year-old classics. , The crowd of 39,572 made the dark bay son of The Doge-Boston Lady the odds on choice and he never gave his backers a worry. paying $3.50, $2.50 and $2.40. Sail or, second choice on the strength of three straight Florida victories, paid $2.90 and $2.80. Cup Man paid $5.10. Spartans Top NCAA Boxers 1POCATELLO, Idaho Wl Mich igan State College won the Nation al Collegiate (NCAA) Boxing Championship Saturday night. Four defending champions and a boxer who won a title in 1954 then moved into a heavier weight division won individual titles. It was the first time in the his tory of .the tournament so many boxers have successfully defended their championships. Michigan State's team cham pionship came on 17 points. Trail ing in second place, all' with 13 points, were Louisiana State Uni versity, San Jose State and Syra cuse. Crowns Spread All nine championships went to different schools. Michigan State compiled most of its points with victories in the quarter and semi Herb Odom was the lone Michi gan State champion. The others who successfully defended their titles were Seija Naya of Hawaii, 125, pounds: Vince Polumbo of Maryland, 132: and John Granger of Syracuse, 139 pounds. In addition, .Gordy Gladson of Washington State won the 178 pound bout. He was the 165-pound winner in 1952 and 1954. SEATTLE ) Martin Strolz of Austria is the heavy favorite to win Sunday's running' of, the Na tional and Western International Giant Slalom, but Strolz himself picks Buddy Werner of the Aspen, Colo., Ski Club. "He has beaten ;me twice al ready," said the Austrian star who won the Harriman ; Cup ; downhill event last week at Sun Valley. "Once it was by 4Vi seconds in a downhill." j Strolz is one of i three foreign entries competing for the Western International title with 64 Ameri cans. The latter will be trying as well for the National crown in the single run down the 14 mile course on Barrier Mountain in Stevens Pass. 17 Women Entered i Seventeen women are entered in the feminine division of the Nation als. Northwest skiers who had trou ble on the icy slopes of Vermont during the Olympic trials have hopes of upsetting the favorites in the familiar . powder snow of the Cascade Mountains, j One of them. Jack Nagel of Seattle, will be first man down the 1,700-foot drop from the tip of Barrier Mountain. Storlz, after a look at the hill, predicted a time of 1 minute 40 seconds for the winner, who will have to hit 60 miles an hour on the straightaway to do it. Course Fast, Tough : "Reminds me 'of European courses,' said Strolz, "fast and tough.7 ; He will follow Nagel at the take off, with-ill Meyer of Salt Lake City in third spot. Six members and alternates of the U. S. Olym pic ski team are entered and three of them will follow MeyeV at one minute intervals. Bill Beck of Mt. Mansfield, Vt., Ski Club landed fourth in the draw; Werner fifth and Ken Lloyd of Reno, Nev., sixth. be Jack Brande, Lebanon ace linksman. Mason reported that post entries for the championship round would be accepted until 10 Sunday morning. " Entries in the other flights will be accepted until 7 p. m. Sunday. Only 175 Entered Although the tournament drew 250 golfers in 1954, Mason reported that- the list Saturday included only about 175, but more were ex pected by late signers Sunday. The tourney officials have asked that golfers not hesitate to sign up Sunday if they have not already done so. This year's field in cludes; a heavy number of low handicap golfers and not enough of the high handicappers. The tour ney is open to everyone and even the "poorer golfers'' can gain one of the many prizes offered. Top Challengers Among the top challengers for Brande's title will be Bob Prall, young Salem golfer now attending the University of Oregon. Other top linksmen are Jack Owens, Kent Myers, Cliff : Ellis, Dusty Woods, O. W. Landoc and Jim Sheldon. First tee-off tyne of the tourney is 8:40 Sunday morning, with the others to follow. Hurlers Give Test to Arms Konno Misses Record Mark Dons. UCLA Go to Tourn NEW YORK LP The University of San Francisco, newty crowned cnampion. ana ull.a, me oniy col lege team to beat the Dons during the past season, will be the guest teams in the fourth Eastern Col lege Athletic Conference Holiday Basketall Festival next Decem er. ECAC Commissioner Asa S. BushneU Saturday announced the West Coast colleges had accepted invitations to the tournament in Madison Square Garden, Dec. 26, 28 and 30. Six ECAC memer col leges will complete the field. 800-Meter Attempt Fails FRESNO, Calif. UPi Lon Spur rier, San Francisco Olympic Club runner, failed Saturday in his ef fort to set a new 800-meter world record during a dual track meet between the club's Flying 0 team and Fresno State College. Running into a 15 mile an hour wind, Spurrier was timed at 1:49.8 at the 800Tmeter tape and at 1:50.3 for the 880 yards The half mile mark was a new record fpr Ratcliffe Stadium, I nst1iroinv 4 ot si tf 1 . C 1 1 ..4 I NEW HAVEN. Conn. FordiTv . r.J . , "! University). Last week at Berkeley, running Gordien Tops Mark V s Of Olympic Discus , By DUST PLOG Statesman Sports Writer ; New records were the conven. ' tional rather than exceptional Sat. urday at McCulloch Stadium ai the fifth annual Willamette Relayi rolled off in precision-like move ment that saw not only the local meet marks drop but also one tha topped an existing Olympics re cord. Fortune Gordien, world's holder of the discus record, was the Olynv. pic topper as he hurled the flat plate a distance of 180 feet, H inches to go over the Olympic mark by an even foot. ! But local marks made by both Salem and Northwest track stars pleased even more the 5,000 spec-' tators gathered to watch the esti mated crowd of 2,000 athletes who took part in the greatest known track event of a single afternoon. First record cracked in fhe after noon was in the college invitational 120-yard high hurdles event. Dean Benson of. Willamette streaked over the sticks to break the tape at :14.6, erasing the old meet mark of : 15.1 held by another in the race, Ken Mischall of Mather Air Base, who finished out of the running. Dave Klicker, unattach ed, was second but he trailed Ben son by at least 10 yards. . Viks Show Heels North Salem High's 440-yard sprint relay team gave new Coach Ken Hunt a record in their event when they whipped the baton aroudd the track in the time of :45.2; topping the old mark oi :46.1. The team was composed of Terry Salisbury, Jim Norval,' Del Funk and Warren Scrjber and Salisbury, as anchor man, was all alone when he crossed the finish line. ! Bob Gary of WSC, the Northern Division and PCC sprint champ, won the 100-yard dash college in vitational with his time of 10.1, followed by Walt Hill of Seattle Pacific and Bruce Springbett of Oregon. Times in the various events might have been much better but rain and even hail added their miseries to the competition during the afternoon. Heavy, rains earlier in the week also made the track slow to start with. , Lewis and Clark's 440 sprint re lay team broke the old mark of ? 44.4 with their fleeting 44.2 in the trip around the oval. In the university division of the mile relay, the WSC quartet set a new mark of 3:26.8 to top the former record of 3:27. In the 480 shuttle hurdle relay, Willamette's team, paced by Benson clipped a new mark of 1:00.9 as teammates Staffer, Shaffer and Holder helped the invitational thamp erase fhe tormer record ot i:oz.i. Pole Vaulter Soars Pole vaulter 4erry Kennaston of WSC sailed up! arid over the 13 feet, 24 inch bar fora new mark in the college novice division. Back in the high school class, Duane .Marshall of St. Helens put the shot 54'6" to break his own re cord of 51'6 ". Another sprint medley mark was broken by Oregon's Christianson, Campbell, Bailey and Louema when they sped around thej track in 2:33.3, knocking a second off the existing record of 2:34. &. An other Oregon entry, Martin P(edigo, (Continued on next page) Hollywood Nudges Ft.Ord4to3 ANAHEIM, Calif. UFi Carlos Bernier and Jack Lohrke rapped a pair of sixth-inning triples to spark the Hollywood Stars in their 4-3 win over Fort Ord in an exhi bition baseball game Saturday. The Stars' rookie lefthander Wal ly Pitts started the game and was tagged for five hits and two runs in his five-inning workout. He was credited with the win. ! Ed Wolfe took over in the sixth rand, after giving up one run, re tired the next 11 men in a row. Fort Ord Hollywood 002 001 00O-3 7 000 004 00 4 7 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Saul Rogovin of the Baltimore Orioles and Bob Grim of the New York Yankees each put his arm ; to the test Saturday and came i up with a satisfactory answer. Rogovin went all the way as the Orioles whipped the Pittsburgh Pi rates, 5-3. The veteran righthander gave up 11 hits, including one home run, but he kept them well scattered. Grim, a sophomore who is being given one of the major assign ments for, the Yanks, held Bir mingham of the Southern Associa tion to seven hits as the Bombers carved out an 11-1 triumph. Yanks Collect 11 Grim was scored on only in the fifth inning when he was on the mound during a rain squall. The Yanks collected 11 hits, including home runs by Mickey Mantel and Gil McDougald. Herb Score, the Cleveland In dians' heralded rookie pitcher, ran his scoreless streak to 13 innings as the Tribe licked the New York Giants, 7-4. Score took over for veteran Early Wynn in the sixth and tossed four scoreless innings, yielding only one hit. Kiner Belts Homer Ralph Kiner broke a 4-4 tie with a double, then belted a home run in the ninth to sew up the game for the Indians. The St.' Louis Cardinals edged the Chicago White Sox, 8-7, through the efforts of Wally Moon, last year s Rookie of the Year in the National League. ! The game went 11 innings. Moon tied it with a two-run dotfble in the ninth, then slapped across the decisive run with a single in the Uth. Konno. Ohio State's human fish from Hawaii, missed equalling the world record in the 440-yard free style by one-tenth of a second Sat urday night, but broke the meet record as he scored a "double" in the National AAU Indoor Men's Swimming Championships. Konno, who captured the 220 yard sprint title Friday night, flashed through Yale's 23-yard pool in 4:28.2, his greatest performance at this distance in a spectacular swimming career. The world record, held by Yale?s John Marshall of ; Australia, is 4:28.1, registered here four years ago when Marshall was wrecking records nearly every time, he took a bath. ' Th speedy Konno broke his own meet mark, however, of 4:28.3, which he wrote here on April 3, 1954. He poured it on unmercifully Saturday night to win by 15 yards over Jack Wardrop. Michigan's speedy Scot and friendly rival, who was timed in 4:34.4.! under nearly ideal conditions. Spurrier set a new world 880-yard record of 1:47.5 in a meet between the Olympic Club, the Santa Clara Youth Authority and the Univer sity of California. j MaxwellHolds Lead in Open WILMINGTON. N.. C. un - Billy Maxwell clung shakily to his one stroke Azalea Open Golf Tourna ment lead after 54 holes Saturday, despite a three-bogie finish. The 25-year-old Odessa. Tex., professional, seven under par through 15 holes, finished with a four under 68 for a 201 total for three rounds and a stroke lead over Mike Souchak of Durham, N. C. , , Souchak, who started the day in a second place tie with Bob Toski of Livingston, N. J., matched Max well's 68, but he had to come home in 33 to do it. His 202 left him one shot ahead of Toski who was in third place at 203 following a 69. Snggs Increases Lead in Tourney I OKLAHOMA CITY w - Louise Suggs, the; sweet-swinging Georgi an, shot a 3 under par 74 to in crease her lead in the second round of the $5,00 Oklahoma City Wom en s Open; Golf Tournament. This performance gave her a 36 hole total f 149 after her opening 75 and provided a solid cushion of four i strokes going into Sunday's final 18 holes. Barring -a blowup, Miss Suggs was considered a sure bet to haul down the ! $1,000 top prize-money in the 54-hole charity event. 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