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ScefSiinilay'i Willamette River Racing Regatta Brooks aiioo r J 3 r J 2 Rocky Heavy Favorite Over Cockell il J. t it I ii Cubs Humble t ($. 1 Statesman, Salem, Ort., Sunday, May 15, 1955 The fast-growing and popular Wallace Marine Park, in the shadows of the three bridges which connect Salem and West Salem, is pictured in this aerial photo, and will he the scene of a racing ; regatta Sunday, starting at 1 p.m. The program is to be a benefit sponsored by the Marine Park Improvement dub and the Oregon Motor Boat Racing Association. Boats and drivers, including world champions, will participate, many being from California and Wash ington points. Salem Boat Club "Booster Ribbons" will serve as admission tickets. (See story next page.) ' Bearcats lose First MWC Dual Meet to Pioneers $ ' ; : -.J. ' . -5" ; S Varsitv Creiv Defeats Cal Benson Again Strains Leg Wash i naton Near Trage Mars JV Race By JACK HEWINS SEATTLE . Uft Washington's smooth "varsity crew, hardly ruf fling the water with its steady 30 stroke tempo, rowed to a six length victory Saturday over California in the annual dual regatta. A near tragedy climaxed the minr varsitv race when Doug Wetter, pulling the bow oar. for Washington, went "overboard half a mile from the finish and was. res cued by a coach who dived off a following motor launch. ... . The two jayvee crews were al most even at the time and the Cal crew swept ahead to win by four and a half lengths. Washington fin ished with the bow oar dragging at the side of the boat. Coach Al Ulbrickson of Wash ington said Wetter caught -a crab and was swept overboard by his oar. Diving in to help him was Birkland. coach of Wash- in', lifhtweieht crew.-Wetter bobbed up but was dazed and had to have help. I Husky Fresh Victor Washington made it two out of three for the day when the frosh opened the action with a nine length "triumph over California s greenlings. The two varsity boats battled on ven terms after Cal jumped away to quarter length lead at the start. Bv the half mile mark they were even and both boats were rowing at a steady 31. Washington dropped down to 30 frntree -tn the minute and edged steadily into a quarter-length lead at the end of the first mile. By the time they reached the mile mark in the two and three quarter mile race, open water was showing between the 'two boats. Washington was a fat two lengths in front as they moved into the final mil Cal. which also had dropped to 30,". raised the beat to 31 and then 32 but failed to close water on the steady Huskies. Huskies Ease Pulse Washington eased the pulse up to Jl and spread the margin to six lengths as it hit the iinisn. me winners were timed in 14 minutes 99 seconds. 17 seconds slower than the record time set in 1949 by California. Cars time was 14:54.6, Until the accident to Wetter, the - 1awe race was" the best of 'the day. The winning California boat was timed in 14:37.6 and Washing ton's seven men and an oar in 14:'- 55.6. Washington's freshmen, match ing the ' varsity in polish, grabbed a quick lead over the Cal freshmen and widened it steadily throughout the two mile race. - California, a bit ragged, picked the beat up to 32 in the last half mile but could close no water on the victors. Washington was timed in '10:18.4 and Cal m 10:53.2. In a preliminary race at 2,000 meters, Washington's No.-2. fresh man boat was first, the Washing ton light weight crew second and Oregon State College third. Jabberwalkies Slate Archery Meet Today The Salem Jabberwalkie Arch ery Cki) will sponsor; an invita tional tourney today oh the club range, located in the Pringle dis trict K' ' ' O ' ' Registration for the meet, one of; the first outdoor archery ses sions of the season hereabouts, will start at 10 a.m. and will con clude at l p.m. Action will con list of the regular 28-target field round. : Prizes are - to be awarded in both the instinctive and 'free-style divisions,- club officiate bavt announced. Willamette lost its first North west Conference dual track meet nf frho spasnn in T .pa-is anri flnrtr aunaay sorues. 75-56, in a cold, rain-swept oval Don't be counting departed Jim Sheldon, the Elks Tourney champ test at McCuUoch stadium Satur- out of future Salem links outings entirely, ilim Jim plans to return (jay morning, I r Tl 1.:. ...M.ff. II,. nMviiml CkfiflA fink Vtttfaia I 11 U IU W uavc urn BWJUKS Ml uic annual biuuic wuu vigg i -ji i j, , l . . t ' j ; i.-..mi .n vm tv s.. rk " was ie only dual meet lost JU , "uc' . !f ' " ulw " ' ' of the year for Willamette z: I tin iiuu iuaijr nvwa ui ou ttiw b to retain the team trophy they so easily won in last year's Shrine conclave ... . Harry (Kid) Mat thews' Mgr. Jack Hurley said awhile . back that - Cockell . would lick Marciano in their scrap to morrow night, but Matthews, who has fought and lost to both gladi ators doesn't go along with - his boss., The Kid sees the Brockton Blockbuster flattening England's pride in five or less. Nothing like going along with a winner, for Marciano is undefeated and untied in 47 fights . . . There have been some dandy names to ' try and squeeze into baseball box scores over the years, but the best we've yet seen belongs ' to the pitching laddie here with the ' Spokanes. It's Stavrianoudakis, no foolin' . . . Not nearly enough was mentioned of the opening night crowd the , rrr ir hii,T,.ii miiiiiwwi I mull riiuMKwwiir Jm JIM SHELDON Shrine meet a lure. ex- , cepting for the season-opening test with the strong University of Oie gon Duck, what hurt even more, perhaps, was the re-mjuring of ace hurdler Dean Benson's ailing leg. Benson, who has been almost con sistently Willamette's high point man. strained his leg in the high hurdles but still managed to fin ish first in the race Hartman Ties Cook He attempted : to run the lows but on the sixth hurdle again strained the tender limb and wss able only to finish third, the first time he has finished other than first this year, Dale Hartman for the Bearcats and Caley Cook for Lewis and Clark tied for high point honors witn 13 eacb. Hartman won the 440 the 2-mile and tied for first in the 880 with two of his teammate3 Eugenes drew last week. The total was 4,600, and special red-lettered It was the Tirst time Hartman had mention the crowd size should have been made by the news agencies, ever run the two-mile ' and he for baseball in the lesser villages of the-Northwest just don't lure turned in a time of. 10:58 to win them kind no more . . . Veteran Sdverton High Coach Mini Anderson, the long run. who was one of the refs in the March state prep cage tourney at I Cook won the low hurdles th fcugene, was aownea oy a mysterious aumeni snoruy auerwara, dui (Continued on nMt natr 'n11i,.tMM mm .u. ...linn i. m ..J Mwn,M4 s r. r i n lfi,.T .Aine 4nA VMnt. i XT O I uuuwuiK Ui uutiduvu is uu auu aiuuuu agam. wiui junta mc inanj , many others who vow never to work another state tourney, simply because it s far too tough a grind for the peon-like fees the sponsoring Oregon Schools Activities Association pays. The OSAA apparently lieves officials should work the tourney for the honor they gain. Ha They'll Not be Mining Mr. McGee The U of Oregon Webtoots may have lost their big football fullback Jasper McGee, who bas dropped oat of school. But they arent exactly hurting. If things go right between now and then, you'll see quite a lad at the fullbacking spot in Len Casanova's iiaenp aext Aotuma. He's Jack Morris, the former Medford High terrific who not onlr played lots of football for the Black Tornado, bat also did some record-breaking hurdling in the track sport. Morris is again enrolled at Oregon, following a three-year hitch in the Air Forces. He's running on the Webfoot Frosh track team, (Continued on next page) Giants 8 to 0 Jensen's Homers Aid 3-1 Boston Victory By RIP WATSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Brooklyn Dodgers made a triumphant return to Cincinnati's Crosley Field, one of their favorite stamping grounds, Saturday and trampled the Cincinnati Reds for a 13-2 victory. The one-sided verdict, highlight ed by Carl FuriHo's home run with the bases loaded, was Brooklyn's 24th -victory in 28 games and served notice the Brooks intend to repeat last year's record of 9 vic tories in 11 games in Cincinnati. Brooklyn moved nine . games ahead of the National League pack as Milwaukee nipped Philadelphia 5-4 and went into a virtual tie for second place with the New York Giants. Glaats Tumble The Giants bowed to Chicago 8-0 as Bob Rush pitched his sec ond successive shut out against the New Yorkers. New York is two percentage points ahead of the Braves. Brooks (The Bull) Lawrence hurled four-hit ball and Ken Boy er belted a two-run homer as the St. Louis , Cardinals shut-out the Pittsburgh Pirates 641 in a night game. He faced only 30 men in gaining his major league shutout. Boston's-Jackie Jensen and New York's Elston Howard were the whole story in the American League. Jensen walloped two home runs, the second in the home half of the 13th inning, to account for all his team's runs in a 3-1 ver dict over Kansas City. Howard capped a Yankee rally in the ninth inning with a triple that sent home the tying and win ning runs in a 7-6 victory. Cleveland, the league leader, was rained out. at Washington and Chicago, the second- place team, had its game in Baltimore called off Jor the same reason. Sixth Grand Slammer Furillo's home run after 13 hit less times at bat was the sixth grand slammer of his career and temporarily tied 'him with team mate Duke Snider for the league eadership at 9 apiece. Snider broke the tie later in the same inning, however, when be walloped his 10th of the year. The Duke also had. a double and two (Continued on next page) Spoke Boss Can Still Smile ' . . I m J I 1 SWVL Sets Big !.. D Sports Spread Even though his young Spokane Indians are in last place in the Northwest League standings, Manager Eddie Lake, above, former Major and Coast league shortstop can still smile. The Indians are scheduled to battle Salem Senators at Waters Field in a 2 p.m. doublehead;r today. Friday and Saturday games were rained out. Solons, Spokane Play Afternoon Twin Sill By AL LIGI1TNER Statesman Sports Editor The predicted good weather for Saturday , afternoon , wasn't,, and the scheduled opening baseball doubleheader between the Salem Sen ators and Spokane Iridians was washed out at Waters Field, just as was Friday s night s slated single game. They 11 try today, with an after- 18-Year-01d Ties Shelton Major. League Leaders Northivestern Sprinter Ties World 100-Yard Dash Record , EVANSTON, IU IP) Jim Golliday, Northwestern junior, blurred through the 100-yard dash in :09.3 Saturday in the Big Ten Relays to equal the. wprld record and turn in the fastest time ever recorded in the conference. Golliday, whose best previous clocking was :09.5 in a triangular meet at Northwestern last wees flashed the distance with a slight tailwind of 3:32 miles per hour. It matched the accepted world marks set by Mel Patton of Southern Cali fornia in 1948 and by Hector Ho- gan of Australia a few years ago. Recognition Sought ? ' Northwestern Track Coach Rus sell Walter said he would submit Golliday's mark for world recogni tion. The maximum wind velocity for a world record acceptance is 4:07 miles per hour. Golliday's effort cannot be ac cepted as a Big Ten record be cause it was not set in a cham pionship meet However, it betters the :09.4 by Jesse Owens .that has stood for the conference standard for 20 years. Five watches were on Golliday, Two caught him in :09.2, two in :09.3 and one in :09.4. The official time was :09.3. Big Tea, NCAA Champ Golliday, 24-year-old Negro -from Chicago, was the Big Ten and NCAA century champion in 1952.' A leg injury that year prohibited him from trying out for the Olym pics. He was in the Army in 1933 and 1954. competing in meets around Berlin and was unbeaten in 18 200-meter races on a Scandinavian AMEBICAN LIAGCI G .. AB R.H.Pct Power. Kan. C. JO 79 21 32 .405 Kaline. Detroit 28 108 22 41 .380 Kucnn, Detroit 29 ' 118 19 43 .365 Bauer. N.,Y. 2 107 27 36 .336 Vernon. Wash. 26 102 11 33 .324 Smith. Bait 23 76 S 23 .303 AvUa. Cleveland 27 102 . 14 32 .314 Fox. Chicago 25 98 17 30 JOS Smith. . Baltimore 32 76 .303 ManUe. N. Y. 26 94 27 28 .298 Home runs: Zernial. Kansas City 10; Mantle. New York 10; Jenaen, Boston 7: LoUar. Chicago 7: Kaune Detroit 7; Bauer, Mew York 7. Runs hatted in: Zernial. Kansas City 27; Vernon, Washington 27; Nie- man. Chicago 24; Kaline, uetron 24 ; Mantle, Mew xorK 32. NATIONAL LEAGUE G AB It H Pet Mueller. NY. 23 99 15 41 .414 Virdon, St.' Louis IS 75 , 15 28 .373 Logan. Milwaukee 28 104 22 37 .356 Cmpnela. Brklvn 28 104 21 37 .356 Schndnst. St L It 94 16 33 .351 Moon. St Louis 24 107 16 36 .336 Repulski. St. L. 24 107 12 36 .336 Snider. Brklyn 28 103 30 33 .320 Mart.' N Y. 23 104 22 33 .317 Williams. N. Y. 23 76 12 24 J16 Home runs: Snider, Brooklyn. 10: PuriUo. Brooklyn, f; Post, Cincinna ti. 8: Khuzewskt, Cincinnati. 7: Aar on. Milwaukee. 7; Mays. New York, 7. Suns batted in: Snider, Brooklyn, 94; CampaneUa. Brooklyn, 31; r init io. Brooklyn, zs: ronay, uucago, 25; WOODBURN (Special) The annual Willamette Valley League aenior Lettermen s Sports Ban quet is set for Legion Hall here Tuesday night, starting at 6:30 o' clock. ! Every senior athlete in all eight member shcools who have earned a letter in his respective sport will attend the spread as honored guests. This means there will be athletes from Woodburn, Silver- ton, Mt. Angel, Dallas. Estacada. Sandy, Canaby and Molalla on hand, and that all school sports will be represented. Speaker for the banquet win be Bobby Doerr, famous second baseman for the Boston Red Sox or many seasons who now lives at Junction City. It is estimated that approximate ly 175 athletes and coaches will be honored Tuesday night. Doubles Teams Slate Finals PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W t. Pet. W L Pet FRESNO. Calif. W Charles ?" P,ie " 1! -325 5?? J5 25 Hi Dumas, an 18-year-old high school AnJ 22 n sn Fran 17 21 .447 senior, looked Southern California's Portind 17 is .486 Hoiywd 15 23 J95 Ernie Shelton right in the eye Sat-1 Saturday resuiu- at wtiana s. ;t,f J ,;, foot uaxiana ; oun iyiego w, nuu,- uiuajr u&i auu MuoieU -v-' wood 9; at Los Angeles 3. Seattle 5; iv men neigni. in me mgn jump ui ai an rancisco i. acramenro i the West Coast Relays. i kat-ionai. t.kagdi Young Dumas, from Centennial w l Pet w l Pet. cleared the height on his first try muw.uh 15 13 j36Cincinn 9 17 .346 before a capacity crowd of 14,000 Chicago is 14 jn Piuiadel 8 is jos at Ratchffe, While the TJSC ace Saturday's results: at Cincinnati 2, neoriAri nil thrw nf hit iumm to Brooklyn 13: at Milwaukee 5, Phila- neeaea au tnree ot ms jumps 10 delpnia 4: ,t Chicago 8. New York mate ii. o: at St lxuis 6. mttsourgn . Both men failed on three jumps . apiece at a measured neignt ot e- w l Pet w L Pet. 11. set at Sheltnn'a renuesL I I Clevlnd 19 8 .704 Boston 13 17 .433 ' I i m tin nr.wM. il ii At The 6-10 established a new re- t"v i2 , in ? 'SS lays' record, wiping out Shelton's Detroit is is !s36 Baiumr s 19 J96 6-9 set a year ago. Saturday's results: at Boston 8. Dumas' leap was by far the best Y l::Z'"':, vi uia uuuuuig taiccr ami inaiNcu rain; at Baltimore-Chicago, rain. the third time he has bettered the national interscholastic high jump record of 6-7V4. The young Negro stands 6-2 and weighs 173 pounds Rafter Johnson, the sensational UCLA freshman, got the evening activities off to a brisk start by tying the national collegiate fresh man record of 14 seconds flat for the 120-yard high hurdles. i Last merit's scheduled roadster Another Pan-Am champion. Ad-lrarin? urogram t Hollvwood Bowl hemar Ferreira de Silva of Bra- was called off . because of the zil, won his hop-step-jump special-1 rains, but the hot rodders hope to ty at 51 feet 3 inches, a new Rat- go at it today in a full afternoon of cliffe Stadium record. The old rec- events in Portland, at the Port- ora was 50 leet 2 inches by Billy land Speedway. Brown of Louisiana State in 1940. Time trials for the Portland card Max Truex, university ot South- wm start at 1:30 d. m. Midaets em California freshman from will next amear on the Salem Warsaw, Ind., smashed the relays, track, on the coming Saturday record for the 5,000-meter run with night, according to Valley Sports a m:o.o ciocKing. i officials Sim Iness of the Los Angeles Ath- The Capitol Racing Assn. of letic Club beat teammate Parry Salem has been invitd to race OBrien by more than four feet with the Sunset Auto Racing Club m -me cuscus, nipping me piate at HiDsboro today and, with wealh 170 feet Vt inch. O'Brien's best was er permitting, local drivers are w cci it. iiitiics. . i iMivrtwl tn tak nart m thi vpnt m , 1 . i : I ' i wo more ran-Am cnampions. broad jumper Roselyn Range of tji o .tnn f- Fort Ord, Calif., and Parry liot Springs Upeil t t, won their events with compara- jLeti DV W lllinger noon double bill at 2 p. m. If this one is rained out, the ' Spokanes will have done nothing here other than keep themselves holed up in their hotel. The whole series will have gone down the drain. I Hurlers Named Should unusual weather set in unexpectedly, however, the Sen ators will toss Bill (Red) Whitson and Long John Wortham, both righthanders at the Spokanes in today's duet Both are expected to be hurling regulars for Uncle Hugh Luby's flock if ever the weather lets up long enough to allow the slabsters to work in turn and to toil without the dang er of freezing to death or drown ing. Lueke to Pitch Ed Luedke, Spokane rookie who beat the Salems at Spokane a week ago in the only clash the Tribe was able to take in four tries, will be one of Mgr. Eddie (Continued on next page) Bettors Favor 5-Round Bout No Chance Given To British. Champ v By JACK HAND - -SAN FRANCISCO 1 Rocky Marciano is supposed to demolish Don Cockell, a broad-beamed Bri tish hog farmer, in the fifth de-; fense of his world- heavyweight title Monday night at Keiar Sta dium. - The sturdy champ from Brock ton Mass..' unbeaten in his 47-fight career with 41 knockouts, is such a topheavy favorite that there is practically no betting on the re sult Even the promoters' release mentions a S to 1 price. One source lists Marciano as a to 1 choice. They say it's about 8 to 5 that .Cockell won't last five rounds.. Cockell, first British heavyweight to get a chance at the crown since Farr- fought Joe Louis in 1937, has failed to impress in his training at suDuroan ban Rafael. Defensive Weakness ' Although the 26-year-old fat bov has trimmed down from 220 pounds to 208, h. has glaring defensive ' weaknesses and does not appear to nave the punch to bother Rocky. un the other hand, Marciano hit peak in his closing drills at Calistoga,. battering spar, mates with a thumping . body . attack. Sharp at about 139 pounds, the 30- year-old champ seems to have only cuts to fear. . The nose cut that Ezzard Charles' opened, last September' has leaked no blood during the long training grind. There is no guarantee, how ever, that it won t split again from solid punch. " . San Francisco which - stm re members Jim Corbett and -Jim Jeffries has been slow to heat up for its first heavyweight title scrap since cnaries stopped pat Valen tino uci. 14, 1949. That bout set a California record wkh a sate of $167,870 at the Cow Palace. Jimmy Murray, local promot er who is working with the Inter national Boxing Club is staging the fight, has reported advance sales of over $150,000. Although they talk of $500,900. . chances are a crowd of 30,000 and a gate df' between $300,000 and $330,000 is more realistic. The sta dium has 68,000 seats priced from $40 tof$5. ' Nobody can sit home and watch this 15-round match on his televi sion set. There will be: no home tv. ; ' ' The fight will be beamed, how ever, to about. 83 theaters in 59 cities on closed circuit theater tele vision with California blacked out. It also will be heard on radio (NBC), beginning at 7 p.m. PST. Pitt Gridders On Duck Slate PITTSBURGH ( - The Uni versity of Pittsburgh said Satur day its football team will meet the University of Oregon in 1956 and again in -1957. The 1956 game will be played here Oct. 27, and the 1957 contest will be at Eugene, Ore., Sept. 27. Pitt said it will be the first competition between the two schools in any sport' Rain Cancels Race Program GET READY FOR THAT WMQRIAL DAY TRIP Special Unfij June ADJUST BRAKES O G G CHECK FLUID ALIGN WHEELS .... ...... S3.59 Wheel Balancing Including Weight$ 1.49 Finals in the fourth annual Statesman-Capitol Alleys Doubles Bowling tournament will be rolled at the Capitol Alleys Sunday start ing at 1 p. m. Going into the final round as favorite is the team of Roy Farley Sr. and his son, Roy Jr. Vieing for the trophies and prize money that go to the winuers are five other teams who hope to re lieve the Farleya of the top posi tion in the tournament In the three", rounds so far, the Farleys have rolled the highest qualifying scores tn the four-year history of the tournament Their scores have been 1359. 1247 and 1395. The other five finalists are the teams of Larry . Oslund and Bob Ryan, Bunny Bunnell and Tommy Brennan, Kent HaOey and John Glodt Jack Thomas and Jimmy Lebold, and Rich Staudinger -and five ease. Range broad jumped 24 feet 11 H inches and O'Brien pegged the shot 56 feet C inches. All NWL Tilts Halted by Rain Rain handed the Northwest Le gue a heavy blow Saturday, cancelling every game on the schedule, including Salem's double- header with Spokane. ! At Eugene the doubleheader with Lewiston was postponed because of the wet weather and another twin bLU was slated for Sunday, starting at 1:30 p.m. The post poned games will be made up on Lewiston's next trip to Eugene. The game between Wenatchee and Tri-City was also postponed and will be made up at a later HOT SPRINGS. Ark. ( Bo! Wininger, poker-faced pro from Oklahoma City, put together an-1 I other string of precision golf shots i Saturday as he shot a 68, four-under-par, for a three-stroke lead i in the $15,000 Hot Springs Open. Johnny Palmer of Charlotte, N. C, also fired a 68 and remained three strokes back at 205. MOUNT GLASSHEAT By Continental -- "The Sunshine Heat" No Fire Harard No Noise No Dirt at Odor No Maintenance The onlv fall? automatic heat guaranteed by Good Housekeeping . 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