Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983, August 08, 1948, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextV. j lie ., .Ir-old schoolboy ril.Cl"lant. who lW",P.kit the world beat them Mathias: "After a Rest, Back in '52 10 the eighth ho wo"a- handily. "I never worked to hard and M lone for anything in my life," he said In serious, even tones, "and all I want now Is rest , , . and plenty of it." That he "worked long and" hard" was an understatement. For 12 hours Friday. In the most diversified events of the decathlon, Bob pitted his talents against a field of nearly three dozen contestants, and It asn't until the final event, run in the most ghostly atmosphere of the entire games, that he triumphed. Matlilas racked up 7139 points altogether, compared with the record of 7900 set by Glen Morris of the U.S.A. in 1936. He finished 165 points ahead of I. Helnrich of France. He started off at midmomlng by winning his heat in the 110 meter hurdles, turning In a re spectable time of 1S.7, third best of the day. That was easy for him. Next came the discus, and the husky Callfornlan surprised the field, including many topflight foreigners by wlnnnlng with a heave of 144 feet, 4 Inches. He did that with apparent ease too. In the pole vault, Mathias finished second, topping the bar at 11 feet, S Inches to rank second behind Sweden's E. P. Anderson, for a surprise finish. It seemed to matter little to him that he was vaulting In semi-darkness shrouded by London's Infamous fog. By now, tiring visibly, Mathias faltered to Uth tn the Javelin, but the worst was yet to come, the strength-sapping 1500 meters, the Olympio ver sion of the mile. But Bob proved his mettle In the finale where your lungs go first, then your legs and finally your mind all but blots out. It was the final heat of the de cathlon's 1500 meters and the stands were virtually empty. Only Bob's parents and a hand ful of sports writers. He didn't even see them, because it was so dark and foggy he could hardly find the track. He made it through, plodding around the soggy oval in the none-too-good time of 5:11 to win his heal. He was met by his mother at the finish line who smiled through her tears because her "baby" had won. "I'm a little tired, Mom," was all he said as he trudged bare footed to his dressing room. "Sure, I'll probably be back in 1952 ... but first I'm going to get some rest." HegliteT-Oimrd, Eugene, Ore., Strn., Aug. 8, 1948 , Pag tl Billies, Indians Meet Sunday; Springfield Slates SB Playoffs State Tourney And there wasn't art athlete In the world who'd say he didn't earn It. Softball Playoffs Underway Tuesday Night gpOTU DESIGNED for Comfort hk? (hree-bedroom kj?L snd dining k'T. 15 feet from Err oi J5500. L Dick Knight, 2190. busl lllllws' " n cun- Kaulevenlnss. Last Chance of the Year TO WATCH Motorcycle Races HINDAY, AUGUST 15 at BENTON-LANE SPEEDWAY (KlMI.Northon99W) Trials 1 p.m. Races 2 p.m. Billies to Try Climb In Standings ASCADK LEAGUE Standing! w nellstrom 4 Gtustina Hills Creek 1 Sunday Game (t:S0 p.m.) Glmtina i. Hills Creek. k W11 Wednesday Game (8:15 p.m.) Mil ler's vs. SnellBtrom. Friday Game 18:15 p.m.) Hills Creek Vi. Miller's Motorcycle Aces Slate Final Race On Benton-Lane Oval The last chance to see the Northwest's top motorcyclists in thrilling action arrives next Sun day, August 15, at the Benton Lane Speedway. Time trial are slated to begin at 1 p.m., with the races follow ing an hour later. And We largest field ever to be attracted to local motorcycle events is expected to compete for honors and corres ponding prize money. There isn't much dispute re garding the statement that the riders appearing here will be the class of the Northwest. Last week at Olympia, the famed Death Head Derby TT race attracted 72 riders. Naturally, most of the boys were from Washington, but there were several from Canada, Oregon, and a few from California and the other states. Of the six finalists in the main event, five were regular riders of the Oregon circuit. And two, in cluding the Death Head Derby champion, came from the Eugene area. Gene Thiessen, one of the people's choice because he always puts on a real race, showed to one and ail that he is back in top form by copping the Derby. Thiessen was out of action for over a month with a broken lol- lar-bone suffered Memorial Day at The Dalles. NcKenzie River Special For Only Down Ion msy have Immediate Possession of this Modern i-Bedroom Home near VIda Full Price $5250 McKENZIE RIVER PROPERTIES HAP TAYLOR. REALTOR pit on the Lake between Leaburg and Vlda. Telephone fertagfleld 8785 or Cogswell Creek No. 5. Office open all day loiir, md evenings by appointment. Prior to that, he was burning up the trarks. He has slowly gotten back into top form, capturing a recent TT race at The Dalles again, and then snagging the Derby. Without a doubt, he's the man to beat next week at Benton Lane. Red Rice of Portland was sec ond in the Derby, and will be the second choice to win here Sun day. Hubie Simons, of Portland, placed fourth, Casey Jones of Springfield fifth, and Henry Ascenzi of Portland sixth. All will be on deck for a crack at Thies sen again next week. Cascades Industrial Golf League Winners The Eugene Industrial golf league wound up its summer sion on the Laurelwood fairways with the Southern Pacific Cascades nosing out their brother railroad men, the Beavers, by a scant three points to cop the crown, collected on the final day of play. A meeting is to be held next week of all the players to deter mine whether or not a fall sche dule is to be arranged, with the session continuing on through the winter. The session just completed was the most successful to date, all hands in the midst of play. Final standings: SP Cascades AO sf leavers City Tourney Dates Given Qualifying for the annual Laur elwood city golf championships will begin Monday August 16. Rod Taylor is the defending champion. The tournament this year will be a whirlwind three-day affair instead of the usual drawnout affair of the past, that had com petition on week-ends only. Tour ney dates will be September 4-5-6. Qualifying will last two weeks, ending August 29. The Outdoor Store revolving trophy will again be presented the winner. The award must be won three times to retain permanent possession. Taylor and Lloyd Omlid, 1946 champ, each have won one leg on it. Montgomery Ward! Brighter Homes First National Bank Post CHflca Bell Telephone Ammunition III 12 Special HI 318 U Winchester 38-55 WtKrai 257 Robert IMt Eugene Planing Mill 14 Pari Brab, Long Shot Wins At Longacres SEATTLE, Aug. 7 (") Pari Brab, a long shot owned by R. W. Brayden of Tillamook, Ore., won the Featured Seventh at Long- acres track Friday with a time of 1:14 for a muddy six furlongs. The payment was $43.20, $18.30 and $10.50. Stage Actor, owned by J. A. Powers of Waitsburg, Wash., was second, paying $11.40 and $7.90. pi-Gun Mmumtion iMni 'ents Tarps peeping Bags ling Tackle Pome Deer Rifles pcury WtouJ Motors . PLASTERING 4 STUCCO WORK EARL J. VAUGHN 36tb A Hilyard Phone 4431 Grove Softball Playoffs Dated Cottage Grove Softball activity will be concluded this week with the league championship due to be decided. In games last week Quality Market and Dorena Dam won the second hall American and Na tional League penants respec- tively, and go into playoffs for first half winners Monday night. Quality will meet the Knights of Columbus and Dorena Dam will play Knickerbocker's in the see ond game. Wednesday night the Cottage Grove association playoffs will start with the winner in the best two out of three series get ting a berth in the district tour ney. The losers In Monday's game will play for third place. Second games will be Friday night and a third if necessary Saturday night. Ike Williams, Flores Sign For Title Bout NEW YORK, Aug. 7 U.R -Lightweight champion Ike Wil- liams Saturday signed for a 15- round title bout with cagey Jesse Flores of Stockton, Calif., Sept. 22 at Yankee Stadium, practically assuring three world champion ship fights in two nights. Tne two 135-pounders, Williams the slugger and Flores the boxer, were signed by the 20th Century Sporting Club, to meet the night before the rival Tournament of Champions stages its twin-bill at Ebbets Field with title fights in both the light heavyweight and middleweight divisions. Winner Due (or Slate Meet One of. three clubs, either Steen's Marketeers, Sterling Fur niture or the Navy Reserve will find themselves "Baker bound' before the end of the week for this is the week that the blue chips are in the pot and a cham pionship rides on every pitch in city softball play. Steen's, American League champs, are heavily favored to take the city championship over the Federal League rival Sterling Furniture team and Industrial League rival Navy Reserve Starting the weeks activities will be the Federal-Industrial playoff Tuesday night for the right to meet Steen's in the two-out-of-three series for the cov eted honors. With the winner of the last series goes a ticket to Baker and the state softball tour nament commencing August 29 and running through September Lesley's Sporting Goods '34 N. 5th Springfield Itt ,,. t the Pitchers will have a heavy load to carry for oddly enough none of three clubs carried more than pitcher during the regular season. For the Navy its Jerry waanns, who had to work three games in two nights last week, again getting the call to the hill, Sterling will have "Old Reli- able" Verne Adams twirling for tnem, and Steen's their young ace, Hon Willoughby. The Sterling-Navy tilt will be "sudden death" playoff with the winner of that one moving in to the finals the next niBht, Wednesday. The second game will be played Thursday and the third if necessary next Tuesday night, Manager Tommy Hodges an nounced an exhibition game Sun day afternoon at 19th and Law rence, with his Steen nine host ing Redmond. ine soiiDau association an nounced that season tickets will not be honored for any playoff games. Colin Kelly PeeWees Secure First Place Colin Kelly Pee Wee basebaliers made their hold on first place little more secure Friday night in action at 19th and Lawrence, where they trompled the Roose velt diamondeers 16-4 in a league contest. In a practice game, Wil son defeated St. Mary's 22-3. K. Johnson and Gunner Christ ensen provided the fireworks for Kelly with grand slam home runs, each with two men on bases. .833 .667 .3(10 .1100 The Cascade League "cellar" ihampionship will be at stake Sunday at Civic Stadium where the Hills Creek Billies and Giu stina Indians, tied for last place, will battle it out to retain a slim outside chance for the second- half championship and the 1948 league pennant. Game time will be 2:30 p.m. The two clubs trail the league leaders by three and one-half games, and with victories in tneir final four games either of the cel lar-dwelling clubs would retain a mathematical chance for a final second-half deadlock. Duke Windsor of Whitey Lokan will be on the mound for Mana ger Norv Libby of the Billies Both will be available because Hills Creek doesn't play again until Friday against the Miller Lumbermen. All of Manager Ed B r a u n e r's mound staff Don Wright, Delano Fox, Fred Gay and Lefty Mortensen will also be ready for work. The Indians don't play again until meeting the Snellstrom Braves next Sunday. Hills Creek, on the strength of its heavier hitting, will be a slight favorite. Catcher Frankie Roelandt is hitting .421, followed by the outfield trio of Homer Parks .333, Ray Stratton .316 and Charley Mickeison .314. If Don Kimball has recovered sufficiently from the mumps, the infielder's 385 average will give the Billies added strength at the plate. Leading hitters for the Indians are Mortensen at .3Z0, Catcher Cliff Barker .308, and Firstbase- man Allie Cooper .300. Several others are near the .300 mark and the entire club has shown im provement at the plate in recent games. Despite their lowly position in the fast semi-pro circuit, both clubs have been playing improved ball, both defensively and at the plate. If Windsor gets the nod he will enter the game with a 4-7 record as against Gay's 1-4 mark. The Indians will be strength ened by the addition of Bill Moye, ace-fielding second baseman. Brauner did not announce wheth er or not Moye would be in the lineup. He could fill either the Ticket Plan Announced For Oregon University of Oregon foot ball fans ready to climb aboard the "Rose Bowl" band wagon are being offered reservations for the Webfoots' five 1948 games away from home, exoept the Oregon State game at Cor vaUls. Howard Lemons, business manager of the athletic depart ment, will accept applications for tickets until September 1. Applications are to be made to Lemons at the McArthur Court ticket office. All are reserved seats in the alumni sections with the excep tion of the Stanford game at Palo Alto, which Is entirely gen eral admission. Dates of the games and the prices follow: Sept. 25 Stanford at Palo Alto, $2: Oct. 2 Michigan at Ann Arbor, $3.60; Oct. 9 Idaho at Moscow, $3.50 and $2.50; Nov. 6 Washington in Seattle, Nov. 12 UCLA in Los Angeles, $2.50. Season tickets for Oregon's home games are still available at the McArthur Court ticket office. Games Include: Sept 18 Santa Barbara State In Eu gene; Oct. 16 USC In Portland; Oct. 23 WSC in Eugene; Oct. 30 St. Mary's in E.ugene. Joe Walcott Becomes His Own Manager CAMDEN, N. J Aug. 1 (U.R). Jersey Joe Walcott announced Saturday that he would act as his own manager in arranging future bouts to annex the world's heavy weight boxing crown. Walcott said that he and Joe Webster, Camden restaurateur who has managed the negro hea vyweight since 1945, had severed all connections but on a "friend ly basis." "It's still my foremost ambition to become tne neavywelght champion of the world," Walcott said, "and I'm just waiting for Joe Louis to make official his an nouncement that he's going to re tire so I can get in the eliminations." Due American Loop Winner The 1948 Sprrogfleld softball season is scheduled to be con cluded with playoff games this week that will decide a district entrant from one league and a city champion from another. ' Monday night the four-teams tied for the first half National League flag and will start playoffs to determine the first half cham pion. In the first game Wright's will meet Arnold-Powell and the Methodists will meet Glenwood. Tuesday night the winners will play for the flag, with the win ners meeting Glenwood, second half champs, in a two out of three series for the city championsnip and the league cup. Should Glen wood win the first-half title, they, of course, would win it outright. Richardson-Allen, second-half champs, still have a game to go that was rained out from the first half schedule. The Realtors meet VFW Tuesday night. A VFW win would tie up the first half mak ing another game necessary. This game would be played Wednesday night. If VFW should win the first half the game for the league title would be played Thursday night. The American League winner draws a ticket to the district tour nament with Cottage Grove and Roseburg. In Friday night games, closing out the second-half National loop. Arnold-Powell beat Wright's 12-9, Methodists trimmed Thurston 8-B and then Thurston came back to thump Brethren by a 25-13 score. Scores: A-T 210 033 003 1! 8 3 Wrlghfa O0J Oil S0O 14 11 J. Wright and Reynolds; Owens, Mist (4) and MaishaU. BIB Methodists 104 001 0 7 S Thurston 000 300 a S 4 3 Tilton and J, Lowe; Miller and Melteer. Brethren 300 65 13 J 9 Thurston 418 (11) 325 ' 3 P. Hotter, Nlckolss (4), and B. QU more, Hopper (4) t MeCready and Melteer. DECISION WINNER SEATTLE, Aug. 7 (IP) Shifty, glove - throwing Bobby Jones, Oakland middleweight, took the best that Seattle's Billy Tierney could offer Tuesday night and walked off with a unanimous 10 round decision. shortstop or secondbase berth. Probable starting lineups: OlQstlna Hills Creak Koveni, If ef, Stratton Tanselll. M If, Parks J. Dunn. 8 3. Kelsay Cooper, 1 e. Roelandt Barker, c ef, Mickeison Wllklns, ef 1, Bartle Mortensen. rf la. Dowdy Gay, P 3, Fassett Humble, 3 p, Windsor Football All-Stars to Gather For Oregon Prep Grid Classic A week from today, Dick Suth erland will call together thirty three of the best football players in the state, outside of Portland. These up-state lads will assemble next Sunday at the Portland Hotel, to begin two weeks of intensive training for the Shrine All-Star football contest. This is the first year of the Shrine classic, which sees the pro- WE SPECIAL IN BLOCKS FOR HONES See Them & Comport F. H. A. Approved Visitors Are Always Welcome PUMICE BUILDERS SUPPLY 100 N. Blair (Across R. R. Tracks) Phons 2661 FOR Mortgage Loans WANTED Young. men between 20 and 30 years who desire business experience and training In retail merchandis ing. Earnings to start approximately at $250.00. High school education required. Applications will be taken Monday, August 9. Standard Stations 6th and Blair Sis. OFF All Baseball Gloves AND MITTS OFF FREE 1948 BASEBALL RULES smart home seeker talks to TOM ! Parent did? Er,Bi Chirr. tT 1 Uv Rm" Kl1- Dln- Km., eom E"11 W UHto"" " 8HADE TOO - Grape. A Shrub PeiteiT ,1SM down- Drive by Mil Concord ' vui ui i irm nil b-iii tiAva unrt ttioii. REAL ESTATE Springfield Phone 2004 Mia i r pKART IHSIEILT gMDIP LANE BELT & EQUIPMENT CO. Rubber Bells Vulcanited Endless A Repaired LEATHER BELT WORK Allis Chalmers Electric Motors & Belt Drives Bulldog Transmission Belt Conveyor Belt Portable Fire Pumps r Hose 'Extinguishers Chain All Types 1119 Main St. Phone 2403 Springfield YES, IT'S TRUE ONLY 850 DOWN Move Into this two-bedroom home with both river and highway frontage. Fireplace, electric range wiring, auto matic hotwerter. Some furniture Included. Full price $4250 with excellent payments. Located near Blue River. McKENZIE RrVER PROPERTIES HAP TAYLOR, REALTOR Office on the Lake between Leaburg and Vlda. Telephone Springfield 8785 or Cogswell Creek No. 15. Office open all day Sunday, gnd evenings by appointment. ceeds go to benefit crippled chil dren. But many more such con tests, where these up-state players will tangle with the best players Portland can produce, are planned for succeeding years. Sutherland was selected as head coach because his team won the state championship last December. Since then, he has transferred to a Washington high school, but he will stick around Oregon long enough to handle the All-star game. He will be assisted by Ed Ryan, formerly of Klamath Falls, Pete Susick of Marshfleld, and Don Mabee of LsGrande. This big grid classic will take place Saturday night, August 28 at Portland's Multnomah Stadium. And if the Portlanders stay with in three touchdowns of their op ponents, a lot of people are going to be greatly surprised (and prob ably lose a few greenbacks at the same time). Only one Lane County boy made the grade this year that being Bob Wilcox of University High. Voted the outstanding player in Lane County and winner of the Register-Guard cup symbolic of the honor, Bob is slated for con siderable duty as an All-star end. Press releases ever since the roster was announced has had Wil. cox listed as a tackle. One "offi cial" notice praised his great per formances as a tackle last year. Wilcox played a lot of ton oua- lity football for University High dui not as a tackle. His coach, Ray Hendrickson, assures us that Bob has always been an end, though he am Dack up the line" on defense. Hendrickson did this because of wiicoxs strong defensive talent. So there is little reason to think that Sutherland has Wilcox all set tor a tackle spot at least, not un til he has seen the University 1 High boy perform. The tip-staters are loaded. And several of the other names will be familiar to the local fans. There is Sam Baker, an even better foot ball player than he is a basketball player. Carlos Hauk of Salem made all of his team's points ex cept one in Big-Six play. Norm Saylor of Albany is tops as a cen ter. Bend's Wes Hougland was a dynamic little guard last season. Bill Sheffold of Bend is another boy who can do anything with pig skin. These are only the boys playing in me nig-six. and reportedly, , there are dozens of other up-stat-, ers just as good. Regardless, it will be a good roolball game, and one gridiron lovers won't want to miss. Tickets can be secured by writing the Portland Hotel, in care oi Shrine MM TAILORING SPECIALIST Mr. SomYaff Gaming ia qua, Stone on Friday 4 Saturday Aug. 13 & 14th Let him show yon his large and unusually fine array of brand new SUITINGS Md COATINGS for LADIES and GENTLEMEN lobe Tailored to Measure Open Friday Evening Let him take your measure ment for a Suit or Coat, to be delivered now or later. 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