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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
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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-
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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
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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.
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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.
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Powers of Waitsburg, Wash., was
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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
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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.
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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-
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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
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