odgers Gain as Braves Trip Giants
Palmer Triumphs
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OREGON IN THE ORIENT Coach Bill Borchcr's Ore
gon Ducks have moved past the halfway mark in their
21-game tour of seven Far Eastern countries. The Wei
foot coach reported the squad was being treated royally,
the weather was hot, the interest in the trip was ex
tremely high on the part of the fans in the area, and the
officials called only four or five fouls per team each
game. In the upper left picture, Max Anderson (15) tips
the ball to Gary McManus (partially hidden) in a game
against the Korean Marines which the Ducks won 54-42.
Ken Wegncr (8) starts his break up the court with the
tip. Capt. Wegner has the ball on a fast break against
Chosen Christian University in Seoul as 7,000 fans jam
the bleachers for an afternoon game on an outdoor court.
In the lower picture the Ducks are honored by a presen
tation from Korean school children at the civic reception
at the Seoul city hall which 4,000 people attended. The
Ducks are (1 to r) Coach Bill Borcher, Ray Bell, Gary
McManus, Orville Lindstrom (behind players), Howard
Page, Barney Holland, Kent Dorwin, Bob Hawes, Max
Anderson, Jerry Ross, Capt. Wegncr and Mayor Tai Sun
Kim of Seoul who greeted the party.
lers Win 36-14
JPitrSteelers
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i Tobin Eote passing bril
ls and Fred Cone kicking
I teld goals, the Green Bay
f rode to an easy 36-14
fover the Pittsburgh Steel
" iirday night in a National
II League exhibition.
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SPORTS
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EUGENE, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 1954
Eugene LDS Bows
The Eugene Latter Day Saints
Softball team bowed from the na
tional tournament in Salt Lake
City by bowing 13-5 to Layton,
Utah, in a Friday consolation
contest.
IGHCLIMBER
Padres, Stars,
Beavers Win
By
Dick Strife
ke coming school year marks the second of a three-
Ir trial period for the grant-in-aid program that is sup-
ti provide the University of Oregon with snfficient athletic
el to keep the Webfoots in stride with other Pacific Coast
knee schools . . i
Ically the program is to provide a four-year college edu
ho about 100 athletes (70 football, 20 basketball, the bal-
fack and baseball). The -larantce
to the athletes
be payment of all fees, -
pbs that would pay as
$75 per month. The
however, must show ;"
k to perform to the best .
ability and to keep his -un
sufficiently to show t
k lite advancement toward
nwtual degree. ... f
ftt "f such a program is '
J" $90 annually, more than
of which must come
' a fund derived from the
fens of alumni and friends "
i university. Last year the
athletic department did not
full quota of athletes and the $52,000 sought and col
zas sufficient. . . . This year the athletic department has
Wed itself to the full quota $55,000 from donors and
I from gate receipts. . . .
fee is a reserve fund available and this will have to be
I into this year because the Oregon grant-in-aid fund is
15,000 short of the budget despite a thorough campaign
ted under the leadership of Bill Bowerman, assistant di-
f' f athletics. . . .
lumber strike has taken some toll, but we understand
hist bank accounts are just as fat and solid as ever, but
jurface economic conditions are being used by some who
Jually "not hurting." . . . After all there is very little corn
Ion to donate $50 or $500 to the fund other than the
e of purchasing two choice tickets to Oregon athletic
jfor each $50 donated
I Oregon athletic department will continue its grant-in-aid
as planned, including accepting its obligations to invited
p. but there is a very definite danger that the plan could
Jarded following the 1955-56 school year if the donors
provide the $55,000 annually If there is anther $15,000
te next years, the reserve fund will be in such shape that
flther plan will have to be devised to finance Oregon's
? "social" standing in the Pacific Coast Conference.
Overman, who doubles as Oregon track coach, was
re impressed with England's showing in the British Empire
t Vancouver, B. C, than any single thing. . . . Four years
New Zealand, England was virtually humiliated and the
pnien returned home with determination, returning four
ter to Vancouver and astounding the others, especially in
nd field
t England did was to organize track-and-field teams
d village teams with the best members advancing to the
t teams, in turn joining the district teams and then the na
4 am. . . . There was competition in all classifications with
. rather than coaches, hired by the government . . .
were also freelance lecturers who would visit the towns
"ages and set up clinics that would provide a medium for
of his books and movie films. . . .-Bowerman is acquainted
e of the lecturers Guy Butler, who has written at least
Wmphlets in track, "The Art of Pace Judgment" and
J Wooderson." . . . Butler was official photographer for
frmpic Games in London in 1948, too.
kd Ridings, who is rather close to the New York
ts picture in view of hij position with Columbia Univer
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Hollywood .91
san mego i
Oakland 76
San Francisco 76
Seattle 70
Sacramento 65
Los Angeles 64
Portland 60
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The Hollywood Stars and San
Diego Padres maintained their
neck-and-neck race in the Pacific
Coast League baseball race as
both clubs squeaked to 4-3 vic
tories Saturday afternoon. The
Stars nipped San Francisco by
that score in 10 innings, while the
Padres edged Seattle.
Los Angeles rapped Oakland
5-2 and Portland trimmed Sacra
mento 7-1 in other Saturday
games.
Chuck Stevens' two-out, three
run homer in the ninth enabled
the Seals to tie Hollywood. But
Jack Phillips hit a two-out single
in the 10th, plating Dick Smith
who beat out a bunt and was
sacrificed to second.
Bill Wight hurled his 15th San
Diego victory against three de
feats, while Harry Elliott blasted
a three-run homer to spark the
Padre triumph. Elliott's blow
extended his bitting streak to 20
games and brought his RBI total
to 101. )
Bob Alexander hurled a nifty
three-hitter for Portland and col
lected two hits himself to bat
in two runs. Nanny Fernandez'
homer in the eighth ruined his
shutout, while Frankie Austin
homered for the Beavers.
Three home runs, Fred Rich
ards' 22nud and 23rd and one by
Gene Mauch, provided Los An
geles with its decision.
R II E
Portland 001 015 000 7 13 2
Sacramento 000 000 010 1 3 0
Alexander and Rossi; rieretti, rif
rick (6), Schanz (6) and Rltchey.
R H F.
San Francisco 000 000 003 0 3 9 0
Hollywood 100 020 000 1 i 11 1
Holcomne, Aiuncriet ui, ronce oi
and Tornay, Tleslera (9)1; Donoso,
Walsh (9), Queen (10) and Malone,
Manean 161.
R H F.
Seattle . 100 000 110 3 2 2
San Diego 003 001 OOx 4 6 2
Byrne and orlelg; wigni ana sana-
lcl1-
R H E
Los Angelea 000 012 002 5 9 1
Oakland 000 000 200 2 6 1
Splcer and Evans; Bamberger, At
kins (8) and Ncal.
Nashua Romps
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y.
OfV-Nashua came through with a
terrific performance Saturday in
the $78,750 Hopeful Stakes to
give 80-year-old Sunny Jim Fitz
Simmons, jockey Eddie Arcaro
and the. Bclair Stud their first
victory in the 50th running of
the famous race for 2-year-olds,
Nashua led all the way and grab
bed the decision by a bare neck
over Mrs. Russell A. Firestone's
Summer Tan.
Industrial Play
May Substitute
For Low Minors
ST. LOUIS tm Sporting News
reported Saturday that organized
baseball is thinking about substi-
tuing some industrial leagues for
Class C and D minor leagues.
J. G. Taylor Spink, publisher of
the weekly sports newspaper, said
in the article that because the
lower class leagues have been
hard-hit financially by dwindling
attendance they are unable to
compete with the industrial
leagues in salaries to players.
The article said that under a
proposed plan the industrial
teams would be paid for any
players taken into the higher
minor leagues.
Another part of the plan, the
newspaper said, would be an
agreement with the National Col
legiate Athletic Association
which would protect college base
ball players from recruiting until
graduation.
Eagles Score 24-21
Decision Over Bears
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. WV-A
sparkling ground attack and an
alert defense paid off Saturday
night for the Philadelphia Eagles
as the Birds twice came from
behind to defeat the Chicago
Bears 24-21 in an exhibition pro
fessional football game here Sat
urday night.
It was a defensive back, Roy
Barnie. picked up by Philadel-
phia as free agent, who cinched
the victory. Barnie picked up a
fumble by Chicago halfback Don
Kind and raced 87 yards un
touched to score.
Philadelphia's ground attack
was the difference between the
two clubs. Dom Mosselle, Neil
Worden, Hal Giancanelli, Jerry
Williams and Don Johnson time
and again scooted for long gains
to give the Eagles a net of 147
vards gained rushing. In con
trast, Chicago picked up only 13
yards on the ground.
Henry Wins Doubles
As Trapshoor Closes
VANDALIA, O. (Ill Maynard
Henry, Los Angeles attorney who
earlier this week was elected
president of the the American
Transhooting Association, won
the North American doubles
championship Saturday by break
ing 99 out of 100 clay targets.
The last day crown insured
Henry getting the all-around
championship, which included his
shooting in Tuesday s champion
ship of America event and Fri
day's Grand American. He broke
389 out of 400 targets in the
three events.
The 100-target Vandalia Open
handicap was won by Franklin
Westover of Centerville, Ind.,
with a 98 score.
Florists Edge
Shamrocks 2-0
Erv Lind Florists of Portland
edged the Salt Lake City Sham
rocks, 2-0, in a women's Softball
exhibition game before a rain-
reduced crowd of 200 Saturday
night at Bethel Park.
The National Softball Congress
defending champions tallied one
run in the first and another in
the fifth, while Thelma Carlson
limited the Shamrocks to three
hits in. nine innings.
The Florists collected half of
their six hits off two Shamrock
hurlers in the first frame as
singles by Robbie Mulkey, Lois
Williams and Bev Wadsworth
produced the first run.
Wilma Freston, Salt Lake
City's starting hurler, blanked
the Lind club until the fifth,
when Mulkey tripled to right
center and scored on a flyout.
The losers threatened in the
top of the ninth with runners on
third and second after one out.
but the next two batters went
down without damage.
unly MulKey managed more
than one hit in the' fray, while
Carlson collected nine strikeouts.
R H E
Shamrocks 000 000 000 0 3 3
Florists 100 OtO OOx 2 6 1
Freston, Kovorn (6), and Forney;
Carlson and Williams.
GORDON PERFORMS
SACRAMENTO, Calif, im
Joe Marty hit a home run be
hind Joe Gordon's triple Sat
urday night to give the Sacra
mento "Old Timers" a 7-5 vic
tory over the San Francisco
oldsters in a three-inning ex
hibition baseball game.
Sweeny Loses
Amateur Title
DETROIT UV-Youth, grit and
a late-warming putter carried Ar
nold Palmer of Cleveland to the
54th National Amateur Golf
Championship Saturday with a 1
up comeback victory over tiring
Robert Sweeny.
Behind most of the day after
watching the stylish Sweeny ring
in three successive putts of 20
to 38 feet on the opening holes,
Palmer, holding on doggedly,
went ahead for the first time
on the 32nd hole and clinched
the match on the final green
where Sweeny conceded to a rou
tine par.
Sweeny, tall and handsome in
ternational socialite of 43, Oxford
educated, and winner of the Bri
tish Amateur 17 years ago, saw
his impeccable game deteriorate
in the afternoon apparently as the
result of sheer exhaustion.
The wealthy investment bank
, who registers from Port Wash
ington, N.Y., but with addresses
London, Fans, Palm Beach
and wherever the international
set gathers, had played himself
down to a thin point in this ex
hausting week-long tournament
and was 16 pounds underweight.
The finals were staged in mug
gy temperatures and under
threatening skies at the swank
Country Club of Detroit before
a disappointing crowd of about
3,000.
Palmer, 24, son of a LaTrobc,
Pa., professional and now a Cleve
land salesman, won the 32nd with
a four after Sweeny missed the
green, and then Palmer sank a
vital 10-footer on the 33rd to
go two holes ahead.
For the young Pennsylvanian
this was a badly-needed clutch
putt, one of the three good ones
he sank all day. It put him two
holes ahead going down to the
final three holes making up
Heartbreak Hill.
The 34th, a short 185-yarder,
was halved in threes and Palm
er's fickle putter failed him on
the 35th, where he took three
nudges from 50 feet to lose to a
par four, but it didn't matter.
On the 36th, the lean and
weary Sweeny pushed his tee
shot into the rough behind two
trees and, desperate at this point
lashed a three-iron shot into the
rough to the right of the green
He hit his third to within seven
feet of the pin but Palmer, mean-
while, had boomed one down the
middle of the broad fairway and
had flown a four-iron shot to the
Ereen. 30 feet from home.
Palmer putted and the ball
glided uphill to within two feet
of the cup. Sweeny saw-it and
picked up. Both were given fours
Sweeny, possessed with a
swing that's the envy of the pros
and a putting stroke that is like
money in the bank, fired an even
par 70 on the morning round,
AMERICAN W L Pet. CB
Cleveland 91 36 .717
New York 88 40 .688 3V
Chicago 85 46 .649 8
Boston 56' 69 .448 34
Detroit 55 72 .433 .18
Washington 52 73 .416 38
Philadelphia 42 95 .331 49
Baltimore - 40 88. .313 511-
Saturday's Results:
Cleveland 5, Washington 2.
New York 4, Detroit 2.
Chicago 5, Philadelphia 2.
Boston 3, Baltimore 2.
Young Scores KO
Over Joe Taylor
SYRACUSE Of) Middleweight
Paddy Young of New York City,
trailing on points at the end of
nine rounds, knocked out gentle
man Joe Taylor of Binghamton
Saturday night at 1:27 of the 10th
round in their nationally tele
vised bout at War Memorial Au
ditorium.
A crowd of about 2,000 saw
Young drop Taylor three times
with left hooks in the 10th round
after the Binghamton boxer had
kept Paddy'at bay for the greater
part of the fight. Young's left
hooks floored Taylor twice for
counts of nine and referee Pete
Scalzo halted the bout when Tay
lor went down for the third time.
NATIONAL W I,
New York 79 46
Brooklyn 77 49
Milwaukee 72 52
Cincinnati 61 66
St. Louis 59 67
Philadelphia 58 66
Chicago 51 76
Pittsburgh - 46 81
Saturday's itesuns:
Milwaukee 5, New York 2.
Brooklyn 7, St. Louis 3.
Chicago 5, Philadelphia 2.
Cincinnati 2, Pittsburgh 1.
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Check In, Win
4 More Games
SINGAPORE OH The Uni
versity of Oregon basketball
team swept four of its games
played this week against Sing
apore and Hong Kong teams.
They first whipped the Chi
nese newspaper Nanyang Siang
Pau five, Singapore League
champions, 68-53 and then took
the measure tf an all-star Sing
apore team 81-58. They next
defeated the Amoy Canning
team from Hong Kong 74-62
and Friday night trounced the
all-Malaya outfit 88-61.
The report was the first on
the barnstorming Oregon cag
ers since last Monday. The four
victories gave Coach Bill Bor-
cher's team a record of 12 vic
tories in 13 games.
West Shrine
Wins 14-13
PENDLETON OB The West
All-Stars. -staving off a desperate
drive in the final quarter, edged
an All-Star East squad 14-13 Sat
urday in the third annual Oregon
class B high school Shrine bene
fit football game here.
West, paced by Rudy Herr, 185
pound Brownsville star who was
voted most valuable player, scor
ed first and held the lead all the
way.
Herr climaxed a 72-yard march
from the opening kickoff with a
one-yard plunge to give West its
first touchdown. He also added
the extra point.
Early in the last quarter, Herr,
after advancing within inches of
the end zone on a 14-yard break,
plunged over again. His conver
sion also was good.
The deciding point was missed
by East early in the third quar
ter when Duane Baker of lone
got off a bad kick on the try
point after he had pushed over
for the first East touchdown,
Larry Sayrs of Moro, who later
was picked most valuable in the
East backfield, touched off a
drive in the fourth quarter that
scored his team 10 plays later.
After a long return by Phil Krig
baum, East's Sayrs led the
ground attack and Stanfield's El-
roy Sutton scored on a pass play.
Sayrs was injured and carried
off the field in the final minute
of the game. East had moved
from its 44 to West's 24 and was
lining up for a field goal try
when the game ended.
JUNIOR TOURNEY
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. W A field
of 64 girls, ranging in age from
11 to 17, open competition Mon
day in the sixth U. S. girls' Jun
ior Golf Championship at the
Gulph Mills Country Club.
Indians Hold
American Lead
NEW YORK OPI Milwaukee'
persistent Braves slimmed New
York's lead to 2V4 games Satur
day with four eighth-inning runs
that beat the Giants 5-2 while
Brooklyn's second place Dodgers
swept their final 1954 series in
St. Louis by defeating the Card
inals 7-3.
The victory, which gave third
place Milwaukee a split In the
final two-game appearance of the
Giants in County Stadium this
season, moved the Braves to
within 614 games of the leaders.
The American League leading
Cleveland Indians retained their
3'2-game edge over the New
York Yankees with three runs
on two singles in the eighth in
ning lor a 5-2 victory over Wash
ington. The Yanks kept pace with
a 4-2 decision over Detroit.
Chicago's White Sox kept their
dim hopes alive with a 5-2 suc
cess over the Philadelphia Ath
letics. The third place Sox are
eight lengths back of the Indians.
BOSTON TRIUMPHS
Boston increased its fourth
place margin over Detroit to two
games with a 3-2, 11-inning vic
tory over the Baltimore Orioles.
The Chicago Cubs handed the
Philadelphia Phils their fifth
straight defeat 5-2 and Cincin
nati knocked off the Pittsburgh
Pirates '2-1.
Warren Spahn, Milwaukee's
lefty ace, was locked in a 1-1 duel
with the Giants' Ruben Gomez
until two were out in the eighth.
Singles by ex-Giant Bobby
Thomson, who drove in the
Braves' first run in the third,
Del Crandall and Johnny Logan
made it 3-1 and Spahn's two-
run single nailed down his 16th
triumph.
Hank Thompson, who lifted a
sacrifice fly to score the final
New York run in the ninth, eras
ed Milwaukee's early lead with
his 21st homer in the fifth.
Carl Furillo, who earlier had
slammed his 15th homer off loser
Vic Raschi, provided the clincher
for Brooklyn with a two-run
single that made it 4-2 in the
sixth. Johnny Podres was cred
ited with his first victory since
June 13 with some help by Jim
Hughes, who came on in the
eighth. Rip Repulski hit his 17th
homer off Hughes in the ninth.
KLUSZEWSKI CONNECTS
Ted Kluszewski doubled in the
tying run in the sixth and con
tinued on home with the winning
marker on two long flies for
Cincinnati's slim edge over the
Pirates. Corky Valentine, nicked
for Pittsburgh's lone run in the
first, was the winner with Paul
LaPalme the loser. 1
The Cubs manaced onlv six
hits off four Philadelphia hurl
ers, but managed a four-run
fourth. Dick Cole was the winner.
Cleveland again had trouble
with the Senators, who dumped
the tribe Frnday night, but took
advantage of three walks and an
error to score the eighth-inning
clinchers for Mike Garcia's 16th
victory. Chuck Stobbs, who
hadn't issued a walk up to the
eighth, entered the frame with a
2-1 lead.
The Yanks had trouble trio.
but managed a 3-2 sixth-inning
lead against Detroit's Al Aber
and then called in Allie Reynolds
to replace a tiring Harry Byrd.
Reynolds faced just nine men, v
thanks to a doubleplav. while al
lowing one hit.
Bob Neiman hit his eiehth
homer for Detroit's second run
in the sixth.
Former Washington State Star
Conley May Succeed Roberts
By WARREN C. PRICE
MILWAUKEE, Wis. Two
leading Milwaukee sports writers
forecast this week that within a
few years young Gene Conley
will be the successor to Robin
Roberts as the boss right-handed
pitcher in the National League.
This may be so, for the gangling
Conley, who came out of the
Pacific Northwest, is hanging up
an astounding record as a fresh
man pitcher for the Braves,
To talk to Conley, however, is
to get an impression that here
is only a good-natured young
man of 23, who knows he has
enormous ability, but who enjoys
pitching and enjoys his life with
an amazing team. Gene, to whom
I talked for nearly a half-hour
in the Braves dugout before the
opening of the recent Phillies se
ries, was as eager to recall his
early career at Washington State
College and in Washington-
Oregon semi-pro leagues as to
make any guesses about Mil
waukee's catching the Giants.
Conley told how, when he
pitched in 1950 for Buck Bailey's
team at Washington State, he had
an easy time winning from Ida
ho and the University of Wash
ington. But did he face the Uni
versity of Oregon? he was asked.
Yes, Gene did, once, in a
game at Eugene. The young
Brave was a bit fuzzy on details
(maybe he didn't care to remem
ber too clearly), but he said that
Oregon clobbered him out of the
box along about the fifth in
ning with five runs or so. Gene
hastened to add that Washington
State tied the score later and
went on to win in extra innings.
He thinks the score was 6-5.
That was a long four years
ago. Instead of being chased by
college hitters, Gene Conley to
day stands second in earncd-run
average (2.92) among Milwau
kee's regular pitchers. The team
is so loaded on the mound that
Charlie Grimm can farm out to
Toledo men good enough to be
starters on any other team in the
National League.
BEATS PRISON TEAM
Conley told how, after leaving
Washington State, he played
some semi-pro ball for an outfit
named the Richland Villagers up
in Richland, Wash. That is where
Gcno makes his home. "They
really called us the 'Richland Or
phans'," Conley added. "The
team never had any money."
However, through 1950 Con
ley hurled against semi-pro teams
in Pendleton, Baker, and Hermis
ton among other spots in Eastern
Oregon. Once he pitched against
a prison team from Walla Walla,
Wash. He beat em.
'What was the score?" I asked
Gene.
'Oh, 17-1, I guess," he said.
"They got about four hits."
Surprisingly, for all his base
ball success, Conley thinks that
if anyone on the West Coast re
members him as a rising sports
star, it must be because of bas
ketball. Thats what he played
most while with Washington
State. The baseball didn't come
until later, when he went out
for it in spring because "there
wasn't much else to do."
The reporter disputed with
Gene on this. Maybe, I said,
those out in Washington and
Oregon do remember that Conley
started in basketball, but after
all the pitching honors he has
won (twice being the outstanding
minor league pitcher of the year)
its baseball that they 11 asso
ciate with him now.
BASKETBALL MEMORIES
"No," Gene replied, "it was
mostly basketball out there, and
baseball didn't count too Much
then."
We left it at that, and I said
that perhaps wo ought to conduct
a West Coast poll on Conley to
find out which of us was right.
The exchange certainly shows
how unassuming this young man
is when considering his own ex
ploits. Now let's get to Gene Conley
the rising pitcher of the Braves
who's ahead of the mighty War
ren Spahn both in won-loss and
earned-run averages. He stands
13-7 in games to Spahn's 15-10
and 2.97 in ERA to Spahn's 3.09.
Gene pitched for Hartford in
the Eastern League in 1951. and
it was there that he won his first
minor league honors. In it was
there that he won his first minor
league honors. In 1952 he spent
half the season with the then
hatchetless Boston Braves before
being farmed out to the Milwau
kee Brewers of the American
Association. With the Brewers he
won 12 and lost 4, and the last
of Milwaukee minor league teams
won the Association pennant.
A year ago Conley remained
"farmed out," but then he was in
Toledo, where the Brewers had
been shuttled after the Braves
came to Milwaukee. So In 1953
Conley won 23 games for Toledo,
lost 9, and led the league In
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