EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, Sunday, Jan. 21, 1962 Page 3B
HIGHCLIMBER: San Francisco Worthy 0
i:
ic The San Francisco 49crs have never won
National Football League championship.
The San Francisco Giants have never won a National
(baseball) League pennant.
Fact of the matter is, we can't recall San Francisco win
ing any sort of national championship other than in basket
ball. The University of San Francisco Dons, with Pete New
ell as coach, won the National Invitational at Madison Square
Garden in 1949. The Dons also won the National Collegiate
Athletic Assn. (NCAA) championships under coach Phil
Woolpcrt in 1955 and again in 1956.
Of course there have been championships won by
teams and individuals within the vast Bay Area, which .
is really part of San Francisco.
San Francisco sports facilities are of doubtful quality.
After covering the East-West Shrine football classic at the
close of the 1954 season we decided never again to sit in the
Kezar Stadium press box unless from sheer necessity. For
many years the Football Writers Assn. of America judged
Kezar one of the worst in the land.
The Cow Palace, improved from early days when cows
were shoved out of the way to play basketball, is not a good
basketball pavilion because it was built for cattle exhibits.
The stalls have been remodeled into dressing rooms and a
heating system has been added.
We're inclined to believe the bad publicity given Candle
stick Park is exaggerated. We found the park well appointed
and that the wind not as bad as one is given to believe.
So whatl This introduction is for the purpose of making
this column a more legitimate sports column than it might
otherwise be. We have a bone to pick. We take exceptions
to criticisms appearing in a recent issue of Sports Illustrated
and written by Joe David Brown, an admitted New Yorker
whose story is titled, "The San Francisco Myth."
We take cxeeeptions to some of Brown's opinions be
cause San Francisco is not only our favorite city, but most
certainly the ONLY city of the Pacific coast.
ir Brown, who said he was given to believe San
Francisco is one of the gems of the world's cities, spent
two weeks in San Francisco and returned disappointed. We're
not sure what he expected, but whatever it was he termed
San Francisco a "fraud." He wrote, "But now that I have
seen San Francisco 1 wish to say firmlv, though without
rancor, that I am thoroughly disillusioned, and that I think
Saturday in Portland
Over 130 Athletes
Vie in Indoor Meet
Over 130 athletes, competing in 16 events, are poised for the
annual Oregon indoor invitational track and field meet next
Saturday night at Portland's Memorial Coliseum.
The meet is sponsored by the University of Oregon alumni of
Portland.
Meet director Bob Newland said Saturday he expected the
competition to be excellent and would not be surprised to see a
number of meet and Coliseum records erased when the North
west's only indoor meet this season unfolds next Saturday.
The shot put and the pole vault figure to provide two of the
most exciting duels in the field event. Parry O'Brien, the worV
Sports Slate
MONDAY
CnllrRp Basketball
NCC-rnclfic Bihle at Thurston, B:!5
TUESDAY
Prep Basketball
Albany at North Salem, K
Corvailfa at Swcrt Horn!, R
South. Salem at Lebanon, ft
Rppdsport at Mapleton, 8
WMdport at Newport, 8
Toledo at Taft, 8
WEDNESDAY
Pro Horkej
Edmonton at Portland, A
THURSDAY
Prpp Wrestling
Oakland at Glide. 7
Newport-Rredsport-Sluslaw at Flor
ence, fi:10
South Salem at Sweet Home
FRIDAY
College Basketball
Orecon-Seattle at McArthur Court, (I
fialem AAU-Oregon Frosh at McAr
thur Court, fi
NCC-Warner Pacific at Thurslon. 8
Bible Standnrd-Ceorfie Fox at Spring
field Junior High, 8
Prep Basketball
Cottase Grove at Marsh Held,
North Eugene at North Bend, 8
Roseburg at Springfield, 8
Thurston at Willamette, 8
Corvallis at Albany. 8
Lebanon at Sweet Home. 8
South Salem at North Salem. 8
MrKenzie-Ccntral Linn at Browns
ville, 8
Oakrldge at Crcswell, R
St. Francis at Drain. 8
Junction City at Pleasant Hill, 8
Mapleton at Taft. 8
Toledo at Newport, 8
Stuslaw at Waldpnrt, 8
Poitglas at Oakland, 8
Glendale at Glide. 8
Myrtle Creek at ntddle, B
Coburg at Alsea, 8
Monroe at Crow, 8
Lowell at Harrtsburg, 8
Westfir-Triangle Lake at Blachly, I
Tamas Valley at Yoncalla, 8
Dava Creek at Canyouvllle Bible, I
Powers at Elklon, 8
CnllPKe Swimming I
Washington-Oregon at Leigh toni
Pool, 7:30 I
College Wrestling
Tortland State-Oregon at McArthur !
Court. 8 I
PSC Frosh-Oreson Frosh at McAr- j
thur Court. 4 !
Prep Wrestling I
McKenrle at Creswell, 7
North Eugene at Willamette, 4 I
Springfield at South Eugene
SATURDAY
Indoor Track
Oregon Invitational at Portland, 8
rollepte Basketball
Portland-Oregon at McArthur Court,
8
Portland Frosh-Orcgon Frosh at Mo
Arthur Court, A
Heattle at Oregon State, 8
NCC-Rthle Standard at Springfield
Junior High, 8
Prep Basketball
North Bend at Cottage Grove, 8
Marshfteld at Roseburg, 8
Willamette at South Eugene, 8
Sprin?fleld at Thurston. 8
C entral Linn at Crrswell, 8
Drain at Junction City, 8
Klmtra at Oakridse, 8
St Fntncls-McKcnle at Blue River, 8
Glide-Douglas at ntllard, 8
Sutherlln at Glendale, 8
Riddle at Oakland. 8
Triangle Lake at Eddyvllle. 8
Camas Vallev at Days Cree, 8
Yoncalla at Canvonville. 8
F.Ik ton at Canyonville Bible, 8
College Swimming
Oregon-Oregon College at Monmouth,
6:30
College Wrestling
Puget Sound-Oregon at McArthur
Court, 2
Piep WreMIInt;
Junction City at Elmlra. I
Tournament at Philomath
Tournament at Recdport
Sutherlln at Sweet Hnme
pro Wrestling
Regular Card at Cow Palace, lUO
City League
VONtlAY--OM Timr v.. Orreon
Outfitter, at Jffffrwm Junior High,
WEDNESDAY Rrrl'ter.r.iiard .
Cr.nl Motor. at Jefferson Junior
UujQ. J.
.ffi.vsmKsiMMss1! 3y Dick
record holder, tangles with Lt.
Jay Silvester, the world's out
standing weight man in the lat
ter stages of the 1961 campaign,
in the shot and Ron Morris, with
a 15-8 leap to his credit, goes
against John Cramer of Wash
ington and Jeff Chase of San
Jose State, both 15-4 perform
ers, in the pole vault.
Bob Avant, the Southern Cal
ifornia jumper with the unusual
head first technique, will head
up his specialty, the high jump,
against a field that includes
Phil Fchlcn, the former Stan
ford star with a 6-10 jump, and
Oregon sophomore Terry Llew
ellyn, a 5-7 athlete who has
gone 6-8 this winter.
The middle distance events
feature Dyrol Burleson and Jim
Grcllc in the mile, and Jim
Bcatty, Oregon's Sig Ohlemann,
Norm Hoffman, and possibly
California's Jerry Siebcrt in
what could be one of the best
1,000-yard races of the indoor
season.
Southern California's Rex
Cawlcy heads up a classy 500
yard field, which also includes
Norm Monroe and Gary Comer
of Oregon litate and veteran
Keith Thomasscn of the Santa
Clara Valley Youth Village. The
60-yard dash field is headed by
Oregon's Harry Jerome, world
record holder at 100 meters. He
will be pushed by Lloyd Murad
of San Jose State and Jack Hig
gins of Pugct Sound.
A brilliant array of hurdlers
has been assembled for the
meet, including Jerry Tarr, dc
j fending NCAA high hurdle
champ from Oregon, former
; Stanford star Chuck Cobb.
USC's Brian Polkinghornc and
Bob Pierce. Fran Washington of
the Santa Clara VYV, and Ore
gon's Mel Ronfrn.
Tickets for the meet arc on
sale at McArthur Court and
Mattox Pipe Shop in Eugene.
Early interest in the meet is
much better than last year,
when a crowd of 8,000 track
fans gathered at the Coliseum.
The meet will be telecast na
tionally on a delayed basis by
ABC's Wide World of Sports.
Banquet Tickets
Currently on Sale
PORTLAND Tieket sales
for the 14th annual Bill Hay
ward "Banquet of Champions"
have opened, Bob Blackburn,
general chairman of the 1962
athletic event announced.
The banquet, attracting the
top sports personalities from
the state, will be held Feb. 15
at the University of Portland
Commons, starting at 7:30 p.m.
The highlight is the naming of
Oregon's "Athlete of the Year"
and "Man of the Year," for 1961.
Tickets, priced at $7.50, are
available in Eugene from Hal
Chilrls at the University of Ore
gon athletic department.
Woody Hayes, coach of Ohio
State's Big Ten championship
football team, will be the fea
tured speaker. Blackburn an
nounced that special guet will
be. Jim Owens, University of
Washington grid mentor.
Strite w
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SAN FRANCISCO: BIG LEAGUE OR FRAUD?
Fisherman's Wharf, Nob Hill in Background
San Francisco and its myth-mongers should be ashamed of
themselves."
"The San Francisco Myth" is well written, as is most
of Sf, and Brown certainly told many truths while deflating
San Francisco as a "big league city." But, by the same token,
we're inclined to speculate on whether he took the 35-cent
or the de luxe "Cook's tour." We are not as well traveled as
the writer for SI. We've never been to Athens, Hong Kong,
Naples, Rome or Paris. But we have lived in Brown's town,
and during the "Roaring 20s", too.
We could never recall anything glamorous about Grant's
Tomb, the Woolworth Building and the "Statue of Liberty."
One docs have to take a ferry boat to the Statue of Liberty,
or at least that was the requisite in the late 20s. That s one
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Winter
Trout
Success
Sdperstein Says
ABL Will Survive
NEW YORK Of) Abe Sapor
stein, commissioner of the
American Basketball League,
admitted Saturday his league
has its problems hut quickly
reaffirmed his belief the group
will survive.
"Sure, we've got problems.
But every professional league in
the history of the country has
had its problems. Ours will be
straightened out." he said short
ly after returning from a 20
day trip to Europe.
Saperstcin, who also heads
the Chicago Majors of the ABL,
said a meeting scheduled in
Chicago Sunday to discuss the I
future of the league "has been I
cancelled because the alarming j
! conditions that prompted it (thci
meeting) have disappeared." j
I He declined to elaborate on!
what the conditions may have
been and said he would call the
league, now in its first season
j "generally healthy."
There have been recurring,
I unconfirmed reports of finan
(Rr-glitter-Guiirri photo)
Seagoing and resident varieties of rainbows shown by Duane
Hansford, left, and Dick Kirtlcy of Eugene are proof that trout
angling in Lane County can be rewarding during January's cold
davs. Hansford holds two stcelhead, weighing 7 and 12 pounds,
which he caught Thursday in Ten Mile creek on the coast. Kirtlcy
shows the limit catch of 18-inch rainbows which he and Hansford
collected-the previous day in the borrow pit at the north end of
Fern Ridge Reservoir.
cial difficulties in several
league cities. The Los Angeles
entry withdrew two days ago
and the league is now operating
with seven teams.
"There were a number of
factors involved in the Los
Angeles deal," Saperstcin said.
"The chief one was the illness
of their owner, (Lcs) Corhos
iero. There just wasn't anyone
else to carry on.
"You can't say they were un
healthy when they resign with
$85,000 in the bank and that's
what they had," Saperstcin said.
: Ducks Elk Guests
! The University of Oregon
football players and coachcwill
he guests at the annual F.Iks
Lodge dinna dance at Ihe new
I lodge headquarters at 2727 Cen
tennial Blvd. Tuesday, between
I the houri of 7 and 10 p m.
thing San Francisco lost the ferry boat trip for rail travelers
from the north. Inconvenient maybe, but what a spectacular
introduction to a glamorous city the approach by ferry boat!
Thanks to Southern Pacific efficiency and modernism, you
now travel to the city from Oakland by bus.
We've been around a spot in these United States, including
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago, De
troit, Kansas City, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Denver, Salt Lake
City, Phoenix, Dallas, Fort Worth, Los Angeles and Seattle.
We've eaten in fine restaurants, seen well-appointed hotels,
well-groomed women, sight seeing musts, and entertainment.
The opera and art is something we have never exposed to
and we'll concede to Brown that maybe San Francisco isn't
the best in the world.
We've never looked at San Francisco in that light, so,
maybe it is more vulger, alcoholic and bad-mannered than
many so-called big-league cities in the world Brown has men
tioned, fc We can't imagine anything more magnificent
than a sunrise or sunset with San Francisco Bay and the
Golden Gate bridge as a backdrop. Battery Park, the Hudson
and Washington Bridge are of no comparison.
Chinatowns are probably rather well stereotyped. Maybe
Singapore is bigger, but we've always found San Francisco
Chinatown as interesting as any. It's been years ago, but we
once had the privilege of "breaking bread" with a University
of California graduate and the Mayor of Chinatown at a
dinner that was equal to none. The Chinese Skyroom, for
food and entertainment, is as good as any. Brown says some
thing about it being a cross between Disneyland and Coney
Island. That, too, is debatable.
It is difficult to see why Brown didn't enjoy Fisherman's
Wharf and the fleet of fishing crafts that make the area pic
turesque. Sure, there are hawkers attempting to sell their
wares, but there are also excellent sea-food restaurants and
we wonder if Brown's guides took him to Tarantino's, our
favorite at the wharf. There arc others just as good.
As for gracious living, San Francisco restaurants are ele
gant in cuisine. Maybe there are better restaurants in the
world than in San Francisco and we've eaten in some of the
host in the U.S.A., including Zucas in New York and Old
Bookbinders in Philadelphia. We're happy that Brown liked
I he ' hearty honesty of Jack s," one of our once a-visit musts.
But we're surprised he did not feel disposed to mention
Steelers Leading
In Willamalane
Willamette W I. Prt. tin
Erne Steelers 3 0 l.Oon
Timber Tractors 2 1 ,M7 t
Alexander'a 2 1 .SS7 1
Paddork 1 2 .331 2
Hale Builders 0 2 .raw 214
Winter's Pslnta 0 2 .000 2'v
HCMEnlll.K
MONDAY Hale Builders va. Pad
dock 7: Alexander'a va. Free Steel
er. S'30.
WEDNESDAY Winter's Painters
vs. Mule Builders 7; Timber Tractor
vs Paddock, 8 30.
Erne Steelers arc the unbeat
en leaders In the Willamalane
basketball league and Jack Mat
thews of Alexander's is the in
dividual scoring leader with a
26.3-point average.
Other scoring leaders arc Bob
Cook, Paddock, 25.7; Larry How
ard, Timber Tractor, 22.0; Don
Wouda, Steelers, lfl.7; Howie
Clarke, Steelers, 17.7; Roman
Jones, Timber Tractor, and Bill
Robinson, Winter's Painters,
both at 17.5; Mike McMahon,
Alexander's, 160; Ralph Hit
tenour, Steelers, 15 7, and Don
Dcines, Winter's Painters, 14.0.
NHL Results
Drlrolt 2, Monlrrl
Boston 5, Toronto 4
Title as Big League City
Wright Leads
Golf Tourney
SEA ISLAND, Ga. (AT Mickey
Wright armored herself
against the weather with heavy
clothing Saturday and posted
another 75, three over par, for
a one-stroke lead in the Sea
Island ladies open gold tourna
ment. Hitting the hall well, Miss
Wright, from Dallas, Tex., dem
onstrated her mastery of the
Sea Island course.
Twice she drove Into the
water only to recover and post
nines of 39 and 36 for a second
day total of 150.
Betsy Hawls of Spartanburg,
S.C., miscued on the 18th hole
and had to settle for second at
151 on the basis of her 75. Her
short approach shot went wide
of the cup and the 12-foot putt
that would have gained a tic
failed to drop.
Most golfers in the field of
more than 100 complained tht
the Sea Island course was too
demanding to start a tourna
ment year.
Marilynn Smith, of Jupiter,
Fla., who had tied Miss Wright
the first day, carded a 78 and
153 total. Her final nine was a
five over par 41.
Sandra Haynic, Fort Worth,
Tex., retained fourth spot with
another 77 for a 154 total.
A fifth place tie at 156 with
Barbara Romack of Sacramento,
Calif., was gained by newcomer
pro Beth Stone, of Muskogee,
Okla. She shot the day's low
round of 74, eight strokes bet
ter than her first day.
Mitinger Inks Pact
SAN DIEGO, Calif. OD The
San Diego Chargers of the
American Foo.ball League
signed Bob Mitinger, a 6-3, 225
pound end from Pcnn State
Saturday.
NBA Results
Philadelphia 12.1, Detroit 107
Cincinnati 123, Loa Anaclea 124
Moslon 107, Syraruae 101
SI. Loula lit, Chicago 112
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Vanessi's Lupo's and Alexis ("Byzantine Splendor" on Nob
Hill).
Brown criticized the San Francisco wines, claiming there
wasn't a truly great cellar in San Francisco. We thought the
Blue Fox had quite a good cellar and could come up with
anything the wine connoisseur would wish.
And how about the cable cars? Not as rapid, but
certainly more interesting than the subways and "L's,"
if there are any elevated trains remaining in New York. As
for Fisherman's Wharf, the private fleet of fishing boats,
which seem to be always present, add just another touch of
glamour to San Francisco. Regardless of the modern restaur
ants and the background of Nob Hill, places like Sheeps
head's Bay can't hold a candle to Fisherman's Wharf.
Hotels? We've dined and danced in New York's best, in
cluding the old Waldorf-Astoria. San Francisco hotels are the
finest and there isn't a hotel in the land that compares to
the Palace for authentic appointments of the old "Gold Coast"
days.
We'll go along with Brown on some of the uninteresting
talked-about tourist sights. We haven't been to the "Top of
the Mark" for years. The "hungry 1" docs little for us, and
we're certain Brown can see as many "queer" sights on ths
subway trains around the Times Square area after midnight
as at Finocchio's.
Golden Gate Tark must be as interesting as Central Park
and Union Square as unique as Washington Park on the
fringe of the "Village."
As for entertainment we'd have recommended Earthquake
McGoons, with Turk Murphy's Dixieland Band, the best in
the land. How could anyone have neglected taking Brown to
Shanty Malone's, regardless of the new location? Unlike the
concentration of night spots in Greenwich Village, San Fran
cisco's "joints" are spread out.
it So, San Francisco has fog, rain and limited sun
shine! There is no sweltering heat and humidity that
sends New Yorkers to Central Park in their nightshirts. Nor
is there freezing weather that cuts like a knife and blizzards
that choke traffic to a standstill.
Maybe Brown didn't realize he was eating a delicacy at
every meal sour-dough bread with saltless butter. How
could you, Mr. Brown!
And besides, the Giants and 49ers may be champions In
1962. San Francisco is a "Big League City."
Umps Back Rule
With Stopwatches
SEATTLE Wl Pacific Coast
League baseball umpires will
carry stopwatches this year to
make sure the circuit's pitchers
waste no time.
"We will insist upon strict en
forcement of the rule that the
pitcher must deliver the ball to
the batter 20 seconds after re
ceiving it," said league presi
dent Dewey Soriano.
"Baseball must keep step with
other sports that set time limits
to prevent stalling and slowing
up of action.
"Our umpires also will be
told to insist that batters take
their positions promptly, af
though the official rules do not
set a time limit."
The umpire-in-chief will sig
nal when the watch is to start,
Soriano said. The third-base um
pire, holding the watch, will call
time when there is a violation.
A "ball" will be called, just
as if the pitcher haa tnrown
and missed the plate.
If the pitcher has started his
motion there will be no viola
tion. Soriano said the umpires
also will be told to make sure
the catcher returns the ball
promptly to the pitcher.
A baseball rule, the president
said, should be enforced or elim
inated. He recalled the league's
test several years ago of the
Men's Volleyball
TUESDAY YM Maaters va. Ore
Ron and Splkers va. KPM, both 7; A
r n va. YM and Jaybirds va. Brush
beatera, both B; SP'a va. Cruisers, 9.
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The one-season test resulted
In about 400 balks, said Soriano
"a ridiculous total. The one-
second stop has been all but
ignored in professional baseball
since that experiment.
"There are other rules," he
added without elaboration, "that
need a complete overhauling by
the rules committee to bring
the diamond code up to date."
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