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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
33rd Year
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY; OREGON, .THURSDAY , MAY 12, 1949
No. 134
a Bears Victorious in District Track Meet
Bend Lav
Sporf Parade
12 Men Qualified for State
Event; Redmond Panthers Win
Second, Hood River Is Third
Lava Bear trackmep amassed 84 points to win the district
No. 2 meet here yesterday and qualified 12 men for the state
track meet; to be held in Corvallis on May 20 and 21. Red
mond's Panthers placed second in the district competition
piling up 5512 points, and Hood River was a close third with
50 V- points. Prineville's Cowboys rode into fourth place with
id puuiis aim xiie umies unu
Madras tied tor the cellar
spot, with 4 points each.
j Not a single, record was
tbroken in the meet, which got
uiider way as an electric
storm broke over the field.
However, the light rain im
proved rather than slowed the
track.
Laplne Wins "B" Meet
Laplne won the "B" meet, scor
ing 65 points as the boys from
southern Deschutes county placed
first In seven different events.
Grant high of union county won
second spot with 22 points. Close
ly pressing Grant high was Mau
pin, credited with 21' points. Sis
ters accounted for 6 points.
The Bears qualified the follow
ing men for the-state meet: Leon
ard Standifer, high hurdler and
high jumper; Lawrence Carroll,
miler; Phelon Cullisoh, shot put
ter; K. B. Brown, Bob Brown and
Jack Robison, sprinters; Tom
Henderson, half miler; Reggie
Halligan, pole vaulter; Ralph Sut
ton, discus and javelin;. Bob Lub
eke, javelin, discus, and Ken
Brown, Jack Symons, Jim Wade
and Jack Robison, members of
the relay team. Hood River won
the 880 relay in the district meet
and the Bears placed second.
Mile Run Thriller
Thriller of the district meet was
the mile run, in which Carroll of
Bend overtook Furman of Hood
River in a sprint down the home
stretch, then crossed the line inch
es ahead of the Hood River star.
Although no new district marks
tvere made yesterday, several just
Short of records were scored, Re-
JSlts of the meet:
I Hieh hurdles: Wen bv Standi
. TT, - . . . ..
ler, Bend; Lubcke, Bend; Griffith,
Hood River. Time, 16.1.
Mile ruh:Won by Carroll, Bend;
Furman, Hood River; Cox, Red
mond. Time, 4:52.6. . '
Shot put: Won by Riggs, Red
mond; Cullison, Bend; Lubcke,
Bend. Distance, 42 feet, 2(4 inch
es. 100 yard dash: Won by K. B.
Brown, Bend; Robinson, Bend;
Cody, Hood River. Time, 10.4.
440 yard dash: Won by Jorgen
son, Redmond; K. Brown, Bend;
Bushnell, Bend. Time, 54.3.
Low hurdles: Won by Bliss,
Redmond; Griffith, Hood River;
Swaf ford, Hood River. Time, 25.2.
220 yard dash: Davis, Redmond,
Cody, Hood River, tie for first
place; Cooley, Hood River. Time,
24.2.
High jump: Won by McDonald,
Prineville; Standifer, Bend; Kribs,
Redmond; Halligan, Bend, and
Smith, Prineville, tie for third.
Height, 5 feet 8 inches.
880 yard run: Won by Jorgen
son, Redmond; Henderson, Bend;
Winters, Hood River. Time, 2:11.3.
Pole vault: Won by Halligan,
Bend; Kribs, Redmond; Smith,
New 'York, May 12 IP They
are deathly afraid in the camp
of the Cincinnati Reds that Ewell
Blackwell, the towering pitcher
hailed two years ago as the new
Carl Hubbell, is through for
good.
You talk to the Reds about al-'
most anything and ' you get a
good straight answer. They real
ize their pennant chances depend
on a staggering number of "ifs"
and they tell you so. But mention
Blackwell, and they clam up.
Their eyes narrow and take on a
haunted look. .
In no time at all you get the
idea that Blackwell Is paying a
price for growing and going too
far too fast.
Still Slim
The six foot, six Inch thin man
nf the Rprte rtnpsn't lnnlc unnrl
He .still is about 10 pounds un
derweight as result of an opera
tion last January, for removal of
a kidney. Spread 180 pounds over
that distance and it doesn't come
out very thick. He is wan and
his eyes lack lustre and you can
almost feel the wonder in his
heart. fc
He still has shoulder trouble
and the tipoff is, that while he
professes to feel strong and both
ered only by wildness, Blackwell
has thrown only two competitive
innings with the season almost a
month old.
And, in triose two innings, he
was forced to throw 53 pitches as
the Pirates belted him for four
runs. ' There, was. a ;time they.
Wouldn't get that marly off him
in two weeKs. .. ?
Tragic Point "
It is a tragic point in what
kould have been a terrific career.
Blackwell showed his promise in
1946 When, back from service, he
won nine against 13 losses and
led the league in shutouts.
But in 1947 it really looked as
though he might be one of the
best of all time. He won 22, in
cluding a no-hit, no-run game;
pitched the most complete games;
had the most strikeouts, and set
Prineville. Height, 10 feet 9 inch
es.
Discus: Won by Sutton, Bend;
Lubcke, Bend; Van Matre, Red
mond. Distance, 120 feet 1 inch.
Broad jump: Won by Burris,
Hood River; Bliss, Redmond;
Warner, Redmond. Distance, 19
feet WVt inches.
Javelin: Won by Bend; Fair-
child, Redmond; Abbott, Bend.
Distance, 170 feet 3V4 inches.
Relay: Won by Rood River
(Cody, Carter, Griffith and Coo
ley); Bend, (Brown, Symons,
Wade, Robison); Redmond. Time,
1:38.3.
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Lava Bear Clears Bar in High Leap
Reggie Halligan, Bear vaulter who won this event in the district
meet here yesterday,' is pictured clearing the bar at 10 feet 9 inches.
He will represent Bend in th pole vault at the state meet in Corval
lis May 20 and 21. .
a modern National league record
by winning 16 in a row. . .
Then came 1948 and disaster.
Blackle won'only seven against
nine defeats and had a dismal
earned run average of 4.53.
The reason was that a shoulder
muscle kept jumping out of place.
Even discounting that kidney
operation, he still is afraid of that
shoulder muscle.
It is a combination which has
all the portents of a pitching
tragedy.
YAKIMA HOLDS LEAD
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The surprising Yakima Bears
continued to reign over the West
ern International league Wednes
day opening up a commanding
two game margin by edging
Bremerton, 3-2, while runner-up
Salem bowed to Victoria, 11-15.
The third-place Biuejackets col
lected a total of five hits off Yak
ima hurling and just fell short of
tying the contest in tne eighth.
Trailing, 1-3, Bremerton tried to
get a rally going.
Cleveland Hard
Hit by Injuries
New York, May 12 ill') No mat
ter what happens to the world
champion Cleveland Indians this
season, it looks as if they're going
to owe a lot to arnica, adhesive
tape and Al Benton. .
The patched-up champs, who
are being plagued mainly with in
juries to their vital pitching staff,
came through wth their biggest
victory of the season to date last
night, beating the league leading
New York Yankees. 3 to 2, with
relief pitcher Benton in the star
ring role.
Ace right hander Bpb Lemon,
who was shooting for his fourth
victory, retired after pitching to
one batter because he had injured
a back muscle. Although he is not
expected to be out more than a
few days he joins a casualty list
In which pitcher Gene Bearden
has a "sciatic pull in his leg"; Bob
Feller still has a kink in his shoul
der, and Satchel Paige seems to be
suffering from the infirmities of
age.
In Second Spot
Benton held the Yankees to five
hits for seven innings before go
ing out for a pinch hitter. With
the score tied at 2-all, the Indians
scored the winning run in the
seventh on singles by Dale Mitch
ell and Mickey Vernon and a wild
pitch by Bob Porterfield. The vic
tory put Cleveland into second,
3 Vi games behind New York.
The astounding Senators won
their ninth straight victory, a 14
hit 11 to 1 blasting of the Tigers
at Detroit.
The White Sox defeated the
sagging Red Sox, 12 to 8. scoring
in every' inning at Chicago as
rookie Gus Zernlal set a 15-hit
batting pace with a triple, double,
Freak Baseball Features
Contests in Coast League
San Francisco, May 12 Ul'i.
Alan Hide may not have the
strangest name in the Pacific
Coast league, but he could be the
luckiest pitcher If you listen to
Lloyd Kittle and Bob Gillespie.
Ihde pitched only one and a
third Innings against San Diego
last night and got credit for a win.
Gillespie pitched a two-hitter and
Hittle a four hitter aw) what did
they get a loss.
Gillespie let San Francisco have
a pair of singles, and nothing else,
but he was the losing pitcher (n a
10 vlctoray of the Seals over the
Sacramento Solons. Hittle pitched
and single.
The Browns, with Jack Graham
delivering the winning run on his
third hit of the night, defeated the
Athletics, 5 to 4, at St. Louis.
Rookie Bill Werle of Pittsburgh
held, the Dodgers to seven hits,
five of which he gave up in the
last two innings as he turned In a
5 to 3 victory in Brooklyn,
Lefty Warren Spahn won his
fourth game and his second shut
out for the Braves, blanking the
Cardinals, 7 to 0, on three hits.
Howard Fox pitched and batted
the Reds to a 4 to 2 victory over
the Giants at New York, ending a
seven game winning streak for
the losers.
The Cubs defeated the Phils at
Philadelphia, 4 to 2 in a pitching
battle in which relief man Emil
Kusli was credited with his third
victory.
for Oakland and met Seattle's
Guy Fletcher In another 10 duel,
and lost. All Ihde did was go in
relief for the Los Angeles Angels
against the San Diego Padres.
The Angels came from behind for
him with a seven-run filth inning
in a slam-happy ball game 12-10
and Ihde was the winner.
Beavers Lose Again
In the league"s only other game
the Hollywood Stars won, even if
it took then? 12 innings to down
the Portland Beavers by an 8-6
score.
Hollywood's win fattened their
lead to two and a halt games as
they pushed across a pair of tal
lies in tne top oi tne van to even
their series with the cellar-residing
Beavers.
Gillespie was the night's hard
luck pitcher. He gave the Seals
only two singles, but they Used a
walk, a sacrafice, a 'single and a
squeeze bunt for the winning run.
Al Lien held the Solons to eight
hits.
In Seattle it was strictly a pitch
ers' duel. Neither allowed an earn
ed run, but Seattle got one on the
house and emerged victorious.
Hittle gave up four hits, but
Fletcher handed Oakland only a
trio of safeties.
In- the San Diego-Los Angeles
contest it was almost homer-or-nO'
count. The clubs slapped out nine
circuit clouts two less than the
league record. Los Angeles ac
counted for five with Joe Damato,
Butch Moran, John Ostrowskl,
Carmen Mauro and Dom Dalles-.
League Standings
Bt UnltJ Prm
COAST LEAGUE ' . .
. W. I. Vot. .
Hollywood '-'6 18 Ml,
San Ulmto 211 20 .65
Sacramvntu Ti 21 .512
Oakland 23 22 .mi
SuUtl U2 , 22 .SOI)
Sun 1'rnnclaca 22 23 .480 '
l.os Aniteles 21 2H .477
1'urtlanU ,,. .....16 211 .381
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Now York 16 ft .129
Cleveland 10 7 ,CHK
Detroit 11 0 .01,0
Wahlnirton 12 11 .022 .
Chicago 11 11 " Cut)
Philadelphia 11 12 .478
Boston I 11 . .421
St. Louis II 17 .22"
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 13. 8 .619
Doaton 18 0 .(9ti
Brooklyn 11 10 .'24
Cincinnati 10 10 .600
rhiladelnhla , 10 12 ' .4S5
l'lttaourKh 10 12 .415
St. LouU 8 11 - .421
Chicago i It .421
RACE MEET CALLED OFF :
Seattle, May 12 IIP) A breach
between Joe Gottstein, president
of the Washington Jockey club,
and the state turf commission
over track officials has resulted
in his decision to call off this
year's 54-day race meeting at
Longacres, it was learned today.
andro hitting for the jackpot. For
San Diego it was Dee Moore and
Luke Easter who did the long ball
hitting, each with a pair. Los An
geles won the game by the. simple
expedient of scoring seven runs In
the fifth Inning. .
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