14 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Tuesday, August 23, 1949
NOT THE CHANNEL
SF Girl Eyes Marathon Swim Try
Ex-UO Grid Star
Assigned to OSC
San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 23
WP) Ex-University of Oregon
gridiron itar Raymond (Butch)
Morse is heading back to his
home state but he has been as
signed to the Oregon State col
lege campus.
Now Lt. Col. Raymond J.
Morse of the air force, he willl
be working with the air force
ROTC unit at the Corvallis
campus.
"I'll be the most unpopular
man on the campus," moans the
left end star of the team that
played in the 'civil war' games
against Oregon State in 1931
to 1943.
Morse played professional foot
ball for five years before being
called to military duty In 1940.
He coached service teams to
championships. He has been a
squadron and deputy group com
mander at Lackland air base
here.
(United Press 8 ports Writer)
San Francisco, Aug. 23 (U.R)
While most of the swim con
ccious public has avidly fol
lowed the actions of the high
ly publicized English channel
swimmers, a San Francisco miss
has been quietly preparing for
a real aquatic test a swim from
the bleak Farallon islands to the
California mainland.
The distance, depending upon
the tide, will be anywhere from
21 to 30 miles and Miss Hazel
Cunningham, one of the world's
foremost distance swimmers,
thinks she can do the hitherto
unaccomplished feat in six to
eight hours.
Hazel, a secretary for a local
dental clinic, calls herself a re
gular mermaid and that's not
far from right.
The curvacious 40 - year - old
brunette started her aquatic
feats at the San Francisco south
end rowing club at the age of 14.
Some of her jaunts in recent
years include swims from Seals
Rocks to Treasure Island, 10
miles, and such short water
treks as San Francisco to Oak
land and Alameda.
Her longest swim was a 22
iler across Great Salt Lake in
1938.
"I made the distance in seven
hours and 22 minutes but the
going was tough ... the water
in the lake is so heavy, not at an
easy as swimming here along
the coast," she said.
The treacherous currents
around Alcatraz island are her
practice grounds. She pooh
poohs the inescapable "rock"
and the swim from the South
End club out into the bay and
around the prison fortress is
"duck soup" according to Hazel.
She has proved this a number
of times and still holds the re-
FARRALLON TO MAINLAND
cord as the only woman to swim
roundtrip to Golden Gate from
Fort Point to Lime Point. Her
time for this one was one hour
and 35 minutes.
Th VirnnTpH hndied woman
Just returned from an 18-day
stay in Hawaii where she par
tially conditioned herself by
swimming an average of 10 to
IS miles a day. But the Hawaii
an waters don't compare to the
cold bay currents she remarked.
Dvpr there I didn't have to
battle any currents or tides and
the water was so warm . .
Just like lying on the rug in
front of a fireplace."
Dale Neilson of Lebanon
Finally Hooks Big Fish
Lebanon Sponsorer of many big fish contests but with none
nf his own to show. Dale Neilson, co-owner of the Santiam Sport
ing Goods and Appliance store, after 15 years waiting, landed his
first big fish, a six-loot tnree-incn Diue snarn on tne uresun
coast near Taft, last mid-weeK. t-
Neilson and a party of seven
other Lebanon and Lacomo
sportsmen were fishing from
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Uaf I PaflprC Ted Williams (left) and Jackie Robinson
JTTai LCuUCI J are currently leading hitters in the Amer
ican and National league, respectively. Williams Is thumping
.356, Robinson .358.
Leading Major Loop Batters
Ted Williams, J. Robinson
Chicago, Aug. 23 VP) Bos
ton's Ted Williams today appar
ently was headed towards his
third straight American league
batting title and his fifth since
1941.
Williams, now in front for
three straight weeks, had a pace
setting .356 mark according to
official figures computed through
last Sunday's games. That was
11 points ahead of runner-up
George kell of Detroit, who had
.345.
Thumpln' Ted had only a two
point bulge the previous week,
but last week he climbed four
points while Kell dropped five,
Bob Dillinger of St. Louis
held third spot, despite a five-
point slump to .337. Boston's
Dom DiMaggio, once the front
runner, dropped from a third
spot tie to fourth with .331,
slumping 11 points during the
week.
New York, Aug. 23 m
Jackie Robinson continues to
show the way in the National
League's individual batting, race
but the speedy Brooklyn Dodger
second 'baseman's average is
sinking.
Robinson, including games of
Sunday, was hitting at a .358
gait, a drop of seven points from
his average of a week ago.
The Dodger keystoner is nurs
ing a sore left leg, suffered Aug.
9 in Philadelphia when he was
injured stealing home.
Enos Slaughter of the St. Louis
Cardinals is a distant second
Slaughter is hammering away at
a .325 pace, seven points more
than third place Ralph Kiner of
the Pittsburgh Pirates com
mands. Stan Musial of the Cards oc
cupies fourth place with .316
mark and Willard Marshall of
the New York Giants sports the
fifth best average in the league
.314.
the Tradewinds Troller Fish-On
out of Depot bay. The craft was
anchored one half mile off shore
Members of the Lebanon party
included J. C. Raines, Lacomb:
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Baird
Lloyd and Ed Fitzgerald and
Mr! and Mrs. Irvin Grenz. all of
Lebanon. During the morning
the group boated 13 salmon, 14
sea bass and a ling cod.
Neilson spotted the shark
shortly afternoon swimming 50
yards off the stern of the craft
and failing to attract the big
shark with a jib, he rigged up
la large spinner which the shark
'struck on it's first pass through
ine water.
The battle lasted nearly an
hour with Neilson using only
200 yards of 72-pound test line
in fighting the monster. After
landing the fish, it continued tr
show signs of life aboard the
craft for two hours despite nu
merous blows on the head with
a gaff hook.
Officials of the Tradewind
Trailers reported the shark to
be the largest caught along this
section of the Oregon coast in
three years.
Bremerton Ousted
From Legion Meet
Yakima, Aug. 23 W North
west Junior American Legion
baseball fans gave the sectional
tournament a "double-O" today
One "O" was for Oakland, Calif.;
the other for Omaha, Neb.
Bremerton was out.
But the fans weren't a bit
wilder than were three Brem
erton pitchers last night in giv
ing up 23 bases on balls to hand
the Oakland nine a 24-6 victory
The loss, second of the tour
nament for the Washington
titlist, left the title picture fram
ed between Oakland and Omaha
Pharmacists Whip All-Stars
8-5 Before 1000 Softy Fans
Before a crowd estimated at more than 1000 persons, Mootry's
Pharmacy, Salem Softball league champs, downed a group of
all-stars at Leslie field Monday night 8 to 5. Preceding this ex
hibition, Maple Dairy edged Clear Lake 7 to 6 in an Industrial
league contest that went an extra inning before a decision was
reached.
The All Stars and Mootrys
battled through four innings be
fore the latter broke through
with a tally in the fifth. They
added three in the sixth and two
each in the 8th and 9th. Bob
Knight, who relieved Warren
Miller for the All Stars in the
fifth walked four men in the
sixth.
Clear Lake had their engage
ment on ice as they tallied three
times in the eighth but the op
position came back to top that
performance with a four run
rally of their own.
Fan contributions approxi
mated $50.
Jim Rawlins, Mootry manag
er, announced Tuesday that he
has signed Phil Salstrom of th
Rock Wool squad and Warren
Miller of Golden Pheasants by
way of adding strength for the
state tournament. Salstrom is
an outfielder and Miller is a
pitcher. Rawlins is looking for
an extra lnfielder.
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Mayor Seeing Fair
Independence Mayor Ralph
Spencer of Independence will
be one of the honored guests at
the Oregon State Fair in Salem
Thursday, September 8. The
day has been set aside by the
fair management in honor of
Oregon's municipal executives.
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