.J 18 Capita Journal, Salem, Ore., Thursday, January 26, 1950
'Ebony Antelope' Voted
lop Trackman of Century
New York, Jan. 26 VP) Jesse fornla headed the new crop of
; 2 Owens, who in one blazing -ft
; -ernoon broke five world rec-
: "ords and tied a sixth and then
' - went on to win four Olympli
2 gold medals, emerged today in
' - the AP's mid-century sports poll
i " as the greatest track athlete of
the era since 1900
The tall negro sprinter re-
ceived 201 votes from the na-
tion's sports editors and sports-
f casters. Jim Thorpe, the versa
f J tile Indian who won the Olym
i - pic Decathlon in 1912 only to
Z lose his honors on proiessionai-
ism charges, was second with
74. Thorpe has already won the
AP poll as the greatest football
player.
' t Third place was close be
' tween Paavo Nurmi, Finnish
distance runner, with 31 votes,
and Glenn Cunningham, the
t American distance ace, with 30
- Literally hundreds of thous--1
ands of athletes have tried
X to smash standard world
track records, but never be
? fore nor since did one man
- accomplish so much in so
X abort a space of time as Ow--.
ens did on May 25, 1935, In
J the Big Ten track meet at
-i Ann Arbor, Mich.
-I Competing for Ohio State
t university, he tied the 100 yard
record at :09.4, and set new
-v world marks of :20.3 for 220
" yards, :22:6 for the 220 yard
" low hurdles, and 26 feet 8 'A
Z inches for the broad jump.
Since 200 meters is a trifle
- shorter than 220 yards, Owens'
v times in the 220 yard dash and
, 220 yard hurdles also were ac
-cepted as world records at the
' metric distances. AU these as-
- tounding records were formally
; accepted as international stand
ards. Then Owens became the
-- brightest star of 'the 1936 Ol
l ymplc games at Berlin, win-
ning the 100 and 200 meters,
" the broad jump, and running
a leg on the victorious 400
" meter relay team.
"The greatest thrill of my
..life," Owens called those Olym
pic victories.
- At Berlin Owens was the cen
ter of an international argu
ment. The race-conscious Ger
mans obviously did not like the
idea of an American negro ov
ershadowing their Nordic he
roes. Adolf Hitler managed to
be on hand to congratulate
some of the German winners,
but he was never around for
'any of the victory ceremonies
that centered on the swift Ow-
.ni.
After the Berlin games, Ow
ens turned professional but
quickly quit sport for business.
At one time Owens either
' held outright or possessed a
... joint share in eight standard
outdoor world records, to say
nothing of a variety of indoor
r. ne
- Mel Patton of southern Call
: SPORTS ROUNDUP
sprinters that hammered eway
at Owens' standards, until now
Owens holds a clear title only
to the 220 yard dash, the 200
meter dash, and the broad jump
(all set at Ann Arbor)
But Owens' mighty broad
jump record is unchallenged.
"There is no question about
Owens being the greatest ath
lete of his time," said Dan
Ferris of the Amateur Athlet
ic union, "He made it look so
easy. His broad jump mark
stands out no one has even
come close to It."
Owens invariably fooled his
audiences. They called him the
"Ebony Antelope," but Owens
didn't bound he floated.
In fifth place came Cornelius
Warmerdam, the American
pole vaulter, with 12 votes.
Some consider his world record
of 15 feet 7 Inches as the
greatest individual feat in
track. Next was the "Babe,"
Mildred Didrikson Zaharias, Ol
ympic champion and world rec
ord holder, with 9 votes. In sev
enth was the late Charlie Pad
dock, the sprinter, with 8, fol
lowed by Gunder Hagg, Swed
ish distance record holder, 5:
Bob Mathias, American Olym
pic Decathlon champion, 5; and
Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch
sprinter, 3.
i ' , ' ' - I
New Champ
Joey Maxim, light-punching "cutie" from
Cleveland, holds trophy after winning the
world's light-weight championship from England's Freddie
Mills at Earl's Court in London. Maxim KO'd the Englishman
In 1:54 of the 10th round. (Acme Radlo-Telephoto)
Babe Ruth's slugging percent
age of .847 in 1920 still stands
as a major league record.
SCORES in the ALLEYS
Capitol Alleys
MAJOR LEAGUE
Cupboard Cmto (3) HendertOll 519.
Whit 853. McCliutker MS. Evatm 053. J.
Olodt 346. LaVon's of MoMlnnflile (D
RyaU 530. Kraft 403. Minder ASS. Q.
Qlodt 401. Mv 490.
Mart Lunch : Kay 484. Oreiorr
340. oiner Jr. SIB. Bal 51?. Cruweu 518.
Clint's Coffee Shop 1 Kline fir. 822.
Oliier Sr. 627, Farmer 494, Bona 668, Os-
lund 479.
Woo dry rnrnJtora (3) Kitchen 612.
Ollnger 604. Perry 441, Foreman 488, Ad
olPh 620. Acme Motor Co. (1) Mlrlch 657.
Frlesen 409. Irona 623. Bteinuocr 473,
Hnrtwe.l 71.
Corvallls Merchant (I) Kennedy 513,
Rojui 620, Phlpjw 918, Coe 006, SelUInser
SOS. Maple's Sporting- Goods (0) H. Page
681, Wlckiund 430. Hauaen 4V7, u. vagt
627, B. ValdPB 609.
capital iietimnt U) xouna oo, wn
eraon 466. Lindner 432. Blgler BS3. Nu-
ber 653. ftnlem Hardware (11 Thede 504,
stratton 440, Logan 442, Boyce 403, Weat
071.
Hlvh individual tame: rranr Evam or
Cupboard Oafe, 238; John Bone of Cllne'a
Coffee Shop, 230,
High individual aeriea: rrinx svan oi
Cupboard Cafe, 663.
Hlah tenm iame: oupooard care, vs.
HlKh team acrlea: Cupboard Oafe, 2822,
University Alleys
High team Mrles, Mooia Lodge No. 1,
24B8; high lnd. sama and lerlei, Tbomp
aon, 127 and 652.
STATE HOUSE LEAOUB
Blwar No. 4 (1 Chuck 386, Jim 303.
Myron 438, Bob 402, George 631; lnd.
Comm. No. t (2) Gallagher 501, Ashby
462, West 447, Harris 470, Gustafflon 515.
Ind. Comm. No. 1 Buchanan 616,
Gordon 444, Savage 444, Baker 409, Upston
562; Printer !) Krelel 499. Milner 400.
Stone 390, McCrary 349, Mill 427.
Rtway No. z ioi Hoake 373, Ktcaetts
430, Hill 443, Paxion 429, Merchant 433;
Veti. Affairs (3) Walts 418. Ryan 418.
Ryan 418, Reed 621, Elgin 503, HlUerich
Tax Comm. No. f Welch 480. Wel-
gel 410, Mason 379, Robb 615, Johnson
494; Hlway No. 1 (1) Griffiths 439. Mc-
Calllater 495, Kayser 474, Wllllama 493,
Le Terneux 609.
Sec. of Stale (t) Miller 490. Klnir 647.
Grant 490, Porter 487, Schultze 468; For
estry 1 Ewlng 430. Gnrts 613, Ladd 420,
Hanneman 412, Maul 456.
Tax Cnmrn No. 1 ) Klea 303. Huhta
418, Men a f fey 415, Blair 300, aterett 431;
Hlway No. S (1) Brown 429, Van Pelt 317,
Collins 308, Ebsen 287, White 361.
High team series. Bee. of Btatfl. 3448:
high lnd. game, Johnson, 223; high lnd.
series, A. Upston, 562.
Duck Pin
MEN'S AUTOMOTIVE LEAGUE
Ford (1) Vern Boock 37B. Bob Burns
411, Arnold Holmes 364, Al Wolf 267, Glenn
Schroyer 364; Valley Eleetrle (X Elmer
HeUner 426, Earl Lambert 304, Gus Quir
ing J 00, Jim L.01ICKS J51.
Bnlck (4) Shortv Williams 106. Rarvov
Loveall 410, Jim Hall 383, Dave Moon 342,
Van Dell 402: Company O ONO (0
Frank Baker 219, Tom Brown 309, Ray
Green 300, Bob Btrong 359, BUI Godlovel
CIVIC LEAGUE
Rlwanls I BtoUman 330, Calvert 341,
Llnebarry 370, DoBoy 476, Plckroll 432;
Hollywond I.lwns No. 1 8 Hanna 43B,
Ayrei 431, Tlnilall 307, Gllllspl 400, Col
lins 462.
Staylon (I) Bates 421, Morgan 3,
Ohrlsknaon 431, Bcheetslrk 403, Jordon
Moose No. I tn omitn 431, ecnuoei
10, Hullne 335, Cooter 440, flmyer 385. .
Salem Lloni No. S (1) Sholllth 420.1
Younit 466. Todd 4D6, Balvolsen 360, De-
Laney 400; Hollywood Linns No. t t
Lantz 403, Porter 349, Elliott 377, Donald
son 309, Brown 672.
Salem Lions No. X (l) oeaaes frai,
Seamster 447, Bmtth 448, Holmes 460,1
Htarrett 614; Mnnie Lodge No. 1 (t)
Thompson 652, Prudent 624, Smith 432,
trunk DU'i. em vers jib.
Salem Lions No. I (l)-Henderson 430,
Mo Mil. Klmmell BIB. Rostell 364. Bauer s
348; Jr. Chamber () Bchmldt 430, Por- Mercury, 2096 and 173; high lnd. series
ter 464, Ochaefer 416, Doerk 643, Boniface and game. Hubert Mink (Kaiser Frater)
BOS. 1523 and 266.
Lincoln Merearr ) Bob Hulst 447. Ed
Owens 310, P. B. Churchman 379, Earl
Brooke 473. Soud Spaale 407: Kaiser -Fra.
ser (1) Lewie Nelson 331, Ted Foster
381, Bill Hamby 323, Mike Fleck 441, Hu
bert Mink 632.
Dodge (8) BUI Campbell 441. Dallas
KJaer 377, Frank Snegrova 423, Howard
Mumby 337. Hal Wilson 413; Cadillac 1)
Charlie Campbell 410, Wally Doss 319, Bob
Fry 397, Don Bowers 434, Bye 319.
mgn team series ana game, unooin
Penn State Mourns Boxing Great
- New York, Jan. tS W Leo
,'Houck died the other Any
-knocked out (or the first time
"In his career. It was his proud
'boast that In more than ZOO
professional fights he had been
"knocked off his feet only three
"times and never was put down
"for the count of ten ... It is
'heart-warming but not surpris-
ins to know that undergraduates
.and alumni of Fenn State col
-lege, where he coached boxing
Jor 27 years, contributed $5,000
to "comfort him and his family
"during his tragic Illness." .
It was a sad oversight that the
Iboxing writers never honored
him with an award for his long
land meritorious service to the
-sport ... It was an honor Leo
ilchly deserved.
JJOXING'S BEST FRIEND
-. A man of great kindliness and
food humor behind the battered
iace that marked him Indelibly
as an ex-fighter, Leo never
teased to think of boxing as a
line, clean sport for sturdy
young men ... He campaigned
tirelessly for boxing In Pennsyl
vania high schools and he'd get
angry only when someone argu
td that the game wns too rough
or dangerous for youngsters or
coupled college boxing with "the
fight racket." . . . Leo s well-
trained boys never got hurt, and
he could point to himself as
one who started boxing at 14 and
came through without serious
Injury . . . His simple theory,
"keep your left working In his
face and belt him with your
right .when you get a chance,
produced five national and 48
Eastern champions and two out
standing professionals, Steve
Mamas and Billy Soose ... He
thought being a college coach
was "the finest Job any man
could have." . . . Most of his
pupils think Leo was the finest
coach any college could have.
SPORTSMENTION
Joe Roscntover, head of the
American Football league, Is
making overtures to the Buf
falo folks who were left out
In the National-American re
organization. Nearby Erie,
Pa., already has applied for
membership In that circuit.
. . . Dr. David F. Tracy, who
has been hired to psychol
ogize the St. Louis Browns In
to the first division, will pub
lish a book, "Psychology and
Baseball", In May. After a
By HUGH FUl.LIRTON, Jr.
season with the Browns he
should have material for an
other . . . Ollle Sax, Jr., na
tional lnterscholastlc 440 yard
champ from Kearney, N.J.,
high, recently bagged a deer
and a fox on a hunting trip.
Maybe he ran them down.
LAST WORD
Returning from the NCAA
meeting in New York where the
sanity code business was thresh
ed out, a Pennsylvania high
school coach reported: "Herman
Hickman can't get along on one
meal a day, and you can be
sure he isn't going to get any
players who will."
Citation Goes to
Post With Record
130-Pound Load
Arcadia, Calif., Jan. 26 U.R)
Citation goes to the post today
In the race Trainer Jimmy Jones
hopes will prove the Calumet
farm champion as great as he
was in 1948.
Jones, who says Citation tells
him when he is ready to run,
entered the great campaigner in
the six-furlong La Sorpresa
purse and accepted top weight of
lju pounds.
uniiKe nis comeback race
Jan. 11, when he ran and won
against comparatively minor op
position, the time Citation meets
a strong field that includes the
game California champion. On
Trust.
Former Webfoot
Says Canadians
Have More Stamina
Lethbridge, Alta., Jan. 26 W.PJ
Lanky Bob Hamilton, former
University of Oregon star who
now is player-manager of the
Lethbridge Acres in the Interna
tional Basketball league, said to
day he believed Canadian play
ers have more stamina than
Americans.
The handsome 27 - year - old
Hamilton said he thought Can
adian players were as good as
their U.S. counterparts, pro
vided they received proper train
ing.
Appointed player-coach of the
Lethbridge Acres this season,
Hamilton has scored 249 points
in 12 games. His squad, com
posed of many rookies, current
ly is in second place in the lea
gue, which has six Montana en
tries and three Alberta squads.
Hamilton said he was sur
prised at the Canadians' wide-
open, speedy style of play.
'These Canadians are tall, big
and fast, and they're now getting
training as good as the boys in
the states," he said.
Canadian teams in the Inter
national league have averaged
65 points a game, which is "tops
in any company," according to
Hamilton.
"We've won more than our
share against the visiting Amer
ican teams," he added.
City Loop Scores
CITY LEAGUE
National Division
Cap. Baa. Col. (23) (48) Marinas
Moon 1 P 16 Wllaon
Turner a F 3 Pearaall
Kreba 1 0 13 Carrow
Skrcla 11 o Wnner
Myera a 6 Weat
Reaervea Morlna: OJI.C. oodaey 4.
Tooker 1. Marines Jones 3, Jaqua 3. Half-
time score: cu.o. 10, Marines 18.
Bnrronsh, Inn 40) (34) Post OfMee
Roberts 13 P 4 Humphreys
Hottert 4 P s Oerdner
Fischer 14 C 3 Lucas
McRae 3 a 33 Albrlch
Hastings o 3 Lathrop
Reserves scorlne: B. Inn Lee 8. Half.
time score: B. inn 37, P. O. 37.
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N. Perry 2 ..,
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FLsher 12
Barnholt 3 .,,
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..F 6 Brown
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Reserves scoring : Navy Ba&sett
Bl ens ley 1. Nat. Guard McReal 2. Half
time score; Navy 15, Nat. Guard 11.
Seven major league players
have collected more than 3,000
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Date Set for Ruling on
Rodeo Treatment of Outlaw
Vancouver, B.C., Jan. 26 VP)
Whether Rimrock, an outlaw
horse, was "unlawfully and
unnecessarily abused" during
a rodeo here last spring
won't be known until Feb. 2
That was the date set yes
terday by Judge C. J. Lennox
for announcing his decision
In a case described by rodeo
men as holding the fate of the
western show in Canada.
The charge was brought by
the Vancouver Society for Fre-
Linder was convicted last
yention of cruelty to Animals
against Herman Linder, a
Cardston, Alta., rodeo promo
ter and former "King of the
Cowboys."
Linder was convicted last
year of permitting the horse
to be abused by the use of
a tight bucking strap and al
lowing the horse to be "spur
raked" causing wounds In the
neck. .The present case is
Linder's appeal from the con
viction. He contended In testimony
yesterday that the bucking or
flank strap around the horse's
loins is not cruel but stimu
lated the animal to greater ac
tivity. The neck wound, he
said, was an old wound from
a bite from another horse.
Prosecutor Stewart McMor
ran described the bucking
strap as "obviously designed
to madden the horse with
pain so it will make more
strenuous efforts to dislodge
its rider."
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Molalla Out in front all of
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half time bulge, the Molalla
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over the Woodburn Bulldogs in
Willamette Valley league compe
tition Wednesday night.
Molalla's undefeated Beei
triumphed over the Woodburn
second string. 48-13.
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