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    Capital Journal, Salem, Ore,, Sat,, May 21, 1955-(Spc. 2)-l
Senators Blanked 3-0 in Opener of Eugene Series
Bill Storti
Locals on
Dials Slated to Face Emeralds in
Tonight's Clash; Wortham Loses
By A. C. JONES
Capital Journal Sports Editor
EUGENE The elevctor
goes
Dum ways rapioiy lor me Salem Trl-Clty II 10 Mi Spokane 6 17 .161
Senators, who have moved from Saii"; ," 10 ?.24 . .
lnll.,L , , ... , Fridays results: at Eugene 3. Sa-
iourth to second and back again ten. 0: at wenaichee n. Spokane 10;
the past two days of the North- Yakima 4. Letiston 11.
west league season. The direction '
was downward this time on the I arranged an exhibition for
basis of a 3-0 loss to Eugene here Tuesday night at Salem against
Lrnnay ,nlBhi' .moreu iha!! University of Oregon. 1
2000 natural rivals who cheered ; It wa, Hods wn0 bseat Salem
clrlt S4lurp P"cl"ng oI,("nd Dials) in the second game
occTge Morn. I o( tne opening 8erjes April 27.
Storti, righthander from the' Storti had been named to face the
Bed Sox chain, now has a 2 0 rec- Solons in the third game, which
ord because he stille ' what have ! was rained out. Storti now has
been booming bats. He allowed i an earned-run average of less
only two nits, struck out eight! than four-tenths of a run, while
end walked only one Floyd Rob- Hodges has 0.27 a tough pair to
inson in the ninth inning. He had ! face on successive nights,
the benefit of three unearned Em-Wortham (iets Loss
era d runs which his team manu-;. John Wortham suffered the
ctured on five hits, seven walks, j ios, a, the Salem starter who left,
. I J;"" and a passed balL the game in the fifth trailing 2-0.1
S Double Plays by Salem He had Riven up tw0 hits one un.
Salem took advantage of every ; earned run in the first inning and
aitua ion, too, completing five, got into trouble in the fifth by
double plays in which shortstop: walking the leadoff batter, Whit
Gene Tansellt played a role every, ey Thompson and serving up a
I6' v. ... single to Ran Romero after a pas-
Tonight, Manager Hugh Luby sed ball had put Thomson on sec
has named Bill Dials (3-4) to cd. When he walked Ron Jack
meet lefty Berlyn Hodges (3-0).! son, Luby summoned Bill Walsh,
A doubleheader Sunday at 1:30 his No. 1 relief pitcher.
win nnisn tne series, with Bud :
Francis and Bill Whitson nrob-
ably handling the ball throwing
for Salem.
Next week the Senators will
be off Its diet of league games,
being idle Monday through
Thursday before being host to
Yakima. Luby said that he has
NW Leaders
Individual Batting
Includes all players except pitchers
bitting below .300 or with less than
10 AB.
Nabc. Club ab h 2b ,1b hr rbi net
Helbie.Sal
1 1 16 .393 !
LinR, Spok. 2 1
Char'uhas. Yk 21 9
Carraba, Wen 7 3
Jackson, Eup. 53 2.1
Shields, Salem 12 5
Zuvela. Wen 12 S
Steinapel, Sal 57 23
Helbig, TC 61 24
Layne, Lew 54 21
L'ndgr'n. Wen 50 19
Pries, TC 53 20
Tanselli, Sal 56 21
Frailey, Sal 56 21
Roberts, Wen 16 6
Bergen, TC 67 25
Gully, Spok 65 24
Strazzullo, TC 77 28
Robinson. Sal 44 16
Krause, Sal 44 16
Conant, Spok 11 4
Jenney, Wen 64 23
Lewis,. Yak 5fl 20
O. Luby, Yak 48 17
Pere'z. TC 52 18
Duretta, Wen 63 21
Dunn. Sal 21 7
B-k'gh'm, Wen 12
H. Luby, Sal 12 4
Agosta, Sal 65 19
Traversi, Sal 39 11
Moore, Wen 77 3
isoo
!
10
All
1 1 .417
1 111 .404
111 .19.1
7
1 14 ..180
3 12 .377
3 4 19 .375
3 S 26 .375
3 .375
19 .373
1 14 .3(19
3 2 18 .3T4
1 4 9 .364
1 B .384
2 .384
I llf .359
3 2 10 . 357
5 .354
1 2 9 .346
1 11! .333
1
.292 I
282
.325
t
10
PITCHING RECORDS
Name, Club
w
moom. tu 3
Hodfies. Eug .... 3
Morrill. We;. .... 2
Wortham. Sat .. 2
Held. Yak 1
Storti. Eug . 1
Walsh. Sal . 1
Hirhardson. TC 1
Roberts, Wen .... 4
Your.R. Yak .... 2
Haydcn, Wen .. 2
Dereanc, Lew .. 2
Conant. Spo .. 2
Buck h'm, Wen 2
Dials, Sal 3
Burns. TC 3
Edmunds. Yak .. 3
Benton. Lew ... 2
Marshall. Wen 2
Widncr, TC 1
Whitson. Sal ... 1
Ladd. Sdo 1
0 l.txra 38 14 11 14
o l.oon 33 i is 22
o l.ooo i io ii 12
! !'S!5 !1 3 !! ,?
0 logo 14 l 110!
1 ! ooo !? in ? 1 1
1 .ann 43 15 28 26 1
l .667 32 11 11 20,
3 .500 33 13 20 27
j -S5 v. k 2?
i srl it IS 1 11'
l .500 29 16 is 7
i son 11 9n is
1 500 15 is 23 7
Tucker, Sal .. 1
.500 18 13 25 14
Williams. Eug
. 1 1
.500 14 2 6 S
.500 13 15 7 8
4fMl 49 1R 91 13
(.lancy. Lew . . i i
Franks. Lew .... 2 3
Francis. Sal 1 2
Luedtke. Spo .. . 1 2
Lee. TC .12
Satallch. Eug .... 1 2
Chase, Eug 1 2
Kalar. TC 1 2
333211316 hi
3.1.1 21 1 s 14
.333 w 15 is 11
!boo 12 21 n il
Viks Defeat Saxons
3-1 in Final Clash
J. Loy,Keipiugcr
' Tame S. Salem
Hitters
By PALL HARVEY III
. . .
North Salem scored two runs in
the boitom of the first inning at
Waters Park Friday and then went
On to edge the South Salem Saxons
3-1. It was the second win of the
year by North Salem over South
for Toth
for both teams.
rfo-n .-i.h on. hii nri nr. r.
111 uil- until iuui innings niiiri 11c
came in for Jerry Keppingcr at the
..... -r .1.. 1 .1. i;
. lari 01 in- luuiui 11111111K.
The Vikings took the 2-fl lead in
tho first on a walk an out hit.
... .. ... .
nailer, a waiK. ana men Singles
by Don Pigsley and Bob Jantze.
' Kach single scored a run.
Then in the top of the second
thc Saxons scored their lone run
on a single by Jerry Walling, a
sacrifice, an out. and a double
that scored Walling by pitcher
John Frederick.
North Salem added a single run
In the sixth on singles by Curt
Jantze, Pigsley, and Fred Stephens
along with a fielder'! choice.
I Keppinger, who gave up three
' of the four hits by the South Sa
lem team, gets th win. Frederick,
who went all the way and gave
up six hits, is the loser.
The big hitter for South Salem
;. was Walling with two hits in three
I trips. For the winners Pigsley had
'i to hits in three times up. The
I game did not count in the district
1 standings.
Blanks
Two Hits
NWL STANDINGS
W L Pet. W L Pet.
L . crT , ;X
ia c re . - a n tit
Fiiiwi' third run -am. in ih
seventh because Storti doubled
deeply to the centerfield wait
and scored when Jackson's
grounder found a tunnel under
Tanselli's legs after two were out
on a double play initiated by Tan
selli. That first inning Emerald run
came when Jackson, the league's
leading hitter, singled and tallied
on Granny Gladstone's grounder
through the box.
None Beyond Second
Gladstone, a former Portland
Beaver, got two of Eugene's five I
hits. Only Salem hits were a sing
le by catcher Harvey Koepf in I
the third inning and a doible by
Tanselli to right field in the four -
th. The Senators had only four
left on base, testifying to the "ve-game lean over me resi 01
tight play of Manager Cliff Dap- the Pa
per's boys. At Eugene, the Emeralds'
As a matter of fact. Salem sot i George Storti fashioned a 2-hitter
only Koepf and Tanselli as far as1
second and none went farther.
There were more than 75 Sa
lem fans sitting in a special sec
tion behind first base. Forty-one
went on a chartered bus sponsor
ed by the Senators Boosters club
and stirred up the rivalry by
heckling, and being heckled, by
surrounding Eugene fans.
Salem (0)
(3) Eueene
AB H H AB R H
; Dunn.m 4 0 0 Jackson.2 2 1 1
Krause. 2 4 0 0 Hcssc.l 4 0 0
Robinson.l 3 0 0 Gladstne.m 4
Tnnselli.s 4 0 1 Dappcr.c 2
Affnsta'i sao Tnan.i ' .i o
Koept.c 301 Thompsnj l l o
Traversal 2 0 0 Romero.r 3 0
wortham o i o 0 storii.il 2i
waish.p 200 i
T.-.. T.-.-.l
salem oi ooo ooo o 2 3
wT ' "ii i, : "i,100,? n0,'-!3 1 2
pitcher" Wortham (2-21.
IP ab H R Er So Bh
i ffini" sIsiSE""1 & " 2 i S i I
l .667 28 13 io is siort 9 29 2 o 0 8 2
i i4 i? !Sm I wild pitches: Walsh; Passed Balis:
Koepl: l.OB: s,aiem 4 Eugene 5. if-
t ssim:j"ss.. T..y , "f.o t m ';
Cladstone. Romero Sac.: Storti.
i ""le J1'";, TK"'"-JravT'"'
Dunn - Tanselli - Tr.iveris: Traversi -
' Tanselll-Traversl. Krauie-Tanselli-
Traversi: Komero-1 oso. Ait: a.z
s;sl- '
Bcrgmann.
I
umpires: Bogie ana
ct,., r; D,t,. ii,.
I anonsion
i Chicago Cubs played the entire
ing chance.
South Salrm (1) (3) North Saltm
AB H O A AB H O A
Foremn.m 4 0 10 Svrlnn.2 2 10 0
Bredahl.l 3 14 1 r.ibtsn.r 3 0 2 0
Newsm.l 1 0 4 0 Santer.l 2 0-81
Lubv.c 2 0 1 C Jinr.p 2 I s 1
Jonn.r 3 0 0 OPinlevi.3 3 2 0 1
Walllnl.l 3 2 0 0 B Janz.l 2 10 0
I Biker 2 1 0 1 .1 While. m 2 0 1 0
MrDon J 1 0 2 0 GarnrrJ 3 0 0 3
iKredrck.p 3 1 0 1 Kplngr.p 10 10
I Olion.x 1 0 0 0 Loy.p 10 12
Stpns.xx 1 1 0 01
! Michai.m o o o o .
Harrii.i ji j ji j ;
I Tolal Total 22 nil s !
x Grounded out tor McDonald In !
! "sln,lMj ,or Wn, , ,,. j
south Salem 010 mm 71 4 1
piiihSC, ".ummary: ' " " " "
! , ,h h , , hh
Keopmser 3 11 3 I 1 s j
; Hit by pitcher Santee. by Freder-
i 'rk Left on ba?et so. s.iiem 6. No.
'Salem 5 Error MrDonald. Two-base
I hit Frederick. Runt batted in Phi-
ley. B Jantte. Frederick. Sacrifice
Biker McDonald Stolen bates San
tee. Svrlns. Gtlben
tee. Syrms. Gubenon. Double piayi
Bredahl to Luby. Lov to Santee
Time 1 so. umpires Fdner and Mil
tOF PALOOKA
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air un 1 mkY " f HELPED ME , VkW&lleSL I'M SO GRATEFUL X'-s':'-, .'ji-.j!- ttj GLA O. . . T HAVE
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Salem
Fifth in
Row Won
By Chiefs
Wen a tehee Rolls
Out Big Guns
In 9th
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Wenatchee Chiefs c a m e 1
through "lastest with the mostest'
Friday night to keep their North-1
west Baseball League victory skeip
intact.
The Chiefs made it five in a
, w y, " ? T ,, g T
!' - he V, f 'h L
''i'""""v' ".'"'. " - "-
to whip the ineffective Salem Sen-
ators, 3-0. Lewiston clubbed Yaki
ma, 11-4, at Yakima in the other
league game played.
The Chiefs grabbed off an early
lead over Spokane, only to see the
Indians take the advantage with
a brace of runs in the seventh
and in the eighth
Wenatchee scored four runs in
the bottom of Ihc eighth and then
was put strictly behind the eight
ball when Spokane blasted througn
for six runs in the top of Ihc
ninlh.
The undaunted Chiefs whipped
n'back.with six runs on four hits
anri three walks to null the came
1!7 . " .' Kfc-
1 1 from the loss column back into
the win line.
The contest was marred at its
' conclusion by an enthusiastic brawl
i in which P'oyc" '" olh s1u0(ls
I Joined with reckless abandon, fade
Vanni, Wenatchee's manager, np
Parently started the fisticuffs with
a remark that one of his players
had been tripped by a Spokane
man at third.
The slugfest resulted In nothing
more than a few bruises.
Storti aided his own cause at
1 .,, . , , .
t-Ugene Wlin a QOUDie in tne sev-1
' cnlh Inning. He scored fcugcno S
; (hird run an crror was thc
second straight victory of the sea-
Ison without a setoack lor storti.
Yakima's Bears and the Lewis-
ton Broncs battled on even terms
in the hit department, with 12
apiece, but the Broncs collected
their safeties where it counted. ,
The big inning for Lewiston was
the ninth when four singles, a sto
len base, a walk and a sacrifice
fly totalled up to four runs.
Yakima threatened seriously only
in the eighth frame when triples
by Gene Jacobs and Dcz Charou
has, a single and a sacrifice fly
produced three runs.
Saturday's schedule has the
same tandems playing. Tri-City is
idle this go-round.
The shortscores:
. Lewliton 0.10 012 10411 12 0
1 Yakima 010 000 030 4 12 2
Franks and McNamara; Babbitt,
Wilkerson tl and Luby.
Snokane ooo ooo 22 10 12 2
wrnatrhrr onj 001 ! i'ijyu.
fi.r"nert' "'1. "Hanniea'n '(Bi'anS
Sheet: Marshall, Isrinxhaus (9) and
'"""'
j s0 picks SITE '
I SAN FRANCISCO 'IT) - Sid
.. . m , . .
middleweight champion
Carli
iBoboi Olson, said today his ficht -
cr will train at Asbury Park. N.J.,
for his June 22 bout with light
! heavyweight champion
?f v. Z
Archie!
Moore in New York's Polo,
1 Grounds. Olson will leave for his
training camp during the first week
in June.
I
Fans At Friday's
tii if ; ,e fx
II
v3f
"'hWj . :
BltHtliri r i l.i- -ih-TaiiumiiMMiMiii
PlinAtip'c DfirH Tne crowd gainers before garnet lime ai
LUWIIV J I Vlll he Eu(!rne Kmerald baseball park, even.
tually to total more than 2000
night. The photo above snows ine new granusiann wnicn re
places one burned down. Below, two Eugene officials, at left
appear happy over the 3 0 Eugene victory, while Jack; Schim
berg (right), Salem Senator Booster club officer, Is sociable de
spite the loss. At left is Dick Richards, general manager, and
at center Is Frank Graham, club president.
Willamette Tennis
Star Beats Champ
Bud Mull Takes
Singles Crown
From Ilalin
WALLA WALLA UB - Bud Mull
or Willnmr.Ho unset defending1
champion Dick Hahn of the Col-
lege ot Idaho, 6-2, 8-6, to win the
singles crown in the Northwest1
Conference tennis tournament here ;
YnAV-
The doubles title went to Fred
Minnife and Andre Iseh of Lin-
field on a 6-4, 6-2 defeat ot the
Lewis ana t,iar lanuem oi Jim
Peterson and Boh Kllerbv.
The results
Mull defeated Don Berg, Paci
fic. 6-0. 6-4; Al Shulte, Linlicld.jof 645 for the 36-holc .route over
defeated Drew
Hall, Lewis and
Clark. 6-4. 6-2.
Mull defeated Jim Young. Whit
man, 6-2, 8-6; Dick Hahn, C of I,
North, South
Iii Net Split
North and South Salem split
right down the middle in the dis
trict tennis tournament Friday,
each qualifying three men to go
to the state tourney. The two
Salem schools are the only dis
trict tennis representatives.
North Salem's Vikings will be
represented by Larry Johnson in
the singles and Dave Socolofsky
and Marv Rhine in thc doubles.
Stan Page will represent South in
the single, and Bob Wall and
n,i,1,H in jhi.
Johnson and Page were slated
1 to tangle today for the district
singles title, although both will
(go to the state meet.
Wulf and Burkland grabbed
the doubles title with a 6-4. 7-5
victory although they still have
1 one set of the best two of three
series to play.
Game
eft!
,1 -K- 1
6 f v j
1
Majal4jlaja
and to fill the bleachers last
defeated Shulte, 10-8. 6-0; Mull de
feated Hahn, 6-2, 8-6. :
Doubles: I
Jim Peterson and Bob Ellerby,
L & C, defeated Charles Carter
and Ron Butler. Willamette, 9-7,
6-4; Minnife and Iscli, defeated
Roger Mielkc and Dink Llling-
ham. Whitman, b-j, -o.
Peterson and Lllerhy dcteatetl
Lays ana .iciacnis o-j o-i,
mfe and Iseh defeated Zcllner and
Kvans, 6-3, 6-2; Minnife and Iscll
defeat! Peterson and Ellerby, b-4,
:
tats wiv nni.P '
WAl.LA WALLA UB - Led by
medalist Bill Sundstrom, who card-
cd a 137, Willamette was success-
1 r..i ,(a,a i tic Mnrihumet Cnn.
lul in aeiensc oi lis monnwesi con -
fcrencc golf championship Friday.
,,,: " ' " ,
the Walla Walla Country Club
course. Pacific had 667, Linlicld
681, Whitman 692 and Lewis and
Clark 720. The College of Idaho
did not enter a team.
Liiulscy, Maokey
T riv .1 H T . 1
ill I UIC JldlCll
Luther Lindsey, the transplanted
Virginian who won the Oregon Mat
title last week, and Roger Mackey
ol Salt Lake City. Washington con -
tender, will headline this week's
armory mat card in a battle for
thc Northwest heavyweight cham -
pionship.
Thc two will tapgle in a best two
of three falls or a one, hour limit,
Lindsey defeated Bud Curtis fori
the Oregon title last ' w tek and
Mackey had previously wen the ,
Washington title. If a. tic match
should occur, two judges will assist
referee George Dusette in deler-
mining the winner.
I Curtis and Tiger Tom Martin-
; dole will meet Irish Red McKim
I ana jerry Vtooas in a special tog
match that shares top billing wiuS
the title fight.
In the opener. Eric Piderson. Ihe
magnificent miner goes against
Bill ncicner 01 lioise
By Haip Fhhet
Young
Crushes Britain 10-2
Portland's' Yost,
Cudd Both Win
In Cup Play
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland 1
Ambitious young amateur golfers
from the United States crushea
their British rivals Saturday and
retained the Walker Cup by a lop
sided 10-2 score.
It was the 14th triumph for the
United States in the series that
started back in 1922 and has seen
6 H. S. Track
Records Fall
A and R Meets Continue
At Corvallis; Medford
Favorite
COItVALLIS in The 29th an
nual Oregon High School track nnd
field meet continued here Saturday
with championship action in both
class A and B divisions.
In Friday's events six records
were shattered two in class A
competition and four in the B di
vision for smaller schools.
In the A qualifying events, St.
Helens' Duane Marshall, topped
the shotput record with a throw of
58 feet, 2 V4 inches. Jack Moad.
Medford, held the old mark with
his 1953 toss of 57 feet, 8 Vt inches.
Moad, now a University of Oregon
star, was stricken with polio this
week.
Albany's Bob Amble broke the
discus record with a throw of 161
feet, 6 Si inches. That was nearly
five feet better than the mark he
set last year.
In B competition records were
set in the two events which were
completed Friday. Martin Sharp of
Eagle Valley added a full inch to
the high jump mark with a leap of
5 feet. 11 V4 inches. Bob Babb.
Days Creek, threw the javelin 1H7
feet, 6 inches to better the old
mark by more than 16 feet.
B qualifying records were eslab
lished by Don Trautman, Concor
dia, the 440-yard dash, 51.9 sec
onds, and Bob Duncan, Moro, the
180-yard low hurdles, 20.9.
Defending champion Medford
which qualified 10 men In nine of
the meet's 14 events, appeared to
be the favorite. Portland s Roose.
velt High qualified in six events.
A total of 52 schools were repre
sented in the championship action
Salem Voted
U.S. Tourney
One 1956 Basketball
Event to Come Here;
A-l in Eugene.
CORVALLIS un The Oregon
hool Activities Afsn. Friday sc-
school
cctcd sites tor the tnree msii nign
; schoni basketball tnurnamonf. All
, will be held the week of March
)2.,7
n Zo t Salem and
Baker, the A w meet 10 saiem ana
A"J."T' 1 ,E "tM rfi.Trirt. In .ho
. ' " ... rCnrcscntcd by
, .: ,..,, Portland which
two top teams. I ortland, wnicn
1. ,, j;.,,!.,. k. iimitH
(nrce teams Thc otner rlb
iwill go to the winner of a playolf
between the two teams gaining
third place in districts 5 and 8.
Earlier the OSAA's delegate as
sembly voted 11-10 to continue thc
prep baseball championship play
off next year.
In another action the assembly
voted 15-5 to submit an amendment
pl, '.. .... ,. .....
' howeverP T o, the a oc at on
etak; ion on the proposed
iZmutional change at its'next
1 mcctin(! scheduled for November.
I A SDokesman said the 15-5 vote
wa, not necessarily an Indication
ltnat playoffs were generally op -
loosed. The vole merely was to
have the amendment drafted for
consideration, he said.
Seattle Fisht
1
For Cockell?
SEATTLE IUP) Don Cockell
of England may fight here In July
against an unnamed opponent in
Sicks' Stadium, it was reported
today.
Jack Hurley. Seattle fight man-
ager and promoter, and CockoH's
manager. John Simpson. an -
nounced they had talked over the
possibilities of such a match while
in San Francisco for CockoH's un
successful bid to remove thc
world's heavyweight champ
ionship from Rocky Marciano's
hands.
Most likely opponent for Cockell
was Pat McMurtry. 21, Tacoma,
fights. He has knocked out or
stopped 15 of his opponents.
Hurley said he was negotiating
with McMurtry's manager. He
said he would seek another op
ponent If he couldn't get McMur
try. Hurley would not mention
anyone he had in mind, hut in
Chicago. Simpson said former
heavyweight King Ezzard Charles
was among two or three other
prospective Cockell opponents.
. i- Zl h ZTiVl ty. e Wolvc, were,
to cl minate the annual football , satod (o Kastf.rrl Orcaon Sat-i
Walker
British forces win only once, in 'Dick Yost's 8 and 7 conquest of
19.T8. John Morgan. Yost, who hails
To Billy Joe Patton of Morgan- from Portland, Ore., also had a
ton, N.C., went the distinction of 4-up margin after the forenoon's .
bringing home the decisive sev- play. That marie the tally U.S. 8, '
enth triumph which assured the Great Britain 0.
U.S. of retention of the cup. He j It wasn't until then that the Brit
defeated Phil Scutton, 2 and 1. His . ish gallery had its first chance
victory mode the score 74 in the, to cheer. Dale Morey. the veteran
12-match competition. of the U.S. team, missed a three-
The Americans had swept the foot putt on the final hole to lose
foursome matches over the 6.936-1 to Ian Caldwell. Caldwell led 2 up
yard Old Course and before Pat- i alter the morning round but Morey
ion laugneu nis way nome naiur-
day Harvie Ward and Don Cherry
naa won easily.
Ward, from San Francisco, was
3 up on Ronnie White, who won
four previous Walker Cup match
es, at lunchtime and then went on
to crush the Britisher, 6 and 5, for
the first of the singles triumphs.
Cherry, the crooning golfer from
Wichita Falls, Tex., who had a
two-below-par 70 before lunch, con
tinued to dominate and downed
Joe tarr, 5 and 4.
urtii tome rations victory, to
be followed almost immediately by
Santee Fails To
Minute Mile
By BILL BECKER
LOS ANGELES Wl Wes Santee
is still looking for that 4-minute
mile and the national half-mile
rating chart is a jumbled mess to
day after the 15th annual Los An
geles Coliseum Relays.
Santee, given only fair pacing
and competition, ran the featured
mile in 4:05.5. But the race that
captured the fancy of 56,173
largest track crowd of the season
was the free-wheeling 880 that
Niro, Tucker
Cut From Team
Veteran Backstop From.
Tri-City Piekeil
Up By Luliy
Manager Hugh Luby shed two
Salem Senators Friday and acqiiir-
ed a new catcher as he worked
over his lineup before the May 26
Northwest league deadline.
Released was catcher Joe Nlro,
a Salem resident and veteran play
er, and acquired was Danny Hold.
en, a veteran who can catch, play
infield or oumold. A letlhandod hit
ler, Holdcn hit .244 for Vancouver
last season. He has been with Tri
City as catcher this year, getting
seven hits in 11 times at bat
against Salem.
Pitcher Bob Tucker, lefthanded
properly of Sacramento, was reas
signed to Channel City (Ventura1,
Calif., in the Llass C California
league. Somewhat on the wild side,
Tucker had appeared in 185j in
nings of five games, had a I I rec
ord, had walked 27 and given up
1.1 earned runs. Tucker went the
route in Salem's oncning dav vic-
tnry over Kugcnc but never gained
control. i
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College of Fducalion out
slugged Southern Oregon 16-B here
Friday in the first round of Uic
Oregon Collegiate Conference dia -
urday morning in Ihe second game
"""ncy. I C.ry. WSC' ,a"d 8
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for the losers in the homer-Men . jk "g, y ('3ji
! game. Ted Owens an1 Von Sum- i X'sVcfh "ry' JVT'a
mors shared mound duties for lhe;p'" nr'.' ,a".:Tr "i;
winners Gene Owens, Jack Mel
j Rao and Wayne Osnorn all horn-
ered for the Miinmouth club.
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Landers 3, Snicder-1
man '61 and Smith; T. Owens,
Summers 5 and Oshorn.
Hlnes Vac Colds
6-." in Final Game
The Parrish Grays backed into
the junior high league baseball
' tille Friday when the Leslie
Blues edged the Leslie Golds 65
in the final season game to knock
the Golds out of a share of the
! title.
Parrish thus won the title:
along. Dn Moore singled with
the bases loaded in the seventh
inning to drive In the winning I
run. I
Moore was also the day's top !
hitler, getting two singlet snd a
double in four trips. j
Golds 012 002 05 7 2
Blues 011 201 16 7 5
Johnson and Dallman; Wulf
and Gocrtzon.
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Team
naa squared the count on the 27th.
Jim Jackson, the St. Louis siege-
gun, got the United States back
on the winning track with a 6 and
4 victory over veteran Cecil
Ewing.
Dave Blair, who putted his way
to a rain-splattered 69 in the first
18, defeated Lt. Joe Conrad of
Texas. 1 up for the second British
triumph!
Bruce Cudd, another Portland
youngster made the final count in-
1 2 with his 2-up decision over Er-
nest Millward. Millward led by a
'single hole at lunch time.
Crack Four
In L. A. Relays
saw Ron Delnncy, Villanova fresh
man, winning on a disqualification
in 1:50.5.
Disqualifications High
The half-mile was a hcartbreak
er for Pittsburgh's Arnie Sowcll,
who was in command until the
final turn when he was headed by
Tom Courtney of Fordham. Court
ney went on to cross the finish
line first, but the judges ruled he
cut in too closely and gave the
victory to ueianey, who was about
two yards back.
Sowell, forced to run on the in
field grass, broke stride and wound
up last in the crack field.
Mai Whitfield, co-world record
holder at 1:48.8, had to be content
with fourth place. Lon Spurrier,
former California star who was
clocked in 1:47.5 earlier this year,
was placed second with Lang Stan-
'py third.
"Hill EaHMiy
Another favorite and world rec
ord holder who fell was javelin
thrower Bud Held. Held wound up
fifth after his 261-foot toss, within
three feet of his world mark.
fae(1 to ,Uck , lhc tur and wa;
disallowed. His Olympic Club
teammate, Cy Young, won with a
257-foot fling.
Santee finished nearly 20 yards
ahead of Billy Tidwell of F.m
poria1 State Teachers. Phil Colo
man of the Chicago Track Club
and Sid Wing of Southern Cali
fornia were third and fourth. The
first four runners wore limed in
4:08 or less, as Finland's Denis
Johansson s old Coliseum Relays
mark of 4:08.6 went into the dis
card. Ducks Favored
In Track Test
Seven Former CllllllipS
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SF.ATTLE IUP) - Track and
field men from the five Northern
(Division schools will churn uo the
lortht
up 1
cinders at the University of Wash
ington slr.dium today with Oregon
favored to win its third straight
title.
The form sheet favors the Ducks
to edge host Washington for the
division crown with Washington
State picked third, Idaho fourth
and Oregon Slate relegated to the
fifth spot.
Seven 11)54 champions will de
fend and all but two are expected
to repeat.
Jim Bailey, the Aus-
itralian running for Oregon,
has
loured the half-mile in 1:53.7 and
the mile in 4:IS and was expected
I to have no trouble in those events.
" " s", , f tured
f,r5l jX hi gh hurdles and high
jump.
Wayne Reiser, Oregon s two
miler, was given thc best chance
of setting a new meet record.
Reiser has turned in a 9:20.4 clock
ing in the event. Thc division
standard is 9:22.5 set two years
ago by Denny Meyer of Washing
Ion. Field events get under way at
1:30 p.m. with track events, be
ginning with the mile, starting a
half hour later.
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