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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL Section 2 Page 1 Norval Leads Vikings Into Third Place in State Meet Salem, Oregon, Monday, May 21, 1956 1 The Sporttneter i By A. C JONES, Capital IT'S NOT THE SIZE OF THE, DOG IN THE FIGHT At 144 pounds and 5 feet 7. Jim Norval of North Salem wasn't very big for a halfback but he made that No. 14 football jersey move like a streak all over the field. His problem was to make his short legs go at faster r.p.m.s than his opponents did and he became a notable success. Going practical ly unheralded to the state track meet he outran two young men twice who had been credited with 6 9 in the 100-yard dash, both in the 100 and 220-yard dashes. That rather proves the point of most track coaches that it isn't how fast you run it but whom you beat that counts. Jim hasn't decided yet if he will enter the Oregon AAU meet June 1 in Portland, especially designed to match the Washington prep champions against the Oregon tars. That would extend his track season another two weeks but the boy loves to run and is- as con scientious as anyone about train ing. His stepfather, Paul Carmi chael, says Jimmy has been going to bed by 9 o'clock every night and has watched his diet like a hawk few sweets or chocolate, gallons of milk but none the day of a meet. The day of his great triumph in the state meet he had an eight-ounce broiled steak at 10 a.m. (or was it a 10-ounce steak at 8 a.m.?) and ate some sugar cubes between races for energy. Energy he needed in abundance, being In four events. After running like a gazelle in three of them he told his coach. Ken j Hunt, just before the relay: "If you think I ran fast In the 100 and 220, just watch me in this relay." Well, he provided a "cushion" of from 10 to 15 yards on the first leg and his team finished about four yards In front. Three of the tour Viking relay members will be back next year junior Don Harris, sophomore Herb Graves and sophomore Dale Drake. Two oddities can be noted: Coach Hunt lost one relay member, 'al Rarnes tn the baseball team tut gained Harris, who chose track over baseball. Barnes perhaps Kas faster by a couple of steps, but Harris kept ahead of rival anchormen Saturday, anchormen usually being the fastest ones a school has. The other oddity: Klamath Falls beat North Salem by 10 yards in Friday's preliminaries but finished third . . . Norval this season has set a new North Salem record of 22.0 in the 220 and tied a 24-year-old mark in the 100 at 10.0, set by Bill Smith in 1938 . . . BOARD OF CONTROL EXPLAINS ACTIONS Bend high school gets the 1957 stale Class B basketball tourna ment despite the admitted success that Baker had in sponsoring the 1956 event. Ed Carleton, North Salem principal who is on the OSAA board of control, explains that the original intent w;as to pass it around to towns in central Oregon but that after next year he favors returning it to Baker. Bend is building a new gym to seat 2,500 and the Bend Chamber of Commerce conferred with the board to con Tince it . . . Now about the proposed lifting of scholarship requirements for athletes to remain eligible. Carleton explains that the constitution, written many years ago, required that only three subjects need to be passing, but that was before physical education classes were accredited. "Nearly all schools now require their kids to be passing In everything to play," he said. "We don't have much problem because coaches want boys in good standing and If an athlete falls in one subject we get on him. Besides, athletes nearly all are average students or better." The OSAA legislative assembly must pass on the proposal at the annual meeting next November. . POOR BRUINS; POOR, OVER-SUBSIDIZED BRUINS One thing that bothers us about the three-year probation slapped on UCLA is this: That just about takes care of the remaining eligi bility for NCAA meets of the following famous track stars: Rafcr Johnson, sophomore, national decathlon champion who won a first, two seconds and a third in the recent PCC meet; Bobby Seaman, junior, miler who was a close second to Oregon's Jim Bailey and who won the 880. We asked Len Casanova for some comment on the newest pen " ally against a PCC school, but the Oregon football coach was cagey about talking on the subject "without details." He said that "we coaches only know about what we read in the papers on such matters." Casanova has Just come from his football j team's final spring scrimmage to watch the state track meet. ! With only one lineman bisger than 200 pounds, Casanova was wondering If any high school weight men wouldn't make good , future material on the gridiron . . . Tommy Prothro, Oregon State's grid boss, couldn't be reached for comment. After all. as former backfield coach for UCLA he was said to be No. 1 recruiter for the Bruins and must have a few choice words to sav about the booster clubs removed from good standing. One was the Bruin Bench and the other the Young Men's club o j Eastwood. Both were accused of helping athletes in a form not snnc-1 tioned by the conference code like paying $40 a month too much ' and even paying junior college athletes who plan to transfer to UCLA. ; ODDS AND ENDS FROM THE MONDAY WASH - Albany has hired Fred Wilson to coach baseball next year. He has been head football and baseball coach at Rainier High and was an all-conference gridder and baseball player for Lewis and Clark. Wilson also will be backfield coach at Albany . . . Babe Brown, newly hired College of Idaho athletic director, was in Salem Friday and Saturday to get acquainted with coaches and faculty represen tatives at the Northwest conference meeting ... A tremendous cross wind in javelin preliminaries Friday at the state meet was the reason liedford's Eldon Francis couldn't get beyond 139 to qualify. He had 179 tn his credit hefore that . . . Ken Hunt of 'North Salem admits he hates to leave coaching but will, of course, stick to his decision j to enter private business after this spring. Pretty good last year he! had, though his basketball team gaining a state tourney berth the j hard way and his track team placing tnira in me siate meet real surprise. Ladd Wins Hardtop A Main at Hollywood Driver in Earlier : Crackup Makes Comeback Fay Ladd got his racer mixed up in a four-car crack-up in the trophy dash at Hollywood Bowl Saturday night but went on to race and win in the 35-lap Class A Main event to take the big money of the night. The racing card was marked by thrilling spills and close calls in this second meet of the season. Mike Ramp won the 13-lap Class B Main event. Ralph Asbury won the A trophy dash and Buck Ros sow won the B trophy dash. As bury also won the fast lap time wiLh 19 49 timing. - Collie Throws Wheel o Lad won the mainer by wresting the leFd from Dale Collie two laps from the finish. Collie threw a wheel almost! the same moment Journal Sports Editor fit LEN CASANOVA . no comment on UCLA since the two snorts conflicted, and was out of the race. Ray Hiebert, Dallas, the money win ner a month ago in the stock' hardtop opener here, and Glenn Shedeck were also out of the race when Shedeck's racer looped out and struck Hiebert's car. Les McBeth and Buck Russell were unofficially placed second and third in the race. j Asbury Loses Wheel Thrills in the race included the loss ol a wheel by Asbury In the main event, with the car grinding to a stop in a huge shower of sparks: Shedeck and Larry Will locking together and circling the track twice before going to the pits: Stan Diet spinning out alter leading for 13 laps; and the four car mix-up in the A trophy dash in which Monte Gust's car was knocked on its sirie and Fay Ladd's car heavily damaged. Second and third place winners in the B trophy dash were Har land Jackson and Shedeck. In similar positions in the Class B Sprinter Has 24y2 Big Points North 880 Relay Team Scores Triumph By A. C. JONES Capital Journal Sports Writer BELL FIELD, Corvallic Five from North Salem and two from South Salem own place-medals from the state Class A-l track meet Saturday. But the lad with the most and brightest medals is Jim Norval, the 144-pound gallop ing Viking. Among the hardawre this senior brought home was an 18-inch cup for being the highest point winner 24& of his team's 36 points, which boosted his school into third place for a 24-inch trophy for his alma mater's showcase. Good Day's Work ' Norval won th'e 100-yard dash, 220-yard dash, ran the first leg of the winning 880-yard relay and placed fifth in the broad jump. Scoring was on a 10-8-6-4-2-1 basis. That was a good day's work at a job at which Noval excels. Last year Juilus Strong of Roosevelt won the high-point honors but he had "only" 18Vi points. South Salem was ninth with 18 points as sophomore Dan Moore surprised with a broad jump of 21 feet 8 for second place; and Bruce Patterson finished third in the high hurdles and fourth in the lew ones. Medlord kept the continuity go ing with its fourth consecutive team championship and its eighth in the last nine years. The crew of 11 cinder skimmers won the 880, broad jump and low hurdles and placed in eight events to beat out Beaverton, 62 25 to 45 25. No Records Set Oddly, in these modern times of record breaking, none was even cracked. Also strangely, not a PLACERS FROM THIS AREA Clasi A-l 100 Jim Norval, North Salem, first (10.1). 220 Jim Norval, North Salem, first (22.1). RH0 relnv North Salem, first (Norval, Dale Drake, Herb Graves, Don, Harris, 1:32.8). Broad jump Dan Moore, South Salem, second (21-8); Norval, North Salem, fifth (21-5'i. High hurdles Bruce Patterson, South Salem, third. Low hurdles Bruce Patterson, South Salem, fourth. Pole vault Colin Morse, North Salem, tie for third (11-9). Class A-2 ,. - 100 Denny Sarver, Estarada, third. 220 Denny Sarver, E star ad a, fourth. llieh hurdles Dave Edstrom, Sherwood, first (14.6); Bruce Mc Kav, Serra. fourth. Low hurdles Dave Edstrom, Sherwood, first (20.0). High jump Dave Edstrom, Sher wood, first (5-104); Ken Klehter, North Marion, tie for second (5-!)); Dirk Thornton, Canny, tie for fifth. 1'ole vault Wayne Williamson, Salem Academy, tie for first (11-6); Everett Knox, Canny, and Bob Roy, Stavton, tied for fifth 1 1 1-0). Broad Jump Ed Bryant, Sandy, tie for first (21-44); Sarver, Esta tada, third. (21-1). Mile Jim Morgan, Stayton, third. Discus Bob Roy, Stayton, first (I4R-11) Shot put Bob Roy, Stayton, fifth (4fi-9'.. Javelin Gary Williams, Garvais, third (162-84). H80 relay North Marion. Sixth. Class B Broad Jump Nell Spencer, Jef ferson, fifth. Shot put Ennis Hawkins, Jef ferson, fifth. Discus Frank Marlatt, Jeffer son, fifth. Mile Herron, Gates, third. Pole vault Delbert Casleel, Amity, third. Portland school come through with a first place or placed higher j man six n among teams. , Coin Morsc , Norlh Salem Norval s triumphs were oyer de-! d(,arod ((,t 9 jn (hc c vauU tending champion Huey Hatten of , (j , (hird b t missed n feet Jefferson in the 00 and over Mike cnsj M ,rorc,M,dIord Hawkins of Medlord. Who had run ra24 Beaverton 45 25. North Sa a 9.9 this season. Yet the Viking's lem :16, Grants Pass 33. Eugone. 2B, . , ,,. r thn n-,.r .If'tfcrson 2. Grant 22. Klamath Falls red jersey came out of the pack 20 So,h Salem la Llncoln I7i Gr(.s. in the last 40 yards after what he ham 14. Lincoln 17. Ashland 12, later termed his best start Of the Nnrln Brnd " Cottage Grove 10. later icrmio. nis olm suit lMl-1 pPndleton 925. Hlllshoro 9. Cleve scason, to edge Hatten by one i8nd a. Roosevelt 8. McMinnvilie a, vird In 10 1 Benson 6. Franklin 6. Oswego 6. t.a ' , ',. a I Grande 4. Washington 4. Corvallis In the 220, run around one curve. 1 4 Marshiieid 3. Springfield 225, Norval gained the lead in a burst Bend 1 25. Albany 1. of speed alter rounding the bend in lane 4 and won by three yards : Edstrom Leads Class A-2 in 22.1. i Dave Edstrom is a magnificent Soon came the featured 880-yard performer or a big guy. All the relay, in wmcn one uau pass or a bit o hard luck can cost the entire team a victory. But Coach Ken Hunt's North Salem underdogs were ready for this one. physically and mentally They passed thc., baton flawlessly and ran deter minedly to win by four yards in 1:32.8, their best of the season by a full second. Norval Gains Margin Norval ran the first leg like a i iiisc a demon, storting in lane 2 about 80 yards back because oi being staggered to make it fair for run ners in the outside lanes. By the time he handed off to Dale Drake he was ahead of the field and the Vikings still had ol the inner lane. Dale Drake ran strong in his second lap handing Off Still even to Herb Graves, another sopho- more, who ran his finest race to PICK up several mure yarus anu handed the hot baton to Don liar- ris, a juiiiui w.iu iiou uiujjiru ui.i of the low hurdles in order to be at his best for the relay. Harris came out of the last curve with about a four-yard lead and held it, much to his credit and g!oy. - - b,ad third in the 100. fourth in the Main were Wes Smith and Wayne M and third in the broad jump Moore. A-2 performances compared fa Heat race winners were !$ayl vnrably with A-l in the high hur Weitmnn in the first heat: second Wes. low hurdles, 10"q and pole heat. Moore: third, Collie; and vault. 0 fourth, Fay Ladd. i A-2 tcanoscorcs; o 1011' Vikings Surprised Relay Field in State Meet w&Wtoifi d fori Don Harris tfar right) of North Salem outlasted his challeng ers as anchor man of the Viking 880-yard relay learn wmcn upset favored Klamath Falls and Jefferson at Corvallis Saturday. Winning lime was 1:32.8. Jim Norval ran the first lap for the Norval Has DAVE EDSTROM . , . Sherwood's flash Moore, and practically the en tire broad jumping field, had his best leap in Friday's prelimin aries and both the winning 22 feet of Jerry Close of Mcdford and Moore's 21-8 stood up. Patterson Hits Hurdle Patterson hit a hurdle toward the end or would have finished second in the hi'h hurdles behind Eric Giberson of Beaverton. In the 180-yard low hurdles, Pat terson was even with the pack coming out of the curve but on the fifth barrier started losing out and finished fourth some 10 yards bchind Wall Larson o( Medford. Sherwood giant did was win three first places and 30 points to give his team fourth place. He won the high hurdles in the excellent time ol 14.6 (.2 belter ,he caM M winning timc,' took first in the low hurdles in 20.0, and won the high jump with 5-10'i. Running wtih his arms flying loosely, his long strides ate up the : ,.j j l ...n u,.-,.i : lh Crusader First All A-2 marks will stand j i as records, since this was the first year for this division. It should he t..A n.ni nAmA ...i.;..t. ..nn fl . f. the advantage lh(? ((,am (j(le wj 'be jn Class' l20-v.,rd high hurdle.-Krlr Giber A i mt sn. Heaverton; Wally Larson. Med- r i in, jiai. U'vnn V.', Inmn nf C ,.m A(.ademy tk,d for ((rst jn the poc : t,. , . . n . u ' . tiun at ii. u anu . t Cl'ii-(nn i,n in tiiCfiiti ufith 1JU.lt - . ,; in lh shot , had , jxlh jn the c,ass A f:i,i in (h rfitt,.Me ns( voor Another first from the Salem competitive area was by Kd Bry ant of Sandy, who tied in the broad jump at 2I-41?. Leading point get ter for this area in Class A-2 was Denny Sarver of Kstacada, who mi i Time to Spare in 220 Dash irr About to breast the string at the end of the 220-yard rinsh Is North Salem's Jim Norval, who won the stale Class A-l event In 22.1 over a classy field at Corvallis Saturday. He also took the 100 In 10.1, ran on the winning 880 relay team and placed fifth In the broad jump. At far left Is the favored HitRliey Hntten of Jefferson, who was third. At left center Is Hob Abraham of Grant, fourth; and at far right Is Stuart Baker of Ashland, second. (Capltnl Journal photo.) It Takes Four to Win This North .Salem 880-yard relay team showed Its heels to the stale's best In winning their event dramatically at Corvallis Saturday. Their time was 1:32.8. Above, in the "victory ring" arc Jim Norval (on top), and Don Harris, Dale Drake and Herb Graves. (Capital Journal photo.) Redmond B3 .170. Ontario 34. Doug las 34, Sherwood 30. Waldport 20. Stayton IB?,, Crater 16 37, Ktarada lfi. Tillamook 10. Drain 15. Taft 10 37. Toledo 10. Vale 10. K.i (He I Point 10. Bandon 10. Sandy 10. H'y'- SoapiKjose B, Oukndge 8. "r ,"' , The"' V'g - vals 8. Junetlon Cltv ti. Mvrile Point. Is. Newnorl 5. Pnnevilie 4V Mvrile Creek 4. Phoenix 4, Seaside 4. Sena i- Sitlern 4. Madras Wilhrnetle 2. Klnilia 137. Csnby 1528, Kerdspmt 1. Mithfrlln 1. Llaiskanie JI, ver- ft SUM A.I 'ford. Ilruce Patterson, South Sale.n: ! I ..... Tl, Donl.,nn. r.n II. ..1. r y B,.vertnn: M,ke For're.lfr. Pn. dieton. lime :n.a. isn-viird rfa.rh Jim Norval, North ci i Mike Hawkins Medlord: Stliart I Baker A.hiand Jon Abraham. Grant Heavcllon Tim :in 1, Shotput Glpn Johnson, fir.ivpr ton M-'jf. Nnl Plimilry Mfdford Dean C'lMtr. CotJaE firove 51-4 1 ; -Jim StinrM CnrvAllH ' S'sV lfi' j 1: Ron A nflrrnon, I.inroln 1 5o-4 1 ; Dir k Brown, firint (4ff-ni v i Mile Alvm Erckm. North Henri: M .49 RarreM. Grant. Pa: Jamci Bui ion. Renon; R;ilph S.ilt, bn- Dvrol Rurlenunn Grove; Trry Bo.itmnn, Grar' Time 4 31 5 Brnari Jump Jerry C.tr Med fnr'O '23-0; Dan Moore South Sa-(2I-8: Charles WAVr, C,r.-iv f'M (Sl-I'.t: R Shoei-:d. f.leV. land i2L-r(g) Jim NorvalQ.'orth S )fm Ken Hertz, Spring field ( 211-1 K Vikings, Dale Drake second. Herb Peppte ol Ktamatn rails, inira; second Is Bob Abraham of Grant, 440 t.eroy Polndexter. Kujcne; Daryl Hussrli, Rnosevclt; Mike Hm ). Medford; Bob MrCormlrk. I,a Grande; Tom Farrell. Klamath Fall; Charles Fctkin, Hillsboro. Time :10.I. R0-yard low hurdles Wally Lar son Medford: Geral .Sorenson, Mc Minnville: Kric Giher.ion. Heaverton; Brtii-e I'atlernon, South S:ilem; Mike Forrester, I'endlef'in; Georjfe Duf fleld, Marshficld. Tunc Discus Pedro Collev. Klamath Fall UMH-7,; Dick Hansen. Jeffer 'in Glen Johnson. Rejiver- ton i H!'-4 1 1: Boh Ward. Cleveland iHfi-ni,'; n.-tn Cattle, ('ottad- (irove l i:;i-5' j i ; Hon Anderson, Lincoln High Jump Rosier Klnif. Kugene 1 6-1 I : tie for econd between Dick Moen, Lincoln, and Riley Malson, Grant ili-lOS ' I tie for fourth be tween Ken Hertz, Sprtngf leld, and Fred Stcinhausen. Bend 15-1); Dave Johnson. Medford (&-8). 2ril Jim Nnrv.l1 Nnrlh S.ilf m! Q(,,al P.lf-r lihlond' Iluov Hal. tPn j,.f,.i son': Jf.n Abraham. Grant: Dave I'epple. Klamath Kails; (iatcn Tavlor. Bc.iverton. Tune :22 1. 88n-Biibee Lane Medford; War ren Jone . Hi born: James Rider. f)iwei(o; Jim Gill Washington; T.iil HclnsDfj, Lincoln; Jerry Baldwin, Al bany. Time 2:01' 2. Javelin J'a'il Rernlrk. Grrsham ( 14-U i: Larrv Mt Farland, Gr.tnts Pasi 1 172-3): Dick 'oU. Franklin M'd-II'ii: AH'-n Mii,-. Beaverton M ';'!-!) i ; Hanif) Spurm-Sn, Mnhlield ( 1; Don Wavne. Nor Lend (l'i7-ll Pole 9 It -Phil Paoutn. Grnnti Bn M2-0 en M2-0I; thre-way tie for Wrd e'v.i'i Coll ( JMorse. North Salem Graves third. At left Is Dave ana at rigm center finisning (Capital Journal photo.) WINS RIFLE SHOOT SPOKANE vn An Enterprise, Ore., marksman, Harvey Mutch, centered 76 shots Sunday to win the Eastern Washinstnn small bore rifle tournament with an overall score of 11. CcJ I Vl ltM 33T mm get gS2f ENGINEERED FOR COOL SUMMER COMFORT... BY The fabric's constructed for coolness . . . with a special "reverse twist" weaving process that opens up thousands of extra "breathing spaces". (More than 2,600 tiny fabric "windows" ventilate every square inch.) The distinguished Trend model is constructed for easy wearing, relaxed good looks in the modern trim-and-tapered manner. It's the Dixie Weave Bengaline by Hart Schaffner DIXIE WEAVE rat US Pat Off o Senators to Open At Lewiston Today Salem to Return May 29, Host Emeralds Rested but short on personnel. the Salem Senators will open a four-game series at Lewiston to night with the fourth place Broncs. Fresh from a three-day bye, the Senators will try to climb from their sixth-place position without services of three stars. Mel Krause, second baseman, and Jack Dunn, center fielder, have to coach and teach at Portland. Pitcher Med Whitson has gone to San Diego to be with his ailing wife. Manager Hugh Lubv did not announce his starting pitcher be fore leaving last night. But he will have to do some fancy jug gling to fill in the infield. He can use rookie Jim Warren in the BISHOP'S WCASIINQ TH NEW TREND Mooet. j u'l:ii J9 J SAL1BT WVWM ITORE UNCS NORTHWEST LEAGUE By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS W L Pet. GB Eugene 13 S ,flR4 Yaklmi 13 T .S50 (i TM-city i a .eon 1 Lewiston 10 9 3 Wentch 12 .42!) S Salrm 7 12 , .368 Spokane 9 IS .238 Sunday's Results Eugene 7, Trl-Clty 8 Wenatrhee 19-3, Yakima 2-9 Lewlaton 10-16, Spokane 9-18 Saturday's Remits Trl-Clty -2. Eugene 4-0 Lewiston 6, Spokane 3 Yakima at Wcnatchee, postponed Monday's Scbeduls Yakima at Eugene Salem at Lewiston Wenatchee at Spokane outfield but has no utility Infielder. From Lewiston, Salem will mova on to Spokane for four games in three days before returning to Sa lem May 29 to host Eugene, cur rent leader. West Virginia university won its first two Southern Conference basketball titles the last two years. Fred Schaus was the coach. & Marx. $65 lOTtt 5t (Continuc4jtn 3, Col. 4) I o o Q 0 $0 3 0 0, O o O JS0 O
