Medford mail tribune., May 29, 1955, Image 8

EIGHT MrOB (OHEGOlf) MAIL THIBUKE
Sunday, May 29, 193S
Three filers Break Four Minute Mark In MLd's Most Amazing tee
Tabori Wins
In 3:59.0;
Tie For 2nd
London CU.R5 Laszio Ta
bori, a 24-year-otd former Hun
garian Army officer, and two
Britons all broke the four min
utes Saturday in the most amaz
ing mile race ever run.
Tabori was clocked in 3:59 0
one second slower than the
world record as he Jed home
Chris Chataway and Brian Hew
son of England over a rain-softened
track at White City Sta
dium. Chataway and Hewson
both were clocked in 3:59.8.
Broken by Bannister
As a result, five of the world's
mile kings now have Droken the
four-minute barrier, a feat first
performed by Roger Bannister
in 3:59.4 at Oxford slightly more
than one year ago. Eannister,
now a doctor, was on hand to
day, catching nis close compan
ion Chataway in his arms after
the runner staggered across the
finish line.
The world lecord for the mile
is the 3:58.0 run by John Landy
of Australia at Turku, Finland,
June 21, '1954. .The only other
time the four-minute mile has
been broken was by both Bannis
ter and Landy in the British
Empire games at Vancouver,
Canada last Aug. 7- On that oc
casion, Bannister was clocked
in 3:53.8 and Landy in 3:59.6.
Not Considered Among Best
Apart from the fact that the
track was softened by a heavy
overnight rain, the latest "mir
acle mile" astounded track ob
servors in that the three runners,
while rated better-than-averige,
nevertheless were not considered
among the world's best pros
pects for breaking the four-minute
barrier.
Tabori' ranks second as a mil
er in his own country to Sandor
Tharos, who originally was
scheduled to run in this race
but withdrew after becoming
air-sick in the plane trip from
Budapest the night before. The
24-year-old .Chataway gained
fame as a pacer for the record
feats of both Bannister and
Landy. Hewson, a 22-year old
tailor's cutter who is now in the
Army, was tabbed a few years
away from peak performance.
He is the youngest runner ever
to break the four-minute mark.
John Disley, another Briton,
finished fourth in 4:09.0 a
time which once was considered
good for the distance.
. Saturday's race was part of
an international meet involving
British, Hungarian and German
runners.
r Gordon of Oxford jumped into
the lead and set a pace of just
over two minutes for the first
half mile.
Chataway and Hewson flash
ed across the finish line in such
a nip-tuck finish that their times
were announced as the same.
But Chataway officially was
awarded second place and Hew--son
was placed third.
The incredible triple-breaking
of the four-minute barrier was
seen by millions of Britons on
television sets.
Zauchin Socks
Three Homers;
Bats in 10 Runs
By CARL LUNDQUIST
United Press Sports Writer
A 24-year-old kid from the
sand lots of Detroit, Norbert
Henry Zauchin, made Red Sox
fans forget momentarily that
there ever was a ball player
named Ted Williams.
Zauchin's near-record perfor
mance of three home runs, a
double and 10 runs driven in
Friday night in a 16-0 triumph
over Washington was enough to
keep the folks in Boston happy.
Zauchin, a six-foot, 4J2 inch
first baseman, started out Fri
day night with a two-run homer
in the first inning off Bob Port
erfield. In the second inning he
drilled a bases-loaded homer off
lefty Dean Stone. He slammed a
double off the left field wall to
bring in one run in the fourth
and homered with two on in the
fifth.
His total of 10 runs batted in
was one under the American
league mark of 11 held by Rudy
York of the Red Sox and Tony
Lazzeri of the Yankees. Zauchin
was hitting only .214 with just
five runs driven in for the year
before he went on his spree.
Probable Pitchers
SUNDAY'S PROBABLE PITCHERS
(Won and lost records in parentheses)
AMERICAN' LEAGUE "
; Washington at Boston Stobbs (1-3)
vs Nixon 14-4).
; New York at Baltimore Grim (2-2)
vs Schallock (0-0).
Chicago at Detroit Fornieles (3-2)
Vs Garver (3-6).
Cleveland at Kansas City Feller
(1-1) vs Kellner (4-1).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn at New York Podres (4-3)
vs Antonelli (4-5).
Milwaukee at Chicago Burdette (2
3) vs Rush (3-2).
Cincinnati at St. Louis Minarcin
(2-0 vs Jackson (2-1).
Philadelphia at Pittsbureh (two
games i Roberts (6-3) and Cole (0-lj
vs Surkont (3-5) and Papper (0-0).
SIPaDDRTTS
Echo Blasts Talent
In State B Baseball
Play-Off; Glide Wins
Echo Echo and Glide posted
triumphs Friday night to reach
the Saturday finals in the Ore
gon Class B baseball champion
ship play-offs here.
Echo blasted Talent High
school's Bulldogs 12 to 2 while
Glide got by the Gaston Grey
hounds 7 to 5. The loss put Tal
ent and Gaston into consola
tion competition for third place.
Talent was defending state co
champion. The host team rolled up five
runs in the fourth inning to bust
Tribe Places
4 Players on
Waiver List
By MILTON RICHMAN
New York (U.R) The fal
tering Cleveland Indians have
placed four of their biggest
names, including Bob Feller, on
the latest waiver list, it was
learned Saturday from a top
baseball source.
The other three Cleveland
players on the list were -first
baseman Vic Wertz, pitcher Art
Houtteman and outfielder Ralph
Kiner.
Even though American league
officials are aware there is no
limit to the number of times a
player may be placed on and
then "withdrawn from a single
league waiver list, some of them
viewed the move as an attempt
on the Indian's part to deal one
of the four to a National league
club.
Of the four men the Indians
asked waivers on, Houteman
has the best record and is draw
ing the lowest salary. The 27-year-old
righthander, receiving
an estimated $20,000, has won
four games and lost one, all de
cisions but one coming in re
lief. Feller's Record 1-1
Feller, whose salary has
dwindled to approximately $25,
000 has a 1-1 record, his only
victory being a one-hitter against
the Red Sox in the first game of
a doubleheader, May 1.
Kiner, obtained from the Chi
cago Cubs, is batting less than
.250 .while receiving a $50,000
salary, and Wertz, Cleveland's
batting hero in the 1954 World
Series against the Giants, is
making $25,000 and hitting at
the same clip as Kiner.
The waiver list upon which
the four appear does not expire
until June 15.
If no American league club
claims any of the four by that
time, the Indians are then free
to try to deal them to a National
league club. On the other hand,
if some American league club
does put in a claim for either
of them, the Indians are notified
by the American league office
and have 48 hours to withdraw
the name from the single-league
list. . -
100-Mile-an-Hour Club
Elects Lee Wallard
Indianapolis, Ind. U.R)
Lee Wallard, Tampa, Fla., race
driver, is the new president of
the 100 - Mile - An - Hour Club,
billed as "the world's most ex
clusive club."
The group is composed of dri
vers who have gone the full 500
miles in the Indianapolis Me
morial Day race without relief
at speeds exceeding 100 miles an
hour.
Wallard, winner of the "500"
in 1951, was elected Friday night
at the annual "100-Mile-An-Hour
dinner."
Three new members all Cali
fornians were initiated. They
are Cal Niday, Don Freeland
and Freddie Agabashian.
The special award given an
nually to the person chosen for
the outstanding contribution to
auto racing went to Seth Klein,
who served as starter for the In
dianapolis classic from 1925
through 1953. Klein now lives in
Florida.
STETSON - ROSS
PLANER FOR SALE
Stetson-Ross 6" x 15" planer and matcher, No. 4, with 8
knife cutter heads, jointers, and double pineapple feed
table. Rate of feed 280 ft. per minute. Machine has one
set of belts, head setting stand, and 3 pairs of extra side
heads. May be seen operating daily at Barrett & Co., Inc.,
Grants Pass, Oregon, until May 27th. Phone Greenwood
6- 4 21 for complete information.
a 2-all deadlock with the Bull
dogs. Both clubs scored in the
opening frame. Ray Weinhold
tripled to drive in Talent's runs.
It was the lone hit yielded by
Echo pitcher Lisle Young.
Only six innings were con
tested in the fracas under the
rule which halts a tussle when a
team holds a 10-run lead after
at least five innings have been
played. Echo tallied two runs in
the fifth canto and three in the
sixth to sew up the fray.
Seven Talent errors gave a
boost to Echo which collected
nine hits off Bulldog chuckers.
LINESCORE:
Talent 200 000 2 1 7
Echo 200 523 12 9 4
Coghill, Walter (5) and McAbee;
Young and Toller.
5 Marks Tumble
In NAI A Regional
Renton (U.R) Jerry Swan
of Western Washington college
turned in a 9:24.9 clocking in
the two-mile run here last night
to come within one-tenth of a
second of the NAIA mark at the
state s small college track meet.
Swan s performance wiped his
mark of 9:45.8 set last year off
the books and earned him the
nod as the outstanding perform
er in the meet.
Lyle Balderson. Eastern Wash
ington, Ivan Phillips. Whitworth.
Ron Walters, Gonzaga, and Ken
Swalwell, Western Washington,
also shattered meet records.
9.8 in Century
Balderson churned the 100-
yard dash in 9.8 seconds to erase
the old mark of 10 seconds flat
set in 1954 by alt Hill of Seattle
Pacific college.
Walters high jumped 6 feet,
3 3-8 inches to break the 6 feet,
3SA inches mark established in
1953 by Ron Chadwick of East
ern. ,
Phillips turned in a 1:54.5 ef
fort in the 880 to rub out the
1:55.4 standard set last year by
Ben Morning of Seattle Pacific
college.
Swalwell tossed the discus 159
feet, 10 5-8 inches, topping his
1954 mark of 153 feet, 4Va inch
es. Winners in yesterday's meet
go to the NAIA finals in Abilene,
Tex., June 3-4.
Golliday Equals
Century Mark
Columbus, O (U.R) North
western's Jim Golliday, aided
by a wind reported at 5.7 miles
per hour, tied the world record
of 9.3 for the 100-yard dash yes
terday .for the second time in
two weeks.
Golliday's clocking came in
the first heat of the semi-finals
of the event in the 55th annual
Big Ten outdoor track champ
ionship. It was nearly equalled in the
next semi-finals by Harry Nash
of Minnesota, who was timed at
9.5 with a 6.3 mph wind. There
was no chance, however, that
Golliday's time would be sub
mitted for recognition as equal
ling the world record. Yesterday
liday beat Jesse Owen's :21.1
time for the 220 yard dash in
trial heats with a time of :20.9,
but conference coaches threw
out the clocking due to winds
over 5 mph.
There was a question whether
the wind velocities announced
at the meet were accurate. Wea
ther Bureau officials here said
the velocity was varying be
tween 20 and 25 mph and Big
Ten coaches also were skeptical
that the velocity was as low as
5 or 6 mph.
Ray Famechon Retains
Featherweight Mantle
Dublin, Ireland (U.R) Ray
Famechon of France retained
his European featherweieht title
Friday night by pounding out an.
unpopular 15 - round decision
over Billy Kelly of Belfast. Fam
echon, who scaled 125 pounds to
Kelly's 125, won out on super
ior skill. I
Southern
Dellinger
Runs Mile
In 4:09
Eugene (U.R) Southern
California's Trojans ran away
with their 15th consecutive Pa
cific Coast Conference track and
field championships today but
the mighty band from Troy had
to share the spotlight with two
distance runners from Oregon.
. Bill Dellinger, Oregon's NCAA
mile' champion, kicked off his
specialty in 4:09, the fastest mile
in the nation this year by a col
legian. Only a few hours earlier
in the IC4-A championships at
Randalls Island, N. Y., Alva Grim
of Maryland ran the mile in
4:09.9 which until Dellinger's
feat had been the fastest time
by a varsity athlete. Dellineer's
mark also was a new PCC
record.
Another Oregon distance star,
Ken Reiser, set a new conference
record in the two mile in 9:02.6,
fastest collegiate time in the
country this season.
Only other meet record broken
was in the high jump where
Southern Cal's fabulous one
shoed Ernie Shelton leaped 6
feet, 10 inches, a height he has
equalled in nearly every meet
he has entered this year.
Trojans Get 65 Points
The crushing power of South
ern California was too much for
the rest of the field as the Tro
jans ran up a total of 65 points.
UCLA, given the best chance in
pre-meet dope to upset the Tro
jans, had to be content with 44J2
points for second place.
Stanford had 43, Oregon 25,
Washington Washington
State 12, California 11, Idaho 7
and Oregon State 4.
Performances in the other
events ran about as expected
with Bob Kimball of Stanford
winning the javelin throw over
his teammate, John Bugge, with
a toss of 224 feet, 7 inches, and
Oregon's Jim Bailey clipping off
the 880-yard run in 1.52.
Ron Morris of Southern Cal
pole vaulted 14 feet, 7 inches,
but he failed in three attempts
at 15 feet.
Other marks were only so-so
despite an almost perfect day.
Southern Cal picked up six
first places, Oregon and Stanford
got three each. Washington State
two and UCLA one.
The Trojans, with 13 quali
fiers, headed the conference in
Friday's preliminary trials in 10
events. UCLA was close behind
with 12, followed by Stanford
with 11. Others were: Oregon 7,
California 6, Washington 5, and
Idaho, Oregon State and Wash
ington State three each.
But it was left to a rival UCLA
weightman to set the best mark
of the day. Bruin Don Vick bet
tered the local Hayward Field
shotput record by a 'good foot
with a qualifying best of 55 feet
3Va inches. The former mark
of. 54 feet 3 inches was- set in
1952 by former Trojan and pres
ent world record holder. Perry
O'Brien.
USC's Ray Martin also bested
his .old teammate's Hayward
field mark by placing second
with a qualifying toss of 53 feet,
3 inches.
Williams Plays,
Lashes Single
Boston (U.R) Ted Williams
returned to baseball and the Bos
ton Red Sox yesterday. He
singled sharply through the
"Williams Shift" in his first offi
cial time at bat.
The veteran slugger in the
first inning of a game with
Washington lined a 2-2 pitch
from Camillo Pascual between
first and second base. It sent
Billy Goodman, who had walked
to second.
A disappointing crowd of
some 10,000 was - on hand for
Williams official return to base
ball. He batted third and played
in left field.
SIGN UP NOW FOR THE
Summer Bowling Leagues
Flow Being Formed
LEAGUES FOR EVERYONE!
MIXED LEAGUES
BEGINNERS LEAGUES
5-MAN TEAMS
5-WOMEN TEAMS
For Further Information
CALL 2-2682
edford Bowling Lanes
Cal Wfins PCC Track
RETURNING TO BASEBALL, Ted Williams, famous Red Sox
contest prior to veterans fund game in Boston with New York
as Williams belts out long cne. Teammate Norm Zauchin won
Coaches List
Price, Smith
On All-Star
Portland (U.R) Kelly Hoy of
Oregon College of Education and
Arvey Nelson of Oregon Tech
were selected today as pitchers
on the all Oregon Collegiate con
ference baseball team, named
by OCC coaches.
Bob Smith of Southern Ore
gon was named as catcher.
Other members of the first
team included Gene Owens, OCE,
first base; Ritchie Price, SOCE,
second base; Walt Ponsler, OTI,
third base; Dick Shick, Portland
State, third base; and Larry
Buss, OCE; Willie Stinson, OTI,
and Jack Cochran, Eastern Ore
gon, outfielders.
Second team members includ
ed Wally Harding, PSC, catcher;
Ted Schadewitz, EOCE; and
Keith Johnson, SOCE, pitchers;
Ned Landers, SOCE, first base;
Ron McKichan, OCE, second
base; Merle Steward, PSC, third
base; Cal Smith, OTI, shortstop;
and Jerry- Bristow, EOCE; Ray
Anderson, Portland State, and
Jack McRae, OCE, outfielders.
Giants Make
Triple Play
New York .(U.R) The New
York Giants executed the sec
ond triple play of the 1955 sea
son Saturday in the fourth inn
ing of their game against the
Brooklyn Dodgers, thanks to a
brilliant back-handed catch by
second - baseman Davey Wil
liams. With Gil Hodges on second
and Carl Furillo on first, Jackie
Robinson hit what appeared to
be a Texas League single to
short right - center. Williams
raced back and caught the ball,
then whirled and threw to short
stop Alvin Dark who stepped on
second base doubling Hodges
and then relayed to first-baseman
Whitey- Lockman before
Furillo could return to the bag.
The Pittsburgh Pirates engin
eered the season's first triple
play on May 5.
League Leaders
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Plaver & Club A. AB R H Pet.
Ashburn. Phila. 27 109 20 44 . .404
Mueller. N.Y 37 155' 19 56 .361
Schondnst. St. L. 36 137 23 48 .350
Virdon. St. L 31 123 22 42 .341
Klszwski. Cin 36 141 24 47 .333
Campnla. Bkn 38 141 26 47 .333
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Kuenn, Det 36 151 25 57 .377
Kaline. Det 38 150 29 54 .360
Power. Kans. C. . 30 117 26 42 .359
Mantle. N.Y 39 135 42 46 .341
Lollar. Chicago -.34 105 18 34 .324
Home Runs Kluszewski. Redlegs
12; Snider. Dodgers 11; Mantle. Yan
kees 11; Zernial, Athletics 11; Mays,
Giants 10; Campancilla, Dodgers 10;
Berra, Yankees 10: .
Runs Batted In Campanella,
Dodgers 38; Berra, Yankees 35: Kaline,
Tigers. 34: Mantle. Yankees 34.
Runs Mantle, Yankees 42; Bauer,
Yankees 39: , Snider. Dodgers 35;
Smith, Indians 35; Dark, Giants 31;
Bruton, Braves 31.
Hits Kuenn. Tigers 57; Mueller,
Giants 56; Kaline. Tigers 53; Dark,
Giants 49; Aaron. Braves 49.
Pitching Newcombe. Dodgers 7-0:
Arrovo, Cardinals 5-0; Jeffcoat. Cubs
5-0: Turley. Yankees 8-1: Conley,
Braves 7-1.
We Have Air
Conditioning
For Your
Comfort!
Cards Name Walker;
Eddie Stanley Fired
St. Louis, Mo. (U.R) Eddie
Stanky was fired Saturday as
manager of the fourth-place St.
Louis Cardinals and Harry (The
Hat) Walker, onetime National
League batting camp and man-
Prep Marks Fall
In Washington
Track Encounter
Pullman (U.R) Track fans
at the 46th annual state inter
scholastic track meet were still
buzzing yesterday over two record-shattering
performances al
ready on the books.
Luther Carr of Lincoln of Ta
coma set a new broad jump rec
ord of 23 feet, 22A inches in pre
liminaries Friday. The old mark
was 22 feet, ll34 inches.
Steve Frye, Yakima, "put the
shot 55 feet llA inches to break
the old record of 54 feet, 6Vi
inches, set in 1952. Gene Fry,
Centralia, who was second in
the preliminary, also bettered
the old mark with a toss of 54
feet, IIV2 inches.
Carmelo Costa
Lopsided Victor
New York (U.R) Speedy
young Carmelo Costa of Brook
lyn was named featherweight
challenger today by the Inter
national Boxing club because of
his lopsided victory over Lulu
Perez Friday night.
The stocky, brown-haired son
of a city water department care
taker is practically certain to
fight champion Sandy Saddler
for the 126-pound crown at Mad
ison Square Garden in late July
or early August.
Harry Markson, managing di
rector of IBC, said, "We want
the match. So do the fighters and
their managers. Now, it's a mat
ter of terms and a date."
26th Victory
Costa, 21, registered his 26th
victory in 32 professional bouts
Friday night on a unanimous 10
round decision over black-haired
Perez of Brooklyn in the TV
radio fight before 2,000 at the
garden.
Carmelo, who combined light
ning footwork with a bob
weaver attack, was not only
faster, smarter and more accu
rate than Lulu, but he actually
out-punched him. Perez was sup
posed to be more explosive than
Costa, who has garnered but
three knockouts in Bis career.
IR&(DnM(G
SATURDAY JUNE 4
8 p.m.
at the Posse Grounds
JMEMFflDMlD
SEE
Monti Hall and Wayne Lemely Fighting
for Top Point Man.
ROLLING - SLIDING - BUMPING
A Thrill in Every Lap.
Sponsored by Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce
- And Foefldl
slugger, homers twice in hitting
Giants. Owen, Red Sox, is catcher
contest with three. (International)
ager of the Rochester Red Wings
since 1952, was named to replace
him.
The announcement was made
by Cardinal President August A.
Busch at a press conference at
Grant's Farm, his plush country
estate, attended by Stanky, end
ed Stanky's turbulent tenure
with the club in his fourth year
although his contract still has
another year to run.
Walker, a garrulous player
whose nickname originated from
his cap-tugging, game delaying
tactics at the plate, came to the
Cardinals after three successful
seasons with the Cardinals' farm
club. The Red Wings won the
Junior World Series in 1952, fin
ished first in the International
League standings in 1953 but lost
the playoffs and wound up third
last year. The club is now in
third place.
The 37-year-old Walker, a
brother of Cardinal Coach Dixie
Walker, began his baseball ca
reer with Cardinals organization
in 1937 on the Montgomery, Ala.,
farm club. . He got up to the
parent club in 1940 but played
only seven games before he was
sent back to the minors. He re
turned to the Cards in 1941 and
stayed until 1947 when he was
traded to the Philadelphia Phil
lies in mid-season.'
Balling Champion
That year he won the league's
batting championship with a .363
average, the only man ever to do
it while playing with two clubs
in the same season.
He played briefly with the
Chicago Cubs and the Cincinnati
Redlegs before returning to the
Cards in a trade in 1949. He
played half the 1950 season and
then was sent to manage the old
Columbus, Ohio, Red Birds for
the 1951 season in which Colum
bus finished in last place.
Stanky's dismissal climaxed a
stormy four years in St. Louis
for the peppery little manager.
Never popular with the fans, he
was forced to publicly apologize
for his tactics on the field after
the Cardinals forfeited a game
last year because of his stalling.
Cardinal officials gave him a
vote of confidence after he vowed
to forsake the tactics that had
earned him the nickname, the
brat, in his days as a player with
the New York Giants.
Stanky blamed his failure to
head a winning club on his young
players. And the players report
edly blamed their failure on
Stanky.
Meet
Boat Racers
Of 7 Cities
In Regatta
Outboard motorboat racers
have registered already from at
least seven communities in
southern Oregon and northern
California for the annual regatta
on Sunday, June 5, at Emigrant .
lake south pf Ashland.
A representative group from
Medford, Coos Bay, Crescent
City, Calif., Grants Pass, Yreka,
Calif., Klamath Falls and Rose-
burg have signed up, according
to Fred Damiels, chairman of
the race committee for the Med- .
ford Junior Chamber of Com
merce. The Jaycees and the lo
cal Western Spedboat associa
tion are co-sponsors of the races.
Fishing boat and stock out
board races are scheduled with
fishermen to have their romps
starting at 11 a.m. and regular
racing hulls to begin their laps
at 1 p.m. Rocing hull classes
will be A, B and D hydro, B
and D utility runabouts and D
service runabouts.
Money prizes of $25, $15 and
$10 along with trophies will go
to the top three in each class.
Interested racers are to have
their entries in to Mrs. Bill
Barnes, 604 Whitman pi., by
Saturday, June 4. She is secre
tary of the speedboat associa
tion. There will be separate admis
sion prices for children and
adults.
The junior chamber will op
erate concessions at the lake.
Tailored to fit
your business and
save you money
BUTLER
Steel Buildings
You can get a Butler steel build
ing with galvanized or alumi
num sheets to fit your exact
needs. And you can have it up
and at work weeks ahead of other
types of construction . . . save up
to 47 per cent on building costs 1
See us before you build, (jet
the facts and figures on a Butler
building! Call or write today.
MEDFORD
BLOW PIPE CO., inc.
240 E. McAndrews Road
rhone 3-1006
3
I OARAGI
.i i , i I i : t i M ii !. V V. . . . 4 1 1 .). t i lit ViV.'l Yt ' t I l'4'.V 'k t ' I I ' ' k rA. ity. vly,
fit u Vi'i".
' T T If.' X'.
i a a m