Eliason
Leads NW
Open Field
Walla Walla
(U.R)
Ockie
Eliason, Tacoma driving range
operator, led a field of 60 qual
ifiers into the final 36 holes of
play in the Northwest open golf
tournament here today.
Eliason blistered the course
yesterday with a six-under-par
66 to move into a two-stroke lead
with a 137 at the halfway mark
of the meet. He had shot a 7i
Monday.
Joe Greer. Yakima, and Jim
Russell, Walla Walla, were two
strokes back of Eliason at 139.
Greer had rounds of 71-68 and
Russell 70-69.
Tom Boucher, Walla Walla,
70-70; Harold West. Eugene,
Ore., 72-68; and Bud Hofmeister,
Hayden Lake, Ida., 71-69 were
next in line at 140.
Art Abrahamson, Everett am
ateur, topped the simon pures
with a 141 on rounds of 72-69.
Three players, George Puetz,
Renton; Ken Townes, Fort Lewis
and Lenny Stroup, Walla Walla,
were knotted at 142.
It took a score of 154 or better
to qualify for today's final 36
hr1r-.
Quarter-Finals
Start In East
Tennis Tourney
South Orange, N.J. (U.R)
Herb Flam of Beverly Hills,
Calif., appeared to be the seeded
player in greatest danger of elim
ination today as play reached
the third round in men's singles
in the Eastern Grass Courts ten
nis championship.
Flam, seeded sixth here and
ranked 11th among the nation's
players, drew as his rival for a
berth in the quarter-finals Eng
lish champion Roger Becker.
Becker, seeded second among
foreign entrants, proved his good
form Tuesday by rallying to beat
impressive newcomer Harry Mac
Kay of Dayton, O.. 6-4. 1-6, 1-6,
6-2. Flam advanced with a str. :ig
6-3, 6-2 victory over Reynaldo
Garrido of Cuba.
Other leading men's matches
today included: Second-seeded
Vic Seixas of Philadelphia s.
Cliff Mayne of San Francisco;
third-seeded Ham Richardson of
Baton Rogue, La., vs. Ed Kaud
er of Los Angeles; and fourth
seeded Ed Moylan of Trenton,
N.J., vs. Hal Burrows of Char
lottesville, Va.
Beaver Ball
Park Bought
Portland (U.R) Option to
buy Portland's old Vaughn
street ball park was acquired
yesterday byCalifornia Bag and
Metal Company which an
nounced plans to replace the
stadium with an industrial de
velopment costing as much as
$3,000,000.
M. J. Rosenfeld and A. Victor
Rosenfeld, co-owners of the bag
and metal firm here, said $200,
000 would be paid for the five
acr site. That would include
$1,000 to George W. Norgan,
former owner of the Portland
Beavers, and $75,000 profit to
th locally owned ball club for
sal of the option.
Local businessmen acquired
an option to buy the site from
Norgan and his associates last
year.
David Fain, attorney for the
Rosenfelds, said the new owners
of the option have until Oct.
15 to buy the stadium and 50
lot tract. . t
The Beavers previously an
nounced their plans to move out
of the 54-year-old park and into
Multnomah stadium next year.
FIGHTS
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Hartford Conn. lU.P.) Chico Ve
r. 149. Stamford. Conn.. outDointed
Vic Cardell. 18. Hartford. Conn. HO).
Miami Beach. Fla. Bobbv Dykes.
11. Miami. Fla. outpointed Pedro
Gonzales. 162 'j. Rankin. Pa. (10.
Detroit Eddie Lee Walker. 189 'i,
Detroit, outpointed Don Jasper. 190'2.
Duluth. Minn. 161; Dick Pamazetti
131. Detroit, outpointed Fitzie Fitz
patrick. 126'i. Chicago 6i.
San Jose. Calif.: Cisco Andrade.
135 'i. Compton. Calif.. KO'd Eddie
Chavez. 136 San Jose. 16).
Richmond. Calif.: Nuna Randle.
132. Richmond. KO'd Alex Fimbres,
132. Phoenix. Ariz.. (4).
Honolulu: Leo Espinosa. 114. Philip
pines outpointed Takeshi Yamaguchi,
115. Japan, (10).
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Eleven Horses Enter
Hambletonian Stakes
Goshen, N.Y. (U.R Eleven
of the nation's top three-year-olds
shoot for harness racing's
greatest prize the Hamble
tonian Stakes today when the
trotting classic comes up for its
30th renewal at Good Time
park.
Scott Frost, the California in
vader who has come up with
two two-minute mile perfor
mances this year and is the first
colt ever to come to the Hamble
tonian with such outstanding
credentials, is expected to go off
ihe solid 3-5 choice
Lined up against the speedy
son of Hoot Mon are Leopold
Hanover, Colby mite, Butch Han
over, Wayahead, Indian Raider,
Childs Hanover, Home Free,
Galophone Flemington and Ar
villa Hanover. Two heats are
necessary for victory in the
Hambletonian which this year
will gross S36.863 and net the
winner $51,075.
The second and third heats
will be run at hour intervals,
and a fourth heat, if required,
will be run with the three pre
vious heat winners competing
Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. I.. Pit. GB
Chicago 63 39 B18
New York 63 41 .606 1
Cleveland 62 42 .596 2
Boston 60 44 .577 4
Detroit 56 47 .544 7 i'j
Kansas City ...... 43 61 .413 21
Washington 35 68 .430 28 'i
Baltimore 31 71 .304 3i
Tuesday's Results
Detroit 13. Washington 10 night
Baltimore 5. Kansas City 1. night
New York 2. Cleveland 1, night, UO
innings)
Chicago 2. Boston 1, night.
Wednesday's Probable Pitcher
Cleveland at New York-Garcia (7
10) vs. Turley (11-9).
Chicago at Boston Trucki (10-6)
vs. Parnell (2-3).
Detroit at Washington (night) Lary
(10-11) vs. Abernathy (3-3) or Porter
field (9-13).
Kansas Citv at Baltimore (2, twilight-night)
Kellnes (6-7 1 and Cec
carelli i2-5) vs. Zuverink (0-6) and
Dorish (5-3). -Thursday's
Games
Kansas City at Baltimore
Detroit at Washington
Cleveland at New York
Chicago at Boston
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. t,. Prt. GB
Brooklvn 72 33 .8 .
Milwaukee .. 58 46 .558 13 'i
New York 56 50 .528 16"L.
Philadelphia 53 57 .482 21 2
Chicago 51 57 .472 22 U
Cincinnati 49 58 .467 23
St. Louis 45 58 .44S 25
Pittsburgh 39 68 .3S4 34
Tuesday's Results
Cincinnati 2, Philadelphia 0, 1st
twilight.
Cincinanti 4. Philadelphia 0, 2nd,
night.
Chicago 12, Pittsburgh 4
Milwaukee 5, Brooklyn 3. night
New York 3. St. Louis 0. night '
Wednesday's Probalile Pitchers
Pittsburgh at Chicago (2) Kline
(6-11) and Face (1-3) v. Jones (8-15)
and Davis (5-6).
New York at St. Louis' (night)
Jackson (5-7) vs. Hearn (11-10) or
Giel (3-3).
Brooklvn at Milwaukee (night)
Erskine (9-4) or Podres (8-6) vs. Crone
(6-4).
Philadelphia at Cincinnati (night)
Kuzava 11-0) or Roberts (16-9) vs.
Collum (9-5).
Thursday's Games
Philadelphia at Cincinanti
Brooklyn at Milwaukee
Pittsburgh at Chicago
New York at St. Louis, night.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Y. L. Prt. GB
Seattle 73 51 .589
San Diego 71 55 .563 3
Hollvwood 68 5? .544 5'i
Portland 61 5 .513 9'j
Los Angeles 61 64 .488 12
Sacramento 54 70 .435 19
San Francisco 54 70 .435 19
Oakland 54 71 .432 19 'i
Tuesday's Results
Hollywood 6-1. Oakland 2-9
Sacramento 3. Portland 0
San Francisco 2. Los Angeles 0
Seattle 10. San Diego 7
How Series Stand
Los Angeles 3. San Francisco 1
Portland 3. Sacramento 1
San Diego 2. Seattle 2
Wednesday's Probable Pitchers
Seattle I Vic Lombardi 8-7) at San
Diego (John Carmichael 11-6).
Portland (Bob Alexander 6-6) at
Sacramento (Bud Daley 15-11).
San Francisco (Tony Ponce 5-9) at
Los Angeles (Jim Brosnan (10-8).
Only games scheduled.
NORTHWEST LEAGUE
W. L Pet.
Eugene 17 10 .629
Lewiston IS 12 .571
Tri-Citv 15 12 .555
Wenatchee 13 15 .481
Salem 13 16 .443
Spokane 13 17 .433
Yakima 12 8 .400
Tuesday's Results
Salem 5. Eugene 0
Wentchee 4. Yakima 1
Lewiston 6. Spokane 4
6
TIME
TRIALS
7 P.M.
RACES
8 P.M.
for the top prize.
Scott Frost first ran a 2:00
mile as a two-year-old at Lex
ington. Ky.. last fall and came
back to turn the trick again last
week in easily defeating many
of his Hambletonian rivals in a
prep at Vernon Downs, N. Y.
Many of the experts were" free
ly predicting that he would
better the 2:00 clocking set by
his sire in the 1947 edition of
the classic.
Butch Hanover and Home
Free will run as an entry with
Scott Frost, while Indian Raider
and Wayahead from another
entry.
Scott Frost will start from
post position No. 5 while Galo
phone, who with Childs Han
over, is rated a chance for an
upset, start from No. 9. Sub
sequent positions in the follow
ing heats will be determined by
the order of finish in the pre
cecding heat.
Leopold Hanover, Colbymite,
Butch Hanover and Wayahead
will start inside of Scott Frost,
while Indian Raider, Childs
Hanover and Home Free are
sandwiched between the favo
rite and Galophone. Fleming
ton and Arvilla Hanover have
the two outside positions.
Doby Equals
Non-Error Record
New York (U.R) Center
fielder Larry Doby of the Cleve
land Indians has equalled an
American league record by go
ing 157 straight games in the out
field without making an error,
but he s not too happy about it.
Doby handled seven chances
perfectly, including two spectac
ular catches, in Tuesday night's
2-1, 10-inning loss to the Yan
kees to tie the mark set by
Sam Mele during the 1953 and
1954 seasons with Chicago and
Baltimore.
"What good is a record like
that?" Doby asked bitterly in
the clubhouse after the game.
"Better I make an error and
we win the game."
Training Camp Briefs
Redlands, Calif. (U.R) Bob
Waterfield, former Los Angeles
Earns star who was one of the
National Football League's top
passers and kickers during his
playing days, returns to the club
shortly to help tutor Les Richter.
Rams coach Sid Gillman said
yesterday he plans to use Water
field's services in helping Rich
ter become a better field goal
and conversion kicker. Last year
Waterfield helped Richter in
place kicking.
HECKER REJOINS CLUB
Los Angeles, Calif. (U.R)
Halfback Norb Hecker, who left
the Washington Redskins to play
Canadian football, is expected
to rejoin the club here later ih
the week. Hecker played three
seasons with the Los Angeles
Rams and after-being traded to
the 'Skins at the start of the 1954
season, he jumped to Toronto of
the Big Four Football Union and
later moved to Ottawa before
deciding to come back to the
N.F.L. He more likely will be
used on the defensive platoon.
SIDELINED
Moraga, Calif. (U.R) Half
back Hugh McElhenny. who is
nursing a badly bruised side,
will sit it out Sunday when the
San Francisco Forty Niners open
their exhibition schedule
against the Washington Red
skins. McElhenny's spot will be
filled by Billy Tidwell, former
Texas Aggie star. Y. A. Tittle,
John Henry Johnson and Joe
Perry round out th offensive
backfield.
FIND RUNNING BACK
Salem, Ore. (U.R) The New
York Giants, who have been
caught short at the offensive
half-back post several times the
past few seasons appears to
have come up with a fine run
ning. back in Jimmy Patton of
Mississippi. Patton, the Giants'
number eight draft choke last
January, was regarded as strict
ly a defensive halfback but he
has impresserd coach Jim Lee
Howell with his speed or of
fense.0. Another newcomer who
has shown promise is fullback
Bob Ward, a 200-pounder Irom
Whitworth college. He runs hard
and also Is a powerful punter.
QUARTERBACK TOSSUP
, Westminster. Md. (U.R) It
still is a tossup as to who has
the lead for the No. 1 Quarter
ly back job for the Baltimore
j Colts. Both Gary Kerkorian and
; Jack Scarbath have put on the
xme performances to date. Coach
Webb Ewbank says that "Ker
korian is much better than he
was a year ago and Scarbath ap
pears more impressive at every
practice."
Ewbank also has JRay Graves
of Texas A&M, Don Angels of
Illinois and George Shaw of Ore
gon to pick from. Shaw is in
Evanston, 111. with tha College
All-Stars..
PAL Boxers
Score In
KF Events
Medford Police Athletic league
boxers turned in good perform
ances for themselves in three
main bouts and one exhibition
bout in a recent Klamath Falls
Boys club smoker sponsored by
the Klamath Falls Moose Lodge.
Jimmy Evans, a Medford PAL,
decisioned Co Co Esquido of Kla
math Falls in one of two close
fights in the 100-pound class.
Bobbie Little of Medford lost
to Charles Copland by a narrow
verdict.
Copland lost to Medford's Lar
ry Lewis by a decision in another
bout. Lewis is the Oregon AAU
flyweight champion.
An "exhibition bout matched
Medford's Loren Chirsteen and
Denny Moyer of the Portland
Ramblers, the Oregon AAU wel
terweight champion. Two scrap
py four-year-olds, Randy Jones
and Arney Galligher, exhibited
fine style and spirit in their ex
hibition match.
Phil Moyer of Portland reg
istered the only knock-out of
the evening with a TKO over
Klamath Falls' Mose Martinez
in the second round.
The bouts were sponsored for
the benefit of the Klamath Falls
Moose lodges newly organized
Boys' club.
Jackson,
Charles TV
Bout Today
Syracuse, N.Y (U.R) Young
Tommy (Hurricane) Jackson will
try to blast Ezzard Charles'
dream of recapturing the heavy
weight crown tonight.
Freakish Jackson, third-ranking
contender, meets sixth-ranking
Charles, 34, in a TV-radio
10-rounder at War Memorial au
ditorium. With six straight victories un
der his belt, 23-year-old Jackson
said confidently today, "I'll set
such a fast pace, old Ez will
just have to fold up."
However, sportsmen apparent
ly did not share the Hurricane's
confidence. Charles is favorite
because of his experience in 104
fights and because of the punch
that knocked out 54.
Dead line for Sunday Classified is
at noon Saturday.
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Portland (U.R) Boxing
Promoter Tommy Moyer got
a boost from the Portland
baseball club today.
The Portland team said it
had moved its August 13 game
with San Francisco to an
afternoon contest, allowing
fans to be able to attend both
the game and ihe Bobo Olson
Jimmy Martinet fight that
night.
Casting,
Archery
In IW Show
Wililam O. Herring, a chief
engineman in the navy, will ex
hibit spin casting, and Colonel
Joe Burns, a Rogue Valley
archer, will demonstrate arch
ery at the second annual Sports
men's show sponsored by the
Izaak Walton league next Tues
day. The show, which includes
golfing, horse packing, dog obe
dience and dog retrievers, will
be held at Medford High school
stadium starting at 7 p.m.
Herring will . perform with
light tackle and will demonstrate
use of salt water spinning
tackle. Colonel Burns, who has
done archery hunting for several
years, in past president of the
Rogue archers and is field rep
resentative of the Oregon Bow
hunters.
Fly Fishing Movie c
The show will include a mo
tion picture of fly fishing for
Atlantic salmon, in addition to
a wild life exhibit. The wild
life display will include the head
of a large Kodiak bear 'killed
in Alaska.,
A gate prize of a complete
camping outfit valued at $139
will be awarded about 9:30 p.m.,
following demonstration. The
outfit is on display at Crater
Lake motors display window.
TOO MANY FULLBACKS
Rensselaer, Ind. (U.R) The
Chicago Bears have so many full
backs that Coach George Halas
has switched one of them
rookie Rick Casares to half
back. In addition to Casares and
No. 1 fullback . Chick Jagade,
Halas has Joe Furtunato and
Andy Kozar, both of whom have
been giving Jagade a keen bat
tle for the regular job.
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HOddlST PEAL
Wednesday, August 3, 1953
Second Day
Qualifying
For Shanter
Chicago (U.R) Some .150
non-exempt men pros blazed
away at the Tarn O'Shanter
Country Club's par 72 course to
day in the second day of qual
ifications for the "All American"
golf tournament.
Lionel Hebert. Erie. Pa., fired
a seven-under-par Tuesday to
lead about 150 other men pros in
the scramble for a starting berth.
Bob Gada, Bloomfield Hills.
Mich., had a 66 , while Paul
O'Leary, Bismarck. N. D., and
Gene Webb. St. Louis, each shot
67s.
Grouped at 68 were Bill Nary,
Reno, Nev.,' and Bob Inman, De
troit. Steve Blatnak. Chicago;
Max Evans, Utica, Mich.; Ray
Glenn, Ft. Campbell, Ky.; and
Walker Inman, Augusta,. Ga.,
shot 69s.
The low 72 scorers in the two
day qualifications will join 85
exempted players in the tourna
ment. Women pros and men and
women amateurs qualified Mon
day. The tournament gets under
way Thursday.
ZOO SWIMMER CAUGHT
New York (U.R) A po
liceman attracted by noise in
the sea lion pool at a Brooklyn
zoo last night arrested two men
who were trying to beat the
heat by taking a swim with the
sea lions.
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Chuck Lundgren of Wenatchee
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night's Northwest League play
and Lundgren's came in particu
larly handy.
Lundgren unloaded a 372-foot
blast over the center field fence
in the seventh with two men
aboard to carry Wenatchee to a
4-1 decision over Yakima.
Lundgren's circuit clout ruin
ed a nice pitching effort by Yak
ima's Chuck Dillard who fanned
14 men and allowed but four
hits. Unfortunately for Dillard
two walks preceded Lundgren's
blast.
Steinagel hit a solo homer
400 feet over the center field
barrier as Salem blanked Eu
gene 5-0 behind five-hit hurling
by Marion Cowdell who picked
up his sixth victory.
Lewiston closed in on league
leading Eugene with a 6-4 ver
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went all the way scattering
eight singles and was in trouble
only in the ninth when Spokane
got three runs.
Lewiston tallied three. 'runs in
the third inning and put it away
with "three more in the seventh
on five straight singles. ,
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