Flaherty Paces Field for 125
Laps To Win at Indianapolis
By ED SAINSBURY
Indianapolis, Ind. (U.R)
Treckle-faced and red - headed
Pat Flaherty, racing's real-life
"Huck Finn," gets a story-book
payoff tonight for shaking off
two crashes with the speedway
wall in the past to wm the 40th
annual 500 mile classic at a speed
of 128.490 miles per hour.
Flaherty, a 6-foot, 160-pound
Chicago tavern owner, paced
the speedway's, fastest field in
history for the last 125 laps to
earn a guaranteed purse of $39,-
200.
But because the track usually
throws additional money into the
prize fund, the victor, who was
driving in his fifth speedway
chase, probably will get a larger
check at the payoff dinner to
night than the previous high to
tal. $76,138 paid to Bob Swei
kert last year.
Flaherty got a break in win
ning too. While he was on his
safety lap, the extra tour run
by each car to insure covering
the full distance, his throttle
linkage broke and fell off the
car as he headed into the win
ner's enclosure.
Would Have Loit
Had it happened on the prev
ious lap, he would have been un
able to maintain speed, and
probably Sam Hanks, Pacific
Palisades, Calif., who finished
only 21 seconds behind, would
have beaten him.
Flaherty became the sixth pole
winner to win the race, dupli-
eating a feat performed in the
past by Jimmy Murphy, Tommy
Milton, Billy Arnold, Floyd Rob
erts and Bill Vukovich. But
when Flaherty won the pole, he
did it with a record speed too,.
145.056 miles per hour for one
lap and 145.596 for four.
For the first few miles Wednesday,-
in a race which set
a track record for accidents with
11, he laid off the blistering pace
of more than 142 miles per hour
hung up by Paul Russo, Jim
Rathmann and Pat O'Connor.
usso crashed into the wall
after 22 laps and both Rathmann
and O'Connor were forced to
make pit stops to give Flaherty
a chance to move ahead after
40 laps. He stayed in front for
two turns of the track and then
backed off again. After 53 laps
he made a 39-second pit stop and
after 75 laps he went in front to
stay.
Freeland Placet Third
Don Freeland, Los Angeles,
Calif., was third, Johnnie Par
sons, the 1950 winner from Van
. Nuys, Calif., fourth and Dick
Rathmann, Trenton, N.J., fifth.
Flaherty, 30, began racing in
1946 and in 1950, in his first
speedway appearance, he fin
ished tenth. In 1953 after driv
ing 115 laps, he crashed into the
northeast wall, while in 1954,
as a relief driver, he slammed
his car into the wall after 110
Willie Gets
Nod in Bout
New Orleans (U.R) Speedy
Willie - Pastrano looked more
like a contender today for the
coming elimination rounds for
the vacant heavyweight crown
after giving Chuck Spieser a
bloody boxing lesson for a 10
round split decision Wednesday
night.
New Orleans-born Pastrano
definitely put himself in the
middle of the tussle for the
heavyweight title with- the vic
tory. Both judges saw the fight as
a relatively easy victory for the
20-year-old Pastrano, but Ref
eree Francis Kerscheval dis
agreed, to the loud dismay of the
partisan crowd. He scored it a
6-4 win for the Michigan State
graduate and former Olympic
boxer. Giarruso saw it as Pas
trano 7-1 with two even.
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laps. Last year he was tenth
again.
The winner, or for that mat
ter, all of the major money win
ners, probably got a break due
to the swarm of accidents. The
11 pileups involved 13 cars and
one of them came after the first
five cars had finished. It involv
ed Dick Rathmann, who spun
on the backstretch after he had
Medfo
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Ron Owings
Red Raider Batting Toga
By LEN WEBER
Ashland Ron Owings, Klam
ath Falls sophomore, won the
Red Raider batting crown when
the SOC Red Raiders finished
their season last week-end at the
spring tournament in La
Grande.
Owings posted a .411 baiting
average and was pushed all the
way by Vince Miller, slugging
second sacker from North Bend
who finished with an even .400.
Taking up fourth and fifth spots
in the batting race were Fred
Luper, a Coquille lad with .293
average and Leroy King, another
North Bender who finished with
a .288 batting average.
Owings and Miller were both
top flight candidates for the all
conference team, but ragged
playing by SOC in the tourna
ment hampered the chances of
these 'two lards. " Ned Landers,
Medford junior and Red Raider
first sacker and pitcher, was the
only Red Raider to gain all-conference
laurels.- Landers, after a
slow start, came along fast and
finished 3rd in the SOC batting
with an even .300.
Scored 232 Runs
Shortstop Owings led his team
in times at bat with 56, runs
scored with 23 and base hits
with 23. He also paced the Raid
ers with 3 home runs and 22
runs batted in. He was tied with
Al Kimura and Bill Seymour in
the bases on balls department
with 14 each.
Owings also had the dubious
distinction of committing the
most SOC errors with 23. Miller
scored 22 runs, had 20 hits, led
the team in doubles with three.
Also Miller banged out two
triples and two homers to lead
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Ray Thiess. p
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Leroy King, rf
Ted Landers, 3b
Dick Nix. cf
Morrie Churchman,
Corky Ellis, lb
Hank Smith, p
Al Kimura, If
Bill Seymour, c
Larry Maurer, lb ....
Harvey Tonn, Ut-in
Team Totals
511 145 142
PITCHING RECORDS:
Ned Landers
Hank Smith
Ray Thiess
Lloyd Hoffine
CUTTING another notch in
bat is Dale Long, Pittsburgh
' Pirates, who set new record
by clouting eight home runs
in eight consecutive ball
games. (International)
finished the grind.
Only three drivers were hurt,
none seriously. Jimmy Daywalt
suffered a broken leg, head and
arm injuries and friction burns
after his car collided with the
wall and spun, while Tony Eet
tenhausen suffered a shoulder
injury from a similar accident.
Rathmann also was injured
slightly.
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the team in extra base blows.
He was second in RBI's with 20.
Leroy King was third in hits
with 15 and also pushed across
15 runs, as well as topping the
team in strikeouts with 14.
Southern Oregon will only
lose two players off this years
third place OCC team. They are
Corky Ellis, first baseman from
Klamath Falls, and Lloyd Hoff
ine, veteran righthand pitcher
from Coos Bay. Both are four
year lettermen in baseball. Hoff
ine during his four years cf
pitching for the Raiders com
piled a won-lost record of 11-6.
.277 Team. Average
The Red Raiders as a team fin
ished the season with a .277 bat
ting average. They banged out
142 hits in 513 times at bat. They
hit 15 doubles, nine triples, and
eight homeruns. SOC batsmen
walked to the bases 93 times,
struck out 107 times and were
guilty of 65 miscue3, breaking
last years record of only 30 er
rors. SOC runners ' scored. 145
runs in 18 games for an average
of roughly eight runs per game.
Coach Al Akins and his Red
Raiders finished the season with
a 11-7 won-lost record. Having
dropped five put of their last six
games, and riding high on a 10
game winning streak after drop
ping their first two opening
games.
Southern Oregon college
hopes to increase its schedule
next year and play a greater
variety of teams. This year SOC
had encounters with, Oregon
Tech, Chico State, Humboldt
State, an3 Portland university.
In the OCC tournament they met
Eastern Oregon and Oregon Col
leges of Education.
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Story of Midcey Mantle
Ail-American Boy Parody;
Could Be Greatest of All
(Editor's Note: This is the
first of a series of three.)
Br MILTON RICHMAN
New York (U.R) A shy
sandy haired youngster from Ok
lahoma is on his way to becom
ing a national celebrity because
he can hit a baseball probably
farther and harder than anyone
ever did before.
A five minute break for argu
ments. His name is Mickey . Mantle,
and not since the. days of the
fabulous Babe Ruth has an ath
lete created the stir that Mickey
has this year. He hits them clear
out of the park the way the Babe
did, but whether he ever catches
the nation's fancy like Ruth did
remains to be seen, for Mantle
is not exactly . cut to the hero
pattern.
In a manner he is so different
as to be almost embarrassing.
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Dizzy Dean or the wild exuber
ance of a Willie Mays. No ne,
least of all Mickey, claims him
to be a great brain. His personal
life is so formal as to be almost
dull.
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clings to this stocky 24-year-old
off the field is whisked away the
moment he steps to the plate.
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ting a homerun produces that
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in the happening-that so very
few ever achieve.
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fortune ($30,000 this year but
that's only the beginning).
Born and raised in the little
(Pop. 2,445) town of Commerce,
Okla., Mickey was the son of a
semi-pro pitcher who was de
termined his son would be a big
league baseball player. The
father pitched to the boy for
hours on end, teaching him to
hit both right and lefthanded.
The senior Mantle died in
1952. He lived just long enough
to see his son with the mighty
New York Yankees. But it is
this year that Mickey, playing
in the centerfield spot once held
by Joe DiMaggio, has reached
the heights.
As of last weekend, Mantle
led both leagues in every de
partment of batting average
.426, runs, runs batted in, hits.
He is the terror of every pitcher
in the American League. In one
game last week he went to the
plate six time, got five hits and
was walked.
Ahead of Ruth
But it is in homers that Mantle
is creating the greatest drama.
He is well ahead of the pace
that Ruth set in 1927 when he
chalked up the record that is
probably the most sought after
in baseball, 60 homers in one
season. If Mantle can beat that,
it will be like breaking the four
minute mile, only more so.
The authority for the claim
that Mantle may be the greatest
of all hitters is Bill Dickey, the
Yankee coach who was a con
temporary of both Ruth and Lou
Gehrig. "Take it from me,"
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143 SOUTH RIVERSIDE
Thursday. May 31, 1958
Cheney Colt Crew Dumps
Ashland Lithians 12 to 1
Eight was the magic number
for the Cheney Colts yesterday
afternoon. They collected eight
runs off eight hits in the eighth
inning to thump the Ashland
Lithians 12 to 1 in the semi-professional
baseball fuss at the
fairgrounds ball park.
There was no loop signifi
cance in the scramble between
the two Rogue Valley league
members but the outcome indi
cated that the Colts, despite a
loss to Glendale last Sunday,
still must be considered strong
contenders in the pennant
chase.
The Colts loomed stronger
than they appeared in their RVL
opener. They had some new
hands in the line-up. One or two
of the players may go on up to
the parent Cheney Studs and a
couple of others may not be av
ailable for regular league games.
The Colts, nevertheless, appear
ed on the upgrade and may have
several more players on hand
when the college year is over.
In yesterday's eighth frame
Dickey says, "Mantle hits a ball
harder and farther than any man
I've ever seen."
Yankee Manager Casey Sten
gel doesn't want the boy's head
to get big, but even he can't dis
guise his awe and admiration.
"The only question in my
mind," Stengel says, "is whether
he's a greater hitter righthanded
or lefthanded. In the other de
partments no one's better. Who
can run with him. Who can field
with him. And who can outthrow
him?"
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don Davidson gave up a pair of
walks in the canto and yielded
a hit to Phil Sword. There was
one fielder's option.
Drives In Three Runs -
Davidson was touched for two
hits in four innings on the hill.
He gave three bases on balls
and struckout two. Ned Land
ers who followed permitted five
hits over five innings. He whif
fed six and; walked one. In his
14-hitter Berg walked one bat
ter and hit another. He had seven
strikeouts.
Churchman drove in three
Colt runs and LaBeau, Gatlin
and Ned Landers each two. Gat
lin was two for two at bat and.
Serak and Tonn two for five.
The triples hit in the eighth in
ning all went about the same di
rection to right center field.
The Colts return to RVL play
at the fairgrounds Sunday at 2
p.m., meeting Eagle Point.
Medford Cheney Studs go into
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