United States Will Have
Best Ever" Swim Team
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Detroit IU.R; Maureen Mur
phy, Portland colleen who won
a place on the U.S. Olympic
swimming team said Saturday:
"I was pretty lure I could do
it."
The 17 - year - old mermaid
from Multnomah Athletic club
was one of three to lead in the
100 meter backstroke with a
time of 1:152.2. "Mo" as she is
known at tank side, said a fuse
had blown and they had to wait
an hour before the blackout was
over and they could make the
final teats.
About tier upcoming trip to
Melbourne, Australia for the
November Olympic games,
"Mf said: "That will really be
neat."
door pool into darkness. One
new U. S. long-course record wa;
set, a 5:10.0 clocking for 400
meters freestyle by 14-year-old
Sylvia Ruuska of Berkeley,
Calif,, which bettered her own
record set in the heats.
Carin Cone of Ridgewood, N.J.
1:15.0 and Maureen Murphy of
Portland, Ore., 1:15.2 and Mary
Anne Marshino 1:15.2 of Indian
apolis led the 100 meter back
stroke.
Detroit URj U.S. Olympic
swimming coach Bob Muir, de
limited with the athletes who
won places in the competitive
trials which ended Friday night,
said today he is sure of at least
seven gold medals at Melbourne,
and probably will get many
more.
"This team is the best ever."
he said cheerfully after Ford
Konno, Dick Tanabe, George
Harrison and Perry Jecko won
places on the 800-meter free
style relay tram in the final
event of the four-day show in
the eight-lane 50-meter Brennan
Pools. The trials drew a record
3ti.O(IO attendance.
"We are three deep in first
rate people in each event," he
said. "If one has a bad day we've
got twrj more who will shoot
right in there. I feel certain we
will win the men's 1,500 meters,
the hiickstroke, the butterfly,
both men's and women's diving,
and the men's relay.
"Not that I say it will be an
easy sweep. We will have real
competition from Australia in
the Ireestyles, from Japan in the
breaststroke and butterfly, and
in the 400 meters we respect Gil
Bozon of France, who could be
the winner if he shows his 1952
form."
Sevan from 1952
The U. S. chose 25 men and 21
women for the team, and four
of the men, Fred Konno, Bill
Woolsey, Bob Clotworthy, and
Yoshi Oyakawa, were on the
1952 team. Among the women
only the divers Mrs. Pat Mc
Cormick, Paula Jean Myers and
Mrs. June Irwin were able to
repeat from the '52 team.
There, were five finals on last
night's program, which was de
layed 45 minutes by a power
failure which plunged the out-1
Bookies And
Fans Riot
Over Race
Durban, South Africa OJ.R)
Bookies and racing fani rioted
at the Greyville race course
Saturday when a 16-1 shot beat
a 4-6 favorite.
The mobs, yelling for an in
quiry, charged onto the track
when "Worthiness" came in
ahead of "Sympthetic."
White-faced jockeys charged
their horses through the throng
and a score of men climbed the
trails and lay on the track to
try to stop the next race.
Angry bookies threw binoc
ulars and shoes at the jockeys,
One of the jockeys hit a rioter
with his whip. Some of the
people screamed in the ears of
the horses.'
Finally 50 armed police charg
ed into the furious mobs and
formed a guard around "Sympa
thetic" and the jockey astride
him. They brought the not und
er control without firing a shot
Ludwig Lightburn
Defeats Zulueta
New York (U.R) Lightweight
contender Ludwig Lightburn of
British Honduras said today, "I
thought I had to win every round
to get the decision, while ex
plaining Friday night's decisive
turn-table victory over Cuban
Orlando Zulueta.
As a reward for his television
triumph over veteran Zulueta
who had outpointed Lightburn in
the same Madison Square Garden
ring last month, the young Hon
duran awaited cabled confirma
tion on a four-fight tour of the
Orient.
Lightburn was favored at 17-5
despite last month's defeat. Lud
wig weighed 141 pounds to Zulu
eta's 135U.
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THEY'LL REPRESENT U. S. These three young ladies
will represent the United States in the three-meter wom
en's springboard diving event of the 1956 Olympics. They
won berths, at the Olympic tryouts in Detroit. Left to
right: Pat McCormick of Los Angeles who placed first,
Barbara Gilders of Detroit, second, and Jeanne Stunyo of
Detroit, third.
SKIPPERS MAY POOL STUDS,
COLTS FOR TUESDAY FRACAS
Medford Cheney Studs and the
Cheney Colts squads may . be
pooled for the Tuesday evening
engagement at the fairgrounds
baseball park. That was the indi
cation yesterday from Jack Coo
ney and Harry Tonn, managers,
respectively, of the two semi-pro
baseball clubs.
The idea is to pick out two
evenly matched line-ups. Purpose
of the 8 p.m. session Tuesday is
practice to fill in for an idle
Richardson
And Aussie
In Finals
South Orange, N. J.ttJ.R)
Ham Richardson of Westfield,
N.J., and Neale Fraser of Aus
tralia Saturday fought their way
into the final round of the East
ern Grass-court tennis cnam-
pionships.
Richardson, 22-year-old Rhodes
scholar now attending Oxford
was carried to an extra set be
fore subduing Ashley Cooper,
third-ranking Australian, 6-3, 6-3,
4-6, 10-8.
Southpaw Frawer, also 22, up
set Vic Seixas, veteran Phila
delphian and this country's top
ranking amateur netman, 8-6,
6-2, 11-9.
When Richardson and Fraser
clash tomorrow with the crown
at stake, it will mark the first
American-Australian final in the
history of the Eastern tourney
that dates back to 1927.
In the women's singles, Althea
Gibson of New York gained the
final by defeating Dorothy Head
Knobe of Forest Hills, N. Y., 5-7,
6-3, 6-1. She was joined in the
title round by Louise Brough of
Beverly Hills, Calif., who turn
ed back Darlene Hard of Monte-
bello, Calif., 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.
Miss Gibson later paired with
Miss Hard to win the women's
doubles title. They defeated
Janet Hopps and Diane Wootten,
6-2, 6-4.
In the men's doubles. Ken
Rosewell and Fraser advanced to
the final with a 6-3, 6-4 win over
Mike Franks of Los Angeles
and Mike Green of Miami, Fla.
The Aussies will meet Seixas
and Richardson, who stopped
Sam Giammalvia of Houston and
Barry Mackay of Dayton, Ohio,
1-6. 6-3, 7-5.
week end. But the two skippers
still wish to present a ball game
both interesting and entertaining
for Rogue Valley fans.
Starting line-ups of the rival
aggregations may be announced
on Monday. Still to be worked
out, also, were the pitching as
signments. Stud twiners could
be throwing against each other
as could Colt chuckers. Every
player may have an opportunity
to play in the content. Cooney
said, however, that some of the
Studs' hands will not be avail
able on Tuesday.
Colts Farm Team .
The Colts are a "farm" team
of the Studs and both are spon
sored by Cheney Lumber com
pany. Central Point. Currently
the Studs are leading the fast
Southern Oregon league while
the Colts hold fourth spot in the
Rogue Valley loop.
This week the Studs have a bye
in the SOL and were idled when
Beaverton cancelled a non-league
week end series. The Colts were
to have met Grants Pass today
but moved their game ahead to
last Wednesday.
Despite the fact that the Tues
day game won't be a strictly
Studs versus Colts contest, the
fellows who have been playing
on the farm crew can be expect
ed to give the old try in effort
to outsparkle the Studs.
Janet Ruff Runs
440 Race in 56.5
London U.R) Janet Ruff,
a 19-year old English commer
cial artist, ran the fastest time
ever recorded for the women's
440-yard event Saturday as she
was clocked in 56.5 seconds at
the AAA track championships
that,serve as Britain's Olympic
track and field trials.
June Paul and Susan Allday
also broke British women's rec
ords as each won two events
in the meet at White City stadium.
HIGH VAULT
Pasadena, Calif. (U.R) Bob
Gutowski, -of La Jolla, Calif.,
Saturday pole vaulted 14 feet.
six inches in an exhibition at
the Allcomers track and field
meet here.
It was the outstanding' per
formance at the meet. Gutowski,
alternate on the U.S. Olympic
team, is one of the few athletes
who has vaulted over 15 feet.
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Injuries Hit
Both Shrine
Grid Squads
Portland (U.R) Injuries
struck both the State and Metro
politan iquads " they drilled
today for the ninth annual Shrin
ers' hospital all-star football
game at Multnomah stadium here
Aug. 18.
The Metros appeared to have
suffered the most serious blow in
injuries. Bob Wanker, a guard
from West Linn suffered recur
rence of an old injury Friday
and was not expected to be able
to go in the all-star game.
Wanker was replaced by Huey
Hatton, Jefferson high school
halfback and one of the state's
better high school sprinters.
Dick Woolstenhulme, Rose
burg end, was the State casualty,
victim of a knee injury while
in a blocking drill. However, he
was expected to get back into
practice.
Hoist Drills
Monte Hoist, Medford guard
injured last week, is back in ;
uniform and figured to engage
in more intensive workouts with-:
in a few days.
Chuck Rask, Metro passing ace
from Jefferson high, was the
only player hospitalized. A bruise
above the kidney suffered while
he was a tackle prompted train'er
Bob Officer to send him to the
hospital to expedite his return
to action.
Both squads held their first ;
all-out scrimmage sessions this
morning, after morning and after- j
noon workouts yesterday. State
is drilling at University of Port
land and the Metros at Lewis
and Clark College. 1
Sunday, August 12. 1956
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