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o Why Not Open Tennis Former SQtar Queries By VINCENT RICHARDS Former Tennis Star Written for the United Presi New York V.Oy don't they have an open tennis tournament? One hears this question on 11 tides of the court from Forest Hills to Wimbledon. I was thinking about this re cently as I sat in a box at Forest Hills watching the Tournament of Champions, put on by Jack Kramer as a promoter. We saw in this tournament such players as Pancho Gonzales, Poncho Segura, Ken Rosewall, Frank Sedgman, Dinny Pails, Jack Kramer, and Lew Hoad the new bonus baby of profes sional tennis. We witnessed an astounding sight. Hoad, acknowledged the No. 1 amateur champion of the world, was able to win but two single matches against these pro fessionals during the 10 days of the tournament. Won Amateur Crown This happened only six days after Lew won the so-called world's amateur championship McElhenny Hoping for Good Season By HAL WOOD Moraga, Calif. W They call him "The King." S He Is the highest paid player In all of professional football. He is the most feared break away runner in the game and in five" years he has been in the league, consistently one of the top ground gainers. That's Hugh McElhenny, 27, former University of Washing ton star who has thrilled mil lions wiU hi fancy stepping per formances on the frrifllron for the San Francisco Forty Niners in the past, but who figures the future is short. The King The muffin-faced star has been dubbed "Hurryin' Hugh" by the sports writers. But his teammates call him "The King" or "Granny Goose," the latter after a potato chip firm for which he works in the off-season. Or they combine the names and call him "Hurryin" Hugh, Old Granny Goo." The recent Congressional hear ings revealed that the Forty Niners had the highest paid man in professional football on their payroll. The top price was $20, 000. Observers close to the team lean toward McElhenny at this figure ratner than quarterback Y. A. Tittle, the only other pos sibility. Elusive Runner In five campaigns in the Na tional league. Hurry' Hugh has averaged 5.4 yards per carry. He has gained 2,945 yards. But those statistics aren't what made Mac the highest priced played in the game. It is his ability to be so elusive in the open field that he can elec trify a crowd of 60,000. Not since the days of Red Grange has ' there been sch a swivel-hipped man in the open. Coach Frankie Albert, in his second year at the helm of the Forty Niners, is banking heavily on McElhenny to make the San Francisco club a championship threat this year. Of course, Mac Is going to need a few good blockers out in front to retain his will-o-the-wisp record. And Albert hopes he can furnish that. An all-round athlete in high school and college, Mac can do everything. The year 16-year-old Bob Mathias won the Olym pic Decathlon championship, 1948, McElhenny twice beat him in decathlons. But when the Olympic tryouts came along, Mac was in bed for a month with a complete physical breakdown. In 1954 he had a shoulder sep aration; in 195 a foot injury. "If I can stay all in one piece," he says, "this may be the year." Leggett Slates PSC Grid Drill Portland Les Leggett, Port land State's new head football coach, will celebrate his 30th birthday on Sept. 3 by putting his Vikings through their paces in the first workout of the 1957 season. The personable Viking mentor announced that football equip ment will be issued that morn ing, with the initial drill slated for the afternoon. Leggett dis closed plans for two-a-day work outs for the first two weeks of practice with a tapering off to one-a-day drills the remaining two weeks. Spots Wide Open Aware that he is blessed with several outstanAng players, Les nevertheless. says he is starting from scratch and that "every position is wide open." Included in the list of returning letter men are all-conference tackle Bob Wheeler; quarterback Har vev Neffendorf ; hard - running fullback Chuck Withers; half back Bill Turner, and guards Dick Wise and Bob Justice. Leggett, a product of the Uni versity of Maine where he play ed four years of varsity ball, will install the T-formation in some form in his first season at Portland State and hopes to maintain good balance between the passing and running games. at Wimbledon, where he had beaten Ashley Cooper in the fin al round in straight sets. Hoad's performance at Forest Hills, and subsequently in the professional tournament held last week at the Los Angeles Tennis Club, where he failed to win a singles match, indicates clearl how low the standard of play has becrtfne in amateur ten nis around the world. There is only one answer to the whole subject, in my opinion, and that is an open tennis tourna ment. During the past 40 years, it has been my good fortune to be connected intimately with both golf and tennis in this country. There is no good reason in my mind why tennis could not be put on the same basis as golf in the United States. Golf, I might add, is the best run sport in this country. In the goif game, we have the amateur and the professional playing side by side the year 'round and doing it by their own choice. This in itself eliminates all sham amateurism now con nected with the game of tennis. Group Suspends Star I read with amusement the other day a headline in the pa pers stating: "The United States Lawn '.ten nis Association suspends Stewart indefinitely." It seems Hugh Stewart, of Pasadena, Calif., the United States' 11th ranking player, has been over in Europe doing noth ing but playing in tennis tourna ments. This, of course, violates the rules of the tennis associa tion so Harold LeBair, chairman of the international committee, suspends him. I quote Mr. Le Bair. "Stewart has been violating our policies for the past two years or so but most of the time he -has made excuses so we let him off. This time he has gone too far in regard to our instruc tions." ' What a farce and what a laugh this whole situation is to anyone connected with the game. &JzxiS- 'HI irk Vr? WHO NEEDS THAT LAST GUY? That's probably what Jon Arnett of USC is think ing about Ed Hughes (48) who is coming in from the right to "assist on this tackle" in the first quarter of the All-Stars-New York Giants meeting In Chicago. Jon, All Stars halfback, Isn't likely to be going anywhere at the moment with Sam Huff (70) and Bill Svoboda (30) crawling all over him. The pro champion Giants won, 22-12. Seattle Takes Legion Tourney In Ellensburgh Ellensburgh (IP) Seattle's American Legion junior baseball teams swept through the state tournament unbeaten here Mon day by hanging up a second win over Aberdeen, 16-9. Aberdeen entered the playoff after edging Selah-Naches, 8-7. The Seattle' club will take its state title to the regional play offs Aug. 21-25 in Portland for a shot at the nationals. Hard - hitting Joe Wesson punched a two-run double in the third inning to spark Seat tle's nine-run rally. Winning pitcher was Ron Sloy; loser was starter Harold Pearson. Aber deen's Dan O'Clary was select ed the tournament's outstanding player. In the Selah-Naches tilt, win ning pitcher Louie Audette lim ited the losers to seven hits and struck out 10. PONDERING how she lost check for $72,000 from TV show is Mrs. Terry Curtis, New York. She got another check. (International) Homers Off In Majors This Year New York (IP) Major league home run production is off 6.18 per cent this year with only six of the 16 teams showing an increase over their totals at a corresponding point of the 1956 season. A. United Press survey re vealed today that the National League's sluggers have hit 4.4 per cent fewer homers this year and that American League home run output is off 8.2 per cent. The. figures are based on 441 games played in the NL and 439 in the AL both this season and last. The league-leading Milwaukee Braves, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Giants show increases in the National League but only the Kansas City Athletics and Boston Red Sox are hitting more homers than last year in the AL. The Braves and Cincinnati Redlegs top the majors with 136 homeruns each. That figure represents an increase of eight homers for the Braves compared to their first 110 games in 1956 while it means a loss of 22 for the Redlegs, who hit 158 in their first 110 games last year. The most amazing increase in the majors has been accomp lished by the Athletics, who have increased their home run production by 55 per cent. In 108 games lastseason the Ath letics hit only 79 homers 45 fewer than they hit in their first 108 games this year! The world champion New York Yankee long synonmous with the home runn have dropped off ' a surprising 24.2 per cent In homer production. They had hit 149 in 110 games last year but show only 113 this year for the same number of games. At that, the Athletics are the only team which has more. ' MedforbTejbune hit Arcaro Idle After Ride Atlantic City, N.J. (IP) Jock ey Eddie Arcaro today started a 10-day suspension as a result of "careless Viding" in Saturday's $100,000 Atlantic City Handi cap. Arcaro. riding Mrs. Jan Burke's Dedicate, was banned for the suspension period by the track stewards, who said they detected interference by the jockey at the far turn of the 1 316 mile race. Dedicate's track record of 1:54 for the race also was disquali fied. The old record of 1:57.6 was set in 1946 by Turbine. As a result of the disqualifi cation. Royal Beacon, who fin ished three lengths behind Dedi cate, was awarded first, Helfast second and Third Brother third Williams Duel Featured As Major League Resumes By FRED DOWN United Press Sports Writer Ted Williams' personal duel with Mickey Mantle and a five man battle for the National league batting championship take over the spotlight today when the major league pennant races resume. The races themselves were shoved somewhat into the back ground with both the New York Yankees and Milwaukee Braves riding the crest of 5V4-game leads over their closest pursuers. Both have reached a point where the team they have most to fear is themselves. The various contenders for the batting titles, however, seem to have just begun to fight. Lon Skinner Places Second In Ski Meet Lon Skinner, Medford water ski ace, placed second overall in the Western Regional water ski championships in Long Beach, Calif., Aug. 9 to 11. Skiers competed from the 11 western states, with winners of first five places qualifying for entry in the National champion ships Aug. 23 to 25 in, San Diego. Skinner thus qualifies for the national, but is not sure at this time whether he can go. The local man placed third in slalom, fourth in tricks, and seventh in jump events. He fin ished behind Chuck Stearns who was top skier for the sec ond straight year. Skinner nosed out Rod Samp son, Seattle, 707 points to 701. Last month, in the Oregon State water ski meet held .t Gardner lake near Medford, Sampson won first overall a few points ahead of Skinner. Only top skiers, ranked ex perts by the National Water Ski association, are allowed to com pete in the regional champion ships. - FLOYD BEGINS GRIND Seattle (IP) Heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson is ex pected to start workouts today for his Aug. 22 title defense against amateur Pete Rademach er. The champion arrived by train Monday and said he has been training as hard for this fight as for any other in his career. Tuesday. August 13, 19S7 MEfiFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNESEVEN Medford Gridders Report For Shrine All-Star Game A delegation of six will repre sent Medford High school at the Oregon Shrine All-Star foot ball game on Saturday night, Aug. 24, at Portland. They are Dick Copple, end Dick McLaughlin, back, Niel Plumley, tackle, state team play ers, Fred Spiegelberg, stale head coach, and Tony Brauner and Bobby Gee, who will be state squad manager. The five young men went to Portland last Sunday in car driven by Plumley. Spiegelberg' arrived in the Oregon metrop olis from Prescott, Wash., where he has spent much of the sum mer. Workouts for the 27-man State and Metro squads began yesterday. Getting In Shape Copple, McLaughlin and Plumley, 1957 grads of -Medford high were members of the 1956 Black Tornado team which was runner-up for the state Class A championship under the head coaching helm of Spiegelberg. Brauner and Gee were Tornado squad mambers last fall and are leading candidate for back field berths for Medford this season. Each of the three Shrine play ers from the Pear city has been working out in recent weeks in response to Spiegelberg's re quest that State players arrive in Portland in top shape. Cop ple, who plans to enroll at Wash ington State college, has b- 'n working for the Pepsi Cola Bottling plant this summer. He reported to Portland weighing about 205 pounds. Plumley, a 225-pounder, has been working for Hawkinson Tire Tread company and Mc laughlin, about 195, as an ap prentice plumber for his father. L. C. McLaughlin. Both Plumley and McLaughlin intend to at tend Oregon State college. TICKETS SOLD HERE Shrine game tickets are on sale here at Barker's Men's store and Browns cafe. They also may be purchased from L. C. Taylor, who says the tickets brought to Medford are for choice seats between the 40 and 50 yard lines. He said that the ducats are selling fast and advised per sons planning to attend the game to hurry and purchase them. Mail orders for the tickets can be sent to the game headquar ters, 1119 Southwest Park ave. Downtown sales in Portland have opened at J. K. Gill's. As the rival squads represent ing the cream of Oregon's 1956 high school seniors, opened in tensive practice, State's line averaged 194V4 pounds to the Metros' 190V4. In the backfield it was 178V4 to 176 in favor of State. Heftiest performer on either squad is Walter Sparks Jr., a tackle from Sweet Home, who will toss his 255 pounds around on behalf of State. Sparks stands 6 feet, 2 inches. Sienslund 220 Biggest man for the Metros is Garry Stenslund, a 220-pound tackle from Gresham, who also stands 6 feet 2 inches. Earl Schult of Redmond, State fullback will be the biggest back on the field, standing 6 feet, 2 inches and weighing 210 pounds. The Metros heaviest back is James Yelton, a 6 foot, 200 pounder, from Milwaukee. Eugene W. Ferguson, the game's managing director, point ed out that the squads have beea increase to 27 men each this year and that as a result no replacements for injuries or reasons will be ellowed once practice has opened. There were only 24 men to each squad last year. He also reported that Keith Jellum, a 185-pound center from Pendleton, has been named to the State squad, replacing Don Barnes, a halfback from Pendle ton, wbj0 reportedly entred mili-service. ATTENTION Dealers - Distributors CLINTON CHAINSAW FRANCHISES Available Now "Clinton is the World's larg est manufacturer of the most complete line of air-cooled gasoline engines and chain saws." 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He is gun ning for his fifth batting title with an average that he has topped only once in a full sea son in 1941 when he hit .406. Mantle, meanwhile, has been staging a spectacular drive of his own with a .565 average for his last 14 games. He is gunning for the unprecedented feat of winning two triple crowns in succession and with 123 walks is a good bet to wipe out Babe Ruth's season mark of 170. Defending champion Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves is the current National league leader at .338 with 36-year-old Stan Musial of the' St. Louis Cardinals next at .332, shortstop Dick Groat of the Pittsburgh Pirates third at .330 and Willie Mays of the New York Giants and Frank. Robinson of the Cin cinnati Redlegs tied for fourth at .329. Groat, Mays and Robinson have been the "hot" hitters of the league ( for the last three weeks ranging from Groat's .365 to Robinson's .420 over that span and Groat and Mays have the advantage of not having to wor ry about a pennant race. 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