Bowling Has Appeal
For Many Athletes,
Kegling Champ Says
Br LEE JOUGLARD
ABC Singles Champion
New York iw If there la
one sport that appeals to stars
in every sport, it Just has to
be bowling. In touring the coun
try as an exhibition bowler, I
found standout performers in
every spore you can name
baseball, football, boxing, bas
ketball, the works who also
excel on the bowling lanes.
Take baseball, for instance.
I'll bet you didn't know that one
of the game's read hook-ball
artists and I mean bowling
ball artists is lefty Billy
Pierce. The Chicago White Sox
star is a lefty bowler, too, in
cidentally. Billy sharpens his game dur
ing the winter months at his
home outside Detroit and finds
it a source of real family fun.
His wife, Gloria, has taken to
the sport, and his 4-year-old
youngster, Billy Jr., comes along
to watch.
Billy's teammate, Nellie Fox,
Parsons Has
Eye on 2nd
In Softball
JACKSOK COUNTY SOFTBALL
ASSOCIATION W. L. Pet.
Crater Lake Moton a 0 1.000
M and W Chain aw S
Parsons Motors 7
National Guard 4
Courtesy Chevrolet - 3
20-30 Club , 3
Mors Motors 2
Dairy Maids . 1
2 ' .800
2 .778
S .400
.333
7 .300
7 .222
7 .12S
It's the top against the bot
tom and the third place team
trying to roll into a tie for sec
ond Monday in the Jackson
County Softball association.
In the first game at Camp
White's Memorial field, the
Rogue Valley Dairy Maids go
against the unbeaten Crater
Lake Motors crew. Time of the
game is 7 p.m. Parson's Motors
plays Courtesy Chevrolet in the
second game.
A, story Friday inadvertently
had Parsons in a second spot
tie with M and W Chain Saw
but a less hurried check of stand
ings shows M and W a half
game in front of the Motor
team. And Morse Motors is not
in the cellar but a half game
out of it.
Parsons has opportunity this
week also to regain second
place alone since it has a game
Thursday. It meets the Dairy
Maids in the opener at Camp
White that evening while Crater
Lake and Courtesy follow in
a brush between car dealer
teams.
is even more of a bowling fan.
Nellie owns and operates twenty
alleys in his home town of
Chambersburg, Pa., and his rec
reation center is one of the
East's real bowling showplaces
Equipped with automatic pin-
spotters and underlane ball re
turns, "Nellie Fox Bowl," as it's
been named, operates 24 hours
a day. And Nellie admits he's
his own best customer. He be
longs to two ABC-sanctioned
bowling leagues and works out
on the lanes several times a
week.
Pro footballers are another
group who agree that bowling is
healthful and relaxing. Otto
Graham, formerly of the Cleve
land Browns and one of the
game's all-time greats, finds
bowling a wonderful sport be
cause as he puts it: "You haven t
got eleven guys trying to knock
the living daylights out of you.
Gus Mauis The Maples
If you think Gus Lesnevich
packed a wallop in the ring,, you
should see his bowling "punch."
Gus mauls the maples at lanes
near his home in Cliffside Park,
N.J., and boasts an average that
approaches the 180 mark. Jim
Braddock, Tony Canzoneri, and
Rocky Marciano are boxers who
look to bowling for competitive
fun without the rock and sock of
the prize ring.
The allest bowler in the coun
try he is the tallest basketball
player, too, I guess is without
a doubt Wilt The Stilt Chamber
lain of the University of Kansas.
Wilt, who stretches to just under
seven feet, disproves the theory
that a real tall person can't be
a good bowler. Despite his sta
ture, he's able to bowl with the
best of the amateurs
Essex Final
Achieved
By Gibson
Manchester, Mass. (W
Wimbledon Queen Althea Gib
son won her way into the final
of the Essex Country club's 30th
annual Women's Invitational
Tennis tournament Saturday,
turning back Darlene Hard for
the fifth time in two years, 6-4,
2-6, 8-6.
A scrap all the way. Miss Gib
son, a 29-year-old New York
girl, breezed to a first-set victory
but dropped the second set to
the Montebello, Calif., resident
after having her service broken
three times.
However, she wore out Miss
Hard, who is Miss Gibson's cur
rent doubles partner. In the fi
nal set, taking the lead at 5-4,
and winning match point when
Miss Hard sent a hard lob just
outside the rear court line.
Miss Gibson's opponent in to
day's final will be second-seeded
Louise Brough of Beverly
Hills, Calif., who Saturday oust
ed sixth-seeded Mrs. Dorothy
Knode of Forest Hills, N.Y., 6-1,
6-4.
La Mesa Set
For Series
San Francisco IW Joe Mc
Kirahan Saturday tossed a no
hit no-run game and slugged a
home run as La Mesa, Calif.,
walloped Ephrata, Wash., 18-0
to win the Western Regional
Little League Baseball cham
pionship. La Mesa will represent 11
western states and two Canadian
provinces at the Little League
world series in Williamsport,
Pa., Aug. 21-23.
Earlier Rose City of Portland,
Ore., beat Tucumcari, N.M., 4-3
to take third place in the tour
ney. McKirahan faced only 23 bat
ters in the six - inning game,
walking five and fanning 16.
Jerry Wilson and Lon Riley
also had home runs for the win
ners. Linescor
La Mesa, Calif. 18 130
Ephrata, Wash. ' 0 0 4
McKirahan and Voegel; Conk
lin, Clark (2), Tyler (5), Strath-
ern (5) and Strathern, Conklin
(2).
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STUDY SHRINE GAME CHORES End Dick
Copple, Tackle Neil Plumley and Quarter
back Dick McLaughlin, left to right, go over
their assignments with Coach Fred Spiegel
berg for the Oregon Shrine high school all
star football game scheduled Saturday, Aug.
24, at Portland. All four are from Medford.
Spiegelberg is tutor and the other players for
the State team. They will meet the Metropoli
tan eleven coached by Ralph Harper. Virgil
Swanson, Medford, will be an official for the
game.
Shrine All-Star Football
Tilt May Be Free Wheeler
Pistol Win
Sets Record
Camp Perry, Ohio, Aug. 17
W) MSgt. Hullet L. Benner, of
Jonesboro, Ark., fired 293 out of
a possible 300 here Saturday to
win the national trophy individ-
ual pistol match and set a new
record.
The Army's grey team cap
tured the national trophy team
match. The grey team fired an
aggregate of 1136 out of a possi
ble 1200 to grab the pistol crown.
Second in the indivdual pistol
matches went to Marine 1st Lt.
William W. McMillan, of Tuttle
Creek, Pa., who tied his old rec
ord of 291-10. He was the defend
ing champion. Army 1st Lt. Da
vid C. Miller, of Denver, Colo.,
edged oot 1st Lt. Allyn L. Clark
of Canaseragh, N.Y., for third
place.. Both men had scores of
291.9, but Miller won on a technicality.
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Protland The time is rapidly
approaching for "football's finest
hour," the annual Shriners" hos
pital all-star game, featuring
Oregon's future college stars.
The colorful gridiron spec
tacle, which has netted nearly
5250,000 for the Shriners' hos
pital since the inaugural in 1948,
will unfold next Staurday night
(Aug. 24) in Multnomah sta
dium, and game officials are op
timistic about the chances of a
20,000 or better crowd.
"Advance sale of reserved
seats has been running well
ahead of the same period a year
ago which ordinarily indicates a
larger game crowd," Eugene W.
Ferguson, the game s managing
director, reported.
Observers who have watched
the State and Metropolitan all
star squads in practice the past
few days are anticipating a high
scoring, free-wheeling contest
that could Bo either way. If
either team is given an edge by
the prognosticators, it is State,
coached by Fred Spiegelberg of
Medford.
Backs Awe Coaches
The Staters boast a backfield
that can do everything, and
more than one college coach has
been on the sidelines at the Uni
versity of Portland the past few
days, casting covetous eyes on
such high-stepping backs as
Roger Johnson of Marshfield,
Jack Temple of McMinnville, Al
Trotter of Tillamook and Earl
Schult of Redmond.
These samecoaches also have
been taking good looks at Gary
Grill of Albany, Roy Burns and
Allan Leach of Reedsport, Royce
McDaniel of Sweet Home and
Dick McLaughlin of Medford.
A coach at one of the larger
colleges who asked not to be
identified asserted that "I have
been watching Shrine teams
since .the game started and
there's no doubt this is the finest
collection of backs in the his
tory of the game."
State's talents aren't limited
to the backfield, as a quick
glance at the roster of linemen
will prove. Among the stand
outs to date are Neil Plumley,
the 6-5, 220-pound tackle from
Medford; Barry Bullard, a 6-4,
220-pound tackle from Marsh
field high, and Jim Richards,
rangy end from Albany.
Colorful Pageantry
The Metros, coached by Ralph
Harper of Benson Tech, figure
to match the State's backs with
such performers as Ken Woch-
nick of West Linn, Bob Eutler
of Benson, Bob Schloredt of
Gresham, Marty Gill of Central
Catholic and Jay Telton of Mil-
waukie.
Up front the Metros have Gar
ry Stensland, 22-pound tackle
from Gresham, Mike ' Kline, a
218-pound tackle from Beaver
ton, and Larry Calcagno, 156-
pound watch charm guard from
Parkrose. Others who have been
impressive include Marv Cis
neros, a guard from Oregon
City; Larry Morgan, a presham
end, and Chuck Nolte," an end
from St. Helens.
The game will be preceded by
colorful pageantry, featuring the
girls' drill team from the Se
attle Chinese community. These
girls have appeared on national
television shows and were- in
Portland for the 1956 Rose Fes
tival. Approximately 50 uni
formed groups will take part in
the pageantry, which gets under
way at 7:30 p.m.
Tcikets are on sale at the J.
K. Gill box office in Portland
and mail orders are received at
game headquarters, 1119 S.W.
Park avenue, Portland. General
admission seats and student tick
ets will go on sale at the stadi
um the day of the game. In
Medford, good reserved seats
can be purchased at Barker's
Men's store and Brown's cafe.
TACKLES NAMED CAPTAINS
San Francisco (IP) A pair of
huge tackles Leo Nomellini
and Bob St. Clair have been
named co-captains of the San
Francisco Forty-Niners of the
National Football League.
Nomellini stands six-three and
weighs 255, while St. Clair
stands six-nine and weighs 265.
Sunday, August 18, 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN
BOWLING
Semi-annual meeting of the
Medford Women's Bowling as
sociation will be held on Thurs
day, Aug. 22, at 7:30 p.m. at
the Moose lodge hall, 11 New
town st. Attendance of all mem
bers at the meeting session is
requested.
A meeting of Ladies Victory
league members has been sched
uled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at
Medford Bowling lanes to or
ganize for the forthcoming season.
Verituri Hits
For Leader,
Holes Seven
Yank Trails
Red Sox Man
New York HP) Mickey
Mantle picked up two points on
Ted Williams Saturday but still
trails the Boston Red Sox slug
ger by nine in their battle for j
the American League batting j
crown. j
Mantle collected two singles
and a double in five trips to
lift his average to .384 as the
New York Yankees whipped the
Baltimore Orioles, 6-2. He also
drove in two runs.
Williams' average remained
at .393 as he had but one hit in
two official appearances against
the Washington Senators. The
Red Sox bowed to the Nats, 16-2.
How Williams and Mantle
compare:
Williams
Mantle I
?
Net Champion to Open
Tourney in Exhibition
Wilberforce, Ohio (IP) Al
thea Gibson, world champion
woman tennis player, will open
the six - day National Tennis
Tournament here Monday with
an exhibition match at the Cen
tral State college courts. The
winner of the Wimbledon, Eng
land, tennis matches will play :
world crown
St. Paul, Minn. (IP) Ken
Venturi of San Francisco fired
a seven-under par 65 Saturday
for a 54-hole total of 198, 18
under par, and the lead in the
St. Paul open.
Venturi, a 26-year-old auto
salesman who turned profession
al after his brilliant showing in
the 1956 Masters tournament
when he finished second, card
ed seven birdies and used only
27 putts.
Venturi missed a four-foot
putt on the 18th when the ball
veered off after hitting a spike
mark. But the likeable newcom
er didn't have any complaints.
"I sure can't kick about my
putting," he said, "I'm playing
as good as I can and all I can
do is hope it's good enough."
Jay Hebert, the 34-year-old ex
Marine Purple Heart winner
who led the field after 36 holes,
slumped to a 71 and a five-day
tie at 202.
Others at that mark 14
under regulation were Art
Walls Jr., Pocono Manor, Pa.,
Bob RosbUrg, San Francisco, Bo
Winninger, Odessa, Tex., and
Dave Thomas of London, Eng
land. Thomas produced the day's
most spectacular round when he
fired a nine-under par 63, the
best of the tourney. Thomas, a
22-year-old newcomer to the tour
Triple Crown Taken
By Los Angeles Girl
In AAU Swim Meet
Houston, Tex. (IPI Nine
records were smashed and Paula
Jean Myers of Los Angeles be
came the second woman to win
a triple-crown diving champion
ship as the four-day Women's
National AAU Swimming and
Diving championships ended
Friday.
Nancy Ramey, 17 - year - old
Seattle, Wash., mermaid, crack
ed the 110-yard American and
AAU butterfly record with a
1:11.3 timing bettering Shelley
Mann's 1:11.8 standard.
Stuck To Diving
Miss Myers Friday night tack
ed the platform diving champion
ship to gold medals won" early
in the one-meter and three-meter
events to become the second
woman in American history to
sweep both the indoor and out
door championships. Only Pat
McCormick, now a professional,
did it before in 1951 and 1954.
Sensation of the meet with
only one win was 13-year-old
Chris von Saltza of Santa Clara.
Miss von Saltza picked up 21
points on a first place and new
American and AAU record in
the 220-yard backstroke, second
place and new American Citi
zen's standard in the 110-yard
freestyle, and a third place in
the 110-yard backstroke.
Miss Myers shared the indi
vidual championship with young
Chris. Her triple-crown diving
who weighs 230 pounds and
stands six-three, had seven birds,
an eagle and 10 pars.
Rosburg, the first day leader
with a 64, came back with a 68
to jump among the leaders aft
er his second-day 70.
At 203 were Peter Thomson,
Melbourne, Australia, the win
ner of three straight British op
ens, Don Whitte, Alameda, Cal.,
and Doug Sanders of Miami,
Beach, Fla.
events gave her 21 points.
Fifteen - year - old Berkeley
(Calif.) high school sophomore
Sylvia Ruuska collected her
second, gold medal of the meet
last night, speeding to an Ameri
can and AAU record time of
10:45.8 in the 880-yard freestyle.
Earlier Miss Ruuska had won the
440-yard individual medley, also
in record time.
Team championship went to
Santa Clara Swim club which
took first in the final event of
the meet, the 440-yard medley
relay, and garnered 62 points.
Second place went to Los
Angeles Athletic Club with 56
points. Kris Kristenson Swim
School, North Hollywood, Calif.,
placed third with 52 points in
the three-way team race which
wasn't decided until the final
event.
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