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Tim Tam Silky S Oops Kentu eky I er ullivan Trails m By RAY AYRES United Press Sports Writer Louisville, Ky. TO Tim Tarn, scion of the blue grass country and darling of Calu met Farm, exploded with speed in the stretch at Chur chill Downs Saturday to win the 84th running of the Ken tucky Derby and give his stable its seventh triumph in the American racing classic. This brilliant son of mighty $om Fool, charging down the middle of the track with jockey Ismael Valenzuela on 'his back, streaked over the finish line ahead of Sunny Blue Farm's Lincoln Road in the mile and one-quarter race as Silky Sullivan proved a bust. Dr. Peter Graffagnino s Noureddin was third in the field of 14 of the best three-ar-olds in America. Silky Sullivan, dropping far far out of the running, just couldn't pain when he was asked for his famous stretch run, a late spurt that in other races car ried him to voctory after he was 20, 30 and even 40 lengths behind. Joins Immortals Tim Tarn, who joined such turf immortals and Calumet Farm Derby winners as Whirl away, Pensive, Citation, Pon der, Hill Gail and Iron Liege, won by only half a length, but it was enough to take the $116,400 winner's purse in a race worth $160,500. It was another half length back to Noureddin and a six length gap back to Jewel's Reward, tt , prvde of the Maine Chance Farm. Where was Silky at the fin ish Still back m the pack, tie beat only two horses, finish ing a miserable 12th in the field of 14. Silky gave his worshippers two big thrills. Before the field had gone a sixteenth of a mile he was dead last. In side a quarter of a mile he was way way back where he has been in every race he lias run this year. The huge crowd roared its approval. That was where they wanted him and they shouted, laughed and squealed with joy. Giants Bill , Beaver Nine In Portland Portland A brand new chapter in Portland's baseball history will be written the night of Thursday, May 8, when the San Francisco Giants and Portland Beavers tangle in Multnomah stadium. The appearance of the Giants will mark a first time a major league club, as such, has been in the stadium. True enough, over the years, barn storming club's with major leaguers in their lineups have been in Portland, but Man ager Bill Rigney is bringing his Giant varsity with him for this game. Portland front office offic ials hope to make the Giant game one which will be a talking point for future non league action against other major league clubs the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs. Los Angeles Dodgers, and Milwaukee Braves. With talk of a third major league coming into existence the game with the Giants will provide evidence as to Port land's ability to support such , an enterprise. Brad Ecklund Named to Duck Football Post Eugene, Ore. TO Brad Ecklund, present head foot ball coach at Roseburg high school, has been named an assistant football line codui at the University of Oregon, r)iro in an announce- ment Saturday by Duck ath-; letic director Leo .Harris. Harris said Ecklund, a for mer football all-coast and all american when he played cen ter for the Webfots in 1946, 47 and '48, will join the Ore gon coaching staff at the end of this school year. The appointment is suDjeci to the approval of the State: Board of Higher Education, Harris said. by; 12th Then the big moment came. Leaving the back stretch with about one half a mile to go, Silky started to run. The roar at old Churchill Downs which has resounded to the cheers of countless thousands since Aristides won the first Ken tucky Derby in 1875 was un believable. ' On Silky roared. He started to close the big gap. But he just didn't have the stuff to come on in the stretch and he was covered with mud on what w-as supposed to be his day of glory. He was beaten about 20 lengths. Into the winner's circle went Tim Tarn with a grin ning Valenzuela on his back. The Texas-born rider, in the Kentucky Derby for the first time, 'lucked' on to the mount. For this was the horse Bill Hartack was supposed to ride but lost when he broke his leg in an acicdent here a week ago. Valenzuela, grinning from ear to ear, said happily: "This is the greatest moment in my life. I knew I had it at the head of the stretch. I was never too worried. Once I looked back to see where Sil ky was; I just got through the rest of them." Shoemaker Glum Willie Shoemaker, who rode Silky Sullivan was glum. "Silky slipped rounding the turn," he said. "I was never in trouble, though. Never blocked. I could have gotten through but he started slip ping an dsliding and the race for him was over." The track was muddy and Tim Tarn's running time of 2:05 was the slowest since Citation's 2:05 25 in 1948. The crowd had trouble mak ing up its mind whether to make Tim Tam, Jewel's Re ward or Silky Sullivan the favorite. Jewel's Reward was S2 to 1 and the other two were $2.10 to 1. Tim Tam paid $6.20, $3.80 and $3.00 as he added the Ken tucky Derby to earlier vic tories this year in the Ever glades, the Flamingo, the Fountain of Youth and the Florida Derby. This colt, who raced only once last year and earned but $275, now has $346,380 this'season. Lincoln Road, who tried to steal the race and led right to within the shadow of finish line, returned $26.80 and SI 1.40, while Noureddin paid $5.60. OCE Downs Owls 12-2 Monmouth 0?) The Oregon college Wolves col lected their first Oregon Col legiate conference baseball victory Friday by capitaliz ing on 11 errors by Oregon Technical institute as they smacked the Owls, 12-2. OCE's Ted Owens pitched a five-hitter and Jerry Chap elle and Dick Parkeson each got two hits to pace the Wolves at the plate. SPORTS Puckett Nears State 440 Mark LaGrande, Ore. TO Jim Puckett, Cove High school track ace, fought a stiff wind at the Eastern Oregon Invi tational track meet here Sat urday but' came within .2 of the state 440 record. Puckett's time in the 440 was 49.7, over the 49.5 state record set by Ray Johnson of Medford in 1940. CAR RACE WON Silverstone, England TO Britain's Peter Collins, driv ing a New Ferrari, Saturday won the 10th Daily Express trophy for racing cars, setting new records for the Silver stone circuit. Rasmussen Has Trapshoot Toga Reno (IP! S. B. Rasmus sen, La Grande, Ore., today held the Golden West shoot title after scoring a perfect 200 in the tournament finals. Rasmussen's 200 was the only perfect score in Friday's firing. Wayne Kennedy, Kimball, Neb., won the Class AA with 199 hits in a shootoff victory over Buford Bailey, Big Springs, Neb., and Leonard Roff, Burns, Wyo. Bub Morris, Maupin, Ore., took the Class A title in a four-way shootoff with G. D. Scott, Higginsville, Mo., H. Remple, Vancouver, B.C., and Dr. J. E. Morrison, Oak land, Calif., all with 198x200. Eugene (IP) University of Oregon's team remained unbeaten in Northern division dual golf play here Friday as they whipped Idaho, I6V2 to 1012. Bob Prall and Wiley Hurst of the Webfoots paired to take best ball honors in the morning with Idaho's Dick Shepherd carding a four-under-par 68 in the afternoon session to take medalist hon- :09.5 Again Puckett La Grande TO Jim Puck ett, Cove high school ace, ran the 100-yard dash in 9.5 again Friday, a shade away from the national prep rec ord and the fastest dash in Oregon's history. Puckett ran the 100 in the same time two weeks ago. The national high school mark is 9.4. The record sprint came at a Two-Valley track meet with seven teams competing, En terprise, Cove, Union, Wal lowa, Elgin, Joseph and Los tine. Enterprise took 1 top honors by racking up 132 1-6 points. EOC Edges PSC Team La Grande TO Eastern Oregon college nipped Port land State, 4-3, in an Oregon Collegiate conference base ball game here Friday on the strength of a wild throw to third base by Viking first baseman Gary Bishop, in the 10th inning. The victory was EOC's fourth loop win in a-row. The throw by Bishop let in Dick Clemens with the win ning run. Group May Take Lake Operation Central Point A proposal that the Central Point Sports men's club operate 54-acre Ramsay lake in Sams Valley as a recreational fishing area is under consideration, it was reported last week. Don Faber, president of the club, said the matter would be discussed at a meeting of the group the evening of Wednesday, May 7, at the clubhouse on West Pine st. Faber reported that . the five landowners who own the lake, and who use it for irri gation and reclamation pur poses, have suggested that the club take charge of recrea tional aspects of the lake, which has been planted to about 20,000 trout, now in the 12 to 18-inch size group. Anyone interested in the project, or in additional in formation, is invited to con tact Faber or Mervyn Glea son, secretary. Another feature of the Wednesday meeting, Faber said, would be hunting films, taken in Alaska by John Day, Medford rancher and hunter. PIONEERS VICTORS Forest Grove (IP) Lewis and Clark defeated Pacific university Friday, 74 23 to 56 13, in a Northwest con ference track meet here with Pioneer Bernie McCormack cinching the win with vic tories in the 100 and 220 yard dashes. PATTY REACHES FINALS Paris TO Budge Patty of Los Angeles and top-seeded Jaroslav Drobny of Egypt reached the final men's sin gles round of the Paris Inter national Tennis Tournament Saturday. MAIL TRIBUNE SHOOT SET NEXT WEEK END Medford Gun club will be host Saturday and Sunday, May 10 and 11, for the 25th annual- Mail Tribune Trap shooting tournament. The event will offer shoot ers a program of 500 regist ered targets with 16-yard, handicap and doubles shoot ing each day. One-hundred bird 16-yard contention for the Mail Tribune trophy will Archie Moore Gets Verdict Louisville, Ky. TO Light heavyweight champion Archie Moore left his equine friend behind today to go fishin' on his own for another German scalp. Old Arch, who seems to ripen with age, estimated at from 40 to 44 and pick 'em disillusioned 25-year-old Ger man heavyweight Willi Bes manoff Friday night, but wanted to stay behind in Derbytown to watch his Ken tucky Derby pick, Gone Fish in', run. He had to leave for Van couver, British Columbia, however, for a May 9 fight. Arch, who has won them all since losing to heavy weight Champion Floyd Pat terson in 1956, took the steam out of young Besmanoff about the third round with wicked left hooks and stinging rights to grab a close but clear-cut decision. Only Referee Dan Leslie disagreed with the two judges and the majority of ringside observers who gave the nod to Moore. be on Sunday morning. Also on Sunday will be the Jim Morris Memorial handicap, honoring the late Lake Grove resident who was the popular executive secretary of the Pa cific International Trapshoot ing association. Hunt Defends Saturday events will in clude the Rogue Valley Hun dred at 16 yards and the Chester Wood handicap. Twenty-five pairs of doubles will be shot each day. Gene Hunt, Medford, is de fending champion in the Mail Tribune trophy event. He shattered 100 straight birds in 1957. Hunt also took the Men denhall trophy awarded to the top gunner in Class B or lower. 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