Rathmann Sets flew Mark
In Taking Poll at 500
Indianapolis, Ind. (W
Daring Dick Rathmann, a
baldish speedster from Tren
ton, N.J., captured the pole
position for the 500-mile Me
morial Day auto race Satur
day with a record-shattering
performance in the opening
time trials before about 120,
000 fans.
Ed Elisian, Oakland, Calif.,
a protege of the late two
time "500" winner Bill Vuko
vich, roared to a new single
mark standard.
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Herb Elliott Beats
Recognized World
Standard in Mile
Los Angeles (IP) Herb El
liott of Australia had southern
California track fans con
vinced he was even better
than his advance notices as
he turned in the second fastest
mile in history Friday night
in the Coliseum relays.
Racing on a hard-packed
grass course, like those he be
came accustomed to in his na
tive land, Elliott ran the mile
i In 3:57.8, clipping two-tenths
of a second off the recognized
world record of 3:58 set by
John Landy, another Aussie,
inl&54.
'Although Derek Ibbdt3dft of
England has a mark of 3:57.2,
Colisem relays referee Larry
Houston announced that Elli
ott's time would be submitted
as a new world's record be
cause the International Athle
tic Federation had questioned
the pacing in Ibbotson's race.
3:55 Possible
"I would like to do better,"
the smiling 20-year-old Elliott
Crater CDndermen
T5p 'Klamath PeDs
Central Point Crater
high swept the broad jump
and javelin and collected
sfirsts in seven other events
Saturday to defeat Klamath
Falls 68 to 54 in a track en
gagement here.
Bob Drace of Klamath and
Kerman Bennett of Crater
Portland State
Tops OTI Owls
Klamath Fails -OB Port
land State defeated Oregon
Tech 10-4 Friday for its sec
ond Oregon Collegiate Confer
ence baseball victory of the
season.
FROSH NAB MATCHES
Eugene (IP) The Oregon
Frosh tok a pair of match vic
tories over the OSC Rooks
and South Eugene high school,
m& to VA and 15-12, Friday,
paced by Tom Shaw who shot
a par 72 at the Eugene Coun
try club. The Ducking golfers
finished their season unde
feated "with seven consecutive
wins.
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As the fastest of 18 quail
fiers, Rathmann will hold
down the inside spot of the
first row when the 33 fastest
roadsters start off in pursuit
of a $300,000 jackpot in the
42nd annual gasoline derby
May 30.
The 18 qualifiers averaged
143.853 miles per hour, more
than three miles an hour than
the first 18 last year.
Rathmann, who finished
fifth in the 1956 race, drove
his new car around the course
said after his victory. "I think
perhaps with the proper con
ditions I could do 3:55."
Elliott scored his fourth
straight victory over his coun
tryman, Merv Lincoln, who
was second, about 20 yards
back.
Elliott's performance, how
ever, was not the only record
witnessed by the crowd of 34,
656 track fans. The University
of California two-mile relay
team, anchored by Don Bow
den, only American to break
the four-minute barrier in the
mile, set a world mark of
7:20.9 The Michigan State
team's -time of 7:21.4 also
eclipsed the old world mark
of 7:22.8, set in the Coliseum
relays last year by Occidental
College of Los Angeles.
Another Aussie, Alex Han
derson, who competes for Ari
zona State, set a new Ameri
can record .for the two-mile
event of 8:47.9, breaking the
mark of 8:49.6 established by
Horace Ashenfelter in 1955.
were the afternoon's double
victors. . Drace grabbed the
high hurdle and high jump
events while Bennett claim
ed the 100 and 220-yard dash
es. The KF Pelican half-mile
relay teeam clipped off the
twice-round race in a speedy
1:31.1.
Pelicans finished one-two
in the hurdle chases and the
Comets were one-two in the
mile.
RESULTS:
High hurdles rDrac, K; Sevdt,
K; Day. C. :13.8.
100 Bennet, C; Story, K; Kims.
C. :10.4.
Shot put Humphrey, K; Wil
liamson. C; Ankeny. K. 45-11 'i-
Broad jump Warner, C; Woods.
C; Turner, C. 19-10.
Mile Parrish, C; Black. C;
Spraat, K. 4:41.
440 Kime, C; Ray, K; Woods, C.
34.
High jump Drace, K; Burns, C;
Lewis. K. 5-11.
Javelin Burton, C; Burns C;
Turner, C. 168-3.
Low hurdles Sevde, K; Drace,
K: Gossett. C. :21.
Pole vault Eldred. C; Olvera,
K: Waller. C. 11 feet.
220 Bennett, C; Story, K; Darks,
K. 23.4.
880 Burns, C; Isensee, K; Black,
C. 2:05.4.
Relay Klamath Tails. 1:31.1.
Discus Cote. C; Humhprey, K;
Ankeny. K. 130-3.
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at an average speed of 145.974
miles per hour for the four
laps only a short time after
the curly-haired Elisian also
bettered the previous quali
fication records with an aver
age of 145.926.
Elisian was clocked at bet
ter than 148 MPH late Friday.
Pat Flaherty of Chicago,
the 1956 race winner, aver
aged 145.596, also two years
ago, for the previous record.
It also was a smashing tri
umph for A. J. Watson, a 34-year-old
race car builder from
Glendale, Calif., who created
the three fastest mounts.
Watson also built two cars
that won the "500."
Other qualificers, in order
of their speeds:
Bob Veith, Oakland, Calif.,
144.81; Pat O'Conner, North
Vernon, Ind., 144. 823 former
race-winner Johnnie Parsons,
Van Nuys, Calif.,' 144.683; Na
tional champion Jimmy Bry
an, Phoenix, Ariz., 144.185;
Johnny Boyd, Fresno, Calif.,
144.023; Tony Bettenhausen,
Tinley Park, 111., 143.919;
Jack Turner, Seattle, Wash.,
143.438.
Rodger Ward, Los Angeles,
143.266; Rookie A. J. Foyt,
Houston, Tex., 143.130; Don
Freeland, Indianapolis, 143.
300; Paul Russo, Webster,
Groves, Mo., 142.959; Billy
Garrett, Los Angeles, 142.778;
Rookie Paul Goldsmith, St.
Claire Shores, Mich., 142.744;
Gene Hartley, Indianapolis,
142.231, and Rookie Dempsey
Wilson, Hawthorne, Calif.,
142.029.
Whiters
Defeat BF
Crew, 1-0
Memorial Stadium, Camp
White Camp White semi-pro
baseball team nipped Butte
Falls 1 to 0 in a non-league
tiff here Friday night.
Bill Seymour, Jacksonville
High school coach and ex
Southern Oregon college ath
lete, chucked a four-hitter for
Camp White, striking out 15
batters, walking none.
Lone run in the game came
in the fourth inning. Roby
Isaacs singled and Jack Burns
sacrificed him to second. Jim
Curry's safety then drove in
the marker. Isaacs had two of
Camp White's three hits and
Rodgers two of Butte Falls'
four.
Jack Turk, Butte Falls
pitcher, fanned 10 and walked
five. ,
' The Camp Whiters play
here again next Wednesday
against Southern Oregon col
lege. The club will practice
at the Medford high diamond
on Sunday.
LINE SCORES:
Butte Falls 000 000 0000 4 1
Camp White .... 000 100 OOx 1 3 2
'Turk and Conley; Seymour and
Gillaspey.
Duckling:
Rap Rooks
Eugene (IP) The Oregon
Ducklings dumped the Oregon
State Rooks 7-1 in a baseball
game here Friday behind the
six-hit pitching of Denny
Peterson.
Peterson struck out 13,
walked only one and tamed
the Rooks in the seventh in
ning when they bunched three
hits for their only run.
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VIE IN NATIONAL TOURNEY The
bowlers shown here were among a num
ber of teams from Medford which partici
pated in the Women's International Bowl
ing Congress tourney in progress at San
Francisco. They represented Holiday Inn
. Motel in the tourney but have been under
sponsorship of Skeeters and Skeeters Log
Cavemen
72-50 In
Grants Pass high piled up
its margin in the last stages of
the meet-to record a 72 to 50
track and field verdict over
the Medford Black Tornado
here yesterday afternoon.
The Cavemen from Ore
gon's Climite city, one of the
favorities in forecasts for 1958
sta8te A-l title, picked up 10
first places in a tussle which
saw several fast times.
Grants Pass had one-two
finishes in four events, the
two dashes and two hurdle
races while Medford swept
the brad jump and was one
two in the quarter-mile.
Tornado victors were
George Koch in the broad
jump, Mike Murray in the
shot put, Mike Russell in the
quarter and Bruce Hill in the
half-mile. Koch, who has been
high jumping and was "dis
covered" in physical educa
tion class recently as a broad
jumper, had a leap of 20 feet
9Vi inches. Murray won with
53-8 and Russell and Hill
with the good times of :50.05
and 2:01.5.
Terry. Maryoll Win
Medford's crew of Gerry
Lyons, Bob McKnight, John
Jones and Don Peek, won the
440-yard relay but it did not
count in the scoring.
Jim Maryott in the hurdles
and Marv Terry in the dashes
were dual winners for the
Cavemen. Maryott zipped
through the highs in :14.6 and
clipped the lows in :20.01.
Terry was :22.3 in the 220
yarder. GP' state javelin tosser,
Rose Bowl Action Planned
At Big-10 Meeting Monday
Chicatro OF) Biff Ten
officials definitely will dis
cuss the Rose Bowl contract
at the regular spring meeting
at Purdue next week, but
whether any action will be
taken remains problematical.
The conference has not
been informed officially that
Jayvee Tiff
Won By KF
Klamath Falls junior var
sity, taking advantage of
some of the 12 Medford high
JV miscues, won a baseball
game 10 to 4 from the Tor
nado Juniors here on Saturday
afternoon.
The Pels ran up four of
their markers in the fifth in
ning on four bases on balls,
two errors, a hit, three passed
balls, a wild pitch and two
stolen bases.
Bob Eckel tripled in Med
ford's two runs in the opening
inning and also had a single.
Jim Berry also had two hits
for the Tornado and Moore
three-baggered and singled for
Klamath.
LINESCORES:
Klamath Fails 011 042 210 8 0
Medfords 201 000 1 4 8 12
Bishop and iMoore: McLaughlin,
Anderson (4) and Eckel.
WOLVES VICTORS
Monmouth OP) Oregon
College of Education defeat-1
ed Clark Junior College, 3-2
in tennis Friday. -
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Glen -Winningham, was the
class of his event with 200
feet. Frank Thomas, as expect
ed took the high jump. He
made 6-1, skipped 6-2 and
failed to clear -6-3. Henry
Courtney, Medford hurdler,
was a surprise entrant in the
high leap and had a 6-even
jump for second place.
Other GP victors were Ken
Simmons in the mile, Mike
Sparlin in the pole vault and
Mike Rose in the discus.
Cavemen's winning 880
yard relay combine of Jim
Peebles, Terry, Maryott and
Jim Klatt turned in a fine
1:31.3 and Medford followed
with 1:31.9.
In the 100 the first three
finishers, Terry, Klett and
Peek, were all timed in :10.3.
The half-mile was of the thril
ler races of the warm after
noon with Bruce Hill out
lasting a stretch bid by Walt
Morrison of Grants Pass.
Midway Lead
Mark Norton, second in the
mile, turned in his best time
with 4:41.7 behind Simmon's
4:38.5.
Halfway through the meet
(as results were recorded)
Medford had an, edge of 32 to
31. Grants Pass made it 36-all
after the high jump and went
on top 41 to 40 on the pole
vault. The Cavemen stretched
to 50 to 50 on the low hurdles
and were not pressed after
that.
One of the Grants, Pass per
formers, Paul Lindquist,
broad jumper and quarter
miler, was sidelined when he
there are any problems in the
Pacific ' Coast conference,
with which the Rose Bowl
pact to provide a team an
nually was signed, But UCLA,
Southern California and Cal
ifornia have served notice
they're going to leave the Pa
cific Coast group.
Thus the .Bowl agreement
might be in jeopardy, but of
ficially the Big Ten knows
nothing of the . difficulties.
Hence the discussion will be
both unofficial and uninform
ed. The only way the Rose
Bowl could rate official ac
tion would be if the Pacaific
Coast conference, which
meets next week also, takes
some action on the Bowl
agreement and informs the
Big Ten of its attitude or ac
tion. Then it was likely discus
sion would become official,
but any immediate action to
cancel or continue the pact
would be unlikely.
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Here!
Keith Schulz
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Phone SP 2-4756
ging in the Rogue Rollers league at Med
ford lanes. Left to right are Mrs. Clif
ford Poulson, Mrs. Dean Brandon, Mrs.
Tom Swoape, Mrs. Jack Hollenbeak and
Mrs. Walter Stroup. Mrs. Hollenbeak and
Mrs. Stroup finished in the money at
San Francisco. Skeeters took the Rogue
Rollers crown.
spiked himself in the jump.
He went to the hospital for
treatment and the wound, of
course, kept him out of the
440 run.
The two teams will be rivals
again next week at Grants
Pass, .joining with Crater,
Ashland and Klamath Falls in
the District 6 A-l.
RESULTS:
Shot put Murray, M; Rose, G;
Funston. M. 53-8 3.
High hurdles Maryott, G; Rem
bert, G; Courtney, M. :14.6.
Broad jump Koch, M; Griggs,
M; Emmens, M. 20-9'i.
100 Terry, G; Klett, O; Peek,
M. :10.3.
Mile Simmons, G; Norton, M;
Anderson, G. 4:38.5.
Javelin Winningham, G; Jones,
M; Wirth, M. 200 feet.
440 Bussell, M; Reich, M; John
son. G. ' :50.05.
High jump Thomas, G; Court
ney, M; Koch, M. 6-1.
Pole vault Sparlin, G: Bennett
and Harvey, M; tied second. 12-6.
Low hurdles Maryott, G; Rem
bert, G; Clark. :20.01.
220 Terry, G; Klett, G; Griggs,
M :22.3
880 Hill, M; Morrison, G; Har
rison, G. 2:01.5.
440 Relay Medford (Lyons, Mc
Knight, Jones, Peek). :45.2.
880 Relay Grants Pass (Peebles,
Terry, Maryott, Klett). 1:31.3.
Discus Rose, G; Murray, ' M;
Connolly M. 137 feet.
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Hanks Makes 500-Mile
Choices for Top Drivers
Editor's Note: Sam Hanks,
winner of the 1957 500
mile Memorial Day auto
race, has returned to the
scene of his greatest tri
umph as director of racing
for the speedway. In the
following dispatch, written
exclusively for the United
Press, he picks his race
winners.
By SAM HANKS
Director of Racing
Indianapolis Speedway;
Who's going to win the
"500"?
That's a question that has
been on overyone's mind not
only here at the Indianapolis
motor speedway, but through
out the sports world.
Since taking over my duties
as Tony Hulman's director of
racing, I've been deluged with
questions as to w h o m I
thought would win. That's
pretty tough to answer. All of
these boys are close friends
of mine and since I'm not
racing, I'd like to see all of
them win.
But forced to m a k e a
choice, I'll pick Jimmy Bryan,
the USAC national driving
champion, in the Belong car
that carried me to victory
last year, and believe me, I
had the best seat in the house
for that race.
Salih Is Top Mechanic
Car owner George Salih is
one of the top mechanics" in
the business. His car is in
fine shape" and Jimmy ap
pears eager and ready to go.
In second place I'll pick
determined Jim Rathman in
a car owned by Lindsey Hop
kins. Rathman is a fine driv
er and great competitor and
he gave me fits before that
"500" was over. "
V For third place : I pick Pat
O'Connor in a car owned by
Chapman Root. Pat is an
other fine driver and has the
added advantage of experi
ence on this track through his
many miles of test driving.
Having done a similar job for
the tire people, I know what
that experience means.
In fourth place and that
is as far as I'm going to stick
my neck out concerning the
finish I'll take Paul Russo in
the powerful Novi owned by
Lew Welch. It must be ad
mitted the Novi is the fast
est machine here at the track
and Paul has had a world of
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experience driving here.
Elisian Is Dark Horse
For darkhorse possibilities
I select two, Jimmy Reece and
Ed Elisian of the John Zink
team. These cars have been
turning in the best practice
laps.
This great 500-mile race Is
a test of machines nd men
and just as important as the
driver is the role the me
chanic plays. In his hands
lies the tremendous task of
putting the car together, of
making sure everything is in
top working condition for the
tough grind of 500 miles at
high speed.
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ner, I have considered driver,
machine and mechanic. It's
only natural that I pick Bry
an, the Belond car and Salih. ,
After all, I know what that
machine can do and having
raced against Bryan, I know
his capabilities.
Yet regardless of who wins,
we can be sure of this: It wai
a maximum effort by all
members of the team.
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