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0 OLYMPIC RE CORDS FALL Portlander Advances to Semi-Finals By LEO H. PETERSEN UPI Sports Editor Rome - IUPU - Golden-haired Chris Von Saltza, 16, Sara toga, Calif., smashed the Olympic record for the wom en's 100-meter freestyle swim todav when she won her trial heat by five yards in one min ute, 1.9 seconds. The husky schoolgirl eclipsed by one-tenth of a sec ond the mark of 1:02.0 set in 1956 by Australia's Dawn Fraser. She thus became the first American athlete to break a record in this year's Olympics. Miss Fraser, 21, a secretary from Sydney who is defend ing her title in this event, nar rowly missed her own record when she won her heat in 1:02.1. Ilsa Konrads, 16, an Aussie star, was another heat winner in 1:04.2. Miss Von Saltza was highly elated by her new record be cause "I wasn't really push ing it." But she admitted, "To win I'll have to better-close to a minute. An Olympic rec ord doesn't do much good if you don't win in the end." Portland Girl Qualifies Carolyn Wood, 14. a speed ster from Portland, Ore., also advanced to Saturday's semi final in the women's 100 meter freestyle when she fin ished second to Britain's Nata lie Steward in her heat. Miss Wood's clocking of 1:04.3 was sixth best among the 16 quali fiers. The new record capped a series of encouraging per formances by U. S. athletes, even if Russia did draw first blood in the battle for the un official team title by winning an unexpected bronze medal in cycling. The first gold medal of the games-only one to be decided today went, fittingly, to host Italy, and the first record to be broken fell to a German to Fast Start But four swift swimmers sent the United States off to a fast start by qualifying in morning competition and then Miss Von Saltza took over. White-haired Lance Larson, El Monte, Calif., posted the fastest time in heats for the men's 100-meter freestyle swim when he was timed in 55.7 seconds-only three-tenths of a second over the Olympic record. Larson was joined in quali fying for this afternoon's semi finals by Bruce Hunter, Cam bridge, Mass., and a few min utes later Patty Kempner, Beverly Hills, Calif., and Anne Warner, Menlo Park, Calif., qualified for Saturday's final in the women's 200 meter breast stroke although j neither won her trial heat. i But Italy, which has gone ' all out lo stage the games of the XVII Olympiad, reaped its first reward when its 100 meter cycling team captured the first gold medal to be de cided in the games. Heat Is Terrific The four-man Italian team covered the distance of about 63 miles down beautiful high ways from the cycling stadium here toward Ostia in 2:14: 33.53, ignoring blazing sun and terrific heat. A German team composed of East Ger mans took the silver medal for second place in 2:16:56.31. The competition was run against the clock. Russia also got off to a suc cessful start in basketball, where it hopes to upset the United States for the first time. Even though the Soviets kept highly publicized 7-foot, 2-inch Jan Kruminisch on the bench, they still had too much height for Mexico and scored an easy 66-49 victory, Wiltrud Urselmann of Ger many set the first record when she won her heat in the women's 200-metcr breast stroke in 2:52.0. breaking the mark of 2:53.1 set by U. Happe of Germany in 1956. Hunter, the first Yank to see action today, streaked to victory in his heat of the men's 100-meter freestyle in 56.5 seconds. The start of the red hot swimming competition marked the "down to busi ness" phase of the games, now that the pomp and ceremony of opening day are over. The United States was rep resented by entries in eight of the 10 events on the first full scale program of this XVII Olympiad, which included competition in the modern pentathlon, swimming, cyc ling, canoeing, basketball, field hockey, wrestling, water polo, boxing and soccer. 4 FIRST U. S. WINNER Olympic swim mer Bruce Hunter, 21, Cambridge, Mass., wears a victory smile after successfully leading Uncle Sam's athletic forces into Olympic action today by winning his qual ifying heat in the 100-meter freestyle in 56.6 seconds. Hunter was the first U. S. winner in the Olympics which started Thursday. (UPI Telephoto) New Orleans Is Foe of K. Falls In World Series Hastings. Neb. - (ITO - Klam ath Falls. Oregon's American Legion Junior baseball cham pion and winner of the re gional tournament in Bend, will open its "little World Se ries" action Sunday night against New Orleans, La. The New Orleans club has a 29-3 record to 26-5 for Klam ath Falls. It is one of four games scheduled on opening day. An afternoon doubleheadcr matches Pittsfield, Mass., and Berwyn, III., in one game and Billings. Mont., and Brook lawn. N.J., in the other. Klamath Falls and New Or leans meet in the evening opener. The final game of the first round in the double elimination tournament is be tween Hastings, the host team, and Miami, Fla. New York - IUPII - Ten members of the United States 24-man "paralympic team" of wheelchair athletes, which is training for an international meet starting Sept. 18 at the Olympic facilities in Rome, will work out beginning Sat urday in Ossining, N. Y. Bruce Hess Sets New State Swim Hark at Portland Meet Bruce Hess, a member of Medford's municipal swim-: ming team, broke two slate records and set one new state I mark Thursday at the Oregon I State Junior Olympics meet in Portland. . Hess. 14, who also has two! sisters swimming for the Med-I Medford team, set the newi state record in the 200 meter freestyle for boys a.ues 13 and id vvhtMi tin v:im thn His. tance in 2:31.8. The old mark! was 2:33.9. He was also one of three boys to break the state record in the 100 meter freestyle. Don Schollander. Multomah Athletic club, came in first and set a new record of 1.02.2. Another MAC member, Ken Webb, was second with a time of 1.04.8. Hess was third in a time of 1.08. All three times bettered the old state mark of 1:08.3. Hess also took third in the 100 meter butterfly with a time of 1:25.5. In that same race, MAC'S Schollander set set a new national recorrd by swimming the course in 1:- 07. .6 The boys swim meet was run yesterday and the girls will swim today. Among those competing in the girls division lor Med ford will be Linda Hess, 16, who won the individual swim trophy for winning four firsts at the Grants Pass Invitation al Swim meet two weeks ago. The third swimming member of the Hess family, Rhonda, 12, will also com pete today. They are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Mel vin Hess, 750 Lozier lane. Fifteen swimmers from the Medford team, coached by Ken Lyons, are entered in the meet which is being held at the Janlzen Beach swimming pool near Portland. Medford's 200 yard medley relay team for boys of the age of 10 and under also placed in yesterday's events. The team, comprised of Riley Mcllugh, Bob Brown, Kerby Lusk and Greg Gilbert, came in second in the relay event behind the McMinnville relay team. More than 200 youths, representing some of the top swim clubs in the state, are entered in the meet which will be concluded today. Two Golfers Vie For Jr-Sr Title Oswego-lt'PD-E 1 m e r Hane gan of Royal Oaks of Van couver, Wash., and Lou Tobin nf Tu:il:ittii nf Portland nnstprt double victories here Thurs day to gain the finals in the championship flight of the fifth annual Junior-Seniors Golf association. Mnnep.in anH Tnhin w p r p scheduled to clash today at the Oswego Lake Country club course. Hanegan defeated Mike Ierulli of Oswego. 4 and 3, and Pross Clark of Columbia Edgewaler of Portland, 5 and 4, and Tobin whipped defend ing champion Walt Clinc, Jr., of Salem, 3 and 1, and Ray Isaacs of C-E, 3 and 2. Championship matches in all flights were also scheduled today. Drain Blanks Catlettsburg In NBC Tilt Wichita, Kans. - IUPII - The Drain Black Sox scored a 16-0 victory over the Catlettsburg, Ky., Sonocos, in the opening round of the National Base ball congress tournament here Thursday night. The game was halted at the end of five innings under a tournament 10-run lead rule. Drain scored 14 runs in the third inning on six hits, seven walks, three wild pitches and three errors. Shortstop Tom Satriano hit a two-run homer along with a double and triple to pace the Drain attack. In other first round action the West Point Mission Pack ers defeated the Greensboro, N. C, Shells, 9-1, in a game called at the end of seven in nings. Drain will meet Tooele, Utah, here Sunday in its sec ond round match. The game was postponed from today be cause of rain which has forced revision of the tourney's week end schedule. SECTION B PAGES 1 to 8 MEDFORDvjTRIBUHl MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1960 Ralston, Osuna Seek Tennis Doubles Win Chestnut Hill, Mass. - IUPII -Wimbledon's "C i n d erella" team of teen-ager Dennis Ral ston and Mexican Rafael Osu na is beginning to make the doubting Thomases believe. When the 18-year-old Ral ston paired with 18-year-old Osuna to sweep through the favored Australian teams and capture the doubles champion ship on the hallowed grass of Wimbledon last June, many thought it was one of those flukes that happen every so often. Just to let tennis buffs the world over know that it was no fluke, the young twosome is playing in the national dou bles tournament here this week as if they intended' to win it. .' They combined power, fi nesse and determination on Thursday to defeat easily the No. 3 Australian team of Mar ty Mulligan and Bob Hewitt, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1, not once losing a service. Idle Today Idle today, they'll meet La yer and Mark in a semi-final match Saturday and hope to repeal their semi-final victory over the Aussies at Wimble don. The other semi-finalist team decided Thursday was Laver and Mark, who defeated Wil son and Mike Sangster, 7-5, 6-1, 11-9. Fraser and Emer son, the defending champions, play U. S. Junior Davis Cup pers Marty Riessen and Ram sey Earnhart today in anoth er quarterfinal match. The second men's quarter final match pits Earl (Butch) Buchholz and Chuck McKin ley of St. Louis, the No. 2 American team, against Don Dell of Bcthesda, Md., and Mike Franks of Los Angeles. In the women's division Thursday, British girls Ann Haydon and little Deirdre Catt, the No. 1 foreign team downed Bclmar Gunderson of Chambersburg, Pa., and Don na Floyd of Alexandria, Va., 6-2, 6-2, while Janet Hopps of Seattle, Wash., teamed with Gwen Thomas of Shaker Heights, Ohio, to best Joan Sullivan of Belmont, and Vir ginia Connolly of Weymouth, 6-0, 6-2. THE BIGGEST lj Dn BONUS OF pjs OiJ No Gas Bills Till Next Year! DAYS LEFT A V, 3 00 rv Poison Oak? Try a Bottle of ZEMACOL You must bt uHified or rom money cheerfully refunded. Get bottle todey .t WESTfRN THRIFT i FOUR of a kind ... for ths price you would ordinarily pay (or two I Four matching pieces in our new Atlantic sod, lightweight luggage. In authentic Tartan Plaids or a solid color. it 1P )) mm Car-Sac . . new stand-up model stands up when you set it down. Keeps clothes wrinkle-free. Holds up to 10 dresses full-length on hangers. Car-Sac hangs as is, or folds to travel-case size. 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