WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 14, I960
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE.
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No Tearing Down Walls
After Olympic Victories
Of 1960; Davis Seeks Job
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(Edilor'i Nnt : w.:i..
Bill Bowerman had trouble
getting into th. Olympic
Village and talking to hit
. athletes. Monday four let
ler were received at Eu
gene from the University
of Oregon mentor, indica
tion that postal service had
been bad. All the informa
tion has been wrapped up
in one story through the
editorial efforts of Dick
Strife, sports editor of the
Eugene Register - Guard.
Bowerman will be asked to
do a special story when he
returns home.)
By Bill Bowerman
Oregon Track Coach
Rome In the first Olympic
liames m 756 B.C., you recall
the winner of the race was a
youth from the village of Elas
.Coreubus was hoisted on the
shoulders of his village folk,
carried across the plain of
Olympus and at the village
the wall was torn down to
carry in this hero.
There will
be no tearing
down of walls
in 1960. Herb
Kllintt n .500-
f - V fl meter winner)
fcj ,JL i i I goes to Eng.
M, mmJ JK4 land to study
i''fV at Cambridge.
I J Don Bragg
J i -W 1 (gold - medal
W . winner in the
4, , J Pole vault) re-
13111 Uowerman turns to Fort
Meade, Md., where the com
manding officer prefers that
his walls remain intact and
that Bragg either vault them
or swing over via grape vines.
Otis Davis (400-meter win
ner and anchor of the win
ning 1,600-meter relay team,
both in world record times)
will eventually return to Eu
gene job hunting. Otis pre
pared himself as a teacher
and dedicated his summer to
preparation for the Olympics
and to represent his country
which he did so well.
Davis Fine Teacher
Now he needs a job. I hope
he gets one in Oregon, either
in Eugene or Portland, or
some other city in the state.
Presently he will be making
the Scandinavian tour follow
ing meets in Greece and Lon
don, Then he returns. He is a
marvelous teacher, as all of
the youngsters who were un
der him in practice teaching
will attest.
In the modern tradition it
has been customary to laud
our champions, but by the
same token the hero accepts
his honors with humility and
as a responsibility rather than
a license and he is the one
who grows in stature through
out the years.
I am sorry I was unable to
do the kind of job for your
readers I hoped to accomplish,
but the problems were just
too much for me, I guess. Get
ting into the Village was next
to impossible. It took me from
as little as 30 minutes to as
much as three hours, and the
issuing of passes to the visit
ors' gate was red tape of the
highest order. I know that
Pincus Sober (manager of the
U.S. men's track squad) re
ceived your (Dick Strite) wire
asking for credentials, but he
referred me to Art Lenz (pub
lic relations director) and I
was never able to run him
down.
Had it not been for the
efforts of the U.S. athletes
and the people from New
Zealand, there would have
been at least five of the eight
days that I would not have
been admitted to the area
where the boys lived. I like
to think the boys appreciated
my advice and fellowship. In
(act, they ana tne otner u.a
team members were most
gracious in their appreciation,
Had Otis Davis followed the
instructions of his coaeh, he
would have been second in
the Rome Olympics. We visit
ed briefly two hours before
the 400-meter finals and I
told "Oat" that a 21.6 would
get him a 45-flat. A 21.6 being
the first 220 and a 45-flat
would have gotten him sec
ond. The field was off very fast
and Davis, in this third lane,
appeared to be slightly be
hind Singh of India and
Spence of South Africa. Kauf
mann of Germany was even
with Davis. Time for Otis at
the 220 was 21.5. In the mid
dle of the turn Otis made his
move, but with him was Kauf
mann and they both swung
by Spence and with the rest
of the field only a stride be
hind. ,
At 100 yards it appeared as
though Davis would be in, as
he opened daylight on Kauf
mann. At 50 Kaufmann surg
ed and was ahead of Davis
by a chest and on they came.
At the tape Davis finished
smoothly and Kaufmann dove
to try to hold off the final
lift that Otis had dug up from
somewhere.
Daviei Leaps High
Five minutes, ten minutes
and then one of the officials
walked over to Davis and he
leaped 17 feet in the air (after
all he came to Oregon as a
basketball player with back
board ability, and for that
reason I urged him to try high
jumping on my track squad).
It was obivous that an Oregon
man had won a gold medal
for the U.S.
Age, experience, mental
preparedness, physical fitness
those are the things that
went J.ito the 1,500-meter run.
The greatest miler the
world has seen to date (El
liott) spread-eagled the 1,500-
meter field. Four years ago,
at the age of 20, this man
missed the Olympic Games be
cause of some misfortune or
prank that caused a piano
crate to drop on .his foot.
Burly (Dyrol Burleson) was
to try to- get on the leader at
the 880 mark and stay there
until 100 yards out. He could
not gain that position. He
made every effort that was
possible on Sept. 6, 1860, and
he ran the fastest 1,500 of his
life well under the Olympic
record and placed' sixth.
Burley Prepares Now
Was Burly disappointed?
Yes! Was he discouraged? No!
Determined that the prepara
tion for the 1964 Olympics
(Tokyo) begins not in October,
but now. He will race in the
European tours and when he
returns to school we will see
how much of Arthur Lydl
ard's material fits into our
needs and abilities. Lydiard
is the coach of the New Zeal
and team that produced a gold
medal in the 5,000-meters.
Grelle (Jim) also found the
race his toughest ever. He
finished eighth in the world's
championship. All of us learn
ed things, that if taken ad
vantage of, will be most helpful.
Let me tell you about the
1,600-meter relay in which
Otis Davis anchored not only
a winning, but world-record
effort. Otis took this compe
tition with complete serious
ness. The. only time he was
out of his bed was for work
out, for meals and to take
place in all of his heats and
finals. But he was the only
"man of Oregon" who showed
emotions. When he was told
of his world record in the
400, he jumped about the sta
dium like a very young boy
who had just learned that he
had won a scooter., ,
U.S. All Way
In the relay it was supposed
to be a tossup between the
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SPORTS
OTI Owls'
Back Lost
By Injury
Klamath Falls - Disaster in
the form of "fullbackitus"
has struck head coach, Rex
Hunsaker, a cruel blow.
After losing Little All
American Stan Glass last
year, Coach Rex had a sleep
er in Dick Ho from Boise
Junior college who was one
of the greatest prospective
fullbacks in Owl history, but
a broken collarbone occurring
in last Saturday's scrimmage
took him out of play for the
season.
Lanny Myers, 1959 Shrine
Allstar halfback from St.
Helens received a hip-pointer
in the same scrimmage, which
will take him out of play for
an indefinite period and hurt
depth in the backfield.
This year spectators may
expect the Owls take to the
air. With the loss of fine rush
ing backs like Glass and Ho
and with 1958 all-conference
end Ardell Hamilton returned
to the squad and the gain of
Arties Palmore, 6-3 185-pound
(100 yards in 9.8) transfer
from Oakland City college,
in end positions, the type of
play will be different than
anything previously seen in a
Hunsaker squad.
Football practice for the
Oregon Tech Owls began Sept.
6, with eight days available
for practice before traveling
to Salt Lake City for the
season opener with Westmin
ster college. Nothing on cam
pus is important enough to
interrupt two practice sessions
each day and a skull session
in the evening.
Head coach, Rex Hunsaker,
is pleased with the spirit of
this squad - they want to play
football, but he is concerned
about the lack of experienced
players. With Ho and Myers
out of the squad, twenty-three
of thirty-nine players have
had no collegiate experience
and seven others have had
only one year.
Backfield coach, Jim Cor
dial, and line coach, George
Miller, are pushing the squad
in tactical skills; Condition
ing is a real problem in the
short pre-game period. '
Tornado Stressing
Defense In Drills
For Pirate Tussle
LEADS MONEY WINNERS
Dunedin, Fla. -IUPD- Arnold
Palmer, who has won seven
tournaments and finished in
the top five in 14 others this
year; leads the money winners
in eolf this year with S75.4UU
Ken Venturi is second with
$43,200 and Dow Finsterwald
is third with $40,300.
"We'll have our hands full
that's for darn sure."
That was Head Coach Fred
Spiegelberg's remark last
night concerning M e d f o r d
high's football game here Fri
day night with Marshfield
high of Coos Bay.
Spiegelberg said that the
Black Tornado is concentrat
ing on defense to stop the at
tack of the much heavier Pi
rate aggregation. A lot of
running has been in order for
the Tornadoes since the head
man and his staff were of the
opinion that the Medfordites
were not in the best of condi
tion for the Areata game.
The tutor listed tackle John
James as "doubtful" so far as
playing against Marshfield is
concerned. James suffered a
concussion last Friday night
against the California club.
The veteran may be able to
play but is engaging in no con
tact work this week. Monte
Jones, who took over for
James on defense, and Sam
Knudsen, who replaced him
on offense, could have those
starting assignments this
week.
Seven Defense Regulars
Information on the Marsh
field squad has been provided
by Kenn Hess, sports editor of
the World of Coos Bay. He re
ported that from the Pirate
game against Thurston of
Springfield it couldn't be told
whether Marshfield was really
that strong or Thurston that
week. The new Willamette
Valley school has eight letter
men from last year's Spring
field club, four of them reg
ulars. No member of the current
Marshfield offensive starting
unit was a regular last year.
Playing the most was Don
Austin, 217 pound fullback,
who had a couple of real good
games at the end of the sea
son. He was an alternate, as
was Dave Hansen, 227 tackle.
There are seven regulars
back on the defensive team,
Bill Smith (160), Wylie Smith
(160), Terry Shore (180), Bob
Buries (200), Bob Keicneri
(175), John Layton (208) and
Hansen. This crew is bolstered
by Josh Mattox, 253-pound
tackle transfer from Inde
pendence, Mo.
Line Big
Says Hess: "The line is big
(it averages 208 pounds on of
fense), but my personal obser
vation is that it lacks good
mobilitv as (Dan) Sieg, (Mike)
Hood, (Dick) Ragsdale and Co.
U.S., ' Germany and ' South
Africa. Wile it was not a
runaway, it was the U.S. all
of the way. Jack Yerman led
off and he gave a three-yard
lead to Earl Young, who came
in even. Then it was Glenn
Davis, who really poured on
the coals in the third leg. He
won the race, but I'm sure
Otis would have done the
same had not Glenn run a tre
mendous 44.5 for his leg. Otis
received the baton about five
yards in front. He moved
easily around the turn and
made Kaufmann (Germany's
anchor man) work to catch
him at the 220 mark.
Kaufmann was blowing on
Otis' shoulder and it was just
the right tempo to set Otis
afire. At the middle of the
last turn Otis lifted into a
beautiful sprint that left the
German foundering. The U.S.
won by a clear six yards. The
new world's and Olympic rec
ord speaks quite eloquently
for the performance.
Bandaged Thigh
Otis (although he had a
bandaged thigh) went through
every competition with great
ease. He had no distress in
any race and jogged easily
around the Infield after each
performance.
To we Americans, we had
much to be pleased over with
Max Truex. He was in con
tention throughout the entire
10.000-meter race, the fastest
bv over a minute any Ameri
can had even run. nis name
anneared on the electric score-
hnard In sixth place and his
time was within five seconds
of Vladimir Kuts' Olympic
record. I am pleased if we,
in Eugene, had some small
part In his improvement. He
was with us for three weeks.
I believe that credit should
also go to Mike Iglol, who
worked with Max the last
week before the race. But
Max was the fellow who ran
the race and It was tremend
ous. When I had dinner with
Lvdlard. he said he will bring
his two champions from New
Zealand to our area next year,
In turn, we send a couple of
our boys to New Zealand. Get
out your map, look over tne
country and go into train
ing. When everything was over,
we had dinner with Dave Ed
strom, Grelle, the Dellingers
(Bill and Myrna). Burly and
against Thurston, especially
up the middle. I believe this
year's team has more depth
than that of a year ago, es
pecially in the backfield.
(Gary) Crabaugh (154), al
though he hasn't earned a
starter's spot yot, is a catty
little scntback who wowed
'em Friday night. But Bob
Reichert will probably start.
He has pretty fair speed but
is no demon."
Wylie Smith, halfback, is a
spirited competitor, according
to Hess. Austin "just ranis
ahead." At quarterback, Sam
Landes (150) is pressed by
Fred Loffer (162). They were
third and fourth string last
year.
Of the possiblie Pirate start
ers all are seniors except Lay
ton, center, and Stan Traxler
(175), end. They are juniors.
Franchise Sales
To Be Discussed
Portland (DPI) Potential
sale of two franchises to ma
jor league baseball clubs
will be among the items dis
cussed at the annual meeting
of the Pacific Coast league di
rectors here Sept. 21-22.
The sale talks will concern
the purchase of the Vancou
ver, B.C., and the Seattle
clubs by the Milwaukee
Braves of the National league
and the Boston Red Sox of
the American loop, respec
tively. PCL President T)ewey So
riano said other topics to be
discussed include the rental
problems of the Sacramento
Solons for Edmunds field in
Sacramento, Portland's plans
for the 1961 season and the
154-game playing schedule
for next year.
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Tentative Red Raider Unit Picked
Ashland - Southern Oregon
college has exhibited what
coach Al Akhis called his
tentative offensive lineup for
the Myrtle Bowl football clash
against Sacramento State col
lege in Coos Bay Saturday
afternoon.
Akins plans to start flashy
Gordy Carrigan and Howard
Hartman at the ends to be on
the receiving end of quarter
back John Buck's aerials.
Buck was a fine surprise in
the Sunday scrimmage ac
cording to Akins who feels
he has finally found a signal
caller.
Jess Munyon at left tackle,
Ron Mullanix at right tackle,
Tony (the Tiger) Brauner at
left guard, Willie Garner at
right guard, and Neil Green
at center appear to be the
interior linemen for the open
ing. With Buck in the backfield
will be Al (the Horse) Barnes,
With Buck as the quarter
back, there was still a lack
of depth at that position with
Doug Olsen still hobbling at
practice. Olsen is responding
quicker than expected, but
he will not be ready Satur
day. Dave Hughes who was
making the grade at end was
shifted to quarterback as
Buck's understudy. Hughes
has played the role before
and with the number of quali
fied ends on hand, Akins feels
Hughes would be valuable be
hind Buck.
With the line from tackle
to tackle averaging 210
pounds, the Raiders will have
a large forward wall with the
240-pound Green anchoring
the center. Emphasis has been
placed on the smallness of the
Raiders but this first unit line
will be taking a back seat to
no one. From there on the
weights get somewhat lighter.
The backfield with Barnes,
Bransom, Francis, and Buck
will average 179 pounds with
the 205 pound Barnes leading
the way.
CONDITION POOR
Portland-IUPD-The condition
of Rollie Trultt, veteran Port
land baseball announcer, was
listed as "poor" today by at
tendants at Holladay . Park
hospital. A spokesman said
Truitt, who suffered a severe
heart attack last week, had
not been resting well.
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They were real tough at times ' average.
DODGERS GET PITCHER
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The Los Angeles Dodgers
have acquired 20-game . win
ner Jim Golden from their St.
Paul farm club in the Ameri
can Association in exchange
for two other minor league
players. Golden has a 20-9
2.32 earned run
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