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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON SUNDAY. MAY 7, 1961 Sellers Describes Triumph Louisville OJPD Johnny Sellers, the boyish - looking Jockey who sent Carry Back rocketing through the stretch to an historic Kentucky Der by triumph, sponged his sweat ing face in the jockeys' room yesterday and allowed, "Car ry Back and I get along pretty well together." "Did I hit him with the whip?" Sellers said in re sponse to a question. "I'm not sure. I don't think so, but I seldom hit him." The 24-year-old crew-cutted youngster, who now has grad uated into the ranks of rac ing's top riders after six years on the turf, said that he and Carry Back won the 87th Der- by pretty much the way the race had been planned. "The only trouble we had was some dirt flying In Carry Back's face," the Los Angeles born Sellers said. "But he just shook his head a little, grab bed the bit and away we went." Sellers, riding only his sec ond Kentucky Derby, said "He ran the same strong race he always does - he really gave it his all. We were fifth turning for home; but when I asked him for it he really due in." Sellers' wife, Janice, from Miami, Fla., was waiting for him in the winner s circle. She tried to maintain her poise, but the moment proved too much and she broke into tears. Not so Johnny, who admit ted being surprised at his own calmness. "I thought I would be nerv ous today, but I wasn't," he said thoughtfully. "This is cer tainly the biggest thrill of my life so far, but I never felt a single butterfly." He did admit to one mo ment of doubt. No Doubt "Just at the head of the stretch, it crossed my mind that we might not make it . . . but I didn't really doubt It," he said. And he laughed, "By the way, doesn't this make me a Kentucky Colonel or some thing?" The beaming Sellers was sharply contrasted by Johnny Longden, the 55-year-old win ner of 5,500 other races who couldn't keep Four-and-Twen-ty on top. Longden refused to say that this was an especially bitter pill, even though Four-and-Twenty is trained by his son, Vance. "It's just another loss in a long career of racing," said the gnomish little Longden. "He ran a real good race . . . just tired a little. I didn't push him at the last 70 yards because he was beaten." Carry Sack Wins Kentucky Derby Shorter Race Season Planned Portland - (IJPD - Portland Meadows President David K. Funk said Thursday he would seek to reduce the length of the horse racing season at P-M next year from 60 to 50 days. Funk said his action was a result of legislative action which may kill a bill that would increase purses. The measure was sent back from the Oregon House Wed nesday to the Ways and Means Committee. Sponsors have predicted it will die in the committee. Funk said he would seek summer racing dates "in alter nation with the greyhounds." Funk said the bill, which would divert two per cent of the first $133,000 in daily mutuel handle to additional purses, was part of a package along with two bills lengthen ing the race meet to 60 days to improve racing in Oregon. The measures to increase the length of the season were passed by both houses and signed by Gov. Mark Hatfield. Vancouver, B. C. WPD Homeruns by Manuel Jimlnez and the six-hit pitching of Noel Mickelsen Saturday car ried the Vancouver Mounties to a 5-2 Pacific Coast league win over Hawaii. Louisville -(UPtt-Carrv Rack the game little colt at his best when the big chips are on the line, cut loose with a devastat ing stretch run at Churchill Downs Saturday to win the 87th running of the $163,000 Kentucky Derby going away like a champion. Out in front of him In the home stretch was Crozier, the same colt who challenged his supremacy three times in Florida this winter. Once again Carry Back was able to catch his arch rival, the tough luck colt of the 3-year-old di vision. With jockey Johnny Sellers in the saddle, Carry Back streaked across the finish line three-quarters of a length in front while Crozier beat Bass Clef, an outsider, by two lengths for second place. Dr. Miller, another stretch runner, was fourth in the field of 15 of the best 3-year-olds in the country. Slow Start Carry Back, winner of the Everglades, the Flamingo and the Florida Derby, got away to his usual slow start and had only four horses beaten as he rounded the first turn and reached the backstretch. Up front was Globemaster, front running winner of the Wood Memorial, out to win the Ken tucky Derby the same way. Four-and-Twenty of the Al berta ranches and Crozier, were up. with Globemaster. The leaders were far, far in front of Carry Back but "you don't get paid off on the back stretch," Sellers always says. Near the end of the back stretch Sellers started to "send" Carry Back and the game little winner, owned by Mrs. Katherine Price and trained by her husband, Jack, responded willingly. Sellers had to take the son of Saggy around horses, los ing additional ground in the process. But it didn't mean a thing, he boiled around the final curve leading to the homestretch and the crowd roared as his blue and silver- hooped silks loomed into prominence for the nrst lime. Carry Back seemed to be far out of it with only a quar ter of a mile to go. It looked as though he was not going to make it halfway through the stretch. But this Florida-bred colt with heart as big as his body, who never knows when he is beaten, just kept digging and digging until he got the job done. Carry Back went across the finish line timed in 2:04 flat over a track that was a sticky, muddy mess earlier In the day. The racing strip dried slowly all day under a warm sun and strong breezes and was rated "good" for the first of the triple crown classics. This was the sixth time Crozier, owned by Fred W. Hooper, has missed out in a big race by less than a length. It just does not seem to be in the cards for him to beat Carry Back. Carry Back was the favorite and he paid $7, $4.20 and $3.20 across the board while picking up a wlnnrr's purse of $120,500. That raised Carry Back's earnings to $612,868, ample reward for trainer Price who says his colt Is Just "a money making machine." Crozier paid $4.60 and $4.20 while Bass Clef paid $5.60. i. r vn,,'.?! iHi.v , . . I. if t CARRY BACK TRIUMPHS Carry Back wins the 87th Kentucky Derby by 1 lengths over Crozier Saturday at Churchill Downs, Ky. Following In order are Bass Cleff, ? Dr. Miller, Sherluck, Globemaster, Four & Twenty, Flut terby, Loyal Son, On His Metal, Light Talk, Ambiopoise, Ronnie's Ace, Dearborn and Jay Fox. (UPI Telephoto) PIRATES DUMP LA Patterson To Defend Crown In September New York - (UPD - Floyd Patterson, sensitive to press criticism like most heavy weight champions, has ruled out New York City as the site for his September title de fense lest some metropolitan writers call his challenger "a bum." And, since the September bout is planned to keep him in fighting condition rather than to increase his wealth or his prestige, he also ruled out top contenders Sonny Llston and Eddie Machen as challengers. Floyd temporarily removed Henry Cooper of England and Ingemar Johansson of Sweden from the challengers' list but later reinstated them. He added he might defend against either of them in Europe "if properly induced." However, his delayed ac tion with Cooper and Johans- s o n indicated convincingly that the September opponent will be chosen from among the following six contenders that he mentioned: Zora Folley of Chandler, Ariz.; George Chuvalo of To ronto, Ont.; Alex Mlteff of Argentina; Mike DeJohn of Syracuse, N.Y.; Tom McNee ley of Boston, and Robert Cleroux of Montreal. RAINERS WIN Seattle -(OPP- Bo Toft'i sin gle with two out In the 13th inning scored Davt Mann from third to give the Seattle Ralnlers a 3-2 victory over the San Diego Padres In a Pacific Coast League game here yesterday. It was the Ralnlers eighth straight vic tory. TEAR DROP CAMPERS LUXURIOUS MODELS with All tha Wonderful Features 8 Footers - Front A Rear Kitchen 10 Footers with 1 A C Front Kitchen FROM M WALKER the WEEPER 1243 South Riverside Medford Cardinals Trim Cubs 6 to 1 By United Press International Ray Sadeckl, backed by a 13-hlt Cardinal attack, over came a sore leg and' held the Chicago Cubs to five hits Sat urday to give St. Louis a 6-1 victory. Sadeckl, who went nine in nings for the second time this year, was struck on the right leg by Ron Santo s run-scoring single in the first inning. He limped his wa? through the rest of the game and pick ed up his second win against one loss. Santo hit the one-hopper after Ernie Banks had tripled with one out. Cardinal trainer Bob Bauman worked on the 20-year-old southpaw on the field and Sadeckl remained in the game. Sadeckl allowed six walks and struck out two batters. No other Cardinal pitcher has gone the full nine innings this season. Four Runs The Cardinals erupted for four runs in the sixth inning when Daryl Spencer singled STANDINGS PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Seattla Vancouver Tacoma ... Portland Hawaii San Dlago . Spokane ..... Salt Like . ..13 ..11 S 7 .. 8 .. 8 .. 7 .. I L. S B 6 S 11 10 8 11 AMERICAN LEAGUE New York Detroit Minnesota m Cleveland Baltimore Kansas City Chicago . Boston Washington w. .13 -.14 .U -.10 -.11 7 7 . 7 7 L. S S 9 a 8 8 11 10 13 12 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. San Francisco ..13 7 Plttaburgh 11 8 Los Angeles 12 11 Cincinnati 11 10 Milwaukee 8 8 Chicago 9 11 St. Louts 10 Philadelphia 6 14 Los Angelei S Pet. 722 .87 .845 .467 .424 .424 .438 a 13 Pet. .722 .732 J50 .328 M0 .438 .388 .412 J 50 J94 Pet. .850 .379 .522 .324 JO0 ..450 .474 400 and then scored on Charlie Jame's second double of the day. Don Taussig delivered his second straight single, but James was out at the plate. Joe Schwaffernorth relieved Cubs starter Jim Brewer and got Hal Smith to fly to center. Sadeckl, helping his own cause, doubled to score Taus sig and then scored on Julian Javier's single. Mel Wright took over the pitching chores and Don Landrum singled home Javier for the final run of the inning. League Leaders (As of Friday) By united Press InternaUonal NATIONAL LEAGUE Player li Club G AB R. H. Pet cungnm, StXi. IS 62 14 24 J87 Moon, LA. ..20 70 14 27 3BB Aaron, Mil IS 68 11 24 .364 Mathews, Mil. 18 69 11 24 .348 T. Davis, L A. 22 88 IS 29 441 Boiling, Mil. 16 88 IS 23 438 Gonzlz.. Phil. 18 60 10 80 433 Clmnte, Pitta. 18 78 8 23 433 Vlrdon. Pitts. 13 S3 13 18 427 FOSt, CM. IB 52 7 17 427 AMERICAN LEAGUE Temple, Clev. 19 68 Slevers, Chi. 17 Boros. Det. 18 Battey. Minn. 19 uenuie. salt, zu Cash, Det 18 Runnels, Bos. 16 ManUe, N Y. 19 Kaline, Det. ..18 Romano, Civ. 18 61 82 65 61 81 54 70 74 62 .412 481 453 454 444 444 433 429 424 423 Home Rum National League Moon, Dodg ers 8; Mays, Giants 6; T. Davis, Dodgers 6; Boyer, Cards; McCov ey, Giants; Coleman, Reds; Rose boro, Dodgers; Banks, Cubs, aU 5. American League ManUe, Yan kees 9; Gentile, Orioles 7; Klus zewskl, Angels 7; (seven players Ued with 4 each). Runs Batted In National League T. Davla, Dodg ers 19; Aaron, Braves 18; Mays, Giants; McCovey, Gianta; Moon, Dodgers, all 16. American League ManUe, Yan kees 24; Gentile, Orioles 21: Cash, Tigers 20; Throneberry, Athletics 16; Francona, Indiana 15. Pitching National League EUton, Cabs 4-0; Podret, Dodgers 4-0; Cardwell, Cubs 3-0; Friend, Pirates 4-1; Spahn, Braves; Purkey, Reds; Jones, Gianta, all 3-1. American League W 1 1 h a 1 m, Orioles 4-0; Mossl. Tigers 3-0; Lary, Tigers 4-1; Ford, Yankees 4-1; Turley. Yankee! 8-1; McClaln, Senators 3-1. Tigers Hand Chisox 5th Straight Loss By United Press International The Detroit Tigers rained for three runs in the ninth in ning Saturday to win 11-8 snd tagged the Chicago White Sox with their fifth straight loss. The Tigers got a five run first Inning start off Billy Pierce, but were forced to close fast with a three run splurge in the eighth inning of lefthander Frank Baumann and three more in the ninth to break an 8-8 tie and win their third sraight game. The Tigers rapped seven Chicago pitchers for 17 hits and the White Sox collected 13 off starter Jim Bunnlng and three relievers. Preserves Win Terry Fox held Chicago scoreless In the ninth to pre serve the winning edge but the Detroit victory went to Detroit pitcher Hank Agulrre who went out for a pincb hit ter during the winning out burst. Jim Landis belted a two-run homer in the third Inning for the White Sox. Steve Barber pitched a five- hitter to give the Baltimore Orioles a 6-0 triumph over the Kansas City Athletics behind a nine-hit attack that included Jackie Brandt's leadoff hom er. Brandt, Brooks Robinson and Ron Hansen had two hits each for the Orioles and Jerry Lumpe had two for Kansas City. New York was at Los An geles in a night game. t.INESCORES; Detroit ... 300 000 03311 17 9 Chicago .....402 001 010 8 13 I Bunnlna. Fisher (Si. Agulrre 181. Fox (9) and Brown, Roarke (01; Pierce. Kemmerer m, score ai, Bauman (3l. Shaw (8), Staley (9, Pizarro (9) and Lollar. WP Agulrre (1-1. LP staley (u-ai. una mar' Un (2nd), Landia (3rd I. Bartlmore .-.. 300 010 0208 1 Kansas City . 000 00O 0000 5 1 Barber (3-21 and Triandos; John inn Archer 11). Batfl (8) and Pig- natano. LP Johnson (0-4). HR Brandt (3rd). BRILL METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Ward Stainless, Galvanigeo! and Cea' 'abrlcaHeo 2287 West Main . PHONI it 2-4440 In the only other National league game played, the Pitts burgh Pirates collected 13 hits and combined them with 8 walks to defeat the Los An geles Dodgers, 9-5. San Fran cisco at Philadelphia and Cin cinnati at Milwaukee were postponed because of rain. Lefty Joe Gibbon, with re lief aid from Elroy Face, beat the Dodgers for the second time this season. Wally Moon of Los Angeles hit a two-run homer and drove in two more runs with a double. The hom er was his ninth. Pittsburgh knocked out Dodgers starter Roger Craig with five runs in the first in ning. Two infield errors aided the Pirate's cause. Don Hoak's two-run double was the hit of the inning. Brigham Young Intermounlain Meet Winner B S sipaDmirs Grants Pass Wins 3-Wav Track Frav Grants Pass Grants Pass romped away io an easy tri umph here Saturday in a three way track meet but good marks by a couple of the opposing participants were among the highlights. The Cavement piled up 91 points to 38V, by Crater high and 23V4 by Ashland. The bulk of the Ashland points resulted from the indi vidual effort of Bob Voris. He won three events with fast times of :14.9 in the high hurdles and :19.9 in the low hurdles and a broad jump of 20 feet lVt. Grants Pass's Mike Curtis threw the discus 160-7 for his second heave this season of better than 160 in competi tion. Crater's Dwight James high jumped 6 feet. Gary Wald won both the 100 and 220-yard dashes for Crater. Broad Jump Voris. A: O'Leary, GP; Hathaway, GP. 20-1 Pole vault Hughes, GP: Mc Intire. GP; Van Koten, GP. (Height not given.) Javelin Ausland, GP: W. Mar tin. C; Bonzon, GP; Graham. GP. 181-6. High Jump James. C: Farmer, A: Murray. GP; tie (outth Shep ard. GP. and Hedges, A. 6 ft. Shot put Kropp. C; Steward. GP: Graham. CP; Ue fourth Harri son. GP and Edwards, C. 46-6. Discus CurUs, GP; Kropp, C; McCartney. A: White. GP. 160-7i. High hurdlet Voris, A: Ue sec ond. Smith and Cowln, GP. :14.9. 100 Wald. C; Meek. GP- Hlg inbotham, GP; tie fourth. Robin son and Brown. C. Mile Marshall. GP: Phaendler, GP; Buell, UP; Dolnn. GP. 4:44. 440 Staley, GP; McCalvy, C; Lindqulst, GP; Young. GP. :52. Low hurdles Voris. A: Smith, GP: O'Leary, GP; Champ, C. :19 9. 220 Wald, C: Meek, GP: Pll kington, GP; Robinson, C. :23.4. 8C0 Chronister, GP; Montgom ery. GP; AlerUs, GP; Badger, C. 2:07.6. Bahama Whips ' Joey Giambra New York -(WD- Unrsnked Yama Bahama from the Is land of Blmlni brok middle weight' Joey Giambra's win ning string at 11 straight last night. The 1,244 tans booed Giam bra's lack lustre performance) in the sixth and seventh rounds and clamored for ac tion. There were no knockdowns. Giambra, weighing 15S pounds, suffered a nick on his swollen left cheek in the six th round. Bahama, scaling 158, was slightly cut also on the left cheek in that same session. Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Chimneys 4 H I 'reirreiieel McAne'rtwi PHONI SP J-457S Logan-IUPD- Brigham Young university's powerful cinder squad captured six first places here Saturday to win ' the team championship of the In termountain AAU track meet. The Cougars grabbed first place honors in the 440, 100 yard dash, 220, javelin, high jump and mile relay to. pick up a total of 72Va points. Utah State university followed closely with 64V4 points, win ning three events, the 880, discus and two die relay. Utah, lead by its star hurd-! ler Blaine Lindgren, wound up in third place with 33V points. Lindgren won both the 120 high and 220 low hurdles, setting both an AAU and stadium record in the big high hurdles with a time of 114.1, Newcomer Leads Field In Waco Turner Open Burneyvllle, Okla. - (UPD - Half-pint Hal McComas, play ing in only his second tourna ment as a professional, raced In with the shadows with a six-birdie barrage to take the lead at the halfway point in the $20,000-added Waco Tur ner open golf tournament with a 139 total yesterday. The 127 . pound former Southern Methodist universi ty links star from Dallas pick ed up where he left off when the rains and hail washed out similar sub - par round Friday. He fired a 35-33-68 over the par 37-36-73 Turner lodge course. That squeezed him in one stroke ahead of Rex Baxter Jr., of Amarlllo, Tex., who had shared the opening day lead Thursday with Tommy Aaron of Gainsvllle, Ga., when both fired similar 68s. Baxter finished early yester day with a 37-35-72 and his 140 total defied the field un til McComas came in, in the final threesome of the day. Aaron didn't fare so well. He had a 78 Saturday and wound up at 146. Paul Harney of Worcester, Mass., posted a 35-34-69 to take over third place at 141, while four players were bunched at 142. They were Dan Slkes of Jacksonville, Fla., Buster Cuplt of Fort Smith, Ark., Don Whitt of Borrego Springs, Calif., and Peter Thomson of Sydney, Australia. 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