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DICK JtwiTT
Mail TribniM Sports Editor
; In these days, when, fre
iquently, that which is unsav-
. ory in sports is in the news,
.it is soul rewarding and re
assuring to read and hear of
the activities of the Fellow
ship of Christian Athletes and
its members, who are holding
their western conference at
, 'nearby Southern Oregon col-
-lege.
' It gives confidence that,
Overall, sports are in good
3iands. It reaffirms the role
- rthat athletics can and should
:play in leading youth to live
. .their lives in the Christian
jway through the guidance, ex
ample and testimony of Chris-
. !tian coaches and older Chris
tian athletes.
. The following notes wrt
' gleaned from the FCA eon-
ference by Lawrence Hoi-
man, Mail Tribune pholo
; grapher, who is alio a min-
ister. Holman reports:
I Some intimate glimpses of
personalities and incidents in
various sports have highlight-
d the talks given this week
by some of the featured
Speakers at the Fellowship of
Christian Athletes conference
'on the Southern Oregon col
Ucge campus at Ashland.
: For instance. Bob Pettit,
;who has just signed for his
'10th season of professional
ibasketball with the St. Louis
jHawks, has accumulated more
.than 125 stitches around his
;cyes and forehead during the
'past nine years. Bob does not
.attribute these scars to inten
tional roughness, however.
'He thinks that the intense. de
sire of the pros to win is pri
"manly responsible. "Profes
sional athletes," he says, "are
not just out there trying to
;get their pay checks. It is a
.great mistake to assume this
were out there for one
.thing - TO WIN!"
Jbussell GREATEST
Some further verbal
I snapshots by Pettit: "f t
far as I'm concerned. Bill
: Russell of lh Boston Cel
I tics is the greatest player
! the game of Jaasketball has
ever seen. Russell is not
an outstanding scorer, but
: he is so valuable because
; of his great defensive play
.... Bob Cousy is the most
'; spectacular player I've ever
; seen . . . Wilt Chamber
' lain is physically the
', strongest man in profession
; al basketball . . . Elgin
i Baylor and Jerry West are
' both 'super players'. They
! make the L. A. club close
; to the best in pro basket-
ball ... I didn't start work
ing out with weights until
about five years ago. It's
the greatest thing I've dona
to improve my performance
on the basketball court ...
A pet passion with me for
a number of years has been
to try to be the kind of per
son that the parents of the
boys who look up Is me
would like me to be. What
ever you do, someone, some
where, is looking to you for
guidance; and whatever you
do is what he wants to do."
IMPORTANT TO PLAY
Gambits flavored with phil
osophy, humor, and pathos
abounded in Monday night's
talk by Bob Richards, former
Olympic Games gold medal
winner in the pole vault.
Some samples: "I think it is
as important for a man to
play as it is for him to wor
ship ... I happen to believe
that the sports world can do
a lot for international rela
tions. The sports world sym
bolizes the sublimation of tre
pugnacity of man into chan
nels of friendly rivalry ....
We live in a record - busting
society. Nowadays, records
are falling at the rate of our
and five a week. Young peo
ple are putting mind into
muscle. I've been amazed to
note the intellectual caliber
of the great athletes . . . .
Duke Snider told me last year
that every time Maury Wills
comes back into the dugout,
he spends all his time study
ing the smallest movements
and mannerisms of the oppos
ing pitcher. Because of this
minute attention to detail,
Wills was able to break a
base - stealing record which
was thought next to impos
sible to break."
LITTLE THINGS COUNT
Stressing the fact that j
minutiae - previously reck- j
oned of no consequence -
were now the determining
factors in record- breaking.
Richards continued in this 1
vein: "I asked the Russian j
champion Valeri Brumel.
how he - standing six feet
one inch - had been able ,
to clear the high jump '
crossbar at the incredible I
height of more than seven ;
feet and five inches. He ;
told me that in 1951 the
Russians had obtained for j
study slow motion films of
the best American track i
and field performers. Bru
mel stated that in looking
at these several years later !
he noticed that the Ameri- ,
can jumpers weren't sprint
ina at the crossbar. It oc
curred to him thst if he
weuld sprint all the way to
the jumping pit he might be
Ale io compensate for his
relatively short stature.
Among high jumpers. Bru-
mel has now been on top of
for three years. Still. NO
AMERICAN HIGH JUMP
ER is sprinting at the cross-''
barl Unbelieveable as it
sounds. Brumel can touch
a ten-foot, four-inch high
basketball rim with his
right kneel"
COEFFICIENT CHANGED
"Several years ago, Austra
lian swimmers began to de
feat their American oppon
ents with alarming consisten
cy," Richards reported. "We
found they had been shaving
their forearms. This material
ly changed the coefficient of
friction and gave them the
needed margin for victory
. . . . Twenty gold medals
were won at the Rome Olym
pic Games with a margain of
victory of less than one-fourtn
of an inch!"
ULTIMATES
"In the 1930s. University
of California track coach,
Brutus Hamilton, listed the
'ultimates' to be expected
in track and field perform
ances." Richards said.
"Who's surpassing these
marks today? I'll tell you
HIGH SCHOOL and JUN
IOR HIGH studentsl In the
1920s Johnny Weissmuller
held 24 world records in
swimming. Today. THIR
T E E N - YEAR - OLD
GIRLS are breaking these
records!"
ATTITUDE IMPORTANT
The Rev. Donn Moomaw,
Presbyterian pastor who was
a grid great for UCLA, made
these comments before the
conference: -
"Your attitude toward a
task is all important if you're
going to do your best . . . .
The guy who loses the game
is the one who doesn't know
where the goal is "
Zaharias
Memorial
Golf Slated
The annual Babe Didrikson
Zaharias Memorial Golf tour
nament will be held at the
Rogue Valley Country club on
Aug. 15, 16 and 17 under su
pervision of Mrs. Belle
Schenck and her committee of
Mrs. Sam Prough, Mrs. Bob
Hart, Mrs. Howard Scroggins,
and Mrs. H. E. Nulton.
Prizes will be awarded for
each day's play - gross score
and net in all divisions for
both ladies and men. All pro
ceeds will be turned over to
the Jackson County unit of
the American Cancer society.
Last year 270 golfers entered
and $300 was turned over to
the local unit.
Babe Zaharias was an out
standing athlete in many
sports and was 21, when she
won her first golf tournament.
Cancer struck in 1953. She
made a comeback and went
on taking trophies but cancer
struck again in 1955. She was
only 42 when she died in
1956. In 1955 Babe and her
husband, George Zaharias, set
up a cancer fund to help
others win the battle she lost
and a year later it became
the "Babe's memorial fund,"
with proceeds to be used' in
the research, education, and
service programs of the Amer
ican Cancer society.
Emeralds Rude
To Salem Again
United Press International
Those Eugene Emeralds of
the Northwest league con
tinue to be downright rude
to the Salem Dodgers.
Eugene tripped Salem again
Tuesday night by a 5-2 count
to shove Salem 1 Mi games
back of first-place Yakima.
Yakima upped its lead with
a 5-1 decision over Wenatchee
and Lewiston thumped Tri
City 11-1 in the other games.
Jim Lynn of Eugene tied
the game 2-2 with a two-run
double in the seventh. Then
Dennis Lundgren wrapped it
up for the Emeralds with a
three-run homer in the eighth.
Don Hagcn was the winner in
relief.
Musial To Retire
At End of Season
By LEO SOROKA
St. Louis, Mo. -0IPII- This is
the final season for Stan (The
Man) Musial.
Musial, one of the greatest
hitters in baseball history, an
nounced Monday night he will
retire as an active player at
the end of the current season.
The 42-year-old Musial,
who spent a quarter of a cen
tury in the Cardinal organiz
ation as a player, will contin
ue to work for the Red Birds
in an executive capacity.
When the Cardinals retire
the familiar No. 6 this fall it
will complete the longest
playing career of any major
leaguer with one team.
The lithe, slightly stooped
slugger, with t h e unique
"corkscrew" batting stance,
will bow out with complete
or partial ownership of 58
major league. National league
and All-Star records.
The surprise announcement
at a Cardinal picnic at the pa
latial home of club owner
August A. Busch Jr. came only
a week after Musial said he
would not make a statement
concerning his retirement un
til the end of the current sea
son.
Indication
Indication that Musial's re
tirement was imminent came
when his batting average con
tinued to tumble this season.
Musial went for a week at a
time without being in the
lineup, then when he was put
in he would be lifted often
for a pinch-runner or defen
sive replacement.
Asked if anything particu
lar made him decide to quit,
Musial said: "I just think I've
had enough, regardless of
what kind of year I've had.
I'll be 43 next winter, and by
next baseball season I'll be
heading for 44."
Musial, who said he expects
to be a grandfather before he
retires officially on Sept. 29
in St. Louis, established or
tied 17 major league records,
30 National League standards
and nine All; Star Game
marks.
He helped the club win
four pennants and three
world championships.
The left-handed slugger has
captured seven batting titles,
was chosen the National
league's most valuable player
three times and appeared in
20 All-Star games. Musial's
greatest season was in 1948
when he batted .376-his ca
Rodriguez Bills
Dennis Moyer
New York - UPD - Luis Rod
riguez and Denny Moyer,
who lost world titles this
year, will fight in a national
ly televised 10-rounder at the
Miami Beach Auditorium Sat
urday night.
Cuban Rodriguez of Miami,
26, outpointed New York's
Emile Griffith for the wel
terweight 147 - pound crown
at Los Angeles, March 21, but
lost it back to Griffith at
Madison Square Garden on a
decision, June 8.
Moyer of Portland, Ore.,
24, lost the junior middle
weight 154 - pound title to
Ralph Dupas of New Orleans
in New Orleans, on a deci
sion, April 29, and failed to
recapture it in their return
match on June 17.
Because of his aggressive
ness, speed ana durability,
Rodriguez will be favored at
about 2-1 over baby-faced
Denny.
Hunter Safety
Classes Start
Medford Rifle club has an
nounced that hunter safety
classes will begin Thursday.
Aug. 15. at 7:00 p.m. at the
Medford Rifle club range on
Vilas rd. and west of Crater
Lake highway.
This will be the only hunter
safety class sponsored by the
rifle club this summer.
Boys and girls 17 years of
age and under must have
hunter safety instruction be
fore they can obtain hunting
licenses.
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STAN MUSIAL
Will Retire
Dan Miles
Gets Praise
' Portland -HPI- State Coach
Fred Spiegelberg said today
he was pleased with the work
of quarterbacks Paul Brothers
and Dan Miles and also with
his interior linemen.
The State team meets
Metro Saturday night in the
annual Shrine game here.
Spiegelberg named Doug
John of Roseburg and Russ
Packer of Ontario as tackles;
Larry Zeller and Howard
Phillips of South Salem as
guards and Dan Clark of
North Salem as center.
Legion Regional
Opens Thursday
Roseburg - IUIMI - Tom Park
er pitched a three-hitter as
Fort Richardson, Alaska, de
feated the Roseburg 'B' team
7-3 in a practice game Tues
day night in preparation for
the regional American Legion
Junior baseball tournament.
The six-team, double-elimination
tourney gets under way
here Thursday night.
Jerome Getting Back in Shape
isn nis engibiity at Oregon
next spring. He did not com
pete last season...! ,
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 14. 1913
Eugene-lUPI) - Star sprinter
Harry Jerome of Canada is
working himself back . into
shape while recovering from
a serious leg injury suffered
last year. University of Ore
gon track Coach Bill Bower
man said today.
Bowcrman said that Je
rome, who will be a senior
at Oregon this fall, has com
peted in the 440-yard dash
in two all-comers meets here
this summer. He finished sec
ond in each race in 54.1 and
51.1, respectively.
"He wasn't trying to win,"
Bowcrman said. "He was just
striding through the race to
see how it feels. After all,
one leg is six months behind
the other in condition."
The 22-year-old Canadian
injured his leg while com
peting for his country in the
British Empire Games at
Perth, Australia, last Novem
ber. He was opcraitMl on al his
home city of Vancouver, B.C.,
following the accident and
spent nearly a month in the
hospital. He had his leg en
cased in a cast for 4',i weeks
and was on crutches for an
other several weeks.
Jerome is expected to fin-
Baker Suggestion
Rejected by Coach
Orange, Calif. - (UPD - Los
Angeles Ram coach Harland
Svare said today he will start
quarterback Roman Gabriel
against the Minnesota Vikings
Saturday night.
Svare refused to have any
thing to do with a suggestion
that he scree to start Terry
Baker if Viking coach Norm
Van Brocklin would agree to
start his rookie, Ron Vander.
kclcn.
"Van Brocklin can start
anybody he wants to," said
Svare. "I'm going with Ga
briel." Baker is expected to
start a week from Saturday in
Portland when the Rams meet
the Dallas Cowboys.
BEAVERTON WINS
Portland illPD Bcavtcrton
defeated PACC 8-6 and
Grimms of Vancouver downed
Forest Grove 4-2 in 12 in
nings Tuesday night in Amer
ican Amateur Baseball con
gress state tourney play here.
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