f SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1954
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
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Olson's 'Overtime' Style Makes Him Tough for Kid
IN TRAINING ONLY Carl IBobo) Olion 1s flat on his
back in a Chicago gymnasium ring but it's only (or condi
tioning to .make sure he won't wind up that way against Kid
Gavilan. They fight for Bobo's 160-pound title April 2.
Manager Headaches
Stem From 'B1 Games
By JIMMY BRESLIV '
SEA HUff Correspondent
NEW YORK (NEA A cou
ple of guys who learned to use
their fists In places thousands of
miles apart Kid Gavilan of Cam-
guey. Cuba, and Carl Olson of
Honolulu. Hawaii will find them
selves in uncomfortably close
quarters on April 2nd.
That would be when Gavilan.
the welterweight champion of the
world, steps into the Chicago Sta
dium ring and the bright lace
on your living room wall in a try
to lift the middlwelghtlltle from
Ol.son in what appers to be one
of the biggest Indoor fights of the
past few years.
This win be Olson s first defense
of the 160-pound crown he won by
beating Paddy Young of New York
and Randy Turpin of England In
an elimination set-up started when
Ray Robinson retired. It will be
Gavilan's first try for the same,
title, although the Kid has had
more than a few Jousts with top
middlewelghts during his career.
HOPEFUL
Promoting international boxing
club officials hopefully , say the
match should rival the largest
Indoor gate in history the $423,918
which Tony Zale and Rocky Gra
ziano drew at the same arena In
1S47. . .
A neutral box office guess would
By GAYLE TALBOT
TAMPA m There has been a
development in spring training in
the past few weeks which promises
to revolutionize the entire concept
of the annual southern trip within
another year or two. The . "B"
game, of which you might not even
have heard, is going to make a
lot of managers wish they had
taken up another trade.
Three clubs, all especially hun
gry for fresh, young talent, got to
gether this spring to bring the
scheme to full flower, and the oth
ers are bound to follow suit in a
hurry. The pioneers of the full "B"
team schedule are the Chicago
White Sox, the Philadelphia Phils
end the Cincinnati Redlegs. Their
respective pilots already look, tired
and worn.
CHANCE
What it amounts to is that each
of the three clubs plays a full nine
Inning game every morning, ei
ther against one another or against
a top minor league team. This Is
entirely aside from their regularly
scheduled exhibition games in the
Skiers
On Hand
For Jumps
MT. HOOD, Ore. 11 Some 60
of the nation's best ski jumpers
took final practice leaps here Sat
urday in preparation for the North
American ski jumping cnampion
ships; Sunday.. ., -,.
A strong contingent of exchange
students from Scandinavia is ex
pected to dominate the event.
Prominently mentioned is Reld
r TJllevaalseter, who won Nor
way's Junior Jumping crown four
years In succession before coming
to this country as a student at the
University of Idaho- He recently
won the Pacific Northwestern. Ski
Assn. Jumping title.
Wilbert Rasmussen. 23. nation
al ski Jump champion from Ish-
pemlng, Mich., Is the principal
native hope. A member of the U.
S. 1952 Olympic squad. Rasmussen
won the national title at Iron
Mountain. Mich., last month.
Several of the top U.S. skiers
will be missing, among them
Keith Wegeman, who was this
country's No. 1 -man in the recent
championships in Scandinavia.
Just returned from that meet,
Wegeman was unable to get Army
leave. He is stationed with the Ar
my's cold-weather troops In Colo
rado. The meet is divided into two
sections, those 21 and older com.
peting for the senior title, and
those 16 to 20 competing for the
Junior crown.'
The meet is held on the shoul
ders of 11,245-foot Mt. Hood, 60
miles east of Portland. Seniors
will compete on an 80-meter hill,
juniors on a 60-meter hill.
Worberg Named
To Coaching Spot
JOHN DAY lid Dale Warberg,
who plaved last season for the
state- AAU champion Everybody's
Drug basketball team. Is the new
basketball and track coach at
Grant Union High School here.
He will be assisted in these
spoils by athletic director and
lootball and baseball coach.
Warberg, a former University ol
Oregon athlete, is a graduate of
Eugene High School. .
afternoon. The idea behind it is
that every rookie in each of the
three camps will get a chance to
play a number of games under
full competitive conditions, with
his manager looking on, before his
fate is decided.
This Is a more radical depar
ture than one might think. .Be.
fore this, untold thousands of
youngsters have Reported to train
ing camp and perhaps not played
an inning, except In unsatisfactory
lntra-squad games, before they
were handed train tickets to Alta
loosa. Harried managers, trying
to get their regulars In playing
condition, found little opportunity
to use their unknown kids in the
afternoon exhibitions. They simply
had to take it for granted that the
boys coming up from, say, Class-B
Leagues were "a year or two
away"
This is different. Each morning
three big league managers are
crawling from the hay (groan) at
crack of dawn for hurried break-
fasts and conferences with their
respective coaches. A few hours
later they are earnestly directing
their young athletes, perhaps in a
town many miles from where they
will be managing their "A" clubs
in the afternoon.
REFINEMENT
Paul Richards of the White Sox
has added a refinement. His "B1
team on any given day might in.
elude several of his leaduig stars.
He wants his kids to have the op
portunity of playing with, as well
against, established big
leaguers. This has led to some
chagrin, as there have been times
when neither Richards nor his ad
vertised aces showed up for the
afternoon's exhibition in a neigh-
boring, city.
' Clubs thus wounded complain
that attendance will drop off dras
tically If the custom grows. As
Prank Lane, the Sox general man
ager, sees It, however, the small
change to be picked up at this
time of year Is highly unimportant
compared to the stakes involved
"What we are looking for are
players that can help us win
pennant," he says. "We don't hold
spring training to make money.
We've learned more about our
young players in "B" games the
last lew weeks than we might have
learned in years before.
Beavers Hold
Full Scale Workout
GLENDALE, Calif. UH The sun
broke through after eight days of
rain Friday and tne Portland Beav
ers finally wera able to hold a full
scale workout. '
The squad was divided Into two
teams, one under Hank Arft and
the other under Herm Reich, for
practice game. Reich's team won
8-5, despite three Innings of no-hlt
Ditching by Joe Nicholas of the
Arft team.
The Beavers were to play the
San Diego Sailors In an exhibition
game Saturday and then meet
Seattle Sunday.
I HOCKEY
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WES1EKN LEAGUE
Frday's Results
New Westminster 6. Vancouver 3
(Best-of-9 scries tied Ml
The eleven members of the
Western States Fish and Game
Commissions association will meet
to discuss mutual problems May
3-5 at Las Vegas, Nev.
Sports Notes
Of the five tie games played dur
ing 1953 in the American League.
the Detroit Tigers were Involved
in four- Three times they tied the
Philadelphia Athletics.
During the summer months Bob
Bondanza, 8an Jose. State basket
ball player, works on the coffee
plantation owned by his parents In
El Salvador, Central America.
Tom - Alston, rookie first base
man, is the first Negro ever to
appear In a St. Louis Cardinal base
ball uniform. He was purchased
from San Diego in the Pacific
Coast League.
No one can blame infielder Alex
Grammas of the Cardinals for hav
ing a sweet tooth. His father is
$250.000 but the amount of peo
ple expected to see the match will
be staggering, thanks to television.
The bout is on the regular Friday
night TV hookup, . with only the
Chicago area blacked out.
Whether you're among the IS,
000 plus at Chicago Stadium or
one of the millions who will see it
from TV-side, it will be worth
seeing.
FURY
In Gavilan; you have the flash
and class of a remarkable fighter.
The normally placid and fun-loving
Cuban fights with reckoned fury.
In his last two big ones at Chi
cago he ruined Chuck Davey and
Johnny Bratton .
Against the hard-bitten Olson,
you can expect to see Gavilan at
his determined best. He'll move,
Jabbing with his left and then
hooking the same hand. The Kid
does not figure to try and slug it
out with Olson on the Inside
where Bobo is at his best but,
rather, will stay on the outside.
using the ring, and catching his
man coming to him.
SMART
"I fight heem with thees. too,
Kid says with one finger on his
temple. Gavilan makes no secret
that he feels he can out-think the
Hawaiian once the bell rings.
Olson, however, is not in the
four-round class. He feints with
place the figure somewhere near his head and shoulders and bores
In continually throwing a three-
minute . a . round combination of
punches.
Olson is deceiving. He doesn't
give any impression of greatness.
But he Is strictly business in a'
ring and works overtime. Rather
than clinch, he'll fire away with
both hands inside. He's been
scored as a weak hitter, yet had
Turpin on the floor twice and
knocked out Joe Rlndone in his
last two fights. His right hand to
the liver Is a proven strength-sapping
blow.
Olson's liking for plenty of ac
tion was a big reason why he
was rated a 2-1 favorite In early
betting. Gavilan always has made
his own type of fight. It usually
consists of rapid, eye-catching
flurries of 30 seconds or so, spaced
with nearly a minute of easy cake-
walking to catch his breath.
He Is almost certain to find Ol
son, completely agreeable to the
flurrlea but a very reluctant
person when it's time for those
"breathing periods." Olson prob
ably will do his best to keep the
pace going for the full round In
nls plugging style.
If Gavtlon can keep Olson from
turning the thing Into a punching
marathon, he'll have everything
going for him. But If he can't con
tain the busy Hawaiian, it does
not figure to be one of his most
pleasant nights in a ring.
Giants Hope '53 Was a Mirage
By HARRY GRAYSON
St. PETERSBURG, Fla (EA)
Rival managers and . scouts
agree that the Giants' finish last
season was so bad it doesn't have
to be believed. Next to the return
of Willie Mays, that's the Polo
Grounders' biggest hope.
The acquisition of the left-hand
pitchers, Johnny Antonelli and
Don Liddle, gives the New York
Nationals a boost, of course, but
does not transcend the fact that
tl players themselves know there
are too many good ones among
them to have won only 22 of the
last 60. The Pirates did that well.
Behind the pitching, the Giants
are plenty capable enough, parti
cularly with young Mays back.
Whitey Lockman, Davey Williams,
Alvin Dark and Henry Thompson
compose a first class infield.
The ebullient and wide-ranging
Mays Is flanked by Monte Irvln
and Don Mueller. Now sound of
limb, Irvln is a remarkable hit
ter, who moves up with men on
base. The unobtrusive Mueller
batted .333 last year.
BIG GUY
Bill Taylor, a tremendously big
guy, led the Southern League In
batting with .350 and during the
winter whacked the ball all over
Venezuela performing for Caracas
Taylor is not too accomplished In
the outfield up to now. However, !
he s only 23, witn two years out
for the Army and his power picks
him out as a young In .a with a
chance to make it big. The Oiants
could use a roaring bat.
Behind the plate, the Giants fig
ure to obtain assistance from Ray
Katt, a Triple A standout the past
two campaigns with Minneapolis,
where he batted .328 and smacked
28 home runs last trip.
The reserve list is stronger. Bil
ly Klaus, from Milwaukee should
stick around and a kid from Nash
ville, Billy Gardner, takes Bill
Rlgney's place. Always a brilliant
glove man, Gardner didn't hit
until lost season, when he batted
308 for Nashville. He is insurance
at shortstop, where neither Klaus
nor Bobby Hofman can play.
BRIGHT
Foxy foragers coming off the
Arizona desert tell you that the
brightest prospect in the Phoenix
camp Is a 22-year-old shortstop
named Foster Castleman, but be
cause of two years in the armed
forces and a knee opeation, this
Jacksonville, Fla., lad has had
only two seasons In the minors.
The knee healed In time for him
to get In 20 games with Minne
apolis last fall, and he batted .368.
The Giants have pitching quan
ily for sure, and Johnny Antonelli
k
hi
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OLD AND NEW Red Faber (left), 45, and Joe Bern
(center),' 68, shows Jim Hughes how they threw' curves for
the Whita Sox. Hughes is the Dodger's relief pitcher. Faber
won three games from the Giants in the 1917 World Series.
should get a lift from . competition.
Another cheering note Is that
George Spencer seems to have
staged a comeback. Spencer was
the club's relief ace In pennant-
winning 1951, "when he won 10 and
lost a and saved 10 others. Spen
cer has his sinker back and fel
lows like Rosy Ryan, the old right-
bander, tell you that be Is again a
big league pitcher. The Giants
shipped Spencer to Minneapolis
last year, and the experience
seems to have persuaded him to
take a grip on himself. .
Theie are six tough clubs In the
National League this season and
the other two are Improved.
But the Oiants themselves feel
that If the pitching measures up,
they're not out of it by any
means.
They cant be as inept as they
were In playing out the string last
year, and Amazin' Willie Mays is
there to give them a shove.
Lincoln Wins
AAU Crown
MED FORD (m Amos Lincoln,
Portland, stopped Les Llndsley,
Coos Bay, In the. second round to
win the 178-pound title In the an
nual Oregon AAU boxing tourna
ment, which opened here Friday
night.. , ,
Other championships will be
decided Saturday night. In the fea
ture match Jack Puscas, Eugene,
will meet Hugh Mlnsker, Portland,
for the 132-pound title.
Lee Sagoser, Eugene, will clash
with Jim Quick, Portland, in anoth
er feature.. '
Some 40 amateurs entered the
tournament.
HITS HIGH
CHICAGO W Dolly Becker's
723 was the highest league series
ever bowled by . a woman in this
city. It was the first "over 700
series" In two years. Dolly's high
was rolled in the Ladles Classic
held here in February.
Junior Legion
Playoffs Scheduled
BILLINGS. Mont. Wl The 1964
Region 11 tourney for state Ameri
can Legion junior baseball chanv
pions from Washington, Oregon,
Idaho and Montana will be held
here Aug, 16-19.; ,
The dates were announced last
night by Legion officials. The win
ner will advance . to the national
finals scheduled ' for Yakima,
Wash., the following month.
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By THE ASSOCIATED
.'. BASKETBALL
ST. JOSEPH, Mo, Wayland
College of Plalnview, Tex., defeat
ed the Kansas City Dona, St-M,
to win the Women's National AAV
cluunplonshlp. -
V .: -' TENNIS
MIAMI BEACH; Fla. Art Lar.
sen,-San Leandro, Calif., defeat
ed Hal . Burrows, ' Charlottesville.
Va., to gain final of Good Neigh
bor tourney. ... ; ..
'' GOLF :
WILMINGTON, U.O. Arnold
Palmer of Latrobe, Fa., shot a 7-under-par
65 to take a one stroke
lead In the $10,000. Azalea open.
.RACING , r
MIAMI. Fla. Real Brother
((3.90) won Shaw purse at Gulf-
stream by a nose.
8 AN MATEO, Calif. Lap Full
($2.80) won feature at Bay Head
owa.
, SWITCH AND SWIM
BRUSSELS MY A four styles
team relay event was the main
feature or the opening of a new
Brussels swimming pool. This was
a relay race by teams of four
swimmers. Each team member
swam 100 meters in a different
style crawl, butterfly, breast
stroke and backstroke. ' ,
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White slams him with a right cross during a Chicago amateur
bout. McClure came off the floor from this, but the referee
stopped it midway through the second round.
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The largest opening day crowd in
American League history was the
73,163 who saw the Browns play
the Indians at- Cleveland Stadium
April 20, 1948. .
The cost of maintaining a race
horse Is from $1 to $12 a day.
For this sum the trainer feeds the
horse and arranges for his handling
and conditioning.
Gene Hatton, infielder getting a
spring trial with the Cincinnati
Redlegs, Is a cousin to Grady Hat
Ion, regular Infielder with the same
team.
Shortstop Johnny Logan of the
Milwaukee Braves Is nicknamed
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