HERALD ANT) NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
SUNDAY. AUGUST 21. 1955
Casey Nominated For Manager
Of Year If Yankees
Br JACK CUDDT
; I'nited J'rnu Sporu Writer
' NEW YORK (UP) II these
' ragmuffin Yankees on scramble
home in front, then Casey Stengel
(should not only be the manager
of the year but of the decade.
They're one of the strangest col
lections of players ever to wear
the famed pin-striped flannels tht
once adorned such hallowed mus
cle men as Babe Ruth, Lou Geh
rig, and Joe DiMaggio. But don't
bet that wily old Stengel, a double
talker but a straight thinker, won't
bring another pennant to Yankee
Stadium, Ins sixth in seven years.
But just look at his cast of char
acters and we do mean char
acters. He has only two hitters
batting over .300, center fielder
Mickey Mantle at .310 and part
lime first baseman Bill Skowron at
.322. The club has a collective bat
ting average of .257. And there are
only two men in the starting line
tip. Yogi Berra, the indestructible
catcher and Mantle, who could
make the first team In an Ameri
can league All-Star aggregation.
But Just look at I lie kind of
'"power" that Stcng"! has to senci
up to the plate, day alter day.
in these critical games, elsewhere
In his lineup.
bKT AT FIRST
He is okay at llrst base olfen
sively as long as Skowron is in.
but the big moose from Purdue is
no gazelle boy In trie Held, par.
ticulnrly since he suffered a se
verely pulled muscle earlir this
season. That means in a tight
game Stengel may prefer to go
with Joe Collins, a superior field
er, but a .'lit flitter. Or for a long
ball "threat," Eddie Robinson at
,199.
Things are a little better at sec
ond where Oil McDougald has a
Tespectable .286 average and
blasts an occasional long ball. But
' Marty Marion at Chicago would
rather have his little pluggcr, Nel
lie Fox, and Cleveland's Al Lopez
still Insists his Bobby Avlla Is the
best second sacker around.
The star of many other Yankee
pennant campaigns, little Phil Ris
zuto, still Is trying to hold down
the first string shortstop post, but
he'll be the first to tell you that
things just aren't the same with
him any more. He has lost much
of his speed and coordination, his
arm isn't strong any more and
lie's batting a. puny .347, Jerry
Coleman, his side kick who
Coast League Teams
May Not Be Wanted
9 lVf BAL WOOD
tmMed Free S porta Writer
" BAN FRANCISCO UP With
; ail the hullabaloo about San Fran
, oleeo, NoDywood, Oakland and -or
aoranento moving to a new city
to got an attendance atoot-ln-the
arm, there 1mm been no concrete
vMenoe iratt trie franchise from
th warning Faoiflo Coast League
are wanted eiaewhere.
"We've never bad a concrete
Mer to take over a franchise
from anr arty," says TCL Presi
dent Claire Ooedwin.
Ben Foote, a Journalist repre
senting the Oaeette in Phoenix,
Ariz., currently Is vacationing on
the West Conet, and he agrees
that Phoenix has made no bids.
Phoenix Is one of the cities being
mentioned as the possible site for
Hollywood when that elub loses
its ball park after next year,
NO ORGANISED MOVE
"I'm sure the fans In Phoenix
would like to see Pacilic Coast
League baseball," said Foote.
"But there is no organized move
in Phoenix to get a PCL fran
chise." Hnwcver, with the shilling of
populations In the West, it is ob
vious that Phoenix has outgrown
the Arizona-New Mexico League,
a Class C loop.
"There are nearly 500.000 per
sons in Maricopa Counlv," says
.Foote, "and wo have nearly as
many persons In the Phoenix
trade area 266.000 as there Is
In all the rest of the league pul
together."
Last year Uie Phoenix li'ain.
winning the pennant, drew 114.000
lans. Hnwcver, in 10.i3 when It
finished last, only 49.000 paid their
way Into the bull park.
BASI HALI. CON8C 101 S
The Phoenix baseball park seats
6.800. but could be rnlnrgrd easily
to handle 10.000. It has parkins
pace lor about 2.000 automobiles.
The slate ol Anwna right now
is very baseball conscious hn.-.ni.r
of the lad thai four major league
teams will be training there next
spring
"Last year, the majors played
i.U
IVATFR Clior rr.iK it..
ncek prefers the Cubs hot. hut
keeps cool regnrdless in 90- de
eree hra, M WriRpy FlHd m
Micago. A pail of water for the
eet is the Mest m the fans
rooting rtiipmenl
1" 1 t.iuiU.J,.lwro j
rv i
fM aim
handles that job part time Is bat-except against left-handed pitch
ting only .218. Contrast that withing. Berra as the catcher at .275
Hsrvev Kurnn, Detroit's whii alls the best hitler among the hind
.323, Billy Klaus of Boston at .292.snatchers and also the best all
or even Al Carrasquel of Chicago around receiver but he has to work
at .254. practically all the tune.
TIIKKK AHEAD OF CAREY Is it the pitching then that keeps
There are three contending the Yankees up there? Well, not
third baseman hitting belter thanexactly. In the recent seven-game
the Yanks' .Andy Carey who Iswinnlng s t r e a k. only one man.
nursing a .256 mark. Al Bmith.Don Larsen. was able to go the
Cleveland's candidate for most route. Right now It looks as if
valuable player who works both atthe Yankees will wind up without
third and in the outfield, is .306, a 20-game winner,
(ieorge Kell of Chicago at .304 and Moreover, Stengel, the master
Ray Boone of Detroit .300. manipulator who Is happiest when
Things aren't any more glamor-he can parade 15 or 20 players
ous in the outfield. Behind Mantle in and out of a lineup is severely
and his .310 mark come right lield-handicapped in that he has two
er Hunk Bauer al .270 and lelt bench-bound bonus babies. Torn
llelder Irv Noren at .247. Shades Carroll and Frank Leja. Togeiher
of the Babe and DiMag. The partthey have been in 13 games, Car
time operatives Elston Howardroll in seven and Leja in six. Leja
and Bob Cerv each are battlnghas been to bat once. Carroll
.lias, but they seldom see action hasn't bean to the plate yet.
Southern Cal Log
With Grid
LOS ANGELES IUP) South
ern Calilornia's Trojans, well
stocked with 24 returning lettermen
and three outstanding sophomores,
can make things mighty tough in
and out of the Pacific coast con
fcrence this season if the tackles
develop.
Aside from that position, Coach
Jess Hill's squad looks fast and
oxDericnced.
Jon Arnett, one of the speediest
ball carriers In the country. Is re
turning to handle the left halfback
spot which he divided last year
with the senior Aramis Dandoy.
Quarterback- Ed Contralto is back
for his third year oi varsity oan,
Five lettermen are returning to
battle for end positions and the
guards are in the capable hands
of Orlando Ferrante and Chuck
Galll.
Two of Hill's three outstanding
sophs may break into the first
string backiicld. Don Hickman,
who stands only five feet 10 and
weighs 170, has been Impressive
at right half and also Is tabbed
as number two left half behind
Arnett.
The other ambitious soph Is 210
pound C. R. Roberts, deceptively
fast, who may give the veteran
nine games In Phoenix, all In the
daytime, and drew an average of
about 4.000 people per game
says Foote. "The biggest crowd
we ever had for a baseball game
was In 1949 between the New York
O 1 a n t a and Cleveland Indians,
That one drew 9,025."
However, league games are
played at night time and with the
perfect Phoenix night - time cli
mate. It is obvious that the sport
would prove popular for out-doors
people there.
What makes Phoenix attractive
to PCL moguls is the fact it is
only 300 airline miles from either
San Diego or Los Angeles which
would be closer to the Southern
California cities than any other
city now in the loop.
Palmer Wins
Canada Title
TORONTO 11 Arnold Palmer.
who deserted the sunon pure ranks
a year ago after winning the 1954
u. B. Amateur title, had his first
big pay day as a professional Sat
urday as he won the Canadian
Open golf title with a near record
205 Uie second lowest score In the
46-year history of the tournament.
The 25-ycar-old ex-Coast Guards
man from LaTiobe. Pa., toured
the final 18 holes of the Weston
Golf Course Club in two-under par
70 lo smash par for the 72 holes
by 23 strokes. He look the lead al
the half-way mark and steadily
pulled away with sub par perform
ances. The 51 1 170-pound son of a La
Trube pro beat back Uie closing
challengo of Red Hawkins of St.
Andrews. 111., and Jackie Burke
Jr.. of Kintne.sha Lake, N. Y. to
v. in by lour strokes.
The only better score ever
tuinad hi by a w inner of the Can
adian Open was 263 by Johnny
rainier oi Baden. N. C. tno rela
lion i, who carded a 263 al Winni
peg m 1952.
Burke shot a 69 for a 4-round
total ol 2ti9.
Hawkins, who had a 68. wound
up In thlid place with a 270.
Oakland Sells
Gettel To Cards
OAKLAND lUPi- The Oakland
Oaks today sold Allen Gettel. their
number one pitcher, to the St
Louis Csiilinuls lor an undisclosed
sum ol cash and right-handed hur
ler Brooks Lawrence.
Gettel left immediately to Join
the Cards while Lawrence Is sched
uled to arrive in Oakland next
week.
Gettel. who harbors ambitions to
be a cowboy actor, compiled a
record of 12-13 this season with
the seventh-place Oaks.
The sale marked the second
lime Oakland President c. L
(Brick) Laws has peddled the big
riffhl-hnmlrr in m mui.,1. I
club. He sold Getlel lo the Gums
In 1961 who returned him !,..
the season opened
Gettel also has pitched lor the
new xork Yankees, Cleveland In
dians, Chicago White Sox and
Washington Senators.
His best year in Uie majors was
In 1947 when he had an 1110 mark
with the Indians.
Win F
Returnees
Gordon Duvall a big argument
for the fullback Job. Roberts' big
gest obstacle is Inexperience.
Another backiicld skirmish may
whirl around Contratto, who has
plenty of quartcrbacking savvy but
is being pushed by juniors r.ii3
worlh Kissinger and Frank Hall.
Kissinger is the best signal caller
of the three and Hall the best
passer.
The ends are swamped with tal
ent. Leon Clarke and Chuck Grit-
fifths figure to take over their old
'pots without too much trouble and
Trojan tom-tom thumpers alreudy
are billing Clarke as All-American
timber. Behind them are lettermen
Chuck Liembach, Don McParland
and Bimr Bordler.
The tackle situation Is admitted
ly bad with Hill trying to find re
placements for Eddie Fouch and
Mario Da Re. Sophomore Hann
Schmidt may plug up one of the
holes with his 237 pounds with
George Belotti and Ron Fletcher,
who have seen some varsity ac
tion, also on hand.
Hill is considerably cheered by
Ferrante's return to guard. The
198 pound senior, rated in some
quarters as one of the nation's best
blockers, missed half of last sea
son because of a broken ankle.
Another casualty in the line is
center Marv Goux, who underwent
a spinal operation this summer.
If he doesn't bounce back, his spot
is up for grabs between sophomore
Karl Rubke and senior Vern Samp
son.
The Trojans play a 10 game
slate this year, two contests less
than in 1954 when they slid into
the Rose Bowl with an 8-4 mark
ns runnersup In the PCC to UCLA
The "no repeal" rule kept ihc
Bruins out of the bowl.
The schedule:
Sept. 17 Washington State.
Sept. 23 Oregon.
Sept. 30 Texas.
Oct. 8 At Washington.
Oct. 14 At California.
Ocl. 29 At Minnesota.
Nov. 5 Stanford.
NOV. 19 UCLA,
Nov. 28 Notre Dame.
State Officers
To Lead Tourney
LAKEVIFW Earl Hcmenwny,
Eugene, Larry Dig by, Ro.se ourg
and Herb Gilford, Med ford, all
Mate officers of the Oregon Bow
Hunters, will serve as tournament
officials at the annual state broad
head meet at Lakeview August 20
21. Dean Elliott, secretary of the
Lakeview Bowmen who will be
hosts for the meet, announces ro$i-
Istralions will he tiiKen Saturday
morning at Box Springs, 13 miles
east of Lakeview in the Warner
Canyon area. At 1 o'clock the shoot
will start with the first 50 targets
of the broad head round and the
running deer target.
On Sunday will be the second
fiO targets of broadhcad round and
the flight shoot.
Shooters classifications include:
free style with bow sight for both
men and women; instinctive (with,
out sights) for both men and wom
en: Junior division fnr both boys
and pills and Pee Wees lor both
boys and girls.
Summer Tennis
Program Closing
111 Is coming week's tennis pro
gram al Moore Park will bring to
a close a very successful summer
of tennis instruction and tourna
ments under the sponsorship of the
city recreation department and di
rector Don Megnlr.
A three day tournament starl
ing Monday will climax the year's
activities on the local scene and
an intercity match at Springfield
will complete the season's activi
ties. Megale, who has been handling
clnsses for youngsters and adults
alike will direct the third tourna
ment of the year. Four divisions
will be completed including ctrl's
singles, boy's singles, junior
men s sirnles and Junior women's
jingles. Trophies for the final tour
nament have been donated by
Hal's Sport Shop. Juckeland's. the
Gun Store and Poole's.
Instruction will continue
throughout August 27. Satut
dn viih Mcgale and his staff
giving free lessons to tho;;e inter
ested m learning the game.
VKUMY'S STRS
Hr TIIK ASSOCIATKIl 'IIKS
I'ltching - Robin Robert!., pint,
h". oiu-duo'ied 18-cnnie winner
IVm Newcnmbe to beat Brooklyn
'1 on sevrn hits and tie modern
record with six consecutive sea
sons of :o or more victories
Batting Walt Dropo. White
sox. powered two-run homer to
break .srorrirs., deadlock in fourth
Inning a. chu-aeo k,-ni t-nn:.nt-ye
ru ,: 3,0 d..OM mor
ietroit.
Davis
Nefters
Withdraw
BROOKLINE. Mass. VH With
the Davis Cup challenge round
only a week away, American and
Australian team members have
pulled out oi the rain-delayed 75i!i
national doubles tenni tourniment
leaving the men's title Jree lor
a mad scramble.
Action by the Davis Cup com
petitors c?me Friday as Loimwood
officials decided to wait until the
inundated outdoor courts dried out.
Previously the men's plav had
been shiltcd indoors due to the tor
rential rains. Under present plans
the competition probably will not
resume until Tuesday.
U.S. Davis Cup caotain Billy
Talbert's move look away the de
fending champions and No. 1 do
mestic seeds Tony Trabert and
Vic Seixas. It also broke up the
second seeded pair of Ham Rich
ardson and Denmark's Kurt Neil
sen and the third duo of Gil Shea
and Herb Flam.
Richardson and Shea are the
other American Davis Cup play
ers. Auursli&na R-'X II nwie and
N'eale Fia.cr. lop-iceued foreign
rrs. dclaulted al match point to
Italian Giuseppi Merlo and Dick
Gaines ol Edgartown, Mass., in a
second round indoor match. The
Aussics won the first two sets by
6-2 scores and were leading 40-15
in Uie 12th game of the third set
when they defaulted in a sports
manlike gesture.
For both teams, nervously
watching the weather and the fast
approaching Aug. 26 Davis cup
opening date at Forest Hills, N.Y..
It seemed the only thing they could
do.
Meanwhile the aggressive com
bination of Jerry Moss, St. Peters
burg, Fla., and Bill Quillian. Se
attle, Wash., stepped forward as
strong contenders for the champ
ionship by outlasting Italian Davis
Cuppers Orlando Sirola and Nicola
Pictrangcll In a four-hour, 10-min-ute
marathon.
The American duo eliminated
the third seeded foreigners 10-12,
14-12, 6-2, 10-12, 6-4. They ad
vanced Immediately through the
second round on a default by lo
cal boys William Shock and Jack
Lynch.
Philadelphia
Upsets Lions
In Pro Battle
Bv HAROLD V. RATI.IFF
DALLAS (if) stubby Ted We.
gcrt, who bypassed college on the
way to professional football, won
the glory and Doak Walker, who
got a college education, profited
linancially Friday night as the
Philadelphia Eagles upset the De
Unit Lions 14-8.
Wegert, a rookie in pro ex-peri
ence but a veteran in football
he played It four years In the
Navy ran the Lions ragged in
scoring both touchdowns and keep
ing the Eagles unbeaten along the
National Professional League ex
hibition trail.
Ho did It on Doak Walker night
in the Cotton Bowl when the for
mer Southern Methodist Univer
sity All-America and lor five years
a star with the pro Lions was hon
ored on the occasion of his last
game in Texas.
It was in this big saucer that
Walker played 20 games before
crowds totaling 1.058.000. The fans
gave him a $10,000 automobile and
other things in a half-time cere
mony and the Doaker wept as he
told them how he appreciated
what they'd done for him In his
8-year football career.
Walker for the first time failed
i score at least one point in a
Cotton bowl appearance. Bibbles
Bawel. a defensive star for Phila
delphia, robbed Walker of that
honor when he bounced through to
block Doak's try for extra point
alter the Detroit touchdown.
The contest consisted mostly of
defense and was rather sloppily
plnyed. But for the irrespressible
Wcgert's 83 - yard touchdown run
In the second period there were
few thrills for the crowd of 48.000.
The powerlul runner from River
Head, Long Island, who played
high school football but left with
out getting a diploma and had four
vears with Bainbridge Navy,
scored the other touchdown In col
laboration with Jerry Norton, for
mer Southern Methodist star. Nor
ton ran a punt back 26 yards to
the Detroit 26 and after Don John
son had carried to the seven in
two tries. Wegert skirted right end
for the touchdown. Bobby Walston
converted after each Eagle score.
A pass from Bobby Layne to
Walker tor 23 yards started the
Lions rolling lo their touchdown
late in the first period. Lew car
penter and Bill Stits did most of
the work in the 80-ynrd surge witn
Rtlts making the score with a 2
ynrd whirl around end.
Then came Wegert s 83-yard run
to put the Eagles ahead only to
lose it iust before the half ended
when Adrian Burk. trapped De-
hind the goal line by huge Leon
Hart, intentionally grounded a
pass and It was chalked up as a
safety.
Siskiyou Golf
Tcurney Planned
WEED Qolfers of Sisliiyou
County are eligible lor entry in
the Siskiyou County Championship
..loll Tournament slated for two
;;epaiaie dnvs on tne Weed and
the McCloud courses.
The first 18 hole pl" is sched
uled for th Weed course cpiein-
tcr 11: and the second 18 hole
nlav will be at the McCloud course
September 18. There will be four
llithts in the tournament and eight
curs will be given as awards.
Qualifying rounds for entry must i
he played between September S and i
10. and all entries mut register j
at the Weed or the M.-rioud club
house where the rules cf the tour
uamcnt are posted.
, iff
V? fee
r .VIA
TWO LOCAL RETRIEVERS ready fo go through their paces
at the semi-annual Shasta Cascade Retriever Club's field
trial September 3-4-5 at the Liskey Lost River Ranch are
shown with owner and handler Hal Shidler. Pictured above
with Shidler are Tarblood Spider Creek King, right, and Hal's
Spi-Wiie-Zelce, left.
Qui 0( CDotuu b)ilh
0 Th
q Sportsman
The Elusive
By AL McCLAXE
NKA Fishing Editor
Brown trout are a favorite with
fly fishermen because they feed to
a In rue extent on the surface.
They are considered by anglers
and scientists as the most difficult
species of trout to catch, which in
a large measure explains their
ability to withstand angling pres
sure in populated areas.
Lures and live bait of all kinds
will take brown trout in one sea
son or another, but primarily the
brownie is a target for the floating
fly.
The brown trout was introduced j
from Europe and now occupies
much of the former range of the !
native brook trout in the more
heavily settled portions of the East.
Several kinds of brown trout (one
from Germany and another from
Loch Leven in Scotland, for ex
ample) were broupht to America
but they have been thoroughly
mixed by fish cultural activities.
It has been spread fairly widely
and is now found in 40 of the 48
states.
It was planted In many streams
and lakes of the West, where it
maintains itself with little subse
quent stocking. Ten pound fish are
not uncommon in some waters.
Under average growing condi
tions, brown trout in streams reach
a size of about seven inches in
two years, and 14 inches in four or
five years. The heaviest brown
trout on record was caught in
Scotland and weighed 39's pounds.
Utah, California, New York and
Michigan produce the largest brown
trout in America, ana aitnoupn
many of these fish are taken on
lures ranging from wobbling spoons
to chunks of processed cheese, the
best individual fish, year after
year, are taken in Utah on artifi
cial flies.
Montana, Wyoming, Oregon,
Weed, Yreka Vie
In Playoff Game
DUNSMUIR The Weed Sons
and Yieka Indians moved into
the President's Cup Playoff series
of the Northern California League
on Sunday by winning playoff
games from Dunsmuir and Tule
lake. The four teams tied for third
plnce in the regular league season
which closed the previous week.
McCloud and Mount Shasta finished
in first and second places.
Tlie President's Cup tourney will
begin on Sunday with the McCloud
Loggers host to Yreka and Uie
Mount Shasta Eagles host to Weed.
As winners are determined on a
best two-out-ol-three basts, the
schedule will be reversed the fol
lowing week with a tossup for the
possible third Raines. The winners
will meet in another three game
set.
Yreka won Sunday's game the
hard way, piling up four runs m
the ninth to nip Tulclake, 7-6.
Dunsnuur beat the Weed Sons
twice during the season but could
n't take the crucial game, bowing
to a 15 hit attack, 16-8. In all
exhibition game at McCloud on
Sundnv, the Loggers trinimed
Mount Shasta, 14-5.
Heat Kills Attempt
At Four-Minute Mile
TORONTO (UPi An unhrrnldri
as5;uilt on the tour-minute mile
filled In a hue Aucust hent wave
today when Wes S;intee whipped
Gordon Pine of Enaland and Fred
Dw-ver of the V. S. Army in a
slow 4:11 1 mile at the Canadian
senior re. ay championships.
Rutinuie in 90-dc:ree tempera
tures, s.uitot'. who has been close
to the (our-mituue barrier more
thsn a half dozen times, was con
tent to lac in third place until
the final 220 yarns. Then he opened
tip like a K.utsns tornado, whirled
p.tst Uttyrr and Pine, snd spnnteu
lo the tape : 5 seconds in Iront.
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Brown Trout
Pennsylvania, and more recently,
Maine, grow large brown trout,
but never in the number that the
four leaders provide. At least one
state, Virginia, will not stock brown
trout in any of its waters because
the fish Is considered too hard to
catch.
If left to themselves, brown trout
will grow to cannibal sizes an eat
most other fish in the area. Noth
ing could be more interesting to
the angler.
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Hitson Wins Main;
$1,000 Event Stands
Johnny Hltson found the range
and the winner's- circle last night
at the Klainji:i Speeuway hardtop
races and Lucile Bender proved
that If given Uie chance women
are greedy when it comes to mon
ey in the evening's $1,000 give-away
special event.
A l.'ire crowd of hardtop fans
were on hand to sec the weekly
speeuwsy ca.'d which included
some of the finest racing seen on
the speCtWiiy oval ana pull for
Mrs. Bender in the big gi' e-a-w ay
even;.
Hardtop officials placed SI. 000 in
a wheelbarrow and the lucky lady,
chosen by. a ticket draw, could
have all she carried away. When
the ' go " sign.il was given Mrs.
Bender began scooping the change
like a steam shovel working at a
g revel pit.
In three minutes, which was the
lime limit placed on taking the
money, Mrs. Bender had more
than half of the SI, 000 placed in
a big cloth bag. The ne:;t step was
to make It back lo the finish line
by walking a chalked Hue. About
thrco fourths the way to the end
of tho line, Mrs. Bender could not
hold the bag anv longer and it fell
to the ground. She lost all she had
scooped up, hut a local drive--nn
gave her $10 as a consolation
award. It looked for a long time
as if the lucky ticket holder would
make oil with some of the hard
toprvr's loot. But the weight of
the money proved to be too much
to handle. The moral of the story,
the more money the smaller the
chance of winning any.
In the evening's A-main, John
ny HUson came from last place
and won the first main event vic
tory of the year for K-7.
During the season, Hilson has
had troubles with his hardtop and
.lot until last night's program did
he really show the Basin fans the
old spark, of the Johnny Hitson
who won last year's point race.
Bud Cook in K-l Jumped off to
a bid lead and was lapping cars
on every lap, five cars to be
exact, when a restart was needed
after 13 laps because of a crack
up. At this time Benny Morrison,
Bob Crawley and Hitson all be
gan to push Cook and finally pass
the blue and white car. Morrison
held the lead but spun out and
from then on out it was Hitson's
K-7 with Crawley right behind.
In the final count, Hitson came
in first, Crawley a close second
and Morrison third. Fourth spot
went to Olenn Stevens with Pee
Wee Routs in fifth position. Ray
grnrltmnn wn sixth and Bud Mc
Cloud seventh.
AND
SAY
VE BEEN
WE'VE SLASHED THE
LOW -LOW
The B-main was snared by B.a1
Tajlor in K-63 with Jim Rcis it
second poiiiion. Ken Kime wrs
third. Sum DcMorganaie four.h
snd Virgil Patliff fifth. The trophv
dafh winners were Hitson in the
A-dash and Reis in the B-trophy
even;. It was Rzis' first trophy in
two seasons of racing. Behind Hit
son cr. no Crawley and Bracknif.n,
while Taylor and Kime closed out
behind Rci'j.
T.ie four heat races were taken
by Murrell Betsch. Virgil Ralliff.
Coo!: and Allen Bousman. Runner
positions were nailed by Conner,
Re!s, Ileil Maviield and Hitson.
The five fastest times were re
corded by Crawley, at 19:80, Dale
Himelwrivht 20:10, Hitson 20:10.
George Smith 20:30 eid Ray
Brackman 20:40. In the blue flag
lap of the main event Crawley
turned the quarter mile track In
19:40. The track record is 19.60 held
by Crawley.
Softball Playoffs
Slated Monday
T.ie four teams of the men's
cKy soiiball leeirue will rnsre to
Gem Stadium Monday nigh: for
the slart of a double-elimination
playoff series to determine the
city champion.
The Suburban nine, which fin
ished atop the league with a 16-3
record, will face the third-place
Elks (14-51 In the first game at
7 o'clock. The runnerup VFW team
(15-4) will tangle with last-place
Armor;' Fountain (4-15) in the
second game.
The tourney will continue Tues
day when the winners and losers
of Monday's action will meet. One
game will be played Thursday as
a preliminary to the women's soft
ball contest between the Arizona
Ramblers and Oakridge, runnerup
in the recent state tournament.
The men's tourney final will be
played a week from Monday, when
trophies will be awarded to the
first and second place teams.
Easy Punch Rock???
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. (UP)
Archie Moore thinks Rocky Mar
ciano is going to be one of the
easiest guys to punch he has ever
met in the ring. "The champ Isn't
any harder to hit or doesn't offer
any more opposition than that big
sand bag I punch every day," the
challenger claims. Moore meets
Marciano for the heavyweight title
in New York, Sept. 20.
BOB
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