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x PAGE 2 B HERALD ANT) NEWS. KLfATH FALLS. OREGON SUNDAY. JUNE 1, 1958 HIGH SIGNS THE BAseiHE COACH HAS AN ELABORATE arUAL. OP &iSrrIAL MOVEMBrtT& ...(OIZ IS By HARRY GRAYSON NEA Sports Editor NEW YORK NEA Running the risk of being called a profes sional old-timer, which he isn't, Tristram Speaker still insists that major league outfielders play too deep. "Do you still believe that out fielders play loi far back?" asked Tris Speaker when 1 bumped into him at Shor's. "They're back Ihere, aren't they?" replied the Gray Eagle, who although he had a 20-year American League batting average of .344, is remembered chiefly for remarkable fielding feats. For years he was the model of fly chasers. It was nice to see Spoke looking so well. The Hall-of-Kamcr isn't much grayer than he was when in full stride and he s as alert as ever as batting coach and fulh cr confessor of the Indians. He has prospered in the steel bust ncss in Cleveland, to which city he was traded from Boston in 111 Hi "to balance the league." A Boston baseball writer tried to sucker Speaker Into criticizing Jimmy Piorsall. . "Do you think you could play center f 1 3 I d better than Pier sail?" asked the scribe. "Not nearly as well.'" replied Speaker, "... at 70." Older inhabitants, recalling Speaker in the flattering light of distance, picture him ns practical- Dave (dicker Earns 2 Wins RENTOV, Wash. AP Dave Klicker, Whitman, won two events and anchored, the winning relay team to win the outstanding ath lete award as records tumbled Saturday in the National Intercol legiate Alhietic Assn. and AAU Northwest District track meet, It was the second straight year that Klicker won the award. One of the records came in the Javelin when husky John Fromm of Pacific Lutheran whipped the spear 238 feet. 6 Inches. It was almost 10 feci better than his 229 5 of last year and the best throw ever made in the Pacific North west. . The University of Washington entries woi the AAU section with 4:l1i points closely pushed by the Vancouver B. C. Olympic Club with 36. No team scores were kept in the NAIA division. Other AAU scores were Wash ington frcsnmen si, Fort Lewis, 27; Seattle Olympic Huh, 22'i: Snohomish County Athletic Club, 6; Western Sports Club, Vancou ver. B. C. 5 and Elma High School. 3. Double winners in addition to Klicker in the NAIA meet were Roy Dunca. Seattle Pacific in the sprints and Sam Cully. Whitworth in high jump and broad jump. Klicker won both hurdles. Modris Petersons of the Seattle Olympic dub won the 120-yard high hurdles and set a record in the AAU 440 yard hurdles of 55.8. He was the only double winner in the AAU section. Maruffa Edges Sea Fever VICTORIA, B.C. (API - Maruf fa. last year's over all winner, rounded the Swillsure I.ishl-.hip Saturday a bare minute ahead ol its closest r'val. The Manilla tacked around the llchtship, halfway point in (he Uti mile ocean race, at 11:23 am. PDT more than 24 hours alter the slart of the race. The Manilla, under skipper Inhn Graham and registered at the Senile acht Club, was fol lowed around one minute Inter by Sea Fever, also from the Seat tle Yacht Club and also an A A class racer Panacea M, a smaller boat in the BB class, also ot the Seattle Yacht Club, came around close he hind the leaders and on a cor rected time basis probably was ahead of thrm All the laeers. regardless of tlass, wet.- plagued by lack ol wind. All still were Using their light weather gear. Alturas Sounds Call For Players ALTURAS The summer suit ball season here is gelling under way. All boys and girls, between the 5cs of 8 ard lit. interested In playing softb.il! in the Alturas lice reatien Cily League are asked to report at Memoii.il Park at 10 I m. on Monday. June 2. fr jrvs e tern Movea j rs. '' i r : ISA ' ly another infielder. The match less center fielder played in so close that he frequently trapped runners oil second base, twice in one month, he turned line drives into unassisted double plays by catching the ball and tagging sec ond base bclore the runner could jet back. "But I only tell present-day out fielders to make more use of their position," smiles Spoke. "What they should do is put their backs against the fence and walk as far forward as they feel they could be and still get hack to catch fly ball hit over their heads or to either side. If they can cheat couple of steps, all the better. One extra step would account for a lot of liners and bloopers now drop ping lor base nits "Outfielders of today are not practicing this enough to take full advantage of their ability. In Speaker s expert opinion Mickey Mantle of the Yankees and Piersall are the only Ameri can League outfielders who play shallow enough. He was reminded that Casey Stengel said Mantle required practice in going back on a ball. "Practice never hurt anybody.' commented the Old Master, "but I'll take Mantle just the way he is He has the speed to compensate for most tiny mistake in Uie field. The ball was lively when Speak er closed out his illustrious career with Ty Cobb and Eddie Collins under Connie Mack in Philadelphia in 1928, but he agrees that more and more jackrabbit has been put in it, despite what the manufac turer says. Like most combatants, he contends that the ball had more jump in 11135 and has even more today. Speaker is first to admit that ho couldn't play center field now ns he did from WO!) through 28. hut contends that most outfielders should play in a little closer "They know the hitters did," he noints out. "I couldn't play in close on hitters like Babe lluth, Harry Heilmann and Lou Ohrig. hut when Donie Bush, the little Detroit shortstop, hatted lei I handed, 1 could look for a sharp line drive and was laying for it. Iris Speaker concludes by say ing that if outfielders played in a bit closer, the fans would see more runners thrown out while trying to take an extra base. That was one of the more ex citing facets of what used to be an even more scientific game. Capacity Crowd Sees KRA Siart '58 Hardtop Season By WAYNE SCOTT Herald and News Sports Writer The Klamath Racipg Association opened its lil."8 hardtop racing sea son Memorial Day at the local speedway before a near capacity cruvvd of enthusiasts that braved an increasingly darkening sky to watch 35 speed - demons from Northern California and Southern Oregon match daring, skill and en gines on the quarter mile, dirt track. George Smith, Klamalh Falls racer who turned in the quickest qualifying time of the day, sur vived an entanglement with Wes Bishop in the A trophy dash that temporarily washed out his car's limit end to roar home in front of the pack tor the big win of the day. in the class A Main event. Smith, who drives a big CMC en gine with a seat attached, clashed with Bishop in the second lap of the trophy dash, in a humping duel that saw both cars nearly up set. Smilh stayed on Ihe track but Bishop was lurced info the infield; their repeated clashes went for naught but to keep them from the win. Damage to Smith's car. No. 7. was restricted to the steering ap paratus but was enough to lorce his pit crew to work right up to Ihe start ol the main event to get it repaired. Smith look over the lead in Ihe 25-lap '-"n as Hud Cook, who had mined trom 11th position into first place within four laps, was forced to pull inio Ihe pits because ol an overheated engine. Both Cook and Smith had lapped the taileinlers helore their seventh trip around the o-al. Two separate eiaekups. although they inthcted little damage, caused a pair ot restarts bclore the race couiil get unilerwav. Dale llankuis, who slipped into (lie second spot behind Smith af ter Cook dropped out, also headed tor Ihe garage on the 21st lap as ins engine blew up. In Ihe class H Main event Hal Stewart, who had registered a sec ond in the second heat, took an early lead and was never seriously threatened Irom Ihere to the wire. Jim Iteis won a duel fer second place in the 1,1 Ian B Main from I Bill Chambers and Bob Houck, as'ii,,"' JN ZJT r I It inJ a rue UW Crew Victor Over UBC SEATTLE (API-Washington's powerful crew whipped a stubborn University of British Columbia boat by a scant length Saturday and earned the right to compete in England's Henley Royal Regat ta in July. Rowed over a Lake Washington course ruffled by a chill breeze, this was a much tighter argument than the longer 2:'-mile race last week in wnich the Huskies beat UBC by eight lengths and Stan ford by seven. The three boats Oregon State made it a third went 2.000 meters Saturday and never was there open wafer between Wash ington and UBC, although the Huskies led all the way. Oregon State, trailing by t w o lengths as the shells neared the finish, lost an oarsman when Carl Mohr, the stroke, caught a "crab. The fouled oar flipped Mohr into the water and he was fished out, unhurt, by Ihe powerboat of Wash ington's coach. A' Ulbrickson. Due to the weather the course was shifted about 200 yards east at the last minute and not meas ured lo an exact 2.000 meters. Washington was timed at 8 min utes 5.H seconds and the Thunder birds at 6:08.2. After its mishap, Oregon Stale limped across in (1:30. In a preliminary at the same distance, Washington's junior var sity bested the Washington frosh by a length and the British Colum bia jayvecs by 4',i lengths. The winning boat was clocked in 6:10.2. Washington's varsity rowed the body of the race at 32 strokes a minute, very little faster than their count in longer races. Ihe Ihunderbirtls opened at a fast 34, dropped lo 32 and in the last quarter mile picked the beat up to 34 again and almost pulled, even with Ihe Huskies. Coxswain John Bisset lifted Washington to a 34 in answer and the Huskies gained back t h e edge whicn was just under a length at the finish. The Washington crew had been promised a trip to Henley if it won all its regularly scheduled races this year. Saturday's vic tory completed Ihe sweep. Wash ington had beaten California prior to ils triumph, over Stanford and UBC a week ago. The $35,000 needed to send the crew to England is being raised by public subscription. Ihe three swapped positions throughout Ihe lest. Winner of the class B trophv dash was young Eddie Catmull who won going away alter a hassle in Iront of Ihe stands that nearly wrecked two of his opponents slowed everyone to a point that they were out of contention. The only complete flip of the af ternoon came in the final heat as lack Bonham lost control of his Buick, K 60, coming out of the .south turn and turned turtle. Bon ham escaped without injury but his car was out of it for Ihe rest of Ihe day. Olher w i n n e r s of the day in cluded Bob Houck, who won the lirst heal, Corky Waterman who topped the field in the second. Mel Allman in Ihe third, and Bud Cook in both Ihe fourth and the nn.it heals. l'he final heat was composed of Ihe first and second place linishers m the tour previous heals. An added highlight of the sus- penselul program was Ihe appear ance of live of the members ol the Klamalh Junior Racing Asso ciation, a group ol high school stu dents who work and race under the supervision of the senior K1IA Tony Bonotto. driver and build er of car K 12 was the big winner of the Junior events as he edged Don Shultz. in K 14. in both the junior trophy dash and main event. Spmouls were numerous as all the junior racers were undergoing their first competition of their careers. The next race on the slate for local tans will he held Saturday, June 14. according to Buff Run nels. KIIA president. mur Trophv Dah- I. Tony Bn"M- l),.i Shu .1 liar? Ml. I Trot' uii- i. rditir raiiiu.ui 2 Hvirt tullur. :i torkv W atrrman A Tr.'phv IVath -I Hud Cook. i. Don Pornrllv .1 liruiNf Stiiilh first Heal I Rb Houck. 2 Ra) Wilson. .1 Hilly lli-fs s,-,-uiiil Him! I CVikv Watrrninn, 2 U Nlcu.irl .1 Jim Ri-i. Third Hra -1 Mrl AMman, 2. Jaik HonhaiM. a Hrd Sl.t i vn- I'noMh Hmi 1 Rod Cook. 2. Don 11 v . :i Jof fa noil Hud 10 lli-al 1. 2. Jim man Honotlo. 2. Don Junior lU-a' I. T"nv Shull. a John Mllf, Junior Main fvrnt- 1 Tnnv Bonot-1 to 3 lion Shtlltl. .1 John Milr n Main k.vcnt I. Hal SH-wart. 1 .Inn Itrit. J Ruil Itillul. 4 Bill i Chtnl"r. S TVoh ttou.-k j A Main V.venl I t.rntaa Smith. 1 I a,"m" I a. M i t Joi Canvlto, 4. Grorge Hal Slrwatl. CALP BBUSHtH. Northern I J TP Hassle Scheduled NORTHERN CALIFORNIA - LEAGUE W L Pet. GB Klamath Falls 2 0 1.0(H) Yreka 2 0 1.000 Dunsmuir 2 1 .667 Mount Shasta 1 2 .33 lb Weed 0 2 .000 Scott Valley 0 2 .000 2 Friday s Results Dunsmuir 7, Mount Shasta 6 Sunday's Schedule Klamalh Falls at Yreka Scott Valley at Mount Shasta Dunsmuir at Weed First place in the Northern Call fornia League baseball race is up for grabs today when the Klamath Falls Kubs invade Yreka to meet the local semi-pros. Game time is 2 o'clock PDT. The Kubs and Yreka are cur rently tied with 2-0 records in league play, tops for the six team circuit. The winner of today's game will take a big step towards the Northern Cal title. Yreka boasts one of the top teams to play in the NCL in sev eral years and will give the Kubs plenty of opposition. Klamath, im proving every week, is expected to field a talented lineup that should give the Kubs hosts a scrap. Manager Irv whitt expects to be at full strength this afternoon with Ihe addition of catcher Bob Kelly and infielders Jerry Burke and Mike McKcnzic. The three Sierra College baseball standouts missed last week's game, b u t should be on hand today at Yreka. Yank Orderliness Too Much For Fans Used To Dodgers Bv JIMMY BRESL1N NEW YORK INEAl "The Red Sox," Eddie Ford said, "I hey re little bit better. Detroit, you ould call improved, but we prob ably improved more than all of them." Ford, the Yankee lefthander, leaned on the bat he was holding and pointed to teammates around the batting cage. Berra is going to have a big year, he predicted. ' ou snouia see Yogi swing the bat all spring. Guys like (Hank) Bauer will al ways he good. Then there's Mick ey (Mantle). Look at a kid like Jerry Lumpe. We'll have him all year. He swings good. The race is going to De just like it was last -year." Ford ducked down the dugout runway for a pre-game cigaret. passing Casey Stengel, who was perched on a cushioned dugout seat, trying to make up his mind whether Ihe grass in Central Park was nicer looking than the Yankee Stadium tint. "Central Park looked real pret ty when I passed through it this morning, he kept insisting. When you manage the Yankees you can alford to worry about Central Park grass. This is a team which seems to be cemented together with power and talent and it will be shocking if they win by less than 10. There seems no room for rhubarbs, no need for last-minute heroics. This disturbed Jackie Schwartz of Pilkin Avenue, which is "the street that slants off Eastern Parkway when you want to get to New Lois Avenue. New Lots Ave nue. Brooklyn. You know where it is. don't you?" Jackie is 42 and he is a base- hall fan, which always meant the Brooklyn Dodgers to him. Now he either takes the Yankees or noth ing and Jackie doesn't like it. "Can you imagine this." he kept Amick Voted Rookie Of Year INDIANAPOLIS (AP George Amick of Venice. Calif., formerly of Tacoma. Wash., was voted "Rookie of the Year" in Friday's 500-mile auto race by a committee of newsmen and Indianapolis Mo tor Speedway officials Saturday night. The title carries a f-Oo cash award and a year's supply of meat trom Stark & Wetzel of Indianap olis. Amick. who finished less lhan 11 seconds behind race winner .limmy Bryan, also picked up $'58,374 in regular prizes lor his tirst start in the big race. Under the usual driver's eon tract he probably made more than Sis. nun or less than four hours work. DAY OR NIGHT NIGHT CRAWLERS FRANK'S IAIT SHOP tia Klamath Arrall fram Smith All Snapl aaaaaaMAiJ AO MOTION Cal League Lead The addition of the three will stengthen the club's defense. Whitt will probably send 6-9 Charlie Bogle to the mound to start the game, with Kelly doing the catching. At first base will be George Hanson with Burke cov ering second. At shortstop will be Scott Hartley and McKenzie is ex pected to get the nod at third. Working the three outfield posts will be either Floyd Linderman, Clyde MaHaffey, Willie Dunster, Fran Miller or Whitt. Linderman and Miller are almost certain starters, and the other spot will be picked up by Whitt, MaHaffey or Dunster. In other Sunday afternoon play Dunsmuir goes to Weed .and Scott Valley plays at Mount Shasta. These games are also billed for 2 o'clock Pacific Daylight Time. Friday afternoon, Dunsmuir nipped Mount Shasta 7-6 in the lone league game played Memorial Day. This was a make up affair of an earlier season game which was rained out. Dunsmuir led 4-3 going into the top of the eighth inning, when Mount Shasta's Roland Brooks homered with two men on to tie the game at 6-all. But Dunsmuir came back with a single and winning tally in the last half of the inning to clinch the game. Linescore: 'RUE Mount Shasta 000 210 030-6 6 5 Dunsmuir 030 001 2107 6 1 Swan and Feminis: Moulton, Summers (8) and Anderson. saying, me sitting in a left field seat at Yankee Stadium? Me see ing the Yankees play? The only lime I went to see the Yankees was when we played them. You know. Ihe Dodgers. 'Used to yell at Joe DiMaggio and call him a salami. You hadda do that. Who could root for a guy like DiMaggio? He didn t need no help from nobody. He didn't need no cheers. He done it himself and I used to wonder how anybody couid say, "I root for DiMaggio.' Ihe same with this kid they got now, Mantle. How could you root for him? You root for the underdog. For a guy like Pete Reiser, you know, the guv always bustin' into walls. Or 'for Cookie Lavagetto or Dixie Walker or Whillaw Wyatt. 'specially when ne naa the bad leg. "But a guy rootin' for the Yankees, and Mantle is crazy Here they are going to win very big. You can see that. So why be excited?" It is, the peaceful orderliness of the Yankees, a strange feeling to old-line Brooklyn fans who are seeking baseball entertainment There will be a day. you may be sure, that these people will get over the loss ot the Dodgers. But they never are going to get used to seeing the lankees. Seattle Seeds Tennis Stars SEATTLE (AP Top-seeded players in the Seattle City tennis tournament were announced Sat urday. Bill Rose of Portland is seeded No. 1 for the net championship tourney which opens Monday with an entry list of 80 players. Rose was the top ranked Pacific North west Lawn Tennis Assn. player last season. Seattle's Amy Yee, ranked sec ond to Janet Hopps by the PNLT, will carry Ihe No. 1 seed in wom en's singles. In the doubles, the defending champions Jack Lowe and Ken Clegg, Seattle, have been seeded No. 1. The No. 2 rankings went to Lowe, men's singles; Patty Miller. Portland, women's singles and Right Eden and Doyle Perkins, Seattle, doubles. SIGGS LEADS GATLlN-il'RG. Tenn. ll'PI) Veteran Louise Suggs Saturday led the field inio the second round of the $5,000 Gatlinburg Women's Open Golf Tournament with a 71. Joyce Ziskc of Milwaukee was three strokes back with a 74. Mary Lee Faulk of Thomasville. Ga.. was third with 75 followed by five players bunched at 76. TOWN & COUNTRY Sporting Goods Open Every Sunday 8 A.M. till 6 P.M. A M ,..ANO them COST At Yreka S7 V:' BOB KELLY , staled for action Trojans Blast OSC In Playoff CORVALLiS. Ore. (AP) Pow erful Southern California, behind the three-hit pitching of Bruce Gardiner, won the Pacific Coast conference baseball title with a 15-0 victory over Oregon State here Saturday. Southern California Friday blanked the Beavers 7-0 in the opener of the best-two-out-of-three title senies. Gardiner faced only 30 men in the nine-inning game, walked none and fanned five. His team clubbed 17 hits off five Oregon Stale pitchers. One was a three-run homer by catcher Bill Heath. A home run launched Southern California to its crushing victory, in a game delayed more than two hours by heavy showers that drenched the infield. In the first inning, Mike Casta non lofted his solo homer 375 feet over the right-center field fence. The Trojans couldn't touch OSC starter Gary Moore for more runs until the nfth inning. then the Trojans exploded for four that clinched the victory. Lastanon, who hit .373 in the reg ular season, rifled a single to cen ter that drove in two runs. Gardiner sent home another with a sacrifice fly and Rex Johnston scored the other with a double. From then on Southern Califor nia seemed able to get hits about when it chose. The Trojans, in running their record to 28-6. scored one run in the seventh, got six in the eighth and punched over three more in the final inning. The eighth-inning uprising was capped by Heath's 375-foot slam which, like the earlier one by Castanon, soared over the right- center field fence. By hurling the spectacular shut out. Gardiner, a sophomore left hander, ran his season record to 11-1. The 6-foot, 177-pound hurler had little trouble in scattering the three hits ne gave up. Gary Mooie doubled in the third, and Twink Pederson slammed a two-bagger for OSC in the sev enth. Each time, though, Gardi ner choked off the little rallies. After the game. Southern Cali fornia coach Rod Dedeaux said "We played exceptionally fine ball under" pressure. "Our hitting was what we ex pected. It was the best pitching we have had for any series all season." he said. Southern California now will meet the winner of the Occidental Portland University series for the right to represent the Far West in the NCAA tournament June 13 18 in Omaha. Neb. USC 100 040 16315 17 0 OSC 000 000 000 0 3 2 Gardiner and Heath: Moore. Pearce (7i, Burns (81, McFaddan (9i, Paine i9 and Luby. IF i M 11 For More 10 Living 11 Per Gallon HI See the New MORRIS II 'ioo' Robin & Myers U00 I. Min TU 2-SS1I Stunt Stars Set. For Thrill Sho isr' Leaping motorcycles through space, crashing them through flaming board walls at 60 miles an hour, and driving cars at high speed in two wheel ramp races, is all in a day's work for Pete Groce", one of the dozen stunt- stars of the Joie Chitwood Thrill Show, which will appear at the lairgrounds today at 3 p.m. Pete, who calls Columbus. Ohio. his home, is a veteran of 10 years with eastern thrill shows, and this year is making his debut with the world famed Chitwood organiza tion. Formerly a top A.M. A. cham pion, he still holds many track records tor motorcycle racing. He was the first rider to leap a 'cycle from ramp to ramp through a flaming hoop. As though performing in t h e show were not enough, Groce also acts as track manager, seeing that the show moves along at just the right pace, that the ramps and other equipment is set in its right place, and that the drivers and stuntmen work together as a team. In addition to all this, he trains new members of the troupe in the art of "hell driving." The fact that the two-hour long Chitwood program is performed as though by clock-work, without a lull or Interruption, is in great part due to the work oj) Pete Groce. Clowns will play an important part in the entertainment sched- Today's Pitchers NEW YORK (AP) Probable pitchers for Sunday's major league games (won-iost records in paren theses): . AMERICAN LEAGUE New York at Boston Turley (8-1) vs. Baumann (2-2). Washington at Baltimore Pas- cual (2-3) vs. Loes (0-4). Cleveland at Kansas City Mc Lish (2-1) vs. Maas (2-4) or Her bert (0-0). Chicago at Detroit Moore (1-1) vs. Lary (5-4). NATIONAL LEAGUE Milwaukee at Pittsburgh Con ley (0-2) vs. -Friend (7-3). Cincinnati at Philadelphia (2) Lawrence (1-3) and Purkey (a-H vs. Sanford (4-4) and Semproch (4-4). Los Angeles at Chicago Wil liam (00) or Kipp tl-3) vs. Drott (2-1). ' ' San Francisco at St. Louis Antonelli (4-3) vs.- Jones (3-5) Bend Picked B Cage Site CORVALLIS (AP) Bend was selected Saturday as the site of the 1959 Oregon Class B prep bas ketball tournament. The selection .was made by the Oregon School Activities Assn. at its spring meeting here. The OSAA bynassed Baker, the other town which had asked to be the site of the March 12-14 tour nament. In another step Saturday, the OSAA ordered that Elgin and En terprise be worked in the basket ball and spring sports schedules of District 7-A-2. Both schools now are in Class B competition, but will move to the higher bracket next fall'. Because A-2 football schedules already have been completed, the two schools will operate as inde pendents next fall. ? 20-30 Honors Modoc Athletes ALTURAS Nineteen senior let ternien from Modoc Union High School were guests of the Alturas 20-30 Club at the annual awards banquet held at the Pioneer Inn Saturday evening. At the same time the 20-30 Club officially hon- ored Larry Cron, who recently w as chosen for the athlete of the year presentation. The affair was also attended by coaches of Modoc Union High School and a few other guests. CROWDS DECREASE NEW YORK (UPD The New York Yankees attracted 39.742 fans Friday for the best Me morial Day baseball crowd, in their game with the Washington Senators. Although the National League showed an increase, at tendance at the Major League parks dipped slightly on Me morial Do for the second straight year. A grand total of 229.607 persons witnessed a total of 15 ball games. For Motor Overhaul Chevrolet- - 6 Cylinder 42.00 Valve Job 20.00 All Other Cars Priced Accordingly Cecil Has The Latest In Modern Equipment and 27 Years Experience AU Work Guaranteed Tune-ups Are A Specialty Call Cecil Cox Garage for FREE ESTIMATE 2851 Altamont Phone 4-9023 uled, as the Roberts Brothers, Y centty starred on ta suiuvaM Show,, will add a note of merri ment to the 27 action packed events, ranging from the "Slide for Life" to the featured 100-foot ramp to ramp leap of a new 1953 car. performed by Miss Pat Jones. will make up the thrilling pack. age to be presented by the thrill show. Bryan Earns Record Purse INDIANAPOLIS U Jimmy Bryan of Phoenix, Ariz., and wr owner George Salih of Ithittl-, Calif., Saturday night picked up a record $105,574 for the Arizona cowboy's victory Friday in the 42nd 500-mile auto race. The total purse of $305,217 als was a new record. The previous highs last year were $103,844, won by Sam Hanks, and last year's, total purse of $300,252. The purse included $193,667 paid by the In dianapolis Motor Speedway, $28; 000 in return of entry fees, $30,000 in lap prizes and $53,5s0 in acces sory prizes. Bryan's probable share under the usual driver's contract would be over $42,000. '" He also won the Pontiac Bonne ville pace car, a shelf full of trtv phies, a $1,000 wardrobe, a delux; tool chest, an arc welder and ac cessories, a riding lawn mower and assorted merchandise and gift certificates. '" The prizo, list (generally 40 pe'r cent to the driver and 60 per cent to car owner), included: -" 1. JimmysJ3ryan, Phoenix, Ari2!., $105,574. . 2. George Amick, Venice, Calif.j formerly Tacoma, Wash., $38.37f 14. Bob Christie, Grants Pass, Ore., $4,209. 19. Shorty Templeman, Seattle, $2,699. 25. Jack Turner, Seattle, $2,569. 32. Len Sutton, Portland, Ore., $2,309. Irony Noted In Race Deatji CHICAGO (AP) Ironically, Pat O'Connor who was killed in the Indianapolis Speedway pileup Friday, was one of the nation's most ardent traffic safety advo cates. ii- For three years, he toured -the country lecturing high school au diences on the dangers of speed. Paul Jones, a National Safety Council official, recalled Saturday the gist of O'Connor's message io youngsters: If you could speed under tn conditions a race driver does, I wouldn't raise my voice against it. 'You couldn't pay me enough money to drive over 65 m.p.h. on an open highway. Salinas Prepper To Attend UW SEATTLE (AP) Chuck Sajo nia, 6 foot 4 inch football star from Salinis, Calif, high school, said here Saturday he will enroll at the University of Washington in the fall. Sajonia, who plays fullback on offense and tackle on defense, was named to Lhe All-Northern Califor nia all-star team last year. He also is a baseball and basketball letterman. Central High K Gains Semis SHERWOOD. Ore. (AP) Daf rell Brandt smashed out a home run and a triple to lead Central High of Monmouth-Independence to an 8-2 victory over Sherwood in a class A-2 quarter-final high school baseball game Friday. Central will play Wy'East in a semi-final game Tuesday. Pirates Buy Hall PITTSBURGH (AP)-The Pitts burgh Pirates Saturday announced the purchase of catcher William Hall from Salt Lake city of the Pacific Coast League. The Pirates also optioned pitch er Benny Daniels to Columbus on 24-hour recall and sent catcher Harding Peterson lo Salt Lake City on 24-hour recall. Hall was batting .356 with 1 home runs and 13 RBl's for Salt Lake Citv. J
