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Klamath's Walt Smith Captures State Javelin Crown Despite Bad Day AAf $ First Annual! rack Meefi By JERRY WAGGONER Herald and News Sports Editor The first annual Klamath Basin Athletic Association Invitation; Track and Field Meet was roaring success in an all-day af- lair Saturday at Modoc Field It was the largest meet ever held at Modoc with over 350 en trants sweating through events during the meet which was held in three segments ranging from 9 o'clock in the morning to 6:30 in the evening. The first segment pitted the sixth and seventh grade track as pirants. The second portion had the eighth and ninth grade neo phyte cindermen and the eve ning's portion pitted the high chool and open event athletes . going for ribbons. The prime concern of officials : one double . winner in the high of the meet was dependent upon school-open division. the running of the meets. All went off with such clock-work precision that all three finished a little ahead of the allotted sched ule. This made the meet a suc cess within itself, even disregard ing some top marks recorded. The success of the meet got a great boost from the Linkville Ki wanis Club which pitched in to help run the meet off. That club, coupledwith the Circle K Club of O-egon Tech and the KBAA mem bers tliemselves, had the meet running smoothly." This precision made for some good records and a well-rounded final open meet. The meet was so equal that there was only That double winner was Bill Mills of KU who just returned from the state track meet after failing to qualify for the discus finals. Had he thrown at the state meet the way he did Saturday, he probably would have qualified. He won the high school discus with a throw of 150-4. He also won the shot put at 4M'i. He was second in the open discus with a college sized disc on a throw of 130-8'i. ' Willie Anderson won the broad jump with a below par (for him) jump of 21-91... KBAA mem bers from OTI swept this with Bob Bryant second at 20-11 and John Mancich third at 20-2 Bryant also copped the 330-yard HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Oi-cgoa Sunday, May 26, 1963 PAGE 1 B Snell Wins Mile Easily But Shinnick Sets Record By HAL WOOD L'I'l Snorts Writer MODKSTO (UPD-Peter Snell of New Zealand won the so-called "miracle mile" in a blazing 3:54.9 Saturday night but unheralded Phil Shinnick was the hero of the California relays Saturday night with a world record in the broad jump. A half hour after Snell had van quished the American record in a race in which four men broke the four-minute barrier, Shinnick, a slender .University of Washing ton sophomore, leaped 27 feet HZ GRUNT AND A PUSH Chester Aubrey has just un leashed a shot put at Modoc Field during tha afternoon session involving eighth and ninth graders in the KBAA Invitational Track and Field Meet. He was one of over 350 contestants to enter the meet, the biggest one ever held at Modoc Field. 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The heralded duel between Snell and the United States' Jim Beat ty failed to materialize. C a r y Weisigcr of the Camp iPendleton Marines finished second, Beatty third and Jim Grellc was fourth. All four men broke the once-upon-a-time four-minute barrier. Weisigcr was clocked in 3:57.3. and Beatty and Grclle both in 3:58. George Jessup of Los An geles Stale was put into the race as the "rabbit to set the pace Jessup ran the first quarter in 58 seconds with Snell in sixth place and Beatty in fifth. Beatty moved into the lead at the half and the time was 1:59. Midway in tire third quarter. Weisiger took over and opened up a gap of about five yards on the field and the time was 1:59.3. Grelle was running in second nlacc. followed by Beatty and Snell. The foursome stayed that way until the far turn, about 200 yards from home. Then Snell turned on a terrific burst of speed and left the other three as though they were standing still. He finished at least 10 yards in front of his rivals. The race was run on ftie excep tionally fast Modesto Junior Col lege track. The weather was balmy with a slight breeze of about five or six miles an hour. Earlier, rugged Robert Hayes of the Florida A&M Track Club ran the world's easiest 9.3 100 yard dash to win his heat and get the 22nd annual relays under way. Hayes, running with a following wind of 7 3 miles per hour, f i n ished at least 20 feet in front of his opponents in the first heat and actually just jogged across the final tape. The javelin throw went to Gary Stenlund of Oregon Suite with a solid toss of 231 feet nine inches, which barely edged Ron llrich of the Pasadena A A., who had a toss of 2.V) feet 5W inches. George Frenn of the Pasadena Athletic Association won the ham mer throw with a swing of 191 feet 8'i inches. "I had been pointing for this race for a e;ir." said Snell. "I had really been worked up about it thoueh I am si ill not in my best physical condition. But when they played tne .cw intermediate hurdles in a respec-1 table 42.3. Ernie Badger of KUIwas second a fine 42.9 and . St, '.:'JiiSiwa.I. HIGH VIEW OF 100-YARD DASH This is a bird s-eye view of the 100-yard dash in the sixth and seventh grade track meet at Modoc Field Saturday morning. The pic ture was taken from the press box overlooking the track. Ron Moore, top, won tha event in 12.5. Second from top, Steve Lynn,, was second in 12.6. The other two runners ara unidentified. Legion Baseball To Open Sunday The American Legion baseball season gets under way today at Gem Stadium when the powerful Falcons of Klamath host the Central Point Studs in a doubleheader with the first game be ginning at 1 p.m. There will be a ceremony preceding the opening of the game. Col. Kd Witzenhurger of Klngsley Field will throw out the first ball. All servicemen tn uniform will be admitted free. The Falcons are only one of three local teams this season. The other two arc the Hawks and Tri-City. Trl-City Is the new team composed of players composed of players from Merrill. Malin and Tulelake. Those two ctuhs will tangle next Sunday at Merrill at 1 p.m. Coach John Pax Ion has announced his probable starting lineup. It will be headed by Gary Benwn on the mound. He will be caught by Jay Pax ton. John Gray will be at first, I.anny (iuyer at second, John Ps risotto at third, LeVoy Young at short and Larry Binncy, Mike Hitching, J)nve Johnson and Larry Smith In the outfield. Other players who will see action are catcher Dennis Cole man, and infieldcr Marvin Yunck. This Is the first local outing of the season and the season this year will include over 50 home contests. Gresdel Named To AII-OCC Team PORTLAND Portland State pitcher Gordon Riesc. a junior southpaw, was named tn the Ore gon Collegiate Conference all-star baseball team for the third straight year and five others were accorded the signal honor fur' the second year in a row. the an nual vote of OCC coaches revealed. Other repeaters on the lflftll squad are catcher Bob Stamsos ol Portland State, first baseman Bob Marr of Oregon College and outfielders Uamien Rnssetto of Southern Oregon, Del Sheldon of Oregon College, and Dave Hughes ol Southern Oregon College Eastern Oregon pitcher Dennis Ragnall, an all-conlereme choice in l!fil, returned to the team this season and Oregon Tech's Don Gresdel was elevated from the 19H2 honorable mention selections. Dave Hughes of Southern Ore gon, a first team pitching choice last spring, was named tn the outfield this time around. Other members of the first tram are second baseman Bob The official all-conference team follows: 196.1 ALL-STARS Oregon Collegiate Conferrnre Klrft Team Catcher Bob Stamsos, Portland State College. Pitchers Gordon Riese. Port' land State College; Dennis Bag nall. Eastern Oregon College. First Base Bob Marr, Oregon College of Education. Second Base Bob Jones, Port land State College. Third Base Terry Yamuchi Portland State College. Shortstop Ray Strong. Eastern Oregon College. Utility Infieldcr Bill Railey, Southern Oregon College. Outfielders Damien Rnssetto Southern Oregon College; Dave Hughes, Southern Oregon College; Del Sheldon. Oregon College of Education: Don Gresdel, Oregon Technical Institute. HirtHimlile Mrnlinn Catchers Jim Christianson, Eastern Oregon College; Bruce Coach Rov lyive's Portland Zealand National Anthem as thclS(alp Vikmiis successfully defend ed their OCC title with a 10-2 record and move into District 2 Jones and third baseman Tcrrvj,i,ackn1an- Ofgnn Collece of Ed. Yamuchi both of Portland State: "cation. Pitchers - Jim Keller shnrtslnn Rav Strono of EasternlOreB0n Technical Institute; Bob Oreson and utility infieldcr Bil)iKinK Southern Oregon College Bailey of Southern Oregon. il)on J"hnson. Southern Oregon relays cened. it really inspired me." San Jose Siaic s distance med ley relay team of Larry Lelall. Jim Grootholf Juan Azevedo and Ben Tucker, upset the Southern California StrinVrs and Occidental to win in 9:40. The mile vaik. a new event here, was won by Mike Brodie of Sacramento State in 7 01. Al Oerter of New York Athletic Club won the dirus with a tre mendous heav of 20J feet, II inches and Jav Silvester, unat- XAIA playoffs against perennial Don Piper Fifth In Half Mile Try Beavers Defeat Alumni CORVALLIS (UPD Oregon State scored two touchdowns in the final minute and a half to defeat its alumni 36-28 despite brilliant passing performance by Terryi Baker Saturday. Baker, the Beavers' Ifeisman- trophy w inning quarterback of last season who has signed to play with the los Angeles Rams of the National Football League, passed tor 357 yards. He hit 32 of 4B passes attempted, two for touchdowns. He also ran for a score. vouft Mcuouga! scored on a three-yard pass from Gordon Queen with 1:20 left and Wayne Drake tallied on a 24-yard run with 31 seconds remaining for the varsity. The alumni was ahead 28-22 before the last two varsity touch downs and led 21-14 at halftimc. Queen, who is expected to be Baker's successor next season. passed for three touchdowns. He completed 12 of 19 passes for 201 yards. The annual wring game was played before 7,320 persons. Summary: Alumni 7 !4 0 728 Oregon Suite 7 7 0 2216 Alum Thomas 13 pass from T. Baker IS. Baker kicki OSU AtcDougal 09 pass from Queen (Vtinton kicki Alum Thomas 14 pass from T. Baker IS. Baker kicki OSU Woodworth 1 run 'Win ton kicki OSU Woodworth 1 rim I Win ton kicki OSU Espalin three pass from Queen (Espalin run! Alum Marsh 17 run i.S. Bak er kicki OSU Mc-Dougal three pass from Queen iWinlon kicki OSU Drake 24 run iWinton kick' Attendance 7.320. Charles Church third in 44.8. I.arrv Dow nulled down the Liv- elie ribbon with a heave of 1617. Tony Wilder was. second at 149-11 and Lps Thtlrman third at 14S-4Mi. Bob Scholl put on a very fine intshinp kick to edce out hu teammates to win the mile run in 4:51.5. Steve Lawrence and Dave Vaagen hit the tape simul taneously for second place and right on the heels of Scholl. Tom Roue, an indenendent. won the high jump with a height of 5- n up nnsen mil snnnomora ann freshman Terry Ecelcs and Curt Petersteiner at 5-8. Gerritt DeGrnnt had to hane on in the stretch but he did to win the 440-yard dash in 52.7. He nnsed nut Kim Hate who was clocked only one-tenth of a sec ond behind in 52.8. Bob Bryant was third. Vrt-A fcellev eanttired the 120- vard hieh hurdles in the mediocre time of 16.9 with Matt Koski finish ing second in 17.2. Tony DiUlio was third. Mnnte Rurnett was a suron.se winner in the 220-yard dash. He won the race in 22.9 to nose out teammate Bob Rice and Are De- Groot who tied for second at 23.0. .Inhn Mnricich clocked the fast- ci Wal time this season in the century to win in 9.8. Willie An derson was second in 10 flat and Arie DcGroot third in 10.2. r.nrv Rjindall won the 880-yard rn in 5-076 Walt Ash was sec ond in 2:12 flat and Mike Seek third in 2:15.5. The RnO-vard relay was won by KU with Badger, Arie and! Gerritt DeGroot and Randy How ard running it in 1:36.1. Bonama was second in 1:38.4. and mim third in 1:39.4. Th hiehliuht of the meet was a special 440-yard relay called, and anDrooriatclv enough, the fat man's relay. This race was cap- iiwt hv a foursome o kaa momhers in the astonishingly good lime of 49.5. The four members Iwere Jerry Bennett, Jerry Wag- t,..nnr r.rv nnwes ana non Frcirich. Frierkh coaches Bonan- ,ia and Bennett is the Gilchrist Ml rwords recorded Saturday are the meet records. This was the first meet and these records will he used until broken in lu lure meets. Keep watching t h e Herald and News lor tno nexi meet time. HIGH ICHOOL-OPtM MHT Dlscul I. Wall BildOfek H-'1 ' I aim ..in. iaii. 1 Wari putt.rton 171-0 Bro.il Jump-i. Willi. AixHrion W.. a a.u.t 1 John MArlClCh W. thnt Pill 1 . Bill MINI . . ..... ji.bi. v Cnnltfv E Imi II-'1 23o-V.riS Inltrmtdl.l. Hurdle 1. Bob flry.nt 1. 7. trot, naogcr High scnooi irncui ,. o, - - 7. 7. Conly Elmt 173-i. J. Jim L.h '"ii!ulinl L.rrv Dow 14 J Tony WlWer lrt-11. 3. L. irturm.n Mil. Hun i boo stnou ,i . . High Jump I. Tom Row. S-10 1. (Hot Terry fcCCiei .no kun - 4O.Y.ra Hun i. urrnii uui " -Kim Hl S3 I. 3 Bab Bry.nl W I. iWLvarrt H.oh Hurdlei 1. Fred Kehey II. 1. M.ll Koskl IM. 3. tony DiUIIO 17 4 F.l Mun'i Hel.y i. him i jerry Bennett. Jerry eV.goon.r, O.ry D.w.t. Bob Fr.lrtch). ITO-Verd D.n I. worn. Durncii it r 1. (lie) Bob RKt, ri. DeGroot 33 0 100-Yard Dn I. Jonn nnnrmtn r Willi. Anoerton 100. 3. An. DeGrool 1" ........ aaO-Y.rd Run I. o.ry H.nonii r mi vv.lt Alb 3 13.0 1. Mire Seek 7 II i RM.Y.rd ffel.v I . KU (Ernie Badger, Arie DeGroot, (Hirritt DeGroot. Randy Howard) 1:3 I. 3. Bonani. 1:31.4. KBAA 1 4 ... Pol. valul 1. Bud Lummui i-w. I irry Bennett I1- 3. Ray Thorn.. PORTLAND - -Walt Smith Klamath Union's premier javelin tosser and only a junior, Satur day captured the state cham pionship in his specialty despite one of his worst days of the sea son. He won the event with a throw of 195-4, his preliminary toss. Don Piper, the second KU ath lete in the state A-l meet, fin ished fifth in the half-mile run. Bill Mills, the third Pelican, failed to make the finals in the discus Friday in the preliminaries and returned home for the KBAA meet. Smith tossed his winning throw in the preliminaries Friday which got him into the finals. That throw was good enough to win the meet for him and the state tiara, but it was close. The first six finishers came with a 20-inch distance. There was, however, some cause for the bad day Smith had Satur day. He had one of the worst days of his career Saturday and had to rely on his prelim throw to win for him. Smith, while in Corvallis Saturday morning with tits parents, felt something on his head and reached to knock it off. A bee stung him on the index finger of his throwing hand and that undoubtedly threw him off. He still was soaking the hand at noon before the finals began. Piper was fifth in the half mile. He ran in the same heat which was won by the state champion, Mike Curtis in 1:54.4. Piper's fifth place time was 2:02 flat. It was! below his district time of 1:59.8. Mills missed getting into the finals by about a foot. But he wasn't the only discus thrower scratched from the finals. Alan Richards, the holder of the best throw in the state with a throw of 165-61, failed to make the fi nals. Leon Lincoln finished first in two events as Jefferson rolled up 46 points to capture the Oregon High School Class A-l track cnam pionship. Myrtle Creek won the Class A-z title. Lincoln took first places In the 100-yard dash in 9 9 and in the 220 in 21.6. He also ran the an chor leg on the Jefferson's win ning Blto-yard relay team, which was timed in 1:29.8. Defending champion North Eu gene was second with 41 points and pre meet favorite Grants Pass finished third with 35. Other ton schools were Hills boro with 26, Medford and Marsh- field with 24 each. South Salem with 23, Cottage Grove and Bend with 18 apiece and Lincoln, North Salem and Albany with 16 each Jefferson's other points came from 1-arry Casey with a second place in the high jump, Jim Johnson's third in the broad jump and a fifth by Paul Green in the 80-yard run. Lincoln's time in the 220 lied the state meet record he set in Friday's preliminaries. Gary Van Koten of Grants Pass and Mark Henningsgaard of Cot tage Grove shattered the pole vault record with vaults of 13-744. Van Koten was awarded first place on the basis of fewer at tempts. Hie old record was 13-1 set by Sam Whitney of Benson in 1954. ; In other top events. Wendell Cox of Hillsboro won the mile in 4:16.8 and Mike Curtis captured the 880-yard run in 1:54.4. . Bud Walsh of Marshfield took first places in tlie 120-yard Jiigh hurdles and the 180-yard low hur dles events, Grants Pass' Bob Shiphard was second in the low hurdles, third in the 100, fourth in the high jump and ran a' leg his teams fourth-place 880- yard relay team. In Class A-2. Myrtle Creek scored 36 points to edge Central - Linn with 34 and Reedsport with 32. Defending champion Creswcll scored 30 points on three first places by Alan Fowler. He won tlie high hurdles in 14.9, the low hurdles in 21.1 and tlie broad jump with a leap of 22-61. Fowler's effort in the broad jump was one of two records broken. The old mark was 22-4' i set by Alike Rosa of Reedsport , in the preliminaries. Tlie only other record was set by Central Linn's 880-yard relay team in 1:32 2. The old mark was 1:32.6 by Coquille last year. Other top A-2 schools were Rogue River with 29 points, St. Mary's with 28, Burns with 18 and St. Francis with 16. Unser Makes -Qualification : INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. (UPD R o b b y Unser of Albuquerque, N.M., became the first qualifier today in the third of four days of qualifications for the 500-mile Memorial Day auto race. Perfect racing weather greeted Unser and other candidates for starting berths in the 35-car field. Unser toured the oval at an av erage speed of 149.421 miles per hour in a car owned by Anthony Granatelli of Santa Monica, Calif. He was the lth qualifier. Earlier, rookie Bob Haikey," 32, Pleasant Valley, N. V., hit the wall during a practice spin, Harkey apparently lost control in the southwest turn and his car smacked the outside retaining wall. He climbed out of the car uninjured but the track . was closed while emergency crews towed the car to the garage area. The action came during prep arations for filling 15 spots left in the 33-car starting lineup as the day dawned mild and sunny with only a gentle breeze perfect con ditions for speed. American motorists purclie more than 66.7 million replace ment tires every year. College: Al Raschio. Portland Slate College; Gary Morton, Ore gon College of Education: Hirk Garden Reed. Oregon College of Educa tion. Inlieidcrs Curt Graf. Ore- Carter Gets Decision NEW YORK lUPD - Middle weight contender Rubin 'Hurri cane! Carter finished stronger Saturday night to win an upset split 10-round decision over higher ranking V, e o r g e Benton that snapped Benton's winning strinrj al nine straight in their nationally televised fight at Madison Square Plummer Sets World Mark TEMI'K 'UPD Adolph Plum mer of New -Mexico University smashed the existing world rec ord in the 440 yard dash with a brilliant 44 9 clocking in the Western Athletic Confercnct track and field meet tonight. Glen Davis held tlie old mark of 4S 7. whirh he set ha V in I'f-H Norlhupsl Conference rhammrm ICCnnicai institute: Harley Unfield Friday and Saturday at nit """on. Southern Oregon Col Salem for the riirhl lo rcirescnt!l,,!,: I,"n Jrirquette. Southern the Oregon district at the lional championships. Tlie V i k s were runners-up to the national champion last spring. The Vikincs captured four of the 12 berths on Hie alMX.'C team Coaches voted three positions to Southern Oregon, two each tu Oregon College and Eastern Ore- Oregon 'College; Jim Ixike, Ore gon Collece of Education; ' Duke Feinner, Eastern Oregon College. Outfielders Gary Linn. Portland State College; John Woodward, Portland Slate College. tached, also p.i-ed the nw-joot : wn and onf to ()rp2,in T)( h narrier wnn a meow ui i--n 10'j inches. Oerter holds t pending xorld record of 205 let 5'j inches. LEO'S Comers Shop it OHtWitto) tt mrxjity row PolrotJ Comer, to vto R.r P0LAC0L0R LEO'S CAMERA SHOP tit M.ie, pb. 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