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
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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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4 inches in the broad jump
That cracked the 1962 world
record of 27 feet 3', '4 inches set by
Igor Ter-ovancsyan of Russia
Until Saturday, Shinnick never
had jumped further than 25 feet,
five inches.
The sellout crowd of 10,000 hap
pened lo have their eyes focused
on Shinnick as he made the
jump and let out a tremendous
roar. When the officials measured
his leap and announced the world
record, Shinnick jumped up and
down with joy.
Though he failed to crack his
own world mark of 3:54.4, Snell
did better his American record
of 3:56.1 set last year.
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.
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