anaheim-bulletin 1954-05-13

8 — ANAHEIM (Cal.) BULLETIN Thursday, May 12, 1954 SPORTS BOB WICKS. Editor Bob Wicks Drop the Other Shoe Yesterday afternoon I stepped into the Bulletin building clutching a handful of glossy eight by ten prints of something I thought rather interesting. To test my judgement, I stepped up to the counter and tossed the pictures under the attractive nose of our new switch-board operator, Nancy Martin. "Well," I said. "Well?" she countered cleverly. The people downstairs are a very clever lot. "The pictures, the pictures," I said indicating the glosses with a forefinger. She looked down at them, a frown clouding her brow. "Midget Racers," she decided. "Look again." She did." With mudgets driving them," she suggested uncertainly. "Kids," I said. "eight and nine year old kids driving quarter mudgets." "Quarter mudgets?" "Real racing cars scaled down to one quarter the size of midget racers." I spread out the prints to give her a better look. "Oh, kid! that age can't drive cars," she insisted. "From ages four . . . repeat . . . four to twelve," I said. "You're kidding. Where?" "Right here in Anaheim." Now I know you're kidding," she said with an "I'm-wise-to-you-smirk." She went back to the switch-board to plug in an assistant call and I came upstairs to editorial to write this column. I had just finished a bite of lunch with Doug Caruthers, one of the persons responsible for bringing quarter mudgets to Anaheim. He explained to me that the new sport originated recently in Hemet and featured boys and girls racing on a one-twentieth of a mile track following a regular mudget type program. Anaheim is the second city to take it up. All hazards have been removed from the sport by stringent rules and such equipment as crash helmets, goggles, foam-rubber padding, tubular steel car bodies, a banked macadam apron around "Now I know you're kidding," she said with an "I'm-wise-to-you-smirk." She went back to the switch-board to plug in an assistant call and I came upstairs to editorial to write this column. I had just finished a bite of lunch with Doug Caruthers, one of the persons responsible for bringing quarter midgets to Anaheim. He explained to me that the new sport originated recently in Hemet and featured boys and girls racing on a one-twentieth of a mile track following a regular midget type program. Anaheim is the second city to take it up. All hazards have been removed from the sport by stringent rules and such equipment as crash helmets, goggles, foam-rubber padding, tubular steel car bodies, a banked macadam apron around the edge of the flat clap track and so on. The cars are not toys. They're the real thing with two and one-half hp, air-cooled, one cylinder engines with regular foot pedal gas feed and racing type pressure pumps. And some of these kids handle the cars better than the old man manages the family bolt collection. But winning the race isn't the most important thing about the new sport. Safety is the key factor. So carefully are things supervised that injuries just don't happen. "My boy, Jimmy's been driving since he was four," Doug had told me about his nine year-old. "He's had his arm broken, skin scraped, been cut—but not driving the quarter midgets. All these things happened while riding a bicycle or scooter. He's never even scratched the car—nor have any of the other boys been banged up. He same is true of my other son." Another feature of the sport is family participation. Fathers and mothers do most of the construction work. The cars usually cost from between $100 and $350 which puts quarter midget racing in a general class where everybody can participate. Still another point is that the sport gives kids driving and mechanical experiences at an early age. That will pay off in later life. Caruthers told me that Anaheim's track officially opens next Sunday with 20 cars set to go. Many entries will be from Hemet and others will be local. The track will receive its red-clay surface within a day or so and an entire field will be cleared for parking. Spectators can watch from their cars or from the edge of the track where chairs will be set up. The location is the Viking Trailer Plant at Ball Road and Manchester in Anaheim. There is no charge for addission. Trophies will be awarded winners in the various events. The first race gets underway at 2:30 p.m. with the next two and one-half hours devoted to real serious pint-sized competition. QUARER MIDGET RACING CARD 1. QUALIFYING—2 p.m. 2. HEAT RACES (FOUR RACES OF FOUR CARS)—SIX LAPS 3. TRIAL RECORD RUNS (HEAT WINNERS ALLOWED TRACK RECORD ASSAULT)—ONE LAP 4. SEMI-MAIN EVENT (EIGHT SLOWEST—INVERTED STARTS)—10 LAPS 5. MAIN EVENT (EIGHT FASTEST CARS—INVERTED STARTS)—20 LAPS 6. NOVICE RACE—SIX LAPS 8. FATHER'S RACE (FATHERS TRY THEIR HAND)—10 LAPS It's worth going down just to see the fathers sitting on top of the tiny cars. The word is that the small fry do a much better job but don't milk as many laughs from the crowd. When I remember back to my soap-box racing days—careening down the steepest hills I could find at forty miles an hour completely unimpaired—I relize how much a program of this type is needed. And when I go back down stairs, I think I'll just glare at Nancy and wait for her to read this in print. Maybe she'll believe it... 6. MAIN EVENT (EIGHT FASTEST CARS—INVERTED STARTS)—20 LAPS 7. NOVICE RACE—SIX LAPS 8. PATHER'S RACE (FATHERS TRY THEIR HAND)—10 LAPS It's worth going down just to see the fathers sitting on top of the tiny cars. The word is that the small fry do a much better job but don't milk as many laughs from the crowd. When I remember back to my soap-box racing days—careening down the steepest hills I could find at forty miles an hour completely uninterrupted—I relize how much a program of this type is needed. And when I go back down stairs, I think I'll just glare at Nancy and wait for her to read this in print. Maybe she'll believe it after all. OCC Ends Season On Three Sports Three sports put finishing touches on their 1934 seasons at Orange Coast College last weekend. The breakdown went: Tennis Coast entries in the Eastern JC Conference championship tournament Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at Mt. San Antonio bowed out in early pairings. Don Hanson made the quarterfinals before losing while Bill Bouck and Jim Armstrong were tripped in first round matches. The OC doubles entry of Bouck and Armstrong also went out in their opener. Track The Pirates Ray Stafford paced the eight-lap two mile in 10:05 for his best time of the season but finished in seventh place, out of the medal positions, Saturday, May 5. In the Southern California JC Championships at East Los Angeles. Golf Coach Harlow Clarke's golfers were forced to forfeit their team chances in the Eastern JC Championships at Ontario Saturday, May 8. The Buc quartet dropped out when Bill Skiles, the number three man, showed up sick. The Costa Mesans finish their campaign next Saturday in the State JC Championships at Montebello. Bud Sleva, Paul Frazier, will Skiles and Werdna Burnes will compete in the tourney. ARE YOU SICK? Chinese Herbs Are Nature’s Greatest Aid to Health! Hundreds of sufferers have been stored to health and happiness with our herbs when other methods have failed. Thousands of imported herbs specifically for the different ailments of mankind. Get quick relief in a natural way. A trial will convince. HARRY CHAN CHINESE HERBALIST 1701 Bush St.-Ph. KImberly 3-2529 SANTA ANA ROBERTSHAW-FULTON AB Cleveland, J. ss Martenlz, H. n Swearington, R. e Houston, R. 2b Houston, F. 2f Crandall, F. 2b Houland, D. 1f Keninoza, rf DINIE CUP Poland, J. cf Pineda, P. ss Mora, J. e Mitchel, J. 1k Salazar, P. n Shriner, C. 2b Kolb, L. 2b Gutierrez, O. 1f Barmudus, T. rf Gonzolas, R. rf SUNSET LEAGUE STANDING W L Pullerton 8 3 Newport Harbor 7 4 Orange 6 5 Anaheim 5 6 Santa Ana 4 7 Huntington Beach 3 8 Tomorrow's Games Newport Harbor at Santa Ana Huntington Beach at Fuller Orange at Anaheim. Making golf balls radioactive they could be found in the roo with a Geiger counter sounds a good idea. But it won't say the National Geographic ciely. If the ball could be spat at any distance, it would probably be too "hot" for the golfer to safely. SUMMER LEAGUES NOW FORMING Open Lanes every day and evening from noon until FREEWAY BOWL Santa Ana Freeway & Katellia Phone KE 5-8522 YOU'RE NOT DREAMING—Executing a perfect skid turn at the Hemet Fairgrounds quarter midget race track is little Dickle's of Hemet. Nine year old Jimmie Caruthers of Anaheim tries to turn inside Dickle's car. Jimmie holds the track record and has hopes of doing the same as Anaheim's new track officially opens Sunday. The red clay track is located at the Viking Plant, Ball Road and Manchester. Admission is free and there will be plenty of parking for all. Kids from four to twelve days with stringent safety regulations enforced. It might be a good time for Dad to pick up a few pointers about how to handle it. Major League Standings By UNITED PRESS National League W. L. Pct. GB Philadelphia 13 9 .591 Brooklyn 13 10 .565 ½ St. Louis 13 11 .542 1 New York 13 11 .542 1 American Leagu W. L. Pct. GB Detroit 12 6 .667 Chicago 16 9 .640 Cleveland 13c10 .565 ½ New York 13 10 .565 ½ PCL Standing Pacific Coast League W L Sacramento 21 16 Oakland 21 16 Hollywood 19 17 San Diego 19 17 Orval's Softball team outer, Bart Van Dyke clouted out home runs and crossed the third time to team with the hit, no-run hurling of Hank mar in downing Cal Research. These two performances were most spectacular in four games in the City Softball circuit. Major League Standings By UNITED PRESS National League W. L. Pct. GB Philadelphia 13 9 .591 Brooklyn 13 10 .565 ½ St. Louis 13 11 .542 1 New York 13 11 .542 1 Cincinnati 14 12 .538 1 Milwaukee 11 11 .500 2 Chicago 9 11 .450 3 Pittsburgh 7 18 .280 7½ Wednesday's Results St. Louis 13 Pittsburgh 5 Milwaukee 5 Brooklyn 1 New York 2 Cincinnati 1 Philadelphia 5 Chicago 4 (night) American Leagu W. L. Pct. GB Detroit 12 6 .667 Chicago 16 9 .640 Cleveland 13c10 .565 ½ New York 13 10 .565 ½ Philadelphia 9 13 .409 5 Baltimore 8 12 .400 5 Washington 8 13 .381 5½ Boston 5 11 .313 6 Wednesday's Results New York 5 Cleveland 4 Detroit 4 Washington 2 Chicago 1 Boston 0 (Only games scheduled.) Friday's Games Philadelphia at Chicago (night) New York at Detroit Washington at Cleveland (night) Boston at Baltimore (night) PCL Standing Pacific Coast League W L. Sacramento 21 16 Oakland 21 16 Hollywood 19 17 San Diego 19 17 Seattle 19 18 Portland 17 18 Los Angeles 18 20 San Francisco 12 24 Yesterday's results San Francisco 6, Los Angle Seattle 2, Portland 1 San Diego 6, Sacramento Oakland 5, Hollywood 1 (21) SUMMER LEAGUES NOW FORMING open Lanes every day and going from noon until ? FREEWAY BOWL Santa Ana Freeway & Katella Phone KE 5-8523 It's so easy to be HOT WATER HAPPY with GAS Live better, spend less with G SPORTS PARADE OSCAR FRALEY NEW YORK — Two veterans who came back were proving to the New York Yankees today that the club policy was wrong when it was decided to "break up the Yankees." That has been the cry of the American League for years now. It seemed as if the Yankees were going to do it themselves when they peddled off Vic Raschi and sat by for a while complacently as Johnny Sain announced his retirement and Allie Reynolds talked of quitting to go into the oil business. The Yanks can be glad that Reynolds changed his mind and that they changed Sains mind for him. For as of the moment the Yankee youth movement has been very close to a failure and it is the old guard which won five straight pennants—the likes of Ed Lopat, Yogi Berra, Reynolds and Sain—that has been keeping the Yankees alive. The two who almost got away have demonstrated clearly even this early in the season that without them the Yankees would be really hurting. Tobacco-chewing Johnny has saved four games and Indian Allie has won three and saved another. Lopat's sterling efforts have proved to the rest of the league that it still is the old-timers of the Yankees that they must beat. But the key men as he team shoots for a sixth straight pennant are Reynolds and Sain. It is evident already that without them, and with Raschi gone, the Yankers wouldn't have had an Oriental opportunity this season. Reynolds very seriously considered stepping out of the game this season. He had a bright future in the oil business in h's native Oklahoma and it was only the prospect of playing on a sixth straight pennant winner that lured him back. Without that incentive, Allie would have called it a career. Even at that, the season was almost a month old before he was given a starting assignment. On opening day he was called from seven innings before straining his left leg. Then, after losing the first game of the just completed series with Cleveland, the Yanks needed another "stopper." So they called on the Chief and he won, with help from Sain in the ninth. That was Sain's fourth successful rescue of the season. PCL Standings Pacific Coast League W L Pc. GB Acraimento 21 16 .568 Oakland 21 16 .568 Hollywood 19 17 .528 1½ San Diego 19 17 .528 1½ PCL Standings Pacific Coast League W L Pc. GB Sacramento 21 18 .568 Oakland 21 16 .568 Hollywood 19 17 .528 1½ San Diego 19 17 .528 1½ Seattle 19 18 .514 2 Portland 17 18 .486 3 Los Angeles 18 20 .474 3½ San Francisco 12 24 .333 8½ Yesterday's results San Francisco 6, Los Angeles 2 Seattle 2, Portland 1 San Diego 6, Sacramento 0 Oakland 5, Hollywood 1 (21 innings) Reynolds very seriously considered stepping out of the game this season. He had a bright future in the oil business in h's native Oklahoma and it was only the prospect of playing on a sixth straight pennant winner that lured him back. Without that incentive, Allie would have called it a career. Even at that, the season was almost a month old before he was given a starting assignment. On opening day he was called from the bullpen and gave up the 10th inning homer which lost to Washington. It was more than two week later before he wa given the call to rescue Jim McDonald and went six innings before the Yanks won it for him. A week later, Allie got his first start, beating Baltimore and Bob Turley. He gave them one hit over GOOD REASON — One of the reasons why the AUHS baseballers have climbed out of the cellar into the fourth slot in league standings is Don Leigh, steady pitcher and hitter for Coach John Wallin. Anaheim takes on third place Orange at La Palma tomorrow afternoon in hopes of advancing up the ladder. There are four more league games. 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