anaheim-gazette 1951-05-22

Publishers of Swimming Records Could Save $s Moving to Fullerton. By STAN JONES Causing the printers of the official NCAA guide no end of grief and hardships is Jimmy Smith, head swimming coach at Fullerton Junior college. At the start of each swimming season the editors of the National Collegiate Athletic Bureau in New York compile all records that were made in past years and arrange them on their appropriate pages in the official record handbook. Then in the mail comes a harmless looking letter from Fullerton, California, containing the data of one of the Hornet swimmers who has just broken a national junior college swim record. So, the editor goes through all his material, finds the page with the old record and writes in the new mark for the printer to set up. The printer begins to set this material to type when in comes the editor, looking a little haggard, with another letter from Fullerton, stating that another swimming record has just been smashed. It doesn't stop here, nor with the third letter nor with the thirteenth letter. It Gets Printed After the fifth editor, third type setter and the twentieth letter the official swimming guide comes out with all the complete data concerning the record and performances of all swimmers across the nation. But from no other part of the country comes more letters concerning new records than from Fullerton, Cali- held as a competitive event. Here's what the NCAA swimming guide will look like when it comes out in the sprint unless the Smithmen don't go on another rampage as they certainly did this past year—seven records! 20 yard course 40 yard free—Charles Egler, Bay City, Michigan; :18.2, 1951. 60 yard free — Roy Brown, Fullerton; :29.4, 1950. 100 yard free — Charles Egler, Bay City Michigan; :52.4, 1951. 220 yard free — Bob Thompson, Fullerton; 2:12.2, 1950. 440 yard free—Roy Brown, Fullerton; 4:48.6, 1950. 1500 met. free—Roy Brown, Fullerton; 19:48.6, 1951. 100 breast—John Stebbins, Stockton; 1:03.2, 1949. 200 breast—Bob Best, Fullerton; 2:24.5, 1951. 100 back — Frank Poucher, Fullerton; 1:01.3, 1948. 150 back — Frank Poucher, Fullerton; 1:40.4, 1948. 200 back—Bernie Wagner, Fullerton; 2:25.8, 1951. 180 Indiv. — Roy Brown, Fullerton; 2:03.1, 1951. 400 relay — Thompson, Thomas Davis, Brown, Fullerton; 3:36.-0, 1950. 300 medley—Poucher, Polte, McCue, Fullerton; 2:59.8, 1948. Short Course 50 free—A. Blair, Compton; :23.5, 1940. 100 free—Don Rosenthal, Santa (Continued on page 7) BASEBALL STILL FAVOR OF a country squire on Cobb (above), 64, still presses his opinions of liams, star of the Boston be classed a truly great stant companion. It Gets Printed After the fifth editor, third type setter and the twentieth letter the official swimming guide comes out with all the complete data concerning the record and performances of all swimmers across the nation. But from no other part of the country comes more letters concerning new records than from Fullerton, California. The reason: Slave-driver Jim Smith and his hard working crew of junior college swimmers. In the last four years the Hornet fish have set 20 national records—seven this year. No other school can make that statement. From the 27 events in the record book the Hornets hold a mere 20. Tearing the record book apart single-handedly is the ex-Chicago speedster, Roy Brown. Brown holds six individual records and shares in another. Brown set three last year and three in 1951 while the relay team of Thompson, Thomas, Davis and Brown set their mark in 1950. Brown holds marks from the 60 yard free style up to the 1500 meters free style, plus the individual medley. His marks are 29.4 for the 60 yard sprint; 4:48.6 for the 440 yard free style; 19:48.6 in the 1500 meters free style and 2:03.1 for the 180 yard individual medley set only last week. All these times were set in the short 20 yard pools. Freshman Gets In Freshman Bob Best, ex-CIF breaststroke champ from Redlands, climbed into the records as a result of his outstanding performances in the 100 and 200 yard breaststroke races this year. Best bested all comers in the 100 yard sprint with his time of 1:03.0 and in the 200 yard with his clocking of 2:24.5. The only other Yellow Jacket of the season to get on the books is Bernie Wagner who swam the backstroke in 2:24.7 setting a new mark. It was the first year the event had been Three Hornets In Decathlon At John Muir Today and tomorrow the John Muir college annual decathlon gets underway in Pasadena highlighted by the versatile pole-vaulting parson from La Verne college, Bob Richards. Earlier this year Richards scored 7411 points in a meet at Muir on his first decathlon try. He expects to score at least 7600 this week. The world mark is 8042 held by Stanford's Bob Mathias. Five events will be run off today, starting at 2:30 and the remaining five tomorrow beginning at 1:15. Others entered in the open division will be Peter Mullins, the Australian who was sixth in the 1948 Olympic games and who is now a Washington State collegian; Floyd Simmons of the LACC; Doug Martin of Oxy and defending champ, Oley Scruggs of Santa Barbara. In the junior college division are three athletes from Fullerton junior college; Dave Sommers, Bob Ferguson and Charles Holloway. Others are Bob Craig and Dick Holmes of John Muir and Bill Hansard of Santa Monica. Sommers won the Muir decathlon earlier this year. He finished second to Richards in the open and captured the JC title. It will be Ferguson and Holloway's first try. Incidentally, Bob Richards will be in Anaheim next Monday when he addresses the local Rotary club at its noon meeting in the Elks club. Nippy Jones, Into Majors, By The Associated Press The comeback of Vermont) Jones has injected into the St. Louis Cardinals. The rise in the fortune Cards dates from Jones' return to the varsity on May 15. Jones, whose career ended two years ago when floored with a spinal injury, looked great in the spring Steve Bilko was awarded base job. Jones was shot by the Cards' Rochester farm International League. Despite the demotion didn't sulk. He banged hard and often for the Bilko didn't live up to his tensions and Jones was called to the flu-ridden Cards who lost seven out of eight tries. The Nipper brought his bat with him, since his reeds have won five out of starts and moved back into tention in the ding dong race. Jones' lusty swing rectly accounted for two Cards' triumphs. Jones has hit safely in straight games. He is flailing at a .407 clip with 11 hits swings. Jones has driver runs and also has sparkle. Jones went to town S driving in five runs in the 6-4 triumph over Brooklyn terday he drove in three lead the Red Birds to a victory over the New Yorker in the National League scheduled game. The victor ed the third place Cards to in a game and a half of the setting Brooklyns. Meanwhile, the New Yorker The EASY-DOES-IT CORNER By AL ROHRS How To Build Chicken Feeder That Prevents Wasting Grain Our friend "Mr. How" comes up with another handyman's tip—this time for the poultryman. His diagram below shows how chickens have to reach toward the center for grain so they drag less of it over the sides. 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The school, winner of the California Collegiate Athletic association crown, wants a chance to represent the west in the National Collegiate Athletic association playoffs in Omaha. Qualifications? A win-loss record of 34-4 and a tough schedule that included eight professional teams. The Bulldogs downed all but one of the pro outfits. Tradition, however, is against their competing in the big-time NCAA. The University of Southern California, top dog in the California Intercollegiate Baseball conference (CIBA), stands a much greater chance of getting the nod. The Trojans have won 11 and lost four in CIBA play, they also lost some non-conference contests. Some fans argue for a series be- BASEBALL STILL FAVORITE TOPIC—Although living the life of a country squire on his secluded estate at Atherton, Calif., Ty Cobb (above), 64, still finds baseball his favorite topic and expresses his opinions of present day players. He thinks Ted Williams, star of the Boston Red Sox has "fine ability but he cannot be classed a truly great hitter." His boxer dog "Chud" is his constant companion. BASEBALL STILL FAVORITE TOPIC—Although living the life of a country squire on his secluded estate at Atherton, Calif., Ty Cobb (above), 64, still finds baseball his favorite topic and expresses his opinions of present day players. He thinks Ted Williams, star of the Boston Red Sox has “fine ability but he cannot be classed a truly great hitter.” His boxer dog “Chud” is his constant companion. Nippy Jones, Eager to Get Back Into Majors, Sparks Cards Climb By The Associated Press The comeback of Vernal (Nippy) Jones has injected new life into the St. Louis Cardinals. The rise in the fortunes of the Cards dates from Jones’ return to the varsity on May 15. Jones, whose career appeared ended two years ago when he was floored with a spinal injury, looked great in the spring but big Steve Bilko was awarded the first base job. Jones was shunted to the Cards’ Rochester farm in the International League. Despite the demotion Jones didn’t sulk. He banged the ball hard and often for the Wings. Bilko didn’t live up to expectations and Jones was called back to the flu-ridden Cards who had lost seven out of eight starts. The Nipper brought his blazing bat with him, since his return the Cards have won five out of seven starts and moved back into contention in the ding dong pennant race. Jones’ lusty swinging directly accounted for two of the Cards’ triumphs. Jones has hit safely in seven straight games. He is flailing away at a .407 clip with 11 hits in 27 swings. Jones has driven in 10 runs and also has sparkled afield. Jones went to town Saturday, driving in five runs in the Cards’ 3-4 triumph over Brooklyn. Yesterday he drove in three runs to read the Red Birds to a 5-2 victory over the New York Giants in the National League’s only scheduled game. The victory moved the third place Cards to within a game and a half of the pace-setting Brooklyns. Meanwhile, the New York ed for 14 of the Yanks’ 21 victories. Little Stubby Overmire who pitched for the Browns deserved a better fate. The Yanks broke a scoreless tie with two out in the sixth on a scratch hit by Hank Bauer and singles by Joe DiMaggio and Yogi Berra. Joe Dobson, Billy Pierce and Harry Dorish held the Senators to four hits as the White Sox extended their winning streak to five games in a night game at Washington. Dobson allowed only one hit in five innings but weakened in the sixth when he walked two and served a home run ball to Gil Coan. The Sox, with the aid of shoddy fielding, nicked Julio Moreno for four runs in the first three innings. Ed Robinson drove in two runs with a fly ball and triple. Ted Williams snapped out of a batting slump pounding out a single, double and homer to help the Red Sox edge the Tigers. The Sox scored seven runs in the third inning but Williams’ two-run homer in the seventh proved to be the deciding factor. Willard Nixon, who climaxed the Sox’ big third with a two-run single, gained credit for his second victory without a defeat. Dizzy Trout was the loser. Joe Gordon Has 17 Homers, 51 RBIs Veteran catcher Billy Raimondi of Los Angeles was the only 400 hitter in the Pacific Coast League today but the catch in it is he has played in only 16 games. He was traded to the Big Leaf League. Tradition, however, is against their competing in the big-time NCAA. The University of Southern California, top dog in the California Intercollegiate Baseball conference (CIBA), stands a much greater chance of getting the nod. The Trojans have won 11 and lost four in CIBA play, they also lost some non-conference contests. Some fans argue for a series between the two schools, but dates apparently cannot be arranged. The Bulldogs are too proud to beg for a chance. As Coach Pete Beiden puts it, “our record is there and we don’t have to bow and scrape. We have a good enough team to go into Omaha and hold our own.” Asked why there weren’t more Coast conference teams on their schedule, the Bulldogs really bristle: “We tried to schedule them.” Football Coach Duke Jacobs chimed in: “The only time a big school will play Fresno State is when they’re certain they can whip us badly, when Fresno State is in the same competitive class, the so-called big schools just aren’t interested in meeting us.” Will the small school get its big chance? Until the west’s representative is chosen Fresno State will be waiting and hoping. BASEBALL STANDINGS Pacific Coast League W L Pet GB Sacramento Portland Oakland Los Angeles Seattle Hollywood San Diego San Francisco Last Night’s Results San Francisco 9, Oakland 5. Hollywood 1, Los Angeles 0. Only games scheduled. Today’s Games Sacrament at Portland — Gillespie (4-3) at Portland (Roy Helser (3-1). San Francisco at Oakland — Lien (5-1) vs Harrist (5-6). Hollywood at Los Angeles — Lombardi (4-4) vs Spicer (5-3). San Diego at Seattle — Kerrigan (3-2) vs Navy (3-2). National League Brooklyn Chicago St. Louis Boston Philadelphia New York Pittsburgh Cinchnell Yesterday’s Results St. Louis 5, New York 2. Only games scheduled. Ritz Takes Merchants To Cleaner Last night in City Leaf Ritz Cleaners beat the 4 to 1. Bud Cram, who four hits and one run winning pitcher, Slobber the loser giving up all and four hits. He went two-thirds innings. Frisbee pitched the remaining and but one hit. Ritz scoring was done third inning when R. Moffett off and flied out to got the first hit of the Morales popped to the Bob Morales got a trip Wells ahead of him. Bile singled scoring B. Morale bleefeld doubled scoring W. Morales was safe on by the centerfielder with scoring. At this point Frise came in and got Roy Piñe a routine ground ball训 The Merchants scoring sixth; came on a single Muckenthaler, Thompson on an error by the pitch struck out and on the third Larry Weaver laid down squeeze bunt to score thaler, Perez then popper pitcher to end the innings. The second game was due to power failure. I re-scheduled. Ritz Cleaners—S. Morales, 2b R. Morales, 1b Bilefeld as W. Morales, c Pina, 3b Cram, p R. Morales, rf Hedden, rf Wella, lf Totals Merchants—Luna, 2b Muckenthaler, sm Thompson, lf Hoag, 1b Weaver, rf, cf Brown, cf Abrams Off to Start in Nation NEW YORK (F) — R Joe Gordon Has 17 Homers, 51 RBIs Veteran catcher Billy Raimondi of Los Angeles was the only 400 hitter in the Pacific Coast League today but the catch in it is he has played in only 16 games. He was batting .406 through contests of last Sunday. Burt Haas, Oakland infielder, topped those who have played in 50 or more games with a stout .368. Sacramento's manager-second sacker Joe Gordon headed the home run hitters with 17 and led in runs batted in with $1. Averages by William J. Weiss, include games of May 20: - Ralimondi, LA: 16 12 12 0 4 406 - Layton, LA: 44 150 57 8 36 330 - Padgett, Oak: 22 50 19 2 5 236 - Bockman, Port: 22 55 13 1 10 371 - Haas, Oak: 53 204 75 5 25 368 - Boyd, Sac: 33 199 71 4 25 327 - Nellil, LA: 77 45 10 1 9 356 - Rivera, San: 52 178 82 17 51 234 - Gordon, Sac: 52 178 82 17 51 234 - Judnich, Sea: 40 125 44 4 25 332 GRAZIANO STOPS GRECO MONTREAL (P)—The come-back trail is growing broader for Rocky Graziano, hard-socking one-time middleweight champion from New York. Rocky scored a third round knockout here last night over Johnny Greco, the Canadian welterweight champion. Graziano bounced off the ropes to land a right to the jaw, stopping Greco in 1:56 of the round. Graziano weighed 161½. The Montreal fighter weighed 153. EAST LANSING, Mich. (P)—If Bob Carey, Michigan State's all-around junior athlete, wins a baseball letter this spring he will become the first Sparta athlete to achieve letters in four different sports. Carey already has won varsity letters in football, basketball and track. A TRIPLE HOMER NASHVILLE, Tenn. (P) in Nashville baseball still talking about the firing of a game between Luna, 2b, Pannler, 3b, Muckenthaler, ss, Thompson, if I oag, Wover, rf, cf Brown, cf Peres, c Comatstock, c Slobodian, p rf Totals Abrams Off to Start in Nation NEW YORK (P)—When Cal Abrams was in a four-way wrestle for Lynn's leftfield job? Well, leading the National Lift hitting with a .341 average. It all happened suddenly. Abrams' six-hit surge in doubleheader at Cincinnati him in front of Jackle Robinson. Last year Abrams hit five games. But he always had the minor leagues. Dow Paul he hit .333. This finally sled ahead of Famanski, Don Thompson and my brown into that regiment. Robinson didn't slump only five points from last leading mark. But he's back of Abrams with averages includes Sundays. Sport Calendar TONIGHT Baseball (La Palma Park) 2:00—Santa Ana vs Anaheim. Tennis (High School Courts) 3:00—Santa Ana vs Anaheim. Softball Church League (City Park) 7:15—St. Boniface vs Calvary Baptist. 8:30—Preshyterian vs Church of Christ. (La Palma Park) 7:15—Zion Lutheran vs Nazarene. 8:30—White Temple vs St. Boniface. WEDNESDAY Softball City League 7:15—Grace Lutheran vs Cypress VFW. 8:20—Merchants vs Lehrs. THURSDAY Softball Church League (City Park) 7:15—Zion Lutheran vs Grace Lutheran. 8:30—Nazarene vs White Temple. FRIDAY Baseball 3:00—Anaheim at Orange. Tennis 3:00—Anaheim at Orange. Golf 3:00—Huntington Beach at Anaheim. Softball City League 7:15-Ritz Cleaners vs Mag. Stars. 8:30-Lehrs vs Joe's Service. SATURDAY Track 1:30-State High School championships at Berkeley. Tennis 10:00-CIF Individual Championships at Lakewood courts in Long Beach. Ritz Takes Merchants To Cleaners Last night in City League play, Ritz Cleaners beat the Merchants, 4 to 1. Bud Cram, who allowed four hits and one run was the call. He argued so strenuously that Range chased him to the showers. The only other game scheduled last night was at San Francisco, where the Seals humbled Oakland, 9 to 5. The margin of victory was catcher Ray Orteig's home run with the bases loaded in the eighth inning. This was the big roman candle in an outburst that saw six runs cross the plate and wipe out a 5 to 3 lead that the Oaks had built. Manager Joe Gordon of the league leading Sacramento club invaded his home town of Eugene, Ore., last night and his Sacs beat the Eugene Larks of the Far West league in an exhibition, 13 to 3. The game drew 5000. Catcher Al Lakeman spanked a homer in the third, the first one hit this year at the Eugene park. First Sackers Vie For AL Swat Lead CHICAGO (UP)—A pair of first basemen, Dick Kryhoski of Detroit and Veteran Ferris Fain of Philadelphia. CINA-GAR DRIVE-IN THEATRE 6612 Lincoln Ave. Out Center, 5 M.I. W. of Anaheim Tonight Wednesday May 22 May 23 "RAWHIDE" Tyrone Power - Susan Hayward and "MATING SEASON" Gene Tierney - John Lund (Open 6 days Week—Closed Monday) Individual speaker for each car CHILDREN TO 12 FREE Ritz Takes Merchants To Cleaners Last night in City League play, Ritz Cleaners beat the Merchants, 4 to 1. Bud Cram, who allowed four hits and one run was the winning pitcher. Slobodian was the loser giving up all four runs and four hits. He went two and two-thirds innings. Frank Perez pitched the remaining and allowed but one hit. Ritz scoring was done in the third inning when R. Morales led off and flied out to third, Wells got the first hit of the game, S. Morales popped to the catcher, Bob Morales got a triple scoring Wells ahead of him, Bill Metcalf singled scoring B. Morales, Ed Bielefeld doubled scoring Metcalf, W. Morales was safe on an error by the centerfielder with Bielefeld scoring. At this point Frank Perez came in and got Roy Pina out on a routine ground ball to him. The Merchants scoring in the sixth came on a single by Bob Muckenthaler, Thompson was safe on an error by the pitcher, Hoag struck out and on the third strike, Larry Weaver laid down a perfect squeeze bunt to score Muckenthaler, Perez then popped to the pitcher to end the inning. The second game was postponed due to power failure. It will be re-scheduled. Ritz Cleaners—N. Morales, cf 2000 R. Morales, 2b 2111 Metcalf, lb 2111 Bielefeld, bs 2111 W. Morales, c 2000 Pina, 3b 2000 Cram, p 2001 R. Morales, rf 2000 Hedden, rf 2000 Wells, lf 2111 Totals Merchants—Luna, 2b 2000 Pannier, 3b 2000 Muckenthaler, ss 2111 Thompson, lf 2111 Hoag, 1b 2000 Weaver, rf, cf 2000 Brown, cf 2000 Perez, p 2000 Comstock, c 2001 Slobodian, p, rf 2000 Totals 2214 First Sackers Vie For AL Swat Lead CHICAGO (UP)—A pair of first basemen, Dick Kryhoski of Detroit and Veteran Ferris Fain of Philadelphia, are battling for the American League batting lead. The 26-year-old Kryhoski, who notched a mere .219 in 53 games for the Tigers last year after coming up from Toledo, was going at a .403 clip through Sunday's games with 25 hits in 62 trips. He collected four hits in 10 trips during the week to slip a point from his .404 a week ago. Fain, 29-year-old Athletics' reliable who carved .282 last season, slammed 11 hits in 25 tries to climb 14 points to .393 and second place. Last week's leader, Gil Coan of Washington, skidded 52 points from .412 to a third-place .360. Rams to Face Four Teams in One Game LOS ANGELES (UP)—The Los Angeles Rams will open their 1951 grid season in San Diego, Aug. 3, when they play an all-star outfit for Navy charity. The Rams will take on four service groups, one in each quarter. The game will be played on a Friday night in Balboa Stadium. The service teams will represent the Pendleton Marines, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Naval Training Center and the Submarine Force, Pacific. The 1950 University of Arizona baseball team posted a squad batting average of .326. Thrilling THOROUGHBRED RACING Merchants— Luna, 2b Pannler, 3b Muckenthaler, ss Thompson, lf Hoag, 1b Waver, rf, cf Brown, cf Peren, p Coinstock, c Slobodian, p, rf Totals 22 1 4 Abrams Off to Good Start in National NEW YORK (P) — Remember when Cal Abrams was low man in a four-way wrestle for Brooklyn's leftfield job? Well, now he's leading the National League in hitting with a .341 average. It all happened suddenly with Abrams' six-hit surge in Sunday's doubleheader at Cincinnati sending him in front of teammate Jackie Robinson. Last year Abrams hit .205 in 38 games. But he always burns up the minor leagues. Down at St. Paul he hit .333. This year, he finally slid ahead of Fene Hermanski, Don Thompson and Tommy Brown into that regular job. Robinson didn't slump. He lost only five points from last week's leading mark. But he's 27 points back of Abrams with .404. All averages includes Sunday's games. A THIPLE HOMER NASHVILLE, Tenn. (P)—Folks in Nashville baseball circles are still talking about the fourth inning of a game between Nashville and Knoxville—even though the game took place June 12, 1942. That was the time three consecutive Nashville batters hit the first three balls pitched for three home runs. The hitsmiths were Charlie Workman, Hank Helf and Charlie Gassaway. Thrilling THOROUGHBRED RACING NOW! 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