Valley News from Van Nuys, California • Page 53

Minp TopDrivers 5 llIIIC Com efein Dra 9 Races I II I National points will Sunday, June 11, 1961 if Van Nuyt (Calif.) NEWS--13-B Norlh Hollywood Playground Battle Tops Second Week of Muni Baseball Studio City Optimists and the Valley Pirates, two teams that lost their league openers last week in the powerful Valley-Glendale Municipal Baseball League clash this afternoon at 2 The i i ran up against Don Hagan last week ami the former Glendale High School ace pitched a three- hitfer and struck out 11 bat- tess in a i Dunn-Ed wards Paints to a 7-1 victory. The Valley Pirates lost to the Hollywood All- Stars, 5-Z. Manager Charlie Davis' Studio City Optimists nine Defeated Pirates, 9-5, two weeks ago in a practice and are slight favorites to win today's game. Pitching for the Optimists will be John Elrick, who is backed by one of the finest fielding teams in the league. Bon Cuccia, second baseman Mike Davis, and third baseman Jim Davis are among the top defensive players in the league.

Outfielders Jim Cratty and Danny Mc- Grestal are the leading hitters for the Optimists. The Pirates are hitting the ball well and are strong defensively but pitching staff must be strengthened if club is to make a good in the power-laden Tfflley-Glendale League. Catching for the Pirates Buddy Roberts, a fine prospect who is looking Ijgtter than ever. "Roberts Ss all the tools and is coming into his own as one of the catchers in the Southland," manager i Arrington says. Second a a Mitch Sidles, outfielders Buddy Daniels and Chuck Addcox and Shortstop Sherwln Minster are p.m.

at North Hollywooc also playing top notch ball for the Pirates. With Jan Okm of Valley College failing to impress starting pitcher for the Pi rates will be i Ken Bondy or Don Calabria. Bondy had a banner season for UCLA missed his final two starts due to a sore shoulder and may need an other week or two to be effec tive. Van Nuys' Calabria, who last season made the All- East Valley Leagne team, has just returned from Arizona State Freshman team, with which he had an outstanding season. In Valley-Glendale League action, North Hollywood All-Stars play the a Rock Merchants at Yosemite Playground, and the Glendale Phillies meet Dunn- Edwards Paints at Stengel Field.

In Valley Municipal League games, A-l Tile takes on the Valley Merchants at Sunland Playground in the day's feature attraction. Both teams won their respective league openers last week. Merchants defeating the Pacoima Royals, 5-1, while A-l Tile easily whipped the Los Angeles Friars, 16-6. Elsewhere in Valley muni- action the Sunland Tujunga Merchants a expected to easily win i second straight game when they play weak L.A. Friars at Van Nuys-Sherman a Playground.

The North Hollywood A.C. Jrs. play the Pacoima Royals at Pacoima. Record Gate Envisioned for Arena Mat Program A new gate record for an indoor wrestling show is a cinch, to "be set tomorrow night at the Sports Arena when France's Edouard Carpentier defends his world a i mat crown Blassie, two judges will work against Freddie Blassie. Promoter Cal Eaton has sn- nounced that he had over in the till and was -sure the box office receipts hit over $40,000 to 'teiash the present mark of 531,000, set last year by Car- "jtenlier and Lou Thesz at the Olympic.

night's complete "card also was announced by jfcaton. champion 'Thesz will meet Cowboy Dick 'Hutton in the semi-final. Other matches will match Count Billy Varga vs. Wild JEted.Berry; Gene (Big Daddy) vs. Hans Hermann; Kid vs.

Gene LeBell style); Ricki Starr vs. pDon Duffey; Ramon and Alberto Torres vs. Mr. Moto and Public Parks Net Play to Continue it Griffith Park in the 35th annual Los Angeles District Public Parks Open and Class and tennis-' championships will continue today and subsequent ends until i i emerge in each division. will be on the Ver- mottt Canyon and Griffith Playground Tennis Mike Sharpe; Reggie Parks vs.

Stan Holek; Lord Blears vs. Sam Steamboat. Something new in wrestling will be tried in the championship bout. At the request of with the referee and give a decision if need be The program starts at 8 with the title tilt scheduled to go on at 9.45 p.m. There will be no television or open division's runners-up and winners in Class B.

and events will qualify IN for entry in the Southern Cali UOdg fvrnia Public Parks champion- i ships, which Santa WRECKING DERBY SLATED TONIGHT AT ASCOT TRACK Ascot Park auto racing fans tonight receive a doubleheader treat as a "Destruction Derby" shares top billing with the reguar 25-lap, eight-race Pacific a i Association stock car program at the 183rd St and Vermont Ave. plant Racing starts at 7 p.m. The deroy, always one of the most popular Southland attractions, will see more than 10 jaloppies trying to knock each other into oblivion. It will follow the stock car main event. Meantime, three top local young pilots, Oren Prosser of Sranada Hills, Wild Bill Foster of Newhall and Marvin Heinis of Sylmar rate as top favorites in the stock car action.

Prosser and Foster have won the first two mains at the half-mile, dirt Ascot thus far. but Heinis has in TIME-- Mark ways finished in the money. Qualifying starts at 5 p.m. points will be a stake today when nearly 50( dragsters continue compet tion in the National Hot Rot Association's southwest div sional championships at Riv erside International Raceway The most important drag event in the southwest, th competition will offer 3 points per class with an addi tional 30 points going to th top eliminator. Foremost entry in the huge field is Dode Martin of Carlsbad, who will push the Dragmaster Two-Thing over the quarter-mile Riverside strip.

Martin's machine is a gasoline-powered, two- engine Chevy. Martin throttled the super charged dragster to a nationa record of 174.92 mph at Po mona earlier this year in thi Winter Nationals. Other entries include tin top dragster in the Los An geles area. Lefty Mudersbach of Pico Rivera who handle the Herbert Cams Special Boyd Penmngton, who recent ly set a Class roadster rec ord; Glenn Stockey, Redondi Beach; Glen Ward, anothe twin-engine Chevy contender and Leland Cabe in the Dun can Homes Special. Special exhibitions among fuel eliminators also are on the week end schedule.

Mickey Thompson's super stock Pontiac also will be on card and will be driven by Hayden Proffit. Competition gets under way at 9 a.m. QUARTER MIDGET RESULTS AT NORTHRIDGE Sunday Remits STOCK FAST TIME--Gene Fox. car MOD. FAST TIME--Chuckie Herman car 999.

FAST TIME--Mike Shaw, car 188. STOCK HELMET DASH i Shaw, car 32. MOD. HELMET DASH--Bucky Rein- car 18 HELMET DASH--Kim Schacher car 1. STOCK HEATS --Nancy Andrews, car 161; Gene Fox, car 21.

MOD. HEATS--June Schacher, ear Mike car 16 HEATS --Bobby Wateri, ear Mike McBride. car 29. STOCK TROPHY DASH--Gene Fox, car 21. MOD.

TROPHY" DASH--Johnny Mining, car 114. TROPHY McBride, IT 29. STOCK SEMI-MAIN--Randy Shields, 20. STOCK MAIN--Gent Fox, car 21. MOD.

SEMI-MAIN--June Schacher, car 2. MOD. MAIN--Ariena Hollarman, car j. Manning, car 85. MAIN--April Stephens, car MOD.

AUSTRALIAN PURSUIT -Donnie Herman, car 666. Memorial Day Races STOCK FAST TIME--Gene Fox, car 1. MOD FAST TIME--Chuckie Herman, Jir 999 FAST TIME--Mark Fabian, car 37. A FAST TIME--Jr. Hitt.

car 55. STOCK HELMET DASH--Gene Fox, ir 21. MOD. HELMET DASH--Donnie Herman, car 666 HELMET DASH--Mark Fabian, i 137 A HELMET DASH--Mike Shaw, 88. STOCK HEATS --Nancy Andrews, car 161; Jeanne Hoffman, car 120; lutch Porter, car 63.

MOD. HEATS--Mike Andrews, car 6 Greg Ksjnpf. car 500. HEATS--Jimmie Frieze, car Ix; Mtke Manning, car 1 85. A HEATS--Mike bhaw.

car 1S8. STOCK TROPHY DASH --Butch 'orter. car S3. MOD. TROPHY Anrews, car 16.

TROPHY MMininf, car 185. A TROPHY DASH--Mike ear STOCK SEMI-MAIN--Larry Trem- lay. car 23: Jerry Bryant, car 85; Copeland. car 14. STOCK MAIN--Gene Fox.

car 21; Eddie Miller, car 2C2: Carl Fleetwood, car 199. MOD. SEMI-MAIN--Backy Reiners. car 18; Corky Carpenter, car 116; Andy Smith, car 108. SEMI-MAIN--Jimmy car Ix: Cindy Bowline, car 13.

Linda Shaw, car 46. B-MAIN--Mike Smith, car 96: Mike Manninc. ear 18S: Robby Wedemeyer. car 137. A MAIN --Mile Shaw, car 1S8: Charles Hitt.

car Jerry DelUwo. car VS. AT XORTHR1DGB Saturday Xesalti STOCK FAST TIME--Gene Fox. Car 21. MOD.

FAST Bowl- WOWEE! VALLEY ACE CLOCKS 44.0 IN 440 A former Van Nuys High School track star turned in times of 44 0 in the quarter-mile, 1-29 6 in the half-mile and 3 03 in the mile in a meet in, Northridge. But before you get too excited, we should point out that these are speed skating not track records. Jim Powell 21, a freshman at Pierce College, became the first gold medal speed skater in California history when he sucessfully completed an eight and three-quarter mile grind at the Northridge Roller Rink. To qualify for a gold medal, a skater must complete the quarter, half, mile, two-mile and flve-mile distances hi prescribed times. In addition to his previously mentioned marks, Powell skated two miles in 6:03 and five miles in 15:53.

All his marks were better than those necessary to qualify for the gold medal. His record of 6:03 broke the American mark of 6'26. It is interesting to note that a good track man can run the two-mile somewhere around 9.30, compared to Powell's 6:03. The Canoga Park man now will leave for San Jose to defend his state speed skating championship, which he has won two years in a row. The meet is scheduled June 18-20.

Powell was fourth last year in the national speed skating finals. BOXING BIZ By Frankie Goodman It must come as a shock to many to read the results of the medical survey published by the Harvard University Health Services and Air Force, concerning injuries sustained in sports in the United States. The greatest number of par icipants reporting injuries was in the "tame" game of softball, with soccer and as sociated football second on the list. One of every four students who play football in ichool gets hurt. Of the 771,810 boys playing Little Leagne baseball, 15,444 received some injury.

Unfortunately, it's the field boxing which receives all he bad publicity and with just cause. In the first half of 1961, no ess than three boxers met from ring injuries. On an. 11. Sherman Walker died after being knocked out at Wheeling, W.

Va. Five months ater it was Harry Campbell, member of 1960 Olympic box- ng team; two weeks ago Jose iligores, in New York, be- the third casualty. Let's examine for a moment tie reason for ring injuries. Shall we start blaming the manager, promoter, fighter, or whom? Generally, I believe the reason, to be that most fighters don't know the art of self-defense. The idea seems to'be to hit the other fellow and he hits yon, and-the one who gets hit the most or gets tired, whatever the case, loses the fight.

Meanwhile the accumulation of these blows takes its toll. In the old days good train- rs used to teach boxers for ears (only to lose them to ne smart money boys after icy were developed). Today Ighters won't take the time learn the art, and their managers, hungry for the uck, bring them up too fast, milking for whatever ley can. Any match is a good match if he can make money. A few weeks ago I was approached to take over the management of a fighter with national television experience He was somewhat shocked to be told that I would handle him only if he would stop fighting for a few months while I taught him how to de fend himself.

"But I kayoed a a Clark and got $8000; I'm a national television fighter. Do yon mean to say that I have to start learning at this stage of the game?" he said. I told him to take a few weeks to think it over. I'm sorry that more managers don't take this attitude. I know it's hard to close your eyes to the fat purses that are available, but a a a should feel the obligation to save his fighter from himself.

As a matter of fact, a litle more moral obligation all over world wouldn't do any harm. LOCAL NOTES TJie off-television a i event 'at the Olympic Thursday has a natural fight for state featherweight title. Titleholder Danny Valdez will Ight his first bout after an insuccessful quest of "world championship. His opponent in this local fight will be Tony Herrera, who is undefeated with 21 wins in 21 fights. I look for Valdez to win handily.

On-television main event las a winning fighter in Eddie Garcia, who gives you action all the way. He meets J. B. Cook of Phoenix, Ariz. This ooks like another card not to miss.

See you there? Lonnie Kapp Named Vikes' Top Athlete City high bar champion Lonnie Kapp was named Mon roe High School's outstanding athlete of the year during the Vikings' spring sports barbe cue banquet. Kapp was also named mos valuable athlete on the gym nasties team for 1961. Other "most a a award winners were sprinter Jimmy Hills in varsity track sprinter-hurdler Bob Coughiin in track, middle-distance runner a in track, shortstop Bart Kay in varsity baseball, Tom Ban ning in jayvee baseball, Gary a 11 in tennis, Roger Smith in varsity swimming Lance George in swimming Don Burguigon in swim mmg and Joe Cordova in golf Golf's most improved player was Terry Ewen and the gymnastics Coaches' Aware went to Steve Badillo. Kay and Banning, besides being named most valuable players in baseball, also re ceived the highest batting average awards. Coaches' Awards in track went to Frank Dvorak, varsity; Grant Holley and Bob Weeg, Glass and Russell ibbs, Class C.

Fred Kipp received a trophy as outstanding varsity field event man and Ron Phillips was honored as outstanding track man. Angels, Yankees In 3-Game Series Los Angeles Angels are guests of the New York Yan- cees today and tomorrow and will engage the Bronx Bombers in three games during the two day stay. Today it will be a twin-bill vith air time on KMPC 10:35 a Tomorrow's will be a night affair, with the ac- ion going at 4:35 p.m. Braves End Half Season at 10-0 Braves of the Van Nuys- leseda minor league broke a eague record by winning the irst-half championship with 10 wins and no losses. Bill Healy held the third- Jlace Giants to one run while Us teammates, paced by the hitting of Glen Ruff, Andy mall and Emmet Smith, tal- led 16 times.

Archery Planned at San Fernando A host of archery tournaments arc scheduled throughout Southern California this morning, including one at San Fernando Playground. All shoots begin at 9 30 a m. Other tourneys are slated In Lancaster, San Diego, Lu- guna Beach, Griffith Park, Ontario, Oceanside, Torrance Whittier Narrows and Santa Paula. 5 Maini WIN 55 FREE SWIMMING AWARDS It's easy to enter and win. Here's all you do simply write a Water Safety Slogan on swimming, boating, (15 words or less) and mail to VALLEY SWIM SAFETY SLOGAN CONTEST, P.O.

Box 310, Van Nuys, Calif. Entries must be postmarked no later than Sunday, June 11, and should contain name, address and phone number 'of entrant. The decision of the judges will be final. Examples of safety slogans: Swim now live later. Drowning is such sorrow learn to swim and live tomorrow.

This contest is open to everyone with no obligation whatsoever may pass their awards on to someone else. For example, parents, may win lessons for their children. Contestants submitting the best slogans will receive expert swimming instruction at the following schools: 25 Awards (series of 12 lessons each) will be given at WEST VALLEY SWIM SCHOOL, 19725 Sherman Way, Canoga Park. 30 Awards (series of 10 lessons each) at either of these RITA CURTIS SWIM SCHOOLS: S221 Place, Van Nuyi 19350 Ventura Tarzana 19935 Ventura Woodland Winning slogans mil be announced in The News, Friday, June 16. Hurry, send in yours today! GAIN RECOGNITION SM AaV.

31-A of this PERFECT COMFO ALSO VACATION AUTO SAFETY CHECK In support of Notional Safety Council Recommendations, Magic Muffler Service offers every Valley motorist a Free Inspection of your car's entire exhaust system, mufflers shock absorbers. Car! host later this month. Parents Meeting for Park League Slated Tuesday Gram Park Little National League is holding a meeting for parents at 7.30 p.m. Tuesday. Registration for the 9 to boys will be conducted and a league will be formed.

Parents only are invaJed to te meeting Tuesday. "Our philosophy 35 participation and pla in i but pJay for the enjoyment of pSayinfc" said -To" FoeeMwm Or Park recreation director. STAMPS HELP Korea in Seoul, two stamps to help the CSJiMnen's Savings Movement STOCK HELMET DASH -Shaw. Car 32. MOD HELMET DASH Frankw Bowline.

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Car 21. 1 MOD. HEATS--Corky Carpenter. Car' 136: Mike Vndrnni, Car The Dodger? and Saj Fran-' MeBrWe. car n.

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