The Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 1953 Page: 7 of 14
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Thursday January 8 1953
By RICHARD L. PHILLIPS
With the track and field world barely catching its collective breaths
after the record smashing party at the Olypmics in Helsinki last Sum
mer plans are already well underway for the 1953 indoor season. And
from early season performances it looks like another wholesale as
sault on the record books.
While the center of thinclad activity is still the banked oval of
New York's Madison Square Garden the runners jumpers and tossers
have been testing their muscles from Jamaica British West Indies to
|he Down Under Land of Austrailia and New Orleans' Sugar Bowl.
Prime news from Melbourne site of the '56 Olympics is that a
22-year old medical student has run an astounding 4:02.1 mile to
come within seven tenths of a second of Gunder Haegg's 4:01-6 world
record.
REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE
John Landy latest pursuer of the elusive four-minute mile makes
his performance even more remarkable because of the following facts:
he never broke 4:10 for .a mile previously he failed to qualify for the
Olympic 1500 meter (metric mile) last Summer and he ran his big
race on a rain-soaked track with little competition.
Not to be outshown by a newcomer to the spike shoe set the titled
stars of long standing reputation have also been doing some muscle
flexing of their own.
At the annual Sugar Bowl Meet held a few days before the New
Year's Day football contest Olympic Champion Parry 0 Brien of
Southern California put the 16 pound shot to a new meet record of
56 feet 4| inches. Three other Helsinki winners also performed ad
mirably at the same meet as Bob Richards pole-vaulted 14 feet 8 inch
es Walt Davis high jumped 6 feet 8 inches and Cy Young tossed the
"avelin 213 feet 3 inches.
McKINLEY HUSTLES
Recent wire service accounts from Kingston Jamaica tell of the
Ptouring US aces' battle with the home-grown champions. The ageless
Herb McKinley Jamaica's original speed merchant has been picking
up most of the hardware as he clocked 10.4 in a 100 meter race
against American Olympians Harrison Dillard and Jim Gathers. Hustl
ing Herb also boasts a 21.2 victory in the 200 meter race over Andy
Stanfield the Olympic title holder at that distance.
Long recognized as the best hurdler in history Dillard took a sur
prising defeat recently when young Milt Campbell only a high school
senior whipped the old pro in 14.3 race over the 110 meter high
hurdles. The Plainfield N. J. student amazed the nation last Sum
mer when he nabbed runner-up honors in the 10-event decathlon at
Helsinki and was ranked among the top school boys in the nation in
five events.
AIMS FOR RECORD
Another youngster drawing headlines early in the season is 17-
year-old Bob Lippmeier a New York high school senior who sped a
mile in 4:26.3 in a school meet on a flat armory floor without spikes.
Lippmeier draws aim on the national interscholastic indoor mile re
cord of 4:22.2 later this month before he graduates in February and
dons his freshman cap at Georgetown U. Washington D. C.
A foreign flavor will be added to spice foot racing contests in
February on the Garden's 11 -lap track as Olympic aces from Germany
Sweden Turkey Canida and possibly Luxemburg are scheduled for
appearances before American track addicts.
Stellar attraction while still sight unseen is the German trio of
Heinz Ulzheimer Rolf Lammers and Herbert Schade all of whom
Scored in their specialties at the Olypmics the 800 1500 and 5000
meter races respectively.
Michigan State's grid victory
over Purdue was the
tfirst
win ever
attained by the Spartans on the
Boilermakers' home field.
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SOUTH BEND Ind. UP) Jack
(Junior) Stephens sophomore
guard on Notre Dame's basketball
team has taken a liking for the
Milwaukee Arena. Last season as a
freshman Stephens scored 18 points
there against Marquette. Recently
when the Irish played the Hilltop-
pers again in the same arena
Stephens once more performed in
an outstanding manner. He scored
20 points as the Iirish won 84-64.
When Tennessee defeated Ala
bama 27-13 last year in Birming
ham it was the first defeat for the
Crimson Tide on Legion Field
since 1940.
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THIS IS NOT A PARODY on the headless horseman but an action
photo taken during a basketball game in France. The player at
right is reaching for the ball which an oppenent seems to be
wearing for a head.
Musial Signs For
Reported $80000
ST. LOUIS—Slugger Stan Mus
ial who broke into baseball 15
years ago at an annual salary of
$195 signed his 1953 contract with
the St. Louis Cardinals Monday
for an estimated $80000.
Owner Fred Saigh said the pact
called for the same salary Musial
received last season and maintain
ed that it once again made him
the highest paid played in the
league. However it is believed that
Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh
Pirates topped Musial last year
with earnings estimated at $90000.
Musial's new pact is believed to
call for a $75000 base salary with
a $5000 bonus based on atten
dance.
Admitting that last year was a
"let down" for him the slender
3 2 a el a id
thought his new contract was very
"fair" because the Cards' atten
dance dropped last year despite
their third place finish.
Musial's batting average slipped
to .338 last season a mark con
siderably lower than that of pre
vious years but still was high
enough to win the major league
batting title for the fifth time and
the National League championship
for the sixth time.
At a news conference Monday
Saigh displayed the first contract
Musial ever signed with the Cardi
nal organization back in 1938. It
called for $65 a month. Since Musial
played there only three months his
as on as a a
amounted to only $195 about one-
third of what he now earns per
game.
"Last year was a let down for
me" Musial told reporters "but I
hope to have a better year in 1953.
I believe the Cards will be in the
thick of the pennant fight with the
Dodgers and Phillies giving us the
toughest opposition.
"I think our pitching staff is our
We Are Traders From The
greatest asset" he added.
By signing for the same salary
he received last year Musial avoid
ed the financial difficulty he en
countered two years ago when it
took the approval of a government
agency to get him a raise in pay.
Before the 1951 season when his
salary was raised from $25000 to
$80000 the increase was held up
for several months until approved
by the federal Salary Stabilization
Board.
Musial who ranks third in all-
time National League history as a
hitting leader has only two more
years to go to equal the mark of
John H. Wagner who topped the
circuit eight years. Rogers Horns-
by won the batting crown seven
times.
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MORT ZOLOTOW
Action at the North Fort Hoodj
Sports Arena doesn't always take|
place inside the ring. The reasons
are fairly evident to the fans at
North Fort Hood. Boxing is a
sport which has become very
popular with the troops. They take
it seriously. Since the first bouts
were held last November the fans
have been quick to identify them
selves with some of the more
popular fighters like Mabby Gene
Boney J. C. Perkins or the ag
gressive Joe Higgenbotham.
The diehards who follow the
'cauliflower crowd' are usually a
colorful lot. I think these 'Sports'
must have been frustrated actors.
After seeing some of the ringside
contortions I'd say the stage at
least or the head ushers position
at a large movie house would be
their forte in civilian life.
One of the more popular fight
enthusiasts known to all can be
seen either taping hands or acting
as a second in the red corner every
Saturday night. 'Tiny' or U. S.
Grant is his name. The nickname
'Tiny' for his 280 pounds and his
association with the US is guaran
teed to bring a smile giggle or
laugh to your lips. More import
ant though is his intense interest
in boxing. On Saturday nights you
can see him giving some fighter a
little advice on how to better handle
himself in the ring.
RING ANTICS
The real show begins in 'US's*
corner and those that know him
divide their interest between him
and the action in the ring 'Tiny'
stages his own imaginary battle
complete with sound effects. Couple
this with the ringside mimics the
roar of the crowd and its a three
I
ringed circus. No wonder large
crowds attend the fights.
Ed Tate who handles the boxing
and also referees the fights at the
Sports Arena says he has high
hopes for several of his fighters:
two flyweights Gene Williams and
Johnnie Lewis—who incidentally
packs quite a wallop John Adams
a fancy-dan lightweight Jessel
Aresol and J. C. Perkins both
middleweights and Art Williams
a heavyweight. Some of these boys
are scheduled to see action this
Saturday night.
Ralph 'Bama Boy' Bolton and
Jim Pisoni are two new men at
Special Services. Ralph who says
his fighting trim is 210 but ad
mits to 220 played football for
Division Troops. He was offen
sive guard and defensive line
backer for that Championship
team.
Jim you would best remember
as the hard hitting center fielder
for the 501st MP's. Before his en
trance into the Service Jim was
signed to a Double A contract.
RICH WINTER RACING
NEW YORK Winter racing
will offer the nation's crop of three-
year olds many rich opportunities
this season. A total of $340000 will
be distributed in a space of four
weeks. The Santa Anita Derby val
ued at $100000 will be run on Feb.
21. The Flamingo at Hialeah on the
28th also carries $100000. On March
14 the $40000 Louisian Derby will
be run. The climax is the $100000
Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park
on March 21.
W. J. (Bill) Tobin General Mana
ger of the Chicago Black Hawks
of the NHL is in his 27th season
with the Hawks.
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1953 Schedule
Washington (AFPS)—The Army
has released a schedule of its 1953
sports program.
Championships will be held on
seven different categories. Dates
and host commands are as follows:
Boxing—Fifth Army Mar. 24-28
basketball—Second Army Apr. 7-
11 golf—Sixth Army July 27-31
tennis—First Army Aug. 25-29
Softball—Military District of Wash
ington Oct. 5-10 baseball—Fourth
Army Sept. 7-12 and track and
field—Third Army June 12-13.
Squads representing major com
mands will be limited to the fol
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