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Show c Track Aces Compete at BYU Invitational Meet Coast Track Stars To Run Here fti'v.'-'' V V v It ft. Twelve Cinder Stars To Display Wares In Eight Special Centennial Events Brlgham Young university today to-day announced a complete roster of 12 nationally famous track and field stars who have accepted invitations to compete in eight special "Centennial invitation events" during the. two-day 34th annual invitation track and field meet next week-end in the Y stadium, an official Utah Centennial Centen-nial sports highlight. The 100-yard dash will pit Edward Ed-ward Conwell, dubbed "the world's fastest starter" by the New York Times, against Cliff Bourland of the Los Angeles Athletic Ath-letic association and John Watch-ler, Watch-ler, also of the Los Angeles outfit. out-fit. Conweil, former NYU run-ner, run-ner, holds world records for the 40. 50, and 60 yard dashes, and is the 1947 National Na-tional Indoor 60 yard champion. cham-pion. He was awarded the 1946 trophy for turning in the outstanding indoor track performance. His time on the 60 yard dash is 6.1 seconds. Both Bourland and Watchler are former collegiate stars from USC. Watchler is also brilliant in the 220-yard dash, his best time being 21.5 seconds. - Some of the participants in the 100 yard dashes will compete in the 220 yard dashes. Famed Rov Cochran will raceir s on the winning third army against Fehx Jumonville in the 440 yard event. Cochran won col legiate fame at Indiana U and Jumonville was a Louisiana State letterman: both are now running for the LAAA. Cochran holds the world record rec-ord for the 440 yard hurdles at 52.2 seconds. He ran the 440 minus the hurdles indoors this year in 48.2 and ran 440 yard anchor lap in a relay contest at 45.8 seconds. He holds the American Amer-ican record for 400 meters at 47.8 seconds, indoors, and hit 6.9 seconds for a 60 yard indoor low hurdle race this year. Jumonville raced the quarter mile at 48.5 seconds while still in high school. His best time this year is 50.1 seconds. The mile race will pit Leslie McMitchell. of NYU against Tommy Quinn. New Jersey runner, run-ner, and Clarence Robinson of the BYU track team. McMitchell is expected to run the fastest mile ever run in Utah when he races at the BYU stadium. No mile has been run in Utah under 4:21.4 according toaDr. C. J. Hart, meet chairman, and Mc- Mitchell has consistently turned in better times than that. Last! week he won at Atlantic City j with a time of 4:18:4. - He held the AAU championship at 4:13:3 and the Wanamaker Mile at 4:11:3. McMitchell beat Gil Dodds, considered America's best miler at a Navy Relief So- Fnoy life more... accomplish more with an ERCOUPE: jr.- - fill , y 'ilr-v, ' f ' fry A s, (.crafted Spmproof hv the V. . Ch i Atronauitct A dm in titration WA IT (g clety meet several years ago with a time of 4:07:8. Quinn, nationally rated runner, came second to McMltchell in last week's meet at Atlantic City. Irving Kinitisch, present w AAU Indoor shotput champion, and Wiibur "Moose" Thompson, who holds the best throw of the year, are coming from the east and west coasts, respectively to compete com-pete in the Shot put and the discus throw. Brady Walker. BYU'i "one-man' "one-man' track team will compete com-pete in the shot pat. discus throw, and Javelin throw with the two nationally-ranked nationally-ranked stars. Walker captained cap-tained the Third Army track team which triumphed In the European Theater track meet In 1945. Ralph Maughan. stellar Aggie weight star, has been asked to participate in these three events also. Maughan is slated to compete com-pete Friday against University of Utah in a dual meet however, and has not indicated whether he will be able to participate in the three events of the Y meet Saturday. Sat-urday. Kinitisch. while serving with the 45th Division in the 158th Field Artillery and the 157th In fantry, was a team mate of Walk- ieam His AAU championship shot put is 54 feet 6U inches. He won the 1946 Penn relay title with a shot put of 52' 8'i", and was runner-up in the 1946 NCAA discus dis-cus throw. Kinitisch holds the 1946 European theater shot put championship with a 51' 10" throw. He was captain elect of the 1942 NYU track and field team but went into the service before he could take the duties. Thompson, former USC star now competing with the LAAA. holds the best shot put record of the year with a 53' 9V' throw. He took the Compton Junior college col-lege meet with four puts over 52 feet. He had the fifth best mark in the world in 1946, and was second in the 1946 NCAA competition. Both Kinitisch and Thompson have thrown the discus dis-cus more than 150 feet this year. Stephen Seymour, a LAAA competitor, has been invited to participate in the exhibition javelin jav-elin contest. Seymour took the inter-allicd games title in 1945 with a throw of 235' 3" in Italy. Pole Vaulters Fred 'Tex" Winters and Russel Peck, both oi LAAA. will be hitting for the 14' mark at the Y meet. Winters, who vaulted here last year, holds the national AAU Junior Division Championship with a 14' " pole vault. Peck, a former Stanford Stan-ford man, has also vaulted over 14 feet. For pleasure or profit or both, yoa ther faMer in an Ercoupe-the afr. ciinplr-control plane that make. flying practical for busy people. Ea to fly, easy to lantl, it ruts your learning-time learning-time one-third. For a free trial flight, tUit or phone us now. ivf. t-S- ''mil wiMiWiaim,,,, "HJT 5 s, s PROVO FLYING SERVICE PROVO AIRPORT Phone 555 FOR Benny Leonard Succumbs To Heart Attack NEW YORK, April 19 0LE Hundreds of admirers visited the Riverside Memorial chapel today to pay their final respects to Benny Leonard, one of boxing's greatest lightweight champions, who died last night while ref-ereeing ref-ereeing a bout. Arrangements were being made, meanwhile, for Leonard's burial tomorrow in Mount Carmel cemetery cem-etery in Cypress Hills. Services will be held at 10 a.m. at the Riverside chapel and the former world titleholder will be laid to rest at 11. Messages of condolence poured into the home of his wife, Jacqueline, Jac-queline, from Leonard's host of stunned admirers all over the nation. Long remembered as one I of boxing's most brilliant ring-1 masters, Leonard also was one of Iboxing's most popular figures. r T"i 1 j i I : r i i dpsiucs ins wue, Lieonara is survived by his father, George Leiner, two brothers, Joseph and William, and three married sisters. sis-ters. Leonard had no children. Leonard, who celebrated his 51st birthday April 7. had worked all of the bouts on last night's St. Nicholas arena card. He appeared in good health as he handled the main bout in which Eddie Giosa outpointed Julio Jiminez, but complained of heat as he prepared to officiate the final bout of the night, between be-tween Mario Ramon and Bobby Williams. He took his necktie off and unbuttoned his shirt as the bout started. Just before the bell ended end-ed the first round. Leonard fell to the floor. Dr. Vincent Nardi-ello, Nardi-ello, state boxing commission physician, leaped up from ringside ring-side to work on Leonard-and the fight was stopped. After a few minutes a stretcher was brought to the ring and Leonard was taken to the dressing room. Nardiello said that death occurred oc-curred at 11:07 p.m.. about 15 minutes after the former champion cham-pion collapsed. The loss stunned the boxing box-ing world, which remembered remem-bered Benny as perhaps the cleverest ringmaster of them all. It waa a matter of pride with the smooth - stepping Leonard that his hair, perfectly-parted, should not be mussed during a bout, and few opponents were fast enough to ruflle Leonard's hair or his pride. Only Lefty Lew Tendler, generally gen-erally regarded as the most i graceful southpaw ever to show in the ring, came close to matching match-ing Leonard physically, but Leonard still had a huge edge mentally, and Tendler was the; first to admit it. Benny, born Benjamin Leiner ;of New York's East side, began j boxing when he was 15. He wasi ! 2 1 when he won the world light-! ; weight title by knocking out; Freddy Welsh in 1917 and hei retired undefeated in 1924 when . 'he was 28 years old. However, in: 11922 he lost on a foul to welterweight welter-weight champion Jack Britton. but that had no effect on his lightweight crown. Yeatherman Foils College Metiers The weatherman seems to have. it in for Utah's collegiate netters, and the opening of the intercol-' legiate competition seems as far! away as ever today. To begin with, the rain of a week ago ruined the clav courts at Provo so that the BYU-Utah match had to be postponed until a later date. Then Friday, the match between be-tween Utah and Utah State had to be called off because of wind and rain which, made play impossible impos-sible in Salt Lake over the weekend. week-end. BYU and Utah State will make another attempt to get the season underway next- Wednesday in Provo and since they are the only two colleges that haven't yet attempted play, maybe they will be successful. The postponed Utah-Utah Aggie Ag-gie game will be played at Logan next Friday. The construction Industry of the United States employed 2,400,000 men at its all-time peak in August, 1928. 9 O on Aft t:Zl-A v-w,,r1l lr-VVU i J 111 .satiiiftjIlftW' Four cinder aces from Los Angeles Athletic association who will run in the special Centennial events as part of the BYU Invitational Relays next week-end. Left to rlxht they are: Felix Jumonville. 440; John Watchler. 100 and 220; Cliff Bourland, 100 and 220 and Roy Cochran, 440. All four are capable performers and will be expected to give high-class performances. Following The Ball By DeMar Teuscher Herald Sports Editor LOOSELY-KNIT BIG SEVEN? Denver university, whose loyal alumni and rabid downtown supporters sup-porters have been raising a rum pus every since the Big Seven became the Disrupted Six alter I Colorado university resounded to , me lure oi me nig aix aner the lure of the Big Six light again. Now Denver is coming-forth coming-forth with a tentative plan for a "loosely -knit" athletic conference to replace the compact Big Seven a conference con-ference in which every team could schedule whom they pleased and no conference champion would be named in the major sports. Of course, the Denvei .author-; ities hastened to add, this scheme is only tentative and they are! merely sounding out the feelings j of the rest of the conference) schools on the deal. But, the reports say. th Den-' vers are muttering darkly in their! beards to the effect thai the school would take no "off rial posLtion" Until the wh . , j olo deal had S5?nnikui,?Eer- by. th.- Mey' schools with the implication that if their plan wasn't accepted they would take their toys and gc elsewhere to play. This business of having a loose set-up with n conference confer-ence champions crowned might be a good deal for Denver at that. If our memory mem-ory se.res us rightly, it has only been the past two years that DIJ has even closelv ap proached a conference title-both title-both times In football. Also, we would think twice, if we were Denver, about this schedule business. The Pioneers did fairly well last year as long as they stuck to the safe confines con-fines of the Big Seven, but every time they stuck their neck outside out-side the league, some big bullv stepped on it. Mavbe these outside teams would draw crowds to the big Denver bowl, but if the record is as usual, the Pioneer fans will get mighty tired of seeing the DU laddies take it on the chin each week from some toughie from outside. The whole muddled deal comes up for settlement--or at least a STATE CAR INSPECTION Why not let us take care of this job for you before the rush' starts? We can save you time and money by DOING IT NOW Free Pickup and Delivery WASDEN MOTOR SALES Phone 2650 1131 North 5th West Your Oldsmobile Dealer v CP TV ;ij?- Sprint Record Endangered By Three California Aces Now Burning Up Track By ROBERT PRESCOTT United Press Sports Writer ; SAN FRANCISCO, April 19 j(U.R) Three of the world's fastest I humans were poised today for a ! fabulous series of races this sum mer that may wipe out the oldest track and field records in the books the "perfect" 100-yard dash mark. Mel Patton and Dcnnie Ander- ". two hustling young sprint i : ...tit i i a i a. l " "" '"lJ."!LiMay 17. the Los Angeles Coli .limes in possioiy ine omsiarioingi track rivals of 1947. Veteran Hal lime-'Davis, the famous ex-"California Comet" will run in three of thoso! races to challenge the new heirs- apnarent to the speed crown. ! Any one of the trio appears! I capable of at least matching the S world 100-yard record of :09.4;July 4 at Lincoln, Neb. Davis seconds first established 17 years ago by Frank Wykoff, and later equalled by Jesse Owens. Clyde Jeffrey and Davis himself. Patton. a long-legged University Uni-versity of Southern Callfor-fornia Callfor-fornia sophomore, has galloped gallop-ed the century in :09.5 twice this season. Ills University of California freshman rival, Rnderson, was clocked In :09.6 in his first race of the season last week but he was running with an "ailing leg." rinvia rif rnnrca ranlf e ac rre . . . , . oi tne greaiesi sprinters oi an INFLAMMABLE COPS rrn, iiTiiiiriiT .,.TXj F 'STRA,GHT jii.,. .uo., main in.iti wuuiu TIJUANA, Mex.. April 19 (U.PIbe bettered now believe"!at least Warren McClatchie s In- ! flammable looked like the sea-; might crack it this summer. Pat- son's outstanding horse at Hipo-(ton also stands a chance of run-dromo run-dromo de Tijuana today afterning to a record in the 220-vard scoring his fifth consecutive vie-' dash. Already he's hotfooted" the tory. distance in :20.4 seconds, only Inflammable won the six fur-j one-tenth of a second off Owen's I long California handicap yester-; world standard, jday in 1:10 35 with jockey Ken Taylor up to return $7.60 and $3.40. There was no show betting. discussion may 2-8 when the .conference officials meet to determine de-termine what is going to happen j next. I The Denver proposal will ! probably get the arguments at ! the special meeting of faculty ' representatives at Glenwnod Springs. Colorado, May 3 and 4, a fore-runner to the official con- jference meeting. I Most of the Utah schools have not committed themselves to a definite policy yet, but the con-isensus con-isensus of opinion is that they I will ail three be in favor of a ; closely-knit set-up with more j lee-way granted in scheduling of outside opponents time. But whether he can come back after a four-year lay-off is one of the big question-marks for the San Francisco Olympic club. However, he indicated his return: to shape with an "easy" time trial; of :09.9 recently. Patton and Anderson start their rivalry May 10 in the Cali - fornia-USC dual meet in Los An - geles then will race at the Fresno ,... ,,.. no .u- c: seum relays May 23, the Pacific Association AAU meet at Berke- ley June 7. the NCAA meet at Salt Lake City June 20, the Big Nine-Pacific coast conference clash at Berkeley June 28, and possibly the National AAU meet probably will run in the Fresno. jutah downed Bill Geertson, 3-2. Worship of Ute post 2162, VFW, Pacific Association and AAU'Tho Reese-Morris team won theiriand the proceeds eo toward the contests. Anderson, who comes from a running; family, could provide pro-vide a story-book finish to the three-way record assault by setting, the mark his older brother narrowly missed. George Anderson, who ran for California a decade ago, is credited unofficially with a blistering :09.2 for the hundred which never reached the record books because officials culdn't believe be-lieve their stopwatches. ' "But many track and field ui-Ithorities ui-Ithorities who once t.iought the "ui4iu.i" -no a .,.1. .,,... ...... 1,1 one of the three sueeri-merrhants Accent on Take your active life in stride with these clean-cut turftan veal 'moccasins, made smart and manly for long range wear and masculine styling. Extra heavy rubber soles and heels. 8.95 10 Sunday, April 20, 1947 SUNDAY HERALD Wild Bill Anderson Meets Jack Christensen In Grudge Rematch At Armory Fists wil fly and mayhem will j take up where it left off last j Wednesday when Wild Bill An derson and Jack Christensen re- inew their efforts to commit acts violence on each other in the; Utah Golfers Win Over BYU 5-1 At Bonny The first intercollegiate golf I season in Utah history opened fly rather fr?ely Eyen Friday on the Bonneville course j referee got entangled in the beef-in beef-in Salt Lake City with the Uni- ' ing last week and will be ex- Iversity of Utah swingers starting 1 off the season right with a 5-1 win over BYU. Fred Crane of 'BYU won the only point for the Cougars when he toured the course in 73 to win Joe Jones of Utah 1-up. The four- isome. with Gordy Crane and Bill rwurns Hie uuici yaii , was ucu uij. . Gordy Crane, leading BYU, Jarvis won his bout last week, golfer and Korns, who is Utah's; with another Salt Lake Japanese number one man, battled to ajboy as his opponent, via the draw in the headline match, both I knockout route in one minute .turning in scores of 72. rning in scores of 72. i i a 1 ..,1- :n il. . going into the last hole, being two 'the shifty Hayakawa. S under par and one up on Korns,1, Morries, who endeared himself but he put his second shot into I the bushes and ended up with six i for the hole. Korns copped the a DOey I,ve l square 1 Walt Harris and Jack White of Utah "won individual matches ov er Walt Zabriskie and Kept Und-hjam Und-hjam of BY if, but the best ball match was even for the second foursome. Harris won from Zabriskie by a 4-3 margin and White downed Undhjam 2-1. In the final foursome Jack Reese of Utah defeated Jim Green nt RYU a-2 ami Din Morris of iteam match with Morris turning lin a steady 74. JOIN THE FUN There's good fun, good exercise in riding 1 20 saddle horses, a choice for the experienced rider, or beginner. be-ginner. 2 20 saddles, a choice for your riding comfort. 3 Horses available for early morning, afternoon or evening rides. 4 Several miles of mountainside bridal paths. -RATES $1.25 first hour 50c additional 'j hour. Special rates for parties. Rates for excursions over 5 hours. MOUNTAIN SIDE STABLES, Inc. Located on 113 Acres of Private Property 1 100 EAST 8TH NORTH PROVO main event wrestling match April 23 in the Provo Armory. y It took the policemen to stop their little argument last week. and both parties are aching to continue the carnage Wednesday, from all reports. Christensen won the wrestling wres-tling bout last week by taking the first and third falls, but he almost lost the battle that ensued after the Logan roughie kicked Anderson just after taking the third faU with a body press. The bout next Wednesday will be another best two out of three tremely wary of getting too in- tn the return math ty in the main boxing event, . Sailor Jarvis, slugging Provo j lightweight, tangles with Kenny Hayaka Sa Lake City. dccision to Bob Morries. who in turn drew with Jarvis two weeks ) iand fifteen seconds oi tne lirsi r,,m4 qk.4-1 xi'ill Ka o l'nrftH m.aft to local tans wan nis terruic battle against Jarvis, will meet Kiki Garcia of Salt Lake City in another feature bout. Morries is rapidly becoming a (avorite with local fans, and is rated over the-Salt the-Salt Laker. Another explosive puncher, powerful Steve Tido of Provo, who won his last bout with a first round knockout, meets Mike Majamoto of Salt Lake City in I another preliminary. I Two fast preliminary bouts and t a pair of exciting battle royals wind up the card. The bouts are ibeinc presented under the spon- establishment of a boys club in IProvo. i A S AUL IT 254 West Center i. IT |