... . i ' '."f mine KuLtMl l" "loi.y Mi. Luily Hens ', i-t t Master Miler Shy After Record Shattering " Better at Half Mile" Asserts Roger Bannister mmm, iu nmmmi .. j '.if i li Managers Name Lineups "I think people have been frightened of this four-minute where eight years ago he ran his , wus uno'r first mile race as an Oxford ''""ilor.iv tv,., For Senior Ball Openers freshman In more than fivcj on f at tj minutes. 'he my, ,.,. Wf en he sprinted those last 300 I marks ' mlio." he said. "Now that If bPCn broken, I'm sure other run- nP1.s will break it, too." I AVE' - " ' M rr-- i ft I l Ht Tint .'.W If J J rii; uuuru tiiai. ai uic uuu-yiiiu - j, n.i point, his Austrian physical wondcrod only w'-it new worlnV training adviser, Franz 6tampf!.;arc 'tft ful' N " 'o cenqmr. talledr "Relax, relax." Only a few vei ks ago he com- "That cull made me feel really Rented fomcwhat diffidently! good," he said. "I felt then I had th-t ho :. lt he was a Iv!,t a Rreat chance. As I noared the half-mller ih: n a miler. That end of the third lap for the first means li could set out alter time I felt really confident I 'he UOO-yard world record of could do It. 11:488 now held by Mai Whi1- "When I got to that last bend, field, or possibly the woiulerou I wasn't thinking of unythinn ir.ark of l:4fl for 8(10 inetei'.s By MILT IIAK.IIOK OXFORD, England un Roger Bannister, the master mllcr who crashed the four-minute bar- . , i tK - - shyness today while the athletic world acclaimed his feat of the century. The quiet, 25-y ear-old medical student shattered the world rec ord with a dazzling 3:594 ciock- ng in the blustery com ncre Thursday night and thus won the race to the peak of track--tom's Mount liverest the four-minute mile. "I ttiink the four-minuti? mile his been overrated," he said nuietly as if trying to Justify his icul. mu'i uu iia iiiiiy a mm-, The .wnri of athletic is rac- aeXt onVratnr um ui " V Ih .n a "lock L u..'w ,.,,,,:. Today. ,,, ., w,,h .aptmou con- ! 11 ? r-lb." i VU US lO lilt li. iiSll :nn nnA Klvlr,inB lmm..,!.H. Lv " established in 1939 by German' huclolpli Harbig. w.mi.i t iwi-nirwr record of 3: "-held Jointly by Haesg. jLrnnart Strand of Sweden una Werner Luegg of Gcrmany- st,cm,.d easily wllhln BlinnlsU.r's 'ch. He tied it unofficially in hU record-shattering mile, u MATTRESSES Goad quality mattresses with resilient ' Med coil springs. 'Padded Willi sort layers of colored cotton felt. Firm hoidrr Willi rolled edges. SAMMY first come, Although the slight 157-i lory still in his cars and heart. i P"lTwaii unimpressed by his :,nl,l,r rl.r.v,. in li.nrt.m mid Rosen Has Fool Proof System In Selling Ducats For BEG Line-ups for the three Prince Rupert entries in the Prince Rupert and District Baseball Leapue which gets underway Sunday have Ijeen released by team managers. The first day of the new season will see Benny Windlc's Esquires hosting Rusty Ford's Gordon & Anderson entry at Roosevelt nark, starting at 1:30. Miner Simundson's Commercial Hotel tr:im will travel to Terrace for a double-header. The first game will start at 1 o'clock. To Bill Donaldson will go the honor of hurline (he first game for Esquires with Rey MrKny on the receiving end. Lead-off man will be centrefielder Ray Spring. Next' in line are shortstop Joe Giordano and second baseman Puchal. Andy Marshall, left field, is in the cleanup spot and following down the line are third baseman McPhee, rieht fielder Don Hawryluk and first sacker Paul Poirier. Also on tap for Esnuires will be Bnrry Williamson, Bill Douhan-uik, Carl Tieehman, Danny Bill, Bennv Windle. Dick Letournenu, Ken Hill, Jack Sharpe and Hec McKinnon. G and A s Rusty Ford has named Freddy Christensen as starting pitcher, with D. Rcherk catching. Ryd Scherk will hold down first base. Dave Hill second, Don Hartwii third and Bill Sun-herg shortstop. FatrnHintr the outfield will be Stan Pet row in left. Ralph En-ridt'e at centre and either Ian Dunbar or Bill Morrison in right field. Final positions have not been worked out for the Commercials, but Miner Simundson hopes to tnke catcher Herb Morgan and Infielders Joe Davis, D. Kidd, B. Simundson. Dick Nickerson, Tom fl I I J - - i ROSEN I first served." i i and field events ranged from S150 to $12 there here $5 to $1. "The average m ice for "'average seats for, a en pie here, for every event they tan get to, is on'jf $56." A touch of Rosen is spread He designed the tickets, watermarked like a dollar bill, which have a seating plan of the particular stadium they are fur on the back. They corn in nine colors, one for each sport. He designed the seating arrangements for the three n'-v sports sites, the 35.000-capacitv stadium. 4,000-seat cycle track and the 6.000-seat swimminc pool. Ai.-its in the stadium are in the middle of the seat section. ."It lessens the chances of a per- son Betting lost. If he has to go EXTRA SPECU PRINT jo CALL ON DI8B COMPANY fevered pjntlJ aR ticking la te patterns,. H'rll-iegt) Stanihnl lfii;ib. 5395 in particular. I lust couldn t y,' I saw the tape faintly , F s llwrc and that " thc lust I knew about it." That's how the slim, six-foot t Hacgg'. record of 4:01.4 that ' Teat effort, he did acknowledge Ihat'the 15-milc-an-hour wind In the Iffley road track mlnht have- cost him two seoonrU. "I think the. 3:5U mile Is within reach." h! said. But he didn't say he'd be the one to (to tt. I lltST S1XCK FALL . This was his first race since last hill and his mother and father were among the spectators. It was on the very cinders CANADIAN LEGION Curling Club Final Meeting May 7-8 p.m. in the Legion Board Room Bp FROM GORDON & ANDERSO By l(tN MATIIKSON VANCOUVER (CP) Sammy Rosen has 500,000 tickets lining (he walls of his 9-by-12 office. and a system. Ticket director Rosen, charged with selling tickets to the British Empire Games here July 30-i Aug. 7, needs his system. It's a good on?. Jle can say that he know. where every ticket is at every moment of any day. and why And he can prove it. The 35-year-old one-time hoc- key player, referee, ci.cus bark-. Dr. television commentator ana now spare-time actor handled all ticket mailings in the 1943 London Olympics. More than 2,000.000 worth went out a I ever the world from his office. It was the first all-ndvance. all-reserve sale for such an event. IMPROVED SINCE Rosen's ticket methods lir-re are identical, except for whji he terms "th.2 control book system, which is an improvement." Complicated to explain, but siai pie to work, it Rives Rosen aa Iron grip cn ths destiny ol : every ticket. He can start at tickets, cith r sold or unsold, or at any par- ticular seat, day, event, re, name of buyer or even box-office dollar and give ail the other m- formation, or c o m b i n a t i o ns. within two minutes. The control books are locked in - . .,f- mnhi If every unsold ticket should butn Rosen could be back in business the next morning. And he wouldn't have to issue a dup- Phone 46 over more man is people to get next meeting will be held tomor-to the seat, he's in the wrong row a 2 o'clock. section. The seat is at least 30. . away. So he goes out again and ; Redlecjs in Second Place On Temple's Winning Hit w nt on television for millions to see and hear him. He said he wa.: tireu at the j i (-nd of the race and that he know he'd ju. t about make it to1 the end. i Three Possibles Scored at Shoot i Three 100 per cent st ores high- ; lighted the ugular Thursday night meeting of the Civic Centre Rifle Club last night. - Making perfect scores wvre Frank An-tield. his fifth, John Clibbett, his third, and Robert Pcdersen, his third. Other high-score marksmen were Bill Holgate and Phil Lyons with 98, Jerry Jensen with 97. Craig Stewart with 90,' Ray Windle and Harry Schrader with 95, Jim McLean with 04, Ralph Olson with 92 and Lance Theobald with 90. The club's 4 IVtlVi- X- .11 is V . r x Q I j ! I 0. Combine sound ) spirh Naka and Cliff Dahl on the trip ;to Terrace. His outfield will be picked from Nick Pavlikis, Bill Gunn. Jack Lindsay and nimseu. Doubling as pitchers are outfielders will be Gordy Cameron, Maurice Scott and possibly Jim Fiewin. Ladies Playoffs Begin Wednesday With regular play in, the Ladies' Bowling League completed last Tuesday, six teams in both divisions will play off for the individual "A" and "B" honors next week. Competing in "A" division next Wednesday at 7 o'clock will be Lyons, Sunrise, Ruport Radio, Dom's, Annettes and New Laurel. Playing off next Tuesday at 7 o'clock for "B" division honors will be 'Manson's, Co-Op. Big Sisters, Tollers, McKay's and Skeena. The tally for the season's play i in "A" division shows that Ber- tha Dunbar of Art Murray's at-; tained a high average of 206. ' High single was taken by Jean-nle Warren of Art Murray's with 356. Agnes Pierre of Lyons bowled 1 high three with a 767 score ; .'and Bulger's 1187 was good for i team high single. New Laurel took team high three with 2970. ; I In "B" division Doreen Pallant j of 7th Avenue Market had high j j average with 177. High single i honors were taken by Ivy Stew-; art of 75 Tal with 340. Co-Oo's ' 'iMarinnne Hanberg rolled 816 for individual high three. Toilers nnrl Manson's shared the team ; high single honors with 1 1 16, ' j and Prinze Rupert Plumbers took ! team high three with 2791. : a decision to the weather. The Red Sox haven't been able to play a home game since last Saturday. Faulty fielding in left field a sore point with the- Dodgers for two seasons helped Chicago to its winning run. With Handy Jackson on first In the 11th, Ernie Banks doubled to left. George Shuba couldn't find the handle and Jackson scampered home. The Braves beat the Pirates behind the five-hit pitching of Lew Burdette, who scattered five hits In turning in the first shutout by a Milwaukee pitcher this season. Their third straight victory over Pittsburgh moved the Braves into fifth place. At Washington, the White Sox waited until two were out in the ninth before staging their winning rally. Nellie Fox doubled and rode home on Minnie Mino-so's fourth single. Minoso scored after a error ar.d Willard Marshall's single. The Orioles, hitless wonders of the American Leairue, managed only one hit. The Yanks battered Joe Coleman for four runsi int th first inning with iTogi Berra's hemer the big blow. SPORTSMAN'S DIGEST hi shcrp 2 BASIC KNOTS FOR SPIN-FISHING SWIVEL.. lHJLl.TIiT4 TRIM END A CLINCH KNOT IS USED TO TIE a hook, lure or snap ; fro change lures quickly) ON LINE'S END. PULL Ol II I -S TRIM ENDS A BARREL OR BLOOD KNOT IS USED TO TIE 2 STRANDS OF MONOFILAMENT NYLON TOGETHER. HOLD THE OVERLAPPING ENDS IN THE MIDDLE AND TWIST EACH BACK, AS SHOWN, ONE AT A TIME. THEN PULL BOTH STRANDS (STILL HOLDING CENTER) TO TIGHTEN. 215 1st Ari. W. .Sit , ;:.J. :.. ,- I U! fiiiK 4 '. '. " 4 ' 1 . .'YY ' licate ticket. ! "c V . . i three or four weeks in advance, , j The mail customer is protect- ..,.ve t ti(.kot app!lcatiun. j cd. Lost, strayed or stolen tickets ) from Alaska to Pt.rUi rom Kan. can be replaced with tickets ; sas City lo Califonila, from H j- cancelling the original. , ifsx to Victoria. -More come in j On the sale itself, it's "first ; every day." tome, first served, no favors." j ln another depanure. the cus-"But th- customer who buys tompr kec,ps the Urket und thp series tickets every day for the gat(..kceper gets the stub. So i same sport gets the best seats, Ros,.n dpn, a fold(.r t0 noM . and the same seats every day. (he tk,kcUi wiln tnis lrjend on I the i PRICES NOT HIGH back; 1 . . . , ,,,'! "We hope 1 these tickets will be A touch of professional pain t , d sotlv,nll,, of a ! duU Uifvusua,! sp;ukle ui Rosen S aKair,. viH,t , lA -(,:',,.., . "It' -mySpta jJnuT dpinrjfn'Xh'al . tir;lT.."s ... . , .v I ft , . , ' N-Wfc,,v v ' ' By BEN PHLF.GAR Stciut't HrK bpons Writer Johnny Temple, who aims for first base instead of the fences, is proving the sparkplug of Cincinnati Redlegs' fight for first division in the National League. Temple has been personally responsible for the winning run In 25 per cent of the Reds' victories this spring. He drove in the'ttecicling tally again Thursday as Cincinnati shaded New-York Giants 5-4 and moved into second place, half a game behind Philadelphia Phillies. Cincinnati's rise to second came as Brooklyn Dodgers fell before Chicago Cubs 8-7 in. 11 innings and Milwaukee beat Pittsburgh 3-0. The Phillies were rained out at St. Louis. In the American League, Chi cago White Sox stretched their lead to a game and a half over Detroit and Cleveland by edging Washington 5-4. The Indians won jtheir seventh game In eight eastern starts, 3-2. over Philadelphia. New York Yankees trounced Baltimore Orioles 9-0. LOSE TO WKATIIEU Boston and Detroit again lost I MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS By The Associated Prece .itirii'mi lntie An R PH.-AM Timid, rx'truit r.-t 8 21 CWxidman. Boston 64 5 .S70 Jeii-sen. Bos ton . . 4K 8 17 .3S4 Orutb, Chicano . . T7 8 27 .351 Avila. Clevrland 74 15 26 .351 Huns MinofcO. Chii;o. 18. Runs batud in Minoso. Chicago. Hits Oroth. Cllirano 27. E)f)Uljlcs Oroth. Chicago. 7. Triples Minoso. Chlcnsjo 3. , Home runs Five players tit'd wlt.li Stolen bases Eiht placers tl lih 2. Pitebing Four pluvers tied at 4-0. 10OO Strikeout Turley. Ballimftrc. 87. Vitiimul I.eiiKiie AH R Ptt Jackson. Chicago . G4 17 .3!) I Muslal. St. Louis . . 70 20 27 ,38(i Kinder, Brooklyn . . 73 13 2B 3S4 Sauer. Chicago 60 23 28 30:j Jablonski. St Louis 84 10 32 .381 Runs 6auer. Chicaiso. 23. Runs baited in-Bell, Cincinnati. 22. Hits Jablonski. St. Louis. 32. Doubles Snider. Brooklyn, and Oreentra.ss. Cincinnati, .9 Triples Seven players tied with 2. Home runs Sauer. Chicago, 9. Stolen base's Bruton. Milwaukee. 4. Pitching Sis pitchers tied at 2-0. 1 .000. etrlkeouts Spahn. Milwaukee and Haddlx, St. Louts. 31. gets in the rii'ht serti. r. Another Rosen clesimi is the i combined ticket-and-housing ' rpplicatlon form. About housing,! Rosen says: "We feel wu hive a . le.spnnsibilitv.' If the customer purchases tickets by mail and ; j wants accommodation, we will j . do everything po -Mb'.o to gi t h m j . a. piece to, f.-iayVV- ' I I . ' ) tAI tt lJ hl'i.L-oi 1 ! In the firt week of April, r, month's ticket: sales ' totalled j about $15,000. The box-of fi- fo- j i '"i1 s"!e lx,ecl April 25. Ticket ! les by mail now total more .than $23,000. li J i 1 With about-$100,000 worth tot go, Rosen isn't worried.. J . ACfl"e prescnt ,c' onr, tn JULY 30- AUGUST 7 VANCOUVER. B.C. ill natural liavour d i ' ''-"-- the class of action is going at a I wry,- cheap prkse," he says. 1 "Pricing Ls very conservative w. i tuch an event. . "In th? 1S52 Olympics, th .' top for the op-, ning cere.nai.;..-. ..-jus I $15. Here the top is $5. Track I JO iff sf -, . f lit f .V . J ... . tkr-mm: tt tt WATER reveals whisky's true flavour Thinldng olbouf his Future? II ImV Soldier Apprentices are eligible tor ' - ' benefits, including 30 days annual W tu-.. .' ..... ui whPn 16 and on It' I llC V I BtCIYC MUM VJ J " . ii .mi .V i'! K 17.L U:.,hAr. thov receive W f'4 7rW '''r 'X ' ,ne Canadian Army's Soldier Appren- '' P'on for young men of 16. The Lij Soldier Apprentice training is designed 1 li . to enable young men to gain promotion To be eligible, the young man w jj l'X VJ. least qualified for high school ""a . -jbi ... m, a, are aaaea opponunmej i"i LL,nolki' qualifications. He must hove attained his sixteenth w seventeenth birthday. Courses begin in September but applications are inow M received. Following interviews, the applicants may be after June 1st and then sent home on leave tint commence in the Fall. lo higher ranks in the Army. The happy enthusiasm of the young men now enrolled as Soldier Apprentices is perhaps the best indication of how successful this plan has been. The young men who graduate from this course may build good careers (or themselves in the service of Canada. It is service which is vital to the continued well-being of this country. The young men who are accepted for Soldier Apprentice training receive: thorough trades Iraininq, schooling:. discipline, W'lh undemanding of the of youth ond you hove the elements pails. ! ii I; jjj,-, i "Voice of the Army" Wednesday Put Seagram's "83" to the water 'vMR st. 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