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■li ?=•'’ • :- “-fFifteen-year-old Gene Walker shows the trophieshe won; as the youngest championship hill climber in the. Uni ted States.Young Cyc/isf Wins Trophies In Hill ClimbFifteen-year-old Gene Walter today claimed Ihe title of the nation's youngest champion ship hill climber after winning trophies in three events last Sunday at Salt Lake City,He Is the son of Glen Walker, who operates a motorcycle agency here.Competing against a field of 20 experienced , hill climbers, the youthful Walker took firs I place in two preliminary events at Salt Lake Cily and wnn the championship trophy in the Open class with ihe high mark on his second ride.E. c; Smith, chairman of ihe competition committee of the American Motorcycle Association, confirmed lhat the three trophies won by the 15-year-old made him the youngest triple winner in the counLry for a recognized event.Walker's first experience in hill climbing came only last month although he haa ridden the cycles for four years without an accident,his father reported, iJackson Sets PlansTo'Wreck-tify' FoeCOLUMBIA, N.J. (UP)—Tommy (Hurrlcanel Jackson, who has trouble wiih big words, Invented one of his awn today In tcil what he intends io do to Heavyweight Champion Flciyd Patterson in their title fight at the Polo Grounds July 29.Jackson, who lost a split decision lo Patterson last ycnc, was, asked by Comedian Jackie Gleason 5f he exported to rectify Hint July 29.‘T don’t know about that/* said Hurricane after n long p3usc, “all 1 know is Pin gonna wreck-tify lhat Patterson.”Crapp Betters World MarkSport Farad*Game Qi Has DanHenrichGird* for RecordHOMOLULU, T.H. (UP) - Au5-fralia's Lorraine Crapp set a new. record for Ihe women's 800-meterswimming title with len minutes 24.3 s erontfs aL an International swimming meet here Friday nlghL.Nancy Ramey, of Seattle, Washington, set a new record for the women's lOO-meLec butterfly with 'one mlnuLe 10.1 seconds.Under the new rules of the International Swimming FederationBy OSCAR 1 United Press S| NEW VORK (U Fraley's facts and Tommy Henrich, with the New Yor that ball players “superstitious nons keeping mum durii of a no-hit game 1 To back up his my recall* a gam-Zanesville, Ohio, wo king his way 1 minor leagues.“Bill Ztiber, win for the Yankees ar pitching for us and there were men or inning,” he rcmerr pay much atfentlo got there through \Hut I didn't realbnobody even menl her hadn't given u So, with two ou a drive was lilt to outfield and—with mg a 3-0 lead—he lt;smart baseball th it bounce in front 1 it on the big hop. the spirit which it leaguer, Tommy for a shoestring mude it. When 1 clubhouse he was “Aren’t you goin the ball?1'“If the ball on means that much my nodded, “sureU.1’“Shutout?11 said 10 a mm a te, * ’Zuber no-hitter.0 And th; time Henrich rca string catch was Veteran trainer stein is 011c of th who think that Hu can defirat Floyd they meet for t. championship at tl on July 29.“Jackson will shape that he c pace for 15 rougues. x“HeUl hithan Patterson He’s actually a swarming, good Greb and “Sla£ bloom/’The different that Gieb and
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Idaho State Journal
Pocatello, Idaho, US
Sun, Jul 14, 1957
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