Zamperini's 26 Year Mile Record Erased by Mike Thorn ton, 4:21.1; Win less Torrance To Play Normans Winless Torrance will get a welcomed shot at hapless,. Beverly Hills Tuesday, South will host Lennox, and North., will lug its suddenly explosive lumber into Centin'ea Park' against Inglewood as the prep baseball season heads into' its second week. •*> ''t Last week Coach Irv Kaslen's Torrance nine dropped two March 27, 1960 Pioneer League tilts, all but knocking the locals out of the championship picture even be fore the race is well under Standings way. THURSDAY, the Tartars BAY LEAGUE were stymied by El Segundo's W L Pet Bob Flynn and his roaring fast Hawthorne ...... 2 0 1.000 ball, 8-3, as the club's leading Vlira Costa ...... 2 0 1.000 hitter, Billy Williams, watchec Santa Monica .... 2 0 1.000 the action from the bench will: Vorth ...... 1 1 .500 a sore elbow. Redondo ...... 1 1 .500 Williams, a senior third base- Leuzinger ...... 0 2 .000 man, injured the arm Tuesday [nglewood ...... 0 2 .000 when he was hit by a pitch Worningside .... 0 2 .000 during the team's 7-6 loss to Games behind leader. Culver City. Tuesday Scores. North 11, Morningside 5. NORTH, on the other hand, Hawthorne 3, Redondo 2. flexed their muscles and came MIKE THORNTON Mira Costa 5, Leuzinger 1. up with a big 9 run 4th inning Breaks 26 year record by Santa Monica 1, Inglewood 0 that saw 13 batters parade to tenth of a second. (eight innings). the plate in an 11-5 victory Tuesday's Games over Morningside on Thursday. Hawthorne at Mira Costa. Saxon Rick Jacobs had a Morningside at Luezinger. double and a single during the Robinson North at Inglewood, stormy frame as three Mornine (Centinela Park) side pitchers yielded five sin^ Redondo at Santa Monica. gles, four walks, and Jacob's Doubles PIONEER LEAGUE STEVE PARKER . . . Banged three hits fn four at bats two-ply poke. W L Pet » Thursday off El Segundo's much publicized Bob Flynn Coach Bob Shoup will prob 1 Segundo ...... 2 0 1.000 but Torrance bowed, 8-3, in Pioneer League game. Parker, ably pitch Dennis Hogtie (3-2) ulver City .-. 2, 0 1.000 against Inglewood Tuesday in For South a junior, had two infield singles and a line smash as an attempt to make it two in RECORD FALLS ... Louis Zamperlni shown here in 1941 Aviation ...... 2 0 1.000 Flynn set Tartars down on four hits all told. Steve will held Torrance High School mile record for. 26 years until . Hurdler John Robinson swept louth ...... 0 1 .000 1% be in starting line-up Tuesday when locals host Beverly Mike Thornton broke mark a week ago at Huntington the hurdle races Friday and ,ennox ...... 0 1 .000 1V4 Hills at Torrance Park. (Herald photo) SOUTH HAD a day off from Beach Relays. Zamperinl held several records at Tor South High remained unbeaten 'orrance ...... 0 2 .000 2 in six dual and triangular track Beverly Hills .... 0 2 .000 2 league activity Thursday but CINDER CYCLONE ... Pat. rance, Including world's Interscholasttc mile run. He later the Spartans got in their licks Lininger, North High Sprin was Olympics star and NCAA champ at USf, and World and field meets by besting El Thursday Scores Segundo and Beverly Hills on El Segundo 8, Torrance 8 against Chadwick of Palos Ver- ter, is shown breaking tape . War II hero. Louis Is generally acclaimed as the greatest El Camino Dumps des, and unleashed a vicious on anchor leg of relay as- athlete ever to come out of the city. the latter's oval. Culver City 2, Beverly Hills 1 Robinson copped the highs Aviation 5, Lennox 4. 13-hit assault that netted a 10-1 North defeated Redondo In victory. a dual meet Friday at North'.' By BILL SCHIPPEH in 15.4 and took the lows in Tuesday's Games 21.3 for the only double in the Lennox at South Bakersfield, 6-2 Bob Wehrhan pitched the Lininger copped the 10Q , Herald Sports Editor Beverly Hills at Torrance seven inning triumph, gave up (10.1) and 440 (51.4) to high meet. - only 4 hits and looked impres light win. (Herald photo).' It almost passed unnoticed last week that the last of the South also remained unbeat El Segundo at Culver City Coach Chuck Freeman takes hi« El Camino College sive to Coach Jerry Mcllvaine. great Louis Zamperini's Torrance High track records was en on the class B and C levels. baseball club off on a two game road trip this week as the wiped off the books. Mike Thornton, an up and coming Shortstop Mike Andrews junior distance ace, broke the former mile champ's 26-year Summary Warriors seek to lengthen their two game Metro Confer who had 3 for 5 unloaded a 4:21.2 mark by a tenth of a second at the Huntington Beach ence- win skein. ;owering home run over Chad- Huffman Clears ion Slated Friday, the Tribe exploded for 12 base hits in dump- wick's left field "Chinese Relays, although he finished behind another prep sensation TOO-Ti among I&lly (E), Herman from La Habra 15 year old Bruce Bess. (8). HUS (S), 10.3.. 220 Kelly (E), ng visiting Bakersfield, 6-2, as screen" to highlight the batting 22.7. 440 Fc-ill (B). E3.3. 880 Flsl jarrage. Zamperini is easily the greatest and most widely acclaim (B), 2:17. Mile Perry (S), 4:32.2. ighthander Bob Anderson Bar at 67' 120 IIH Robninon (S), IB. 4. 160 To Run Tonight went all the way for the win- Joe Austin also had three ed athlete ever to come out of Torrance High or the city for LH Robinson (S), 21.3. SP FKK- lits, as did Rick Gomez, who Miler Mike Thornton ran a that matter. meator (10), 49ft. lOVi In. HJ Kd- lers. (S), Smith (S) Ml. lO'iln. Grtinion are scheduled to ust recently reported to the 4:27.8 and high jumper Gary He held the world's interscholastic mile record for 20 two-way tie). BJ Varmon (S), 21ft. run for one hour tonight at ECC, with a 2-1 record, plays 2Wln. PV Tie among Hhodes (B), :eam. Huffman cleared 6 ft. 2 inches years, owned the NCAA mile record while running at USC Local beaches, beginning at t Santa Monica against the Mcllvaine has not named his :or his season best Friday but for 15 years, was a member of the United States' 1936 Olym 9:30, according to the Dcpt. winless (3-0) Corsairs Tuesday, starting pitcher for Tuesday Torrance's track and field pic team, was the first American (8th) to finish in the 5000 of Fish and Game. hen tackles Long Beach at et, but Indicated it could be ;eam was defeated by Aviation, meters although he was just out of high school. The tiny, felusive and un lair Field on Thursday. either lefthander Larry Pace 72-32, in a Pioneer League His war record is a story in itself. predictable silverflsh are also Both games will begin at 1-2) or Austin, who has no meet. Zamperini who now lives in Hollywood and is an evan scheduled to run tomorrow p.m. Torrance record. Other Torrance event win gelist and a boys' camp counselor is known as one of the Johnsfon Hits from 10 to 11, and Tuesday Against Bakersfield, the swing against each other * » * ners were Tony Bareford, 440 10 men who suffered most during World War II. night from 10:30 to 11:30. Varriors came up with a three morrow afternoon in a golf TORRANCE WILL probably 52.8) and Tom Sloat in the He was declared officially dead by the War Department, The grunion will make un outburst in the 7th to salt match that is. pitch southpaw Ray Wilson broad jump (19 ft., 2 in.). but turned up 2% years later after surviving 47 days on a their next beach landings in way their second conference The rival golf teams will com against Beverly HHls, which Summary raft longest in the history of the Armed Forces and sub For 20 in Amble 100 Zamlnur (A), 10.7. 220 Culd June. 'in in three starts. pete at Palos Verdes. coach Harold Sieling says is his A), 23.0. 440 Buroforil (T), 82.S. sequent imprisonment by the Japanese. 880 Hnhn (A). 2:03.2. Mile Thorn- * Stan Beard's triple and Dan South was tied by Culver worst team In 15 years at the CD. 4:27.8. HH Halm (A) City Friday, 207-207 at Fox .chool, then will throw Tom LH Cul