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Bill Dickie's SIDELINE SLANTS
i
AL HOSTAK, early in his boxing career,
and the man who guided him to the world's
middleweight championship, manager Ed-
die Marine.
When 1"he Champ Slepi'
In Lilliwaup!
Eminence in boxing never was a salient
quality of Mason County's athletic annals,
but the shot-in-the-arm Arian Cuzick and
his retinue of hinterland mittmen may be
transfusing into the sport here have nudg-
ed dormant memories.
So has reporter Robin Francis with an
article in the latest edition of Shelton high
scimol s student body newspaper, The High-
climber. Robin wrote about her uncle, A1
Hostak, whose name will ring bells espe-
cially among the elders of Lilliwaup and
environs who can date residency back thir-
ty years or more.
It was spring in 1938 when h!l Hostak,
a rising star (actually more a meteor) in
the middleweight boxing ranks descended
on Lilliwaup to carry out the first phase of
a determined, carefully designed plan to
win the world's middleweight boxing cham-
pionship, then held by another Northwest-
erner, Freddy Steele of Tacoma,
At. Lilliwaup, Hostak lived in a rented
cabin, became intta €
the life ()f an ou
ishing, body building cooking of his land-
lady Mrs. Huff (Climber grid fans may re-
member her son, Jimmy, who halfbacked
for the Shelton high football team prior to
World War 2), chopped wood with loggers,
swam in Hood Canal, hiked in the Olympic
mountains, and otherwise disported himself
for a month in a manner which firmed up
a bit of tab, toughened up his muscles, and
added nine pounds to his weight, hiking
him nine pounds above the 160-pound mid-
dlcweight limit:.
Phase two, the post-Lilliwaup portion
of the plan, was conducted back in Seattle
and included trimming off those nine new
poun&n in a rigid routine of daily gym
workouts with sparring partners, punching
bags, rope skipping and trainers. Two men
played key roles in this month-long chap-
ter of the plan, Hostak's manager, Eddie
Marine, and Bobby Yannes, a qparring part-
her from California who fought with a
style almost identical to Steele's.
High priority in the plan was given to
perfecting a left hook which, when deliv-
ered properly. Hostak and Marine felt sure
would pierce a flaw they believe existed in
Steele's defense. And they were right. On
Tuesday night, July 26, 1938, AI Hostak
won the world's middleweight boxing cham-
pionship with a spectacular and stunning
4-knock-down knockout of Steele in the
first round in Seattle's old civic stadium
(now part of the high school memorial sta-
dium). Jack Dempaey, the great (great-
est?) heavyweight champion, refereed the
fight and never picked up easier money.
The fight set two records -- one rain.
ute and 41 seconds, and 35,000 spectators,
the largest crowd ever to attend a cham-
pionship bout on the Pacific Coast.
Hostak lost the title five months later
to Sally Krieger when he broke two bones
in his left hand and smashed the knuckle6
of his right hand. In June, 1939, Hoatak
reclaimed the crown by knoklng out Irlg-
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ty that's Robin's dad's fault.
a girl named Rose, too.
The man who won the world's middle-
weight boxing title after building himself
up at Lilliwaup has worked for the King
County sheriff's department for the past
eleven years and currently is assigned to
assisting with the athletic program at the
Cedar Hills Alcoholic Treatment Center.
Officers assigned to Cedar Hills are chosen
largely on their attitudes toward the pa-
tients, who arrive there following arrest
and sentencing but are admitted at their
own request and are treated as patients
rather than as prisoners.
Athletically, Hostak is addicted in these
years of his life to golf and horseshoes. He
holds three first place, three second place,
and two third place trophies in Washington
State Horseshoe Association competition
and practices faithfully in his own back-
yard horseshoe court,
Whether. there were any potential A1
Hoataks or not on Arlan Cuzick's Forest
Festival fight card last Saturday night, it
is doubtful that Lilliwaup ever again will
of having ben the
boxing
pion. But it did once, and no one can take
away that distinction.
SPORTS SPLINTERS Rich Holmes
would be the first to pooh-pooh the thought,
but could there be any coincidence to the
fact that Pacific Lutheran University has
had a disappointing rowing record this
spring just when the former Shelton high
student had to give up the sport because
his student teaching schedule conflicted
with rowing turnouts? Rich, a two-year
varsity crew letterman at PLU, had to give
up his favorite athletic endeavor in his sen-
ior year because of that conflict and the
Lutes went into a rowing tailspin.
Another question: does the fact that
North Mason high owns and uses a pitch-
ing machine account for the fact that the
Bulldog baseball team had seven .300 hit-
ters in their lineup this spring? NM play-
ers really like the gadget.
The day of girl golfers earning High-
climber links letters may not be over yet.
Tuck the name [im Hartley away in your
mind. She ma be the next to earn that
distinction along with the Heuston sisters,
Mary and Cathy, of a few years back. Kim
is a sophomore right now and rates about
10th on the highly talented 17-member golf
squad coached by Andy Tuson.
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Turnout. Set Monday i
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t of Mason County is eligible and service, so ma
' welcome to try-out for the squad, squad. lit!
, which will compete again in the Several new ca I
--,-. Olympic Peninsula Connie Mack team, coming 0 1
League this summer. Shelton and N
Bac succeeds Jerry Mallory as school rosters, are
make it tough for
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; team coach this year and will holdovers t vvi':[
....... ,i [ be assisted by Bob Tobey, who especially those i
will work essentially with the baseball this sPrt',I
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b J the squad f°r three seas°ns but be scheduled efllJ;l
found his personal schedule in-
compatible with the time involv- Lacev prior to u, .,ll
o ner SheltOn $1
ed this year. ix, • . ,_ animal"air
in Longv]ew -.,ell # !
CHAMPION FREDDY STEELE is de('ked an(t his middle- i Bac has coached in Shelton tournament as.i t0
Little League and Babe Ruth ent in mid-JU:
weight championship is slipping away as referee Jack [;
Dempsey motions A1 Hostak to a neutral COl'ner I)efore _.÷÷le League Leagu /baseball for several the 4th Districtwill._e-t'4
35,000 stunned boxing falls at Seatth civic stadium June. MAOR LEAGUE est pitchers, a left-hander, in and I.u:c) a0t}
' 9 Won Lost Shelton high school baseball his- tries, over'all' d l 1
26, 1.38. Miklethun Electric 5 1 tory. He completed his prep car- will be include '1
Shmb Elhson 5 1 ii
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==Ill Jllll I • / Mell Chevrolet 3 3 ing staff. He also played Ameri-
il1Oilr ilIUD alengar SRA 3 3 can Legion ball with equal suc- ,lllUlllll,lliMiiBllllllFl
Moose 3 3 cess over the same span. __• :
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' ,, Miklethun Electric, 8 Gott Oil 7 pic Connie Mack League will of-
DAHMAN DAREDEVIL AIM man, Ro(:r Anderson, Roy Bak- Mell Chevrolet 11 IWA 4 fer an especially attractive sche-
FOR GOLF LEAGUE THRONE er, Ran Ellis, Tom Garrett 2 Moose 19 WCC 4 dale this summer. P,Tt Angeles
In contrast to the two pre- each; Cliff Courts 1; Guy Beck- Shaub-Ellison 9 SRA 4 and Port Townsend are new ad- ADULT jUNI0g F#
vious weeks, standings shuffling with Cec Crow 0 each. WOLDEN COAST LEAGUE ditions to the league and a se- Men's Hi Gare:
was confined one major move in 5/16 - Bruce Munro, Jack Wright Won Lst rend Bremerton team has return- fieht 203 1
last week's 19th Hole Men's Golf 2 each; John Eager 1; IIeinie A and W 6 1 ed to the fold after three sea- Men's Hi serieS:
League action. In that one in- Hilderman, Bob Erhart, Walt Kiwanis 5 1 sons in which but one team was
stance, Ernie Dahman's Dare- Nash, Bill Dickie 0 each. Morgan Transfer 5 1 recrutied from both Bremerton 508
devils darted from seventh to LARSON 8/18 - Larry Larson, Jarvis Oil 4 3 high schools. North. South and Women's Hi Gae:
fourth place on a capricious cap- Ed R ichards, Bean Daniels 2 Himlie Realty 3 4 Central Kitsap, with Shelton, corn- 191 series: ;$
ture of 15 points in a possible each; Chub Nutt, George Her- Simpson Credit Union 2 5 plete the league make-up. North Women's Hi
20 against Bob Wolden's Warriors. mes 1 each; Joe Holt, Jim Shape, Graystone 1 5 Kitsap will recruit players from ran 452 Ga¢e:
The week was marked, t), Bill Gott Sr., Bill Smith 0 each. Merv's Tirecap 0 6 Bainbridge Island. Boy's Jr. Hi
by the blunting o the upward JEFFFRY 12/20 - Bob Slette- Morgan Transfer 12 A and W 9 The league will open its ache- ertson 213
drive of the Larry Larson L'mh.- dahl, Clint Willour, Buck Price, Kiwanis 21 Himlie Realty 12 dule June 14 with Sheldon play- Boy's Jr. Hi erie$:
era, who slipped a notch to third Ron Sanford, Wally Mohrmann Simpson Credit Union 21 Merv's ing Port Angeles in one half of ertson 473
place on an 8-for-18 performance 2 each; Mickey G,)dwin, A1 El- Tirecap 18 a doubleheader at Bremerton. Girl's Jr. Hi Ga:
against the Jack Jeffery Jolters, narson I each; Jack Jcffery. Jarvis Oil 20 Graystone 12 East and West Bremerton tangle field 151 erie:
who supplanted the Lashers in Frank Travis, Rex Iwnard, 0 Jarvis Oil 16 Himlie Realty 13 in the other section of the bill, Girl's Jr. IO
second place, each. A and W 14 Simpson Credit while South meets Port Town- fiehi 443 and I4el;;l: I
Except for the Daredevil surge, ARCHER 11/22 - Phil Bayley, Union 5 send, Central is paired with Rahn d5
no other teams moved more than Gene White, Bill Gott Jr., Char- Morgan Transfer and Merv's North. Jr. and HarOl
one rung either way and three lie Allison, Art Bennett 2 each; Tirecap (postponed because of Shelton's 1969 entry is expect Pete 31, Ll°[ c ''4
held fast, including Ivan Myers' Jim Archer 1; Oliver Kelly, Bud rain.) to be extremely formidable with Linda and at [
Maulers, who strengthened their Knutzen, John Ragan, Bruce Kiwanis and Graystone (postpon- 16 of last year's 18-man squad Mary 3-1,. Gle%,,,.ffad ,'|
grasp on the top rung with a Schwarck 0 each. DENNISTON ed because of rain), still eligible. Whether jobs, trips 2-2, Eml a 'll0
12-for-20 mark against Gary Nic- 9/18 - Ray Rice, Harry Cole, MINOR LEAGUE and other disruptions will allow and Anna 13.. a $:
loy's Knaves. The results left the Glen Butler, Darrell Denniston Won Lost all to play this year remains to standings:
srtandings in this order: 2 each; Mark Fredson 1; Dick Little League 5 1 be seen, but if the key players 5-3, :ve4. 4 MJ'
Ivan Myers 12/20 49/80 .612 Bostrom, Bob Turner, Roy Dunn, Jarvis Oil 5 1 do the team should be strong and "' ad'}teic:''l
Jack Jeffery 12/20 47/80 .588 Del Cole 0 each. Rayonier 4 3 in all departments and particu- 4-4, Rahn d_33,'
Larry Larson 8/18 44/78 .564 * * * Verle's 4 3 larly in pitching with such talent- Jr. and ttarolr ",'ll
.557 MIXED TWO-RAIL EVENT Evergreen Fuel 4 3 ed hurlers as Jim Corey, Jody Ralph 3-5, Gle-:' i
ErnBob Dahmancoots f15/209/16 39/7040/72 .556 SCllEDULED THIS EVENING MCC 1 6 Campbell and Mike Hagan as 2-6, Anna and soar
Gary Nicloy 8/2038/76 .500 Twilight competition makes its Certified 0 7 the nucleus. Rusty 1-7.
(m 9, r 4 , ' in 1969 mixed tball play Little League 27 Rayonier 22 , :. .....
ArcPmr 11/2'.*./82 : 42"; ' this evening at the:lqton Golf M'ason County Credit Union 30
Bob Wolden 5/16 29/70 .414 Club. Tee-off is set fo:5:30 p.m., Certifit] 28
Keith Simpson 6/14 24/60 .400 followed by a potluck dinner. The Jarvis Oil 34 Verle's 13
The ranks of perfection took a event is open to all members of Verle's 20 Rayonier 19
beating last week, too, with only the Shelton Golf Club and guests. Evergreen Fuel 31 Mason Corm-
six of the 13 smrting all-.win Roy and Doris Christey chair this ty Credit Union 14
marks going into the action corn- popular activity for the club. Jarvis Oil 15 Certified 0
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now with four wins in four mat-
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ties- John Luh. and Mark Fred-/# I
son - so continue in the unde-
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feet. The individual point scor-
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last week's matches:
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