THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 1, 1925
OIlEEDiJ i f!T
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Eugene Team Wins From
Washington 35 to 26;
Game Close and Fast
SEATTLE, Feb. 8. Oregon
vent into a tie with Oregon Agri
cultural College for first place in
toe, northern section of the Paci
fic coast intercollegiate confere
ence by winning a fast basketball
game from the University of
Washington, 35 to 2G, here to
night. . ... : "
Washington led 15 to 14 at
half time. The teams were never
separated ,by more : than four
points until .late in the second half
when the .Webfooters gained a
Sine point lead only' to have the
Huskies come back with three
field goals : in rapid succession
which cut down, the lead to three
points. The Lemon-Yellow squad
sain came to the fore and was
adding to its lead up to the end.
The gam closed the season for
, Washington while Oregon will
play O AC a three-game series for
the northern division ehamplon-
- i ;
ship. ' .
. The lineup and summary:-
Washington, 26 " A Oregon. 33
Hesketh C Okerberg
F. , .... GowansCoblev ...... ...
Frayn ' . . . . ...O. , . Jost
F . . . Hobson, c Hale.
Anderson, c-, . . , Q. ..Westergren
Washington scoring: Field
goals: Hesketh 6 ;; Frayn 1 An
derson 1 ; Hale 3. Free throws:
Hesketh 1; Frayn 2; Anderson 1.
Oregon scoring: Field goals:
Cowans 3 ; Hobson 3; ; Okerberg
6; Westergren 4. Free throws:
Okerberg lr Westergren 2. i;
j Referee: Bob Morris, Seattle:
umpire. Cliff : Harrison, Seattle
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OEIfSEYDEMB
Champion Says He Will Meet
Gibbons This Year; Tom
my Is Lauded H.
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Gresham High Basketball
Team Lost Fast Game by
Score of 29 to 20
The Willamette Iresnmen - de
feated Gresham high school by the
score of 29-20 In a fast game play
ed on the local floor Saturday af
ternoon. Litchfield, freshman
forward, was high point man of
the game with a total of 12 points
to his credit. Keenan starred for
Gresham, making 7 points.
The freshmen ran up a sub
stantial lead In the first half of
17-8. Gresham made a desperate
last minute rally during "the last
few minutes of play but were un
able to tie the score. 1
Lineups were as follows:
Willamette Rooks 29 Gresham 20
Litchfield, 12 . .F. Wadsworth. 3
Van Nice, 3.U F. . . Dorosett, 2
Reidel, 2 ..C... Nelson. 4
Flesher . O. .. Dowsett, 4
Scott ...... . . Q. . . , Stenerson
Tweedy, 8 S. . . j Keenan, 7
FldKel 4 v .. p ,S 4 ' -
Referee: Stelncypher, Salem.
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 28.
Jack Dempsey declared here today
the gossip of the last few weeks
that he will retire from the ring
is "bunk," that he looks forward
to 1925 being his banner; year,
and that he expects to meet Tom
Gibbons of St. Paul In his next
fight, j The ; world's , heavy weight
boxing championship and his bride
formerly Estelle Taylor, are here
from Los Angeles in combined
honeymoon and 'business trip.
Dempsey said he was confident
that Gibbons is the man he will
face. .
"Wills and Gibbons are 'slated
to get together this summer and
determine a winner, and that win
ner will undoubtedly le given a
chance at my crown in September.
It will furnish me my only chance
to get into the ring this year.
I confidently believe Gibbons
Is the man I will face again. He
is a mighty clever boxer with his
fists, even if he hasn't a knockout
punch. In my opinion he Is a
much better man in the ring than
DO YOU KHIA7 WHY m ite It xm. "K C-V-m UYla?
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Wills. ; The negro won't have a
chance unless he is fortunate in
landing a few pokes at close range.
I happen to know ; that this is
mighty difficult to do. I "ques
tion whether Wills has the ability
to get under Tommy's guard.
Dempsey said In his opinion
Luis Firpo was practically through.
unless he succeeds in getting a
good trainer. '. " ; , .'
Dempsey declined to pass defi
nite judgment . on Tony Fuente,,
who is being touted Ly many as a
formidable contestant for the
heavyweight crown having never
seen him in action. Ki - . .
" .Two lady delegates at the lea
gue of nations had a spat. As'the
league meets at Geneva the Brit
ish navy was unable to Intervene. ,
GOLF COURSE II
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Road Repaired and Greens
Splendid Declares Shar
key, Professional
class condition; according to g (. p. Salem Teams Takes Easy
Sharkey, professional, and there. nri, C, Dnrtl4nrl
w ibiui j i win i ui uanu
With the coming of warm, wea
ther and bright spring days mem
bers of the Illihee Country club
who are golf enthusiasts are be
ginning t otake a new lease on
life.' ' - , , ::;
The road leading to . the golf
course has been placed in first
ELMER E. PECK WORLD'S CHAMPION AQUAPLANE-RIDER,
SHOWS EVOLUTION OF SURF BOARD AND WATER SKUS
Pioneers Are Active in
Basketball Games Here
Daniel Boone Pioneer club de
feated the Whitman club in a bas
ketball contest yesterday at the
Salem , YMCA gymnasium by a
score of 10-4. , The contest was
well played but the teamwork of
the Daniel Boone team overcame
the defense of the Whitman play
ers. ' , : -
During the afternoon the Bhel
ton Pioneer team of the TFirst
Christian church met the Jason
Lee team and defeated them by a
marginal score. k ? 1 ,
A husband and wife sat on the
same jury in Kentucky and- yes.
you've guessed it the Jury dis
agreed. ' ! ;;
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Here he la-with the two roans' i at ... Vm Anrles California. . me 1 Doara. inn tn aquaplane, ana nc
women -wno nelpea mm m per- i evoimion or me bu ooaru im pic- i iuo nmer imw uh;u u
forming his daredevil water sports j tured here showing first the aurf used.
is no longer any excuse to remain
away from the grounds. The
greens are in excellent condition
and everything is in readiness.
Several tournaments are being
arranged and a " more equitable
method of matching players in or
der "that all .- members may be
given, an opportunity to play
against others of equal ability.'
I Veterans of Foreign Wars
Plan Big Membership Drive
-- The Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Post No. 661, are staging a mem
bership contest which will result
in a materially large number of
veterans of the city being -inducted
into their organization.
Fred M. Kirkland has been
elected commander of one division
of the campaign while Harold
Garver will have command of the
other division.
According to the rules of the
contest, Post No. 661 has been
divided into two divisions and the
side securing the least number of
new applications treats the other
side to a banquet.; Consequently
there is much activity, and several
of the eligible veterans of Salem
are to join the post.
The comrade securing the most
new members up to and including
the opening date gets his dues
naid for' one full year The sec
ond highest man gets his dues
paid for six months.
Carle Abrarns is commander of
the Salem post of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
The Webfoot team of the Sa
lem YMCA defeated the Portland
Cougars in a fast basketball game
played on the Portland floor yes
terday by a score of 19-5.
At the end of the first half the
score stood 5-4 in favor of the Sa
lem team. Due to the team work
of the Webfooters they boosted
the score up to 19 points while
the Portland players were getting
a single score. They obfained this
one by a foul on Schaf fer.
J. Schaffer and C. Simpson took
honors by nabbing- 7 all. They
were the two outstanding players
on the team.. s
Webfooters have Caxl Schaffer,
Charles Simpson, Francis De liar
port, Donald Bernard and Warren
Keeney, John Schaffer.
Pairish Takes Beating of
Rickreali Hi py 17-8 Score
The strong Jarrish Junlon high
basketball squad was defeated re
cently by Rickreali high by a
score of 17-8 in a fast game play
ed on the Rickreali floor. Rick
reali jumped Into the lead at the
first of the game and led Parrish
consistently throughout. The core
at the half stood 9-5 in favor of
Rickreali.
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