THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON, " THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1C2T
JWIILIH SffltS
JUSTIFY SCHEDULE
In an apparent attempt to jus
tify their rlsht orer.Tlie Dalles to
hare clayed Medford high school
a football game which to all in
tent and purpose was tor the state
'championship despite a statement
irom Boy cannon, secretary ox the
state association, that it was not.
(Officials at McLaughlin union high
school have mailed to all high
school , principals In Oregon
marked copies of a souvenir pro
gram "which Quotes In full the six
telegrams which passed between
principals of the , two schools In
lining up the game.. -., .- ,-'
.The first telegram 'dispatched
from j Medford to . McLoughlin
reads in. part as follows:
. "Will you consider game with
Medford to be played December
ST The Dalles has challenged us,
but we prefer game with you as
more decisive In deciding cham
pionship outside of Portland.
The others deal with selection
of officials, setting the guarantee
figure.' and getting permission
from the strte association to hold
the contest. - ; r"' " ' "
As a result of being ignored In
th is manner. The Dalles has kept
up a continual protest. - In' some
manner which will probably never
be-J$abwn a story originated in
eastern Oregon to the effect that
Medford had challenged The
Dalles.', The principal at the Co
lumbia river school wired Medford
stating that the challenge had not
been received but that they would
be glad to play the game. The
telegram brought a 'vigorous de
nial from Medford that a chal
lenge had' ever been extended to
The Dalles. It seems the chal
lenge f "was a general one with
Tillamook the first choice.
Be that as it may. The Dalles
has- made itself somewhat ridicu
lous by pressing its claims in the
face of an early season defeat.
' Few question but that The Dalles
has a: stronger team than Mc
Loughlln, possibly the strongest
team In the state outside of Med
ford and Grant, but a defeat is a
defeat and cannot be erased.'
That Medford has every, moral
and legal right now to claim the
state title .is indicated in its im
pressive record this season and the
state association rules themselves.
Article seven, section three of
the state association rules reads
In black face type as follows:
No contract shall be made for
games of football after Thanks
giving day, with the exception of
championship ; games- and these
only when expressly authorized by
the board of control.
The fact that Secretary Cannon
issued ' a press statement to the
effect that the game was not one
for the championship did not ab
rogate the rule which is Quite
plain. : Furthermore In his .tele
gram, granting permission for tho
game to the two schools nothing
was said to Indicate that it was
not tor the state title.
The "Medford team has disband
ed for the season and there will
be no more games better to clar
ify the title situation. But there
are few high schools aside from
The Dalles which; will not. concede
Medford the mythical honor. Prin
cipal Nelson, of Salem high school,
said yesterday that the local
school would be glad to ball Med-S
ford as the rightful title bearer.
While Salem high officials hi
modestly refrained from mention
ing It,- there Is some doubt that
Dalles had a better team than
the local school. Playing on Its
own field, the Wasco county team,
scored on Salem high only through
a fumble, and Its supremacy was
by no means' established.
It is thought, too, that Bend..
'"while .It. lost one game, had as
good a team, as The Dalles. Al
bany played two games on succes
sive days againet . these two
schools, and made; almost as good
'a showing the second tday against
The Dalles as it did when fresh,
against Bend. Both schools : de
feated Albany high. -
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tlons meet to adjust such ques
tions as eligibility and kindred
topics.
ORAL CONTRACT
PLAN UNPOPULAR
A reversion to. the day when
business principles were few. and
H efficiency in conducting high
(school athletics was at a minimum
is suggested oy 1'rincipai : ieo
Smith, of Yale, Oregon according
to an. advance bulletin of the Ore
gon high school athletic assocla
tion calling the annual meeting in
Portland. December 30.
Principal ; Smith states that he
will Introduce at the meeting a
prpposed ' amendment to. the con
stitution making ' it 'possible to
schedule athletic contests between
schools merely by oral agreement
if desired Instead of by signed con
tracts. - - - i
It is not expected that the pro
posal will get far at the meeting
for a number of high school prin
cipals already have branded It as
ridiculous, and Principal Nelson,
of Salem high school, stated yes
terdav that he would flav snrh a
The Parker twins, of Amherst College, are known throughout I plan, should he be able to attend
New England for their athletic prowess. Louis, left, played end the meeting.
on the varsity eleven and stars on the baseball nine, while Walter Many principals believe that if
shines as a halfback on the eleven and is captain and outfielder of oral agreements for the games are
the baseball team,
Pacific Coast Conference
Schedule Being Drawn Up SEsySS.-wfir
relied upon that the athletic rela
tions between the high schools
will rapidly get Into a chaotic
state. Schools could cancel games
on short notice almost at will.
juoiiusiv
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A Willamette valley league of
junior high schools for the pur
pose of placing athletics for the
younger school boys ion a better
basis, has been proposed by local
school officials. Coach Louis An
derson, of Salem hlghj school, yes
terday asked ; Principals H. F.
Durham, of the Parrlsh Junior
high school, to dispatch let
ters to all junior 1 high school
principals in the valley ask-
lng their opinion of the plan
and -suggesting a meeting in Sa
lem at an early date to get the
orgaalzaton under way.
Two junior high schools In Eu
gene, two. in Albany.) two in Sa
lem, and one each in Corvallls.
McMinnville and Silverton will be
Invited to enter the league.
In the past, the Juniors high
schools have scheduled games in
haphazard fashion, f Often the
little schools have slated games
with big tough senior! high school
teams, playing entirely out of
their class to the " disadvantage
and often out-and out injury of
the lighter players.
The proposed league Is expec
ted to obviate this difficulty and
also stimulate interest among: the
junior high's by providing an op
portunity to play schools In their
own group for the championship.
Sports .
PORTLAND. Dec. 7. (AP) '
Representative coaches and grad
uate managers of the ten univer
sities and colleges comprising the
Pacific coast intercollegiate con
ference, convened here tonight to
draw up a 1928 football schedule.
It. 1s. hoped the schedule will be
compiled tomorrow, and it is ex
pected it may be announced to
morrow night. .
While coaches and managers
met tonight, the gathering was in
formal although regarded as ne
cessary In furtherance of tomor
row's task. The dates of only a
tew games had been definitely de
termined late today.
Stanford will play California in
the traditional "big game" on the
last Saturday before Thanksgiv
ing, as usual. The date will be
Nov. 24. and the place, Berkeley.
Aggie-Oregon Date Set
The University of Oregon, and
Oregon State Agricultural college,
have agreed on Nov. 17 for their
big encounter, ' to be played at
Corvallls.
California and Washington hare
definitely agreed that their game
will be played In Seattle Nov. 10
The following Saturday. Washing
ton will play Stanford at Palo
Alto.
', Washington State college to
night " had tentatively .agreed . to
go to Seattle for the second suc
cessive year to play Washington.
The' date probably will be October
27, giving Washington an open
Saturday before meeting California.
The Washln gton-Oregon game ,
certain to be played In Portland,
was on uncertain footing tonight
u far as the date was concerned.
Turkey Day Game Uncertain
Much depended upon whether
Washington schedules a .Thanks
giving Day game la Seattle with
Southern California. . Darwin
of conviction for false play.
'Under t h nrftnt rontra.pt in.
Meisnest, Washington graduate tem. forfeits, division of eate re-
manager, thought Washington cell;ts ad ther m,ttsr aPe
should play a home game; on agreed to In a signed paper bind
Thanksglving Day. Jack ;Bene- lag tQ tbe extent of su8penslon or
uei, uwrenuy oi v,rcKun B.uu- expalfiton rom the association Of
ate manager, was holding out-tor L B,hnol whi,.. ri.lihi.iT u
IDS iIUUIMSim5 uoio, olatAa It Thti! I. .nnlei-p tho
wasningion m iu inaiuiuuinu bw
nnl an fa anif afflrlont m onno. rf
satisfied with a game on October Ud any attempt wlth
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The new conference member, mediate rebuff, it Is believed
University of California at Los
Angeles, otherwise known
southern branch of
of California, counts on only four
conference games, as against 'five
Mflnvl.n rrva ri ii a t . mantttfAV a n I I r - '
Dill Onn 14 ln .k hll. V v" J v
games sufficient for the school's Y"
the universii; Whole Town Sold For
Third ;Time, California
first year in the conference.
Cards On Calling List
day.
William Hopewell of Redwood
City and John Briba of Alameda,
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IMieisms
.JLV DILL Kl I I .
Our. prayers were i not In vain.
The International chess champion
ship battle is over at last.
Tne Florida collapse Is com
plete. The Giants just announced
they won't train there anymore.
Chile plans a chess game using
human chessmen. A fellow could
hire out as one and get a com
plete rest. j
AXE THINS OUT
SALEM HI SQUAD
Coach Louis Anderson yester
day wielded the ax on his basket
. ball squad with the result that
only 35 meaar now. on it- An-
other cut will be made a the end
"of the; week, bringing the squad
down to about fifteen or seventeen
players.- -. . - -: '
. . When a political campaign, be
gins too soon It doesn't end , soon
enough.- Toledo" Blade;?:
One of these games Is certain to CaL, were the purchasers. The
be with Stanford, probably either price they paid for the town was
Oct. or 13, at Palo Alto. South-1 said to be 36,600.
ern branch seemed also receptive They declared they intended
to Oregon's suggestion for a game making a summer resort out of
in Los Angeles, Dec. 3. the place.
Representatives of Gonsaga uni
versity, St. Mary's and Santa Clara J
are also attending the meeting!
and will schedule as many games
as possible with conference teams.
Another candidate for early seas-1
on contests Is Captain H. E. East
wood, representing the west coast
army team, from Ninth: Corps
Army Headquarters, San Fran
cisco. Captain Eastwood is ac-l
companied , by Lieutenant F. , O.
Frazler, coach of the army team.;
' The meeting of graduate man
agers and coaches to Iron out the
schedule and other football, bas
ketball, track and baaebaU - mat
ters, is looked upon merely as at
prelude to the opening tomorrow
of the actual sessions of the con-
ference, when faculty .representa
tives of each of the ten . tastitu-
Gene Tunney ignores charges
made by Max "Boo Boo" Hoff.
The champ probably thinks his
name should be "Pooh Pooh"
Hoff.
Phil Scott has forever spoiled
the long record of English heavy
weights. He was standing up at
the end of his last fight.'
STHJU ROAMING - And find
the southwest heads of heels in
the discussion of All-American
football selections.
I George . Schepps. -well-known
Dallas business man and sports
man, who witnessed the big inter-
sectiomvl battle between Notre
Dame and Southern California.
has expressed the feeling of grid
fans in these parts that one or
two of the ; outstanding elevens
hereabouts . might well - match
strength with either of the teams
mentioned, or any of the other na
tionally-known teams which have
been mentioned as of national
championship calibre.
Writing his version of the' game
between Rockney's men and thei
Trojans, Schepps eays:
I tried to figure out in my
own mintd what I had seen in this
game that I had not witnessed in
the Southwestern conference
games (the conference which in
cludes the Texas Aggies. Southern
Methodists, and other southwest
ern teams), and you can believe
me. when I say I eaw nothing in
Drury or Flanagan. I saw two
good ball carriers, but not any
better than Redman. Hume, Ger
ald Mann or Joel Hunt. I saw
no f leM generalship such as Mann
has displayed all year. . Of the
seven or eight ends who participa
ted In the game, none could come
close to equaling the offensive or
defensive play of "Rags" Matth
ews. The only thing that they
showed me was two good charg
ing lines and some nice interfer
ence; two capable punters In
Drury and Dadham. Summing up
the whole game. I wish that S. M.
U. (Southern Methodist .univeT-',
sityl could have caught either
dub on the days that they (S. M.
U.) 'played Missouri or T. C. U.
(Texas Christian university), and
there Is no doubt in my mind that
they could have won by two or
more touchdowns.
"I f the Aggies (Texas A. & M.)
had played California or Notre
Dame at Kyle field (home of Tex
as A. & M.) the day they beat the
Mnstags (S. M. U.) so badly, the
Southwestern conference would
have been glorified In the eyes of
middle western and eastern foot
ball tans forever."
Now, granted that Schepps Is an
ardent supported of Texas foot
ball, his opinions are taken ser
iously hereabouts, because of his
knowledge of the game and his
familiarity with the major teams
of the country and their general
play and standards.
' There la a concerted movement
on foot . In the southwest, as X
write, to go out and get for Inter
sectional games on ' the Pacific
coast and In the south and middle
west In the future, to give: the
southwestern teams a chance to
prove their assertions. -
It Is unfortunate that neither
Hunt nor Mann had a chance to
pit their skill against the nationally-known
teams this season.
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Word that Eddie ' Collins, once
a member of Connie Mack's $100,
000 infield and now a fading vet
eran, is to become assistant to
Connie Mack Is of interest to base
ball fans all over the country.
And the move " on Connie's part
prompts a query as to what is to
become of Kid Gleason.
The kid was named assistant to
Mr. McGillicudy a year ago and
turned loose on Connie's team to
put some pep and ginger in it.
Gleason did his best. He's a
fighter of the old school himself,
a master of sarcasm, a keen judge
of human nature, and a hard task
master when he feels the need of
wielding the whip. Hs failed to
get Connie's tesm Into a fighting
mood at least peeved enough to
go out and win. the pennant. This
despite the presence of Cobb, Col
lins et al for reserve strength.
Now Colllna Is apparently shif
ted from the playing ranks to the
board of strategy. Is Gleason to
remain orjwill another season find
the whitehaired gent in a "new
post? '
Frank ' Moody, Welsh battler,
sang a song tn the ring and then
won the British middleweight
championship. Over here the boya
sing the blues after losing a title.
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