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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1928)
iBearcats Smother Pacific Under 55 To 14 Score; Cardinal Tops List MM GET LEAD BUT SOON PASSED tfb .- for efeTen minutes, the Pacific Badgers held Willamette score- less-last night, but what looked like a touch game soon developed Into a scoring test and the Bear cat sharpshooters won the game , 65 to 14. ,c 4 It was the final northwest con- ferenee clash and established Wil lamette clearly; In second place with a percentage of 800. ' The. crowd clamoured for Car dinal to make twenty points and boost his average over that of Croxdale, Whitman guard.. Car dinal 4id, and roped in two extra points for a safe margin. Cardi nal was trailing six points behind the necessary total when Glass went in with instructions to feed the ball to the husky young pivot ''man, and Cardinal-: team mater willingly sacrificed some easy shots to give him the ball. Cardinal has scored 121 points -In the ten conference games for an average of 12.1 points pei game. Croxdale, Whitman guard I: his nearest competitor for the honor nas sn 11.8 average. Ihtg e erowd iMwnsvsoreryf -d when jtha Bearcats failed L - Pacific goardygof three points 'of ; a basket and free throw and thit was all the scoring there was ii . the first nine minutes. Haul finally caged a free throw fo Willamette's lone point in elevei. minutes of play. ,The second half's play was but a repetition of that uncovered ii 'the. last part of the first. Coach 'SrecKeene used all his substi lw. , one at a time, and it didn't the scoring any. so wher ;was well on ice, Cardi jJJJto boost his point aver age. Previously he had shown nt tendency to play for persona points often passing when he had opportunities to shoot. Pacific got only tiree basket' In the fray, two from Miller' hands, one one contributed by Mills. The Badgtrs converted eight points on free throws. Millet was the big star for Pacific. Hi hard drives down center floot were the only bright features o Pacific's weak( offense. nummary: ' Willamette (55) Fu Adams, f 6 FT Pr 1 1 1 3 3 X Litchfield, f Cardinal, c 11 Hauk. g ....3 1 Ledbetter. g - I Fleaher, g -3 ' in - - , - . ' f ' i Totals ........ Pacific (14) Poilock. f Mills, f 1 Thomas, c Miller, g .T. 2 Coon, g Wells, c - Totals 3 - r 4 3 1 2 1 8 11 Referee. Ralph Coleman. JACK WILLIS LOShS - T0 liCfelf WALKER ( 2w;tlX0Rlfc"san FranciscUSreft. i weight champion. wotttic decision from 4 Jack Willis; Toxas, after ten furious rounds here to- ; day. The titleholder came from behind in the eighth round to i pound his. opponent groggy in the ; closing sessions and win the de cision handily. A crowd of about -12.000 persons saw the fight bicn- was a non-title affair. ' Willis! showing was a surprise as he was on the short end: of heavy odds to lose by a knockout : The Texan carried the fight to his opponent in the early rounds and fought and, out punched the cham pion both in the third and sixth frames. Stiff punches to the face land body however, turned the tide of battle in Walker's favor after the' seventh In the eighth and ninth rounds 1 Willis took a bad beating and was ' groggy at the bell. Willis flashed momentarily in the tenth round and rushed Walk er into a corner but he weakened nnder another steady attack to the : face and- body. Willis, an obscure 160 pound - er. came into the ring a tremen- . : dous short, ender'-iut in- the I ad seventh rounds he " ed 'Uie champion 8rom rope to nPd'his opponent x on the .w.th ttfxerinr punches and ""nQiTnlnt b.MjJered enough not to hear A &ebell. -At the end of the V - seventh round most of the ring side crlticacojiceded the Texan a -. " slight margin in the light. ' . - But Walker came through. V Launching a terrific attack with ' tbe opening of the eighth he jarred Willis with heavy rlgts and left both to the face and mldsee . tton that had his lees' experienced '' opponent groggy- at the- bell. . Again in the ninth. Willis wilted ,ndeT a body punishment that had him stag-gerlng while his momen-l ' tary flash In Jihe last round was V ' oooq smothered with a beating at ' rtose' range. " - Y.1: - The title was not at sUko a Willis came In at 161 pounds and Walker at Mi poanda. Ap- . proximately 12,000 persons crowd , d into the armory for the boat - Gross gate receipts war- estimate 4 v a t . between ; I J 0,0 0 0 and SIX FORMER BIG LEAGUE STARS TO AID JOHNSON t '1 -fir " j . X&W'-i 7?r.fi f Of k ' I t&:iss Ai ! i Walter Johnson and the six former major league stars who will pennant for the Newark International league dab. There is a lot of Newark should be heard from this year. Racing Driver Going 225 DAVTONA BEACH. Cal.. Feb.the ?2. (AP) A complete examina- ion of Frank Lockhart. racing car lriver who was hurt when his Deeding Stutz Blackhawk special olunged into the ocean today while le was trying for a world's speed 'record, showed him to be suffer- ng principally from shock. His trm was not broken and no intern al injuries were apparent, physi lans said. DAYTON A BEACH. Fla.. Feb. 22. (AP) Frank Lockhart, in ernationally known race driven of IndianapolLs narrowly escaped nstant death late today when he ost control of his powerful Stutz 31ackhawk special during an at- empt to set a new world's auto- uobile speed record, and hurtled with It into the surf while travel ing at 225 miles an hour. f He was pinned in the driver's leat of the machine by the steel "ranie of the side which stove in jy the violent impact of the waves, but a fortunate circum stance landed the car right side up after it had turned a complete ?omersault from the beach speed way. His face and arms were lacer ated and he was fhought to have uffered a broken arm and possi ble internal injuries, but a super ficial examination revealed no serious hurts. Observers who rushed into the sea ana pulled the wrecked ma chine bark to the beach found Lockhart helpless but conscious. wth water up to his neck. It was necessary for mechanics to cut away the side of the car to release him. "I'fU all right." was his only ex pression after he had bee dragged from the water. The racer's wife was among the ?rowd of several thousand per sons who witnessed the accident and was one of the first to reach EMILE ST. GODARD QUEBEC. Feb. 22. (AP)- For the second successive year Emlle St. Godard. 21 year old musher of The Pas, Manitoba, has captured the international dog derby rl 2 3 miles in three days. Covering the 41 mile grind to day in three hours and 39 minutes 7 seconds, he won the event in the face of a gallant challenge offered by Leon hard Seppala. veteran driver of Nome, Alaska. Seppala, covering the last heat in 4:41:40 was second and Earl Brydges of The Pas, third. me total times for the three days were St. Oodard 11:14:17; Seppala 11:17:30; Brydges 11: 28:25. In the final analysts it was a ten minute advantage St. Godard gained on the field on the first day of the race that decided the issue. Seppala, hero of the famous dash to Nome with serum during the diphtheria epidemic a few years ago found this margin too great to overcome. He closed the gap separating him from 8t. Ood ard to a fraction of a minute in the second day's grind but the exertions of that effort took Its toll from his team of Eskimo huskies. As a result St. Godard's team wa the fresher today and enabled the eventual winner to Increase Ills margin to more than three minutes at the finish. Sep pala had started the last day only forty seconds behind his rival, Soma say skirts are to be long er and "soma say shorter. Prob- WNSK DERBY Hits Surf Miles an Hour water's edge. She fainted when she saw that he had been hurt and did not see him lapse into semiconsciousness as he was rushed away in an ambulance. Lockharfs car. speeding at a terrific rate, was about to enter the measured mile official clocking distance for the speed trial when it was seen to careen sharply to the right, strike an in coming wave and rise into the air turning a complete flip and land ing 40 or 50 feet out In the ocean on Its wheels. j Just what caused his machine to veer Into the ocean was not im mediately determined but it was considered probable that a rough spot in the beach or any slight ob struction Buch as other drivers had encountered in previous tests was responsible. To those who witnessed it. Lockharfs escape alive was con sidered miraculous, because of the double threat of Instant death In the crash of the car and drowning. The little car was dented and re vealed a definite sag in the mid dle of the frame, but mechanics' first estimate of damage to it ran from "total wreck" to "not badly damaged." At the hospital, anaesthetic? were administered to Lockhart in preparation for a thorough x-ray examination to determine wheth er an operation was necessary. He was semi-conscious and sppeared to be suffering little pain, physl clans said. Between five thousand and six thousand persons were in the stands when the accident oc curred. Lockhart was the .only Ameri can left In the running for a chance at the new record of 20S.9 miles per hour set here Sunday by Captain Malcolm Campbell of Eng land. Since neither he nor his nachine will be in. a cond ition to race again before the A. A. A.'s time limit expires tomorrow, the1 .iaw mark thus will remain for the time at least in England where tb previous record of 203.7 miles per hour was also held by Major H. O. F. Segrave. J. M. White, Philadelphia man ufacturer, who had entered his 36 cylindered triplex special In the speed event, was barred from competing by the American Au tomobile association today be cause an auxiliary reverse gear in stalled In his machine did not meet the official body's standards. This will not prevent him from making an unofficial run against time, which he has announced he probably will essay. F TIES II. S. M PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 22. (AP) Another American tennis title has gone to France.' On the courts of the Philadel phla Racquet club today Pierre Etchebaster, 35 year old Basque. won the open court tennis cham pionship of the United Ststes when he defeated Jock Soutar. the de fending titleholder, 6-2, 6-3. 6-4, 6-3. In the second block of the match. Etchebaster by winning three of four sets on Monday, went into the play today needing four more sets to fire him the seven neces sary to Tlctory. These he collected In an ncredlbly short time, sweep ing Softtar oft bis feet with be- wildering ? 'Ucements. Soutar bad from the s?r talned In U. recoTered V Ha sus- sats bat i so super if t his was Etchebaster'e lor today it I in m star help him In his ambition to win a good baseball left in this bunch and LOCKE GETS 3RD IN SHORT DASH NEW YORK. Feb. 22. (AP) Roland Locke, University of Ne braska speedster, could get no bet ter than third place in the 80 yard dash of the special invitation sprint series, early feature of the Masonic benefit meet at the 102 Engineers armory tonight. Locke trailed Bob McAllister, the "flying cop" competing for the Columbus council. Knights of Columbus, and Bob Wiese of the New York A. C. McAllister s time was eight sec onds flat. Locke was away to an early lead but was passed half war to the finish line by McAllister and Wlese. by the -pipe-load EVERY load of P. A. in your pipe Z a load of sunshine in your smoke-system. Why do you suppose more Prince Albert is smoked than any other .brand? FU tell you. When you open a tidy red tin and set free that P. A. aroma, you're on your way. When you taste that first, -wonderful pull on your pipe, you've arrived. Cool as the keel of a river-boat. Refreshing as a breeze on the top deck. Mellow and mild and 'to eitza,. i. M. C. smone quintets NYMCAT OUlEi The Eugene "Hounds," win ners of last year's Y tournament, are confident of victory thla year in the competition at the Salem YMCA next Friday and Saturday, 'according to reports received by Robert Boardman, director. The Hounds boast a team of ex- rollege players with tne same line-up as last year except for the absence of Harold Rowley, tall ex-Oregon state center, who is now playing for the Portland team. The Salem Ducks will be the lightest and youngest team in tne tournament, but the team is fast and experienced. Last year the Ducks won third place in the tournament at Longview. Much of their playing In the tournament this year will depend on Flake, six foot four center, and whether Captain Scotty Marr is "on" at the basket. Longview has a tough team. It was defeated by Eugene by only three points In the final game. r.d has three ex-college stars from the University of Washington, onei from University of California, and one from Washington state. Ashland's team is winner of the city basket ball league and Is a team of ex-Ashland and Medfoni high school and Ashland Normal -chool players. The Portland Y champions and winners of the tournament two years ago are bringing a strong ;eam captained by H. Rowley. He is a fine tip off man and an excel lent floor general. The games will start Friday eve ning. 2 SPEED BOAT CHAMPS MEET MIAMI BEACH, Fla.. Feb. 22.- (AP) Two undefeated women speed boat champions, Mrs. Del phlne Dodge Cromwell of Detroit, and Mrs. Grace Conners of Buffa lo, will meet for the first time for what amounts to the women s speed boat championship of Amer ica, in the regatta here March 16, it was announced today by the Mi ami Beach Yacht club. More Sports On Page 10 Cardinal Leads Scorers; Two Other W. U. Men Next Edwin Cardinal, young Willam ette university center, la the cham pion point scorer of the North west conference. Not only has this husky pivot man collected more points than' any other player, but he has an average of 12.1 points per game. Just slightly higher than the av erage of Croxdale,' Whitman guard, who has 11.8. Other players with high aver ages are Buck, the other Whit man guard, with 10.8: Burton. Linfield center, who has played in only three conference gamea. with 10.3: and Adams, Willam ette forward, with 9.0. Adams has played in eight games. Adams is in second place in to tal points with 72, and Hauk is third with 60. In the following summary of the 20 high point men in the northwest conference, Willamette has plaved 10 games. Pacific and ' Wilis IN SKI RtCE KLAMATH FALLS. Feb. 22. (AP) Victorious over a field of 16 athletes men who know the thrill of riding flashing ekiis on gleaming snow Manfred Jacob- son of McCloud. Cal.. won new laurels for himself today when he won first nlace in the annual 42 mile round trip from Fort Klam ath to the rim of Crater lake. Swooping across the finish line in a graceful spurt of speed, Ja- cobson was followed eight minutes later by Emil Nordeen of Bend Ore., who had pressed the winner throughout the race. Johnson made the 42 miles run in 6 hours, 13 Vz minutes. Nor- deen's time was 6 hours, 21 4 minutes. Nels Skjersaa of Bend. was third with time of 6 hours, 39 minutes and E. Nordquist, Klam ath Falls won fourth place in 6 hours 45 minutes. Jacobson was the winner last winter in the first annual ski race to Crater lake. c si long-burning, with a body that puts satisfac tion right over the plate every time. , Take the nearest path to pipe-joy. Go get yourself a tidy red tin of good old P. A. That all there is to this business of finding the right combination to contentment. You'll say so after that first fragrant pipe-load of this delightful tobacco "tional joy smoke! Puget 8ound seven; Whitman and LInfield five. College of Idaho played only two games and no player for that team ranka In the high point column. FO FT TP AV 15 121 12.1 14 72 9.0 10 60 6.0 13 59 11.8 13 59 8.4 8 54 10.8 8 52 5.2 11 49 7.0 8 48 9.6 8 46 9.2 9 45 6.4 1 39 5.6 3 33 6.6 5 31 10.3 3 31 4.4 5 23 4.6 5 23 3.3 7 23 3.3 3, 19 3.8 4 18 3.6 j Cardinal, c, JV Adams, f, W. . .53 .29 Hauk. g. W 25 Croxdale, g, WH.23 Wilson, c. CPS. .23 Buck. g. WH 23 Litchfield, f. W..22 Miller, g. Pac . . .19 Stensland. f. L. . . 20 Wood, f, WH 19 Mills, f. Pac 18 Crow, f, CPS 19 Norberg. f, WH. .15 Burton, c, L 13 Ginn. f. CPS 14 Dreezen, c. Pac. . . 9 Gillihan. f. CPS. 9 Ferguson, c. CPS 8 Warren, f. L. . . . 8 Holmgren, c, WH. 7 The 16 men left Klamath Falls at 9 a. m. today with Jacobson tak ing the lead at once. Seven miles out the Californian had a two min ute lead over Nordeen, and Nord quist who placed second In last year's run, was following closely. Nordeen increased his speed, passed Jacobson and reached the rim of the Crater first at 12:38 p. m. Skjersaa and Jacobson ran neck and neck as they reached the rim on the difficult uphill grind. It was Jacobson who proved his masterv as he swooped down hill on the return to the valley below As the time lengthened he gradu ally increased his lead, winning handily and in no danger of eclipse in the final lap. WOMEN ADVANCE IN GOLF TOURNEY PALM BEACH. Fla.. Feb. 22. (AP) Shooting near par golf. Maureen Orcutt, metropolitan women's champion and Virginia Van Wle, sensational young Chi cago llnkswoman, continued as favorites today in the Florida women's tournament, defeating! their opponents handily. ' art asms DILL PITT Bogoljubow, Capablanca. Nim- sowitsch, Saemlsch, Alekhine. Tar takower are some of the leading chess players of the world. That explains why the printer boys never had much interest in the games. One of the biggest sport wor ries of early spring. is who is go ing to win this year's marble tournament? i After watching the ball bounce off the beans in this game of soc cer it comes to mind that here is a great sport for the fans, became it's the players In this game that get the headache. Babe Ruth's trainer says he U ten years younger today than he was two years ago. At that rate by 1929 the Yanks will be send ing him to Peoria for seasoning. ASHTON, IDAHO DERBY STAGED ASHTON. Ida,. Feb. 22. (Al Tud Kent of Ashton won the an nual Ashton dog derby here today. 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