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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1928)
Eight S alem HigSn i Mime FUST RESERVES TO HLLPUGES Tillamook High Red and Black's Opponent in Final Game of Year Eight first string players from Coach Louis Anderson's Salem high school football squad will don their padded trousers and hel mets Saturday afternoon to play Against Tillamook high, for the last time so far as representing the local school is concerned. They are Backe, captain, and Blaco, of the backfield; Jones and Gottfried, the hard fighting tack les who have formed the nucleus Of Salem high's attack this year; iiowne, veteran center, Settle mier, guard, and Busch, end. Good Men Coining Up All this looks bad for the red and black next season, but some of the team's followers aren't wasting any time registering grief. This group includes, among others, all of the fans who hap pened to be out at dinger field Tuesday afternoon. On that occasion the Salem high team bucked up against the tough est opposition that it has encoun tered this year with one excep tion which need not be named to be" recalled. The unheralded event Tuesday afternoon was a routine Scrimmage practice between the first and second string players. Counting Coacli Luke Gill, the second string had only ten play ers, but the first team found more difficulty in scoring on this outfit than it has encountered in any of the games played on dinger field this year. There was only one senior, Busch, playing on this "scrub" eleven. All of the rest, presumably will be back to fill the gaps in the first lineup next fall; that's why there's no occasion for gloom. This outfit included Golden and Busch, ends; Coomler and Drager. tackles; . Wright and Ilardman. guards; Wooley, Elgin and King In the backfield. Coach Gill filled In at center. Tillamook Strong The first team made progress against this team, but it would have been forced to punt repeated ly if yardage had been kept as in a game. As for offensive ability, this team, of reserves, with the help of Bowne and Bob Kelly, scored one touchdown on Eugene in the Armistice day game. Nevertheless, that annual occa sion for a few inward tears, man ifested outwardly by an unusual display of '"fight" -on the grid iron, the seniors' - last game is billed for Saturday. From all re ports, the Salem high team will need that bit of extra effort, for Tillamook; high, coached by Russ Rarey, former Willamette' univer sity star, has won seven games' this season, defeating Hillsboro among others. Tillamook has turned out good teams ever since 5?tey took charge of athletics there. VISITS TO SCHOOLS NEARLY COMPLETED mn Marv L. Fulkerson. county school superintendent, Tuesday completed the first round of vis itations to the county schools when she witnessed work at the Knnnvside. Illihee and Jefferson schools. Completion of the first visit to each school was made earlier this year than ever before, XT ra Fnikerson reDorts. The superintendent says every thing is going along nicely In prac tically every school. Attention on hA firat vbdta"1sriven to the proper classification of students and to seeing that school work bad been started according to schedule. Little difficulty was encountered in the classification of pupils. Mrs. Fulkerson made her first visits In September, when four of the more remote schools were vis ited and did not continue the in spections until after October 15, due to the press of work in the office. She visited 38 schools in October. While she has' complet ed her first series of visits this na nnt include auite all the schools in the county, as William . W. Fox, rural, school supervisor, assists in this work. , By the .end of the week, each of the 12 S schools will have been visited once. On her visit Tuesday. Mrs. Ful kerson found the Illihee students preparing for a Thanksgiving pro gram to be given Friday of this week. Crowded conditions in the Jefferson grades has made neces sary the addition of a part time teacher. Miss Mary Kithlinger of Salem holding that job and reliev 1ng the principal during the after noons. CAN SEE NO ONE BUT CHAMP JOE y " i ii S - JACKIE Ft ':-:-y-:-Tjy.v. . y . . . .v. it l t i - $ rfjf - ' ' ' if ' ' - - 1 "" 4 ? r , Having swatted Sergeant Sammy Baker to sleep, Jackie Fields, crack California welterweight, refuses to fight anyone but Joe Dundee, title holder of the division. Fields has turned down a chance to battle Young Jack Thompson, San Francisco colored mauler, at Madison Square Garden. "Give me Joe," says Fields, "I've already beaten this Thompson person." Business Slumps While Bayes-Fox Bout Awaited There's likely to be a business depression in Salem today and to morrow. There usually is just be fore big events, like presidential election, and certainly there's an event billed for Thursday night which looms up big enough to stop the wheels of commerce for two days. Referring, of course to the fight in which Phil Bayes. Salem's favorite for many seasons, and Ted Fox of Independence, who as pires to deprive the local boy of the local crown of the squared ring. Fans who have been looking forward to this fight for many FATHERS MJO SIS TOVIE INSTUNTS Plans for the fathers and sons stunt night at the Salem Y. M. C. A. Monday night were formulated at the meeting of the junior board of, directors meeting Tuesday night. Athletic contests between the fathers and sons will be the feature of the program. Seven events have been sched uled for the play in the gymnas ium and swimming for the pool. Fathers and sons will compete in making free throws with a basket, ball and will also throw at the target. Spring board jumping and chinning will test the leg and arm muscles of the guests. The wind Ine8s of the group will be tried out with the lung tester after which the glad hands will be shown by the gripping devices. An opportunity to even the score will be given the boys when 'hey tangle with the fathers in In loor ' baseball. Swimming wlth- )ut any scheduled events will fol low the workout in the gymnas eetmsiarn amn of them thae tra turn. . months can hardly realize that the time is so near; but Fox. who has been doing the last of his training in Portland, will arrive in Salem today with all that part of the preparation completed; and Bayes will go through his last workout this afternoon at 2 o'clock in the armory gymnasium. Matchmaker Harry Plant mean while has lined up three of the preliminaries, and will have the complete program ready tonight. The last fight arranged promises to be on a par with the others; it features Russell Green of Salem. 128 pounds, and Pat Webster of Monitor, 131.. Webster has never fought In Salem but he did some capable mauling up around Seat tle recently. He has engaged in eight fights. The prelims previously an nounced included a semi-final be tween "Spud" Murphy, also of Monitor, and Terry Kileen of In dependence; and between Red Hayes of Stayton and Young Fir po of Albany. Holding the fights in the Ore gon theatre, with its seating cap acity smaller than that in the arm ory. has necessitated curtailment of the usual pass list, Match maker Plant announced, and any. body who sees this card, other than persons actually connected with the events In some official capacity, will have to purchase tickets at the regular rates. s Play Satimrdlay For ' . i 4c Commercialism Flayed By New A.A.U. Head HER ILLINI PuLipAIR Avery Brundage Elected Unanimously to Lead Sport Organization VALUES SPECKS NOfc BOOK DOCS BEEN PEB- Diets FOR SUADDCR'S Tl&URe FOQ lO YCARS-eufSH ADDER SAVS HC'S FED UPON DIETS DOC SAVS Voucx r..rf - V -lf3)V WAN I CJffcCI ANV&OOD FROM 1hcm VUHC w iniuak GANfA-?H' 0 ALU AK' 7 .1 7 71 L ECLIPSE DEPLORED Lamenting the fact that culture for culture's sake was little re spected by the rank and file of American citizens. Principal J, C. Nelson of Salem high school call ed attention to the general trend of education to a ultilitarlan basis In an address Tuesday noon be fore the Salem Kiwanls club. "Serious intellectual things are taken almost humorously by many people today" declared Mr. Nel son who Illustrated his views by saying that all too many college students were ashamed of their purely academic interests and veiled the purpose of the univer sity by making fun of high grades and other scholastic attainments. A similar attitude prevails among adnlt Americans, aaid Mr. Nelson, who contrasted European and American ideas of culture. In pioneer days, the rigors of the conquest of nature forced Ameri cans to concentrate their atten tion on 'things entirely material but In these days of greater ease, the habit ha not ceased, in Mr. Nelson's opinion. Education can and must play a large part In correcting existing attitudes toward human conduct, said the speaker, who urged tat greater Interest be paid to the in tellectual and cultural aspects of life. Dean George H. Alden Intro duced to the club as new mem ben. Professors Vazakas anV Clark of Willamette university and District Superintendent Tem ple of the -Salem district of " the Method is4fe arch. - '-,..l-. Sports DoneBiwyii npEXAS football enthusiasts be- neve their .section of the country can present two or three grid stars well Qualified for consideration on Ail-American elevens. And one of them is Oordy Brown, star tackle with the Texas university eleven. "A line in himself" Is the tri bute paid Brown. He is a stone wall defensive player, a wizard at deciphering the opposition's plays and nipping them In the bud, and a battering ram on offense. One enthusiastic critic who has fallowed college football in . tha southwest for many years, rates Brown as an all-time All-Southern star. Another booster for the husky tackle says: "He was all South ern Methodist needed to beat the Army. Had he been in their line the Methodists would have come home with the Army's campaign hat." Southwestern football fans have just been given a knotty grid problem to mull over. "Dusty" Boggess. who plays baseball in the Texas league in summer and referees collegiate football in the fall, was witnessing a high school game in San An tonio. As he tells the story, the game went Into the final minutes, with the score close. One of the play ers finally carried the ball en a brill'ant run, down to the oppon-J cum v-jbiu line. & lid saieijr man of the opposing team loomed be fore him at that point. The plave felt that the fate of the game d pended on his ability to score or the play. Directly In front of f" goal posts he stopped fn ' M tracks and. with the safaty mar1 bearing down on him from an an le. drop-kicked a goal frcm thr field. The quick-witted plaver's team mates claimed the pMnts wh'cr were enough to give them the v'c ory. The referee, boweve". refn d to rule on tbe,j)lay leav'n- t! mtcorae of the ram's In doubf. And Boggess connent rn t"' nly is that the rnnnM.s'cn!d v riven tile three points far H nOck tfclnktasv if far other ireaaoiw ' ' , mmi.Jt By F. O. VOSBURGH Associated Pnesw Sports Writer NEW YORK. Nov. 20. (AP) Elected national president of the Amateur Athletic union today by unanimous vote of the 40th annual conventitm. Avery Brun dage of Chicago threw down the gauntlet to "commercialism in sporW before he had been in the chai wo minutes. In his inauguration speech the stalwart middle j westerner, na tional all-around track and field champion a decade ago, strongly advocated "extending the hand of friendship" toward the colleges of the western conference and of the national collegiate athletic as sociation which i long have been antagonistic to the A. A. U. Turning first i to the point of commercialism shortly after he had been escorted to the platform by four past presidents of the or ganization, Brundage declared that "nowadays prominent ath letic association which long have been, antagonistic to the A. A. U. Turning first to the point of commercialism shortly after he had been escorted to the platform by four past presidents of the or ganization, Bmmdage declared that "nowadays prominent ath letes leaving college and prepar ing to join an athletic club adopt an attitude of "how much am I going to get?' "This attitude. he reiterated, "we should frown upon. Commer cialism in sport should be stamped out-" ; Adding that even in the build ing industry with which he is as sociated men take less interest in their jobs and jmore in their pay envelopes than yas once the case, the new president said, "sport is the first place we should stamp out this growing menace in our national life." i The election of the former uni versity of Illinois athlete to the leadership of the A. A. U. was itself seen as a move to gain the cooperation of the middle western groups. Murray Hulbert of New York had been president for the last four years and before that the office was held by the late William C. Prout of Boston for three terms. ! hSTORIA claiming STATE GRID TITLE : Now comes Astoria high school, calmly claiming the state football championship. At least, so de clares ! a dispatch to the Morning Oregonlan. ; This, according to local foot ball fans, poinls out the way in which championships may be won with perfect ease and certainty, provided one doesn't mind having the title disputed. The secret of success is, don't play any games. i Supporters cf the Salem high school eleven. It Is reported, are after the scalp of Louis Anderson, red and black coach, because he threw away the championship by taking his team to Medford. By staying at heme and putting pieces in the paper, Louis could have had the gonfalon. Seriously speaking, Salem high fans do recall that early this sea son, tbe local team had a game; scheduled with Astoria high. For! some reason which wasn't thor oughly explained, Astoria called off this game. ' i The records show that Astoria I high has not been defeated this year, but It has played only one Oregon University Golfers Win From Fan ell and Hagen EUGEXE, Oreu, Nov. 20. (AP) Two i young University of Oregon stu dents won mm exhibition golf match here; today from Johnny FarrelL Unitl States open title holder, and Walter Hairen, British open winner. The , pair, Vincent Doilp and Don Sloe, both of Port land, won three up and one to go when Moe chip ped In his inaghie shot on the seventeenth hole for a birdie two. ; The exhibition ; match was a best ball fore some, for which lore and Dolp tnrned in ai medal score of GO, a 34 and a 32. Hagan and Farrell turned ' in a total of 69, aj 34 and a 35. game against an Oregon high school team, defeating Seaside high 37 to 0. It also won from the Columbia university prep school 21 to 0, defeated three Washington high schiool teams. Rainier, Hoquiam and; Raymond, and played a 6 to 6 tie with Cen- tralia junior college. inn head SPEAKER T 11 The state Physical Education association will meet m Salem to night, holding a dinner meeting at the Gray Belle at 6i: 30 o'clock to be followed by an open meet ing at 8 o'clock in the chamber of commerce hall. Mrs. Grace Wolga- niott of the Salem high school physical education department is vice president of the Oregon as sociation and has been in charge of plans for the meeting here to night. Dr. James E. Rogers director of physical education service of; the American Playgrounds! anj Rec reation association with headquar. ters in New York City, will ad dress the open meeting on "Ed ucation Through Physical Educa tion." Dr. Rpgers is said to be more closely in touch with the physical education status and ad vancement in this country than any other individual and the com mittee in charge of : the state meeting feels Itself fortunate to be able to present him to their fellow members. A number of prominent mem bers of the physical education fac ulties of the state college, univer sity and normal schools as well as the high schools will be pres ent for the meeting. ASSESSOR DENIES MAKING STATEMENT Denying that he made any state ment about the Red Cross such as appeared In the Statesman's "What They Think" column Tues day and declaring that he had nothing but the kindliest feelings toward that organization, Oscar A. Steelhammer, county assessor, laid the blame for the statement on Incorrect reporting; in a com munication handed that news paper last night. "What I did say was that I did not have anything for publica tion," said Mr. Steelhammer. " Ex amination of the records will show that I have always contri buted to work of thei Red Cross and assisted in every way with music and entertainment and it is my Intention and wish to give them my support in the future as I have in the; past. "The statement appearing in the Statesman was entirely erroneous." fyou did Riahtf Jf - Y I nz.f yxH If 1 It b always safe to give a Bayer tablet; there lis not the slightest harm in genuine Aspirin. You have the doctor's assurance that it doesn't affect the heart. And you probably know from experience that Bayer Aspirin does banish all sorts of pain m short order. Instant relief for headaches; neuralgia, neuritis. Rheumatism, too. Nothing Eke it for breaking up a cold. At all druggists, with proven directions enclosed. j : u Aspirin I th trad mark of Item lfaaafartor ' of Mooacrtlcel ef SaUeytleaei TURNER TD PUT STARS ON SALE Beaver Manager Offers to Sell Ray French and George Wuestling PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 20. (AP) Thomas L. Turner, presi dent of the Portland Baseball club, Pacific Coast league, came to Philadelphia unannounced today and broadcast immediately that he had two players for sale, "the like of which have never been seen in the major leagues." Within an hour after his five day trip from the coast Turner went into a huddle with President John D. Shibe and Manager Con nie Mack of the Athletics in the baseball tower at Shibe park. "I've got two players who will win a pennant for any team," Turner declared, coming right to the point of his visit. "They are Ray French, a great southpaw. and George Wuestling, a short stop. Wuestling is better than Boley of the Athletics, he's better than Cissell of the White Sox. We sold Cissell to the Sox tor $125. 000 and naturally we would want a lot more for Wuestling tut don't begin to compare Cissell with Wuestling." "You bet we won't," said Mr. Mack. "At least not today." "Honestly," continued Turner, "this French is a wonderful pitch er. He has as much speed as Grove, more curves and nerve than Pennock, wonderful control, i and he's a fighter. "I'll bet when 1 go to the minor league meeting at Toronto next month every major club will make big offers for this pair but being a Philadelphian I want the Ath letics to have first shot at my players. I have that much civic pride." Turner formerly was a pitcher on the Athletics team and Connie Mack's son is at present secretary of the Portland club. These were Uwo reasons, he said, why he tipped off Connie Mack that his two stars were on the market. Sportistory Just attending a rally in the Carolinas this fall used up as many eggs as an angel cake. 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