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- ' - , The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem Oregon, Wednesday Morning. Jannary L, 1930 - A- 2&1 Kappy New Year, fans! Let's see if we can recall the high lights of 1929 in the local spprts realm. That's easier to do from memory ' than by pouring ; orer the records, so you'll excuse us if we omit dates and exact 1 scores, and possibly even some . event that was outstanding from . your point of Tiew. The first thing thai looms np Is the record- of Willam ette's basketball tram, which gave O. 8. C. and Oregon a pret ty fair race and was clearly the best quintet In the Northwest conference. It was a trifle er ratic, however, and flopped on its chance to take a nondlsput ed conference championship. . . Salem high basts into print like the cartooned football substitute running the wrong way with the ball, by failing for the second time In history to qualify for the state basketball tournament. That was not primarily the fault of the red and black team, which, while not the strongest Salem high erer turned out, was easily the best in Ihe district And that brings op a lot of matters which , were highlights of the year, all right, bat which . by this time ought to be dead " ami forgotten except for the les sons they might have tanght everybody concerned. We fear the circumstances are not for gotten and the lessons no suf ficiently well learned, bnt New Year's morning is no time for sermons on what might have been. In sports, one fellow's hard luck is nearly always someone else's good luck. Chemawa ex cuse it please, Salem Indian school newly admitted to the high school athletic association, won the district hoop tournament and the right to compete-in the state tournament, where it per , formed creditably if - not bril liantly. The state tournament itself was decidedly up to standard, both as to attendance and com petition. Attendance did not fall off, as has been intimated recently, as a result of Salem's elimination. At least, no report to that effect was made at the time, and the gate receipts paid all expenses with something '.over. -Medford won and while some folk here and elsewhere didn't like Medford's attitude, it's four years, of building up certainly en titled it to the honors. It's prob able that no better high school ". team; ever stepped on the maple floor at the Willamette gym- t nasium. Let' not forget the bowlers. Salem had a banner season la this - sport, and - the Legion naires showing' at the Xorth west Bowling Congress brought this city prominently to the fore. There was nothing quite so spectacular about the spring sports. Willamette won the base ball championship ' for the west half of the conference, but lost to Whitman In the inter-division playoff. The cardinal and gold tlSd better than usual at track, some, of Its runners setting con ference records, but it ranked low f n the conference meet. The ten uis season was average, though the team was the strongest in years. Salem high, nnder the inter diet of the state association's board of control, wns rather in eclipse during the spring sea son. " It had a pood br.scball team, but had to play out of its class. The same was true . in track and field sports and ten nis. More golf was played in Salem In the past year than ever before. The town came very near going golf craxy. Nothing else was talked when business men got to gether. Some good golf was played too, bat local teams made ro spectacular wins in intercity competition. . " Tennis was in a slump. One tournament was played early in the season, and some local play ers did well in , tournaments elsewhere, but the gnme lacked organization here.' The summer baseball season was one of the best In years. The twilight leagues bad more punch than usual and drew better at tendance. The,- Senators bad a strong lineup rand after a poor start were leading , the Oregon Washington leesne when It broke up. ' Tkey also won the fall in tercity tournament. Holding the games at dinger field instead of at the old Oxford Park added much to the season. The football season was the big climax of the year, winding up with Willamette's first vic tory over. Whitman in modern " history ' and the local achooTi first ' Northwest ' conference ' championship. Salem high had seiious handicaps to overcome, but its team was up to standard at the end of the, season.' The Salens Indian school . won the Willamette valley grid eham. pionship. ' Tho professional sports have also enjoyed a good year. The fight : game was : carried right through the summerr which was never considered possible before. and the Interest baa been high at all times. The wrestling game has ;l recently been revived and shows promise; of good patronage In toe future.'. v-' v :'r - ': . " 1 t - j : - Z "'C-- MM IE SPEEDY CREW Willamette's Hoopers See Job Cut Out in Beating Multnomah Five . Full "wartime" strength will bo presented by the Willamette uni versity basketball squad when it meets the Multnomah club quin tet from Portland at the Willam ette gymnasium. Vjt developed, Tuesday when all of the players except Cardinal turned out for the second, regular practice following the Christmas vacation. Cardinal, regular center, arrived in town fooiala to participate in the workouTwlth the rest of the squad, but he limbered up alone later in the afternoon. The big question just now Is whether 'the week of Inactivity will bother the Beareat players sufficiently to cut down their ef fectiveness in this opening game of the season, against a strong team which has been playing ev ery night during the same per iod. . . Players Have But Little Practice Some of the players-whom Les tle Sparks, acting coach; will start In tonight's game have had two practices1 since the layoff, some have had only one, and. the team as a whole has not worked togeth er at all.i The Multnomah club has one of the strongest. Quintets it haa'turn. ed out In many years. At present It is leading In the Oregon-Washington league, and has given both Oregon and O. S. C. close battles. Outstanding players include Jerry Gunther, one of the fastest forwards developed in recent years at the University of Oregon, and Cherry, who was chosen on the All-American high school quintet following a national tour nament in which he figured prom inently. These two play the for ward positions. Cardinal to Have Tough Opposition Ed Cardinal- has usually held his own against centers of every size and j type, but he will have his work, cut-out for him tonight when he matches up against In gles, the exceedingly rangy tip off man for the M. club. Ingles is especially deadly at shots close In under the baskets. Grabb ! and Smith are reported to be an exceptional pair ol guards. Edwards, who figures in most of the games but is not us ually In the starting lineup, play ed center for U. of O. last season. Coach Sparks had not announ ced his-starting Bearcat 'lineup Tuesday night, but It will prob ably include Adams and Scales, forwards; Cardinal, center; Houk and Carpenter or Gibson, guards. The preliminary game will tart at 7 p. m. and the varsity contest an hour later. Having been assured by federal forestry ( officials that the $100. 000 offered by the county as match money to be used in the construction of its end of the road which will include building a 24 foot right of wa from Gates to the forest reserve. "Federal Engi neer Lynch has advised the coun ty court: that the forestry depart ment could not legally eonduct a survey outside of the forestry re serve so the county will now es tablish its own survey. Federal officials have promised that any money spent b y the county on the road in . Marion county will . be- credited to the county when match funds arc available. Therefore the county court feels that it is free to go ahead making its own survey and eventually build its part of the road, feeling sure that the govern ment will reciprocate with a road through the reserve. Sanction of the state highway department will be sought by the court before any work is done and it is probable that the highway of ficials will be asked to assist in the survey. The Virginia prohibition de partment seized stills and para phernalia rained at $1,495,954 in the fiscal year ending June 30. Statesman has attempted to keep pace with all of '.these acfievement3 in local sports, and has, within the past year, introduced what was at the time the only daily, locally written sports column published in the state outside of Portland. Since Its Introduction It baa been rather widely imitated- , HUM HlbHM MK GOES AHEAD '! - - i JACK kentworth; vS; -'-I SIFLOOICvs. JACK WATTENBERGER ROUNDS ' JACK YOUNG VS. PAT HALEY r . Fistic Artists to Cavort in Willamette University's Athletic Conditions Show Substantial Improvement . i Northwest Championship Won in Football and BasketbaH During Seasons of 1 929 With Honors Taken in 2 Other Sports " By WENDELL KECK Willamette university teams established the best claim to championships in two major sports, football and basket ball, and placed second in two others in Pacific Northwest conference play of the past year. By a Jarge number of Wil lamette alumni and students the athletic year wijl be remem bered chiefly however, as the one in whichthe football squad overwhelmed Whitman 40 to 13 and captured the football title of the conference. .The winning of the conference football championship came as a climax to fbur seasons of bard work by Coach Roy Keene. When Keene came to Willamette be found student Interest and spirit at low ebb. Several seasons of con sistent losing had 'depressed the spirit of students and faculty members, and the Interest of townspeople had waned propor tionately. Consequently, Coach Keene has had to build up spirit while he also built athletic teams. The success of his effort against the Willamette inferiority com plex, was never better attested than by the student excursion to Whitman this year and the now famous "Whale Whitman chant which those students rolled out to the teams battling In the Walla Walla stadium. Team Play Outstanding Although the 19129 Bearcat team had its. stars, as witnessed by the various all-conference teams chosen since the elose of the season, it won its victories es sentially by team play rather than by the stellar maneuvers of Individuals. It was not a one-man outfit. This statement's backed by the fact that the Willamette goal line was crossed only twice during the season by a conference team. . . In the blase of glory about the achievement of the football team, there has been a tendency to for get that the 1S2 basketball sea son was almost equally success ful. By winning seven out of the eight scheduled conference games, Willamette took first honors In northwest . conference basketball. Whitman ranked second by win ning five out of six games. Whit man, though claimed the honor of a tie with Willamette by sched uling and winning two other games with a conference school after the regular schedule bad been completed. This claim for a tie was discounted from the fact that these last two games were not in the regular conference schedule, and because offers of a playoff game or series . were not accepted. Win By Close Margins The first conference game, with Lin field, and the last game, with College of Puget Sound, -were shaky, and the victory in each game was by a one-point margin. The worst defeat of the season, though, was handed Whitman in the second game with that school; the "Bearcats won by a score of 65-24. The freshman basketball squad, likewise, made a brilliant show ing, and its work is a tribute to the untiring work of Coach Lestle Sparks, the Bearkittens, as they were called, came through a 12 game schedule without a single defeat, the best record of any freshman team in years. Portland high school teams suffered heavily from the attacks of the fighting freshmen, but the Lintield and Pacific second teams fell as hard as any teams played by the rocks. In the 12 games played,, the freshmen made a total of 433 points against a total of 15C points made by their .opponents. Basketball Record Good In spring sports the record for the past year was hardly as fav orable as that of football and bas ketball. In conference baseball Willamette won in the western di vision hy "defeating Linfield, Pacific- and the College of Puget Sound. In the three game series played with Whitman for confer ence championship Willamette lost the first game 3-5, won the second 8-5, and lost the third 5-8. in the 11. games of the season, WUlamette won eight t losses were to Whitman and Oregon State., Six of the men who received letters in baseball are In school this year, and will be the nucleus of the 1930 team. v ' The track season left more to be desired. In the conference meet held at Walla Walla on May 3 0, WUlamette placed fourth, losing to Whitman, C. P. 8., and Pacific. In dual meets the local team won 99-32 from Monmouth - Normal, and 104-27 from Linfield. In the meet with PaclflcT strength was more evenly matched, and the 'Ulxl VVs?:- Ji lOCThree-Minute Rounds O - Badgers earned a victory of 68 3 from Willamette. In, connection- with this track record, though, it must be remembered that Tweedie of Willamette broke the conference -record in the half mile race, running it in 2:03. Car penter, a freshman, won the Jav elin throw with a flight of 168 yards. Take Second in Tennis . : At the conference tournament, played in Salem, May 24-25, Wll lamerte placed second both in sin glesand doubles matches. As in baseball, the Bearcats led the western division of the confer ence, but was unable to make headway against Whitman, win ner in the eastern division. The women's tennis team won from Linfield 3-1. tied C. P. P. S. with two matches each, and lost 2-1 to Whitman. In other matches otthe season the WUlamette men won 5-0 and 3-3 from Monmouth Nor mal, 7-0 from Reed, and lost 5-9 to Oregon State. The year, tnen, brought cham pionships in two major sports, two second places, and a fourth. Pros pects for the coming year are as good as. the average, but promise nothing exceptional. The winning efithe two championships makes Willamette more attractive to ath letes witn nlgn school experience, and has given students more pride and incentive to : work for the school. LOCAL CHURCH FIVE 1 The Salem Presbyterian church Portland T. M. C. A. quint a the ! latter's gymnasium Monday nigh - . w . l by a score of 28 to 23. The Presbyterians got a three point lead in the first period and stayed about that far ahead until the last quarter when the T. M. boys closed up on them and tied the score Just before the end of the regular playing time. In an overtime period the Presbyter ians scored five points and held their opponents scoreless. A return game wUl be played here January 18, and It Is ex' pected to be equally hard fought, as the Portland team wUl bring two of its regulars who were un able to play Tuesday plght J Summary:' j Salem (28) (23) Portland Hale, 2 F-... 6, Thompson E Siegmund, 10 F I 1, Chappell Graber, 8 C , Chalfan H. Colgan, 7 G 4, Mastham Taylor, 1 -G 5. Higby L. Colgan S 1, Hope WOODBURN, Ore., Dec 31. fSneclal) Woodburn high school started its basketball season by Happy New Year from Your Favorite Men's Store We give S. A H. Green Stamps ALEX JONEG .SENATOR HOTEL BLsXU HlfhBt. " : OEM art akers WINS H00 CffiJIEST WOODBURN HOOPERS WIN OVER mm 10Dsur.2r.iERS ; : RED- HAYES J v ,4 ROUNDS x , 4 ROUNDS EAST VS. 1ST BATTLE OH TAP Grid Stars Ready to Scintil late in Annual Game at San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 31 (AP) With starting lineups r fox both teams tentatively decided upon, football squads of east and west went through light workouts today in final preparation for -the annual all star battle at Ke- zar stadium here tomorrow. Coach Percy Locey sent his western stars through their paces at St Mary's college in the Mor agga valley, while Andy Kerr's men trotted through the forma tions "on one of Stanford univer sity's practice fields. Although the west has a slight edge in condition, practically ev ery one of the 44- players com prising the two squads was pro- uw uvvu au ouayo tut twuawaAww fray, which will mark the fifth annual renewal of the game play ed for the benefit of patients in the Shriners' hospital for crippl ed children. Tommy Dowler, halfback from Colgate, is the only one about whom there exists much doubt as to his ability to get into the contest. A wrench ed knee has kept hm out of the east's recent practice sessions. The tentative starting lineups announced today by coaches Kerr and Locey follow: East Booma (Dartmouth) LE. Twomey (Notre Dame) LT. Cannon (Notre Dame) LO. Cox (Colgate) C. Gordon (Illinois) RG. Sleight (Purdue) RT. Tanner (Minnesota) RE. Peters (Illinois) QB. Braxil (Detroit) LH. Glasgow (Iowa) RH. Nagurski (Minnesota) FB. West Churchill (Oklahoma) LE. Rochards (Nebraska) LT. Shars (California) LG. Riegels (California) C. Brombelow (Texas - Christian) RG. Ackerman (St. Marys) RT. Strlff (Oregon State) RE. Clark (Colorado College) QB. Lom (California) LH. Pomeroy (Utah) RH. Waldorf (Missouri) FB. defeating the Newberg high team I,' V " T ri,"wv night. With three regulars from aaaaaa. v aiu can iBgUMri as SJIH last year's team, Coach Wolf's men showed class in their first start, with Nehl, Gearln, and Schooler doing most of the scor ing. ee S bodies at our showrooms I HI l! 4Zfey 'Motor 'Co . ; Center and Liberty Telephone 1S05 New Arena PANTHERS AND TROJANS READY Annua) Tournament of Roses Grid Battle to Draw : Large Crowd By RUSSELL J. NEWLAND Associated Press Sports Writer PASADENA, Cal., Dec. 31. (AP) Down wher historic rose bowl rears Its unrgmantic struc ture from a dry creeTc bed behind this city, Pittsburgh's Panthers and Southern California's Trojans will match football strength to morrow in an intersectional clas sic that brings together the out standing team of the east with one of the best in the west. Undefeated and with nine vic tories written into its regular sea son's record, Pittsburgh comes to the far west with one of the great es grid matches in its history. In its lineup are four players who climaxed a brilliant year by win ning All-American recognition. Joe Donchess, left end, and Toby Uans, left halfback, were named for the 1929 Associated Press' first team. Ray Montgomery, right guard, and "Pug" Parkin son, fullback, took places on the second squad.. Trojans Show More Scoring Ability The Trojans, lacking the 'im pressive record of their rivals in that they"lost two games, never theless won nine contests and ex hibited considerably more power In a point scoring way. In nine games, Pitt rolled np 277 points and allowed 42. Southern California's eleven contests netted It 445 tallies to 61 for the opposition. If compara tive scores indicate anything, Pittsburgh defeated Carnegie Tech, 34-13, while Southern Cal ifornia crushed the same team 45-13. Two noted coaching systems will be tested on the green turfed field. Jock Sutherland, Pitt lead er, features an attack fashioned along the lines of the Glenn Warr coached Stanford team. Suther land was a star player under War ner when the latter held the reins at Pittsburgh. The Pitt coach has followed the teachings of his old mentor although he has modified his wing-back formations. Coach Howard Jones' hard driving plays function with the added stimulus of deception, ills Trojan ball-toters Juggernaut goalward behind three and fonr man Interference. Man for man, the two elevens stack np on fairly even terms. Tampa, Fla., produced 000,000 cigars In 1928. 491.- the new On the Sidelines By BRIAN BELL . "I had another odd experience,,, Laval continued. "I went up to a little town to look at a prospect playing semi-pro ball. It was a hot day, and I soon grew thirsty. I did not e anr oft drink venders, so I asked a boy If they did not sell drinks in their ball park. "No, he said: wet well watermelons.. I thought be was Joking; but, sure enough, in a few minutes a wagon droye up, loaded with wat ermelons. They were readily, fold at ten cents each and cut open on the spot. Almost every one bought one and ate watermelons all . dur ing the game. Did I get one? Of course. It was a new stunt to me, but it seemed to be a pretty good idea. I like watermelon, and this one was first class." ' The combination football-baseball man made the unusual mis take of offering one player too much to sign. . "I offered him $100," said Billy, "and he was so dazed I thought he wanted more, so I raised the bid to $300. That practically knocked him out, as he could not sense that amount, and I never did get him. I believe if I had' offered him $10, or $20 at the most, I would have landed him." ' SCHEDULE CHANGED ; ' v . WOODBURN, Dec SI. Two definite changes have been made in the basketball schedule at Woodburn high, the games with Salem high have been reversed, the first one being played at Sa lem instead of at Woodburn, and the game with the Willamette freshmen will be played Thursday afternoon in Woodburn Instead of the evening of January 3 in Sa lem. Woodburn 'has developed so many good prospects for the team that Coach Wolfe is having a bard time to form a definite team and it will not be until after the first few teams that the 1 best in the squad will eome out on top. -. A. Schooler and Nehl are the only lettermen back but Chapelle and H. Gearln are two men who bare been out for basket ball several seasons before and seem likely to receive first team positions. Black and Ag basket ball lettermen, Bal dwin and Nelson are also in the race and all will he watched especially- elose In the . opening games of the season. Ford From the new deep radiator to the curv ins tip of the rear fender, there is an un broken sweep of line a flowing,grace of J-' ...... ... . ... n, contour heretofore thought possible only; y - ' '' - ;-' - - f' in an expensive automobile. Now, moro e - " than ever, the new Ford is a "value far J -- . . ' .. . . w V -;... - '- above the price." Mereiomgm !a W.nii-rnnfliirrv ': TRADE BLOWS Akers to Clash With Kent worth fo Main Event of r 'Z Fight. Card Here . - TONIGHT'S FIGHT CARD Mafn event Art Akers,- 138 Salem, vs. Jack Kentworth. 140, Salem, ten rounds. " ' , Semi final S! Flock, 118 Mill City, Vs. Jack Kileen, 110. In dependence; - six rounds. . , . Special Rey Hayes, 155, Stayton. ts. "K.O." Summer 155, West SalemMour rounas. sneMal Pat Haley. 128, Inde pendence, vs. Jack Young, 120, Si- lets; four rounds. - Preliminary Jack Ellis, 125, Salem, ' vs. William Brownt 125, Salem; four rounds. Time, 8:30 p.m. Place, Ar mory. Referee, Tom LoutlfL . The shiny, new. roomy, solid -arena which the Salem, boxing commission has been preparing for use in local boxing and wrest ling shows at the armory, was ' set up and ready for use Tuesdaj. and will be utilized lor the first time n the New Year'y tight card tonight, i Vibration Eliminated In New Platform This arena is constructed of ri gid sections bolted together, thus eliminating the sway and vibra tion which have, caused fighters to wonder whether their necks were going to be broken when ap pearing on the rickety -old plat form which has been used here in the past.- The new arena complies with the state boxing law, and strange to say, is thevonly one In the state which does. The platform is 22 feet square and the ring 18 feet square, two feet larger than the old one. There is no iron in sight, the posts being of wovd. For tonight's card the tropes " will be wrapped with cloth, but later they will -be encased in rub ber" hose so. as to eliminate rope burns.' The ropes, are higher, ao that the top one catches the fight er by his shoulders Instead of his back, and no one is going to fall .over them. Another x improvement'- which will be completed later is a sani tary funnel arrangement In each ., corner so spectators need not fear -Involuntary shower .bsths. Fighters All Said To Be in Good Shape The card for the New Year's fight was completed Tuesday, all ; of the fighters are in good snap and everything Is ready for os' of the best cards of the season. tfernilt ' juv to aaj thai The, - t a t