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PAGE TEN II--- : ' rr rTT--- The OHEGON-STATESStAN. Saltia. Oregon, FHday l?ornIngt Fcbroary 20. 1931 . - . . - - - ? BIG SERIES TO I : 01d B6y's Back :AM iUL QUINTS lsh0'Em I SI1LEIM PyiKIHE; Whitman Appears Stronger On Defense, - on Basis Of Season" Scores Coach Nig Borleske will have 12 basketball star at the Willam- . ; ette n-ymnaslnm tonight In an ef fort to wret tli northwest con- - ference championship from Wil-p : lamette, defending champions. Last season both Willamette and Whitman marched through all other conference oppoettemrrn without suffering defeat.' The Bearcats. inVaded Walla Walla and returned with a spotless title of championship. This season both of these teams hare, again gone through the season undefeated In the conference and now the Mis sionaries are Invading the Bear cats' lair for a two-gam series to determine the championship. Whether or not the Missionaries will take back the championship ' with them will be decided by to night's - and tomorrow night's . games. ' ' . . . Wednesday night Whitman beat Albany college 43 to 1C with the regular , first team. of the .Mis sionaries on the bench all the game. Wben Willamette played the Pirates at Albany, the score was it to 34 for Willamette. This wonld Indicate that the Bearcats are weaker on defense than the Missionaries. . Dope from the games with College of Idaho is not so pertinent, asAnse Cornell did not have It second team to nse which can perform almost as well as the first. - . Both Are Pointed Toward This Series: Both coaches hare been point ing toward these. game3 all sea- eon and both have doubtless been well scouted by each other. Last nlght'the entire Willamette squad went to : Albany to see the Mis sionaries perform. The showing made by the second teem of the Walla Walla squad' was impres sive, but far from depressing to tha Bearcats, who showed spirit and fire in practice Thursday. . To meet Borleske and his dozen hoopsters. will be Coach "Spec" Keene with an equal number of casaba tossers. This is the first season that Willamette has had such strong reserve strength, Yet the reserves are admittedly not so clever as the first string men apd have shown well this season be cause of team play and fight f a contrast to this Is the abundant: reserve material which Whitman has, which la as strong in every respect, even in shiftiness, as the, first five. ' . ' ' : ; Whitman is the center of 'a large 1 athletic district and the cream of the flock of high school athletes has been recruited. Ap plegate seems to be an exception to this as he was never outstand- 1 ing'at athletics when he attended Walla Walla high. . However, In college . It has been a different story for 3uddy and he Is now a prominent figure in conference sports. '-- CoecliM Decline To Tell lAneups The teaftv which has been start ing for-Whitman Includes Apple gate and Mantell. forwards; West, center, and Hove and Robb. guards. What team Borleske will start tonight is not known and likewise ''Spec" Keene has not de cided yet who he will start. Keene did indicate, however, that more than five. men will be used in the game. " r It's going to be a case of sheer "fl?ht and basket-shooting ability, however.: Yesterday in practice the Bearcats looked so good at connecting with the basket that Keene was afraid , it was a - bad . sign for tonlghL's game. A little workout devoted to defensive and offensive drill was run through with spirit by the Bearcats as the final preparation for th,e game. Reserved seat tickets for the game are on sale at Ken Brown's sporting goods ' store on . State street. Special arrangements have been "made to accommodate) the large crowd expected. The main game will start at 8 o'clock and a preliminary game will be play ed at 7. Class.Hoopers Are Selected ForH.S.Tilis Sophomore girls at the senior high school met yesterday, after noon after sehool and selected . persdhnetforljOasketbaU team to compete in interclass games which will be started next week. Three classes, seniors. Juniors and the sophomoes will enter teams ln this intramural sport. Composing the first string players .for the sophomores are: Lavonla Burtis and Rachel Yo- com. forwards; Lillian Potter, jumping center: Cathryn Eaton. side center: Esther. Wirt and Nora Lane, guards. ' Substitutes are: Ruby Skelton. Mabel Lend, Viola Van Lydegraf . Joyce Albee, Grace Peters.-Vrrian La r sen, Frances Jensen, Doris Hlday; Edith Mae Lawrence, Ber- nlce Eyerly, Helen Miller and Frances Sftyder. i f The first game will probably be played .. next Tuesday, Febru ary 24th.. -: J-; ;; Gervais Awaits Final GameFor B League Title GERVAIS. Feb 19. Winning game , after game in basketball this season the - boys' team . of Gervais high school is flow contestant for the county league championship. This has been the frowning year in basketball for Gervais - high. But one more game Is sched aled for the local floor and that ,. ..... Henry Jones, veteran of the professional mat, who opens his annual crusade In the northwest by meeting Jack Wilklns at the armory tonight. - ; , r Real - Wrestling When Jones, Some wrestling matches feature -wrestling' and others bear out the imodern definition "if they hit each other it's' wrestling and If they grapple It's boxing." But when Henry Jones Is billed to wrestle, the fans can bank on it that he'll wrestle, and if the other fellow Is (similarly inclined, and reasonably able there'll be a wrestling match. Such a rare occasion is In pros pect at the armory tonight when Jones gets together with Jack Wilkins. the Texan. Wilkins I Is another of that; vanishing race of men who know a head scissors from a flying mare, so some of the old-fashioned variety of grap pling is In prospect. Not that any one can. accuse either, of being overly- gentle4n the ring, but the punching and nose twisting not to say cannibal tactics will be conspicuous by! their absence. That Wilkins is a suitable op ponent for Jones can be judged from the fact that he won a match not long ago from Wildcat Pete Jones perennial foe at Eu gene. Tonight's bout will be a two-hour affair or two falls out of three. The preliminary will be announced from the ring. 'Bulldogs and Silver! Foxes Battle Again WOODBURN. Feb. 19. Woodburn high school's bffsket eers have another chance to prove their superiority (or lack of it) over their old rival, Sll verfon. when the two teams meet In the . Woodburn gymnasium Friday night. . Friday night's contest will be the second this year in which the two teams have exchanged hos tilities. In the Jirst game, played fat Silverton, the Woodburn. Bull dogs mansged to eke Ont a 12-14 win ever "the Silver Foxes. Con sequently, the. Silverton hoopers will be after revenge Friday night. - Although Friday night's game has no bearing on the county championship, the Intense friend ly rivalry between ; the two schools promises to make it the climax, ot the season for both teams. Silverton and Woodburn were both defeated in the county championship race by Chemawa. tThe two forward positions will probably- be held down by the two capable, speedy boys, who have been In the positions dur ing the entire season, Harold Schooler and f Harold Presthus. Both men hare been showing good form lrt practice. "Art Presthus. Harold's big brother. is slated to take the center post Friday night.) George Oberst, whov did some sensational work in the Chemawa fray .at Salem, will be in at guard agalri. with his running mate, Harold Gus tation at the ether post. Pardy. Ed; Oberst, - Delr er Ramsdell and Nelson will also have good chances of getting into the scrap. . is - to do wita rarritn nigh on March 2. The strong Banks team comes to Gervais Friday night, February 20, but this is not league game. ; Yugoslavia authorizing -a has passed a law ''bachelor tjT be paid by all unmarried men, widowers and legally devorced males between the ages of 30 aa4 10 years.! ; 4 'I r. v. ; to Result Wilkins Meet How's this for a slogan for the Bearcats tonight: , REMEMBER NOVEMBER We've had. no prophetic dreams. if that's any comfort to anybody. Lo Angeles, Feb. 10 (AP) With a Cart Comment on the use of technicalities of the law by prisoners seeking to escape its penalties. Judge William Io ran sent Daisy DeBoe back to jail today "to stay there" and serve a sentence for the theft of (823 from the actress, ; Clara Bow. ; , t 1 Just goes to show how Car J Comments can comej in handy. Try 'em on your wife; if she gets unruly. j Bat don't tell her : who gave yon the idea. For some 1$ yearsever since we were first Invested with the. title of "sportln editor" we've been hearing that "this is the fight the fans have been demand ing" or similar claims about wrestling matches. We always got the Impression the matchmaker would -be, ridden out of town on a rail if he djdn't get those two palookas together. ; Bat let us now make a con fession. We never, op to yester day, heard personally any fan demand any fight or wrestling match, so far as we now can , remember; and we've , heard mighty . few even suggest that a couple of gazabos might look good together back of the wrap ped hemp. i . So Thursday when a dred-ln- the-wood fan who had no per sonal' Interest In either lad came in and told us who ought to res ale, we were duly impressed. And men some. T t The boys snggested were -Robin Reed and De Anderson . and the idea tfidnt sound so poor at that. British Champ Is Turned Back By Helen Hicks l AL.M BEACH, Fla., FeK 19. (AP) Helen Hicks, the strap ping young American who wal lops a golf ball with masculine punch and power, scored a bril liant triumph today over the blonde little- British champion, Diana Fishwick. in the first ma jor 'international match between the7 rival woman's 1 forces now concentrated on the i Florida front. - i " . ; They met in the i semi-finala" of the Florida women's eham- plon3hip on the Palm Beach country . club and a gallery of 1,000 braved the rain to watch Miss Hicks score a decisive Vic tory, C and 5. : - - Paid off by his employers in jhoes Instead of money, H. G. Wilson donated S00 pairs to the poor of Shawnee county, Kansas. H1L Id CLOSE GAME Monmouth Five Victor Over ? La Grande Team 34 to ; 31; to Meet Again ; 1 ... ; .: 'i MONMOUTH, Feb. 18. (Spe cial.) The Oregon Normal school quintet defeated the Eastern Ore gon Normal, 34 to 31, here tonight.'-':'.; ' ..." - ;-':.:' v ", - " ,-:'. ' "In the first" half J both ldes scored mostly with long shots. At half time the Monmouth team was leading, 20 to 14.- However, in the second half the. boys from La Grande crept up and tied the score at 30-alL .Rogers and Edwards sank field goals to put Wolf's men In the . lead again as the game ended. ': Posey of La Grande was high scorer of the game with IS points. He was an outstanding .man In the game and was exceptionally clever at dribbling. However he went out on fouls. Marr and Holt each scored 10 for Monmouth. . : Tonight the .two teams will play on the large basketball court at Independence high school. -r E.O.N. O.NA Sullivan 4 . . ,' . .P. . ; . . .".10 Holt Metcalf 8 . . . , . .F. . . .10 Marr Houcken 2 . .C . ..Engebretsen Posey 15 . . . . . .G . . .2 Watklns Pollsey 2 .,... G .... S Edwards 8. .6 Rogers (C) Vancouver Lions Increase Margin -'" ! PORTLAND, Ore., Feb.19. (AP) The Vancouver Lions in creased their lead In the Pacific Coast Hockey league standings by debeating Portland, 3 to 2, in a game - here tonight. Portland trails In the league standings. 7D ...ono of 56 health officials from 56 different points .... approving Cremb's crusade against spit or spit-tipping Every smoker, "Every vife wHoge Hnsband smokes cigars, should read Dr. Emerson's letter Wlio are tlie if riends of ?Spit'? YOU MAY WELL ASK THIS ' -. - -1- QUESTION WHEN 56 EtfPORTANT HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE WRITTEN SO STRONGLY AGAINST THE EVILS OF SPIT OR SP1T.TIPPING. j - ; . - ' ; - : i - , Dr. Emerson yritesi Any campaign . . . against the use of human sputum protects public health." S ' . ' 1 . .v 1 ' , - - -- - ' .- "' r" ' V - : ' I' - , - .- ... ' , :.-' . . r . " t. the war agajnst spit is a crusado of decency. Join it.Smoko Certified Crcmo d really wonderful smoke mild mellow nut swoot I Every leaf entering the clean, sunny Cremo factories is scientifically treated by methods recommended by the United - i . States Department of Agriculture West, who this year, fills accept . ably the spot that was weak in Whitman's hoop machine a year ago center. He'll be seen on . . the Willamette floor tonight. ,.' Illahee Pro is 71 -,' ProudPapa Now 1 -'BUI" Benham.i pro at the Il lahee country club, has given up his search for promising' young golfers. But that need not dis courage' present pupils ' entirely, for his. "best bet't la now a wee infant, who arrived Wednesday night. The baby tipped the scales at 10 pounds and Is the 'first child born toMr.iand Mrs, Ben ham. Oh yes, It's a boy. -, . Bank robberies In Illinois tn 1930 Jumped to 85 from 25 the year before. i Co V ;" - m ZVuAlEC- (Lb iiVuIlISOlMI Health ... - SB8SBJSBSS.SW Untl It UE Hard Game Expected; red and- Black Squelched i J : Albany 45 to H '. The red and black -ba sketball avalanche of Salem, high swept through the Albany high gymna sium Thursday night and carried away at 45-to-ll score. -: Coach VHoliy0 Huntington had trouble with. his car .on the way over and arlved late, with some-of his players to find- the" game in progress and about one quarter gone. Salem was then ahead IS to 5 and appeared to be working as smoothly as ever. The Salem high men had decided to start the game without thV coach there, as Albany : appeared -to be in a hurry to get he game played. ' , Kitchen, Bone, Slegmund, San ford and Foreman were the start ing players. In ; the second half Graber .was put; in for Slegmund and Sachtler went ' in. for. .Fore man. Albany did not off er much opposition and the Salem players held in: a bit for tonight's game with the Chemawa Indian school. Indians 'Expected- ' -.' To Pnt Up Fight : ' " i At 8 o'clock tonight Salem high and Chemawa wil battle on the high schoof. floor. ; Chemawa is now considered the strongest team in the county with the exception of . Salem. The Indians are much elated at their victory over Med ford high last Saturday night. Al though Medford won the first game, the Indians showed that they could also play ball and came back the second night to win, 40 to 29. ' Medferd high Is now considered the strongest team in southern Oregon, and Is picked as the likely team to come to the state tourna Oiriccr, Oakland, California ' - - . - rewrork.' . : - . Ceatlensn, 1 ' - . (Cer&ifzeds ment from that district. The In dians are a hot bunch when tney are "on" and -Holly" is expecting a hard struggle tonight. - He will start Bono and Kitchen at for wards,' Graber at center, and San ford and Sachtler at, guards. . . Salem high .won the previous game with the Indians this sea son, 32 to 18. An epidemic of missing shots - struck -the game that, night and while it hit1 Salem hard, it had no mercy whatsoever on the Chemawa fire.! The Indians are fast and have shown, better system in their playing this sea son than they have in other years. The B teams ' of the two schools will play the preliminary, which is to start at 7Vclock. - Toiirriey Set March5t67 ' DALLAS, Feb. 19 j The Polk county basketball- tournament .will be held at the Independence high school gymnasium March 5, C and 7. This was decided at a meeting of the county athletic association here Monday. . . . The tournament will be played on the regular basis of double elimination, requiring a team to be defeated twice before It -Is eliminated. There will - be two games played Thursday evening, March 5, two . Friday afternoon, one Friday night, - and the final game Saturday night. ' In case of a tie resulting by both teams reach ing the finals having been defeat ed once, the title will be settled on Monday evening, March 9. The teams entering from the A division will be Dallas and .Mon mouth.! There still remains one game to be played but this does not affect the entrants. The B di vision has not settled its entrants yet, but will know who will enter within another week. The teams In the B division are Bethel, Rlck reall, Perrydale, Grand Ronde and Falls City. i ' 7 D3 C,TV ZLOAHLo U WO, th. . r County Mt A i. r I SJi III BW sr To"-'.".it.f ! TEDDVFOXDUETO FIGIIT HERE B Teddy Fox, who has done bril liant boxing in Salem in some of hrs fights. Is now under the man agership of Mysterious Billy smith. -, ' ; : ; Mysterious Billy Smith was four times welterweight champion ; of the world-and was one of the most colorful fighters In his day. Some have named Billy as one of the greatest fighters Jof all time. : Today B"ly is well along in years,, but Is still in the: game and baa plcke4 Te4dy.Fox but pf the host of young boxers' to. make a real fighter of him. : ' ! . ! Teddy Fox isnow .working out dally at the club gymnasium and. will meet either AIM Davis, Eddie. Edelman or Eddy Tfeoma on, March 4 at -the Salem armory. Those who know Mysterlons Billy .. Smith will . r realise that- Teddy must take himself seriously if he ; wishes to stay with. the old veter an. -For. the Denerit or.ine saep- -tical ones, -Teddy may .' be- seen working out dally at the Club be tween two and three in the after noon. . . , . ' . ' - - Matchmaker. Robinson states. that in case Fox can win from his next Opponent here,. Wildcat Car ter or some other good boxer, will be brought here to fight him la-. ter. . ... .: . . Ban Johnson is Worse; Report r .' From Hospital ST. "LOUIS. Feb. 19. (AP) The condition of Ban Johnson. ; for many years 'baseball's domi nant figure, grew steadily worse tonight, ; while Mrs. ' Johnson rushed toward his bedside from her home at Spencer, Ind. In this period of cold weather end cracked Hps, above all Insist "en a cigar freo of the iplt crm. ' " : i fD(2l Si , - i