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The OREGON STATESMAN. SaleaC Oregon, Thursday Morninj?, October 23, 1931 i PAGE TWELVE ' 'Mee& m Fur si: cmp TTTVO - 73 . . T7 77 YT3 ( GOB READY TO SIGl CITJCT Mauler Would Rather Take On Schmeling; flu is . Delaying Bouts NEW YORK, Oct. 28 AP) - Jack Sharkey la ready to sign a hinnkct contract . to fight Jack Dempsey. just aa seon as the for mer world heavy weignt cnampion make known his comeback plans definitely, James J. Johnston, boxing - promoter '. for Madison - B Lla Square. Garden, saia toaay on b return from a conference wiu Sharkey in Boston. Johnston intimated plans for a return Sharkey-Dempsey en-. gagement called for tne ooai w be held in New York. . rather than Chicago, the winner to ngnt Max Schmeling of Germany for the world : title. Sharkey said his tentative agreement was to meet Dempsey in v-mcago. SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 28- (AP) Jack Dempsey, former world heavyweight cnampion, .said here tonight he would op- nose Jack Sharkey, Boston sailor. for the right . to engage Max Schmeling, Germany,' in a : title bout if satisfactory terms can be arranged. The mauler said he preferred, however, ' that his first ?'big bout" in his comeback campaign be with Schmeling for the cham pionship. , Dempsey, who suffered an at tack of influenza while on a moose hupting trip Into Wyom ing last week said that because he felt he could not be in the 'best of condition" be had can celled a scheduled bout in Mo line, Ills., November 6. He plans to start! his mid-west exhibition tour November 9. Statesman League ! W. L. Pts. Day & Niles Men ..... 8 1 11 Day Niles Ladies ...4 Pac. Telephone ...... 4 Shields 2 S 6 5 5 7f 2 7 The Day and Niles men's bowl ing team in the Statesman league lost a game for the first time this season Tuesday night to the wom en's team repreenting;the;Bame business firm, but came back to win the second and third games. Yarnell was high scorer for fthe sight with a 544 series followed by McMnllen of i the Telephone outfit with 540. Scores were: L DAT JULES MEN ' TrnIl 179 193 172 544 JfHnsoa 160 137 170 47 f fwet 88 148 157 403 Whit 126 171 175 472 tkiaa 162 169 159 490 ToUl .725 818 833. 2376 DAY SIXES LADIES if. Foalin 142 135 120 397 E. Hemenway 130 99 121 35ff L.-HMiw7 .155 153 158 . InrbiB 161 , 140 152 453 8. Vail 166 164 146 476 Totals .760 691 697 2148 HCmO TELEPHONE CoTlina - . 1 18 130 460 HeMallea 149 192 199 540 l.ondahl 123 148 128 399 Howell 97 111 137 34S iWoodfield , 165 164 ' 166 495 r Total .678 801 760 2239 SHIELDS 132 170 - 110 'HQ 105 142 138 122 177 182 Phiclda . Jack ton G. Ler Cottrell Allison .. 191 115 146 17 171 493 353 391 436 530 Total ..671785 799 2203 I i Lefty Grove Deemed Best . InAmerican NEW YORK, Oct. 28 (AP) . For the second time in four years, a member of the former world champion Philadelphia Athletics has been adjudged the American league's most valuable player. -Robert Moses Grove, sometimes ' called the greatest southpaw pitcher In history, receives the distinction for 1931, Just as his , battery mate, Mickey Cochrane, was chosen in 1928. ! , ; The slender lefthander with the i Blazing fast ball Is the second pitcher to be called "most valu able" in the 14 years the awards have been made. Walter Johnson, the -big train" of the Washington Senators, received the distinction twice. In 1913 and 1924. It was Just a breeze for Grove when a committee of eight mem bers of the Baseball Writers" as sociation cast their balolts. The Athletle ace, who set a record by winning 31 games and losing only 4 during the past season, receiv ed 78 points out of a possible 80. : His closest rival was Lou Gehrig, alugging first baseman of the New York Yankees, who received 59 points. Gehrig won the award in junior Gridders Proving Healthy When 41 boys from the Par rlsh Junior high school football -squad were examined by county health offocials yesterday at the school, fewer defects; were found n their physical condition than last year. None of the defects not ed were major ones. Thirty-nine Leslie Junior high chool bCwere examined earlier la the week with similar result. DAY-HILES QlflHTET IS LEADING LEAGUE How I Play Football By FRANK (Twice AU-Amerfcan anrtcrbck with 1028-19SO championship Notre Dame, head backf Ield coach at Purdue s university and featared with Lew Ayrea In the motion picture The Spirit at 'Notre Dame.) ; ' . f ' .' . y ' ' :' " '' - . The forward . pass Is one of the deadly weapons of offense and has been greatly developed during the 'sxrzsxam past ten ; years. X U9 1ULU1 O use w& forward passing as i a means . of gaining yards in football games depends upon the abUity of 4 players to throw :.i:sVTtbe ball accurate- Jimm It. r When -the r&&m naaser Is a com- spetsat football Txmak Culd thrower the ad vantages of superior - weight are gone and . small ,; men i can gain yards and score touchdowns with the best ox them. Not alf the nassers are great passers but a great passer can be made. I . ..-' In forward nasslnr there are three Items of great Importance (11 the manner in which you grip the ball with your hand (2) the movement of the throwing - arm. (3) accuracy In throwing for the target (the boy whom you want to catch the bail). The most natural way to grab the ball before throwing Is mov ing the fingers so three are on the lace with the forefinger toward the point of the ball. This aids ac curacy as the forefinger acts as a guide.. - ., ; Another good grip has the ball held with the forefinger towards the forward lower point of the ball and the other three fingers on the lace. This grip is an aid to accur acy for the forefinger acts as a guide, mainly. J Try both grips and adopt the one most natural for you. Once you feel certain of your grip don't change it. Develop it until you un consciously do the same thing ev ery time you; grip the ball for a forward pass.! , . . ! In the act i of passing (throw ing) the ball, the arm should be drawn back with the elbow flexed and the ball held close to the side of the head 1 with the forward point of the ball always a trifle upward. As you actually throw the arm comes forward bringing the ball alongside the head on the lev er with the eye and Is released to ward the target (the boy who you want to catch j It) as the elbow straightens out. Never Jerk your arm as you throw. The movement must always be free and tense ness which comes from gripping the ball too tightly must be avoid ed.! By keeping the forward point of the ball upward the naturally free movement of the arm will speed the ball away from your hand on a natural arc which will carry-it to the receiver and make It easy for hint to catch it. Do not try to 'kill' the ball by trying to throw it too fast. Give the boy who is: to catch the" ball II i WILL-ICOME HERE Salem high school will play As toria four basketball games this season, two here and two there, it has been decided. . By playing; two games In each town it will be easier to meet the necesary finances required for the long trip. - Coach "Holly" Huntington will draw up his county schedule next week ; when the principals and coaches of the fcounty-meet at the high school t formulate the A and B schedule of Marion codnty. Woodburn, $ilverton and Chem awa are expefcted to be the A schools in the county which may be scheduled. 1 f i. In addition! to the county games and those with Astoria, two games with the University of Ore gon frosh, to be played on a home-and-home basis, will be arranged. A trip to southern Oregon is also being considered. The Salem high B team which made such a fine showing last year under the guidance of Ver non Gilmore, will again schedule a large number of games. Salem Students Asked to Attend Game at Eugene Attendance -of a large delega tion of Salem high school students at the Armistice day football game with Eugene high at Hay ward field there is urged in a let ter received by Fred Wolf, Salem principal, from Harry B. Johnson, Eugene principal. V A grandstand section will be re served for the Salem rooters, ac cording to Principal Johnson. Ad mission for students will be 50 cents, and for certified members of the school band, tree. Staytoh toJSee Ring Bouts Soon STAYTON, Oct." 28 Floyd French, . matchmaker here, is planning several boxing cards tha coming winter. - They o neia: la Forester halL Mayor George A. Smith has ap pointed a boxing commission con sisting of Henry Smith, Dr. H. A. Beauchamp and Dr. G. F. Kortnek. . The date for the first card has not been announced. GRID SCORES -o VAt Portland: Roosevelt , Com merce 0. ' . f CARIDEO a chance to run down the field and . set underneath It. , If yon practice your arm awing yon will soon see how much force you must put behind your forward pass and can accurately Judge the distance yon can throw the ball without a strain. In order to see the point demonstrated by the Notre Dame players In' action pictures see the Universal Christy Walsh All-American Sport reels on football when they come to your local theatre. ; In practicing forward passing get as many boys as possible to play with you. Throw passes to them all so that yon can learn to Judge the difference in their speed In running for the bait This prac tice will teach yon how to judge the time It takes a ball to go from your hand- to the boy -who should catch it and will also teach yon bow to Judge distance as compared to time. ' ' '. . ' .It may be possible for one boy to run fast enough to catch a long pass mat anotner boy would miss because of lack of speed. A good forward passer learns how to fig ure out the speed, of the runner who catches his passes.' With this knowledge he makes a forward pass to a boy who can catch It and advance the ball toward the goal. not merely a forward pass that goes up in the air and makes catching it accidental. Come around again tomorrow. boys and see why some bova never learn to throw forward passes right and how failure to learn the proper way to throw the bafT de velops not only Incomplete for ward passes and fumbles, but sore arms. ' CURTIS American Iglon Junior base- ball is a little bit oat of season Just now bat is brought to at- : .tent ion by the filing of a report on last season's activities by : Oliver B. Huston,' chairman of I Capital Post's athletic commit tee and general manager of the; program here last summer. , : It is worthl not! ii sr that Tfnatnn has been selected to direct the lo cal campaign t again next summer and he hopes .for an equally suc cessful season with the unpleasant part lert out, since the state or ganization has tightened the InnsA screws in the eligibility machine ana it is understood the county will be definatelv diviriixt n tha various posts Tfill know what play ers iney can ose. j . Huston reporta that the pro gram cost the Legion, post little ' over half of the $30O allotted ., In the ' budget, which really means that the cost was still less since a considerable supply i of equipment is on hand now and the season was started with -none. . The baseball manager gives much crsedit to virion LArlnn. naires who donated time and au- A.MM..tt. L H . A A, . luuiuuiin uiukh&o 10 me monstrous task of bringing the boys in from car corners of the county for prac tice sessions and for games, chief among them being Jack Elliott And he winds up by saying he is still convinced the Job -was worth while, i There were times last season when we doubted it, but if bick ering over eligibility is to cease, we'll cancel those doubts In a hurry. . . y While on the subject of base-, ball, we want to quote from a re cent issue of The Sporting News, generally recognized as the most authentic of baseball papers : "One of the most promising members of the second generation in the ranks of organized ball is William Sullivan, Jr., son of Bil ly Sullivan, the old White Sox catcher. After graduating from Notre Dame, young Sullivan this season' played third base for the same club with which his father served, and, although without any professional experience, the youngster stepped into the Job at the hot corner like a veteran and showed enough to warrant the be lief that he will hold down the position; next season . against all comers." : There is more along the same line, bnt the thnlg that hit us ; hardest was the statement that Billy Is now 20 year old. It ! was the summer of 1827 when ! Billy broke in aa first baseman with the Salem Senators, which means he would have been eli gible for American. Legion Jan lor ball at that time if there had been any. We' knew Billy was "Just a mere lad his first ; season here, bnt didn't realise . he was only 16. '-a -k : ! We heard Indirectly that Lew, Fonseca, new boss of the White Sox, had said" the team wasn't very well fortified at third base. That could be true In spite of all the nice things that have been said about Billy. He knew nothing about playing third base until he tackled tha job in the big time last spring, and yon cant make a big league third : baseman In a minute. His playing . probably leaves one or two things to be de-i sired. But even it he doesn't stay with the" Sox, there are plenty of managers who will see to It that he isn't shipped out of the major leagues. One of them may want a three-bagger clouting first base man. . . ...... . , . ...... '. ,: . . KEEOE DELAYS . PICIJGSQU11D Not Certain yet Which of Players Will be Taken On Tacoma Jaunt ' Saturday . the Willamette Bear cats will play their first . football game away from home for over a month, when Coach 8and berge Paget sonna Lo g gers are. en gaged for W 1 Uamette's second confer ence tilt. ' sj C o a e h "Spec", Keene ex p e eted to pick the men who would go by- the show ings made la , ma Pul - -Wed nesday night's scrimmage, bnt following the practice session he stated that he could see only seven men who looked vivacious enough to etand the trip. : ; ; ' . - JoSnson, Erlckson, Paul, Fred Smith, Connors, Lorens and Gran ais were the men singled out by Keene as having the necessary fire forsuch a stiff game' as the Loggers are sure .to give. . Keene plans to take 22 men on the' trip, but is still in doubt as to who the other members will be. The team this year is composed of a large number of silent men who don't talk it up much in prac tice or In the games. Grannis is an exception to this' rule in the line where he keeps up the chat ter and the team spirit either in the thick of battle or out on the practice field. Erickson and Paul are tne backf ield men who have been keeping the punch in the ball car rying this week. Louie Johnson has also been working hard and Is a fine blocker. Last week he was half glck with a eold, but nev ertheless played a great game apftlnat Tri&hn clear in e- away tactlers who were in the path' of ball carriers or hitting the line for necessary short gains. Some Men Gaining Weight in Season Some of the Bearcats have been gaining weight in training and Max "Doc" Allen, who at present has an injured foot, has gained ,15 pounds since the start of the sea son bringing thi3 rugged tackle's weight up to the 190 pound mark. Fred Smith who is back in his.old position of guard again "this year, has also gained weight and also reaches the 190 pound mark. Coach Keen , Is still dubious concerning his aerial attack, but couOts on Fred Paul to. help out if need should arise for passes. Paul is the strongest triple threat man on the sauad at present as he ihas demonstrated his ability to run and kick Already tms sea sonJ If his passings has not retro-, graded since the game against Pa cific university last, year, be will be Equally strong in that depart ment. In the Idaho game he got off ! one 65. yard punt, and In the game-agalnst Columbia university scored a touchdown from a long run.- " 1 - " Salem Squad Gaining Fire For Astoria Hard practice sessions have been held by the Salem high foot ball squad this week with block ing and tackle being stressed. The wearers of the red and black are apparently hitting a faster stride this week with- the Astoria game just two days away. " , nCoach Hollis Huntington is bet-f ter pleased with the spirit shown by the men In the last two prac tice sessions. A hopeless senti ment was expressed by a number of the players at the first of the week when Saturday's game with Astoria was mentioned. However some of the men have rebelled at such an attitude and believe that they have a fighting ; chance to whip the sturdy Fishermen. - The full-fledged Warner system with its hocus-pocus, razzle-dazzle and what not Is used by Astoria. The Salem high second team has given the first string men some practice at defense against the aya tem. . ... : . Linemen were paired off two to one Wednesday afternoon and practice at blocking men in the line was held. . i i Cannon, . Fisher and Earl are showing upwell at guard positions and are learning more about the game. Reiny Otjen Is doing well at tackle and Moody, the big tackle from Parrish junior high, is finding himself now and is prov ing to be a valuable man. - Pete McCaffery has apparently tired of taking things easy and' la now working hard and threatens to break in on the regular lineup.' Eckstein la a first year man who looks good at fullback and Engle and Chuch Reed are sHse doing well. Don Sugal is going strong this season, but Is still fumbling the ball considerably. Stayton Beats rScicTOridsters ' STAYTON; Oct. 28 Stayton won from Scio in the ' football game here Tuesday, the score be ing 12 to 0. The Scio players made a strong showing and were good sports inspite of the fact that they lost. Their good training and preparedness for -r the game was emphasized throughout. Mr. Beals la their cbach. On Friday, October 30. Stayton will play Lebanon here. -. . , " : r ... . i ... . j Newberg 11 . Real Threat To Bulldogs . WOODBURN, Oct. 2 8 "I'll give oar boys afift-fifty chance." remarked G II OddJe, coach - at Woodburn high school, when ask ed about the chance the Bulldogs will hav against Newberg Friday. The gam wilt be plkyed on the Woodbnrn field, the second one this season. - , . .' Although Woodbnrn has a re cord ' of wins over Newberg .-. that is quite unusual, the Tigers may slip another win over the; Bull dogs Friday,, as they' did a .few, years - age; when Woodburn. fill ed to overflowing with confidence because .it had won , every game so .far that season, took one. on the nose at the hands of Newberg, and was forced t o end tip the sea son with- a : defeat. For the . past two years Woodburn has made a field . day, of . the Newberg game, literally running over the Tigers. Last year'a score was 19-0 for Woodburn. With a team . of . youngsters quite unfamiliar : with1 football, Woodburn is more, apprehensive rot Friday's outcome. If the field is wet, the. heavy Newberg team will, have a great advantage. Woodburn's team is even lighter than some of the teams ' turned out in the. past. - - f ,; Oddie has not yet decided which combination of players he will start against Newberg Friday. He has developed two backf ield - and end combinations, that, in their proper elements, are equally ef fective. One combination puts Kenneth Evans and Kinns ' at ends, Gearln at quarterback. S kil ler and Manley Ramsdell " at halves, and ! Halter , at fullback. Oddie's other arrangement finds Delmer Ramsdell and Tresldder at ends, Evans the signal bar ker's post, Schwab and Nelson at halves, and Stevens at fullback. Both arrangements have their good nolnts, but the second one will probably get the nod. .Other starters will probably be L. , Kosh andJUiles, tackles; G. Koch and Pavalek, guards; and Thomas, center. WILL PLfiY GERVfllS Willamette university's B squad will play the Gervais high school football team . Friday aft ernoon n the Gervais field.' The Bearcats on the B squad, commonly known ' as the: "Gray Shirts", played a tie game with Salem high last week. The squad Is composed mostly of freshmen and those who have played but little football. ' ! Mutt Deetz, coast of the "Gray Shirts", states that several of the men will make valuable play ers for the A squad before the season Is over and that a number of them should go strong next season. It is hoped that the squad can arrange to play a game each week. Between. . games while they learn the plays of teams which will oppose the first team and give the regulars practice at defensive work. BEARCAT RMS With the Crash SILVER FOXES FACE 1!S Chemawa's Last Game This Season on Home Grid Is Slated Friday . CHEMAWA, Oct. 28 Friday afternoon ' at S o'clock ihe - Che mawa Indian school football team will make Its first appear ance .against a neighboring high school team on' its home .grid Iron this, season .when the . Sll verton high eleven will be enter talned. . . , SI L ' Sllverton is expected to put up a stiff battle as it has regained the services of two outstanding men who have been out of-competition recently- One of these la a big heavy fullback and he is expected " to be "poison" to ... the Braves especially if - the field is muddy and slippery. . - However Chemawa has all Its experienced - men ln shape again and rarln. to go. In - the last few scrimmages the line has charged harder and the backs run a little faster than ever be fore. .There is still some room for improvement in the blocking department but with a. few more gauges this should be satisfactor ily Ironed out. r . Friday's game will be the one opportunity of Salem people . to see the Indians play i on their home field and observe the elass of ball played here, as well as to judge ' the team's possible effec tiveness against Salem high later In : the season. NfeW YORK, Oct. 28 (AP) The New York university eleven rehearsed the plays It will use against Oregon. Saturday in a dummy scrimmage today. Two sets of backs were' used In the drill, J. Lamark, Temple, McNa mara and Tanguay made up one backf ield, Abee later replacing Temple. Grossman, McDonald, H. Lamark and W. McNamara were the . alternatives. The Oregon squad had two light workouts at Travels Island, New Rochelle. The : morning ses sion was devoted to signal prac tice and the afternoon j drill was on offensive and defensive for mation. I Kazan jian Wins j Portland Bout PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 28 (AP) Casey . Kazanjian, San Francisco, defeated Jack Rogers, Tulsa, Oklahoma, by straight falls In a wrestling but here to night. " i Kazanjian weighed' 215 pounds, Rogers, 238. I Kazanjian won the first fall in 16 minutes with a body slam and the second fall in 6 minutes in the same manner. .! j GOTHAM S FOR o eon on PORTlAtlf) GENERAL ELECTRIC LIGHT 237 N. Liberty Group Plans Bus Trip to Tacoma Tilt , A miniature excursion Is plan ned by several of the students ef Willamette .university to- attend the Willamette-College of Puget Sound game at Tacoma Saturday. Br oing from Salem to Port land on the train and from Fort- land to Tacoma and back on the Independent bus line, the round trip can be made for 83.05, ac cording to Wesley Janke who Is assisting In making arrange ments. The excursion is not an offi cial student body affair and will have no bearing on the excursion planned to go to Walla Walla for the Whitman football game. Those planning Ho go are mem bers of the Kappa Gamma Kno fraternity and of the Alpha Phi Alpha sorority. v ' Fourteen will go on the bus and Wesley Janke states that if suffi cient students are interested, otn er bus loads can be arranged with 14 allotted to each load. If fewer than that wish to go, they would ride on the regular Portland-Seattle bus. All "who wish togo on a seclal bus must make arrange- Sents with Wesley Janke or with r.-. Roberts at the Oregon Elec tric station before noon Thurs day. ; - - ' : The group will leave Salem Sat urday morning at 5:30 and trav el to Portland on the S., P. train which takes the Salem high school football team to Astoria. A spe cial stage or stages' as the case may be, will leave the Union sta tion in Portland and reach the stadium in Tacoma at 1:30 Satur day afternoon, Just before the' game. The return trip will be started at midnight Saturday and the par ty will reach Portland 7:45 Sun day morning. Stopovers will be granted, it was announced. Prob able Professor and Mrs. Rahe will accompany the party as chaper ons. . . . WOODBURN. Oct. 28-i-James A. Miller, basketball coich ' at Woodburn high school, plans to attend a meeting in Salem next Wednesday which will definitely decide certain problems concern ing high school basketball in this district. At. the meetipg the schedules for. the -- A - and B leagues will! be .made and' the schools for each league 1 will be chosen. Lists of refereeji . will also be scanned. ; : v j V. D. Bain, superintendent of Woodburn schools, also plans to attend the meeting. Mr. Bain, who is chairman, of the state basketball committee for this dis trict, , will explain some of the points on which some of the coaches may have vague Ideas. Bain is chairman of the seventh state basketball district. The dis trict comprises Marion, Polk and Clackamas counties, and Multno mah county outside of Portland. of our 1 o 'powe'rT Silea, Ore. HOOP SCHEDULE IS TO BE DRAWN SOON P' and."-. , mm1 BY ROOSEVELl Local: Junior High Eleven ' Not, up to Form; Loses -Scoring Chances !....-! II - Leslie Junior high's" football; team, which bad been previously, nntYtAd in Its class this season.. dropped a game, 12 to to Robse-, velt Junior high- of Eugene on the Teddlesf field. 1 " - CThitAver the trouble might. liare been. Coach Gurnee Flesher sUted following the game tnat Roseovelt was lucky that no re turn - game was billed. Brown, younger brother of a player oa th nrn state rook team, waa the whole show for Eugene and Is one of the best Junior mgn play ers seen In these parts. ' Flesher stated that outside of ranfatn Mason. .his nlavers looked terri,ble, and could : not seem to get anywhere. The generalship was especially poor. , Twice the gun stopped Leslies nrlnr ' marches. At half time Leslie was on the six-yard line and T . VS. . the game endea witn iesue on m four-yard: line and going strong. Flesher was - particularly anx ious not to be a howler after the irama an1 stated that poor foot- hit wa diAniaved br - his men. However, his men Intimated that the officials were, incompetent, a ahnVAnn In the lineuD) at Les lie is Imminent! before' the game next week with . the Dallas high school second, team. Field Goals Scarce Now ' In Football new! NEW. YORK. Oct. 28 (AP) Every year the name of "foot ball" as applied ; to the present. Intercollegiate games become more of a misnomer as the an cient and honorable art of drop and placement kicking fades from the gridiron picture. , " .The decline in importance of the field goal really traces fron the introduction of the forward pass and it was given a further kick downward bythe change in the rules which moved the goal posts ten yards back of the goal line. This year it has reached a new low. ' - Statistics of - major games play ed to date in 1931 compiled by Parke TDavia, the football sage of Easton, Pa., show no more than 13 goals, kicked on college fieles In the whole c untry. ... ti The finest arop kicker in col lege ranks, according to the reo ! ord, is! Ralph Hewitt, brilliaBt, ; field ; general of the ' Columbia ! Lions. HIs 53-yard dropi kick ii the Cornell game last year which gave i the Lions a bard fougkt 10-7 victory ranks 21st on the long list of goals from the field compiled since the start of the game in" the United States. H His 33 yard goal from the field against Wesleyan October I leads this year's shoit list and tops br eight vards tre longest drop kick. : .. '; . h Window i v CO