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I-' The OREGON STATESMAN. Baltnt Ortgort. Trllt? Morning. Decern!? IS. 1831 PAGE TEN Sa rpoKs and Rogers to on Mat at A iritnolty Jl ont ght BDHMTMS IDE INTEREST Grappling Physician is one Of Most Noted Ever to Appear in Salem Salem wrestling fens will we n. vnr RAmnlla enter the AS l . - - squared circle at the Salem ar mnrv for the first time tonight as he steps forward to meet Jack Rogers in a scheduled two hour match. , , RaronUs is right alongside How ard Cantonwine when it comes to class and the two are pernapa iu atMtt heawweigni wrnw wm hvft ever shown here. The Doctor is good on the arm v.. flinar bodr scissors holds and is also a speedy grappler for .n.h m. biz feUow. He has an ex cellent physique and is in the pink .... . i wAaMao Of- of condition as ue meow- Ait wrn nlzht. The match will go to the first one who takes two of the three -.11- t,c timA limit has been t n hours and in case only one fall has been gained during that time, the match would go to the one who gets it. In case each had taken one fall by the end of the two hour limit, a tie would Last year several of the match es went the run two nour uii, but all have ended before that time lately. tir Rnrcra has been wresti- inr fnr a. number of years and ap parently has been coming to the front lately. He is said to hold wins over Bob Kruse and Howard Cantonwine, which would Indicate that Mr. Sarpolls will have a full evening's work cut out for him. Rogers is a head lock and face lock artist and uses his bulk to advantage. O'Reilly, Newton Will Battle Again Art O'Reilly and Prof. rew ion will meet in a 30 minute pre nin.rr hnnt. O'Reilly comes trnm Riiepne and is the bozo who won so much disfavor with the crowd at his last appearance here. . . . At that time several rough and ready grapplers stated their de sires to tangle with him in the Salem arena and gave the impres sion that they would Know now 10 hanil him and his rough stuff. Prof. Newton of Oregon City has been given this privilege, rvneillY is not noticeably any rougher than, other grapplers here, except for the manner in which he does his gloating over it in front of the crowd. Frank Lockhart and Dale Jory k-ui iriPPt a train in a 15 minute preliminary. They each took fall in a match of the same dura tion on the last card here. Matchmaker Harry Plant states that Robin Reed with his newly acquired and more recently de fen d e d national welterweight championship belt, was in town , Thursday and will probably ap pear again at the Salem armory in a few weeks against a suitable opponent. The Reedsport Robin . wrestled close to 70 matches with out losing -one when working for the belt. SPECTACULAR GRAPPLER HERE TONIGHT . , i ji 'Ifef' 4. 4 - " , . 1, " " 1 I J? Here's Dr. Kail Sarpolis, physician, violinist and wrcMlcr extraordinary, who will appear at ia -.idem armory tonight as perhaps the most noted exponent of the mat sport ever introduced there. He's shown here employing an unusual combination of punishing holds on an anonymous -adversary- To- nieht he'll try to do something or tne una to jacs: iwogcns uu uu yy" with a reputation for being just as tougn as in e uoexor wuuiju " h" Football Indigestion is Spreading; Shakeups in Many Institutions Noted NEW YORK, Dec- 17 CAP) Football, which for the last gold en decade had extracted unestl mated millions from an admiring public, appears to have come down with a painful if not ser ious attack 61 indigestion. From far and wide today tidings Indicated the well known king of American sports Is in need of some expert medical auenuon. 4le Is getting it whether he needs it or not. Scarcely a day has passed since Thanksgiving that some coach or athletic director of athletic sys tem has not received a broadside. Charges have ranged from sim ple over-emphasis to direct accu sations of professionalism. The loudest explosion thus far emanated from New York univer sity where Coach "Chick" Mee han resigned and declared he was through with ''high pressure" football forever. His resignation came on the eve of the univer sity's announcement of a "new era" in sports, where there would be no proselyting, no emphasis on football and the game would be given back to the boys. Columbia likewise has been in an uproar as a result of charges of professionalism, but these stood repudiated today by ath letic leaders. Columbia has re-organized its athletic structure within the past year, as have Pennsylvania and Syracuse. Changes in coaching as well as other features of the athletic sys tems have been effected in the last two years at California, Penn State, West Virginia, Harvard, IP PICKERS MEET I'll! 1 Oil WOODBURN, Dec. 17. With the exception of Silverton high school. Independence Is probably Woodburn high school's greatest rival in sports. And the Indepen dence basketball team Is to in vade Woodburn Friday afternoon and attempt to wrest another sports victory from the Bulldogs If present plans work out, there will be both an "A" and "B game, the "B" game preceding the main event. The game Is to be called at 2:30 p. m. in the high school gymnasium good showing in the state tour nament. "Chief" McClean is still with the Mechanics and will probably give the Salem men plenty to worry over. The defense of the Cherrians has not looked strong yet this season and Benson has a well organized offense. The starting lineup for Salem will probably be Bone and John son, .forwards; Burrell, center, and Sanford and Brownell, guards. Others who will make the trip are Kelly, Perrlne, Goodfel low and Goebel. Mark Sachtler was hack to practice Friday, but an injured side still keeps him from running. Princeton, Minnesota, Georgia Tech, Alabama, Duke, Washing ton, Oregon and Ohio State. Athletics at the University of Wisconsin are under the scrutiny of a legislative committee, which is Investigating the cause of a fi nancial deficit for the last two years. George Little already nas resigned as athletic director and it Is reported Coach Glenn Thls- tlethwaite is none too sure of his job. Wisconsin's sport budget for next year already has been cut by 140,000. Bert Ingerswen of Iowa is an other coach to relinquish his post as a result of unrest in the athlet ic department. Yale, without waiting for the season to end, announced a reor ganization of its athletic struc ture, designed to take all branch es of sports out of the hands of the alumni and vest the faculty with supreme authority. 1 SWIMMERS WILL E TU Qhampionshlp swimming will be seen here Saturday afternoon when the Salem Y. M. O. A. Jun lor team competes with the Port land Central juniors for the state title. The meet will begin at 1:30 o'clock. Although the local squad has been training faithfully under the direction of Coach Bob Needham and is shaping up well, it is ex pected the absen 3 of Charles Reed, star of last year, will be sorely evident. Reed was north west champion last year. He is ineligible this year on account of having reached 18 years of age. The Port-tnd aggregation is greatly strengthened by the swimming of Oliver Doble, who is said to be virtually a' wonder swimmer. The events Saturday jrlll be as follows: 160 yard relay, 40 yard breast stroke, 40 yard dash, 100 yard dash, 40 yard back stroke 220 yard dash and diving. BEARCATS STATERS NEXT Florsheims Scratch Out Win by Single Point in Clash With Portland Y. The Salem "Y" team, which is Numerous Rough Spots are also the Price Florsheim five, Brought to Light in Florsheim Clash Safely but not brilliantly past its first test, the Willamette uni versity basketball squad concen trated Thursday and will continue to concentrate today on the task of brushing up a few of the rough est of many rough spots in its at tack, in preparation for the ini tial intercollegiate contest of the season, against Oregon State here Saturday night. No really consistent scorers came to light in the game with Florsheims, excepting perhaps Kloostra on follow-up shots under the basket, and he is not likely to be so successful against the men of equal altitude "Slats" Gill will send in against him. The list in cludes the notable Ed Lewis of all-state high school fame, now In his second year as a regular on the Oregon State quintet. AH of the forwards used by Coach "Spec" Keene against Flor sheims showed flashes of ability and Keene admits that he hasn't by any means decided as yet which pair will become "regu lars." In addition to Benjamin, Kitchen, Moore and Faber who worked as forwards Wednesday night, Keene fs thinking of shift ing Rleke to that department, at the same time keeping him avail able for the tlpoff job. Defense Also Needs Some Brushing up The defense also was shown to be subject to Improvement in Wednesday night's game, several times becoming "crossed up" and leaving one sharpshooter for the opposition In the open. However, from among Kaiser, Carpenter, Allen, Hartley and Lemmon, a reasonably air-tight pair can prob ably be developed by the time the Northwest conference season ar rives. "Slats" Gill has been saturated In gloom ever since the practice season opened, due the fact that only four lettermen were on hand, even though two of these were tried to take their game with the Portland T team here Thursday night Min stride" and were-iucky to scratch oat a 36 to 35 win over the city five. The Portlanders made only a few baskets close up and added the other points on either foul conversion or long shots. Elklns was particularly good on looping one handed hook shots from any angle. Dalton also broke loose in the second half and boosted his total points to 12, scored mostly by long shots. The Florsheims took things a bit for granted and were Inclined to strut a bit until they realised the game would be close. The lo cal "Y team led all the way, but it was always close. Adams was again the high scorer of the game with 17 points and Drager broke into the scoring with eight points. Lineups: Salem "Y" Portland "Y" Marr 2 ..F....9 Elkins Adams 17 F..10 Cannon Flake 2 C Ulrick Drager 8 G Bruno Ashby4 G...12 Daltoa Walgren 2 S. . . . 4 Chard Foreman 1 S Jepson Referee, Frank Bashor. PARRISH PLAYS BERG E Coach Brown's new Squad Expecting Trouble In Initial Contest regular forwards last season and another was the first string cen ter. He now has apparently a bet ter right to mourn, for reports have come in that big Lewis has a bad ankle and may not be able to play much of the game, and that "Skeet" O'Connell. another all-state man from Portland who was a leading contender for a reg ular job. Is also nursing an Injury. Pease is a third casualty men tioned. Saturday night's game will ap parently be the only one between Willamette and the Staters,' as the second contest recently billed for next Monday night at Corval lis has been cancelled, and Mult nomah club signed up Instead. FRANKLIN Mil Ml 1931 Baseball Standouts By HARDIN BURNLEY owns TO PLAY TOHT Six more teams In the Y. M. C. A. Church league will swing into Woodburn's starting lineup for action tonight for the first time Friday's same Is uncertain, as this season -n the "Y" floor. there are several men almost Tonight's games will be played equally good trying for each po- between the Jason Lee and First sitlon. However, It is expected fcvangencai ana Fruitiand; that Coach James Miller will start Delmer Ramsdell and Nel son at forwards, Pardy at cen ter, and Jackson and M. Rams dell at guards. Schwab, Tom Ev ans and Thomas will probably see service, also. Reports from Independence are that Coach Homer Nixon has a strong team this year - to pit against the green Woodburn team. Last year Woodburn, with a team of veterans, managed to win one game and lose one to the Hoppickers. Although Wood- burn has had a number of good workouts. Including several prac tice games against Hubbard high and American Lutheran and Hayesville. All eyes are centered on the Evangelical team as it won the league last year. Winners in last Monday's games were the Presbyterians and the Congregationals. The United Brethren and Temple Baptist game, scheduled for Monday, was postponed. Bob Boardman has requested that all members of the various teams be at the "T" at 7:45 for a league meeting at which time a group picture will be taken. The first game will be at 7 o'clock. school's team, dopesters give In- MndlUn OlllTltetZ denendenc the edre. r"Uia" V""itct dependence the edge Salem Squad Meets First Foe Tonight Coach Hollls Huntington is planning . to take nine men to Portland tonight to meet the Ben son Techmen in the first basket ball game played with a Portland five since the memorable Com- merce-Salem game of the 1930 state tournament, which was won by the red and black. Benson has an all-veteran quad and Is playing a double header tonight, using 15 men tgalnst Vancouver, Wash., high and Salem high. Salem will be met in the second came. Coach Howard Hobson lost only one of ms last season's team which won second place In the Portland city tournament sad made such a To Play Teams Of Oregon City CHEMAWA, Dec. 17 Chema- wa Indian school's hoopers will meet their first high school com petition of the season here to night when the Oregon City high Dasaeteers come to Inspect the government school's new gymna sium. ioacn Lres JLaveue announces that his starting lineup will be Vivette and Pratt, forwards Hat field center, Shoulderblade and DePoe guards. The player are In good condition and are "rarln" to a teams or - the same scnoois win play a preliminary same. PERRYDALE WINS FEKKYDALE. Dee. 17 Th. boys basketball team defeated Al bany's second team 40-7 Tuesday uiui at, AJnuny. m&mMg&27 X piuoTopwe m!m$mmffl& champion !$ fcrmen. bassbau JfL Sff4 rf i STANDOUTS' OF 193 A , ' fef 0 Q 5 W2E. GROVE. RUTH, 3 V I 5jEgs ,5tW I WILL MEET SALEM Salem high's wrestling team will hold its first meet tonight at 7:45 at the high school against the Franklin high grapplers of Portland. Little is known about the iFranklin team except that It Is one of the better Portland high school teams. Wrestling has been a regular sport there for a num ber of years and veteran perform ers are expected. Coach "Pat" Hogue announces that 10 weights will be wrestled In tonight's meet. This is the first time that Salem high has competed In wrestling with any Portland school. The regular wrestling season has not opened yet, but both schools are eager to gain experience in meeting out side competition. A return match will be held following the holidays. A squad I of 25 men has been working out regularly and more men will have opportunities to appear in other bouts, states Coach Hogue. The Salem high entrants in the various weights are: Tatsuro lOjuda heavyweight, Chester Fich- er 175, Don Sugai 165, Fred iWalberg, George Miltonberger or Albert Green 155, Paul Kerment 145. Glyn Ferris 13 5. Derrell Dudley or Gordon King 125. Aaron Anderson 118, Robert Os land 112 and George Teryfake 105. Anderson, Ferris, Milton berger and Sugai are the veterans from last season. rrninwi COMMENTS ITIS The Portland high schools hsve decided after all that they want to be represented la the state Tasketball tournament. They had scheduled the final games of the interacholastlc league series on the same dates, bnt now have advanced the program so as to avoid the conflict. So far we haven't heard of University of Oregon applying for any dates to play Willamette. For some reason the Webfeet, or if you prefer, the Pioneers, fail ed to play the Bearcats a regu lar game last season, though there was a "secret" scrimmage from which. It was more or less widely rumored, Spec Keene's men emerged with a healthy mar gin of points. We don't intend to get catty about it, bnt It would seem that if Willamette is good enough to beat Oregon it is good enough to get the chance. Maybe it isn't good enough to win, especially this year, bat still the matter ought to be settled. Of coarse there may be some reason for this situation that we know nothing about. New Golf Pellet Gets First Test In Tourney Play PASADENA, Cal., Dec. 17 (AP) On the same course where the 1931 "balloon ball" had us tournament play inaugural, tho new golf ball, same size but .06 ounce heavier, will get its first real initial test in the round of the annual Pasadena $4000 open tomorrow. One hundred eighty of the na tion's ranking professionals and amateurs including holders of the 1931 open and P. O. A. cham pionships and the defending title- holder, will participate. The 7Z hole tourney terminates Sunday, Six shopping days until Christ mas ana we wonder u you ve bought that football or catcher's mitt the young hopeful Is hoping for. There isn't anything that boy will accept any more gladly or use to more advantage to him self, than something or ether in the way of sport goods. And times aren't what they used to be nor purses as fat, but we'll re peai mis nine tip wnich we ve emphasized before the best sport goods are the best values, both in usability and in durability. The omnisclen. editor of the C.J. says the big bridge match at Xew York is all hooey or words to that effect, and roasts the big city press for "lending itself to a racket." We don't know a tiling about it except that we get numerous telephone inquiries on the thing and if the public is interested, the contest is news. We'll admit giving most of a page to dis cussion of the various han" may be going a bit too far. The post-football lull in rport news is at an end; basketball Is here and all will be merry until March. Parrish Junior high opens its 1931-32 basketball season tonight against the new Junior high school of Newberg to be played at Par rish Junior high at 7:45. A preliminary contest between the Parrish Trojan team and a church five, will start at 7:15. For a number of years Parrish unior high has enjoyed winning teams, being winner of the county championship for the' past two seasons. However the prospect is admittedly not so bright now as the men Brown has fall into two classes; either they are small. and none too speedy, or they are new at the game. Though this is the first year for the Newberg junior high school, yet it will have a veteran team: This paradox is explained by the fact that most of its play ers were on a grade school team there last year and learned to work well together. In fact they won a game from the McMinnville junior high last season. Carter and Johnson, two of the Parrish men, are on the sick list and will probably not be able to play. Another of the Parrish men who showed promise at the first of the season, had too much outside work and no time for bas ketball. However Coach Brown will have 10 willing men in suit for tonight's game and they are by no means going to be an easy mark. Though they are inexperienced In competitive play. Brown has given tnem a good knowledge of funda mentals and has developed some team play. Four of Starting Combination Picked The starting lineup for. Parrish will Include Coons and Verne De Jardin guards, Wirts center and r i . . aaisirom one or tne rorwards. The other forward will be either Steinke or Gwynn, or possibly Carter if he recovers sufficiently from his sickness. Verne De Jardin Is the only one of last year's squad who is play ing. He was not a regular then, but received some experience. Coons, the other guard, is just a hard working football player whom Coach Brown is trying "to revamp into a basketball man. Salstrom and some of the others received some experience with the Trojan team last year, but are small. sport bug - PiTcHfAlS HE(2Q OF THE woizup SI 1931 King Fastum Syndicate, Inc. Great Britain rights reserves. EVERY baseball season has its! heroes and its goats and the season of 1931 was no ex ception. Heroes there were aplenty, and goats, too, with Hack Wilson, fiery Cob star, leading the pack for the latter dubious distinction. Baseball, like those other sports which call for power, rhythm and perfect co-ordination of mind and muscle, is a funny game. A star today, a dimmed bulb tomorrow. There's probably one individual, who, more than any ether, can look back to 1931 and vote that year as exceedingly good to him. And he is Gabby Street, manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, who won his second National Learne sennant and his first world championship. A goodly portion for any big league leader. And sharing the hero spotlight with their manager are three ether members ef the Cardinals, Frisch, Grimes and the inimitable "Pepper" Martin. Frankle Frisch, captain and sec ond - baseman of the champions, was voted the most valuable player to his team in the National League. Tikis was the first snch voting done under the jurisdiction of the Base ball Writers' Association, which adopted the system after the two major leagues had abandoned it Frisch, in the voting, was accorded sixty-five points oat of a possible eighty. And the award met with general favor throughout the base ball world, for Frisch had one of his best years in the majors. Another of the Cards rating hero ranking Is the veteran, pitcher, Burleigh Grimes. Looked upon as having passed the peak. Grimes helped toss the Cardinals to the National League flag and then same through with an exhibition In the big series which ranked favor ably with the pitching exploits ef stars ef other years and earned for him a niche in the .World Series Ball of Fame, And then there is the peppery "Pepper Martin, whose sensa tional base running and hitting in the World Series thrilled the base ball world. Martin resorted to the methods that made baseball so popular in the years gone by. He ran wild on the bases and it is possible his display of daring speed and the results gained may have some effect on the baseball strat egy of the future. With the new, slower ball in use, big league pilots will not be slow to realize the ad vantage of speed on the bases. Enough of the heroes of one team, so let us enumerate some of those other players whose -work in 1931 rates ranking with the best There are Lefty Grove, pitching ace of the Athletics, and Lou Gehrig, of the Yankees. Between them they share the honors as most valuable player in the younger league. Gehrig also has the dis tinction of being the "iron man" of the American League, not having missed a regular game since June 1, 1925, running his streak of con secutive games to 1,041. Then we have Ben Chapman, base stealing wizard ; Al Simmons, batting cham pion; Ruth, Terry and Klein. Yes, they all come under the Eineral heading "1931 BASK ALL STANDOUTS.- Casrriatt USL. Ba rmftm tjwttcata. tot. Dallas to Play Perry dale; Two Contests Slated DALLAS. Dec. 17 Dallas high rill tangle with the Perrydale high school basketball team In the second game of a double header to be played here Friday night. The first game will be be tween a team from the Salem Y M. C. A and the Dallas B squad. Coach Shreeve announced that the A squad for the Perrydale game would consist of the fol lowing players: Bill Cadle, Rex Pemberton, Coy Minnlch, Russell Elliott, Lloyd Fournler, Leland LeFors, Harry Robinson, Lenthal Bollman and Fred Lewis, Novice Players Get Chance at Handball Meet Novitiates in the game of hand ball and all players who have never participated in a tourna ment will be given their chance at the Y. M. C. A within the next week or two, according to R. R. Boardman, physical direc tor. A class B tournament with singles . and doubles matches is being arranged. Players are sign ing up with Boardman now. The class A players, those who have heretofore been in tourna ments, also will have a. meet In the near future. Turner's mill, that had stood IS years as a landmark typical of early Alabama Industry, recently was destroyed by fire. MOST 1 HI SAFE, in AVERS "Ninety per cent of all build ing and loan associations are ab solutely safeguarded by the laws," James W. Mott, state corporation commissioner, yesterday declared at the Lions club meeting. Fol lowing the line of his numerous recent addresses concerning "fi nancial racketeering", he averred that "unless there is outright stealing, they could hardly lose. The local associations are abso lutely sound." Mr. Mott mentioned one local association which is being oper ated by his department but will be turned back to its owners aft er the first of the year. Not one penny will be lost by the stock holders, he said. Giving as examples several Portland associations taken over by his department, Mr. Mott blamed past corporation commis sioners for conditions which caused the organization's down fall. The fault of the commis sioners, according to the present officer, was not in acts commit ted by in acts omitted. mil SERIES SLATED SATURDAY Funeral services for William F McCall who di(i Thursday at his home on the Wallace road, will be held at 1:30 o'clock, Saturday December 19, from the chapel of w. T. Rigdon and Son. Mr. Mc Call has been in poor health for some time and death resulted af ter he suffered a severe stroke two weeks ago. Mr. McCall was well-known in both Salem and Polk eountiee, and was prominent in Masonic circles, being a 32nd degree mem ber of the order. He was a mom. ber of the Sioux CItv. Ia tory; of Al Kader Shrine of Port land; and of Pacific lodge No. 50 -"u a. si., unaawick chap- oevr - 3 S' and Willamette Shrine. W. S. J., all of HaUm Mrs. Marie Flint McCall hi. wi dow, is lecturer for the Oregon state grange and is prominent in club and social circles. Besides his widow. McCall la three children by a former mar riage, James F4 McCall of Sioux City, Mrs. Jennie E. T7tl on Mrs. Bernlce Blodrett both f Triangle ranch on the WaiiA road; three grandchildren, Billy ytley, Corydon Blodgett and Jimmy McCall; and one brother. t. x. mcL.au or saiem. Mr. McCall was bom in ik in Iowa. Later his family moved to Farmlngton, III. He was mar ried to Mary Boldman at Glen wood, la.. In 187. He engaged in the practice of law in Pratt S. D., until the death of his wife in i9i. Alter this the family mov ed to Salem where In 11J2 he married Mrs. Marie Flint, and since that time has made hu home on the Wallace road. The remains will be Interred in the Belcrest Memorial park with graveside services bv the Masons. State Workers To Sing Carols And aid Relief State officials and employes at the state capitol again will cele brate Christmas, this year with the singing of carols around a large Illuminated tree in the lob by of the statehouse, and by cringing donations of foodstuffs for the benefit of those In need. The community singing will be gin Tuesday afternoon. Hal E. Hoss, secretary of state announ ced. Governor Marks has Issued an invitation to state officials and employes to bring donations of foodstuffs, which will be distrib uted through the Salvation Army ana Associated unaritles. CHICAGO AVIATOR IB VISITOR HERE Winter flying with Ice forming on his plane Is being told by Rol la Swisher of Chicago who Is vis iting his uncle, Orsa Fagg, route six. for a few days. Swisher left Chicago at S o'clock in the after noon and arrived at Swan Island airport Portland at 2:30 o'clock the next afternoon. The 22 hour day and night trip required changing planes seven times. The chief flying difficulties were encountered In the moun tainous regions. Mr. Fagg met hi nephew at Portland and brought him oa to Salem by automobile. His first Tisit to Oregon is pleasing, Swisher says. He is par ticularly interested la the trees here. He will return by plane to Chi cago where he Is employed by the United Airlines.