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PAGE EIGHT TO OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Thnrsday Morning. Becexabcr 24, 183P Nose Out 3B to 32 Victory Over Flo Tsheuun Ir i ve 4 IN FUST HALF Mel Flake Outplays Lewis; - Missed Free Throws Factor In Result Ororon state'i sturdy eagemen lad their backs to the wall Wed- iiimmUv nis-ht and were forced to claw their way out whea they met Price's Florshelms at tne armory. That they were able to do it was lurrelv due to Florshelms' Inabil ity to capitalize on the many free throw opportunities they acquired in the clawing process, uregon State won 35 to 32. Dwlght Adams and Bob Drager were "hot" and Mel Fiaice sprang aitrarlse hv clearly outplaying the Taunted Ed Lewis, and these factors along with some air-tight riofnlTA work rave the nor shelms a 22 to 16 lead at half time. Coach "Slats" Gill of the Staters kept looking for ah oppor tunity to use his reserves but it never came. ThAn lit the onenine of the sec ond half Gill's sharpshooters, Pa gans and Thomas, witn some neip from Lenchitxky began finding the hoop and Jumped into the lead before Florshelms scored again TProm then on it was nln and tuek, with the Florsheims at one mo- mnt sir noints behind but rorg ing ahead rapidly at the close. The Staters were forced to aaopi a ae livoi nrrpnsA to conserve their ldrindltnr lead. Art a ma several times dribbled his way in all alone and scored. while Draper looped several gooa ones from the vicinity of the foul line. Flake was pretty busy witn hi nrivate war with Lewis in which he came out a good winner, but found time to cage the ball three times. Marr was closely ruarded and got few shots, but played a helpful floor game. Summary: Florshelms (82) FG FT PF Marr, F 1 0 1 Adams, F 6 Flake, C 3 Drager, O S 0 Ashby, G 1 1 Totals 14 4 Oregon State (33) Fagans, F 5 2 Thomas, F 4 0 Lewis, C 1 1 Merrill. G 2 1 Lenchitxky, G 2 0 Mason. O 0 0 Davis. G 1 1 Pease, F 0 0 Totals .15 5 Referee, Howard Maple. 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 2 11 ILLl mm mm s TO HOSPITAL NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (AP) William Muldoon, 86 year old "solid man" of boxing was in a hospital tonight for probably the first time in his life as a patient, suffering from an unannounced ailment. Dr. Joseph C. McCarthy said he and other surgeons were making a careful study of Muldoon's con dition and it was incorrect either to say that the veteran was in ser ious condition or was not in ser ious condition. He declined to re veal the preliminary diagnosis. Muldoon's nurse reported her patient was sitting up, cheerful and "very comfortable." Until three years ago Muldoon, for the last 30 years the owner and manager of a health institute and since 1921 a member of the New York state athletic commis sion, never knew what it was to be ill. Then he contracted nenri tis In one shoulder. While still suffering from that he fell: 15 feet down a stairway on the rail way station at White Plains, N. Y He celebrated his 83rd birthday that year, May 25, 1928, in bed for the first time in his life. Muldoon has been Graeco-Ro man wrestling champion of the world. New York policeman Shakespearean actor, trainer of John L. Sullivan for a time and boxing writer. Oregon Scenery Pictures Shown By Garden Club Frank Branch Riley and the glee club of the Portland Ad elub re to appear with every showing of the film "Singing Water." the official- Oregon talking picture, which la being sponsored by the Federated Garden clubs of Ore gon for a week's run beginning December 20 at the Studio thea tre of Portland, according to an announcement received here frdm Mrs. J. S. Landers, president of the Garden clubs. . The film "Singing Water" de picts the scenic beauty of the Co lombia river valley. At the Studio theatre next week It will be shown in conjunction with the celebra ted Knglish comedy "The Middle Watch". Fox Breeders to Hold Convention Here in January The chamber of commerce an Bounces another state convention for Salem, making a total of IB scheduled for the year. This time it Is the Oregon State Fox Breeders association which will meet In the Salem chamber rooms Saturday1. January 9. This will bring to Salem about 100 peo ple who are Interested in fox breeding. Mrs. A. J. Bier of Cor- vauii ii president and Eugene nniey of Jefferson, secretary. Effects of the "Dead" Ball By HARDIN BURNLEY GULBERTSON IS - wfe 1 , SrfSL , - xmmmm f series 'J. 'Zit M ivi y says L J Sf 7 - w a - FARTH R AHEAD Chick Meehan to Coach At Manhattan and Take Things as They Happen He and Llghtner add 3820 Points to Lead, set Opponents 1400 RUTH THAT THH speed- Boy OVEFL-TAX THEIR. LEGS --CARE OF HIS LEGS HAS PROLONGED . U A nKA X a. I NN rvri'iAiN KIMG OF PRESENT-1 BASE-THIEVES-WILL BURM oisr ourcvL 9 131. King Features SynJJcste. Inc. Gnat Brittia rightt i THE tendency of National Leagve baseball for 1932 will i uu v u-ujj uu iaob iu- fielders and outfielders along with seasoned and caeey battery vet erans. The new ball, which ap parently did much to enhance the popularity of the older circuit during 1931, is forcing managers' hands. Men who can "lay them down" and "run tbem out" will be given the preference over the sluggers. Home runs will not be scoffed at when a team is trailing, but by and large the teams of the Heydler loop will manufacture their runs scientifically. The first roan up in an inning will be schooled to "wait 'em out if you see a good one, belt it." The second man will know bis job the sacrifice; if more than one run is needed, the hit-and-run. Every man on every team will be required to brash up on the fine art of sliding, and at a sienal from the coaching lines be ready to take it on tne lam. m . ine squeeze piay wiu be re hearsed at every Spring training Eauip. tince-uitiers win come into their own, and batters will learn that there is as much percentage in dumping the apple on the greensward just behind the infield as there used to be in a leather attack on the scoreboard clock. Natural sluggers will ret some opportunities to display their spe cialty, but unless baseball ap petites among the fandom change radically first-team berths will go to 1931 Willie Keelers, Ty Cobbs and George Sislers. The man chiefly responsible for all this, in the first instance, is Ben Chapman, otherwise known as "The Birmingham Breeze." He stole about three score bases in the regular season. Yankees man ager Joe McCarthy deserves some of the credit. He encouraged Chapman to do it Then, in the World Series, a young chap named John "Pepper" Martin came out of -nowhere and went places on the sacks so often that he completely demoralized the previously invincible Philadelphia Athletics. He did some batting, too, which will be remembered for some years, but his stickwork did not carry the poison of his base pilfering. He upset Mkkey Coch rane, Connie Mack's catcher, and the rest of the A's: he horn- swoggled them defensively so that uiey became powerless offensively. Consequently, Bill Hallahan and Burleigh Grimes, two twirlers who know how to play the revamped game, were able to mow down Simmons, Cochrane, Foxz and Co., without much ado. The play of the gay nineties is coming oacjc bui is tnat senti ment unanimous? No, sir I No less a persenage than George Herman Buth. Swat Sultan and Batsmith Extraordinary, finds the idea all wrong. "I would not be in there now," says the Bambino, "if I were lay ing them dawn and beating them out. Chapman went like a bat out of Hawaii all Summer, but in the end he was tired out. Could hardlv stand up. Martinll go the same way. it s too much, this dashing here and there. But let them try it." That's what they'll do all right xaoe oia jaa, nut science or ne science, they'll spin the old turn stiles to see you as long as you can lug a Dai i nmrrUbl mi. Kla rattnna tnMtmtM. Um. By TOM 0NEIL NEW YORK, Dee, 24 (Thurs day) (AP) The big contract bridge match, adjourned early to day over Christmas with Ely Cul- bertson and partner 14.S3S points ahead of Sidney S. Lens and Os wald Jacoby in a 150-rubber match testing rival systems. In the twelfth session Culbert- son and Theodore A. Llghtner won six of eight rubbers, set the ; enemy tor 1400 points once and added 3.820 points to their plus. The rubber standing of the ser ies became 48 for Culbertson's side and 38 for Lens and Jacoby. This was the first session at the Waldorf-Astoria, where Lens is host for the last half of the match. Things started auspicious ly for the host. He won the first rubber. Then the Culbertson lead grew gradually till it became larger than ever before and about twice the lead of the greatest ! plus Lenz ever had in the early ! stages of the match. Lenz Goes Down 1400, One Rubber Lens went down 1,400 points on the rubber involving the big gest swing of the session. He was set four vulnerable on a contract for one heart. Culbertson and Llghtner had more sets in the session but nonaged to escape with minor k'jes no-vulnerable. Jacoby held up his own record to refute what he said was a ru mor he was "making all the bad bids." He pointed out that during the series he had made five doubled contracts and had only one set of BOO that was not justified. Two other sets of 600. he said, were tak&p to save slams. "And," be added, "I've - made more sporting bids than all the other people of the match put to gether." In two game contracts doubled by Jacoby was successful at the twelfth session. Over Emphasis" Objection Passed Lenz said: "It seems to me there Is entire ly too much running out to write pieces for the paper. It's taking the game too seriously. After all it s just a game of cards. It would be more fun If Ely would sit down and play." Jacoby said: "They definitely had unbeat able cards. We had only two good hands in the entire session. They had several including the slam. It must be borne in mind though, that their hands were more diffi cult to handle. You can't make mistakes if yu have no hands to bid." Culbertson commented: "Mr. Jacoby bid and played perfectly so did Mr. Lenz except in one bid where he took a ride for 1,400 points. Maybe it was his Christmas present to me." By EDWARD J. NEIL NEW YORK, Dec 13 (AP) John P. "Chick" Meehan, who stepped oat of "big league, high pressure" football at New York university and turned toward col leges where the -game Is played on a saner level, has found the place he was seeking. Manhattan college, with a stu dent body of only 1,000 and no desire for more, no "ballyhoolng ambitions," no thoughts of build ing an eleven to command the at tention of the nation, announced today that Meehan, president of the Football Coaches' association, had accepted the post there as director of physical education and coach of football. He succeeds John Law, great Notre Dame guard, who resigned a few days ago. Meehan resigned at N. Y. U. afte: seven years of coaching In which he raised the Violets from obscurity to a place among the leading elevens of the country. He retired in the midst of an agitation for de-emphasis follow ing an editorial in the student publication demanding that his contract not be renewed. Along with Meehan's resigna tion came a university announce ment of a policy of de-emphaslza-tion. At the same time "Chick" told the Associated Press he would never again coach college football on a big time basis. "I'm through with big gates. high pressure, terrific schedules," he said then. "I'm sick and tired of driving boys, whipping them into frenzies with everything but lashee, seeing them crack from nothing but exhaustion. That's not football, the game. I'll never be a party to that again. "I never expected to coach again," Meehan said today, ."but they read that story at Manhat tan and they asked me to come there and do just that We'll play the same teams we've always played and have three games that are 'big' for us each season. "We'll have an extensive intra mural system with emphasis on the boys playing for the fun of it Of course well play to win. I could never coach a team to ao otherwise. But If we lose, there'll be no weeping and walling." Meehan, with a prosperous con tracting business, said his salary would be "modest" and coaching his avocation. - 14 BOYS RECEIVE FOOTBALL LETTERS SCIO, Dec. 23. At the high school assembly Tuesday. Coach Beal awarded football letters to 14 boys: Max Long, Cyrus Peery, Leland Miller. Alfred Yunker, Alan Freitag, Elvin Gallegly. El dred Burton, Eldon Todd, Leon ard Lukenbach, Marley Sims, Willie Rainbolt. Stanley Walters. Keith Miller and Bruce Quarry. The team this year is the first football team Scio high school has had for 10 years, and, under the circumstances, made an excellent showing. The football boys presented Coach Beal with an autographed football "S" In appreciation of his Interest and efforts in organizing a team. Thompson Wins Over O'Dale in Portland Bout PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 23 (AP) T o m m y Thompson, of Houston, Tex., won two out of three falls from Casey O'Dale, Co lumbus, In a wrestling match here tonight. Thompson won the first fall in 14 minutes with a body press and used a headlock to take the third in three minutes. O'Dale won the second in 12 minutes with a dou ble step-over toehold. Thompson weighed 208 pounds O'Dale, 220. GHERRIAN FIVE Broken Basket Necessitates Termination After Third Period; Score 17-11 Salem high school's basketeers scored their first victory over the alumni in several years. Wed nesday night when they defeated the old grads 17 to 11 in a game which seemed exceedingly alow for a number of reasons. In the first place, fouls were numerous. Ana then wen, they couldn't lose the baTL catastrophe which has broken up numerous sandlot baseball games, but they did break one of the baskets, and it seemed hours before a janitor could be obtained to remedy the difficulty. As a result of this delay and the additional events of homecom ing yet to occur, the game was called at the close of the third quarter. The high school quintet got a comfortable lead at the opening of the contest and the alumni came back after that and cut it down, but were six points shy when the game was called off. Sanford and Bone took lead ing roles In scoring for the high school, with Siegmund the lead ing performer for the old grads. Summary: Salem High Alumni Bone 5 F 2 Kitchen Johnson 2 . Burrell 3 . . Sanford 7. . Sachtler. . . .F. , . C. .O. . .G.. S.. S. . S.. .... Lyons . Beechler .. 2 Ecker .. R. Kelly . . 1 Graber 4 Siegmund . . 1 Shafer Referee, George CadwelL SPLIT GAMES STAYTON, Dec 23 While the Stayton Lion lost to the Salem Wranglers In the double header games Monday night they won the second game of the evening from the Internationals. Jones, Sheltpn, Siegmund, Shelton land Thoma made up the Stayton team. The score was 24 to 18. OJLW COMMENTS (CURTIS It was a great kick to see our home boys, the Florshelms, step on the heels of a renowned college basketball team (figuratively speaking, of courBe, it would be a foul to do it literally) in the game at the armory here Wednesday night. Bat the big kick was hearing little Joe Mack, who catches for the Oregon State baseball team, poke his five feet four-or so op over the press table and report "Mack going in for Lewis." Just then the half ended and Mack didn't get to do It. We hear Geor ge Cad well has them all backed off the map as a well-dressed official. Of course he has to advertise the sport goods he sellsmd that may explain why his zebra-stripes run both di rections. It did seem that the new dis trict cut out of eastern Oregon by the state high school athletic association would be a weak sister, but not so. Burns, possi bly the leading town in the new area, took Bend to a cleaning last Saturday. O The boxing and wrestling com mission is going back to the little fellows - that Is, middleweight and welterweights for Its grap pling shows. We won't complain Not one of these heavyweight cir cuses . has panned out from the spectators' standpoint, and the last was the biggest disappoint ment of all. The big attraction didn't show up at all. In the com mission's behalf it may be pointed out that it's the first time it ever happened. And the commission did all It could. Sarpolls was hurt In a previous bout in San Fran Cisco, and didn't come north at all. but he tailed to notify, the management here. sun BEITS s QUINTET SILVERTON, Dec. 23. Silver- ton high school conquered Ger- vais high at basketball here to night. 20 to 10. All of Sllverton's regulars played about an equal part In the scoring. In a preliminary game the Sil- verton second team won from Gervais second team, 22 to 8. summary of main game: Silverton Kolln 4 Green 4 Pettyjohn 4 Staynor 3 ., Scott 2 . . . . RMJi 1 e Johnson 1 . Brady 1 .. . .F. .F. ,.C. ..a. . G .S .s .8 Gervais 4 Bowley ..4 L. De Jar din . . . . 1 Manning 1 Seely Metzger Referee, Bain. PARTY FOB Oil TODAY STUDENTS only a few students of the school for the blind will remain over for the holidays in Salem and mese will enjoy a Christmas par ty this afternoon at the schooL a ue noiiaay season nas been a busy one at the school. For the nrat time the school had a holiday dance. Inviting a group from the Washington state school for the blind to be special guests for the affair which was given December xo. xrom Vancouver was sent a jazz band and Mrs. J. E. Chap man, superintendent, with a few other students came with the band. A dinner party before the dance given by members of the faculty of the Salem school was a feature of the affair. Monday night the regular Christmas program was given In the gymnasium which had been decorated for the occasion by the students. Tuesday a Christmas tree wiiu exenange oi gifts was observed. Wednesday most of the students left for their homes, - STRIKES and SPARES Monday night's games in the City league were all clean sweeps. McKay Chevrolet won three games from Emmons Clothing in the regular scheduled series, and in rolling off a postponed match won three from the Elks, who whitewashed Willamette Valley Transfer in the regular event. George Allen shot the 30 frames in the first match without an onen frame ana never got a double, rolling 570 for a 190 aver age. Doc Hussey was high with 594. Joe Coe getting the best game of 232. Summary: Barr Co Durloin Allan - KcKAT CHEVROLET 179 180 187 526 188 153 233 552 133 17S 185 470 193 189 188 570 174 170 197 541 ToUl .847 863 949 2859 ElOfOHS CLOTHIKO Brown 185 162 J79 498 Riff 172 144 1S4 500 Killer 18S 161 16S 807 R. Johnm 152 187 192 611 Krr 162 174 202 S88 HART PUT ON SPOT BY WOMAN. STATED LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23 (AP) Investigation of the killing of Marvin Hart, police character and liquor runner, turned into chan nels of women and arguments over liquor "pay-offs" today. Police, guarding the names of witnesses, said they learned that shortly before Hart entered the driveway of his home last night, where two men pumped bullets into his body, a bejeweled woman sitting at the wheel of a coupe started the motor of her automo bile and drove away rapidly. A moment later Hart screamed as the bullets struck him. The assumption of authorities was that the killers did not know Hart and that the woman had been posted as a look-out, the signal that the victim had arrived being the departure of her auto mobile. Information also was obtained that a short time ago. Hart and a brother. Lee. engaged In a fist fight in a Hollywood hotel during a meeting with Fran He Foster, alleged gunman, and "Doc Schu- weller,. aa alleged gangster, over a ' pay-oir' on liquor sola by the Harts. Foster was arrested dur ing the morning but released and a hunt was started for Ralph Sheldon, former Chicago gang ster, who. had been Involved In a number of alleged gang plots here recently. JCU f BLOW ttt OOW(V ifejli V WHAT' EKTOV Ya, ) ToUl 834 808 920 2562 Emt Co hirti Allen McXAT CHEVROLET 195 163 205 182 18S 169 ITS 140 170 171 167 192 177 184 187 563 584 488 S50 828 ToUl Hotfey Pratt Elliott .903 837 903 2663 Weeder Youaf . Total XLXS 177 185 183 155 170 193 176 150 197 1S8 224 144 178 182 140 594 605 811 584 448 .870 849 868 2387 169 184 164 186 WILL. VAX. TKAKS IC.t 179 146 190 Poatin 182 208 W. Cliae 191 15 Sharkt 1-176 169 BrHemcawaj 194 169 ToUl Ratter Pratt Elliott Waider zona ToUl 515 554 534 509 549 922 848 893 2661 ELKS 198 10 "192 550 204 203 16 678 1M 178 169 524 182 181 161 524 194 205 173 579 aeo 923 861 Stayton Defeats Jefierson Quint Stavton Lions played the Jef ferson Tommies in a basketball game at Stayton last night. Stay- ton winning by a score of 56-15. As indicated by the score the game was very one-sided throughout. So far this season the Lions have come out on top In every game except one, this being with the Wranglers. 7741 Handball Men to Dine on Turkey Handball player at the T. M. C. A. will meet there at :15 o'clock Tnesdar night for a tur key dinner and planning time. W. C Winslow will preside. Tour naments between A and B class players are being planned, will find out for himself about this Skullyville place! The horse is taying, "Listen, Popeye! If youre goin to Skullyville, walk! The longer you take getting there, the longer you'll live." That's the kind of place Skullyville is so hardboUed that plain ordinary bad men are afraid to go near it. Yet Popeye won't listen to horse sense! He's going to Skullyville and the wildest funniest adventures of his pop-eyed career! Don't miss a single instalment of this new laugh drama in the great daily comic by E. C Segar! " Beginning Sunday in