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Tonight JhvtihMT Out iot e m DALLAS BEITS GRID mm I WILL CLASH WITH REED TONIGHT ...- Is the Flying Wedge" Doomed? ' " I ; By HARDIN BURNLEY , FOXES Match With Keveng II m OliB T Ernie Beaten by Robin for Welter Crown, Hopes To Turn Tables .It won't be a "grudge" battle for. Ernie Arthur Isn't that kind of. wTestler, but nevertheless the Canadian Panther will be out af ter reTenge. tonight in his match with Robin Reed at the armory tonight. Like Reed, Arthur was entered In the Midwest wrestling associa tion's tournament to provide an ' occupant of the then vacant world welterweight throne, and every thing went swimmingly for the Canuck until he met up with Reed tn Cleveland. Reed won tbat bout which was a one-fall affair and sailed on from there to the championship. Arthur engaged in 48 matches In the tournament and. won all the others. Some of the leading con tenders he defeated were Jack Domar, Larry Straub, Lou Tolli ver, Dea Grimes, Harry Phillips and Shroub. Had to Reduce to Make 145 Weight In that tournament the grap plers had to make the 145-pound limit, and Arthur made it with 3 enough to spare so that he just tipped the beam with his shoes and tights added to bia own poundage; bit he says his face was so shrunken none . of his friends here would have recog nized him. Ernie carefully refrains from any suggestion that melting down to that weight weakened him. but there's no doubt that it did. Now he weighs around 150 pounds and figures that if he stays 'in the northwest a few weeks longer hell be a light heavyweight. At any rate he is feeling "great" and -expects to give Reed plenty to think about tonight. Incidentally Ernie remarked af ter shaking hands with some of his many friends here Monday, that all of them appeared to be well fed, and questioned whether .the depression was really preval ent here. Boot Benefit for Hotel de Minto Since returning to ,the north west Arthur has engaged in only one match, beating "Roughouse" Billy Cogglns at Everett a week ago last Friday. As Arthur la several pounds above the. welter limit, tonight's match will not be for the title. All arrangements for the show have been completed, and Match maker Harry Plant believes the return ot the lighter grappliers ; will meet with general public fa vor and will mean a record crowd for this season at the armory to night. "Prof" Newton and Jack Allen will provide the 30-minute prelim inary. The fact that the show is a benefit for the "Hotel de Minto" is not expected to keep any public spirited fans away. college quinteis will visit hus DALLAS, Dec. 28 Local bas ketball fans will have an oppor tunity to see two Icollege teams hi action here if the plans of the Dal las city team are su cessful. The team will play Linfield col lege here on Wednesday night of this week and hopes to bring the University of Oregon team here next week. The locals have made a good ihowing so far by winning three of their four games. They defeat ed the Molalla firemen twice and the Multnomah Gun club once. Their only defeat came from the Multnomah club B squad. Linfield Is reported as having a fast team so the game here Wednesday should prove a thriller. The Dallas city team Is com posed of ex-high school players. The following are now playing: Voth, Webb, Uglow, Griffin, Vaughn, LeFors, Kliever, Sjron and Dorsey. The team is coached by Ray Boydston. MADISON, Wis., "Dec. 28. (AP) The Wisconsin athletic council tonight received and ac cepted the resignation ot Glenn Thistlethwaite. head foothill coach, and George Little, director or atmetics of the University of Wisconsin. The resignation of rnarW TMa tlethwalte was expected since De cern Der 14 when George Little, director of athletics, tendered his resignation to the athletfe rnnn. cIL' The coach was subjected to aaverse criticism after the 1930 and 1931 seasons and when Mr. Little resigned it was expected that the coach would follow nit Director Little brought Coach Thistlethwaite here In 19?7 tmm Northwestern where the latter had turned put a team which tied lor the conference championship Water Polo Will Be Friday. Event . The water polo 'teams to vie at the tY. M C. A. on the New Year'a night open house program will include bcth Salem - high school and Unlrerlty of Oregon swimmers, JR. S. Boardman, phys ical director, i an sr. need yester day. Among the .slayers will he THI8RETHWAITE IS OUT AT WISCONSIN THE GANADIAM PANTHER l htcib with v I VVs4., mtion in m SCX. "VV - '-v - M' ' - 0 ICC Rose Bowl Raging Torrent And Teams Work Indoors; East-West More Favored ROSE BOWL F SPORT 2 PASADENA, Cal., Dec. 28 (AP) A heavy downpour of rain swept the Green Wave of Tulane indoors today and practice for the rose tournament game here New Year's day with the University of Southern California football team was held in Pasadena civic audi torium. Coach Bernie Bierman aent the team through some dummy scrim mage on defense and a signal drill on offense. On the Trojan campua, Coach Howard Jones also kept his Southern Californians out of the rain, giving them only a bit of skull practice. In the meantime the dry river bed In which the Rose Bowl la located, was a roaring torrent. Pumps were kept going to carry off surplus surface water. Wallace Hug, Bob Needham, John Creech, Bunnell Lewis and the Thomas brothers. Eaeh team will be composed of six players. Boston Skaters Are Champions NEW YORK, Dec. 28. ( AP) Exhibiting their superiority over the best of the nation's fancy skaters for the fifth consecutive time, Maribel Vinson and Roger F. Turner, both of Boston, today won the national singles figure skating championships and the right to lead the United States forces into the Olympic winter games at Lake Placid in Febru ary. Handball Dinner Will Be Tonight All handball players in the city are being urged to attend a tur key dinner especially for the handball men tonight at 6:15 o'clock at the Y. M. C. A. Walter Winslow is in charge of the ar rangements. Plans will be made for A and B singlos and doubles tournaments and also for outside competition. J3 v y 7" New Year'a dUk fa ti,.:A: i..nt a . . T". Iu. l!!tbr.1 r" ark. .1. ' . Janwl la "lV? M,lW l!u'?.,i!h:Thr Tm. W "cfe tuiaaaldara af the Saath. tka New OrUaas SJlu T .V 'eell Watery. This dash also briaga tagetaer jT -.1 uc ts vmc mooccwT rnAM oio Of CanW- TW4SOFTH6 NOKTNWCST tlUUlUl SANTH6R. ws MMWtR UKB WQVHfWTt NOCKCV IW rAVOVRirt BPORT Attendants said the field would be in top condition, however, If the rain lets up before Thursday. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28.- (AP) For the first time In a week, football stars who will meet here New Year'a day in the an nual east-west charity game, worked out today on a dry field, Eastern and western coaches took advantage of the . turn in weather to send their charges through heavy practice. Passing play came in for considerable at tention, with the ball fit to nan die. Ander Kerr of Colgate, head coach of the easterners, sent the boys through their paces at Palo Alto. At Berkeley, the western pig skin warriors dashed through their plays with a snap that brought smiles to the faces of Dana Bible, of Nebraska and Per cy Locey of the Olympic elub, co- coaches. No starting lineups have been announced and none are expected until just before game time. FAVORITES WIN IT PINEHURST, N. C, Dec. 28 (AP) Favorites won in the opening round of the annual mid winter golf tournament here to day, but some of them had nar row escapes. Dick Wilson, of Southern Pines, the medalist, stood four down to John D. Smith of New York, at the turn, but he evened the count on the 17th, and then sank an 15- foot putt on the eighteenth hole to win. George T. Dunlap, Jr., of New York, defending champion, de feated John D. Chapman of Green wich, Conn., United States sen ator champion, 4 and 3. One of the most sensational battles ot the day was staged by John S. Chapman of New York, who finally lost to R. G. Morrison of Pittsburgh, on the 29th hole. Chapman squared the match after being five down, with six to go. I HI Mythical Grid Title I- Unitl State tka QM.tU. wai-a im qvMstMat ar th rmmjmm , Canf .Setham C.Uf.raU im tha aa.aal , , y 1 SHf t iitiia i .1 iaii i Ilia- No Snap Judgment .Changes In Rules are Likely to Be Sought, Report By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK, Dec 28 (AP) The amalgamated football master minds ot America descended to night upon the city for their an nual clinic, scheduled tomorrow. They cluttered up the lobbies and private' rooms and talked football. By nightb&ll several hun dred of the nation's leading men tors had entered the forum. Ev ery Incoming train brought more. The sterling committee, headed by Chick Meehan, president of the National association, spent the afternoon and early evening out lining the program for tomorrow a session. It had nothing to report, except that the 1981 pow-wow probably would exceed any of re cent years In volume of sound. Although today a preliminary convention was entirely unoffi cial, it was possible to reach one pretty definite conclusion from the general tenor of the conver sation, to wit: The country's coaches, much as they regret the 48 known football deaths the past season, are not likely to recommend any drastie changes in the existing rules ot the game. Question Will Go To Committees There doubtless will be much conversation on the subject, with ringing indictments of the flying wedge, proposals that defensive linemen not be permitted to use their hands ami a movement to restore the tee on the klckoff, but it is evident the men who teach the game will not seek any radi cal changes. What la more probable is that they, like eastern officials at their meeting yesterday, will ask their rules committee to make a thor ough analysis of the situation and to tell the national rules commit tee what It thinks in February. Physical directors from the country's leading schools held their private meeting today. They will have another session tomor row. The annual "brown derby" ban quet tomorrow night will con clude the meeting of coaches, aft er which the stage will be taken over for two days by the National Collegiate association. Double Hoop Bill Slated For Armory A double attraction on the ar mory basketball floor la scheduled for Wednesday night, the games being the Florshelms against the University of Oregon, and the Sa lem high quintet against the alumni. Both of these games are certain to attract a lot of attention, the Florsheim-Oregon contest partic ularly so because it may be the only visit of the Pioneers to Salem this season. Oregon lost to Multnomah club last week but only after the reg ular playing time had ended with the teams tied; and Multnomah at that time had some additional stars who were not with the club team when it was nosed out in equally spectacular fashion by the Florshelms here earlier in the season. That leaves the Pioneers and the shoemen about on an equal basis so far as the result can be predicted. A rematch of the high school and alumni teams has been talk ed ever since the game last week ended prematurely due to a delay occasioned by a broken basket. The undergraduates were leading when the game was halted at the at Stake in Classic . Ll t fTziaaaaannaa. a.d NellU Falta. whiU John .t Bktr, Erni Piackert aa4 Orv Mofctar. Tla ku fM sh tho nun BtMd ad mdafaatod bat SMthetw CaUfaraU . laat aa early gam te St. Mary's. Tkia Trejaa's remarkakl rr, wctoauig uia vicxary www w aad tk amaahlng af Georgia, 60 ta 0.: Eighty theaaaad frteat ftball faaatie win witMM the batU. . . . f , - (K) n&HAr CAUSEpjAU. TWE i '-SL 'SCsoaF? WAS IT THE IT V & W H5AV SCHEDULES-- CONCERNING the avalanche ot fatal injuries which marred the 1931 football season, reams of copy have been written. Coaches, professors, ministers of the gospel and fans have Joined with sports writers in attempting to lay a finger on the cause. Forty gridiron deaths over a period of leas than three months have menaced King Football's very existence. It is widely felt that should 1932 produce any such series of catastrophes as the deaths of Sheridan, Murphy and the rest, all ef the expensive stadia from coast to coast might be closed by sheer force of public opinion. And this in spite of the fact that most of the deaths occurred in the ranks of boys of high school age or under. Some boys were hit by automobiles while playing football en the streets. Vet they were classed as "gridiron casualties.'' If the game itself is all right, as U nearly universally admitted, what are its most dangerous fea tures? What should be abolished? What should be added? end of the third period, 17 to 11, but the grads were coming back strong after falling to score In the first quarter. There will prob ably be few charges In the line ups. SAM STEIN WINS NEW YORK, De. 28. (AP) Sammy Stein of Newark tossed Herb Freeman of New York with a flying tackle in 31 minutes 42 seconds of their heavyweight wrestling match tonight. tJdfGtbAKIB - j .:. I n.i L n.. tfc. Trejaaa poi-t with pndo apat, kowrt, U WrM U the -x.-r I Hunk Anderson has said that faulty blocking is responsible for countless injuries. In this he is backed up by GO Dobie of Cornell. who would like to have a squad ef great blockers, but doesn't dare te train them. "Ton .can teach only so much blockinr m a limited time, says Gloomy GIL "because it is better te have only fair blockers in a game than great blockers in a hospital." Fieldinr Yost blames bad tack ling. "Too many tackle with ueir neaas oown in piaee oz up," the Big Ten veteran maintains. "The neck should be bent back ward, not bowed downward." Some lay football's woes to poor physical condition ef the players, combined with individual inexperi ence. Bet the majority ef coaches, led by Major Frank Cavanaugh of Fordham, declare persistently that the flying wedge, which crept back into football last season after an absence of more than a quarter- century, is the fatal factor. "Abol ish the flyins wedge and save the game." That is the slogan. It is written here simply as a 'matter of record. It will be headline mate COMMENTS Wonder If all the wrestling fans of Salem realise that two of the top notch men In the recent welterweight tournament which brought together the cream of the division last sum mer aad fall in the middle west, are scheduled to grapple at the armory tonight, and that one of them is the practically undisputed champion of that division? We understand Jack Reynolds doesn't admit that the Midwest association had the right to va cate his title, but that's the only fly In Robin Reed's rubbing al cohol. Another big time basketball team comes to town Wednee- day night, Billy Reiahart's Uni versity of Oregon Pioneers. The Florshefan are bringing them, and no doubt having gotten them here,. will proceed to give them plenty of competition. Frisco Edwards goes back into organized baseball, not as a play er this time but as an umpire. He has been signed up by the Three Eye league to talk sign language next season in the Mis sissippi valley. Frisco has had several op portunities to go back as a player In the last few years, we happen to know, but they always came in' mid season when he was getting places with the Senators and he didnt care to cut loose. No mistake about it, Leo knows as much baseball as the next fellow. His success with American Legion Junior teams demonstrated that tn the last two seasons if It hadn't been demonstrated many times before. . ' And by the way, the junior ball players will miss Leo and he undoubtedly will miss them next summer. Well have te be gin, looking around for a sew coach. i rial later. whn tu niK. rot together for a revision ef the from lrfrknff- arkm i la fective, is just about the oldest pay m loowau. f or sneer pewer, it la tb moat fAafeal - rw player receives the ball. Instead v running; nraigat aneao at top speed, he hesitates a moment to all AW him fMmiu4u m. Ti t V-shaped formation in front ef kM TVn L .1 . . . auvu wra wuwi nia nn SuuwV running, tne lad with the ball in the midst of the V. Eleven men cannot mass themselves at the point oi uus Human tornado. The result fa that mm n V souls must hurl themselves against ue aavancinc eleven and tak; their chances. If the wedge has Mined ronitidrahla takes no particular renitu to eati a a a a . w mate now it zeeis to stop it. Armies used the wedge forma tion many centuries ago with great success. It is an approved aeria' maneuver today. It's a grand old play in wartime but it's a littl rough just a trifle too rouh per haps for the gridiron. It probably will be abolished. O-Itllll ltl. Klat lMin. SraSieala. lac. Leo knows how to thumb an indicator too, having worked most of the major Coast con ference college games in Ore gon the last conpie of seasons. Here's luck to him in his new undertaking. Wouldn't be ear priced to see him president of the league in a couple of years. We suggest to Howard Maple who is a catcher in that same clr cult, that he tip the boys off not to try anything funny on Ed wards. Frisco knows all the an swers. eon TO PLAY 3 EUGENE, Ore- Dec. 28 (AP) Hugh E. Rbsson, graduate man ager of the University of Oregon, announced that Gonzaga univer sity's football team will play Ore gon here October 29, 1932. The original plans called for a game with Gonraga here October 1 and Santa Clara here October 29 but Santa Clara was unable to come here that date and the two schedules have simply been re versed, bringing Santa Clara here October 1. The Oregon schedule la now vir tually completed. It calls for nine games ot successive week-ends. Five of the games will be with conference teams the other four with non-conference elevens. Huskies Run Up Monster Score Upon Canadians SEATTLE, Dec. 28. (AP) The University of Washington basketball team ran wild against the Invading University of British Columbia five tonight, winning by a 70-to-24 score. r The home team piled up 22 points before the visitors scored at all. John Puller," a forward was high man for the Huskies with IS points, with Mayers, also a forward, counting It points for the British Columbia team, half their totaL ' Washington led at the half, 34 to t. I Winning Basket . is . Scored Just a Second Before The i Final Whistle HTT.VKRTON Dee. 28 Dallas! htrh nrhool defeated Silverton If to 11 in an exceptionally exciting; basketball game on the suvertoik floor ton ir lit. The score was' tied 12 to. 12 by-Silverton making basket shortly heiore tn nnai whistle and then Dallas scored at aerond before the whistle ' blew At the end of the first quarter. the score was a to o xor eiiverion., At the halt the score was I to 4 still for Silverton. The last quar ter opened with the count to 8 for Silverton. During the periods Dallas waa as often In the lead ae Silverton. In a preliminary game Dallas defeated Silverton seconds 17 to 7. Silverton DaUae Kolln i ....... .F. ... .. Mlnnich Green 2 F.... S LeFors Petty John...... C S Elliot Scott 2 0 2 Lewis Staynor 1. . . . . .Q. . . .2 Fournier S Z cadie Referee, Bashor. CHINA TO PLAY TON TONIGHT CHEMAWA; Dec. 28 The first county league game for the Chemawa Indian school basketball team will be Tesday night on the home floor, against Silverton. Both A and B teams will play and the first game will start at 7 o'clock. The Indians have played two non-league games and won both of them, defeating the Paclfle uni versity freshmen and Oregon City high. Judging from past competition between Cilverton and Chemawa, tonight's game? should be hard fought, although nothing is known here ot Silverton's strength this season. The three mile interclass cross country run for Indian school ath letes Is scheduled for Wednesday morning at 7:30 o'clock. Teams Working For Hoop Game New Year's Day Preparing for the New Year'a open house program, basketball players on the representative Uni versity of Oregon and Oregon State college teams are practic ing dally at the Y. M. C. A. This game will be one of the maim features of the night program. The Oregon State outfit la short two men. Players now lined up are Wesley Heise, Stewart Klbbe, Charles Hagemann and Shepherd. The Oregon lineup will include the Siegmund brothers, Kafoury, Thomas and Schafer. Hoop Game Lost By Sweet Home SWEET HOME, Dec. 28 Sweet Home played its third bas ketball a-ama with Lehannn Fri day night, the final score being lb-ii ior Lebanon, sweet Homes great handicap is in lsck of pass ing and not getting enough short shots. They play Albany here Tuesday night, December 29. Al bany defeated them on their floor earlier in the season, but on thin floor they feel they can give them a good race. STRIKES and SPARES CITY LEAGUE W. I Pet. McKay Chevrolet. . . .20 16 28 Will. Val. Trans 19 17 2S Emmons Clothing .. .17 1 22 E1 1V 20 17 McKay Chevrolet Is still lead ing the City league, having beat en the Elks two games Monday night WhilA TOtlllmatta - Villi. Transfer was winning two from XT' M H. A uiuuivui isioiaiers. Harvey Page was high for the night with 870, Van Patten get ting the best single game, 225. Bill Hemenway is leading the league with an average of 185. McKay Chevrolet holds high ser ies, 2812, and high game, 979. DOC HaMAv Am nratant sKamtlA. - -mf jf vsvuv WUflill piVU individual with a series mark of s ana a mgn game of 242. Summary: nacovs cxothcto TaraaU . 1S7 187 . 806 56S F -17 1ST 12 447 ! 160 - 17T ' 137 494 R. Joknaoa 144 145 ISO 4 K,rr 18 1S5 157 300 Total -778 81 792 24S0 . WXUa VAX. TftAHS Kr i iu ass -150 1SI 105 17T CUaa ise 187 U( Bkarkoy ; m 160 141 UaaawBT 197 J02 m 535 54S 47 488 570 I7 tTT 765 2609 McKaT CHVOLT - in ISO - 153 173 Barr Coa T. , . iii actw ;ni in a o tl1 . 146 164 160 - tO ITS 189 Total Honey: Prtt -841 tU. 885 854S ' sues 164 167 ' 172 501 1S - 148 ; 145 453 140 -184 - 168 567 145. 126 .385 496 161 , 161188 504 Elliott SILVER 50 .V 5ia 4S 4e 57 Via Pattoa Toaag " Total . J69 -786 907 2464