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Thai OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, - Oregwy Friday llornlnjr, Blarch 11, 1932 - -j EIEITS START ill 8T0NIEHT Twelve Schools art Sending - Teams; Plans Complete For Annual Show ' Salem welcomes the "113 en trants in the state high school wrestling tournament who will go Into action tonight at the high school at 8 o'clock and continue the battle tomorrow at the fame hour to determine the school championship i and .the individual championships in nine weights. Twelve schools hare e n t e re d teams. This Is theijflrst time that Sa lem has ever been host to the state wrestling tournament, but recent interest in wrestling has pared the war for staging it here. The bouts will be run off with I direct elimination In six minute matches with the finals coing nine minutes, i Two mats will, be In use all the time, making a continuous performance. WELCOMED TO TIGER FOLD I WELCOMED TO TIGER FOLD I ::-(:. V : .... try ' - . raking over his new duties as head coach of the Princeton University football team. Herbert O. Crisler fleftl I hAn htn tin-.i 1 nt vv -I.... f thai tkaTiirwrnMkvP T...:.. D:n:. T . , , tournamenr last year, will be an enviable reputation as director of athletics at the University of here with a strong team, bring- Minnesota. He hopes to make the Tigers the most formidable of all in champions from last year in -Big inree elevens. two of the weights. Benson Tech will also bring two of last year's DISTRICT HOOP MEET TONIGHT Gates and Tangent to Clash In First Game, Albany Opposes Silverton Tonight at 8 o'clock In the Al bany college gymnasium at Al bany, the tournament to select the basketball champion and state tournament entry of district 12 in the state high school athletic association will get under way. This district Includes Marion and Linn counties. Silverton, A league champion and Gates, B league champion, are Marion county's entries and Albany, A league champion and Tangent. B league champion, will represent Linn county. Benjamin is High Scorer For Season Roy Benjamin was the Willam ette university basketball scoring Lace of the season, chalking up tXiCTrmiii points In CTHci:!the 2 games f J-iLplayed and n x- twinning All Stars of CoastPicked By J. Bohler Talks Over Telephone With Wisconsin Officials, And may go East higk scoring hon- lors in the n o r t h w est c o n f e rence with 10 1 points gained in conferenee tilts. Douglas -of Pacific uni versity shared high scorings honors with T Kloo stra was second In scoring with 122 Possibly No Josh; Howley Squad Much Strengthened champions and Franklin high of (6C1l.A. T7, A0 2 Z19 Portland and Chemawa will each 3 11 I CUrS VjlIlClIUlH il have a cnampion. The schoolsj entering teams are Tillamook, Sandy. Benson Tech, Franklin, CorvaHIs, Chemawa, Oregon City, Grants Pass. Silver ton. McMlnnyille;; fc&f fi; and Salem. - ! 8alem Has Three Hopes For Titles , Salem has! three men whom Coach Pat Hogue, believes will make strong bids for champion ships in their weights. Don Su gai, 160 pound Japanese grappler. is the most spectacular wrestler on the Salem team. The competi tion Is strong In his weight, but he has lost but few bouts since he first took up wrestling. Osland in the 105 pound class and Anderson in the 115 pound class are two other Cherrlans who have good possibilities. A bronze and gold plaque Is up for the winner of the tournament and will be a permanent posses sion of the school which wins it three times." Gold medals wtll be presented to the winners in each of the nine weights. First places will be the only ones counted in on team scores ex cept in case o a tie when second io. taVAn I will determine the limipr. With only nine "first cojiren COMMENTS XUftTIS, As might be expected, Cor v all is doesn't take any too kindly to the protest Dallas filed against its high school basketball team. "Orange Peel in" in the Gazette Times blames it all on It. It. Turner, Dallas superintendent of schools, whom It calls an "un conscious objector," referring to some past athletic unpleas antness in which Turner had a part. O It's our opinion that if .Mush" is .t... .. " .. - thA 118 our opinion mat n .uusii places to be I divided among the Torsont the dIsputed Corvall cozen "cneoiB. m Vrobably coach- has a certificate to teach firsts tor any team will, probamy i hJgh hool thQ gUto board Win IBB lUUluami.ii. AU entrants will be weighed in at five o'clock this afternoon. Each school is entitled to enter two men in each weight. Some of the visiting grapplers will stay at the Willamette university fraternities while here. Officials for the tournament will be Don Hendrle and Max Big by of Salem. L: A. King of Ore gon City and Bob Savage of Portland. By ALAN GOULD TAMPA. Fla.. March 10 (AP) Like the ancient gridiron leg end that "Stagg fears Pur4ue," the word has suddenly spread through the Grapefruit cireuit that 'Street fears Cincinnati,' In the forthcoming national league pennant race. When' he first heard about it. Colonel Dan Howley, genial field boss of the. Cincinnati Reds, felt sure he was being kidded. He sought out Gabby Street. Cardin al manager, and accused him of Albany and Silverton are believ ed to be rather well matched. I points for the season and 69 In They have not met this season, conference games. rarnentAP nf but Salem defeated Silverton 42 Allen were next In line for sea- to 17 and Albany 50 to 16, both son's scoring with 9C and 87 on the losing team's floor. points respectively. Faber scored Silverton Is however reckoned 74 points for the season with ak stronger than Its direct showing In conference tilts. George Scales against Salem indfeated, as It de- scored S5 points In the 14 games reatea unemawa wnicn neia saiem wnicn were played the first semes to an extremely narrow margin on ter, but did not complete the sca the Indians' home floor. son. Gates has not lost a B league Moat of y,- BCOrf now- !n game tWs season and Tangent lost , r.! .! .1 Sv P?W!f , only one. to Sweet Home by re,torn next Tear ith Benja- slngle point. How they will stack n'n and Kloostra still having two up against the A league entries is years of competition left. Allen, unknown. Rieke. Kaiser, Krifflth and Moore Tonight Gates and Tangent will , clash at 8 o'clock and Silverton are 8trODS core ho will re- and Albany in the second game. tnrn- Burdette will also be back Saturday night the Friday night and at the end of the season loom- EUGENE. Ore., Mar. 10 (AP) Dr. Clarence W. Spears, head root ban coach at the Unlversitv of Oregon, admitted tonight he naa been asked to come to Madi son, Wis., for a conference look ing toward his appointment as football coach at the University of Wisconsin. - Spears said he had talked by long distance telephone today with Wisconsin authorities. He in timated he might go east to dis cuss the matter with Badger offi ctals. Although his contract still has three years to run It was consid ered probable here he would be free to leave Oregon it he wished Spears declined to say whether he had received any salary offer from Wisconsin and he did not say that he had given the propo sition more than passing consid eration. winners will meet for the cham pionship and the. losers in a con solation game. . is decip n ed as one of the best scorers The complete scoring for the season was: Benjamin 196, -Kloostra 122, Carpenter 96, Scales 95, Allen 87, Rieke 76, Faber 74. Kaiser 58, Griffith 41, Moore 32. Hartley 25, Burdette 24, Kitchen 13. Connors 13 and Gibson 8. The leading conference scorers were: Benjamin, Willamette, 101; Douglas, Pacific, 101; Eckman, Linfield, 90; Applegate, Whitman, 78; Corrigan, Pacific, 74; Hoi The lineup of teams in the state linshead. Linfield. It- Carlson. C. high school basketball tournament, p. s., 69; Miller. Whitman, 68; vh1ih hocrlna hern next Wednes- I Rrkwr P T a ttT RiomAii n T adding insult to injury the In- day. Is about as good as is pos- S., 64; Kloostra, Willamette. 59; jury already administered by the 8ible to obtain, according to R. S. Darby. Linfield. B6LKillIts. Pacl- ictory or the Cardinals in some- -fepec" Keene, Willamette unlver- fie, 55; Irving, Whitman. 54; thing like 40 of the 44 games sity coach, Who spoke at the Fra- Bates. C. P. S., 51; Allen, Willam played against the Reds the last ternis club meeting at the Spa last ette, 50; McKeel. Pacific. 46; Fa two seasons. lVif "I va'J nlixad (ha toa m a har XVIlliimiitfa IE. 1rn- n T GERVAIS BOYS After Howley's Pupils balked -lol arUomar.t anil rnmnoll the world champions 7-0 in their tion we couldn-t have done bet first exhibition game however. ter than the result of thi8 year.fl cuaugea uia iune. ay drawings." he declared in iime ne goi oacit 10 lampa ..In mv fiil eara at Willamette. S., 40; Command, C. PrS., 40. SEVEN OE 13 TILTS GERVAIS. March 10. The has ketball season has closed. The Gevais boys' team won seven of the 13 games played and came within one point of defeating the Silverton high team, which is the district champion of Marion coun ty. The team will lose three of its best players this year by gradua tion. They are: Kenneth Manning, Stanley DeJardln and Charles Naftzger. Lettermen who will be back next year are Leland DeJar dln, Alfred Bowley and Peter Le lack. Among those expected to be In the lineup next year with the lettermen are Benny Lemery, Ros- coe Colby. James and Ernest Naftz ger and Homer Wadsworth. Coach Tumbleson issued foot ball suits for spring practice Mon day, with about 18 men turning out for practice. HI mm CHEMAWA. March 10 Th PULLMAN, Wash., Mar. 10 Chemawa 'Indiana finished their (AP)-Two members of the eham- basketball season In atvle tonirht pionship University of California by defeating the apeedy Grand five and one each from Washing- "Rondo Indiana 36 to 18. retaliat ion, Washington State and South- ing for last night's defeat at thA hands of the visitors. The Grand Ronde Indians hold a win over the strong Dallas town team. The. first five points of the game went to Grand Ronde, but Coach LaVelle's men soon hit tneir stride and gained a lead ern California found berths on the official all-star Pacific coast conference basketball team this year. ' They were selected today by Dr. J. Fred Bohler, director of athlet ics at Washington State college, for the national collegiate basket ball guide, as a member of the from which they were never ton- piea. ai nair time the score stood 19 to 7 for Chemawa. Hatfield was high scorer of the game with 14 points. Simmon. was high scorer for Grand Ronde national collegiate rules commit tee. Bohler's selections have been "official" for 19 years. Washington, Washington State, Oregon, Southern California and the University of California at Los wjti, eIght pointa Angeiea piacea a man eacn on tne Lineups and scoring: The selections CTiemawa 86 18 Grand Rondo iveue a r 6 Onni First team: Joe Kintana, Calif., Thomas 2 p" " eI forward; Jerry Nemer. U. S. C S;Xm V 'n ' 'S S.lm.moas iuiniu, iuuv.; ... w. uepoe a g C, center; Ralph Calrney, Wash., Franklin 4. . . G guard; Carl Vendt, Calif., guard. Bobb 2. . "? ' Second team: John Fuller, Wash., forward; Dick Llnthicum, U. C. L. A., forward: Charles Rob erts, Ore., center; Art McLarney, W. S. C. guard; Cliff Capps, U. 8. C. guard. Selection of the outstanding plafers in the two divisions was an easy .task this year. Bohler said, but be did not decide on their proper positions on the first and second strings without coun sel from coaches, newspaper crit ics and officials. Han l a Referee, Hauk. ..1 L Quenel . . Lierman 1 A. Doran VOLLEY THIEIf IS DIWNG ATTENTION Inquiries concerning the North west Y. M. C. A. volleyball tour nament which will be held here on April 16 already are being re ceived by R. R. Boardman, local Y. M. C. A. physical director. Se-... ame, Tacoma and Vancouver, B. Seek Material For Salem High CirMmrrn'rin' Taim c- team managers are requesting JV1IHI1I1I1K 1 Cdill information concerning aceommo- aations and tournament regula tions. ThA Tnttpr hi nnt at New material for the senior determined. high school swim team will be sought tomorrow afternoon with an open meet at the Y pool for all high school boys not now on the squad. The meet, consisting of six events, will start at 2:15 o'clock. Rivalry between Salem and Portland Central volley men is growing hotter and hotter as the championship season approaches. ; Portland, It is reported, Is prac ticing unusuallx hard with the hopes of defeating Salem, last R. R. Boardman, Y physical year's northwest ehamninn director, said yesterday he lad The locals likewise are digging given outthe wrong, date for the in, especially since recently being Salem high-Vancouver. Wash., beaten by the Portlanders. They swimming meet. Instead of to- claim, however, that they did not morrow, the meet will be held on reveal all their "stuff" In the Saturday, March 19. he was breathing defiance. The Red legs, he indicated, already were scrambling out of the cellar position they occupied last year I think we're this year getting some outstanding DasaeiDau. i think nine of the 16 teams are outstanding in the state. High iESW VOTED : IN. Ml!l SPORT will overrule the protest. o Astoria beat Rainier at As toria 40 to 10. They were to play again at Rainier, but it does look, as though the Fish ermen could begin planning on a trip to Salem. Certainties now are Lincoln, llenson. Raker, Salem, University high and Medford, ont of which we guessed correctly on all hut University high. Of coarse If CorvaHIs conies, we're wrong there too. And it's reported that Tillamook is ont of tho running so we stand to lose . at least one more. After reading about half a doz en totally different versions of the McCann-Metropoulos .mat bout, we gather that it was a t . . . I UUUMUU1UK 111 ,IU3 DIAIC AU&U Ud" handicaps that would school teams each year aro betler Dangerous Sports By HARDIN BURNLEY downriver match. This tournament is considered the classic of northwest Y. M. C. A. sporting events. It has never been held in Salem. discourage a less robust and opti mistic spirit, Howley has unques coached and play better ball. If trie times are weighing on you. W,'? Vi Redf3 f0r the best way you can forget them J?.??" H?WJ?? i8 ,n.th bCst ?0n- Is to come to the tournament and ditlon he has been in years, hav in'g trimmed his waist line and cut his weight from 215 to 190. "i m in great snape," ne an nounced, "but what is of more im portance, my club i3 100 per cen stronger in at least two respect catching and reserves." Howley considers the club's best 'break" since 1931 was the drafting of Clyde Manion from Milwaukee. Manion will be paired with another Clyde, Sukeforth, in the backstopping department. Colonel Dan rates them the best receivers in the league. see those high school boys playing with all they have in them in sportsmanlike fashion." j PRESBYTERIAN FIVE S UNBEATEN DEMPSEY KIMS -Bv a vote of 254 to 38, Salem high school students yesterday ex- I terrific battle and a putrid flop, pressed their Tavor lor mating that McCann won by taking a wrestling a .minor sport. As a re- i0ne fall, that Metropoulos won suit; of the election, the student by default when McCann left the body constitution is amended to arena and that It was declared this purpose. no contest because neither of To win the minor sport "S" let- them would wrestle. Even Billy ter award, a wrestler must win stepp had no Jubilant I told two interscnoiasuc maicnes, pu- von so" to declaim. Salem fans jacK uempser knocked: out a Tided six are scheduled during the wll0 were present said it was youthful and belligerent foe here gellcal. IF BOY AKRON, O., Mar. 10 (AP)- Congregational of the B church league slipped Into the win col umn by defeating Evangelical of the A league 27 to 22 In one or the playoff games Thursday night on the Y. m: C, A. floor. Presby terian, the other A league team. continued undefeated in the play off, beating First Christian 58 to 22- t In the final round of the cham pionship series Monday night on the Y- M. C. A. floor. Congrega tional will meet First Christian and Presbyterian will meet Evan- EDDIE EAG-AN - TUreAJ ED F.RoM FOOTBALL. AND 80XIAJ& To TOE Most PANGEROUS OF ALL SPO2TS- BOB-SLEDDMG -HE WAS OM THE OLYMPIC BOB 1H2AM Mnn. or win a first or second . place In the . state high school wresllng tournament. - The amendment will be In ef fect -for the present season, ac cording to Lewis Melson, student body president. The election was particularly opportune in view of . the .state tournament's being held - here tonight and tomorrow night at the high school. -" On the election committee were: Melson. Clinton Vincent, , Esther Glbbard and Ruth John son;j - rotten and auoted Vlreil Hamlin tonight after a round and a half Summaries: aa beine "off" welterweights for- or loe-io-toe slugging. "luu i Presbyterian ever. mm TITLE IN OVERTIME Members of the Salem box ing and wrestling commission who saw the -affair brought . back such poor reports of It that the commission went Into a nuaaie and decided that on account of McCann's poor showing, his scheduled appear ance here has been cancelled. It wfll be a great test of the "nnMiittiliifti" anoatlnn in nH- serve whether athletes majoring floored eight times, each for the I m natural .rlAne at U. f n. count of nine. In the second round. aiirl thnA mainrtnr In cwlil ence at O. S. C. will change their xCiihcs'Win flxiar 1 m4A. Vt- .1. ,f i I WW MSM W W WA I UJajvi 9 VI VUCti ftlUiV lUftiClB UCAV j fall or whenever the shearing I process goes into effect. HanV Hankinann. ?n5-nniind Br. Cooley 7 . . . . F Z iionr Lancaster. Ohio, farm bov. sent By. Cooley 4 . . -F 19 Hale thn formor rhamnlnn rMltnr to I Barnes C 2 Nelson the niMM with a left to th law Klmple 7 .... . .O. . . 20 Beechler and then swarmed over him in a Whltnejr... ...;Q.. 10 Hageman vtrftvna mnnnlnr r mnnonvpr A I Berjter 9 ...... .3 . .... . 5 Pense " . I .. . . nut Hankinaon down as thA bell rongreeauonai tvangeucai rang! Harrison 5....F 4 Mavea At li40 In the second Demnsev wnutmgion b. .r wewic Thomas 9 ,C. 1 Remington left anA unrwl a lrnnkmit I BrOWH J M 9 UiH Tin Powell, another nnnonent. Nelson 4 iU... b arqui weathered the match but was Referee, Ross, Braves 11 to 3 Dallas Scouts Drop Contest To ISchoolersl PORTLAND, Ore., March 10 (AP) Oregon City defeated West Linn. 20 to 18. and won the district No. 16 basketball; ' championship in an overtime i game here tonight. A field goal by Ruconlch. guard, just 10 seconds before the end of the overtime period gave , Oregon City the ' victory. West .Linn bad tied the count 15 sec-, onds before the end of the regular .playing tune. r Oregon. City led S to T at the end of the first quarter but West - Llnd held the lead. 14 to IS.- at ; i the half. Oregon City again was tke gqaad In workouts for m x.uuw w .i. i.u uu vi. oaly a few dayg an4 has not been I For the first time in a num ber of years Willamette uni versity has material and inter est enough to develop a strong track team. With two coaches on the job, all of the track men will get Individual atten tion and be able to develop i j their fullest possibilities, coactt . Lestle Sparks Is being assisted by Burgess Ford, the pair mak ' ins; as , competent a combina tion of track coaches as any in the northwest conference. Burgess Ford has been with The Ciiha defeated tho Rravea DALLAS. Match 10. Troop 24 11 to 3 in a Parrish league bas- of the Dallas Boy Scouts lost a VAthali nm at noon Thnrsdav. hard fought game to the high Summary school B squad here Tuesday night Braves Cabs by a 26-to-lt score. The scouts Cnrrv 17 . . . . . ..F. ..... 2 Miller played good ball throughout the R. Hill 2 F... J Rankin same nut sue pi ine u squaa was Tensant...... .C... 2 Brown too big a handicap to overcome. Lapchies G.... ... Painter The school team was ahead, 7 to T.Smith ..(3...... Duncan 1 4, at the first, quarter, and IS S. . . . 3 B. White I to 10 at half time. In the second halt the scouts dropped behind I y&JU M I AlATioM OF jmmmJcf ife make foot- iiiisaim i BALL LESS f r i to get hint to running the last 20 yards tike he does tho first 20 and he will be hard to beat, Ford also liked the way Rieke was working and stated and the B squad led at the third period 20 to IS. Summary: j B Squad Troop 24 Bollman IS . . .-F. ... 2 Hamilton , Petre. F. . . 6 Pleasant MCCfDENTS OCCUF2. quW . FKEQOEMtiy IM SPEED JSAciMG LOUIE SCHNEIDER WOM THE INDIANAPOLIS AUTo RACE DECAliSE THE LEADING CA CRASHED 4 1932. KJa Pirafurts SyadScale, lae, Urcat Britain rishU mervea. JEFFERSON MS AFTER GAME ID TURNER. March 10. One of the most exciting games of the season was played at Turner Wed nesday night between Staytoa and Jefferson high school girls, Jeffer son winning the league B cham pionship as a result of its 22-to-24 win. The score at half time was 9 to 15 in favor of 'Stayton, and at I the final whistle a 20-to-20 tie. Jefferson won, in spite of the loss of one of her best players, Helene W eddle, who has the flu. Lineup: Jefferson Calahan Harris Calkins Main Thurston . . , iMarcum. . . McKee . . . . . . ,.F... i F J C -RC G . ..o. . . . . s Stayton . .... Smith .... Kledel . ... Weddle Schumacher . . . Brenner ... Murphy Double Main Bill Planned For Tuesday Matchmaker Harry Plant an- t nounees a double main event wrestling match for next Tuesday night at which time Henry Jones and Jlmmie Bond will flip coins with Robin Reed and Percy Jack son to see which pair wrestles first. - Each bout Is scheduled for one and a half hours. - Henry Jones will make a 'good match for Bond who Is consid erably stronger than the Utah veteran, but not quite so fast. Robin Reed will have his hands full In trying to handle the stocky Percy Jackson. This will be a new venture in the wrestling game to have four such grapplers appearing on one card. Reed and Jones are the two best welterweights fn this sec tion and Bond and Jackson are worthy opponents. The boxing and wrestling com mission reports that $190 profits will today be turned over to the city for charitable purposes.. A the third period. ANNOUNCING Jthat I am now Interested ' in the ' jCA--- Jitney Sandwich Shop at 1(K) South Commercial St. and Invite my friends to , . , drop in and see me . Chill, Sandwiches and I Short Orders , PHIL B AYES . able to find out what all the men can do as yet. ' However he pre dicts that Willamette will not be on the short end of the scores In the meets to come. Ford was ! greatly surprised to note that only ' about half of the squad : j turned out on a rainy, day and that perhaps he would make sv-jwebb 3. . . . ...C. . . . . i .. Holden . good . high jumper . and discos thrower. Spec Keeae stated that . Rieke was one of the hardest workers la basketball, never missing a practice unless he was too. sick to be there. Jones 5.......G....... f Fischer VanNuys 1 . . . . O . . .v. . . Hunter Kliever 2.....S..... . 2 Dalton ISchelrman. . . ,.S...V. . . . Schultx ijrhe Salem T.-M. C. A. can be I . FlorsheimsWill Play iat Turner states that it is not possible to I given credit for starting the local develop a team In that manner I interest in wrestling a few years and unless the men -turn out reg-jago which has grown annually I TURNER, Mir. 10 The Turn ularly he does not think: It wdrth I and this . year has brought the I er Athletie elnh basketball tm bis while to assist in the I state high school wrestling tour- J champion ot the Santlanr Valley coaching. .4 ",ff 4 ' - inament to Salem. Shannon "Pat I league, will meet the Floraheima uogue, coach oc the Salem team, j of Salem In what promises to be has done a lot of work Im prep-1 a fast game, here Saturday night, aratlon for the tournament andt Turner's second team will ea- I hopes to see Salem get the tour l gage In a preliminary game with . nament permanently. . some suitable opponent.' , " George Cannady has a won-' derfal stride stated Ford. Tie's strong on the start and a great runner, bnt we'll have NUMBER ef sports come under the heading dan rerousT bat probably-bob- iledding, comparatively new In this country, takes the cake. Hashing down a mountain side at a mQe-a-minute clip Is no gam for. the timid son. The sleo!a, heavy, com pact and of sturdy construction rare equipped with brakes, but looking on at the recent Olympic races at Lake Placid, one would never know it. The boys, compet ing for country and glory, reck lessly forgot about brakes and took the treacherous turns the . Von Hoevenberr run in hirh. And ' it was this reckless disregard of danger that spelled the difference between winning and losing. - Braking on the turns meant a loss of a second or two or frac tions thereof, and tho boys let the ueos - np nign apt around those turns.' each team member "bob bing to add momentum, tn the effort to negotiate the run la rec ord time When ont considers that after two trips over the run, just the thih margin of 1 seconds separated the winning and losing teams in the two-man bobsled race, tho value of the system of Tet-'er-go-Gailagher' "round the turns can be seen. Eight casualties were recorded durin the Obrmnie - trials and races en the Von II even berg ran, two German four-man teams fail tng to negotiate one of tho treach erous turns and as a result being catapulted aver the high banks to the rocks and gulkys many feet below. .Frits Gran, captain of a German team, was probably the most seriously injured.- He suf fered a fracture of the fifth ver tebra in his spine, a fractured shoulder and ether mjuriea. Tes, sir, bobsiedding is a dan gerous sport, but It Is abb thriller to onlooker and contestant alike, which accounts for its mounting popularity. Other sports coming under the heading of dangerous are football, auto-speed racing, boxing, hockey, lacrosse and six-day bike racing, although the latter three aro leas apt to result in fatalities. The great number of fatalities ac credited to football last year cen- cerea attention on the dangers or. this sport and resulted in drastic , changes In tho rules of tho game. . Tho flying , wedge and flying tackle, which plays .were blamed for many of the fatalities, have been ruled out, making tho game, considerably safer for the players. Despite the dangers of partici pating in these sports there is never a dearth of contestants. Glory, thrills and gold are great incentives. ; - " - Smoker to See Game, Boxing ' As Headliners GERVAIS, March 10. The bas ketball game and smoker being I sponsored by tho newly-organized Lettermen's club at tho city hsll Friday night is taking on definite shape and a good program is promised. Nineteen rounds ot box ing Is being aranged, with matches between pupils of tho high and. Sacred Heart schools participating. ;The , lineup for tho business men's basketball game Is, as tol lows: I5'? , . rv-;: i--- Northead ?: ',. Southend Tumbleson . . -. . .F . . . . . Adkisson Mahoney...,..F..,.. ... Walsh Cutsforth . . C . . . Wadsworth I A. DeJardln... .G....;. Naftxger Cannard. ......G. ...... Harper 'J. DeJardln .'.;.Ss ...... 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