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8 Hie uREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, December 13, 1932 PAGE EIGHT Novak Gets Chance ior Revenge Against Jones Tonight " i IT (SARD MS MUCH PROMISE Fans Also Much Interested In Mitchell Mallory Bout at Armory The Trade Winds Blow By HARDIN BURNLEY The wrestling industry, which has been markedly on the up grade In Salem In the last few weeks, Is possibly approaching a climax which will feature anoth er of those epic championship bat tles between Henry Jones and Robin Reed; but while negotia tions for such a match are hang ing fire, there Is no Indication that there will be a let-down to night In the lively interest which has surrounded the game ever since potential champions have resumed the hunt for Jone' wel terweight belt. Tonight Bobby Novak, who made the most serious bid for the crown since Jones has held It, In their match here two weeks ago, will try again to conquer the champion, though facing the prospect that in case he wins this match, he still won't be entitled to belt. That circumstance is not ex&ected to take any of the fire out of his attack, for Bobby fig ures that the breaks were against him when he did have the chance to grab the belt. They had a fall apiece and No vak had just succeeded in clamp ing on his pet figure-four scis sors hold. But he had been forced to climb Jones' frame to get it and while Bobby perched there in the hope that Henry would topple In the ordinary manner and have to give up, the old fox whipped over backward and handed Bobby a terrific jolt on the spine one which later cau?ed the Cleveland man to spena several days in the hospital but the immediate re sult was a victory for Henry and his retention of the belt. Novak recovered from that In jury, as he proved when he led Reed a merry cha?e a week ago; he was hurt, also in that bout but not enough to disable him for his second chance at Jones tonight, and the prospects are for a bout Just as goocl as the first one, even though it lacks the championship angle. Interest Also Kwn In Initial Contest Neither is Interest lacking In the first bout of the evening, for the f8DB ars anxious to see what Jack Mitchell, newcomer from New York, is able to do when In proper condition. He swarmed all over Jones in his first appearance here, but the combination of an attack of Illness and Jones' come back ability proved too much for him. Tonight, now thoroughly ac climated, he will meet another stranger, "Bulldog" Mallory of Boston, who brings an equally brilliant reputation from the town where Henri DeGlane la heavy weight champion. Mitchell, having developed his prowess in the locality where the chiropractic headlock is sworn by and at, affects that method of at tack to a considerable degree but he Is lightning-fast, strong and knows a lot of other tricks. It was promised, before his arrival, that he would be rough. He was, but seemed able to give his op ponent plenty of trouble without resorting to any shady tactics Unless Mallory whose style la to tally unknown proves to be one of the "bad boys," fans here will be spared most of the hair-pulling and eye-gouging tonight. Meanwhile members of the box Ing and wrestling commission have announced that Reed ready to sign up for a title match with Jones at any time, but Jcnes la still withholding his assent to the terms the commission has of fered. CoAJAJlE MACK PREDICTS i THAT BOTH THE MAJoe AMD MlHOR. LEAGUES THIS.WIAJTER WlLL SET A RECOR.D FOR. NUMEROUS TRADES Lr I PIRATES TRADE FOR LINDSTR'H Five-Player Swap Winds up With George Davis in Giants' Clutches 'HE BATE OF MAMy A BALL PLAYER HINGES OM "THE CASUAL CONVERSATION OF THE MAGNATES AMD MANAGERS AT THE BIG LEAGUE CONVENTIONS WHICH MEET AT AJEW YORK. THIS MEEK I mi m By EDWARD J. NEIL NEW YORK, Dec. 12. (AP) On the of the annual major league meetings, the Pittsburgh Piratea accomplished one of their great aims for 1933, acquiring an outstanding right handed outfield er, Freddy Llndstrom, to pair with their left-handed Waner brothers, in a five-player swap involving three National league clubs. Opening the trading division of the parleys with a bang, the Pi rates sent Glenn Spencer, a right handed pitcher with an ordinary I record, to the Giants, and Gus Dugas, left handed rookie out fielder, to the Philadelphia Na tionals. With Dugas went an un announced cash consideration. Completing the deal, the Giants swapped outfielders with the Phillies, getting George Davis, a youngster who last season starred In his first year In the majors. In return for Chick Fullis, veteran utility gardener. To baseball men gathered for the opening of the annual con clave tomorrow, the outstanding feature of the big swap was Pitt- burgh's acquisition of Llndstrom, once a great third baseman, and now one of the league's outstand ing center fielders in a deal that at first glaace gave the Pirates all the best of it. Two Bearcat Cagemen Are Hurt; Kaiser Joins Squad; Oregon State Game Nears Football Isn't the only sport which has Its casualty lists. Coach "Spec" Keene of Willam ette uniTersIty Is discovering. Two of his men, both promising candidates for the varsity basket ball team, have sprained their ankles. Bill Lemmon's sprain is so severe that he Is on crutches. The other man lost to the squad for the time being is Ken Man ning, freshman candidate for guard. On the other hand the season's prospects brightened somewhat Monday with the return to ac tive duty of "Wienie" Kaiser, more or less "regular" guard last season. The guard positions have been giving Coach Keene more worry than either of the other DAI TO departments and Kaiser's return will help to solve the difficulty. Hartley, Kaiaer, Frantx, Dean. Grannls and Speck are the guard candidates at present. Speck, a new candidate this year. Is show ing much promise despite lack of experience. Coach Keene has whittled the squad down to about 15 men, leaving Connors, Rieke and Mc Kerrow as the center aspirants and Burdett, Griffith, Erickson, Northrup and Harmon the for ward candidates now that Le ea rn on Is on the shelf temporarily. It Is expected that nearly all of these men will make the trip to Corvallis Friday night for the opening game of the season against Oregon State. COMMENTS 1 rK 1ST OW that the 1932 football season has become history, durinar the next few months the Hot Stove League will be going full blast as sport fans await the coming of spring and the new base ball campaign. The chief fuel that keeps the fires in the old Hot Stove burning brightly throughout the long win ter are the trades which the base ball magnates engineer in their ef forts to bolster their teams and kindle interest with new faces in the line-up. One of the big occasions for trades and discussions of trades comes up this week when the major leagues hold their annual conven tion at New York. Tomorrow the National League will swing into session, followed the next day by the American League. On Wednes day both leagues will hold their joint meeting with Commissioner Landis presiding. At least that's the plan; bit there's not a chance of either league being able to com plete all the business in one day. There's too much to do. All the baseball magnates, man agers, scouts and so forth will be on hand for the conventions, and the fate of many a ball player hangs on the casual conversation which takes place as the baseball men sit around in the lobby before and aft er the actual meetings. Connie Hack baa gone on record as predicting that both the minors and the major leagues would set a record for wholesale trades this winter. He prophesies that there will be a general shake-up and switching of stars from one end of the loops to the other. Already there are signs which augur the truth of Mack's prognos tications. Connie started, the ball rolling himself during World's Series week a couple of months ago when he sold Al Simmons, Jimmy Dykes and "Mule" Haaa to the White Soi. One of the most recent notable trades sent Floyd "Babe" Herman to the Chicago Cuba from the Cin cinnati team, in exchange for fear players and a sum of cash. The four Cub players who go to the Reds are Bob Smith, nitcher: Johnny Moore and Lance Rich- bourg, outfielders, and Rollie Hems- Law Besides a wealth of trades and trade rumors, the major league con ventions this week are expected to produce a number of drastic changes which will be drafted as economy measures. There will be severe payroll reductions, and the number of players the big league eiuna are allowed to carry may be reduced from twenty-three to twenty-one. Anyway, the current week should f arnish plenty of new developments which wiH provide topics for dis cussion at all Hot Store League conventions. OwtUM. If II. Kbu fcihim tntlmia. tat. Winners Get Grid Crowds, Others Drop NEW YORK. Dec. 12 (AP) Football attendance figures ga thered by the Associated Prees from all over the country lndl leate the football fan of 1932 could either take his football flattery.. And Wft are feeling a Dlt game or leave 11 none, f.tt,, rMrtlne- In m. urmrtu home in his carpet slippers be- coiumn from a newspaper publish- iore j me rauio vuo anu, ed more tnan 100 mlle8 from Sa wasn t promising.. lem. some remarks concerning the ine ngures xouow iuu uu., implications of the Associated the trails biased by sectional and Pregt report 0Q football death8 i conference champions or chal- wh,ch appear aim08t to haTe been lengers IO auuw 01 ujr UfA HaHIt frnm nnr onlnmn 1.1. x-, r "---' cuutiuBiuu " . In fact the columnist used our own !Win 1 i'u. . ."E " lustration of what it would mean England, In the football sea son now .under way, has been acclaiming its own Roy Rlegels or rather a fellow who went RlegeU one better and scored twice for the opposition within two minute. Of course in Eng land "football" means soccer and tills man, Herbert Roberts, of the Arsenal club, didn't run the wrong way; he didn't even wing his foot In the wrong di rection; but in defensive boot ing at a moving greasy ball, got so mach "English" that he wafted the leather thronRh the goal he wan seeking to defend, twice within two minute. The Sunday Express had pictures of the feat, and also the feet, on ita front page, along with one of the opposing goalkeepers congratulating the disconsolate Mr. Roberts. Immitation is the sincerest W MEET UNFIELD FRESHMEN Major League Moguls Scan Methods of Halting Slump; Showmanship Held Needed 1931. Pittsburgh s attendance figures up 53,000, Drown almost doubling its 1931 totals and' the University of California at Los Angeles playing to almost 100, 000 more cash customers than in 1931. There were a few exceptions, Michigan, despite an all-vlctor-lous season, playing to 5,000 less and Missouri, having one of its worst seasons In years, playing before 20 per cent more custo mers than In 1931. Among the big losers In atten dance were New York university, playing only one lees game than in 1931 but to 124,000 fewer persons, Yale off almost 100, 000, Harvard some 60,000 under 1931. Stanford down 40,000, Fordham down 40,000 and Army 39,000 under 1931. Attendance generally was 15 per cent below 1931, when the attendance was off 10 per cent from the previous year. to the home high school, except he had 64 boys turning out for 500 seasons instead of 32 for 1000 seasons with the reasonable ex pectation of one fatal accident It's all right, brother column ist. There's a I all in sport events just now and you're wel come, but don't think you're getting away with anything. We are only glad that we had an idea worth copying. Among the li3t of University of Oregon gridmen now en route to Baton Rouge for the game with Louisiana, we note the name of Charles Bishop, who is a Salem boy. Bob hasn't figured in the lineup to any notable extent due to the pregence there of such no tables as Captain Bill Morgan and Biff Nilsson, but it's evident that he is a dependable player from whom more is to be expected later. O Likewise Jim Reed, from the Salem high team of play ed at least half the time on the Webfoot Frosh team at center. In a resume of what the Frosh squad will offer ihe varsity next year, it was mentioned that Jim showed a lot of prom ise bnt was rather light, a con dition which nature may rem edy later on. For the last several years, Sa lem boys havenot figured to any notable extent in the sporting an nals of the big state schools; not since Harold Olinger wound up his career at U. of O. and the Drager boys at Oregon State. Jimmy Emmett and some others have done good work in the track and field sports, but you don't hear so much about that, nor about swimming, in which some other Salem boys have excelled. Reed and Bishop in football and Glenn Sanford in basketball, may put Salem back on the map in this respect, but the boys do run Into some tough competit'n before coming out on top at Eugene and Corvallis. PICK REFEREES Assigning Whistle Tooters To Conference Gridiron Games Is his job LOS ANGELES. Dec. 12 (AP) Herbert Dana, prominent Pa cific coast football official snd former star end of the University of Nebraska squad, was appointed; supervisor of football officials for the Pacific coast conference, starting in 1933, at a conference meeting here late today. The supervisor will submit to the spring conference meeting at Spokane June 2 and 3 his plan for selection of the officials. A possibility was indicated that his Jurisdiction would extend to basketball in another year. Under t he contract with the conference Dana will not be el s ible to officiate at football game' himself after the 1932 season ends. After hearing the report uf Jonathan Butler, appointed 1 i months ago as investigator for the conference, the faculty re;;:-. -sentatives announced that I'.ut ler's findings on athletic condi tions will be made public 30da;.s after the rpport has been submit ted to the 10 schools. The report is to be made pub lic exactly in the form In which it was read to the faculty represen tative:, it was said. Other Teams Must Conform to Rules The conference approved a measure requiring that all non conference, teams conform to the rules of the organization In their competition with members within the group. Discussion of the radio ban was continued today but no decision was reached. Definite action will como at the meeting in the spring. There was an indication, however, that there was an in creasing sentiment against the broadcast of football games. Football ochedule making for 1934 was held up and although no announcement was made con cerning the situation, it was un derstood action was withheld un til the spring meeting because of the question of memorial colise um rights between the University of California at Los Angeles and the University of Southern California. Ernie Nevers, collegiate ana professional football star and as sistant coach at Stanford, plans to lead an all-star post-season in vasion of Hawaii. All-Americans from All Over By HARDIN BURNLEY Craig Wood Rallies and Wins Crown By RUSSELL J. NEWLAND SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 12. (AP) Forging into the lead with a sub-par finish his rival eould not match, Craig Wood, of Deal, N. J., defeated Al Esplnosa, of Akron, O., 2 and 1 today in the 36-bole final of the San Francisco national match play open golf championship. Tbe pair fought through two rounds of close golf with Espinosa holding a slight advantage for the morning 18. The veteran Akron pro completed the first round one up. Wood squared matters at the twentieth and they halved nine holes in a tow in a stroke-for-stroke battle that gave the gallery of several hundred fans many thrills during the closing stages. At the thirtieth hole, Esplnosa moved Into the lead again but the blond star from New Jersey even ed up the count on the next green He sank a 35-foot chip shot to post a birdie two against his op ponent's par taree. For the first time during the maxen wooa went into the lead as he won the thirty-second with a par four. Espinosa had a bad He on his recond shot and was forced to waste a stroke. They halved the thirty-third and thirty - fourth and Wood clinched the match on the next hole by running down a 15-foot putt for a birdie four. Esplnosa's 10-foot putt for the half, that would have kept him in the run nlng, rimmed the cup giving him a par five. CHEMAWA, Dec. 12 Vic torious in their first start against Lincoln high of Portland, the Chemawa Indian school hoopsters will meet the Linfield freshmen on the home floor Tuesday night : following a preliminary game be tween some of Linfleld's lneligi hles and the Chemawa All-Stars, a team composed of older players no longer in line for high school (competition. Coach Les Lavelle's Redskins are uuyruviug rnyiuiy ana win little more experience will be ready to start their season in the Willamette Valley Interscholas- tic league with the game against Silverton December 23. Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock the Indians will play a return game with Lincoln high here, and Saturday afternoon Wash ington high will send Its team here for a game at 2:30 p.m Parrish will play the Chemawa B team tha same afternoon. By ALAN GOULD NEW YORK, Deo. 12 (AP) By way of inaugurating the week of the fallen arches," oth erwise known as the annual meet ings of the major baseball lea gues, club owners made the first moves today in effecting a gen eral policy of economy and re trenchment for the 193S season. In a session that lasted all aft ernoon and most of the evening in the smoke-filled headquarters of President William Harridge of the American league, the Joint steering" committee of the two big leagues debated several dras tic proposals, including further reducy-i of the player limit, ban ishment of the radio from all games except the world series and even a re-scaling of admission prices to meet current conditions. The magnates hare tabled any proposition to "pool" their player CUB-TO-BE I J 4 . -V I 1 . 4 frK fib Thiii year's Drake-Notre Dame football game .was the last in a Mven-year series. Friendship of the late Knute Rockne for Ossle iolem, a fellow Norwegian, start ad the relations. Floyd ("Babe'') Herman, one of the National League's ereatest hitters. who has been traded to the Chicago Cobs as the result of a deal with tbe Cincinnati Reds, for which team Herman played last season. In ex change for Herman, the Rede get rour players from the Cubs. Before going to Cincinnati, Babe played with the Brooklyn Dodgers for a period of six years. resources, in the interests to bring about more balanced club strength, especially in the Amer ican league, but managers took up the hunt for much-needed tal ent in the lobbies. The club owners canvassed rec ommendations for lowering the player limit by having the present limit of 23 Include the team coaches, although not the man ager. In diagnosing baseball's ills, major league owners appear in clined to regard conditions as purely temporary and due to gen eral business depression. Several of the more aggressive leaders, however, want drastie measures taken to relieve the financial strain as well as to help second division clubs now "in the red." More showmanship, more player shifts and lower admission prices, Including 25-cent bleacher seats, are Included in the proposals. Flu Catches Up With Two Oregon Ends TUCSON. Arts.. Dec. 12 (AP) Coach Prink O. Callison, who passed tnrough Tucson to day with his University of Ore gon football squad enroute to Baton Rouge to play Louisiana State, said two of his best play ers are rery ill with influenza. Oregon's two star ends, Wls- hard and Morse, were confined to their bunks -with influenza when the team passed through here, Calrlson said. physician was called to attend mem ai 1 Casa Grande. Pete iRACEV- GREAT CEMTER.- i THE SOUWS BEST Wranglers Win Over Bethel by 45 to 18 Score Cadwell's Wranglers added an other victory to their Increasing string Friday night when they de feated the Bethel town team, 45 to 18. The Wranglers started at a fast clip and gained a 25 to 12 lead at half time, then continued to loop the hoop regularly while holding the home boys to six points in the second half. Summary: Wranglers Bethel W. Herberger 6..F 3 R. Kable J. Herberger 4 F 4 Cobban N. Gleason 12 C....4 Christensen Arnsmeier 4 G Fields Gardner 15 G....l K Cobban C. Gleason 4 S 6 Graves Bell Appointed Branch Manager William Bell, former resident and business man of Salem, has been named Portland branch Man ager of Pacific Finance corpora uon, 01 wamornia, it was an nounced over the week end. Mr. Bell, while here, was engaged in the hop business and also- wag owner and manager of a general insurance business. He became as sociated with the finance concern eight years ago when he opened an office at Eugene. In 1928 he opened the Spokane branch of the company and In December, 1929, was transferred to Portland as as sistant branch manager. He is well known among auto dealers of the northwest. Gilmore Reports Sales Increase In Past Quarter Motorists of Salem and the en tire state of Oregon hare received the new Gilmore Oil company pro ducts so cordially that sales for each month of the past three months have increased and the total sales for this quarter year period are ahead of the same per iod of 1931, according to Guy V. Smith, local manager for the Gil more company. "Gasoline sales are ordinarily on a decline during September, October and November, Smith said. "In fact, reports to the sec retary of state indicate a decrease in the total volume of gasoline sales for the state for each of these three months. Reports also show a definite decrease in total sales for 1932 compared with 1931. The public's reception of onr new products is particularly gratifying ander theie condl- 11008." Consider Making Skating Rink oi Sweetland Field If it hadn't been for that "false alarm" promise of warm er weather for yesterday, Sweet- land field at Willamette univer sity would probably have been by this time converted into an ideal outdoor ice skating rink, it was stated Monday by Roy S. "Spec' Keene. athletic director at the university. By banking up three sides of the field, flooding it and letting nature take Its course, the field eould be made into an excellent rink provided eold weather con tinues, Keene believes, but he hasn't decided whether it ia worth the work required, in view of the uncertainty of con tinued freezing temperature. .Fsl westd iwlM ( 'Z&ZZJU yH f f TfcE DAME'S v4 ' ' ' SCHAAF WIX8 ONE BOSTON, Dec. 12 (AP) With Champion Jack Sharkey di recting -him, Ernie Schaaf broke his long losing streak by knock ing out Unknown Winston, Hart ford negro, in the sixth round of a 12-round fight for the New England heavxy weight title to night. F! BEXXY BASS VICTOR NEW YORK. Dec. 12 (AP) Benny Bass, Philadelphia light weight, stopped Dominick Pe trone of New York In the third roand of theif ten round bout at the St Nicholas arena tonight, geiung a laconical snocKOUl, tOR the past couple of weeks football fans have been del uged with all-American selec tions contributed by all manner of experts and would-be experts, and I am not going to add a belated con tribution to this flood of mythical teams. However, the fmo work of certain players from all sections of the country resulted in their being mentioned in many of the "all" se lections, and I intend to mention several of these notable start in this little article. Down South, the outstanding linesman was the colorful Clarence "Pete" Gracey, center of the Van derbilt eleven, who was picked as an all-American by many selectors. He has been called the steadiest cen ter ia tha country, and last season he fulfilled the main duty of all pivot men in perfect fashion, deliv ering the ball at the proper height and speed lor every play, as Van derbilt coursed through an ardu ous schedule of gridiron battles. The east's greatest backfield star and a leading selection on many ail American outfits was Warren "Heexa" Heller, Pittsburgh's sen sational triple-threat star. Heller's great play was a big factor in the undefeated record rolled up by the Panthers in the face ef what was perhaps the hardest schedule ia the country. The Pacific Coast's leading con tribution for ail-American backfield honors was George Sander, won derful Wash ington State star. Ia the northwest ther consider Georn to be Just about the slickest pieee ef backfield machinery sees ia many a season. Pressed to name the best backfield man he had ever coached. "Buck" Bailey, assistant football mentor at Washington State, nomi nated Sander without a moment's hesitation, and head coach "Babe" Hollingwsrry would back up bis ver dict just as readily. Just about unanimous for ail American tackle was the selection of Joe Kurth, Notre Dame's mighty S'ant. Kurth, along with Paw oss, Purdue's great end. stood out like a lighthouse among the nation's linesmen, and both are middle western stars. Yes, sir; all-Americans coma from all parts of tha nation. Na one sector has a monopoly en mat football players. aasa ises. t t A i -- l 1.