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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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