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The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, December 28, 1932 Giant Sons Front Ashland Invade Bearcat Court Tonig S T The Thrill Producers TO BE ST PEAK E By BURNLEY- PAGE EIGHT ht REED PREVAILS OVER HANDICAP I FIDJAN SQUAD CONCEDED Teachers and Willamette's Quintet Will Clash At 8 o'clock Collegiate basketball will make lt bow for the 1932-33 season In Salem tonight, when the Wil lamette university Bearcats '..ill meet the Southern Orison .Nor mal school quintet on the Wil lamette floor at 8 o'c'.o. k. All Indications point to a vic tory, and probably a do .ijive one. for the "Sons," who arc so far undefeated and able to boast a Tictory over the University ot Oregon quintet, 43 to 23, and one at the expense of the strong Multnomah club IntermeiaUs of Portland, 3G to 19. Reports from, the Portland game Monday night indicated that Chief" McLean, all-state high school forward last season for Benson Tech, Is the spark plug of the S. O. N. S. attack, with big VVardlow Howell, out standing center from Ashland high, and Willard Jones from Washington hiKh, an all-Portland league star, abetting him effec tively in the scoring department. Dick Jockisch, of brief Willam ette gridiron fame, and Bud Jones, another all-Portland selec tion from Grant high, conclude the starting arrangement for Coach Howrd Hobson's quintet: all giants with the exception of McLean, who is no pigmy but makes up for bis relative lack of size by outstanding speed in covering the floor. At the same time that Hob son's men nearly doubled the score on the Intermediates, said to he Multnomah's strongest team, Hobson found time to use 11 players, thus revealing his reserve strength and making the Tictory the more impressive. Some of Bearcats ot Yet on Scene Willamette's squad resumed practice Tuesday afternoon and pent a major part of the time renewing acquaintance with the baskets to counteract the lack of practice In the last week. Lemmon and Manning, prom ising candidates who were on the shelf with sprained ankles for most of two weeks prior to the brief vacation, were back on the floor Tuesday night; on the oth er hand some of the players who have been working with the first squad, had not yet returned, and Coach "Spec" Keene may be slightly short-handed for thiB Same. Northrup, Griffith and Erick son were the men missing; whe ther or not they are victims of the prevailing "flu" the coach was not advised. Keene plans to use the three games this week as a series of laboratory tests to determine which of several combinations of players will work best together. Tonight he expects to start Lem mon and Burdctt as forwards. Rleke at center. Hartley and Frants as guards; but may witch Hartley to forward and end Kaiser into his place at guard. Lemmon appeared to have lost one ot his speed during his en forced layoff. Another player who has been coming to the front Is Dean, also a recruit from last year's freshman team. PORTLAND. Dec. 27 ( AP) The Multnomah Athletic club seniors ot Portland, defeated the Southern Oregon Normal school. 45 to S 8, In their basketball game here tonight. The score at half time was 22 to 16 for the seniors. Sharkey Not To Give Max New Chance BOSTON, Dec. 27 (AP)- Jack 8harkey, world heavyweight boxing champion, banned Max 8chmeling today as a future op ponent and at the same time term ed Schmeling a "quitter who won the title on a foul." The champion said he bad dis cussed the Schmeling situation with J!mm Johnson, matchmak er of Madison Square Garden. New York, and It had been d cided to rule the German out as a contender because of his refusal to sign for a June bout with Shar key. Sharkey said "Schmeling proved he was a quitter when he went down from a fair punch and yell ed fonl in our first bout In New York In 1930. Only a quitter would care to win a title on a foul. "Publle opinion forced Schmel ing to meet me again. When he entered the ring he knew I could lick him. I also knew I could beat Max as he Is a quitter under fire. "When I won Schmeling cried "robbery so I told him I would give him the first shot at my championship. I knew I had Bcnmellng's number like I had the number ot Jimmy Maloney aome years ago. Schmelins: knew It too, and Instructed Joe Jacobs ! not to match him with me. "Last June I took 10 barely enough tor training expen aes, to meet Max. I did this be cause I knew I eould beat him. He has returned to his old doIIcv of hand picking opponents because he la lacking In the courage that makes a real ring headllner. "I am under contract with the New Tork Garden to defend my Wti oa or before Jan 10. 1933. Under the terms ot my contract th Garden mast have my oppon ent ID days before the match. I hall meet the man named by the I uaraen." Rule Changes Have Helped Football Greatly, Reports Dobie; no Changes Sought By ALAN GOULD NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (AP) The gridiron rules of 1932 "have put the game in a much better condition than heretofore and should be left substantially as they now ex ist," Gilmour Dobie of Cornell university told the American Football Coaches association today. He urged that the coach es concentrate their future efforts upon making the sport "safer and simpler." O Dobie's report assailed the mod ern game as too complicated for the average collepe player and specified: "It Is not the quality of the came but the quantity that is undesirable. It consumes too inr.h time and effort on the part of all concerned and is expensive. Wo enn junk one half of It and still have more left than is suffi cif iit for a college game." The veteran Cornell coach's re port followed a technical analysis, shov.in? 3 2 deaths directly atrrlb utahle to football this year, and prefaced discussion indicating the association will "stand pat" on the rules changes made to safe guard the game. The meeting failed to develop any discussion whatever of the moot "dead ball" rule, previous ly criticized by some coaches, or reveal majority sentiment for fur ther alteration of the gridiron code. Without indicating their senti ment one way or another, the coaches postponed until tomorrow a formal vote on whether to ask direct, voting representation of the national rules committee, in place of their present advisory status, after listening to a report hy Lou Lltt'e of Columbia. Langford Favored For Chairmanship It seems to be the sentiment of the coaches that William S. Lang- ford of New York, for years secre tary of the national football rules committee, be chosen to take the chairmanship, vacated by the death this year of Edward K. Hall of Dartmouth. Langford's place as secretary, in that event, may go to Walter R. Okeson of Lehigh, the commissioner of the Eastern Intercollegiate association. Major Ralph I. Sasse of the Army, speaking on officiating, urged less hesitation In calling fouls for piling on, clipping and starting before the ball, together with a recommendation for de velopment of younger officials. Then the association beard a ring ing appeal against "cheating," de livered by Dr. Edward J. O'Brien of Boston, veteran referee. Dr. O'Brien, after tracing Im tfJlKi TEE year 1932 in tennis pro duced a new court giant who is already being compared to Tilden, and who may possibly go on to even greater heights than those attained by Long Willyum. His name, of course, is Ellsworth Vines, the lanky youth who blasted his way through the world's great est racquet-wielders last season to eop the Wimbledon and U. S. Na tional titles. Vines' crashing straight-set de feat of the famed Henri Cochet in the finals of the national singles play at Forest Hills last September barked the death knell of France's Davis Cup hopes; and it now seems foregone conclusion that 1933 will see the return of the coveted tennis trophy to Uncle Sam's possession, after quite an extended absence from these shores. Vincent Richards, former tennis Iwn ygs&t -he showed iK J sN FRAAJCE1 JSSS:22S W If MsWrfll tssi 4Wsnn HfUBan) 0Mr swnwVsjsT j provement In officiating under more efficient organization and the elimination of much of the former "favoritism" in selecting officials, urged the coaches to stamp out all attempts at teach ing players to evade the rules. "Instead of teaching the boys to try smart plays or cheat the rules, teach them how to obey the rules" Dr. O'Brien urged. "Your coaches association can be the greatest power today for the game's good. I know there are outside Influen ces. I know there Is pressure on that almighty desire to win. I hope a lot of this can be wiped out." Five Deaths Found Not Due to Football The report on football accidents for 1932, made specially for the association and delivered by Floyd R. Eastwood of New York univer sity, showed 1477 injuries in 147 colleges making reports, in addi tion to 12 fatalities attributable to football in the United States. Five other deaths originally at tributed to football were found to have arisen from other causes, the report said. After an exhaustive analysis of the Injuries and deaths, the report concluded with recommendations for (1) more thorough pre-season training; (2) more warming-up exercise for players before games; (3) better equipment for Joints, especially elbow and ankles; (4) stricter enforcement of rules; and (5) more protection for the head in practice. Wants Champion To Meet Winner NEW YORK. Decs S7 (AP) Jack Dempsey said tonight he had wired Jack Sharkey in Bos ton an offer to defend his hea vyweight championship In Sep tember against either Max Schmeling or Max Baer. Dempsey, In his debut as a "big league" promoter, already has matched Baer and Schmeling for a 15 round match In June either In Chicago or New York. Court Aces of 1932 By BURNLEY. star, Is of the opinion that right now vines is as great a player as Tilden ever was. After the gaunt Californian had annihilate! rSvh. at Forest Hills, Richards was tre- menaouaiy eninunastis over his brilliant play. The tennis Vines played in the second and third sets against Co chet was absolutely the greatest I ever saw in a championship match, said Vlnnie, in paying tribute to Vines great victory. Speaking of Ellsworth's future, Richards went on: "He needs only to develop a good volley to make him the best player the world ever saw. Then he should hold every tennis title worth winning for Just as long as he plays." Vines main fault Just at present Is bis inconsistency. He has a bad tendency to laps into lackadaisical play, rven daring; his most impor tant contest, as was seen ia his Cast as Villain, he Wins De spite flu, -Sore rib and Opposing Bulk Crowd psychology la peculiar, not to say funny. Here was Rob In .Reed, who has provided Salem fans with quantities of thrills and good, exciting matches; Rob In Reed with a sore rib, a touch of "flu" and an opponent who bulked over him like a tent; and the fickle Salem fans turned against him; not only rooted for the other fellow, but booed Rob in all over the place. However, Robin overcame all these handicaps, including the hostility of the crowd, and tri umphed over husky Jack Mitch ell, taking two falls in exactly the same fashion. After accepting all sorts of punishment, Robin each time bowled Mitchel all over the arena with a series of vicious shoulder butts until the big boy was whittled to a size at which Robin could pounce on him for a fall. The first came in 32 minutes and the last In six. The second round went the other way, thanks partly to Rob in's bad rib. Mitchell clamped a scissors right across the sore member and it didn't take the veteran long to say "uncle." The time was- pine minutes. A great deal of the booing which Reed encountered was due to his suddenly found habit of hair pulling, but that was, in a way, excusable considering the handicaps under which he was working. The crowd got a lot of amusement out of Robin's fruit less efforts to budge the big boy with flying beadlocks. The "flu" epidemic seemed to cast a damper on the entire, par ty, and It took the main eventers considerable time to warm np tha crowd after an exceedingly thrill less Initial bout between Harry Kuehne of Newberg and "Curly" Woods of Centralia. Kuehne won the first fall with an airplane spin in 14:10, Woods the second with a sonnenberg in 2:20 and Kuehne the third with a whip wmtlock In 1:10. When Amos Alonzo Stagg pitch ed for Yale, back in 1888, he bat ted in the lead-off position, con trary to the usual custom which places pitchers at the nether end of the batting order. . IE-IS quarter-final match against Sutter in the nationals last fall. No review of the tennis year would be complete without paying tribute to the marvelous play of that great veteran, Jean Borotra, in winning both his singles games in the Davis cup matches, to retain the trophy for Franc almost single handed. Among the ladles,' Helen WfUs lloody continued to dominate the field, winning with ease at Wimble don, bat she failed to return to the U. 8. for the women's national singles play, and so the U. 8. crown fell at last to Helen Jacobs, Cali fornia's "Little Helen." Two newcomers, Alice Marble and Carolin Babeock, both of Cali fornia, showed lots of promise and may provide aome worthy competi tion for Mrs. lloody in the not-too-distant future. CwjrUM, MIS. mm I :A PASS- The forward PASS. UJHEAJ "' COMPLETED OR. IAiTEecPTED PROVIDES OAJE of footballs greatest;' vthf2ills 9 n 27 A SPORT that lacks thrills can't possibly hold public attention as a spectacle for long. What brings the sport fans to the old box office is the hope of a thrill. What they love are the Slamourous thrills of sport all is color, the dramatic tenseness, the electric silence which prepare the way for those unforgettable mo ments when the monster gathering in a gigantic stadium is brought to its feet, and breaking in suddenly upon the tense, expectant atmos phere comes that unique sound the very memory of which makes the heart beat faster the roar of a great crowd. Why was Dempsey the greatest fistic drawing card of all time? Why is Ruth still without a rival when it comes to box-office appeal? Be cause Ruth and Dempsey were the outstanding thrill producers of modern sport history. In boxing it's the punch the kayo wallop that panics the LEAGUE TO T The third round of rare In th Mid-Willamette Valley Basketball association series will be played tonlfht Officials of th liru have asked managers of northern aivision teams to get in touch with each other and straighten out a mlxup in schedules. Tonight s tames are the rem- lar third round games, the first round havinr been nostDonert In the north end and in some other cases. Games tonight are: Western Division Falls City at Perrydale. Willamina-Sheridan at Bethel. Grand Ronde, bye. Northern Division 8ilverton at St. Paul. lit. Angel at Salem. Woodburn at Scotts Mills. Southern Dlvi&lon Gates at Scio. Turner at Stayton. Mill City, bye. E DIVIDED, A ID B A and B sections of tha Church basketball league were decided upon at a meeting of re presentatives of th 12 teams at the T. M. C. A. last night The first league crame will ba nlaved January 6. Each section will play two rounds and the A and B leaders play off tor th cham pionship. Friday night the practice games will be played at th T: 7 p.m., Court Street Christian vs. American Lutheran; 7:41, First Christian vs. Leslie M. X.; 8: SO, Highland Friends vs. Hayesville-Nazarenes. Final de cision on rules will b mad at a meeting next Tuesday night at which time league fees and le gibility lists will be due. Postponing games is ruled out In an amendment to th constitu tion announced last night Ivan Whit is league president and Harmon Garrett, Tie president, this season. Section members are: A Presbyterian. First lfethndiat. Jason Lee, Court Street Chris tian. ComrreratlonaJ anA Tilu wetnoaist; b American Luther an. Temnle Bantlst Hlrhland Friends, Knight Memorial, First 1 6 IS -P- y-- Jfy t ASE. BALL'S t A r-l mil -rlr I Htl lt produces IS THE OLD HOME RUM WALLOP ,-"w - aV jr-v At J j9 5?k V. !V1 fJ4 crowd. In baseball the home run smash still brings the greatest thrill. Ruth personifies the home run wallop. Dempsey was the very epitome of punch. That's why no stadium in the world was large enough to hold all the fans that would come out to see them in ac tion when they were in their prime. In the ring the clever fellows, the "scientifle boxers," are all very well, but unless they pack a healthy wallop, all the fancy stuff in the world wont make them box-office attractions. The jab-and-grab bri gade may win decisions, but they won't rake in the old do-re-mi like the less "scientific" but more color ful sluggers the boys who can lay in them thar wallops and stretch 'em out for the toll of ten. So it is in baseball also. Some of the old timers may yearn for the old tight-game era of pitchers' duels and "brainy" baseball, but whatever you may say, the fact re mains that the crowd loves that old Editors seem n liable to agree any more cloeely than sport writers. The editor of this newspaper praise basket ball as a sport which packs thrills, yet la Inexpensive and devoid of the over-emphasis which accompanies football. While over at McMinnville an other editor predicts that col lege basketball will not live because teams playing on their homecoarta have too much ad vantage, and playing on neu tral floors is too costly. Meanwhile an editor across the street says commercialism Is killing football whereat an editor at Corvallis comes back with the reminder that football Is far from dead at a certain university which has carried commercialism Just about to the ultimate; nam ing no names but of course he meant TJ. S. C. And we read ia one Port land sport page that Billy Sul livan is threatening to shove Lob Fonsoca out of the mana gership of the White Sox by. beating him out at first base; and the same day another writ er on another Portland sport page, casually mentions in summing up the White Sox prospects, that Bine will hold down first base. You can read almost anything you Ilk on th editorial pages, Just as you can on the sport pages. A while back we read on th same sport page that right naiiback is th ball carrying position under th Schlssler sys tem, and that th Warner sys tem is based on power plays. We even find Billy Stepp tn one paragraph of bis column predicting th Trojans will walk all over Pitt, and tn the next intimating that it's an n bet or ther about. About that question of th horn team la basketball, by th way; wr seen too many teams plit games, acn winning on th other's floor, to swallow that on. Fact ia, oUg basketball floors ar so standardised thee Christian, and HaysvUle-Naiar- enes. COMMENTS &3S? -TkATs RprAkc VUr- v GREATEST V . CARD K IAJ (2ASE- QALL. msToe7. the" -THATs; 'VSHAX taura tjo&a. ttkCmaua oxta h'im U, wallop and the element of punch was lacking in the pre-Ruthian era on the diamond. In football, the touchdown run Is the gridiron equivalent of the kayo wallop and the home run drive. Col orful touchdown threats like "Red" Grange and Albie Booth could be counted on to provide the crowd with its share of thrills in nearly every game. From the spectators' standpoint, probably the most thrilling play in football is the forward pass, with its complicated execution and its daring, with the threat of a touch down hinging upon its completion or interception. In the closing minutes of a grid iron clash the trailing team almost always unleashes a barrage of for ward passes in a last desperate bid for a touchdown, and this threat of a last minute "touchdown pass" keeps the fans on edge until the final whistle marks the game's end. OwttIcM. 1U1. Klaf tatim Sjadiata. Im. days there's practically no differ ence, especially to teams that are used to traveling. Any player will have a slight amount ot difficul ty in finding the hoop on a strange court right at first, but it's practically all overcome be fore the warming-up exercises ar over with. The site of the court is a greater handicap, but Clearance Sale Worn .Dre Values $11 A group of 50 dresses drastically reduced for this clearance sale. Distinctly styled dresses of flat crepe, jersey, knitwear and rayon. SIZES 14-46 CLEARANCE SALE Our Entire Stock of Women's Fine Coats Reduced Fur Coats, Sport Coats, Polo type Coats All included in this clearance MONTGOMERY WARD & CO. 175 N.Liberty Phone 8774 Offense Ready to Click; no More Scrimmage; Pitt Star Tackle Hurt LOS ANGELES. Dec S7 (AP) Possibility was strengthened to day tbat Southern California might present a more powerful running attack against Pittsburgh January 2 than at any point In the regular schedule, as Coach Howard Jones sent his team through a hard workout on of fense. Unlike other years, the Trojans played a defensive game for the most part this season, awaiting or making the breaks which took them to nine consecutive victories. A strong line and a green back field were the main factors which made this necessary but with the ball carriers in possession ot more experience now. Coach Jones put more of the responsibility of the game on their shoulders. TUCSON. Ariz.. Dec. 27. (AP) Misfortune came today and camped with the University ot Pittburgh football squad. The Panthers, training here for the Southern California game at the Pasadena Rose bowl January 2, were handicapped for three weeks by bad weather. Today, during strenuous scrimmage prac tice on the University of Arizona gridiron, Paul Cuba, star left tackle, went down under the cleats of his mates and came up with an Injured leg. Two assistant coaches helped him from the field and a doctor and a trainer took charge of him. It was not known yet tonight Just how serious his injury was, but fear was expressed that he might not be able to play next Monday. After the workout, Coach John B. Sutherland said there would be no more scrimmages this week. Today's practice included both offerslve and .defensive work, with the reserves getting most of Suth erland's attention. The regulars were sent from the field one by one. Nicksick took Heller's position at halfback and Matesic replaced Sebastian in the other halfback post. Weisenbaueh went In at fullback for Welnstock. Tomorrow the Panthers will be given more signal drills at their desert hotel five miles from Tuc son and In the afternoon they will come to the Arixona gridiron fur a continuation of the signal drills and "dummy'' scrimmage. The Pittsburgh outfit plans to leave for Los Angeles Saturday night. the college gyms ar nearly all big enough so that makes less difference to them. Th bush league teams, and the high school teams in small communi ties are bothered more. Happy New Year May 1933 Bring to You Happiness, Prosperity is our wish Thompson-Glutich OPTOMETRISTS 833 State St ems to $4.98 (OlQ Salem, Ore.