Twelve Teams Lined Up fw.Spnng
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Season - Expected to Start
Second Week in April;
Enthusiasm Noted f
- Organization for the 1935 soft
ball season got under way; last
night when representatives Of 12
teams, all to play In the spring
league, met In the Y. M. C. A.,
reelected last year's officers and
discussed various phases of ! the
league management.
' - The spring season Is expected
' to open the second week in April
and will probably be ran in two
divisions of six teams each. At
the conclusion of the spring play
the eight strongest teams will be
chosen to participate in the' Sum-
mer league. ......
- ' Last year's tremendous interest
In Softball brought out a covey of
, new teams this year. New teams
In the league will be the Artisans.
- Valley Motor, Bqsick's. Ladd &
. Bush, Eagles and Portland Gen
eral Electric. Of last year's teams
, Pade's, Parker's, Hogg Bros.',
Waite's, Master Bread and' Kay
-Mill will again be in the running.
Last year's officers who i were
reelected are: President, Harry V.
Collins; vice-president, C. L Mc-
Lin; secretary, Dwigbt Adanis.
- Whether more teams shall be
. admitted to the spring league was
left to the discretion of the' offi
cials but it was felt that there
are not enough players for more
teams. Several firms, it was un
derstood, were willing to back
teams if teams were available.
Split Season Talked ;
- There was considerable discus
sion on whether the league should
. decide definitely on a split season
- plan but the matter was ultimate
ly left in the hands of the officers.
Also discussed was the advisa
bility of changing from the out
seam ball which has always been
used here to an inseam or smooth
ball which is rapidly being adopt
ed by sofeball associations all ov
er the country. The inseam ball
is said to speed up the game, en
' able the pitcher to put more on
- the ball and to cut down errors.
. Gloves are used with the inseam
ball and its use has found favor
with numerous Oregon leagues. "
The matter of uniform balls
will come up at the state associ
. ation meeting to be held- here
April 7 and it Is probable that
the- vote- will be for the inseam
ball and gloves.
Early Contracts Void
Contract blanks were issued to
--all managers and they will begin
signing up their teams immedi
"ately. It was ruled that all con-
tracts signed before yesterday will
' he void.
- Teams and managers in the
spring league are: Pade's, Lorne
. Kitchen and Ben Pade; Artisans,
Merle Smith; Hogg Bros.,, George
; Self.-and Earl Schaeffer;' Valley
. Motor, R. O. Bronson; Ladd &
Bush, Bill Moriarty; Waite's, Leo
"Frisco" Edwards; Eagles. "Red"
Baldwin; Portland General Elec
tric, J. Teed; Parker's, Cliff Par
ker and Lu Singer; Master Bread,
Don Hendrie; -Kay Mill. C. A.
Tage; Busick's, Harold Busick.
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Herewith is the solution to yes
terday's pnzxle.
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moting them afflicted with
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BY CAUSTIC
- The armory will be dark Fri
day eight. The armory has been
dark for three Friday nights as
far as fights have been concerned
unless you count the little social
brawls that accompany a state
tournament dance. The possibility
is that the armory will keep on
being dark on Friday nights and
the ; fight program that started
out so short a time agoa lusty
infant will be back in its grave
again.
Xot that nobody wants the
fights. There are plenty of fans
willing to pay In their shekels
to see good boats weekly or
semi-monthly. The trouble Is
that the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, the organization which
has been sponsoring fighting in
Salem, has been afflicted with
promoter trouble ever since it
revived the fight game In this
man's town.
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In six months the veterans have
had five matchmakers, none of
them wholly satisfactory. The last
straw came when C. W. Hutchin
son, who has been promoting the
fights here by phone, telegram
and post-card from Portland, fail
ed to line up cards for two sched
uled dates. The veterans informed
Mr. Hutchinson, politely but curt
ly, that he was no longer promot
ing fighting in Salem.
Right now the vets are on the
lookout for a man of integrity
and capability to take over
where the other five promoters
left off. They are having their
troubles. Salem isn't a town
large enough to attract the
first class promoters. Joe Wat
erman, Portland's impresario,
has his hands too busy trying
to straighten out the tangled
affairs of the fight racket in
the metropolis to take on Salem
as a side-line. The one eligible
'man found so far, Dean Morris
of Scio, is at present tied down
with his business.
The requirements for a good
small city boxing promoter are
difficult to meet. The matchmak
er should have plenty of contacts
with fighters and managers, in
cluding . a. working arrangement
with the promoters in the nearby
large cities, Portland in this case.
He should be able to get a good
card lined up for every scheduled
date with well known boys in the
main event and semi-windup and
some good scrappers from the lo
cal talent lineup and the sur
rounding, countryside in the pre
liminaries. To. keep his fighters
in line he must be a man to whom
the boxers will lopk with respect.
Also he must have a large amount
of press-agent in him to get val
uable space in the papers. Most
press-agents are likeable fellows
and so he must be likeable. If
there are any men who meet a
few of the above requirements
and would like to have a nice Job
on hand they might ring up the
veterans and let them know that
the time to stop worrying has ar
rived. We hope that the boxing
in i
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Armory dark tonight; fight
; fans willing but veterans pro-'
game doesn't pasa oat of the lo
cal picture. We believe that Sa
lem can and will support week
ly cards If they are good cards.
The trend In the valley seems to
be toward a revival of boxing
with nearly all the smaller
towns serving up either profes
sional or amateur fistic enter
talnmeat at fairly regular in
tervals. Salem ought to have a
regular, first-class ring- show
at least twice a month.
Grand Ronde to
Play Dallas tor
Polk Grade Title
DALLAS, March 18 The
Polk county grade school cham
pionship will be determined Fri
day night at the Junior high
school gymnasium when Grand
Ronde and Dallas will play off
for the title. The teams have met
twice this season and have each
won a game.
The game will be a preliminary
to a clash between a' team of
Monmouth all-stars and a high
school combination led by Coach
Orville Bailey. Friday night's
games will wind up the basket
ball season here for this year.
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Conceded Slight Edge Over
Cardinals Because of
' Better Balance
By EDWARD J. NEIL
WASHINGTON, March 28.-ff)
-The hop skip and jumping of the
Palmettos, plans and prophecies
of the southern training camps is
over, the athletes have had thefr
dress rehearsals, and from the
jumble there comes one firm con
viction as to this year's National
baseball campaign.
From this seat, it's a two-horse
race between the world champion
St. Louis Cardinals and the 1933
champions, the New York Giants,
and If there is any edge at' all,
lt'a with the Manhattan Madhat
ters, who accomplished the almost
unbelievable last fall by kicking
away a seven-game lead in lit
tle more than three weeks to
shove the Cards to world series
glory.
There will be plenty of lone.
bitter guerrila warfare along the
hot way from April to October,
with both the Chicago Cubs and
Pirates strengthened; the Boston
Braves clinging desperately to the
inspiration of the great Question
mark, George .Herman Ruth; the
Phillies showing new spirit and
balance; the Brooklyn Dodgers al
ways tough; and the Reds experi
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First 1935 Grid Casualty
Is Quesseth;
Broken; Players Work Hard
. Cecil Quesseth, pony basketball
and football player of. Salem high.
got his name among the first on
the 1935 football casualty list
when he received a broken collar
bone in spring, football 'practice
at Olinger field yesterday after
noon. Quesseth . received the break.
mentlng with youth that can't do
worse than tfie last place that has
been the "X! making Cincinnati's
spot In the league for years.
Of one thing can the league be
certain. With Ruth playing 90
or more games, the' attendance
figures are sure to chase the fi
nancial clouds that have darkened
the circuit for years.
Everywhere that the Giants
sagged in the debacle of 1934, Bill
Terry has made careful replace
ments. His greatest prize is Dick
Bartell, an inspiring shortstop,
brought in from Philadelphia
with George "Kiddo" Davis, Gi
ants' centerfielder in 1933.
The remainder of the league
has made desperate efforts to
keep pace with these improve
ments, and the Cards have suc
ceeded except for a pitching staff
mat, aside from J. Herman "Diz
y" Dean, their super star, and
Paul "Daffy" Dean, the quiet one,
who some day may be even great
er than his big brother, is ex-
iremejy scrawny,
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described by a doctor as "not
bad," while blocking out another
player In scrimmage. Coach Hunt
ington said that Quesseth, a half
back, was one of the most promis
ing . candidates for a ' backfteld
berth next year. His injury, how
ever, will 'opt ' keep - him out of
football next fall.
' Huntington- said there was a
great, deal of enthusiasm among
the players "over the spring work
outs with 43 -boys in suits. He
thinks he will have a good team
next fall and expects the line to
be much stronger than last year's.
Most of the 1934 linemen will
be back next year while there are
a large number of candidates who
are turning out for football for
the first time.
Huntington will have to find al
most a complete new baekfleld.
Phil SaUtrom, halfback, is the
only regular who will be back.
Quesseth will probably take either
one of the halfback berths" or
quarterback. Other outstanding
candidates for baekfleld positions
are Pete Hoffert, Leonard Brown
and Fred Baxter.
PHILLIES WIN OXE
WINTER HAVEN, Fla., March
2. Piling np fonr runs in
their first time at bat, the Phil
lies today snapped out of a los
ing streak and defeated the Bos
ton Red Sox 5 to 3.
Black and White
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The -Jason Lee Trojans had lit
tle trouble Wednesday evening In
defeating the Jason -Lee Senior
.team at the Y. M. C. A, in a game
to determine which was the best
t)f the four teams sponsored by
the Jason Lee church this year:
The Trojans, led by Duncan and
Lowe, who each scored 14 points,
were ahead 25 to 14 at half time
and won by a score of 50 to 30.'
Myers and Douri3 each - got 9
points for the seniors. The 'two
teams will complete their season
Saturday night when they play a
doubleheader at Parrish Hi, with
teams from the Centenary "Wilbur
Church of Portland. A group of
30 young people are motorine
down from Portland to see the
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terwards at the Jason Lee church.
Lee Trojans -v Lee Seniors
Duncan 14 . . . . . F . . i . 2 - Peters
Lowe 14 F.iii. Myers
Clark . . . . . .. C . .'. 4 Tipton
Lapschies 10 . . G... 8 Newland
Baunfgartner 4 G '..I.', 9 Douris
Stayton Runners
WU1 Enter Hill
Military Relays
STAYTONf March 28. Sta-ton
high school runners have : been
working out daily ' for. the- pat
month in preparation. for the 4th
annual Hill Military Academy re
lay events to be held in Portland
Friday, March 29.
A distance medley relay team
composed of Calavan, Vernon,
Maisal and Dlllard will compete.
Calavan will also enter the spe
cial 50-yard dash. Hie team is be
ing coaehed by Pat Beat.
By WALT DISNEY
By BRANDON WALSH
By JIMMY MURPHY
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