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Benson Downs
Vikings 31-28
;Onc of Closest . Tourney
Games With Tie, Two
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Benson Tech of Portland col
lected fifth ranking inr the Ore
gon basketball tournament Sat
urday morning by nosing out Sa
lem high 31 to 28 in one of the
tightest games of the four-day
session on outcome that disap-
? , pointed Salem partisans not so
much in the mere fact of the de
feat, as In the obvious one that
the Vikings, through no failure
to try. were not able to show at
their best.
The score was close nearly all
the way, with Benson unable to
break through Salem's sone de
fense for a field goal in the first
quarter but keeping even by sink
ing free, throws. Incidentally 30
fouls were called daring the game,
equally divided between the
teams, and Salem would have won
. had it collected on its share of gift
shots. Benson scored 13 points in
this manner and Salem eight,
while the Vikings scored one more
field goal than the Techmen.
Benson forged abead to a 15-10
halftime advantage. Salem cut the
margin down to three points in
the third period, and in the
fourth with Skopil back in the
game, played basketball in the
fourth quarter as the home fans
knew it could. Salstrom hit the
hoop twice and Luther once and
the score was tied with two min
utes to go.
Burns put Benson ahead again
and in the hectic two minutes,
the Techmen adopted the novel
"stalling" method of fouling
somebody whenever Salem threat
ened. With seconds left. Skopil in
tentionally missed a free throw in
tfie hope a field goal could be
made to tie the score, but "the
strategy didn't work, and Benson
got another free throw before it
wasTiver.
Williams and Luther played
outstanding ball for Salem and
Marc hi was Benson's most prom
inent performer.
Salem 28 31 Benson
SkoDil 4. F 8 Marchi
Salstrom, 5 .
. 11 GreKg
. . 4 Woldt
. . 6 Burns
1 McKown
, . . 1 Lohr
Wagner 5 . .
Williams! 6 .
Luther 7. . .
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Sarpola Leader
In Scoring With
59 For Tourney
Ted Sarpola, Astoria's three
time all-stater, led scoring in the
state basketball tournament by
turning in a to-
tal of 59 points. '
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Sarpola's total
came from field
goals of which he
sank 27.
He was trailed
closely by Moore? V
of Tillamook wno
scored 50 points.
Hansen of Frank
lin with 45 and
Kessler of Bell
fountain and
Krurer of Cor-
rallis with 43
In Haasea
each.
Scoring of the top 25 players
besides those mentioned follows:
Stoneberg, Tillamook, 37; Kok
ko. Astoria, 35; Skopil, Salem,
35: Williams, Franklin, 35;
Blackledge, CorvaUis. 39; Wal
lace, BellfounUIn. 37; Gregg,
Benson, 33; Parker, Astoria, 32;
Marchi. Benson. 30; Salstrom, Sa
lem. 30; Monaban, McLoughlin,
33; Sclm. Mill City. 27; Cope
land, Myrtle Creek. 26; Kemnit
ser. Franklin, 27; Crockett, Cor
vaUis. 25; Williams, Salem, 21;
Stitt, La Grande, 20; Woldt, Ben
son, 20: Pflugrad, Xorvallis, 22.
Four Salein Lads
Still in Tourney
. All four of the Salem T.M.C.A.
entrants in the preliminary Ore
gon A.A.U. boxing matches ai
Portland last Thursday night will
leturn to the Multnomah club
there next Thursday afternoon
and night for the finals. Ore
gon winners win have to right to
try for northwest A.A.TJ. honors.
In the preliminaries Wilbur
Tragllo, 160, won -by a technical
knockout. Bill Calse. 1(0, by a
knockout, while Bob Quamme,
110,; and Jim Stabb, 105, drew
byes.
Hone Racing Schedule
For Washington Listed
SEATTLE, March ll.-fy-The
Washington state horse racing
commission today announced 51
days of racing for Seattle and
24 for Spokane this summer;
The dates set are July S to
September 7 for Longacres at Se
attle, and September 4 to October
4 for Spokane. Racing win be
held every day except Mondays
and Tuesdays at botkr cities. .
Cinder Track Will Be
Constructed, Lebanon
- LEBANON. March 20. Work
has begun on the new track, un
der the supervision of Coach Reed
Clark, through i WPA project In
conjunction with the - National
Touth Administration. It is a
standard 300 yard track. The
school hopes to take more inter
est in track this year and to turn
out some splendid athletes under
the coaching of Robert Small. .
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No Time Limit
On Mat Event
Costello and Curtiss to
Class Tuesday Night;
Sugai on Program
"No time limit and may the
best man win" will be the ref
eree's admonition wben Dick Cos
tello, Syrian menace, and Jack
Curtiss, madman - handler from
Mississippi, meet in the main
event of the American Legion
wrestling carnival at the armory
next Tuesday night.
Curtiss and Costello are billed
to wrestle it out to a finish re
gardless of time. Oldtlme fans re
member when Henry Jones and
Robin Reed once wrestled to 1
o'clock in the morning on the
same kind of a proposition. Whe
ther the Curtiss-Costello mix will
be as long winded is doubtful but
fans are certain to get their
money's worth of grappling.
Bobby Burns, Irisnman witn a
Scotch name, who downed Costel
lo last week, will be matched with
another villain, the bone cracking
Monsieur Jean La Belle from Can
ada, in the 4 5-minute semi-wind-hp.
Burns showed some classy
grappling in his first appearance
here last week.
Don Sugai, pride of Labish, will
meet Jack Lipscomb, cold-hearted
ruffian from Indiana, in the 30
minute opener.
Bear Tops Cougar
In Track Contest
EDWARDS STADIUM, Berke
ley, Calif., March 21.-(P)-Tho
University of California track and
f:eld team opened the 1936 sea
son today with a 95 to 36 vic
tory over Washington State col
lege.
The California team wa3 weak
ened by the loss of four star per
formers, out through injuries.
Lorin Benke's inability to close
1) approach his best times and
marks in the low hurdles and
broad Jump; Roy Carriker's fail
ure in the mile and Jack Orr's
comparatirely slow quarter mile
cut down Washington State's
chances In the point column.
Tom Moore, California's crack
hurdler, scored a two-yard vic
tory over Benke In the 220-yard
low barrier event in the time of
23.6 seconds. Benke is co-holder
cf the Pacific Northwest record
of 23.3 seconds but he appeared
out of condition today.
Bulldogs Launch
Diamond Season
WOODBURX, March 21 Base
ball practice is well under way
at Woodburn high school with
prospects of a strong team for
the coming season.
Most of the players will be
experienced, including Delbert
Voreis, last year's pitcher; Rob
ert Bonney, who played In the
outfield last year; Merrill Reed,
Charles Shaw and Richard Whit
man, who have all played good
games. Other players wUl prob
ably be Donald Bioly, Wilbur
Brunele, Rognar Anonby, Otto
Halter, Wallace Lee, Charles
Kaufman, George Racette, Arlle
Skiller and Hugh Boyle.
Earnshaw, Jr., Helps Dad Train
When George Earnshaw.'Sr.,
eran hurler, went into training
with the Brooklyn Dodgers
Clearwater, FUl, his "first assist
ant"' was Georre. Jf- 11.
who
helped his dad to warm up.
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More of District Champs Who Played in Tourney
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bovr, the Oregon City basketeers who snrriTCtl the first round of the state tournament bat were de
feated twice thereafter. Frost row, from left. Manager Fischer, Heiden, Freeman, Ma aiding, Coach
Hudson. Back row, Lind, Btnrtlivant, Eberly, Mrak, Dkkson. Below, Myrtle Creek's strong southern
Oregon B champions who defeated Mill City but lost In the state B finals to BellfountaJn. Front
row, from left, Whetzel, Richardson, Dyer, Elliott, Starbuck. Back row, Copeland, Marcnm, BreedloTe,
Coach Ireland, Rhodes, Heath, Baldwin.
BY PAW L, iMAUSE-K
Champions are those CorvaUis
boys. They were champions all
along and just had to go through
four basketball
games to prove
it. They proved
it well enough
when they tum
bled Astoria In
that second game
and they went on
to prove It every
time they played.
Rarely has there
been a team.
even a champion
ship team, that
had the smooth.
easy- working
class of those PulHas
unbeatable Spartans from Cor
vaUis who needed so shields to
be sent home on. They should
have gone home on the shoulders
of their supporters.
Coach Mush Torson, the man
who tanght that basketball
team how to be bunch of
passing fools that handled a
basketball like it was the easi
est thins; in the world, was a
happy man last night. For the
first time since he has been
coaching at Corral lis, In fact.
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for the first time in history,
CorvaUis held the state basket
ball championship and there
was no one to say they didn't
deserve it
While dwelling on the merits
of the CorvaUis team we can't
pass over that ace of forwards.
Captain Roy Pflngrad. Pflugrad
wasn't a great point getter and
perhaps that accounts for why he
was overlooked on both the first
and second all-state teams. But
Pflugrad was the boy who whip
ped the ball In where the other
Spartans could lace it through
the net. He passed so fast and so
accurately that the basket was
made before one could realize he
had thrown the balL Besides be
ing the finest passer in the tour
nament, a guy who threw a bas
ketball like a bullet out of an
elephant gun, he was one of the
best dribblers. What he could do
with a basketball was worth
learning. We predict that the col
lege coaches, who know a good
oasKetDait player wnen tney see
one, even If the all-state pickers
don't, will be hot after Pflugrad.
As for all-state teams. Just
what could be wrong with the
Corral lis team as a whole for
the all-staters 7 W.e don't know
a man on the starting five we
would want to replace if we
were coaching that team. Vent
ing onr opinion of all-state
teams we say phoocy. This Is
an accusation that there are
politics in the selection of one
of those mythical fires that
would pat Tammany to shame.
We think the coaches would be
happy if there were no such
thing as an all-state team.
Best crack at the microphone
last night came from Captain
Frank Marchi of Benson. Said
ed from Dr. Bruce Baxter .the
trophy his team won: "We're
sure glad to win this fifth place
trophy again." It's coincidental
that Benson, twice Portland
champion, has twice won fifth
place while the Portland runner
up went into second place in the
tournament.
Ed F. Bloom, the new prexy
of the state association, bad a
little trouble with the public
address system . last sight.
There was loose connection
' somewhere that made Glenn
Gregg scramble down under-
. neath the bleachers. Bloom
started out his speech, "I can't
tell . . No result from the
loudspeakers. Again he started,
I can't tell . . .". A third time
. and some wag in the back rows
of the press . bog piped up,
"Well, then, keep It uiet.T
All of CorvaUis was shaking
Mush Torson's hand and the poor
gentleman had to hide out' under
the stairs to get away from it all
. . . Ted Sarpola summed op As
toria when he said "It took the
champions to beat us'! . . ". Cap
tain Wallace of Bellfountaln, who
had to come forward three times,
once for his outstanding sports
manship award, .twice for his
team's two trophies,' got to be an
old hand at talking into' a mike
before they were through "with
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Keeping firmly in mind that
this column is supposed to be
about golf, it's going to be im
possible to avoid mention of the
basketball tournament today,
said hoop festival having been
on every sport fan's mind, dur
ing the past week. The best
tournament ever in many ways,
chief of these being that the B
teams got tbo recognition they
have been seeking all theee
years, by bein allowed to set
tle their own state champion
ship. .
There were close, exciting
games every day, a pleasing de
Telopment inevitably offset by the
elimination of some teams that
deserved to stay in the champion
ship round longer. The crowds
came when an important game
was in sight and stayed away
when It didn't look so promising.
On the other hand the real sport
fans, according to oar estim
ation, were there whenever they
could get away from whatever du
ties they might have finding
their own peculiar type of enter
tainment in every game, close or
one-sided, expert or inexpert. Try
ing the puzzle out the whys and
wherefores, to read the mental re
actions of the boys who were go
ing down to overwhelming defeat
figuring out why. one team was
better than the other and wny, oc
casionally, a team couldn't play
st Its best those are some or the
reasons why the real fans spent
all the time they could spare at
the tournament-
One of the 'lessons such ob
serration taught, a good lesson
for golfers , now we're getting
around to golf was that the
boys who took It easy, refused
to get unduly excited, remained
"unlaxcd' no matter what the
pressure, got that ball through
the treacherous Iron hoop the
often est.
Well, that's over, and we golf
ers who missed several days of
oar favorite diversion last week.
can start the season now. in dead
earnest. Wouldn't be' surprised if
a spring nanaicap at me saiem
club would be announced soon
or will " the . Active club sponsor
another all-city event? , The boys
are about' ripe for one . or k the
other. ,t , . v--.
, . Visitors who toured the locaL
course during the past week in-
eluded Itoy Mason, a pro from
Wall Walla, and Ed Shea. JJ
on International director from
rortland. . They had a lot 4 of
nice things to say about the
Salem layout. " : : ' C :
. Th Silverton bovs are arrang
ing to have their ham-and get-to
gethers at the. golf course Sunday
mornings. Yon can always count
on the SilvertoA bunch to spring
something new every now and
then. ' . -:
PAGE SEVEN
Riggi, Thomas
Head Up Card
Experience Advantage Is
on Visitor's Side in
Thursday Battle
Headlined by & ten round boat
between Frank Riggi. aspirant for
northwest heavyweight honors,
and Cyclone Thomas, former
northwest heavyweight tiUist. 32
pounds of boxing will be offered
to Salem fans in a show at the
armory next Friday night under
the auspices of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Riggi, northwest boxer whose
career this year has marked him
as a comer, is on the up trail and
has been taking on tougher and
tougher opposition. In his last
fight he knocked out Red Rader
of Tacoma, the first time the Pu
get Sound veteran was ever count
ed out in over 300 fights. Before
he had floored Wes Hayes, prom
ising Portland negro. In Thomas,
Riggi will be up against an ex
perienced fighter of top class rat
ing who is still In his prime.
Norris Meets Curly
Eddie Norris, sensational light
weight prospect who is a top fav
orite with local fans, will be pit
ted against Jack Curly, tough
Portland boy, in the six round
semi-final event. Curly Feldtman
has ticketed Norris, a natural
fighter, as a coming lightweight
champion and many who have
seen hint fight will back up the
promoter's prediction.
Four four -round preliminaries
will complete the card. Three of
them are in welterweight classi
fications and the promoters hare
offered a fighting robe to the boy
among them that puts up the best
scrap. Zackie Shell, fast Gervais
youth, will meet Harry Kerfsley,
142, Portland. Alva Anderson.
144, rangy Scio lad, meets Eddie
La Valley, 146, St. Johns. Battling
Stontenberg, 145, Salem, mixes
with Dick Query, 147, Scio. A
four-round opener will be announ
ced later.
Olympic Playoff
Opens Wednesday
SEATTLE, March 21.-(n-With
a chance to reach the Olympic
games at Berlin as the incentive,
the four top intercollegiate basket
ball teams of the Pacific coast will
clash here Wednesday and Thurs
day in an elimination tournament.
.The winner will represent the
Pacific in the final Olympic bas
ketball trials in New York City
April 1 to 4.
Wednesday night Stanford will
meet Oregon State, and Southern
California will tangle with Wash
ington. The winners will clash
Thursday night for the honor of
representing the coast in New
York. The losers also will meet
Thursday in a consolation battle.
Steele May Get
Chance at Title
SEATTLE. March 21 - -Freddie
Steele of Tacoma will get.
his big chance in the fistic busi
ness here Tuesday night when he
meets Eddie (Babe) Risko of Sy
racuse, N. Y., world's middle
weight champion. In a 10-round
non-title fight in the civic audi
torium. By beating Risko as he has 77
of the 84 opponents he has met
since 1930, Steele can climb to
the No. 1 challenging position for
thecrown. In his five years of pro
fessional battling. Steele has scor
ed 3 knockouts, won 41 bants by
decision, fought five, draws and
lost two battles. He has knocked
out 19 of his last 27 opponents.
Aumsville Downs
Shaw Softballers
AUMSVILLE, March 21. A
game of toftball was played be
tween the seventh and' eighth
grade teams of the Aumsville
school and the grades of Shaw.
The score was 28 to 8 in favor
of Aumsville.
Boys and girls of the local high
school are going out for baseball
practice since the close of the bas
ketball season. i --'
A pie social will be held at
the school house Tuesday evening
for the benefit of the baseball
fund. , The event is being spon
sored by the athletic association
cf the high school. ;t -V .
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t'ntn Midnight
Bowl-Moir Co.
CorvaUis, Franklin
Each Places 2 Men
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Kruger Almost Unanimous For Guard;
Three Bellfountain' Youths on
First AU-B Honor List
All Tournament Team
Tommy Hansen, Franklin, forward
Ted Sarpola, Astoria, forward
Stewart Warren. CorvaUis, center
Merle Kruger, CorvaUis, guard '
Jack Kemnitzer, Franklin, guard
Second Team
Elirood Moore. Tillamook, and Frank Marchi. Benson, for- .
wards; Henry Kokko. Astoria, crater; KIiuo Crockett, CorralUs,
and Stanley Fisk, McLoughlin, guards.
HONORABLE SLEXTIOX
PflnRrad, CottmIILi; S. Buckingham, Beilfountaia; Stoae
burg, Tillamook; Williams, Franklin; Wallace, Ilellfonntain;
Burns, Benson; Parker, Astoria; Blackledge, CorralUs; Walter,
Tillamook; Skopil, Salem, Lot her, Salem; Salstrom, Salem.
All-Tournament B Team
John Seim, Mill City, forward
Stanley Buckingham, Bellfountain, center
Richard Kessler, Bellfoun.tain, center
Harry Wallace, Bellfountain, guard
Darrell Copeland, Myrtle Creek, guard
TED SARPOLA, Astoria s free flipping forward, , became
the second man in the history of the tournament to make
the all-state team three years in a row when he and four.
other players were named as a mythical all-state, five by
coaches, officials and sports writers at a luncheon yesterday
at the home of Coach R. S. Keene.
Sarpola, who equaled, the tour-O
nament scoring record for a sin- I
gle game by dropping In 27 points
against Myrtle Creek and staged
a single handed comeback for his
team against Tillamook: yesterday.
lacked only two votes of being a
unanimous choice for one of the
forward positions.
In , hitting the all state mark
for three successive years Sarpola
equaled a record established by
Glen Sanford of Salem who was
an all state guard in 1930, 1931
and 1932.
Kruger Tops List
Sarpola was second only to
Merle Kruger, sharpshooting Cor
vaUis guard, who received 2S
votes. Stewart Warren, CorvaUis
center, easily got the center posi
tion with 24 otes while Tommy
Hansen of Franklin gained the
other forward 'berth with 22 bal
lots. The closest race for first team
positions was for the second guard
post, Jack Kemnitzer of Franklin
received .12 votes to nose out
Stanley Fisk of McLoughlin by
one count.
Elwood Moore, Tillamook's easy
going but ever present forward,
took top honors with 27 votes in
balloting for second team posi
tions. The other forward was
Frank Marchi of Benson with ten
votes, lowest received by any nlay-
Henry Kokko, Astoria center,
nosed out Stonebnrg of Tillamook
for the pivot position although
Stoneburg played rings around
him in yesterday morning's game.
Kokko received 13 votes to 10 for
Stoneburg.
B Stars Selected
Stanley Fisk, sparky Mac - Hi
guard, was first choice for a guard
position on the second team after
being nosed out of a first string
post. He received .23 votes, whUe
Elmo Crockett, CorvaUis' sopho
more guard, gained the other post
with 22.
For the first time In tourna
ment history an all state B team
was picked. John Seim. Mill City
forward, led voting wlth,28l giv
ing him a forward post. Stan
Buckingham, red -headed Bell
fonntaln midget, took the other
with 17 ballots.! '
Richard Kessler, Bellfoun tain's
hard-working center, was an al
most unanimous choice for the
center Job with 2C votes.
Harry Wallace of Bellfountain
received 27 votes for a guard po
sition to give the Benton county
team Its third man on the aU state
B. Copeland, Myrtle Creek sharp
shooter, received -23 counts for
the other position.
Gates. Wins Last Game
GATES. March 2l! The wind
up. game for the Gates town team
was played Tuesday night at Gates
between Gates and Mill City. The
score was 4.4-36 in favor of Gates.
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DON SUGAI vs. JACK LIPSCOJIB
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Salem Armory,
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Tickets, Cliff Parker's and Lytle's A spices American Legion
Herb Owen, Matchmaker
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Grappling Moguls
Badly Off Stride
Shikat's Thoughtless Act
in Taking Title From
O'Mahoney Upsets
NEW YORK, March 21--Thrown
badly off stride by what
now appears to hare been an en
tirely unscheduled "shooting
match," moguls of the' wrestling
industry have adopted a policy of
watchful waiting before moving
to retain their most cherished .
possession the heavyweight
championship.
Not since Joe Savoldi took away
the title from Jim Londos, the
stream-lined Greek, ln Chicago,
has the industry neens o pathetic
ally upset. The "villain" of the
piece, of course, is Dick Shikat
who made Danno O'Mahoney yell
"uncle" here a couple of weeks
ago, took away the Irishman's
crown, and fled the eastern scene
to take shelter under the wing
of Al Haft, Columbus, Ohio, pro
moter who does a wholesale busi
ness in wrestlers.
The situation is not entirely
clear but the consensus among
grunt-and-groan experts is that
Shikat, tired of being a door-mat,
decidedto jut on a scenario of his
own, neglecting meantime to in
form the proper authorities
In fact, he was quoted after the
O'Mahoney bout as saying: -
"I hated to do it to Danno. He's
a nice boy. I really felt sorry for
him. But they (the "trust") had
been pushing me around Jong
enough."
Net Winners Will
Face Competition
Winning teams in the Salem T.
M.C.A. spring tennis tournament
will find a challenging schedule of
outside matches awaiting them,
Gus Moore, physical director, laid
yesterday. Matches . have been
scheduled definitely with Lin field
college and University . of Port- j
land andjdate set tentatively to
meet Reed' college. University of
Oregon. Oregon State college and
Portland T.M.Q.A. aetmen. :
Moore urged that players take
advantage of favorable weather te
complete their matches in the city
tourney as rapidly - as possible.
The brackets are divided into sec
tions for men, high school and
Junior high school boys.
Isobel Morehouse has " accept-- '
ed chairmanship of arrangements
for women's , and girls city ten
nis playoff," Moore also an
nounced. Players were asked to .
sign up at the T by Wednesday
night. ' - .. ,; .
3 Big Matches!
DICK COSTELLO
-vs.-
JACK CURTISS
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BOBBY BURNS
. -vs.--
JEAN LA BELLE
. 43 Minutes .
TUESDAY
MAR: 24
8:30