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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1937)
I - 5 I - ' -:' - i t i 'j' . 1 - v fit By HON U KM MULL, Several limes ia the last month ire have towed to leave the ques tion of the state high, school foot ball championship lie dormant for the balance of winter. But, dad gam it! Each and every time we think no more will be said about it. along comes another brilliant idea from somewhere, raining our best of intentions. Upon this oc casion, it comes from two sources. First, that letter that L. H. Greg or y of The Oregonian published In his column last Saturday, from the secretary of the Willamette Valley Interscholastic league, F. J. Kramer of Silverton, la which. - are pointed out some technicali ties, strict observation ot which la said to make Independence the only eligible school for the state title. Second is a letter from a Hubbard fan to this desktaking us to task for so strongly support ing Salem high school for the -state title even getting into the old bone of contention, Salem's seeded spot in the state basketball tournament. Unhappy Epidemic. Kramer's letter to Greg cites: "Under article 11, sec tions 4 and 5 of the Oregon State High School Athletic as sociation constitution. Indepen dence has the only clear title. According to the foregoing rules, only members ot the as sociation can compete with each other. Dae to the fact that not all Portland schools are mem bers of the association, anyone "competing with them becomes Ineligible - the rale has the same contagious effect as smallpox. As yon see, any team playing another not a member becomes ineligible and anyone . -playing it becomes ineligible in 1 turn. Bend played a Portland school and became Ineligible. Oregon City played Bend, and la in the same boat. Bend played Albany, so ditto for A! bany. Salem forgot and played Albany, and is of course elimi nated." Vikings not Subjected, Oke, Mr. Kramer and Mr. Gregory, oke. If It is technicali ties you wish to point to, and ac cept, let's shed at least one more. To wit: Salem played Albany a 'week previous to the Bend-Albany contest and therefore Albany had not yet been contaminated, con sequently could not pass the plague to the Vikings. Incidental ly. 5nlem -whopped" the Bull dogs 32 to 0, Bend being hard pressed to win over them 13 to S. Same Bulldogs took a severe physical beating Just a week be fore from the Vikings, too. liopmen Were Good. Now for number two. Near ly everyone from Wallowa lake to the Oregon eaves, and from the state's Pacific seaboard to the Snake river, has been put ting in his respective oar for Independence. In fact, the Hop Bowlme ha received more publicity for not contending for state honors than If they had the mythical pennant tacked in their trophy case. And the hn--morons part of It i, the Inde pendence high school authori ties are the only ones who haven't been beating the dram. For which they probably de serve plenty of commendation event though they have . a dis tinct right to so whale It. We saw Independence play Its last game," against Woodborn. They had swell ball club, with a pair of backs In Hart man and Linn who could make any high school team In the- state. That -the Hopnien could have given the Vikings some trouble Is onr candid opinion, and with a few breaks might have beaten them. It Is also oar candid opinion, and we'll venture that Loren Mort i himself,; Independence roach, wonld back as op la It, that the Vikings could have beaten Independence In five out of six games. Sane Officials. At the conclusion of the Wood burn - Independence g a m e, in which the Hopmen ran their-total points for . the season to 180 as against not one scored against them, we asked Coach Mort and Principal Paul Robinson if Inde pendence intended ; to schedule post-league: games in an attempt to farther honors. Both emphat ically said no, that they had ser eral offers but. were satisfied to rest on laurels already won and hang up the moleskins for the year. For that decision they prob ably deserve another round of slaps on the back, as post-season high school games have ten dency to tarn Into headaches for one cause or another. Too, young' sters ot that age, unless they are all seniors, have played all the ball games that are physically good for them. Plague Take It! Suppose, now, some wise gay will come hack with the crack that Camas played an Ineligible Portland team afore It played Salem, therefore contaminating the Vikings with the Ineligible disease e'en afore Salem ' met Albany. In anticipation of seen, let's say here and ; now that the Camas game was strictly a klngs-x affair, and that the Camas team, not playing: under the- Oregon state rules, was im mune from the horrid taeligf nteltls Inflietas. Therefore. Ca mas could not pass the in cur st, le contagion to the Vikings. Whoa, Dobbin! In regard to us having become slave, shackled to Salem high s publicity wagon, as Is Indicated bv the Hubbard fan; we resent- no little. Whenever It Is pur belief that athletics in any way deserve criticism at that institution, we hope to be the first to give it. Ia fact, already in onr short-lived role as a sports columnist, we've been taken to task by the cap Journal front page columnist for openly criticizing the lack of n- Ism Hi Hoquiam Team Meets Vikings Program Will Be Snappy; Dads' Club Is Backing Salem High Effort Coach Harold Hank announced yesterday that his starting lineup for tonight's opener, and dedi cation of the new gymnasium, would consist of Maynard and Lowe or Medley, forwards; Gos ser. center; Parker and Rollins, guards. Of his starting quint, but the two forwards will be ( veteran's. Gosser is up from last year's 'B" team. Parker is a transfer from an Idaho school and Rol lins this year transferred back to Salem a'ter spending some time in Seattle. Coach Fred Le Penske, of the Hoquiam, Wash., team that pro vides the opposition In tonight's opener, is a former College of Fuget Sound basKeteer and played for the Loggers against Coach Hauk of the Vikings when the latter was wearing the card inal and gold for Willamette. Stubberfield Captain Captaining the southwest Wash?ngton champions Is Don Stubberfield. a former Salem youngster who learned his hoop fundamentals from Frank Brown at Parrish. Paired with Captain Stubberfield is Les Mickelson, all-Southwest Washington guard lust year. Other lettermen who will show for Hoquiam against t h irt1rtna tstnttvttt nra Tnn Hall j Don Fredrickson, Ken Husby and XT, Norvai Walker. The game starts at o'clock. and immediately preceding it short dedicatory speeches will be rendered by Mavor V. E. Kuhn, Principal Fred Wolf and Willam ette Coach R. S. Keene. Coaches mill introduce their respective souad members. Mayor Kuhn will toss out the ball and the first battle of the year will be on for the Vikings. Entrance to the gymnasium is gained through the extreme southern doors in the south win. Plenty of parking space Is available back of the school shops. Entrance to this space can be gained on either side of the school, but the D street en trance is more accessible. Dads' Club Supports Ths following was prepared last nieht at a meeting of the Dads club, a recently organized group that is matnlv concerned with seeine Salem high school activities progress: The Salem high Dads' club spneared.in downtown districts sellmE tickets to the bir gams at the new high school gymna sium tonight between Hoquiam, j Wash., and the . Salem hign j team. There has been 500 seats added for this game, and the members of the Dads' club have put forth every effort to fill the house to capacity,, about lioo people. It is also the desire or toe Dads' club that thei business men and the public in general give their whole-hearted support to our high school and the players on the team. They certainly de serve all we can give tor the ef forts they have put forth to give ns a winning team. "Our coach. Harold Hauk. has given us a state champion loot ball team this year his second year of coaching here and from this team he had five men placed on t all-coBference first team. the balance of the team getting honorable mention. It is a rec ord any coach or school or city should be proud ot, and the only way we can show our apprecia tion is to attend: the atnietic events as they come- along. t "Again the Dads' eiub urges the people of Salem to give our youths in school the support tney deserve and to help us dedicate the fine new gymnasium in the finest high school; in the state of Oregon. Signed, Tom Hill, president, M. W. Maynard, secretary. Monmouth High Meets Perrydale Quintet Tonight MONMOUTH Monmouth high school basketball squad will play its first, pre-season game Tues day night at Perrydale. Mon mouth is playing tn the B league this season duo to the lack of material and also to compete with teams in schools of about the same enrollment. , Mostly freshmen, without one letterman to build around, u Coach Egelston's problem this season. Monmouth has always been a quite consistent champion of Polk county, playing fn the Cistrkt tournament at McMinn- viile the past two years. Due to graduation ot older boys new setup will have to -be worked cut this year. UofO Froth Gridder Awarded 34 Numerals EUGENE. Dec. 1 3-P-Tklrty- rour members of the university of Oregon Frosh football team were awarded numerals by Coach jonn warren today. tallty shown by Salem high's stu dent body. We might point out. as it oftlmes has been afore, that the reason Salem la seeded in the state basketball ; tournament is that unless such was dene, the financial success of the touma ment would be- In dire danger Records show, also, that Salem has always justified that seeded entrance. Pell-mell: Let's call the whole thing off! .Italy-Huh Bearcats Face Four Contests Maplemen Play Oilers at Oregon Gty; Angels ' Come Wednesday Sailing through two ' of the strongest Independent hoop teams in the state in their initial appearances for the season last weekend. Coach Howard Maple's Bearcat maple court team will play four games this week and then hang up the hoop garments until December 28. Union Oil bowed to the-scrappy 'Cats Friday night of last week. 29-26, and the following night Multnomah club couldn't stand the pace, losing by a 35-29 score. Tonight both the Bearcat and Bearkitten teams trek to .Oregon City where the varsity plays a return fray with Union Oil, and the frosh play a return against Coach Harold Dimick's Oregon City high school Pioneers. Wednesday night the "fight ing Angels" from Mt. Angel col lege will form the 'Cats court opposition on the Willamette floor, the Bearkittens playing a preliminary against an unan nounced opponent. To Visit Mt. Angel Thursday night Coach Maple takes his crew to Ml. Angel In a return game, and Saturday night the Willamette team enter tains Bradford's of Portland on the Willamette court. Two 'Cat regulars, Billy Beard and Walt Weaver, are dividing their time this week between the gridiron and the basketball floor, Alt basketball practices have been scheduled at night to allow the footballers to join the daily grid sessions that will be In vogue from now until the team entrains for Santa Barbara to tangle with -Santa Barbara state Christmas day. From the looks of things on Sweetland field yesterday after noon, the Santa Barbarans will think it is a Japanese bombing raid gone astray on Michaelmas as the air was full of foot balls. The past two weeks spent on the basketball court seemingly enhanced both Beard a prowess at flipping the pigskin, and Weaver's ability to pull it in- as they, along with the rest of the 'Get grid squad were throw ing and snaring aerial flips with the greatest of ease. Undefeated Team Has 6th Banquet INDEPENDENCE The Uop- ster football squad was given its sixth and final victory banquet Saturday night at the home of Principal Paul E. Robinson with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Harnsberger co-hosts with the Robinsons. Christmas packages formed the place cards far each quest. A chicken dinner was served. Guests were: Junior Hartaian Glen B u r c h , Jimmy Slyh, Mel Jones, Bud Linn, Delbert Taylor Ole Syverson, Keith Peterson. Jim Brown, Charles Brown. Bill Stry- ker, Harold Engblom, Earl Purvis Melvin Purvis, Marvin Jenkins Orvflle Winn, Clifton Miller Charles Edwards. John Werline Chew Weddle. .Bill Berry, Ellis Lougheed, Coach Loren Mort Howard Bennett, Bill Mattison and Bob Craven. Mount Hood's Ski Year Open Jan. 2 PORTLAND. Dec. lg-(p)-The Oregon Winter Sports associa tion said today the Mt. Hood competitive skiing season will open with a tournament on Jan uary 2. . Novices as well as experts will be provided with downhill rac ing. Valley Motor won tw games from ShrocVs and OrvaJ's won two from Whites tn Automotive league bowling at the Bowl-Mor Monday night. Graham Sharkey ot Valley Motor had high series, S7I. and D. Woodry of Shrocka scored high game, 220. SHXOCK'S VSED CABS HBdirm 20 SO CO U Woodry 16 1S1 IS -51 Hicrhii 177 lee IS 4 Woich , , 151 12 1&9 441 Shrrk ,! 181 lfl 51 D. Woodry 230 1S3 124 -50 90i 841 800 251 VAjuLET motob PBillipt I5i 184 203 53 riu 157 157 157 47 uivu . 149 16 19451 AnttiB 145 201 las 1 anarktr 214 181 18157 SIS S7S 2it WHIiri USES CABS ITtuidica 1 t 1 Kork 15S 152 181 1 FickfB 16 152 1 ii Barker 12 in 14 Byern 11 141 155447 rurker ,,.,,., 171 147 14749 - 775 Tt ST S1S8 UWI USED CASS Gncr 17 178 169 Xaamg . 148 181 204! Lmbs . 145 157 150 15 Thrath 207 184 IS rm L.B4tra4 i 154 US S12 73 810 SIS 2500 Bowling gary Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, December; 14, All-American If any title might adequately cover the accomplishments of Byron "Whizzer" White, senior at Col orado university, it would be "All American All-Everything". Be sides being tho nation's leading scorer and one of the most sensa tional football players of all time. White U president of his student council, a Phi Beta Kappa, an aU-A student, Rhodes scholar and still finds time to work himself through school! Wellington Team Is Pro Champion Sam Baugh Hurls Redskins to 28-21 Win Against Bears of Chicago CHICAGO, Dec. 13-m-Tbe Washington Redskins, with the sensational Sammy Baugh sling ing passes with the bow and ar row accuracy of the first Amer icans, defeated the Chicago Bears. 28 to 21 Sunday to win the National Professional Foot ball league championship. Trailing by seven points as the second half opened, the amazing Baugh hurled three spectacular touchdown passes in a drive which had the Bears reeling. And in the closing min utes of the thrill-packed battle witnessed by 15.S78 shivering fans, with gross receipts of $32, 198. Baugh played a major role in a stout secondary defense which nullified Chicago's desper ate efforts to pull out with a tie score. Baugh completed 17 of 34 passes he tried lor 35 z yaras and ran well the few times he rushed the ball, once breaking away for 17 yards. With the frosen field ex tremely slippery, both teams re sorted largely to passes when scoring chances came, although the first two touchdowns were on line smashes. Rickreall Slates 3 January Games RICKREALL Three high schools in the "B" league for the Polk county basketball teams have games scheduled so far with the Rickreall boys. The games are: January 11 with Falls City, there; January 2l Perrydale, there: February 1, Falls City, here. Airlie probably will join the league. The girls have volley ball games scheduled as preliminary to the regular hoys basketball games The boys will play two practice games before Christmas with Monmouth and Amity. Revolta Wins out In Biltmore Open CORAL GABLES, Fla., Dec. 13 -(iqp)-Johnny Revolts, of Evan stsn. 111., sent a 20-foot putt curl ing into the cup on the finsl green today to win the $10,000 Miaml Blltmore open golf tournament with a 282, two under par for the 72 holes. That long putt for a birdie gave Revolta the $2,500 top prize and averted a playoff. UCLA Drubbed by Cougar Cagemen PULLMAN, Wash., Dec. 13- - Washington . State college,-, de fending northern division Pacific Coast conference basketball cham pion, defeated the barnstorming UCLA Bruins. 48 to 25, In a 24- player contest here tosright. The Cougars leaped Into an ear ly advantage and piled up a 21-fi halftime lead. VancouTer's Lions Head Hockey Loop VANCOUVER, B. C Dec. 13. W) Vancouver Lions climbed to the top of the - Pacific coast hockey league standings tonight with a 1-3 victory over Spokane Clippers. Lulu Lena on. star winger, headed the Vancouver attack, lie scored twice sad assisted in tw other goals. - ; Lfc I tZx' ' - ( p k "-s sjF" ' v icp- mi . m i- , , r Byron "Whister" Tlfcsf J ' ' " .3 m JBedicmtion 1 Alii laece tatesraaa AU - Everything V. 1 Don Budge Handed Top Athlete Rank Slugger Joes of Baseball Are Next; Frank and White Rate High By BILL BONI NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-()-Don Budge, with all of the indisputa ble decisiveness of one of his own overhead smashes, today took rank as the nation's No. athlete of the year.. The carrot topped Californlan, hero of America's recapture of the Davis cup, national singles champion and triple winner at Wimbledon, was elected "head man" for 1937 by 30 ot the 61 leading sports writers taking part in the seventh annua! Associated Press poll. The addition of other votes for second and third place gave Budge, now carrying on his conquests In Australia, a total of 103 points. Two Joes Are Next Nearest to the, lanky coast ace, who wasn't even mentioned in last year's voting, were two year long rivals of the diamond, Joe Medwick and Joe DiMagglo. The Cardinals' Medwick and the Yan kees' DiMsggio each got three first place votes, but the St. Louis slugger, who led the national lea gue in virtually every hitting de partment, finally won out by 39 points to 38. With tennis and baseball ac counted for, football contributed the next two members in the list of "also-rans." First place nomin ations gave Byron "Whizzier White of Colorado a 4-2 edge over Clint Frank ot Yale. Better sup port in the lower brackets, how ever, won for the Eli halfback a 31-15 margin over his fellow all- American from the Rockies. Ted Bank Offered Kipke Job, Rumor MOSCOW, Idaho, Dec. 13.-() uoacn Ted Bank, of the Univer sity of Idaho, declined to com ment on a published report plac ing him among the .possible sue cessors to Harry Klrpke as Mich igan's bead football coach. Queried about the report, pub lished in the Spokane Chronicle. Bank responded: 'I have no com ment to make. e saia ne naa not signed a contract with Idaho and did not know when one would he offered. He "presumed" tt would be "sometime after the close of the football season.'; Idaho's season now is closed, r Bank's three-year contract ex pires ia June. President Harrison C. Bale indicated a renewal would be offered before expiration of the present contract. ' Bank, who piloted Idaho in 1137 (o the most successful season la rears, was a teammate of Kipke at Michigan after the war. The team never lost a game In which Bank called signals. Gongaza Quintet Defeats Whitman SPOKANE,' Dee . 13.-;P)-A Whitman college basketball squad with two victories over Washington .State was slow get ting started In each half tonight and dropped a 43 to SI decision to the underdog Gonzaga Bull dogs. ' The. Missionaries lost out after leading at the half. 1S-14. At the open lag of the game. Whitman was trailing 8-1 after five minutes of play. as 1937 Der Max Puts Thomas Away Technical KO Is Recorded in Eighth; Catcher Is Down Seven Times By A LAN GOULD NEW YORK, Dec. 13-)-Mai Schmeling signalized his return to tho fistic wars tonight by sys tematically cutting down Harry Thomas, crude, but willing Chi cago heavyweight, in the eighth round of ia 15-round match be fore a near-capacity crowd in Madison Square Garden. Germany's former holder of the world championship, back in a New York ring for the first time since! he flattened Joe Louis in the Bummer of 1936, toyed with Thomas for six rounds, put on the pressure finally near the end of the seventh and stopped bis rugged opponent with a slam-bang finish. Thomas, bobbing up and down like a rubber ball from the im- p a c t of Schmellng'si terrific right-hand blows, was knocked to the canvas seren times be fore Referee Arthur i Donovan halted the one-sided affair, with only six seconds of the eighth round remaining. Never before flattened in the course of an ambitious but not too conspicuous career, Thomas was the victim of a technical knockout after carrying the fight to his famous opponent for six rounds and doing his best to make the 6 to 1 favorite look bad. Tones Up Defense Schmeling. grinning from time to time as he ducked or blocked bis rival's vigorous swings and fullback-like lunges, indulged himself in a defensive workout until the final minute of the sttrth round. For the time being he taga-ed Thomas and let it go at thatr Then, after breezing the early part ot the seventh, Schmeling turned on the steam. Thomas began to buckle at the knees bat h did not go down for the first time until just as the bell sounded to end the seventh. A direct hit with Schmeling's right sent Harry down and left him so bewildered : he had to be led to his own corner. Systematically and with a grin creasing I his dark countenance. Schmeling dropped Thomas six times in the eighth round. Strictly on the receiving end as he waved his arms Semaphore fashion in defense, the foimer baseball catcher bounced np and down with amazing rapidity. Donovan twice started to halt the fight but Thomas shook his head and brushed past the ref eree to resume his feeble fight ing attempts. Only after the sixth and last knockdown ot the round did the arbiter insist upon calling a halt.' Large Squad Out For Hoop Berths At Silverton High SILVERTON Roy Mueller's basketball squad in the Silverton high school has completed its first week of basketball practice with special workouts between seniors and juniors Of the first squad. Lettermen returned' are Petty John. Bennett, Iverson, Busch. Busch. however, will not be, able to enter the games until the mid dle of January due to injuries re ceived In the Salem-Sllverton foot ball g;sme. Entering the contest for posi tions on the team are Peavy. a transfer from Salem; Howard Bee. a transfer from Illinois; Bob S trie lan, a transfer from Oklaho ma; and ; Eugene Torgerson, a transfer from Denver. Approximately 35 freshmen and sophomores are out for practice. , To date, Silverton has no game scheduled prior to- December 30. Ex-Champ Is Back In Good Standing NEW I YORK, Dee. 13.-flV Former Heavyweight Champion Jimmy Braddock and his man ager, Joe Gould, today were re stored to good fistic standing by the New York state athletic commission. Reinstatement fol lowed payment by Braddock and Gonld of $1,000 fines imposed by the commission after- Brad dock. tailed, to go through with a title defease against , Has Schmeling here la June. Lelivelt may Be Manager of Suds SEATTLE. Dec. 13 The Times quoted "private advices from Chicago today saytng Jack Lelivelt, former Los Angeles ball club manager, would manage the Seattle Coast league club next sea son. It stated he had resigned as Chicago Cub acoat and the Seattle deal would be annoanced Decem ber 17 at tho league meeting in Sacraments. Pres. William Klep per declined to comment. h 0711 Fans' B PAGE SEVEN H oop scores (By the Associated Press) Rivertott 20, Port Orford 24. lone 18, Irrigon 33. Monroe 21, Philomath 12. Edison ( Portland ) 1 1 , Tigard 29. Beaverton 26. Corbett 22. Shedd 29, Brownsville 12. Westport 25, Astoria 42. Wheeler 18, Astoria 25. Grants Pass 20, Central Point 12. Roofers Win out In Hectic Battle Defeat CYO 30 to 25 but Outcome Is in Doubt Till Windup Near Mathis Roofers, a minor divi sion entrant in the city Y league, last night won from CYO. major division quint by a 30 to 25 score in a fiery fray that wasn't decided until the final minutes. With the score knotted at 22 all when the whistle denoted the end of the third period, the final stanza was a nightmare-ish affair. Cater pocketed one from the floor after the count was tied at 25-all, and Thompson was fouled by Joe Harvey as he sank a cripple. He converted the gifter; and the minor-division Roofers shingled the major division CYO outfit by a five point margin. , Summary: Mathis (30) '- (25) CYO Cater 5 F 3 Headrie Thompson 11 F.. 4 Bahlburg Eialmlnger 12 ..C I Herberger Ashby 2 . G 6 Harvey Daniels ....G 4 Willis Three Minor Loop Games on Tonight Roofers Play Paper Mill; Cubs, Black & White Sharing in Lead W L PF Mathis .-...1 0 35 WU Cubs 1 0 29 Hollywood -..I 0 33 C C 0 1 18 US Bank 0 1 23 Paper Mill ... 0 1 20 PA Pet. 18 1.000 31 20 35 29 33 1.000 1.000 1.000 .000 .000 It will be Mathis Roofers sgainst the Paper Mill. Caspar tt Cutler against the Willamette Cubs and US Bank against the Hollywood Black tt Whites to night at Oldhi In the second spasm of the minor division of the city Y basketball league. The Roofers, Cubs and Black & Whites lead the division by virtue of their defeats of the other three clubs a week ago. and opinion has it that all three 'will stay on top tonight. No odds are offered how ever. Tom Hill, ex -Viking pivoter, heads the league scoring column with 15 points opposite his mon icker in the one game played. Chemawa Defeats Turner Hoop Five CHEMAWA-The high scoring Indians trekked to Turner Mon day night where the first team led by Center Bolton with 17 counters, defeated Turner 41 to 19. Ball-, Turner pivoter, was high scorer for Coach Urlhammer's men with 7. ,In a preliminary, Norton of Chemawa rang up 12. points to lead the Chemawa seconds to a 4a to S scoring deluge over the Tur ner B" team. Summary: -Chemawa (41) Dowd 6 F Scalpcane 8 ..F Bolton 17 , -C Red Elk G. Trsck t ...0... Jackson 2 . S (10) Tamer ... 6 Bowders 2 Hedges 7 Ball 4 Davis . McCulley El S O inn- r YAQUI JOE vt. PAT O'DOWDY l-Hovr Preliminary .. ' Salem Armory, Tonight 8:30 . -1 f - Lower floor SOc. Baleoay 40c. ftrrrved Seats 73c (ffo Tax) St ad eats 25c, Ladies 23c Tickets. Cliff rarkerls and LytHVs - Aasplces Americas Lrgtow Herb Owrsv Matchmaker aekm Meanies Await Team Contest Piluso and Szasz Oppose Jackson and Lipscomb; Fireworks Assured It will be Italy and Hungary against the Yukon and Indianap olis' at the: armory tonight. And the 2500 Salem wrestling fans ex pected to attend will be unani mously rooting for the "furrl ners." . . 1 Ernie Piluso and Al Szasr bat tle the reprehensible Bulldog Jackson and ; equally villainous Jack Lipscomb in the team match main event of Promoter Herb Ow en's weekly mat card and it's by request. j Both scrappers were seeking main event matches here this week, Piluso anxious to clean house on one ot the meanies and Szasz on the other. Owen was tem porarily nonplused, but the two favorites settled the dilemma for him. "Let us have 'em both in a team match Piluso and Szas chorused and they got 'em. Whether the fiery Piluso and the Hungarian rhapsody can mea sure the disliked Americans is a prime question. Both cleanies pack plenty ; of guns, either in straight grappling or the rough, hard way. : YaquI Joe Returns But Jackson and Lipscomb have in the past descended to depths ot mat villany eschewed by all other grapplers, and followers of the two cleanies favorites fear the villains may beat them to the punch. Owen has not selected a referee. but may have Harry Elliott as third man. - In the one hour preliminary, ths- local promoter has scheduled Yaqul Joe, the great Sonors In dian star making his first north west tour la nearly five years! against a fighting Irishman from; New Orleans, Pat O'Dowdy. J O Dowdy comes here unknown. but has a bookf ul of clippings that ' herald him as one of the south's favorite mat technicians. Yaqul Joe has world fame, and in years past has been one of the greatest, box office attractions ever to show in the valley. His great assets sre two of the world's strongest legs, and no mat maa has ever been able to hold him In a Boston crab, ordinarily a positive finisher hold. The bouts begin at 8:30, and doors open at 7. Albany Wins Over Puget j Sound Five Score 43-33; Pirates Take Early-Lead and Keep It; Battle Rough TACOMA. Dec. li.-Ottth a visiter '"bat seldom a victor ln aofthwest conference sports, Al bany college turned the tables on the College! of Puget Sound here tonight, taking the opener of the league basketball season, 43 to 32. i In s performance surprising to customers more used to seeing its teams . gamely fighting on the wrong end l of the score, Albany took the lead in the first few min utes of play and was never be hind, j Tollefaon. CPS guard, led the scoring with 15 points; with Sta ben, Albany guard, scoring 13 for second. The game ended in a welter of fouls that added five points to the Albany score and benched two CPS players. Hopster Five to Visit Falls City I j - INDEPENDENCE- The Hop ster Hoopers will play their first pre-seasoa : game at Falls City Tuesday night. The local team goes Into this game with but one week ot practice. : ! The tentative lineup will be: Bud Linn, i center; Junior Hart man and Harold Engblom tor wards; Glen Burch and Rass Wilson, guards. T ILill IvJ S TEAM MATCH ERNIE PILUSO and AL SZASZ s. BULLDOG JACKSON and JACK LIPSCOMB