By RON GEMMELL
From the ract that the Fresno
State-Arkansas State grid go In
Los Angeles Christmas day. only
drew 4000 pay-as-you-e&ter pa
trons, it looks like "president
Baxter, Mentor Keene, et-al, were
Just as smart as most everyone
thought they were when they
cancelled the Santa Barbara
game. The only excuse for play
in; the post-season siesta in the
south was that it was thought to
be an opportunity to replenish
the colters. Coach Keene thought,
npon first consideration, that the
game would draw around 10.000
At an averase price of SI per
head, a 40 per cent . guarantee
would net the local institution
$4000. Check out about, $1500
for trip expenses and there still
would have been $2500 to make
Manager Lestle Sparks smiie. ,
j
Coming Events.
A 4O0O crowd Mich a-the
Fresno-Arkansas game drew,
however, would only have paid
the freight with no profit. Hie
real reason why the tiff, was
tossed in the discard perhaps
lies In that trip taken by Dr.
llaxter to southern Califrni
".Jus previous to the canrrlla
tion announcement. Perhaps
while down there the arn'al
Itenrrnt prexy found that the
Rame wasn't being pushed as
heailly as it might have len,
and be could readily see that
tle lack of patronage for the
scheduled game bad cast shad
ows before it.
A Debate.
Cat Coach Howard . Maple is
prone to argue Don Coons' dec
laration that the Beaver pigskin
brigade ot '38 will be even more
potent than that of this year.
"Mapes" points to the indelible
tact that the Staters won each
and every ball game in which
ther were victorious by the over
head route with Joe Gray do
ing the tossing. Says Maple,
rather belligerently. "Who'B go
ing to toss m next year"? As
the popular phrase has it, we be
lieve Mapes has something there.
It is Don's citation, however,
that Stiner's proposed new of
fensive tactics with two ball
carriers instead of the lons-used
solo will make up for what is
lost in Gray's flinging ability.
Afraid Alexander and Higgm
will have to do some rather all
Americanish leather lugginjr to
pile up the yardage the Phan
tom did with his good -right wing.
O
Three Possibilities.
Tis possible Willamette may
have three alternatives for add
ing to Its SS football sked. If
linfleld, which has asked for
It, Is admitted back into the
Northwest conference fold. It
nwv be the Bearcats vs. the
" Wildest on or about Septem--ber
24. Oregon's Wcbfootx, It
whoever gets their, coaming i -sition
sees it that way, might
he talked lata pUving JTeene's
Cats here on their open date
of : October ft between their
Vrla-ot-Orcgon game, and the
Stiafor d-at-Pi.lo Alto trek.
Oregon State still has an open
day on November 5, hot with
Perry Looey et al evidently
stai on a mad'' because some
wonH-be Heaver hall carriers
rhose Willamette Instead of
Oregon State for their educa
tion. 'it II probably remain open
as far as the Bearcats are con
cerned. Why Not Oregon?
Offhand, it looks like it would
be a good proposition for Ore
gon to plav Willamette here In
. Salem. While the game, probably
wouldn't draw mosquitoes from
the- millrace in Eugene, it should
pack Sweetland park here de
spite Salem's traditional lacka
daisical sports attendance rec
ords. Being so. both clubs would
make a little profit out of it
and the state -.university would
stand to gain back a little of toe
popular favor in the capital city
that it has been steadily losing
the past two years.
William Finlay Slated
A Speaker for Jan. 10
Meeting, Walton League
SILVERTON The local chap
ter of the Ixaak Walton league is
. . vtn Kiir nlana for the Jauu-
ary 10 meeting when William
in.l.. ..tlnnoll IrBOWn UatUr-
alist and a national director of
Izaak Walton leagues, ana wu
liam Davidson, president of the
' state chapter? will be honored
Edwin Overlund is president of
the local group.
Bowling
Ercel Kay scored high game of
2$$ and high aeries ot 619 but
that didn't keep his team, Willam
ette vauey iransier, irom u""6
two games to Acme Auto Wreck
ers. Cllne's won two from Karf s
In City league bowling at the
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Laddie Gale Is
Oregon's Star
Willamette Bows to Speed
and Range of Foe but
Stages one Rally
"They're onstoppable," gasped
the 1500 court fans who braved
last night's steady downpour to
see tne loity jregon v-enioot
basketeers continue their merci
less slaughter of pre-conferenee
opponents by handing the Wil
lamette Bearcats a 57 to 38 beat
ing. With Laddie Gale, who twist
ed his way around th back
boards to bucket seven field goals
and tour free throws for 18
points, scoring live points before
the 'Cats could find the range, the
outcome was --never in doubt.
As in the nine previous games
played by the towering Jossers,
the Oregon team lelied on burn
ing speed and height to outscore
the fighting Willamette quint.
The speed of the fray brought in
fliction of a total of 31 personal
fouls Anton and White of WI1
lame'.e and ' Hardy of Oregon
taking sideline seats via the foul
out rout.
Cats Stage Rally
Down 29-14 at halftime, the
'Cats iade a determined b'd to
overtake the high-geared Web
foot crew beginning the second
canto. Anton threw in two froin
the floor, Beard swished the
hemp with a two-pointer and
Nunnenkamp hoisted one in from
the gift line while Sarpola of
Oregon was getting a field goal,
bringing the 'Cats to within 10
points of the Ducks at 31-21.
While the firlr was fairly
even Willamette casting off 75
times to 71 for Oregon the
Webfoots were getting most' of")
their chances in close while the
'Cats were forced to shoot from
far out. The Oregon team sank
22 and Willamette bucketed 14.
Both teams iere erratic from the
foul line, Oregon hitting but 13
out of 22 attempts and Willam
ette caging 10 out of 18 oppor
tunities. Coach Howard Maple's outfit
went down ' fighting from first
tipoff until final whistle, and it
was a superior team in height
and speed that put the .scoring
skids under the 'Cats.
Thursday Wight of this week
Gooding college, of Idaho, will
oppose the Willamette team here.
General Finance playing Rn ben
stein's of Eugene in a prelimin
ary. Summary-
Oregon (57) Pf
Gale 2
Fg Ft Tp
7 118
1 2
6 1 13
0 3 3
5 1 11
3 1 7
0 0 0
0 2 2
0 11
22 13 57
5 0 10
2 15
2 3 7
13 5
10 2
0 0 0
113
0 0 0
0 2 2
0 0 0
2 0 4
14 10 38
Adams and
Hardy 4
Wintermute .... 1
Anet .....3
Johanaen ...... 1
Sarpola ........ 2
Jewel 1
Mullen 0
Pavalunas 0
Totals
14
Willamette (38)
Beard 3
Nunnenkamp ... 0
Anton 4
Weaver 2
White . . 4
Gastineau ... ...1
Eberly 0
Specht 0
Kelly 1
D. Jones 0
Skopil 3
Totals . .
Officials:
.18
Max Allen.
Vandals Wind up
Tour in Victory
POCATELLO. Ida., Dec. 28-
(-University of Idaho Vandals
completed a two-week basketoaii
tour of Utah and southern idano
tonight with a 33-21 victory over
the University of Idaho southern
branch Bengals.
The Moscow team, which won
last night 42-26. led at halftime
by but 14 points to 12.
All-American
X 4
(
Eddie Loa Wheat and Jim Bybst
Just befors the Alabama university football team left Tuscalsosa for
Pasadena where they will play California on New Year's Day In the
It l?Pri. Hm Syba, AlJ-American guard for the Crimson Tide, was
Ctrta a real tead-off by pretty HHSi Lou Wheat, Alabama co-ed.
oot
ills
Holiday Hoop
Tourney Is on
j
One-Sided Scores Mark
Y's Vaealion Play;
Prison Toured
Two hundred and eleven boys
of grade, Junior high and high
school age were escorted through
the state penitentiary yesterday
on the first of the educational
tours that are being sponsored by
the local YMCA during the holi
days. Beginning at 9:30 this
morning the tour will resume with
the Western Paper Converting
company first on the schedule, fol
lowed by trips to the supreme
court and Cherry City baking com
pany. Nearly 75 girls from the grades
and junior highs participated in
the free swims at the Y, yesterday.
Swim periods are divided through
out the afternoon so that each
school may enjoy the tank without
congestion. Today the pool is re
served for boys, and girls will be
accorded the privilege again Fri
day afternoon. -Mosquitoes,
Shadows, Win
The 12 to 13 -year -olds who
make up the "C" division holiday
basketball tournament provided
most of the spark in yesterday's
games. Young Cutler scored 40
points to lead his team of Mosqui
toes to a 94-11 win over the Bea
vers, and Jerry Williams led his
quint of Shadows to a 33-6 vic
tory over the Lions by potting IS
points. In the consolation series
of the "C" division, the Owls beat
the Ravens 48 to 16, and Pygmies
squelched Cougars 34 to 6.
Tiny Tots Win "A"
In the "A" division the Tiny;
Tots won the tournament from the
Iron Men. 37 to 14. but will con
tinue to play throughout the week.
Games in the "B" division
found the Dreams taking a 44-11
decision from the Silver Foxes for
the league leadership; the Pan
thers whipped the Jeeps, 38-12,
for third place; and the Skins
won out over the Statesman quint
24-13.
Prof. Lestle Sparks showed
three reels of pictures to the- boys,
consisting of the Willamette
Whitman Thanksgiving day game
of 1936; the University ot Portland-Willamette
game of this
year: and cuts of games played in
the east between some of the lar
ger schools. Tomorrow Wayne Lo
der will show colored pictures of
the Grand Canyon and sections of
the United States.
Hollywood Open
In Last Stretch
Five Golfers at Midway
Mark all Tied With
138 Shootings
HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Dec. 28.-(-Five
golfers turned the $4,
000 Hollywood Beach hotel open
into a wild scramble down the
home stretch today as they round
ed the halfway mark all even at
138. two below par for 36 holes.
Horton Smith of Chicago and
Leonard Dodson of Springfield,
Mo., first-round leaders with 67's,
slipped to 71's today and found
themselves tied with three who
came from two Btrokes back.
Johnny Revolts of Evanston,
111., Craig Wood of Rumson, N. J-.
and Frank Moore of Mamaroneck,
N. Y., all clipped a stroke off par
again today after opening with
6 9 'a.
Sixty professionals with scores
of 148 or' better qualified for to
morrow's final 36 holes. The win
ner will receive S 750.
Squeeze Play
y 5i
score
(dJrejaon
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, December 29, 1937
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SHED a few tears for the Old
Sarge, Gabby' Street, new boss
of the St. Louis Blues beg
pardon I mean St. Louis Browns.
Anyway, the Browns are enough
to give anyone the blues. Sunk deep
in th mire of the American
League's most subterranean dun
geon, it will take a real miracle man
to lift the bedraggled Brownies out
of the depths.
Gabby Street is a likeable guy,
and it's really a shame that some
deadly enemy of bis wished this job
Indians Edge out
Southern Quintet
Myrtle Creek Defeated by
Last-Minute Swisher
Tossed by Track
CHEMAW A Track's field goal
in the final minute turned defeat
into victory here tonight as the
Chemawa Indian school basket
eers nosed out Myrtle Creek high
33 to 32.
The Indians led 17 to 8 at half
time but the southern Oregon
boys rallied in the second half to
eliminate that margin and go
ahead.
Chemawa defeated the same
team Monday night, 41 to 26, and
the Chemawa second team defeat
ed Myrtle Creek B 44 to 20. Tues
day night the Chemawa B team
won again, 45 to 15.
Summary ot main game Tues
day: Chemawa 83 82 Myrtle Creek
Dowd 12 F 4 Morris
Jackson Fv 6 Whetzel
Redelk 4 V. 8 Elliot
Scalpane S G 8 Cochran
Should'blade 4 G 6 Smith
Track 4 S
Referee: Hunt Clark.
0SC Takes Close
One at Astoria
ASTORIA, Dec. 2S.-()- (Via
Short Wave Radio) The Oregon
State college basketball team over
came a lead to defeat the Astoria
Easterns. 2 S to 32. last night
The Beavers, who trailed until
midway in the second half, drop
ped in 17 out of 20 free throws.
The Orezon State sauad walked
around a slide at Westport to
reach here late yesterday.
Busch Unable to
Play Basketball
SILVERTON Jimmy Busch
wll be missed on Silverton's
basketball five this - season.
Busch because of a football In
Jury will be unable to play dur
ing the basketball season.
The Silverton team will hare
the first go at It Tuesday night
when It will journey to Tilla
mook. Raymond Specht win j
accompany Coach Mueller and
talesman
He Has St. Louis
, 1 By BURNLEY ' .
on him. Just think what a come
down itH be for Gabby, who at one
time managed a championship team,
the St. Louis Cardinals. Now he
comes back to the Hound City as
leader of the other St. Louis outfit,
the lowly Browns.
Since his palmy days as Cards'
pilot. Street has been managing
minor league clubs. Now that he's
boss of the Browns did I bear
someone say he's still managing a
minor league club?"
Anyway, the Old Sarge is already
doing his best to rebuild the shat
tered Brownie machine.
his team. It is expected that
Tillamook will take the inexpe
rienced locals and the same fate
la expected for them Thursday
night when Silverton fans will
have an opportunity to see them
in action here against Salem.
The tentative lineup for
Tuesday night's game will be
Eugene Torgerson and Lyle Pet
tyjohn fordwards, Juck Johnson
and Howard Bee guards a, and
Bob Stlckland as center.
Congregational
Cage Team Wins
. The First Congregational church
basketball team of Salem defeated
the state training school for boys
quintet 25 to 14 Tuesday night.
King of Congregational was high
with eight points.
Lineups:
Congregational 25 14 ST School
Humphreys 4 .F. ..... .6 Hof f ert
Smith 4 F. . . ..2 Chiloquin
King 2 ...C.......4 Decker
French 7. . . . ..G. . . .. .2 Randall
Relnwald 2. . ..G Sprague
Eastern Grid Stars Set for Shrine
:f ;:; 'ni, Hit -
"Take the West. "With this motto
they trekked west for the aamaal New Year's day benefit East-West grid cUssic. Lert to right are Don
Heap, Northwestern; Ady Bershak, North CaroUaa; Marrel Cbesbro, Colgate; Ralph Wolf, Ohio
Stale; John MlcbeUse, Plttsbnrgh, aad Uicbard Riffle, Albright, Proceeds will so toward support of
the ghriae's crippled chfldrea's hospital in Saa Francisco. II2f photo. . )
Bearcat
Blues
For one thing, he has quietly ac
quired just about the screwiest
pitching trio in existence, which
may or may not turn out to be a
constructive move.
This threesome comprises Vito
Tamulis, the practical joker who
drove Oscar Vitt daffy at Newark:
Buck Newson, the loud-mouthed
Dizzy Dean ef the American
League, and Ed Linke, the mystery
man with no pulse in his pitching
fin. With these boys on deck, the
1928 Browns will at least be enter
taining. Ceprrlfbt. Itir. kf Kbif rtor SrBdUaUi he
Mill Gty Loses
To Brooks Quint
Score Is 41-16; Safeway
Defeats Roofers, and
Sheridan Winner
With Morley scoring 17 points,
the Brooks Clothiers defeated the
Mill City town team 41 to 16 In
one of three non-league games
featured on the basketball pro
gram at Oldhi Tuesday night.
Safeway of the major City
league defeated the Mathts Roof
ers of the minor league 44 to'14
with Allison of Safeway rolling in
1 8 points.
The CYO team of Sheridan de
feated First Baptist of Salem 23
to 20 in the tightest game of the
session, although Broer ot the
Baptists was high scorer with
nine.
these boys of the East team are showa timbering np shortly before
57
PAGE SEVEN
Lipscomb new
Coast Champ
Fans Take Hand in Affair
at Armory; Elliott
Suffers Injury
Unable to come backwafter los
ing the second fall to Jack Lips
comb in last night's title matth.
Otis Clingman lost his Pacific
coast middleweight belt to the
Hoosier Hot Shot amidst the mad
ravings of a bellicose crowd.
Clingman took the first fall on
a foul, out on bis back when it
was awarded him. Lipscomb part
ed him unmercifully with right
swings to the heart, flipped on a
Boston crab and pinned him for
the fall. After Referee Elliott had
patted his back, denoting the end
of the fall, however, Lipscomb
continued to pummel the prostrate
Clingman. When Elliott attempt
ed to intervene, the Hoosier one
turned on him. Blasting at El
liott's ribs with both hands. Lips
comb succeeded in reMnJuring the
rib which Elliott fractured in last
week's melee.
Fans, irate at Lipscomb's ac
tions, jumped into the ring to take
matters in hand. The fall was
awarded Clingman, a tive-mlnute
intermission was called to seek an
other arbiter, and Officer Putnam
ushered tans from the ring.
Ward Takes Over.
With Tommy Ward donating his
services as middleman, the bout
continued, Clingman again suc
cumbing to the murderous tactics
of Lipscomb, and was unable to
continue after downed with a Bos
ton crab.
In the fast 45-minute go be
tween Bulldog Jackson and Ernie
Piluso, Jackson took the first fall
in 15 minutes with a tromper
hammerlock, Piluso pinned the
Yukon Kid in the second with an
airplane spin and a body press,
and in the third Jackson turned
one of Piluso's spins to his own
advantage by kicking the Port
land Italian in the midriff and
falling atop him for the deciding
fall and match.
Pat O'Dowdy took two straight
from Tommy Ward In the 30
minute match, pinning the Georg
ian in the first fall with a series
of socks to the kisser and a body
slam in 13 minutes. Ward suc
cumbed to a toe hold in the sec
ond, after being buffeted around
by O'Dowdy's rowdyish wrestling
methods.
4
Jock Sutherland
To Quit, Rumored
May Succeed H. Jones
at Troy; Chancellor
Figures in Tale
PITTSBURGH. Dec. 2&(tf)
ritt's smouldering athletic vol
cano erupted again today with a
prediction by the Sun-Telegraph
that Coach John B. "Jock" Suth
erland was preparing to resign
at the close of next season.
The story brought into the .op
en a state of tension which has
existed in the Pitt athletic de
partment for several months and
which flared once last winter to
bring about the resignation of
then Athletic Director W. Don
Harrison.
Harry Keck, Sun - Telegraph
sports editor, said Sutherland
"was reported to have lost favor
with Chancellor John G. Bowman
and other administrative officers
of the university" and that he
had been tipped the coach waa
"virtually signed to succeed How
ard Jones as coach at the Uni
versity of Southern California be
ginning with the 1939 season."
. As last year, when the big
Scotsman's fend with Jlarrison
broke Into print, the story came
while Sutherland and other uni
versity authorities were out of
the city.
Game on Coast
f sfta.S..iii i. msM'
to 3
FootbaU IUs
To Get Airing
Pop Warner Urges Change
to Let Offense Catch
up With Defense
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. It-Vfy-Glenn
S. "Pop" Warner, whoso
43 years of coaching have led
him from coast to coast, said to
day that football's defence has
got too far ahead of the offense. .
"For years." said Pop, "the '
rulea committee has been build
ing up the defensive strategy un
til it Is hurting the gajne. The
offense needs some help.
"People don't want to pay
their money to see scoreless ties,
and we had plenty of them this
past fall. They don't want to
see close games. What they want
is action and the only .way we
can accomplish that end is to
keep the offense ahead of the
defense." ' . ?
Sleet Opens Today ' 1
Warner is one of the some
1,500 coaches, athletic directors j
and faculty representatives here
to attend the annual sessions of
the American Football Coaches'
association and the National Col
legiate Athletic association, open
ing tomorrow. ..
To lessen the defensive advan
tage, Warner suggested a change
in the rules to require a stand
ard formation on defense,- such
as six or seven men on the line
of scrimmage. In behalf ef the '
offense, he believes that help
would come from allowing for- -ward
passing anywhere back Of
the line of scrimmage, removal bt
the goal posts to the goal line
and moving the ball in 15 yards
instead of 10 from the sidelines.
Rose Bowlers
Working Hard
Secret Practices Held by
Bears ami Alabama;
Limps Reported
PASADENA. Calif.. Dep. SS-iJPi-
The Rose Bowl football teams,
Alabama and California, went into .
sinvb sevrecy luuar 10 worn out
ways and means of slaughtering
each other New Year's day.
Up to now the rival squads
might Just as well have held thek
practice drills on Pasadena's main
street at high noon for all the pri
vacy they have enjoyed. . . '
Sunnortera of both elevens bav
trooped back and forth from ene
camp to the othen
California went through Its
paees this morning for the benefit
01 tne camera boys, ana then
scheduled an exclusive workout,
Frank Thomas, the crimson tide
mentor, let his boys drive over to
Hollywood for an inspection
luncheon at Warner Brothers
studio, and then carted them back
for s brisk drill.
Reports from the California
faction were that of several limpa
on the squad, the biggest belonged
to Henry sparks, 1H 7-pound sen
ior, who held down left end until
Willard Dolman came along and
took over the job. Sparks, the best
of the reserve wingmen, may not
be able to fill in Saturday, but
don't count on It until he tails to
show up.
On the Alabama side of 'the
fence, Capt. Leroy Monsky'a eye
brow Injury will be protected by
a special mask. The 197-pound all
American guard believes it will
prove of no Inconvenience.
East-West Stars
End Scriitunagijig
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec.
Eastern and western football
stars, priming for the annual char
ity game here New Year'a day,
charged through scrimmages to
day and expected to conclude the
contact work.
Pick-up opposition enabled the
warriors from the east to concen
trate on the ground attack it is ex
pected to stress against the west.
Although the easterners will be
equipped to nse the aerial lanes,
lateral passes probably will not
play an important part in tha at
tack. Coaches Bernie Blerman and
Andy Kerr concurred in tha opin
ion this phase of ball flipping is
"too dangerous. " - .
At Stanford university, the
western squad experimented wlih
five new playa and polished off an
offense which now includes 25
plays. The drill culminated with
-on tact work on 'punt formation
nd returns of kicks. -
Upsets Occur
In Bowl Tourney
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 2
Favorites without exception strok
ed their way through the opening
round of the fourth annual Sugar
Bowl tennis tournament today at
the New Orleana Country club.
: Three of the top-seeded 8 tars
Including Bobby Riggs, the na
tion's second ranking player, were
forced to extend themselves to
eliminate lesser-known but haid
fighting' opponents. .-
Riggs found a tartar in Ed Sut
ter of New Orleans and was forc
ed to scrap for hi -4, 8-4 victory.
Joe Hunt of Los Angeles, seed
ed No. 2, had even greater diffi
culty turning back Blllie McGehee.
New Orleana youngster; , '
Wilmer Hines of Berkeley,
f stacine a comeback a ft or &
year's layoff, found stiff opposi
tion in Elwood Cooke, Portland,
Ore., but triumphed t-4, 7-5.