By RON G EMM ELL
Six tired members of the
local YMCA janior basketball
team and Coach Andy Van Ot
ten hit Salem at 6 o'clock Sun
day night. While there were no
bands oat to welcome tbem, no
rally parade nor eTea a hand
ful . of well-wishers, there cer
tainly fcbonld hare been. From
accounts that have wended
their way ,hi office, those
kids, defending champions,
staged some of the fightlnges
basketball ever seen In Yakima
before they succumbed to the
Yakima janior in an over
time tilt in the championship
game.
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Height Handicap.
While Yakima won the north
west title by defeating the locals.
Van. Otten says it was he team
the 'locals barely edged otrt Sat
urday fternoon. Vancouver, that
should hare won the tonrnament.
.The local Y-ers. mere midgets
alongside the rest of the compe
tition, beat out Vancouver 43-41
by pure fight and nothing .else,
Vancouver's aggregation averaged
sic feet in height per 4oy and had
10 ball players of that calibre.
But, every time one of the tall
Vancouver hoopers would slap in
a cripple underline basket, Tom
my Medley would drive the
leather through from mid-floor.
The . locals were down eisht
points at halftime, and Medley
put .on a one-man show in the
last half bitting the winning
bucket from the 'side court' with
but 30 seconds left, to give the
locals the two-point win.
Medley Masses Points.
After nsing every bit of in
testinal fortitude they had in
the afternoon battle with Van
couver, the locals scrapped
Yakima to a standstill the same
night in the championship game
. p ashing the Applepickers
Into an overtime. Yakima led
until the final minute, when
Salem canght them to tie an the
coujt at 29-all. Young Hinges
missed an opportunity to give
Salem the championship when
he was awarded a free throw
wltK lint Oft S4fmif1 tn pn hot
nearly fagged out by the three-games-in-two-days
grind, he
missed it. Yakima went on to
win in the overtime by but one -
slender point, 32-31. Tommy
Medley scored 16 points Friday
night against Walla Walla, the
ffrst game the locals played
and won 39-13; he tanked 27
tallies against Vancouver, re
putedly the toughest team in
the tourney; and collected 18
la ' the final fray against Yak
ima. Which fisrorea to be A 1
- points - in three games for 20
and one-third points per. No
wonder he was chosen captain
and forward on the. all-star se-
lection. - - - r
Vancouver Best.
V an Otten says the new YMCA
court in Yakima is a dllly to
say the least. Equipped, with glass
backboards, the. spacious floor is
one of the best he has ever seen.
He nnstintedlv rives the nod to
Vancouver for being the best
team- at the meet, saying his
kids won by determmedness and
fight alone. Had his team played
Yakima earlier in the tournament
the Applepickers would have fall
en before, his team, Andy thinks,
but Vancouver would probably
have won the championship. Med
ley was the only local chosen on
the number one all-star, but both
Jim Henery and. By Roman were
accorded berths on the second.
Clang, Clang!
Dodo wants to know whether
or not, along with local sports
for the time being going to
hang, if there is any danger of
Salem's name being changed to
Pahang? - i
Injuns vs. Ducks. .
By comparing Stanford's and
Oregon's leading scorers season
avenges, Stanford should beat
Oregon 4.88 points per game.
Laisettl scored 208 points in 12
tilts tor an average of 17.33
points per, and Gale hemped 249
tallies In 20 frays for an average
of 12.45 per. Difference per
game, 4.88 points. i
1938Vikings to
Play 1937 Ditto
Getting ready for the state
tournament, which is but a little
over a week away, the Salem high
Vikings will play last year's en
trant tonight at the high school.
Manned by Evan Lowe, Tommy
Medley, Tom Hill. Cpston and
Wickert. the alumni team already
holds a pair of close practice de
cisions over this year's viking
crew. The .1933 team believes it
can hoop out a win over the old
sters, however, and plan to open
both 'barrels tonight.
A small admission fee, ten
cents, will be charged tor the
game.. ' " --':
KC Cagemen Win
Over Banker Five
The KC's last night sdged oat
the US Bank quint 48-4C. with
Lit wilier leading the scoring with
14 points.
K of C 43 -
Utwiner 14
Hoftert It
Henderson 11
'Sertot X
Wickert 8 -
40 TJS Bank
' IS Lowe
I Bertelsoo
13 Wagner
1 J. Bertelson
12 StockweU
:' To Close Consulates
MOSCOW. Mareh S.-(ff)-An
agreement between soviet Russia
and Germany to clone all consul
ates em each other's territory, was
announced officially tonight. I
Too Late to Classify
4 RM. HOtTSE. two lota, fro it and
berrfe flS. 1 mined, possession. S4
M. Fifth.
St
Fishermen Out
For 2nd Time
Long Series of Trips to
Tourney Is Broken by
Ed Franz' Quint
TOCRXEY ENTRIES
District 1 Baker.
District 4 Sandy.- -
District 5 St. Helens.
District 8 Myrtle Point.
District 9 Medford.
District 10 Salem. ,
District 14 Chlloquin.
When the Saints of St. Helens,
coached by Eddie Franti, former
Willamette university basketball
and football star, edged out Asto
ria last night 28 to 24 to qualify
tor the state basketball tourna
ment, it marked only the second
time Astoria failed to enter.
( By The Associated Press)
Week-end district play-ofls list
ed six entries for the Oregon in
terscholastic basketball finals.
Baker lived up to predictions by
knocking over La Grande, defend
ing titlist in district 1, 44 to 16.
Sandy downed Oregon City, 27 to
23, for district 4 honors. Myrtle
Point topped district 8 with a 27
22 win over North Bend. Medford
captured the 'district . 9 title Fri
day with a 46-24 victory over
Ashland and lost a kings-ex con
test to Grants Pass Saturday.
Chiloquin turned back Central
Point. 44 to 21, for the district
14- title.
: Salem will compete in the tour
nament as host team.
In district 3, Klamath Falls de
feated Bend. 61-44, to even the
playoff series, and St. Helens de
feated Astoria, 2 S to 24, last night
to win the district 5 title.
Sub-district champions blos
somed throughout district 13, the
following teams qualifying for
the district tournament . next
week-end at Arlington with the
victories listed: Condon over
Umatilla, 23-15; Grant Union
over Prairie City, 30-28; Adams
over Athena. 33-19.
Tigard defeated Beaverton, 32-
28 in a district 6 sub-district tilt.
Wolves Lose out
In Wild Struggle
Hand Scare to Valparaiso
Quint but Are. Beaten
by Score of 57-48
KANSAS. CITY, March 1.-(JP)-Texas.
Virginia and New Mexico
tonight were added to the list -of
states whose entries survived first
round play in the National Inter
collegiate basketball tournament,
and Missouri contributed a second
title contender in the potent
Warrensburg. Me., teachers.
, No so-called upsets were regis
tered, although Warrensburg, one
of the more highly regarded en
tries, received a robust scare
when it barely edged out the hard
driving Dakota Wesleyan quintet
of Mitchell. S.D., 36 to 33.
The North Texas teachers also
had their hands full, finally tak
ing a 31 to 29 last-minute deci
sion over Morning8ide College of
Sioux City, la., a finalist In a dis
trict meet here a year ago.
: Valparaiso. Ind., university and
Jordan College of Menominee.
Mich., were the teams forced to
gallop. Valparaiso defeated Ore-'
gon Normal in a wild-scoring
game, 57 to 48, and Jordan
squeezed through with a 32 to 31
win over Ottawa, Kas., univer-
Eliminating Jump
Has Little Effect
ATLANTA, March , 7.-iP)-Elimination
of the center jump
to speed up basketball and off
set the advantage of tall players,
has added less than two field
goals to score pover of teams in
the east, south and midwest.
Eastern basketball gained most
punch of the three sections under
the new rules, its two major cir
cuits averaged 38 points a game
for each team this year, an in
crease of 3.6.
. The south' two chief confer
ences added 2.4 tallies in lifting
their average to 36.2 per team.
Western conference quintets aver
aged 3 C, an increase of 2.6
points. ,' " " I
The Eastern Intercollegiate
league .reported fthe smallest In
crease. Each of Its members av-
axed 38 tallies, or).7 more than
a year ago.
Eastern intercollegiate confer
ence Quintets boosted their scor
ing by S.6 points, also tor a 38
average.
BarcmVonCimim
To Face Charges
BERLIN. March 7-(fl)--Bsron
Gottfried Voa Cramm. the world's
second ranking tennis player, re
mained In custody tonight for ex
amination ea suspicion of moral
delinquencies." ; , - i
Authorities were reluctant to
discuss his case "beyond admitting
he was being lield for examlna
tlon. It was explained that he
had ' been ,. summoned to ' police
headquarters "for classification
and examination, pending , which
he was held In custody. ?
Von Cramm and his Paris cup
teammate, i Henaer Henkel, re
turned to Germany- th res days
ago after world-wide tennis
tour lasting six months.
Mewns
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D.onchin, O'Dowdy on
Camera Decides that Stagehand Won Santa Anita Handicap
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Stagehand, Maxwell IToward's phenomenal S-year-oId, winning the
fourth running of the $100,000
from Seabiscnit, who was favored
new track record of 2:01 3-5 for
.uo to win, $3.80 to place and
Dallas Wins Over
47 to 26
First Victory of Dragons
Is Decisive; big Lead
Is Acquired Early
DALLAS The Dallas high
school basketball team Monday
night threw off the losing streak
suffered since changing from plain
Prunepickers to more colorful
Dragons, handling the Newberg
high outfit a 47 to 28 shellacking
on the home boards.
The fore part of the game was
a nightmare to Newberg which fell
behind rapidly and trailed 2? to 6
at halftime. The game was five
minutes old and the score 8 to 0
before Jackey broke the ice for
Newberg with a gifter. In the
third quarter it was 37 to 12.
Then Newberg finally threw off
its slump and outscored Dallas in
the last; canto. Jackey, with 13,
was the only Newberg man to
connect regularly.
Jackson, Bennett and Doern-
becker netted 15, 14 and 13 each
for the Dragons.
Dallas (47)
Bennett! 14
(28) Newberg
13 Jackey
Tate
Byner
2 Schaod
2 Parrot
1 Louks
2 Anderson
3 Gardner
3 Spaaldinc
Williams
Jackson' 15
Kroeker 3
M. Peters
Doernhecker 13
A. Peters 2
Referee: Max Allen.
Change in Dodger
Leadership Likely
4 .
NEW I YORK, March 7-ttP)-
The death of Stephen W. McKee-
ver, 8 3 -year-old president of the
Brooklyn baseball Dodgers, left
baseball circles wondering what
will be I the next step in the re
organisation of the club. The
"Judge 4Ied' earlT taT of pneu
monia. James Mulvey, McSeevers son-in-law
and vice-president and
secretary, Is the likely choice to
bead the organization, which has
been in tan-almost continual state
of turmoil since 1925.
Tb heirs of Charles H. Eb-
bets, who own 50 per cent of the
stock, and the Brooklyn Trust
company are other factors to be
considered. The trust company,
which through mortgages, loans
and liens Is said to hold virtus!
control of the baseball property.
may want to sell it. Its presi
dent, George V. McLaughlin, op
posed any sale during McKeevers
lifetime; - i - ; -' ",-
Babies Are Bora
STATTON Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Boedigheimer are the parents of
a son, Ronald Harvey, born Wed
nesday, j A sob was bora to Mr.
and Mrs. Dewey lively at the
local hospital . on Thursday. A
7-pound; son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Martin Scblles at their horn
on Tuesday mornlnj.
Newberg
Defeats. Astoria
Santa Anita handicap by s nose
?d In the betting. Stagehand set
the mile and one-quarter and paid
93.00 to show to 92.00 ticket bold-
Government' Machine Hits Home Runs
With Great Ealc; Tests "Dead and "Rabbit" Pellets
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And Proves Balls not Much Different
WASHINGTON, March 7 (AP) Government scien
tists batted out the theory today that the wallop, not the
baseball, is the major factor in home runs.
Wheeling their mechanical home run swatter out to
Griffith stadium, bureau of standards experts loaded it up
with American and National league balls and aimed it at
the far flung fences.
The very first shot cleared the
centerfield fence, soared over the
bleachers and fell beyond the
wall the longest base hit ever
banged out in the American
league park.
"Wow." exclaimed Edward B.
Eynon, Jr., secretary of the Sena
tors, "that beats Babe Ruth's
best home run!"
The scientists fed the federal
fence buster another ball.
Wham!
It was the same story over
the garden wall and out of the
park.
"We've got to tame the ma
Shrock's won two games from
Valley Motor and Orval'a won
two from White's in Automotive
league bowling at the Bowl-Mor
Monday night. G. Woodry had
high game, 223, and high series,
601.
SHSOCX'S waSD CASS
Woadrr ; 185 223 188
6.
601
535
583
522
468
Cline
.178
181
10
18S
178
16S
187
154
148
Welch
Shrock
.195
I. Wwoary
Tbtal ,
.144
838 965 836 2659
AlXET MOTOB CO.
Phillip ; ,, 31)1 181 160 S42
Pulia 1 15 126 477
ColweU US 148 181 439
Awtia i? 185 171 534
Bbarker - , k 186 132 518
HaadUas - S IS
Totals
875 857 79 2528
WHITE'S USED CAM
, ,, i5A 182 147
168 148 174
1S 117
a iea 180
IH 18S 12t
KorV
Barker
Whit
Parker
483
488
46S
532
439
ToUla
81 838 757 2408
OXTAX'g USED CASS
1T9 16 in
VicUr ;
Ttmaa
tiMtvra
Nash
507
497
S90
440
470
SS
-2 IS
-lit
15S
156 159
123 148
130 155
132 158
SS 38
Linditntmd
Haaoicaa
J60
Totals
S25 93S 829 23S9
Set Coast Title
Tilts This Week
EUGENE. March 7.-VThe
University of Oregon and Stan
ford university basketball teams
will play Friday night in San
Francisco and Saturday at Palo
Alto for the Pacific Coast confer
ence basketball championship
under revised schedule an
nounced today.
The third game. It necessary,
will be played Monday at Palo
Alto.
Bowling
rcjsotiktatcsmatt
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, March
;ers. Seablscnit Is partially hidden
1 they crossed the finish line. Stagehand, who was trained by Karl
! Sande, won the recent Santa Anita
, leap by Nick Wall, who flew from
pnoto.
O '
chine down," said Dr. H. L. Dry
den, "or it'll bankrupt us."
Along about seventh inning
time, they came to their first
conclusion that the much-talked-of
difference between the
two big league balls is not enough
to count scientifically.
Covers and stitches long dis
cussed as the reasons for the live
liness or deadness of the balls
are but trifles in hitting, he ex
plained. "The core and the yarn in the
ball make much more difference,"
Dryden added, "and they're about
equal in the two balls."
Oregon Is Threat
Says Coach Bunn
PALO ALTO, Calif., March 7.
-(JPy-QTegon'B northern division
Pacific Coast conference cage
champions should give Stanford.
southern tilleholders, "plenty of
trouble" in the playoff for the
conference crown. Coach John
Bunn of the Indians said today.'
Bunn returned from a scouting
trip to Corrallis to prepare his
squad for the first game Friday.
He said the Webfeet were big,
fast, thoroughly grounded in
fundamentals and were accurate
shooters. Buns said Oregon's
strict rone defensa might worry
Stanford.
The Indian mentor said he had
"great respect" for Guards Boh
A net and WaUy Johansen, who
made him forget the more pub
licized Oregon players.
Hunters, Anglers
Will View Films
The Salem Hunters and Anglers
club wUl be addressed tonight at
7:30 In the chamber of com
merce quarters by Frank B.
Wire, supervisor of the Oregon
state game commission, and Matt
Rlckman of the' department of
hatcheries.
Reels of pictures on game and
fish, life In Oregon, including
reel on egg-taking, will be shown
as part of the program. Prior to
the meeting the speakers will be
guests of the club's exeeatlrs
board at a t o'clock dinner at the
Golden pheasant.
Zivic Stops Bland
PITTSBURGH. March 7-V
Fritzie Ziv ic, Pittsburgh welter
weight; pounded his- way , to
technical -knockout -victory over
Tommy Bland or Toronto, in the
eighth of their lO-roaad fight.
Ar:
mory
8, 1938
by the winner in the above photo as
derby and was ridden In the band-
Florida for the assignment. UN
YM Unsuccessful
In Title Defense
But Juniors Are Scrappy
in Yakima Tourney's
Three Encounters
wnue tney railed to success
fully defend their northwest Jun
ior YMCA basketball title, the lo
cal Y juniors played some of the
scrappiest basketball he ever saw,
according to Coach Andy Van Ot
ten who returned to Salem Sun
day night with his sextet of tired
courtsters.
Friday afternoon the local team
easily trounced Walla Walla, 39-
13. Saturday afternoon it had te
come from far back, behind the
howitzer hooping of Tommy Med
ley, to gain a 4S-41 win over Van
couver, and Saturday night lost
the championship to Yakima in an
overtime tilt that ended 32-31.
Medley scored 1C against Walla
Walla, 27 against Vancouver and
18 against Yakima a total of 1
points in three games. He was
accorded the captaincy of the all-
star selection.
Summaries:
Salem (39)
(IS) Walla Walla
Medley 16
Page 3
7 MUlerH
1 Ladd
Herren
Kerns 10
Henery 8
Roman
Hinges 2
1 O'Dell
S Owens
1 Bowers
Salem (4S)
(41) Vanconver
11 Wilson
f McDonald
Medley 27
Page
Hinges 10
Henery 3
Roman S
Salem (81)
Medley 18
Page
Hinges 4
Henery 1
Roman 2
23 Pedlo
1 Marshall
Hay
(32) Yakima
Pool
8 Labisner
11 Chamberlin
12 DeWltt
Drnmheller
1 Sidmeyer
.ir-T
O
-.4 '
a I M
in Finals
at
PAGE SEVEN
Local Shotgun
Stars Do Well
Snell in Tie for Evcrding
Award; Team Perfect
in Wire Contest
Secretary of State Earl Snell
had a field day at the traps Sun
day, gaining a leg on a triple tie
in the 50-target event of the Hy
Everding birthday shoot in Port
land by shattering 49, and pow
dering 25 straight as his share of
the first round of the annual local
telegraphic shoot.
Tying with Snell in the Ever
ding shoot were E. E, Van Nuys,
The Dalles, and B. A. Griffin, Cor
vallis, and C. G. Hildibrand and
C. G. Robertson kept pace with
him in the telegraphic shoot by
also registering 25 straight hits.
The local gunners defeated all
four opponents Cottage Grove
0, Heppner 71, Colitr 74, Hills-
boro 69, but were only one of sev
eral clubs - to register perfect
scores.
Silver Falls Wins
Mt. Angel, with a teanT score of
68, won one match and lost three;
Medford scored 75, Coos 73 , Sil
ver Falls 71. Upper Willamette
C5.
Silver Falls tied with Bend, at
71. and won from Washongal with
66. Pendleton with 7C and Mt. An
gel with 68.
At the Everding shoot in Port
land, Gordon Hull of Salem broke
25 straight to win the skeet event.
Other scores there were:
,J 16 yd
Hdc.
23
20
20
21
22
22
11.
21
18
21
19
15
22
19
21
K. Walnr Salem 48
C. Townsend. Salem 48
C. T. HUtibrand, Salem 48
A. C. McCard, Eugene ...145
William Wolff. Salem ....45
S. J. Yates, Salem .'.45
Tad Shelton. Salem 45
Ken Ayers, Salem . 45
Gordon Hull, Salem 44
L. E. White Salem 44
R. Welty, Salem ..43
R. Gouley. Salem 41
W. D. Carter, Salem 41
Fred VieskOi Salem 39
0. Lee, Salem
Callura Canadian Champ
TORONTO, March 7-;P)-Jackie
Callura of Hamilton, Ont.. won
the Canadian featherweight
championship tonight by taking
a close decision over Frankie
Martin of Montreal in a 10
round bout
Lions Clinch Second
VANCOUVER, March 7.-CCP)
Vancouver Lions clinched second
place Jn the standings of the Pa
cific Coast Hockey league tonight
as they withstood a closing rush
by Seattle Seahawks to defeat the
league-leaders 4-3.
W El ' E S
M
w J?
ACE FREEMAN vs. CLEM KIESER
SO Mlnntea;,
Salem Armory, Tonight 8:30
Lower Floor 50c, Ralroay 40c, Reserved Beats 75e tXo Tax)
Stadewta 2Bc( ladles 85e
rickets. Cliff Parker's and Lrtle's Ansplces American Legion
Herb Owen. Matchmaker
AM
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Tonififlit
Curly to Try
Villain Purge
Took Lipscomb Last Week
in Cleanup of Local
Grappling Circles
The self-appointed broom of
the Salem wrestling field. Curly
Donchin of the east coast, tonight
will seek to sweep the local mat
clean of the northwest's No. S
mat villain. ' 1 v
Donchin battles wild Pat
O'Dowdy . in the one-hour main
event of Promoter Herb Owen's
weekly mat card. Lst week Don
chin felled Jack Lipscomb, reign
ing meanle and coast middle
weight champion, and his victory
had hardly become cold before
he had asked Owen to give hinT
a crack at O'Dowdy.
O'Dowdy was anxious to , re
venge the defeat which befell his
team wrestling partner, but de
manded that the tactics Donchin
used to lick Lipscomb be barred.
The flashy Jew finished the Hoo
sier by slamming him backward
against the ring-post, following a
rousing tussle in the ringside
seats.
O'Dowdy Wants new Ref
O'Dowdy insisted that applica
tion of such a device be declared
a foul, "it Harry Elliott referees
I want it understood that Don
chin can't break my back on a
post and get away with it. Un-
iv3s a. rj i ,uot, aaautBuvc, a. v was e
appear. Unless, of course, they
appoint a fair referee instead of
Elliott."
At press time last night O'Dow
dy had not received his desired
assurance, nor had a new referee
been appointed. However," Pro
moter Owen believes the Irish
man will show for the bout. Fail
ure, to do so might mean an in
definite suspension.
Ganging-np Possible
In support of the mala event
fracas Jack Lipscomb will battle
brilliant Gust Johnson, the great
Seattle Swede. The fact that Lips
comb will appear on the card car
ries potentialities of fireworks,
for the villainous Hooaier might
come to the rHen' af (TDowiIt
if the latter becomes too badly
pressed.'
In the 30-minute opener Clem
Kieser, newcomer from Port An
geles, is booked against Ace Free
man, popular young New York
Jew. Kieser comes heralded aa a
logging-camp variety of ruffian.
and fans can expect an old-fashioned
hoe-down when he clashes
with the fast Freeman. -
The bouts, which start at 8:30
at the armory, may be beard over
radio station KSLM.
- Marion Miley Medalist
-BELLEAIR, Fla., March 7-(
-Marion Miley of Fort Pierce shot
a 78, two under women's par, to
capture medal honors in the qual
ifying round of the Belleair wom
en's open golf tournament here
today.
iL ii N G
1
Curly Dnnchin
vs.
Pat O'Dowdy
1 Hosr
JACK LIPSCOMB
TS.
GUST JOHNSON
45 Minutes
n
ma
' l If