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c By KON UK MM ELL. Pa green, son-kissed orange -or even ak-klv hH violet, that Is what sports In general need around Oregon's outstandingly backward - sports : city, Salem. Color. .C-0-iX.K. Knell It with a capital T, fepnnk It out In lQjirnr ease, pro nounce ft "kuler,- or if jou'd rather, -kaloor.- but rheaven's ke lets get some of it. Jot where or when, It doe n't make ny difference. Perhaps ifd be possible to whack a gob out of the first spr'ng ra'nbow that arrhea or the valley; nebbe a quart of thr rlvklness that it takes could be holed out of" 3lrs. OTlarethy's flaming pet ticoat; or. (-ou nevrr can tell) there may be . a carpenter" in town who has the perspective oJuIM It in, like the k'trhen ' sink. Communicable. ' There 'isn't anybody i tiotic c-nough to rear up on his haanch- , les team nose oat. the new Holly es and twist his esophagr v out of wood club (last year's San. Frau hape in an attempt to tell you cisco Missions). 6 to T, with a Just what color-in athletics is. , ninth-inning rally. First Baseman It's about as indescribable a? the "Rip" Russell was the hero of the Kleam in a gopher's eye. Some- ame, clouting a single that broke times it crops out as an Individ- the deadlock, ual; iometlir.es It is a daet: It, ,i - T. an k. . ,u. ' At San Francisco, some 12,000 v?des :Vrcrbe!throire j 1r.r rnJo KohlnM .i.l,.. ! dividual sports performer or a team of performers. Whatever it is, it's 29 catching as the mea sles in an orphanage, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry and Susie Fan and all the little Fan-nies. are as susceptible as is Mt. Hood to a snow storm. It's Heretical. Above all. it speaks ney. It - shouts, of the unorthodox It can be as gaunt and ugly as a grist mill, as a tumblewee1 in a bed ofgeraninms, or a bath ing suit on the circus fat wom an; it can be as beautiful and . alluring as Rebecca at the well, the sunset on the beady ebb tide of the Pacific, or a green hillside dotted with three-day-old lambs in the middle of March. There is nothing set about its pattern. It can't be bottled, like castor oil, end dis- -penscd when and where it will - do the most good at V e dis penser's direction. Rut Ramblings. Until greater spectator inter est in sports is created around Salem, football will no dcubt con tinue to be played in 'he muck, collegiate and pre.T srvool base ball will continue to be viewed only by oldtime diehards. con stant attempts to revive the fis tic parade will be made only to "culminate" in the same old head ache of how. to pay off the pngs, basketball will beckon the same wee percentage of attendance it should, and track will continue to be something to read about in the papers only. Last fall. Salem high school had a foot bill team that doffed helmets to no other prep organization in the state. The way it DIDN'T pack in patrons would make the Italian "boot" look like a Norwegian "pac." Needs Noted. If that Viking team bad had a halfback on It whose arms were as long as pitchfork han dles, who jumped like a kan garoo instead of running, who was Just as apt to run to a touchdown for the adversary as he wan for his own team, and confused not only opponents but teammates by slinging for ward passes from behind his back with either hand-well, if team had had such, no sta- " dram this side of Soldier field would have been able to hold the crowds. What "Spec" Keen needs on his Bearcat diamond team this spring Is a first baseman who can out Scharbt Al Scharht himself. Some long, lean, lank galoot with a face as dour as a door knob, a frame that has a fac ulty of becoming "unhinged at exact spots where all physiol ogies tell yoa there are no Joints, and a particular apti tude for making all putouts . while lying flat on his back with both legs twined around the base. Must Be a Goon, "What that Irish matchmaker, McCarthy, needs to stuff the arm ory fall of vibrant spectator flesh is something that faintly tesem bles a man: whose a n t o m y would" make Farmer Brown's per ennial scarecrow look as obese as an elephant; whose eyes are a crossed as the Hudson river; but who. nevertheless, carries le thal lcrends in either band. If this fistic creation had spots like a leopard. d ttd New York Giants white fm ?.Utl,,e w'hed Cleveland's Indians 3 to too would be a highly acceptable asset or affliction, as yoa ;wm. Plop! I I The End. In seml-conclnsion, let us once wore point out that what Salem sports are direly In -need of is COLOR. In conclusion,, let ns further point out that what we needed worst today wa something to write about. but : that problem is over now. Sir Oracle Wins $3000 San Mateo Track Event SAN MATEO. Calif.. April 2- (;P)Clo8ing witft a rusn on the inside, Sir Oracle won the $3000 added Stockton handicap at Bay Meadows track today. It was a six - furlong dash, closed in 1:11 1-5. Happy Boliver ran second, af ter leading briefly in the stretch, with Roy T. "taking third. LinfieldNetmen Win . t. Over. Pacific Players McMINNVILLE, April 2-(Py- Llnfield college netmea won live singles and two doubles matches Friday : to open the tennis season with a clean sweep over the Bad gers ol Pacific university. Home Beavers Lose To Seals 6-4 Seattle Drubs Champion Padres 4 to 1 While Angels Winning - (By the Associated Press) Nearly 40,000 baseball fins helped -usher in the 1938 Pacific Coast league season today in games that saw three home town teams chalk np victories. ' The largest turnout of the day, 15.000, saw a revamped Los Ange- "e "A" t-m ounu " uiauj runs iii iuc luunu iuuiu$ auu ie advantage of Pitcher Ad Liska's wildness for three more in the next frame to chalk up a 6 to 4 win over Portland. Sam Gibson. lanky righthander, pitched tight ball for the Seals until the ninth, when he weakened to fill the bases on a hit( error and two walks, forcing in one run. San Diego, winner of the 1937 championship playoff, got off to a losing, start as Seattle punched two Padre hurlers for 13 blows and a 4 to 1 finale. The crowd of 5,000 was slightly under p re-game estimates. Rightfielder Nick Cullop slug ged the St. Louis Cardinal-owned Sacramento Senators into the vic tory column when his ninth-inning home run defeated Oakland, 6 to 4. Oakland had tied the count in its half of the. last session. Cul lop's four-ply wallop, off South paw Ken Sheehan pitching in a relief role, scored a runner ahead About 7.000 fans watched the opener. Scores: Hollywood .5 10 0 Los Angeles ,6 12 0 Osborne, Nitcholas and Bren zel; Salverson, Berry and Collins. Portland 4 5 0 San Francisco 6 6 1 Liska, Hare (5) and Dickey; Gibson, Ballon (9) and Woodall. Seattle -4 13 0 San Diego .1 6 0 Barrett and Fernandes; Salvo, Pillette (2) and Detore. Oakland .-4 9 0 Sacramento 6 9 2 Turbeville, Moore (8), Sheehan (9) and Raimondi; Freitas and Franks. World 120 High Hurdle Mark Set AUSTIN, Tex., April 2. - (JP)- Tow-headed Fred Wolcott, Rice Institute's six-foot, two-Inch soph omore, bettered the . accepted world's 120-yard high hurdle rec ord with a downwind burst of 13.9 seconds at the 11th annual Texas relays today. The performance of the south west's Olympic hope, who, until last year, never had run the event, surpassed the 14-second record made by Bob Osgood of the Uni versity of Michigan. Twenty minutes later Wolcott won the 100-yard dash in 9.8 to finish high-point winner of the classic, in which seven meet rec ords tumbled and one was equaled. Training Camps BRADENTON, Fla.. April (AV-The Boston Bees climbed aboard Brooklyn pitching in three big innings today to wallop the Dodgers 15 to 1' In an exhibition game. . NEW ORLEANS, April 2.-VP) -Paced by Tommy Henrlch a slug' ging, the New York Yankees belt ed the New Orleans Southern As sociation' Pelicans 12 to 1 today in an exhibition game. T k Ifd PIUDTrO T Anvil 0 today behind the combined five hit pitching of Hal Schumacher and Dick Coffman in a grapefruit league game. LAKELAND. Fla., April 2.-Jf) -A three-run attack in the first inning at the expense of Ditty Dean enabled the Detroit Tigers to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 3 to 2, in an exhibition baseball game today. ATLANTA. Ga.. April 2.-(Jf)-Behind the three-hit pitching of Al Williams and Bud Thomas the Philadelphia Athletics today shut out Atlanta, of the Southern As sociation, 2 to 0. , SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 2. -JP)-The galloping St. Louis Brownies won their! third con secutive game from ? the Toledo Mudhens today, 3 to 6, fheir 13th straight victory in the grapefruit league. TUCSON, Ariz., April 2.(JPi- First Baseman Phil Cavarretta's home run with the bases loaded in the eighth inning gave the Chi cago Cubs a 10 to 6 victory today over the Chlca.50 White Sox the sjxth in nine exhibition, starts against their city rivals. ORLANDO, Fla., April 2.-) Washington b r 0 ke Us losing streak in the grapefruit league todar by tenting Minneapolis, II U . - - , - Town Nines . Take Coast Op . SMD0& Bearcat Nine Polishes Bats Works out Against Mixed Team, Prepares for Oregon Contest Bearcat Coach "Spec" Keene pbured baseball practice on in large doses yeatei day afternoon as his Willamette university squad spent nearly the whole afternoon in a practice game with a "make up" team of Townies, ex-'Cats and reserves. No attempt was made to keep a score card on proceedings, Men tor Keene taking advantage -of the opportunity to look over his aspir ants with wary eyes taking in the shortcomings and spots that will need the mostpolishing before the opening encounter of the sea son, with the University of Oregon at Eugene next Friday. All eight of strong-arm squad of Tight-handed flingers did work on the newly "raised" mound, some unfurling their slants for their own club and, others doing hill duty for the Townies. Weaver Whiffs 'Em Big Walt Weaver, ace of the moundsmen, 6hoved 'em past the oldsters for four innings; setting down eight via the whiff method and not. allowing ,one good blow. Keene's lineup yesterday was composed of Jerry Laurens, ex Commerce high of Portland, cat cher; Veteran Rex Pierce, first base; Jim Watts, second base; Lee Shinn, shortstop; Johnny Kolb, third base; Yerdell Rags dale, left field; Dwight Cather wood, center; and Durb Southard, right. Pitchers who saw service. besides Weaver, were Bill Anton, Larry Nunnenkamp, Tom- Hager. Bob White, Francis Gatchel and George Windsor. Gatchel is from Jefferson, having been out of school for three years, and Wind sor is a first-year man from Van couver, Washington. St. Mary's Team Defeats Hubbard MT. ANGEL St. Mary's grad ers took their second straight win in "the Marlon count: league games here .Friday afternoon to successfully rout the Hubbard boys 10 to 7 and the Hubbard girls 36 to 11. The two games began simul taneously at 2:30 p. m., Felix Skonetil umpiring for tve boys and Joe Schatz for the girls' game. The Mt. Angel boys went into the third inning scoreless against Hubbard's four runs, three of which were collected in the first frame. The end of the third found the score 5 to T In favor of Hubbard. Then in the next time up the St. Mary's lads bunched hits to bring in eight runs, to remain scoreless there after. Hubbard chalked np its two final tallies In the seventh. St. Mary's girls jumped into the lead In the first inning and were never headed, scoring in every frame. The Hubbard girls strove valiantly for four Innings to even St. Mary's ever Increas ing margin then, failed to con nect while the local -iris' score mounted from 20 to ?C. Batteries: Boys: Grosjaeques and Bielezneier; 'Moon and Shank; girls: SkoneUni and Bigler; Eileen and Julia. Washington Open, Amateurs Are Set SEATTLE, April 3 The Washington state open and ama teur golf championship tourna ments will be held at the Wen atchee Golf club, Wenatchee. dur ing the week of July 4 to 9, E. L. Mann, president if the Wash ington State Golf association,, an nounced here today. Mann, of Wenatchee, set the dates after conferring with his fellow-directors. The open tour nament will take up the first two days, July 4 and 5. and the ama teur will be held the rest of the week. Ted Longworth, Portland, Is the present open champion and Rudy Holm, Olympic club, Seattle; is amateur titleholder. Salem Bowlers to Enter at Seattle SEATTLE, April 2.-()-Garnet Hudson, secretary of the "North western International bowling congress, today predicted a record entry of 2D0 five-man teams or a total of 1,000 pin-smashers in the ,26th annual tournament here April 27 to May 8. Eighty-eight out of town teams already were entered from Wash ington, Oregon. Idaho, British Co lumbia andCalifornia. Entries to date included: . Salem Siverlan, Sparkle Up Karr's Tavern- Sun Egret Wins BOWIE, Md., April 2.H7-Sun Egret, nervous 'three - year - old chestnut colt with eyes trained on the Kentucky, derby,, splashed through southern Maryland mud and mist today to a length and a halt victory in the S 5,0 00 Rowe memorial handicap. Salem, Ex-Sox JtIasse two FORMER. JJlAJDy crry wqajders MAY MAKE OR. BREAK TWcTlR. TEAMS'- I'N the American League, the Chl ' cago White Sox appear to be one . team that isn't afraid to make a trade. There were very few swaps of importance made during the off season, and the Pale Hose figured in two of these major deals. Now it seems that a couple of traded White Sox players will play important roles with their new clubs. Hike Cochrane thinks that the ex-Sox slinger, Vernon Kennedy, will give Detroit enough pitching depends l -t nx v i$vs I V tV -,P ME RErG His VVO- KN- FORM, TAS W8 JSv TIGERS' MA jt FLAG" Ssi 1 m fc.-Sto Six Meet Records Broken as Bear Track Squad Trounces Br'er Brain Aggregation on Los Angeles Field LOS ANGELES, April !-()- California's blne-jerseyed track and field aggregation tromped all over the Bruins of University of California at Los Angeles today, piling up a 95 to 36 victory In a dual meet that opened the Pa cific Coast conference season here. The big brother Bears from Berkeley scored clean sweeps In six events and the one-mile relay. and broke four of the six meet records that went down during the afternoon. The performance of giant Wood row Wilson Strode, in win ning the shotput with a hears of SI feet 5 Inches and the discus throw at 145 feet, and Bill Lacefield, another negro star. In taking the broad Jump and high hurdles, were the high lights of the day. Strode's shotput mark set a The New Goodrich i Safety Silvertovn Yes, sir! easy lo buy because it's the safest, quickest stopping tire you've ever seen a tire that dries wet roads hugs dry roadsl And it's 'easy to pay for. too on our liberal Credit Plan. Just tell us how many tires yea used show us your license identification and your purchase is installed at once. Your credit is good herel " , NO RED TAPE tefioniMateaniaa Oregon. Sunday Morning:, April Stars in Spotlight -By BURNLEY- strength to overtake the Yankees. Kennedy didnt fare so well in 1937, according to the record books, bat he's a top-notch hurler. Vernon, who once pitched a no-bit game, was dissatisfied in Chicago last season and failed to show at his best. The Tigers expect the former Sox star to regain bis 1936 form, when he was tops in the loop, winning twenty-one games. Another erstwhile pride of the meet record, and a third negro Bruin star, Tom Berkeley, clipped a 10th of a second off the meet record In winning the low hurdles In 2S.7 seconds. Here's California's contribution to broken meet records: High Jump Bob Law. I feet 3K Inches. .Old mark, 6 feet 2 Inches set by Law in 1937. One-mile run Charles Mehl- ert, 4 minutes 22 seconds." Old record set by Mehlert in 1937 at 4 minutes 24.6 seconds. Two-mile run Stanley SadaJ, 9 minutes 36.1 seconds. Old rec ord of 9 minutes 64.4 seconds set by Bob Fowler of California In 1134. One-mile relay Set by Turner. Brombacher, Watts and Miller, S minutes 17.4 seconds. Old record of 3 minutes 18.8 seconds. set by t, i"Z. .v . - v W y isug&ai luiuu & j .wHEEia M. 3, 1938 Hmist hardhitting OAJURA- SWOZ1LO DRIVE (M 4ANY RUMS FOR WASHlAXSTOAl. Pale Sox, Zeke "Bananas" Bonura, is touted as the man who will lead Washington out of the depths. "Bananas" was acquired by the Senators recently in exchange for Joe Kuhel. Both are first Backers, bat Bonura is the better bitter, and Clark Griffith wanted to add power to his batting order. Zeke may not transform the Senators into conten ders, but he should give them a-real batting punch. OwnUhC !(. kr Klac Wmkum Kaat la. Grimes, Keifer, Callerl and Toung in 1937. The pole vault was won by Mc Carthy of California, 13 feet. Sec ond was Ford, California, 13 feet (great number tries). Third. Mon roe, California, 12 feet 6 Inches. Louis - Schmeling Go Site not Set CHICAGO, April 2.-(yP)-No site for the world's heavyweight cham pionship battle between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling will be named until after Schmeling engages Steve Dudas la Hamburg, Ger many, April 16, Promoter Mike Jacobs announced tonight. Jacobs said he would return to Chicago after the forthcoming Il linois statewide election 10 days hence to pursue negotiations for Soldier Field. The Impression prevails, how ever, that Jacobs still was favor able to the Yankee stadium In New York. l , ' i I fO' .-. 1 SQUALITYb )jjjK?ft 198 S Waflttei? HI. SoggU Phoe 9156 PAGE SEVEN YM Natators Earn 30 Points ' to NE's 37, CentraFs 28 " Portland Meet in Salem YMCA swimmers took second place in a three-way meet at Portland Friday night. Local splashers took firsts in the 40 yard free style and 100-yard free style events, scoring a total of 30 points to 37 for Northeast Y and 28 for Central. Results: 160-yard free style r e I a y Northeast. first Salem, second; Central, third. Time 1:30. 100-yard breast stroke Grant, Central, first; Morrison. North east, second ; Ruecker, Salem, third; Hoffman, Salem, fourth. Time 1.155. 40-yard free style Burris, Sa lem, first; Hiatt, Central, second: Biunk, Northeast, third; Mnlkey. Salem, fourth. Time 2 2, flat. 100-yard back stroke Nelson. Northeast, first; Mnlkey, Salem, second; Woodward. Northeast, third; Lester, Central, fourth. Time 1:18. 100-yard free style Hoffman. Salem, first; Allen, Northeast. second; Stone, Central, third; Hiatt. Central, fourth. Time 1:04. 220-yard free style Grant, Central, first; Burris. Salem, sec ond; Davison, Northeast, third Young. Central, fourth. Time 2:41.5. 180-yard medley Northeast, first; Central, second; Salem, third. Time 1:56, Bulldogs Defeat Hubbard Tossers HLBBARD The Wooriburn high school Bulldogs defeated Hubbard high 11 to 4 in a base ball game Friday afternoon. Woodburn scored eight runs in the first four innings, featured by two home runs by Stetter and Dick Whitman. Hubbard made a rally in the eighth inning when they scored three runs featured by Yanfa triple to center field. Summary: Hubbard ....... 4 7 4 Woodburn 11 13 3 Evans. Crolsant and Mooman; B. Lee, Whitman, Renn and Reed. Clearlake Wins Tilt ELDRIEDGE The school softball team met Clearlake school there Wednesday. The score was. 12 to 10 in favor of Clearlake. v VJ U E 3 Salem Armory, Lower Floor SOe. Balcony 40c. Rnmt4 Brats 75c (Ne Tax) Stadeats 25c, Ladies 25c rickets. Cliff Parker's and Lytlea Aawptcea American Leglaai Herb Owen, Matchmaker . eners 9th Term Rule Hurts Foxes 9 Rod Osier, Don Kuenzi Go out; Molalla Came Set for Friday SILVERTON The ninth se mester rule. Just inaugurated, has removed two of Silverton high's best baseball players and pros pects for the Silverton team, which has been the Willamette valley interscholastic champion . since the league was first organ ized six years ago, look pretty gloomy for the season. The two men who are out are Rodney Oster and Donald Kuen zi. Among the lettermen who are back are Simmons, Pettyjohn and Johonson. Busch and Grace. The , only promising transfer, who may make the first team, is Strick land. The rest of the 30 men who are out for practice are very near ly equal in ability, says Guy De- borne so many victories for the Silverton team. Silverton has been handicapped in lack of place to practice. The new ball diamond in Silverton was seeded to grass early but be cause of the cold weather and rain of the past few weeks turf has been slow in forming. Grass is just coming up and playing cannot be done on it as yet. Molalla's game Friday, the first of the season and scheduled for the home field, may have to be played at Molalla or some oth er nearby diamond. Champs Picked . Local dopesters have Wood burn and Molalla slated for league champions this stson. Woodburn is the logical win, it is said locally. This is Wood burn's year with a senior ath letic setup. Molalla also has a good team, it is" said, with Jeli, a brother of the young pitcher who was popular at last year's semi-pro tournament, pitching. Molalla also got a two weeks' start on practicing this season with her basketball season ending before that of Silverton ended. v Tentative line-up for the Sil verton team for Friday Is M. Sim mons, cstcher; Pettyjohn and Bennett, pitching; Torgerson at first; Torvend or Melby at sec ond; Strickland at 3rd; Busch, right field; Grace, center field: C. Simmons or Gehring. left. Oxford Oars Victors LONDON. April 2.-(Jp)-ln bum py water. Oxford's gigantic crew rowed to a two-length victory over Cambridge in their 90th annual boat race before a halt million spectators today. THE ZOO AUTO PARK WISHES TO BUT CUB DEARS Pb. 2712 Habbard, Ore. THEN G Eie3 Klott r.3ottEacG See Tuesday Statesman for Details TUESDAY APRIL 5 8:30 -SERVICER 1 1.