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Ewd Si ' 'i opon?;npnnno 9 Worn WMM LJ a bon ; LJ OEM-tELL It' ft jolly rood tttar "Spec" Xeu Isn't tntortng Willamette basketball. What mesa he'd be la tonight. Not only woald this be bis ISth year of coaching at the Methodist school. bat he'd be tak ing bit eonrt qntnt to MeMinn YiUe to do basketball battle on this date, which happens to be Friday, Jan. 13. To make tt strictly a "Jinx" Bight, this Is the. lStbr same.of. the carrot season for the Bear rat hooner. Which, if Keene were coaching, weald aneaa the 13th season with the ISth fame ' os.tbe cmratt ieam being pUyed oa the algbt of Friday, ' the 13th. Erea If the Lfceftelds, were on . crutches, all fire of Via, they shoald be able to beat the; 'Cats aader such thlrteeHteh conditions as those. , As it Is. howerer. itVHsppy" Howard Maple who has to face the "IS" music, and he's happily minus oae IS ander which. Xeeae would be laboring were he still at the Bearcat basketball helm. Ma ple, and his enrrentlyron-etrlde outfit, will be laboring only ander the stigma tibia betas; the IStb game and befar phtyed oa Friday the ISth. Inasmuch as Unlleid wiu also hare the Frtday-the-13th Jtnx to erercome, the Bearcats in ..-- "ii" RU1LT HIT Un VU vw with which to contend. Slump Also Obstacle. ;- 1 What baa happened to the basketball BearcaU? That la a question) earreaUy beiag asked aroaad salens city, aad suitable answers are a bit hard to find. Th Wlllamettes started with i rush, bowling orer their first fire opponents wltn iair-io-miuu ease. Then they bumped Into the raonri at Pullman, where they dropped a pair' no one expected them to win. Eren so, they scored 19 points In two games, holding the Cougars to a n-poini win u second tilt. Storing to Spokane, they dropped o close decision to nonzaca a loss that was by no means a disgrace as ft happened to be the filth game oa the roaa ana the bors were tired. Back home they hit stride long .nnnrh to droD Portland's two tasted indenendent dabs, the Pa cific Packard! and Signal Oil. In so doing the BearcaU scored 1S1 points and looked impressire in all but the second half of the' Sig nal Oil game. Then d 1 s a s ter struck. A finely poised Pacific rrcw took the initial grip on the Northwest conference bunting with a 31-2t Tlctory. In a game in which the BearcaU were out fought as well as out-maneuvered. V Portland . nniTersity 's Pilots poured fuel on the slump flame that seems to be consuming 'Cat court hopea at present, defeating the Wlllamettes for the first time ire three long seasons. Against Portland and Pacific the BearcaU averaged only 21 points per game, whereas they had averaged 4 2 nolnts ner in each of the iu ni-rdlnc s-amee. including the two WSC tilts. ; Right in the midst of this slump the, 'CaU more to Lin field to play their 18th game oa Friday, the IStb. Cam they over come both j laze a aad the lamp? They'll have to be good. Oilfield Quint Set as Victim Unhappy Bearcats Hope to Regain Stride at McMinnTiHe , Victims of a sordid tramp, the basketball Bearcats tonight move to McMinnvnle tor their second Northwest conference UK of the current season. LlnfleM's loopert are the opponents, and so hopes Coach "Happy" v Howard Maple, the tlcthna. - r Two licbJasa Tahea ; . The Cat crew has , been a- impreaslve la Its last two starts. being knocked over by Pacific aad Portland anirersities to bring iU season's batting average down to .SIS. Poor bail-handling, slip shod floor work and none too good marksmanship have combined to drop- the 'Cats lata doldrums from which Coach Maple hopes they'll recover tonight. Antoa, Eberty Start Maple last night was fully de cided upon hat two positions for his sUrting quint. Named as cer tain starters were "Wild Bfll" An ton. leading tally maker of the squad, and Howard Eberiy. smooth front court artist.. The. other for ward spot will be filled by either Johnny Kolb or Bob White, the latter having recently returned to action following an appendectomy. The guard spots will be filled from a trio consisting of Oscar Specht, Cecil Qaesaeth and Otto SkopiL "Court." " w i Sport Newt Whether they're alamping or wiaalac the Bearcats are covered by The Statesman. S IP CD M TES RON GEHISELL Editor Basketball 1 V Complete reporU of - the ' city aad church ' leagaea . first in the ptatetman. Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, January 13, 1939 : " r PAGE FIFTEEN Salem Holds Would it seem possible that one-fifteenth of Salem' male pop ulation plays basketball? Perhaps It Isn't, but If 1S.O0O is somewhere near the number of masculine members of Salem's population m aouKh to hold aeaeaba, here are tome figures which would ia- d uat It to be a lt: There are SS high school teams nrtbtnatlnff in a sym class league; Salem high has varsity and Jayvee squads; there are nine teams la the city intramural cir cuit; there are- SS senior YMCA teams; 17 junior YMCA teams; two sub-junior TMCA teams; the Willamette varsity; the Willam ette frosh club; six Willamette in tramural clubs; two Sacred Heart academy quints; and at least eight clubs of the "town team" nature. That figures ap to a total of ISO teams participating la bas ketball in Salens. Taking eight tea to a team as a minima. It would follow that 1040 mea aad boys are actively engaged la Mrsait of potato la Salens: One tboasaad is oae-flfteeath of 1JM00 oraml wroag agala. R.McKee Reports Finduig of Money , , O . . J roUowlac the law la better thah the theory of "finders keep ers, losers weepers' in the opin ion of Robert McKee of SOvertoa, who yesterday rued notice wun County Clerk U. O. Boyer that on December 24 he found a ma of money between t and f IS oa a SUvertoa street. His formal no tice, tiled with the clerk and post ed la two publie places at Silver ton, atated the loser could have the money by Identifying It. If the loser Is not found, Mc Kee will share equally with the county in hU find, after deduc tion of legal costs. That U the provision of a state law ho U fol lowing. ; Deputy Clerk C C. Ward said this was the first Instance he knew of where this law was pnt to use la Marlon county. " '!;' " Tigerabf Turner Eat up Christians - TURNER The Tigers tripped Frist Christian of Salem IS to S her Wednesday night with. Pe terson, scoring S to lead -the wla. Tanner 19 . 8 First Christian Welgart S . JFreeman ParkerS Cooley MesheUe 4 S RoUnd Petersen f : Rex Bones 4 Cass Subs, for Christians: Holt S. : Scio Plays Tonight" 5 SCIO . Harrtaburg baaketeera wUi tangle with Sclo at the former place Friday night. Sclo will play at Halsey January If. Sclo has Buffered two recent defeaU at the hands of Mill City and Shedd. A game with Jaffersoa at Sclo Jen- nary If was postponed. ONS Wolves Set For Second Tilt Meet South Oregon Norms Friday and Saturday on Home Maple The Oregon Normal school Wolves nuke their second sUrt of the season on the home floor against Southern Oregon Normal from Ashland in a two-&ame se ries Friday and Saturday nlghU at- S p. m. The Wolves opened the season against Llnfield last Wednesday with a 38-29 win. The stellar work of big Ralph Mohler was a teatur. of the game. Consistent playing and scoring by the entire aquad characterised the Wolf attack. The a e e o n d series against the Southern Teachers will probably see Corden Gemmell in the cen ter position, with Mohler and Miller forwards, and Hogan and O'Connell guards. Use Zone Tactics The Wolves are using a- sone defense' tMayear and some very tricky offensive tactics. Hogan, a sub laat year, is playing the flashy game that his appearance last season promised. 0 Connell. a familiar star In the Wolf line up. Is on the squad again this year. Other lettermen include Jason Miller, Lloyd Lewis, An thel Rlney, ' Glenn Pete? son and Jim Ellingswortb. Beaver, Duck Game Tonight Staters Ioafing on Ere of Opener; Lineup of Webfoots Shifted CORVALLIS, Ore., Jan 12-(flV Oregoa State'a basketball team loafed today la preparation for a series with Oregon here Friday night. Considered sure starters were Pflugrad. Hunter, Handle, Kol berg and Harris. Coach Slats Gill, capitalizing on errors brought to the surface in a doubte-thumpaag by Washington sUte last week, altered his plan of atteek. The Beavers will play a close-checking sone defense, bat may slew the offensive, tempering the fast break system tried out against the Cougars. Gale, Johansca Beached EUGENE. Ore., Jan. 1SP The University of Oregon's re vamped basketball team included John Dick, Matt Pavalunaa and Ted Sarpola in the UrU string I lineup last night when the Web- fooU ran through final drill toe fore meeting; Oregon SUte at Cor vallis Friday. Coach Howard Hobson kept his promise of a saakeup by rele gating Gale, Johansen and Hardy, reterans of last year's Northern dirlsion. Pacific coast conference, champions, to the bench. Larks' Decision Dan Snipe in Irks Fans; CYO Wins 8 of 9 Wally Larios took an unpopular judges decision from Chexnawa's Dan Snipe last night in the main event of the armory shnon-pure punching melee that saw Salem's CYO duke slingers emerge with eight wins in nine scraps. Larios, lothario of local amateur random, was given a terrific scrap from start to finish by Snipe. Not belring his name. Snipe sniped Larios throughout the bout with lefts that brought the claret from the Salem boy's beak from the sec ond canto on. atatesmaa likes Salpe . O Nat to be contrary, but to be 1-1 oowiing Tight Playing Due In Leaders9 Came DALLAS The DalUs Dra gons will play the Chemawa Red skins at' Chemawa Friday to de termine the top team In the WVI league. Neither team has lost game this season and both teams will be fighting hard to keep their undefeated column clear. Coach Adams has been driving the Dragons hard this week try ing to correct the weaknesses that were, discovered in the game with West Linn. The Dragons are in top form and K. Kliever who has been out with an Injured knee will be back In the lineup. The Dragons' hopes will prob ably rely in the" dead-eye sharp ahootlng of Dornhecker from out side the keyhole. Dornhecker U an with top scorers of the league. M. Peters has also been getting his share of the points. Adams will sUrt his regulars. M. Peters and Dornhecker at for ward, Jackson at center, and Low and Williams at guards. LADIES LEAGUE 1 (Perfection alleys) ooua ranASJurx C. Kittkca m 1 lie "OS Bsrea 143 13 182 Ml Rams , 14S , 71810 VtMy ISO ITS 153 !8S Beam 11 1SS. 1S7 HI TeUU H-Uieap Barr W. alsriek T. Albrteh - S. Kite-- - sunn rv .731 S3 S42 2203 -114 .123 .173 .112 J 67 124 15S 14 IIS lO '44 1S2 S7 34 123 444 11S 431 128 373 4SS Tstsb .734 741 SSO 2145 PoUm Jli-a Warrae Pat-uw Barke cmAX bkodzvo CO. . ISO 14 188 S7 - 134, 183 1444 ma 170 13 375 us ;i0 144 4SS 181 143 174477 S7I T28 7 2158 Tstsls nmil mKAUTT SXTjOH BaaWUcaa - 44 niarhr 118 . 138 sss VrrT : . us ti e ase . - 148 . 144 114411 TaUla WDlkaws Natar .704 8S SSS 1837 8-ari4-a . H-a-lca noDa i-Acn. Jit- 1ST ui it jie iis- 141 lt4 is 12S373 168 444 123348 111 878 183 460 18 Tatals STS T81 S7T Se4S Mklwaed: Karta Yaeaai TataU tJTJZLX-l CAT ia 143 141 141 1S 1ST lJtJll jr ui 12S 123 135417 134 4SS 123344 Ml 438 Papermakers Cop City Major Lead Slap Brooks aothiers by 40 to 24 as Chemawa Slips to Second Don Hendrie s Papermaker point-making machine tcok un disputed position of the top rung of the major diviaion city Y loop last night, slapping a 40 to 24 defeat on Brooks Clothiers while Chemawa'a All-SUre, theretofore knotted for top berth with the Papermakers, succumbed to Gen eral Finance by a S5 to 2S count. In the other tilt of the night Grand Theatre emerged from the cellar and drove Schoen's Bakers deeper in with a SSto S3 win. Joe Herberger reamed hemp with six field goals and four charity flips for a ll-polnt total to lead the 'Makers, - Grand Theatre waa paced by Thompson, who scored 11. Thompson was measured by Roth, who also tallied 11 for Schoen's. Pern AverilL etorkllke pivoter. tossed in 12 counters to lead the Fl nance blasting o' Chemawa hopea. General Finance 34 29 Chemawa Hobbs S Siegmund 7 A Terlll 12 Eeard 4 Manning 8 C Archambeaa S Jackson S Dowd 1 Shoulderblade E Adams Grand Theatre 3.1 Cater 8 Thompson 11 Elsimlnger 9 Luther 1 McKee 4 Subs, for Grand: For Schoen's: Kelly SS Schoen's 11 Roth IS Medley 4 Forgard 4 Evans 2 Griggs Bowden 2 2. Paper Mill 40 Singer 4 WllHs T Bland 2 Herberger IS Hendrie 2 24 Brooks Cloth. 6 Joyce 2 Wlekert 1 Haek t Shaffer 1 Shinn Subs, for Paper Mill: Petty lohn 9. For Brooks: Sirnio 7 Weisgerber 4. Monroe Defeats Monmouth Hisli r MONMOUTH Monroe unjpn high which Includes the younger contingent of Beufountaln dls? trict. defeated Monmouth: high here Tuesday night. 31-17. The tall. long-armed visitors used fast breaking offense, keeping or S players around the goaj vi cinity awaiting the 'ball, using their superior height they were able to grab tbe ball off the back board, holding the local boys on the defensive most of the time. Halt-time score waa 14-. The Monmouth lads not going in the third Quarter to close the gap 1S-1S; but Monroe forged ahead rapidly In the final period. t trame Close Battle honest, the Statesman card gave Snipe a win. Larioa, In this hook. took the first round by a narrow margin, the aeeoad was even and Snipe had clear advanUges in the laat two. The seml-wlndup saw CTO's light heavyweight pride, Kellar Wagner, kayo John Cobeu of Chemawa in oae minute IS sec onds of the third round. Wagner pasted Cebell to the mat once with a straight left smash in the second canto, put the game and trying Chemawa boy down for a six count early in the third and then finished him off with a regal right that traveled no further than eight inches. Ref Stops Smith Zeb Smith. CTO, scored a tech nical kayo over Dallas' Ernie Pe ters in the third stensa, Referee Frisco Edwards stopping the boat after Peters had been down four times la that heat, twice in the second and once in the first. - Keith Peterson, younger broth er of Baddy and Ted, worn the CYO" colors for the first time laat night to good advanUge. He scored a narrow decision over Mat Mireau of Chemawa, mainly on his final round showing. Glen Black, clever Indian sharp shooter, took the only bout away from the CTO's. Ho out-boxed Gordon Harrold for a clean de cision. Game Red Elk Kayeed Harold Engblom, CYO, knocked out Herman Red Elk of Chemawa in SS seconds of the third heat, flooring- the game Indian with a left hook flush to the Jaw." Walter Dubray, Chemawa, sus tained a wicked gash on his left cheek early in the aecond. round of his battle with CTO's Ernest Cach, Referee Edwards stopping the bout and awarding Bach a decision. The curtain raiser saw CTO's little S 0-pound Jimmy White Uke a decision from Chemawa'a An drew Paul. Vildngs Qnest Victory No. 5 Go to BlUwaukie Tonight After lltir- No-Name Win of Season 1 The Vikings wBl Mhoop" It np at MilwauUe tonight, la pursuit of their third straight No-Name loop victory and their fifth straight basket bal win of the cur rent season. Both the varsity aad junior varsity; aq.uada will make the trek. Boast llSS Tallies To date the Haukmen have de feated Corval-s and Albany in league tussles and Chemawa and Medford la out -of -the -league games. They have amassed 12 S points, SS per game, while hold ing four opponente to S2, 21 poinU per game. Coach Hank: will probably sUrt the aame quint that haa held atart ing honors so tar this season, con sisting of Sebern and Page np front, Goaser -fin the slot and Quackenbuab and -Taylor in the back court. I St. Joseph's Five T6p3 St Vmcent's V 1VW"V St.: Joseph's .senior CTO court club oireaed' tU; Willamette Val ley schedule with a, 3 2 to 22 vic tory over SU Vincent's Tharsday nighU Stevt Kerher led the St. Joe attach: with 12 points, while Fontinni with S poinU was high for SL Vincent's. ,.. . St, Joaepb's SSS SS St. Tiaeesit's B. GeaUkow S : 2 P. Praage 8. Kerbei-12 S.Hoffert Cronln -4 " 2 Blegler aBranche 4 C Prange V. GeaUkow 1 9 Fontinni Subs, for St, Joe: W. GeaU kow 1, Schlss S. HeaYY Party in Tonight NEW TORKV Jan. 12-(A)-Therell be heavyweighU by tbe ton la the Madison Square Garden ring tomorrow alght la a aix-bout card beaded by a lS-round get together between Tonypandy Tommy Parr and Jack. Dempsey's hopeful. Red Barman . Somehow it seems proper that Tonypandy Tommy should be picking Friday the ISth to Uke a whack at his American Jinx. Tom my has come to bat tour times since beginning his Invasion of this country and to date his re cord shows "no runs, no hits.' No. S may be different. At least the betting boys along Bash boule vard think so. for they've in stalled him as favorite. Hogan Grabs Top In Oakland Open Tiny Professional Pares ' Par by Four at 66; Others on Tail By RUSSELL J. KEWLAND OAKLAND, Calif.. Jan. lt-&) -Ben Hogan, one of the mighty mites of the professional golfing clan, came charging borne' through evening shadows and a bank of tog today to post a par ' shattering SS for the first round lead of the 72-hole 15000 Oakland open tournament. - The 138-pound former Texan, now playing out of White Plains. . NT. sUrted late and finished fast to lop four strokes off par for the Sequoyah course. He waa oat in 22 aad home in 21. Par for the short and not overly exacting Uyout Is SS-SS. Two other "dark horses' and a seasoned campaigner were close enough to grab the leader's coat tails. SUtioned in the S7-etroke col umn were Ed Oliver of Wilming ton. Del., C 1 a y t on Heafner, ' Greensboro. NC, and Sam Saead, ' who operates out of White Sul phor 8prlngs, W. Va. , Basketball College At Tacoma: Pacific university. (Forest Grove, Ore.) SS, College of Puget Sound (Tacoma) 29. College of Idaho J 9, LewUton Normal 28. Don Budge Leads Vines in Series DETROIT, Jan. 12 - (p) - Don Budge conquered Ellsworth Vines in a lengthy professional tennis match tonight, 1-3, 0-6, 13-11. and went one up on his opponent In their touring series. Badge has won four and Vines three contesU. Vines started alowly in the first set and Budge had little trouble in commanding the situation, bat it was just reversed in the second In' the final set they fought on such even terms that it lasted 24 games before Budge won. orty - r l t e nundred persons watched the competition. Hubbard Teams Defeat St. Paul HUBBARD The Hubbard first and second string basket ball teams won from St Paul Tuesday night. First team won 2S to 18 and the second team IS to IS. .High point man for Hubbard was Scheller with IS points. D. Coleman on the second team made 7 points. Sacred Heart and Hubbard will tangle here Friday night. first team lineups: 18 St. Paal 3 Faber S J. Smith E Smith M. Coleman 2 G: GrenUno Hubbard: Jul- 8t. Paul: G. Hubbard 2S V. Hershberger 1 Ingalls F. Scheller 19 . K. Lemen S D. Hatcher K ' Substitutes for lus 8mlth 2: -for Bernard 1, D. Coleman 1. Laat week Hubbard grade won from Gervala 2 S to 22 and on Jan. IS won their aecond league game from St. Lakes, Wood burn, 21 to 11. Dale Scheller waa high point maa both games. The grade team wOl play Brooks here Friday af Moamoulh 17 Williams 2 Warrick 4 Ferguson 7 MeXldowney 1 Tilton 3 Sabs: . Official: SI Monroe I Durham S Humphrey II Hinton S Kyle S Key 4 Wallace 1 Larkin 2 Johnson Haller of Monmouth tss 4S ere sen Colonel Bill off: For Heart's' Rest KUGENE. Ore, Jan. 12-MV CoL BUI Hayward, venerable Uni versity 'of Oregoa track coach and Olympie games trainer, left yesterday to recuperate from a recent heart attack in California. The veteran of SS seasons -at Oregon will retura to taench -the track season. During: ale absence. George StovalL former College of Idaho coach, will haadla early track drUL Bnekaroo Skaters Lick Seattle 9-0 PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 12.-(ifP)-Portland's Buekaroos cruci fied the Seattle Seahawks in a Pacific coast league hockey game tonight, 9-9, by way of avenging last night's 2-1 defeat at Seattle. It was Portland's 19th victory of the season in 27 games. SPOKANE, Jan. 12.-VTe unpredictable Spokane Clippers who have been trailing la coast league hockey competition all sea son, won their aeeoad victory la a row tonight whea they trounced the Vancouver lions S to t. Sun day the 1 CUppera drubbed the Portland club IS to t. lUckrectt Opens Hoop . Season : W& .to Wik XU(nUeAUTho haaketban sessoa started Tasaday with the taaketball and TofleybaJl teams making the trip to ValseU, the Rlckreall boya winning- S7 to 24 and the girbj also wtaaiagv The next game wBl-be played here Friday with BetheL - It Pays to be Frank and Outspoken! Our Statement Last Week Was Taken at Face Value and Established a Sale Record We rightfully expected business but were hardly prepared for what followed. Scores of value-wise men took advantage of real sacrifice prices on quality clothing and furnishings. We continue the march e e all this stock must be cleared this month. Fall in line, men, while selections are at their best. Not a garment in the store is reserved. Kuppenheimer suits and coats are included with all other Blan's Shop quality clothing at real bargain prices. Inferior clothing can be forgot ten when quality such as this can be purchased at so low a cost. GROUP ONE . 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