Sport Sparks 5 Cm to Grid Wars . - " . -.. : ... - " 'By RON GEMMKLL . . ' Baseball bass Is Biddy Bishop,' the buoyant business boss ot Sa lem's new Senators. As effervescent as a seltzer and as alart as aa antelope, Bnbblin' Biddy has more pass than a porcupine ; Dating back to-tne ume wiei w 'was but knee high to a hydrangea, Biddy was, interested in basebalL That InterestTTnstead of, fading as ' the years rolled along, his Intensi fied, multiplied and - broadened. Wherever there's baseballs be it a sandlot kids' kicking around of the horseiide appla or a major league conflict, that's where Bishop wants : to- be. f . ; . ," Himself a good enough ball play er to one season pitch 21 consecu tive victories. Bishop's ardor for the 1 10 0-year-old. sport failed to dimin ish when age augured him out of a playing suit, as it v does even the Ruths, .x Speakers. Cobbs,and Dl Maggios sooner or later. Biddy's association with the game erroneously credited to Abner Dou- Morfav.' th f!nnnpratWB karveVOT. dates back to 1907, when he managed and played for the first adver tising baseball team Portland ever saw. That was the Robinson com-; panr. and Frisco Edwards was a stablemate of Biddy's. The only reason Frisco or I got to play," recalls Biddy, waa that we owned the equipment and would take our balls and bats and go home if theTest of the club wouldn't let us play." - : . O Was Bloomer Thumping a thumbnail sketch diogically reads something like this: 1907 Player-manager of the Robinson company team In Post land, first advertising club In the Rose City. (Was an infielder then). 1908 Player-manager of the Calef Bros, club in Portland. 1909 Won Portland city title with Calef Bros. ' 1110, 11, 12 and 13 Player-manager of the famous McMinn vni TlrpriL and even more famous laeMinnville Yellow Bands. ' . 1914-15 Player-manager of Rupperfs Baby Beavers and Rubes In Portland. Part of 1915 season with the Russ Halls at Tacoma, later with the Lewistown, Montana, club and finished the season with the traveling Boston Bloomer Girls as a pitcher. (Two others were hlnnmerles men on this club). 1916 With Joe McGJnity at prni. finishing the season at Lewistown. . 1917 Started with Lewistown. famous Battery A. all-Portland outfit naif. o- Soldier Slinger 1917-19 In France, slaving 1919. 20 and 21 Tossing the 1922 Pitched part of the season - and finished with Vancouver, BC, in " 1922-22 Semi-pro ball with 1926 Started with Danville, crabbed off by Falrboulf Minn., month. Won 21 straight, including by a 1-0 count to St. James, Minn. 1127 Pitched for Bill Relnheart's club at Engene. 1127-39 Giving" baseball a boost wherever possible, inclnding organization of Te Olde Timers Baseball association. N other Oravec Lookout for some hipper-dipping halfbacking when. Keene un coils his 'Cats this fall! Some bouncing beauties, and plenty of 'em. In Willamette halfback ranks this always necessary blocking are destined to do some goodly galloping. Heading the ostentatious list who humped his stumpy frame many who functions especially well from Bnt behind Bunny there is gobs of grand talent, at either the left half or right half roles. There's George "Glycerine" McGlinn, dis covered In freshman livery last year. McGlinn, St. Helens bumper, is a hard-running, hip-dipping 170-pounder'who has the happy faculty of being able to take the wraps off There'. Gene Stewart, the whose appearance at the Bearcat tated a quarrel between the 'Cats . kick and Bass. - There's Freshman AI Waklen, before the sun sets on his grid career. This 160-pounder is put to . gether on the lines of a yearling bull, yet runs like a Wykoff. Not only shifty, but can drive like a fullback. Kicks 'em a mile and isn't a bit dusty at the aerial art. May be the hottes galloper since Johnny Oravec. Weakley Packs That's four first-line ball-carrying left halfbacks, and at least one of them, Walden, can take equally McGlinn, also, might be used at the inside blocking spot, bnt In brief appearances there late last fall wasn't as impressive as he was at left half, Topping the right halt lineup is Justin Weakley, the hardest Blocking, hardest tackling hombre on the squad despite hefting only 165 pounds. Weakley, who dropped from, competition midway of last -season with a chipped vertebrae, should be a standout in this, his fi nal year. i. Back ot Weakley are: Al Wlckert, aggressive ex-Salem high back; Freshman James Burgess, 175. from Toledo; Freshman Frank Snelgrove, 155, Tonkawa, Oklahoma; and Bob McKeown, 175-pound "i reserve. - Away from the halfback huddle, Isn't Quite so brilliant. At the heavy duty quarterback post there is steady Art Gallon, all 190 earnest pounds of him, but any immediate replacement means drawing strength . fullback phalanx or calling on an untried freshman. In the latter cat egory is Bill Hughes, Baker lad who weighs 175, who showed to ad ' vantage in yesterday's scrimmage. Unless Gallon is destined to in his blocking role, it is likely the . be shared byhlm, Larry McKeel and Larry Drury. McKeel, 180. and Drury, 195, hare been sharing the fullback work in practice sessions the past week.- Grid Sked Filled At Independence INDEPENDENCE.- The Inde pendence high school will open the fall schedule of football Octo ber 8 at Woodburtt 'where- they will meet the Woddburn high school team. The team will go to Salem and enter in the jamboree Friday, September 29. The schedule for the balance ot the season is as follows: Octo ber 20. St. Helens here; October 20, Chemawa at Chemawa; Octo ber 27, Lebanon here; November 8, Molalla at Molalla: November 11. Dallas ' here ; November 1 7. SiIvertouat Silverton and Novem ber. West Linn . here. AH the games played here will be on the hop bowl field which has been greatly improved.: r i T t Lm. JT. D, Chan. M. D. Herbal remedies for ailments ot stomsch, liver, kidney, skin, blood, glands, & urinary sys tem ot men & women. 22 years la service Naturopathic Physi cians. . . Ask " .your, neighbors about CHAM LAM." cv DIt CIIAII Ifltl . ; CHINESE MEDICINE CO. ttm Court St., corner Liber ty. Office open Tuesday & Sat urday only, 10 a. m. to 1 p. m.. ( io I p. m. CoDsutation, blood pressure A urine tests are tree of charge. - f '"mi jr "BtDDY BISHOP Qirl Once. of Biddy's baseball life, it chron- Butte, Montana, in the Northwest Joined the army, enlisting with that enlisted as a ball-playing 1917 to 1919. with the crack Battery A team. agate for the Salem Senators here. for Salem, part for Bellingham' the Northwest league. about every club in the northwest. 111., in the Three-I loop, but was lor whom he received 1475 per 10 in 14. days and losing the 2 2d Seen in Walden. year, and providing they get the is Bunny Bennett, senior scooter. a fearless yard last season and a double wing formation. his speed in spurts. slashing youngster from Ontario, institution two years ago precipi and Beavers. Weighs 171 and can from whom you can expect plenty Wallop at Right. as good care of the right half spot. however, the backfleld situation from an aiready none too strong see 10 minutes of action each game enarterbaek and fullback lob will Milie Stampolis Due for Armory Airplane Spin Tfrirler' Will Meet Arab Who Is Unbeaten Here An ardent exponent of the air plane spin will invade Salem's rasslin' ring Tuesday in the form : of Mike Stampolis. .light heavy weight pride of the San . Fran cisco, bay area. Stampolis, long a lighter-than- -airship fan -and holder. of a private-flying license, will .make his debut here la the main event at traction. His worthy, opponent wiir fce none tMr than Prince Uakl. the heavy-iegged' Arabian who has yet to taste defeat here. . Greek Adonis A 185-pound Greek Adonis, Stampolis comes with the reputa tion of being one of . the best grapplers ever developed on the Pacific coast A whale of a line man while playing football in high school, Stampolis refused the offers of many colleges in favor of a rasslin' career. ' Supporting the one-hour main bout will be Ernie Roberts and Vera Clark in a 45-minute semi final and .a 30-minute opener-that pits 1 Rod . Fenton against - King Kong Klayton. Bob Cummings will referee all three bouts, ac cording to Promoter Herb Owen. Lawn Bowling Champs OAKLAND. Calif.. Sept 1C-1 (AVThe Arroyo Seco squad of Los Angeles : defeated the Terminal club. Vancouver, B. C, team. 24 to 19, to win the international men's triples lawn bowling cham pionship here today. In the closing Squad of 31 ; Going South Cats Good in Scrimmage Prior to Departure to Play Marines Mobilized 31 strong, the 1939 Willamette Bearcat football bri gade will entrain this morning at 10:05 for San Diego, Calif., where it will practice the balance of the week and play the Leathernecks Friday night in the season's open er. Yesterday afternoon's tough In- tersquad scrimmage session in which . the "Reds" romped to a 13 to 0 win over the "Whites", prefaced today's departure. The game-conditions drill resulted in a broken nose to Floyd Cline, first-line tackle, and to twisted knees to Ends Johnny Kolb and Maurice "Horse" Lonergan. Passes netted the "Reds" both their touchdowns, one a flat cast from Bunny Bennett to Justin Weakley and the other a 20 yard toss from Gene Stewart to Bennett. Bennett, who had onee before tried a conversion and had attempted a field goal, made good the conversion after the second touchdown. Appear Well Along In general, Keene's "Cats ap peared exceptionally far along for but a week of drill. Bright lights in the session were the pass-snag ging of End Bob Hlnman, the passing ot Gene Stewart, Fresh man Al Walden's running and kicking and the general line play of Guards Joe Holland and Pete Williams. Refusing to comment himself. Coach Keene kept busy asking sideliners for their opinion. "As for me," he said. "I don't know what to think." Asked what this starting lineup would be if he had to take the field last night, Keene named: Jack Haek and Bob Hlnman at ends, Joe Dispenzlere and Floyd Cline at tackles, Pete Williams and Joe Holland at guards, Leigh- ton Blake at center, Justin Weak ley at right half, George McGlinn at left half, Art Gallon at quar ter and Larry McKeel at fullback. Rest Remain Here Besides the 31 -man squad, only Coach Keene and Vera Larson. student manager, will make the trip. Howard Maple and George Siraio, assistant coaches, will drill the remainder of the squad here until the team returns after the Santa Barbara game, Sept. 30. The traveling squad: Ends Art Baird, Jack Haek, Bob Hlman. Maurice Lonergan and Johnny Kolb; Tackles Martin Barstead. Floyd Cline, Paul Cookingham. George Constable, Oscar Swen- son and Joe Dispenzlere; Guards Floyd Baker, Joe Holland, Tom King. Gordon Moore. Ellis Rod- gers and Pete Williams: Centers Leighton Blake, Bruce Williams and Wally Olson; Halfbacks Bun ny Bennett, George McGlinn. Bud Reynolds, Gene Stewart, Jus tin Weakley, Al Walden and Al Wlckert; Quarterbacks Art GaW Ion and Bill Hughes: and Full backs Larry Drury. and .Larry McKeel. Oakland Leading Sacramento Play OAKLAND, Calif.. Sept. 16.- JPy-A. ninth-inning run made it a 2 to 1 victory for the Oakland baseball club today over Sacra mento, and gave the Oaks the lead in the series, 3 to 2. . Bill Schmidt. Sacramento right hander, held Oakland to five hits until the final Inning. Hook De vaurs, rookie center fielder, then made a two-base hit. and Al Browne followed with a drive to the left field fence, giving the home team the prized tally. Sacramento ......... 1 S Oakland ....2 7 . Schmidt and Ogrodowski; Gay and Raimondi. ' ., HELP FOr THE C-(HgfiAX. LAP 4?iaa4frii: Gkosfe Too Good for Top Football Here Are you a football faa? Yon 11 find The Statesman sports page the place ta keep posted. PAGE EIGHT B. Walters Earns His 25th Victory Scatters 5 Hits; Plucky Cards Keep in Race With Late Win CINCINNATI, S.ept. 16.-MV Bucky Walters scattered five hits today and earned his 25 th victory of the season as the Cincinnati Reds crushed the Hew York All ants 8 to 1 in celebration of te 20th anniversary of the date they clinched their only National league pennant. But the St. Louis' stubborn Cardinals hung onto the chase 3 games behind by beating the Boston Bees, 6 to 5. New York 1 S 0 Cincinnati 10 Gumbert, Lynn (4), and Da li ning, Hayworth (1); Walters and Lombard!. Cards Come Up Lata ST. LOUIS. Sept. is.-i.ip- Those die-hard St. Louis Cardin als came from behind, again to-, day to break the enemy defense in the lucky seventh and score their fifth straight victory, f to 5, for a clean sweep of the three game series with Boston. Boston 5 11 4 St Louis 6 9 0 MacFayden, Weir (4), Moran (4), Barnicle (6), Callahan, (S) and Masl; Wetland, Andrews (4), Shoun (5), Davis (8), and Pad gett, Owens (8). Dodgers Win Third PITTSBURGH, Sept. 16.-(iP)-The Brooklyn Dodgers downed the Pirates 3 to 2 today to man ufacture a three game winning streak. Brooklyn 3 '7 0 Pittsburgh 2 11 0 Fitzsimmons, Tamulis (9) and STRETCH s IP CD BON GEMHEIAj Editor Salem,. Oregon, Sunday Morning, September 17, 1939 Bunny Bennett He heads southbound Bearcat brigade today. 1 i Gty Golf Match Crescendo Today First Rounds Must Be Completed Tonight; Medalist Victor Three championship flight matcnes and a number of con tests la the lower brackets of the Salem Golf club tournament had been played by Saturday nignt but most of the firing will oe done today. First round matches must be completed by tonight Losing players form aew nights of eight and there will be no eliminations until second round matches are played. Upsetting the tradition that the medalist falls ia the first round. Hai Eustis defeated Clem How ard 3 and 2. Walt Cline. jr., de feated Al Petre by the same score, Ralph Mapes defeated Dr. Vem Miller 4 and 3 and Pat Patterson won from George beaies by default Corrections were made late last week changing the lineup In the second and fourth flights Potts was moved up to the second flight, paired against Evans, and Woodry dropped to the fourth flight, where he was to oppose McAfee. The error had resulted from a mis-reading ot Potts qualifying score. Hartje. Todd (2); Bowman and Berres, Mueller (9). Philadelphia Shaky, Loses CHICAGO, Sept 16.-P)Slx Philadelphia errors made Big Bill Lee's 18 th triumph an easy one today, the Chicago Cubs scoring seven unearned runs off Ray Har- rell to win 8 to 2. Philadelphia 2 9 6 Chicago 8 10 3 Harrell and Warren; Lee, and Mancuso. By Jack Sords (OOoUiS SMMPHS IS A &MBA1 ilWAlgyfWfSRAAjOiC OB IT g Football Color Seen at OCE Cox Cheerful Looking at 10 Lettermen; Others Are Promising MONMOUTH Football activ ity is beginning to color the at mosphere on Oregon College of Education's campus. Coach Al Cox appears cheerful with 10 outstanding lettermen already here and numerous promising young stalwarts who will soon be vying for a niche in the line up. The first training table meal will be served September 21, and 25 to 40 are expected to be chewing soon after September 25 opening school date. Mrs. Ed Lents is again the head cook. Lettermen and reserves now on the campus include Jake Mil ler, center; Vleck, guard; Mason and Emlgh, tackles; O'Connor, Ted Jaross, Dick Lewis, ends: Meeker, quarter; Da vies and Henderson, halfbacks: R 1 n e v . fullback. George Jessee ot St Helens. who played for a time last year. Is expected to return. He made a brilliant start last year but suffered serious injuries in the St Martin's game which slowed up his plans for the entire year. The schedule to date: Oct 6 Liaficld college, there. Oct. 14 Western Washing ton College of Education at Bellingham. Oct. 20 St. Martin's college la the hop bowl. Independence. Oct. 27 Army team from Vancouver, Washu, here. Nov. 4 Pacific Lutheran college of Tacoma, there. Nov. 10 Humboldt State college at Areata, Calif. Nov. 1 Eastern Oregon College of Education, here. FOREST GROVE, Sept. 18.-UP) With a week ot conditioning be hind it Coach Roger Folgate's Pacific university football team swung Into scrimmage, practice today. Lettermen totaled 11 With arrival of Don Bryant, guard, and Buck Woodward, fullback. Bob Boak. halfback. Is expected to return this weekend. New Faces in Lineup McMINNVILLE, Sept IS.43) New men sprinkled the Llntleld college football team at the end of the first week of practice to day. Coach Wayne Harn put Mc Ewen, Lovlson and Campbell, all first year men, ,into varsity posi tions. His biggest job is finding a replacement for Kneeland, graduated center. Pilots Hospitalized PORTLAND, Sept. 1 6.-flP)-Marty O'Hagen, 190 pounds, and Joe Murray. 178, both ends, were on the University of Port land hospital list at the end of the week's football practice to day, i O'Hagen will return to the lineup in a" few days, but Mur ray, who suffered leg bruises, may be out of uniform when Portland meets Montana State here Friday. Wenatchee Chiefs To Meet Tacoma WENATCHEE, Sept. 16-P)-It took the Wenatchee Chiefs only one game of what would other wise have been a doubieheader here tonight to eliminate the Vancouver Capilanos and earn the right to meet the Tacoma Tigers in the final Western Inter national league playoff series starting in Tacoma Sunday. Vancouver 2 3 Wenatchee .... 11 13 1 Holmes, Osborn and Volpe: Candini and O'Banion. League Baseball National League W L Pet I Cincinnati ...... 84 51 .622 St. Louis ........ 31 "55 .59 Chicago 78 S3 .553 Brooklyn 72 C3 .533 New York 67 67 .500 Pittsburgh 62 75 .453 Boston 57 76 .429 Philadelphia 42 93 .311 American League . W L Pet New York ....... 98 41 .705 Boston 81 58 .583 Chicago .. 79 61 .5(4 Cleveland ....... 77 SI .588 Detroit 71 67 .514 Washington ..... 61 81 .430 Philadelphia ..... 51 88 .367 St Louis ........ 38 99 .299 Coast League (Before Noghe Games) W - L Pet. Seattle .........lot 70 .581 San Francisco ... 94 76 .553 Los Angeles ..... 94 78 .547 Sacramento .....86 It .500 San Diego 82 91 .474 Hollywood 8 93 .462 Oakland ........ 76 96 .442 Portland ....... 73 95 .435 ILoeal JL Touchdowns la sport news coverage re scored every day by The Oregon Statesman's sports reporting. Spokane Greets Returning Hero At Port Tonight SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 10 ijty-No undue noise, no blar ing bands, no whoop-it-up par ties. Spokane was as quiet tonight as it was, after etie "big fire bad barned it all dowa 50 years ago. Spokane's . Bud Ward, his sticks hotter than a black smith's tongs, had carved oat a sensational 7 and 5 triumph over Ray Billows of Poogh keepsie, NY, today at Chicago's South Shore Country club. It made him the new national amateur golf champion. It es tablished him more firmly thaa ever as Spokane's favorite son. But la Spokane yon could ' bear a tee drop. "Shucks," explained Joe AlbL who presidents the club that Bod Ward secreta'rys the faa loving Athletic Round Table. "Shuck, everybody knew be would do it The Round Table even tried to keep Bud out of town until Monday "Sort of to organize a real welcome" b t the cham pion toMf the clubmen ia a long distance, amplified telephone conversation he was flying home tomorrow evening. . "I'll bet there won't be more than 50,000 people out to meet him," gloomed AlbL That would be only oae-third of the popu lation. Yankees Nail Flas to Post Whip Tigers to Cinch It and Become First to Win 3 Straight NEW YORK. Sept. 16-(P)-The American league pennant race was definitely settled todsy with the New York Yankees lashing the Detroit Tigers 8 to 5 and clinch ing their fourth consecutive championship. - They had full advantage of 11 hits and three Detroit errors with Robert (Red) Rolfe hitting a triple behind loaded bases and a double with two runners in scor ing position to sew up the de cision in the seventh and eighth innings. These : were Rolf e's 200 and 201st hits ot the year. This was the second time in major league history a team has won four successive pennants. The New York Giant sdid it in the Na tional league - between 1921-24 while managed by the late John McGraw. However, the Yankees are the only team in history, to capture three straight world champion ships and now will have a chance to bag a fourth in the world ser ies starting at Yankee stadium October 4. Detroit ...5 11 3 New York 8 11 1 Pippen, Benton and Tebbets; Russo and Dickey. Battle for Second , BOSTON, Sept. IS-?P)-X three way battle for runner up to the Yankees in the American league devedoped today as the Cleve land Indians edged the crippled Red Sox 2 to 1, for their fifth straight victory to make a clean sweep in the three-game series with Boston. Cleveland ...2 Boston 1 Harder and Pytlak; Bagby and Desautels. 8 0 7 0 Wagner, Yoath Blanks Browns WASHINGTON, Sept. 16-P-Young Joe Haynes, who pitched in a class D league last year. shut. out the St Louis Browns with two hits today to win the ball game for Washington, 4 to 0. St. Louis 0 2 1 Washington ....:.. ....4 8 0 Lawson and Harshany; Haynes and FerreJl. - A's Win in 12 PHILADELPHIA, Sept 16-(iiP) -The Athletics scored their third ROD FENTON vs. KING KONG KLAYTON I0 Minutes. -'.L. SALET.IARr.IORY Lower Floor 56c, Balcony 40c, Reserved Seats 75c (So Tas) Students S3c j Tickets: Cliff Parker's and Lytle's - A pices" American Legion Herb Owens, Matchmaker Teams Crowd Enjoys Tilts Anyway Laughable Travelling Pros Win Pair in Breeze, 10-4 and 8-2 It was just a comical breeze for the colored Ghosts to take Salem's best two Softball clubs on Sweet land last night but some 1500 fans didn't mind at all. Winning just as they wanted, the Ghosts kept the season's last crowd figuratively rolling off the seats. Led by Babe Favors, bulky second baseman, the touring col ored clowns made their second ap pearance here just as funny as the first Waits went down before 'em, 10 to 4, and Square Deal was downed. 8 to 2, but the beatiugs might easily have been twice as bad. Wilkerson Versatile Les Wilkerson, who played an outfield spot ia the first game and pitched the second, collected eight straight hits before grounding out his ninth appearance at bat. His mound efforts consisted of strik ing out 11, but how many more he could have whiffed had he tried is another matter. Home runs by D'Arcy of the Dealers and Dunn and Garbariao, two of them more or less gifts, helped to enliven the one-sided but colorful contests. Waits .;. 4 6 7 Ghosts 10 15 6 Roth. Siebens and McCaffery, Schnuelle; S. Williams and Met calfe. Square Deal 2 6 1 Ghosts 8 10 0 Cutler, H. Singer and L. Singer; Wilkerson and Metcalfe, Favors. (Umpires, Girod and Clabaugh). Eugenean at 69 Tires Partners In Golf Match EUGENE, Ore.. Sept 16.-(P)-Playlng a hole for every year. Steve Strawn, 69-year-old retired railroad man. celebrated his birth day yesterday by whacking out a six-over-par 276 for 69 holes on the Oakway golf course. , Strawn, who wore out seven partners, was never off the fair way or out of bounds. His score for his annual matching round was far better, he said, than for 1934 when his "natal day" mara thon ended five over par for 64 holes. straight victory over the Chicago White Sox. 7-6. in a hectic 12 inning ball game today, after com ing from behind to tie the score in the ninth. Chicago U 6 14 4 Philadelphia 7 12 0 Rigney, Brown and Tresh; Beckman, Caster. Dean, and F. Hayes, Brucker. NATIONAL ADVERTISED BRANDS ! Our prescription room is filled with drugs by famous manufactur ers. Names that, mean Integrity to you and yaux doctor. Your doctor demands the best that's , why you should insist on bringing j o n r pre scriptions to SCHAEFER'S PRUG STORE 1S99 - 1939 !. Prescriptions Accurately Filled ' 133 N. ' Phones Coral. 3197-7023 3 Tit, DM Mike Stampolis vs. Prince Ilaki 1 Hour I ERNIE ROBERTS VERNE CLARK 45 Minute TUESDAY SEPT. 19 C:30 doy of the tournament.