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" c Sport Sparks By RON G EMM ELL Feeling lazy hke a house dog and making no bones about it, we today turn over this space to Ethan Grant, Salem au thor, who has spun me the story of The Third Dean. Take it away, Ethan : "Here, in a nutshell, is the story of that elder Dean brother we were talking about last week. The first I ever heard of him was from Charlie Ward, sports editor of the Detroit ree Press. That was during the summer Ward rode roughshod over Bueky Harris, which riding culminated In Bucky's being tossed from vne taaaie in ravor of Mickey Cochrane. "Both Dizzy and Daffy Dean had Wen graduated from the St. Louis Cardinals' farm at Houston. Texas. The Houston fans were howling for another Dean. Charlie Barrett, a Cardinal scout signed Elmer simply because he hap pened to be a brother of the other two. "He was corralled at Houston, where he became the ungainly hero or butt of a thousand base liall Kories. During the early part of that season, the old cry at the Houston orchard was. 'We want Every time the Houston into a hole, the cry went 10 K!mr! rlub ot up. r-s ,4 " I ' , iM P'-xjJXl15mfefi , . , ,...J ETHAN tl It ANT was find Elmer Was Regular Jack Keefe. "But to go back to the beginning, it really started while Diz with Houston. Everybody was raring about what a wonderful Dis was. He admitted he was good but added. 'You ought to see my brother Paul.' So the Cards sent scouts out to look Brother Paul over. He looked all right, so they signed him and sent him to Columbus. "The success of Dizzy and Paul caused the Cardinal management to become Dean conscious. When the Houston club came up for the 1933 training season without a Dean the officials immediately went into a huddle. " 'What! No Dean?' they asked each other. A Dean! A Dean! Our kingdom for a Dean!' "So they sent out scouts to see if Dizzy had any more brothers. That is how they happened to sign Elmer. "One glance at Elmer was enough to convince anybody that truth is stranger than fiction. He was a real life Jack Keefe except that he had a few qualities that Ring Lardner, creator of the rookie of fiction, didn't give Jack Keefe. Also he had a few exploits to his credit that no author would dare assign to a character of fiction. O Lost: Beyond Red Light. "Th scouts had already learned from Dizzy that he had anoth er brother. But the lad they sought couldn't be located. He'd been missing around four years. "Dizzy said Pa Dean and Elmer had been picking cotton on an Arkansas plantation. On the way home one night. Elmer driving the family pickup and Pa the flivver behind. Elmer went through an In tersection red liht and that was the last they'd ever seen of him. "While the scouts were searching the world over for the miss ing Elmer, it seems that he found himself. He didn't know he was a brother of tbe now famous Dizzy. Somewhere In a small Arkansas town he butted into a cracker barrel conversation, saw a picture of l)izy in the p4per and said: " 'That's my brother. Diz.' "When he refused to be lauehed off, newspapermen investigated, found he was speaking the truth and thus returned him to the Dean fireside "When this news spread, there was uild excitement in the flat Did city of Houstou. The regular playing season had started, so on the 'lay the new Dean was to be exhibited Houston fans packed the park and Immediately set up that chant, " 'We want Elmer!' " Could Swat Apple, but Oh My! Well, they got Elmer. He didn't have the appearance or actions of a ball player not even a poor one. But he got by, simply because he was Elmer. He wasn't much more eccentric than Diz or Paul, but he was decidedly more ungainly. "Ue did everything wrong. Most people run on their toes, or on the balls of their feet. But not Elmer; he ran on his heels. He re minded one of a fellow on skis through water cress up to his hips. He couldn't catch a fly ball In a sack of shavings. I didn't see him, but Charlie Ward said he'd spread his arms and swoop down on the hall like a duck coming into the decoys. "Nor conld he throw. He had a schoolgirl ( not Pade-Barrlck. perhaps) motion. But one thing he could do was bat. He could hit that old pill a mile, and that waa his only Dean characteristic save daf fines. of course. "They kept him most of that season, but he was seldom used, despite that continual, 'We want Elmer!' You can readily imagine the problem his presence created for the management. He took himself and his following seriously and couldn't understand why. when all the fans wanted him, that he wasn't used. Each day at game time he'd confront the manager with the same statement 'I'm fitter'n a fid dle and ready to go now. How 'bout It? But each day he'd sit on the bench, eating his heart out with longing to get in there. "I don't know what finally became of him. Ward says the last he heard he was selling goobers at the Houston ball park." ran me Wins Thmlle r 28 27 BucketedHere Tonr basketball resnlta bucketed her daily. Dip 'em ont each morning. J IP dD EE TT RON GEMMELL Editor Local Sports Come to yon first to The Statesman and are always first with The Statesman. Salem, Oregon. Sunday Morning, February 4. 1940 PAGE SEVEN MACs Bobby Volk Tops Figbt Card Billed by Salem Elks Here Friday Bobby Volk, fast-stepping Mult nomah club of Portland light weight, generally conceded second only to his schoolmate. Tommy .Mover, in northwest amateur ranks, U billed to tangle with Jim my PfelffeT. Eugene Elks, in one half of a dc :ble main event ama teur card that goes on under spon- Prineville Jockey In Great Demand SEATTLE. Feb. 3-;P)-The Post-Intelligencer will say to morrow that a $10,000 offer has been made for the riding contract of Arprentlce Jockey Douglas Podson, of Prineville, Ore. Dodson's contract is owned by Frank Brewster and the Need more stable. Seattle. The news paper will say the identity of the stable attempting to secure it is not definitely known, although some track followers believe the Koxcatcher stable, operated by William Dupont. Delaware sports man, is in the market for the boy. Dodson rode Fairy Chant to victory for the Foxcatcher sta bles today in the 110,000 Santa Margarita handicap at Santa Anita. sorship of the Salem Elks here Friday night of this week. The other half of the top attrac tion will find Eugene's Wayne Dillingham, thrice conqueror of Salem's Zeb Smith, meeting Mult nomah club's Marvin Splawn. Both top bouts are scheduled for the five-round distance. Of particular interest to local fans is the semifinal scrap, which rita Chemawa's Kendall Van Pelt, the lad who displayed a knockout punch with either hand on the last simon-pure card here, against either Harry Hansen or Jerry Buckley, both MAC scrappers of ncte. According to the Elks manage ment, four other bouts, all of the popular three-round variety, will fill out the card. Fighters from the local club, Chemawa, Eugene and Portland will show. Cougars Best Idaho Vandals Third Triumph of Season Is Scored Raggedly ; Jennings Clicks PULLMAN, Wash.. Feb. i-(JP) The Washington State college Cougars turned their basketball parties with the University of Idaho Vandals into a monotony of triumphs tonight by marking np a 4 5 to 37 victory in a Pa cific Coast conference, northern division game. The Cougars took a 19-13 lead at the half in building up to their third win of the season over Idaho. The game was loosely played and rough, and two Staters and one Idahoan were thumbed to the sidelines on personal fouls. Idaho cracked the scoring ice for a 1-0 lead. Its only advantage of the game, although it pulled up to a 5-all ti after four min utes of play. Jack Jennings, Cougar center, personally conducted' the first half drive that kept his team ahead, and the 11 points he tal lied in the period topped the Cou gar scoring. With but two min utes left in the stanza the count favored WSC, 19 to 10. Rallies Prove Vain Then Otis "Rook" Hilton, Ida ho center, bucketed three of the nine free throws that, with his two field goals, boosted him into the scoring lead for the evening. The nine pushed to 15 his string of consecutive conversions. Idaho rallied twice in the final period, both spurts led by For ward Ron Harris and both fail ing to develop into serious bids. The decision was Washington State's fifth conference victory of the season and Idaho's ninth straight defeat. CAPITAL CHARACTERS By Hal Allen Seahawks in Lead Beatiii" Portland SEATTLE, Feb. 3-;p)-Seattle stepped into first place in the Pa cific Coast Hockey league tonight by defeating Portland, 7 to 4, with a first-period splurge of goals that buried the visiting Portlanders. The victory gave Se attle a one-point lead. Belcastro, Parks In Titular Tiff Coast Light-Heavy weight Crown at Stake; Belt Is on Display The Pacific coast light heavy weight championship goes on the block in Salem's armory arena Tuesday night, with Champion Pete Belcastro called upon to de fend the hardware he won from Ernie Piluso against Herb Parks, generally considered the best "old school" grappler in the di vision. Promotor Herb Owen yester day announced the match, and stated Belcastro's belt, which Is in the hands of the Salem Box ing commission, will be on dis play today and tomorrow at Par ker's sporting goods store. The veteran promotor again stated each woman accompanied by one male admission would be admitted free to the matches. Belcastro will be making his first title defense since he gave PIluso a chance to regain the crown six weeks sgo. A newcomer, Mesnie Bob Mont gomery from Atlanta, Georgia, will make his debut In the semi final, meeting popular Ernie PUuro Zim Zimonich, the South Am erican who made his first ap pearance here last week, is book ed sgalnst King Kong Clayton, the bull-necked Negro, in the opener. X fHOWfy, I GONNA GFT ; ' -'&VsW UPS HU!IlUr-S rVULrUAbCt Vl mrjOV iUA, UfcVJCE THE TAK V4feS BUILDING-. wis: otoce. -prrcuco 2.0 The "Biddy" business above begins a new Statesman sports feature that is the work of a Statesman youngster, Harold Allen. But 20, Harold is just starting on an art career. The son of W. G. Allen, of the Allen Fruit company, and brother of Kenny Alien, currently doing solo vocal Work with the Roy al Hawaiian band, Harold has opened an art studio here. He was graduated from Salem high in 1037, went to art school in Portland, studied in the Disney school, worked in an advertising service in Ijos Angeles and in tbe summer of 1938 painted murals in Boise, Idaho. Watch for "Hal's" stuff in The Statesman. Another sample is in today's issue. 'Cats Sked Double Dunking Bill WREST L DM Pacific Coast Light Hearyweiffbt Championship Pels lielcasiro TS. Herb Parks 1 Hoar Bob Ilcnlgonery Ernie Piluso 45 Minute Zin Zincnidi vs. King Kong Clayicn SO Minutes One tody Free with Each Male Admission Levrer Ftoor BOc, Balco.y 40c. Reserved Seats 75c Tax) Ticket.! Cliff Pkeraie.Aa,Pice. Amerle- Lo, Uclans Win First In About 3 Years BERKELEY, Calif., Feb. Z-&) -Uplverslty of California at Los Angeles won its first coast con ference basketball game in near ly three years tonight by scor ing a 34 to 32 victory over the University of California. It was the Bruins' first victory in 31 conference games. They won no conference games last year or the year before, losing 12 straight each season. They also lost their last two games in 1937. Packard's, Zulus Are Tuesday Foes Happy Howard Plans to Use two Teams; Colored Club Wears Skirts A double dose of de luxe bas ketball is on Willamette TJ's hoop menu for Tuesday night of this Lweek. the Bearcats playing a dou- bleheader against the famous zuiu Kings and the Portland Packards. Happy Howard Maple, the Bear cat boss, plans to use two teams in the double bill, sending in his shock troops against the colored, grass-skirted Zulus In the 7:30 opener, and keeping his varsity out to throw against the Packard pointsters at 8:30. The Zulus will come with a rec ord of 82 wins in their last 83 starts, plus a record of crowd- pleasing antics. They play in Zulu war regalia, with grass skirts and painted bodies. "The Zulus guarantee a niiar ious .show, win, lose or draw," Maple reported in announcing the tilt. A third conference game is also on tan for the Willamettes, who have won two straight and head the loop, this week. They move to Rnrst Ornve Fridav for a return go with Pacific Badgers, whom they downed, 33-24, nere 1 a s 1 week. Gal Jockeys Ride In Caliente Race AGUA CALIENTE, Mex., Feb. 3 .-(TThlrteen girl Jockeys are expected to ride tomorrow in a revival of the Coronado town plate, six furlong gallop for a $S00 purse. Some of the girls have ridden in the Agua Caliente Turf club event before, including: Babe Defreest of Brea, Calif., twice a winner, who has doubled for several movie stars In hard riding westerns: Anna Lee Wiley, Idaho ranch girl who finished sec ond last year; Ruth Wood of Hollywood, champion bronco ri der; Audrey Scott, now a trick rider for the movies, and Joyce Hartley of Vancouver, BC Loggers Vanquish Missionary Again WALLA WALLA, Feb. Z-iJFr-College of Puget Sound swept its series with Whitman college, win ning 46-39 tonight after a 48-44 victory Friday night. The visitors pulled away in the final minutes when Whitman shot frequently without success. Walker, visiting center, tallied 22 points, eight-from free throws. Bullock led Whitman with IS. 1 Here, 1 Away On Viking Sked One away and one here, is the slate for Salem high's fast-mushing mapleboarders this week. The Vikings travel to McMinnville for a return engagement with the Grizzlies Tuesday night, and re turn here to take on Milwaukie's Maroons Thursday night. The Vikings are currently in second spot in the No Name cir cuit, with six won and one lost. The sole loss was to Tillamook, via an overtime session after the locals had led throughout the game. Tillamook Is in first spot, with seven won and one lost. Tillamook's Piper took over the individual scoring lead last week, pushing McMInnville's M e t x 1 e r into second place. Piper has 79 points and Metxler 74, while Sa lem's Satter is in third spot with 49. A newcomer will try out for the Viking- squad Monday, it was learned yesterday. Simmons, a nephew of Roy Simmons, recently moved to Salem from Brookings, South Dakota, where he was a star forward on the high school team. Riding 'em Rapid lay. " M Salem Hunters & Anglers Release 1,147,000 Fish During 1939; Club Reports Heavy Rainbow Plantings Over 1,147,000 fish from two to six inches long were planted in streams and lakes during 1939 by the Salem Hunt ers and Anglers club, according to a report released by Rex Sanford, club president. Approximately 90 per cent entered the water in good condition at the designated spots, reported members who accompanied the game commission driver on Oeach planting. The Santiam river received the highest number, about 790,000 Rainbow trout. Of these, 285,000 were from four to six inches in length, while the rest measured two to three inches. The tributaries were given 230, 000; Breitenbush river, 60,000; Humbug creek, 20,000; Little North fork, 50,000; Butte creek, 50,000; Abiqua creek, 50,000. Four loads of four-Inch cut throat, 60,000, were put in Rick reall and Luckiamute creeks in Polk county. Lake Plantings High Lake plantings totaled 51,600 Eastern Brook and 6100 Rainbow trout. Included were Eastern Brook for Elk. 20,000; Dunlap, 1000; Leone, 3600; Enoma, 5000; Slide, 5000; Bruno, 1000; First, 1000; and Rainbows for Fay, 4000, and Frog, 2400. In May 2000 ten-inch trout were placed in the mill race at Turner. These have been fed fy a number of people and now average over 20 inches in length. A holding pond in Mill creek was stocked with 10,000 fish. which were turned Into the creek last fall when six inches long. Plans are to maintain this hold ing pond and to annually replen ish the stock in Mill creek. The club's fish committee, meet ing Friday night, decided to re quest 1,156,500 Eastern Brook and Rainbow trout for streams and lakes during 1940. I'- - -v " x f , i f ' " i ' t i- A V - r ; - - t Hum ' Here's Wes Roeder, Salem high ski instructor, as he'll be dem onstrating slat-riding technique to some 40 Viking students on the Hood today. Molalla's Bucks To Meet Hopsters MOLALLA Molalla high's bas ketball team, after suffering two defeats in the Willamette VaUey league, have trained their sights on a victory Tuesday night when they meet the Independence Hop sters here. Coach Mike Dellar's Bucks witf be ready for action 100 per cent. Four seniors and one junior con stitute the starting lineup, includ ing "Hex" Helno, leading scorer, and Art Jaatinen at forwards, Red Schiewe and Harold Wood at guards and Earl Hampton, the junior, at center. Hoodoo Bowl Due For Opqner Today BEND, Feb. 3.-(yP)-H o o d o o Bowl, Oregon's newest winter playground, nestling on the Cas cade divide near the Santiam highway, will be dedicated by sev en outdoor clubs tomorrow. The new three-story ski lodge and ski lift will be turned over to the Cascade Ski Council clubs by J. R. Bruckhart, supervisor of the Willamette national forest, and Fred W. Cleator, the north Pacif ic forest region recreation chief. Clubs participating in the cere monies will include Albany, Leb anon, Corrallls, Salem, Bend and two from Eugene. Portland will J send a ski team. , Reems Scores 31 For Lion Tamers Virgil Reems scored SI points last night as the Lion Tamers de feated the Gashouse Tigers 39 to 8 in a Youth Center basketball game. The Aces nosed out the Bone Crushers 17-16. IJon Tamers 89 8 Gashouse Causey 4 Foxz Randall 2 2 Dunham Hochstetler t 2 Ireland Reems 31 McQuire Aces 17 Trlcker S Keuscher McKay 7 Clark D. Allport 2 4 Allport Olson 10 Bone Crashers Frants 1 Riley 6 Parton 8 Bailey Knedler Subs, for Aces, Olson S. UO Mermen Beat Orangemen, 62-13 EUGENE, Ore., Feb. 3.-VP)-The University of Oregon's un defeated swimming team scored a 62 to 13 victory over Oregon State mermen today, winning all first places. In three events record times for the pacific coast conference were set. The 300-yard medley team of Wetraore, Backstroke, Dallas, breast stroke, MacDonald, free style, clipped 6.8 seconds off the record held by Stanford. Dallas also was under the old maark of 1:10.5 for the 100-yard breast stroke race with 1:05.3. Wet more swam the 100-yard back stroke in 1:02, two and 810 seconds better than the record set by Tebbetts of Stanford In 1933. He was crowded by Steve Eyman of Oregon State whose time of 1:05.8 also waa under the old record. Hito Tech Wins, 35-14 HUBBARD Hlto Tech basket ball team of Hubbard won over the Woodburn town team here Wednesday night, 35 to 14. Charles Knight, a graduate of Hubbard high, was high scorer with 17 points. Action Packed Into Last Three Minutes Shaw Scores From Mid-Floor to Save Day, Dick Misses Gift Shot After Final Gun; First Half Slow CORVALLIS, Ore., Feb. 3. (AP) Oregon State college increased its lead in the northern division of the Pacific Coast basketball conference to three games tonight bv de feating the University of Oregon, defending national cham pion, 28 to 27. John Dick, Oregon ace scorer, missed a free throw after ?the final gun. All of the excitement and most 'Moose' Gets Nod From K. M. Landis Clabaugh's Reinstatement Effective now; May Try for Senator Job Moose Clabaugh, fence-busting outfielder of the Portland Beavers who is employed here in the con struction of the George E. Waters park, yesterday received word from Baseball Commissioner Lan- ! dis that he has been reinstated to baseball's active list. Clabaugh has been under sus pension for allegedly playing in an outlaw Canadian league last summer. Landis' telegram read: "You are reinstated to the active list effective Immediately." Clabaugh, the property of Port land in the Pacific Coast league, said he would confer with Biddy Bishop, business manager of the Salem Senators, tonight in Port land, and would also talk turkey of the action was crammed into the last three minutes of play. Oregon fought its way from a 24-19 deficit to a 25-24 lead which the Wehfoots held tenaciously while Clayton Shaw and Hunter missed three free throws and al most two minutes of time was consumed. In the twinkling of an eye scor ing started with Shaw bolting through the Oregon defense for a short shot that put Oregon State ahead, 26-25. But Anderson came back for Oregon, sinking one front the keyhole and putting the Ducks up, 27-26, with 15 seconds left. Shaw saved the day by letting fly from mid-floor. The ball dropped through. Dick grabbed the ball and started for the other basket but the gun barked too. soon. The overjoyed Beaver parti sans flooded onto the floor before Referee Emil Piluso could inform them he had called a foul on Frank Mandic. It took 10 min utes to clear the floor and give Dick his chance to tie the score. The Webfoot veteran missed the shot fractionally. Play on Slow Bell The teams played on slow bell with the Portland management. ) in the first half. Oregon took a He was unable to contact Bishop I 9-7 lead with four minutes to go here yesterday, as the - Senator manager was in Portland com pleting plans for the Old Timers' banquet there last night. It is known here that Clabaugh would consider an offer from the Salem club for the managerial post. Runyan Gets Lead By Three Strokes PHOENIX, Arii., Feb. 3--Paul Runyan of White Plains, N. Y., shooting with the same deadly accuracy that twice won him the PGA championship, took a three-stroke lead today In the 23, 000 Phoenix open golf tourna ment by scoring a six below par 5 for tbe first 18 holes. While Runyan was gunning his drive straight down the cen ter of the fairways and dropping his putts consistently, some of the highly favored pros were col lapsing and others less regarded were moving within striking dis tance of the leader. Bunched in second place and threats for tomorrow's 36 holes were Sam Byrd, the former base ball player from Philadelphia, E. J. Harrison of Little Rock, Ark., and Stanley Horne of Montreal, Que., each with 68. and almost stalled out thee period, Dick once -holding the ball for a minute and a half without mov- jing. John Mandic stole the leather in the last 10 seconds and tifd the score at 9-9 when they re cessed. Oregon State forged ahead 15 10 at the start of the second half and stayed in front until a rally by Anderson and Jackson closed the gap and Andrews' basket put the Ducks ahead. The box score: Oregon (27) FG FT PF TP Anderson, f 4 Marshik, f . 1 Dick, c 1 Andrews, g 1 Townsend, g ...4 Jackson, g 1 Totals .12 Oregon State (2M) F. Mandic, f 0 Romano, f . 1 J. Mandic, c 5 Hunter, g 2 Valentl. g 2 Shaw, g ,, , ..2 Totals 12 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 s 2 0 8 3 2 4 8 2 27 0 2 12 e 4 4 28 Score at half: Oregon 9, Oregon State 9. Free throws missed: Anderson, Dick 3, Andrews, Townsend, Hunt er 2, Valentl, Shaw 2. Officials: Piluso, Portland; Nel son, Moscow, Idaho. DOUBLE By L. B. HARRIS, Local Willys Dealer CM : Curley Crawford (left),, driver of the Willys, receives- first place trophy from Edgar J. Apperson, automobile builder, ts recent Glim ore-Yose mite economy run. 1st alJIIOUIICEHEIIT . . IIET7 LOCATIOH L. B. HARRIS WILLYS SALES & SERVICE Corner Crater and High Sts. 2nd AimOUIICEI-IEHT . . . K017 DISPLAYniG THE 1940 WILLYS Thm Car That Areracjvd 30,05 SMR IN RECENT dLMORE-YOSEMTTE RUN VISIT US NOW 01 WILLYS SALES & SERVICE Cor. Center & High Sis. Salem. Ore