Sport
Sparks
By RON GKMMK1X
Count 'm: 21 days to tbe
Oregon State High School Ath
letic association's 21st annual
hoop tournament, which accord
ing i the best authority tarts
March IS and continues dally
through Saturday night, March
X 6
Scene: Willamette anlrrriii
ty reart.
Bom f contention: State
high school bVetjU rlum
pkmnhrn. Prtoc'psJs (as nearly a we
cam estimate) : Heltv. Thur
stoa, Batte Fall and rone
team. from the coaxtal district
fa the R brweket; KH'nath
Falls. Hither, North Bend and
Kalcm rn the ontwr hmrkrt
along with the IW: nd Pen
dleton, tnlvrmltr hlh of Kn
Ahlnd, M"Mlnnvi1)r,
IXallmt, 1SwKtn, Mol?a and
Astoria tw the orrrr r-racket.
Question: Who'll win?
Answer : Let's plsy Vr out.
What! Salem Here?
Tha upper bracket:
Wednesday. 1 p. m. The dis
trict IS champion, which we have
named as Helix, is beaten by the
district 1C champion, probably
Th untoa.
Wednesday. 2 p. m. Butte
Falls tmsybe). the district 14
champ, whips the district 15 ti
tllrt (which you can name).
Wednesday, 3 p. m. Klamath
Fall, ear nomination for the
district three chamoionahip.
eases sat Baker (tbe Colsonless
district one champion unless
beaten, out by La Grande).
Wednesday, 4 p. m. alem,
which by some hook or crock
(so they'll as usual say) won
the district 10 title, will (by
the same hook or crook) oust
the district eight champ, which
we have cboeen as North
Bend, a repeater.
Dallas Hurdles Opener.
The lower bracket:
Wednesday, 5 p. m. Pendle
ton, our choice for the district
two title (although The Dalles
may spring a surprise), will meet
the district 12 champion (which
will be either University high of
Eugene or Corrallls or Lebanon,
depending upon which division
of the district seven champion
ship goes where). Pendleton,
with All-State Lewis Beck back,
should win.
Wednesdsy, 7:30 p. m. Ash
lsnd. the district nine titllst (if
Medford doesn't beat 'em out),
will go down before the district
six champion, which we have
named as McMlnnvllle.
Wednesday, 8:30 p. m.
Da 11a, rwanernp tn the dis
trict six race and therefore la
the meet as the district 11
representative, will drop the
district seven champ, either
Lebanon or Corrallls. and
we're naming Lebanon.
Thursday, 4 p. m. Astoria,
the district five titllst. after a
tough battle, wins from Molalla,
the district four champ (if Park
Rose doesn't beat the Bucks out
of tbe district championship).
Viks, Bucks Survive.
Tbs quarter-finals:
Thursday, 2 p. m. Thurston
wins the B title.
Thursday, 4 p. m. Salem
drops Klamath Falls.
Thursday. 7:30 p. m. Pendle
ton wins from McMlnnvllle.
Thursday, g:30 p. m. Dallas
surprises by dropping Astoria.
Tbe semi-finals:
Friday. 7: SO p. na. Raletn
whips the B champ.
Friday, 8:30 p. m- Pendle
ton, knocks over a very tired
Dallas team.
Repeat Championship.
And now It Is 8:30 Saturday
night. March 1. The Willamette
hoopery has- been a bedlam of
noise up to a minute ago. The
teams are lined up. Pendleton
with All-State Lewis Beck de
fending the east goal and 8alem
with All-State Scottie Sebern de
fending the west bucket.
There's the ball In the air
Everything's
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Murray, White
Hit for 'Cats
Double Oertime Necessary
to Defeat Missionaries;
Skopil Heads Attack
WALLA WALLA. Feb. 20.-(&)
-Willamette field goals by Mur
ray and White brought the re
tiring champions a 47-4 3 deci
sion over Whitman tonight as less
than 30 seconds remained in the
second overtime period of a
Northwest conference basketball
game.
College of Puget Sound won the
title yesterday by virtue of Will
amette's first game loss.
It was a heated see-saw issue
all tbe way. with a 39-all tie just
before the end of the regular
playing period and a 43 knot after
nearly five minutes overtime.
In the last extra piece, Skopil,
who led Willamette's dominating
second half play, fired a high
looping shot to set the stage for
Willamette's victory surge.
Whitman 4.1
47 Willamette
13 Eberle
12 White
11 Skopil
3 Kolb
S Lilly
Bullock 7
Pepin 14
Gent.y 10
Webb 10
Heldenreich 2
Sabs: Willamette
Robertson,
Gallaher 2. Murray 2.
for the opening tlpoff, and there
are the Vikings and Buckaroos
battling for the state champion
ship. Aad It'll be a battle a bat
tle retnlata-ent of the one
staged by teams representing
tfiese two town bark in 1931,
when Pendleton's K Wider, Hill,
Krwin, Stroble and Terjesen
beat ont Salem's Bone, Kit
chen, Saaford, Foreman and
Kctgiuund in an overtime ses
aion, 31 to 29.
In fact. It'll be the battle
this obiM-ner thought should
hare been pl'ed last year,
for It was our opinion Pendle
ton last year had at least tbe
second bet inb In the tour
ney. The winner? Well, It's time
Salem evened up tor that 1931
defeat.
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LAST VEAK.
COrrmiCMT. KDC HAWKS STNCXCATf. h
in Overtime, 47 to 43
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'Musher' Bauiii, Defending Titlist
Of Idaho Dog Derby, Says Canines
Run to Win and Have Fun in Races
ASHTON, Idaho, Feb. 20. (AP) Sled dogs run to win
once they learn it's fun to race. Driver Celey Baum contend
ed today in explaining the secret of 10 victories in 11 races.
"The dogs like to race and knack of putting across to
them the idea that it's 'pleasure' rather than 'work' in the
training routine is an important factor in developing a win
ning team," explained the Ashton C
"musher" whose teams have won
him 32,455 in prize money.
His victories the past two years
extended through Idaho, Montana
and Wyoming.
Baum, young in years but a
veteran driver, "pals" with his
string of Irish-Llewellyn setters,
but he always lets them know
who's master.
24th Annual Running
Baum warmed up his team to
day for the 24th annual running
of the American dog derby In this
eastern Idaho community come
Washington's birthday.
He's the defending champion
and favorite to repeat.
The race, which brings hun
dreds of dog lovers to this sled
mecca, Is attracting unusual In
terest. Baum has won two legs on a
large gold trophy, which, with
cash, goes to tbe winner, a feat
duplicated by Lloyd Van Sickle
of nearby St. Anthony. The ap
proaching race is the "rubber"
event for their well - groomed
teams.
The derby consists of five trips
around a two-mile track. Reduced
from an endurance test of 25
miles, tbe contest calls for
"sprinting" all the way.
Seven or eight drivers expect
to compete.
Painters 26, Bank 21
The Dunsmoor Painters defeat
ed US Bank, 26 to 21, In a city
minor league game here last
night.
Painters 20 21 US Bank
Olson 2 6 W. Bertelson
Joynce 7 J. Bertelson
Swenson 8 6 Stockwell
Steinke 3 3 King
Forrest 6 Reinwald
Subs, for Painters: Sturdevant
5. Smith 2.
Leslie Loopers All but Cinch CI
Title in 30-24 Win From Giants;
Parrish, Greens Are Victorious
Though having five games yet to play and two of them
with their most formidable rival, Parrish, Leslie junior high
school's hoop team yesterday virtually assured itself of the
1940 City Intramural pennant with a 30 to 24 victory over
the Giants, the only team pressing it closely in the standings.
The victory gave the Leslies their ninth win to one loss,
while it was the Giants' third lossO
as against bnt seven wins. Lloyd
Straw, the league's leading scor
er, boosted his lead with eight
points, making a total of 105.
Parrish moved nearer the sec
ond place Giants with a decisive
25 to 14 lacing of the Reds, which
was paced by Nelmeyer's 10
points and Cross's eight, and the
Greens dropped the Tankees by a
23 to 18 count
Leslie SO &VftGlaBts
Kelly 6 Toombs
Straw 8 4 Nelson
Jones 10 Page
Lappln 1 7 Williams
Gemmell 8 3 Falrhurst
Subs, for Leslie: Butte 2, Ap
plegata 1.
Parrish 25
Cross 8
Nelmeyer 10
Wenger 1
Clark 4
14 Reds
Carver
2 Dahlen
2 Llnd
2 Page
3 Dietrlck
Litwiller t
Sub, for Reds: Wodreska S.
Greens 23
S torts 2
Lowery f
White 1
Hardy T
Schnr I
18 Yankees
10 Crothera
S Bacon
Booth
2 Pettit
8 Fltzsimmons
Runs for Sheriff
LEBANON Jesse Moss, well
known Lebanon livestock man.
haa announced his candidacy for
tha nomination for sheriff on the
democratic ticket.
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Bucketed Here
Toar basketball resalta
are bucketed here dally. Dtp
em oat each morning.
Chemawa Cincllie Second. WVJl
No. 17 Is Cinch
For 'Eagle Eye'
Watkins, Golfer
TACOMA, Feb. 20P-0. A.
Watkins has asr' eagle eye and
an eye for eagles.
A week ago, Watkins, play
ing with his regular Tuesday
afternoon golfing gang at Fir
crest country dab, sank his sec
ond shot on the 855-yard 17th
hole for aa eagle two.
Today, playing with the same
crowd, Watkins hit the same
shot on the same hole and got
another eagle.
Spring Drills Set
LEBANON Coach Jack Wood
ward last week set March 2 as
the date when drill beglm In base
ball and spring football. He ex
pects to have a bigger percent of
experienced men out.
Monmouth Wolves
Defeat Mt. Angel
Score 7 Points in Final
six Minutes to Win by
a 38 to 36 Score
MONMOUTH A hair-raising
six-minute finish. In which the
Wolves registered seven points
while holding the Angels score
less, enabled the Central College
of Education quint to drop Mount
Angel college, 38 to 36, here on
Tuesday night.
Vleck tied the count with a gift
shot and Charley Shaw hit a two
pointer to give Coach Cox's team
the game after It had trailed 29
to 13 at half time and had been
behind all the way. Even then the
scoreboard read 36-3 6 and It was
thought an overtime would be
necessary, but the official score
book had the Wolves winning bf
a 38-36 score.
Hubert Alley hit fire field goals
and two free tosses for the Angels
in tbe first half, and scored a to
tal of 17 points. For the Wolves
It waa Selstad's second-half sharp
shooting that was chiefly instru
mental In their victory.
The Wolves freshmen team
whipped the Airlle Townies, 29 to
20, in the opener.
Wolves 38 86 Mt. Angel
Shaw 7 Noland
Masoal 4 Grogan
Vleck 5 2 Pettyjohn
Miller 17 Alley
Czedlack 8 4 O'Halloran
Subs, for Wolves: Hartman 9,
Selstad 14.
Referee: John Steelhammer, Sa
lem. Bowling
STATE LEAGUE
ADJUSTMENT
30 80
149 130
7 105
187 8
us 18t
Handicap
Ilarrey
Bird
Utter
Dorlfler
30 SO
121 toe
114 SIS
311 (48
112 869
TtUla
.881 502 690 1623
YABUXATIVa
Yon
Parka
Goal
Kama .
.135
.150
.148
.15
ITT
103
189
175
1SS 178
ITT 429
121 408
ISO 514
Totals
-SS7 S9S 644 124
BEXxnrs
87 IT
134 14T
... -114 1T8
184 14S
118 153
Handicap
VcMahoa .
Smith
HajTTVaa a
IUmkU
8T 111
169 450
143 430
156 43S
145 411
Totals
.583 656 650 1S3S
ooitTtrrrjro
188 14
145 204
182 188
14T 1T9
Pays
Harriaoa
Beaifaca
Win .
181517
133 481
123 493
188 514
Totala
.662 T19 624 200S
MEBCAKTILK LKAGUE
JOXJIK'8
143 121
136 159
ISO 154
45 136
iT 161
Caray
Janes .
Tawe .
Harr .
Go Mia
155 419
132 427
118 429
157 440
166464
Totals
.721 T35 TSS 2179
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RON GEMMELL Editor
Salam, Orogon, Wadnasday
Backbone Hits
For 38 Points
Misses Reeord Narrowly
Despite 1 Less Game;
Molalla Is Third
CHEMAWA Frank Backbone
hit 38 points here Tuesday night
as Chemawa cinched second spot
In the WVI league race by hand
ing Independence a 69 to 37 shel
lacking, and the keen-eyed Indian
forward lacked but eight points
of breaking his own league record
of 280 points despite playing one
less game.
Backbone's total for tha IS
games Is 272 points, an average
of 20 12-18 points per game,
12-13 of a point better than his
record of last year. If the 15
points he scored In the no-contest
Sihrerton game last week counted,
he would have broken his own
record by nine points.
Chemawa's Bees put away the
Bee championship with a 42 to 21
win in the preliminary. The
Brave Bees won all 14 of their
league contests.
Chemawa 69 87 Independence
Backbone 38 14 Rogers
Bird 10 8 Byers
Woundedeye 14 8 Jones
Youngman 6 3 Graham
Shoulderblade 1 2 Primus
Subs, for Independence: Alg
zoos 1.
DALLAS Mel Dornhecker hit
24 points as the Dallas Dragons
emphasized their WVI league
championship here Tuesday night
with a 61 to 30 shellacking of Sil
verton, giving the sharpshooting
local lad a total of 207 counters
for the 14 games.
Dallas was behind at the finish
of the first quarter, 8-10, and held
but a four-point. 18-14 halftime
lead. But the Dragons gathered
momentum in the third period to
run up a 43-21 count at its expira
tion and were off to the races
from there.
Silverton's Bees, with Zahler
hitting 9, registered a 31 to 16
win In the preliminary.
Dallas 61 SO Silverton
Dornhecker 24 10 Peary
Low 9 3 Henjun
Jackson 11 7 Anderson
A. Kroekef 2 9 Johnson
Peters 8 Zahler
Subs, for Dallas: Boydston 5,
E. Kroeker 4, Blackley 2. For
Silverton: Burr 1.
WOODBURN Wast Linn's
Lions cinched sixth place in the
WVI basketball league race for
1940 here Tuesday night, defeat
ing the Woodburn Bulldogs by a
29 to 16 count.
The locals led for the first quar
ter, 6-5, but the Lions drew ahead
to post 13-9 halftime and 19-12
third quarter advantages. Kern,
with 10 counters, topped the scor
ing. West Linn's Bees took the open
er also, 38 to 21.
West Linn SO
16 Woodburn
6 Murray
8 Garnero
4 Gurney
1 Dunton
Merkle 2
Bauersfeldt 7
Whitney
Elliott 4
Kern 10
Subs, for Woodburn
Bovee 1.
Pavlicek
Ellis 1,
MOLALLA Staving off a last
quarter rally, the Molalla Bucks
beat out the Lebanon Berrypick
ers here Tuesday night, 45 to 39,
to put a stranglehold on the WVI
league's third position.
The Bucks led all the way but
Lebanon crawled up 10 points on
them In the last 10 minutes. Hei
no, with 13 points, topped the fir
ing and stretched his total for the
league season to 198 to finish
third In the scoring race.
Molalla 's Bees won the prelim
inary. 18 to 16.
Molalla 45 89 Lebanon
Heino 13 2 Miller
Jaatlnen 4 1 Standley
Hampton 11 11 Strode
Woods 9 12 Medley
Schlewe 8 8 Simpson
Subs, for Lebanon: Mlchels 4,
Ellis 1.
Scores
STAJTDAXD 8TATIONS
Handicap
Faorttte
MeCully
Delk
HeCall
22
22
22 66
.116
.132
.141
.157
129
141
129
166
132 877
134 407
189 (09
153 476
ToUIa
..70S 701 T4T 2151
WOOLWOBTH'S
T. BfeCarroU 217 211
Bonner 123 123
G. McCarron 132 146
Vernon 125 160
Scbaaidar 159 154
164 592
167 413
164 444
151 436
136 449
Totals
756 796 782 8334
SALEM B KB WEST
Handicap 67 57 57 171
Graham . 159 181 133473
Watera 155 158 147 460
Coortney 125 150 104 379
Pcrrautt 7T 138 105 820
Knanar " 141 149 404
Totala
.687 825 695 2207
Visit From Canada
BETHEL Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Carmthers had as their house
guests for several days Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Sparks and Miss Mar
garet Sparks of Wetaskiwin, Al
berta, Canada. These families
were formerly neighbors In the
north. .The guests had spent the
winter In California and were en
roate from Los Angeles to their
home. Sparks was for some years
a member of the provincial par
liament from the Wetaskiwin con-siitaency.
OB
Morning. Fahruary 21. 1940
TP S
Stater Meets MACman, Elks C?rd
Carl Larsen, one of the state's leading light heavyweights in amateur
ranks, who meets Multnomah clnb's liadley Whalen on the Kalem
Elks club card here Thursday night. Larsen Is one of 10 Oregon
State boys who will show on the card.
Penna, Demaret
Tie, Open Title
HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 20.-(P)
Tony Penna, jaunty little Italian
who didn't know he had a chance,
and Jimmy Demaret of Houston,
whose friends wouldn't let him
forget It, tied for the western
open championship today In a
garrison finish seldom equalled
for sheer drama. They will play
off the tie tomorrow for 18 holes
Mown
Local Sportg
Come to yoa firs! la Tha
State man aad are always
first with The Statesman.
PAGE SEVEN
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for $1000 top money of the $5000
tournament.
Penna and Demaret lagged be
hind Sammy Snead, the West
Virginia slammer, starting the
final round, but mournful Sam
wilted with the title in sight and
dropped to third place, a stroke
behind.
A nine over par total of 298
gave Penna and Demaret top
honors, founded on Penna's last
day rounds of 74-73 and Demar
et's 76-71 over the par 71 River
Oaks course.
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54-30
Sebern Paces
Salem With 19
Locals Fire at .479 Rate
in Fast Game; Have
No Name Chance
All-State Scottie Sebern got
Into all-state gear here last
night, throwing nine field gosls
from far and near and adding a
gift toss to pace Salem's spirited
Vikings to a 54 to 30 No Name
league victory over Oregon City's
Floneers.
Tbe locals had no trouble
with the Pioneers after the first
two miantes of play, despite
Coach Hsnk freely experimenting
with his lineup.
Coincidentally. Sebern had a
.450 firing average In dunking
his nine buckets, while the team
average for the night was .479.
But Scottie was getting the
shots, driving In these close or
cannonading 'em In from away
out when the Pioneer defense
hemmed the Vikings out on fast
breaks.
Hauk opened with Red Kernes
paired with Sebern in the for
ward positions, as Bob McKee
was III and not In suit, and
Sophomore Bud Coons started In
Jim Henerys guard berth. Bnt
before the easy romp was over,
Hauk had need almost every pos
sible combination.
McKenzle, shifty Pioneer for
ward, was the only consistent
flrer of the visitors. He hit seven
field goals and a free toss for
15 points. Just four under Se-
bern's 18.
The victory made It possible
for the Vikings to tie Tillamook
for league honors providing they
score a victory over the Cheese-
makers at Tillamook Friday
night.
Kernes and Satter amply aid
ed Sebern In the first half, which
ended 30-11. while Eddie Sal
strom hung home three cripples
to assist Scottie In the second
canto.
It was a fast tilt all the way.
both teams putting the emphasis
on offense rather than defense.
Salem (54) S i FT PF
Sebern, f 20 9 1 2
Kernes, f . 9 4 0 4
Salstrom, f 7 5 10
Satter, c 4 3 3 2
Mason, c 0 0 10
Barnlck, g 2 0 2 0
Coons, g 110 1
Barclay, g 0 0 2
Henery, g 4 10 1
Harms, g 10 0 0
Totals 48 23 8 12
Oregon City (30)
McKenzie, f 12 6 13
Gettel. f 8 2 0 1
Prochnow, f 4 0 0 1
Jordan, c 3 0 12
Streblg, g 8 10 0
Leatherbury, g. 5 0 3 3
Boyce, g ... 8 112
Barry, g 3 10 2
Totals 51 12 13
Free throws missed, by Salem:
Satter 2. Mason 2. Barnick. Sal
strom. Henery 1. By Oregon
City: McKenzle 2, Gettel, Stre
blg, Boyce 2.
Shooting percentages, I a 1 a m
.479, Oregon City .235.
Referee: Msx Allen. Salem.
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