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'Cats. frHit Lose XL , C- : -Uy In Viks-Fiems Clash . To Pilots 41 to 37 Can 4- 2 f 1 4 if 51 f J i 5 Sport Sparks By RON GEMMELL It's really something rapid in ring action when two such fast fist-flingers as Leo Turner and Powder Proctor place their heads . kink-to-kink and begin pumping puffed: leather. So fast were these colored clout ers in their whirlwind battle Tuesday night that it was at times difficult to deduce who was doing the most damagein the close-in exchanges. The fight, .which" for pure box ing ability on the pay of 'both punchers easily topped anything to show under the VFW banner for four seasons, could have been called a Proctor win (as it was), Turner win or a draw depend ing entirely upon the viewpoint of the third man. It was that close. : Probably Kef eree Frisco Ed wards, in addition to penalizing Turner for tossing elbows, also took Into consideration the fact that "The Lion" came In over the middleweight limit of 160 pounds. Bat even had he disre garded the. elbow work and the weight : discrepancy, he could ' have scored a Proctor victory, so even was the battle. This observer, scoring the fight on an 11-point-per-round basis, ended up with 56 Vx points for Tur ner and .53 Vi points for . Proctor, but with - winning margins for Proctor in - four . rounds, winning margins for Turner in three rounds and no margin for either in the other three. Plenty for Tony. Turner for two rounds looked like the tigerish fighter he was in cutting down Austin, .Barlund and Portlow during the 1939 and 1940 campaigns, but while he sparked he never glowed irom then on iin til the sixth. . Proctor was much the steadier" all the way, despite taking pun ishment in the first two heats. He finished the stronger and provid ed the nearest thing to a knock down when he drove both hands to Turner's face and midriff in the seventh round to stagger his dark er opponent against the ropes. However, as in several f- . Turner's previous efforts here, -yours sincerely couldn't help but feel The Lion" had much j the better physical equipment If he would have but used it. . Somehow, Turner conveys the Impression he's afraid to let go , with the weapons he has at his disposal. - That Terrible Tony Kahut will have his hands full when he meets - Proctor is certain. The sleek, lithe youngster ,is so fast with either hand he's apt to beat a tattoo on Tony's face while the Woodburn ' slugger is cocking that right hand of his. Tony has the harder punch, . yes, but Tony also has a bad hab it of hunching lhat punch, instead of snapping it. Boxing Looks up. The showing of Stanley Virgis, young middleweight now making his home in Salem, was almost as agreeably surprising as the vi ciousness of the Turner-Proctor ' mix. Virgis, in against Substitute Jack Hibbard, displayed a world of promise despite the fact the veteran Logger employs a style difficult for a youngster to com' bat. Thought: Why not match Virgis and your Boxcar Kline, Mr. Sal- keld? . With the Kahut-Proctor bat ; l tie scheduled, with Turner on 1 deck to take on sock citizens in his own weight and with the - possibility of Seattle's Wash bum trekking down for a go with either Kahut or Proctor, boxing appears to once more be headed for. better things bere- t abOUtS. -- Add also to the foregoing, Kel- ler Wagner, .. the big j boy who gained a following here as an am ateur, and John L. Sullivan, Fa- hie's protege who contracted "the ;, flu and couldn't show here Tues- r- day - night, Wagner is reported to be ready to turn pro under Jess x- Tryon's management, and may be '" seen in .action- on the Kahut-Proc tor card. . O " Spectators' Dream, t By their victory over Tillamook Tuesday night, the Astorians come to our town tonight assured of a state tournament .berths :, and for that reason their series with Sa lem more than ever takes on the color of a possible preview of the ' 1 state championship finals; V.'ally Palmberg's hoop troupe narrowly missed hitting the fi nals ajzaihst Salem last year, bow ing to - Pendleton in the semi- . finals by two-point margin only. His club this year has dropped but four, hieh school games (if I remember correctly) one , to Sa lem, one to Hood River, one to Vestportand one to Roseburg. As the Finns, , like the Viks, prefer to ret out and gallop, the series here should be a specta-, tors' dream and referee'! nightmare. - . I'm glad I'm going to be a spec tator. Force 'Em Into Overtime on Eggers' Bucket, However Despite a measley .189 shooting percentage on 78 shots and a passing exhibition that fell even amette Bearcats forced the Portland U Pilots into an overtime session before the Irishers eked here Wednesday night. They did it on Substitute Johnny Eggers rebound basket in the last 10 seconds of regular playing time spike-haired Johnny entering the game with just that ing up the rebound on Kolb s corner cast Just before the final gun. ' ' But it did them little good, for they shot and passed their way through the overtime in much the same fashion as they had for - a major share of the regular playing period, and the Pilots popped home five counters to their one. Took Coaches' Word The 'Cats must have taken Men tor Maple's word that they were to point for their conference clash with Pacific here Friday night, for they most certainly had no eye' for the basket or ; for mates' - out stretched hands Wednesday night. Even so, they might have dug out a victory if the reserve quint, which played six minutes of the first half, hadn't left them with an 11 -point deficit they didn't close up until two minutes into the second period. The half ended 21-18 in favor of the Pilots, after the Bearcat varsity had quit the floor at the 12 minute mark with an 8-8 tie and had come back to largely erase the 21-10 deficit the re serves left it - Four times the score was tied, and thrice did the lead change, in the second ' half battle that brought the score to 36-36 on Eggers' concluding bucket Johnny Kolb and Sum Gallaher, practic ally the only J'Cats who could hit the end of the gym, paired to give Willamette a 26-23 lead with five minutes played, but Cordes and Bruning. tied it at 26-26 and then Scott and Bruning shoved the Pilots into a 30-26 lead with eight minutes" played in the half. Gallaher Scores 19 Eggers, Cameron and Gallaher, the former two 'on free tosses and the latter on a freak-break crip ple, tied the score at 30-30 with 14 minutes played, but Cordes and Bruning came back, to hoist the Portlanders back into the lead, 34 30. Again Gallaher cut the mar gin with a keyhole one-hander, but Scott on two free throws sent the lead back to four points. Gallaher caged his 18th and 19th points of the night with a long one to narrow Portland's lead to 36-34, and in the next two minutes the Pilots three times took the ball out of bounds on fouls rather than attempt the free throws. men, witn iu seconds to go Eggers replaced Toolson, who has sustained a cut eye, and in a flurry under the basket following Kolb's one-handed attempt hit the tying basket Friedhoff, who was high tosser for the Pilots with 13, hit a key hole one-hander and Cordes caged a free toss off Cameron's infrac tion in the overtime before Wil lamette broke ice. Kolb made good a gifter, but Crodes clinched the game with a righthander from the. corner with only 40 seconds remaining. The loss evened the year's series between the two teams. Silvertoii Slates Golfing Dates SILVERTON C. L. Bonney. president of the Silverton golf club is announcing spring golf dates to include: Salem, here April e; salem there, April 20: Oregon City here, April 27; Oregon City tnere May 18. The annual Gopher and G rev- digger tournament will be held late in March and ' Woodburn is scheduled to play here in early June. Mebbeso a Tank (No Charge for By WHITNEY MARTIN NEW YORK, Feb. 19They might try a simultaneous assault 4n . both " flanks, but ; outside of that we can't .think of anything offhand in the way of original tactics ; an opponent : might use against Joe Louis. - c They've walked bravely toward him. straight up, with their eyes and their, chinsv wide open. TheyVe . come in bobbing and weaving like a horse on a warped merry-go-round. They've crawled toward him like they were huhPf Ing a collar button .under the bureau. They've retreated so fast they . were in "danger , of lapping Joe and being forced jto make rear attack. ' But the result always is the same. ; The stand-up r roys are targets from the start. The bob bers : and weavers finally bob t when they should have weayed. t The trenchers sooner or later come up for air. The retreat ers get weary. Then it's Jee's tarn to play bingo. There lias been something of a cycle In styles used against" the Bomber since he won the title from. Jim Braddock. a . stand-up shorter of perfection, the Wil- out a 41 to 37 basketball win . r j much time reniaihlhg and hoist JOHNNY EGGERS p ; r Portland (41) S Fg FtTp Hergert, f 7 1 0 2 Bruning, f 6 3 0 6 Carlin, f 7 10 2 Leary, f ... 0 0 0 0 Friedhoff, c 10 6 1 13 Scott g 9 3 4 10 Cordes, g 6 2 2 6 Wagner, g ." 5 10 2 Totals 50 17 7 41 Willamette (37) Toolson, f .. 7 10 2 Gallaher, f 20 8 3 19 Eggers, f .. 5 113 Lilly, f 2 0 2 2 Eberly, c ...12 0 0 0 Eberly, c ...12 0 0 0 Satter, c 2 0 0 0 Kolb, g 9 3 2 8 Cameron, g s 11 113 Medley, g 3 0 0 0 Barnick, g 3 0 0 0 Totals 74 16 9 37 Personal fouls: Hergert 2, Brun ing 2, Carlin 4, Friedhoff 3, Cor des 2, Wagner, Toolson 3, Eggers, Gallaher 4, Eberly, Kolb, Came ron 2, Barnick 3. Technical foul: Carlin. Free throws missed: Hergert, Bruning 2, Friedhoff, Scott 2, Toolson 2, Gallaher 2, Eberly 2, Kalb, Cameron 2. Shooting percentages: Willam- elte .189, Portland .340. Referee: Piluso, Portland. Basketball Scores College Army 44, West Virginia 37. Navy 43, U of Pennsylvania 34. New York University 41, Ford ham University 35. Connecticut 57, Massachusetts State 37. Princeton 40, Harvard 26. Dartmouth 51, Yale 50. Rutgers 50, U of Maryland 45. Penn State 45, Georgetown 38. I.ong Island 24, Michigan state 23. Loyola (Chicago) 38, Villanova 32 Duquesne 38, Waynesburg 29. Brown 34, Amherst 31. Bradley 49, Illinois Wesleyan 31. Auburn 35, Howard 21. Auburn 35, Howard 21. Mississippi State 33, Mississippi 20. . Louisiana Tech 54, Centenary 44. Oregon High School OSC Rooks 26, Corvallis 20. Corbett 44, Chemawa 21. Mt. Angel Preps 63, Hill Mili tary 35. Would Do Job, Our Answer, Mr. guy. j Tommy Farr bobbed and j weaved his way safely, broadly I speaking, through 15 rounds. Then j came a succession of stand-up guys Nathan Mann, Harry Thomas, Max Schmeling, John Henry Lewis and Jack Roper." The boys weren't getting very far, or going very far, so when Tony Gal en to puzzled Joe with a crouch it put ideas into the heads of Louis' future opponents, and fellows who hadn't crouched since they were kids playing leap frog suddenly began to squat in Russian dances all over the place. Bob Faster eame after G& lento. He had stayed the limit before by a retreat in good or der, and he saw no reason to change his style. Ha retreated for 11 rounds. -: Then came Arturo Godoy, a legitimate croucher. 'or ,. crawler, and he gave that style another boost by; remaining upright, gen erously speaking, for 15 rounds. Johnny Paychek came next, and there still is doubt about his plans,- except that he wished he was the heck out of there. y As a guess, he planned a running Salem, Orecjon, Thursday Vhcle Oscar Has With Cleveland He Gets Check for $2500 CHICAGO, Feb. 19 (AP) If, as they say, money talks, Os car Vitt had the last word today in his row with the Cleveland baseball club 4y proxy. The last word, exactly $2500 worth, was delivered in behalf of Ol' Oz by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who ruled favorably on Vitt's salary claim him late last October. Vitt, now manager of Portland in the Pacific Coast league, Achiu Applies Jiu Jitsu to Defeat McCuin A near-capacity armory crowd didn't emit a peep Wednesday night when Billy McCuin substi tuted for Bulldog Jackson in the main event only to be subdued by Walter Sneeze Achiu's para lyzing jiu-jitsu application. The smart - working Chinese pinned Billy boy in the deciding fall with his oriental art, after winning the first fall with a roll ing leg stomper. McCuin, who took the match when Jackson wired he would be unable to make the date, took the middle fall with a half Boston crab. Prince Haki and Gene Black ley staged a rousing romp of their own in the semifinal, before Ilaki put the clincher on the verdict with a jacknife. Ilaki had taken the first with a crab and Black ley the second with a body slam. Tex Hager opened the show with a one-fall decision over Young Gotch, using a full surf board. Parrisli Scores One Point, 2nd Half, but Wins" City Intramural league W L Pet. Pf Pa GUnM 10 2 .833 403 243 Parrish 9 3 .750 357 299 Yankees 7 5 .583 35S 330 Leslie 7 5 -53 363 284 Greens 2 10 -167 208 276 Reds 1 11 .090 238 49 In the weirdest game of the City Intramural basketball loop, Parrish Junior high Wednesday defeated the sophomore Greens 12 to 9 to keep within a game of the league - leading sopho more Giants, who maintained their advantage by knocking over the Yankees 23 to 19. Parrish held an 11-3 first half lead but could score only one point In the second half while holding the Greens to six. For the Giants, It was the first victory since they lost their star point-maker, Svarverud, to the Jayvees. Giants 23 Hough 5 . Anunsen 4 Kent 2 Simmons 8 Herman 2 19 Yanks 6 Priem 8 J. JohnsonJ 3 Hudson 4 Fox Whittemore Sub for Giants: Thompson 2. Parrish 12 Gemmell 2 Warren 2 Brandle 3 Chapman Farlow - m urn ran 2 Reeves Upjohn Palmer 2 Patton 4 Palmateer Sub for Parrish: Cross 2. For Greens: Summerville 1. Eh Whitney? Martin) game. At any rate, he made few passes at Joej. After Paychek, Godoy Came back with hifc crouch and stayed eight rounds, and since then each of Joe's three opponents Al Mc Coy, Red Burman and Gua. Dor azio -has. adopted that sag-kneed stance. If s no wonder, then, that Louis remarked after bopping Dorazio the other night: They needs a new gag. This crouching- don't go no mere J 'against me.? Galento and Godoy undoubted ly puzzled Joe, but even, the fam ily cat leami through experience that if It watches the hole in the wall long enough sooner or later the mouse will stick its snoot out, and Louis his beamed that if he Just bides his time the croucher wul?cdmeub for air.; ; . ; . Just what tactics Louis future opponents- will use is problemat ical. Billy , Cjonn and Lou Nova are . stand-up guys, and wont change their) style. Abe Simon is too big to .crouch. - T Personallyj we wouldn't use any style. We'd just send out a mine sweeper ana hope for the best. ; Morning. February 20, 1341 Final Say Injuns; against the club which dismissed was paid $15,000 for the 1940 sea son, a hectic one marked by a re bellion of players against him, dif ferences with the Indian front of fice and a stretch drive which saw Detroit nose out Cleveland for the American league pennant - When Cleveland declined his demand for $2500 bonus, he took his case to Landis. Check Received The commissioner's secretary, Leslie O'Connor, said he received the Vitt ruling from Florida, Where the commissioner is vaca tioning. A check for $2500 was received from the Cleveland club a few days ago and forwarded to Vitt O'Connor said. At Cleveland, President Alva Bradley of the Indians said: "Landis said we owed the bill and we paid if Vitt whose job as Cleveland manager went to Roger Peckin paugh, had a contract calling for a $2500 bonus for every 100,000 customers above the 600,000 mark. Bradley said they agreed in mid season that if the figure were be tween 600,000 and 700.000 Vitt would receive the $2500 anyhow. Since attendance was above 700,- 000, the club paid Vitt one $2500 bonus but balked at giving him another one of $2500. "I wanted to keep him happy, said Bradley. "I had no intention of giving him a bonus for 600,000 and another for 700,000." Foxes Sketl Corbett SILVERTON Silverton basket ball players will go to Corbett Fri day night for a league game. Sil verton won over Molalla Tuesday night to maintain her league lead. Bowling Scores CITV LEAGUE Red Cross Pharmacy Handicap 69 69 69 207 Kellogg 167 200 161 528 Beauchamp 158 163 168 489 McCarroll 154 175 153 482 Ricketts 180 161 191532 Haman 163 191 205559 Totals 891 959 947 2797 Parkers Handicap 70 70 70 210 Friesen 182 165 158505 O. Cherrington 161 169 175405 Koch 159 180 173512 Welch 199 161 197557 Johnson 159 141 200 500 Totals 930 886 973 2789 Copeland Yards Handicap 58 5ft 58174 Cline. jr. 179 253 167599 Foreman 144 156 146 496 Patterson 146 170 209 S25 MUrdock . 169 187 154510 Thrush 190 185 193568 Totals 888 1009 927 2871 Fades 56 S6 56168 146 180 151477 140 188 139467 124 181 160465 186 154 245583 155 224 150529 Handicap Kitchen Adolph . Purr C. Foreman dinger- Totals : 807 983 901 2891 Keen Lmrh 88 88 88264 183 153 .157493 139 131 163 432 232 152 138523 198 178 203579 176 165 163504 Handicap Coo ley Lloyd Clark Bamica Kufer Totals :i01 867 911 2794 Aema Ant Wreckers IZartdicao 57 57 ST 171 T-op , 208 170 201579 Cae 132 150 135417 Sullivan 207 156 194657 Co 146 174 184504 Stetnbock 163 199 181843 Totals .. 913 908 952 2771 NaJi Furniture C. Handlcao : as m t i(t Marr . 172 162 189523 Frown . 168 123 180469 Kin 19S 178 87 Masaer . , , 190 167 155512 Zahare . 166 179 148494 Total 958 874 933 2763 CUac's Coffe Show Handicap 40 40 40120 scales i 170 141 199510 Ciine . 19V 193 157541 . 192 216 203611 - 177 156" 212545 - 247 178 155580 .1017 824 968 2907 Poulln . Kertron Young - Totals Karrs 53 S3 53159 180 160 188528 10 149 178 125452 2 171 167 162600 8 199 174 173546 231 174 201608 Handicap H. Barr i Miller . TaHman . Swan Page Total -53 983 906 902 2791 Burs Flare 93 93 93279 13 147 134 138417 ,- 20 149 149 184482 ' Handicap Holund Newman Straw HiKins .19 163 133 203499 .19 145 147 '157449 a. B. Hart Totals 183 152 170307 882 808 943 2633 Marty or uomwaia.sAiv8.KOM mom " .-.--' ,: . ,. ' : V::-::.- -S. ' ..-- . - DUNKING' DUTCH SIMMONS Viking Forward Angels to Play Three Games MT. ANGEL Coach Ted Marx lists only three more basketball games on his 1941 schedule for the Mt. Angel college hoopers. One is an Oregon Intercollegiate league game whereas the other two are non-conference games. Reed college, after a 59-54 vic tory over the Angels, comes here February 21. Unfield college will invade the Mt. Angel court Febru ary 28. The one remaining intercolleg iate game on the Mt Angel list is with Oregon college of Educa tion to be played at Monmouth. After completion of the regular season, the Angels will play in the Oregon AAU tournament to be held in Portland sometime in ear ly March. 5 ; Woodburn Slates Estacada Friday WOODBURN An epidemic of measles caused postponement of the Sandy-Woodburn Big Nine league scheduled for Sandy Tues day. The game is to be played at a later date. " - . - - Estacada comes to Woodburn to play Friday night. Tony Pavlicek, who has been . convalescing from injuries received in an automobile accident, is to be back in action for the Bulldogs. Handballers Lose The Salem Y handball squad dropped four of five matches Tuesday night to the Multnomah Athletic club players from Port land. . " ; : Anunsen and Winslow of Salem were the only salem winners. Other teams jvere Daniels and BrownhilL Martin and Marshall, Hageman and Smith, Poison and Bums. All scores were 2-1. V-. UMF0B2I nMB&Iy paysuaut renewal expense; increas ia interest rat. A Prmdential 20Xeer Mortgage is the o way U finance your home. Available ia selected sections , 4. FDA financing optional. ' BAWXIKS a BOBEZTSV In. Authorise Mortfas . Iaat . BeUcttaa fat Xk rradauUhl laaaraace Ca at Aaarlra O audita BaOdiii V Sates Otacoa XT ii . Pr esbytieriaiis Stay Unbeaten Presbyterian remained unde feated in "A" Church league play by rolling , over the Mormons 31 to 10 Wednesday nighCFirst Bap tist kept its hold on second , place by edging First Methodist 26 to 24 in a thrill-packed overtime period. Os Morley was the' hero for the Baptists, sinking the tying basket in regular play and the only, basket in the overtime. B. Broer, Baptist forward, was high scorer of the game with ten points. Woldt, Presby center, was high in the Presby-Mormon game with 14 points. Presbyterian 31 Stewart 2 Van Wyngarden 5 Holdt 14 SWenson 5 Walker 5 Substitutes: for Youngberg 2. 10 Mormons 2 Bulkley 6 Lundy M. Workman Johns tead G. Workman M o r m o ns: Methodist 24 26 Baptist Achor F. Broer Austin 4 12 B. Broer Hamilton 6 8 O. Morley Baldwin 6 3 Clark Hall 2 , 1 Smithers Substitutes for Baptist: 2. ' Our Degnlar . 1: V : : iSi State SU (g(0) Game Tonight Is Set for 8 p.m. Here : I - -r Blistering baslcetball Is: the expected offering to capital city ; t i . i -. hoop fans when Astoria's Flying;! Fishermen and the Salem Vik-li ings: tangle at 8 o'clock tonight in the first of a two-game series; which continues at 730 Friday night' ' ' -V - ' U Both cruints -Wally Palmbenrs high-geared Finns a nd Harold j Hauk's rapid-rambling' Red-and-Blacks like the fire-engine type!; of basketball, so it Is not unlike-! , ly. their series will set a new high for pure speed in state, high school ! hooping. . . ' . - ' ;i: The Astorians, fresh fromj; clinching their district cham-1 plonship tn, a haral-f ought bat- 4 tie 1 ith miznmc Tuesday, f will probably Uneasat with Lev- veld; and Petersen up front, 1 Parker in the slot and Seeborg 1 i and Wlrkkunen handling back court chores. . . . .. i Coach Hauk" announced j he'd stay , with his regular lineup, con- sisting of Dutch Simmons and Ed- die Salstrom, big Bob Irish, Bud Coons and Don Bower, " , Athletic Director Vern Gflmore: Wednesday, announced few re-i serve seats remahv They are ob-j tainable at Cliff Parker's for 33 cents each-r-a dime above the gen eral ; admission charge.;,-. : -Preliminaries for . the - Jayvees 4 are J scheduled both . nights to4 night's to start at 6:45 and Friday night's at 6:30. 1: Albany 1 - . or, Preps Shellackillill 5 by 23 to 19 Count rr Preliminary - MT.' ANGEL Albany college won 54 to 48 over the Angels here Wednesday night, but the ML An gel preps ran over Hill Militaryi academy 63 to 35. Jl Albany' led until iust before halftime, when Mt Angel, college went; ahead 23 to 19. The score wast tied twice In the- second perf iod before the Pirates spurted into the lead. Tosti of the Victors was high scorer with 20 points. ' Hill Military led theugh school game; 23 to 22 at halftime, but in the second half the locals hit forj 41 points. Only three Hill men j scored, Smith, being high with! 26 points. Klecker of Mt. Angel had 23 counters. Mt. Angel 48 Beim' . f Kuppenbender 10 Bonney 13 Kaminsky 13 Nichols 5 , - 54 Albany 7 Koch 12 McGee T 6 L. Pete 20 Tosti 7 Cardiff MAC: Smithrud 5, Subs for Robertson ,2; for Albany: Morey 2.! . I ML Angel 63 Groejacques 12 May 16 Klecker 23 Dejardin 1 35 IIU1 Fauver Jones 8 Gesse Christenson Harrahni 4 1 Reed Subs, for ML Angeh Kehoe. 4, f ppimg o,' lor xim: onuin 0. .Officials: , Allen anc Gilmore. 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