J - r. By JackSords
Yikings . Find Easy Pickie
HE LOSES NUMBER TWO -
Shellack-
g 48 to 0
By RON GEMMELL
Sport
Sparks
".Pioneer
.... - , i
Most encouraging items
gleaned from Willamette's 26-0
waltz over Portland- U? . . .
They are two in number: (1)
The astute defensive play pro
duced by the line, especially;
and (2) The downfield block
ing of the whole club, . Port
land's ground attack, - most of
which wai directed around the
Willamette ends, got practically
no where and the manner in
which the 'Cat cleared the way
for Gene Stewart, Jim Burgess
and Buddy Reynolds on pass in
terception jaunts was pretty to
see.'
Offensively, Spee 'Keen es
"best team In history" yet needs
plenty of polish something it
should take en as it roes along
but in this came it definitely
revealed It has the potentiali
ties for achieving that "best
team in history" ratinr so mag
nanimously given it in pre-sea-son
appraisals. . . By the time
December t arrives, It should
be a sweet outfit that goes
against the Hawaiians in Hon
olulu. Wait-in' Al Walden, who bar
reled his keglike body straight
through the middle Of the Port
land defense for a total of 128
yards in the first half alone, was
the boy who had Rose City fans
buzzing. . , The sa wed-off hunk ol
dynamite ripped off 51 yards the
first time he hugged .the leather,
setting up the opening touchdown,
arid on the first play of the second
quarter he squirted through cert
ter to leg off 42 yards before he
was cut down from behind.
; O
Owens Ambles
With the exception of Buddy
Reynolds' 10-yard touchdown toss
to Bill Reder, who made a honey
of a jumping catch to make the
play click, Walden's waltzin' was
Willamette's whole offensive until
late in the game when Neil Ow
ens began booming from the same
fullback spot . . And therein lies
a story, for this rangy, 200-pound
sophomore, who may or may not
be called into tne army oeiore tne
football season is over, opened a
lot of eyes with' his powerful, yet
plenty shifty ball carrying.
On the strength of Owens
ambling,' its conceivable the
Gresham giant may give even
Walden a battle for the boomer ;
spot before the season is over
, . . The big guy, who is surpris
ingly swivel-hipped in an open
field, stepped here and there
and then back here, reversed
his field twice and went 26
yards the first time he packed
the ball. . . In all, he got 46
yards in five carries.
The only place Portland gained
any ground from rushing was out
side the ends, with a flanker back
working on Willamette's wingmen
and with three interference run
ners ahead of the ball carrier. . ...
Willamette's ends did yeoman
work on these plays for the me
thod they employed, which, 1 fear,
wasn't the right one. . . As for the
center of the Bearcat forward
- wall, it was just too tough for the
.Pilots.
Upset Via Air?
While this department dangled
along with the pack in naming
the evidently powerful Washing
ton team to top Oregon State to
day, don't in the least be surprised
if Stiner's Staters provide a big
upset . . Frankly, I haven't seen
the Orange in action as yet, but
I've read plenty of southern Call
fornia comment since they were
so narrowly edged by USC last
Mturday.
The whole of Los Angeles'
fports writing fraternity was
f greed that Oregon State out
played the Trojans, and that
With a break or two would have
wen the ball r&me. . . When
California typewriter thumpers
put words like that in print
about Oregon teams, the latter
really must have something.
Sure to be seen in today's tiff
ftre an abundance of passes, for a
superiority in the air, as they say
across the pond, is Oregon State's
principal hope of survival against
the ground-gaining Huskies. . . If
a couple or three of those touch
down Tosses ciick, were s your
upset
Hatcher Number 1
In Table Tennis
Rankings of Salem Table Ten
nis club members, as they
emerged from, the recent tourna
ment at Playmore park are:
'Hatcher, number 1; Len Wil
liams, number 2; Ohlsen, number
3; Oberman. number 4; Zehner,
number 5; Cross, number 6; Dun
bar, number 7; Leland Williams,
f&mber 8; Evans, , number
Cendrie, number 10.
Coast Playoffs
Are Rained but
SEATTLE, Oct . S--Heavy
afternoon rains that left the field
sopping wet caused postponement
Friday night of the opening game
cf the Sacramento-Seattle play
cff series for the Pacific Coas
A doubleheadcr will be played
Saturday niht, and a single game
Sunday. Then the teams w:
travel to Sacramento to finish the
four-out-of-seven series.
Beaver Passer
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DON DURDAN
Bevos, Huskies
To Battle on
Slick Gridiron
PORTLAND, Oct 3.-)-The
Washington Huskies prepared
Friday to give evidence against
Oregon State college in Multno
mah stadium here Saturday that
they are the team to push Stan
ford from the Coast conference
football pedestal.
A slippery field for the game
was certain Friday, night ' with
the weather bureau reporting .40
of an inch of rain for the day
up to B p. m. and continued
showers forecast for the night.
was reported likely that the
skies would clear .by afternoon.
Optimism of the Washington-
ians was reflected by rooters
who arrived here today on two
special trains. The Oregon State
contingent moved up by car from
Corvallis and estimates of prob
able . attendance ranged upward
to 25,000.
Lon Stiher's starting Beaver
squad will be made up of 10
veterans and one sophomore, but
there was some doubt that Wash
ington players who took the brunt
of the attack in the Minnesota
game would be on the sidelines
for the kickoff.
Bevos to Pass
OREGON STATE COLLEGE,
Corvallis, Oct .-(Special-Ore
gon State's football squad squares
off with the Washington Huskies
today in Portland in the second
game for the Beavers this 1941
season.
Reports from Jim Dixon, Ore
gon State's line coach and chief
couter at the Washington-
Minnesota game in Seattle last
week, say the Huskies have one
of the greatest lines on the coast
and that the Beavers will have
to go some to gain ground this
way.
To get around this line, the
Beavers under Coach Lon Sti-
ner plan to use their aerial at
tack which proved so valuable
against the Southern California
Trojans. In this same Oregon
State completed 17 oat of 23
passes without an interception.
Best passing combination of the
Beavers is the Bob Dethman
Don Durdan pair. These two
did most of the pass catching
and receiving against the Tro
jans. Also on hand to take part
in the aerial bUts will be Bill
Mclnnis and Bob Leichardt,
sophomore halfbacks who are
very able at tossing the pig
skin. Sox Win Again
CHICAGO, Oct 3 -(JP) The
American .league White Sox de
feated the National league Cubs,
to 4, Friday night before
crowd of 7,169 to assume a two-
game ' lead in the Chicago City
series.
Multitude of 'Managers' Found
Series, but Fail
By WHITNEY MARTIN
NEW YORK, Oct 3-(Special
to The Statesman)- T h e rains
came, giving the Yankees and
Dodgers a restFriday - and giv
ing, the fans
r
from Brooklyn
t o Bombay a
chance to catch
up on their sec
ond euessing.
If Joe McCar-
thy and Leo Du
rocher v knew
they had several
million assistant
managers, . all
"no" men, par
ticularly when a
WkJtaey Martfa
play, goes wrong, they probably
would think twice before making
some of their moves.
Only ' two - games have been
played but the assistant man
agers have been having a pic
nic, with everythinr but the
ants, and the way some of them
jiggle around, there might be
a few of them..
'.These Td a done it this way"
guys' had a chance to get a head
start on their grandstand quarter
backing this year. Before, a ball
was thrown they were "asking
Even Jayveed; Get Tally
As Salem Pfeppers Roll
To 7 Touchdowns, Safety
By RON GEMMELL
Statesman Sports Editor
Vikings, clear down to the
V TnI tA,Anrm 4An-UW
Sweetland Friday night as the Salem high football flotilla over-
wneimed uregon tatys napless
oop ciasn.
in registering their season's
Viks took to the sloppy going like
he seas, and the game was absolutely no contest from the time
the varsity powered 52 yards for
a touchdown the first time Salem
had possession of the ball until an
eleven made up of junior Vikings
punched over the seventh touch
down late in the final heat
The Viks converted four of
their seven touchdowns, getting
the extra points on scrimmage
plays, and added a safety.
Oregon City, able to register
but a single first down from
scrimmage and unable to com
plete a one of the four passes
attempted, never got beyond the
Pioneers' own 37-yard line.
Salem's scoring: i
Dutch Simmons reversed
around left end from 10 yards out
after Bud Coons, Rex Hardy and
Simmons had carried the ball
from the Salem 48 in five plays.
Coons cracked right tackle for the
extra point
End Jim Wenger and Tackle
Ray Loter blocked Oberson's punt
on the Oregon City two-yard line,
with End Rollie Haag recovering,
from whence Simmons reversed
through tackle for a touchdown as
the second quarter opened. Coons
falied to get the extra point
Fullback Bob Warren slammed
18 yards through tackle shortly
before the half time gun and
added the extra point to give
Salem a 20-0 half time lead.
GAMS STATISTICS
Ore. City Salem
SI Yds. fain, scrim. .. .. 2ZS ".
IS. Yds. lost, scrim.- ..13 V
4. Passes attempted
Passes completed...
Passes intercepted by..l
1 First downs, scrim 11
7 Punts, number 2 ,
24 Punts, avf. length 53
t. Punts return, number.......4
19. Punts return, avg. length 10.8
2 Kickoffs, number. S
47.2... Kickoffs, avg. length. 42.S
S Kickoffs return, number. ...2
lLCKickoff reft., avg. lenrtH..27,X
1 Yds. penalized
Coons cracked over from seven
yards out to culminate a 70-yard
march as the second half opened,
after Rex Hardy and Simmons
had ripped off most of the yard
age. Again Coons' plunge for the
extra point failed.
Two minutes later, Warren
waltzed over tackle from a yard
out after Pettit had intercepted
an Oregon City pass on the Ore
gon City 21 and after Hoffert had
rambled 11 yards. Hoffert swung
around end for the extra point
Five minutes later Hoffert took
a lateral from Owen Garland and
sprinted end for 16 yards and
touchdown. Warren plunged for
the conversion. .
Puderbaugh, attempting to
get a punt off from behind Ore
con City's goal line, fumbled
and was downed for a safety by
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Iinfield Tops
St. Martins
McMINNVILLE, Oct S--A
third-quarter field goal gave Lin
field college a 3 to 0 non-league
football decision over St Martins
college here Friday. -
A pass interception paved the
way for the score and with the
ball on the St Martins' six-yard
line, Redkey booted the place
ment
u .
to Outguess Weather
why Durocher, with an outstand
ing ace like Whit Wyatt, shelved
him in favor of Curt Davis for
that all-important first game.
They, figured that Durocher
would want to use .Wyatt as of
ten as possibleand that the earl
ier he started the oftener he
might have a chance to work. -,
That was just a warm-up sec
ond guess however. Before the
first game was over they were
second-guessing all ever, the
place,-the Brooklyn fans even
tolling you what they would
have done had it Veen Charley.
Keller reaching oyer into the
stands to rob Dolph CamlUi of
a home run,' instead of Joe
Medwick robbing Joe DiMarrio.
The general idea seemed to be
that Keller would have been
launched then and there,' even
If the bottle contained only pop.
- The Peewee Reese "I was foul
ed episode, which tied in nicely
with Jim Wasdell's missing bunt
controversy, was the choice tid
bit of the opening day.
; In the seventh inning, with the
tying run on second and the win'
ning run on first, and none down,
Wasdell was sent up to bat for
Casey. The natural play under
the circumstances . would be a
junior variety, sloshed through
Pioneers, 48 to 0 in a ISo Hamejiyn Dodgers and New York Yan
second successive victory, the I
their Norse namesakes took to I
USC, Stanford,
Beavers, Cal
Coast Choices
By RUSS NEWLAND
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3-JP)-
Southern California, launching
the first of its intersectional
skirmishes, and Stanford, match
ing its championship wing T-for-mation
against a team coached in
similar tactics, headline the far
western football program Satur
day. .
The USC Trojans, pepped by
an opening win over Oregon
State, pit a slightly revamped set
up against invading Ohio State,
also off to a victorious start last
week.
Off first showings, plus the
added advantages playing on
their home field, the Trojans
rate the edge. Their reserve
material is stronger than Ohio
State's. It will be the third
meeting of the two schools,
USC winning in 1937 and 1$.
Stanford, popular choice to win
the Coast conference crown and
Rose Bowl bid two times in a
row, makes its second league
start, this time against the Bruins
from the University of California
at Los Angeles. The Bruins were
not overly impressive in nosing
out Washington State 7-6 last
week, although statistically they
were far out in front but they
bring to Palo Alto a thorough
knowledge of the T-formation
that carried Clark Shaughnessy
and Stanford to the
game last season.
national I
' They call theirs the "QT a
back flops out on the wing and
there are other minor dissim
ilarities, but essentially its the
T dolled up in strange cloth
ing. The majority, however.
will
stick with the champion until
beaten. Stanford got by a tough
customer in defeating Oregon last
week and with All-American I
Frank Albert pitching the ball I
and directing the, attack as usual, I
the Shaughnessy coached boys I
figure to win their 12th straight
since opening the 1840 season.
Washington and Oregon State,
opening game losers, come to
gether in a bruiser at Portland,
with the former favored slight
ly.
There was disappointment - but
not disgrace for Washington in
losing to Minnesota by eight
points and the mid-western team
rates as more powerful than
Southern California, which de
feated Oregon State by six tallies.
Another conference match
pairs off California and Wash
ington State at Pullman. If
California doesn't win this one,
after swarming over St Mary's,
31 to 0, wails of followers will
be heard to China, no less. The
Bears are loaded for hunters
this season, with Left Half Jim
Jurkovich as the big gun. Wet
grounds, however, could level
the affair into a mudfight and
WSC always has Bill SewelL
best passer in the west, as Its
threat
at World
bunt but Wasden didn't bunt
Whether he missed the signal or
was acting under orders is diffi
cult to say. . -,
Bat he didn't burnt and his
I pop fool in front of the Yankee
dugout was gobbled by Red
Rolfe, Reese, en second,-tagged
up and sprinted for third, and.
was oUt, the . double play kill-
. ing the rally. " v
: The .second guessers , want -to
know if . Durocher had ordered a
bunt why wasn't Casey allowed
to bunt for himself? They , also
want to know . why Reese took 1
such a long chance. -
' The first question doesn't seem
io nave any answer. As to the j
second, we'd give Reese credit for
playing heads-up- baseball. If he
had been . successful he would
have been a .hero. He saw Rolfe
was making a difficult running
catch and would be out of posi
tion, and that Phil RiTTiitn aA
left third base uncovered. 1 He
took the chance, and it took cool
headwork and an accurate throw
by Rolfe and some scampering by
Ri-zuto to gum up the works.
Friday they were stumped
on one thing, however. They
couldn't seeond-fsess the wea
therman.
World Series
Continues
Today, Maybe
"". By JUDSON BAILEY
BROOKLYN, Oct. 3 -6TV- Rain
ppef, a V S!?6
"uuuu wuu optics wuajr,
de between the Brook-
kees and even threatening Sat
urday's prospects.
When white-haired Commis-
sioner Kenesaw M. Landis dra
matically announced, "Gentlemen,
I have made my decision and the
game's off," he gave baseball's
STILL RAINING
NEW YORK, Oct S.-TVIt
still was raining here late Fri
day and the weather man gave
little hope that the third game
of the world series, already de
layed a day by showers, could
be played Saturday.
The forecast predicted clouds
and light rains for the forenoon
and showers in the afternoon.
annual, classic. its first setback in
five years. There was a chance
it might get its second Saturday
with more rain forecast
Each postponement delays
the schedule one day, but does
not disturb the order of the
games. The next three contests
will be played at Ebbets field
whenever the weather Is favor
able and two more, If neces
sary, will be at Yankee stadium.
The interruption in the pro
gram did not affect the imme
diate pitching plans of the two
managers. Kirby Higbe, a 22-
game winner with a buggywhip
arm, was generally expected to
take the mound for the' Dodgers,
with Lefty Marius Russo the
probable starter for the Yankees.
Higbe 's lack of control has
made Durocher regard him as
a ramble, but Saturday's affair
would be the place to gamble
and would leave Higbe ready
to work again later in the series
if he proved successful against
the bombers. Fred Fitzsimmons
would be the alternative start
er for Brooklyn.
Russo was in line to start Fri-
day but an upset stomach caused
Joe McCarthy to select Spud
Chandler. Russo's stomach may
be calm again by Saturday, but
if it is not then Atley Donald, a
righthander, will get the job.
The rain started as a hard
shower about 7 a. m. and filtered
into a misty drizzle that lasted
most of the day and thoroughly
drenched the playing field and
the few hundred fans who had
huddled around the bleacher
gates, some of them since mid'
night
The rates never were onened
and after Commissioner Landis
called off the' game the fans
scattered to their - homes for
dry clothes and some rest be
fore starting another vigit
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Dayton Whips
Indep, 6-0
INDEPENDENCE Dayton high
defeated Independence 6, to 0
m a football game nere rnaay
night. The play which set up the
score was a pass from Terry to
Todd to the one-yard line. Groth
carried the ball over for the
score.
INDEPENDENCE )
() DAYTON
Richardson
Barnhart XE.
Peoples . XT-
Don ey
Staple ton
Sohn t
May
- Duzan
Werfs
Teachout
Todd
Boyce
-RC
..RT
Johnson
Haymann
Hauk
..RE.
. Jones
French
Terry
Groth
Ritchie
..RH..
Smith
Maret
Gonzaga Gridtler
Petitions Court
Draft Deferment
" SAN FBANCXSCO, Oct --(AP)
-Peter Larry Connors, member
of the Gonxaga university foot
ball team, feels that Spokane,
needs his services, and that his
.draft board should defer blm. .
; When the draft .board. No. 1
In Silver Bow county, Montana,
refused to defer him, T Connors
went to Judge James" Baldwin
at Butte,' and got an Injunction
against the board.'
Friday Paul Gow, chairman of
the' board, petitioned the US
circuit court of appeals here for
speedy judgment on . the ' ease,
and the court set October 29 for
hearing Gow wants the . in
junction dissolved. ...
.Cononrs, a senior, .told . the
draft board that he wants to
finish out this school year and
become a coach. .
i Brings Home Backs
JAIRVIEW Delmer Stouten
I burg in company with three other
hunters returned i home Friday
after 10 days' spent deer huntin
in the Ochoco National forest He
was the only one in the group
lucky enough to get a buck.
4
1
Francis
Schmidt,
a1CH oaAoi of -me-
0JVeR5rfV OP lOArfO
V
Ducks Down Vandals
On Rain
MolaUa Ties
Cliemawa Team
CHEMAWA The Chiefs scor
ed early in a football game with
Molalla there Friday afternoon
but were tied in the second quar
ter by the Buckeroos and the
game ended 6-6.
Clarence LaRocque carried the
ball over for Chemawa after five
running plays had placed it in
scoring territory: four minutes
from the kickoff.
In the second ! quarter Shield
bucked center for one yard and
the score for Molalla after three
passes took the Buckeroos from
their own 45-yard line.
Both teams were close to scores
in the second half.
Lutes Pitch
To 27-0 Win
TACOMA, Oct 3-;PHPacific
Lutheran college's "Marvelous
Marvs" Little All American
Marv Tommervik and Fullback
Marv Harshman-4-combined again
to win the Lutherans an easy 27
to cfi football victory over the
Eastern Washington college Sav
ages Friday night
Tommervik completed 16 of
16 passes 'for 197 yards, includ
ing one touchdown pass, while
Harshman, besides playing a
grand defensive game, smashed
through center for a 64-yard
touchdown run, and also scored
another touchdown after catch
ing a 22-yard pass and twice
plunged for touchdowns from a
half yard out
Sandy Defeats
Silverton 7-0
SILVERTON With less than
30 seconds of the first half to
play, Wally Scales went over for
a touchdown that enabled Sandy
to defeat Silverton 7 to 0 in a
Big Nine league football game
here Friday night
Silverton punched to the one-
yard line in the third quarter but
was held there. ;
atcher lll&tj, Owen cf the Brooklyn Dodgers made this leap toward second base too lit. i v
innint- of the second world series rune, lie was forced or on Pitcher WhlUew . th
Joe Gordon (). Yankee second basemaxt. who threw to Phil Rizzuto (center ) . who l!-5.Vndtr to
Eiwute's peg to first caught Wyatt for a double play. ;The Dodgers won, Z-Z la S.ttT" th1 b8e
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lpArto Mas 4 Ml
Scdem Oregon. Scrturdcry Morning, October 4. 1941
- Drenched
Oregon Scores Early, Stacks
Up Much Yardage in Wet Mix
EUGENE, Ore., Oct. 3. - (r?
of Idaho 21 to 7 before 5000
ward field here Friday night.
The game was only two and a half minutes old when Oregon
counted its first score, set up by Tommy Roblin's 62-yard run
ori a reverse over left tackle to the Idaho 11 yard line. Two Idaho
offside penalties and Curt Mecham's two-yard, crack put the ball
on the one-yard line and Roblin drove over.'1- x;t":7j--'
Jimmy Newqalst came from
the bench, as he did on two
subsequent touchdowns, to
make the extra point
Early in the second period
Mecham ran 55 yards on a re
verse to cross I the Idaho line
standing- up.
Idaho came to life at that point
and kept on even terms.' Late in
the period Hank Crowley recov
ered Frank Boyd's fumble on the
Oregon 35 and with Sophomore
Howard Man son sparkling the
drive, moved down the field with
Bill Micklich - scoring from the
one-yard line.
The third period was score
less and the last was well along
when Idaho got off a short punt
Oreron getting the ball on the'
Vandal 33-yard marker. Bill
Dunlap, Boyd and Mecham al
ternated in driving forward with
the latter going over for the
score.
. The game was Oregon all the
way except for the brief flurry In
the second period. The Webfoots
piled up 326 yards to Idaho's 72.
IDAHO (1)
Anderson
Konopka
Locker -
Crowley
Row
Piedmont
Berllus .
' (21) OREGON
Crish
EUiott
Segale
Wilson
'in i ,n Bodner
Ashcom
.HE.
JUT..
..LG..
HGr
RT
Regner
Hecomivich ,
Manson
Clark
Micklich
Idaho
Oregon
Iverson
JLL
Roblin
Mecham
Dunlap
V
tzi
TBL
Idaho eorlng: Touchdown, Micklich.
Point after - touchdown, Anderson
(placement).
Oregon scoring: Touchdowns. Mech
am, 2; Roblin. Points after touchdown.
Newquia uor uuniap) s (placement).
On Hunting Trip
WHEATLAND Clyde M. La
Follette, Wheatland,. Alex La Fol-
lette, Troutdale, ; Harold Stouten
burg, Milwaukee, and D e 1 m e r
Stoutenburg, Fairview, hunted in
the Ochoco forest, They - saw sev
era! Isucks but Pelmer was the
only one to bring the proof home.
Owen Leaps for Second but
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Gridiron
- Oregon defeated the TJniversit
rain - drenched spectators on Hay-
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Slated Here
George Koltanouski, world
champion blindfold chess player,
wm give an exhibition of his
skill before the Salem Chess club
Monday night, November 10.
This chess wizard appeared be
fore the dub a year ago and "not
only played 10 games simultan
eously without seeing boards or
men, winning all ten games, but
was able. to give the position of
au pieces on all boards as they
stood after 20 moves had been
made on each side. On this visit,
Mr. Koltanouski . will play 30
games simultaneously, - three of
which will be blindfold games.
xne. Salem Chess club meets
"tuuuaji . xiijjnv a oaini
Paul's Episcopal parish house on
Chemeketa street All lovers of
the royal game are invited to
meet with the club. For informa
tion call Paul Harden, president,
at 6697, or Rev. George H. Swift,
secretary, 5164. ; ,
Football Fan
Dies at Game
ALBANY, Oct Spy-A heart
attack killed Arthur Hamilton, 17-year-old
Sweet Home high school
student on the football field there
Thursday night
Coroner E. C. Fisher said the
youth, who was not a member
of the team, was tossing the ball
around with other students. He
was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Hamilton. t .
First Hunt Success
RICKREALL Marshal Teter
holds the honor of being the first
hunter in the community to bring
homc deer weighing 16S pounds.
too Late
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